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Corruption trial starting for ex-sheriff’s major

By Joshua Sharpe

Nicholas Neal was indicted in 2013 on charges of lying to investigators A former sheriff’s office and profiting from transacmajor facing charges from tions with the county, deals Gwinnett County’s “culture which were allegedly tied of corruption” days is set to to former Gwinnett Comstand trial Monday. missioner Shirley Lasseter, joshua.sharpe @gwinnettdailypost.com

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who was released this year from federal prison.

District Attorney Danny Porter said Neal and Lasseter had a personal relationship, in which the major would sometimes drive the commissioner around, and

a business relationship. The DA said Neal and Lasseter were introduced either by former Gwinnett Chairman Charles Bannister or Judge James Oxendine, who both resigned amid accusations of corruption.

The investigation into Neal began at the sheriff’s office before the Georgia Bureau of Investigation got involved. The GBI turned its findings over to Porter,

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Suit claims officer lied for ‘COPS’

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

Legacy of service

Judy Waters served as the Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia executive director for 10 years. She stands outside the Infinite Energy Center before the 30th Anniversary Gala. (Intern Photo: Katie McKenna)

Retiring director Waters feted

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By Curt Yeomans

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Judy Waters’ name has become synonymous with service in Gwinnett County, but her life of helping others began with pork chops on a meat scale in Atlanta.

As she looked back on her 69-year life last week, she recalled working in her father’s meat shop in the Sweet Auburn district’s municipal market when she was a little girl.

Long before she became Snellville’s first female council member, sat on the county’s planning commission and board of commissioners and led the Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia, Waters was helping her dad serve customers by selling pork chops, sausages and other

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meats.

“We all worked in the shop on Saturdays and I learned to have a strong work effort as a result,” Water said. “I would help my dad weigh pork chops on the scale for the customers.”

Waters went on to establish a long list of service to others as a business owner, a public servant and nonprofit leader.

She capped off that life of service Saturday night when she was honored by the Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia and ceremonially turned over the reins to Randy Redner at the organization’s 30th Anniversary Gala.

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LAWRENCEVILLE — The Gwinnett County Police Department is facing a lawsuit accusing an officer of planting “suspected” cocaine on a woman to show off for the cameras on an episode of “COPS.” Elizabeth Leigh Butler of Sugar Hill wound up in the television production following an encounter Elizabeth with senior officer Paul Leigh Butler Tremblay outside Lawrenceville’s First United Methodist Church on Aug. 22, 2013. Butler and a friend were sitting in a vehicle apparently talking when police approached after midnight.

A police department spokeswoman said Friday the agency had no comment on the

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BOE to consider appeals from Parkview players

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Milestone anniversary

Atlanta band Banks and Shane provides entertainment at the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia’s 30th Anniversary Gala at the Infinite Energy Center on Saturday. (Intern Photo: Katie McKenna)

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The Gwinnett County Board of Education is set Monday morning to consider appeals on the hefty suspensions given to Parkview High baseball players accused in a hazing scandal, an attorney confirmed Friday.

The players, accused of inappropriate behavior against younger players during a summer league tournament in June, were each suspended for between a semester to the full 2015-16 school year earlier this month. Giles D. Sexton, who represents one of the students from the nationally-hailed program, said the players won’t be allowed to attend the session, but he confirmed the school board intends to take the matter up.

A school district spokeswoman said she

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Suwanee development plans draw ire of residents “We already have so many people cutting through our neighborhood and speeding that one of my neighbors even had his leg run over,” Gift said.

“We don’t need any more traffic, not to mention what it can do to our property value.”

Tom Hammond, who lives about a mile and a half from Town Center, said he doesn’t understand why the City Council wouldn’t listen to the Planning Commission, which didn’t recommend the project.

“That’s what they’re there for,” said Hammond, who added that empty retail space is a concern. “We can’t fill up what we’ve got now. They stick artwork up there so it doesn’t look so bad. We don’t need retail, and we certainly don’t need apartments.”

Under the terms of the letter of intent, Suwanee’s DDA would receive $600,000 in cash for the property plus ownership of the 10,000 square feet of commercial/retail space.

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Suwanee officials on Wednesday announced the plans to redevelop a 3.5-acre area that would include a five-story structure and a parking garage, which would include about 520 structured public and private parking spaces.

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Suwanee’s Downtown Development Authority and an Atlanta developer, Terwilliger-Pappas, which was selected over two other proposals, have executed a letter of intent and are negotiating details on the project, city officials said.

Plans have allowed for the apartments to possibly convert to condominiums, which Guler said many support.

A resident of Town Center, Ashley Gift, is among those against the development as it’s outlined.

called “Save Town Center, Our Home” had its first meeting about two weeks ago. A post on Aug. 12 said, “A fabulous community in the center of Suwanee Town Center with a small town feel. We want to keep that cozy feeling.”

Guler said she started the Facebook page to start a conversation about the issue.

“Although the city says all this information has been out there a long time, they’re not attempting to reach the people the way the people reach the people,” she said.

Hammond said he has told the group of neighbors that they’re wasting their time trying to change plans about the development.

Another option could be to run for two council seats and the mayor’s seat up for election this fall as the qualifying period opens in about a week.

He added the pending meetings between residents and city officials are “nothing but to appease people, they’ve already made up their minds. They’re just going right along with business.”

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State Sen. P.K. Martin (R-Lawrenceville) spoke up in favor of tax credits for the film and television series this week in an oped piece distributed by the Senate Press Office.

Since the credits were implemented, Georgia P.K. Martin has landed several major films, including installments in “The Hunger Games” and “The Fast and the Furious” franchises, “Selma,” “Magic Mike XXL” and “Captain America: Civil War.” Popular television shows, such as “The Vampire Diaries” and “The Walking Dead” are also shot in the state.

Films and TV shows get the tax credit if they spend a good number of their production dollars in the state and feature a Georgia peach logo in their credits. Martin cited Georgia Department of Economic Development figures, which peg the film and television industry’s economic impact on the state at $6 billion in fiscal year 2015.

“Diverse landscapes, an international airport and a generous state tax credit are among many reasons Georgia has become the No. 1 state in America for growth in the entertainment industry,” Martin said. “Lawrenceville and other areas across

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Johnson welcomes new legislative staffers U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) announced on Thursday that he has appointed Alexis Moore to be his new legislative Alexis Moore counsel and Brian Duckworth as his new legislative correspondent.

Moore is a Brian former Duckworth prosecutor and South Carolina native who previously worked for Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). Johnson’s office said she will deal with the congressman’s Judiciary Committee work, particularly on voting rights, privacy and technology issues.

Duckworth is a Georgia Southern University graduate who served as an intern in Johnson’s office earlier this year. He will be tasked with handling education, agriculture, small business, post office, natural resources and arts and humanities matters for the congressman.

the state are witnessing a positive economic impact due to our state’s growing popularity as a filming destination.”

While major studios, such as the Pinewood Studios complex in Fayette County and the Moon River Studios in Effingham County, have made headlines in recent years, Gwinnett has also gotten in on the entertainment industry boom in Georgia. Eagle Rock Studios, which opened earlier this year, and the Atlanta Media Campus are two facilities bringing productions to the northeastern metro Atlanta suburb.

Those facilities are seeing business ramp up now that television shows are getting into production for a new season, the senator said.

“In Lawrenceville and the surrounding areas, filming has just begun on the new season of a major network television series,” Martin said. “This will bring investment to the downtown square, but Upcoming also job opportunities, • The Snellville City and will inject dollars Council will meet at 6:30 into the local economy.” p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on

Monday for its work session and business meeting at City Hall, 2342 Oak Road. The work session will begin at 6:30 p.m. in room 145, and the business meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers.

• The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners will hold their monthly public hearing on planning and zoning requests at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Complex, 75 Langley Drive, in Lawrenceville.

• Gwinnett Democrats will hold their August Business Meeting from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m., on Tuesday, at the old Lawrenceville City Hall, 18 S. Clayton St., in Lawrenceville.

• The United Tea Party of Georgia will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, at Ippolito’s Restaurant’s Bocce Room, 350 Town Center Ave., in Suwanee.

The guest speaker will be advocate, teacher, writer and doctoral candidate Meg Norris, who will talk about profile information that school systems keep on children.

• The Gwinnett Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Board of Directors will meet at 4 p.m. on Wednesday in the Paul Drake Room of the Gwinnett Chamber building, 6500 Sugarloaf Parkway.

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The overall project was priced at $46 million, and if approved, construction would begin late next year and is expected to take at least 20 months.

A vote to rezone the property originally scheduled for Tuesday’s City Council meeting is expected to be postponed. Mayor Jimmy Burnette said the expected postponement, while not official until Tuesday’s vote, is to respect the residents’ wishes who requested more time

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This is not why Sabrina Guler moved to Suwanee.

And she’s not alone.

In recent weeks, several Suwanee residents have met with or contacted Suwanee officials about their opposition to plans for a major expansion to Town Center.

Plans detailed this week proposed by city of Suwanee officials have drawn the ire from a group of the city’s residents. Among the plans is one to add 235 high-end apartments with rent of about $1,568 per month as part of a development that would redevelop a 3.5-acre area along Chicago Street that would add 10,000 square feet of mixed-use space to Buford Highway and 520 parking spaces.

“I grew up in a small town and I moved to this area to stay with that feel so my children could experience that,” said Guler, a Suwanee resident of 10 years. “If they’re going to change that and add commercial feel and

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The apartments would be primarily one- and twobedroom residences and marketed to appeal to millennials and empty-nesters.

Opposition to projects and developments around Suwanee is not new. Major projects like 55 homes near Moore Road, the historic register district in Old Town, the city’s open space plan and even the Town Center project all had some level of opposition.

“You always find a group against something,” Burnette said. “I think it’s a nature of all cities.”

City Manager Marty Allen and Burnette said these plans have been discussed for years during several strategic and vision plans.

“We do our best to share what we can when we can,” Allen said. “We put information on our website, on newsletters, in (traditional media), on Facebook,” Allen said.

“People’s lives are busy, we understand that. Sometimes people become most interested when it becomes most imminent.”

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Gwinnett set to have ‘Gr8 Exchange’ on transportation

By Curt Yeomans

that effort is a text survey that residents can fill out on their phones.

Organizers had already If the early survey received 600 survey responses are an indicaresponses as of Friday tion, Gwinnett County afternoon, according to residents could be set to Warbington. have the biggest conversa“This is the biggest retion they’ve probably ever sponse we’ve ever received had on transportation this in Gwinnett and it hasn’t week, Gwinnett Village even started yet,” he said.

Community Improvement Residents can expect District Executive Director to see and hear about The Chuck Warbington told the Gr8 Exchange a lot over Daily Post on Friday. the next five days as orgaWarbington is organiznizers roll out a marketing ing a grassroots effort, blitz across print, broadknown as The Gr8 Excast and social media. change, to get residents to The idea is to not only get sit down with their neigh- residents to participate in bors and talk about their local conversation events, traffic frustrations, beginbut to participate in the ning on Monday. Part of text survey. curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

“We wanted to have about 50,000 conversations, but just on social media alone, we’re already reached 100,000 people,” Warbington said. “That’s amazing … We’re anticipating that by early next week, it will be trending on social media, just based on what we’ve seen so far.”

Residents can text “JOIN” to 74029 to participate in the survey.

An automated system will send them a series of texts which ask them questions such as “Name a place you wish it was easier to get to” and “In an ideal world, how would you like to get around in Gwinnett?”

Many of the questions are multiple choice, but

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Then-county Commissioner Judy Waters, center right, helps cut the ribbon to open the Gwinnett Chamber in this undated photograph from the late 1990s. Waters served on the commission for eight years in the 1990s.

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Waters has been involved in over the years is extensive and varied. A biography prepared by the community foundation rattles off all of the boards she has sat on over the years, including the Gwinnett Chamber, the Gwinnett Children’s Shelter, the Foster Children Foundation, the 1818 Club, a Georgia Gwinnett College trustee, the Northeast Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Civic League and the Atlanta Regional Commission.

“When something came up, I just sort of got involved,” she said.

She’s participated in Leadership Gwinnett, Senior Leadership Gwinnett and the Regional Leadership Institute, and then there are the elected offices she’s held: The Snellville City Council in the 1980s and the Board of Commissioners in the 1990s.

could make an arrest, charging her with possession of pending litigation, which cocaine and loitering. Docuis GCPD’s typical policy. ments obtained by the Daily Department records show Post on Friday morning that Tremblay, a veteran show that the charges were of the agency of 10 years, dropped. remains a senior officer and The Georgia Bureau of has not been the subject of Investigation test found “no an internal investigation on controlled substances” in the the matter. material Tremblay said was In the lawsuit filed Thurs- cocaine, court records show. day, Buford attorney John The lawsuit alleges he R. Burdges claims Tremblay knew what he was doing. lied about a white substance The first test he conducted on the floor of her car so he on the scene was reportedly

nity conversation, so we need your participation,” Kaufman said.

Warbington said the effort has attracted 200 team leaders, who have recruiting 10 conversation captains apiece to lead local conversations in neighborhoods. The original idea was for the conversations to be small, but the CID director said some groups have taken the concept and run with it by planning big events.

One women’s group in Norcross is planning to rent out the city’s firehouse museum this week and host about 125 women for a dinner and conversation about their traffic frustrations, Warbington

explained.

U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) will also host a call-in town hall meeting from 7 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday to talk about transportation issues.

Residents can hear about related legislation while also venting about their own frustrations. Woodall is a member of the U.S. House Transportation Committee.

Residents can call 877229-8493 and use the passcode 17849 to participate in the town hall discussion.

Anyone interested in participating in The Gr8 Exchange can visit its website, www.thegr8exchange.com, or just reach out to the text number.

Williams’ Feed the Hungry programs. Meanwhile, her mother provided something of a template of leadership in the community.

“She would be the one who organized the carpools and took the kids in the neighborhood to the health department to get their shots,” Waters said.

The story of Waters’ own involvement in Gwinnett County, though, begins in Snellville in the 1970s. She was a hairdresser in town and was elected to the city council in 1979. After a few years, her husband was transferred to Plano, Texas, by his employer and they stayed out there for three years until he was transferred back.

She then owned a furniture store in Snellville — next to the city’s then-political epicenter, AJ’s Barbecue — and joined the county’s planning commission in 1988. It was in AJ’s, she said, that longtime county heavyweight Wayne Shackleford pleaded with her to run for a seat on the commission, to which she was elected in 1992 and served for eight years.

Waters recalled several moments in her career when she got to participate in movements to benefit the community. One of them was the planning for the Arena at Gwinnett Center — now known as the Infinite Energy Arena — in Duluth.

“We knew we couldn’t compete with Philips Arena, and we didn’t want to compete with it,” she said. “We knew we wanted a mid-sized

arena that could serve the needs of people who lived up in this part of metro Atlanta.”

There were other activities, including the development of the 1818 Club and the construction of the building that houses the Gwinnett Chamber and the Gwinnett County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

One of her favorite stories is how she ended up being the person who designed the look of the Gwinnett County Transit buses. Amid all of the planning for what the bus routes would be and how many buses would be needed, she realized there was one conversation no one was having: What the buses would actually look like once they hit Gwinnett County’s roads.

She said she got drafted into leading the design effort simply by asking who was going to do it.

“I walked into (then commission Chairman) Wayne Hill’s office and said, ‘Wayne, we’ve been doing all of this planning for where the buses are going to go, but who’s going to design them?’ and he basically went, ‘Uhhhh, you?’” she said.

Nash, who was the county administrator at the time, said it made sense to put Waters in charge of designing the look of the buses, though.

“She has a very good sense of style and good taste, and rather than turn some of the people loose with deciding color combinations for the buses and that sort of thing, we called on Judy to

take responsibility for that,” Nash said.

It was Waters who then came up with the familiar logo and red and gold color scheme, which she said were picked to honor the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech.

Waters and her husband have moved into a house they have owned on Lake Martin in Alabama for a few years, and that is where they plan to spend their retired years.

She said she and her husband began making plans for her retirement three years ago, and it comes fresh off some big moves by the Community Foundation in recent years — including a $5 million anonymous donation earlier this year, and a $1 million donation from Annandale Village.

“I realized when it was Social Security time, and my kids were in their 40s, that it was time to retire,” Waters said. “I’ve been blessed to be a part of so many great things, but it was time to retire here.”

Redner said Waters leaves big shoes to fill at the foundation, though, and he said the best way to honor her work in the future is to use her work as the foundation for future successes.

“It’s tough to replace a legend, so you don’t try to replace her,” he said. “She’s certainly put in a lot of work for the foundation over the years, and the only thing you can do is to try and build on that work.”

other-type narcotics.”

The show aired in December 2013, some months before Butler’s case was dismissed. But the suit, which asks for a jury to set an award amount for Butler, also accuses the production company that worked with Gwinnett police on the episode of wrongdoing, claiming both entities knew the information in the segment was false. A message left with the California company, Langley Produc-

tions, wasn’t immediately returned Friday.

Butler’s attorney argues the ordeal has been a black mark on her reputation.

“Subsequent to the ‘COPS’ episode being aired in December 2013, Butler has been depicted on social media over 33,000 times as being arrested and involved in illegal drugs,” the suit says.

“The defamation of Butler is a daily occurrence and is still ongoing to date.”

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•From Page 1A Waters received a standing ovation along with a long hug from guest speaker U.S. Rep. Rob Woodhall (R-Ga.) as a thank you for her many years of dedicated service.

“I love you all and I’m just overwhelmed because when I walked in this room tonight, I thought, ‘I know each one of those people personally.’ It’s a blessing,” Waters said. “I have been so blessed to have been a part of all of your lives.”

The feeling was mutual among Waters’ former co-workers and longtime friends who spoke fondly of her throughout the evening, describing her as a genuine, caring person and one of Gwinnett’s biggest advocates throughout the years.

In her role as the foundation’s director, Waters oversaw the group’s efforts to distribute funding to community organizations across a multi-county area in northeast Georgia, including Gwinnett County. The donations are often in the thousands of dollars range.

“Judy Waters has truly been one of the most positive visionaries we’ve had in the community, hands down,” said Community Foundation marketing consultant Paige Havens, who has known Waters for about 20 years. “She has a gift of being able to bring all of the right players together to make something that seemed impossible become possible.”

The list of activities

there are some questions which respond with detailed opinions on transportation issues facing the county. One question required a detailed response is, “If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing about transportation in Gwinnett, what would it be?”

There has already been talk about The Gr8 Exchange at public events leading up to this week.

Gwinnett Chamber President Dan Kaufman encouraged business and political leaders at the chamber’s business meeting on Thursday to participate in the discussion.

“The whole idea is to make this a commu-

“Judy has had such a devotion to so many different good causes in Gwinnett County,” said county Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash, who has known Waters for about 22 years.

“She’s one of my heroines in terms of public service to the community in Gwinnett.”

Waters joined the Community Foundation, as its executive director, in 2004 and served full-time in that role until Redner took over in May and she moved into a transitional role as a consultant.

“She left a really high bar to follow,” he said.

The roots of Waters’ sense of public service lay with her parents. She said her father anonymously gave sausage to community groups that worked with the poor when he owned his meat shop and participated in Hosea

Suit negative for illegal drugs.

According to Burdges, the unedited version of the “COPS” footage shows the officer saying he was going to try another test and then “give them the bad news.”

Daniel Ward, referred to on the show as Butler’s fiance but “friend” in the lawsuit, did not take the news well.

“I promise you on everything I love that I did not have any cocaine,” the man, appearing distressed,

told Tremblay on the show.

“I came over here to see her, that’s the only reason. I wasn’t over here trying to do drugs.”

He also told the officer he was in a treatment program.

Moments later in the segment, Tremblay is shown working on a laptop in his cruiser, telling the crew about Butler’s tattoos — a marijuana leaf and a “Grateful Dead bear,” which is “consistent with some drug users for LSD and some

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) neurologic conditions, after I had purchased tickets to perform (perhaps for another Shortly after that, with his — Live it up. New acquaina viral infection or due to see a band with him for his family member), ask him if support and encouragement, no other cause. A gastric birthday but did not want to he wants to join you. Some- I signed up for a course that tances will be blown away by emptying study — which go with him. I dropped the times it’s a little easier to meant being away weekends your irresistible, fun-loving attitude. You will meet someuses (slightly) radioactickets off at his house with ease back into a relationship for eight straight weeks. one enticing if you are willing Amy Dickinson tive food to measure the a note saying I no longer through a shared activity.

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DEAR BROTHERLY: ity for caring for their two probably the best education on your budget. Financial difficulties will develop. are so sudden and severe I wrote an apology and The key ingredients in young children. my husband could possibly LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — that I would be uncomfort- followed up indicating life reconciliation are: Fully Your advice was spot on. have gotten in what it takes Good fortune is smiling on able attributing them to irwas too short to be angry for acknowledging your own She needs to let him experi- to raise a child. One day you today. Love, romance ritable bowel syndrome, and too long and that I was sorry behavior (without justifying ence what her day is like and spent with an infant is price- and social events will be I recommend you have a for what I said — but I have or rehashing the elements what it means to be a father, less! stimulating and energizing. thorough evaluation of these not had any response. that drove you to it), saying up close and personal.

— Becky Make the most of your good new symptoms, starting Should I just leave this you are sorry and asking When our firstborn was DEAR BECKY: Amen, mood by getting out and with an upper endoscopy. alone now and wait, or for forgiveness. If you have an infant and I was home on sister. enjoying yourself.

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WORLD India-Pakistan peace talks fall apart before start

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NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD — Peace talks between India and Pakistan collapsed on Saturday hours before they were scheduled to start as the nuclear-armed rivals were unable to overcome deep-rooted mutual mistrust.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif agreed to the talks when they met in Russia last month.

But the countries failed at the last minute to agree the agenda for the meeting of their national security advisers, due to start on Sunday, with Pakistan accusing India of imposing “preconditions.”

Pakistan pulled out after India’s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, said the talks would not take place if Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz did not drop plans to meet separatists from the disputed region of Kashmir.

LILLE, France/LOS ANGELES — A day ago he was just another tourist on a train. On Saturday, U.S. Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone was treated for knife wounds in a hospital in France and applauded by world leaders for foiling what officials called an attempted terrorist attack.

Stone was touring Europe with two friends he grew up with in California. The three men in their 20s helped overpower a Kalashnikov-toting suspected Islamist militant on a high speed train heading for Paris from Amsterdam.

Among the other heroes of the night-time drama was a Frenchman on his way to the toilet who first tried to tackle the assailant as he entered the carriage and a 62-year-old Briton who still had blood spattered over his shirt as he spoke to journalists on Thousands of Friday night.

Lebanese protest But it may have been Stone, 23, of Lajes Air government Base, Azores, who took the biggest risk. Stone’s height BEIRUT — Lebanese of at least 6 feet 2 inches police fired tear gas, used water cannons and shot in the and Jujitsu martial art and American football backair to try to disperse thousands of protesters in Beirut ground probably helped calling on the government to him, a relative said.

“He was the first one to step down for mishandling jump on him, he’s the one a dispute which left rubbish uncollected in the streets for who got cut up … none of us are injured but Spencer weeks.

