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Police look for details on murder in Lilburn

BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes@gwinnettdailypost.com

Lilburn police are asking the public to come forward with information regarding a shooting outside the Brunswick Zone bowling alley in Lilburn that left a 20-year-old man dead.

At approximately 11:15 p.m. Sunday, Lilburn Police Department officers responded to the bowling alley, which is Rahmier Gardner located on Lawrenceville Highway, after receiving reports of a shooting, officials said.

When officers arrived on scene, they found Snellville resident and Brookwood High School graduate Rahmier Gardner suffering from “what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds,” a news release said.

“Despite the responding officer’s efforts at medical intervention, the victim was pronounced deceased by responding

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will decide today whether to put a MARTA referendum on the November general election ballot. (File Photo)

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Man in early 20s drowns in Lake Lanier

Commission to vote on holding referendum to join agency

BY CURT YEOMANS

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Gwinnett County commissioners will decide Wednesday if voters will get to cast ballots this fall on whether the county should join MARTA. The Board of Commissioners will hold a special called meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday in the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center auditorium to vote on holding a referendum in conjunction with the state’s general election.

The board will also vote on a proposed contract with MARTA at the meeting.

Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash Charlotte Nash isn’t talking on the record yet about the details of the contract, but she did express confidence in what will go before her colleagues for approval.

“I’m pleased to be at the point where we have what I consider to be a good contract for the board to consider,” Nash said.

It has been decades since the last time Gwinnett voters cast ballots on the issue of the county of joining MARTA, and commissioners aren’t in agreement on whether to go forward with a referendum this time.

BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes@gwinnettdailypost.com

A Gwinnett County man in his early 20s drowned off West Bank Park in the Forsyth County portion of Lake Lanier when swimming with two friends Monday evening, officials said.

Forsyth and Gwinnett County fire and law enforcement officials responded to the lake “a few minutes before 7:30 p.m.” after both agencies received 911 calls about an in-progress drowning, according to Forsyth County Fire Department Division Chief Jason Shivers, a spokesman for the department.

“Forsyth fire personnel were dispatched to a report of a drowning on the Forsyth portion of Lake Lanier, but Gwinnett fire also responded to assist, (given) they had been receiving 911 calls also,” Shivers said. “There was an extreme language barrier, and neither agency was sure where the event was, so Gwinnett was searching on their side of the lake, but calls were also coming from our side of the lake.”

Officials were able to connect dispatchers to the 911 callers, who were at the Forsyth County park. They told responding officials where their friend had drowned.

“It was a witnessed drowning, so we had a strong indication of where he was last seen and where he went underwater, which contributed to the finding of the body rather quickly,” Shivers said.

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This map from the Connect Gwinnett Transit Plan shows a possible second expansion of heavy rail, or an alternative light rail line, in Gwinnett during a possible long-range Phase II of the plan.

Gwinnett commissioners are expected to vote today on approving a contract to join MARTA, and call for a referendum asking voters to approve the county joining the transit system. MARTA service in Gwinnett is expected to include a heavy rail line in the area identified in the county’s transit plan. (Special Photo)

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I’m pleased to be at the point where we have what I consider to be a good contract for the board to consider.”

— Charlotte Nash, Gwinnett County Commission chairwoman

When Gwinnett last held a referendum on joining MARTA nearly 30 years ago, voters overwhelmingly voted against it.

Although there is some support on the commission for holding a referendum, Com-

missioner John Heard issued a statement Thursday vehemently opposing the idea, saying a proposed agreement was “fatally flawed.”

A MARTA spokeswoman confirmed Friday that the agency was negotiating a con-

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tract with Gwinnett County, but that it had not been finalized as of that time.

In addition to needing the county commission’s approval, any agreement between Gwinnett and MARTA would also require the approval of the transit See MARTA, Page 8A

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Man jumps to death at Gwinnett Medical Center

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A 29-year-old Lawrenceville man who had been admitted to Gwinnett Medical Center on Saturday morning jumped to his death from the hospital’s roof later that evening, police said.

Lawrenceville police officers arrived at the hospital, which is located on Medical Center Boulevard

in Lawrenceville, shortly after 7:45 p.m. after receiving multiple reports of a man who was climbing up the building, according to a Lawrenceville Police Department incident report.

“Upon arrival, I witnessed a man falling from the building of the Gwinnett Medical Center and strike the sidewalk,” an officer wrote in the report.

“Once other units arrived to the scene, I was escorted by a medical center

security officer to the top of the building to see if we could get access to the area where (the victim) stood before he jumped. After checking the roof of the building, it was determined that there was no access to the area where (he) stood before he jumped.”

One witness on the scene told police she was sitting outside eating when she saw the man climbing the building, then ran inside to tell security.

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Another woman said she saw the man climb halfway up the side of the building and sit on the edge before jumping off.

Hospital staff told police the victim had taken the elevator from the lobby to the sixth floor prior to his death, though it was unclear how he got to the side of the building from there.

“Our hospital community is shocked and saddened by this unexpected tragic event and grieves along with the family during this difficult time,” said Beth Hardy, spokeswoman for the hospital. “Gwinnett Medical Center is cooperating with the Lawrenceville Police Department. We will continue to provide our support as they conduct their investigation.”

According to the police report, medical personnel said the man was admitted

to the hospital Saturday morning after being transported from his residence around 10:30 a.m.

While it is not immediately known whether he had been discharged before taking his own life, medical staff told police that his mother, who lives in Florida, called between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. to tell staff that she was “concerned about his wellbeing.”

Due to federal privacy laws, no information about why the man was admitted to the hospital can be released, though he had bonded out of the Hall County Jail at 3:34 a.m.

Friday, a day prior to his death, Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth said.

He had been arrested Thursday when Hall County deputies found

Construction job training center opens in Norcross

BY CURT YEOMANS

“Our main goal of NAMC’s A new training center iConstrucdesigned to teach construction Pretion-related job skills to Apprenveterans, young people and ticeship Craig residents who are either program is Newton unemployed or underemto certify ployed recently opened in underserved and underemNorcross. ployed individuals and vetThe city’s Department erans with trade skills that of Economic Development are in demand and sustained partnered with the National job placement,” iConstrucAssociation of Minority tion National Training Contractors’ Atlanta chapter Coordinator Eddie Barnett to establish an iConstruction said in a statement.

Training Center, which held “We are pleased to have its first open house Saturthe support of the city’s day. The center is located in economic development deMiracle Hall at Hopewell partment for this important Missionary Baptist Church, program.”

182 Hunter St. in Norcross.

Norcross Mayor Craig The center will focus on a Newton said there is a mapre-apprenticeship program jor market for construction that provides instruction on in the U.S., with expenconstruction and construcditures surpassing $1.23 tion technology skills to billion. residents who are interested Participants in the iConin going into that field. struction program will take

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him with a stolen church van out of Florida.

No information as to whether the victim had a medical condition or what his behavior was when he bonded out of jail was available, given inmates undergo a medical exam during intake but not at release, Booth said.

If there are medical issues, Booth said, they are addressed during incarceration, though patient privacy laws prohibit the release of any such records.

Lawrenceville police Lt. Jake Parker said it is not known if drugs or alcohol played a role in the victim’s death, or if the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy.

Staff writer Curt Yeomans contributed to this story.

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PCOM’s first physician assistant class graduates

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seeming so passionate about starting a new program,” Cauthen said. “I thought it would be cool to be a part of Tuesday’s commencethe first class.” ment at Philadelphia College Not only is she graduating of Osteopathic Medicine — with a degree, but she’s also Georgia Campus was two getting married Saturday. years in the making. The “There’s a lot going on school’s inaugural graduat- now,” she said. “Two years ing class of the physician ago, I didn’t imagine being assistant program highlight- here, but here I am.” ed the sacrifice and accomEighteen other students plishment of 19 students. joined Cauthen in walking One of those graduates is across the stage after comAnna Cauthen. mitting the past 26 months As a middle school stuto the program. dent, she decided to become “Quality is never an aca physician assistant after cident. It is always the result seeing one of her cousins of high intention, sincere diagnosed with Leukemia. effort, intelligent direction “We were really close and skillful execution,” said and I’d go to the hospital to Rebekah Thomas, assistant visit,” Cauthen said. “The program director for P.A. medical staff took time to studies. “We celebrate the explain stuff to us and help high level of quality that us. When I learned more you (students) have demabout the P.A. position, I onstrated over the last 26 knew that was exactly what months.”

I wanted to do.”

The program started Cauthen, who graduated two years ago after school from the University of Geor- officials from the college gia in 2015, took a year off campus in Philadelphia before joining the Suwanee- recognized a need for physibased school’s inaugural cian assistants in Gwinnett physician assistant program. County.

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PCOM’s inaugural physician assistant program graduates are Lacey Bennett, Lauren Terrell,Audrey Jeon Angelica Forero, Christina Larkin, Hee Namgoong,Lucy Johnston, Dallas Knox,Kelly-Ann Peters, Katie Jo Wacker, Haley Peeples, Lauren Carosi, Benjamin Singleton, David Castillo, Danielle Kemp, Anna Cauthen, Carrie Simpson, Alanna Viken and Ashley Hayes. (Special Photo)

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Loganville, Monroe residents become partners at Conyers’ Antares Group

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Antares Group Inc. announced this week that it has named Loganville resident Nina Daigle and Monroe resident Lindsey Pierce partners with the Conyers-based accounting firm.

Daigle and Pierce work in the firm’s business and tax advisory group and have been with Antares for nine years.

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and Lindsey to partner marks an exciting milestone in their career and for our firm,” Nina Antares Daigle Group Inc. managing partner Emmitt White said in a statement.

“Lindsey and Nina have a depth of experience and enthusiasm for our associates and our clients that is valuable to the continued

growth of our firm.”

Daigle is a native of Bogota, Colombia, and received a Lindsey bachelor’s Pierce degree in accounting from Binghamton University-SUNY in New York. She handles business consulting, financial analysis, business valuations, tax compliance and sales and use tax matters, according to

the firm.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to be a part of an outstanding firm and partner group,” Daigle said.

“I look forward to continuing to work closely with the partners and staff to provide excellent service to our clients.”

Pierce received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Georgia. She also deals with business consulting and financial analysis matters but also handles estate tax compliance and planning issues.

“I am honored and thrilled to be a part of the team of partners at Antares Group.

We have been blessed with a great, hard-working group that provides excellent service to our clients,” Pierce said. “I am excited for the future of our firm and look forward to continuing to build strong relationships with our team and our clients.”

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Tapering is best method for stopping medications DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 61-year-old woman in fairly good health except that I have been taking prescription omeprazole once a day for heartburn for at least 10 years, if not more. I’ve read articles that say this isn’t good to take long term, like I’ve been doing.

When I’ve tried to stop by using famotidine instead, I still suffer from heartburn throughout the day. I’ve raised my bed and tried sleeping in an upright position. Your thoughts, please.

— O.D.S. ANSWER: It certainly is a good idea to periodically review with your doctor all the medications you take, to decide whether they are still necessary. It is very often the case that people are taking medications for unclear reasons, and the person who is prescribing it has been doing so without really thinking about whether the benefits still outweigh the risks, especially as people get older and may have acquired new conditions or had medication changes.

Proton pump inhibitors like omeprazole frequently are prescribed for short-term use but end up being continued for years.

Except in people who absolutely need it (such as people with Barrett’s esophagus), I agree with a trial of stopping and using H2 blockers like famotidine on an as-needed basis.

I recommend a taper, not a sudden stop.

Proton pump inhibitors are likely to increase the risk of infection, such as pneumonia (without acid in the stomach, bacteria are not killed as efficiently) and intestinal infections; may possibly increase the risk of osteoporosis; and probably reduce vitamin B-12 and iron absorption.

Although there have been reports of increased risk of kidney disease and dementia, I doubt the actual clinical risk is significant.

Still, there are enough possible adverse effects that it is worth balancing the risks against the benefits of reducing symptoms.

I am glad you tried some nondrug therapies, as we doctors often do not emphasize how important they are. In addition to raising the head of the bed (bricks under the feet is traditional, but a foam wedge under the mattress is also effective), losing weight for those who would benefit, avoiding tobacco and alcohol, and not eating three hours before bedtime make drugs unnecessary for many.

Some people benefit from eliminating certain foods, especially caffeine, chocolate and fatty or spicy foods.

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Family is feuding like cats and dogs Dear Amy: My son and his family recently took a two-week trip. I volunteered to watch their three large dogs in my small, 900-square-foot home while they were away.

One week after their return, I then asked them to watch my (one) dog for three days.

They said, “We can’t have him here because he chases our cat.”

Amy, they live on a 1-acre property with lots of space for kitty to escape!

My daughter-in-law said she was willing to stay at my house after work to care for my dog, but that meant that my dog would be alone all day.

My son is a stay-athome dad, so someone is always home there.

I’m so hurt. My son says my thinking is skewed, and that his wife was trying to make everyone happy. It is her cat.

I am not happy because it feels like my daughterin-law’s cat is more important than me and my dog.

I gave them a $200,000 break on the house they bought from me.

I paid for a new roof and $13,000 worth of windows.

I have been very helpful to them, and yet they can’t do this one thing I ask of them? Is my thinking skewed?

— Very Upset Dear Upset: Yes,

Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson your daughter-in-law’s cat is probably more important than your dog — to her — just as your dog is obviously more important than her cat — to you.

Have you ever had a cat killed by a dog? (I have.)

In the family chain of pet importance, is one cat somehow less important than one dog?

On the one hand, I agree that this family should turn themselves inside out to try to help you, because you taking on their three dogs for two weeks was a huge and heavy lift (where was the cat during this time?). On the other hand, your daughter-in-law seems to be trying very hard to reciprocate, by offering to visit, feed and walk your dog after work (of course, she or your son would have to do this in the morning too).

You are conflating many huge financial gifts and favors you have done for this family with their inability (or unwillingness) to take care of your dog under the conditions you want.

If you conveyed this to them, they might be willing to put their cat into a kennel for three days so your dog can roam free on their property.

If you don’t want to financially help this family, then stop. Your help seems to have become a burden for you when they don’t express their gratitude through reciprocation.

Dear Amy: I have a beautiful and wonderful girlfriend. I’m 63 and she’s 51, and we’re getting pretty serious about this relationship.

However, she has a thing for motorcycles (I don’t).

