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HomeFirst Gwinnett seeks $950K from county Organization aims to fight area homelessness

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The head of the new organization tasked with tackling homelessness in Gwinnett is asking county leaders for funding to proceed with a nearly $1 million plan to combat the

issue.

Gwinnett commissioners had already set aside the funding for HomeFirst Gwinnett Initiative in the county’s budget, but how that money will be used became clear during a presentation from the group’s director, Matt Elder, this past week. Elder said

provide assistance,” Elder said.

HomeFirst, which is set Among the items for up in partnership with the which HomeFirst plans use United Way and Primerica, its funding are the impleis seeking $950,000 for its mentation of a coordinated efforts this year. entry system to help home“We’re trying to create less residents of Gwinnett an easier, more effective get assistance. The goal is and efficient system to to get that system up and connect people in need running in April. with those organizations See HOMELESS, Page 5A that have the ability to

HomeFirst Gwinnett Initiative Director Matt Elder explains the organization’s funding request of $950,000 for tackling the county’s homeless issue to county commissioners Tuesday.

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County to run senior centers in two cities

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Grayson, Snellville to see expanded services

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Buford quilter Liz Thomas examines some of the magazine covers in former NBA player Mike Glenn’s African-American sports memorabilia in part of the Black History Month exhibit at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville. Thomas and Glenn each contributed items for the six-section exhibit. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans)

Gwinnett County Senior Services is coming to Grayson and Snellville.

County commissioners approved agreements with the cities on Tuesday to take over senior centers in each municipality to expand congregate meals services and relieve demand on the Centerville Senior Center. Each center is expected to open in March with federal funding that will be coming to the county through the Atlanta Regional Commission.

“I know we all want to say a word of thanks to both the city of Snellville

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Gwinnett exhibit highlights local, national legacies causes fire

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Snellville resident and former NBA player Mike Glenn will turn into a fanboy over plenty of famous athletes of the past, but if there is one that rises to the top of the group, he said it’s got to be Muhammad Ali. Glenn evoked the words of the famed boxer, known as much for his panache and charisma outside the ring as he was for his prowess inside it, when he called Ali “the greatest.” He quickly adds that he’s also a fan of two other boxing champions, Jack Johnson and Tom Molineaux, but he says no other athlete in any sport could quite match Ali. The legendary boxer who boasted that he could “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee” is, in Glenn’s mind, the GOAT — sports talk meaning “greatest of all-time.”

“I’m pretty convinced there is just one GOAT,” Glenn said.

“Now you’ve got all of these athletes trying to claim he’s the GOAT, but there’s only one. ‘Greatest’ is a superlative that only one person can have.

There’s no greater than this one or that one.

“It’s ‘the greatest’ and there’s one greatest in my exhibit and one greatest in American history and that’s Muhammad Ali.”

A car that was fleeing Lawrenceville police crashed into an above-ground gas valve early Friday morning, causing a fire that closed Grayson Highway in Lawrenceville for several hours.

According to Lawrenceville Police Department spokesman Nashawn Lt. Jake Parker, shortly Wiggins before 3:20 a.m., officers attempted to stop 24-year-old Lawrenceville resident Nashawn Wiggins for

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NBA player Mike Glenn included several items related to African-American boxing history from his collection of African-American sports memorabilia for his portion of the Black History Month exhibit at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville.

collection of African-American artifacts is one of six compoVisit gwinnettdailypost.com nents in this year’s exhibit. for a photo gallery.

Black history-related artwork

by Discovery High School Glenn has been a regustudents, quilts made by Buford lar contributor to Gwinnett resident Liz Thomas, a display County’s annual Black History recognizing several AfricanMonth exhibit at the Gwinnett American elected officials in Justice and Administration the county, a video highlighting Center, located at 75 Langley African-American history in Drive in Lawrenceville, and this Gwinnett and a display highyear is no different. A sportslighting the 25th anniversary related portion of his personal of the Upsilon Alpha Omega MORE ONLINE

chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. are part of the display.

The exhibit will be on display through the end of February. The United Ebony Society of Gwinnett County Inc. worked with county officials on the exhibit.

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A single-vehicle crash ruptured an above ground gas valve, causing the car to catch fire and forcing the closure of Grayson Highway southwest of Simonton Road in Lawrenceville early Friday morning. (Special Photo)

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Duluth Mayor Nancy Harris already represents Gwinnett County’s cities on the Atlanta Regional Commission board, but she is now taking on another regional role, city officials announced this past week.

The Metro Atlanta Mayors Association recently elected Harris as its new chairwoman for a two-year term, giving her a new leading role in a group that includes mayors from more than 70 cities in the metro area.

She previously served as the association’s vicechairwoman.

The election happened during the Georgia Municipal Association’s Mayor’s Day Conference on Jan. 27.

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District seat, her campaign said endorsements are already starting to come in.

Bourdeaux spokesman Jake Best said the college professor — who narrowly lost to U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall in November — has already received endorsements for her 2020 bid from former U.S. AmCurt Yeomans bassador Andrew Young, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, State Reps. Dewey Mc“It is an honor to serve as chairperson of MAMA, Clain, Jasmine Clarke, Shelly Hutchinson, Gregg a position that allows me Kennard, Mary Margaret to engage the collective Oliver and Park Cannon, strength of the cities in the metro Atlanta region,” filmmaker and former 6th Harris said in a statement. Congressional District candidate Jon Ossoff, “I look forward to workPeachtree Corners City ing collaboratively with Councilman Eric Christ other organizations to assist in moving MAMA’s and former 7th Congressional District candidates vision and goals forward Steve Reilly and Doug with impact.”

Heckman.

Harris, a life-long The 7th Congressional resident of Duluth, has District race blew wide previously served as president of the Gwinnett open Thursday when Municipal Association and Woodall announced he would not run for re-electhe Georgia Municipal tion next year. Bourdeaux Association’s District 3 and attorney Marqus Cole North East Region.

She succeeds Chamblee are the only Democrats who have so far anMayor Eric Clarkson as chair of the Metro Atlanta nounced plans to run for the office.

Mayors Association. TySeveral Republicans rone Mayor Eric Dial was elected by the group as its have been suggested as possible candidates, but new vice chairman. no one has formally announced their candidacy Lawrenceville hosting yet.

Hooper Renwick restoration meeting Pak seemingly rules out Some ideas that are berunning for Congress ing considered for the site It appears Republicans of what was once the sole African-American school can rule out the possibility that U.S. Attorney BJay in Gwinnett County — Pak will run for U.S. Rep. before desegregation — Rob Woodall’s seat in are set to be presented in Lawrenceville on Tuesday. 2020.

On Thursday, RepubThe city’s Hooper Renwick Legacy Preserva- licans had floated Pak’s tion Committee will meet name among a handful of potential candidates from at 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Gwinnett that they were Hall to hear an update on looking at recruiting as a the next steps that will candidate for the 7th Conneed to be taken on the school restoration project gressional District seat. and review site plan ideas. Pak said in a Facebook The committee is working post on Friday, however, that he likes the job he to preserve the original already has just fine.

Hooper Renwick school “I want to thank my building while laying the groundwork for its future friends, former colleagues and numerous others place in the city.

It is expected to be used who have reached out to encourage me to conas a community center sider running to replace and African-American museum with a new Law- (Woodall),” Pak said. “But I am honored to serve the renceville library branch 6 million+ people in the attached.

Northern District of GeorCity Hall is located at 70 S. Clayton St. in Law- gia as U.S. Attorney, and to work with our everyday renceville. The meeting will take place in the third heroes — men and women floor conference room, ac- of law enforcement — to fight violent crime, the cording to an agenda. opioid epidemic, fraud, and last, but not least, Endorsements already coming in for Bordeaux public corruption. And I A day after news broke plan on continuing to do so.” that Carolyn Bourdeaux Political Notebook is planning to announce appears in the Sunday edishe will run again as a Democrat for what will be tion of the Gwinnett Daily an open 7th Congressional Post.