Police and security forces cordoned off the center of the capital, around the parliament and government buildings, to thwart the biggest protest in recent months Kilo to strengthen against authorities. in Pacific; Danny Police said 35 people, including protesters and police, weaker in Atlantic KAILUA-KONA, were injured.

Hawaii — Weather system “The people want the Kilo weakened into a deoverthrow of the regime,” pression by early Saturday said protesters using the famous chants made by Arab but is expected to become a hurricane as it travels protesters during the height of popular protests that swept across the central Pacific towards the Hawaiian isthe region after 2011 and toppled several longstanding lands over the next several days, the National Weather rulers.

Service said.

Kilo, with sustained Japan protests winds of up to 30 miles per Medvedev visit to hour, was centered roughly 520 miles south of Honodisputed island lulu by Saturday at 5 a.m. local time, moving westTOKYO/ITURUP — northwest at about 17 mph, Japan on Saturday lodged a the NWS said. protest over Russian Prime Meanwhile, Hurricane Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s Danny was churning over visit to one of four disputed the Atlantic with slightly Pacific islands which have strained ties between the two less force by midday Saturday. countries since the end of Danny, the first hurricane World War II. The decades-old argument of the 2015 Atlantic season, over the territory, claimed by has been downgraded to a Category 1 storm. It weakboth states, could set back ened overnight and through Japanese Prime Minister the day, registering winds Shinzo Abe’s efforts to of up to 85 mph by Saturcourt resource-rich Russia day, down from 115 mph and keep the door open to dialogue despite the Ukraine the evening before.

The hurricane is about crisis.

635 miles east of the LeeThe islands are known in Russia as the Southern ward Islands and moving Kuriles and referred to as northwest at 12 mph. the Northern Territories in Danny was expected to Japan. Russia seized them in weaken back into a tropical the last days of World War II storm as it reaches the outer and the dispute has kept the Caribbean early next week. two countries from signing a formal peace treaty since.

Panda gives birth After Medvedev visited at National Zoo Iturup island on Saturday, senior Japanese foreign minWASHINGTON — The istry official Hajime Hayashi National Zoo’s giant panda lodged the protest with the Mei Xiang, a star tourist Russian ambassador to draw in the U.S. capital, Japan, Evgeny Afanasiev, by gave birth to a cub on Sattelephone, the ministry said. urday, the zoo said.

— From wire reports Mei Xiang gave birth at

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PEOPLE Trevorrow under fire for female director tweets

LOS ANGELES — Director Colin Trevorrow has come under fire for sharing his opinions about the gender imbalance among directors of big-budget studio films.

Known for directing monster hit “Jurassic World” and recently announced as the director of “Star Wars: Episode IX,” Trevorrow responded on Friday to a Twitter user asking if he thought he would have been hired for “Jurassic World” if he were female.

“I want to believe that a filmmaker with both the desire and ability to make a studio blockbuster will be U.S. serviceman Spencer Stone waves as he departs the Clinique Lille Sud, which spegiven an opportunity to make cializes in hand injuries, in Lesquin, France, on Saturday. (Reuters/Stringer) their case,” Trevorrow’s took a few injuries and he let and was hospitalized for we could.” tweet reads. “I stress desire just had no fear,” 23-yeara chest wound. He was in Stone was treated for because I honestly think old student Anthony Sadler serious but stable condicuts and left the hospital on that’s a part of the issue. told Reuters. tion, authorities said.

Saturday with his left arm Many of the top female di“That’s our friend, so “I woke up to basically bandaged and in a sling. He rectors in our industry are not once we saw him go, we people ducking and then I waved with his right hand interested in doing a piece of had to go and join him … was, like, ‘Why is everyto well-wishers and news studio business for its own We couldn’t have just left body ducking?’ and then, media. sake. These filmmakers have everybody (to) die like that. when I turned round to “Spencer is a very brave clear voices and stories to tell It was a crazy situation,” look, he, the gunman, had person and he has a very that don’t necessarily involve said Sadler, a student at just entered the car with the good heart, and we’re all superheroes or spaceships or Sacramento State UniverAK and then I was, like: just so proud of him,” his dinosaurs.” sity.

‘This is really happening,’” uncle, Tim Eskel, told Sadler said everything Sadler said.

Reuters by telephone from ‘Empire’ casts happened very fast as the “We just all ran back his home in San Jose, Calif. attacker, armed with an there and we tried to do “All of a sudden your fam- love interest for automatic pistol and a box whatever we could to try ily member is thrust into Sidibe’s character cutter as well as the AK-47 and beat him up so he the national spotlight,” Esassault rifle, appeared to try didn’t shoot anybody. He kel said after American and LOS ANGELES — “Emto clear his weapon which pulled out a box cutter and French presidents Barack pire” has cast Mo McRae to seemed to be jammed. cut Spencer a couple of Obama and Francois Holappear in season two, Variety One French-American times but, beside that, we lande commended Stone has learned exclusively. He passenger was hit by a bul- just tried to do whatever and his friends. will do a three-episode arc, playing a love interest for Becky (Gabourey Sidibe). security guard at a federal The character’s name is building in Lower Manhat- J-Poppa, who’s described tan on Friday before killing as a handsome, easygoing himself, and investigators guy who is seeing Becky, are seeking a motive, police assistant to Lucious Lyon said.

(Terrence Howard) at Empire The suspect entered the Entertainment. J-Poppa also building just after 5 p.m. develops a strong connection and immediately shot the with Andre (Trai Byers). guard with a handgun, “Empire” marks a reunion police said. for McRae and exec producHe then walked further er Lee Daniels and Danny into the building toward an Strong, as he appeared in elevator when he encountheir 2013 film “The Butler.” tered another employee, McRae is currently a said James O’Neill, chief series regular on TNT’s Hurricane Danny is seen in a NOAA image from the “Murder in the First,” and GOES-East satellite taken at 10:15 a.m. on Friday. Dan- of department for the New had a major recurring role in ny, the first hurricane of 2015, weakened to a Category 1 York Police Department.

The gunman then shot “Sons of Anarchy.” storm on Saturday. (Reuters/NOAA/Handout) himself in the head.

5:34 p.m. after her water a July ruling that said some Police identified the gun- Oscar-nominated broke about an hour beminors who crossed the man as Kevin Downing, a forehand, the zoo said in a border illegally were being 68-year-old former federal producer Ali statement. detained in violation of a employee from Fort Lee, dies at age 70 “All of us are thrilled that long-standing settlement.

N.J. The New York Daily Mei Xiang has given birth.

The ruling by U.S. News said he was a retired LOS ANGELES — The cub is vulnerable at District Judge Dolly Gee Army Reserve captain out- Oscar-nominated producer this tiny size but we know in Los Angeles gave the raged over being fired by Karolyn Ali died of natural Mei is an excellent mother,” administration of President the Department of Labor. causes on Tuesday at her said zoo Director Dennis Barack Obama until Oct. home in Los Angeles. She Kelly in a statement.

23 to comply with her was 70.

Three killed, Mei Xiang reacted to the order to release hundreds Ali collaborated on cub by picking it up, acof unauthorized immigrant one wounded projects ranging from film, cording to the zoo. The sex children, and in some cases at home in N.M. documentaries, musicvideos of the cub won’t be detertheir mothers, “without unand commercials for more mined until a later date. necessary delay.”

ALBUQUERQUE, than three decades. Since Mei Xiang previously Gee’s ruling comes amid N.M. — Two men and one 2013, she was executive has given birth to two debate by U.S. presidential woman were shot to death assistant to Cheryl Boone surviving cubs: Tai Shan in candidates over illegal imat a home in Roswell, Isaacs, president of the Acad2005 and Bao Bao in 2013. migration and follows an N.M., early Saturday, emy of Motion Picture Arts Mei Xiang was artificial- influx of immigrants from and another woman was & Sciences, who was also a ly inseminated on April 26 Central America across the wounded in the attack, longtime friend. and 27 with frozen sperm U.S.-Mexico border. police said.

In her early music industry from Hui Hui, a panda in Last year, more than The injured woman was career, Ali assisted Benny China, and fresh sperm 68,000 children traveling taken by helicopter to a Ashburn, manager of the from the National Zoo’s without a parent entered the trauma care center in Lub- musical group the CommoTian Tian, it said. country. The federal govbock, Texas, said Roswell dores, as well as served as an ernment has held unaccom- police spokesman Todd executive at Dick Griffey’s Solar Records, which was a Judge: U.S. must panied children, or children Wildermuth. caught with a parent, in “We are in the very early launching pad for her career swiftly release special facilities. stages of the investigation in commercial and muand have no known mosicvideo production. immigrant kids tive,” Wildermuth said.

In 1984, Ali founded Gunman slays LOS ANGELES — A Wildermuth would not Renge Films along with guard at federal U.S. federal judge on comment on whether the Bill Parker and Peter Allen, Friday ordered the govern- building, kills self four people shot at the and together they went on ment to swiftly release home might have known to produce commercials for immigrant children held at NEW YORK — A the shooter.

Coca-Cola and McDonald’s. detention centers, affirming gunman shot and killed a — From wire reports — From wire reports

Down syndrome teens in R.I. crowdfund zombie movie dream

By John Larrabee Reuters

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Like many U.S. teens, Sam Suchman and Mattie Zufelt are fans of horror movies, which inspired them to begin work on a 30-minute action thriller they are due to finish shooting in the coming days.

The 19-year-old friends and creators of “Sam & Mattie’s Teen Zombie Movie” decided not to let another trait they share — Down

MUST READ syndrome, a genetic disorder associated with intellectual disabilities — stand in the way of their ambitions. They raised $68,000 online to fund the project.

“We love watching movies,” Zufelt said in an interview this week. “We got started when Sam started making storyboards with zombies and jet packs and

everything.”

The two developed the concept, wrote the script and are the principal actors.

The project began taking off after they shared their ideas with Suchman’s older brother, Jesse.

“I heard Sam talking about a movie scene he’d thought up and then he pulls out a notebook full of storyboard sketches,” Jesse Suchman said. “They had the whole thing mapped out.”

Jesse helped the two set up a

page on Kickstarter, the website where entrepreneurs, social crusaders and creative types solicit crowdfunding donations for their projects.

In addition to the $68,000 in cash, donations have come in from the movie industry to support the project. Panavision, a company specializing in motion picture equipment, sent a camera.

Silver Scream FX Lab, an Atlanta company that does movie special effects, sent a make-up team.

The two teens met about 10 years ago while participating in the Special Olympics and became friends. Suchman is in high school while Zufelt attends Roger Williams University, a Rhode Island school with a program for people with intellectual disabilities.

They spent the summer filming around Providence and other Rhode Island locations and expected to wrap up shooting in the next few days.

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Immigration swamp “This was not a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement.”

— Donald Trump, on immigration, Republican debate, Aug. 6 WASHINGTON — Not on anyone’s mind?

For years, immigration has been the subject of near-constant, often bitter argument within the GOP. But it is true that Trump has brought the debate to a new place — first, with his announcement speech, about whether Mexican migrants are really rapists, and now with the somewhat more nuanced Trump plan.

Much of it — visa tracking, E-Verify, withholding funds from sanctuary cities — predates Trump.

Even building the Great Wall is not Charles particularly new. (I, Krauthammer for one, have been advocating that in this space since 2006.) Dominating the discussion, however, are his two policy innovations: (a) abolition of birthright citizenship and (b) mass deportation.

Birthright citizenship.

If you are born in the United States, you are an American citizen. So says the 14th Amendment.

Barring some esoteric and radically new jurisprudence, abolition would require amending the Constitution. Which would take years and great political effort. And make the GOP anathema to Hispanic-Americans for a generation.

And for what? Birthright citizenship is a symptom, not a cause. If you regain control of the border, the number of birthright babies fades to insignificance. The time and energy it would take to amend the Constitution are far more usefully deployed securing the border.

Moreover, the real issue is not the birthright babies themselves, but the chain migration that follows. It turns one baby into an imported village.

Chain migration, however, is not a constitutional right. It’s a result of statutes and regulations. These can be readily changed. That should be the focus, not a quixotic constitutional battle.

Mass deportation.

Last Sunday, Trump told NBC’s Chuck Todd that all illegal immigrants must leave the country.

Although once they’ve been kicked out, we will let “the good ones” back in.

On its own terms, this is crackpot. Wouldn’t you save a lot just on Mayflower moving costs if you chose the “good ones” first — before sending SWAT teams to turf families out of their homes, loading them on buses and dumping them on the other side of the Rio Grande?

Less frivolously, it is estimated by the conservative American Action Forum that mass deportation would take about 20 years and cost about $500 billion for all the police, judges, lawyers and enforcement agents — and bus drivers! — needed to expel 11 million people.

This would all be merely ridiculous if it weren’t morally obscene. Forcibly evict 11 million people from their homes? It can’t happen. It shouldn’t happen. And, of course, it won’t ever happen. But because it’s the view of the Republican front-runner, every other candidate is now required to react. So instead of debating border security, guest-worker programs and sanctuary cities — where Republicans are on firm moral and political ground — they are forced into a debate about a repulsive fantasy.

Which, for the Republican Party, is also political poison. Mitt Romney lost the Hispanic vote by 44 points and he was advocating only selfdeportation. Now the party is discussing forced deportation.

It is not just Hispanics who will be alienated.

Romney lost the Asian vote, too. By 47 points.

And many non-minorities will be offended by the idea of rounding up 11 million people, the vast majority of whom are law-abiding members of their communities.

Donald Trump has every right to advance his ideas. He is not to be begrudged his masterly showmanship, his relentless candor or his polling success. I strongly oppose the idea of ostracizing anyone from the GOP or the conservative movement. On whose authority? Let the people decide.

But that is not to say that he should be exempt from normal scrutiny or from consideration of the effect of his candidacy on conservatism’s future. If you are a conservative alarmed at the country’s direction and committed to retaking the White House, you should be concerned about what Trump’s ascendancy is doing to the chances of that happening.

The Democrats’ presumptive candidate is flailing badly. Republicans have an unusually talented field with a good chance of winning back the presidency. Do they really want to be dragged into the swamps — right now, on immigration — that will make that prospect electorally impossible?

Yes, I understand. The anger, the frustration, etc., etc., that Trump is channeling. But how are these alleviated by yelling “I’m mad as hell” — and proceeding to elect Hillary Clinton?

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Carter faces new challenge My buddies and I were standing in line outside the Georgia coliseum, waiting to trade in our football ticket coupons for actual game tickets for the upcoming weekend. That’s the way they did it back in the day, and if you think obtaining football tickets was complicated without computers you should have seen registration.

One of us — OK, it was me — struck up a conversation with the sweet young coed standing behind us in line. She told us that her name was Connie Carter, that her father owned a worm farm, and that her uncle was governor of Georgia and planned to be the next president of the United States. We kind of laughed at her, to tell you the truth.

This was long before choruses of “Jimmy Who” rang out across the nation, before the Peanut Brigade, before the entire world discovered Billy Carter and Miss Lillian—before anyone believed that the peanut farmer from Plains with the great big mule-eating-briers grin could ever parlay the line “I want to be your president and I will never lie to you” into occupancy of the Oval Office at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This was just a cute Georgia coed who was obviously proud of her South Georgia kinfolk.

to” and barbecue and grits. It was a heady time.

Things didn’t go well, politically, for James Earl Carter Jr. We won’t get into what went wrong and what went right here and now.

There were a few highs, like the Camp David Accords, Darrell and some very low lows, the Huckaby Iran Hostage Crisis comes to mind, and President Carter But when he finally made became a one-term president. the announcement — and Funny thing is, when he many times after — I thought left office, he didn’t just sit on back to that day outside the his laurels and write memcoliseum and smiled. Connie oirs and make million dollar Carter knew what she was speeches. He remained an talking about. active citizen of the world and The rest is history of used his position as former course, and we all know Pres- president to open doors that ident Carter’s history. I was he reached through and tried part of the Peanut Brigade and to pull the people of the world I voted for him — once. I was up. He helped build hundreds so proud that someone from of houses with his own hands my home state, someone who for Habitat for Humanprobably ate boiled peanuts ity and helped thousands of out of the shell and talked just other houses to be built. He like I did, was elected to the continued to work for human highest office in the land. I rights around the world and grew up during a time when always tried to be a voice for people insisted that a canthe voiceless in the world. didate from the Deep South He has always been a would never be elected leader very accessible figure and of the free world. our paths have crossed on I got in my car and drove to numerous occasions—often at Washington, D.C., to spend a Woodward Academy where I week shortly after the Carters taught and his daughter, Amy, arrived in that city, just to attended school, as well as hang out and revel in the reAtlanta Stadium and Turner flected glory for my state and Field—we both liked to sit in impress people who suddenly Walter Banks’s section. I have couldn’t get enough of “fixin’ even been down to Plains to

sit in on his Sunday school class on a number of occasions.

Our beliefs are miles apart, and I will never agree on much anything that Jimmy Carter agrees on politically, but this is what I will say about the man; I believe that he always tried to do what he believed in his heart to be the best thing for the country, and I do not believe he has ever been motivated, before, during or after his presidency, by blind ambition, like so many politicians are today. That says a lot to me.

And now Jimmy Carter, at the age of 90, is battling cancer that has spread throughout his body, and he is facing that battle with peace, calm, faith and courage. He was quoted Thursday, after his first session of radiation therapy, as having said, “I just thought I had a few weeks left, but I was surprisingly at ease. I’ve had a full life, I have thousands of friends …

So I was surprisingly at ease … I’m ready for anything and looking forward to a new adventure.”

Hear! Hear! You are in our prayers, Mr. President. Thank you for your courageous example. Godspeed.

And to Connie, wherever you are, you were so right about your uncle. I am sorry I ever doubted you.

One of the ‘Lost Dodd Boys’ looks back To say Betty Wallace loves Georgia Tech is to say Romeo loved Juliet or hogs love slop. It is a simple fact. Who else do you know that attended Georgia Tech football games for some 80 years — that’s not a misprint — and was a season ticket holder for Tech basketball for decades until the practicality of age made her realize she could root just as hard from home as she did on site.

And she does.

Betty Wallace is one of my most faithful readers and doesn’t hesitate to tell me or anyone else what she thinks.

And what she thinks is that it is time I wrote something nice about Georgia Tech instead of always picking on her beloved Yellow Jackets.

Can I take a hint? When it comes to Ms. Wallace, you bet your silver britches I can.

It won’t be easy but it will be much easier than telling her “no.”

Looking for something nice to say about Georgia Tech led me to Marietta in search of one of the “Lost Dodd Boys” — the last group of high school seniors to sign with Georgia Tech football coach Bobby Dodd, but who would never play a down for him.

Steve Norris is the owner of Long Life Strategies LLC and a certified adviser on senior living and long-term care issues, specializing in

football coach for health reasons — he was diagnosed with kidney and prostate problems. He would remain as athletic director until 1976. Dodd died in 1988.

“In those days, if you signed a letter of intent to go to a particular school, that Dick was it,” Norris said. “There Yarbrough was no changing your mind.

I was stuck.” helping people with their Therefore, Norris, the long-term care costs. In outstanding high school 1966, he was a quarterback quarterback who had high at Marietta High School. hopes of playing for Bobby And not just any quarterDodd and becoming Georgia back. He was a high school Tech’s next great quarterAll-American, Class AAA back, found himself suiting Back of the Year in Georgia up for Dodd’s successor, and highly recruited by a Bud Carson, a hard-nosed, number of colleges. defensive-minded coach who “I considered going to seemed determined to do evAuburn,” he says. “My dad erything differently than had and Coach Shug Jordan had his legendary predecessor. been classmates at Auburn Dodd won 165 games in and were close friends. I also 22 years. Carson’s five-year thought about playing for record was 25-25 and he Vince Dooley at Georgia.” would be the first Tech footBut his dream was to play for ball coach to be fired.

Bobby Dodd, the renowned For Norris, what had coach at Georgia Tech. “I been a dream turned into a wanted to be the next great nightmare. He says, “I was Georgia Tech quarterback,” moved to running back, then Norris says, “but most of all, to defensive back and finally I wanted to play for Coach to tight end.”

Dodd.”

Norris says he became a The high school star tight end after an assistant signed his letter of intent coach told him to run as fast with Georgia Tech, having as he could for 10 yards and been assured by Dodd that then toward the sidelines he would be there throughout and catch a pass. He did.

Norris’ career. But Dodd “I couldn’t block a sheet of announced in February 1967 paper and suddenly I was a that he was retiring as head tight end,” he chuckles. He

was to catch 25 passes for 254 yards and two touchdowns at Georgia Tech. Not what a high school AllAmerican quarterback had in mind when he signed on.

Norris passed up his final year of eligibility, graduated with a management degree and worked for Proctor & Gamble for five years before coming home to Marietta to start his insurance business.

Is he bitter at how things turned out at Tech? “No,” he says firmly, “That experience taught me a discipline I might not have learned otherwise. Things don’t always turn out the way you plan but you keep on moving forward. It was a valuable lesson.”

Steve Norris may not havehad the stellar college football career he envisioned but he persevered and today is a respected businessman and doting grandfather.

That’s even better.

And to think: Had it not been for Betty Wallace’s marching orders, I would have missed the opportunity to hear the story of the “Lost Dodd Boys.” The things I do for my readers.

You can reach Dick Yarbrough at yarb2400@ bellsouth.net; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139; online at dickyarbrough.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dickyarb.

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Georgia Alexander Georgia Ann Alexander, age 63, of Winder, GA passed away August 21, 2015. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Funeral Home & Crematory, Norcross/Peachtree Corners, GA. 770-448-5757.

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Mindy Helms Mindy Regina Helms, age 34, of Winder passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Shirley Clonts Shirley Farmer Clonts, 77 of Lawrenceville, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at her residence. She was native of Murphy, NC but had lived in Georgia with her family close by for most of her life. She was a devoted attendee of Bethesda United Methodist Church.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

She was the daughter of the late William Ralph and Pauline Radford Farmer.

She was preceded in death by her brother, William Ralph Farmer Jr. Surviving are her devoted and loving husband of 57 years, Mack Roy Clonts; three daughters, Dianne Daniel, Debbie Templeton and husband Roger, Dennie Young and husband Tyler; six granddaughters and a great granddaughter, Whitney Daniel and her daughter Kinley, Stephanie Templeton, Jordan Cytulski and her husband Sam, and Morgan, Madison and McKenzie Young.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Wages and Sons Gwinnett Chapel, with Rev. Jessica Terrell officiating.

The family requests donations be made in memory of Shirley Clonts to Bethesda United Methodist Church in care of Athel Morris, PO Box 464597, Lawrenceville, GA 30042.

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Jacqueline Harrell Jacqueline “Jackie” G. Harrell, age 87 of Norcross, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015. She was born January 14, 1928 in Lithia Springs, Georgia to the late William Earl Garrett and Jewel Davis Garrett. She worked in customer service for Bradford Sales for more than 20 years and was Baptist by faith. Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by husband, John William Harrell; a son, John Wayne Harrell; and a grandson, William Neal Harrell. Survivors include her son, Mike and Carolyn Harrell of Villa Rica; sister, Carol Darnell of AL; brothers, Doyle Garrett of AL, and Marion Garrett of Douglasville; grandson, Mike Kulanko of Dallas, GA; and one great granddaughter, Libby Harrell-Thornton of Springville, AL. Funeral service will be conducted Saturday, August 22, 2015 at 4:00 PM from Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with Dr. Kevin Williams officiating. Interment will follow in West Georgia Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends Saturday, August 22, 2015 from 3:00 PM until the hour of service.

Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.martin-hightower. com. Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel of Carrollton has charge of the arrangements.

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William Hood William Barry Hood, age 85, of Gwinnett, GA passed away on August 22, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, 770-9623100. www.stewartfh.com

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Clarence Houtz Clarence Wayne Houtz, age 86, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Ethel Houtz; son and daughter-in-law, David and Annette Houtz of Lawrenceville; grandchildren Brittany (William) Bramlett of Athens, GA, Jillian (Ryan) Mollica of Lancaster, PA Eric (Heather) Souders of Westerville, OH; great-grandchildren, Ethan Mollica, Landon Mollica, Ali Mollica, Brynn Souders, Connell Souders, Nola Bramlett, and Shepard Bramlett; sister, Arlene Vindich of Lebanon, PA; along with many loving nieces, nephews, and other extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Debra Souders; grandson, Zachary Houtz; 4 sisters, and 3 brothers.

Clarence was born and raised in Myerstown, PA. He moved to Lawrenceville in 2000. Clarence was a member of 1st United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville and the Joy Sunday School Class. He enjoyed volunteering at the Lawrenceville Co-Op for about 10 years.

A Funeral Service Honoring the Life of Clarence will be held on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 3:00 PM at First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville with Dr. Bill Burch and Rev. Sheri Smith officiating.

Interment will be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 2PM at Grand View Cemetery 500 N. Weber St. Annville, PA 17003. The family will receive friends in the Family Center at 1st United Methodist Church from 2pm until the time of service. Memorial donations may be made to Lawrenceville Co-op 176 Church St. Lawrenceville, GA 30046 Condolences may be sent to or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome.com.

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

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Louise Howington Louise Howington age 99 of Loganville, GA, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Lester Howington. Louise is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Lee and Cookie Howington; granddaughter and husband, Gina and Chris Wright;

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She retired from the First National Bank of Atlanta where she was an executive secretary and the first lady to be employed for more than 40 continuous years of service. She was a member of Moreland Avenue Baptist Church for over 60 years, and she was currently a member of Loganville Baptist. Louise was also a member of the Snellville Keenagers for many years. She was an avid bowler, bowling until the age of 99, and was very active in many organizations over the years.

Louise was most proud of being able to carry the torch at the Senior Olympics in 2013, where she bowled in the singles and mixed doubles. She was a social butterfly and was well known in the area. She will be deeply missed by her loving family and friends. The Funeral Service to Honor and Celebrate the Life of Louise Howington will be held on Monday, August 24, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at Tom M. Wages, Snellville Chapel with Pastor Rusty Ruark officiating. Interment will follow at Eternal Hills Memory Gardens, Snellville, GA. The family will receive friends, Sunday, August 23, 2015 from 2:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Loganville Baptist Church, 132 Church Street, Loganville, GA 30052 or any Charity of your choice in memory of Louise Howington.

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

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

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Mandy Humphries Mandy Humphries, age 35, of Lawrenceville, GA, died August 21, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC “A Family Company,” Lawrenceville Chapel, 770-963-2411 www. wagesfuneralhome.com .

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Allen Hurndon Allen Andrew Hurndon, age 60 of Loganville, passed away on August 20, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052. 770-466-1544. www.stewartfh.com.

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Juanita Johnson Juanita Morris Johnson, 84, of Valdosta, died peacefully on Thursday, August 20, 2015, at South Georgia Medical Center.

Born in Cairo, on October 25, 1930, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Katie Morris. She was a 1948 graduate of Clyattville High School. Mrs. Johnson was a farmer’s wife and helper, a loving homemaker and a member of the Dasher Church of Christ congregation.

Survivors are her son, Buck Johnson of Buford; daughters and sons in law, Sylvia and Roger Collins of Columbus, Mississippi, Linda Carol and Greg Brown of Valdosta; grandchildren, Michelle and Ralph Carter of Columbus, Mississippi, Julie and Craig McKee of Cornelia, Pamela Brown, Katie Brown of Valdosta, Cameron Collins of Starkville, Misssissippi; great grandchildren, Cassie Carter and Collin Carter of Columbus, Mississippi, Logan McKee and Tucker

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McKee of Cornelia; several nieces, nephews, and a large extended family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Julian Edwin Johnson, brothers, Alva Morris, BJ Morris, sister, Cassie Cone and daughter in law, Charlotte Johnson.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 22, 2015, at 4 p.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home.

Mr. David Nelson and Mr. John Klimko will officiate, assisted by grandsons, Cameron Collins, Ralph Carter and Craig McKee. Burial will follow at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Valdosta on Friday evening from 6 -8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in memory of Juanita Morris Johnson to Georgia Christian School 4359 Dasher Rd., Valdosta, GA 31601.

Condolences may be conveyed online at www. mclanefuneralservices. com.

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Patsy Jane Johnson Patsy Jane (Pat) Livingston Johnson, age 89, of Bushnell FL, and formerly of Lawrenceville, GA and Gainesville, GA passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday morning, August 9, 2015. She was born on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1926, in Girard LA. She was preceded in death by her parents John Henry Livingston and Jessie Jagers Livingston, brothers Max Livingston, John Archibald Livingston, Bruce Michael Livingston and sister Sybil Lourdes Livingston Patterson, and former husband Harris Daniel Johnson. She is survived by her children, sons Daniel Harris Johnson (Susan), Guy Livingston Johnson (Debbie) and daughter Jody Johnson Watson (Bruce), several grandchildren, great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was a Louisiana State University graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. She was a newspaper photographer and writer beginning at the Atlanta Constitution in 1947 as its first female sportswriter. After raising her children to school age she continued her Journalism career in Lawrenceville at The News Herald and the Gwinnett Daily News until 1991. She also attended Gwinnett Tech and at age 68 in 1994, received an Associates Degree in Environmental Horticulture. At the time she was the oldest graduate of Gwinnett Tech.

She retired to Gainesville where she loved to tend her flowers, plants and trees.

In Gainesville she attended Brenau University’s Learning and Leisure Institute to continue her lifelong passion for learning.

She was cremated and her ashes are to be scattered in her beloved Louisiana where she and her father loved to fish on Lake Lafourche, near Poverty Point, a World Heritage Site. Donations in her honor may be made to your local PBS Station.

Drewry Kellam Drewry Page Kellam, age 81, a fourth generation Atlantan, and eighth generation Georgian of Atlanta and Saint Simons Island, passed gently away with his family by his side, into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, August 20, 2015. He is preceded in death by his parents, Eldridge Pulaski Kellam, Jr. and Esther Bernice (Smith) Kellam, of Atlanta; grandparents, Eldridge Pulaski Kellam, Sr. of Atlanta and Mary Lewis Kellam of Charlottesville, VA and Drewry Washington Smith of NC and Lizzy Elizabeth Outlaw Smith of Darlington, SC; sister-in-law, Joan E. Kellam, in-laws, Joseph T. Burgan and Lucy Ham-

montree Burgan of Tunnel Hill, GA; and numerous relatives, in-laws and friends. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years Zelma Ruth (Burgan) Kellam of Tunnel Hill; daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda Kellam Schilling and William R. Schilling of Marietta and Saint Simons Island, and Elizabeth Kellam Bassett and James A. Bassett of Snellville; grandchildren; William R. Schilling, Jr., Meghan E. Green and Katherine P. Bassett; brother, Eldridge P. Kellam, III of Saint Simons Island; sisters and brothers-in-law, Marguerite Lands, Mary Howard, Daniel Burgan, Julian Burgan; and many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Drew loved his Country and signed up early to serve in the Army in the Korean Conflict and is a retired military veteran. He grew up in Midtown and attended O’Keefe and graduated Grady High School. He was a cradle roll member and descendant of the founders of First Baptist Church Atlanta, and is a member of Northeast Baptist Church. Throughout his life, he enjoyed going to church, studying the Bible, visiting often with family, friends, and his pals at the V.A., travel, numismatics, family genealogy, photography, poetry, the USA Space program and going to their beach home. He is an eleventh generation American descendant of the founders of Jamestown Colony Virginia and he greatly enjoyed attending the 400th Anniversary of the Founding of America with the Jamestown Society in Williamsburg, VA. The Memorial service to honor and celebrate the life of Drew Kellam will be held with Military Honors at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 4:00 P.M. with the (Ret.) Reverend Jack Chalmers officiating.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 – 4:00 P.M. Interment will be held Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 3:00 P.M. at Lee’s Chapel Cemetery, Tunnel Hill, GA. The family will receive friends following, at the Church. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the charity of your choice.

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Iris Laster Iris Leah Laster, age 74, of Conyers, GA passed away August 18, 2015.

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John “Doug” Loudner Mr. John Douglas “Doug” Loudner, age 54 of Hoschton, Georgia who entered into rest Friday, August 21, 2015.

BUFORD

Casey New Casey New, age 56, of Buford, GA passed away on August 17, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, 770-962-3100. www.stewartfh.com

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Edith Perkola Edith G. Perkola age 93 of Buford, passed away, Thursday, August 20, 2015. Mrs. Perkola is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Robert & Candace Perkola, Buford; grandchildren, Kristofor Perkola, TX; Erika Perkola and Derek Perkola, both of SC. The family will receive friends Monday, August 24, 2015 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Crowell Brothers Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 Morningside Drive/ PO Box 2434, Buford, GA 30518. 770-945-9999.

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David Pittman David W. Pittman, age 70 of Monroe passed away Friday, August 21, 2015.

Barbara Pringle Barbara Ann Pringle, age 68, passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at Piedmont Hospital in Newnan.

She was born August 5, 1947 in Erwin, TN to the late Ray Bailey and Abis Masters Bailey.

She is survived by her life partner Emmanuel Adigwu and her daughter Kelli Boos and her husband Jeremy. She is also survived by sisters Mildred Higgins and her husband Wyne, Brenda Tate and her husband Keith, aunt Edna Netz and her husband Floyd and special friends Scottie Mason, Tina Jones and her husband Neil.

The memorial service is Monday, August 24 at 1 PM in the chapel of McKoon Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Hammett officiating. The visitation is Monday from 12 PM until service time at the funeral home.

Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.mckoon.com.

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Richard Proctor Richard Harmon Proctor, age 81, of Hoschton passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015.

BUFORD

Alexandria McPhederain Alexandria McPhederain, age 24, of Buford, GA passed away on August 21, 2015.

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Norma (Nanny “Nana”) Robinson Norma June (Nanny “Nana”) Robinson age 78 of Monroe, GA formerly of Lawrenceville passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2015. Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, August 23, 2015 in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. Bob Walk will officiate. Ms. Robinson loved crafting, making dolls, ceramics, scrapbooking, and watching children.

She was the 1st worthy Matron of Mountain Park chapter 524 OES. Ms. Robinson retired from Big Star with over 15 years of service. She is survived by;

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Luis Toro-Velez Luis E. Toro-Velez, age 88, of Buford, GA passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2015. He is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Inmaculada Sevillano, Buford, GA; children, Luis R. M. Toro-Sevillano and wife Carmen, Modesto, CA, Ana Virginia Toro-Sevillano, Tampa, FL, and Ana Maria Toro and husband Walter Hutt, Dacula GA; six grandchildren, Lourdes Marie, Kevin Michael, Luis Emmanuel, Paola Alexandria, Andrea Catalina, and Camelia Victoria; one great grandchild, Genevieve Sophia; and several brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico. Mr.

Toro-Velez was born May 19, 1927 in Moca, Puerto Rico. He was a 1958 graduate of Inter American University with a B.S.A. degree. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army after five years and a retired economist from Commonwealth of Puerto Rico after twenty years of service. He was a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Flowery Branch, GA. Funeral mass will be held Friday, August 21, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 6439 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch, GA 30542, with Father Luis Alvarez serving as Celebrant. The family will receive friends at a reception a

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Katherine Trimble Katherine Trimble, age 78, of Lawrenceville, GA, died August 20, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC “A Family Company,” Lawrenceville Chapel, 770-963-2411 www. wagesfuneralhome.com .

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Johnnie Wallace Johnnie Sue Murphy Wallace, age 90, of Bethlehem, Georgia, formerly of Lawrenceville went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, August 20, 2015. She was preceded in death by her devoted husband of 67 years, Grier Sims Wallace, on August 18, 2012. She is survived by her two devoted daughters, Rhoda Wallace Ippich, Rhonda Wallace Whittington and her husband John; five grandchildren, Krista Smith, Leah Smith Woods and her husband Dan, Jonathan Ippich, Elizabeth Ippich, and Mary Elizabeth Whittington; great granddaughter, Blair Woods; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, other relatives and a host of many friends over the years.

She was preceded in death her parents, Rubye Huston Murphy and John Calvin Murphy; brother, Wood-

row Murphy; two sisters, Sarah Thomas and JoBeth Lounsbury.

A Service Honoring the Life of Johnnie Sue Wallace will be held Monday, August 24, 2015, at 3:30 P.M. at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel with Pastor Ryan Jensen officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 23nd from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the funeral home. Those desiring may make contributions to Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church, 800 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

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Sheriff Butch Conway barring him from disLasseter, convicted of fired Neal in 2012 for cussing the situation with taking bribes and sent to failing to follow an order, the media. prison in 2012, reportedly gave the GBI information on Neal.

The charges against him date back to 2010 and allege that he lied to a GBI investigator by claiming a towing business he was involved with “was not his and belonged to his wife.”

The indictment also alleged that Neal profited from the sale of car parts to the county through a business called Southeastern Brake and Supplies.

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purchasing process” for those deals, Porter said last week.

Neal’s case will be the last from an era in Gwinnett County government, which the long-time DA memorably said in 2012 was marked by a “culture of corruption.”

The Neal case isn’t directly related to the “culture,” as it were, that involved shady land deals and millions of dollars illegally changing hands, but he was on the periphery.

“He had a relationship with some of the people that were involved in some of those cases,” Porter said.

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By Curt Yeomans

A new entertainment experience that marries the cinema with dinner will arrive in Gwinnett County next spring.

Officials from Gwinnett County government and Carmike Cinemas gathered at the Snellville Exchange shopping center Friday morning to break ground on the movie theater chain’s new 11-screen location. The theater, to be named the Ovation 11, will let moviegoers order a meal while they stay in their seats and watch a film.

“We think the demographics in this area are very strongly supportive of in-theater dining and we want to be the first ones with it — hopefully the only ones for quite a while with it,” Carmike CEO David Passman said. “The people are a little more afflu-

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Passman said. “When school termed “fine casual dinlets out is when people start ing” foods, such as chicken showing up en masse at tenders, shrimp cocktails, movie theaters.”

Reuben or club sandwiches, Passman said the opening crab cakes, salads, desof Ovation 11 is not expected serts. Drinks ranging from to impact Carmike Cinemas’ traditional sodas to alcoholic existing location at 1905 beverages will also be avail- Scenic Highway in Snellable. ville. The two theaters will “It is a great idea, somebe about two miles apart, but thing that changes the feel of the company executive said going to the theater and cer- there are no plans to close the tainly a step up from most of existing location. the other movie theaters that “The plan is to keep it also serve you food in your open,” he said. seat,” county commission Commissioner John Chairman Charlotte Nash Heard said the opening of said. “It might lure me out on the theater was a qualitya Friday night or a Saturday of-life move that provided night, and if you know the an opportunity for residents busy schedule I keep, giving to have activities closer to up time at home is a big where they live so they don’t statement for me.” have to go as far for enterPassman said constructainment. tion is expected to take about Heard said. “To move eight to 10 months and the activities and shopping and company hopes to have the services closer in to the MORE ONLINE

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Gwinnett County Chairman Charlotte Nash and Carmike Cinemas CEO David Passman stand together for the ground breaking of the company’s new Ovation 11 dine-in theater at the Snellville Exchange shopping center near Lawrenceville on Friday. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

ent, a little more restaurant types and we think having a meal while you’re watching a movie is a great way to make it convenient (for patrons).”

The theater will be located on Scenic Highway, about halfway between Lawrenceville and Snellville in unincorporated Gwinnett.

Moviegoers will be able

to push a button in their seats which will summon a stagehand-inspired waiter, who will take the customer’s order. A tray can be pulled out for the food and drinks to be placed on while the customer eats and watches the film.

The menu will include what company officials

residents — that’s less time that people are in their cars.

Almost, if you look at this type of a project, you could twist it around a little bit to where this is a traffic solution in my mind.”

Developer Tom Abernathy said plans are already in place to soon build and open a Jim ’N Nick’s BarB-Q on one of the shopping center’s outparcels along Scenic Highway. There are three other outparcels on the property, but he said there are no set tenants for those spaces yet.

That could change after Friday’s groundbreaking, though, Abernathy added.

“I think a lot will happen after today because this is a big announcement — a really big announcement — and this is the kind of thing that attracts more excitement in the retail world because it brings people and that is what retailers are looking for,” he said.

Appeals

freshman players for hazing purposes. Officials said the could not reveal the reason accused players wrestled for the specially called with the others before one executive session, set for 7 older player committed a.m., other than that it has what could be ruled “sexual to do with student discipline battery” against one of the appeals. younger boys by inappropriSexton feels the full-year ately touching him. suspension given to his cliInitially, police in North ent, a 15-year-old member of Charleston, S.C., where the program, was excessive. the summer league team “(My client) understands was staying during the there is some punishment to tournament on June 5, said be received,” Sexton told the none of the alleged victims Daily Post. “It’s not that he’s expressed interest in filing trying to get completely out charges. But last week a of it.”

14-year-old came forward, The 15-year-old was asking for an investigation. among five other students His family also filed suit accused of obtaining the against the hotel, saying keys to hotel rooms of front desk staff had been

negligent and given the older players the room keys.

The suit says the experience soured the boy’s ambitions in baseball, even in the Panthers program, whose varsity team holds national and state championships.

Sexton said he couldn’t speak for the other students, but his client wasn’t involved in the more-serious alleged misconduct and thought they were only going to engage in “horseplay” and “hijinks.”

“You’ve got to understand, he’s a 15-year-old kid,” the attorney said. “It’s sports, it happens. Is it right?

No, but it happens.”

Staff writer Keith Farner contributed to this report.

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SECTION B • SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015

Corky Kell Classic MILL CREEK 42, BROOKWOOD 7 • NORCROSS 34, VALDOSTA 31 • COLQUITT COUNTY 45, NORTH GWINNETT 14

HAWKS’ NEST

Cantorian Weems (12) of the Brookwood Broncos loses his helmet after laying a hard hit on Daniel Leconte (28) of the Mill Creek Hawks during Saturday’s Corky Kell Classic football game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Mill Creek debuts in Dome with rout of Broncos

By Will Hammock

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ATLANTA — Going into Saturday’s Corky Kell Classic matchup, Mill Creek had one distinct disadvantage against Brookwood, which plays at least one football game in the Georgia Dome every year.

The Hawks don’t get to the Atlanta venue nearly as often, even for Atlanta Falcons games, concerts or monster

MORE INSIDE • Peachtree Ridge edged by Tennessee’s Christ Presbyterian, 5B • A recap of Friday night’s high school football action, 5B

truck shows. The program’s first game in the Dome was also the first visit for many players.

“Yes, yes, yes (there were Dome jit-

ters),” Mill Creek head coach Shannon Jarvis said. “I asked the kids Monday or Tuesday about (the Dome) and they had this blank stare. We talked about it. We can’t hide where they’re playing. I asked how many have never been to the Dome and I had about 30 kids raise their hands that they’ve never even been in that facility. At that point, I immediately regretted the question. I wish I had known. We tried to get over here in the summer for a practice (but

we couldn’t).

“The kids played fast, even through the mistakes. That’s the thing I was more worried about, coming out here and being slow. Even though we were making mistakes, we were playing fast.”

That energy carried the Hawks through a slightly sloppy first half. And when they got more comfortable, it was See HAWKS, Page 4B

Blue Devils win wild one State champs Norcross regroups to beat Valdosta in the Dome

By Paul Thomas

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ATLANTA — After giving up an 80-yard touchdown pass on the second play of the game, followed by an 84-yard touchdown drive, the Norcross defense looked like it might be in for a long day Saturday against Valdosta at the Georgia Dome in the Corky Kell Classic.

But the Blue Devils settled down after the first two possessions and only allowed two more scoring drives the rest of the day from the Wildcats.

Norcross recovered four fumbles in the game, while also turning the ball over four times itself on offense, and got an 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Jacobe Burrell as it held on to defeat Valdosta 34-31.

Quarterback Baron Radcliff ran for touch-

Valdosta’s Seth Shuman (17) gets rid of the ball before being hit by Norcross’ Jalen Pinkney (44) and Monty Montgomery (20) during Saturday’s 2015 Corky Kell Classic game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

downs of 57 and 42 yards as he finished with 130 yards rushing, while also connecting with Jordan Palmer for a 23-yard score.

The junior also threw an interception and fumbled twice in the up-and-down

season opener.

“I was proud of the way they came out after an adverse play when it should have been a pick-six and it turns into a touchdown for them,” Norcross head coach Keith Maloof said.

“Those are things that can be corrected and we got better as the game went on, defensively especially.

I know you don’t ever say you played great defense when you give up (31) points, but I thought our guys did some great things today.

“We’ve just got to keep people out of the end zone.

Overall, defensively we got better and on offense we just need to clean up.

We’ve got to get rid of the mistakes and clean things up and I think we’ll be OK and we’ll just get better.”

The game started off at a lightning-quick pace. On the second play, Valdosta scored on an 80-yard touchdown pass from Seth Shurman to a streaking Tim Griffin.

Norcross responded on its first play from scrimmage as Radcliff escaped See NORCROSS, Page 4B

roll past North

By Scott Smith

champion Colquitt County in the Corky Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome on Saturday to kick off their ATLANTA — Since season, the Bulldogs fell coming to North Gwinnett behind early and couldn’t in 2006, head coach Bob catch up as the Packers Sphire has amassed 99 took home a 45-14 win. wins. No. 100 will have Colquitt’s offense to wait at least one more efficiently put together week.

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North Gwinnett’s Cade Fortin (6) walks back to the sideline as Colquitt’s Ja’Quain Blakely (48) celebrates with teammates during Saturday’s Corky Kell Classic in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

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Prep schedule

SOFTBALL

Monday

4:30 p.m. — Discovery at Central 5 p.m. — GAC at Berkmar 5:30 p.m. — Columbia at Meadowcreek 5:30 p.m. — West Forsyth at Buford 6 p.m. — Dacula at Apalachee 6 p.m. — Lanier at Mountain View

SOFTBALL

VOLLEYBALL

5 p.m. — Buford at Northview 5 p.m. — Duluth, Archer at Berkmar 5 p.m. — Meadowcreek, Gainesville at Lanier 5 p.m. — Mill Creek, Creekview at Milton 5 p.m. — North, Central at Dacula 5 p.m. — Shiloh, Sprayberry at Decatur 6 p.m. — Collins Hill, Parkview at Peachtree Ridge 6 p.m. — Discovery, Madison Co. at Cedar Shoals 6 p.m. — GAC, South at Grayson 6 p.m. — Hebron, Athens Christian at Providence

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From Staff Reports Just minutes before he kicked off his senior season — a 49-21 win for Archer over North Paulding — Super Six selection Dylan Singleton

New York came back from an early 14-0 deficit to beat Atlanta on Friday in East Rutherford, N.J. Matt Ryan guided Atlanta to two touchdowns in his only series to stake the Falcons to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.

