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BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

While this weekend’s Gwinnett bicentennial kickoff at the Gwinnett County Historic Courthouse was a time to look back at the past, it was also a time to look ahead to the upcoming year.

The Gwinnett Historical Society’s Frontier Affair: A Prelude to Gwinnett’s Bicentennial event was the first of about 175 events planned to take place over the next year and the county build’s up to its 200th birthday on Dec. MORE ONLINE 15, 2018.

Visit gwinnettdailypost.com It was a for a photo gallery. bit of a costume party, with several of the 200 attendees wearing outfits from the late 18th to mid-19th centuries.

“Thank you so much to the historical society for this great kickoff for what I know is going to be a wonderful year,” County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said during the event. “The look and the feel of many of the events as we go through the year is going to be different as we pull in the different threads of this rich, rich tapestry that is Gwinnett now.

“I’m just excited for us to be able to have a chance to highlight to the entire area, just what Gwinnett County today is all about, because it is not the same as it was in the past and it is not the same as it will be in the future.”

The kickoff event was the first of two major bicentennial-related events that took

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orth Gwinnett beat Colquitt County for its first state football title Friday on a field goal by Cameron Clark (93), at right, who is carried off the field by William Goldring, left, and Cameron Cobb. At top, the Class AAAAAAA state championship trophy is hoisted in the air after North Gwinnett beat Colquitt County. Above, North Gwinnett players, including Jayden McDonald (8), celebrate their state championship. See Sports on page 1B for more coverage. (Staff Photos: Jason Braverman)

Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash, left, and Lawrenceville Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson reveal the county’s bicentennial torch during the Frontier Affair: A Prelude to Gwinnett’s Bicentennial kickoff event Friday night at the Gwinnett historic courthouse. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

Discovery student donates shoes off own feet

BY TREVOR MCNABOE trevor.mcnaboe @gwinnettdailypost.com

Discovery High School teacher Alyssa Johnson expected her students to come away with something positive from helping the homeless. What she didn’t anticipate was how the positive actions of one student would affect herself.

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to expect when we got there,” Nkereuwem said. “But my friends and I wanted to see if we could liven things up and have some fun.”

In the latter part of the day, a man using a walker came up for socks, a jacket and pants. With supplies running low and only children’s shoes left, it looked like he

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Medical examiner: Slap caused fatal tear in artery

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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Gwinnett County police now have a cause of death in the case of a Duluth man who died after he was slapped at a house party earlier this month, according to the Gwinnett County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Tomas Rodriguez, 38, died on Dec. 3 due to a tear in his vertebral artery after

31-year-old Conyers resident Adrian Herrera slapped him following alleged Adrian daylong Herrera verbal harassment by Rodriguez.

“The suspect stated the victim was continuously harassing him throughout the day,” an incident report

said. “The suspect stated the victim kept calling him a (female genital) and that the suspect was ‘not (expletive).’ The suspect stated he became irritated due to the suspect’s son being present (and that) he warned the victim to ‘knock it off.’”

The report further details that when Herrera came back from horseback riding around 3 a.m. Dec. 3, Rodriguez “grabbed the suspect’s right shoulder and stated,

‘You’re not going home yet, are you (female genital?)’”

“The suspect stated he then open-hand slapped the victim with his right hand in the face,” the report said.

“The victim then collapsed and stopped breathing after being struck. The suspect stated he tried to provide CPR to the victim, but the group of people at the party would not allow him to provide aid.”

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ment officers began performing CPR on the victim when they arrived on scene following a 911 call.

Rodriguez was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center by Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services officials, where he was later pronounced dead.

Medical Examiner Investigator Bob Bumgarner told the Daily Post the arterial tear essentially resulted in Rodriguez internally bleed-

ing to death.

“There are two arteries that run inside the vertebrae,” Bumgarner said, “and a doctor found that one had trauma that created bleeding in the base of (Rodriguez’s) head and spinal cord.”

Herrera was charged with voluntary manslaughter in connection with the incident and was released from the Gwinnett County Jail on a $38,700 bond Thursday afternoon.

Jackson EMC donates $20K to clinic

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

The Good Samaritan Clinic of Gwinnett got an early Christmas gift from Jackson EMC to help it obtain equipment for its dental clinic.

The electric cooperative recently donated $20,000 to the Norcross-based clinic.

Good Samaritan offers the county’s only full-time charity dental practice, and an estimated 2,500 dental appointments have been filled since July, according to Jackson EMC. The donation is a move

so we can provide even more care for the poor and uninsured of our community,” Good Samaritan Executive Director Clinic Greg Lang said in a statement. “We offer low-cost dental care to serve those who are poor, do not have dental insurance and cannot afford routine dental care in traditional settings.”

The money for the donation came from unclaimed margin refunds. Jackson Jackson EMC officials present a $20,000 donation to the Good Samaritan Clinic to help pay for dental clinic EMC said it is allowed by state law to donate refunds equipment. (Special Photo) to charities, education and that clinic officials said “This money will enable economic development if will allow them to expand us to purchase more dental members of the cooperative services. chairs and other equipment don’t claim them.

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle addresses the Gwinnett Chamber on Wednesday. In addition to discussing the upcoming legislative session, Cagle — who is running for governor in 2018 — addressed broader issues such as transportation infrastructure in his speech. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

Cagle puts focus on transportation issues in Chamber speech

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Tunnels, elevated highways, transit and autonomous vehicles are all possible parts of Georgia’s transportation future, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle told the Gwinnett Chamber this week.

While Cagle visited the chamber to talk about the upcoming legislative session, he also used the opportunity to discuss the state’s long-term issues, such as transportation and workforce development. In the process, the 2018 gubernatorial candidate offered a view into how he might handle key issues — particularly transportation — if he were elected governor next year.

The lieutenant governor said the state needs a 10-year strategic plan for transportation infrastructure.

“The future is going to be built while making sure we are building the infrastructure that can sustain the kind of growth, sustain the kind of prosperity that we want for our state,” Cagle said. “That means that, yes, we’ve got to be willing to go under, we’ve got to be willing to go over and around.

“When I say that, I mean, yes, we’re going to have to explore tunnels. We have to look at elevated road systems. We have to be in a position where we utilize our assets in the most efficient ways through revers-

ible lane projects, putting a high priority to get into the city in the a.m. time frame and out of the city in the p.m. time frame.”

Cagle’s comments, on transportation in particular, come at a time when Gwinnett officials are looking long term at transportation issues, including an expansion of transit.

He broached the issue of transit, which is becoming an increasing topic of conversation among elected officials, particularly in metro Atlanta, who are struggling to deal with increasing traffic issues, including gridlock. Cagle called it a “tool in the toolbox,” and said autonomous vehicles will also have a role to play in the future.

Gwinnett leaders could put an expansion of transit — in a form that has yet to be determined — on the ballot as early as November 2018. What will go into that ballot question is expected to be shaped by the county’s ongoing Comprehensive Transit Development Study.

“What you decide to do is your decision,” he said.

“I just want to touch on this for a moment because I do think it is important.

Oftentimes, I think we look at something in a way that we see it today versus the way we see it in the future. All of us that have been to Europe have seen something that is very, very different in transit and in rail than what we have in Georgia.”

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Fighting for a cure

Man visits children’s graves dressed as Santa to raise funds to help battle childhood cancer

By Trevor McNaboe trevor.mcnaboe @gwinnettdailypost.com

Many people will dress up and play the role of Santa Claus this holiday season to spread holiday cheer and spirit. For Gwinnett County native Tom Vooris, his role as Santa Claus is for a different reason — raising funds to end childhood cancer.

“It hit me so hard that I said, ‘Nah uh, I’ve got to do something more.

I’ve got to do something more,’” Vooris said. “I had to come up with something that would reach into the heart and tug at the strings.”

Vooris got together with Michael Gossling, the father of Grant Gossling, a boy who passed away from cancer at the age of 4 in 2016 and presented him with the idea of dressing up as Santa Claus and visiting Grant’s grave. The message?

“Every child should see Santa, but not like this.”

“He was all for it,” Vooris said. “Every grave I have been to, it has been the parents that have taken those pictures.”

Vooris said that one of the graves he visited was Ansley Arnette. Ansley passed away in 2011 due to an incurable brain tumor. The Arnette family does an event each Easter

Vooris, left, at Cooper O’Brien’s grave says no child should see Santa Claus like this. (Special Photo)

was dressed as Santa Claus for a third straight year at the Amanda Riley Tom Vooris dressed as Santa Claus visits guests on Saturday morning at the Sonesta Foundation’s Breakfast Hotel Ballroom. (Staff Photo: Trevor McNaboe) with Santa. This year, he fully grew out a beard and called Ansley’s Easter, at help improve the quality heart and Amanda is alive put on the outfit. which Vooris dresses up of life for children batin a lot of other people’s Hundreds of people as the Easter Bunny and tling cancer and to ease hearts. She’ll never be packed into the Sonesta helps with the event. the burdens on family gone.”

Hotel Ballroom to eat, At this time, Vooris members associated with The speech spoke to take pictures with Santa said that he has raised childhood cancer. The Vooris, leading him to and remember Amanda more than $1,000 in foundation began in 2011 talk to Riley and ask how and the legacy she has donations from people. in honor of the Brookhe could help. Since that left.

Recognition for what he wood High School student encounter, Vooris has “This morning would is doing is not something and Snellville native who been firm on his stance of not be happening without he wants. Instead, he said passed away in 2010 at not stopping until there is these people’s support,” raising awareness and the age of 17 after battling a cure.

Riley said. “This is my collecting donations are Rhabdomyosarcoma.

“When a parent loses favorite event of the year the most important thing Vooris said he first met a child, their number one and favorite day of the with this campaign.

Barbara at a cancer survi- goal is to keep the child’s year.”

One of the places that vors meeting in 2013. At memory alive,” Riley said.

Riley said the foundadonated money is going the meeting, Barbara was “Having the support of tion events not only bring to is the Amanda Riley talking about Amanda and Tom spreading the word volunteers together, but Foundation. how she passed. about childhood cancer, also so many families in The foundation, started “As she talked more Amanda and our foundathe community together.

by Amanda Riley’s it became 100 percent tion has been so imporThe plan is to continue mother Barbara more clear,” Vooris said. tant.” to raise awareness and than six years ago, was to “Amanda is alive in her On Saturday, Vooris funds even after Christ-

mas, with Vooris trading in the Santa Claus outfit for an Easter Bunny one in the spring. Vooris said he has had more and more parents ask him to go visit their child, something he said is hard and emotional, but it helps the parents.

Vooris encourages people who are interested in donating to visit the Amanda Riley Foundation website, the Rally Foundation or Cure for Childhood Cancer website.

“The goal is to raise as much money as it takes to cure cancer,” Vooris said. “Whether that is $5 million or $500 million.

Whatever it takes, I will not stop until we get it gone and I’m not the only one that wants to do it.

If there isn’t a cure next year, I’ll be back again doing this.”

Some post offices open longer today Unterman: Opioid

By Isabel Hughes

isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

The holiday season is about spending time with friends and family, spreading cheer, and, in-

evitably, running around last-minute to find the perfect Christmas gift.

A number of local malls recently announced they will extend their hours to aid late shoppers, and the United

States Postal Service joined suit, extending location hours to ensure gifts are shipped in time for the holiday.

This Sunday, hours will be extended at a number of post offices, including

one in Duluth and one in Winder.

• Duluth Boggs Road, 1605 Boggs Road, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Winder Post Office, 101 N. Broad St., Suite 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Properly protect your garden tools in winter

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to protect it from the wind and the rain.

Q: On several trunks of large trees in my landscape, I see an odd gray to light green colored fungus that is growing.

Is it harmful to my trees?

What can I do to remove it?

— George in Buford Tim Daly A: George, the ‘fungus’ on your trees are lichens, air filters according to the which are both a fungus manufacturer’s recomand algae. The organisms mendation. Sharpen or are in a symbiotic relareplace the mower blades. tionship, meaning they If you have equipment both support each other with batteries, they should by providing nutrients be removed to prevent and shelter. Lichens the possibility of battery present no threat to your acid from leaking and trees and their growth damaging the equipment. in natural. If you visit They should be stored in Stone Mountain, you will a dry, secure location. On observe these organisms shovels, rakes and hoes, growing on the mountain clean off any soil and and rocks. In some cases, debris. Apply a light coat if lichens are found growof oil or WD-40 to the ing on smaller branches metal parts of the tools. of trees and shrubs, it To reduce the likelihood may indicate that the of damage, properly hang plant is in distress. The the tools on a wall. The branches are dead or in equipment should be neat- the process of dying to do ly organized and stored in to some other cause, such a sheltered location. If any as drought stress, too equipment must be stored much or lack of sunlight outside, use a cover that and others. They do not is well fitted and secured harm the plant but are a sign of distress.

Q: The mistletoe plant is frequently used for Cele�ate �e Season decorations during Christwi� new friends! mas. I observe it growing in trees throughout our area. What is the nature of mistletoe? Is it harmful to the tree? If so, how can it be treated?

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Gardening columnist Tim Daly answers readers’ questions about winterizing garden equipment, lichens and mistletoe: Question: With the cold weather upon us, is there anything in particular I should do about storing my garden tools and equipment for the winter? I want to make sure everything will be in proper working condition next spring for the growing season.

– Donna in Lilburn Answer: Donna, all your tools need to be kept out of the elements and stored in either your garage or storage shed. Lawn mowers and other power equipment should be thoroughly cleaned. Using a piece of steel wool or some other similar material, clean all parts and wash thoroughly. Use or drain any gas from the fuel tanks. Do not store gasoline over the winter since old gasoline does not ignite quickly, which could interfere with the operation of the machines. Change the oil, the spark plugs and replace

After the mistletoe seed germinates, it develops a root-like structure that penetrates into the tree itself.

Trees in good health usually can tolerate small infestations of mistletoe.

However, trees that have suffered environmental stresses, such as drought and construction damage, or afflicted with another pest infestation, can decline and die as a result of the mistletoe.

Mistletoe can be removed by mechanically pruning out infected areas by cutting them back to where they begin on the tree or back to lateral branches.

If the mistletoe is growing out of the main trunk or a dominant limb and cannot be pruned, cut it back flush to the stem or trunk. Then wrap the area with a few layers of black polyethylene plastic to keep light out. Secure it with rope or twine. The mistletoe will eventually die. However, this may take several months.

For the removal of mistletoe from large trees, only trained professionals should attempt the task.

Specialized equipment and expertise are required for the safe, effective control of this parasitic plant.

You should consult with a certified arborist first to determine the exact extent of the infestation and its impact on the tree. A list of certified arborists and tree care companies can be found through the Georgia Arborist Association website at www. georgiaarborist.org.

Timothy Daly is an Agricultural and Natural Resource Extension Agent with UGA Extension Gwinnett. He can be contacted at 678-377-4011or tdaly@uga.edu.

bill should be filed early in ’18 session

By Curt Yeomans

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

A bill designed to address the opioid addiction crisis in Georgia may hit legislators, desks early in the 2018 Legislative Session, state Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford, told the Daily Post.

Unterman, who leads the Senate Renee Unterman Health and Human Services committee, has been working on the legislation, which she said will be an omnibus bill. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle announced earlier this fall that he and Unterman would be working on legislation to address the opioid issue, which was named a public health emergency by President Donald Trump in October.

Cagle told Gwinnett business leaders and elected officials on Wednesday that the opioid issue will be one of several key issues facing the General Assembly next year.

“It should be ready right at the first week of the session — hopefully,” Unterman told the Daily Post in an interview last week. “It’s such a big issue that it’s hard to put it together.”

Unterman has been a visible figure in highlighting the dangers of opioid addiction this year. In May, she and Gwinnett Superior Court Judge Kathryn Schrader co-hosted a summit which drew a nearly packed house crowd at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville.

The senator and Schrader also co-hosted a press conference in Atlanta in June, where the families

of Joseph Abraham and Dustin Manning addressed the media about what happened to their sons. The teens, who lived on the same street in Lawrenceville, died separately from overdoses on the morning after the summit in May. Unterman said the legislation that she is working on will address recovery centers, patient brokering, access to NARCAN — which is an agent used to counteract and reverse an overdose — and insurance fraud.

The fraud issue, she said, involves doctors ordering more urine tests than are needed.

“So it’s like an omnibus bill and I’m putting it together now,” Unterman said. “It’s really complicated. Right now, we have a moratorium on methadone treatment centers.

We’ve been getting a lot of complaints about that and how we’re going to implement that.

“I mean, here you are in the middle of a crisis, and there’s a lot of conflict in communities across the state about the treatment centers and access to care.

That’s one of the biggest problems.”

The state senator said she expects the opioid crisis will be a big issue in the Senate in 2018, which means her bill could get a fair amount of attention during the legislative session. Since it is the second year of a two-year legislative term, it must pass both chambers of the General Assembly and head to Gov. Nathan Deal’s desk in the spring or it will die.

If it doesn’t get signed into law next year, it would have to be rewritten and re-introduced in the 2019 session.

“This is our No. 2 priority in the Republican caucus, so it should get a good deal of prioritization,” Unterman said.

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Hepatitis vaccines lowdown DEAR DR. ROACH: I have some questions about hepatitis vaccines. I live in Los Angeles and have recently seen a few articles in the local paper about an outbreak of hepatitis A in the area. I went to my hospital and requested the hepatitis A vaccine. I was given the first of a two-shot vaccine and was told to come back in six months for the second shot.

I asked the nurse how long the vaccine would protect me after I took the second shot, and she didn’t know the answer to my question.

My next question involves the hepatitis B vaccine. In 1991, I was working in a Veterans Affairs hospital and took the three-shot series of the hepatitis B vaccine.

When getting my hepatitis A shot, I asked if my hepatitis B vaccine was still good after 25 years. They drew blood to check titers. A week later, the hospital emailed me and said my titers were low and to come in for a booster shot, which I got. How come they didn’t just give me the threeshot series again instead of a booster shot? How many years will this hepatitis B booster shot protect me?

Are they working on a vaccine for hepatitis C? I eat out a lot, and restaurant employees may or may not practice good hygiene. A vaccine seems like a good precaution for people to take in this day and age. What do you think?

— D.A.S. ANSWER: Hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for travelers to areas with high rates of hepatitis A. Two doses are administered, with the second dose given between six and 12 months after the first. Although we used to tell people that they needed a booster shot 10 years after the completed series, it appears that the protection from the vaccine is long-lasting, and a booster is not recommended.

For the current outbreak in San Diego, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends vaccination for homeless individuals; staff and public workers who have close contact with homeless or illicit drug users; and food handlers for adult populations. The rate of hepatitis A in the U.S. and Canada is small enough that I think it is not necessary for people with no particular risk factors to get it.

Hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for all adults.

Ninety-five percent of people will have a good response, as measured by antibody levels in the blood (“titers”). Those with low titers are recommended to have a booster.

This may relate to people with immune system disease, people with certain DNA factors (HLA type B8, SC01, DR3, for those interested), people with celiac disease, and if the first vaccine was technically compromised (such as being out of date, stored improperly or given the wrong way). Fifteen to 25 percent of people who lack adequate titers will get them after one booster dose; 50 percent will after three doses. People who still don’t respond should be tested for having hepatitis B disease.

Most people are thought to have lifetime immunity after the vaccine: People with HIV infection and those on dialysis are exceptions and should have a booster.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1903, Orville Wright made the first controlled, sustained flight in a power-driven airplane.

In 1989, the first episode of “The Simpsons” aired.

In 1992, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by the leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico.

In 2010, street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest of government mistreatment in Tunisia, becoming a catalyst for Arab Spring protests in the region.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), poet; Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939), novelist; William Safire (1929-2009), columnist; Eugene Levy (1946- ), actor/comedian; Wes Studi (1947- ), actor; Bill Pullman (1953- ), actor; Peter Farrelly (1956- ), filmmaker; Chuck Liddell (1969- ),

mixed martial artist; Paula Radcliffe (1973- ), long-distance runner; Sarah Paulson (1974- ), actress; Giovanni Ribisi (1974- ), actor; Milla Jovovich (1975- ), actress; Manny Pacquiao (1978- ), boxer; Chase Utley (1978- ), baseball player.

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Estranged sibling struggles with family updates Dear Amy: Several years ago, I terminated all forms of relationship with a couple of my siblings (there are seven of us), due to lifelong bullying, verbal abuse, blatant disrespect and the need to protect my children.

There are some family members who choose to “update” me on the lives of these siblings I’m estranged from. I listen to these updates, but try to provide as minimal and as respectful a response as possible.

I wish no ill toward these family members; I just choose not to allow them into my life. It is important and necessary that these toxic family members not be permitted back into me and my family’s good graces.

How do I remain respectful in acknowledging — or not acknowledging — life events without being cold? I also don’t want to react or respond in a way that allows these people to think/believe they have an “in.” How can I handle this and still maintain what I feel are necessary boundaries?

Recently, a family member notified me that each of these estranged siblings had a parentin-law pass away on the same day. Should I directly acknowledge these losses, or just have heartfelt prayers for them?

— Want to do Right Dear Want to do Right: If you don’t want to have any direct contact with these

Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson siblings (which you say you don’t), then you should respond honestly to the family member who delivered this news: “Oh, that sounds terrible.

I can’t imagine.” Then you send heartfelt prayers their way (if you are the praying type).

If these updates inspire you toward more direct compassion regarding your siblings, then you should risk contacting them personally in order to pass along your humane reaction to a sad event. A short note: “‘Sara’ told me about the recent death in your spouse’s family. My condolences to all of you.”

If you do choose to contact them, you need to understand something important: your siblings may not have changed.

But expressing a generous and sincere emotion — with no expectation — might be your liberation.

Dear Amy: I am a part of a circle of friends that tends to do things together (girls’ nights, weekend getaways, etc.).

Obviously, some of us are closer than others, and that ebbs and flows, but this seems largely accept-

ed. One of the women, however, has an issue when she is not included.

I don’t mean that all of us make plans and exclude “Mary” — I’m talking about if two of the group mention that they had dinner together last week, or met for a drink, Mary will literally pout and fret about being “ditched.” Mind you, this is someone in her 60s.

Now, two of us, along with other friends who are NOT part of this group, are planning a vacation together and have rented a house in a sunny place for a week in the winter.

Mary’s extreme neediness and tendency to drink too much have convinced us that inviting her would be a bad decision.

There is no way we can hide the fact that we are vacationing without her.

How do I phrase the explanation as to why we aren’t including her?

I don’t know if she’ll be satisfied with the basic truth — that it just happened.

— Worried Dear Worried: Please, whatever you do, don’t say that this vacation “just happened.”

Drunken weddings in Vegas might “just happen,” but vacations are planned.

You and your groupfriend are going on this holiday with others not in your friendship circle. If you don’t want to confront “Mary” about her drinking (which would place the responsibil-

ity for being excluded squarely on her), you could say to her, “‘Mandy’ and I are planning this week away with other people who you don’t know. I know from experience that it upsets you not to be included, but I don’t expect to be included in all of your events, and others in our group understand that we don’t always do everything together, and so I hope that you can understand this, too.”

Don’t let Mary’s pouting and fretting manipulate you, but understand that this is her way of coping. If you don’t act guilty or at fault, her distress should be proportional.

Dear Readers: My own life is probably a lot like yours. I’ve experienced poverty, prosperity, marriage, divorce, remarriage, step-parenting, caretaking, loss and grief.

If you’ve ever been curious about the life behind the advice column, I hope you’ll consider picking up my memoir, “Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Coming Home.” (2017, Hachette).

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson.com. Readers may send postal mail to Amy Dickinson, c/o Tribune Content Agency, 16650 Westgrove Drive, Suite 175, Addison, Texas, 75001. You can also follow her on Twitter @ askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

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Own whatever you do.

Stand up for your rights and take charge of your life. Reassess your personal and domestic situations and consider your options. A change will do you good and remind you of what you are capable of accomplishing. Don’t settle for less when you can have so much more.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Listen to your emotions and follow through with your plans. Make love and romance priorities, and share your feelings and intentions with someone special.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Let others do whatever they want. Your concern should be with matters closer to home that involve your personal interests. Stay focused on what’s important to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Stick to the truth and avoid an emotional confrontation.

Use your intellect and charm to bypass being dragged into a controversy, or you will end up being accused of meddling.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Emotional matters will spin out of control if you don’t stop and assess the scope of an unfolding situation. Make an honest assessment before you proceed.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Information you want kept secret will be revealed if you share your plans.

Put your ideas in motion to stay ahead of anyone trying to get in your way.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Emotional disillusionment will set in if you believe everything you are told.

Question anything that appears suspicious, especially where joint money is concerned. A partnership may need an adjustment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Make special plans with someone you love. A special gesture will bring you closer to a commitment that you’ve been longing to make.

Love and romance are highlighted.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Get involved in an event that is geared toward helping others. You will make a difference and learn a lot about different kinds of people.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Making travel plans, visiting friends or relatives or attending an event or activity that will be fun for all is encouraged. A little romance will lead to a positive and eventful evening.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Nurture your personal relationships to avoid an emotional scene. Fix up your space and do what you can to put a smile on the faces of younger and older relatives.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Plan a trip or share your feelings with someone special. Offer suggestions that will result in plans to spend more time with loved ones. Make family or close friends a priority.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — A change in the way you do things will help you decide what’s most important to you. Check into alternative moneymaking options that will transform your current lifestyle.

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Pam Gower

Jim Davis

Allan Iosue

Local man uses taekwondo to help spread the gospel

Matthew Wilder

By Trevor McNaboe trevor.mcnaboe@gwinnettdailypost.com

Mike Jeffreys

Van Lynn

Kenn Ussery

Pond promotes seven to senior associate status

By Curt Yeomans

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

A local company that deals with planning, architecture, engineering and construction recently promoted seven of its employees to senior associate positions.

Pond said Jim Davis, Pam Gower, Allan Iosue, Mike Jeffreys, Van Lynn, Kenn Ussery and Matthew Wilder will move up into the positions. Each of the employees have been working in director-level positions for the company.

“These individuals have demonstrated an exceptional level of commitment to our firm; they have gone above and beyond to contribute to our continued success,”

President and CEO Tony Parker said in a statement.

Davis is the corporate health and safety director and has more than 30 years of experience. Gower is Pond’s director of human resources and has 25 years of experience in the field. Iosue is the director of development and has more than 20 years of experience.

Jeffreys is the company’s fuels maintenance and construction director and has more than 30 years of experience. Lynn is the director of mechanical engineering and has more than 18 years of experience.

Ussery is Pond’s director of civil fueling and has more than 25 years of experience.

Wilder is Pond’s landscape architecture director and has 16 years of experience.

This year has been a trying one for the Rev. David Kang. His wife, Hannah, was diagnosed and continues to fight breast cancer and he broke his ankle, placing pressure to continue to support his family.

“A year ago, we found her breast cancer and it was a shock,” David Kang said. “She underwent surgery in February and she still is fighting it.”

Hannah has been using hormone therapy to treat the cancer. Because of this, Hannah Kang says she is unable to work full time. Around the same time, he began having problems with his ankle.

“I had to keep moving and teaching my students, but I couldn’t and had surgery,” David Kang said. “For almost five months I wasn’t able to do anything.”

All the while, he opened a taekwondo dojang nestled in the Publix shopping center on Golden Parkway in Buford.

David Kang wears many hats. He is an ordained minister who helps at Salt and Light Presbyterian Church, a father of four children and an eighthdegree black belt.

Raymond Wozniak, a former military veteran and fellow Salt and Light church member, remembers hearing about their situation and began to reach out to them.

“When I became aware through prayer sharing that they were going through a traumatic time, I knew I had to help,” Wozniak said. “Our relationship is one of brothers in Christ.

People that God brings into your life are there for a reason.”

Wozniak has helped the Kangs, whether it has been purchasing

The Kangs’ Taekwondo business has been helped and funded by fellow church member Raymond Wozniak, center. (Staff Photo: Trevor McNaboe)

advertisements for the business or paying medical bills.

