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WORLD
A swarm of flying ants stretched for miles over the UK, looked like rain on weather radar You can add giant swarms of flying ants to your 2020 scary-sounding insects Bingo card alongside murder hornets and hordes of noisy cicadas. The UK’s Met Office shared radar imagery that showed the ants flying over the southeast part of the country. “It’s not raining in London, Kent or Sussex, but our radar says otherwise,” it said in a tweet on Friday. The ants have become a summer tradition in Britain and many people call their annual appearance Flying Ant Day. The phenomenon occurs when young queen ants, followed by males, leave their nests to breed and start new colonies.
Over 2,000 health care workers in Ghana have been infected with coronavirus Over 2,000 health care workers in Ghana have tested positive for coronavirus since the beginning of the outbreak in March, according to the Ghana Health Service. Of those infected, six have died — five were engaged in active clinical practice, a health adviser for the office of the president said. “I want to be clear,” Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare said to CNN on Thursday. “The number of those infected is a cumulative figure and not a number that was a result over a short period of time.” — From wire reports
NATION
Trump administration announces plan to resume hearings for migrants in Mexico The departments of Homeland Security and Justice plan to restart hearings for migrants forced to wait in Mexico as they seek asylum in the U.S., the agencies announced, once health and safety criteria amid the coronavirus pandemic are met. The controversial program — officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols — requires migrants to wait in Mexico for the duration of their immigration hearings. It has resulted in the creation of makeshift camps where hundreds of migrants have waited for weeks, if not months, in squalid and unsafe conditions. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration in March first postponed all hearings related to the so-called Remain in Mexico policy of returning migrants to Mexico until their court date in the US. “In order to resume MPP hearings in a responsible manner that will minimize risk to public health and the spread of disease, DHS plans to adhere to recommended federal guidance and protocols,” the department said in a press release Friday.
‘We were outnumbered and unprepared’: 18 police officers hurt in Chicago protest Eighteen Chicago Police officers were injured in a protest Friday, the department said in a statement. A large group gathered for a protest around 4:20 p.m. local time, the department said. Officers were there “providing security and protecting their First Amendment right to peaceful assembly,” the statement said. Approaching a statue of Christopher Columbus, some people in the crowd used rocks, fireworks, frozen bottles and other objects to attack officers, the statement said. The attack resulted in 18 officers injured, the statement
Health experts urge mask use as US virus cases continue to climb
By Madeline Holcombe CNN
More than 150,000 people are now projected to die of COVID-19 by Aug. 8 — and though the U.S. knows how to fight the virus, a health expert warns the battle is not going in the country’s favor. “We’re certainly not winning the battle against coronavirus,” Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday. Currently, more than 3.6 million people in the country have been infected with the virus and 139,266 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. By Aug. 8, an ensemble forecast published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that the death toll will exceed 157,000. The previous forecast, published July 9, projected roughly 147,000 coronavirus deaths by Aug. 1. “The jurisdictions with the greatest likelihood of a larger number of deaths include: Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, the Virgin Islands, and West Virginia,” the CDC said on its forecasting website. In Florida, Broward County is curtailing parties and social gatherings by implementing a nightly curfew, Mayor Dale Holness told reporters. He cited climbing cases, hospitalizations, and diminishing ICU availability as motivation for the decision. And though the projection
PEOPLE
Nick Cannon’s planned talk show pushed back amid anti-Semitism controversy
Nick Cannon’s planned daytime talk show has been pushed back in the wake of recent backlash over his antiSemitic comments. The news was announced in a joint statement from Lionsgate and Debmar-Mercury provided to CNN on Friday. According to the statement, “The ‘Nick Cannon’ talk show will not debut this year.” “After conversations with Nick, we do believe that his public comments don’t reflect his true feelings and his apology is heartfelt and sincere,” the statement read. “We want to continue the healing process as he meets with leaders special photo: go nakamura/getty images of the Jewish community and Medical staff wearing full PPE wrap a deceased patient with bed sheets and a body bag in engages in a dialogue with our the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on June 30 in distribution partners to hear Houston, Texas. their views.” for the future looks bleak, Collins said the nation has gotten on top of the virus before and can do it again, if the public finds the motivation again. “We shouldn’t feel hopeless here and we know what works,” Collins said. “We know that if we could, as Americans, agree to take those recommendations to heart, that we would keep our masks on when we’re outside, we’d stay more than 6 feet apart from each other and we would avoid indoor gatherings where there’s a big chance of spread, we wash our hands and all that, then we could implement what we know has worked,” he said. Local and state leaders have responded to the guidance to wear face coverings to prevent the spread of the virus with
both support and opposition. Science shows that face masks protect the wearer and those around them from coronavirus, and everyone should wear one when around others in public, the CDC said Tuesday. At least 39 states as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have implemented some type of face mask requirement. But in Georgia — which is among the 18 states in the coronavirus “red zone” that should roll back reopening measures, according to an unpublished document prepared for the White House — the governor has clashed with mayors on such restrictions. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sued Atlanta Mayor Keisha
Lance Bottoms on Thursday over her efforts to require face masks in public places. Several other mayors say they are prohibited from enacting the mask requirements supported by their residents because of an order from Kemp. And in Utah, a public meeting about a mask policy was abruptly canceled when people without face coverings packed the room. The crowd booed when it was called off. “This is the exact opposite of what we need to be doing,” Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge said at the meeting room in Provo. “We’re supposed to be physically distancing, wearing masks. This gathering violates current health recommendations.”
