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Accused of intimidating women into having sex BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com South Carolina Law Enforcement Division arrested and charged a former Sumter Police Department officer with misconduct in office on Monday following an investigation into accusations of sexual coercion and intimidation. William McKinley Littlejohn, 35, faces three counts of misconduct in office and could serve 10 LITTLEJOHN years for each count if he is convicted, according to a news release from SLED. Sumter Police Department requested that SLED open an investigation after local officers received information about the alleged acts. Tonyia McGirt, public information officer with the police department, said Littlejohn was suspended in December 2015 when SLED began its investigation. According to three warrants issued by SLED on May 12, Littlejohn allegedly used his position as an officer to coerce and intimidate three female victims to engage in sexual relations with him while he was on duty as a city police officer between July 2014 and December 2015. Two of the warrants state Littlejohn coerced two of the victims to engage in sexual relations with him on numerous occasions. McGirt said Littlejohn started his career with the department in August 2012 and his employment was terminated in January this year, she said. Littlejohn was booked at Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center on Monday and was released after posting a $4,500 surety bond on Tuesday. The case will be prosecuted by the Third Circuit Solicitor’s Office, according to the news release from SLED.

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Republican candidate pulls off surprising upset over Clinton WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America’s 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters’ economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House. His triumph over Hillary Clinton, not declared until well after midnight, will end eight years of Democratic dominance of the White House and

threatens to undo major achievements of President Barack Obama. Trump has pledged to act quickly to repeal Obama’s landmark health care law, revoke America’s nuclear agreement with Iran and rewrite important trade deals with other countries, particularly Mexico and Canada. As he claimed victory, Trump urged Americans to “come together as one united people” after a deeply divisive campaign. Clinton called her Republican rival to concede but did not plan to speak

publicly until later Wednesday. Trump, who spent much of the campaign urging his supporters on as they chanted “lock her up,” said the nation owed Clinton “a major debt of gratitude” for her years of public service. The Republican blasted through Democrats’ longstanding firewall, carrying Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, states that hadn’t voted for a GOP presidential candidate since the 1980s. He

Voter turnout down in tri-county area BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com Voter turnout in the tricounty area for Tuesday’s presidential election between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton was down about 7 percent from the 2012 presidential race, according to unofficial results from the counties’ voter registration

offices. The totals do include absentee voting in each county, but remaining provisional paper ballots still must be counted before results are certified as official later this week. Totals are not expected to change much in the process, according to county officials. In Sumter County, total voters for the presidential race were 44,048 compared

to 47,309 in 2012 — representing a 6.9 percent reduction — when incumbent Democrat Barack Obama defeated Republican challenger Mitt Romney. The voter turnout trend for the presidential election in Clarendon County was very similar to Sumter, with

Facility to tap into growing gummy vitamins market BY BRUCE MILLS bruce@theitem.com Sumter’s newest manufacturer has a vision to tap into a growing and underserved segment of its industry’s product market with its new Sumter operation, scheduled to come online at the beginning of next year. With more than 100 years’ experience as a confections manufacturer, Mount Franklin Foods is not your typical candy business and its new Sumter facility will not be your typical candy plant, according to company Chief Operations Officer Jay David. David was in town last week when the company did a meet-and-greet

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with former employees of candy maker Au’some, which closed its doors in March and filed bankruptcy. Mount Franklin will be operating out of the former 100,000 square-foot Au’some facility in Live Oak Industrial Park. A maker and distributor of high-quality candies and nuts with two divisions — Sunrise Confections and DAVID Azar Nut — Mount Franklin is proactively moving to add other healthier natural and organic food-based snacks. David said the Sumter plant will manufacturer vitamin gummies more than anything else.

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Since there’s a large segment of the population that doesn’t like to swallow pills, gummies are becoming increasingly popular. Many candy businesses like to do vitamin products, but not with a dedicated facility, according to David. “The sugar-candy business is not a growth business because so many people are sugar conscious,” David said. “Prices are being driven down. “An average candy company does this as a side business when they find they have an available shift. Then they quickly go about making the vitamin product.” As operations chief with Mount Franklin, David viewed this approach as risky

DID YOU KNOW Candy Industry magazine’s 2016 “Sweet 60” ranking of the top 60 candy companies in North America, Sunrise Confections — a division of Mount Franklin Foods — ranked No. 21. For reference, Jelly Belly was 23rd and Bazooka Candy Brands was 24th. Tootsie Roll Industries ranked 12th this year; The Hershey Co. was No. 3 and Mars Chocolate was No. 1.

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a 7 percent fall from 2012. A total of 15,156 registered voters cast ballots in the muchanticipated Trump/Clinton presidential election. In 2012, 16,292 voters in Clarendon tallied votes in the Obama/ Romney election. In Lee County, voter turnout fell 9 percent from 2012.

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Consolation prize: Clinton wins ADMS mock election Alice Drive Elementary School Student Council sponsored a mock presidential election on Tuesday for grades 3, 4 and 5. Out of 362 participants, the results were as follows: Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, 173 votes (47.8 percent); Donald J. Trump, Republican Party, 144 votes (39.8 percent); Jill Stein, Green Party, 23 votes (6.4%); and Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party, 22 votes (6.1%).

BY IVY MOORE ivy@theitem.com The Southern BBQ Network still has some openings for its Saturday class to train and certify barbecue judges. The class, coming just one week before the annual Capt. Tom Garrity Firefighters BBQ Challenge, will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at University of South Carolina Sumter’s Arts and Letters Building, 109 Miller Road. Participants will learn to judge barbecue by using a numeric system that rates appearance, aroma, taste and texture. The system can be used with pork butts, ribs, whole hog barbecue, sauces, beef or chicken. The fee for the class is $25, plus $35 for SBN membership — only members may judge. Last year, SBN judged 14 competitions in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. To take the training class, sign up on the SBN website, http:// sbbqn.com/ by clicking on the Certification Classes picture. For more information, contact Mike Wright at dmwright7015@gmail.com or (843) 425-4186. Wright said participants can sign up at the door, but SBN requests registration for lunch planning and so certificates can be printed. Payment may be by cash, check, credit or debit card.

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Corley to face Black in runoff Steve Corley and Randolph “Randy” Black will meet in a runoff election Nov. 22 to decide who wins the Sumter City Council Ward 4 seat being vacated by Coleen Yates, according to the Sumter Voter Registration Office. In a four-person race, Corley gained the most votes with 670, or 34 percent, while Black garnered the second-highest total with 480 or 24 percent. Melissa Evans had 463 votes for 23 percent and Jim McKinney had 329 votes for nearly 17 percent. Evans and McKinney were eliminated from the race.

Memorial for fallen officers at State House on Friday South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police will sponsor a memorial for fallen officers at the S.C. Law Enforcement Memorial on the State House grounds, off of Assembly Street, Columbia, at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Guest speaker will be S.C. Congressman Trey Gowdy.

One Sumter community group meeting set for Sunday The monthly One Sumter Community Group Meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 345 W. Fulton St. Barney Gadsen, executive director of the HYPE (Helping Youth Pursue Excellence) program will present information that will be helpful to the Sumter Community. For additional information, call Joshua Dupree at (803) 795-3600.

Lee Stuff the Bus Food Drive set Lee County School District is holding its Stuff the Bus Food Drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The district is asking the public to help fill a bus at the Food Lion, 517 S. Main St., Bishopville, with non-perishable items to feed Lee County families in need. For information, call the Lee County School District Office at (803) 484-5327.

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Rear admiral, Sumter native to speak Sunday FROM STAFF REPORTS Rear Admiral Cedric Pringle, deputy director of the Joint Interagency Task Force South, will be the guest speaker at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church’s Veterans Day program at 10 a.m. Sunday. A Sumter native, Pringle graduated from the University of South Carolina in December with a bachelor of science degree in economics and received his commission through NROTC. He also earned a master of science degree in financial management from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1998 and a master of arts degree in National Security Strategy from the Naval War College in 2003. At sea, Pringle served in the engineering department on the USS Ranger and the USS Portland and as executive officer on USS Fort McHenry. In July 2004, he assumed command of USS Whidbey Island. During his tour,

he participated in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in response to Hurricane Katrina in September 2005. In February 2012, Pringle took command of the Navy’s first hybrid propulsion drive ship, USS Makin Island. During his tenure, USS Makin Island completed its maiden deployment and achieved numerous successes, including earning the PRINGLE Battle “E” Award, the Retention Excellence Award, Afloat and Aviation Operational Safety Awards and the President’s Volunteer Service Award for community outreach. Ashore, Pringle served on the staffs of Navy Recruiting Area Three, Amphibious Squadron 4 as chief staff officer and Amphibious Forces U.S. 7th Fleet as deputy chief of staff for oper-

ations and plans. He also served on the Joint Staff as the deputy chief of Forces Division in the Force Structure, Resources and Assessment Directorate. From July 2013 to August 2015, he served as director, Navy Senate Liaison for the Secretary of the Navy’s Office of Legislative Affairs. Pringle reported to Joint Interagency Task Force South in September 2015 from the Secretary of the Navy’s Office of Legislative Affairs. Among his decorations are the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Navy Achievement Medal and various unit and service awards. Pringle is also the recipient of the 2015 Navy’s Stars and Stripes Award. New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church is located at 3249 Hwy. 15 South. The public is invited to hear Pringle at the 10 a.m. Veterans Day program.

County approves joint land use study recommendations BY ADRIENNE SARVIS adrienne@theitem.com Sumter County Council gave its nod in favor of the Sumter-Shaw Joint Land Use Study results, conducted in order to determine best practices for land uses near Shaw Air Force Base and Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, during its meeting on Tuesday. Tyson Smith, urban planner and attorney with consulting group White & Smith LLC Planning and Law Group in Charleston, said land encroachment could be a deciding factor when bases are considered for Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, so local governments have an interest to keep land uses compatible with a base’s mission. The U.S. Air Force can only provide recommendations for land uses around its bases and cannot tell communities how to use the properties, he said.

There are some existing residential properties near the base that are incompatible with the base’s noise contour recommendations, however, most of the land is compatible because it is rural and unused, he said. Smith said the houses nearest the base have noise attenuation properties to deal with the amount of noise coming from the base. He said the JLUS policy committee also recommended that a military planning coordination agreement be created to detail the acceptable uses around the base and make sure Sumter and Shaw are consistent with planned land uses. Also, council approved first reading of an ordinance to amend an agreement regarding an industrial/business park jointly owned and operated by Sumter and Kershaw counties. Sumter County Attorney Johnathan Bryan said

Kershaw County requested the amendment in order to extend the park to include Bethune Nonwovens Inc., located in Bethune. He said the properties included in the multicounty park are not located in one area but are instead spread throughout both counties. In addition, county council approved first reading of a request to allow off-premise, flag and model home signs for real estate companies. The amendment request will also be reviewed by Sumter County Land Use Committee during its next meeting that will be held prior to county council’s next meeting. In other news, county council: • Voted to defer action on third reading of a request to amend the county zoning ordinance to make solar energy systems conditional uses for another 30-day period. Councilman Artie Baker said he would

like to receive input from Shaw Air Force Base before council gives final reading because the solar panels could affect flights from the base by reflecting sunlight; • Approved third reading of a request to rezone one acre at 3350 N. Main St. where a convenient store is currently located from agricultural conservation to general commercial. According to a Sumter City-County Planning Department staff report, the property owner may decide to seek approval for a liquor store; • Approved final reading of a request to rezone approximately two acres at 8295 Camden Highway for the development of a Dollar General Store; and • Approved first reading to rezone 3.35 acres at 2785 U.S. 15 South from agricultural conservation to general commercial for the development of a commercial project or auto sales lot.