She doesn’t want to get her own bike (she doesn’t know how to operate one and doesn’t have a motorcycle license), but she feels like riding on the back of another man’s motorcycle, from time to time, would give her that sexual charge and rush.

She had done this a few times before we met.

I have grave concerns about this. I don’t want us to fight or split up because she desires this, but I think of the dangers of motorcycle riding, especially on another man’s bike.

I’m a car guy. She enjoys riding with me in my truck. Overall, we have a pretty good romance. We can see us getting married, but this motorcycle thing is a speed bump to me.

This woman checks off all the boxes for me except

for riding with another guy (or gal) on a motorcycle.

— Concerned Dear Concerned: I don’t want to start a vehicle war, but there is nothing sexier than riding with your guy (or gal) in a pickup truck. Take her parking in the moonlight.

What I’m suggesting is that you two should take her desires into account, but see if you can do so in a way that includes you both.

Who knows? Maybe horseback riding or running around on a tandem Vespa would do the trick.

Always wear your helmets.

Dear Amy: “Responsible Mom” told of her son hitting the neighbor’s mailbox while the father was “teaching” him to drive. Unfortunately, the dad was looking at his own cellphone at the time!

I’m with you on this — the father should take responsibility for the accident.

— Experienced Parent Dear Parent: When a learning driver doesn’t even get out of the driveway safely, it’s on the teacher.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson.com.

Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068.

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Look for the best way to use your energy, and concentrate on what you can accomplish this year. Honing your skills and having tunnel vision will help you find the success you want and deserve. Refuse to let the changes that others make distract you or lead you astray.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Look for unique ways to improve your quality of life without taking drastic measures or overspending. If you’re willing to do the work yourself, you’ll get good results.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Look for the most practical way to move forward. Listen to alternative ideas and consider how to best use what you have at your disposal to add greater stability to your life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Emotional limitations will stand in your way if you let your personal and professional lives overlap. Don’t fold under pressure. Size up situations and use your intelligence to overcome adversity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Don’t worry about what others say.

Use your skills, knowledge and experience to further a cause you believe in. Don’t feel challenged when you should feel invincible.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Turn up the volume and dance to the beat of your own drum. Propose what you want to see happen, do your own thing and take credit where credit is due.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Develop the changes you want to implement at home or work. Aim to boost your income and raise your standard of living.

Share your ideas and nurture an important relationship.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Take action, but don’t go overboard.

Keeping the peace and living within your means will be key to getting what you want without going into battle. Use your energy wisely.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Use your intuitive awareness to negotiate your way into a deal that will bring about positive financial change as well as improve an important partnership.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Emotions will rise to the surface.

Use your energy wisely and put your ideas in motion. Taking charge will help you surpass any competition.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Be careful when making personal or professional changes. Don’t upset someone unintentionally, or you will face difficulties trying to finish what you start. Get the go-ahead before you begin a project.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Deal with matters concerning a friend, relative or peer. Sending a clear message will help you avoid being emotionally manipulated or backed into a corner.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Feel your way through a situation that could disrupt your job or domestic life.

Knowing what you are up against will help you make wise choices. Romance is encouraged.

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world&nation world Nigeria launches app to fight human trafficking

California wildfires kill 8 people

By Paul Vercammen, Holly Yan and Madison Park CNN

Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency has launched an app called iReport that allows people to report cases of human trafficking in the country.

Using the app, citizens can alert local authorities on human trafficking incidents, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons said in a statement.

Nigeria is top among African countries where thousands of women and children are trafficked illegally to destinations abroad, especially in Europe.

The agency said it had secured convictions in 359 cases since it was created in 2003 to tackle growing cases of human trafficking in the country.

Director General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah-Donli said human trafficking networks were recording huge profits from their activities as young women escaping poverty fall into the clutches of traffickers who paint a rosy picture of life in Europe.

The mammoth infernos raging across California will likely get worse before they get better, with menacing weather forecast for the rest of the week.

Eight people have already died from two of the most destructive wildfires — the Carr and Ferguson fires.

And extreme heat — combined with bone-dry conditions — will help fuel the fires.

“California can expect to see hot, dry and breezy conditions through the end of the week,” CNN meteorologist Gene Norman said.

Temperatures will soar into the lower 100s in many places, Norman said, and whipping winds will be “wildly fluctuating as the fires generate their own localized wind.”

Across California, more than a dozen other large wildfires are blazing out of control.

The deadliest of the current wildfires, the Carr Fire, is now the seventh most destructive inferno in France bans California history, state fire smartphones officials said. from schools Six people have died in this blaze, including three French children will have members of the same famto leave their smartphones ily. and smart devices at home or The Carr Fire has deswitched off when they are at stroyed more than 110,000 school starting in September. acres, according to the The ban on smartphones as well as other kinds of internet-connected devices, such as tablets, applies to schoolchildren between 3 Trump asked and 15 years of age, and was passed by lawmakers John Kelly to on Monday. French high stay on to 2020 schools, or lycees, with White House chief of staff students 15 and older, will John Kelly announced at a get to choose whether to adopt the phone ban for their senior staff meeting Monday that President Donald Trump pupils.

The law fulfills one of asked him to stay on as chief President Emmanuel Maof staff until at least 2020 cron’s campaign promises.

— and that he agreed — It passed 62 votes to one, three White House officials supported by members of confirmed to CNN. Macron’s centrist La ReKelly and Trump dispublique en Marche! party. cussed him staying on as Some lawmakers from the chief of staff until 2024, a right and the left abstained, source with knowledge of claiming the law would the conversation tells CNN, change little. but he only committed to staying through the remainMalaysia’s head of der of the president’s first term. aviation resigns The announcement came after Kelly marked his first after failure anniversary as chief of staff The head of Malaysia’s amid a swirl of rumors about civil aviation authority his seemingly imminent resigned Tuesday after a departure. The Wall Street report on missing Malaysia Journal first reported news of Airlines flight 370 showed Kelly’s plans. failures by Kuala Lumpur’s air traffic control center.

Investigation for Malaysian authorities said Monday they had failed missing university to determine the cause of student continues the 2014 disappearance of More than 200 interviews the aircraft, but highlighted have been conducted in lapses by air traffic control in complying with operating the investigation into the disappearance of Univerprocedures — without suggesting they were to blame sity of Iowa student Mollie for its loss.

Tibbetts, according to the Azharuddin Abdul Rahspecial agent in charge. man, the chairman of the Tibbetts, 20, disappeared Civil Aviation Authority of nearly two weeks ago in Malaysia, said in a statement Brooklyn, a small comthat while the report did not munity an hour east of Des fault the Department of Civil Moines, according to the Aviation, there was evidence Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Kuala Lumpur Air TrafOffice. fic Control Center “did not The hundreds of intercomply with certain Stanviews are related to tips dard Operating Procedures.” investigators have received, His resignation will take said Richard Rahn, the speeffect in 14 days. cial agent in charge with the — From wire reports Iowa Division of Criminal

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people Jennifer Lopez to receive MTV Vanguard Award

Jennifer Lopez will receive The Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards next month.

The network revealed the news on Tuesday.

Previous winners of the award include Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Madonna and Pink.

Lopez will also take the stage to perform — a first A helicopter drops water on a burning hillside near Finley, Calif., on Monday, July 30. at the show since 2001.

Additionally, the singer is (CNN) nominated in two VMA California Department of shifting winds, dry fuel and firefighters is that the flames categories for her new Forestry and Fire Protection steep terrain all work against are largely burning in steep, single, “Dinero.”

Fans can vote online for — also known as Cal Fire. them. inaccessible terrain. their top selections across That’s an area larger than The flames were sparked Unlike the Carr Fire, Denver.

July 23 by the mechaniauthorities don’t know what 12 VMA categories over Josh Lister and his family cal failure of a vehicle, Cal started Ferguson, which has the next few weeks.

The MTV VMAs will lost their home and belong- Fire said. Since then, it has now engulfed more than be set at Radio City Music ings after the fire swept destroyed more than 880 57,000 acres.

Hall and broadcast on through Redding — a city of homes.

In the past several days, August 20. almost 100,000 people.

Now there are fears that smoke from the California “It was a firestorm when the human toll could get wildfires has stretched all we left,” Lister said. worse. As of Monday night, the way to Oklahoma.

MoviePass is Afterward, he was 19 people were still reported And California has stunned to see the devastamissing in Shasta County, already spent a quarter of its raising its price, cutting access to tion in his neighborhood. officials said. firefighting budget for the “It looked like an atomic After 19 days of destruc- year in the month of July. blockbusters bomb went off,” he said. tion, the Ferguson Fire in Cal Fire spokesman JonaMoviePass is making The Carr Fire is so large central California was only than Cox said the intensity and intense that it created 33 percent contained Tuesof this summer’s wildfires is big changes in a bid to stay alive. its own localized weather day morning. historic.

The service, which lets system, making it difficult to Two people have been “What we’re seeing in predict which way the blaze killed in the fire, but no California right now is more subscribers see a movie a day in the theater, is will spread. homes have been damaged destructive, larger fires More than 3,300 fire or destroyed, fire officials burning at rates that we have raising the price of its standard plan from $10 personnel are battling the said. historically never seen,” he to $14.95 per month. The flames in triple-digit heat as A huge problem facing said. change will take effect in the next 30 days.

And some major rewhen accounts connected to a Kremlin-linked troll group leases will be “limited in their availability” on the posing as Americans ran service for the first two rampant on its platform. weeks they’re in theaters.

Publicly, Facebook is It’s not clear how saying it does not know for “limited” those films will sure who was behind the network, but is saying it has be to MoviePass users.

The company did say that “found evidence of some big movies may be made connections between these accounts” and accounts that available through promotions. had been run by Russian MoviePass subscribtrolls in the run-up to the ers have already reported 2016 presidential election. similar restrictions. For The company also said it example, the blockbuster White House chief of staff John Kelly announced at a se- had reported the network “Mission: Impossible — nior staff meeting Monday that President Donald Trump to law enforcement and to asked him to stay on as chief of staff until at least 2020 Congress.

Fallout,” which opened — and that he agreed — three White House officials conlast weekend, was unfirmed to CNN. (CNN) Missouri Duck boat available for at least some MoviePass customers. millions of dollars in “secret Investigation for the Major The changes come amid income” that he earned from accident prompts Crime Unit. The sheriff’s serious financial woes office is scheduled Tuesday his lobbying in Ukraine, investigation for the company, which said Uzo Asonye, a prosto give an update on the Missouri Attorney borrowed $5 million last ecutor working on the case investigation. week so it could pay for Investigators are continu- with special counsel Robert General Josh Hawley has opened a criminal investimovie tickets.

Mueller’s team. Manafort ing to evaluate data, going gation in the duck boat acbecame wealthy from the over the leads list, and hav“cash spigot” that came from cident that killed 17 people Alan Alda reveals ing agents in the field to loon a lake near Brandson. cate Tibbetts. Data includes working for his “golden he suffers from The investigation into social media and information goose in Ukraine,” former the July 19 tragedy at Table Parkinson’s from a Fitbit that Tibbetts is President Viktor YanuRock Lake is being conkovych, Asonye said. known to have.

Alan Alda revealed “All of these charges boil ducted under the Missouri Investigators executed Tuesday that he has been Merchandising Practices search warrants for Tibbetts’ down to one simple issue: living with Parkinson’s Act, according to Mary Fitbit, which she was known that Paul Manafort lied,” Comptom, a spokeswoman disease.

Asonye said. “Manafort to wear, and her Snapchat, The “M*A*S*H” star for Hawley. placed himself and his Instagram and Facebook appeared on “CBS This “We are working with money over the law.” accounts, Mitch Mortvedt, Morning” and shared that investigators to determine spokesman for the Iowa Dihe was diagnosed three the facts and whether any vision of Criminal Investiga- Facebook staff and a half years ago. criminal charges are aption, said last week. removes pages of propriate,” she said in a “I’ve had a full life since then,” he said. “I’ve statement.

Russian network Prosecutors’ Word of the investigation acted, I’ve given talks, I statement: Paul help at the Alda Center for Facebook has removed comes days after the filing a network of suspected of a wrongful death lawsuit Communicating Science Manafort lied at Stony Brook, I started Russian-linked accounts and seeking $100 million in Prosecutors accused pages involved in organizing damages from the operator this new podcast.” former Trump campaign Alda, 82, said he’s political events in the United of the duck boat. chairman Paul Manafort of States. The network is the When the Ride the Ducks going public now bebeing a “shrewd” liar who most extensive effort to inBranson amphibious vessel cause he’s been doing orchestrated a global scheme terfere in American politics started sinking July 19, the a great deal of press lately for his new podcast, to avoid paying taxes on mil- that Facebook has found and canopy entrapped the pas“Clear+Vivid with Alan lions of dollars, in opening made public ahead of Nosengers and dragged them Alda” and he noticed statements that kicked off vember’s midterm elections. to the bottom of the lake, Manafort’s trial on Tuesday.

The move comes as part attorney Robert Mongeluzzi something in the video of himself.

Manafort lived an “exof Facebook’s efforts to told reporters Monday.

— From wire reports travagant lifestyle” fueled by prevent a repeat of 2016, — From wire reports

Apple is within striking distance of one trillion dollars

By Paul R. La Monica

Some think Apple needs a new product to keep sales and profits booming, but the stock is Apple is within striking disforecasts, sending the stock up up 12 percent this year thanks to tance of a trillion dollar market more than 2 percent in after solid sales of the iPhone 8 and value. hours trading.

X — particularly in China and The iPhone maker is currently If it opens that much higher Japan. Surging services revenue worth about $935 billion, and today, it will have a market value from the App Store has also the stock only needs to go up of nearly $960 billion, moving it helped. about 7 percent for it to top the closer to becoming the first U.S. Apple also has been using a mark. company to cross the trillion nearly $245 billion stockpile of Apple wowed investors when dollar mark. cash to boost its dividend and it reported earnings Tuesday afThat’s a one with twelve stock buyback program as a ternoon. Sales and profits topped zeroes. reward for investors, which now CNN

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includes Warren Buffett.

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought nearly 75 million shares of Apple in the first quarter, making it Berkshire’s top stock holding.

Apple isn’t the only tech giant closing in on a trillion dollar mark. Amazon is worth a little more than $870 billion. Google owner Alphabet has a market valuation of nearly $845 billion.

And Microsoft’s market cap is now just under $815 billion.