Walking into the South Korean martial arts training room, two things stand out: mirrors surrounding the room and trophies lining the front.

When asked about the trophies, David Kang humbly said those are some of the local trophies that have been won.

“These trophies are just small things,” David Kang said.” I have national ones and medals from international competitions.”

Compiling these accolades has taken four decades of his life beginning at the age of 7. In 1991 and 1992, he received two gold medals.

In Korea, David Kang graduated with a degree in taekwondo. He also has two master’s degrees, one in sports management and one in divinity.

While he is experienced in taekwondo, his purpose in opening the dojang differs from many taekwondo instructors.

“My purpose in life is to spread the gospel as a Christian,” David

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Gene was a Veteran of the United States Army and had worked for Williams Group. He loved spending Kase Bowman, age 3 time with his grandchilmonths, of Alto passed dren and enjoyed huntaway December 15, 2017. ing and fishing. He was Flanigan Funeral Home, preceded in death by his Buford, GA. daughter, Carolyn Perry, in 2005. Gene is survived by Duluth, GA his Wife, Gerlinde Perry John S. Breffle of Loganville; Children: Molly & Ted DesRochers, age 79, of Duluth, GA Annette & Ronnie Frazier, Winder died December 14, 2017.

Heike & Todd Wolaver, all Bill Head Funeral Home Doris Garrett of Covington; GrandchilDuluth Chapel age 83, Died 12/13/2017. dren: Taylor, McKenzie, Smith Funeral Home, & Chandler DesRochers, Snellville Winder Courtney, Alli, & Jake FraJean Fletcher zier, Madison & Grayson Auburn, GA Jean Fletcher, age 85 Perry, Josh, Zack, Nick, Chamblee, GA Eva Lou Harrison of Snellville, GA, passed Katie, Eli, & Tate Wolaver; Marilyn Mitchell away on Friday, December Great Grandchildren: Eva Lou Harrison age 15, 2017. She is survived Landen, Alana, Oakleigh, 74, of Auburn, GA, passed (Phillips) by her daughter, Candace & Jaxton Wolaver; Sibaway December 14, 2017.

Marilyn P. Mitchell, age (Gary) Pulliam of Snelllings: Bernice McAninch, 81, of Chamblee passed Ellijay, GA ville, GA; grandson, Adam away December 14, 2017. Carolyn Blevins, Larry & Mr. Kenneth Lovett Pulliam (Devin); brother, Betti Perry, Patty & Kenny Flanigan Funeral Home, Larry Hilliard (Julie); and Simerly, all of ElizabethBuford, GA. LOVETT several nieces & nephews. ton, TN; Numerous Nieces Mr. Kenneth Lovett age Hoschton, GA Jean worked 34 years and Nephews also survive.

59 of Ellijay, GA died Jack Moore with the GA State Patrol In lieu of flowers, memoriThursday December 14, and she was a member als may be made to The Jack Moore, age 85 2017.Mr. Lovett was born of Snellville United ALS Association Georgia of Hoschton, GA, passed November 21, 1958 in Methodist Church. The away December 15, 2017. Chapter, 5881 Glenridge Detroit, MI. He graduFuneral Service to honor Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta, ated from Gwinnett High Norcross, GA and celebrate the life of GA 30328 or webga.alsa.

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Kang said. “I have to take care of my family, but also spread the gospel.

One way I could do that is with this business.”

David Kang is looking for an additional instructor to teach so he can take a mission trip to Central America to spread the word of Christ.

David Kang has 10 students who he trains in his studio. Training consists of three things: kicking (Tae), hand technique (Kwan) and the way (Do).

“Usually, a taekwondo studio will teach the ‘Do,’ meaning you have to show respect and integrity,” David Kang said. “What I teach is the way is Jesus Christ. You have to follow him all the time.”

Months removed from surgery, David Kang still is in pain. His ankle is still swollen and he claims he is at 70 percent right now.

“I need more time to recover, one or two more years,” Kang said. “During surgery they cut near my nerves, so I don’t have a lot of feeling still.

Every day I’m getting stronger.”

and Brother in-law, Mona and Jackie Garner, both of Ellijay, GA; several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday December 16th at 11am from the Chapel of Bernhardt Funeral Home with Rev. Michael Youngblood.

Interment will follow in Yukon Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday December 15th from 3pm until 9pm at the funeral home. Bernhardt Funeral home in charge of arrangements.

Arrangements by Bernhardt Funeral Home

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Carolyn F. Threatt Carolyn Ferguson Threatt, age 87, will be spending Christmas in heaven this year. She passed away peacefully on December 14, 2107. She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Roy Q. Threatt; daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Jim Anderson; son, Robert Threatt (Sherri Ledbetter); 5 grandchildren-Ashley, Wesley and Kinsley Anderson; Andy and Bryson Threatt and several nieces and nephews. She was a loving, spirited and spunky wife, mother and grandmother.

Carolyn never met a stranger and always made friends everywhere she went. Mrs. Threatt was born November 1, 1930 in Atlanta, GA. She lived in Newnan, GA the first years of her married life.

Roy and Carolyn owned a gas/oil distribution center.

They moved to Atlanta in 1963 and settled in Duluth, GA in 1968. Carolyn was a kindergarten teacher at Briarcliff United Methodist Church and Norcross First Baptist (One Heart Church) for many years, she was secretary for Mt. Tabor Church, she worked with Roy and Ann from 1984-2009 at Corporate Specialties.

Upon “retirement”, she worked at Antique Traditions in Norcross one day a week where she never met a stranger. She was a member of Norcross First Baptist now known as One Heart Church for 49 years. The Funeral Service will be Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at One Heart Church with R

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Online condolences may be expressed at www. crowellbrothers.com. Arrangements by: Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes & Crematory, 5051 Peachtree Ind. Blvd., Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 (770) 448-5757.

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Mary Beale Wright Mary Beale Wright of Stone Mountain, GA passed away on November 29, 2017. She is survived by her son Kirke D. Wright of Reisterstown, MD, his wife Kim and daughter Caitlin, and her son James A. Wright of Lilburn, GA, his wife Tina, and children Davis, Laura Leigh, and Devin. Mrs. Wright, originally from West Chester, PA, lived the majority of her life in Reisterstown with her husband of 53 years, John A. Wright, III. She was a high school teacher and college professor of English Literature for 47 years. Admirably she focused her teaching on less than mainstream students, desiring equal education for all. She retired to Florida in 1996 and then Georgia in 2010.

She lived a full and satisfying life, was a guidepost for her family, and will be greatly missed.

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Gwinnett, Atlanta malls extend holiday hours

By Isabel Hughes

isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

It’s that time of year again: the last full week before Christmas, which almost always results in locals scrambling to purchase last-minute presents for friends and family.

In an effort to ease residents’ stress, several local malls, both in Gwinnett and in metro Atlanta, are extending their hours to accommodate for the busy holiday shopping season.

Gwinnett mallS Mall of Georgia 3333 Buford Drive, Buford • Saturday, Dec. 23: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• Sunday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve): 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Monday, Dec. 25 (Christmas): Closed • Tuesday, Dec. 26: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

From Dec. 26-28, shoppers can give back by donating

blood at the Red Cross Blood Drives from noon to 5 p.m.

After taking one last photo with Santa, those who need help adding a bow on top can visit the gift wrapping station located in the lower level JCPenney court.

to 9 p.m.

• Sunday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve): 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Monday, Dec. 25 (Christmas): Closed • Tuesday, Dec. 26: 9a.m. to 9 p.m.

North Georgia Premium Sugarloaf Mills Outlets 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway, 800 Ga. Highway 400 S., Lawrenceville Dahlonega • Saturday, Dec. 23: 9 a.m.

• Saturday, Dec. 23: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• Sunday, Dec. 24 (Christ• Sunday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve): 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. mas Eve): 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Monday, Dec. 25 (Christ• Monday, Dec. 25 (Christmas): Closed mas): Closed • Tuesday, Dec. 26: 8 a.m. to • Tuesday, Dec. 26: 9 a.m. to The Mall of Georgia willl have extended holiday hours this year. 10 p.m.

9 p.m.

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Gwinnett Place Mall 2100 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth • Saturday, Dec. 23: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• Sunday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve): 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Monday, Dec. 25 (Christmas): Closed • Tuesday, Dec. 26: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Atlanta-area malls Lenox Square 3393 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta • Saturday, Dec. 23: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• Sunday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve): 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Monday, Dec. 25 (Christmas): Closed • Tuesday, Dec. 26: 8 a.m. to

Town Center at Cobb 9 p.m.

400 Barrett Parkway, Families can share last-minKennesaw ute wishes with the man in the • Saturday, Dec. 23: 8 a.m. big red suit or take a pit stop from shopping to ride Atlanta’s to 10 p.m.

• Sunday, Dec. 24 (Christfavorite Pink Pig, Priscilla. mas Eve): 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Monday, Dec. 25 (ChristPhipps Plaza mas): Closed 3500 Peachtree Road N.E., • Tuesday, Dec. 26: 8 a.m. to Atlanta 9 p.m • Saturday, Dec. 23: 9 a.m.

Shoes •From Page 1A

the students what it is like to interact with people would not be able to get a that are homeless and pair of shoes. what the situation is like in Atlanta,” Johnson said.

“Everything was out “The kids really respondand it was just little kid ed to him and what he clothing and shoes,” was talking about.”

Nkereuwem said. “The And some received a woman with him was hands-on lesson since pleading with people for Acosta was having an shoes. So I decided that event that weekend, he needed shoes more prompting about 35 of than I did, and it looked like he could fit in mine.” Johnson’s students to volunteer to help this past Nkereuwem took off Sunday. his shoes and helped the “Life is about getting man into the shoes, which out of high school and turned out to be a fit. seeing the real world,” “If it fits, it sits,” Johnson said. “So we Nkereuwem said. “He looked better in them than decided to meet up on Sunday, but the snow hit I did.”

For two years, Nkereu- and about only a dozen wem’s sociology teacher, students could make it.”

All of the students Johnson, had wanted to who showed up brought bring in a high school things, as well as some friend of hers, Marcus students dropping off Acosta, to speak about The Lionheart Theatre Company’s Steven Cooper, left, and Paul Milliken perform a skit about a pair of moonshine- social change and social donations. The group set selling brothers during the Frontier Affair: A Prelude to Gwinnett’s Bicentennial event at the Gwinnett County Historiup a table and for four inequality. cal Courthouse on Friday. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans) hours on a brisk Sunday She was unable for the past two years due to afternoon they handed out food and clothes. health issues, but when •From Page 1A Throughout the afterthe class began to study a noon they interacted with unit on social inequality, place in Gwinnett this weekshe knew it was the right people by talking to them end. The Duluth historical and tossing the Frisbee time to ask.

Society held another event with them.

Acosta, who created Saturday at the Southeastern “I told my mother a nonprofit charity four Railway Museum where the years ago that helps feed about the event and how New Dawn Theater group I couldn’t believe how and clothe veterans and staged a production based on the kids responded to the the homeless in Atlanta, the life of county namesake event the way they did,” paid a visit last WednesButton Gwinnett.

Johnson said. “They’re day to talk about the begging me to go help out The event at the historical experiences with people courthouse raised money he has met while helping at the January event.”

During the first week for the historical society those less fortunate. in January, Johnson and and included a Southern During the visit he colonial inspired dinner with described how he and one some of her students plan on staying after school to honey pecan fried chicken, volunteer packed 25 boapple and pear salad, pulled logna sandwiches to feed knit scarves to hand out at the next event. pork, macaroni and cheese, to homeless people and “We didn’t know what a selection of breads and a the transformation it has to do or expect at this choice of chocolate bread or undergone. Now, dozens event,” Johnson said. “But banana pudding. of people volunteer each more than 300 people got It also included hismonth to help feed and fed and clothed, and with torical skits by the Lionheart Lionheart Theatre Company’s Bob Winstead, left, and Paul Milliken perform a clothe the homeless, insketch about life in Gwinnett during the Civil War as part of the Frontier Affair: A what Leslie did, it shows Theatre Company that teract with them and give Prelude to Gwinnett’s Bicentennial event at the Gwinnett County Historical Courtme I’m doing my job represented different parts of house on Friday. haircuts. right.”

Gwinnett history.

“I wanted him to tell “It was a good kickoff,” the torch idea. “We are goSchool, which was named to a bedroom community … historical society president ing to touch historical sites. recognize both the Meadow much like Cobb and DeKalb, Betty Warbington said. “I The torch will stay at many community and the Creek so the farmers are selling think it put (the bicentennial) historical sites for a period Indians. their land to developers, and on the forefront of everyof time and also go to all city The other was Kanoheda so we started to become a one’s minds.” halls.

Elementary School, whose very blue-collar bank. We Nash and Lawrenceville “The mayors have agreed name was chosen by memwere plumbers, electricians, Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson that they will take the torch bers of Cherokee nation in carpenters and the like, and also unveiled a bicentennial from the runner and take it Oklahoma and offered up by you don’t find cotton by torch that will be used in a up to City Hall.” the chief at the time.

1990 in Gwinnett County. yearlong, Olympic torch-inThe event offered an “She said, ‘Brooks, let me “So our crop became spired run around the county. opportunity for the event’s tell you something — name housing.”

The difference between the emcee, state Rep. Brooks it anything but Cherokee.

Gateway 85 Gwinnett bicentennial torch and its Coleman, R-Duluth, and We hate that name. That’s Community Improvement Olympic counterpart, howother speakers to reflect on a white man’s name,’” District Executive Director ever, is that Gwinnett’s torch some of their memories of Coleman said. “She said, Marsha Bomar Anderson is lit with LED lights instead the county from years past.

‘We’ll get you a name,’ and offered a history of how the of an actual flame.

Coleman, a retired educa- she called us back and she arrival of Western Electric The torch run will begin tor, recalled a time when helped us out. She said, in the 1970s affected the at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when Gwinnett County Public ‘name it Kanoheda … That Jimmy Carter area. it is carried on foot by high Schools — now the state’s means ‘the teacher.’”

“The person who did school track and cross largest school system — was Meanwhile, Brand Bank’s the traffic analysis for that country athletes, representsignificantly smaller.

Bartow Morgan recalled project said, ‘I believe that ing each of the county’s high “This county, I remember how the 113-year-old bank there are going to be 35,000 schools, from the historical when I came here, had 9,000 has changed just in recent cars a day on Jimmy Carter courthouse to the Gwinnett children, and when I left, it decades to meet shifts in Boulevard,’ and he almost Justice and Administration had over 150,000 children,” Gwinnett’s economy. He re- got laughed out of Atlanta,” Center. he said. called a time when the bank said Anderson, who moved “I have engaged the cross Coleman also recalled dealt heavily with agriculture to the county in 1984. “They country and track teams how the county decided to and the needs of farmers, said, ‘That will never hapfrom all of the public high recognize the legacy of Na- which he said lasted up until pen.’ Well, we have 60,000 schools in Gwinnett County, tive Americans who lived in the 1970s. cars a day now on Jimmy and we are going to run this the Gwinnett area before the “Really, Hartsfield-JackCarter Boulevard. torch the entire year,” said county was founded. One son (airport) changed that “The county went through Leslie Nkereuwem helps a man into his own shoes on Dec. 10. (Special Photo) Johnson, who came up with was Meadowcreek High for us,” he said. “We became a really big boom time.”

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world&nation world Tillerson has stiff words for N. Korea at U.N. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson directly rebutted North Korea’s representative to the United Nations on Friday, rejecting his claim that the US is to blame for tensions on the Korean peninsula and declaring that he and the White House are in lockstep on policy.

He stated that there is “no daylight between the president’s policy and the pursuit of that policy” on North Korea, addressing questions about a possible rift between the White House and State Department on starting talks with Pyongyang.

On Tuesday, Tillerson had said he was willing to start talks with North Korea without preconditions. The comment during a Q&A took White House staffers off-guard, they said.

During Friday’s specially convened UN Security Council meeting to discuss North Korea’s nuclear program, Tillerson clarified that “a sustained cessation of North Korea’s threatening behavior must occur before talks can begin. North Korea must earn its way back to the table.”

Four die, many more wounded in Jerusalem Four Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded Friday in the West Bank and Gaza during violent clashes between Israeli troops and protesters opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Roughly 2,500 Palestinians rolled burning tires and hurled firebombs and rocks at police in several West Bank cities, and another 3,500 clashed with soldiers along the security fence in Gaza, the Israeli army said.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said two people were killed in Gaza, both of them shot in the head.

The ministry identified them as Yaser Sukar, 23, killed in Shujaiyya, east of Gaza City; and Ibrahim Abu Tharaya, 29, shot during clashes along Gaza’s border with Israel.

Trump praises tax reform bill

By Elizabeth Landers CNN

As the GOP tax overhaul nears its final hurdle, President Donald Trump was eager to defend the bill Saturday, touting what he said would be its impact on the middle class as he left the White House for Camp David.

“This is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle-income people of this country that they’ve ever gotten for Christmas,” Trump told reporters as Marine One whirred in the background.

When asked about the contention among critics of the bill that it would provide tax cuts mainly for the rich, the president pushed back, taking a dig at Democrats who he said have the “standard sound bite” ready “before they even know what the bill is all about — they talk about for the wealthy.”

“This really will mostly benefit the middle class and jobs,” Trump said, an assertion he has made repeatedly as Congress has advanced the bill. “Companies, companies are coming in, they’re pouring into the country, they’ve already started, and this will be great for jobs.”

Republican lawmakers unveiled the final version of the bill Friday, putting them on track for a vote on

nation New evacuations underway as Calif. fire grows

Thousands of additional residents are being evacuated from areas near the Thomas Fire, now the thirdlargest wildfire in modern California history.

Fueled by high winds, the massive fire north of Ventura has burned 259,000 acres, Cal Fire said Saturday morning. That’s up from 256,000 acres on Friday.

Twelve thousand additional people were being evacuated Saturday from areas near the blaze, said Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office spokesman Brian Olmstead. The blaze broke out 12 days ago and has killed a firefighter and a woman trying to flee.

The next 24 hours will be Peru’s president crucial as wind gusts of up will soon face to 55 mph and low humidity impeachment are forecast through Sunday.

Strong winds and dry condiPeruvian lawmakers tions are expected to fuel the decided to move forward blaze and could spark new with proceedings to imfires, CNN meteorologist peach President Pedro Pablo Ivan Cabrera said.

Kuczynski amid allegations The Thomas Fire is of bribery in connection to slowly devouring its way up one of the largest corruption the list of the state’s largscandals in Latin America. est wildfires. It’s now only On Friday, lawmakers about 13,000 acres behind voted 93 to 17 in a mothe all-time leader, the Cedar tion to initiate the process Fire, which burned 273,246 of impeachment against acres in San Diego County Kuczynski. in 2003, according to Cal The president is expected Fire. to defend himself to lawmakers next Thursday.

Tax reform may The vote comes a day already be paying after President Kuczynski said he would not resign off with GOP base amid the “false” allegations Republicans in Congress that accuse him of receiving say passing their sweeping more than $4 million from tax reform plan will be a the Brazilian construction Christmas gift to the Amerifirm Odebrecht.

— From wire reports can people — and it looks

people ‘The Last Jedi’ opening day is second-biggest ever at $104.7M

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” made $104.7 million on Friday, making it the second highest opening day of all time.

Box office numbers for the opening day of Episode VIII are second only to its prequel, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which made $119 million when it opened in 2015. The Thursday night box office for “Last Jedi” is rolled into Friday.

President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the tax bill that will likely be voted upon “The Last Jedi” opens in next week before he departed for Camp David. (Photo: CNN) more than 4,100 theaters domestically this weekit next week.

The legislation would officials at Camp David end. The movie will likely When asked by a report- drop the corporate tax this weekend, ignored come up short against the er why the individual tax rate from 35 percent to 21 questions from reporters opening for “The Force cuts would be only tempo- percent, repeal the corpoon North Korea and the Awakens,” but Friday’s box rary — they would expire rate alternative minimum health of Sen. John Mcoffice windfall bodes well after 2025 — the President tax, nearly double the Cain, R-Arizona, who is for the space franchise as it expressed optimism that standard deduction for battling brain cancer. heads into the weekend. a future administration individuals, and restructure But before he walked The box office record for would address the issue the way pass-through busi- away, Trump added, “We an opening weekend beand perhaps even make the nesses are taxed. It would are back. We are really longs to “Force Awakens,” tax cuts more generous de- also keep seven personal going to start to rock. We which premiered to $248 pending on whether efforts income tax brackets, allow need this as our final million two years ago. to boost the economy are individuals to deduct up to push.”

Living up to the galactic successful. $10,000 in state and local The President continhype of its predecessor is a “The economy now taxes, and lower tax rates ued to tout the legislation challenge for “Last Jedi,” has hit 3 percent,” Trump for most brackets, includlater Saturday afternoon, but the film looks to be up said. “Nobody thought it ing dropping the top rate posting a news clip of his for it. “The Last Jedi” is would be anywhere close. to 37 percent from 39.6 remarks to reporters on getting rave reviews from I think we can go to 4, 5, percent.

Twitter. critics. and maybe even 6 percent, The President, who “TAX CUTS will ultimately.” the White House said is increase investment in the Critics of the tax meeting with Vice PresiAmerican economy and Clooney working overhaul say it is heavily dent Mike Pence, budget in U.S. workers, leading on Watergate weighted to ease the tax Director Mick Mulvaney, to higher growth, higher series for Netflix burden of businesses rather Treasury Secretary Steve wages, and more JOBS!” than the middle class.

Mnuchin and other Cabinet Trump tweeted.

George Clooney is developing an eight-part Netflix series on the scandal to obstruct government investigations, according to a that took down President Richard Nixon, his repreformer employee. sentative told CNNMoney Those are just some of Friday. The news was the allegations laid out in a reported earlier by Variety 37-page letter written by a and Deadline. lawyer for the former Uber Clooney and his producsecurity analyst, Richard Jation company, Smokehouse cobs, on May 5. A partially redacted version of the letter Pictures, are working with “Bridge of Spies” writer was made public in a court filing on Friday afternoon as Matt Charman on the project. part of an ongoing lawsuit.

Netflix did not comment.

Uber is being sued by Waymo, Alphabet’s selfdriving car unit that was Batali includes Smoke from wildfires in southern California forms on the formerly part of Google, recipe with horizon early Saturday morning. (Photo: CNN) for allegedly stealing trade secrets. apology for like Republican voters are again that I deny the alWaymo claims in their ‘past behavior’ already starting to give back. legations in question,” the suit that a former employee In an online newsletter A new Quinnipiac UniNevada congressman said in downloaded confidential versity poll this week found a statement. “I am commitfiles from servers, just before Friday afternoon, celebrity chef Mario Batali — facthat Republicans’ views of ted to fully cooperating with going to work for Uber as their own party in Congress the House Ethics Committee part of the unit developing its ing allegations that he touched women inapproare above water for the first and I look forward to clearown autonomous vehicle. priately — acknowledged time since June, climbing my name. ing from a 32-60 percent “Due process and the DOJ opens door “many mistakes” and apologized for disappointapproval rating to a 47-43 presumption of innocence ing “my friends, my fampercent score over the last are bedrock legal principles to regulating ily, my fans and my team.” month as the first drafts which have guided our bump stocks “My behavior was of tax reform passed both nation for centuries, and The Justice Department wrong and there are no chambers. they should not be lost to excuses. I take full reIt’s still not a great apunsubstantiated hearsay and announced Tuesday that it has begun a federal rulesponsibility,” the message proval rating for congresinnuendo,” his statement reads. “Sharing the joys of making process that could sional Republicans to have continued.

Italian food, tradition and among their own voters. The “However, the allegations reinterpret the legality of hospitality with all of you, GOP had kicked off the year that have surfaced would be certain bump fire stock deeach week, is an honor with a 66 percent approval a distraction from a fair and vices, a piece of equipment and privilege. Without the that enabled the Las Vegas rating among GOP voters thorough discussion of the gunman in October to fire on support of all of you — — and President Donald issues in a re-election cammy fans — I would never Trump is even higher than paign,” he said. “Therefore, concertgoers more rapidly, have a forum in which to mimicking automatic fire. that among Republicans it is in the best interests of The announcement comes expound on this. now. my family and my constitu“I will work every day the day before the acting dients to complete my term rector of the Bureau of Alco- to regain your respect and in Congress and not seek Rep. Kihuen hol, Tobacco and Firearms is trust,” the message reads. reelection.” won’t run for Then he added a postset to testify before a Senate another term Uber accused of Judiciary Committee hearing script: A suggestion for a on the device and amid calls sweet breakfast treat. amid allegations hacking, bribery “ps. in case you’re from legislators to prevent Democratic Rep. Ruben searching for a holidaythe future sale of the part. and espionage Kihuen has announced he Investigators have said 12 inspired breakfast, these Uber spied on and bribed bump fire stock — or bump Pizza Dough Cinnamon won’t run for re-election foreign officials, infiltrated amid a House Ethics Comstock — devices were found Rolls are a fan favorite,” private chat groups, stole mittee investigation into the post reads, followed in the shooter’s hotel room trade secrets, and abused allegations that he sexually by a photo and a recipe in Las Vegas. Fifty-eight secret messaging apps and harassed two women. link. people died in the attack.

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Word ban at CDC includes ‘vulnerable,’ ‘fetus,’ ‘transgender’

By Jessica Ravitz CNN

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the very agency tasked with saving and protecting the lives of the most vulnerable, are now under order by the Trump administration to stop using words including “vulnerable” in 2018 budget documents, according to The Washington Post.

In a 90-minute briefing on

Must read Thursday, policy analysts at the nation’s leading public health institute were presented with the menu of seven banned words, an analyst told the paper. On the list: “diversity,” “fetus,” “transgender,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “science-based” and “evidence-based.”

Alternative word choices reportedly were presented in

some cases. For instance, in lieu of “evidence-based” or “sciencebased,” an analyst might say, “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes,” the source said.

But those working on the Zika virus’s effect on developing fetuses may be at a loss for appropriate — or acceptable — words.

The reaction in the room was “incredulous,” the longtime

CDC analyst told the Post. “It was very much, ‘Are you serious? Are you kidding?’”

As news of the word ban spreads at the CDC, the analyst expects growing backlash.

“Our subject matter experts will not lay down quietly,” the unnamed source said. “This hasn’t trickled down to them yet.”

Health and Human Services spokesman Matt Lloyd disputed the report in a statement to

CNN. “The assertion that HHS has ‘banned words’ is a complete mischaracterization of discussions regarding the budget formulation process,” Lloyd said. “HHS will continue to use the best scientific evidence available to improve the health of all Americans. HHS also strongly encourages the use of outcome and evidence data in program evaluations and budget decisions.”

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o say Christina Majors has struggled in life would be an understatement.

The University of North Georgia sophomore grew up in an unstable home, dropped out of high school, failed her GED test twice before finally passing it, and incurred $60,000 in debt to earn an associate degree from Aquinas College, a private institution in Nashville in 2010.

A college education, however, opened new doors for the mother of five children.

“I blossomed and continued to learn,” Majors said. “I yearned for more because I missed so much as a child.”

The 40-year-old Lawrenceville woman was inspired to return

Christina Majors speaks at the Women’s Holiday Scholarship Luncheon on Dec. 7. Majors was awarded a scholarship covering her tuition at University of North Georgia. (Special Photo)

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Majors could not maintain her composure when she heard the news.

“I fell apart,” Majors said as tears formed and her breath caught in her throat. “I felt overwhelmed.”

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Brockway unveils Elf on the Shelf-themed ad It’s common for people to try to come up with things to have the Elf on the Shelf do, but state Rep. Buzz Brockway, R-Lawrenceville, may have come up with something new: filling out a business registration form.

Brockway Buzz released Brockway a new Christmas-themed ad for his Secretary of State campaign this week, and it features the holiday character. While past commercials have focused on voting registration and who can run for office in Georgia, this one is unique in that it doesn’t feature some un-

pursue their version of the American Dream.”

