July 26, 2020 — Gwinnett Daily Post

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Duluth football player remembered fondly

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Former Duluth football player James Doby died Wednesday, his high school football coaches confirmed. He was 17.

Doby, a 2020 Duluth grad, played both offensive and defensive line during his career.

The 5-foot-11, 330-pounder also competed as a thrower in track and field for the Wildcats.

His personality was even bigger than his size, those close to him said.

“Doby was always willing to stop and have a conversation about football or his favorite courses at Maxwell,” Duluth athletic and activi-

ties director Tessa Finke said. “He loved his time with the football team. He was such a gentle giant. Loved his spirit and his big smile.

He will be missed dearly by the Wildcat family.”

Duluth head coach Cam Jones said Doby was one of his team’s strongest players with a 400-pound-plus bench press.

“From the day I was hired, (Doby) didn’t miss a day,” Jones said. “He didn’t miss a single workout. When I went to my first Duluth GFL (Gwinnett Football League) game, he’s on the grill, he’s riding around on the Gator, he’s cleaning up.

I joked that he was the mayor of Shorty Howell (Park). You couldn’t go to Shorty Howell

without knowing him. He was always helping out with other teams, other practices. That’s just the kind of kid he was.”

Doby was studying to be a mechanic in Nashville, Tenn., after taking auto classes at Maxwell during high school.

His family — his brother Nick is a rising freshman player at Duluth — was scheduled to visit Nashville last weekend, but canceled plans after Doby said he was dealing with a stomach virus.

“James was one of those kids who never missed any kind of team function, or team workouts, and he was usually one of the first people there every day,” Duluth assistant coach Chris Fowler said. “That’s what makes the

NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE The City of Sugar Hill has tentatively adopted a 2020 millage rate of 3.8 mills, which is the same millage rate the city has adopted for 16 consecutive years. Without this tentative tax increase of 4.51%, the millage rate would be no more than 3.636 mills. The increase results from the reassessment of property values in the city by the Gwinnett County Board of Tax Assessors as well as new construction added to the tax digest over the last year, not an actual increase in the millage rate.

The proposed tax increase for a homestead property in the city with an average fair market value of $300,000 is approximately $19.68 per year or 5.4 cents per day. The average non-homestead property in the city with an average fair market value of $275,000 is approximately $18 per year or 5 cents per day.

Property tax bills paid by homeowners in Sugar Hill are a combination of Gwinnett County Schools, Gwinnett County government and Sugar Hill.

Sugar Hill contracts with the Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner for tax billing and collection.

All concerned citizens are invited to attend the public hearings to be held at City Hall, 5039 West Broad Street, Sugar Hill, Georgia on the following dates: Monday, August 3, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.

Monday, August 3, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

The Mayor and Council will meet on Monday, August 10, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. to hold the third Public Hearing and set the 2020 Millage Rate.

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Nixing year-end tests for Ga. schools draws major support

By Beau Evans Staff Writer Capitol Beat News Service

A request to scrap endof-year tests for Georgia public schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic drew overwhelming support from students, teachers, parents and others during a two-week comment period, state school officials said Thursday.

The state Department of Education is seeking a waiver from the federal government to skip the Georgia Milestones and other reporting requirements for the 2020-21 school year.

Per the waiver, the state is also seeking a pass on accountability requirements including the annual report card and the College and Career Readiness Index.

The waiver requires public input via a survey that fielded nearly 99,000 responses across the state in just two weeks, school officials said during a state Board of Education meeting Thursday.

Of those responses, roughly 96% supported the federal government giving Georgia a break from Richard the year-end Woods tests and reporting requirements. And 93% backed waiving the accountability requirements.

State officials are still awaiting word on whether or not the waiver will be approved.

Meanwhile, local school districts are hustling to wrap up safety plans allowing students to return for classes during the pandemic with both in-person and online instruction, depending on the district.

Education board members did not take up any discussion Thursday on whether to ask local districts to delay their fall semester start dates. Districts are largely scheduled to resume classes in early August.

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State officials have issued guidelines and recommendations aimed at helping local school districts decide how to hold classes in the fall via a mix of regular in-person classes and online instruction options.

Several districts have elected to go online-only for the first few weeks, creating challenges such as how schools will track attendance but easing safety concerns expressed by many parents, teachers and public health experts.

Gov. Brian Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods have said they favor in-person instruction over long periods of online learning but will support the decisions local districts make.

Standardized tests were suspended for the 201920 school year as in-person classes closed across the state and Georgia’s roughly 1.7 million students switched to online learning starting in late March, as positive cases of the virus began to swell.

School officials say resuming the tests would both complicate classroom learning already challenged by social distancing restrictions and hurt the budgetary bottom line for local schools as districts grapple with $950 million in spending cuts statewide.

NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE The Gwinnett County Board of Education has tentatively adopted a millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes by 5.56 percent.

All concerned citizens are invited to attend public hearings on this tax increase to be held in the Board Room at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center, 437 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee, GA on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 6:00 p.m.

Additional hearings on this tax increase are scheduled in the Board Room at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center, 437 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee, GA on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, at 11:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

The tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 19.700 mills, an increase of 1.038 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 18.662 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $275,000 is approximately $110.03 and the proposed tax increase for nonhomestead property with a fair market value of $425,000 is approximately $176.46.

In setting the millage rate to support the budget, the Gwinnett County Board of Education will not increase the total school millage rate. Holding the total millage rate at the same level, by law, must be advertised as a property tax increase due to the higher value of property in the county. Taxpayers whose property has not been assigned a higher value this year will not see an increase in their school taxes.

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whole thing more tragic (is the kind of person he was).

He was the one who embodied that Duluth spirit that all coaches want their kids to have. He worked his tail off in the weight room and always performed on the field.

“He always did what he was asked with a yes-sir attitude. … He was just a great soul, a great kid. I was really looking forward to what he was going to do with his life.”

Doby progressed greatly on and off the field throughout his time at Duluth, eventually becoming a regular contributor and part-time starter during his senior season.

Fowler coached Doby all four seasons.

“I just felt he gained a lot of confidence from the time he came in as freshman to the time he left as a senior,” Fowler said. “He was that guy around school that everyone knew. Everyone knew who James Doby was whether Special photo it was through football or Former Duluth football player James Doby died Wednesday. just through his personalA GoFundMe account has used for the Duluth football ity. He was one of those kids that he touched everybody been set up in honor of Doby, team. Donations can be made and his family wants it to be at this LINK. around him.”

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• Enrollment is expected to exceed 181,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year.

• Teaching and learning are the central focus of the budget, with 70.5% of the General Fund budget targeted for instructional services.

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WORLD & NATION

WORLD

Singaporean man pleads guilty to spying for China in the US A Singaporean man living in Washington D.C. has pleaded guilty to being an “illegal agent of a foreign power,” prosecutors said Friday.

Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, worked for Chinese intelligence for four or five years, recruiting Americans with access to sensitive information over the internet and commissioning them to write reports, which he then passed on to Beijing.

“The Chinese Government uses an array of duplicity to obtain sensitive information from unsuspecting Americans,” United States Assistant Attorney General John Demers said in a statement. “Yeo was central to one such scheme, using career networking sites and a false consulting firm to lure Americans who might be of interest to the Chinese government. This is yet another example of the Chinese government’s exploitation of the openness of American society.”

His guilty plea comes amid an ongoing crackdown on Chinese operatives in the U.S.

Turkey’s Hagia Sophia holds first prayers since conversion back to mosque Istanbul’s historic Hagia Sophia has reopened for Friday prayers for the first time since a decision was made to turn it back into a mosque after more than 80 years as a museum.

Images on Turkish state television showed crowds of Muslims praying in and around the mosque on Friday morning.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan participated in the Friday prayers, where he recited verses of the Quran.

Some people came from outside Istanbul and spent the night around Hagia Sophia waiting for the prayer, according to CNN Turk.

— From wire reports

PEOPLE

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ release date pushed to summer 2021 Those feeling the need for speed are going to have to wait until next summer to see “Top Gun: Maverick.”

The sequel to the hit 1986 film, “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise was supposed to hit theaters in December.

Paramount announced on Thursday that the film will now premiere July 2, 2021.

Cruise is reprising his role as U.S. Naval aviator Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. It also stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm and is directed by Joseph Kosinski.

This is the second delay for “Maverick’s” theatrical release. In April, the film’s debut was pushed from June to December due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global theater closures.

Hallmark will now feature LGBTQ stories in Christmas movies

Florida surpasses New York as state with second highest coronavirus count

By Madeline Holcombe and Jason Hanna CNN

Florida on Saturday became the U.S. state with the secondhighest official coronavirus case count, passing New York, once the country’s epicenter early in the pandemic.

California, with the most official cases (more than 440,000) and largest population, surpassed New York in case count a few days ago.

The states with the most recorded cases now align more closely with population rank. Florida is the country’s third-most populous, and New York is fourth.

Florida has reported 414,511 cases since the pandemic’s start, above New York’s 411,200, according to state health agencies.

In the past few weeks, infection rates have been rising, especially in parts of the South and West, and COVID-19 hospitalizations nationwide have neared levels not seen since April. This has moved many states and cities to roll back reopenings, add mask mandates, and wrestle with how or whether to open schools for in-person classes.

Yet, case rates are starting to plateau in four states that have seen large increases recently — Texas, California, Arizona and Florida — Dr. Deborah Birx, the White

NATION

Millions left in limbo as Congress lets $600 jobless benefit lapse Millions of jobless Americans are anxiously waiting for Congress to decide whether to extend the $600 weekly boost to unemployment benefits that’s been a key economic lifeline through the pandemic shutdowns.

This was the last week for which unemployed workers will receive the enhanced payment, even though the coronavirus relief program technically doesn’t expire until July 31. That’s because payments are only provided for weeks ending on either Saturday or Sunday.

Senate Republicans remain divided over how much help to provide, delaying the release of their next economic relief proposal — though Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota said this past week that the pressure of missing a deadline on the expiration of benefits may force a deal.

GOP lawmakers are debating whether to reduce the payments and to possibly include a bonus for those who accept job offers because of concerns that the generous enhancement is a disincentive to returning to work.

Democrats have proposed continuing the $600 benefit into 2021.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that extending the program, which was part of the $2 trillion economic aid package passed in March, is a priority.

“We’re not going to pay people more money to stay at home than work, but we want to make sure that the people out there that can’t find jobs do get a reasonable wage replacement,” he told CNBC. “So it will be based on approximately 70% wage replacement.”

That would equate to about $200 a week, said Ernie Tedeschi, an economist at Evercore ISI.

When the Hallmark Channel holiday movies air later this year, the annual “Countdown to Christmas” and “Miracles of Christmas” lineups will include LGBTQ narratives. The holiday season will bring 40 new movies but the ones with LGBTQ storylines are making headlines right now. Producers say they are in “active negotiations” and that “more details” are on the way.

The announcement came days after the channel was bombarded with online crit- Hurricane Hanna heads icism for teasing a slate of to Texas; other storms new Christmas movies that threaten Hawaii and appeared to lack LGBTQ inclusion. the Caribbean Hallmark responded to frustrated viewers by assuring Three separate storm systhem that new content will tems are threatening the Unitreflect their demands for bet- ed States and the Caribbean ter LGBTQ representation. this weekend.

