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Cops: Burglars steal 34 firearms from range FROM STAFF REPORTS Gwinnett Police are investigating after they said burglars crashed a pickup truck into an indoor gun range in Buford and stole 34 rifles and pistols Sunday morning.

Officers responded to the burglary at Dead Center Indoor Gun Range when an alarm went off at 5:15 a.m.,

Gwinnett Police Sgt. R.E. Long said.

“Officers were dispatched, and upon their arrival they observed a heavily damaged front wall with a large hole leading into the business,” Long said.

Officers reviewed security video and discovered that a full-sized, gray Dodge pickup truck with a hardshell camper top was used to

smash through the wall and window, Long said.

The stolen guns and damages amount to a loss of thousands of dollars.

The vehicle was observed leaving the front parking lot and driving north on Buford Highway.

Gwinnett Police Crime Scene Investigation personnel responded and are processing the scene.

If anyone has any information to share in this case, call the Homicide Unit at 770 513-5300. To remain anonymous, tipsters should contact Crime Stoppers at 404 577-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimestoppersatlanta.org. Crime Stoppers tipsters can receive up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case.

Gwinnett Police are investigating after they said burglars crashed a pickup truck into an indoor gun range in Buford and stole 34 rifles and pistols. (Special Photo)

Former judge Oxendine dies of Alzheimer’s at 88 years old

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

“I didn’t really know what was going on, but watching videos of what everyone is going through in Louisiana was gut wrenching.”

State Judge Carla Brown of Gwinnett County contacted Wargo to help with relief efforts.

Brown is involved in the animal rescue community and founded Canine Pet Rescue to help German Shepherds.

Wargo said they have been in touch with the president of the Louisiana Humane Society.

When Wargo arrives, he will use a hands-on approach to help animal victims and educate their owners. He hopes to share

Former Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge James Walbert “Jim” Oxendine had a unique and lighthearted way of greeting his staff every morning when he was on the bench.

It’s one that, 24 years after he first heard it, the judge’s first law clerk, Michael T. Smith, can still clearly remember when he recalled the judge’s sense of humor with colleagues.

“In chambers he had James Oxendine a very casual demeanor,” Smith said. “He had a saying that he would come in and ask us every morning. It was, ‘What have you done for me today?’ It was just his very lighthearted way of saying ‘Good morning.’”

Memories are all Oxendine’s family, former colleagues and friends have of him now. The well-known judge, Korean War veteran and father of a former Georgia insurance commissioner passed away in Madison on Sunday at the age of 88. His death came after a long battle against Alzheimer’s disease, according to an obituary provided by Gwinnett County court officials.

The obituary states that the family is honoring his wishes and not holding a funeral service. His son, John Oxendine, will host a celebration of his father’s life from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at his home in Johns Creek.

The family is also asking mourners, including friends and former colleagues, to make donations to the Alzheimer’s Association instead of sending flowers. Donations can be sent to the foundation at 41 Perimeter Center E., Suite 550, Atlanta, GA 30346.

Over the years, Oxendine was actively involved in several groups in Gwinnett County, serving on the board of directors for Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, Annandale Village and Greater Atlanta Christian School. He was also a member of the Rotary Club of Duluth, and outside of Gwinnett, he served on the Warm Springs Foundation board.

“Judge Oxendine, or ‘The Judge’ as we

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Daffy’s owner Tom Wargo, left, and his wife, Diane, give treats to Bella, who visited the pet store with her owner in Lawrenceville on Tuesday. (Staff Photo: Erika Wells)

AFTER FLOOD THE

Lawrenceville pet store owner to help animal victims in La.

BY ERIKA WELLS

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Although hundreds of pets have died or gone missing in Louisiana following recent flooding, a Lawrenceville pet store owner is determined to rescue those still trying to survive.

Tom Wargo, owner of Daffy’s Pet Soup Kitchen and Pet Assistance Service Team, is working with the Louisiana Humane Society to provide assistance for animal victims when he travels to the state Sunday. Wargo runs the nonprofit S.O.S. Club to promote improving the treatment of animals.

Between Aug. 11 and 14, southern parts of Louisiana ac-

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cumulated several feet of water from rain. So far, 13 people have died and thousands of residents’ properties have been destroyed.

Daffy’s, on South Clayton Street, offers temporary assistance for families and shelters in need following a natural disaster.

Wargo said temporary living centers with resources have been available in some Louisiana cities that many residents cannot reach because of the flooding.

He plans to collect donations and take as many supplies as possible to rescue dogs, cats and other pets. Wargo’s wife, Diane,

and their son and daughter will accompany him.

“We’re going to hand out and deliver food and products and make sure everything’s going where it needs to go,” Wargo said.

Leashes, crates, flea medicine, carriers and other pet products are needed. Wargo is arranging for hay from nearby states to be shipped to the area for livestock.

Briana Botsford, who does marketing for Daffy’s, started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the trip. More than $4,000 has been raised since last Thursday. Botsford, an artist, jumped at the opportunity to start fundraising and begin a social media campaign.

Perdue: Trump will change country’s direction if elected

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President Barack Obama’s signature health care legislation will be repealed if Donald Trump is elected president, U.S. Sen. David Perdue predicted on Monday.

Perdue, R-Ga., discussed health insurance, the economy and the presidential campaign during a meeting with the Daily Post in which Trump loomed large over the conversation. The first-term senator has become an ardent supporter of the New U.S. Sen. David Perdue talks about the fu- York businessman since Trump ture of health care, the economy and the clinched the GOP’s nomination.

For Republicans who have presidential election during a visit to the Daily Post on Monday. (Special Photo) been eager to repeal the Afford-

able Care Act, the prospect of having someone from their own party in the White House is a glimmer of hope that they may finally achieve their goal.

“I believe that if we keep the majority in the Senate, we’ll repeal Obamacare early next year like we did this year,” Perdue said. “The difference will be that President Trump wouldn’t veto it, so Obamacare is gone. That will happen.”

Although there have been several reports in recent weeks about polls that peg Trump as trailing Hillary Clinton in several places, including Georgia, Perdue is confident the Republican nominee will prove the pollsters wrong come November.

He pointed to his own experience running against Michelle Nunn to replace Saxby Chambliss in the Senate as an example. Nearly every poll in the weeks leading up to the General Election that year had Perdue and Nunn neck and neck with margins of two to four points, according to records kept by RealClearPolitics.com.

Perdue won by about eight points.

“I don’t accept the premise that he’s lagging to the degree that the national polls say,” Perdue said of Trump. “What’s going on around the country is exactly what went on in Georgia in my race … There was a significant error in our race and

it was because the polls were inaccurate.”

Perdue’s opinion on the future of the Affordable Care Act under a Trump presidency is representative of what the senator feels will happen to several regulations and executive orders proposed or implemented over the last eight years.

“This economy should be bursting, and the reason it’s not is overregulation,” Perdue said.

Among the regulations he mentioned is the Waters of the USA rule. This regulation has created worries among Gwinnett County officials because of the broad reach they fear the federal

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Cost of I-85 toll lanes hits legal max, $13.95 are nearly 27,000 daily trips made on the I-85 Express Lanes daily, and that number is steadily That didn’t take long. increasing.

The first morning rush “We didn’t know for hour that the State Road sure how high the rates and Tollway Authorwould go, but we expectity raised prices on ed that there would be a Interstate 85 in the area lot of trips in the lanes between Jimmy Carter (on Monday) given that Boulevard and Pleasthis day is typically a ant Hill, the toll lane hit high-traffic day, since all $13.95 on Monday, a of the schools are back in record and the maximum session, including (Georamount allowed under gia State University) and law.

(Georgia) Tech,” he said.

The prices are in ef“It will be a while before fect during peak rush we will be able to fully hours, from 7 to 9 a.m. evaluate the impacts of and from 4 to 6 p.m. The the new rates on conrecord was hit between gestion in the Express 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., Lanes, so at this time we SRTA spokesman Matt will continue to monitor Markham said. the performance.”

The change is a way Most of the traffic in to clear congestion, but the lane during the busimeans an increase in the est times is concentrated “parameters for pricing” in the middle segments for segmented shorter of the corridor. trips during the most In a recent newsletter congested weekday peak to announce the change, times.

SRTA officials wrote The specific increases that when the Express were not released for the Lanes are congested, HOT lanes, which contrips take longer and are sist of 16 miles between less reliable. They said Gwinnett and DeKalb addressing the major counties. But the rates areas of congestion in cover the entire 16 miles. the Express Lanes during Markham did not yet these high-traffic times know the number of trips will help SRTA to proon Monday morning, vide a more reliable and but SRTA officials have predictable commute for previously said there Peach Pass customers.

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Gwinnett math teacher wins Presidential Award

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A decorated Gwinnett math teacher can add another honor to her career.

Cindy Apley Rose, who has worked in education for 20 years, all in Gwinnett County Public Schools, was recently named as a winner for this year’s Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She is one of 213 K-12 math and science teachers from across the country to be recognized this year as a recipient of the award.

“The Presidential Award validates my belief that all students learn through real life tasks,” Apley Rose said in a press release.

“Helping them discover mathematics through science, engineering, and technology, they become college- and career-ready.

Teaching them how to evaluate the mathematics of others and design outof-the-box solutions, they are becoming the nation’s future innovators and leaders. I am humbled by this award and grateful for the support of my family and colleagues that allows me to reach for the stars with my students.”

The winners are selected by a panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians and educators following an initial selection process at the state level. Each nomination year of the award alternates between teachers in the kindergarten through sixth-grade level and those teaching seventh grade through high school. The

BY KEITH FARNER

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Two years ago, Couch Middle math teacher Cindy Apley Rose was one of six finalists for the Teacher of the Year award. That was the second time she’s been selected her school’s TOTY and as a finalist for the district award. Both of those happened in 2006-07. She teaches accelerated and standard math at Couch after she previously taught special education students, social studies and math at Shiloh Middle. (Special Photo)

award recipients represent two nomination years.

Two years ago, Rose was named the GCPS Middle School Teacher of the Year and among six finalists for the Teacher of the Year award. It was the second time she was selected her school’s TOTY and a finalist for the district award. Both of those happened in 2006-07.

Last school year, she was one of a select group of metro Atlanta educators named as a winner in the 2015 Atlanta Families’ Awards for Excellence in Education. She used the money she won from AFAEE to create Community Mathematic Nights that focused on helping parents overcome a fear of math so that they were better equipped to help their children.

Rose and the other honored educators will receive their awards at a ceremony in Washington on Sept. 8.

Winners of the award receive a $10,000 from the National Science Founda-

tion to be used at their discretion, and along with the awards ceremony, as educational and celebratory events, they’re invited for visits with members of the Obama Administration.

“Cindy Apley Rose’s passion for educational excellence is exemplified through her student-teacher relationships, communication with stakeholders and highly engaging and innovative instructional practices,” Couch Middle School Principal Devon Williams said. “We are so proud that she is a part of the Couch Middle School family.”

Apley Rose earned a bachelor’s degree in middle grades education, a masters in special education from Brenau University in Gainesville and specialist degree in mathematics education from the University of Georgia. She is certified in 4–12 mathematics, special education, gifted education and as a Teacher Support Specialist.

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Gwinnett County police are looking for three suspects following an armed robbery of a Shiloh High School student.

The boy was robbed of a necklace and watch on Wednesday while walking home between Northbrook Road and Valley Brook Road in Snellville, according to a police report. The suspects are believed to be Shiloh students; the victim told police the three suspects passed by him initially in a light blue four-door passenger car with rust.

He told police they were familiar to him from passing them in the halls at Shiloh.

After they passed him, the suspects then circled back and confronted the victim and asked to see his necklace and Michael Kors watch, and when he asked to get the necklace back before getting the watch, one suspect pulled a pistol and said, “If I wanted to take it, I could.”

One suspect also took the victim’s cellphone, but eventually gave it back after another suspect told him to.

Gwinnett Schools’ enrollment tops 177,000

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Gwinnett County Public Schools enrollment is closing in on summer projections for the 2016-17 school year.

District spokeswoman Sloan Roach said Tuesday that the third enrollment count of the year listed 177,271 students. That’s 1,353 more students than last week’s second count and 6,164 more than the first count on Aug. 9.

Jackson and Lilburn elementary schools are the largest at 1,547 and 1,488 students, while North Gwinnett is the largest middle school at 2,254 students. Mill Creek is the largest high school at 3,774 students, but there are seven high schools that have more than 3,000 students.

The school district is currently 572 students below its post-Labor Day forecast of 177,843 and is on track to reach that forecast by the final count day on Sept. 6.

Last year, GCPS’ enrollment grew 632 students from the third to final count.

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•From Page 1A affectionately called him, was very committed to our community and to doing his part to protect the environment,” former Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful Executive Director Connie Wiggins said.

Wiggins recalled Oxendine as someone who was passionate about addressing air quality issues and increasing the number of trees in the county. One year, she said, he worked to get about 10,000 trees that Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful planted along sidewalks and roadways to beautify the area and provide shade for walkers.

“What’s funny about that is that the next year, he wanted to do more trees, so he worked with the same people he’d worked with before to get more trees,” she said. “We thought we were going to get more of what we’d gotten the first time, which were 6- to 8-foot-tall trees, and he called me up one day and said, ‘I got 50,000 trees.’ I thought ‘What are we going to do with 50,000 trees?’

“Well, it turns out they were seedlings, so we worked with the school system and planted them at several schools. Later on they grew up, and now we have all of these trees beautifying school campuses across the county.”

Long before he was fighting to get more trees planted in Gwinnett, he was a veteran, serving in the Korean War in the early 1950s. After the war, he went to college and got undergraduate and master’s degrees. The latter degree was in education, and he went on to work for Rand McNally, selling school textbooks for the company.

At night, however, he was a part-time law student and

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Oxendine joined the State Bar of Georgia in 1973.

Gov. Joe Frank Harris later appointed him to serve as the chairman of the State Board of Worker’s Compensation, and he was appointed to the Gwinnett County Superior Court bench in 1992.

Superior Court Judge Randy Rich, who worked as an attorney on cases heard by Oxendine before becoming a judge himself in 2005, said Oxendine was a “lawyer’s judge,” someone who would hang out with attorneys in the jury box while eagerly waiting with the lawyers to see what verdict the jurors would deliver.

“He would just hang out with the lawyers and shoot the breeze, talking about what was going on in the news and sharing stories about different trials he’d handled when he was a lawyer,” Rich said. “He had a really congenial way of dealing with people.”

Rich added that the former judge might best be remembered in the local legal community for being protective of Gwinnett-based lawyers, especially when they were facing off against lawyers from Atlanta-based firms.

Oxendine made sure lawyers knew who was in control of the courtroom during trials.

“These attorneys from Atlanta law firms would come up to Gwinnett for trials and think they owned the place,” Rich said. “And Judge Oxendine would quickly say something like, ‘Let me tell you something, Atlanta lawyer, this is how things are going to work in this courtroom.’ He’d never refer to them by their names.

It was always just ‘Atlanta lawyer.’”

He later moved to parttime Senior Judge status in

2002, and then stepped down from that position in 2009 amid questions about his role in a land deal. The resignation came a few months before he planned to retire, the Daily Post reported at the time.

But family and colleagues remember him more for his lifetime of work in the legal professional and the community than how he left the bench. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, his brother, Bill, four children and four grandchildren, according to his obituary.

Smith only worked with Oxendine for the judge’s first five months on the bench, but he remembered him as someone who had a good sense of humour and a deep knowledge of the law. He also said advice he gleaned from Oxendine about running a law firm has helped him over the years.

“He was also super savvy about business,” Smith said.

“I remember when I was getting ready to go into private practice, he would give me bits of advice on private practice that I still use to this day.”

Rich said that in the years after Oxendine stopped being a full-time judge, attorneys still held him in high regard and sought his legal insight as a mediator. Rich recalled one such case where the attorneys on both sides asked to have Oxendine mediate their differences.

It took Oxendine one day to get them to reach a settlement, he said.

“When he told lawyers how he saw things playing out if the case continued in court, they had a real hunch he knew, based on his years of experience, that was what was going to happen,” Rich said.

Animals how to prepare in advance so resources will be readily available.

Wargo said he will stretch donation dollars as far as they can go and avoid wasting products such as pet food.

“This is about more than just the products; it’s about having the manpower to make sure they get where they need to go,” said Wargo’s wife, who helps him with daily operations.

In the future, Wargo plans to return to some areas he

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has visited and help set up pet food banks. Wargo works with local emergency services agencies, law enforcement, volunteer groups and other organizations to reach more animals.

For now, he is loading up his 20-foot trailer with supplies, hitching it to his truck and preparing for the worst but hoping to provide victims with the best.

For information, visit www.daffyspetsoupkitchen. info and www.gofundme. com/Daffyshelpspets.

Perdue

government could exert over small waterways currently governed by local officials.

“We’ve pushed back and voted in the Senate, and again, it’s the president that is sitting there with a veto power,” Perdue said. “What we’ve got to do, I think, is keep a majority in the Senate and win the White House.”

But if some of these rules and laws from the past eight years are rolled back or repealed under a Trump presidency, it raises the question of what would replace them.

In the case of health care, it could be something along the lines of a proposal U.S. Rep. Tom Price introduced that would create tax credits for insurance coverage and health savings account contributions. Perdue said it would also remove bureaucrats from the health care process.

“Tom Price’s idea is that it gets removed (and) you get more consumer choice and more consumer responsibility in terms of choice in pricing and there’s much more transparency in pricing,” he said.

For Trump to get elected, however, Perdue said he will need to focus his attention and comments on issues that will resonate with voters.

That hasn’t always been easy since the party conventions, where Trump stirred controversy by getting into a battle of words with the fa-

ther of a veteran who spoke at the Democratic National Convention, hesitating to endorse Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s re-election bid and making a gaffe in which he accused Obama and Clinton of founding ISIS. “The way out of here is to take the high ground,” Perdue said.

“The way for Trump to win, in my opinion, is to get on those issues that are important to the people back home, the people that increased voter turnout 62 percent in the primaries, to the people who gave him (nearly) 14 million votes in spite of the fact that you had 17 candidates, to the people who believe he is listening to them because he is calling out the issues that he’s concerned about.”