Gwinnett campus of PCOM changes name serves,” PCOM President and CEO Jay Feldstein said. “The name PCOM Georgia is reflective of The Gwinnett campus our new cohesive identity of the Philadelphia Colsystem that can grow with lege of Osteopathic Medi- additional locations.”

PCOM Georgia’s cine, which was formerly new name is now more known as GA-PCOM, is rolling out a new, slightly consistent with the names of PCOM — the degreealtered name: PCOM granting institution in Georgia.

Philadelphia — and of On Friday, the school celebrated the change by PCOM South Georgia, offering students, faculty the college’s additional location in Moultrie. and staff members the Feldstein said while the chance to come together name change is already to share soup in newly underway, it will take branded mugs. In an efsome time to fully reflect fort to give back, comthe new name on items munity members also collected cans of soup to such as signage, brobe donated to a Gwinnett chures and stationery.

“The launch is planned food bank. to be a soft launch, a “The new name more gradual introduction of simply and accurately the change to various describes the college’s markets,” he said. presence in the state For more information and better speaks to the about the name change, breadth and depth of visit pcom.edu. the region the college

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Great nations don’t quit wars before they prevail “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” President Trump declared in his State of the Union address. It was a line that could have been delivered by President Barack Obama, who in 2015 memorably said, “I do not support the idea of endless war.”

Just a few days before Trump’s address, his own party delivered the president a stinging rebuke when Senate Republicans passed a resolution opposing his Syrian and Afghan withdrawals by an overwhelming bipartisan 68-23 vote. Trump’s defenders say: That’s just Marc the foreign policy esThiessen tablishment advocating “forever war.” When, they ask, will these wars end? When will we be able to declare victory and go home?

These are fair questions, and they deserve serious answers.

In traditional wars, defining victory is easy.

Victory comes when the enemy surrenders and lays down its arms. But this is not traditional war. We are not fighting nation-states with defined borders and armies, navies and air forces.

We are fighting radical Islamist terrorists who are engaged in what Osama bin Laden called “a war of destiny between infidelity and Islam.”

There will be no signing ceremony on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri. They will never lay down their arms. In this war, victory for the United States is every day that passes without a terrorist attack on American soil. And that daily victory is made possible because the men and women of the U.S. military are hunting the enemy in faraway lands.

America’s enemies have a very clear definition of victory. For them, victory comes when we give up the fight before they do. We know this because they have told us so. The 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told his CIA interrogator “Americans don’t realize we do not need to defeat you militarily; we only need to fight long enough for you to defeat yourself by quitting.” That is how the terrorists see Obama’s withdrawal from Iraq in 2011 and Trump’s planned withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan: America defeating itself by quitting.

It is understandable that, after 18 years, Americans want the war to end. But what we want is irrelevant. We don’t get to decide unilaterally that the war is over. The enemy gets a vote. Just because we have tired of fighting doesn’t mean that they have.

Here is the hard truth: We don’t get to choose when the war ends, but we do get to choose where it is fought. It can either be fought over there, in the deserts of Syria and the mountains of Afghanistan, or it can be fought over here — on American streets and in American cities, as it was on Sept. 11, 2001.

It’s up to us.

Trump deserves enormous credit for taking the gloves off in the fight against the terrorists.

He was absolutely correct when he declared in the State of the Union address, “When I took office, ISIS controlled more than 20,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria. Today, we have liberated virtually all of that territory from the grip of these bloodthirsty monsters.” But the Islamic State is not defeated. It still has tens of thousands of fighters under arms and, according to one estimate by the Institute for the Study of War, as much as $400 million it smuggled out of Iraq, money that can be used to sustain its movement and plan attacks across the world.

In Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence estimates there are about 20 terrorist groups — including al-Qaeda and the Islamic State affiliate known as Islamic State Khorasan, or IS-K — who would immediately gain an uncontested sanctuary from which to plan new attacks if America withdraws. On Jan. 28, the New York Times reported that a 2017 intelligence assessment, renewed last year, “says a complete withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan would lead to an attack on the United States within two years.”

Right now, the U.S. military has its boot on the terrorists’ necks. They are focused on survival, not on launching faraway attacks. Take that boot away, though, and the terrorists will get up, dust themselves off, regroup, rebuild and go back to trying to kill Americans in the United States.

In his address, Trump praised the heroism of the men who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. “They did not know if they would survive the hour,” he said. “They did not know if they would grow old. But they knew that America had to prevail.”

The same is true today. Great nations do not quit before they prevail.

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State of the Union is strong for now If you weren’t impressed

by President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday night you either didn’t listen to it or you are too closed-minded to admit that the Orange Man can do anything right — or some combination of the two. And understand, I am not a Trump apologist. I got on the train late, almost after it had left the station. Mine was practically an anybodybut-Hillary vote in the general election.

But I was blessed with a brain at birth, as well as the common sense to be able to utilize it. I’ve never been a slave to party politics and never have allowed anyone — not parents, friends, teachers or enemies — to tell me how to think — and I have been impressed with what the POTUS has done since taking office a little more than two years ago. Things like lower taxes, virtually no unemployment, increase in salaries all around and a huge reduction in the food stamp rolls — little things like that — tend to gain my attention.

And then Tuesday night — well, Tuesday night the man put on his best blue suit and his trademark red tie and just spoke truth to the American people for about an hour-and-ahalf — truth we needed to hear, although I realize that there is a large percentage of the population that doesn’t want to hear the truth, won’t accept the truth

countrymen are so brainwashed that they no longer understand the source of that pride.

As I studied President Trump I realized that he left a life of comfort and ease and daily pleasure to become the whipping boy of the media and half the country’s population Darrell simply because he believed that Huckaby our country was at a precipice and needed a leader that was and won’t admit that the truth not a politician, that spoke for is the truth simply because of the people, that could not be the mouth that spoke it. I realbought. Call me naïve or whatize that. That, in and of itself, ever names people are called is, sadly, a growing truth in who can see that truth by those 21st century America. who cannot, but that doesn’t But I nonetheless offer make it any less of a truth. these observations to a candid Donald Trump is, more than world. Whether the reader is any person in Washington, a intelligent and mature enough servant of the people, trying his to attain candidness is not my best to do the job he was sent concern. I would hope for the there to do. Tuesday night he sake of the nation that most of encouraged those that oppose us could. him to quit playing games and My first tear of the night do the jobs they were sent there came early in the evening, to do. How refreshing. His plea when the president introduced will be ignored, of course, but the heroes of D-Day. I will he made it. The refusal by his be in Normandy in May to foes will now be on them. celebrate the 75th anniversary I thought it quite pertinent of the liberation of fortress that President Trump pointed Europe. I wish every American out that practically every could join me. It is a sobering person in the room had voted experience to stand on the cliffs at one time or another for a of Omaha Beach and try to border wall of some sort. Of imagine what went on that June course they have. The only day in 1944, and to see those reason they oppose it now is three old men sitting in the because they don’t want him to House gallery — one not able succeed. They don’t care that to stand — filled me with pride when he succeeds the United in being American and in sad- States succeeds. Their pettiness ness that so many of my fellow was duly exposed and high-

lighted.

I was absolutely astounded that he was bold enough to call out the liberal Democrats to their hypocritical faces by evoking the fact that every child, born and unborn, is a gift from God. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

The fact that the Democrat women in their white dresses — I’m thinking their robes and hoods were at the cleaners? — refused to applaud for God — or for children — or for a child fighting brain cancer — says volumes about their character, and nothing about the president’s.

I was proud that he wasn’t afraid to stand up for Israel. I was proud that he wasn’t afraid to stand up to North Korea. I was proud that he was able to admit that we couldn’t fight wars that go on forever.

I was proud — period — to be an American Tuesday night, and had a glimmer of hope when the SOTU address was over that maybe, just maybe, there are still enough proud, freedom loving, independent Americans around to enable our Republic to endure.

The state of the union is strong — for now. God bless us. And may we, once again, decide that we, America, will bless God. Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale County. Email him at dhuck008@gmail.com.

Can age be changed with name, gender?

