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Two dead, one hurt after domestic incident

Suspect, 60, found dead after alleged killing of ex-wife

By Joshua Sharpe

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Hearing screams of terror and seeing a struggle in the street, Leon Hughes grabbed his gun and walked out of his Chris Lake Drive home

to do what he could.

It was too late.

The woman Hughes saw being stabbed repeatedly by a man in the middle of the road in Lawrenceville was pronounced dead early Thursday afternoon. The suspected killer, believed to be the woman’s 60-year-old

ex-husband, got away as Hughes fired rounds at his car, Gwinnett police Cpl. Michele Pihera confirmed.

Hours later, the man was found dead in Norcross, Pihera said, though she had no further information.

The man had not been identified as of early Thurs-

the man and wife progressed into the road, which runs day night. The deceased through the middle-class woman had also not been neighborhood across the named. Nor had her mother, street from Benefield Elwho Pihera said was taken to ementary School. the hospital in “bad” condi“What they were arguing tion after being stabbed about, at this point, we don’t during the struggle. know,” Pihera said near the The violence started about scene Thursday afternoon, as 2:15 p.m., reportedly after an more than a dozen police ofin-home argument between ficers worked the scene and

interviewed witnesses.

Hughes said he was in his garage when he heard screams from his neighbors’ home on the other side of Chris Lake Drive.

“I saw a man stab a woman, saw them fighting in the yard, saw them tumble out of the house, down the stairs

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Second man arrested in murder of taxi driver

By Tyler Estep

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Two men have now been arrested and charged with the recent murder of a Norcross taxi driver.

The overwhelming case against them was outlined Thursday in Gwinnett County Magistrate Court.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday the arrest of Cameron Lavorsey 17-year-old Cameron Hollins Lavorsey Hollins in connection with the death of Afolabi Andrew Odifa, a cab driver found dead inside his vehicle outside Norcross’ Spring Lake Apartments in the early morning hours of Aug. 16.

Both Hollins and 23-yearAdam old Adam Matthew Matthew Pfeifer Pfeifer, reported members of the “Shot Gang,” have been charged with murder, armed robbery and participation in criminal gang activity.

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Mac the Cheese employee Jeff Latham mixes up the several types of mac and cheese offered from the food truck while setting up for the Grayson Farmers Market on Wednesday at the Grayson Community Park. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

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Suwanee gets Gwinnett food truck trend boost for local business Award of Excellence

By Katie Morris

risk, it was just starting to get popular in Atlanta. Also, we had watched the shows For people in major urban and thought it’d be fun, and areas like New York or Seit has.” attle, food trucks are nothing Both menus were created new, but recently the trend has

by Beau, who calls himself made its way to the suburbs. a “food enthusiast” instead Food trucks can now be of a chef, since he doesn’t seen at events all over Gwinhave formal training. Tiffany nett — Food Truck Fridays or said her husband has such a Tuesdays, farmers markets, passion and excitement for concerts, movie nights and food that it’s contagious. The festivals. Almost all of the Hodsons originally opened trucks that participate in these a storefront restaurant along events travel out from Atlanta, with Mac the Cheese and The but Lawrenceville residents Atlanta Burger Truck, but Mac the Cheese employee Scott D’Angelo prepares some of the it didn’t bring in the same Beau and Tiffany Hodson, mac and cheese while setting up for the Grayson Farmers Marwho own Mac the Cheese and ket on Wednesday at the Grayson Community Park. revenue as the trucks.

The Atlanta Burger Truck, get “It’s just more flexible to to do business right in their risk back in 2011 — Beau seemed right. just have a truck because you own backyard. had years of experience in the “We had (catered) parcan take it where there’s busiThe Hodsons had enterrestaurant industry and Tifties for friends and family, ness, and we work when we tained the idea of starting a fany had just graduated with and they always told us we work and can take a week off food truck for many years an MBA from the University should do it,” Tiffany said. before they actually took the of Georgia, so the timing “When we decide to take the See TRUCK, Page 7A katie.morris@gwinnettdailypost.com

From Staff Reports The city of Suwanee was one of 13 Georgia cities recognized for outstanding achievement in urban design, economic development, organizational projects and downtown promotions at the annual Georgia Downtown Conference Awards of Excellence ceremony held Aug. 21 in Decatur.

“Our downtowns are the heart of our communities, and these award-winning cities set the standard for downtowns across the state and nation,” said Gov. Nathan Deal in a press release. “A vibrant, economically robust downtown is a sign of an actively engaged community committed to enhancing its economic See SUWANEE, Page 9A

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Gwinnett Tech Foundation names new board chair

By Keith Farner

Foundation operates at the highest standard of legal and financial standards, and that its trustees are active and engaged in the foundation’s development initiatives.

The Gwinnett Tech Foundation Board of Trustees includes: • Mike Price, Chair Executive Manager, Elesys North American Inc. • Mark Singleton, Vice

Chair Chief Executive Officer, COINdata LLC. • Scott Muri, Secretary Deputy Superintendent for Academics, Fulton County Schools

• Mac Peden, Treasurer (retired) Senior Vice President, ADP Inc. • Steve Flynt Chief Strategy and Performance Officer, Gwinnett County Public Schools • Amy Greiner Financial Advisor, Edward Jones • Dan King (retired) King & Spalding • Jim McGean Managing Partner, MobiNue • Sean Murphy Chief Executive Officer, Procurri • Kim Ryan Chief Executive Officer, Eastside Medical Center • Sandy Shumate President, Shumate Mechanical • Lee Tucker Mahaffey, Pickens, Tucker LLP • J. Alvin Wilbanks Superintendent, Gwinnett County Public Schools • Martin Hollis (retired) SunTrust Bank

10 a.m. and 5 p.m. The property stolen included jewelry, electronics, clothing and other various items.

Police confronted the suspect last Friday, when a resident called 911 saying that someone was near his back door. But the man ran, Pihera said.

The next morning, around 9:30 a.m., the

same suspect returned and the resident called 911 again.

“Prior to police arrival, the suspect was seen going to the next door neighbor’s home,” Pihera said. “When the officers responded to that home next door, the resident allowed them to enter the home to search for the suspect. The suspect was

found in the bathroom.”

The suspect, identified by police as 23-year-old Armun Hatcher, initially gave officers a fake name and date of birth, according to Pihera. Once they were able to confirm his identity, the officers found that Hatcher had some warrants for his arrest on probation violation charges.

Hatcher was arrested and charged with giving a false name and date of birth, Pihera said.

Several items suspected to have been stolen were found in his possession.

Pihera said police are conducting an inventory of the stolen items and expect to file warrants on charges of burglary this week.

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LAWRENCEVILLE — The Gwinnett Technical College Foundation this week announced Mike Price, executive manager of Elesys North America Inc., as the new chair of its Board of Trustees.

The Board held its first meeting of the 2014-15 school year earlier this month.

Price joined Suwaneebaed Elesys in 2004 where he has held a variety of management roles.

His background includes human resources, information technology and general corporate affairs. Price also has knowledge of international, hi-tech manufacturing industries, according to a press release from the school.

He is a graduate of Executive MBA program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

In 2012, the Board was

Some of the Gwinnett Tech Foundation Board of Trustees members pose for a picture. On the front row from left, Mike Price, chair; Scott Muri, secretary; Mac Peden, treasurer; Mark Singleton, vice chair; back row from left, Jim McGean; Dan King; Sean Murphy; Amy Greiner; Sandy Shumate; Steve Flynt; and with Gwinnett Technical College, David Welden, interim president; David McCulloch, vice president of economic development; and Perry Roberts, executive director of institutional development. (Special Photo)

honored as a Role Model Board from the state’s Technical College Foundation Association.

The Role Model Board designation recognizes that the Gwinnett Tech

Police: Warrants coming in Snellville burglary string

By Joshua Sharpe

tentially more than 13 homes in the Highpoint After three months of Road area burglaries in unincorpohave been rated Snellville, police hit since say warrants are expected June, with for the man believed to most of be responsible. the crimes Armun Cpl. Michele Pihera, taking Hatcher spokeswoman for Gwinplace in nett police, said pobroad daylight, between joshua.sharpe @gwinnettdailypost.com

DOE accepting applications for family-friendly partnership awards

By Keith Farner

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Applications are being accepted by the Georgia Department of Education

for next year’s Georgia Family-Friendly Partnership School Awards.

Last year, Shiloh Middle was honored among four schools across the state.

According to the DOE,

the annual awards recognize K-12 Title I schools for their exceptional commitment to fostering welcoming environments that encourage families to become active partners in

improving student achievement and success.

The department launched the initiative in 2010 to assist schools, families and communities in working together to

boost parent involvement.

Department spokesman Matt Cardoza said family engagement helps students earn better grades, and graduate from high school and enroll in post-second-

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Rockdale, Newton schools have jobs to fill

By Ryan McKenzie Rockdale Citizen

CONYERS — Although the school year is already underway, both Rockdale County Public Schools and the Newton County School System have several classi-

fied and certified positions open.

From teachers to administrators to custodians to bus drivers, RCPS and NCSS are looking to fill a wide range of positions at both their schools and central offices.

Enrollment figures that

are greater than previously estimated have played a role in the new needs, especially in the teaching field.

“Our enrollment numbers were higher than what we expected,” said Nyree Sanders, director of Human Resources for NCSS. According to information from the NCSS website, there are currently eight teaching positions available at Alcovy High. These include health care science, math, language arts, science and special education paraprofessional positions, as well as two long-term special education substitute teachers. Alcovy is also on the lookout for a new assis-

tant principal.

As of Aug. 7, Alcovy had a total of 1,965 students enrolled. This is an increase of more than 100 students compared to the 1,822 students who were enrolled at the school this time last year.

Along with the positions at Alcovy, Sanders added that NCSS has numerous new middle and special education positions throughout the school system. Veterans Memorial Middle has four positions open, including a social studies teacher and a foreign language teacher.

Clements Middle is also on the hunt for a foreign language teacher, along with a math teacher.

RCPS also has assorted jobs it is looking to fill. The school system’s website has positions such as an English Speakers of Other Languages tutor, a foundation administrator and two central office intels listed.

Cindy Ball, Community Relations director, stated that the school system is especially looking for qualified bus drivers. RCPS offers commercial driver license training, which means that CDL certification is not required prior to submitting an application.

Elementary school-level paraprofessionals are also needed for Flat Shoals and Shoal Creek, in addition to a sign language interpreter at Conyers Middle.

“To apply for a position

that requires a teaching certificate, applicants should visit teachgeorgia.org to submit an application,” said Laura Whiddon, RCPS director of Human Resources. “For nonteaching positions, applicants should visit our district website to submit an application. The supervisor of the position will contact the most qualified candidates to interview, check references and make a recommendation to the human resources department to complete the hiring process.”

Links to applications can be found on both school systems’ websites, www. rockdale.k12.ga.us and www.newtoncountyschools. org.

Newton BOC chair apologizes for loan

By Wade Marbaugh

Henderson, J.C. Henderson’s son. The loan was paid back anonymously Monday with COVINGTON — Newa cashier’s check from a loton County Board of Comcal bank. missioners Chairman Keith “First, let me set the Ellis communicated with record straight by saying local media Thursday, taking the other county commisfull responsibility for a con- sioners had absolutely NO troversial no-interest loan to INVOLVEMENT (emphasis Commissioner J.C. Hender- by Ellis) in approving the son from county funds. salary advance,” Ellis wrote News reports Wednesday in a statement released to the raised concern around the media and the BOC memcounty about an Aug. 12 bers Thursday afternoon. check Ellis signed, drawn on “I deeply regret and the Board of Commissionapologize for the embarrassers operating account and ment this matter has caused payable to Henderson for them,” he wrote. $4,500.

Commissioners Nancy A promissory note signed Schulz, Lanier Sims, Levie

by Henderson indicated that Maddox and John Douglas the money was for colcriticized the cash advance lege expenses for Anthony when asked about it Wednesday and said they were not aware of it until after the fact.

In a telephone message Thursday morning to the Citizen, Ellis said, “It was a temporary loan — as you know it’s been paid back. I did check with the county attorney’s office and discussed the payroll repayment plan.”

Ellis pointed out that Anthony Henderson’s financial aid fell through at the last moment, creating the need for a hurried decision regarding the loan request.

“They were packed and ready to go to Tuskegee University there in Alabama. He is trying out for a scholarship for the basketball team. And it has been repaid,” Ellis said.

“There is no policy against it,” he said about cash advancements to employees or elected officials and repayment plans.

“He (Anthony Henderson) is enrolled in school as of that Tuesday. I believe it was less than two weeks that the loan was paid back.

So, we do have a college student at Tuskegee from Covington,” Ellis said in the telephone message.

Commissioners Schulz and Douglas indicated they don’t believe county money should be used for loans.

“I think we have to remember, as (county attorney) Tommy Craig said, county government is not a bank,” Douglas said.

Schulz, who agreed with that statement, said her phone began ringing Wednesday shortly after the story broke.

“My first phone call came in around five o’clock, and I’ve been pretty much bombarded since,” she said.

The Citizen received a phone call from Thomas Buckner, a Covington resident living in Henderson’s district, who said, “Our tax money goes up there and it’s not for him (Ellis) to make loans, interest or no interest, to his commissioners. He has no right to do this.”

“We have some severe damage to repair. It’s on the four of us, the commissioners, who were not involved, to take the lead,” Douglas said.

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Is cold intolerance part of dementia?

DEAR DR. ROACH: My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2009, and she is taking Namenda and Aricept to help slow the advancement of the disease. I am writing because she complains of being cold all the time.

She and my father keep the temperature in their house at 80 degrees, and my mother wears winter clothes, a coat and a blanket in the house.

She sometimes sweats through the clothes, but we can’t persuade her to remove any layers. The house is uncomfortably hot for anyone else, and yet she says she is cold.

Her general practitioner has said that this is part of her disease. Is there anything else you have heard of that could explain this?

— C.L. ANSWER: I have seen a lot of people with dementia of all kinds, but I haven’t personally seen this degree of intolerance to cold. Her doctor may have more experience than I do, but I didn’t find much about it written in the medical literature.

Every person is different, and it’s possible this is just part of how the dementia is affecting her.

However, cold intolerance to this degree suggests some alternate possibilities. The most important and likely is low thyroid levels, which can also cause a condition that looks like dementia and would certainly make dementia worse. I bet her doctor has checked for it.

If not done recently, she should have her thyroid level checked.

Other, less-common causes include Addison’s disease (inability to make appropriate amounts of steroid hormones), iron deficiency, anemia from any cause and severe malnutrition.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I just read your Q and A “Blood donation can affect athletic output.” Your answer is correct, but you missed a key opportunity to educate your readers.

There is an alternative for him: Instead of donating whole blood, he can ask his local Red Cross about donating via apheresis (as I do).

The apheresis process requires more time (up to two hours) and attaches the donor to a centrifuge machine, which separates the donor’s whole blood into red cells, plasma and platelets. Each of those blood products is then either bagged for collection (if needed at that time by the Red Cross) or returned to the donor’s bloodstream (if not). The donor always retains the right to specify which blood products may or may not be drawn, so your reader can always say, “I prefer not to donate reds today, but feel free to draw plasma and platelets,” if he knows he has a challenging athletic event coming up.

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Boyfriend ponders relationship issue DEAR AMY: I’ve been dating my girlfriend for nearly two years. We live together and love each other. The problem is that we have very different ideas about fitness.

While my girlfriend is a sweet and caring woman who means the world to me, she is very overweight.

She does not yet have weight-related health problems, but I feel it is merely a matter of time (we are in our 30s).

I care about her, and it is driving a wedge between us. I like to go to the gym and do active things, while her idea of a good time generally consists of being docile in various locations.

I’ve tried several ways to change her lifestyle.

I’ve bought us both gym memberships, signed us up for fun runs, suggested healthier cooking and recipe ideas, and have tried to expose her to fun fitness activities like yoga, Zumba and spin classes.

Nothing sticks! She seems to find any excuse to stay docile and has actually gained weight!

It’s beginning to affect my confidence. I’m beginning to feel that I’m just not worth the work it would take her to get to a healthy weight and lifestyle. I feel so shallow that this is a concern for

cannot change someone else. That’s a simple truth.

Your only option here is to try to change yourself.

One huge change would be for you to accept your girlfriend exactly as she is (watch the movie “Bridget Jones’s Diary” for inspiration). Another change would be for you to slow down and Amy Dickinson become more like her.

Realistically, I don’t me, but I don’t want to go believe you can do either through my middle years of these things. Be honest doing activities alone and with her about how you dealing with the health feel and describe the improblems a life of inactiv- pact of her lifestyle choices ity will bring to her. on you. Ask her to join you Do I need to end this in talking about this with a relationship? Is this some- relationship counselor. thing that can be worked DEAR AMY: I gave my through? brother a $50 gift card for — Healthy Boyfriend Christmas.

DEAR BOYFRIEND: Some months later, he I’m going to give you the took me out for lunch and benefit of the doubt and paid the check with the gift assume that even if your card I had given him. girlfriend was thin and Am I right in thinking inactive, you two would that was a little strange? still be a mismatch because — Generous Brother you are an active person DEAR GENEROUS: and she likes to be “docile If by “strange” you mean in various locations.” “thoughtful and kind,” then But imagine if your yes, this is strange. girlfriend wrote to me and Imagine this: You give said, “My boyfriend will your brother an expensive not slow down. He is too bottle of wine or a fresh thin and fit for me. He will baked blueberry pie. He not be docile in various lo- thanks you by inviting you cations with me. I’ve tried to share it with him, thus everything I can think of to letting you enjoy the gift force him to become more while also witnessing him sluggish, but he won’t.” enjoying it.

I would tell her that she Your brother arrived at

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a thoughtful way of using your gift to spend time with you. That’s a nice thing to do.

DEAR AMY: Responding to the letter from “B,” about an extreme age difference in a relationship, I married a wonderful woman 23 years ago when I was 64 and she was 49.

We were both healthy and happy for 22 years, but she is now paying the price. Walking is a problem and my hearing loss has caused depression.

Most young people do not realize how fast the years go. The old joke is “I’ll marry a young girl so I’ll have someone to push the wheelchair when I get old.” That’s nothing to laugh about.

— Achy DEAR ACHY: Thank you for offering your perspective, but I’m going to assume that your wife has no regrets; 22 years is a lot of happiness.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@tribune.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.

Be true to your beliefs, even if someone tries to persuade you to take a different route. You are capable of mastering any task you set your mind to.

Follow through with plans that will further what’s most important to you. You will gain fulfillment from your accomplishments.

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22) — Don’t hold back if it’s time to make an important decision. Your anxiety level will decrease once you have made your choice and moved on.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — An interesting proposal will grab your attention. Be prepared to take action if it will improve your earning potential.

You will receive valuable advice from someone you consider important.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Don’t get downhearted if events are not moving as fast as you would like. Maintain your focus and keep plugging away until you reach your destination.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Share your ideas, but don’t give away information that may be used against you or stolen by someone eager to outdo you. Someone you think of as your ally will disappoint you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Make sure that you don’t fall prey to a swindler or con artists.

Defend your actions and beliefs with conviction, and question anyone offering something that is too good to be true.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Romance is in the stars. Make special plans with someone you love. Your fresh ideas will gain support and you will make great progress in your ventures.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Financial rewards are possible if you are patient. Staying on top of changing trends in your field, coupled with the knowledge you gain from experience, will lead to victory.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Be attentive to both business and personal partners. An interesting deal may fall through if you are not attuned to the needs of others. Ask questions and share your thoughts.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Present your innovative ideas to as many people as you can. The information offered will lead to favorable returns and a chance to move forward and achieve your dreams.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Social events will ease your stress. Get out and have some fun with the people who bring you the most joy. A surprising someone will offer a valid solution.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Forge ahead with your tasks in spite of what others may say or do.

You can only count on your own talent, integrity and desire to get ahead, not someone else’s idle promises.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Your leadership ability will rise to the surface. No matter what situation or challenge unfolds, people will be on your side, every step of the way.

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world&nation WORLD WHO: Ebola outbreak could infect 20K people GENEVA/LAGOS — The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could infect over 20,000 people and spread to more countries, the U.N. health agency said on Thursday, warning that an international effort costing almost half a billion dollars is needed to overcome the outbreak.

The World Health Organization announced a $490 million strategic plan to contain the epidemic over the next nine months, saying it was based on a projection that the virus could spread to 10 further countries beyond the four now affected — Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.

With the IMF warning of economic damage from the outbreak, Nigeria reported that a doctor indirectly linked to the Liberian-American who brought the disease to the country had died of Ebola in Port Harcourt, Africa’s largest energy hub.

Erdogan sworn in as Turkey’s president ANKARA — Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey’s president on Thursday, cementing his position as its most powerful leader of recent times, in a step opponents fear heralds more authoritarian rule and widening religious influence in public life.

Reading the oath of office in a ceremony in parliament, Erdogan vowed to protect Turkey’s independence and integrity, to abide by the constitution and by the principles of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern secular republic.

Erdogan, who had been prime minister since 2003, has consistently presented his time in office as a historic mission to transform Turkey domestically and as a regional power.

Deputies of the main opposition CHP walked out shortly before Erdogan’s oath.

Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu boycotted the ceremony, arguing Erdogan breached the constitution by remaining premier for the weeks after his presidential victory.

Migrant boat turned away from Caymans GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — A small, homemade aluminum boat carrying 16 Cuban migrants sought refuge from rough seas in Grand Cayman on Thursday but local officials prevented a landing, citing a migration agreement with Cuba.

Local law enforcement would not allow the migrants to receive drinking water, food or supplies from well-wishers onshore. The 20-foot boat, a patchwork of fiberglass and metal with large inner tubes attached to makeshift outriggers, was allowed to anchor offshore while their fate is determined.

Under the 1999 migration accord Cuban boats are allowed to pass through Cayman waters as long as they do not seek any assistance.

— From wire reports

Obama: No strategy for Islamic State yet

Quietly, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie say, ‘I do’

By Steve Holland and Patricia Zengerle Reuters

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he has not yet developed a broad strategy for confronting Islamic State in an acknowledgement that he has not decided whether to launch air strikes against the militant group in Syria.

“We don’t have a strategy yet,” Obama told a White House news conference ahead of meeting top national security advisers in the Situation Room about how to proceed against Islamic State.

Obama’s decision to begin U.S. surveillance flights over Syria earlier this week prompted speculation that he was on the brink of expanding the fight against Islamic State from Iraq into Syria, prompting criticism from some lawmakers who worry they have not been properly consulted.

There has been a growing call from both Republicans and Obama’s fellow Democrats in Congress for lawmakers to vote on whether the United States should broaden its action against the Islamic State.

Obama, who shied away from launching airstrikes in Syria a year ago to punish Syrian President Bashir al-Assad for use of chemical weapons against his own people, has been reticent about getting involved in Syria’s civil war, where he

NATION Ariz. investigating fatal gun range shooting

Arizona occupational health and safety officials said on Thursday they were investigating a gun range accident in which a 9-year-old girl fatally shot her instructor with an Uzi, and an Arizona newspaper reported the range had closed indefinitely.

Charles Vacca, an instructor at Arizona Last Stop in White Hills, near the Nevada border, was shot in the head on Monday morning when the girl lost control of the submachine gun, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.

Vacca, 39, was airlifted to a Las Vegas hospital where he pronounced dead Monday evening.

A spokeswoman for the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health, Rachel Brockway, confirmed that the agency was investigating the shooting, but said state law prevented her from disclosing any details.

Mo. police sued for $40M over Ferguson actions A group of people caught up in unrest in Ferguson, Mo., after a white officer killed a black teenager, sued local officials on Thursday, alleging civil rights violations through arrests and police assaults with rubber bullets and tear gas.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, says law enforcement met a broad public outcry over the Aug. 9 killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown with “mili-

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President Barack Obama answers questions in the White House Press Briefing Room ahead of a meeting with his national security council in Washington on Thursday. (Reuters)

believes there are few good options for the United States to pursue.

Public anger at the beheading of American journalist James Foley, however, has led him to consider hitting Islamic State targets in Syria. So far the U.S. campaign against the group has been limited to striking the group’s forces in Iraq but not taking on Islamic State’s primary stronghold in Syria.

Obama said he has asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to prepare options for confronting Islamic State and said Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to the region to help put together an anti-Islamic State coalition.

