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Seven months after a fire destroyed its church, the con-gregation of Union Baptist Church in Rembert has con-tinued to grow in member-ship. The church has more than 300 active parishioners, according to the Rev. Walter Robertson III.

“It never was about the building but about Christ in us,” said Bertha Thompson, a longtime member. “The church is not in the building; it’s in the people.”

Fire destroyed the 28-year-old structure on June 4 after firefighters from four agencies battled the flames for six hours, according to Sumter Fire Department spokesman Battalion Chief Joey Duggan.

At the time, the department estimated the total loss at $1 million, Duggan said.

The fire was investigated by South Carolina Law Enforce-ment Division, as is standard protocol with church fires, and the cause of the fire was deemed “undetermined,” said SLED spokesman Thom Berry.

On the morning of June 4, a choir and praise dance prac-tice was held just hours before

the fire.“It was devastating. I wasn’t

expecting anything like that to happen,” Thompson said, who was there that morning.

Richard Miller, a trustee, was in a building next door owned by the church, the Family Life Center, when the fire started. He was doing some plumbing work in the back of the building. There were no windows facing the church, and he had no idea the building was in flames.

“Someone called me to tell me the church was on fire,” Miller said. “When I went out-side, I saw the building en-gulfed and the roof caving in. Thank God no one was inside.”

As the structure burned, the church’s pastor, the Rev. Walter Robertson III, gath-ered his congregation into the Family Life Center, a building that includes a gymnasium and a cafeteria.

It was not a somber atmo-sphere, however, but one filled with hope and energy.

“We were hurt but not dis-mayed,” said Henry Jenkins, church deacon and historian. “While it was very hurtful, we knew we would get through it.”

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Daniel Dollar shows Sumter City Council a sample of water from his home on Foxcroft Circle and a filter he uses to try to keep his water clean.

Homeowners in neighborhoods near a proposed zoning change south of Patriot Parkway and east of Deschamps Road told Sumter City Council on Tuesday that they were promised when Patriot Park-way was built the highway frontage would remain undeveloped.

During a public hearing, Harvey Senter, who owns property on the north side of Patriot Parkway, said he and other property owners were asked by city and county planning staff to keep their property zoned Agricultural Conservation as part of a long-range plan to keep a green-

way along Patriot Parkway.“We were requested to take our

frontage and make a commitment not to develop,” he said. Senter said he and other property owners made that commitment in the 1990s and 2000s.

“This body should honor that commitment,” Senter said.

The public hearing was held in re-gards to a request made by Rocky Knowlton, who is asking the city to annex the land and then rezone it Residential Multi-Family.

“We feel like it would be a perfect fit,” Knowlton said. “What we are asking for is simply to rezone it.”

Knowlton said he has not yet de-veloped a detailed plan for what

would be built on the site.Terrance Foster and Steven Dors-

ey, who own homes in the Stafford Meadows subdivision, say they were told the property along Patriot Park-way would never be developed when they purchased their homes.

“We were told nothing would be built behind us,” Dorsey said. “We like the way it looks.”

Senter, who is in the real estate business, said allowing Residential Multi-Family zoning would give de-velopers a green light to develop all along Patriot Parkway.

After the public hearing, council

Soft skills program hopes to lift students over the top

The Rev. Walter Robertson III of Union Baptist Church in Rembert places a plant alongside the altar, which the church purchased to go in the new sanctuary. After a fire seven months ago, the church hopes to begin construction on a new building in the spring. At left, the Rev. Robertson III talks about the church’s plans to rebuild.

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When Walter Robertson worked in retail management in Sumter, he saw many young adults he interviewed and may have hired who lacked punctuali-ty, teamwork and other critical behav-ioral skills that are key to doing well on a job. He even found himself having to fire and let people go for what he says were “really silly reasons.”

“And it made me ask the question: ‘What was missing?’” Robertson said. “And what was missing was that soft skills piece. I don’t think it was being stressed as much as it used to be.”

Virtually every business will tell you: Soft skills — such as reporting to work on time, flexibility, teamwork

and initiative, among oth-ers — are critical to help-ing a person keep a job.

Robertson, a 1988 grad-uate of Sumter High School, said his business-education teachers stressed these skills for future employment. He thinks somehow the

learning of these skills fell by the way-side later.

Now, he’s back in the school district as a counselor at Sumter Career and

Technology Center and — through a pilot educational program with a glob-al business management consulting firm — he has the opportunity to help educate students on those important workplace skills.

The pilot program from Microburst Learning of Columbia consists of 10 employability soft skills categories that students are trained on through online exercises and gaming, actual classroom role playing and other dem-onstration exercises. The skill catego-ries include communication skills, conflict resolution, teamwork, depend-ability and reliability, initiative and others.

Founded in 2007, Microburst Learn-ing serves as a private consultant training business and industry global-ly on organizational behavior, human resource management and leadership development. Its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jordy Johnson, has 30 years’ experience training compa-nies as a consultant on soft skills. Mi-croburst also has an educational divi-sion, which originally created interac-tive online job shadows for South Car-olina Department of Education. It now has more than 100 job shadows, called

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Sumter County Manager Gary Mixon remembers Thomas Luther “Luke” Rog-ers as a fair man who had a difficult job as county public works director in the 1980s.

“Luke was a senior depart-ment head with public works when I started out as a de-partment head,” Mixon said.

Rogers died Jan. 9 and was buried in Sumter Cemetery on Friday. A veteran of the Kore-an War, he was an employee of Sumter County from 1954 until his retirement in 1989.

“He was a Christian gentle-man who served his country well in his job as an engi-neer,” baseball great Bobby Richardson said.

Richardson said Rogers was active in many community ac-tivities.

“It was just an honor to be his friend,” Richardson said.

Dan Lyles, a close friend, said he got to know Rogers even better in the past few years.

“He was a wonderful man who gave a lot to Sumter,” Lyles said. “I certainly en-joyed being his friend. I thought the world of him.”

“He was a mentor of mine, taught me what it was to be a county department head and worked for the citizens of Sumter County,” Mixon said.

Sumter County Purchasing Director Bobby Galloway said he always enjoyed working with Rogers and called him a “fine individual.”

“He was always kind and worked really diligently with me,” Galloway said.

Mixon said Rogers was pub-lic works director when many roads were rural and un-paved.

“So many issues were just getting people from ‘Point A’ to ‘Point B,’” Mixon said. “We’ve made so many im-provements over the years, and a lot of that is on the shoulders of Luke Rogers.”

Rogers was a mentor for a

lot of young department heads who are now senior de-partment heads, Mixon said.

“Rogers really enjoyed working with the citizens of Sumter County and really took pride in his work,” Mixon said. “I had a lot of re-spect for him.”

Sumter Mayor Joe McElveen said Rogers was a wonderful father and husband.

“Anyone who saw Mary Helen, their children and him together can attest to this,” McElveen said. “Luke was also a consummate public servant and the epitome of a citizen.”

McElveen said he had the opportunity to see Rogers at work in the aftermath of Hur-ricane Hugo.

“Sumter had a plan in place and carried it out smoothly,” he said. “Luke played an es-sential role in the plan and implementation.”

Sumter is better off because of Rogers’ contributions, he said.

“He brought the same ener-gy and commitment to every project,” McElveen said.

A portion of Miller Street in Sumter is dedicated to Rogers.

“I pass the street named after him every day and think of him,” Richardson said.

Rogers, 89, is survived by his wife, Mary Helen Ouzts Rog-ers; a son, Tommy Rogers and his wife, Cindy, of Macon, Georgia; a daughter, Terri Sei-

gnious and her husband, Dr. David Seignious, of Johns Is-land; brother-in-law, Sam Gambrell of Tuscaloosa, Ala-bama; and grandchildren, Dr. Allison Paine and her hus-band, Joel, Trey Rogers and Patrick and Hayden Seignious.

Funeral services were held Jan. 13 and burial was at Sumter Cemetery.

— By Jim Hilley

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Rogers garnered respect

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Thomas Luther “Luke” Rogers is seen at the end of 1989 as he pre-pared for his retirement after 35 years working for Sumter County.

Groundbreaking set for new Public Safety Complex

Parenting, fostering relationships stressed at community meeting

DALZELL — Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark thinks a changed approach as a law enforcement agency during the last several years has led to more goodwill, reduced crime and a better perception of the agency by the commu-nity. He made his remarks Saturday at a community meeting with other law en-forcement officers at High Hills African Methodist Epis-copal Church.

The purpose of the two-hour event, called the “Bridg-ing the Gap Forum,” was to lessen the disconnect that sometimes exists between law enforcement and the commu-nity and to improve dialogue between both sides.

“What we do is nothing like what you see on TV,” Roark

said. “What you watch with the latest-and-greatest police show — where you have a lot of running and jumping and putting people in jail — is not what we focus on.”

Instead, Roark said the police department’s focus and jour-ney the last six years has been to improve the quality of life of Sumter citizens

and create goodwill at any op-portunity. He describes the department as a non-tradi-tional law-enforcement agen-cy.

“We don’t measure our suc-cess by the number of people we have arrested, but we mea-sure our success by the cause and effect and change we have in people’s lives every day,” Roark said.

Several years ago, Roark changed the name of the Crime Prevention Unit to the Commu-nity Services Unit because of the negative connotation of the former name. He said under that umbrella the department provides many services that go unnoticed by the at-large com-munity, such as services to se-niors who are alone and in need, regularly interacting with children in the schools to make positive impressions, and one-on-one, face-to-face, communi-cation with concerned citizens.

“I want to emphasize arrest-ing people is absolutely the last thing we want to do,” Roark said. “We don’t want to do that. We want to try to cor-rect behavior through positive interaction. We want to have relationships.”

He said local law enforce-ment is at the grass roots of community service and the

front line of keeping the com-munity safe. Roark added the entire community is stakehold-ers at improving the area’s quality of life. He said the po-lice department wants to part-ner with the Sumter communi-ty and all its stakeholders to keep the community safe.

He said one of the goals of his department is to treat all citi-zens respectively and kindly. Roark said it must go both ways in the community though.

When asked by a communi-ty member how parents should teach their children to interact with law enforcement, Roark said it’s similar to how a parent would want their child to interact and behave in school, at church, with the el-derly and in other settings.

“It involves the traditional rearing of the child and talking with them about respect, digni-ty and self-respect,” Roark said.

About 25 community mem-bers were in attendance.

High Hills’ pastor, the Rev. Keith Mayes Sr., provided closing remarks at the event in support of law enforce-ment. He acknowledged there are delicate issues between the community and law en-forcement across the nation.

“It saddens me because a few rogue officers give law en-forcement a bad name,” Mayes said. “Officers aren’t the bad guys. There is a need for major sensitivity training that we have things in com-mon and dialogue. These are my friends, protectors.

“The problem is we can’t ex-pect the police to do what we need to be doing ourselves,” he said. “Parents need to start parenting again.

“I would much rather disci-pline my son than bury him,” Mayes said.

BY BRUCE [email protected]

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Sumter County will hold a ground-breaking ceremony at 2 p.m. on Mon-day for a Public Safety Complex on Lafayette Drive that will be the loca-tion of a new police and fire head-quarters.

The complex will be constructed on Lafayette Drive beside Walgreens, be-tween Loring Drive and Calhoun Street.

The complex is a $10.6 million 2016 Capital Penny Sales Tax project that will house a 36,000-square-foot head-quarters building for Sumter Police Department and a 21,600-square-foot

headquarters building for Sumter Fire Department along with a four-bay fire station.

During its meeting on Jan. 3, Sum-ter City Council voted to approve a $2.44 million contract with Hood Con-struction Company Inc. of Columbia to complete groundwork before the construction of the building begins.

Assistant City Manager of Public Services Al Harris said the construc-tion company will begin moving dirt at the site sometime next week after the groundbreaking on Monday.

He said the entire project, including groundwork, constructing both build-ings and moving in, is anticipated to take 14 months.

BY ADRIENNE [email protected]

Shown is a drawing of the new Public Safety Complex on Lafayette Drive. A groundbreaking cer-emony for the new Sumter police and fire headquarters will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday.

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SYDNEY — Searchers' frus-tration over Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is difficult to over-state, from the monstrous waves that battered search crews in one of the world's most desolate stretches of ocean to the dearth of informa-tion on the plane's flight path that stymied investigators. And now, perhaps most brutal of all, comes the admission of de-feat.

Australia's announcement on Tuesday that the fruitless, nearly 3-year hunt for the plane in the Indian Ocean was offi-cially suspended has sparked the inevitable second-guessing of those who led the $160 mil-lion search. Few know the agony surely being felt by the Flight 370 search crew better than American oceanographer David Gallo.

Back in 2010, Gallo and his team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts were given a task: They had two months to help find Air France 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 during a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.

When they didn't find it by the deadline, officials halted the search. Gallo was sick over the failure, couldn't sleep, stared at pictures on his desk of the people who had been on board the plane. He was tor-tured by self-doubt, wondered if they had somehow missed the aircraft.

"It was horrible," he remem-bers. "The families were disap-pointed in a big way, the com-panies involved — Airbus, Air France — were wondering what had happened ... won-dered who are these guys who claimed they could find it and didn't?"

After a year of lobbying, offi-cials agreed to let Gallo and his crew look again. They found

the plane in just over a week.Much like the Flight 370 in-

vestigators, Gallo and his team were initially accused of not knowing what they were doing, of misreading data, of using the wrong equipment. But Gallo, who has been in close contact with the Australian search officials leading the hunt for Flight 370, feels confi-dent they have done everything they could, given the limited data available.