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Exhibitions stretch viewers’ imaginations BY JANE G. COLLINS Special to The Sumter Item The general definition of art has changed much over time. Oddly enough, I discovered an interesting definition from Wikipedia, of all sources, a definition that may help relate to the current exhibit at Sumter Gallery of Art: “visual, auditory or performing artifacts expressing the author’s imaginative or technical skill intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.” The current emphasis on conceptual art seems apparent in the two shows: “Gil Ngole’: the midnight walks” and “Sheena Rose: this Strange land.” Each presentation is an artistic adventure, focused on differences in cultural norms and their impact. Ngole’s’ installation confronts the viewer with strong visual impact. Although the space seems open and uplifting, at closer look he makes an attempt to deconstruct Western media interpretations since it is virtually impossible for that world to comprehend the catastrophic displacement of citizens of Republic of Congo. His work creates an atmosphere of suddenness and progression through a pathway filled with protest signs and dangerous glass challenges. Bundles of material, including pieces of a couch found on his walks through Sumter, address the hurried abandonment his people have had to face — nighttime raids and attempts at escapes — the “decay of refugee belongings because of traveling through various geographical locations and weather conditions.” The bundles are colorful, silent expressions of a people forced to face the unknown; they are brightly wrapped in plastic he painted with layers of

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Sheena Rose’s Black Obeah Series confronts the viewer with the contrast of darkness and exploration as the young artist strives to understand who she is. The series can be seen in Rose’s exhibition at Sumter County Gallery of Art. paint while in Memphis, his current home, and foam padding he obtained from Solomon’s in Sumter, and fastened with twine. There is a bundle loaded bicycle studded with dangerous glass pieces indicative of the perilous journey. Packages left around the outside face painted futuristic-like designs and shards of glass glued to the wall — possible symbols of what prospects might lie ahead but a reminder of the dangerous situations of those refugees. Ngole’ refers to himself as a mediator, trying to explain an “out-of-time” experience to the Western viewer, the “juxtaposition in a real place … of sites that are in themselves incompatible”: the complexity of change in time or rate of events and the process. His futuristc silver baskets pieces might also allude to space ships with their

cotton clouds, greenery (life or hope) and the ever-present glass spikes. “What should temporary shelter based on Kongo graphics look like? My drawings are,” he said, “meant to be answers of these questions, depicting the current life in the camps and visual promises of a better future.” His installation evokes contemplation of the many injustices in his region and the difficulty Western culture may have understanding the doubleedged quality of a space and time that limits and harms a people while at the same time expressing a chance for hope.” Rose addresses the dichotomy of growing up female in Barbados, attending an all girls’ school that promoted the notion of not “being loud or indecent” with the conduct she saw in the world around her. Her Invisible Series, paintings such as “But That Not

Easy” and “Bush Girls,” features colorful, partially drawn sketches that suggest female activity and, in the case of “Bush Girls,” introduce the concept of just how far they can go to challenge proscribed behavior. Her Black Obeah Series (folk magic and other forms of such religious practices) confronts the viewer with the contrast of darkness and exploration as the young artist strives to understand who she is. “Quick Sand” gains interest from the contrast of the foliage with the intense light and shade of the girl in glasses (the artist) as she confronts her environment. “Yet I want to be a Hollywood star” draws from the photograph, mixed media composition to further investigate the girl’s search for identity. In the same series, “I Am Here,” shrouds the form hidden by dark sparkles of potential. The large video radiates with the artist’s fresh youthfulness and seems a playground, complete with vibrant music for her adventures, while the smaller video “Finally I Love Myself” seems to bring the artist closer to her search for identity. In her artistic statement, Rose states:”I love being provocative ... I fully believe that when they (people) are uncomfortable, you get the truth from them.” Rose will present a satellite interview at the Gallery on Nov. 17. Both artists offer viewers an opportunity to stretch their imagination and concept of art as well as examine their appreciation of the freedom available in this country. Both exhibits will remain in Sumter County Gallery of Art, 200 Hasell St., through Jan. 6. See them during regular hours, 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information call (803) 775-0543.

Ex-officer’s lawyer challenges probe of black motorist death CHARLESTON (AP) — A fired white police officer’s defense lawyer hammered away Wednesday at the investigation of his fatal shooting of a fleeing black motorist, pointing out that citizens using a toy metal detector found evidence the state missed at the crime scene. Crime scene inSLAGER vestigator Jamie Johnson testified that about two weeks after the shooting in April 2015, she returned to the scene because experts hired by defense attorney Andy Savage alerted investigators that two more bullets had been recovered.

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t’s done. Voters have elected a new president, and, like me, you are probably experiencing both a degree of disappointment and general relief. I say general relief because this presidential election, whether in truth or in perception, has been fraught with mudslinging, sensationalism and misleading information from a variety of sources. I think we are all hoping for a decrease in the constant bombardment of accusations. There is also an air of disappointment among voters who either voted for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or who, instead of voting for President-elect Donald Trump, felt forced to vote against her, a sentiment that isn’t ideal in the minds of most I would assume. That disappointment began much earlier this year when our list of potential leaders was narrowed to the two most likely choices.

Now any of those with lingering disappointment have another decision. We can in Faith Matters wallow that anger JAMIE H. or apathy, WILSON or we can look forward to the best possible outcome: that Trump serves his country to the benefit of his constituents and future generations. I know, I know! Many of you might argue that the likelihood of that happening may seem impossible, but as believers, we hold true that God’s power can change a person’s actions and attitude. I’ll openly admit I struggled at the polls. The decision, if I’m being completely honest, wasn’t a clear-cut one. Many statements that issued from the mouth of our president-elect left me disgusted. Some went

against explicit commands of Scripture and the very heart of our loving Heavenly Father. I prayed for God to draw me toward an answer. I prayed, read and begged advice of believers of differing political persuasions, and I still wrestled with my vote. I wanted to best represent my God in everything I do, including my civic responsibilities. We are now called to that same obligation: to represent our faith in the afterglow of Tuesday’s election. It’s for this reason I think that believers have been called to intentional and specific prayer, for wisdom for our president-elect. It’s imperative, Scripture tells us: “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” (Prov. 11:14, ESV) Specifically, I’m praying for wise counsel to surround the incoming president, not just a group of “yes” men or women who will pander to him, but

CHURCH NEWS Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 1275 Oswego Highway, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 20 — The 11th pastoral anniversary celebration of Pastor Daniel Bennett Jr. at 11 a.m. The Rev. Leroy Blanding will speak. Community Church of Praise, 562 S. Pike Road, announces: * Friday, Nov. 18 — Glory night at 7:30 p.m. Minister Jowers, of McBee, will speak. Cross Road Christian Fellowship / St. Peter Baptist Church, 845 Webb St., announces: * Sunday, Nov. 20 — The 10th anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Bishop Sylvester Francis will speak. Dalzell United Methodist Church, 3330 Black River Road, Dalzell, announces: * Donations needed for the annual Coats for Christ giveaway. Donations of gently used coats, jackets, sweaters, blankets, scarves, gloves and hats are being accepted until Nov. 16. Donations are needed for men, women and children. Items can be left on the porch of Dorcas’ Closet (small white house) at the church. Call (803) 499-5190. * Saturday, Nov. 21 — Coats for Christ giveaway 8-11 a.m. in the fellowship hall. Anyone in need may get one gently used coat per family member. No application or qualifications. Also offering gently used blankets, sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves, and jackets. Call (803) 499-5190. Elizabeth Baptist Church, 4829 Alex Harvin Highway, U.S. 301 South, Manning, announces: * Sunday — Family and friends day at 3 p.m. Pastor Gary Miller, of Spring Field Baptist Church of Eutawville, will speak. Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday — The 152nd anniversary of the church will be celebrated. Theme: “Called To Serve.” Sunday school will begin

those who will offer him sage advice and well-researched information. I’m praying for a group of men and women who will speak truth to him as he assumes the reigns of our country. I’m praying God allows Mr. Trump to feel the full weight of the office and the tremendous responsibility he shoulders so that he can plan accordingly. I’m praying Mr. Trump has receptive ears and handles the future responsibilities of this office with reverence and sincerity. It’s the same prayer I pray for President Obama, and the one I would have prayed for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had she won the presidency. Whether or not our candidate of choice won, believers should commit to praying for our leaders. Our adherence to our faith should transcend any political circumstances. Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail. com.

Baptist Church, Bishopville, will speak. at 9 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. anniversary worship. First Baptist Missionary Church, 219 S. Washington St., announces: * Sunday, Nov. 20 — The 148th anniversary of the church will be celebrated at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Aaron Vaughn, pastor of Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, will speak. Full Gospel Church, 9223 Paxville Highway, Manning, announces: * Friday-Saturday — South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia fellowship services at 7 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday. Bishop Anthony Gibson will speak Friday and Bishop Allen Conyer will speak Saturday. Goodwill Presbyterian Church USA, 295 N. Brick Church Road, Mayesville, announces: * Saturday — Church Women United of the Greater Sumter Area will celebrate World Community Day at 10:30 a.m. Theme: “Sharing Gifts at the Table.” Bring a covered dish for the fellowship meal and a canned good for local charity. Call Lois Parson at (803) 778-1061 with questions. High Hills Missionary Baptist Church, 6750 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — The second pastoral anniversary celebration of Pastor Donald and Frances Amis during the 10:15 a.m. worship. The Rev. Bennie Bradley, pastor of Northwestern Church of Sumter, will speak. * Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 16-18 — Women’s revival at 7 nightly. Various speakers. * Sunday, Nov. 20 — Deacon and deaconess anniversary program during morning worship. The Rev. Dr. Katie Roach will speak. Hopewell Baptist Church, 3285 Peach Orchard Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 20 — The 10th pastoral anniversary of Pastor and Mrs. Richard Addison will be celebrated at 3 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Jerome Douglas, of Liberty Hill

Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — Morris College day will be celebrated at 10 a.m. The Rev. Eugene G. Dennis will speak. * Sunday, Nov. 20 — Adult choir anniversary celebration at 4 p.m. The Rev. Eugene G. Dennis will speak. Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday — Knitting Hearts will meet from 10 a.m. until noon. Geanie and Charlie Paschal will speak on inner healing. Light breakfast is included. A love offering will be received. Visit knittingheartsministry. wordpress.com. Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, 7355 Camden Highway, Rembert, announces: * Sunday — Veterans Day program during regular service. The Rev. O.J. Hannah will speak following the morning worship. Mount Sinai AME Church, 5895 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Lynchburg, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Mass choir anniversary program at 3 p.m. * Sunday, Dec. 4 — Steward’s annual day will be observed during 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Dec. 25 — Christmas morning worship at 9 a.m. featuring a Christmas concert. * Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017 — New Year’s worship at 9 a.m. * Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 — Gospel fest at 3 p.m. featuring the Singing Cousins and others. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 325 Fulton St., announces: * Saturday-Sunday — Youth choir anniversary program at 3

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Katherine Healon. * Sunday, Nov. 20 — Thanksgiving service at 6:30 p.m. Dinner to follow. * Monday, Nov. 21 — Widow’s luncheon at 11 a.m. Shabach Ministries, 526 W. Boyce St., Manning, announces: * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Consecration service at 3:30 p.m. Tiverton Missionary Baptist Church, Old Highway 261, Wedgefield, announces: * Sunday — Pastor’s anniversary celebration at 3 p.m. The Rev. Geneva Stafford, pastor of St. Mark United Methodist Church, will speak. Triumph Ministries, 3632 Broad St. Ext., announces: * Friday, Nov. 18 — One night of glory at 7 p.m. Apostle Frankie Perry will speak. Walker Avenue Church of God, 100 Walker Ave., announces: * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Homecoming celebration at 11 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Gloria S. Robinson, retired pastor of First Church of God of Darlington, will speak. Willow Grove AME Church, 8105 A/B Sumter Landing Road, Horatio, announces: * Sunday — YPD annual day. God’s Angel Choir will sing. Church school will begin at 8:45 a.m. followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Nov. 20 — Class of 1961, former Ebenezer High School, will visit. Also, Thanksgiving celebration and dinner. Church school begins at 8:45 a.m., followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Nov. 27 — Male choir will provide music. Church school begins at 8:45 a.m., followed by 10 a.m. worship. * Sunday, Dec. 4 — Horatio Christmas lighting at 5 p.m. at Lenoir’s Store.

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new prosperity to working class communities. “He’s going to bring back jobs. He’s going to bring back faith in America,” he said. On the other side of the nation, Democrat Terry Zee Lee felt something far different. “I fear for our country,” said the 68-year-old Lee, who earlier Tuesday had no doubt in her mind that Hillary Clinton would be elected president. “I cannot imagine that as well as our country is doing right now, with all the improvements and all the gains we’ve had for equal opportunity and social justice — it just makes me sick to my stomach that my fellow Americans have that much hate and misogyny.” Election night turned into a nail-biter for millions of Americans as the nation waited for the final tally of votes from a small number of states, mostly in the upper Midwest. But Trump victories in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, along with traditional Republican strongholds, gave the real estate mogul the path he needed to win. The final determination of who would become the nation’s 45th president extended an already long, acrimonious race.

