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UNION — The five candidates for the two county-wide races on the November ballot will face each other and field questions from the public during a debate this evening at USC Union.

Brad Greer, enroll-ment director, said the three candidates for Union County

Sheriff — David Taylor (incum-bent), William Jolly and Marshal Adams — and the two candidates for Union County Clerk of Court — Freddie Gault (incumbent) and Melanie Lawson — are scheduled to participate in the debate which will be held from 6:30 p.m.

to 8 p.m. in the auditorium on on the third floor of the Main Building.

The debate, which is being sponsored by the university and WBCU, will be mod-erated by Dr. Allan Charles, professor of history, who will ask the candidates ques-tions from the public.

Greer, who teach-ers a government class at USC Union,

said Monday there are 15 questions for the candidates for sheriff and eight for the candidates for clerk of court. He said he had the students in his class call people around the county solicit-ing questions for the candidates. The rest of the questions were

submitted to him from the public via email.

If time permits, Greer said the can-didates will also field questions from the audience.

Taylor, who was elected sheriff in 2008, is opposed in his bid for a second term by Jolly, who served as sheriff from

1981 to 1993, and by Adams, a for-

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First Steps seeking board nominationsStaff Report

UNION — The Union County First Steps Partnership Board encourages the public to submit nominations for the Union County First Steps board of trustees. Nominees should live or be employed in Union County. There are 16 seats available in the following categories: Pre-kindergarten through primary educator (one

vacancy) Family education, training and support provider (two vacancies) Childcare and early childhood development/education provider (two vacan-cies) Healthcare provider (one vacancy) Transportation provider (two vacancies) Non-profit organization that provides services to families and children (one vacancy) Faith community (two vacan-cies) Business community

(two vacancies) Parents of a pre-school child being served by First Steps programs (one vacancy) Persons from early childhood education (four vacancies)

Nominees should have a commitment to the educa-tion, healthy development and well-being of young children ages birth to 6 years old. The Union County First Steps Board currently meets every

other month and additional times as needed throughout the year.

Nomination forms are avail-able from Union County First Steps or by calling (864) 429-1748 ext. 306. Nominations should be submitted to Union County First Steps Office, 120 Lakeside Drive, Union, SC 29379.

The deadline for nomina-tions is Nov. 28, 2012.

Americans should reject Obama-Romney foreign policyIf we needed evidence of the impoverishment of

American politics, the so-called debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney gave us all we could ask for.

• Winnie Rice GoreJonesville 10/28/2012

• Katie Lee Procter WilliamsHilton Head 10/28/2012

• Bobby G. RippyUnion 10/29/2012

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Derik VanderfordStaff Writer

UNION — After a successful visit from “Mattman” and “Nine” in July, another member of “The Rise Guys” will come to Union, but this time, it’s for more than a meet and greet with fans.

Matthew “Mattman” Harris and James “Nine” McDonald — of 93.3 FM’s Rise Guys Morning Show — visited Union in July after realizing there is a local concentration of lis-teners. Harris said at the meet-and-greet that he was astonished at how many of the show’s Facebook fans were from Union.

Now, Jeff Lewis Neal — another “Rise Guy” — will make a trip to Union this Saturday, but instead of a meet-and-greet, his destination will be a wrestling ring.

Jeff Lewis Neal (JLN) will chal-

‘Rise Guy’ to visit Union this Saturday

Photo submittedJeff Lewis Neal — of 93.3 FM’s Rise Guys Morning Show — is a radio host by day and a professional wrestler by night.

Three charged with attempting to make methCharles WarnerEditor

UNION — What began as a mobile home fire ended with the arrest of three people for alleg-edly attempting to make meth.

Gene Warren Moore, 43, 1201 Old Buncombe Road, Union; James Bradley O’Shields, 30, 121 Magnolia Circle, Union; and Marcie

Lynne Loyd, 32, 121 Magnolia Circle, Union, are each charged by the Union

County Sheriff ’s Office with attempting to man-ufacture methamphet-amine.

The incident reported stated that the Southside Fire Department was dispatched at 11:15 p.m. Friday to a structure fire at O’Shields and Loyd’s residence. Shortly after the department was dis-

patched to the scene, dispatch stated that the fire may have been the result of

a clandestine methamphetamine labora-tory.

Deputies were dis-patched to the scene and by the time they arrived the firefighters were ventilating the mobile home with fans. After obtaining written con-sent to search the struc-ture from O’Shields, deputies went inside the building and found the area around the sink

had sustained substantial burns and had damage to the tile on the floor,

the cabinets, the ceiling, the walls, and counter top areas. They also noticed a

burned container of Coleman fuel on the floor near the base of the sink along with a lot of tin foil. Also on the floor was the remnants of a plastic milk jug containing ammonium nitrate pellets.

There were coffee filters that appeared as if they might have been used in a previous meth-amphetamine cook soaking in a glass on the kitchen coun-

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November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

Charles Warner|Daily TimesUnion County Supervisor Tommy Sinclair, left, and City of Union Mayor Harold Thompson, right, sign a proclamation proclaiming November National Hospice and Palliative Care Month in Union County and the City of Union. The ceremony was attended by Penny Adamo, standing, community relations liaison for Hospice Care of South Carolina.

Charles WarnerEditor

UNION — A proclama-tion issued by city and county officials urges the public to educated them-selves about hospice and palliative care services available to persons of all ages in the community.

The proclamation was signed Monday morning by City of Union Mayor Harold Washington and Union County Supervisor in a ceremony attended by Penny Adamo, com-munity relations liaison for Hospice Care of South Carolina. It declares November as “National Hospice and Palliative Care Month” in Union

County and the City of Union and urges the public to “increase their understanding awareness of care at the end of life.”

Hospice and palliative care are described by the proclamation as offer-ing “the highest quality of care to patients and families and bring com-fort, love and respect for all those they serve in communities across the nation and in Union.” It states that “hospice and palliative care provid-ers take the time to ask what’s important to those they are caring for — and listen to what their patients and families say.” Hospice and pallia-tive care professionals, a

category which includes “physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, coun-selors, and clergy,” pro-vide “comprehensive and compassionate care that make the wishes of each patient and family a pri-ority.”

The proclamation states that “through pain management and symp-tom control, caregiver training and assistance, and emotional and spiri-tual support,” patients are allowed to “live fully until the final moments, surrounded and support-ed by the faces of loved one, friends, and commit-ted caregivers.

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Read Romans 5:1-8[God] comforts us in

all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. — 2 Corinthians 1:4 (NIV)

PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus, when we strug-gle with loneliness, help us turn to you and

strengthen us to reach out to others. Help us find joy and peace in you. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God has a purpose for each one of us.

LINK2LIFE: Find a place to serve someone experiencing some pain you have faced.

By The Associated PressToday is Tuesday, Oct.

30, the 304th day of 2012. There are 62 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Oct. 30, 1912, Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term of office with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day. (Sherman was replaced with Nicholas Murray Butler, but Taft, the Republican candi-date, ended up losing in an Electoral College landslide to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.)

On this date:In 1735, the second

president of the United States, John Adams, was born in Braintree, Mass.

In 1893, the U.S. Senate gave final con-gressional approval to repealing the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.

In 1921, the silent film classic “The Sheik,” star-ring Rudolph Valentino, premiered in Los Angeles.

In 1938, the radio play “The War of the Worlds,” starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS.

In 1944, the Martha Graham ba l l e t “Appalachian Spring,” with music by Aaron Copland, premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., with Graham in a lead-ing role.

In 1945, the U.S. gov-ernment announced the

end of shoe rationing, effective at midnight.

In 1953, Gen. George C. Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Albert Schweitzer received the Peace Prize for 1952.

In 1961, the Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb, the “Tsar Bomba,” with a force estimated at about 50 megatons. The Soviet Party Congress unanimously approved a resolution ordering the removal of Josef Stalin’s body from Lenin’s tomb.