Now this is a movement I could get behind. Emile Ratelband, of Arnhem, Holland, recently petitioned the local courts to allow him to become officially 20 years younger. He told the court that he suffers from being 69 years old and thinks that being 49 would help him getting dates online. Bless his heart.

Ratelband, who describes himself as a “positivity trainer,” told the court that if he goes online looking for a date and tells them he is 69, he won’t get a response. “When I’m on Tinder and it says I’m 69, I don’t get an answer. When I’m 49, with the face I have, I will be in a luxurious position.” How positive is that trainer?

In case there are one or two of you reading this that are not aware, Tinder is an online dating app that claims to match couples based on their physical attraction to one another. That is about all I know because the Woman Who Shares My Name said if I get to dabbling around with that kind of stuff, she will shove broccoli up my nose and a couple of other places not suitable for description in a family newspaper. Rats. Seeing as how I am a dead ringer for Brad Pitt, I could probably find a rich blonde-headed beauty

Dick Yarbrough who hates broccoli. Now, I will never know.

Herr Ratleband’s rationale to the court was that he was a victim of discrimination. If you can change your name and your gender, why not your age?

Why not, indeed? For example, Bruce Jenner won a gold medal in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games and became a Wheaties spokesman.

A gold medal and Wheaties.

It doesn’t get much better than that.

However, somewhere along the line Bruce decided he wanted to become Caitlyn Jenner instead. That is a perfect example of the name change and gender change thing that Emile is talking about. It got done however those things get done. No big deal. But now let’s talk about the age factor. By my calculations, Caitlyn will be 71 when the Tokyo Olympics take place

in 2020. That is not exactly an ideal age to be competing in the Olympic Games. Instead of throwing a discus you are more apt to throw your back out.

So why can’t Caitlyn become 25 like Bruce was when he got his gold medal and his face on a box of Wheaties and before he became a she? I’m with Emile on this one. I find that highly discriminatory.

Although — and I am going to tread lightly on this one — if you have seen Caitlyn’s picture lately, you might think twice about the Wheaties.

It is with a heavy heart that I tell you the Dutch court turned down Ratelband’s request. The court said there are obligations that come with age like the right to vote, the opportunity to drink alcohol and to drive a car. I assume the jurists weren’t suggesting you drink and drive on your way to the polls, but you never know about those Dutch courts. They also said declaring oneself younger could open the door to the opposite — becoming older. Say what?

I have been young and I have been old. Young was a lot easier. When I was 21, I knew everything about everything.

Today I have discovered I don’t know as much as I thought I

did and every day I seem to know less. I do know that my knees didn’t ache all the time at 21 and I wasn’t always losing my car keys.

Still, I would seriously consider being 49 years old again like Emile wished to be.

That was my prime time. When I was 49, I ran and finished my one and only marathon. Today I am lucky to finish my oatmeal without dribbling it down my shirt. And the only running I do is to the drug store for my pain pills.

I appreciate Emile Ratelband’s efforts, but it looks like I am destined to be what I am — old. If I can’t change my age it doesn’t matter about my gender. My knees would still ache and I would still lose my car keys. Furthermore, I would rather look like Brad Pitt than Caitlyn Jenner.

If it is any consolation to Emile, while you might score big with the chicks if you were 20 years younger, trust me when I say old age is not all that bad when you consider the alternative.

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

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No processed foods; keep fruits, veggies DEAR DR. ROACH: Would you be so kind as to send me a copy of your recommended low-carbohydrate diet? I have been trying to follow what I think it should be, but would like an expert diet on which to base my food selection.

— K.H. ANSWER: There is no specific diet I feel comfortable recommending for everyone. For people who want a lower-carb diet, I recommend eliminating processed starches, like white bread, pasta and rice, while continuing to eat vegetables and fruits. There is very good evidence that a plant-based diet, with no more than moderate amounts of animal protein, is a healthy overall diet for most people. Increasing fats from olive, nut and vegetable oils is reasonable, and there is some data to show this may help with weight control and to prevent and treat diabetes.

DEAR DR. ROACH: As I’ve aged, I find sleeping to be more and more difficult.

When I take a product whose chief ingredient is diphenhydramine, I sleep well with no side effects, but I worry about long-term consequences. Is this safe to take daily?

— T.C. ANSWER: Most people take diphenhydramine and have no problems; however, I still don’t recommend it, especially for older people.

These drugs increase the risk of falling, lead to a higher risk of motor vehicle collisions and may cause symptoms of confusion and dry mouth. Men who take this can have decreased ability to urinate, sometimes profoundly.

Although there are some studies that suggest an increased risk of dementia with use of this product, I don’t think it is likely to be a big risk, but there are still enough reasons not to use this medication for me to recommend against it.

Many older adults need less sleep. If you are sleeping fewer hours but aren’t sleepy during the day, then you are probably getting enough sleep.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 65-year-old disabled veteran. I have lost 40 pounds and 4 inches off my waist in the past year so I can have knee surgery. But the Veterans Affairs uses the BMI as the only metric to determine body fat, so I am still categorized as “obese.”

I stand 5 feet, 10 inches with a 58-inch chest and 42inch waist. In school I was defensive nose guard and catcher. My question: Is the BMI valid as a stand-alone metric to determine body fat?

— D.W. ANSWER: The BMI (weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) is a reasonable metric for obesity, and at a population level, it is a reasonably good predictor of developing diabetes and even overall mortality. However, it is certainly not perfect, and one of the most common failures is when it is applied to very muscular people. There are some people who really are “big boned,” but it’s the musculature that makes the weight go up.

The VA is a law unto themselves as far as determining who qualifies for procedures. Nothing I say is likely to change minds there.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1840, Britain’s Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.

In 1967, the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, establishing presidential succession, was ratified.

In 1996, the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated reigning world champion Garry Kasparov for the first time in a game of chess.

In 2005, North Korea publicly announced that it had produced nuclear weapons.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Charles Lamb (1775-1834), author; William Allen White (1868-1944), author/journalist; Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author; Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), singer/ comedian; Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright; Robert Wagner (1930- ), actor; Mark Spitz (1950- ), swimmer; Greg Norman (1955- ), golfer; John

Calipari (1959- ), basketball coach; George Stephanopoulos (1961- ), journalist; Laura Dern (1967- ), actress; Vince Gilligan (1967- ), TV writer/producer; Elizabeth Banks (1974- ), actress; Emma Roberts (1991- ), actress; Chloe Grace Moretz (1997- ), actress.

TODAY’S FACT: Playwright Arthur Miller died exactly 56 years after his “Death of a Salesman” opened in New York on this date in 1949.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1968, Peggy Fleming won the women’s figure skating gold for the United States at the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated.” — Bertolt Brecht TODAY’S NUMBER: 9 — children Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had together. All married into royal houses in Europe.

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Friendship falters as forgiveness fades Dear Amy: A dear friend of mine of many years got angry with me and treated me very poorly.

She apologized, I accepted and we moved on.

I don’t want to lose the friendship; however, I am on edge around her because I am afraid of doing something else that might set her off.

I don’t know how to handle this.

I am even fearful of trying to discuss this with her.

Do you have any suggestions?

— Embarrassed in NY Dear Embarrassed: You don’t seem to have fully believed or accepted your friend’s apology. You have not successfully moved on.

Forgiveness is a heavy lift. So is friendship. If your friend’s reaction was out of the blue and out of character, you should try to imagine what might be going on in her own life that might trigger this sort of reaction.

If you are so fearful of this person’s reaction that you won’t even risk broaching the topic with her, then your friendship is not back on track. If you want your friendship to be restored and functional, you need to be brave enough to bring up this incident.

Try: “I want you to know that I’m still struggling with some emotional fallout from our upsetting disagreement. Can we talk

reply to their wonderful news with my tragic news.

I don’t know what to do.

Can you help?