Wall Street has been speculating about which of these companies will hit the trillion dollar level first and how long it might be before all four of them are worth at least that much.

Of course, there is no guarantee that any of them will reach the trillion dollar mark. Investors widely expected both Cisco and Microsoft to top a trillion dollar market cap in the late 1990s before the tech bubble burst in March 2000.

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Ex-Auburn cop sentenced for drug-related crimes officer by stealing from drug traffickers for his own financial gain,” said U.S. Attorney BJay Pak. “We are grateful for our law enforcement partners who worked tirelessly to bring Hubbard and his co-conspirators to justice.”

According to Pak, from 2009 to 2016, Hubbard and his partners worked together to identify, extort and rob drug dealers.

“After a several monthslong investigation, the planning for their latest exploit started on March 30, 2016, when a confidential source approached co-defendant Morgan with a plan to steal money from purported drug dealers who were going to give the confidential source $60,000 for a kilogram of heroin,” Pak said. “The confidential source proposed that Morgan elicit Hubbard’s help, a sworn police officer with the Auburn, Ga., Police Department, to conduct a fake traffic stop of the source and seize the money for the participants to split.”

That day, Morgan presented the plan to Rosendary who then presented it to Hubbard. Hubbard agreed to participate in the robbery and extortion plan, Pak said.

“On April 4, 2016, DEA agents gave the confidential source $40,000,” Pak said.

“The source drove to an apartment complex where Hubbard, wearing a tactical police vest and police badge, approached the source and took the money. Hubbard, Rosendary and Morgan met briefly, divided the money, and departed.”

Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested the three men, but not before Rosendary led the agents on a high-speed chase that ended after Rosendary lost control of his vehicle.

Morgan, who was the passenger in the vehicle, fled on foot and was tracked down by a K-9 unit. When the dog found him, Morgan had $10,000 in his pants and another $10,000 nearby.

Hubbard was found with $20,000 in his vehicle.

“The overwhelming majority of police officers perform their duties with honor and professionalism,” said Daniel Salter, the Executive Director of the Atlanta-Carolinas High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, which helped investigate the crimes. “This defendant abused his position of trust by robbing drug dealers and now he must spend well-deserved time in prison for his criminal acts.

This case would not have been possible without the dedicated cooperation between HIDTA, DEA, its law enforcement partners and the subsequent prosecution by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.”

Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Atlanta Field Division Robert Murphy said when an officer violates his oath, police-citizen trust is “eroded.”

“The public places trust in law enforcement officials and expects for officers to protect and serve them,” Murphy said. “The defendant in this case unfortunately does

not fairly reflect the honest and hardworking men and women of law enforcement who put their lives on the line daily to protect its citizens.

This case is a reminder that no officer is above the law.”

The charges the men pleaded guilty to are: • Hubbard: Conspiracy to obtain property by extortion under color of official right and conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute.

• Rosendary: Conspiracy to obtain property by extortion under color of official right, conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute and conspiracy to commit robbery by force.

Rosendary is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 15.

• Mattadeen: Conspiracy to obtain property by extortion under color of official right and conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. Mattadeen was sentenced to eight years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release.

• Rivera: Conspiracy to

obtain property by extortion under color of official right and conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. Rivera was sentenced to seven years, eight months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.

• Henley Jr.: Conspiracy to commit robbery by force.

Henley was sentenced to six years, three months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.

• Morgan: Conspiracy to obtain property by extortion under color of official right and distribution of heroin.

Morgan was sentenced to three years, 10 months in T prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.

• Williamson: Conspiracy to obtain property by extortion under color of official right and conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute. Williamson was sentenced to one year, six months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.

favored by Delta Air Lines had been pushed in the General Assembly earlier this year. That bill stalled Gov. Nathan Deal has out in the legislature, howordered a suspension of ever, amid a squabble about Georgia’s 4 percent jet fuel Delta ending discounts for sales tax starting today, his members of the National office announced.

Rifle Association.

In a statement, Deal did Deal instead framed it as not specify any airlines that a move to extend Georgia’s prompted his executive or- support of business. der to suspend the tax, but a “In order to remain the fuel tax exemption heavily No. 1 state in which to do

business, attract more companies to our communities and provide more jobs for our growing population, it is crucial to maintain and preserve a pro-business climate,” Deal said. “Providing tax relief to job creators will help us maintain our competitive advantage as a global hub for commerce now and in the future.”

Deal’s office said the tax on jet fuel sales generated

$39 million in revenue during fiscal year 2018, and that airports across Georgia have a $62 billion annual economic impact.

Flights departing from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport alone bring in nearly $11 billion in foreign investments and provide support for 42,000 jobs in Georgia, the governor said.

Deal cited similar moves

the state had taken in the past, such as eliminating the energy sales tax on manufacturers in 2012, a move he said led to the number of manufacturing jobs in the state growing by 12.5 percent by 2017.

As part of his argument that suspending the jet fuel sales tax supported business related to or supported by the airline industry, Deal cited how the tax stacked

up against other states.

“Georgia imposes the fourth-highest fuel tax burden among states with major airport hubs, putting us at a daily disadvantage behind North Carolina, Texas, Florida and New York, among others,” the governor said in a statement. “In fact, Georgia’s tax burden ranks only behind high-tax states California, Illinois and Michigan.”

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A former Auburn police officer who pleaded guilty in 2016 for his role in extorting and robbing drug dealers and trafficking drugs was recently sentenced in federal court to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release.

Former Auburn Police Department Cpl. Charles Hubbard, 54, of Loganville, along with his co-defendants, Shane Mattadeen, 41, of Lilburn; Wilfred Rivera, 38, of Sugar Hill; Michael L. Henley, Jr., 32; of Alpharetta, Shaeib Morgan, 42, of Stone Mountain; Clem C. Williamson, 43, of Lawrenceville; and Martin Rosendary, 47, of Atlanta pleaded guilty to exploiting drug dealers by robbing them and extorting them for their own financial gain.

“Instead of enforcing the laws he swore to uphold, Hubbard abused his position as a law enforcement

Deal orders suspension of Georgia’s jet fuel sales tax

By Curt Yeomans

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obituaries Lawrenceville, GA

Shell Clevenger age 60 of Lawrenceville, passed away July 30. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.

Lilburn, GA

Melvin Wayne Lancaster Melvin Wayne Lancaster, 64, died unexpectedly on July 27, 2018. Melvin was born in 1953 in Charlotte, North Carolina to Robert and Nancy Lancaster. He was a graduate of Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina. He began his career as a draftsman, and subsequently worked in the steel industry for many years. In 1991, he founded his own company, Cable Connections.

During his 24-year tenure as CEO of Cable Connections, Melvin established a reputation as one of the preeminent high-end cabling manufacturers in the cable assembly industry. His professional expertise served his lifelong commitment to facilitating key contributions in cable applications in the fields of the medical and defense industries.

After his retirement from Cable Connections in 2015, Melvin was able to devote his business pursuits full time to real estate in the Atlanta, Orlando, and St. Simon’s markets.

A common thread linking all of his ventures was his ability to implement his remarkable creative vision to projects related to design, construction, and renovation.

He was devoted to his wife of thirty-four years, Marcie Cate Lancaster, and their two daughters Amanda McArthur and Allie Lancaster. His love and passion for his family was the foundation of all of his life’s endeavors.

His two daughters and three grandchildren were his absolute pride and joy.

He was an avid sportsman whose hunting and fishing activities took him to Montana, Mexico, and even big game hunting in Africa. Melvin’s appreciation for classic car design led him to decades of collecting and refurbishing antique automobiles, especially American-made sports cars. Melvin was well known among family, friends, and business associates for his larger than life, charismatic personality. Ever the consummate host and entertaining storyteller, through the years he created memorable moments of shared laughter and joyful times for his guests and loved ones.

He is survived by his wife Marcie Lancaster of Lilburn, GA, and his two daughters: Amanda McArthur (Quinn McArthur) of Winter Park, FL and Allie Lancaster of Atlanta, Ga. He is also survived by three grandchildren: Max, Graham, and Mary Hollis McArthur.

The funeral service will be Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, Brunswick, Georgia.

Friends and acquaintances are welcome.

In lieu of flowers, in honor of his late mother, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, https://donatenow. heart.org Arrangements are under the direction of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, www.edomillerandsons. com.

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Ron “Lucas” LaPann It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our larger than life husband, father, brother and grandfather, Ron “Lucas” LaPann. Born in Jacksonville, FL in 1942, Ron graduated from Robert E.Lee High School, where he was a top athlete

in multiple sports, he went on to college at Jacksonville University.

He transferred to, and graduated from, Shorter College where he will be remembered as a legend in Rome, GA as a dynamic basketball star and ever popular radio personality introducing hundreds of country music artists year after year with WLAQ. He once held the record for most consecutive days on the air without a break at WLAQ for 9 days.

After graduating he was so proud to have taught 6th grade math and science at Coosa in Rome. His incredible personality as a dj and loyal following led to a successful role as tax commissioner which he held with great pride in Floyd County. Many of us will always remember his booming, beautiful voice on local radio as “Ron Lucas” here in Gwinnett County at WPLO, WLAW and Oldies Lake 102, as the voice of Lake Lanier. Thousands of live broadcasts, remotes, sales in advertising and morning radio was part of who he was and we will never forget. He took pride in helping many friends into broadcasting over the years. After he left radio he had a successful career in sales with ValPak of Atlanta and owned a franchise with Money Mailer.

We will always remember Ron as a big guy with big sense of humor - always ready to tell a joke and good story. May our big guy now rest in the arms of the Big Guy upstairs.

We love you, Ron! Ron is survived by his beloved, devoted wife of 38 years, Gail LaPann; daughter, Summer Hanchey (Justin); son Ronnie LaPann (Cristy); grandchildren, Emmalea Ange, Kednall LaPann, Daniel LaPann, Madison Hanchey and Noah Hanchey; Sister, Linda Rhue of St. Augustine, FL; Mother-n-law, Betty Sloan of Rome, GA; nieces Krissy Henley (Chad) and Jenna Reeder (Dennis); nephews Terry Rhue, Kiley Smith, Kevin Bing and Greg Sloan. A memorial service honori

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ing the life of Ronald will be held on Friday, August 3, 2018 at 3:00pm at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 3rd from 1pm until the time of service at 3pm.

Condolences may be sent to or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome.com.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service LLC, “A Family Company” 120 Scenic Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 770-963-2411.

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William Eugene Smith SMITH, William Eugene June 9, 1951 - July 26, 2018 On Thursday, July 26th, 2018, The Lord embraced his child, William Eugene Smith, and welcomed him to His Kingdom. There, surely, he was greeted by his late wife of 46 years, Claire Davis Smith, his infant daughter, Megan, his youngest son, Wes, his father, Claude E. Smith, Sr., his mother, Gladys Griffiths Smith, and brother, Claude E. Smith, Jr., all having found their way to heaven in advance of him.

Bill, as he was known to so many, was born on June 9, 1951 in Decatur, GA. He attended Briarcliff High School where he met many of his life-long friends, and graduated from Georgia State University, where he earned his Bachelors Degree in Accounting and his Masters in Business Administration. As an adolescent, his parents were active members of Clairmont Hills Baptist Church, where he met his late wife Claire. Together, they started a family and lived much of their lives in the Smoke Rise area of Stone Mountain, where

they were active members of Smoke Rise Baptist Church, and made many friendships that still hold to this day. He successfully owned and operated Stone Mountain Ford, in Stone Mountain, Georgia and Heritage Lincoln Mercury in Snellville, Georgia for numerous years before retiring, and later focused on the charity that he founded, When Everyone Survives Foundation, which was established to fund leukemia research after his youngest son was claimed by the disease in 2005. He chronicled this experience in a book that he wrote, “Later” (http://a. co/407CZn1).

In February of 2017, Bill met Cindy McGee, a widow of 9 years. They immediately became best friends and soon realized that they were deeply in love with each other. After meeting Cindy, Bill rediscovered his love for golf and for dancing. Together, they enjoyed taking ballroom dance lessons, going on dinner/dance dates, and playing what they termed “happy golf”.

They married in May of 2018. Bill and Cindy regularly attended Perimeter Church in Johns Creek.

It was obvious to all who knew them that they each brought much love, light, laughter, and joy into each other’s lives.

Bill was a devoted and loving son, brother, husband, father and grandfather. He was a devout Christian with a thirst for the Word and a desire to share it, and was a mentor to many who sought spiritual answers. He was a beacon of strength coupled with immeasurable compassion. Bill is survived by his wife, Cindy; his son, Sean; daughter, Brittany Stewart; son-in-law Christopher Stewart; grand-children, Maddox and Julianne Stewart; Cindy’s sons, Mark and Steven McGee, and their families; brotherin-law Robert Davis Jr.; sister-in-law Celia Davis; sister-in-law, Carol Smith, and numerous nieces and nephews. Bill cared deeply for his family and close

friends and will be greatly missed by all. “Later”.

Family will receive visitors on Tuesday evening, July 31, from 6 to 8PM at Wages & Sons Funeral Home,1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30046. The service will be held Wednesday, August 1 at 10:30 AM at Wages & Sons Funeral Home, with Scott Mawdesley, officiating.

Burial to follow at 1:30 PM at Arlington Cemetery, 201 Mount Vernon Highway, Atlanta, GA 30328 In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Bill’s honor to any of the following charities: Georgia State University Foundation (https://netcommunity.gsu.edu), Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University(https:// winshipcancer.emory. edu), ALS Association (http://www.alsa.org), and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (http://www. pulmonaryfibrosis.org).

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Janie Westmoreland (DeYoung) Janie Westmoreland, age 52 of Grayson, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 AM on Thursday, August 2, 2018 in the Loganville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. Janie is survived by her husband: Tim Westmoreland; Sons: Pierce Lee Westmoreland and Jaxson Carter Westmoreland, all of Grayson; Mother: Joyce Wilbanks of Hoschton; Father: Roland DeYoung of Momence, IL; Sister & Brother-in-law: Tammy & Jimmy Jones of Atlanta; Brother & Sisterin-law: Todd & Kimberly DeYoung of Paola, KS. The family will receive friends from 5-8 PM on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at the Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052. 770-466-1544.

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With the addition of our Eastside Urgent Care locaEastside Medical Center tion in Grayson, we are able recently opened a new to give the Grayson comurgent care center in Gray- munity much needed urgent son, marking the hospital’s care services.” fourth walk-in clinic.