From Virginia coal country, as election results trickled in, Jimmy McDonald texted his boss to warn he might need a day off Wednesday. Celebrations, it seemed, were in order. “Historic day,” his boss wrote back. “There’s still some good in America,” McDonald responded. Just before midnight, he said he could barely believe it. “The people have spoken,” he cheered. “The people said, ‘Enough is enough.’” In a presidential contest that bitterly divided the nation, the election of Donald Trump to the White House left America’s voters just as polarized. For those watching as the results came in, there was exuberance, despair — and surprise on both sides of the political aisle. McDonald was overjoyed. He’s vice president of collections at a bank in Tazewell, Virginia, where he spends his days working with neighbors who are losing cars, homes and businesses amid a collapsing coal economy. Trump is viewed a savior there, the man McDonald believes will deliver

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Diana Caldon, right, embraces Stephanie Smith in celebration at a watch party Tuesday night for presidential-elect Donald Trump, hosted by the Nevada GOP in Las Vegas. In Hagerstown, Maryland, Sebiila Odin, an African-American who supported Clinton, wondered about the prospects of the nation coming back together after such a rancorous campaign. She joked that her son asked her, “‘You want to go to Canada for four years?’” But Odin said that on Wednesday, “I’m going to get up and go to work. And I’m just going to be like, he’s in the

White House. And hopefully, four years from now, we’ll win it back.” Even as Democrats sought to make sense of the outcome, Republicans pointed to Trump’s outsider status as part of his unorthodox appeal. Josetta Smith, a 38-year-old Tazewell, Virginia, resident who’d never even registered to vote before this year, was so wowed by Trump that when

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of Christ Baptist - Southern Church Plaza Church of Christ Grace Baptist Church 219 W Calhoun St * 778-6417 Dr. Stephen Williams S.S. 9:45 am; Worship 11:00 am Evening Worship/Bible Study 6:30 pm Wed. Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study: 6:30 pm

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803 S Harvin St. * 775-4032 Wayman Chapel AME Church Marion H Newton, Pastor 160 N Kings Hwy • 803-494-3686 Sunday Worship: 7:45 & 10:45 am www.waymanchapelame.com Sunday Youth Service: 10:45 am Reverend Dr. Dennis W. Broughton, Jr. Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 pm Church School 9:00 am Salem Missionary Baptist Church Worship 10:15 am 320 West Fulton Street Wed. Bible Study 12:00 pm & 6:30 pm 803-775-8054

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n November 11, 1919, President Wilson proclaimed the first Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.” This Veterans Day, let us be inspired by those who sacrifice for us as we remember wth honor those we have lost.

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Catholic - Roman The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Anne Site 216 E Liberty St • 803-773-3524 Parochial Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Weekend Masses: Sat. 4:30 pm Sun. 8:00 and 12:00 Noon Confession: Sat. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm The Catholic Community of Sumter, St. Jude Site 611 W. Oakland Ave • 773-9244 www.stjudesumtersc.org Pastor Rev. Frank Palmieri, CRM Parochial Vicar Rev. Noly Berjuega, CRM Saturday: 6:00 pm Sun. 9:15 - 12:00 Noon, 5:00 pm

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Non-Denominational Abundant Life Kingdom Ministries 301 Crosswell Drive, Sumter Pastor Dion E. Price 803-468-1567 Sunday Morning 10:00 am 1st & 3rd Wed. Bible Study 7:00 pm Sat. 9:00 am Intercessory Prayer Christ Community Church(CCC) 320 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter www.cccsumter.com 803-905-7850 Sun. Worship 10:00 am (Patriot Hall) 135 Haynsworth Street

she renewed her license plate, she got a personalized tag — “GO-TRMP” — as a show of support. “He’s not a politician. But that’s awesome because he always speaks whatever he thinks,” said Smith, who’s unemployed. “Whatever he says he wants to make happen, he’s going to make happen.” John Fusaro, a 50-year-old Dallas resident who works for U.S. Department of Homeland Security, thinks Trump’s success reflects the public’s deep frustration with the so-called “establishment.” “I think people are just tired of these people in Washington thinking we work for them, when they work for us,” he said. Fusaro stayed up late watching the results come in — feeling, similar to much of America, stunned. “When this first started, I didn’t think Trump would get this far, and I’m kind of a little bit in shock,” he said. “But I’m very relieved. He’s had no support from the Republican establishment, or very little support. He had a lot of negative media. And despite all that, he’s done very well. That’s just a testament to the man’s will and ability.”

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First Church of God 1835 Camden Rd • 905-5234 www.sumterfcg.org Ron Bower, Pastor Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship: 10:30 am

Westminster Presbyterian Church 230 Alice Dr., Sumter • 803-773-7235 Pastor Stuart Mizelle Sunday School 9:15 am Worship Service 10:30 am

Greater St. Paul Church 200 Watkins Street • 803-778-1355 Founder Bishop W.T. English Sunday School - 10:30 am Worship - 11:30 am Evangelistic Service 6:30 pm Wed. Mid Week Service - 7:30 pm

Presbyterian USA First Presbyterian Church of Sumter 9 W Calhoun St (at Main St.) (803) 773-3814 • info@fpcsumter.org Rev. Nick Cheek Sunday School (classes for all ages) 9:30 a.m. Hospitality & Fellowship (Fellowship Hall) 10:10 a.m. Worship (Sanctuary) 10:30 a.m.

Sumter Bible Church 420 South Pike West, Sumter 803-773-8339 • Pastor Ron Davis Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am & 6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 pm

Pentecostal First United Penecostal Church 14 Plowden Mill Rd • 775-9493 Pastor Theron Smith Sunday Service: 10:00 am & 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:30 pm Sumter First Pentecostal Holiness Church 2609 McCrays Mill Rd • 481-8887 S. Paul Howell, Pastor Sunday School: 10:00 am Sunday Worship: 10:45 am & 6:00 pm Wed. Bible Study/Youth Group: 7:00 pm

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PLANT FROM PAGE A1 since sugar-candy production is all about speed and maximum pounds, while vitamins require very careful set up and control with stricter Food and Drug Administration regulations that must be followed. “My concern was if you have a group of employees that you say ‘quick, quick, quick’ with gummy bears; then, ‘now today be careful and slow down’ with vitamins — it’s a risk,” David said. “And I wasn’t ready to open up our company to that risk. “With sugar candy, it’s push, push, push and you want 150,000 pounds per day. With vitamins, a great day may be 15,000 pounds. But it’s perfect product and safe and ready to go.” David said with the two different priorities, Mount Franklin officials decided if they did vitamins in the future it would be in a dedicated plant. That’s where the Sumter facility now fits into the picture. David said the new operation will be set up and staffed correctly, with a Research and Development headquarters here as well to support it. “We plan to make this facility a showcase,” David said. “When you bring in a lot of pharmaceutical companies like Bayer and others, they don’t want to see an old candy factory that makes gummies as a hobby. They want to see someone who does it as a business. We want this to be a place where we’re proud to bring prospective customers.”

David sees great potential for the new Sumter operation. “When we made notification to the industry that this is what we were intending to do, our phone started ringing off the hook with people because there’s not a lot of capacity for people who can do this,” David said. According to the COO, the Research and Development department at corporate headquarters in El Paso, Texas, is already working with prospective customers on some of the formulas. “So, the minute we open up here, we will probably have 10 products that are going in — to include multivitamins and antacid type things,” he said. David said Mount Franklin is currently working closely to partner with a company that will serve as an intermediary to final customers for gummy vitamins. The company wants to work directly with Mount Franklin in Sumter instead of parsing it out to little candy companies across the country. “This customer that I’m talking about could easily fill up two or three shifts here,” David said. In regards to ramping up production, David said it’s realistic to expect Mount Franklin will have a full first shift operation of 50 employees in the third quarter of next year. “As demand comes in and our phone continues to ring, then that’s another shift that adds another 50,” David said. “As we looked out, we committed to 225 people over the five-year period with the potential for further investment in the future. We hope we blow the original 225 commitment away.”

VOTER FROM PAGE A1 A total of 8,110 registered voters cast presidential ballots, compared to 8,907 in 2012. As far as partisan voting, Clinton won all three counties as expected but the Democrat’s margin of victory was smaller than in the 2012 race for the White House. In Sumter, she recorded 54.5 percent of the presidential vote; in 2012 Obama had 58.3 percent of the county’s vote. In Lee County, Clinton won on 63.8 percent; Obama had 67.1 percent in the last election. In Clarendon County, Clinton achieved slightly more than half the vote with 50.4 percent; Obama recorded 55.8 percent four years ago. In total, Clinton won 15 of the state’s 46 counties, with the overwhelming majority being in the Interstate 95 corridor. Trump won South Carolina overall with 54.9 percent and more than 1.1 million votes, according to the S.C. Election Commission. Clinton recorded close to 850,000 votes and 40.7 percent of the overall count. Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson won 2.3 percent of the state’s vote. In the U.S. congressional races, the fates were similar for state Democrat challengers Fran Person and Thomas Dixon. Person and Dixon won both Sumter and Lee counties, but lost the Palmetto State by big numbers to GOP incumbents. U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., earned 60.5 percent of the state’s vote for the U.S. Senate seat. U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., captured 59.2 percent of the state’s vote in the U.S. House District 5 race.

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Here are the final results, as reported to the S.C. Secretary of State office: Mayor of Sumter, nonpartisan 34 of 34 precincts reporting William Dutch Holland 3,166; Charlie Jones 1,459; Joe McElveen 8,710. Sumter City Council, Ward 4, nonpartisan 11 of 11 precincts reporting Randolph Randy Black 480; Steve Corley 670; Melissa Evans 463; Jim McKinney 329. Sumter County Council District 3 7 of 7 precincts reporting Patty L. Wilson, Democratic 2,478; Jimmy Byrd, Republican 3,785. State Senate District 36 4 of 4 counties reporting Kevin Johnson, Democratic 24,534; Leon Winn, Republican 14,901. Clarendon County Council District 2 12 of 12 precincts reporting A.C. English, Democratic 4,865; Joe Witt, Republican 2,799. Clarendon School District 1, nonpartisan 6 of 6 precincts reporting Erica Adams-Caldwell 710; John David Bonaparte 1,181; Lindsey Coulliette 964; Joe Dingle 1,614; Leah Gardenhire 133; Kevin J. Gist Sr. 491; Bernard Richburg 634. Bishopville City Council, nonpartisan 4 of 4 precincts reporting John Boyce 400; Grady A. Chip Brown, Jr. 378; Ennis Bryant Sr. 778; Edwin Byrd 490; Kenneth Currie 373; Wayne Hancock 373; Gloria S. Lewis 675; Willie Mae Muldrow 678; Craig Nesbit 356; Deanna Rollins 415; Retta Tindal 519. Clarendon County Ballot Question to allow Sunday alcohol sales: 25 of 25 percincts reporting In favor: 7,327; Opposed: 4,593. Lee County Ballot Question to allow Sunday alcohol sales: 22 of 22 precincts reporting Yes: 4,433; No: 2,910.

TRUMP FROM PAGE A1 needed to win nearly all of the competitive battleground states, and he did just that, claiming Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and others. Global stock markets and U.S. stock futures plunged, reflecting investor concern over what a Trump presidency might mean for the economy and trade. A New York real estate developer who lives in a sparkling Manhattan high-rise, Trump forged a striking connection with white, working class Americans who feel left behind in a changing economy and diversifying country. He cast immigration, both from Latin America and the Middle East, as the root

TRI-COUNTY VOTE TOTALS FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACE SUMTER COUNTY Clinton (D) 24,024 - 54.4% Trump (R) 18,733 - 42.5% Total votes - 44,049 CLARENDON COUNTY Clinton (D) 7,635 - 50.4% Trump (R) 7,246 - 47.8% Total votes - 15,156 LEE COUNTY Clinton (D) 5,170 - 63.8% Trump (R) 2,789 - 34.4% Total votes - 8,110

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Mom” roles. New ABC sitcoms “American Housewife” and “Speechless” have stories about feisty, protective, nonconformist mothers who move their families to rich towns because of better special needs programs. And much has been made of what CBS’ “The Great Indoors” owes to ABC’s “Last Man Standing.” “Imitation,” it was written some 60-odd years ago, “is the sincerest form of television.”