— Wondering Widower Dear Wondering: Yes, you should start to tell people about your wife’s death. If you can’t bring yourself to do this under any circumstances, I Amy Dickinson wonder if you can appoint a surrogate to handle this. about this some more? I If you have an intimate really want to get back on friend who you think might track.” be particularly good at this, She may say, “Hey, I’ve I think anyone who knows apologized already. You you and loves you would need to get over it.” This be happy to take on this is the knee-jerk reaction task in order to help you of someone who is at fault through it. and wants to throttle past Otherwise, write out a their wrongdoing. And little script for yourself. that’s when you should Work on it until it sounds try to be brave and vulner- the way you want it to able to say, “Well, I’m still sound. struggling.”

Maybe this will get you Dear Amy: I’m in a started: “Congratulations bind. on your new grandchild.

A year ago, my wife This is great news, and I died. At the time, I told know this will mark a new only our close friends. It and joyful chapter for you. was hard enough telling I’m sorry I haven’t been in them, much less anyone touch recently, but unforelse. tunately I have sad news of It’s still difficult for me my own to share…” to talk about.

I’m very sorry you are Now I’m getting angoing through this. Keep nouncements about life in mind that sharing this events from the friends that news gives people the I didn’t tell, about their opportunity to express new grandchildren, or of their sympathy, memories their daughters or sons get- and love for you and your ting married. late wife. Receiving this I don’t know what to tell outpouring might be hard them. I want to congratufor you in the moment, but late them, but I also feel I do believe you will feel that they deserve to be told better in the long run. about my wife.

Dear Amy: I loved It doesn’t seem right to your response to “Clean,”

Ask Amy

the woman whose motherin-law would come to her house and clean like a maniac. You suspected that her mother-in-law might have OCD. I have lived with OCD (with a co-diagnosis of social anxiety), and it’s best to just let us soothe ourselves for a few moments and we’ll be back to normal again.

This MIL needs to find ways to prepare herself and plan before social gatherings so that she can enjoy time with family and friends.

No matter what we go through, we have to be mindful to maintain those strong relationships with the people who love us.

— Happy OCD Mom Dear Happy: I presented OCD as an idea, not a definitive diagnosis (I can’t diagnose anyone) — mainly because this person’s cleaning seemed to be somewhat ritualized and obsessive. I was also hoping that the daughterin-law could see this as a soothing ritual, versus a verdict on the cleanliness of her own house.

Thank you for sharing your insight.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: ASKAMY@amydickinson. com. Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

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Personal changes are encouraged. Consider your options and use your intelligence and charm to outmaneuver anyone trying to interfere in your business.

Know what you want to achieve and don’t stop until you reach your destination. Stay focused on productivity and achieving personal and professional success.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Learn from experience to avoid getting involved in issues that can be costly financially or emotionally.

How you treat others will make a difference when you want something in return.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t let your desire to please others cost you emotionally or financially.

Someone will take advantage of you if you are too accommodating.

Only offer what’s feasible.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Look for opportunities to discover something you enjoy doing. Sign up for a course, or practice a skill you would like to use to earn extra cash.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Visit someone who always offers good advice. Personal changes can be made if you set the wheels in motion. A physical improvement will give you the incentive to try something new.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Don’t be too vocal about your plans.

Research the possibility of making a move that will allow you to earn more, lower your overhead or start the next chapter of your life.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Don’t be a follower. It doesn’t matter what other people do; you have to follow your heart and do what’s best for yourself.

Charm will help when dealing with a loved one.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — If you make a promise, follow through. Your reputation will be at stake if you talk big and do little. If you set an example, you will position yourself to excel.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Someone you are close to won’t be happy with the choices or plans you make. Don’t miss out on an opportunity because someone is being manipulative.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You may feel you need to make a change, but it won’t be as easy as you think. Listen to good advice before you get involved in something risky.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Get together with people who share your interests. Someone you meet while traveling will offer a tempting suggestion. Gather facts and consider the possibilities.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — An idea you have should be considered carefully. A change that will affect the people you love will be met with opposition.

Offer incentives that are too good to resist.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Sit tight and see what unfolds.

Time is on your side, and keeping your distance from any sort of disruption is in your best interest. Concentrate on personal improvements.

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Fifteen apartments damaged or destroyed by fire at complex

Sunday, February 10, 2019 • 5A

By Curt Yeomans

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Fifteen units at The Atlantic at Sweetwater apartment complex were destroyed or at least significantly damaged by a fire that broke out Saturday afternoon.

Gwinnett County firefighters were called to the complex on the 3500 block of Club Drive in unincorporated Lawrenceville at 3:42 p.m. after a resident called 911 to report their apartment was on fire. Firefighter Driver Engineer Donald Strother said firefighters arrived to find smoke pouring out of the attic on the back side of one of the buildings at the complex.

“Occupants were already in the process of evacuation when fire trucks arrived,” Strother said. “Firefighters immediately began deploying lines to begin their attack on the fire. As these lines were being deployed, the blaze started venting the roof of the structure.

“Crews began an aggressive interior attack and were met with heavy fire involvement and poor visibility due to smoke.”

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From left, Charlie Robinson, Bill Banks, Chuck Slifer and John Vencilll, members of the barbershop quartet with The Stone Mountain Chorus, are doing singing valentine deliveries through Feb. 14. (Special Photo)

Barbershop quartet to deliver serenades for Valentine’s Day

By Madison Greer Staff Intern

A large hole can seen where flames broke through the roof of a building at The Atlantic at Sweetwater apartment complex on Club Drive in unincorporated Lawrenceville on Saturday. Officials said 15 apartment units were damaged or destroyed during the fire. (Special Photo)

Strother said firefighters had to contend with flames spilling into two breezeways as the fire began spreading to the front of the building. The cause of the fire as well as where it began have not yet been determined. All residents were evacuated and no injuries

HomeFirst is also developing an assessment center and recently signed a lease for space in the old John Wesley United Methodist Church building in Norcross for one of those centers, which is expected to open in June.

The organization wants to open a second center

by December, but Elder said no location has been identified yet.

Other planned uses for the funding include capacity expansion, emergency housing and homeless diversion efforts.

“The big difference in what we’re doing and what we’ve seen done in the past is that our focus is on the system of service delivery, not the delivery of services,” Elder said.

“There are a multitude of great nonprofits that do incredible work day-today here. We’re not trying to put another entity in the pool.”

The programs are designed to help make a dent in the homeless situation quickly in different ways.

The coordinated entry system is a big effort HomeFirst is undertaking because it is designed

and water damage is noted to several adjoining units,” he said. “The American Red Cross has been requested to provide assistance. Property management is actively working to determine the exact number of occupants that have been displaced from the 15 damaged units.”

Exhibit

he believes they often don’t get their due respect from and everything related to sports historians or comAfrican-American history,” mentators.

United Ebony Society “There is so much more President Marlene Taylordepth to this history that Crawford said. “This is has kind of been thrown such a central location and away (and the attitude is) people come here for so like ‘Oh no, don’t talk many different reasons and about that, it didn’t exist,’ ” it’s a tradition to have our Glenn said. artwork here.”

A sampling of the But a big part of the exhaustive list of athletes Black History Month featured in the exhibit exhibit at GJAC is the includes, of course, Ali, but African-American sports also Joe Johnson, Tom Momemorabilia from Glenn’s lineaux, Walter Payton, Jim personal collection of a Brown, Jerry Rice, Tiger broad range of artifacts re- Woods, Venus and Serena lated to African-American Williams, Carl Lewis, Alculture and history. It takes thea Gibson, Arthur Ashe, up about half of the space Michael Jordan, Reggie in the exhibit.

Jackson, Jackie JoynerThe exhibit highlights a Kersee, Walt Frazier, broad range African-Amer- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and ican sports history and Hank Aaron. black athletes from the days Thomas also hopes to of segregation in sports raise awareness of someto the present. It covers a one from the past with wide range of sports, too, her part of the exhibit on including boxing, baseball, African-American quilting. bicycle racing, football, She dedicated some space basketball, tennis, golf and in her part of the exhibit track and field. to highlight the work of Glenn said he felt it was Athens-based Africanimportant to showcase the American quilter Harriet standout athletes of the Powers, who lived from segregation era as much as 1837 to 1910. the modern stars because Thomas said one of

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were reported.

Strother said the number of units that are a total loss was not immediately known, but he said several other apartments around them were also damaged, taking the number of units affected by the fire up to 15.