In 1972, 45 people were killed when an Illinois Central Gulf com-muter train was struck from behind by another train in Chicago’s South Side.

In 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (zah-EER’), known as the “Rumble in the Jungle,” to regain his world heavyweight title.

In 1985, schoolteach-er-astronaut Christa McAuliffe witnessed the launch of the space shuttle Challenger, the same craft that carried her and six other crew members to their deaths in January 1986.

In 1997, a jury in Cambridge, Mass., con-victed British au pair Louise Woodward of sec-ond-degree murder in the death of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen. (The judge, Hiller B. Zobel,

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Winnie Rice GoreJonesville Church Of God Member

JONESVILLE — Mrs. Winnie Rice Gore, 84, widow of John Gore, 236 Hames Avenue, Jonesville, passed away Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Gore was born in Statesville, N.C., Sept.20, 1928, a daughter of the late Wilmer Houston Rice and Rita McCrary Rice. She was a member of the Jonesville Church of God.

Surviving are a daugh-ter, Sherry Foster and husband Danny; a grand-son, Jeremy Gore and wife Joy, all of Jonesville; two great-grandchildren, Matthew Roberts of Jonesville and Miranda Emler of Blacksburg; a sister, Lula Mae Guy and husband George of Statesville, N.C.

Mrs. Gore was prede-ceased by a daughter, Sally West.

Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 at the Jonesville Church of God conducted by Rev. Roger Byrd. Burial will be in Jonesville Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the Holcombe’s Jonesville Chapel.

The family will be at the home of her grandson, Jeremy Gore, 236 Hames Avenue, Jonesville, and at the home her daugh-ter, Sherry Foster, 346 Fairview St., Jonesville.

The S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc.

(www.holcombefuner-alhomes.com)

Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Rd., Bluffton, SC 29910

(843) 815-5535 phone (843) 815-7131 fax

Katie Lee Procter WilliamsUnion County Native

HILTON HEAD — Mrs. Katie Lee Procter Williams, 80, passed away on Oct. 28, 2012 at the Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

Mrs. William was born in Union County, S.C., daughter of the late Roy and Viola Farr Procter. She attended Union County schools finish-ing high school at Kelly-Pinckney in the class of 1949. She received an RN degree from the South Carolina Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1952.

Prior to marriage she worked in Columbia for Dr. Hall and did pri-vate duty nursing. She also worked in Union at

the Wallace Thomson Hospital after marriage.

She married Robert A. Williams of Columbia, S.C. in 1953, and she and Mr. Williams lived in Alexandria, VA, Wilmington, DE, Lawrence, KS, Birmingham, AL and Hollywood, FL before settling in the Atlanta (Decatur), GA area. After raising her children, she worked at the DeKalb Medical Center, Decatur, GA.

Mrs. Williams was active at St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Decatur, GA as a member and chairperson of the LCW and also served on several committees. After retiring to Hilton Head in 1992, Mrs. Williams loved flower gardening, bicycling, walking and observing wildlife. She also attended St. Andrew By the Sea Methodist Church in Hilton Head.

Mrs. Williams is sur-vived by her husband of over 58 years, Robert (Bob) A. Williams; daughter, Carol (Jerry) Anson of Newnan, GA; son, Alan P. Williams of Melbourne, FL; son, Robert P. (Penny) Williams of Alpharetta, GA; granddaughters, Kacie A. Dickinson, Camily Williams and

Caitlin P. Neal; and sev-eral great grandchildren.

Also surviving are sisters Daisy Little of Union, S.C., Wilhelmena Littlejohn of Jonesville, S.C. and Anne Carpenter of Fairview, N.C.; and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

In addition to her par-ents she was predeceased by a sister, Bertha Fowler of Union, S.C.; Vera Samples of Jonesville, S.C. and brothers, Arthur M. Procter of Aiken, S.C. and Clifford Proctor of Union County, S.C.

The family requests memorial donations be made in memory of Katie Williams to SCBH Nurses Alumnae Association, Stephanie S. Gerrald, 2125 Rolling Hills Road, Columbia, SC 29210-6135.

A private memorial ser-vice will be held for fam-ily and friends.

Sauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton, S.C.

Bobby G. RippyUNION — Dr. Bobby

G. Rippy, 82, husband of Barbara Harter Rippy, 126 Heritage Way, Union, passed away Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 at his home.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later by the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home.

COLUMBIA — G r e e n v i l l e - b a s e d Servosity Inc., a devel-oper and provider of data backup and disas-ter recovery solutions to managed service pro-viders and IT resellers, today announced plans to expand its operations in Greenville County. The company expects to gen-erate 30 new jobs over the next 12 to 18 months.

According to Damien Stevens, CEO of Servosity, the company will expand its support teams and infrastructure to meet the increasing needs of a growing cus-tomer base.

“The planned addition of this talent adds to Servosity’s ability to be a single-source provider of backup and disaster recovery solutions for our growing customer base across North America, and we thank our custom-ers and industry partners for their commitment and confidence,” Stevens said. “We also greatly appreciate the assistance of the Greenville Area Development Corporation (GADC), NEXT, the Department of Commerce, city of Greenville and all the partners who collabo-rated to help make today’s growth announcement a reality.”

The company has relo-cated its headquarters

to occupy approximately 3,200 square feet in the NEXT Innovation Center, located at 411 University Ridge in Greenville.

“It’s always excit-ing to see one of South Carolina’s home-grown, existing businesses increase its footprint here. We celebrate Servosity’s decision to expand and create 30 new high-pay-ing jobs in Greenville. Announcements like this one are a great indication that the Palmetto State is the right place to do business,” said Gov. Nikki Haley.

“South Carolina was recently recognized as a top state for doing busi-ness in large part because of our workforce talent and worker training and development programs. When a high-tech compa-ny, like Servosity, chooses to expand here, it shows that our state’s workforce along with our business-friendly environment help companies prosper and create new jobs for South Carolinians,” said Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt.

Servosity’s intuitive backup and disaster recovery solutions allow its customers to man-age and monitor backup and disaster recovery operations 24/7/365. As a result, managed service providers (MSPs) and

IT resellers can reduce recovery time objectives and ensure vital conti-nuity of business opera-tions if disaster strikes in as little as 15 minutes. Whether a simple com-puter crash or complete disaster, Servosity pres-ents its solutions as the easiest way to eliminate downtime, enhancing risk management and improv-ing profitability.

“Servosity is a great example of a company combining its highly refined technology with the Upstate’s exception-al talent base to expand their business,” said H.G. “Butch” Kirven, a director of the GADC and chair-man of Greenville County Council. “The company has found a formula for success keyed on research and innovation. This is a case study of our region’s collaborative approach to expanding its knowl-edge economy, and this is a great example of the opportunities to be found in Greenville County and South Carolina.”

“This is a tremen-dous day for Greenville. Servosity has been a valued member of our growing community of knowledge-based com-panies since the early days of NEXT and we look forward to sup-porting their continued growth and success here

for many years to come,” said John Moore, execu-tive vice president at the Greenville Chamber and co-founder of NEXT.

The company intends to begin hiring imme-diately. Positions to be filled include software developers, software engi-neers, system engineers, support engineers and account managers. For more information, or to apply, visit them online at www.servosity.com/careers.

A b o u t S .C . Department of Commerce

As South Carolina’s leading economic devel-opment agency, the Department of Commerce works to recruit new businesses and help exist-ing businesses grow. Commerce won the Gold Shovel Award and the Project of Year Award from Area Development magazine in 2012. Commerce has been part of recruiting world-class companies to South Carolina such as Boeing, Bridgestone, Continental, Monster.com, Heinz, ZF Group, BMW and Google Inc. Commerce also sup-ports small and existing business, rural develop-ment initiatives and offers grants for com-munity development. For more information, visit www.SCcommerce.com.

Servosity Inc. expanding operations in Greenville

lenge Trans-South Wrestling heavy-weight champion Deon Johnson in a match this Saturday at the Union County Fairgrounds.