White House spokesman

Josh Earnest said after the news conference that when Obama said “we don’t have a strategy yet” for Islamic State he was referring to military options still being developed for Syria.

Obama wants a comprehensive strategy for Islamic State that is not limited to military action but also includes encouraging a unity government in Baghdad between Shi’ites and Sunnis who have engaged in sectarian battles and supporting moderate Sunni rebels in Syria.

“My priority at this point is to make sure that the gains that ISIL (Islamic State) made in Iraq are rolled back and that Iraq has the opportunity to govern itself effectively and secure itself,” he said.

He said the options he had requested from military planners at the Pentagon focused primarily on making sure that Islamic State is “not overrunning Iraq.”

Congressional concerns have been increasing about a potential military strike in Syria.

In the House of Representatives, three members — Democrats James McGovern of Massachusetts and Barbara Lee of California as well as Republican Walter Jones of North Carolina — asked Speaker John Boehner in a letter that Congress debate and vote on any authorization to use military force when the House is in session during the week of Sept. 8.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Hollywood’s first couple, married in France over the weekend following a two-year engagement, ending nearly a decade of fevered tabloid speculation over whether “Brangelina” would ever tie the knot.

Pitt, 50, and Jolie, 39, were wed on Saturday in a small chapel at Chateau Miraval, the couple’s estate in southeastern France, in a civil ceremony, according to a statement provided by publicist Martin Torres on Thursday.

The couple — whose long-rumored nuptials had been celebrity magazine and tabloid fodder and had sent reporters and photographers as far as India and Africa in search of possible “secret” ceremonies — wed much like they live: quietly and far removed from Hollywood’s spotlight.

The power couple’s six children, all under the age of 14, took part in the ceremony, the statement said.

Sammy Hagar must face defamation suit

A federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit against rocker Sammy Hagar, former lead singer for Van Halen, by a one-time Playboy bunny who claimed he had fathered her son. long Burning Man arts The 8th U.S. Circuit Court and culture festival in the of Appeals said a lower court Nevada desert died on judge erred in dismissing Thursday when she was claims by the woman after run over by a bus carrying Hagar, 66, accused her in his participants, police and 2011 autobiography “Red: organizers said.

The woman, whose name My Uncensored Life in and age was not immediate- Rock” of extortion by namly released, may have been ing him as the father.

Identified as “Jane riding on the bus before Doe” in court papers, the she fell under the wheels woman claimed she had an and was run over by it, intermittent five-year affair said Sheila Reitz, dispatch supervisor for the Pershing with Hagar in the 1980s, A gopher tortoise moves through freshly sprouted veg- County Sheriff’s Office. and became pregnant with etation in this undated handout photo courtesy of Florida his son after a June 1988 Reitz said her office Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Wildlife authorities in planned to release more Van Halen concert in DeFlorida caught a man who killed and ate 15 gopher tortroit. She lived in Lansing, details on the death later on toises and planned to slaughter 11 more of the threatened Michigan at the time and Thursday. reptiles, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. (Reuters) later moved to Waterloo, Texas parents sue Iowa.

Writing for a three-judge taristic displays of force and woman said on Thursday. appeals court panel, Circuit weaponry,” (and) engaged The Florida Fish and Wild- day care for duct U.S. citizens “as if they were life Conservation Commistaping child to mat Judge Myron Bright said the woman could pursue claims war combatants.” sion said a tip-off led an offiof libel, invasion of privacy The lawsuit seeks a total cer to woods in Citrus County DALLAS — A Texas and breach of a confidentialof $40 million on behalf of on Florida’s west coast where couple has filed a lawsuit ity agreement. six plaintiffs, including a he found tire tracks and shells against the owners of a 17-year-old boy who was dumped on the ground. ReFort Worth-area day care with his mother in a fastturning the next day, he found center seeking $1 million Joan Rivers, food restaurant when they a container holding 11 live damages from the facil81, rushed to were arrested. Each of the gopher tortoises. ity for duct-taping their plaintiffs was caught up in “He hid himself and 2-year-old son to a mat N.Y. hospital interactions with police over waited, figuring the subject because he was unruly at NEW YORK — Acerbic a period from Aug. 11 to 13, would return that afternoon,” nap time, their lawyer said comedian and fashion critic the suit alleges. the FWC said in a statement, on Wednesday.

Named as defendants adding that when the man Kristi and Brad Galbraith Joan Rivers was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital are the city of Ferguson, came back he admitted to are suing for fraud and in New York on Thursday St. Louis County, Ferguson feasting on the threatened negligence in the incident after she reportedly stopped Police Chief Tom Jackson, species. that occurred in June at the breathing during surgery St. Louis County Police Katie Purcell, a spokesHeart2Heart Montessori on her vocal chords at a Chief Jon Delmar, Ferguson woman for the FWC’s law Academy in Willow Park. nearby clinic, the hospital police officer Justin Cosmo, enforcement division, said “This is a parent’s worst said. and other unnamed police prosecutors were preparing nightmare,” Dallas attorney Mount Sinai gave no officers from Ferguson and appropriate charges. The 11 Jeff Rasansky said. details on the condition of St. Louis County. tortoises were set free.

“Parents take a leap of Florida designates gopher faith to entrust their children the 81-year-old Brooklynto the care of someone else, born celebrity but said it Man caught killing, tortoises as a threatened species, meaning it is illegal and it is extremely upsetting would provide an update as eating threatened even to possess one, let alone when something like this it becomes available.

Ken Baker, an entertaineat them. happens to toddlers, who are Fla. tortoises ment journalist at E! News, too young to speak up for which features Rivers as MIAMI — Wildlife Woman run over, themselves.” host of its show “Fashion authorities in Florida caught The day care center was a man who killed and ate 15 killed by bus at not immediately available for Police,” said on his Twitter account that Rivers was in gopher tortoises and planned Burning Man comment but has said it is to slaughter 11 more of the cooperating with authorities. stable condition.

— From wire reports threatened reptiles, a spokesA woman at the week— From wire reports

Backstory of ‘Gone with the Wind’ goes on display in Texas

By Jon Herskovitz Reuters

AUSTIN, Texas — Before “Gone with the Wind” hit the screen, it was a questionable investment that became a touchstone for race relations and was embroiled in moral questions ahead of Rhett Butler saying he did not give a damn.

The film went on to became the biggest box officer earner in U.S. movie history, according to

MUST READ figures adjusted for inflation by Box Office Mojo.

The backstory of the movie will be put on display to commemorate its 75th anniversary when the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas opens an exhibit on Sept. 9 called “The Making of Gone with the Wind” based on the massive collection of material it houses from

the movie’s producer David O. Selznick.

The 300 items picked to go on display follow the three-year journey in making the movie, relying on Selznick’s document collection, movie stills, storyboards and thousands of letters from those who felt they had a personal stake in the movie that redefined U.S. cinema.

Selznick was on a cruise when his company purchased the screen rights to Margaret Mitch-

ell’s novel and was worried if he could turn a movie on the Civil War into a hit about 75 years after the fighting ended. The book quickly exceeded sales expectations and became a runaway best seller, increasing expectations for the movie.

“As time went on, Selznick starts to get this growing sense of responsibility,” said Steve Wilson, curator of film at the Harry Ransom Center.

Within months of purchasing

movie rights, Selznick’s office was inundated with letters from people making suggestions for casting, seeking to audition for the role of Scarlett as well as protests from those telling him not to make the movie because of the racist overtones in Mitchell’s novel.

For the racial issue, the exhibit documents how Selznick hears from the NAACP, prominent black newspapers and the Ku Klux Klan.

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Have we gone to war again?

WASHINGTON — I’d like to know whether the United States is at war with the Islamic State. I’d like to know why — or why not. I’d like to know whether the goal of U.S. policy is to contain the jihadist militia or destroy it.

President Obama? Members of Congress?

Please pay attention. I’m talking to you.

The barbarians who decapitated journalist James Foley — and who commit atrocities on a daily basis — control territory in both Iraq and Syria. I’d like to know why it makes sense to conduct airstrikes against Islamic State fighters on one side of a border that no longer exists but makes no sense to do so on the other side.

The answer may be that the U.S. military lacks intelligence about the enemy’s positions and movements — the Islamic State is the Eugene enemy, right? — inRobinson side Syria. This week, Obama authorized surveillance flights over Syrian territory to gather the needed information. Should we therefore assume that airstrikes there will soon begin?

I’d like to hear an honest discussion by our leaders about what we’re signing up for. Obama called the Islamic State a “cancer” and said the fight against it “won’t be easy and it won’t be quick.” To my ears, this suggests that the United States is making a long-term commitment and that time is on our side, not the Islamic State’s.

I’d like to examine both assumptions.

Public support for extended U.S. military involvement in another Middle East war lies somewhere between negligible and nonexistent. An open-ended commitment would run counter to the thrust of Obama’s foreign policy from Day 1 — and indeed, he has limited the airstrikes and declared that he will “not allow the United States to be dragged back into another ground war in Iraq.”

If there are to be no boots on the ground, one wonders what kind of footwear the hundreds of U.S. military advisers newly sent to Iraq are sporting. One also wonders what the plan might be.

To say that “rooting out” the cancer that is the Islamic State “won’t be quick” implies that considerable time is necessary to accomplish certain tasks. What, exactly, might those tasks be? Is the idea to protect the Kurdish region in the Iraqi northeast, assume the Shiites in the south will defend themselves, degrade the Islamic State to the degree possible with airstrikes alone and wait for the Sunnis in the west to have another “awakening” and turn against this group of jihadists the way they turned against al-Qaida?

If this is the idea, it seems awfully far-fetched.

During the first “awakening,” there were tens of thousands of U.S. troops present who could eliminate al-Qaida leaders and assets identified

by Sunni tribal leaders. Now there are just a few hundred U.S. advisers in Iraq, and the Islamic State, by all accounts, is a far more capable and better-equipped military force than al-Qaida ever was.

As much as we scoff at the notion of the Islamic State as an actual state, the group is managing to hold and administer huge swaths of territory and has found sources of continuing revenue — gray-market oil sales, kidnapping Europeans for ransom, widespread local extortion that the militants probably see as taxation.

Why wouldn’t time be on the side of the Islamic State as it digs in? Doesn’t the “rooting out” of the group become more difficult if it becomes more rooted day by day?

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said last week that the Islamic State is “beyond anything that we’ve seen.” He called it “as sophisticated and well-funded as any group that we have seen. They’re beyond just a terrorist group. They marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. They are tremendously well-funded.”

Reality check: Most experts estimate that the group has about 15,000 fighters. This number may grow as recruits come in from abroad and local Sunnis are pressed into service, but this is not an unbeatable military force.

It seems foolish, however, to expect the Islamic State to defeat itself — by being excessively brutal, perhaps, or too greedy for new land. This brings me back to an earlier question: Is the aim of U.S. policy to contain the Islamic State or destroy it?

President Obama should tell the nation, in plain language, what he believes we must do.

Congress should debate the issue rather than duck it. After all, no decision by our elected leaders is more fateful: This is war. As far as I can tell.

“We don’t have a strategy yet,” Obama said Thursday. Which is the one thing we already knew.

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Mudslinging already out of hand If you’ve turned on a TV recently, you’ve seen a commercial for U.S. Senate candidates Michelle Nunn and David Perdue.

With control of the Senate at stake, the outcome of the Georgia contest is of paramount importance, and the pointy-headed pundits who pontificate on such things say the parties will pour millions of dollars into advertising with the commercials becoming almost nonstop by the time the election rolls around.

Those commercials have not necessarily reached “nasty” status yet, but they’re definitely unpleasant.

This is what I’ve learned so far: David Perdue hates you.

If you’re not a millionaire, he hates your company, your job and your ability to earn a living. He hates your small town, your factory, affordable health care, women, minorities, immigrants (illegal or otherwise) and poor people, and his election would most likely herald THE END OF LIFE AS WE

Nate McCullough KNOW IT. On a side note, I saw Perdue at Chick-fil-A the other day. I can attest that he does not hate milkshakes.

As for Michelle Nunn, I have learned that she is a robot controlled by President Obama, who we all know is really the devil. And a Kenyan. And a Muslim. And probably an alien from Zeta Reticuli. Also, Nunn once stood next to Obama, and his evil rubbed off on her, and now she hates capitalism, business, money, apple pie, truth, justice and the American way, and her election would most likely herald THE END OF LIFE AS WE KNOW IT. I have no idea what she

thinks about milkshakes.

But as it’s only August, I can only imagine what the commercials will be like by November: (All in ominous, doomand-gloom voiceover) <click> Michelle Nunn baby sits Obama’s children, and thus contributes to the raising of more communists who hate America. And, she once fed his dog, and of course, it was government cheese… <click> David Perdue greases the axles on his Rolls Royce with the rendered fat of out-of-work poultry plant workers… <click> Nunn once was in charge of giving handouts to bums who refuse to work for a living. But she wouldn’t refuse to eat lunch with Obama… <click> Perdue takes candy from poor little children, which he then throws in the ocean so he can sell his own candy, imported from China and made by children in sweat shops, at tremendous profit…

<click> Nunn wants to replace you with a government worker… <click> Perdue wants to replace you with a robot… <click> Nunn has a cat named Obama… <click> Perdue kills cats and sells their hides for a dollar… <click> She loves Obama… <click> He loves money… <click> Obamaaaaaaaa!!!!!! <click> Moneeeeeey!!!!!!

And on and on and on.

And on.

And when the election gets here, I doubt we’ll know where either of them stand on anything.

Except maybe milkshakes.

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Crepe myrtles stand the test of time This is the time of the year to raise a toast to Andre Michaux. You may not think you know him, but you know about his influence on the landscape. It was this French botanist who introduced the common crepe myrtle to Charleston in 1790 — a great day for the South.

The crepe myrtle flourishes in the heat. In the dog days of summer, you ride down the street, and your emotions are sweetened by the sight of crepe myrtles.

When you turn in tonight, remember to say a prayer of thanks for Andre Michaux’s coming our way.

In addition to the crepe myrtle, Michaux, Louis XVI’s botanist, was the first to import the camellia, mimosa, parasol tree, sweet tea olive and gingko to America. There is a historical marker off Aviation Avenue in his memory in North Charleston near where he once lived. You can find the plants and shrubs he imported in our state. The star in his botanical galaxy has to be the crepe myrtle.

In our backyard, there is the tallest crepe myrtle I have ever seen. It competes with other shrubs and trees for sunlight and just keeps reaching upward. It is pink and is very becom-

Loran Smith ing, although my favorite is the red crepe myrtle. I like the purple crepe myrtles but don’t have a high regard to the white variety. Too bland.

Like a pretty girl with no personality. The Internet notes that crepe myrtle varieties “… can fill every landscape need, from tidy street trees to dense barrier hedges all the way down to fast-growing dwarf types of less than two feet, which can go from seed to bloom in a season.” Plant a crepe myrtle today and it blooms tomorrow. Not exactly, but it doesn’t make you wait to enjoy its redeeming feature, its lasting blooms.

Charleston is where many beautiful plants — like the azalea — were introduced to America. The azalea was introduced to Charleston in 1848. When I go to Charleston, I often think that the Garden of Eden could have originated there.

After a day trip out of town recently, I returned home on a bright, sunny day and saw crepe myrtles on several streets in Athens and was inclined to learn more about Andre Michaux. In addition to bumping into his marker in North Charleston, I remember stopping in Highlands, N.C., recently and noticed a historical marker on one of the streets.

Taking a closer look, it indicated that Andre Michaux camped out, June 15, 1787, in what is modern Highlands today.

There is something alluring to the notion that the French and English in particular had such affection for flowers and shrubs that they thought it worthwhile for the crown designate official botanists. Like John Bartram of Philadelphia, who was given a stipend of fifty pounds a year to serve as the king’s botanist. While he didn’t think that was sufficient, he nonetheless found his way to the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida to study plant life and collect trees and shrubs.

He traveled on horseback through the wilderness of the South — a hardscrabble existence that few men would choose to initiate.

What drives men to endure such hardship? Their altru-

istic motivation benefits us today. It was John Bartram who discovered the Franklinia tree near the mouth of the Altamaha. His son, William, on subsequent travels in Georgia, collected seeds from the Franklinia tree, which were planted at what is now Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia. This tree no longer exists in the wild, but you can find it at Bartram’s Garden.

There are scientists today who are working with the same objective and motivation that characterized the work of the Bartrams and that of Michaux. They don’t have to rough it, but they apply the same due diligence with the same expectations.

They want to learn and to share what they learn with society.

These professors and scientists, however, are not household names. Their work is appreciated within the profession, but they don’t earn as much as football and basketball coaches who make the most money and get the most recognition on campus.

Conscientious and productive professors are like the crepe myrtle. They stand the test of time. And, when you travel, remember to read the historical markers. You can enjoy discovery yourself.

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Murder

Odifa’s death. Pfeifer was still in the Gwinnett County Each suspect has admitted jail when he was charged to being present for Odifa’s with murder on Monday. death — but each has a The GBI’s crime lab different story about who determined that the slug actually killed him. that killed Odifa was indeed Norcross police Investifired from the .32-caliber gator Craig Dallape testified semi-automatic handgun in Thursday during a prelimi- Pfeifer’s possession, Dalnary hearing for Pfeifer. lape said.

According to Dallape, Dallape testified that both surveillance footage outside Pfeifer and Hollins have the Ross store at Lawadmitted to riding in the cab renceville’s Sugarloaf Mills and being present during mall shows Pfeifer and the subsequent robbery and Hollins standing outside murder. Their stories differ Odifa’s cab several minutes when it comes to who did before 11 p.m. on Aug. 15. the shooting.

Just after 11 p.m., cameras Hollins reportedly at the intersection of Jimmy claimed that Odifa was Carter Boulevard and Inter- killed by Pfeifer, who later state 85 show Odifa’s cab offered him $10 from a wad passing. of bills stolen during the By 11:06 a.m., Odifa incident. Pfeifer allegedly began missing calls to his claimed that a friend named cellphone.

“Blackie” was responsible Somewhere in that six for the shooting. minute span, police believe “Your client,” DalOdifa parked at the Spring lape told defense attorney Lake Apartments before Thomas Clegg, “says it was being shot once behind the a third person that wasn’t in right ear by either Pfeifer or the vehicle.”

Hollis. The duo then took Both suspects are being an “unknown amount of held at the Gwinnett County cash” and fled to a “welljail without bond. Durused path” that connected to ing Thursday’s hearing, a the Las Colinas apartment Gwinnett County magistrate complex where they lived, judge bound the charges Dallape said. against Pfeifer over to supeThe murder weapon was rior court. reportedly found in a backJail logs list Hollins as a pack held for Pfeifer after student at the GIVE Center his arrest on unrelated fraud West, an alternative school charges two days after the located in Norcross.

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Mac the Cheese employee Jeff Latham waits for customers to visit the food truck at the Grayson Farmers Market on Wednesday at the Grayson Community Park. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

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•From Page 1A work and can take a week off if needed,” Tiffany said.

The Hodsons rarely take a day off, though.

During the peak months — April, May, September and October — they work about 80 hours a week.

“Since we’re local, we try to participate in as many events in our county as possible — Suwanee food truck night, Grayson farmers market, Lilburn farmers market, Snellville farmers market and Buford movie night,” Tiffany said. “We have seen such great support in our area for food trucks.”

Tiffany speculates that the food truck trend has exploded in Gwinnett because the idea is fun and new, as well as “a great way to get fresh, local food at a reasonable

IF YOU GO Suwanee What: Suwanee Food Truck Friday When: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 Where: Town Center Park, 330 Town Center Ave. in Suwanee More Information: suwanee.com

Mac the Cheese offers several varieties of mac and cheese with a variety of toppings to their customers visitings the food truck at the Grayson Farmers Market on Wednesday at the Grayson Community Park. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

price.”

Suwanee was the first city to host Food Truck Friday in May 2013. Duluth and Lilburn now offer regular food truck events, which draw in crowds of over 1,000 people.

The Hodsons enjoy participating in local events and hope the recent popularity will pave the way for a change in Gwinnett laws regarding food trucks.

“As the law currently

•From Page 1A into the yard,” the visiblyshaken surgical assistant said, standing a few hundred yards from the crime scene.

“I just thought it was some neighbors arguing, and then I realized that the screams were of terror. That’s when I attempted to help.”

Hughes’ daughter, Asha Hughes, 19, said she ran barefoot out of the house after her father. She, too, saw the man, who she said was Asian and about 5-foot-7-inches, stabbing the woman.

He was silent and determined, she said.

“He wasn’t talking. He was just stabbing her. The man didn’t say anything at all,” Asha Hughes said, adding: “As soon as he saw the gun, he stabbed her one more time.”

stands, food trucks are unable to be permitted for mobile food vending in Gwinnett County except for temporary events,” Tiffany said. “It’s a bummer for us because that means we have to leave the county to do most of our business. We are grateful to the cities like Suwanee and Duluth that have opened up their arms to food truck events and are excited to have us here.”

Lilburn What: Lilburn Food Truck Tuesdays When: 6 to 9 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month through October Where: Lilburn City Park, 76 Main St. N.W. More Information: cityoflilburn.com Duluth What: Duluth Food Truck Fridays Community Block Party When: 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday June through October Where: Town Green, Knott Street N.W. in Duluth More Information: duluthga.net

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Asha Hughes, in shorts, speaks with Gwinnett police after her neighbor was stabbed to death in the street in Lawrenceville on Thursday afternoon. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

The man then got in a newer model grey Lexus and sped away as Leon Hughes fired, the daughter said.

Seconds later, a young man, Tyler Phillinger, who was driving down the street, saw the suspect’s car speeding past him down Chris

Lake Drive and out of the neighborhood off Old Norcross Road. Phillinger drove further down the road and saw Leon Hughes give CPR. When police arrived at the home, they found two young children still inside, Pihera said.

“Their ages are very young,” she said. “They have since been released to a family member.”

Before the family member took the kids, Asha Hughes saw one of them — about 2 years old — inside the home, crying, looking out over the scene.

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U.S. accuses Russia of sending combat troops to Ukraine

By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland

Ukrainian problem. What we’re doing is to mobilize Reuters the international community to apply pressure on Russia,” WASHINGTON — The he told reporters at the White United States openly acHouse. cused Russia on Thursday of After days in which sending combat forces into pictures appeared of Russian Ukraine and threatened to soldiers in uniform and Rustighten economic sanctions, sian weapons in action in a but Washington stopped renewed offensive against short of calling Moscow’s Ukrainian troops, Washingintensified support for sepa- ton brushed aside Moscow’s ratist forces an invasion. disavowals of direct involvePresident Barack Obama ment in the fighting. again ruled out U.S. military “Russia has … stepped action, saying there must be up its presence in eastern a diplomatic solution. But he Ukraine and intervened said he would reaffirm U.S. directly with combat forces, commitment to NATO allies armored vehicles, artillery, in the region at a summit and surface-to-air systems, next week. and is actively fighting “We are not taking Ukrainian forces as well as military action to solve the playing a direct supporting

role to the separatists’ proxies and mercenaries,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told a media briefing.

“We have a range of tools at our disposal” to respond, she said, and added that increased sanctions on Russia were “the most effective tool, the best tool.”

At an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power poured scorn on Moscow’s declarations that its forces were not involved in Ukraine. “It has manipulated. It has obfuscated. It has outright lied,” she said.

“The mask is coming off.

In these acts, these recent acts, we see Russia’s actions

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Poroshenko would meet with Obama at the White House on Sept. 18 in a visit that “will highlight the United States’ firm commitment to stand with Ukraine as it pursues democracy, independence, and stability.”

Obama spoke by phone on Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has played a big role trying to resolve the crisis.

The White House said the two agreed the United States and Europe should consider more sanctions.

The United States and European countries have imposed increasingly stiff sanctions on Russia over its annexation of Crimea in March and its role in subsequent fighting in Ukraine.

and dedication of many people — elected officials, staff, volunteers and

citizens — and encourage other communities to explore ways to enhance their

downtowns.”

Suwanee was one of 50 communities nominated for recognition this year. The city won a silver award in the promotions category.

According to Georgia Downtown Association President Tommy Lowmon, “The number and quality of the awards for these outstanding projects reminds us that the hard work of each individual community, no matter how large or small, contributes to making Georgia a great state in which to live, work and play.”

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A Funeral Service Honoring the Life of Margaret Kilgore will be held on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 1:00 PM at Union Grove Baptist Church with Pastor Mark Chandler officiating. She will lie in state from 12:30pm1:00pm. Interment will follow in Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Friday, August 29, 2014 from 5pm-8pm at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel.

