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BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes@gwinnettdailypost.com

Growing up, Carol Burrell never planned on holding the title of CEO of a major health care system, nor did she plan on being one of only four or five women in Georgia to currently hold that position.

“Back in 1998, a (former colleague) introduced me to the CEO of Northeast Georgia Health MORE ONLINE System, Visit gwinnettdailypost.com John for a photo gallery.

Ferguson, because they were looking at creating some positions and (the colleague) had followed my career,” said Burrell, the health care system’s current president and CEO. “I came up, met with John and the team over the course of several months, and they ended up creating the position, and John said, ‘OK, Carol, I’m going to be making you an offer.’

As I went out to the car that day, I said to (the colleague), ‘Oh my gosh, I think he’s going to offer me a job,’ and without hesitation, she said, ‘I predict you’ll See WOMEN, Page 6A

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan cleans his club during his Celebrity-Am Tournament benefitting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on Monday at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. (Staff Photos: Taylor Denman)

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New dad Matt Ryan hosts Celebrity-Am tournament

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Northeast Georgia Health System President and CEO Carol Burrell delivered the keynote address at the Georgia United Credit Union Executive Women’s Day on Monday. (Staff Photo: Isabel Hughes)

DULUTH — Monday may not have been the best day for golf — the early morning rain left TPC Sugarloaf damp and the wind generated from a ride in a golf cart stung any exposed skin — but Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan took the course for his eighth Celebrity-Am Classic with positive thoughts.

Ryan and his wife, Sarah, were finally able to take their twin boys, Marshall Thomas and Johnny Matthew, home after six weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit at Northside Hospital in Atlanta.

Sarah Ryan posted a photo

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Former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White talks with his group during the Matt Ryan Celebrity-Am Classic benefitting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on Monday at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth.

of Matt Ryan and the two boys on Instagram on Sunday morning when the couple officially announced they were

doing well. Sarah Ryan had been on bed rest since Jan. 9.

Roughly three months later, the Ryan family was together

at home.

Ryan thanked the doctors and staff at Northside that helped him and Sarah rest easier while their sons recovered.

“Any time you have a child, it’s scary, exciting, all of those things at once,” Ryan said before his round on Monday. “Obviously with twins, there’s a high risk of complications. Anyone who’s spent time in the NICU knows about the emotions that go with it. We’re so lucky to have two beautiful

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Emergency management skills taught at disaster simulation

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South Gwinnett junior Canyon Brown practices the P.A.S.S. technique for a fire extinguisher outside South Gwinnett High School on Tuesday morning. (Staff Photo: Trevor McNaboe)

“There’s a 15-year-old, nonresponsive male. What do you do?” Gwinnett County Police officer Lauren Jones asked a group of South Gwinnett High School students during a disaster simulation Tuesday morning.

This was one of the many questions thrown at students during the school’s inaugural

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safety event that not only put them in real-life situations, but challenged them to apply what they learned in the classroom.

Students enrolled in the school’s Intro to Law and Public Safety classes, one of the Career and Technical Education pathways offered

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Schools, were able to sign up for the disaster simulation under the guidance of teachers, officers from both Gwinnett County Police Department and Snellville Police, and members of the Gwinnett County Office of Emergency Management. “… We started offering this class four or five years ago and had a vision for something like this,” South Gwinnett teacher Rebecca Streetman said. “We

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Report: Bus slid across I-20 after flipping

BY CURT YEOMANS

der of the road for 305 feet before veering even farther to the right and traveling in the grass for another 407 A bus that crashed on its feet before it began to rotate way to the Masters last week counterclockwise. slid on its side across Inter“Vehicle 1 then re-entered state 20 after it overturned the roadway while continunear Augusta, according to a ing to rotate counterclockreport released by the Geor- wise,” Stone wrote. “Vehicle gia State Patrol on Monday.

1 traveled for approximately The report details what 156 (feet) on the roadway happened to the bus, which before it overturned onto belonged to Suwanee-based its right side. Vehicle 1 slid Jet Executive Limousine on its right side across both Service Inc. and was driven eastbound lanes and then

by Buford resident Steven F. exited the roadway, traveling Hoppenbrouwer, during the into the grassy median where wreck. It also provides a full it struck the cable barrier.” list of passengers who were Hoppenbrouwer is facing on the bus, including one seven counts of serious injury man from Gwinnett. by vehicle as well as charges The report filed by Cpl. of driving under the influence Dustin Stone said the bus and failure to maintain lane. veered off the right side He was arrested after the of the interstate near mile wreck, but Columbia County marker 186 in Columbia jail officials said he bonded County on Thursday. The bus out Friday. His bail had been then traveled on the shoulset at $20,400. curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Georgia State Patrol troopers work the scene of a wreckThursday that involved a charter bus flipping over on eastbound Interstate 20 on its way to the Masters golf tournament in Augusta. (Photo: WJBF TV Augusta/Aiken)

Hoppenbrouwer is suspected of being under the influence of some type of drug at the time of the accident, but the GSP has not said whether that meant prescription drugs or illegal drugs.

The report shows troopers did not believe alcohol was a

factor in the wreck.

The report shows one of the passengers, Steven Taylor, 50, is a resident of Suwanee. He was one of nine passengers taken to Doctors Hospital in Augusta.

Others were taken to Augusta University Medical Center.

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injuries, while Hoppenbrouwer is listed in the report as not being injured.

A Social Circle resident who was driving behind the bus said it had also veered to the right, off the roadway, and then back on about 15 minutes before the crash happened. Passengers told troopers that Hoppenbrouwer had “failed to maintain his lane at least two other times during their trip from Atlanta” before the crash happened.

Stone said in the report that Hoppenbrouwer was not distracted from driving when the wreck occurred. He was given a blood test to check for drugs, but the results of that test are listed as “pending.”

An additional report on the DUI aspect of the crash has not been completed, Georgia Department of Public Safety spokesman Tracey Watson said.

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sengers listed as being from Gwinnett in the report.

Other passengers listed in the report included Kent Plowman, Rick Tomcho, Thomas Matthesen, Sahil Raina, Robin Raina, Wesley Hudson, Stephen Farrar, Georganna Gullia, Joseph Best, Jess Barnes, John Mason, Kenny Strickler, Tim Sheehy, Scott Armstrong, Brian Dill, Alan Cooling and Ray Shreyas.

Thirteen passengers on the bus were from metro Atlanta, including five people from Atlanta, four from Alpharetta, two from Marietta and one each from Woodstock and Suwanee.

There were four passengers from Virginia, including two from Henrico and one each from Midlothian and Glen Allen. The 18th passenger was from San Francisco.

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U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., called on Congress to pass legislation to address salary discrepancies between genders and races as he observed Equal Pay Day on Tuesday.

The congressman’s Hank Johnson office said his district — which includes Rockdale and parts of Gwinnett, DeKalb and Newton counties — has the highest pay equity of any congressional district in Georgia, according to a National Partnership for Women and Families report.

Johnson’s office also said the Fourth Congressional District is one of 13 districts in the U.S. that has pay equity according to that report.

“There are many exceptional and special things about the Fourth Congressional District, and equal pay is one of them,” Johnson said in a statement.

“While I’m encouraged that we have pay equity in my district — or something close to it — the truth is that we have so much work to

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from lodge president Connie Chesser informing her of the endorsement. She is one of three candidates running for the seat being vacated by retiring Judge Debra Turner. The winner of the nonpartisan seat will be decided in the May 22 election.

“Having worked for Curt Yeomans 18 years in the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s do in Georgia and the nation office, prosecuting felonies, I am pleased to receive the where the pay gap is still endorsement of the local unacceptable — especially Fraternal Order of Police among Native American, lodge, which represents Latina and African-Amerimany of our front-line law can women. enforcement officers,” Ca“We as lawmakers must son said in a statement. do more to address pay “I have been blessed to be disparity — and that starts entrusted to work with our by passing the Paycheck law enforcement officers to Fairness Act. To borrow a protect Gwinnett County’s phrase from Fannie Lou Hamer — ‘We are sick and residents and their families.” tired’ of unequal pay.”

Johnson endorses McKoon in secretary Cason endorsed by of state race Fraternal Order of Police State Sen. Josh McKoon, in Superior Court race R-Columbus, picked up the Gravitt Everett Davis backing of a former state Fraternal Order of Police Senate president pro tem in Lodge 66 has endorsed his bid to be Georgia’s next Gwinnett County Deputy Chief Assistant District At- secretary of state.

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According to the report, Lee told the victim she picked up the box and told him she would pay him as soon as she placed the ginseng in her truck.

However, the money never made it to the victim.

Before he could stop her, Lee allegedly got into the driver’s seat of her car and drove off.

Duluth Police Department Officer Ted Sadowski, a spokesman for the department, said the victim tried to chase Lee through the parking lot but was unsuccessful due to traffic.

The ginseng was worth about $7,200, the victim told police.

Lee was released last week on $4,200 bond.

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Belle Isle picks up Barr endorsement for secretary of state Former Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle picked up an endorsement of his own this week in the secretary of state race.

Belle Isle announced former congressman and ex-Libertarian candidate for president Bob Barr has endorsed him in the four-man Republican primary field.

“Mayor Belle Isle is a rising star and one of the most effective leaders I have met,” Barr said in a statement. “His executive leadership and proven ability to create a climate for job growth is what sets him apart from the field of candidates. I believe he is the right man to secure Georgia’s elections and take on the Democrats in November.”

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4A • Wednesday, April 11, 2018 To Your Good Health

Keith Roach

Anabolic steroids are not studied for benefits in the gym DEAR DR. ROACH: I am interested in finding out more about steroids in sports, but I am having a hard time finding medical research on anabolic steroids. One source I found even stated: “There has been no scientific research performed to find out the effect of a specific amount of steroid on a weight-training program.” I find this hard to believe. Do you have any insight as to why this is?

— A.W. ANSWER: The use of anabolic steroids, a type of performance-enhancing drug, actually is more common in recreational athletes (18 percent, across many studies) than it is in professional athletes (13 percent).

Men are four times as likely as women to use them.

The source you read regarding lack of information is believable, not only because I couldn’t find any good research on the topic, but because anabolic steroids are not medically indicated in order to improve performance of healthy people. True to their name — “anabolism” means “building up,” as opposed to “catabolism,” which means “breaking down” — anabolic steroids build muscle and bone strength, and are used in men with low levels of testosterone resulting from a variety of medical conditions.

There are many steroids, but the main groups are glucocorticoids (like prednisone), which are potent anti-inflammatories and immune suppressants; estrogens and progesterones, which have multiple effects on the female reproductive system and the body system as a whole; and anabolic steroids, such as testosterone.

Since there are no good studies on how much, how often or even what drug to use to improve performance, athletes who use these drugs rely on friends for advice.

Unfortunately, that may lead to dangerous patterns of use.

Athletes often will use escalating and then tapering off of doses (called “pyramiding”), using more than one drug (“stacking”) and using other drugs to counteract side effects.

The potential side effects of this kind of anabolic steroid use are terrifying, and I have seen firsthand how severe they can be. Sudden death from cardiac hypertrophy; elevated cholesterol levels leading to blocked arteries; dangerously high levels of hemoglobin in the blood (which may lead to stroke); decrease in testicular size and sperm counts; and psychiatric changes all are well-described. I understand the desire to improve athletic performance, but these drugs have too much risk.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@ med.cornell.edu or request an order form of available health newsletters at 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. Health newsletters may be ordered from www. rbmamall.com.

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The fact that you want regarding your utilities oughly: Setting boundarI buried myself in to try to repair these rela- and spending habits will ies. Girls/women need counseling and support tionships means that you ease stress. to rehearse at home and groups to heal. My sisters are longing for reconciliSCORPIO (Oct. 24with friends how to say, turned on me and I beation, but also that you Nov. 22) — Live life your “No!” came unwelcome in their are working through your way. Don’t shy away from If a guy slaps her on homes. own recovery. I assume something you want the derriere or kisses I was not included in your experience is comto do or a lifestyle you Amy Dickinson her on the lips and she family events, and at mon among families torn want to lead for fear of doesn’t like it, she needs times, I was tolerated to apart by childhood abuse, being ridiculed. Follow to forcefully say, “Don’t unwanted kiss, I believe join them, but ignored especially when there your heart. Romance is ever do that again. I don’t the main lesson should and belittled. is denial and an overall featured. like it.” If a friend’s hus- be directed at the people It has been a very lack of support for a SAGITTARIUS (Nov. band smooches her on the who impose these adpainful experience. I am survivor’s experience and 23-Dec. 21) — Complilips, just say, “Let’s stick vances and assaults. completely dismissed story. ments directed your way with hugs. I really prefer Men should heretofrom my family now. I You should certainly hugs.” fore just assume that the have not seen any of them try to contact your family will be intended to butter Reacting too severely women they encounter or talked to my mom or members, but I hope you you up. Put your ego when friends are inalready have a boundary three sisters for almost a will maintain a realistic aside and check into the volved creates a whole around them, and that NO decade. outlook about their limi- possible motives behind new set of problems. The woman wants to be raped, My father passed away tations and choices resomeone’s gestures. response needs to be apgroped, kissed, hugged, last year. I did spend garding this relationship. Find a creative outlet to propriate to the circumtouched without consent, time with him in his last A counselor can provide flesh out your ideas. stances. It would be help- catcalled or commanded years and made peace for support and context CAPRICORN (Dec. ful if you could provide a to smile — and that if myself, even though we while you try to recon22-Jan. 19) — Somevariety of responses that any of these things hapnever directly discussed cile. Treasure your circle one from your past will we can use when advanc- pen, women reserve the his behavior. of children, family and cause chaos if you let es are unwelcome. right to “freak out” if Now that he is gone, do friends who have stood him or her back into your There is an amazing they want to. you believe that I could by you through this. life. Remember past spectrum of unwanted Dear Amy: My now have a relationship Dear Readers: incidents that left you advances, with Harvey father molested me and with my family?

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“This is good for our students because it lets them see what this really is like,” South Gwinnett teacher Denise Watkins said. “We can teach it all we like during class and have them practice, but having this makes it a bit more realistic.”

Throughout the year, students that take the class get certified in CPR and Stop the Bleed, a certification that trains students how to properly slow and stop uncontrollable bleeding in emergency situations.

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That was 20 years ago.

“Well, I laughed until I cried because though I’d figured out what CEO stood for by that time, I had no plans to (become) one,” Burrell said. “Of course, she was the one who got the last laugh.