Recently, investigators reana-lyzed all the information avail-able on the Malaysian plane and suggested that crews scour a new area north of the 46,000-square-mile search zone they just finished combing. Australia's government nixed that idea, but Gallo says it is imperative crews be allowed to do so.

"If you finish that area, you can say with good conscience, 'We did everything we could do at the time to try to find that plane,'" he says. "But if they don't do that area, it will always haunt us. Forever."

And there is a crucial need to find the plane, he says, for so many reasons.

Gallo still thinks about the people who lost their lives on Air France 447. He lives in coastal Massachusetts, where he often watches planes head-ing out over the Atlantic on journeys from Boston to Eu-rope. He thinks of the passen-gers on board, each of them with loved ones back at home.

Air France searcher recalls defeat’s pain as Flight 370 hunt ends

NEW YORK (AP) — Even as the election outcome inten-sifies America's abortion de-bate, a comprehensive new survey finds the annual num-ber of abortions in the U.S. has dropped to well under 1 million, the lowest level since 1974.

The report, which counted 926,200 abortions in 2014, was released Tuesday by the Gutt-macher Institute, a research group which supports abor-tion rights. It is the only entity which strives to count all abortions in the U.S.; the lat-est federal survey by the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention lacks data from California, Maryland and New Hampshire.

The total from 2014 repre-sented a drop of 12.5 percent from Guttmacher's previous survey, which tallied 1.06 mil-lion abortions in 2011. The de-crease was spread nation-wide; in only six states did abortions increase over the

three-year span.According to the report, the

abortion rate was 14.6 abor-tions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, the lowest rate since abortion was legalized nation-ally in 1973 by the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision.

Following that ruling, the number of abortions in the U.S. rose steadily — reaching a peak of 1.6 million in 1990 — before starting a decline.

The authors of the new re-port, Guttmacher researchers Rachel Jones and Jenna Jer-man, said the latest phase of the decline was likely the re-sult of two main factors: the increased availability of af-fordable, long-lasting contra-ceptives that have reduced un-intended pregnancies, and the surge of abortion restrictions in many states that have forced some clinics to close and hindered many women's access to the procedure.

Guttmacher's state-by-state breakdown showed big de-

clines in abortions in some liberal states, such as Califor-nia, that protect abortion rights, and also in some con-servative states, such as Texas, that have passed laws to restrict abortions.

Jones noted that the majori-ty of women who get abor-tions have low incomes, and nearly two-thirds are already parents.

"It can be very difficult for them to arrange for time off from work, transportation and child care," Jones said. "Some of the abortion rate de-cline is likely attributable to women who were prevented from accessing needed servic-es."

The highest abortion rates were in the District of Colum-bia, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Florida. The lowest rates were in Wyo-ming, Mississippi and South Dakota, states that had only one abortion clinic operating in 2014.

BY KRISTEN GELINEAUThe Associated Press

Anti-abortion rights ac-tivists are connected with a red piece of cloth as they stage a “die-in” in front of the White House in Washington on Jan. 21, 2015.

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New report: Abortions in U.S. drop to lowest level since 1974

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GM to add or keep 7,000 U.S. jobs, make $1B investmentDETROIT (AP) — General Motors

plans to invest $1 billion in U.S. facto-ries and add thousands of new white-collar jobs, measures that have been in the works for years but were an-nounced Tuesday after criticism from President-elect Donald Trump.

In all, the Detroit automaker said it will create or keep 7,000 jobs in the next few years, including about 2,000 at factories. An additional 5,000 new positions will be created at its auto fi-

nancing arm and to develop advanced technology, electric and autonomous vehicles and information technology.

Trump has demanded the auto in-dustry build more cars in the U.S. GM said these latest actions have been in the works since well before the elec-tion, although spokesman Patrick Morrissey acknowledged it’s a good time to announce new jobs in the U.S. Trump will be sworn in as the nation’s 45th president Friday.

“There’s no question there is an em-phasis on job creation in the U.S. right now,” he said. “This is good timing for us to share what we are doing.”

Morrissey said most of the new posi-tions would be in Michigan, with exact locations to be revealed at a later date. The long-planned new white-collar jobs will come in the next two or three years.

GM said the factory investment will create or keep about 1,500 jobs at unspecified factories. In addition, 450

new pickup truck axle-making jobs will be moved to Michigan from Mexico. GM also said an unidentified company that will make parts for the next-generation pickups will move 100 jobs from Mexico to Michigan.

Trump has attacked GM and other automakers for building vehicles in Mexico and shipping them to the U.S. He has threatened to impose a 35 per-cent border tax on automotive imports from Mexico.

New prescription: Exam rooms resembling Apple stores through Forward

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After a relative suffered a heart attack a few years ago, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Adrian Aoun got an unset-tling look at a health-care sys-tem that he diagnosed as an inefficient and outdated mess.

Now he thinks he has a remedy. It’s called Forward, a health-management service that charges $149 per month — roughly $1,800 a year — to tend to all of its patients’ pri-mary-care needs. And not just with attentive doctoring, ei-ther; Forward plans to deploy body scanners, sensors, giant touch-screen monitors, infra-red devices and other high-tech gizmos that could make a doctor’s appointment feel more like a trip to an Apple store.

“Doctors are super smart, but they are set up for failure

in so many ways,” Aoun says. “We haven’t built the tools that they need to operate in modern life. No one wants to go to the doctor’s office today. We want to change that.”

NOT QUITE ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT

Forward will still refer pa-tients to outside specialists when its primary-care doctors can’t deal with certain health problems; same goes for hos-pital admissions. And there are bound to be health insur-ance headaches that Forward isn’t attempting to address.

That means Forward is un-likely to become a cure-all, es-pecially because its member-ship fee isn’t cheap, said Paul Ginsburg, a health-policy ex-pert at the University of Southern California.

“Primary care is a very small part of the cost for what

health insurance covers,” Ginsburg said. “So, even after paying nearly $2,000 a year, you are still going to have to buy health insurance to cover everything else.”

But Aoun is convinced his high-tech approach can start to make things better.

HIGH-TECH PRIMARY MEDICINE

Forward’s patients can view

all their medical information on a mobile app they can use to message a “care team” avail-able around the clock. All blood and DNA tests are done at For-ward’s offices instead of being farmed out; the company said patients will be able to review the results in a matter of min-utes instead of days later.

People with longer-term is-sues such as obesity, high blood pressure or skin prob-

lems will go home with sen-sors that can transmit data back to Forward. Its comput-ers will then alert doctors if any troubling trends surface, allowing them to be addressed before they become more seri-ous.

Forward’s attempt at a med-ical makeover began Tuesday with the opening of its first office in San Francisco. The converted clothing store spans 3,500 square feet, enough to accommodate six exam rooms and a team of doctors. The office should be able to accommodate 12,000 patients in total before turn-ing people away.

Additional Forward offices are planned in other major U.S. cities, although Aoun won’t say where they will be located or when they may open.

Adrian Aoun, founder and CEO of Forward, left, gives a demonstra-tion of a vein-illumination device on an Associated Press reporter at a medical office in San Fran-cisco on Jan. 10.

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NEW YORK — As Donald Trump approaches his inaugu-ration, young Americans have a deeply pessimistic view about his incoming administration, with young blacks, Latinos and Asian-Americans particularly concerned about what's to come in the next four years.

That's according to a new GenForward poll of Americans age 18 to 30, which found that the country's young adults are more likely to expect they'll be worse off at the end of Trump's first term than better off. Such young Americans are also far more likely to think Trump will divide the country than unite it, by a 60 percent to 19 percent margin.

Fifty-two percent of young whites, 72 percent of Latinos, 66 percent of Asian-Americans and 70 percent of blacks think Trump's presidency will lead to a more divided nation.

"Minority people are very afraid of all the rhetoric that he ran upon (in) his cam-paign," said Jada Selma, a 28-year-old black graduate school student living in Atlan-ta. "Anytime he mentioned black people, he would talk about poor people or inner city. He would think that all of us live in the inner city and that

we're all poor.""If you're not a straight white

male, then I don't think he's looking out for you as an American," she said.

GenForward is a survey of adults age 18 to 30 by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The first-of-its-kind poll pays special atten-tion to the voices of young adults of color, highlighting how race and ethnicity shape the opinions of a new genera-tion.

The poll found that 54 per-cent of young people overall say life for people of color will be worse with Trump as presi-dent. About two-thirds of young blacks, Asian-Ameri-cans and Latinos think things will get worse for people of color, and whites are also more likely to expect things to get worse than better for minori-ties, 46 percent to 21 percent.

Overall, 40 percent of young adults think they personally will be worse off four years from now, while just 23 percent expect to be better off. Young people of color are significant-ly more likely to think they will be worse off than better off, while young whites are more split in their personal ex-pectations.

Kuinta Hayle, a 21-year-old black woman from Charlotte,

said she is worried that Trump's selection for attorney general, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, could roll back civil rights. She said Trump's foray into "birtherism," during which he propagated the lie that President Obama was not born in the United States, still bothered her.

"That was very meaningful. It still hurts," Hayle said. "He doesn't know anything about my life or the lives of people who aren't like him. I feel Don-ald Trump is only for rich peo-ple. Obama was for people who didn't have much."

Although he had a decisive win in the Electoral College, Trump lost the overall popular vote to opponent Hillary Clin-ton and has done little to reach out to those who didn't support him in November's election. He focused his post-election "Thank You" tour on states he won, settling scores on stage as he boasted about his surpris-ing electoral victory.

During the weekend, Trump tore into Georgia Rep. John Lewis, among the most revered leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, for questioning the legitimacy of his victory and saying he would not attend Fri-day's inauguration.

As for Obama's presidency, young Americans are split on whether he has done more to unite or divide Americans, 38

percent to 35 percent, with 26 percent saying it did neither.

Young blacks (57 percent to 16 percent), Latinos (57 percent to 19 percent) and Asian-Amer-icans (46 percent to 27 percent) are far more likely to say Obama united than divided Americans. But young whites are more likely to say, by a 46 percent to 26 percent margin, that Obama's presidency was a dividing force.

Indeed, not all young Ameri-cans are pessimistic about the incoming president.

"He'll be good for the econo-my. He's a businessman, and he'll bring more jobs back,"

said Francisco Barrera, 26, of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who voted for Trump. "I think he's going to do good, and he's going to end this political correctness. You can't even say 'God' in the schools no more. Trump will put him back."

A majority of young adults think Trump will go down in history as not a very good pres-ident or a poor one. Young peo-ple of color are particularly likely to think Trump's presi-dency will be not good or poor, but even young whites are more likely to expect that than to think it will be good or great, 48 percent to 27 percent.

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A woman weeps as election results are reported Nov. 8, 2016, during Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s election night rally in Jacob Javits Center’s glass enclosed lobby in New York.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump spoke of national unity to a son of Martin Luther King Jr., seeking to ease friction over the president-elect's squabble with Rep. John Lewis, a protege of the slain civil rights leader.

"He said that he is going to represent all Americans. He said that over and over again," Martin Luther King III told re-porters in the lobby of Trump Tower on Monday after a near-ly hour-long meeting. "I be-lieve that's his intent."

Trump met with King's son on the holiday marking the life of the assassinated civil rights

icon, just days after the presi-dent-elect had gone on Twitter to strike back fiercely at Lewis for questioning the legitimacy of the billionaire business-man's election as president. Lewis and the elder King were among the Big Six civil rights leaders of the 1960s.

In a post on his Twitter ac-count, Trump had accused Lewis of being "all talk" after

the Georgia Democrat said he didn't think Trump had come to the presidency legitimately. Trump also tweeted that the Southern congressman should pay more attention to his "crime ridden" Atlanta-area district.

Trump's comments drew widespread criticism and have done little to reassure those uneasy about the transition

from Obama, the nation's first black president, to a president-in-waiting who struggled to connect with many nonwhite voters during the campaign.

The younger King down-played the incident Monday, saying that "in the heat of emotion a lot of things get said on both sides." King, who said he pressed Trump on the need for voting reform to increase

participation, called their meeting "constructive." King said that while he disagreed with the president-elect's com-ments where Lewis is con-cerned, he believes "at some point in this nation, we've got to move forward."

"I think we also have to con-sistently engage with pressure, public pressure," King said. "It doesn't happen automatically."

President-elect tries to calm tensions after Lewis squabble

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During the public comment portion of the meeting, coun-cil once again heard from resi-dents who are having issues with city water.

Brianna Carter, who had previously spoken before council, said the city’s efforts to clean up her water proved to be temporary.

“We made it seven days (with clean water),” she said.

“A lot of people are losing faith, and I am one of them,” she said.

Carter said she is spending more than $100 a month on bottled water.

Other residents in the area complained of similar issues with their water.

Daniel Dollar, who lives on Foxcroft Circle, showed a jar

of discolored water and a badly stained filter to council.

“I had no problems until two years ago,” he said.

City Manager Deron McCor-mick said the city has been working with people who have made complaints and has gone out and tested their water and more testing would be done this week.

Carter said the city came and tested her water, but they came when the water was good.

“We are asking for our water to be tested when it’s bad,” she said.

Also on Tuesday’s evening agenda was a final reading of an ordinance that would amend the city’s sign regula-tion to allow off-premise di-rectional signs. The final read-ing was passed.