Condolences may be sent to or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome. com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service LLC, “A Family Company” 120 Scenic Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 770-963-2411. .

Irene was a tireless volunteer at her churches, first at Oakhurst Baptist and then Mountain Park First Baptist, where she taught Women’s Sunday School, GAs, and Children’s Church and served in WMU. Irene also graduated from Mercer’s Seminary Extension program of Bible study as she continued her life-long joy of studying God’s Word.

After becoming grandparents, both Irene and Roy enjoyed helping with their daughter & son-inlaw’s audio and video work, Cedarmont Music in Nashville, TN, caring for the needs of the children.

Irene and Roy so loved going to Sue’s Tennessee home that it seemed natural for them to move in with Mike and Sue in 2006 and spend more time with their beloved grandsons. In Tennessee, Irene enjoyed being a member of the Joy Sunday School Class at Brentwood Baptist Church. Her devotion to Jesus Christ and His church will be remembered by everyone who knew this gentle, southern lady.

The Service Honoring the Life of Irene McKay Martin will be held Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 2:00 P.M. at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel with her nephews, Rev. Dan McKay and Rev. J.B. Reese, Jr., officiating.

Interment will follow at Melwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. 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.

Suwanee was one of 13 Georgia cities recognized for outstanding achievement in urban design, economic development, organizational projects and downtown promotions at the annual Georgia Downtown Conference Awards of Excellence ceremony held Aug. 21 in Decatur. (Special Photo)

economic assets to their nity Affairs Commissioner communities,” said Georgia Gretchen Corbin. “These Department of Commuawards recognize the effort

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Dortha Dunbar Dortha Marie Dunbar, age 89, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2014.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph E. Dunbar. She is survived by her son and daughter-inlaw, Steve and Patty Dunbar, Lawrenceville, GA; six grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; one great great-grandchild; and brother, Don Stewart. Mrs. Dunbar was born February 1, 1925. She was a retired lab technician from Eli Lilly Company. A direct burial will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Memorial Park Cemetery, 9350 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN 46229. The family will receive friends at Flanigan Funeral Home on Saturday, August 30, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.

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

some Russians have, in their own time, gone to Ukraine to support the cause of the separatists.

Churkin said he had a message for the United States: “Stop interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign states.”

Obama, who will visit Russia’s tiny neighbor Estonia before attending a NATO summit in Wales next Thursday and Friday, said Russian President Vladimir Putin had ignored opportunities to find a diplomatic solution.

In Estonia, he said he would “reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the defense of our NATO allies.”

The White House said Ukrainian President Petro

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The purpose of the conference is to promote downtown and economic development through public awareness, governmental relations and education.

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for what they are: a deliberate effort to support, and now fight alongside, illegal separatists in another sovereign country.”

British U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told the meeting: “Formed units of the armed forces of the Russian federation are now directly engaged in fighting inside Ukraine against the armed forces of Ukraine.

These units consist of well over 1,000 regular Russian troops equipped with armored vehicles, artillery and air defense systems.”

Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, responded: “There are Russian volunteers in eastern parts of Ukraine. No one is hiding that.” Moscow has said

Lavonda Hamilton Lavonda Ann Hamilton, age 48, of Hoschton passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Willie Mae Head Willie Mae Head, 94 of Lawrenceville, formerly of Ft. McCoy, Florida died Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at her residence with family by her side following an extended illness.

Mrs. Head was born in Hawkinsville, Georgia to the late William and Maddieline Davis. She was a member of both the Collins Hill Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, GA and the Ft. McCoy Baptist Church in Ft. McCoy, FL. She was a loving and devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Head is preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Eugene Duncan Head; son, Harold Eugene Head; sisters, Mariline McCamy, Katherine Davis, Billie Andrews; and a b

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brother, Donald Davis Survivors include her loving daughter, Wilma Jean Mount and her husband Dennis of Lawrenceville; grandsons, Dwayne Harrington, Michael Mount and Christopher Mount; granddaughter, Dawn Mount; great grandchildren, Garret Harrington, Jacob Harrington, Brooklyn Mount, Alexis Mount, Shawn Mount, Alicia Cisneros and Julia Cisneros; other relatives and loving friends.

A Memorial service is scheduled for 6:00 pm Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Collins Hill Baptist Church, 1612 Collins Hill Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. Pastor, Tim Pemper will be officiating. The family will receive friends for a short time prior to the Memorial service. Mrs. Head will be buried in Ft. McCoy, FL on Friday.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Seasons Hospice and Palliative Care at: www. seasonsfoundation.org.

Please send on line condolences to: www.southerncremations.com.

Southern Cremations & Funerals at Cheatham Hill, 1861 Dallas Hwy., Marietta, GA 30064, (770) 919-7100 is handling arrangements.

DACULA

Mary Kilgore Mary Margaret Kilgore age 90 of Dacula, GA passed away Thursday, August 28, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband, E.H. “Red” Kilgore; and her brother and sister-in-law, J.R. and Annie Ruth Helton. She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Leon Hinton of Dacula, GA; Debbie and Hank Maxwell of Jefferson, GA; grandchildren, Tim and Donna Hinton of Monroe, GA; Terri and Wayne Pitman of Cornelia, GA; Todd and Jana Hinton of Monroe, GA; Trent and Tiffany Hinton of Monroe, GA; Kimberly and Jeff Cobb of Jefferson, GA; Heath and Jessica Maxwell of Germantown, TN; 11 great-grandchildren.

Margaret was a 75 year member of Union Grove Baptist Church. She worked in the lunchroom at Dacula High School and also for the Prescription S

BRENTWOOD, TN

Irene Martin Irene McKay Martin, age 90, of Brentwood, TN-formerly of Decatur, GA and Stone Mountain, GA-died on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 60 years, Roy S. Martin; daughter, little Shirley Ellen Martin; parents; and a brother, George William McKay, Jr. She is survived by her loving daughter and son-in-law, Sue Martin Gay and Mike Gay of Brentwood, TN; two devoted grandsons in TN, Robert Gay (Lindsay) and Marty Gay; nephews that were like sons, Dan McKay (Joyce) of McDonough, GA and David McKay (Dianne) of Holmdel, NJ; sister-in-law, Louette Martin Johnson of Norcross, GA; and numerous other beloved nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.

Irene McKay was born on February 14, 1924 in Washington, DC to Bertha Irene Bivens McKay and George William McKay, Sr. When Irene was five years old, her family moved to Decatur, Georgia to work for Southern Railway, where Irene later worked for eleven years.

After WWII, Irene married her “dream-man,” Roy, and turned her attention to being a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker.

SUWANEE

James Shinliver James L. Shinliver, age 54, of Suwanee, GA passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2014. He was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth R. Shinliver. He is survived by his wife of twenty-four years, Serita Shinliver, Suwanee, GA; children, Jason Lee Shinliver, Kennesaw, GA, K

Kathryn Le Shinliver, Suwanee, GA and Kelly Ling Shinliver, Suwanee, GA; mother, Mary Ann Brewer, Kennesaw, GA; sister, Debra Diane Harmon, Kennesaw, GA; brother, Jeffrey Allen Shinliver, Suwanee, GA; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Mr. Shinliver was born June 24, 1960 in Knoxville, TN. He was a 1979 graduate of Wills High School in Smyrna, GA. He was employed with AmeriFolio Inc. and a former employee of Gwinnett Public Library System at the Suwanee Branch.

He attended Shadowbrook Baptist Church in Suwanee, GA. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Shadowbrook Baptist Church with Pastor Bobby Linkous officiating. The family will receive friends at the church on Saturday, August 30th from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Love Without Boundaries Foundation, P.O. Box 25016, Oklahoma City, OK 73125-0016, Phone: 405-216-5837.

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

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Julian Wagner

Col. Julian F. (Jay) Wagner, U S Army Retired of Stone Mountain, GA died on August 25, 2014.

Survived by daughter Kim Wiley (Craig) of Fayetteville, GA, and son Scott Wagner of Loganville, GA. Grandchildren Travis Wiley and Nicole Wiley, Tiffany Wagner and Bryan Wagner. He was a Colonel of Airborne Infantry serving his country with honors for 30 years. Memorial service will be Friday August 29th at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton. GA @ 10:30 A M. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project.

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Walmart opens first Georgia primary care clinics

By Kristi Reed

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Two Georgia Walmarts will be among the first in the country to host corporate-operated primary care clinics inside the store. On Friday, Aug. 29, Walmart Care Clinics open in Carrollton and Columbus.

“The Walmart Care Clinic is creating a new price position for retail health services that aims to give our associates and customers greater access to quality, affordable healthcare,” said Jennifer LaPerre, Senior Director, Walmart U.S. Since 2005, Walmart has leased clinic space in approximately 100 of its stores — including Walmarts in Blairsville and Clayton — to local health systems and other

Duluth doctor, holistic healer to collaborate A Duluth doctor and a holistic health business are teaming up to better serve their clients.

J’Lore Holistic Health & Beauty Company will be using space in Georgia Gwinnett Chiropractic’s new MedSpa & Sports Rehab clinic.

The partnership is hoped to help both groups offer their clients more options.

J’Lore, run by Jestacia Jones, offers a line of organic health-andwellness teas, as well as aromatherapy, stress management coaching and other services. Dr. Charles Kim focuses on chiropractic services and sports medicine.

specialist referrals. Customers pay just $40 for an office visit. For Walmart employees, the price is even lower — only $4.

Separate charges will apply for vaccines and lab tests.

“All parts of the healthcare system play an important role and our goal is to join the continuum of medical care,” LaPerre said.

The clinics operate Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to Two Georgia Walmarts are part of a pilot program in 5 p.m. and Sunday from which Walmart will provide primary medical care inside 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Patients its stores. (Special Photo) may schedule appointhealthcare providers. The who will serve patients in ments online, by phone or Walmart Care Clinics, the Walmart Care Clinics. walk-in. however, are actually The clinics are staffed The two Georgia clinics owned by Walmart. The by licensed nurse practijoin seven other locations company will work with tioners and offer services in the pilot program — QuadMed, a provider of including basic acute care, three in South Carolina onsite workplace medical wellness and preventive and four in Texas. Three clinics, to hire and manage care, management of additional clinics are the medical professionals chronic conditions and expected to open by the

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Buford center to host talks on prostate cancer The Buford Human Services Center is hosting two group discussions led by prostate cancer survivor Ken Stevens.

On Sept. 5 and Nov. 7, Stevens will share his experience with the disease and speak with the group from 10 to 11 a.m., during the event sponsored by the Georgia Prostate

Cancer Coalition.

Women and family members are encouraged to attend.

For more information, contact Stevens at kennethcstevens@bellsouth. net. To register for the free event, call the center at 770-614-2400.

The center is located at 2755 Sawnee Ave. in Buford.

Local market among few to stock Coke Life The Fresh Market, a national grocery chain with a location in Suwanee, is the only U.S. retailer carrying Coke Life, a new mid-calorie soda that Coca-Cola officials are testing in select locations.

Sweetened with sugar and stevia leaf extract, Coca-Cola says the drink contains a third less sugar and a third fewer calories than its classic soda.

Those numbers put the drink somewhere in between Coke Classic and Diet Coke, which the company says has less than one calorie per 100 millimeters. According to Coca-Cola, the new middle-ground drink is part of the company’s commitment to seeing that “there’s something to suit every lifestyle and occasion.”

The soda will be available only at select Fresh Market locations, until mid-October, including the store located at 1500 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Suwanee.

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A quick look at this weekend’s high school football in the Gwinnett area: TODAY’S GAMES 7:30 p.m.

• Archer at Peachtree Ridge • Berkmar at Buford • Brookwood at Norcross • Central Gwinnett at Collins Hill • Duluth at Northview • East Hall at Wesleyan • Gainesville at Grayson • Hillgrove at Shiloh • Mill Creek at West Forsyth • Mountain View at Parkview • Mt. Vernon at Hebron • Newton at Meadowcreek • North Cobb at North Gwinnett • North Oconee at GAC • Providence at St. Francis

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Knockdown blocks by Buford’s Shane Robinson in last Saturday’s win over Trinity Christian (Fla.) on ESPN2

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Combined catches for 246 yards and five touchdowns

by North Gwinnett brothers Daniel and Josh Imatorbhebhe in last Friday’s win over McEachern

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Announcer in the history of the Collins Hill football program, James “Frosty” Plunkett, who passed away earlier this year and will have the press box named in his honor during a ceremony tonight LIVE STREAM The Daily Post will stream a live broadcast of tonight’s Mountain View at Parkview game at www. gwinnettprepsports.com.

Longtime Brookwood coach Dave Hunter is the analyst and Score Atlanta’s Dan Mathews will handle play-by-play duties.

FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week during the football season, the Daily Post will nominate four players for its Fans Choice Player of the Week. Online voting at www.gwinnettprepsports. com will begin by Monday morning and will end Thursday at noon. This week’s winner is: Who: Dacula’s Corey Ames Class: Junior Position: Linebacker Noteworthy: Recovered his blocked punt for a touchdown and intercepted a pass in a victory over Collins Hill Coach Tommy Jones’ take: “We were really proud of the way that Corey stepped in and played against Collins Hill. He is a hard worker and a great practice player that took full advantage of his first Varsity opportunity. Corey is a blue-collar, throwback linebacker that enjoys the physical side of the game and plays with tremendous intensity.”

Results: Ames (34 percent) beat out Norcross’ Griffin Barker (32 percent), GAC’s Darius Slayton (18 percent) and Buford’s Austin Smith (16 percent) in fan voting this week.

FLASHBACK On this week in 2004, Bradd Schlosser throws a 53-yard TD pass to Crawford Kilpatrick, a 45-yarder to E.J. Adams and a gamewinning 86-yarder to future NFLer Jared Cook in North Gwinnett’s 20-15 win over South Gwinnett. … Josh Orlando scores the first TD in Mill Creek history in the program’s first varsity game, a loss to visiting Athens Academy. … Ben Sharp tosses a first-quarter TD pass to J.J. Austin and Joey Wowk seals Berkmar’s 15-0 victory over North Springs with a thirdquarter TD run.

Norcross defensive end J.B. Kouassi solidifed his status as the Blue Devils’ leader with 11 tackles, 2.5 sacks and a game-winning fumble recovery against Tucker last week (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Big play confirms Kouassi’s status as new leader for Norcross

By Mitch Blomert

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A soft-spoken J.B. Kouassi has never asked for the spotlight.

While former teammate Lorenzo Carter ascended recruiting stardom as one of the nation’s top prospects last season, the younger Kouassi was leading Norcross in sacks on the other end of the defensive line.

Carter eventually signed with Georgia, and the Blue Devils came back this year with just two starters on defense.

Kouassi was one of them.

“I knew we’d be hungry and get to the ball,” Kouassi said. “I have a lot of confidence in my defense because I’ve been with them the whole summer.”

It was only a matter of time before the 6-foot5, 230-pound defensive end was thrust into the spotlight of the two-time defending state champion’s defense.

He had no idea it would be the first game of the season.

Kouassi recovered a fumble in overtime against Tucker on Saturday at

Corky Kell Classic, securing the Blue Devils’ 32-29 win over the Tigers.

Suddenly, it’s pretty clear who was handed the torch by Carter as Norcross’ new disruptor on the defensive line.

“He’s a great teacher in the pass rush,” Kouassi said. “He taught me a lot of moves that I still use.”

Kouassi finished the game with 11 tackles – eight of them for loss – and 2.5 sacks, putting him in an early position to surpass his season totals from a year ago.

More importantly, his heroics in overtime

ensured the Blue Devils won’t have to enter Week 2 with a blemish already on their schedule. They opened the 2013 season with a 55-0 loss to Miami powerhouse Booker T. Washington.

Whatever shadow of Carter was still cast on Kouassi has certainly been lifted by now.

“At the beginning of (last) season I felt like I was (in his shadow),” Kouassi said. “But toward the end, I feel like I came out of my own.”

Kouassi quietly piled up 8.5 sacks last season, edging Carter’s total by 2½.

He was second to Carter on the team with 99 total tackles, and capped off the year with an invitation to the Georgia Elite Junior Classic.

Not bad for a player who has flown under the radar both on the recruiting front and among the Gwinnett County football community.

Although, those days appear to be over after Saturday’s fumble recovery.

“I think it’s going to raise the level of play for him,” Norcross coach Keith Maloof said. “He

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Archer looks to rebound against Peachtree Ridge

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Coming off the most successful football season in school history, Archer had high hopes for its Corky Kell Classic debut.

Those weren’t exactly realized, though.

The Tigers had a mistake-filled opener last week, falling to Sandy Creek 21-13 in the annual showcase at McEachern and giving the coaches plenty to work on in practice this week.

“Our kids played extremely hard,” Archer head coach Andy Dyer said of the opener. “We played very, very hard. We just made a lot of mistakes against a very good football team. We came up short in the end. We had four turnovers inside the red zone, four holding penalties that stopped drives. We shot ourselves in the foot over and over again. You do that against a good team and let them hang around, it will come back and bite you. … I think (the players) responded well.

“They’re very frustratedwith themselves. They realized they let an opportunity slip away. As coaches, we tell them every Friday

Archer’s Gabe Tiller (7) is pressured by Parkview’s Justis Rosser (4) during the first half of last season’s game at Parkview. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

night, you’re not going to get this opportunity back, once it’s gone, it’s gone.

You’ve got to do your best if you want to come out on

the right end.”

Archer gets an opportunity to shake off the rough outing tonight, when the defending Region

8-AAAAAA champion visit Peachtree Ridge in one of the more intriguing Region 8 vs. Region 7 matchups early in the sea-

son. The Lions didn’t play last week, but they hope to limit the opening-game

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mistakes that hit Archer a week ago.

“I would think you’d have to say it is (an advantage that Archer played last week),” Peachtree Ridge head coach Mark Fleetwood said. “I went through this a little bit myself before being in the Kell thing. But the biggest thing for us — you can stack up all the little things you want — the big thing is we have to go play. It doesn’t matter who we play and what all those little advantages are. We just have to go play and find out who we are.

“Our region and their region, at the end of the day, it’s so tough week in and week out. We don’t play many easy games. They’re a very good football team.

They could have very easily won that game if the ball bounces a different way.”

Both coaches expect a test in this matchup, which pits playoff-caliber teams

ARCHER TIGERS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Andy Dyer Record: 0-1 Last week: Lost to Sandy Creek 21-13 PEACHTREE RIDGE LIONS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Mark Fleetwood Record: 0-0

from the two Gwinnett regions. They also feature the two most prolific Gwinnett passers returning from last season.

Archer’s Gabe Tiller threw for 2,370 yards and 28 touchdowns last season and Peachtree Ridge’s Chance Thrasher is the only other returning quarterback from the county who topped 2,000 yards passing last season.

Thrasher threw for 2,364 yards and 18 TDs. “They are very similar,” Dyer said of the two quarterbacks. “They both have the ability to throw the deep ball very well. That’s

Last week: Had a bye When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Peachtree Ridge High School: From I-85, take the Old Peachtree Road exit and go west. School is roughly two miles ahead on the right.

“They look solid across the board, up front, the linebackers look like very good players. The secondary is very good. We’ve got our work cut out for us on offense.”

Thrasher and the Lions’ offense should be potent, too. The senior quarterback

has some impressive wideouts around him, including Tyler Campbell and highly touted sophomores D’Angelo Gibbs and Connor Heyward. They will face an Archer defense that looked good at times last week, but still gave up a big game to Sandy Creek

back Eric Swinney, who topped the 200-yard rushing mark.

“It didn’t go how we wanted it (vs. Sandy Creek),” Dyer said. “But for us, it was a good teaching tape. It gives us an opportunity to work on the things we did wrong.”

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a knack, something that’s hard to coach.”

Tiller and company must produce better than in Week 1, but it will be tough against an athletic Peachtree Ridge defense.

The Lions are speedy on that side of the ball, with linebackers Josh Forrest and Prince Benton heading up a stout front in the 3-5 base. Joe Smith leads the secondary against an Archer offense that is still without South Carolina commitment Connor Redmond at tight end.

“I know they’re very athletic defensively,” Dyer said of Peachtree Ridge.

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Norcross defensive end J.B. Kouassi has offers from several FCS and mid-major programs, including Georgia Southern and Georgia State (Staff Photo: David Welker)

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The only other returning starter on the Blue Devils’ defense is Dorian Kithcart, who lines up next to Kouassi on the defensive line as an interior tackle.

Both seniors, they were sure to understand their enhanced leadership roles before the season began.

“We talked about that a lot,” Kouassi said. “We know our coaches and the players would be counting on us. We had to make something happen.”

For Kouassi, it meant leading by example and not with his voice.

He’s relatively reserved, but nevertheless an admired and well-liked teammate on and off the field.

“He’s a quiet kid – he’s not real talkative, but he leads like we always want – by example,” Maloof said. “He does the right thing all the time. He works hard in the weight room. Just preparing himself, he works as hard as anybody we’ve ever had.”

Kouassi is has already picked up a handful of offers from FCS and midmajor programs, including Georgia Southern and Georgia State. But Maloof said his abilities should attract larger teams, such as it did for Carter last

year, as the 2014 season progresses.

Kouassi, who plans to major in sports medicine, will visit Georgia Southern on Sept. 6, then head to Athens on Sept. 27, when Georgia hosts Tennessee.

He’ll go to North Carolina on Oct. 4, and has submitted a physical to Ball State, which has also offered him.

“Are the bigger schools in the ACC and SEC ready to pull the trigger on him yet? Not yet,” Maloof said.

“But by the end of the season he’ll be at one of those schools.”

What position he’ll play at that school, however, is still up in the air.

Kouassi’s frame makes him a capable defender as both a small defensive end and a linebacker. He could end up in a similar role as Carter, who is slightly larger and expected to play both positions at Georgia.

“He’s probably going to do what Lorenzo’s doing – stand up on the outside and every once in a while come down on the blitz,” Maloof said. “He’ll play that 3-5 guy outside. If he goes to a four-man front, he’ll be that outside linebacker.”

Regardless of what position he ends up playing, Norcross’ defensive secret is out.

But Kouassi’s newfound exposure was certainly

worth securing a win for the Blue Devils, who can already boast a quality win to their season as they face off tonight against another tough opponent in Brookwood.

The fumble recovery is well in the past now.

“We’re just getting ready for Brookwood,” Kouassi said.

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THE BREAKDOWN

A look at this week’s football matchups (all games at 7:30 p.m. today unless otherwise noted)

BERKMAR AT BUFORD

BROOKWOOD AT NORCROSS

BERKMAR (REGION 8-AAAAAA) BUFORD (REGION 8-AAAA) Coach: Jonathan Sanks Coach: Jess Simpson Record: 0-1 Record: 1-0 Last week: Lost to Newton 42-14 Last week: Beat Trinity Christian (Fla.) 17-0 It’ll be hard for Buford to outdo last week’s 17-0 win over Trinity Christian, in which Class AAAA’s top-ranked Wolves handed a nationally ranked team its first shutout since 2011 and held it to just 56 yards.

Berkmar, which visits Tom Riden Stadium after a 42-14 loss Newton last Friday, is first in line to prevent that from happening.

“All I try to do is trying to focus on our team and us getting better,” Patriots head coach Jonathan Sanks said. “Try to be honest, but try not to talk up Buford too much. They’re very impressive on film. We scrimmaged Buford two or three years, and they look more impressive this year than I’ve ever seen them.” Austin Smith Sanks’ team will have its hands full trying to pick up yardage against the Wolves’ powerful defense, which was led by Austin Smith and David Curry. They’re just two of Buford’s threats.

“All 11 hats are on the ball,” Sanks said. “They’re impressive, very impressive. We just have to execute and take advantage of any opportunities that they give us, which will be slim.”

Despite last Friday’s loss, Berkmar did built some offensive momentum, especially in the passing game. Quarterback JaDarrius Warner was 20-for-36 with 228 yards and a touchdown. Omari Saunders caught nine of those passes for 127 yards and a score.

“Buford can come into our region and compete for a region title,” Sanks said. “The speed of the game and the physicality of the game is going to prepare us going to the region.”

Last meeting: Buford won 10-6 in 1981 Directions to Buford High School: I-985 north to Ga. Highway 20 exit, turn left. Turn right on Buford Highway to Robert Bell Parkway and turn left.