This one is just an elf, or rather elves, trying to set up a business in Georgia, and there might be one takeaway from the ad other than drumming up support for Brockway — elves are everywhere.

The ad begins with one Curt Yeomans elf suddenly appearing on a small Christmas tree on usual character trying to do Brockway’s office. After something that they aren’t a staring contest with the allowed to do. legislator, Brockway asks “The office of Secretary if there is anything he can of State is where Georgians help the elf with. come to start a new busiThe elf points to a business,” Brockway said in a ness registration form. statement. “We’re proud to From there, other elves be the best state in America begin showing up everyto do business, and I want where. One is holding a to also make Georgia the pen in Brockway’s desk. easiest state to do business. Another appears suddenly, As Secretary of State, we’ll sitting on the legislator’s do all we can to help people desk with the original one.

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Along the way, they use elf magic to fill out the registration form.

Eventually they make a gift for Brockway — a Buzz Lightyear toy— magically appear on his desk before they disappear.

The ad can be viewed at www.facebook. com/vote4buzz/videos/10210063924023657.

Hice, Perdue applaud Trump signing of defense funding bill U.S. Rep. Jody Hice and U.S. Sen. David Perdue, both R-Ga., praised President Donald Trump this week after he signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018 into law.

The bill includes a 2.4 percent pay raise for military service members

and funding for the Army’s Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon in Augusta.

Hice said in a statement that it will also help the military address threats from placJody Hice es such as North Korea.

“After too many years of inadequate funding, outdated David equipment, Perdue and readiness shortfalls, this NDAA supports increasing defense spending and prioritizes the safety and security of the

American people,” he said.

“Our top priority is and has always been to keep America safe.”

Perdue said in a separate statement: “One of six reasons why 13 colonies came together in the first place was to provide for the national defense.

President Trump has shown he is committed to carrying out this responsibility as our country’s commander in chief. By signing this defense bill into law today, President Trump is strengthening our military by approving a well-deserved pay raise for our troops and ensuring they have the resources they need.”

Political Notebook appears in the Wednesday and Sunday editions of the Gwinnett Daily Post.

Aurora is located at 128 E. Pike St. in Lawrenceville. For more information, visit www. auroratheatre.com.

The Southeastern Railway Museum will put on the Polar Express Experience on Saturdays Nov. 25 through Dec. 16 at the museum, located at 3595 Buford Highway in Duluth.

Performances start at 1 p.m., 1:45 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4:15 p.m. and 6 p.m. Tickets are $28 per person. For more information, visit www. train-museum.org.

The Aurora Theatre’s Festival of Trees invites patrons to support the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive and local food banks.

The Festival of Trees will deck the halls of the Aurora’s lobby for the holiday season. Patrons can vote on a winner by placing a new unwrapped toy or a nonperishable food item under their favorite tree. Whichever tree acquires the most donations

by Dec. 23 will be declared

the Best of the Fest. For more information, visit www. auroratheatre.com.

Celebrate the holidays with Gwinnett Ballett Theatre’s 40th anniversary season performance of “The Nutcracker.” Performances are scheduled at various times Dec. 1 through Dec. 17 at the Infinite Energy Theater, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. Tickets are $20 to $37. For more information, visit www.infiniteenergycenter.com.

Carriage rides will be dashing through Norcross Dec. 1 through Dec. 22 every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in front of Taste of Britain, 73 S. Peachtree St. The Lionheart Theatre will host “A Christmas Carol”

by Michael A. Youngs at various times Dec. 7 through Dec. 17. The play-withina-play is a retelling of the classic tale. Tickets are $10.

For more information, visit lionhearttheatre.org.

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The Infinite Energy Arena welcomes Casting Crowns and For King and Country’s A Glorious Christmas Tour at 7 p.m. Dec. 17.

Tickets are $29 to $83. The Arena is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.

For more information, visit www.infiniteenergycenter. com.

Dec. 18

The Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will present “Let There Be Peace on Earth” at 7 p.m.

Dec. 18 at the Infinite Energy Theater, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. Tickets are $12 to $22. For more information, visit www.infiniteenergycenter.com.

Ongoing

Holiday photos with Santa will be available daily through Dec. 24 at the Von Maur Court at the Mall of Georgia, 3333 Buford Drive N.E. in Buford. To reserve a

time and avoid the line, visit simonsanta.com. For more information, visit www.simon. com/mall/mall-of-georgia.

The Ice Rink @ Sugar Hill will be open selected dates through Feb. 17. Admission is $12 for adults and $10 for children. The ice rink is located at 5039 W. Broad St. in Sugar Hill. For more information, visit icerinkatsugarhill.com.

Stone Mountain Park is hosting its Stone Mountain Christmas on selected dates through Jan. 3. The park is located at U.S. Highway 78 East in Stone Mountain. For more information, visit stonemountainpark.com.

An Aurora Theatre original and Gwinnett’s longestrunning theatrical holiday tradition, “Christmas Canteen 2017” returns for its 22nd year. Performances are scheduled from Nov. 16 to Dec. 23. Tickets are $30 to $65. The Aurora is located at 128 E. Pike St. in Law-

renceville. For more information, visit www.auroratheatre. com.

Holiday photos with Santa will be available daily from Nov. 17 through Dec. 24 at the Food Court at Sugarloaf Mills, 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville.

For more information, visit www.simon.com/mall/sugarloaf-mills.

The Southeastern Railway Museum will host the third annual Festival of Trees from Nov. 18 through Dec. 31. The event, sponsored by the Duluth Historical Society, will be open during the museum’s normal hours.

Admission to the museum is $10 for adults and $7 for children ages 2 to 12. The museum is located at 3595 Buford Highway in Duluth.

For more information, visit www.train-museum.org.

The 25th annual Magical Nights of Lights will be open from 5 to 10 p.m. Nov. 17 through Jan. 3 at Lanier Islands, 7000 Lanier Islands

Parkway in Buford. Admission is $45 per vehicle when purchased at the gate and $35 per vehicle when purchased in advance online.

For more information, visit www.lanierislands.com.

Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain Park will be open select dates Nov. 18 through Feb. 25. For tickets and more information, visit stonemountainpark.com.

Anthony Rodriguez is back for the 11th year with his solo performance of “A Christmas Carol” at the Aurora Theatre, 128 E. Pike St. in Lawrenceville. Performances are scheduled at various times Nov. 24 through Dec. 23. Tickets are $20 to $30. For more information, visit www.auroratheatre.com.

Renita James stars in the Aurora Theatre’s production of “The 12 Dates of Christmas,” with performances at various times Nov. 25 through Dec. 23.

Tickets are $20 to $30. The

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Christina Majors is shown hugging Eleanor Exley at the UNG Women’s Holiday Scholarship Luncheon. (Special Photos)

Majors

•From Page 9A “It’s very testing; you never know when he is going to be pushed to his limit.

Those overtime hours are never guaranteed,” Majors said. “Each semester is unknown for me. It’s made it difficult because he’s been removed from the home.

He’s doing what he has to do to provide for me.”

Majors shared her gratitude for the scholarship along with her personal story

during the Women’s Holiday Scholarship Luncheon held Dec. 7 at Chattahoochee Country Club in Gainesville.

“I was surprised. I had never received a scholarship before,” Majors said.

“The monetary part is helpful, and my husband was appreciative. The best thing about it is somebody noticing my effort. Struggling as a teen and adult, it was good to get notice for (doing) a great job.”

The scholarship fund was established more than a decade ago with the purpose of being awarded to a nontraditional female student who showed academic promise but had a financial need, said Karen Frost, Women of University of North Georgia board chairwoman and a 1974 graduate of the university.

“She might be a sole breadwinner,” she said.

“She could be a parent go-

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ing back to school because she did not have the chance to finish her degree.”

The Women of UNG and the UNG Foundation hosted the luncheon where five to eight scholarships are awarded each year by the Women’s Educational Scholarship fund. This year’s recipients were Amanda Carter, Jinaka Coker, Whitney Frink, Bobbie Kinney, Taylor Lee, Majors, Ashlee Patton and Veronica Schweitzer.

The Women of UNG also pick one of the scholarship recipients to speak.

“Everyone looks forward to hearing them because their stories are so endearing,” Frost said.

Majors said being selected as the speaker was more touching than the scholarship money.

“This is an opportunity to connect with people on an emotional level,” she said, adding she hopes her story will inspire others. “I want people to know when you have a child at 16, life is not over.”

Majors grew up with a father addicted to crackcocaine and a mother suf-

Christina Majors, right, cracks a smile with Brandy Mathis, left, who spoke at last year’s event after receiving a scholarship.

fering from mental illness.

The family lived off food stamps and experienced violence in the home. In pursuit of a better home life, Majors married at age 16. A week shy of her 17th birthday, she gave birth to her first daughter. Twoand-a-half years later, her second daughter was born.

Majors said she still “craved an education.” After failing the GED twice, she passed, which boosted her confidence.

After her graduation in 2010 with an associate degree, Majors took time off to raise her two daughters, who are now 23 and 20 years old, and three boys, who are 6, 3 and 2 years old.

She still dreamed of ful-

filling her passion of serving the elderly and teaching the younger generation, but knew she could not do it without a bachelor’s degree.

In 2017, Majors enrolled at North Georgia and is majoring in accounting with a minor in finance. She plans to graduate in 2020, acquire a better job and unburden her husband’s load.

“We could lead a normal family life,” she said.

In the meantime, she is soaking in her education and even surprising herself by taking an honors class.

“Life deals you cards,” Majors said. “You don’t get to choose them, you only get to play them. So try and play the good ones.”

Staff Writer Trevor McNaboe contributed to this story.

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Trump’s triumphs obscured by distractions

Side issues — some of them created by the president himself — have obscured the accomplishments of the Donald Trump administration during his first year in office.

The economy is the most obvious one. From anemic growth in the previous administration, it is now growing at around 3 percent, which economists say is ideal. The stock market continues to set records, fattening retirement portfolios.

Unemployment is Cal at its lowest level since Thomas 2000. It is also at a 17-year low for AfricanAmericans, and it has dropped for all other major racial and ethnic groups. The black community is unlikely to give the president much credit because of its addiction to the Democratic Party, even though that party has taken their votes for granted and done little for them.

The good economic news may be penetrating the largely negative media coverage. The Wall Street Journal reports: “Although President Donald Trump’s overall approval ratings have dropped to the lowest point of his presidency, he is getting significantly higher marks in one important area: his handling of the economy.”

During the campaign, candidate Trump promised to increase the number of manufacturing jobs. Critics said he couldn’t do it because those jobs were gone forever. A White House statement claims that 159,000 manufacturing jobs have been created since the president took office. This contrasts with the final year of the Obama administration, when manufacturing jobs were being trimmed at an average of 1,000 per month, according to the statement.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy estimates that the administration’s economic policies will increase tax revenue by $1.8 trillion over 10 years.

On his visits to China, Vietnam and South Korea, the president achieved trade deals worth more than $270 billion that will benefit American companies and their employees.

The “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria established by the Islamic State has been effectively destroyed, primarily because the president lifted rules of engagement and allowed the military to go after the terrorists as if this is a real war, which it is, and not a conflict where one side is burdened by rules and the other isn’t.

Illegal immigration has declined substantially even before a wall is constructed.

The president is fulfilling other promises. He is populating the federal courts with judges who are subject to the constraints of the Constitution and don’t have a history of legislating from the bench.

Unnecessary regulations on businesses imposed by the previous administration are being rolled back, which is helping to fuel the economic boom.

There is much more, but these accomplishments are being obscured by some of the president’s own actions and rhetoric. He continues to bring up the 2016 election and remains critical of Hillary Clinton. It is unnecessary.

Instead, he should be touting the tangible and verifiable successes his administration is producing.

Next year the administration plans to tackle welfare reform and finalize a plan on immigration that includes a decision on what to do about the “dreamers,” children of illegal immigrants who were brought to America at a young age, and chain migration.

Another priority in the new year should be the liberation of poor and minority children from failing public schools. Trump promised to do this during his campaign. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has been a champion of school choice, and she, along with the president, should begin a show-and-tell series of events that feature children who were learning nothing in their former schools and are now in private or charter public schools where they are getting a real education and feel safe.

The president is starting to get credit on the economy. He will earn more if he exercises self-discipline, controls the content of his tweets and adopts an optimistic message while toning down — way down — the anger and the criticism of others.

The Democrats are offering nothing. A Washington Post headline from earlier this week read: “Despite recent wins, Democrats remain divided about what they stand for.”

It’s a great opportunity for the president and the Republican Party to remind voters not only what they stand for (if they know), but what they are accomplishing.

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Dooley talks ‘Fighting Bulldog’ While the Bulldog Nation rightfully exults over possibility of a national championship, I have been talking to the man who delivered the last one in 1980, Vincent Joseph Dooley.

In addition to being a College Hall of Fame football coach, the winningest football coach in UGA history with 201 victories, including six SEC championships and a national championship, Vince Dooley is also an avid historian. (He got his master’s degree at Auburn and currently serves as chairman of the board of curators of the Georgia Historical Society.)

Therefore, our conversation was not just about the muchanticipated clash between No. 2 Oklahoma and the No. 3 Georgia Bulldogs in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, but also about his latest book, “The Legion’s Fighting Bulldog,” a collaboration between the coach and Samuel Norman Thomas Jr., curator of the T.R.R. Cobb House in Athens. Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb was a Southern statesman and Confederate soldier who formed Georgia’s Legion Cavalry at the beginning of the War Between the States and was killed in the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862.

“The Legion’s Fighting Bulldog” is a compendium of correspondence between William Gaston Delony, a lieutenant colonel in Cobb’s

says, “and mentioned Delony, who had been slashed several times in a cavalry charge and wounded. He was placed in a 17-mile-long ambulance train along with about 7,000 other survivors. They were being harassed by Union troops and found themselves trying to Dick cross a swollen Potomac River Yarbrough and the real possibility of being wiped out before they could.”

Legion and his beloved wife, Instead, Dooley said, the Rosa. Delony was a well-to-do injured Delony climbed out attorney in his hometown of of his ambulance, rounded up Athens, as well as a devoted 200 able-bodied comrades still husband and father. There able to fight, and guarded the are 167 letters between them, ambulance train until survivors talking about everything from could get across the river. mundane household matters to Dooley quips, “When I experiences on the battlefield read that, I said ‘I like this and his opinion of some of his guy.’” That led to five years of commanders, i.e., “I am tired research, compilation and writof being ordered around by ing with curator Thomas. The jackasses.” result is a hit book. (The first There are also some very edition sold out and a second intimate moments between the edition is due on the booktwo. One reviewer said you shelves this week.) feel at times like you are invadI asked the coach/historian ing their privacy. about the current effort of Delony’s bravery in battle some groups to destroy all earned him the sobriquet “a vestiges of Confederate hiscourageous bulldog,” from tory. “Unfortunately, it is the Gen. Wade Hampton and, thus, extremes on both ends that the title of the book. Will Delo- get all the attention,” he says. ny was later mortally wounded “They see things very myopiin Virginia in 1863. His brave cally. I expect the day to come feats also brought him to the when reasonable people in the attention of Vince Dooley. middle will sit down and work “Kent Masterson Brown, through the issues.” an attorney and historian in Of course, this Bulldog Lexington, Kentucky, wrote a couldn’t let the conversation wonderful book on the retreat end without some discussion of from Gettysburg,” Dooley football and his reaction to the

success of this year’s Bulldog team. He said, “You can’t help but love this team and the job the coaches have done. Also, the fact that four guys who could have gone to the pros came back for their senior year has made a great impact physically and spiritually.”

Both Dooley and his wife, Barbara, will be in attendance at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, hoping the Dawgs will be coming back to Atlanta the following week to play for the national championship.

As we were about to hang up, I told him about a couple of yakkers on a sports radio show.

One was marveling that Coach Kirby Smart has brought a different brand of football to Georgia. Not really, said the other. He is simply doing what Vince Dooley did in his heyday.

Dooley chuckled at the observation and said, “Well, we did run the ball some back then and we played some pretty good defense.” Did they ever.

In addition to being a historian, prolific author and master gardener among other talents, don’t forget that Vince Dooley was a helluva football coach, too. Will Delony would have loved this guy.

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

Weighing in on the barbecue debate I know it is almost Christmas and I feel like the Grinch writing about controversial matters during what should be the happiest time of the year, but I always write what is on my heart and this is what is weighing heavy on my heart right now.

Christmas or not, I am thinking about barbecue this week.

I know, I know. You can start a cuss fight over barbecue quicker than anything I know of, other than politics, religion or Southern college football.

Speaking of politics, I doubt that Donald Trump really knows what good barbecue is. I would bet the ranch that Barack Obama doesn’t. Bill Clinton might, coming from Arkansas and all. I know for a fact that George W. Bush did, because we discussed it one day.

I was standing in a greeting line to say hello to W at an educational conference when he shook my hand and said, “You look like a man that knows good barbecue. Where should I go to eat barbecue in Atlanta?” This was 2001, understand, and I told him to go to Harold’s, out near the Federal Pen. He said, “My daddy told me the same thing. I think we’ll go out there for lunch this

Darrell Huckaby afternoon.”

I had to ask. “Mr. President,” I said, “how did you look at me and know that I am a connoisseur of barbecue?”

He picked up my tie and said, “You have barbecue sauce on your tie.”

And I did. They say George W. Bush wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I bet there aren’t many presidents who would have recognized barbecue sauce on my tie.

Now the sauce arguments will come later, but I need everyone to know that, according to my way of thinking, if it doesn’t involve the north end of a southbound hog, slow cooked over hardwood coals for a day or more, it ain’t really barbecue. I know that in Texas people order barbecue and expect to get beef.

Having spent a right smart amount of time in Texas over the past five years, I have come to appreciate good brisket. In

fact, I am in Houston, even as I write this column, ate brisket at Goode Company last night and Papa’s today, and will probably hit Central Texas before I head home, but I have been eating brisket — not barbecue.

Once we’ve established that smoked pig is barbecue, we have to decide what’s good and what isn’t, and this is where the controversy really begins.

Hams? Shoulders? Butts? It is really a matter of preference, and preference usually depends on what you were raised up eating. Likewise, should it be chopped, sliced or pulled? If you don’t know the difference, how’s the weather back in Cleveland?

I am partial to chopped pork, and please don’t over season it with your special secret rub. I appreciate a bit of seasoning, but I want to taste meat, not spices. And even though I prefer chopped, I do like a good pig pulling from time to time.

Now the sauce. People will cut you over barbecue sauce.

They tell me that in Alabama people put white sauce on their pork. I have never witnessed this but that is what I am told. Sounds about right for Alabama. In the Low Country of South Carolina, they like a mustard-based sauce. I am pretty sure it says in Deuteron-

omy, thou shalt not eat yellow barbecue. Folks in other areas cotton to a sweet sauce with a ketchup base, and in other places they prefer a vinegary sauce. I am somewhere in between the red and the vinegar, but again, it is personal preference.

Now where you want to eat barbecue depends on many, many factors. Lewis Grizzard, for instance, was raised on and swore by Sprayberry’s in Newnan, and I have eaten my share of Q-and-stew there in his honor. I cut my barbecue teeth at Fresh Air in Jackson and still determine my departure times for trips based on when I will pass Fresh Air, except I never actually pass Fresh Air. I always stop. In my town of residence, Conyers, I eat my barbecue with Ray Allen at Pippins. I know you all have your favorite places, too.

But please, don’t email me and tell me about them! Email me and invite me to join you at ’em!

Merry Christmas, y’all. Next week we will talk about something less controversial — like global warming or nuclear annihilation.

Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale County.

Email him at dhuck008@ gmail.com.

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North Gwinnett players mob kicker Cameron Clark following his game-winning field goal during the Class AAAAAAA state championship game against Colquitt County on Friday night. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

Late heroics validate North’s faith Clark seizes in state title win over Colquitt chance at

By David Friedlander

especially during a frenetic fourth quarter.

Linebacker Jayden McDonald gave his teammates SUWANEE — A conand coaches, as well as the stant theme Bill Stewart has North faithful, plenty of pushed in his first season reason to believe early in the as North Gwinnett’s head final frame. football coach this fall can His two big tackles, be summed up in one word including a 13-yard sack of — believe.

Colquitt (11-4) and quarThat word was put to the terback Steven Krajewski, largest possible test during helped the Bulldogs dodge the No. 7 state-ranked Bulla bullet after a turnover dogs’ Class AAAAAAA created when a punt hit off state championship game the helmet of a blocker, and against ninth-ranked gave the Packers the ball in Colquitt County.

North territory early in the Eventually, they passed fourth quarter. that test, despite falling The 6-foot-2, 201-pound behind with just 49 seconds Rutgers commit, who left, as a trio of penalties North Gwinnett Cameron Clark (93) kicks the winning finished with seven total in the final seconds set up field goal during the Class AAAAAAA state championship tackles, 2 1/2 sacks and an untimed down, which another tackle for loss, then game. (Photo: Craig Cappy) Cameron Clark used to kick came up with perhaps his a 38-yard field goal to lift But even the individual looked like it would be the biggest play of the night on North to a 19-17 win, and who would confirm Stewdifference in the outcome.

Colquitt’s next possession the program’s first state title, art’s challenge to believe “But if I’d have told myself near midfield. on a frigid Friday night at admits he had his faith (a second chance would McDonald burst through Tom Robinson Memorial tested severely in the final come), I wouldn’t have a gap up the middle and Stadium. minutes. believed it myself.” smothered Krajewski just “It’s exactly what this “I thought for sure I’d Yet Clark’s late heroas he pulled away from (whole) season has been cost my team the game,” ics were hardly the only center, causing a fumble about,” Stewart said after he said Clark, who had missed time the Bulldogs (14-1) that sophomore Josh Shuler also collected the first state a 36-yard field goal attempt would get a chance to make pounced on to set North up title of his career, as well early in the game, and more amends on the evening, in Colquitt territory. as the program’s. “It’s been importantly, an extra point some by their own creation about belief.” in the fourth quarter that and others by good fortune, See NORTH, Page 7B david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

redemption

By Scott Smith

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SUWANEE — Call it redemption. Call it a second chance. Call it one more crack at it.

North Gwinnett fans really don’t care which phrase is used to describe what happened in the Class AAAAAAA state finals against Colquitt County.

North Gwinnett won its first state championship in football Friday night at a frigid Tom Robinson Memorial Stadium, MORE taking the game when COVERAGE place kicker Cameron • STATE FINALS Clark booted a 38-yard NOTES: Trio of North field goal on an untimed running backs all make plays for Bulldown for a 19-17 victory. dogs, 7B The kick was doubly • HAMMOCK: Once satisfying for Clark, who struggling North prostruggled earlier in the gram is now a state champion, 8B game with misses on two • More photos online prior attempts. at www.gwinnettprep The first of those came sports.com in the first quarter when his attempt to tie the game at 3-3 from 36 yards out hooked wide left, but it was his second miss of the night that looked like it was going to ultimately send the championship back to Moultrie.

Cameron Butler of North had just scored on a 1-yard run to give the lead back to North at 16-10 with 5:50 left to play.

The PAT was pushed back five yards after a See CLARK, Page 7B

North Gwinnett head coach Bill Stewart reacts as his team lines up — and kicks — the game-winning field goal in the Bulldogs’ state final against Colquitt County on Friday night in Suwwnee. (Staff Photos: Jason Braverman)

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Conner Manning passed for 276 yards and a touchdown to lead Georgia State to a 27-17 win against Western Kentucky in the AutoNation Cure Bowl on Saturday at Camping World Stadium.

Georgia State (7-5) racked up 419 yards to win the first bowl game in the program’s eight-year history.

Manning threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to tight end Roger Carter to give the Panthers a 20-10 lead in the third quarter. The Panthers put the game out of reach with a 16-play, 74yard drive that took 9:01 off the clock and ended with a 1-yard touchdown run by Kyler Neal to make the score 27-10 with 5:50 remaining in the game.

Western Kentucky (6-7) made the first big play of the game when quarterback Mike White connected with Deon Yelder for a 54-yard touchdown in the first quarter to give the Hilltoppers a 7-3 lead.

Georgia State quickly answered with a three-play, 85-yard drive to take a 10-7 lead. Manning completed a 49-yard pass to Tamir Jones before Demarcus Kirk finished the drive with a 26-yard touchdown run.

Both teams traded field goals in the second quarter and Georgia State took a 13-10 lead into halftime.

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in the fourth quarter to make the score 27-17 with 2:34 remaining, but the ensuing onside kick was recovered by Panthers defensive back DeAndre Applin.

Manning was 20 of 28 and added 24 yards rushing. Glenn Smith rushed for 73 yards on 23 carries and Carter had four catches for 85 yards for the Panthers.

White was 26 of 38 for 351 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.

Yelder had five catches for 112 yards and two touchdowns.

The Panthers sacked White six times and held Western Kentucky to minus-2 yards rushing.

NOTES: Western Kentucky junior starting DT Julien Lewis was ejected for targeting with 10:32 remaining in the second

quarter. … Georgia State sophomore WR Penny Hart, who came into the game ranked fourth in career receptions per game (5.96) and fifth in receiving yards per game (87.3), was limited because of an ankle injury. He had one catch for 27 yards in the third quarter. … Georgia State had a 36-yard touchdown pass from Conner Manning to Jonathan Ifedi overturned when review showed Ifedi’s knee down when he caught the pass. … Hall of Fame coach and former Heisman Trophy winner Steve Spurrier served as honorary captain for Western Kentucky.

His son, Steve Spurrier Jr., is an assistant coach for the Hilltoppers. … White threw for over 300 yards in his final eight games. …

Western Kentucky had its three-game bowl winning streak snapped.

Minutemen top Bulldogs, 72-62

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Luwane Pipkins and Carl Pierre led five Massachusetts scorers in double figures in the Minutemen’s 72-62 win over Georgia in a nonconference game Saturday at the Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass.

Pipkins scored 17 points and Pierre, a reserve guard, had 15 points. All of Pierre’s points came on 3-point shots. UMass, 6-5 overall and 6-0 at home, made 54.5 percent (12 of 22) of its shots beyond the arc.

The Minutemen shot 50 percent from the field.

Rashaan Holloway added 12 points, Chris Baldwin 11 and C.J.

Anderson had 10 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

Georgia (7-2) was led by Yante Maten’s 20 points and nine rebounds. William Jackson II (14 points) was the only other scorer in double figures for the Bulldogs, who shot only 35.5 percent from the field UMass led by at least eight points in the game after taking a 16-2 lead with 15:53 left in the first half. Pipkins scored 10 of his points in that span.

The Minutemen’s lead grew to as many as 22 points in the half before Georgia put together an 8-2 run in the second half to cut the lead to 65-55 with 5:34 left on a Tyree Crump 3-pointer.

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Prep Schedule BASKETBALL

Monday

4 p.m. — GAC boys and Fayette Co. at Woodward Academy 6 p.m. — Hebron boys at Riverside Tuesday

BASKETBALL

TBA — Parkview girls at Decatur TBA — Wesleyan girls and Miller Grove at Woodward Academy 1 p.m. — GAC goys and Trinity Christian at Woodward Academy 6 p.m. — Morgan Co. girls at Buford 6:30 p.m. — Mount Bethel boys at Wesleyan

The Home Teams

Falcons

Hawks

UGA football

TODAY NEXT UPCOMING

Off

at Tampa Bay at New Orleans Mon, 8:30 p.m. Dec. 24, 1 p.m.

ESPN/92.9-FM Fox/92.9-FM

Off

Miami Indiana Mon, 7:30 p.m. Wed, 7:30 p.m.

FSSE/92.9-FM FSSE/92.9-FM

vs. Oklahoma* Off Jan. 1, 5 p.m.

ESPN/750-AM

TBD

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at UMass At Chattanooga Wed, 7 p.m.

Sat, 1 p.m.