Council also approved final readings of an ordinance au-thorizing a contract with Con-stellation New Energy Inc. to

provide energy-efficient prod-ucts and conservation mea-sures and an ordinance ap-proving a lease purchase agreement relating to pur-chase of vehicles and equip-ment.

Council also passed resolu-tions authorizing contracts for the purchase of a jet-vac sewer truck, a dump truck and sewer replacement on Milton Road and Phillips Street.

Council also approved a contract to renovate and ex-pand the Alice Drive Fire Sta-tion.

Sumter Fire Chief Mike Ford said the station was built in 1972 and is badly in need of expansion.

“It was built for two shifts of four men each,” he said. “Now we have three shifts of six.”

He said the proposed reno-vation in addition to expand-ing the facility would include women and men’s bathrooms and bring the building into Americans with Disability Act compliance.

MicroCareerBursts, available for various careers that students in the state have access to viewing.

Three years ago the private firm began devel-oping the employability soft skills program for schools, taking its teaching techniques for busi-ness and industry and applying them to the classroom, according to Chief Operating Officer Ann Brown.

“We took it from what we already teach the adult community,” Brown said. “Our business partners were saying, ‘We need people coming through the door that have these skill sets al-ready.’

“So, we tried to re-engineer it and design it for the high school population. Now, they will have these skill sets before they graduate. So, when they do get their job, they can keep it.”

Students at the career and technology center

can earn a soft skills’ certification if they com-plete all 10 modules or lessons, pass a final on-line assessment and also their instructor’s obser-vation based on behavior.

“That’s what I like most about it — the instruc-tor’s opinion carries the weight,” Robertson said.

Currently, the career and technology center is one of 17 schools in the state conducting the pilot program.

Four instructors in their respective programs of study and Robertson serve as teachers in the soft skills pilot.

The programs include Mechatronics/STEM 10, Introduction to Manufacturing and Welding Technology.

According to Robertson, that’s about 80 to 100 students in the pilot.

Robertson said the school’s goal is to expand the program for all students at the career cen-ter and hopefully to other schools in the dis-trict.

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Robertson said his goal was to keep the congrega-tion in positive spirits.

“It was very important to call everyone together and to celebrate the fact we had another building to go to,” Robertson said.

Members formed a big circle and, holding hands, prayed. Then they began to set up chairs in the gym of the Family Life Center for Sunday service the fol-lowing day.

The center’s gymnasium has been the temporary sanctuary for the past seven months. About 300 chairs are set up on the gym floor and, with bleachers, the space can sit as many as 600 people.

“It’s been truly a blessing,” Jenkins said. “Our for-mer pastor, the Rev. Willie Dennis, who served the church for 40 years, had a vision to build the center, and because of that, we now can have service without leaving our church grounds.”

The church lost all of its historical items in the building, but new history will be made this year.

Church leaders are meeting with a few architects and design/building firms and will select one in the next few weeks, Robertson said.

Once a decision on a design is made, they hope to break ground on a new building this spring, he said.

Robertson said through it all, church members have not solicited any donations or organized any fundrais-ers for the construction of a new building.

“God has been good to us,” he said. “We’ve received many donations, and the community support has been overwhelming.”

The same feeling of hope was in the air after anoth-er fire destroyed the previous sanctuary in April 1987, he said.

The congregation rallied together and had a Sunday service the day after that fire as well.

A tragedy took place that night in 1987 when a vol-unteer firefighter at Rembert Fire Station who re-sponded to the call, Thomas Harold “Buck” Brown, suffered a heart attack and died on the scene.

In June’s fire, Robertson prayed with some of the firefighters battling the blaze.

“I felt it was important to commemorate the fire-fighter who lost his life while fighting a fire here al-most 30 years earlier,” Robertson said.

Although the church is not soliciting donations for the rebuilding efforts, anyone wanting to donate can send checks to 5840 Spring Hill Road, Rembert, SC 29128.

Donations can also be made at any NBSC bank loca-tion in the state and designated to “Union Baptist Church-Rembert reconstruction efforts.”

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President-elect Donald Trump’s threats against American companies looking to

relocate in foreign countries have won favorable review from many quarters. Support comes from those alarmed about trade deficits, those who want a “level playing field” and those who call for “free trade but fair trade,” whatever that means.

Some American companies relocate in foreign lands be-cause costs are lower and hence their profits are higher. Lower labor costs are not the only reason companies move to other countries.

Life Savers, a candy manu-facturing company, was based in Holland, Michigan, for de-cades. In 2002, it moved to Mon-treal. It didn’t move because Canada had lower wages. Cana-dian wages are similar to ours. The mayor of Holland offered Kraft, the parent company of Life Savers, a 15-year tax break worth $25 million to stay. But Kraft’s CEO said it would save $90 million over the same peri-od because sugar was less ex-pensive in Canada. Congress can play favorites with U.S. sugar producers by keeping for-eign sugar out, enabling them to charge higher sugar prices, earn higher profits and pay their employees higher wages. Our Congress has no power to force the Canadian Parliament to impose similar sugar import restrictions.

One of the unappreciated benefits of international trade is that it helps reveal the cost of domestic policy. For example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration can im-pose high costs on American companies, but it has no juris-diction elsewhere. Our Environ-mental Protection Agency can impose costly regulations on American companies, but it has no power to impose costly regu-lations on companies in other countries. Congress can impose costly tax burdens on American companies, but it has no power to do so abroad. Restrictions on international trade conceal these costs. My argument here is not against the costly regula-tions that we impose on our-selves. I am merely suggesting that we should appreciate the cost of those regulations. The fact that a good or service can be produced more cheaply else-where helps.

Trump’s threats to impose high tariffs on the products of companies that leave ought to be a worry for us — namely,

whether we are going to have another president who flouts the U.S. Constitution. Here’s how Article 1, Sec-tion 7 of our Constitution reads: “All Bills for rais-

ing Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” President Barack Obama has circum-vented the Constitution and Congress through executive orders. His success in doing so has put too much power in the hands of the executive branch. One wonders whether Trump plans to broaden that power by implementing trade tariffs through executive order.

In early December, Masayo-shi Son, CEO of SoftBank, a Japanese telecommunications company, pledged, after meet-ing with Trump, to invest $50 billion in the United States, a move that would create 50,000 jobs. I wonder whether Trump would support Japanese do-mestic interests that might want to prevent so many jobs from moving away from Japan. A few weeks ago, when it was announced that Peter Navarro was appointed to lead the new White House National Trade Council, Trump said Navarro will work to “shrink our trade deficit.” Yet more foreign investment would put upward pressure on Ameri-ca’s trade deficit.

Some Americans support trade restrictions because they think there is a problem with having a trade deficit, i.e., buy-ing more from foreigners than they buy from us. But when foreigners sell us goods and take home U.S. dollars, what do they do with those dollars? The answer to that question lies in the fact that ultimately, dollars are only good in the U.S. They can go from country to country, but they sooner or later wind up in the U.S. as claims on what we produce.

By the way, all trade is fair in the eyes of the parties trad-ing, or else they would not trade. It’s third parties who seek to interfere.

Walter E. Williams is a profes-sor of economics at George Mason University. © 2017 cre-ators.com

Dear editor, pastors, preach-ers, deacons, church members, business leaders and fellow cit-izens,

I urge you to join with me in strongly requesting our lead-ers at all levels of government, industry and society to take immediate action to provide a safe, readily available and rea-sonable means for those living on one side of the US 76/378 bypass in Sumter to reach the other side (shopping) and re-turn home. By odometer, the one way distance from the middle housing apartments on Tupelo Lane is 1.1 miles by the safer way of travel to Carolina Avenue (Angel’s restaurant). By estimation, the dangerous way is 250 feet one way across North Pike, the four lanes of the bypass and South Pike.

This will require funding that could come from diverting funds from one of the planned

new government buildings, by stopping the beautification of downtown Sumter and/or the buying of new vehicles for most local government agencies.

I am confident that if our elected and appointed officials and their families had to live in that neighborhood for three months and survive by walk-ing the safe way for 90 days, this issue would become of highest priority and promptly solved.

At my observation, there were a number of vehicles parking in the housing com-plex parking area and that sug-gests that only an unknown number of dwellers there need a safe and practical means of crossing to and from the busi-nesses on the opposite side.

One possible, cost effective fix could be to arrange multi-ple daily RTA scheduled pick-ups and drop-offs on both sides of the bypass.

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S.C. political corruption, part 2: How we got here

This is the second in an ongoing series about political cor-ruption and ethics

reform in South Carolina. This column outlines the origins, recent scandals and beginnings of efforts for ethics reform.

Directly across the street from the Statehouse on the corner of Gervais and Main streets in Columbia is a bar called The Whig. To get there, you descend a dank, dark and grimy covered stairway, go through an un-marked black door and into an even more dank, dark and grimy room.

On its website, The Whig proudly display a seal pro-claiming themselves ‘North America’s Greatest Dive Bar.’ I don’t know about the greatest part, but it’s sure a dive. Its principle virtue is that it is the shortest dis-tance between the state leg-islative chambers and an abundance of alcohol and edible bar food.

It seemed like the perfect place to meet John Crangle and discuss the recent his-tory of South Carolina’s corrupt politics and the at-tempts to clean it up — the ethics reform movement.

Crangle knows more about the sleaze of our state’s politics than anyone — or at least anyone who is on the right side of the law and not in jail. He had a new book published last year, a massive 606 page tome, entitled “Operation Lost Trust and the Ethics Reform Movement 1989-99.”

So, first about Crangle, Operation Lost Trust and where we are today with the ethics reform and the current ethics scandals. In later columns, I’ll focus on what can be done to break the back of the corrupt sys-tem we have today.

Crangle grew up in South Dakota and when we met he had just returned from a month of hunting and fish-ing in the frigid ice and snow of Minnesota and Wisconsin — pretty rugged stuff for a 76-year-old. He came to South Carolina in the 1960s and got a doctor-ate in history and political science and then a law de-gree from the University of South Carolina. For the last 30 years, he’s been the Di-rector of Common Cause of South Carolina, which monitors the Legislature and works for better gov-ernment at all levels of the state.

(Full disclosure: I was on the board of Common

Cause a few years back and I have enor-mous re-spect for John and the work he has done for our state over the

years.)To say that Crangle is

committed is a gross under-statement. A few years back when the national of-fice of Common Cause was scaling back across the country, they cut off fund-ing for the South Carolina operation — including the few bucks they paid Cran-gle as Director. But Crangle kept on. He’s continued his battles against the dark forces of the Statehouse and funded the fights from his own pocket. He also spent over $30,000 of per-sonal funds to research and publish his book.

As Crangle highlights in the book, corruption has been a part of our state’s political history since the beginning: “… the political culture of South Carolina was pathological and has been perhaps for three hun-dred years. Ever since it’s foundation as a colony in 1670, a small predatory elite had fastened itself on the economic, cultural and po-litical life of the Carolina colony and afterward the state, exploiting it in ruth-less, corrupt and irrespon-sible ways and using gov-ernment to enriching them-selves … the state’s politi-cal, legal and ethical sys-tem not only tolerated but actually promoted self-serv-ing and corrupt behavior.”

Operation Lost Trust of the 1990’s was the begin-ning of our modern ethics scandals. Though there had been a so-called ethics act passed in 1975, Crangle characterized it as “a pious fraud and an open invita-tion to corruption of every sort.” And over the years, the legislators, lobbyists, politicians, political leeches and various other hangers on accepted this invitation as a matter of course.

To make a very, very long story (606 pages worth) very short, Operation Lost Trust began as a drug in-vestigation and then be-came a vote buying, fraud and obstruction of justice sting operation. Federal prosecutors (not South Car-olina prosecutors) pro-duced 63 videotapes and 99 audio recordings that pro-

vided a detailed exposé of outrageous revelations about how the whole cor-rupt system of legislators and lobbyists operated.

Among the most outra-geous (and amusing) were the details of how one legis-lator (also a Baptist preach-er) was running a $75 a night escort service out of his legislative office. After his activities came to light, he got in a fist fight with a woman in his congregation. It is unclear who won.

When all was said and done, 28 people were in-dicted including 18 legisla-tors, one former legislator and judge, the Chairman of the State Development Board and Gov. Carroll Campbell’s chief fundrais-er, another aide to Gov. Campbell, six lobbyists, one businessman and one Clemson University admin-istrator.

Crangle said ‘“Lost Trust belatedly and finally alert-ed the people of South Car-olina that state government was rotted out with corrup-tion and filled with small time hustlers and crooks.”

As a result of the scan-dal, in 1991 a modest ethics reform legislation was passed that barred the most blatant and obvious forms of payments and corrup-tion, and increased the reg-ulation and reporting re-quirements for lobbyist and campaign finance activities.

Though this 1991 legisla-tion was essential ‘Swiss cheese reform’ (more holes than cheese) a number of politicians have been suc-cessfully prosecuted under this law including Gov. Mark Sanford, Lt. Gov. Ken Ard, Lt. Gov. Henry Mc-Master, House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Sen. Robert Ford.

So, where are we today?As is outlined in Part 1 of

this series of columns, what is rumored to be an-other big scandal is break-ing; in December, former House Majority Leader Jim Merrill was indicted on 30 counts of corruption for using his legislative posi-tion to enrich himself with $1.3 million.