Ryan threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Leonard Hankerson and finished 4 of 5 for 75 yards. Most of the yards came on a 60yard hookup with Collin Mooney.

The Falcons’ opening touchdown came on a 4-yard run by rookie Terron Ward.

The Jets rallied in the second quarter to take a 16-14 lead at halftime.

First-round draft pick Leonard Williams sacked T.J. Yates in the end zone, Chris Ivory ran 33 yards for a touchdown, Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a twopoint conversion pass to Brandon Marshall, and Nick Folk kicked 36- and 29-yard field goals.

Ivory finished with 36 yards on five carries.

In the third quarter, Bryce Petty threw a 13yard touchdown pass to

Today

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BEACH VOLLEYBALL

2:30 — World Series. From Long Beach, Calif. NBC

CYCLING

4 p.m. — U.S. Pro Challenge, Stage 7. From Golden to Denver. NBC

GOLF

3 p.m. — U.S. Amateur Championship, Final Round.

From Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Ill. FOX 3 p.m. — PGA Tour Golf Wyndham Championship, Final Round. From Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. CBS

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

11 a.m. — World Series, Double Elimination: Teams TBA. From Volunteer Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. ESPN 3 p.m. — World Series, Double Elimination: Teams TBA. From Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. ABC 5 p.m. — World Series, Double Elimination: Teams TBA. From Volunteer Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. ESPN 7:00 — World Series, Double Elimination: Teams TBA. From Howard J. Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. ESPN2

MLB

2 p.m. — Atlanta at Chicago Cubs FSSO 2 p.m. — Los Angeles Dodgers at Houston TBS 8 p.m. — San Francisco at Pittsburgh ESPN

NFL

8 p.m. — Preseason St. Louis at Tennessee FOX

SOCCER

8 a.m. — English Premier League West Bromwich Albion FC vs Chelsea FC USA 9:30 a.m. — Bundesliga FC Ingolstadt 04 vs Borussia Dortmund FS1 11 a.m. — English Premier League Everton FC vs Manchester City FC NBCSP 3 p.m. — MLS New York City FC at Los Angeles Galaxy ESPN 1 p.m. — ATP Western & Southern Open, Men’s Final.

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gia and Ohio State.

“I am excited to announce that I am committing and spending my next four years at Duke University,” he posted on his page.

The 5-foot-11, 180-pound defensive back

was the Daily Post’s defensive player of the year last season as he recorded 142 tackles. His brother Deondre Singleton, an Archer grad, is a junior for the Blue Devils and will start this season at safey.

New York Jets linebacker Jamari Lattimore (54) runs with the ball after his interception during the first half of Friday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons in East Rutherford, N.J. (Photo: Ed Mulholland/USA TODAY Sports)

DeVier Posey and Rontez Miles ran 57 yards after a fumble recovery to complete New York’s scoring.

Fitzpatrick was 13 of 19 for 118 yards. Petty completed 12 of 19 passes for 168 yards.

Jets wide receiver Jeremy Kerley and two teammates suffered concussions in the game.

New York head coach Todd Bowles announced the news after the 30-22 preseason win over the Atlanta Falcons at MetLife Stadium.

Running back Daryl Richardson and safety Du-

rell Eskridge also left the game with concussions.

Kerley, who suffered a concussion with the Jets in 2013, had two catches for 38 yards against the Falcons. He is competing to be the Jets’ No. 3 receiver behind Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker.

Jets wide receiver Shaquelle Evans suffered a sprained back in the game, while offensive tackle Ben Ijalana had a knee injury and defensive back Dashaun Phillips a rib injury.

Meanwhile, Bowles was not pleased with all of the

penalty flags his team drew in the second preseason game. The Jets ended up with 17 penalties, 10 in the first half, for a total of 125 yards.

“You ain’t going to win no ballgames having 17 penalties,” Bowles said.

“Effort was great, penalties were terrible. That was way more than imagined.

We got better in some areas. We got worse there.

We’ve got to clean that up.

“Hopefully we learn from penalties this week.

We’ve got to get better every week. We’ve got to progress next week.

Hopefully, the penalties go down. We’re going to work our asses off on it and we’ll go from there.”

Fitzpatrick, who took over as the Jets’ starting quarterback when IK Enemkpali broke Geno Smith’s jaw last week, completed 13 of 19 pass attempts for 118 yards.

“I think it was an upand-down performance, it was nice to get the touchdown at the end there,” Fitzpatrick said. “I feel like personally, I missed a few reads. There’s a lot of things I think I can learn from and get better from.”

Bills’ Dareus would sign franchise tag The Sports Xchange

TENNIS

announced on his Twitter page that he is committed to play football for Duke University on Friday.

The four-star prospect, who plays both ways for the Tigers, chose the Blue Devils over finalists Geor-

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4:45 p.m. — Hebron at Providence 5 p.m. — GAC at Pace 5:30 p.m. — Collins Hill at Duluth 5:30 p.m. — Discovery at Loganville 5:30 p.m. — Wesleyan at Holy Innocents’ 6 p.m. — Brookwood at Parkview 6 p.m. — Central at Grayson 6 p.m. — Dacula at Archer 6 p.m. — Norcross at Mill Creek 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at North 6 p.m. — South at Shiloh 7 p.m. — Lanier at Gainesville

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Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Marcell Dareus would sign the franchise tag contract next year if he doesn’t get a long-term agreement.

Dareus softened his comments Saturday after earlier expressing displeasure about the Bills’ latest contract offer.

“I’m not necessarily looking at Suh numbers,” Dareus told reporters after practice in Pittsford, N.Y., on Saturday, referring to Ndamukong Suh’s $114 million contract with the Miami Dolphins.

“I just want to be treated right, just like every one of us.”

Dareus told the Buffalo News after the Bills’ preseason win Thursday night in Cleveland that the team was “making it hard” in negotiations “and it’s just really making me unhappy.

I feel like they don’t really want me here.”

The 25-year-old Dareus enters the final year of his rookie contract and was offered a six-year extension worth more than $90 million, according to the Buffalo News. Dareus will earn $8.06 million this season.

The two-time Pro Bowler and the third overall selection in the 2011 draft said he would sign the franchise tag next year if needed.

“If that’s something they consider, there’s not really much I could do,” Dareus said Saturday.

“I’ll sign the papers.” of 63 games and has 202 In four seasons with the career tackles and 28 1/2 Bills, Dareus has started 60 sacks. Last year, Dareus

finished with 49 tackles and a career-best 10 sacks in 15 games.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015 • 3B

Swarm re-sign trio of veterans Woods trails From Staff Reports DULUTH — The Georgia Swarm announced Friday that it has re-signed a trio of players.

Gwinnett’s new lacrosse franchise gave defensemen Mitch Belisle and Alex Crepinsek two-year agreements, and forward Josh Gillam a one-year deal.

Belisle, 29, recorded five points (3 goals, 2 assists) and 66 loose balls in 17 games last season for the Swarm. Known for his energy and veteran leadership both on the floor as well as in the locker room, the Cornell University graduate has been a key component on the Swarm’s defensive unit over the years.

In his seven seasons in the NLL with the Swarm, Boston and New York, the 5-foot-10, 195-pound defenseman has totaled 42 points (12G, 30A) and 506 loose balls.

“We’re very happy that Mitch as an unrestricted free agent decided to stay with the Swarm,” Swarm Owner and General Man-

The Georgia Swarm announced they have re-signed defenseman Alex Crepinsek to a two-year deal Friday. (Photo: Scott Pierson/Gwinnett Swarm)

ager John Arlotta said.

“He’s a great leader and will be an important anchor to our defense for the next two years in Georgia.

He’s a tremendous locker room guy and he is a great example of the character that we want to have in our Swarm players.”

Crepinsek, 26, collected a career-high 71 loose balls to go along with seven

points (3G, 4A) during his third NLL season in 2015.

The Swarm selected the Oakville, Ontario native in the first-round (No. 10 overall) of the 2012 NLL Draft.

Having only missed one contest in three seasons (51 games played), Crepinsek has been a regular fixture on the backend for the Swarm and in that time has

tallied 49 forced turnovers.

“We’re excited to have Alex back with us for the next two years,” Arlotta said. “He’s a very dependable shut-down defenseman who is also able to quickly transition the ball up the floor and score some goals for us as well.”

Gillam, 27, missed the 2015 NLL season due to a leg injury, but has been an energetic forward for the Swarm on the left-side, totaling 60 points (21G, 39A) in 28 games from 2012-14. The Dartmouth University product has also collected 98 loose balls in that span and set personal highs in points (28) and goals (13) in 2014.

The Swarm acquired the Peterborough, Ontario native in the second-round (No. 18 overall) of the 2010 NLL Draft.

“Josh is coming off an injury and we certainly missed him last year,” Arlotta said. “He’s a lefty offensive player that will fit nicely back into our lineup after a year away from the floor.”

Treft named Gladiators broadcaster broadcasting intern for the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL. “He not only impressed DULUTH — The Gwin- us with his ability behind nett Gladiators hired Chris the mic, but also with his Treft as the club’s new experience in sales and play-by-play announcer for video production,” said Joe all regular and postseason Gelderman, the Gladiators games for 2015-16. vice president and genAs the new voice of the eral manager of business Gladiators, Treft will do operations. “We think that additional work with the Chris’ energy and passion Atlanta media, produce for the sport of hockey will in-arena entertainment ele- resonate well with our fan ments and contribute con- base.” tent to the team website.

Treft replaces Nick The Fort Wayne, Ind., Bove, who held the posinative spent last season as tion last season and was the No. 2 broadcaster for the media relations and the Adirondack Flames broadcasting assistant to of the AHL. Prior to that, David Foley in 2013-14.

Treft worked as the TV Bove said he appreciated color commentator and the fan base in Georgia,

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especially after moving to Gwinnett from the Boston area.

“Coming from one of the big hubs of hockey in Boston, I was thinking I’d have a challenge trying to electrify the fan base,” Bove said. “I was amazed at the passion they have for hockey here. The following the team has gathered is spectacular and I’d like to thank the fans for shattering that expectation. It’s been a valuable learning lesson.”

Bove is heading back to the Northeast, but plans to stay in the business.

“I’m kind of proud of the work we did, with Foley and then with (longtime director of media,

game operations and merchandising Christina Johnson),” Bove said.

“The past season we created the Gladiators Broadcast Network and it was a rousing success. You can now listen on an app on your phone while you’re at the game. It took off not only with our fan base, but in other sites as well. We started it here and now it’s spreading.

“Another thing was the Flames jersey. We couldn’t have asked for a better response and it gained some national attention as well.

I was happy to be part of something like that and doing some good work in what was a hard season for everybody.”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Georgia’s Scott-Wesley injured again The Sports Xchange Senior wide receiver Justin Scott-Wesley of Georgia sustained a right knee injury earlier this week during practice and coach Mark Richt told reporters on Saturday that the news is not good.

Richt said Scott-Wesley definitely will miss the Bulldogs’ opener on Sept.

5 and might be out longer than that.

“I’m not sure we’ll see Justin for awhile, if at all,” Richt said.

This is the third significant injury to ScottWesley’s right knee. In 2013, he tore his right ACL. This summer, ScottWesley underwent an arthroscopic procedure to repair his right meniscus, but returned in time for preseason practice.

Vols’ Gaulden out for season Tennessee defensive back Rashaan Gaulden has a broken foot and will miss the season, head coach Butch Jones announced Saturday.

Jones said the sophomore got “tripped up” during a punt return drill Thursday.

“Rashaan meant so much to us, not only from a defensive standpoint, but on special teams as well,” Jones said after Saturday’s practice.

The 6-foot-1, 178-pound Gaulden played primarily on special teams in 11 games as a freshman last season. He was expected to start at nickel cornerback this season.

The Volunteers already have lost two offensive linemen — guards Marcus Jackson and Austin Sand-

ers — to season-ending biceps injuries this preseason.

Tennessee opens the 2015 season at home against Bowling Green on Sept. 5.

Gators suspend trio for opener The Florida Gators and new coach Jim McElwain will be without three players for the season opener against New Mexico State.

Defensive lineman Alex McCalister, defensive back Marcus Maye and wide receiver Latroy Pittman will sit out the Sept. 5 game — McElwain’s first as Florida’s head coach — after violating university athletic association policy.

McCalister and May are projected starters for the Gators.

QB Town transfering to Arkansas Quarterback Ricky Town, who left the USC program last weekend, reportedly will transfer to Arkansas, where he will compete for the starting job next year.

Town will sit out this season and have four years of NCAA eligibility starting in 2016, ESPN’s Joe Schad reported.

“If I was going to transfer, I wanted to do it immediately as to not lose two years of eligibility,” Town told Schad. “I’m excited to compete and to help Arkansas win games.

It’s a long journey.”

Fifth-year senior Brandon Allen is the Razorbacks’ quarterback this season.

A four-star recruit from Ventura, Calif., Town originally committed to Alabama but changed his

mind and enrolled at USC in January. He then told coach Steve Sarkisian last Sunday that “he wanted to move on.”

chu punched her in the head several times, choked her, physically restrained her from leaving and had a reputation for having a violent temper, according Drug arrest costs to ESPN.com.

Clemson kicker 3 games Ukwuachu never played Clemson will be without a game for Baylor after kicker Ammon Lakip for transferring from Boise its first three games this State in 2013. Boise State season after an offseason had dismissed him for drug arrest. an unspecified violation Tigers coach Dabo of team rules. He was Swinney said Thursday ineligible due to NCAA that the 21-year-old senior transfer rules in 2013 and will miss games against suspended for the 2014 Wofford on Sept. 5, Apseason. palachian State on Sept. 12 Former Boise State and Louisville on Sept. 17. coach Chris Petersen told Lakip will be eligible to ESPN that he advised Bayreturn for a Oct. 3 game lor coach Art Briles of Sam against Notre Dame. Walk- Ukwuachu’s violent past on redshirt freshman Greg before the player transHuegel will replace Lakip. ferred to play for the Bears in 2013.

Baylor’s Ukwuachu In a statement, Petersen sentenced to six months said he initiated a telephone Baylor defensive end call with Briles after UkSam Ukwuachu was wuachu was dismissed from sentenced to six months in Boise State’s team. Petersen jail and 10 years of felony was the Broncos’ coach probation Friday for sexu- from 2006 to 2013 and is ally assaulting a fellow about to begin his second student-athlete in 2013. season at Washington.

A jury in the 54th State “After Sam UkwuaDistrict Court in Waco, chu was dismissed from Texas, convicted Ukwuathe Boise State football chu, 22, of one count of program and expressed an sexual assault and had interest in transferring to recommended probaBaylor, I initiated a call tion. Judge Matt Johnson with coach Art Briles,” handed down the senPetersen said in the statetence, which also includes ment. “In that conversa400 hours of community tion, I thoroughly apprised service. Ukwuachu could Coach Briles of the have received up to 20 circumstances surrounding years in prison.

Sam’s disciplinary record Prosecutors said Ukand dismissal.” wuachu sexually assaulted Petersen’s statement a former Baylor women’s contradicts what Briles soccer player at his Waco told reporters. Briles said apartment in October he spoke with Petersen 2013. Ukwuachu said the personally, but was not inencounter was consensual. formed of any past violent During the trial, a incident prior to accepting former girlfriend at Boise Ukwuachu’s transfer to State testified that Ukwua- Baylor.

Gore by 2 shots The Sports Xchange GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jason Gore is in position for another lateseason success story.

Gore used a strong finishing stretch on Saturday to post an 8-under-par 62 and grab the lead from Tiger Woods in the third round of the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club.

Gore often puts together better results late in the season, something that he said is difficult to explain.

“Maybe I’m a slow learner,” said Gore, who has known Woods since their days playing junior golf in Southern California. “I don’t know. I’ve always done that. Maybe I just bring up my focus.

I wish I had a better answer, but maybe I just start to bear down a little bit and focus and maybe I just stink early.

“My approach today was to hit my first tee shot, go find it and hit it again. I wish I had a better explanation for the way I played today, but I just went out and played golf. I didn’t worry about where I was in the FedEx Cup standings or anything else.

“The greens were fast, really rolling well. I made some putts early and just went from there.”

Gore, whose only PGA Tour victory came in the 2005 84 Lumber Classic, sat at 15 under, two strokes ahead of Woods, Jonas Blixt of Sweden, who also shot 62, and Scott Brown, who had a 66.

Woods lipped out a six-foot par putt on the 18th hole, souring a round of 68. That kept him out of the final twosome on Sunday with Gore.

“It was a grind,” said Woods, who must at least finish second to have a chance to qualify for the Barclays, the FedEx Cup playoffs opener next week.

“I kept leaving myself in tough spots above the hole. … I had to putt too defensively because of it.”

Gore had birdies on four of his final seven holes to take the lead.

“I like that there are scoring opportunities, but you have to hit good shots to do it,” he said.

Woods, who had the tournament lead outright for the first time when he birdied the first hole of the third round, will be in the second-to-last pairing when he tees off today.

Gore said he has known Woods since about age 12.

“I’m probably the biggest Tiger Woods fan ever,” Gore said. “I think it’s awesome to see him playing well again, to see him playing like Tiger Woods, because that’s what we all want to see.”

Blixt climbed 30 spots up the leaderboard with his 62 and reserved a spot with Gore in the final pairing today. Brown will play with Woods.

“If I can keep the same mindset, I think I’m in a very good spot,” Blixt said.

Record crowds have been on hand as Woods attempts to put a positive spin on a season that has been disappointing.

“I’m having a good time,” Woods said. “It helps to play better and the atmosphere is incredible. The people are so nice and supportive. It’s just a lot of fun to play in front of them.”

Earlier in the third round, Woods was in danger of dropping from the lead on No. 10, but his par-saving putt of about 16 feet kept him among the leaders. He was within one stroke of Gore after a birdie on No. 16.

Gore surged into the lead with his strong back nine.

Woods, who had scores of 64 and 65 in the first two rounds, has won all previous PGA Tour events when he has started with two rounds of 65 or better.

Tom Hoge, who shared the 36-hole lead as he played alongside Woods, shot 72 on Saturday and slipped to a tie for 21st.

Webb Simpson, who won the 2011 Wyndham, carded a 64 and was three shots back in a tie for fifth with Brandt Snedeker (67), who won the tournament in 2007, Jim Herman (66), Paul Casey (66) of England and Cameron Percy (67) of Australia.

Carl Pettersson of Sweden, who won the tournament in 2008, was the only golfer in the field without a bogey this week until the par-4 ninth, where his second shot was long. His chip back idled short of the green and he had to scramble for bogey.

Pettersson responded with birdies on the next three holes. He ended up with 68, sitting in a tie for 10th place four strokes back.

Notes: Erik Compton, a co-leader after the first round, withdrew Saturday citing a foot injury. He had dropped to 42nd place after a second-round 74. … Today’s round marks the last round to determine the 125-golfer field for FedEx Cup playoffs.

Charl Schwartzel was the ultimate bubble golfer with a No. 125 ranking entering the tournament.

He was in good shape at 11 under and tied for 10th place through three rounds. … Three of the eight previous FedEx Cup champions have played in this tournament the week preceding the playoffs.

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4B • SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015 •From Page 1B for a 57-yard touchdown run down the right side.

The Wildcats found paydirt again on the ensuing possession as Shurman capped off a 10-play, 84yard drive with a four-yard TD pass to J.J. Strickland.

A Radcliff interception led to a field goal and a 17-7 lead for Valdosta.

Radcliff bounced back from the pick and led Norcross on an eight-play, 73yard touchdown drive. The junior signal-caller threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Palmer to make it 17-14 with 1:52 left in the half.

Forcing the Wildcats to settle for three after they took over on the Norcross 23 seemed to give the Blue Devils’ defense some life.

On Valdosta’s next five possessions, Norcross forced three three-andouts and recovered two fumbles.

Norcross cashed in on the second Wildcat turnover as Max Tracey, who entered the game on the previous series, connected with Robert Sims for a quick score and Norcross’

Norcross capped by a three-yard Strickland run with 1:03 left in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter the Norcross defense was in full control, forcing two punts and a fourth fumble.

Linebacker Chris Allen led the way with 10 tackles and a forced fumble in all.

Robert Beal recorded two tackles for loss and forced and recovered a pair of fumbles.

Darral Porter and Kendrec Grady also recovered fumbles for Norcross.

Maloof said the difference for the defense after its early struggles was that guys like Allen, Beal and Jalen Pinkney were able to Norcross’ Chris Allen (7) sacks Valdosta’s Seth Shuman (17) during Saturday’s Corky put pressure on Shuman.

Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: David Welker) “We let (Shuman) extend the play way too first lead of the game at an answer for the Wilding it for a touchdown much in the first quarter,” 21-17 with 2:21 remaining cats’ big play. This time was big for us. That was Maloof said. “On one in the half.

Burrell returned the ensu- a huge, huge turnaround drive we let him extend In the second half, Nor- ing kickoff 89 yards down for us in the game when the play two or three times cross extended the lead on the left side for a touchmomentum was fixing to and we’re not that kind Radcliff’s 42-yard touchdown and a 34-24 lead. go their way.” of team. Any time you down run, but the extra “I think it was huge,” The Blue Devil defense let a guy extend the play, point was blocked to make Maloof said. “I think it forced two straight punts somebody is eventually it 27-17. was really big responding after the kick returns, but going to come open. Those Valdosta responded with after they had returned one the offense fumbled it are the things that have got a 99-yard kickoff return by where the kick was as per- away on consecutive posto be corrected. We’ve got Jayce Rogers to make it a fect as we want it, pinned sessions before Valdosta to keep him in the pocket, three-point game. in that corner, and we just was able to put together can’t let him run out, Norcross once again had let him out. Jacobe return- a 46-yard touchdown run things like that.”

NORCROSS 34, VALDOSTA 31 Norcross Valdosta

14 7 13 0 — 34 17 0 14 0 — 31

FIRST QUARTER Valdosta: Tim Griffin 80 pass from Seth Shuman (Tyshon Neal kick), 11:43 Norcross: Baron Radcliff 57 run (Cole Hanna kick), 11:24 Valdosta: J.J. Strickland 4 pass from Shuman (Neal kick), 4:32 Norcross: Jordan Palmer 23 pass from Radcliff (Hanna kick), 1:52 Valdosta: Neal 33 field goal, 4:32 SECOND QUARTER Norcross: Robert Sims 22 pass from Max Tracey (Hanna kick), 2:13 THIRD QUARTER Norcross: Radcliff 42 run (kick blocked), 7:49 Valdosta: Jayce Rogers 99 kickoff return (Neal kick), 7:34 Norcross: Jacobe Burrell 89 kickoff return (Hanna kick), 7:16 Valdosta: Strickland 3 run (Neal kick), 1:03 FOURTH QUARTER None

NOR VAL First downs 15 17 Rushes-yards 45-222 32-85 Passing-yards 58 234 Compt-ATT-INT 5-14-1 16-34-0 Fumbles lost 7-4 6-4 Penalties-yard 6-62 10-85 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Norcross: Baron Radcliff 16-130; Michael Cole 3-53; Necholas Sermons 14-47; Omar Sinclair 6-24. Valdosta: Deangelo Williams 12-59; Tim Griffin 7-25; J.J. Strickland 8-24.