As a student at Wade Hampton High School, JLN won two state wrestling championships and still holds three records there — most wins in a season at 39-0, most wins in a career at 141-15 and most pins in a career at 107.

He grew up idolizing the pros such as Ric Flair, The Great Muta, Kurt Angle and Hulk Hogan, and in 2000 he began training to wrestle profes-sionally. After a year of training, he traveled around the southeast and made his way into the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance). He won cham-pionships in several promotions and traveled overseas to wrestle in places such as Nigeria and Poland.

In 2007, JLN wrestled Kevin Thorn on worldwide television for ECW, and he played the role of “the fake Shawn Michaels” on WWE’s Monday Night RAW. JLN said he recently had a suc-cessful tryout with Ring of Honor and will be working more with them in the future. His goals for the future include more travel.

“I want to do more international tours and go to Mexico and Japan,” he said.

So how did someone focused on a pro wrestling career become one of The Rise Guys?

“I got into radio from my boss, Mark Hendrix, who found me at the gym 4 Balance Fitness in Greenville and liked my personality,” JLN said. “He asked if I had ever thought about a career in radio, and the rest is history.”

JLN also said he has known TSW champion Deon Johnson for many years, and he called Johnson “one of the best in the wrestling business.” He said Johnson has helped him through-out the years, and he appreciates everything Johnson has done for him.

The pleasantries stopped there, however.

“The fact is that I believe Deon is afraid that on Nov. 3, I will take the TSW heavyweight title and add another championship to my wall of many titles,” JLN said. “As I sit here thinking about the career of Deon Johnson, I start to ask what he has ever done in the wrestling business. Has he won championships in his career like I have? Has he even been out of the city of Union to compete? The answer is no.”

Johnson responded, pointing out that he was one half of the Memphis Power Pro tag-team champions and has wrestled on a variety of television shows aired throughout the U.S. and abroad.

“Jeff has the biggest ego of any-one I know in the wrestling business, and that’s saying something,” Johnson said. “He believes his own hype, and

it’s going to get him in trouble this Saturday.”

JLN admitted that Johnson has, in fact, been in the ring with some of the best and said he meant no disrespect to the men Johnson has wrestled and defeated. He then directed a message toward Johnson.

“Deon, you have been in the ring with some great legends, but you have not been in the ring with the best and that’s me,” JLN said. “Come Nov. 3, you better get ready for your biggest challenge to date. I’m not coming to

your back yard to make friends; I’m coming to make you understand and realize that I’m the best and I’ll prove it.”

Bell time for Saturday’s matches will be at 7:30 p.m. Others on the card include Danny Dollar, Jay Steel, Peter Kaasanova, Cole McAbee and many more. Advance tickets are available at Buffalo Pawn & Gun.

Staff Writer Derik Vanderford can be reached at 864-427-1234, ext. 29, or by email at [email protected].

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Sis went to a walk-in clinic, where she was seen by a young, new doctor. After about three min-utes in the examination room, the doctor told Sis she was pregnant. She burst out, screaming as she ran down the hall.

An older doctor stopped Sis and asked what the problem was, and she told him what happened. After listen-ing, he had her sit down and relax in another room.

The doctor marched down the hallway to the back where the young doctor was and demand-ed, “What’s the matter with you? Sis is 84 years old, and you told her she was pregnant?”

The young doctor con-tinued to write on his clipboard, and without

even looking up, asked, “Does she still have the hiccups?”

FactDid you know that

Monday, Oct. 23, 1746, Princeton University was chartered?

Now, you know.Sunday Dinner

Bethlehem United Methodist Church will serve Sunday dinner, Nov. 4, come out for a good meal.

Happy BirthdayHappy Birthday to

Clara Gallman on the 23rd, Dean Gallman on the 24th and Loretta Becknell on the 30th. We wish you all a good day!

Remember In PrayerWe are glad to report

that Mrs. Ribelin is back at home and improving daily.

Carol Whitener is at

home at the time of this writing; she is feeling better but will return to Georgia for more treat-ment in a few weeks.

Also in need of prayer are: Jobie Justice, Ruby Helms, Tim Gregory, Bruce Brasington, Bo Ham, Mike Gregory, O.B. Rollins, Loree Robinson, Ada Adams, Kip Petty and Steve Walton.

Mickey Crane is ill at the time of my writing.

Let us continue to keep these folks in our prayers.

Good Clean FunDon’t forget, the

Horseshoe Band is open on Friday nights from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Guitar Thompson and Buford Brown will see that you have some good clean fun, so come to Harris Street this Friday night.

Pastor Appreciation

MonthOctober is Pastor

Appreciation Month. We have so many good Pastors here in Union County. Let a pastor know how much you appreciate them.

Special Person Of The Week

Our Special Person of The Week is Rev. Glenn Ribelin, he is the Pastor at Bethlehem and Foster’s Chapel United Methodist Church here on the Ridge. At pres-ent, Foster’s Chapel and Bethlehem Churches are the only two churches in the Kelton Charge.

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors say the People of The United Methodist Church. Grace and Peace to you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! The

mission of our charge is to spread the love of God in our community and world; embracing God by embracing the world in love!

Pastor Glenn joined our charge in July with his wife, Mary, and son, Joshua.

Pastor Glenn, you are so special to us. You have showed us how to serve God by reaching out into our community with love.

ReminderFall is in the air. It

is not long until winter. Be sure to have a warm place for your pets.

WisdomWe all have big changes

in our life that are more or less a second chance.

— Harrison FordTill next time— Hoyt

When Sis got some startling medical news

Photo courtesy of Hoyt Haney

Pastor of two churches

Rev. Glenn Ribelin is the pas-tor at Bethlehem and Foster’s Chapel United Methodist Churches.

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ter. The door to the microwave oven was open and the machine had been severely dam-aged by heat from the fire. In the cabinet area of the living room, dep-uties found a light bulb that had been manipu-lated to to smoke meth-amphetamine.

Deputies then brought O’Shields and Loyd back into the mobile home for question-ing. After being read their rights, O’Shields and Loyd gave volun-tary written statements about the incident.

Loyd said that she’d m e t h a m p h e t a m i n e the previous weekend that she’d gotten from Moore and that he’d recently asked her and O’Shields to purchase him a box of Sudafed which he was using manufacture metham-phetamine. She said that she and O’Shields had purchased a box of Sudfed and given it to Moore.

Loyd said that on the evening of the fire, she and O’Shields were sitting on their couch when Moore knocked at the door and asked to come in side and use the sink to wash off. She said that while Moore was at the sink, there was an explosion followed by the fire. She said Moore then gath-ered up his bags and ran out the door.

Loyd said she also ran out of the mobile home while O’Shields attempted to put out the fire with towels. Unable to extinguish the blaze, Loyd said O’Shields joined her out and they waited in the yard until firefighters arrived.

O’Shields said he’d bought some Ephedrine for Moore two weeks earlier and also admit-ted smoking metham-phetamine the previ-ous weekend provided by Moore. He said he knew Moore was cook-ing methamphetamine and that was what he’d used the pills for.

O’Shields said that

when Moore came to the trailer earlier that evening and asked to wash his hands, he’d been accompanied by a white male by the name of Kal who stayed out-side. He said Moore went to the kitchen sink and began messing with chemicals and then put something in the microwave. O’Shields said Moore asked him to show him how to put the microwave on high and he did. A short time later something blew up in the kitchen. He said he tried to put out the ensuring blaze but was unable to do so.

O’Shields said Moore then gathered up his belongings and fled the scene before deputies arrived. He said Moore had been living in a nearby trailer.

Based on their steps and the evidence gath-ered at the scene, Loyd and O’Shields were placed under arrested and taken to jail.

Dispatch later informed deputies that Moore had been located at a residence on Lovers Lane Road. Deputies then went to the resi-dence and arrest-ed Moore who was described as very spas-tic and shaking, having constricted pupils and not being able to speak clearly which the report described as common symptoms of metham-phetamine use. Moore was then taken to jail.

