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Police: Hit-and-run suspect brings new info

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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The suspect in a Monday night hit-and-run in Duluth is cooperating with police and has “brought forth information that requires further investigation” before a decision on criminal charges can be made, officials said Wednesday.

Anita Mustafi, 27, of Lawrenceville is accused of leaving

the BP gas station on Pleasant Hill Road in unincorporated Duluth after allegedly running over 50-year-old Decatur resident Melissa Wheeler, who police say fell down after opening Mustafi’s car door with the apparent intent of physically fighting the 27-year-old.

Wheeler ultimately died from her injuries.

Police were able to identify Mustafi, though “prior to any

warrants being obtained, Anita made contact with the lead investigator in this case and wished to speak with him in reference Anita Mustafi to her side of the story,” according to Cpl. Wilbert Rundles, a spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department.

“Anita met with the lead investigator, accompanied by her attorney, and brought forth information that requires further investigation,” he said. “Anita is cooperating with the lead investigator and the investigation is continuing. A decision on criminal charges will be made at the completion of the investigation.”

According to previous reports by the Daily Post, police were

first called to the gas station shortly after 11 p.m. Monday after receiving a call that a woman had been struck by a car.

There, officers and detectives “learned that (Mustafi) … had an altercation with two black females near the gas pumps,” Rundles said. “(Mustafi) went inside the gas station and paid for her gas See HIT-AND-RUN, Page 5A

Gwinnett to cap 200th with parties, a dedication

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

‘Dare to dream’

Justin Lunt, an exercise science major, spoke on behalf of the fall 2018 graduates at Georgia Gwinnett College’s commencement ceremony at the Infinite Energy Arena on Thursday. (Special Photos)

GGC graduates nearly 480 students at fall ceremony

cluded speakers such as Lunt, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Justin Lunt, a 15-year veteran Charlotte Nash and GGC of the Gwinnett County SherPresident Stas Preczewski, iff’s Office, stood in front of also featured the conferral of his Georgia Gwinnett College GGC’s first honorary degree to classmates at Duluth’s Infinite Thomas P. “Tommy” Hughes, a Energy Arena, reminding them prominent Gwinnett community of the dangers of distracted leader and businessman. driving.

Hughes, a charter member “Folks, do not text and drive,” of GGC’s Foundation Board Lunt said, as he described the who has served as chair for traumatic brain injury he sufmore than five years, was one fered while on duty in 2014 after of several Gwinnett community a teen, who was distracted by his figures who worked to ensure phone, collided with his vehicle that a four-year college was Georgia Gwinnett College nursing students celebrate after the at 75 miles per hour. established in Gwinnett, Preczefall 2018 commencement ceremony at the Infinite Energy Arena As he thanked his family for wski said. on Thursday. never giving up on him during “This community has been his recovery, Lunt turned his passionate. They never let up on major who was able to obtain forever changed by Tommy’s attention to GGC faculty, who me because they wanted me to a college degree just four years leadership and vision for its fualso sat in the arena. grow not only academically but after his TBI, was one of nearly ture,” Preczewski said. “Without “My GGC professors had also as a person. … After all, a 480 graduates celebrated at his vision, combined with other my six,” he said. “They always diamond does not become a dia- GGC’s fall semester commence- visionary Gwinnett leaders, encouraged me, pushed me and mond without applying intense ment ceremony, which was held GGC would simply not exist.” challenged me to do better, yet heat and pressure.”

Thursday.

See GGC, Page 6A were understanding and comLunt, an exercise science The ceremony, which inBY ISABEL HUGHES

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While Gwinnett County’s bicentennial year is winding down, there are a few remaining activities that will be held in the coming days to mark the county’s birthday.

Saturday is the bicentennial of the establishment of Gwinnett County. There are two big parties that will be held that day, during the day and at night, to mark the occassion.

County officials will also dedicate IF YOU GO a new Bicentennial Plaza What: Family Cultural Birthday Party on the block When: Saturday, 10 of Luckie a.m. to 2 p.m.

Street, Where: Hudgens Cenbetween ter for the Performing Clayton and Arts and Infinite Energy Perry streets Theatre, 6400 Sugarin downtown loaf Parkway, Duluth LawrencevMore Info: www.gwinille, at 11 nett200birthday.com/ a.m. Tuesevents —————————— day.

What: Gwinnett The Bicentennial Gala and plaza is not Cocktail Party expected to When: Saturday (cockbe finished tail party at 6 p.m., until early dinner gala at 7 p.m.) next year, Where: Infinite Energy but county Forum, 6400 Sugarloaf officials are Parkway, Duluth Admission: Tickets dedicating cost $125 and must be it early to purchased in advance tie into this More Info: www.gwinweekend’s nett200birthday.com/ bicentennial events festivities.

“It’s a way to commemorate the county’s 200th birthday,” Gwinnett County Support Services Director Angelia Parham said.

The dedication of the plaza will effectively be a last act in commemorating Gwinnett County’s 200th birthday, which will be observed Saturday. The past year has been filled with events designed to observe not only the county’s history but also its community.

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GCPS wins inaugural statewide governance award

BY CURT YEOMANS

nett County Public Schools and its school board as the winner of the 2018 Governance Team of the Year Gwinnett County’s Board Award. The district was one of Education and Superinof 33 school systems around tendent J. Alvin Wilbanks the state that were qualified were recently recognized by to receive the award and one the Georgia School Board of 10 districts that applied Association for their leader- to receive it, according to ship of the county’s school Gwinnett schools officials. system.

The award was presented The statewide education during GSBA’s annual conorganization named Gwinference in Atlanta last week.

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“Each of the local boards of education chosen as finalists is doing outstanding work and it is quite an honor to be selected from such an impressive group,” Gwinnett school board Chairwoman Carole Boyce said in a statement.

“To be selected as the inaugural winner of this award is an accomplishment See AWARD, Page 6A

Gwinnett County Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks, left, and members of the county’s Board of Education pose with the Governance Team of the Year Award that they received from the Georgia School Boards Association on Dec. 6. (Special Photo)

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Wednesday afternoon that According to the city, its Hometown Christmas nearly 70 employees, Parade, set for today, is more than 60 participatcanceled. ing organizations and In a Facebook post, the “multiple” volunteers city wrote that its event would have played a role staff “made the difficult in the preparation and/or decision to cancel the tear-down of the parade Christmas Parade due to on today, which would heavy rains and potential have included “handling thunderstorms forecast all metal barricades, electric day on Friday.” floats and sound/light“The city of Lawing equipment from early renceville desires to morning hours to late eveprovide high quality, ning hours — all of which memorable events for its are not safe or conducive citizens and ensure the to set-up in wet or thun-

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This will be Lawrenceville’s second year in a row that the city has had to cancel its holiday parade because of weather issues.

Last year’s parade was canceled because of a winter storm that dumped snow on the area on the day of the parade.

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nicipal police departments, including the Lawrenceville Police Department and the Norcross Police Department, have also reported threats.

Gwinnett is not the first county in metro Atlanta, Georgia or the country to receive the threats.

According to CNN, the threats have been received in California, Washington, Utah, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida and even Vancouver, Canada.

In Georgia, Atlanta police said that the department was aware of “multiple businesses” that had received threats, with FOX 5 Atlanta reporting that six DeKalb County schools received threats, as well as a Cobb County courthouse and other government buildings.

Other counties, including Gwinnett’s northwestern neighbor Forsyth County, have received similar threats.

The FBI said it is looking into the incidents.

“We are aware of the recent bomb threats made in cities around the country, and we remain in touch with our law enforcement partners to provide assistance,” the agency said in a statement. “As always, we encourage the public to remain vigilant and to promptly report suspicious activities which could represent a threat to public safety.”

FOX 5 Atlanta and CNN contributed to this report.

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Trump walks a tightrope of lies, and now he is teetering WASHINGTON — There was plenty of awful legal news for President Trump this week, but the worst may have come from an official who hasn’t yet been sworn in.

Letitia James, who will become the New York state attorney general next month, told NBC she plans to “use every area of the law to investigate President Trump and his business transactions and that of his family as well.”

James also said she hopes to pursue state charges against Trump associates whom the president might pardon for federal crimes.

No wonder Trump was so untethered when Chuck Eugene and Nancy dropped by.

Robinson Trump has been walking a tightrope of lies all his adult life, and now he is teetering. He has inflated his wealth. He has aggrandized his business acumen. He has managed to convince supporters that he is a respected businessman who brilliantly commanded a vast real estate empire. In a fanciful 2015 statement of his net worth, he claimed that his brand alone — just the name Trump — was worth $3 billion.

I wonder what it’s worth now.

In reality, Trump has never come anywhere near the top rank of New York real estate developers. He ran not a huge, sprawling enterprise but a small family firm in which he and his children had direct control. He was seen as so unreliable that genuine moguls refused to have anything to do with him. When he tried to go big — risking everything on casino development in Atlantic City — he failed miserably, despite his father’s efforts to bail him out. His bankers were left holding the bag, and now most major financial institutions won’t lend the Trump Organization a dime. It was Trump’s undeniable skill as a television performer on “The Apprentice” that saved him from total ruin.

Now the law is beginning to squeeze him from all directions. His former consigliere, Michael Cohen, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison. One of the crimes Cohen confessed to committing was violating federal campaignfinance laws by orchestrating six-figure payments to a Playboy model and a porn star, in the weeks before the 2016 election, to ensure their silence about sexual encounters they say they had with Trump. Cohen says he did this at Trump’s direction.

Trump’s see-no-evil allies dismiss Cohen as a proven liar about other matters. But also Wednesday, the company that owns the National Enquirer — American Media Inc., which is run by Trump’s close friend, David Pecker — admitted playing a major role in that same hush-money scheme.

The aim, according to the company, was to help Trump win the election.

Trump responded by tweeting that “I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law.” But in the past, the president has also said that there weren’t any hush-money payments; that if such payments were made, he didn’t know about them; and that the payments, which totaled $280,000, were a “simple private transaction.”

The bottom line is that two witnesses, Cohen and AMI, independently now implicate the president of the United States in the commission of two felonies.

The campaign-finance case is being brought by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York. Back in Washington, meanwhile, special counsel Robert Mueller has been busy as well.

We learned this week that Michael Flynn, Trump’s short-lived national security adviser, has met with Mueller’s team 19 times to tell them what he knows. We also learned that Cohen has been eagerly cooperating with the Mueller probe.

This means that at least two people in a position to know whether collusion with the Russians took place are singing like songbirds.

Potentially more serious for Trump and his family in the long run, however, is what the New York state probe might discover.

How much of the Trump Organization’s revenue has come from the sale of luxury real estate to oligarchs from Russia and other kleptocracies?

Where did these buyers’ money come from? Why was Deutsche Bank — recently raided by German authorities and under investigation for money laundering — the only major financial institution willing to lend money to Trump in recent years? Where did Trump’s company get the large amounts of cash used in several transactions that Washington Post reporters uncovered? How much commingling of funds was there between Trump’s company and his eponymous foundation?

Trump’s longtime accountant, Allen Weisselberg, has turned state’s evidence. He may be the Virgil who guides federal, state and local prosecutors through a Trumpian inferno of shell companies and opaque transactions. The outlines of Trump’s fate begin to emerge.

Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.

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Farm bill a vote for humanity WASHINGTON — For people who support the humane treatment of animals, including those that end up on America’s dinner plates, passage this week of the farm bill would be a gift befitting the season — and a grand bipartisan gesture to close out the year.

The Senate sent an earlier version of the bill, now expected to cost taxpayers $867 billion over 10 years, back to the House with amendments in June. Now that lawmakers have reached agreement, the bill is expected to reach a floor vote this week and travel to the White House for the president’s signature.

If passed, the farm bill will do more for animal rights — and therefore for humanity — than any previous legislation in recent history. In large part, the pro-animal provisions are thanks to the unstoppable Wayne Pacelle, former CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and now part of Animal Wellness Action, a political action committee he co-created after leaving HSUS following allegations of sexual misconduct (which he has denied).

Also due credit are Pacelle’s former HSUS colleagues Marty Irby, now Animal Wellness Action’s executive director, and Holly Gann, the PAC’s director of federal affairs.

Whatever one thinks of the circumstances surrounding Pacelle’s resignation from

of animal cruelty, whether as entertainment or cultivation for human consumption, should be outlawed.

Another reform is a ban on dog and cat meat in the U.S., not that anyone other than a few soulless mercenaries, and a few million coyotes, much Kathleen care. Alas, there are those who Parker do kill dogs and cats and then sell the meat in a small yet horHSUS, no one would argue rific underground market. that he was not the hardest Globally, more than 30 milworker in the office and around lion dogs and cats are victims the globe as he tried to reduce of food purveyors and others the number of suffering aniwho celebrate their consumpmals, whether among Africa’s tion. Notorious is China’s wildlife, in puppy mills or in annual Dog Meat Festival large-scale agricultural operawhere man’s best friend is tions. (Disclaimer: One of my slaughtered and consumed to sons once worked for HSUS.) celebrate the summer solstice.

Driven by what Pacelle Now, there’s some science for views as humans’ moral duty you. Why not sacrifice their to protect animals, he hasn’t first-born to the Man in the remained idle post-departure.

Moon?

Three reforms included in the We who love our animals as farm bill bear his fingerprints nearly equal to, and sometimes and are testament to his dedigreater than, family members cation. cannot conceive of such an One provision is a crackatrocity, nor should we try. For down on dogfighting and now, we can be grateful that cockfighting in the five U.S. the U.S. is poised to put the territories — American Samoa, rest of the world on notice that Guam, the Northern Mariwe’ll pursue a global ban on ana Islands, Puerto Rico and the consumption of dogs and the Virgin Islands. Although cats. animal fighting is already The bill also includes a outlawed in all 50 states, such provision — or rather a comactivities are still permitted in mitment — to add kennels and the territories and are typically other animal shelters at domesdefended as cultural exprestic violence centers, reasoning sions. Phooey. that pets are also at risk in It is long past time to acviolent households. Moreover, knowledge that cultural equiv- abusers will often use pets as alency is a lie and all forms leverage to keep a spouse or

partner in place, according to Animal Wellness Action.

What is clear with the farm bill is that Washington is recognizing through legislation that America’s relationship with its animals, both wild and domestic, is shifting to norms that the recently departed President George H.W. Bush would describe as both kinder and gentler. Additionally, as Pacelle wrote in his book “The Humane Economy,” kindness pays dividends in a culture of increasingly enlightened consumers.

Perhaps the most important feature of the bill, not to exclude legalization of industrial hemp used in CBD oil, is the elimination of the so-called King Amendment, about which I have written before. Named for Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, the amendment would have allowed states to scrap regulations banning such cruel practices as confining an animal so that it cannot move or turn around — ever.

Anyone who would seek to undo this minimal reduction of animal torture, for that it is, ought to be ashamed of himself. Those who vote “yay” on the farm bill deserve rose petals at their feet and a sustained Bravo! — and maybe a bow-wow here and a meowmeow there.

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

Trump in no-win spot with Saudi Arabia WASHINGTON — In recent days, many have sought to contrast President Trump with President George H.W. Bush.

But there is one area where Trump is channeling his inner George H.W. Bush — and not in a good way.

His response to the murder and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate echoes Bush’s handling of China’s crackdown on peaceful democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square.

We only recently learned how ruthless that Chinese crackdown really was, when a secret 1989 cable by Britain’s then-ambassador to China, Sir Alan Donald, was declassified. Student protesters were crushed by armored personnel carriers, which rolled over their bodies repeatedly until their pulverized remains were collected by bulldozer, incinerated and hosed down drains, the document said.

“Wounded girl students begged for their lives but were bayoneted,” Donald wrote. “A 3-year-old girl was injured, but her mother was shot as she went to her aid, as were six others.” One thousand survivors of the initial assault were told they could leave “but were then mown down by specially prepared MG (machine gun) positions.”

The cable ends with this chilling sentence: “Minimum estimate of civilian dead 10,000.”

China’s murderous brutality put Bush in an impossible position. He had to uphold American values while at the

guy that was delighted about the overthrow of the Shah, not worrying about what follows on.”

He sent a cringeworthy letter to Deng Xiaoping, in which he called the Chinese leader his “genuine ‘lao pengyou’” (old friend) and apologized for the Marc punitive measures his administration had taken.

Thiessen “The actions that I took as President of the United same time preserving a critiStates could not be avoided,” cal relationship with the men Bush wrote, “as you know, who carried out these horrific the clamor for stronger action crimes. It is much the same remains intense. I have resisted quandary that Trump has faced that clamor, making clear that in the wake of Khashoggi’s I did not want to see destroyed murder. Like Bush, Trump this relationship that you and I was faced with an inhuman act have worked hard to build.” of violence that shocked the Worse, Bush sent national conscience of the nation. security adviser Brent ScowLike Bush, Trump had to croft to Beijing, where he was impose consequences on the photographed cordially clinkregime while balancing U.S. ing wine glasses with Chinese national interests in a critical leaders at a state banquet. part of the world. And like Bush was right that the reBush, Trump has handled the lationship had to be preserved. situation poorly.

The opening to China was Bush was unapologetic critical to peacefully ending the about his outreach to Chinese Cold War. But his eagerness to leaders after the massacre in placate Chinese leaders, and June 1989. his reticence in condemning “What I certainly did not those who committed such horwant to do was completely rific crimes, harmed America’s break the relationship we moral standing in the world. had worked so hard to build Today, when it comes to since 1972,” Bush later wrote. Saudi Arabia, Trump is — like “While angry rhetoric might be Bush — in an impossible temporarily satisfying to some, position. The United States I believed it would deeply hurt must stand for human rights. our efforts in the long term.”

But it must also preserve its At the time, Bush lashed out relationship with Saudi Arabia, in his diary at congressional the only nation in the Middle leaders who wanted him to East that can serve as a bulwark take a harder line, including against Iran, the main strateRep. Stephen Solarz, D-N.Y., gic threat to U.S. interests in whom he called “the kind of the region. Trump has tried

to balance these conflicting responsibilities by imposing sanctions on 17 Saudis under the Global Magnitsky Act and declaring Khashoggi’s murder “an unacceptable and horrible crime” — while refusing to publicly blame Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for ordering it.

He has correctly determined that the crown prince is not going anywhere and that a permanent breach with Riyadh is unacceptable. But the unapologetic way in which he has gone about it — touting how much we make from Saudi arms purchases while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo castigates critics in Congress and the media for “caterwauling” — has been unseemly.

One of the toughest challenges of the presidency is upholding American values while dealing with pro-American tyrants. Few presidents have done it well. In this sense, Trump is no different from his predecessors. We do not know what Trump’s back-channel communications with the Saudi leadership have been like — perhaps he has been tougher in private than public.

We do know this much: They cannot be any worse than Bush’s plaintive entreaties to the butchers of Beijing.

Marc Thiessen is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush. He writes a twice-weekly column for The Post on foreign and domestic policy. Follow him on Twitter @marcthiessen.

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Treating fatty liver not caused by alcohol Dear Dr. roaCH: I am a 79-year-old woman, recently diagnosed with fatty liver. When I asked what to do about it, I was told to eat more fiber. No one gave me a suggested eating plan to help me do this. My present weight is 221 pounds, and I am 5 feet, 5 inches tall. I take oxcarbazepine for epilepsy and amlodipine for high blood pressure. I was never a drinker, just an occasional drink on a special occasion. Otherwise, I am an active senior. I am not opposed to doing something natural instead of getting another prescription drug, unless that’s the only way to go.

— J.M. ansWer: Fatty liver, in people who do not drink excess alcohol, is a spectrum of disease. It ranges from mild enlargement of liver with fat (usually in association with being overweight, and called “non-alcoholic fatty liver disease”) to inflammation of the liver (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis).

This last can lead to fibrosis of the liver and eventually cirrhosis.

The best treatment for NAFLD is a change in diet. Fiber certainly is one important component, but it’s disheartening to me that you didn’t get even a basic discussion of what your diet should be. The optimal diet for someone with NAFLD is similar to that for a person with diabetes, and any registered dietician nutritionist would be able to help you with that.

Staying active while making some changes in your diet can help you lose a few pounds.

