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Vol. 45, No. 165

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In ‘great spirits’ Martinez: Wife doing well after amputations

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

Melvin Townsend, left, and Jeffery Mitchell, right, unbox rockets called “Rowdy Ride” at Phantom Fireworks in Duluth on Tuesday.

The store will be one of three Phantom Fireworks stores opening in metro Atlanta that offer products ranging from $1 to $1,500.

(Staff Photo: David Welker)

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New fireworks law takes effect today

LAWRENCEVILLE — David and Cindy Martinez’s faith will not falter.

On Monday morning, the young husband, a Gwinnett MORE ONLINE County Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for more photos and a video. police officer, looked into camera lenses and praised God, just as he had earlier this month. And, again, he managed to crack a smile even as he detailed how his wife is doing after having both feet and a hand amputated last week.

“Last time I mentioned how she was doing, she was in good spirits. I believe now that she’s in great spirits,” he said in a brief news conference outside police

See UPDATE, Page 8A

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DULUTH — Workers scurried around the new Phantom Fireworks showroom in the Pleasant Hill Square shopping center on Tuesday, trying to get the store ready for today’s grand opening.

The store was empty a week ago as the fireworks chain waited to hear if it would get a license to operate. Once the green light came, employees had to spring to work to get shelves in place, cash register areas set up and displays of fireworks cases set up.

The store had largely taken shape by mid-morning on Tuesday, as employees continued to stock the shelves, clean up the dust and decide which fireworks would be featured in displays at the end of each aisle.

All of the work is focused on getting the store ready to open its doors to its first customers at 8 a.m. today.

“It’s been absolute — in a good way — organized chaos,” Store Manager David Roper said.

The new year-round fireworks store is a first for

Gwinnett County police officer David Martinez speaks with reporters Monday morning about his wife, Cindy, who is battling a flesh-eating bacteria and had several amputations last week. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

Deputy praised for assistance in house blaze

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Several types of aerial fireworks are seen at Phantom Fireworks in Duluth on Tuesday. The store will be one of three Phantom Fireworks stores opening in metro Atlanta that offer products ranging from $1 to $1,500. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

FIREWORKS SAFETY TIPS Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services officials offered the following safety tips on Tuesday to explain how residents should use the new fireworks that have become legal in Georgia: • Inspect fireworks for defects and read directions carefully.

• Keep a bucket of water, a garden hose and a fire extinguisher handy.

• Ignite fireworks outdoors and away from buildings, vehicles, plants or other combustible materials.

• Ignite one device at a time and use a fireplace lighter.

• Keep a safe distance from the fireworks.

• Ignite devices on a flat surface.

• Never give fireworks to a child and keep children away from any firework area.

• Discard malfunctioning devices in a bucket of water rather than trying to fix them.

• Make sure fireworks debris is fully extinguished.

• Store unused fireworks in a cool, dry place.

See FIREWORKS, Page 9A

Higher gas tax among other new state laws

By Curt Yeomans

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July 1 is a watershed day in Georgia as many state laws, taxes and fees officially go into effect, including the state’s new taxes on gasoline and a new fee on hotel stays designed to help the state pay for road improvements.

Aside from the legalization of fireworks, the Transportation

Funding Act of 2015 is one of the most high-profile laws going into effect today in Georgia.

The law creates a new funding structure for transportation projects that is based on hotel fees and higher gas taxes and new registration fees for cars that are powered by alternative fuels.

The law creates a single tax setup instead of the previous structure, which was a combination of a state excise tax and

prepaid local and state taxes.

Drivers will pay a flat tax of 26 cents per gallon on unleaded gasoline, propane and special fuels, such as compressed natural gas, under the new structure, according to the Department of Revenue. The tax for diesel gas will be 29 cents per gallon while the aviation fuel tax will be 1 cent per gallon.

AAA officials came out Tuesday in support of the

changes, arguing prices overall would be lower while the revenue would help with transportation projects. AAA Georgia Director of Public Affairs Garrett Townsend said in a statement that drivers won’t likely see the full impact of the increase right away because gas stations are likely to absorb some of it at first and phase it See LAWS, Page 9A

The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office is praising a deputy who, while off the clock, assisted in the rescue of a woman fleeing her burning home in Buford on Sunday.

“The fact that he took the time to investigate the source of the smoke, even while off duty, speaks volumes about Kyle McMinn this deputy’s desire to serve others,” Sheriff Butch Conway said in a news release.

“I’m proud of him.”

Deputy Kyle McMinn and his wife, who is pregnant with twins, were driving through Buford when he noticed heavy smoke coming from the direction

See DEPUTY, Page 8A

An intense fire ripped through a Buford home on Sunday afternoon. Deputy Kyle McMinn assisted in the rescue of a woman from the fire. (Special Photo)

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Firefighters battle 100-pound propane tank fire

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DACULA — A CSX maintenance truck carrying a 100-pound propane tank caught fire Tuesday morning on a set of railroad tracks in Dacula.

Capt. Tommy Rutledge of the Gwinnett County fire department said crews were dispatched just after 10 a.m. to the tracks off Winder Highway, near Waffle House. Roads closed as the Gwinnett Fire Hazardous Materials Response Team worked to contain the volatile gas, a task completed without injuries.

“It appears that the fire was sparked by a hydraulic motor mounted next to the

The charred remains of a CSX maintenance truck are seen after a propane tank ignited a fire as crews worked off Circle Drive in Dacula on Tuesday. The 100-pound tank had a malfunction along the release valve that caused the leak. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

tank on the truck,” Rutledge said. “The fire damaged the valve to the propane tank and allowed gas to escape

CSX crews prepare to drive the charred maintenance truck off the tracks after a 100-pound propane tank caught fire in the truck’s bed. The crews had been performing work on a stretch of railroad tracks off Circle Drive in Dacula on Tuesday.

and quickly ignite.”

But that the vapors burned on the tank to keep it cool helped firefighters. It aland minimize the risk of a lowed them to focus hoses greater blaze.

The most tense moment was when a “slight amount” of propane gas escaped the

tank and didn’t ignite, the spokesman said.

“The gas is heavy and hugs the ground until it dissipates or finds an ignition source,” Rutledge said.

The spot where the fire burned was on the edge of a shady neighborhood along Circle Road. The tracks also butt against an aging mechanic shop with a barking dog guarding the door.

Trains began to move again around 12:30 p.m., shortly after workers removed the truck from the tracks. Rutledge said the blaze was under control after noon and was contained to the back of the truck.

Lanier Islands issues salute to Gwinnett Tech receives $5K grant to support at-risk youth troops and law enforcement

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Inspired by the patriotic spirit surrounding the Fourth of July, the family at the helm of Lanier Islands is giving a special salute to those serving their nation and community.

The Williams family recently announced that starting today active duty military personnel and members of the police force can enjoy free admission to LanierWorld by showing their military or law enforcement identification at the entrance gate.

The invitation is extended to law enforcement officers and all five branches of the Armed Forces, including Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, as well as Army Reserves and National Guard. The special offer will continue through the remainder of LanierWorlds regular 2015 summer

The grant funds will be used to pay for books, credit recovery, training, graduation fees, college The Community application fees and other Foundation of Northeast necessary expenses for Georgia has given a prostudents in the GAP– gram at Gwinnett Techni- GCPS partnership procal College $5,000 to help gram. The GAP also ofwork with at-risk youth fers GED preparation for and drop-out prevention out-of-school youth, and measures. this year served in-school The Gwinnett Advance- youth as a drop-out prement Program will work vention measure. It also with Gwinnett County supports summer school Public Schools and graduation efforts and students ages 16 through provides ongoing support 21 through a partnership to youth at Phoenix High with the Atlanta Regional School.

Commission that dates “Being able to interback to 2007. vene and provide sup-

Lanier Islands is extending a special salute to the troops and law enforcement with free admission to the beach, boardwalk and water park at LanierWorld for active duty soldiers and officers beginning today. (Special Photo)

season, which is set to end Sept. 13.

“My family and I have a significant appreciation of our American heritage and the men and women who put themselves in harm’s way to protect our freedom and our personal safety,” Virgil Williams, Lanier Islands’ chairman of the board, said in a statement. “We are fortunate as a family to be able to express our thanks to these heroes. Our ownership of this beautiful beach and lake resort gives us the chance to

give back to those who give so much to our communities and to the nation.”

LanierWorld features a lakeside beach and over a dozen attractions, including the new CAT4 slide and Thunderbolt triple-zipline over the lake, as well as a variety of lakefront eateries, live entertainment and more.

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Police: Cellphone shop burglar strikes again

By Joshua Sharpe

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The description availPolice believe several able for the man leaves cellphone shop burglarmoves deliberately and much to be desired: he ies in Gwinnett, DeKalb, stuffs his bounty in a is believed to be a slim Cobb and Clayton counblack bag. man who stands between ties could have something It’s done in less than a 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-8. His in common — the elusive minute. nondescript clothing has thief.

He picks up the tool obscured his face and a Cpl. Michele Pihera, and leaves through the clear determination of his spokeswoman for Gwinbroken glass door, the race. nett police, on Tuesday same way he came, and, Anyone with inforasked for the public’s help once again, escapes into mation on the case can finding the man, believed the night. contact detectives at to be the same one the Difficult to find as he 770-513-5300. To remain agency asked help finding may be, the suspect’s pay- anonymous, tipsters can three months ago. He is offs have reportedly been contact Crime Stoppers at Police believe this man is responsible for multiple burglaries at cellphone stores in decreasing. suspected to have struck 404-577-TIPS (8477) or Gwinnett, as well as other counties. (Special Photo) the Verizon Wireless store Pihera said he made visit www.crimestopperson Cumming Highway in The police department In the video, the man, window with a tool and off with $4,548 in stoatlanta.org. Crime StopSugar Hill on June 11, af- released the security cam- possibly responsible for a rushes through the shop, len items on June 11. pers offers up to $2,000 ter hitting the same store era footage of the crime, similar crime at a Buford ripping products from On March 16, the tally for information leading to on March 16. shown from three angles. Drive Verizon, breaks a displays and shelves. He was $5,498. On Jan. 14, an arrest and indictment.

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GCPS tops list High court upholds murder conviction, of districts hiring sentences in death of adoptive mother UGA graduates

By Keith Farner

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More University of Georgia graduates looking for teaching jobs are being hired across Georgia, including several dozen in Gwinnett County.

UGA’s College of Education’s Office of Student Services recently released a survey based on 2014 graduates with a teacherpreparation degree, and it found that 62 percent, or 325 graduates, were hired by a Georgia city or county school district. Among school districts, Gwinnett County Public Schools hired 75 first-year teachers from UGA, while Fulton and Clarke County schools tied for second at 34.

Last year’s graduating class worked in nearly half of Georgia’s 159 counties.

The survey does not include graduates who are employed by private schools or moved out of state.

Economic improvements were cited as one reason for the uptick in local hiring as the 325 graduates is an 11 percent increase from 2013 when 51 percent of new teachers took jobs in Georgia schools.

“School districts recognize the preparedness of our graduates and actively recruit them to their school districts,” Jack Parish, the College of Education’s associate dean for outreach and engagement, said in a press release. “Our teacher candidates leave the programs classroom-ready and prepared to work in schools throughout Georgia.”

The data was collected by exit surveys of last year’s graduates of the College of Education, and 71 percent responded. Data on 2015 graduates will be

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released next spring.

New school construction is another reason cited as an overall factor reflected in the improved economy.

The Georgia Department of Education reported that 45 new schools have been constructed since 2013, and Gwinnett and Forsyth counties in particular primarily building as a result of population growth.

Gwinnett plans to open four new schools in August as it expects to have about 176,000 students, and because of that, the district expects to hire at least 137 new teachers on top of the 800 it projected in early spring to hire in because of retirements and other departures.

The district this spring increased beginning teacher salaries to $41,028 up from $38,383.

Associate Superintendent Frances Davis reported to the School Board last week that there were 233 teacher vacancies. The district has already hired 1,232 teachers, but that number includes rehires and rehire retirees. A rehire means that person began working for GCPS after the first day of school last year.

Overall, of the 1,234 College of Education graduates in 2014, the UGA Career Center’s most recent Career Outcomes survey reports that nearly all had some type of employment after graduation. Seventy-two percent reported they were working full time, while 12 percent went on to graduate school. Another 12 percent are either working in an internship, are working part time or are self-employed.

Each year, the UGA College of Education has about 4,300 total students enrolled, including undergraduates and graduates.

The Supreme Court of Georgia has upheld the murder conviction and life prison sentences given to both of the former Buford teens found guilty of killing their adoptive mother.

In the high-profile case of Muriel O’Connell’s 2006 death, the court ruled Monday that the jury hadn’t erred in convicting Brenda O’Connell, who was 15 when she and her sister, also 15 at the time, were accused of the woman’s murder. The court upheld Catherine

O’Connell’s conviction in January 2014.

The defendants, who were adopted a few years earlier from a Guatemalan orphanage by the victim, had “identical” arguments Brenda O’Connell on appeal, according to the supreme court. Both claimed that during jury selection, the state racially discriminated by striking a prospective juror, and that the trial court should’ve allowed evidence about

their traumatic upbringing in Guatemala.

“For the same reasons that we concluded that Catherine’s enumerations of error were without merit, we conclude that Catherine O’Connell these two enumerations of appellant are without merit,” the opinion released Monday says.

Brenda O’Connell’s appeal also argued that the jury should’ve considered an involuntary manslaugh-

ter charge, rather than murder.

The sisters, both now housed at Lee Arrendale prison in Alto, claimed during trial that they had been protecting themselves against an abusive parent. “…there was overwhelming evidence that was inconsistent with the co-defendants’ version of events that they caused their mother’s death unintentionally,” the opinion, written by Justice Carol Hunstein, says. Rather, the evidence “supports the state’s case that the co-defendants acted with malice in killing their mother.”

GDOT officials encourage driver safety ahead of Independence Day travel period

By Curt Yeomans

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On Monday, Georgia Department of Transportation officials warned drivers that traffic fatalities are on the rise as they encouraged residents to stay safe during the July 4 weekend.

State transportation officials announced that there have been 620 traffic fatalities on Georgia roads since Jan. 1, compared to 538 deaths last year. Officials have been raising warning flags for months about the rising number of fatalities because they mean 2015 could be the first year in nine years to show an increase in fatalities.

The numbers released this week, however, came as the state prepares for a major holiday weekend.

Fourteen people died in traffic incidents during the July 4 weekend last year, according to GDOT spokesman Teri Pope.

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To lessen the impact on traffic, the Georgia Department of Transportation has restricted construction lane closures on interstates and major state routes.”

— Brent Cook, Georgia DOT district engineer

“The growth has slowed a little bit since we started this campaign,” Pope said.

“When we began in May, we were at about 27 percent. We’re now down to somewhere in the teens, maybe around 18 or 19 percent, but we are still way ahead of where we were a year ago.”

The state announced on its website that 60 percent of traffic fatalities are the result of single-vehicle accidents where a car crashed into a fixed object, such as a tree, a culvert or a bridge. Seventeen percent of the deaths seen so far this year on Georgia roads were pedestrians and bicyclists, though, according to GDOT.

The agency is encouraging drivers to stay alert, avoid texting while driving and wear their seat belts. Drivers who wore their seatbelts during crashes made up only 38 percent of people who died during traffic accidents, according to state figures.

At the same time, GDOT is hoping it can offer drivers some relief from traffic congestion during the July 4 weekend. The agency will suspend most of its road construction work from 5 p.m. on Thursday until 5 a.m. on July 6.

AAA recently announced it expects 41.9 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles during the weekend, although state-level num-

bers were not available.

“We anticipate heavy traffic over the Independence holiday weekend,” District Engineer Brent Cook said in a statement.

“To lessen the impact on traffic, the Georgia Department of Transportation has restricted construction lane closures on interstates and major state routes.”

GDOT officials are warning drivers, however, that crews may still do some work near highways and that some lanes in work zones may remain closed due to safety concerns. Officials also said emergency situations, such as accidents, could arise over the weekend, requiring unplanned lane closures and construction.

“Whenever you approach a work zone, slow down, allow extra distance between vehicles, read signs, obey road crew flaggers and expect the unexpected,” the agency announced.

Newton County police say man shot girlfriend when she woke him

By Aimee Jones Special to the Daily Post

COVINGTON — A Newton County man has been arrested on charges that he shot his girlfriend

when she woke him up.