The report stated that in the days lead-ing up to the fire depu-ties had received com-plaints about a white male matching Moore’s description purchasing Coleman fuel and lye from an area hardware store two to three times a week. Both chemicals are used to make meth-amphetamine.

Damage to the mobile home was estimated at $2,000.

Editor Charles Warner can be reached at 864-427-1234, ext. 14, or by email at [email protected].

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It further states that “provision of quality hos-pice and palliative care reaffirms our belief in the essential dignity of every person, regardless of age, health or social status, and that every stage of human life deserves to be treated with the utmost care and respect.”

The proclamation points out that every year 1.6 million Americans with “life-limiting” ill-nesses and their families receive care from hos-pice’s programs in com-munities throughout the United States; that “more than 468,000 trained vol-unteers contribute 22 mil-lion hours of service” to hospice programs annual-ly; and that “hospice and

palliative care providers encourage all people to learn more about options of care and to share their wishes with family, loved ones, and their health care professionals.”

Sinclair said his own experience with family members with conditions requiring hospice and palliative care as well as a growing demographic reality has taught him the importance of those services.

“Personal experi-ence with relatives has shown me how hospice and palliative care is needed in any commu-nity,” Sinclair said. “As the Baby Boomer popula-tion ages, the need will increase. In fact, Harold

and I have talked about the increased need in the future for nursing care for the aging population of Union County. I see this as an area of city-county cooperation.”

Thompson called on the public to support hos-pice and palliative care services in the commu-nity.

“I think it is a service that is well-needed in this area,” Thompson said. “I fully support it and hope more people will find out more about it.”

Adamo thanked Sinclair and Thompson and the county and the city for their support and discussed the services provided by Hospice Care of South Carolina.

“Hospice Care is the first and largest hos-pice in South Carolina,” Adamo said. “We special-ize in crisis care as well as pediatric hospice pro-grams. We are the only hospice that has pediatric programs. We also have national and state certi-fied and licensed nurses and staff. The 12 peo-ple we have employed, including our medi-cal director Dr. Robert Wentz, have over a hun-dred years of experience between them.”

Adamo described pal-liative care as designed to enable the patient to stay in their home and receive the care they and their families and caregivers need. She said hospice

offers physical, emotion-al, mental and spiritual services to the more than 30 patients it is currently services in Union County.

The need for hospice and palliative care servic-es continues to grow, but Adamo said the services provided by her organiza-tion is not only for the elderly or others at the end of life.

“There is a growing need for hospice and palliative care services and it’s not just for the elderly, but for anyone,” Adamo said. “It’s not just for the terminally, but for the chronically ill as well. We provide crisis care when the patient is at the point of death but we also provide services for many

years to patients who are chronically ill.”

Adamo added that if a patient has insurance Hospice Care of South Carolina bills the insur-ance company for the services they receive. If, however, the patient does not have insurance, they still receive those services.

“No one is turned away,” Adamo said.

For more information about Hospice Care of South Carolina call 429-4827. Hospice Care of South Carolina is located at 408 N. Duncan Bypass, Suite 6, Union.


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mer member of the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Gault, who has served as clerk of court since 2009, is opposed by Family Court Deputy Clerk Melanie Lawson.

This evening ’s debate, which will be carried live by WBCU, is the second debate

of candidates for local office held at USC Union.

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If we needed evidence of the impoverish-ment of American politics, the so-called

debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney gave us all we could ask for.

We normally expect a debate to highlight some dis-agreement, but in American politics disagreement is reserved for minor matters. The two parties — actually the two divi-sions of the uniparty that represents the perma-nent regime — agree on all fundamentals. If you need proof, observe how the establishment media treated Ron Paul, who challenged the permanent regime’s basic premises on foreign policy, civil liberties, and monetary control. He dug too deep.

It’s been noted, mostly by humorists, that Romney continu-ously expressed his agreement with Obama across a range of issues: drone warfare, Iran, Afghanistan, even Iraq. He tried to manufacture differences by suggest-

ing that he would have done more sooner. But this all sounded flaccid; Romney seemed desper-ate to draw some contrast with a foreign policy that he embraces.

What does Romney really believe? Who can say? What we do know is that he’s taking his foreign-policy advice from a team of neocon-servatives, formerly

of the George W. Bush administration, who helped dig the hole the country is in.

Obama, for his part, defended his record, which someone other than Romney could have torn to shreds. Obama brags about ending the occupation of Iraq, yet he forgets that Bush had already signed an agree-ment, insisted on by the Iran-friendly Iraqi gov-ernment, to get out by the end of 2011. What Obama won’t tell you is that he begged Prime Minister Maliki to ask U.S. troops to remain. Thankfully, Maliki said no.

Obama of course also

mentioned the killing of Osama bin Laden. Two things about that: First, capture and trial would have been a better exam-ple for the world than summary execution by Navy SEALs. Second, the enfeebled bin Laden was a has-been by May 2011, having been kicked upstairs when he start-ed devising impossible “plots.” He was no threat to the American people.

Someone other than Romney might have pointed out that Obama’s policy has helped to spread al-Qaeda’s influ-ence beyond Afghanistan and Iraq. Thanks to the president’s drone war-fare — which regularly murders innocents — and other interventions, there are now al-Qaeda affili-ates or sympathizers in Libya, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, Mali, and else-where.

But Romney can’t point this out, because he approves of Obama’s imperialist policy and drone warfare. He appar-ently can’t wait until he, like Obama, gets to per-sonally choose targets

from a presidential kill list.

And then there’s Iran. At the debate, Romney lauded Obama’s “crip-pling sanctions” on the Iranian economy. But there is no such thing as an “economy.” There are only people engaged in buying and selling.

Obama and Romney both say that war against Iran should be a last resort. But if that is the case, why do they dehumanize the people of Iran? Sanctions don’t cripple the Iranian econ-omy. Sanctions cripple people — economically, nutritionally, and in every other respect. They make life hell for average peo-ple, especially children and the elderly. The rul-ers suffer least of all.

Both candidates take it for granted that Iran is working toward a nuclear bomb, and that when it gets one, the American and Israeli people will be at risk. How many times did Romney say that the country is “four years closer” to a bomb? Of course, the “debate” mod-erator, Bob Schieffer of

CBS, never challenged that premise. Like all good network stenogra-phers, he lets his ques-tions propagandize on behalf of the permanent regime.

There are two problems with all of this: According to American and Israeli intelligence, there is no evidence Iran wants a bomb. Furthermore, even if Iran got one, all it would be good for is deterrence against con-tinuing U.S. and Israeli domination of the Middle East. No one seriously thinks the Iranian regime is suicidal. America has thousands of nukes; Israel has hundreds. So what good would a warhead or two do Iran, even if it was intent on becoming a nuclear power?

Obama and Romney are both conceited enough to think a U.S. president can and should orchestrate events in the Muslim world. That alone is rea-son enough to reject them both.

Sheldon Richman is senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation (www.fff.org) and editor of The Freeman magazine.

Americans should reject Obama-Romney foreign policy

When pun-dits name-check “the welfare -war-

fare state,” we usu-ally mean, and are usu-ally understood to mean, something along the lines of “bread and circus-es at home, mili-tary adventurism abroad.”

That’s as good a defini-tion as any, I suppose, and certainly an accurate description of today’s global political environ-ment, but it fails to really capture the nature of the post-WWII trend in US politics.

In America, the “wel-fare” and “warfare” aspects of the state have, over that period, achieved a near-perfect merger. Rather than rep-resenting one side of two mutually reinforcing but nominally separate sets of policies, US “defense” spending has become the single largest, and by far most redistributive, wel-fare program in the fed-eral budget.

This phenomenon

is best illustrated by the Hobson’s Choice offered in the final debate between US president Barack Obama and Republican presi-

dential nominee Mitt Romney: “Draconian cuts” of 10 percent growth (yes, you read that right) over the next five

years (Obama) or 18% growth over the same period (Romney). Real cuts aren’t even on the table. Like Henry Ford said, you can get any color Model A you want, as long as it’s black.