“Significant smoke, heat

Powers’ quilts is held by the Smithsonian. Another is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Thomas made a recreation of one block from one of Powers’ quilts, which had religious themes, and that block is included in the exhibit in Gwinnett. The block depicts Adam and Eve naming all of the animals on Earth in the Garden of Eden.

“I put ‘From Slave to Quilt Artist’ (in the exhibit) because, in her own right, she did earn recognition,” Thomas said. “She did exhibit her second quilt at the Cotton Fair in Atlanta, but it was in a special building that they had only for African-American people who exhibited goods.

People would come in and look and just be amazed at her artistry.”

Other Black History Month exhibits and events taking place this month include: • Friday: 6-8:30 p.m.

Glenn will lead a free program highlighting AfricanAmerican sports history at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. It

will include speakers such as Harlem Globetrotters player Larry “Gator” Rivers as well as guided tours of the exhibit.

• Saturday: 2-3 p.m.

Thomas will lead a class on making memory quilts at the Lawrenceville library branch, located at 1001 Lawrenceville Highway.

Register for the free event at bit.ly/2WSv1sw.

• Feb. 21: 6:30-8:30 p.m. The county will host a heritage night celebration at GJAC. • Feb. 23: 2-4 p.m.

The county will show the documentary film “A Time for Justice,” which highlights the Civil Rights movement, at the OneStop Norcross Center, located at 5030 Georgia Belle Court in Norcross. Anyone interested in the free screening can register at bit.ly/2UOvMAX. • Throughout February: A Black History Month exhibit will be on display at the OneStop Centerville center, located at 3025 Bethany Church Road in Snellville. It will host African-American artists, poets and musicians on Feb. 21.

Homeless to streamline the process residents must follow to get assistance thereby making is easier for them to get help.

Elder said the current system can result in people who need assistance being passed around from one agency to the next before they can finally get help. The goal is to have a system where residents who need help can call a helpline and be referred to assessment centers where staff that work as navigators can review their situation and determine which agency to send them to.

“Without a coordinated entry system, it’s a bit of a maze to get people to the housing, which is in the middle,” Elder said. “With a coordinated entry system, it’s more of a clear pathway to get people in need to those housing interventions.”

That makes the assessment centers another big step in HomeFirst’s effort.

In addition to providing a needs assessment for anyone who goes to one of the centers for help, it will also include a shelter and wraparound services.

“They’ll walk in the assessment center and the navigator will do their

assessment and what that will in turn do is it will give them a direct pathway to whatever the end result is interventionwise,” Elder said.

“So, if it’s say Rainbow Village transitional housing, which normally takes a couple of weeks, we’ll be able to walk them over to the shelter … and then get them to lets say Rainbow Village in a couple of weeks once they finish their process.”

The shelter at the assessment center, which will be located in Norcross, will have 20 beds for women and children and be the only homeless shelter in the county. Family Promise of Gwinnett previously operated a shelter with 11 beds at its SaltLite Center, but the center has closed for the time being due to financial issues.

“Population-wise it will be similar (to the SaltLite Center), but the length of stay will probably be longer than just the seven days at the SaltLite Center,” Elder said.

HomeFirst is leasing half of the space in the old John Wesley United Methodist Church building at 5320 Jimmy Carter

Blvd., which is also occupied by The Nett Church.

Although the shelter will only be open to women and children, Elder said men can also go there for a needs assessment.

It was not immediately clear this past week when the funding request will go before county commissioners for an up or down vote.

Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said she had “no idea” when it would show up on a meeting agenda, but she did not rule out the possibility that it will go to commissioners quickly for a decision.

“It sounds like with the timeline Matt laid out that it will be coming very soon,” Nash said.

Nash said county leaders have been prepared for the fact that battling homelessness would require some investment on their part. It’s something she said they knew when they initially invested $500,000 in the county’s 2018 budget to help get the HomeFirst Gwinnett Initiative set up.

“It’s not going to do us much good as a one-time thing,” she said. “It’s going to have to be continuous.”

Members of the Stone Mountain Chorus will once again deliver singing valentines on Thursday, the group recently announced.

Singing valentines, which will be performed by the Barbershop Quartet

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on Valentine’s Day, can be purchased for $50 for a four-hour delivery window or $75 for a two-hour delivery window.

Packages include two love songs, a red rose and a personalized card.

For more information or to book a singing valentine, visit stonemountainchorus.org.

Crash

Funeral Home,” Rutledge said. “Firefighters were a taillight being out on his not able to immediately car. extinguish the blaze due Wiggins, who was on to the threat of escaping probation for marijuana gas vapors. The decision possession, fled and ulwas made to allow the timately wrecked his car fire to burn until the gas into the gas valve, Parker company was able to stop said. He then tried to run the leak.” on foot but was quickly Lawrenceville Gas apprehended. ultimately stopped the The crash caused a fire leak and the road finally to break out, and by the reopened at around 9:15 time firefighters responded a.m., Parker said. No injuto the accident, the car ries were reported. was engulfed in flames, Wiggins was charged Gwinnett Fire Departwith fleeing/attempting ment spokesman Tommy to elude, reckless drivRutledge said. ing, taillight required and “The gas-fed flames probation violation. impinged on an adjacent He currently remains power line and utility pole without bond at the Gwinin front of Tim Stewart nett County Jail.

Senior •From Page 1A and the city of Grayson for helping us out with this,” county commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said during the commission meeting Tuesday.

“I think it’s going to be good for those communities as well as helping us with … our wait lists (for services).”

The Grayson center will be located within the city’s existing Grayson Senior Center behind City Hall and the Snellville center will be located in Snellville Senior Center at T.W. Briscoe Park, according to county officials.

The Centerville Senior Center currently serves senior citizens in the south Gwinnett area and has 150 people on a waiting list for services because of high demand. The congregate meal program is designed to provide hot meals to seniors five days a week.

County officials said south Gwinnett has a particularly high demand for senior services because that was one of the first parts of the county to experience a population boom in the 1970s. People who moved to the county at that time are now senior citizens, county officials said.

The county’s other

existing senior centers are located in Norcross, Lawrenceville and Buford.

“I am grateful to the Grayson and Snellville city councils for generously providing valuable space that will allow the County to expand services to more seniors,” Commissioner Tommy Hunter said in a statement.

Grayson Mayor Allison Wilkerson and Snellville Mayor Barbara Bender said their respective cities are looking forward to having the county’s Senior Services division come to their cities. Each facility will have room to accommodate up to 40 people, county officials said.

“When the Grayson Senior Center was built in 1996, the original vision was to use it to provide meals and activities for seniors,” Wilkerson said in a statement. “The city of Grayson is very proud and excited to partner with Gwinnett County for this wonderful and worthy use of our beautiful facility.”

Bender said, “The city of Snellville is excited that we had facilities available at T.W. Briscoe Park to allow Gwinnett Senior Services to expand their wonderful programs supporting our senior population.”

Gwinnett County commissioners discuss county issues during their meeting at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville on Tuesday. During the meeting, commissioners approved agreements to take over senior center operations at facilities in Grayson and Snellville. (Special Photo)

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world Death toll rises to 16 in Istanbul building collapse

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world&nation Warren officially kicks off campaign

By MJ Lee and Gregory Krieg CNN

The number of people confirmed dead after a multistory residential building collapsed in Istanbul has climbed to 16, Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported Saturday.

“Since our last statement, two more children have died,” Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu is quoted as telling reporters at the scene.

Rescuers continue to comb through the wreckage of the building in an eastern suburb of Istanbul, Turkey’s biggest city, more than two days after it fell down.

Hopes that more survivors might be found were raised early Friday when a 16-year-old boy was pulled alive from the rubble, the news agency said. A day earlier, a 5-year-old girl was rescued from the debris.

Thirty residents were inside the building, which contained 14 apartments, when it collapsed Wednesday, Anadolu said.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign Saturday at a rally in Lawrence, Mass., using the backdrop of Everett Mills — the site of a historic 1912 labor strike led by women and immigrants — to issue a call to action against wealthy power brokers who “have been waging class warfare against hardworking people for decades.”