Since opening the first The health center, which location in early 2017, Eastis located at 2594 Loganside Urgent Care has helped ville Highway, Suite 101, more than 25,000 patients complements Eastside’s throughout the community, other urgent care locations Lind said. in Lawrenceville, Snellville “When patients are cared and Lilburn. for at Eastside Urgent Care, “With a growing popula- they receive the added tion in Gwinnett County, benefit of easy access to Eastside recognizes the our entire Eastside system need to expand our network of care should they need to of care to better serve our see a specialist for followcommunity,” said Trent up care,” he said. “This Lind, Eastside’s CEO. “It is provides our patients with important for the residents a comprehensive team of our community to have approach and access to the convenient access to high most highly skilled specialBY ISABEL HUGHES

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we could.”

Forsyth County Sheriff’s “Gwinnett fire units came Office spokesman Cpl. over to help us because Doug Rainwater told the they were already in their Daily Post that the agency (fire) boat and they were is still trying to find nextthe ones who found him of-kin, given the man’s floating very near the “entire family lives out of shoreline. the country.”

“They helped bring him The man’s exact age and to shore and we got him im- name will not be released mediately transported to an until then. It was not imambulance that (took him) mediately known whether to Northside (Hospital)the Forsyth County Medical Forsyth.”

Examiner’s Office will be The Gwinnett County conducting an autopsy.

Police Department’s AIR1 This is the fifth conunit responded to help firmed water-related death and aided in the finding at Lake Lanier this season, of the man’s body, though Department of Natural the scene was later turned Resources-Law Enforceover the Forsyth County ment Division spokesman Sheriff’s Office, Gwinnett Mark McKinnon told the police officials said.

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“We treated the (inciA 31-year-old Atlanta dent) as a rescue because woman who could not such a short amount of time make it back to her sailboat passed from when he went when swimming last week underwater to (the rescue), has not been found and is but he did pass away at presumed to have drowned, hospital,” Shivers said. “It though the incident has not was a rapid recovery time officially been confirmed a and we made all the efforts drowning.

Eastside Medical Center recently opened a new urgent care center in Grayson, marking the hospital’s fourth walk-in clinic. (Special Photo)

ists in the Gwinnett County area.”

Voted Best of Gwinnett 2017, Eastside Urgent Care’s mission is to provide the highest quality of care to its patients and improve the quality of life in the communities it serves.

The center stresses patient satisfaction and

measures it based on feedback from patients using the Net Promoter Score System. With an NPS score of over 90 percent across all of the locations, Eastside Urgent Care’s staff makes it a priority to provide quality care at the time of the patient’s visit, followed by an “extensive” follow-up.

The hospital’s urgent care facilities rank among exemplary companies such as the Ritz-Carlton, Costco and USAA in regard to customer satisfaction, officials said.

“One of the biggest challenges for patients today is the ability to find accessible, affordable health care when it’s needed most,” said Navreet Pannu, director of operations for Eastside Urgent Care.

“When we opened our first location, we wanted to help solve that problem here in Gwinnett by providing an easy way for people to access the Eastside system of care in a way that conveniently fit their schedule.

Now, we are able to provide four Eastside Urgent Care locations to our community.

“This gives patients the ability to access our network of care close to where they live and work every day of the week, morning and evening, with short wait times that get them back to their day-to-day routine quickly.”

All Eastside Urgent Care locations are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Urgent care patients have the option to check in online and reserve their spot in line prior to appointments.

For a full list of the injuries and illnesses the clinic treats and to find out more about Eastside Urgent Care’s new Grayson location, visit eastsideuc.com.

Officials: Lightning caused apartment fire FROM STAFF REPORTS

made immediate entry.

Flames broke through part Twenty-one residents of of the roof ridge as crews the Chelsea Eighty-Eight stretched lines to the attic Apartments in unincorand began to battle the porated Duluth were left blaze and protect expowithout a place to stay sures.”

Tuesday night after lightThe fire department has ning started a fire at the ruled the cause of the fire apartment complex. to be a lightning strike Gwinnett County Fire caused by storms that were and Emergency Services moving through the area at Capt. Tommy Rutledge the time. In all, residents said crews were called in 12 units on the left side to the complex, which is of the apartment building located at 1335 Herrington were displaced by the fire Road, at 4 p.m. Firefighters because power had to be found smoke coming out of cut off to their side of the the center of the attic area building. on a three-floor split, wood Firefighters were able to frame apartment building. stop the fire from spread“Occupants who were ing beyond the attic space home at the time were located above two apartin the process of selfments on the top floor. evacuation when fire Rutledge said the ceilings trucks arrived,” Rutledge in several adjoining apartsaid. “Firefighters quickly ment units were pulled deployed fire attack and down by firefighters, howsupply hose lines and ever, as part of their efforts

to contain the fire while also checking to see how far it had spread.

Rutledge said there had been reports that someone was still inside the apartment building when firefighters arrived, but those reports turned out to be false. Firefighters did rescue a dog from one of the apartments.

Rutledge said the American Red Cross was brought in to help the residents who were displaced by the fire and related damage.

Pets die in house fire in Doraville area The apartment fire was not the only blaze caused by lightning from storms Tuesday.

Rutledge said crews were called to a home on the 5900 block of Morgan Road in the Doraville area

at 4:13 p.m., on a report that the home’s roof was on fire.

The person who lived at the location was not home at the time, but two small dogs and a cat that were in the house died. The homeowner came home while firefighters were battling the blaze.

The attic and the roof were heavily damaged, and a bedroom was also damaged by the fire, Rutledge said.

The person who lived at the home declined Red Cross assistance and will be staying with a neighbor, according to the fire department’s spokesman.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Gwinnett and a river flood warning for Pew Creek near Lawrenceville through this morning at the earliest.

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regular, third-party audits to ensure safe operations of all our rides and attractions.”

Duck boat attractions, Stone Mountain Park which are offered in cithas reopened its Ride the ies and at bodies of water Ducks attraction following throughout the U.S., use a “thorough assessment” of WWII amphibious-style its vehicles and equipment, vehicles that have integrated officials said Sunday. new marine designs with The duck boats, which upgraded safety equipment have been operating for into the boats. more than 14 years at the Each ride operator holds a park, were closed July 20 commercial driver’s license following a duck boat acand is certified by the Coast cident in Missouri that killed Guard.

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The Missouri accident The Stone Mountain ride occurred when a duck boat resumed normal operations on Table Rock Lake near Sunday.

Branson capsized and sank, “Safety is our top priority, killing 17 of its 31 passenso we temporarily closed gers.

Ride the Ducks following Missouri Attorney Genan incident last week on a eral Josh Hawley announced similar ride in Missouri,” Monday that his office had park officials said in a opened a criminal investigastatement Sunday. “Betion into the accident, which fore reopening for tours, is being conducted by the we conducted a thorough Missouri Merchandising assessment and review of Practices Act. our vehicles, equipment, The investigation stems, policies and procedures. In in part, from a $100 million addition, we conduct daily wrongful death lawsuit that inspections, follow industry was filed against the duck best practices, keep our staff boat operators, accusing well-trained and require them of ignoring a 2002 Na-

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tional Transportation Safety Board recommendation that all duck boat canopies should be removed, CNN reported.

Attorney Robert Mongeluzzi told reporters that when the boat started sinking, the canopy trapped the passengers and dragged them to the bottom of the lake. He said the passengers might have survived had the 2002 recommendation been followed.

Those accused in the suit include: Ripley Entertainment, Ride the Ducks International, Ride the Ducks Branson, Herschend Family Entertainment and Amphibious Vehicle Manufacturing, which the suit said knew that the duck boat industry was “entirely unfit to be used for any purpose and had previously been responsible for dozens of deaths.”

Ride the Ducks International, which had been a subsidiary of Peachtree Corners-based Herschend Family Entertainment, had previously operated the duck rides in Branson, but it sold the attraction to Ripley’s in

December.

Stone Mountain Park officials told the Daily Post that the park owns and operates its Ride the Ducks operation, which has five duck boats in its fleet.

Over the more than 14 years it has been in operation, the attraction has entertained more than a mil-

lion guests and “maintained a strong safety record, with no accident that involved guest injury or vehicle damage.”

“During the operation, Stone Mountain Park has a staff position that constantly monitors weather in partnership with National Weather Service,” officials

said. “The park also uses the Thor guard system that provides advanced alerts of approaching weather for Ride the Ducks and all outdoor attractions. If there is impending severe weather within the 10-mile radius of the park, Stone Mountain Park suspends duck operation.”

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Hebron Christian’s Hayden McGee is one of Gwinnett County’s top volleyball players entering the 2018 season. The Hebron junior was a first-team all-county selection as a freshman and sophomore. (Photos: Kyle Hess)

Hebron’s McGee leading Lions after title-filled summer

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ayden McGee and her A5 volleyball club teammates became two-time national champions in a matter of days.

McGee’s club team, the Alpharetta-based A5 volleyball club, won the 2018 AAU National Championship for the 16 Premier division in Orlando, Fla., before the team headed north to Detroit to clinch the USA Volleyball Junior National Championship.

McGee was named a tournament All-Star at AAU nationals. A5, an Alpharetta-based club that frequently produces college volleyball prospects, is also the club team of Greater Atlanta Christian

By Taylor Denman | taylor.denman@gwinnettdailypost.com hitter and Super Six selection Ali Schrieber, who made USA Volleyball’s all-tournament team with McGee. “For AAU, we went in there without having played in a tournament for a while,” McGee said.

“We knew we could do well, because we were the No. 1 seed. We went undefeated for the whole tournament.

“It gave us a strong start to the summer.”

While two gold medals in 10 days was an exciting achievement in McGee’s still young prep volleyball career, the junior is now turning her focus to the high school season where she will try to lead Hebron back to the state

playoffs.

McGee, a two-time first team all-county selection, said she’s adjusted to the change in pace from her club season in the summer to the high school season in the fall. McGee used to readjust to the faster pace when she played varsity for Hebron as an underclassman. Now here A5 team is made up of mostly varsity players, and she’s no longer the shy underclassmen on Hebron’s team.

“I’m definitely excited to be able to represent my school well and hopefully be successful and have two more fun years because it goes a lot faster See MCGEE, Page 8B

New renovations continue to give Archer’s Booth chooses Clemson TPC Sugarloaf a novel feeling

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On the surface, it appears very confusing as to exactly how the latest phase of the renovation around the grounds of TPC Sugarloaf is progressing.

“We are rounding third and coming into the home stretch, but we are still in the middle of it, if that makes any sense,” said TPC Sugarloaf general manager Mike Maloney.

Upon closer examination, Maloney’s statement does make sense.

On the one hand some of those renovations at the Duluth club, like the

Meadows course, which makes up nine of the 27 holes of the overall course, are mostly done and waiting to settle in before opening in the fall.

On the other hand, there are still other renovations that are just getting started, including work that is beginning on renovation of the clubhouse area, that are just getting started, with completion scheduled just prior to the golf course hosting the TPC Sugarloaf general manager Mike Maloney said the Mitsubishi Electric Clascourse is in the final stretch of its summer renovations. sic PGA Tour Champions (Photo: TPC Sugarloaf Agronomy/Twitter. event next spring.

“It’s ongoing, but the lifestyles center — which and cafe, and revitalized second nine we’re working features an expanded and outdoor patio area — just on, which is the Meadupgraded exercise facilopened about a month ago, ity, full-service restaurant while renovations to the See TPC, Page 8B

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Clemson landed another big football recruit from Gwinnett County on Monday, when Archer senior Andrew Booth announced his commitment via Twitter.

His decision continues the Tigers’ success in Gwinnett — it comes on the heels of signing fourstar recruits Justin Mascoll of South Gwinnett and Kyler McMichael of Greater Atlanta Christian in the last class.

“I chose Clemson because they are far from the same as everybody else,” Booth said Mon-

day. “You won’t find the same quality of people there as other places.

Having the opportunity to play for guys like Andrew Booth Coach (Dabo) Swinney, Coach (Brent) Venables and Coach (Michael) Reed should make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

“And on top of that, the opportunities for me at Clemson are outstanding on and off the field.

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Hall of Fame inductee Chipper Jones gestures during his acceptance speech at Clark Sports Center. (Photo: Gregory J. Fisher-USA Today Sports)

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Joins Hoffman, Thome, Morris, Trammell and Guerrero in 2018 class

Six players reached the pinnacle of their illustrious careers when they joined the Baseball Hall of Fame during a sun-splashed ceremony Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown, N.Y. Four hitters — Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Alan Trammell — joined the Class of 2018 in front of fans wearing jerseys and hats from the teams they represented. The foursome was joined by two pitchers — Trevor Hoffman and Jack Morris — to complete the talent-laden, six-member class.

More than 50 returning Hall of Famers attended the ceremony, which capped a weeklong celebration in the small town in upstate New York. The newest inductees brought the number of all-time Hall of Famers to 323.

Jones’ eyes watered as he watched a video showing highlights from his 19-year career with the Atlanta Braves. He was a .303 lifetime hitter with 2,726 hits, 468 home runs and 1,623 RBIs, all with the Braves.

The switch-hitter spoke about his childhood in Pierson, Fla., where he fell in love with the game. He spoke in front of family members including his parents and his nine-month pregnant wife, Taylor, who is due Monday.

“Taylor is due any minute with our second boy,” Jones said with a smile after thanking his wife for her support. “We decided to name him Cooper in honor of this occasion.”

Guerrero was a .318 lifetime hitter during a prolific 16-year career spent mostly with the Montreal Expos and Los Angeles Angels. He slugged 449 home runs with 1,496 RBIs and stood

out with his rocket arm in right field.

Guerrero became the first position player from the Dominican Republic to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. His plaque features an Angels hat, which he wore during his 2004 American League MVP campaign.

Thome slammed 612 career home runs, eighth on the all-time list. He hit .276 with 2,328 career hits over 22 seasons spent mostly with the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. Thome’s 15-year-old daughter, Lila, sang the national anthem on stage to kick off the Hall of Fame ceremony. The intimidating slugger who stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 250 pounds quickly transformed into a teary-eyed father.

When it was his turn to speak, Thome thanked baseball fans for supporting him throughout his career and for traveling from across the country to be part of the ceremony.

