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Stinney hearing ends; waiting begins It could be weeks until judge rules on boy’s possible retrial BY BRISTOW MARCHANT bmarchant@theitem.com All sides have had their say on the motion to overturn
George Stinney’s murder conviction. Now it’s up to the judge whether the verdict that sent a 14-year-old to the electric chair is allowed to stand.
But it might be weeks until the families of Stinney and the two young girls he was convicted of killing, Betty June Binnicker and Mary Thames, know her final decision. Judge Carmen Mullen, a Fourteenth Circuit judge
based in Beaufort, was assigned to hear the explosive, high-profile case by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Mullen didn’t issue a ruling immediately after concluding two days of testimony at the Sumter County Judicial Center on Wednesday and gave
Fire claims hero’s life
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A tear rolls down Andrea Johnson’s cheek as she remembers her father, George Johnson, who rescued three people from a fire early Wednesday morning in Sumter that ultimately claimed his life. The scene of the deadly fire can be seen on page A5.
Man saves 3 before dying of smoke inhalation ‘It’s very heroic. Apparently, he didn’t think twice about going in there to help somebody At the same time, it’s a very sad situation.’ Lieutenant Matt Carroll, Sumter Fire Department
BY TYLER SIMPSON tyler@theitem.com “I got to, Carolyn. I got to try to save Aunt Wessie.” Those were the final words that George Andrew “Andy” Johnson spoke to his wife before he ran to rescue three neighbors, including family members, from a house in the 1000 block of Nathaniel Street that caught fire Wednesday morning. All three neighbors survived ... at the cost of Johnson’s life. His wife, Carolyn, said she woke up about 2:30 a.m. to find her aunt’s house next door on fire. She woke her husband to tell him about the fire,
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and Andy immediately ran out of the house to try to save his aunt-in-law. “I told Andy that the house was on fire, and he jumped out before me,” said Carolyn Johnson. “I told him not to go, but he said ‘I got to, Carolyn. I got to try to save Aunt Wessie.’” Johnson ran into the house to rescue his auntin-law, 95-year-old Wessie Johnson, and the other two people in the home. Andy Johnson apparently lifted his elderly aunt, who has an amputated leg, up to the rear window of her bedroom while the other two people in the building exited through a front window. SEE HERO, PAGE A5
Andrea Johnson shows a photo of her mother and father, Carolyn and George Johnson, dressed up for a date earlier this year.
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both sets of attorneys time to file more briefs on the motion. In her opening remarks to the court Tuesday, Mullen called the whole case “tragic” and said she sympathized SEE STINNEY, PAGE A5
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Gov. Haley talks jobs, education in address COLUMBIA (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley asked legislators in her State of the State address Wednesday to pass ethics reform and her education initiative this year, and she thanked them for finally pushing through a government restructuring bill. The Republican governor’s fourth annual and largely predictable speech laid out what people are likely to hear on the campaign trail in her reelection campaign. Haley touted the state’s lowest unemployment rate in five HALEY years and the jobs her agency has announced in 45 of the state’s 46 counties. She again called on the Legislature to pass a bill strengthening the state’s ethics laws. She asked legislators to invest more in road and bridge construction, while reiterating her promise to veto any proposal that increases the gas tax. She again called for a cut on personal income taxes — a repeated budget proposal to eliminate the 6 percent tax bracket, saving the average filer less than $30. “This simple change will put money back into the pockets of South Carolina’s working families, and I ask that you join me in giving our taxpayers some additional relief,” she said in her 37-minute speech, nearly 15 minutes shorter than last year’s. The governor spent much of it advocating for her education initiative that focuses on spending more on poor, rural students. “The most glaring failure on our part has been the failure to acknowledge that it simply costs more to educate a child in poverty,” she said. “As a state, we can’t afford to ignore that any longer.” Other parts of her plan, announced earlier this month, involve improving reading skills SEE HALEY, PAGE A10
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Sumter dog trains to help Marine veteran BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com From abandoned to service dog, one chocolate lab is making a difference. “I went home for lunch, and she was sitting in my front yard,” Crystal Prescott said. “I thought, ‘this puppy has got to belong to somebody.’” Prescott works at the Sumter SPCA, and at the time, so did Cece Miller, who is also involved with the paws4people organization, a nonprofit organization that speMILLER cializes in training assistance dogs for veterans and children with special needs. “All of our names — paws4people foundation, paws4prisons, paws4vets, paws4transitions, paws4reading, etc. — are in lowercase, and dogs’ names are always capitalized, every letter, no matter how many times it’s used,” said Miller, now director of paws4prisons assistance dog training programs & PAWS Training Academy. “The focus is off of us and on the dogs.” It didn’t take long for Miller to see MADISON’s potential. “We typically use Golden Retrievers and Labs,” Miller said. “She was a cute little chocolate lab with a zipper on her nose. Zippers are considered lucky for us. She has been wonderful throughout the training. Each inmate she worked with has fallen in love with her. She has learned the 100 command matrix that we teach and has been working on her public access training.” She named the dog after her niece. The girl’s father and Miller’s brother, 1st Sgt. John R. Champion Jr., was a 22-year Army veteran who committed suicide in 2009 “to escape his suffering from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder),” Miller said. “This puppy had spunk and the will to carry on despite being dropped off on the side of the road,” she said. “She is a fighter just like my niece. We are grateful for shelters like the Sumter SPCA that allowed us to adopt
MADISON and place her in our training program. From her rescuers to her inmate trainers to her UNCW trainers to her client, she is truly changing lives.” After months of obedience training in prisons and weeks of public access training with a college student, MADISON began transfer training this past weekend with Tony Mullis, a medically retired Marine who served two tours in Afghanistan before losing his legs in an explosion. “Oh my goodness, she’s amazing,” said Jordan Waddell, the University of North Carolina Wilmington student now working with MADISON. “Especially this weekend when she showed a lot of what she learned. She is such a smart dog. She’s very passive and patient with Tony.” Mullis is also one of the co-founders of Amputee Outdoors, a nonprofit that takes wounded men and women such as himself hunting and fishing in Georgia. Man and dog met in March last year during a “bump” at a West Virginia high-level security female prison. “Our dogs choose their client, not the other way around,” Miller said. “Once a dog reaches its potential in the prison we put that dog in a ‘bump.’ A bump is where our next class of clients travel to a prison and meet the inmate trainers.” Three dogs “clicked” with Mullis. “The one that reacted great to not just me but to my family as well was MADISON,” he said. During training, the dog and client get to interact for a couple of days at a time. But that has been enough to solidify their partnership. “It’s so interesting the way she looked at him the whole time,” Waddell said. “She stared at the door until he came back.” For the next few months, Mullis will join Waddell and MADISON for transfer training before he gets to keep the lab full time. “Normally, when I go out, I carry a pistol with me,” he said. “I have a security license. I constantly check my side when I go out. With her there, I didn’t worry about it. It didn’t bother me because
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MADISON greets her client, Tony Mullis, above. The chocolate lab started her transfer training to join the double-amputee retired Marine full time this past weekend. As a puppy, MADISON, left, strikes a pose for SPCA photography guru Shannan Dault. She was dropped off at a staff member’s house when she was 6 to 8-weeks-old.
she gave me that comfort.” He also told Waddell that he sleeps better at night with MADISON, she said.
“That’s a big thing, and I was happy to hear it,” Waddell said. “They’re more focused on the dog. They are
not thinking about what is stressing them out.” Reach Jade Reynolds at (803) 774-1250.
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Sumter Civic Chorale invites public to join practices
City performing waterline repairs today
The Sumter Civic Chorale invites “people who love music and can read music” to join the ensemble at its practice at 7 p.m. Monday in the Pat Veltre rehearsal hall at Patriot Hall, said spokeswoman Sandi Edens. “We had a lot of people asking about joining after our Christmas concert,” she said, “and we want to remind them of our rehearsal schedule. We are looking for some really good voices, people who love to sing. We know they’re out there, and we want to offer them the opportunity to join us.” The chorale is directed by Jay Johnson and presents at least two public concerts each year. For more information, call Edens at (803) 464-6589.
The City of Sumter will make repairs to the waterlines on Lewis Road between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. today. Water service along Lewis Road between McCrays Mill Road and Woodcrest Street, White Pine Subdivision, Club Forest Subdivision, Huntington Subdivision, Haywood Subdivision, Ivey Hall and Huntington Place Apartments will be disrupted while these repairs are made. Customers in the surrounding area may experience temporary discolored water. Direct questions or concerns to the City of Sumter Public Services Department at (803) 436-2558.
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DSS official responds to Senate panel COLUMBIA (AP) — State senators looking into the South Carolina Department of Social Services were told Wednesday the agency has dozens of unfilled caseworker positions while the State Law Enforcement Division could use more investigators to look into suspicious child deaths. Jessica Hanak-Coulter, the deputy director of human services for the agency, said there HANAKare currently 143 open caseCOULTER worker positions and there’s been about a 50 percent turnover in DSS county directors during the past three years. “One of the things we recognize is this is difficult work. We see some very difficult situations within the Department of Social Services,” she said. “For the General Assembly, one of the things is recognizing we do see some very difficult things across the state, and yet the staff
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Sheriff’s office asks for community’s help with Safetypup effort similar to the Safetypup® program are available to our office. However, I feel the council has the best materials available, and the cost per child is the lowest we have found. Contributions to the program stay within our area and are tax deductible by the IRS.” The first year garnered the support of 24 businesses and nearly $4,000. This led to their names being featured on the back of the 3,907 pieces of age-appropriate materials distributed to at least 2,000 children in classroom visits and community events, said Senior Cpl. Latisha Billie. “They love it,” she said. “When they see it is on their level, it’s more acceptable.” Billie headed up the program for the Sheriff’s Office last year and will again this year. Topics range from bicycle safety to avoiding drugs to dating safety. “You want it, we got it,” said Dale Royer, state safety coordinator. “We have retired teachers and educators developing materials. When we get
BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com The Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office is partnering with the National Child Safety Council for a second year of the Safetypup® program. With the goal of preventing childhood accidents and helping save lives through safety education, the council created Safetypup as a national mascot to entertain and educate young children in a nonthreatening manner. He first appeared on the half-pint milk cartons and Missing Children milk cartons in 1985. To pull it off, though, the law-enforcement agency needs the help of local businesses. Their sponsorships fund the pamphlets, activity books and trick-or-treat bags featuring safety messages that are provided by the council. “The contributions received reflect the sincere dedication to the safety of our youth,” said Sheriff Anthony Dennis. “Other programs
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Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis, center, reads over the plaque recognizing the local law enforcement agency’s participation in the Safetypup program last year as Dale Royer, left, state safety coordinator for the National Child Safety Council, and Senior Cpl. Latisha Billie look on. She visited classrooms and participated in community events to distribute more than 3,000 printed safety materials such as coloring books and pamphlets.
enough inquiries on a subject, we create new materials.” Some of the newer topics include sexting, cyber bullying, cinnamon challenge, choking game and abusing over-the-counter and prescription drugs. “In the early drug education program, we teach the youngsters the importance of
not putting anything into their bodies that could harm them,” Dennis said. “The children also learn they are ‘special’ and ‘unique.’ No one will ever be ‘just’ like you, and being different is OK. In fact, the children learn to celebrate their differences and learn how to make positive choices.” For more information,
contact Billie at (803) 4362385. Donations may be sent to Billie at the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, 1281 N. Main St., Sumter SC 29153. Checks should be made payable to the National Child Safety Council. Reach Jade Reynolds at (803) 774-1250.