Stay tuned. Crangle says there is a lot more to come (though probably not on the dimension of Lost Trust) … and he should know.

Phil Noble has a technology firm in Charleston and writes a weekly column for the S.C. Press Association. Reach him at [email protected] and get his columns at www.PhilNoble.com.

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Florence 75/45/c 64/50/pcGainesville 80/55/s 79/57/pcGastonia 71/40/pc 62/50/pcGoldsboro 68/40/sh 60/43/sGoose Creek 78/51/c 69/54/pcGreensboro 63/40/pc 59/45/sGreenville 73/46/pc 62/50/pcHickory 65/39/pc 59/46/pcHilton Head 74/55/pc 65/57/pcJacksonville, FL 80/55/pc 76/57/pcLa Grange 72/56/c 70/60/tMacon 76/54/c 72/59/cMarietta 66/50/c 66/56/c

Marion 65/37/pc 58/46/pcMt. Pleasant 76/53/pc 66/56/pcMyrtle Beach 72/48/c 62/51/cOrangeburg 75/50/c 66/54/pcPort Royal 75/55/pc 69/57/pcRaleigh 65/40/pc 60/46/sRock Hill 72/40/pc 62/51/pcRockingham 70/39/pc 62/47/sSavannah 78/56/c 73/58/cSpartanburg 72/44/pc 61/50/pcSummerville 77/51/c 69/54/pcWilmington 70/41/c 61/46/pcWinston-Salem 63/39/pc 59/46/s

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IN THE MOUNTAINS

Today: Very warm with clouds breaking. Winds southwest 6-12 mph.Thursday: Mostly cloudy and cooler. Winds east-southeast 4-8 mph.

ON THE COAST

Today: A morning shower in places; other-wise, clouds and sun. High 70 to 76.Thursday: Intervals of clouds and sun; cooler in central parts. High 60 to 70.

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Rivers is a sweet soul with a kind demeanor

Support Groups: Jan. 18, 2017

SUMTER ANIMAL CONTROL PET OF THE WEEK

PUBLIC AGENDA

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Temptation will consume you. Don’t get

emotional about how you deal with situations concerning your peers or employer. Bide your time while you gather facts. Education and gaining experience are favored.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Not everyone will be happy with your accomplishments. Don’t let a jealous individual rain on your parade. Be proud of what you have to offer and indulge in giving what you can to those who do appreciate your time and effort.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Change is welcome and can be good if you keep it simple and within your means. Don’t let confusion or uncertainty take over. Network, ask questions and make decisions. A partnership will be in your best interest.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Avoid joint ventures. You’ll do your best by working alone on a goal or activity that brings you pleasure. Incorporate your skills and knowledge into things you enjoy doing most, and you’ll find your niche. Stick to a set budget.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Paying for someone to do a job that you can take care of yourself will be a waste of money. Explore other ways to cut corners as well and you’ll have more money to spend on things that matter to you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep money matters to yourself. Joint ventures will lead to a loss. Concentrate on emotional rather than financial partnerships. A day trip will result in more options as well as information that will help you reach

your goal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll be confused by what someone does or says. Don’t overreact or take offense when the best way to bring about positive changes will be to offer incentives and ask for advice or contributions. Keep life simple.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): An emotional plea will be the result of someone trying to take advantage of your kindness. Keep in mind that charity begins at home. Do your best to put time and effort into home and personal improvements, not helping outsiders.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What you do for others or a cause you believe in will encourage greater respect from others. Refuse to let an emotional incident cost you at work. Being productive will be the way to gain acceptance and advance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Emotions will come between you and making the right choice when dealing with educational pursuits, dealing with peers or taking impulsive actions. Think before you make an unrealistic promise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Keep an open mind, but don’t feel you have to share personal information with anyone who doesn’t wield proper authority. Protecting your interests and doing so secretively will help you avoid loss.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Bring about change without overspending. Realistic plans will be supported by the people you need in your corner. Don’t let anyone pressure you into doing something you can’t afford.

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CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT 3Thursday, 7:30 p.m., district office, Turbeville

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SUPPORT GROUPSAA, 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 — Sun-days, 4:30 p.m., 1 Warren St. (803) 775-1852.

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

441 AA Support Group — Mon-days, Tuesdays and Fridays, 8:30 p.m., Hair Force, 2090-D S.C. 441.

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

Manning Al-Anon Family Group — Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., Be-havioral 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 (803) 607-4543.

MONDAY MEETINGS:

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

TUESDAY MEETINGS:

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

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

Mothers of Angels (for mothers who have lost a child) — First Tuesday at noon and third Tuesday at 6 p.m., Wise Drive Baptist Church. Call (803) 469-6059, (803) 979-4498, (803) 469-4506 or (803) 938-8544.

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

“The Gathering” — Second Tuesday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., North HOPE Center, 904 N. Main St. A community support group for teens and adults with special needs. Call (803) 972-0051 or (803) 468-5745 or email [email protected].

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

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

Sumter Chapter Parents of Mur-

dered 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.

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

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

WEDNESDAY MEETINGS:

Sickle Cell Support Group — Last Wednesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., South Sumter Resource Cen-ter, 337 Manning Ave. Call (803) 774-6181.

Divorce Care — Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

Grief Share — Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Bethel Baptist Church, 2401 Bethel Church Road. Call (803) 481-2160.

THURSDAY MEETINGS:

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

Alzheimer’s Support Group through S.C. Alzheimer’s Associa-tion — First Thursday, 6-8 p.m., National Health Care, 1018 N. Guignard Drive. Call (803) 905-7720 or (800) 636-3346.

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

Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group — Fourth Thursday each month, 10-11:30 a.m., Palmetto Health Tuomey Hospice, 500 Pinewood Road, Suite 2. Call (803) 773-4663.

FRIDAY MEETINGS:

Celebrate Recovery — Fridays, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. program, Salt & Light Church, Miller Road (across from Food Lion). For help with struggles of al-cohol, drugs, family problems, etc.

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

SATURDAY MEETINGS:

Reflex Sympathetic Dystro-phy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Support Group — Third Saturday, 1:30 p.m., 3785 Blackberry Lane, Lot 7. Call (803) 481-7521.

Like a fine wine, some things improve with age. Rivers is an older gentleman who has a kind demeanor and gets along with other dogs. He ambles along, happy to be by your side on a walk, and is just a sweet soul. Come on down to Sumter Animal Control, 1240 Winkles Road, (803) 436-2066, and meet Rivers in kennel 19. Please visit Sumter Animal Control on Facebook to view more lost / found animals.

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Cloud of

steroids

hoversMLB Hall of Fame considers 2017 classBY RONALD BLUMAP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK — The cloud of steroids hovers above Hall of Fame voting, much like it shrouded baseball in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Tim Raines, in his 10th and final year of eligibility, appears likely to gain election along with Jeff Bagwell when the Baseball Writers’ Association

of America voting is announced Wednesday night. Ivan Rodriguez, eligible for the first time, and Trevor Hoffman also could make it.

But along with focusing on the electees, many will study the vote totals of tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clem-ens.

Bonds, a seven-time MVP who holds the season and career home run records, received 36.2 percent in his ini-tial appearance, in 2013, and 44.3 percent last year. Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, has risen from 37.6 per-cent in 2013 to 45.2 percent last year.

This year, Bonds is on 62.8 percent of the 219 ballots ob-tained by Ryan Thibodaux and posted on his Hall of Fame vote-tracker and Clemens on 61.9 percent. That is about half the total, so both project likely to fall short of the 75 percent needed.

But they are gaining momen-tum.

Peter Gammons of the MLB Network who joined the BBWAA in 1972, voted for Bonds and Clemens for the first time. He differentiates between players suspected of steroids use before the start of testing with penalties in 2004 and those suspended for drug violations.

“I judge players by their eras and who they played against,” he said Wednesday. “Clemens and Bonds, they were the best pitcher, player of their eras. And while I wrestled with it, I just decided that how do I know who did and who didn’t? ... I fi-nally just decided, you know what, they’re so great that they should be in the Hall of Fame because it’s a museum of base-ball history.”

The election of former Com-missioner Bud Selig by a veter-ans committee in November im-pacted the decisions of some be-cause he presided over the era. Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago also voted for the pair for the first time.

“I was hoping that Bonds and Clemens maybe would speak up a little more, talk about what they had done, why they had done it, their feelings on the integrity of the game, their feelings on the Hall of Fame,” Miles said Tuesday. “With the veterans committee electing Bud Selig to the Hall of Fame, I thought it was high time that the standouts from the so-called Steroid Era should join him up on the stage this July.”

Bonds was indicted on charg-es he lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he denied using PEDs but a jury failed to reach a verdict on three counts he made false statements and con-victed him on one obstruction of justice count, finding he gave an evasive answer. The convic-tion was overturned appeal in 2015.

RAINES

BAGWELL

PRO BASEBALL

Crestwood High School varsity girls basketball head coach Tony Wilson pointed out to his team that its oppo-nent on Tuesday, Hartsville, had been picked by some of the Region VI-4A coaches to end the Lady Knights’ run of six straight region titles.

It remains to be seen who will win the region title, but CHS showed it won’t be giving it up in easy fashion.

Crestwood limited the Lady Red Foxes to just seven points in the first half and led by as many as 31 points before settling for a 50-30 victory at The Castle.

Crestwood made it a sweep as the boys held off a couple of HHS charges to win 67-57.

“We wanted to come out and make a statement,” said Wilson, who led the Lady Knights to five outright and one shared Region VI-3A titles before mov-ing up to 4A this year with realign-ment. “We wanted to let everyone know that we’re not going away.”

Hartsville, which came into the game with a 13-2 overall mark and a 1-0 re-gion record, had just moved into the top 10 of the South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association 4A poll released on late Tuesday afternoon at No. 10. Fifth-ranked CHS smothered the Lady Foxes with a half-court trap.

HHS had 12 turnovers in the first quarter and finished with 28 for the game. Crestwood came away with 23 steals with eight apiece coming from Tyanna Saunders and Jah’Che Whit-field. Lindsey Rogers had five steals.

“We had all of those turnovers and we were never able to get anything

going,” said Hartsville head coach Tammy Gibson, whose team trailed 12-3 after the first quarter and 27-7 at halftime. “Twelve of them came in the first quarter and that put us in a hole.”

“We played great defense,” said Wil-

son, whose squad led 41-13 after three quarters. “We came out in that half-court trap and wanted to put a lot of pressure on them tonight.”

COLUMBIA — South Car-olina guard Sindarius Thornwell is ready for a week like few others in his college career.

He knows if the 24th-ranked Gamecocks can make it through No. 19 Flor-ida at home on Wednesday night and at No. 5 Kentucky on Saturday, it should go a long way in determining if they can challenge for the top of the Southeastern Con-ference and gain their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2004.

“There’s a lot of motiva-tion right now,” Thornwell said. “We understand it’s a big week and we’ve got a big opportunity ahead of us. We’ll be more focused and more prepared than ever.”

Especially with the chance to take early control of the Southeastern Conference.

The Gamecocks (14-3, 4-0 SEC) are among three teams undefeated in league play with Kentucky (15-2) and Florida (14-3) the others, both 5-0.

“I think the guys will be excited,” Gamecocks coach Frank Martin said.

It’s been a season of runs for South Carolina centered about Thornwell’s presence on the court.

The Gamecocks opened

NFC championship expected to produce big offense

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The high-scoring offenses of the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers appear poised to provide a memorable send-off for the Georgia Dome.

Factor in the teams’ leaky defenses, and Sunday’s NFC championship game could surge past the unusually high over/under of 60½ points set by the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook.

The Falcons led the NFL in scoring . Even so, they know it won’t be easy to keep up with the scoring pace set by quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.

“It’s obvious they’ve got a stud at quarterback,” Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews said Tuesday. “We’ve played a lot of great teams with great players at quarterback. ... Whatever it takes,

we just have to put up as many points as we need to.”

Matthews said the weekly message

from offensive coordinator Kyle Shana-han is “I don’t know if we’re going to have to win 6-3 or 40-37.”

Of those alternatives, 40-37 appears to be the more likely target, in part be-cause the Atlanta and Green Bay de-fenses don’t dominate the statistics like their offensive counterparts.

Shanahan is a leading candidate in the San Francisco 49ers’ coaching search.

The game will be the Falcons’ fare-well to the Georgia Dome, which will be demolished in the offseason. The Falcons will move into the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium next season.

The Falcons and Packers finished the regular season ranked 28th and 31st, respectively, in pass defense. The Falcons allowed 25.4 points per game to rank 27th, only a few spots below the Packers (24.2) at 21st.

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Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan (2) talks to Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers after a 2014 game in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers and Falcons play in the NFC Championship on Sunday in Atlanta.

BY CHARLES ODUMAP Sports Writer

PRO FOOTBALL

Ranked again, Gamecocks face big weekNo. 24 Carolina set to face No. 19 Florida, No. 5 Kentucky

USC MEN’S BASKETBALL

BY PETE IACOBELLIAP Sports Writer

SEE USC, PAGE B2

South Carolina guard Sindarius Thornwell (00) puts up a two-pointer during a game against Georgia on Jan. 4 in Athens, Geor-gia. South Caroli-na defeated Georgia 67-61.

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Lady Knights rout Hartsville to grab early region lead

PREP BASKETBALL

Making a statement

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Crestwood’s Tyanna Saunders (10) keeps her eyes on the rim as she drives through Harts-ville’s defense to score during the Lady Knights’ 50-30 victory on Tuesday at The Castle.