“It was the pleasure of my life to play hard for you for 22 years,” Thome said to cheering fans. “The Hall of Fame is an amazing place, the intersection of the game’s past and present. …

“It’s the same dream that so many kids have of one day getting to the big leagues. I never forgot that dream, even after I became a major league player, because I could always see the dream’s reflection in the face of a kid in the stands.”

San Diego Padres fans lined the lawn to support Hoffman, who became the first pitcher in major league history to reach 500 saves — and then 600 saves. He finished his career with 601 saves and a 2.87 ERA while limiting

opponents to a .211 batting average.

Hoffman became the sixth primary relief pitcher to reach Cooperstown.

He joined fellow bullpen standouts Goose Gossage, Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Bruce Sutter and Dennis Eckersley.

“Fifteen years in one spot, and that spot is San Diego?” Hoffman said.

“Jackpot.”

Trammell and Morris drew thousands of Detroit Tigers fans to Cooperstown for the ceremony.

Both players were elected through the Hall of Fame’s Veterans Committee.

In 20 years from 1977 to 1996, Trammell hit .285 with 185 home runs and 1,003 RBIs, playing primarily shortstop throughout his career. He was named as the 1984 World Series’ Most Valuable Player and won four Gold Gloves alongside second baseman Lou Whitaker.

“Lou and I were called up to the big leagues from Double-A on the same day,” Trammell said as Whitaker listened in the crowd. “We both got hits in our first major league at-bat off the same pitcher, Reggie Cleveland. … For all those years, it was ‘Lou and Tram.’ Lou, it was an honor and a pleasure to have played alongside you for all those years, and my hope is someday you’ll be up here, as well.”

Morris, now 63, is the oldest member of the Class of 2018. The righthander went 254-186 with a 3.90 ERA while racking up 2,478 strikeouts. He made a name as a biggame pitcher, winning three World Series titles and earning 1991 World Series MVP honors for his performance with the Minnesota Twins.

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Hurricanes’ Simpson gets commitment from Buford’s Holley

Miami Hurricanes assistant coach Jess Simpson landed a recruit from his old home Sunday afternoon.

Buford defensive lineman Jalar Holley made a commitment to Miami after considering a long offer list that included programs like Clemson, Auburn and Florida. He will play directly for Simpson, a longtime head coach at Buford who is now the defensive line coach for Mark Richt’s Hurricanes.

The 6-foot-2, 290-pound senior is ranked by 247Sports as the No. 55 defensive tackle nationally and the No. 85 player in Georgia.

Havoc signal move based on social media changes The Atlanta Havoc’s time in the greater-Atlanta area was short and appears to be over.

While there was no official an-

nouncement by the team, the defending American Arena League champions have changed the title of the team’s Facebook page to the Carolina Havoc. The team has also set up a new website at the domain name carolinahavocfootball.com. The team will play out of Florence, S.C. The Atlanta Havoc were announced as an expansion team in the new American Arena League on Sept. 10. The team also announced that it would play its inaugural 2018 season out of the Buford City Arena, but only played there for a short time after a dispute.

The Havoc won the AAL championship in the franchise’s inaugural season in Atlanta, by beating the Richmond Roughriders 58-53.

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Gwinnett’s Aiden Opore sets national record Gwinnett County native Aiden Opore placed first in the 200-meter dash in the 8U division at the USATF Hershey National Junior Olympic Championships in Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday.

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The breakthrough, called Diabasens, is a new relief cream developed for managing the relentless discomfort caused by neuropathy.

Sensation Restoring Creams Provide Relief After Years of Hurting: Diabasens increases sensation and blood flow wherever its applied. It’s now being used to relieve painful legs and feet.

Men and women from all over the country are eager to get their hands on the new cream and, according to the results initial users reported, they should be.

Studies show that neuropathy and nerve pain is caused when the peripheral nerves breakdown and blood is unable to circulate into your legs and feet.

In the trial above, as compared to baseline, participants taking Diabasens saw a staggering 51% increase sensitivity in just one week. This resulted in significant relief from burning, tingling and nubmness throughout their legs.

As these nerves deteriorate, sensation is lost.

This is why you may not feel hot or cold and your legs and feet may burn, tingle and go numb.

Many participants taking Diabasens described feeling much more balanced and comfortable throughout the day. They also noticed that after applying, there was a pleasant warming sensation that was remarkably soothing.

Relieve All the Aches Diabasens is shown to provide relief from: • Burning • Swelling • Tingling • Heaviness • Numbness • Cold extremities

Comfort and Confidence after Years of Hurting Many of Diabasens users say their legs have never felt better. For the first time in years, they are able to walk free from the symptoms which have made life hard.

“I have been using the cream now for about ten days. It has given me such relief.

I’ve had very bad foot pain from injuries and overuse of my feet for years which have contributed to severe itching/tingling and pain for some time. (My father also suffered from this pain and itching. I wish I would have had this for him.)

The first time I used the cream, I felt an almost immediate relief from this.

I now use it at least twice a day: once in the morning before work and once at night before I sleep.

I am so delighted with this. It has helped my walking, also. It has helped generate feeling again in my feet,” raves Marsha A. from Texas

Study Finds Restoring Sensation the Key To Beating Neuropathy

Targets Nerve Damage Right Below the Skins Surface

With the conclusion of their latest human clinical use survey trial, Dr. Esber and his team are now offering Diabasens nationwide. And regardless of the market, its sales are exploding.

Diabasens is a topical cream that is to be applied to your legs and feet twice a day for the first two weeks then once a day after. It does not require a prescription.

The active ingredient is a compound known as cinnamaldehyde.

Additionally, without proper blood flow, tissues and cells in these areas begin to die, causing unbearable pain.

The cinnamaldehyde in Diabasens is one of the only compounds in existence that can activate TRPA1, a special sensory pathway that runs through your entire body.

According to research, activating this pathway (which can only be done with a cream) increases the sensitivity of nerves, relieving feelings of tingling and numbness in your legs and feet.

Supporting ingredients boost blood flow, supplying the nerves with the nutrients they need for increased sensation.

Amazing Relief Exactly Where You Need It With daily use, Diabasens users report remarkable improvements in their quality of life without of the negative side effects or interactions associated with prescription drugs.

Readers can now enjoy an entirely new level of comfort that’s both safe and affordable. It is also extremely effective, especially if nothing else has worked.

How Local Readers Can Claim a Risk Free Supply of Diabasens Due to the enormous interest consumers have shown in Diabasens, in addition to great return promotion, the company has decided to extend their nationwide savings event for a little while longer. Here’s how it works...

Call the Diabasens number and speak to a live person in the US. Callers will be greeted by knowledgeable and friendly person approved to offer up to TWO FREE bottles of Diabasens with your order.

Diabasens Toll-Free number is 1-800-994-7611.

Only a limited discounted supply of Diabasens is currently available.

Consumers who miss out on the current product inventory will have to wait until more becomes available and that could take weeks. They will also not be guaranteed any additional savings.

The company advises not to wait. Call 1-800-994-7611 today.

THESE STATEMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED BY THE FDA. THIS PRODUCT IS NOT INTENDED TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE, OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE. RESULTS MAY VARY.

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by Drake featuring Lil Atlanta Braves leftWayne and Tyga. hander Sean Newcomb Other tweets apparentapologized Sunday for ly directed homophobic racist and homophobic slurs toward classmates. tweets he posted in 2011 When questioned about and 2012. the tweets postgame Major League Baseball Sunday, Newcomb said, responded by directing “This is something that Newcomb to undergo obviously can’t be hapdiversity training. pening. I feel bad about Less than two weeks it. I don’t mean to offend after the Twitter-verse lo- anybody. I definitely cated insensitive remarks regret it. … that Josh Hader posted “(I) meant nothing by when the Milwaukee it. I didn’t mean to offend Brewers reliever was in anybody and I’ll make high school, the same sure it doesn’t happen thing occurred involving again.”

Newcomb.

Major League Baseball With Newcomb in the later issued a statement midst of a no-hit bid that announcing that Newended with two outs in comb was being sent to the ninth inning Sunday diversity training, the against the Los Angeles same punishment it isDodgers, Twitter user @ sued to Hader. Neither NatsSquid dug up Newplayer was suspended. comb’s old tweets.

In a statement Sunday According to USA regarding Newcomb’s Today Sports, Newcomb old tweets, Major League was an 18-year-old at Baseball wrote, “Such Middleboro (Mass.) High inappropriate comments School when he posted have no place in our the insensitive comments. game.”

The newspaper reportThe Braves posted a ed that one of the tweets statement on their Twitcontaining a racist slur ter account, “We are was quoting a lyric from aware of the tweets that

surfaced after today’s game and have spoken to Sean, who is incredibly remorseful. Regardless of how long ago he posted them, he is aware of the insensitivity and is taking full responsibility.

“We find the tweets hurtful and incredibly disappointing and even though he was 18 or 19 years old when posted, it doesn’t make them any less tolerable. We will work together with Sean towards mending the wounds created in our community.”

Newcomb, 25, gave up one hit and one run with one walk and eight strikeouts in a 4-1 win over the Dodgers on Sunday. He improved to 10-5 with a 3.23 ERA in 21 starts.

As a rookie last year, Newcomb went 4-9 with a 4.32 ERA in 19 starts.

Later Sunday, Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner apologized for racist and homophobic tweets he sent 2011 and 2012, when he was an 18-yearold freshman at North Carolina State.

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Los Angeles Galaxy star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Wednesday’s MLS All-Star Game against Italian power Juventus, the league announced.

The Galaxy cited a heavy schedule workload for the reason Ibrahimovic pulled out. The team played games on Thursday and Sunday and has another on Aug. 4.

“I am disappointed to miss the 2018 All-Star game against Juventus, one of my former clubs,” Ibrahimovic said in a statement. “I want to thank the fans for voting me to the team. My main focus is to score goals and help the LA Galaxy to the playoffs.”

MLS rules will require Ibrahimovic to miss the Aug. 4 match against the Colorado Rapids for skipping the All-Star Game.

Getting to know … Tony Annan

Atlanta United Academy director Tony Annan was developing youth soccer players long before he started his current job with the MLS-affiliated academy.

Annan is a native of Newcastle, England, and moved to the United States at 20 years old to play collegiate soccer. He moved to Atlanta shortly after arriving, and he’s never left.

Annan is the head coach of the MLS Homegrown Team, which will play Mexico’s Tigres UANL Under-20 champions Tuesday before the 2018 MLS All-Star Game in Atlanta.

Staff writer Taylor Denman spoke with Annan about some of the details of his developmental philosophy with Atlanta United, the academy’s recent successes in the U.S. Developmental Academy playoffs and his thoughts on shortening the gap between U.S.A. soccer and the rest of the world.

Editor’s note: This Q&A was conducted before the Atlanta United U17 team finished runners-up in the playoffs to Seattle Sounders.

TD: This won’t run until after the Final Four … but a pretty dramatic game against Weston FC. Jackson Conway scored the game-winner. Overall, what’s your take on the academies’ performances this season?

TA: We’re at the end of Year 2. In essence, I think we’re further along than we thought we would be. Obviously, Year 1 was a bullet out of the gun, straight to the top, had a great year.

Year 2 we tried a little more movement of players. If you look at our squad, it’s a lot younger than it was last year. So going in, I didn’t know what to expect. For them to adapt to the tactics and be able to do what they did, that was an achievement. I thought that was more of an achievement than reaching the Final Four, the fact that we had seven younger guys on the pitch who hadn’t had a whole lot of minutes with us.

From a development standpoint, that’s huge.

More than winning the game, it’s about making sure those guys can push on and kick on for the next couple of seasons and produce some guys from the first team and USL. TD: It seems to be an organization-wide philosophy for guys who are

mentally prepared to play at a higher level — academy kids coming up and playing for Atlanta United 2 and even guys with a little Atlanta United 2 experience playing for the first team — just throwing guys into that situation.

TA: The only way they get better is if they experience it. I think top to bottom from the president to the academies, we think the same way. The only way they’re going to do it is if you put them to the task.

Yes, it’s encouraged from the top down that we give them chances and give them experiences that will make them better. I don’t think any of them know how big the jump is. I think they think they know, but they don’t. The only way is to show them and say, “Hey, here’s the ball. Where are you?” Some react really well to that, some don’t.

Some don’t like the pressure.

TD: What’s the best way to prepare guys for that pressure?

TA: Put them in the situation repeatedly. Let them fail.

TD: Can you simulate that?

TA: You can, to a point.

The things you do in training, moving them into older age groups and not giving them any advice, letting them figure it out themselves. It’s a good way of doing it so they discover who they are themselves, rather than you telling them who they are. Now, eventually you have to put your arm around them or give them a kick in the butt, but the best way that I’ve experienced is to put them in there and see how they react, and the cream will rise.

TD: Most of what players who have played under you say is “tough love.” Where does that coaching philosophy come from?

TA: I’ve definitely mellowed over the years. They don’t know. But for me, to have been a pro and not made it but understand what it takes — the discipline, the commitment, the desire, the need for detail. I think in this generation, the discipline is less and less from outside sources — schools, families maybe — I just think knowing what I know, how to make it and how to fail, discipline is a part of it, and people call that “tough love.” Fair enough, if that’s

Atlanta United Academy director Tony Annan, standing left, watches former Parkview soccer player Alessandro Castro, seated left, sign a pro contract. Annan coached the MLS Homegrown team Tuesday. (Photo courtesy Atlanta United)

what it is. But I care. I don’t really give them enough to let them I guess choose.

TD: They are teenagers, after all.

TA: Yeah, look at the distractions they have now.

They live in a cell phone world. They live in a social media world. The older guys have more distractions than ever before. So the only power I have to help them achieve it is to be disciplined and tough. But, if you ask them, there’s a humorous side to me when we’re not on the pitch.

There’s a caring side when we’re not on the pitch.

Between the white lines, that’s business, that’s work.

The only way to survive, develop and thrive is to have those attributes that drive you on. Sometimes you have to put those attributes into somebody or help them discover them. But it is tough love, I guess. I’m not hiding from that.

TD: What’s it like seeing some of the guys you’ve trained come up and make professional debuts, particularly now that there’s an extra step with Atlanta United 2?

TA: For me, it’s why I do it. I do youth because it’s very, very fulfilling.

You affect somebody for the rest of their life. To see them go from immature, young players to a prospering youth to a professional player, that’s what it’s all about. There’s no better feeling for a coach than to see his guys move on and achieve what they wanted to achieve and know that you helped them a small amount. I’m not the answer.