Alleged terrorism threats at Sochi considered a hoax Wednesday appeared to be more anodyne. They were first revealed by Hungarian sports officials, who announced they had received an email in Russian and English threatening Hungarian athletes with terrorist attacks. The International Olympic Committee insisted it takes credible threats seriously, but “in this case it seems like the email sent to the Hungarian Olympic Committee contains no threat and appears to be a random message from a member of the public.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS International Olympic Committee PresiPerformers dressed in folk costumes dance during a weldent Thomas Bach said come ceremony of the Olympic torch relay in Rostov-onhe remains confident in Don, a city about 600 miles south of Moscow, Russia, on Russia’s Olympic orgaWednesday. nizers. Talking to reporters warlord has urged his the tightly controlled in Rio de Janeiro on followers to attack the Olympic zone. Suicide Wednesday, he said, bombs last month a few Sochi Olympics, Rus“Security is always a sian President Vladimir hundred miles away matter of concern, not Putin’s pet project. have increased cononly in the Olympic The threats reported cerns, and an Islamic
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Threats to a string of European Olympic offices are reviving a question that has haunted preparations for the Winter Games next month: Is it safe to go to Sochi? European Olympic authorities, whose countries have faced terrorist threats and attacks in the past, largely shrugged off the new menacing messages as a hoax, a marginal phenomenon that security experts say is common ahead of big events. Some members of the U.S. Congress aren’t so sure. They say Russia isn’t doing enough to assure that athletes will be protected at the Feb. 7-23 games, happening not far from an Islamic insurgency that Russia’s huge security apparatus has struggled for two decades to quell. Russia may run greater risks in towns outside Sunday, Sep tember 27, 2013
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2 sisters get lung transplants from same donor HOUSTON (AP) — They quibble, joke and share knowing looks, finishing each other’s thoughts and making snide comments — like many sisters. But a recent heated argument was unlike any other they’ve had, and it ended in a most surprising way. For months, 71-yearold Irma Myers-Santana and her younger sister, Anna Williamson, 69, had been debating who more urgently needed a lung transplant, each wanting the other to go first. Earlier this month, though, the sisters ended up in the same operating room, each getting one lung from the same donor in what doctors at Houston Methodist Hospital say is a first for their facility. “It’s never happened. ... We’ve transplanted siblings before but years apart,� said Dr. Scott Scheinin, who did Myers-Santana’s transplant. “It’s a little bit of serendipity.� The sisters both became ill about 10 years ago with idiopathic pul-
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Irma Myers-Santana, left, and her sister, Anna Williamson, visit on Jan. 14 in Williamson’s hospital room in Houston. Earlier this month, the sisters ended up in the same operating room, each getting one lung from the same donor.
monary fibrosis, a littleunderstood scarring of the lungs that often requires a transplant and kills more people than breast cancer every year, said Scheinin. Doctors, assisted by a computer program, look at blood type, height and severity of illness to match a donor and a transplant patient. The likelihood that MyersSantana and Williamson would meet all three criteria at the same time
was small, Scheinin said. The sisters’ situation was further complicated because they insisted on a “bloodless transplant.� They are Jehovah’s Witnesses and do not believe in receiving blood transfusions. They live in California, but Houston Methodist Hospital is the only facility in the country that does such transplants. “The irony of this whole thing is that we’re sisters, we’re both Jeho-
vah’s Witnesses, we have the same blood type and we got (the lungs) from the same donor,� Williamson said, her eyes tearing up as she sat next to her sister, able for the first time in years to complete a sentence without coughing. “It’s a miracle to have all those things lined up like that,� Williamson said. Until the transplant, Williamson coughed all day and had to be at-
tached to an oxygen tank constantly. About a year ago, her doctor told her she needed a transplant. “I couldn’t talk; I couldn’t laugh,� Williamson recalled. So, Williamson and her husband headed down to Houston 10 months ago. Within six months, Myers-Santana, who had a sudden, violent decline in her health and could barely breathe, joined Williamson, hoping she, too, would be a viable candidate for that type of transplant. Then the waiting began, with the sisters housed just 10 doors apart in a Houston RV park. On a few occasions, each woman was offered a lung, but they bickered over who should take it. “If we hadn’t had the transplant when we did, she would be dead right now, dead,� Williamson said adamantly, her sister sitting beside her in the hospital room. Myers-Santana agrees with that, yet believed Williamson needed to have the first transplant.
“Her coughing just hurt to my core. You can’t help someone that coughs like that,� MyersSantana said. “It’s so hard to watch, and so I felt she needed it more than I did. “I can live with a cough, but she can’t live without oxygen, so I win,� Myers-Santana shot back, smiling at her sister. In the end, though, the individual lungs weren’t a match. Now, less than two weeks after the surgery, Williamson has the right lung, and Myers-Santana has the left. They have on makeup, their hair is done, and they joke with their doctors — extending an invitation to Santa Barbara for free manicures and pedicures at Williamson’s salon. Their husbands and children linger in the background. Colorful balloons wishing them well float above. They can talk, joke and laugh without an oxygen tank. And they can breathe easy.
Northeast cleans up from snow NYC back to school as others stay closed NEW YORK (AP) — Northeasterners scraped and shoveled Wednesday after a snowstorm grounded flights, shuttered schools and buried roads with a surprising amount of snow, leaving biting cold in its wake. The atmosphere was particularly frosty in New York, where some residents complained that plowing was spotty and schools were open while children elsewhere in the region stayed home. The storm stretched from Kentucky to New England but hit hardest along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor between Philadelphia and Boston. As much as 14 inches of snow fell in Philadelphia, with New York City seeing almost as much, before tapering off. Temperatures were in the single digits in many places Wednesday and not expected to rise out of the teens. Facing one of the first flashpoints of his weeks-old tenure, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the
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Workers shovel snow off the seating area at MetLife Stadium as crews removed snow ahead of Super Bowl XLVIII following a snow storm Wednesday in East Rutherford, N.J. Super Bowl XLVIII, which will be played between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks on Feb. 2, will be the first NFL title game held outdoors in a city where it snows.
response to a storm he said caused a worse-than-expected headache when it ramped up at rush hour. “We had a coordinated, intense, citywide response,� de Blasio said. The mayor and city Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty said the cleanup ef-
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HERO from Page A1 A report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office stated deputies soon arrived and found the building engulfed in flames and Wessie Johnson hanging from the rear window, whom they helped to safety. While battling the blaze, firefighters with the Sumter Fire Department located George Johnson lying on the floor near the bedroom window. He was transported to Tuomey Regional Medical Center but died from smoke inhalation. George Johnson’s family said Wessie Johnson is recovering quickly. “It’s very heroic. Apparently, he didn’t think twice about going in there to help somebody,� said Lieutenant Matt Carroll of the Sumter Fire Department. “At the same time, it’s a very sad situation.� Andrea Johnson remembers the last time she saw her father alive. The 29-year-old said she saw the fire from just outside the door of her house when her father rushed past her toward the flames. It was simply something her father would do. “To know him was to love him,� Andrea said. “Once you met him, you couldn’t help but fall in love with him. Anything you would ask him to do, no matter what his health issues were, he would jump
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Friends and family gather around the remains of a house in which George Johnson sacrificed his own life early Wednesday to rescue three people during a fire. “He wouldn’t have wanted us to be crying. He would have wanted us to be laughing,� his daughter Andrea Johnson said.
into doing it.� At that time, she didn’t know it would be the last time she would see her father alive, unaware he would soon give his own life to rescue others. Words could not express how much she misses her father. “It’s the worst feeling in the world, and I’ve had some low points,� Andrea said. “My daddy was always the one to bring me up when I was down, and he would always say something where he would let me know that everything’s going to be all right.� To say that Johnson’s rela-
tionship with his daughters was a good one would be quite an understatement; they were practically best friends, according to Andrea. “That was my ace, having him for a daddy,� Andrea said. “No matter what me and my sister did, he was always proud of us. He would always say ‘Y’all ain’t no bad kids. Y’all did what y’all had to do, and I’m just so proud of y’all.’� Her fondest memory of her father is the day he went with her to the hospital to help deliver her currently 4-year-old daughter. She recalled how her father would
continually say, “Baby, you got to get that girl out you.� On the day of her child’s birth, Andrea said her father went out of his way to help her, even rushing off after the delivery to the hospital cafeteria right before it closed to get her something to eat. “We’re two peas in a pod. That’s what my momma would always say,� Andrea said, smiling at the memory. Both Carolyn and Andrea Johnson agreed that George Johnson led an eventful life, from his time playing as starting centerfielder for the P-15’s in 1976 to being drafted by the Los Angeles Dodg-
STINNEY from Page A1 with the relatives of the executed teenager, before moving into the legal aspects of the motion before her. “We’re not here to determine guilt or innocence. (Stinney) may have committed this crime,� Mullen said. “We’re here to determine if he received a fair trial.� Stinney, a black youth living in the mill town of Alcolu in 1944, was arrested for the beating deaths of Binnicker and Thames, two young white girls who disappeared while out picking flowers. In the racially charged atmosphere of the Jim Crow South, Stinney was quickly convicted on the basis of a purported confession and just three months later became the youngest American put to death in the 20th century. Seventy years later, attorneys for Stinney’s living relatives presented scientific testimony Tuesday that any confession Stinney made was likely false. Dr. Amanda Sales, a child psychologist who has researched the
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Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip� Finney III, right, consults with his co-counsel during questioning in the second day of a hearing in the George Stinney case. Finney put the state’s case to Judge Carmen Mullen that too much time has passed since the original guilty verdict in 1944 and not enough evidence has survived to send the case back to trial. Stinney was put to death shortly after his conviction for the double homicide of Betty June Binnicker and Mary Thames almost 70 years ago.
Stinney case, said based on interviews with Stinney’s surviving sisters and a former cellmate, Stinney displayed high levels of suggestibility and compliance that suggest he would succumb to pressure to confess from an older, white authority figure, even if he was innocent. “My conclusion is George Stinney’s was a coercive, compliant, false confession that is not reliable,� she said. The reliability of
Stinney’s confession is undermined by shifting descriptions of the murder weapon, she said, which was variously described as a “railroad spike,� a “piece of iron� or a “pipe� in surviving documents from the time of the investigation and trial. Sales also used some psychology to try to explain the state’s contention that Stinney’s relatives could have brought the motion forward years earlier, saying it
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was likely only in their later years the boy’s siblings overcame the attitude toward their brother’s death they absorbed as children. “They learned a sense of helplessness,� Sales said. “Their father set the stage by saying, ‘We’re going to move forward, because there’s nothing we can do to change this.’� Finney pointed out that the differing descriptions of the murder weapon came from de-
ers, and even during his life as a disabled veteran. He was always there for his family to pick them up when they were feeling down. “He wouldn’t have wanted us to be crying. He would have wanted us to be laughing,� Andrea said. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined and is under investigation by both the fire department and Sumter County Sheriff ’s Office. Reach Tyler Simpson at (803) 774-1295. Multimedia editor Matt Walsh contributed to this story.
tectives and the solicitor at the time, not Stinney himself, and that the young boy reportedly led investigators to the instrument in some brush near the railroad tracks (the weapon and any record of its introduction at Stinney’s trial have since disappeared). He also noted Sales drew her conclusions based on short interviews conducted a day or two before she testified. “You have not reviewed his school records or health records; you only talked to his sisters who were 6 or 9 years old at the time,� Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest “Chip� Finney III said. Mullen gave Finney and his office 10 days to file a brief responding to a motion from Stinney family attorneys for a writ of coram nobis, an obscure legal maneuver that can “correct� a prior verdict based on errors of fact in the ini-
tial proceeding. The judge also indicated attorneys for the Manning law firm of Coffey, Chandler and McKenzie will have a similar amount of time to respond to the solicitor’s brief, meaning it could be at least three weeks before she issues a final ruling. In court to hear the closing arguments was George Stinney’s nephew, also named George Stinney. Stinney was present on behalf of his father Charles Stinney, who, for health reasons, testified by video from his home in New York. “I talked to him last night, just to keep updating him on the case,� George Stinney said. “He’s still hurting. It’s hard for him to talk about it.� Speaking of the uncle whose name he bears, Stinney said, “I’m hoping he will be exonerated.� Reach Bristow Marchant at (803) 774-1272.
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New student pastor comes to Alice Drive Baptist Church BY JADE REYNOLDS jade@theitem.com
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Stan Allen, back left, gathers with his family: his wife, Darby; sons Drake, 18, and Brock, 4; and twin daughters, Hadley and Leighton, 7 months old. Allen will begin serving as the Alice Drive Baptist Church student pastor Feb. 3.