Newton County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to Rockdale Medical Center where the victim was taken for a gunshot wound to the leg.

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When they arrived, they were met by the woman’s boyfriend, Samuel Griffin, 33, who told deputies that his girlfriend was hit by a bullet from a drive-by shooting while they were sitting on the front porch of their Marble Drive home, said Sgt. Cortney Morrison.

However, when Griffin left the room, the victim allegedly told medical staff that Griffin was the one who actually shot her. The victim said he had taken a lot of “medication” that day. She said she went to wake him up, but because he had taken so much Xanax, he “freaked out,” reached for a handgun and shot her, Morrison said.

Griffin was arrested Friday and charged with family violence aggravated assault.

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Health trumps the scale DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 64 and healthy. I’m very petite at 4 feet, 10 inches tall. I’ve had a low weight most of my life, keeping around 95 pounds.

Two years ago, after retiring and being less active, I got up to 110 and maintained it for a year.

Then I got married and am active again in the garden, walking and traveling. I’ve dropped back to 100 pounds, but I have not changed my diet in any way. My arms and legs are very, very thin, whereas my trunk is normal for my size.

I eat a good breakfast every day. I eat a good dinner of a variety of meats, vegetables and potatoes/ pasta. I find it hard to eat any more than that a day.

What is a good way to gain weight without having to eat more meals per day?

— S.F. ANSWER: I am not sure why you want to gain weight. I think your body is fine at the weight you are, and that you should concentrate on enjoying food and your activities.

Your body mass index, an imperfect way of normalizing height with weight, is 21, which is at the low end of the desirable range, but not so low that it puts you at health risk.

Since muscular arms and legs are associated with lower risk of disease as you age, I would ask you to consider a weightlifting program, which doesn’t have to be anything more complicated than a few-pound dumbbell that you do various exercises with; however, a trainer or physical therapist can help teach you how to use them most effectively. Weight training also helps reduce risk of falls and of osteoporosis.

A very recent study showed that strong grip muscles are associated with lower mortality; however, I think this is more likely to represent overall levels of health and disability than it is that improving grip strength makes you live longer.

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SOLUNAR TABLES The Gwinnett Daily Post (UPSP 921-980, ISSN 10860096) is published Wednesday through Friday and Sunday by SCNI, 725 Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045. Periodical postage paid at Lawrenceville, GA 30044. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gwinnett Daily Post, P.O. Box 603, Lawrenceville, GA 30046-0603.

The solunar tables for lakes are based on studies that show fish and game are more active at certain times during the lunar period.

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Blackshear (237.0) ........ 236.89

Nottely

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Blue Ridge (1690.0) .......1686.03

Oconee

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Burton

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Seminole (77.50)............76.87

Carters

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Sinclair

Chatuge

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Thurmond (330.0) ........ 328.87

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Harding

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Tugalo

Hartwell

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Jackson

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West Point (635.0) ........ 634.45

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TODAY’S FACT: The International Criminal Court, established on this day in 2002, is an independent institution and is not part of the United Nations.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1903, the first Tour de France bicycle race began in Paris. Of the 60 cyclists who began the nearly 2,500-kilometer race, only 21 finished, including champion Maurice Garin.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.” — George Sand TODAY’S NUMBER: $150 — approximate price in U.S. dollars of the first Sony Walkman portable cassette player when it went on sale in Japan on this day in 1979.

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Bowlers roll gutter in choice to exclude DEAR AMY: What is the “PC” way to exclude the developmentally disabled from an organized group?

I run a bowling league.

Management at the bowling center where we play has informed us that our yearly contract will not be renewed unless we accept teams from local assisted-living facilities into our league.

If the league admits individuals with vastly inferior skill levels and low mental awareness of league bowling rules, that will greatly slow down the normal pace of play and frustrate many of our existing members.

A majority will likely drop out rather than take four hours to bowl three games

I can think of many ways this arrangement could work for your league — and for you as human beings.

I shared your letter with Terry Bigham, with the United States Bowling Congress (bowl.com), who suggests that most bowlers are enthusiastic about sharing the sport with anyone Amy Dickinson who wishes to play: “We believe in bowling for everyevery week. one from 3 to 103. Bowl— Bowled Over by PC- ing is one of the biggest ness events in Special Olympics, DEAR BOWLED and wheelchair bowling is OVER: I can’t provide a hugely popular.

“PC” way for you to ex“Bowling is supposed to clude these people, because be a fun sport for anyone. the very notion is so unkind Bowlers are very charitable; that the mind reels. The they have donated over $50 heart takes a hit, too. million to organizations

Ask Amy

ranging from local charities to veterans organizations to ‘Bowl for the Cure’ (supporting breast cancer research). They’re a nice, big, fun family.”

Management’s new rules might be surprising, but it is the bowling center’s right to attach new requirements to future contracts. It is your right to take your business elsewhere.

I’m going to assume that none of this inspires you, and so I’ll leave you with this: If your members are too lazy, inept or unwilling to drive as little as 10 extra miles to preserve their exclusivity, then perhaps your league is not as “special” as you think.

Others are drawn to your enthusiasm and sincerity, making you the ideal advocate for the less fortunate.

The more diverse functions you are involved in, the more your popularity will grow. You have the compassion and wisdom to make a difference.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Simmering relationship issues will boil over if you are too demanding. Be willing to compromise and take others’ feelings into consideration in order to enjoy smooth sailing in your personal life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — If you have been procrastinating about beginning a health or exercise program, now is the perfect day to get started. Take small steps and you will improve your strength and stamina.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — You will get results if you put your anxiety aside and take the initiative to make things happen. Don’t procrastinate; be bold and get started.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Unwanted changes at home will end in your favor.

You can relieve tension if you let go of old issues and head into the future with a new and improved outlook.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — There are proven methods that will help you achieve your goals. Do your research and you will find useful facts that will help you present your ideas to people who can help you get ahead.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — Financial matters must be monitored carefully.

Be sensitive to the needs of an elderly family member.

Your patience and understanding will be appreciated and handsomely rewarded.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Your mood swings will be difficult for others to deal with. Be clear about your needs, and strive to avoid emotional outbursts.

Think before you speak, or hurt feelings will result.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Carefree spending habits will offer a temporary lift, but will result in chaos if you go over budget. You need to consider what is bothering you. Spending will only mask the problem.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — There are plenty of people willing to provide you with the information you are looking for. Exciting times lie ahead, so put your best foot forward and accept all the help you can get.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Remember that jealousy is usually behind criticism, so don’t take it to heart. Those who are most vocal about your shortcomings are trying to cover up their own inadequacies.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may feel like putting your feet up, but this is not the time to refuse invitations to social or community events. You will meet someone who will become very special to you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Fatigue will slow you down, causing you to fall short of your goals. Avoid unnecessary physical exertion, and concentrate on intellectual or mental challenges instead.

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DAR member recognized for doll-making

By Curt Yeomans

ry for DAR’s American Heritage Contest during the meeting.

A half-dozen Daughters The six Philadelphia of the American RevoluWinn members were tion from the Lawrencev- among 100 daughters ille area went to Washing- from Georgia who attendton D.C. last week for a ed the congress, accordgathering of the national ing to chapter publicity organization and one of and media chairman Lee its members picked up Schermerhorn. some honors along the The congress set a goal way. of raising $1.25 million The Lawrencevillefor education, historical based Philadelphia Winn preservation and paChapter of the DAR triotism activities. It also joined other chapters raised its three-year volfrom across the country unteer service hours goal who converged on the from 10 million hours nation’s capital for the to 12.5 million hours.

National Society of the With six months left in Daughters of the Amerithe three year period, can Revolution’s 124 DAR members across the Continental Congress. country have already perChapter member Sara formed 9.9 million hours Rawlins received second of volunteer service, acplace in the Dolls catego- cording to Schermerhorn. curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Sara Rawlins was recognized at the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s 124th Continental Congress last week for winning second-place honors in the Dolls category of the society’s American Heritage Contest. Rawlins is a member of the Philadelphia Winn Chapter in Lawrenceville. (Special Photo)

Smoking up in bars, restaurants despite law

By Andy Miller

allowing smoking nearly doubled in the first six years after the law’s pasTen years ago, the sage.

Georgia Legislature Georgia State researchpassed a law prohibiting ers also found a signifismoking in bars and rescant number of owners taurants. It was promoted taking advantage of as a way to improve “the exemptions. health, comfort and enviThe percentage of resronment’’ of Georgians. taurants and bars in GeorThe law, still in effect, gia that allowed smoking has some exemptions, in- rose from 9.1 percent cluding allowing smoking in 2006 to 17.6 percent in an establishment if it in 2012, according to prohibits entry to anyone the study published last under age 18. month in the journal PreDespite the 2005 law, a venting Chronic Disease: recent study from Georgia Public Health Research, State University found Practice and Policy. some surprising results on The study did not smoking. address growth in smokResearchers found that ing in Georgia bars and the percentage of Georrestaurants since 2012. gia restaurants and bars “I have no reason to Georgia Health News

think that things have changed,” Michael Eriksen, an author of the study, told GHN. “While the law is well known and well accepted, restaurants have figured out how to work within the law and allow smoking,” said Eriksen, dean of the School of Public Health at Georgia State.

Researchers found “a significant increase in the percentage of establishments that allow smoking when minors are present,” most likely in designated smoking areas and outdoor patios. Bars and restaurants can allow smoking if designated smoking areas are outdoors or in rooms with separate ventilation systems.

Manuel’s Tavern, a famous Atlanta establishment frequented by politicians and journalists, allowed indoor smoking to continue after the law’s passage, using the adultsonly exemption.

But at the beginning of 2014, Manuel’s went in the opposite direction, removing ashtrays and prohibiting indoor smoking.

Brian Maloof, the owner, said Wednesday that the reaction “has been very positive.”

“People say, ‘I can finally come in here because there’s no smoking.’”

But Maloof added, “Had I done it five years earlier, I think it would

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have been bad for business.’’

June Deen of the American Lung Association said Wednesday that the Georgia State study “is truly alarming.”

She said a probable lack of enforcement of the 2005 law would factor into the growth of indoor smoking.

“I think there has been a lot less discussion on secondhand smoke,’’ Deen said. “The people who are the most harmed are the workers in these establishments. They are people who may not have a lot of employment options.”

Secondhand smoke is especially damaging “to the very young and the

very old,” she noted.

The CDC says there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke, which contains more than 7,000 chemicals.

Since the landmark 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on tobacco, 2.5 million adults who were nonsmokers died due to inhaling secondhand smoke, the CDC says.

The GSU researchers urged policymakers to strengthen the Georgia law by making restaurants and bars 100 percent smoke-free without exemptions.

They said Georgia is one of only 15 states that do not have a 100 percent smoke-free restaurant or bar law.

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WORLD Iran nuclear talks deadline extended VIENNA — Iran and world powers gave themselves an extra week to reach a nuclear accord, extending a deadline due to expire on Tuesday, while President Obama said there would be no deal if all pathways to an Iranian nuclear weapon were not cut off.

With talks in the final stretch, Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani also spoke out, saying his country would resume suspended atomic work if the West breaks its promises.

The accord would see Tehran halt sensitive nuclear work for at least a decade in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions, potentially the biggest breakthrough in decades of hostility between Washington and Tehran.

“Ultimately this is going to be up to the Iranians” to meet the requirements set out by the international community, Obama said during a news conference in Washington.

Pope Francis to visit U.S., Cuba VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will meet prisoners, homeless people and immigrants as well as some of the world’s most powerful leaders during his trip to Cuba and the United States, according to a Vatican program issued on Tuesday.

Francis, the first Latin American pope, will become the first pontiff to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress during the much anticipated Sept. 19-27 trip.

That address and one scheduled to be delivered later to the United Nations will give him another chance to influence a major summit on climate change in Paris in December.

He is the third pontiff to visit Cuba and presided over the Vatican mediation that led to the resumption of diplomatic ties between Washington and Havana last year after a rupture that lasted more than half a century.

Islamic State decapitates two women in Syria BEIRUT — Islamic State has beheaded two women in Syria, the first time it has decapitated female civilians, the founder of a group monitoring the war said on Tuesday.

The beheadings took place in the eastern Deir alZor province this week said Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the conflict using sources on the ground.

One of the women was beheaded along with her husband in Deir al-Zor city.

In al-Mayadeen city to the southeast, the group beheaded another woman and her husband. All of them were accused of sorcery, the monitor said.

Islamic State has beheaded local and foreign men in Syria, including enemy combatants, aid workers and journalists as well as people it has deemed as violating its hardline interpretation of Islamic law.

— From wire reports

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world&nation No survivors in Indonesian crash

By Roni Bintang Reuters

MEDAN, Indonesia — More than 100 people were feared dead after a military transport plane ploughed into a residential area shortly after take-off in northern Indonesia on Tuesday, in what may be the deadliest accident yet for an air force with a long history of crashes.

“For the moment we know there were 113 people (on board). It looks like there are no survivors,” Air Marshal Agus Supriatna told Metro TV in the Sumatra city of Medan, adding that some of the passengers were air force families.

The crash of the C-130B Hercules aircraft, which went into service half a century ago, is bound to put a fresh spotlight on Indonesia’s woeful air safety record and its aging planes.

Officials said the plane plunged into a built-up area of the Sumatra city of Medan. Eye witnesses said it had appeared to explode shortly before it smashed into houses and a hotel.

Black smoke billowed from the wreckage, and crowds of people milling around the area initially hampered emergency services rushing to the scene.

“We have been using heavy equipment like earth movers to clear the wreck-

NATION Overtime rules revamp revealed The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled details of a long-awaited proposal that would make nearly 5 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, but many businesses say it would force them to cut hours and wages.

Under the proposal, the maximum income a salaried worker could earn and still be eligible for mandatory overtime pay would rise to $50,440 from $23,660, the first significant change in four decades.

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said millions of workers would earn an estimated $1.3 billion in additional wages annually.

Others would work less hours for the same amount of money, and many businesses would create new part-time positions to fill the gap, he said.

“By updating the salary threshold to keep pace with inflation and wage growth, this proposal guards against future erosion of overtime protections while providing certainty for businesses,” Perez said during a telephone press conference.

California limits school vaccine exemptions SACRAMENTO, Calif.

— California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a bill eliminating the state’s personal beliefs exemption for school vaccine requirements — legislation that was prompted by a measles outbreak at Disneyland linked

PEOPLE Comedian Jack Carter dies at 93

LOS ANGELES — Comedian Jack Carter died June 28 of respiratory failure at his home in Beverly Hills.

He was 93. He was also an actor, emcee, singer, mimic, dancer, and director in a career that spanned over seven decades.

He began his professional career appearing on Broadway in “Call Me Mister.” He later appeared on Milton Berle’s “Texaco Star Theatre” shows, and it was during this time that Carter got his first real break.

He hosted the first televised Tony Awards in 1956.

Throughout his career, Firemen attempt to extinguish the fire surrounding the wreckage of an Indonesian military Carter was a prominent prestransport plane after it crashed in the North Sumatra city of Medan, Indonesia, on Tuesday. ence on TV variety shows and musicals. He was a top (Reuters/Irsan Mulyadi/Antara Foto) nightclub entertainer, playage of the plane,” said aging aircraft.

Dwi Badarmanto said it ing clubs and theaters in Las Romali, chief of Medan’s AirAsia flight QZ8501 was unclear what caused Vegas as well as New York, search and rescue agency, crashed less than halfway the crash and, until it was, London, Atlantic City and who has only one name. into a two-hour flight from eight other C-130Bs would Chicago.

The Hercules plane had Surabaya in Indonesia to be grounded.

Survivors include his wife, been on its way from an Singapore last December.

“This incident shows Roxanne, whom he married air force base in Medan to All 162 people on board us that we must renew our in 1971; sons Michael Carter and Chase Carter; daughter Tanjung Pinang in Riau the Airbus A320 were aircraft and our military Wendy Carter; and grandIslands off Sumatra. Media killed. equipment,” Pramono children Jake and Ava. said the pilot had asked to “It’s too early to say Anung, a lawmaker and return to the base because what caused today’s disas- member of the parliamentaof technical problems. ter, but it will again raise ry commission overseeing Bristol Palin says According to the Aviaconcerns about air safety in defense, told Reuters. tion Safety Network, there Indonesia, especially since “The Hercules is already her pregnancy have been 10 fatal crashes it comes just half a year old, many of our other was planned involving Indonesian after the crash of QZ8501,” (weapons) systems are Bristol Palin, the daughmilitary or police aircraft said Greg Waldron, Asia already old. As parliater of former Alaska Gov. over the last decade. The Managing Editor at Flight- ment we will support accidents put under a spot- global, an aviation industry giving more funding to the Sarah Palin and an advocate of sexual abstinence before light the safety record of data and news service. military so that they can marriage, says in a blog post Indonesia’s aviation and its Air force spokesman upgrade.” that her second out-of-wedlock pregnancy was “actually planned.”