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at Brampton Sun, 2 p.m.

at Jacksonville Thu, 7:30 p.m.

UGA hoops

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Georgia Tech Temple Tue, 9 p.m.

Fri, 1 p.m.

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Tech hoops

Florida A&M at Georgia 4 p.m.

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at South Carolina Fri, 7:05 p.m.

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Wright State Fri, 9 p.m.

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On TV Today

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

3 p.m. — North Carolina at Tennessee. ESPN 4:30 p.m. — Iona at St. John’s. FS1

NFL

1 p.m. — Green Bay at Carolina. FOX 1 p.m. — New York Jets at New Orleans. CBS 4:25 p.m. — New England at Pittsburgh. CBS 8:20 p.m. — Dallas at Oakland. NBC

SOCCER

9:10 a.m. — Premier League Soccer West Bromwich Albion FC vs Manchester United FC. NBCSP 9:30 a.m. — Bundesliga Soccer Hannover 96 vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen. FS1 11:25 a.m. — Premier League Soccer AFC Bournemouth vs Liverpool FC. NBCSP Monday

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m. — Nebraska-Omaha at Kansas. ESPN2 7 p.m. — Northern Illinois at Marquette. FS1 9 p.m. — Tennessee State at Texas. ESPN2

NBA

7:30 p.m. — Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks. FSSE

NFL

8:15 p.m. — Atlanta at Tampa Bay. ESPN

SOCCER

2:55 p.m. — Premier League Soccer Everton FC vs Swansea City AFC. NBCSP Tuesday

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9 p.m. — Georgia Tech at Georgia. ESPN2

In Brief

Lanier’s Turner to play football for Davidson

Lanier senior Erick Turner has made a commitment to the Davidson College (N.C.) football program.

Turner, a three-year varsity player at linebacker, had 107 tackles (18 for losses) and seven sacks as a senior, earning first-team All-Region 8-AAAAAA honors. The team captain also has a 4.0 GPA and a 1,450 SAT score. He was Lanier’s Scholar-Athlete Award winner at the Touchdown Club of Gwinnett’s annual banquet.

Mascoe a finalist for national middle school player of the year

Chad Mascoe, the quarterback of Peachtree Ridge’s eighth-grade Gwinnett Football League team, was named one of six finalists for the General Dennis D. Cavin National Player of the Year Award, presented to the nation’s most outstanding middle school player.

The finalists were chosen by the All-American Games Selection Committee. The winner will be announced Wednesday.

“The nominated players exhibit exemplary direction as they transition their football careers to high school,” said Erik Richards, national recruiting director for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

“Their proven leadership defines the General Dennis D. Cavin award. The character traits retired General Cavin displayed throughout his career are a proven guide for these young men to follow.”

Mascoe threw for 1,635 yards and 22 touchdowns in 10 games this season. He also rushed for six scores.

Grayson grad Brent commits to Norfolk State

Former Grayson standout Cameryn Brent has made a commitment to the Norfolk State football program.

Brent, a 5-foot-9, 215-pound running back, played this past season at Holmes Community College in Goodman, Miss. He rushed for 1,373 yards (7.1 per carry) and 15 touchdowns as a sophomore, leading the National Junior College Athletic Association in rushing at 152.6 per game.

— From staff reports

Team Wofford’s Nick Prince (15) runs the ball in Saturday’s Gwinnett All-Star game. (Photo: Anthony Stalcup)

Wofford all-stars edge Bach, 21-17

By Scott Smith

to have halted the drive when Marquel Broughton of Mountain View broke through the line to drop LAWRENCEVILLE — Archer running back Keegan A select group of Gwinnett Strickland for a 3-yard loss.

County seniors got together But a lengthy discussion, for one more football game led by Wofford, ensued on Saturday afternoon in the with the officials ultimately 2017 Rivalries of Gwindetermining that Team Bach nett All-Star football game had committed a penalty at Mountain View High by blitzing, which is not School. allowed under the all-star Despite being an exhibirules. tion game, a competitive That gave Team Wofford aura enveloped the two a fresh set of downs at the 19 teams, especially in the with 1:12 to go. Three plays fourth quarter, as Team later, Parkview quarterback Wofford edged Team Bach Fred Payton connected with 21-17.

Nick Prince of Brookwood The game wasn’t without on a 14-yard touchdown controversy, although both pass with 17 seconds left to head coaches downplayed play for the winning score. it, as Team Wofford took “He should have some advantage of one of the type of law degree,” Moungame’s few penalties late in tain View head coach Nick the fourth quarter to keep a Bach joked about Wofdrive going that eventually ford’s ability to get the call produced the winning score. changed. “Nobody likes to “Sometimes the officials lose, especially in a way that see things one way but see could’ve been perceived as them differently when you a technicality, but our kids explain things to them,” were fighting hard and did Central Gwinnett head coach everything they could. It was Todd Wofford said with a a great game overall and smile after the game. “This very competitive. It was a lot game always gets a little of fun.” heated in the fourth quarter Team Bach took a 3-0 every year, and this was lead on the game’s opening another one of those. Every- possession when Cole Hanbody got their competitive nah of Norcross was good juices going and it was a lot on a 38-yard field goal to of fun.” cap off a drive that went 41 The issue came down to a yards on seven plays. play in the fourth quarter afTeam Wofford answered ter Team Wofford took over with a 10-play, 65-yard drive on its own 30 with 4:48 left that ended with a 33-yard to play and trailing 17-14.

TD pass from Payton to Wofford’s group was able Matthew Williams of Shiloh to move all the way to the on a fourth-and-8.

24-yard line of Team Bach The defenses then took when it faced a fourth-and-1 over as the both teams with 1:22 to play. struggled to get anything Team Bach appeared going in the second quarter scott.smith @gwinnettdailypost.com

on offense.

Team Bach would have the ball four more times in the first half, with one of those ending in a turnover on downs, another with a punt and the final one ending at the half.

However, the one good drive Team Bach did have would end at the goal line when Brookwood’s Chris Cotter intercepted Mountain View’s Matt Edwards at the one-yard line and returned it 84 yards back to Team Bach’s 15.

It was Edwards that saved a pick-six by forcing Cotter out of bounds, but Team Wofford still cashed in when Strickland (10 carries, 42 yards, TD) ran in from 14 yards out on the next play to reclaim the lead 14-3 at the half.

Team Bach would take control in the third quarter with two scoring drives, the first of those covering 69 yards on eight plays.

Chauncy Williams of Meadowcreek, who led all rushers with 93 yards on 10 carries, helped cut the score to 14-10 on a 5-yard TD run with 5:19 left in the third.

Team Wofford would be forced to punt on the ensuing possession and Mill Creek’s Adrian Jackson made one of the game’s best plays with a block of Sean Henderson’s kick.

Jackson would recover the ball at the 24 of Team Wofford, and Team Bach struck quickly when Edwards connected with Jaylen Johnson of Peachtree Ridge on a 24-yard TD pass to go out in front 17-14 with 2:06 left in the third.

That would be the score

TEAM WOFFORD 21, TEAM BACH 17

Team Bach 3 0 14 0 Team Wofford 7 7 0 7

— 17 — 21

FIRST QUARTER Team Bach: Cole Hannah 38 FG 7:09 Team Wofford: Matthew Williams 33 pass from Fred Payton (Sean Henderson kick) 3:36 SECOND QUARTER Team Wofford: Keegan Strickland 15 run (Henderson kick) 3:15 THIRD QUARTER Team Bach: Chauncy Williams 5 run (Hannah kick) 5:19 Team Bach: Jaylen Johnson 24 pass from Matt Edwards (Hannah kick) 2:06 FOURTH QUARTER Team Wofford: Jaylen Johnson 14 pass from Payton (Henderson kick) :17

until Payton’s pass to Prince in the closing seconds of the game.

“It was a lot fun getting together with a bunch of players that have never played together before,” Payton said. “It was little different (completing a pass to a Brookwood player), but we were on the same team so we had to make it work.”

Payton, who recently committed to Coastal Carolina, finished the day with 109 yards and two TDs on 8 of 19 attempts, while Edwards tallied 181 yards and one score on 16 of 24 passes, but was hurt with two interceptions.

Johnson was the game’s top receiver with six catches for 100 yards and one score, while Williams led Team Wofford with 45 yards and one TD on two catches.

Prince also had three catches for 32 yards and one TD. “I’ve really enjoyed working with these talented players and look forward to watching them in the future,” Bach said. “Gwinnett County is the best there is.”

Zac Brown Band to perform anthem From Staff Reports The College Football Playoff has announced the pregame entertainment for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship. The national championship game will be Monday, Jan. 8, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Zac Brown Band will perform the national anthem, accompanied

by David Walker and High Praise, a prominent Atlanta gospel choir.

A three-time Grammywinning multi-platinum group, Zac Brown Band has had five consecutive albums reach the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and four consecutive albums debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart.

To date, the group has sold more than 25 million singles and eight million albums. They have achieved 15 No. 1 radio singles and are the second act to top both the country and active rock formats. They have developed a reputation with critics and fans alike

will perform the Path to the Championship procession of 130 banners, representing the 10 conferences and all Football Bowl Subdivision institutions. Members of the Georgia Tech marching band will lead the presentation, along with students from Atlantaarea high school marching bands.

As part of the CFP Foundation’s Extra Yard for Teachers initiative, Zac Brown Band will perform the national anthem at the the 2017 Teacher of the College Football Playoff title game in Atlanta. (Special Year from each U.S. state Photo) and territory will be honfor a live show marked by college football fan, who ored on the field during strong musicianship that recently passed away the pregame celebration. defies genre boundaries. after a long battle with This is an opportunity Formed in 1993, David cancer. for fans to applaud the Walker and High Praise Before the anthem, educators for their hard is a collage of singers the nation’s colors will work and dedication from different denomina- be presented by U.S. and furthers the EYFT tions whose new album, Marines from Bravo mission of elevating the “God’s Got It,” was reCompany, 4th Reconnais- teaching profession. cently released to critical sance Battalion, based Pregame festivities at acclaim. in Smyrna. Continuing Mercedes-Benz Stadium Carly Ortega, a a CFP tradition, drumwill begin at 7:30 p.m.

12-year-old Georgia namers from the participat- Pregame, halftime and tive, will sign the nation- ing team bands will play postgame pageantry will al anthem. She attends side-by-side as the color be produced by Michael the Atlanta Area School guard is introduced.

T. Fiur Productions, one for the Deaf and will For the fourth consecu- of the leading producers be signing in honor of tive year, local college of live event and sports her mother, a passionate and high school students spectaculars in the world.

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Last-second layup gives host Grayson big victory From Staff Reports GRAYSON — Terence Porter’s putback layup as the clock expired in overtime helped the host Grayson Rams rally back to defeat the Red Elephants 65-63 in a back and forth game.

“It wasn’t pretty but you’ll take a win any time you can get it,” Grayson head coach Geoffrey Pierce said. “That’s a good basketball team over there in Gainesville so we’ll take the win.”

Down four with less than a minute left in the fourth Travis Anderson drilled a 3-pointer with the and-one to tie the game at 59.

With the game knotted at 63 with less than 10 seconds to go Anderson took a jumper to win but the shot missed and Porter sank the putback as time expired.

Anderson led Grayson with 25 points on the night.

Pierce was proud of his team’s resiliency during the game.

GIRLS BASKETBALL GIRLS BASKETBALL

Newton 58, Mill Creek 54 LAWRENCEVILLE — Mill Creek Hawks fell to 6-5 on the season on Saturday afternoon at the Gwinnett Daily Post Metro Atlanta Challenge with a four-point loss to the Newton Rams.

The margin was within one or two possessions for much of the game and the game was knotted up at 35 as the fourth quarter began. The Hawks took a 46-39 lead well into the final frame but Newton came roaring back to steal a close one late.

Junior Madison Riley led the Hawks with 15 points, nine of which came in the fourth quarter but it was not enough as the Hawks came up just short.

Archer 56, Parkview 37 LAWRENCEVILLE — The Ar-

cher Lady Tigers looked sharp for three quarters against the Parkview Lady Panthers in a 56-37 victory on Saturday night Archer took a 28-10 lead into halftime after a dominant first half. But Parkview cut the deficit to 37-31 after a strong third quarter. In the end, though, Archer pulled away for a decisive win.

Hannah Dunston and Asia McCoy led the Lady Tigers with 13 points apiece while Amari Heard threw in 12 of her own. Senior Hannah Sadler led all scorers with 19 points for the Lady Panthers.

Discovery 44, Berkmar 12 SUGAR HILL — Discovery’s girls started the game on an 11-0 run and never looked back, cruising to a 44-12 victory over Berkmar on Saturday.

The Titans (3-7, 0-4 in Region 6-7A) jumped all over the Patriots (0-11, 0-4 in Region 7-7A), forcing 16 first-half turnovers and 30 for the game.

After taking a 29-8 lead into the half, Discovery outscored Berkmar 15-4 in the final two quarters, thanks in large part to Keyara Wooden, who scored 13 of her 18 points in the second half. Akaya Chaney was second on the team with 13 points, including three 3-pointers.

Berkmar managed just two points in the first, third, and fourth quarters, while KeMya Whitlock led the Patriots with 6 points.

Buford 66, Grayson 38 GRAYSON — Tory Ozment scored 13 points and Audrey Weiner 12 points to help the Wolves pound the Rams Saturday.

Buford capitalized off 29 Grayson turnovers to take control of the game.

Bianca Fitzoualty scored a game-high 20 points in the loss for the Rams. Jazmin Robinson added 11 points and five rebounds for Grayson.

The game was tied at 16 at the end of the first quarter but Buford entered the half with a 39-21 lead.

Central 57, Gainesville 38 SUGAR HILL — After beginning the game with an administrative technical for not wearing their white uniforms, Central Gwinnett won a physi-

cal contest over Gainesville by a final score of 57-38.

A trio of Black Knights scored in double figures in this game. Amaya Adams and Armani Milton each scored 12, while Zuriyah Davis added 10.

Gainesville went on a 10-2 run to cut Central’s lead to 7 points in the fourth quarter. But the Black Knights closed the game with a 12-0 run of their own to close the game.

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Etowah 49, Peachtree Ridge 46 LAWRENCEVILLE — The Peachtree Ridge Lions fell behind against the Etowah Eagles and could never really find their footing in a close loss on Saturday afternoon.

Etowah’s lead was as large as nine in the second half before an 8-0 Lions run in the third quarter made it 30-29 Etowah. But the Lions could never really seize control of the game and the Eagles were able to outlast them in a backand-forth fourth quarter.

Senior Devin Vassell led the Lions with 14 points in the loss.

Archer 74, Parkview 38 LAWRENCEVILLE — The Archer Tigers ran over the Parkview Panthers on Saturday at the Gwinnett Daily Post Metro Atlanta Challenge.

The Panthers managed to keep it close in the first quarter and trailed by nine at the beginning of the second. But the Tigers stepped on the gas from that point to run away with a 36-point win.

Malik Sproles led Archer with 14 points while Gaberial Price and Zion McCray added 11 apiece. Tyler Wagner was Parkview’s leading scorer and finished with seven points.

Mill Creek 81, Central 65 GRAYSON — Zion Wimby and Kendall Latney scored 14 points each to help the Hawks (7-5) defeat the Knights in the Gwinnett Daily Post Metro Atlanta Challenge on Saturday.

Brandon Fletcher added 12 points for Mill Creek.

Skylar Adams drained four threes and finished with 17 points for Central. Shareef Sample added 10 points for the Knights.

PREP ROUNDUP

Norcross girls hoops routs Lakeside-DeKalb, 66-21 From Staff Reports NORCROSS — Myra Strickland of the Norcross girls basketball team matched the total offensive offensive output of Lakeside-DeKalb with 21 points on Saturday as the Blue Devils blasted the Vikings 66-21 in a Region 7-AAAAAAA game.

Morgan RobinsonNwagwu followed with 12 points, while Devyn Wilson chipped in with 11 points for Norcross (10-1, 4-0).

GIRLS GIRLSBASKETBALL BASKETBALL Wesleyan 83, Fayette Co. 58 PEACHTREE CORNERS — Wesleyan improved to 5-1 on the season with an 83-58 win at home over Fayette County on Saturday.

A.C. Carter logged a doubledouble with 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Wolves.

Amaya Register added 19 points and five assists, while Sutton West had 10 points and nine rebounds.

BOYS BASKETBALL BOYS BASKETBALL

Hebron 70, Commerce 45 COMMERCE — Hebron improved to 2-0 in Region 8-A with a 70-45 win at Commerce on Saturday night.

Troy Allen logged 12 points and nine rebounds to lead the

Lions (2-7 overall), while Alex Calvert followed with 10 points.

Marcus Eiken chipped in nine rebounds and eight points for the victors, while David Bowling led the defense with six blocks.

WRESTLING WRESTLING Wesleyan third in Big Red Rumble GAINESVILLE — Wesleyan went 4-1 on Saturday afternoon at Gainesville High School to finish third in the Big Red Rumble.

The Wolves posted wins over Banks County (50-3), Pickens County (33-31), Flowery Branch (49-21) and over Sammin (4131). The lone setback was a 4237 loss to tournament champion Jackson County.

Three Wolves had a perfect 5-0 tournament in Harrison Dearth, Ellis Schmitt and George Bielan.

Power play pushes Walleye past Gladiators From Staff Reports

shot past Dan Vladar to put the home side up 1-0 with For the second time in his ninth goal of the year. as many nights, the Atlanta Atlanta would then tie Gladiators took to the ice, the game at 1-1 with 5:40 this time in Ohio against left to play in the second the Toledo Walleye at the period. Tanner Pond posHuntington Center. A big sessed the puck deep in his push late in the second offensive zone and tried period proved to be the dif- to send a pass to the slot. ference for the home side, Instead, the puck ricocheted as they scored three goals off the skates of a defender within the final five minutes and trickled through the of the middle frame and legs of Matej Machovsky three power play tallies for Pond’s third tally of the overall on their way to a 5-1 year. Zach Malatesta was victory. credited with the lone assist After a scoreless first on the tying goal. period, Toledo opened Just over a minute of the game’s scoring with a playing time later, the Wallpower play goal 5:17 into eye struck again to regain the middle frame. Ryan the lead. Tyler Barnes set Obuchowski corralled the up a give-and-go play in the puck for the Walleye and offensive zone with Chrislooked around for an open tian Hilbrich and netted lane. Unable to make a his sixth goal of the year move himself, he sent a after he lifted a shot over pass across the zone to Kyle Vladar on the return pass.

Bonis, who one-timed a Dylan Sadowy notched the

secondary assist on the goal the put Toledo up 2-1.

Toledo would increase their lead to 3-1 at the 17:30 mark of the middle frame with their second power play goal of the game. Shane Berschbach gained the puck in the corner and centered a pass to Simon Denis, who ripped a shot into the net for his third goal of the season.

The Walleye then netted another power play goal with just 1:08 left in the second period to increase their lead to 4-1. Erik Bradford picked up the puck at the near-side boards and sent a pass down the zone to Austen Brassard. The Windsor, ON native then whistled a pass across the zone to Sadowy at the back door, who knocked in the puck for his second goal of the season, and his second point of the game.

Wildcats’ rally falls just short versus McEachern

By Guy Curtright Staff Correspondent

MARIETTA — When unbeaten McEachern went on a 20-0 run in the first quarter, it looked like any chance of Duluth boys throwing a scare into the nationally ranked team was over.

But the Wildcats were within a point of the Class AAAAAAA state favorites in the 10th annual SEBA Atlanta Hoop Festival at Pope High School when senior standout Adam Flagler hit a 3-pointer to start the fourth quarter.

Then McEachern (7-0) mounted a surge that was almost as impressive as its first-quarter blitz and defeated Duluth 8266 in the featured game of the showcase Saturday night.

The Wildcats turned in a determined effort but had no answer for McEachern’s nationally ranked junior Isaac Okoro or the Indians overall height advantage.

Okoro had 32 points and sophomore point guard Sharife Cooper — McEachern’s only starter under 6-foot-6 — scored 23 abetted by 10-for-11 foul shooting.

“We knew they were going to come out and try to hit us in the mouth, so we expected that,” Duluth coach Cabral Adam Flagler Huff said of McEachern’s near early knockout. “But I was pleased with the way we hit back.”

McEachern scored eight straight points immediately after Flagler’s trey and pulled away at the foul line, finishing 22 of 31.

“Down the stretch, free throws extended it out, but it was a good game between two good teams,” Huff said.

Flagler set a SEBA record 43 points last season but was held to 18 against McEachern. Will Huzzie scored 15 and Lamont Smith had 11.

Flagler and Smith each hit three treys as Duluth had to do most of its damage from outside rather than go to work inside against McEachern’s 6-foot-9 junior big men of Babatunde Akingbola and Jared Jones.

“That length forces

you to try to do some different stuff,” Huff said. “We tried to attack them with a purpose and kick out.”

Duluth (7-3) hit two quick 3-pointers and led 6-2 before McEachern scored 20 straight points highlighted by a number of thunderous dunks.

However, Wildcats fought back, closing to 27-18 by the end of the first quarter and 38-32 at halftime.

Michael Myles gave Duluth a lift in the second half, scoring eight points off the bench.

With Myles a perfect 8 of 8, the Wildcats finished 12 of 13 from the foul line.

McEachern, which didn’t lose until the state semifinals last season, went to the line a lot more and held Duluth off to stay unbeaten.

Jones had 13 points, and Akingbola scored nine.

Duluth, which reached the Class AAAAAAA Sweet 16 last season, has lost three of its past four games, including two in the region. But against McEachern, the Wildcats showed they still have the potential to be a postseason threat.

RB Bush: ‘I’m done’ after 11 seasons in NFL The Sports Xchange Running back Reggie Bush, who has not played since last season, says “I’m done” after 11 NFL seasons and wants to retire as a New Orleans Saints player.

Prior to the 2017 season, Bush indicated he wanted one more chance to play in the NFL and felt he still had “a lot left to give” on the field.

Bush, who turns 33 in March, told NFL Network’s Dan Hellie and Maurice Jones-Drew on Friday that his career has come to an end.

“I’m done,” Bush said.

“Yeah, I’m done. I said it. It’s not breaking news.

I’ve been saying it. I said it all season long, I said, ‘Listen, if I don’t play this year, I’m going to retire.’

Because I’m not going to spend a whole year off, come back, 33 years old, trying to get back in the league. Listen, once you get to a certain age as a running back, they just start to slowly weed you out.”

Bush entered the NFL with the Saints as the second overall pick out of USC in the 2006 NFL Draft and played his

Buffalo Bills running back Reggie Bush (22) reacts during a game against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field. Bush announced his retirement from football Saturday. (Photo: Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)

first five seasons in New Orleans (2006-10). The tailback went on to play for the Miami Dolphins (2011-12), Detroit Lions (2013-14), San Francisco 49ers (2015) and Buffalo Bills (2016), but he still

considers himself a Saint.

“The Saints know I’m coming home at some point,” Bush said. “I’m going to come home to retire as a Saint. But yeah, man, I’m done. For sure.

I’m done.”

Falcons’ Coleman ruled out with concussion The Sports Xchange

Coleman sustained the concussion during the Atlanta Falcons runFalcons’ 20-17 win over ning back Tevin Coleman the New Orleans Saints was ruled out for Monon Dec. 7 in a Thursday day night’s game at the night game.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coleman, who was due to a concussion, the the Falcons’ third-round team announced Saturpick in 2013, leads the day.

Falcons with seven

touchdowns (five rushing, two receiving) in 13 games this season. He has rushed for 593 yards with 245 receiving yards.

Coach Dan Quinn also ruled out starting left guard Andy Levitre, who is recovering from a left triceps injury.

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GAC blows out Mountain View for emphatic win

By Collin Huguley

Staff Correspondent

LAWRENCEVILLE — Greater Atlanta Christian girls basketball team put on a clinic Saturday against Mountain View at the Gwinnett Daily Post Metro Atlanta Showcase.

The Spartans used a colossal first quarter to take home a blowout win over the Bears on Saturday, putting up 35 points in the opening quarter en route to a 90–53 victory in a game they dominated from start to finish.

“Our sixth man is our press,” GAC head coach Lady Grooms said. “I think that our press also sets the tone for the game. So we just relied on the press. It was clicking well. When they play together and pass that ball and share that ball, good things happen. And that is what we did.”

GAC senior forward Mary Martha Turner set the tone for the Spartans with 16 points, 12 assists and four rebounds.

Senior Robyn Benton also added 20 points of her own, and Kennedi Williams pitched in 15 points. Five Spartans finished with double-figure

referred to Turner as the “key to our team,” and she was critical as GAC took a commanding 6321 lead into the locker rooms.

“It’s pretty easy when my teammates just get open,” Turner said. “We have all of the puzzle pieces to the puzzle and mine just fits right in. So we all did out jobs and pulled out a win.”

In the second half, the action slowed a little bit, but GAC’s margin remained wide, as the Spartans took a 75-29 lead into the fourth quarter.

Mountain View showed some late life in the fourth but the game was far out of reach by that point. Mountain View’s Lillian Kennedy did finish with 24 points and was battling until the end.

But it was GAC that went home with an emphatic 37-point win over the Bears in a complete performance on both Mountain View’s Alea Spears (24) passes the ball behind Greater Atlanta Christian’s Mary Martha Turner (10) during ends of the floor.

“Our defense makes us Saturday’s Gwinnett Daily Post Challenge game played at Archer High School. (Photo: Craig Cappy) play together,” Grooms points. pressure of the Spartan View.

Turner was the piece that said. “And then when we Benton got hot early defense showed up early GAC forced the game tied the offense together. get on offense and conand had 10 first-quarter and often, proving to be into a fast pace and put She had 10 assists in the tinue to do so, then I like points. The full-court too much for Mountain up points in a hurry. first half alone. Grooms our chances.”

Kayongo’s 3-pointer lifts Mountain View over Newton

By Collin Huguley

Staff Correspondent

LAWRENCEVILLE — On Saturday afternoon at the Gwinnett Daily Post Metro Atlanta Challenge, four quarters was not enough to decide a winner between Mountain View and Newton.

But in the final seconds of the fourminute overtime, Bears senior wing Kevin Kevin Kay- Kayongo ongo made sure to put the decisive nail in Newton’s coffin.

Down 65-63, Mountain View got the last possession against the Rams and wound it down under 10 seconds. On a drive, Miles Long kicked a cross-court pass to the corner, where Kayongo stood.

Kayongo, who had just two points at the time, had no choice but to let it go from deep.

And he found the bottom of the net with under five seconds left to give the Bears a dramatic 6665 win over Newton.

“This whole week it’s been about being resilient and trusting each other,” Mountain View head coach B.J. Roy said.

“We’ve been really try-

ing to tell our guys that everybody is capable of doing things.”

“In the first half, I felt like we missed some opportunities to find the open guy,” he added. “On that last possession, when we threw the skip pass to Kevin, it really showed how unselfish we were.”

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Newton held a 45-44 lead, and it became clear that this was a battle that would go until the end.

Mountain View came back from being down eight at halftime to give themselves a chance at the end of the game, and it took a heroic shot before Kayongo’s 3-pointer.

Newton led 57-54 in the final seconds of the fourth quarter before Naheim Allenye (15 points) knocked down his own corner 3-pointer to tie the game with 9.4 seconds left and force overtime.

The contest was a seesaw battle between the two teams and saw a terrific matchup between a pair of star guards.

Bears guard Spencer Rodgers was a sniper from deep, as he knocked down six 3-pointers and finished with 26 points on the night.

His performance was put up next to five-star point guard recruit Ashton Hagans of Newton, who finished 22 points of his

own. Two were matched up with one another several times, and Hagans tried some mental warfare to knock Rodgers off of his game.

While things did get chippy between the two, the Bears’ premier scorer never wavered.

“When he talks trash, he wants you to crumble,” Rodgers said. “But you just can’t crumble, you’ve got to stay composed.