Students at Alice Drive Baptist Church will soon see a new face leading youth worship. Stan Allen will start as the student pastor Feb. 3. His first service will be “The Mix� Feb. 5, and the community’s sixthgrade through college-aged students are invited. “I cannot wait to be part of this team,� he said. For the last 10 years, he has served as the middle school pastor at First Baptist Church Concord in Knoxville, Tenn., where he saw growth both physically and spiritually in Wednesday services, Sunday morning church and camps. He also started a middle school mission trip to partner churches. “A student pastor’s job is constantly changing,� Allen said. “If it isn’t, you are probably not reaching very many students, (and) at ADBC, we will be helping as many students as possible take their next step toward Jesus Christ.� His new supervisor, educa-
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here have been many epic face-offs in history: Joe Frazier versus Muhammad Ali, Alexander Hamilton versus Aaron Burr, the Hulk versus Andre the Giant, my mom versus the wireless provider in the overcharging incident of 2006. The Feb. 4 debate between creationist Ken Ham and celebrity scientist Bill Nye (of Science Guy fame) will probably not be categorized as one of the most epic battles in history, but the event has certainly gained the attention of those on both sides of the origins-of-the-world debate. The groundwork for the debate was initially laid by Nye, who said children shouldn’t be taught the theory of creationism in the classroom. Ham answered by challenging Nye to debate the validity of creationism as a viable explanation of the world’s origins. The date was set, and many in the body of believers have set their collective jaw for another bout in the age-old contest: science versus religion. That we should label the debate thusly is somewhat inaccurate because the two contenders actually coincide quite nicely; well, that is until science tries to overstep its bounds into the realm of faith. Science should never assert itself to answer questions such as why we were created or the purpose of life. In my opinion, those answers lie strictly in faith’s wheelhouse. The theory of creation is a polarizing issue in and of itself. Among those who believe in the supernatural creation of the world, there are varying schools of belief. Some believers hold to the literal translation of the Genesis account: that the world was created in six 24-hour days. There are others who believe the creation timeline to be simply a literary framework, that it actually took much longer for the world to be created. In the second theory, the scientific process of evolution — or theistic evolution — is allowed, meaning the world evolved into its current state but only as the
direct result of God’s hand. Does God have the power to create things in six literal days? Yes. Does God have the power to employ natural processes such as the theory of evolution to accomplish that creation? Yes. Which one is correct? I don’t know. I wasn’t there. Please don’t send me angry emails. Certainly I have my own beliefs when it comes to origin theories because I’ve tried to study the strictly academic research as well as faith-based information on the topic. I’m sure there are thousands of people more qualified than I who are anxious to convince you one way or the other, but here is the truth: It’s not so much how the world was created as who created it. When it comes down to it, it’s quite unfair to pit science against religion because each has a specific purpose, which, in most cases, exists harmoniously. We believe that ours is a God of order. He fabricated ecosystems interdependent on one another. We can categorize our world through scientific means. God made it so we could examine the world around us and glimpse the majesty of his plan. The scientific process is not the enemy of the believer but can bear testimony to the intricacy of intelligent design. If we hold true to seeing our natural world through a faith-centered worldview, then we need not fear the application of science. We can understand for whom and why the world was created. The Feb. 4 debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham will take place in the Creation Museum located in Petersburg, KY. The event will be simulcast on www.debatelive. org on the day of the event.
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Mike Weaver and Jeremy Redmon of Big Daddy Weave perform for the crowd at Alice Drive Baptist Church on Saturday as part of the Over the Top Youth Event.
The Crestwood High School Drumline, seen at left, performs for the crowd attending the concert as part of the Over the Top Youth Event.
The crowd, below, sings along with Big Daddy Weave at the sixth-annual event. The band’s song “Redeemed” won Song of the Year for 2013 at the K-LOVE Fan Awards.
Email Jamie H. Wilson at faithmatterssumter@gmail. com.
CHURCH NEWS Calvary Baptist Church, 459 Calvary Church Road, Bishopville, announces: * Saturday, Feb. 1 — Mid-Carolina singing at 6 p.m. featuring Royal Heirs of Lugoff and Cedar Creek Quartet. Church of Christ, 313 Mooneyham Road, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 2 — First anniversary of Resurrection gospel singing at 4 p.m. On the program: Palmetto Gospel Singers; Hose Session & the Messengers; and Son of Faith. Emmanuel United Methodist Church, 421 S. Main St., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 2 — Communion worship service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. * Sunday, Feb. 16 — African-American history program and tea at 4 p.m. Fellowship Outreach Ministries, 1981 Florence Highway, announces: * Sunday — Evangelist LaShonda
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Full Proof Deliverance Ministry, 2758 S.C. 341 S., Olanta, announces: * Friday, Feb. 7, and Sunday, Feb. 9 — Appreciation program for Pastor Frances Washington and Trustee Willie Washington. Friday’s program will begin at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday’s program will begin at 4 p.m. Pastor Gerthene T. Baxter and Prophetess Talithia Harrison will speak.
Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 803 S. Harvin St., announces: * Thursday, Feb. 6 — Heritage Month worship services “Civil Rights in Education” with corporate prayer at 6:30 p.m. followed by 7 p.m. worship. Dr. Maggie W. Glover will speak.
Kingdom Life Worldwide Ministries, meets at Marvin Hodge Life Center, 609 Miller Road, announces: * Friday — Youth on fire program at 7:30 p.m. * Wednesday, Jan. 29 — Forever Changed Revival at 7:30 p.m. Pastor Robin Nichols will speak.
Joshua Baptist Church, 5200 Live Oak Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday, Feb. 9 — Junior Brotherhood anniversary celebration during morning worship. * Sunday, Feb. 16 — 19th pastoral anniversary celebration for the Rev. Eugene G. Dennis. Church school begins at 9 a.m. followed by 10
Knitting Hearts Ministry, meets at Bethesda Church of God, 2730 Broad St., announces: * Saturday, Feb. 8 — Knitting Hearts Cafe will be held 10 a.m.noon. Susan Schuhly White will speak. First Glimpse will provide music and Shelica Daniels will give a praise dance presentation. Open to all ladies,
Grant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 5405 Black River Road, Rembert, announces: * Friday-Sunday, Jan. 31-Feb. 2 — Women’s Conference. To register, call or email Claudette Witherspoon at (803) 565-9425, (803) 499-
High Hills AME Church, 6780 Meeting House Road, Dalzell, announces: * Sunday — 200 Men in Black program at 5 p.m. The Rev. Calvin Hastie of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church will speak.
a.m. worship. The Rev. George P. Windley Jr., pastor of First Baptist Missionary Church, will speak. * Saturday, Feb. 22 — Youth choir anniversary program at 4 p.m. * Sunday, Feb. 23 — Black history program during morning worship.
this is a communitywide, multi-denominational women’s ministry that meets the second Saturday of each month in the fellowship hall of Bethesda. Visit www.knittingheartsministry.org. New Covenant Holiness Church, 3699 Alex Harvin Highway, Manning, announces: * Nightly through Jan. 31 — Praise, Worship and Deliverance Services at 7:30 p.m. Various speakers. Newlight Baptist Church, 4390 Moses Dingle Road, Summerton, announces: * Sunday — Missionary program at 3 p.m. Prophetess Cheryl Graham, of Salvation Ministries, will speak. St. Jude Catholic Church, 611 W. Oakland Ave., announces: * Sunday, Feb. 23 — Black history program at 3 p.m. sponsored by the Knights and Ladies of St. Peter Claver. Joseph A. DeLaine Jr. will speak. On the program: Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Gospel
Choir; Benevolence Choir; Frankie Smalls; St. Jude Choir; Desmond Mitchell; Mitchell Mime Ministry; and Stephen Carson. Taw Caw Missionary Baptist Church, 1130 Granby Lane, Summerton, announces: * Saturday — Youth Judah Flag Worshiper’s Rainbow Tea will be held at noon in the fellowship hall. Event will feature music, mime ministry, praise dancers, instrumentalists and more. * Saturday, Feb. 15 — Women’s ministry will present “A Night Under the Stars Valentine Gala” 6-10 p.m. at the Taw Caw Community Center, 1126 Granby Lane, Summerton. Call Karen Johnson at (803) 840-3482 or Rosalind Huggins at (803) 410-9699. Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, 155 Wall St., announces: * Saturday, March 29 — God’s Girls Rock Cotillion will be held at 4 p.m. Call (803) 7754041 for information.
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ASHINGTON — Disabusing the Republican Party of a cherished dogma, thereby requiring it to forgo a favorite rhetorical trope, will not win Clark M. Neily III the gratitude of conservatives who relish denouncing “judicial activism.” He, however, and his colleagues at the libertarian Institute for Justice believe America would be more just if judges were less deferential to legislatures. In “Terms of Engagement: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Limited Government,” Neily says America is not “a fundamentally majoritarian nation in which the ability to impose one’s will on others through law is a sacred right that George courts should take great pains not to im- WILL pede.” America’s defining value is not majority rule but individual liberty. Many judges, however, practicing what conservatives have unwisely celebrated as “judicial restraint,” have subordinated liberty to majority rule. Today, a perverse conservative populism panders to two dubious notions — that majorities should enjoy a largely untrammeled right to make rules for everyone, and that most things legislatures do reflect the will of a majority. Conservatives’ advocacy of judicial restraint serves liberalism by leaving government’s growth unrestrained. This leaves people such as Sandy Meadows at the mercy of government acting as protector of the strong. She was a Baton Rouge widow with little education and no resources but was skillful at creating flower arrangements, which a grocery store hired her to do. Then Louisiana’s Horticulture Commission pounced. It threatened to close the store as punishment for hiring an unlicensed flower arranger. Meadows failed to get a license, which required a written test and the making of four flower arrangements in four hours, arrangements judged by licensed florists functioning as gatekeepers to their own profession, restricting the entry of competitors. Meadows, denied re-entry into the profession from which the government had expelled her, died in poverty, but Louisianans were protected by their government from the menace of unlicensed flower arrangers. What Louisiana does, and all states do in conferring favors through regulations that violate individuals’ rights, is obviously unjust and would be declared unconstitutional if courts would do their duty. Their duty is to protect individual liberty, including the right to earn a living, against special-interest legislation. Instead, since judicial abdication became normal during the New Deal, courts almost
invariably defer to legislatures’ economic regulations, which frequently are rentseeking by private factions. Courts justify dereliction of judicial duty as genuflection at the altar of majority rule, as long as the court can discern, or even imagine, a “rational basis” for any regulation — even if the legislature never articulated it. Never mind the absurdity of the fiction that a majority of Louisianans know about, let alone care about, licensing flower arrangers. Conservatives clamoring for judicial restraint, meaning deference to legislatures, are waving a banner unfurled a century ago by progressives eager to emancipate government, freeing it to pursue whatever collective endeavors it fancies, sacrificing individual rights to a spurious majoritarian ethic. The beginning of wisdom is recognizing the implications of this fact: Government is almost never disinterested. Today’s administrative state is a congeries of interests, each of which has a metabolic urge to enlarge its dominion and that of the private-sector faction with which it collaborates. As Neily says, “Much of modern constitutional law depends on denying — or at least ignoring — the realities of the political process.” Judge Janice Rogers Brown of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals says of “rational basis” jurisprudence: “The judiciary justifies its reluctance to intervene by claiming incompetence — apparently, judges lack the acumen to recognize corruption, self-interest, or arbitrariness in the economic realm — or deferring to the majoritarian imperative,” which means “the absence of any check on the group interests that all too often control the democratic process.” This process, Neily rightly insists, is not self-legitimizing, which is why judicial passivity is inconsistent with constitutional government. Between 1954 and 2002, the Supreme Court invalidated 103 of the 15,817 laws that Congress passed — 0.65 percent. It struck down about 0.5 percent of federal regulations and less than 0.05 percent of state laws. Neily says, “In light of history, experience, and common sense, it is implausible to suppose the federal government hits the constitutional strike zone 99.5 percent of the time.” Neily argues that to say that judicial invalidations of legislative acts should be rare is no more sensible than saying NFL referees should rarely penalize players for holding. Conservatism’s task, politically hazardous but constitutionally essential, is to urge courts to throw as many flags as there are infractions. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. © 2014, Washington Post Writers Group
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A few issues with Martin Luther King Jr. column in Clarendon Sun
Why can’t communities be as united as other institutions?
I enjoyed the article in The Clarendon Sun by Raytevia Evans on Jan. 21. It is nice to know that she claims to “know the importance of my position and the impact I can have on little girls like me as a highly educated black woman.” I could tell that she is an educated person because of how well the article was written and because she must be an employee of The Item because of her Item email address. It is so refreshing to see someone who understands that they can impact others in their community. She also recognizes that there are “just as many black males in prison as we have enrolled in colleges and universities, and a high enough rate of teen pregnancy ...” Does she have a personal opinion or reason for these two problems? Although I don’t agree with a couple of things that she wrote, I do admire her recognizing the importance of the struggle of MLK, and that she asked others to “focus your time on finding a way to make an impact on our youth and our community.” It is also important to recognize that you have the same freedom and equality that others have, now you must claim both and stop thinking that others are somehow taking freedom and equality away from you. At least one of the tragedies she mentioned could have been avoided if we taught young people to avoid situations that get them in trouble. If they are taught to respect God and others, and taught not to steal, kill and lie, the jails would be empty. Do you recognize part of the Ten Commandments? One last thought, and I might be wrong, but there were many educated people who came out of your community before MLK. Many had to walk for miles as they knew the importance of getting an education so they could realize their dreams and freedom.
Just wanted to share this with my fellow Item readers. We just concluded our state American Legion 94th Mid-Winter conference at the Hilton Hotel in North Myrtle Beach. This is a twice-a-year affair that includes all American Legion organizations in South Carolina. It was, as always, on spot, that included us praying, partying, exchanging ideas and showing complete comradeship. My point is this: If we can do this, coming from all walks of life, i.e., white, black, etc., why is it that this is not happening in our communities? For example, there is a constant exchange of negative letters to the editor in The Item between several black individuals and several whites. Why? Is it for recognition, chest pumping, political positions, an attempt of impressing their few followers, or is it just pure ignorance? I don’t know. However, I just wish that we as a community/nation would think, “Is this a positive thought that will better my/our community/cause”. I feel if “we” would reverse places with whom we are targeting, then our comments will be of a more positive nature. I am asking all of my fellow comradesheroes (yes, hero … we serve, and we sacrifice), to please take your positive mindset back into your community and try, try hard to make a better place for ourselves and, above all, the children that are watching our positive and negative actions. For God and the country, we give all, we love.