Just over a month ago, the na capitol, where a man was arrested on Monday night in former governor and 2008 a confrontation with anti-flag Republican vice presidential protesters over a symbol as- nominee announced that her daughter’s planned marriage sociated with slavery.

The Civil War-era flag has to Medal-of-Honor winner emerged as a flashpoint after Dakota Meyer had been called off. a shooting that killed nine “Everyone knows I people at a historic black wanted more kids, to have church in Charleston, S.C., during a Bible study session. a bigger family. Believing I was heading that way, I The suspected shooter, Dylann Roof, 21, had posed got ahead of myself,” she wrote. “Things didn’t go as with a Confederate flag in Republican U.S. presidential candidate and New Jersey photos posted on a website planned, but life keeps goGovernor Chris Christie stands before supporters as he that also displayed a racist ing. Life moves on. formally announces his campaign for the 2016 Repub- manifesto attributed to him.

“This baby is not a disaplican presidential nomination, during a kickoff rally at pointment, and I cannot wait “We’re standing up for the Livingston High School in Livingston, N.J., on Tuesday. to be a mom times two,” she Confederacy,” James Spears, (Reuters/Brendan McDermid) wrote. who holds the title “great to low vaccination rates. run for the Republican titan” for the group, said in The new law, which presidential nomination on a telephone interview on Appeals court: makes California only the Tuesday with his trademark Tuesday.

Apple conspired third state to eliminate bluster, offering up his blunt religious and other pertalk and willingness to tackle Woman spends to fix prices sonal vaccine exemptions, tough issues as the cure for two days in ravine NEW YORK — A digenerated opposition from an ailing country. vided federal appeals court some parents, many of them Christie said his dose of after car crash on Tuesday upheld a judge’s fearing what scientists say New Jersey straight talk AUSTIN, Texas — A ruling that Apple had conis a debunked link between could fix a dysfunctional 75-year-old Texas woman spired with five publishers childhood vaccinations and political system and erase to increase e-book prices. autism. the partisan divide in Wash- who crashed her car into a rural ravine and fractured her By a 2-1 vote, the 2nd “The science is clear that ington. spine survived for two days U.S. Circuit Court of vaccines dramatically protect “I mean what I say and I by drinking three cans of Appeals agreed that the children against a number say what I mean, and that’s soda and water she collected conspiracy violated federal of infectious and dangerous what America needs right antitrust law, and that the diseases,” Brown, a Demonow,” Christie said at a rally with a rag, police said on Tuesday. judge acted properly two crat, wrote in his signing at his old high school in Wanda Mobley was years ago in imposing an message. “While it’s true suburban Livingston, N.J. injunction to prevent a that no medical intervention “Truth and hard decisions to- driving to Oklahoma when her car went off the road on recurrence. is without risk, the evidence day will lead to growth and Friday near Seymour, Texas, The ruling would force shows that immunization opportunity tomorrow.” according to the Baylor Apple to pay consumers powerfully benefits and “Both parties have failed County Sheriff’s Office. $450 million under a 2014 protects the community.” our country,” Christie said.

A relative searching for settlement unless it files anIn December, more than “Both parties have led us her on Sunday saw a highother appeal and wins. The 100 people were sickened in to believe that in America, way sign that had been hit settlement was contingent a measles outbreak traced to a country built on comprothe Disneyland theme park mise, that somehow compro- by a car and found Mobley’s on Apple’s civil liability bevehicle in a ravine about ing upheld. in Southern California. mise is a dirty word.”

150 yards from the road, the “While we want to put office said. this behind us, the case Gov. Christie KKK plans to hold “She could have been is about principles and kicks off 2016 pro-Confederate there for a long time and values,” Apple said in a nobody would ever see her,” statement. “We know we presidental bid flag rally in S.C. Baylor County Sheriff Bob did nothing wrong back in Elliott told TV news broad- 2010 and are assessing next LIVINGSTON, N.J. The Ku Klux Klan plans caster NBCDFW. steps.”

— New Jersey Gov. Chris to hold a pro-Confederate — From wire reports — From wire reports Christie launched an uphill flag rally at the South Caroli-

Tiny caskets: Funerals held for abandoned babies

By Mary Wisniewski

cade-old Illinois charity started

by Susan Walker, 46, after she saw reports about a dead baby CHICAGO — More than a mother, Ana Rosa Mora, with boy found at a recycling plant. year after he was found dead murder.

His parents were never found. in a plastic shopping bag, a “We may feel that it’s too litWalker carried a news clipnewborn boy was laid to rest in tle, too late. But that we’re here ping about the boy for days and a tiny white casket, covered with today is not nothing,” Deacon then called the Lake County blue and white flowers.

Jim Pauwels said, asking a small sheriff and asked if she could Chicago police officers, crowd at St. Hyacinth Basilica plan a funeral. including one who had investion Chicago’s northwest side to The sheriff was suspicious gated his death in April 2014, pray for both mother and child. and demanded a DNA test to see served as pall bearers. ProsecuPauwels, 53, is a board mem- if Walker was the mother. Once tors charged the baby’s teenage ber of Rest in His Arms, a deshe was cleared, Walker arReuters

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ranged the funeral with the help of the coroner.

“We had 150 total strangers show up — even the people who found him at the recycling plant came,” Walker said.

Over the years, the group has provided funerals to 25 children, mostly infants, who were abandoned or victims of crimes. It also has provided help to parents too poor to bury their deceased children.

In every case, the family was

either not identified or did not claim the body, and coroners gave the child to Rest in His Arms, Walker said. If a baby is nameless, volunteers provide one.

Rest in His Arms also tries to educate about Illinois’ Safe Haven Law, which allows people to surrender babies up to 30 days old to staff at hospitals, police stations or fire stations with no questions asked. All 50 states have similar laws.

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Same-sex marriage only the beginning “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

What Winston Churchill said in 1942 following a British military victory in North Africa might also be said about Friday’s narrow 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court legalizing marriage between people of the same sex.

That the majority threw a bone to religious people, their churches and inCal stitutions, saying they could conThomas tinue to preach and teach that homosexual marriage is wrong, will almost certainly be challenged by gay activists and secularists whose goal is to drive religious people, and especially Christians, out of the public square.

What might be a preview of things to come occurred last week when the Fairfax County (Va.) School Board voted 10-2 to approve a “gender identity” curriculum for children starting in seventh grade. News reports said the crowd that showed up for the vote overwhelmingly opposed the decision, but majorities no longer matter. Minorities rule, except on the Supreme Court.

Given their political clout and antipathy to Christian doctrines, some gay activists are likely to go after the tax-exempt status of Christian colleges that prohibit cohabitation of unmarried students, or openly homosexual ones, as well as churches that refuse to marry them. As with legal challenges to the owners of bakeries that have been in the news for refusing to bake a cake for same-sex weddings, activists who demand total conformity to their agenda will seek to put out of business and silence anyone who believes differently.

This is diversity? No, this is enforced orthodoxy of a different kind and thus in violation of the Constitution and the special protection the Founders gave to people of faith. It was Thomas Jefferson, a deist who edited his own version of the Bible, who said, “No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.”

In the Supreme Court’s decision reversing history, tradition and, yes, the biblical authority it tacitly acknowledges in the friezes on its wall honoring Moses and other law-givers, five unelected judges have imposed on more than 300 million Americans what many still believe to be an “abomination.” That may be changing, but the political process, not the court, should decide.

In his strongly worded minority opinion on same-sex marriage, Chief Justice John Roberts said, “The court is not a legislature.” Nonetheless, the day before, Roberts acted as a legislator in again upholding the Affordable Care Act and its provision for providing federal subsidies to people in states that did not set up insurance exchanges, in violation of the language of that law. Roberts took upon himself the right to interpret what Congress intended, rather than let the law speak for itself.

Modern Republican presidents, beginning with Dwight Eisenhower, have had a checkered record when it comes to their Supreme Court appointments. Ike called his nomination of Earl Warren, who quickly tacked left, “the biggest damned fool mistake I ever made.” There have been several other justices nominated by Republican presidents who have turned out to be liberal wolves in conservative clothing. Their names comprise a judicial hall of shame: Blackmun, Burger, Stevens, O’Connor, Kennedy, Souter and now, at least based on his Obamacare position, Roberts. This never seems to work in reverse, with liberals becoming conservative once on the bench.

I asked Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush about this mixed GOP track record during his recent visit to Washington, where he spoke to a conservative gathering. Bush said that if elected president he would conduct extensive interviews with potential nominees to the court to make sure they have a conservative constitutional view of the law. He allowed that even then there were no “guarantees” a justice would remain conservative.

If the zeitgeist and politics are more persuasive to some justices than the Constitution and the intent of the Founders, then justices should be held accountable by the political system and their terms limited.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

A throwback role: The humble hero I didn’t think I was old enough to memorialize the good old days of cowboy movies, but here I am thinking about those black and white westerns and how nice it was when the hero rode away instead of holding a press conference or announcing he was starring in a reality TV series.

Which brings to mind a line from a Kinky Friedman song called “People Who Read People Magazine” — “I am a country picker, with a bumper sticker, that says: God bless John Wayne.” Friedman also wrote a book with a title that expressed that same sentiment, and while I have the book I kind of wish I just had the bumper sticker.

Because it pretty much sums up where we are these days. We could use a few more of the strong, silent types and a lot less of the look-at-me, love yourself(ie)

Todd Cline Editor types. We used to quietly take pride in a job well done, but these days it seems the accomplishment doesn’t count until it’s been tweeted and posted to Facebook. Where have all the cowboys gone, indeed.

What got me thinking of John Wayne and bumper stickers and movies like “The Searchers” is the story of Kyle McMinn, a deputy for the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office. On Sunday, McMinn was driving through Buford when he noticed heavy smoke com-

ing from a nearby home. Upon investigating, he found the home engulfed in flames. With firefighters yet to arrive, the off-duty deputy proceeded to help a pair of people from the home and relocate them, and a family pet, to a safe area.

It was a laudatory act to be sure, one that earned deserved praise from Sheriff Butch Conway. But what stuck out to me was McMinn’s humble handling of the attention he received for doing what he said was “the same thing anyone else would do.” He declined all media requests, releasing a statement through the Sheriff’s Office that was as simple as it was humble.

It read in part: “I will always do anything in my capacity to help others, which is why I entered the law enforcement profession. I’m just glad that this family is OK.” Those lines sounded

straight out of a western. If he had ridden off into the sunset on his trusty steed instead of driving his vehicle home, you might have thought you were watching a movie. John Wayne would have been proud.

The community certainly is. The story has elicited many comments thanking McMinn for his actions. People love a hero; they love a humble one even more.

Stories like McMinn’s are a nice reminder of the good, old days, but they also show there are still plenty of men and women these days who are happy to help and who don’t need the spotlight. So here’s to the good guys, and in closing: God bless Kyle McMinn, and God bless John Wayne.

Email Todd Cline at todd. cline@gwinnettdailypost. com. His column appears on Wednesdays.

or shaving points in a game to benefit gamblers; or trying to influence anyone to hurt his team’s performance.

He got the nickname Charlie Hustle because of the way he played every inning of every game he was ever in. Why isn’t he in the Hall of Fame?

Why is there a stupid rule in force that keeps him out?

You don’t like gambling? Too bad. Get over it. Welcome to the real world. There are a lot worse things to worry about.

— Harvey Flamholtz Lawrenceville

where you stand on the subject of gay marriage, you should be very concerned by this mandate.

Ohioans voted by a 62 percent margin to adopt a state constitution making gay marriage unrecognized in Ohio. More than two million of Ohio’s sovereign citizens were self-governing.

Georgians voted by a 76 percent margin in 2004 to adopt a state constitution that does not recognize gay marriage. Yet, Attorney General Sam Olens and Governor Nathan Deal have announced that they would comply with the mandate. Even after taking an oath to uphold the constitution of the State of Georgia.

Free peoples govern themselves and the Supreme Court, Sam Olens, and Nathan Deal are not kings and oligarchs. The state constitution is the most fundamental protection of self-governance.

— Bill Evelyn Suwanee

to the editor

Hillary Clinton not only candidate with flaws In Thomas Sowell’s column (“Voters poised to overlook Hillary history, “June 25, 6A), he states “there is nothing in her (Hillary Clinton’s) history that would qualify her for the presidency and much that should disqualify her.”

There are probably things in Mrs. Clinton’s history that makes us question whether she would make a good president.

But Mr. Sowell curiously fails to make the same observation about Donald Trump, who is a Republican candidate for president. What makes Mr. Trump qualified for the presidency?

A multi-billionaire who has run successful businesses and is a star on his own TV show?

Do these qualifications make you qualified for the presidency? We have all seen Mr.

Trump since he announced his candidacy why he is not qualified for this office. A bigot, an egomaniac, and a person with zero political experience are just some of the reasons why he is not qualified.

Please try to be fair Mr. Sowell in your criticisms of Hillary Clinton when your own party’s candidates, including Mr. Trump, have plenty of warts to pick on too.

— Torin Togut Lawrenceville

Pete Rose’s gambling no big deal In response to the Pete Rose editorial cartoon that was published 0n June 25, I have to say: I don’t understand what the fuss has been about for all these years. No one has ever accused him of betting against his own team;

State should have say-so on same-sex marriage By a 5-4 vote (Obergefell v. Hodges) the Supreme Court mandated that samesex marriage is recognized in all 50 states. Regardless

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Candidate Jeb Bush bares 33 years of tax returns

By Steve Holland and Linda Stern

and speaking fees that have been as high as $75,000 per Reuters engagement.

In a show of transparWASHINGTON/NEW ency expected to pressure YORK — Republican presi- his rivals to bare their tax dential candidate Jeb Bush records, Bush revealed that released 33 years of tax since the end of his tenure records on Tuesday showing as Florida governor in 2007, that his net worth of behis annual income has risen tween $19 million and $22 sharply to nearly $7.4 milmillion has been amassed lion in 2013 from $260,580 largely through investments in 2006.

Talking to a handful of reporters in Washington about the 1,150 pages of returns made public, Bush, 62, said his hope was to “give people a sense of who I am.”

“It’s not a life that has been scripted to run for president. I’ve led a life with ups and downs,” said Bush, who comes from a family of means and whose father George H.W. Bush

and brother George W. Bush were elected president.

In his quest for the Republican nomination in a crowded field of 14 candidates, Bush has increasingly sought to contrast himself with rivals in his own party and Hillary Clinton, the front runner for the Democratic nomination in the November 2016 election.

Clinton and her husband,

Deputy •From Page 1A

McMinn then relocated the woman, followed by of the home off Westthe two men and a family brook Street. Not hearpet, to a safe area away ing responding sirens, he from the home and a large decided to investigate, propane tank that was finding the house engulfed nearby. He left the scene in flames. after Gwinnett police arHe saw a man and a rived to get his wife away woman on the upper deck from the area. of the home and a second McMinn has been with man, who retrieved an the sheriff’s office since extension ladder to assist 2011, serving in the Jail with their escape from the Division until his recent fire that would soon detransfer to the Field Opstroy the house, according erations Division. to the sheriff’s office.

He has declined all “The woman carried an media interview requests, oxygen tank with her and Volkodav said, releasing appeared to have difficulty a brief statement from the moving swiftly down the deputy. ladder,” said Deputy Shan“I feel that I did the non Volkodav, spokessame thing anyone else woman for the sheriff’s would do,” he said. “I will office. “Deputy McMinn always do anything in my assisted in quickly getting capacity to help others, her down the ladder, with which is why I entered the the second male subject law enforcement profesfollowing closely behind sion. I’m just glad that this her.” family is OK.”

Kathy Keppen Kathy Stimis Keppen, age 56, of Buford, GA passed away on June 28, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, 770962-3100. stewartfh.com

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James Atkinson James Winfred Atkinson, age 83, of Homer passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, 770962-3100. stewartfh.com

Jeanne Bowles Jeanne Bowles, 94, left this world on June 28, 2015. She was born Jean Marie Salls May 23rd 1921 in White Plains, NY. She was the youngest of three (Don and Bill) and the only girl. She met her would be husband (Peter Bowles) horseback riding and soon married him on July 31st, 1953 in Littleton, Massachusetts. Years later, their first child, Leana was born.