PASSING — Norcross: Barond Radcliff 3-8-1, 27; Max Tracey 2-6, 31.

Valdosta: Seth Shuman 16-33, 234.

RECEIVING — Norcross: Robert Sims 1-78; Jordan Palmer 1-23; Jacobe Burrell 1-9; Omar Sinclair 1-6. Valdosta: Bo Rodemaker 3-52; Jontae Baker 3-41; Jamarcus Tyson 2-28; J.J. Strickland 2-4.

North

•From Page 1B seven scoring drives, aided in part by three North turnovers that led to 17 points, and put the game out of reach with 21 straight points in the third quarter.

“We knew coming in (Colquitt) was going to be a good football team,” Sphire said. “Some of the mistakes we made can be corrected pretty easily but we’ve got a lot of growing up to do and this is one of those games that can test your character.”

Colquitt quarterback Chase Parrish put together a solid night, finishing with 197 yards on 16 of 28 passing with one interception.

North countered with sophomore Cade Fortin, who put forth a solid effort in his first start, finishing 12-for-18 with 110 yards and no interceptions against a stout Packer defense.

“His composure was good and I thought he played well,” Sphire said of Fortin. “A lot of the decisions he made were the right ones, but everyone else has to execute along with him. There’s obviously a few things he can get better at but he gave us a chance.”

Colquitt wasted no time in grabbing the lead as the Packers took their opening possession and went 57 yards on five plays.

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COLQUITT COUNTY 45, NORTH GWINNETT 14 Colquitt North

14 10 21 0 — 45 0 7 7 0 — 14

FIRST QUARTER Colquitt: Nathaniel Powell 8 run (Luis Martinez kick) 1:41 Colquitt: Rafael Merritt 17 run (Martinez kick) 3:50 SECOND QUARTER Colquitt: Kiel Pollard 2 run (Martinez kick) 2:48 North: Josh Imatorbhebhe 49 pass from Trevor Deyton (Manuel Herrera kick) 1:23 Colquitt: Martinez 44 FG :00 THIRD QUARTER North: Kam Pickett 1 run (Herrera kick) 10:35 Colquitt: Merrit 5 run (Martinez kick) 8:42 Colquitt: Pollard 6 pass from Chase Parrish (Martinez kick) 4:04 Colquitt: Pollard 1 run (Martinez kick) 1:10 FOURTH QUARTER None

CC NG First downs 16 10 Rushes-yards 34-109 30-86 Passing yards 230 176 Comp-Att-Int 19-32-2 1 5-23-1 Penalties-yards 4-20 4-25 Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-2

North Gwinnett’s Walker House (37) attempts to break up a pass by Colquitt’s Chase Parrish (4) during Saturday’s Corky Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

The fourth play of that drive saw Parrish connect with Kiel Pollard on a 35-yard pass to convert a third-and-six, setting up Nathaniel Powell’s 13-yard TD run.

North’s first possession of the season netted one first down and 24 yards but ended in a punt. The Bulldog defense forced Colquitt to go three and

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Colquitt: Powell 1738; Merritt 5-35; Pollard 2-3; Lee 1-(5); Lewis 4-10; Parrish 5-28. North: Pickett 14-67; Frye 5-15; Lovelace 4-18; Moore 1-1; Fortin 6-(-15).

PASSING — Colquitt: Parrish 1628-1, 197; Saunders 3-4-1, 33.

North: Fortin 12-18-0, 110; Deyton 3-5-1, 66.

RECEIVING — Colquitt: Lee 3-40; Pollard 7-129; Bonner 1-5, T. Powell 2-10; Ponder 1-11; N. Powell 1-2; Thomas 1-0; Sloan 1-16; Robinson 2-17. North: Pickett 2-(-5); Sulton 1-5; Hancock 4-48; Imatorbhebhe 4-68; Fowler 1-4; Buckley 1-44; Small 1-7; Horn 1-5.

out, but a 66-yard punt from Powell put North in a deep hole at its own 17.

Three plays later, North (0-1) was punting again and Colquitt took over on its own 47.

The next three plays were completions from Parrish — hooking up with Pollard for 15 yards, Ty Lee the ball on the North 17. for 16 and tight end Shaun Running back Rafael Bonner for 5 more — to put Merritt then finished off

the drive, racing in from 17 yards out for the TD and a 14-0 lead.

Down by two scores, the North offense continued to struggle but the defense showed signs of life.

The next Packer possession ended in its third punt of the night, while Carlos Wade halted the Packers’ next set of downs with an interception.

But the offense couldn’t take advantage of those stops as North was forced to punt after each one.

That opened the door for Colquitt, who took over with 6:53 left in the second and went 64 yards on 13 plays, killing 4:15 off the clock.

Pollard capped off that drive, driving in on a 2-yard run out of the Wildcat formation.

Sphire then rotated quarterbacks and brought in Trevor Deyton. It didn’t take long for the change to show dividends as Deyton connected with Josh Imatorbhebhe for a 49-yard TD up the middle.

With the momentum temporarily in North’s favor, Colquitt would regain it during the closing seconds of the half.

North took possession from its own 20 after Luis Martinez failed on a 60yard field goal attempt.

The first play resulted in an interception of Deyton by

Quan Singletary, eventually setting up a 44-yard field goal from Martinez as time expired for a 24-7 lead at the half.

The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff in the second half with Fortin back at the helm. The sophomore righty engineered a quick 5-play, 71-yard drive that got North back in the game.

The big moment came on the drive’s fourth play when Fortin hooked up with Horace Buckley on a 44-yard pass to get the ball to the Packer 1-yard line.

Kam Pickett, who led North in rushing with 67 yards on 14 carries, then scored on a 1-yard run and North was back within 10 at 24-14 with 10:35 left in the third.

But the Packers (1-0) put the game out of reach with touchdowns on three of their next four possessions, with Merritt’s second TD run of the night and two more scores from Pollard.

One of those scores was set up when North forced a Packer punt but a North player inadvertently touched the ball as it dribbled down field, allowing Colquitt to recover.

Another was set up on a bad snap that sailed over Fortin’s head, giving Colquitt a short field from North’s seven-yard line.

He also led the Hawks with five catches for 57 yards.

“I was proud of our special teams in this game, too,” Jarvis said. “The returns and Brenton (King) kicking every one in the end zone is big for us, too.

Obviously, the blocked punt for a touchdown. We had big plays. That’s a testament that we’ve got some players on this team playing fast.”

Brookwood lost for the fifth straight year in the Corky Kell Classic, but the first under new head coach Jones. The Broncos had some bright spots on defense led by Guillermo Luna, who had a sack and three tackles for losses.

Frank Robinson added a sack and Tyler Montgomery had an interception for a defense that limited Mill Creek to 129 rushing yards.

The new offense, more wide-open than the traditional Brookwood style, struggled to establish the running game. Angelo DiSpigna started at quarterback for the Broncos, completing 4 of 6 passes for 12 yards, but Winskie (13-for-20) got most of the snaps. Miles led Brookwood with five catches for

95 yards.

“Shannon has built a great program (at Mill Creek),” Jones said.

“They’re very physical, very opportunistic. They capitalized on a lot of our mistakes. It’s frustrating because we played good in some areas. We feel like we stopped the run fairly well. We played pretty good first- and seconddown defense. We just couldn’t get off the field on third down. We gave up some big plays.

“Offensively, we had a hard time establishing anything on the ground, that’s kind of where it starts. Once we couldn’t get anything going on the ground, we couldn’t really get anything else going.

We had a few big plays, a few bright spots. We’ve got to be more physical. We’ve just got to do a better job of running the football quite honestly.

“On special teams, we had field goal blocked in the first half, a punt blocked for a touchdown. We just had way too many special teams miscues. We’ve got to go back to work, make some corrections and get better quickly.”

Hawks •From Page 1B MILL CREEK 42, BROOKWOOD 7 Mill Creek 7 14 21 0 — 42 Brookwood 0 7 0 0 — 7 FIRST QUARTER Mill Creek: Daniel Leconte 17 run (Brenton King kick) 9:37 SECOND QUARTER Mill Creek: Leconte 1 run (King kick) 8:52 Brookwood: Dorian Miles 59 pass from Tanner Winskie (Mitch Barry kick) 7:24 Mill Creek: Miles Riley 70 pass from Cameron Turley (King kick) :16 THIRD QUARTER Mill Creek: Joe Thomas 49 blocked punt return (King kick) 8:55 Mill Creek: Riley Snyder 35 pass from Turley (King kick) 6:18 Mill Creek: Aaron Anderson 65 interception return (King kick) 3:35 FOURTH QUARTER None

MC BW First downs 14 10 Rushes-yards 40-129 27-56 Passing yards 224 148 Comp-Att-INT 13-19-1 17-26-2 Fumbles-lost 5-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 11-95 6-45 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Mill Creek: Leconte 19-69; Thomas 5-32; Anthony Presto 3-23; Jordon Clark 3-15; Edmond Graham 2-7; Turley 7-(-5); Team 1(-12). Brookwood: Jesse Brown 16-67; Matthew Hill 6-16; Angelo DiSpigna 2-(-12); Winskie 3-(-15).

PASSING — Mill Creek: Turley 13-19-1, 224. Brookwood: Winskie 13-20-2, 136; DiSpigna 4-6-0, 12.

RECEIVING — Mill Creek: Graham 5-57; Riley 2-78; Leconte 2-26; Snyder 1-35; Jack Plummer 1-12; Braxton Richburg 1-5; Tre Alston 1-1. Brookwood: Miles 5-95; Brown 4-9; Myles Scott 4-5; Hill 3-39; Spencer Lewis 1-0.

bad news for Brookwood.

Mill Creek produced points on offense, defense and special teams Saturday and rolled to a 42-7 victory, spoiling the debut of first-year Bronco head coach Philip Jones. A 70yard touchdown pass from Cameron Turley to Miles Riley just seconds before halftime upped the Hawks’ lead to 21-7, then they cruised in the second half.

Turley completed 13 of 19 passes (to seven different receivers) for 224 yards and two TDs in his first varsity start, while running back Daniel Leconte ground out 69 yards and two TDs on 19 carries.

Turley’s other TD pass was a 35-yarder to Riley Snyder.

It wasn’t the cleanest offensive performance — most of the 11 penalties for 95 yards were offensive — but the Mill Creek defense more than made up for it.

“We were fast. We were physical. We tackled,” Mill Creek linebacker Aaron Anderson said. “Our open field tackling was great. It was all because of Coach (Bill) Stewart getting to us

Chase Turner (7) of the Mill Creek Hawks lifts Dorian Miles (2) of the Brookwood Broncos off the ground while making a tackle during Saturday’s Corky Kell Classic at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

in practice and making sure we do everything right.”

Anderson’s 65-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter was Mill Creek’s final score, and teammate Jonathon Gipson also had an interception. Tyler Vernon (sack, tackle for loss), Victor Heyward (sack), Sidney Otiwu (half sack) and Peyton Moore (half sack) also were among the defensive standouts.

Brookwood’s Tanner Winskie threw for 136 yards, but 59 of it came on

a second-quarter TD pass to Dorian Miles. Brookwood running back Jesse Brown, a Northwestern signee, finished with 16 rushes for 67 yards, but had only 11 carries for 20 yards until the final drive against Mill Creek’s reserves.

Edmond Graham also impacted the game in various ways, particularly on special teams. He blocked a Brookwood field goal attempt and later blocked a punt that teammate Joe Thomas scooped up and returned 49 yards for a TD.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015 • 5B

Lions can’t overcome early hole in 35-21 loss

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

SUWANEE — Too little, too late.

That popular phrase is probably the best way to describe the feelings of many around Peachtree Ridge’s football program after the Lions’ 35-21 loss to Tennessee powerhouse Christ Presbyterian on Saturday at Peachtree Ridge Community Stadium.

In particular, it took the Peachtree Ridge (0-1) offense until the fourth quarter before it really was able to get going against a stout defensive unit from CPA. Combined with a grind it out running game, the visitors from suburban Nashville, Tenn., and reigning Class AAA state champs were able to put Peachtree Ridge in an early hole it was never really able to climb out of despite outgunning CPA in total offense 321-247.

“They’re a really good football team,” Peachtree Ridge coach Mark Fleetwood said. “My hat’s off to Christ Presbyterian. We didn’t play well, and they had something to do with it. So, I give them a bunch of credit.

“There was no sense of urgency (from Peachtree Ridge) early in the game. … The thing that bothered me was that we were very undisciplined all the way around on the field — ev-

Peachtree Ridge’s Baylen Buchanan (5) tackles Christ Presbyterian’s Wallace Barrett (25) at the line of scrimmage during Saturday’s game. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

ery unit, offense, defense, special teams. … At the end of the game, all that (success) is fine and dandy, but we didn’t win the game. … There were some good things in the game, but we’ve got a ways to go.”

It looked like the guests from Brentwood, Tenn., would dominate in the early going.

The visiting Lions took the opening kickoff and methodically marched 61 yards in 14 plays, aided by a pair of Peachtree Ridge penalties, and drained 6:19

off the clock.

All but one of those plays came on the ground, including the final 2-yard run by John Orr, who lined up as the quarterback in the wildcat formation and dove in to put Christ Presbyterian up 6-0 following an unsuccessful extra point with 5:34 left in the first quarter.

From there, the two defenses dominated, limiting their opposing offenses to just a combined 110 yards and eight first downs.

Peachtree Ridge had field position inside CPA

territory three times in the first half.

However, a bad snap on a shotgun snap, though recovered, and a Scott Jacobs sack of Connor Heyward thwarted the first possession, while the Lions failed to gain a first down on the other two, leaving CPA with the same 6-0 lead heading into intermission.

But as was the case in the first half, CPA was able to strike first, and early, in the second half.

This time it was a Peachtree Ridge turnover — Chip Omer’s interception of Heyward and 11yard return to the Lions’ 23-yard line — that set CPA up in business.

It took the visiting Lions just three plays to cash in, with Wallace Barrett scoring from 11 yards out, followed by Zach Weatherly’s two-point conversion run that pushed CPA’s lead to 14-0 with 9:52 left in the third quarter.

Peachtree Ridge finally got something going offensively on its next possession, but it seemed like every time the Lions were able to make something happen, CPA had a quick answer.

The first example came after big runs by Malik Staples and Marquez Jackson helped Peachtree Ridge chew up 80 yards in just four plays, with Staples taking the ball the final 10 yards for a score that pulled the Lions to within 14-7 with 8:51 left

TD pass from Heyward to Chad Clay and 6-yard scoring run from Heyward CPA 6 0 15 14 — 35 helped cut a 21-point defiPTR 0 0 7 14 — 21 cit to just 28-21 with 3:01 FIRST QUARTER to play, Peachtree Ridge CPA: John Orr 2 run (kick failed), had all three timeouts left 5:34 SECOND QUARTER and time to pull off the None comeback if they could’ve THIRD QUARTER CPA: Wallace Barrett 11 run (Zach come up with a stop.

Weatherly run), 9:52 But the defense, which PR: Malik Staples 10 run (Zaniel Phillips kick), 8:51 played well most of the CPA: Barrett 93 kickoff return (Harnight, had been worn down rison Myers kick), 8:32 FOURTH QUARTER by the CPA offense, and CPA: Orr 1 run (Myers kick), 10:05 Weatherly took advantage, PR: Chad Clay 19 pass from Conbreaking free on thirdnor Heyward (Phillips kick), 7:34 PR: Heyward 6 run (Phillips kick), and-3 for a 45-yard touch3:01 down run that extended the CPA: Weatherly 45 run (Myers kick), 1:55 lead to 35-21 with 1:55,

and essentially put the

CPA PTR First downs 14 13 game away.

Rushes-yards 50-192 33-148 “They did it on (the Passing yards 71 173 Att.-Comp.-INT 6-10-0 12-22-2 kickoff return), and they Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-1 did it again on the (last) Penalties-yards 10-101 11-90 drive,” Fleetwood said of INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CPA’s ability to answer.

RUSHING — Christ Presbyterian: “That’s a good football Barrett 18-80, Weatherly 3-56, Chip Omer 18-42, John Orr 9-16, team. There’s no question TEAM 2-(-2). Peachtree Ridge: in my mind we’re betMarquez Jackson 7-68, Staples 6-48, Heyward 17-48, Stephon ter than what we played Bailey 1-(-1), Clay 1-(-2), TEAM (Saturday) night. But then 1-(-13). again, I don’t know that. I PASSING — Christ Presbyterian: Weatherly 5-9-0, 41; Omer 1-1-0, think we are, but haven’t 30. Peachtree Ridge: Heyward 12seen it yet, and I would 22-2, 177.

RECEIVING — Christ Presbytehope that we come back to rian: Joseph Richard 3-51, Price practice with the idea that Perdue 2-13, Jacob Webster 1-7.

Peachtree Ridge: DeAngelo Gibbs we want to get better.”

4-33, Christian Sutton 2-51, Clay The Lions did get better 2-37, Malik Robinson 2-27, Cam Brown 1-6. late in the game, with Heyward finishing 12-of-22 in the third quarter. passing for 173 yards with But on the ensuing kick- a touchdown and three off, Barrett took the ball on interceptions while Staples his own 7, found a seam up and Jackson combined for the right sideline and dashed 116 yards on 13 carries.

93 yards for a touchdown But they weren’t able that pushed the CPA lead to to keep up with the CPA 21-7 just 13 seconds later at running game of Barrett, the 8:38 mark.

Omer and Weatherly, who Then, after a 19-yard rolled up 178 of the team’s Christ Presbyterian 35, Peachtree Ridge 21

FRIDAY NIGHT RECAP

Dacula rallies from 15 points down to stun Eagles From Staff Reports SUWANEE — Trailing by 15 points at the half, Dacula head coach Tommy Jones’ message to his team was simple — “win every play.”

More often than not, that’s exactly what the Falcons did as they came all the way back for a 3622 win over host Collins Hill to start the season in dramatic fashion.

Dacula used an 85-yard kickoff return by Chase Isler, a pick-six by Ty Harris and another interception

by Jaylon Jones to stun the Eagles.

“Just really proud of the resiliency of our guys,” Jones said. “We have a lot of young guys that haven’t played a lot of football before, and at halftime the message was just to continue playing every single play, trying to win every play. Ignore the scoreboard and let that take care of itself. I thought our guys did a great job of just coming back and playing with great effort in the second half.”

Down 22-7 at halftime, Isler got Dacula within a one-possession game on the opening play of the second half. He broke to his left and out-ran the entire Collins Hill coverage team to make it 22-14.

In the second half, the Eagles struggled to move the ball as the Dacula defense settled in. Georgia Tech commit Jakob Brashear took over on both sides of the ball.

He set up shop in the Collins Hill backfield, and on offense he ran for 54 yards, including a stunning 24yard touchdown with 11:48 remaining in the game.

Brashear took a handoff up the middle and bounced off several Eagles defenders who couldn’t bring down the 6-foot, 205-pound tailback. He raced to the end zone, and after a Kenny Rainey twopoint conversion, it was all square at 22.

After the two teams traded punts, a big tackle

by Collins Hill linebacker Bobby Sheehan in the Falcons’ backfield gave the Eagles the ball with 4:06

Hebron 21, East Jackson 13 DACULA — Hebron Christian downed East Jackson 21-13 for a seasonopening win Friday night.

Senior running back Steve Dubose led Hebron’s offensive charge, scoring two of the Lions’ three touchdowns and racking up more than 175 yards rushing. “(Dubose) is our stud back there,” Hebron head coach Kevin Shaffer said.

“He’s the guy we want to give it to when we pound it up the middle. Steve gives everything he has on the field. He’s always banged Dacula’s Wesley Whitehead (10) avoids being sacked by Collins Hill’s Bobby Sheehan up and fighting through (7) during Friday’s high school football game at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee. pain. He just keeps going, a (Staff Photo: David Welker) great senior leader for us.” left on the clock. five touchdows on just 15 was fun to see him get to Seven seconds later, the carries, while Will Bearden make a play like that.”

Wesleyan 56, Walker 0 Falcons had their first lead was a perfect 8-for-8 Walker’s pick six gave PEACHTREE CORsince the opening quarter. throwing the ball for 188 the Wolves (1-0) a 27-12 NERS — The biggest Harris intercepted Drew yards and two scores as lead with 3:36 left to play, senior class in Wesleyan Dinsmore and returned Archer (1-0) demonstrated and Eastern got no closer history started their final it 55 yards for the score. itself worthy of its prethan seventh as Buford season well.

Still the Eagles didn’t go season No. 1 ranking by won its 41st straight game.

Seniors accounted for all quietly. the Georgia Sports Writers 42 first-half points FriDinsmore connected with Association.

Lanier 17, Lambert 7 day night and the Wolves Canyon Slade on a tunnel In addition to the big SUGAR HILL — Lani- rolled to an 56-0 victory screen for a gain of 30 yards night by Williams and er’s Derrick Brown gained over visiting Walker in to push the ball over midBearden, the Tigers also a lot of attention during the the season opener. Cedric field. But just three players got contributions from Da- offseason as the state’s No. Lynch, mostly a standout later, Dacula came up with vis (3-70, TD) and Bryant 1 college recruit. wide receiver who was fillits second pick of the half as (3-97, TD) in the passing The Longhorns’ defening in for Banks Ramsey Jones intercepted Dinsmore game, as well as Dylan sive tackle proved it wasn’t at quarterback, accounted and returned it to the ColSingleton who carried four just hype in Friday’s 17-7 for five of the first-half lins Hill 8. times for 54 yards and ac- win over Lambert. touchdowns, three passing Dacula quarterback Wes- cumulated 83 yards on two Brown’s fumble recovand two rushing. ley Whitehead delivered punt returns. ery in the third quarter “I like playing quarterthe final blow with a twoset up the go-ahead score back, but I’ll play wherever yard touchdown run with Buford 27, and Lanier pulled away the team needs me,” said 1:03 left in the game.

Eastern Christian 20 in the fourth quarter for Lynch, who was 7 of 8 BUFORD — A senior the season-opening win. passing for 153 yards.

Archer 49, made the biggest play The 6-foot-4, 310-pound Walker was held to 93 North Paulding 21 for the revamped Buford Brown had five tackles, total yards and six first POWDER SPRINGS — lineup Friday night in a three tackles for losses, downs, most of those Though there were a few 27-20 win over Eastern four QB hurries, one sack late against the Wesleyan missteps along the way, Christian (Md.). and the pivotal fumble reserves.