But, while Perdue has been a vocal supporter of Trump and, like the presidential candidate, paints himself as an outsider, it remains to be seen if he would take a position in a Trump cabinet if one is offered to him.

“If he gets elected, I think we’ll start changing and I will look at whatever way I can to help the most to change the direction of the country,” he said. “I’m in a role right now that fits me very well. It fits my background. It fits the fact that I’ve lived outside the United States and I have an international perspective.

“I’m having some impact.

My only goal is to get this direction changed.”

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Without symptoms, best not to treat CLL DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old white woman who recently was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

My doctor, a hematologist, completed a FISH blood test, which showed it to be the type of leukemia associated with an abnormal chromosome called del(13q). I am in relatively good health, and my doctor says that at this time I show no symptoms of this disease; if symptoms do show up in time, there are very good treatments to combat the problems, but there is no cure.

Should I insist that my doctor begin treatments now so that I will not suffer more later on?

— B.C.M. ANSWER: CLL is one of the most common leukemias (a type of blood cancer). It occurs mostly in older adults, with the average age at onset being about 70 years. While it progresses very slowly in most people, it is usually not curable.

CLL differs greatly from person to person, in terms of its aggressiveness. Checking the DNA mutations of the cancer cells (that’s the FISH test) helps to predict how fast the cancer will progress.

Fortunately, the del(13q) mutation is a very low risk mutation, and people with this mutation in their CLL have very little or no increase in risk of death overall. Further, well-done trials comparing people who are treated early in the disease show no overall benefit in survival, compared with people who waited to get treatment until they developed symptoms.

So, I agree with your doctor. Because treatments do cause some side effects, if you started treatment now, you would be guaranteeing yourself a worse quality of life right away, without any guarantee of making things better later. Your doctor is doing his or her best to give advice that keeps in mind both your quality and your length of life. Don’t override your doctor’s advice lightly.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have recently been diagnosed with IgG4-related disease.

Can it be genetic? My daughter has many unexplained symptoms that I worry may be related to this condition. I have required biopsies of an eye muscle, the salivary gland and lung lesions, among others. What can you tell me about this disease?

— J.E. ANSWER: IgG4 is a type of immunoglobulin, an antibody. In IgG4-related disease, the antibodies are directed against various tissues of the body, and the disease manifestations depend on what organs are affected. It is thought to have components of allergy as well as autoimmunity.

The condition is seen more frequently in men than in women, and in middle age. The diagnosis often is missed, as this is a newly recognized condition. It is probably much more common than previously thought.

It may resemble lupus or sarcoidosis.

It can cause an autoimmune pancreatitis, or may present as a tumor. I suspect that your eye-muscle and salivary-gland biopsies were related to this presentation of the disease. Enlarged lymph nodes and weight loss are common in this disease.

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Today is the 237th day of 2016 and the 66th day of summer.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1814, British forces invaded Washington, D.C., and set fire to the White House.

In 1949, President Harry Truman formally announced that the North Atlantic Treaty was in effect.

In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York for the murder of John Lennon.

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union announced a new definition for “planet,” which reclassified Pluto as a “dwarf planet.”

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), author; Paulo Coelho (1947- ), author; Mike Shanahan (1952- ), football coach; Mike Huckabee (1955- ), politician/TV personality; Stephen Fry (1957- ), actor/comedian; Cal Ripken Jr. (1960- ), baseball player;

Jared Harris (1961- ), actor; Marlee Matlin (1965- ), actress; Reggie Miller (1965- ), basketball player; Dan Henderson (1970- ), mixed martial artist; Dave Chappelle (1973- ), actor/comedian; Arian Foster (1986- ), football player; Rupert Grint (1988- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: In 1891, Thomas Edison received a patent for his Kinetograph motion picture camera and the Kinetoscope viewer.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1989, baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Pete Rose from the sport for gambling on Major League Baseball games.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”

— Paulo Coelho

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Wife deals with affair, household’s debt Dear Amy: I discovered my husband of 23 years is having an emotional affair with a younger co-worker that he supervises (it is supposedly over).

This woman has also met me. He has known her for 10 years and recruited her to work in his office. He has told me she reminds him of me.

He has said the relationship was not physical. She is also married with very young children.

We have two kids, one in college and one in 10th grade. We have crushing debt and sadly live paycheck to paycheck.

There is not enough cash for him to move out.

We have no savings and no real college fund.

I would like for us to work on our marriage and at least stay together until the youngest graduates, at which time we can sell our home and move to less expensive places.

I can forgive the emotional affair, but I cannot forgive forcing us into financial ruin.

My husband is turning 50 and has had a difficult professional career. He has been depressed and has a difficult relationship with our kids.

We had both started new jobs four years ago with a plan to improve our situation.

I don’t know what to do.

We have gone to counseling, where he was told to move out, even though we told the therapist we have

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Amy Dickinson no money.

I want to do what’s best for our kids.

— Scorned Dear Scorned: You have conflated two issues — your husband’s emotional infidelity, which you say you can forgive, and your financial situation, which you blame on him.

You don’t provide details about your husband’s behavior, but unless he gambled away your mutual earnings, it is unclear why he is solely responsible for your debt.

It seems that, in addition to marriage counseling, you would both benefit from financial counseling.

Selling your house now, during a healthy market, and renting a house might be the best move for you.

Tackling your financial problems together without blame or shame, and making mutual tough choices to economize could help to pull your relationship back from the brink.

For inspiration, read, “The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness,” by personal finance guru Dave

Ramsey (2013, Thomas Nelson).

Dear Amy: You receive lots of questions from older readers who complain about not being adequately thanked for gifts they have given to young people.

While helping an 8-year-old boy write thank-you cards for gifts he received last Christmas, he made an observation: He is always expected to write thank-you cards, but never receives them.

He said that an older relative told him it’s important to write thank-you cards because it makes the giver feel appreciated and special. He suggested that, “Maybe if kids knew how special it felt to get a thank-you card, we would be more excited to make other people feel that way.”

This has stuck with me all year long.

— Thankful Dear Thankful: I often wonder if the people who are so concerned about others’ expressions of gratitude take the time to demonstrate this important value in their own lives.

Your young friend’s observation is wise, as well as profound. I’m sure it will inspire many people to re-examine their own behavior. Thank you.

Dear Amy: “Wondering Girl” was a teen girl who had a crush on a guy who seemed to be picking on her. In addition to other things, he told her

he wanted to help change her into “being a better person.”

Please stop equating a guy having a crush on you with abuse. You told “Wondering Girl” that “his behavior toward you is the equivalent of a fourthgrader punching a girl in the arm when he likes her.”

If we are going to end domestic violence in this country, we have to teach people, especially our children, that hurting people is not a sign of affection. We all need to use our words.

In addition, if this guy is already trying to change her, this is not a healthy relationship. Your friends accept you for who you are, flaws and all. They point out troublesome behaviors they see in you without being mean. Maybe this guy does have a crush on “Wondering Girl.” Or maybe he’s just a jerk.

Been there, done that.

— Kim Dear Kim: I don’t consider fourth-graders punching each other in the arm as “abuse,” but I take your excellent point and your interpretation of this dynamic, and I thank you for offering it.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@tribpub.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook. Amy Dickinson’s memoir, “The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter and the Town that Raised Them” (Hyperion), is available in bookstores.

Your confidence will set the stage for what comes your way this year. A professional gain looks promising. Whether you start your own business or just check out your employment options, good things are heading your way. You’ll learn easily and improve quickly. Don’t limit your chances to advance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Learn from the experts and try something new. You’ll find your niche if you are open to suggestions and put a new spin on what you already have to offer.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Negotiate on your own behalf in order to get what you want.

Dealing with institutions will result in unexpected benefits. Strive to make personal gains.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Don’t be afraid to do things differently. It’s your unique approach that will draw support and bring a chance to reach your goal. Romance is on the rise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Look for an opening that will help you get ahead. It may take a lot of time and work on your part, but what you get in return will be worth your while.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Fixing up your personal space or buying into something that has the potential to grow will encourage you to make purchases that will increase your comfort.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Speak from the heart and get to the bottom of uncomfortable situations. Knowing what others want will help you offer incentives that will get you what you want in return.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Keep your emotions in check.

Someone will take advantage of you if you are too accommodating. You cannot please everyone.

Be sure to please yourself first and foremost.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t make rash decisions.

Wait until you have all the facts in order to avoid looking bad and being stuck in a nowin situation. Criticism and negativity can be expected.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Don’t feel bad or heed complaints that aren’t warranted.

Trust in your ability to deal with situations personally and you will avoid meddling and interference. Romance will improve a personal relationship.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Personal improvements are favored.

Don’t be too vocal about what you want to accomplish. A romantic moment will lead to a closer bond and longterm commitment.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — You’ve got what it takes to make positive changes at home and work. Your loyalty coupled with a sincere desire to help will put you in a good position.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Make a difference and do what you can to help others. Your strength, courage, drive and physical endurance will turn you into a hero and a leader.

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world&nation world Massacre reports show inability to curb Iraq militias WASHINGTON — Shi’ite militias in Iraq detained, tortured and abused far more Sunni civilians during the Americanbacked capture of the town of Falluja in June than U.S. officials have publicly acknowledged, Reuters has found.

More than 700 Sunni men and boys are still missing more than two months after the Islamic State stronghold fell. The abuses occurred despite U.S. efforts to restrict the militias’ role in the operation, including threatening to withdraw American air support, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.

The U.S. efforts had little effect. Shi’ite militias did not pull back from Falluja, participated in looting there and now vow to defy any American effort to limit their role in coming operations against Islamic State.

All told, militia fighters killed at least 66 Sunni males and abused at least 1,500 others fleeing the Falluja area, according to interviews with more than 20 survivors, tribal leaders, Iraqi politicians and Western diplomats.

Obama promises support to La.

By Ayesha Rascoe Reuters

people Lawrence ranked world’s highest paid actress again

NEW YORK — “Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence on Tuesday topped a Forbes magazine list of the world’s highest-paid actress for the second straight year, earning some $46 million, followed by Melissa McCarthy.

Lawrence, 26, took the top spot largely through a slice of the profits from the final movie in the “Hunger Games” franchise, as well as a big upfront fee for her forthcoming space adventure movie “Passengers,” Forbes said.

Yet Lawrence’s estimatPresident Barack Obama greets a family as he tours houses in a flood-affected neigh- ed payday was likely well below that for Hollywood’s borhood in Zachary, La., on Tuesday. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) leading men, Forbes said, “This is not a one-off. federal government cares local and state law enforce- despite the actress sparking a debate about the gender This is not a photo op isabout what we are going ment resources needed pay gap last year. She sue. This is, how do you through,” Woods said. elsewhere in disasters. make sure a month from Obama was criticized Edwards had asked Trump declared she was “finished now, three months from last week for not cutting not to visit for a photo op- being adorable” when it came to negotiating better now, six months from now, short his New England va- portunity. people still are getting cation to go to Louisiana.

Obama had received up- deals for herself.

Lawrence’s 2016 earnthe help that they need,” Republican presidential dates on the flooding from ings dropped 11.5 percent Obama said. candidate Donald Trump, U.S. Homeland Security Naketa Woods, who who was in Louisiana on Secretary Jeh Johnson and from her 2015 total of $52 million. Forbes will release owns a home in Castle Friday, said on Twitter, Federal Emergency ManPlace, stood in her drive“President Obama should agement Agency Adminis- its list of the world’s way in the sweltering heat have gone to Louisiana trator Craig Fugate, both of highest-paid actors on Thursday. Last year Robert with her husband waiting days ago, instead of golfwhom went to Louisiana.

Downey Jr. topped the to meet with Obama. She ing. Too little, too late!”

“Nobody gives a hoot list with an estimated $80 said their home was filled However, Democratic whether you’re Democrat million. with 3 feet of water and Governor John Bel Edor Republican. What they Neither however came they lost all their furniture wards had asked Obama care about is making sure and two vehicles. to delay his visit because they’re getting the drywall close to pop star Taylor Swift, who was named “To have the president presidential visits require out, the carpet out, there’s U.S., Russia make come, it means a lot to a huge retinue of Secret not any mold building,” he the top earning celebrity ‘headway’ in Syria of 2016 earlier this year, show that he cares and the Service agents and tie up said. pulling in an estimated $170 talks, but no deal million from record sales Convicted child molester WASHINGTON — The and her world tour.

United States and Russia Jerry Sandusky is innocent continue to make “headand should get a new trial, Steven Hill of Trump finds GOP way” in talks on advancing his defense lawyer told recooperation to ease the Syria rallying cry in porters following a three-day ‘Law & Order’ dies LOS ANGELES — Steconflict, but haven’t reached hearing in a Pennsylvania Clinton attacks ven Hill, who starred for a final deal yet, the U.S. state court.

WASHINGTON — years as District Attorney State Department said on “There were so many Republican presidential Adam Schiff on “Law & Tuesday. flaws in his trial,” attorney “We are continuing those nominee Donald Trump, Order” and decades earAlexander Lindsay said. discussions. We continue to who has struggled to drive lier played the leader of the But Lindsay appeared to make headway. We’re not a consistent message and Impossible Missions Force make little headway during before Peter Graves on TV’s quite there yet,” State Deconsolidate the support of the three days of hearings partment spokesman Mark “Mission: Impossible,” died his own party, is honing his HACK SUSPECTED — The sun peaks over the New York in proving that prosecutors Times Building in New York. The FBI and other U.S. secu- illegally leaked grand jury Toner told a news briefing.

Tuesday in Monsey, N.Y., attack on Democratic rival rity agencies are investigating cyber breaches targeting his daughter Sarah Gobioff Hillary Clinton and the information to a reporter reporters at the New York Times and other U.S. news orFrance, Germany foundation bearing her last ganizations that are thought to have been carried out by in 2011, a key argument in told The New York Times.

Hill played Schiff from name, making it a rallying working for Russian intelligence, CNN reported Sandusky’s bid for a new press for access cry for fellow Republicans hackers the show’s first season in on Tuesday, citing unnamed U.S. officials. (Reuters/Bren- trial.

1990 until 2000.

The former Penn State to cell messages to get behind his campaign. dan McDermid) Trump began this week assistant football coach was PARIS — France and hammering her for the convicted of 45 counts of the Defeat Crooked Hillary U.S. new home Demi Lovato sued Germany want to compel Clinton Foundation, an PAC. sales race to near sexual assault in 2012 and for copyright operators of mobile mesorganization created by her is serving 30 to 60 years in nine-year high saging services to provide and her husband, former prison. infringement Florida says Zika WASHINGTON — New access to encrypted content President Bill Clinton, case hundreds of U.S. single-family home Singer and actress Demi to terrorism investigations, which uses private donaFBI investigating Lovato has been accused by after a series of deadly attions to fund aid programs miles from Miami sales unexpectedly surged in double stabbing tacks in both countries.

American indie rock band July, reaching their highest in developing countries.

French intelligence CHICAGO/TAMPA — The FBI is investigatSleigh Bells over copyright level in nearly nine years On Monday, he called services, on high alert since for the foundation to be Florida officials on Tuesday amid robust demand, bright- ing a double stabbing by a infringement. attackers killed hundreds of shut down. On Tuesday, he announced the first case of ening the housing market Virginia man who shouted Alexis Krauss and Derek civilians in Paris in NoMiller of the Brooklynoutlook and bolstering views the Muslim phrase “Allah called for a special prosecu- Zika transmitted by mosvember and in Nice in July, tor to be named to investiquitoes in Pinellas County, that economic growth will Akbar,” while authorities based band said in a lawsuit are struggling to intercept located some 265 miles on Tuesday denied media filed on Monday in Califorpick up in the third quarter. gate the foundation. nia federal court that “Stars,” messages from Islamist from Miami, where the first reports that the attack may Housing market strength Trump has struggled a bonus track on Lovato’s militants. locally transmitted U.S. have been an attempted should offset some of the to find an attack line that Many of the groups now fellow Republicans could 2015 hit album “Confident,” cases were reported. beheading. drag from manufacturing, use encrypted messaging contains significant material Steve Huard, acting The suspect, Wasil with other data on Tuesday rally behind. His criticism services rather than maintaken from their 2010 song spokesman for Florida Farooqui, 20, of Roanoke, showing production at facof the parents of a dead stream social media, with “Infinity Guitars.”

Department of Health in tories remaining constrained is charged with randomly Muslim-American soldier Islamic State a big user of In documents filed in the Pinellas County, said the attacking a man and woman by weak orders. who spoke at the Demosuch apps, investigators in U.S. District Court Central with a knife on Saturday “A very rosy picture is cratic National Convention case involves a woman District of California, Sleigh several countries have said. drew strong rebukes from without a significant travel beginning to emerge on the when they entered a RoaFrench Interior Minister Bells says the similarities many in his own party. His history, indicating the virus housing market, pointing to noke apartment building, Bernard Cazeneuve said Roanoke County police said. between the two songs sustained buoyancy in the attacks on Clinton’s health was contracted locally. the European Commission “transcend the realm of coHe did not know the The man and woman sector’s recovery, which rehave been dismissed as should draft a law obliging conspiracy theories. incidence or shared generic timeline on the case, only were severely injured. The mains one of the few bright operators to cooperate in that it had been confirmed spots for the U.S. economy,” man fought off the attacker, material, and inform the Clinton, who leads in investigations of militants. very essence of the works.” within the past day. He did said Millan Mulraine, deputy who was shouting “Allah nearly every national and “If such legislation was The band is seeking an not have any more details chief economist at TD Secu- Akbar,” police said. The swing state opinion poll, adopted, this would allow on the patient’s illness. phrase means “God is great- injunction against further rities in New York. has largely avoided an us to impose obligations at use of Lovato’s track and “At this point, it’s a est” in Arabic. onslaught of criticism about the European level on non- the foundation. an unspecified amount of single case. It’s a one-off,” Lawyer: Sandusky Farooqui is being held cooperative operators,” he without bond at the Western damages.

“It’s an incredible turning Huard said. “We don’t is innocent and told a joint conference with Lovato’s representatives Virginia Regional Jail near point in the campaign, and know where it originated, his German counterpart in did not return requests for nothing rallies Republicans and we are doing appropri- deserves new trial Roanoke, about 200 miles Paris. comment. southwest of Washington. like the Clintons,” said Ho- ate testing and medical — From wire reports gan Gidley, spokesman for surveillance.”