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‘I can do what I want to do’ Recipient of double lung transplant thankful BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Manning resident Melissa Eaddy Ridgeway feels like a new person. In January, she received a double lung transplant after being unable to breathe without an oxygen tank for almost two years. A year ago, her lung function capacity was at 50 percent, and she could not move around much without tiring easily. Today Ridgeway is breathing at 98 to 100 percent. “I’m so thankful,” she said. “I feel free. I can do what I want to do. Not having to rely on an oxygen tank is a great feeling.” Ridgeway said she is not permitted to know the identity of the donor or his or her family, but she is thankful to them and will be writing the family a letter. “I know they experienced a heartbreaking event, and that it was a difficult decision to make to donate their family member’s organs,” she said. “I just hope that one day I will be able to thank the family in person.” In April 2014, Ridgeway, 57, was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease, a group of lung diseases affecting the tissue and space around the air sacs of the lungs. The scarring associated with the disease may cause progressive lung stiffness, eventually affecting a person’s ability to breathe and get enough oxygen into his or her bloodstream, according to the Mayo Clinic website, www.mayoclinic.org. Ridgeway said the cause of the disease could not be determined, and by November 2014 her lung capacity worsened to 20 percent. Doctors told her she only had a few months to live, to contact hospice and to prepare her family for the worst. “It felt like I was given a death sentence,” she said. After running a series of tests, she was assigned pulmonary rehabilita-

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Melissa Eaddy Ridgeway walks in downtown Manning. In January, Ridgeway received a double lung transplant after being unable to breathe without an oxygen tank for almost two years. tion treatment and was prescribed a combination of various medications to treat the disease. Today, she still has to take up to 50 different medications a day, including immunosuppressants, or drugs that lower the body’s ability to reject a transplanted organ. She will have to take the anti-rejection drugs for the rest of her life. In November 2015, in less than a year’s time, Ridgeway was able to improve her lung function capacity to 50 percent through rehabilitation, which made her eligible to be placed on the transplant list. Then on Jan. 7, just three days after she was placed on the donor list, she found out that a match had been found. “It was a miracle,” she said. Getting placed on the donor list wasn’t an easy task, however. Potential recipients have to undergo

psychological and social evaluation, blood tests and diagnostic tests, which may include x-rays, ultrasound, CAT scans, pulmonary function tests, lung biopsy and dental exams. Several immunizations may also be given to lessen the chance of infections that can affect the transplanted lungs. Medical University of South Carolina had estimated a total of about $25,000 that Ridgeway needed to raise for a three-month stay in Charleston. She was required to live close enough to MUSC, where she had to undergo extensive rehabilitation, about four times a week. Her husband, Ricky, and her daughter, Ashley Ridgeway Pack, quit their jobs to stay with her throughout that time. Ridgeway also has a son, Walt Ridgeway. The couple needed enough funds to

pay bills at both their home in Manning and rent in West Ashley, where they temporarily lived. They also needed the funds for medication, food, gas and other living expenses. Through various fundraisers and donations from the community, including her church, Emmanuel Baptist Church, $30,000 was raised. “If it wasn’t for my husband and my children, I don’t know where I’d be,” she said. “I thank God for every day he has given me.” About 22 people die daily throughout the U.S. waiting for a transplant, according to www.transplants.org. One organ donor can save eight lives and change the lives of more than 50 people, the website states. For more information on becoming a donor, visit the United Network for Organ Sharing, www.unos.org.

Manning woman asks for community’s help after trailer damaged BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com Carolyn Carrie Mouzon has called Sunset Inn her home for the past five weeks as a result of Hurricane Matthew. Mouzon said she checked into the hotel, located off Exit I-95 between Manning and Summerton, on Oct. 8 in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew hitting South Carolina a day later. The trailer that she was renting on Sparkman Road, about 7 miles outside of Manning, had received significant damage during the hurricane, making it difficult for her to live there. The windows in the trailer were knocked out and parts of the trailer had holes and leaks in it. When the flood hit in October 2015, Mouzon said the trailer also sustained damage, but she was ineligible to receive aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The agency requires residents to be homeowners to receive assistance for home repair from the disaster that is not covered by insurance, according to www.fema.gov. Mouzon said she did not qualify to receive aid for repairs as she was renting the trailer. FEMA also provides rental assistance, which would help pay for temporary housing while a damaged home or apartment is being repaired. Mouzon said she did not apply for that type of assistance, as she chose to continue living in the trailer after the October

2015 flood. She said she has not yet applied for FEMA rental assistance as a result of Hurricane Matthew last month. Mouzon said she’s experienced a string of misfortunes during the past year. Several months before the trailer being damaged in the storm, Mouzon’s engine in her car blew out, and she had no funds to replace it. She was working full time at a plant in West Cayce, but because she was left without transportation and could not drive to work, she ended up losing her job, she said. Mouzon said she wants to work, but due to the obstacles she faces, finding someone who will hire her is difficult. She said she holds a General Educational Development certificate, which is equivalent of a high school diploma. Mouzon often ends up walking in the grass along the side of Alex Harvin Highway from the hotel to Manning, a distance of 8.3 miles one way, to pick up groceries and turn in job applications. “I feel trapped,” she said.

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Junior golf program hosting tournament BY KONSTANTIN VENGEROWSKY konstantin@theitem.com A golf tournament to raise money for the Clarendon County Junior Golf program will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, at Shannon Greens Golf Club, 1435 Davenport Drive in Manning. The event starts at 10 a.m., with check in from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Entries are limited to first 30 teams, or 90 golfers. The entry fee is $50 person. Children 12 and under are free. Juniors, ages 13 to 18, are $20 each. The junior golf program is taught by Manning resident Donald Hardy, a 40-year veteran of the game who helped start the program in 2012 after being approached about the idea by Clarendon County Administrator David Epperson and Clarendon County Recreation Director LeBon Joye. “I wanted to give back to the community through teaching the sport I love,” Hardy said. The program is one of only a few in the state offered through a recreation department. Youth ages 6 to 16 can join, as well as adults, with a goal of introducing them to the game. “My vision is for us to be a feeder program for schools in the local area, with the hope that some students will go on to play in college or professionally,” Hardy said. The program also goes beyond the game, teaching golf etiquette and life skills. There are 20 students in the program, he said. What makes golf unique is it is offered year-round, Hardy said.

Practices take place at Shannon Greens Golf Course. There are two programs: Little Tee, ages 6 to 10, and Juniors, ages 11 to 16. Hardy also offers individual sessions for students in the program and children and adults not in the program. Little Tee focuses on the basics for children, including gripping and swinging the club properly, stance, hitting the ball and general knowledge, Hardy said. The junior program adds routine and rhythm, mental aspects of the game and course knowledge and rules, he said. The individual program focuses on the golf swing, Hardy said. Hardy said his goal is to work with participants on the proper swing until it becomes muscle memory. Price ranges vary. Cost for Little Tee is $25 per month for four sessions. Cost for Juniors is $25 for four sessions per month or $50 for eight sessions. Individual sessions are $25 per hour for adults or $15 per hour for children. Participants also compete with other programs throughout the state. For more information on the fundraising tournament or golf program, contact Hardy at (803) 4736652 or LeBon Joye, Clarendon County Recreation Director, at (803) 473-3543. Applications and entry fees for the tournament should be mailed to: Shannon Greens Golf Club, 1435 Davenport Drive, Manning, S.C. 29102. Checks should be made to Clarendon County Recreation Department. Entries should be mailed before the deadline on Nov. 14. Entry fees also include

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COMMENTARY

A disruptive yet ruinous triumph for the GOP

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ASHINGTON — At dawn Tuesday in West Quoddy Head, Maine, America’s easternmost point, it was certain that by midnight in Cape Wrangell, Alaska, America’s westernmost fringe, there would be a loser who deserved to lose and a winner who did not deserve to win. The surprise is that Barack Obama must have immediately seen his legacy, a com- George pound of stylistic and Will substantive arrogance, disappearing, as though written on water in ink of vapor. His health care reform has contributed to three Democratic drubbings. The 2010 and 2014 wave elections, like scythes in a wheat field, decapitated a rising generation of potential party leaders. Then came Tuesday’s earthquake, which followed shocking increases of Obamacare’s prices. This law has been as historic as Obama thinks, but not as he thinks: It might be the last gasp of progressivism’s hubris expressed in continentwide social engineering imposed from the continent’s Eastern edge. Hillary Clinton’s proposed solution to Obamacare’s accelerating unraveling was a “public option”: intensified government manipulation to correct the consequences of government manipulation of health care’s 18 percent of the economy. Her campaign’s other defining proposal, “free” tuition in public higher education, insulted the intelligence of voters aware that “free” means “paid for by others, including you.” Obama’s foreign policy legacy, aside from mounting chaos worldwide, was the Iran nuclear agreement. By precedent and constitutional norms, this should have been a treaty submitted to the Senate. Instead, disdainfully and characteristically, he produced it as an executive agreement. Because the agreement lacks legitimizing ratification by senators, the president-elect will feel uninhibited concerning his promise to repudiate it. The simultaneous sickness of both parties surely reveals a crisis of the American regime. The GOP was easily captured, and then quickly normalized, by history’s most unpleasant and unprepared candidate, whose campaign was a Niagara of mendacities. And the world’s oldest party contrived to nominate someone who lost to him. To an electorate clamoring for disruptive change, Democrats offered a candidate as familiar as faded wallpaper. The party produced no plausible alternative to her joyless, stained embodiment of arrogant entitlement. And she promised to intensify the progressive mentality. “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it”? Actually, you can’t even keep your light bulbs. Americans perennially complain about Washington

gridlock, but for seven decades they have regularly produced gridlock’s prerequisite — divided government. From 1944 through 2016, 22 of 37 elections gave at least one house of Congress to the party not holding the presidency; since 1954, 21 of 32 did; since 1994, eight of 12. Republicans now lack excuses: If 40 Democratic senators block repeal of Obamacare (or Supreme Court nominees), the Republicans’ populist base will demand Democratic behavior — revision of Senate rules to make this body more majoritarian. For constitutional conservatives, the challenge is exactly what it would have been had Clinton won: to strengthen the rule of law by restoring institutional equilibrium. This requires a Republican Congress to claw back from a Republican executive the legislative powers that Congress has ceded to the administrative state, and to overreaching executives like Obama, whose executive unilateralism the president-elect admires. From Clinton’s nastiest aspiration, we are now safe. She promised Supreme Court justices who would reverse Citizens United, thereby eviscerating the First Amendment by empowering the political class to regulate the quantity, content and timing of campaign speech about itself. This will never happen. Demography need not dictate for Republicans a grim destiny but it soon will, unless they act to counter adverse trends. Republicans should absorb Tim Alberta’s data in National Review: Arizona whites have gone from 74 percent to 54 percent of the population in 25 years; minorities will be a majority there by 2022. Texas minorities became a majority in 2004; whites are now 43 percent of the population. Nevada is 52 percent white and projected to be majority-minority in 2020. Georgia is 54 percent white, heading for majorityminority in 2026. Because of inexorably rising minorities, Clinton, an epically untalented candidate, did better than Obama did in 2012 in Georgia, Texas, Arizona and where one in eight Americans lives — California. The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on, perhaps soon to inscribe this: In 2016, Republicans won a ruinous triumph that convinced them that they can forever prosper by capturing an everlarger portion of an eversmaller portion of the electorate. This kamikaze arithmetic of white nationalism should prompt the president-elect to test his followers’ devotion to him by asking their permission to see the national tapestry as it is and should be. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

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EDITORIAL

Expectations high for Trump

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ost of America went to bed Tuesday night uneasy and angry after casting their votes on Election Day. They were fearful that they would awaken still seeing red, so to speak; but it was not in anger. For those who decided to stay up most of the night to learn who would be the next president of the United States, a long night was well worth the sleep deprivation as a sea of red showed up on television screens, indicating the states that went Republican and elected Donald Trump president of the United States. The pundits, the pollsters, the prognosticators, the political savants, all got it wrong. Hillary Clinton was supposed to win. Who knew? Donald Trump did. He exuded confidence while he campaigned, and promised a victory. That promise was fulfilled. The political world

was turned topsy-turvy as Trump defied all the odds and cruised to a resounding victory, carrying his party to full control of Congress. Like his predecessor, Trump promised hope and change. Barack Obama fell far short of being an agent of change, instead railroading an unpopular national health care plan that bore his name through a compliant Congress, a plan soon to be consigned to the dust-bin of history by the Republicancontrolled Congress. Obama disregarded and sidestepped the U.S Constitution as he sought to rule by edict, running up the national debt, imposing onerous new regulations and increasing taxes with his far-left agenda. He is also leaving his successor a weakened military at a time when the world has become more dangerous with radical Islam on the march, spreading terrorism throughout the world and into our blessed land, kill-

ing innocent Americans. That must end, and Trump has vowed that he would lead that fight. Defending the nation and keeping its citizens safe from harm is a paramount responsibility of a president along with a supportive Congress. And finally, the American economy needs an overhaul and remodeling into the opportunity and growth society our nation seeks and deserves. Economic growth spawns good jobs. Relentless taxation that grows government at the expense of the private sector leads to stagnation and limits the possibilities for future generations. With the election behind us and a new president ready to take the oath of office, expectations will be high. A President Trump will need the support and prayers of a nation ready for renewal and prosperity, for all its citizens. The nation deserves nothing less.