BROOKWOOD BRONCOS (8-AAAAAA) NORCROSS BLUE DEVILS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Mark Crews Coach: Keith Maloof Record: 0-1 Record: 1-0 Last week: Lost to Valdosta 31-0 Last week: Beat Tucker 32-29 in OT Two teams fresh off Corky Kell Classic appearances clash in the more familiar confines of Gwinnett County. But they left McEachern High School last Saturday in fairly contrasting fashion. Norcross held off a late rally to beat Tucker 32-29 in overtime, and Brookwood struggled against Valdosta.

Having started last year with a 55-0 loss to Booker T. Washington, the Blue Devils know all too well how angry a season-opening shutout loss can make a team, and they expected Brookwood will have a chip on its shoulder.

“They’re going to come in all upset,” Norcross coach Keith Maloof said.

Griffin “We knocked them out of the playoffs, they got beat by Valdosta pretty Barker good. They’re a veteran coaching staff. They have a lot of great-looking kids, and they’re going to get them right. I just hope it’s not this week.”

The Broncos were limited to just 151 yards against Valdosta and turned the ball over six times. But Maloof still isn’t selling them short.

Norcross hopes to ride the momentum of its win last week. The Blue Devils led 22-7, but Tucker tied the game late in the fourth quarter to force overtime.

Quarterback Griffin Barker passed threw a pair of touchdown passes and rushed for another in his first career start.

Last meeting: Norcross won 32-9 in last year’s state playoffs Directions to Norcross High School: From I-85, go west on Beaver Ruin Road to Buford Highway and turn right. At the next light, turn left on Langford Drive. Cross Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and turn left on Spalding Drive. School is on the left.

CENTRAL GWINNETT AT COLLINS HILL

DULUTH AT NORTHVIEW

CENTRAL BLACK KNIGHTS (8-AAAAAA) COLLINS HILL EAGLES (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Todd Wofford Coach: Kevin Reach Record: 0-0 Record: 0-1 Last week: Did not play Last week: Lost to Dacula 34-14 The Collins Hill game was a nightmarish start to a nightmarish 2013 for Central Gwinnett. The Black Knights were blanked 22-0, an ominous start to a rough offensive season, and finished up 2-8. Head coach Todd Wofford, his staff and players are ready to make better memories this season.

“We’re excited to get back on the field,” Wofford said. “We’re trying to fix the mistakes we made last year. We had a terrible record. It was a terrible season. But we have a group of seniors with a chip on their shoulder.”

Central had a good 27-10 preseason win over Union Grove. The only score Canyon the defense allowed came late against reserves, while the offense clicked Slade behind QB Eric Forrest. Collins Hill offers a step up in competition, though. “(Collins Hill head coach) Kevin (Reach) is one of the most underrated coaches in the state of Georgia,” Wofford said. “He’s taken Collins Hill to the playoffs every year.”

Last week was a season-opening loss for Collins Hill, which fell 34-14 at Dacula despite a nice game from receiver Canyon Slade. The Eagles have the motivation of the home opener tonight, as well as a defense that gets five key players back from injury who missed last week — Miles Fox, Shaq Herriveaux, A.J. Terry, Emmanuel Belmar and Reggie White.

“We did some good things last week, but we’re still going through some growing pains,” Reach said. “We learned a lot from last week and hopefully we can put it all together this week.”

Last meeting: Collins Hill won 22-0 last year Directions to Collins Hill High School: From I-85, go east on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and take a left on Taylor Road. School is on the right.

DULUTH WILDCATS (7-AAAAAA) NORTHVIEW TITANS (6-AAAAAA) Coach: Jason Conner Coach: Chad Davenport Record: 0-1 Record: 0-0 Last week: Lost to Wheeler 24-6 Last week: Did not play Wheeler posed a tough opening matchup for the Wildcats, who aim to bounce back against Northview. “(The players) were upset with the way we played,” Duluth head coach Jason Conner said. “They know we’re a better team than that. The execution on offense wasn’t great. We got ourselves in a 14-0 hole with the fumble. But the boys ended up fighting the whole game and we had some boys playing Friday night for the first time in their lives so we think they’ll improve a lot.”

One of those players was cornerback Jelani Brown, who missed last season with a broken hand. He excelled on defense, as did defensive ends Jelani Brown Deon Powell and Cameron Carter, as well as linebacker Rodney Jones.

“Jelani Brown, we’re real excited about him,” Conner said. “He took on the task of covering (6-foot-3 Georgia Tech commit) Harland Howell, one of the best receiving prospects in the state, and held him in tow. He played really, really well. A lot of times we left him out there on an island. He was a really bright surprise for us.”

Duluth needs better play from the offense this week despite the absence of senior playmaker Devin Terry, a key player at wideout and safety. He played less than 10 plays last week due to an injury and will miss this week’s game, too.

Northview, a program that has struggled since began varsity play in 2002, has been steadily improving under Davenport.

Last meeting: Duluth won 55-21 in 2011 Directions to Northview High School: From Duluth, take Ga. Hwy. 120 toward Fulton Co.

HILLGROVE AT SHILOH HILLGROVE HAWKS (4-AAAAAA) SHILOH GENERALS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Phillip Ironside Coach: Troy Hobbs Record: 1-0 Record: 0-0 Last week: Beat Lassiter 47-35 Last week: Did not play In order to better prepare for Region 8-AAAAAA play, Shiloh head coach Troy Hobbs made sure his non-region opponents this season provided an early test. The Generals certainly have that in Hillgrove, which reached the Class AAAAAA state quarterfinals before being ousted by North Gwinnett.

And the Hawks gave the Bulldogs a dogfight, losing just 35-31.

“They’re a great football team in all three phases of the game,” Hobbs said. “We’re going to have our work cut out for us, but I knew that when we scheduled the game.”

Charles Hillgrove defeated Lassiter 47-35 last week, rallying from a seven-point Shavers halftime deficit. The Hawks had two different running backs clear 100 rushing yards, including a 190-yard performance by Sonny Harris.

“This is probably one of the biggest opening games Shiloh has had in a long time,” Hobbs said. “We’re excited, and the school is excited, but we do know we’re playing a topnotch team and we’re going to have to bring our A game.”

If another offensive shootout is expected, Shiloh will count on a balanced attack led by wide receiver and Central Florida commit Cameron Stewart, as well as running back Charles Shavers. Shavers had 779 rushing yards through seven games last season, but missed the final three games with a knee injury. “We’re going into this game with everybody healthy,” Hobbs said. “We haven’t been that way in a long time.”

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Shiloh High School: From U.S. Highway 78, go south on Bethany Church Road and school is on the right.

MILL CREEK AT WEST FORSYTH MILL CREEK HAWKS (7-AAAAAA) W. FORSYTH WOLVERINES (6-AAAAAA) Coach: Shannon Jarvis Coach: Adam Clack Record: 0-1 Record: 0-0 Last week: Lost to Colquitt County 31-14 Last week: Did not play Mill Creek suffered a loss last weekend in its Corky Kell Classic debut against a stout Colquitt County defense. The Hawks, who led at halftime, were in the game until a few plays late sealed the Colquitt win.

“What I’m disappointed in is the opening kickoff of the third quarter, they grabbed the momentum and we never got it back,” Mill Creek head coach Shannon Jarvis said. “If we’re going to be a great football team, we can’t do that. … But we’ve learned from that. It was a great experience for our kids to play a team like that in that kind of environment.”

Tyler Voyles The Hawks lost starting safety Chris Dickhute to an injury on the third play last week, and fellow safety Zac Turner also left with an injury.

Dickhute won’t play vs. West Forsyth and Turner is questionable, leaving the safety spots to promising young players like Jamar Hall.

Mill Creek’s defense still played tough despite the injuries. Tyler Voyles led the way with 19 tackles, Semaj Starling had six tackles (two for losses) and Aaron Anderson had 14 stops.

The offense missed some chances to put up more points against the tough Colquitt defense, but Josh Fannin and Chad Walker were bright spots along the line.

West Forsyth has a new head coach, but is coming off a successful 2013 season, when it went 7-4 and lost to Dacula in the first round of the state playoffs.

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to West Forsyth High School: From I-85, take Ga. Hwy. 20 west to Ga. Hwy. 400, go south on 400. Take Exit 13/Ga. Hwy. 141/Peachtree Parkway toward Norcross and the road becomes Bethelview Road. Then take a left onto Drew Road.

MOUNT VERNON AT HEBRON CHRISTIAN

NEWTON AT MEADOWCREEK

MOUNT VERNON MUSTANGS (5-A) HEBRON CHRISTIAN LIONS (8-A) Coach: Ryan Zimmerman Coach: Kevin Shaffer Record: 0-1 Record: 1-0 Last week: Lost to Crawford County 41-7 Last week: Beat East Jackson 35-15 For the second straight season, Hebron is off to a nice start under second-year head coach Kevin Shaffer, who missed a lot of practice this week because his fourth child, son Ashton, was born Monday morning.

The Lions rolled to a 35-15 win over Class AAA East Jackson last week, much like last season when they won the first two games of the Shaffer era. But they lost their last eight games of the 2013 season, a slide they hope to avoid this season.

Hebron got off to an early lead against East Jackson thanks to its defense, with Jaquan Gibson returning an interception 90 yards for a first-quarter Victor Gipson touchdown. Quarterback Connor Holliday followed that up with a pair of short TD runs, building a 21-point lead that essentially put away the host Eagles.

A big special teams play from Victor Gipson made it 28-0 at halftime. Gipson returned a blocked kick 75 yards for a score. Holliday hit Jacob Harper for a 55-yard TD strike to open the third quarter and East Jackson put up two late TDs to make the score look more respectable.

“I was happy with the results,” Shaffer said. “It was a good victory for us. But looking at the film, we had lot of little mistakes and things to tweak. It was encouraging to win by that margin, but a lot of it had to do with turnovers and special teams.”

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Hebron Christian Academy: From Ga. Highway 316, go north on Ga. Highway 8 approximately one mile and turn left at the traffic light onto Dacula Road (after passing Dacula High School on the left). Stadium is about a mile ahead on the right.

NEWTON COUNTY RAMS (2-AAAAAA) MEADOWCREEK MUSTANGS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Terrance Banks Coach: George Pugh Record: 1-0 Record: 0-0 Last week: Beat Berkmar 48-21 Last week: Did not play Any season opener is filled with excitement, coupled with a little bit of the unknown. For the Mustangs, that takes on even more dimensions after missing their preseason scrimmage two weeks ago when opponent Cross Keys cancelled. That leaves Meadowcreek coach George Pugh having to wait until tonight’s game against the visiting Rams for answers.

“The biggest challenge is that they’re an experienced team, and we’re not,” Pugh said. “They have (a scrimmage and a game) under their belts, and we’re a young, inexperienced football team. It’s going to be something George new. So, we’re concerned about how we’re going to react. We don’t know Pugh what they’re going to respond when they get hit in the mouth. That’s our biggest challenge. “(The players) are very excited, but hopefully not too excited. That could compound some problems that we already have. … We’ve just got to let the game come to us. If we do that, we’ll be OK.” The Mustangs will have their hands full against a Newton offense that rolled up 48 points last week against Berkmar behind quarterback Rosario Johnson, who had 415 yards of total offense by himself. To deal with such a weapon, Meadowcreek will have to turn to some of the few experienced players they have, such as defensive lineman Oliver Niyungeko.

Last meeting: Meadowcreek won 13-3 in 1997 Directions to Meadowcreek HIgh School: From I-85, go east on Beaver Ruin Road to Steve Reynolds Boulevard and turn right. School is on the right.

NORTH OCONEE AT GAC

PROVIDENCE AT ST. FRANCIS

NORTH OCONEE TITANS (8-AAAA) GAC SPARTANS (6-AA) Coach: Terry Tuley Coach: Tim Hardy Record: 0-1 Record: 1-0 Last week: Lost to Coffee Co. 27-14 Last week: Beat Benedictine 24-21 After battling hard for last week’s season-opening win over Benedictine, the No. 2 state-ranked Spartans (in AA) face perhaps an even bigger challenge when the Class AAAA Titans come to town.

The biggest challenge will be trying to contain star running back Kawon Bryant, who managed 96 yards and a TD in last week’s opening loss to Coffee, but needed 29 carries to get them.

GAC coach Tim Hardy knows his defense will have its hands full trying to do so against a running back that is rarely slowed down two weeks in a row.

Ford Higgins “He’s a special player,” Hardy said of Bryant, who ran for 2,555 yards and 41 TDs as a junior last year. “In our scrimmage, we played Elijah Holyfield over at Woodward Academy, but this guy’s at another level. He’s got great patience, power, athleticism, speed, elusiveness. He just knows how to run and set up his blocks. It will be a great challenge and a fun challenge.”

The Spartans will possibly have to do so without linebacker Tyler Cooksey, who is questionable after suffering an unspecified injury last week.

The same goes for Super Six athlete Micah Abernathy, which will make it even more important for the Spartans’ offensive line, led by Ford Higgins, to try to give skill players like Super Six WR Darius Slayton and QB Davis Mills room to operate.

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Greater Atlanta Christian School: From I-85, go east on Indian Trail Road and school is on the right.

PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN STORM (8-A) ST. FRANCIS KNIGHTS (6-A) Coach: Ken Robinson Coach: Brennen Booth Record: 0-0 Record: 0-0 Last week: Did not play Last week: Did not play It’s been five years coming but Providence Christian is about to play its first varsity football game.

“This week it’s for real,” head coach Ken Robinson said. “It’s big-boy football now.”

The Storm are jumping in with both feet against St. Francis, a team which went 8-2 last year, but played a non-region schedule so wasn’t playoff eligible.

“They’ve got a good plan,” Robinson said of St. Francis. “They’re big and physical and they’ve got some extremely talented skill players. DefenJeremy sively, it’s the same thing. Just like us, they run a 3-4 base. The linemen Hardnett are good and the backs are physical.”

“All the things you want as a coach,” he said with a chuckle.

Providence’s offense centers around Max Carter, Jeremy Hardnett and Mitchell Miller.

“Jeremy will take the first snap at quarterback and he has a bright future,” Robinson said.

“The thing I’ve been even more impressed with is he’s grown up a lot. He’s very talented.

“Everybody says this and I firmly believe, one, you need talent. But when the rubber hits the road, it’s the staff that gets the guys to do the mundane things that win games.”

The Storm certainly have the coaching staff to do it. Three played Division I football in the SEC and all went on to play in the NFL, including Robinson (Washington Redskins).

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to St. Francis: Take Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road north and turn left on McGinnis Ferry Road. Heading east, go 13 miles and turn right on Bethany Bend. Turn left on Cogburn Road and the school is on the right.

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Godfree era begins at Parkview against Bears on their end during the game, and they probably feel good about the things they’re doing.”

MOUNTAIN VIEW Eric Godfree is back Mountain View aims BEARS (7-AAAAAA) where it all began. to start the season 2-0 for Coach: Doug Giacone Godfree makes his the first time in a 10-game Record: 1-0 head coaching debut with season. They haven’t Last week: Beat South Forsyth 38-31 Parkview tonight against beaten a team from Region PARKVIEW Mountain View, marking 8-AAAAAA since 2009, PANTHERS his return to his alma mater when they topped Archer (8-AAAAAA) and his second coaching in the program’s inaugural Coach: Eric Godfree stint with the Panthers. game.

Record: 0-0 He graduated from “Anytime you can Last week: Did not play Parkview in 1994 and climb out of a hole and served as an assistant come back from a deficit, When: Today, 7:30 p.m. from 1999-03, winning especially early in the year, Last meeting: First 46 straight games and it bodes well for the kids’ meeting Directions to Parkview three consecutive state game and their abilities, High School: From I-85, championships during the and what they believe in go east on Indian Trail span. He spent the last 10 their team,” Mountain View Road until it becomes years as the head coach at coach Doug Giacone said.

Killian Hill Road. Turn Loganville. “(Last Friday) was a great right on Arcado Road The Big Orange Jungle comeback win for us.” and then left on Cole is home once again.

The Bears found success Drive. School is on left.

“It’s all new for me utilizing a two-quarterback South Forsyth defenders Ryan LaFlamme (94) and Blake being on the sideline as a offense last Friday, and Oldfield (48) take down Mountain View’s Nick Harris (32) head coach,” Godfree said. after picking up a first down during Friday’s game. (Pho- come-from-behind 38-31 will do so again tonight “All three of them had a win over South Forsyth last when they platoon Alex to: Craig Cappy) different season of life. It’s week, which saw the Bears Scott and Sam Freitas at just an all-around excitethe Panthers to a perennial years, but fell to 3-7 a year score all their points in the the signal caller position. ment to be out there.” force in Georgia. ago, their worst record in second half and rally from a Scott threw two touchGodfree faces the dauntBut recent years have more than two decades.

14-point deficit at halftime. down passes and rushed ing task of succeeding for- seen the program take a The first step in the “It was like a whole new for 77 yards and another mer colleague Cecil Flowe, slide from their glory days. turnaround won’t be easy. team out there,” Godfree score, but Frietas threw the who coached Parkview They won nine games in Mountain View is ridsaid. “Evidently, they got go-ahead touchdown pass for 21 years and elevated 2012, their most in seven ing the momentum of a some things figured out that put Mountain View up

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by seven with less than a minute to play.

“Both kids had good nights offensively,” Giacone said. “They both made mistakes, and both battled back from them to lead our team in the second half. I couldn’t be happier with either of those guys and the job that they did in their respective roles.”

The Bears also had a solid night defensively despite giving up 31 points, holding South Forsyth to just 209 yards of offense.

The War Eagles posted 104 of those on two plays.

Tonight’s game marks Giacone’s first return to Parkview since his days as an assistant with Grayson from 2005-2007.

“Parkview is Parkview,” he said. “They’re going to line up and they’re going to play good, hard football.

They have good athletes, good linemen on both side of the ball. Any time you combine with a being from a traditionally storied program, and playing them at home for their first their game of the year, it’s going to be a challenge.”

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Rams meet rebuilding Elephants Wolves refocused It proves to be a helpful non-region test on both mitch.blomert@ sides for differing reasons. gwinnettdailypost.com GAINESVILLE While the Red Elephants RED ELEPHANTS It’s simply being called get adjusted to a new quar(8-AAAAA) “L.A.D.” terback for the first time in Coach: Bruce Miller Life After Deshaun. four years — or “L.A.D.” Record: 0-0 When Gainesville visits — the Rams’ defense will Last week: Did not play Grayson tonight for both be exposed to Gainesville’s GRAYSON RAMS teams’ season opener, it up-tempo spread offense, (8-AAAAAA) will be the first time in four something they’ll see more Coach: Mickey Conn years the Red Elephants often than not this year.

Record: 0-0 will be without Deshaun “A lot of teams we have Last week: Did not play Watson, their legendary to play and have to beat When: Today, 7:30 p.m. former quarterback. are in the spread,” GrayLast meeting: First Watson, now a freshman son coach Mickey Conn meeting at Clemson, is the state’s said. “It presents a good Directions to Grayson all-time leader in career challenge for us, and at the High School: From passing with 13,077 yards same time it will prepare I-85, go east on Sugarloaf Parkway to Ga. and 155 touchdowns. A us for what we’ll see in the Highway 20 and turn four-year starter, he also region and hopefully in the right. Proceed through rushed for more than 4,000 playoffs.”

Grayson and turn right yards over the same span, The Rams are fortunate on Hope Hollow Road. confirming his status as to avoid facing Watson, but School is on the left. the nation’s top dual-threat Conn isn’t selling Gainesquarterback in last year’s ville’s new quarterback recruiting class.

“We may have bitten off short.

But football still goes on a little more than we can Mikey Gonzalez served at Gainesville, which won chew for the first game, but as Watson’s backup for a Class AAAAA state title coming off the two years three years, and has a in 2012 and finished 12-2 we’ve had back-to-back, wealth of varsity experiwith a trip to the semifinals nobody wants to play you.” ence in mop-up duty in 2013.

Gainesville and Grayson situations when the Red “We’re excited about his faced off in a scrimmage Elephants pulled their potential and the potenlast season, but have never starters with a big lead, tial team,” Red Elephants met in a regular season which was often. coach Bruce Miller said. game.

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the physical force the 6-foot-4, 200-pound Watson was in pocket, but Conn says his passing ability and game management is still worthy of concern. “(Gonzalez) is a very good operator,” Conn said.

“We saw him last year in the scrimmage.

“They are who they are, and they have a great coach, a great program and great kids.”

Grayson’s defense will attempt to disrupt Gonzalez in his first career start as often as they can with their stout front seven led

by Georgia commit Justin Young at defensive end and Wisconsin commit Mohamed Berry at linebacker.

The Rams are coming off a 4-6 season in 2013, when they replaced almost every starter from the 2012 team. As a result, they have a large cast of returning starters on both sides of the ball.

Gainesville, on the other hand, is thinner than usual after graduating a large senior class last year, including Watson and many of his primary passing targets.

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After outlasting one high-scoring Cobb County powerhouse in last week’s Corky Kell Classic, North Gwinnett faces another one when North Cobb comes to Tom Robinson Memorial Stadium tonight for a 7:30 kickoff.

However, the challenge the Bulldogs (1-0, No. 2 in this weeks Georgia Sports Writers Association Class AAAAAA rankings) will be a distinctly different one from what they faced in their 52-49 win at No. 5 McEachern last Saturday.

True, the Warriors (0-1 after last week’s loss to AAAAA powerhouse Northside-Warner Robins), present a similar challenge through the air.

North Cobb quarterback Shane Queen is certainly capable of putting the ball in the air after throwing for 1,973 yards and 21 TDs a last season, and he has a variety of targets to choose from, including seniors Devin Granville, Deon Dodd and Jordan McCray.

However, the 6-foot-2, 229-pound senior presents an additional challenge, namely being productive

touchdown performance last week, and his fullystocked arsenal of receivers NORTH COBB NORTH GWINNETT — led by brothers Daniel WARRIORS (4-AAAAAA) BULLDOGS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Shane Queen Coach: Bob Sphire and Josh Imatorbhebhe, Record: 0-1 Record: 1-0 Almonzo Brown and Kyler Last week: Lost to NorthLast week: Beat McEachKnudsen — will try to side-Warner Robins 38-20 ern 52-49 attack a capable Warriors When: Today, 7:30 p.m. secondary highlighted by Last meeting: First meeting between the two schools corners Cameron Albright Directions to North Gwinnett High School: From (North Carolina) and Latrell I-85, go west on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road until it Gibbs (Appalachian State). becomes Suwanee Dam Road. School is on the right.

While Sphire has confidence in his aerial assault, with his legs (427 yards, 9 the likes of defensive end he is hoping to see more TDs rushing last year) as Scotty Cartledge and line- balance from the running well as with his arm. backer Chanlder Wooten. game. Last weekend Jor“He can really hurt So Sphire knows his dan Weddington averaged you running the football,” offense will have to de6.2 yards on eight carries.

North coach Bob Sphire velop its plays quickly and “We’ll try to keep said of the Auburn-comlinemen must be ready to (North Cobb) off balance mittment. “The quartermake the adjustments. and move the pocket a back run is definitely on “They have a lot of 6-3, little more to where the the table this week. It adds 215-pound guys up front launch point is different,” a whole (new) element. who are fast and exploSphire said. “And we’ve “He’s a big, physical kid. sive,” Sphire said. “They got to run the football. … More than anything, he use a lot of movement up We’re not the type of team can keep you off balance front with their slants, and that can win being onethrowing the ball. You don’t they’re more of a presdimensional. We’ve got to want him to get comfortsure team. McEachern run the ball better than we able and get into a rhythm.” was more big and physical did the other night.”

By the same token, up front. (North Cobb) is North Cobb’s defense trying to get off the ball will throw a different look quicker, so we’ve got to be at the Bulldogs’ offense solid up front.” compared to McEachern.

The North offense While the Indians’ vs. North Cobb defense trademark was their size match-up also features and strength up front, the another intriguing clash.

Warriors rely more on its Bulldogs quarterback quickness and athleticism John Urzua, who is fresh on getting off blocks from off his 490-yard, seven

NORTH COBB AT NORTH GWINNETT

after big opener

By Christine Troyke christine.troyke@ gwinnettdailypost.com

EAST HALL AT WESLEYAN

NORCROSS — Monday’s practice was just OK. Wesleyan’s coaching staff made sure to get the players’ attention afterward, chasing away the lingering post-win euphoria and getting them refocused.