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — — From wire reports — From wire reports BATON ROUGE, La. — President Barack Obama walked door to door in an East Baton Rouge Parish neighborhood on Tuesday hugging people and offering assurances that the country would help them recover from some of the worst floods ever recorded in Louisiana.

“What I want the people of Louisiana to know is, you’re not alone on this, even after the TV cameras leave,” Obama said after touring brick homes whose lawns were cluttered with slabs of drywall and soaked sofas and mattresses.

More than 2 1/2 feet of rain fell on parts of the state in the worst U.S. disaster since 2012’s Superstorm Sandy. At least 13 deaths have been attributed to flooding and more than 60,000 homes have been damaged.

More than 100,000 people have applied for federal aid, Obama said, and so far more than $120 million has been approved.

Many people did not have flood insurance.

How much will be needed to help residents has yet to be determined, Obama said, noting that Congress may need to approve more aid. He urged Americans to volunteer and to donate money to the Red Cross.

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Europeans turn to weapons in growing numbers after attacks

By John Miller and Caroline Copley Reuters

ZURICH/BERLIN — Europeans in a number of countries are seeking to arm themselves with guns and self-defense devices in growing numbers following a series of attacks by militants and the mentally ill.

Some weapons sellers also link their increased business to

Must read the arrival of huge numbers of migrants in Europe, although a German police report stated that the vast majority do not commit crimes of any kind in the country.

The picture is patchy, with no up-to-date data available at a European level, leaving national and regional authorities to re-

lease statistics that are far from comprehensive and not always comparable. Reasons also vary for civilians to own guns legally, including hunting and sport as well as self-protection.

Nevertheless, applications for gun permits are climbing in Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic. Their larger neighbor Germany has not followed the trend in lethal firearms, but permits for carrying

devices designed to scare off assailants, such as blank guns and those that fire pepper spray, have risen almost 50 percent.

Little research into the reasons for the recent apparent trend has yet been published, but the assumption is that attacks in the past year including in Paris, Brussels, Nice and Munich have stirred fear among some citizens.

“There’s no official explanation for the rise, but in general

we see a connection to Europe’s terrorist attacks,” said Hanspeter Kruesi, a police spokesman in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen.

Kruesi advised against buying weapons, saying they did little to improve citizens’ security while presenting problems over safe storage and raising legal questions over their proper use in a conflict. “People could actually make themselves criminally liable,” he said.

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To ID or not to ID? Every election cycle we must endure challenges and allegations about fraud (conservatives) and discrimination (liberals) when it comes to voter ID laws.

This year is no different.

A federal court ruled that the Texas voter ID law passed in 2011, requiring voters to present official photo identification, discriminated against poor, minority and disabled voters and ordered a judge to approve new interim rules for the Nov. 8 election. The new rules will broaden the list of acceptable forms of ID. Voters will now be able to present, among other things, an expired ID, a government check or a current utility bill. “Supporting documents don’t have to have a photo, reports The Austin Chronicle, “but if they happen to, then voters will need to present the original.

Otherwise, they can present a copy.”

Similar battles over Cal voter identification Thomas laws are being waged in other states, notably Wisconsin and North Carolina.

It’s worth reviewing the list of the seven forms of identification currently accepted by Texas law — a Texas driver’s license issued by the Department of Public Safety; a Texas election identification card issued by DPS; a personal identification card issued by DPS; a license to carry a handgun issued

by DPS; U.S. military identification card containing the person’s photo; U.S. citizenship certificate containing the person’s photograph; a U.S. passport.

Granted, most poor people are unlikely to have a passport, but the state will issue any legal resident an identification card. Are civil rights groups who sued the state contending that poor and minority people are so inept that they can’t apply for an identification card?

If that is their position, how are they able to apply for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program) benefits, which require a photo ID? Why is voting the one category in which you don’t have to prove your citizenship and legal residence?

I will answer that question in a moment.

Three years ago during a similar controversy, Ashe Schow of The Washington Examiner compiled a list of 24 things that require a photo ID. You must have a photo ID if you are 25 or under and wish to purchase alcohol or cigarettes. Store signs say so.

Want to open a bank account? Photo ID required. Here are the rest of the categories: applying for welfare, Medicaid and Social Security (presumably poor people take advantage of one or more of these programs); unemployment benefits (ditto); rent/buy a house, or apply for a mortgage; drive/buy/rent a car; get on an airplane; get married; buy a gun; adopt a pet; rent a hotel room; apply for a hunting or fishing license; buy a cellphone; visit a casino; pick up a prescription (or buy restricted over-the-counter medications); donate blood; apply for a license to hold a demonstration; buy an “M”rated video game; purchase nail polish at CVS. Again, why is voting placed in a separate category? Why are liberal groups determined to repeal laws requiring proof of citizenship and residence?

The answer is found in a definition of the word fraud: “deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.”

Since many poor people are receiving government benefits, they are responsive to Democrats’ claims that Republicans want to cut them off, so they had better vote early and vote often, as the saying goes, or else. Notice the left never focuses on emancipating people from poverty.

That might make the poor independent of government, which would be intolerable to the left. They need a reliable voting bloc and keeping the poor dependent on government is a modern form of slavery that is cynical in the extreme.

Unless discrimination against an individual can be proved, these voter ID laws should be upheld. Otherwise, expect more votes from dead people, illegal aliens, people with false addresses and even Mickey Mouse. All of these scenarios have occurred in previous elections and are likely to be repeated in this and future ones without proper identification.

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

Coffee With a Cop worth your time It’s an ongoing activity put on by the Gwinnett County Police Department but one that’s taken particular significance as of late. The premise of Coffee With a Cop is as simple as its name — show up, enjoy a cup of Joe and interact with the men and women who serve your community.

Meeting an officer and finding the face and personality behind the badge is important for both the cops and the people who get to meet them in a casual setting. The latest event was held this past Friday at the Atlanta Bread Company in Peachtree Corners. A large group turned out — nearly 100 according to city officials, as residents and business owners got to ask questions and voice concerns with the 20 or so officers who took part in the event.

Assistant Police Chief Tom Doran was one of those officers at the Peachtree Corners event, and he emphasized that the men and women in blue get as much out of the interaction as the residents who join

Todd Cline Editor them. Doran said it’s been particularly gratifying to receive positive feedback after recent events, with police officers being shot in Baton Rouge and Dallas.

“We host these events for the community, but our officers enjoy them just as much,” Doran said in a press release.

“We are very appreciative of the community’s support.”

That support included a four-minute video made by the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association which included local residents voicing their appreciation of the police department. Said Doran: “The video was awesome.”

Peachtree Corners Mayor

Atlanta Bread Company in Peachtree Corners hosted a Coffee With a Cop event last week. (Special Photo)

Mike Mason thought the event was as well. He enjoyed being part of the group and seeing fellow Peachtree Corners residents get the chance to enjoy some time with the officers.

“It was a great opportunity to show the GCPD police officers just how important they are to Peachtree Corners,” Mason said. “Our city enjoys a low crime rate thanks to their efforts. I often hear from our residents on how pleased they

are to have the GCPD patrolling their neighborhoods.”

Coffee With A Cop is held in each of the county’s five precincts, usually at least two per precinct each year. According to police, the next event has not yet been scheduled, but when it is, it’s an opportunity worth taking.

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

Finally, here’s a nice column about Trump WASHINGTON — When my syndicate editor told me a few clients had been asking, “Don’t you have anyone over there who can write something positive about Donald Trump?”

I thought, well, that could be fun.

But hard.

Then, as if the Muses and Fates had conspired to help me in this Olympian task, everything in Trump World changed. Not only did Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort resign following reports of his involvement in Ukrainian politics, but Trump hired a woman, Kellyanne Conway, to become his new campaign manager.

And he suddenly started being nice.

Call it a woman’s touch or the desperation of a faltering candidate, but Trump was even kind of cute Thursday when he expressed regret for some of his ill-chosen words during the campaign, especially those that might have caused personal pain, presumably in others.

What’s next, a prayer for forgiveness of sins?

If his comments weren’t strictly an apology, they at least were an acknowledgment of error. They also indicated that Trump can learn new tricks.

He’s trainable and, apparently, is open to ideas not his own.

Clearly, this was a tectonic plate-shifting moment in a campaign previously defined by insult and arrogance.

Kathleen Parker “Sometimes I can be too honest,” he said, brilliantly setting up his opponent’s fatal flaw: “Hillary Clinton is the exact opposite. She never tells the truth.”

It’s no coincidence that Conway, a veteran of the anti-Clinton wars, is also a pollster. Who better to turn things around than someone who pays her bills by measuring the public’s temper?

More importantly, Conway specializes in women voters.

Her firm, The Polling Co. Inc./ WomanTrend, has monitored women’s thinking on a wide variety of issues since 1995.

Her handiwork, which previously has included telling Republicans to stop using the four-letter word “rape” in campaigns, is in clear evidence with her newest client.

Which means, I suppose, that this positive Trump column is really about Conway.

Will her magic work to shift women and swing voters toward Trump? Which is the real Trump? The guy who insults everybody, or the one who almost says he’s sorry and wants

to bring the country together?

Can he sustain this new persona and for how long? Attention span isn’t his strong suit, but then neither is it America’s.

We are still soon to the pivot, so we’ll wait and see. Unless Trump has been projecting someone else the past year just to capture the conservative, white male voter who was never going to vote for Clinton anyway, there’s every reason to believe his impetuousness will prevail.

Moreover, it’s questionable whether voters can be swayed by a sudden personality change, even among those who readily grant second chances to the penitent.

Will women suddenly forget everything Trump has said while being “too honest”?

Will African-Americans buy Trump’s promise that their lives will be “amazing” if they vote for him? Will the seed Trump planted of Clinton’s bigotry, seeing blacks only as votes, take root?

Such a statement from any other Republican would burst into flames from the volatile combination of hypocrisy and absurdity, but nearly everyone understands that Trump isn’t really a Republican.

The outsider non-politician who regrets saying hurtful words, who is sometimes “too honest” but “will never lie” to the people may surprise us.

At least he has offered a sliver of decency to those looking

for something to cling to — a little humility, a smattering of remorse, a human connection — to help them justify voting for anybody but Clinton.

Trump has been losing ground essentially because of the cumulative effect of his persistent nastiness. Add to this his off-the-cuff remarks about maybe using nukes, leaving NATO to its own resources, his praise of dictators and strongmen, and he was someone you wouldn’t want anywhere near the football.

Or oneself, as Washington Post Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt wrote so brilliantly, saying Trump was the person you hoped wouldn’t be seated next to you at a dinner party. On the other hand, I’ve long admired the sentiment popularized by Alice Roosevelt Longworth: If you can’t say something good about someone, sit right here by me.

Who better than Trump?

The man is funny, even at his meanest. What many have found repugnant about his style was indeed the secret to his success. People love hearing said aloud what they’re really thinking.

But that was then — and for now at least, it appears to be Conway’s show: No more insults, stick to script, focus on Clinton’s dishonesty.

It just might work.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com.

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Patricia Buice Patricia Kimbro Buice, age 74, of Buford, GA passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2016. She was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Callie Kimbro; and sister, Martha Louise Pettit. She is survived by her husband of fifty-four years, David Buice, Buford, GA; daughters, Pattie Buice, Lawrenceville, GA and Allison Buice Cantrell and husband, Joey, of Flowery Branch, GA; grandchildren, Ethan Cantrell and Taylor Cantrell; brother and sister-in-law, Kelly and Lou Kimbro, Sugar Hill, GA; nephew, Chris Kimbro; and other nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Buice was born May 21, 1942 in Buford, GA and was a 1961 graduate of Buford High School. She was retired from Gwinnett County Senior Services in Lawrenceville, GA. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Buford where she was also a member of the Upper Room Sunday School Class. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Johnson officiating. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday evening, August 22, 2016 from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00

Stanley Jack Criswell age 57, of Eatonton, GA passed away on August 20, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Robert Dawson Robert Theodore Dawson age 81 of Snellville, GA passed away August 21, 2016. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel 1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville GA, 30046 770-277-4550.

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Susan Frazier Susan L. Frazier, age 60, of Snellville, GA, passed away August 21, 2016.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200, www. wagesfuneralhome.com

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William Gilleland William Billy Gilleland age 45, of Lakemont, GA formerly of Buford, GA passed away on August 22, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Chris Heusel Chris Heusel, age 57 of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on Monday, August 22, 2016. He attended Lawrenceville Methodist Church, and was a printer with Arts Printing for 30 years. Chris is survived by his wife of 31 years, Katie Heusel; children, Nicole & Steven Christner, Williamsburg, VA; Noel Heusel, Lawrenceville, GA; mother, Ruth Heusel, Hiawassee, GA; brothers & sisters-in-law, Alan & Barbara Heusel, Albany, GA; Jeffrey & Lisa Heusel, Savannah, GA; sister & brother-in-law, Suzan & Leroy Ledford, Hiawassee, GA; motherin-law, Claire Thompson, Pelham, AL; sisters-in-law & brothers-in-law, Pamela Dunn, Pelham, AL; Janet & Sparky Wilson, Foley, AL; Jim & Debbie Thompson, Jacksonville, FL; Patrick & Eleanor Thompson, Sugar Hill, GA; several nieces, nephews & cousins. The family will receive friends Friday, August 26, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes & Crematory, Buford, GA. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. at Buford Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, www. heart.org or Alzheimer’s Association, www.alz.org.

Arrangements entrusted to Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes and Crematory, Buford, GA 770-9459999. Online condolences may be expressed at www. crowellbrothers.com.

Jeannine Horton Jeannine Bell Horton, age 86 of Parrish, FL passed away on Sunday, August 14, 2016. Memorial Services will be held at a later date. Private Interment will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Gwinnett Memorial Park.

Rev. Jim Moore will officiate. Jeannine was born February 23, 1930 & grew up in Bridgeport, AL. After High School, she attended Business College in Birmingham, AL where she met Elwin Horton. They got married in April of 1949 & moved to Nashville, TN. In 1952, they then moved to Atlanta, GA. Elwin worked for Greyhound Lines for 35 years. They have 2 Daughters: Alecia Horton Williams (Archie) who have twins & 1 Son. Janet Horton Gill (Surinder) who has a Daughter & a Son. When their daughters married, Jeannine worked for John Deere Co. for 20 years. They both retired in 1

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Margaret Jones Margaret Elizabeth Murdock Jones passed away in her home the morning of August 19, 2016 in Snellville, Georgia. She was 87.

Mrs. Jones was born on April 5, 1929 in Carey, NC to her parents, Bill and Margaret Hobby Murdock. She married Robert E. “Bob” Jones in 1951. After being based in Rapid City, South Dakota during Mr. Jones’ service in the United States Air Force, the Joneses moved to Charlotte, NC where Bob worked as a Mechanical Engineer and Margaret began raising their family of four children. She was an avid Bridge player and active member in her church. She dedicated her life to her husband and four children.

Mrs. Jones was a patient and supportive wife; her consistent mission in life was to build a home in all of the many places she and Bob lived to meet the needs of her family. She loved holiday celebrations when the entire family could gather for lots of laughs.

Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband Bob, daughter and son-in-law, Teresa and Pete McBean of Richmond, VA; her son and daughter in-law, Bob Jr. and Debbie Jones of Monroe, GA; her son and daughter in-law, Gary and Deborah Jones of Cedar Bluff, AL; her son and daughter in-law Tim and Michelle Jones of Atlanta, GA; and eight grandchildren; Meredith Mexal, Scott and Michael McBean, Kaitlin Miller, Tori Desaulniers, Robby Jones, and Jack and Griffin Jones. She is preceded in death by her Father and Mother, William and Margaret Murdock; and her brother Pete Murdock.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Tom Wages Funeral Home Snellville, GA. A memorial service will be held at Tom Wages Chapel, Snellville, GA on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome to attend this celebration of Mrs. Jones’ wonderful life.

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Elwin Horton, age 89 of Parrish, FL passed away on Monday, August 15, 2016. Elwin Horton & Jeannine Bell grew up in Christian homes where their families worshiped and had Sunday School on Sunday’s. Both joined and were Baptized as teenagers. After they married, they lived in the Atlanta, GA area (Decatur, GA).

They bought a home near Valley Brook, A Mission Baptist Church. They joined and began working in the Sunday School & music department.

Elwin was an ordained Deacon there. After a few years, they moved to the Tucker, GA area, where they joined the Northwest Baptist. They began working in the Sunday School & music department every Sunday. After a few years, they moved to the Dacula, GA area and joined Ebenezer Baptist Church.

They attended there for several years. From there, they joined Lawrenceville First Baptist Church until they moved to FL. There, they joined Bradenton First Baptist Church. A private interment will be held at 11 AM on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Gwinnett Memorial Park, Lawrenceville, GA. Arrangements are being held by Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Rd. SW Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

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Elizabeth Kenerly Elizabeth (Kay Kay) Kenerly, age 56, was taken by the Angels to heaven on Friday, August 19th, 2016. Kay was born on February 4th, 1960 at Button Gwinnett Hospital in Lawrenceville, GA. She was the daughter of the late Thomas M. Kenerly.

Survived by her mother, Mary Ann Landers Kenerly; sister, Theresa Kenerly; daughter, Christie Kenerly Landers, son-in-law, Taylor Landers & grandson, Nick Landers; the man by her side, Larry Thompson; niece, Angie Bragg & husband, B.J. Bragg; great nieces and great nephews, Breann, Abbey, Lexie, & Aaron Bragg; Tommy Boyd & wife, Lisa Boyd & child, Olivia Boyd; a host of cousins - Kenerlys, Landers, Starnes, & Thomasons.

Because of Kay’s love for life, she requested there be no funeral. She loved people, and touched many lives with her shinning personality. She worked at Kenerly’s Auto-Parts in Lilburn, GA, where she was loved by many. She was a graduate of Berkmar High School, Class of “78”. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Humane Society of Jackson County, 98 College Street, Jefferson, GA 30549, because of her love for animals. Online condolences may be left at www.billheadfuneralhome.com. Arrangements

by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel, (770) 564-2726.