WHO REPRESENTS YOU SUMTER COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 Naomi D. Sanders 5605 Borden Road Rembert, SC 29128 (803) 499-3947 (home) DISTRICT 2 Artie Baker 3680 Bakersfield Lane Dalzell, SC 29040 803-469-3638 (home) DISTRICT 3 James Byrd Jr. 13 E. Canal St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 468-1719 (mobile) (803) 778-0796 (office) (803) 436-2108 (Fax) jbyrd@sumtercountysc.org DISTRICT 4 Charles T. Edens 760 Henderson St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 775-0044 (home) (803) 236-5759 (mobile) DISTRICT 5 Vivian Fleming-McGhaney 9770 Lynches River Road Lynchburg, SC 29080 (803) 437-2797 (home) (803) 495-3247 (office) DISTRICT 6 James T. McCain Jr. 317 W. Bartlette St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-2353 (home) (803) 607-2777 (mobile) DISTRICT 7 Eugene Baten P.O. Box 3193 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 773-0815 (home)

SUMTER CITY COUNCIL MAYOR Joseph T. McElveen Jr. 20 Buford St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-0382 jmcelveen@sumter-sc.com WARD 1 Thomas J. Lowery 829 Legare St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-9298 tlowery@sumter-sc.com WARD 2 Ione Dwyer P.O. Box 1492 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 481-4284 idwyer@sumter-sc.com

STATE LAWMAKERS Rep. Will Wheeler, D-Bishopville District 50 1 Courthouse Square Bishopville, SC 29010 (803) 484-5454 (office) (803) 734-2934 (Columbia) Rep. Joe Neal, D-Hopkins District 70 P.O. Box 5 Hopkins, SC 29061 (803) 776-0353 (home) (803) 734-9142 (fax) (803) 734-2804 (Columbia) jn@schouse.org

Sen. Kevin L. Johnson, D-Manning District 36 P.O. Box 156, Manning, 29102 (803) 435-8117 (home) (803) 212-6108 (Columbia) Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III, D-Sumter District 35 P. O. Box 57, Sumter, 29151 (803) 775-1263 (business (803) 212-6132 (Columbia) NATIONAL LAWMAKERS

WARD 5 Robert Galiano 608 Antlers Drive Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 469-0005 bgaliano@sumter-sc.com

Rep. Mick Mulvaney — 5th District 1207 Longworth HOB Rep. Dr. Robert L. Ridgeway III, Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-5501 D-Clarendon 531-A Oxford Drive District 64 Sumter, SC 29150 117 N. Brooks St. (803) 327-1114 Manning, SC 29102 (803) 938-3087(home) Rep. Jim Clyburn — 6th District (803) 212-6929 (Columbia) 319 Cannon House Office Building Rep. Murrell Smith Jr., R-Sumter Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-3315 District 67 1703 Gervais St. P.O. Box 580 Columbia, SC 29201 Sumter, SC 29151 (803) 799-1100 (803) 778-2471 (business) jclyburn@hr.house.gov (803) 778-1643 (fax) (803) 734-3042 (Columbia) Sen. Lindsey Graham murrellsmith@schouse.gov 290 Russell Senate Office Building Rep. J. David Weeks, D-Sumter Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5972 District 51 Midlands Regional Office 2 Marlborough Court 508 Hampton Street, Suite 202 Sumter, SC 29154 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 775-5856 (business) (803) 933-0112 (main) (803) 734-3102 (Columbia)

WARD 6 David Merchant 26 Paisley Park Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-1086 dmerchant@sumter-sc.com

Sen. Gerald Malloy, D-Darlington District 29 1216 Salem Road Hartsville, SC 29550 (843) 339-3000 (803) 212-6148 (Columbia)

WARD 3 Calvin K. Hastie Sr. 810 S. Main St. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 774-7776 chastie@sumter-sc.com WARD 4 Colleen Yates 437 W. Hampton Ave. Sumter, SC 29150 (803) 773-3259 cyates@sumter-sc.com

Sen. Tim Scott 167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6121 (202) 228-5143 (fax) 1301 Gervais St., Suite 825 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 771-6112 (803) 771-6455 (fax)

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VETERANS DAY SCHEDULE BANKS — All area banks and credit unions will be closed onVeterans Friday. Day Schedule: Nov. 10, 2016 GOVERNMENT — The following will be closed on Friday: federal government offices; state government offices; U.S. Postal Service; City of Sumter offices; Clarendon County offices; City of Manning offices; Lee County offices; and City of Bishopville offices. SCHOOLS — The following will be closed on Friday: Sumter School District; Wilson Hall; St. Anne and St. Jude Catholic School; and St. Francis Xavier High School. Central Carolina Technical College will hold a faculty / staff work day with no classes. OTHER — The Harvin Clarendon County Library will be closed on Friday. All offices of The Sumter Item will be open on Friday.

AROUND TOWN com to reserve your seat. Hospice Care of Tri-County is collectingVeterans gifts for its annual Day parade and to beNAACP The program Sumter Branch Santa Shoppe, which beneheld Friday will hold its biennial election fits residents of local nursfrom 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on ing facilities. The Santa Saturday, Nov. 12, at 741 Shoppe is set up in local faBultman Drive. cilities so residents can A Southern Belle Tea and Tastshop for gifts for family, ing Gala featuring the 2nd Anfriends, nursing facility nual Parade of Hats will be staff or themselves. Drop held on Saturday, Nov. 12, off your gift donations from at Ryanne’s Catering Hall, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Fri154 Main St., Lynchburg. day through Dec. 1 at 2560 Tickets are $20 per person. Tahoe Drive. Suggested For details, call Kim Fortuitems include: soaps, lonate at (843) 206-2390, tions, socks, hats, gloves, Greta Gibson at (803) 236books, toys, blankets, 0187, Kelvin Solomon at handmade crafts, vases, (803) 565-4173, Sharon Lowjewelry and more. Moneery-Brown at (843) 813-4859 tary donations and donaor Donna Scott at (803) 459tions of gift wrap, boxes 3301. and bows are also appreciThe Lincoln High School Presated. ervation Alumni Association The Sumter County Veterans Association will hold its annual will sponsor a wine and cheese sip from 5 to 9 p.m. Veterans Day parade and proon Sunday, Nov. 13, at the gram on Friday, Nov. 11. BeLincoln High School cafeteginning at 10 a.m., the paria, Council Street. Music rade will start at the corner will be provided. Cost is $6 of Main and Bartlette per person. Call James L. streets heading north on Green at (803) 968-4173. Main, turning right onto The Sumter Branch NAACP’s Calhoun Street and then Veterans Day program will be right onto Harvin, ending at held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, the Judicial Center parking Nov. 13, at Mt. Pisgah AME lot. The ceremony will Church, 217 W. Bartlette St. begin at 11 a.m. on the front lawn of the courtThe Carolina Coin Club will house. There will be numer- meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, ous vendors set up behind Nov. 15, at 155 Haynsworth the courthouse displaying St., the Parks and Recrevarious benefits and inforation Department building. mation for the veterans. The group meets on the The grand marshal of the third Tuesday of each parade will be 20th Fighter month and visitors are alWing Commander Col. Danways welcome. Call (803) iel Lasica, who will also 775-8840. serve as the keynote Join the Pursuit to End Hunger speaker for the program. by donating a non-perishIn honor of Veterans Day, the able food item to benefit Langley Winds Chamber local Sumter food banks. Ensemble will provide a Donations can be dropped free concert at 7:30 p.m. on off from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, at the SumThursday, Nov. 17, at ter Opera House. Visit Walmart, 1283 Broad St. www.SumterOperaHouse.

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Gaffney 67/37 Spartanburg 68/39

Greenville 70/40

Columbia 70/37

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Sumter 67/41

IN THE MOUNTAINS Aiken 70/33

ON THE COAST

Charleston 68/44

Today: Plenty of sunshine. High 64 to 68. Friday: Sun mixing with high clouds and pleasant; warmer. High 72 to 76.

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24-hr chg -0.04 -0.03 -0.08 +0.03

RIVER STAGES trace trace 0.84" 44.55" 54.40" 41.66"

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Manning 67/39

Today: Plenty of sunshine. Winds light and variable. Mainly clear. Friday: High clouds and beautiful. Winds light and variable.

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Today Hi/Lo/W 66/33/s 71/41/s 72/35/s 68/44/s 58/49/s 68/44/s 67/36/s 71/44/s 70/37/s 66/41/s 58/43/s 64/40/s 65/40/s

Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr stage yest. chg 12 6.25 -0.13 19 2.50 +0.10 14 4.12 -0.05 14 1.68 +0.01 80 74.94 -0.06 24 4.08 -0.11

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PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION / ELECTION COMMISSION Today, 5:30 p.m., registration / election office, 141 N. Main St.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take good EUGENIA LAST care of health issues. Exercise and proper diet will increase your ability to get things done. Put some time and thought into updating your appearance or picking up knowledge that will help you handle money matters more efficiently.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Discuss emotional matters and money concerns with someone you are in a personal relationship or business venture with. It’s important to keep your spending in check if you want to avoid stress and strive for longterm success. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Emotions will be difficult to deal with. Sign up for something that will require physical effort, selfimprovement or travel. Keeping busy will give you the time you need to consider what you should do and execute your plan. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Look for a way to turn something you enjoy doing into a moneymaking opportunity. Discuss your plans and travel to destinations that can offer insight into how to turn your dream into a reality. Don’t be afraid to do things differently.

and let success be your reward. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Make alterations at home that will encourage you to indulge in the things you want to pursue. Nurture relationships and offer incentives to ensure you get the support you need to move forward. A little romance will improve your life. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take advantage of any function that allows you to promote what you have to offer. Your presentation will be well received, but could also result in jealousy. Don’t look back or let anyone slow you down. It’s your turn to advance.

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PICTURES FROM THE PUBLIC Susan D. Marks shares a picture of her grandson, Constant Roseiro. The photo was taken by Constant’s mother, Kate Marks Roseiro, who titled the picture “Mon petit Parisien,” which translates to “My little Parisian.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Emotional matters will escalate, increasing your chance of hitting a setback in regards to a relationship or joint venture. Look for positive solutions to tackle what needs to be done in order to reach your goals. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An unusual opportunity will come your way. Get involved in organizations that share your vested interests, and you will discover a new way to put your ideas, skills and expertise to use. Don’t follow the crowd — make them follow you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Line up your agenda and get ready to have some fun. Travel, learning and enjoying the company of children, your partner or your peers will boost your popularity. A physical change will result in compliments and will help improve your life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Put some energy behind your ideas and you will turn something you want to do into a moneymaking endeavor. Trust in yourself and your ability to follow through and make things happen. A romantic celebration will make your hard work worthwhile.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Take part in events that encourage partnerships or joint ventures. Be bold and discuss what you have to offer. Don’t miss out because someone is playing mind games with you. Tend to your business

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Check out a business opportunity that will help you earn more. A reunion will revive old ideas and dreams as well as a friendship. Don’t share too much with others or it may end up costing you. Secrecy is encouraged.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL

Putting pen to paper

Wilson Hall’s Sears fulfills childhood dream of playing baseball at Carolina

COLLEGE TENNIS

Barons’ Brown to play tennis for USC BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Thomas Brown has been playing tennis for a very long time. That’s what happens when your father is a teaching professional. Not only has Brown been playing a long time, but he has become very, very good at the sport as well. So good, in fact, that he will now get the opportunity to BROWN play college tennis in the Southeastern Conference. “This is really kind of surreal,” said Brown, the Wilson Hall senior who signed with the University of South Carolina on Wednesday at Wilson Hall’s Nash Student Center.

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COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Wilson Hall’s McLendon Sears, right, signed to play baseball with the University of South Carolina on Wednesday.

BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com When McLendon Sears got an offer to play baseball for the University of South Carolina in the summer of 2015, there was no hemming or hawing, no real debate. He was going to be a Gamecock. “When the offer came from USC, it was really an easy decision for me,” said Sears, who is in his senior season at Wilson Hall. “That is where I’ve wanted to go since I was a little kid.” Surrounded by family and friends on Wednesday at WH’s Nash Student Center, Sears made it official by signing to play with Carolina as part of the 2017 recruiting class.

“This is really just a surreal feeling,” said Sears, a member of the Barons varsity team since he was in the eighth grade. “This is something I’ve been working toward my whole life. I’m just thankful to have had the coaches I’ve had and to be able to experience this with my friends and family today.” Sears had received offers from Tennessee, Duke, Clemson and The Citadel, where his brother, John Patrick, is a standout left-handed pitcher. However, once the offer came from South Carolina, it was an easy choice. Sears saw regular action as an eighth-grader and has been a key performer for WH each of the last three years. Wilson Hall has played for the SCISA 3A state title each of those sea-

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sons, winning consecutive crowns in 2014 and 2015 and losing in Game 3s in 2013 and last season. Sears helped lead the Barons to a 21-7 record last season. He was 35-for-88 at the plate, good for a .398 batting average. He had six home runs, 28 runs batted in and 31 stolen bases to go along with six doubles and three triples. While he is a key pitching arm for WH, he will play somewhere in the middle of the field for Carolina. “They’ve told me I’ll play shortstop, second base or centerfield,” he said. “I told them I’ll play anywhere they want me to, whatever it takes to get me on the field.”

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Crestwood’s Morant signs with Murray State BY DENNIS BRUNSON dennis@theitem.com Ja Morant had a scholarship offer to play basketball at the University of South Carolina sitting on the table, just an hour’s drive from his home, when he took an official visit to Murray State University in Murray, Ky. While he and his family took a flight to the visit, it is a 9-hour drive to the Ohio Valley Conference school. Yet when the Crestwood High School standout point guard got on the campus, he said that’s where he felt at home. “I just really felt at home when I got there,” Morant said. “Everything seemed to feel right for me. I liked the coaching staff and everything about the school.”