The Chicks release new album ‘Gaslighter’ It’s their first album under the group’s new name. The Chicks, formerly the Dixie Chicks, dropped their highly anticipated new album, “Gaslighter” on Friday. It’s the first album in nearly 14 years from the country music group. It also comes at a major moment for the group who publicly announced their new name in the wake of America’s reckoning with racism. They said at the time that they wanted to “meet this moment” in the country’s history. Their last album, “Taking the Long Way,” won a Grammy for album of the year. —From wire reports
CITY OF GRAYSON CURRENT 2020 TAX DIGEST AND 5-YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
said. Some were taken to area hospitals by paramedics for further treatment and some were treated at the scene. About 12 people were arrested and could potentially face charges that may include battery to a police officer, mob action, and/or other felonies, according to the statement. At a news conference on Saturday, activists demanded the immediate defunding of the police department.
US attorney requests DHS investigation after video shows federal authorities arresting protesters in Portland The U.S. Attorney for the Oregon District on Friday requested an investigation into the masked, camouflaged federal authorities without identification badges who are arresting protesters in Portland. The request is aimed specifically at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel who have been captured on various videos arresting protesters and putting them in unmarked SUVs. Demonstrators in Portland have been protesting racial inequality and police brutality for the last 50 nights, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams said in a statement. Federal authorities have protected the Mark O. Hatfield US Courthouse and, at times, interaction between protesters and law enforcement has gotten violent. Last weekend, one protester was seriously injured after the man was shot in the head with impact munition.
Civil rights icon Rev. C.T. Vivian dies Civil rights leader Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian has died at age 95, his daughter Kira Vivian told CNN. Vivian passed away at his Atlanta home of natural causes Friday. Vivian participated in the Freedom Rides and worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. President Barack Obama awarded Vivian the highest civilian honor in the nation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 2013. —From wire reports
CITY OF SNELLVILLE 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
The City of Snellville does hereby announce that the 2020 millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Snellville City Hall Council Chambers, 2342 Oak Road, Snellville, Georgia 30078 on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the digest and levy for the past five years.
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 Proposed
REAL & PERSONAL
696,562,240
743,360,810
792,397,130
855,885,966
917,001,350
979,202,820
MOTOR VEHICLES
22,213,870
16,776,540
12,055,660
8,859,250
7,016,160
5,767,350
MOBILE HOMES
0
0
0
0
0
0
TIMBER
0
0
0
0
0
0
HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT
152,200
325,000
202,820
281,003
389,355
471,690
GROSS DIGEST
718,928,310
760,462,350
804,655,610
865,026,219
924,406,865
985,441,860
SNELLVILLE
LESS EXEMPTIONS
20,150,440
20,028,376
20,331,596
20,742,980
21,100,345
22,004,164
NET DIGEST
698,777,870
740,433,974
784,324,014
844,283,239
903,306,520
963,437,696
NET MILLAGE
4.588 MILLS
4.588 MILLS
4.588 MILLS
NET TAXES LEVIED
3,205,993
3,397,111
3,598,479
4.588 MILLS 3,873,572
4.588 MILLS 4,144,370
4.588 MILLS 4,420,252
NET TAXES $ -35,682 191,118 201,368 275,093 270,799 275,882 INCREASE/DECREASE NET TAXES % -1.10% 5.96% 5.93% 7.64% 6.99% 6.66% INCREASE/DECREASE The Mayor and Council of the City of Snellville will hold public hearings on Monday, July 27, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., Monday, August 3, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. and Monday, August 3, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. to hear public comments on the proposed millage rate and to adopt the 2020 millage rate on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at Snellville City Hall Council Chambers. Some insignificant differences in figures may occur since data was obtained from County and City records. These figures reflect billing adjustments to the digest and interim billing. All concerned citizens are invited to attend the meetings to be held at the Snellville City Hall Council Chambers located at 2342 Oak Road, Snellville, Georgia on Monday, July 27, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., Monday, August 3, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. and at 6:30 p.m. These hearings will satisfy requirements of O.C.G.A. Section 48-13-28.
A4 ♦ Sunday, July 19, 2020 ♦ gwinnettdailypoSt.com COLUMNIST I KEITH ROACH
Southern doctor disagrees with statin advice
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EAR DR. ROACH: As a family physician, I must differ with you on your advice to the 71-yearold lady whose doctor wanted to start her on a statin. Using a Mesa score and her desire not to take any medicine, you advised her to decline the statin. I am able to obtain generic Crestor with the GoodRx app and a pill cutter for 13 cents a day. I am 68 Roach and have no muscle ache or other side effects. My cholesterol/HDL ratio dropped from 4.5 to 2.7, and I feel I am decreasing my chances of premature heart attack and stroke. I have friends who are exceptionally clean eaters and devoted exercisers, but they have worse lipid profiles than I do. I could not get nearly as good levels (cholesterol 157, HDL 60, LDL 80) when I dieted and exercised as hard as I could. Living in the Deep South, I tried mostly in vain to get my patients to make long-term diet and exercise changes. With the arrival of affordable statins, I was able to make massive improvements in my patients’ lipid profiles. I am all for good diet and exercise, which I try to do, but I am a realist. By disagreeing with the advice of her doctor, you may be giving ammunition to the patient to avoid taking inexpensive and easy to take medicine that could greatly improve her cardiovascular risk. — D.S.B. ANSWER: Several people, including other physicians, also have disagreed with my advice in this column. I’d start by saying there are legitimate reasons to disagree, and there is not a single right answer that will be appropriate in all situations. In the recent column, the best estimate of the letter writer’s risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease in 10 years was 5.3%, based on her cholesterol, blood pressure and coronary calcium score, along with her age and sex. Taking a statin like rosuvastatin (Crestor) would be expected to reduce her risk to about 4.3%. Some people would elect to take a statin to reduce their risk by 1%, but she indicated she “really hated” going on a statin and instead chose to reduce her risk through diet. The published guidelines do not recommend taking a statin drug with her low degree of risk. My job is to provide objective information that readers can use to help with their own medical issues and to improve the communication with their doctors, so I do not lightly make a recommendation that conflicts with their doctor’s advice. I feel statins are generally underused. Many people who would benefit from taking them are not. A few are taking them when they have very little benefit, and statins do have the potential for side effects, so should be used only by those most likely to get a net benefit. Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med. cornell.edu or send mail to 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803.