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Sonja Kozuch Sonja Eileen Bowser Kozuch passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2016 in Cumming, GA. Sonja leaves behind in this world her loving family – her husband Robert, her son Zachary, her daughter Savannah, and a large extended family. She is also survived by her sister, Faye Bowser. Sonja’s father Raymond and her mother Esther had passed away previously.

Sonja was born on April 29, 1956 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania and grew up in nearby Ford City where she graduated from Ford City High School. She graduated from Slippery Rock State College in 1978 with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education.

She found her soul mate and partner for life and married Robert Kozuch on August 19, 1978. After getting married, Sonja and Robert lived in Charlotte NC, Pittsburgh PA, Newark OH, Cambridge ll ill

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OH, Snellville GA, West Chester PA, and Sycamore IL. They settled in Cumming, Georgia in 2005 and co-founded Bear Mountain Custom Painting where Sonja was officially President and unofficially a “ray of sunshine” to everyone she worked with and met.

Sonja has always had a big heart and loved making personal occasions and holidays special for everyone. She also loved giving back throughout her life, actively participating in community food pantries and soup kitchens, tutoring of illiterate adults, mentoring of disadvantaged youth, being a Big Sister, a foster parent, a Girl Scout leader, a softball coach and a church organist. In 1988, she was the founding Executive Director of the Big Brothers / Big Sisters chapter in Guernsey county OH. She has also spearheaded the community and charitable projects of her company.

An informal memorial service will be held from 1:00 to 5:00 PM on Saturday, August 27 at the Fieldstone Clubhouse at 3350 Elder Field Lane, Cumming. A church service will be held at Mountain Lake Church in Cumming at 3:00 PM on Friday, August 26. Please come and help us remember Sonja’s life and all she means to us.

In lieu of flowers and gifts, a donation to “Sonja’s Loving Heart Foundation”, a charitable foundation being formed to continue her loving and giving spirit, would be much appreciated.

Alfred Messarra Alfred John Messarra, age 86 of Gwinnett County, died August 21, 2016. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday August 25, 2016 at Watkinsville First Baptist Church, with the body to lie in state at 10:30 AM. Interment 3:00 PM Floral Hills Memory Gardens.

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Mr. Messarra was born in Kingston, Jamaica and was retired from the U.S. Postal Service.

He is survived by his daughter, Mary Messarra of Dacula; son, Jon Messarra of Athens; brothers, Anthony Messarra and Abe Messarra.

He was preceded in death by his siblings, Peggy Midgett, George Messarra and Elias Messarra.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to swatministries.com in honor of Alfred.

Online condolences may be sent by visiting www. billheadfuneralhome.com.

The family will receive friends Wednesday 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Lilburn/Tucker Chapel, 770-564-2726.

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Felicia Moon Felicia Ann Bradshaw Moon, age 35, of Bogart, passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

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Walter Nordan Mr. Walter Scott Nordan, age 62 of Jefferson, Georgia who entered into rest Sunday, August 21, 2016.

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William Parker Mr. William Donald Parker, 85, passed away 8/21/2016. Arrangements

by Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 2246 Wisteria Drive, Snellville, Georgia 30078. 770-979-5010. www.stewartfh.com.

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Robert Persinger, Sr. Robert F. Persinger, Sr., age 67, of Grayson, GA, passed away August 19, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770979-3200, www.wagesfuneralhome.com

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John Miller John Miller age 86, of Flowery Branch, GA passed away on August 22, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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James Shirley James David Shirley, age 76, of Snellville passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Shirley. He is survived by his daughters, Tina Gladulich, and Leah Compton

and her husband Joseph; sons, James G. Shirley and his wife Jessica, and Henry Shirley and his wife Lorrie; 12 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. A Funeral Service to Honor the Life of James David Shirley will be held Friday, August 26, 2016 at 12 Noon at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens, Buford. The family will receive friends Wednesday, August 24, 2016 from 6PM until 8PM, and Thursday, August 25, 2016 from 6PM until 8PM at the funeral home. Those desiring may make donations to the VFW Lawrenceville Post #5255, P.O. Box 54., Lawrenceville, GA 30046. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome. com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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Linda Staples Linda Davis Staples, age 48, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away August 22, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770979-3200, www.wagesfuneralhome.com

Arson suspected in fire at vacant house in Lilburn lease specific information because of the ongoing investigation.

Rutledge asked resiGwinnett firefighters dents in the area to stay are investigating a blaze alert to their surroundings that brought them to a and report any suspicious home on Nichols Court activity to the police imS.W. outside of Lilburn on mediately by calling 911.

Monday afternoon.

Anyone with informaSpokesman Capt. Tom- tion is asked to contact my Rutledge said crews the Gwinnett Fire Investiresponded at 1:06 p.m. gations Section at 678after a neighbor reported 518-4890 or the Georgia the fire in the 4100 block Arson Control Hotline at of Nichols Court.

1-800-282.5804. Georgia No one was home, Arson Control, Inc. offers and the home appeared a reward of up to $10,000 to be vacant after crews for information leading to searched the home and the arrest and conviction found extensive damange, of people responsible for Rutledge said. Investigaarson. Arson is a seritors are trying to find the ous felony crime and is status of the property and punishable by one to 20 speak with the owner. years imprisonment and Rutledge declined to re- associated fines.

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Buford volleyball sweeps St. Pius

By Paul Thomas

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BUFORD — In a rematch of last season’s state championship, Buford volleyball defeat St. Pius X in straight sets Tuesday night at Buford High School.

The Wolves jumped out to big leads and fought off Golden Lion rallies in the first and second sets to win 25-22, 27-25 and cruised in the final set 25-12.

There won’t be a rematch in this year’s state playoffs between the two, with reclassification moving Buford (5-1) up to Class AAAAA and St. Pius (2-1) staying in AAAA. Last season, the state finals went five sets, so Buford head coach Hadli Daniels was happy to get an early test for her team.

“Definitely a win is always good,” she said.

“Definitely saw some areas we could improve on. They

were a really solid team.

Those first two games were really pretty close, we almost dropped the second one after having a big lead, so definitely a good learning experience for us. I just love being able to play some tough teams like that and the good competition is really helpful for us.”

Buford jumped out early to a 7-1 lead in the second set behind strong service from Avery Cason. St. Pius battled back in the set to

tie it at 21, and then take a 22-21 lead.

Buford twice had to hold off set point, and Tatum Shipes delivered the momentum killer the Wolves needed at 25-25. St. Pius made several digs to keep a long rally alive, even reacting at the last second to a Buford quick pass, but ultimately Shipes delivered one of her team-high 12 kills to put Buford ahead.

Buford defenders Morgan Sutherland (10) and Halston Hillier go up to block a shot by St. Pius’ Logan Maiolo during

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GGC SOCCER PREVIEW

Hungry Grizzlies

Wolfe’s 300th win puts him in rare company

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@gwinnettdailypost.com

A.I.I. Goalkeeper of the Year, Georgia Gwinnett College’s Lewis Sharpe, makes a save during a game last season in Lawrenceville.

Sharpe and the Grizzles open the 2016 season Friday. (Photo: Rod Reilly/GGC)

GGC men respond to coach’s wake-up call

By Christine Troyke christine.troyke@ gwinnettdailypost.com

As he evaluated the 2015 campaign, Georgia Gwinnett College men’s soccer head coach Steve DeCou was not happy with his team’s mental toughness.

The Grizzlies, after winning two straight conference titles, were bounced from the A.I.I.

tournament in the semifinals.

The 1-0 loss was their first in the conference playoffs since becoming eligible and kept them out of the NAIA championship tourney.

“The first meeting in January, I said we have to get back to the grind,” DeCou said.

That meant 6 a.m. weight workouts all spring, on top of their afternoon training sessions.

“They got it done on the field, they got it done in the classroom,” said DeCou, whose team had a cumulative 3.3 GPA last spring.

“I saw the fire in their eyes that I have seen with previous teams that have won championships,” DeCou said. “Not to say we’re going to win, but I saw a lot of similarities that I was just so excited to get this season going.”

GGC opens Friday night at home against St. Thomas, the first of four games in Lawrenceville to start the year.

“One of the things about last year, we lost too many games at home,” DeCou said.

“It’s time to get this back to Fortress Grizzly that nobody wins here, that nobody wants to come here.

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GGC women return bulk of scoring punch

By Christine Troyke

“So we have much higher expectations as far as the offensive output this season,” said head coach The Georgia Gwinnett Chris Kouns, who is enterCollege women’s soccer ing his second year at the team returns six of the top helm. seven scorers from a team Bristol Countess led that set a program record the Grizzlies in goals with 55 goals last season (8) and points (26) as a and earned its first NAIA sophomore, but also can tournament berth. play in the midfield or on Then they added to defense. It’s indicative of the offensive punch with a high-powered attack and transfer Ana Gonzalez and significant versatility in the freshman Samantha Thorn- lineup. ton from Cherokee High “In terms of the back School in Canton. Gonline, we’re going to have zalez, a Spanish national, some things shuffled came from Central Method- around,” Kouns said. ist University and Thornton “Amanda Yarger was a is a product of Georgia ECNL, a top club league.

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Georgia Gwinnett College’s leading point-getter, Bristol Countess, is among a slew of offensive talent returning for the 2016 season. (Photo: Rod Reilly/ GGC)

When Buford beat South Forsyth 3-1 on Aug. 15, the Wolves gave their coach, Tony Wolfe, a milestone with his 300th career win.

It also sent Wolfe, who has guided Buford to a state championship in each of his nine previous seasons as head coach, into rare company in Gwinnett softball, becoming just the fifth coach currently active in the county to reach the 300-win mark.

More research is currently ongoing to determine exactly Tony how many wins Wolfe Peachtree Ridge’s Bubba Wilson has.

However, between his 14 seasons as the Lions coach since the school opened and 12 more seasons at Lakeside-DeKalb, he is to have more than 400, which would make him the county’s all-time leader among active coaches.

Current Grayson coach Bill Batchelor is next on the Gwinnett wins list with 379 between the his last two seasons with the Rams and 13 seasons at Brookwood, while Tracy Keefer, who has coached at Dacula for 20 years, is next at 326.

Until Wolfe, who now stands at 302 wins heading into Buford’s home game with North Gwinnett on Tuesday, did it last week, Duluth’s Dawn Marsh was the most recent coach to join the 300 wins club.

Marsh, who has guided the Wildcats since 1996, including the 1999 Class AAAA state championship, got her 300th win late last season and now has 306 career wins.

The next active coach likely to join the 300-win club is North’s Randy Black, who could do so as soon as later this season, as he was just 13 wins away heading into the Bulldogs’ game Tuesday at Buford.

Meanwhile, two other current Gwinnett coaches are nearing different win milestones.

Paul Pierce, in his second season at Mill Creek after spending the previous four seasons at Collins Hill, needs just five more wins to reach 150 for his career, while Mountain View’s Mike Cason, who returned to coaching this season after an 11-year absence following stints at Parkview and Meadowcreek, is four wins away from 100.

Lions roar past last year’s win total A 13-3 rout of Towns County last Thursday, keyed by two home runs in one inning by Taylor Poisal, did more than just even

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ondeck Prep Schedule

SOFTBALL

Today

5 p.m. — Buford at Cambridge 5 p.m. — Norcross at Meadowcreek 5:30 p.m. — Mill Creek at West Forsyth 5:45 p.m. — Berkmar at Mountain View 6 p.m. — Archer at Dacula 6:30 p.m. — Jefferson at Peachtree Ridge

VOLLEYBALL

6 p.m. — Northview at Wesleyan

The Home Teams

Braves

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at Arizona at Arizona at San Francisco 9:40 p.m.

Thu, 9:40 p.m. Fri, 10:10 p.m.

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Buffalo Buffalo at Durham 7:05 p.m.

Thu, 7:05 p.m. Fri, 7:05 p.m.

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On TV Today

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m. — World Series Elimination Game: Teams TBA. From Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. ESPN 3 p.m. — World Series Elimination Game: Teams TBA. From Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. ESPN 5 p.m. — World Series Panama vs. South Korea ESPN 7:30 p.m. — World Series Bowling Green (Ky.) vs.

Endwell (N.Y.) ESPN

MLB

9:30 p.m. — Atlanta at Arizona FSSE 10 p.m. — San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers ESPN

SOCCER

2:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League Manchester City vs Steaua Bucareste FS1 2:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League Red Bull Salzburg vs Dinamo Zagreb FSSO

In Brief Hebron runners sweep Into the Trail championships Hebron Christian’s cross country teams swept the titles at the Into the Trail Invitational this past weekend.

Hebron placed five girls runners in the top 10, led by Miranda Taylor, Amanda Jackson and Alyssa Hawkins in second through fourth. Tori Johnson was sixth and Mikayla Burrell was 10th. The Lions’ 24 points gave them a comfortable win over second-place Eagles Landing, which had 70.

Michael Fabiano (fourth) led four Hebron boys in the top 10. He was joined by Brandon Potra (sixth), Ethan Selph (seventh) and Blake Fugel (10th), while Ben Glover also scored in 21st place. The Lions had a score of 48 points, edging runner-up Loganville’s 63.

Georgia Force win season opener The Georgia Force home-school football team began its season with a 13-12 victory over the Dawson Christian Eagles this past weekend at Gary Pirkle Park in Sugar Hill.

Josh Goin hit Kaleb Fisher for the Force’s first touchdown and Kaleb Tuggle’s TD run put Georgia up 13-6 in the second half. Dawson threw a TD pass with no time left on the clock, but the Force stopped a runner on a two-point conversion attempt to seal the win.

The Force ended up with 278 all-purpose yards with 90 yards from running back Xavior Johnson. The Force defense was led by Addison Jackson, who had 10 tackles and two sacks. Harris Williams and Oz Faal (interception) also contributed to the Force’s defensive effort. The Force travel Friday night to take on Holy Spirit Prep at North Springs High School in Sandy Springs.

Brookwood to host golf tourney

The 10th annual Brookwood Bronco Baseball Golf Tournament will be held Oct. 10 at Summit Chase Country Club.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Cost is $150 per player or $500 per foursome and sponsorships also are available.

For more information or to register, go to www. broncobaseball.org.

Sports Calendar

RUNNING

Oct. 16: The Blessings for the Boozers 5K/Fun Run will be held Oct. 16 at Little Mulberry Park on Fence Road in Dacula as a benefit for Jessica Boozer and her son Braden, who are both battling cancer. For more information, go to www.runforbraden.com or www.fundracers.org.

BASEBALL

Oct. 10: The 10th annual Brookwood Bronco Baseball Golf Tournament will be held at Summit Chase Country Club. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Cost is $150 per player or $500 per foursome and sponsorships also are available. For more information or to register, go to www.broncobaseball.org.

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Spieth looking forward, not back

By Paul Thomas

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ATLANTA — Golf’s regular season is over.

The PGA Tour now heads into its version of the postseason — the FedEx Cup. It’s a four-event playoff that whittles down the fields beginning with The Barclays in the New York (125 players) this week, continuing with the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston (100 players) and the BMW Championship in Indianapolis (70 players) and culminates with the Tour Championship in Atlanta Sept. 22-25 with the top 30 players.

Golfers are awarded points throughout the season for the FedEx Cup standings. Jason Day currently occupies the top spot, Dustin Johnson’s at No. 2, Adam Scott is third and Russel Knox sits in fourth. Last year’s champion, Jordan Spieth, is currently fifth.

Last year he put an exclamation point on his breakout season with a win at East Lake Golf Club for the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup, on the heels of winning the Masters and the U.S. Open.

This season Spieth enters the playoffs with two victories on tour but no majors. He’s worked with caddie Michael Greller on focusing on moving forward each round, instead of measuring each season

Jordan Spieth and caddie Michael Greller on the fourth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship at Baltusrol. (Photo: Brian Spurlock-USA Today Sports)

to 2015.

“Just sitting back, recognizing that this is a fantastic season,” he told members of the media at East Lake on Monday via satellite. “How can we forget about any expectations? How can we forget about 2015 in a sense?

Using our experience and our confidence from performing in big moments, but how can we improve each and every week going forward the second half of the year to hopefully eventually create a scenario to where I can play the way I played in the Tour Championship and then feed that into the Ryder Cup? “… I recognize that it’s just not possible, you have to get so many great breaks to have the kind of year like last year. I can get better as a player and have years that are similar and maybe even better some day, but it’s just not going

to happen every year. But each time I tee it up from now on, that’s out of my head and I’m looking forward versus behind and ready to get back into the thick of things, obviously.”

Since the PGA Tour debuted the FedEx Cup in 2007, no one has won back-to-back cups and only Tiger Woods has won multiple cups.

Even if Speith recaptures some of last season’s momentum and repeats as the Tour Championship winner and claims a second FedEx Cup, it won’t be an exact repeat at East Lake.

This year the tournament has flipped the front and back nine, which means the tournament will now conclude on a Par-5 instead of a Par-3.

“You’re still playing the same 72 holes, add them up at the end,” Spieth said of the flip. “I think it will be exciting. No. 18 (now

No. 9) obviously now I have a fantastic memory on that green finishing up there. You had some drama on that hole in the past, notably Jim Furyk’s bunker shot (in 2010) to (Brandt Snedeker’) priceless reaction (in ’12). But the ninth hole (now 18) provides an opportunity for someone to make up two shots.

“Normally that 18th hole you’re making a three and that’s the average score.

On the ninth hole you can make an eagle and then if you’re in trouble you could make a bogey, and then make up two or three shots on one hole. I think it adds quite a bit.”

It should make for a quite a dramatic end to the PGA Tour season at East Lake, as the winner of the FedEx Cup receives a $10 million bonus.

“East Lake Golf Club has served as a fitting venue for the finale of our FedEx Cup season,” PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said. “Now in its 10th year, the FedEx Cup structure has given the Tour a true season-ending finale and has performed to our expectations in every way. We will always strive to find ways to enhance our events for our fans, players and sponsors.

“By flipping the nines at East Lake, we believe the final stretch of the FedEx Cup will become even more dramatic and exciting as our season-long competition comes to a close.”

Swarm ink goaltender, defenseman From Staff Reports The National Lacrosse League’s Georgia Swarm announced Monday that the team has re-signed goaltender Brodie MacDonald to a one-year deal and defenseman Reid Acton for two seasons.