You’ve just got to make shots. My teammates set me up and I was able to make them.”

The Bears got off to a good start in the game, taking a 17-15 lead into the second quarter before having some issues in

the second. Mountain View was down 34-26 at the half and made some locker room adjustments to claw back, adjustments that piled up and eventually culminated with Kayongo’s clutch 3-pointer, a Mountian View basketball memory that will not fade anytime soon “I’ve worked on that corner shot so I knew that when I got it, I was gonna shoot it,” Kayongo said. “For me, that shot was the No. 1 (play of my career). Going against the No. 1-ranked point guard in the junior class, that is probably the biggest shot.”

Opportunistic Titans top Comets in Daily Post Challenge

By Michael Allen Staff Correspondent

GRAYSON — Sometimes the best offense is a good defense.

The Discovery boys basketball team likely figured that out Saturday against South Gwinnett.

The Titans capitalized off turnovers, fastbreak opportunities and second-chance points to ground the Comets 71-57 Saturday afternoon in the Gwinnett Daily Post Metro Atlanta Challenge at Grayson High School.

Fresh off a tough loss in the waning seconds against Mountain View the night prior, Titans coach Cory Cason admits his team started the game sluggish on offense.

“I thought it was a little sluggish to start for sure,

and I think coming off of a region game on a Friday night, it was to be expected, especially having to play an afternoon game today,” he said.

However, Discovery (7-4) made up for it with its length and quickness on defense. Cason implemented stingy 2-3 zone defense mixed with a dose of half-court pressure in the first half to stall South.

With both teams struggling on offense, the first quarter ended with the Titans leading 13-10. South head coach Ty Anderson says his team is still developing its half-court offense.

“When we have to get into the halfcourt, we haven’t found an identity yet, and that’s going to come as we play together and mature together,”

Anderson said.

In the second quarter, Discovery figured that out and started pushing the tempo. Led by senior guard Jaylen Bussey’s 12 first-half points, the Titans guards pounced on on errant passes by the Comets.

That effort carried Discovery on a 14-4 run to take a 27-14 lead halfway through the second quarter.

Meanwhile, South’s offense never got in gear and hurt itself with bad decisions. Comets (5-5) head coach Ty Anderson said his team’s lethargic first half was its downfall.

“There was nobody in the gym, so the team that was able to create their own energy was the one that was going to be able to set the tone,” Anderson said. They did it early, we

did it in spurts, but we struggled with our energy and our effort today which is disappointing because that hasn’t been an issue for us this year.”

Discovery rode the second quarter run to a 3524 lead at the half. After a scoreless first half, Super 6 senior Kalu Ezikpe, an Old Dominion commit, made his presence felt in the second half.

Midway through the third quarter he caught a pass at the free-throw line beat one defender with a spin move and brushed off the contact for a layup with the foul. He finished the game with eight points.

Second-chance points fueled Discovery’s offense in the second half. With South trying to claw back into the game, the Titans

grabbed clutch rebounds to stall their momentum.

Discovery forward Leslie Nkereuwem grabbed an offensive rebound on a missed 3-pointer and threw down a huge putback dunk to put Discovery up 44-32 midway through the third quarter.

South answered right back when Ta’San King managed to get wide open near the rim for an easy dunk to bring the score to 44-34. However, that was as close as the Comets could get. Second-chance points bit South again at the end of the quarter.

With less than five seconds in the quarter, Bussey launched a 3-pointer from NBA range that drew iron, but Charles Blamo grabbed the rebound for a quick putback right as the clock expired to extend the

Titans’ lead to 54-41.

In the fourth quarter, South picked up its intensity with a full-court press, but couldn’t narrow the score. Ezikpe got the ball deep in the paint and scored on a nifty hook shot to put the Titans up 61-43. Guard London Riley drained a wide open 3-pointer from the corner on an offensive rebound and finished the game with 12 points.

“We had some guys make some big shots and we rebounded the ball much better today,” Cason said.

Bussey finished with a game-high 16 points.

Jayden Walker added 11 points for Discovery.

Jalen Roberts finished with nine points and Ja’heim Hudson added eight points for South.

Greenbrier takes down North boys; girls blow out Milton

By Matt Green

on both sides of the ball today,” North head coach Matt Garner said. “No SUGAR HILL — knock on Greenbrier.

Greenbrier made the trip They’re a good program, across the state and came but I felt like we could’ve away with a 55-39 win done a better job on the over North Gwinnett. defensive end for sure. We North couldn’t buy a gave them a lot of easy bucket in the first half. The buckets, but a lot of it Bulldogs shot 4-of-26 from came from the fact that we the field, including 0-ofhad a non-existent offense 10 from three. North’s top today. We took terrible scoring option, Cam Row- shots and we couldn’t find land went scoreless in the any sort of flow” first half after going 0-forAfter trailing 27-12 at 11 from the field, including the half, North showed 0-5 from downtown. some life and cut the Wolf“We underperformed pack lead to single digits.

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But Greenbrier started the fourth quarter on a 19-8 run, and that was all she wrote.

One of the few bright spots for the Bulldogs was Connor McCormick. The junior led North with 15 points, while also racking up 8 rebounds, 7 assists, and 4 blocks. J.R. Martin was the only other Bulldog to score\ in double figures with 10 points.

Rowland finished the game going 1-for-16 from the field, including 0-for7 on 3-pointers, and he didn’t score his first points

until the final minute of the ball game.

“He] didn’t give himself an opportunity to get any sort of flow before he started jacking shots,” Garner said. “When he gets in a flow, he’s as good as anyone that we have around here. He’s tough to guard. He can score from all three levels, but he didn’t get himself into any sort of flow today, so then he started pressing, and it just snowballed.”

The struggles, however, were not limited to just one player. The Bulldogs went

15-for-51 from the field and 3-for-24 from downtown.

“You just have those days,” McCormick said.

“It happens. It’s definitely a learning process. We just have to work harder in practice this week and come back next game.”

North Gwinnett girls 87, Milton 23 North Gwinnett’s girls were too much for Milton to handle, as The Bulldogs blew them out 87-23 on Saturday afternoon.

The game went backand-forth early, and North

led 18-9 at the end of the first quarter, but that was as close as the game got.

Each quarter was more lopsided than the previous one. The Bulldogs outscored the Eagles 20-5 in the second quarter, 28-4 in the third, then 21-0 in the fourth.

Several Bulldogs got into the scoring action in the game. Ten of the North’s 12 players scored at least five points. Alanni Brown and Madison Rawls each scored 13, while Malia Fisher led the Bulldogs with 21.

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Green Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Washington, 1 p.m.

L.A. Rams at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

New England at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.

Tennessee at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at Oakland, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 18 Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 23 Indianapolis at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

Falcons try to avoid trap game against Buccaneers The Sports Xchange

ing decisions during the two-minute drill before FLOWERY BRANCH halftime and a declined — The Atlanta Falcons, penalty late that could who are in the thick of the have backfired.

NFC playoff race, don’t “All three phases have plan to look past Tampa some things to work on,” Bay and quarterback JaFalcons head coach Dan meis Winston in a classic Quinn said. “Some of it trap-game scenario. was even individually, “Focusing on the next player-wise, techniqueteam could be a little wise, some scheme things. bit distracting,” Falcons That’s what we’re chaslinebacker De’Vondre ing; our best performance, Campbell said. “We have and we feel like that’s out to focus on (Tampa Bay) there for us, so we’re gobecause every game at ing after that hard.” this point is a must-win.”

The Falcons beat the The Falcons watched Bucs 34-20 on Nov. 26 at the Monday night game Mercedes-Benz Stadium. earlier this week. They The Bucs played withwere stunned by Miami’s out Winston, who was victory over New England sidelined with a shoulder where the unstoppable injury.

Tom Brady failed to pick “We’re going into what up one first down on third could be a tough environdown. ment on Monday night,” The Falcons don’t want defensive end Adrian their trip to Florida to end Atlanta Falcons cornerback Robert Alford (23) celebrates with linebacker Deion Jones (45) by pulling him out of the Clayborn said. “They are up with a similar result. end zone after Jones intercepted a pass against the New Orleans Saints during the second half at Mercedes-Benz going to be ready. We “We just have to really Stadium on Dec. 7. (Photo: Dale Zanine-USA Today Sports) already beat them once go into Tampa with the this season. If you get mindset that we have to playing well. how they get beat. We just division champs. been dazzling for much of punched in the mouth dominate,” Campbell said.

“This is the NFL. Evhave to treat every game The Falcons (8-5) the season and are comonce, what are you going “We can’t go in there erybody is good. If we go the same and approach it trail the New Orleans ing off a 20-17 win over to do? You’re going to saying, ‘Oh, we are play- in there with the mindset the same.”

Saints (9-4) and Carolina the Saints. In that game, fight back. So, they are ing Tampa; they are 4-5’ that we are playing a lowIf the Falcons win their Panthers (9-4) with three quarterback Matt Ryan going to be ready to fight or whatever their record er-caliber team, that’s how remaining games, they games to play. was misfiring, there were and we better be ready to is (4-9) and they are not teams get upset. That’s will repeat as NFC South The Falcons haven’t some curious coachbrawl with them.”

Steelers, Patriots battle for AFC’s top playoff spot The Sports Xchange The New England Patriots (10-3) are coming off their worst defensive performance in months, allowing the Dolphins to throw and run the ball equally productively in New England’s 27-20 Monday night loss in Miami.

The defeat snapped an eight-game winning streak that had seen the Patriots defense allow 17 points or fewer in all eight wins after opening the season allowing 33 points or more in three of the first four weeks.

Now, the unit has to clean up its issues from the Miami game while preparing for its biggest test of the season in this afternoon’s trip to Pittsburgh for the big AFC showdown with the Steelers (11-2). It’s a game that will likely decide the No. 1 seed in the conference playoff picture.

After its struggles against the likes of Jay Cutler, Kenyan Drake and Jarvis Landry, New England follows it up having to deal with Ben Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown, the latter two arguably the best running back and receiver in the game, respectively.

Arizona at Washington, 1 p.m. today With Adrian Peterson still out of commission with a neck injury and David Johnson not expected to be activated off injured reserve, the Cardinals (6-7) figure to feature the diminutive Kerwynn Williams as their primary running back for a third week in a row. He hasn’t disappointed the past two games, despite playing with two cracked ribs. He ran for 97 yards in a tough loss to the Rams and 73 yards in a win over the Titans.

The Cardinals’ offensive line, however, is reshuffling again. Rookie Will Holden will play left tackle for the first time, and second-year pro Evan Boehm is moving

back to right guard. That could make things difficult for Williams, but he’s still managed to grind out some impressive yards nonetheless.

Defensively, the Cardinals have to exhaust all of their resources into bringing a healthy pass rush on Washington’s (5-8) Kirk Cousins in order to disrupt his timing and quicken his read progressions. The Cardinals can get there, too, because of outside linebacker Chandler Jones, who leads the league with 14 sacks, 24 tackles for loss and 27 quarterback hits. He will need more help up the middle, however, from players such as Olsen Pierre, for Grayson standout Robert Nkemdiche and two veterans expected to return from ankle injuries, Corey Peters and Josh Mauro.

like Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger did last Sunday, but a 40-pass game wouldn’t be a surprise.

Kizer needs to cut out the bad mistakes and get the ball in the hands of Josh Gordon, Corey Coleman or Duke Johnson to give the Browns any hope.

Baltimore has trouble matching up with tight ends in the middle of the field, and the Browns have a future star in rookie David Njoku. He could be a difference maker for Kizer.

ing quarterback Bryce Petty to beat them deep.

The Saints (9-4) will try to contain the Jets’ running game, force Petty into obvious passing situations and turn loose the pass rush.

On the other side of the ball, New Orleans hopes its No. 1-ranked offense (400 yards per game) can keep New York off-balance by using Mark Ingram and Norcross grad Alvin Kamara running and passing to create downfield opportunities for Brees.

Cincinnati at Minnesota, 1 p.m. today The Vikings (0-3) will be focused on improving their pass protection and stopping the run, which they couldn’t do against Carolina last week. Minnesota turned the ball over three times and the Panthers capitalized, converting those miscues Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, into 10 points while winning 1 p.m. today by seven.

The Eagles (11-2) turn to So, Kyle Rudolph was quarterback Nick Foles as accurate in saying this team they try to secure a first“can’t just roll the ball out round bye in the playoffs. there” and expect to win. The A week ago, Foles redefense can be dominant, placed the injured Carson but it still needs help from an Wentz and led Philadelphia efficient offense that can run on successive field goal the ball with Latavius Murray drives in their come-fromand Jerick McKinnon. behind, 43-35 win over the Cincinnati (5-8) is likely Rams. to again be without leadThe Eagles’ coaching staff ing rusher Joe Mixon, three will likely ease Foles into starting linebackers and his new role by depending possibly corner Dre Kirkon the running game. That patrick. The Bengals are will mean a lot of Jay Ajayi, familiar with Mike Zimmer’s who rushed for 78 yards on defenses and Andy Dalton 15 carries in the win in Los and A.J. Green spoke this Angeles. week about being better Foles, who has 36 career than they were last Sunday. starts, would be wise to look for wide receiver Nelson AgN.Y. Jets at New Orleans, holor, who has 15 catches 1 p.m. today — including nine for first It’s clearly going to be downs — in the Eagles’ past tough sledding for the Jets two games.

(5-8) offensively, with a Another plus for Foles: backup quarterback (Josh The Giants (2-11) have one McCown is out for the rest of the worst pass defenses of the season) and a team in the league. that struggles to score on the road (14.5 points per Baltimore at Cleveland, game, as opposed to 25.6 at 1 p.m. today MetLife Stadium).

The Browns (0-13) could The best hope they have steal a page from the Steel- is to attempt to play keepers and launch an all-out away with their running air attack on the Ravens game, but that also may be (7-6). Quarterback DeShone difficult against a defense Kizer won’t throw 66 passes likely to stack the box, dar-

Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. today Houston (4-9) has struggled to stop the pass, ranking 26th in the league, while Jaguars (9-4) QB Blake Bortles has had a hot hand in the last two games, posting passer ratings of 119.8 and 123.7. It isn’t likely the Jaguars will pull back with Bortles having completed 71 percent for 577 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions the last two weeks.

In addition, Bortles has been sacked only once in the last two games. He’ll have the benefit of having the offensive line intact for a second straight week.

Rookie receivers Keelan Cole and Dede Westbrook have been the two top receivers and are playing like veterans instead of first-year players.

Green Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. today Aaron Rodgers will make his much-anticipated return from a broken collarbone as the Packers cling to playoff hopes.

The key word for Green Bay (7-6) will be “balance.”

Mike McCarthy, now in his 12th season as the Packers’ coach, has thrown the ball roughly 60 percent of the time in his tenure. With Rodgers sidelined, though, rookie running backs Jamaal Williams and Aaron Jones emerged as big-time threats.

Green Bay will want to protect Rodgers and keep the Panthers honest. The best way to do that would be a 50-50 run-pass split.

The Panthers (9-4) continue to realize the benefits of a strong rushing attack, so they’ll have to keep that mindset even with the Packers perhaps hurting some in the secondary.

Gurley to 43 yards on 14 carries.

Tennessee at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. today The Titans (8-5), in a perfect world, would find a way to remedy Marcus MariMiami at Buffalo, ota’s troubles on the fly. But 1 p.m. today that might be difficult to do, The Bills (7-6) have run considering the team’s wide the ball with renewed vigor receivers have had issues the last two weeks, totaling running routes, and Mario183 yards in a loss to New ta’s injuries have sometimes England and 227 against played a role in him not bethe Colts last week. This will ing able to consistently step have to continue against into throws. That means the Miami (6-7) because control- Titans need to get back to ling the ball on the ground their bread-and-butter with has been Buffalo’s key to of- the running game. Whether fensive success all season. that is DeMarco Murray, When the Bills rush for Derrick Henry or some at least 100 yards, they are combination of the two, the 6-2. When they don’t, they Titans need to bounce back are 1-4. LeSean McCoy has against a 49ers (3-10) rushjumped into the top five with ing defense that is in the 1,007 yards, and he will be bottom third of the league. the key player for the Bills.

Defensively, the Titans Miami must limit McCoy have been doing well and use a strong pass rush against bad quarterbacks in to apply pressure on the recent weeks. It will take a quarterback, whoever that better effort to rattle Jimmy is, and force mistakes. The Garoppolo, who has led the Dolphins have five take49ers to two straight wins aways in the last two games, since moving into the lineup. both victories.

The Titans still need to put pressure on the young quarterback to get him out of his L.A. Rams at Seattle, comfort zone.

4:05 p.m. today The NFC West lead will Dallas at Oakland, be on the line when the Rams (9-4) and Seahawks 8:30 p.m. today (8-5) meet. Los Angeles has The Cowboys (7-6) a one-game advantage, but and Raiders meet in what Seattle won the first matchamounts to a mid-December up, 16-10 in Week 5. playoff game. Dallas could This one could come win out to reach 10-6 down to which defense and still be left out of the steps up. The Rams scored postseason. The Raiders 35 points last week but (6-7) need a win to remain a couldn’t stop the Eagles, game behind the Chargerseven when backup quarChiefs winner in the AFC terback Nick Foles came in West. for injured starter Carson The Cowboys have reWentz. covered from a three-game Seattle will need Pro Bowl losing streak with blowout linebackers Bobby Wagner wins over the Redskins and and K.J. Wright, both of Giants. whom are uncertain to start, Dallas, with running back if it hopes to contain Rams Ezekiel Elliott still a week running back Todd Gurley away from returning from his again. six-game suspension, will After Gurley’s 13-carry, again depend on the tandem 96-yard performance last of Alfred Morris and Rod week against Philadelphia, Smith. In Elliott’s absence, Rams coach Sean McVay Morris has averaged a solid vowed to get his lead back 4.4 yards per carry, and more involved.

Smith had 160 yards from In the teams’ first meeting, scrimmage in last week’s the Seattle defense limited 30-10 win over the Giants.

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Trio of North running backs all make plays

By Taylor Denman taylor.denman@ gwinnettdailypost.com

SUWANEE — North Gwinnett running back Tyler Goodson receives the bulk of the Bulldogs’ rushing load throughout the season.

Heading into North’s 19-17 state championship triumph over Colquitt, Goodson had already rushed for more than 1,300 yards on 178 carries.

But Goodson has always had help in the backfield, and North Gwinnett’s trio of Goodson, Cameron Butler and Devin Crosby came through Friday night.

Goodson finished with 18 carries for 75 yards, Butler had nine carries for 68 yards and Crosby had three carries for 57 yards.

It wasn’t so much the numbers that stood out, but the trio’s impeccable timing Friday night.

First, there was Crosby, who broke free on a 53yard run early in the game to put North in field goal range to tie the game.

“I knew the safety, No. 5 is a great player,” Crosby said of his near touchdown run. “He had a great angle on me. I wish I could have scored, but as long as we got some points.”

Then Goodson could not be stopped on a 20-yard scramble to the end zone in the third quarter, when he had to break multiple tackles to get there.

a tackle for loss on second down and combined for a sack on third down to force a Colquitt punt.

Perhaps McDonald’s biggest play was late in the game when he forced a fumble on Colquitt quarterback Steven Krajewski, which later turned into six points for the Bulldogs.

In a game won by such a small margin, those plays mattered.

“I told my team I was going to give everything I’ve got for them,” McDonald said. “I put my heart into every play. We all have each other’s back on the field, and I love my team.”

after drill in practice built up for that moment when North Gwinnett had one final play on an untimed down and a field goal attempt to win the game. The snap and hold were both perfect, and the kick might as well have been perfect.

“We do that drill every day at practice,” Walker said. “My brother is the holder and we have that connection. When there were three seconds left, I knew what we were going to do and how we were going to do it.”

Walker is rated as a top-10 long snapper in the country by KohlsKicking. com, but he did more than snap in North Gwinnett’s North Gwinnett’s Cameron Butler scores a touchdown during the Class AAAAAAA Walk-on Walker 19-17 win. state championship game Friday night against Colquitt County. (Staff Photo: Jason It’s been a busy week for Walker excels at getBraverman) Payne Walker. ting behind the line of Butler got in on the ac“They’re always going and helped lead the North The North Gwinnett se- scrimmage. He had 15 1/2 tion later when he scored to have my back and supGwinnett defense to a state nior prepared for the Class tackles for losses and 10 North’s final touchdown port me, and it’s the same title.

AAAAAAA state chamsacks before Friday night. from the 1-yard line, but the other way around,” “We worked so hard for pionship game and also He was one of the leaders Colquitt’s defense certainly Goodson said. “I’m just this,” McDonald said. “All received news he would be on the team in solo tackles didn’t hand it to him. The really proud of Cam and the days we put in at sum- a preferred walk-on at the with 45, and showed his Packers set the edge on the I’m going to miss him next mer workouts, the pain, University of Georgia as a ability to make plays once play and Butler utilized his year.” sweat and tears we put in. long snapper. He also fired again against Colquitt. speed to score.

“I know from the time the ball back to his brother He also had a key pass “Inside zone play on the McDonald serves sacks I’d be able to play I was Riley Walker, who held it breakup in the first quarter 1-yard line, I’m like, we’ve North Gwinnett linegoing to give everything for the right boot of kicker deep in Colquitt territory. got to score,” Butler said. backer Jayden McDonald I’ve got. I wanted to show Cameron Clark to win the Walker combined for a “I’ve seen defenders come spent last season on the everybody what I could do first state title in North sack with Jayden McDonup on me and I had to junior varsity team per this year.”

Gwinnett football program ald to force a Colquitt make the spin move. Did Georgia High School AssoMcDonald led the team history.

County punt. He finished the spin move. Touchciation rules after transfer- with seven total tackles “It’s been the best week the game with five total down.” ring from Peachtree Ridge. and 2 1/2 sacks. Those of my life,” he said. “Win- tackles.

Butler is the lone senior His long wait has paid sacks came in crucial mo- ning state, committing to “Our defense is a of the group. Goodson off. The senior announced ments in the game. With my dream school. There’s close-knit group of guys,” will return for his senior a commitment to Rutgers roughly 10 minutes left nothing better.”

Walker said. “We worked season and Crosby gained over the summer, made in the fourth quarter and There’s no sweating the our butts off in the spring valuable experience as a first-team all-region in his the score tied at 10-10, final play of the game for and summer. We became sophomore. only season as a starter McDonald came up with the Walker brothers. Drill such a close group.”

Clark •From Page 1B penalty against North, and Clark’s attempt to extend the lead to seven missed, once again to the left.

That opened the door for Colquitt, which looked like it had broken the hearts of the Bulldogs when quarterback Steven Krajewski hit Josh Hadley in the left corner of the end zone to tie things up at 16-16.

Colquitt kicker Ryan Fitzgerald, who had earlier booted a 49-yard field goal, came through again with the successful PAT to put the Packers up by one slim point at 1716 left with 49 seconds to go.

Even though the Colquitt bench and fan base were wildly celebrating, Clark still felt that if his offense could get him close enough, he had one more good kick left in him.

“We all wanted one more chance,” Clark said.

“My team helped set me up for this by helping me in practice. They yelled at me, getting me to kick the ball in a high-pressure environment. We got a good snap, a good hold and good blocks. I was just in shock.”

The winning kick was a culmination of a lastminute drive by North that started at its own 20 with 49 seconds to play.

Three pass completions from Jimmy Urzua moved the ball into Colquitt territory at the 45, but a big sack from J.J. Peterson dropped Urzua for an 11-yard loss back to the North 44 with 18 seconds left.

A defensive holding penalty pushed the ball back into Packer territory at the 46 on the next play.

North then attempted a bomb down the right side to L.J Fisher, but Urzua’s offering was just off his hands.

With nine seconds left, Colquitt got hit with three straight penalties, two of them for five yards and the other a 15-yarder on a pass interference.

That last flag moved the ball to the Packer

21, setting up Clark’s redemptive kick from 38 yards out.

Despite getting into position, Clark still had to convert, and his teammates didn’t let his earlier misses have a negative affect on him.

“You can’t be down on kickers, you have to keep them up the whole time,” long snapper Payne Walker said. “I know that (Clark) missed one earlier, but that didn’t matter. He kept his head up and produced when he needed to.

“We had worked this drill 100 times all season long to get ready for this one play to happen.”

Walker, who recently accepted an offer to Georgia as a long snapper, fired the game-winning kick to his brother, Riley, who had a perfect view of the game’s last play as the holder.

“I kept talking (Clark) up and made sure he didn’t get mad at himself or anything,” Riley Walker said. “I didn’t even look up (after the kick). I waited for everyone to start celebrating and I turned around and ran with everybody else.”

An added bonus was that the final kick of the season took place on North’s home field, something that wouldn’t have happened without last week’s snow.

“It’s so much more emotional on this field,” Clark said. “I’ve spilled blood, sweat and tears on this field.”

Only this time for Clark, the tears were tears of joy, which streamed down the junior’s face as he was repeatedly hugged and mobbed by fans on the field after the game.

“For Cam to do that at the end after missing an extra point is incredible,” North head coach Bill Stewart said. “When he was about to kick it, I told him he was kicking with house money. He hit it well. That may have been the best kick I have seen him have all year.

He did in practice on Thursday with everyone yelling at him. That exact kick.”

North Gwinnett players celebrate their victory over Colquitt County in the Class AAAAAAA state championship game Friday night at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee. (Photo: Will Fagan)

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And even McDonald admitted his belief was And the Bulldogs took beginning to fade.

Colquitt 3 0 7 7 — 17 advantage by driving 42 “At first, I was beginning North 0 3 7 9 — 19 yards in eight plays on the to get discouraged,” McFIRST QUARTER arm of Jimmy Urzua, who Donald said. “But I knew Colquitt: Ryan Fitzgerald 49 FG, finished the night 13 of 19 throughout I had to trust 8:16 SECOND QUARTER with an interception for my teammates. That’s what North: Cameron Clark 29 FG, 8:26 135 yards, and the legs of a team is for. Stuff is not THIRD QUARTER North: Tyler Goodson 18 run (Clark Cameron Butler. (always) going to go your kick), 9:35 Though he had spent way, let alone in a state Colquitt: Daijun Edwards 1 run (Fitzgerald kick), 4:14 most of the night spelling championship game. So QUARTER leading rusher Tyler Good- North: FOURTH you’ve got to prepare for Cameron Butler 1 run (kick son (18-75, TD), the senior failed), 5:50 bad stuff to happen, and I Colquitt: Josh Hadley 13 pass from ran for 24 yards on the had faith. I knew we were Steven Krajewski (Fitzgerald kick), drive, including outracing going to get it done.”

0:49 North: Clark 38 FG, 0:00 the Packer defense to the Still there had to be plen edge for a 1-yard scoring ty of doubt even after three

CC NG First downs 14 20 run that put the Bulldogs Urzua completions to L.J.

33-103 37-180 up 16-10 with 5:50 to play. Rushes-yards Fisher, Josh Downs and Passing yards 160 135 Att.-Comp.-INT 14-25-0 1 3-20-1 “Honestly, I do it for my Goodson quickly moved Fumbles-lost 2-1 5-1 team,” said Butler, who the ball into Colquitt Penalties-yards 14-102 4-20 finished the night with 68 territory, especially after INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS yards, 63 of which came the Packers’ J.J. Peterson RUSHING — Colquitt: Ty Leggett in the second half, on just sacked Urzua to push the 12-53, Edwards 11-51, Krajewski 10-(1). North: Goodson 18-75, Butnine carries. “It’s North Bulldogs back near midler 9-68, Devin Crosby 3-57, JavonGwinnett first. Whatever field with 18 seconds left. ni Cunningham 1-9, TEAM 1-(-4), Jimmy Urzua 5-(-25). they want me to do, I’m But with only three secPASSING — Colquitt: Krajewski going to do it for them. … ond remaining, the breaks 14-25-0, 160. North: Urzua 13-19They gave me the ball, so I began to go North’s way, 1, 135; Goodson 0-1-0, 0.