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COLUMNIST I AMY DICKINSON
It’s time to bring a U-Haul to relationship
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EAR AMY: I have been a widow for almost 13 years. My husband was only 32 when he died. We were together for 16 years, and had two children (who are now 24 and 16). Unfortunately, my husband cheated on me more than once. I was devastated over the infidelity. I never had closure. I moved to a new home three years ago, and I started dating my neighbor. He is nine years older than I. He was married for over 30 years, and his wife ended the marriage. Things between us went way too fast. I literally slept at his house just about every night for almost a year. He started drinking, and his drinking has become a problem. He expressed his love for another woman, and his sexual interest in two other women. That put a big strain on our relationship. I’m very much in love with him and want to move forward, but he said he’s not ready for that, and doesn’t know if he ever will be. He knows I have insecurities because of my husband. He tells me I push too much. I think he is pushing me away. Am I wasting my time? —Lost in Love DEAR LOST: If you enjoyed this relationship — as it is — I’d say that you
were not necessarily wasting your time. Although, speaking of time, your choice to spend evDickinson ery night for a year away from your teenager (was anyone else home?) is time neither you nor your children will ever get back. I understand the devastation of infidelity, but you will not get “closure” until you actively pursue it. I’m talking about accepting the reality of what happened during your marriage, and choosing to move forward. Would you encourage your children to pursue a committed connection to someone who drank too much and didn’t meet their needs? I hope not, but by engaging in this relationship under the noses of your kids, you are basically demonstrating that this is the way to be. Your neighbor is pushing you away. Let it happen. Take a fresh look at your life. Work on your own growth. Pack your possessions — and your emotions — into a U-Haul and move to a different street, if you have to. DEAR AMY: My co-worker friends like to drink. A lot. In pre-pandemic times, we would go out after work to a local bar. They would get drinks, and
since I’m not a big drinker I would get some food or a soda. They don’t mind. Now we are all furloughed. When the restrictions lifted, we tentatively got together. It turns out we all like riding bikes. There are some cool bike paths around town. The first time, one of them packed a six-pack to take with us and we stopped at some scenic spots so they could enjoy a beer and then move on. Now that things have reopened, our latest bike trip started at a bar. And then we biked to another bar. And from there we biked to a brewery, followed by a scenic beer stop on the way home. What is the least awkward way for me to still participate (without drinking) when all I want is to ride my bike with my friends? —Sober Socialite DEAR SOBER: Checking through various state laws, I am surprised to see that — in most places — riding a bike while intoxicated does not seem to be against the law. All the same, drinking while riding a bike is extremely foolish — and outright dangerous. With reaction times slowed (or otherwise altered), any one of you could experience — or create — a dangerous situation on a bike path that involves you — or others. You are not the only pan-
demic-prompted people hitting the bike trails — many family groups and walkers/runners are also using them. And people who are drinking are less likely to adhere to appropriate mask-wearing/social distancing guidelines during stops, and are more likely to become belligerent when corrected. Are you sure you want to ride with these people? If you are determined to accompany your friends on their bike/bar crawl, you should order seltzer or soda, and make sure you are always wearing your helmet. DEAR AMY: “Caught Couple” described being “front line” physicians and “potential vectors” for the COVID virus. And yet they were considering going to a big wedding! Thank you for this line: “Wake up and smell the COVID!” I have to admit, it made me laugh. —Chuckling DEAR CHUCKLING: That line was in questionable taste — and I have no regrets. You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: ASKAMY@amydickinson. com. Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.
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Man who fled police died from injuries he sustained in car wreck By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com
Gwinnett County Medical Examiner Dr. Carol Terry said a man who was involved in a wreck after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop died from injuries he sustained in the crash on Thursday. It was initially referred to as an “in custody” death by police, but they later described it as just someone dying after being taken to the hospital for injuries in a traffic accident. Terry said the man was Darren Talley, 27. “The deceased had multiple broken ribs which injured his right lung, allowing blood
and air to collect in the right side of his chest,” Terry said. “These injuries interfered with his ability to breathe and caused his death.” Cpl. Collin Flynn said officers who were conducting traffic enforcement on Stone Mountain Highway, more commonly known as U.S. Highway 78, and East Park Place Boulevard saw a vehicle driven by Talley commit a traffic violation. The officers then tried to pull him over on Stone Mountain Highway. “The driver fled,” Flynn said. “The GCPD officer did not engage in a pursuit of the violator and changed his course of direction. Shortly after the attempted traffic stop, DeKalb County PD and GCPD officers drove upon an accident on Stone Mountain Highway westbound over the West Park Place Boulevard bridge.
“There was a black passenger car and a gold SUV involved. Officers discovered that the black passenger car was the same as the one who had just fled from the attempted traffic stop.” Flynn said Talley had been injured. The SUV had been abandoned on the side of the road at the time of the accident, the police spokesman added. “Multiple passing motorists stopped to control and comfort the injured driver prior to officers’ arrival,” Flynn said. “GCPD officers approached the scene and attempted to render aid. The driver was in medical distress and had to be restrained for transport to the hospital for treatment. He later died.” Flynn said officers involved in the man’s arrest did not use their firearms or other deadly-force weapons.