I didn’t make it happen. I just gave them the tools so they taught themselves how to do it.

TD: Do you mostly report to (Atlanta United

technical director) Carlos Bocanegra, (team president) Darren Eales and then you communicate to them the guys you think are most advanced and ready for that jump, or are you communicating with (Atlanta United 2 head coach) Scott Donnelly and (Atlanta United manager) Tata Martino directly?

TA: Myself and Carlos’ relationship is a good one, and we talk and share a lot.

But, there’s interest from Darren, (VP, soccer operations) Paul (McDonough), Scott — obviously, now — as the bridge to the first team. There’s been more communication since the USL came in on things like that. This club is a very connected club. There’s a lot of vertical integration between everybody. So, there’s never a conversation that hasn’t been. It’s very easy to walk into Darren’s office and have a conversation about the academy, and he’s genuinely interested in what’s going on. … Carlos and I speak every day about players.

TD: You’ll be coach of the MLS Homegrown Team before the MLS All-Star Game in Atlanta.

Does that feel like an honor to you?

TA: Absolutely, to be chosen for that is incredible. I was surprised, to be fair. I was honored, excited, humbled by it all.

It’s a great opportunity for myself to work with the best stars. I’m not going to affect them much, but I put them on a pitch, let them enjoy themselves and enjoy myself, too.

TD: How do you approach a game like that?

TA: I’m going to approach it in the most professional manner I can.

I’m going to do scouting.

I’m going to put a report together. I’m not going to treat it as a jolly. I’m going to put it together as I do for everything, and prepare as I would for a big game.

That’s the right thing to do for that professional experience.

TD: How long have you lived in Atlanta?

TA: I’ve been in Atlanta 23 years. I’ve been in the states 24 years.

TD: Where were you prior to that?

TA: Kentucky.

TD: What brought you there?

TA: Soccer. .. I was turning 20 when I moved.

I went to an NAIA school called Lindsey Wilson — national champs nine times. Didn’t like it, was on my way home, stopped in Atlanta for a week, trained with a few guys I knew at LIFE University and their coach approached me to stay and play for them. Atlanta was way more appealing than Kentucky to me.

TD: Where are you from?

TA: Newcastle. I played my football at West Bromwich Albion. … I consider Newcastle a big city with a big football team. I’m not really a small town guy.

TD: So maybe that’s why Kentucky never exactly caught on with you.

TA: Yeah, I didn’t enjoy it. It was just too small and I didn’t enjoy the football.

I’ve been away from home since 15, so I know how to be away from home. But it was just different.

TD: You’re one of the founders of the Georgia United developmental academy. How long was it an ambition of yours to get something like that off the ground?

TA: I think I’ve always wanted to work at the highest level I could possibly attain. Where I am now is where I want to be.

Georgia United was the brainchild of myself, Dave (Smith) and Iggy (Moleka).

We wanted to change the landscape the best we could without the resources. It was forged really from the ambition of trying to the best thing we could for the landscape by bringing clubs together instead of having all of these splintered clubs. We tried to pull the talent together and show Georgia had the talent, just that it was so spread out. It worked. Not everyone was on board with it, It wasn’t

a state-wide union of clubs, but it definitely worked and showed what Georgia had.

From there, you take it in here (with Atlanta United), and it’s on steroids.

TD: How’s your job different with Atlanta?

TA: No. 1, this is obviously fully funded. So get the kid that can’t afford to play soccer, where Georgia United was sort of fully-funded, but not.

The professional team and the whole environment it creates was way different than what every club can offer. I think the brand and experience that the first team has given the city has managed to include all the city and have all of the city believe in what we’re doing. One or two will maybe never get on board, and that’s their prerogative.

But for the most part, the city is behind us. This city has some of the best clubs in the country. Some of the best coaches and organized programs in the country.

I’ve been on that side of the fence as well, which I why I appreciated all they do, which is why we’re transparent with everything we do. The communication’s there because we try to include everyone that wants to be included. Those are the differences Atlanta United makes. …

I think a lot of the clubs have realized we’re not going to take without giving back. We give back in different ways. To be able to do what we want and have the backing behind us and the belief above us, makes the job slightly easier than at Georgia United when we just tried to do the best we can.

TD: When you don’t see the United States in the world cup, some people point to player development. Is that too hasty of a conclusion?

TA: It plays a part, absolutely. I don’t think you need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I think the advancements the game has made in the last 20 years are massive. … We’re still playing catch-up. We’re eight to 10 years behind most South American countries and eight to 10 years behind some European countries. But, it’s going in the right direction. Things are going to change in two or three years, but you can’t just pin it down to player development. It’s a cog in the wheel, but not the only thing.

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VOLLEYBALL SUPER SIX Name: Alexa Fortin School: North Gwinnett Class: Senior Position(s): Setter Noteworthy: • All American and JVA All-National selection as a freshman • Three-time all-county and all-region selection • Two-time all-state selection • 2017 Gwinnett County Super Six College: Committed to University of Georgia Nickname: Lex Best volleyball player in Gwinnett besides me is: Caitlin O’Farrell Role model: Older brothers Troy and Cade Favorite teacher: Coach Heil Favorite artist: None Favorite restaurant: Chipotle What are you currently binge watching?

“90210” Celebrity/athlete you’d most like to meet: Thomas Rhett and his cute family Social media handles: @alexaa410 (Instagram), @ashea410 (Twitter) Dream job: N/A Coach Vanessa Henry’s take: “Alexa will be more fun to watch as a senior. She’s returning with familiar hitters but is an offensive threat herself.”

Name: Ali Schreiber School: Greater Atlanta Christian Class: Junior Position(s): Outside Hitter Noteworthy: • Gwinnett County’s allcounty 1st team • Gwinnett County 1A-6A First Team OH • Max Preps player of the week for Georgia • Prep Volleyball’s Sophomore 79 Highest Honorable Mention • Prep Volleyball’s supernova on Championship day at AAU’s • 2018 16 Premier National Champion (AAU’s) • 2018 16 USA National Champion (USAV’s).

Colleges: Recruited by several Ivy League and SEC Schools Nickname: A-Schreibs or Warrior Princess Best volleyball player in Gwinnett besides me: Hayden Mcgee Role model: Barbra Bradley, grandmother Favorite teacher: 10th grade English teacher, Mrs. Fields Favorite artist: I honestly don’t have one

favorite artist. I don’t even think I can choose a favorite genre of music.

Favorite restaurant: J. Alexander What are you currently binge watching?

“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Madam Secretary,” “Dynasty” Celebrity/athlete you’d most like to meet: JJ Watt Social media handles: @Aschreibs_ (Instagram) Dream job: Work for an NFL team Coach Richard Burnett’s take: “She is our most consistent offensive weapon and our go-to when we need a kill. But Ali’s value is far greater than her tremendous court play. She is early to practice and late to leave. She’s always thinking about our team strategies, beating great teams and helping her teammates. Ali is a true product of GAC volleyball and is committed in every way to our success and mission. She demonstrates what it means to be a Spartan in her character, competitive nature and desire for the game.”

Name: Caitlin O’Farrell School: North Gwinnett Class: Senior Position(s): Middle/Outside hitter Noteworthy: • AAU All American, • All-Region • First team All-County • AVCA Phenom College: Committed to Ohio University Nickname: Cait Best volleyball player in Gwinnett besides me is: Alexa Fortin Role model: Tia Jimerson Favorite teacher: Dr. Grodziki Favorite artist: N/A Favorite restaurant: N/A What are you currently binge watching?: Greys Anatomy Celebrity/athlete you’d most like to meet: N/A Social media handles: @caitlin.of (Snapchat) Dream job: Pediatrician or neonatal nurse Coach Vanessa Henry’s take: “Caitlin has taken her game to a whole new level. She will show her versatility by playing both outside hitter and middle hitter.”

Name: Hayden McGee School: Hebron Christian Academy

Class: Junior Position: Outside hitter Noteworthy: • Two-time national champions with A5 club team • Area 6-A Player of the Year as a freshman • Two-time first team allcounty selection College: Verbally committed to University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Nickname: Hay-Hay or Haydie Best volleyball player in Gwinnett besides me is: Alexa Fortin Role model: My parents Favorite teacher: Geometry teacher Mrs. LeAnn Mitchell Favorite artist: Drake Favorite restaurant: Chipotle What are you currently binge watching?: Parks and Recreation Celebrity/athlete you’d most like to meet: Serena Williams Social media handles: @hayden.mcgee (Instagram), @_hayden_mcgee (Twitter) Dream job: Director of Marketing for an athletic line Coach Taylor Davis’ take: “What mainly defines Hayden way outside volleyball is her work ethic. I’ve seen her be so committed to this sport from early on in middle school. She is ultra committed and plays A5 in the club season. She’s one of those girls who shows up 15 minutes early and is asking to help in any way, showing up to kids camps, being able to serve our younger group and hungry to learn. She’s kind of the epitome of our Hebron volleyball player.”

Name: Julieanne Saliba School: Buford Class: Senior Positions: Libero/Defensive specialist Noteworthy: • 2018 AAU All-American • 2018 All-Tournament Team • 2018/2017 AAU National Champ • 2017 GHSA State Runner-Up • 2016 GHSA State Champion College choices: University of West Georgia, August University or North Greenville Nickname: Jules Best volleyball players in Gwinnett besides me are: Tatiana Morales (North Gwinnett) and Gabbie Hogle (Buford) Role model: Mother

Favorite teacher: Coach Snell Favorite artist: Drake Favorite restaurant: Olive Garden What are you currently binge watching?: “Friends” Celebrity/athlete you’d most like to meet: Kerri Walsh Jennings Social media handles: @julieanne006 (Twitter) Dream job: Early childhood education teacher and volleyball coach Coach Crystal Beach’s take: “Julieanne continues to be a tremendous defensive asset in our back row play. She is hard working and never afraid to lay her body out on the court to get a ball for us. We have enjoyed watching her smart, fearless play, and we are excited to watch her continue to grow as a leader for our team.”

Name: Sophia Koop School: Brookwood Class: Junior Position: Outside hitter Noteworthy: • First team All Area • 1st team All County • Scholar Athlete College: Uncommitted Nickname: N/A Best volleyball player in Gwinnett besides me is: Hayden McGee Role model: My parents Favorite teacher: Mr. Joe Cox Favorite artist: BTS Favorite restaurant: Moe’s What are you currently binge watching?: “The Office” Celebrity/athlete you’d most like to meet: Chris Hemsworth Social media handles: @Koop10 Dream job: Biologist Coach Stacey Bennum’s take: “Sophia is our biggest weapon on offense. She has been our starting OH1 since her freshman year. Her biggest strength is her competitiveness and her ability to perform under pressure. We can always count on her when the stakes are high. She also has a very strong deep float serve that scores a lot of points for us. Her work ethic has her leading by example. She is always there early, helping set up the nets and off the court she has great character and excels in the classroom as well. She is a great representative of Brookwood and the tradition of excellence we strive to uphold.”

VOLLEYBALL SEASON PREVIEW Class AAAAAAA Area 6 Collins Hill Head coach: Kimberlee Hajiric 2017 Record: 8-28 Returning starters: S Allie Jones, Sr.; OH Anika Subudde, Sr.; M Alexa Odabi, Jr.; L Teagan Walsh, Sr.; DS Lauren Westfall, Sr. Other key contributors/newcomers: OH Tiye Brown, Sr.; M Chelsea Robinson, Sr.; S Charlotte KrupaDiament, Sr.; RS Ashanti Williams, Soph.; DS Alicia Jackson, Jr.; RS Yara Marizcal, Soph.

Outlook: Collins Hill lost secondteam all-county player Djenabou Barry, but returns five players with starting experience from last season. The Eagles’ experience is spread out at different positions as they try to make a deeper run in the 2018 area tournament.

Discovery Head coach: E’Lisa Lasdon 2017 Record: 18-20 Returning starters: OH KeiAndra Truman Sr.; S Samantha Fuentes Sr.; M Alyssa Wray, Jr. Other key contributors/newcomers: DS/S Jasmine Cardenas Sr.; L QuiAndra Moore Sr.; DS Jocelyn Gonzalez, Soph.

Outlook: After going winless in their first season as a program in 2015, head coach E’Lisa Ladson said the Titans have worked hard to get to where they are now. Discovery can build on its previous campaign by beginning to knock off some of its area opponents and threatening a run in the area tournament.

Duluth Head coach: Allison Boes 2017 Record: 23-15, state playoffs Returning starters: Meredith Eckard, Sr.; Carter Drake, Sr.; Tiana Farmer, Sr.; Sierra Jones, Sr.; Makadah Byers, Sr.; Brittany Arbaugh, Sr. Other key contributors/newcomers: N/A Outlook: After a strong 2017 campaign, Duluth returns one of the county’s top volleyball talents, Meredith Eckard, for her senior season.

Eckard’s breakout junior season granted her a spot on the all-county first team. Senior Carter Drake was a second-team all-county player last year and also returns for the Wildcats. Duluth has enjoyed a run of successful winning seasons over the past two years, and the program will look to translate those wins into a deep playoff run.

North Gwinnett Head Coach: Vanessa Henry 2017 record: 37-5, state playoffs (second round) Returning starters: S Alexa Fortin Sr.; MB/OH Caitlin O’Farrell Sr.;MB/ RH Autumn Hamilton Jr. MB/RH.; L Jill Tontillo Sr. Libero Other key contributors/Newcomers: RH Tatiana Morales. Sr.; S/ DS Caroline Osterloh Sr.; OH Lynn Domkam Jr.; MB/RH Ramey Salyer Jr. Outlook: North Gwinnett lost four starters for its squad that head coach Vanessa Henry said team chemistry and passing will be the main focus early season. Two firstteam all-county players return for North Gwinnett. Senior setter Alexa Fortin led the county in assists last season. Caitlin O’Farrell provides some versatility at outside hitter and middle blocker. North Gwinnett finished 7-0 in Area 6 last season, and the Bulldogs are seeking to defend their area title.