Oxcarbazepine can make people gain weight. The next time you see your neurologist, you might ask about an alternative, if possible. I also would recommend complete abstinence from alcohol (although a rare drink is unlikely to cause much harm). Just changing your diet will help, but usually weight loss is necessary to reverse the fatty liver. Some experts in this condition prescribe drugs to promote weight loss or even consider bariatric surgery (though not normally to someone in your age).

However, most people are able to make significant improvement without resorting to these therapies.

Vitamin E sometimes is used in people who already have some fibrosis in the liver (which is on the pathway toward cirrhosis). The evidence in favor of use is not compelling, but vitamin E is generally considered safe.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@ med.cornell.edu or send mail to 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1799, George Washington died at Mount Vernon, his home in Virginia.

In 1819, Alabama was admitted as the 22nd U.S. state.

In 1911, explorer Roald Amundsen and his party became the first humans to reach the South Pole.

In 2001, after Hurricane Michelle devastated Cuba, a commercial shipment of food left the United States for the island nation for the first time since 1962.

In 2012, a 20-year-old gunman killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., before taking his own life.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: James Doolittle (1896-1993), military aviator; Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995), politician; Shirley Jackson (1916-1965), author; Don Hewitt (1922-2009), TV producer; Lee Remick (1935-1991), actress; Patty

Duke (1946-2016), actress; Bill Buckner (1949- ), baseball player; Michael Moloney (1963- ), interior designer; Vanessa Hudgens (1988- ), actress.

TODAY’S FACT: Historians have estimated that physicians drained five to seven pints of blood from President George Washington in the day prior to his death, in an attempt to cure him.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1988, after losing the first 17 games of the season, the Miami Heat defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 89-88 for the franchise’s first win.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “I speak as a Republican. I speak as a woman. I speak as a United States Senator. I speak as an American. I don’t want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the four horsemen of calumny — fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear.” — Margaret Chase Smith

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Wife and mom is missing friends Dear amy: I am at a crossroads in my social life and could use some advice.

I am a married mother in my early 30s. Over time I have had a “falling out” (so to speak) with each and every one of my lifelong friends (close friends from high school/college).

I will spare you the specifics of how these friendships ended, but I now find myself with no close friends to share my life with.

I miss the friendships I used to have, but I do not miss the drama and disruptions they caused in my life.

I have had no luck finding new friends my age that share my interests.

Is there something wrong with me? Why at this stage in my life is it so difficult to make and maintain these relationships?

My marriage is strong, my career is everything I want it to be, and my children are happy and successful, yet I seem to be failing terribly at having and keeping close friends. Any advice?

— Friendless Dear FrienDless: I don’t know if there is something “wrong” with you, but your behavior of dropping all of your friendships implies a pattern — and you are at the center. So, yes, you should carefully examine your own behavior, take responsibility and, most importantly, see what negative patterns emerge that you can change.

Making new friends — especially in adulthood — is

Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson a significant challenge. Most parents find themselves thrown together with other parents at the playground or at school; these glancing connections can evolve into very rewarding relationships centered around family life.

Are there other moms in your circle you’d like to befriend? Many of us also find pals that bloom into friendships at work.

But making friends is challenging. And transforming an acquaintance into a friendship can seem like a delicate dance. One of my own besties simply approached me in our daughters’ kindergarten classroom and said, “Hey, you seem cool. Do you want to be friends?” Turns out, I’m not that cool (she is!), but we’ve managed to stay friends for 25 years.

Read “Friendships Don’t Just Happen!: The Guide to Creating a Meaningful Circle of Girlfriends,”

by Shasta Nelson (2013, Turner). Nelson is also CEO of the innovative friendship matching site: girlfriendcircles.com.

Dear amy: We built a custom home a few years ago and went to great lengths to research our neighbor’s house colors before we decided on a color.

After much thought, we chose a white-and-black scheme for our house.

No other house on our street is similar to ours.

Fast-forward to today, and a new house is being built directly next door to ours. They are intending to paint their house the same colors as ours (although they believe their white paint will be “quite different”).

They bought their lot knowing our paint choices.

They also are aware that this decision will frustrate us.

Is it tacky to copy someone’s house colors when you’re direct neighbors?

— Frustrated Neighbor Dear FrustrateD: There are many neighborhoods and housing associations where people are forced through strict rules and design limitations to paint their houses within a very narrow range. Lucky you — you have the freedom to paint your house the way you want!

Your new neighbor has the same freedom.

Having a house painted white isn’t exactly pushing the boundaries of taste and design — you’ve chosen the most popular house color for your own house. Surely you can’t be that surprised that someone else on your street will also choose to have a

white house.

Even if this was a deliberate copying of your home, you have choices about how to behave. In this case, even if you are feeling petty, slighted and frustrated, you should behave as if you feel flattered.

No, it is not tacky to paint a house white, even if your neighbor’s house is also white. This might be a very good lesson for you. You seem very careful, deliberate and controlled. Other people aren’t like you. Understanding and accepting this will be a good exercise in neighborliness.

Dear amy: “Wondering” was ensnared in a family drama when visiting her close older friend. Her friend’s cousins accused Wondering of coming on to male family members.

I think it’s possible that these family members were trying to isolate the older woman, in hopes of receiving an inheritance. Unfortunately, I have seen this happen.

— Wondering No More Dear no more: This is a definite possibility.

“Wondering” should take steps to try to reconnect with her friend.

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

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

You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

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Take care of matters that have been hanging over your head for way too long. Honesty and integrity should be your top priorities as you forge into the future and make your voice heard. Kindness and consideration will make a difference. Spend your time and money wisely.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Listen attentively, but don’t believe everything you hear. Take on only what you know you can handle. Falling short will change the way people view you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Look back at a past gaffe and learn from what unfolded if you want to avoid making a similar mistake now. Trust your heart and share your feelings.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Don’t wait for someone else to go first or steal your idea.

Do things for yourself and others, and take credit where credit is due to find success and happiness.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t underestimate someone’s persuasive power.

Emotional manipulation is apparent. Giving in to temptation will be your downfall. A practical outlook will help you avoid a costly mistake.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — If you crave change, make it happen. Go the extra mile and refuse to let anyone stand in your way or meddle in your affairs. Be honest about the way you feel.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Don’t forget what’s important at this time of the year. Share what you’ve got and be grateful for what others share with you.

Love and romance will enhance your life.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) — Don’t trust new acquaintances to tell you the truth. Listen and observe, but don’t share your personal opinions or information. Strive for personal growth and integrity.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Look for opportunities to excel.

Consider what you would like to do next year. A change will do you good and should give you more time to explore creative projects.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Have fun with friends, but don’t let anyone talk you into being excessive or doing things you shouldn’t.

You may want to indulge, but limit your intake and protect your reputation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Problems at home or with a loved one will mount if there have been miscommunications or opacity about feelings or plans.

Do your best to keep the peace.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Your intentions may mislead someone. When it comes to sharing your feelings or plans, you are best off being crystal clear and paying close attention to detail. Words matter.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Share something you enjoy with a loved one. A promise will change your life and bring you closer to reaching your long-term goals. Don’t let someone from your past disrupt your life.

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DeKalb cop fatally shot in traffic stop USGS: 4.4 quake FROM STAFF REPORTS A DeKalb County police officer died Thursday night after he was shot during a traffic stop.

DeKalb County police said the shooting happened on Candler Road on Thursday afternoon,

according to Daily Post news partner FOX 5 Atlanta. A driver who had been pulled over in the traffic stop allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the officer. He later died at Grady Memorial Hospital.

The suspect allegedly also later shot a police K-9

before he was shot himself by police. He died from his injuries.

“Sad, sad news to report this evening,” DeKalb Police Chief James Conroy said. “A DeKalb County Police officer died this evening while serving in the line of duty serving

the citizens of DeKalb County.”

The shooting comes less than two months after Gwinnett County Police Officer Antwan Toney was fatally shot while responding to a suspicious vehicle call in the Snellville area on Oct. 20.

Police probe murder at hotel in Lilburn

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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Several masked men are wanted in connection with a deadly shooting at an extended stay hotel in Lilburn that killed a 28-year-old man Wednesday morning.

Shortly before 4 a.m., officers responded to a

report of someone shot at the Homestay Suites at 4350 Stone Mountain Highway in unincorporated Lilburn.

Officers were on-scene within four minutes of the call being dispatched, where they found Snellville resident Darius Daniels dead in a hotel room, according to Sgt. Jake Smith, a spokesman

for the Gwinnett County Police Department.

Detectives and crime scene investigators were on scene collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses.

The suspects are described as four to five black men wearing all black with masks. Their whereabouts are unknown.

Anyone with informa-

tion is asked to contact detectives at 770-513-5300.

To remain anonymous, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or visit crimestoppersatlanta.org.

Tipsters can receive up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case by referencing case number 18-115034.

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females appear to try to open her vehicle door and and a few snack items,” start a physical altercaRundles said. “A few mo- tion.” ments later, she begins to In an apparent attempt leave (in her car) and has a to flee, Mustafi pulled her verbal altercation with two car around the gas pumps, black females that were Rundles said, at which at the pump next to her. point “one of the black She stops and the black females tries to block her

in.”

“The two black females again confront (Mustafi),” he said.

“They open her vehicle door and a physical altercation ensues. (Mustafi) backs up and (Wheeler) is struck by the vehicle door. She falls and is

ultimately run over by the suspect vehicle. The suspect vehicle then flees the scene.”

Mustafi’s car was found at her house prior to the woman approaching detectives.

The investigation is ongoing.

felt in four states, including Ga. FROM STAFF REPORTS A magnitude 4.4 earthquake in Tennessee could be felt all the way in North Georgia and portions of the Carolinas early Wednesday morning.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, it happened around 4:14 a.m. It was centered about 7 miles northnortheast of Decatur, Tenn.

The center of the quake was about 128 miles north-northwest of Atlanta and about 220 miles west of Charlotte, N.C. A magnitude 3.3 earthquake followed about 13 minutes later, according to the USGS, but likely wasn’t felt in Georgia. It was also less deep than the first quake.

A seismograph maintained by Georgia Tech picked up the

quake in north Georgia.

There were no immediate reports of major damage.

The area is part of the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone, stretching from northeastern Alabama to southwestern Virginia. It’s the secondmost active seismic zone in the central and eastern U.S., behind the New Madrid zone in the Mississippi River region, according to the Seismological Society of America.

Wednesday’s 4.4 magnitude quake is the strongest of 799 recorded in the central U.S. in the last six months, according to a list compiled by the University of Memphis’ Center for Earthquake Research and Information.

FOX 5 Atlanta and CNN Newssource contributed to this report.

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•From Page 1A During his speech, Preczewski recognized Marteisha Kemp, the first recipient of a GGC bachelor’s degree in human development and aging services, which is one of two programs recently added in answer to local employment needs and opportunities.

He also congratulated history major Margaret Thomas on completing her bachelor’s degree 51 years after she first attended college.

Jessica Sok, an information technology major, was also honored as GGC’s University System of Georgia Outstanding Scholar.

She was recognized earlier this year as part of the state

•From Page 1A Gwinnett is one of three counties that were established on Dec. 15, 1818 — the other two being its neighbors, Hall and Walton counties. All three counties are named for Georgia’s three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall and George Walton.

The two parties that will be held Saturday will take place on the Infinite Energy Center campus at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in

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Thomas P. “Tommy” Hughes received Georgia Gwinnett College’s first honorary degree at the college’s fall 2018 commencement ceremony at the Infinite Energy Arena on Thursday. (Special Photo)

legislature’s Academic Recognition Day. In addition to noting several of GGC’s remarkable students, Preczewski reflected on how far the college has come in the 10 years since it celebrated

its first graduating class in 2008.

In that time, it’s grown from a few hundred students to more than 12,000, and from just under 50 alumni to nearly 6,400, Preczewski said.

As Nash presented the ceremony’s keynote address, she told the story of her parents — neither of whom attended college — who worked multiple jobs to allow their children to pursue a college education.

Through their hard work and perseverance, she said, three generations of their descendants are successful college graduates.

“Dare to dream audaciously about the possibilities, especially those that may seem out of reach,” she said. “For poor country folks like my parents, college for their daughters was an outlandish goal. It was a real stretch, but we grow much more by stretching to reach what seems impossible than by accepting what is safe.”

Bicentennial Duluth to mark Gwinnett’s official birthday.

A Family Cultural Birthday Party will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning and the Infinite Energy Theatre. This event will highlight birthday customs from across the seven continents. Bicentennial-related videos will be shown, cupcakes served and food trucks on hand.

There will also be a bicentennial gala with a cocktail party that evening in the Infinite Energy Fo-

rum. The cocktail party for this ticketed event will begin at 6 p.m., and the dinner begins at 7 p.m. Gala tickets cost $125 per person and can be purchased at www.gwinnett200birthday. com/events.

As far as monuments to Gwinnett County’s 200-year story go, the new Bicentennial Plaza will serve as a place residents can visit and learn about the county’s history while also relaxing outdoors. It will occupy the former site of Gwinnett County fire

station 15, which moved to a new location earlier this year.

Demolition of the former fire station began Sept. 20, Parham said. The county has also been working on a Bicentennial Trail connecting the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center to the plaza.

“The plaza is going to have sidewalks and seating, picnic tables and it’s going to have a series of story boards that tell you about the county’s history,” Parham said.

obituaries Lilburn

Doris Jean (Watts) Abrams Doris Jean Watts Abrams, age 89, of Lilburn, Georgia, passed away December 12th, 2018. Doris was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Sharon Ann Abrams, her sister Lorraine Wilson along with her parents Thomas Frank Watts and Helen Watts. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Chuck Abrams; son Steve (Donna) Abrams; daughter Shirley (David) Merriwether; granddaughters Katie (Sean) McGinnis; Karen (Andrew) Harmon; grandsons Zach (fiancee Kate Franklin) Abrams and Nick Abrams. She is also survived by 4 great grandchildren, Ruby McGinnis, Hall Harmon, Merrit (Minnie) McGinnis and Watts Harmon.

A memorial service is planned at Wages and Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, Georgia on Sunday December 16th, 2018 at 1:00pm.

Family will receive friends Sunday, December 16th, 2018 at 12:00pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that a charitable donation be made in memory of Doris Abrams and in Nick Abrams’ honor to the Friends U Need Club at www.friendsuneed.org which supports the Special Needs community in the Gwinnett area.

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Jane Alexander Jane Alexander of Lawrenceville, GA passed away December 11, 2018 at her daughter’s home.

She was born April 21, 1920 as Liza Jane Thigpen to Uyziah and Pearl Thigp f di h

pen of Adrian, GA. She worked hard, while growing up with her nine brothers and sisters on the family farm. School was her passion and she was a very smart and conscientious student. Mrs. Alexander left home at eighteen and attended Rabun Gap two year college through the work-study program. She met her future husband, J.T. Alexander there.

While he was serving in World War II, she finished her degree in Business Education at Piedmont College. Over the years she earned two more degrees from the University of Georgia. J.T. and Jane married in 1946. In 1948, they bought a farm on Scenic Hwy in Lawrenceville, GA. There they built a home and had one daughter, Shirley. When Shirley was two, she went back to teaching business education and vocational office training. Through the years, she taught at Tucker High School, Old Grayson High School, and retired from South Gwinnett High School in 1976.

Some students, close to eighty years old, told her how well she had prepared them for their careers and helped them get their first job. Mrs. Alexander received many awards over the years and has given countless hours to volunteering. She has held leadership roles and been a member of Snellville United Methodist Women, Retired Teachers, Delta Kappa Gama, Homemakers, Eastside H2U and several other organizations. She has volunteered, until the last few months at Eastside Hospital for 28 years. Every Monday you would see her. She was the one with a hat on! Everyone seemed to know her and love her. Her Church, Snellville United Methodist, has been her anchor through the years. She taught Sunday School for over fifty-five years. Mrs. Alexander loved her home and family. A County Park was built in 2009 on the family farm. It was named Alexander Park which she was so proud of the honor.

She enjoyed watching the activity daily from her kitchen window. Mrs. Alexander was very outgoing and loved to be around people. She always had

a smile on her face and a kind word for everyone.

She was known for coordinated outfits and hats worn daily. Her favorite verse, she repeated every day was “..This is the day the Lord has made. Rejoice and be glad in it..” She lived it for 98 years. She is survived by daughter Shirley Smith, and son-inlaw Don Smith; Grandsons: Chad Smith and wife Rebecca, Brian Smith and wife Jenny; Five great grandchildren: Liza Jane, Everett, and Clay Smith.

Lily and Nile Smith. Visitation will be held from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Snellville. Celebration of Life Services at 2pm Friday, December 14, 2018 at Snellville United Methodist Church, reception following.

Interment following the reception will be held at Eternal Hills Memory Gardens, Snellville. In lieu of flowers, a Memorial Donation may be made to Snellville United Methodist Church, 2428 Main Street East, Snellville, GA 30078. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome.com.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, A Family Company, 3705 Highway 78 West, Snellville, GA 30039 (770-9793200) has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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Richard George Burkard Richard Burkard, age 84, of Suwanee, died Tuesday, December 11, 2018. He is survived by his; son, Jeff; Daughter in law, Lisa, daughter, Kim and four grandchildren. Richard retired from a long career at Honeywell and was currently an active travel consultant for Travel Edge. A memorial service will be celebrated by Reverend Ken May on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 11:00 AM at The Northside Chap

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Award

spotlight good governance best practices is so vitally in which our entire commu- important,” GSBA Execunity can take pride as it is a tive Director Valarie Wilson said. “Gwinnett sets a high reflection of our collective bar of achievement, and work to make Gwinnett there is much we can learn County Public Schools from them. a system of world-class “The Georgia School schools.”

Boards Association looks The Governance Team forward to annually highof the Year Award is a new lighting quality governance honor that GSBA created for the benefit of all boards this year to recognize the and superintendents around superintendent and school Georgia.” board team that “best Districts that advanced to demonstrates its commitment to maximizing student the finalists stage received achievement and enhancing site visits from a review trust and support for public team. A panel of national experts who work in public education in their comeducation reviewed the fimunity,” according to the nalists to decide the winner association’s website. of the award, according to The award is based on Gwinnett schools officials.

Georgia Vision Project’s Gwinnett County Public recommendations for Schools officials said the public schools in the state, review team highlighted the although GSBA does not district’s partnerships within require districts to have adopted those recommenda- the education field and in the community, the school tions to be eligible for the system’s strategic plan and award. its “Promise of Gwinnett” The association sent branding initiative. applications to districts “We are so pleased to that met the criteria for the honor Gwinnett County award, such as all school as the Governance Team board members meeting of the Year,” said Katrina minimum training requireYoung, who is GSBA’s ments for the last three president and a member of years, the district having the Rockdale County Board high CCRPI scores or a of Education. “They have demonstration of improvement for the last three years exemplified, through work and no issues with accredit- and service, what a high functioning board of educaing agencies for the last tion and superintendent look three years. like.”

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Johanne Alice Monroe Valentine, 81, died peacefully at Seasons Hospice in Cumming on Thursday, December 6, 2018. Her children were present with her in body and spirit.

Her mind was strong but her body was worn out after declining health over recent years. Johanne was Doraville, GA born March 4, 1937 to the late Darrell Allen Monroe, Sr. and Annie Laurie (“Anne”) Sasser Monroe in Greenwood, SC. She graduated from Lander College, worked at Life of Georgia in Atlanta, and Helen Morrison taught school in Jack(Bagley) sonville, FL. In the mid Helen Bagley Morrison, 1960s, she moved with her age 89, of Doraville, GA parents to Daytona Beach, passed away Wednesday, FL to save money to go December 12, 2018. She to Europe. Her life took was preceded in death by a different turn when she her husband of sixty-seven attended a party and met years, Stephen Morrison, James (“Jim”) U. ValenSr. Mrs. Morrison is surtine, Jr., the man she would vived by son and daughmarry. Johanne was known ter-in-law, Stephen, Jr. and for being a fabulous cook Patricia Morrison, Mariand a gracious hostess who etta, GA; grandchildren, loved to entertain. Johanne Stephen “Trey” Morrison, loved God and her family III, Margaret “Meg” Mor- and she served them faithrison, Molly Morrison, fully. She and Jim raised Madeline “Maddie” Mortheir 3 children in Central rison; brother and sisterFlorida, including Orlando in-law, Maron and Sarah and Daytona Beach. They Bagley, Buford, GA; niec- moved to Duluth in 1995 es, Theresa Watts, Lisa and to Suwanee in 2010.