Archer certainly had the Safety R.J. Walker recovery. look of the state’s No. 1 stepped in front of an Alex Morgan Kent had an Benedictine 47, Class AAAAAA through- Barker pass and returned it interception, while lineGAC 44 (2OT) out much of its season 62 yards for a touchdown backer Shaun Hunter and SAVANNAH — Greater opener against North to give the Wolves enough defensive end Michael Al- Atlanta Christian suffered Paulding. cushion to hold on for a len made some big plays. a 47-44 loss to Benedictine The offense rolled up 27-20 win over Eastern The duo had two sacks in Friday’s rematch of last 353 of their 557 offensive Christian Academy in both each and Hunter’s forced year’s Class AA state title yards in the first half, while teams’ season opener. fumble set up Brown’s game, also won by the the defense dominated the “We had so many young recovery. Lanier’s defense Cadets. second half as the Tigers guys in so many positions held Lambert to 65 yards Davis Mills hit Liam rolled to a 49-21 win in the and we were just trying to of total offense.

Sullivan with a 9-yard nightcap of Friday’s action hold together there at the Noah Thomas’ 25-yard scoring pass as time in the Corky Kell Classic end,” Buford head coach field goal off Brown’s expired in regulation, then at McEachern’s Walter H. Jess Simpson said. “What fumble recovery made it those two hooked up on Cantrell Stadium. a big time play (from 10-7, then Ashton Barnes’ the two-point conversion Junior Jamyest WilWalker). He’s one of our 43-yard TD run sealed the to force overtime. Beneliams had a huge night, great senior leaders and win. Barnes had 20 rushes dictine missed its PAT on running for 164 yards and he’s had a great summer. It for 125 yards. the first score of OT, but

GAC’s chance to win also was off the mark when a botched snap led to a missed extra point.

Brooks Buce made a field goal for GAC in the second OT, but Benedictine won it with a TD. Mills was 18-for-27 passing for 270 yards and two TDs to Sullivan, who had six catches for 83 yards.

South Forsyth 45, Mountain View 14 CUMMING — On a day to remember for Nick Bach, his Mountain View Bears opened their season in a way he’d probably rather forget.

In Bach’s head coaching debut, early turnovers, trick plays and penalties — combined with a potent South Forsyth offensive attack — led to Mountain View dropping its season-opener to the War Eagles 45-14.

Nick Harris had eight rushes for 94 yards to lead the Bears.

Walton 49, South Gwinnett 17 SNELLVILLE — South Gwinnett fell behind 35-0 at halftime to Walton on Friday and slipped to a 49-17 loss to the Raiders, who are coached by former North Gwinnett defensive coordinator Mo Dixon.

South’s scores came on a 64-yard blocked field goal return by Malik Robinson and a 10-yard pass from Seth Johnston to Bradford Evans.

Newton 46, Berkmar 12 LILBURN — Newton quarterback Romario Johnson was too much to handle for Berkmar, which lost 46-12 in the debut of new head coach Kenan Dever.

The Patriots’ Jeremiah Scott hit Chaquan Bacote for a 17-yard TD pass and Khalil Moon added a 46-yard fumble return for a score.

Wheeler 52, Duluth 6 MARIETTA — Duluth lost to Wheeler 52-6 Friday in the first game for new head coach Bob Swank.

Duluth’s lone points came on a 20-yard TD pass from Isaiah Grim to Tyler Bailey.

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Spartans earn Shelton milestone 400th win From Staff Reports ATLANTA — Greater Atlanta Christian went a perfect 4-0 on Saturday at the Top 10 Play Date at Lovett. In the process, Spartans coach Kristy Shelton notched her 400th win at the helm of the program.

GAC defeated Eagles Landing Christian 25-23, 24-26 and 15-9. A 25-19 and 25-14 win over St. Vincent’s Academy was the milestone victory. The Spartans then defeated Darlington 25-25, 25-14 and host Lovett 25-17, 2519 to improve to 10-1 on the season.

Lauren Brown had 24 kills and 19 digs while teammate Ellen Dominy added 15 kills. Jaiana Simmons contributed 13 kills and four blocks, Emily Becker had 43 digs and Cienna Townson added 19 digs and 59 assists.

VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL Mountain View wins four matches SNELLVILLE — Mountain View was a perfect 4-for-4 in its matches at the Aloha Bash at Brookwood on Saturday.

The Bears (11-3) defeated George Walton 25-17, 25-21; Lambert 25-17, 19-25 and 15-13; Allatoona 25-20, 23-25, 15-10 and swept Parkview in two sets.

Peachtree Ridge sweeps SNELLVILLE — Peachtree Ridge won all four of its matches at the Aloha Bash on Saturday.

The Lions defeated Parkview 26-24, 25-9; Grayson 25-18, 25-17; North Oconee 25-23, 25-20 and George Walton 25-16 and 25-23.

Deja Williams, Tearra Tatum, Taylor Burke, Helaina Burke and Phoenix Ream led Peachtree Ridge (9-3) to the sweep.

Wesleyan splits four matches ATLANTA — Wesleyan split its matches at the Top 10 Play Date at Lovett on Saturday. The Wolves defeated Darlington two sets to none and Savannah Country Day two sets to one.

Wesleyan fell to St. Vincent’s Academy in three sets and Athens Academy in straight sets.

Abbey Gritters led the Wolves (5-8) with 72 assists. Audrey Mangum had 49 digs and Maddie Jones chipped in with 23 kills.

Hebron Christian splits ATLANTA — Hebron Christian split its four matches at the Top 10 Play Date at Lovett on Saturday. The Lions defeated the hosts 25-22, 25-19 and Savannah Country Day 25-19, 25-21. Hebron fell to Savannah Christian and Holy Innocents’ in straight sets.

Maddie Grace Easterling had 44 digs to lead the Lions (9-5).

Kayla Eiken and Rahela Olariu each had 20 kills while Regan Long notched five aces.

SOFTBALL SOFTBALL Parkview 12, Pope 3 KENNESAW MOUNTAIN — Parkview defeated Pope 12-3 on Saturday to improve its record to 6-2 on the season.

MacKenzie Michels tossed six innings and allowed one earned run on five hits to earn the win in the circle.

Jada Lake had two hits and drove in two runs to lead the Parkview offense. Denise Teague, Lexi Walker and Destiny Beckham also had two hits.

Norcross splits twinbill HOSCHTON — Norcross defeated Lanier 4-3 but fell to Grayson 10-2 in the Hawk/Bulldog Tournament on Saturday.

Kelly Schmidt picked up the win, in relief, against Lanier.

Schmidt tossed five innings and struck out six to pace the Blue Devils.

Hanna Moran, Bubba Bradford and Jessee Hoge each had two hits in the victory.

In the loss to Grayson, Moran along with Hannah Laury and Loren Ladzinski each had a hit for Norcross (4-6).

Grayson beats Norcross, falls to Hawks HOSCHTON — Grayson defeated Norcross 10-2, but fell to Mill Creek 3-2 in the Hawk/Bulldog Tournament on Saturday.

Katlyn Smith and Kelly Bostwick combined on the win in the circle for the Rams. Brinaya Bailey had two hits and two RBIs and Conner Batchelor added two hits for Grayson.

The Rams completed the tournament 4-1 after wins over Loganville 6-4, Richmond Hill 10-4 and Lanier 5-4.

Mill Creek wins twice HOSCHTON — Mill Creek defeated Grayson 3-2 and Lanier 4-0 on Saturday in the Hawk/ Bulldog Tournament.

Skylar Heyward was the winning pitcher against Grayson, with Kaitlyn Howell picking up the two-inning save. Kaylyn Anthony had a key hit and drove in a run for the Hawks.

Mia Anderson was the winning pitcher against Lanier, tossing a complete game and striking out three. Hannah Adams collected three hits and drove in a run.

Anthony and Micayla Rood each contributed two hits to the Mill Creek (4-3) offense.

Dacula sweeps doubleheader FLOWERY BRANCH — Dacula improved to 6-0 on the

season by defeating Flowery Branch 13-4 and Richmond Hill 6-2 on Saturday in the Hawk/ Bulldog Tournament.

Haley Lambes was the winning pitcher against Flowery Branch. Aly Lord had three hits and Skyla Herbst added two hits and drove in three runs to lead the offense. Makenzie Vanderhorst and Alexis Deadwiler also had two hits apiece.

Sabrina Sieber had three hits and Vanderhorst drove in three runs to pace the offense against Richmond Hill.

Brookwood rallies to beat Greenbriar DAHLONEGA — Brookwood dropped the opener 6-0 to Walnut Grove but took the nightcap 4-1 over Greenbriar on Saturday.

Amanda Ablan pitched a complete game and struck out 12 in the victory for the Broncos.

Kayla Louie had two hits and drove in a run and Sarah Lynch drove in two runs for Brookwood (4-3).

North remains undefeated SUWANEE — North Gwinnett improved to 10-0 on the season by winning both of its games in the Hawk/Bulldog Tournament on Saturday. The Bulldogs defeated Effingham 12-0 and Shiloh 12-1 to complete the sweep.

Kylee Smith earned the win in the circle by tossing four innings, allowing one hit and striking out five.

Haley Griffith led the offense with two hits and drove in three runs. Erin Wilbur had two hits and drove in a run while Megan Smorch had two hits and had two RBIs. Chandler Dennis was the winning pitcher against Shiloh, striking out five. Makenna Dowell led North with three hits and drove in three. Lexi Young had two hits and two RBIs and Rachel Smith contributed two hits.

Shiloh drops a pair SUWANEE — Shiloh fell 12-1 to host North Gwinnett and lost 7-5 to Jackson County in the Hawk/Bulldog Tournament on Saturday.

The Generals’ Jala Myers was the tough-luck loser against Jackson County as she did not yield an earned run.

Aleese Ingram had three hits and two RBIs and Asha Watson had two hits and drove in a run.

Buford beats Eagles, Tigers FLOWERY BRANCH — Buford defeated Collins Hill 8-2 and Archer 5-3 in the Hawk/Bulldog Tournament on Saturday.

Kennedy Kotula picked up the win against Collins Hill, tossing four innings and allowing two runs. Samantha Thomas had three hits and drove in a run while Baylee Sexton drove in two runs to lead the Wolves offense.

Logan Caymol tossed six innings and allowed five hits and struck out two to earn the win against Archer.

Breanna Gutierrez had three hits and drove in a run while Thomas had a pair of hits and also drove in a run.

Gabby Benson collected two hits and scored a run for Buford (6-1).

Wesleyan defeats Creekview PEACHTREE CORNERS — Wesleyan defeated Creekview 5-2, but fell to Blessed Trinity 8-1 in a doubleheader on Saturday.

Cassie Henning was the winning pitcher against Creekview, tossing a complete game and allowing six hits while striking out seven.

Julia Childers had two hits while Savannah Sommer, Lauren Morales, Henning, Alyssa Bedard and Megan Gallagher all drove in runs.

Sommer had two hits and Morales added a double in the loss to Blessed Trinity.

FOOTBALL FOOTBALL Georgia Force wins its opener SUGAR HILL — Georgia Force, the team for home schooled athletes, defeated Augusta Christian 45-7 on Friday night.

The Force (1-0) were led by three touchdowns from Tyler Hopkins. Christian Thrift, Caleb Hardin, Jacob Matlock and Oz Faal also scored for the Force.

BOYS CROSS BOYSCOUNTRY XC Mill Creek wins Walton Stage Races LAWRENCEVILLE — Mill Creek, led by Sam Costa, won the Walton Stage Races held Saturday at Tribble Mill Park.

Costa led the Hawks with a time of 10:18.

Also running well for Mill Creek were Noah Hollis (10:26), Gavin Childers (10:40), Delaney Moore (10:45) and Eric O’Hara (10:54).

Brookwood finished second.

Providence Christian placed 13th and was led by Sammy Colugh (18:25). Andrew Duffie (18:47), Connor Allen (19:28) and Chandler Scoggins (19:44) helped pace the Storm.

XC GIRLS GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Mill Creek wins Athens meet ATHENS — Mill Creek won the Northeast Georgia Cross Country Championships held in Athens on Saturday.

Camryn Petit took home top honors in a time of 18:41, beating her sister, Hannah Petit, who finished second in a time of 18:47. Sara Scales finished 10th in 20:35, Alexandra Froh was 12th in 20:52, Marisa Petit was 16th in 21:03 and Olivia Fuller finished 21st in 21:22.

Providence Christian finished eighth behind Emily Swanigan (20:40), Sydney Hendricks (21:45) and Anna Huntington (23:05) led the Storm.

Cubs win long-ball G-Braves lose vet Young in trade battle with Braves Mets, who assigned the speedy veteran to Las Vegas of the Class AAA Pacific LAWRENCEVILLE — Coast League. The return With Gwinnett battling for was cash considerations, not an International League a player to help Gwinnett. playoff berth, it would have Young, who plays the been beneficial for the Goutfield and second base, Braves to add a player. was hitting .248 with a Instead, one was traded .349 on-base percentage in away Saturday.

67 games for the G-Braves Eric Young Jr. was dealt and had 23 stolen bases in

by Atlanta to the New York 26 attempts.

By Guy Curtright Staff Correspondent

By Sarah Trotto The Sports Xchange

CHICAGO — The wind was blowing on a warm, sunny afternoon at Wrigley Field.

The Chicago Cubs were able to reap the benefits of the conditions more than the Atlanta Braves did.

Catcher Miguel Montero and right fielder Jorge Soler hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to propel the Cubs to a 9-7 victory over the Braves on Saturday.

“I just thought, if (the Braves) hit the ball in the air, there’s a good chance it’s going out to the left side, and it could happen for you also,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. “We decided on four homers.

So we took advantage of it ourselves.”

Montero’s 12th home run of the season, a solo shot off former Cubs reliever Edwin Jackson, gave Chicago the lead.

“At the end of the day, you have to execute and keep the ball on the ground,” Jackson said.

Shortstop Addison Russell and first baseman Anthony Rizzo also homered for the Cubs, who have won 18 of 22 overall and three straight against the Braves.

Left fielder Nick Swisher homered from both sides of the plate for the Braves, who have lost six straight and 21 of 29. They are 21-46 on the road, the most losses away from home in the majors.

“In this ballpark, you always got to try to get

some more (runs),” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “The ball was carrying.”

Cubs starter Dan Haren allowed four runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings. He hasn’t pitched past the sixth inning since June 19.

“Obviously, I’d like to do better, be out there longer and stuff like that,” Haren said. “When it comes down to it, with 40-50 games left, it’s just about winning games.”

Maddon endorsed Haren despite his struggles. He has allowed 28 home runs this season.

“I like Danny a lot,” Maddon said. “I really believe he’s going to be a big help to us down the stretch.

He’s such a professional.

I like this fella. You got to love his attitude and how he goes about his business.”

Atlanta starter Williams Perez didn’t fare much better. He gave up six runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. He had lost four straight starts after coming off the disabled list July 31 after recovering from a foot contusion.

The Cubs went ahead in the first inning when center fielder Dexter Fowler led off with a triple and scored on Rizzo’s groundout to first.

Swisher hit a two-run homer to give the Braves the lead in the second.

Russell tied it on a twoout RBI single to center field in the bottom of the second.

Rizzo’s 25th home run of the season gave the Cubs a 3-2 lead in the third.

The 30-year-old started the season with Atlanta as part of a platoon in center field with Cameron Maybin, but was designated for assignment after hitting .169 and outrighted to Gwinnett.

Young has a .248 career average in the majors, but led the National League with 46 stolen bases in 2013 while playing for

Colorado and the Mets. He swiped 30 bases for New York last season although hitting only .229 and could be of value as a pinch runner in September.

To fill Young’s roster spot, the G-Braves activated outfielder Mycal Jones from the disabled list. He has played in 55 games for Gwinnett and hit .270 with four homers and 25 RBIs.

Bethancourt, Gwinnett cruise by Bats

By Guy Curtright Staff Correspondent

LAWRENCEVILLE — Hector Olivera is still figuring out third base and not fully in shape after playing little for two months while battling hamstring issues.

Because of that, it looks more and more like the Cuban’s major league debut won’t come as early as Monday in Atlanta against Colorado.

Olivera was Gwinnett’s lone position player without a hit in the G-Braves’ 10-2 victory over Louisville on Saturday night as Christian Bethancourt delivered a four-hit game with three RBIs before 6,006 at Coolray Field.

It’s not so much Olivera’s bat that needs a little more of a tuneup, though.

“Third is a position change for him and he’s still playing himself into shape,” Gwinnett manager Brian Snitker said. “He needs to be playing every day. This is the best place for him to get repetitions right now.

“As far as I know, there isn’t a set timetable to get

him up to Atlanta. Unless I find out otherwise, I expect him to be going to Charlotte with us.”

The G-Braves (69-58) go for a four-game sweep of Louisville today at 2:05 p.m. before starting a three-game series at Charlotte on Monday.

Bethancourt’s four-hit game included a double and matched the catcher’s career high. Daniel Castro had three hits and three RBIs as G-Braves banged out 16 hits.

Right-hander Victor Mateo (2-2) benefited from the offensive outburst as a shaky start, completing his six-inning outing by retiring the final 12 batters he faced.

Olivera was mainly a second baseman in Cuba and getting comfortable at third has been difficult, especially on throws.

“Every day is a learning process, but I feel a lot better,” Olivera said though a translator. “I think the more time I get there, the more confident I will get, but right now I’m building that confidence.”

Olivera is spending extra time before games

working out, with an emphasis on defense.

“He’s busting his butt,” Snitker said. “There certainly isn’t a lack of effort.

He’s putting in the time.”

The 30-year-old was 1-for-17 in five rehab games in the low minors before joining Gwinnett on Thursday and had two hits in his debut, then one in his second game.

“Every day (my timing) is getting better,” said Olivera, who is 3-for-12 with the G-Braves after going 0-for-5 on Saturday.

“I don’t feel like I’m that far off.”

Louisville (60-68) scored twice in the top of the first off Mateo, but the G-Braves batted around in the bottom of the inning against Bats starter Donn Roach (2-4) while scoring five runs.

Sean Kazmar had the biggest hit, a two-run double, while Cedric Hunter extended his hitting streak to 15 games with an RBI single.

Bethancourt’s two-out single drove in two runs in the sixth and chased Roach, who allowed seven runs on 11 hits.

The G-Braves then added three more runs in the seventh, with Castro delivering a two-run double and pinch-hitter Jordan Lennerton an RBI single.

Mateo, who didn’t make it out of the first inning in his previous start, worked six innings this time and struck out five against no walks. He allowed five hits and hit a batter.

Notes: Louisville manager Delino DeShields was ejected in the first inning after continuing to argue a safe call at second base, then Bats left fielder Adam Duvall got the thumb in the eighth after being called out on strikes. … Greg Smith (6-4, 2.46 ERA) will start today’s series finale for the GBraves against fellow lefthander Tony Cingrani (01, 1.42 ERA). Cingrani is returning to a starting role after pitching out of the bullpen in the majors with Cincinnati. … The trade of outfielder Eric Young Jr. to the New York Mets organization on Saturday and action of Mycal Jones from the disabled list gave Gwinnett 187 transactions for the season.

Tampa Bay (Ramirez 10-4) at Oakland (Gray 12-5), late Chicago White Sox (Rodon 5-5) at Seattle (Nuno 0-1), late Today’s Games Cleveland (Bauer 9-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9), 1:05 p.m.

Texas (Hamels 0-1) at Detroit (Boyd 1-1), 1:08 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-7) at Baltimore (Gausman 2-5), 1:35 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Boston (Rodriguez 7-5), 1:35 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 7-10) at L.A. Angels (Richards 12-9), 3:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6) at Oakland (Graveman 6-9), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Danks 6-10) at Seattle (Walker 8-7), 4:10 p.m.

Today’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6) at Houston (McCullers 5-4), 2:10 p.m.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Baseball Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 New York................... 65.. 56.. .537......—.... 6-4 Washington............... 61.. 61.. .500.... 4.5.... 3-7 Atlanta....................... 53.. 70.. .431..... 13.... 2-8 Miami........................ 50.. 73.. .407..... 16.... 5-5 Philadelphia.............. 49...74.. .398..... 17.... 4-6 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 St. Louis.................... 77.. 44.. .636......—.... 6-4 Pittsburgh.................. 73.. 48.. .603....... 4.... 8-2 Chicago..................... 70.. 51.. .579....... 7.....7-3 Milwaukee................. 53.. 71.. .427.. 25.5.... 5-5 Cincinnati.................. 51.. 69.. .425.. 25.5.... 2-8 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 Los Angeles.............. 67.. 55.. .549......—.... 5-5 San Francisco........... 66.. 57.. .537.....1.5.... 6-4 Arizona...................... 60.. 61.. .496.... 6.5.... 5-5 San Diego................. 60.. 62.. .492....... 7.... 8-2 Colorado................... 49.. 71.. .408..... 17.... 2-8

Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta 3 Milwaukee 10, Washington 3 San Francisco 6, Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 6, Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 7, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 14, Colorado 9 San Diego 9, St. Louis 3 Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs 9, Atlanta 7 Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 2 Washington 6, Milwaukee 1 Philadelphia 4, Miami 2 Arizona (Delgado 4-3) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 7-8), late N.Y. Mets (Niese 7-9) at Colorado (Rusin 4-5), late St. Louis (Martinez 12-5) at San Diego (Kennedy 7-11), late Today’s Games Arizona (Anderson 5-5) at Cincinnati (Iglesias 3-4), 1:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 3-1) at Miami (Conley 1-0), 1:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 6-13) at Washington (Zimmermann 9-8), 1:35 p.m.

Atlanta (Wisler 5-3) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 6-5), 2:20 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Verrett 0-0) at Colorado (Hale 3-4), 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 14-4) at San Diego (Rea 2-0), 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 9-8) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 8-6), 8:08 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 New York................... 68.. 54.. .557......—.....7-3 Toronto...................... 67.. 55.. .549....... 1.....7-3 Baltimore................... 62.. 60.. .508....... 6.... 5-5 Tampa Bay................ 61.. 61.. .500....... 7.... 5-5 Boston....................... 56.. 66.. .459..... 12.... 6-4 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Kansas City............... 73.. 48.. .603......—.... 6-4 Minnesota................. 62.. 61.. .504..... 12.... 5-5 Detroit........................ 59.. 63.. .484.. 14.5.... 5-5 Chicago..................... 57.. 63.. .475.. 15.5.... 5-5

Cleveland.................. 57.. 65.. .467.. 16.5.... 4-6 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 Houston..................... 68.. 56.. .548......—.....7-3 Los Angeles.............. 63.. 59.. .516....... 4.... 4-6 Texas......................... 63.. 59.. .516....... 4.... 8-2 Seattle....................... 56.. 66.. .459......11.... 4-6 Oakland..................... 53.. 70.. .431.. 14.5.... 2-8 Friday’s Games Minnesota 4, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 7, N.Y. Yankees 3 Texas 2, Detroit 0 Boston 7, Kansas City 2 Toronto 9, L.A. Angels 2 Tampa Bay 2, Oakland 1 Chicago White Sox 11, Seattle 4 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 6, Cleveland 2 Minnesota 3, Baltimore 2 Texas 5, Detroit 3 Kansas City (Ventura 7-7) at Boston (Barnes 3-3), late Toronto (Estrada 10-7) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 5-1), late

INTERLEAGUE AT AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday’s Games Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 Saturday’s Games Houston 3, L.A. Dodgers 1

Football National Football League Preseason Glance Saturday, Aug. 22 Miami at Carolina, late Baltimore at Philadelphia, late Chicago at Indianapolis, late New England at New Orleans, late Jacksonville at N.Y. Giants, late Oakland at Minnesota, late Denver at Houston, late San Diego at Arizona, late Today Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Tennessee, 8 p.m.