Over 44 minutes in sub-freezing temperatures, Warren described a political elite “bought off” and “bullied” by corporate giants, and a middle class squeezed so tight it “can barely breathe.”

“The man in the White House is not the cause of what is broken, he is just the latest and most extreme symptom of what’s gone wrong in America,” Warren said of President Donald Trump. “A product of a rigged system that props up the rich and powerful and kicks dirt on everyone else.

So once he’s gone, we can’t pretend that none of this ever Prince Philip happened.” ‘voluntarily’ The formal start of Wargives up driving ren’s campaign comes as the Democratic primary after car crash intensifies by the day, with The Duke of Edinburgh numerous candidates includhas surrendered his driving ing Sens. Kamala Harris and license, Buckingham Palace Cory Booker already in the announced Saturday, weeks race, and others, like Sens. after the 97-year-old was Bernie Sanders and Amy involved in a car crash that left a female driver injured.

“After careful consideration The Duke of Edinburgh has taken the decision to voluntarily sur- Key supporters render his driving licence,” tell Fairfax to the palace said in a statestep down after ment. second allegation U.K. police sent their investigation of the crash to Democrats called for inthe Crown Prosecution Ser- vestigation, not resignation, vice, which is considering after Vanessa Tyson accused whether to bring charges Justin Fairfax of sexual asagainst Prince Philip over sault earlier this week. the crash last month. A But now that a second CPS spokesman said they woman, Meredith Watson, would “review each file has accused the Virginia carefully before a decision lieutenant governor of rape, is made” and will take into prominent Virginia and account that Philip surren- national Democrats are not dered his license. holding back and are roundA Land Rover driven ly calling on the 39-year-old

by Philip, the husband African-American politician of Queen Elizabeth II, to resign. collided with another car He lost a major bloc of on a public road near the support Friday night when Queen’s Sandringham the Democratic members estate in Norfolk, England, of the Virginia House of last month.

Delegates and state Senate issued a joint statement calling on him to step down.

Tiger at London “Due to the serious nature zoo kills potential of these allegations, we mate on first date believe Lieutenant Governor Fairfax can no longer fulfill An endangered Sumatran his duties to the Commontiger was mauled to death wealth,” the statement read. at London Zoo on Friday, “He need to addess this as a just moments after it was private citizen. The time has introduced to a potential come for him to step down.” mate for the first time.

And in another major moMelati, a female tiger ment about an hour later, the and long-term resident of Virginia Legislative Black the zoo, was introduced to Caucus wrote that its mema new male tiger, Asim, on bers “believe it is best for Friday in the hope the pair Lt. Governor Fairfax to step would breed in the future. down from his position.”

Keepers were devastated, however, when Asim, a Judge declines to 7-year-old male that had block question on arrived at the London Zoo just 10 days earlier, fatally citizenship from attacked Melati.

2020 census “Everyone at ZSL London Zoo is devastated by A federal judge ruled late the loss of Melati, and we Friday she is unconvinced of are heartbroken by this turn an immediate need to block of events,” the zoo said in a a citizenship question from statement. the 2020 census over privacy — From wire reports concerns.

people U.K. rapper Cadet killed in crash on way to gig

Up-and-coming U.K. rapper Cadet was killed in a car crash in England’s West Midlands region in the early hours of Saturday, police said.

The 28-year-old, real name Blaine Johnson, was being driven to a gig at Keele Students’ Union in Staffordshire at the time, Britain’s Press Association news agency reported.

A statement on Cadet’s Instagram page, cited by Senator Elizabeth Warren, at a rally outside a mill in Lawrence, Mass., has officially an- PA, said: “We the family of nounced she is running for the Democratic nomination for president. (CNN) Blaine Cameron Johnson known as Cadet (UnderKlobuchar, expected to jump economic inequity, ElizaBruce, two children and a rated Legend) would like in soon. Trump’s 2020 cam- beth Warren knew that stock gaggle of grandchildren. to share the sad news that paign manager welcomed prices don’t tell a full account Kennedy’s decision to during the early hours Warren to the race with a of our country’s economic throw his support to his of 9th February 2019 he statement predicting voters story,” Kennedy said. “Medi- home state senator — and passed away as a passen“will reject her dishonest cal bankruptcies and foreclo- not his good friend, former campaign and socialist ideas sures and paychecks are part Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who is ger in a taxi, en route to a like the Green New Deal.” of that story, too.” considering a bid of his own performance.

“Right now we the famIn a warning to some of Kennedy led a Massachu- — is a clear signal to fellow ily appreciate your pathose rivals, Warren touted setts delegation that included Democrats that she remains tience and will share with her refusal to accept donaSen. Ed Markey, Rep. Lori a serious primary contender you any information as and tions from lobbyists, corpoTrahan, Lawrence Mayor despite a politically trying when we can. Thanks for rate PACs or the support of Dan Rivera and Boston City week. your support in advance.” super PACs, and challenged Councilor Michelle Wu — all In the days leading up to Staffordshire Police “every other candidate who of them indicating their sup- Saturday’s announcement, said the rapper died at the asks for your vote in this port for Warren’s campaign.

Warren had been weighed primary to say exactly the “For six years, (Warren) down by new questions over scene following a collision between a taxi and a van in same thing.” has been fighting in the her past claims to Native the village of Betley. PoWarren also unveiled a trenches for what is right,” American heritage. The lice are investigating what new, high-profile backer in Markey said of his SenWashington Post reported led to the crash.

Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, ate colleague, calling her a that Warren wrote in 1986 who introduced, endorsed “one-woman protection detail that her race was “American and painted his former fighting to ensure that Wall Indian” in a Texas state bar Buckingham professor a prescient political Street reforms stay on the registration card, adding to voice. books.” the list of instances in which suffers vocal cord “Before there was an Warren was joined by fam- the senator self-identified this damage during editorial every day lamenting ily, including her husband, way. heart surgery

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“Like the tobacco industry, the pornography industry has created a public health crisis,” Udall told lawmakers, according to the Arizona Republic. “Pornography is used pervasively, even by minors.”

Election Day now a paid holiday in small Ohio city A second woman has come forward to say that she was The small north-central raped by Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax when Ohio city of Sandusky, on they attended Duke University in 2000. (CNN) the shore of Lake Erie, has

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich declined to issue a preliminary injunction requested by a privacy and civil liberties nonprofit group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

The group argued that the U.S. Census Bureau was required to complete a privacy impact assessment before Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the addition of the question.

In response, the government acknowledged it is required to update its privacy impact assessments, but must do so before collecting census responses, rather than before deciding what questions would appear.

Seattle almost reached yearly amount of snow in a single day Seattle got almost the same amount of snow it gets in a year in one day, leaving officials scrambling to get people off the streets and Washington’s governor declaring a state of emergency.

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport had 6.4 inches of snow Friday, according to the National Weather Service. It’s the second most

unwillingly thrust itself into a contentious nationwide debate over increasing voter turnout: officially swapping Columbus Day for Election Day as a paid holiday.

“Some of it was just dumb luck as to the timing of the national conversation,” City Manager Eric Wobser told CNN on Saturday.

The new rule, which takes effect this year, coincides with sweeping Democratic Arizona debates legislation that would make calling porn a Election Day a federal holiday, prohibit the purging health crisis of voter rolls and require Pornography may soon be presidential candidates to considered a public health release their tax returns, crisis in Arizona — depend- among other changes. ing on the fate of a resolution Senate Majority Leader in the state.

Mitch McConnell last week Arizona state Rep. drew backlash from DemoMichelle Udall, R-Mesa, crats for calling the House introduced a resolution bill a “power grab,” mocking declaring “pornography is it as the “Democratic Politia crisis leading to a broad cian Protection Act” and arspectrum of individual and guing that it rewrites the “the public health impacts.” rules of Americans politics The resolution says for the exclusive benefit of pornography “perpetuates a the Democratic Party. sexually toxic environment Said Wobser, “We were that damages all areas of our acting locally for local reasociety.” sons but certainly we were CNN has reached out inspired by the conversations to Udall for comment, but happening at a statewide or has not heard back. But in national basis and those two reports on local media, she things really synced up well cited the effects of excessive together.” erotic images on the society.