Later their second and last child, Jay was born. They lived in New York, Florida and finally Georgia, where she spent most of her life.

Her life was a passionate quest to better understand God and her place in this world. During that quest she was a writer, an artist, a poet, a wife and a mother. Jeanne often said that she had lived a good life.

Raising a family, traveling the world and pursuing her passions. Her unique spirit, playful sense of humor and unwavering faith defined her and never dimmed.

Even in the twilight of her life.

She will not soon be forgotten.

Jeanne is survived by her brother Don Salls, her daughter Leana Ready, her son Jay and her two grandsons, Shawn and Scott Ready. A Memorial

Service will take place on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 2PM in the chapel of Crowell Brothers Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choosing.

True Christianity Is Not A Religion. It Is A Personal Relationship With God Through Faith In Jesus Christ And The Holy Spirit.

Jeanne Bowles (c. 1995) Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Peachtree Chapel Funeral Home and Crematory, 5051 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 770448-5757 SNELLVILLE

Neoma Collin Neoma Mary Collin, age 85, of Snellville, GA, passed away June 25, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 www.wagesfuneralhome. com

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information about his wife would be posted on a webheadquarters on Hi-Hope site that has been created for Road in Lawrenceville. her, www.howilived.com.

“She’s in a lot of pain, but The headline on the site she’s still able to smile, reads, “The Cindy Martinez she’s still able to laugh.”

Story her fight, recovery Cindy Martinez, a former and triumph.”

Marine, remains in a local Still a mystery is how ICU after a weeks-long bout the woman got the bacteria. with flesh-eating bacteria, Her husband, true to form, David and Cindy Martinez prepare for her surgery on said that’s not something the said the husband, who has Thursday. Cindy had both feet and her right hand amtaken leave from work to be putated as a result of necrotizing fasciitis and myosi- family is overly concerned by her side. with now. tis, a rare flesh-eating disease. (Special Photo) David Martinez said tests “The doctors continue have been coming back process to break the news to Center on Memorial Day to say the same thing, they negative for the bacteria, their children that she had to and has been through many don’t know why some though doctors say she have amputations and help surgeries while the commu- people get it and others still needs to be monitored. them get comfortable with nity has rallied to support don’t,” he said. “But that’s There is no clear time frame the situation. her.

OK because we’ve realized, for when she might get to The kids, David, 5, Fundraising efforts have you know what, it doesn’t go home; the husband said and Bianca, 2, have been brought in tens of thousands really matter. We want to the family hopes she may be mostly protected from their and there are still more stay positive and move on to able to transfer to a rehamother’s health episode. planned. The next event is the next step. bilitation facility in the next They weren’t able to see her at Hebron Church in Dacula “Things are going to be a two weeks. until Father’s Day, when on July 18, featuring raffles little bit different, but I beThe husband said he’s they posed for a beaming and live music. lieve things are going to be also working on getting photo at her bedside.

The husband also anbetter. We’re coming closer prostheses for his wife. He Cindy Martinez was adnounced Monday morning as a family. Our faith in God hopes to use the shopping mitted to Gwinnett Medical that the events and other is even stronger.”

Kennedy. He later joined Bellsouth Telecommunications in Atlanta and remained until his death.

David loved hunting, fishing, golf, movies and later in life became a ham radio specialist.

Online condolences may be sent by visiting billheadfuneralhome.com.

Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

David Keith Deering went to be with the Lord on June 26, 2015 at age 56 following multiple battles with cancer over a five year period.

David is survived by his father Othell Rochelle “Shelley” Deering and by his sister Dana Lynn Ruyon. He was known as “Uncle Dave” to his nieces Kaylie N. Pape, Kendall A. Runyon, and Emma K. Runyon and his nephew David C. Pape.

David was a graduate of South Plantantion High School, attended Broward Community College and was a graduate of Total Technical Institute in Fort Lauderdale, FL. David was a veteran of the US Navy from 1993 until 1998 and served aboard the USS John F.

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Vicki Hulsey Vicki Marie Hulsey, age 62, of Gainesville passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015.

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Robert Johns, Jr. March 18, 1949 ~ June 28, 2015

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Ricky Frady Rickey L.C. Frady, age 61, of Cumming, GA passed away on June 29, 2015. Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory of Buford, GA 770-932-1133.

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Timothy Goodyear Timothy C. Goodyear, age 66, of Monticello, GA passed away on June 28, 2015. Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory of Buford, GA 770-932-1133.

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business career, including his long-time involvement in Miami real estate.

Using a common tax burden measure, Bush and his wife Columba paid an effective tax rate, based on their taxable income, in 2013 of 40.5 percent. Based on adjusted gross income, before itemized deductions, their effective tax rate was 40.3 percent.

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Bill, the former president, earned more than $25 million for delivering 104 speeches since the beginning of 2014, her organization said in May. “I made less than Chelsea Clinton,” Bush said, referring to the reported $65,000 speaking fee of the Clintons’ daughter, Chelsea.

The tax records released covered nearly his entire

Carolyn Hammond Carolyn S. Hammond, age 79 of Monroe, passed away on June 28, 2015.

Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052. 770-466-1544. www.stewartfh.com.

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Grady Houlditch, Jr. SSG Grady Houlditch, Jr., US Army (RET), age 82, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on June 28, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, 770962-3100. stewartfh.com

Robert Henry Johns, Jr., age 66, of Grayson, GA passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015.

Survivors include his mother, Launa Q. Johns of Savannah, GA; his daughter, Joy J. Hall; his granddaughter, Chloe Heaberlin of Cumming, GA; his aunts Mary Q. Free of Melbourne, FL and Lillian B. Johns of Newburn, NC; and his significant other, Sharon Starie of Grayson.

Funeral services will be held at graveside on Thursday, July 2, at 11:00 am in the Greenwich Section of Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, GA. Please sign our on-line guest book at www.foxandweeks.com

dener of Eufaula, AL. and Kathy Thurman of Heflin, Al.; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Monday, June 29, 2015 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Wheeler Funeral Home with Rev. Andy Johnson officiating, with entombment to follow immediately after the service at Lawnwood Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday, June 28, 2015 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Georgia Equine Rescue League Georgia Equine Rescue League, P. O. Box 328, Bethlehem, GA 30620. Guests may sign the online register at www. wheelerfuneralhome.com.

Wheeler Funeral Home and Crematory 11405 Brown Bridge Rd. Covington, GA. (770) 786-7111 BETHLEHEM

Barbara Sacks Barbara Alice Sacks, age 72, of Bethlehem passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015.

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Jack Miller Mr. Jack Clyburn Miller, age 92, of Hoschton passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015.

LOGANVILLE

Cheryl Monis Cheryl Lynn Harris Monis, 56 of Loganville, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015 at home.

She was born in WilkesBarre, PA. to the late Bill Harris and Loretta Jamison Harris. Mrs. Monis has lived in the Loganville, GA. area for over 22 years.

In addition to her father, she is preceded in death by her brother Mike Harris.

She is survived by her loving husband of 32 years Gordon Monis of Loganville; mother Loretta Harris; daughters Michelle Sanders of Eufaula, Al., Kasey Baker of Loganville, GA. and Amber (Chris) Hardy of Macon, GA.; 5 grandchildren, brother Darrell (Esther) Harris of Eufaula, AL.; sisters Teresa (Ricky) Gar-

and cousins. Mr. Taylor was born May 5, 1931 in Gwinnett County, GA. He received his education from Sugar Hill School.

He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force and was retired from the City of Duluth Maintenance Department. He was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, GA. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Gerald Hudlow officiating. Interment will follow at Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery in Lawrenceville, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www. flaniganfuneralhome. com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133.

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Xerlan Swaffar Mrs. Xerlan Hazen Swaffar, age 104, of Jefferson GA, who passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2015.

BUFORD

James Taylor James L. Taylor, age 84, of Buford, GA passed away on Friday, June 26, 2015. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-one years, Evelyn Johnson Taylor; daughter, Connie Taylor; and son, Dwight Taylor. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Pam and David Adams, Sugar Hill, GA; grandchildren, Kim Thomas, Amy and Jason Kimbrell, Lisa, Dana, Miranda, Carissa, and Chad Adams; several great grandchildren; sistersin-law, Geneva Chatham Taylor, Sugar Hill, GA, Grace Johnson Mays, Lawrenceville, GA and Reba Stewart Johnson, Lawrenceville, GA; and several nieces, nephews a

Mr. Rodney James Terwilliger, Sr., age 65, of Flowery Branch passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015 at his residence with family.

HOSCHTON

Bernard Webb, Jr. Bernard Lynn Webb, Jr., age 62, of Hoschton passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015.

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•From Page 1A Gwinnett County, and among the first in Georgia as fireworks becomes legal in the state today.

The sale of sparklers and small, ground-based displays have been legal in the state for years, but legislators decided earlier this year to open up the list to include a host of previously forbidden items. That means bottle rockets, firecrackers, mortars, aerial spinners, and Roman candles can be bought locally instead of having to travel across state lines to large road-side fireworks shops.

“We’re now at the point where everything is reversed and we can sell consumer line fireworks,” Phantom Fireworks VicePresident Bill Weimer said.

“It’s very exciting to be on the threshold of new era in Georgia.”

That also means a new kind of business — permanent, year-round fireworks superstores — is beginning to move into the state. Phantom Fireworks’ 6,500-square-foot showroom at 2255 Pleasant Hill Road is one of those businesses. The store, whose prices ranges from $1 to $1,500, stands alone as the only permanent fireworks business in Gwinnett County, although there are some fireworks chains operating temporary stands in the county this week.

“It certainly is new, in terms of the new range of what they can sell,” Gwinnett County Planning and Development Director Bryan Lackey said. “We have had them coming in here the past few years about what I think falls under the sparkler definition.”

The new legality of fireworks comes with a catch, however. The legislation that authorized the sale of new types of fireworks also created a new excise tax that retailers must pay. Sellers such as Phantom, TNT and Jake’s must pay the state a tax of 5 percent of their sales under the new law.

Roper, who previously managed a Phantom showroom in Fair Play, S.C. for eight years, said he believes Georgia residents will enjoy the benefits of having fireworks stores closer to where

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Treyvias Mathis sweeps the aisles at Phantom Fireworks in Duluth on Tuesday.

Ashonta Sappani, right, hangs smoke balls on an end cap at Phantom Fireworks in Duluth on Tuesday. The store will be one of three Phantom Fireworks stores opening in metro Atlanta that offer products ranging from $1 to $1,500. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

they live, rather than heading to South Carolina, Alabama or Tennessee to buy them.

“I’ve been in the fireworks business for years, but I’d always been on Exit 1 in South Carolina and residents of Georgia were coming across the state line to buy fireworks from us,” Roper said. “I’d say a fair number of our clientele was from Georgia.”

Is there a year-round market for fireworks?

Fireworks are traditionally linked with the Fourth of July and data from the American Pyrotechnics Association backs up that link. The group reported 90 percent of the fireworks industry’s sales are made around Independence Day. That might make fireworks seem like a niche market, but Roper said there is a demand for the pyrotechnic displays outside of the first week in July. Residents who come from other cultures have their own holidays for which fireworks can be used, he said.

“There are a wide range of holidays that people celebrate throughout the year,” Roper said. “All cultures have holidays at different times of the year and, in an area as diverse as Atlanta, we have, for instance, a Hindi festival in the fall. We have people who shoot fireworks for Christmas. We have Chinese New Year (and) St. Patrick’s Day.

“People even shoot fireworks for the Super Bowl,” he added. “If they have a team in the Super Bowl, they get excited about that.”

Still, Roper conceded this is unexplored territory for him since this will be the first time such a broad array of fireworks will be legal in Georgia. His experience is purely based off the market he faced in South Carolina.

“This is brand new,” he said.

Weimer said the allure of fireworks for consumers is simple, though.

“Everybody loves watching fireworks displays, but everybody (also) loves to shoot their own fireworks,” he said.

There are limits, however, as to when they can enjoy fireworks. The law mandates they only be used between 10 a.m. and midnight for most days of the year. The only exceptions are July 3 and 4, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, when the fireworks can be shot off until 2 a.m.

The store has about 35 employees, due to it opening during a peak sales season, but Roper said it is too early to tell how many people will work at the showroom during off-peak times of the year.

“That varies from store to store, depending on the volume of business,” he said.

“We’re expecting, actually, to stay hopefully fairly busy year-round with it being such a heavily populated area.”

It will be open extended hours of 8 a.m. until 1 a.m. from Wednesday until Friday, and from 8 a.m. until midnight on July 4, Roper said.

Gwinnett getting interest from other fireworks companies Lackey said his office has talked to other fireworks chains about obtaining special use permits, but it’s unclear whether they plan to follow Phantom’s lead in building permanent stores in the county. He added some companies which traditionally sold fireworks out of tents in shopping center parking lots are showing interest in moving into brick and mortar locations.

“This year, they are talking about putting them more into the vacant commercial spaces,” Lackey said. “I don’t know if their intentions are to be more permanent or be seasonal.”

TNT Fireworks is one of those companies looking at using existing commercial spaces for temporary homes. The company announced on Tuesday it will open two seasonal stores in Gwinnett County storefronts on Wednesday.

The stores will be located at 1550 Buford Highway Suite J in Buford and 2059 Scenic Highway North in Snellville.

The law change has attracted the attention of some newcomers to the Georgia

An assortment of Roman candles are seen at Phantom Fireworks in Duluth on Tuesday.

Several types of fireworks are seen at Phantom Fireworks in Duluth on Tuesday.

market.

Jake’s Fireworks, which has traditionally operated in the midwest, is moving into the market this year with five stores, including one at 928 Gainesville Highway on the Hall County side of Buford. It is near another year-round showroom Phantom is opening at 4870-A Golden Parkway, which is also on the Hall County side of Buford.

“Georgia is a market that in the past has forced many customers to go beyond the borders to get fireworks will that now be legal in the Peach State,” Jake’s Fireworks CSO Mick Marietta said last month in a com-

pany statement.

Weimer said Phantom Fireworks will look at adding more permanent stores across the state over the next year. The Duluth showroom is one of three the company is opening in metro Atlanta today. The others are in Morrow and the Hall County side of Buford.

For now, though, the company is looking forward to the new day that is beginning in Georgia for the fireworks industry.

“We’re on the ground floor of something new in Georgia and we think it’s going to be a great opportunity for everyone,” Weimer said.

Tougher punishments for human traffickers Tougher restrictions sponsored by Sen. Renee Unterman (R-Buford) designed to crack on human trafficking will become official on Wednesday.

Unterman’s Safe Harbor law, also known as Rachel’s Law, sets a $2,500 penalty for trafficking offenders who are over 18 and adult entertainment businesses face annual fees of either $5,000 or one percent of the previous year’s gross revenues, depending in which amount is higher. Offenders will also be required to go on the state’s Sex Offender Registry.

The age-based statute of limitations for victims will also be raised from 23 to 25 for crimes which take place after today. A fund will also be created to help sexually exploited children with social, rehabilitative and health services. A commission to oversee the fund was also

created by the law.

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portation purposes. ” Residents who own in. plug-in hybrid-electric, flex “Regardless of the tax fuel, compressed natural adjustment, motorists are gas, propane and electric still expected to pay much cars will be allowed to apply less at the pump compared for special alternative fuel to last year,” Townsend said. license plates under the law, “In fact, the change comes at but some fuel types carry a time when gas prices are special registration fees, on their way back down. according to the Department “This tax change acof Revenue. complishes two important At the same time, owners goals,” he added. “First, of these types of vehicles it protects revenue from will lose a tax credit the fluctuations in the cost of state offered. gasoline. Second, it ensures Non-commercial electric that all taxes collected on cars, plug-in hybrid-electric gasoline are used for transvehicles and flex fuel cars

carry a $200 annual fee for the license plate. Commercial vehicles which run on those types of fuel or power carry a $300 registration fee.

The Department of Revenue explained in a policy bulletin that the fee does not apply to vehicles that run on compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas or propane.

The law also creates a $5 nightly state hotel-motel fee on hotel room stays that last 30 days or fewer.