MacDonald, 26, appeared in a team-high 823:49 minutes of action last season, while posting a 6-7 record, 12.82 GAA and .749 save percentage.

During the month of April, the 6-foot-8, 245-pounder

collected three wins as the Swarm made a late season push for the playoffs. In the regular season finale against Vancouver on April 30, MacDonald held the Stealth to six goals as the Swarm clinched a playoff berth in front of their home crowd.

Georgia acquired the Vernon, British Columbia, native in a trade with the Rush in summer of 2014.

“Brodie made great strides on the floor last season and we’re excited to have him return to the Swarm family for a third

season,” Swarm owner and general manager John Arlotta said. “Brodie is a great example of what we look for in a Swarm player as he is a class act on and off the floor. We know he’s committed to helping this team reach our next goal of winning a championship.”

Acton, 27, made his NLL debut with the Swarm in 2016 and collected five loose balls in eight contests during his rookie campaign. Georgia drafted the former Loyola University standout with the

No. 21 overall pick (third round) of the 2013 NLL Draft. With his 6-foot-3, 200-pound frame, Acton was a welcomed addition to the Swarm’s backend last season.

“We were very high on Reid when we selected him in the draft a few years ago,” Arlotta said.

“He brought a great deal of toughness and grit to our lineup last season, and we’re looking forward to seeing him progress in a Swarm uniform for many years to come.”

NASCAR

France family scion earns first win

By Don Coble

ing to succeed and fail, the same way everyone else in the family has done in the The CEO of Internapast. tional Speedway Corp., “I enjoy the challenges,” the parent company of the Kennedy said. “I think it’s largest group of racetracks good for me to be on the in NASCAR, was the first competitive side. I think to leave a voicemail on a lot of it is just proving Ben Kennedy’s cellphone yourself. To compete and immediately following run for a championship, his Camping World Truck working really hard, that’s Series victory last week. what I like.”

Portions of the message Crew chief Joey Cohen were difficult to discern called for an early pit stop because it often teetered in the 200-lap race so his between uncontrolled driver would gain track poemotion, happiness and a sition later after everyone mother’s tears. else stopped. Cohen helped For everyone else in the get Kennedy’s Toyota corporate side of NASup front; the 24-year-old CAR, the call would have driver did the rest by leadbeen a formality. But for ing the final 20 laps at the Kennedy, the message had Bristol Motor Speedway. a far greater meaning.

Brett Moffitt, who also “Mom went crazy,” was looking for his first Kennedy said. “She was NASCAR victory, pressed ecstatic.”

Kennedy in a final six-lap Mom is Lesa France run. Kennedy survived a Kennedy, the granddaugh- couple slight bumps in the ter of NASCAR founder final three laps to win by Bill France and the sister truck lengths. to current chairman Brian “We were glued to the France.

TV,” the mother said. “It A family that’s been was the most nerve-racking immersed in racing since thing. I was excited, to say 1938 had never been to the least.”

Victory Lane as a stock-car In the process, Kennedy, winner. (Kennedy’s cousin, who’s eighth in the truck J.C. France, won four times series standings, locked in Grand-Am sports car.) his spot in the upcoming Even more incredible is Chase for the Champithat Kennedy forged most onship while creating a of his own success, learnunique level of excitement Staff Correspondent

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for the rest of the family.

France Kennedy used to attend most of her son’s races. Turner Scott Motorsports hired him to drive their Chevrolet in 2014, but the team quickly removed the mouthpiece from her headset so the team didn’t have to listen to her animated rants.

“I do get pretty firedup,” the mother said. “It’s probably better for me to be watching from a distance.”

France Kennedy started on the ground floor, in the ticket office, of her grandfather’s business. Brian France worked as a track promoter at Tuscan, Ariz., and other short tracks before moving to the corporate offices in Daytona Beach, Fla. Bill France and his successor, Bill France Jr., collected tickets and swept the garage areas as NASCAR found its footing on the sporting landscape.

A third generation — and now a fourth — were in position to carry on the family tradition after France and France Jr. died.

Like all those before him, young Kennedy will have to make his own path.

“This has been a great learning experience,” Kennedy said. “I’ve been working really hard. A lot

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“I’m still being realistic because we still have to be able to compete. It’s been a great learning experience, working with a car owner, a race team and the partners. I’ve spent five or six years building relationships, negotiating the business aspects.”

Kennedy knows there always will be a place for him at NASCAR or ISC. But he feels he can best serve the family name now by working on the competitive side of the catchfence.”

“What he’s learning on and off the racetrack will be important,” France Kennedy said. “I’m just glad he can live out his dreams and to see how hard he worked to make it happen.”

Always a France, Ben Kennedy is the first to know what it’s like to see the checkered flag wave from the driver’s seat.

“I didn’t get to know my great-grandfather, but my grandfather (France Jr.) saw me race some,” Kennedy. “Somehow, I think they’d be really proud.”

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high school football OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

REGION FOOTBALL STANDINGS

Name: Marcko Baity School: Lanier Position: Running back Class: Senior Highlights: Rushed 34 times for 268 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-13 win over Northview Coach Korey Mobbs’ take: “Marcko played a great game behind a winning effort from our offensive line. He continues to lead through his effort on the field, always giving credit to the big boys up front that pave the way.”

Region 8-AAAAAAA Region Overall This week 0-0 1-0 at Eastside 0-0 1-0 at Chattahoochee 0-0 1-0 Parkview 0-0 1-0 Lanier 0-0 0-0 IMG Academy (Sat.) 0-0 0-1 at Peachtree Ridge Region 7-AAAAAAA School Region Overall This week Brookwood 0-0 1-0 Walton Lakeside 0-0 1-0 at Tucker Norcross 0-0 1-0 at Collins Hill Parkview 0-0 1-0 at Shiloh Meadowcreek 0-0 0-0 Alcovy Berkmar 0-0 0-1 at Duluth Central Gwinnett 0-0 0-1 at Dacula Region 6-AAAAAAA School Region Overall This week Mill Creek 0-0 1-0 Stephenson Mountain View 0-0 1-0 Lambert Peachtree Ridge 0-0 1-0 Archer Collins Hill 0-0 0-1 Norcross Discovery 0-0 0-1 at Cedar Shoals Duluth 0-0 0-1 Berkmar North Gwinnett 0-0 0-1 Milton Region 8-AAAAAA School Region Overall This week Gainesville 0-0 1-0 Alpharetta Habersham 0-0 1-0 Bye Lanier 0-0 1-0 at South Gwinnett Apalachee 0-0 0-0 River Ridge Dacula 0-0 0-0 Central Gwinnett Winder-Barrow 0-0 0-1 Walnut Grove Region 8-AAAAA School Region Overall This week Clarke Central 0-0 1-0 at Oconee County Cedar Shoals 0-0 0-0 Discovery Flowery Branch 0-0 0-0 North Hall Loganville 0-0 0-0 at Monroe Area Walnut Grove 0-0 0-0 at Winder-Barrow Buford 0-0 0-1 Bye Johnson 0-0 0-1 West Hall Region 7-AAA School Region Overall This week Fannin County 0-0 1-0 Bye GAC 0-0 1-0 at Westminster North Hall 0-0 1-0 at Flowery Branch Dawson County 0-0 0-0 Forsyth Central Lumpkin County 0-0 0-0 White County Union County 0-0 0-0 Gilmer East Hall 0-0 0-1 Chestatee Region 8-A School Region Overall This week Athens Academy 0-0 1-0 Bye Hebron 0-0 1-0 Bye Prince Avenue 0-0 1-0 at Riverside Military Towns County 0-0 1-0 Bye Athens Christian 0-0 0-0 Monticello Commerce 0-0 0-0 Banks County George Walton 0-0 0-0 Social Circle Lakeview 0-0 0-0 at East Jackson Providence 0-0 0-0 Fulton Leadership Riverside Military 0-0 0-0 Prince Avenue Region 5-A School Region Overall This week ELCA 0-0 1-0 Jonesboro Landmark 0-0 1-0 Bye Wesleyan 0-0 1-0 at BEST Academy Mount Vernon 0-0 0-0 at Whitefield Strong Rock 0-0 0-0 at North Cobb Christian Fulton Leadership 0-0 0-1 at Providence Holy Innocents’ 0-0 0-1 at St. Francis Our Lady of Mercy 0-0 0-1 at Bulloch Acad.

OFFENSIVE HONOR ROLL Archer Braylen Weems, 15 of 22 passing for 119 yards Tyler Ranel, 7 catches for 47 yards, kick return TD Brookwood Dante Black, 34 rushes for 202 yards, 2 TDs Angelo DiSpigna, 12 of 20 passing for 196 yards, TD Matthew Hill, 3 catches for 68 yards, TD Chris Cotter, 3 catches for 41 yards Casey Holman, 82 percent blocking grade, 5 knockdown blocks Central Gwinnett Josh Samuel, 16 rushes for 175 yards, 2 TDs Collins Hill Monty Horn, 17 of 31 passing for 221 yards, 2 TDs Duluth Brandon Loftin, 6 catches for 84 yards, 3 rushes for 16 yards, 20-yard kickoff return, 2 TDs GAC Kyler McMichael, 21 rushes for 196 yards, 2 TDs Jonathan Rose, 2 rushing TDs Nate Richey, high blocking grade Ford Roberts, high blocking grade Brooks Buce, 54-yard FG, 41.4-yard punting average Hebron Bryce Riley, 6 rushes for 85 yards, TD, 2 catches for 37 yards Chandler Lewis, 10 rushes for 78 yards Troy Allen, 7 of 13 passing for 63 yards, TD Cam Hall, 37-yard FG, 2-for-2 PATs Lanier Nate Stiltner, winning blocking grade Josh Stroud, 2 catches for 45 yards Tywon Reaves, 7 rushes for 22 yards, 14-yard TD catch Mill Creek Cameron Turley, 16 of 27 passing for 304 yards, 3 TDs Jack Plummer, 5 catches for 99 yards Edmond Graham, 2 catches for 78 yards, 6 rushes for 56 yards, 1 blocked FG Mitchell McEnaney, winning blocking grade, 2 pancake blocks, 2 catches for 52 yards, 2 TDs Tyler Fannin, winning blocking grade Jack Franklin, winning blocking grade Brenton King, 5 kickoff touchbacks, 2-for-2 FGs including 43-yarder Mountain View Dhante Hill, 2 catches for 73 yards, 2 TDs Garbentz Josue, 1 kickoff return TD, 1 blocked punt, 1 fumble return for TD Norcross Baron Radcliff, 16 of 26 passing for 246 yards, 2 TDs, 1 rushing TD Tamir Jones, 6 catches for 78 yards Jared Simpkins, 3 catches for 45 yards Omar Sinclair, 2 catches for 34 yards, 3 rushes for 12 yards, 2 TDs Sam Dingle, 83 percent blocking grade, 6 pancake blocks Jacobe Burrell, 79-yard kickoff return TD Jake Camarda, 37-yard FG North Gwinnett Ryan Lovelace, 14 rushes for 72 yards, TD, 2 catches for 7 yards Parkview Caleb Mitchell, 24 of 33 passing for 265 yards, 2 TDs Justin Long, 8 catches for 72 yards Miles Marshall, 5 catches for 111 yards, 2 TDs J.T. Amaya, 2 of 3 FGs, 2 of 3 PATs, 38-yard punt Peachtree Ridge Connor Heyward, 4 rushes for 35 yards, TD, 3 catches for 21 yards, TD, 18-yard kickoff return, 5 punts for 40-yard average, 7 tackles, 1 pass breakup on defense Chris Dominguez, 8 rushes for 108 yards, TD Shiloh D.J. Walker, 230 total yards, TD pass South Gwinnett Seth Johnston, 10 rushes for 141 yards, 3 TDs, 7 of 11 passing for 155 yards, 2 TDs Bryce White, 5 rushes for 38 yards, TD, 2 catches for 64 yards, 2 returns for 32 yards Hunter Friend, 80 percent blocking grade, 3 finish blocks Wesleyan Harrison Cook, 4 catches for school-record 163 yards, TD Sam Gottlich, 98 percent blocking grade, 2 pancake blocks Zach Peterson, 7 catches for 82 yards, TD, 2 pass breakups on defense, 35.7-yard punting average Honor roll players are nominated by their coaches.To be included, coaches are asked to email their nominations by noon on Monday. Email will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com.

Name: Zane Ashley School: Peachtree Ridge Position: Safety Class: Senior Highlights: Had 14 tackles (10 solos, one for a loss), a pass breakup, a 22-yard kickoff return and an 8-yard catch on offense in the Lions’ 20-9 win over McCallie (Tenn.)

Coach Mark Fleetwood’s take: “Overall, he picked up from where he left off his junior year. … He helps us on offense, too. He didn’t get too much action (on offense), but did a good job blocking and doing what he was supposed to do. As the season progresses, he will get the opportunity to get the ball more and more. … He just had a good overall game, good focus, a good week of practice going into the game. Our coaches and team are relying on Zane to provide that type of leadership. We’re proud of him.”

DEFENSIVE HONOR ROLL Archer Quinn Miller, 12 tackles (8 solos), 3 for losses, 1 sack, 4 QB hurries, 2 pass breakups, 6 QB touches Taiyon Palmer, 6 tackles (5 solos), 1 for loss, 1 pass breakup Sam Wright, 3 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 sack, 1 caused fumble Brookwood Leonard Warner, 11 tackles, 1 QB hit, 1 QB pressure, 1 blocked punt and recovery for TD D.J. Horne, 8 tackles, 1 sack, 1 QB hit, 2 QB pressures Blake Chavis, 4 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 sack, 3 QB pressures, 1 pass breakup Kendall Williamson, 6 tackles, game-clinching interception for TD, 1 pass breakup Daniel Walker, 10 tackles Central Gwinnett Brandin Nixon, 11 tackles Ira Henderson, 5 tackles, 1 interception Collins Hill Darius Penton, 3 tackles, 3 pass breakups Des Howard, 5 tackles (3 solos), 1 pass breakup, 5 catches for 69 yards, TD on offense Tristan Alvarado, 7 tackles, 1 for loss, 2 sacks, 3 QB hurries Discovery Kevin Grier, 6 1/2 tackles Jack Osterle, 6 tackles Chrinovic Mukulu, 7 tackles Chidera Emenike, 2 sacks Duluth Cordell Creighton, 9 tackles, 2 forced fumbles William Huzzie, 5 tackles, 2 interceptions Christian Pinkney, 5 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery GAC Davis Markham, 11 tackles, 1 for loss Trey Morrison, 6 tackles Justin Ellard, 2 tackles for losses Hebron Micah Harden, 11 tackles, 1 1/2 for losses Kedarius Davis, 7 tackles, 4 1/2 for losses, 1 caused fumble, 1 QB hurry Michael Moyers, 11 tackles, 1 1/2 for losses, 2 pass breakups Max Bennett, 5 punts for 35-yard average Lanier Juwuan Jones, 15 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 sack Tyler Taylor, 10 tackles, 2 for losses, 3 QB hurries Ethan Wilson, 4 tackles, 1 interception, 2 pass deflections C.J. Bush, 4 tackles, 41-yard interception return Mill Creek Victor Heyward, 4 solo tackles, 1 for loss, 1 interception, 1 pass breakup Demetrias Rias, 9 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 QB hurry Ryan Cox, 7 tackles, 1 for loss, 2 QB hurries Jamar Hall, 9 tackles (7 solos), 1 pass breakup Matthew Winston, 4 solo tackles, 1 fumble recovery, 3 pass breakups Mountain View Blake Carroll, 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 safeties Norcross Bryce Bowen, 9 tackles, 2 for losses, 1 sack, 1 punt block recovery Jordan Ferguson, 16 tackles, 4 for losses, 1 sack, 1 big hit Monty Montgomery, 11 tackles, 4 for losses, 1 sack, 1 blocked punt Jacob Johnson, 7 tackles, 1 pass breakup Keon Carter, 6 tackles, 1 big hit Jalen Peddrew, 6 tackles, 3 for losses, 1 pass breakup North Gwinnett Warren Burrell, 7 tackles, 1 pass breakup, 1 interception Brian Eberhardt, 9 tackles, 1 for loss Keison Forte, 7 tackles, 1 for loss Parkview Tommy Rogers, 12 tackles (10 solos) Maurice McIntyre, 5 tackles (4 solos), 1 caused fumble Demarius Smith, 4 tackles Peachtree Ridge Kam Jones, 10 tackles, 1 pass breakup Deandre Byrd, 7 tackles (6 solos), 2 for losses, 1 sack Shiloh Mason King, 9 tackles, 2 for losses, 3 sacks South Gwinnett Kyree Falker, 6 tackles, 2 pass breakups Wesleyan Ryan Weed, 5 tackles, 1 interception

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This week’s state games of interest Camden County at Venice (Fla.) American Heritage (Fla.) at Colquitt County Bayside (Fla.) at Lowndes Cook at Tift County Starr’s Mill at Newnan Centennial at Wheeler Marietta at Blessed Trinity Etowah at North Cobb Lassiter at Pope North Forsyth at Johns Creek Henry County at Northside-Warner Robins Calhoun at Dalton Rome at Harrison Creekview at Cambridge Warner Robins at Locust Grove Chamblee at Decatur Columbia at Druid Hills SW DeKalb at Cedar Grove Woodward Academy at Grady Lovett at Marist Riverwood at Jefferson Stephens County at Franklin County Houston County at Peach County Pace Academy at West Forsyth Bowdon at Bremen Elbert County at Washington-Wilkes Lincoln County at McCormick (S.C.)

Yellow Jackets getting dialed in on Boston College

By Stan Awtrey

coordinator at Auburn (2012), Temple (2011) and the quarterbacks coach at ATLANTA — With Florida (2009-10). He has the first two weeks of tutored seven quarterbacks preseason preparation who went on to play in the completed, Georgia Tech NFL, most recently Logan has started to shift its focus Thomas at Virginia Tech. toward specifically getting “We’ll watch the Virready to play Boston Colginia Tech film,” Johnson lege in the season opener. said. “We don’t usually That was the emphasis watch people. It’s more early this week, as the about schemes and what team prepares for its trip to they do. I’m sure they’ll Ireland. mix and match.