They are Hurricane Hanna — From wire reports

House coronavirus task force coordinator, said on Friday.

Birx compared those states’ situations to New York’s outbreak in the spring, adding: “It’s very serious and it’s very real.”

Texas, the state with the second-highest population, has the fourth-highest official case count at more than 380,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Coronavirus symptoms can stick around for weeks, even in otherwise healthy people who don’t have a severe case of the virus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a grim new analysis.

The CDC surveyed 292 people who tested positive for the virus, and 35% said they still weren’t back to their usual good health even two or three weeks after testing positive.

While older people were more likely to feel prolonged symptoms, even young adults without underlying conditions reported feeling unwell for a long period of time, the CDC said.

The new understanding into how the virus affects patients comes as more than 4.1 million cases of coronavirus cases and more than 145,700 deaths have been reported in the U.S., according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Douglas in the Pacific Ocean and Tropical Storm Gonzalo in the Atlantic.

Hanna strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Saturday morning, and was expected to make landfall in southern Texas later in the day.

A hurricane in the Atlantic at this time of year is somewhat ahead of the norm. The Atlantic’s first hurricane does not normally form until about two weeks into August.

Hanna is on track to become the first hurricane to hit Texas in the month of July since Hurricane Dolly in 2008.

Hurricane Douglas is approaching Hawaii but is forecast to weaken before it reaches the island chain this weekend.

Douglas peaked as a Category 4 storm early Friday and when it reaches the island chain Saturday evening or Sunday morning, it will likely be a Category 1 hurricane or strong tropical storm, forecasters said.

Tropical Storm Gonzalo was set to move through the southern Windward Islands on Saturday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the islands. Gonzalo has already set the record for the earliest-named seventh storm, in what is shaping up to be a busy hurricane season.

— From wire reports

Coronavirus symptoms can stick around for weeks, even in otherwise healthy people who don’t have a severe case, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a grim new analysis. ♦

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF BUFORD PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET The public is hereby notified that the City of Buford anticipates adopting the Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Budget at its regularly scheduled Commission meeting to be held Monday, September 14, 2020 at 7:00 P.M., at Buford City Hall, located at 2300 Buford Highway, Buford, GA 30518.

There will be public hearings held on August 3, 2020 at 7:00 P.M., at Buford City Arena, 2795 Sawnee Avenue, Buford Hwy, Buford, GA 30518, and also on September 14, 2020 at 10 A.M. and 7 P.M., at Buford City Hall, 2300 Buford Highway, Buford, GA. A summary draft of the proposed budget may be inspected beginning August 3, 2020 during regular business hours, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday at Buford City Hall, located at 2300 Buford Hwy, Buford, GA 30518.

PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING A PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE The City of Buford Board of Commissioners today announces its intention to increase the 2020 property taxes it will levy this year by 9.33 percent over the rollback millage rate.

Each year, the county board of tax assessors is required to review the assessed value for property tax purposes of taxable property in the county. When the trend of prices on properties that have recently sold in the county indicate there has been an increase in the fair market value of any specific property, the board of tax assessors is required by law to re-determine the value of such property and adjust the assessment. This is called a reassessment.

When the total digest of taxable property is prepared, Georgia law requires that a rollback millage rate must be computed that will produce the same total revenue on the current year’s digest that last year’s millage rate would have produced had no reassessments occurred.

The budget to be tentatively adopted by the City of Buford Board of Commissioners requires a millage rate higher than the rollback millage rate, therefore, before the City of Buford Board of Commissioners may finalize the tentative budget and set a final millage rate, Georgia law requires three public hearings to be held to allow the public an opportunity to express their opinions on the increase.

All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings on this tax increase to be held at the Buford City Arena, 2795 Sawnee Avenue, Buford, GA 30518, on August 3, 2020 at 7:00 PM and also at Buford City Hall, 2300 Buford Hwy, Buford, GA 30518, on September 14, 2020 at 10:00 AM and also at 7:00 PM.

CITY OF BUFORD

Real & Personal

CITY OF BUFORD NOTICE OF CURRENT TAX DIGEST AND NOTICE OF CURRENT TAX DIGEST AND FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY 2015 2016 2017 2018 $861,071,901 $940,114,884 $1,081,912,298 $1,383,905,110

2019 2020 $1,468,236,134 $1,735,366,332

Motor Vehicles & Mobile Homes

$23,268,135

$17,835,115

$13,930,775

$11,174,245

$9,205,663

$8,174,833

Public Services Corp.

$31,903,623

$33,853,434

$41,195,505

$48,099,673

$48,915,698

$48,915,406

$1,443,179,028

Gross Digest

$916,243,659

$991,803,433 $1,137,038,578

Less: Exemptions

-$54,661,078

-$66,320,308

-$66,584,984

-$78,671,072

Net Digest

$861,582,581

$925,483,125 $1,070,453,594

$1,364,507,956

Tax Levy Millage Rate Net Taxes Increase ($) Net Taxes Increase (%)

$11,114,415 12.90 $1,015,547 10.06

$11,892,458 12.85 $778,043 7.00

$13,701,806 12.80 $1,809,348 15.21

$17,397,476 12.75 $3,695,670 26.97

$1,526,357,495 $1,792,456,571 -$76,535,650

-$86,062,124

$1,449,821,845 $1,706,394,447 $18,412,737 12.70 $1,015,261 5.84

The figures above contain both Gwinnett and Hall county property values as the City of Buford is located in both counties.

NOTICE The City of Buford Board anticipates adpoting it's 2020 millage rate at its regularly scheduled Commission Meeting to be held at 7:00 P.M., September 14, 2020, at Buford City Hall, 2300 Buford Hwy, Buford, GA 30518, and pursuant to the requirements of §48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest for the past five years.

$21,585,890 12.65 $3,173,152 17.23

A4 ♦ Sunday, July 26, 2020 ♦ gwinnettdailypoSt.com COLUMNIST I KEITH ROACH

WEATHER WATCH

Stress test can show heart blockages

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EAR DR. ROACH: My primary care doctor prescribed a cardiac calcium test after seeing me breathing hard while climbing onto the examining table. I don’t feel a need for it, as I am over 72 years old and it is common in this age.

I checked with another doctor and he asked what if you have higher cardiac calcium as I am already taking atorvastatin and enalapril. Since then, I have been avoiding the test. What is your advice?

— J.M. ANSWER: Shortness of breath with exercise is indeed common, but when people have difficulty breathing with pretty minimal exertion, I would be concerned that there is a problem. Blockages in the blood vessels to the heart muscle — coronary artery disease — is one common and treatable cause of breathing problems with exertion, Roach and high cholesterol and high blood pressure are risk factors for coronary artery disease. I think a test to determine whether you have CAD is reasonable.

However, the coronary calcium score wouldn’t be my first choice. A coronary calcium score looks for calcium deposits in the blood vessels to the heart, and high levels do make CAD more likely. Since a coronary calcium score doesn’t provide information about whether (and how big) those blockages might be, a stress test, would be my first choice, followed by a definitive anatomical test, like a coronary angiogram, if abnormal.

If there are blockages and you have symptoms despite medical therapy, your cardiologist would consider treating those blockages with a coronary stent. If the blockages were severe and in the left main coronary artery, cardiac surgery would be indicated.

The coronary calcium score is best used for higher-risk asymptomatic people, especially when trying to get more evidence to weigh the risks and benefits of medical treatment.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 68 and have been taking benazepril to control my high blood pressure for approximately 20 years. I often read that high blood pressure can put a person at risk for different issues, including complications with COVID-19. Since my blood pressure is within normal range with medication, am I still at risk for high blood pressure issues?

— M.R.W. ANSWER: High blood pressure does put people at higher risk for medical issues, especially stroke and heart attack. Reducing these risks is the major reason to treat with blood pressure medication.

Over many years and hundreds of studies, it is now generally accepted that the sooner the blood pressure is treated, and the closer the treated blood pressure is to normal blood pressure, the better the reduction in risk of complications.

While it is true that high blood pressure seems to be a risk factor for bad outcomes in people infected with COVID-19, I can’t say definitively that successful treatment completely removes that excess risk. However, I believe that is likely to be the case, and preliminary data suggest that benazepril, like other ACE inhibitors, may be particularly protective. There are many reasons to effectively treat high blood pressure.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible.

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COLUMNIST I AMY DICKINSON

Stressed wife might need a ‘she shed’

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EAR AMY: I have known my husband for almost 40 years.

We’ve been married for 30 years.

I am trying to become healthier in body and mind.

I practice yoga, and I am evolving and growing.

My husband chooses to do nothing to take care of his body; he eats whatever and whenever he wants, and has always chosen to be sedentary.

He just retired due to health issues (and his age). I’ve just retired, also.

He doesn’t choose to go places. He doesn’t even get out of the house very often.

We live on a large property, and even though he uses a cane, he could still at least go out to his garage or onto our porch, but he chooses not to.

I have literally begged him to give me my space, since we both worked throughout all of our marriage — until now.

I am now battling depression and anxiety.

I took my marriage very seriously and I don’t want it to end.

I have suggested counseling, and I attend therapy sessions on my own a few times a year, but he wants nothing to do with that and tells me that I need fixing — not him.

I still love him, but I don’t feel confident that our mar-

riage or my sanity will endure. Help!

— Loving Mother and Wife D E A R Dickinson L O V I N G MOTHER: Even though he meant it unkindly, your husband has halfway arrived at a bit of wisdom. You might not need “fixing” as much as he does, but you deserve fixing, and — of the two of you — you are the one most likely to receive it — and to benefit from it — because you are motivated to change.

Contact the counselor you have seen previously and immediately set up a virtual appointment for an assessment. I hope you understand that many people are struggling right now ... the pandemic has forced everyone into uncomfortable territory, and while this retirement phase might have been challenging in normal times, right now you are likely being denied some of the important social, friendship, and familial connections that would be helpful to you.

You should try to establish a daytime routine similar to the one you had while working, if possible. If you can’t have privacy inside your home, you should head to the porch, the garage, or another part of your large

property and set up your own space where you can keep “office hours,” and work on your yoga, meditation, reading, painting, gardening — or whatever creative pursuits you want to try. Look online for “she sheds” to see if you might be able to create an actual retreat space that is yours alone. Make sure you talk to at least one friend or family member each day.

You notice I haven’t mentioned your husband...? I can’t “fix” him. You can’t, either and whatever flows from that tough reality, you should be strong and healthy, in order to face it.

DEAR AMY: I am very much on the fence about attending a family reunion in another state. The news seems to be changing every day regarding whether or not it is safe to gather, and my decision about whether to go changes every day, too.

Can you weigh in?

— Fence Sitter DEAR SITTER: Every time I start thinking about traveling again, I read another story about gatherings where people seem to be taking precautions, and yet somehow contract and spread the COVID virus, sometimes with tragic consequences. Ask yourself, “Is it worth the risk to possibly infect a family member?”

I think this is one time when you should absolutely

follow the age-old dictum: Better safe than sorry.

DEAR AMY: Your answer to “Living the New Normal” about telephone job interviews, left out some important tips: Always dress as if for an in-person interview.