Mill Creek Head Coach: Brian Williamson 2017 Record: 38-5, state semifinals Returning Starters: L Joha Bernis; RH Mar’ria Phillips

Other key contributors/newcomers: OH Sonya Silecky; OH Aiyana Bermudez; MB Ainsley Lawrence; MB Maddie Hurd; S Adriana Ackerman, Soph.; OH Nadia Carter; Noelle Kirkpatrick; DS Taylor Heu; RH Shelby Dudley Outlook: Mill Creek is coming off a semifinals appearance in the 2017 state playoffs — the deepest playoff run in program history. Seven seniors from the historic 2017 team that didn’t drop a set in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Sophomore Adriana Ackerman will take over the setting responsibilities this year and 2017 Coach of the Year Brian Williamson will lead a young but talented Mill Creek team.

Mountain View Head coach: Stan Carpenter 2017 Record: 33-20, state playoffs (second round) Returning starters: MB Morgan Furness, Sr.; OH Kaylee Bargeron, Sr.: S Lea Vermillion; L Anastasia Jarda, Sr.; DS/S Reece Childree, Jr.; MB Noelle Primus Sr. Other key contributors/newcomers: OH/S Carsyn Milburn; MB/RS Leslie Hodges; DS Page Nettesheim; RS Madison Assouad, Soph.

Outlook: Mountain View head coach Stan Carpenter said players how were not the primary options for points on last year’s team, which reached the second round of the state playoffs as a No. 3 seed.

Middle blocker Morgan Furnace and outside hitter Kaylee Bargeron will be go-to point scorers for the Bears.

At 6-foot-1, Madison Assouad can deliver strong blocks, and Leslie Hodges possesses both versatility and multiple hitting skills.

Peachtree Ridge Head coach: Abby Slocumb 2017 Record: 17-19, state playoffs Returning starters: OH Brittany Best, Sr.; MG Destinee Jackson, Sr.; MH Alisha Chawla, Sr.; RH Niki Landry, Jr.; S Maelanie Davis, Sr.; S Aaleayah Odom, Jr.; L Katrina Heffron, Sr.; DS Kendall Murphy, Jr. Other key contributors/newcomers: OH Giselle Chavez, Jr.; OH/DS Fatima Pation, Jr.; OH Shenkina Del Aguila, Jr.; OH Shekina Del Aguila, Jr.; DS Hannah Kuesner, Soph.

Outlook: Peachtree Ridge finished 3-3 in Area 7 which granted the Lions a playoff berth. Peachtree Ridge took one set from a stout Grayson squad before falling in the first round. In 2018, the Lions return experienced starters and captains Brittany Best and Destinee Jackson for their senior seasons as the squad tries to move up in a highly-competitive area. Coach Abby Slocumb is confident in Best and Jackson’s ability to lead the offense for their third consecutive seasons, as well as senior Katrina Heffron’s presence on defense. Returning starter Niki Landry’s roll on the right side is expected to expand this season.

Area 7 Berkmar Head coach: Tyra Smith 2017 Record: 0-15, state playoffs Returning starters: S Lorena Jackson, Jr. Other key contributors/newcomers: OH Leisly Ibarra, Sr.; L Tina Le, Sr.; DS Janiah Bell, Sr.; DS Jennifer Quintana, Jr. Outlook: Berkmar snuck into the playoffs as a No. 5 seed from the top-heavy Area 7 before suffering a loss to Lambert. It was a miraculous turnaround considering the Patriots were winless the year prior. Berkmar will be led by its lone returning starter, junior Lorena Jackson.

Brookwood Head coach: Stacey Bennum

2017 Record: 18-18, state playoffs Returning starters: L Kateryn Palacios, Jr.; OH Stephanie Burke, Jr. Other key contributors/newcomers: N/A Outlook: Shiloh advanced to the playoffs after sneaking in during the 2016 season. The Generals are under the guidance of a new head coach, Beau Pezoldt, who has previous coaching experience at Duluth High School.

North Gwinnett’s Alexa Fortin (12) sets the ball during Saturday’s Gwinnett County Championships at Mountain View High School in Lawrenceville. (Photo: Karl L. Moore) 2017 Record: 35-11, state playoffs (second round) Returning starters: OH Sophia Koop, Jr.; OH Cydney Gardner, Jr.; MB Hailey Bolton, Sr.; S/OPP/OH Abbey Tucker, Jr. Other key contributors/newcomers: MB Amber Williams, Soph; S Reece Bievenue, Sr; L Ellie Rey, Jr Outlook: The Broncos won Area 7-AAAAAAA last year with a 6-0 area record. That run was cut short in the Sweet 16 thanks in part to a difficult draw in the bracket. Brookwood was eliminated a 3-0 sweep

by Area 6 runner up and state semifinalist Mill Creek. The Broncos will miss the efforts of first-team all-county hitter Olivia LaPlume, but return another strong hitter in Sophia Koop, who is emerging in her junior season. Since taking over the program, head coach Stacey Bennum has qualified to the state playoffs in both seasons.

Central Gwinnett Head coach: Mike Yocca 2017 Record: 0-17 Returning starters: Ranavia Neal, Sr. Other key contributors/newcomers: D’Nice Norton, Sr.; Emilie Wilkenson, Sr.; Jaritza Lima, Sr.; Cassandra Onuoha, Sr.; Ashlyn Maxey, Sr.; Celeste Robinson, Jr.; Bibi Suazo, Jr.; Sofia Galvez, Jr.; Vanessa Lopez, Jr.; Carmelita Onuoha, Soph.

Outlook: The Knights are looking to make some incremental improvements under new head coach Mike Yocca.

Meadowcreek Head coach: Jessica White 2017 Record: 16-18 Returning starters: OH Kamryn Allen, Sr.; MG Siddeequa Abdurrahman, Sr.; OH Delani Heron, Sr.; Jasmine Herrera, Sr. Other key contributors/newcomers: Outlook: Meadowcreek finished with more than 10 wins for the second time in school history, and beat three teams the program had historically never beat prior to the 2017 season. The Mustangs have a handful of returning seniors in their lineup, including second team all-region player Jasmine Herrera.

Meadowcreek looks to improve its region standing for a potential shot at a state playoff berth.

Norcross Head Coach: Jeff Cerneka 2017 Record: 22-23, state playoffs (third round) Returning Starters: S Bella Murray, Sophomore; OH Janna Schlageter, Jr.; MB Maya Smith, Sr. Other key contributors: DS Ava

Byfield, Jr., MB Zia Smith, Jr. Outlook: Norcross is coming off a runner-up finish in Area 7-AAAAAAA and first-round state playoff exit. The Blue Devils return a core built around a few young players: Bella Murray at setter and Janna Schlageter at outside hitter.

Maya Smith provides a reliable blocking presence in her senior season. Overall, head coach Jeff Cerneka said Norcross will feature young, inexperienced players, but the program’s goal is to continue improvement in pursuit of an area title.

Parkview Head coach: Michelle Bowden 2017 Record: 11-28, state playoffs (second round) Returning starters: OH Margaret Schrim, Jr.; OH Sarah Brister, Soph.; Sophia Song, Jr.; Meg Youngblood, Soph.

Other key contributors/newcomers: N/A Outlook: Parkview graduated eight seniors from its 2017 squad that downed No. 3 seed North Cobb in the first round of the state playoffs last season. The Panthers’ young lineup will face the tall task of keeping Parkview’s playoff streak alive with a decisive run in region play.

Area 8 Archer Head coach: Don Einoff 2017 Record: 21-25, state playoffs (second round) Returning starters: OH Delisse Wysinger, Sr.; L/DS Becca Balon, Sr.; DS Arianna Morales, Sr.; DS Andrea Blair, Sr.; MB Kayla Ffrench, Jr.; OH Nyah Barney, Soph.

Other key contributors/newcomers: N/A Outlook: Archer embarks on its first season with head coach Don Einoff.

The Tigers return an experienced lineup, including middle blocker Kayla Ffrech. She was a secondteam all-county player as a sophomore and Einoff said she is poised for a strong senior campaign.

Grayson Head coach: Vanita McGough 2017 Record: 32-13, state playoffs (second round) Returning starters: OH Courtney Presley, Jr. Other key contributors/newcomers: N/A Outlook: Grayson was the No. 1 seed from Area 8 for the second consecutive season. Grayson will look to continue its historic success in 2018.

Shiloh Head coach: Beau Pezoldt

South Gwinnett Head coach: Taylor Emmons 2017 Record: 1-24 Returning starters: MH Jenesis Rutledge, Jr. Other key contributors/newcomers: N/A Outlook: South Gwinnett hopes to make a deeper run into the area tournament after a one-and-done exit in 2017. The Comets lost to cross-town rival Shiloh in the first round.

Class AAAAAA Area 8 Dacula Head coach: Jason Berube 2017 Record: 12-33 Returning starters: M Chelsey Abel Sr.; L Justine Knape, Sr.; S Mya Isler, Sr.; RSH Elisa Digby Sr. Other key contributors/newcomers: RSH Lamika Jones Sr.; DS Jordan Harris Sr.; DS Melanie Velasquez, Sr.; OSH Nataly Flamenco, Soph.; S Anna-Beth Stokes, Fr.; OH Arissa Shepherd, Fr.; M Lazaria Spearmen, Fr. Outlook: Dacula is looking up at a 12-33 record, and aims to fight for a playoff spot after finishing 0-10 in area play last season. The Falcons have the advantage of a senior-heavy roster. Head coach Jason Berube considers this to be their best varsity squad since 2014, the last time the Falcons qualified for the state playoffs. All-County first-teamer Chelsey Abel led the Falcons in both kills and blocks in 2017.

Lanier Head coach: Jason Draper 2017 Record: 12-24 Returning starters: OH Darby Davis, Sr.; S Emily Barcenas, Sr.; M/RS Lizzie Campbell Jr. Other key contributors/newcomers: M Nairobi Huff, Sr.; DS Alex Beckman, Jr.; RS Alyssa Glastonbury, Sr.; OH Ansley Lyle Sr.; MyAhn Byrd, Fr.; S Hana Ault, Jr. Outlook: The Longhorns return starters Darby Davis, Emily Barcenas and Lizzi Campbell, along with last year’s reserves that were packed with upperclassmen. Lanier looks to build off of an area tournament berth last season and a 2-6 record from last season.

Class AAAAA Area 8 Buford Head coach: Crystal Beach 2017 Record: 40-4, state playoffs (finals) Returning starters: DS Julianna Saliba, Sr. Other key contributors/newcomers: DS Mallory Martin, Sr.; S Gabbie Hogle, Sr. Outlook: Buford has the burden of high expectations not matter what the sport, but the Wolves’ athletics programs have earned those expectations with perennial success.

Buford won back-to-back volleyball state titles in 2015 and 2016 before being denied a three-peat in the 2017 finals. Buford’s expectations are temperd after the graduations of several key players, including the Daily Post’s Player of the Year Tatum Shipes. Super Six selection Julianne Saliba will provide experience at libero and new head coach Crystal

Beach said underclassmen are expected to step up this season in the place of lost experience.

Class AAA Area 7 Greater Atlanta Christian Head coach: Richard Burnett 2017 Record: 29-14, state playoffs Returning starters: OH Ali Schreiber, Jr.; OH, RS Jaiana Simmons, Sr.; L Jessica Wright, Sr.; S Melissa Jones, Jr.; MB Colson Dennis, Soph.

Other key contributors/newcomers: DS Macy Margaret Boren, Jr. Outlook: GAC returns 10 of its 11 players from last season. The lineup that led the Spartans to the final eight teams in Class AAA. Ali Schreiber is a key piece to GAC’s success as a two-time AAU national champion.

She’s being recruited by Yale, Dartmouth, Lehigh, Ole Miss, Radford and Rhode Island. GAC has a mixture of young players with experience who make the Spartans a favorite for long runs in the Class AAA state playoffs for the next few seasons.

Class A Area 5 Wesleyan Head coach: Ted Russell 2017 Record: 25-16, state playoffs (second round) Returning starters: OH Grace Tyler, Sr.; L Meredith Mangum, Jr. Key contributors/newcomers: DS Caroline Burke, Sr.; OH Jayla Jones Jr.; DS Tatum Connor, Jr.; MH Alden Pridgen, Soph.; S Riley Bryan, Soph.; MH Sydney Stirling, Soph.

Outlook: Wesleyan advanced to the second round of the state playoffs before falling to Walker last season.

The Wolves have two starters returning from the team that earned a No. 1 seed in the area tournament and finished runner up after falling in the finals to Holy Innocents. Wesleyan will lean on a large sophomore class to continue the positive momentum from the 2017 season.

Area 7 Hebron Christian Head Coach: Taylor Davis 2017 record: 44-7, state playoffs (third round) Returning Starters: DS Hannah Grace Adams, Sr.; MH Jada Screen Jr.; MH Katie Marrero Jr.; OH Hayden McGee Jr.; OH Rebecca Olariu Jr.; S Abbi Luke Jr.; DS/RH Emma Tennant Soph.; Other key contributors: MH/RH Carly Heidger Soph.; DS/OH Macy Maynard Soph.

Outlook: Hebron won area and advanced to the Elite Eight last year.

Hebron has seven returning starters, including Hayden McGee, a first team all-county selection as a sophomore.

A season with seven losses is difficult to improve on, but Hebron looks like one of the toughest teams, not just in Class A, but in the metro Atlanta area.

Area 8 Providence Christian Head coach: Katie Bailey 2017 Record: 26-23 Returning Starters: DS/L Margaret Cain, Sr.; S Cameron Hall, Sr.; OH Ally Weisgerber, Sr.; OH Alaina Emminger, Jr.; DS Alex Gonzalez, Jr.; MB Lauren Yost, Jr. Newcomers/other key contributors: OH Ivey Funderburk, Jr.; RH Isabelle Graf, Jr.; MB Maisy Hufford, Soph.; S Elise Wood, Jr. Outlook: Posting a 5-3 record against area opponents, the Providence Christian volleyball team put together a run in the area tournament before falling in a 2-0 match to Lakeview Academy that pushed the Storm out of a potential state playoff spot.

Providence has an optimistic outlook on the 2018 season with six returning starters from last season.

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What’s not to like about Trump’s policies?

Like a baseball team that is way behind going into the fifth inning, Democrats (and socialists) are hoping for the political equivalent of a rainout, so that the game President Trump is winning will be canceled, allowing them time to regroup.

The president’s opponents are going to need more than that figurative cancellation, however; they’re going to need a real plan of action.

Democrats, whose policies of tax, spend and regulate, are being reversed, seem to have nothing to offer except failed Cal policies that have slowed growth Thomas and discouraged business expansion. Their “policy” is a vain hope that “scandal” and Russian “collusion” will lead to Trump’s downfall. So far, that strategy isn’t working. His base continues to support him.