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Darrell A. Monroe, Jr., Mrs. Morrison was born and her husband of 50 on November 12, 1929 in years, Jim Valentine. She Sugar Hill, GA. She was is survived by her daugher a graduate of Sugar Hill Laurie Valentine (Scott High School, and she was North) of Kernersville, a homemaker. Mrs. MorNC, and her sons James rison was a member of (“Jim”) Valentine (HeathRehoboth Baptist Church er) of Cumming, and John in Tucker and also of N. E. (“Jack”) Valentine of Baptist Church in Atlanta. Dunwoody. She was the Funeral services will be proud grandmother of four held on Saturday, Decem- granddaughters, Jordyn ber 15, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. and Kayla Valentine, and in the Chapel of Flanigan Allison and Erin North.

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world&nation Alleged Russian spy pleads guilty

By Katelyn Polantz, Veronica Stracqualursi and Marshall Cohen

People Swift concert film coming to Netflix

Taylor Swift, who turned 29 on Thursday, took to Alleged Russian spy Instagram to make a special announcement: A film about Maria Butina pleaded guilty her Reputation tour is comin federal court Thursday ing to Netflix. for conspiracy to act as an “Thanks so much for illegal foreign agent in the all the birthday wishes!”

United States.

Swift wrote in the caption.

Butina, 30, was accused “Today I finally get to show of working to infiltrate you something we’ve been Republican political circles working on for a while… through groups such as the the trailer for the Reputation National Rifle Association Stadium Tour!” to bolster Russian interests.

The film trailer takes fans Butina said she acted “under direction of” a Rus- On Thursday, Maria Butina pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an illegal foreign behind the scenes of Swift’s enormously successful tour. sian official whom CNN agent in the United States. (Bill Hennessy/CNN) “You made this tour so has identified as Alexander insanely fun for all of us on Torshin, the recently retired will likely be deported after than March 2015 with a and “US Person 1,” whom deputy governor of the Cen- serving any time. A heardraft proposal Butina wrote CNN identified as Butina’s stage, and I’m really excited that we will have this metral Bank of Russia. ing was set for February to to Torshin and others called boyfriend, Paul Erickson, mento of the memories we “Butina sought to estabdiscuss a sentencing date. the “Description of the a GOP political operalish unofficial lines of comIn court, Butina said her Diplomacy Project.” tive, helped her prepare for all made together this year,” Swift continued. “I also munication with Americans mind was “absolutely clear.”

It described her plan the trip. After the trip in got to share the stage with having power and influence This comes in contrast to become an unofficial December 2015, she said over U.S. politics,” the pros- to her lawyer’s previous conduit of communication to her Russian backer, “We such wildly talented people camila_cabello, charli_xcx, ecutor said in a Washington notice to the court that as between Russia and the should let them express courtroom. of late November, she was U.S., especially through the their gratitude now, we will my band and dancers who Her guilty plea and agree- in solitary confinement in Republican Party, at a time put pressure on them quietly shine so brightly in this film.

You’re the best. Thank you ment to cooperate comes jail and the conditions were when the two governments later.” with the hope that prosecu- “starting to have a profound were less willing to negotiShe helped a U.S. citizen for everything.” tors will ask for a reduced psychological impact” on ate formally. She had also host “friendship dinners” sentence. She agreed to turn her. planned to use $125,000 with other wealthy and Lawsuit against over any evidence of crimes Since late November, Bu- from Torshin to attend influential Americans to talk Thicke, Pharrell she is aware of, submit a tina has been allowed time conferences associated with about U.S.-Russian policy, full accounting of her finan- out of the cell at night and the GOP — particularly the prosecutors said and Butina gets judgment cial assets, sit for interviews for other activities, includNRA, which she believed admitted in court.

A five-year legal battle with law enforcement (and ing for church and to visit “had influence over” the Butina organized a delwaive right to counsel durwith a Russian orthodox Republican Party, she egation and oversaw invita- over the copyright of the hit ing those interviews) and minister, which has helped admitted. tions to attend the National song “Blurred Lines” has ended with Marvin Gaye’s testify before grand juries her mental state, her attorNRA members also Prayer breakfast in 2017. family being awarded a final or in trials in Washington or ney Robert Driscoll said. received her invitation to She said to Erickson at the Surge in far-right judgment of nearly $5 milelsewhere.

The conspiracy, as visit Moscow and meet time that the people were activity flagged to She faces a maximum prosecutors described it in with high-ranking Rus“coming to establish a back lion against Robin Thicke anti-terrorism of five years in prison and court, kicked off no later sian politicians. Torshin channel of communication.” and Pharrell Williams.

The pair had been acprogram in Britain cused of copyright infringeThe number of people will still allow her to stay a ment for their 2013 single The Alabama flagged to Britain’s counter“long time.” because of the similarities attorney genextremism program on “I feel very comfortable to Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to eral is taking suspicion of far-right activity Alabama AG Give It Up.” over the pros- about what they are proposecution in the has increased by more than ing, and I feel very responGaye died in 1984 after takes over mall police shootone third, figures released sible to do that, whether it being shot by his father, shooting cases ing death Thursday showed. passes or not,” she said at her Marvin Gay Sr. (the singer of Emantic Data from the Home The Alabama attorney weekly press conference. added the “e” to create his Bradford Jr., Office’s Prevent program, general is taking over the In exchange for support stage name). pictured, at a a central plank of Britain’s prosecution in the police for her speaker bid, Pelosi Thicke and Williams Hoover mall, strategy to combat terrorism, shooting death of Emantic agreed to three terms for were ordered in 2015 to pay saying “fairshowed a 36 percent uptick Bradford Jr. at a Hoover top Democratic leadership, Gaye’s estate more than $7 minded perin the number of referrals of mall, saying “fair-minded which includes her, and her million, but that judgment sons” might question the people at risk of involvement persons” might question the top two deputies — incomwas reduced to $5.3 million district attorin far-right activity (1,312 district attorney’s objectiving House Majority Leader and the pair appealed the ney’s objecpeople) between April 2017 ity, the attorney general said Steny Hoyer and incoming verdict. tivity, the atand March 2018, compared Thursday.

House Majority Whip James torney general with the same period the A Hoover police offiPelosi’s memed said Thursday. Clyburn — even though the year before. cer working mall security two men were not part of (Facebook) coat so popular it The largest proportion of Thanksgiving night killed these negotiations. those referrals were young Bradford following a shootThe agreement stipulates will be re-issued people between the ages of According to a Senate between the House and Sen- that the leaders could serve a ing that left two people inNancy Pelosi caused a stir 15 and 20. ate, overhauls the law that jured. Hoover police initially financial disclosure report, fourth and final term if they Referrals related to susTuesday when she engaged Inhofe listed a purchase of dictates how sexual harassidentified Bradford, 21, as are elected with two-thirds pected Islamic extremism in a spirited Oval Office $50,000 to $100,000 in stock ment claims are overseen. the suspect, then recanted of the caucus. made up the bulk of cases meeting with President Donin U.S. defense contractor After passing unaniand said he brandished a (3,197 people, or 44 percent weapon — only to recant ald Trump.

Raytheon, days after sucmously in the Senate in the Rolling Thunder of referrals), but this figure She then emerged from cessfully pushing the Trump morning and in the House in that statement, as well. to end D.C. ride the White House, slipped on represents a 14 percent fall Witnesses said Bradford, administration for more De- the afternoon, the bill now her sunglasses and strode from the year before. fense Department spending. heads to President Donald armed with a permitted after next year to the awaiting media, her Inhofe’s communications Trump for his signature. weapon, was helping mall Rolling Thunder, the anrust-colored coat’s stand-up director said he canceled the The bill will reconcile the patrons when the officer shot Leopard kills nual event where hundreds collar buttoned high, just transaction when he became House- and Senate-passed him in the back, family atmonk in India of thousands of motorcybelow her chin. aware of it. versions into one bill that torney Ben Crump said.

A leopard killed a BudSuch a ruckus was caused Inhofe told CNN in an in- overhauls the Congressional clists come to the nation’s In a letter to Jefferson dhist monk who was mediover the popularity of Pecapitol to honor service terview Thursday on Capitol Accountability Act. County District Attorney tating in a protected forest losi’s coat that the designer members killed in action or Hill that he had “no saying In addition to requirDanny Carr, Attorney reserve in India, according to General Steve Marshall cited in any of the investments that ing lawmakers to pay for has decided to reinstate it. taken as prisoners of war, local officials.

The coat, called the “GLAwill hold its last event in took place” by Capital Advi- sexual harassment settleCarr’s connections to both Rahul Walke Bodhi had MIS,” was last sold in 2013 Washington next year. sors, an Oklahoma-based ments themselves, the bill the Hoover police officer gone to meditate in the reby Max Mara, but the Italian The last ride will be next investment management would also streamline the and to protesters who have serve on the morning of Dec. decried the Bradford shoot- company.

Memorial Day weekend, on design house late yesterday complaint-filing process by 11 when he was killed, said ing. said it will re-release it in eliminating the arduous pro- May 26, a spokeswoman Santosh Chaudhuri, an of2019 in a variety of colors. for the organizing group cess that included a 30-day Sex harassment ficial from the Tadoba And- Senator bought A re-issue is a rarity counseling period, a 30-day confirmed to CNN. bill headed to hari Tiger Reserve where the in fashion, and typically Organizers said the costs mediation period and a stock in defense President Trump attack took place. occurs with iconic pieces 30-day “cooling off period” of putting on the national Bodhi was one of a — assuming this coat now ride have become prohibicontractor after a staffer had to previously number of monks visiting Both the Senate and the falls into the category of go through before he or she tive, with last year’s event military push the area for a yearly prayer House of Representatives icon. Examples of sartocould even officially make a costing about $200,000 in Republican Sen. James In- passed legislation Thursday complaint. conference, AFP reported. rial re-instatements include various related expenses.

Chaudhuri told CNN hofe of Oklahoma, the chair- to reform how sexual harassVersace’s re-imagining of Instead of the gathering that the area also is home to man of the powerful Senate ment is handled on Capitol Pelosi speaks on at the nation’s capital, there the label’s 1990’s prints tigers and bears.

Armed Services Committee, Hill — including holding will be regional events orga- and patterns into its 2017 According to AFP, there blamed his investment firm lawmakers liable for paying term limits deal nized by various chapters to and 2018 collections, and J. have been four other fatal at- for a purchase of thousands House Minority Leader for settlements out of their Crew’s re-issue of its rollhonor those killed in action tacks in the reserve in recent of dollars in defense stock Nancy Pelosi said Thursday or who were prisoners of own pockets. neck sweater, a staple from weeks. the term limits deal she and claimed he was unaware The bill, long stalled by war, according to the group. 20 years ago.

— From wire reports of the transaction at the time. talks and disagreements — From wire reports struck with her detractors — From wire reports Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday showed no signs of heeding U.S. and European Union warnings to rein in his “illiberal state,” instead introducing new laws that critics say will tighten his grip on power.

Hundreds of protesters marched through Budapest and gathered at the parliament building late into Wednesday night, after Orban’s hardline Fidesz party pushed through legislation allowing employers to ask their workers to take on up to 400 hours’ overtime per year.

Critics have dubbed it the “slave law.” The government told CNN that the “voluntary changes to working hours” were “in the interest of the workers” and would allow people to work and earn more.

Orban’s right-wing party, which holds a parliamentary majority, also pushed through another controversial law Wednesday that will create new courts, overseen by the justice minister, to handle cases concerning “government business,” such as tax and elections, Reuters reported.

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Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane reaches space

By Jackie Wattles CNN

Virgin Galactic’s supersonic space plane soared into the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere Thursday for a milestone test flight. It indicates the company is not far off from sending tourists to space.

The rocket-powered plane, VSS Unity, was flown by two veteran pilots to a maximum altitude of 51.4 miles, surpassing

gine, swooping directly upward.

“We made it to space,” Enrico Palermo, president of The Spacethe 50-mile mark that the U.S. ship Company, Virgin Galactic’s government recognizes as the manufacturing partner, told a edge of space. It uses the 50-mile crowd of cheering spectators mark to award astronaut wings. gathered at the Mojave Air & The test flight took off from Space Port in Mojave, California. the Mojave Air and Space Port A visibly emotional Richin California at 7:11 a.m. local ard Branson, Virgin Galactic’s time. founder, told reporters after the Just after 8 a.m. local time, flight that it meant “myself and VSS Unity detached from the thousands of other people like mothership and lit its rocket enme” could soon see space for

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themselves.

“We saw our biggest dream and our toughest challenge to date fulfilled. How on Earth do I describe the feeling?” he said.

“Today for the first time in history, a crewed spaceship built to carry private passengers reached space.”

It was the fourth powered test flight for VSS Unity and the closest yet to mimicking the flight path that it is expected to one day take on commercial

missions. Its success means the company could be just months away from taking up its first load of tourists, a goal Virgin Galactic has worked toward since it was founded in 2014.

Rather than aiming for space using a NASA-esque vertically launched rocket, Virgin Galactic uses a rocket-powered space plane dubbed VSS Unity, a craft more comparable to the supersonic X planes developed by the U.S. military.

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Comeback

GEORGIA SWARM 2018-19 SEASON PREVIEW

Season opener: Saturday, 7:05 p.m. vs. New England at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth

KING

Perseverance leads Mustang to all-star, all-county teams

By Taylor Denman taylor.denman@gwinnettdailypost.com

The Rivalries of Gwinnett All-Star football game is a ceremonious conclusion to many high school football careers, but plenty of players have the chance to continue their careers in college.

For some players, the futures of their high school careers are less certain.

While Meadowcreek senior offensive lineman James King feels confident he’ll be able to play football at the collegiate level, the end of his high school career marks a huge change in his life. King has played football in some way, shape or form since he was 4 years old in Rutherfordton, N.C. His father used to help coach his youth teams until he died of kidney failure when King was 12. King left Rutherfordton when he said circumstances with his mother didn’t provide a stable environment for him as a middle schooler. That’s when his sister, Joyya Suber, sent him a text.

“Mom couldn’t really find a way to take care of me at one point and my sister felt like she had to come and get me,” King said. “I was living in North Carolina at the time. She texted me, ‘If I came and got you, would you come and stay with?’ And I said yes. She came and got me and got legal guardianship.”

King’s father had helped coach some See KING, Page 4B

SIZING UP the SWARM

Georgia’s Lyle Thompson fires a shot during the Swarm’s game against Saskatchewan on Jan. 6 at Infinite Energy Arena.

(Photo: Kyle Hess)

A bigger Georgia squad eager to start after lockout

By Taylor Denman

Meadowcreek’s James King made the all-county second team for the first time in his career, but his future of playing football in college is still unclear. (Staff Photo: Taylor Denman)

DULUTH — Georgia Swarm assistant captain Shayne Jackson is used to playing lacrosse every weekend in the winter.

He’s been doing that in the National Lacrosse League since he was drafted by the Minnesota Swarm in 2013. His commitment to the franchise doubled down when the Swarm relocated to the franchise’s current home at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth. Jackson relocated to Atlanta. After the Swarm’s training camp in their home arena on Saturday night, he was on the turf taking extra shots on goal with some teammates.

When professional lacrosse life was briefly taken away from him during the National Lacrosse League lockout, he missed it.

“All of us players wanted

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gaining agreement will span five years. Negotiations hit a snag with regards to how teams cover travel expenses for players.

It fundamentally came down to advantages teams in select markets have over a team like the Swarm, who play in a smaller market compared to other teams in the league. Some franchises playing in markets in which their players live. The Buffalo Bandits, for example, play some of the most-attended games in the NLL. More of The Georgia Swarm’s Miles Thompson heads to the field for a their players live in or close game last season. (Photo: Georgia Swarm) to Buffalo’s home market.

That’s not necessarily the to play, but we know there’s a Everything will be back to case for the Georgia Swarm process to be done,” Jackson normal as soon as Saturday and its roster. Most of its said. “We were all chompwhen the Georgia Swarm players and coaches coming at the bit because we host the New England Black mute from out of state or out all wanted to be playing.

Wolves in the 2018-19 seaof country. Therefore, the We’re happy we’re just back son opener for both teams.

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The new collective bar-

Coaches’ aim shifts in GDP hoops showcase again Parkview’s all-star game includes strong slate of game softball coach

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There is a light-hearted, casual tone that surrounds the Rivalries of Gwinnett All-Star Football Game — until the fourth quarter.

Meadowcreek’s Jason Carrera, head coach of one of the teams, echoed that on Wednesday before one of his squad’s practices. That quip gets repeated PREP every year when FOOTBALL a new batch of What: Rivalries of seniors steps on Gwinnett All-Star the field for the Football Game When: Saturday, last time in a high 1 p.m. school uniform, Where: Discovery for most of them.

High School “It’s really about all of these kids coming out here and having a good time,” Carrera said. “As coaches, you have a good time and want to ensure these kids are having a great time and get to meet the guys they played against.”

Carrera’s team is made up of players from his school, Mountain View, Duluth, See ALL-STAR, Page 4B

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By David Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

As the high school basketball season heads into its holiday tournament and showcase season, the Gwinnett Daily Post-Metro Atlanta Challenge will once again be among the forefront of those events.

Entering its fourth year, the showcase will include some familiar features and a few new elements.

Among the familiar are 18 total games — seven girls games and 11 boys contests — spread out over three different sites — Archer, Grayson and Lanier — throughout Gwinnett County.

“We’re really excited about the field and to be able to host other schools from around Gwinnett County (and beyond),”

Bishop focuses on family

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Lanier’s Sion James (1) tries to score against Dacula’s Quincy Ademokoya (23) during a game last season. (Photo: Will Fagan)

said Lanier boys coach and event co-coordinator Branden Mayweather. “We’re really excited about our matchup with Mountain View, with our two girls

teams also playing. We’ve got North Gwinnett and Union Grove playing in both boys and girls. We’ve See HOOPS, Page 4B

After getting Parkview’s softball program back on the fast track over the last four seasons, Justin Bishop is ready to slow down a little.

With several new situations involving his family, not the least of which is the impending arrival of his and his wife’s Justin third child, he deBishop cided it would be best for him to step down as the Panthers’ head coach, a decision he announced earlier this week.

“It was a personal decision,” Bishop said. “I had a lot of fun and made a lot of great relationships with the kids and their families. … I want See BISHOP, Page 4B

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Condra, Hetherington lead coaches all-county honors From Staff Reports Peachtree Ridge’s Chase Condra and Mountain View’s Chloe Hetherington swept the top honors at the recent Gwinnett County cross country seasonending banquet, hosted at Meadowcreek.

Condra earned the club’s Boys Runner of the Year Award, and Hetherington was given the Girls Runner of the Year Award. Condra won the Gwinnett County and Area 4-AAAAAAA championships as a senior, then finished third at the state meet. Hetherington won county and area titles before suffering an injury during the state meet.

Wesleyan’s Chad McDaniel won both the Boys Coach of the Year Award and the Girls Coach of the Year Award. He led his boys team to the Class A Private state title, in addition to guiding the girls team to second place.

The Cross Country Hall of Fame inducted three new members at the celebration — former Peachtree Ridge runner Josh Brickell, former Collins Hill runner Chloe Whitworth and former Wesleyan coach Brian Kennerly. Brickell, a 2011 All-American and twotime Gatorade Georgia Runner of the Year, won three state championships in high school cross country. Whitworth was the county, region and state cross country champion in 2010. Kennerly led the Wolves to six state championships and 10 region titles from 2000-09.