“We spent a lot of time “Hopefully you have a introducing some of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets head coach Paul Johnson and package and practice your Boston College stuff, the Yellow Jackets are headed to Ireland Thursday to play defense so you don’t get Boston College. (Photo: Mark Dolejs-USA Today Sports) especially defensively for surprised.” us,” coach Paul Johnson Loeffler will try to work said. “Offensively we do Boston College since 2012, tor (Scott Loeffler) and a his magic with Towles, a what we do. We’ve been before Steve Addazio new quarterback (Patrick 6-foot-5, 230-pound gradupracticing against some of became the head coach, so Towles). ate transfer who started for their stuff.” there is no current film. To Loeffler was the offenKentucky and threw for The defense will have an further complicate matters, sive coordinator at Virginia 5,099 and 24 touchdowns unusual task. The Yellow the Eagles are breaking in Tech from 2013-15. He over the last two seasons.

Jackets haven’t played a new offensive coordinawas also the offensive Towles is expected to Staff Correspondent

solidify a position that was unstable a year ago and grow with Loeffler as the new system is put into place.

Boston College isn’t expected to deviate from its run-oriented attack. The Eagles have some good running backs in the fold.

Jon Hillman ran for 860 yards and 13 touchdowns as a true freshman in 2014, but played only four games last year before being beset by an injury. Conyers native Miles Willis is on the brink of a breakout season.

Georgia Tech fans hope another year of experience will allow the defensive front to put more pressure on the quarterback. The Yellow Jackets had just 14 sacks a year ago.

“It’s hard to say when you play against yourself,”

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Johnson said. “You just play and try to get guys individually better and see who is on the two-deep and who is going to pay when the season gets started.”

Injury report: Trey Klock and Jake Stickler were both back at practice on Monday. Klock is the likely starter at right tackle and Stickler is expected to be in the rotation. Still out is backup center Andrew Marshall, another who should be in the mix.

The schedule: Johnson will give the team the weekend off and begin to dial practice back. The Yellow Jackets will work out on Monday, Tuesday and today on The Flats, arrive in Ireland on Thursday and play on Saturday. “Both teams have to do the same thing,” Johnson said.

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Four-star recruit spurns Michigan after school miscue The Sports Xchange Four-star recruit Aubrey Solomon of Leesburg decommitted from Michigan after the Wolverines sent a thank you note addressed to another player in regard to attending an event Solomon knew nothing about.

“A day or two ago, they sent my mom a card thanking us for going to the Michigan BBQ, but we never went,” Solomon told Dawgs247, a Georgia recruiting site. “I do not know which recruit they were talking to, but it was

not me. It was just a little heartbreaking, for me to supposedly be so high on their list, for them to confuse me with someone else. Plus they spelled both of my names wrong after I told them, but that was not the main issue. I guess they do not have tabs on me.”

Solomon committed to Michigan in June, giving the Wolverines eight players with four-star ratings in the Class of 2017.

Solomon said he will still attend his official visit, but Alabama, Auburn, Clemson and Georgia are back

in the mix.

• Offensive lineman George Brown Jr. is transferring from LSU, a school spokesman confirmed to The Advocate.

Brown Jr. redshirted last season after choosing the Tigers over Miami, Michigan State, Penn State and UCLA. Brown Jr., a 6-foot-7, 290-pound native of Cincinnati, will have to sit out the 2016 season per NCAA transfer rules if he enrolls at another FBS program, and will be a third-year sophomore next season.

His father said Brown Jr.

will choose a new school this week.

• Sophomore quarterback David Blough, who started eight games for Purdue last season, will be the Boilermakers’ starter this year.

Coach Darrell Hazell made the announcement Monday.

Last season, Blough completed 169 of 293 passes (57.7 percent) for 1,574 yards and 10 touchdowns with eight interceptions.

• Redshirt junior Chris Laviano was named Rutgers’ starting quarterback for the Scarlet Knights’

season opener against No. 14 Washington on Sept. 3.

First-year head coach Chris Ash announced the choice on Monday.

Laviano started 11 games last season in Kyle Flood’s final year as Rutgers coach. This year, he beat out TCU graduate transfer Zach Allen, redshirt junior Hayden Rettig and redshirt sophomore Giovanni Rescigno for the starting job.

• Brigham Young senior Taysom Hill turned 26 years old and he received the present he most coveted.

Buford

Scoring •From Page 1B freshman last year and started most of the games at outside back. Chances are she’s going to slide to a center back. Also taking another freshman that played a ton in the midfield, Nicole Rodriguez, is going to move to center back as well.

“We’re also looking at maybe moving Tiffany Rodriguez, her sister, to an outside back.”

Tiffany Rodriguez was the team’s second leading pointgetter last year with 17 and a conference first-team selection. She is just one of three seniors on the roster for 2016.

The Grizzlies got a transfer from Feather River Community College in California, Samantha Buchanan, who along with senior Hannah Engelbracht, will see a good bit of time at outside back.

“In terms of the midfield, I think Amy Morland has come back fitter and stronger and a much better player than she was last year, which is huge for us,” Kouns said. “She had an amazing spring.”

Also returning in good shape are sophomores Stina Andersson of Sweden and Lauren Moss, a high school teammate of Thornton’s.

“She played a great deal and has lots of influence on the game for us,” Kouns said.

“It’s going to be an interesting mix. I think we are probably on a consistent basis, maybe 16 players deep. Even though we played a lot of people last year, we weren’t that deep. Without giving much up, this year we can probably play 16.”

GGC has three goalies on the roster, including newcomer

2016 GGC WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE Aug. 19: St. Thomas, L (3-1) Aug. 22: at Cumberlands, W (2-1) Aug. 24: Life University, 7 p.m.

Aug. 31: Brewton-Parker, 7 p.m.

Sept. 5: Middle Georgia State, 6 p.m.

Sept. 9: vs. Eckerd (at Embry-Riddle), 3:30 p.m.

Sept. 11: at Embry-Riddle, 11 a.m.

Sept. 16: vs. Johnson & Wales (At Keiser University), 4 p.m.

Sept. 18: at Keiser University, 11 a.m.

Sept. 24: Mobile, 5 p.m.

Sept. 26: at West Virginia University Institute of Technology, 4 p.m.

Sept. 30: Georgetown (Ky.), 7 p.m.

Oct. 8: Faulkner, 7 p.m.

Oct. 12: Point, 7 p.m.

Oct. 15: Lindsey Wilson, 7 p.m.

Oct. 19: Cumberland, 6 p.m.

Oct. 22: Toccoa Falls, 4 p.m.

Oct. 31: at Freed-Hardeman Nov. 11-12: A.I.I. tournament in Denver

2016 GGC WOMEN’S SOCCER ROSTER No. Name Position 0 Courtney Hicks GK 00 Courtney McKenzie GK 1 Samantha Buchanan MF/DF 2 Kimmy Angelone FW 3 Kelsey Ritchey MF/FW 5 Ellinor Bertilsson DF 6 Dominique Fletcher FW 7 Caitlin Berry FW/MF 8 Amy Morland FW/MF 9 Nikki LeFevre FW 10 Lauren Moss MF 11 Tiffany Rodriguez MF/FW 12 Bristol Countess DF/MF 13 Ana Gonzalez FW 14 Nicole Rodriguez FW/MF 15 Stina Andersson FW/MF 16 Hannah Engelbracht DF 17 Natalie Ferrin DF/MF 20 Samantha Thornton MF 21 Lexi Dietz DF 23 Melissa Hanken DF/FW 24 Amanda Yarger DF 32 Sophie Hoare GK

Sophie Hoare, who was on the U17 and U20 New Zealand World Cup training squads.

“She’s going to definitely increase our competitiveness in goal,” Kouns said.

The 18-game schedule features five ranked squads and has more recovery time than last year’s slate.

“The schedule is conducive as well, with us having home matches at key times,” Kouns said. “In fact, even our

Class Hometown/previous school Jr. Johns Creek/Chattahoochee Soph.

Acworth/Mt. Paran Jr. Jackson, Calif./Feather River CC Soph.

Weston, Fla./Wayne State Jr. La Quinta, Calif./Feather River CC Soph.

Linkoping, Sweden/Fria Laroverken Jr. McDonough/Union Grove Soph. Burnham on Sea, England/Bridgwater College Jr. Gold Coast, Australia/Trinity Lutheran Sr. McDonough/Union Grove Soph.

Canton/Cherokee Sr. Atlanta/Armstrong State Jr. Harvest, Ala./East Limestone Soph.

Miranda de Ebro, Spain/Central Methodist Soph.

Atlanta/St. Pius Soph.

Norrkoping, Sweden/Fria Laroverken Sr. Conyers/Salem Fr. Tampa, Fla./Wharton Fr. Canton/Cherokee Jr. Papillion, Neb./Iowa Western CC Soph.

Buford/Mill Creek Soph.

Acworth/Woodstock Fr. Napier, New Zealand/Taradale

Life University game flipped over from their place to ours because their field still isn’t ready. So we’re going to end up with 11 home games and that’s a great thing.

“I think with our first four games, we have a realistic opportunity to go undefeated, which should be a goal.”

The Grizzlies dropped the opener to St. Thomas last Friday, but rebounded to defeat Cumberlands 2-1 on

Monday with a pair of goals from Gonzalez. They face Life University tonight at 7 p.m. in Lawrenceville.

“The spring for our returners was terrific in terms of competing and really setting the mentality,” Kouns said.

“Now, the mentality across the board has been much higher and hard working.

“Mediocrity is not acceptable. You need to have higher expectations for yourself.”

“If preseason is any indication, we’re off to a good start.”

GGC fielded a young roster in 2015 and there were plenty of minutes to go around.

Berkmar product Martin Lugo was the lone senior so the Grizzlies gained valuable experience last year.

Three returning seniors are expected to lead the way — conference goalkeeper of the year, Lewis Sharpe, and midfielders Matti Puranen, who led the team with seven goals and 19 points, and Callum Mordey.

In front of Sharpe, Andy White, the A.I.I. defensive player of the year, and Brookwood grad Junior Ametepe logged significant time last season as freshmen.

Two Gwinnett County products, Jon Conner (Archer/ Grayson) and Malik Thornell (South) will be competing for minutes, as well as Sagi Hirsch, a freshman from Israel.

“The thing that this team has that we didn’t have last year, Sagi, is a true left back,” DeCou said. “We have a deeper group, athletic, very technical.

“This whole team, there’s competition at every place and if there’s one word I would use for us, we’re fast. Some are fast of foot, some are fast mentally. This team is going to look more like those two teams we had that won championships in ’13 and ’14.”

Up front, Samuel Gomes returns after collecting 15 points despite missing several games with injury.

“Jack Gurr is actually go-

2016 GGC MEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE Aug. 26: St. Thomas, 7 p.m.

Aug. 27: Life University, 7 p.m.

Aug. 31: Brewton-Parker, 5 p.m.

Sept. 3: Columbia International, 7 p.m.

Sept. 8: at Hastings College, 8:15 p.m.

Sept. 10: vs. Concordia (at Hastings College), 6 p.m.

Sept. 17: West Virginia University Institute of Technology, 1 p.m.

Sept. 20: Bryan, 7 p.m.

Sept. 24: at Martin Methodist Oct. 1: Tennessee Wesleyan, 1 p.m.

Oct. 8: at Auburn-Montgomery, 8 p.m.

Oct. 15: at Montreat, 3 p.m.

Oct. 18: at Thomas, 7 p.m.

Oct. 22: Cumberlands, 7 p.m.

Oct. 23: Oglethorpe, 7 p.m.

Oct. 31: at Freed-Hardeman, 8 p.m.

Nov. 5: Bob Jones, 1 p.m.

Nov. 11-12: A.I.I. tournament in Denver

2016 GGC MEN’S SOCCER ROSTER

No. Name Position Class Hometown/previous school 0 Riley Wildeman GK Fr. Canton/Cherokee 1 Lewis Sharpe GK Sr. Durham, England /Gateshead College 2 Jack Gurr MF Jr. Newcastle, England/Gateshead College 3 Junior Ametepe DF Soph.

Snellville/Brookwood 4 Andrew White DF Soph.

Coundon, England/Gateshead College 6 Ellis Husband DF Jr. Darlington, England/Tyler JC 7 Cameron St. Prix Mitchell MF Sr. London, England/Ashford Univ.

8 Pierre Semudenge Mujene MF Jr. Groningen, Netherlands/H.N. Werkman 9 Samuel Sampaio Gomes FW Jr. Aachen, Germany/Viktoriaschule 10 Matti Puranen MF Sr. Helsinki, Finland/Bunker Hill CC 11 Jardel Depeiaza FW Soph.

Manchester, England/Wellacre Sixth Form 12 Christoffer Andersson MF Soph.

Norrkoping, Sweden/Kunskapsgymnasiet 13 Sagi Hirsch DF Fr. Hefa, Israel/Ort Yad Lebowitch 14 Jon Conner DF Jr. Loganville/Georgia Southern 15 Aedan Radvanyi DF Jr. London, England/Point University 16 Malik Thornell DF Fr. Snellville/South Gwinnett 17 Jhovany Contreras MF Jr. Atlanta/Georgia Perimeter 18 Callum Mordey MF Sr. Sunderland, England/City of Sunderland College 19 Jumar Oakley FW Fr. Roswell/Archer 20 Callum Lees FW Soph.

Atlanta/North Paulding 22 Won Il Lee MF Fr. Suwanee/Peachtree Ridge 23 Myles Barber FW Fr. Snellville/Virginia 27 David Scott GK Jr. Columbus/Hardaway

ing to move from his defensive position up front,” DeCou said. “He’s got pace. I think he’s going to score a lot of goals.

“Then we picked up some great kids, Jumar Oakley, a local kid (who graduated from Archer). Myles Barber from South Gwinnett was a redshirt at Virginia last year.”

Another player joining the Grizzlies is senior Cameron St. Prix-Mitchell, who

•From Page 1B A service winner by Gabby Curry closed out the set 27-25. Curry finished the night with a team-high 23 digs. Shipes had two aces and four blocks to go with her 12 kills.

Halston Hillier led the Wolves with five blocks and Morgan Mitchell added 25 assists.

“I think overall our biggest strength was serving tonight,” Daniels said. “We served pretty consistently tough balls, I think they had a hard time getting in system so that definitely helped us.

“We were up and down with our defense.

I saw a lot of good things and then a lot of lazy things, but that’s the game of volleyball. Overall pretty solid though, three in a row against St. Pius — that’s a good day.”

Buford’s Gabby Curry looks for a block during the Wolves’ straight set victory over St. Pius on Tuesday in Buford. (Photo: David McGregor)

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Hill was named BYU’s starting quarterback by firstyear coach Kalani Sitake.

The senior beat out sophomore Tanner Mangum, who passed for 3,377 yards and 23 touchdowns after Hill was lost in the 2015 season opener with a foot injury.

• Utah wide receiver Corey Butler-Byrd was partially reinstated from his suspension, a day after pleading guilty as part of a plea deal in Salt Lake City stemming from a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief last month.

transferred from Ashford University on the heels of earning A.I.I. tournament MVP honors.

“We’ve got some track stars up front,” DeCou said.

“We’ve got to change some of our tactics to keep Sammy healthy. The reason he struggled last year, he missed four, five, six games to injury.”

The final addition, a major one, is the hiring of assistant coach Stephen Magennis,

who most recently was the assistant at his alma mater, Lander University.

“The minute Steve put in his application, I knew who I was going to hire,” DeCou said. “He can run more the meat of the sessions and I can kind of gauge the temperature of the team. We’re co-coaching. He’s, in the soccer world, kind of the first team coach and I get to manage. Which I absolutely love.”

Hebron Christian’s Region 8-A record at 1-1 for the season.

It also pushed the Lions’ overall 2016 record to 4-3, surpassing the team’s win total from the entire 2015 campaign (3).

Paced by Poisal, fellow senior Becca Wilson, junior Mary Katherine Cooksey and sophomore Abby Dobbs, Hebron’s young squad, which features only 11 varsity players, has made a remarkable turnaround under first-year coach Ben Drust.

“It’s been a situation where we’re learning on the fly,” Drust said. “The girls were able to get experience (during a 3-17 campaign) last year. When you have only 11 girls, you’re going to get a lot of experience.

They’re going to make some mistakes. I’m going to make mistakes since this is my first year coaching softball. But it’s fun to see everybody learn from their mistakes and get better.”

Mustangs also making progress Like Hebron, Meadowcreek reached an important milestone Monday with a 15-5 win over Berkmar behind the hitting of Janel Atkinson and the pitching of Joselynn Saldana.

It helped the Mustangs (2-3) match their win total from all of last season, and more importantly, gain confidence.

That was precisely the goal second-year coach Jennifer Mattox had in playing a non-region schedule for the second straight season this year, with hopes of being able to make the team competitive enough to hold their own better in Region 7-AAAAAAA next year.

“It’s almost like we have a brand new team this year,” Mattox said. “That was my plan (to play non-region) last year and this year to get the girls ready and see if they’re prepared (to play against region foes).

Hopefully the rest of the season we can keep winning.”

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 • 5B

G-Braves show some bounce back in 8-4 win

By David Friedlander

second before coming home on Rio Ruiz’s RBI double to cut the Buffalo lead in half.

LAWRENCEVILLE — TuesSean Kazmar Jr. then followed day night’s series opener with with an RBI single to bring home Buffalo proved to be an opporRuiz and pull Gwinnett even at tunity for a handful of Gwinnett 2-all after one complete inning, Braves to heal what ailed them. but that was only the beginning.

Pitching on just three days’ Bonifacio followed a walk to rest, Aaron Blair battled through Kyle Kubitza and an error off five tough innings, while Mel Daniel Castro’s grounder with Rojas Jr., refreshed from a night one out in the top of the second off, broke out of a slump by goby launching a three-run homer ing 2-for-4 with a home run and into the bullpen in right. two RBIs as the G-Braves struck It was just the veteran outearly and cruised to an 8-4 win fielder’s second homer of the before 960 fans at Coolray Field year and put Gwinnett in front to in Lawrenceville. stay at 5-2.