Use a mirror, so you can see your expressions. Smiling does make a difference in how your voice sounds.

Go to a quiet, private room.

No children or dogs! Sit at a desk or table, not on your couch.

Have your list of questions written out, and ask them! Take notes.

Have the reason for leaving your previous job written out. Rehearse saying it.

— Lynne DEAR LYNNE: I love these suggestions. (Using a mirror is a great idea, unless it would prove to be a distraction.)

I will add: Near the end of the talk, ask the interviewer, “Is there anything I’ve brought up that you have further questions about?

I’d be happy to try to fill in any blanks.”

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.

Get back to basics, practice moderation, use discipline and fine-tune your life to boost your emotional, financial and physical wellbeing. Don’t feel that you must keep up with anyone.

Your only competition is you.

Once you recognize what’s essential, doors will open and success will be yours. leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Do what makes you happy. Put a smile on someone’s face.

What you have to offer will make you feel good about who you are and what you achieve. Romance is present.

ViRgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Listen to what someone has to say, but don’t believe everything you hear. Don’t let your emotions mess with your intelligence. Recognize when someone is taking advantage of you. liBRa (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Tempers will mount. Take a step back and consider the effects an argument will have on a relationship. Look for a peaceful solution. A physical outlet will ease stress.

ScoRpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Research something that interests you. What you discover will lead you closer to a lifestyle that offers peace of mind. Learn as much as possible and map out your dreams.

SagittaRiuS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — Plan a fun-filled day. A physical challenge will motivate you to designate more time for fitness, health and that special someone.

Romance is in the stars. capRicoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Concentrate on domestic matters. Make changes that bring you closer to your loved ones. Share your wisdom and learn from others. aQuaRiuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Let experience be your guide when dealing with personal matters and important relationships. Recognize if something isn’t right and make changes to counter negativity and bad influences.

Choose love over discord. piSceS (Feb. 20-March 20) — Deception is apparent. Don’t believe unverified information. When in doubt, go directly to the source. Talk matters through to find solutions. Don’t let outsiders interfere in your personal life. aRieS (March 21-April 19) — Keeping busy will ward off anxiety and the possibility of getting into a senseless fight. Don’t overreact when something doesn’t go your way — find a physical outlet to ease stress. tauRuS (April 20-May 20) — Delve into something you enjoy doing. Avoid a clash with someone close to you.

Go on a learning spree that will open your mind and clear your head. gemini (May 21-June 20) — If you want something, go after it wholeheartedly.

Maintaining a jovial attitude, showing interest in what others do and making personal adjustments that boost your ego are encouraged. Focus on romance. canceR (June 21-July 22) — Look for unusual ways to improve your home environment. Invest more time and money into something that will make your life easier.

Don’t let someone younger or older bring you down.

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Sugar Hill planning to keep its millage rate the same this year

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Sugar Hill residents shouldn’t have any trouble remembering the city’s proposed 2020 millage rate. It’s the same rate that the city has had for the last 16 years: 3.8 mills.

The city announced it tentatively plans to keep its millage rate — the rate used to determine how much someone owes in property taxes — the same on Friday. Since property values have increased and new construction in the last year

has grown the tax digest, however, keeping the millage rate the same as last year actually means at least some property owners in the city can expect to see a tax increase.

City officials said owners of a homestead property in Sugar Hill that has an average fair market value of $300,000 can expect to see their city property tax increase by $19.68 per year. Meanwhile, owners of non-homestead property that have an average fair market value of $275,000 can expect to see their property tax increase by $18 per year.

DIRECTOR From A1 “I don’t know how to get the message clearer than that to the public because we really could stop this spread of this virus (that causes COVID-19) if everybody would stay six-feet from each other and wear a mask and stay home if you’re not feeling well, stay away from other people who are ill and wash your hands. They’re very simple things.”

As of Friday afternoon, Gwinnett had seen a total of 14,801 reported cases, 213 deaths and 1,758 hospitalizations.

The county has also had an incidence rate of 1,524.08 cases for every 100,000 residents.

The median age of people testing positive for COVID-19 in Gwinnett is 38 while the median age of people testing positive for the disease across the entire Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale health district is 39, according to the district health director.

Arona and other health officials have repeatedly stressed that there is no particularly spot in the county to which Gwinnettians should assume all of the cases are being confined.

“We have just consistently seen what we’ve expected in that we have widespread community transmission,” Arona said.

Statewide, there had been a total of 161,401 COVID-19 cases have been seen in Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. The state has also seen 3,442 deaths, 16,752 hospitalizations and 3,119 ICU admissions.

But, Arona said the daily increases seen in Gwinnett and across the state can be deceptive because of backlogs of tests being processed at labs. She explained it can take about five to seven days to get the results from a test administered by the health departments reported.

For a test conducted elsewhere, such

EASTSIDE From A1 surge hospital with additional beds added in case there was a large rise in cases in the surrounding area.

Lind said a need to take on patients from outside the Gwinnett area did not really materialize, but he pointed out some makeshift hospitalization areas that had previously existed elsewhere in Georgia are re-opening.

“Even though the state is starting back up the World Congress Center (temporary hospital site) with 200 beds (and) they’ve put up some micro-hospital scenarios in different parts of Georgia, right now really what we’ve seen is the need here in Gwinnett County has been served by ourselves, as well as Northside up the road, to help care for our community,” Lind said.

Northside seeing a rise as well

As a result of the increase, the city will hold three public hearings on the proposed rate before the City Council votes on whether to adopt it. Those hearings will be held at 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 3, and at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 10. The council is also expected to vote on adopting the millage rate at the Aug. 10 meeting.

The public hearings will be held at Sugar Hill City Hall, which is located at 5039 W. Broad St. City officials said full details about the proposed millage rate can be found at www.cityofsugarhill.com.

as a retail pharmacy, it could take somewhere in the neighborhood of two weeks, Arona said.

That means at least some of the positive cases that are showing up in the totals each day are people who were tested at least one to two weeks earlier.

“The last two weeks of any curve — if you’re looking at a curve, the right hand part of the curve for two weeks you really kind of have to not even consider that part of the curve because you really don’t have accurate data (about the current COVID-19 situation),” Arona said.

Similarly, new deaths that show up in the figures each day are people who died days earlier, but it took time to get test results back to confirm the person had COVID-19.

Gwinnett is third in the state in total COVID-19-related deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

“When deaths are reported to us, we have to investigate them, and we have to clean the data more or less because sometimes you know a person is reported positive three moths ago, but yet they die of congestive heart failure now and somebody would report that as a COVID-19 death,” Arona said.

“So, that’s why the number changes sometimes up, sometimes down, as we clean the data because that would not be considered a COVID-19 death. But again, sometimes these reports come in and the actual date of the death was two weeks ago. We just have to be careful that when the positives drop, that we don’t say all of those deaths occurred on that one day.”

As of Friday, Fulton County leads the state in cases with 15,221 cases all together.

It has also had 365 deaths, 1,585 hospitalizations and an incidence rate of 1,384.76 cases for every 100,000 residents.

DeKalb County has had the third highest number of cases in the state (10,767 cases, 204 deaths), followed by Cobb County (9,717 cases, 282 deaths) and Hall County (4,789 cases, 70 deaths).

PARENTS From A1 as an option for students this fall.

“We cannot ignore all of the needs that digital learning does not meet,” Jackson said. “We’ve never tried this with an entire generation, but we do know what child development entails and we know what’s going to be lacking if our kids miss six, seven, eight months of school.”

Prior to the announcement at the beginning of the week that Gwinnett would do online learning only because of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic, the district had planned to do a hybrid setup where some students would be taught in person while others would attend school online. It all depended on which choice parents made.

Parents at the protest on Friday said they felt as if their choice on the matter had been taken away from them by district officials.

“Give us our choice back,” said Kelly Willyard, who has twins at Riverside Elementary School. “It’s our children, our taxes, our choice and we know what’s best for our children ...

“We support the other people that want the digital learning and we also support the teachers. We are not a divisive group. We are in support of the choices people have chosen, and we’re not there to take their choice away.”

Participants in the protest, which included some teachers as well as parents, held signs with statements such as “Open My School,” Our Kids, Our Choice,” “Kids Need to Be In School,” and “Stop The Fear.”

They also chanted slogans such as “Hear our voice, we want choice.”

Like Jackson, Sheri Mitchell, who has a child at Riverside Elementary School and another at North Gwinnett Middle School, said she and Willyard began making plans to protest online-only instruction before the district announced it would go in that direction.

Mitchell and Willyard

go home yet.”

Smithson said the fact that the patients are younger has meant they are not as sick as the generally older patients who were coming in to Eastside because of the disease in the spring.

“I think that has something to do with the opening of everything, and people are really tired of staying home and they’re getting out amongst other people, and seeing family and friends, taking vacations, etc.,” she said. “The same thing you’re seeing in the news, we’re seeing in the hospital. We relate it back to a lot of funerals and vacations.

“As I round on patients, they all have a story. They’re definitely not at home and so they’re picking up this illness, and they’re not affected as much as the elderly in the outbreaks early on, like at the nursing homes and the assisted living (facilities). It’s your photo: eastside medical center everyday neighbor that’s just Eastside Medical Center Medical Technologist Patience out and about that’s coming Fashinasi unpacks convalescent plasma donations in the up with it.”

hospital’s lab. Plasma from convalescent, or recovered, COVID-19 patients COVID-19 patients may help in the treatment of individuals Northside Hospital offi- currently sick from the virus, and is one treatment method staying in hospital cials did not offer specific the hospital is utilizing. longer than non-COVID numbers for COVID-19 patients at their campuses in Lawrenceville and Duluth, but they did confirm they are facing a similar situation to Eastside.

“Since early June, we have experienced a steady increase in the number of COVID-19 patients at Northside hospitals,” Northside vice-president of marketing Lee Echols said in a statement on Friday. “As of today, those numbers continue to rise.”

Echols said Northside has continuously monitored COVID-19 case numbers in the state and currently has enough equipment and bed capacity to handle the demand it is seeing.

“Our teams assess and execute plans for bed capacity, case surges, clinical staffing, medication management, supplies, PPE, ventilators and all resources necessary for patient care,” Echols said.

“While the pandemic environment is extremely difficult, the work our people are doing is consistently extraordinary.”

be that the use of ventilators did not rise as much in tandem with that increase.

“We’re seeing a much younger population,” Eastside Chief Nursing Officer Tracey Smithson said. “As a matter of fact, the majority of those — there’s very few that are going into ICU on ventilators — they are going to the med surge unit.

“There are a lot of anywhere from 30 to 55-year-olds that Ventilator use not are sort of walking (and) talkincreasing as much ing, so they’re doing like a despite rise in five-day Remdesivir, Decadron and plasma (treatment). hospitalizations We have a little prescription One encouraging sign about where it takes five days. Those the increased number of hos- being admitted usually repitalizations at Eastside may quire oxygen so they can’t

patients

Because of the five-day treatment Eastside has been using for its COVID-19 patients, the amount of time someone is staying in the hospital is longer than officials would normally see with non-COVID patients.

Typically, patients with other ailments would stay about two days, Lind said.