Department of Revenue officials explained in a separate policy briefing that

the hotel-motel fee does not apply to any night a person spends after they reach the 31-day threshold because it is then considered an “extended stay.” The department also explained that the fee still applies to free nights which are offered as part of multi-night deals.

Hotel stays purchased through the redemption of reward points programs are also subject to the fee.

The taxes and fees are expected to generate about $900 million in funding for transportation projects around the state.

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Distilleries, craft breweries allowed to give out samples, souvenirs Another state law going into effect on Wednesday will open the door for operators of distilleries and craft breweries, or brewpubs, to give out free samples and “souvenirs” of their products.

The law allows the samples to be given out as free tastings that are consumed on site during a tour of the brewery or distillery.

The souvenirs section of the new law will allow these businesses to hand out bottles of their products — up to 750 milliliters in size — to visitors over the age of 21 for free.

The breweries and distilleries will not be allowed to give more than one bottle to a person on a single calendar day, however. The gifts can only be distributed after the tour is finished and only to participants in the tour.

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Parkview unanimous national champion

By David Friedlander

Parkview head coach Chan Brown has Gatorade dumped on him as the Panthers celebrate this year’s Class AAAAAA baseball championship.

(Staff Photo: David Welker)

Lions, Tigers clash on ESPNU

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It is now official and unanimous. Parkview is high school baseball’s national champion for 2015.

With the release of the final MaxPreps Xcellent 50 poll of the season late last week, the Class AAAAAA state champion Panthers can lay claim to that title, as well, after being ranked No. 1.

They had already finished atop the four other major national polls — Baseball America/National High School Baseball Coaches Association, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Perfect Game and USA Today Super 25 — earlier this month and were named as the national Team of the Year by Baseball America.

“Obviously from a program standpoint, we’re very excited,” Panthers coach Chan Brown said. “We’re just proud

of our kids, our community, our school, our coaches, everyone who helped support us. It was a group effort, and something we definitely hang our hat on.”

The national championship is the second for Parkview, matching the one the program was awarded by Baseball America and the NHSBCA in 2012.

That previous national title See PARKVIEW, Page 2B

Esteemed Ex-Pat

From Staff Reports Even with the start of the 2015 high school football season still almost two months away, Archer and Peachtree Ridge are already getting plenty of national attention.

That attention only increased with the recent announcement that the two teams’ regular season game against each other will gain a national spotlight from ESPN the last weekend in August.

Originally scheduled for Aug. 28, the game pitting the Tigers and the Lions will now kick off a day later on Saturday, Aug. 29 at Archer Community Stadium.

It is part of the 2015 Geico ESPN High School Football Kickoff, a series of 10 high school games from around the country broadcast over three of ESPN’s family of networks over three days the weekend of Aug. 28-30.

The Archer-Peachtree Ridge match-up will air on ESPNU, with kickoff scheduled for 7 p.m.

Fans tuning in from around the nation figure to get an eyeful from both teams.

Archer returns as many as 12 starters from last See ESPNU, Page 2B

ON TV What: 2015 Geico ESPN High School Football Kickoff Who: Archer vs.

Peachtree Ridge When: Saturday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m.

Where: Archer Community Stadium TV: ESPNU

Berkmar grad Tony Akins, shown during a brief trip home this summer, is preparing for his 14th season of professional basketball overseas.

Akins was a four-year starter at point guard for Georgia Tech before playing professionally. (Staff Photo: Will Hammock)

Nearing 35th birthday, Akins’ overseas career still going strong

draws its share of talent, both from the college and pro levels, to the Suwanee Sports Academy each As the basketball summer, but Akins still players and teams slowly stands out among them, trickled in for a recent even though it’s been night of Team Belief nearly two decades since summer league games, the his legendary feats at rumblings began about Berkmar. a special participant that Akins did stop by that evening.

June night for a leisurely “I heard Tony Akins is game with some other playing tonight,” one said. Berkmar grads, some of “We’ve got some real his first live action after pros tonight, Tony Akins finishing up the 2014-15 may be coming out,” season in South Korea another said. earlier this year. The The Team Belief league demands of pro basketball

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have been with me since high school and I want to see them while I’m here.”

Akins is still remembered for his stellar career at Berkmar, highlighted — Former Berkmar standout and pro basketball player Tony Akins by a Mr. Georgia Basketball award and a make it rare that he gets your face and make sure state runner-up finish home to Gwinnett, and it’s you’re injury-free. … I try as a senior in 1998. He even more unusual that not to do anything when averaged nearly 30 points he plays basketball while I’m home, just stay at that season and scored he’s in town. home and see my parents, 1,955 points, at the time “I get back every summy cousins, catch up with the second-highest total mer, but it’s only sporadic friends. I’m trying to buy ever in Gwinnett, during times here and there,” my first actual house now, his career. As a senior, he Akins said. “When you’re so I’m trying to lay my scored 53 vs. Spartanburg under contract (with a roots here. There are so See AKINS, Page 2B team), they want to see many people here who I feel like a dinosaur out there ... No way I thought I’d still be playing at this age. But I didn’t think I’d be this healthy at this point, either.”

Johnson, Harris earn berths GGC site for four for World Championships A.I.I. Championships From Staff Reports Gwinnett natives Kibwe Johnson and Aleec Harris both earned World Championship team spots with their performances at the USA Track and Field Outdoor National Championships, which concluded Sunday at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.

Johnson, 33, won his fourth national title in the hammer throw over the past five years to clinch his trip to Worlds, scheduled for Aug. 22-30 in Beijing, China. The North Gwinnett grad’s winning toss was 252 feet, 5 inches, just ahead of runner-up Conor McCullough and See WORLDS, Page 2B

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Aleec Harris places fourth in the 110-meter hurdles in 13.25 seconds Saturday in the USA Championships in Eugene, Ore. (Photo: Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)

championship trophies. The format for this year’s tournament will KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the feature a change from years past, third consecutive season, Grizzly however, as both the men’s and fans will have an opportunity to women’s tournament fields will enjoy postseason play in Lawinclude six teams instead of four renceville as the Association of and each team that advances to Independent Institutions announced the championship match will earn that Georgia Gwinnett College will an automatic berth into the NAIA host the league’s championship postseason. tournaments for baseball, softball The baseball tournament will reand men’s and women’s soccer dur- turn to GGC for a second consecuing the 2015-16 seasons. tive season and it will be the third It marks a return for each event, home conference tournament in a beginning with the soccer chamrow for the reigning A.I.I. champipionships, which were played at on softball team. Those events will Grizzly Soccer Complex in 2013 also feature format changes as the and culminated in the Grizzly baseball field has expanded to eight men’s team hoisting the first of teams, with three members earning two consecutive A.I.I. conference an NAIA automatic berth.

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July 8: Lawrenceville Youth Association Basketball will host a meeting to discuss the upcoming basketball season at 7 p.m. in the Rhodes Jordan Park Community Center.

RUNNING

Aug. 8: The 18th annual Dennis McCormick Memorial 5K Road Race, the only fundraiser for the Collins Hill cross country and track and field teams, will be Aug. 8. The 5K begins at 7:30 a.m., followed by the one-mile fun run at 8:15 a.m. The race begins in front of the high school campus, goes down Taylor Road, weaves through the Richland neighborhood

and finishes on the high school stadium’s track.

Cost is $25 for the 5K or $10 for the fun run in advance, or $30 for the 5K or $15 for the fun run on race day. For more information, go to www.collinshilltfxc. com. Registration also is available at www.active. com.

VOLLEYBALL

July 6-9: Hebron Christian Academy will host a middle school volleyball camp led by head coach Taylor Davis from 8 a.m. to noon in the high school gym. Cost is $125 per camper. Register online at www.hebronlions.org/Athletic/Summer_Camps or call 678-234-1252.

Today in Baseball History 1910 — Chicago christens White Sox Park on a sour note, dropping a 2-0 decision to the St. Louis Browns. The stadium, later named Comiskey Park, houses the White Sox until 1990.

1916 — Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Honus Wagner, 42, becomes the oldest player to hit an inside-the-park home run, accomplishing the feat against the Cincinnati Reds.

1920 — Walter Johnson tosses his first career no-hitter, leading the Washington Senators to a 1-0 win over the Boston Red Sox. Boston’s only baserunner reaches on an error

by Bucky Harris.

1941 — New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio records two hits in the opener of a doubleheader and another in the second game to extend his hitting streak to a record-tying 44 games.

1945 — Hank Greenburg returns from a four-year hiatus due to military service and promptly homers to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 9-5 triumph over the Philadelphia Athletics.

1948 — Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella makes his major-league debut, recording three hits in a 6-4 loss to the New York Giants.

1951 — Cleveland Indians hurler Bob Feller tosses his third career no-hitter — equaling the major-league record — in a 2-1 triumph over the Detroit Tigers.

1962 — Albie Pearson of the Los Angeles Angels becomes the first player to go hitless in 11 at-bats in a doubleheader as his team splits a twin-bill with the New York Yankees.

1968 — Bob Gibson’s shutout streak ends at 47 2/3 innings, but he still leads the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-1 drubbing of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Gibson follows with a 23-inning scoreless string.

1973 — Boston Red Sox speedster Luis Aparicio swipes the 500th base of his career in a 9-5 defeat at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers.

1982 — Baltimore third baseman Cal Ripken Jr. is moved to shortstop by Orioles manager Earl Weaver.

The future Hall of Famer spends the majority of his career there, setting the mark for most consecutive games played in league history.

1990 — New York Yankees veteran Andy Hawkins tossses a no-hitter but still loses a 4-0 decision to the Chicago White Sox, thanks to three errors in the eighth inning. Hawkins is the first pitcher to lose a no-hitter since 1964.

1994 — The California Angels and Baltimore Orioles equal a major-league mark by combining for 11 home runs in a 14-7 Baltimore win. Seven previous major-league games featured 11 homers.

2003 — The Florida Marlins obliterate the Atlanta Braves 20-1, setting a franchise record for runs scored in a game while equaling the club mark for hits (25).

2007 — The AL West-leading Seattle Mariners are dealt a blow when manager Mike Hargrove abruptly resigns as manager.

2014 — New York Yankees veteran shortstop Derek Jeter tied Lou Gehrig for the most doubles in franchise history at 534 with a fourth-inning double off of Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price.

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much. He’s seen so many things and he sees Gwin(S.C.), 47 vs. Parkview and nett a little different than 44 of his team’s 55 in the anybody else. The kids region tournament semifi- who have only known nals against Brookwood.

Gwinnett, they want to see He scored 33 of Berkmar’s what’s out there. He’s been 35 points in the first half there, he’s back and he just of that game with the help loves it here. He brings 3-point shooting — he that unique aspect that he’s made 8 of 10 in the first from Gwinnett County, two quarters. he’s been everywhere and Those performances then some and he really are part of why Akins is realizes how special Gwinstill a well-known name nett is.” in this area, but others It’s not quite time to are more appreciative of settle back down in metro what he has accomplished Atlanta, though. Akins’ with a long, successful pro long journey of pro bascareer. ketball overseas hasn’t “When I talk to people, reached its end yet. even people the other night The 5-foot-11 guard (at the Suwanee Sports envisioned an NBA career Academy), they rememwhen he left Georgia Tech, ber who (Akins) was,” where he was a foursaid Team Belief league year starter, an All-ACC founder David Akin, one of selection as a senior and Akins’ high school teama prolific scorer (1,658 mates at Berkmar. “They career points) and passer grew up hearing about (560 career assists). That him. He was almost the path didn’t open up, but a first one to do it in Gwinlengthy overseas career has nett. I’m sure somebody earned him more than $2 before him made it (to the million during his time in pros), but he was kind of South Korea alone. the biggest thing to come “This will be my 14th through Gwinnett through year,” said Akins, who that time. He was kind turns 35 on Friday. “I feel of the first one to really like a dinosaur out there.” make a name for himself Akins began his pro and put Gwinnett on the career in Russia and has map. That’s what people played since in Turkey, remember about him, kind China, France, Poland, of being a person you look Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria up to. and Cyprus. He also played “In high school, as a a summer in the Domini17-year-old kid, we’re all can Republic. knuckleheads at that age, The travels have been but really ever since he both tough and rewarding, got to Tech, graduated and but he is more settled now came back, that’s where I in South Korea, where he think his biggest improve- now holds dual citizenship ments have happened so along with the U.S. With

two years remaining on his contract with KCC, Akins is coming off a 2014-15 season where he averaged 11.1 points and 3.9 assists with game highs of 33 points and 12 assists.

South Korea has been a positive turn in his career and has felt like home since his mother is Korean. “(Overseas basketball) has been great,” Akins said. “It’s had its ups and downs, definitely a lot of downs, but I think because of the downs and coming back up from it, it makes it fun. It has an adventure feel. Going through it feels like Hell, there are depressing moments. But as you get older, you try not to get too happy or too down. … The downs are being away from home, from family, from friends and seeing relationships grow apart. People have kids and you’re not getting to meet their kids, their kids being the main focus in their lives now. Missing my young nephews and cousins grow up. Seeing your home change to where it doesn’t even feel like it’s home anymore. It’s a lot.

“But the ups are personal gains and your personal career, thinking about your own life. Meeting a special person over there and having a family. Playing well during seasons, winning championships and personal awards. There are pros and cons to it. But you get to see the world. I wasn’t the best student (in school), but I will say traveling the world has taught

me a lot.”

Akins isn’t the young, single guy fresh out of college anymore, either. He and his wife Jane have two young children, 3-year-old son Ace and 10-month-old daughter Malia.

His game has held up pretty well, too.

“Tony’s still quick, still a finesse player and he can still dominate when he wants to,” said Akin, who scored the other two points on free throws in Akins’ famous 33-point first half against Brookwood. “Obviously, he’s not what he once was, but he still holds his own to say the least. He’s just a little older. But all the skills are still there. I was thoroughly impressed with how he plays still.”

Akins wants to stay involved in basketball in some fashion when he returns to Georgia, which is still a TBA date in the future. He plans to play at least two more seasons through the end of his contract in South Korea, then reassess where things stand.

“No way I thought I’d still be playing at this age,” Akins said. “I always told myself a couple years after 30 that I’d be done.

But I didn’t think I’d be this healthy at this point, either. I thought my knees or something would be bad. I have two years left on the contract and after that it may be year to year.

Actually, after that it will be year to year. There might not be any years after that.”

Worlds •From Page 1B third-place finisher A.G. Kruger.

All three U.S. hammer throwers topped the world championships qualifying mark, the first time three Americans have accomplished that feat in the hammer since the 1992 Olympics. Johnson’s winning throw was a good one, but the 2012 Olympian’s career-best hammer throw is 266-9.

Harris, 24, made the Kibwe Johnson wins the hammer with a throw at the USA Championships on June 25 at in Eugene, Ore. U.S. team for Worlds with (Photo: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports) a fourth-place finish in the

•From Page 1B team combined with this year’s team and Lassiter’s 1999 Class AAAA state championship team to mark just the third time a Georgia team has been named Team of the Year by Baseball America and the NHSBCA. Led by a talented group of seniors — including Seattle Mariners draft pick Ryne Inman and highly touted college signees Daino Deas (Auburn), Trevor Brown (Kennesaw State) and Brandon Hill (Chattahoochee Valley CC) — and top underclassmen like Austin Biggar and Will Ethridge — the Panthers rolled to the program’s sixth state title this spring.

And their 34-2 record, a mark matched by Buford, tied Brookwood’s 2008 state title team for the most ever in a single season by a Gwinnett team.

The Panthers and Wolves also became just the ninth and 10th GHSA teams in history to win that many games in a season.

•From Page 1B year’s 11-4 squad that finished as Class AAAAAA state runner-up, including highly ranked seniors in 2015 Daily Post Defensive Player of the Year Dylan Singleton and receiver Kyle Davis, plus transfer offensive lineman E.J. Price and highly-touted

110-meter hurdles. Firstplace finisher David Oliver, whose winning time was 13.04 seconds, had a bye into the World Championships, so the next three finishers also earned berths — Ronnie Ash, world record-holder Aries Merritt and Harris.

Harris, a former Duluth standout, is new to the pro ranks after an exceptional college career at Southern California. He won the national title in the 60-meter hurdles earlier this year at the USA Track and Field Indoor National Championships.