— From wire reports snow recorded in the area in a day for the past 20 years, and more is still to come.

By 4 a.m. Saturday, the airport had 7.2 inches of snow, and it was still falling.

It’s only the fourth time the area has seen 6 inches of snow since 1991. Seattle averages 6.8 inches of snow over the course of an entire year.

Former Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has undergone emergency open heart surgery that has resulted in vocal cord damage.

His wife, Kristen Buckingham, revealed the hospitalization and his progress in a post on social media Friday.

“He is now recuperating at home and each day he is stronger than the last,” she said. “While it is unclear if this damage is permanent, we are hopeful it is not.”

She said her husband’s family has a history of heart issues. Buckingham’s father died at 56 and his brother at 46 from heartrelated illness, according to the post.

‘Big Little Lies’ returning in June

HBO announced Friday that the second season of “Big Little Lies” will premiere in June.

As previously reported, the new season, consisting of seven episodes, will see the “Monterey Five” — played by Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoe Kravitz — struggling to move forward with their lives in the aftermath of the major death that concluded Season 1.

“When we come back, their lives, like all of our lives, seem really well put together on the surface but then the fissures and the fractures begin to emerge,” creator David E. Kelley told reporters of the new season on Friday during a panel for the show at the Television Critics Association. “Once the crevices start to widen, it escalates pretty quickly.”

— From wire reports

Dingell in posthumous op-ed: ‘The work is certainly not finished’

By Caroline Kelly and Veronica Stracqualursi CNN

The late Democratic former Rep. John Dingell of Michigan thanked his supporters and urged Congress to continue his work protecting American consumers and lands in a Washington Post opinion piece published posthumously Friday.

He also got in a few digs against President Donald Trump and critics of social programs.

ily gentler,” he added. “We observed modicums of respect even as we fought, often bitterly and savagely, “In our modern political age, the over issues that were literally life presidential bully pulpit seems dedi- and death to a degree that — forcated to sowing division and denitunately — we see much less of grating, often in the most irrelevant today.” and infantile personal terms, the Dingell — the longest-serving political opposition,” Dingell wrote, member of Congress, with more calling for respectful discourse even than 59 years in office — died on crucial policy issues.

Thursday at age 92.

“My personal and political In a possible nod to some character was formed in a different Democrats’ recent socialist leanera that was kinder, if not necessar- ings, Dingell referenced opponents

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of Medicare calling the program “socialized medicine” in preventing senior citizens from becoming destitute because of medical bills.

“Remember that slander if there’s a sustained revival of silly red-baiting today,” Dingell wrote.

He also referenced policy issues that had significantly advanced since his time in Congress, such as environmental regulations, food and drug protections, and civil rights actions secured by activists “often demonized and targeted, much like

other vulnerable men and women today.”

“All of these challenges were addressed by Congress. Maybe not as fast as we wanted, or as perfectly as hoped,” Dingell wrote. “The work is certainly not finished. But we’ve made progress — and in every case, from the passage of Medicare through the passage of civil rights, we did it with the support of Democrats and Republicans who considered themselves first and foremost to be Americans.”

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BY ISABEL HUGHES

you have the trim. It’ll give it a little more interest than Visit gwinnettdailypost.com being solid white, grey or for a photo gallery. beige. Good design resides Interior designers Jason everywhere.”

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Good design certainly Loecke know that for many “You can spill red wine resided at the North Atlanta people, a home is a safe and you just dilute some Home Show on Friday, haven — a place to retreat Dawn and you can wipe it with more than 150 home from the world. right up,” he said. “We used remodeling experts offering “We want our homes to to think of performance attendees everything from be that sanctuary,” Nixon fabrics as only for outdoor patio renovation ideas to said. “(A spot) where use, but they’re amazing.” bathroom remodeling and we go home and take a Another way to make kitchen displays. deep breath, maybe put items aesthetically pleasing As the largest event thus the phone down for a few while keeping them usable far in the show’s 22-year hours, and everything feels is to buy materials cheaply run, show manager Mark special and has that special and transform a household Levine said Friday’s opentouch.” through do-it-yourself proj- ing day was a successful That special touch should ects; not every custom item one. be accessible for everyone, has to cost a huge amount, “The idea is to bring though, Nixon and Loecke Loecke said. people here and they shop, stressed — even those who Madcap Cottage founders and interior designers John Loecke, left, and Jason Oliver “Say you want to give they compare and they get inspired,” Levine said. “I’ve don’t have a large budget to Nixon speak at the 22nd annual North Atlanta Home Show at the Infinite Energy Forum (your sofa) a little pizon Friday. (Staff Photo: Isabel Hughes) seen lots of people walking renovate. zazz,” he said. “Adding a “You don’t need to start As the show’s featured around with lots of bags and Nixon said. “For us, when accomplished our goal.” trim to a bottom to a sofa completely over,” Loecke speakers, the duo’s prewe’re designing for our One way to make furniis something you can do to looking happy, so I’m hopsaid. “You can take things sentation, From Drab to clients, if we can’t make ture usable, Nixon said, is something you already own ing they had a good time. you already have and trans- Fab: How to Transform So far, it’s been positive.” rooms usable, we haven’t to redecorate using perforif you have a glue gun and form them, and sometimes Your Home with Prints and you’re better off doing Patterns, focused on giving that.” homeowners redesign tools On Friday, Nixon and that fit any budget and any Loecke, the founders of skill level — and are conglobal lifestyle brand Mad- ducive to the wear and tear cap Cottage, shared several of normal living. of their home transforma“We still have fancy tions at the 22nd North friends out in the Hamptons Atlanta Home Show, which who say, ‘Oh, you can’t (go runs through today at the in) my all-white room.’ Is it Infinite Energy Forum. a museum or is it a house?”

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Heart Center at NGMC welcomes new cardiologist

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Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Heart Center recently added a new member to its team, cardiologist Ryan Whitney.

Whitney has now officially joined the practice and is accepting patients at NGMC’s Braselton, Buford and Commerce locations.

“I am pleased to join this elite team of physicians who have earned a distinguished reputation for providing highly-ranked cardiovascular services in Northeast Georgia,” Whitney said. “I look forward to improving the health of the community by offering the same great heart care

patients have come to know and trust.”

Whitney received his medical degree Ryan from the Whitney University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha and completed his residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

He is board-certified in cardiovascular disease.

For more information about Whitney or to make an appointment, visit heartngmc.org or call 770534-2020.

Gwinnett Chamber highlights process for new CEO search

BY CURT YEOMANS

community business leaders is working on the chamber’s CEO search, and applicants can submit Weeks after Gwinnett their information to the Chamber President and panel at www.gwinnettCEO Dan Kaufman anchamber.org/president-ceonounced plans to retire this search. summer, officials at the Committee chairman business organization want Bill Russell said the compeople who might be inter- mittee has been working ested in succeeding him to for several months on what know they can send in their he called “the pursuit of an applications. exceptional results-orientThe chamber is highed president/CEO.” lighting its process for the The new CEO will search to find Kaufman’s work with staff on strasuccessor. Kaufman is set tegic direction, external to retire June 30 and the relationships, economic Gwinnett Chamber said it development, commuis looking for “an excepnity leadership, advocacy, tional leader with strong membership development, local and regional relation- and administration and ships” to serve as the next financial stewardship. president.

The new CEO will also Applicants have until be expected to serve as a Feb. 28 to submit their “voice of the chamber” resumes and cover letters and handle chamber board to the chamber’s search relations, according to the committee. search website.

“It is truly an exciting “The committee is time for Gwinnett and extremely excited at the an exciting time for the tremendous opportunity to Gwinnett Chamber,” 2019 secure a best fit candidate Gwinnett Chairman Tom with regional experience, Andersen said. “We look strong business acumen, forward to finding the per- stellar communication and fect fit for very large shoes, interpersonal skills, impecas well as fresh perspective cable integrity and the and ideas.” ability to manage diverse A 15-member search relationships,” Russell committee made up of said. curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

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he first residents are moving in and making new friends at Heartis Suwanee. Several talked about their decision to move to Suwanee’s newest senior living community over dinner recently.