That means Eastside would normally go through two patients in a bed in the same amount of time that a COVID-19 patient is staying in a hospital bed.

At the same time, Eastside resumed elective surgeries

were also co-organizers of the protest.

“Friday (July 17), we said ‘if there’s three of us, we’re just going to picket if these schools don’t give us a choice,’ “ Mitchell said. “And then Monday, when the decision came down, we were really upset so we were gonna meet at our clubhouse and then we found out there was a group (Supporting GCPS in-person learning) online, so we joined and said ‘We’re going to be have this (at the clubhouse to discuss the protest).’

“We had 25 people at our club house in like four hours — people who were concerned about it.”

Willyard said she also began texting people after the announcement came down from the district Monday morning as well, and word about the protest quickly spread.

“The concern is if they don’t start (in-person Aug. 12), they’ll keep pushing it back,” Mitchell said.

Willyard added, “In March, they said they’re shut down for a week, then it was two weeks. Then it was ‘We’ll go back after Easter,’ and then Easter came and then it was like two more weeks. And, then they said maybe we’ll go back before the end of school, and then they said ‘No, we’re not going back to school.’ It has caused a lot of anxiety amongst families and children.

“Then there was sort of this promise that we’d get back to school in the fall, and now here we are and we’ve been given a choice and then it got taken away.”

Whether students should return to school in-person this fall has been a hotly debated topic, not just in Gwinnett, but across Georgia and the rest of the nation. President Donald Trump has pushed for an in-person start to the school year, a stance Gov. Brian Kemp has also taken.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supported reopening schools in new guidelines issued this week. The federal agency insisted children are less likely than adults to get COVID-19 or spread it.

The catch is the CDC also said school districts in areas where there is uncon-

trolled spreading of the disease should close schools.

Gwinnett County had been leading the state among all Georgia counties in terms of total cases for several weeks, but dropped behind Fulton County on Wednesday. Both counties had see large numbers of new COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, but Fulton’s new case numbers have been higher than Gwinnett’s.

As of Friday, Gwinnett had seen a total of 14,801 cases and 213 deaths since March. The county has had the third highest number of COVID-19-related deaths in the state, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health Departments District Health Director Dr. Audrey Arona — who has repeatedly said there is widespread community transmission of COVID-19 in Gwinnett — declined to pick a side in the debate.

“I don’t support either way,” Arona said. “Thankfully, I am not one involved in making that decision, but what I do is provide guidance to them. I do believe if there is in-person school, that we can do it safely, but I support the school systems in whatever they decide.”

In a statement, Gwinnett County Public Schools officials did not rule out the possibility of eventually returning to school in person, but they did not say when that could happen.

“When Gwinnett County Public Schools announced it would start the year on Aug. 12 digitally, it also shared that the goal was to return to in-person instruction when that became possible,” district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said. “We have developed solid plans for both digital instruction and how to move seamlessly to inperson instruction at the appropriate time.

“We understand the frustration of the parents and students here today. Certainly our preference is to start the school year at school with students and teachers together in classrooms as there is nothing better than faceto-face instruction. However, that transition must be done in a strategic and safe manner.”

in the late spring, which also creates a demand for bed space at the hospital.

“Now that we’ve opened back up with other services beyond just COVID, and then we’ve seen a ramp up in COVID cases, any surge in volume puts a hospital under strain just because you’ve got to play catch up with the staffing support and all that you need,” Lind said.

“We continue to maintain obviously a very safe environment for our patients and we have the appropriate level of staff to serve our patients.”

specific event or holiday, or a specific day,” Arona said.

“It’s really hard to do that because we’ve just seen it steadily increase.”

Is Memorial Day to blame for increased hospitalizations?

Eastside officials have attributed the rise in hospitalizations to what they’re calling a “holiday effect” that they tied to Memorial Day. The rise at Eastside started around mid-to-late June, and health officials have repeatedly said it could take up to two weeks after exposure — defined as being in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 for at least 15 minutes — for symptoms to show up.

Those people could also be contagious for about 10 days after they’re exposed as well, according to officials at the Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health Departments.

“Certainly there’s an impact from Memorial Day and we’re probably anticipating that we’re going to see some effect from the Fourth of July here soon,” Lind said.

Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale Health Department District Health Director Dr. Audrey Arona was not so sure cases and hospitalizations can be so easily attributed to any single factor.

“I can’t really link it to any

Hospital officials urge continued adherence to health guidelines Smithson and Lind said they felt people have become lax in following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health officials, such as practicing social distancing, washing hands regularly and wearing face masks.

As a result, Eastside renewed calls for following the guidance.

“It’s following those guidelines and making sure you know that even though you’re a younger person, you can still be impacted pretty significantly,” Lind said. “We’ve seen a lot of cases here of people in their 20s and 30s who have really responded poorly to (COVID-19).”

But, whether wearing face masks should be mandatory has become a particularly heated subject in political circles.

There is no face mask mandate in Georgia — Gov. Brian Kemp has called a mandate “a bridge too far” — but several grocery store chains and retailers, such as Walmart and Target, are beginning to require customers wear them.

Smithson said people should wear them.

“I don’t understand the debate (on face masks) honestly,” she said. “It’s not a political statement. It’s a health statement. I don’t know your circle of trust, where you’ve been, and you don’t know mine so why not just wear a mask to protect you and me.”

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OBITUARIES LOGANVILLE , GA

SUGAR HILL, GA

Clinton “Trey” Bridges Mathews , III

EllaMae (Hunter) Moody

Mr. Clinton B. “Trey” Mathews III, age 51 of Loganville, GA and formerly of Lebanon, TN, passed away on July 19, 2020 at the Mesun Hospice Facility in Lawrenceville, GA. Trey is survived locally by his wife, Rebecca “Becky” Woodard Mathews of Loganville; children, Clinton Micheal Mathews and Hannah Elizabeth Mathews of Loganville; mother, Sara “Sally” Moore Mathews of Loganville. A celebration of Trey’s life will be held on Saturday July 25, 2020 at 11am at Rocky Valley Baptist Church (5745 E. Old Murfreesboro Rd. Lebanon, TN 37090) with visitation to be held one hour prior.

Bro. Eric Palmer and Pastor Jason Mull will officiate and interment will follow in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Lebanon. A full obituary may be viewed online at www.ligonbobo. com LIGON & BOBO FUNERAL HOME OF LEBANON, TN in charge of arrangements (615) 444-2142 Wages & Sons, Lawrenceville, GA in charge of local arrangements

Mrs. EllaMae Hunter Moody, age 95, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020.

She was preceded in death by husband of twenty-three years, R. L. Moody; daughter-inlaw, Sheila Moody; and granddaughter, Dana Clark. Mrs. Moody is survived by daughters, Annetta (John) Nations, Sugar Hill, GA; sons, Chester (Darlene) Moody, Sugar Hill, GA, Dueaghn (Janice) Moody, Hiawassee, GA, Bernard (Sandra) Moody, Hiawassee, GA; ten grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; sister, Lois Hogsed, Hiawassee, GA; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Mrs. Moody was born on October 30, 1924 in Hiawassee, GA. She was a homemaker and a member of West Buford Baptist Church in Buford, GA. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Jerry McCormick officiating. Graveside services and interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, with Rev. Danny Sudderth officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, July 25 from 12:00 noon until time for the service at 3:30 p.m.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www. flaniganfuneralhome.com.

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“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love.

When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections.

If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”

— John Lennon

DULUTH , GA

MONROE , GA

Martha Sue (Holtzclaw) Dispain

John F. Bertram, III, “Jack”

In loving memory of Martha Sue Holtzclaw Dispain, April 23rd, 1937July 23, 2020. A lover of God and her family, Sue had an easy laugh and a joyful smile that welcomed everyone. She enjoyed singing, playing piano and painting - she was known to display her hand-painted Santas yearround in the “Christmas Room”. She was a long time member of Concord Missionary Baptist Church. Predeceased by her parents, A.W., and Wileen Holtzclaw of Norcross and her Son, Barry Eugene Dispain.

Sue is survived by her beloved husband Pastor Charles Eugene Dispain with whom she enjoyed 65 years of love serving 9 churches in the area. She is also survived by her daughter Cheryl Dispain (Joel) Cunningham, her Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren: Angie (Curt) Hamrick and their children CJ and Maci; Eric (April) Bailey and their sons Nathan and Noah; Neal Cunningham; and Kathleen (Michael) Macchio. “Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee How great Thou art, how great Thou art”. Condolences may be sent by visiting www. bilheadfuneralhome.com.

Bill Head Funeral Homes & Crematory Duluth Chapel (770)476-2535

John F. Bertram, III, “Jack,” died peacefully at Northside Hospital on July 17, 2020, surrounded by his family, after a brave fight with cancer. Jack lived in Monroe, Georgia, with his wife of 25 years, Maxine Rithmire, after living in Dekalb and Gwinnett for decades.

Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.

— Author Unknown SMILE BECAUSE HE LIVED You can shed tears that he is gone, or you can smile because he lived. You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back, or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him, or you can be full of the love that you shared. You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember him and only that he is gone, or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn back, or you can do what he would want: Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

— Author Unknown

NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE The City of Snellville has tentatively adopted a 2020 millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes 2.41 % percent.

All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearing on this tax increase to be held at Snellville City Hall, 2342 Oak Road, Snellville, GA 30078 on Monday, July 27, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at Snellville City Hall on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. and Monday, August 3, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 4.588 mills, an increase of 0.108 mills over the rollback rate, but no actual millage rate increase from last year. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate would be no more than the rollback rate 4.480 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with fair market value of $200,000 is approximately $8.64 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property (Commercial) with a fair market value of $550,000 is approximately $23.76.

Jack was a beloved husband, father, grandfather (“Papa Jack”), brother, uncle, and friend.

He was born and raised in Kentucky, where he, famously unsuccessfully, attended the University of Kentucky before joining the Navy.

After his service, he earned his bachelor’s degree in business from Mercer University and had a long career in information technology.

In retirement, he worked as a professional driver, an amateur landscaper, and enjoyed following the pursuits of his daughters, their husbands, and grandchildren. He loved Bridge, college basketball, martinis, and animated movies for children.

He was a terrific cook and produced delight and great splashes with his swimming pool cannonballs. His hearty laugh and gentle spirit will be so missed.

He was preceded by his father, John F. Bertram, Jr., and his mother, Aileen Bertram Dye. He is survived by his wife, his daughters, Meg Rithmire (of Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Jill Bolduc (of Marietta, Georgia) and their husbands and children, as well as his brother, Bob Bertram; sister-in-law, Laura Bertram; sister, Beverly Trautz, and their children, his dear nieces and nephew. Because of the pandemic, there will be no service. In lieu of a service, the family requests you wear a mask in public and, in lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to The Northside Hospital Foundation “in loving memory of John Bertram”, 3400-C Old Milton Pkwy, Suite 170 Alpharetta, GA 30005

Although it’s difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow. — Author Unknown

BALDWIN , GA

Sheila Fay Wilber Sheila Fay Wilber, age 61, of Baldwin, Georgia passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, July 16, 2020 after a six-month battle with lung cancer.