Parkview NATIONAL RANKINGS

Gwinnett teams in National High School Baseball Rankings MaxPreps Xcellent 50 1. Parkview 5. Buford USA Today Super 25 1. Parkview 18. Buford Baseball America/ NHSBCA 1. Parkview 6. Buford Perfect Game 1. Parkview 2. Buford Collegiate Baseball 1. Parkview 3. Buford Average rankings Parkview: 1 Buford: 6.8

While those feats may appear on paper to point to this year’s team as perhaps the greatest in Parkview’s storied history, Brown isn’t ready to dismiss the achievements of other strong teams from the program’s past.

“We’ve had a lot of great teams,” Brown said. “It’s so hard to compare them to each other because each had their own identity.”

The Panthers weren’t the only Gwinnett team to be recognized by the national rankings.

Recently crowned Class AAAA champion Buford also appeared in all five national polls, including being ranked in the top five in three of them — No. 2

by Perfect Game, No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball and No. 5 by MaxPreps — and in the top 10 by another — No. 6 by Baseball America/NHSBCA. The only outlier in Buford’s rankings was a No. 18 ranking in the USA Today Super 25, which brought the Wolves’ average ranking down to 6.8.

However, the record season that was paced by a talented group that included recent draft picks Joey Bart (Tampa Bay), Daily Post Pitcher of the Year Jake Higginbotham (New York Mets) and Connor Bennett (Cincinnati Reds)

eclipsed the recognition of any other team in school history, even the 2011 Class AA state champs.

“It’s just a real honor for the school to be considered on that level,” Wolves coach Tony Wolfe said. “I know the football team has been nationally ranked before, but this is the first time Buford baseball has been mentioned on that level.

“It’s something that we’re proud of. It’s something the kids, the school and the community can take pride in.”

Gwinnett’s other state champion this spring, Wesleyan, was noticeably absent in the composite national rankings.

The Wolves (32-4), who won the Class AA state title, did not appear in any of the polls despite a star-studded lineup of its own led by second-round Los Angeles Angels draft pick and Daily Post Player of the Year Jahmai Jones, Atlanta Braves draft pick and Georgia Tech signee Carter Hall and Navy signee Andrew Sauer.

ESPNU junior Jamyest Williams.

Meanwhile, Peachtree Ridge (7-4 a year ago) will also bring plenty of star power to the nationally televised match-up, including ranked seniors in transfer safety Nigel Warrior and Georgia committed cornerback Chad Clay, as well as high-profile underclassmen in receiver/

defensive back Deangelo Gibbs and quarterback Connor Heyward.

The two teams last met each other in the second game of second game of last season, with the Lions edging the Tigers 14-10 at Peachtree Ridge.

Like last year, this year’s game will be the second game of the season for

each team.

Both will be playing in a showcase event to opening the season the preceding week, with Archer taking on North Paulding in the Corky Kell Classic on Aug. 21 at McEachern while Peachtree Ridge hosts Tennessee power Christ Presbyterian of Nashville a day later.

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Shiloh’s Lewis in College Home Run Derby Mercer University sophomore Kyle Lewis, a Shiloh grad, will participate in the sixth annual TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby on July 2 in Omaha, Neb.. The event will be shown live from TD Ameritrade Park on ESPN at 8:30 p.m.

Lewis burst onto the scene in his first campaign as a full-time starter in 2015, establishing himself as top power hitters in college baseball and earning Southern Conference Player of the Year honors.

He led the SoCon and ranked seventh nationally with 17 home runs this season. He led the conference with a .367 batting average and ranked fifth in the league with 56 RBIs to fall just shy of the SoCon’s triple crown. He also earned Louisville Slugger and NCBWA Second Team All-America honors.

The College Home Run Derby field also includes 2014 runner-up Eric Guiterrez of Texas Tech, as well as Wake Forest’s Will Craig, North Dakota’s Jeff Campbell, Miami’s Zack Collins, Georgia Tech’s Kel Johnson, North Carolina State’s Joe Dunand and BYU’s Colton Shaver.

Mill Creek’s Chung leads locals in junior golf event Peter Chung of Dacula posted a commanding victory in the recent Mid Season Invitational presented

by Pin-High, a Hurricane Junior Golf Tour event at Chateau Elan.

The Mill Creek student finished at 4-under-par 211 for a seven-stroke win in the boys 15- to 18-year-old division. He shot rounds of 73, 71 and 67.

Takafumi Shimoji of Suwanee (69-79-76) tied for fifth in that age group, while Grant Manning of Suwanee (80-79-70) tied for 12th and Phillip Beard of Buford (79-75-77) tied for 18th.

In the boys 13- and 14-year-old division, Lawrenceville’s Nicholas Gibson was second after shooting 72, 73 and 72. Four other Gwinnett area golfers finished in the top 20 in that age group — Dacula’s Shyam Joshi in 11th (82-7972), Suwanee’s Brandon Cho in 12th (80-79-75), Dacula’s Brandon Yau in a tie for 14th (76-84-79) and Dacula’s Aaron Eigenbauer in 20th (104-92-85).

Tess Davenport of Buford was second in the girls 11- to 14-year-old division after rounds of 79, 77 and 72. The only other local girl in the top 20 was Duluth’s Loren Kim, who was 14th in girls 15-18 (91-84-84).

Tigers clash with Ducks in 2019 at Cowboys Stadium Auburn and Oregon will open the 2019 college football season at the home of the Dallas Cowboys.

The latest in a long line of marquee openers in Arlington, Texas, AuburnOregon is a rematch of the 2010 national championship, a 22-19 Auburn win over the No. 3 Ducks in Glendale, Ariz.

Auburn and Oregon lost the past two national title games. Florida State beat the Tigers in 2014 and Oregon was upset by Ohio State in January.

Alabama and Wisconsin play at AT&T Stadium to open the 2015 season, and Alabama tackles Southern Cal in 2016. Florida-Michigan (2017) and LSU-Miami (2018) are scheduled to be the season-opening games at the same site.

— From staff, wire reports

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SEC coaches favor letting players return Declaring for NBA draft wouldn’t void rest of college eligibility

By Paul Thomas

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Last week the NCAA announced it would consider a proposal to allow college basketball players who declared for the NBA draft to return to school 10 days after the pre-draft combine, provided they don’t sign with an agent.

The proposal will be voted on in January, and if passed would likely go into action in time for the 2016 NBA Draft.

Under the current rules players are not eligible to return to school once they officially declare for the draft. The new system would allow players who are invited to the combine to work out and meet with pro teams, and be provided with enough feedback to make an educated decision about whether or not to forgo their remaining college eligibility.

“If they don’t get recommended to the combine, in other words they’re not invited, it kind of sends a clear message,” Kentucky head coach John Calapari said during

But I think baseball goes through that quite a bit and I’ve been kind of a proponent of kind of the baseball draft situation for basketball, so I guess with good comes some bad. I would like for them to be able to rectify a bad decision, because obviously you see kids who put their name in for the draft and don’t even get drafted. That’s always kind of a shame when that happens.”

Georgia Bulldogs head coach Mark Fox was among This year the NBA comthose who voiced his support for the NCAA’s proposal bine took place the week to allow underclassmen who declare for the NBA draft of May 13, which means to return to school after the combine. (Photo: Dale Zacollege underclassmen nine/USA TODAY Sports) would have until the final a teleconference Monday and returns to school, it week of May to decide morning. “But for that to could put the program in a if they’re going pro or work we have to let the bind as far as scholarships returning to school. kids come back to school go. NCAA rules don’t Georgia head coach if they’re not invited to the allow for over-signing in Mark Fox is in favor of combine, or (if) they go basketball and for a maxi- the proposal, but wants to to the combine and know mum of 13 scholarships ensure that underclassmen they need to come back to per men’s team. can enter and withdraw school. So I think it’s all “With that I think there from the draft multiple good stuff. I think we’re might be a couple of times during their careers. finally moving in a direc- unintended consequences,” Fox also worried about tion where it favors the Vanderbilt head coach the position the new rules kids and that’s what we Kevin Stallings said. “I would put college proshould be doing.” think that would be good grams in when it comes Calipari and the other for the players so it might to filling out their rosters members of the National be a good idea. I think it over the summer, but Association of Basketball might put some of the rest ultimately knows it’s an Coaches developed the pro- of us in a little bit of a jam, improvement over the curposal in conjunction with because if you don’t know rent rules. the NBA and the NCAA. if you’re going to lose a “We’ve been in this For the most part kid or something like that situation several times,” Calipari’s SEC counterand then he has the ability he said. “Most of the good parts echoed his positive to come back, obviously players will have decided sentiments about the new the scholarship issues, can where they’re going to proposal on Monday. The you give a scholarship school by the time the only concern the league’s away and then (the player) early entry deadline we coaches seemed to have decides to take his name have now comes up. So is that if a player reverses out of the draft, so that pushing it back another course at the final hour would be a difficult part. month is not really going

to impact the ability to sign a good player. Obviously it does preclude you when you can’t oversign from adding a good player, but it really is best for the student-athlete. It’s not ideal for the programs, but I think there’s probably no way around the fact that you can’t — unless we start authorizing over-signing — you’re just not going to be able to avoid that.”

Notes: Mark Fox said UGA’s entire signing class is on campus and academically eligible for the fall … After being hampered by an Achille’s injury much of last season, guard Kenny Gaines has been cleared to do light shooting drills. “We’ve been very cautious in progressing his ability to run and cut, so he’s not fully cleared to do that yet,” Fox said. “So there’s been no setbacks, they’re just taking their time with rehabilitation so he’s probably still a few weeks away from getting the clearance to run and cut, and do the things basketball players need to do on a hard surface. He’s doing some of that stuff now on softer surface, so he’s making good progress.” … Fellow guard Jamal Parker’s Achille’s tendon surgery was successful and he’s back to running.

Fox said he’s a few weeks away from being cleared to do everything.

Midsummer dream finish for Busches

By Jonathan Ingram The Sports Xchange

Roger Federer hits a shot during his match against Damir Dzumhur at the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday in London. (Photo: Reuters/Henry Browne)

Federer, Kvitova feast on Wimbledon starters

By Martyn Herman Reuters

LONDON — When Roger Federer’s game flows at Wimbledon and his opponent knows his place you half expect him to slide into a deck chair at changeovers, pour cream onto some strawberries and tuck in.

It was like that on Centre Court on Tuesday as the King of Cool began his quest for an eighth title at the All England Club with a nonchalant dismantling of Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur.

With the mercury soaring into the high 80s as London prepares for a heatwave, spectators were spared the full glare of the mid-afternoon sun thanks to the welcome shade offered by the partly extended roof.

For 88th-ranked Dzumhur there was no escape from the dazzling shotmaking of the Swiss maestro who won 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.

It was a similar story earlier as reigning women’s champion Petra Kvitova scorched the grass with some searing serves in a 35-minute demolition of Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens.

She dropped only one point on serve in a commanding first-round show of force that augurs well for her chances of repeating her title charge of 12 months ago when she blew Eugenie Bouchard away in a one-sided final.

German 10th seed Angelique Kerber also caught fire, thrashing compatriot Carina Witthoeft 6-0, 6-0 to record the third so-called double bagel in the women’s singles so far, the most since 1996.

It was not all one-way traffic for fancied players though.

Third seed Simona Halep checked out 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 in round one against 106th-ranked Jana Cepelova to become the highest-profile casualty so far.

Last year’s runner-up Bouchard’s fall from grace continued as she was bundled out by China’s Duan Yingying.

By contrast, all of the top 16 men’s seeds are still alive.

Britain’s number three seed Andy Murray had some tricky moments before overcoming Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4 — dropping serve three times in the second set.

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who 2013 champion Murray could play in the last 16, needed five sets to scramble past Luxembourg leftie Gilles Muller.

With umbrellas popping up around the grounds, for shade not falling raindrops, London’s hottest day of the year so far seemed to agree with Spain’s two-time former champ Rafa Nadal.

Lurking in the draw as 10th seed after a poor year, the 29-year-old bludgeoned Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

World No. 2 Federer, starting his 63rd consecutive grand slam, which he firmly believes can deliver a longawaited 18th title, was given carte blanche to go through his exquisite repertoire against the willing Dzumhur — a player whose first tennis shots were forged in bomb-ravaged Sarajevo.

The 23-year-old Dzumhur pushed Federer harder at the French Open this year, but looked like he had turned up uninvited to a Federer garden party on the world’s most famous lawn at times.

He at least finally made Federer sweat, but not much as the free-swinging Swiss fired off graceful winners and raced through service games in the blink of an eye.

“I’m sure in some crazy way he’s also enjoying himself, he can look back and say I played on Centre,” Federer, who has earned $90 million in prize money compared to the $500,000 banked by his opponent, told reporters.

Nadal supporters insist that but for injuries he would already have matched Federer’s grand slam haul rather than be three short, though they would struggle to argue that their man makes winning look as easy as his great rival.

They weren’t close while growing up in racing, but on Sunday race winner Kyle Busch and runner-up Kurt Busch were within a half a second of one another when the checkered flag flew at the Sonoma Raceway.

Racing against each other in the Sprint Cup since 2005, it’s difficult to believe the Sonoma’s finish gave the brothers their first one-two. Given the way the season started for the Buschs, it’s difficult to believe they were posting any kind of a finish on one of NASCAR’s most demanding circuits.

Four months after each watched the seasonopening Daytona 500 from the sidelines, Kyle and Kurt Busch will return triumphant to the Daytona International Raceway next weekend.

Missing the first 11 races of the season with injuries suffered at Daytona in the Xfinity race, Kyle Busch’s victory came in his fifth start since returning in the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Kurt Busch, who missed three races due to suspension, came within half a second at Sonoma of winning back-to-back races for the first time in his career and a third victory this season in the Stewart Haas Racing Chevy.

It was a remarkable seventh time the Busch brothers have posted back-to-back victories, indicating they are both highly competitive as well as inspired by one another.

But due to the difference in their age, they didn’t become close as professional racers until long after first racing in Legends cars in Las Vegas.

“I used to kick his (butt) in Legend cars all the time, but that’s when he was 12 and I was 19, so a little bit of a difference there,” said Kurt Busch. The brothers, he added, got closer as racers just three seasons ago when he began driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports in Xfinity Series races.

Normally a driver who divides the grandstands

into friend and foe, Kyle Busch received a warm ovation from the pit straight crowd after his 30th career victory. His ability to modulate the throttle and brake heavily all day after his right leg and left foot were surgically repaired with various metal parts brought on a wave of admiration.

“There’s some sentimental fans out there for sure, the ones that are cheering that normally wouldn’t cheer for me,” said the elated winner, who managed to stay in peak physical condition while learning how to stand and walk on his repaired limbs.

It was certainly emotional for Kurt Busch, watching his kid brother walk into victory lane after Kyle blew his tires during the victory celebration.

“I know he’s been through quite a bit,” said Kurt Busch. “To have your leg broken, your foot shattered, to never be injured and out of the car. I don’t know what that feels like, but I do know that working with Tony Stewart and having him go through rehab, rehab is very difficult, and it is a mental challenge.

And I’m very proud of Kyle for what he’s done to get back in the car as soon as he did get back in the car, and then to be competitive at a track with hard, hard braking and to use his left foot to drive to victory lane.”

Kurt Busch has had a miraculous recovery, too.

In February, a family court granted his ex-girlfriend a no contact order for an alleged assault, resulting in a suspension

by NASCAR. But once the Delaware attorney general’s office declined to bring charges, Busch’s suspension was lifted. He is undergoing an unspecified program approved by the sanctioning body that was required for his reinstatement.

“Here we are, we’re halfway through the year,” said Busch. “We almost could have had as many race wins as we had races we were under suspension, and so there’s so many things that have gone into place for us to be successful.”

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Nats continue to dominate Braves with a 1.94 ERA, failed to win for the eighth The Sports Xchange straight start despite ATLANTA — Jordan hitting double-figures in Zimmermann pitched strikeouts for the third eight scoreless innings time in his career with against the Atlanta Braves 10 in five innings. He last week in Washington allowed eight hits and and failed to get a victory. three walks, with one of This time the Nationals the five runs against him gave their right-hander being unearned. the support he needed.

Miller (5-4) hasn’t First baseman Clint recorded a victory since Robinson hit a homer no-hitting the Marlins in a four-run first inthrough 8 2/3 innings ning against usually during a shutout at Miami tough Shelby Miller and on May 17. He has three Washington continued losses and five no-deits dominance of Atlanta cisions in his past eight with a 6-1 victory Tuesstarts. day night.