LEWIS From A1 praised Lewis for his work in the area of civil rights. “(John Lewis’) long battle for civil rights for all Americans to live in freedom is both inspirational and admirable,” Hice said in a statement. “I am grateful he fought that battle for liberty with courage. Georgia has been blessed to have him. My wife Dee Dee and I have his family in our prayers.” About 10 days before his death, he recalled being imprisoned in Mississippi’s Parchman Farm Penitentiary in 1961 for using a segregated bathroom in Jackson, Miss. “(Fifty-nine) years ago today I was released from Parchman Farm Penitentiary after being arrested in Jackson, MS for using a so-called ‘white’ restroom during the Freedom Rides of 1961,” he said in the July 7 tweet, which had his jail intake photo attached. Lewis had embraced his arrests at protests during the Civil Rights era, using his intake photo from an arrest in Atlanta, with the slogan “Getting into good trouble since 1960” underneath, in a campaign poster in 2012. A new documentary about him is called “John Lewis: Good Trouble” as well, using an altered version of his intake photo from Parchman in promotional materials. Lewis was also a participant in what is perhaps the seminal moment in the Civil Rights Movement: the March on Washington in 1963 — the same event where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech. Lewis, who was serving as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at the time, spoke at the event. Gov. Brian Kemp described Lewis as “A civil rights icon, freedom fighter and beloved Georgian” in a statement posted on Twitter. “Our nation will never be the same without him,” the governor said. “There are no words to adequately express the sadness that countless Americans are feeling upon learning this news. John Lewis changed our world in profound and immeasurable ways.” Local officials shared that sentiment. “John Lewis has been faithful to the effort of achieving equality and justice for all Americans since he was a very young man,” Gwinnett Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said. “Georgia is poorer as a result of his death but richer because of his life.” Gwinnett District Attorney Danny Porter called Lewis one of the nation’s “heroes” for his efforts in the Civil Rights
CASES From A1 the state — the number of hospitalizations on a specific date — had gone from 1,184 as of June 26, to 2,929 as of Saturday. That’s a jump of 1,745 hospitalizations, and an increase of nearly 147.4%, from three weeks ago.
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From left, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and state Rep. Pedro Marin, D-Duluth, pose together at the Georgia State Capitol in February 2016. After news of Lewis’ death broke late Friday, Marin recalled how the congressman supported civil rights for the Latino community. Movement and during his time in Congress. “A lifelong champion of civil rights, who tirelessly stood up against injustice, Representative Lewis faithfully served the citizens of Georgia since 1987 through his leadership in Congress,” Porter said. “His commitment to a better, more equal nation made him one of the greatest public figures that our country has ever known. “Congressman Lewis marched alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others to ensure civil rights for all. He was a visionary, and a friend to all who knew him. His leadership, grace, and compassion will be greatly missed. My thoughts go out to Congressman Lewis’ family, friends, and constituents. May we all learn from his example in how we live our lives.” State legislators from Gwinnett also took to social media to heap praise upon Lewis, who had served in the U.S. House of Representatives, being the representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, since he was first elected in 1986. He had served on the Atlanta City Council for a few years before that. “Rest In Power Congressman and Civil Rights Icon (John Lewis),” State Rep. Donna McLeod, D-Lawrenceville, said. “We stand on the shoulders of giants. Thank you soooo much!! We must continue the work.” State Rep. Jasmine Clark, D-Lilburn, said, “Rest In Peace and Power John Lewis. Your monumental impact will reverberate to infinity.” Norcross Mayor Craig Newton, the first African-American to serve as a mayor of a Gwinnett County city, reminisced about a visit Lewis made to the city. Newton posted vid-
eo of that visit on his Facebook page. “We’ve lost a legend but not his legacy,” Newton said. State Rep. Pedro Marin, D-Duluth, said Lewis was a supporter of the rights of various ethnic groups, not just African Americans. “Congressman John Lewis was a true hero to all communities,” Marin said. “Many times I spoke right beside him at various diverse rallies/marches defending the civil rights of the Latino community.” Lewis’ death also prompted mourning from the leaders of both major political parties in Georgia. “Our country has lost a giant,” Georgia Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikema Williams said. “Congressman John Lewis was America’s greatest champion in the fight for justice and equality, and showed us all how to put the people first. “His legacy of Good Trouble will ring on in generations to follow, a guiding light for those continuing to march toward a more righteous future. He was my hero and my friend, and I will miss him very much.” David Shafer, the Georgia Republican Party’s Duluthbased chairman, said “We mourn the loss of Congressman John Lewis whose leadership in the 1960s as one of the original thirteen Freedom Riders and then as Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee helped bring an end to state-mandated segregation in this country. “Congressman Lewis brought personal humility to his public service that reflected his peaceful, orderly and nonviolent leadership during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He will be missed.”
Currently, the death toll in Gwinnett stands at 197, which marks an increase of two new deaths in a 24-hour period. Over a one-week period, reports of COVID-19 related deaths in Gwinnett have increased by 15. In all, there have been 24 new deaths from the disease reported in the county — a 13.8% increase in the death total — since July 3. By comparison, there had
been only five new deaths reported between June 26 and July 3, and seven new cases in the week before that, which is an increase of about 7.4% in the death total over that two-week time period. The Georgia Department of Public Health has reported a total of 1,537 hospitalizations in Gwinnett, and an incidence rate of 1,362.72 cases for every 100,000 residents.