She will be greatly missed for her kindness, love, and devotion to others. Sheila was born on May 03, 1959 in Buford, GA to the late Ann Harrell and Hulon Johnson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Christopher Harrell Johnson of Madison, FL. After 25 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Gwinnett County Finance Department, she retired and became the Finance Director for the City of Lilburn in 2009. Sheila was an amazing wife to husband William T. (Tom) Wilber, with whom she shared 22 years, marrying on November 19, 2016.

She was a devoted mother, a caring sister, a loving grandmother, and a loyal friend. In addition to spending time with family, she loved antiquing, camping and spending time in the mountains of North Georgia with Tom. Survivors include her sons, Joshua D. McGaughey of Buford, GA and Jacob I. McGaughey of Gainesville, GA; stepsons William T. Wilber, Jr. (T.J.) and wife Gen of Buford, GA and Christopher J. Wilber of Acworth, GA; sister Melissa Dassinger of Mobile, AL and brother Jackie Harrell of Chamblee, GA; nephew Travis Harrell of Wilmington, NC and nieces Kristen Barfield and Morgan Herring of Madison, FL; grandchildren Tyler, Connor, Jaxon, and Jase, aunts Shirley Smith of Fairmount, GA and Sherrie Reeves of Marietta, GA; step-sisters Amy Head of Cleveland, GA and Beverly York of Winder, GA. A memorial service will be planned for immediate family and close friends in the coming months.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, South Chapel at 1370 Industrial Boulevard, Baldwin, Georgia 30511.

Telephone: 706-778-7123.

Gwinnett Co. libraries reverting to curbside pickup amid pandemic

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett County library officials are closing their branches again amid growing numbers of COVID-19 cases in the county and struggles to get patrons to follow some guidelines designed to prevent the spread of the disease.

The libraries are now only doing curbside holds pickups, while the insides of the libraries will be closed to the public for the foreseeable future. The change in service went into effect Thursday.

“Over the past several months, we have worked closely with the Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale Health Department’s director to follow the virus trends and understand Gwinnett’s infection rates, testing capacity, and hospital capacity,” library system officials said. “There is now substantial data to show Gwinnett’s COVID-19 fighting infrastructure is becoming strained.

“We also see rising numbers of customers visit the library without masks, exacerbating the potential for germ spread. As dedicated as we are to providing library service, we have reached the point where full service is too great a risk to both customers and staff.”

In addition to the change in operations at individual branches, the library system will go back to a 21-day holds period and Wi-Fi access points are being moved to the front of branch buildings to increase the ability of residents to access the Wi-Fi from the parking lots.

Book drops will remain open and the library system will continue threeweek check out periods and overdue fees.

Food distribution services that are being offered at select Gwinnett County library branches will continue as well.

Since curbside service will continue, Gwinnett County library hours will continue to be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays through Saturdays and noon until 5 p.m. on Sundays. Virtual “There is only one happi- Book a Librarian appointness in this life, to love and ments will still take place at this time. be loved.” — George Sand

NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE Buford, Georgia Gwinnett County The City of Buford Board of Commissioners has tentatively adopted a millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes of 9.33 percent.

All concerned citizens are invited to the public hearings on this tax increase to be held at Buford City Arena, 2795 Sawnee Avenue, Buford, GA 30518, on August 3, 2020 at 7:00 pm.

Times and places of additional public hearings on this tax increase are at Buford City Hall, 2300 Buford Hwy, Buford, GA 30518 on September 14, 2020 at 10:00 am and 7:00 pm.

This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 12.650 mills, an increase of 1.08 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 11.57 mills.

The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $275,000 is approximately $118.80 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $625,000 is approximately $270.00.

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Todd Cline,

Editor and SCNI Vice President of Content todd.cline@gwinnettdailypost.com

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In support of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act

he COVID-19 pandemic has hit our state and our county hard. As your local newspaper, it is our duty to provide coverage of this pandemic along with the rest of our local news gathering.

But like many businesses big and small in Gwinnett County, the Daily Post is not immune to the financial fallout resulting from the pandemic.

Congress has responded to these tough times by offering multiple emergency relief measures that include stimulus checks being sent directly to individuals, payroll protections for small businesses and expanded unemployment benefits.

Now it has the opportunity to pass a relief measure that directly helps local newspapers.

The Local Journalism Sustainability Act would help protect your access to local news while also helping grow local businesses through ads placed in the local media and rewarding those who subscribe to the Daily Post and other local newspapers like it.

The act, introduced July 16, is a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by U.S. Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick, a Democrat from Arizona, and Dan Newhouse, a Republican from Washington state. That bipartisan support is telling of the importance local newspapers have across the country.

How would the program work? It would help local newspapers as well as those who read them and advertise in them in the following ways: ♦ It would provide a credit for advertising in local newspapers and local media.

Businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees would be eligible for a five-year non-refundable tax credit to spend on advertising in local newspapers or local radio or television stations.

The credit, up to $5,000 in the first year

and $2,500 in each of the next four years, would cover 80% of advertising costs in the first year and 50% annually thereafter. This provision helps local businesses as well as local media companies. ♦ It would provide a credit for local newspaper subscriptions.

The act provides for a non-refundable tax credit of up to $250 per year to help cover the costs of subscriptions to local newspapers, in print or digital form, that primarily produce content related to news and current events.

The credit would cover 80% of subscription costs in the first year, and 50% thereafter and would help consumers while incentivizing support of local news organizations. ♦ It would give a payroll credit for journalists.

This five-year refundable tax credit could be used by local newspapers on compensation of its journalists up to $50,000 a year.

The credit would cover 50% of compensation, up to $50,000, in the first year and 30% of compensation, up to $50,000, in each of the subsequent four years. This provision would go a long way toward ensuring that communities keep their local news coverage.

Local journalism is our calling, but it’s also an important element of our community. We are locally owned and proud to serve the greater Gwinnett County area, which is why we are asking for your support in reaching out to your local congressman in support of this bill.

Its passage would be an important step in helping small businesses in our community, including the Daily Post, survive this crisis so that they can thrive in its aftermath.

This unsigned editorial reflects the opinion of the Gwinnett Daily Post.

COLUMNIST|MARC THIESSEN

MAGA masks would protect the country — and win Trump a second term

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resident Donald Trump is a marketMasks also protect us indirectly by changing genius, who plasters his name on ing our behavior. An Italian scientist found literally everything — Trump hotels, that people stand farther away from peoTrump high-rises, Trump wines, Trump ple wearing masks. Masks provide us with Steaks, Trump water, Trump mattress- visual reminders to keep apart, wash our es, Trump vodka, Trump board games, hands and not touch our faces. And while Trump Magazine, a Trump airline masks cannot completely stop dropand a Trump University. lets from spreading, they can probSo why not Trump masks? ably reduce the amount of droplets On his campaign website, you can transmitted — which could prevent buy Trump-branded straws, beverinfections or produce milder cases. age coolers, pens, Christmas ornaBut the most important thing masks ments and dog collars. But there might do is give people confidence are no Trump masks to be found to go about their lives again. If the on the site. Some private entrepre- Thiessen price of getting the economy movneurs are selling red “Make Amering again, and getting kids back to ica Great Again” masks, but not Trump. It school in the fall, is wearing a mask, it is seems as though the president is missing a small price to pay. Besides, it’s not like a “yuge” marketing opportunity. we will need to wear masks forever. In a He’s also missing a huge political op- matter of months, we will get a therapeuportunity. Imagine how differently things tic, then we will get a vaccine, and eventuwould have played out at his Tulsa, Okla- ally we will return to our mask-free, prehoma, rally if, instead of removing signs COVID-19 lives. from seats asking participants to social disMost Americans get this. A recent surtance, his campaign had left up the signs vey found that 74% of Americans wear and handed out MAGA masks to every- masks in public “always” or “often,” while one who entered. Rather than fending off just 17% say they “rarely” or “never” wear criticism about how the rally was a third them. Trump can bring some of those empty, the arena would have been filled to holdouts along by championing mask its socially distanced capacity with a sea of wearing. He has already begun to do so: Trump supporters wearing MAGA masks. This week, Trump tweeted a picture of Masking is the right thing to do politi- himself wearing a mask and wrote “many cally, and also scientifically. A comprehen- people say that it is Patriotic to wear a sive review of 172 observational studies face mask when you can’t socially dison mask wearing concluded that “the use tance. There is nobody more Patriotic of both N95 or similar respirators or face than me, your favorite President!” masks (e.g., disposable surgical masks or That’s a good start. But if Trump really similar reusable 12-16-layer cotton masks) wants to convince his supporters to start by those exposed to infected individuals wearing masks, the best way to do so is to was associated with a large reduction in start distributing MAGA masks. If Trump risk of infection.” According to the Lan- supporters really want to show their deficet, N95 masks (which are mostly un- ance of the establishment, they shouldn’t available to the general public) offered go mask-less. Wear a MAGA mask. It will 96% protection against infection, while drive the left crazy. Remember all the stories surgical masks (which are widely avail- of restaurants refusing service to Trump able) provided 67% protection. backers wearing MAGA hats? Well, today Masking becomes more effective the more if a Trump supporter shows up without a universal it becomes. For example, a mask mask, restaurants can refuse service on does not provide much protection if you the pretext of protecting public health. come into close contact with an infected But show up in a MAGA mask, and they person who is not wearing a mask. But if have no excuse. both of you are wearing masks, the chance Trump’s goal should be to make MAGA of transmission is dramatically reduced. masks to the 2020 election what MAGA In Springfield, Missouri, two hairstylists hats were to the 2016 election. Doing so working at the same Great Clips salon saw will help protect the country — and help 140 clients over eight days in May, before him win a second term. finding out they both had COVID-19. Yet because both they and their customers wore Marc Thiessen is a fellow at the American masks, not a single client was reported to Enterprise Institute and the former chief have contracted the virus. speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

COLUMNIST|KATHLEEN PARKER

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Here’s why Trump can still win

our years ago in mid-July, polls said Hillary Clinton was leading Donald Trump by 12 points, much as they say Joe Biden leads him now.

The former secretary of state had 49% support compared with Trump’s 37%, according to a Bloomberg poll. Libertarian and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson — remember him? — had 9%.

Most confounding given the final results, 55% of those surveyed said they would never vote for Trump, while just 43% said the same about Clinton. The survey of 750 people was conducted shortly after Trump said a federal judge of Mexican descent couldn’t be impartial in a case against Trump University because of the candidate’s push for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

This comment earned him a stern rebuke from then-Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis. — remember him? — saying Trump’s comment was “the textbook definition of a racist remark.” Ryan was Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012, the year Trump, while watching Romney sink during his second debate with President Barack Obama, said to himself, “I can win.”

What emerged from the Bloomberg poll,

as well as dozens of others leading up to strangers to support their candidate? Which Election Day, was the inescapable conclu- candidate is most able to rally people to do sion that Clinton would win. Even Trump the hard work? We speak in terms of aubelieved so, despite his rally-to-rally thenticity, but that’s not the whole “winning” refrain. of it. For good or ill, winners have a In other words, what we think we certain instinctual allure. know isn’t always so.