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demoralized teachers. She said it’s time to support them and provide training. “When we are not careful about how we talk about our very real educational needs, we can beat down the very teachers who are the special link between a child and his or her education,” she said. “That has to stop.” Democrats criticized her plan as an electionyear gimmick, following her previous proposed cuts and education vetoes, that adopts what Democrats have argued for years.
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Psych screening sought in case of 2 slain children ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Two women who police say killed two young children while performing what they thought was an exorcism will continue to be held without bond as prosecutors seek a psychiatric evaluation to determine if they are mentally competent to stand trial. The women, 28-yearold Zakieya Latrice Avery and Monifa Denise Sanford, 21, have told investigators that they believed evil spirits jumped successively between the bodies of the children, ages 1 and 2, and that an exorcism was needed to drive the demons out, said Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy. The women also reported to ldinvestigators that they saw the eyes of each of the children blackening and, after the intended exorcism, took a shower, cleaned up the bloody scene and “prepared the children to see God,” McCarthy said. The children’s two
older siblings, a 5-yearold girl and an 8-yearold boy, were also found injured with stab wounds. Avery is the mother of all four children. Avery and Sanford appeared for a court hearing via videoconference Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. They face a sentence of life in prison if convicted. The women identified themselves to investigators as members of a group known as the “demon assassins,” and police are looking to interview other people who might be part of the same organization but say there are no other suspects. When being questioned by police, McCarthy said, the women told investigators that they tried multiple methods to remove the presence of demons from the children, progressing from an attempt to break the neck of the youngest child to strangulation to stabbing.
PUBLIC AGENDA SUMTER COUNTY DEVELOPMENT BOARD Today, 7:30 a.m., Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce boardroom, 32 E. Calhoun St.
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in the early grades and increasing technology to and within schools. It requires spending an additional $177 million on K-12 public schools, paid for by expected growth in tax collections. The plan was developed through a series of meetings last year — the most impactful, she said, was with teachers. She recognized that the past decade of education debates on tax credits for private tuition — in which conservative groups and some Republicans bashed education — has
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): ARIES (March 21-April the last word in astrology Get chores done before 19): Showing signs of someone complains. inconsistency will hinder eugenia LAST Once you have your your chance of success. responsibilities out of the Regroup and reconsider way, you can move on to what you want to do. more enjoyable options, like getting Someone from your past will help you figure together with someone you love. out what direction to take. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Take physical TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your temper will action if it will help you achieve goals. surface if you have to deal with rules and Getting involved in something that regulations. Know all the ins and outs of a challenges you will reinforce your situation before you head into the eye of the capabilities. Take steps to make your life storm. more to your liking. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gather information SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Not and you’ll find a way to use what you have everyone will be honest with you. Look at to offer in a special way. Don’t let anyone any money deal carefully. If the numbers take advantage of you when it comes to don’t add up, take a pass. An energetic your ideas. Make sure you’re given proper offering of help will bring positive change to credit. your home and family life. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Keep busy but CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A last-minute don’t take chances. Use your imagination alteration from someone will make you leap and creativity to come up with fun things to into action. Don’t get angry; just counter do and services to offer. A personal however you can to maintain balance so you relationship needs to be nurtured. can continue on your way. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Keep your thoughts to AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Get down to yourself when it comes to personal business and clear up legal, financial or encounters. Try something new that will medical issues that have to be dealt with. occupy your time and get you heading in a Good times are apparent if you’re willing to direction less likely to end in a dispute with make a couple of changes. someone you love. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sift through any VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Greater interaction matters that require secrecy. Look for a way will bring you plenty of information that will to update your look, skills or goals. A help you plan how you want to proceed romantic encounter is likely to end in with a project or investment. Romance is on possessiveness, jealousy or an argument. the rise and a promise will improve your love Proceed with caution. life.
PICK 3 WEDNESDAY: 9-0-8 AND 8-8-4 PICK 4 WEDNESDAY: 0-5-0-6 AND 5-8-2-9 PALMETTO CASH 5 WEDNESDAY: 2-26-32-33-38 POWERUP: 2 MEGAMILLIONS TUESDAY: 8-23-33-45-52 MEGABALL: 4 MEGAPLIER: 4
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SPORTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014
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Getting back to winning form Local teams hope to earn SCISA bowling titles BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER mchristopher@theitem.com For the first time since 2010, a local team did not win a SCISA bowling state title in the ‘13 tournament. Five local schools will be trying to change that today when the team state championships are held at Royal Z Lanes in Columbia. The tournament will be played using the Baker scoring system, in which teams
Georgia pounds Carolina 97-76
bowl three games and the top four teams with the highest score will make the championship round. There has been a change to the finals format as the top four PRICE teams will bowl an additional three games and the team with the highest pin total wins. Anywhere from 12 to 14 schools are expected to enter
the tournament. A co-ed team will count as a boys team. Local schools that will
be competing include Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning Academy, Robert E. Lee Academy, Thomas Sumter Academy and Clarendon Hall. Wilson Hall won the boys title in ‘12, while LMA took home the boys crown in ‘11, the same year REL won the girls title. Heathwood Hall swept both the boys and girls titles last year. In the boys tournament, TSA was fourth, LMA fifth, Clarendon Hall eighth,
REL ninth and Wilson Hall 10th. On the girls side, LMA was third, Wilson Hall fourth, TSA fifth and REL seventh. Perhaps the team with the most experience coming back is Laurence Manning Academy. The Swampcats, who had 21 bowlers on the team at one time, cut the team down to six boys and six girls who will compete in today’s championship. SEE BOWLING, PAGE B4
PPO alum Bouchard reaches semifinals in Australian Open
BY CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Nemanja Djurisic shook a recent scoring slump with a career-high 22 points, and Georgia beat South Carolina 97-76 on Wednesday night, leaving the Gamecocks with their worst SEC start in 15 years. Kenny Gaines had 14 points, Brandon Morris had 13 and DJURISIC Marcus Thornton had 12 for Georgia (10-7, 4-1 Southeastern Conference). The Bulldogs have their best start in the league since the 2002-03 season, when they also were 4-1. South Carolina (7-11, 0-5 SEC) has lost its first five conference games for the first time since a 0-6 start in the 1998-99 season. The Gamecocks are 0-6 on the road. Djurisic sank back-toback 3-pointers to cap an 11-0 run as Georgia pulled away early in the second half. Djurisic, a junior forward, snapped a slump after managing a combined 11 points in his last three games. Freshman Sindarius Thornwell led South Carolina with 26 points. Brenton Williams had 18 and
BY JUSTIN BERGMAN The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Even in a Grand Slam as unpredictable as this year’s Australian Open, the names in the women’s semifinals may still prompt headscratching among casual followers of tennis. With the three biggest stars of the women’s game falling one by one — topseeded Serena Williams, followed by Maria Sharapova and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka — the door has opened for a first-time winner at Melbourne Park. Only fourth-seeded Li Na has won a Grand Slam before — the 2011 French Open. Fifth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland was the 2012 Wimbledon finalist, but had never been beyond the quarters in Melbourne until she chipped, lobbed and sliced Azarenka off the court in a remarkable display of shot-making on Wednesday. Dominika Cibulkova, a diminutive Slovakian who dispatched Sharapova in the fourth round, has made just
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Eugenie Bouchard, who played in the Palmetto Pro Open in 2008, has advanced to the semifinals of the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia. Bouchard will face Li Na in today.
one Grand Slam semifinal before, while 19-year-old Eugenie Bouchard is a only
playing her fourth major — she didn’t even make it out of qualifying at last year’s
Australian Open. SEE PPO ALUM, PAGE B4
SEE USC, PAGE B2
Tigers toughen up ‘14 football schedule BY AARON BRENNER Post and Courier
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Clemson defensive end Vic Beasley, right, tackles Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller during the Tigers’ Orange Bowl victory. Beasley, who led the ACC with 13 sacks, will return for his senior season and will play a schedule that includes road games against Georgia and Florida State.
CLEMSON — That’s not too bad a hand dealt to Clemson on its 2014 football schedule unveiled Wednesday afternoon by the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tigers. who finished 11-2 and ranked No. 8 in the final AP poll of the 2013 season, will open ACC action against defending national champion Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium, and both teams get two weeks to stare each other down. Clemson also has 10 days to prepare for its ACC finale, a road game at Georgia Tech on Nov. 15. On the flip side, out go Maryland and Virginia, in come Louisville and North Carolina on the Tigers’ schedule. “This schedule allows us to com-
pete to reach the college football playoff,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “It is a challenging schedule. Louisville was a 12-1 team ranked in the final top 15, and North Carolina finished strong winning six of its last seven games. Playing Georgia and South Carolina from the SEC certainly makes it difficult from a non-conference standpoint. “On paper, based on last year’s results, it looks to be more difficult than last year.” Circle the calendar: Clemson at Florida State Sept. 20, perhaps to determine the ACC Atlantic champion for the sixth consecutive year. Clemson opens with Georgia and S.C. State before getting 14 days to prepare for the Seminoles. This is the second straight year Florida State gets SEE TIGERS, PAGE B2
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PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Varsity Basketball St. Francis Xavier at Clarendon Hall (Boys Only), 7 p.m. Conway Christian at Sumter Christian, 4 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Thomas Sumter at Trinity-Byrnes, 4 p.m. Junior Varsity Basketball Hartsville at Crestwood, 6 p.m. Lakewood at Manning, 6 p.m. Lee Central at Lake City, 6 p.m. B Team Basketball Sumter at Marlboro County (Boys Only), 5:30 p.m. Wilson Hall at Orangeburg Prep, 5 p.m. Hammond at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Clarendon Hall (Girls), 4 p.m. Robert E. Lee at Trinity-Byrnes (Boys), 5 p.m. St. Francis Xavier at Clarendon Hall (Boys Only), 6 p.m. Middle School Basketball Alice Drive at Sneed, 5 p.m. Bates at Furman, 5 p.m. Chestnut Oaks at Mayewood, 5 p.m. Hillcrest at Ebenezer, 5 p.m. St. Matthews at Manning, 6 p.m. Varsity Bowling Wilson Hall, Laurence Manning, Robert E. Lee in SCISA State Championship, TBA FRIDAY Varsity Basketball Crestwood at Hartsville, 6 p.m. Manning at Lakewood, 6 p.m. Lake City at Lee Central, 6 p.m. Scott’s Branch at East Clarendon, 6 p.m. Varsity and JV Basketball Wilson Hall at Florence Christian, 4 p.m. Orangeburg Prep at Laurence Manning, 4 p.m. Calhoun Academy at Thomas Sumter, 4 p.m. Dillon Christian at Robert E. Lee, 4 p.m. Clarendon Hall at Patrick Henry, 3 p.m. Sumter Christian at Maranatha Christian (No JV Girls), 4 p.m. B Team Basketball Wilson Hall at Ben Lippen, 4 p.m. Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Gamecock Duals, TBA SATURDAY Varsity Wrestling Sumter in Gamecock Duals, TBA B Team Basketball Thomas Sumter at Dorchester, 10 a.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL TODAY EAST Hartford at Binghamton, 7 p.m. LIU Brooklyn at Bryant, 7 p.m. St. Francis (NY) at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m. Mass.-Lowell at Maine, 7 p.m. Fairfield at Monmouth (NJ), 7 p.m. Albany (NY) at New Hampshire, 7 p.m. Sacred Heart at Robert Morris, 7 p.m. St. Peter’s at Siena, 7 p.m. Mount St. Mary’s at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m. Seton Hall at St. John’s, 7 p.m. CCSU at Wagner, 7 p.m. Nebraska at Penn St., 8 p.m. SOUTH Florida at Alabama, 7 p.m. Elon at Chattanooga, 7 p.m. North Florida at ETSU, 7 p.m. Tulane at East Carolina, 7 p.m. Wofford at Georgia Southern, 7 p.m. Stetson at Kennesaw St., 7 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast at Mercer, 7 p.m. Southern Miss. at Old Dominion, 7 p.m. Davidson at W. Carolina, 7 p.m. Appalachian St. at The Citadel, 7:05 p.m. Charlotte at Louisiana Tech, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville at SC-Upstate, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville St. at Austin Peay, 8 p.m. Morehead St. at Belmont, 8 p.m. W. Kentucky at Louisiana-Monroe, 8 p.m. Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. Tennessee Tech at Murray St., 8 p.m. UNC Greensboro at Samford, 8 p.m. E. Kentucky at Tennessee St., 8 p.m. E. Illinois at UT-Martin, 8 p.m. Georgia St. at Louisiana-Lafayette, 8:15 p.m. MIDWEST W. Michigan at Kent St., 7 p.m. Illinois at Ohio St., 7 p.m. Valparaiso at Youngstown St., 7:05 p.m. Buffalo at Ball St., 8 p.m. Sacramento St. at North Dakota, 8 p.m. SIU-Edwardsville at SE Missouri, 8 p.m. South Dakota at W. Illinois, 8 p.m. Denver at Nebraska-Omaha, 8:07 p.m. UCF at Cincinnati, 9 p.m. SOUTHWEST Northwestern St. at Cent. Arkansas, 8 p.m. UAB at North Texas, 8 p.m. Marshall at Rice, 8 p.m. Texas St. at UALR, 8 p.m. Lamar at Abilene Christian, 8:30 p.m. New Orleans at Houston Baptist, 8:30 p.m. Sam Houston St. at Incarnate Word, 8:30 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at Oral Roberts, 8:30 p.m. SE Louisiana at Texas A&M-CC, 8:30 p.m. Troy at Texas-Arlington, 9 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Tulsa, 9 p.m. FAR WEST Colorado at Arizona, 9 p.m. Utah at Arizona St., 9 p.m.