Because of that, Morant signed with the Racers on Wednesday. “It’s an honor for me to get this opportunity,” Morant said. “Not everyone gets the chance to play (NCAA) D(ivision)I basketball.” Morant is MORANT going to a program that is one of the top mid-majors in the country. Murray State is a perennial OVC contender and has a long history of success in the NCAA Tournament. Morant said the main reason he chose Murray over USC was because of how the guards are used.

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Crestwood point guard Ja Morant signed to play college basketball with Murray State University in Murray, Ky., on Wednesday.

TSA’s Morris inks with USC Upstate BY JUSTIN DRIGGERS justin@theitem.com DALZELL — There was a familiar request at the end of Thomas Sumter Academy’s basketball practice the other night. Logan Morris wanted to hit, so head coach BJ Reed turned on the lights on the football field so she could get a few more swings in -- after 3-plus hours of basketball practice. It’s pretty much been that way since Morris came to TSA in the fifth grade. The school petiLOGAN tioned for her to move up to varsity her seventh-grade year, but the request was denied and she had to wait until she was a little older. It was worth the wait. In her last three seasons on the diamond, TSA has won a pair of state titles (2A and 3A) and played for another, with an eye on a fourth straight trip this year. The Lady Generals standout infielder will now look to continue that winning tradition on the collegiate level. On Wednesday, Morris signed with the University of South Carolina Upstate – an NCAA Division I program in Spartanburg that has captured three of the last four Atlantic Sun Conference tournament titles and has made the NCAA Tournament field for four straight seasons. “It means the world to me,” Morris said. “It’s something I’ve worked for all my life. I’ve always played either baseball, softball, t-ball -- I’ve done them all. I’m just so excited to be able to play four more years at the collegiate level. Can’t wait.”

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CAROLINA BASKETBALL

Gamecocks don’t want to come up short again BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press COLUMBIA — South Carolina guard Sindarius Thornwell’s prime goal this season is qualifying for the NCAA Tournament — and he’s not giving up on it because most of the guys he played with last year are gone. “I think that we still have the potential to make the tournament,” Thornwell said. Thornwell and the Gamecocks thought they had done enough a year ago to get there with a 15-0 start, going 11-7 in Southeastern Conference games and finishing the regular-season 24-9. But on selection Sunday South Carolina was remembered more for the text it initially — and mistakenly — received from the NCAA saying it was in instead of breaking 12-year tournament drought. “We were older last year. We had been together last year for three years,” said Thornwell, South Carolina’s top returning scorer at 13.4 points a game. “I was kind of easier for us last year.” That team featured all-SEC first-team selection Michael Carrera, plus front court seniors in Mindaugas Kacinas and Laimonas Chatkevicius, all three who were seniors. Thornwell was picked for the league all-defensive team and Duane Notice was picked as the SEC sixth man of the year. Now, Notice joins Thornwell as the leaders of a team with only two other players in P.J. Dozier and Chris Silva with significant experience. “This year, us older guys have to work harder and the team is going to move a little different and play a little different with the younger guys and us older guys being all guards,” Thornwell said. “I think we still have the same type of potential, it’s just that the game will be played a little different.” Different is good, fifth-year coach Frank Martin said. The returners are players who’ve learned Martin’s approach and can share it with newcomers. “There’s a confidence level about the older guys that I like a lot, but there’s also a realistic approach to what they do every day,” Martin said. “They stay humble and they stay committed to the work. They keep the young guys on edge.”

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Baltimore, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY’S GAMES

TODAY

1 p.m. – PGA Golf: OHL Classic at Mayakoba First Round from Playa del Carmen, Mexico (GOLF). 6:05 p.m. – Talk Show: Sports Talk (WDXY-FM 105.9, WDXY-AM 1240). 7 p.m. – NHL Hockey: Anaheim at Carolina (FOX SPORTSOUTH). 7 p.m. – Major League Baseball: Silver Slugger Awards (MLB NETWORK). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: North Carolina at Duke (ESPN). 7:30 p.m. – College Football: Louisiana-Lafayette at Georgia Southern (ESPNU), 8 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Chicago at Miami (TNT). 8:25 p.m. – NFL Football: Cleveland at Baltimore (NFL NETWORK, WWFN-FM 100.1, WNKT-FM 107.5). 9 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Gonzaga at Brigham Young (BYUTV). 9:30 p.m. – College Football: Utah at Arizona State (FOX SPORTS 1). 10 p.m. – Women’s International Soccer: United States vs. Romania from San Jose, Calif. (ESPN2, UNIVISION). 10:30 p.m. – Women’s College Volleyball: Southern California at Stanford (ESPNU). 10:30 p.m. – NBA Basketball: Los Angeles Lakers at Sacramento (TNT). 3 a.m. – Professional Golf: European PGA Tour Nedbank Challenge Second Round from Sun City, South Africa (GOLF).

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South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell (0) shoots a basket over Arkansas’ Moses Kingsley (33) in South Carolina’s 76-61 win over the Razorbacks last March. Some other things to watch for at South Carolina this season:

DOZIER’S RISE Martin said sophomore point guard PJ Dozier was worn down as a freshman (he started 28 games) and needed a break from basketball last spring. Dozier has come back stronger and better prepared and Martin said he’s poised to take a big step forward with the Gamecocks. The McDonald’s All-American averaged 6.7. points, 3 rebounds and 2.1 assists last season.

FRONT COURT CONCERNS With the loss of four front-court players 6-foot-7 or taller, South Carolina will be in need of some gang rebounding. Martin has liked the play of Chris Silva, a 6-9 forward who he said was rebounding in practice as well as anyone he’s coached. Four of the five tallest Gamecocks are first-year players.

ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Toronto 4 2 Boston 3 3 Brooklyn 3 4 New York 2 4 Philadelphia 0 6 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Charlotte 5 1 Atlanta 5 2 Orlando 3 4 Miami 2 4 Washington 1 5 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Cleveland 6 1 Detroit 4 3 Chicago 4 3 Milwaukee 4 3 Indiana 3 4

Pct GB .667 — .500 1 .429 1½ .333 2 .000 4 Pct GB .833 — .714 ½ .429 2½ .333 3 .167 4 Pct GB .857 — .571 2 .571 2 .571 2 .429 3

Pct GB .714 — .571 1 .500 1½ .286 3 .000 5½ Pct GB .857 — .625 1½ .625 1½ .429 3 .167 4½ Pct GB .857 — .714 1 .500 2½ .444 3 .250 4½

TUESDAY’S GAMES

Atlanta 110, Cleveland 106 Brooklyn 119, Minnesota 110 Memphis 108, Denver 107 Portland 124, Phoenix 121 Dallas 109, L.A. Lakers 97 Sacramento 102, New Orleans 94

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Boston at Washington, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at New York, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Orlando, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m. Utah at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Detroit at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Portland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Chicago at Miami, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m. Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Utah at Orlando, 7 p.m. New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Detroit at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 7 p.m. New York at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Houston, 8 p.m. Utah at Miami, 8 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m. Memphis at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m.

NFL STANDINGS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Clemson forward Jaron Blossomgame (5) goes up for a shot against Georgia Tech forward Charles Mitchell (0) last February in Atlanta.

ing last season about 30 minutes away in Greenville. This redo features expanded weight rooms, locker rooms, meeting rooms and training rooms. It will also have fans closer to the court with the hopes an improved atmosphere to intimidate opponents.

FAST STARTS Clemson must look to stop those draining, early season losses that ruin whatever run it makes in the ACC. Two years ago, the Tigers lost November games to Winthrop and Gardner-Webb. Last year, they were beaten in nonconference games by Minnesota, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. “We won 10 ACC games and didn’t get in the NCAAs,” Blossomgame said. “That shouldn’t happen, but we have to do better before the league starts.”

SMALLISH TIGERS With the departure of 6-10 center Landry Nnoko, Clemson won’t have much experienced depth on the front line. After 6-10 Sidy Djitte, things slide to little used 7-footer Legend Robertin. Brownell is hoping Texas A&M transfer Ellijah Thomas can have an impact once he returns in December.

MONDAY’S GAMES

Cincinnati at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.

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New Orleans at Carolina, 8:25 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOV. 20

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

MONDAY, NOV. 21

WESTERN CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L San Antonio 5 2 Houston 4 3 Memphis 4 4 Dallas 2 5 New Orleans 0 8 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Oklahoma City 6 1 Portland 5 3 Utah 5 3 Denver 3 4 Minnesota 1 5 PACIFIC DIVISION W L L.A. Clippers 6 1 Golden State 5 2 L.A. Lakers 4 4 Sacramento 4 5 Phoenix 2 6

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Denver at New Orleans, 1 p.m. Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Kansas City at Carolina, 1 p.m. Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. Dallas at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m. Seattle at New England, 8:30 p.m. Open: Detroit, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Oakland

Houston at Oakland, 8:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

BY PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

The Tigers will once more play in Littlejohn Coliseum, which underwent a $63.5 million renovation that had the team play-

TV, RADIO

NBA STANDINGS

Tigers looking to bring end to absence from NCAAs

NEW BUILDING

SCOREBOARD

By The Associated Press

CLEMSON BASKETBALL

COLUMBIA — New faces, new building. Same old quest for the Clemson Tigers. The men’s basketball team has not made the NCAA Tournament since coach Brad Brownell’s first year in 2011, which ended a program-record run of four straight bids to the Big Dance. Since then, it’s been close but no cigar for the Tigers despite winning 10 games in the rugged Atlantic Coast Conference and had a first-team all-ACC performer in both 2014 and 2016. Brownell understands all too well it’s time for the Tigers to hear their names called on selection Sunday. “We’ve got to get over the hump and get to the NCAAs. That what we’re pointing to,” he said. The Tigers, 17-14 last season, may have enough talent to make that happen, starting with all-ACC forward Jaron Blossomgame . Blossomgame, a graduate student who led Clemson with 18.7 points and 6.7 rebounds last year, considered jumping to the NBA draft after his breakout season last winter. Every so often, Blossomgame thinks about how his life would’ve changed if he had gone pro like friend and former teammate K.J. McDaniels did after the 2014 season. “I wouldn’t call them regrets,” Blossomgame said. “Just knowing the differences. But I know I made the right decision to come back.” Particularly if Clemson’s new players live up to their promise. The Tigers will have three Division I transfers in the rotation this season, all who practiced with the team last year as they waited out their time to play. Shelton Mitchell is a 6-3 guard from Vanderbilt while Marcquise Reed was the Northeast Conference freshman of the year after averaging 15 points in his lone year at Robert Morris. Elijah Thomas, a 6-9 forward who played four games at Texas A&M last season, will bolster Clemson’s front court when he’s eligible in December. Some other things to watch for in Clemson’s 2016-17 season:

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NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press

EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 13 11 1 1 23 42 30 Tampa Bay 13 7 5 1 15 41 38 Detroit 14 7 6 1 15 38 37 Ottawa 12 7 5 0 14 30 31 Boston 13 7 6 0 14 32 35 Florida 13 6 6 1 13 35 33 Toronto 13 5 5 3 13 37 48 Buffalo 12 5 5 2 12 25 29 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 13 9 2 2 20 41 34 N.Y. Rangers 14 10 4 0 20 58 34 Washington 12 8 3 1 17 33 27 New Jersey 12 6 3 3 15 29 27 Philadelphia 14 6 6 2 14 49 51 Columbus 10 5 3 2 12 32 21 N.Y. Islanders 13 5 6 2 12 37 40 Carolina 12 3 5 4 10 31 41

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 13 9 3 1 19 47 33 St. Louis 13 7 4 2 16 31 34 Minnesota 11 6 4 1 13 33 22 Winnipeg 14 6 7 1 13 42 43 Nashville 12 4 5 3 11 31 36 Dallas 13 4 6 3 11 33 46 Colorado 12 5 7 0 10 24 37 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 14 9 4 1 19 43 35 Los Angeles 13 7 6 0 14 35 32 San Jose 13 7 6 0 14 30 32 Anaheim 13 6 5 2 14 35 30 Vancouver 14 5 8 1 11 27 41 Calgary 14 5 8 1 11 36 51 Arizona 12 5 7 0 10 35 44 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

TUESDAY’S GAMES

San Jose 3, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 4, Edmonton 3 New Jersey 3, Carolina 2, SO Detroit 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Vancouver 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Montreal 3, Boston 2 Los Angeles 7, Toronto 0 Nashville 3, Ottawa 1 Winnipeg 8, Dallas 2 Arizona 4, Colorado 2

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Columbus at Boston, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Carolina, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Florida, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 9 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 9 p.m.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Winnipeg at Colorado, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m. Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 7 p.m. San Jose at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. Buffalo at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m. Boston at Arizona, 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 10 p.m.