This makes Biden’s current status When Trump was elected in 2016, as the front-runner a bit uncertain. the news was received in the nation’s Biden-in-the-basement has worked capital, where I lived at the time, like well so far, but he may not be able the arrival of unwanted, unexpected to compete with a fully unleashed out-of-town visitors. Usually friendTrump on the hustings. Trump is Parker ly neighbors stared vacantly at one part showman, part chief marketing another as they reached for their morning officer, part bomb-thrower. papers. Wordlessly, they quickly retreated Past elections remind us, too, that voters back inside, away from the searing light of sometimes lay their own explosives when unbearable truth. the pollster rings. Many won’t even take Everyone had been so sure! The models and that call, or stay on it for very long. (This internal polling had all agreed! But models is such a problem that many pollsters have and polls, like reporters and columnists, are given up surveying by telephone.) only as good as their sources. And political And when the calls do go through, other history hasn’t been coy about the pitfalls of problems arise: Even in those places where relying too heavily on textbook scenarios. Trump won handily last time, folks are rePolitics has a scent, and the nose usually luctant to express political views. We’re still sniffs out outcomes before the eyes can see. a relatively private and polite society, and Sweat equity wins every time. How much nothing brings out the “bless-their-hearts” are people willing to wait in lines, make (genteel Southern code for a long eye-roll) cold calls, give of their own money and rally like a conversation about politics.

Still other Trump supporters might say to a pollster that they will vote for Biden just to mess with the guy and his clipboard.

Americans have a strong what-the-hell, troublemaking streak.

Four years ago, I wrote about that sort of voter: the kind who pulled the lever for Trump just to tick off all the right people.

That same voter, likely well-entertained these past four years, is more concerned now about the socialist bent of the Democratic Party and whether Biden is strong enough to stem the tide. There’s also concern that Biden may not be as cognitively nimble as in earlier years, and that his vice-presidential pick won’t be seen as presidential.

Which is to say, Trump could win reelection despite his unfavorable numbers or the galloping pandemic. In his recent, free-ranging interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, Trump defaulted to “fake polls” when asked about his “losing.”

“I’m not losing,” he insisted. And, contrary to everything we think we know, he may not be wrong.

Kathleen Parker is a columnist for the Washington Post.

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Gwinnett Co. converting former Sheltering Arms facility into entrepreneurship center small businesses. come households.

“At the GEC, people can “Gwinnett has always strived It is intended to be a place master essential principles to be a welcoming place for where entrepreneurs can re- of business as they develop business, and this is the next ceive instruction, coaching partnerships and connecGwinnett County is plan- logical step,” county commis- and peer learning; partici- tions that can help them ning to open a new entrepre- sion Chairman Charlotte Nash pate in workshops; conduct succeed and create new neurship center, designed to said. “We want to help small market research; forge con- opportunities to pay it forhelp small businesses grow, business succeed. There may nections with both custom- ward by mentoring the next in a former pre-school facil- be someone in Lawrencev- ers and capital; and receive entrepreneur.” ity in Lawrenceville. ille or Suwanee who has an membership opportunities The county is looking at County commissioners idea that could be the next such as the co-working and possibly partnering with voted this past week to ap- Amazon or Microsoft.” private office spaces.

Georgia Gwinnett College’s prove a $794,985 renovaThe center is designed to “The Gwinnett Entrepre- business school about opertion of the former Sheltering help emerging small busi- neur Center will be a place ating the center under the Arms Educational Center nesses get on their feet. where businesspeople who direction of county officials. location on Perry Street to Gwinnett County officials are starting out can learn In addition to the private become the Gwinnett Entre- said they are particularly from experts, from experi- office and co-working spaces, preneur Center. The center is looking to use the center enced business owners or the 6,718-square-foot center tentatively set to open later to help minority business CEOs, or from each oth- will have conference rooms, CURRENT 2020 TAXasDIGEST AND 5 - YEAR Marlene HISTORY OF LEVY this year and offer private owners as well owners er,” Commissioner a breakroom and dining area, and co-working spaces for from low-to-moderate in- Fosque said. an outdoor workspace and

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com

The City of Sugar Hill does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held in

The of Sugar Hilllocated doesat hereby that the millage rate will be set at a meeting the CityCity Hall Council Chambers 5039 West announce Broad Street, Sugar Hill, Georgia 30518 on Monday, Augustin10, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.Council Pursuant toChambers the requirementslocated of OCGA 48-5-32 doesWest hereby Broad Street, Sugar Hill, to be held the City Hall at 5039 publish the current year's tax digest and levy along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the Georgia 30518 on Monday, August 10, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. Pursuant to the requirements of past five years.

OCGA 48-5-32 does hereby publish the current year’s tax digest and levy along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.

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The former Sheltering Arms Educational Center in Lawrenceville will be renovated to become the county-run Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center. a training room with technological equipment.

“The GEC can help (entrepreneurs) with the necessary nuts and bolts of business to flourish,” Nash said. “The GEC will be a point of entry into the entrepreneur network for all Gwinnett small business when they need help

and may not know where to turn. It’s good for them and it’s good for Gwinnett.”

The renovation is being funded with money from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development program.

The renovation work will be performed by Everlast Construction Group LLC.

CarMax hiring over 200 new workers for Peachtree Corners Customer Experience Center

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com

CarMax is making a big push to hire 230 new workers for its Customer Experience Center in Peachtree Corners.

The push in Gwinnett is part of an effort to fill 750 open positions at Customer Experience Centers around the country. CarMax, Partnership Gwinnett and the Georgia Department of Economic Development jointly announced the job openings Thursday.

“We are pleased to have CarMax’s Customer Experience Center bring over 200 new jobs in addition to the 300 jobs when CarMax originally moved to Peachtree Corners,” Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason said. “As an innovative hub with an expansive, and ever-growing workforce, our city continues to be a draw for toptiered businesses.”

CarMax is mainly looking to fill customer experience consultant and customer experience assistant positions.

Anyone who is interested in applying for a position at the center in Peachtree Corners can do so through the CarMax careers website. The consultant positions pay at least $22 per hour while assistant positions pay at least $15 per hours, although officials said bilingual candidates for either position will be paid premium salaries.

CarMax is looking to fill 30% of the available positions with bilingual candidates who can speak Spanish.

They also said there are some manager positions available at the Atlanta call center, although they did not say how much those positions paid.

“No previous automotive experience is necessary for these roles,” CarMax chief human resources officer Diane Cafritz said. “We focus on hiring people with high

integrity and invest in our associates with award-winning training and development to help them build great careers.”

The customers experience centers are designed to support the customer’s ability to “buy a car on their terms” from CarMax, Partnership Gwinnett officials said. That means allowing the customer to buy their car online, in a store or a combination of both.

The consultants will work with car shoppers online or over the phone, including both looking for a car and handling the financing of the purchase, while assistants answer customers questions, handle follow-ups and confirm appointments over the phone or online, Partnership Gwinnett said.

“Customer Experience Center associates are critical to CarMax’s success and have an opportunity to truly make a difference in an innovative and collaborative work environment,” Cafritz said. “They help provide our customers with a convenient and personalized car buying experience where customers can do as much of the car buying process from home as they’d like.”

State and local officials expressed appreciation to CarMax for adding the new jobs at the Peachtree Corners center.

“I’d like to thank CarMax for both continuing to invest in Georgia and creating job opportunities for Georgians,” Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson said.

Partnership Gwinnett Director of Business Retention and Expansion Deven Cason added, “When an existing Gwinnett company chooses to expand within the community it is a true testament to the superior talent and business ecosystem found in Gwinnett County We are proud to support CarMax as it continues to create jobs and grow in place.”

Gwinnett County Public Schools The Gwinnett County Board of Education does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held in the Board Meeting Room at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center, 437 Old Peachtree Road NW, Suwanee, Georgia on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 6:00 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 tax digest and levy for the past five years.

CURRENT 2020 TAX DIGEST AND FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY

Real & Personal Motor Vehicles Mobile Homes Timber - 100% Public Utilities Heavy Duty Equipment Gross Digest

2015 27,569,979,638 1,313,788,170 13,698,740 48,900 446,116,080 1,058,200 29,344,689,728

2016 30,121,329,410 949,552,370 8,290,960 0 444,691,280 4,065,000 31,527,929,020

2017 32,632,629,280 679,279,520 8,640,880 135,350 468,509,480 2,245,200 33,791,439,710

2018 34,715,101,558 493,492,480 8,283,640 0 475,236,800 2,146,669 35,694,261,147

2019 37,946,494,636 386,740,580 9,188,200 0 487,264,520 2,913,550 38,832,601,486

Estimated 2020 40,767,182,942 305,350,980 10,235,280 0 487,282,640 2,376,490 41,572,428,332

Less Exemptions

(3,820,024,316)

(4,153,907,736)

(4,439,581,692)

(4,659,030,107)

(5,286,628,014)

(5,815,128,814)

Net M & O Digest

25,524,665,412

27,374,021,284

29,351,858,018

31,035,231,040

33,545,973,472

35,757,299,518

19.80

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$581,166,789 $39,161,168 7.2%

$614,497,575 $33,330,786 5.7%

$660,855,677 $46,358,102 7.5%

$704,418,801 $43,563,124 6.6%

PROPERTY TAX RATES M & O Millage Rate

19.80

19.80 NET TAXES LEVIED

Net Taxes Levied Net Taxes $ Change Net Taxes % Change

$505,388,375 $47,089,634 10.3%

$542,005,621 $36,617,246 7.2%

Notes: 1. The net levy does not reflect actual revenue received or available due to value adjustments resulting from appeals, delinquent taxes, collections from prior years, and a fee of 1.50% paid to the county for billing and collections.

2. 2020 digest figures are an estimate and includes some property values that are currently under appeal.

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PAGE A12 ♦ SundAy, July 26, 2020 IN BRIEF Buford’s Castro to play for Army Buford rising senior Brandon Castro committed Wednesday to the U.S. Military Academy football program.

The 6-foot, 190-pounder is a prospect for Army at defensive back and linebacker. He helped the Wolves to the Class AAAAA state championship last season.

nebraska lands Buford’s Williams Malik Williams, a rising senior at Buford, committed to the University of Nebraska football program on Tuesday.

Williams, a three-star cornerback recruit, helped the Wolves to the Class AAAAA state championship last season.

north’s Mcdaniel signs with life university Rex McDaniel, a 2020 North Gwinnett grad, signed with the Life University wrestling program.

McDaniel won the Class AAAAAAA state championship at 145 pounds as a senior, in addition to finishing as Gwinnett County runner-up.

He was a first-team allcounty selection by the Daily Post and the Gwinnett Takedown Club.

He also was a state placer all four high school seasons.

Canavan chooses Belmont Abbey Mikey Canavan, a rising senior at Buford, committed Friday to the Belmont Abbey College (N.C.) men’s lacrosse program.

Canavan helped the Buford Wolves to the Georgia state semifinals and to their first area championship as a sophomore before his junior season was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic.

Shakespeare commits to Alabama A&M LaCambria Shakespeare, a rising senior at Collins Hill, committed Thursday to the Alabama A&M University women’s basketball program.

The 6-foot-4 center helped the Eagles to the Class AAAAAAA state championship game as a junior.

She played her first two high school seasons at Duluth.