The numbers are con-stantly changing, but a 2010 baseline looks like this:

Approximately 1.4 mil-lion Americans work as members of the armed forces, and another 1.6 million workers labor in the civilian “defense” industry. These Americans are welfare clients of the “workfare” variety.

As an economic factor, they might just as well be digging holes and filling

them back in (in fact, as a U.S. Marine infantry-man, I did quite a bit of exactly that!). The vast bulk of the work they do serves no “legitimate” function with respect to actual defense of the United States from attack or invasion, and in fact more likely increases the risks of such.

Some high double-dig-it percentage — I think 75 percent is a reason-able and conservative estimate — of “defense” spending is not about “defense” in any mean-ingful sense of the word. It’s about keeping those 3 million workers on the clock, and keeping their politically connected employers in profit.

Those 3 million work-fare clients cost the American taxpayer $700 billion per year — $233,000 per client. But they don’t take that much home, of course. If their average income tracks to US per capita, they take home an average of $41,500 per year each, or a total of nearly $125 billion.

Where does the other $575 billion go? That’s the gross rakeoff, after workfare costs but before other overhead, of the real welfare queens: “Defense contractors.” If we generously assume that 25 percent of that rakeoff actually does produce “legitimate” defense benefits, they are knocking down more than $430 billion in wel-fare checks. But let’s be fair: According to the US Department of Defense, the top 20 “defense” con-tractors average a profit margin of only about 4 percent. So, $17 billion.

With that much money at stake, the $30 million or so that “defense”-related contributors have spent on the 2012 election so far is chump change: About 2/10ths of 1 percent of the profits they get from having poli-ticians on their side.

If that was the end of it, it would be pretty bad — one out of every five dol-lars earned by American workers siphoned off on an incredibly inefficient welfare program. But

that’s not the end of it at all. The existence of the welfare program is a major incentive for going to war early and often.

First, when you have a $700 billion hammer, it’s easy to fall into the habit of looking at every prob-lem as a nail.

And secondly, welfare programs are expected, by everyone involved, to demonstrate their own necessity. If peace breaks out, the workfare clients go back to doing something else … and “defense” contractors have to cut back on the caviar and brie.

There’s no easy way out of the situation. If we have a welfare-war-fare state, we’re going to spend a lot of blood and treasure on wars. And if we have a state, it’s going to become, and do everything in its opera-tors’ power to remain, a welfare-warfare state. You can have politics or you can have peace, but you can’t have both.

Thomas L. Knapp is Senior News Analyst at the Center for a Stateless Society (c4ss.org).

War, children: It’s just a welfare check away

Thomas L.KnappContributing Columnist

SheldonRichmanContributing Columnist

Dear Annie: I was with my ex-hus-band for 18 years before I divorced him. We have three children, and he hasn’t been the best father or hus-band. Lately, however, he has been nice and comes around to visit the kids. I appreciate the fact that he is doing this, but he is now saying things to me that make me uncom-fortable.

He slept on my couch a couple of nights because he stayed late with the kids when I was out. But now

he is coming every day and staying over every night. We often end up sleeping together.

I told him to stop coming around with the expectation that we are getting back together, because we are not. But he refuses to listen, and now he has asked me to marry him again. He won’t take “no” for an

answer. What should I do? — Think I’ve Been Too Nice

Dear Think: For starters, stop sleeping with him. By allowing him to spend the night in your bed, you are leading him on, encouraging him to believe there is hope. If you are serious about keeping him as an ex-husband, you must put an end to the couch sleepovers. When you return home, insist that he leave the premises. If you don’t have the backbone for that, drop the kids at his place instead of letting him come to yours. Or hire a babysitter. You are creating this problem. You can stop it.

Dear Annie: How do you handle someone who constantly interrupts? She always knows more about the story and makes me feel inadequate. She’s loud, abrasive and obnoxious.

We had a good group of friends, and this person ingratiated her-self into our clique. Only one of the other women likes her, but it’s enough to keep her around. I’d love to put her in her place, but don’t want to cause a rift with my friends. — Annoyed

Dear Annoyed: Does she do this with everyone, or only you? If it’s just you, it could be that you take a long time to get to the point, or you monopolize conversations more than you realize. However, if she does it to everyone, you can say, “I’m sure you have something to add, but I’d appreciate it if you would let me finish first.” Many people who inter-rupt do not realize they are doing it and need to be reminded, nicely, when they overstep.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Bring Back Wedding Etiquette,” who thought it was tacky that the bridal couple requested that guests contribute to their honeymoon.

My son and his fiance also set up a website for guests to contribute to certain categories of their hon-eymoon expenses. They did this because they reside in a foreign country, but the wedding ceremony is in the U.S. They cannot carry gifts back with them, nor do they have a place here to store them. They are making the suggestion that if people want to give them a wedding gift, they can donate online.

It may seem tacky to some, but they came up with the fund in order to be helpful. It is in no way meant to coerce anyone into pay-ing for their honeymoon. People should consider the circumstanc-es of the couple involved before they criticize. — Proud Mom of a Considerate Couple

Dear Proud: Couples who live overseas, particularly those sta-tioned in the military, are given dis-pensation to request monetary gifts because otherwise it becomes com-plicated, if not downright impos-sible, to give presents. However, honeymoon websites are deliber-ately specific categories, and when those are the only options available, it seems like pressure even if that is not the intent.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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OCTOBER 30PHILIPPI FIRE

DEPARTMENT will host a Truck-or-Treat from 6 p.m.-until on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31. A kids’ costume contest will be held both nights.

LOCKHART TOWN COUNCIL will have spe-cial called meeting at 11:30 a.m. at the Lockhart Town Hall. On the agenda will be second reading of MASC — Insurance & Brokers Tax Collection Program and appointment of the town election commission.

OCTOBER 31CANDY FEST will be

held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the parking lot of the Union County Stadium. There will be free candy, snow cones, and face painting.

NOVEMBER 1THE UNION COUNTY

ARTS COUNCIL’S “JAM WITH LUNCH” meets today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the UCAC Gallery on Main Street in Union. All musicians, as well as audi-ence members, are welcome. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more information.

THE COMMUNITY PRAYER MEETING will be held at noon at the USC Union gazebo. All are invit-ed to participate in a brief time of prayer for our com-munity, state, and nation. You do not have to pray out loud to participate. Just come and join in silently. As we settle into the fall schedule, let’s make this a regular part of our month. This is a crucial time for us as election day draws near. Let’s join in prayer for God’s guidance in the campaigns and the election. If you can’t be at the gazebo, set aside some time during the day to pray for our community, state, and nation. All are welcome.

WILLIAM JOLLY will host a chicken stew at 6 p.m. at the Union County Shrine Club. Jolly is a candidate for Union County Sheriff. The public is invited to attend.

NOVEMBER 3THE 2012 LITTLE MISS

& MASTER LOCKHART PAGEANT will be held at 10 a.m. in the Lockhart School auditorium. For applications or further information con-tact Sara J. Jones at 426-7169 or Lockhart Schools at 545-6501.


ARTS COUNCIL’S GALLERY will be taking entries for the Local Artists’ Showcase that will run from Nov. 12 through the end of December. All local art-ists and crafters are invited to bring in work that they would like to show or sell. Entries will be taken until Nov. 9. Call UCAC at 864-

429-2817 for more informa-tion.


DEMOCRATIC PARTY HEADQUATERS, 103 East Main St., will be open on Election Day, Nov. 6 to assist with get out the vote calls, rides to the polls, voter information, questions, and election night results. All are welcome to join us. Anyone interested in volunteering to be a poll watcher, or if you need additional information, please call 427-6887 or 427-6281.

NOVEMBER 10THE CARLISLE

F I N I S H I N G RETIREMENT GROUP will meet at 9 a.m. for break-fast at Midway. The Rev. Aubrey “Rocky” Parks will be the guest speaker. All retirees and former employ-ees are invited. For more information call 466-5276.