LEARNING From A1 not changing its plans for the upcoming school year, which begins Aug. 12, at this point. “Board members received a report on the progress of the district’s plans for opening the school year on August 12 with both in-person and digital instruction,” Roach said. “Dr. Steve Flynt, associate superintendent for School Improvement and Operations, reviewed the information the district gathered from families about the return to school. “He shared that, based on the results from a recent survey that closed on July 12, the district anticipates 60% of students attending school in-person while 40% of students will learn digitally.” As other school systems in the area announce plans to start the school year with all virtual learning, Gwinnett is in a shrinking pool of districts that plan to have students in classrooms when the school year begins. Buford City Schools has also announced plans to offer both in-person and virtual learning options to parents, and is scheduled to start one week earlier than Gwinnett County Public Schools. But among the largest school systems in metro Atlanta — Gwinnett, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Clayton county schools as well as Atlanta Public Schools — only Gwinnett has not opted to begin the school year with virtual learning only. There was a mixture of opinions expressed by Gwinnett school board members on Thursday night, though. Board member Everton Blair has opposed sending children back to classrooms too soon, and has even suggested delaying the start of school until around Labor Day. On Thursday, he said there were too many risks involved with sending children back to school in August. “People are making shortterm decisions with longterm implications that they may not even know,” he said. “And yes, we’re going to do everything we can to make our buildings safe, but there are still too many unknowns with this. “And the kind of politics around it all are very unfor-
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Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks wears a GCPS-branded face mask during a school board work session Thursday. The district is sticking with plans to do both in-person and virtual learning when the 2020-2021 school year begins next month. tunate to me because I think we should just be realizing how hard it is to implement the guidance that’s before us, and basing out decision on that inevitability.” But, board member Steve Knudsen said “there’s risks on both sides” in the pandemic, while citing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield as he asserted that there would be greater risk to children by making them do digital learning rather than putting them back in schools. “If you think there’s only risk in society due to COVID, it’s not true,” Knudsen said. “We’ve got to deal with the risk and we’ve also got to deal with with the fact that we have families that could potentially be decimated because of this. “We will not get our economy back to where it needs to be — and this is not money versus health, it’s health versus health — and we have risks on both sides.” Gwinnett County Public Schools is taking steps to prepare for the school year, however. Among those steps is the purchasing of personal protective equipment, also known as PPE, for school system employees. The district has a stockpile of about 500,000 white cloth masks as well as 15,000 GCPS-branded face masks, 45,000 KN95 masks and 5,000 other masks that are of varying types. During a work session briefing to the school board earlier Thursday, Gwinnett County Public Schools Chief Operating Officer Walt Martin said the 15,000 branded masks is what the school system has left over after distributing free masks to all school system employees. There are other supplies the district has, or is looking to get, to protect employees during the school year.
CHAIR From A1 this state and chose not to do something else right now,” Blair told his colleagues. In quick succession after Blair finished his remarks, Radloff asked if anyone had something to say and then adjourned the meeting. Board members then began to get up from their seats to leave, and Radloff began talking to Wilbanks while the microphones were still on and a live feed was still broadcasting over the internet. That is when Radloff could be heard making the “strangle” remark to the superintendent, who was still sitting in his chair, as she leaned over next to him. Commenters on social media have claimed to have heard different variations on the phrasing of what was said, however. Wilbank said in a statement on Friday that she was expressing frustration about “another board member” following disagreement on the board about the district’s decision to move forward with in-school instruction for families who wanted it. He did not specifically say that other board member was Blair. Blair was the only dissenting voice on the back-to-school matter, however. Wilbanks said he will “be working with the Board to address this type of behavior,” but did not elaborate on what could happen. Radloff, who was defeated in last month’s Democratic Party primary for her seat, is set to leave the school board when her term expires at the end of this year. “In conducting board business, school board members do not always agree on the issues before them,” Wilbanks said. “However, there are appropriate ways to express that disagreement. At the end of last night’s meeting, which was one of the toughest in my tenure as superintendent, a Board member made a comment expressing her frustration with another Board member. “It was a regrettable statement that caused pain and anger for many in our community. That is unacceptable and cannot be condoned.” Radloff could not be reached for comment Friday morning. Blair’s mother expressed outrage in comments on a Gwinnett STOPP Facebook video
“We have enough bottles of hand sanitizer to distribute to all classrooms as well 4,000 gallons of hand sanitizer that should be here, if not (Thursday), then (Friday),” Martin said. “And we’ve also got an RFP out for various items, such as face shields, hand sanitizer, gowns, cleaning wipes — just a laundry list of items that was deemed necessary for schools. We have not made those purchases, however we do have RFPs out ... and we’re in the process of making those decisions about how much and when we’ll need those items.” Gwinnett schools will require all students and employees who are in the schools this fall to wear face masks, although accommodations will be made to people who cannot wear masks for documented health reasons. Thursday did mark the first time since the pandemic began that the school board held meetings in its main meeting room. The board is continuing to livestream its meetings for people who are concerned about going out in public during the COVID-19 outbreak. There were were some glitches during the meeting, however, that made it difficult to watch the livestream of the school board meeting Thursday. Those glitches were particularly evident during the district’s COVID-19 update, fiscal year 2021 budget adoption and public comment. At times the feed cut to announcements with jazz music playing in the background, as well as freezing up or going to color test bars or error messages. “This was our first meeting back in the Board room and the technology that worked well in testing over the last few days did not work as planned due to network feed issues,” Roach said.
of the end of the board meeting. “I’m proud of my son for advocating for the children, parents and staff of GCPS,” Fiona Blair said in her Facebook comment. “I am appalled that the chairwoman said, ‘I could strangle him.’ Having already experienced the horrific nightmare of having to bury one of my four children, this stabbed me right in my heart, and I took this threat personally. That was absolutely despicable, Louise Radloff!” The Gwinnett African American Caucus also spoke out against Radloff’s remark and offered its support for Blair and his stance on starting the school year totally online instead of a mixture of online and in-person instruction. “The GAAC strongly objects to Radloff’s comment and demands that Member Blair be treated with respect and courtesy by the members of the Board and school district personnel,” the caucus said. In a statement released after the meeting, Blair compared Radloff’s comments to lynchings of African-Americans. He also continued to assert his opposition to having children return to school for in-person instruction this fall. “Unfortunately, (Thursday night’s) critical business regarding school reopening has been overshadowed by the remarks of my outgoing colleague, which ignore the permanent stain of lynching in Gwinnett County’s history,” Blair said. “But let me be clear: this is not about me. This is about the health and wellness of our 180,000 students, our 22,000 staff members and the families to which they belong. “What we experienced at (the) school board meeting was a mockery of the dual crises at hand: a global pandemic and a looming economic recession.” Wilbanks called the remark “inappropriate” in his statement on Friday, but also offered somewhat of a defense for Radloff. “The comment, while inappropriate, does not reflect the heart of the Louise Radloff I have known for almost 40 years,” Wilbanks said. “Her actions over several decades are a more accurate reflection of who she is. “She is a good person and a public servant who has dedicated her life to serving others, and has supported the most diverse clusters in our district during her 48 years on the Board.”