By The Associated Press

TRANSACTIONS

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

By The Associated Press

EAST New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets SOUTH Houston Tennessee Indianapolis Jacksonville NORTH Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland West Oakland Kansas City Denver San Diego

W 7 4 4 3

L T Pct PF PA 1 0 .875 217 132 4 0 .500 173 182 5 0 .444 237 203 6 0 .333 173 235

W 5 4 4 2

L T Pct PF PA 3 0 .625 137 167 5 0 .444 217 226 5 0 .444 239 256 6 0 .250 153 215

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L T Pct PF PA 4 0 .500 154 153 4 0 .500 184 171 4 1 .438 167 189 9 0 .000 168 273

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L T Pct PF PA 2 0 .778 245 223 2 0 .750 185 151 3 0 .667 214 166 5 0 .444 268 247

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W Dallas 7 N.Y. Giants 5 Washington 4 Philadelphia 4 SOUTH W Atlanta 6 New Orleans 4 Tampa Bay 3 Carolina 3 NORTH W Minnesota 5 Detroit 5 Green Bay 4 Chicago 2 WEST W Seattle 5 Arizona 3 Los Angeles 3 San Francisco 1

L T Pct PF PA 1 0 .875 223 140 3 0 .625 161 164 3 1 .563 186 189 4 0 .500 202 145 L T Pct PF PA 3 0 .667 305 259 4 0 .500 242 238 5 0 .375 180 232 5 0 .375 204 206 L T Pct PF PA 3 0 .625 155 126 4 0 .556 205 206 4 0 .500 198 187 6 0 .250 131 179 L T Pct PF PA 2 1 .688 162 134 4 1 .438 179 140 5 0 .375 130 167 7 0 .125 167 260

BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Re-signed RHP Andrew Bailey to a one-year contract. Designated OF Shane Robinson for assignment. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Collmenter on a oneyear contract. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Assigned RHP Chin-Hui Tsao to Oklahoma City (PCL).

FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed S Jermaine Whitehead to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed T Jeff Adams to the practice squad. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WR Tevaun Smith to the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Released DT John Jenkins, CB Brian Dixon and LB Chris McCain. Signed LB Sam Barrington and S Shiloh Keo. Claimed TE John Phillips off of waivers from Denver. NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed S Darian Thompson on injured reserve. Signed OL Adam Gettis from the practice squad. Signed WRs Kevin Norwood and Da’Ron Brown to the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS — Placed T Ryan Clady on injured reserve. Signed DL Anthony Johnson from New England’s practice squad. Waived DL Jarvis Jenkins. Signed OT Zach Sterup to the practice squad. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed WR Geremy Davis from the N.Y. Giants practice squad. Signed T Tyreek Burwell and CB Michael Lee to the practice squad.

HOCKEY NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned C Tyler Gaudet to Tucson (AHL).

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SEARS

FROM PAGE B1 Wilson Hall head coach Adam Jarecki coached Sears for the first time last season and gets to coach him this year. “I’m as proud as I can be of this young man,” Jarecki said. “He deserves it because he’s worked so hard to get to

where he is. He’s getting the opportunity to play for arguably one of the best programs in the country.” Former Barons head coach Tommy Jones had Sears for his first three years. He said Sears is the epitome of a baseball player. “He doesn’t dwell on anything,” Jones said. “He knows you pat your glove, pull your hat down and go play another day.”

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Voters overwhelmingly reject Chargers’ plan for new stadium BY BERNIE WILSON The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Voters have overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have raised $1.15 billion from increased hotel occupancy taxes to help pay for a new stadium for the San Diego Chargers. Measure C, which was written by the Chargers without input from City Hall, the powerful tourism industry or other stakeholders, was defeated 57 percent to 43 percent. It needed 66.7 percent to pass. Team chairman Dean Spanos, whose attempt to move the Chargers to the Los Angeles suburb of Carson angered fans and was rebuffed by fellow NFL owners in January, said in a statement Wednesday that he will consider his options. He said a decision won’t be announced until after the season “and no decision will be made in haste.”

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Wilson Hall senior Thomas Brown signed with University of South Carolina to play Tennis on Wednesday.

BROWN

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“This is just something that I’ve been working toward, getting the chance to play NCAA Division I tennis.” Brown played his first junior tennis tournament at the age of 8 and has been on the varsity team at Wilson Hall since the sixth grade. Heading into his seventh and final high school season, Brown owns a 125-7 overall record as a singles and doubles player. He has not lost a match since his freshman year. “There’s no doubt that he’s the best player to ever play tennis on this campus,” said Wilson Hall boys tennis head coach Chuck McCord. “He’s worked very hard, and he’s had great coaching from his father (Wayne) and his brother (Michael), whose record he broke here at the school. “He’s an exceptional tennis player, and a reason for that is he’s such a hard worker,” McCord added. “Plus, he’s just a good, young man.”

MORRIS

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Morris had other offers from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and USC in Columbia. She also visited another pair of Southeastern Conference schools in Mississippi State and Alabama. However, Morris fell in love with the Spartans, and decided she wanted to take her talents there. “I really love the coaches,” she said. “They’re really competitive and they seem like they’re going to stay there for a while. The environment’s fantastic. I love to win so going to a program that wins is big for me. The fact that they have such good players and coaches is really exciting.” USC Upstate is getting another star-level performer in

Brown said USC began making contact with him during his junior season. He had an inhome visit from Gamecock head coach Josh Goffi and about a week later he committed to Carolina. “He came and watched me play at the (Palmetto Tennis Center) courts, and I played against a college player,” Brown said. “After that, he met with my family and he offered me.” Brown said he had also been talking to Clemson, The Citadel and Wofford among others. Brown knows he will be taking a big step up in competition in Columbia, but he believes it is that step up that will make him the player he needs to be at the collegiate level. “The coaching side I believe is there with my dad,” he said. “That’s been pretty strong for me. I haven’t had a lot of players to practice with here; I think the opportunity to practice with good players day in and day out will help me get to the level I need to get to. It will be just a matter of me working hard.”

Morris. She was the SCISA Region II-3A Player of the Year in 2015 and followed that with perhaps an even better 2016 campaign. She batted .691 and slugged 1.617 for the Lady Generals with 18 singles, 10 doubles, four triples and 15 home runs. She drove in 42 runs and walked 18 times -- 14 intentionally -- for an on-base percentage of .758. “I’ve worked on hitting the last few years, just trying to be consistent and not just hit it hard,” she said. “I’ve really honed in on the mechanics and getting ready to play at the next level.” Reed saw that first-hand this past year as Morris was able to hit backside more often and more consistently, she said. “In practice, our coaches would throw pitches that were just outside the zone because that’s where a lot of teams were pitching her,”

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INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George scored seven of Indiana’s 13 points in overtime and the Pacers beat the winless Philadelphia 76ers 122-115 on Wednesday night. George finished with 28 points and eight rebounds. Gerald Henderson hit a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining in regulation to give Philadelphia a twopoint lead. But on the ensuing Pacers’ possession, George hit a jumper with 3 seconds left to tie it. On the Pacers’ first possession of overtime, George set the tone with a 3-pointer to give Indiana the lead. And it was George who threw down an emphatic dunk that gave Indiana a six-point lead. Jeff Teague finished with 30 points and nine assists, and Myles Turner had with 15 points and nine rebounds for Indiana. Robert Covington led Philadelphia with 23 points.

KNICKS 110 NETS 96 NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 14 of his 22 points in the third quarter, and Kristaps Porzingis added 21 in New York’s victory over Brooklyn. Rookie center Willy Her-

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“I looked at the way (USC) uses its guards and the way Murray State uses its guards,” Morant said. “I just felt Murray State’s style of play better suited my style of play.”

Reed said. “So she really worked on waiting on those pitches and hitting them to the opposite field. I think that was one of the biggest differences for her. Her plate discipline this year was so much better.” Reed also pointed to Morris’ work ethic as the biggest thing that’s carried her this far -- and what was a big part of the culture change for the Lady Generals’ softball program. “I can’t say enough about both the Morris family and the (former head coach Lou and star pitcher Emily) DeMonte family and what they did for softball here,” Reed said. “You see it in how the players practice now. I know it sounds cliché, but Logan works so hard. For a lot of kids that play sports, it’s a 90day commitment. “With her, it’s 365 days a year.”

Charlotte Hornets’ Frank Kaminsky III (44) shoots over Utah Jazz’s Trey Lyles in Charlotte on Wednesday. The Hornets won 104-98. nangomez had a seasonbest 14 points, Derrick Rose also had 14 and the Knicks climbed out of a 14-point hole to take the first meeting of the season between the New York rivals. Brook Lopez and Justin Hamilton each scored 21 points for the Nets. They wilted on the second night of back-to-back games after a strong first half. Normally a good fourth-quarter team, they were outscored 38-25 while struggling to run their offense without an experienced NBA point guard.

WIZARDS 118 CELTICS 93 WASHINGTON — Otto Porter scored a careerhigh 34 points and Washington beat Boston for its second victory of the season. Porter shot 15 of 19, had 14 rebounds and sparked the fast start with 20 points in the first half. John Wall had 19 points before being ejected for a flagrant foul in the final minutes. Isaiah Thomas led the Celtics with 23 points, and Avery Bradley had 21.

Morant had huge numbers for the Knights in the 2015-16 season. The 2-time 3A all-state performer averaged 26.6 points a contest to go along with 6.7 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 4.7 assists. As a sophomore, he averaged 18 points a contest. Knights head coach Dwayne Edwards said Morant has worked to make

TIMBERWOLVES 123 MAGIC 107 ORLANDO, Fla. — Zach LaVine scored 37 points, Andrew Wiggins added 29 and Minnesota beat Orlando for its first road victory of the season. Karl-Anthony Towns had 20 points and 11 rebounds to help Minnesota snap a three-game losing streak. A night after collapsing defensively against Brooklyn, the Timberwolves led by 30 in the first half. Nikola Vucevic led the Magic with 24 points and 14 rebounds.

HORNETS 104 JAZZ 98 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kemba Walker scored 21 points to help Charlotte beat Utah for its fourth straight victory. Marvin Williams had 19 points, including a big 3-pointer in the fourth quarter to help stretch Charlotte’s lead to four. Gordon Haywood led Utah with 29 points. wire reports

himself into a better player. “When Ja first started, he relied on his jump shot a lot,” Edwards said. “Now he has become good at using his athletic ability for more than just shooting jump shots. He’s learned to take the ball and drive to the basket, making good use of his athletic ability.”

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Thomas Sumter Academy standout shortstop Logan Morris, left, batted .691 with 15 home runs in 2016 and helped lead the Lady Generals to their third straight state championship series appearance. On Wednesday, she signed with Division I USC Upstate out of Spartaburg at the school in Dalzell.

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High-powered ACC has stars on defense, too — plenty of them BYJOHN KEKIS The Associated Press When Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware decided that Syracuse’s Dontae Strickland had gone far enough, his WWE-style takedown raised some eyebrows and lit up social media. Boulware just shrugged when questioned about the bone-jarring tackle during Saturday’s game, which the Tigers won 54-0. “It’s football. I’m trying to get him down,” the senior said. “The way I tackled him, people are going to freak out, but he’s trying to get extra yards. I’m trying to not let him get extra yards.”

It’s one of many stout defensive plays that go largely unnoticed nationally in the high-powered Atlantic Coast Conference. It’s understandable. The ACC has more than its fair share of topflight offensive players — Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, Clemson’s Deshaun Watson, and Florida State tailback Dalvin Cook top that list. But the fiery Boulware is one of many NFL-caliber standouts on the other side of the ball in the league. “Each ACC team has at least three great players on their defense,” said former Clemson star Shaq Lawson, a first-round pick of the Buffalo

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LEXINGTON — Richard M. Sipes, age 92, beloved husband of the late Eddie Gaynelle Greene Sipes, died on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland. Born in Sinton, Texas, he was a son of the late John Larry and Sue Estell Petty Sipes. After his completion of high school, Mr. Sipes assisted the war effort by working in the aircraft industry as a riveter. Dick earned the nickname of “Shorty” due to his small statue, which allowed him access to the small areas on the aircraft. He later joined the SIPES Army Air Corps, where he served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Dick transitioned into full-time service as a member of the U.S. Air Force, retiring in 1973 as a chief master sergeant. He was one of the first to make chief master sergeant when the Army Air Corps transitioned to the U.S. Air Force. He was very proud that he had served his country with honor for 31 years of uninterrupted service. His service carried him to many places, including England, before serving his final 10 years at Shaw Air Force Base as a member of the 363rd Reconnaissance Wing. Dick met and married the love of his life, Gaynelle, in 1948, and they had a loving marriage of 57 years before her passing in 2005. Gaynelle and Richard raised their family and entertained other family and friends at their second home “Oleo Acres, the Cheaper Spread” at Santee, where they enjoyed fishing, picking plums and the nature of Lake Marion. Dick was an avid fisherman and hunter but, most of all, he loved spending time with his family. He will be remembered as a very loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and storyteller.