NOVEMBER 12T H E U N I O N

COUNTY FIRST STEPS PARTNERSHIP BOARD will hold its regular meet-ing 5:30 p.m. at the Union Schools District Office Annex located at 120 Lakeside Drive, Union. The public is invited to attend. Anyone wanting to attend who requires special assis-tance due to a disability is encouraged to contact Ms. Beth Fowler, executive director, at 864-427-1748, ext. 308, prior to the start of the meeting.


ARTS COUNCIL’S WRITERS’ GROUP will meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the UCAC Gallery on Main Street in Union. Meeting

is open to the public. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more information.

NOVEMBER 13THE “TUESDAY NIGHT

ARTISTS’ GROUP” will meet at the UCAC Gallery on Main Street in Union from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Any artist working in any medi-um may attend this informal group of like-minded artists. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more information.

NOVEMBER 19THE “MONDAY NIGHT

MUSIC” at the UCAC Gallery on Main Street in Union will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. All musicians playing any type of music are invited to attend. The public is invited to listen for free. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more information.

NOVEMBER 21THE “TUESDAY NIGHT

ARTISTS’ GROUP” will meet at the UCAC Gallery on Main Street in Union from from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Any artist working in any medium may attend this informal group of like-minded artists. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more information.

NOVEMBER 24THE LUKESVILLE

COMMUNITY CLUB will once again sponsor it’s annual trip to Salley, S.C. Trip details can be obtained by calling Melissa Brown at 441-1145 or Bennie Kershaw at 466-7302.

ONGOINGTHE UNION COUNTY

H E A L T H C A R E FOUNDATION is host-ing its annual Biggest Buck Competition. A cash prize and trophy will be award-

ed to the winner. In sea-son registration is Sept. 1-Nov.30. Contact Catherine M. Childers at 301-2466 for more information.

PAINTING WITH COFFEE continues from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Union County Arts Council’s Gallery on Main Street in Union. All artists working in any medi-um may attend this informal group of like-minded artists. this informal gathering of artists. Call UCAC at 864-429-2817 for more informa-tion.

A V ET E R A N S ADVOCATE is in Union every third Friday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the SCWorks Union office, 103 W. Main St., Union, to discuss eligi-bility for health care, pen-sion, disability and more.

THE NEW EMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH has opened a free clothes closet in the back of the Municipal Building in Jonesville. Hours of operation will be Tuesday and Friday 9:30 a.m.-noon.

UNION COUNTY ACTION NETWORK O R G A N I Z A T I O N (WATCHDOG GROUP) meets weekly on Tuesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 103 Main St., Union. The public is invited.

THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE CLASS OF 1977 is plan-ning a reunion the weekend of October 19-20 2012. If you are a member of this class and have not been contacted but would like to attend; please feel free to call Tammy Roark Fisher at 864-427-2675 or Etta Lautrelle Smith-Lipsey@ 864-426-2645.

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‘Story Time’ at Niven’s Apple FarmOn Friday, Oct. 5, parents and children who attend Foster Park Elementary School’s weekly “Story Time” visited Niven’s Apple Farm in Moore. It was a fun filled day for all. They explored the pumpkin patch and enjoyed hay rides. Each child got to pick their own pumpkin from the children’s area. Story times at Foster Park are held weekly on Monday and Wednesday from to 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Please call the school at 864-429-1737 for more information.

I am a huge fan of the Internet, for thousands of reasons. And right up there at the top:

reviews. I have come to count heavily on the opin-ions of others before trying out a new recipe, buying something online, try-ing a new restaurant, booking a hotel or hir-ing a service provider. But, I have learned, reviews are not infal-lible. There is a fine art emerging for how to use a review, and also how to write one.

SECURITY IN NUMBERS. It is not wise to rely on a single online review. You cannot know if the review is an “inside job,” meaning the best friend or mother of the new restaurant’s owner post-ed a 5-star review. However, if there are 27 reviews aver-aging 4-stars plus the one you think might be bogus, that’s a recommendation you should take seriously.

It’s possible that many oth-ers happen to agree with “mom.” I find myself visit-ing Yelp.com for feedback (especially on restaurants), particularly when I travel.

BOGUS REVIEWS. Just because there are lots of

reviews for the items you are researching, that doesn’t neces-sarily mean that all of them are viable. Read them carefully. Immediately discount any reviews that start out, “I didn’t actually read this book,” or, “I haven’t really eaten here, but I’ve heard …” You want to consider

solid, honest and reliable reviews. You’ll learn quickly how to spot them.

M A N D A T O R Y CONSIDERATION. Never buy anything on eBay.com without first reading the seller’s feedback. You can learn a lot, like just what kind of a person you are dealing with, how he or she

ships products and how hon-est they are with their prod-uct descriptions.

Other sites where you should always read the reviews include Zappos.com, the online shoe retailer. Zappos reviewers are amaz-ing. Most give very detailed reviews for how shoes fit (“true to size” or “they feel small,” etc.). You’ll learn more about how shoes look and feel, than you might have known existed.

AllRecipes.com is anoth-er review-heavy site. After reading several dozen reviews for a single recipe, you may feel like you’ve just enrolled in culinary school.

ASSESSING THE NEGATIVE. As a member of AngiesList.com, I have learned to scrutinize care-fully a single negative review for a service or health pro-vider. That’s because I know human nature. That reviewer could have had a really bad day, or have an ulterior motive having noth-

ing to do with the service — choosing, instead, to use the review process as a means of revenge. AngiesList.com does allow a service pro-vider to post a rebuttal or explanation.

WRITE REVIEWS. Customer reviews are only as reliable as those who write and submit them. Each time you offer an objective, hon-est review, you are helping others. Be brief, honest and thorough. Don’t just say you love the shoes, say how they fit, if they arrived on time, how they were packed, how was it to deal with customer service, would you buy from this site again and so on. Give the kind of review you would enjoy reading — an honest review.

Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website. You can email her at [email protected], or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. To find out more about Mary Hunt and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Today’s Answers

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012:

Life events this year will encourage you to transform and grow in new ways. When change emanates from the person as his or her choice, it is far easier to adapt to than when it is forced. Others will like the results, though at times they might be reactive to the process. Your style of communication also will change and be more effective. If you are single, you will attract many admirers. Until you are with someone for a year, do not con-sider the relationship long term. If you are attached, your relationship evolves, which is a reflection of the transforma-tion happening within yourself. TAURUS understands you.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You will want to deal with an

authority figure, especially if your interac-tions with this person involve your funds. An associate might be more successful than you in handling this issue, so let him or her take the lead. Tonight: Time for a little more fun and a good meal.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You might want to have

a situation go your way. This might seem like an excellent idea, but be aware that there will be ramifications if you become too demanding. Others appear to have the cards stacked in their favor, ultimately. Tonight: Beam in what you want.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Much is going on behind the

scenes. Step back and observe. By using what you learn, you will be able to han-dle an uncomfortable situation involving a financial matter. You find that a part-ner changes quickly in your interactions. Give this person space by being less judgmental. Tonight: Not to be found.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Zero in on your priorities,

with the knowledge that you have an excellent opportunity to accomplish a lot. Others seem to be changing in front of your eyes. Know that how they are now might not be the way they will be in the future. Just watch the process rather than react to it. Tonight: Where the gang is.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You are in the limelight,

whether you like it or not. You might decide to make an adjustment to your schedule as you become more aware of others observing your style. Postpone some personal errands for a different

day. Tonight: Stay on top of your work. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Reach out to someone at a

distance. You could feel like you’re being stretched a little thin, and you might need to make an adjustment. Your inge-nuity comes to the rescue and allows you to relax as you discover the correct path for you. Just go with the moment. Tonight: Take in new vistas.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You might want to get to

the bottom of an issue that involves your funds and/or a partner. A change involv-ing your domestic life becomes possible, finally. Are you having second thoughts? Know that you do not need to make a decision now. Tonight: Chat with a dear friend.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Defer to others, and allow

greater give-and-take. You are full of energy and want to share more of your ideas. Perhaps you might be more suc-cessful if you tried a different approach. Friends and loved ones seek you out; make choices accordingly. Tonight: Go with someone’s suggestion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Be more open to compromise

in your daily life. Let go of structure and rigid ideas. You also might be holding back some information regarding an important personal matter. Follow your sixth sense with this and a separate mat-ter involving your finances. Tonight: Get some exercise.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Express your creativity

with openness and a willingness to listen to feedback. Others enjoy being with you when you are like this. Whether you are brainstorming or simply making plans, you enjoy all the advice. Tonight: Forget tomorrow. Live it up now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might feel saddled with

more responsibilities, and could be in the mood to rebel. Your instincts come through for you with an investment or a financial decision. Listen to your inner voice, and follow through on what you are hearing. Tonight: Head home.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You have a lot to say, and

there is a lot on your mind. Stop, and do more listening. The answers to questions you might have are within your grasp. A friend appears to be changing right in front of you. Make no judgments yet. Don’t close down, either, even if you want to. Tonight: Out and about.