So while being hospital CEO was never on my radar screen, doing my best always has been and being on time and coming dressed ready to play is (key). You never know when you’re going to have those opportunities, and it just makes a huge difference.”

On Monday, Burrell addressed more than 200 women who attended Georgia United Credit Union’s Executive Women’s Day at the Infinite Energy Forum, a daylong celebration of the power and accomplishments of women in metro Atlanta.

The event was held in conjunction with the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, which is part of the PGA’s Champions Tour.

The day, which began with a “power panel” discussion that featured five local women, largely focused on a woman’s means to success in 2018 — specifically, what it takes to reach a position such as CEO. As the event’s keynote speaker, Burrell said it’s a person’s day-to-day actions that makes them successful.

But she also said it’s how a person gets results that is just as important as getting the results.

“Early in your career, you’re recognized for getting results and getting

Former Atlanta Brave and baseball Hall of Famer Chipper Jones hits out of a sand trap during the Matt Ryan Celebrity-Am Classic benefitting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on Monday at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. (Staff Photo: Taylor Denman)

Ryan •From Page 1A Georgia United Credit Union’s Executive Women’s Day began with a power panel discussion that featured five local women. From left are Donna Bumpass, senior vice president of Client Partnerships at Fiserv; Darrice Griffin, deputy director of administration for the University of Georgia; Vonda Bledsoe, vice president of service and sales for Georgia United Credit Union; Carla Carraway, president of Precision Planning Inc.; and Terri Jondahl, CEO of CAB Inc. (Staff Photo: Isabel Hughes)

things done,” Burrell said.

“But you hit a threshold pretty quickly, especially as you move into leadership and management, that says it’s about how you lead others to achieve those results, and that’s what makes (your actions) so important.”

Some of those actions, Burrell said, include being open to change and having a growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset. “(Growth) mindset is a psychological concept that started in education and has ventured over into business,” she said.

“A fixed mindset says that you’ve got a certain level of intelligence and a certain level of talent and that’s going to be your path. A growth mindset says that no matter what your level of intelligence is, no matter what your level of talent is, you can

always take risks, lean into (a job) and do better.

You have to embrace that growth culture, embrace that mindset, and when those failures happen or when that promotion doesn’t come along, think (about) what you can learn from that and how you can take that and use it for whatever your next step is.”

The concept, which was first introduced by Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck more than 30 years ago, postulates that when people believe they can get smarter or do better, they put in extra time and effort, which leads to greater achievement.

Over the years, research on brain plasticity — or the ability of the brain to change physically, functionally and chemically — has backed up the theory, and

scientists have discovered that connectivity between neurons can change based on a person’s experiences.

With practice, researchers have found, neural networks can grow new connections, strengthen existing ones and build insulation that speeds up transmission of impulse, meaning that people can increase neural growth by the actions they take.

Burrell said that’s why, especially in the age of rapidly advancing technology, the concept is so important — both in theory and in applicability.

“If you have that growth mindset, you will be reminded that we are all growing, day in and day out,” she said.

“Continue to challenge yourself and be better tomorrow than you are today.”

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Former Atlanta Braves and Falcons including Chipper Jones, Tom Glavine, Brian Finneran and Roddy White followed Ryan’s foursome Monday after he teed off from the No. 1 tee box.

The event kicks off the local PGA Champions Tour event, the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, which begins with Round 1 on Friday morning at TPC Sugarloaf.

Before last year’s tournament, which benefits Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Ryan was answering questions about the Super Bowl LI debacle. Monday’s brief session with reporters had a different theme.

Since the offseason began, Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff and Ryan’s representation have been reportedly negotiating a contract extension for the 32-year-old, 10-year NFL veteran. Dimitroff told reporters at the training complex in Flowery Branch in January that the extension would be an offseason priority. Still, there’s been no official update on the proceedings

of the negotiation.

Ryan himself had little to say on Monday regarding the timeline of the contract extension, but he sounded upbeat regarding the tone of the negotiations.

“As far as the time frame and things like that, I’m sure this will shake out,” he said. “I don’t know if it will be today, tomorrow or in a couple of weeks, but I think we’re moving in the right direction.”

The NFL Draft looms on April 26, and the Falcons have the 26th overall pick. While Ryan said he has no input or influence over the future rookie that head coach Dan Quinn and Dimitroff will settle on draft day, he likes the consistency of the Falcons’ previous first-round picks under Quinn — Takkarist McKinley, Keanu Neal and Vic Beasley.

“We’ve got an awesome front office that does a great job of evaluating talent,” Ryan said.

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“I want to meet with New Shiloh Middle every single teacher in our School Principal Tereka school,” Williams said. “The Williams spent Tuesday very first Tuesday I already introducing herself to the had parent conferences and Shiloh cluster with two meetings. I’ve tried to hit meet-and-greet sessions. the ground running.”

Williams, who officially During the meet-andaccepted the job March 26, greet, Williams addressed previously was the associate a wide variety of concerns principal at South Gwinnett from parents, including High School. school safety and plans to Prior to holding an Tareka Williams was announced as Shiloh Middle School’s improve student perforadministrative position at new principal March 26. (Staff Photo: Trevor McNaboe) mance.

South Gwinnett, she held “We’re going to ensure teaching positions in South and working directly with ing time between South that we provide the best opstudents and building the Carolina, North Carolina, Gwinnett High School portunities for our students capacity of teachers drew and Sweetwater Middle and Shiloh Middle School to be successful,” Williams me back to the local school before fully moving to her School, and was a Title I said. “I want every student setting,” Williams said. “It program coordinator for new position during spring to reach their potential, and already has been such a Gwinnett County Public break.

I believe that can be only rewarding experience.”

Schools, where she overWith just over a month be done through effective Since she was announced remaining left in the school partnerships amongst our saw Title I programs in 65 to the position at the end of year, Williams has begun schools. faculty, parents and stu“My passion for students March, she has been spend- meeting with parents, facul- dents.”

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Grayson man charged with stabbing father

BY ISABEL HUGHES

While officers were on their way A 28-year-old Grayson to the man is being held without Grayson bond at the Gwinnett Counhome, ty Jail for allegedly stabbing they began Tyler his father in the stomach, receiving Smallwood neck and ribs following an reports that argument over watches last Smallwood had begun stabweek. bing his father.

Tyler Smallwood was At the home, police arrested after his father found the injured father and called 911 to report that Smallwood, who police say Smallwood was holding a had walked out the back knife and threatening to use door of the garage with it, according to an incident knife in hand. report. “(The officer) drew (his) isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

weapon and immediately gave verbal commands to drop the knife,” the report said. “After multiple verbal commands, he realized the suspect was no longer an immediate threat and transitioned to (his) Taser.”

The first Taser was unsuccessful, though the second succeeded and police were able to take Smallwood into custody.

The father, who was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center, told officers that he and Smallwood were arguing because Smallwood was trying to

take watches and other personal items that were not his.

“While arguing, the suspect went into the kitchen and returned with the knife and began stabbing the victim,” the report said.

Smallwood was charged with aggravated assault in connection with the incident. Jail records show he has previously been arrested in Gwinnett for battery and terroristic acts and threats.

No information about the father’s condition or whether he is still in the hospital has been released.

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Broncos hire familiar soccer coach in Mohsen

By Will Hammock

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The new head boys soccer coach at Brookwood is already familiar with the community and the program.

Current Duluth head coach Adel Mohsen was announced Tuesday as the Broncos’ new head coach, returning to a place he knows very well. He was an assistant at the Snellville high school, where both of his sons played, for eight seasons prior to

taking the Duluth job.

He informed his Duluth players Monday of his new job.

“It’s my community,” Mohsen said of Brookwood. “I know most of the kids from when I coached (youth soccer) at (GSA).

When I go back there, I’m still a Brookwood guy, a community guy. Even when they won the state championship, I’ve known (the players) since they were my kids’ age. They would come to my house. … In 2016, when (Duluth) lost to Brookwood in the

Brown, DeShields among top WNBA prospects

Elite Eight, I got home and my son and four of the guys who just played were in my basement.

“It was a hard decision to make (to leave Duluth), but at the same time your heart is somewhere and your head is somewhere. It is like going home again. It’s our community. This is where we grew up. I feel comfortable, too. And it’s a mile from our house.”

Though Duluth has struggled to find wins this season at 4-8-1,

Duluth head coach Adel Mohsen embraces Duluth’s Hector Peralta (17) following the 2015 Class AAAAAA boys state championship match at Mercer University in Macon. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

Early returns See MOHSEN, Page 10A

By Will Hammock will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

Of the 10 prospects attending Thursday night’s WNBA Draft in New York City, two are known very well to Gwinnett County basketball fans.

North Gwinnett grad Lexie Brown and Norcross grad Diamond DeShields, both projected as high picks, are both scheduled to be part of the draft night activities. They will be joined by fellow stars A’ja Wilson of South Carolina, Jordin MORE Canada of UCLA, INSIDE Kelsey Mitchell of A rundown of Ohio State, Kia Nurse the county’s of Connecticut, VictoWNBA drafted ria Vivians of Missisplayers, 10A sippi State, Monique Billings of UCLA, Azurá Stevens of Connecticut and Gabby Williams of Connecticut.

The draft, held at Nike’s New York headquarters, airs live on ESPN2 for first-round coverage beginning at 7 p.m. The second and third rounds will air on ESPNU at 8 p.m.

Brown is fresh off a heralded career at Duke, earning All-American honors each of the past two seasons. She also was an All-American at Maryland, where she played before a transfer to Duke.

The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 19.4 points this past season and 18.3 as a junior. She finished her career with 2,088 points, 587 assists, 345 steals, 262 three-pointers made and 455 See DRAFT, Page 10A

Tennessee’s Diamond DeShields (11), a Norcross grad, shoots the ball against Penn State’s Peyton Whitted (25) during a game this season. (Photo: Rich Barnes-USA Today Sports)

PGA Champions Tour golfer Len Mattiace demonstrates a driving range drill Monday at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth. (Staff Photo: Taylor Denman)

First arrivals discuss course, weather at MEC which ended in a playoff with Mike Weir. Mattiace shot 65 What: Champions Tour on the final day at Augusta Mitsubishi Electric Classic DULUTH — PGA ChampiNational Golf Club to close When: Friday-Sunday ons Tour rookie Len Mattiace into the top of the leaderboard, Where: TPC Sugarloaf left the balmy Jacksonville, but Weir’s bogey on the par-4 Fla., weather three days early, No. 10 playoff hole won the greeted by the cold, damp air mechanics of his swing react tournament. at TPC Sugarloaf on Monday correctly, the clubface and his The 2018 MEC is Mattias he worked on the driving body will be square once the ace’s second PGA Champions range while the course was club strikes the ball.

Tour event. He missed the cut closed for the Matt Ryan Mattiace picked up the at Corales Puntacana Resort & Celebrity-Am Classic. drill from an instructor, Jorge Club Championship in Tucson, Mattiace tucked a soccer Parada, at TPC Sawgrass in Ariz. While this is his first ball between both his elbows Jacksonville, roughly five years MEC, it’s not his first time after addressing his teed-up ago. He throws into his range playing TPC Sugarloaf. golf ball. Still pinning the ball routine periodically, which “Looking forward to it,” between his arms and his torso, is all he could do to prepare Mattiace said. “I’ve played Mattiace swung and watched for Friday’s first round of the the PGA (Tour) event a lot of his shots sail toward flags Mitsubishi Electric Classic. years. … It’s a great piece of roughly 100 to 150 yards away. The course was made private land, a great layout and the It was a good hit, he said.

Tuesday for pros to practice, greens are awesome.”

“Sometimes people outrace but a handful arrived earlier.

Not every pro on the range their bodies … it keeps everyMattiace is playing in his Monday afternoon tucked a thing in order,” Mattiace said. first Mitsubishi Electric Classoccer ball under their arms “When you stick the ball there, sic, but he’s played on a prowhile they hit range balls, everything turns together.” fessional tour since he turned but most shared one common The blade of the club is pro in 1990. Mattiace was the concern. Weather forecasts the end result, he said. If the runner-up in the 2003 Masters, Tuesday afternoon called for

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possible precipitation during Saturday’s second round and thunderstorms for Sunday’s final round.

Bart Bryant has played MEC every year since the inaugural event in 2013 when joined PGA Champions Tour.

Bryant said he planned to play a practice round Tuesday, in addition to the Pro-Am round today. Rain and wind would affect playing conditions, but a crisp, cloudy day like Monday would be a fine day for scoring, Bryant said.

Bryant played four tournaments this season and made all three cuts. His most recent event was the Rapiscan Systems Classic on March 25 in Saucier, Miss.

“It’s a course most of us are familiar with, playing the tournament on the PGA Tour,” Bryant said. “For the PGA Tour, it may not have as much length as they like. For our tour, it’s just about right.”

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Bulldogs’ run rolls on

North girls claim fourth straight region title

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

DACULA — North Gwinnett’s senior girls tennis players finished their high school careers on a run of four straight region championships. Their coach did, too.

The Bulldogs defeated Mill Creek 3-0 in Tuesday’s Region 6-AAAAAAA Tournament finals, completing one of their goals and handing a nice parting gift to their outgoing head coach.

Forrest Wood, who has coached North in tennis since 2003, plans to retire in May after 37 years of teaching and coaching.

“We have three seniors and every year they’ve been here we’ve won (region),” said Wood, whose long coaching career also includes football, basketball, baseball, softball, swimming and soccer. “It’s special for them. It’s special for the whole team because this is my last year.

I’m hanging it up after this year. They’ve known this all along. They won the Deco (Turf) tournament and they dedicated that to me. This is another big one they wanted to get with it being my last year. This is a great group of kids to be around. This is what makes it hard to give it up.”