During the 2016 campaign when candidate Trump pledged a growth in the Gross Domestic Product of 4 percent, “experts” claimed it was impossible. President Obama said we would have to accept much smaller growth because the days of rapid economic expansion were over.

The left is coming up with all sorts of excuses, including the export of large amounts of soybeans, to explain 4.1 percent GDP growth as a oneoff. Some of the same “experts” who claimed such growth was impossible now say it is unsustainable. Let’s recall that other “experts” said there was no way Donald Trump could beat Hillary Clinton. And yet the media continue to return to these people, as they might a soothsayer, hoping they will get it right next time.

Within days of his inauguration, the Dow Jones industrial average climbed above the 20,000 mark for the first time. As of last Friday, the Dow stood at 25,451, a 5,000-point rise. Retirees with their 401k accounts and other investments must be happy with those numbers. Low unemployment figures for AfricanAmericans and Hispanics (President Trump claims they are the lowest in history “because of my policies,” even though black unemployment had been on a years-long downward trend when he assumed office) nonetheless have fueled a hiring boom.

Tax cuts and tax reform have put more money in the pockets of some Americans to spend (or save) on goods and services, producing more of them and leading to the hiring of more people, who will pay more taxes.

The Treasury last quarter again took in record amounts of revenue, though Congress spends it faster than it comes in.

It appears the president may have won a significant battle in the trade war with a promise last week from European Commission chief JeanClaude Juncker to negotiate zero tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum; something else the “experts” said was impossible. The president is on the way to winning this battle because of his assertion that the U.S. has been treated unfairly by other countries that slap tariffs and taxes on American goods while we import their products with few or no penalties.

President Obama once said it was impossible to bring back manufacturing. At a 2016 PBS town hall event, Obama derisively said, “Well, how exactly are you going to do that? What exactly are you going to do? There’s no answer to it,” adding, “He just says, ‘Well, I’m going to negotiate a better deal.’ Well, what, how exactly are you going to negotiate that? What magic wand do you have?

And usually the answer is, he doesn’t have an answer.”

Would Mr. Obama like salt or salsa on the words he should eat? President Trump is proving that the past can be prologue.

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

In politics, perception is everything WASHINGTON — Two distinct realities coexist in the nation’s capital with the approximate compatibility of oil and water.

There’s the reality of 4.1 percent economic growth, full employment, a declining trade deficit and some wage growth.

And then there’s Michael Cohen.

While President Trump was focused on his sunny economic report Friday — and on tariff deals the days before — the media were obsessed with news that the president’s former attorney was prepared to tell special counsel Robert Mueller that Trump knew in advance about the June 2016 campaign meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Russians who allegedly had dirt on Hillary Clinton.

If true, then Cohen would be contradicting prior statements by both Trump men, including Trump Jr.’s testimony before a congressional committee.

Whatever the case, the president has engineered an offensive strategy that could soften the effects of Cohen’s news and most certainly will further fuel Americans’ disgust with journalists.

Publicly, he has appeared more statesmanlike, less impetuous, more disciplined, calm and composed. In other words, Trump hasn’t been himself.

Distinctly missing last week was his usual puffed-up scowl; absent was the simmering rage coursing through his carotids.

about a trade war with our allies across the Atlantic.

After a few words by each man at the morning session, with the president indicating he wasn’t taking questions by saying, Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, reporters created a fray in which to Kathleen jump. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Parker could be heard asking repeatedly about the Cohen news, Despite troubling news about while other reporters offered a Cohen; about hush money paid convincing a cappella renderto a Playboy model during the ing of the barnyard at breakfast.

2016 campaign that Trump also Juncker, wearing a slight smile, allegedly knew about despite seemed amused by the spechis denial; and a subpoena tacle. (Collins was disinvited calling the Trump Organizafrom the afternoon’s Rose tion’s chief financial officer to Garden press conference.) testify — Trump seemed oddly Scene 2: It’s Friday and at peace. Behind closed doors, Trump is delivering what can he may have been dismember- only be called good economic ing insects, but at public events news. But some reporters he seemed to have just emerged focused instead on the fact from hot yoga. that the news conference was My guess: He has found se- “hastily” called. Others pointed renity in gamesmanship and the out that wages are still low in knowledge that he’s winning. some parts of the country or And he’s quite a good actor — otherwise took pains to cast a far better than Ronald Reagan, negative light on the news. who essentially played himself A few White House officials, in every role. When Trump is including economic adviser cool and collected, he’s clearly Larry Kudlow, joined the playing someone else. president to claim that lowered Scene 1: It’s Wednesday taxes and deregulation had led and Trump is seated next to to increases in employment European Commission Presiand wages — and that these dent Jean-Claude Juncker in increases are sustainable. A the Oval Office for a photo op. reporter might have thought to The two were about to hash ask Kudlow how the adminout their differences on tariffs. istration plans to deal with This, and their joint announce- structural wage problems that ment later in the day that they are really no one’s fault, or are seeking a trade peace pact, the president why he’s paying is big news given concerns farmers with taxpayer money

to soften the blows of his own tariff policies.

Instead, NBC News’ indefatigable Kristen Welker fired off a series of Cohen-related queries to the retreating backs of Trump and Co. as they turned to go inside. Trump knows that reporters will always opt for salaciousness and the scandal (a circumstance Trump created). He apparently has decided to let them, which for some in his base, creates the impression that he occupies the high ground.

His M.O.: Let them squawk and let the American people see what he has to deal with. In an ironic reversal, the man who is bereft of empathy seems to be betting on regular Americans feeling an abundance of empathy toward him — enough, perhaps, to last through the midterm elections in November.

Trump clearly hopes that his audience sees that he’s working to build a robust economy, pursue fair trade deals, while collecting the remains of fallen Americans from North Korea — and that all the news media want to talk about is some made-up story by some lame, lying lawyer who is threatening to tell the corrupt special counsel about some dumb meeting two years ago.

In politics, perception is everything.

Kathleen Parker received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2010. Her email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.

Man of God sins against my father If a liberal like Jesse Jackson went on CNN and accused my father of being a “known womanizer” like President Trump, conservatives across America would go off the rails. They’d defend the reputation of Ronald Reagan to the max and blast Jackson for his false and evil equivalency.

They’d point out that it is totally outrageous to compare the personal lives of President Trump and my father.

Yet look at what happened last week when a prominent conservative evangelical pastor from Dallas went on Fox News and called my father a “known womanizer.” The Rev. Robert Jeffress, who’s a Fox contributor, was asked

by Ed Henry to respond to another minister who had accused Republican lawmakers of selling their good Christian souls by supporting a serial bed-hopper like Trump.

“You know,” Jeffress responded, “this is not an unusual thing — we’ve been here before. Back in 1980, evangelicals chose to sup-

lican in North America who actually cared that Pastor Jeffress was casually throwing my father under the bus to support his beloved sinnerin-chief. All I heard from my fellow conservatives in the Twittersphere was crickets — and a week later, I still do.

Michael What that holy man from Reagan Dallas said was absolutely outrageous. He equated my father — who was divorced port a twice-married Hollyfrom my mother, Jane wood actor who was a known Wyman, when he was datwomanizer in Hollywood. His ing in Hollywood and not yet name was Ronald Reagan. married to Nancy — to Don… The reason we supported ald Trump, who was dating President Reagan was not Playboy playmates and who because we were supporting knows who else when he was womanizing or divorce. We married. supported his policies.”

What was more outraWhen I heard Jeffress geous, however, was that no say that, I blew my top and conservative Republicans or started angrily tweeting. The Fox commentators rose up in first tweet I fired off to the defense of my father and his Southern Baptist minister was reputation. As I also pointed pretty blunt — “All I can say out in a tweet last week, all is go F yourself.” My second those conservative talk show tweet was “Dr. Jeffress. How hosts and politicians who dare you compare my father keep saying how much they to Trump.” love Ronald Reagan are either Apparently, I was the only lying or have lost their spines conservative Reagan Repuband a pair of other things.

I don’t believe those socalled “Reagan conservatives” anymore. If they wouldn’t stand up and defend my father against a vile and uninformed statement from someone like Jeffress, there’s no reason to assume they love my father at all.

I don’t care what the president of the United States does in his personal life. I care what he does as president of the United States. If you want to defend Trump, fine.

But for God’s sake, why would you use my father to make excuses for a president who has cheated on every woman he’s been married to?

To rephrase that famous old line, the Rev. Jeffress, “I knew Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine.

And Donald Trump ain’t no Ronald Reagan — or vice versa.”

Michael Reagan is a political consultant and the founder of the email service reagan.com and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation. Send comments to Reagan@caglecartoons.com.

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in fifth grade. Davis remembers telling McGee he could see her than you think,” McGee said. becoming a Division I volleyball Hebron head volleyball coach player at a camp of mostly middle Taylor Davis discussed that precise school players. dilemma with his team during McGee was an avid golfer prior summer workouts. to playing volleyball competitively, “I continue to tell (McGee) but once she started playing volalong with the rest of the team, leyball she was fully committed.

‘We’ve got to live in the moment,’” She told her parents to sell her Davis said. “When I saw this group golf clubs. as freshmen I thought, ‘We have “Here she is, and she’s already this group for four years.’ It’s so verbally committed to UTC,” Daeasy to wish by each year and say, vis said. “Fast forward those seven ‘We’ll just get it this year.’ Let this years, and we’re entering this be the year we get the most out of season. From a volleyball standit.” point, she probably has the best Davis and McGee both hope to court I.Q. I’ve probably had the maximize the teams potential and opportunity to coach. She can do an experienced junior class. it all — hit from every which way, It may be easier, McGee said, block, passing.” for her to focus on her ambitions Davis has also seen McGee with Hebron with her college ver- develop into a mentor for some of bal commitment behind her. Mcthe Hebron volleyball program’s Gee committed to the University middle school players. of Tennessee-Chattanooga, which “She’s helped them skill-wise, wrapped up a college recruiting but also spiritually,” Davis said. gauntlet she’s been experiencing “Being at a Christian school, she’s since eighth grade. been able to partner with them and “It was definitely stressful tryhelp them in their daily walk with ing to find the perfect fit, making Christ and anything they may be videos, sending emails, visiting able to come in contact with as different schools,” she said. “It an early adolescent that she, just takes a lot of effort, but UTC has a few years ago, went through everything.” herself.”

“For a kid who’s turned 16 to McGee was a ball girl from the look at six-figure contact, it’s a Hebron varsity team before she lot, but it’s been exciting,” mother was eligible to play as a ninth Kelly McGee said. grader. She witnessed Hebron with McGee cycled through positions the Class A state championship in during middle school, including 2014, and she’s developed as a volibero and middle hitter, but she’s cal leader in Hebron’s junior class now a dedicated outside hitter for of five players, four of which were Hebron. She’ll be able to focus on starters as freshmen. racking up kills for the Lions as “Before, I kind of was always their primary scoring threat. younger, and even in club I would “It’s nice going to tournaments be one of the younger kids on the not having to worry about who’s team,” McGee said. “I liked to let watching, just focusing on the my ability speak for itself. Junior game,” McGee said. year, it will be different because Davis has coached McGee since I have the upperclassman authorshe first started playing volleyball ity.”

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•From Page 1B ows nine, will open up this October,” Maloney said. “So as of October, we’ll have 18 completely-renovated holes, with one more nine-hole loop to go.

“All the grass is laid at this point. We’re just dialing it in.

The nice part about having 27 holes is that we’ve always been able to always leave 18 holes open for our membership. So they haven’t had to go through any periods of complete course closure.”

When the recently-completed course renovation officially opens in two months, the changes won’t necessarily be visually noticeable from a distance, though they will be much more noticeable when they are actually played.

In particular, the clubhouse hole, which has proven to be an iconic finishing hole for the current Mitsubishi Electric Classic and the past PGA Tour events held at TPC Sugarloaf, will have a different feel to it.

“From a renovation standpoint, it’s strictly grassing

and bunkering work that’s being reworked,” Maloney said. “We’re changing from bent grass greens to Bermuda grass greens. We’re changing from Bermuda grass tees and fairways to Zeon zoysia, and we’re rebuilding all the bunkers.

“So from a routing standpoint, when you see it on TV, it’s not going to look much different from a design standpoint. But from an overall product, it’s fantastic.”

It will definitely be unique.

In addition to the new grass makeup of the green, fairway and tee box, the greenside bunkers at the finishing hole will feature a bit of an homage to World Golf Hall of Fame member Greg Norman, who designed the TPC Sugarloaf course more than 20 years ago.

“Those are going to be very different,” Maloney said.

“They’re going to be very unique to the area. With Greg Norman as the designer, this is his first North American course. He’s obviously Australian, so the style of bunkers he did really lends itself to a

stacked sod bunker. We used a product on our bunkers called PermaEdge, which has a stacked sod look, but doesn’t break down the way natural stacked sod would over time.

“So it really pops from the tee when you’re looking at those bunkers, and it will be something that certainly sets us apart in the area from other clubs from a visual standpoint.”

The new bunkers and sod should definitely give PGA Tour Champions players some new challenges for the 2019 Mitsubishi Electric Classic next spring.

But it will also give the course’s everyday players a few new things to think about.

“It’ll definitely be wellreceived by the players, and really it will be even better received by our membership,” Maloney said. “We’re obviously in (the) Atlanta (area), and all the grasses we’re putting down now are warm-season grasses, which means for the lion’s share of the year when it’s warm here, the course will be in pristine shape.”

Booth the ESPN 300.

Booth earned first-team Clemson’s style is uncomall-county honors last season mon and cannot be duplifrom the Daily Post after cated.” making 64 tackles, four interBooth is a five-star recruit ceptions and 14 pass breakin the 247Sports composite ups for a team that went 10-0 rankings, which have him as in the regular season, won the No. 3 cornerback and No. the Region 8-AAAAAAA 32 player nationally. He’s the title and made the Class seventh-best player in Geor- AAAAAAA state quarterfigia in those listings. nals.

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teams, he also is expected to play a bigger role offensively at wide receiver this season.

“He’s an emotional kid and he’s got a high motor,” Archer head coach Andy Dyer said of Booth. “From an athletic competition standpoint, the bigger the game, the bigger the play, the better he is. No moment is too big for him. That’s going to serve him well when he leaves high school.”

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