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Former Gwinnett County football players, left to right, Ford Higgins, Kendel Wright and Paul Carothers graduated in 2020 from the U.S. Naval Academy, where they were teammates. Higgins and Carothers both went to Greater Atlanta Christian School, and Wright went to Mountain View High School.
Gwinnett grads build lifelong bond at Naval Academy By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com
Kendel Wright’s high school, Mountain View, is roughly 20 miles from Greater Atlanta Christian, where Paul Carothers and Ford Higgins played football. Before those three entered the U.S. Naval Academy, that was their connection. Their bond now goes way deeper than their home county. The trio shared joy, excruciating heartbreak, physical and mental exhaustion and much more during their time at the Annapolis, Maryland, academy, where they were football teammates, classmates and close friends. “You come to a lot of realizations, especially at a place like the Naval Academy,” said Wright, who started on Navy’s offensive line alongside Higgins. “You learn a lot about yourself real quick. Either you deal with that responsibility in a grown up kind of way and put your big boy pants on, or you cower down. There are tough days. You got beat up today, but you come back the next day. We leaned on each other throughout the whole time. I wouldn’t have made it through without Ford, Paul, all the guys at the Academy. You don’t realize coming in you’ll have these bonds. They all pay off. And we haven’t even
seen the whole payoff yet.” Every Midshipmen goes through the expected rigors of military life, the academic grind of a top-notch education and the expectations of NCAA FBS football, but unexpected challenges arise, too. For the Gwinnett players, their obstacles were gut-wrenching ones. Back in February, their Navy teammate, David Forney, was found dead in his Bancroft Hall dorm room. The offensive lineman, a starter up front with Higgins and Wright, died of cardiac arrest. Sadly, it wasn’t their first time dealing with a painful loss during college. In Nov. 2016, Carothers’ father Pat, a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service, was shot and killed while executing an arrest warrant on a fugitive wanted for attempted murder of police officers, among other charges. The news of his father’s death came to Carothers in Annapolis, and he leaned on his teammates after the tragedy. Some leaned back on him this year when Forney passed away. “This dude sitting right here, Kenny (Wright), and others, whether it was a text or phone call, some men of many words and some of little words, I learned to appreciate anyone stepping out of their way (after my father’s death),” said Carothers, a linebacker during his Navy
career. “They always had a heart for me and they pushed me, too. They’re both signs of love. They empathized with me, but they didn’t let me sit in my sorrow. … Even this year, dealing with the death of David Forney. I know Kenny was closest with David. I learned how to talk Kenny’s language a little bit. It isn’t saying much, just being around and showing you cared. “I had a lot of brothers taking me where I had to go when I heard the news (about my father). Ford was the first person in tears with me. I shared tears with these dudes. How’s that? I’ve got no pride with them. I can share these things and not hold back.” The journey was full of great memories, too. Among them was their final football game, a 31-7 victory over rival Army, and a 2019 season that saw them earn the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy in their annual competition with Army and Air Force. They also loaded up on knowledge and leadership skills while training and studying alongside some of the country’s best and brightest. “The biggest blessings to me are the stuff I learned there, whether it was leadership qualities or academics or learning a lot about yourself,” said Higgins, now 205 pounds, 57 pounds lighter than his heaviest playing weight
last season. “And just being on the football field, all the things that carry forward in my life in the future, things I’m grateful for, thankful for. I’m looking forward to staying in touch with these guys. This bond lasts forever. It’s not a temporary thing we share with our teammates. “To be able to have such a great influence from the coaching staff and the military personnel since we’ve been there. I look forward to one day looking back, whether I become a military officer, and say I’m able to influence my guys like that if I’m fortunate enough to lead. That place teaches you a lot.” The COVID-19 pandemic also threw a unique wrinkle into the final months of their Naval Academy experience. Rather than finish on campus, the Navy football players took online classes as they scattered to homes around the country. For the local trio, that meant a return to Georgia. They would have preferred Annapolis, though. “We were on Spring Break when everything started getting out of hand, and schools started shutting down,” said Wright, now slimmed down to 245 pounds from his playing weight of 290. “Around March 15 when we had to be back, we started getting news that we were not coming back
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Mountain View grad Kendel Wright (76) was part of a stout Navy offensive line that allowed quarterback Malcolm Perry to rush for an NCAA record this season.
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Greater Atlanta Christian grad Paul Carothers rushes the passer during a Navy football game.
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Greater Atlanta Christian grad Ford Higgins (72) was part of a stout Navy offensive line that allowed quarterback Malcolm See TRIO, B2 Perry (10) to rush for an NCAA record this season.