He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. Surviving are his daughter, Lanell “Dolly” Rodgers and her husband, Tony, of Columbia; one sister, Lois Perry and her husband, Bill, of Hurst, Texas; five grandchildren, Richard Chase Rodgers and his fiancée, Missi Pedersien, Jon Rodgers, Stephen Rodgers, Tish Coale and her husband, Howard, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, and Anthony Ray Watts; a special greatgrandchild, Macey Grace Rodgers; and special niece, Tish Fitzsimmons of Glenwood, Iowa. In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by two daughters, Suanne Major and Daphne Dell Sipes; one granddaughter, Dana Blackmon; one grandson, Brandon Mayne; and one sister, Catherine Inez McGuire. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with the Rev. Bill Haselden officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at Bullock Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 1235 S. Clark St., Suite 910, Arlington, VA 22202; Boys Town, Boys Town National Headquarters, P.O. Box 8000, Boys Town, NE 68010; Harvest Hope Food Bank, 2220 Shop Road, Columbia, SC 29201; or to the Disabled Veterans, National Headquarters, 801 Eighteenth St. NW, Washington, DC 20006-3517. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

Bills in the 2016 NFL draft. “They always have like a firstround pick. Last year, we had two first-round ACC defensive players (Lawson and Louisville’s Sheldon Rankins). It was just crazy.” Boulware, along with DT Dexter Lawrence and DL Christian Wilkins have combined for 171 tackles, 22.5 tackles for a loss, and 9.5 sacks. That relentless sort of play has helped Clemson coach Dabo Swinney put a stamp on his own brand of football. “We’ve had some great players like Shaq, like Boulware, that are just bluecollar guys that buy in, provide great leadership, and,

you know, are sold out to be the best they can be,” Swinney said. “I think that’s critical when you have guys of that type of caliber, that type of talent, that lead and provide the type of leadership that you need for the rest of your team because that’s how you establish your culture.” Coach Steve Addazio has struggled to win games in the conference since taking over at Boston College three years ago. The Eagles were winless last year and are 1-5 this season. After spending five years as an assistant at Florida, Addazio appreciates more than most what he’s seeing on a weekly basis. “I think that the level of

play is the highest it’s ever been. That’s without a doubt,” Addazio said. “And what you’re seeing is some elite players playing at a high, high level.” A look at some of the defensive stalwarts of the ACC: — DeMarcus Walker, Florida State: The 6-4, 280pound DE leads the nation with 10.5 sacks to match his total from last year and has three forced fumbles. He’s the first Seminole since Peter Boulware (1995-96) to record double-digit sack seasons in consecutive years and the third to have two double-digit sack seasons (Reinard Wilson did it in 1994 and ‘96).

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one son, Ernest “Sonny” Wilder; a daughter, Emma Wilder Johnson; five brothers; and four sisters. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday at Mt. Pisgah AME Church with the pastor, the Rev. Laddie Howard, officiating and Pastor Lance T. Johnson Sr., eulogist. Interment will follow in Evergreen cemetery. Mrs. Wilder will be placed in the church for viewing at 10 a.m. on Saturday until the hour of service. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary Inc. The family is receiving friends at the home, 306 Pinson St., Sumter, SC 29150. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

S. Main St., Bishopville, is in charge of arrangements.

Warren White, 86, husband of Laura Kingwood White, died on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation. He was born on May 13, 1930, in the Bloomville section of Manning, a son of the late Jerry Sr. and Orea Johnson White. The family is receiving friends at the home of his daughter, Martha Murray, 41 West End St., Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

GERTRUDE P. LYONS Gertrude Phillips Lyons, 95, widow of L. Clarence Lyons Sr., died on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at NHC Healthcare. Services will be announced by Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter.

ELIZABETH R. WILDER Elizabeth Roberson Wilder, widow of John Furman Wilder Sr., was born Feb. 6, 1924, in Wedgefield, a daughter of the late James and Emma Reese Roberson. She departed this life on Nov. 5, 2016, in Columbia at the home of her daughter, Ann Wilder Brown. At a young age, she affiliated herself with Bethel AME Church and after marriage she joined Mt. Pisgah AME Church, where she served faithfully as a member of the usher board and other ministries. She received her education at Bethel and Delaine schools in Wedgefield. She was employed at Campbell Soup Co., retiring after 20 years of service. Precious memory will be cherished by one son, John (Gloria) Wilder Jr. of Sumter; one daughter, Annie E. (Walter) Brown of Columbia; 10 grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; four greatgreat-grandchildren; a son-inlaw; brothers-in-law; sistersin-law; and a host of other relatives and friends. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by

NATHANIEL GOODEN JR. Nathaniel Gooden Jr., 71, husband of Gladys Oxendine Gooden, departed this life on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at Providence Hospital, Columbia. He was born on Jan. 2, 1945, in Sumter County, a son of the late Nathaniel Sr. and Rosa Wright Gooden. The family will receive friends at the home, 2220 Emil Road, Wedgefield, SC 29168. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

ROBERT L. WILLIAMS Robert L. Williams, husband of Rose Williams, entered eternal rest on Nov. 6, 2016, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville. The family is receiving friends at the residence, 190 Piedmont Road, Bishopville. Visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at True Word Holiness Church, 128 Willow Road, Mayesville, with Minister Craig Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Unionville AME Church Cemetery, Mayesville. Wilson Funeral Home, 403

MELANIE K. RIVERA CHARLESTON — Melanie Paige Kalish Rivera, age 39, daughter of Judy Frank Kalish and the late Michael Kalish, died on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home.

MARY W. MCFADDEN RAEFORD, North Carolina — Mary Anna White McFadden, 73, wife of John Robert McFadden, died on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, at Cape Fear Hospital, Fayetteville, North Carolina. She was born on Dec. 23, 1942, in Manning, a daughter of the late Perry White and Julia Epps Frazier. The family is receiving friends beginning Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, at the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Christine and the Rev. Major Lloyd, 17 Branch St., Manning. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.

MARTHA LEE ALSTON Martha Lee Alston was born in Sumter, a daughter of the late William and Martha Howard Alston. She departed this life on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan, New York. Funeral services will be held at noon on Friday at Salem Chapel and Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem St. Interment will follow in High Hills AME Church cemetery. Ms. Alston will be placed in the church at 11 a.m. on Friday for viewing until the hour of service. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements.

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they have maintained contact for all these years, and why she sought him out to work for her. She is also married, and I wonder if her husband knows their history, and if he would be OK with his wife's request to work with a former lover. Am I overreacting? Or should people cut off contact with their exes once they are married? Should I be worried about a physical or emotional affair? I just don't have a good feeling about this. Thank you for your help. Needs an objective opinion DEAR NEEDS — In a situation like this, much depends upon the individuals involved and the circumstances of the breakup. Not all romances

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Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), Plaintiff, v. Linda Ann Pack; Melissa Rodgers; Rebecca Boykin; Malcolm Pack, Jr.; Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Malcolm E. Pack, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Defendant(s). (016477-01452)

SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment Waived TO THE DEFENDANT(S): Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Malcolm E. Pack, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this foreclosure action on property located at 3350 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154, being designated in the County tax records as TMS# 16300-01-098, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201, Post Office Box 100200, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-3200, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES

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YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Anne Bell Fant, made absolute. Columbia, South Carolina October 18, 2016 FN

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FIRST AMENDED LIS PENDENS Deficiency Judgment Waived NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an action has been or will be commenced in this Court upon complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendant(s) for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage of real estate given by Malcolm E. Pack to Axton, Inc. DBA Action Mortgage dated February 2, 2002, and recorded in the Office of the RMC/ROD for Sumter County on February 20, 2002, in Mortgage Book 833 at Page 142. This Mortgage was assigned to Guaranty Residential Lending, Inc. by assignment dated February 2, 2002 and recorded February 20, 2002 in Book 833 at Page 155; Subsequently, this Mortgage was assigned to Mortgage Electronic Systems, Inc. by assignment dated April 20, 2002 and recorded April 29, 2002 in Book 840 at Page 610. Subsequently, this Mortgage was assigned to Bank of America, NA by assignment dated January 21, 2015 and recorded January 30, 2015 in Book 1208 at Page 3028; Subsequently, this Mortgage was assigned to Federal National Mortgage Association by assignment dated December 14, 2015 and recorded December 30, 2015 in Book 1217 at Page 1727. The premises covered and affected by the said mortgage and by the foreclosure thereof were, at the time of the making thereof and at the time of the filing of this notice, described as follows: All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with any improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, being shown and designated as Lot 4 of Pond Acres, Section No. 6 on that certain plat by Joseph R. Edwards, R.L.S., dated September 4, 1990 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Sumter County in Plat Book 90 at page 1181. This being the same subject property conveyed to Malcom E. Pack from J.D. Grubb and Arline Grubb by deed dated February 11, 2002 and recorded February 20, 2002 in Deed Book 833 at Page 138 in the Office of Register Deeds for Sumter County; Subsequently, Malcom E. Pack, Sr. died on May 21, 2015, leaving the subject property to his heirs, Linda Ann Pack, Melissa Rodgers, Rebecca Boykin, and Malcom Pack, Jr. Property Address: 3350 Pinewood Road Sumter, SC 29154 TMS# 16300-01-098 Columbia, South Carolina August 29, 2016 NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANTS: Any Heirs-At-Law or Devisees of Malcolm E. Pack, Deceased, their heirs, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina on September 1, 2016. Columbia, South Carolina October 18, 2016

days from the date you are served with this Notice. IF YOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTARILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THE FORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PROCEED. Columbia, South Carolina October 18, 2016

ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI Deficiency Judgment Waived It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon reading the Motion for the appointment of Anne Bell Fant as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for any unknown minors and persons who may be under a disability, it is ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 17, SCRCP, Anne Bell Fant, be and hereby is appointed Guardian Ad Litem Nisi on behalf of all unknown minors and all unknown persons under a disability, all of whom may have or may claim to have some interest in or claim to the real property commonly known as 3350 Pinewood Road, Sumter, SC 29154; that Anne Bell Fant is empowered and directed to appear on behalf of and represent said Defendant(s), unless the said Defendant(s), or someone on their behalf, shall within thirty (30) days after service of a copy hereof as directed, procure the appointment of a Guardian or Guardians Ad Litem for the said Defendant(s), and it is FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Order shall forthwith be served upon the said Defendant(s) by publication thereof in the The Item, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Sumter, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, together with the Summons in the above entitled action. Andrew William Montgomery Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Robert P. Davis (SC Bar #74030), Robert.Davis@rtt-law.com Andrew W. Montgomery (SC Bar #79893), Andrew.Montgomery@rtt-law.com John J. Hearn (SC Bar # 6635), John.Hearn@rtt-law.com Kevin T. Brown (SC Bar # 064236), Kevin.Brown@rtt-law.com Jason D. Wyman (SC Bar # 100271), Jason.Wyman@rtt-law.com Andrew M. Wilson (SC Bar# 72553), Andrew.Wilson@rtt-law.com 100 Executive Center Drive, Suite 201 Post Office Box 100200(29202) Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444 James S. Campbell Clerk of Court for Sumter County Sumter, South Carolina (016477-01452) 10/24/2016 , 2016 A-4597521 11/03/2016, 11/10/2016, 11/17/2016

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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to the South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order 2011-05-02-01, you may have a right to Foreclosure Intervention. To be considered for any available Foreclosure Intervention, you may communicate with and otherwise deal with the Plaintiff through its law firm, Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC. Rogers Townsend and Thomas, PC represents the Plaintiff in this action. Our law firm does not represent you. Under our ethical rules, we are prohibited from giving you any legal advice. You must submit any requests for Foreclosure Intervention consideration within 30

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(.3 miles north of US Highway 378) SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. – Shaw is hosting a public meeting at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 14, 2016, at the New Beginnings Banquet Facility, 1335 SC Highway 441, and invites the public to attend and participate. Shaw is conducting an ongoing series of environmental activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, a federal law enacted in 1980 to require the investigation and cleanup of old, contaminated sites throughout the country. These initiatives are within the guidelines of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. The meeting is of Shaw’s Restoration Advisory Board. The board provides a forum through which the base, our neighbors and regulatory agencies can work together in an atmosphere that encourages transparency, discussion, and exchange of information on current and future environmental cleanup programs here.

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The purpose of this meeting is to allow the community the opportunity to view detailed information about ongoing Shaw’s environmental cleanup activities and to discuss specific questions and answers with the Shaw Environmental Restoration Team on a face-to-face basis.

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Your United States Air Force is totally committed to a clean and safe environment. For further information, please contact the 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office, (803) 895-2019.

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