BY DENNIS [email protected]

SEE CRESTWOOD, PAGE B3

TV SPORTSTODAY12:30 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League D-League Showcase from Mississauga, Ontario – Grand Rapids at Raptor 905 (NBA TV).1 p.m. – NFL Football: Championship Wednesday Press Conference (NFL NETWORK).2:30 p.m. – International Soccer: FA Cup Match – Liverpool vs. Plymouth Argyle (FOX SPORTS 1).3 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Hall of Fame Election Announcement (MLB NETWORK).3 p.m. – Professional Basketball: NBA Development League D-League Showcase from Mississauga, Ontario – Greensboro vs. Erie (NBA TV).6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WPUB-FM 102.7).6:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Florida at South Carolina (SEC NETWORK, WDXY-FM 105.9, WNKT-FM 107.5, WDXY-AM 1240).7 p.m. – College Basketball: Temple at Cincinnati (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).7 p.m. – College Basketball: Oklahoma at West Virginia (ESPN2).7 p.m. – College Basketball: Missouri at Alabama (ESPNU).7 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Portland at Charlotte (FOX SPORTS SOUTHEAST).7 p.m. – College Basketball: Notre Dame at Florida State (FOX SPORT-SOUTH).7 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Austra-lian Open Men’s and Women’s Sec-ond-Round Matches from Melbourne, Australia (TENNIS).7 p.m. – College Basketball: St. Jo-seph’s at Massachusetts (TIME WAR-NER 1250).7:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Tulane at Tulsa (ESPNEWS).7:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexi-can League Match -- Santos vs. America (UNIVISION).8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Milwaukee at Houston (ESPN).8 p.m. – Professional Golf: Asian Tour Singapore Open First Round from Singapore (GOLF).8 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Boston at Detroit (NBC SPORTS NETWORK).8:30 p.m. – College Basketball: Louisi-ana State at Auburn (SEC NETWORK).9 p.m. – College Basketball: Illinois State at Bradley (CBS SPORTS NET-WORK).9 p.m. – Professional Tennis: Austra-lian Open Men’s and Women’s Sec-ond-Round Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2).9 p.m. – College Basketball: Kansas State at Oklahoma State (ESPNU).9 p.m. – College Basketball: Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech (FOX SPORT-SOUTH).9:55 p.m. – International Soccer: Mexi-can League Match – Monarcas vs. Leon (UNIVISION).10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Oklaho-ma City at Golden State (ESPN).10:30 p.m. – Professional Golf: Euro-pean PGA Tour Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship First Round from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (GOLF).10:30 p.m. – NHL Hockey: San Jose at Los Angeles (NBC SPORTS NET-WORK).11 p.m. – College Basketball: Colorado State at Fresno State (CBS SPORTS NETWORK).11 p.m. – College Basketball: Colorado at Washington (ESPNU).3 a.m. – Professional Tennis: Austra-lian Open Men’s and Women’s Sec-ond-Round Matches from Melbourne, Australia (ESPN2).

NFL PLAYOFFSThe Associated Press

WILD-CARD PLAYOFFSSaturday, Jan. 7Houston 27, Oakland 14Seattle 26, Detroit 6Sunday, Jan. 8Pittsburgh 30, Miami 12Green Bay 38, N.Y. Giants 13Divisional PlayoffsSaturday, Jan. 14Atlanta 36, Seattle 20New England 34, Houston 16Sunday, Jan. 15Green Bay 34, Dallas 31Pittsburgh 18, Kansas City 16Conference ChampionshipsSunday, Jan. 22NFCGreen Bay at Atlanta, 3:05 p.m. (FOX)AFCPittsburgh at New England, 6:40 p.m. (CBS)

PRO BOWLSunday, Jan. 29At Orlando, Fla.AFC vs. NFC, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

SUPER BOWLSunday, Feb. 5At HoustonTBD, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

NBA STANDINGSThe Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GBToronto 27 13 .675 —Boston 26 15 .634 1½New York 18 24 .429 10Philadelphia 13 26 .333 13½Brooklyn 8 32 .200 19SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GBAtlanta 24 17 .585 —Washington 21 19 .525 2½Charlotte 20 21 .488 4Orlando 17 26 .395 8Miami 11 30 .268 13CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GBCleveland 29 11 .725 —Indiana 21 19 .525 8Milwaukee 20 20 .500 9Chicago 21 21 .500 9Detroit 19 24 .442 11½

WESTERN CONFERENCESOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GBSan Antonio 31 9 .775 —Houston 32 11 .744 ½Memphis 25 18 .581 7½New Orleans 16 26 .381 16Dallas 13 27 .325 18NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GBUtah 27 16 .628 —Oklahoma City 25 18 .581 2Portland 18 25 .419 9Denver 16 23 .410 9Minnesota 14 27 .341 12PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GBGolden State 35 6 .854 —L.A. Clippers 29 14 .674 7Sacramento 16 24 .400 18½L.A. Lakers 15 30 .333 22Phoenix 13 28 .317 22

MONDAY’S GAMESAtlanta 108, New York 107Washington 120, Portland 101Philadelphia 113, Milwaukee 104Indiana 98, New Orleans 95Denver 125, Orlando 112Boston 108, Charlotte 98Golden State 126, Cleveland 91Utah 106, Phoenix 101L.A. Clippers 120, Oklahoma City 98

TUESDAY’S GAMESHouston at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Toronto at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.Dallas at Chicago, 8 p.m.Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMESMemphis at Washington, 7 p.m.Portland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 8 p.m.Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Indiana at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at G. State, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMESPhoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Dallas at Miami, 7:30 p.m.Washington at New York, 8 p.m.Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMESMilwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m.Portland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Brooklyn at New Orleans, 8 p.m.Chicago at Atlanta, 8 p.m.Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m.Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m.Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL STANDINGSThe Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GAMontreal 45 27 12 6 60 138 113Boston 47 23 19 5 51 117 117Ottawa 41 22 15 4 48 105 107Toronto 41 20 13 8 48 128 120Florida 45 20 17 8 48 106 122Tampa Bay 45 21 20 4 46 125 133Detroit 44 19 19 6 44 112 127Buffalo 43 17 17 9 43 101 120

METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 44 29 9 6 64 138 94Columbus 42 29 9 4 62 141 95Pittsburgh 43 27 11 5 59 153 131N.Y. Rangers 44 28 15 1 57 152 116Philadelphia 46 22 18 6 50 132 148Carolina 43 21 15 7 49 121 117New Jersey 45 18 18 9 45 101 129N.Y. Islanders 42 17 17 8 42 120 128

WESTERN CONFERENCE

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GAMinnesota 42 28 9 5 61 138 92Chicago 46 27 14 5 59 126 116St. Louis 44 23 16 5 51 124 129Nashville 43 20 16 7 47 119 114Dallas 45 18 19 8 44 119 138Winnipeg 47 20 23 4 44 129 145Colorado 41 13 27 1 27 82 137

PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GAAnaheim 46 24 13 9 57 123 116Edmonton 46 24 15 7 55 131 122San Jose 44 26 16 2 54 117 102Calgary 46 23 20 3 49 119 125Los Angeles 44 22 18 4 48 111 110Vancouver 45 20 19 6 46 111 130Arizona 43 13 24 6 32 91 137NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

MONDAY’S GAMESBuffalo 4, Dallas 1N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 0Detroit 1, Montreal 0San Jose 5, Winnipeg 2Tampa Bay 2, Los Angeles 1Pittsburgh 8, Washington 7, OTEdmonton 3, Arizona 1

TUESDAY’S GAMESCarolina at Columbus, 7 p.m.Dallas at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Ottawa at St. Louis, 8 p.m.New Jersey at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Florida at Calgary, 9 p.m.Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m.Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMESPittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.Arizona at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.Boston at Detroit, 8 p.m.Florida at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMESDallas at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Columbus, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Washington at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Arizona at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Nashville at Calgary, 9 p.m.Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Tampa Bay at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMESChicago at Boston, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m.Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Montreal at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Nashville at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Florida at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAmerican LeagueTEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Josh Hamilton and RHP Dillon Gee on minor league contracts.National LeagueCHICAGO CUBS — Claimed RHP Dylan Floro off waivers from Tampa Bay.American AssociationKANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed INF Eddie Newton.LAREDO LEMURS — Signed INF Brian Burgamy.WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed OF Josh Romanski.

BASKETBALLNational Basketball AssociationMIAMI HEAT — Signed F Okaro White to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALLNational Football LeagueCAROLINA PANTHERS — Announced the resignation of wide receivers coach Ricky Proehl.DENVER BRONCOS — Promoted de-fensive backs coach Joe Woods to defensive coordinator.ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Denver Broncos safety Darian Stewart has been named to the 2017 Pro Bowl, the NFL announced on Tuesday.Canadian Football LeagueWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Kenny Stafford to a two-year contract.

HOCKEYNational Hockey LeagueNASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned F Kevin Fiala to Milwaukee (AHL). Placed D Petter Granberg on injured reserve.TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled D Jake Dotchin from Syracuse (AHL).WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reas-signed F Chandler Stephenson to Hershey (AHL).ECHLATLANTA GLADIATORS — Released F Mike Moran and D Ryan Michel.FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Traded D Rory Rawlyk to Atlanta for cash.

COLLEGECOLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF — Named former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer, Ohio State athletic di-rector Gene Smith and Robert Morris president Chris Howard to the selec-tion committee, replacing Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr, whose terms expired. Extended the term for former Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson through February 2019.IONA — Promoted director of athlet-ics Rick Cole Jr. to vice president of athletics administration.POST (CONN.) — Announced its men’s hockey team will join the Northeast-10 Conference as a sched-

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Serena begins Australian Open with straight-sets win

MELBOURNE, Australia — For the first five games in the second set, Serena Wil-liams played almost flawless tennis in her first-round match at the Australian Open.

Then came the rustiness that tends to follow a lengthy layoff, giving Belin-da Bencic a glimmer of hope, before Williams re-gained her composure to win 6-4, 6-3 on Tuesday. The six-time Australian Open champion improved her im-pressive record in the first round of Grand Slam tour-naments to 65-1.

The No. 2-ranked Wil-liams’ priority here is an Open era record 23rd major title. She’s one win down — beating a player who was seeded 12th here last year and reached a career-high No. 7 ranking last February — and is targeting six more at Melbourne Park.

“She was just recently in the top 10. I knew it would be one of the toughest first-round matches I’ve ever played,” the newly engaged Williams said.

In round two she’ll meet Lucie Safarova, who beat Yanina Wickmayer 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-1.

USC BASEBALL COMMIT FROM WHITE KNOLL DIES

LEXINGTON — Brent Williams, a 16-year-old sophomore at White Knoll High School and a Universi-ty of South Carolina base-ball commitment, died Tuesday according to local reports.

Lexington County Coro-ner Margaret Fisher said Williams is believed to have died from complications as the result of a recent illness, reports said.

Williams was both a pitcher and a first baseman for White Knoll. He commit-ted to the Gamecocks on Jan. 5.

“Brett Williams was a spe-cial kid,” USC head baseball coach Chad Holbrook said in a statement. “He had all the traits coaches love to have on their teams. He had great character, a tireless work ethic, and an incredi-ble personality that we were all drawn to. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his beautiful family and every-one in the Lexington and White Knoll community. #22 will be deeply missed.”(5) KENTUCKY 88

MISSISSIPPI STATE 81

STARKVILLE, Miss. — De’Aaron Fox scored 21 points, Malik Monk added

14 and No. 5 Kentucky beat Mississippi State 88-81 on Tuesday night.

Kentucky (16-2, 6-0 South-eastern Conference) looked like it would cruise to the win after building a 66-49 lead midway through the second half, but Mississippi State re-sponded with 13 straight points to make things inter-esting down the stretch.

In the end, the Wildcats were too potent offensively. Fox, a 6-foot-3 freshman, had two impressive drives for baskets in the final min-utes to thwart a final Mis-sissippi State rally.

Mississippi State (12-5, 3-2) was led by freshman Lamar Peters, who scored a career-high 25 points.

It was an emotional game that featured four technical fouls — two on each team.(6) BAYLOR 74

TEXAS 64

WACO, Texas — Johna-than Motley set career highs with 32 points and 20 rebounds for No. 6 Baylor, which went ahead to stay with a big run before half-time on the way to a 74-64 victory over Texas on Tues-day night.

Nuni Omot, the junior college transfer playing in only his eighth game, had a season-high 14 points. He scored seven in the half-ending 16-4 run that put the Bears (17-1, 5-1 Big 12) up for the first time.

Jarrett Allen had 17 points for the Longhorns (7-11, 1-5), while Andrew Jones had 15. Shaquille Cleare scored 14 before fouling out midway through the second half.(21) PURDUE 91

ILLINOIS 68

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Center Isaac Haas had 24 points and six rebounds, and power forward Caleb

Swanigan added 22 points and 10 rebounds in No. 21 Purdue’s dominating 91-68 victory over Illinois on Tuesday night.

Haas scored 13 points in the second half when the Boilermakers (15-4, 4-2 Big Ten) led by as many as 27. Swanigan had a four-point first half but was almost unstoppable during the sec-ond half, accounting for 18 points and five rebounds.

Purdue placed five players in double figures, also get-ting 14 from freshman guard Carsen Edwards, 11 from forward Vince Ed-wards — no relation — and 10 from point guard P.J. Thompson.