Person commits to Johnson university Khari Person, 2020 Dacula grad, committed Thursday to the Johnson University (Tenn.) men’s basketball program.

The 6-foot-3 guard averaged 13.7 points and 4.3 rebounds as a senior for the Falcons’ state playoff team.

The Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship came to a thrilling conclusion on Tuesday with Sara Im of Duluth taking home the trophy following a sevenhole playoff. ♦

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Brookwood senior Chase Hornsby, right, poses for a photo with his father, Justin Hornsby. Chase won a state wrestling championship this season, matching the feat of Justin, who was a state champion wrestler at Brookwood in 1995.

TITLE CHASE

Brookwood wrestler puts name on wall beside his father’s

By Will Hammock will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

Motivation from seeing past state champions’ names on the wall are staples of wrestling rooms across the country. The list at Brookwood was a little more personal for Chase Hornsby.

At every training session in the room above the Broncos’ old gym, Hornsby saw his father’s name, Justin Hornsby, who won state in 1995. He made it a goal to join his father as a state champion, and accomplished that feat as a senior in 2020.

The victory was satisfying for that reason, in addition to avenging a runner-up finish at state in 2019.

“It’s very special because I haven’t heard of any Georgia father-son duos in the state that I know of (to be state champions),” Brookwood head coach Chris Cicora said. “I’m not a Georgia wrestling guy. I guess I am now, but I didn’t grow up here. There probably is someone out there, but it’s very rare. I think of their family and their dedication to wrestling. It’s demanding. It’s a tough sport. It takes a lot of time on the weekends during the season and in the offseason. It’s not always appealing to some parents.

“In the end, you see the result for the kids.

The toughness it builds, how it builds selfconfidence, it develops them into young men.

That’s what we’re all about at Brookwood.

It’s been the base line of our success. We take pride in it. The perfect example is Chase.

“His senior year there’s a lot of added pressure not only coming off a runner-up finish, but as a senior the expectations are greater. Now all of sudden you’re expected to win it. Now I’ve got the added pressure that I don’t have a second chance if I don’t. And I’ve got the added pressure that my dad’s name’s on the wall. Chase will be the first to tell you he noticed that name up there all the time. It adds a little pressure.

We talked about it. But Chase is an intelligent kid and he’s willing to embrace some of those psychological barriers and overcome them.”

Hornsby’s state championship adds another piece to his family’s wrestling history, which began with his grandfather, David Hornsby, a former Ohio wrestler who also wrestled when he served in the Army. He started Brookwood’s youth wrestling club in the early 1980s, shortly after the high school opened. Justin Hornsby revived the Broncos’ youth program in 2004, creating an avenue to Chase’s wrestling career.

When they were young, both Justin and Chase kept working at the sport despite a lack of early success in a program run by their fathers.

“In youth wrestling, I wasn’t very good,”

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Brookwood’s Chase Hornsby tries to take control of Forsyth Central’s Avery Krippner during their Class AAAAAAA 170-pound final at the GHSA state traditional wrestling championships at the Macon Centreplex.

Justin said. “I wasn’t really competitive until I got to high school.”

His son followed the same path.

“I definitely wasn’t very good when I was little,” Chase said. “We had that in common.

It was the same thing with me freshman year as it was with him. I just wanted to get on varsity. I just wanted to make it to state.”

The state championship expectations ramped up as Chase’s high school career progressed.

He went a combined 3-4 at state his first two Brookwood seasons before taking second at 160 as a junior. At that point, the thought of possibly joining his father as a state champion became more realistic for Chase.

“You could see the stress in (Chase) the last couple of years, wanting to get on the wall, win state, make the finals,” Justin said. “Just making the finals is hard enough and to make the finals twice is big. He wanted it. That’s the big thing when the kids decide to focus on it and do it themselves. … He has a great work ethic. He has a drive to be successful. That’s what all the coaches always tell me, that he’s one of the most driven people they’ve seen.”

Chase’s final high school match was a thriller. He trailed 4-2 late and picked up a stalling point with 30 seconds left to get within 4-3. He turned his opponent, Forsyth Central’s Avery Krippner, for a 5-4 advantage and tacked on two more points for a 7-4 victory.

The magnitude of the moment didn’t send him into a frenzy, though.

“When he won the state championship in the fashion he did it in, coming back in the third period, is a testament to all of his hard work and all his competing and being the leader of the pack in our drills, our sprints, everything,” Cicora said. “What’s special is he didn’t jump up and celebrate, rub it in his opponent’s face or get overly excited. He embraced his opponent immediately. He respects him because he was there the year before (as state runner-up). He knew how it felt.”

The victory was even more rewarding because Chase was 13 pounds light of the weight limit on finals day, but he made it a point not to go over the top with his celebration.

“I felt horrible for the other guy because I’ve been in that position before,” Chase said.

“I know his pain. I told him, ‘Good job, you’ll be fine next year. Don’t worry about it.’”

More time has allowed Chase to appreciate his accomplishments, including his spot in his family’s wrestling tradition. He matched his father with a state championship, and finished his career with more than 200 victories, breaking the school record.

“I was overjoyed with excitement for him because he’s worked so hard to get there,” Justin said of his son. “He was just laser focused this year trying to get those goals.”

Duluth’s Im wins Georgia Women’s Amateur From staff reports

SAVANNAH — The Georgia Women’s Amateur Championship came to a thrilling conclusion on Tuesday with Sara Im of Duluth taking home the trophy following a seven-hole playoff.

The 91st playing of the championship was conducted by the Georgia Women’s Golf Association and the Georgia State Golf Association at The Landings Club in Savannah on the Oakridge Course.

Im (74-72-73) fell back early in

the round with two bogeys through the first five holes, but played steady throughout the rest of the day and led by one stroke going into the par4 18th over Thienna Huynh of Lilburn (76-68-75) and Mary Miller of Savannah (69-75-76). Im made par, but Huynh came up clutch by rolling in her birdie putt to force a three-hole aggregate playoff.

Starting on the par-3 16th, Im took the early advantage over Huynh with a par, but a bogey on the par-4 17th had the duo tied going into the final

hole. Both players made par on the 18th hole forcing a sudden death playoff to determine the winner.

Pars were matched on the next two playoff holes before Im knocked in her birdie attempt on the par-3 3rd hole on the Oakridge Course. Huynh answered right back with a birdie of her own to extend the playoff to a seventh hole.

That is where it ended as Im converted another birdie attempt to capture the trophy and become the 91st Georgia Women’s Amateur champion.

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Grow some herbs to spice up your garden

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erbs are a great addition to es deep. Mulch holds moisture, the home garden and are moderate the soil temperatures, easy to grow and main- and reduce weeds. Though most tain. The plants have many can tolerate dry conditions, uses, such as cooking, fraapplying water is necessary grance, and beautifying the to maintain their health. landscape. My garden has Herbs thrive in the home a substantial collection of landscape and provide herbs, which is continually beauty with their scents, increasing. Many species exciting shapes and texthrive in our area. tures, and gray and green Herbs require full sun shades. They are useful to Daly and well-drained soils with mix with perennials and organic matter, which will hold annuals and are a great addition water and nutrients and provide to vegetable gardens. Herbs do soil aeration. They need fertilizer well in containers, particularly applications but avoid ones with basil, thyme, and chives. high levels of nitrogen after plantHowever, they will need moniing apply water regularly until toring for water since container the plants become established. plants are more susceptible to Apply a layer organic fine-tex- drying out. Those grown inside tured mulch such as pine park require adequate amounts of or pine straw, one to three inch- sunlight from a south or west-

facing window.

What herbs should you grow?

The list is long. Here are some of the most popular: ♦ Basil is one of the most popular and easiest to grow. Harvest the fresh leaves frequently and remove any flower, which reduces the flavor. The plant is an annual and will not survive freezing temperatures. Those in containers can be brought indoors. ♦ Chives are a relative of onions. They have small bulbs and have dark green grass-like leaves.

They have attractive lavender flowers. Many recipes use their chopped leaves. Closely related are garlic chives with showy white flowers and produce long flat leaves with a garlic flavor. ♦ Dill is an annual that has

tasty fern-like leaves used in many recipes. The onset of hot weather causes them to produce seeds, which are used in making pickles. ♦ Several types of mint thrive in the home garden, including sweet mint, spearmint, chocolate mint, and peppermint. The plants can tolerate some shade and moist soil. Mint has invasive tendencies if not confined. ♦ Oregano is a hardy perennial with many uses. It does well in containers. It can grow up to two feet in height with small round leaves and pink flowers. ♦ Rosemary grows as a small shrub or used as a groundcover.

It has fragrant evergreen needleshaped leaves with blue-to white flowers. It thrives in hot, dry conditions, but does need full sun.

Extreme cold can cause damage, but the plants usually recover. ♦ Thyme is a perennial that has small fine-textured leaves with many culinary uses. It consists of numerous species with a range of flavors and colors. ♦ Lemongrass grows up to four feet, and its leaves have a lemony scent. The plant will perish with the onset of freezing temperatures but can be brought indoors for the winter.

Many other species of herbs are easy to grow. Try a little variety in your garden by planting some of them.

Timothy Daly is an Agricultural and Natural Resource Extension Agent with UGA Extension Gwinnett. He can be contacted at 678-377-4011 or tdaly@uga.edu.

Peachtree Corners urges safety during COVID-19 with ‘Stay Healthly’ campaign

Far left: Peachtree Corners created this cartoon panel, featuring Wonder Woman, to encourage residents to practice social distancing as part of the city’s new “Stay Healthy” campaign. left: Peachtree Corners created this cartoon panel, featuring Batman and Robin, to encourage residents to wear face masks as part of the city’s new “Stay Healthy” campaign.

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Peachtree Corners officials are getting some help from Batman and Wonder Woman to encourage residents to wear face masks, social distance and take other steps to keep the community safe during the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic.

Capt. James T. Kirk, Captain America and Spiderman are helping out, too.

It’s all part of Peachtree Corners’ new “Stay Healthy” campaign where the city is using memes and cartoon panels featuring comic book and popular TV characters to encourage residents to follow recommended health guidelines, such as wearing face masks and practicing social distancing, during the pandemic.

“When the coronavirus began to spread earlier this year, we were instructed to wash our hands, avoid touching our faces and maintaining a 6-foot social distance from others when out in public,” Mayor Mike Mason said. “Now health officials are asking we take one more precaution – cover our faces when away from home and around others.”

Although there is no face mask mandate in Georgia, officials at all levels of government in the state, as well as health officials, have been encouraging residents to wear the masks while also washing hands frequently,

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staying home when feeling sick and practicing social distancing.

In addition to the panels featuring comic book and TV characters, Peachtree Corners’ campaign will feature Mason and City Manager Brian Johnson doing parodies of popular memes that spoof “The Great Gatsby” and “Most Interesting Man in the World.” There will also be modified takes on World War II-era Britain’s “Keep Calm and Carry On” slogan, which has become popular in America in recent years.

“The reality is, COVID-19 is not going to go away anytime soon,” Mason said.

“Wearing a face covering when you are out in public is a simple act that can help contain the spread of this very contagious, and sometimes deadly, virus.”