Corky Kell moves from MBS to Mill Creek High School By Will Hammock
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Complications with the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the Corky Kell Classic out of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, executive director Dave Hunter said Tuesday. The five high school football games planned for Aug. 22 in Atlanta’s massive stadium have been shifted to Mill Creek High School. The host Hawks have a 2:45 p.m. game that day against another Gwinnett team, Parkview. Brookwood and Collins Hill play in the
annual showcase at 11:45 a.m., and North Gwinnett has an 8:45 p.m. nightcap against McEachern. Mill Creek also will host Kell against Walton at 9 a.m. and Hoover (Ala.) against Lowndes at 5:45 p.m. Mercedes-Benz officials were required to use NFL guidelines for operation and sanitizing, an expensive process for Corky Kell organizers who already pay a large sum to rent the home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United. See CLASSIC, B2
2020 CORKY KELL CLASSIC Wednesday, Aug. 19 At West Forsyth 5:30 p.m. — Carver-Atlanta vs. Cherokee 8:30 p.m. — Mays vs. West Forsyth Thursday, Aug. 20 At Dacula 5:30 p.m. — Denmark vs. Tucker
8:30 p.m. — Archer vs. Dacula Friday, Aug. 21 At Rome 5:30 p.m. — Cedartown vs. Carrollton 8:30 p.m. — Rockmart vs. Rome Saturday, Aug. 22 At Mill Creek 9 a.m. — Kell vs. Walton
11:45 a.m. — Brookwood vs. Collins Hill 2:45 p.m. — Parkview vs. Mill Creek 5:45 p.m. — Hoover (Ala.) vs. Lowndes 8:45 p.m. — McEachern vs. North Gwinnett
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Rotate vegetable plants to keep them healthy M ost of our vegetable soil fertility. gardens are planted Vegetable plants can be with summer crops, classified into families: and with the rain, they ♦ Tomatoes, potaare thriving. Healthy toes, eggplant, and productive plants depeppers are in the sopend on proper soil, lanaceae family. appropriate amounts ♦ Squash, cucumof fertilizer, water, and bers, and melons are pest control. in the cucurbit family. One cultural method ♦ The legume family to improve plant health contains peas, beans, Daly is to avoid planting peanuts, and soybean. the same vegetable plants ♦ Collards, cabbage, kale, in the same location every and broccoli, which are popyear. Each family of vegeta- ular in the cooler months of bles should be planted in a the year, compose the musdifferent place each growing tard family of plants. season. This process is often ♦ Onions, leeks, shallots, referred to as crop rotation, and garlic are another one. one of the oldest practices in Why is crop rotation so agriculture. It is one of the important? When vegetable most useful tools for man- plants are continually grown aging pests and maintaining in the same place every grow-
ing season, plant disease and harmful insect populations build up over time in the soil and surrounding environment. Most plant diseases and insects are specific to one family of plants. Rotating the plants will help reduce the severity of these pests. For example, if you planted a section of your garden with tomatoes last year, use plants from another family such as squash. However, remember potatoes, eggplants and peppers are in the same family as tomatoes, so they should not be planted in this location. For best results, wait three years before planting the same family of plants at the same site again. Crop rotation has other benefits, such as improv-
ing the fertility of the soil. The vegetable grown in a specific area of the garden has an impact on the soil fertility there. Rotating the plants can even out the loss of different soil nutrients and allow time for the replenishment of nutrients. Improvement of soil structure is another benefit of rotating different plant families. They frequently have roots that grow at various depths with varying techniques of cultivation. Rotating crops can be somewhat challenging in small vegetable gardens. Several options exist. You can grow only plants in the bean family one year followed by those related to tomatoes the second year
and the squash family in the third. If you have enough space, another possibility would be to move the entire garden plot to another section of your yard the following year. Another option is the use of cover crops, which are not edible but provide benefits such as improving soil structure and fertility and reducing weeds. Some commonly used cover crops are rye, wheat, millet, and buckwheat. At the end of their growing season, they are often tilled into the soil to build up organic matter that improves the overall quality. Certain cover crops, such as clovers and vetches, are leguminous plants. These plants have bacteria that re-
side in their roots and form a small nodule. The bacteria take nitrogen the plant absorbs from the air and converts it to a form plants can absorb. They release the nutrient into the soil, thus increasing soil fertility and improving the soil structure. Crop rotation is an excellent way to improve the soil and reduce the buildup of pest populations. The process is relatively simple and has a multitude of benefits for the garden. Timothy Daly is an Agricultural and Natural Resource Extension Agent with UGA Extension Gwinnett. He can be contacted at 678377-4011 or tdaly@uga.edu.