Dallas at San Francisco, 8 p.m.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2015 CONDEMNATIONS

CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS City of Loganville 4385 Pecan Street Loganville, GA 30052 US 78/SR 10 @ Brand Road Intersection Improvements Separate sealed Bids for the construction of US 78/ SR 10 @ Brand Road Intersection Improvements will be received by the City of Loganville, Georgia at Loganville City Hall located at 4385 Pecan Street, Loganville, Georgia 30052 until 2:00 P.M. local time, September 16, 2015, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. The project generally consists of intersection improvements including traffic signal modifications, concrete sidewalk, curb and gutter, storm drainage improvements, roadway widening, asphalt paving and pavement striping.

No proposal will be considered unless it is accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the Bidder holds Georgia State Contractor’s License of proper classification and in full force and effect, in compliance with Act. O.C.G.A. 43-14. Failure to provide the bidder’s Georgia Utility Contractor’s License Number on the outside of the sealed proposal will result in rejection of the bid.

The Contract Documents, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Bid, Bid Security, Agreement, General Conditions, Supplementary Conditions, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed, Change Order, Drawings, Certificate of Substantial Completion, Specifications and Addenda may be examined at the following locations: City of Loganville McGraw-Hill Online Plan Room www.conCity Hall struction.com/projectcenter/ 4385 Pecan Street Loganville, GA 30052 AGC Builders Exchange 4485 South Atlanta Road Keck & Wood, Inc. Smyrna, Georgia 30080 3090 Premiere Parkway Suite 200 CMD (formerly Reed Construction Data) Duluth, Georgia 30097 (Online Plan Room) Phone: (678) 417-4000 www.cmdgroup.com In order to assure that Bidders receive all addenda and or clarifications to the bid documents in a timely manner, it is highly recommended that all bidders obtain at least one complete set of Bid Documents directly from the Engineer. Entities that do not purchase Bid Documents from the Engineer will not be on the Engineer’s plans holder list and will not receive addenda and or clarifications to the bid documents directly from the Engineer. Bidders relying on plans rooms or other services to obtain the Bid Documents, rather than purchasing them directly from the Engineer, are doing so at their own risk. Sets of the Bid Documents may be obtained at the office of Keck & Wood, Inc., the Engineer, upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of $150.00 for each set. Bidders may also purchase a CD containing Bid Documents in PDF format for a nonrefundable fee of $25.00.

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P. F. Moon & Company, Inc. is currently accepting proposals from suppliers & subcontractors for the W B Casey WRF, Jonesboro GA project. P F Moon and Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage MBE/WBE participation. For more information regarding this project or other projects P.F. Moon & Co. is currently bidding, contact Jerry Eubanks 706.643.8064.

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CONDEMNATIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION FOR ACQUIRING PROPERTY THROUGH CONDEMNATION TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that the City of Norcross, Georgia on or about June 2, 2015 filed a petition for condemnation before Special Master in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Civil Action File No. 15A-05992-10, to acquire certain real property owned by Vosamis Properties, LLC and being recorded in the public records of Gwinnett County on page 380, record book 53036, being more particularly described as follows: TRACT 1: All that tract or parcel of land, together with the improvements located thereon, lying and being in Land Lot 243 of the 6th District of Gwinnett County, Georgia, the same being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point located on the westerly rightof-way of Britt Avenue (80 foot right-of-way) said point being 46.83 feet from the pavement centerline and at the northerly end of the miter line at the intersection of the westerly right-of-way of Britt Avenue and the northwesterly right-of-way of Buford Highway; running thence South 14 degrees 36 minutes 20 seconds West a distance of 24.10 feet along said miter line to a point located on the northwesterly right-of-way of Buford Highway, which point is 50 feet from the centerline right-of-way of Buford Highway South 47 degrees 47 minutes 7 seconds West a distance of 270.50 feet to a point, running thence North 33 degrees 6 minutes 29 seconds West a distance of 214.76 to a point located on the southerly right-ofw

way of Bostic Street (60 foot right-of-way); running thence along said right-of-way North 58 degrees 40 minutes 51 seconds East a distance of 268.93 feet to a point located on the westerly right-of-way of Britt Avenue; running thence along said right-ofway South 39 degrees 21 minutes 2 seconds East a distance of 148.22 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. TRACT 2: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 243 of the 6th District, Gwinnett County, Georgia being located in the City of Norcross, and being more particularly described in the survey by McNally, Patrick & Cole, Inc., dated May 29, 1979, recorded in Plat Book 10, Page 203, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the right-of-way on the northwest side of U.S. Highway #23, 309 feet southwest from the right-of-way of Britt Avenue; thence running South 52 degrees 37 minutes 25 seconds West a distance of 136.70 feet to an iron pin; thence running North 23 degrees 38 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 260.06 feet to an iron pin on the southeast right-of-way of Bostic Street; thence running North 64 degrees 36 minutes 49 seconds East along the right-of-way of Bostic Street a distance of 116.63 feet to an iron pin at the property of Magbee; thence running South 27 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds East a distance of 231.72 feet to an iron pin on the northwest right-of-way line of U.S. Highway #23, the same being the point of beginning.

LESS AND EXCEPT from the above described property that portion of the property conveyed by that certain Right of Way Deed from Auzie H. Barrett to Department of Transportation, dated January 27, 1989, filed for record January 31, 1989 at 4:43 p.m., recorded in Deed Book 5314, Page 92, Records of Gwinnett County, Georgia. (hereafter the real property and easement(s) condemned are collectively referred to as the “Property”), together with all appurtenant easements, rights, fixtures, structures and improvements located on or attached to said Property.

Notice is further given that all persons owning or claiming any right, title, interest, claim or demand, all lienors, tenants, lessees, or any other person at interest, in and to the Property described above appear before James Blum, Jr., the Special Master appointed by the Court pursuant to the June 30, 2015 Order of the Hon. Warren Davis, Judge Superior Court, Civil Action File No. 15A-0599210 (the “June 30, 2015 Order”), on Friday, August 28, 2015 at Norcross City Hall, 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, Georgia 30071, at 10:00 a.m. then and there to make known their right, title and claim of value thereof.

This notice is published and posted more than four (4) and less than seven (7) days prior to Friday, August 28, 2015, the date of the hearing before the Special Master, pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 22-2-7 (d)(2) and the June 30, 2015 Order.

906-272503, 8/23

PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.11-2, is being stored at: Pascual A. Santana, 4235 King Richard Ct., Snellville, GA. 30039-4200 (No Tag) 2001 Honda Civic VIN# 1HGES16532LO12915 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 06/15/15.

---------------------------------The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: Kim’s Mobile Auto Service 1400 Pleasant Hill Rd., Ste. A, Lawrenceville, Ga. 30044 1993 Mitsubishi 3000 GT (Tag: No Tag) VIN: JA3BM54J6PY042096 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 06/13/15.

---------------------------------The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: Son O Kong, 3570 Buford Hwy, #101-B, Duluth, GA. 30096 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Tag: No Tag) VIN: 1J4GW58SXXC519480 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 06/23/15.

928-272924, 8/16,23

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 1172 Auburn Rd. Dacula GA, 30019 770-236-0688 September, 10 2015 / 4:15PM 217 Irvinz Gibosse Household Items 266 Aleksandre Lomidze Boxes, Dresser 605 Jeremy Hall a couple pieces of furniture The auction will be listed and advertised on www. s

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-275136, 8/23,30 PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2 YES HOMESALES EXP LLC, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S).

1986 NORTH RIVER MH ALNR1085801453994 3291 BankheadHwy #48Lithia Springs, GA 30122 1985 DESTINY OMNI OM6161 3461 Bankhead Hwy #13Lithia Springs, GA 30122 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON SEPT. 10, 2015 AT 10 AM at 275 Upper Riverdale Rd RIVERDALE, GA 30274 7025 929-275105, 8/23,30 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart #714, 105 Old Peachtree Road NW, Suwanee, GA 30024, to satisfy a lien on September 7, 2015 at approx. 10:00AM at www. storagetreasures.com.

Name; Unit # Rutha Ray Donald 121 Janice D. Wynn 314-315 Greta Vassar 320 Donna Goins 451 Wanda Renetta Jones 516 Denise A. Huffman 535 Chris Meeks 589 Jessie V. Green AKA Jessie Van Green JR. 592 Brenda Kay Duckett 460 & 720 Stacy Yolanda Powell 307 Yolanda Cockfield 505 929-271908, 8/23,30 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2790 Braselton Highway Dacula, Ga. 30019, 678482-1715 on September 9, 2015 at 3:30 PM UNIT 920 Craig Kirchner: Household Goods UNIT 118 Leisa Strickland: Gymboree Clothing, office supplies, and toys UNIT 702 Avon Products Inc.: Avon materials and products UNIT 908 Kisha Wright: Household Goods UNIT 546 Lance Melon: Household Items The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-275123, 8/23,30 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 98 Hurricane Shoals Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-682-4990, September 9th, 2015 at 1:30PM Lori Moore Unit 0502 Household Items Judy Jones Unit 0326 Household Items Brenda Duckett Unit 1237 Household Items Brenda Duckett Unit 1233 Household Items Nephriti Braxton Unit 1226 Household Items Sam Bell Unit 0334 Household Items Sharina Bailey Unit 0548 Household Items Roger Kruger Unit 0403 Furniture Dee Perez Unit 0823 Totes, TV stand, TV Shannon Latrea Bailey Unit 0925 Boxes, Garbage bags of clothes Ihsan Ghafoor Unit 0820 Household Items Doris G. Best Unit 0632 Household Items Walter Vasquez Unit 0305 Commercial office furniture (wood and metal) Corandolus Carey Unit 1005 Furniture Edwin Sheddan Unit CC218 Household Items Tammy Hollomon Unit 0634 Household Items Eric Cooper Unit 1065 Household Items Dameta Simien Unit 1145 Household Items Marcellino King Unit 1116 Household Items The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-273475, 8/23,30

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ZONINGS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Peachtree Corners Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at City Hall, 147 Technology Parkway, Suite 200, Peachtree Corners, Georgia beginning at 7:00 PM on September 8, 2015, to consider the following: SUP2015-004 / RZ2015003, 4805 Buford Hwy. Request to rezone from M-1, Light Industry, to C-2, Commercial, and approve a Special Use Permit for automobile sales on a 4.01 acre site located at 4805 Buford Hwy. in District 6, Land Lot 257, Parcel 7 This item will also be considered by the City of Peachtree Corners City Council at City Hall beginning at 7:00PM on September 15, 2015.

KYM CHERECK, CITY CLERK CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS CPC 09-8-15, 09-15-15 934-275118, 8/23

GARAGE SALES SUGAR HILL - Second Annual Buford Presbyterian Arts & Crafts Fair 1242 Buford Highway, Oct. 17, 9-3:00. Vendor spots still available.

Contact Jane Sykes janenjay@bellsouth.net

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12TH ANNUAL YARD & BAKE SALE HARMONY CHURCH 2988 N. Bogan Rd. 8/28, 8-5 & 8/29, 8-2 Biscuits, hotdogs, hamburgers, cakes & pies.

“Cookbooks Available” North to 985 to exit 4, turn right 7/10 of a mile to Bogan Rd., turn left on Bogan. Church is 3 miles on left. Proceeds benefit church fund.

Rain date 9/4 & 9/5

FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS CHINA HUTCH Conant Ball. Early American, rock maple, 2 piece antique buffet. 56” long, top piece 56” long. Like new. $600. 770-963-6180 Death In Family Must Sell Drastically Reduced Prices: King BR set: dresser w/ mirror, 2 nightstands w/ drawers. New Queen Mattr/Box Spgs & metal frame. Beige patio set w/46” round table, 2 lounge chairs, 1 upright chair. Canvas lounger.

New Amana Washer & GE Dryer, 2 ceramic tile top end tables.

Call 615-788-8473.

MISC. FOR SALE

ADOPT A PET

Troybilt 46” Riding Mower $485. Antique Motorola Console Stereo $65. RCA 50” Color TV $55. Wood Coffee & End Table $90. Manual Ellyptical $12. Call 770-380-5443.

HUSKY/CHOW I am fostering a beautiful 1 year old husky/chow.

She is loyal and loveable. Please contact me @ bkelly7@charter.net

PETS/LIVESTOCK LOST & FOUND PETS

FITNESS/HEALTH/ SPORTING GOODS WHEEL CHAIR MOTORIZED Used, Good Condition, New Battery, $400 or Negotiable.

678-779-4016

Moving Sale - Buford!

Everything in house must go including: Curios, Dressers, Bedroom, hshld., collectibles & more! 678-234-4321.

SOFA, 2 RECLINERS w/massager, telephone, cooler in chairs. All LaZ-Boy. Like new, good condition. $1000 for all.

Call 770-962-3496.

TWIN BED $35 DINING TABLE W/6 CHAIRS $85 EXERCISE BIKE $35 Call 770-922-5944.

BMW X5, 2001. Black, clean mag wheels, miles 154,000. Asking $6000 OBO. Serious inquiries only!

404-438-3222.

FOUND DOG Small white dog found 8/18/15 on Dacula Road near Freeman’s Walk Drive.

No chip. 404-790-1339 or 678-296-3439.

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

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

Dishwasher $100 & up.

Different colors. Del/1 yr warr. Tim 404-205-2222

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YORKSHIRE LOST TERRIER in Jefferson Station subdivision between Hwy 120, Lebanon Rd., and Sever Rd. on 8/20 around midnight. Chased animal into the woods across street from Shadwell Way. By now she will be very afraid. If you spot her or know of anyone who may have found her, please call 770862-0566 or 770-8620483.

BMW 325i, 2002.

122K Miles. Rare Sport package with M seats, wheels and special suspension. Beautiful black with tan leather interior. Great CarFax. You will not find a finer 2002. Looks and runs great, a drive anywhere quality car that is selling way under the market at only $5500.

770-873-2627

BUICK REGAL, 2003.

V6, 126K miles, new tires, cold A/C, excellent condition. $3,000.

Call 678-316-7679

BUICK VERANO, 2013 Carbon Black, Stk#FFC02957A $15,757 800-PREOWNED

CADILLAC DEVILLE CONCOURS, 1995 Pearl white, 4 Sedan, V-8, well maintained, average miles, $2,100 OBO. 770-788-9841 CHEVROLET IMPALA, 2008. 89K mi. with one elderly owner. Garage kept. Like new, loaded, new tires. $7495.

Call 770-616-7399.

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VEHICLES

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CADILLAC DEVILLE CONVERTIBLE, 1964 42K original miles, runs & drives nicely, currently tagged & insured.

All guages & top work. $15,500. 404-889-5863

CHEVROLET IMPALA, 2012 Black, Stk#P4988 $11,998 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

CHEVROLET CRUZE, 2014 Black Granite, Stk#GUA35361A $18,769 800-PREOWNED

CHEVROLET EQUINOX, 2010 Mocha Steel Metallic, Stk#570396B $15,000 877-698-5030

CHEVROLET IMPALA, 2014 Silver, Stk#8311 $13,500 877-698-5030

CHRYSLER 200, 2013 Bright White, Stk#8337 $12,500 877-698-5030

VEHICLES

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CHRYSLER TOWN and COUNTRY LTD, 2006 7 PASSENGER MINI VAN. Blue with tan leather. Has TV, electric doors and the luxury options. Drive anywhere super nice 7 passenger van.

Only 122K miles. Only $5950. 770-899-5856

DAIMLER DODGE RAM 1500, 2014 Bright White, Stk#P7815 $17,976 800-PREOWNED

DAIMLER CHRYSLER 200, 2013 Silver, Stk#P7810 $12,154 800-PREOWNED

FORD EXPLORER, 2007 XLT, silver, 5 speed auto. trans., 4WD, factory tow pkg., 113,600 miles. Ex cond. $8950. 770-715-5014

DAIMLER DODGE RAM 1500, 2014 Bright White, Stk#P7815 $17,976 800-PREOWNED

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COACHMAN LEPRECHAUN M-260DS, 2015, 815 orig mi, sleeps 5, 3 awnings, A/C, propane htr w/ ht pump + generator. $75,500/make offer.

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VEHICLES NISSAN SENTRA S SEDAN, 2014 Amethyst Gray, Stk#FN405502A $14,247 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD FUSION SE, 2012 Blue Flame, Stk#P7786 $14,720 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS LS 460, 2014 Ultra White, Stk#U40542 $67,990 770-680-1000

HONDA CIVIC EX, 2012 Taffeta White, Stk#FFB45513A $14,587 800-PREOWNED

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FORD ESCAPE SE, 2013 Ruby Red, Stk#FBB46645A $18,416 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS ES 350, 2012 Tungsten Pearl, Stk#U40491 $27,390 770-680-1000

HONDA CIVIC EX, 2012 Taffeta White, Stk#FFB45513A $14,587 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS RX 350, 2012 Nebula Gray Pearl, Stk#U40384 $31,993 770-680-1000

FORD FUSION SE, 2012 Steel Blue, Stk#P5012 $13,998 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place KIA FORTE EX SEDAN, 2013 Silver, Stk#P5017 $12,730 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

LEXUS RX 350, 2012 Obsidian, Stk#U40452 $34,993 770-680-1000

FORD FOCUS SE, 2012 Tuxedo Black, Stk#FUC44852A $8,695 800-PREOWNED

HONDA CIVIC COUPE, 2009 Polished Metal Metallic, Stk#8298B $12,000 877-698-5030

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SE, 2003 Java black, saddle leather interior, 189k hwy. miles, always garaged, non-smoker, 1 owner, loaded, recent major service, cold a/c, auto. $3,300 obo.

404.886.3587 John/Duluth, GA

LEXUS RX 350, 2013 Starfire Pearl, Stk#U40478 $37,990 770-680-1000

MERCEDES-BENZ C240, 2002. 112K miles. Fabulous and babied beauty. Silver with gray leather.

Exceptional with great CarFax. Avg. similar car in exceptional condition sells for over $9000, this luxury car only $5700. 770-882-4605

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT, 2012 Candy White, Stk#570265A $15,550 877-698-5030

HONDA CIVIC EX, 2012 Taffeta White, Stk#FFB45513A $14,587 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS ES 350, 2011 Matador Red Mica, Stk#U40434 $22,993 770-680-1000

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CDL A or B Delivery Driver Building Material Company in Cumming looking for a lumber distribution driver. Duties are, but not limited to: Deliver Building Materials to residential building sites using T/T, tandem axle flatbed, or flatbed dump. Unload or pick up materials from job site. Previous industry experience preferred but willing to train.

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MACHINE OPERATOR We are looking for an experienced machine operator for corrugated box manufacturing company. This could include first or second shift, and occasional weekend hours. We are a drug free workplace. We also participate in E-Verify.

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Glass artist Hung Nguyen focuses intensely as he heats glass rods using a torch at the MC Glass Art Gallery and Studio in Lilburn on Wednesday. Nguyen must wear eye protection along with sunscreen to protect his face from the heat of the torch, which can reach 3,000 degrees. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

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or the last three years, Vietnam native Hung Nguyen has been creating pieces of artwork that seem as priceless as they are fragile. That is because the pieces are entirely made of glass.

It would appear he can create nearly anything. In his studio, one can find birds and flowers to an American Flag and Nguyen’s personal favorite, the “Burning Bush.”

He sits wearing sunglasses and sunscreen as a flame burns at nearly 3000 degrees. As he twists a glass rod through the heat, it begins to emit an orange glow and bend as if it were putty. Not too soon after, it begins to take shape as a leaf for one of the many daisies he is creating.

As you walk through Nguyen’s gallery, you have no doubt that he has been perfecting his craft over the past 30 years. Since immigrating to the United States in 1981 from North Vietnam, he began

to follow his passions, and three years ago he opened the glass art gallery and studio off Rockbridge Road in Lilburn. His wife, Holly Tran, followed him in 1983 and now helps organize the business as Nguyen works feverishly in the back room.

Every piece commissioned by individual or commercial clients is delicately crafted by Nguyen and doesn’t leave the gallery until he can guarantee its quality. His work can be seen in businesses and homes across the world, but in 2016, his work can be seen by those traveling through the world’s busiest airport. Inside the cafeteria at Hartfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, a display of colorful glass flowers by Nguyen will be seen by millons of passengers.

At the hands of this master, even the most delicate flower can be crafted.

Above, Nguyen uses a torch to heat up a glass rod as he creates leaves using the torch at the MC Glass Art Gallery and Studio in Lilburn on Wednesday.

Left, a handheld torch is used to make small cuts in the glass to form the creases in the leaf.

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Above left and center, glass flowers made by glass artist Hung Nguyen are seen at the MC Glass Art Gallery and Studio in Lilburn on Wednesday. Above right, Nguyen stands next to one of his favorite pieces of art, “Burning Bush,” at the studio. Nguyen is extremely proud of this piece because of the difficult and time-consuming process of making the individual leaves, attaching them and adding the red color.

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GWINNETT GAB Coalition hosting open house at Veterans Resource Center

service agency or have an interest in supporting our efforts, we would love for you to stop by our Open House and see how you can get assistance and/or The Gwinnett Coalition get involved,” Ellen Gerfor Health and Human stein, Executive Director Services is celebrating two of the Gwinnett Coalition, years of serving several said in a statement. “Our hundred Gwinnett Veterans goal is to engage the comand their families through munity around issues that its Veterans Resource impact our Veterans and Center. their families.”

The community is The Open House will invited to join the celebra- take place at the Gwintion by attending an Open nett Government Annex House on Friday, Aug. 28, Building located 750 S. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Perry Street, Suite 300, in the Center.

Lawrenceville. For more “If you are a veteran, information on the Gwinfamily member, a veteran nett Coalition for Health

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Snellville resident Jeff Markey joins DDS Board Gov. Nathan Deal recently appointed Jeff Markey to serve on the Georgia Department of Driver Services Board.

Markey is a magna cum laude graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He has more than 22 years of industry experience, including over

16 years with the CocaCola Company where he is Vice President of Capability and Transformation.

Throughout his career, Markey has been honored with multiple chairman’s awards, engineering design awards and supply chain awards.

Markey lives in Snellville with his wife, Joanne, and their two children and is an active member of the community, serving as a past president and the current vice president of the Brookwood Schools Foundation and working on multiple PTA boards over the years as both treasurer and vice president.

Is it OK to cry at work? Of course Traditional wisdom has told us that emotions don’t belong at work. This idea isn’t just wrong; it’s insane.

When was the last time you heard a CEO say, “I wish my people weren’t so excited?” Have you ever wished that your suppliers were less passionate? Have you ever wanted a customer service person to be a little less caring? Have you ever wished that you yourself were less enthusiastic about your own work?

Of course not.

Yet somewhere along the line we decided that for the workplace, only the positive emotions are acceptable. You can be excited, you can care and you can be passionate.

But if things go wrong, don’t get upset or angry.

Human beings don’t work that way. If we care passionately about our work, we’re going to cry and we’re going to get angry. When you’re emotionally engaged, you show up as your whole human self.

Once, when I was working for a failing company, I had to fire someone. It was

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Lisa McLeod solely for budget reasons.

The young man was a solid performer and a good guy.