RECEIVING — Colquitt: Cam just had to execute.” with Colquitt being flagged Singletary 6-57, Leggett 3-25, EdBut after a false start twice for illegal substituwards 2-52, Hadley 2-20, Marvion McDonald 1-6. North: Josh Downs penalty, Clark pulled the tion before the ball could 7-60, L.J. Fisher 3-44, Goodson extra point wide to the left, 2-25, Riley Walker 1-6. even be snapped. leaving the door open for Then, when the Packers Colquitt. were called for pass interKrajewski led the Packand eventually connected ference on what otherwise ers down the field, picking with Josh Hadley for a 13- would have been the last up a critical fourth-down yard TD pass before Ryan play of the game, Clark, conversion with a 5-yard Fitzgerald added the extra who had up to that point completion to Daijun point to put Colquitt up 17- though he would wear the Edwards along the way, 16 with just 49 seconds left. proverbial goat horns inNORTH GWINNETT 19, COLQUITT COUNTY 17

stead got a chance to earn the hero’s mantle.

“It was up and down all over,” Clark said of what he went through over the final few minutes. “I just wouldn’t be here without my team. The snap was good. The hold was good.

The blocking was good.”

And though it fluttered a bit, the kick was good, too, redeeming Clark and all the Bulldogs’ hard work in the evening, validating Stewart’s mantra of belief and ending the long wait for the North community with the program’s first state championship dating back more than 50 years.

It was especially satisfying after two other trips to the finals in the past 10 years had come up just short.

“Yeah, we finally got one,” Stewart said. “It means a lot. This school’s been here a long time, and they’ve been close.

They’ve had great teams here. Man, we got one.

“The way they did it, I can’t say enough about the trials and how they had to just fight the adversity and just keep going, and how they did it. I’m in a fog right now. I’m going to wake up (Saturday) in a dream world.”

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North Gwinnett students cheer during the Class AAAAAAA state championship game against Colquitt County Friday night at North Gwinnett High School. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

BULLDOGS BELIEVE

Once struggling North program is now a state champion SUWANEE — Every North Gwinnett supporter packed into Tom Robinson Memorial Stadium will remember this special Friday, a freezing one that saw the hosts make history.

The football program captured its first state championship, 19-17 over traditional South Georgia power Colquitt County, with its fifth straight playoff victory, all at home.

The game wasn’t played at the posh, brand-new Mercedes-Benz Stadium as planned because of winter weather last weekend, but that detail will be forgotten as the years pass.

Instead, this night will be remembered as the one where North Gwinnett’s football team, one that struggled for decades and rose to prominence of late, scored the biggest victory in school history.

The dramatic ending — a final-minute drive and three straight penalties set up Cameron Clark’s gamewinning field goal as time expired — only made the evening more memorable.

“The atmosphere was

Above, the North Gwinnett Bulldogs walk out ahead of their state final clash with Colquitt County on Friday in Suwanee. Right, North cheerleaders pose for a picture on the sidelines. (Photos: Will Fagan)

Lowndes in 2007 and Norcross in 2013.

Starting quarterback Jimmy Urzua remembers the Bulldogs’ past failed attempts in the state finals well — his older brother was a junior on North’s 2013 state runner-up team.

Will “It’s been like 50-someHammock thing years and we haven’t won a state championship,” unbelievable,” said Bill Urzua said. “This is our Stewart, North’s first-year first-ever state championhead coach. “I love the ship. It’s crazy to be a part Benz, but there’s nothof it, to be a senior quartering like winning the state back. It’s unbelievable. This championship on your community has been great home field. There’s just all season. This was a great nothing like it. I’m just so way to give it back to them.” glad we got to do it here.”

North’s journey to this North finally joined point was a long one. an elite group in GwinFrom 1961 to 2001, nett County, where state the football program only football championships made the playoffs once, abound. Since Brookwood in 1996 under head coach in 1996, five different local Greg Lowe. That 8-4 team schools have won 11 state was recognized with a championships in Georplaque outside the fieldgia’s largest classification house, a nice gesture but — Parkview (four titles), one reserved for winning Brookwood (two), Grayson state championships at (two), Norcross (two) and other places.

Peachtree Ridge (one).

Tripp Smith, who now North had come close works with several Bulldogs to championships twice, as an athletic trainer, was losing in the finals to a freshman on North’s first

playoff team in 1996. He remembers what a big deal that was at the time, but the program has moved well beyond celebrations for just making the postseason. “(North) was kind of the laughingstock of the county for a very long time,” said Smith, who wore his old letter jacket to Friday’s game. “To finally get a state championship, that means a ton. It’s been a long time coming. I’m glad they finally got one. … To see the generations come through, to play in the state (finals) twice and come up short, and to see these kids bust it all year, this is what North has needed.

“You’ve got Buford down the street that’s done it numerous times, the same breed of kids.

To finally get one here at home is really awesome. I can’t put into words what it means to the community and the kids. Just to know how many alumni are back and have been wanting it for so long, you just can’t put it into words.”

Players like Smith laid the groundwork for North’s

future successes, but so did coaches from the past.

The consistent winning began with the late Dennis Roland, who hopefully enjoyed Friday’s win from heaven — he died in 2008, at just 51, after a threeyear battle with cancer.

He spent just one season at North, but brought renewed confidence and a pass-heavy offense to Suwanee. He went 9-3 in 2004, became a college head coach and turned it over to Matt Moore.

Moore went 7-4 and was hired for a college job before Bob Sphire provided stability and unprecedented success as head coach. North won 10 or more games eight times in Sphire’s tenure from 200616, claimed five region titles and twice finished as state runner-up.

Many assistant coaches also built the North program up. Two were on the Colquitt County sidelines Friday night — Mo Dixon and Troy Hobbs now work for the Packers.

“We’ve had some great coaches in the past

years,” Urzua said. “Coach Sphire’s a big part of this team. Coach Stewart’s a great guy. All of our coaches, a huge shout out to the coaching staff this year. Every one of them I love. They’re crazy good coaches. They’re the ones that made this happen.”

Stewart took North to the highest level this year, building on Sphire’s foundation and a talented group of returning players. The Bulldogs won a schoolrecord 14 games, breaking the old mark of 13 set by both state runner-up teams.

“There’s a great tradition here,” Stewart said. “There’s a tradition of winning here, which is why I came here, too. We got this thing rolling after that first game this year. We just really focused on culture and this team playing like a family. … It’s so surreal to think God put us in this place to do this, bring this group of young men together. We’re so proud of them.”

Will Hammock can be reached via email at will. hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com.

North Gwinnett’s Jimmy Urzua (7) throws to an open receiver during the Class AAAAAAA state championship game Friday night at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee. (Photo: Will Fagan)

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CELEBRATING 25 YEARS

BY CURT YEOMANS

It may seem hard to imagine, but the Infinite Energy Center has been around for a quarter of a century — or for one-eighth of Gwinnett County’s existence if viewed within the larger context of the county’s upcoming bicentennial.

The Infinite Energy Center opened its doors Nov. 27, 1992, although not quite in the form people know today. Originally, it was just the Gwinnett County Convention Center, a project whose construction was funded by the special purpose local option sales tax approved by voters in 1988.

There was no arena in the beginning. No professional sports teams calling the location home. No corporate name.

The grand ballroom didn’t even exist. It was just there to fill a need that county leaders saw in the community in the late 1980s, according to Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash, who was a county employee at the time.

“They believed Gwinnett County needed a facility that could comfortably host trade and convention activities and larger community events,” Nash said. “One of the stated objectives was to provide a space large enough for most high school graduations to be held indoors rather than outside. I believe the commissioners also saw the fine arts theater

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SELECTED TIMELINE OF INFINITE ENERGY CENTER • Nov. 27, 1992: The Gwinnett County Convention Center opens • 2002: The ballroom at the center opens • Feb. 16, 2003: The Georgia Force beats the San Jose SaberCats in first event held in the Arena at the Gwinnett Center • April 27, 2015: County commissioners approve a lease for a long-planned $70 million Marriott hotel that would be built at the center, connecting the convention space with the arena • May 11, 2015: Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau officials present a proposal calling for an expansion and overhaul of the center,

which includes the development of an entertainment district on the property • Aug. 14, 2015: Infinite Energy secures 20year naming rights for the Gwinnett Center for $18 million • Sept. 15, 2016: The Gwinnett Convention and Visitors Bureau announces selection of North America Properties to redevelop spaces at the center that are currently parking lots to house restaurants, residential spaces, offices and other entertainment options • Nov. 8, 2016: Gwinnett voters approve the 2017 SPLOST that includes funding for an expansion of the convention space at the center

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state legislators, numerous plays and art exhibits, and several different types of expos.

The 25th anniversary of the facility’s opening comes as officials prepare for its future growth. An expansion of convention space in the Infinite Energy Forum was included in the 2017 SPLOST that voters approved last year. Plans are also in place to build a full-service Marriott as an important cultural amenity Arena at Gwinnett Center — concerts and graduations for the hotel that will connect to the for the community which would now called the Infinite Energy big classes that were graduating arena and the convention center. bring performances of all types Arena — and the grand ballroom from Gwinnett schools, and to Gwinnett County tourism to Gwinnett.” then opened in the early 2000s. attract sports events to the county officials are also working with The full facility is now made Each time the center expand- that needed a large facility like North American Properties on a up of four major parts: the origi- ed, it was because of a need and the arena.” mixed-use development that will nal convention center that is now growing demand, Nash said.

The arena is home to the East be built on the Infinite Energy called the Infinite Energy Forum, “As Gwinnett grew, the Coast Hockey League’s Atlanta Center property and include an the 13,000-seat Infinite Energy spaces in the original Civic Gladiators, the National Lacrosse entertainment district.

Arena, the 708-seat Infinite Center would not accommodate League’s Georgia Swarm and “The Infinite Energy Center Energy Theater and the Hudgens larger events comfortably, so the the Legends Football League’s not only serves the community Center for Art and Learning. ballroom was added to address Atlanta Steam. now, but it also generates many The center also has 23 meetthis issue,” she said. “Of course, The Arena Football League business opportunities and touring rooms, a 21,600-squareit was designed to be configured Georgia Force previously played ism dollars,” Nash said. “With foot grand ballroom and a multiple ways so that it can be games at the arena, as well. the plans to almost double con50,000-square-foot exhibit hall bigger or smaller as the need Other events held over the years vention space, to add a headquarWhen it opened, the property may arise. include JapanFests, chamber of ters hotel and to add privately took up 90 acres, but Explore “The arena was added to commerce banquets and lunches, funded residential, office and Gwinnett officials said it now address the need for a facility State of the County addresses, entertainment development, it is takes up 112 acres. that could seat over 10,000 to speeches by governors, lieutenpoised to become the place to be Much of what handle large events, including ant governors, U.S. senators and in Gwinnett.” residents know today as the Infinite Energy Center came along in bits and pieces. The convention center came first. The

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Enjoying the hard work When your labor pays off Consider the difference between these two phrases: “I have to” vs. “I get to.”

Imagine you’re going to spend the day taking care of a sick family member.

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When you’re driving over you’re thinking I have to do this. When the person asks for another ginger ale, you have to get it. How do you feel when you anticipate this day?

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Now let’s flip it. Imagine the same opportunity presents itself; you get to spend the day caring for a sick family member. The language shifts. Instead of

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It had been a lovely summer afternoon. My niece Nicole was visiting the Rondarosa with a brood of kids in tow, and we all were enjoying a lazy country afternoon.

After a picnic, Nicole and I chatted around the table while the six kids played in the pump house, splashed in the river and enjoyed the horses. After a few hours, she called them to get ready to leave then began to pack up the picnic. Her cellphone rang, and the merriment for the kids soon ended.

This is a tremendous peril of cellphones. They know just when to ring to steal a person’s joy.

She clicked off, then looked at the 15-year-old and 11-year-old boys and announced, “Your granddaddy and uncle Rod are putting up a pasture fence and want you to come and help.”

Nix, the oldest and one of the sweetest young men ever, slumped his head and shoulders. “Awwwww.”

His mother offered gentle encouragement then I offered my two cents.

“Nix, this is important to do because when you put up a pasture fence on a hot, muggy day like this, it’ll make you want to get a good education so you can work in air conditioning and have an easier job than having to labor outside.”

Tink’s manager, Stan, is a person I wildly admire.

Stan, a farmer’s son, grew up in rural Virginia. His daddy made him work the farm, and it was then Stan decided that, whatever it took, he’d never

barbed wire and re-anchored it. A few weeks earlier, we had been visiting at the Los Angeles home of Tink’s brother, Mark, and his wife, Chandra. Mark was out of town, directing a network series, while the three of us were preparing dinner. SudRonda denly, we heard a gurgling, Rich explosion of water. We ran to the powder room to see water shooting up like a geyser put up hay for living. from the commode. Tink was “It was the hottest part of fiddling with the lever while summer,” he told me. “My I dove for the turn-off valve dad was working me hard. I which stopped the water. made up my mind then and Chandra, a beautiful there, I’d get out.”

Stan took that country boy actress, was astounded and impressed. “Ronda! How did training and went to Hollywood where no one can out- you know how to do that?”

I shrugged. “Many years work him. He has a lot of top of having to figure out house clients he manages as well problems when no one else as producing movies and, it was around.” When Mark probably goes without saycalled a bit later, she told the ing, he’s making a lot more story in a hilarious, entertainmoney than the poor farmer laboring against the stubborn ing way. All I can say is I’ve had to learn the hard way. land and nature’s unpredictAnd, usually, it was on a ability. I always think that weekend or a holiday when Stan is not running toward I couldn’t get a repairman on success near as hard as he is the phone. running away from the hot Nix listened. He nodded. hay fields of Virginia. He’s I said, “I know you’ll do the determined to do his sweat right thing.” and toil in a well-appointed, “Yes, he will,” agreed air-conditioned office.

Nicole.

His father’s training has And so he did. And one served Stan well.

“Too,” I continued with my day when a pasture fence needs repairing after a two cents to Nix, “you need to learn to do these things so winter’s ice storm, he’ll be mighty glad for what he you can take care of yourself. Everything you learn to learned in the heat of summer. do like this makes you less Ronda Rich is the bestdependent on others who, selling author of “Mark you will find, are not often My Words — A Memoir of dependable.”

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PET OF THE WEEK

Each week the Gwinnett Daily Post will feature an animal available for adoption at the Georgia SPCA, which is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, Suwanee, GA 30024. The hours of operation are Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sundays 1 until 4 p.m. You can see the rest of the adoptable cats and dogs at www.georgiaspca.org.

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This week’s pet is Sadie, a 4-month-old smooth collie/mix.

Here’s what she would say if she could speak to you.

“Hi! I’m Sadie, and I’m the cutest dog in the place, if I do say so myself. My beautiful brindle fur and the white markings on

my face make me totally cute. I’m so ready to get into my forever home — maybe by Christmas — where I can run and play all day. I should be a fairly big girl when I grow up, and I know I would make a terrific addition to your family. If you have the time and space for an active girl like me, come on down to the shelter and let’s talk.”

Sadie has been spayed, disease tested, given age-appropriate vaccinations, dewormed and is up to date with flea/tick prevention. A 24Petwatch microchip will be listed in the adopter’s name, and she comes with 30 days of pet insurance.

If you are interested in seeing any of the pets up for adoption, visit the GA SPCA, located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, in Suwanee, or call at 678-765-2726.

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years,” White said. “Originally my husband served The Gwinnett County as a mentor, and after seePublic Schools Commuing what he has done with nity-Based Mentoring his mentee and what James Program has received a Rayford is accomplishlarge gift from a major ing, it’s clear this program retail chain. TJX, the com- is impacting the lives of pany that owns T.J. Maxx, young men whose fathers donated $5,000 in support aren’t actively involved in of the program’s work their lives. I told my peers identifying and helping in community relations students with their social about the program and and academic developa decision was made to ment. provide financial assisJames Rayford, the ditance. We hope to grow the rector of the program, said grant award as the comhe is grateful for the gift. pany learns more about the “We are so thankful Community-Based Menthat TJX is supporting toring Program’s operathe important work we tions and its results in our are doing,” he said. “This community.” generous gift will allow us In its ninth year, the to continue to make a posi- mentoring program tive impact in the lives of provides volunteer menyoung men and women.” tors to male students. The The check was presented program for boys will to the program by Ann serve nearly 600 students White, a district loss prein more than 65 schools vention manager with TJX. this year, with the goal of She said she and her com- recruiting an additional 50 pany believe in the work men to join the ranks of the mentoring program is the 200 who already are doing. involved in the program.

“It has been our pleasure In January, the proto support this program gram will expand to serve with funding for three female students. Janice

Warren, former principal of Anderson-Livsey Elementary School, will lead this effort and focus on recruiting female volunteer mentors.

Providence Christian combines giving and receiving to benefit refugees Providence Christian Academy hosted its annual “The Giving Market” on Dec. 6. Each year, the school gathers local vendors whose product sales benefit people in need, particularly refugees, into one marketplace where students, families and the local community can shop for Christmas.

The Giving Market features jewelry, apparel, toys and food sold by organizations that employ refugees, fight human trafficking and provide aid overseas.

The event has raised tens of thousands of dollars for local organizations, but that is not its only purpose. It is one of the ways Providence makes students aware of the needs of refugees and others around

Dante Harmon of Community Based Mentoring, Dr. Keith Thompson, Northbrook Middle School principal, students Malachi Ramsey and Eric Thomas, Anna White of TJX and James Rayford, director of community-based mentoring are pictured at the check presentation from TJX to Gwinnett County Public Schools. (Special Photo)

the world and connects them with people who are hard at work meeting those needs.

“It’s important for our students to see what’s happening in the world and that they can do something about it,” said Mandy Chapman, who organized the marketplace. “We use this event to show how we can care for others while at the same time benefiting companies that do amazing

work. All of this while giving people a fun environment to Christmas shop for friends and family.”

This year, The Giving Market featured 11 vendors, including Beaudin, Fresh Harvest, Frey’s Handcraft, Friends of Refugees, Heart for Africa, Intertwined Candles, Just One Africa, Lost and Found, Refuge Coffee Company, Rahab’s Rope and Samaritans Purse.

Mill Creek hosts first EPIC Night Mill Creek High School hosted its first ever EPIC Night, an event where students showcased their hard work to parents, friends and the surrounding community on Dec. 5. Entrepreneurs used creative displays to showcase real life data from digital ads they created for local businesses. The student presentations and ads were so successful that multiple entrepreneurs were offered jobs to continue their work with local businesses.

Engineers chose a variety of work to display, including 3-D designs of animal cells, VEX solutions for genetic disorders and electrical devices to help with needs in highschoolers’ daily lives.

Many of the engineers are currently pursuing grants and funding to further the research and development of their prototypes.

Trevor McNaboe is the Gwinnett Daily Post’s Education writer. Good News from Schools appears in the Sunday Edition of the Daily Post.

Local DAR brings Christmas spirit to veterans clinic and filled 25 stockings with Christmas gifts and handed the stockings out to the veterans.

The Philadelphia Winn “It was a joyous Chapter of the National event, with patients and Society of the Daughters clinic staff joining in the of the American Revofestivities,” said Peggy lution recently brought Freeman, the state DAR Christmas to military and Philadelphia Winn veterans who were pachapter Service to Vetertients at the Gwinnett VA ans chairwoman.

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In addition to Freeman, Philadelphia Winn chapter Regent Kitty Watters and members Anne Lockhart, Teri Tigh, Randi Minor and Karen Hollingsworth also participated in the event.

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AUBURN Skating rink open through Dec. 31 The city of Auburn’s ice skating rink will remain open daily through the end of December.

The hours are 1 to 9 p.m.

Monday through Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The cost of $7 per hour includes skate rental.

Proceeds from the ice skating rink benefit local nonprofit organizations.

Those who are interested in manning the rink and making money for their organization should email communitydevelopment@cityofauburnga.org or call 770-963-4002 ext. 202.

BARROW COUNTY Realtors organization donates $4K to sheriff The Walton-Barrow Board of Realtors recently donated more than $4,000 to the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office for the law enforcement agency’s annual Christmas with a Cop program.

The Board of Realtors puts on an annual Toy Trot 5K and Fun Run to raise money for the cause.

During the Christmas with a Cop event, underprivileged children shop for a Christmas gift with a law enforcement officer. The event is designed to promote positive relationships between the children and the police officers.

The Walton-Barrow Board of Realtors is an association of more than 150 Realtors who are involved in residential and commercial real estate as brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, counselors and others who are engaged in all aspects of the real estate industry.

For more information, visit www.waltonbarrowboardofrealtors.com.

BERKELEY LAKE Lake Berkeley Chapel hosts Christmas service Lake Berkeley Chapel’s Christmas service is at 8:30 a.m. today.

The Rev. Tommy Green will deliver a sermon, “Meeting Our Hopes and Fears,” based on John 1:29-30: “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

This is the one I meant when I said, “A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me”’” (New International Version).

Merry Maids and Men, an a capella group, will open the service, and special guest soloist, 11-year-old Sofia Principal, will sing a “Silent Night” cover by Kelly Clarkson.

Coffee will be served at 8:15 a.m., and breakfast will be served following the service. This month’s volunteer cooks are Mark and Kitty Harris and Andrea and Paul Miller.

January’s chapel service will take place on Jan. 14.

Lake Berkeley Chapel is an interdenominational organization that provides worship services and Christian fellowship without interfering with regular church affiliation.

BRASELTON New funeral home opens in Braselton Memorial Park Funeral Home recently opened in historic downtown Braselton.

The funeral home is located in a house that was built in 1918 by Green Braselton, the second son of town founder William Harrison Braselton.

The classic Georgian structure was a showcase home as a family residence and as a special event center when it was owned by Marvin and Mary Stover.

Memorial Park’s owner, Jack Frost, purchased the property last year and began meticulous renovations. The funeral home is located at 5257 Ga. Highway 53 in the town’s historic district.

The funeral home’s director, Jerry Smith, can be reached at 706-622-8000.

BUFORD Bluegrass band scheduled to perform in Buford Nashville-based bluegrass group The Barefoot Movement will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Buford Community Center.

The Christmas show will

A $15,000 Jackson EMC Foundation check to View Point Health. View Point Health representatives View Point Health CEO Jennifer Hubbard, right, receives a $15,000 grant check from Jackson EMC Foundation board chair Beauty Baldwin, center left, and Jackson EMC residential marketing representative Tiffeny Tolder, center right. Also pictured is Lynda Waggoner, DNP, APRN. (Special Photo)

Jackson EMC hands out $57K to groups serving Gwinnett

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Since it is the holiday season, the Jackson EMC Foundation is playing Santa Claus for six local groups that serve the Gwinnett County community.

The foundation’s Board of Directors announced it has awarded a total of $57,635 to the Salvation Army, View Point Health, Neighbor to Family, Georgia Community Support and Solutions, Rainbow Children’s Home and H.O.P.E. Inc. for programs and efforts they are undertaking in the county.

It is part of a larger pot of $99,545 that it awarded as grants to community organizations within its service area.

“Jackson EMC Foundation grants are made possible by the

take place in the Sylvia Beard Theatre, 2220 Buford Highway. Tickets are $25 to $30 and can be purchased online at www.bufordcommunitycenter.com.

The band consists of singer-songwriter and fiddler Noah Wall, who studied bluegrass, old-time and country music at East Tennessee State University; mandolinist Tommy Norris, who studied classical music and recording engineering at Western Carolina University; guitarist and singer Alex Conerly; and Katie Blomarz on the upright bass.

Those who can’t make the show tonight can see The Barefoot Movement, along with The Way Down Wanderers and Andy May, when they return to Gwinnett for Merlefest on the Road. The band will perform Feb. 28 at the Red Clay Music Foundry in Duluth.

DACULA Little Mulberry to host Elf Run A Christmas Eve 5K at Little Mulberry Park will help raise money for Feeding the Valley Food Bank.

The Elf Run will take place on the paved paths of Little Mulberry Park, 3855 Fence Road in Dacula. The 5K begins at 8 a.m. Dec. 24, and a Fun Run will take place at 9 a.m.

Register online for $25 at www.fundracers.org or the day of the event for $30. The Fun Run costs $17.

Feeding the Valley is one of eight regional food banks in Georgia and is the centralized source for receiving and distributing donated food, produce and grocery products.

DULUTH McDaniel Family Park offers candelight tours During the holiday season, visitors to McDaniel Family Park can discover historic customs and traditions celebrated during Christmas with costumed guides leading candlelight tours of the 1930s farm.

Tours will start at 7 p.m. today, Tuesday, Wednesday,

more than 186,615 participating cooperative members who have their monthly electric bills rounded to the next dollar amount through the Operation Round Up program,” the foundation said in a statement.

“Their ‘spare change’ has funded 1,253 grants to organizations and 349 grants to individuals, putting more than $12.7 million back into local communities since the program began in 2005.”

The largest grants awarded to Gwinnett organizations went to the Salvation Army and View Point Health, who each received $15,000.

The Salvation Army’s grant is for its Financial Emergency Services Program. The program helps families facing a financial crisis with rent and mortgages so the family won’t end up homeless.

Thursday, Friday and Dec. 28.

The cost for the tour is $8.

Register online at www.gwinnettcounty.com with activity code NCR48405. The park’s farm area entrance is located at 3251 McDaniel Road in Duluth.

The McDaniel farm was restored to depict a typical 1930s farm in Gwinnett County. It includes a furnished farmhouse, barn, blacksmith shed, carriage house and tenant house.

GRAYSON Women’s networking event open for registration Xperience Connections, a networking organization for female business owners, will have a gathering Tuesday for professional women in Lawrenceville and Grayson.

The event, led by Carole Cheatam, will take place at 7 p.m. at 645 Simonton Crest Drive in Lawrenceville. There is a $20 registration fee, which includes dinner.

The event will begin informally, allowing participants to get to know one another while sharing a meal. Then, in a more formal setting, each woman will get three minutes to introduce her business to the group.

Participants will need to be able to succinctly describe their business in three minutes and bring 25 to 30 business cards, along with literature about their products or services, to the event.

For more information or to register, visit www.xperienceconnections.com.

LAWRENCEVILLE New landscaping to be planted on 316 The city of Lawrenceville has partnered with Gwinnett County to install new landscaping along Ga. Highway 316 at the intersection with Ga. Highway 120, a major gateway for the city and the heart of Gwinnett.

Work on this beautification project is scheduled to begin in January and will complement the major private development projects already underway in Gwinnett’s county seat.

“This project is a classic

View Point Health’s grant will help the agency assist clients who are uninsured or underinsured with copays that will cover primary and specialty health care, such as office visits, lab work and pharmacy screenings.

Neighbor to Family will receive $7,635 so it can replace training materials for its Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Non-Violent Crisis Intervention programs. That training is intended to teach foster parents in Gwinnett, Hall, Barrow, Jackson and Clarke counties how to ensure their foster children are safe.

Norcross-based Georgia Community Support and Solutions and Dahlonega-based Rainbow Children’s Home will each receive $7,500.

Georgia Community Support and Solutions, which

example of how counties and cities can work together to improve our common community,” Lawrenceville Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson said.

“We are the county seat of Gwinnett and see Gwinnett County Government Operations as a strategic corporate partner to creating a sense of place that our residents and visitors can enjoy. We look forward to seeing the final result of this exciting beautification project.”

The city of Lawrenceville is home to the majority of the county’s administrative operations.

“The gateway to Lawrenceville is also the gateway to the core of Gwinnett County Government,” Gwinnett County Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said. “We’re glad to contribute to a project that welcomes people to the city as well as to the courthouse and other facilities that provide the high quality county services Gwinnett residents have come to expect.”

Installation for Lawrenceville’s gateway beautification project is expected to be complete in the spring of 2018.

LILBURN Activity Building to open in January The new Lilburn Activity Building will open at 10 a.m.

Jan. 6.