Illinois (12-7, 2-4) got 15 points from Maverick Mor-gan and 12 from Malcolm Hill but had no answer for the Boilermakers’ two post players, each of whom had his way around the basket.

With this victory, Purdue leads the all-time series with Illinois, 100-87.N.C. STATE 79

PITTSBURGH 74

RALEIGH, N.C. — Maver-ick Rowan scored a season-high 21 points and North Carolina State beat Pitts-burgh 79-74 on Tuesday night.

Rowan matched a career high with six 3-pointers while Terry Henderson added 21 points and four 3s to help the Wolfpack (13-6, 2-4 Atlantic Coast Confer-ence) snap a three-game los-ing streak.

An N.C. State defense called out by coach Mark Gottfried for a lack of toughness in a loss to Geor-gia Tech two nights earlier held the Panthers to one field goal in the final eight minutes.

From staff, wire reports


Serena Williams serves to Belinda Bencic during her 6-3, 6-4 first -round victory on Tuesday at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia.

The Falcons beat the Pack-ers 33-32 in Atlanta on Oct. 30. Atlanta led the NFL with 33.8 points per game.

Green Bay linebacker Nick Perry said the goal will be to prevent big plays.

“They are very explosive,” Perry said. “When we look at the film, we have to make sure we don’t give up those explosive plays. Everything lives off that. They are good at what they do. We are going to look at the film and go over it and make sure we prevent as much as we can of those guys giving up ex-plosive plays.”

The Falcons advanced with a 36-20 divisional play-off win over Seattle last week. Green Bay’s offense also rolled in a 34-31 win over Dallas.

Despite the unimpressive season totals, Atlanta al-lowed fewer than 20 points in four of its last six regular-season games.

But none of those games were against Rodgers.

The Falcons have faced Russell Wilson, Cam Newton and Drew Brees in their past three games.

Asked who compares with Rodgers, Falcons linebacker De’Vondre Campbell had a quick answer.

“Nobody. It’s just that sim-ple,” Campbell said. “The things that he can do, it’s just amazing to see. There’s no one I can compare him to.”

The Falcons are led by MVP candidate Matt Ryan , the All-Pro who ranked sec-ond in the NFL in yards passing and TD passes. At-lanta’s offense featured depth, as Ryan threw scor-ing passes to a record 13

players during the season, and balance with running back Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman.

Atlanta’s offense provides nice support for its defense, but cornerback Jalen Collins insisted Tuesday he doesn’t want to have to rely on that strength.

“You don’t go in the game thinking you’re going to give up hundreds of yards and a bunch of points,” Collins said. “We’re looking forward to trying to limit the points as best we can and give our offense an opportunity to put points on the board.”

Falcons cornerback Rob-ert Alford said expectations for a high-scoring game gives the defense reason “to have a chip on our shoul-ders.”

Added Alford: “We’re all going to have something to prove. I love it.”

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Noyes, Stokes lead Lady Barons to 55-22 rout of Heathwood Hall

Becka Noyes scored 11 points and Mary Daniel Stokes added 10 to lead Wil-son Hall to a 55-22 rout of Heathwood Hall on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

Stokes nearly had a dou-ble-double, finishing with nine rebounds. Courtney Clark and Sydney Jarecki each finished with seven points.

WH is now 11-4 and will begin SCISA Region II-3A play on Friday when it trav-els to Orangeburg Prep.FIRST BAPTIST 74

LAURENCE MANNING 40

MANNING — Olivia Coker scored 11 points, but Laurence Manning Acade-my fell to First Baptist 74-40 on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Macey Wilson added 10 points for the Lady Swamp-cats followed by Sarah Knight Nalley and Brooke Ward with six.THOMAS SUMTER 35

PALMETTO CHRISTIAN 34

DALZELL — Bree Stod-dard had a double-double of 11 points and 15 rebounds as Thomas Sumter Academy edged Palmetto Christian Academy 35-34 on Tuesday at Edens Gymnasium.

Taja Hunley led the Lady Generals with 12 points and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds. Aubrey Stoddard added eight points.

TSA travels to Robert E. Lee Academy on Friday.

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HEATHWOOD HALL 25

Waverly McIver led the Lady Barons with 12 points

as they defeated Heathwood Hall 46-25 on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

Andi Grae Wingate added nine points while both Emily Reynolds and Abbie Beatson finished with eight.

Wilson Hall improved to 10-0 and will travel to Or-angeburg Prep on Friday.LAURENCE MANNING 34

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MANNING — Trinity Harrington scored 12 points — including 10 from the free throw line -- to help lead Laurence Manning Academy past First Baptist 34-29 on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Audrey Bennett added nine points for the Lady Swampcats followed by Katherine Burns with seven.

LMA improved to 7-3 over-all and will travel to Pine-wood Prep on Wednesday.

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HEATHWOOD HALL 17

Halle Stone scored a team-high nine points as Wilson Hall earned a 27-17 victory over Heathwood Hall on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

Hayley Champion added six points for the Lady Barons followed by Kait-lyn Smith and Camryn Bateman with four each.

WH improved to 11-1 on the season.

BOYS

VARSITY BASKETBALLLAURENCE MANNING 59

FIRST BAPTIST 57

MANNING — Seth Green had 15 points to help Lau-rence Manning Academy edge First Baptist 59-57 on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

Terrell Houston added 12 points for the Swampcats, who will travel to Pinewood Prep today.

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HEATHWOOD HALL 21

Wise Segars scored 12 points for the JV Barons as they defeated Heathwood Hall 33-21 on Tuesday at Nash Student Center.

Wilson Hall improved to 8-4 and will travel to Or-angeburg Prep on Friday.FIRST BAPTIST 28

LAURENCE MANNING 17

MANNING — Chase Lee scored nine points, but Lau-rence Manning Academy fell to First Baptist 28-17 on Tuesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium.

LAM will travel to Pine-wood Prep today.

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HEATHWOOD 22

Tate Sistare had five points as Wilson Hall earned a 30-22 victory over Heathwood Hall on Tues-day at Nash Student Cen-ter.

Doc Walker, Heath Wat-son and Michael Towery each added four points for the Barons. Walker also had four rebounds and three assists while Watson had seven rebounds.

Wade Payne finished with five rebounds for WH.

Destiny Jamison led Crest-wood in scoring with 13 points. Whitfield added 12 points, while Rogers had eight. Saunders had seven points and 10 rebounds to go along with her eight steals.

Saquita Joyner led the Lady Foxes with 14 points.

In the boys contest, Crest-wood took an 18-point lead into the fourth quarter only to see Hartsville get as close as five with 1:19 remaining in the game before the Knights se-cured the win.

“Finishing games has been a problem of ours since we got into region play,” said CHS head coach Dwayne Edwards, whose team improved to 13-5 overall and 2-1 in region play and is still No. 2 in the new 4A boys poll. “We have these runs where we take control and then we get complacent or something. I’m challenging my players not to let this hap-pen anymore.”

CHS led 26-24 at halftime and pushed the lead to 38-28 with 3:49 remaining in the third quarter. The Foxes’ Terrance Mack hit the team’s first 3-point shot of the game to cut the lead to 38-31 before things got chippy between Crest-wood’s Dakota Jennings and

HHS’ Karlos Witherspoon.That seemed to inspire

Crestwood, which rolled up 11 straight points to go up 49-31. The Knights took a 51-33 lead into the final stanza, but Hartsville, which fell to 6-12 and 0-2, slowly began to nar-row the margin.

The Red Foxes pulled within 62-57 when Kyron Gray con-verted a 3-point play at the 1:19 mark. Carl Benjamin re-sponded with a layup with 52 seconds to go to push the lead back to seven. HHS missed out on a chance to cut the lead back to five and Crestwood added three more points.

Crestwood only had five players score, but four of them were in double figures. Trevion Webber led the way with 23 points, 12 of them coming on treys. His biggest one came in the fourth quar-ter after Hartsville had pulled within 57-51 with 2:33 to go. Webber nailed his final 3 with 2:05 to go to push the lead back to nine.

Jennings had 16 points while Ja Morant had a triple-double of 13 points, 11 re-bounds and 10 assists. Benja-min finished with 12.

Gray led Hartsville with 17 points while Mack had 12.

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Crestwood’s Dakota Jenkins (20) jumps over the outreached arms of Hartsville’s Kyron Gray during the Knights’ 67-57 victory on Tuesday at The Castle.

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including wins over ranked opponents in Michigan and Syracuse to enter the rank-ings. But when Thornwell, their 6-foot-5 senior, was sus-pended on Dec. 4 for an undis-closed violation of athletic de-partment policy, South Caroli-na showed cracks in its cohe-siveness.

The Gamecocks went 3-3 without Thornwell — the loss-es coming to NCAA Tourna-ment hopefuls Seton Hall, Clemson and Memphis — and lacked a steadying hand to pull them through in difficult situations.

But Thornwell was reinstat-ed before league play began earlier this month and has re-vitalized the team. He has led South Carolina in scoring (16.8 points) and rebounding (7.8) in their four SEC wins along with having 17 of the team’s 40 steals so far in conference play.

Martin said playing hard has been a hallmark of his team much of the season and does not expect his players to approach the Gators and Wildcats much differently than they have the rest of their schedule.

“You don’t play as hard as we do without being excited for every game,” Martin said.

Thornwell and the Game-cocks carry the motivation of last year’s NCAA near miss. South Carolina finished with a program best 24 wins in the regular season and went 11-7 in SEC play, just its fourth season of double-digit league wins in 25 conference seasons.

But South Carolina was edged out of the field of 68, even getting an inadvertent text from an NCAA staffer about its inclusion before it was corrected and disappoint-ment set in.

“We don’t want to feel that way again,” Thornwell says.

South Carolina’s surge is built on defense. The Game-cocks lead the SEC in points allowed (59.2 points per game) this season and Thornwell, last year’s SEC defensive play-er of the year, leads in steals during conference play.

Thornwell said mastering Martin’s defensive concepts is a task in itself that does not always come easily. It used to be that when the man you’re guarding passed the ball,

Thornwell said, you could get a few moments of rest and re-engage once your guy got back into the play or a shot went up. Under Martin, the Gamecocks must stay in line pressuring their man and de-fending hard without the ball in sight.

“It’s like re-learning basket-ball,” Thornwell said.

Martin won’t have much to say to pump up his team this week. Florida and Kentucky have dominated South Caro-lina much like they’ve domi-nated the SEC the past two decades. The Gators have

gone 27-7 over South Caroli-na since 1999. The Wildcats are 30-7 in that same time frame.

Martin believes he’s gradu-ally built the Gamecocks into a team that can match up with anyone in the SEC. This will be the week to find out.

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RECRUITING

Georgia OL Rhodes commits to Gamecocks

Jordan Rhodes, a 6-foot-6-inch, 300-pound offensive lineman out of Fairburn, Ga., committed to South Carolina on Sunday at

the conclusion of his official visit. Rhodes said he is shutting down his

recruiting and will not take scheduled official visits to Mississippi State and Missouri.

“South Carolina is a place I can start something new and build with the teammates and pursue my career in sociology,” Rhodes said. Rhodes said he was impressed with the new indoor practice facility and the aca-demics. “It was very impressive,” Rhodes said. “Coach (Will) Muschamp has a great personality and I think I’ll fit well here. Coach Wolford is a great guy. He said I could possibly start at left tackle here at South Carolina. I think we’re headed to a national championship. All we need is to get a group of guys that’s willing to take care of each other.”

Rhodes gives USC 23 commitments for this class and four on the offensive line.

DE Jaylen Twyman of Washington, D.C., made his official visit to USC during the weekend. He’s also been to Pitt and will go to Missouri this week-end.

“It was a great visit,” Twyman said. “The players treated me like a player. Coach Lance Thompson was real, real good to my family. They can see me getting sacks.”

Twyman said talk of committing came up a couple of times but he wasn’t ready. “They are a high priori-ty on my list,” he said but added he doesn’t have a favorite.

Pendleton DE Brad Johnson made his official visit to USC during the weekend. He’s made several unofficial visits but this trip gave him the chance to go in depth into the school and the football program.

“I’ve been up to USC a couple times so this trip I was trying to look for the small things that might stick out to me,” Johnson said. “I talked to Coach P (Mike Peterson) and he laid out the scheme for me and how I would physi-cally fit in the defense and where I would be. He showed me the freshmen that were playing this year and the se-nior that was leaving. He was telling how there’s nothing but opportunity for me.”

Johnson said Peterson and Mus-champ see him playing the Buck line-backer spot in their defense. “I think it fits me perfectly with the skill sets that I have and me being able to rush the passer and being mobile all around the field and not just staying on the defensive line but moving around on the field on defense,” he said.

Johnson has also visited Virginia Tech officially and will go to Tennes-see this weekend. Right now the Gamecocks and Hokies are at the top of his list. This visit gave him even more to think about.

USC recruiter Cole-man Hutzler is sched-uled to visit Johnson on Friday. He’s also expecting Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente in this week and Muschamp the following week.

OL Tony Gray of Loganville, Ga., made his official visit to USC during the week-end. Gray will visit

Florida this weekend and Ole Miss the final weekend of the month. All three remain in contention for the big tackle from one of the top programs in Geor-gia. Gray expects to make his decision near to or on Signing Day.