“Our job as coaches is to bring them down to Earth a little,” head coach Franklin Pridgen said. “Otherwise East Hall is going to do that.”

The Wolves had every right to celebrate following last Friday’s 45-7 beat down of Walker. Pridgen had little to complain about in the wake of their victory.

“We took care of business against an opponent we should have beaten,” he said. “It was a really hot night — horribly humid — and our conditioning was far superior. They had a lot of size on us and it never materialized as an advantage. Our tempo let us control the game. We made plays out in space and defensively we limited them in space.

“Aside from some little things, I’d like to tackle better and some younger players had trouble lining up here and there, which are all first-game issues, it really couldn’t have gone any better.”

Wesleyan scored on all but two drives — the first and the last of the game.

The players expected to be leaders were. Cedric Lynch, Josh Garrard and Harrison Cook all scored for the Wolves. And freshman quarterback Banks Ramsey, protected well by the line all night, was more than up to the task.

“Banks was outstanding and he had a ton of help,” Pridgen said. “When you name a freshman as starter and people scratch their head or raise their eyebrows, it’s nice when he steps up and proved he absolutely deserves the job.

“Right before the half, we ran the prettiest two-

EAST HALL VIKINGS (7-AAA) Coach: Bryan Gray Record: 0-0 Last week: Did not play WESLEYAN WOLVES (6-AA) Coach: Franklin Pridgen Record: 1-0 Last week: Beat Walker 45-7 When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: East Hall won 29-28 in 2005 Directions to Wesleyan: From I-85, take I-285 west to Peachtree Industrial Blvd./Ga. 141 north exit. Veer to the left on Peachtree Parkway/Ga. 141 and turn right on Spalding Drive.

School is on the left.

minute drill we’ve run in years. For it to come in the first game was great.”

That scoring drive, capped by a 36-yard pass from Ramsey to Cook, answered Walker’s lone touchdown of the game.

“Running a new scheme with a new coordinator on defense, I thought we did a great job,” Pridgen said. “If we had a 20-year veteran coordinator, it would have qualified as great.

“We still have young players at key spots, especially linebacker. The secondary was not tested, but they certainly will be this week.”

East Hall, a Class AAA school, was 5-5 last season and returns several weapons on offense, including quarterback Devin Watson, who passed for nearly 2,500 yards as a junior.

“They are a very capable, dangerous opponent,” Pridgen said. “On paper probably more athletic than we are, but we have an advantage in playing at home and having played a game. They haven’t.

“Our best can certainly win the game, but it’s an entirely different opponent than Walker. They will spread it out and they’re certainly capable of big plays on any snap.”

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014 • 5B

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Daily Post Picks The staff makes its predictions for this week’s prep football winners

Gwinnett Preps

Today

FOOTBALL

WILL HAMMOCK

CHRISTINE TROYKE

DAVID FRIEDLANDER

MITCH BLOMERT

SCOTT SMITH

DAVID WELKER

BRIAN SNITKER*

Archer at Peachtree Ridge

Archer

Archer

Archer

P’tree Ridge

Archer

Archer

Archer

Berkmar at Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Brookwood

Central

Central

Central

Central

Collins Hill

Collins Hill

Collins Hill

Duluth at Northview

Northview

Northview

Northview

Northview

Duluth

Northview

Duluth

East Hall at Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

East Hall

East Hall

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Gainesville at Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

SOFTBALL

Hillgrove at Shiloh

Hillgrove

Hillgrove

Hillgrove

Hillgrove

Hillgrove

Shiloh

Hillgrove

The Home Teams

Mill Creek at West Forsyth

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mountain View at Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

Mtn. View

Mtn. View

Mtn. View

Parkview

Mt. Vernon at Hebron

Hebron

Hebron

Hebron

Hebron

Hebron

Mt. Vernon

Mt. Vernon

Newton at Meadowcreek

Newton

Newton

Newton

Newton

Newton

Newton

Newton

North Cobb at North Gwinnett

North G.

North G.

North G.

North G.

North G.

North G.

North G.

North Oconee at GAC

N. Oconee

GAC

N. Oconee

GAC

GAC

GAC

GAC

Providence at St. Francis

St. Francis

St. Francis

St. Francis

St. Francis

St. Francis

Providence

Providence

9-6

9-6

8-5

12-3

11-4

10-5

9-6

7:30 p.m. — Archer at Peachtree Ridge 7:30 p.m. — Berkmar at Buford 7:30 p.m. — Brookwood at Norcross 7:30 p.m. — Central Gwinnett at Collins Hill 7:30 p.m. — Duluth at Northview 7:30 p.m. — East Hall at Wesleyan 7:30 p.m. — Gainesville at Grayson 7:30 p.m. — Hillgrove at Shiloh 7:30 p.m. — Mill Creek at West Forsyth 7:30 p.m. — Mountain View at Parkview 7:30 p.m. — Mt. Vernon at Hebron 7:30 p.m. — Newton at Meadowcreek 7:30 p.m. — North Cobb at North Gwinnett 7:30 p.m. — North Oconee at GAC 7:30 p.m. — Providence at St. Francis

SOFTBALL

4 p.m. — North and West Forsyth at North Georgia College 8 p.m. — North and Jefferson at North Georgia College

CROSS COUNTRY

Saturday

8 a.m. — Clara Bowl Invitational at Berry College 10 a.m. — Lanier at Chestatee (DH)

Braves

G-Braves

Falcons

Womens soccer

TODAY NEXT UPCOMING Miami Miami Miami 7:35 p.m.

Sat, 7:10 p.m.

Sun, 5:10 p.m.

FSS/680-AM FSS/680-AM FSS/680-AM

Charlotte Charlotte at Charlotte 7:05 p.m.

Sat, 7:05 p.m.

Sun, 7:05 p.m.

MeTV

Off

New Orleans Sept. 7, 1 p.m.

Fox/94.1-FM

Off

at USC Beaufort at SCAD Sat, 5 p.m.

Mon, 1 p.m.

vs. Lyon (Ark.)^ at Cumberland 3 p.m.

Sat, 4 p.m.

at Cincinnati Sept. 14, 1 p.m.

CBS/94.1-FM

Truett-McConnell Sept. 3, 7 p.m.

Brookwood at Norcross Central Gwinnett at Collins Hill

Last week

Mens soccer PTV = Peachtree TV, SS = SportSouth, FSS = Fox Sports South ^Lebanon, Tenn.; #NFL preseason

AUTO RACING

s

On TV

*Each week’s picks feature a guest picker. This week’s guest picker is Gwinnett Braves manager Brian Snitker

Today

2:30 p.m. — NASCAR Nationwide Series: Great Clips 300, Practice FS1 4 p.m. — NASCAR Nationwide Series: Great Clips 300, Practice FS1 5:30 p.m. — NASCAR Nationwide Series: Great Clips 300, Final Practice FS1 7 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup: Atlanta, Qualifying FS1

BASEBALL

7:30 p.m. — Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves FSS 8 p.m. — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals WGN

FOOTBALL

7 p.m. — BYU at Connecticut ESPN 7:30 p.m. — High school: Archer at Peachtree Ridge PBS 9 p.m. — Colorado State vs. Colorado FS1 10:30 p.m. — UNLV at Arizona ESPN 11 p.m. — High school: De La Salle (Calif.) vs. Jesuit (Calif.) ESPN2

SOCCER

8 p.m. — MLS: Houston Dynamo at Sporting Kansas City NBCSP

TENNIS

1 p.m. — U.S. Open Men’s Second Round and Women’s Third Round ESPN 6 p.m. — U.S. Open Men’s Second Round and Women’s Third Round ESPN2 7 p.m. — U.S. Open Men’s Second Round and Women’s Third Round ESPN2 SATURDAY

AUTO RACING

7:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: Great Clips 300 ESPN2 9 p.m. — IndyCar MAVTV 500 NBCSP

BASEBALL

4 p.m. — Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates FS1 7 p.m. — Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves FSS 7 p.m. — Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox WGN

BASKETBALL

3:30 p.m. — FIBA World Cup: Finland vs. United States ESPN

FOOTBALL

8:30 a.m. — Central Florida vs. Penn State ESPN2 12 p.m. — UCLA at Virginia ESPN 12 p.m. — Appalachian State at Michigan ESPN2 12 p.m. — North Dakota State at Iowa State FS1 12:30 p.m. — Georgia Southern at N.C. State CW 12:30 p.m. — Wofford at Georgia Tech FSS 2 p.m. — High school: Norland at MLK SS 3:30 p.m. — Alabama vs. West Virginia ABC 3:30 p.m. — Rice at Notre Dame NBC 3:30 p.m. — Cal at Northwestern ESPN2 5:30 p.m. — Clemson at Georgia ESPN 7 p.m. — Samford at TCU SS 7:30 p.m. — Fresno State at USC FOX 8 p.m. — Florida State vs. Oklahoma State ABC 9 p.m. — LSU vs. Wisconsin ESPN

SOCCER

7:45 a.m. — English Premier League: Burnley FC vs Manchester United FC NBCSP 10 a.m. — English Premier League: Manchester City FC vs Stoke City FC NBCSP 12:30 p.m. — English Premier League: Everton FC vs Chelsea FC NBC

TENNIS

11 a.m. — U.S. Open Tennis Men’s and Women’s Third Round CBS

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

New QBs face off in Georgia opener The Sports Xchange

Seniors Michael Bennett and Chris Conley lead a SERIES: Georgia talented group of wide leads series 41-18-4, but receivers.

When: 5:30 p.m.

Clemson won last year Even without Aaron Saturday Where: Sanford 38-35. This is the second Murray pulling the trigger, Stadium, Athens straight year the Tigers Bennett is confident the TV: ESPN and Bulldogs have opened Bulldogs will move the ball. the season as ranked “I don’t want to comteams and the fifth time pare to other years, but they have clashed as top Tajh Boyd.

I still think our offense 20 teams. They are 2-2 in “That’s Cole — that’s has the potential to put such meetings. just his demeanor, his up crazy numbers and personality,” said Clemput up a lot of points if KEYS TO THE GAME son coach Dabo Swinney, we just execute,” Bennett Clemson-Georgia sizes whose team is coming off said. “We definitely have up as an intriguing battle consecutive 11-2 seasons. the talent. So if we just spearheaded by two fifth“I remember when Tajh execute like the coaches year quarterbacks who are got knocked out against want us to, I think we’ll be getting their first chance as Boston College when Cole all right.” starters. was a freshman and Cole You can expect both deThe Tigers’ Cole Stoudt came in. Here he is a true fenses to test the quarterand the Bulldogs’ Hutson freshman and we’re in a backs at every opportunity.

Mason obviously provide tough ballgame. He just Both teams boast impresthe storyline for the game, said, ‘All right, let’s go.’ sive front sevens, so pass and both head coaches But that’s Cole.” protection is likely to be at will be anxious to see how Mason’s main aim for a premium. their quarterback performs Georgia will be to get the under that pressure. ball into the hands of his PLAYERS TO WATCH To his credit, Stoudt playmakers.

Tigers — the son of former NFL Junior tailback Todd • QB Cole Stoudt finally quarterback Cliff Stoudt Gurley is a Heisman Trogets his chance to be “the — has appeared cool and phy candidate and junior guy” to lead Clemson’s steady throughout fall tailback Keith Marshall is up-tempo offense after camp n preparing to take back healthy after tearing playing behind Tajh Boyd over for the productive his ACL last season. for the last three seasons.

GEORGIA VS. CLEMSON

He will be the first Clemson quarterback to make his first career start as a senior since Billy Lott in 1979.

• RB D.J. Howard has 581 career yards rushing, but this season will be his chance to shine as a starter.

The 5-11, 205-pound senior will have to stave off challenges from a handful of talented backs, but he has the experience and mettle to emerge from the pack.

Bulldogs • QB Hutson Mason has already proven he can start and win a big game at Georgia, leading the Bulldogs to comeback win over rival Georgia Tech in one of his two starts last November after Aaron Murray went down with a season-ending injury. But this is the kind of game that can set the tone for the season.

• RB Todd Gurley can take pressure off Mason with a strong performance.

He has downplayed Heisman talk, but a big game on a big stage against Clemson could help jumpstart his candidacy.

Jackets open 2014 with FCS foe Wofford ABOUT WOFFORD (2013: 5-6): The Terriers Georgia Tech won 19 return 13 starters from last games in Paul Johnson’s season, including running When: 12:30 p.m. first two years as head back Will Gay (6.9 yards Saturday Where: Bobby Dodd coach, but the Yellow per rush), but must replace Stadium, Atlanta Jackets have averaged just their leading running back TV: Fox Sports South seven victories the past (Donovan Johnson) and four seasons. The Yellow receiver (Jeff Ashley).

Jackets hope Saturday’s Preseason all-conference opener at home against on each side of the ball, selection T.J. Chamberlin Wofford begins a campaign including Thomas — anchors the offensive line, that carries them toward the who takes over after Vad while Tarek Odom earned top of the ACC’s Coastal Lee transferred to James first-team honors on the Division, as sophomore Madison. The Terriers defensive line. Wofford Justin Thomas makes his finished fourth in the started last season 5-2 first career start directing Southern Conference last before allowing 27 points Johnson’s triple-option season, snapping a streak or more in three of its final offense. Georgia Tech has of three consecutive FCS four contests. played in 17 consecutive playoff appearances by ABOUT GEORGIA bowl games — the nation’s dropping their final four TECH (2013: 7-6): The second-longest streak to games. Like the Yellow Yellow Jackets will look to Virginia Tech’s 21 — but Jackets, Wofford also rerun — no surprise considhas won only one bowl lies heavily on its rushing ering Johnson’s offense game since 2004. attack, averaging just 85.4 has averaged 303.2 yards The Yellow Jackets passing yards per game a rushing per game since debut six new starters year ago. coming to Georgia Tech in Reuters

GEORGIA TECH VS. WOFFORD

2008. Thomas averaged 7.1 yards per carry in limited time last season but has attempted just 17 passes in his career. Jamal Golden and Isaiah Johnson return in the secondary, but the Yellow Jackets have a big hole at defense end as alltime sacks leader Jeremiah Attaochu graduated.

EXTRA POINTS 1. Georgia Tech and Wofford have played once, a 33-0 victory by the Yellow Jackets in 1901 at Augusta, Ga. 2. Wofford has won four Southern Conference titles since 2000.

3. The Yellow Jackets are one of three ACC teams (Louisville, Virginia Tech) and one of 11 squads in FBS with no career starts by any of the quarterbacks on the roster.

6B • FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014

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Getting To Know … Larry Satchwell For more than 30 years, Larry Satchwell has been a fixture in the Gwinnett County school system, both as an elementary school teacher and as a high school track and field throws coach at Shiloh and Parkview.

The 62-year-old, who lives in Loganville with his wife Karen, still teaches (though now at Georgia State University) and coaches (both on the high school level and the Throw 1 Deep club), and is also active with the Highland Games when they come to Stone Mountain Park. Staff writer David Friedlander recently talked with Satchwell and he looked back, and forward, at both of his careers.

didn’t throw the hammer. So there were really no facilities, and then we boycotted.

But then I found the Highland Games, … so I threw in that for 30 years as a professional. I didn’t want to start coaching until I thought I was pretty much finished with that. So, Jimmy Garrett over at Shiloh High School heard … that I knew something about throwing. So, he asked me to come over.

I helped him out that year, Larry Satchwell has spent much of his time since movand I’ve been doing it ever ing to metro Atlanta in 1978 as an educator and throwing since. coach in Gwinnett County. (Staff Photo: David Friedlander)

DF: (Parkview head track coach) Matt Henson likes to joke about how he “stole” you from Shiloh after 18 years there. How’d that association come DF: How long have you about? been coaching throws?

LS: (Laughs) He did.

LS: Since 1992. I started It was a really hard deciat Shiloh High School. sion for me to make (to leave Shiloh for Parkview) DF: I take it your inter- because I had some kids est in throwing stems from coming up who were goyour participation in the ing to be good the next sport from years ago. few years. I knew Matt.

LS: Yeah, I was an AllI’d seen him around some American hammer thrower track meets, and I knew in college, and in the Hall (Parkview assistant coach of Fame at Northern Illinois and athletics director) Mark University.

Whitley a little bit better than Matt. I have a lot of DF: So, what brought respect for both those guys. you down here to Georgia? I just had an opportunity to LS: The job and the work with Mark, knowing weather. I was actually train- what his work ethic is, and I ing for the 1980 Olympics knew if he hired Matt, it had and thought I could get a lot to be a good thing. It was a more training sessions in if good decision (in hindsight).

I came down here where the The kid that was going to weather was nicer. be (Shiloh’s) best thrower moved to Buford that sumDF: I guess it didn’t mer. work out like you planned, since the U.S. wound up DF: So, while you coach boycotting the 1980 games primarily at the high in Moscow. school level, you’ve mostly LS: Well, the Univertaught at the elementary sity of Georgia at that time school level?

LS: I never taught at high school level. I’ve always taught at either at middle school or elementary school level. I was at Shiloh Elementary for 22 years.

ing. That’s one of the things we work on.

DF: When you look back on all of the kids you’ve coached over the years, obviously (recent DF: So now you’re Parkview grad) John Patteaching in college? That’s terson is one you’re parkind of a leap, no? ticularly going to rememLS: I’m teaching P.E. ma- ber, since he just won a jors their first content course state championship in the at Georgia State Univerdiscus. But who are some sity, and I work part time in of the other top kids that Newton County. They have you’ve worked with that a federal P.E.P. (Physical stand out in your mind?

Education Program) grant LS: Zach Helms at that I’m the administrator Shiloh. He got second in for. It was a three-year grant, the state in the discus (in $750,000. So basically, it’s 2004). A guy just came spending money. out of nowhere and hit a 15-foot (personal record) DF: How different is when (Helms) had been it teaching elementary leading until the last round. and middle school kids to And Stephen Bridges. He teaching college students? got second in the discus and LS: The experience I third in the shot one year. bring to that class, I think, is He was really an outstandreally helping them undering athlete. I’ve had a lot of stand the needs of what they guys who’ve gotten second have to bring at the elemen- and third, but John’s been tary level. It’s an elementary my first champion. physical education content course, so it’s teaching the DF: How thrilling was basics. We just had a course that moment for you? today and (some of the Almost as much as it was students) couldn’t name the for him? five different ways of jumpLS: It was great. John

was a great competition (thrower). The guy who was in second place had thrown 180 feet, and John came so close to winning it last year. The year before, he was in second place and a guy came out with another P.R. You just never know when they’re going to hit those. (This year), all season John’s been saying, ‘We haven’t finished this. We haven’t finished this.’ It was just picture perfect. (Richard Delphin of Roswell) opens up with 169-something, and I didn’t want John to go all out. I wanted him to make sure he had five more throws in him. So he went 155 just like we’d planned. Then he comes in the next throw at 129, and I’m thinking, ‘Oh no. This is a disaster.’ But going into the finals, he got his head together and moved ahead on his first throw of the finals, and his last throw of the finals, he had another good throw. He wrapped it up with 175-foot throws.

get paid for throwing things all day long (laughs). That was really a lot of fun. I held the world record in the sheaf toss four different times. You throw a bag of straw over a bar with a pitchfork. It’s just a really obscure kind of thing, but it was one of the things I was good at. If you find something obscure enough, you can be a world record holder (laughs).

DF: How did you get involved with the Highland Games?

LS: Mary Morrison, who taught at Grayson Elementary, she’d mentioned the games to me. Moving down here in 1978, one of the first things you do when you move to Georgia is go to Stone Mountain.

Well, they had posters up all over the place saying, ‘The Highland Games are coming.’ I’d heard about them, but had never been in one. So, I went to one in October, and it was the first year they allowed amateurs DF: On to another sub- to throw. So, I was throwject you brought up earlier ing as an amateur, and I — the Highland Games. I won all the events except understand you’re now the for the caber toss. I’d never announcer for them. seen this event at all. They LS: I’m the announcer had this long tree, about 19 at Stone Mountain. I anfeet long, and they stand it nounce at Chicago and up to you and say, ‘OK, it’s North Carolina at Grandfaall yours.’ (Laughs) And ther Mountain (in Linville, I’m thinking, ‘OK, what am N.C.) and in Glasgow, Ky. I supposed to do with this?’

So, I’m still involved in So, you have to pick it up, about seven or eight games keep it upright and then during they year as either you run with it and try to an announcer or a judge. It flip it in (a circle). … The was really great to find that. caber is the only thing you It’s a really good outlet for don’t throw for distance. someone who likes to throw You throw it for accuracy. things. (Laughs) Because Everything else is either you get to throw things all height or distance, and I day long. And they pay your won all the other events gas money and hotel money hands down, but I’d never and things like that. So, you seen the caber before.

PREP ROUNDUP

Brookwood’s Ablan pitches second straight no-hitter From Staff Reports SNELLVILLE — Fresh off the heels of Tuesday’s no-hitter against Parkview, Brookwood pitcher Amanda Ablan delivered her second straight no-no as the Broncos topped Shiloh 4-0 on Thursday night in Region 8-AAAAAA action.

Ablan finished the night with one walk and 15 strikeouts, while going 2-for-4 at the plate.

Kamryn Tillman led the offense, going 4-for-4 with a double, two runs and an RBI. Chelsea Twardoski also finished 2-for-4 as Brookwood improved to 7-3 overall and 3-0 in the region.

SOFTBALL Parkview 8, Central 0 LILBURN — Parkview bounced back from Tuesday’s loss to Brookwood with an 8-0 shutout at home over Shiloh on Thursday night in five innings.

Sami Rosa (4-1) was the winning pitcher, going all five innings for the shutout. Denise Teague led the offense, going 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs, while Jessica Moody went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Parkview (6-5, 2-1) finished the night with 12 hits.

Archer 5, South 4 LAWRENCEVILLE — Archer scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh to slip past South Gwinnett 5-4 on Thursday night in a Region 8-AAAAAA game.

Alia Booth, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, scored the game winner for the Tigers (13-2, 3-0), while Tricia Williams went 4-for-4 with a homer, RBI and two runs.

South (5-8, 0-3) was led

by Xian Lopez, who went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Allye Sneed also went 3-for-4 with

a run, while Kierra Mays, Skylar Smith, Dezhane Moseley and Shantazia Ramsey each had a hit.

Grayson 10, Dacula 7 LOGANVILLE — Carley Batchelor of Grayson went 2-for-3 with two RBIs on Thursday night as Grayson outlasted Dacula 10-7 for a Region 8-AAAAAA win.

Jen Spangler also had two hits and an RBI for Grayson (7-4, 2-1) with Allie Head finishing 2-for-4 with a stolen base and an RBI. Stephanie Snyder added a solo homer in the win, while Sierra Smith had two hits. Payton Glover went 3 1/3 innings in recording the win, while Conner Batchelor followed with 3 2/3 innings of relief for the save.

Collins Hill 4, Mill Creek 0 HOSCHTON — Collins Hill stayed atop the Region 7-AAAAAA standings with a 4-0 shutout win at Mill Creek on Thursday night.

Brea Dickey sparked the Eagles (7-2, 3-0) with a 3-for-4 night, including a triple, two stolen bases and two runs. Jamie Hoover also had an RBI, while Amanda Chance went 1-for-3.

Chance was also the winning pitcher, striking out two in seven innings.

Peachtree Ridge 6, Duluth 2 DULUTH — Peachtree Ridge picked up a Region 7-AAAAAA win on Thursday night with a 6-2 decision at Duluth.

Maiah Johnson led offense for the Lions (7-5, 2-1) with a 4-for-4 night, including three steals and three runs. Lizzy Hellston also went 4-for-4, while Laura Purcell allowed one earned run on five hits in picking up the win.

Duluth (4-5, 0-4) was led

by Amanda Simpson, who had a double and an RBI. Rachel Matton also went 2-for-3 for the Wildcats, while Megan Waldheim finished

1-for-3.

North 6, Mountain View 1 SUWANEE — Allison Roach and Emily Dennis each had two hits and an RBI in leading North Gwinnett to a 6-1 win at home over Mountain View on Thursday night in Region 7-AAAAAA. Kaitlin Andrews drove in one run with one hit for North (7-4-1, 3-1), while Jenna Herrington had an RBI. Rachel Smith, who pitched a complete game for the win, also had a hit and a sacrifice bunt.

Also helping North were Lindsay Vining with a hit and Makenna Dowell with a sacrifice bunt.