The other athletes honored at the celebration are

as follows: All-County Boys Team Tristan Autry, Parkview Ben Butcher, Dacula Will Bray, Brookwood Chris Cherono, Grayson Myles Collins, Archer Chase Condra, Peachtree Ridge Robert Cranston, Shiloh Colby Freeman, Grayson Ty Freeman, Grayson Mac Howie, Wesleyan Elliott Januzelli, Norcross Michael Maron, North Gwinnett Luke McNeil, Brookwood Joseph Muck, Mill Creek Mohamed Mursal, Norcross Brian Pelland, Mill Creek Brandon Potra, Hebron Sebastian Rodriguez, Archer Gabriel Schlicht, Norcross Miguel Schlicht, Norcross Patrick Smith, Brookwood All-County Girls Team Merritt Blum, Norcross Brooke Browning, Hebron Kelly Connerley, Archer Hannah Gatland, Brookwood Olivia Henry, Archer Chloe Hetherington, Mountain View Edith Kahiga, Mill Creek Makenna Kulzer, North Gwinnett Sarah McCartney, Archer Ana Margaret Miller, Mill Creek Andrea Montes, Mill Creek Georgia Piper, Hebron Kelsey Powell, Mill Creek Reese Robertson, North Gwinnett Karsyn Rodney, Dacula Reese Saddler, Brookwood Rebecca Schaeffer, Collins Hill Caroline Ursprung, North Gwinnett Madison Watts, Mountain View Andi Wells, Dacula

Honorable Mention All-County Ansley Annis, Archer; Mac McCartney, Archer; Devani Rodriguez, Berkmar; Gonzalo Diaz, Berkmar; Jordan Sullivan, Buford; Bailey Hunter, Buford; Shari Gasper, Brookwood; Eddie DeSandre, Brookwood; Faith Phillip, Central Gwinnett; Conrado Del Real, Central Gwinnett; Paulina Seely, Collins Hill; Josiah Harrison, Collins Hill; Stephanie Beltran, Dacula; Chris Murray, Dacula; Sol Mendoza, Discovery; LeeAnn Lawrence, Duluth; Conner Creedon, Duluth; Elise Karinshak, Greater Atlanta Christian, Parker Hallock, Greater Atlanta Christian; Eva Ross, Grayson; Will Clack, Grayson; Kai Roig, Hebron; Preston Brown, Hebron; Katie Kress, Lanier; Eduardo AlvarezFlores, Lanier; Charlotte Hope, Meadowcreek; Luis Nieto, Meadowcreek; Jordyn Purnell, Mill Creek; Luke Surowiec, Mill Creek; Amy Kim, Mountain View; Daniel Hollander, Mountain View; Claudia Gatti, Norcross; Joseph Winters, Norcross; Abby Snyder, North Gwinnett; Jackson McClimans, North Gwinnett; Claire Mills, Parkview; Pete FitzSimons, Parkview; Abby Carmack, Peachtree Ridge; Brendon Hartman, Peachtree Ridge; Taylor Simmons, Providence; Luke Hudson, Providence; Kyah Threlkeld, South Gwinnett; Larson Evans, South Gwinnett; Hanan Jemal, Shiloh; Daniel Bennett, Shiloh; Ashley Doran, Wesleyan; Stafford McDaniel, Wesleyan

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Prep Schedule BASKETBALL

Today

• Hawks Naismith Classic at Norcross 5:30 p.m. — Dacula boys vs, Sandy Creek in Hawks Naismith Classic at Norcross 6 p.m. — Berkmar at Meadowcreek 6 p.m. — Dacula girls at Shiloh 6 p.m. — Discovery at Mill Creek 6 p.m. — Grayson at Archer 6 p.m. — Lakeside-DeKalb at Brookwood 6 p.m. — Loganville at Hebron 6 p.m. — Mountain View at Peachtree Ridge 6 p.m. — North at Collins Hill 6 p.m. — Parkview at Central 6 p.m. — South girls at St. Pius 7 p.m. — GAC at Lumpkin Co.

SWIMMING AND DIVING

5 p.m. — Dunwoody at Wesleyan 7:20 p.m. — Shiloh, Discovery and Dacula at Mtn. Park 7:20 p.m. — Archer, South and Lanier at West Gwinnett 7:20 p.m. — Central and Meadowcreek at Collins Hill

WRESTLING

• Mountain View in Bradley (Tenn.) Invitational • Takedown Sportswear Invitational at Buford 5 p.m. — Discovery at Berkmar 5 p.m. — Meadowcreek at Woodward Academy 5 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge in McCallie (Tenn.) Invitational Saturday

BASKETBALL

• Norcross girls vs. Buford in Hawks-Naismith Invitational • Collins Hill boys in Julio Jones Classic at Cobb Civic Center 11:30 a.m. — Lithonia girls vs. Berkmar at Archer 11:30 a.m. — Spalding Co. girls vs. GAC at Norcross 12:30 p.m. — Loganville Christian at Hebron 12:30 p.m. — North vs. Union Grove at Lanier 1 p.m. — Discovery girls vs. Archer at Lithonia 1 p.m. — North Atlanta boys vs. GAC at Norcross 2 p.m. — Duluth vs. Riverwood boys at Lanier 2 p.m. — Providence at Strong Rock Christian 2 p.m. — Shiloh girls at Peachtree Ridge 2:30 p.m. — Berkmar boys vs. Jonesboro at Wheeler 3 p.m. — Dacula boys vs. North Cobb Christian in Lake Pointe Showcase 3:30 p.m. — Central boys vs. South at Grayson 3:30 p.m. — Mill Creek girls vs. Lambert at Lanier 3:30 p.m. — Fulton Leadership boys at Wesleyan 3:30 p.m. — South boys vs. Central at Grayson 4:15 p.m. — Wesleyan girls vs. Brookwood at Norcross 4:30 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge boys vs. Newton at Archer 5 p.m. — Brookwood boys vs. Gainesville at Grayson 6:30 p.m. — Mountain View at Lanier 7 p.m. — Meadowcreek boys vs. Holy Spirit at Wheeler 7 p.m. — Mill Creek boys vs. Dutchtown at Archer 8:30 p.m. — Parkview boys vs. Lambert at Archer 8:45 p.m. — Discovery boys at Norcross

SWIMMING AND DIVING

• Hebron in Jingle Jam at Ruby Fulbright Natatorium 8:05 a.m. — Collins Hill and Parkview at Mountain Park 8:05 a.m. — North, Mountain View and Grayson at Collins Hill 8:05 a.m. — Norcross and Peachtree Ridge at West Gwinnett 10 a.m. — Wesleyan in Madeline J. Brown Diving Invitaional at Emory 1 p.m. — Gwinnett 11 Diving Invitational at Mtn. Park 7:20 p.m. — Duluth, Berkmar and Mill Creek at West Gwinnett

WRESTLING

• Collins Hill in Beech (Tenn.) Invitational • Mountain View in Bradley (Tenn.) Invitational • Takedown Sportswear Invitational at Buford 8 a.m. — Black Knight Duals at Central 9 a.m. — Archer, Mill Creek, Lanier in Battle at the Bluffs at Cherokee Bluff 9 a.m. — Discovery at Berkmar 9 a.m. — GAC in Coal Mountian Classic at North Forsyth 9 a.m. — Gorilla Warfare at Berkmar 9 a.m. — Meadowcreek at Woodward Academy 9 a.m. — Peachtree Ridge in McCallie (Tenn.)

Invitational

The Home Teams

TODAY NEXT UPCOMING

Falcons

at Boston at Brooklyn Washington 7 p.m.

Sun, 3 p.m.

Tue, 7:30 p.m.

FSSE/92.9-FM FSSE/92.9-FM FSSE/92.9-FM

at Jacksonville at Orlando Greenville 7:30 p.m.

Sun, 1:30 p.m. Wed, 7:35 p.m.

97.7-FM 97.7-FM 97.7-FM

Arizona at Carolina Off Sun, 1 p.m.

Dec. 23, 1 p.m.

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Georgia

Texas^ Off Jan. 1, 8:45 p.m.

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Hawks

Gladiators

Tech

Minnesota# Off Dec. 26, ESPN

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On TV

Today

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m. — Illinois-Chicago at DePaul FS1 9 p.m. — Green Bay at Creighton FS1

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

8 p.m. — NCAA FCS Championship Round, South Dakota State at North Dakota State ESPN2

COLLEGE WRESTLING

6 p.m. — Arizona State at Penn State ESPN2

NBA

7 p.m. — Atlanta at Boston FSSE 7:30 p.m. — Indiana at Philadelphia ESPN 10 p.m. — Oklahoma City at Denver ESPN

NHL

7:30 p.m. — Washington at Carolina FSSO

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Consistency leads Buford riflery to win From staff reports

shot 288.

Colin Sharp also contributed for BUFORD — Buford’s riflery team Buford with a score of 277. showed plenty of consistent shooting in beating Roswell 1,142-1,053 at RIFLERY home Thursday.

Taylor King led the way for the North Gwinnett 1,121, Wolves (4-0) with a score of 289, Lithonia 1,008 followed closely by Morgan AdLITHONIA — North Gwinnett reams and Austin Cagle, who each mained undefeated with 1,121-1,008

victory over Lithonia on Thursday.

Matthew Herrington led the Bulldogs (3-0) with a 285.

Shasta Robinson finished with a 281, Corina Fluker had a 280 and Kaitlyn Miller added a 275, while Charleston Cooper also shot for North Gwinnett.

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Swarm •From Page 1B

making a position change from transition to forward.

2018-19 SCHEDULE Swarm are on the hook for Expect physicality to be Dec. 15, 7:05 p.m. — New England Black Wolves more expenses than most part of Georgia’s game this Dec. 28, 7:30 p.m. — at Toronto Rock season, with a host of big teams.

Jan. 5, 7:05 p.m. — Vancouver Warriors bodies in the rotation.

“It’s not so much the Jan. 12, 7 p.m. — at Philadelphia Wings Georgia was consistent travel expenses when they Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m. — at Toronto Rock Jan. 19, 7 p.m. — at New England Black Wolves with the philosophy of priare away as when they Jan. 27, 4:05 p.m. — Saskatchewan Rush oritizing versatile, athletic were home,” owner and Feb. 1, 7:35 p.m. — New England Black Wolves players when the franchise general manager John Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. — at Rochester Knighthawks selected 6-foot-2 defenseArlotta said. “Our league Feb. 9, 7:05 p.m. — Buffalo Bandits man Adam Wiedemann is different because some Feb. 16, 9 p.m. — at Colorado Mammoth from Belmont Abbey Colplayers are playing in March 2, 7:05 p.m. — Rochester Knighthawks lege at No. 8 overall. their home market. Other March 9, 7:30 p.m. — at Buffalo Bandits “Bomberry is one of players — when they play March 15, 7:30 p.m. — at Rochester Knighthawks those guys who is going home games — fly to AtMarch 22, 7:35 p.m. — Toronto Rock to start on defense — as lanta. That’s always been April 5, 7:35 p.m. — San Diego Seals April 13, 9 p.m. — at Calgary Roughnecks Zed Williams did — and a bit of a dilemma, which April 20, 7:05 p.m. — Philadelphia Wings if we need him to move up we sort of got straightened to offense at some point, out with this CBA. Everyhe’s more than capable of one is on an equal footing 2018-19 ROSTER doing that,” Arlotta said. in terms of per diem and (*first-year player) Forwards (7): Holden Cattoni, Shayne Jackson ‘A,’ “It’s more, for us, about mileage reimbursement.”

Randy Staats, Jerome Thompson, Lyle Thompson, athleticism. We like really The lockout postponed Miles Thompson, Zed Williams athletic players of high the first two weeks of the Transition (3): Bryan Cole, Jordan MacIntosh ‘C’, Jason character. The athleticism season, but games have Noble ‘A’ lends itself to a guy who since been rescheduled.

Defensemen (9): Brendan Bomberry*, Alex Crepinsek, can play both defense and Georgia lost one game in Matt Dunn*, John Ranagan, Connor Sellars, Leo Stouoffense.” the lockout, but that game ros, Joel Tinney*, Chad Tutton, Adam Wiedemann* Size was also a factor in against the Saskatchewan Goaltenders (2): Kevin Orleman, Mike Poulin the Swarm’s targets in the Rush was rescheduled for Practice Squad (4): Tyler Ferreira (D), LeRoy Halftown* (F), Steven Orleman* (G - Protected), Craig Wende* (G) free agent market. Georgia Jan. 27 at Infinite Energy signed 2018 Major League Arena.

Lacrosse Defensive Player The lockout came at an inopportune time, when it The turnout reached ap- regular-season games over of the Year Matt Dunn, a 6-foot-3 defenseman from seemed like NLL was gain- proximately 350 fans, and the last two seasons. Hall the University of Maryland ing momentum. The league they took advantage of the was considered a pivwith three years of pro will host two teams in new new Swarm merchandise otal glue guy on the 2017 experience in MLL. markets this year, Philadel- and season tickets on sale. championship team. Both There are still plenty phia and San Diego. There That support before were offensive contributors of familiar faces on the are expectations for future the first game — after a for Georgia. roster who have become expansion in the coming lockout, no less — was The Swarm front office synonymous with the years. A team in the Long encouraging. prepared as best it could Swarm brand itself. Lyle Island, N.Y., market was “It’s just nice to be at to be wounded by the Thompson is still expected announced this week. home when we have such a expansion draft. Shifting to provide elite offensive The postponement of nice home down here and roles and a few acquisifirepower alongside Randy games, however, opened we’re treated so well, as tions will fill the roles Staats, and the job between up the opportunity for the opposed to practicing here left by Matisz, Hall and the pipes is still Mike Swarm to try something and there,” head coach Ed forward Jessie King, who new that it may continue Comeau said. was traded to Calgary with Poulin’s, by all indications.

In addition to Jackson, the in the future. The Swarm Expansion perhaps hurt a second-round pick for hosted an open practice Atlanta more than other forward Holen Cattoni and Swarm resigned assistant captain Jason Noble and during the first day of its NLL clubs. The Swarm a 2018 first-round pick. training camp on Dec. 1 at lost two key contributors The Swarm used that pick captain Jordan MacIntosh.

Returning veterans Alex Infinite Energy Arena, the from last season and the to draft 6-foot-2 Syracuse Crepinsek, John Ranagan, original date of the season 2017 Champions Cup forward Brendan BombConnor Sellars, Leo Stouopener with Saskatchseason due to the expanerry. ewan, acting as a sort of sion draft.

Zed Williams, Georgia’s ros and Chad Tutton round out the Swarm’s defensive preseason hype-day for Kiel Matisz and Jordan 6-foot-2 No. 4 overall units.

Swarm fans.

Hall combined for 63 pick in the 2017 draft, is

IN BRIEF

Hawks’ Koepke signs with Auburn softball

basketball had 18 players — 10 boys and eight girls — named to the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s All-Metro High Mill Creek senior Maddison KoSchool Watch Lists. epke is headed to the Southeastern The recognition is for the area’s Conference for softball, signing with Buford’s Johnson to top players and leading candidates the Auburn Tigers. She committed to play at Coastal Carolina for postseason awards from the club.

Auburn as an eighth-grader.

Buford football player KJ Johnson The boys list featured Norcross’ Koepke is a three-time all-state announced on Sunday he is verbally Brandon Boston and Kyle Sturand four-time first-team all-county committed to play football at Coastal divant, Mountain View’s Nahiem selection, as well as the Georgia Carolina.

Alleyne, Meadowcreek’s Jamir Dugout Club’s Class AAAAAAA He is listed at 6-feet tall and a free Chaplin, Buford’s Eric Coleman and co-player of the year this past seasafety and wide receiver for Buford. Marcus Watson, Shiloh’s Toneari son. She hit .444 with eight home Johnson is rated a three-star athlete Lane, Dacula’s Brenden Tucker, runs, 41 RBIs and 29 walks as a by 247Sports’ composite rating.

Greater Atlanta Christian’s Hunter senior, in addition to a .940 fielding Coastal Carolina, located in Con- McIntosh and Grayson’s Deivon percentage at shortstop. way, S.C., finished the 2018 football Smith.

She leaves Mill Creek as the caseason 5-7 overall and 2-6 against The club honored the following reer leader in at-bats (391) and home fellow Sun Belt Conference oppoGwinnett girls players: Collins Hill’s runs (20). She also ranks second on nents. The Coastal Carolina football Bria Harmon and Javyn Nicholson, the career charts for hits (147) and program has existed since 2003.

Wesleyan’s A.C. Carter and Paige RBIs (114), third in doubles (25) and Lyons, Brookwood’s Kiki Adams, fourth in batting average (.376).

Norcross’ Morgan RobinsonParkview’s Lawson Nwagwu, Buford’s Tate Walters and picks Truett-McConnell Former Norcross LB Parkview junior infielder Ashleigh GAC’s Kennedi Williams.

Montgomery commits Lawson committed Monday to the Truett-McConnell University softball Gwinnett Lacrosse to Arkansas State program.

League’s Zaleski Former Norcross linebacker Lawson is a three-year starter for Monty Montgomery committed to earns state honor the Arkansas State football program the Panthers, starting at second base Gwinnett Lacrosse League direcon back-to-back Elite Eight teams in tor Kenny Zaleski will be honored Tuesday.

2016 and 2017 and starting at short- with an Outstanding Contributor to Montgomery, a 5-foot-11, stop last season as a junior. She hit 218-pound outside linebacker and Lacrosse Award at the 2019 Georgia .311 during the 2018 season with six Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame strong safety prospect, played last doubles, 16 runs scored and 14 RBIs. and Award Dinner. season at powerhouse Hutchinson Community College in Kansas. He Zaleski has worked with the Mill had 78 tackles, 6 1/2 sacks, three in- Lanier’s Litzenberger Creek Athletic Assocation’s lacrosse terceptions and three forced fumbles chooses Tusculum program, as well as the GLL, which as a freshman, leaving him three seahas organizations at Archer, BrookLanier senior Alexa Litzenberger sons of eligibility at Arkansas State. has made a commitment to the wood, Buford, Collins Hill, Duluth, He was named National Junior Col- Tusculum College (Tenn.) softball Grayson, Greater Atlanta Chrislege Athletic Association Defensive program. Litzenberger is a shortstop tian, Mill Creek, Mountain View, Player of the Week in October after Norcross, Notre Dame, Oconee, for the Longhorns. scoring two defensive touchdowns in Parkview and Peachtree Ridge. a win over Dodge City.

He will receive the award Feb. 10 Gwinnett puts 18 on As a Norcross senior, Montgomat the dinner at the Marriott NorthTipoff Club watch lists west at the Galleria. ery led Gwinnett County with 155 Gwinnett County high school — From staff reports tackles, including 27 for losses, in 2016. He signed with Tulane out of high school before transferring to Hutchinson.

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All-Star •From Page 1B Norcross, North Gwinnett, Collins Hill Lanier, Discovery, Hebron, Buford, Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge. Archer coach Andy Dyer is heading up the other side this season. His team is made up of additional players from Parkview, Brookwood, South Gwinnett, Berkmar, Greater Atlanta Christian, Grayson, Dacula and Central Gwinnett.

The coaching staffs are a hodge-podge of the county’s head football coaches, stepping into pseudo-assistant roles.

“We have a great time,” Dyer said.

“Our job this week is to get them lined up and get some base stuff in so they can go play on Saturday. There’s nothing elaborate that goes into it. It’s great for us to be around each other and it keeps the camaraderie in the county.”

A handful of players have futures in college football already, but Dyer said the game has a history of being a networking event of sorts when it comes to connecting players with college coaches.

College football assistants and recruiters are meeting with local coaches in the gap between the regular season and bowl-game prep.

Perhaps there’s a small school that doesn’t reach all parts of the county during recruiting season, but is looking to fill in gaps in the recruiting class.

The week of prep and cross-training that players spend with neighboring coaches could leave an impression on a local prep coach that turns into a recommendation down the line.

“What’s interesting is (Tuesday) the other coaches seeing guys who a really, really good but don’t have a lot of offers,” Carrera said. “Those are some of the guys who have a lot of colleges coming through.”

The game doesn’t count for much more than bragging rights, but there’s still a seriousness in the approach and preparation for it. Teams have been practicing for three days leading up to the game. Dyer said it illustrates the strength of the local network.

“We all help each other out because we’re all in the kid business. If we’ve played against them, then we’ve got a pretty good idea. Obviously, this week helps a lot.”

The game is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Discovery High School.