Emilio Bonifacio also pro“It comes out of nowhere vided a rare display of power sometimes,” Moses said of the with a three-run homer and made G-Braves’ power surge on the Gwinnett Braves’ Emilio Bonifacio follows his shot during a game evening, which include four a key early defensive play that helped the G-Braves stay within Tuesday against Buffalo at Coolray Field in Lawrenceivlle. The G- doubles to go with the two homa half-game of IL South Division Braves won 8-4. (Photo: Taylor Botta) ers. “(Tuesday) night, it was one leader Charlotte, which snuck by of those nights when guys made Durham in extra innings. start when he allowed a walk and and threw a nice line drive to good contact and took some “The guys came out swingtwo hits, including Jesus Monhome,” Moses said. “That was pitches and drew some walks.” ing the bats,” Gwinnett mantero’s two-run double, in his first right on the money and it gave An inning later, the G-Braves ager John Moses said. “Aaron four hitters of the game, which (the team) a big bounce.” flexed their muscles again, this got through the first and kind left Buffalo with a 2-0 lead.

Buoyed by that momentum, time by rallying with nobody on of settled down despite giving It might have been even more the G-Braves got to Bisons and two outs. up another (run) in the fourth. after Andy Burns’ two-out single starter Mike Bolsinger (1-3) after Blake Lalli doubled to the gap I thought he threw the ball to center, but Bonifacio gunned the right-hander retired the first in left to bring up Rojas, who well. He was battling to go five down Montero at the plate as he two hitters in the top of the first. came into the game just 1-for-13 innings because of his pitch tried to score.

Brandon Snyder, who finished on the current homestand. count.” “(Montero is) not the fastest the game 2-for-4 with a double But the 26-year-old outfielder Blair got off to a bit of a rocky runner, and Boni came in nice and an RBI, singled and stole broke out of that slump in a big david.friedlander@gwinnettdailypost.com

way by launching a two-run homer onto the berm in rightcenter that pushed the G-Braves’ lead to 7-2.

“He was struggling for about the last five games of so,” Moses said of Rojas. “We gave him the day off (Monday). He didn’t even take batting practice. He just wanted to clear his mind, which is always good to get away from it a little bit. We grind every day. So taking a step back to take two forward was good for him.”

Meanwhile, Blair gave up several hard-hit balls throughout the evening, but endured for five innings, giving up six hits and three runs — including a solo homer by former Atlanta Brave Casey Kotchman to lead off the fourth — with three walks and three strikeouts before handing the game over to the bullpen.

“He was on pretty much his last hitter (in the fifth),” Moses said of Blair. “We wanted him to get the win and get through five.

Actually, it was his last pitch, and he got an out.”

Jason Hursh, Brandon Cunniff and Shae Simmons then did their job out of the bullpen, combining to scatter five Buffalo hits and just one run over the last four innings to close out the win.

Buford rallies by Bulldogs in clash of softball powers From Staff Reports BUFORD — Buford upended North Gwinnett 2-1 in a battle of powerhouse softball teams on Tuesday.

Logan Caymol picked up the win for the Wolves (9-0), tossing her fourth complete game of the season while allowing three hits and striking out five.

Chandler Dennis was the tough-luck loser for the Bulldogs (8-3).

Dennis staked herself to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first by blasting a home run.

Buford rallied in the bottom of the inning when Mariah Wicker notched an infield single and came around to score on a double from Samantha Thomas.

Buford broke the tie in the bottom of the third.

Arielle Oda singled and Wicker followed with another single.

Thomas then hit a ball to short with the throw for the forceout and the try for a double play ended up in right field, allowing Oda to score.

Baseball Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Washington............. 73. 51.. .589..... —...6-4 Miami...................... 65. 59.. .524.......8...5-5 New York................. 62. 62.. .500..... 11...5-5 Philadelphia............ 58. 67.. .464..15.5...6-4 Atlanta.................... 45. 80.. .360..28.5...2-8 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Chicago.................. 79. 45.. .637..... —...6-4 St. Louis.................. 66. 57.. .537..12.5... 7-3 Pittsburgh................ 62. 60.. .508.....16...5-5 Milwaukee............... 54. 70.. .435.....25...3-7 Cincinnati................ 53. 71.. .427.....26...6-4 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 Los Angeles............ 69. 55.. .556..... —...5-5 San Francisco......... 68. 56.. .548.......1...3-7 Colorado................. 60. 65.. .480....9.5...4-6 San Diego............... 53. 72.. .424..16.5...3-7 Arizona................... 52. 73.. .416...17.5...4-6 Monday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 18, Cincinnati 9 Milwaukee 4, Colorado 2 Arizona 9, Atlanta 8 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego 1 Tuesday’s Games Colorado (Gray 8-6) at Milwaukee (Anderson 7-10), late N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-1) at St. Louis (Garcia 10-8), late Atlanta (Whalen 1-2) at Arizona (Bradley 4-8), late Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 15-5) at San Diego (Friedrich 4-9), late San Francisco (Bumgarner 12-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 12-7), late Today’s Games Colorado (Anderson 4-4) at Milwaukee (Davies 9-6), 2:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 11-7) at San Diego (Clemens 1-2), 3:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (deGrom 7-6) at St. Louis (Martinez 11-7), 8:15 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 3-9) at Arizona (Greinke 11-4), 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Cueto 14-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Hill 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE AT NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday’s Game Houston 3, Pittsburgh 1 Tuesday’s Games Houston (Musgrove 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Nova 2-0), late Kansas City (Ventura 8-9) at Miami (Cashner 0-2), late Texas (Holland 5-5) at Cincinnati (Straily 9-6), late Today’s Games Houston (McHugh 7-10) at Pittsburgh (Cole 7-8), 12:35 p.m.

Baltimore (Miley 0-2) at Washington (Roark 13-6), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Gee 5-6) at Miami (Fernandez 12-7), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Darvish 4-3) at Cincinnati (Adleman 2-1), 7:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Toronto.................... 70. 54.. .565..... —...6-4

SOFTBALL SOFTBALL Brookwood 14, Lakeside-DeKalb 0 ATLANTA — Brookwood opened its Region 7-AAAAAAA schedule with a 14-0, five-inning victory over Lakeside-DeKalb on Tuesday. Kelsey Parks picked up the win in the circle, tossing all five innings and allowing only one hit while striking out nine.

Emily Dover led the Broncos with four hits and two RBIs. Tori Gunn supplied three hits and drove in a run, while Brooke Freeman and Danielle Taitt each had two hits and two RBIs for Brookwood (3-4,1-0).

Grayson 4, Shiloh 2 LOGANVILLE — Grayson defeated visiting Shiloh 4-2 in a Region 8-AAAAAAA contest on Tuesday. Conner Batchelor tossed a complete game with six strikeouts to pick up the win.

Kelly Bostwick drove in a pair of runs for the Rams (3-1, 1-0), while Katlyn Smith, Allie Head and Sara Beth Ratcliffe each provided two hits.

Parkview 2, Norcross 1 LILBURN — Parkview defeated visiting Norcross 2-1 in a Region 7-AAAAAAA matchup on Tuesday.

MacKenzie Michels tossed a complete game and allowed five hits while striking out two to earn the win for the Panthers (5-1,1-0).

Destiny Beckham had two hits and two runs to lead the Parkview offense.

Jackie O’Reilly tossed six in-

nings for the Blue Devils (3-2,01) and did not allow an earned run while striking out five. Dee Porter had a double and drove in the Norcross run.

Central Gwinnett 12, Berkmar 0 LAWRENCEVILLE — Central Gwinnett defeated Berkmar 12-0 in a Region 7-AAAAAAA contest on Tuesday.

Kaylen Hembree was the winning pitcher in the circle for the Black Knights (3-3).

Savannah Davis and Drew Miles keyed the offensive attack for Central.

Lanier 9, Dacula 1 SUGAR HILL — Lanier improved to 2-0 in Region 8-AAAAAA with a 9-1 win over visiting Dacula on Tuesday.

Cameron Dillard was the winning pitcher in the five inning contest, scattering three hits, allowing no earned runs and striking out six.

Ashley King led the Longhorns (4-4 overall) with two hits, including a three-run home run and drove in a total of five runs.

Makenzie Wizmer had two hits while Kirsten Laughlin scored twice and drove in a run for Lanier.

Wesleyan 19, Drew Charter 1 ATLANTA — Wesleyan defeated Drew Charter 19-1 on Tuesday. Jennifer Nolan picked up the win in the circle for the Wolves (6-0, 3-0).

Lauren Morales had a double and four RBIs, while Alejandra Gleason had a hit and drove in a run in the victory.

Athens Christian 7, Providence Christian 3 LILBURN — Athens Christian defeated Providence Christian 7-3 in Region 8-A on Tuesday.

Liberty Schultz led the Storm (56,1-2) with two hits and scored twice. Emily Barnett and Caroline Robinson each had and RBI for Providence.

VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL Duluth rolls up three wins DULUTH — Duluth defeated Shiloh, Collins Hill and Forsyth Central to improve to 7-3 on the season Tuesday night.

The Wildcats won against Shiloh and Forsyth Central in two sets while it took three sets to dispatch Collins Hill.

Norcross wins two of three NORCROSS — Norcross defeated East Coweta 25-17, 25-15 and Winder-Barrow 25-13, 25-21, but fell to Cambridge 2512, 19-25, 25-20 on Tuesday.

Tia Jimerson led the Blue Devils (10-2) with 33 kills and 17 digs, while Makenzie White added 25 kills and 16 digs. Lydia Gratwick had 42 digs and Kay Warren recorded 65 assists and 15 digs.

Collins Hill wins twice DULUTH — Collins Hill defeated Shiloh 25-19, 25-21 and Forsyth Central 25-18, 25-12, but fell to Duluth 24-26, 25-23, 25-23.

Ijeoma Uche led the Eagles (5-2) with 21 kills.

Sabrina Saavedra had 26 digs while Destiny Smith and Ney Mendez recorded 18 and 15 as-

sists, respectively.

blocks for the Longhorns (6-4).

Dacula splits pair SNELLVILLE — Dacula defeated Meadowcreek 25-16, 25-13, but fell to host South Gwinnett 25-22, 25-23 on Tuesday.

Kaile Burdett had 18 digs and four aces while Maureen Ekwebelem had eight kills and five aces for the Falcons (2-8).

GAC tops Grayson NORCROSS — Greater Atlanta Christian defeated Grayson 25-10, 25-5, 25-13 on Tuesday.

Karis Perusek recorded 12 kills while Cammie Caldwell had five kills and three blocks and Cienna Townson chipped in with 25 assists for the Spartans (9-2).

North Gwinnett wins twice ATLANTA — North Gwinnett defeated Sprayberry 25-18, 25-14 and North Atlanta 27-25, 25-21 on Tuesday.

Shea O’Farrell led the Bulldogs (8-4) with 17 kills. Alexa Fortin registered 10 kills and 36 assists, while Reagan Schneider notched 12 digs in the victory.

Parkview splits LILBURN — Parkview defeated Berkmar 25-7, 25-13 but fell to Archer in three sets on Tuesday. Maggie Craig led the Panthers (5-4) with 10 kills and six digs on the night. Emma Vann also added 10 kills, while Jessy Everett had six aces and Rumka Gill notched six digs.

Discovery defeats Central LAWRENCEVILLE — Discovery defeated Central Gwinnett 25-12, 25-22 and 25-18 in a match played Tuesday night.

Shiloh falls DULUTH — Shiloh fell to Collins Hill, Duluth and Forsyth Central on Tuesday. Stephanie Burke, Faith Collector and DaBorah Head led the Generals statistics in the quad match.

Bears wins a pair LAWRENCEVILLE — Mountain View defeated St. Francis 25-11, 25-23 and Hebron Christian 26-24, 26-24 on Tuesday.

Hebron Christian splits LAWRENCEVILLE — Hebron Christian fell to host Mountain View by identical 26-24 scores but defeated St. Francis 25-18, 25-17 on Tuesday. Rahela Olariu led the Lions (10-7) with 14 kills and seven aces while Abbi Luke added 40 assists on the evening.

Lanier sweeps SUGAR HILL — Lanier defeated Providence 21-25, 25-22, 25-17 and Peachtree Ridge 25-20, 24-26, 25-12 on Tuesday.

Angie Raez had 19 assists and seven kills while Jessica Helmink recorded 13 kills and 3

Providence falls twice SUGAR HILL — Providence Christian fell to Peachtree Ridge and host Lanier in volleyball action on Tuesday. Maci O’Connor had four kills and one block against Peachtree Ridge. Krissy Yost recorded 10 kills and Taryn Adams added 11 digs for the Storm (4-9) versus Lanier.

Shawn Tolleson on the 60-day DL, recalled him from Round Rock (PCL). Activated LHP Derek Holland from the 60-day DL. Released LF Josh Hamilton. Sent RHP Tanner Scheppers on a rehab assignment to Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Activated CF Kevin Pillar from the 15-day DL. Fired minor-league pitching coordinator Sal Fasano. Optioned RHP Ryan Tepera to Buffalo (IL).

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Signed 1B Dan Johnson.

MIAMI MARLINS—Claimed LF Oswaldo Arcia off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. Placed 3B Derek Dietrich on the 15-day DL, retroactive to August 19. Sent RHP Bryan Morris on a rehab assignment to GCL Marlins (GCL). Transferred 1B Justin Bour from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. NEW YORK METS—Placed 2B Neil Walker on the paternity list. Recalled 3B T.J. Rivera from from Las Vegas (PCL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Sent 2B Jemile Weeks on a rehab assignment to AZL Padres (AZL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed LF Gregor Blanco on the 15-day DL, retroactive to August 22. Selected the contract of CF Gorkys Hernandez from Sacramento (PCL). Sent RHP Christopher Heston on a rehab assignment to San Jose (CAL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Sent C Brayan Pena on a rehab assignment to GCL Cardinals (GCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Signed SF Brandon Ingram.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL HOLY CROSS—Named Dave Metzendorf director of men’s basketball operations.

NC-WILMINGTON—Announced C C.J. Gettys has left the program and will transfer to Rutgers.

OKLAHOMA—Named Robbie Harman assistant coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS—Placed WR Dennis Parks on IR. DALLAS COWBOYS—Announced DE Jeremy Mincey has retired.

Signed C Dan Buchholz. Waived G Jared Smith.

DETROIT LIONS—Signed DB Brandon McGee. Waived DB Keith Lewis.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Cut G Matt Rotheram and LS Jesse Schmitt.

Waived T Josh James.

HOUSTON TEXANS—Cut DE Alex Carrington.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Cut TE Emil Igwenagu and G Donovan Williams. Placed T Kevin Graf on IR. Signed TE Mike Miller and WR Justin Berger. Waived WR Marcus Leak and WR Andrew Opoku.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed RB Cameron Marshall. Waived QB Max Wittek.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Waived DE Farrington Huguenin.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Activated TE Rhett Ellison from the physically unable to perform list.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Cut DB E.J. Biggers, T Sam Carlson, DB V’Angelo Bentley, and DB Cedric Thompson.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Activated LB J.T. Thomas from the physically unable to perform list. Waived K Tom Obarski.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Cut C Bruce Johnson, RB Cedric O’Neal, WR Xavier Rush, and LB Deontae Skinner.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Placed G Cole Manhart on IR. Re-signed LB Vince Williams to a three-year contract extension.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed WR Ryan Whalen. Waived DB Jered Bell.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Cut LB Cassanova McKinzy. Placed T Kelby Johnson on IR. TENNESSEE TITANS—Announced TE Craig Stevens has retired.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL LOUISIANA STATE—Announced OL George Brown Jr. has left the program and is expected to transfer to another school.

MIAMI—Suspended DL Gerald Willis one game for violating team rules.

MICHIGAN—Announced K Andrew David has left the program and will transfer to TCU. NEW MEXICO STATE—Announced QB Tyler Matthews left the program.

OHIO—Announced QB JD Sprague has left the program and will transfer to another school.

OREGON STATE—Announced RB Damien Haskins and OL Leo Fuimaono has retired from football due to medical reasons.

UTAH—Announced DB Cory ButlerByrd has been partially reinstated.

VIRGINIA TECH—Announced LB Raymon Minor has returned to the program.

WISCONSIN—Announced OL Dan Voltz has retired.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Boston.................... 70. 54.. .565..... —...8-2 Baltimore................ 68. 56.. .548.......2...4-6 New York................. 63. 61.. .508.......7...5-5 Tampa Bay.............. 52. 71.. .423...17.5...6-4 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Cleveland................ 72. 51.. .585..... —... 7-3 Detroit..................... 65. 59.. .524.... 7.5...4-6 Kansas City............ 64. 60.. .516....8.5...9-1 Chicago.................. 59. 64.. .480.....13...5-5 Minnesota............... 49. 75.. .395..23.5...3-7 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 Texas...................... 73. 52.. .584..... —...5-5 Seattle.................... 67. 57.. .540....5.5... 7-3 Houston.................. 65. 60.. .520.......8...5-5 Oakland.................. 53. 72.. .424.....20...2-8 Los Angeles............ 52. 72.. .419..20.5...3-7 Monday’s Games Boston 6, Tampa Bay 2 Cleveland 1, Oakland 0 Seattle 7, N.Y. Yankees 5 Tuesday’s Games L.A. Angels (Skaggs 1-2) at Toronto (Dickey 8-13), late Boston (Buchholz 4-9) at Tampa Bay (Archer 7-16), late Detroit (Sanchez 6-12) at Minnesota (Gibson 5-7), late Cleveland (Salazar 11-4) at Oakland (Manaea 4-8), late N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 7-10) at Seattle (Walker 4-7), late Today’s Games Cleveland (Bauer 9-5) at Oakland (Graveman 9-8), 3:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 10-4) at Seattle (Iwakuma 14-8), 3:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 7-13) at Toronto (Estrada 7-5), 7:07 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 17-3) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 6-5), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Boyd 4-2) at Minnesota (Duffey 8-9), 8:10 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE AT AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday’s Game Baltimore 4, Washington 3 Tuesday’s Games Washington (Lopez 2-1) at Baltimore (Gausman 4-10), late Philadelphia (Thompson 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 3-8), late Today’s Game Philadelphia (Eickhoff 8-12) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 3-8), 8:10 p.m.