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NBA STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 20 20 .500 – Brooklyn 18 22 .450 2 New York 15 26 .366 51/2 Boston 14 29 .326 71/2 Philadelphia 13 28 .317 71/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 30 12 .714 – Atlanta 21 19 .525 8 Washington 20 20 .500 9 Charlotte 18 25 .419 121/2 Orlando 11 31 .262 19 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 33 7 .825 – Chicago 20 20 .500 13 Detroit 17 24 .415 161/2 Cleveland 15 26 .366 181/2 Milwaukee 7 33 .175 26 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 32 9 .780 – Houston 28 15 .651 5 Dallas 25 18 .581 8 Memphis 20 20 .500 111/2 New Orleans 16 25 .390 16 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 32 10 .762 – Portland 31 11 .738 1 Denver 20 20 .500 11 Minnesota 20 21 .488 111/2 Utah 14 29 .326 181/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 29 14 .674 – Golden State 26 17 .605 3 Phoenix 23 17 .575 41/2 L.A. Lakers 16 26 .381 121/2 Sacramento 15 25 .375 121/2 Tuesday’s Games Brooklyn 101, Orlando 90 Miami 93, Boston 86 Oklahoma City 105, Portland 97 Sacramento 114, New Orleans 97 Minnesota 112, Utah 97 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m. Boston at Washington, 7 p.m. Chicago at Cleveland, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Dallas at Toronto, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Houston, 8 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Indiana at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Miami, 8 p.m. Denver at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 7 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Dallas at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. New Orleans at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 8 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Indiana at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
NFL PLAYOFFS By The Associated Press Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Sanders, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. Denver vs. Seattle, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)
NHL STANDINGS By The Associated Press EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 49 31 15 3 65 141 109 Tampa Bay 50 29 16 5 63 146 123 Montreal 49 27 17 5 59 126 120 Toronto 52 27 20 5 59 150 156 Ottawa 50 22 19 9 53 141 155 Detroit 49 21 18 10 52 122 134 Florida 50 20 23 7 47 120 151 Buffalo 48 13 28 7 33 89 137 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 49 34 13 2 70 157 120 N.Y. Rangers 52 27 22 3 57 131 133 Philadelphia 50 25 19 6 56 137 144 Columbus 49 25 20 4 54 143 138 New Jersey 51 21 19 11 53 122 124 Washington 50 22 20 8 52 142 152 Carolina 48 20 19 9 49 117 137 N.Y. Islanders 52 21 24 7 49 147 169 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 51 32 8 11 75 184 139 St. Louis 49 33 11 5 71 171 115 Colorado 49 31 13 5 67 144 127 Minnesota 52 27 20 5 59 125 129 Dallas 50 22 20 8 52 141 152 Nashville 51 22 22 7 51 125 152 Winnipeg 51 23 23 5 51 144 152 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 52 37 10 5 79 177 129 San Jose 50 32 12 6 70 161 123 Los Angeles 51 29 16 6 64 131 108 Vancouver 51 26 16 9 61 129 128 Phoenix 49 23 17 9 55 141 149 Calgary 50 16 27 7 39 111 159 Edmonton 52 15 31 6 36 132 183 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Florida 4, Buffalo 3 New Jersey 7, St. Louis 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Ottawa 2, Washington 0 Columbus 5, Los Angeles 3 Dallas 4, Minnesota 0 Toronto 5, Colorado 2 Vancouver 2, Edmonton 1 Winnipeg 3, Anaheim 2 Carolina at Philadelphia, ppd., snow Wednesday’s Games Carolina at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Columbus, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 8 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Winnipeg at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
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Richmond upends UMass 58-55 RICHMOND, Va. — Kendall Anthony scored 21 points and Richmond hung on in the final minute to beat No. 13 Massachusetts 58-55 on Wednesday night. Anthony made his first four 3-point attempts for Richmond (13-6, 3-1 Atlantic 10), including one from the right side after the Minutemen had closed to within 52-48 with 4:10 remaining. Sampson Carter had 15 points to lead UMass (16-2, 3-1). He
TOP 25 ROUNDUP made a 3-pointer with 2:26 to play, and when Cady Lalanne followed a Richmond miss with a dunk, the Minutemen were within 55-53 with 38.3 seconds to play. (21) MICHIGAN (10) IOWA
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Nik Stauskas scored 26 points, and No. 21 Michigan held off No. 10 Iowa 75-67 on Wednesday night to remain unbeaten in the Big Ten.
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TAMPA, Fla. — Wayne Blackshear scored 16 points to pace a balanced offense that carried No. 12 Louisville to an 86-47 rout of coldshooting South Florida on Wednesday night. (18) DUKE MIAMI
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Jabari Parker had 17 points and a season-high 15 rebounds Wednesday,
and No. 18 Duke earned its first league road win of the season by beating Miami 6746. (19) SAINT LOUIS DUQUESNE
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PITTSBURGH — Mike McCall scored 13 points, including two free throws with 13 seconds remaining, as No. 19 Saint Louis avoided an upset by beating Duquesne 76-72 on Wednesday night. From wire reports
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Jefferson lifts Bobcats past Clippers 95-91 CHARLOTTE — Al Jefferson had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead Charlotte to a 95-91 victory over the Clippers on Wednesday night that gave the Bobcats’ their first win over Los Angeles in their last seven tries. The veteran center was 12 of 23 from the field as the Bobcats won for the third time in their last four games at home. Gerald Henderson scored 13 points and put the Bobcats ahead for good with 22.5 seconds left with a dunk off Ramon Sessions’ air ball. RAPTORS MAVERICKS
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TORONTO — DeMar DeRo-
zan scored a career-high 40 points, Greivis Vasquez had 17 and the Toronto Raptors snapped a two-game losing streak by beating the Dallas Mavericks 93-85 on Wednesday night. BULLS CAVS
CLEVELAND— D.J. Augustin scored 27 points in a start for Kirk Hinrich and Taj Gibson matched a career high with 26 filling in for Carlos Boozer as the Chicago Bulls improved to 7-2 since trading Luol Deng with a 98-87 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. HAWKS MAGIC
USC from Page B1 Duane Notice added 14. Georgia, last in the league with its average of 63 points in SEC games, set a season scoring high for all games. The Bulldogs made 10 of 18 3-pointers. Djurisic made each of his three 3-pointers.
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Djurisic scored nine of Georgia’s first 11 points, including a 3-pointer that gave the Bulldogs a 9-6 lead they wouldn’t lose. Georgia made six 3-pointers and 17 of 22 free throws in the half. Georgia pushed its lead to double figures
TIGERS from Page B1 two weeks to prepare for Clemson. Last year, the Tigers hosted Boston College seven days before the top-5 showdown at Death Valley, which FSU won 51-14. After returning from Tallahassee, Clemson plays the next three Saturdays at home: North Carolina, N.C. State and new ACC member Louisville come calling to Memorial Stadium. This will be the first meeting between the Tigers and the Cardinals, led by new coach Bobby Petrino. Mid-October will focus on teams from the northeast: Clemson plays Oct. 18 at Boston College, then hosts Syracuse. Then comes a 12-day
ORLANDO, Fla. — Paul Millsap had 24 points, Jeff Teague added 23 and the Atlanta Hawks hung on to beat the Orlando Magic 112-109 Wednesday night. CELTICS WIZARDS
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WASHINGTON — Gerald Wallace made a driving layup with 2.5 seconds remaining in overtime and the undermanned Boston Celtics broke a 10-game road losing streak Wednesday night with a 113-111 win over the Washington Wizards, who wilted yet again in their long and laborious quest to get above .500.
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for the first time at 25-13 on Juwan Parker’s 3-pointer with 11:17 remaining and took a big lead of 15 points at 43-28 on Kenny Gaines’ 3-pointer. The Bulldogs led 45-35 at halftime. Georgia led by 11 before pulling away with the 11-0 run that left the lead at 64-42. Donte Williams started
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the run with a jumper. South Carolina cut the lead to 15 points at 75-60 on a basket by Thornwell but Georgia quickly pushed the advantage back to 20 points. The Gamecocks’ last lead was 6-4. There were a combined 59 fouls called, including 33 on South Carolina.
layoff before a mid-week game at Wake Forest. Clemson is 4-9 all-time on ESPN’s Thursday Night Primetime, but has won its last three appearances. This is the third consecutive year, and 10th in the past 13, Clemson has scheduled an ACC road game on a Thursday night. Finally, the Tigers have a few extra days to get ready for Georgia Tech, which will be its second game of the season in the Peach State. Journeys to Georgia and Georgia Tech have proven difficult for Clemson, with just 20 victories against 69 losses (and three ties) in Athens and Atlanta. The 2014 season ends with home games against Georgia State (in its fourth year of existence) and rival South Carolina, looking to extend its series winning streak to six.
2014 CLEMSON TIGERS SCHEDULE Game 1: Clemson at Georgia, Aug. 30 All-time series: Georgia leads 41-18-4 All-time in Athens: Georgia leads 26-7-1 Last meeting: Clemson 38, Georgia 35 (Aug. 31, 2013, in Clemson) Game note: The Tajh Boyd-Aaron Murray eras are no more; both teams are breaking in new quarterbacks, though Hutson Mason started the Gator Bowl (21-39, 320 yards, TD, INT) in place of the injured Murray. Game 2: S.C. State at Clemson, Sept. 6 All-time series: Clemson leads 2-0 All-time in Clemson: Clemson leads 2-0 Last meeting: Clemson 52, S.C. State 13 (Sept. 7, 2013, in Clemson) Game note: After getting picked apart by Tigers backup QB Cole Stoudt (19-for-20, 3 TD) in week 2 last year, the Bulldogs went on to claim a share of the MEAC crown and finish 9-4, losing to Furman in the FCS playoff first round. Game 3: Clemson at Florida State, Sept. 20 All-time series: Florida State leads 19-8 All-time in Tallahassee: Florida State leads 11-3 Last meeting: Florida State 51, Clemson 14 (Oct. 19, 2013 in Clemson) Game note: The Seminoles will be the preseason No. 1, after winning the national championship and retaining Heisman winner Jameis Winston; FSU has won 10 of 11 when hosting Clemson since the 1980s. Game 4: North Carolina at Clemson, Sept. 27 All-time series: Clemson leads 35-19-1 All-time in Clemson: Clemson leads 18-7 Last meeting: Clemson 59, North Carolina 38 (Oct. 22, 2011, in Clemson) Game note: This will be the fourth of five meetings taking place in Death Valley; after opening 2013 1-5, the Tar Heels closed 6-1 with a Belk Bowl 39-17 victory over Cincinnati. Game 5: NC State at Clemson, Oct. 4 All-time series: Clemson leads 53-28-1 All-time in Clemson: Clemson leads 23-11 Last meeting: Clemson 26, N.C. State 14 (Sept. 19, 2013, in Raleigh) Game note: One of two teams going winless in ACC play (Virginia), second-year coach Dave Doeren must fix the Wolf Pack’s woebegone defense (33.9 points allowed per conference game.) Game 6: Louisville at Clemson, Oct. 11 All-time series: First meeting All-time in Clemson: First meeting Game note: Bobby Petrino is back in Louisville, replacing Texasbound Charlie Strong; from 2003-06, Petrino led the Cardinals to a 41-9 mark, including one Conference USA championship and one Big East title.