RIVALRIES OF GWINNETT ALL-STAR GAME ROSTERS TEAM CARRERA James King, OL, Meadowcreek Aidan Higgins, OL, Mountain View Josh Johnson, OL, Duluth Zarrit Mumphrey, OL, Norcross T.J. Skinner, OL, North Justin Bullock, OL, North Tommy Turnage, OL, Collins Hill Mauriohn Underwood, OL, Lanier Kobe Johnson, WR, Discovery Jeffrey Saturday, WR, Hebron Isaiah Wilson, WR, Norcross Jamaal Singleton, WR/DB, Buford Dom Maggio, TE/DE, Buford Christian Sims, TE, Norcross Deonte Miller, RB, Duluth Davian Criss, Mountain View Lance Jackson, RB, Norcross Devin Williams, QB, Peachtree Ridge Jaylon Dickson, DB, Meadowcreek Chris Quaites, DB, Collins Hill Christian Thompson Brown, DB, Duluth Dominic Jones, DB, Peachtree Ridge Randy Cochran, DB, Norcross Hunter Borgess, DB, Hebron Christian Weddington, DB, North Michale Moyers, LB, Hebron Brock Skinner, LB, Mill Creek Christian Wright, LB Norcross Trent Brown, LB, Peachtree Ridge Kameron Brown, LB, Lanier Nick Pucciarello, LB, North Gwinnett Keyshawn Williford, DL, Norcross Chris Miles, DL, North Gwinnett Ennyinna Nwagbara, DL, Mountain View Jaylin Carter, DL, Norcross Terrance Harris, DL, Peachtree Ridge Austin Ruiz-Velasco, DL, Mill Creek Promise Williams, DL, Meadowcreek Alex Drazic, K, Discovery Cameron Clark, K, North Gwinnett TEAM DYER Donte Henry, QB, Berkmar Josh Rose, QB, GAC Chris Carter, RB, Brookwood Jakiem Thompson, RB, Parkview Makel Fuller, WR, Brookwood Michael Killibrew, DB, Brookwood Henry Chambers, DB, Berkmar Nick Fortune, DB, Central Gwinnett Matt Chavers, DB, Parkview Tavian Coleman, DB, Parkview Koby Hylton, DB, South Gwinnett Anthony Gorney, LB, Brookwood Kevon Blackwood, LB, Central Gwinnett Zach Hamilton, LB, Parkview Dylan Schefske, K, Brookwood Cameron Orr, P, Parkview Parker Hilliard, LS, Brookwood Tyler McCaskill, DL, Grayson Soloman Zubairu, DL, Archer Nick Grier, DL, South Gwinnett Jake Wenske, DL, Brookwood Alvin Duncan, DL, Berkmar Elijah Prior, DL, GAC T.J. Mullix, DL, South Gwinnett Roland Witherspoon, OL, GAC Fernando Contreras, OL, Bekmar Josh Anderson, OL, South Gwinett Caleb Chester, OL, Archer Shawn Clottey, OL, Dacula T.J. Ellis, WR, Central Gwinnett Jared Cunningham, WR, Berkmar Kameron King, TE, Central Gwinnett

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Coaches pick All-Region 6-AAAAAAA team From Staff Reports The All-Region 6-AAAAAAA Football Team was released Thursday by the league’s coaches, whose voting determined the selections.

Region champion North Gwinnett had 17 players on the team, including 13 firstteam selections.

The all-region team is listed below: First Team Offense QB J.R. Martin, North Gwinnett RB Tyler Goodson, North Gwinnett

RB Chancellor Lee-Parker, Mill Creek WR Kobe Johnson, Discovery WR Josh Downs, North Gwinnett WR Parker Wroble, Mill Creek WR Tommy Stewart, Mountain View OL Jonathan Leech, Mill Creek OL Aidan Higgins, Mountain View OL Cameron Kinnie, Collins Hill OL Justin Bullock, North Gwinnett OL Will Hamilton, North Gwinnett KR Javonni Cunningham, North Gwinnett PK Cameron Clark, North Gwinnett Defense DL Tomari Fox, Collins Hill DL Austin Ruiz-Velasco, Mill Creek DL Chris Miles, North Gwinnett DL Jared Ivey, North Gwinnett LB Jared Bartlett, Collins Hill LB Brock Skinner, Mill Creek LB Nick Pucciarello, North Gwinnett

LB Kai Hill, Mountain View DB Warren Burrell, North Gwinnett DB Quinton Newsome, North Gwinnett DB Dominic Jones, Peachtree Ridge DB Ronald Clarke, Mill Creek P Albert Jang, Peachtree Ridge Second Team Offense QB Luke Hennebaul, Mountain View RB Deonte Miller, Duluth RB Davian Criss, Mountain View RB Devin Crosby, North Gwinnett WR Logan Goins, Duluth TE Adam Mullins, Duluth OL Josh Johnson, Duluth OL T.J. Skinner, North Gwinnett OL Cody Hutchison, Collins Hill OL Ethan Marshall, Mill Creek OL Tommy Turnage, Collins Hill KR Justin Richardson, Duluth PK Alex Drazic, Discovery

Defense DL Terrance Harris, Peachtree Ridge DL Myles Jackson, Mill Creek DL Bryson Scruggs, North Gwinnett DL Jeremy Tuider, Mountain View DL Anthony Vinson, Collins Hill DL Amari Davis, Peachtree Ridge LB Kendall Davis, Collins Hill LB Chris Cruz, Duluth LB A.J. Murdock, Peachtree Ridge LB Trent Brown, Peachtree Ridge LB Blamassi Meite, Discovery LB Jordan Coggins, Duluth DB Christian Thompson Brown, Duluth DB Quintin Hyde, Mountain View DB Anthony Rochester, Discovery DB Antar Williams, Collins Hill DB Trisstan Weddington, North Gwinnett Specialist Miller Horn, Collins Hill

King •From Page 1B

sister on a trip, maybe to the beach in Florida, so she can of his youth teams in North relax and they can enjoy some Carolina before he became scenic time as a family.

Through some ups and ill. King said the degenerative downs, King thinks fondly kidney disease his dad sufabout both of them and how fered from might have been close they’ve become in five treatable enough to prolong years. his life, but he had no desire to “We talk about everything. live a subdued life tethered to She helps with mostly everydialysis. thing,” King said. “(We’re) The summer after he trying to basically keep graduated seventh grade, King peace.” moved to metro Atlanta with King said he still hasn’t dehis sister. King, who went to cided about his college future, a middle school championbut his best opportunities may ship at R.S. Middle School in be at Cincinnati Christian, Rutherfordton, started playing Reinhardt University or St. football in the Brookwood Andrews University. youth system while Suber and Carrera said King is an exher boyfriend, Akedoo McFar- Meadowcreek’s James King made the all-county second team for the first time in his career, but his future of playing football ample of an exceptional player land, helped take care of him. in college is still unclear. (Staff Photo: Taylor Denman) he’s coached who has been He refers to McFarland as a forced to grow up quickly but brother, since he’s been by his able mentions when teamwas the only player from managed to come through side for so long. mates Chauncey Williams Meadowcreek on either the his early-life experiences as a King came to a camp early (the state’s leading rushing first or second team this more mature person. He thinks in Jason Carrera’s first season in 2017) and Mark Haynes season. His name was alongfootball has helped King cope at Meadowcreek. The shy were named running back side some Division I athletes King earned the nickname of the year and second-team and some of his future all-star with that to some degree. He still makes a conscious effort “Brookwood” as the kid who all-county, respectively. King game teammates. played for the Broncos in was part of a sturdy offensive “That was one of my goals, to drum up more support from the parents and legal guardians GFL. line that led Meadowcreek to to make all county,” he said. of his players each year.

He took Carrera and a few the football program’s first “I had never made it. I was Carrera, the head coach of other coaches by surprise that playoff appearance in nearly always honorable mentions. one of the all-star teams, will day.

20 years. He set out his senior I was honestly trying to get it “He was a good-sized kid season with one last chance every year. I was just working have one last chance to be his coach on Saturday at Discovwith great feet,” Carrera said. to represent his school next to hard during practice and in ery High School.

“When you saw him the first Gwinnett County’s best. the game, I just went out and “No matter what’s gone on time, you thought he’d play a “He sold out in the weight played. It wasn’t like I was at home, or what’s going on in bit.” room and made amazing gains thinking about it too much. I life, he gets an opportunity to He turned out to become a in there,” King said. “Even just kind of knew if I played come out and play football,” four-year starter at Meadowthough he’s battled and gone hard enough, good things Carerra said. “It’s something creek. up and down with the weight, would come.” he can hang his hat on at the “They didn’t think I could I never get a lot of complaints King smiles when he talks move that quick,” King said. with James.” about the relationship between end of the day: He got to play high school football and he “When I got out in drills and King took the stage at the him and his sister, who is 29 started moving around. They Infinite Energy Forum during years old now. They will both was a pretty dang good high school football player. It’s sad were kind of impressed.”

Monday night’s Touchdown celebrate graduations at the when you see a kid who wants King set goals from his Club of Gwinnett awards night same time, Suber will earn his mom to be there and wants high school football career, when he accepted a plaque as a degree from Georgia State his support in the stands, but including making the alla member of the all-county when King graduates from there isn’t anyone there to see county team. As a junior, he second team for his efforts Meadowcreek. King said he them.” was part of a host of honorduring his senior season. He hopes to be able to take his

Hoops •From Page 1B got (former Lanier girls coach) Jeremy Huckaby returning to Lanier (as Mill Creek’s head coach) on the girls side. We’re just really excited.”

Indeed, the girls-boys doubleheader featuring Lanier and Mountain View is among many interesting matchups for Saturday, particularly the boys game, which will pit the host Longhorns (6-2), who come into the game well rested, against a Bears (8-2) team playing its fourth game in eight nights.

Regardless of the outcome, Mayweather expects both teams to gain a lot from the game that should help them later in the season.

“We play games like this just because it’s a good game to get us prepared if we’re fortunate enough to make a postseason run,” Mayweather

PREP BASKETBALL What: Fourth annual Gwinnett Daily Post-Metro Atlanta Challenge basketball showcase When: Saturday Where: Archer, Grayson and Lanier High Schools Tickets: $10 for adults; $5 for students Schedules: At Archer 12:30 p.m. — Berkmar vs. Lithonia (girls) 2 p.m. — Buford vs. Newton (girls) 3:30 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge vs.

Newton (boys) 5 p.m. — Parkview vs. Lambert (boys) 6:30 p.m. — Mill Creek vs. Dutchtown (boys) 8 p.m. — Archer vs. Lithonia (boys) At Grayson 12:30 p.m. — Notre Dame Academy vs. George Walton

said. “We can’t play games like these every day. It’s a good measuring stick, and it’s good that it’s not a region

Academy (boys) 2 p.m. — South Gwinnett vs.

Discovery (girls) 3:30 p.m. — South Gwinnett vs.

Central Gwinnett (boys) 5 p.m. — Brookwood vs. Gainesville (boys) 6:30 p.m. — Grayson vs. Meadowcreek (girls) 8 p.m. — Grayson vs. Forest Park (boys) At Lanier 12:30 p.m. — North Gwinnett vs.

Union Grove (girls) 2 p.m. — North Gwinnett vs.

Union Grove (boys) 3:30 p.m. — Mill Creek vs. Lambert (girls) 5 p.m. — Cherokee Bluff vs. Drew Charter (boys) 6:30 p.m. — Lanier vs. Mountain View (girls) 8 p.m. — Lanier vs. Mountain View (boys)

game for either of us.”

Other all-Gwinnett matchups in the showcase include South Gwinnett’s girls taking

Bishop •From Page 1B to focus on my wife and children right now.

“I’ll still spend a lot of time in my baseball role (as the Panthers’ pitching coach) and as a (physical education) teacher.”

Bishop leaves after a four-year run that saw the softball program enjoy some of its best success in decades.

In addition to an 81-49 record in that time, including three 20-win seasons, the Panthers also earned their first state tournament appearances since 2000 with back-to-back trips

to Columbus in 2016 and 2017.

Overall, he has more than 100 wins to his credit in eight seasons as a head softball coach at Parkview, as well as Clarkston and Lithonia high schools in DeKalb County.

And while a very young Panthers squad took a bit of a step back this fall with a 12-17 finish this past fall, Bishop is confident that the best is still ahead of the current group of players, and that his successor should find himself in a similar favorable situation to the one he inherited when he took the job four

years ago.

“When (former coach) Joey Farah stepped down, I felt like it would be a good fit for me,” Bishop said. “And at that time, I felt like I could do everything I could to help (the program) take the next step. We won 20 games three years in a row (from 2015-17), and we’ve had eight kids play at the next level in four years.

“And there’s more to come. Everybody is back next year. I think with this group returning, we’re going to have about four or five kids sign to play in college, too.”

on Discovery, followed by the Comet boys against rival Central Gwinnett at Grayson, with the host Rams girls meeting Meadowcreek later in the evening.

Among the new features are a handful of teams from inside and outside of Gwinnett making their first appearances in the event, including Notre Dame Academy, a Duluth private school competing in the Georgia Independent Christian Athletic Association with Georgia High School Association aspirations, and Cherokee Bluff, a new program at a recently opened school in neighboring Hall County.

Notre Dame Academy’s boys tip off the day’s slate at Grayson at 12:30 p.m. against GHSA Class A opponent George Walton Academy, while Cherokee Bluff takes on Drew Charter at 5 p.m. at Lanier.

FANS CHOICE WINTER ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Nahiem Alleyne School: Mountain View Sport: Basketball Class: Senior Highlights: Scored 29 points in an overtime win over Mill Creek Coach B.J. Roy’s take: “Nahiem Alleyne is one of the hardest-working student-athletes to come through the Mountain View basketball program.

His selfless nature makes him an ideal teammate and coachable player. He exudes positivity and always wants to improve his abilities and skills. From his teachers and coaches to his family and friends, Nahiem is a pleasure to be around and brings up the spirits of everyone around him.”

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The North Gwinnett grad became the first fourtime American Volleyball Coaches Association AllAmerican in Missouri history Wednesday, surpassing two other Tigers who were three-time All-Americans. The recognition is the latest in an impressive few weeks for the senior.

Munlyn also became Missouri’s third four-time AVCA All-Region recipient and its first four-time All-SEC award honoree this season. She had her 600th career total block early in the 2018 season, becoming only one of six SEC players since 2001 to eclipse the mark.

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She leaves Missouri as the program’s all-time leader in career total blocks (634), block assists (516), blocks per set (1.27) and hitting (.388).

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Pinkney signed with Vanderbilt, where his brother Jared is a tight end, out of high school, then transferred to Hutchinson (Kans.) Community College. The 6-foot-5, 239-pounder had 20 tackles and two sacks this past season as a Hutchinson freshman.

Locals honored by Conference USA Gwinnett grads and Western Kentucky teammates Miles Pates, Juwuan Jones and Josh Samuel were honored on the AllConference USA Teams, selected by the league’s coaches.

Pate, a junior from Peachtree Ridge, was named to second-team allconference. The 6-foot-2, 315-pounder started all 12 games at tackle and played 893 snaps with only two penalties.

Both Jones, a defensive end from Lanier, and Samuel, a running back from Central Gwinnett, made the all-freshman team. Jones led Conference USA freshmen with 546 snaps and finished with five sacks, a Western

Kentucky freshman record in its FBS era. Samuel had 639 rushing yards (seventh in the conference) and was sixth in the league at 5.3 yards per carry.

Montrief named all-region Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute punter Zac Montrief, a Mountain View grad, was named to the D3football.com All-Region Team.

The sophomore punter, a third-team pick, also was a first-team AllLiberty League selection this season. He punted 61 times for 2,275 yards (37.3 average) with a long of 71, which ranks second in school history. He put 21 of his punts inside the 20yard line and forced 14 fair catches.

Thomas signs with AAF team Jonathan Thomas, who finished his college career at Syracuse in 2017, has signed with the San Diego Fleet of the new Alliance of American Football League.

Thomas had 140 tackles (9 1/2 for losses) in 44 career games (16 starts) at Syracuse.

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That lineup will be challenged in the 30-team event that also includes Grayson and North Gwinnett from within the county. Eastside and Indian Land are strong South Carolina teams in the mix, while Rockdale County is among the top Georgia squads involved.

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MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, JANUARY 5TH 2019@ 1:00PM 2001 BMW X5 WBAFB33501LH20783 2002 BMW 745i WBAGL63412DP51740 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt 1G1AK55F877202118 2010 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZC5EB8A4132688 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe 1GNFC13J97R373613 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT 1GNET16S246204949 2003 Chevrolet S-10 1GCCS19X238236572 1999 Chevrolet Blazer 1GNCS13W4X2247959 1994 Chevrolet C1500 2GCEC19K1R1278303 1996 Chevrolet Camaro RS 2G1FP22K4T2158918 2008 Dodge Charger 2B3KA43GX8H317234 2007 Ford E-150 1FTNE14W37DA12092 1999 Ford Mustang 1FAFP42X7XF104389 2003 Ford Expedition 1FMRU15W83LB35384 2005 Ford Mustang 1ZVFT80N955117093 2003 Ford Explorer 1FMZU73K13ZA87470 2004 GMC Envoy XL 1GKES16S946198549 2012 Honda Civic 19XFB2F85CE016350 2003 Honda Odyssey 5FNRL18973B137417 1999 Honda Accord 1HGCG665XXA027453 2004 Hyundai Tiburon KMHHN65F94U153085 2004 Lincoln Town Car 1LNHM83WX4Y609993 2005 Mercury Mountaineer 4M2ZU66W75ZJ10521 2009 Nissan Sentra 3N1AB61E69L633133 2005 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D25C389058 2001 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR12E71Z431454 2002 Toyota Camry Solara 2T1CE22P92C004786 2004 Toyota Camry JTDBE30K340254840 2007 Toyota Camry 4T1BE46K37U177411 2002 Volkswagen Passat WVWRH63B72P346833 929-579125, 12/14,21,28

2004 Yamaha Motor YZFR6 JYARJ06Y74A003328 *** SALVAGE *** 2005 Yamaha Motor YZFR6 JYARJ06Y35A004171 2001 Yamaha Motor YZFR1 JYARN05E91A009655 2013 Kia Optima 5XXGN4A75DG210701 2009 BMW 750Li WBAKB83559CY57786 2006 Cadillac CTS 1G6DP577760197404 2012 Toyota Rav4 2T3BF4DV7CW213760 2013 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WG5E34D1129657 2005 Nissan Murano JN8AZ08W95W424627 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GZ58SXTC223554 2001 Lexus ES 300 JT8BF28G310337914 1981 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 2G3AM47A3B2447826 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer 1GNDT13S422120989 2008 Chevrolet Aveo KL1TD66698B031559 2004 Dodge Stratus 1B3EL36RX4N325608 2006 Jeep Commander 1J8HG58226C139628 2010 Mazda CX-7 JM3ER2W58A0312084 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 1D7HA18NX5S107077 2003 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D03C256201

LIVE AUCTION MULTIPLE FACILITIES – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4755 Nelson Brogdon Blvd.

NE Sugar Hill, GA 30518, 11/26/2018, 10:00 AM DeShawn Dennard Unit 346 Household Items John Patrick Unit 761 Tools, Household Items 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.

929-577138, 12/9,16 This lien sale will be held via online auction on the date of December 18th, 2018 at storageauctions.com The facility location is: Uhaul Moving and Storage of Pleasant Hill 1290 Pleasant Hill Rd. Lawrenceville, GA 30044 770-381-9793unit 2072 amber parker, unit 803 winter cardwell, unit 816 latifah raynolds, unit 2089 carlos bullard Uhaul Moving and Storage of Hewatt rd 2161 Hewatt Rd Snellville GA 30039 770979-5237 unit 114 vivian mills, unit 142 marquida sims, unit 111 tanya butler.

Uhaul Moving and Storage of Lilburn 140 Rockbridge road Lilburn GA 30047 770717-9666 unit 425 vanessa dixon, unit 469 travis dennis.

2001 Ford Explorer 1FMDU83P31UB08308 2001 Hyundai Sonata KMHWF25S61A490207 2003 Hyundai Sonata KMHWF35H33A909711 2006 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11EX6C130005 2004 Chevrolet Classic 1G1ND52F54M583150 2006 Chrysler Town and Country 1A4GP45R66B533566 2002 Audi A6 WAULT64BX2N147755 2009 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZG57B394160010 2007 Chevrolet HHR 3GNDA13D97S616678 2001 Honda Accord JHMCG56661C011407 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser 3C8FY68B93T534678 2006 Lexus GS 430 JTHBN96S065002140 2000 Mercedes-Benz ML430 4JGAB72E9YA191001 2010 Ford Fusion 3FAHP0HA6AR175596 1998 Kia Sportage KNDJB723XW5568590 2006 Hyundai Sonata 5NPEU46C06H062108 2000 Dodge Durango 1B4HS28Z9YF288991 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4FX58S6WC192695 2005 Ford Explorer 1FMZU62K85UA55272 2006 Chrysler 300 2C3KA53G96H176095

Uhaul Moving and Storage of Jimmy Carter Blvd.