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THECOURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTYOF UNION DOCKET NO. 12-CP-44-0363 Federal National Mortgage Associ-ation, Plaintiff, v. Steven J. Witt; Celia J.Witt; Defendant(s). (016477-00240)SUMMONS Deficiency Judgment WaivedTO THE DEFENDANT(S), Steven J. Witt:YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED andrequired to appear and defend by an-swering the Complaint in this foreclosureaction on property located at 122 Rock-port Way, Pacolet, South Carolina 29372,being designated in the County tax re-cords as TMS# 007-00-00-088, of whicha copy is herewith served upon you, andto serve a copy of your Answer on thesubscribers at their offices, 220 Execut-ive Center Drive, Suite 109, Post OfficeBox 100200, Columbia, South Carolina,29202-3200, within thirty (30) days afterthe service hereof, exclusive of the day ofsuch service; except that the UnitedStates of America, if named, shall havesixty (60) days to answer after the ser-vice hereof, exclusive of the day of suchservice; and if you fail to do so, judgmentby default will be rendered against youfor the relief demanded in the Complaint.TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEENYEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S)UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGEAND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEMINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PER-SONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABIL-ITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONEDAND NOTIFIED to apply for the appoint-ment of a Guardian Ad Litem to repres-ent said minor(s) within thirty (30) daysafter the service of this Summons uponyou. If you fail to do so, application forsuch appointment will be made by thePlaintiff(s) herein. Columbia, South Caro-lina September 14, 2012 NOTICE TOTHE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE thatthe Summons and Complaint, of whichthe foregoing is a copy of the Summons,were filed with the Clerk of Court for Uni-on County, South Carolina on August 27,2012. Columbia, South Carolina Septem-ber 14, 2012 FN NOTICE OF FORE-CLOSURE INTERVENTION PLEASETAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to theSouth Carolina Supreme Court Adminis-trative Order 2011-05-02-01, you mayhave a right to Foreclosure Intervention.To be considered for any available Fore-closure Intervention, you may communic-ate with and otherwise deal with thePlaintiff through its law firm, RogersTownsend and Thomas, PC. RogersTownsend and Thomas, PC representsthe Plaintiff in this action. Our law firmdoes not represent you. Under our ethic-al rules, we are prohibited from givingyou any legal advice. You must submitany requests for Foreclosure Interven-tion consideration within 30 days from thedate you are served with this Notice. IFYOU FAIL, REFUSE, OR VOLUNTAR-ILY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE INFORECLOSURE INTERVENTION, THEFORECLOSURE ACTION MAY PRO-CEED. Rogers Townsend and Thomas,PC ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFSamuel C. Waters (SC Bar #5958)Cheryl H. Fisher (SC Bar #15213) Regin-ald P. Corley (SC Bar #69453) JenniferW. Rubin (SC Bar #16727) Ellie C. Floyd(SC Bar #68635) Michael P. Morris (SCBar #73560) Eve Moredock Stacey (SCBar #5300) Mary R. Powers (SC Bar#16534) Robert P. Davis (SC Bar#74030) Wi l l iam S. Koehler (SCBar#74935) Vance L. Brabham, III (SCBar #71250) Jaclynn B. Goings (SC Bar#77501) Andrew W. Montgomery (SCBar #79893) Andrew A. Powell (SC Bar#100210) 220 Executive Center DrivePost Of f ice Box 100200 (29202)Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 744-4444Columbia, South Carolina 016477-00240September 14 , 2012 A-431423110/16/2012, 10/23/2012, 10/30/2012

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later reduced the verdict to manslaughter and set Woodward free.)

Ten years ago: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s broad-based coali-tion collapsed when Cabinet ministers from the moder-ate Labor Party resigned in a dispute over funding for Jewish settlements. Walter Mondale returned to politics as Minnesota Democrats approved the former vice president as a fill-in for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone less than a week before the election. (However, Mondale ended up losing to Republican Norm Coleman.) Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell), a rapper with the Run-D.M.C. hip-hop group, was killed in a shooting in New York; was 37.

Five years ago: Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards sharply chal-lenged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s candor, consisten-cy and judgment in a tele-vised debate in Philadelphia. Singer-actor Robert Goulet died at a Los Angeles hospi-tal at age 73.

One year ago: Britian’s Sunday Telegraph published an interview with Syrian President Bashar Assad, who warned that a western intervention in Syria would lead to an “earthquake” that “would burn the whole region.” Republican presi-dential candidate Herman Cain’s campaign denied a Politico report that he’d been twice accused of sexu-al harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Dick Gautier is 75. Movie director Claude Lelouch is 75. Actor Ed Lauter is 74. Rock singer Grace Slick is 73. Songwriter Eddie Holland is 73. Rhythm-and-blues singer Otis Williams (The Temptations) is 71. Actor Henry Winkler is 67. Rock musician Chris Slade (Asia) is 66. Country/rock musician Timothy B. Schmit (The Eagles) is 65. Actor Leon Rippy is 63. Actor Harry Hamlin is 61. Actor Charles Martin Smith is 59. Country singer T. Graham Brown is 58. Actor Kevin Pollak is 55. Actor Michael Beach is 49. Rock singer-musician Gavin Rossdale (Bush) is 45. Actor Jack Plotnick is 44. Comedian Ben Bailey is 42. Actress Nia Long is 42. Country singer Kassidy Osborn (SHeDAISY) (sh-DAY’-zee) is 36. Actor Gael Garcia Bernal is 34. Actor Matthew Morrison is 34. Actor Shaun Sipos (SEE’-pohs) is 31. Actress Janel ( juh-NEHL’) Parrish is 24. Actor Tequan Richmond (“Everybody Hates Chris”) is 20.

Thought for Today: “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be under-stood.” — Marie Curie, Polish Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1867-1934).

CLEMSON — Eleven area residents have enrolled at Clemson University for the fall semester.

Hunter Thomas Boniface of Spartanburg is majoring in General Engineering.

Jordan Taylor Burnett of Union is majoring in General Engineering.

Yves Jason Cordeau of Pauline is majoring in General Engineering.

Charles Andrew Cromer III of Whitmire is majoring in General Engineering.

Georgia Hunter Keith of Pauline is majoring in General Engineering.

Michael Dylan McNeace of Union is majoring in General Engineering.

Timothy Rafael Vera of Pauline is majoring in General Engineering.

Aaron Griffith Watts of

Union is majoring in General Engineering.

Joseph Dane Weeks of Pauline is majoring in Pre-Business.

William Lee Weibley Jr. of Union is majoring in Chemistry.

Davis Grant West of Pauline is majoring in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Managment (Professional Golf Management).

They join nearly 3,400 freshmen at Clemson this semester.