Second baseman Danny The Nationals (43-34) Espinosa had three hits, have beaten the Braves including two doubles, (36-41) nine straight for the Nationals, who times after losing their have won nine of their first meeting this year. past 10 games and lead That’s the longest winthe National League East ning streak ever for the by 3 1/2 games over the Nationals against an New York Mets. opponent in the same Atlanta’s run came on season. a homer by third baseman Zimmermann (6-5) Juan Uribe leading off didn’t allow two base the ninth inning against runners in an inning until reliever David Carpenthe eighth and lowered ter. It was his fifth of the his ERA to 3.16 while season. giving up five hits over 7 Miller faced the mini2/3 scoreless frames. He mum 18 batters through struck out six and walked six innings at Washington none, throwing 85 of his last Wednesday in a duel 109 pitches for strikes. with Zimmermann and Zimmermann is 6-2 ended up holding the in his career against the Nationals to three hits and Braves and 3-0 in Atlanta. a run over seven frames in Miller, who came in a no-decision.

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By Guy Curtright

Knight to step down as Nike chairman a company — it has been my life’s passion,” Knight Phil Knight plans to said. “Over the years, I’ve step aside as Nike chairspent a great deal of time man after leading the considering how I might global athletic apparel someday evolve my ownercompany since the 1960s. ship and leadership of Nike The 77-year-old in a way that benefits all Knight, who co-founded of our stakeholders. Today, the company with Bill we have taken a number Bowerman in 1964, anof important steps that will nounced Tuesday that continue to promote Nike’s he hopes Mark Parker, long-term growth.”

Nike’s president and CEO Knight said most of his since 2006, will succeed Nike stock will go into a him. limited liability company Knight will remain named Swoosh LLC that with the company after includes Knight, Parker leaving as chairman. and Nike directors Alan No departure date was Graf and John Donahoe. indicated by Nike, but it Last week, Nike ansaid the goal is to have a nounced that its annual replacement as chairman profit was $3.27 billion in place by 2016. on $30.6 billion in reve“For me, Nike has nue, a 22 percent increase always been more than just from the previous year.

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Baseball Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Washington............. 42. 34.. .553...... --...8-2 New York................. 40. 37.. .519....2.5...4-6 Atlanta.................... 36. 40.. .474.......6...4-6 Miami...................... 31. 46.. .403...11.5...2-8 Philadelphia............ 27. 51.. .346.....16...4-6 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 St. Louis.................. 51. 24.. .680...... --...8-2 Pittsburgh................ 42. 33.. .560.......9...4-6 Chicago.................. 39. 35.. .527...11.5...4-6 Cincinnati................ 35. 40.. .467.....16...5-5 Milwaukee............... 30. 48.. .385..22.5...6-4 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 Los Angeles............ 43. 35.. .551...... --...5-5 San Francisco......... 42. 35.. .545.......5... 7-3 Arizona................... 37. 39.. .487.......5...5-5 San Diego............... 37. 41.. .474.......6...5-5 Colorado................. 33. 43.. .434.......9...5-5 Monday’s Games Milwaukee 7, Philadelphia 4 Arizona 10, L.A. Dodgers 6 Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee (Jungmann 2-1) at Philadelphia (Hamels 5-6), late Washington (Zimmermann 5-5) at Atlanta (Miller 5-3), late Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-7), late San Francisco (Vogelsong 6-5) at Miami (Latos 2-5), late L.A. Dodgers (Frias 5-5) at Arizona (De La Rosa 6-3), late Today’s Games Milwaukee (Lohse 4-9) at Philadelphia (Harang 4-10), 7:05 p.m.

Washington (Fister 3-3) at Atlanta (Wisler 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-6) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Heston 8-5) at Miami (Haren 6-5), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Anderson 4-4) at Arizona (Ray 2-3), 9:40 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE AT NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday’s Games Cincinnati 11, Minnesota 7 Tuesday’s Games Minnesota (Hughes 6-6) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-5), late Chicago White Sox (Sale 6-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 5-4), late Seattle (Montgomery 2-2) at San Diego (Kennedy 4-6), late Today’s Games Minnesota (May 4-6) at Cincinnati (Cueto 4-5), 12:35 p.m.

Seattle (Walker 6-6) at San Diego (Shields 7-2), 3:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-7) at St. Louis (Lackey 6-4), 8:15 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Baltimore................ 41. 35.. .539...... --... 7-3 Tampa Bay.............. 42. 36.. .538...... --...4-6

U.S. forward Kelley O’Hara (5) celebrates her goal during the second half against Germany in the semifinals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup on Tuesday in Montreal. (Photo: Jean-Yves Ahern/USA Today Sports)

Lloyd leads U.S. to thrilling 2-0 victory over top-ranked Germany in World Cup semifinals The Sports Xchange MONTREAL — Carli Lloyd scored on a penalty kick minutes after Germany misfired on its own and then the veteran midfielder set up Kelley O’Hara’s insurance goal, sending the United States to a 2-0 victory in the Women’s World Cup semifinals.

Team USA will meet defending champion Japan or England in the final Sunday.

Lloyd put the U.S. up 1-0 in the 69th minute on the penalty kick after American forward Alex Morgan was stopped cold by German defender Annike Krahn as she was entering the penalty area.

Lloyd netted her third of the tournament — and in as many games — by placing a shot to the right side while German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer dived the other way.

In the 84th minute, Lloyd took the ball toward the end line to the left of the goal, then cut the ball back to O’Hara at the goalmouth for an easy tap-in.

It was O’Hara’s first goal for Team USA and sealed

Germany’s Celia Sasic (13) reacts after missing a penalty kick against the U.S. during the second half against Germany in the semifinals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup on Tuesday in Montreal. (Photo: Michael Chow/USA Today Sports)

the win.

It could have gone much differently.

With the game still scoreless, American defender Julie Johnston brought down midfielder Alexandra Popp in the penalty area, holding onto the German player’s left shoulder to avoid turning the ball over. Johnston drew a yellow card to set up a penalty shot for German

forward Celia Sasic, the tournament’s top scorer.

Sasic missed her attempt in the 60th minute, placing a low shot a few inches outside the left post and leaving her World Cup goal total at six.

Tuesday’s game pitted the top-ranked women’s team in the world, Germany, against the United States, second in FIFA ratings. In the three previous meetings between the squads at the Women World Cup, the victors ended up winning the title.

If that holds true this time as well, the U.S. women’s national team would end up being crowned World Cup champion for the third time in its history. The Americans were champion in 1991 and 1999.

The U.S. team extended its unbeaten streak to 33 games (29-0-4) at the Women’s World Cup when scoring first. It also extended its goalless streak in the tournament to 513 minutes, and it could break the record in the next game.

The mark of 540 minutes without allowing a goal at a Women’s World Cup was set by Germany in 2007.

The U.S. streak came within inches of ending, but the win was wellearned considering the Americans had the better scoring chances overall.

Germany carried the ball deep into the U.S. half of the field on numerous occasions but was never really able to get behind the defense.

Tuesday’s game was played before 51,176 spectators, the largest crowd for a game in Montreal at the 2015 Women’s World Cup. The previous high in Montreal was the 45,420 fans who were in attendance for the group match between Canada and the Netherlands on June 15.

It was the second largest attendance for a game involving the United States at this tournament, next to the crowd of 52,193 people who attended the June 16 game in Vancouver against Nigeria.

The Americans (5-0-1) move on to play the final at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, B.C. Their opponent will be determined today when England and Japan face off at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.

Bagnis, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-2.

Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 7-6 (5).

Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4, 6-1.

Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 7-6 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 1-6, 9-7.

Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Kyle Edmund, United Kingdom, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-2.

Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-2, 6-2, 3-2, retired.

Dustin Brown, Germany, def. Yen-Hsun Lu, Taiwan, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

Aljaz Bedene, United Kingdom, def. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 7-5, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Vincent Millot, France, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Kulichkova, Russia, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 1-1, suspended.

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Andreea Mitu, Romania, 6-1, 6-1.

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 7-6 (6), 3-0, retired.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, def.

Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Christina McHale, United States, def.

Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-2.

Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakhstan, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def.

Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, def.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5.

Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-4, 6-2.

Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, def.

Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE New York................. 41. 36.. .532.......5...4-6 Toronto.................... 41. 37.. .526.......1...5-5 Boston.................... 35. 43.. .449.......7...6-4 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Kansas City............ 44. 29.. .603...... --...6-4 Minnesota............... 40. 36.. .526....5.5...4-6 Detroit..................... 39. 36.. .520.......6...5-5 Cleveland................ 34. 41.. .453..... 11...3-7 Chicago.................. 32. 42.. .432..12.5...4-6 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 Houston.................. 45. 34.. .570...... --...5-5 Los Angeles............ 40. 37.. .519.......4...6-4 Texas...................... 39. 38.. .506.......5...3-7 Seattle.................... 34. 42.. .447....9.5...4-6 Oakland.................. 35. 44.. .443.....10...6-4 Monday’s Games Texas 8, Baltimore 1 Boston 3, Toronto 1 Cleveland 7, Tampa Bay 1 Houston 6, Kansas City 1 L.A. Angels 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Tuesday’s Games Texas (Lewis 7-3) at Baltimore (Gonzalez 6-4), late Boston (Rodriguez 3-2) at Toronto (Estrada 5-3), late Cleveland (Salazar 6-3) at Tampa Bay (Ramirez 6-2), late Kansas City (Duffy 2-3) at Houston (Keuchel 9-3), late N.Y. Yankees (Nova 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 0-0), late Today’s Games Boston (Porcello 4-8) at Toronto (Buehrle 8-4), 1:07 p.m.

Texas (Martinez 5-4) at Baltimore (Chen 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Warren 5-5) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-6), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Carrasco 9-6) at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 8-4) at Houston (Velasquez 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE AT AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday’s Games Oakland 7, Colorado 1 Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh (Cole 11-3) at Detroit (Verlander 0-1), late Colorado (De La Rosa 4-3) at Oakland (Gray 9-3), late Today’s Games Colorado (Bettis 4-2) at Oakland (Hahn 5-6), 3:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Burnett 6-3) at Detroit (Simon 7-4), 7:08 p.m.

Basketball Women’s National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB Connecticut........7.... 1..... .875...... -Washington........6.... 3..... .667.... 1.5 Chicago.............5.... 4..... .556....2.5 New York............5.... 4..... .556....2.5 Atlanta...............4.... 6..... .400.......4 Indiana...............3.... 6..... .333....4.5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB Tulsa..................8.... 1..... .889...... -Minnesota..........7.... 2..... .778.......1 Phoenix..............3.... 5..... .375....4.5 San Antonio.......2.... 6..... .250....5.5 Seattle...............2.... 7..... .222.......6 Los Angeles.......0.... 7..... .000.......7

2. Ty Dillon, 499.

3. Chase Elliott, 485.

4. Regan Smith, 466.

5. Darrell Wallace Jr., 462.

6. Elliott Sadler, 447.

7. Brian Scott, 430.

8. Brendan Gaughan, 419.

9. Ryan Reed, 410.

10. Daniel Suarez, 407.

Tuesday’s Games Indiana at Connecticut, late New York at Chicago, late San Antonio at Phoenix, late Tulsa at Seattle, late Thursday’s Games Chicago at Connecticut, 7 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Tulsa at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

San Antonio at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Soccer

Golf

Wimbledon Tuesday At All England Lawn Tennis Club London, England Men Singles First Round Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.

Andy Murray (3), United Kingdom, def.

Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def.

Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).

Rafael Nadal (10), Spain, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13), France, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

Feliciano Lopez (15), Spain, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Gael Monfils (18), France, def. Pablo Carreno-Busta, Spain, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

Roberto Bautista-Agut (20), Spain, def. Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (6).

Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, def. Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Ivo Karlovic (23), Croatia, def. Elias Ymer, Sweden, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Andreas Seppi (25), Italy, def. Brydan Klein, United Kingdom, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (29), Spain, 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Fabio Fognini (30), Italy, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

Sam Groth, Australia, def. Jack Sock (31), United States, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

James Ward, United Kingdom, def. Luca Vanni, Italy, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-3.

Sam Querrey, United States, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

James Duckworth, Australia, def. Malek Jaziri , Tunisia, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 7-5.

Benoit Paire, France, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.

Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def. Facundo

PGA Money Leaders Through June 29

Trn Money 1. Jordan Spieth 17 $7,863,838 2. Dustin Johnson 14 $4,326,104 3. Rory McIlroy 8 $4,147,849 4. Jimmy Walker 16 $4,127,615 5. Bubba Watson 10 $3,990,174 6. Brandt Snedeker 19 $3,238,792 7. J.B. Holmes 16 $3,180,326 8. Justin Rose 12 $3,071,550 9. Charley Hoffman 20 $3,049,871 10. Hideki Matsuyama 17 $2,848,510 LPGA Money Leaders Through June 29

Trn Money 1. Inbee Park 14 $1,422,500 2. Sei-Young Kim 15 $1,121,643 3. Lydia Ko 13 $1,000,959 4. Stacy Lewis 14 $911,790 5. Brittany Lincicome 14 $743,952 6. Anna Nordqvist 14 $725,816 7. Na Yeon Choi 15 $713,911 8. Morgan Pressel 15 $663,951 9. Hyo Joo Kim 12 $639,784 10. Amy Yang 14 $624,784

NASCAR NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Points Leaders Through Jun. 29 1. Kevin Harvick, 616 points.

2. Martin Truex Jr., 563.

3. Joey Logano, 559.

4. Jimmie Johnson, 546.

5. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 545.

6. Brad Keselowski, 505.

7. Jamie McMurray, 497.

8. Kasey Kahne, 483.

9. Matt Kenseth, 479.

10. Kurt Busch, 469.

NASCAR Xfinity Series Points Leaders Through Jun. 29 1. Chris Buescher, 528 points.

FIFA Women’s World Cup Tuesday United States 2, Germany 0 Today England vs. Japan, at Edmonton, Canada, 7 p.m.

Tennis

Women Singles First Round Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-0.

Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Simona Halep (3), Romania, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def.

Saisai Zheng, China, 7-5, 6-0.

Ekaterina Makarova (8), Russia, def. Sachia Vickery, United States, 6-2, 6-4.

Angelique Kerber (10), Germany, def.

Carina Witthoeft, Germany, 6-0, 6-0.

Ying-Ying Duan, China, def. Eugenie Bouchard (12), Canada, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, def.

Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2.

Timea Bacsinszky (15), Switzerland, def.

Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-2, 7-5.

Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Sabine Lisicki (18), Germany, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 7-5, 6-4.

Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-4, 6-1.

Madison Keys (21), United States, tied Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 2-2, suspended.

Alize Cornet (25), France, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-2, 6-2.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (26), Russia, def.

Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-3, 6-4.

Jelena Jankovic (28), Serbia, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8.

Camila Giorgi (31), Italy, def. Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Heather Watson, United Kingdom, def.

Caroline Garcia (32), France, 1-6, 6-3, 8-6.

Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Magda Linette, Poland, 3-6, 6-3, 4-3, retired.

Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, def. Laura Robson, United Kingdom, 6-4, 6-4.

Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, 6-2, 6-2.

Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4.

Tatjana Maria, Germany, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 7-6 (2), 7-5.

Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, tied Elizaveta

Transactions COLLEGE FOOTBALL MARYLAND—Signed coach Randy Edsall to a three-year contract extension.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Acquired D Kevin Bieksa from the Vancouver Canucks for a 2016 second-round draft pick. Named Paul MacLean assistant coach.

CALGARY FLAMES—Signed D Dougie Hamilton to a six-year, $34.5 million contract extension.

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Placed RW Alexander Semin on unconditional waivers.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Re-signed G Michael Leighton to a one-year, two-way $575,000 contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Acquired LW Brandon Saad, D Michael Paliotta and C Alex Broadnurst from the Chicago Blackhawks for C Artem Anisimov, C Marko Dano, RW Jeremy Morin, RW Corey Tropp and a 2016 fourth-round draft pick.

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Placed RW Brad Boyes on unconditional waivers.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Re-signed C Brian Flynn to a two-year, $1.9 million contract.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Re-signed C Chris Vandevelde to a two-year, $1.425 million contract extension.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Acquired G Martin Jones from the Boston Bruins for C Sean Kuraly and a 2016 first-round draft pick.

Signed D Brenden Dillon to a five-year, $16.35 million contract extension.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed D Andrej Sustr to a two-year, $2.9 million contract extension.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Re-signed D Alex Biega to a one-year contract. Resigned G Jacob Markstrom to a two-year, $3.1 million contract.