Game 7: Clemson at Boston College, Oct. 18 All-time series: Clemson leads 12-9-2 All-time in Chestnut Hill: Tied 6-6-1 Last meeting: Clemson 24, Boston College 14 (Oct. 12, 2013, in Clemson) Game note: Dabo Swinney’s first coaching victory was a 27-21 road win at BC on Nov. 1, 2008; the Tigers have won five of six over the Golden Eagles with Swinney at the helm. Game 8: Syracuse at Clemson, Oct. 25 All-time series: Tied 1-1 All-time in Clemson: First meeting in Clemson Last meeting: Clemson 49, Syracuse 14 (Oct. 5, 2013, in Syracuse) Game note: The Orange are an even 11-11 on the road over the past four years; in 2013, Syracuse allowed 48, 56 and 59 points in three road losses but a total of 13 points in wins at N.C. State and Maryland. Game 9: Clemson at Wake Forest, Nov. 6 (Thursday) All-time series: Clemson leads 61-17-1 All-time in Winston-Salem: Clemson leads 22-10-1 Last meeting: Clemson 56, Wake Forest 7 (Sept. 28, 2013, in Clemson) Game note: The Demon Deacons did take three of four meetings in northwest North Carolina in the mid-2000s, but Dabo Swinney is a perfect 5-0 against Wake Forest by an average score of 39-12. Game 10: Clemson at Georgia Tech, Nov. 15 All-time series: Georgia Tech leads 50-27-2 All-time in Atlanta: Georgia Tech leads 43-13-2 Last meeting: Clemson 55, Georgia Tech 31 (Nov. 14, 2013, in Clemson) Game note: Clemson hasn’t won at Bobby Dodd Stadium since 2003, a four-game skid; the Yellow Jackets need a new field general after Vad Lee decided to transfer on Jan. 3. Game 11: Georgia State at Clemson, Nov. 22 All-time series: First meeting All-time in Clemson: First meeting Game note: Georgia State football was launched in the fall of 2010, but the Panthers are just 1-22 over the past two seasons. Game 12: South Carolina at Clemson, Nov. 29 All-time series: Clemson leads 65-42-4 All-time in Clemson: Clemson 16-10-1 Last meeting: South Carolina 31, Clemson 17 (Nov. 30, 2013, in Clemson) Game note: During the Gamecocks’ five-game series winning streak, South Carolina has scored 62 points off Clemson’s 15 turnovers, while the Tigers haven’t scored a single point in response to three USC turnovers
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BY JOHN PYE The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — For a full two sets and nine games, Roger Federer was the picture of poise, picking up half-volleys with vintage panache and placing winners past Andy Murray. Then, in the bounce of a ball — or two bounces of the ball, depending on opinion — the 17time NADAL major winner was transformed back into the vulnerable, 2013-edition Federer. After breaking Murray to get a chance to serve for the match on Wednesday and a spot in the Australian Open semifinals for an 11th consecutive year, Federer dropped serve. He recovered and jumped to a 5-2 lead in the tiebreaker, but then Murray rallied and won six of the last seven points to prolong the quarterfinal. After wasting a handful of break-point chances in Murray’s next service game, which lasted almost 19
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Roger Federer makes a backhand return to Andy Murray during his 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 quarterfinal victory in the Australian Open on Wednesday in Melbourne, Australia.
minutes, Federer finally wore down the Wimbledon champion 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 to set up a semifinal showdown with top-ranked Rafael Nadal. “For me it was just a matter of staying calm and forgetting about it a little bit because, you know, the match was great until that point,” Federer said. Murray made his resurgence after disputing a point in the ninth game of the third set, when he thought the ball had bounced twice before Federer hit it. Replays shown in Rod Laver Arena were inconclusive. Federer thought was good, and left the call to the umpire. “I’m proud of the way I fought,” said
Murray, who had back surgery in September. “I’ve come a long way in four months.” Nadal lost the first set and faced set points in the third, getting a reprieve when first-time quarterfinalist Grigor Dimitrov pushed a forehand just wide in a tiebreaker. Despite a painful blister on the palm of his left hand that hampered his serve, Nadal advanced 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-2 against the 22-year-old Bulgarian. “You lose a little bit the coordination. Yeah, that’s a big deal,” Nadal said of his grip. “I served slower. I served bad (but) I was able to win a match against a very difficult opponent, so that has much more value than when everything is great.
match it’s always a little bit tough, especially it’s the first semifinal,” she said. “But hopefully after few games I’m going to be myself and play my best tennis.” Radwanska faces Cibulkova in the semis — a player she’s beaten four times in five matches, including a 6-0, 6-0 drubbing in the Sydney International final last year. Cibulkova knows she doesn’t have a great record against Radwanska, but she takes inspiration from Stanislas Wawrinka’s upset of fourtime men’s champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals after 14 consecutive losses to the Serb. “You just want to prove it to yourself that you can do it, and that’s what (Wawrinka) did,” Cibulkova said. Li, a two-time finalist at the Australian Open, has the most experience of any of the semifinalists playing in the latter stages of slams, but she’s also been susceptible to buckling under pressure.
BOWLING from Page B1 “I think we stand a good chance, it just depends how the pins fall,” LMA head coach Jay Atkins said. “It’s who gets the breaks and who carries the 10 pins. It’s who’s got the luck going that day.” LMA sophomore Ashleigh Atkins and senior Callie Morris are expected to lead a girls squad that returns five of six members from last year’s team. Terry Caples and Tyler Riles will lead the boys squad. Wilson Hall, which has a roster of 10 bowlers, will compete with a girls team and a co-ed team. “The girls are very consistent, and I feel pretty good that if they bowl their game we should be in the top three,” first-year Wilson Hall head coach Gabe Reynolds said. “As a co-ed, I feel we should do pretty well with Alex as our anchor.” That would be Alex Price, who won the individual state title last year. He carries an
average around 185 per game. The girls team is led by Kristen Hardy and Kaylee Pitts, who each average between 120 and 130 and were on last year’s team. Thomas Sumter, in only its second year of competition, will have a girls and co-ed team and feels confident about its chances. “I feel very confident we’ll finish top three,” said TSA head coach Mac McLeod. “Our girls have finished in the top four of all the tournaments and won last week at (Sumter Gamecock Lanes).” TSA has a roster of 12 bowlers with three boys and three girls having prior experience. TSA assistant head coach Eva Jackson said the team has a different mindset this year. “We had kids that were not focused on the game,” Jackson said of last year’s teams. “This year, this team came with a mission. Last year, they
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MANNING – Laurence Manning Academy improved to 2-1 on the season with a 24-8 victory over Robert E. Lee Academy on Wednesday at Bubba Davis Gymnasium. Olivia Coker led the Lady Swampcats with nine points.
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Crestwood High School fell to 6-4 on the season with a 35-24 loss to Darlington on Wednesday at The Castle. Azariah Dixon led the Lady Knights with 11 points. SUMTER CHRISTIAN SOUTH POINTE CHRISTIAN
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PAGELAND – Sumter Christian School fell to 5-6 on the season with a 35-33 loss to South Pointe Christian on Tuesday at the South Pointe gymnasium. Sarah Hutson led the Lady Bears, who are 2-3 in SCACS Coastal Area 1, with 12 points. Dixie Jones scored 10 and Susanna Hutson had eight. Brittani Evans paced South Pointe with 15.
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JV Knights improve to 8-2 Crestwood High School’s junior varsity boys basketball team improved to 8-2 on the season with a 41-28 victory over Darlington on Wednesday at The Castle. Ja Morant led the Knights with 12 points. Trayvon Webber finished with 11.
day at Bubba Davis Gymnasium. Grayson Gamble led the Swampcats with 12 points and Dalton page had nine. Drew Watson and Hunter McGee each had five to lead REL.
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BLYTHEWOOD – Crestwood High School lost to Westwood 54-30 on Wednesday at the Westwood gymnasium. Tylus Green led the Knights with 13 points.
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PPO ALUM from Page B1 With such a golden opportunity for one of the four to now break through and capture a major, the deciding factor in the semifinals may be who can best handle the pressure. “Of course, a couple seeded (players) are out. Doesn’t mean it’s going to be easier and you have a title right away,” Radwanska said. “It’s a bit more pressure. This is the semifinal of a Grand Slam.” Radwanska should know. The draw opened up similarly at Wimbledon last year when Williams and Sharapova were upset early and Azarenka pulled out with an injury, leaving the Polish player as the highest remaining seed and the favorite to capture her first major. Radwanska, however, crumpled in the semifinals against Sabine Lisicki, blowing a 3-0 lead in the third set. She said it’s natural to feel nervous in these situations. “I think in the beginning of the
Wilson Hall’s junior varsity girls basketball team improved to 13-0 on the season with a 29-10 victory over Ben Lippen on Wednesday at Nash Student Center. Sallie Spencer led the Lady Barons with eight points. Mary Daniel Stokes added seven,
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DALZELL – Jared Washington had a double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead Thomas Sumter Academy to a 41-33 victory over Palmetto Christian on Tuesday at Edens Gymnasium. Ryan Dixon added nine points for the Generals. Dante Linder and Kyle Decker both had eight. SUMTER CHRISTIAN SOUTH POINTE CHRISTIAN
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saw and tasted it and now they want the victory.” Senior Anastasia Patterson will bowl on the co-ed team that will be comprised of senior Josh McCoy, juniors Carson Turner and Elijah Baity and eighth-grader Richard Huntley. “I worked on consistency this year where last year I would just bowl,” Patterson said. “This year I’m more consistent and I think the tournaments we go to aren’t intimidating anymore now that we’ve gone to a few.” The girls team will be comprised of seniors Jillian Wilson and Patterson, juniors Brooke Smith, Victoria Barwick and Courtney Simpson, freshman Lauren Jones and seventh-grader Sydney Baity. “It’s definitely more than a game and it’s a lot more than you think,” Smith said. “I learned a lot more about how to close frames and how to bowl right and just getting better.” REL will compete as a co-ed team with just seven players on its roster, and only
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PAGELAND – Sumter Christian School improved to 4-1 in SCACS Coastal Area 1 with a 43-41 victory over South Pointe Christian on Tuesday at the South Pointe gymnasium. TJ Barron led the Bears, who are 11-7 overall, with 15 points. Shane Dennis added 11. Nolan Martin led South Pointe with 18 and Jonathan Starnes had 13. HARTSVILLE MANNING
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MANNING – Manning High School fell to 0-4 in Region VI-3A with a 67-55 loss to Hartsville on Tuesday at Thames Arena. Dwaymon Samuel led the Monarchs, 5-12 overall, with 15 points. Talaryon Rose added 11. Jalen Johnson paced the Red Foxes, 10-3 and 3-1, with 19 points and Demeshion Smith had 14. HARTSVILLE Smith 14, McCoy 3, Jackson 9, Brown 2, Ingram 9, Coe 1, Moses 1, Copeland 5, Johnson 19, Pooler 2. MANNING Brown 5, Samuel 15, Witherspoon 6, Sharper 6, Rose 11, Conyers 4, Wilson 6, Dupree 2.