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How to quiet your fear and step into the boldest version of yourself
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n the last several month, the risk) helps you be more many have faced (and con- confident and courageous tinue to face) an before bold action. unprecedented level of 2. Understand “unknown.: Ambiguyour body. ity can give rise to our When you are afraid, deepest insecurities, your amygdala (a.k.a., and left unchecked Lizard brain) goes into has the potential to overdrive protection fill us with fear. mode. You become hyBeing afraid is natper alert, your heart McLeod ural. But when you rate rises, your pupils let fear take over, the world dilate, and unfortunately your misses out on the bravest critical thinking goes out the and brightest version of you. window. While your Lizard And that’s no good for any- brain does have your best one. Here are three tips to interest of survival at heart, help you quell the fear and it’s not always the most hostep into bold action: listic, strategic counsel. The 1. Disrupt negative lizard brain has a hard time thought cycles in their determining a threat to your tracks. life and a threat to your ego. If you’re about to give a When you understand why big presentation, pitch an your body is reacting to fear idea, or do something coura- the way it is, it’s easier to begeous, the onslaught of “what come objective in the face ifs” will have no problem of it. When you recognize keeping you awake at night. an oncoming wave of fear, Sure, we have to assess po- ask yourself, is this my liztential risk. The challenge ard brain thinking? is, we tend to default to the Take a step back, inhale a negative “what ifs” when big deep breath, and remove it comes to being vulner- yourself from that fight or able and putting ourselves flight brain space by breathout there. The potential of ing, moving your body, and shame is more initially jar- practicing mindfulness. ring than the upside. 3. Don’t take yourself If you find yourself start- too seriously. ing to think “what if it goes Try to remember a time terribly and they hate it” in- when you said or did someterrupt that thought cycle, thing embarrassing. Is your and challenge your brain to skin crawling now? Ok, now, think “what if it goes awe- try to remember a time when some and everyone loves someone else said or did it.” Pointing your brain to- something embarrassing — wards the payoff (instead of harder to recall? You like-
Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute adds locations, physician From staff reports Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute has expanded across north Georgia with six new locations, including one in Braselton. “Our focus is to provide integrated, high-quality cardiovascular care to patients across north Georgia,” said Dr. Jeffrey Marshall, chief of Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute. “Our full and expanding range of cardiovascular services include consultative cardiology, advanced heart failure, cardio-oncology, echocardiography, stress testing, cardiac CT, heart catheterization and angioplasty, and in some locations, the ability to perform structural heart procedures like valve repair and replacement.” Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute opened in 2019 with locations in Lawrenceville and Midtown Atlanta. An office at 1255 Friendship Road in Braselton opened Jan. 15, 2020, followed in March with two locations in Sandy Springs – 6135 Barfield Road and 1150 Hammond Drive. Three more locations opened in April:
♦ 145 Riverstone Terrace, Canton ♦ 1505 Northside Forsyth Boulevard, Cumming ♦ 684 Sixes Road, Holly Springs In addition to the new offices, Dr. Henry Liberman joined the Institute’s team of cardiovascular experts in Braselton, Cumming, Lawrenceville and Midtown Atlanta. Board certified in interventional cardiology, cardiology and internal medicine, Liberman specializes in complex procedures, including coronary interventions and cardiac mechanical support devices. He has been providing cardiology care for more than 40 years. “I chose cardiology because I wanted to be involved in an exciting and innovative field and to be able to provide the best care and quality of life for my patients,” said Dr. Liberman. “I enjoy establishing relationships with my patients and their families.” Liberman lives in north Atlanta and currently sees patients at the Braselton, Cumming, Lawrenceville and Midtown Atlanta locations. Additional providers are joining the Institute in the coming months.
ly can’t think of times that people misspoke during a meeting, made a crucial typo, or even spilled their coffee. High performers are their own toughest critics. When you start to feel anxious, remind yourself, you’re likely the only one looking at your words and actions through the microscope of judgement. People make mistakes, most other people don’t remember or even notice those
mistake, and life moves on. Consider this widely quoted excerpt from a Theodore Roosevelt speech, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives val-
iantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while
daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” Stepping into the murky waters of growth and vulnerability can be scary. It’s also incredibly courageous. Lisa McLeod is the author of the best-sellers “Selling with Noble Purpose” and “Leading with Noble Purpose.”
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Mulberry Baptist Church nearing completion after 11 years By Chamian Cruz chamian.cruz@ gwinnettdailypost.com
Pat Sauls watched as approximately 140 people flooded into Mulberry Baptist Church in Hoschton Sunday morning, March 1, to worship in the new church building that had been under construction since 2009. Sauls is now 67 years old, but said she has been a member of the church since she was just 2 weeks old. Below, on the front righthand corner of the church’s foundation, are the bibles of Sauls’ mother, Maebell Helton; father, Rev. J.W. Helton Jr.; and Rev. Ollie V. Hayes. They are all buried in the church cemetery. “My father knew he wouldn’t live to see the church completed,” she said. “He told me, ‘I want you to do something for me.’ He pastored there for 21 years. He said, ‘I want you to put my old sword, my bible, before any concrete goes down and know it’s on a firm foundation.’” “So I obeyed his wish, and along beside it I put my mom’s and then on the other side is
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Mulberry Baptist Church as of March 2020. the pastor’s bible that was there when the church was torn down.” Sauls said the first Sunday service in the new church building was “amazing” and “a wonderful feeling.” The congregation, typically made up of 25-35 people, are mainly retired or blue-
collar workers on a fixed income. The congregation worshipped every Sunday in the old fellowship hall during construction. The new church is located on the same property as the old one, at 5970 Thompson Mill Rd. In 2011, the tough economic situation that left
many strapped for cash hit Mulberry Baptist in the middle of its construction. “We had some problems and ran into some hardships,” Sauls said. “It took a while to get new drawings, but once it got done it put us on the right track and everything pulled together.
We can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel, so we’re on our way now.” Sauls said the church was established in 1876. The property where it stands was donated in 1885 by Brother J.W. Davis to “sit among this beautiful grove of trees and sit on this place as a lighthouse for whoever wanted to worship our Lord and Savior,” Sauls said. Although the old church was built in 1948, church members decided to completely demolish it in March 2010 after termites had ravaged the original green wood used to construct the building and the foundation was no longer safe to be the base of the structure. They began constructing the new church by laying down the foundation and nailing together the wooden frame, but everything stopped in 2011 when the church ran out of funds. Instead of giving up, members of the church held numerous benefit concerts, fried pies to sell at Chadwick’s Produce in Lawrenceville and accepted donations from the community to raise enough money to continue
with the construction. “Some donations came from people I had no clue where they were located or who they were,” Sauls said. “They just put a check in the mailbox. I think they saw our struggles and wanted to help. Other people would come by and tell us, ‘God sent me here and I wanted to help.’” The church hasn’t been fully completed, but it’s close. Sauls said the new church is a little wider and longer than the old one, and it has a baptistery now, which they didn’t have before. “Personally, I persevered with the construction of the new church because of my love for it,” she said. “My father, my grandfather and other members of our family have pastored at the church. It is just part of my heritage and I intended to see it through.” Sauls told the Daily Post in 2011, “We will complete our task before us with God’s love and helping hand.” Earlier this month, she said that was still true. “We have completed the task with God’s help,” she said.
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