WINNIPEG JETS—Re-signed RW Drew Stafford to a two-year, $8.7 million contract.

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Household Goods Unit 468 – Traci Page – Household Goods Unit 495 – Henry Nwaiwu – Household Goods Unit 498 – Brittany Garrett – Household Goods

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Unit # 4084, Christina Brandon, Bed, boxes, bags. Unit # 4117, Tatyana Korogoda, Toats, and hangers. Unit # 3011, Octavia Sherman, Leather couch. Unit # 3055, washer, dryer, bags, and boxes. Unit #3088, Ryan Mcaleavey, Vacuum, chairs, Queen bed, lamps. Unit # 3095, Kanesha Jackson, Tv, toats. Unit # 3156, Mark Hunter, Bike, Lights, boxes.

Unit #4020, Ayanna Depriest, stove, shelving, refrigerator.

Unit# 4022, Daniel J, Bed, shelves, suite case. Unit # 1071, Lori Hill, table, chairs, magazines, boxes, bags.

Unit #2009, Kennise Myers, Bike, refrigerator, washer, boxes. Unit # 2013, Jennifer Bradley, Misc bags. Unit # 2032, Michele Brown, boxes, table, lamp. Unit # 2039, Cedric Herndon, boxes, dresser, toats. Unit #2045, Jennifer Nelson, boxes, table, chairs, rug. Unit # 2068 Chere Dove, Bike, couch. Unit #2102 and # 2104, Nicole Spencer, weight set, boxes, fan, vacuum, misc toats.

929-261119, 6/24,7/1 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: Auction Date: 7/9/2015 Nelson Address:4755 Brogdon Blvd N.E Sugar Hill, GA 30518, Phone: (678) 482- 5710 Time of Sale: 2:00 PM Lisa Eavenson Unit 144 Furniture & Paperwork

NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION STATE BAR OF GEORGIA ATTORNEY SHANINA NASHAE LANK SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA INTERIM SUSPENSION OF LICENSE MARCH 31, 2015 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL (800) 334-6865 OR (404) 527-8720 928-262408, 7/1

David Nitzel Unit 310 Household Goods Amanda McKenzie Unit 252 Household Goods & Furniture Joyce Calloway Unit 648 Couch, Boxes, & Bags Joyce Tadayon Unit 261 Household Items

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS GEORGIA SINGLE FACILITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that Champion Self Storage Grayson will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to the Self Storage Facility Act of the Georgia Code). The sale will take place at the website StorageStuff.

Bid on July 15th at 9:00 am.

The sale will be conducted under the guidance of Cheli Rosa (AU003807) on behalf of the facility’s management.

Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit.

All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. The property to be sold is described as “general household items” unless otherwise noted. #149–Aleisha Newberry– Furniture,Household. #235-Teresa NelsonHousehold Items. #269-Zina Giwa-AmuHousehold Items. #295-Brandi Bounds/Brandi Cavanaugh-Furniture. #317-Cynthia Ann BarrHousehold Items, Boxes, Big Screen TV. #400-Zina Giwa-AmuHousehold Items, Furniture. #436-Britt RoseberryHousehold Items. #493-Tiana GordonHousehold Items.

929-259657, 6/24,7/1

David Gonzales Unit 120 Bedroom Set, Misc personal items , & motorcycle parts.

Kevin Brenner Unit 409 Landscape Equipment The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-260779, 6/24,7/1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 4400 Lawrenceville Hwy Lilburn, GA 30047 770-638-2252 July 09th, 2015 at 5:30 PM Unit 005 – Clayton Pentz Household Goods Unit122 – Michelle Hunter – Household Goods Unit 262 – Heather Patel – Household Goods Unit 288 – Gregory Shape – Scrap metal, tools Unit 330 – Thamayra Rodriguez – Household Goods Unit 371 – Sean Gauldin –

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-258656, 6/24,7/1

ZONINGS LEGAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE Notice is hereby given of an application for a request

by Scott McCray on behalf of McCray’s Tavern on Square (AR-15-02) asking for a change in conditions of a previous application (AR-1401) of the Downtown Overlay District regulations for the property known as 100 North Perry Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 (a.k.a. Tax Parcel number 5-146D-030).

A Public Hearing of the Architectural Review Board will be held on July 13, 2015 at 6:00 pm in the assembly room at City Hall, which is located at 70 South Clayton Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia.

934-263114, 7/1 PUBLIC NOTICE The Braselton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, July 27, 2015 at 7 p.m. and the Braselton Mayor and Council will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 4 p.m. on the following items: 1. Application # 15-01-RZ Application for a change zoning classification in from Jack Frost on property owned by Donald Gunter, Hazel Gunter, and Matthew Gunter on property identified as Jackson County Tax Parcel B01 031(.48 acres) and on property owned by Alice Aikens Collier on property identified as Jackson County Tax Parcel B01 032 (1.35 acres).

The current zoning classification on the property is R-1 (Residential). The requested zoning classification is G-C (General Commercial). The proposed development is to combine this property with an adjacent property for a proposed Cemetery.

1B. Application # 15-02CU Application for a Conditional Use approval from Jack Frost on property owned by Donald Gunter, Hazel Gunter, and Matthew Gunter on property identified as Jackson County Tax Parcel B01 031(.48 acres) and on property owned by Alice Aikens Collier on property identified as Jackson County Tax Parcel B01 032 (1.35 acres). The current zoning classification on the property is R-1 (Residential). The requested zoning classification is G-C (General Commercial). The purpose of the Conditional Use request is to use the property as part of a Cemetery in a General Commercial zoning classification.

2. Application # 15-02-RZ Application for a change in zoning classification from Lexes Homes, Inc. on property owned by them identified as Jackson County Tax Parcel B02 037. The approximate acreage of the property is 1.73. The current zoning classification is R-1. The requested zoning classification is R-3. The proposed development is four detached single-family homes.

3. Application #15-03-RZ Application for a change in zoning classification from Huntington Industrial Partners-Atlanta LLC on property owned by 2255 Delk Road Partnership, L.P. and TLD Investment, LP on identified as Jackson County Tax Parcel 118 043C5 and Tax Parcel 119002. The approximate acreage of the property is 32.60 acres. The current zoning classification is G-C. The requested zoning classification is M-D. The proposed development is for a Distribution/Technology center.

ALL BRASELTON PLANNING COMMISSION AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION: BRASELTON POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING 5040 S.R. 53 BRASELTON, GA 30517 934-262785, 7/1

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Peachtree Corners City Council will hold a public hearing at City Hall, 147 Technology Parkway, Suite 200, Peachtree Corners, Georgia beginning at 7:00 PM on July 21, 2015, to consider the following: Request SUP2015-003 Special Use Approval for building elevations and restaurants associated with the Town Center project; and request amendments to certain Town Center regulations for property located in the 5100 block of Peachtree Parkway; 6th District ; Land Lot 301; Parcel 183 KYM CHERECK, CITY CLERK CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS CPC 07-21-15 934-262826, 7/1

DEVELOPMENT, LLC; RA200 TO OSC; OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT 3 LAND LOT 005 PARCEL 003E; 4900-5200 BLOCKS OF BILL CHEEK ROAD; 5400 BLOCK OF WHEELER ROAD; 51.37 ACRES. DISTRICT 3/ HUNTER BRD2015-00003 – APPLICANT: MORDERCAI YOUNG LEE; OWNER: GRACE HAESUK LEE; FOR THE REDUCTION OF A CHURCH BUFFER FROM 20 FEET TO 10 FEET IN AN RA-200 ZONING DISTRICT; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 055 PARCEL 011; 1600 BLOCK OF OLD FOUNTIAN ROAD; 6.64 ACRES. DISTRICT 4/HEARD P&D BOC TBL 7-28 934-262799, 7/1

GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 THE FOLLOWING RECHANGE-INZONING, CONDITIONS, SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS, LOCATED WITHIN UNINCORPORATED GWINNETT COUNTY, ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AS STATED ABOVE. SITE PLANS, LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING DIVISION, 446 WEST CROGAN STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. RZM2015-00002–APPLICANT: brand properties, llc; Owner: singleton creek, inc.; mur TO RM-24; APARTMENTS; District 7 Land Lot 078 Parcel 037; district 7 land lot 118 parcel 002; 2700 BLOCK OF satellite boulevard; 44.69 acreS. DISTRICT 1/BROOKS RZR2015-00010–APPLICANT: GDP HOLDINGS, LLP; OWNERS: MARGARET L. & OLIF C. FREEMAN; R-100 TO R-60; SINGLE-FAMILY SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT 6 LAND LOT 076 PARCEL 001; 52005300 BLOCKS OF BROWNLEE ROAD; 24.19 ACRES. DISTRICT 2/HOWARD RZR2015-00011–APPLICANT: GDP HOLDINGS, LLP; OWNERS: MARGARET L. & OLIF C. FREEMAN, ETAL; R-100 TO R-60; SINGLESUBDIVISION; FAMILY DISTRICT 6 LAND LOT 076 PARCELS 001, 312, 313, 314, 318 & 320; 5100-5300 BLOCKS OF BROWNLEE ROAD; 1500-1600 BLOCKS OF POUNDS ROAD; 33.72 ACRES. DISTRICT 2/HOWARD RZR2015-00007–APPLICANT: MAHAFFEY, PICKENS, TUCKER, LLP; OWNERS: WENDELL BLOUNT, ETAL; RA-200 & R-TH TO R-60; SINGLE-FAMILY SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 143 PARCELS 004 & 005; 2900 BLOCK OF GRAVEL SPRINGS ROAD; 19.36 ACRES. DISTRICT 4/HEARD CIC2015-00008 – APPLICANT: MAHAFFEY, PICKENS, TUCKER, LLP; OWNERS: WENDELL BLOUNT, ETAL; CHANGE IN CONDITIONS OF ZONING ON PROPERTY ZONED R-ZT; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 143 PARCELS 004 & 005; 2900 BLOCK OF GRAVEL SPRINGS ROAD; 48.25 ACRES. DISTRICT 4/ HEARD CIC2015-00010 – APPLICANT: JOHN HOWARD; OWNER: JOHN HOWARD; CHANGE IN CONDITIONS OF ZONING TO ALLOW A LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE (REDUCTION IN BUFFERS) ON PROPERTY ZONED C-2; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 065 PARCELS 142 & 143; 1500 BLOCK OF BUFORD DRIVE; 3.30 ACRES. DISTRICT 4/ HEARD SUP2015-00017 – APPLICANT: JOHN HOWARD; OWNER: JOHN HOWARD; FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN A C-2 ZONING DISTRICT FOR A LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 065 PARCELS 142 & 143; 1500 BLOCK OF BUFORD DRIVE; 3.30 ACRES. DISTRICT 4/HEARD SUP2015-00014 – APPLICANT: INGRID SINGH; OWNER: DWIGHT & INGRID SINGH; FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN AN R-100 ZONING DISTRICT FOR A FAMILY PERSONAL CARE HOME; DISTRICT 5 LAND LOT 003 PARCEL 001C; 3300 BLOCK OF LENORA CHURCH ROAD; 3300 BLOCK OF ANDREA LEE COURT; 1.77 ACRES. DISTRICT 3/HUNTER RZR2014-00019–APPLICANT: GREY PHOENIX, LLC; OWNER: GREY PHOENIX, LLC; R-100 TO R-SR; SENIOR ORIENTED RESIDENCES (REDUCTION IN BUFFERS); DISTRICT 4 LAND LOT 318 PARCELS 005, 045 & 051; 3000 BLOCK OF LEE ROAD; 3000 BLOCK OF BUD RUTLEDGE DRIVE; 29.0 ACRES. DISTRICT 3/ HUNTER RZR2015-00005–APPLICANT: RIDGELINE LAND PLANNING, INC.; OWNER: RUSSELL FAMILY LTD PARTNERSHIP; RA-200 TO OSC; OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT 3 LAND LOT 001 PARCELS 002 & 121; 3500-3600 BLOCKS OF JIM MOORE ROAD; 22.89 ACRES. DISTRICT 3/HUNTER RZR2015-00002–APPLICANT: BCW RES 6, LLC; OWNER: FOUNTAINHEAD D

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LOST CAT: REWARD: Our cat Baloo went missing on the night of Friday, June 19th.

He lives in River Oak Hills on Moore Avenue.

Please call 770-6532250 if found.

ADOPT A PET PITBULL Two year old rednose pitbull, spayed, shots, very friendly, house broken. Lv. msg.

770-885-3489

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LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SE 7, 2003. 108K miles with new engine. Wow 7 passenger, top of the line with every option, the best you will find for its year. THE $5000 totally rebuilt engine has less than 100 miles on it. Gorgeous black body with tan interior.

Rare 7 passenger SE 7. Has great CarFax. It would be difficult to find a nicer 2003 with this low miles. Only $8950.

Call 770-882-4605

LINCOLN TOWN CAR, 1994. Rare classic Le Panache triple green.

Near perfect mechanically with clean, undamaged interior. Only 117k miles with nearly new tires, cold R-134 air. 770-335-9516

770-962-2071

CAMPERS/RVS JAYCO 34-RLQS, 2008 5th Wheel Trailer 4 slides, includes linens, kitchen utensils, 2 outside folding tables, 4 outside chairs, owners are non-smokers & had no pets. New tires (4800 miles), queen bed, sleeper sofa, 2 glide rockers, customer value package.

Current NADA average retail $47,503.00 asking $42,595.00.

Call 770-845-9620 or 770-331-4921.

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ACURA TSX, 2010 Grigio, Stk#FFB19040A $16,043 800-PREOWNED

• Computers SATURN AURA XE, 2007. Onyx Black, Tan leather seats. Heated drivers seat; AC; Dual Airbags; 81,435 miles; $8,200. 770-235-4131

• Office Furniture • Home Furnishings • Appliances • Stereo Systems

CHRYSLER LEBARON CONVERTIBLE, 1993, Red with white top and gray interior. Runs well and generally in good condition. A/C, power windows, power locks, power top, 4-wheel disc brakes, AM/FM/ CD player. 3.0 V-6, 5-speed stick shift.

Asking $2300 But Feel Free To Make An Offer, several spare parts available for future use or resale.

770-786-0880

TOYOTA SOLARA CONVERTIBLE, 2005.

FABULOUS. Metallic silver with like new black top and near perfect grey leather interior. This sought after convert is exceptional and priced thousands under the market.

Drive anywhere in enjoyment. Long term should appreciate in price. Only $6950.

Call 770-895-7161

CHRYSLER PT CRUISER, 2008 Like new! 76k miles, not a scratch inside or out!

Loaded. Elderly owner. $4195. 770-616-7399

TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER SR5, 2003, V6, dbl. cab, 2 whl. drive, 185,000 mi., white w/grey int. $8000 OBO. 404-702-5902

CORVETTE STINGRAY, 1971

• Baby Furniture • Yard Sets • Antiques & Collectibles • Memorabilia • Pets • Travel Bargains • Real Estate

T-tops - 454 cubic inch 4 speed. $26k.

404-907-7408

DODGE RAM 1500, 2001 LARAMIE SLT. $3750. 0 Accidents.

Beautiful red body and nice grey interior. Has chrome step pipes and black bed cover.

3.9 V6. 189K mi. A really nice original pick up that has not been abused and runs great.

Call 770-899-5856

TOYOTA TACOMA SR5, 2001. 4WD, V6, 133,872 Mileage, DoubleCab, 1 Non Smoke Owner. $3.200 Call: 404-796-9550

MOTORCYCLES HARLEY DAVIDSON HERITAGE SOFTAIL, 2007, 2,460 MILES, 1 OWNER, LIKE BRAND NEW. CALL 770-713-7793 HARLEY DAVIDSON, 2005 DYNA CUSTOM 12,300 miles, all new access., etc. $9100 OBO. 470-218-5678 Btwn. 8am - 8pm Only!

DODGE RAM, 2004 2500 HD 4x4, 18k mi. single cab, vinyl int.

Long bed tow package, work truck. $13,000 770-490-3265

CAMPERS/RVS

FORD MUSTANG, 1965 CONVERTIBLE 289 cubic inch, 3 speed. $20k.

404-907-7408

FORD THUNDERBIRD, 2002 Convertible with hardtop. 4,400 miles. $31k.

404-907-7408

CAMPER COACHMEN, 2008 Queen bed, sofa, 2 chairs, table, bathroom & shower, 1 slide out, microwave/oven, hot water. $9,500.

David, 770-882-7687 or 770- 307-1367

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