The Activity Building, at 788 Hillcrest Road in Lilburn, will offer classes and be available for rentals.

Instructors will give demonstrations throughout the day to introduce offerings at the new facility. Children’s activities and refreshments will be provided.

For more information, call 678-277-0550.

LOGANVILLE Loganville apparel sold at City Hall Looking for a stocking stuffer for a Loganville enthusiast?

The city is selling T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies at City Hall during regular business hours. T-shirts are $10, and sweatshirts and hoodies are $20. Purchases can be

works with Autistic adults, will use the money to purchase a van that can fit 15 passengers so it can take its participants to community-based activities.

The goal is to let them develop skills that can help them become a part of the community.

Rainbow Children’s Home, which helps abused and neglected girls throughout the Jackson EMC service area, will use its money to provide substance abuse treatment, independence and wellness training, and family reunification services.

Duluth-based H.O.P.E. Inc. will receive $5,000 to help support a childcare and housing program designed to help low-income single-parent families if issues with either of those conditions prevent the parent from completing a college degree program.

made by cash or check only.

To see a picture of the design, visit City of Loganville Events on Facebook.

City hall is located at 4303 Lawrenceville Road in Loganville.

NORCROSS Lionheart Theatre gives final ‘Carol’ performance The Lionheart Theatre will deliver its final performance of “A Christmas Carol” by Michael A. Youngs at 2 p.m. today.

The retelling of Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic is told from a perspective of a young boy’s grandfather. During the play-within-a-play, a young boy has trouble understanding why his grandfather gives his hard-earned money to the poor. The grandfather tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge as he recalls it.

Tickets are $10. For more information, visit lionhearttheatre.org. The theater is located at 10 College St. in Norcross.

PEACHTREE CORNERS City Hall has moved down the street If you need to visit city hall, you’ll have to go down the street about a half-mile west of its previous location.

City hall moved Friday into its new address at 310 Technology Parkway in Peachtree Corners.

All phone numbers and email addresses will remain the same.

For more information, visit www.peachtreecornersga. gov.

SNELLVILLE Foundation hosts fundraising party The Myrtice Colquitt Foundation will host its signature event, Ready for the World, from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Dec. 23 at The Artist Shop, 3190 Lenora Church Road, Suite 400, in Snellville.

The semi-formal event will serve wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres, and the program includes music, dance, raffles and a charity auction.

Proceeds from the event will benefit Ready for the World,

a teen guidance organization that strives to teach teens morals and respect and to help them create a successful path for themselves.

Megnon Harper, the founder and executive director of the Myrtice Colquitt Foundation, spent much of her childhood in Thomaston with her grandmother, who she said taught her to be respectable and presentable at all times. She started the organization in honor of her grandmother.

For more information, visit themcfoundation.weebly.com.

SUGAR HILL Blood drive hosted at Community Center The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Sugar Hill Community Center, 1166 Church St. The American Red Cross encourages those who are looking for a new or different way to give back this holiday season to donate blood or platelets.

Donations generally decline from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day as people become busy with holiday-related activities and travel, but patients don’t get a holiday from needing blood, according to the organization’s website.

For more information, call 770-831-7413.

SUWANEE Guitar ensemble students performing The Suwanee Community Guitar Ensemble will perform at 3 p.m. today at Sugar Hill Community Center.

The Suwanee Community Guitar Ensemble is open to anyone interested in playing guitar. It is hosted by Town Center Music in Suwanee and had its first concert in May. Student ensembles and soloists will be featured in today’s performance. The Sugar Hill Community Center is located at 1166 Church St. in Sugar Hill.

For more information, visit Suwanee Community Guitar Ensemble on Facebook.

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(Local Programming) World of Disney Prep & Landing The Year: 2017 (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Jimmy Kimmel Live ’ (Local Programming) A Home for the Holidays With Josh Groban (N) NCIS Abby is found to possess a real bomb. ’ NCIS: New Orleans “Pandora’s Box, Part II” ’ (Local Programming) Late Show-Colbert (Local Programming) ››‡ “Big Game” (2014, Action) Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson. ’ (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Lethal Weapon “Dancing in September” (CC) The Mick “The Hotel” Ice Age: Christmas (Local Programming) (Local Programming) The Voice Performance recaps. (N) ’ (Live) (CC) The Voice “Live Finale, Part 2” Host Carson Daly reveals the winner. (N) (CC) (Local Programming) Tonight Show-J. Fallon (Local Programming) Finding Your Roots “Funny Business” (N) (CC) Finding Your Roots “The Impression” ’ (CC) Frontline Revenge may have motivated Putin. (Local Programming) 11 Alive News at 7PM Sister Circle ’ (CC) The X-Files “Paperclip” ’ (Part 3 of 3) (CC) The X-Files Deaths attributed to lightning. (CC) 11Alive News at 10 (N) Killer Mysteries (CC) Corrupt Crimes (CC) NOVA Acidity threatens the world’s oceans. ’ Globe Trekker Climbing Volcan Lanin. ’ Wild South America “Lost Worlds” Wild South America (:42) Wild South America “Great Plains” Rick Steves’ Europe The Game ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) Dateline “The House in the Woods” ’ (CC) CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Inside Edition (N) (CC) Funny You Should Ask Seinfeld “The Deal” ’ Rules of Engagement Who Killed Tupac? “East Coast vs West Coast” Who Killed Tupac? “Devil in a Red Suit” (CC) Who Killed Tupac? “Death Row Takeover” (CC) Who Killed Tupac? “Time for Justice” (N) (CC) (:03) Who Killed Tupac? ’ (Part 3 of 6) (CC) (6:00) ››› “Ice Age” (2002, Children’s) (CC) ›‡ “Deck the Halls” (2006, Comedy) Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick. (CC) ››‡ “Ernest Saves Christmas” (1988, Children’s) Jim Varney, Douglas Seale. (CC) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (CC) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (CC) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (N) (CC) Stripped (N) (CC) Watch What Real Housewives Erin Burnett OutFront (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) The Daily Show The Opposition Moonshiners Testing the 3-pot still. ’ (CC) Moonshiners: Outlaw Cuts “Episode 5” (N) (CC) Moonshiners “Legends of the Shine” (N) (CC) (:01) Bushcraft Build-Off “Fire Fight” (N) (CC) (:01) Moonshiners “Legends of the Shine” (CC) College Football Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl -- Akron vs Florida Atlantic. (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) College Basketball Dartmouth at Notre Dame. From Purcell Pavilion in Notre Dame, Ind. (N) (Live) College Basketball Stephen F. Austin State at Missouri. From Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. (N) Football Playoff Football Playoff E! News (N) (CC) ››› “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006, Comedy) Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier. (CC) E! News (CC) The Kardashians The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) (CC) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) (CC) Hannity (N) (CC) The Ingraham Angle (N) (CC) Fox News at Night (N) (CC) Chopped Drive-thru snack and a cold dessert. Chopped Seasoning waffles with chiles de arbol. Chopped Caviar; New Year’s legume; grapes. Chopped Small plates and creative drinks. (N) Chopped The chefs make pork-flavored fish.

(6:40) ›› “Christmas With the Kranks” (2004, Comedy) Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis. (CC) (8:50) ››› “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase. ’ (CC) The 700 Club ’ (CC) UFC Unleashed College Basketball Illinois-Chicago at Illinois State. From Redbird Arena in Normal, Ill. (N) (Live) NHL Hockey Carolina Hurricanes at Toronto Maple Leafs. From Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

(5:00) ››› “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” ››‡ “Jurassic World” (2015, Adventure) Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irrfan Khan. ’ (CC) ››‡ “Jurassic World” (2015, Adventure) Chris Pratt. ’ (CC) (6:00) “Christmas Next Door” (2017) (CC) “Finding Santa” (2017, Romance) Jodie Sweetin. (CC) “Christmas Connection” (2017, Comedy) Brooke Burns, Tom Everett Scott, Kristen Harris. (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Fixer Upper (N) (CC) House Hunters (N) (CC) Hunters Int’l Fixer Upper Renovating a ranch. (CC) The Curse of Oak Island “Bone Dry” ’ (CC) The Curse of Oak Island: Digging Deeper (N) To Be Announced (:03) JFK Declassified: The New Information ’ To Be Announced Grey’s Anatomy Meredith’s mother has surgery. Married at First Sight: Jamie and Doug Plus One (Series Premiere) Jamie and Doug welcome their baby girl. (N) (CC) (:45) Little Women: LA “A Little Festive” (CC) To Be Announced The Thundermans (CC) The Thundermans (CC) ››› “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” (2004, Children’s) Voices of Tom Kenny. ’ (CC) Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Joker’s Wild Drop the Mic (N) (CC) Conan (CC) (6:15) ›› “The Best House in London” (1969) ›››‡ “Peyton Place” (1957, Drama) Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Arthur Kennedy. (CC) ››› “Imitation of Life” (1959) Lana Turner.

Bones Booth’s mother returns. ’ (CC) Major Crimes Sharon faces a health setback. Major Crimes “Conspiracy Theory: Part 3” (N) (:01) Major Crimes “Conspiracy Theory: Part 4” (:02) Major Crimes “Conspiracy Theory: Part 3” M*A*S*H (CC) M*A*S*H (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Teachers (N) (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ Chrisley Knows Best Chrisley Knows Best WWE SmackDown! (N) ’ (Live) (CC) Chrisley Knows Best Chrisley Knows Best (:02) Modern Family ’ (:32) Modern Family ’

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(Local Programming) The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season Finale) An array using 115,000 lights. (N) ’ (CC) The Year in Memoriam 2017 (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Jimmy Kimmel Live ’ (Local Programming) Kevin Can Wait (N) ’ Man With a Plan (N) ’ Superior Donuts (N) ’ 9JKL (N) ’ (CC) Scorpion Walter dreams of a different world. (N) (Local Programming) Late Show-Colbert (Local Programming) Popstar’s Best of 2017 (N) ’ (CC) The Hollywood Walk of Fame Honors 2017 (N) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Lucifer Maze heads to Canada for a tricky case. The Gifted “eXodus” ’ (CC) (DVS) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) The Voice “Live Finale, Part 1” The final four artists perform. (N) ’ (Live) (Part 1 of 2) (CC) (:01) Ellen’s Game of Games (N) (CC) (Local Programming) Tonight Show-J. Fallon (Local Programming) Antiques Roadshow “Richmond” (CC) Antiques Roadshow “Richmond” (CC) Independent Lens “Supergirl” Naomi Kutin navigates adolescence. (N) (Local Programming) 11 Alive News at 7PM Sister Circle ’ (CC) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ’ (CC) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ’ (CC) 11Alive News at 10 (N) Killer Mysteries (CC) Corrupt Crimes (CC) The Doctor Blake Mysteries “Golden Years” ’ Midsomer Murders Brutally murdered. (CC) Midsomer Murders (:40) Masterpiece Mystery! A procedure goes south for Otto. ’ (CC) (:04) Secrets of Chatsworth ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) Dateline “Frantic” ’ (CC) CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Inside Edition (N) (CC) Funny You Should Ask Seinfeld ’ (CC) Rules of Engagement The Murder of Laci Peterson ’ (CC) The Murder of Laci Peterson ’ (CC) The Murder of Laci Peterson “The Verdict” The jury renders a verdict. (:31) The Murder of Laci Peterson New theories emerge after the verdict.

(5:30) ››‡ “Ghostbusters II” (1989) (CC) ››‡ “This Christmas” (2007, Comedy-Drama) Delroy Lindo, Idris Elba, Loretta Devine. (CC) ›› “A Christmas Carol” (1984, Children’s) George C. Scott. (CC) Vanderpump Rules “Masquerade” (CC) Vanderpump Rules Brittany leaves Los Angeles. Vanderpump Rules (N) (CC) RelationShep (N) (CC) Watch What Vanderpump Rules Erin Burnett OutFront (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (N) (CC) Street Outlaws The first list race of the season. Street Outlaws: Full Throttle (N) ’ (CC) Street Outlaws Chuck takes over as racemaster. (:01) Cash Cab ’ (CC) (:31) Cash Cab (N) (CC) (:01) Street Outlaws “Bad Beets” ’ (CC) (6:00) Monday Night Countdown (N) (Live) (CC) (:15) NFL Football Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (N) (Live) SportsCenter College Basketball Nebraska-Omaha at Kansas. From Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. (N) College Basketball Tennessee State at Texas. From the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. (N) SportsCenter Special SportsCenter (N) (CC) E! News (N) (CC) ››› “Hitch” (2005) Will Smith. A smooth-talking man falls for a hardened columnist while helping a shy accountant woo a beautiful heiress. (CC) E! News (CC) The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) (CC) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) (CC) Hannity (N) (CC) The Ingraham Angle (N) (CC) Fox News at Night (N) (CC) Holiday Baking Championship (CC) Holiday Baking Championship (CC) Holiday Baking Championship (N) (CC) Christmas Cookie Challenge (N) (CC) Gingerbread Giants “Path to Victory” (N) (CC) (5:30) ›››‡ “Frozen” (2013) ’ (CC) Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic (N) (CC) ››› “Elf” (2003, Children’s) Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart. ’ (CC) The 700 Club ’ (CC) College Basketball Kansas at Nebraska. From Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb. College Basketball Texas Southern at TCU. (N) (Live) College Basketball (5:30) ››‡ “The Internship” (2013) ’ (CC) ››‡ “Pitch Perfect 2” (2015, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld. ’ (CC) ››‡ “Pitch Perfect 2” (2015) Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson. ’ (CC) (6:00) “Christmas Under Wraps” (2014) (CC) “A Very Merry Mix-Up” (2013, Romance) Alicia Witt, Mark Wiebe, Scott Gibson. (CC) ››› “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” (2008) Henry Winkler, Brooke Burns. (CC) Love It or List It Ken and Mark’s cabin home. Love It or List It “Shannon & Mason” (CC) Love It or List It Justin is tired of the chaos. Tiny House Hunters (N) Hunters Int’l House Hunters (CC) Hunters Int’l American Pickers ’ (CC) American Pickers ’ (CC) American Pickers: Bonus Buys (N) ’ (CC) Pawn Stars (:33) Pawn Stars (CC) (:03) Pawn Stars (CC) (:33) Pawn Stars (CC) (6:00) “On Strike for Christmas” (2010) (CC) “Snowed Inn Christmas -- Director’s Cut” (2017, Romance) Bethany Joy Lenz. Premiere. (CC) (:11) “12 Men of Christmas” (2009, Romance-Comedy) Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Hopkins. (CC) (6:30) “Tiny Christmas” (2017) ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) Family Guy ’ (CC) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Tarantula “Pajattery” Tarantula “Frog Flog” Conan (CC) (6:00) ››› “The Last Sunset” (1961) (CC) ››‡ “Doctor Dolittle” (1967, Children’s) Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley. (CC) (:45) ›››› “My Fair Lady” (1964, Musical) Audrey Hepburn. (CC) (6:15) ››‡ “Maleficent” (2014) (CC) (DVS) ›› “A Christmas Carol” (1999, Fantasy) Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey. (CC) (DVS) (:16) ›‡ “New Year’s Eve” (2011) Halle Berry, Jessica Biel. (CC) (DVS) M*A*S*H (CC) M*A*S*H “O.R.” (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ WWE Monday Night RAW (N) ’ (Live) (CC) (:05) Modern Family ’ (:35) Modern Family ’

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›››› “The Sound of Music” (1965, Musical) Julie Andrews. A novitiate leaves her convent and becomes governess to Capt. Von Trapp’s seven children in Austria before World War II. ’ (CC) (Local Programming) NFL Football 60 Minutes (N) ’ (CC) Wisdom of the Crowd “Alpha Test” (N) ’ (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles “All Is Bright” (N) ’ Madam Secretary (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) A Christmas Story Live! In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a BB gun for Christmas. (N) ’ (Live) (CC) (Local Programming) Football Night in America (N) ’ (Live) (CC) (:20) NFL Football Dallas Cowboys at Oakland Raiders. (N) ’ (Live) (CC) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Last Tango in Halifax “Holiday Special” (N) ’ Victoria on Masterpiece “Doll 123” Princess Victoria becomes queen. ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Saving Hope A deadly and contagious virus. ’ Rookie Blue Luke Callaghan helps with a case. The Simpsons ’ The Simpsons ’ 11Alive News at 10PM The List (N) ’ (CC) Unexplained Unexplained (6:00) The Vietnam War ’ (CC) (DVS) The Vietnam War “The Weight of Memory” Civil war continues in Vietnam. ’ (CC) (DVS) The American St. Nick ’ (CC) D-Day: Over Normandy ’ (CC) Modern Family ’ (CC) Modern Family “Fizbo” The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Major Crimes “Thick as Thieves” (CC) Major Crimes “FindKaylaWeber” (CC) (5:00) ››‡ “The Next Three Days” (2010) ››› “The Rock” (1996, Action) Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris. ’ (CC) (:03) Who Killed Tupac? “Devil in a Red Suit” (6:00) ›› “Happy Feet Two” (2011) Premiere. ››› “Scrooged” (1988, Comedy) Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe. (CC) ››› “Scrooged” (1988, Comedy) Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe. (CC) The Real Housewives of Atlanta (N) (CC) The Real Housewives of Atlanta (N) (CC) Married to Medicine Simone plans a surprise. The Real Housewives of Atlanta (CC) Watch What Housewives/Atl. CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) (CC) CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (N) (CC) CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (CC) (6:50) ››› “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” (2004) Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor. (CC) ››› “Friends With Benefits” (2011, Romance-Comedy) Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson. (CC) Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Alaska: The Last Frontier ’ (CC) Alaska: The Last Frontier (N) ’ (CC) (:01) Alaska: The Last Frontier (N) ’ (CC) (:02) Cash Cab (N) (CC) (:33) Cash Cab (N) (CC) (:04) Alaska: The Last Frontier ’ (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) Sports Shorts (CC) Football Playoff Football Playoff Football Playoff Football Playoff SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) World/Poker World/Poker 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event.

2017 World Series of Poker Main Event.

2017 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Keeping Up With the Kardashians “Dog Tired” Keeping Up With the Kardashians (CC) Keeping Up With the Kardashians (N) (CC) WAGS LA “Wag Wedding Bells” Nicole has her dream wedding. (N) (CC) Fox Report (N) (CC) OBJECTified (N) (CC) The Next Revolution With Steve Hilton (N) (CC) FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace (N) (CC) OBJECTified (CC) Guy’s Grocery Games (CC) Guy’s Grocery Games (N) (CC) Holiday Baking Championship (CC) Christmas Cookie Challenge (CC) Christmas Cookie Challenge (CC) “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (:15) ›››‡ “Frozen” (2013, Children’s) Voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff. ’ (CC) (:45) ››› “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1989) ’ (CC) World Poker World Poker College Basketball UNC-Greensboro at North Carolina State. From PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. World Poker (6:00) ›‡ “Grown Ups” (2010) Adam Sandler. ››‡ “The Night Before” (2015) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. Premiere. ’ (CC) ››‡ “The Night Before” (2015, Comedy) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. ’ (CC) (6:00) “The Christmas Cottage” (2017) (CC) “Christmas Connection” (2017, Comedy) Brooke Burns, Tom Everett Scott. Premiere. (CC) “Enchanted Christmas” (2017, Romance) Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega, Randy Wayne. (CC) Flip or Flop Fort Worth Flip or Flop Fort Worth Hawaii Life (N) (CC) Hawaii Life (N) (CC) Hawaii Life (N) (CC) Hawaii Life (N) (CC) Beachfront Bargain Beachfront Bargain Caribbean Life (CC) Caribbean Life (CC) American Pickers “Slim Pickings” ’ (CC) American Pickers: Bonus Buys “Picking Star Wars Memorabilia” “Star Wars” stash; 1956 Chevy Bel Air. ’ (CC) (:03) American Pickers “Dani and the Boys” ’ (6:00) “The Flight Before Christmas” (2015) “A Perfect Christmas List” (2014, Children’s) Ellen Hollman, Marion Ross. Premiere. (CC) (:02) “Wish Upon a Christmas” (2015, Drama) Larisa Oleynik, Aaron Ashmore, Alan Thicke. (CC) (6:00) Santa Hunters Nicky, Ricky Full House ’ (CC) Full House (CC) Full House (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Search Party “Frenzy” Search Party (N) Search Party “Frenzy” Search Party (5:45) ›››‡ “Now, Voyager” (1942, Drama) ››‡ “Real Life” (1979, Comedy) Albert Brooks, Charles Grodin, Frances Lee McCain. ››› “Modern Romance” (1981, Comedy) Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Bruno Kirby. (:01) ›››‡ “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” (1983, Science Fiction) Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher. (CC) (DVS) Good Behavior (Season Finale) (N) (CC) (DVS) (10:58) Good Behavior (CC) (DVS) Reba ’ (CC) Reba ’ (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Solitary” ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Turmoil” ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Gray” ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Smoked” Happy! A hit man meets an imaginary horse.

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(Local Programming) The Goldbergs ’ Speechless (CC) (DVS) Modern Family ’ American Housewife Match Game ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Jimmy Kimmel Live ’ (Local Programming) Survivor (N) ’ (CC) Survivor “Reunion Special” (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Late Show-Colbert (Local Programming) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer ’ (CC) Top 12 Greatest Christmas Movies (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Empire Lucious looks to a friend for answers. Star The new label head wants to rebrand. ’ (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Will & Grace ’ ››› “Pitch Perfect” (2012, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Rebel Wilson. ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Tonight Show-J. Fallon (Local Programming) Nature Cats in Asia and Africa. (CC) (DVS) NOVA Scientists test avian aptitude. (N) ’ SuperNature -- Wild Flyers ’ (CC) (Local Programming) 11 Alive News at 7PM Sister Circle ’ (CC) Dateline “The Quiet One” ’ (CC) Dateline Detectives search for a missing realtor. 11Alive News at 10 (N) Killer Mysteries (CC) Corrupt Crimes (CC) Antiques Roadshow “Kansas City” (CC) Antiques Roadshow “Kirby Hall 2” ’ (CC) Rebecca A bride feels overshadowed by her husband’s first wife. (CC) European Christmas Cmas-Danube Around Atlanta The Game ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) Dateline “Nightfall” ’ (CC) CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Inside Edition (N) (CC) Funny You Should Ask Seinfeld ’ (CC) Rules of Engagement Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars (N) (CC) Storage Wars (N) (CC) (:01) Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour (N) ’ (CC) (:03) Storage Wars ’ (:33) Storage Wars ’ (6:00) ›› “Happy Feet Two” (2011) (CC) ››› “Scrooged” (1988, Comedy) Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe. (CC) ››› “Scrooged” (1988, Comedy) Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe. (CC) The Real Housewives of New Jersey (CC) The Real Housewives of New Jersey (CC) The Real Housewives of New Jersey (N) (CC) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (CC) Watch What Housewives/NJ Erin Burnett OutFront (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) South Park (CC) The Daily Show The Opposition Homestead Rescue “The Hill of Death” ’ (CC) Homestead Rescue “Ozark Mountain Misery” Homestead Rescue “Drowning” ’ (CC) (:05) Homestead Rescue “Methane Meltdown” (:05) Homestead Rescue “Drowning” ’ (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) College Football DXL Frisco Bowl -- Louisiana Tech vs Southern Methodist. (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) College Basketball Evansville at Duke. From Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. (N) (Live) College Basketball Wofford at North Carolina. From the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. College Basketball E! News (N) (CC) Total Divas Brie struggles to enjoy her vacation. Total Divas “Fake It ’Til You Make It” (N) (CC) Total Divas “Fake It ’Til You Make It” (CC) E! News (CC) The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) (CC) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) (CC) Hannity (N) (CC) The Ingraham Angle (N) (CC) Fox News at Night (N) (CC) Iron Chef America “Symon vs. Okuwa” (CC) Iron Chef Showdown (CC) Iron Chef Showdown “Battle Deep Sea Duel” Iron Chef: Behind the Battle (N) (CC) Iron Chef America “Symon vs. Goldman” (CC) (6:40) ››› “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase. ’ (CC) (8:50) ››› “Elf” (2003, Children’s) Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart. ’ (CC) The 700 Club ’ (CC) Tennis PowerShares Series: Champions Cup. Soccer Kick in for Houston.