Lanier 12, Salem 7 CONYERS — Makenzie Wismer went 4-for-4 with five RBIs on Thursday night in leading Lanier to a 12-7 win over Salem in Region 8-AAAAA action.

Kirsten Laughlin added three RBIs in the win, while Maygan Loparo finished 2-for-3 with two walks and a triple. The win went to Cameron Dillard, who pitched seven innings.

Lanier improved to 7-7 overall and 2-1 in the region.

Buford 12, North Oconee 3 BUFORD — Buford opened its Region 8-AAAA schedule at home on Thursday night with a 12-3 win over North Oconee in five innings.

Bria Bush (12-1, 1-0) recorded the win, going three innings with no hits, one walk and five strikeouts.

Peyton Wolfe followed with one inning of relief with three runs, while Emily Crocker pitched a scoreless fifth with one strikeout and no hits.

The offense was led by Alexus Murray, who went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs. Baylee Sexton added a hit, two walks, two runs and two RBIs, while Tessa Daniels and Brianna Gutierrez each had a hit and drove in two.

Wesleyan 10, Mount Pisgah 1 PEACHTREE CORNERS — Jameson Kavel of Wesleyan delivered strong performances on the mound and at the plate on Thursday night in leading the Wolves to a 10-1 in five innings over Mount Pisgah.

Kavel pitched all five innings in improving to 2-0, allowing one run on four hits with five strikeouts. At the plate, she was 1-for-3 with four RBIs, three runs and a stolen base.

Riley Henning and Sarah Adams each added a hit and two RBIs for Wesleyan (7-2).

VOLLEYBALL Parkview tops Collins Hill, North sweeps LILBURN — Parkview’s Nia Mitchell logged 30 digs and served an ace on Thursday night as the Panthers split a pair of matches, beating Collins Hill in three games 21-25, 25-18, 25-22 and falling to North Gwinnett 25-9, 25-12.

Other contributors for Parkview (4-13) were Anna Wright with eight kills, two blocks and two digs, Bernice McGriff with 10 digs, nine kills, two blocks and an ace and Cori Harber with 19 assists, 10 digs, four aces and two kills.

North ended its perfect night with a 25-11, 25-15 sweep of Providence. Top hitters for North (10-4) were Carson Nevels with 14 kills and Taylor Spence with 12 kills, while Mekenzie Cronic led the team in digs with 20.

Providence (13-7) salvaged a split on the night as the Storm (13-7) beat Collins Hill in three games 25-20, 20-25, 25-19. Taera O’Connor and Carly Dubay led the defense for Providence.

Grayson defeats Loganville LOGANVILLE — Grayson picked up a win at home

against Loganville on Thursday night with a 25-11, 25-10 sweep of the Red Devils.

Grayson’s bid at a sweep was halted by Mill Creek, who edged the Rams 25-20, 28-26. Chandler Jackson had nine kills for Grayson (12-3) with Chi Chi Ofodile serving four aces.

Norcross goes 2-0 SUWANEE — Norcross topped the .500 mark with two wins on Thursday night to push its record to 9-8, sweeping Milton 25-8. 25-19 and host Lambert 25-22, 25-22.

Top performers for Norcross were Shelby King with 15 kills and 10 digs, Tia Jimerson with nine kills and seven blocks, Carol Wilber with 22 digs and Sammie Baker with 34 assists.

Peachtree Ridge sweeps Duluth DULUTH — Brittney Thomas had 12 kills and Deja Williams added 11 more as Peachtree Ridge swept Duluth in three games 25-16, 25-23, 25-19 on Thursday night.

Helaina Burke added nine more kills in the attack for the Lions (8-2) with Phoenix Ream recording 15 digs. The loss dropped Duluth to 6-4.

Mountain View gets two wins LAWRENCEVILLE — Mountain View improved to 7-10 on the season with a pair of wins on Thursday night, sweeping Archer 2511, 25-13 and Dacula 25-12, 25-13.

Dacula (7-7) went 1-1 on the night, earning the split with a 30-28, 25-19 win over Archer. Leaders for Dacula were Caroline Hinton with 21 assists, Julianna Wager with 11 kills and Casli Waugh with 15 digs.

Lanier moves to 8-2 SUGAR HILL — Lanier went 1-1 at home on Thursday night to improve to 8-2 on the season, sweeping

Meadowcreek 25-14, 25-7 but losing to East Hall 25-23, 25-21.

In the Meadowcreek match, Jessica Helmink had four kills, two digs and a block, while Morgan Akers had five digs, two aces and one kill. Angie Raez also helped with six aces and nine assists.

Raez also had eight assists and seven digs in the East Hall match. Akers added five digs, three kills and three aces, while Roz Asher finished with 10 digs.

Buford moves to 10-0 SNELLVILLE — Gabby Curry recorded 10 kills and Morgan Mitchell delivered 20 assists in guiding Buford to a 25-21, 25-16 sweep of Brookwood on Thursday night.

Buford also faced Walton and beat the Raiders in three games 19-25, 25-10, 26-24.

Leaders in the match were Tatum Shipes with 10 kills, Mikhayla Riegel with 20 digs and Amanda Hopkins with four blocks. The two wins stretched Buford’s record to 10-0.

Brookwood (6-8) also faced Walton and fell in two games 25-17, 25-20. The Broncos were guided by 30 assists from Jordan Shipman, 14 kills from Kierra Shipman and 18 digs from Erin Giuliano.

Hebron tops GAC DACULA — Anna Katherine Wilson dished 34 assists and Alli Johnson pounded 17 kills to propel Hebron past Greater Atlanta Christian 2510, 25-8, 25-16 on Thursday night.

Hebron (17-3) also received contributions from Regan Long with 12 kills, Courtney Civelli with 37 digs and Madi Grace Easterling with three aces.

GAC (8-8) was led by eight assists and eight digs from Jesse Whitkin and eight kills from Lauren Brown.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Johnny Football, no problem.

Sophomore Kenny Hill showed solid command of the Texas A&M juggernaut offensive attack and then some in the season opener Thursday night.

Hill threw for a schoolrecord 511 yards and directed the offense efficiently in the No. 21 Aggiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 52-28 dismantling of No. 9 South Carolina.

Hill, who made his first career start, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem fazed by the Gamecocksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 18-game home winning streak or the 82,847 fans in attendance. His final passing numbers (44-for60, three touchdowns, no interceptions) were greater than those former Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel accomplished in his two years as a starter.

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Mike Minor carried a shutout into the eighth inning and Emilio Bonifacio collected four hits as visiting Atlanta won 6-1 in the rubber match of a threegame series, keeping pace in the National League wild-card race.

Minor (6-8) led the way as the Braves capped a 6-4 road trip, allowing one run on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts in seven-plus innings, and added two hits, an RBI and a run scored at the plate.

Bonifacio went 4-for-5 with a triple and a pair of RBIs as Atlanta remained 1 ½ games behind San Francisco for the final NL wild-card spot and moved within six games of Washington in the NL East.

New York starter Jon Niese (7-10) nearly matched Minor until the eighth, allowing three runs on nine hits with five strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.

Eric Campbell drove in a run for the Mets, who were held to two hits across the first seven innings and gave up three runs in the ninth to lose for the seventh time

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Andrelton Simmons walked with two outs and nobody on in the second, and after Gerald Laird singled to right, Minor lined a single to left to plate Simmons and put the Braves ahead 1-0. Minor drilled a Niese offering to the wall in right for a double to lead off the eighth, and after Bonifacio brought him home with a triple to deep center two hitters later, Freddie Freemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s single scored Bonifacio to make it 3-0 Atlanta.

Minor, who took a nohitter into the eighth inning Friday at Cincinnati before settling for a no-decision, set down the first 12 New York hitters before Lucas Duda singled to lead off the fifth. Minor ran into trouble in the eighth, giving up Travis dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arnaudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadoff double before Campbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBI single brought the Mets within 3-1, but David Carpenter came on and squelched the New York rally.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Mets placed P Vic Black (herniated disc in his neck) on the disabled list

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Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Mike Minor (36) delivers a pitch against the New York Mets in the first inning Thursday at Citi Field. (USA Today: Noah K. Murray)

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the lineup after missing two games with a sore neck and went 0-for-4. â&#x20AC;Ś Bonifacio started in center for B.J. Upton, who went hitless in his final 12 at-bats of the road trip.

Quarterback T.J. Yates threw two first-half touchdowns to lead the Atlanta Falcons past the Jacksonville Jaguars 24-14 in the teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; final tune-up for the regular season on Thursday night at EverBank Field.

Yates connected with running back Antone Smith on a 66-yard scoring strike at the 8:58 mark of the second quarter.

Less than two minutes later, Freddie Martino hauled in a pass from Yates for a 67-yard touchdown to make the score 21-7.

On the first play of the second quarter, Jaguars rookie quarterback Blake Bortles connected on a 57-yard touchdown pass to fellow rookie, wide receiver Marquise Lee.

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NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 5170 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA 30093 1998 CHEVROLET S-10 1GCCS1444W8253634 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 08/24/2014.

928-210021, 8/29,9/5 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 505 Buford Dr., Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ville GA 30045 1999 CHEVROLET G3500 EXPRESS 1GBJG31R8X1005096 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 8/24/14.

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770-962-SELL NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 4254 Lliburn Ind. Way, Lilburn, GA 30047 2001 HONDA ACCORD 1HGCG32581A022859 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 08/24/2014.

928-210023, 8/29,9/5 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 2982 Duluth Ind. Way, Duluth, GA 30096 2002 CHEVROLET VENTURE 1GNDX03E72D280460 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 8/24/14.

928-210026, 8/29,9/5 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 5170 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA 30093 2003 TOYOTA TACOMA 5TESN9N23Z285294 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 08/24/2014.

928-210017, 8/29,9/5 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.11-2, is being stored at: 6180 Norcross Tucker Rd, Norcross, GA 30093 2004 MAZDA TRIBUTE 4F2YZ041X4KM25201 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 08/24/2014.

928-210014, 8/29,9/5 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 509 Buford Dr, Ste G, Lawrenceville GA 30046 2012 CHEVROLET EXPRESS 1GAZG1FG1C1123584 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 08/24/2014.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The Gwinnett County Law Library Board will hold a public meeting on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at Noon in the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, Office of Court Administration located at 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, GA. The public is invited to attend. For additional information, please contact Pam Baxter, Deputy Court Administrator, Gwinnett Judicial Circuit at 770822-8564.

Gwinnett County Government will assist citizens with special needs given proper notice (seven working days).

Any requests for reasonable accommodations required by individuals to fully participate in any open meeting, program or activity of Gwinnett County Government should be directed to Michael Plonowski, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, telephone number 770-8228015.

928-210096, 8/29 ABANDONED VEHICLE A Mazda 6 Blue VIN: 1YVFP80D335M20456 Tag: BYA 4627 GA was initially removed from 7100 Dawson Blvd Atlanta, GA 30340 at Rutherford Glen Apts. It was considered abandoned on 6/28/2014.

It is presently in possession of Eagle Towing, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. Any claims for this vehicle should call Eagle Towing at (770)279-1646.

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PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that on September 1st, 2014 U-Haul Company of Atlanta North will be offering for sale under the contractual landlords lien process by public auction the following storage units. The goods to be sold are generally described as household goods. U-Haul reserves the right to refuse any and all bids. Payment will be made in cash only. The sale will begin at 8:30 AM at 1290 Pleasant Hill Rd. Lawrenceville, GA. and continue to each location. Location stops subject to change or cancel.

1290 Pleasant Hill Rd., Lawrenceville, GA.: Lowell Smith 0003, Carolina Escob

bar 0212, Nikkia Blaylock 0314, Sophia Allen 0529, Howard Williams 0711, Jeanine Ketchup 1147, Romeesha Dash 1209, Yvonne Delancey 1222, Ronald Allen 1501, Phylester Smith 1504, Nou Yang 1509, Latassha Lawrence 1613, Sheldon Williams 2042, Doye Chukueloke 2220, Shanna Manford 2628, Laytoya Gibbon 2635.

3804 Buford Dr., Buford, GA.: Amy Hardy 0018, Dannie Howard 0033, Chanel Branco 0034, Yolanda Porter 0068 and 0225, David Wigley 0098, Naimuddin Syed 0099, Jackie Tulos 0128, Gerun King 0152, Juliet Jones 0155, Charles Fisher 0173, Kenneth Murray 0211, Angie Correa 0309, Laderricka Reams 0351, Karina Marroquin 0363, Deon Korfhage 0420.

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PUBLIC AUCTION On 09/15/2014 at 11:00AM StoreSmart self storage located at 2914 Buford Dr. Buford, GA. 30519 will conduct a public auction of the following: Unit # 1054, Eric Haley, Tires, bumper, and exercise equipment. Unit # 1071, Lori Hill, table boxes, dresser, boxes. Unit #3153, Roderick Jackson, Chair, laundry basket, space heater.

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PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Buford Zoning Board of appeals will meet on Monday, September 15, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Buford City Hall, 2300 Buford Highway, Buford, Georgia 30518 to consider a variance request at 1901 Satellite Boulevard for Seefried Industrial Properties. The variance requested is to allow tilt-up concrete construction.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given to the public that the City of Grayson will hold a public hearing regarding amendments to the Development Regulations and amendments to the Zoning Ordinance that reflect recommendations for improving green infrastructure and low impact development from the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District during the MS4 audit. The Public Hearings will be held before the Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 7:00 PM in the Grayson City Hall and before the Mayor and City Council on Monday, September 15. 2014 at 7:00 PM in the Grayson Senior Center.

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A selection of eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post: • Murray’s in a Hurry Murray’s has a friendly sub-shop feel. The restaurant features a warm interior with two of the walls covered in windows. Though small, there are several booths and tables for customers looking to enjoy their meal inside. True to its name, the restaurant specializes in making made-to-order food for customers in a hurry.

Murray’s in a Hurry prides itself on providing fresh food fast. By using organic chicken, fresh vegetables, homemade bread and sauces, the restaurant boasts a flavorful menu. Serving everything from Tandoori chicken pizza to kabob sandwiches to gyros to buffalo wings, the food could be considered Italian with a hint of Greek, Indian and American. One of the most popular dishes is the kabob sandwich which consists of a beef kabob served on homemade bread along with lettuce, onion, tomato and their signature sauce.

3940 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Suite K, Duluth, 770814-8666 • Local Kitchen and Tap Though Local Kitchen and Tap features a full-service bar and televisions, it does not have the typical sports bar feel. With homey decor, a well lit interior and even an arcade for kids, the restaurant feels more like a house than a bar.

All of the food served at Local Kitchen and Tap is made in-house. The menu features a variety of appetiz-

Three of the most popular dishes at Murray’s in a Hurry in Duluth include the Tandoori sandwich in the back, the All The Way pizza on the right and the beef kabob sandwich on the left. (Staff Photos: Katie Morris) ers including soft pretzels served with honey mustard sauce or queso, fried green tomatoes served with homemade creamy peppercorn ranch and a variety of sliders. One of the most popular appetizers is the loaded buffalo style chips which are hand cut potato chips tossed with blue cheese crumbles and baked and drizzled with buffalo sauce. The southern chopped salad is another frequently ordered item, with romaine, red onion, cucumber, croutons, candied walnuts, chopped bacon, diced tomatoes and grated cheese tossed in sweet vidalia onion dressing and topped with smoked shredded pork and onion rings.

3590 Old Atlanta Road, Suwanee, 678-341-6823, www.LKandT.com • Señor Quintin Mex-Grill The menu is a combination of traditional Mexican cuisine and Tex-Mex. It offers traditional mexican favorites like tacos and quesadillas along with Quintin originals like the Arrachera and Surf and Turf. Quintin Arrachera is an 8-ounce grilled skirt steak served with a grilled poblano pepper stuffed with Oaxaca cheese, grilled portobello mushrooms and charro beans.

There are several menu options for seafood lovers, including the mango salmon, seafood burrito and chipotle shrimp. The shrimp salad is a good choice for those wanting a lighter meal — it has 12 grilled Tiger shrimp with mango, sliced avocado, roasted

dining corn, black beans and queso fresco over a bed of spring mix tossed in a chipotle sauce. They offer a kids menu, vegetarian menu and lunch menu, which is offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

2855 Lawrenceville Suwanee Road, Suwanee, 678765-3030, www.senorquintin.com

recently moved to expand their breakfast and lunch menus. Breakfasts include biscuits and gravy, eggs and hashbrowns, while the lunch menu has a variety sandwiches and a soup of the day.

Popular sandwiches include the chicken salad sandwich,

the tuna salad sandwich and the California club. All sandwiches come with chips, a dill pickle, broccoli salad and a cookie.

The bakery offers a wide selection of desserts, ranging from decorated cookies to petit fours, doughnuts and

cupcakes. Their larger cakes are also available, starting at about $35 for an 8-inch round cake. Also offered are the bakery’s fresh breads and a selection of Amish products.

4685 S. Lee St., Buford, 678-765-6690, www.thebakinggrounds.com

• Good II The Bone While Chef Michael is known for his barbecue, the menu has a wide selection of other dishes. The burgers that are offered are nontraditional takes on traditional fare. The Recovery Burger, for instance, is a 100 percent beef burger with barbecue sauce and coleslaw on a wheat roll, topped with red skin potatoes and onions and peppers. Italian hot dogs are another popular menu item: two Sabrett hot dogs topped with onions, peppers, red skin potatoes, ketchup and mustard on a whole wheat roll.

Unusual for a barbecue restaurant, Good II The Bone also offers salads, such as the spinach and romaine salad, which can be topped with fried or grilled salmon.

Simone Jones said this was because she wanted to offer something more than barbecue and soul food, and the salads were an option for those wanting to eat a lighter meal. Sides include mac and cheese, collard greens, potato salad and sauteed garlic spinach with carrots. Drinks offered include Coca-Cola products, sweet tea, lemonade and Arnold Palmers.

3035 Centerville Highway, Snellville, 470-3754712, www.facebook. com/pages/Good-II-TheBone/718338018225910 • The Baking Grounds Bakery Cafe While The Baking Grounds specializes in wedding cakes and custom cakes for birthdays and other special occasions, they have

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the dish

Main Street Cafe

60 Main St., Buford

470-326-5100 www.mainstreetbuford.com

By Mallory Blount

ON THE MENU

Staff Intern

Open Since: June 2014 Owner: Tracy Hurd of Lawrenceville Location: Main Street Cafe is located in the heart of Historic Buford. It is directly across the street from 37 Main: A Rock Cafe and next to Buford Illustrated.

Hours: Main Street Cafe is open just for lunch from 11-3 p.m. on Mondays through Saturdays. It is closed on Sundays.

Atmosphere: Main Street Cafe takes a Southern approach to the traditional casual cafe. Whether it is the tasteful blend of burlap fabric with Mason jars and vintage furniture or the friendly staff who treats each customer like an old friend, the informal eatery feels more like an old gem in Downtown Buford than a recent establishment. With plenty of seating, the restaurant can accommodate large families taking a lunch break from shopping.

Menu: The menu features a variety of sandwiches, soups and salads, in addition to a large dessert menu. One of the most popular items on the menu, the chicken salad sandwich is made with a secret recipe involving grapes, celery and toasted pecans, and served with lettuce and tomato on a fresh croissant.

This is served with a side of fruit. Another popular dish, the Reuben sandwich has thin-sliced corned beef served on a bed of sauerkraut and topped with melted Swiss cheese and Thousand Island dressing on rye bread.

On the left is the Chicken Salad Sandwich served with a side of fresh fruit and a homemade cookie. The Reuben is on the right along with a side of potato salad. (Staff Intern: Mallory Blount)

Popular side items include the coleslaw and potato salad. The list of salads available includes the house salad Main — lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, Street Cafe’s cucumbers, strawberries, eclectic cranberries and walnuts — decor and the tuna salad — homegives it an made tuna salad on top of a authentic bed of romaine lettuce mixed southern with carrots, tomatoes, shredfeel. (Staff ded cheddar cheese, cucumIntern: bers and croutons.

Mallory Blount) The evolving dessert menu includes fresh fruit smoothies, milkshakes, cakes, pies and cookies. Homemade milkshakes are available in slice, the key lime pie and chip cookies are made fresh chocolate, vanilla, strawberry chocolate cake are also popu- daily for customers looking and banana. Sold by the lar menu items. Chocolate for a lighter dessert.

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Beverages include juices, sweet tea, coffee and fountain drinks. Dine-in customers can enjoy free refills on beverages.

Things you might not know: Hurd is also the owner of Girli Girl Boutique, a prom and pageant dress shop located just down the street in Historic Buford. “We used to always get hungry at Girli Girl and wanted to create a casual dining option since everything else in this area is so fancy,” said Blakelee Slaton, an employee at both Girli Girl and Main Street Cafe.

Hurd cooks at Main Street

• French Dip: Handsliced beef served on a fresh French roll.

Served with homemade au jus, $8.95.

• Club: Ham, turkey and crisp bacon with lettuce, tomato and mayo served on your choice of white, wheat or rye bread with your choice of a side, $7.95.

• BLT: Mounds of smokehouse bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo served on white, wheat or rye bread with your choice of a side, $6.95.

• Grilled Chicken Salad: Grilled chicken on top of a bed of romaine lettuce mixed with carrots, tomatoes, shredded cheddar cheese, cucumbers and croutons, $8.95.

• Chicken Salad Salad: Homemade chicken salad on top of a bed of romaine lettuce mixed with carrots, tomatoes, shredded cheddar cheese, cucumbers and croutons, $7.95.

Cafe while still managing Girli Girl Boutique. She often refers her hungry Girli Girl shoppers to the quaint cafe she has created just down the street.

Main Street Cafe offers cake decorating classes for kids every Thursday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. In addition to catering events, the restaurant can be rented for baby showers and other parties on Sundays.

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Modern dance troupe to perform piece by native Robert Dekkers

By Katie Morris

katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

Robert Dekkers knew that he wanted to dance ever since he was 5 years old. He grew up in Loganville and trained at Gwinnett Ballet Theatre and Atlanta Ballet. Now, he lives on the West coast and is director of his own contemporary ballet company, Post:Ballet.

The South Gwinnett grad recently collaborated with Atlanta Ballet for the first time since he was a student there over 15 years ago — Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi, the company-driven, modern dance troupe, will be performing Dekkers’ piece, “Yours is Mine,” at the High Museum of Art and Atlanta Botanical Garden.

Dekkers described coming back to Atlanta Ballet as a guest choreographer after so long as exciting but also surreal.

“It’s really cool. People that I grew up with are now in the company, and my old teachers are now the ballet masters — working with them is sort of surreal,” Dekkers said.

“There’s also something really special about my parents being here (in Atlanta) because they don’t get to see my work very often, so for them to get to come see the show and my work, it’s pretty cool.”

Dekkers almost always starts his choreography with an idea or concept, but for “Yours is Mine” he was first inspired by the song, “Bodega,” which was sent to him

South Gwinnett graduate and former Atlanta Ballet and Gwinnett Ballet Theater student Robert Dekkers has returned to choreograph a piece on Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi. (Special Photo: Richard Calmes)

by Philadelphia composer Jonathan Pfeffer, who is currently working on a new score for Post:Ballet’s 2015 season.

“They mentioned wanting something with live music about 10 minutes long, but there wasn’t really a budget for an original score for this,” Dekkers said. “He (Pfeffer) had sent me some work samples and the piece of music I used for this, ‘Bodega,’ was actually the first thing he sent me. I was just blown away and knew someday I’m going to use this score for something.

When I found this opportunity, I was like, ‘Wow this is perfect.’”

Dekkers, who is very intellectual about his approach to choreography, started researching and reading different articles about similarities between soldiers with posttraumatic stress disorder and impoverished Phila-

delphian youth — there were three things that began to stand out to him.

“I started thinking about three elements that are very natural to all of us: camaraderie, aggression and sexuality. Those are things I think are very innate to humans, so I was interested in kind of this space between them and what happened when those different ideas intersected,” Dekkers said. “I told the dancers on our first day I sort of wanted to make a Vin diagram and explore where the three would overlap. That was kind of my initial jumping point for the creative process.”

After working with Wabi Sabi dancers, Jackie Nash, Christian Clark, Alex Barros and Heath Gill, Dekkers realized the piece had morphed into something very primal and expressed competition and sharing, which is why he came up with the name “Your is Mine.”