But the company was circling the drain, and we were cutting everything we could.

When I let him go, I started crying. My first thought was, how embarrassing, I’m firing him because we can’t make this company work, and now I’ve demonstrated that I’m an even worse leader because I’m crying about it.

I apologized for being so emotional. The young man was as gracious as could be. He said, “I’d sure rather have a boss who cries when she fires me than a boss who doesn’t care about me.”

That was the last time

I apologized for crying at work. People cry. Women may cry more readily than men, but even men cry. None of us should have to apologize for it.

It’s the same thing with getting frustrated or angry.

You don’t want to make a regular practice of losing your temper with your team.

We’ve all had that crazy shouting boss. But if you’re a sane, normal person on most days, it’s OK to get frustrated and curse when something bad happens.

One reason leaders try to tamp down emotions at work is because they’re often unprepared to deal with them. When someone is angry or upset, we think we need to respond in a way that will diffuse things. However, in most instances, the best response is often simply giving the person the space to feel however they are feeling without judgment or blame. When you acknowledge negative emotions, they often pass more quickly.

Another reason we sidestep emotions at work is because people often believe

emotion gets in the way of making money. So instead of emotional engagement, people default to reports. As if measuring money would somehow produce money.

But money is not produced in a vacuum. It’s the output of a multi-faceted human ecosystem. The current crisis of disengaged employees proves what we already know in our hearts to be true.

You can’t spreadsheet your way to passion.

We shouldn’t try to tamp down emotions at work; we should capitalize on them.

When people have the opportunity to bring their whole human self to work, they become more emotionally engaged. Their jobs become more meaningful, which ultimately makes their organizations more successful.

Next time you see someone cry in the office, or if you find yourself crying, don’t be embarrassed. Be glad you care enough about your job to shed a few tears over it.

Lisa McLeod is the creator of the popular business concept Noble Purpose and author of the bestseller “Selling with Noble Purpose.”

The DDS Board is the general policy-making body for DDS, approving all rules and regulations endorsed by the Commissioner. For more information, visit dds.ga.gov.

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PET OF THE WEEK

Just look at this sweet little thing. Maegan has just arrived at the shelter from our local county animal control facility. She is a real sweetheart who loves being near people and getting lots of attention. Maegan will make a great small companion dog. Come meet her at the shelter located at 1175 Buford Highway, suite 109, in Suwanee.

Maegan’s adoption fee is $250. She has been spayed, disease tested (dogs testing positive for heartworms are treated; however, we do not add that charge to our adoption fee), given age appropriate vaccinations, dewormed, and is up to date with flea/tick & heartworm prevention. A 24Petwatch microchip will be listed in the adopter’s name and the adopter will receive 30 days of 24PetWatch pet insurance.

Each week the Gwinnett Daily Post will feature an animal available for adoption at the Georgia SPCA, which is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, Suwanee, GA 30024. The hours of operation are Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sundays 1 until 4 p.m. You can see the rest of the adoptable cats and dogs at www.georgiaspca.org.

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Southerners and the melody of our words It has taken a while, but I have come to know that writers are shaped dramatically by the places from which we come. Those places — the ones we call home — are the underlining, unsung melody to our words. It enlivens the compositions we create.

It is fortunate for me that I was birthed and raised in the South, a place of magical, moonlit and sun-kissed areas where the landscape is the melody and the people are the harmony in our stories.

There is an alluring cadence in the pace of our life and our words that is captivating to those who do not live here and unifying to those of us who do.

From the South rises up

Ronda Rich most of America’s music: jazz, blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, country and quartet gospel. All of this music is earmarked by the stories told and the deep emotion wrought. Never was one more deeply inspired by the lyrical South than my all-time favorite mainstream lyricist Johnny Mercer. He would often say that it was his hometown of Savannah

that inspired and pumped life into the poetic images he created, such as the Academy-award winning song “Moon River” (one of my favorite songs ever), which he penned to Henry Mancini’s music.

The South of his childhood, Mercer would point out, would always be an echoing part of every song he wrote. The region has a way of grabbing storytellers and pulling them in.

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One day, I walked into his office and overheard a studio executive and high powered producer during a conference call on speaker phone.

They did not merely praise his new script they had in hand that was inspired by the South that Tink loves so.

They gushed. To the point, that Tink, modest and humble who is uncomfortable with praise, tried to shush them (a Southern word he now loves). The producer said firmly, “Please hear me out. I have to tell you how wonderful this writing and story is.”

“That kind of writing,” Tink explained when the call ended, “is a gift from the

South. My eyes have been opened in a new, welcoming way.”

At the age of 18, Mercer left the South to follow his dream but, as evidenced by the enormous catalog he produced, the South never left him. He carried its resonance wherever he went and, as a repayment, the South rewarded him with repeated inspiration. Truman Capote said, “Southerners always go home. Even if it is in a pine box.”

When Mercer died, he, too, returned to the South.

He is buried in Savannah’s famous Bonaventure Cemetery (the inspiration behind “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”). It was a very cold January day when I visited Mercer’s grave.

Despite the howling, brutally cold wind, I stood for a long while at the Mercer family plot. The inscription on Mer-

cer’s grave acknowledges his four Academy awards for Best Song, his co-founding of Capitol Records and concludes with And The Angels Sing.

On the tombstone of his wife, Ginger, is the title to Mercer composition, “You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby.” But it was the inscription on a bench – one engraved with the titles to many of his songs, that says it perfectly: It is the words to a hit song recorded by Sinatra, “Buddy, I’m a poet and I’ve got a lot of things to say.”

When you are blessed to come from the South, there’s always going to be lots to say.

Ronda Rich is the bestselling author of “There’s A Better Day A-Comin’.”

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‘White privilege’ a stereotype If my colleagues in academe and the media are to be believed, I have been (relatively) successful in life not because I’ve worked hard, possess any particular talents, have made sacrifices, enjoy the support of a wonderful wife, or had parents, teachers and coaches who taught me to be a responsible adult.

Nope. It’s all because I’m white.

This idea is known as “white privilege” and it postulates that, in our racist society, all white people have built-in advantages by virtue of their skin color.

But that notion is demonstrably, even laughably false, not to mention offensive to approximately 65 percent of the nation’s population.

For “white privilege” to exist, two things would have to be true. First, all (or virtually all) white people would actually have to enjoy these “advantages.”

That means they’d all be at least moderately affluent and successful.

But that is not even remotely the case. There are far more poor white people in this country than there are poor people of other races. The same is true of people in low-paying jobs: most of them are white.

Rob Jenkins The second thing that would have to be true, for the concept of “white privilege” to have any legitimacy, is that people of other races and ethnicities could not enjoy any type of advantage.

But that’s not the case, either. Where my family lives, there are many black and Asian families that are far more affluent than we are. They have bigger homes, drive nicer cars, and — more to the point — send their kids to better (or at least more expensive) colleges.

Am I to assume that they owe their good fortune merely to some sort of “privilege?” Of course not.

That would be insulting.

Their success, like most people’s, is due to talent and hard work, and that fact deserves recognition.

And therein lies the problem with the whole concept of “white privilege:” It’s offensive to people who have

worked hard and sacrificed to get where they are in life, as if their achievements had to do with nothing more than pigmentation.

In fact, “white privilege” is actually a form of stereotyping. To suggest that all white people are “privileged” is no different from saying that all Asians are good at math or all black people are great athletes.

Are many Asians good at math? Of course — but is that because they’re Asian, or because they really studied in their math courses?

Likewise, are many blacks great athletes? Obviously. But to attribute that fact to skin color is insulting because it overlooks effort.

You don’t get to be LeBron James or Calvin Johnson without a lot of hard work and tremendous dedication to your craft.

In short, to say that someone has succeeded solely because of some immutable quality, like race, is insensitive and degrading. And that’s no different for white people than for anyone else.

Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and the author of “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility,” available at Books for Less and on Amazon. Email Rob at rjenkinsgdp@yahoo.com.

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Meadowcreek student wins $55,000 scholarship The Culinary Institute of America in January will have a Gwinnett connection.

Rianni Tyes of Meadowcreek High School won first place in the nation in the Culinary Arts Competition, a contest where participants complete a menu plan consisting of an appetizer and entrée within an hour. Also, students are required to do a five-minute presentation on their culinary background and why they chose to prepare the recipes that were chosen.

The win means Tyes receives a scholarship for $55,000 to the Culinary Institute of America where she plans to enroll in January.

Good News from Schools

Keith Farner Norcross Army JROTC wins national title Off to a fast start with top scores out of 1,320 teams that competed around the world, Norcross High School’s Army JROTC Academic Bowl team emerged a national champion after it beat out 40 teams that advanced to

Washington.

The competition was held this summer at the Catholic University of America in the nation’s capital. The Army JROTC Leadership Bowl Championship is sponsored by the U.S. Army JROTC and is conducted by College Options Foundation.

In the preliminary rounds, cadets were tested on their knowledge of leadership values and skills including leadership tenets from General George C. Marshall.

Through participation in the event, cadets learn the values of citizenship, academic competition, college opportunity and leadership.

Peachtree Ridge, Brookwood students honored at nationals Peachtree Ridge’s Simi Shah won first place in the job interview contest, while Brookwood’s Arsheen Hamirani, D’nai Nikya Thomas and Jeremiah Abimbola Adeola won first place in the business presentation team category in this summer’s national Future Business Leaders of America Business competition.

The FBLA mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.

Mill Creek alum receives $2,000 scholarship A Mill Creek High School alumnus, Robert Evans of Buford, has received a $2,000 scholarship from the W.R. Grace Foundation toward his studies in chemical engineering at Georgia Southern University where he is a freshman this fall.

Established in 1989, the Grace Foundation Scholarship Program is open to the children of full-time Grace employees located in the United States and Canada.

Selection criteria included academics, extracurricular activities in school and community, work experience and letters of recommendation.

In the materials science industry, Grace is committed to supporting STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education throughout the markets in which it does business.

Walnut Grove Principal honored by Georgia PTA Walnut Grove Elementary School Principal Stephanie Cortellino was honored as the 2014-15 Georgia PTA Outstanding Principal at the Georgia PTA annual convention and leadership training held this summer.

Keith Farner writes about education. Good News from Schools appears in the Sunday edition of the Daily Post.

LUNCH MENUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Monday Captain America chicken sammie, beef and cheese burrito, bean and cheese burrito, pinwheels, PBJ’wich Tuesday Assorted pizza, creamy mac and cheese, yogurt basket, deli fresh subs, PBJ’wich Wednesday Pancakes and sausage, calzonette, vegetarian burger, signature salads, PBJ’wich Thursday Popcorn chicken, fajitas, vegetarian burger, deli fresh subs, PBJ’wich Friday Incredible hulk dog, poppin’ shrimp poppers, vegetarian burger, Bento Box, PBJ’wich MIDDLE SCHOOL Monday Crispy chicken sammie, spaghetti marinara, flautas, wrap ’n’ roll wraps, signature salads, PBJ’wich, farm fresh produce Tuesday Doritos nachos, Italian meatball sub, mexi bean pizza, deli fresh subs, signature salads, PBJ’wich, farm fresh produce Wednesday Flavor the max sticks, ultimate hot dog bar, ravioli marinara, home-style sammies, signature salads, PBJ’wich, farm fresh produce Thursday Chicken nuggets, specialty flatbread, vegetarian burger,

wrap ’n’ roll wraps, signature salads, PBJ’wich, farm fresh produce Friday Chicken and waffles, catch of the day, mozzarella sticks, deli fresh subs, signature salads, PBJ’wich, farm fresh produce HIGH SCHOOL Monday Walking nachos, pizza, crispy chicken sandwich, vegetarian burger, home-style sammie Tuesday Old world lasagna, pizza, pork rice bowl, mexi bean pizza, deli fresh subs, cyprus chicken, flatwrap, fresh seasonal salads, farm fresh produce Wednesday Fresh seasonal flatbread, pizza, ultimate hot dog bar, garden flatbread, wrap ’n’ roll wraps, mix and match mexi, fresh seasonal salads, farm fresh produce Thursday Boneless wings, pizza, Philly chicken sub, cheesy grilled cheese, deli fresh subs, Peruvian rice bowl, fresh seasonal salads, farm fresh produce Friday Brunch 4 Lunch, pizza, seafood basket, vegetarian burger, home-style sammies, Bahn Mi sandwich, fresh seasonal salads, farm fresh produce

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AUBURN Community Yard Sale set for Sept. 12 Auburn officials are preparing to hold their monthly community yard sale on Sept. 12.

The sale will be held from 8 a.m. until noon at 1369 Fourth Ave. Residents who want to make a little extra money while getting to meet their neighbors are invited to rent space to sell their wares. Set up begins at 7 a.m.

Sellers must bring their own tables and yard salequality merchandise only.

They can pick their own spot, and city staff will come by to collect fees from the booth operators. The fee is $10 for a 12-foot-by-12-foot space.

Call Charlotte Ewing at 770-963-4002, ext. 223, for additional information.

BARROW COUNTY Apalachee HS praised for being academically challenging Apalachee High School was included on the Washington Posts’ Most Challenging Schools Index for 2015, recognizing schools for challenging a greater portion of their students to take the most difficult courses.

This is the first year Apalachee has been included on the list, ranking 2042 nationally among 2386 schools that made the list.

The national average for number of Advanced Placement exams taken at a school in 2014 was 214. This past year, 652 AP exams were taken by Apalachee High School students.

Apalachee’s inclusion is particularly noteworthy because the school is a Title I school where 56 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

BERKELEY LAKE Conservancy Presents ‘Planting a Pollinator Garden’ A special guest, Ron Smith, is scheduled to speak at City Hall about the Berkeley Lake Conservancy at 1 p.m. on Sept. 12 during a program called “Planting a Pollinator Garden.”

His talk will be followed by a walk to the nearby Henderson Nature Sanctuary to see the pollinator plants that conservancy members have planted there. Smith is one of the leaders of the Georgia Native Plant Society and the Greater Atlanta Pollinator Partnership. To reserve a seat, email Roxanne Egan at deputy.clerk@berkeleylake.com.

BRASELTON Downtown unveils new logo Braselton Main Street has unveiled its new logo, featuring casual, freehand artwork depicting a historic building with a park bench, lamppost and greenery.

The building depicted is the 1904 Braselton Brothers store, colored a solid brick red.

The downtown branding campaign will utilize the versatile new logo on print and electronic marketing media and, in time, accessories such as totes, tees or caps.

“Spending time in downtown Braselton is fun, and we’ve created a logo that says our downtown is fun and colorful and delightful,” DDA promotions chair Jennifer Kidd said.

BUFORD Buford HS ranks in top 500 for ‘beating the odds’ Buford High School was ranked in the top 500 high schools in the country for “beating the odds” by Newsweek. The list seeks to identify schools that do an excellent job of preparing their students for college while also overcoming the obstacles posed by students at an economic disadvantage.

Buford ranked in at number 390 and was only one of four Georgia schools to make the list. In addition to placing, the high school also met Newsweek’s “equity

Peachtree Corners and the DeKalb County line.

The project also includes work on the curb and gutter and crosswalks at four intersections, according to a news release.

“The Buford Highway corridor has one of the highest concentrations of pedestrian traffic in our area,” said Chuck Warbington, executive director for the Gwinnett Village CID. “From a safety and connectivity perspective, this project was a high priority for us.”

The project was funded through a partnership of Gwinnett County, the Georgia Department of Transportation and the CID. “We’re delighted that Gwinnett Village CID worked to have the new sidewalk and landscaping installed on this portion of Buford Highway which is an important gateway to our city,” Peachtree Corners Councilman Phil Sadd said.

The historic Yellow River Post Office in Lilburn will be the location for a living history event hosted by the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center on Saturday, Aug. 29. (Special Photos: Gwinnett EHC)

EHC to explore Gwinnett’s past with living history event in Lilburn

By Katie Morris

Gwinnett EHC’s Curator, Cammie Fulmer, highlights how the general store in the Yellow River Post Office served as an economic and communication hub of the early community during last year’s living history event.

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While visiting a museum to view historical exhibits are certainly educational, there’s nothing quite like seeing history come to life right before your eyes.

The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center will make the past come alive on Saturday, transporting residents all the way back to the 1860s with its living-history event at the historic Yellow River Post Office.

The program will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the historic post office located at Hudson — Nash Farm in Lilburn. Attendees can tour the post office and general store, learning how they provided critical supplies to locals, as well as meet a soldier, participate in mock drills, hear period music and learn of the contributions made by local residents Thomas P. Hudson and Eli P. Landers.

Jason West, EHC’s Director of Programming, said the center works to preserve historical sites like the post office in order to share Gwinnett’s history, and immersive educational measure”, which helps lowincome students score at or above average on state assessments.

DACULA Library hosting ‘Pete The Cat’ Party on Monday The Dacula library branch is celebrating the popular — and possibly coolest — children’s book with a special party this week.

The branch will host a “Pete The Cat” party at 11 a.m. on Monday. The book’s title character is not expected to appear at the party, but children ages 3 and up are invited to attend with their guardians.

Staff will lead storytelling, games and craft activities for attending children. If the kids want to put on a pair of sunglasses in honor of the cool cat, well, that is OK, too.

The branch is located at 265 Dacula Road.

DULUTH Rupert’s Orchestra to play Fall Festival Concert A group that plays top 40, swing, rock, disco and motown, Rupert’s Orchestra, is scheduled to play the Duluth Fall Festival Concert on Sept. 12. Rupert’s Orchestra will begin at 8 p.m., but the opening act playing the event at 6:30 p.m. will be Sacred City, a combination of rock, blues and soul played by siblings Alyson and Phil Rogers.

programs, like Saturday’s event, engage viewers through real-life experiences.

“Through living-history programs, people gain a more comprehensive understanding of the daily lives of people in the past as well as recognize the similarities and differences with their own lives,” West said.

Another benefit of livinghistory events is that they illustrate the daily tasks of everyday people instead of only focusing on wellknown historical figures, West said. During Saturday’s living-history event, guests will be able to watch a laundress demonstrating how clothes were washed.

“Washing clothes is

a consistent necessity throughout history but obviously how people have completed that task has changed over time,” West said. “This 1860s livinghistory event will give you a new appreciation for the electronic washers and dryers that are used today.”

Visitors will also explore the cultural contributions of African-Americans during this period in history through an interpretation of the slave cabin located on the site. Guest speakers from the United Ebony Society of Gwinnett County will help tell the stories of local African-Americans as well as share artifacts and photos to help bring their stories to life.

These concerts are Open Zone events, which means drinks are available from licensed vendors. Attendees are also encouraged to bring coolers, picnic baskets and their own food and drinks.

County Public Library and Gwinnett County Extension Service and learn about vegetables and herbs that perform well throughout the autumn months,” the extension service said in an announcement. “Discover important techniques for improving results for a delicious harvest up to and beyond the first frost.”

The event is open to both adults and children. The branch is located at 2780 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lawrenceville.

GRAYSON Anchor Church Fall Festival set for Oct. 3 The impending arrival of fall means an annual rite is around the corner: The fall festival.

Anchor Church is one of several community groups that will hold a festival this year. The church’s event will be held from 4 until 7 p.m. on Oct. 3 at Grayson Community Park.

Anyone interested in attending the event can call the church at 770-554-2250 for more information.

LAWRENCEVILLE Gwinnett Extension Office offering ‘Digging In the Garden’ class Monday Gardeners young and old are invited to learn how to keep their vegetable gardens going after they harvest their tomatoes and squash this week during a program at the Gwinnett County library branch.

Gwinnett County Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent Timothy Daly will lead the class, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.

“Come join Gwinnett

Program fees for the living-history event are $6 for ages 13 and up and $4 for ages three to 12.

Children two and under and EHC members are free.

Guests are encouraged to register online at gwinnettEHC.org or can pay at the gate the day of the event. Event parking is not available at the Yellow River Post Office, so visitors should park at Maranatha Baptist Church located at 3340 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lilburn where a shuttle will be available to take them to the Yellow River Post Office.

For more information about this event and other GEHC events and exhibits, visit gwinnettEHC.org. week had three parent representative openings and one business representative opening. The school council meets four times a school year.

Voting for these representative positions will take place in the main office until Thursday.

For more information about the council and its duties, email Carolyn Hixson at carolyn_hixson@gwinnett. k12.ga.us.

SNELLVILLE Arts commission gala planned The Snellville Arts Commission is hosting its annual gala fundraiser and silent auction Aug. 29.

The event, set for 6 p.m. at the Summit Chase Country Club, 3197 Classic Drive, will feature “Occupation: Murder!” — a production with a “whodunit mystery and fictional game show” starring audience members and actors.

It’s $35 per person with proceeds going toward the commission, according to a news release.

“The Snellville Arts Commission was formed because the Fine Arts are an integral part of a vibrant city,” SAC board member Kathi Mardis said. “In addition to adding to culture and education, the arts industry, spends money locally, generates government revenue and is the cornerstone of tourism.”

“Social hour” is from 6 to 7 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, visit snellvillearts.com.

SUGAR HILL City accepting applications for youth council The city of Sugar Hill is accepting applications for its youth council, which encourages youth civic engagement and allows the teens of Sugar Hill to get involved with local government.

Applicants should be current high school students available for meetings on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and willing to commit to 15 to 20 hours a month. They should be willing to engage the Mayor and Council as well as the student bodies at their respective schools.

Members of the Youth Council will attend city council sessions and help shape municipal policy.

For more information, visit www.downtownsugarhill.com.

SUWANEE Donated piano adds to interactive public art The city of Suwanee has installed a temporary interactive public art experiNORCROSS Park project underway in ence — a street piano — at Town Center Park. The LILBURN city of Norcross donated piano, painted with The city of Norcross says Cleanup day scheduled a colorful tree theme by the work on a new park is offor historic home North Gwinnett Arts Asficially underway.

The city of Lilburn is sociation, is located along The Pinnacle Park projinviting residents to help Town Center Avenue close clean up the Wynne-Russell ect is moving forward with to Lawrenceville-Suwanee dredging of the retention House on Aug. 29.

Road in the area where pond.

The Lilburn Community the Farmers Market is held Officials invite anyone Partnership is hosting the each Saturday. event to ready the “historical interested to check out the The project was coordiprogress by stopping by 250 city treasure” for fall events, nated by Suwanee’s Public according to a news release. Pinnacle Way. The park is Art Commission. The piano The house is on the National located in the green space is another in a long list of at Pinnacle Center busiRegister of Historic Places. public art contributions in Those who wish to partici- ness park off Brook Hollow the city in the past seven Parkway. pate are asked to come to years as more than 60 the house on Wynne Russell temporary artworks and Drive near U.S. Highway 29 more than 20 permanent PEACHTREE CORNERS between 9 a.m. and noon, Sidewalks installed along pieces have been displayed and bring gloves, clippers, throughout Suwanee.

Buford Highway rakes, hoes and shovels.

Suwanee’s street piano The Gwinnett Village project is inspired by British Community Improvement artist Luke Jerram’s “Play District recently announced LOGANVILLE Me, I’m Yours” program, the completion of a $1 milGrayson High Council lion construction project for through which more than opens council voting 1,450 pianos have been sidewalks and landscaping Voting is underway for on Buford Highway between installed in public places in the 2015-16 Grayson High 46 cities across the world.

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