three have experience from a year ago. Lucy Anderson, Carolina Welch and Emily Hopkins all are returning players for RELwith experience. “I feel like I’ve helped the team because, depending on how I bowl in the lineup, it’s either going to make us or break us,” said Anderson, who has been on the team since sixth grade. “Last year it seems like a couple of our teams just kind of went out there. I think this year we’ve caught on more quickly to what we need to do.” Clarendon Hall will compete with a boys and girls team with little experience as it graduated a plethora of seniors. The Saints are in their third season of competition with 12 bowlers, but have had limited practice due to some transportation issues. Saints head coach Ritchie Way said the girls team is young with only one senior, Brittany Bays. The boys team, which is led by junior Harley Dycus, got started late because it had trouble forming
a team. “When we get to Columbia I don’t know if we’ve got five boys or girls that can bowl at the top for a top team score, but when we get to the individual (tournament) next week we’ve got at least one boy and one girl that can be competitive at the top,” Way said. The top two individual boys and girls from each team will advance to the individual championship tournament, which will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, again at Royal Z Lanes.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014
EDWIN JERRY BLAYLOCK Retired Master Sgt. Edwin Jerry Blaylock, age 81, beloved husband of 59 years of Leona Kavanagh Blaylock, died on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Canton, N.C., he BLAYLOCK was a son of the late Samuel Luther and Anna Bell Phillips Blaylock. He graduated from Gastonia High School, Gastonia, N.C., in 1951 and attended the University of Alabama. Jerry “Ed” was a proud member of the United States Air Force and served during the Korean and Vietnam wars. His last duty was a NCOIC in the legal office of Shaw Air Force Base, where he retired in 1971. He was awarded with the USAF-Army Presidential Unit Citation with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Korea Defense Service Medal; National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Star; USAF Outstanding Unit Award with one Oak Leaf Cluster; USAF Longevity Service Award with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Good Conduct Medal;
USAF-Army Good Conduct Medal with four Bronze Knots; USAF Small Arms Expert; and a member of the Special Operations Group. Jerry “Ed” had a successful second career for 35 years as a paralegal for the Bryan Law Firm of Sumter. Jerry “Ed” was a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans, member of the American Legion, and a member of Thomas Sumter Academy’s athletic booster club. He was a volunteer coach and supporter of Sumter High School athletics. He was an avid fan of the University of South Carolina Gamecocks; American Legion P-15’s baseball; Atlanta Braves baseball; Carolina Panthers; and San Francisco 49ers. He also loved to play golf and fish. He bowled in numerous bowling leagues in Sumter. In his retirement years, he would spend endless hours working on jigsaw puzzles for family and friends. His incredible kindness and sense of humor will be missed by everyone who knew him. In addition to his wife of Sumter, he is survived by his children, Micheline “Mickey” Wheeler of Sumter, Kathleen Stafford and her husband, Robbie, of
Sumter, Edwin Jerry Blaylock II of Morristown, Tenn., and Teresa Durden and her husband, Tim, of Lexington; his brothers, Samuel Luther Blaylock Jr. and his wife, Ruby, of Elgin and David Lamar Blaylock of Dallas, N.C.; grandchildren, Gail Marie McLeod and her husband, Clint, Will “Buddy” McLeod, Christopher Alan Durden, Robert Stafford III and his wife, Sarah, Megan Renee Blaylock, Kenton Bailey Wheeler, and Lauren Nicole Blaylock; two great-grandchildren, Braxton Alexander Liebsly and Mikayla Leona McLeod; and a host of other relatives and friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Charles Ervin Blaylock; daughter-in-law, Robin Collake Blaylock; and Sweet Mollie Malone, his beloved cocker spaniel. A funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Bullock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Thomas Burke, CSsR officiating. Interment with full military honors will follow at St. Lawrence Cemetery in Sumter. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to the service on Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. at Bullock Funeral
Home, 1190 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Anne’s Catholic Church Building Fund, 216 E. Liberty St., Sumter SC 29150; KAT’s Special Kneads Small Animal Shelter, 3845 U.S. 15 North, Sumter, SC 29153; or to a charity of one’s choice. You may sign the family’s guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.
GARRY B. JASPER Garry Benjamin “Jazz” Jasper, 49, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2014, at his home in Rembert. Born Jan. 15, 1965, in Camden, he was one of four children of Geneva Alston Jasper and the late Joseph Jasper. He attended Sumter County JASPER public schools and was a graduate of Hillcrest High School Class of 1983. Garry resided in Rembert after proudly serving his country in the United States Navy.
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He enjoyed life and loved it to the fullest. To know him was to love him. Garry was a dedicated son, brother, companion, uncle and granduncle. He is survived by his wife of 13 years, Vickie Robinson; two sisters, Terry Jasper Harris of Rembert and Delores Jasper (Malik) of Waldorf, Md.; three brothers, Wilson “Willis” Grant of Oxon Hill, Md., Johnnie Diggs of Rembert and Shawn Jasper of Charlotte; stepdaughter, Quenine Robinson; son-in-law, Michael Dais; stepgrandchildren, Quinnez Allen, Quinton Dais and Quindon Dais; nephews, Marques Davis of El Cajon, Calif., and Alex Davis of Hickory, N.C.; nieces, Nicole Davis of Sumter and Jocelyn Grant (Willie) of Sumter; a precious niece, Shaakira Carter of Rembert; an adoring and treasured niece he raised as his own, Dawn Jasper Herndon (Michael) of Waldorf; his loving grandnieces and grandnephews, Hunter Williams, Nysia Brooks, Angelika Jasper, Zaria Jasper, Nykell Grant, Nydrea Grant, Jkia Davis and Joelle Herndon; a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends who were blessed to know and love him.
He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Jasper; and a sister, Joyce Jasper Davis. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Rafting Creek Baptist Church, 3860 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, with the Rev. Melvin Mack, pastor, presiding, Dr. D.L. Grant Sr., eulogist, assisted by the Rev. John Kennedy, the Rev. Lillian Reynolds, the Rev. James P. Durant and the Rev. Burdell Hill. The family is receiving friends and relatives at the home, 6210 Jasper Drive, Rembert. The remains will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. The funeral procession will leave at 2 p.m. from the home. Floral bearers and pallbearers will be members of the Hillcrest High School Class of 1983. Burial will be in Rafting Creek Baptist Churchyard cemetery. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@ sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc. com. Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. SEE OBITUARIES, PAGE B6
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Seattle’s Sherman surprised by public reaction to outburst BY TIM BOOTH The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — Richard Sherman wondered if he came to the NFL 20 years too late. The Seattle Seahawks’ All-Pro cornerback wondered if his swagger might have fit better a few decades earlier when that confidence and an unfiltered tongue was perhaps more accepted. “I studied the old school game more than I studied the new school SHERMAN game, and I play it that way. It rubs a lot of people the wrong way,” Sherman said Wednesday. “Giving a true speech after a game, a true passionate speech is old school football. Playing press corner and sitting up there every play is old school football. I guess maybe I just haven’t adjusted to the times.” Sherman spoke at length for the first time since Sunday’s NFC championship game win over San Francisco where his postgame comments to Fox reporter Erin Andrews became the talking point. It was a loud, emotional moment that happened just a few min-
utes after the Seahawks earned the second Super Bowl berth in franchise history. Sherman was at the center of the decisive play, deflecting a pass intended for Michael Crabtree in the end zone and watching teammate Malcolm Smith run over to intercept it to clinch the victory. Sherman’s ensuing remarks were directed mostly at Crabtree but his intense, shouting delivery is what took people aback. Sherman said the reaction that followed over the next two days left him a little stunned as well. “I was surprised by it. Because we’re talking about football here and a lot of people took it a little bit further than football.” Sherman said. “I guess some people showed how far we have really come in this day and age and it was kind of profound what happened and people’s opinions of that nature, because I was on a football field showing passion. Maybe it was misdirected, maybe things may have been immature, maybe things could have been worded better but this is on a football field. I didn’t commit any crimes, I wasn’t doing anything illegal. I was showing passion after a football game.”
Yanks, Tanaka agree to $155M, 7-year deal NEW YORK — The New York Yankees and prized Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka agreed Wednesday to a $155 million, seven-year contract. In addition to the deal with TANAKA the 25-year-old righthander, the Yankees must pay a $20 million fee to his Japanese team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Big league teams had until Friday to reach an agreement with Tanaka, who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year as the Golden Eagles won the Japan Series title. BRENT CONVICTED OF CRIME
DALLAS — Former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent was convict-
SPORTS ITEMS ed of intoxication manslaughter Wednesday for a fiery wreck that killed his teammate and close friend, Jerry Brown. He faces up to 20 years in prison for a December 2012 wreck after a night of partying with fellow Cowboys players. He could also get probation. A’S, LHP O’FLAHERTY AGREE
OAKLAND, Calif. — When Eric O’Flaherty returns to health and his former form, the Oakland Athletics believe they have one of baseball’s best lefthanders to add to an already stout bullpen. The A’s further bolstered their pitching staff Wednesday, agreeing with the freeagent lefty on a $7 million, two-year contract.
AREA SCOREBOARD RUGBY TEAM FORMATION
Interest is being gauged for the formation of a local adult rugby team. No experience is necessary. For those who are interested, call Nathan McKee at (210) 872-1574 or send an email to sumtergenerals@live.com. SOCCER REFEREE CLASS
A Grade 8 U.S. Soccer referee class will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Westminster Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall located at 230 Alice Drive. The cost of the 1-day class is $80. One must register in advance at the SC Referees site, http:// screferees.com/, and must be at least 14 years old.
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For more information, contact Chester Replogle at (803) 972-1394. YOUTH SPRING SIGNUP
The Sumter County Recreation Department is taking registration for its spring youth soccer leagues through today. There will be leagues for children ages 9 and under, 12 and under and 17 and under based on their ages of Sept. 1, 2014. The registration fee is $40 for the 9 and under league and $45 for the 12 and under and 17 and under leagues. There will be no late registration. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or go to www.sumtercountysc.org. MEN’S OPEN SIGNUP
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PHILADELPHIA — Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is dealing with an undisclosed health issue and will not be a guest instructor for the Philadelphia Phillies at spring training this year. Schmidt still plans to visit camp in the middle of March, the team says in a statement. However, the former third baseman won’t serve as an instructor for the first time in more than a decade so he can “remain near his doctors.” The team says Schmidt also plans to visit Philadelphia throughout the summer. From wire reports
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The Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for a co-ed adult soccer league through Friday. The entry fee is $375 per team and space is limited. Games will be played on the weekends.
A team meeting will be held on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the recreation department located at 155 Haynsworth Street. For more information, call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or go to www.sumtercountysc.org. BASEBALL SPRING REGISTRATION
The Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for its spring baseball leagues beginning on Monday. Registration for children ages 4-12 will run through Feb. 13. The last day to register for the 13-14 year-old league is March 21. A player’s age will be based on the age as of April 30, 2014. The cost to register will be $35 for 4-6, $40 for 7-8,
$45 for 9-10, $45 for 11-12 traditional, $50 for 11-12 O’Zone and $50 for 13-14. A birth certificate is required if one is not on file at the recreation department. A mandatory coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street for anyone interested in coaching. For more information call the recreation department at (803) 436-2248 or visit the website at www. sumtercountysc.org. SOFTBALL SPRING REGISTRATION
The Sumter County Recreation Department will be taking registration for its spring girls softball leagues beginning on Monday. Registration for chil-
dren ages 5-12 will run through Feb. 13. The last day to register for the 13-18 year-olds is March 28. A player’s age will be based on her age as of Dec. 31, 2013. The cost to register will be $35 for 5-6, $40 for 7-8 and $45 for 9-18. A birth certificate is required if one is not on file at the recreation department. A mandatory coaches meeting will be held on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. at the recreation department at 155 Haynsworth Street for anyone interested in coaching. For more information call the recreation department at (803) 4362248 or visit the website at www.sumtercountysc. org.
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BUENA M. KIRBY OLANTA — Buena McIntosh Kirby, 81, widow of Arthur Kirby, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at 464 N. Jones Road, Olanta. She was born Oct. 16, 1932, in Turbeville, a daughter of the late Ernest and Lucretia Rush McIntosh. The family is receiving friends at 464 N. Jones Road, Olanta. These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning. ADDIE L. McCRAY LYNCHBURG — Funeral service for Addie L. Wilson McCray, 77, widow of Clarence McCray Sr. and mother of Clarence Jr., Sylvester (Barbara), George, the Rev. Larry (Olivia), Ervin, Lorenza (Angie), Clayton (Iris), Dennis (Harriett), the Rev. Michael, Wally, Rebecca (Nathaniel), Valery and Harriet, will be held at noon today at New Haven United Methodist Church in Timmonsville. Interment will follow at Hawkins Cemetery in Lynchburg. Mrs. McCray passed Jan. 17, 2014. She was a member of Warren Chapel United Methodist Church and was an inspiration to her community and everyone she met. She is also survived by a brother, Henry Wilson (Betty); a sister, Virginia Nowlin; sister-inlaw, Carron Smith; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; her guardian children, Jimmy and Ernestine; extended family members and friends. Jefferson Funeral Home of Lynchburg is in charge of services. WILLIE MAE PRESCOTT Willie Mae Prescott, 53, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born Feb. 21, 1960, in Lee County, she was a daughter of William Jr. and Catherine Johnson Prescott. The family will receive friends and relatives at the home of Susie Brisbone, 5460 Raymond Jenkins Road, Sumter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter. CLARA DELL C. TICHNELL BLYTHEWOOD — Clara Dell Corbett Tichnell, 64, wife of Norman O. “Red” Tichnell, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at her home. Born Dec. 20, 1949, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Perry Woodrow Corbett Sr. and Lois Nancy Davis Corbett. She was a member of Paxville United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband of Blythewood; three brothers, Sammy A. Corbett (Mary Lou) of Columbia, and Woody Corbett (Jean) and Stanley Corbett (Virginia), both of Manning; and a number of nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Paxville Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Paxville United Methodist Church, c/o Harold Corbett, 1130 McLeod Road, Manning, SC 29102. Stephens Funeral
Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org
KENNETH DINKINS Sr. Kenneth Dinkins Sr. was born on July 7, 1966, in New York, N.Y., to Inez Wright Dinkins Mitchell and the late Samuel Dinkins Jr. He departed this life on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. He attended the public schools of Sumter County and was a 1985 graduate of Hillcrest High School. In 1988 he was wed to Tia Smith, and to this union three sons were born. He leaves to cherish his memory: his mother, Inez Mitchell of College Park, Ga.; three sons, Glenn Darnell (Denetra), Kenneth Jr. of Smyrna, Ga., and Travis Jaron of Wedgefield; one grandson, Noah; his maternal grandmother, Marian Wright of Wedgefield; paternal grandmother, Annie Lee McLeod of Baltimore; aunts, Thelma Persha of Hyattsville, Md., the Rev. Ella Brandon of Bronx, N.Y., Elizabeth Gayle and Claretha Conyers, both of Wedgefield, Jeanette Nesbitt of Charleston, Gertrude Garrett of Baltimore, Geneva Dennis of Brandon, Miss., Jerline Wright of Columbia, Barbara Frierson and Minnie Ramsey, both of Sumter, and Georgia Mae Bailey of Baltimore; uncles, James Dinkins of Sumter, Jay McLeod of Baltimore and Marion Nesbitt of Charleston; two very special uncles, Luke Gayle of Wedgefield and Abraham “Uncle Bro” Wright of Beltsville, Md.; and a host of cousins and other relatives. He will also be missed by the many people who knew and loved him. Public viewing will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Job’s Mortuary. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Friday for viewing until the hour of service. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Salem Chapel and Heritage Center, 101 S. Salem St., with the Rev. Ella Brandon, Greater Bethel AME Church of New York, N.Y., officiating. Interment will follow in Bethel AME Church cemetery, 1605 S.C. 261 S., Wedgefield. The family is receiving friends at 66 Sally St., Wedgefield. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc. rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net. ANN LUCAS Ann Lucas, 84, wife of W.D. Lucas, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at her home. Born in Florence, she was a daughter of the late Dr. D.O. and Charlotte Foster Holman. Mrs. Lucas was the retired cafeteria manager at Christian Academy in Manning. Surviving are her husband of 65 years of Sumter; a son, David Lucas (Karen) of Columbia; a daughter, Charlotte Lucas of the home; a brother, Dr.