The 10 minute piece,

Wabi Sabi dancer Jackie Nash leaps above the Atlanta skyline during a photo shoot for the contemporary ballet company. (Special Photo: Jonah Hooper)

which is actually short for a professional dance number, is very physical including lifting, throwing, catching, falling and flipping.

“I was so impressed with the artists here. Usually, it’s difficult when I work with ballet companies, but these dancers are doing a lot of contem-

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porary work. And they were just so physical and ready for it. I don’t know if I could have made this on many other companies,” Dekkers said.

Wabi Sabi will be performing “Yours is Mine” tonight at the High Museum to live music provided by the Georgia Tech Contemporary Music

Ensemble-in-residence Sonic Generator and Philadelphian MCs LushLife and Yikes the Zero.

“Your is Mine” will also be performed by Wabi Sabi at Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Cocktails in the Garden on Sept. 18.

For more information, visit atlantaballet.com/ wabisabi.

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local event Dragon Con ’14 expected to draw record numbers

By Katie Morris katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

A record number of more than 62,000 gamers, cosplayers, comic book readers and pop culture fans are expected to pour into downtown Atlanta this Labor Day weekend for the 28th consecutive year of Dragon Con, the internationally known pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy and gaming convention.

Fans will be traveling from all over the nation and even the world to participate in the four-day convention, where they’ll have the opportunity to meet actors, artists, authors and creators.

More than 400 guests from the worlds of movies, television, comics, literature and more will lead panel discussions and meet with fans. Top celebrities include Sir Patrick Stewart (“Star Trek: The Next Generation” and X-Men movie franchise), Karl Urban (“Star Trek” movies, “The Lord of The Rings”) and James Gunn, writer and director of this summer’s box office hit “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

“Our guest list of actors this year includes a number of people from current television shows including ‘Once Upon A Time,’ ‘Arrow,’ ‘True Blood’ and ‘Falling Skies,’” Rachel Reeves, convention co-chair, said in a press release. “It’s an exciting list and I believe our fans will really enjoy the chance to meet their new favorites.”

Stars from television and movies past include Ralph Macchio (“The Karate Kid,” “The Outsiders”),Walter Koenig (“Star Trek”), John

Anyone can dress up and join in the Dragon Con 2014 festivities, which will be taking place this Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, in downtown Atlanta. (Special Photo)

IF YOU GO • What: Dragon Con 2014 • Where: Hyatt Regency Atlanta located at 265 Peachtree St. N.E., Hilton Atlanta located at 255 Courtland St. N.E., Marriott Marquis Atlanta located at 265 Peachtree Center Ave., Sheraton Atlanta Hotel located at 165 Courtland St., Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel located at 210 Peachtree St. • When: Aug. 29-Sept. 1 • More Info: www.dragoncon.org

Ratzenberger (“Cheers,” “Toy Story”), Lou Ferrigno (“The Incredible Hulk”), Cary Elwes (“The Princess Bride”) and Ron Glass (“Firefly,” “Barney Miller”).

The annual Dragon Con Parade will step off Saturday at 10 a.m. The route will be the same as last year, starting from a staging spot on West Peachtree Place near West Peachtree Street and ending on Peachtree Center Avenue between John Portman Boulevard and Baker Street, in front of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Another Dragon Con staple fans can look forward to is the high-quality cosplayers, or costume players, that will attend and show off some of their best

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work. They will promenade through the five host hotels and streets of downtown Atlanta and also participate in nightly costume contests.

New this year is Dragon Con’s partnership with PassionTag to provide a fully interactive, photo sharing platform for fans. The PassionTag app, available on Apple’s App Store, will allow users to tag their photos with any of a dozen Dragon Con-related tags, and then post them to their favorite social media platforms.

PassionTag will also be the platform for Dragon Con’s first ever digital costume contest — the photo garnering the most likes, will receive a special prize given out during the show.

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local event Gwinnett author to speak at Decatur Book Festival

By Katie Morris

won’t be repeated, so I’ll be discussing his legacy and what he hopes Lawrenceville resident people will get out of the Cyndi Todd is an expebook,” Todd said. rienced casting director The DBF is the largest and Emmy award-winindependent book festival ning television producer. in the country and the Now, she can add pubfourth largest overall. lished author to that list. This Labor Day weekend, Todd, who has been attendees will share the writing since her teenage historic downtown Deyears, finally released catur square with worldher first novel, “Babe class authors, illustrators, Ruth, The Bride, The editors, publishers and Battle: The Remarkbooksellers. Some of this able Life of Paratrooper year’s authors include Lewis P. Fern” earlier Ann Hood (“The Red this year.

Thread”), Karen Abbott Todd met Lewis P. (“Liar, Temptress, SolFern and his wife, Mardier, Spy”), John Scalzi ion, through Clairmont (“Old Man’s War”) Presbyterian Church and Joyce Carol Oates in Decatur and became (“Blonde”), who is this friends with the kind, year’s keynote speaker. elderly couple. Fern beThe ninth annual AJC gan to tell Todd about his DBF kicks off today at childhood — the several 8 p.m. at the Schwartz years spent caddying for Center for the PerBabe Ruth, his romantic forming Arts at Emory courtship with a beautiUniversity. Saturday and There are activities and books for all ages at the AJC Decatur Book Festival, which will be held this Labor Day weekend, Aug. 29-31 in downtown Decatur. (Special Photo) ful model and nurse and Sunday will have chilhis multiple adventures dren’s parades on the Dein World War II as one of catur square and continue the nation’s first parawith author presentations troopers. Todd realized and events throughout that these firsthand acthe weekend. counts of America’s past For the second year, needed to be documentthe festival will include ed, so she began writing art|DBF with new instaldown Fern’s stories. She lation artists, perforrefers to her book as a mances, presentations, “Labor of Love” because interactive experiences Author Nancy Krulik reads it took almost four years and increased offerings from her book “George to write and was a very for teens, children and Brown, Class Clown” at last year’s Decatur Book intensive process. families. There will also Festival. (Special Photo) Todd will be discussbe an outdoor cooking her new biography ing stage sponsored by this Sunday from 1:20 to Springer Mountain Farms 1:30 p.m. on the Emerg- and The Guy Gunter ing Writer’s Stage at Home and the Decatur the AJC Decatur Book Makers Tent with kidFestival. friendly activities and “He lived a life that interactive presentations. katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

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art beat Lionheart’s ‘Moon Over Buffalo’ offers laughs, dessert Lionheart Theatre’s upcoming play “Moon Over Buffalo” serves up situation comedy, shtick, screwball farce, sexual innuendo, mistaken identity, swordplay and slapstick. And if that’s not enough, the admission price includes dessert!

“Moon over Buffalo” will be performed Thursdays through Sundays from Sept.

12 to 28. Shows are held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. They are available by visiting www.lionhearttheatre.org.

The theater is located at 10 College St. in Norcross.

Set in 1953, “Moon Over Buffalo” characters Charlotte (Tanya Caldwell) and George Hay (Jerry Jobe) are thespians on tour in Buffalo with a repertory consisting of “Cyrano de Bergerac” (revised, one nostril version) and Noel Coward’s “Private Lives,” when they receive

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Holley Calmes word that they might just have one last shot at stardom: Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee.

Director Myra Feldman said, “This is old-time, romp comedy. In a time of big musical productions on big stages, community theatre is the perfect venue for all types of theatre. Comedies, dramas, musicals, living room plays and new works.

Theaters like Lionheart look for diversity for their season and bring richness to the theater scene that big commercial theaters don’t.”

The play was written in

the 1970s, set in the 1950s, and premiered in New York City in 1995. Its premiere marked the return of Carol Burnett to Broadway.

The play is two shows within one show. It takes place entirely in a backstage greenroom. Legendary actor Frank Capra appears, and the story incorporates the use of five separate doors.

Characters are constantly making grand entrances, grand exits, botched entrances, stumbling exits, surprise entrances, door-slamming exits, prat-fall entrances and door-in-the-nose exits.

Lead actress and Lionheart Producing Artistic Director Tanya Caldwell speaks with enthusiasm about performing under the direction of Feldman. She said, “Myrna brings her own special flavor to every play she directs. Audiences will feel a certain warmth that comes from her direction, as well as high quality.”

Feldman served as artistic

director at the Arcado Community Theatre in Lilburn for more than 20 years, before the theater closed about a decade ago. Since then, she has directed in several area theaters, including last year when she directed “Fiddler OnThe Roof” at Lionheart.

She will direct “How to Succeed in Business Without

Charlotte (actress Tanya Caldwell) is constantly slamming the door in Howard (Greg Fitzgerald’s) face in the play “Moon Over Buffalo” at Lionheart Theatre Sept.

12-28.

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Really Trying” at Lionheart during the 2015 season.

Lionheart’s 2014 season continues with “The Woman in Black” from Oct. 9 to 12; “Bewitching, A Collection of Original Short Plays” from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2; “Radio TBS Trailer Park Broadcasting Scandals” from Nov. 7 to 23; and “The

Homecoming,” a heartwarming holiday classic from Dec. 12 to 21.

For more information about “Moon Over Buffalo” and the many programs and plays being produced at Lionheart, visit www. lionhearttheatre.org, call 770-885-0425 or email lionheart30093@yahoo.com.

To submit an event for Gwinnett Calendar, email features@gwinnettdailypost. com.

Saturday, Aug. 30

Civil War Event at Yellow River Post Office Gwinnett and Environmental Heritage Center is hosting an interactive Civil War event from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Aug. 30 at the Yellow River Post Office in Lilburn. Attendees can participate in drills and rifle practice or visit the post office and general store, all while learning some local history about the skirmish that happened at the Yellow River bridge. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 3-12. Tickets for both children under 2 and GEHC members are free.

Pre-register at gwinnettehc. org.

Kids’ Painting Workshop The Hudgens Center for the Arts will host a painting workshop for kids led

by Jose Pena from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This workshop is for ages 8-16.

For more information, visit thehudgens.org/education/ childrens-workshops.

Saturday, Sept. 6

4 are free. For more information, visit corndawgs.com/ rodeo.

Sunday, Sept. 21

Corn Dawgs Opens for Fall Season Corn Dawgs, an agritourism themed adventure park located in Loganville, will open for the fall season on Sept. 21. Activities for the whole family include a sevenacre corn maze, pumpkin patch, petting zoo, ziplines, playgrounds and much, much more. For more information, visit corndawgs.com.

Saturday, Sept. 27

Kids’ Painting Workshop The Hudgens Center for the Arts will host a painting workshop for kids led by Jose Pena from 10:30 a.m.

- 12:30 p.m. This workshop is for ages 8-16. For more information, visit thehudgens. org/education/childrensworkshops.

Popcorn in the Park Briscoe Park will host a screening of “Frozen” at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 27.

The park is located at 2500 Sawyer Parkway in Snellville.

Admission is free. For more information, visit www.snellvilletourism.com.

Saturday, Oct. 4

Meena Bazaar On Sept. 6, Humanity First Atlanta will be hosting its first Meena Bazaar at the Atlanta Events Hall in Duluth from noon to 6 p.m.

The event will bring prominent vendors from Pakistan, India, the U.K., and the USA. Jewelry, clothing, food, henna and much more will be available for purchase. This is a ladies only event, but children are welcome. For more information, call 404-395-3213 or email MenaBazarAtlanta@ gmail.com.

Scouts - Mammal Merit Badge The Chattahoochee Nature Center is providing scouts the opportunity to earn their Mammal Study Merit Badge on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The CNC will provide quality, hands-on experience and discussions about mammals’ effect on the Chattahoochee River’s Ecosystem. Admission is $30 per scout. Advance registration is required. Call 770-992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@chattnaturecenter.org.

3rd Annual Rodeo Corn Dawgs is hosting a professionally sanctioned rodeo with barrel racing, bronc riding, bull riding and more. Gates open at 6, and the performance starts at 8.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors 60+ and children 5-15. Children under

Creative Nature, Wildlife and Landscape Photography The Chattahoochee Nature Center will host a workshop for improving photography skills using camera features on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Topics include creative composition, macro (close-

Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19-20

Sunday, Oct. 5

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up shots), low-light challenges and more. Students are asked to bring their own cameras, instruction books, snacks and a desire to see in a new way. This event is for ages 16+. Advance registration is required by Oct. 1. Tickets are $59 for the general public and $49 for CNC members. Call 770992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@chattnaturecenter.org.

This event is for ages 16+.

Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for CNC members.

Women’s Only Paddle The Chattahoochee Nature Center is hosting a women’s only canoe trip that promises to be adventurous yet relaxing. This event is for women ages 18+. Tickets are $30 for the general public and $25 for CNC members. Advance registration is required. Call 770-992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@chattnaturecenter.org.

Tree Climbing On Sunday, Oct. 26, the Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC)will host a 2 1/2 hour introductory climb to view the fall trees from noon - 2:30 p.m. If the first time slot fills, the CNC will open a second time slot from 3-5:30 p.m. All climbing gear is provided.

Advance registration is required by Oct. 22. Tickets are $40 for the general public ages 6+ and $30 for CNC members. Call 770-

Saturday, Oct. 11

Sunday, Oct. 12

Wilderness Act Performance The Chattahoochee Nature Center will host the Wilderness Act Performance Series on Sunday, Oct. 12 from noon to 3 p.m.

This series is a musical and artistic celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Photographers, poets and composers have created works based on their experiences at the CNC. Artists include Nathan Bales, Sarah Hersh, Peter Peteet and Eric Bowles. Ticket price is included in general admission and is free to CNC members.

Saturday, Oct. 25

Banks and Shane Snellville’s Town Green will host Banks and Shane from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, October 25 after the town’s fall festival. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.snellvilletourism. com.

Sunday, Oct. 26

992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@chattnaturecenter.org.

Wednesday, Dec. 10

Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s New Rock Opera On Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m., the Trans-Siberian Orchestra will play their new rock opera “The Christmas Attic” at the Gwinnett Center.

Tickets go on sale on Sept.

12. A portion of all ticket sales will benefit select local charities. For more information, visit trans-siberian. com.

Ongoing events

Fantasy Wonderland Gwinnett Place Mall will host an interactive fantasy wonderland from June 27 through Sept. 1 at 5 to 11 p.m. each day. The mall is located at 2100 Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth. For more information, call 1-800-451-9098 or visit www. shopgwinnettmall.com.

Summer Kids Club The Gwinnett Place Mall

will host a summer kids’ club at 10 a.m. Thursday mornings in July. The mall is located at 2100 Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth.

Admission is free. For more information, call 770-813-6840 or visit www.shopgwinnettmall. com.

‘Hot! Hot! Hot!’ Tannery Row Artist Colony will present the exhibit “Hot! Hot! Hot!” through Aug. 2. Tannery Row is open from noon p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and is located at 554 W. Main St. in Buford. Admission is free. For more information, call 770-904-0572 or visit www.tanneryrowartistcolony. com.

‘Driving Miss Daisy’ The Sylvia Beard Theatre at the Buford Community Center will present “Driving Miss Daisy” select dates from July 11 through 27. Admission is $10 to $25. The center is located at 2200 Buford Highway in Buford. For more information, call 770-945-6762 or visit www. bufordcommunitycenter.com.

Thursday, Oct. 23

Dine and Discover: Coosa River Basin On Oct. 23 from 7-9 p.m., the Chattahoochee Nature Center’s Nature Club will host an evening with riverkeeper Amos Tuck and his tale of his 250-mile journey down the Conasauga, Coosawattee, Oostanaula, and Coosa Rivers. “Amos’ Odyssey” will be told through videos and photographs that highlight one of America’s most biologically diverse watersheds.

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Celebrating blooms, fine arts Left, the Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park will again offer fun for the whole family, including a Children’s Corner with face painting. Below, shoppers take a break on the lawn at last year’s Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park. Right, face painting will be one of many activities available in the Children’s Corner at the Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park from Sept. 4 to Sept. 7. (Special Photos)

The 46th annual daisy festival to kick off at Stone Mountain

By Katie Morris

The festival is held each year in the month of September to celebrate the blooming of the Confederate Yellow Festival season will kick off this Daisy, which can be seen in its natural Thursday with the return of the Yellow environment on hiking trails around Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park. the park. The Yellow Daisy Festival has The festival will feature more than won multiple awards from the South400 artists and crafters from 38 states east Festival and Events Association and two countries displaying their work and been voted one of the top three arts for purchase. Shoppers can browse & crafts shows in the nation by Sunbooths featuring jewelry, paintings, shine Artist Magazine. pottery, clothes and much more.

Over the past 46 years, the small arts katie.morris@gwinnettdailypost.com

Shoppers at last year’s Yellow Daisy Festival at Stone Mountain Park browse through arts and crafts from 400 artists. (Special Photo)

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and crafts festival has grown into a four day event including shopping, food trucks and live music, but the festival’s mission is still to reconnect families and friends. It’s common to see multiple generations shopping together for the perfect early Christmas gift.

There will be a Children’s Corner offering face painting, sand art, a craft corner and on-stage storytelling Thursday through Sunday — Saturday and Sunday there will also be Adam’s Mag-

ic Show and a petting zoo sponsored by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

For the past 43 years, Stone Mountain Park has partnered with the Redbud District of The Garden Club of Georgia Inc., to co-sponsor the Yellow Daisy Flower Show. In 2011, the flower show was the recipient of Southern Festivals and Event’s Kaleidoscope award for the best event within an event. This year’s flower show theme, Daisy Rocks the Moun-

tain, will take guests back in time with the classic rock ’n’ roll tunes of the ’50s and ’60s.

The festival will take place outdoors within Stone Mountain Park’s Events Meadow and shopping will occur adjacent to the meadow along paved trails under a canopy of trees. The Yellow Daisy Festival is free with paid parking admission. Vehicle entry to the park is $10 for a one day permit or $35 for an annual permit.

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IF YOU GO • What: The 46th Annual Yellow Daisy Festival • Where: Stone Mountain Park, 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd, Stone Mountain • When: Sept. 4 through 7 Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

More Info: stonemountainpark.com

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BUFORD

Regal Cinemas, Mall Of Georgia 20 3333 Buford Drive 678-482-9263 www.regmovies.com

As Above So Below (R)

12:15, 2:35, 5:05, 7:25, 9:50, 12:10

Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary RPX (PG)

12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00, 12:30 The November Man (R)

12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 If I Stay (PG-13)

12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30

Island of Lemurs IMAX 3-D (G)

12:00, 1:30

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 3-D (R)

7:40, 10:25

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Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG)

12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:45

4:35, 9:40

12:15, 2:25

1:10, 1:40, 4:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:20, 9:45, 10:05, 12:25

1:55, 7:10

X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13)

5:00, 10:05

4:25, 10:05

Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary (PG)

12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20

1:20, 7:20

12:05, 5:00, 9:55

12:20, 2:40, 7:15

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R) When the Game Stands Tall (PG) The Expendables 3 (PG-13) The Giver (PG-13) Into the Storm (PG-13) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-D (PG-13)

12:10, 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 10:00, 12:25

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, 11:55

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)

1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10

Guardians of the Galaxy IMAX 3-D (PG-13)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13) Guardians of the Galaxy 3-D (PG-13) Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13) Lucy (R) Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG)

12:30, 3:05, 5:20, 7:40, 9:55

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG)

1:40, 4:20

1:50, 7:20, 10:05

Hercules (PG-13)

12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10, 12:30 Lucy (R)

12:15, 2:45, 7:50

Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG)

12:20, 2:35, 4:50

Begin Again (R)

12:15, 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG)

2:05, 4:40

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12:05, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:35 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 3-D (R)

5:30, 10:45

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R)

12:20, 2:50, 8:10

When the Game Stands Tall (PG)

1:00, 4:05, 7:25, 10:25

As Above So Below (R)

Let’s Be Cops (R)

12:55, 3:55, 7:30, 10:40

The Giver (PG-13)

12:30, 2:55, 5:25, 8:05, 10:40

12:35, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30

2:15, 4:55, 8:00, 10:45

1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45

7:35, 10:10

12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 3-D (R)

12:25, 2:55, 7:55

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R)

5:25, 10:25

When the Game Stands Tall (PG)

1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 9:50

The Expendables 3 (PG-13)

12:50, 4:10, 7:35, 9:35

The Giver (PG-13)

12:40, 2:40, 5:05, 7:50, 10:20 Let’s Be Cops (R)

1:50, 4:35, 7:30, 10:00

Into the Storm (PG-13)

5:00, 10:25

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-D

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Into the Storm (PG-13) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-D (PG-13)

5:15

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

12:25, 2:50, 7:50, 10:15

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)

12:35, 3:40, 7:05, 10:00

Guardians of the Galaxy 3-D (PG-13)

4:45, 9:50

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

12:45, 3:45, 7:10 Lucy (R)

12:05, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:35

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG)

1:10, 4:10

Chef (R)

1:05, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40

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10:10, 1:00, 3:50, 6:40

9:55, 1:15, 3:45, 6:20, 8:55

4:05, 10:05

9:55, 12:35, 3:10, 5:55, 9:00, 11:35

10:15, 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15

10:00, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 9:40

10:00, 12:20, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45

The Giver (PG-13) Let’s Be Cops (R)

Into the Storm (PG-13)

The November Man (R)

11:30, 2:05, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 If I Stay (PG-13)

11:00, 1:35, 4:05, 6:45, 9:20

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 3-D (R) Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R)

12:30, 5:35, 8:15, 11:05

When the Game Stands Tall (PG) The Expendables 3 (PG-13)

12:15, 3:15, 6:30, 9:30

The Giver (PG-13)

11:00, 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:40 Let’s Be Cops (R)

11:00, 11:40, 1:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:35

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

12:15, 3:00, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

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As Above So Below (R)

10:00, 12:25, 2:55, 5:35, 8:20, 10:50, 11:30

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10:15, 12:20, 3:05, 5:45, 8:25, 11:10 The November Man (R)

10:40, 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 If I Stay (PG-13)

10:05, 12:45, 3:25, 6:00, 8:45, 11:30

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 3-D (R)

12:55, 2:20, 3:30, 5:00, 6:05, 8:45, 10:25, 11:25 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R)

11:30, 7:40

When the Game Stands Tall (PG)

10:10, 12:55, 3:40, 9:55

10:25, 1:20, 7:15

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Guardians of the Galaxy 3-D (PG-13)

12:50, 8:10, 9:50

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Chef (R)

10:00, 10:20, 11:10, 1:20, 2:10, 4:20, 5:10, 7:20, 10:20, 11:10

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1:35, 4:05, 6:30, 9:00, 11:35

Deliver Us From Evil (R)

Lucy (R)

Begin Again (R)

1:25, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Chef (R)

10:00, 7:00

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10:00, 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Cantinflas (PG)

12:45, 4:00, 10:25

The November Man (R)

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Begin Again (R)

9:50, 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 8:35

If I Stay (PG-13)

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4:55

Kundo: Age of the Rampant (NR)

10:55

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

10:00, 11:00, 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:10, 10:50, 11:30

11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20

Lucy (R)

Get On Up (PG-13)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

Get On Up (PG-13)

1:05, 3:25, 6:00, 8:30, 10:55

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13)

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)

As Above So Below (R) The November Man (R)

1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30

The Expendables 3 (PG-13)

10:20, 10:50

11:00, 1:45, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15

The Expendables 3 (PG-13)

If I Stay (PG-13)

12:40, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30

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12:10, 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45

11:30, 2:15, 10:35

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-D (PG-13)

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The November Man (R)

Raja Natwarlal (NR)

As Above So Below (R)

12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:25

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12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 9:55

2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10

Chef (R)

If I Stay (PG-13)

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The Admiral: Roaring Currents (NR)

7:00, 10:00

X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13)

Guardians of the Galaxy 3-D (PG-13) Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20

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4:15, 7:00, 9:45, 12:30 4:35

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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 3-D (R)

5:30, 8:10, 10:45

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R)

12:10, 2:50

The Expendables 3 (PG-13)

10:05, 1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30

4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Tammy (R)

5:10, 7:30, 9:50

Let’s Be Cops (R)

11:45, 2:30, 5:15, 6:50, 7:45, 8:05, 10:40 Into the Storm (PG-13)

12:00, 2:40, 7:55, 10:20

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-D (PG-13)

5:00, 7:45

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

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The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)

12:00, 2:45, 5:25, 8:15 Calvary (R)

1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:30 Lucy (R)

12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00

Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG)

12:30, 2:30

The Purge: Anarchy (R)

12:00, 2:50, 5:45, 9:00

Begin Again (R)

12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35

X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13)

12:00, 2:50, 5:45, 9:00 Maleficent (PG)

12:15, 2:25

Chef (R)

12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 7:55, 10:30

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As Above So Below (R)

12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20

The November Man (R)

2:00 4:40, 7:35, 10:10

If I Stay (PG-13)

1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:35

The Giver (PG-13)

1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10

Let’s Be Cops (R)

12:50, 1:20, 3:25, 4:15, 6:15, 7:20, 9:00, 10:00 Step Up All In (PG-13)

7:25, 10:05

Get On Up (PG-13)

1:00, 4:15, 7:45

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

12:45, 1:45, 3:40, 4:45, 6:40, 8:00, 9:40 And So It Goes (PG-13)

1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45

Hercules (PG-13)

1:45, 4:35

Edge of Tomorrow (PG-13)

4:00, 7:00, 9:45

Maleficent (PG)

5:15, 7:30, 9:45

X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13)

4:05, 7:05, 9:45

Godzilla (PG-13)

4:05, 7:10, 10:00

Neighbors (R)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG)

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4:00, 7:00, 9:50

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11:40, 2:40, 5:30, 8:30

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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R)

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12:40, 2:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 The Giver (PG-13)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (R)

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When the Game Stands Tall (PG)

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The Expendables 3 (PG-13)

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Let’s Be Cops (R)

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Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

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‘Life of Crime’ would have worked better in ’80s Life of Crime (R) HHHH

by recently released felons and former prison bunkmates Louis (John Hawkes) and Ordell (Mos Def). While not nearly as violent as the one that

By Michael Clark went down in “Fargo,” the nabbing is as equally Movie Critic fumbling and chaotic. Not Saddled with a forgetexactly inept and far from table, generic title, “Life vicious, Louis and Ordell of Crime” is a film that are just lazy, unimaginamight have worked better tive and disorganized. On had it come out when the way out they must originally intended (1986) think fast after receiving and contained anywhere a surprise visit from Marnear the level of stingshall (Will Forte), a friend ing and caustic wit of its of the family who has his source material. eyes on Mickey.