5365 Jimmy Carter blvd Norcross GA 30093 770447-5017- unit 1024 amy freeland, unit 1081 nate hudgins, unit 1074 krystal white, unit 1008 sophia boone, unit 1013 tamara allen.

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2005 Mazda Mazda3 JM1BK343851250970

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belongings to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 5151 Annistown Road Stone Mountain GA. 30087 770-469-5363 December 28, 2018 1:00 PM Unit Name Items 457 Jamel Murphy household furniture and items 505 Tameka Fletcher wants a 10x30 4 bedroom about 2 couches 355 Latonya Seay house hold goods 334 Michael Milhouse house hold goods 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.

929-577182, 12/7,14

2001 Audi S4 WAURD68D61A030764

2003 Chevrolet Cavalier 1G1JC52F737354029 2003 Ford Explorer 1FMZU63K13ZA49411 1998 Ford F-150 1FTRX07L4WKA82170

2005 Kia Sportage KNDJF724257111188 2010 Mazda Mazda3 JM1BL1SF0A1320938 9 2 9 - 5 7 7 5 4 0 , 11/30,12/7,14 PUBLIC AUCTION Pleasantdale Storage of Doraville shall conduct an online auction on www. selfstorageauctions.com to conclude at Saturday, December 29th, 2018 at 12:00pm Unit #A56 – Latoya Harris– Unit said to contain: Table.

Red Bar Stool. Rolling Rack.

Luggage. 6 Boxes/Totes.

Desktop Tower. 5X10 unit.

Unit #B61 – Cory Thrash– Unit said to contain: King bed frame. King Mattress & Box spring. Leather recliner.

Large Flat screen. Xbox. 3 computers. 5 plus boxes.

10X5 unit.

Unit #141 – Charles Nunn– Unit said to contain: 2 Fans.

Industrial shelving. Utility cabinet. Work table. Wood windows.

Miscellaneous items. 10X20 unit.

929-579183, 12/14,21

LIVE AUCTION ONE FACILITY – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Extra Space Storage #1799 530Athens Hwy, Loganville, GA 30052 December 28, 2018 @ 3:00 pm Cherise Frye C144 Household Furnitures Rodney “ Gene” Frye C144 Household Furnitures 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.

929-577537, 12/7,14 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: (Address) 214 MCARTHUR ST, LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30046 (Yr/Make) 2001 FORD LGT CONTNL VIN# 1FTRW07L81KB38137 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date) 11/19/2018.

929-579031, 12/14,21 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice of Abandonment and Sale in accordance with O.C.G.A. 40-11 the following vehicles have been declared abandoned and will be sold at Public Action to the highest and best bidder for cash only. The auction will be held on December 21, 2018 at 10:00a.m., 3120 Main St W, Snellville GA 30078, phone (678) 691-9166. Review 9:30 a.m..

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CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Duluth Planning Commission will hold a public hearing for a text amendment to the City of Duluth’s official Unified Development Code (UDC).

The proposed amendment concerns modifications and/ or changes to Section 343 “Wireless Telecommunications.” The amendment may also include additional changes and/or modifications to other Sections of the UDC to accomplish consistency with the proposed changes in Section 343.

This proposal is to be reviewed under case number TA#2019-001 PERSONS INTERESTED IN THIS MATTER are invited to review the proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code, which is on file with the Planning and Development Department of the City of Duluth and to attend the public hearing before the Duluth Planning Commission at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street on January 7, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.

Written comments may also be received in lieu of testimony during the public hearing. Written comments may be sent to the following address: City of Duluth ATTN: Dan Robinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: drobinson@duluthga.net For more information, contact Dan Robinson, Planning and Development, at (770)476-1790. ****************** In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Duluth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for a person with a disability.

Please contact Teresa Lynn at (770) 476-3434 if special program accommodations are necessary and/or if program information is needed in an alternative format. Special requests must be made in a reasonable amount of time in order that accommodations can be arranged.

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the following address: City of Duluth ATTN: Dan Robinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: drobinson@duluthga.net For more information, contact Dan Robinson, Planning and Development, at (770)476-1790. ******************* In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Duluth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for a person with a disability.

Please contact Teresa Lynn at (770) 476-3434 if special program accommodations are necessary and/or if program information is needed in an alternative format. Special requests must be made in a reasonable amount of time in order that accommodations can be arranged.

934-579180, 12/14

at (770) 476-3434 if special program accommodations are necessary and/or if program information is needed in an alternative format. Special requests must be made in a reasonable amount of time in order that accommodations can be arranged.

934-579172, 12/14

CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Duluth City Council will hold a public hearing to adopt the official Fee Schedule of the City of Duluth. The public hearing on the adoption of the official Fee Schedule will be called at 7:00 p.m. on the 7th day of January, 2019 at the following location: City Hall Council Chambers, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096. The public is invited to comment.

PERSONS INTERESTED IN THIS MATTER are invited to review the proposed adoption of the official Fee Schedule, which is on file with the Planning and Development Department of the City of Duluth and to attend the public hearing at the date, time and place provided in this notice, to express their opinion on this matter. Written comments may also be received in lieu of testimony during the public hearing. Written comments may be sent to t

CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the City of Duluth Planning Commission to consider a request from Greystar GP II LLC to rezone approximately 4.52 acres of property in Land Lot 293, 6th District, Gwinnett County, consisting of tax parcel 6293 376 from CBD (Central Business District) to PUD (Planned Unit Development District) to allow for the construction of a multi-family development.

The public is invited to attend this meeting before the Planning Commission on the proposed rezoning at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096. The meeting date, place and time regarding this matter are as follows: WHEN: January 7, 2019–6:00 p.m.

WHERE: City Hall Council Chambers 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 PERSONS INTERESTED IN THIS MATTER are invited to review the proposed zoning, which is on file with the Department of Planning & Development of the City of Duluth and to attend the public hearing at the date, time and place provided in this notice, to express their opinion on this matter. Written comments may also be received in lieu of testimony during the public hearing.

Written comments may be sent to the following address: City of Duluth ATTN: Daniel Robinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: drobinson@duluthga.net For more information, contact Daniel Robinson, Planning & Development, at (770)476-1790. ****************** In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Duluth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for a person with a disability.

Please contact Teresa Lynn

CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Duluth City Council will hold a public hearing for a text amendment to the City of Duluth’s official Unified Development Code (UDC). The proposed amendment concerns modifications and/or changes to Section 343 “Wireless Telecommunications.” The amendment may also include additional changes and/or modifications to other Sections of the UDC to accomplish consistency with the proposed changes in Section 343. This proposal is to be reviewed under case number TA#2019-001 PERSONS INTERESTED IN THIS MATTER are invited to review the proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code, which is on file with the Planning and Development Department of the City of Duluth and to attend the public hearing before the Duluth Planning Commission at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street on January 7, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. Following the Duluth Planning Commission hearing, this matter is also schedule for a public hearing before the Duluth City Council at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street on January 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.

Written comments may also be received in lieu of testimony during the public hearing. Written comments may be sent to the following address: City of Duluth ATTN: Dan Robinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: drobinson@duluthga.net For more information, contact Dan Robinson, Planning and Development, at (770)476-1790. ******************** In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Duluth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for a person with a disability.

Please contact Teresa Lynn at (770) 476-3434 if special program accommodations are necessary and/or if program information is needed in an alternative format. Special requests must be made in a reasonable amount of time in order that accommodations can be arranged.

934-579174, 12/14

2007 INFINITI QX56 VIN:5N3AA08A57N800081 929-578198, 12/14,19 PUBLIC AUCTION THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON DECEMBER 29, 2018. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 29 DICIEMBRE 2018 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www.swsatlanta.com Yamaha Motorcycle – Bike #4 NO VIN (T#1203896) Yamaha Motorcycle – Bike #8 NO VIN (T#1203895) 2011 JinLun JL250P Sport Motorcycle LJ5PBA161B1040046 2002 Honda Accord 1HGCG56742A092609 1999 Buick Century 2G4WS52M9X1565570 2001 Ford Expedition 1FMEU15W51LA04831 2007 Nissan Altima 1N4AL21E67C143888 2001 Toyota 4Runner JT3GN86RX10198953 1997 Ford Explorer 1FMDU34E5VUB11586 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 1D7HA18K26J246486 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe 1GNEC13R3VJ390596 2000 Ford Explorer Sport 1FMYU60EXYUA99335 2002 Volkswagen Jetta 3VWSE69M72M146007 2002 Buick Century 2G4WS52J821215426 2004 Ford Explorer 1FMZU72K44UB98689 2005 Hyundai Accent KMHCG35C35U331938 2005 Chrysler Sebring 1C3EL55R15N614555 1998 Honda Accord 1HGCG2250WA008570 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 1GCEK19T14E153529 2007 Nissan Murano JN8AZ08W87W655733 2004 Chrysler Pacifica 2C8GM68484R546875 2005 Volvo XC90 YV1CZ852951202021 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WB57K991198225

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10 spot the

1. “Amazing Grace.”

Concert film highligting Aretha Franklin.

2. “Bisbee 17.” The story of what is called “the Bisbee Deportation.”

3.”Hale County, This Morning, This Evening.”

Working as a coach for a youth basketball league in Hale County, Ala., filmmaker RaMell Ross brought his camera along to document what he saw.

4. “Minding The Gap.” A look at skateboarders and their lives.

5. “McQueen.” A look

at Alexander McQueen.

6. “Shirkers.” A detective story, a ghost story and a personal exploration of Sandi Tan’s own past.

7. “Monrovia, Indiana.”

Welcome to Small Town, USA, where God and guns reign supreme.

8. “Hal.” The story of funky filmaker Hal Ashby.

9. “Three Identical Strangers.” The story (and more) of the reunion of identical triplets.

10. “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” The life and legacy of Fred Rogers.

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As we head to the end of 2018 year-end lists are prevalent. Rolling Stone says these are the 10 best documentaries of the past year:

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Dec. 21 Banks and Shane Christmas: The duo will play its annual Christmas show at Duluth’s Red Clay Theater. For ticket prices and more information, go to eddieowenspresents.com.

Dec. 22 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band — Bob Seger and his band come to the Infinite Energy Center for a show slated to start at 8 p.m. For more information, go to bobseger.com.

Ongoing Illuminate — The Chinese Lantern Festival continues at Sugarloaf Mills in Lawrenceville. For ticket prices and more information, go to http://theilluminatefestival.com.

happy feat’s jingle in the park SATURDAY, DEC. 15 8 AM -8 PM HOLIDAY M ARKE T AND LIVE N ATIVIT Y!

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Smokin’ Po Boys BBQ 67 W. Athens St., Winder www.facebook.com/ smokinpoboys 678-425-9374 Pictured is a pulled pork plate, toast and two sides. Patrons can also get a basket with one side or a pork sandwich.

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General manager: Michael Welch Open Since: Initially opened in 2005. Current operators have owned it since 2007.

Location: Smokin’ Po Boys BBQ is located on West Athens Street in downtown Winder and across the street from the Barrow County Courthouse. An adjacent municipal parking lot is located at the corner of Athens and Broad streets.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Mondays through Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays.

Atmosphere: Smokin’ Po Boys BBQ sits at a crossroads in downtown Winder between Atlanta and Athens and has all the trappings of a traditional southern barbecue joint. It is a short walk between the smoker out back and where patrons sit and enjoy the bounty of smoked pork, ribs or chicken. One can look out the large windows at the Barrow County Courthouse as the friendly wait staff makes sure you always have a cup filled with sweet tea.

You may have been here before, or you may have stopped at a different barbecue joint in Georgia.

Smokin’ Po Boys in Winder has a lot that one would find in a barbecue restaurant. What sets it apart is the experience customers get when people walk in the door. The meat is smoked to perfection every single day — pork butts for 8-10 hours, ribs for three hours and chicken about two and a half.

Welch said the meat is slow smoked with a propriety butter dry rub, and patrons can choose from a plate of pulled pork, chicken quarters, sandwiches, and full

and half slabs of ribs with two sides.

“It’s pretty straightforward, pretty traditional,” he said.

However, people can be particular about their barbecue. Welch noted that Georgia might not have a definitive style of barbecue.

However, Welch believes the diversity of barbecue found here is a strength.

“A lot of times Georgia gets kind of a bad rap for barbecue because people know about Memphis barbecue or Texas or they know about North Carolina,” Welch said. “What I always like to say about Georgia is that we’re kind of a crossroads of all barbecue. Here, we try to feature and play on all of that.”

Options are always good, and that is what you get choosing a sauce. Rather than a single original sauce,

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Pulled Pork — Comes by plate pulled or in a sandwich ($8.99 with toast and two sides) or sandwich basket ($6.99 with one side). A pork sandwich alone is $5.29.

Chicken — The quarter plate comes at a choice of white or dark meat and two sides ($8.99) or basket with one side ($6.99). The menu also has chicken tenders, a “big kid meal” ($8.29) and June’s Chopped Chicken sandwich (alone at $5.79 or $7.79 with one side).

Ribs — A full slab rib plate comes with a 2.5-pound rack with two sides ($23.59) and a half slab plate ($14.59). A Combo plate with choice of any two meats and two sides ($14.59). Love ribs, but can’t handle a whole or half rack? The three-bone rib basket with one side ($7.99) is available.

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Smokin’ Po Boys BBQ is located on West Athens Street in downtown Winder and across the street from the Barrow County Courthouse.

Rather than a single original sauce, Smokin’ Po Boys has five — Sissy, Sweetie, Sassy, Sneaky and Spicy — that each offer a pantheon of flavor from mild to sweet to tangy to hot.

Smokin’ Po Boys has five — Sissy, Sweetie, Sassy, Sneaky and Spicy — that each offer a pantheon of flavor from mild to sweet to tangy to hot.

The menu also has a Po Boy sandwich because people expect that, with “Po Boy” in the restaurant’s name, you should be able to order a hoagie. The sandwich is an original with a choice of pork or chicken

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said. “Who in the world thinks to say, ‘Oh, let’s use chicharrones as the tortilla chip.’ People go crazy over it, and yes, it’s over the top, but it’s really tasty.”

Menu: Welch explained Smokin’ Po Boys’ small building dictates what side dishes are available. There is no room for equipment to keep hot sides warm, so the kitchen staff will keep the baked beans and Brunswick stew inside the smoker. The result not only keeps those dishes hot but offers another layer of smoky flavor that you can’t get anywhere else. All sides, including coleslaw, potato salad and country-fried okra, are $2 per six ounces, with larger sides available.

Smokin’ Po Boys also offers wings seasoned with a choice of hot, mild, lemon pepper, ranch or butter dry rub. Wings were a new item from the previous owner, who sold the restaurant in 2007. Welch said wings are now very popular.

“He had just done it for six months, so I was able to take that and in a lot of ways, I’ve been saying this for almost a decade: One of these days we’re going to be a wing restaurant that happens to have barbecue,” Welch said. “We took what he was doing, which was about a case of wings a week, and now we’re doing 25 cases or so.”

Six wings are $5.59 or $7.59 with one side, or you can get 10 wings for $8.59 ($10.49 by the dozen or with a side). The restaurant also has smoked wings.

Something you may not know: For viewing the annual Georgia-Florida football game, Smokin’ Po Boys will smoke a whole alligator to serve during game day.

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Tag-team fight against cancer

Monster Jam, Love Your Melon offering limited-edition beanies with Atlanta ticket purchase

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Charles R. Butts Jr., author of “For Only A Season” and “Running In Plain Sight And Other Stories,” recently released “The Storm Is Passing Over,” which chronicles the saga of the Flood family, a story that began in “For Only A Season.” (Special Photos)

Local author publishes sequel strikes, however, leaving the reader wondering if isabel.hughes Scooter and Celeste — @gwinnettdailypost.com Frankie’s granddaughter A local author recently and successor — can published his third book, keep the family together. which comes as a sequel “Faith and determinato his first novel. tion are the glue that Charles R. Butts Jr., bind a family’s blood author of “For Only and nourishes the roots A Season” and “Runof a family’s tree,” a ning In Plain Sight And news release said. “This Other Stories,” recently sequel was written to released “The Storm Is show that no person or Passing Over,” which their family is immune chronicles the saga of to the trials, tribulations the Flood family, a story and the storms of life. that began in “For Only Whether it be infirmiA Season.” ties, distresses, strife The book tells the or losses, the way you story of Scooter and handle and respond to Frankie, who decide to them determines your commemorate their 50th growth. Storms can wedding anniversary at either make the strong the family farm in front become stronger or the of their children, grand- weak become weaker.” children, great-grandFor more informachildren and special tion about Butts and his guests. books, visit charlesrbuttTragedy quickly sjr.com.

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Monster truck sporting event Monster Jam and Love Your Melon, an apparel brand that supports the fight against pediatric cancer, are teaming up to raise awareness of childhood cancer by creating a limited-edition Monster Jam Love Your Melon beanie.

“As the global leader in family entertainment, we thrive on bringing families together and uplifting their spirits,” said Amy Dubinsky, east central vice president of event marketing and sales for Feld En-

Monster truck sporting event Monster Jam and Love Your Melon, an apparel brand that supports the fight against pediatric cancer, are teaming up to raise awareness of childhood cancer by creating a limited-edition Monster Jam Love Your Melon beanie. (Photo: Feld Entertainment)

tertainment, Monster Jam’s to partner with Love Your producer. “We’re honored Melon, an extraordinary

organization, to help join the fight against pediatric cancer.”

The beanies are only available with advanced Monster Jam ticket purchases, and the beanies cannot be purchased separately. Monster Jam is coming to Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Feb. 23 and 24.

Fifty percent of net profits from the sale of all Love Your Melon products is given to the company’s partners in the fight against childhood cancer.

For more information and to purchase tickets to guarantee the limited-edition beanie, visit monsterjam.com/loveyourmelon.

Things to do around Gwinnett County to celebrate the season Saturday

Children are invited to share their holiday wishes at Cookies and Cocoa with Santa from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Red Clay Music Foundry, 3116 Main St. in Duluth. For more information, visit www.duluthga.net.

Sunday

Join Santa at Discovery Garden for marshmallow roasting and hot cocoa around the fire pit from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday. Participants will adorn the Wildlife Tree with raisin icicles and birdseed ornaments. The event is free. Discovery Garden is located at 219 Lawrenceville St. in Norcross.

Ongoing

The 25th annual Magical Nights of Lights returns to Lake Lanier Islands with seven miles of light displays. Tickets are $49 to $59 for cars that seat one to 10 passengers. For more information, visit www. lanierislands.com.

License to Chill Snow Island is making its debut this year at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands. Daily admission rates are $24.99 to $39.99. For more information, visit www. lanierislands.com.

Snow Mountain returns to Stone Mountain again this year. Tickets range from $34.95 to $79.95. For more information, visit www.

stonemountainpark.com.

The Duluth Historical Society will host the fourth annual Festival of Trees at the Southeastern Railway Museum.

Admission is included with a ticket to the train museum.

The exhibit will be open until the end of the year. For more information, visit www.trainmuseum.org.

Sugarloaf Mills will host Illuminate, a Chinese lantern festival and acrobat show, on Wednesday through Sunday evenings through Jan. 1. Tickets are $22.95 for adults and $16.95 for children ages 4 to 12. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit illuminategeorgia.com.

Sugarloaf Mills is located at 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville.

Snellville City Hall will host the third annual Snellville Festival of Trees through Dec. 21 at Snellville City Hall. Vote for your favorite tree by donating money, canned or dried food, or toys. Each item placed under the tree will count as a vote. All money and food items will be donated to the Southeast Gwinnett Co-op, and toys will be donated to the Toys for Tots program.

The Rink at Mall of Georgia is open through Jan. 6.

Tickets are $2 to $5. For more information, visit www.simon. com/mall/mall-of-georgia.