DE Devonte Wyatt of Decatur, Ga., made his official visit to USC during the weekend. He once was a USC com-mitment and is now a Georgia com-mitment. But the two are 50-50 with Wyatt at this point with a Georgia visit coming this weekend. Wyatt said he won’t make his decision until Signing Day.

Alabama fell out of favor with DL Javon Kinlaw on Thursday after three coaches met with him at Jones JC, Miss., and he followed up by dropping the Crimson Tide from consideration. He will make his decision between USC and Southern Cal with the Game-cocks holding a substantial advantage at this point.

He visited the Trojans during the weekend. Kinlaw has been favoring USC but this visit has given him some-thing else to consider. Kinlaw will take his official visit to USC the last week-end of the month and he plans to an-nounce on Jan. 31.

USC has taken a look at former North Carolina cornerback Mike Hughes who was a standout at Garden City JC, Kan., this past season. Hughes did not say

if he will take an official visit to USC. He has taken officials to East Carolina and TCU. He played in 12 games as a true freshman at UNC in 2015. This past season Hughes had 47 tackles with two interceptions and six passes broken up. He has three years to play two at his next stop.

USC target OL Jordan Tucker of Roswell, Ga., visited North Carolina this past weekend instead of Louis-ville though he’s still considering the Cardinals. He is scheduled to visit USC this weekend.

USC commitment RB Kyshaun Bryan of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was offered last week by Iowa and Oregon State. Despite reports that USC is not taking a scholarship running back for this class, and the fact he hasn’t heard from USC in weeks, Bryan said he is not decommitting at this point.

Former Goose Creek star running back Caleb Kinlaw of Pearl River JC, Miss., got the news he had been wait-ing on Friday from USC. He had been admitted into school so he can

begin his quest as a walk-on candi-date at running back this spring. Kinlaw spent two years at Wisconsin but left

there after seeing limited playing time at running back in 2015. He spent this past season at Pearl River where he rushed for 150 yards on 34 carries in six games. Based on his high school career, Kinlaw could become another valuable welcome in a crowded Game-cock backfield in 2017. He rushed for 4,186 yards and 52 touchdowns in high school and was named to the 2014 Shrine Bowl team.

OL K’rojhn Calbert of McMinnville, Tenn., had scheduled an in-home visit with new USC offensive line coach Wolford for Sunday afternoon, but he cancelled that visit. Calbert is a Ten-nessee commitment and said he is fin-ished with recruiting. Calbert took an unofficial and an official visit to USC during the season.

USC commitment DB Jamyest Wil-liams is scheduled for his official visit to Georgia this coming weekend. He will visit USC the last weekend of the month.

Long snapper Ben Reeder of JL Mann was offered a preferred walk-on spot at USC. He’s not yet made a deci-sion on that and is still talking with Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia about possible scholarship opportuni-ties.

USC has offered Ben Lippen QB Patrick McClure a preferred walk-on opportunity. McClure is looking at USC, Jacksonville University, Virginia Tech and Western Carolina at this point. Last season McClure passed for 1,311 yards and 18 touchdowns and rushed for 380 yards and six touch-downs.

USC offered 2018 OL Penei Sewell (6-4, 319) of Saint George, Utah. Some of his other offers are UCLA, Arkan-sas, BYU and Florida.

USC recently offered 2018 LB Darrin Gant of Toledo, Ohio. He also has of-fers from Ohio State, Notre Dame, Penn State, Michigan State, Tennes-see, Pitt, UCLA, Duke, Kentucky and others.

CLEMSON

With the decommitment last month by Cordarrion Richardson of Memphis, Clemson suddenly was left with a running back in the 2017 class. Richardson said he’s still talk-ing with the Tigers and hasn’t dropped them from consideration, but Clemson is moving on to other possible targets in Devan Barrett of Tampa, Fla., and Travis Etienne Jr. of Jennings, La.

Barrett currently is committed to Auburn but is still looking at other options, and one of those could be Clemson in the weeks ahead. He has already taken his official visit to Au-burn. Notre Dame and Indiana also are involved. No coaches were in last week to see Barrett but Clemson re-cruiter Tony Elliott was by to visit

with Barrett just before the dead pe-riod. Barrett’s coach Mike Gregory said Barrett’s commitment to Au-burn right now appears to be pretty strong.

This season Barrett rushed for 1,271 yards and 11 touchdowns. As a junior, playing in four more games, he rushed for 1,891 yards and 21 touchdowns. Etienne is a former Texas A&M commitment who rushed for 2,952 yards and 43 touch-downs this season. He is scheduled for official visits to Tennessee, Texas A&M and LSU the next three weekends.

Richardson said he’s still keeping things open with Clemson. He visited Michigan State during the weekend and is scheduled for Ole Miss on Jan. 21 and Oregon the last weekend of the month. Richardson was a Mr. Football award winner in Tennessee last sea-son after rushing for 1,800 yards and 18 touchdowns.

CLEMSON AND USC

USC last week offered 2018 DB Tre’ Douglas of McDonough, Ga., and 2018 QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson of Las Vegas. Both have long lists of of-fers at this point. Some of the other of-fers for Douglas include Clemson, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Maryland, North Carolina, Mississippi State, Notre Dame and Ole Miss.

2018 LB Channing Tindall of Spring Valley picked up recent offers from Wake Forest and Colorado State to go along with earlier ones from USC, Au-burn, Coastal Carolina, Mercer and Appalachian State. Clemson has also been showing interest but hasn’t moved on an offer. Tindall visited Wake Forest unofficially before the dead period and he had in school vis-its from N.C. State and Georgia. For junior days he plans to get to USC, Au-burn and Wake Forest. He’s also talk-ing with Vanderbilt, Tennessee and In-diana. Tindall was named the defen-sive player of the year in his 5A re-gion.

2018 DB Justin Reese of South Pointe said he will take in junior days at USC, NC State and possibly Clem-son. He’s not picked up any offers.

OTHERS

FS Ken’Darrius Frederick of South Pointe, Lake City WR Jalen Barr and Blythewood LB Micah Brown commit-ted to The Citadel.

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MARVIN N. MEISTRELL JR.

MANNING — Marvin Nich-olas Meistrell Jr., 54, died on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at his

residence.Born on June

11, 1962, in Key West, Florida, he was a son of Marvin N. Meis-trell Sr. and Car-olyn Y. Meistrell. He was a self-em-ployed paint con-

tractor.He is survived by his par-

ents of Manning; a sister, Anita Putman (Ted) of Plant City, Florida; a nephew, Teddy Putman; and two nieces, Bri-anna Wolf (Brendon) and Shannon “Hope” Fair.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Joann Garrett Meistrell.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday in the chapel of Stephens Funer-al Home.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service on Saturday.

Memorials may be made to the Manning United Method-ist Church, P.O. Box 68, Man-ning, SC 29102.

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

HENRY W. PAGE

MANNING — Henry Wal-ton Page, 60, was surrounded by his family as he peacefully passed to his new life on Sun-

day, Jan. 15, 2017.Born on Aug.

15, 1956, in Barn-well, he was a son of the late Beverly “B.B.” Brown Page and Mary Sue McLeod and C.D. Galloway. He

was owner and operator of Henry’s Service Center. He loved racing go-Karts and cars. Before his illness, he was an avid motorcycle rider with the ABATE motorcycle club.

He is survived by his loving partner of 25 years, Judy Her-shberger; two sons, Henry W. “Buddy” Page Jr. (Ashley) and Chad Wingate, both of Sumter; his “only” daughter, Lee Ann Wingate-Snider of Sumter; eight grandchildren, Tyler Townsend (Ashley), Caleb “Pot Shot” Snider, Ben Snider, Reed Wingate, Natalie Page, Keegan Page, Skylen Bradley and MaeLee Jean Page; a sister, Cindy Page Parrish (T.R.) of Lexington; a niece, Banie Par-rish; a nephew, John Thomas “J.T.” Parrish; a special cous-in, Tony Geddings; and his furry overseers, Abbie, Benelli and Charlie.

He was preceded in death by his Aunt Daisy McLeod; and cousins, Paul, Mildred, Mike and John.

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday in the chapel of Stephens Funer-al Home.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

The family requests that memorials be made to Shri-ners Hospital for Children, 950 W. Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605-4277.

The family wishes to thank the staff of Amedisys Hospice, Allison Ridgeway, Cynthia Culler and Susan Hodge Bark-ley for their love and care given to Henry during his ill-ness. They also wish to thank Dr. Kathy Saunders of Pine-wood — Sumter Family Health for her compassionate care.

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

GLADYS GILMORE & BLANCHE M. WILLIAMS

Gladys Gilmore and Blanche M. Williams died on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at their residence, 9½ Second Ave.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be an-nounced later by Sumter Fu-neral Service Inc.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 7 p.m. daily through Thursday at the home of Mae Bell Farmer, 56 Hoyt Heights.

SHAQUEANNYA L. JACKSON

Shaqueannya L’ Nette Jackson was born on Jan. 19, 1990, in Sumter, to Vernetta Jackson and Joe Taylor. She entered into eternal rest on Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Myr-tle Beach, after a brief ill-ness.

Sha’, as she was affection-ately known, attended the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Crestwood High School in 2008. She attended USC Sum-ter and later transferred to the College of Charleston in Charleston. She was employed by IHOP and Sykes of Sumter, and worked for Assurance In-surance Co. from home. She attended Asbury United Methodist Church in Lynch-burg, and joined at an early age.

Fond memories will be cherished by her parents, Vernetta Jackson of Myrtle Beach and Joe Taylor of Lynchburg; three sisters, Renee Singletary of Sumter, Jaukea Epps Taylor and Jay-lea Taylor, both of Lynchburg; one brother, Javeon Taylor of Lynchburg; 10 uncles; five aunts; and a host of other rel-atives and friends. She will also be missed by her dear friend, Alex Adams of Sum-ter.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, Jimuel Jackson, Quayshaun Jackson and Sentrel Epps Taylor; grandfather, Louis Taylor; and maternal grandparents, Mary and Larry Jackson.

Ms. Jackson will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. today for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. today at St. Mark UM Church, 1093 Oswego Highway, Sumter, with Pastor Geneva Stafford officiating.

Interment will follow in Good-man Cemetery.

The family will be receiving friends at the home of her dad, 2290 Old CC Road, Lynch-burg.

Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

Online memorials may be sent to the family at [email protected] or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net

AHMAD R. SAMUEL

Ahmad Rashad Samuel blessed this world for the first time on April 23, 1977. He was the beloved son of Gloria Samuel Pendergrass and Em-manuel Peterson. He transi-tioned to glory on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, at the age of 39.

Mr. Samuel was born in Florence County. He graduat-ed from Timmonsville High School in 1997. He further continued his education by successfully completing both the technological welding and master electrician pro-grams at the highly accredit-ed Central Carolina Techni-cal College, Sumter campus. He worked for many years as a welder and technical train-er at Sumter Metal and Inter-lake in Sumter. Ahmad was excellent in the arts. He was well known for his freehand drawing and painting capa-bilities, where he served as co-illustrator for the family’s entrepreneur / brainstorm-ing committee. Furthermore, he was immediately accepted to the Atlanta Institute for the Arts but declined the offer. He was an innate inven-tor, explorer, and creator. One invention in particular progressed to the final stages of review within a major cor-poration. Such progression is extremely competitive and thus worthy of commenda-tion. Shortly thereafter, Ahmad began to battle in-tensely in the fight against sickle cell anemia.

Left to rejoice in his memo-ry are his mother, Gloria Samuel Pendergrass; father, Emmanuel Peterson; stepfa-ther, Steve Pendergrass; and stepmother, Pamela Peterson. Ahmad was an excellent fa-ther and his heart and prize was his only child, Ahmari Ke’Shan Samuel. We special-ly recognize his 15-year-old brother, Steven Pendergrass, whose bonds were indestruc-tible and hearts truly inter-twined. His sisters Brandie Williams (Marcus Williams) of South Carolina, Dr. Joy Obidike of South Carolina and Emerial Libby of Califor-nia will miss him; as well as his brothers, Cormetrius Samuel of South Carolina, Camaron Samuel of South Carolina, Willie Rainey of South Carolina and Shaunte Durant of South Carolina; stepbrothers, Phillip and Le’Andre Kelly of South Car-olina; his aunts to rejoice, Jackie K. Bennett of South Carolina, Marilyn Fulwood of South Carolina and Peggy Lee (Ricky Lee) of Georgia; great-aunts, Janice Samuel

of South Carolina, Elizabeth Samuel of South Carolina, Margaret Samuel of Connect-icut, Esther Peters of Virgin-ia; as well as uncles, Reggie Fulwood of South Carolina, Chucky Fulwood of Virginia, Lucky Fulwood (Stacey Ful-wood) of South Carolina; great-uncles, Perry Samuel (Jackie Samuel) of South Carolina, TJ Samuel of New York; and a great host of many cousins, family and friends.

Ahmad “Shad” will forever be a huge part of us.

Mr. Samuel will be placed in the church at noon today for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today at New Zion Baptist Church, 2826 Cale Yar-borough Highway, Timmons-ville, with the pastor, the Rev. I.J. Myers, officiating, and Pastor Dion Price, eulogist. Interment will follow in New Zion Baptist Church ceme-tery.


Online memorials may be sent to the family at [email protected] or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

MICHAEL L. HOLLOMAN

BISHOPVILLE — Michael Lloyd Holloman, 51, passed on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at Car-olina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville.