Back in ’86, Diane Shortly thereafter MickKeaton was slated to play ey is plopped down in the lead character Mickey home of third accomplice in an adaptation of the Richard (Mark Boone Elmore Leonard novel Junior), a neo-Nazi whose “The Switch.” The plot home is adorned with was pretty simple: the Third Reich memorabilia. unhappily married wife Looking like Grizzly of a wealthy developer is Adams on acid, Richard kidnapped and held for is also a Peeping Tom but ransom, but because the gets more than he barhusband is also unhappy, gained for after Mickey he refuses to pay. It was discovers his hiding place. so close in tone and strucWhat Mickey and her ture to “Ruthless People” captors don’t know is that that it was permanently before Frank headed off shelved and probably to an Island resort with should have remained his mistress Melanie (Isla there.

Fisher), he filed divorce In yet another attempt papers so the trio of to jump-start her waning would-be extortionists is big-screen career, Jennifer actually doing him a faAniston stars as Mickey vor. The more they plead opposite Tim Robbins for the $1 million ransom, who plays her blowhard, the more Frank — speakcheating husband Frank. ing through Melanie — Staying faithful to Leonignores them. As with ard’s early ’70s setting, Bette Midler’s character adapter/director Daniel in “Ruthless,” Mickey is Schechter nails the gaudy more than a bit bummed dress and loud décor of and saddened that her the era but that’s about husband — despite their it. It wants to be “The differences and worth far Ice Storm” or “Fargo” more than what is being but feels more like an asked for her hide — extended, mostly unfunny doesn’t think she’s worth episode of “That ’70s it and in turn something Show.” resembling Stockholm After a too-long pream- Syndrome kicks in. ble, Mickey is kidnapped Robbins is no Danny

DeVito, Aniston is certainly no Midler and while otherwise good at what they do, Hawkes and Def seem indifferent to parts and their character’s plights. What they need is a little of the spastic paranoia of Judge Reinhold from “Ruthless” or maybe even a touch of the sadistic calculation of the “Fargo” guys; they’re just not very interesting or dangerous criminals.

The only things the movie has going in its favor are a short running time (94 minutes) and a beyond-surprising plot twist taking place in the final scene. In mere seconds the film goes from “skip it” status to “wait John Hawkes and Jennifer Aniston star in “Life of Crime.” (Special Photo: Roadside for the video,” which will Attractions) likely be sometime before the first fall frost.

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movies ‘Trip to Italy’ reasonably entertaining but feels forced The Trip to Italy (NR) HHHH

the Bane character from “The Dark Knight Rises.” As played by Tom Hardy in the film, Bane wears a restrictive mask that muffles his lower register voice to the point of

By Michael Clark incomprehension and listenFilm Critic ing to two guys do the same thing without masks is as If you’re already familiar equally frustrating. with the careers of the two Faring far better is a late leads (Steve Coogan and sequence where they do Rob Brydon) or their two Robert De Niro, which leads previous mockumentaryinto a fantasy recreation of a style features (“Tristram scene from “The Godfather Shandy: A Cock & Bull II” that is played straight and Story” and “The Trip”), is quite effective in its own nothing said here that will humble way. Not so much talk you out of going. You’re is Brydon’s butchering of Al hooked and that’s fine.

Pacino/Michael Corleone in It is, however, the very “The Godfather III” where thing about Coogan and Steve Coogan, left, and Rob Brydon star in “The Trip to Italy.” (Special Photo: IFC Films) he regurgitates the “every Brydon that draws dedicated time I’m out, they pull me fans in that could easily repel over 90 minutes, Coogan as they cruise across Italy, mix with the locals and other back in” line so badly and the uninitiated. For a little and Brydon play themselves dine at high-end restaurants, British ex-pats while deliver- often you’ll want to slap him. ing an array of celebrity im- Steve Van Zant (“The Soprapersonations and incidental nos”) did much better with commentary on cuisine. The the same pedestrian shtick. good news is that both men Surprisingly, it is two are quite adept at mimickreoccurring sub-plots featuring other actors and when ing both men in separate they’re not — which is often scenarios that work the — they’re still reasonably best. During regular Skype entertaining. Even better, conversations with his son, the food — both in prep Coogan senses percolating stages and when plated — is teen angst and decides to exquisite. bring him and his mom to A little of this kind of Italy to work out the kinks. parroting thing goes a long The also-married Brydon way and more often than not, falls off of the fidelity wagon Coogan, Brydon and director with a boating tour guide and Michael Winterbottom don’t isn’t quite sure how to handle know when to quit. A prime the awkward aftermath. example of this comes in an There’s another running early scene when 10 plus sub-plot where Coogan and minutes are spent mocking Brydon wax not-so-philo-

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sophically about British writers Byron, Yeats and Shelley and their past experiences in Italy. Even for dedicated, dyed-in-the-wool Anglophiles, this stuff is beyond stiff and dry and for newbies it will leave them glassyeyed, snoring and drooling.

As welcomed as the minor tiny nuggets of authentic drama might seem, there’s still something about them which feels forced, which is likely due to the fact that they’ve been condensed down from a season-long series that aired on cable months ago. This exact same sort of thing was done earlier this year with the “Song of God” film where the producers thought nothing of double-dipping the audiences’ wallets with repackaged material that they’d already seen before for free or something close to it.

Here’s something you won’t see in a typical movie review: take the $15 to $20 you might spend on tickets for two at a theater, pick up some high-end Italian entrees and sides at a boutique grocer and watch the entire “Italy” season via your preferred electronic download in the comfort of your own living room. It might not be better but it will certainly hurt less and you can fall asleep halfway through on your own couch.

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‘Sin City’ sequel is not a movie to kill for HHHH

2 out of 4 stars

same name. The cinematography is mostly in Coming nine years after black and white and heavy the original “Sin City” is CGI, with only touches this sequel, subtitled “A in color, to enhance the Dame to Kill For.” Unfor- grittiness and despair tunately, this isn’t a movie of Sin City. It’s a realm to kill for; however, it inhabited by miscreants, does have its moments. vagabonds, strippers, “Sin City” is the film winos, gangsters, etc. version of director/proEach has his/her own tragducer Frank Miller’s ic story, and four of them graphic novels of the intertwine in “A Dame to

Kill For.” First, there’s Marv (Mickey Rourke), a 300-pound lug with a face that can best be described as resembling a pot roast.

He’s a bouncer at a strip club featuring Nancy (Jessica Alba, who’s very easy on the eyes, by the way), whose gin-soaked act belies the heartache inside her from the death of her lover Hartigan

(Bruce Willis, reprising his ghostly persona a la “Sixth Sense”). Then there’s Johnny (a great job by Joseph GordonLevitt), a cocksure card sharp who’s out to beat The Man, the sadistic Senator Roark (Powers Boothe at his slimy best). Finally, we have the Dame to Kill For herself, Ava (Eva Green), who

cons a detective (Christopher Meloni) into offing her hubby.

The movie tries to evoke the film noir look and feel of the ’40s and ’50s, with a hefty dose of violence and bloodletting. Folks lose their head at every turn — literally. Blood flows readily.

And the film’s message gets pounded into our

brains relentlessly: men are suckers for women in distress, women are manipulative demons, and Sin City is a place where, once you’ve visited, you want to take a long, hot shower to wash off the blood, guts and despair.

Take plenty of Prozac before you see this flick.

— Tim Weekley, Suwanee

for those who generally don’t favor action flicks or sci-fi, “Lucy” is a most welcomed surprise. Able to be fun, thrilling and thought-provoking, writer/ director Luc Beeson’s career-best flick is the highlight of the summer season thus far and might turn Scarlett Johansson into the industry’s next action star. 4 stars – MC • “Wish I Was Here” (R) Co-writer/director/ leading man Zach Braff’s “Boyhood” is now show- sophomore effort isn’t ing. (Special Photo: IFC quite as good as his first Films) (“Garden State”) but is ing actors as they age over still worth the time of his a 12-year span), writer/di- dedicated fan base. For rector Richard Linklater’s others, the excessive use three-hour family drama of profanity and overlong is something of a yawner running time might be a and serves as little more turn off. 3 stars – MC than a high-end home • “Yves Saint Laurent” movie. 2 ½ stars – MC (R) This bio-drama of • “Get on Up” (PGthe famed French fashion 13) Chadwick Boseman designer starts out strong (“42”) delivers a fullyet quickly turns into a throttle performance as he mudslinging smear job channels James Brown’s that is neither entertaining every grunt, gyration and or insightful. Even target icy stare but it’s largely audiences (the LGBT wasted by director Tate community and fashioniTaylor who, when not stas) will find it wanting playing it too safe, goes and shallow. 1 ½ stars – bonkers with his ADD MC fractured narrative. 2 ½ • “Dawn of the Planet stars – MC of the Apes” (PG-13) • “Lucy” (PG-13) Even Lacking the brains, wit,

subtlety and scope of its 2011 predecessor, “Dawn” comes with the many shortcomings found in a trilogy “bridge” installment: too much length, too many explosions and

not enough narrative heft.

2 ½ stars – MC • “Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon” (R) Mike Myers’ directorial debut is an amazing behind-the-scenes docu-

mentary showcasing one of show business’ most respected and well-liked talent managers that is not a fawning white-wash or tell-all smear job. 3 ½ stars – MC

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2 ½ stars – Michael Clark • “Calvary” (R) Writer/ director John Michael McDonagh’s sophomore effort is a brilliant religious allegory mixing heartbreaking drama and piercing black comedy.

Brendan Gleeson stars as an Irish priest in a seaside town populated by a variety of colorful unrepentant sinners. 4 stars – MC • “Land Ho!” (R) Opening in Kentucky but taking place mostly in Iceland, this dull, rambling, glib, incoherent, mismatched-buddy comedy is full of itself for all of the wrong reasons and serves as a textbook example of why mainstream audiences detest art-house films. 1 ½ stars – MC • “Boyhood” (R) If you look past the admittedly impressive gimmick (film-

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Friday, Aug. 29

Atlanta Improve: Andy Sanford Atlanta Improv in Buckhead will be featuring comic Andy Sanford, best known for Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force, on Friday, Aug. 29, and Saturday, Aug. 30. General admission tickets are $15 with a two drink minimum per person. This show is 16 years and up. For more information, visit theimprovatlanta.com.

Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi Atlanta Ballet’s Wabi Sabi, the company’s dancer-driven, modern dance troupe, will perform their new works at 7 p.m. at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. The performance will include live music from Georgia Tech Contemporary Music Ensemble-in-residence Sonic Generator. For more information, visit atlantaballet. com/wabisabi.

Tuesday, Sept. 2

Homeschool Day: Georgia Farm Life The Atlanta History Center will offer a special homeschool day about Georgia farm life from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

2. Admission is $8.50 for nonmembers, $6.50 for children of members and free for adult members. For more information, call 404-814-4018 or visit www.atlantahistorycenter.com.

The Civil War and the Forging of Character Lecture Series: Stephen Davis, Ph.D. The Atlanta History Center will host a lecture by Civil War historian Stephen Davis, Ph.D., at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2 at the Lovett School’s Hendrix-Chenault Theater. The lecture is free to the public, but reservations are required.

The school is located at 4075 Paces Ferry Road N.W. in Atlanta. For more information or to make reservations, call 404-262-3032 ext. 1717 or visit www.atlantahistorycenter.com.

VerHoef, who will offer tips, techniques and effective strategies for using land records in family history research. This program will be held in McElreath Hall at Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. Admission is $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Reservations are strongly suggested. For more information, visit atlantahistorycenter.com.

Monday, Sept. 8

Magic Mondays: Music Mayhem This monthly program for toddlers and preschoolers (18 months to 5 years) engages kids in activities that introduce them to history in creative ways. This week will focus on the sounds of music. This program will be held from 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m. on Sept. 8 at the Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta.

Admission is free for members, $6.50 for non-member adults, and $5.50 for non-member children. For more information, call 404-814-4110 or visit AtlantaHistoryCenter.com.

Thursday, Sept. 11

Evening for Educators Teachers are invited to meet education staff and to learn about school tours and outreach programs. There will also be a bar and light refreshments as part of the evening. The event will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 11 at the Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. Admission is free for all teachers with a current school ID and

one 21+ guest. To RSVP, call 404-814-4110 or email schooltours@atlantahistorycenter.

Saturday, Sept. 27

Fall Folklife Festival This southern festival will feature traditional crafts, Southern foodways, and information about environmental sustainability.This event will be from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. Admission is free for members. For more information, visit atlantahistorycenter.com/family.

Wednesday, Oct. 8

Homeschool Day: Villains of History This month, homeschool-

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ers can learn the real story behind the larger than life reputations of some of history’s most famous bad guys like Benedict Arnold, Jesse James and Blackbeard, as well as the historic origins of modernday monster myths. This event will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on October 8 at the Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. Admission to homeschool days is $8.50 for non-members, $6.50 for children of members, and free for adult members. Discounted rates are available for groups with 10 or more children. For more information, call 404-814-4018 or email homeschool@atlantahistorycenter.com.

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Magic Mondays: Historic Halloween This monthly program for toddlers and preschoolers (18 months to 5 years) engages kids in activities that introduce them to history in creative ways. This month kids can show off their costumes in a Halloween parade, costume contest and can trick-or-treat through the museum. This event will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta.

Admission is free for members, $6.50 for non-member adults, and $5.50 for nonmember children. For more information, call 404-814-4110 or visit AtlantaHistoryCenter. com.

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Every week, we give readers the opportunity to flex their movie muscles by answering five trivia questions from our movie critic, Michael Clark.

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Shirley Lanham of Winder.

Here are last week’s questions again and the answers: 1. Name a Woody Allen movie that featured multiple non-fictional characters.

A: “Broadway Danny Rose,” “Zelig,” “Midnight in Paris” 2. The opening scene in “The Silence of the Lambs” is set in what US state?

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Brosnan’s aging spy can’t save this double-0 dud

By Alonso Duralde

ver Mason at every turn — for a while anyway.

Bracey, unfortunately, LOS ANGELES — never registers enough For its first third or so, to feel like real com“The November Man” petition for his former is a perfectly servicementor; it’s like trying able spy thriller, a sort of to get invested in a battle take-your-dad alternative between Captain America to “The Hundred-Foot and a tuna sandwich.

Journey,” a take-yourOlga Kurylenko scores a mom movie if ever there few interesting moments was one. Both feature a as a Serbian social worker beloved UK movie star, who becomes the target of and both shamble along a deadly Russian assassin, pleasantly from expected and Will Patton brings his beat to expected beat. usual unsettling officiousLike “Journey,” “Noness to his role as Weinvember Man” also goes stein, a CIA higher-up off the rails, but its desof questionable morals. peration surfaces earlier.

(Given how many writers You can tell that veteran and directors probably director Roger Donaldson Pierce Brosnan stars in “The November Man.” (Special Photo: The Solution Entertainment Group) have pictures of Harvey (“The Bank Job,” “No on their dartboards, it’s Way Out”) senses that Granger’s novel “There surprising there aren’t he’s losing his audience Are No Spies,” doesn’t more movie bad guys when the music starts getlack for ideas, from long- named “Weinstein.”) ting louder and the blood buried secrets regarding This is the sort of film spray gets more slow the Russians and the where the plot and even motion-y. Pierce Brosnan CIA during the Chechen the action become so stars as Peter Devereaux, conflict, to Devereaux uninteresting that you and when you’ve got a and Mason’s father-son start asking plausibility name like that, “spy” is relationship, to the esquestions along the lines pretty much your only pionage world’s cold and of “Why don’t they just career path. We first meet calculating use of agents’ off him already?” and him in Montenegro in friends and loved ones as “Really? She’s going 2008, where he cautions pawns. None of this ever to write an entire newshis younger protégé Dareally connects, mainly paper article on a pubvid Mason (Luke Bracey, because the characters in lic computer in a train “Monte Carlo”) against the film feel so flimsy and station while at least forming attachments with familiar, like half-baked three different people are women who could later recollections of people trying to murder her?”

Pierce Brosnan portrays Devereaux in “The November Man.” (Special Photo: The Solu- from better movies and fall prey to his enemies.

These are the distractions tion Entertainment Group) (“If you want a relationbooks on the subject. that keep us watching ship,” warns Devereaux, “The November Man” during these grim end“buy a dog.”) to be called back into wrong, drawing him into and also bringing him can coast on Brosnan’s of-summer days. “The After Mason bungles a the field five years later a conspiracy revolving face-to-face with Mason screen presence for a November Man,” after a job and kills an innocent by his boss Hanley (Bill around Russian politician again. Michael Finch while, and it’s certainly promising start, turns out bystander, Devereaux re- Smitrovich). Devereaux’s Federov (Lazar Ristovsand Karl Gajdusek’s fun to watch Devereaux to be very much a latetires to Switzerland, only mission to Moscow goes ki), who has a shady past, screenplay, based on Bill outgun and outmaneuAugust release.

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BY VENUE • Sept. 13: Cibo Matto featuring Nels Cline AARON’S AMPHITHEATRE AT LAKEWOOD 2002 Lakewood Ave., Atlanta 404-443-5000 www.livenation.com/venues/14086/aaron-s-amphitheatre-at-lakewood • Aug. 31: Drake vs. Lil Wayne • Sept. 9: Kings of Leon: 2014 Mechanical Bull Tour ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com • Sept. 12: Ed Sheeran • Oct. 11: Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat • Oct. 22: Enrique Iglesias & Pitbull • Oct. 23: Jake Owen • Oct. 28: Judas Priest

PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT GWINNETT CENTER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com • Aug. 29: Pancham — The Immortal Note • Sept. 6: Thirkan 2014- Celebrating Indian Folk Dances • Sept. 14: Meera — A Divine Love Story ATLANTA CIVIC CENTER 395 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-523-6275 www.atlantaciviccenter.com • Oct. 4: The Legends Concert Series • Oct. 11: Hip Hop Legends CENTER STAGE 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta 404-885-1365 http://www.centerstageatlanta.com/shows/center-

stage-theater/ • Sept. 6: Passion & Poetry • Sept. 11-13: Progpower USA XV • Sept. 14: Oliver Samuels & Friends: Dolly House’ • Sept. 17: Youssou N’Dour CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATER 4469 Stella Drive N.W., Atlanta 404-233-2227 www.chastainseries.com and www.classicchastain. com • Aug. 31: Jennifer Nettles • Sept. 12: Tedeschi Trucks Band with John Hiatt • Sept. 13: Charlie Wilson COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com • Aug. 27: Jay Leno • Sept. 6: R5 • Sept. 20: Whoopi Goldberg • Sept. 24: Experience Hendrix • Sept. 28: The Head and the Heart EDDIE’S ATTIC 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur 404-377-4976 www.eddiesattic.com • Aug. 29: Rocco Deluca, Go Down Moses with Matt Wright • Aug. 30: Mike Hicks and Chantae Cann • Aug. 31: Annie Sellick and The Hot Club of Nashville • Sept. 2: Joe Gransden’s Jazz Jam Session EVERETT’S MUSIC BARN 4055 Stonecypher Road, Suwanee 770-945-5628 everettbrothers.com FERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS 349 Ferst Drive, Georgia Tech Campus 404-894-9600 www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu • Sept. 11: Montana Skies • Sept. 12: H.M.S. Pinafore

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• Sept. 12-13: Cullowhee Reunion Weekend RED LIGHT CAFE 553 Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta 404-874-7828 • Aug. 30: Col. Bruce Hampton & The Madrid Express • Sept. 5: Sans Abri, Caleb Warren & TPG, Justin Hylton • Sept. 6: Folk Soul Revival with Hannah Zale

FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 foxtheatre.org • Sept. 9: Jason Mraz • Sept. 12-14: Sesame RIALTO CENTER FOR THE Street Live PERFORMING ARTS • Sept. 21: One Drop of Love 80 Forsyth St. N.W., Atlanta • Sept. 23-28: “Mamma Mia!” 404-651-4727 • Sept. 24: Experience www.rialtocenter.org Hendrix • Oct. 11: Sweet Honey in the Rock THE LOFT • Oct. 18: Vertigo 1374 W. Peachtree St., • Oct. 19: Laurent Coq DiaAtlanta logue Trio 404-885-1365 www.centerstage-atlanta.

SMITH’S OLDE BAR com/shows/the-loft/ 1578 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta • Aug. 29: Kudzu Kings 404-875-1522 • Aug. 30: The Polyphonic www.smithsoldebar.com Spree • Aug. 29: The Last Waltz • Sept. 6: Spencer Day Ensemble, Capital Arms, • Sept. 7: Parachute Bear Girl, DK Sky • Sept. 10: Midweek May• Aug. 30: The Western Sizhem with Pain of Salvation zlers, Indecision, DJ Sky • Sept. 12: DJ Shadow and • Aug. 31: A celebration to Cut Chemistry the Allman Brothers- Tribute • Sept. 16: AMMO Awards • Sept. 3: C2 & The Broth• Sept. 19: Hawthorne ers Reed, Full Net, Bradley Heights and Red Jumpsuit Chandler Band, Amanda Apparatus Hale • Sept. 4: Hope Sonam, PHILIPS ARENA Scotty Cram, Channing 1 Philips Drive N.W., Atlanta Wilson 404-878-3000 www.philipsarena.com THE TABERNACLE • Aug. 28: Aerosmith 152 Luckie St., Atlanta • Sept. 19-21, 26-27: Garth 404-659-9022 Brooks World Tour tabernacleatl.com • Oct. 8-12: Disney on Ice • Sept. 6: August Alsina presents “Frozen” • Sept. 7: DigiTour 2014: • Oct. 15: Paul McCartney Jack and Jack • Dec. 11: The Black Keys • Sept. 10: 3 Doors Down • Dec. 17: Fleetwood Mac Acoustic: Songs from the Basement RED CLAY THEATRE • Sept. 13: Little Mix: The 3116 Main St., Duluth Salute Tour 678-957-7283 • Sept. 17: Lily Allen www.eddieowenpresents.

• Sept. 22: The Janoskians: com Got Cake Tour • Aug. 31: Humming House with Sam Lewis VARIETY PLAYHOUSE • Sept. 6: Scott Miller with 1099 Euclid Ave., Atlanta Dean Fields 404-521-1786 • Sept. 7: Jessica Campbell www.variety-playhouse.com and Walker Hayes • Aug. 30: Heffron Drive • Sept. 12: The Producers • Sept. 11: Jason Marsalis live at Duluth Fall Festival Quartet

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