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Echo Gallery presents creative shopping party “Creativity is the gift that keeps on giving,” Suwanee’s Echo Gallery artist and community arts leader Vickie McCrary said.

With this thought as inspiration, the artists at ECHO Gallery will open its doors to the public from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 15 for an event called “The Gift of Giving.” Visitors are invited to join the community of artists for socializing and shopping.

The artists of ECHO Gallery originally came together to have a collective, cooperative space in which to work, share and support each other within a gallery space as a base to display and sell their work.

Spokesperson John Duke said, “Echo Gallery and Artist Colony houses 14 local artists at 3982 Cherokee Trail in Suwanee. We have been here for over a year. Each artist has their own studio space to create, show and sell their own unique handmade creations using different mediums and producing different styles of art.”

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Duke said. “There will be food and drink, which includes a number of cultural dishes along with snacks, sweet treats, water, wine, beer and sodas.”

There is no charge to participate in the party. Just arrive with a love for art and a desire to share it.

The atmosphere at Holley Calmes ECHO Gallery is conducive to both creating art McCrary, Shirley Tyldesand creating parties to ley, John R. Duke, Kathy share.

DeCano, Kim Crowe, “With this many artPam O’Sullivan, Carol ists working alongside O’Sullivan, Patty Stokes, each other, it gives us a Sandra Ackovic, Wendy great avenue for sharing Anett, Kevin Aurand, Erin thoughts, stirring up our Lanier, Betty Juodis and imaginations and sharing Whitney Fair You. new locations to show and Various mediums insell our artwork,” Duke clude oil, acrylic, watersaid. “There are many color, charcoal, fabric art, award-winning artists pottery, ceramics, jewelry working here and showing and photography in styles not only at this gallery, but such as realism, abstract, also showing in other galimpressionism and multileries and at other locations media art. around town and out of “The event on the 15th state.” will give people the opporThis is not the first time tunity to meet and socialize ECHO Gallery has opened with the artists themselves, its doors for the public view and/or buy their artto view its artists’ work work at a very reasonable and come to know them price for that special gift, as valued members of the or just buy for themselves,” arts-friendly Suwanee

Suwanee’s ECHO Gallery resident artist John R. Duke’s painting “Splash of Color” represents the many items of fine art available at the “Gift of Giving” event Dec. 15.

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Community.

“We have an ‘opening’ every two or three months so artists have time to create new work. That way, the gallery stays fresh for patrons and newcomers.

In the warmer seasons, we

have the alleyway beside the building decorated like a cafe with a mural on the wall, lights, tables, chairs and musicians performing,” Duke said.

For more about ECHO Gallery, visit www.echo-

galleryandartistcolony. com.

Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and public relations consultant specializing in the arts. Email her at hcalmes@mindspring.com.

BY VENUE — ARTS GWINNETT GWINNETT AURORA THEATRE 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville 678-226-6222 www.auroratheatre.com • Ongoing: Aurora Comedy Nights • Ongoing: Children’s Playhouse • Through Dec. 22: A Christmas Carol • Through Dec. 23: Christmas Canteen 2018 • Through Dec. 23: This Wonderful Life • Through Dec. 30: Reindeer Games • Dec. 15: The North Pole Fa-La-La-La Follies • Dec. 17: A Doll’s House • Dec. 22: Santa’s Missing Mail • Dec. 28-29: Dan Mengini featuring Jenny Jennings

• Jan. 10 to Feb. 10: A Doll’s House, Part 2 • Jan. 19: CP: Beat Bugs • Feb. 8 to March 4: Rabbit Summer • March 7 to April 7: Men with Money • March 22 to April 14: Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End • April 5-28: MicroTeatro • May 2 to June 2: Native Gardens HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 300, Duluth 770-623-6002 www.thehudgens.org • Through Jan. 27: Seventh annual Hudgens Juried Member’s Exhibition • May 22 to July 28: smART Honors Program Exhibition: Culture Shock

KUDZU ART ZONE 116 Carlyle St., Norcross 770-840-9844 www.kudzuartzone.org • Dec. 3 to Jan. 25: Good Things in Small Packages Exhibition NEW DAWN THEATER Mall Corners, 3650-A Satellite Blvd., Duluth 678-887-5015 www.newdawntheatercompany.com • Through Dec. 23: A Candle in the Window PLAYER’S GUILD @ SUGAR HILL Events held around Sugar Hill City Hall 5039 W. Broad St. 678-541-6132 www.pgatsh.com • Jan. 11-26: The Odd Couple • March 8-23: Goodbye Charlie • June 14-30: Never Too Late ATLANTA ATLANTA ALLIANCE THEATRE 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-733-4650 www.alliancetheatre.org • Through Dec. 24: A Christ-

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INFINITE ENERGY THEATER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter. com • Through Dec. 16: The Nutcracker • Dec. 21: Emmanuel Christmas Cantata • March 8-10: Cinderella • May 17-19: The Little Mermaid

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre will present “The Nutcracker” at the Infinite Energy Theater with performances through Sunday. (Photo: Richard Calmes) mas Carol • Jan. 15 to Feb. 17: Ever After: A Musical for the Ages • Jan. 15 to Feb. 17: La Tortuga and the Hare • Feb. 16 to March 10: Goodnight, Tyler • March 9 to April 7: Gimme Please!

• March 9 to April 14: The Wizard of Oz • March 20 to April 14: Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous • April 5-28: Approval Junkie • May 1-26: Ride the Cyclone • June 7 to July 15: Winniethe-Pooh ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-876-5859

www.atlantabg.org • Through Jan. 6: Garden Lights, Holiday Nights • Through Jan. 6: Ride-On Train • Through Jan. 6: Holiday Model Train Show • March 3: Vanilla Sunday ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta 404-814-4000 www.atlantahistorycenter. com • Ongoing: Magic Mondays • Ongoing: Homeschool Days • Ongoing: Cherokee Garden Library Lectures • Dec. 14-21: Candlelight Nights • Through Dec. 31: Native Lands: Indians and Georgia

COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com • Jan. 23: Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox • Jan. 24: Chinese Acrobats of Hebei • Feb. 2-10: Dead Man Walking • Feb. 15-23: La Sylphide • Feb. 21-24: Beauty & The Beast • March 2-10: Eugene Onegin • March 16: Jeff Foxworthy • March 22-24: Look Don’t Touch FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 foxtheatre.org • Through Dec. 24: The Nutcracker • Dec. 18: Puddles Pity Party & Friends Holiday Jubilee FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 767 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta 404-929-6300 www.fernbankmuseum.org • Ongoing: Tadpole Tales • Ongoing: Fernbank after Dark • Ongoing: Salsa Night • Ongoing: Fernbank Forest Night Walk • Through Jan. 6: Nature’s Superheroes: Life at the Limits

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‘Mortal Engines’ chases action while trampling plot

Mortal Engines ★★★★ 2 out of 4 stars (PG-13)

deeper character motives and relationships.

The cast is far from starstudded and they handled the thin dialogue very well. This

BY ALEX TOSTADO is also a good example of the Staff Correspondent movie industry promoting diversity, with an adventurIf you enjoy dystopian, ous female lead and strong post-apocalyptic movies minority representation. with romance, thrilling chase “Mortal Engines,” based scenes and creative techon the book of the same nology like “The Hunger name by Philip Reeve, Games,” “Waterworld” or keeps a PG-13 rating, as it is geared more toward younger the “Divergent” series, you audiences. There is violence, might think “Mortal Enbut it is never too gory, and I gines” is OK. cannot recall any cuss words.

“Mortal Engines” takes The audience loved the referplace in a world at least 1,000 years in the future In “Mortal Engines,” large traction cities such as London, left, hunt down and devour smaller traction towns, right, ences to the “ancients” (those living in 2018). Dreamwhere cities are on wheels to strip them of their labor and resources. (Special Photo: Universal Pictures) works’ Minions were praised and hunt each other for resources. London is at her face and doesn’t speak London political leader style of the cities and steam- couldn’t pick a style, so went as deities of the Screen Age, and Twinkies were described the forefront of the hunts, for the first 10 minutes, but Thaddeus Valentine’s (Hugo punk elements of the aircraft, with all of them. as the indestructible food moving across wastelands to we know she is a force to be Weaving, “V for Vendetta,” sound effects and some of My biggest qualm with of the ancients. If this does “consume” as many cities as reckoned with. She is out to “The Matrix”) malicious the costumes make it worth a this film is that it focuses so possible. The movie opens avenge her mother’s death plot. watch on the big screen. The much on action that it leaves well at the box office, expect to see more films since up with one such chase, when Tom Natsworthy (RobTo the movie’s credit, it is problem is that the costumes behind plot and character Reeve has created an entire where we meet our heroine, ert Sheehan, “Fortitude,” visually spectacular at times. are inconsistent. Usually in development. At just over Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmer, “Love/Hate”) interrupts The cities are calculated in futuristic movies, it is easy two hours, director Christian world with four books after “2 Birds,” “Anna Karenina”), her mission. The city kid the way they can expand, to identify a person’s origins, Rivers could have cut short a “Mortal Engines” and three who hides behind a scarf and girl who grew up in the come out of the ground or class or skill. Here, though, couple of the extended chase prequels.

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‘Once Upon A Deadpool’ just a PG-13 edit of ‘Deadpool 2’ One Upon A Deadpool (PG-13) 3 out of 4 stars ★★★★

BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic

Here’s a concept: If you wish to ruin or cheapen the quality and/or memory of an otherwise near-perfect naughty movie, just remove the naughty bits. What made the first two “Deadpool” movies so great — apart from the non-stop pop culture references and irreverent humor — was the graphic violence and carefully placed use of profanity. Take those things away from them and all you’re left with are just pretty good comic book/ superhero action flicks safe enough to show on airline flights.

Already (rightfully) being labeled as a greedy cash-grab, “Once Upon a Deadpool” purportedly exists for the purpose of making “Deadpool 2” available to teens and families who would never ever see an R-rated movie.

News flash: Even with the copious edits and complete elimination of hundreds of F-bombs, it’s still not familyappropriate and you’re living with a ’50s mindset if you think crafty teenagers don’t regularly get in to see R-rated movies. When was the last time you saw a teenager (or pre-teen) getting carded at a ticket office?

Word is, leading man/ producer/co-writer Ryan

Reynolds only agreed to this project if a cut of the ticket sales went to a cancer charity program (the name itself a variation on the f-word).

Another plus of this new cut is that it can now be played in China, where, rumor has it, they don’t allow R-rated American movies. Yet another benefit will be getting “Deadpool” die-hards to fork over money to watch something they have already seen by offering a few (less than five) previously unreleased scenes (they aren’t that great and add nothing to the story) and having the title character act as the narrator.

To the producers’ and writers’ credit, the narration framing choice was clever, yet far from original. Mirroring exactly the approach of “The Princess Bride,” Reynolds is the Peter Falk to Fred Savage’s Fred Savage.

In that film, Falk purposefully left out the “scarier” bits of the story being told to Savage’s character, something screenwriter William Goldman had already done.

It was part of the narrative design of the film.

Set in an exact replica of the younger Savage’s bedroom from “The Princess Bride,” the exchanges between him and Reynolds (shot in a single day) are admittedly engaging (one scene repeatedly mentioning Matt Damon is a scream), yet are also littered with dozens and dozens of bleeped-out F-bombs. Only an infant or toddler wouldn’t be able to figure out what’s going on.

Any regular viewer of “Fam-

ily Guy” or the Adult Swim channel will recognize this not real ingenuous but highly effective method of skirting around FCC broadcast guidelines.

Even in its neutered and relatively dilapidated state, “Once Upon a Deadpool” is still better than the bulk of superhero movies, most of which are devoid of a working sense of humor and are far too self-important.

Deadpool not only makes fun of and mocks everything going on around him but also regularly knocks himself down with caustic, self-deprecating humor. He’s become the superhero to people who regularly shun superhero movies.

Although unlikely to ever happen, a better yet still unneeded version of this project might have been to take equal amounts of both “Deadpool” movies, include some more of the Reynolds/ Savage stuff, toss in some blooper reel material, maybe a mock music video or two and turn it into a “best-of,” mixed tape sort of affair.

Showing a (supposed) new audience a watered-down version of a sequel does them a supreme disservice as they have no idea what happened in the first installment.

Established and dedicated “Deadpool” fans will (as they should) see this movie, as it does offer a few new crumbs, but for any of the already not initiated wanting to figure out what all the fuss is about, “Once Upon a Deadpool” will leave them in the dark.

(Fox)

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Gwinnett’s 200th Birthday Gala Saturday, December 15 • 6:00pm Infinite Energy Center • 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth Admission: $125 per person Celebrate the county’s rich history and pay tribute to its vibrant and diverse cultures at this festive gala. The cocktail party begins at 6:00pm, and dinner begins at 7:00pm. The night will include performances from local cultural influencers, the honoring of past trailblazers and accomplishments, and blowing out the candles on 200 years of Gwinnett success! Fun cocktail attire is recommended. Visit Gwinnett200Birthday.com to learn more and purchase tickets.

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“SpiderMan: Into the SpiderVerse” explores the multiverse of Spider-Man and features Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, John Mulaney, Nicolas Cage, Hailee Steinfeld and Chris Pine as iterations of the hero. (Special Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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wearing a black top hat and trench coat, another looking something like a traditional Spider-Man and a pig. Yes, in this movie, there is a “Spider-Pig” named “Spider-Ham,” and before you roll your eyes

By Michael clark at the jokey novelty nature Movie Critic of a pig superhero, by the On the poster for time it’s all over, your “Spider-Man: Into the skepticism will be reSpider-Verse,” there are a placed by total acceptance. half-dozen “Spider beings” Oh yeah, in this movie falling out of the New York there are two guys named City skyline and none Peter Parker. of them look the same.

Over the course of four There’s a mixed-race teen decades, there have been boy, a white female teen, a whopping eight “Spidera pre-teen Asian girl (with Man” flicks (two of them her robot), a grown man reboots, three sequels and

two others if you count the two “The Avengers” installments) and not a single one of them has come close in spirit or sheer entertainment value as “Spider-Verse.” This production also goes far in redefining the comic book movie as we know it.

All of the Marvel and DC adaptations of the last decade are live-action affairs and, as good as some of them are, they’re not all that different from most other action/adventure blow-outs. Thanks to some truly revolutionary animation and traditional panel framing, “Spider-Verse” is

the first comic book movie that actually looks like a comic book. It’s worth noting that the screening print shown to the press was in 2D and it looked great, but if you can, try to watch it in 3D. In some ways, “SpiderVerse” resembles the two “Avengers” group outings as the dialogue and screentime need to be spread out, but here, we never feel like anyone is being shorted, and everyone gets their own backstory delivered in a concise yet unrushed manner. What makes this all the more impressive is the fact that it was written by three guys and directed by three others (actually one of the writers co-directs). More often than not, when there are more than three filmmakers involved the end product usually ends up being a confusing tonal mishmash, but that just isn’t the case here.

Recently transfered from a public high school to a private one for over-achieving students by his stern policeman father, Jefferson (Bryan Tyree Henry), Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) isn’t a particularly happy camper. Hampered

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by heavy fumble-mouth, Miles is overwhelmed by the pressure of performing at school, and his attempts at being suave while trying to impress Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) go terribly awry. Miles’ only release is spending time with his Uncle Aaron (Mahershala Ali), a cool but shady type at odds with Jefferson. It is during an evening of goofing off with Aaron that Miles is bitten by a spider and his transformation begins. How fun it must be dealing with both puberty and becoming a hybrid being.

In a manner not unlike that in “The Wizard of Oz,” the filmmakers slowly begin to fold in the remaining six principal characters, all of whom reign as Spider-Man in their respective parallel universes.

Against their will they’re brought together on Earth

by Wilson Fisk (Liev Schreiber), aka Kingpin, a New York crime boss trying to correct an event from the past. It eventually comes down to Miles to thwart Kingpin, who is assisted along the way by familiar Spider-Man foes, including the Green Goblin, Scorpion and a

thoroughly unnerving and ominous female Doc Ock (Kathryn Hahn).

Unless the world ends tomorrow, “Spider-Verse” is going to crush at the worldwide box office, which will likely lead to multiple standalone “Spider-Man” spinoffs that will probably do the same. With Disney’s Marvel Universe closer to the end than the beginning and Warner’s DC comics franchise delivering highly uneven installments, Sony can pick up the mantle and reign supreme over the superhero subgenre marketplace for at least the next decade.

In a year with an inordinately large number of high-quality animated features (including “Isle of Dogs,” Incredibles 2” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” among others), “Spider-Verse” is going to have major competition on the awards circuit, yet given the current climate of desired “cultural inclusion” it might just hold the social relevance trump card, which could push it over the top and have it walk away with a muchdeserved Oscar.

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Recently reviewed films now playing in metro area theaters.

Ratings are out of 4 stars.

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THE FAVOURITE (R)

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Margot Robbie stars as Queen Elizabeth I in “Mary Queen of Scots,” a Focus Features release. (Special Photos: Liam Daniel/Focus Features)

“The Favourite” is a historical period piece, but please don’t let that sway you in the least or keep you at bay. It’s a raucous, bawdy comedy with shark teeth grip and palace intrigue that takes no prisoners which you will immediately want to watch over and over again and again. It is arguably the best movie (not film!) of 2018.

— Michael Clark

Performances can’t save ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ Mary Queen of Scots (R) 2 out of 4 stars ★★★★

key non-fictional Caucasian figures with performers of color. While sure to please the hell-bent P.C./“inclusion” crowds, it’s an unneeded and completely avoidable distortion

BY MICHAEL CLARK of the facts.

Movie Critic What began in 1567 with Mary’s abdication Considering all that and didn’t conclude until actually took place during 1586 with her trial and exthe time depicted in this ecution are all but ignored film between Mary Stuart by the filmmakers for rea(Saoirse Ronan) and her Saoirse Ronan stars as Mary Stuart in “Mary Queen of Scots.” sons only known to them. cousin, Queen Elizabeth I While history has laid the book “Queen of Scots: beth would legally have (Margot Robbie), “Mary Mary’s death squarely at the True Life of Mary Queen of Scots” is little to acquiesce and pass the the feet of Elizabeth, it was more than an underachiev- Stuart” by John Guy, first- crown on to Mary’s child far more complicated than time feature director Josie (James). ing and slogging costume what is only hinted at in Rourke draws heavily on drama. It doesn’t help The supreme challenge the film. To toss in a sports her theater background matters that it is being facing both women were analogy, it’s like watching while delivering one of the the dozens of wanted and released just a week after the first half of the Super the similar and far-superior most spectacular-looking unsolicited opinions and Bowl, then skipping to the films of this or any other “The Favourite,” another strategies coming from trophy ceremony portion year. Aerial long shots royalty/fact-based period their all-male advisors and of the broadcast. piece in which blood-rela- of the Scottish coasts, hangers-on (one being What took place before tive females duke it out for mountains and glens juxMary’s own brother), none 1567 was indeed important taposed with the towering of whom liked the idea of control and influence. and needed to be included, Never straying far from and monolithic, yet chilly being beneath and havbut not for two hours in a all of the trappings that palatial interiors offer stark ing to take orders from movie with a 125-minute make most productions of contrast between those a woman. In the grand running time, and even if this ilk a terminal bore for having power and those for scheme of things, world the filmmakers had had the majority of mainstream whom it’s an unrealized politics haven’t changed flipped the dedication of audiences, “Mary Queen birth right. much since then, and Wil- time around the other way, of Scots” is stuffy, selfMarried and widowed limon captures this facet of it still would fall short of aware and, worst of all, by the age of 18 to the the story superbly — alexpectations. No matter woefully incomplete. The king of France (Francis II), most too good, in fact. how great the costume last 19 years of Mary’s Mary returned to Scotland Instead of wrapping and set designs, cinemalife are barely touched on as a queen of two countries this chunk of history and tography and razor-sharp and compressed into five and legal heir to the Britmoving on, the filmmakers performances from Ronan minutes of screen time that ish crown, then inhabited up the ante by lingering and Robbie, it can’t cover bookend the production.

by Elizabeth, who had no on the “palace intrigue” for Rourke and Willimon’s Other events — such as a intention of relinquishing aspect for far too long. Bit near-criminal time misapclandestine meeting beit. Elizabeth was commitplayers that should have propriations and narrative tween Mary and Elizabeth, ted to remain unmarried, remained there are given misjudgments. which never happened — thus avoiding the possible precious screen time that This half-realized royal are made up out of whole future entanglements a does little to propel the misfire is one of the great cloth and will likely cause king consort spouse could narrative much further and missed opportunities of the anglophiles the world over bring and to rule “like a only belabors the “men are last 50 years. to cry bloody murder. man.” Mary didn’t want pigs” point already made Presented in English Working from a screen- to wed again, yet would abundantly clear. with infrequently subtitled play by Beau Willimon do so twice more knowing Also sticking out in a French, Scots and Scottish (“House of Cards,” “The that if she produced an heir negative way was Rourke’s Gaelic.