Born in Lee County, he was a son of the late Dock Sr. and Verlie Thomas Holloman.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Mt. Calvary Missionary Bap-tist Church, 714 Camden Highway, Bishopville, with the Rev. Willie Floyd, pastor, and Bishop Nathaniel Dixon, eulogist. Interment will follow in Boone Cemetery.

Viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Square Deal Funeral Home Chapel.

Online condolences can be sent to the family at [email protected].

These services have been entrusted to Square Deal Fu-neral Home, 106 McIntosh St., Bishopville.

GERTRUDE E. BOGIER

Gertrude Elizabeth Bogier was born on April 17, 1922, in Clarendon County, a daughter of the late Thomas Wash and Carrie Johnson Bogier. She entered eternal rest on Jan. 13, 2017, at National Health-care of Sumter.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories: a niece that she reared as her own, Odell Conyers Green; grand-children that she raised in her home, Victoria Hunter, Tomekia Benjamin, Latisha and Lakeysha Conyers, Klaus (Ashley) Benjamin, Shawntell Benjamin, Grace (Roosevelt) Isaac, Whitney Carter, John Ella Goodley, Meagan Hunter and Ja’ Mauri Conyers (my boy); three special young men who she adopted as her own, Bry-ant (Erica) Logan, Kelvin

(Rashanda) Logan and Leroy Reggie (Liz) Dinkins; four additional nieces, Mildred Johnson, Sadie Bogier, Thair Hallaway and Naomi Bogier; and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by one sister, Mary Jane Bogi-er Conyers; one brother, Les-lie Bogier; one nephew, George Lee Conyers Green; one niece, Almeta Benjamin; and one grandson, Jayden Lee Conyers.

Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary.

Ms. Bogier will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Thurs-day for viewing until the hour of service.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Cal-vary Missionary Baptist Church, 10075 Calvary Church Road, Pinewood, with Pastor E.L. Sanders officiat-ing. Interment will follow in Calvary & Zion Hill Cemetery.

The family will be receiving friends at the home, 505 Ball Park Road, Pinewood.


Online memorials may be sent to the family at [email protected] or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net.

JOHN KENNEDY

John “Kent” Kennedy, 89, husband of Mary Benjamin Kennedy, departed this life on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at Sumter Health and Rehab East.

He was born on March 28, 1927, in Sumter, a son of the late Heyward and Levicey Brown Kennedy.

The family will receive friends at the home, 1750 Can-berra Drive, Sumter, SC 29153.


ELVIS PRINGLE

Elvis Pringle, 58, died on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017.

He was born on Jan. 11, 1959, in Sumter, a son of the late William Pringle and Mary Ruth Wright Pringle Swinton.

He is survived by two sis-ters, Sylvia (Len) Jackson and Peggy (Nathaniel) Quick; one brother, Willis Pringle; one uncle, Willie (Deloris) Wright; and a host of other relatives.

A memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday at Great Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church with Bishop Marvin Hodge.

The family is receiving rela-tives and friends at the home, 335 A Picardy Drive, Sumter.

JP Holley Funeral Home is in charge of the arrange-ments.

ALTON E. TRUESDALE

Alton Emerson Truesdale, 90, husband of Norma Davis Truesdale, died on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.

Services will be announced by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematori-um of Sumter.

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It was a very good year for the Sumter County Muse-

um. Executive Director Annie Rivers said visits to the

museum were up, special exhibits were well attended,

artifact donations numbered more than 100, and more

than 1,500 third-graders toured the exhibits and grounds.

Of 2016’s four new, temporary exhibits, she said the Courage exhibit was the best attended.

“Courage: The Vision to End Segregation, the Guts to Fight for It” opened on Feb. 11 to max-imum capacity and continued to attract visitors throughout its stay in the Heritage Education Center, Rivers said. A traveling, award-winning exhibit from Levine Museum of the New South, the exhibit told the story of Briggs v. Elliott in Clarendon County, and the museum ar-ranged a moving talk by Bea-trice Brown Rivers, one of the original 1949 plaintiffs in the case that was a precursor to the history-changing Brown vs. Kansas Board of Education, which made school segregation illegal.

Brown Rivers’ talk and com-ments from others involved in the case or who lived in Claren-don through those times suc-ceeded in bringing to life the difficult, brave and often dan-gerous acts of the plaintiffs and other African Americans in the county. Annie Rivers said visits to the exhibit were steady throughout its tenure, from February through early May.

Other exhibits were well at-tended, also, Rivers said, espe-cially “All-Stars: A Champion-ship Story of Baseball and Community” about the baseball tradition in Rembert and “Sum-ter, 1916: The Year the Williams-Brice House was Built,” which looks back 100 years into Sum-ter’s history. The latter can still be viewed in the Williams-Brice House, the museum’s main ex-hibit venue.

Rivers also mounted a new exhibit titled “Can You Identify These 9 Objects?” in the Heri-tage Education Center. It fea-tures nine obscure objects from the museum’s collection and asked viewers to name them. She plans more of the enter-taining and educational “quiz exhibits” in the future.

The educational and interac-tive Carolina Backcountry events, especially those for har-vest and Christmas, attracted larger crowds than ever, Rivers said, “and our book signing events have also grown. Mary Alice Monroe and other South-ern writers brought capacity audiences.”

Community outreach includ-ed stops by the Sumter Trolley,

when museum staff gave tours of the museum. Rivers spoke in other venues for book clubs, service clubs and meetings of local school alumni.

These events don’t tell the whole story of 2016 at 122 N. Washington St. and its environs, Rivers said.

“We have a lot of people mov-ing to Sumter, particularly from Shaw (Air Force Base), who come by to learn more about the community and its history,” she said. “And there are a lot of people that grew up in Sumter who come by” for a look back.

On the second floor of the museum’s Heritage Education Center, Charles Broadwell and

volunteers continue to work on the archives and research space. He has also catalogued a great deal of the museum’s docu-ments, manuscripts and photo-graphs, making accessibility easier and faster. Among the museum’s holdings are all 116 years of records from Sumter’s Home Chapter, National Daugh-ters of the American Revolution (DAR); historic manuscripts and plats; city directories, pho-tographs and a library of refer-ence books.

Memberships are up around 6 percent, artifact donations numbered 110, and funds raised at several events were consider-ably higher, Rivers reported.

Improvements to physical facili-ties included four roofs on Caro-lina Backcountry buildings and the gazebo, new paint in several areas and the purchase of land-scaping tools — edger, weed eater and mower.

Rivers invited the public to join the Sumter County Muse-um. Membership levels start at $30 for an individual, $50 for a family, and include free admis-sion during regular operating hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thurs-day through Saturday. Admis-sion during those hours for nonmembers is $3 for adults, $1 for children ages 6 to 17, and free for those 5 and younger. The archives are available by appointment.

The museum is a Blue Star Museum, admitting all active duty military personnel and their families at no charge from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Sumter County Museum is located at 122 N. Washington St. Contact Rivers at (803) 775-0908, [email protected]. You can also follow the museum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sumtercoun-tymuseum and Twitter at www.twitter.com/sumtermuseum.

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Museum reports ‘very good year’

SUMTER ITEM FILE PHOTO

Beatrice Brown Rivers, one of the original petitioners in the Briggs v Elliott suit for equal rights and an end to segregation in Clarendon County schools, spoke to a full house at the Sumter County Museum in 2016. Several people attending the program that opened the ex-hibit titled “Courage: The Vision to End Segregation; the Guts to Fight for it” spoke of experiencing the discrimination and “payback” for their participation in the fight for equal rights.

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Sumter County Museum Executive Director Annie Rivers, right, and museum curator Charles Broadwell examine an 1875 book of poetry donated to the museum recently by a member of the Witherspoon family. They are sitting in the Witherspoon exhibit, with furnishings, artifacts and records donated by Mrs. John S. Wilson and her family, Witherspoon family descendants.

Memberships, attendance rise substantially in 2016BY IVY [email protected]

SPRING 2017 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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CHASKA, Minnesota — The Minnesota judge over-seeing Prince’s estate will wait for appeals to be ex-hausted before making a final determination on who will inherit a fortune that could be worth around $200 million, he said at a hearing Thursday.

But Carver County Dis-trict Judge Kevin Eide also made it clear the late super-star’s six confirmed siblings are the likely heirs. Prince left no known will when he died in April of a painkiller overdose. The judge already has rejected claims from sev-eral other people to be Prince’s child, sibling or wife.

“The court cannot make a determination of who the heirs are until these appeals are exhausted,” Eide said. That process typically takes several months or more.

Prince’s sister, Tyka Nel-son, and his five half-sib-lings also want Comerica Bank and Trust to take over running the estate from tem-porary special administrator Bremer Trust. Attorneys for the two institutions said they expect a handover at the end of the month.

Eide also heard testimony but did not immediately rule on whether he should ap-point an individual as a “co-personal representative,” or co-executor, to act in part as a go-between Prince’s sib-lings and Comerica. Both candidates were Prince in-siders.

Prince’s four older half-siblings, Sharon, Norrine and John Nelson, and Alfred Jackson, want entertain-ment lawyer L. Londell Mc-Millan, who served the mu-sician for 13 years as his at-torney, adviser and friend.

He helped extricate Prince from his contract with War-ner Bros. in the days when Prince was writing “slave” on his cheek and dropped his name in favor of an un-pronounceable symbol. Mc-Millian also has represented Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, and is currently overseeing Prince’s enter-tainment assets.

Tyka Nelson and his younger half brother, Omarr Baker, want Van Jones, a former Bay Area civil rights lawyer and White House of-

ficial who promoted green and tech jobs for inner-city youth. Jones, who also is a CNN commentator, told the court how he ran Prince’s philanthropic endeavors for nine years, saying he has a talent for building teams and that overcoming dis-trust among the siblings

would take hard work.Noting those frictions,

Eide said he’ll name a co-personal representative only if he thinks that person will help resolve the case as soon as possible.

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1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onion

3 ounces mushrooms (white, cremini or shiitake), finely chopped

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Return the skillet to high heat. Add the remaining tablespoon of oil and wait until it is almost smoking. Meanwhile, season the sliders on one side with salt and pepper. When the oil is hot, add the sliders, seasoned side down (it will be a little crowded in the pan), and cook them until they are just browned on the first side, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle the top side of each with salt and pep-per, turn the sliders over, and cook for another 2 minutes.

While the sliders are browning, top each slider with a heaping teaspoon of the mushroom mixture, dividing all of the mixture among the sliders, then place a piece of cheese on top of each. Quickly pour the beer into the pan, all around the sliders, cover the pan and steam for 2 minutes.,

Turn off the heat and let the sliders sit in the pan for another minute to let the cheese melt completely. Spoon some of the liq-uid in the skillet onto the tops and bottoms of the buns, transfer the sliders to the buns, and serve right away.Nutrition information per slider: 280 calories; 120 calories from fat (43 percent of total calories); 13 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 45 mg cholesterol; 370 mg sodium; 23 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 16 g protein.

Sara Moulton is host of public television's "Sara's Week-night Meals." She was executive chef at Gourmet maga-zine for nearly 25 years and spent a decade hosting sever-al Food Network shows, including "Cooking Live." Her latest cookbook is "Home Cooking 101."

Big provisions are required to

watch the big game, and nothing's

more substantial than a burger,

even in its mini-form — the slider.

Indeed, if you plan to serve a variety of dish-es for the Super Bowl, sliders are more sensi-ble than the full-sized guys. But they happen to be a little trickier to cook than a standard-issue burger. The slider's size makes it tough to put a nice crust on the outside while ensur-ing that it doesn't overcook on the inside.

These sliders are adapted from a burger I used to make at a bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan, called the Del Rio — my first job as a cook. Dubbed the Det Burger, this marvel was dreamed up before I landed at the Del Rio by a cook named Bob Detweiler, who baptized the creation after himself. The heart of the origi-nal version was a quarter-pounder topped by "the Det mix" — canned mushrooms, canned olives, grilled onions, freeze-dried green pep-pers and slices of cheese.

But there also was a secret ingredient: beer. The Det Burger was steamed in beer. If it wasn't quite "the burger that made Ann Arbor famous," it was undeniably a city-wide favor-ite.

A generation later, I assembled the same winning combo of ingredients — though in a fresher form — and then focused on the cook-ing process to make sure that these mini-burg-ers ended up both juicy and crusty. There are a few key points to preparing Beer-Steamed Cheese and Mushroom Beef Sliders.

First, the sliders need to be about 3/4 inch thick, not only so they don't overcook, but also so you can fit all of them at one time into the skillet. Second, the skillet needs to be large, a 12-incher. If you don't have a skillet that big, use two smaller ones and cook six sliders in each. And third, whichever skillet you use, the oil must be heated until it's almost smoking. At the start, you want the burgers to sear, not steam, which is what will happen if the pan isn't hot enough.

At first, the sliders will be crowded together in the skillet, but they'll shrink down as they cook, giving off fat and juices in the process. You deglaze the pan with beer, of course, which mingles intimately with the fat and juic-es released by the burgers to create a delecta-ble pan sauce.

I recommend spooning some of this liquid onto the buns before sliding in the burgers, but my son proposes a more extravagant way to roll: Pour the sauce into ramekins, and in-vite your guests to dunk their sliders into it between bites. Whatever happens onscreen, you'll be winning at home.


Beer steam adds flavor to these Super Bowl slidersBY SARA MOULTONThe Associated Press

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