North (16-1) rolled past Duluth for a quick semifinal win, then faced off against Mill Creek (9-10) in the finals. The Hawks, seeded third, defeated Peachtree Ridge 3-1 in a semifinal upset to clinch a home match in the state

rounds of the state tournament in both the boys and girls brackets — or having a team host both The Georgia High boys and girls in the same School Association’s round — to schedule board of trustees, exdoubleheaders. ecutive committee and Such doubleheaders various individual sport have been fairly common committees had a busy occurrences in recent day during its semianyears anyway, but the new nual meeting Monday in wording makes it easier Macon. by allowing schools to A number of proposed agree to do so without rule changes or wordings having to contact the in the organization’s byGHSA office first. laws were passed during A third basketball item, the session, including a which would create pahandful that could have rameters for neutral-site an effect on some of the games among like-seeded state’s most high-profile teams in the quarterfinal sports. round of the tournament, Perhaps the most was tabled and is eximpactful involved the pected to be reintroduced proposal set forth by the at the next executive combasketball committee to mittee meeting in the fall move the date that boys once the specific wording and girls teams throughof the proposal can be out the state may begin agreed upon. preseason practice one Another major proposal week earlier in October that was adopted by an each year, which passed individual sport commitby a vote of committee tee Monday will change members 60-4. the way overtime boys It’s a move Norcross and girls soccer games boys coach Jesse McMil- are played. lan said coaches across Beginning next spring, the board have been extra time will no longer hoping for and is long consist of a pair of fiveoverdue. minute overtime periods “I think it’s going as it is presently, but into benefit everyone,” stead will feature a single McMillan said. “Where 15-minute overtime we were the last couple period. That overtime of years with a start date period will continue to be of around Oct. 30 or 31, played in its entirety no then your first play date matter how many goals was Nov. 10. You really are scored, and will not only had eight or nine end on a golden goal. days to go through tryouts That proposal passed and have practices before unanimously. you played your first Also passing unanigame. It’s really unavoid- mously was a separate able now to not play a proposal that will change game early in November. the format of penalty kick Then once you take into shootouts. account that you have to Instead of one team fit a scrimmage in there, shooting first or second in as well, you were going each round as determined into your first games with by a coin flip, the order only about four or five or will reverse in each sucsix or seven practices in ceeding round following any given situation. the initial coin flip.

“So to be able to have Both proposals, which the earlier week is going were submitted by Mill to be a great help. You Creek High School, can adjust how you do should provide a more your early-season stuff. fair and efficient format You can take more time for games not decided in and work on fundamenregulation, according to tals and not be in such Hawks girls head coach a rush. The official first Vince Hayes. game date stays the “It’s one of those things same, so you look at the where you’re trying to calendar. So theoretically, make the game better,” some coaches could have Hayes said. “If we can do up to a month before everything we can every their first game, which year just to make the I feel is adequate to game a little bit better … prepare your team. From I think athletes just enjoy a AAAAAAA school’s it more and have a better perspective, when you experience. It was all have 200 or 300 kids, worth it. maybe, interested in try“Two five-minute ing out for the basketball periods, if you’ve ever teams, especially at the seen a soccer game, that lower levels — a lot of time goes so quick that times, we’ll have 100 kids it’s very difficult to affect come out for ninth grade. the game. … Just play Having to push through straight through. That that in two or three days way, the teams kind of is difficult, so now … get into a rhythm and reyou can definitely have ally try to play and score better evaluations of those a goal and change the young kids.” game. … What (the alAnother basketball tered penalty kick order) proposal that passed does is negate some of the involved changing the pressure placed on who’s wording in the by-laws taking the kick second. that will make it easier There’s always going to for two schools matched be pressure, but now it’s up in any of the first three going to be shared.” david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

North Gwinnett’s Emma Fleming chases down a ball Tuesday in the Region 6-AAAAAAA Tournament finals at Hamilton Mill. (Staff Photo: Will Hammock)

playoff opener.

North got its first two wins of the finals at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles, then senior Emma Fleming sealed the victory with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Mill Creek’s Damira Augustin at No. 2 singles.

“It’s awesome winning four in a row,” Fleming said.

“Every year I’ve been here, the team has been awesome.

It’s been such a great experience the last four years. … It means everything to win this with (Wood) for his last year. We want to do everything we can at state because it’s his last year.”

Cassidy Rebol was first to finish in the championship match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over the Hawks’ Brooke Bolton. The No. 1 doubles team of Elle Hammond and Maya Diaz fol-

lowed with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Maddie Nannis and Erin Riney, giving North a 2-0 cushion and setting up Fleming’s clincher.

Mill Creek’s No. 2 doubles team of Sarabeth Jordan and Allie Vela were up a set on North’s Fernanda Rodriguez and Sarah Cagle when play was halted. The No. 3 singles match between North’s Bri Olps and Mill Creek’s Catherine Deer had just started when Fleming won the third point.

“I’m impressed with how much they care about each other,” Wood said of his team. “There isn’t that feuding situation. I have played every player on this team at least six or seven times, so everybody has played a lot. Everybody has contributed to being a

part of what our record is, 16-1.”

North’s only loss this season is a 3-2 setback against Lambert.

“Last year we made it to the state finals, so obviously that’s a goal,” Wood said. “Whether we get there or not is tough. The team that beat us, Lambert, is in our draw. We match up with them in the semis if we get that far.”

Mill Creek, like North, will host a first-round state playoff match. The Hawks secured that with a 3-1 upset of No. 2 seed Peachtree Ridge.

They got singles wins from Bolton (6-0, 6-0) and Augustin (6-2, 7-5) in the semifinals, while Jordan and Vela won the clinching match against Peachtree Ridge, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4.

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Auburn’s football team, with one Gwinnett County center on the roster, added a second Tuesday.

Grayson junior Jakai Clark, whose recruiting has gained momentum lately, announced his comJakai mitment to Clark the Tigers.

The 6-foot-2, 305-pound lineman received an offer during a visit to Auburn this past weekend.

Clark was a first-team all-county selection by the Gwinnett Touchdown Club last season.

“It didn’t take me long to think about what school would fit me the best,” Clark wrote in a tweet.

“Auburn has the best campus, players, and coaching staff! And I’m going to be a part of that for the next four years.”

Mill Creek grad Kaleb Kim, a junior at Auburn, is projected to start at center this season.

GHSA makes notable changes to hoops, soccer

By David Friedlander

Grayson Grayson boys win region center Clark girls finish 8-AAAAAAA runner-up commits to Grayson against Connor Barr, 0-6, The Bulldogs defeated B C H 6-2, 6-2. the Rams 3-0, with all Auburn “Last year we went three wins coming in the From Staff Reports

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CONYERS — The Grayson boys and girls tennis teams both left the Region 8-AAAAAAA tournament at the Rockdale Tennis Center on Tuesday with the same seeding as they came in with.

The boys entered and left with the region championship to secure a No. 1 seed, while the girls entered as the two seed, and left with the two seed.

The Rams defeated Newton in the semifinals, while Archer defeated Rockdale.

In the finals, the Grayson boys defeated Archer 3-1, thanks to wins from Blaine Fogarty in the No. 3 singles, and wins from both doubles teams, Cole Jurick and Eric Tivy, followed by Matthew Quinn and Jake Feinberg.

Fogerty defeated Archer’s Lance Massey 6-0, 6-0, while the doubles team of Jurick and Tivy won 6-2, 6-4, and the team of Quinn and Feinberg won 6-0, 6-2.

Archer’s No. 1 singles player Aaron Hunt was the lone Tiger to defeat a Ram after winning in three sets

46-4 in the region,” head Grayson boys coach Porky Byrd said. “So I challenged them to beat last year’s record. They went 47-3 this year. It’s a phenomenal team. The kids gave 100 percent all year long. The coaches put in a lot of time and effort so I’m very proud.”

The Rams will host in the first round of the playoffs after securing the top seed, as well as Archer.

“We’re looking forward to going to state,” Byrd said. “We went last year and got beat in the first round in a pretty close match. This year, we hope we can advance. There are a lot of good teams in the state, but we’re looking forward to it.”

The Rams and Tigers are the only two boys teams to advance to the state tournament out of Gwinnett after Rockdale locked up the third seed, and Newton taking the fourth.

The Grayson girls were no match for Rockdale after reaching the region finals after knocking off South Gwinnett 3-0 in the semifinals.

singles matches.

With the Rams settling for the No. 2 seed heading into state, South Gwinnett picked up the No. 3 seed, while Shiloh rounded the girls side out with the No. 4 seed.

“The Rockdale girls are a phenomenal team and they earned it,” head Grayson girls coach Lara Larson said. “We’ve played them three times, and they’ve beaten us all three. So they get all the credit here.”

Larson was all smiles after her girls locked up the No. 2 seed heading into state and has high expectations for the state tournament.

“It is the nicest group of young ladies with the best sportsmanship,” Larson said about her team. “So I told them, win, lose or draw, we respect them and we love them. We wish we were first in the region like last year, but we’re not. But I’m proud of these kids.

They’re scholar athletes and they’re like family.

When you have that, it’s a good year no matter what happens.”

Stripers complete comeback win on Ruiz blast From Staff Reports

first baseman Joe McCarthy. Former Gwinnett DURHAM, N.C. — The player Brandon Snyder Gwinnett Stripers rallied drilled a three-run homer from an early 4-0 deficit to to left for a 3-0 Bulls lead. beat Durham 5-4 on TuesIn the bottom of the day afternoon. second, the Bulls (2-3) Twenty-year-old lefty pushed the lead to 4-0 as Kolby Allard made his first Jake Bauers led off with Triple-A start for Gwina double to left, moved to nett and after a rocky first third on a passed ball by inning, settled down.

Gwinnett catcher Chris In the bottom of the first, Stewart and scored on a after retiring the first two sacrifice fly to right by batters, Allard gave up a Curt Casali. single to shortstop ChrisHowever, Allard didn’t tian Arroyo and walked allow another run. He went

on to retire the final five batters he faced.

The Stripers’ comeback began in the top of the fourth as right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. led off Rio Ruiz with his first hit of the season, a line-drive double to left off Durham starter ChihWei Hu. Shortstop Johan Camargo, playing in his

second rehab game for Gwinnett from Atlanta, pushed Acuna to third with a groundout to second.

Acuna scored on a sac fly to left by first baseman Carlos Franco.

In the top of the fifth, Rio Ruiz was walked by Hu to begin the inning and then scored all the way from first on a double to left by Tyler Smith, cutting the lead to 4-2.

Camargo dug further into the lead at 4-3 in the top of the sixth when he

pounded Hu’s third pitch into the right field seats just inside the foul pole.

In the top of the eighth, against Durham reliever Jamie Schultz, Gwinnett (2-2) finally broke through.

Franco reached on a one out error by Arroyo. Two batters later, with two outs, Ruiz delivered the eventual game winner, a long tworun homer to right for a 5-4 lead.

Durham loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but Gwinnett reliever Rex

Brothers struck out Jason Coats to end the game.

Allard pitched four innings allowing four hits, four runs (three earned), one walk and three strikeouts. Miguel Socolovich got the win out of the bullpen with three scoreless innings, two hits and three strikeouts.

At the plate, Ruiz was 2-for-3 with a homer, a single and two RBIs. Acuna went 2-for-4 with a double and a single. Camargo was 1-for-5 with a solo homer.

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Prep Schedule BASEBALL

Today

5:45 p.m. — Grayson at Archer 5:45 p.m. — South at Shiloh 6 p.m. — Brookwood at Central 6 p.m. — Collins Hill at Discovery 6 p.m. — Dacula at Gainesville 6 p.m. — Flowery Branch at Buford 6 p.m. — Habersham Central at Lanier 6 p.m. — Meadowcreek at Berkmar 6 p.m. — Mill Creek at North 6 p.m. — North Hall at GAC 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Mountain View 7 p.m. — Norcross at Parkview

LACROSSE

5 p.m. — Dacula at Parkview 5:30 p.m. — Brookwood girls at Dunwoody 6 p.m. — North boys at Collins Hill 7 p.m. — Duluth girls at Peachtree Ridge

TENNIS

• Region 8-AAAAAA finals at Gainesville • Region 7-AAAAAAA finals at Rhodes Jordan Park • Region 8-AAAAAAA finals at Rockdale Tennis Center 8 a.m. — Region 6-AAAAAAA boys tournament at Hamilton Mill 3 p.m. — Region 8-AAAAA finals at Buford

TRACK AND FIELD

4 p.m. — Duluth at Lanier 4 p.m. — Lanier Fast & Furious 4 p.m. — Titan Tune Up at Discovery Thursday

BASEBALL

• Hebron at Riverside Academy 5:30 p.m. — Landmark Christian at Wesleyan 5:30 p.m. — Providence at Athens Academy

LACROSSE

5 p.m. — Collins Hill girls at Grayson 5 p.m. — Dacula at Lanier 5:30 p.m. — Johns Creek girls at Wesleyan 5:30 p.m. — MLK boys at Norcross 5:30 p.m. — Riverwood girls at Buford 6 p.m. — Collins Hill boys at North Atlanta 6:30 p.m. — Druid Hills boys at Duluth 7 p.m. — North Atlanta girls at GAC 7:45 p.m. — Wesleyan boys at Riverwood 8 p.m. — Mill Creek boys at Walton

SOCCER

4 p.m. — Wesleyan at Providence 5 p.m. — Towns Co. at Hebron

TENNIS

4 p.m. — Hebron at Athens Academy 4 p.m. — Wesleyan at Whitefield Academy

TRACK AND FIELD

4 p.m. — Last Chance Invitational at Mill Creek 4 p.m. — Rust Buster at Parkview

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Austin Sun, 7 p.m.

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Sports Calendar

ALL SPORTS

Ongoing through Aug. 3: All Sports Youth Camps, in partnership with Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, will host summer break camps in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, lacrosse, softball and multisports this year. Locations include Bogan Park, Collins Hill Park and George Pierce Park. Summer camps are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, go to www. allsportsyouthcamps.com, email DLStancil@yahoo. com or call 770-356-6861.

FOOTBALL

Saturday: Fellowship of Christian Athletes Gwinnett will host its Lunch with Legends fundraiser at North Metro Baptist Church in Lawrenceville. Proceeds fund FCA Gwinnett’s ministry programs. The event, which begins at noon, features six-time Pro Bowl selection and Super Bowl champion Jeff Saturday, who started at center with legendary quarterback Peyton Manning for 12 sea-

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sons with the Indianapolis Colts and is now an NFL analyst. The program also includes testimony from other athletes and coaches, including former Atlanta Falcon Kevin Shaffer. An auction also is planned with items like a football autographed by Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart and autographed items from 1980 Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers. The North Metro Baptist youth band also will perform at the event.

Individual tickets and sponsorships are available. For more information, email cwest@fca.org or go to www.fcacoachesgwinnett. org.

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June 25: The 10th annual Archer Classic will be held at Summit Chase Country Club to benefit the Tigers’ high school football program. Shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Cost is $125 per player and sponsorships are available. For more information, email tjohnstone@eaglerocks.com.

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Brogdon returns for NBA playoffs the Milwaukee Bucks just in time for the upcoming Greater Atlanta Christian playoffs. grad Malcolm Brogdon The 2016-17 NBA returned from an injury Rookie of the Year played that cost him a good por14 minutes in a victory tion of the NBA season over the Orlando Magic, Monday night, rejoining finishing with 2 points, From Staff Reports

2 rebounds and an assist.