David Holman (Pat) of York; a sister, the Rev. Adrienne Anderson (the Rev. Lyn) of Lake View; six grandchildren, Capt. Clifford Dean Lucas (Michele), Andrew Lucas (Michelle), Cecilia Lucas, Stephanie Laitenen, Micheal Lucas and William Lucas; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, William Dean Lucas Jr. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Adrienne Anderson and the Rev. Lyn Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Online condolences may be sent to www. sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.
FREDRICKA H. RODDEY Fredricka Hill Roddey, 89, wife of Samuel Lathan Roddey Jr., died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, at her home. Born in Reidsville, N.C., she was a daughter of the late Daniel Pinckney Hill and Jessie Crowder Hill. Mrs. Roddey was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She came to Sumter to receive training at the Tuomey Hospital School of Nursing, where she received her degree as a registered nurse and met her future husband. Surviving are her husband of 65 years of Sumter; one son, Samuel Lathan Roddey III and wife, Mary Garland; one daughter, Emily Roddey Wilson and husband, Bob, all of Sumter; three grandchildren, Robert S. Wilson Jr. and wife, Annie, Martha Ann R. McCarley and husband, Robert, and Emily R. Sawyer and husband, Philip; and one great-granddaughter, Mary Boyd McCarley. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. today in Sumter Cemetery with the Rev. Ray Fancher and the Rev. Janie McElwee-Smith officiating. The family will receive friends at the graveside following the service. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 9 W. Calhoun St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, 107 Westpark Blvd., Columbia, SC 29210. Online condolences may be sent to www. sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.
OZIAS GRAY Jr. Ozias Gray Jr. died Jan. 13, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. He was the husband of Willean Bethune Gray. Funeral services were held at noon Monday at Alice Drive Baptist Church with the Rev. Clay Smith, pastor, and Minister Kenneth Brown, nephew, was the eulogist. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. The family requests that donations in Mr. Gray’s memory be made to the American Red Cross or LBDA (Lewy Body Dementia Association). Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, was in charge of arrangements. WILLIAM RICHARD ALEXANDER Jr. ATHENS, Ga. — William Richard “Dick” Alexander, 98, of Athens, died on Jan. 19, 2014. Mr. Alexander, born April 11, 1915, was a son of the late William Richard Sr. and Nora Clinkscales Alexander of Blakely, Ga. Mr. Alexander attended Georgia Middle College and received his bachelor of science degree from Georgia Teachers College and his master’s degree from George Peabody College in 1942. He worked for the University of Georgia for more than 40 years before retiring as associate director of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education in 1981. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Athens, where he served in many capacities including chairman of the board of deacons. He remained an avid fan of the Georgia Bulldogs and the Atlanta Braves. He will be remembered for his love of family, friends, and fishing. Mr. Alexander was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Elizabeth Almand Alexander in 1998; his eldest son, William “Bill” Alexander III; and grandson, Mike Alexander, both formerly of Sumter. Mr. Alexander has two surviving sons, Roger and wife, Renee, of Lake Toxaway, N.C., and Joe and wife, Donna, of Fuquay, N.C.; and a daughter-in-law, Anita Alexander of Sumter. He leaves five grandchildren, Alex, Robin, Luke, Mark and Tracy; and five greatgrandchildren, Ben, Lauren, Ashley, Carter and Jack, with many memories to cherish. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Oconee Hill Cemetery. Bridges Funeral Home of Athens is in charge of arrangements. BEATRICE BLOUNT ORANGEBURG — Beatrice Blount, 70, of 110 Eljay Court, Orangeburg, died Jan. 18, 2014, at The Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at noon Friday at Olive Grove Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Odell Simpson, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Belleville Memorial Gardens. The casket will be placed in the church at 11 a.m.
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Viewing will be held from 2:30 to 8 p.m. today at Glover’s Funeral Home. Friends may call at the residence and at Glover’s Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at gloversfuneralhome.com.
DENISE COPELAND Denise Christine Tekavec Copeland, age 54, beloved wife of 30 years to Scott Copeland, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter.
BRENDA McLEOD SIMS Brenda McLeod Sims was born Aug. 12, 1952, in Sumter, to the late Jimmie and Annie Mae McLeod Shaw. She departed this life on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Sumter Health and Rehab. Brenda received her formal education in the public schools of Sumter County. She attended Sumter Beauty College and was self-employed for more than 30 years as a licensed cosmetologist. She also worked at the Peach Factory, Comcast Cable, and Red Lobster for a number of years. Brenda was the widow of Louis L. Sims, whom she met and married in 1969. She leaves to cherish her memory: a son, Rodney T. (Feresa) McLeod of San Antonio, Texas; a daughter, Assonia (Stanley) Yates of the home; seven grandchildren, Sebastian (Tiffany) Vaughn of Detroit, Mich., Rodrek McLeod, Ayana McLeod and Tyrone (Tara) Wells, all of San Antonio, and Brianna Harper, Mikaela Yates and Camryn Yates, all of Sumter; two greatgrandchildren, Amiya Harper and Kenzie Wells; a godson, Ronald (Kaisha) Hines of Tampa, Fla.; two brothers, Roosevelt Shaw of Hawaii and Jeremiah McLeod of Columbia; three sisters, Julia Shaw Adams of Buffalo, N.Y., Pinkie Wilson of Sumter and Harriett Williams of Florida; a sister-in-law, Nora Sims Turner of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; three aunts and one uncle, Carrie M. McLeod, Henrietta Bowman, Blanche Cooper and Freddie McLeod, all of Sumter; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. There will not be a public viewing. Funeral service will be held at noon Friday at Union Station AME Church, 945 S. Main St., with the Rev. Dr. Vernon L. Holland officiating. The family is receiving friends at 29 Rast St., Sumter. Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter, is in charge of arrangements. Online memorials may be sent to the family at jobsmortuary@sc. rr.com or visit us on the web at www.jobsmortuary.net. GEORGE A. JOHNSON George Andrew “Andy” Johnson, hus-
band of Carolyn Johnson, entered eternal rest on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, at his home. He was born Nov. 8, 1957, in Sumter County, a son of the late Bristow Sr. and Carolyn Colclough Johnson. The family is receiving relatives and friends at the home, 1008 Nathaniel St., Sumter. Services will be announced by Community Funeral Home of Sumter.
VINCENT A. JACKSON Mr. Vincent Anthony Jackson, 24, entered eternal rest on Jan. 17, 2014, in Sumter. Born Sept. 10, 1989, in Sumter, he was a son of Therel and Barbara Prince Jackson. He received his education in the public schools of Sumter County and graduated from Sumter High School in 2008. He attended the Career Center and received a certificate as a welder. He had various jobs in the welding field. He was a member of Joshua Baptist Church and served as a member of the junior brotherhood and the usher ministry. Survivors are his parents, Therel and Barbara Prince Jackson of Sumter; a son, Jayden A. Jackson of Sumter; his companion, Jessica De’Andra Wilson of the home; two brothers, Tyrell Jackson of Sumter and Therel Mandrel White of Alexandria, Va.; two nephews, Silas White and Christian White; 10 aunts; seven uncles; and a host of other relatives and friends. Viewing for Mr. Jackson will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held at noon Friday at Joshua Missionary Baptist Church, Dalzell, with the Rev. Eugene Dennis, pastor, assisted by the Rev. William Jefferson. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family is receiving visitors at the home of his parents, 9 Brown St. Online memorials can be sent to comfhltj@ sc.rr.com. Community Funeral Home of Sumter is in charge of these arrangements. SAM LARRY PRINGLE Sam Larry Pringle, 61, husband of Glamor Sanders Pringle, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, at the Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia. Born June 23, 1952, in Sumter County, he was a son of Wesley Sr. and Gertrude Williams Pringle. The family will receive friends and relatives at the family home, 5045 Dennis Road, Rembert. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter. JULIUS G. CAPERS Jr. Julius Grant Capers Jr., 76, departed this life on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at St. Joseph Hospital, Tucson, Ariz. Born May 22, 1937, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Julius Grant Sr. and Maziepta Robinson Capers. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later by Job’s Mortuary Inc., 312 S. Main St., Sumter.
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Split Oak Firewood, $60/dump, $70/stacked. Darrell Newman 803-316-0128. Tree Service also available.
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2007 Singlewide. Owner financing with $5,000 down. Call 803-236-5953
2Br home Carolina Ave. & 2Br Apt Miller Rd. $395 mo. First mo. rent free! 774-8512 / 983-5691
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LAND FOR SALE: 3.25 acres (Airport Rd). Asking $8,000. Call 803-406-3596.
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5775 Cane Savannah Rd. (Wedgefield). 1+ acre land for sale. Perfect for a new home or future investment. Close to Shaw AFB. 803-983-2261
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Beer & Wine License
Notice Of Application Notice is hereby given that The Links at Lakewood, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license permit that will allow the sale ON premises consumption of Beer, Wine & Liquor at 3600 Green View Parkway, Sumter, SC 29150. To object to the issuance of this permit / license, written protest must be postmarked no later than February 8, 2014. For a protest to be valid, it must be in writing, and should include the following information: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the person filing the protest; (2) the specific reasons why the application should be denied; (3) that the person protesting is willing to attend a hearing (if one is requested by the applicant); (4) that the person protesting resides in the same county where the proposed place of business is located or within five miles of the business; and (5) the name of the applicant and the address of the premises to be licensed. Protests must be mailed to: S.C. Department of Revenue, ATTN: ABL, P.O. Box 125, Columbia, South Carolina 29214; or Faxed to: (803) 896-0110.
Public Hearing PUBLIC NOTICE Destruction of Special Education Records (300.573) Sumter School District will destroy special education records for students exiting during or prior to the 2008-2009 school year. Records being destroyed include all special education referral records, evaluation reports, testing protocols, notifications of meetings, Individual Education Plans (IEP), reviews of existing data summaries, and all other personally identifiable information therein. Under state and federal law, special education records must be maintained for a period of five years after special education services have ended. Former students over the age of 18, or parents of students over the age of 18, who have retained parental rights through the court's determination, may obtain special education records by contacting and making an appointment with Mrs. Lillarweise Seymore at (803) 774-5500 (ext. 214). Records destruction will begin March 1, 2014. Requests for special education records must be received prior to March 1, 2014.
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3BR 1BA newly renovated, C/H/A, stove & refrig. Near Lakewood High School $595 Mo+Dep 469-8328 / 983-9711 2BR Home on Patricia Dr. Completely remodeled. Den, DR, C/H/A $475/mo. + $475/dep. 3BR/2BA MH with Den, LR, DR, W/D hook up, C/H/A with large fenced backyard. Located in Country Springs on 15S. $575/mo + $575/dep. Call 803-316-7958 or 803-773-1838 Mon-Fri between 9-5pm. Section 8 welcome.
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