Ides of March”) based on (which she did), Elizadicey decision to cast two (Focus Features)

COMING SOON TO OWN

RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (PG)

★★★★

With each subsequent release, Disney’s animated features are inching ever closer to the production style and creative mindset of Pixar. The humor is sharper and sophisticated but never too heady that it can’t be appreciated by children. Walking the creative tightrope while balancing “fun” and “smart” is an unenviable task, but for the most part, “Ralph Breaks the Internet” succeeds in its mission.

— Michael Clark

CREED II (PG-13)

★★★★ Thank you, Sylvester Stallone (Balboa), Michael B. Jordan (Adonis), and Dolph Lungren (Ivan Drago) and newcomer Florian Munteanu (Viktor) for giving fight fans what they’ve always wanted in “Creed II.” And thank you, director Steven Caple Jr., for bringing it all together to deliver a rare sequel that trumps its predecessor.

— Jon Gallo

COMING SOON TO THEATERS DEC. 19 MARY POPPINS RETURNS (PG) Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny, played by Emily Blunt, returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives.

THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS (PG) DEC. 18 The title clock could end the world unless an orphan and his uncle (Owen Vaccaro, Jack Black) find it in time; Cate Blanchett also stars. (PG)

THE JERK (R) DEC. 18 The Carl Reinerdirected comedy that established Steve Martin in movies gets “40th Anniversary Edition” treatment on Blu-ray; Bernadette Peters also stars. (R)

VENOM (PG-13) DEC. 18 Another Marvel Comics character gets the spotlight in this fantasyadventure, casting Tom Hardy in the title role.

DEC. 21 BEN IS BACK (R) Drug-addicted teenager Ben Burns (Lucas Hedges) shows up unexpectedly at his family’s home on Christmas Eve. Julia Roberts stars as his mom, Holly Burns.

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A case for films in black and white

Christmas classics

BY JIM HENDRICKS Staff Correspondent

Christmas is the time of year that sometimes prompts family debates as to what’s best: • Dressing vs. stuffing; • Opening presents Christmas Eve vs. Christmas morning; • A natural Christmas tree vs. an artificial one; or • Colored lights on the tree vs. white lights.

You also can debate Christmas movies filmed in color vs. black and white.

There are a few Christmas films in full color that have earned the mantle of classic. “White Christmas,” “A Christmas Story,” “Home Alone” and “Christmas Vacation” immediately come to mind. Will Ferrell’s “Elf” is probably on that shelf. And how could Tim Allen’s “The Santa Clause,” which has ruined the spelling of the name of the right jolly old elf he portrays for a generation, not be considered a new classic (despite two sequels that are on the bad list)?

But nothing beats spending a winter’s night with an old blackand-white holiday movie. There just seems to be more heart in the writing and the acting, which had to carry those wonderful stories that were unencumbered by special effects and computergenerated characters. They pull you back to a time when life was simpler, people were more civil and expressing holiday sentiment was OK. So, for the Twelve Days of Christmas, here’s a list of a dozen great black-and-white Christmas films guaranteed to get you into the holiday mood … if you’ll let them. Some might be easier to track down than others, but they’re all worth the effort.

At top, Natalie Wood stars as Susan Walker and Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle in “A Miracle on 34 Street.” Above left, Marjorie Reynolds, Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in “Holiday Inn.” Above right, Barbara Stanwyck as Elizabeth Lane entertains war hero Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan) for the holidays in “Christmas in Connecticut.” (Special Photos)

Henry Potter makes Scrooge look like a choirboy, while Thomas Mitchell as absent-minded Uncle Billy stumbles through with comic relief.

There was talk of a possible sequel with some of the surviving actors, but that appears to have been quashed. Some movies, and this is one, just don’t need a sequel.

heartwarming tale in which he tried to restore belief in a skeptical little girl named Susan, played

by Natalie Wood, who hadn’t turned 10 yet. Maureen O’Hara is Susan’s mom, who tries to keep her grounded even as Gwenn works to raise her spirits. No version’s come close to this one.

DeFore as a military veteran, until open only on holidays. the actual owners show up and secretly move in with the squatters. Gale Storm is in it, and you’ll “Holiday Affair” also see a young Alan Hale Jr. (1949) sans Gilligan.

When you think Christmas movies, “The Cheaters” Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh (1945) probably aren’t names you’d This one’s a little come up with off the top of your “The Man Who hard to find, but it’s head. But “Holiday Affair” is Came to Dinner” worth tracking down. An one of those films that can fly “The Bishop’s (1942) oddball family used to wealth under the radar. Mitchum’s Steve Wife” (1947) Monty Woolley stars is on the verge of bankruptcy Mason is a department store sales Speaking of Christ- as acerbic theater critic Sheridan and hatches a scheme to steal a clerk whom Leigh’s Connie Ellis mas angels, Cary Grant Whiteside, the man who came big inheritance, only to have a inadvertently gets fired from his takes a turn as one named Dudley to dinner, broke his leg on an icy Christmas charity case in the form job, only to set in motion events in this marvelous film about a patch and seemingly never plans of an alcoholic ex-actor (Joseph that include Mitchum, who makbishop, played by David Niven, to leave. In addition to WoolSchildkraut again) interfere with ing a daring play for her with the who is overly obsessed with ley taking over his hosts’ house their schemes. odds stacked high against him. building a great cathedral and and playing a tremendously Plus, what’s a Christmas movie underattentive to his wife, played fun character way over the top, “Christmas in without a train or two?

by Loretta Young, and the friends there’s a penguin invasion and an Connecticut” (1945) and people who aren’t in a posiEgyptian sarcophagus. The cast Barbara Stanwyck “Remember the tion to help him realize his dream. includes Bette Davis, Ann Sheriis a big-city food Night” (1940) Niven’s Bishop Henry Brougham dan, Billie Burke and Jimmy writer who, it turns out, Barbara Stanwyck, prays for guidance but finds Durante. can’t cook and doesn’t have the five years before it’s not quite what he imagined. country farm she claims to own.

“Christmas in Connecticut,” was Monty Woolley has a great sup“The Shop Around Unfortunately, those facts are already in holiday hot water, porting role as Professor Wutherthe Corner” (1940) not known to the magazine’s this time as Lee Leander, a “It’s a Wonderful idge, a man with a magical bottle A second entry owner (the incomparable Sydney three-time loser at shoplifting.

Life” (1946) of wine. The skating scene with for Jimmy Stewart on Greenstreet of “Casablanca” and Nabbed shortly before Christmas, If a movie ever Sylvester the cab driver is a lot of this list. This time, he is “The Maltese Falcon” fame), who prosecutor John Sargent (Fred fully captured the fun, too. in Budapest working for a gift believes his writer is a married McMurray) gets the trial postspirit of the holiday, this was it. shop, only to find that the pen homemaker. He not only directs poned because he thinks it would “It’s a Wonderful Life” has been “Scrooge” (1951) pal he has fallen in love with is a her to provide a Christmas meal be tough to get a conviction when redone and parodied more than There have been co-worker named Klara (Margafor a recovering war veteran, he the jury’s in a charitable holiday any holiday fare other than “A thousands of retellings ret Sullavan) who he can’t stand. decides to join them. Hilarity, as mood. Still, even Sargent is hit by Christmas Carol.” It got a bad rap of Charles Dickens’ Frank Morgan of “Wizard of Oz” they say, ensues. the Christmas spirit, arranging her years back when the copyright classic “A Christmas fame is store owner Hugo Mabail and even taking her with him lapsed and local TV stations, Carol” in which the three ghosts tuschek, and Joseph Schildkraut “Holiday Inn” to his mother’s house for Christlooking for cheap programming, visit miser Ebeneezer Scrooge turns in a fine performance as (1942) mas, where Lee finds the family ran it seemingly around the clock and try to get him off the path of Stewart’s nemesis, Ferencz Vadas.

This one can get Christmas she never experienced. at Christmastime. Watch it with destruction. Many of them are This, of course, was remade as confused with “White As one might expect, Lee and an open mind, though, and you’ll quite good, but the quintessential “You’ve Got Mail.” “Shop” is Christmas” because (1) Bing John fall for each other, which be surprised as to how much heart Scrooge is still the one played infinitely better.

Crosby is in both movies, (2) it brings up an interesting question this movie has. Jimmy Stewart’s

by Alistair Sim. His was the involves a story about a couple — how do you prosecute the girl performance as George Bailey, an first Scrooge that had a three“It Happened on of pals and (3) the song “White you love? everyman who has given up his dimensional character, and his Fifth Avenue” (1947) Christmas” actually debuts dreams for his town and family performance is still the holiday The late 1940s in this movie. While “White And about those only to find himself on the brink gold standard. show up a lot on this Christmas” is superior as far as other debates… of disaster, has a desperation to list. “It Happened on pure pageantry, “Holiday Inn,” The correct answers are dressit that is too often overlooked.

“A Miracle on 34th Fifth Avenue” is a fun film in is the overall better movie. The ing; Christmas morning; a natuDonna Reed is endearing as his Street” (1947) which a homeless New York man story is about a crooner (Crosral tree (I have to admit I gave wife, Mary, and Henry Travers as If Alistair Sim takes advantage when a rich man by) and hoofer (Fred Astaire) in and have an artificial one) …

Clarence Oddbody is the most unset the standard for leaves town for warmer weather who compete for a young with colored lights — the perfect usual Christmas angel you’ll ever Scrooge, Edmund Gwenn did the during the holidays. The housewoman who’s a rising talent, setting for watching a Christmas encounter. Lionel Barrymore’s same thing for Santa Claus in this hold is added onto, including Don while operating a hotel that is classic.

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• Open since: Aug. 16, 2013 • Owners: Cousins Sabatini Koraqi and Lulzim Olluri • Location: Grandma’s New York Pizza is located in the same shopping center as Movie Tavern at the intersection of Lawrenceville-Suwanee and Old Peachtree roads.

Grandma’s NY Pizza has 2 locations.

1. 2855 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road #370, Suwanee, GA, 30024 2. 911, Duluth Highway, Lawrenceville, GA, 30043 • Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, noon to 9 p.m.

Sundays • Atmosphere: The inside of Grandma’s New York Pizza Suwanee Location, is divided into two dining areas with plenty of room. The front room is for ordering to go food, eating at the small bar or waiting for others to arrive.

People also have a chance to watch the cook make the pizzas from scratch.

The large ovens take up the right wall of the restaurant. There are slices and pies in a glass display for people to look at, if they are stuck between two pies.

The other dining room has booths and tables, and is big enough to handle large parties. The walls are decorated with sports memorabilia, pictures of pizza and a few televisions — which are usually turned to some sports channel.

Grandma’s Pizza is a family-friendly environment.

If you don’t feel like leaving the house for this food, Grandma’s Pizza offers delivery service for those who live within a 5-mile radius of the store.

• Menu: If you couldn’t guess, Grandma’s serves pizza — 100 percent authentic thin crust New York style pizza, according to co-owner Sabatini Koraqi.

The kitchen crew prepares the pizza dough daily, which is a family recipe.

It was passed down though the generations from the owners’ grandma.

The sauces are also made in-house on a regular basis to accompany the pastas, pizzas and calzones. There are also soups, salads, subs and entrees available to order.

For the kids, there is a menu. It consists of pasta with choice of sauce, penne with meatballs, mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers with french fries and mini pizza.

If you save room for dessert, Grandma’s serves four homemade sweets: cannoli, New York cheese cake, tiramisu and chocolate cake.

To accompany the desserts, the restaurant offers several coffees made with Lavazza coffee, which is from Italy.

Behind the bar, there is beer and wine, but no hard liquor.

• Things you might not know: The owners’ family owns several other restaurants in New York City.

ON THE MENU • Grandma’s salad — Greens with chopped tomatoes, olives, roasted peppers and mozzarella with house dressing, $6 for a small • Grilled chicken Caesar salad pizza — Pizza topped with grilled chicken, romaine lettuce and Caesar dressing, $19 • Capellini bolognese — Capellini pasta topped with a chopped meat cream sauce, $10 • Veal paillard — Grilled veal topped with baby greens and balsamic vinaigrette.

Served with a side of pasta or salad, $15

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Atlanta based southern rock band Drivin’ N Cryin’ will perform at the 40 Watt Club in Atlanta on Dec. 28 and the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta on Dec. 31. (Photo Courtesy of Perry Mcleod Photos)

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EDDIE’S ATTIC 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur 404-377-4976 www.eddiesattic.com • Ongoing: Eddie’s Attic Songwriter’s Open Mic • Dec. 15: Jill Andrews • Dec. 15-16: Sunny Sweeney • Dec. 16: Suzanne Westenhoffer • Dec. 18-19: Ed Roland and Friends • Dec. 20: Papa Jack Couch and Lexi Street • Dec. 21: Sam Burchfield and Pip the Pansy • Dec. 21: Howie Day • Dec. 22: Atlanta Rhythm Section • Dec. 23: Joe Gransden and His Big Band with Francine Reed • Dec. 26: Ward Davis • Dec. 26: Reverend Hylton • Dec. 27: David Ryan Harris • Dec. 28: 4 Wheel Drive • Dec. 29: Callista Clark • Dec. 29: Pat McGee • Dec. 30: Mo Pitney • Dec. 30: Joe Hall and Aaron Hudgins • Dec. 31: Michelle Malone 40 WATT CLUB 285 W. Washington St., Athens Band 706-549-7871 www.40watt.com EVERETT’S MUSIC BARN 4055 Stonecypher Road, • Dec. 14: Monsoon, Calico Suwanee Vision, Dead Neighbors, Ben678-858-5363 nyhonda Supershifter www.everettsmusicbarn.net • Dec. 15: Sarah Zuniga, Tyler • Dec. 15: Christmas Show Jarvis, Gu is 9 featuring Joy Smith • Dec. 19: Ward Davis • Dec. 28: Drivin’ ‘N Cryin’, Dan FOX THEATRE Baird and Homemade Sin 660 Peachtree St. N.E., • Dec. 29: MIXTAPE Release Atlanta and Birthday Bash — Squalle, 404-881-2100 Caulfield, Kxng Blanco, J www.foxtheatre.org WO, Shalyse, Ke Turner, ZAC • Dec. 18: Puddles Pity Party CHASE • Dec. 31: Zero Mile Presents, and Friends Holiday Jubilee • Dec. 27: Gucci Mane and Kishi Bashi, Lingua Franca Friends • Jan. 18: Ashes to Omen, • Dec. 29: DJ Airwolf RCI • Jan. 24: The Steel Woods INFINITE ENERGY ARENA • Jan. 24-26: Camper Van 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Beethoven, Cracker Duluth 770-813-7500 ATLANTA www.infiniteenergycenter.com SYMPHONY HALL • Dec. 21: Emmanuel Christ1280 Peachtree St. N.E., mas Cantata Atlanta • Dec. 22: Bob Seger and the 404-733-4900 Silver Bullet Band www.atlantasymphony.org • Dec. 14: Messiah with the THE MASQUERADE Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 695 North Ave. N.E., Atlanta and Chamber Chorus 404-577-8178 • Dec. 16: A Festive Family www.masqueradeatlanta.com Holiday • Dec. 14: Mosura, Iron • Dec. 19: Michael W. Smith Shroud, Beast Mode and with the Atlanta Symphony Taurdis Orchestra and special guest • Dec. 14: Torch Melinda Doolittle • Dec. 14: Afro Soca Love • Dec. 20-21: A Very Merry • Dec. 15: Angel Vivaldi, Nita Holiday with special guests Strauss, Jacky Vincent and Whiffenpoofs • Dec. 22: Celtic Woman: The Ryan Buck • Dec. 16: Safe Bet, NorthBest of Christmas Tour with bound (Solo), American Atlanta Symphony Orchestra • Dec. 31: New Years Celebra- Boyfriend and Broken City Sky • Dec. 17: Alteras, Titans in tion with the Atlanta SymphoTime, Dear Shadow and Redny Orchestra head Magic • Dec. 19: The Spill Canvas BUCKHEAD THEATRE (Acoustic), Edelwood 3110 Roswell Road, Atlanta • Dec. 20: Reverend Horton 404-843-2825 www.thebuckheadtheatre.com Heat, Junior Brown, The Blasters, and Big Sandy • Dec. 14: Chase Rice • Dec. 20: HR of Bad Brains, • Dec. 21: ATL Collective Odd Holiday Presents Funky Christmas • Dec. 21: Cupcakke with Bernard Purdie, Josh • Dec. 26: Chris DeMakes, JT Dion, Grant Green Jr., Nick Turret Etwell, Amanda Joy, Adryon De Leon, Mark Rivers, Rachel • Dec. 28: Thunderstruck Ann Morgan, Jason Eskridge, • Dec. 29: Sevendust, OtherAnsley Stewart, Brenda Nicole wise, Madame Mayhem, and Killakoi Moorer • Dec. 29: Sea of Treachery, Dec. 28: Corey Smith with Ghost of Evergreen, From the Levi Hummon Divide and Atlus • Dec. 30: The Devon Allman • Dec. 30: 10 Years, Far-Less Project with Duane Betts • Dec. 31: Drivin’ N Cryin’ with and To Whom It May • Dec. 31: Sevendust, Cane Dan Baird and Homemade Hill, Madame Mayhem and Sin Shallow Side CENTER STAGE THEATER 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta RED CLAY MUSIC 404-885-1365 FOUNDRY www.centerstage-atlanta.com/ 3116 Main St., Duluth shows/center-stage-theater 678-957-7283 • Dec. 14: Adam Conover www.eddieowenpresents.com • Dec. 22: Mink Slide Live • Ongoing: Songwriters Open • Dec. 26: Dave East Mic hosted by Eddie • Jan. 19: Pavlo In Concert • Dec. 14: Holiday Jingle Jam • Jan. 26: Lettuce with Delvis, Sir Rod Patterson

and Myrna Clayton • Dec. 15: Chloe Agnew Christmas Show with Lisa Kelly • Dec. 19: An Evening w/ Jump, Little Children and The New Oblivion Quartet • Dec. 21: Banks and Shane Christmas Show • Dec. 22: Joe Gransden’s Big Band with Francine Reed • Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve with ESOEBO

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COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com • Dec. 28: Charlie Wilson • Jan. 20: The Beach Boys

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37 MAIN 37 E. Main St., Buford 678-288-2030 https://buford.37main.com • Dec. 14: Queen Nation (The Ultimate Queen Tribute Experience) • Dec. 15: Queen Nation (The Ultimate Queen Tribute Experience) • Dec. 20: Mock of Ages Unplugged (An Acoustic Tribute to Def Leppard) • Dec. 21: Departure (A Tribute to Journey) • Dec. 22: Generation Idol (The ultimate Billy Idol Tribute) w/ Boombox Saints (feat. members of Fozzy) • Dec. 28: Aunt Betty (80s Hair Rock) • Dec. 29: Nevermind (The Nirvana Tribute Band) • Dec. 31: Rock the ’90s USA (Formerly Broadcast 90) ’90s Radio Rock • Jan. 4: Interstellar Echoes (A Tribute to Pink Floyd) • Jan. 5: The Alter Eagles (A Tribute to The Eagles) • Jan. 11: Ultimate Aldean (A Tribute to Jason Aldean) • Jan. 12: 84’ (The Ultimate Van Halen Experience) • Jan. 18: Cowboy (A Tribute to Kid Rock) • Jan. 19: Head Games (A Tribute to Foreigner) • Jan. 20: Kings X • Jan. 25: Kick (The Ultimate INXS Tribute)

Sunday 10:30 AM Worship Sunday 10:30 AM “J” Town Kids Church Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study & Youth regencycog.com

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