He averages 13 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 30.2 minutes this season, but has been limited to 47 games by a partially torn left quadriceps tendon.

Brogdon had been out

since early February, missing nearly two months of the NBA season. The Bucks have clinched a playoff berth, but will finish as one of the bottom three seeds in the Eastern Conference.

Reed’s win ripples to Ryder Cup Field Level Media AUGUSTA — The echoes of champions mixed with the cheers and shouts of thousands as they rolled over the hills and through the Georgia pines at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, but Patrick Reed didn’t hear many of them.

The loudest roar of the day came when Reed sank a final, testing 4-footer on the 18th hole to finish off a one-shot victory at the Masters, in the process earning his first major championship and quieting his doubters.

Reed fashioned a 1-under 71 to finish at 15-under 273, a shot clear of Rickie Fowler (final-round 67) and another in front of 2015 champion Jordan Spieth (64), who put on a clinic Sunday before a bogey on the last hole ultimately dropped him into third place.

Reed, who won two NCAA national championships with Augusta State University in 2010 and 2011, had four birdies and three bogeys on his uneven round. He never felt the anticipated charge from playing partner Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, who battled a balky putter and stumbled to a 2-over 74, six shots behind the winner.

“I knew the lead was going to shrink at some times and grow, that’s just the flows of golf, and I had to know how to handle it,” Reed said. “The only way I felt like I could get that done was to make sure the putter was working.

“I was tough out there, and to make the putts on

Sergio Garcia helps Patrick Reed into the green jacket after Reed won the Masters on Sunday at Augusta National. (Photo: Rob Schumacher-USA Today Sports)

14 and 17 gave me that momentum going to 18, which in the past has given me so many issues. To have to make par at the last hole to win my first major … it definitely felt right.”

Reed birdied the 14th to get the lead back at 15 under and parred the 15th while Spieth was bogeying the final hole. Then Reed managed his nerves and the charge from Fowler playing a group ahead of him, making pars on the final three holes to capture the victory.

“It’s impossible to put this feeling into words,” Reed said about his win.

“Just to watch the ball going into the hole on the last hole … it just meant so much to me.”

Reed’s triumph at the Masters vaulted him eight spots to No. 1 in the United States Ryder Cup team points released Tuesday.

The polarizing hero of the U.S. victory at Hazeltine two years ago was almost certain to make captain Jim Furyk’s squad with his long history of

match play success, but Reed has now all but locked up one of the eight automatic spots on the team.

The four majors in 2018 are weighted heavily in the points race, with winners receiving two points per $1,000 earned at the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship, and all other players receiving 1.5 points per $1,000 earned. That’s compared to one point per every $1,000 earned in regular PGA Tour events in 2018 leading up to the Aug. 12 cutoff.

That led to the biggest shakeup in the U.S. points standings this year following the Masters. Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Spieth and Bubba Watson each moved down a spot while remaining in the top five. Fowler jumped four spots to No. 6 with his runner-up finish at Augusta National, while Brooks Koepka fell two more spots to No. 7 while he continues to recover from a wrist injury.

Phil Mickelson is holding onto the final automatic qualifying spot at No. 8, followed by Matt Kuchar, Brian Harman, Kevin Kisner and Gary Woodland. Chez Reavie, Tony Finau and Charlie Hoffman round out the top 15. Tiger Woods, who will serve as a co-captain on the team, is no longer among the top 25. Furyk will also have four captain’s picks to round out his 12-player team.

Reed earned the moniker of “Captain America” in helping lead the U.S. to just its second Ryder Cup victory since 1999.

The 42nd Ryder Cup will be held at Le Golf National in Paris this September.

Reed’s win, however, didn’t impress the oddsmakers when it comes to the U.S. Open.

Online sportsbook Bovada on Sunday listed Reed at 40-1 odds to win the U.S. Open in June at Shinnecock Hills in New York. On Monday, Reed’s number had improved, up to 28-1.

But the three golfers who finished directly behind him, plus Reed’s Sunday playing partner whom he beat by three strokes in the final round at Augusta, all had better odds.

The favorite is American Jordan Spieth. The 2015 U.S. Open winner is listed at 9-1, up from his 10-1 odds on Sunday. Spieth shot a record-tying finalround 64 on Sunday to finish two strokes behind Reed. Runner-up Rickie Fowler, who lost by just one stroke to Reed, is tied with Tiger Woods at 14-1.

Draft •From Page 8A rebounds, becoming only the third player in NCAA Power Five Conference history to accumulate over 2,000 points, 500 assists, 300 steals and 200 threepointers. Her 122 steals in 2017-18 broke a Duke single-season record.

Brown also was the winner of the Kay Yow Award as ACC women basketball’s top scholar-athlete.

DeShields is an intriguing prospect because she skipped her last season at Tennessee to play professionally in Turkey, where she averaged almost 17 points. Her competition there included some current WNBA players.

The 6-foot-1 guard began her college career at North Carolina, earning

GWINNETT IN THE WNBA DRAFT Gwinnett County has sent a number of prospects to the WNBA since the league was formed. Here’s a look at the county’s past draft picks (with name, college, high school and draft): 2017 • Kaela Davis, South Carolina, Buford, First round (10th overall) to Dallas Wings • Shayla Cooper, Ohio State, Norcross, Second round (13th overall) to Connecticut Sun 2015 • Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest, Norcross, First round (Sixth overall) to San Antonio Stars 2013 • Anne Marie Armstrong, Georgia, Wesleyan, Third round (31st overall) to At-

national freshman of the year honors after averaging 18 points. After sitting out a transfer year, she played

lanta Dream

2011 • Maya Moore, Connecticut, Collins Hill, First round (First overall) to Minnesota Lynx 2008 • Amber Holt, Middle Tennessee, Meadowcreek, First round (Ninth overall) to Connecticut Sun 2006 • Sherill Baker, Georgia, Greater Atlanta Christian, First round (12th overall) to New York Liberty 2004 • Christi Thomas, Georgia, Buford, First round (12th overall) to Los Angeles Sparks 2003 • Jocelyn Penn, South Carolina, Meadowcreek, First round (Ninth overall) to Charlotte Sting

two seasons at Tennessee and led the Volunteers in scoring (17.3) her final season in 2016-17 to earn

All-SEC honors. She announced her decision to turn pro last June.

Brown and DeShields will add to an impressive list of former Gwinnett County players drafted by WNBA teams, highlighted by overall No. 1 pick Maya Moore of Collins Hill in 2011. The county has produced nine WNBA draft picks since 2003, including seven first-rounders.

The Las Vegas Aces (formerly the San Antonio Stars) hold the No. 1 overall pick after winning the WNBA Draft Lottery in November. The Indiana Fever will select second, followed by two selections for the Chicago Sky — the No. 3 pick, acquired in a trade with the Atlanta Dream last season, and its own pick at No. 4.

Mohsen •From Page 8A Mohsen was successful his previous four seasons with the Wildcats. He had a 3112 record in that four-year span, highlighted by the 2015 state championship.

Mohsen became Duluth’s head coach in the summer of 2013, leaving Brookwood after eight seasons as an assistant there.

He also had been a community coach at Dacula and South Forsyth, in addition to a two-year stint as head coach at Andrew College.

He fills a void at Brookwood left by outgoing head coach Stephen George, who has agreed to be the next head boys soccer coach at Mill Creek.

“We are very excited to announce Adel Mohsen

THE MOHSEN FILE Name: Adel Mohsen New position: Head boys soccer coach at Brookwood Former position: Head boys soccer coach at Duluth Age: 54 Career record: 35-20-1 Education: Graduated from Hudson Catholic High School (N.J.); earned degree in computer science from Jersey City State College (N.J.) Background: In fifth season as head boys soccer coach at Duluth; led the Wildcats to the 2015 state championship; previously was an assistant coach at Brookwood for eight seasons; also was a community coach at Dacula and South Forsyth, as well as head coach at Andrew College for two years; played four seasons of soccer at Jersey City State College; both sons played soccer at Brookwood; son Daniel coaches college soccer at Georgia State; moved to U.S. as a 9-year-old from Egypt; worked for AT&T for 15 years after college before going into education Family: Wife Carolyn; sons Daniel, 25, and Andrew, 20

will be our new head boys soccer coach at Brookwood,” Brookwood athletic and activities director Ja-

son Dopson said. “When (Brookwood principal) Mr. (Bo) Ford and I put our short list together,

his name was given to us by multiple sources that are very respected in the soccer world. He has a tremendous amount of experience coaching soccer and is a proven winner at the high school level.

“He worked as an assistant coach at Brookwood for eight years before going to Duluth and he had two sons that played soccer at Brookwood. He and his wife currently live in the Brookwood community and it just felt right from the start of the interview process that he would be our next head boys soccer coach. Having worked at Brookwood for several years, he understands the culture in our program and will no doubt help us continue our proud soccer tradition.”

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GSU coaches meet with fans at Berkeley Hills CC teams never ends.

And both were on hand, along with director of men’s golf Joe Inman and DULUTH — From the head baseball coach Greg calendar standpoint, April Frady, as the GSU Panther may seem like down time Athletic Club kicked off for a college football or their Spring Tour of the basketball fans, what with state Tuesday at Berkeley many of the former teams Hills Country Club. having just ended spring It was a chance to not practice, while the comple- only take a break from the tion of the NCAA tournadaily grind of recruiting and ment having brought the other operations for their latter to an end within the respective teams, but to get last few weeks. out and meet the fan base.

But for Georgia State “I think it’s really imporbasketball coach Ron tant, especially for the deHunter and football coach velopment of Georgia State Shawn Elliott, the job of (athletics),” said Hunter, recruiting players for and fresh off a 24-11 season promoting their respective that included the Panthers’

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second Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in the last four years. “Just going to certain areas of the state and kind of talk and tell (fans) what’s going on, and get them involved. We’re still in the infancy stages of continuing to grow our fan base. We don’t have the fan base of (Georgia) Tech and Georgia, so we’ve got to do a little bit more to reach out at some of these things.

So it’s really important.”

Hunter, Ellliott, Inman and Frady spent Tuesday reaching out to about 75 of those fans at the first of five tour stops — most

in the metro Atlanta area, plus another in Savannah.

And the coaches spent much of the evening answering questions about their respective teams from the fans, as well as sharing more light-hearted moments, like Inman’s offer to give golf lessons to the other coaches involved, which prompted Elliott to point out that, “Coaches don’t usually like to be coached.”

Perhaps that’s why he described his instruction to Hunter on his impromptu appearance in the Panthers’ Blue-White spring football game last Saturday at GSU Stadium, which led to his

touchdown “reception” from Dan Ellington, was very brief.

“I just walked over to him and said, ‘Don’t drop it,’” Elliott joked.

That fun moment, as well as Tuesday’s event, has allowed Elliott to catch his breath and recharge his batteries a little bit, something the second-year Panthers coach relishes following a very busy spring practice over the past month.

It also marks a time in which he is feeling more at home at GSU after leading to the Panthers to a program-record best 7-5 mark, including their first bowl victory with a 27-17

win over Western Kentucky in the Cure Bowl last December.

“Just like in the spring game, it’s meant to go out and compete and get better, but then again, it’s (also) meant to go out and have fun and enjoy the time,” Elliott said. “It doesn’t have to be fourth and 1 every day. You’ve got to enjoy the game.

“We’ve gotten (our system) in tune. Our players know what to expect.

Our coaches know what to expect form our players.

We’re really on the same page moving forward. …

I think we’re more in tune now.”

Strasburg, Nats Grizzlies finish off Reinhardt 8-1 smother Braves From Staff Reports

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Ryan Madson earned his first save of the season WASHINGTON — by getting the final two Stephen Strasburg threw outs in the ninth. eight scoreless innings, Mike Foltynewicz (1-1) and Ryan Zimmerman hit gave up the two-run triple a two-run triple in the first and only three hits in five to give Washington all the innings for the Braves, offense it needed as the but they couldn’t muster Nationals defeated the much offense against visiting Atlanta Braves Strasburg. Foltynewicz 4-1 on Tuesday night. wound up yielding three Washington (6-5) has runs (two earned) on five won the first two games hits and two walks. He of the three-game series, fanned three. as Max Scherzer threw a Washington got its ofcomplete-game shutout in fense going starting in the Monday in a 2-0 victory first when Brian Goodwin over Atlanta (6-5). walked and moved to Strasburg (2-1) gave second on Bryce Harper’s up three hits. He struck one-out single. out eight and walked two.

Both of them scored In addition, he singled, when Zimmerman lined walked and reached on an a two-out triple to lefterror while bunting. center for a 2-0 lead.

GGC (31-8) scored early and often in the rematch.

LAWRENCEVILLE — A triple by freshman Nick The No. 2-ranked Georgia Barnes accounted for two Gwinnett College baseball of the team’s four runs in team recorded its 31st vic- the first inning. tory of the season, defeatJunior Alex Garland led ing Reinhardt University off the third inning with 8-1 on Tuesday night at the his seventh home run of Grizzly Baseball Complex the season. A fielding error to complete a home-andallowed senior Marcus Mchome series between the Corkle to touch home later two Georgia-based NAIA in the inning, giving the teams.

Grizzlies a 6-1 lead. The A day after defeating team added another run in the Eagles 6-0 on Monday, the third inning on an RBI

Grayson boys shut out Shiloh 2-0 From Staff Reports SNELLVILLE — Grayson clinched the top spot in Region 8-AAAAAAA on Tuesday night with a 2-0 shutout at Shiloh.

Rodrigo Ayala and Kevin Sanchez each scored one goal for the Rams, while David Martinez recorded the shutout at keeper.

Grayson improved to 13-2 overall and 8-0 in the region.

runs scored. He then went 3-for-3, including blastATLANTA — Georgia ing two more homers, and Tech’s Joey Bart was drove in two runs in the among 40 college baseYellow Jackets’ 16-8 win ball players from around at Mercer on Tuesday. the nation named to USA Behind the plate, he Baseball’s midseason has thrown out 8-of-15 Golden Spikes Award would-be base stealers watch list Tuesday. and has two pickoffs, and The junior catcher and threw out another baser2015 Daily Post Player of unner in Tuesday’s win. the Year out of Buford, is Bart is also on the on the midseason watch latest watch list for the list for college baseball’s Johnny Bench Award, most prestigious award given each year to the for the second straight nation’s top collegiate season. catcher, along with Bart came into Tuesday another former Gwinnett hitting .347 (43-for-124) high school standout, with a team-high nine Peachtree Ridge grad home runs, six doubles, and current Georgia State 18 walks, 22 RBIs and 29 backstop Nick Gatewood.