XTERRA Adventures World Poker (6:00) ›› “Christmas With the Kranks” (2004) ››‡ “The Night Before” (2015, Comedy) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. ’ (CC) ››‡ “The Night Before” (2015, Comedy) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. ’ (CC) (6:00) “Enchanted Christmas” (2017) (CC) “Christmas in Evergreen” (2017, Romance) Ashley Williams, Teddy Sears, Barbara Niven. (CC) “Sharing Christmas” (2017, Drama) Ellen Hollman, Bobby Campo, Dave Koz. (CC) Property Brothers (CC) Property Brothers “Miles Apart” (CC) Property Brothers at Home: Drew’s Honeymoon House Hunters (N) (CC) Hunters Int’l Property Brothers “Hunting for the One” (CC) Pawn Stars (CC) (DVS) Pawn Stars ’ (CC) Vikings The Saxons devise a battle plan. ’ Vikings “The Prisoner” (N) ’ (CC) (DVS) (:01) Knightfall (N) ’ (CC) (DVS) (:01) Knightfall ’ (CC) (DVS) Grey’s Anatomy “Something to Talk About” ’ Little Women: Atlanta (N) (CC) Little Women: Atlanta “Caught in the Middle” (:02) Little Women: LA (N) (CC) (:14) Little Women: Atlanta (CC) (6:30) “Santa Hunters” (2014) ’ (CC) ››› “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” (2015) Voice of Tom Kenny. ’ (CC) Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Full Frontal Conan (CC) (6:00) ››› “Betrayed” (1954) Clark Gable. (:15) ››› “The Story of Robin Hood” (1952) Richard Todd, Joan Rice. (:45) ›› “The Sign of Zorro” (1960, Children’s) Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon. ›› Toby Tyler (1960) (5:00) ››› “The Hunger Games” (2012) The Librarians “And the Silver Screen” (N) (CC) The Librarians “And the Steal of Fortune” (N) The Librarians “And the Silver Screen” (CC) The Librarians “And the Steal of Fortune” (CC) M*A*S*H (CC) (:36) M*A*S*H (CC) (:12) Everybody Loves Raymond ’ (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (CC) (DVS) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Net Worth” Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Know It All” Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (CC) (DVS) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Imposter”

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(Local Programming) Shark Tank ’ (CC) (DVS) (:01) Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. “Rewind” (:01) 20/20 ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Jimmy Kimmel Live ’ (Local Programming) I Love Lucy Christmas Special (N) ’ (CC) The Dick Van Dyke Show -- Now in-Color! Blue Bloods Danny protects a released ex-con. (Local Programming) Late Show-Colbert (Local Programming) Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic ’ (CC) Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2017 (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Hell’s Kitchen “Trimming Fat; Welcome to the Jungle” Teams re-create six of Ramsay’s dishes. (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Blindspot Jane and Weller face a toxic secret. Dateline NBC (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Tonight Show-J. Fallon (Local Programming) Washington Week (N) Washington Week (N) Christmas at Belmont 2017 (N) ’ (CC) Eric Idle’s The Entire Universe (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) 11 Alive News at 7PM Sister Circle ’ (CC) American Ninja Warrior ’ (Part 1 of 2) (CC) American Ninja Warrior ’ (Part 2 of 2) (CC) 11Alive News at 10 (N) Killer Mysteries (CC) Corrupt Crimes (CC) Father Brown A 300-year-old secret. ’ (CC) Death in Paradise “Lost Identity” ’ (CC) New Tricks ’ (CC) The Coroner Member of a lifeboat crew drowns. Inside the Court of Henry VIII ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) The Game (CC) Dateline “Over the Edge” ’ (CC) CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Inside Edition (N) (CC) Funny You Should Ask Seinfeld “The Strike” Rules of Engagement (5:00) Live PD “Live PD -- 12.16.17” ’ (CC) Live PD: Police Patrol Live PD: Police Patrol Live PD: Police Patrol Live PD: Police Patrol Live PD: Police Patrol Live PD: Police Patrol Live PD: Police Patrol Live PD: Police Patrol (6:00) ››‡ “Hocus Pocus” (1993) (CC) ››› “Ice Age” (2002, Children’s) Voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary. (CC) ››› “Happy Feet” (2006, Children’s) Voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams. (CC) Married to Medicine Simone plans a surprise. Married to Medicine (N) (CC) ››› “The Other Guys” (2010, Comedy) Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes. (CC) The Other Guys (2010) Erin Burnett OutFront (N) (CC) CNN Special Report (CC) United Shades of America “The New KKK” United Shades of America (CC) United Shades of America “Chicago Gangs” (4:45) Meet the Parents ››‡ “Meet the Fockers” (2004, Comedy) Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman. (CC) Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny (CC) Kevin Hart Kevin Hart Gold Rush Todd makes a play for new land. ’ Gold Rush: Pay Dirt “The Devil’s Finger” (N) ’ Gold Rush Todd discovers a historic mine site. (:01) Tesla (N) ’ (CC) (:01) Gold Rush “The Holy Grail” ’ (CC) College Football NBA Countdown (N) NBA Basketball Los Angeles Clippers at Houston Rockets. From the Toyota Center in Houston. (N) (Live) NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors. (N) (Live) College Basketball Northwestern at Oklahoma. From the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. (N) College Basketball Texas vs Alabama. From Legacy Arena at the BJCC in Birmingham, Ala. (N) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) ››› “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006, Comedy) Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier. (CC) ››› “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006, Comedy) Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier. (CC) The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) (CC) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) (CC) Hannity (N) (CC) The Ingraham Angle (N) (CC) Fox News at Night (N) (CC) Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Paid Program (CC) Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive The Polar Express ’ ››› “The Santa Clause” (1994, Children’s) Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold. ’ (CC) (:40) ›‡ “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” (2006, Children’s) Tim Allen, Martin Short. ’ (CC) College Basketball Jacksonville at North Carolina State. From PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. (N) College Basketball Wright State at Georgia Tech. From McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta. (N) (Live) College Basketball (6:00) ››‡ “Penguins of Madagascar” ’ ››‡ “Minions” (2015, Children’s) Voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm. ’ (CC) ››‡ “Minions” (2015, Children’s) Voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm. ’ (CC) (6:00) “Christmas at Holly Lodge” (2017) (CC) “The Christmas Train” (2017, Drama) Dermot Mulroney, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. (CC) “The Christmas Cottage” (2017, Drama) Merritt Patterson, Steve Lund. (CC) House Hunters (CC) House Hunters (CC) Lottery Dream Home Lottery Dream Home Lottery Dream Home Lottery Dream Home House Hunters (CC) Hunters Int’l House Hunters (CC) Hunters Int’l Ancient Aliens Japan’s Ishi-no-Hoden megalith. Ancient Aliens “Shiva the Destroyer” ’ (CC) Ancient Aliens “The Alien Disks” ’ (CC) (DVS) (:03) Ancient Aliens “Destination Mars” ’ (:03) Ancient Aliens “Aliens and Insects” (CC) Bring It! The Dancing Dolls prepare to battle. Bring It! Oz-inspired choreography challenge. (N) Bring It! “A Very Bring It! Holiday” (N) (CC) (:02) The Rap Game “Holiday Remix” (N) (CC) (:02) Bring It! “A Very Bring It! Holiday” (CC) The Loud House (CC) SpongeBob ››› “Megamind” (2010, Children’s) Voices of Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey. ’ (CC) Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol! (CC) (DVS) Joker’s Wild Drop the Mic (CC) (5:15) ››› “Guys and Dolls” (1955) (CC) ›› “Christmas in Connecticut” (1945, Comedy) Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan. (CC) ››› “Remember the Night” (1940) Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi. (CC) Dr. Seuss’ Grinch ›››› “The Wizard of Oz” (1939, Children’s) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan. (CC) (DVS) Dr. Seuss’ Grinch (:15) ›› “A Christmas Carol” (1999, Fantasy) Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant. (CC) (DVS) M*A*S*H “White Gold” (:36) M*A*S*H (CC) (:12) Everybody Loves Raymond “Young Girl” Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’

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(Local Programming) A Charlie Brown Christmas ’ (CC) The Great American Baking Show “French Week and the Finals” The bakers create French fare. (Local Programming) Jimmy Kimmel Live ’ (Local Programming) The Big Bang Theory (:31) Young Sheldon (:01) Mom (N) ’ (CC) Life in Pieces (N) (CC) S.W.A.T. “Miracle” (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Late Show-Colbert (Local Programming) Supernatural Sam and Dean search for Jack. ’ Arrow Slade uncovers clues about his son. (CC) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Gotham “A Dark Knight: The Fear Reaper” (CC) (:01) The Orville “Pria” ’ (CC) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Great News (N) (CC) Great News (N) (CC) Saturday Night Live “A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special” Holiday-themed sketches. (N) (CC) (Local Programming) Tonight Show-J. Fallon (Local Programming) The This Old House Hour ’ (CC) Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Antiques Roadshow “Richmond” (CC) (Local Programming) 11 Alive News at 7PM Sister Circle ’ (CC) Law & Order: Criminal Intent “Cuba Libre” (CC) Law & Order: Criminal Intent “Monster” (CC) 11Alive News at 10 (N) Killer Mysteries (CC) Corrupt Crimes (CC) Jordan Smith ’Tis the Season ’ (CC) Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert Around Atlanta Independent Lens “A Ballerina’s Tale” Ballet dancer Misty Copeland. ’ Finding Your Roots Questlove; Dr. Phil. ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) Dateline A man claims his wife killed herself. ’ CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Inside Edition (N) (CC) Funny You Should Ask Seinfeld ’ (CC) Rules of Engagement The First 48 “House of Cards” ’ (CC) The First 48: Blood Money “50G Murder” (N) The First 48 “Trap House” (N) ’ (CC) The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All (N) (CC) (:03) The First 48 “Deadly Rap” ’ (CC) (5:30) ›› “A Christmas Carol” (1984) (CC) ›››› “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947, Fantasy) Maureen O’Hara, John Payne. (CC) (:15) ›››› “White Christmas” (1954, Musical Comedy) Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye. (CC) Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (CC) Inside the Actors Studio “Kristen Wiig” (N) (CC) Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (N) (CC) Top Chef “Keep on Truckin”’ (N) (CC) Watch What Million Dollar LA Erin Burnett OutFront (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) CNN Special Report (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) Futurama ’ (CC) Futurama ’ (CC) Drunk History (CC) Drunk History (CC) Drunk History (CC) Drunk History (CC) The Daily Show With Trevor Noah (CC) The Daily Show The Opposition Alaska: The Last Frontier ’ (CC) Alaska: The Last Frontier (N) ’ (CC) Alaska: The Last Frontier “Bracing for Change” SportsCenter Football Countdown College Football Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl -- Temple vs Florida International. (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) The Fantasy Show ’ SportsCenter (N) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) College Basketball Connecticut at Arizona. From McKale Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz. (N) College Basketball Kansas at Stanford. (N) (CC) E! News (N) (CC) ››‡ “It’s Complicated” (2009, Romance-Comedy) Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin. (CC) E! News (CC) The Kardashians The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) (CC) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) (CC) Hannity (N) (CC) The Ingraham Angle (N) (CC) Fox News at Night (N) (CC) Chopped Cheesecake and garam masala. (CC) Chopped A puzzling pasta in round one. (CC) Chopped Garlic ice cream in the entree basket. Beat Bobby Flay (N) Beat Bobby Flay (CC) Beat Bobby Flay (CC) Beat Bobby Flay (CC) (6:40) ››› “Elf” (2003, Children’s) Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart. ’ (CC) (8:50) ››› “The Polar Express” (2004) Voices of Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter. ’ (CC) (10:55) Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town ’ (CC) Tennis Supercross Rewind (N) World Poker (5:30) ›› “The Other Woman” (2014) ’ (CC) ››› “Trainwreck” (2015, Romance-Comedy) Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson. ’ (CC) ››› “Trainwreck” (2015) Amy Schumer. ’ (6:00) “Christmas Land” (2015) Nikki Deloach. “Christmas Connection” (2017, Comedy) Brooke Burns, Tom Everett Scott, Kristen Harris. (CC) “Christmas Next Door” (2017, Romance) Jesse Metcalfe, Fiona Gubelmann, Jacob Blair. (CC) Flip or Flop (CC) Flip or Flop (CC) Flip or Flop (CC) Flip or Flop (CC) Flip or Flop Fort Worth Flip or Flop Vegas House Hunters (N) (CC) Hunters Int’l House Hunters (CC) Hunters Int’l American Pickers “Hot Rod Hero” (CC) (DVS) American Pickers “Picked a Peck of Pepper” American Pickers “Mikey Likes It” (N) ’ (CC) (:03) American Pickers “Catch-32” ’ (CC) (:03) American Pickers “Full Speedo Ahead” ’ Grey’s Anatomy “Owner of a Lonely Heart” ’ “Four Christmases and a Wedding” (2017, Romance) Arielle Kebbel, Markie Post. (CC) (:02) “A Perfect Christmas List” (2014, Children’s) Ellen Hollman, Marion Ross. (CC) The Thundermans (CC) The Thundermans (CC) ›››‡ “The LEGO Movie” (2014, Children’s) Voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell. ’ (CC) Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) Seinfeld ’ (CC) Seinfeld ’ (CC) Seinfeld (CC) Seinfeld (CC) The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Conan (CC) (6:15) ›› “In the Cool of the Day” (1963) (CC) ››› “Swing Time” (1936, Musical Comedy) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. (CC) (DVS) ›››› “42nd Street” (1933) Ruby Keeler, Warner Baxter. (CC) (DVS) Yankee Doodle Dandy NCIS: New Orleans “Master of Horror” ’ (CC) NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at New York Knicks. From Madison Square Garden in New York. (N Subject to Blackout) NBA Basketball San Antonio Spurs at Utah Jazz. (N Subject to Blackout) M*A*S*H (CC) M*A*S*H (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Avatar” ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Trophy” ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (CC) (DVS) Damnation The town’s banker departs. (N) (:01) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ’

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(Local Programming) CMA Country Christmas Music stars perform holiday songs; Reba McEntire hosts and performs. Ten Days in the Valley (N) ’ (CC) (DVS) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) NCIS: New Orleans “Let It Ride” ’ (CC) (DVS) 48 Hours ’ (CC) 48 Hours ’ (CC) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) The Gifted “eXit strategy” ’ (CC) (DVS) Lethal Weapon “Born to Run” ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Hell’s Kitchen A dinner service with chef tables.

Football Night in America (N) ’ (Live) (CC) (:20) NFL Football Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers. From Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. (N) ’ (Live) (CC) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Austin City Limits “Tom Waits” ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Wheel of Fortune (CC) Jeopardy! ’ (CC) Saving Hope “Ride Hard or Go Home” ’ Rookie Blue “For Better, For Worse” ’ (CC) 11Alive News at 10PM Sing Like a Star (N) ’ Ring of Honor Wrestling (CC) Finding Your Roots Questlove; Dr. Phil. ’ (CC) Happy Holidays With the Boston Pops ’ (CC) Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol Concert Festival of Carols With Sylvia McNair ’ (CC) Celtic Woman: Home for Christmas ’ (CC) Atlanta Eats The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory CBS46 News at 9pm (N) ››› “The Big Picture” (1989, Comedy) Kevin Bacon, Emily Longstreth, J.T. Walsh.

(5:00) Live PD “Live PD -- 12.15.17” ’ (CC) Live PD: Rewind ’ (CC) Live PD “Live PD -- 10.21.17” Riding along with law enforcement. ’ (CC) (5:30) ››‡ “This Christmas” (2007) (CC) ››› “Scrooged” (1988, Comedy) Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe. (CC) ›› “A Christmas Carol” (1984, Children’s) George C. Scott, Angela Pleasence. (CC) The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (CC) ››› “Bridesmaids” (2011, Comedy) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne. (CC) ››› “Bridesmaids” (2011, Comedy) Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. (CC) CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) (CC) The Seventies “Television Gets Real” (CC) The Seventies American pop music explodes. The Seventies Violent crimes color the decade. The Seventies “Terrorism at Home and Abroad” (5:30) Happy Gilmore ››‡ “The Longest Yard” (2005, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds. (CC) ›‡ “Blended” (2014, Romance-Comedy) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore. Premiere. (CC) Deadliest Catch ’ (CC) Deadliest Catch ’ (CC) Deadliest Catch ’ (CC) Deadliest Catch ’ (CC) Deadliest Catch ’ (CC) College Football Dollar General Bowl -- Appalachian State vs Toledo. (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) (6:30) SportsCenter (N) Basketball College Basketball Illinois vs Missouri. From Scottrade Center in St. Louis. (N) (Live) College Basketball Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Second Semifinal: Teams TBA. (N) ›‡ “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999, Comedy) Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles. (CC) ›‡ “10 Things I Hate About You” (1999, Comedy) Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles. (CC) ›› “She’s All That” (1999) Freddie Prinze Jr..

Fox Report (N) (CC) Watters’ World (N) (CC) Justice With Judge Jeanine (N) (CC) The Greg Gutfeld Show (N) (CC) Watters’ World (CC) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (CC) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (CC) Paid Program (CC) Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive (:10) ››› “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. ’ (CC) (:20) ›› “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000, Children’s) Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor. ’ (CC) College Basketball Duquesne vs San Francisco. College Basketball Manhattan at Seton Hall. From Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Tennis PowerShares Series: Champions Showdown.

(5:30) ››› “22 Jump Street” (2014) ’ (CC) ››‡ “Pitch Perfect 2” (2015, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld. ’ (CC) ››‡ “Pitch Perfect 2” (2015) Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson. ’ (CC) (6:00) “Christmas Next Door” (2017) (CC) “Christmas Getaway” (2017, Romance) Bridget Regan, Travis Van Winkle. Premiere. (CC) “A Royal Christmas” (2014, Romance) Lacey Chabert, Stephen Hagan, Jane Seymour. (CC) Property Brothers at Home: Drew’s Honeymoon Property Brothers at Home: Drew’s Honeymoon Property Brothers at Home: Drew’s Honeymoon House Hunters Renovation (N) (CC) House Hunters (CC) Hunters Int’l American Pickers ’ (CC) American Pickers ’ (CC) American Pickers ’ (CC) (:03) American Pickers ’ (CC) (:03) American Pickers ’ (CC) (6:00) “A Perfect Christmas List” (2014) (CC) “A Very Merry Toy Store: Director’s Cut” (2017) Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez. Premiere. (CC) (:07) “Wrapped Up in Christmas” (2017, Romance) Tatyana Ali, Brendan Fehr, Kim Fields. (CC) “Tiny Christmas” (2017) Jonathan A. Rosenbaum, Lizzy Greene. ’ (CC) Nicky, Ricky Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) Seinfeld “The Race” Seinfeld “The Gum” Seinfeld “The Strike” The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Full Frontal Search Party “Frenzy” (5:00) ››› “King of Kings” (1961) (CC) ›››› “The Quiet Man” (1952, Drama) John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Barry Fitzgerald. (CC) ››› “My Favorite Wife” (1940) Irene Dunne, Cary Grant. (CC) (5:45) ››› “Cinderella” (2015) (CC) (DVS) ›››› “The Wizard of Oz” (1939, Children’s) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan. (CC) (DVS) (:15) ››‡ “Maleficent” (2014, Fantasy) Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley. (CC) (DVS) The Golden Girls (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ (6:00) ›› “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” (2013) Dwayne Johnson. (CC) (DVS) ››› “Thor” (2011, Action) Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins. (CC) (DVS) Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’

bestbets SUNDAY 7 p.m. on FOX A Christmas Story Live!

They won Oscars for their work on “La La Land” and Tonys for their score to Broadway’s “Dear Evan Hansen.” Now, the redhot song-writing team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul bring their stage musical adaptation of a favorite holiday movie to live TV. Seattle newcomer Andy Walken stars as Ralphie, with Maya Rudolph and Chris Diamantopoulos as his mom and dad. Jane Krakowski also stars as schoolteacher Miss Shields. Ana Gasteyer also has

Andy Walken

a featured role; Matthew Broderick narrates.

other popular contemporary artists as multiple Grammywinning singer-songwriters Kelly Clarkson and Kacey Musgraves, plus best-selling country vocalist Kane Brown.

MONDAY 8 p.m. on CW Popstar’s Best of 2017 Actress and TV personality Elizabeth Stanton hosts this new one-hour special, which counts down the greatest and most memorable moments of the calendar year currently drawing to a close, as compiled by the staff of Popstar Magazine based on polls they conducted. The special is produced by Associated Television International.

10:01 p.m. on NBC Ellen’s Game of Games Ellen DeGeneres brings her exuberant brand of comedy to this new reality competition series, which bows tonight with a special preview before beginning its regular series run on Jan. 2. As host of the proceedings, DeGeneres plucks contestants from her studio audience for a shot at a big cash prize. First, though, they’ll have to maneuver past massive obstacles, answer tricky questions under intense time pressure and take scary leaps into the

WEDNESDAY

Josh Groban unknown for games such as “Scary Go Round.”

TUESDAY 8 p.m. on CBS A Home for the Holidays With Josh Groban Singer and actor Josh Groban headlines the 19th annual edition of this feel-good Christmas special, which celebrates families whose lives have been changed for the better through adoption from foster care. The moving personal stories from featured families in Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma and New York are enhanced by musical performances by Groban and such

9 p.m. on HIST Vikings Ivar’s (Alex Hogh Andersen) runaway hubris is put in check when he starts to realize he has met his match in Heahmund (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), the aptly nicknamed warrior bishop, in the new episode “The Prisoner.” Meanwhile, Floki (Gustaf Skarsgard) returns to Kattegat, bearing some exciting news for his old friends, and Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig) receives a lavish and apparently warm welcome as his travels take him to North Africa. Katheryn Winnick also stars.

THURSDAY 8 p.m. on NBC Great News The title of this new yuletidethemed episode is “A Christmas Carol Wendelson,” but the Charles Dickens classic gets cleverly turned on its head in a

story that finds Andrea Martin’s maternal character absolutely overflowing with Christmas spirit. Unfortunately, this antiScrooge shtick is driving her office colleagues right up the wall. Meanwhile, Chuck’s (John Michael Higgins) estranged son, Petey (guest star Will Sasso), unexpectedly drops by the office, inspiring Katie (Briga Heelen) to try for a father-son reconciliation. Another new episode follows.

FRIDAY 9 p.m. on CBS The Dick Van Dyke Show — Now in Living Color!

For this year’s edition of this holiday special, series creator Carl Reiner selected two episodes spotlighting Laura Petrie (Mary Tyler Moore) as a tribute to the beloved actress, who died last January. The first colorized half-hour is “My BlondeHaired Brunette,” which finds Laura trying to spice up her marriage to hubby Rob (Dick Van Dyke) by going blonde.

Then, in “October Eve,” Laura is horrified a painting she once posed for has been turned into a nude portrait by the artist.

SATURDAY 8 p.m. on HALL Movie: Christmas Getaway “The Last Ship” co-stars Bridget Regan and Travis Van Winkle reteam in this 2017 holiday romance about a newly single travel writer, Emory (Regan), who arrives in rustic Pine Grove expecting to spend Christmas alone, only to find herself forced by a reservation mix-up to share the last available cabin with a handsome widower (Van Winkle) and his adorable young daughter.

Emory finds herself drawn irresistibly into the family fun of her unexpected roommates.

Bridget Regan and Travis Van Winkle

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Georgia Perimeter’s legacy in Gwinnett Long before Georgia Gwinnett College was conceived, back when Gwinnett Technical College was exclusively a vocational school, another institution introduced universitylevel courses to Gwinnett County.

That institution was DeKalb College, which eventually became Georgia Perimeter College and is now part of Georgia State University.

These days, few Gwinnettians recall Perimeter’s role as a higher education pioneer. Fewer still acknowledge the dozens of dedicated Georgia Perimeter faculty, staff and administrators who made this county home — or the 50,000 students who passed through colleges doors during its 20-year Gwinnett run.

Yet without their contributions, Gwinnett residents would likely not enjoy all the educational opportunities they have today.

In 1987, DeKalb College, a bustling two-year school with campuses in Decatur, Clarkston and Dunwoody, began offering classes in rented space at Gwinnett Tech. As part of the state’s University System, DeKalb could offer courses that transferred to other system institutions, including UGA and Georgia Tech.

Access to such courses, combined with low twoyear-college tuition, proved immensely popular with Gwinnett residents, and soon DeKalb College would move across Sugarloaf Parkway to its own digs in an industrial park.

three years. The two-year school was also joined at the center by the University of Georgia (and, to a lesser extent, Georgia State), offering a number of bachelor’s and graduate degrees.

On the day in 2005 Rob when we learned that the state was creating a new, Jenkins four-year institution on the Gwinnett University Center Over the next 12 years, the site and essentially kicking college would continue to us off (full disclosure: I was grow until it occupied prac- then the campus’s academic tically the entire block. dean), Georgia Perimeter That wasn’t enough and its partners were servspace. In 2002, Georgia ing approximately 8,000 Perimeter College — the students. school changed its name In essence, Gwinnett in 1997 to reflect the fact County already had a fourthat it was no longer just year college. It just wasn’t “DeKalb’s college” — billed as such. moved to the newly-conPerhaps the conversion to structed “Gwinnett Univer- a separate, standalone foursity Center” on the corner year institution represented of Ga. Highway 316 and progress. Few could argue Collins Hill Road — the that it hasn’t been beneficurrent site of GGC. cial. Gwinnett is fortunate Originally, the center to have GGC, along with an was to consist of one large aggressively entrepreneurbuilding — the round one ial technical college with with the large, flashbulbgreatly expanded offerings. like projection on top, But no one should forget still visible from Ga. 316. the role Georgia Perimeter Georgia Perimeter folks af- College played in making fectionately referred to it as all that happen. “the mothership.”

Rob Jenkins is a local However, even before college professor and freethe move, it was clear that lance writer who served as one building wouldn’t do. the Humanities Department Georgia Perimeter had by Chair and Dean of Acathat time grown to over demic Services at Georgia 3500 students, shoe-horned Perimeter College — Lawinto the industrial space off renceville from 2000-05.

Sugarloaf. So the University He is the author of four System quickly threw up books, including “Family another building, the LMan: The Art of Survivshaped structure closest to ing Domestic Tranquility,” Collins Industrial Way. available at Books for Less Even that was barely in Buford and on Amazon. sufficient, as enrollment at The views expressed here the Lawrenceville campus are his own. Email Rob at would double over the next rjenkinsgdp@yahoo.com.

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Main St., Buford ............................................................88 American Deli.................................4060 Buford Drive, Suite D and E, Buford ............................64 Arte 3 ...............................................3705 Old Norcross Road, Duluth ..........................................91 Bar Chix ..........................................3547 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suite 1, Duluth ..................93 Bay Breeze .....................................4300 Stone Mountain Highway, Lilburn ................................82 Burger King No. 13428..................3470 Braselton Highway, Dacula...........................................96 Caprese...........................................2130 Hamilton Creek Parkway, No. 101, Dacula...................88 Casablanca.....................................3907 Burns Road N.W., Suite 2, Lilburn .............................100 Checkers.........................................2336 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth ...........................................83 Chef Wong ......................................3525 Mall Blvd., Suite 1A, Duluth ..........................................68 Cheongi ..........................................2255 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite 440, Duluth..........................87 Chick-fil-A .......................................2635 Hamilton Mill Road, Buford.........................................100 Chick-fil-A .......................................5075 Stone Mountain Highway, Stone Mountain ...............100 Chili’s...............................................2705 Hamilton Mill Road, Buford...........................................98 Chipotle...........................................3350 Buford Drive, Buford .....................................................99 Chopstixx .......................................4955 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 108, Lawrenceville ..............93 Chow King Grill and Buffet ..........2055 Beaver Ruin Road, Suite G, Norcross .........................83 Coconut Grill ..................................4181 Steve Reynolds Blvd., Suite 102, Norcross .................97 Costa Verde Restaurant................6200-1C Buford Highway, Norcross ....................................100 Cracker Barrel ................................75 Celebrate Drive, Suwanee................................................91 D’Cuban Cafe .................................6200 Buford Highway, Suite L and K, Norcross ....................92 Dacula Dairy Queen ......................2674 Winder Highway, Dacula ...............................................94 Denny’s ...........................................2925 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, Suwanee....................87 Dosirak ............................................145 Satellite Blvd., Suite F, Suwanee ....................................83 Einstein Bros. Bagels No. 3108 ...3675 Satellite Blvd., Duluth ..................................................100 El Torero ..........................................3656 Satellite Blvd., Duluth ....................................................88 Golden Seven.................................320 Town Center Ave. N.W., Suite C-8, Suwanee ................92 Hooters ...........................................3550 Gwinnett Place Drive, Duluth .......................................93 Hot and Cold Buffet Restaurant ..2302 U.S. Highway 78, Snellville ...........................................86 I Luv Pho.........................................4650 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Suite 133B, Norcross ..................86 IHOP No. 3143 ................................3463 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, Suwanee....................91 Italian Cuisine ................................5245 Langford Park Drive, Suite H, Norcross .......................63 Lal Qila ............................................4771 Britt Road, Suite E-1, Norcross ....................................86 Langley Express Cafe...................225 Langley Drive, Suite B, Lawrenceville ............................84 Las Islitas Mexican Bar and Grill 5125 Willow Oak Trail, Norcross ............................................95 Locos Grill and Pub ......................5915 Suwanee Road, Buford ................................................87 Longhorn ........................................2120 Killian Hill Road, Snellville ............................................99 Los Portales Mexican Grill ...........6329 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Norcross ......................................93 Mazzys Sports Bar and Grill ........7160 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Norcross.......................................91 McCray’s .........................................100 N. Perry St., Lawrenceville..............................................90 McDonald’s.....................................6165 McDonough Blvd., Norcross ........................................70 McDonald’s.....................................6165 McDonough Blvd., Norcross ........................................83 Mellow Mushroom.........................320 Town Center Ave., Suite C1, Suwanee ..........................96 Montego Grill .................................1480 Buford Drive, Suite B, Lawrenceville ............................87 Newk’s Eatery ................................911 Duluth Highway, Suite F, Lawrenceville ............... 59 (12/6) Newk’s Eatery ................................911 Duluth Highway, Suite F, Lawrenceville ............. 93 (12/11) North Dumpling .............................2180 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth ...........................................85 Outback Steakhouse ....................145 Celebration Drive, Suwanee...........................................99 Phoenix High School Vending 3 .501 Pike St., Lawrenceville ..................................................100 Reveille Cafe ..................................5885 Cumming Highway, Suite 101-103, Buford...................94 Rockin Jump ..................................3520 Gravel Springs Road, Suite 1, Buford ..........................94 Subway ...........................................930 New Hope Road, Lawrenceville .....................................80 Taki Hibachi Sushi.........................525 Dacula Road, Suite 200, Dacula ....................................87 Teriyaki Grill ...................................930 New Hope Road, Suite 7, Lawrenceville ........................91 VFW 5255........................................368 Grayson Highway, Lawrenceville..................................100 Vien Huong.....................................4771 Britt Road, Suite F1, Norcross......................................81 Vivi Bubble Tea ..............................3875 Venture Drive, Space A3, Duluth..................................83 Waffle House No. 1696 ..................5565 Buford Highway, Norcross ............................................96 Waffle House No. 1194 ..................1205 Lakes Parkway, Lawrenceville......................................95 Which Wich.....................................1350 Scenic Highway, Suite No. 604, Snellville ....................89 Wings and Philly............................139 S. Clayton St., Lawrenceville ..........................................96 Yummy Garden ..............................2300 Pleasant Hill Road, B-6 Suite 139, Duluth ...................70 For more health inspection scores, visit gwinnettdailypost.com.

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