Ranked No. 25 among national public universities, Clemson University is a major, land-grant, science- and engineering-oriented research university that maintains a strong commitment to teaching and student success. Clemson is an inclusive, student-centered community characterized by high aca-demic standards, a culture of collaboration, school spirit, and a competitive drive to excel.

Area residents enroll at Clemson University

The following students made the honor roll for the first nine weeks grading period at Monarch Elementary School.

Principal’s Honor Roll (All A’s)

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Rylee Austin, Luke Davis, Zy’rion Hardy, Brian Renwick, Caitlyn Rish, Carson Valentine, Jamaria Walton, Kaigan Wilson, Madison Gilbert, Ruthie Dean

Grade Four

Caitlin Davis, Isa Davis, Dalton Gregory, Chandler Gass, Elizabeth Johnson, Julia Bailey, Logan Betenbaugh, Bryson Dowis, Macie Gregory, Lindsey Johnson, Nyla Land, Mackenzie Murphy, Dustin

Scruggs, Karia SmithGrade Five

Anna Caroline Alexander, Mackenzie Harris, Gabby Manus, R.J. Sanders, Anna Scott, Courtney Seymore, Sulley Wood, Kenna Newton, Mackenzie Palmer, George Spencer, Kayley Jayne Addis, Sydney Childers, Holden Cooke, Bailey Earls, Jake McGee

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Third GradeMacie Bradburn, Shaun Farr,

Eliza Petty, Noah Smith, Nic Barron, Cornelia Caldwell, Noah Harris, Kyn’Deria Jeter, Summer Roberts, Jacob Haney, Lora Homan, Alazia Jeter, Shanyia Means-McBeth, Alijahua Rice

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Inman, Caleb Pickens, Miracle Salter, Corenza Stewart, Yariah Stewart, Rebecca Boulware, Duan Crosby, Cedric Curenton, Termaine Epps, Rebekah Fox, Erykah Gray, Cole Harris, Robert Alan Hill, Jada Howell, Madilyn Howse, Marquea Porter, Jabori Dawkins, Kallee Garner, Hunter Millwood, Neely Parks, Ke’Avis Savage, Gavin Thompson, Niaria Thompson

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Tiffany Grady-HudginsSports Editor

Marcus Lattimore turned 21 years old on Monday and anyone who’s seen a clip from Saturday’s game knows what he was wish-ing for.

The South Carolina junior running back suf-fered what appeared to be a career ending injury when he was hit by a couple of Tennessee defenders dur-ing Saturday’s game and his right leg sickeningly flopped to the turf.

The blow was clean, noth-ing cheap or illegal but it was gruesome, immediately conjuring up memories of Joe Theisman’s career-end-ing sack. Theisman was hit by Lawrence “L.T.” Taylor during an NFL Monday Night Football telecast in 1985, suffered a commi-nuted compound fracture of his leg and never played another down of football.

Lattimore’s injury was being compared to the most devasting hit football enthusiasts could remem-ber.

Social media outlets lit up and rumors about the severity of the injury began

to swirl.On Sunday it was con-

firmed that Lattimore had a dislocated knee and dam-aged ligaments.

A statement issued by the South Carolina athletic department regarding the condition of Lattimore’s knee sounded optimistic that he will play football again, although uncertain-ties remained.

In the release, team phy-sician Dr. Jeffrey Guy con-firmed that a “hyperexten-sion of the knee resulted in injury to several ligaments.” Which ligaments were affected and the extent of the damage were not speci-fied. However, the release also said “there were no fractures or additional inju-ries.” Lattimore is expected to undergo multiple surger-ies in the near future to repair the damage and has already begun the process of prehabilitation prior to surgery and to his eventual return to football.

Gamecocks Head Coach Steve Spurrier said the inju-ry was significant but also mentioned that Lattimore has not used a redshirt sea-son so he could take as long as necessary to recover and

still return for the 2014 season.

Lattimore was coming off a season-ending left knee injury suffered against Mississippi State in the seventh game of the 2011 campaign had become pos-sibly the most dangerous running back in the nation despite it.

He was the Gamecocks’ leading rusher this sea-son, gaining 662 yards on 143 carries (4.6 yards per carry), with a team-leading 11 touchdowns. He was also the top receiver with 26 catches for 173 yards.

An almost certain first-round draft lock, Lattimore would have been making millions of dollars in the NFL this time next year.

In one agonizing hit, all that changed forever. Lattimore may appear in the NFL but it won’t be next season.

“We’re optimistic his football days are ahead of him,” Spurrier said. “He knows what the road ahead is. We’re all hoping and praying he’ll be back.”

That didn’t seem possi-ble to anyone who watched Lattimore fall or saw the slow-motion replays from

Saturday online.Trainers immediately

surrounded him and even-tually, players from both sides came out to comfort and surround him as he was lifted into a cart and taken away by ambulance.

Football fans across the nation began praying, regardless of the colors

they prefer to wear during Saturday football.

ESPN showed Lattimore’s family on the sideline, obvi-ously emotional as the real-ity started to sink in.

The injury was injury was gruesome and is an obvious setback, but Lattimore has faced adversity before.

Rehabilition is not new

to him — Neither is hard work.

Lattimore was absent from the birthday party that was held in his honor on Monday but he had a mes-sage for the SC fans that was delivered by Spurrier who addressed the crowd:

“Tell ‘em I’ll be back.”

SC’s Lattimore down but not outPhotos by Derik Vanderford | Daily Times

USC junior running back Marcus Lattimore is carted off the field after suffering an injury to his right leg during Saturday's game against Tennessee.

Prior to injuring his leg, USC junior running back Marcus Lattimore carried the ball down field against the Tennessee Volunteers.

University of South Carolina junior quar-terback Connor Shaw was selected as the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts in the Gamecocks’ 38-35 win over Tennessee on Saturday.

Shaw, a 6-1, 207-pound junior from Flowery Branch, Ga., had his most productive day as the Gamecocks’ signal-caller, completing 22 of 32 pass-es for a career high 356 yards and three touch-downs. He also carried 18 times for 33 yards and a touchdown. His scor-ing passes covered 33, 26 and 24 yards as the Gamecocks rolled up 510 yards of offense, the sixth-highest total in the Steve Spurrier Era at South Carolina. The win was Carolina’s third-straight over the Vols, something that had never before been accomplished.

The No. 11/11 Gamecocks (7-2, 5-2 SEC) are ranked eighth in the latest BCS Standings. They will enjoy their bye week this week before closing out the SEC regu-

lar season when they host the Arkansas Razorbacks (3-5, 2-3 SEC) on Saturday, November 10, at Williams-Brice Stadium.

The noon contest will be televised nationally by CBS. The Razorbacks host 7-1 Tulsa this week in Fayetteville

Connor Shaw named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week

Derik Vanderford | Daily TimesConnor Shaw celebrates in the end zone with Bruce Ellington.

Tiffany Grady-HudginsSports Editor

The Timken Steelers capped off an undefeated season on Wednesday night with a 38-0 win over the WD&D Dolphins in the championship game.

It was not the Steelers’ first shut-out: The team hadn’t been scored on all season and Wednesday was no differ-ent although the Dolphins threatened more than once.

The Steelers scratched early in the contest when Justin Reid scored on a 20-yard run that Samuel Brannon capped off with a successful point-after kick for a 8-0 lead.

Reid found the end zone again on a 64-yard catch-and-go in the second quarter and Brannon’s PAT gave the Steelers a 16-0 advantage.

A Dolphins running back evaded sev-eral tackles to collect 45 yards and put his team on the goal line but a holding penalty brought it back to midfield.

Three plays later the Dolphins were forced to punt and Brannon ran in a 30-yard touchdown. The PAT was suc-cessful for a 22-0 halftime score.

The Steelers tacked on 15 more in the second half. Willie Jeter returned a punt for a 65-yard touchdown and Reid scored off a 58-yard return for the 38-0 final.

Undefeated Timken Steelers win Stinger championship

Tiffany Grady-Hudgins|Daily TimesThe Timken Steelers are the 2012 Stinger Champions.

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