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Sixers set record in win at Atlanta the fourth quarter. Atlanta cut the deficit to five with ATLANTA — J.J. a John Collins put-back Redick scored 28 points dunk with three minutes and the streaking Philato play. But Ben Simmons delphia 76ers moved a had a late dunk, and Ersan step closer to clinching Ilyasova added a layup to the third seed in the East- help finish off Atlanta. ern Conference playoffs Taurean Prince led the with a 121-113 win over Hawks with 27 points.

Atlanta on Tuesday.

Prince set a Hawks The 76ers, who have franchise record with 18 won a franchise-record 15 3-point attempts in the in a row, can seal the No. game, making six. Tyler 3 seed with a win over the Dorsey had 17 points off Milwaukee Bucks today. the bench, and Dewayne Philadelphia led the Dedmon added 14 points Hawks 89-79 heading into and seven rebounds.

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Archer 3, Rockdale Co. 1 CONYERS — Archer won a match in Region 8-AAAAAAA play Tuesday night with a 3-1 win at Rockdale County.

Andy Hernandez scored the first goal for Archer (8-6-2, 6-3) off an assist from Francisco Hueso, while Farooq DurosinmiEtti scored the second one with the assist from Justin Ealy.

Hernandez closed out the scoring with his second goal of the night, this time assisted by Jacob Cundy.

Mill Creek 2, Lanier 0 HOSCHTON — Caleb Bull and Connor Shaw shared time at keeper to record a shutout for Mill Creek on Tuesday night as the Hawks blanked visiting Lanier 2-0.

Robert Boicu and Joseph Aguirre each had a goal for Mill Creek (6-7-1).

Peachtree Ridge 7, Oconee Co. 1 SUWANEE — Devin Galvan and Dalton Seckinger of Peachtree Ridge scored two goals each against Oconee County on Tuesday night to help give the Lions a 7-1 win.

Cesar Aguilar and Nick Kosut each added a goal for the Lions (10-4-2, 4-0), while the seventh goal was an own goal. Paarth Desai and David Aguilar split time at keeper for the Lions in the win.

Wesleyan 8, George Walton 0 MONROE — Wesleyan improved to 8-5-1 overall and 3-0 in Region 5-A with an 8-0 whipping of George Walton Academy on Tuesday night.

Three goals came from Jonathan Lopez, while Abraham Lopez scored two more. Single goals for the Wolves (8-5-1, 3-0) came from Alex Cardile, Liam Coxhead and Harrison Larner.

Mateo Rengifo and Steve Crawford shared time at keeper for the shutout.

Pinecrest 3, Providence 1 LILBURN — Pinecrest Academy got past host Providence 3-1 Tuesday in non-region play.

The goal for the Storm was scored by Sam Burnette.

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Ridge shut out visiting North Oconee 2-0 on Tuesday night in a non-region match.

Scoring one goal each for the Lions (12-3-1) were Hannah Holley and Maddy Bondon.

Collins Hill 4, Berkmar 0 SUWANEE — Collins Hill blanked visiting Berkmar 4-0 on Tuesday night to up its record to 11-4.

Natalie Alamri, Brooke Newlon, Kaleigh Hutto and Zoe Pagomenakis each scored one goal for the Eagles, while two keepers split time for the shutout in Nina Heyn and Alli Lester.

North 2, Discovery 0 LAWRENCEVILLE — North Gwinnett shut out Discovery 2-0 Tuesday night for a win in Region 6-AAAAAAA. Goals for North (8-5-3, 2-3) were scored by Gabby Zapata and Katie Tatro, while the shutout went to keeper Greer Rickett with one save.

Wesleyan 9, George Walton 0 MONROE — Wesleyan won its first game in Region 5-A on Tuesday night with a 9-0 shutout at George Walton Academy.

Ashley Cowart led the Wolves (4-8-2, 1-1) with three goals, while two goals were scored by Sadie Prince. Adding one goal each were Caroline Hayes, Lilly Tapp, Sarah Kate Brown and Ashley Binney.

Pinecrest 4, Providence 0 LILBURN — Providence fell at home to Pinecrest Academy 4-0 in a non-region match. Ansley Larson for the Storm (5-10, 1-3) logged 18 saves at keeper.

BASEBALL BASEBALL South 7, Shiloh 0 SNELLVILLE — South Gwinnett starter Corey Farrow pitched seven shutout innings against Shiloh on Tuesday night as the Comets blanked the Generals 7-0 in Region 8-AAAAAAA play.

Farrow finished with 13 strikeouts as South improved to 15-10 overall and 5-5 in the region.

Cabera Weaver led the offense, going 4-for-4 with a double and a solo home run, while Levi Byrd was 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Corey Lee also drove in three and finished 1-for-3.

Buford 14, Flowery Branch 2 FLOWERY BRANCH — Austin Turner went 4-for-5 with three RBIs to help Buford topple Flowery Branch 14-2 in Region 8-AAAAA action.

Griffin Price also had three RBIs and finished 2-for-2, while Noah Ledford was 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Patrick Walker also went 2-for-5 with a solo home run.

Ramsey Davis was the winning pitcher, going six innings with three hits and nine strikeouts. Buford (17-8, 7-0) will host Flowery Branch today at 5:55 p.m. for Military Appreciation Night with Mitch Harris throwing out the first pitch.

Providence 13, Hebron 3 (six innings) LILBURN — Providence

scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull away for a 13-3 win over Hebron in six innings on Tuesday night in a non-region game.

Top hitters for Providence were Simon Graf (2-for-4, double, two runs, three RBIs), Ben Johnson (two hits, two runs, steal), Anthony Bowen (2-for-4, double, two RBIs) and Keegan Tranum (two doubles, RBI, run).

Wesleyan Anderson was the winner in relief, going four innings with four hits and no earned runs.

Hebron (11-12, 7-0) had seven hits, including an RBI double from Anthony Lentine and an RBI hit from Asher Miller.

Wesleyan 10, Weber 0 (six innings) PEACHTREE CORNERS — Two Wesleyan pitchers combined to allow just two hits and no runs against the Weber School on Tuesday night as the Wolves rolled to a 10-0 win.

Christopher Lee started and went four innings, striking out two and allowing two hits, while Stewart Stamper pitched the final two frames, allowing no runs, no hits and striking out one.

Drake Bursa led the offense, going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, wile Carson Pavelec finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs. BOYS TENNIS BOYS TENNIS Norcross 3, Lakeside-DeKalb 1 LAWRENCEVILLE — Norcross defeated Lakeside-DeKalb 3-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Rhodes Jordan Park in the semifinals of the Region 7-AAAAAA tournament. The win pits the Blue Devils (11-6) in the region finals on Wednesday at Rhodes Jordan Park against Brookwood in the finals.

Norcross won both doubles matches with points by Sam Carton and Will Volimo at No. 1 and James Swope and Andrew Franzen at No. 2, while adding a No. 2 singles win from Alex Karwisch.

GAC 4, Wesleyan 1 NORCROSS — Greater Atlanta Christian closed out its regular season with a 4-1 win at home over Wesleyan on Tuesday night.

GAC (13-2) picked up two singles wins from Cole Bryant at No. 1 and Jack Olinger at No. 2. In doubles, the Spartans were winners at No. 1 from Will Hawkins and Owen Jacobson and at No. 2 from Lukas Veltmaat and Andrew Ha. Wesleyan received its point with a No. 2 singles win from Luke Schiller.

GAC will open its Region 7-AAA tournament Wednesday at Lumpkin County as the No. 1 seed.

GIRLS TENNIS GIRLS TENNIS Brookwood, Norcross reach region finals LAWRENCEVILLE — Brookwood and Norcross each posted wins in the semifinals of the Region 7-AAAAAAA tournament

on Tuesday at Rhodes Jordan Park. The two teams will meet today at 3:30 p.m.at Rhodes Jordan Park for the region championship.

Brookwood (11-5) reached the finals with a 3-0 win over Parkview, getting singles wins from Avery Watson at No. 1, Kendra Womack at No. 2 and a doubles win at No. 1 from Madison Smeeton and Emma Withrow.

Parkview and LakesideDeKalb will also face each other in the third-place match.

Wesleyan 3, GAC 2 NORCROSS — Wesleyan took all three singles matches to get past host Greater Atlanta Christian 3-2 on Tuesday.

Bella Tucker, Elizabeth Bruehl and Harrison Feininger were all victorious for the Wolves.

GIRLS LACROSSE GIRLS LACROSSE Wesleyan 22, Archer 11 LAWRENCEVILLE — Wesleyan improved to 12-1 on the season with a 22-11 win at Archer on Tuesday night.

Emma-Kate Means led the offense for the Wolves with four goals, while Molly Bradach forced three turnovers on defense. Tabitha Contrad also recorded seven draw controls.

BOYS LACROSSE BOYS LACROSSE Lanier 21, Chamblee 6 SUGAR HILL — Lanier improved to 8-5 on Tuesday night with a 21-6 win at home over Chamblee.

Gavin Keniston led Lanier on offense with five goals, while Makenzie Rannals added four goals.

Buford 12, Holy Innocents’ 4 BUFORD — Buford had three players score three goals against Holy Innocents’ on Tuesday night as the Wolves went on for a 12-4 win.

Danny Raymond (three goals, two assists), Hunter Bulloch (three goals, assist) and Max Fenno (three goals) led the offense for Buford (7-6, 3-1). Max Whalen, Pierce Sanders and Adam Raymond each scored one goal with Whalen dishing three assists.

Mitchell Whalen led Buford in ground balls with 10.

GAC 11, Alpharetta 4 ALPHARETTA — Trey Wood scored three goals and assisted two more in leading Greater Atlanta Christian to an 11-4 win at Alpharetta on Tuesday night.

Michael Morris added three more goals with one assist, while Nick Jones was 89 percent on faceoffs for GAC (10-3, 4-0).

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Wesleyan tops King’s Ridge JOHNS CREEK — Wesleyan defeated King’s Ridge 158 to 180 on Tuesday afternoon at St. Ives.

Leading scorers for Wesleyan were Luke Jackson with a 38 and Sims Johnson with a 39.

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tory of the season. Freshman Michael Cherwenka, senior Cole Uvila, junior Matthew Swain and senior Taylor Folsom each registered a scoreless inning in relief.

Garland led the offensive attack by going 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Junior C.J. Ballard and freshman Walter Coursey added multiple-hit performances among the Grizzlies’ 13hit performance.

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Washington third baseman Anthony Rendon (6) tags out Atlanta’s Ozzie Albies (1) as he attempts to steal third base Tuesday in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tommy Gilligan-USA Today Sports)

ground out from junior Onassis Matos.

Georgia Gwinnet College got strong pitching performances for the second straight game. Five pitchers combined to allow two hits and one run, and had 10 strikeouts — a night after junior Gregory Loukinen tossed the program’s first no-hitter.

This time, junior starter Jonathan McKinney had five quality innings on the mound for his second vic-

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NGMC doctors participating in hernia collaborative isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

Two local surgeons are working to provide better care for their hernia patients by participating in a nationwide collaborative that aims at improving patient care.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Chad Copper, a surgeon with The Hernia Center at Longstreet Clinic, and Ron Lewis, a surgeon with Northeast Georgia

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Physicians Group Surgical Associates, are participating in the Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative, which uses “concepts of continuous quality improvement to improve outcomes and

optimize costs,” according to its website.

The collaborative, which was formed in 2013 by hernia surgeons in both private practice and academic settings, collects data and performance feedback on clinicians with the aim of improving hernia surgery based on an analysis of the data.

“Participating in the AHSQC is truly about providing better care for our patients,” Lewis said.

“It allows us to compare data and outcomes from

our cases with others across the nation, so we can improve our approach by learning from — and collaborating with — our fellow surgeons.”

Through the analysis of more than 27,000 hernia surgeries so far, the AHSQC provides best practices, decision support, care pathways and ongoing performance feedback to participants and partners.

Currently, more than 260 surgeons participate across the nation.

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Mr Thomas AddyJim was originally from man Highlands, NC. He earned Thomas (Tom) Addya Bachelor of Science deman, age 75 of Monroe, gree at Mars Hill College, GA went home to be with in Mars Hill, NC and comJesus on April 1, 2018. pleted a Master of Arts A memorial service degree at the University will be held at 11 am on of Alabama. He was first Friday, April 13 at Faith employed as a teacher and Baptist Church in Monroe. coach in Charlotte, NC Family and friends whose and later came to Georgia lives Tom touched are as headmaster of George invited to join the family Walton Academy. He afterward for a time to entered the business world rejoice in the life he lived. in 1984 as a Residential Marketing Representative at Walton EMC in Monroe, Georgia and then moved to Jackson EMC in Jefferson, Georgia as a Loganville Commercial and Industrial Ruby Evelyn Bentley Marketing Representative. He became Director age 78, passed away on of Corporate Affairs for Sunday, April 8, 2018. Ar- Jackson EMC in 1988 and rangements by Tim Stewart from 1992 until his retireFuneral Home, Loganville. ment in 2016 served as 770-466-1544.

Vice President of CustomGrayson er and District Services.

Jim was actively inAnn “Penny” Burton volved in his church (Johnson) and community. He was of Grayson, GA passed a devoted follower of away 4/7/18.

Jesus Christ and served as a Deacon, Treasurer, Alpharetta, GA Choir Member, and Kids Melba Castleberry Hope mentor at North Melba Castleberry, Metro Baptist Church. age 84, of Alpharetta Because of his leadership passed away on Tuesand planning abilities, day, April 10, 2018. he served on the Finance Team, the Building Committee, and the Strategic Planning Committee. He was involved in Rotary International, serving as Suwanee, GA a past president of the South Gwinnett Rotary Hunter Colby Crain Club, and as Assistant age 24, of Suwanee, GA Governor for District died April 6, 2018. Bill 6910. He established the Head Funeral Home DuRYLA (Modified Outward luth Chapel.

Bound) Program for rising high school juniors and Braselton, GA facilitated that program for 5 years. He was a graduate of the first Leadership Gwinnett Class. For over 40 years, Jim was a faithful Red Cross blood donor.