Lilburn sailor serves aboard USS Ralph Johnson

photo: u.s. navy photo by mass communication specialist 3rd class anthony collier

U.S. Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Paul Vance, from Lilburn, scans the horizon using a telescopic alidade aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson. The Ralph Johnson is deployed conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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Northside Hospital welcomes new Gwinnett County doctors

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Northside Hospital recently announced it has hired four new doctors to join its network of physicians in Gwinnett County.

The hospital system said Dr. Peter Mann is joining Northside Center for Urogynecology, Dr. Cici Zhang is joining Georgia Colon & Rectal Surgical Associates and Drs. Esther Lee and V. Sunny Sambhara are joining Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinic.

Dr. Esther Lee

Dr. Peter Mann

Mann specializes in robotics and non-robotic minimally invasive surgery and non-surgical treatments for pelvic floor disorders, including pelvic organ prolapse, stress urinary incontinence and overactive bladder. He is board-certi-

Dr. V. Sunny Sambhara

Dr. Cici Zhang

fied in obstetrics, gynecology, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery.

He graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine with a doctoral degree in medicine and did his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the Uni-

versity of Maryland Medical System.

Northside Center for Urogynecology has offices in Atlanta and Snellville.

Meanwhile, Zhang completed her colorectal surgery fellowship at Georgia Colon and Rectal Surgical Associates and also did her residency in general surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, where she was chief resident. She specializes in laparoscopic surgeries as well.

Zhang earned her medical degree from the University of Indiana and is

board certified in general and colorectal surgery. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Georgia Colon & Rectal Surgical Associates has offices in Sandy Springs and Lawrenceville.

Lee is board-certified in endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism and internal medicine and has eight years of medical practice experience in diabetes, thyroid disease, osteoporosis and pituitary disease. She did her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and earned her medi-

cal degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

And, Sambhara is boardcertified in pulmonology with specializations in pulmonary medicine, asthma and COPD, critical care medicine and interstitial lung diseases. He did his fellowship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and earned his medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine.

Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinic has locations in Gainesville and Braselton.

Sailor from Suwanee completes assignment aboard USS Constitution

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

Suwanee native, Hull Technician 3rd Class William Knight, recently completed a twoyear tour aboard the nation’s oldest warship.

The U.S. Navy said Knight completed his tour aboard the U.S.S. Constitution on July 16 and bid farewell to the ship’s officers and crew. The ship has been afloat and an active part of the Navy’s fleet since 1797.

“I am excited for the road ahead, and I’m proud to serve,” Knight said.

This was the first duty station for Knight, who graduated from North Gwinnett High School in 2016. Service on the Constitution is considered one of the special programs in the Navy, with prospective crewmembers having to undergo an interview and meet a high sustained excellence standard to be chosen to serve on its crew.

Suwanee native, Hull Technician 3rd Class William Knight, left, bid farewell to the officers and crew of the U.S.S. Constitution after completing a successful two-year tour aboard the ship July 16.

Crew members host 600,000 public visitors a year aboard the ship, which is docked in Boston Harbor, and provide free tours.

The tours are designed to teach visitors about maritime heritage and the U.S. Navy’s history.

Navy officials also said the tours are designed to teach the public about the importance of a sustained naval presence.

The Constitution, affectionately known in the Navy as “Old Ironsides,” is the oldest commissioned warship in the world. It’s first battles were during the Barbary Wars, and it was involved in the War of 1812. The ship was active in defense of sea lanes from 1797 to 1855.

The ship was undefeated and was responsible for capturing or destroying 33 enemy vessels.

It earned its nickname because British cannonballs fired at the ship during the War of 1812 bounced off the ship’s wooden hull in battle.

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Physicians from Atlanta Allergy & Asthma named Top Doctors

By Chamian Cruz chamian.cruz @gwinnettdailypost.com

Nine physicians from Atlanta Allergy & Asthma — the largest allergy practice in Georgia — rank among metro Atlanta’s Top Doctors in Atlanta magazine’s July issue. More than half of the physicians in the publication’s allergy and

immunology category come from this one practice.

Those physicians are: Drs. Stanley M. Fineman, Erinn T. Gardner, Linda D. Guydon, Lily Hwang, Keith I. Lenchner, Kevin L. Schaffer, Kathleen A. Sheerin, David D. Tanner and the recently retired John A. Zora. Atlanta Allergy & Asthma is no stranger to the accolade, having had multiple

physicians on the Top Doctors list since its inception.

In addition to Atlanta magazine’s Top Doctors honors, Castle Connolly recognizes Dr. David Carlton of Atlanta Allergy & Asthma’s Rome office as a 2020 Regional Top Doctor.

Atlanta magazine uses a database of top doctors compiled

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an established healthcare research company based in New York, to assist in its annual effort. Doctors are nominated for consideration through both a nationwide survey and a peer nomination process.

Castle Connolly’s physicianled team of researchers then select the Top Doctors through a rigorous screening process that includes an evaluation of educational and professional experience. This year, the publication honors 1,002 of these physicians representing the following counties: Fulton, Cobb, Dekalb, Gwinnett, Hall, Forsyth, Cherokee and Rockdale.

Dr. Tanner, who serves as Medical Director for the practice, said Atlanta Allergy is honored to have so many of its board-certified allergy specialists recognized as Top Doctors.

“At Atlanta Allergy & Asthma, we strive to craft a team of physicians dedicated to operating with integrity and high standards in order to improve the lives of our patients,” he said. “Having a large number of our specialists appear on this list helps validate that mission.”

“Diagnosing and treating allergy and asthma conditions not only influence a patient’s quality of life, but also can save lives. This recognition certainly helps bring awareness to the significance of our specialty.”

Three physicians, Dr. Lily G. Hwang, Dr. Schaffer and Dr. Sheerin, all practice in Gwinnett County offices.

Dr. Hwang practices at the Alpharetta and Lawrenceville offices. She received her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine/pediatrics residency, women’s health certification, and internal medicine and pediatric chief residency at the Michigan State University/ Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies.

Additionally, she completed an allergy and immunology fellowship at Rush University Medical Center/John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital. She is board certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Internal Medicine, and American Board of Pediatrics. She recently received board certification in Lifestyle Medicine by the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Hwang’s professional affiliations include the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; Joint Council of Allergy, Asthma, and Im-

munology; Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society of Georgia; American College of Physicians; and American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Schaffer practices at the Sandy Springs and Snellville offices. Dr. Schaffer received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis and earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine.

He completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at Stanford University, where he also received his specialty training in allergy and immunology.

Dr. Schaffer is board certified by the American Board of Allergy & Immunology and participates in their Maintenance of Certification program, most recently receiving recertification in 2013. He also is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

Dr. Schaffer is a fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. He is a past president of the Georgia Society of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Dr. Schaffer has been actively involved in clinical research, serving as principal investigator of numerous trials and has published articles in medical journals. Dr. Schaffer is a multi-year recipient of Top Doctor honors.

Dr. Sheerin practices at the Lawrenceville and Sandy Springs offices. Dr. Sheerin received her bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts and her medical degree from Duke University. She completed her residency at Texas Children’s Hospital/ Baylor College of Medicine, where she also spent a year completing a fellowship program in pediatric rheumatology.

Dr. Sheerin also completed a three-year fellowship in allergy and immunology at Duke University. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Allergy & Immunology. She is a fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Sheerin specializes in food allergy and anaphylaxis. Dr. Sheerin is a multi-year recipient of Top Doctor honors.

Meanwhile, Dr. Tanner practices at the Buckhead and Johns Creek offices, Dr. Guydon practices at the Johns Creek and Northlake offices, Dr. Lench-

ner practices at the Buckhead and Stockbridge offices, Dr. Fineman practices at the East Cobb and Kennestone offices, Dr. Gardner practices at the Canton and Douglasville offices and Dr. Zora has practiced at Atlanta Allergy & Asthma for more than 35 years.

2020 Regional Top Doctor Dr. Carlton, who practices at Atlanta Allergy & Asthma’s Rome office, earned his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia.

He then practiced as a staff internist at the Naval Hospital in Pensacola, Florida for three years before completing his fellowship in allergy and immunology at the Wilford Hall Medical Center on Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

He returned to the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, where he served as chief of allergy and immunology for two years. He left the U.S. Navy after 10 years of service, including a deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Dr. Carlton is board certified by the American Board of Allergy & Immunology and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Carlton has a special interest in the medical management of sinusitis and treatment of venom hypersensitivity.

Atlanta Allergy & Asthma, the largest allergy practice in Georgia, has been the premier provider of quality care and research in the field of allergies, asthma and immunology for more than 45 years.

The practice’s board-certified allergists and specially trained nurse practitioners are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic, asthmatic, and immunologic diseases. Atlanta Allergy & Asthma is the only National Allergy Bureau-certified pollen counting station in the Atlanta area.

Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., was acquired by Everyday Health Group, one of the world’s most prominent digital healthcare companies, in late 2018. EHG, a recognized leader in patient and provider education, attracts an engaged audience of more than 53 million health consumers and more than 780,000 U.S. practicing physicians and clinicians to its premier health and wellness websites.

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Greater Atlanta Christian student selected for All-National Mixed Choir From staff reports

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Senator Butch Miller, Tony Funari and Braselton Rotary Club president Hardy Johnson are pictured after Funari was honored during a recent Rotary meeting.

Georgia Senate honors Braselton’s Tony Funari From staff reports State Senator Butch Miller recently honored Braselton’s Tony Funari with a Senate resolution citing his many years of public and community service. The resolution was presented at a recent Braselton Rotary Club meeting.

Miller was the featured Rotary Club speaker providing highlights of the 2020 General Assembly session which concluded in late June.

A 27-year resident of Braselton, Funari ‘s community and public service included

being a trustee of the Northeast Georgia Health System foundation, a 12-year member of the Braselton Town Council, a charter member of the Braselton Community Improvement District and the founder of Funari Realty, a commercial, industrial and residential real estate leader in the region.

The resolution further reads, “Funari and his wife are model citizens, defining much of what community means and cherishing their home, their neighbors, their professions and their family.”

Greater Atlanta Christian School rising senior, Haotian (Bob) Yu, has been selected for the 2020 All-National Mixed Choir.

Yu entered GAC as an International homestay student his freshman year and quickly gravitated to the offerings in the Fine Arts Department and onsite private music lessons.

“Bob has attained and displayed a level of mastery in this subject beyond most students in our country. He successfully passed the two All State rounds of auditions (which required implementation of varied musical knowledge and skills) as well as the subsequent recorded vocal audition for All National,” said Dr. Marcus Miller, GAC Director of Choral and Vocal Activities.

The All-National Mixed Choir is chosen from high school applicants spanning all 50 states and is comprised of over 250 musicians.

The culminating program is expected to take place in at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 5-8.

Yu is currently in his hometown of Shanghai, China, and was thrilled to hear the news.

“Dr. Miller has impacted me the most throughout my time at GAC. He not only guided me through the process of studying music, but is also a mentor to me,” he said via email.

Yu is the son of Haiying Wu and is a part special photo of GAC’s International Homestay program, where students begin their high school edu- Greater Atlanta Christian School rising senior, Haotian (Bob) Yu, has been cation and graduate from GAC. selected for the 2020 All-National Mixed Choir.

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