Football Georgia Sports Writers Association High School Football Poll Class AAAAAAA School Pts. Prev.

1. Grayson (15) 159 1 2. Roswell 136 3 3. Mill Creek (1) 131 5 4. McEachern 112 4 5. Norcross 88 7 6. Colquitt County 86 2 7. Westlake 54 8 8. Newton 28 10 9. Etowah 25 NR 10. Camden County 24 6 Others receiving votes: Archer 15,

Hillgrove 9, North Cobb 6, Peachtree Ridge 6, South Gwinnett 3.

Dropped Out: Archer.

Class AAAAAA 1. Houston County (14) 158 1 t2. Lanier (1) 129 4 t2. Northside-WR (1) 129 6 4. Valdosta 106 7 5. Coffee 73 T8 6. Allatoona 66 2 7. Dalton 46 T8 t8. Northgate 32 10 t8. Tucker 32 5 t10. Glynn Academy 29 3 t10. Lee County 29 NR Others receiving votes: Gainesville 23, Dacula 8, Brunswick 7, Langston Hughes 4, Mays 4, Harrison 3, Creekside 2.

Dropped Out: None.

Class AAAAA 1. Kell (5) 144 T3 2. Stockbridge 136 2 3. Ware County (2) 122 T3 4. Buford (1) 115 1 5. Bainbridge (2) 107 5 6. Carrollton 69 9 7. Rome 67 7 8. Starr’s Mill 42 10 9. Jones County 25 6 10. Thomas County Central 14 NR Others receiving votes: Loganville 8, Flowery Branch 7, Locust Grove 7, Carver-Atlanta 5, WoodlandStockbridge 5, Veterans 4, East Paulding 4.

Dropped Out: East Paulding.

Class AAAA 1. Cartersville (16) 160 1 2. Woodward Academy 142 2 3. Marist 121 3 4. Blessed Trinity 117 4 5. Jefferson 91 7 6. Thomson 66 9 7. St. Pius X 61 6 8. Sandy Creek 54 5 9. Mary Persons 22 8 10. Ridgeland 12 NR Others receiving votes: Cairo 10, West Laurens 8, Northwest Whitfield 7, Burke Co. 4, Carver-Columbus 3, Spalding 2.

Dropped out: Carver-Columbus.

Class AAA 1. Calhoun (13) 2. Pace Academy (3) 3. GAC 4. Cedar Grove 5. Westminster 6. Peach County 7. Westside-Macon 8. Liberty County

152 143 118 117 82 80 72 59

T1 3 4 5 T1 6 7 8

9. Jackson 21 NR 10. Lovett 17 9 Others receiving votes: Dawson County 13, Hart County 4, Pierce County 2.

Dropped Out: Adairsville.

Class AA 1. Fitzgerald (8) 152 1 2. Benedictine (8) 151 2 3. Vidalia 117 3 4. Callaway 97 5 5. Jefferson County 84 6 6. Brooks County 69 T8 7. Heard County 58 7 8. Dodge County 56 4 9. Model 42 T8 10. Rabun County 30 T10 Others receiving votes: Elbert County 14, Chattooga 8, Spencer 3, Hapeville Charter 1.

Dropped Out: Elbert County.

Class A 1. ELCA (13) 147 T1 2. Clinch County (2) 140 T1 3. Macon County (1) 114 3 4. Wesleyan 107 4 5. Darlington 82 5 6. Commerce 64 6 7. Prince Avenue 62 8 8. Mt. Paran Christian 55 7 9. Irwin County 42 9 10. Emanuel Co. Institute 24 10 Others receiving votes: Stratford Academy 13, Marion County 6, Pinecrest Academy 6, Aquinas 5, Landmark Christian 4, Charlton County 3, Lincoln County 3, Manchester 2, McIntosh County 1.

Dropped Out: None.

—First place votes in parentheses

Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Activated DH Avisail Garcia from the 15-day DL. Optioned RF Jason Coats to Charlotte (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Sent LHP Jason Vargas on a rehab assignment to Omaha (PCL).

NEW YORK YANKEES—Placed RHP Anthony Swarzak on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Ben Heller from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS—Activated RHP Tony Zych from the 60-day DL. Assigned RHP Al Alburquerque to the Seattle Mariners. Optioned RHP Cody Martin and RF Stefen Romero to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled RHP Taijuan Walker from Tacoma (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Placed RHP

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PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE NOTICE An application to serve Beer & Wine Application/Owner: Rajesh Kumar Mittal Registered Agent: Morey David Anderson Business Name: Piatto Loction: 3140 Main street,Duluth,GA 30096 “AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED ON AUG 16,2016 WITH THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF DULUTH FOR A LICENSE TO OPERATE Piatto AT THE OBOVE LOCTION. A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT OR DENY SUCH A LICENSE WILL BE MADE BY THE CLERK OF THE CITY DULUTH NO LATER THAN THIRTY(30) DAYS FROM THE DATE THE FILED APPLICATION IS DETERMIND TO BE COMPLETE. MEMERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO NOTE ANY OBJECTIONS, IN WRITING, THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH A LICENSE BY FILING SAID WRITTEN OBJECTION WITH CLERK OF THE CITY OF DULUTH.’’ 9 0 4 - 4 3 8 4 5 4 , 8/24,25,31,9/1

PUBLIC HEARINGS Notice of Change in Control of a Bank Holding Company Larry E. Cheek, Carol T. Cheek, Dover and Cheek, Inc., and Judd Cheek, all of Buford, Georgia, and Carmen Cheek, Gainesville, Georgia, intend to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to retain 10 percent or more of the shares and thereby control of Peoples BankTrust, Inc., Buford, Georgia.

Peoples BankTrust, Inc. controls Peoples Bank & Trust, Buford, Georgia. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the notice.

You are invited to submit comments in writing on this notice to Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1000 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-4470. The comment period will not end before September 13, 2016 and may be somewhat longer. The Board’s procedures for processing applications may be found at 12 C.F.R Part 262.25. To obtain a copy of the Federal Reserve Board’s procedures, or if you need more information about how to submit your comments on the notice, contact Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice President, at (404)498-7278. The Federal Reserve will consider your comments and any request for a public meeting or formal hearing on the notice if they are received in writing by the Reserve Bank on or before the last day of the comment period.

928-439071, 8/24

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS Pleasantdale Storage of Doraville shall conduct an online auction at www.storagebattles.com to conclude on Thursday, September 1st, 2016 at 10:00am Unit #A89 – Omar Ramirez - Unit is said to contain: Ladder. Gas Weed Eater. Gas Lawn Mower. Gas Leaf Blower. Truck Tool Lock Box. Scaffolding. Shovels. Racks. Gas Cans. Buckets. Extension.

Hard Hat. 929-431973, 8/17,24 NOTICE Pleasantdale Storage of Doraville shall conduct an online auction at www.storagebattles.com to conclude on Thursday, September 1st, 2016 at 10:00am Unit # 528 – Derrick Gude - Unit is said to contain: Outdoor Bar Stool. Refrigerator.

Washer. Queen Bed. Couch.

10-15 boxes/totes. Rubbermaid Kitchen Trash Can. Marble Pedestal. Luggage.

929-437279, 8/17,24

GEORGIA SINGLE FACILITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that Champion Self Storage at 2415 Loganville Hwy. Grayson, GA. 30017 will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to the Self Storage Facility Act of the Georgia Code). The sale will take place at the website StorageStuff.Bid on September 16th at 09:00 am. 2016.

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

Units may be available for viewing prior to the sale on StorageStuff.Bid. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit.

All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. The property to be sold is described as “general household items” unless otherwise noted. #136 – David Maylor – Household Items, Furniture #309 – Lisa Womble– Household Items. #443–Priscilla Billingslea – Household, Clothes #495– Brandon Wilson – Couch, Furniture, Supplies #591- Mimi Young – Household, Containers 649 – Tabatha Anderson – Household & Furniture 601 – Charles Bryant – Mechanical Supplies 705 – Dwight Thomas – Household Items, Hobby, Crafts 226Steven Starling– Household Items, hobby, Crafts 929-436182, 8/24,31 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated:

1172 Auburn Rd. Dacula GA, 30019 770-236-0688 September 8,2016 @ 4:15PM 126 Adam Smith Household Items 133 Marilyn Bolton Household Items 222 Fonda Ellington Household Items 235 David Wallace Household Items 666 Robert Butler Household Goods 605 Donovan Brown Household Furniture 244 Dion Allen Clothing 230 Seannery Echols House, King Bed, 2 Twins, livingroom, washer,dryer The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-438550, 8/24, 31 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 4257 Buford Drive, GA, 30518 770-614-4863 September 8, 2016 @ 9:30 AM 708 Jessica Cline Couch, chairs, entertainment center, boxes 6275 Chris phens Couch, bedroom, boxes

Stechair,

The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-438575, 8/24,31 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagetreasures.com on 9/8/2016 at 5:30 PM for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2040 Lawrenceville Highway Lawrenceville, GA 30044 (770)962-4330 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

176 Lucy Richard Household 082 Taylor Baldridge Couches Futon Desk Washer Dryer Mattrress 4118 Dennis Melton Chest drawers dishes clothes dolly ladder boxes misc Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

929-438576, 8/24,31 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 4400 Lawrenceville Hwy Lilburn, GA 30047 770-638-2252 September 8th, 2016 at 5:30 PM 070 Juanita Steed $309.00 Household Items 170 Scherrod Busby $289.00 furniture, boxes 377 Keena Rodgers $201.00 desk, chair, tv, bags The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-436789, 8/24,31 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: Auction Date: 9/08/2016 Address: 4755 Nelson Brogdon Blvd N.E Sugar Hill, GA 30518 Phone: (678) 482- 5710 Time of Sale: 2:00 PM Pamela Barnes Unit 625 Household Mike Ghee Unit 515 Household Goods Russell Couch Unit 236 Household Items Alex Marable Unit 513 Vehicle Barry Bigsby Unit 315 Household Items and equipment Kayla Weaver Unit 201 Household Items Brandy McGaughey Unit 457

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

929-437853, 8/24,31 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2044 Old Norcross Road Lawrenceville, GA, 30044 770-845-1926 September 8, 2016 @ 2:00PM Dennis Foster 330 Mechanics Tool Chest Cynthia Fabela 340 Mirror, Chairs, Mattress, Box Springs, Clothes, Totes, Bed Frames, Boxes James Chat345 Boxes, Printer, man Dresser, Luggage, Motor Cycle, Computer, Mattress Hugo Rubio 359 Steel, Toilet, Sink, AC Unit, Unused Merchandise mics, Shingles, Fan TV 6C24 Victoria Womack End Tables, Chairs, Totes, Boxes, Freezer, Table, Pictures, TV, Luggage, Kids Bike 526F Van Simpson Totes, Blankets, Hangers, Boxes 115 Donnie Bennett Clothes, Microwave, XBOX, Luggage, Bags, Totes 517B Tileasha Fleming Mattress, Box Springs, Bed Frame, Dresser 517G Jaymarcus Fleming B o x e s , Clothes, Dresser, Fan, Bin 346 Barry Clinkscales TV, Iron Board, Chairs, Monitor, Shredder, Couch, Love Seat, Ammo, Clothes 231 Doretha Evans Luggage, Bags, Clothes, Monitor, Totes, Chairs The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-438495, 8/24,31 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via HYPERLINK “http://www.storagetreasures.com” www.storagetreasures.com on September 8, 2016 at 2:30pm for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 4750 Nelson Brogdon Blvd Sugar Hill, GA 30518 (678) 482-5022 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

Unit 401 Monique Jones Furniture, house hold goods Unit 707 Cree Daniels furniture and household goods

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Unit 618 Franklin Collins Household Items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

929-438738, 8/24, 31

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Kenneth G. Lee Virtual Properties Rlty 678-685-8126 GWINNETT - DULUTH Custom Built 3BR/2BA Ranch, large rooms, ceramic tile, brick patio, sm fish pond, fenced backyard. City limits. $270K. FSBO. 770-623-1119 JOHNS CREEK, 30097

770-483-8564 PRODUCTION/ WAREHOUSE POSITION Fast paced company looking for production workers.

REQUIREMENTS: Heaving lifting from 75 to 125 lbs., drug screening, background check.

Starting pay $10.00 $11.00/hour depending upon experience.

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Send resume to tim@foresterroller. com or mail to PO Box 2067 Lawrenceville 30046 TRAINING/ SCHOOLS AVIATION GRADS work with JetBlue, Boeing, NASA and othersstart here with hands on training for FAA certification. Financial aid if qualified. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance (888)873-4120 www.

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1224 Blue Springs Dr. $188,000 HUD Case # 105-377468 4BR/2.5BA 2 Story with fenced back yard and storage building...

FHA Insured w/Escrow.

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HEALTH

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CAREGIVER Lady desires to live in as a caregiver for your loved one.

I have been in the Lawrenceville area for the past 6 years for two families. Sadly one passed away & one was moved into a facility. That’s the hardest part of my job. I am looking for another wonderful family to work with.

I have been in the care giving business for 12 years.

Call 470-331-4982

SMITH GRADING Grading & Hauling Services Including:

CLEARING & GRADING • Slabs • Basements • Crawl Spaces • Demolition • Pastures Cleared Call Larry

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678-482-1702

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770-714-8250 770-271-7127

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770-932-1751 Cell 770-313-5751

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• Retaining Walls All Types • Drainage Control • Waterproofing Basements • Landscaping: Sod, Seeds, Plants & etc.

• Concrete, Flagstone & Pavers for Patios, Walkways & etc.

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BARROW-AUBURN 1-2-3 BEDROOMS IN MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY. Rent Starting at $100/ week. Large Lots.

770-513-3151

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OFFICE/ WAREHOUSES SPACE AVAILABLE 750 to 3600 sf Mike 404-375-5438.

SNELLVILLE GIANT MOVING SALE – Fri-Sat 8/26 & 27 – 8am-7pm -2620 Loch Way, Snellville – appliances, furniture, desk w/credenza, curtains, refrigerator, chest freezer, PA sound system, home stereo system, accordion, HP desktop computer, tools, lawn tractor w/ trailer, wheel barrow, ext.ladder, vacuum, lamps, wall pictures, draperies, women’s size clothing, men’s suits, dishes, armoire, golf clubs set, TVs & more – everything must go!

APPLIANCES APPLIANCES DRYER/WASHER $125 ea.; Super Capacity $175 ea.

Front Loader Set $450 & up; Regular Refrig. & Ranges $175 & up; SXS Refrig. $300 & up.

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

Del/1 yr warr.

Tim 404-205-2222

LOST & FOUND PETS LOST CAT: White and gray, neutered male, and 3 years old in the Snellville area. Oak Rd. between High Point and Holly Brook. REWARD! 770-312-0753 ANNOUNCEMENTS

NOTICES DIVORCE WITH OR WITHOUT children $125.00 Includes name change and property settlement agreement.

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VEHICLES

CHEVROLET C1500, TRUCK, 1994.

Tan, 109,000 miles, 305, V8. Good condition. $5900.

Call 770-945-4371.

FITNESS/HEALTH/ SPORTING GOODS

ROCKDALE, CONYERS OFFICE SPACE Attractive all brick building close to I-20.

5 offices plus nice reception area, kitchen, 2 baths. Approximately 1400 square ft. Plenty of parking & sign space. $1,000 per month, no CAM charges. Close to I-20.

Call Jim 770-527-3689

GARAGE SALES DACULA, 30019 Treasure Chest Estate Sale Specialist is having another estate sale in Dacula, Georgia 30019 at the home of Betty Ross located at 771 Jenn-Ann Lane.

Thursday - Saturday, Aug. 25 - 27, from 9am5pm. Look on estatesales.net for all the pictures. Contact 770 846-8173 or williamatkinson@ windstream.net LAWRENCEVILLE ESTATE SALE Antiques, hshld items...

188 Pine Forest Dr. Forest Hills Subd.

AUGUST 26-27, 8-4.

SUWANEE MULTI Family Garage Sale 8/25-8/27, 8a-6p, table, chairs, loveseat, large planters, shoes, girl stuff, purses, travel bags, jewelry & decorative items, 3530 Highland Bluff Dr.

GAINESVILLE Hwy 53

CUMMING

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MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR RENT

LAWRENCEVILLE

• Space Maximization • Staging • Micro-makeovers.

CALL: 770-771-2810

ALPHARETTA

One on Singleton Road & One on Law’ville-Suwanee Road! 2BR & 3BR, 2BA, Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings, Off Street Parking.

Starting @ $900/mo.

B.C. PROPERTIES 770-446-1550 770-995-8828

COMMERCIAL RENTALS

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INTERIOR DECORATING

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STUMP GRINDING

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GARAGE SALES

REMOTE CONTROL Golf Cart Kangaroo Hillcrest AB Remote Control Golf Cart in perfect condition.

Includes 2 batteries, 1 battery charger, and a removable seat. New $1400. Asking $650.

404-915-4099

HONDA ACCORD CROSSOVER, 2010 Silver, Stk#8665 $11,800 877-698-5030

FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS

JEEP WRANGLER, SPORT 4.0, 1998.

Red w/black top, lift kit, new tires, many extras. Looks & drives great! $7900.

770-519-3438

BED - QUEEN PILLOW TOP MATTRESS SET-NEW-still in plastic, $200. King size pillow top mattress set, brand new in plastic, $300. Can Deliver.

Call 706-347-4814 LAWN & GARDEN

MURRAY RIDING MOWER 21HP, 46” cut.

Excellent condition. $500. 470-564-8731 PETS/LIVESTOCK

CATS KITTENS

BEAUTIFUL KITTENS NEED GREAT HOMES! 3 Kittens In All-Orange Tabby, Gray & Pure White. 678-490-6266

MERCEDES-BENZ 560 SL, 1987 93,358 mi. Fabulous Fla car owned by older gentleman who loved & cherished it.

Gunmetal black with super black leather, hard top + new black convertible top. Drive anywhere or use it as a collector car/ investment. Sold for $62,200 new. Hagerty appraisal $22,400 - $45,000.

560 SLs should be among the fastest appreciating cars in the next 5-10 years. This is exceptional. car $16,900•770-873-2627