Jim’s hobbies included James Henry Crawlandscaping, traveling, reading, and spending ford, Jr. time with his family. Some Jim Crawford, of Braselof Jim’s many memorable ton, Georgia, went to be experiences in recent with the Lord on April 7, 2018 at the age of 68, after years included skydiving in Hawaii in 2014, a yearlong cancer jourhis baptism in the Jordan ney. Jim will be forever River in 2014, and singing remembered as a devoted in a Christmas Concert at husband and father by his Carnegie Hall in 2016. wife and best friend of A celebration of Jim’s 43 years, Kathey, and his life will be held on Thurstwo sons, Eric (Cindy), day, April 12, 2018, at and Ryan (Jessica). He 4:00 p.m. at North Metro was an awesome “Pa” Baptist Church, 1026 Old to three grandchildren, Peachtree Road NE, LawCharlie, Clark, and Quinn renceville, GA with Dr. Crawford. He will also Frank Cox officiating. The be fondly remembered remains will be placed in by his sister, Betty (Don), state at the church at 3:00 and many other extended p.m.

Family visitation will family members and dear be held on Wednesday, friends. He was preApril 11, from 4:00-8:00 deceased by his father, p.m. at Flanigan Funeral James Henry Crawford, Home, 4400 South Lee his mother, Mattie Crawford, and his older brother, Street, Buford, GA. A graveside service will be Charles Crawford. held on Friday, April 13, Jim would tell you that at 2:00 p.m. at Highlands his three greatest accomplishments in life were ac- Memorial Park, Memorial cepting Jesus Christ as his Park Drive, Highlands, Savior and Lord, marrying NC. Memorial donations for the love of his life, KathJim may be given to Hope ey, and being the father of for the Journey Cancer two wonderful sons, Eric Ministry, North Metro and Ryan. He loved people Baptist Church, 1026 Old and never met a stranger.

Peachtree Road, NE, LawHe had a servant heart and renceville, GA 30043. a generous spirit. Many hearts have been touched by his courageous cancer journey this past year. He never wavered in his faith, Monroe, GA

Flowery Branch, GA

Elvie Dacus Elvie Dacus, age 70, of Flowery Branch passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018.

Buford, GA

Jerry Nellson Douglass Jerry Nellson Douglass, age 79, of Buford, GA passed away on Monday, April 9, 2018. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Nell Douglass; and brother, Bill Douglass. Mr. Douglass is survived by his two daughters, Sherri and Michael Wright, Lawrenceville, GA, and Donna and Andrew Wolf, California; four grandchildren, Jeffrey and Shelby Wright, Garrett Wright, Grayson Wright, and Jackson Wright. A graveside service will be held on Friday, April 13, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Arlington Memorial Park, 201 Mt. Vernon Hwy NW, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 with Phil Gambil officiating.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Flanigan funeral Home in Buford.

Hazel B. Ethridge age 86, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on April 10th. Wages and Sons Gwinnett Chapel.

wanee, Georgia passed away April 3. A vibrant, witty mother and grandmother, Lily was born 1925 in Denver, Colorado.

During her lifetime, she lived in California, Hawaii, Washington, Arkansas, Illinois, and Georgia.

Lily was a talented, compassionate individual with many interests. She was a self-taught artist and avid collector of books. Her greatest joy came from being with her family.

Mrs. Oshiro is survived by son Kevin Oshiro of California, daughter Cheryl (Bill) Syrett of Atlanta, and grandsons Matthew (Rachael) and Alex Syrett of Atlanta. She was preceded in death by Robert K. Oshiro, her husband of 58 years. Services will by held Saturday, April 14 at Flanigan Funeral Home, 4400 South Lee Street in Buford. Visitation is 2-4 p.m. A memorial service begins at 4:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research.

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

Charles Edward Eubanks, age 87, of Sugar Hill passed away on Monday, April 9, 2018.

Snellville, GA

Annette Findley (Hammond) age 90 of Snellville, GA passed away April 4, 2018.

Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Snellville.

Monroe, GA

Debra Germann age 62 of Monroe, GA passed away April 6, 2018.

Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Inc. Covington

Mackenzie Dawn Howard age 17, passed away on Friday, April 6, 2018.

Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Loganville.

Suwanee, GA

Lily N. Oshiro Lily N. Oshiro of Su-

tion for the life and Salvation of Stephen Roberson will be held at Gwinnett Church, Thursday, April 12th, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. with dinner following the service. Gwinnett Church is located at 300 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Sugar Hill, GA 30518. In Lieu of flowers, please donate to Camp Kesem UGA at http://campkesem.org/uga.

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Monroe

Bobby L. Rowe age 84 of Monroe, passed away 4-6-2018. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Inc. Lilburn

Donald L. Smith age 91, of Lilburn, GA. passed away 4/7/18. Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel.

Hoschton, formerly of Buford, GA

Cumming, GA

Robert “Bob” Radford, age 79, of Cumming passed away on Saturday, April 7, 2018.

Sugar Hill, GA

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Buford, GA

Stephen Roberson Stephen Roberson was a man of God who loved the Lord, who never wavered on his beliefs, and showed strength in everything he put his mind to accomplish. He was a faithful and devoted husband and committed father whose love for his wife and boys was unconditional. Stephen had a deep compassion for his family and friends, who cherished those closest to him with his whole heart.

Good and faithful servant, YOU ARE CANCER FREE and HOME WITH YOUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST! “And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.” 1 Peter 5:10 #TeamPhteven. Stephen is survived by his wife, Jenell Roberson, Buford; sons, Nicholas Roberson and Travis Roberson; parents, Jack and Mariam Roberson, Wrens, GA; brothers, Bryan Roberson, Savannah, GA, Jamie Roberson and wife Shannon, Bartow, GA; father in-law and mother in-law, Shannon and Patsy Carey, Hoschton, GA; brother inlaw and sister in-law, Brett and Christie Carey, Cumming, GA; several nieces and nephews. A celebra-

Kenneth G. Taylor Kenneth G. Taylor, age 71, of Hoschton, GA and formerly of Buford, GA and the Gravel Springs Community passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2018.

He was preceded in death by his father, Keith Taylor.

He is survived by his mother, Margaret White Taylor, Hoschton, GA; step children, Dwayne and Barbara Standridge and Tony Standridge; aunt, Evelyn Harrison White, Buford, GA; and several cousins. Mr. Taylor was born June 21, 1946 in Buford, GA. He was a 1965 graduate of Buford High School in Buford, GA. He was retired from Rayson Tull Metal Company in Norcross, GA with thirtyfive years of service. He was an avid antique car lover and loved his 1934 Ford. He enjoyed traveling in forty-eight states of the United States and to Canada, Mexico, Italy and Germany. He was a member of the Hardee’s Breakfast Club and Birthday Club. He was a member of Gravel Springs Baptist Church in Buford, GA and attended Duncan Creek Congregational Church in Buford, GA. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home

with Dr. James Dee Dillin officiating. Interment will follow in Gravel Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, April 16, 2018 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

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Elmer Upchurch, Jr. Mr. Elmer T. Upchurch, Jr., age 90 of Dacula, GA, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018. Funeral service will be held Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 1:00 PM at Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel.

Pastor Stephen Fountain and Pastor Wayne Johnson will officiate. Interment will follow at Hamilton Mill Memorial Gardens.

The Family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 from 5 - 8 PM at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, the family request contributions to First Baptist Church Buford in memory of Mr. Upchurch. Elmer was preceded in death by his siblings, Robert Upchurch, David Upchurch, and Laura Hayes. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Betty Upchurch, Dacula; children, Mike (Sandy) Upchurch, Gainesville, Sandy (Jeff) Butler, Acworth; grandchildren, Jessica Butler, Atlanta, Melissa Butler, Carrollton; siblings, Juanita (Bruce) Payne, McDonough, Kenneth Upchurch, McDonough.

Elmer was born in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Elmer Toy Upchurch, Sr. and Leila Moon Upchurch and was a lifelong resident of the metro Atlanta area. He was ordained as a Deacon at Grant Park Baptist Church and was a devoted member of First Baptist Church Buford. Elmer retired after 48 years with Southern Freight Tariff Bureau and was a WWII Veteran where he served in the Merchant Marines. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather and will be deeply missed.

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Syria, Trump and a spirit of isolationism The isolationist spirit — a reluctance to become involved in foreign entanglements — goes back in U.S. history to Thomas Paine and his 1776 pamphlet “Common Sense” and to George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address.

In modern times, the isolationist spirit had a Cal strong pull Thomas against U.S. involvement in WWI and WWII, but was eventually overcome, however reluctantly, by catastrophic events.

Whether he realizes it, or not, President Trump tapped into that spirit when he instructed military commanders to wrap up America’s role in Syria and to bring the troops home within months.

One can almost hear the echo of Sen. George McGovern, D-S.D., who said in reference to the U.S presence in Vietnam, “Come home, America.”

Osama bin Laden bet on America’s impatience with protracted wars in devising his terrorism strategy, but if one side is “in it to win it” and the other establishes a timetable, as President Obama did in Iraq, it isn’t difficult to predict which side will be victorious.

Writing in the Washington Free Beacon, Aaron Kliegman lists five reasons why the U.S. should not leave Syria.

President Trump should read and heed them.

First, writes Kliegman, ISIS remains in Syria and continues to pose a threat, even though its ambition for a caliphate has been temporarily thwarted.

People who believe they have a religious mandate to keep fighting, believing their reward is Heaven should they die, will not be easily dissuaded by people they regard as occupiers and “infidels.”

Kliegman’s second reason for not abandoning Syria is rooted in the recent example cited above. When President Obama announced the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011, disaster ensued. First, there was sectarian warfare between Sunni and Shia Muslims, followed by the regrouping of alQaida in Iraq into Syria, which morphed into ISIS, requiring a stepped-up military presence ordered by President Trump.

Reason three: A premature withdrawal would undermine the president’s Iran policy, which includes abandoning the nuclear deal with Iran, possibly as soon as next month. “It simply does not make sense,” writes Kliegman, “to leave the nuclear deal, impose more sanctions and target the regime’s development and proliferation of missiles only to cede Syria to Iran.”

Reason four: “Washington would further lose its ability to influence events, ceding control to hostile authoritarians.”

While the Trump administration wants to pull out, the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey held a summit last week in Ankara on Syria’s future. Without an American presence, it isn’t difficult to predict Syria’s future. It will likely serve as a base for increased terrorism.

Reason five: The U.S. would again abandon the Kurds to a violent fate. The Kurds in Syria, notes Kliegman, “… have by far been Washington’s most effective partner in fighting ISIS on the ground.” They have also faced fierce opposition from the Turkish government in Northern Iraq. Abandoning allies is not a good way to build trust and confidence among friends in the ongoing war against terror.

I would add a sixth reason: The recent chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians. A precipitous U.S. pullout would only encourage the Assad regime and their Russian supporters to continue this assault on international norms and treaties and opponents of the government.

The Middle East is a mess and has been for some time. No one-size policy fits all circumstances, but premature withdrawal is not a policy, at least not one that will lead to victory, or at a minimum, stability. Perhaps President Trump can get our allies to share more of the cost and burden. For certain, both cost and burden will be much greater if he follows in President Obama’s footsteps and makes a decision that feels good at first, but in the end exacts a much higher price.

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

High prices are what ails health care “I’m lucky to have health insurance, but I still can’t afford to go to the doctor.”

“Ah, yes, you speak of a growing problem in health care. According to NextAvenue.org, between ‘a third and a half of people age 45 to 59 and a quarter of those 60+ went without needed health care in the past year due to its cost.’ That was the finding of a recent survey by West Health Institute and NORC at the University of Chicago.”

“My health insurance used to cover most of my costs.

Now I have extremely high deductibles that require me to pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars out-of-pocket before the insurance coverage kicks in. That’s making me avoid going to the doctor.”

“You are not alone. According to the findings, nearly half of the 45- to 59-year-olds surveyed ‘did not go to the doctor last year when they were sick or injured.’ Nearly half skipped recommended medical tests or treatment.”

“It’s even worse than that.

Due to the expensive deductibles and co-payments, I stopped getting my annual physical. I know an ounce of prevention is worth a pound

insurance (but wasn’t), and 53 percent got one where the amount they owed was higher than expected.’”

“It’s a total mess. I call the doctor and the hospital to try to figure out why I owe so much, but nobody has a clue.”

“NextAvenue.org says Tom transparency into medical Purcell bills and a lack of competition among health care of cure, but I simply can’t af- providers are two considerford preventive care.” able challenges. Accord“That certainly isn’t good. ing to Dr. Zia Agha, chief One doctor told NextAvenue. medical officer at the West org that chronic diseases, Health Institute, the lack of such as hypertension and dia- transparency and competition betes, are huge problems for limit consumer choices. Since millions. He said that early consumers lack the informadetection and intervention can tion they need to make smart, address them, but left uninformed health care choices, treated they can lead to heart they are unable to choose the disease, kidney failure and a most affordable care, which risk for getting a stroke.” ultimately drives costs up.”

“I tell you what may “Yeah, well I’ll tell you give me a stroke: opening what has really driven up my the stacks of bills I get for health care costs: Obamacare. any medical treatment I do My premiums and deductreceive! It’s always way more ibles have increased dramaticostly than I expected it to cally since Obamacare was be.” passed into law!”

“That’s also a growing “What you say is a fact. problem. The survey found According to Forbes it turns that ‘54 percent of Americans out that ‘across the board, for say they received a mediall ages and family sizes, for cal bill in the past year that HMO, PPO and POS plans, they thought was covered by premium increases averaged

about 60 percent from 2013, the last year before ACA reforms took effect, to 2017.’”

“I know it is true. People say the crazy stories about some families seeing massive increases in premiums and deductibles are hyperbole, but it is not! Millions can’t afford their health insurance now!”

“That is true, too. According to Kaiser Health Foundation polls, ‘37% reported having trouble affording health insurance premiums, up from 27% in 2015, and 43% had trouble affording deductibles, up from 34%.”

“I’m no health care policy expert, but cost is the primary problem with health care in America. Until we implement true reform that unleashes competition and takes other steps to drive down costs — until we restore premiums and deductibles to prices that average Joes like me can afford — I’ll be sick to my stomach, but I still won’t visit a doctor!”

Tom Purcell, author of “Misadventures of a 1970’s Childhood,” is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Send comments to Tom at Tom@TomPurcell. com.

I’ve recently been to opioid hell and back I’m feeling human again, thanks.

After three weeks of living in opioid hell — of constantly being sick to my stomach, of throwing up, of having the shakes and feeling depressed and crying — my body and brain are back to normal.

I’m no longer high and messed up on pain killers. I’m no longer trying to withdraw from them.

And I have a new, up-closeand-personal understanding of the country’s opioid epidemic and how easy it is for a 70-something guy like me to become addicted to potent pain pills.

My opioid nightmare started on March 13 when I had my left knee replaced.

The surgery went fine, but with knee replacement all the pain comes during recovery.

When I was released from the hospital on March 15, my doctor wrote me a prescription for oxycodone.

Fifty pills. Two every four hours at first, then one every 12 hours.

Hello opioid addiction.

For the first 10 days and 30 oxycodones, I was pain-free but a complete mess. I was often nauseous. I threw up

Michael Reagan now and then. I tried to do my knee exercises as I sat in my recliner chair and watched “The Voice” and whatever else was on.

I don’t really remember much else from those first 10 days, except for feeling sick and occasionally throwing up, but my wife told me my whole personality changed. I was angry. I was sad and depressed.

The pressure I was putting on my family to take care of me made me start crying.

On Sunday, March 25, my wife took my opioids away, but I took pill No. 30 against her will. On Monday morning I got up, felt nauseous — and threw up. I threw up every day after that for 10 days, but the third day of my withdrawal was the worst. I felt like I had been hit by an earthquake. I had the shakes all day.

When I went to have my surgery staples removed, the knee doctor took one look at me and sent me straight to my heart doctor. The heart doctor took one look at me, ran an ultrasound on my heart and sent me back to the ER for blood tests.

At the ER I threw up.

I sat in the ER for several hours, then went home and got lots of fluids. I was shaking so much I couldn’t hold my hand steady or sign my name. Today — April 5 — I can say I’m finally recovering from addiction. Yesterday was the first day since March 15 that I woke up and didn’t feel like I was going to be sick.

For the last week I haven’t thrown up once.

Last night was the first time I thought I could safely go out to dinner and order food.

My wife Colleen and I split a dinner.

The worst for me is over and I’ve learned some lessons the hard way. I now understand how powerful and dangerous opioids are. And how important it is to have a loving family at home to take care of you when you’re taking them or trying to get off them.

During the last few days

I’ve run into several other guys who had their knees replaced. What they said made me feel kind of stupid. One guy said he never touched oxycodone. He took Tylenol 3, which has codeine but is less potent.

When I ran into George Thomas, the retired foreman of my father’s ranch, he told me he had had both of his knees replaced. When I told him I was still recovering from opiates, he said, “I didn’t take anything.”

OK, well. I’m not as tough as old George.

I know opioids are valuable weapons against pain, and that before they were over-prescribed to help create the current crisis they were often under-prescribed. But if I have to have my other knee replaced, I’m going to take Tylenol 3 and keep the oxycodone in the box.

Michael Reagan is the founder of the email service reagan.com and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation. Visit his websites at www.reagan.com and www. michaelereagan.com. Send comments to Reagan@ caglecartoons.com. Follow @ reaganworld on Twitter.

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World Supermarket chain in U.K. ditches palm oil A major U.K. supermarket chain is ditching palm oil because of concerns about its environmental impact.

Iceland, which owns 900 stores and specializes in frozen foods, announced Tuesday it would stop using palm oil in products that carry its brand name by the end of 2018.

The company has already reformulated some of its products. It said that removing the ingredient from 130 remaining items would reduce demand for palm oil by more than 500 tons per year.

“We don’t believe there is such a thing as guaranteed ‘sustainable’ palm oil available in the mass market,” said Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland.

Iceland said it has spent $7 million on the project, and none of the costs will be passed on to customers. It will replace palm oil with alternatives including sunflower oil, rapeseed oil and butter.

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By Jason Hanna, Nicole Chavez and Tina Burnside CNN

An autopsy was scheduled Tuesday for a body found near the northern California site where an SUV plunged off a cliff last month, killing at least five members of a family in what investigators suspect may have been an intentional crash.

But it could take several weeks to determine whether it’s the body of one of three children still missing after the crash because lengthy DNA analysis may be needed for identification, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said.

Vacationers found the body of an African-American female floating in the Pacific Ocean surf Saturday, nearly two weeks after the SUV carrying the Hart family plunged off a cliff and onto a rocky shoreline in a remote stretch in Mendocino County, about 180 miles north of San Francisco.

The bodies of Jennifer and Sarah Hart, both 38, Sister says Assad were found March 26 inside their crashed SUV. regime targeted The bodies of three of their journalist Colvin adopted children — Markis, 19; Jeremiah, 14; and The sister of journalist Abigail, 14 — were found Marie Colvin, killed in Syria nearby. in 2012, says she and her The Harts’ three other lawyer have evidence that adopted children — Hanthe Syrian government spe- nah, 16; Devonte, 15; and cifically targeted the reporter in a rocket attack.

In court documents unsealed Monday, a former Syrian intelligence agent Mark Zuckerberg alleges an informant told the Damascus government cutouts take over about Colvin’s location the lawn at Capitol night before she was killed.

Colvin, a reporter for An army of 100 life-sized Britain’s Sunday Times, cutouts of Mark Zuckerbergs died in a rocket attack durtook over the U.S. Capitol ing the siege of Homs, the lawn ahead of the Facebook day after a telephone interfounder’s Senate appearance view with CNN’s Anderson Tuesday.

Cooper, in which she said The stunt is the work of that the Syrian war was “the global activist group Avaaz, worst” conflict she had ever which wants Zuckerberg, covered.

Internet CEOs and governThe former Syrian agent, ment regulators to fight turned defector, says the disinformation campaigns Assad government “regular- across Facebook and other ly monitored” TV broadsocial platforms. casts and newspaper articles.

“We know Facebook is A top intelligence official doing things to address the “wanted to learn their loca- fake news problem, but they tion and take the necessary are doing it in a way that is measures to stop them from too small and too secretive,” reporting,” the defector said Avaaz campaign director in the documents.

Nell Greenberg told CNN. The Avaaz campaign also Skripal’s daughter includes an open letter in response to Zuckerberg’s discharged from apology, which more than hospital finally 850,000 people across the world have signed. ZuckerYulia Skripal, the daugh- berg took out full-page ads ter of former Russian spy in several British and AmeriSergei Skirpal, has been can newspapers to apologize discharged from the British for a “breach of trust” in hospital where the pair were the Cambridge Analytica being treated for a nervescandal. agent attack just over a The group said the cutouts month ago. represent the hundreds of The medical director of millions of fake accounts Salisbury District Hospital, still spreading disinformaChrisine Blanshard, said tion on Facebook.

Yulia Skripal would require further treatment but that the Cohen raids also development was a “signifisought info on cant milestone.” Her father was making “good progtaxi medallion ress,” Blanshard said.

The Skripals were found The search warrant slumped on a bench on behind Monday’s raids on March 4 in the city of Salis- the office and hotel room of bury after being exposed to President Donald Trump’s a military-grade nerve agent, personal attorney, Michael British authorities said. The Cohen, included a request U.K. government blames for documents related to Russia for the attack, but Cohen’s ownership of taxi Moscow has denied any medallions, two sources involvement. familiar with the matter tell — From wire reports CNN.

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Hart family crash

People Miller arrested for alleged fake bomb threat

Former “Silicon Valley” star Todd Joseph “T.J.” Miller is facing a federal charge that he allegedly called in a fake bomb threat from an Amtrak train, officials said Tuesday.

Miller, 36, was arrested Monday night at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York.

He appeared before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven, Conn., on Tuesday and was released on a $100,000 An autopsy was scheduled Tuesday for a body found near the northern California site bond.

According a Department where an SUV plunged off a cliff last month, killing at least five members of a Washington family in what investigators suspect may have been an intentional crash. (CNN) of Justice press release, Miller called a 911 dispatcher in New Jersey on March Sierra, 12 — are missing, dirt turnout, then accelerat- Allman said he is investi18 and reported that he but investigators have said ed on that turnout for about gating the case as a crime. was on Amtrak Train 2256 they believe the whole fam- 70 feet until it went off the The Harts moved to a ily was in the SUV at the cliff, authorities said, citing home in Woodland, Wash., traveling from Washington, D.C., toward Penn Station in time of the crash. data from the vehicle’s soft- in mid-2017, recalled New York City with a female Police have said no one ware and air bag module. neighbor Bruce DeKalb, in the SUV was wearing a No skid marks were seen who said he had two sets of passenger, who, he said, had seat belt and that seawater in the area, officials said. disturbing encounters with a “bomb in her bag.” might have swept away the “I’m to the point where I the children after the move. missing children. Searchers no longer am calling this an “One of the girls came TV host resigns found nothing further Mon- accident,” Allman told HLN to the door at 1:30 in the after making day, the sheriff’s office said. last week. morning and said that she comment about The crash came as child There were no witnesses needed help and the parprotection personnel in to help guide police. A ents were not treating her Parkland student Washington state were try- passerby discovered the properly, and (she) wanted Another conservative ing to visit the family after SUV, seeing the mangled us to protect her,” DeKalb commentator is facing critia neighbor said he reported wreckage at the foot of the said, describing the first cism, and consequences, for a child’s complaint of mis- cliff. encounter. making indelicate comments treatment.

The family’s history, inThen in March, DeKalb Mendocino County cluding allegations of child said, Devonte began “com- about David Hogg, the Parkland, Fla., student and gun Sheriff Tom Allman has abuse and an investigation ing over asking for food control activist. described the crash as “a

by Child Protective Serand saying that they were Two days before Fox crime.” The vehicle appears vices in Washington state, taking meals away from News’ Laura Ingraham to have left a highway for a provides clues as to why him due to punishment.” experienced an exodus of advertisers for mocking Hogg, a St. Louis TV and radio based in the United States. host said he was “preparing” Retailers accounted for to assault the 17-year-old. one-third of all corporate On Tuesday, Sinclair defaults this year, underscorBroadcast Group, which has ing the pain this pocket of business feels as customers come under fire for bashing its fellow media in promoflock to Amazon and other tional spots, confirmed to online shopping hubs.

CNN that Jamie Allman has “Stresses in the retail tendered his resignation and sector have weighed on the operating earnings of depart- that his nightly show, which ment stores, discount stores ran on KDNL in St. Louis, has been canceled. and drug stores in particu“We have accepted Mr. An army of 100 life-sized cutouts of Mark Zuckerbergs lar,” Sharon Ou, a Moody’s Allman’s resignation and his took over the U.S. Capitol lawn ahead of the Facebook senior credit officer, said in show has been canceled,” the report. founder’s Senate appearance Tuesday. (CNN) Moody’s cited the “fallout said Ronn Torossian, a public relations executive acting Cohen has held numerous Former students who of changing consumer as spokesman for Sinclair, New York City medallions claim they were defrauded behavior and advancing said in an email. There will in his portfolio, according are now eligible for a e-commerce for traditional be no further statement at to records, though the value refund of up to 90 percent brick-and-mortar retail.” this time, he wrote. has been diminished since of the money they spent on the onset of Uber and Lyft. courses.

Former Pruitt aide CNN reported Monday In November 2016, just Cosby defense: to speak with night that the search was days after the election, ‘So-called victim’ also related to porn star Trump agreed to settle three congressional Stormy Daniels, according was after money lawsuits filed against his real investigators to a source with knowledge, estate school that argued An Environmental Bill Cosby’s defense atwith whom Cohen is in a the program featured false torney in opening statements Protection Agency official legal dispute over a hush advertisements and empty Tuesday described Andrea is expected to meet this agreement Daniels signed promises.

Constand as a “so-called before the 2016 campaign Trump repeatedly denied week with congressional victim” who was really a investigators to discuss his to keep quiet about an althe fraud claims and said con artist after his client’s concerns, which include leged affair between her and that he could have won money. wasteful spending at the Trump. at trial, but he said that as “You’re going to be agency, a source familiar president he did not have saying to yourself, ‘What with the matter told CNN. time because he wanted to Judge finalizes does she want from Bill Kevin Chmielewski was focus on the country. settlement for Cosby?’ And you already deputy chief of staff for know. Money, money and operations at the EPA until Trump University Retail defaults lots more money,” Cosby athe was placed on unpaid soar to record A judge has finalized a administrative leave. He had torney Tom Mesereau said.

“She was madly in love with $25 million settlement in raised concerns within the high in 2018 his fame and money.” the Trump University class agency about AdministraFinancial stress in the “She has a history of action lawsuit, paving the tor Scott Pruitt’s spending way for thousands of former retail industry is at a historic and was then stripped of his financial problems until she hits the jackpot with Bill students at the now-defunct high. work ID card and phone.

Moody’s said in a report Cosby,” Mesereau added. real estate seminar to get When CNN first reon Tuesday that retail sector ported on Chmielewski’s Cosby’s defense argusome of their money back. defaults hit a record high ments were part of an Judge Gonzalo Curiel suspension, EPA spokesduring the first three months man Jahan Wilcox said aggressive attack on Conin the Southern District of of 2018 as the rise of estand’s credibility and came California approved the he is among “a group of commerce and decline of settlement in March 2017, disgruntled employees who a day after prosecutors said malls continues to eat away have either been dismissed the former Temple Univerbut it was delayed because at profits. sity employee was drugged one woman wanted to opt or reassigned.” The agency Struggling Sears and and assaulted by Cosby at out and sue Donald Trump has also defended Pruitt’s bankrupt Claire’s are among spending, including his first his home in January 2004. separately. the nine retailers that deCosby, the 80-year-old Earlier this year, an class flights, frequent trips faulted on their debt during home, and his below-market TV icon, has pleaded not appeals court rejected the guilty to three charges of agwoman’s arguments. And on the first quarter despite the rate rental of a Capitol Hill gravated indecent assault.

Monday, Curiel finalized the healthy overall economy. All condo from a lobbyist.

— From wire reports but one of the retailers are settlement.

— From wire reports

Gas station bringing back days of full service with a twist CNN After a metro Atlanta gas station saw a 200 percent increase in slide crimes, owners decided to try something new.

Slide crimes occur when someone “slides” into your passenger seat while you’re pumping gas and makes off

Must read with your possessions. At times, your entire vehicle is stolen.

So owners at the Shell gas station on Cascade Road have decided to bring the age-old concept of full service back,

but with a twist. Consumers can download the station’s app and create a profile.

You then choose your attendant, the type of fuel you’d like and the amount you need. The purchase is registered, and an attendant comes out and pumps gas without the consumer even opening their car door.

Not only does the app keep you safe inside your vehicle, but it also protects consumers from skimming crimes, because you never have to swipe your credit card.

Consumers like Shandreka Rogers hope the idea catches on with other stations.

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The attendants are available from 7 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m.

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Garland flourishing with GGC baseball after fortuitous email to head coach

By Christine Troyke

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Georgia Gwinnett College baseball head coach Brad Stromdahl has a policy that any players who email his staff during the summer should get a chance to come in for a workout.

It’s never been more beneficial than when Alex Garland sent him a message two years ago.

Garland, who graduated from Hillgrove in Marietta, had just finished his sophomore season at Division II Erskine in South Carolina.

“When I first came in, I was one of the best hitters there,” Garland said. “My first college at-bat, I hit a home run. I don’t know. He started playing other See GARLAND, Page 3B

Alex Garland has flourished in two seasons playing for Georgia Gwinnett College after transferring from Division II Erskine. (Photo: Tom Grason)

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In the 23rd minute of his first Major League Soccer start, Miles Robinson kept up stride for stride with LAFC forward Diego Rossi on a run toward the Atlanta United goal.

It was a baptism by fire for Robinson, in a sense.

He had started for Atlanta United 2 the previous two weeks, but Leandro Gonzalez Pirez’s red card suspension necessitated manager Tata Martino to utilize his depth at center back.

Robinson was the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year in his final year at Syracuse University, but the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 MLS Superdraft was unable to play regular minutes last season, making a U.S. Open Cup start and five with Charleston Battery.

Rossi appeared to have a date with Atlanta United goalie Brad Guzan, but Robinson crashed it and turned Rossi away. It was perhaps the best opportunity LAFC had to score a goal in the 5-0 thrashing the Five Stripes handed it at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

“I just felt like that I’m trying to do what I can to stop the goal and that ended up happening so, I thought it was pretty good,” Robinson said after the match.

Robinson is not the only Atlanta United 2-affiliated player to make a start for the first team. Mikey

Atlanta United’s Miles Robinson (12) heads the ball over Los Angeles FC’s Carlos Vela (10) during the first half of Saturday’s match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

(Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

Ambrose started the home opener for United 2 and stepped in Saturday in the absence of Greg Garza, but he made his MLS debut in 2016 with Orlando City SC. Robinson is perhaps the first great test of United 2’s player development.

Without taking too much away from one game, United 2 head coach Scott Donnelly said his first start was a positive one, and left the door open for Robinson to

continue to gain reps with the United Soccer League side when the first team is back to full strength.

“Solid,” Donnelly said.

“We know what Miles is capable of, we know what his ceiling is. As much as we’re all happy with his continued progression, we know he hasn’t arrived. We know he has so much more to give and more space to improve.”

Martino was pleased

with the expertise his young forward provided in Saturday’s match with LAFC. Robinson’s strength his his ability to defend in Atlanta United’s third of the pitch, similar to how he defended Rossi. Robinson said ahead of United 2’s first match against New York Red Bulls II that his passing ability is his primary focus during his training with the USL side.

“He did a great job defensively, but I think that today the game allowed him to be successful in a sense that we were playing farther back and forced to defend,” Martino said after the match. “He is an excellent defender. The part of his game that we are still developing is when we have possession and are playing out the back. I think that today the game favored his strengths and gave us the chance to hide his weaknesses.”

Before either of last weekend’s matches, Donnelly remarked that Robinson’s passing against Charlotte Independence was a positive step for his development. Robinson was accurate on 86 percent of his 58 passes against Charlotte.

“Defensively, very solid,” Donnelly said.

“Cleans up a lot of things.

His passing is rapidly coming along. It’s something we work a lot with him on.

We look at video for defensive (moments) but also for attacking moments.

His passing stats (against Charlotte Independence) were quite good.”

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Collins Hill’s Dickerson commits to Three Rivers basketball

Collins Hill senior Mandarius Dickerson has made a commitment to the Three Rivers Community College (Mo.) men’s basketball program.

Dickerson, a 6-foot-2 guard, helped the Eagles to the state playoffs last season. He averaged 14.7 points, 4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.2 steals. He played three seasons at Southwest DeKalb before transferring to Collins Hill.

Tiller to be Jones’ assistant head coach at Cherokee Bluff

New Cherokee Bluff head football coach Tommy Jones announced recently that his assistant head coach will be Derek Tiller, who has deep Gwinnett ties.

Tiller, who spent this school year at Gainesville, was a longtime assistant at Peachtree Ridge. He is a graduate of Collins Hill, where he played football and was a state champion wrestler. He also played college football at Wofford.

Tiller will coach linebackers at Cherokee Bluff, a new high school in Hall County.

Buford’s May headed to Hall Co.

Buford assistant coach Michael May has joined the football coaching staff at Cherokee Bluff, a new high school in Hall County. He will work for new Bears head coach Tommy Jones, who was previously head coach at Dacula.

May, also a former quarterback at Buford and at LaGrange College, will coach Cherokee Bluff’s defensive backs and head up the strength and conditioning program. May’s father, Dicky May, is a longtime football and strength coach in Gwinnett.

Grayson’s Smith commits to UNC

Grayson junior Allen Smith announced his commitment this weekend to the North Carolina Tar Heels football program.

Smith, who played last season at Mountain View before a transfer to the Rams, chose the ACC school over a final five that also included Louisville, Nebraska, Penn State and Oregon.

The 6-foot-3, 210-pound outside linebacker is rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports. He had 40 tackles last season for Mountain View’s state playoff team.

“Overall, I liked the entire campus,” Smith said. “It was a great visit. Coach (Larry) Fedora kept it real from the jump. He welcomed me like I was his son.

Academically, Mrs. Kathy (Zambrana) is going to keep me in line and set me up to be the best I can be.”

— From staff reports

Garland •From Page 1B people over me. It wasn’t that I was doing badly statistically. I wasn’t. He just thought I wasn’t mentally prepared for the game — which I was and I was not.

But the only way to get mentally prepared is to allow them to play.

“I didn’t want to play on and off. I didn’t just want to DH. I want to play an intricate role and it wasn’t that way.”

Garland opted to redshirt his sophomore season, thinking he could transfer to another NCAA program.

But that’s not how things work. That meant if he was leaving, it had to be for an NAIA or JUCO school.

“When I was in high school, I played for a travel team called 6-4-3 Baseball and we played here (at GGC),” Garland said. “We worked out here and I was never really interested because, out of high school, everyone had this misconception that you had to go D-I, D-II. I didn’t know that much about baseball at the time.

“In my mind, D-I, D-II offers means, ‘Wow, I’m doing something good.’

But there are so many different aspects.”

Garland was a football guy all his life. His dad, Keith, played for Northwestern and Garland grew up with the sport

in Wisconsin. He picked up baseball later and got a wake-up call when the family moved to the Atlanta area.

“When it came to baseball IQ, when I first moved down here, I didn’t know much,” Garland said.

“I didn’t know you could slide into first base. I didn’t know simple things like you have to re-tag a base.

“It’s because I wasn’t exposed to this caliber of baseball. I had to travel from outside Milwaukee to Chicago, to Minnesota, to Michigan just to play competitive baseball. I played for a team in Chicago that was 3 1/2 hours away, driving to their practices, their games. It was ridiculous, but that was what I had to do just to play good baseball.”

His mom, Mona, had a job opportunity in Atlanta after his freshman year of high school.

“I started learning right away, but it was a reality shock,” Garland said.

“They know so much more. They’re better than I am. I had to play catch-up.

Fast.”

Garland’s eye socket was fractured in his first at-bat as a sophomore at Hillgrove.

He broke his hand each of the next two baseball seasons.

In a lifetime of playing football, Garland was never

injured and up until his senior year, football was what he thought he’d play in college. He had multiple scholarship offers, was invited to elite showcases and made campus visits.

“Baseball was something people wouldn’t have expected me to do, so I did it,” Garland said. “I loved it just as much as football.

I just really wanted to do what people didn’t expect me to do, kind of prove them wrong.”

Erskine offered him a full ride and Garland liked the head coach’s philosophies.

But after putting all his chips on baseball, Garland wanted the same commitment from the program and didn’t feel like that was still in the cards there.

He remembered how good GGC’s facilities were and emailed Stromdahl.

Stromdahl watched Garland walk in, looking every inch a linebacker at 6-foot-5 and a chiseled 248 pounds.

“The first time I met him, he got into the cage and he was this big, massive individual,” Stromdahl said. “He hit like four or five home runs and I was like, ‘Why are you here?’

So we talked a little bit and we made a scholarship offer right there.

“He’s just blossomed into a really integral part of our team.”

Part of feeding that

growth was giving Garland a clearly defined role.

“That was the biggest problem for him coming in here — he just didn’t know what he was,” Stromdahl said. “Was he a base hit guy? Was he supposed to just hit home runs? Was he first base? Was he an outfielder?

“He didn’t have an identity. So when we brought him in, we said we want you to play first base every day and we want you to hit in the middle of the order.

You can strike out a little bit, but we want you to be a leader. We want you to be a leader off the field and the baseball will take care of itself.”

Garland played 45 games last season and started 26 with a decent .268 batting average. He hit a teambest seven home runs, five triples and five doubles. He finished with 27 RBIs and 31 runs scored.

“Last season was a struggle when we were in it, but the best struggle we’ve ever had once we were out of it,” Stromdahl said. “Every single play was new. He had never seen it. Every single at-bat was kind of a new situation for him. It was, in essence, his freshman year where he took his lumps.

“It wasn’t a great year.

It wasn’t a terrible year.

But you knew there was more in there and you just

didn’t know when it was going to come out. He has absolutely proven that after his struggles last year, he’s been able to learn and grow and take them to the next level.”

The work he put in last year and over the summer showed.

Garland is hitting .367 through 36 games — all starts — for the No. 2-ranked Grizzlies this season. He already has a team-leading 38 RBIs and 34 runs scored with six homers and 15 doubles.

He’s also earned 14 walks and stolen six bases.

“It’s been a huge stepping stone this year,” Garland said. “In my mind, I had the confidence. I just needed the numbers to back up my confidence this year. I’ve been working really hard in the offseason, hitting constantly. I’ve been hitting with as many people as I can. I’ve been working on my fielding.

“When I come to the field, I want people to respect me. Not fear me, respect the fact that he’s an offensive threat, he’s a defensive threat, he can run the bases. It’s been a lot of preparation, mentally, physically, emotionally.”

He’s learned to bring the same level of intensity every day, to maintain his swagger.

“He’s such a nice human,” Stromdahl said. “He

has an unbelievably great family with great support.

He’s just a great kid. If you put some direction into a great kid, that’s kind of what we’re getting.

“And every day he keeps getting better. He’s a tireless worker.”

GGC assistant coach Dalton Martinez has played a significant role in Garland’s development, including defending him when gaps in his baseball education showed.

“I was still transitioning from being a decent hitter to being a good hitter two summers ago,” Garland said. “I remember Dalton telling one of the kids, ‘This dude is going to be buying you all shoes in four years.’ He’s always been someone who’s tried to help me and I’m open ears for him. He’s not speaking just to speak.”

GGC (29-8) is driving toward a return to the World Series and Garland is a big reason why.

“You kind of look back and wonder, ‘What if this kid had been playing baseball since he was 9?’”

Stromdahl said. “Because he gets so much better every game, every situation.

We’re really fortunate to have him. I think he has a long career in professional baseball ahead of him.”

“So, moral of the story, email us,” Stomdahl quipped.

Big-hitting first baseman Alex Garland has flourished in two seasons playing for Georgia Gwinnett College after transferring from Division II Erskine. (Photos: Tom Grason)

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WANTED FOR RENT

Plots w/2 vaults, opening & closing in the Dogwood Estates, section B, Spaces 1 & 2.

Orig. $15,000, asking $7,500. 404-392-1842

LANDSCAPING/ LAWN CARE

REMODELING, INC.

GWINNETT, SNELLVILLE Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens: 2 Burial

GWINNETT DUPLEXES

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Or Email: pathlightstories@ yahoo.com

2 Communities!

State Licensed

770-780-9786

MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR RENT

Call Byron 678-849-8691

CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE

152 Taylor Dr, Hoschton, GA 30548

‘COUNTRYSIDE LIVING, CITYSIDE ACCESS’

• Gas lanterns converted to low voltage electric or solar • New Post Lanterns Installed

Call John

SEVERAL TRACTS WITH FRONTAGE ON THE BROAD RIVER LOCATED JUST OFF I-85

CONTACT: DAVID ALDRIDGE JR C: 470 767-5583

RADIANCE LAMPLIGHTERS

770-962-2071

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE GOT LAND? Our Hunters will Pay Top $$$ To hunt your land.

Call for a FREE info packet & Quote.

1-866-309-1507 www.BaseCampLeas ing.com

GENERAL CONTRACTING

APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR RENT

WALNUT GROVE AREA 11.57 ACRES Of Land with +/-411 Feet of Road Frontage On Busy Highway 138.

Sewer is available to this property.

Suitable for grocery store or any type business. $2,225,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

BROOKWOOD SCHOOLS 1.03 Acre Wooded Zoned RS180. Lot located in Snellville in older established neighborhood in Brookwood Elementary School district.

Water, gas, and electric available.

No disclosure.

Owner purchased as investment property. $29,900 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

JEFFERSON, 30549

CONTACT: Linda Maples REALTOR® Coldwell Banker Upchurch Realty c: 404-405-3729 o: 706-543-4000

SNELLVILLE, GA 30078 BIRD LANE

North Broad St.

Price Enhancement $388,900

COVINGTON, GA 30014 1750 Georgia Highway 138

MONROE, GA 30655

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CONSTRUCTION LABORERS

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

SERVICES

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Preferred, but not totally necessary, depending on the position applied for. We work in repairing concrete, asphalt, lot marking, sealcoating, crack sealing and infrared repairs. We do everything that entails maintaining parking lots. We need anyone interested in filling out an application to stop by at the address above, on the following dates: Friday, April 13 - 10am - 4pm Saturday, April 14 - 10am - 4pm Please be sure to bring all necessary documents, including a valid driver’s license. We speak English and Spanish. Ask for the Rose Paving General Manager.

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FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

LOST COCKATIEL REWARD!!

We lost our cockatiel bird, Talley off Gaines Ferry Rd. near Van Pugh Park in Flowery Branch, Ga.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NORTH GWINNETT PLAYERS HOST CAMP BROADWAY June 4th-14th. Register on mypaymentsplus.

Owners: Avra & Stan, 678-828-9833 Stan cell: 404-321-9352, email: hawk@ mindspring.com

We miss her!

Please help!

VEHICLES MERCEDES-BENZ C-300, 2011 4 Door Sedan, Excellent Condition, Always Garaged, Gold, Mileage 46,725.

Call 10AM-8PM est.

470-558-8579. $19,500