Susan and Owen took the title as Heartis Suwanee’s official “first residents,” moving in Jan. 14. With some health challenges ahead, they made the decision to move to Heartis four months ago.

“It was time,” Susan said.

Married for 60 years, their brood of seven children, 29 grandchildren, and seven greats (with number eight on the way) is already legendary at the new community. Family members routinely drop by for a visit or join them for meals.

Another couple, Gene and Linda, moved to Heartis Suwanee from their home nearby. Their daughter and grandchildren, including a great-grand, are regular visitors. After 62 years of marriage and housekeeping, Linda doesn’t miss cooking. Having chef-prepared meals is “wonderful,” she says. They both enjoy dining with other residents.

A third couple, Bill and Mary moved to Heartis from another senior living community in Johns Creek. They knew they wanted to live at Heartis as soon as they heard about it, patiently waiting nearly two years for the opening. Irish by birth, the couple immigrated to the U.S. in the 60s and lived most of their lives in New Jersey.

Married for 58 years, they have two daughters who live on Atlanta’s north side. They decided a community like Heartis is the best solution for them.

Family is nearby, and they can see them whenever they like, but everyone still has their independence.

Bill noted they have fewer expenses.

With all utilities, except phone, plus two meals a day and weekly housekeeping included in the base price, budgets are a breeze. Both Linda and Mary noted that when they go shopping, there’s less they need to buy.

Heartis is home to singles as well.

Richard, widowed two years ago, is looking forward to more new residents. His family teases him about finding a new love interest.

“This is going to be a busy place,” he says.

The parties have already started.

Sharise Thurman, the community’s executive director, was gathering up supplies for a Super Bowl party recently. She’s planning the first Heartis Ball, complete with live band, fresh flowers, food and a

Sharise Thurman, (right) executive director of Heartis Suwanee, enjoys hugs with residents and family members. great reason to wear a fancy dress, later this month.

“We’re making new memories,” she said.

With a Bachelor’s in Healthcare Management, a Master’s in Gerontology, and more than 20 years experience working with seniors, Thurman and her team are bringing to life Heartis’ “Live Well, Live Inspired” motto.

“This organization believes in its Gold Standards,” Thurman says. “We treat everyone – staff and residents – with dignity and respect. There is a huge focus on customer service and the ‘my pleasure’ way of life as I call it.”

The philosophy extends beyond the community walls, as Heartis embraces partnerships wherever they build, Thurman notes. Heartis was the presenting sponsor of Suwanee Fest in September, a sponsor of Suwanee’s Classic Car Show too, and will be sponsoring the upcoming Suwanee Skyline Soiree as well as other events.

Laying the foundation for the Heartis culture is exciting, but what does Thurman enjoy most about thiscommunity?

The hugs.

“I love getting to know the residents, making new relationships and meeting them where they are,” she says. “We want to know what can we do to make this experience better. We want to know how they’re doing, and we welcome feedback.”

Grand opening events are planned for early April but don’t wait to check out this resort-style senior living community.

ABOUT HEARTIS

The Heartis campus, located off Suwanee Dam Road, offers new stateof-the-art resort-style residences for independent living, assisted living, and

memory care. Overlooking Suwanee Town Center, the community includes 175 apartments in three buildings totaling 187,375 square feet.

INDEPENDENT LIVING apartments are for individuals age 55 and up who are looking for gracious retirement living. Floor plans consist of studio, one bedroom, one bedroom deluxe, as well as a two bedroom and two bath units.

The base cost includes two homecooked meals per day, breakfast and your choice of lunch and dinner, all utilities except phone, and weekly housekeeping. Each apartment has a full kitchen and many units include Juliet balconies or patios.

First-class amenities include a large covered observation deck, spacious theater room, large, secured courtyards, 24/7 wellness room including state-of-the-art fitness equipment, a library, bistro, beautifully landscaped grounds with walking paths, game and activity rooms, a beauty salon and barber shop, large dining rooms, social and recreational activities, religious services, relaxing common areas, and a private dining room for gatherings with family and friends.

ASSISTED LIVING apartments are for seniors age 62 and up who need help with their activities of daily living.

Special services such as nurse-supervised staff, 24-hour emergency call systems, assistance with medication management, support with bathing, help with dressing, or other routine activities are available.

Floor plans, meals, and other amenities are on par with the independent living option. A private courtyard in the assisted living community includes a pool and outdoor gathering space.

MEMORY CARE apartments are for individuals age 62 and up who have a cognitive impairment, such as dementia or Alzheimer’s. The secure memory care community includes private or shared accommodations.

For more information or to schedule a tour, call (770) 614-6601 or visit www.heartis.com/suwanee.

Heartis Suwanee is owned by Caddis Healthcare and managed by Frontier Management, which currently operates nine Heartis communities and is ranked #20 among the nation’s Top 50 Largest U.S. Seniors Housing Operators by American Seniors Housing Association.

Heartis Suwanee is the second Heartis senior living center in Georgia.

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Boehringer Ingelheim HQ to bring 75 jobs

By Curt Yeomans

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The impact Boehringer Ingelheim’s headquarters move to Duluth will have on the local job market became clear this past week.

The animal health company is expected to bring 225 jobs to Georgia, including 75 at its headquarters in Duluth, according to an announcement from Partnership Gwinnett and Gov. Brian Kemp. The company announced plans to move its North American headquarters from

Missouri to Duluth in November, but the number of jobs that was expected to generate was not released until this week’s announcement.

“We’re excited to welcome Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. to the Peach State,” Kemp said in a statement.

“As a family-owned business, they will join a firstclass corporate family here in Georgia. I look forward to working with them to strengthen our university system and existing industries in agribusiness, health technology and science.”

In addition to the jobs in Duluth, Boehringer Ingelheim is expected to create 50 new jobs at a manufacturing facility in Gainesville and 100 jobs at a research and development facility in Athens.

The company makes vaccines and pharmaceuticals for animals.

“For nearly 40 years, the company and its predecessors have helped make the state of Georgia a key player in animal health — from its beginning producing rabies vaccines in Athens, to multiple facilities to-

day, that are playing an instrumental role in advancing animal health and well-being,” Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. President Everett Hoekstra said in a statement.

“Our investments will expand our capabilities and presence in Georgia, and drive future growth and innovation to help prevent disease in livestock and pets.”

Local officials praised the jobs announcement, using it to highlight attributes they feel Gwinnett County and the Gwin-

nett Place Community Improvement District — where the headquarters will be located — have that are attractive to businesses.

“This announcement is yet another excellent example of how Gwinnett’s robust business climate and diverse community continue to draw companies to locate and expand here,” Partnership Gwinnett Chief Economic Development Officer Nick Masino said.

“Industry giants, like Boehringer Ingelheim, recognize Gwinnett

County as a prime location to better reach their target markets and grow their business.”

Gwinnett Place CID Executive Director Joe Allen said, “Boehringer Ingelheim’s decision to invest in the Gwinnett Place CID speaks to the strength of our community and the economic vitality of this area.

“With access to a skilled workforce and significant infrastructure, companies like Boehringer Ingelheim are able to successfully grow and expand their business with confidence.”

GCPS increases AP test pass rate; Victim of Duluth test participation slightly decreased hit-and-run ID’d In comparison, across the state for the 2017-18 school year, 23.2 percent of public school students earned a 3 Gwinnett County Public or higher, making the state’s Schools has steadily inpass rate the 16th-highest in creased its Advanced Place- the nation. ment test pass rate over the GCPS said Wednesday last several years, the district that “a glance at the data recently announced. indicates that the strong In the 2017-18 school performance of Gwinnett year, 63.2 percent of GCPS County’s students contribstudents received a score uted to that success.” of 3 or higher on AP tests, According to the discompared to 62.5 percent in trict, several Gwinnett high the 2016-17 school year and schools experienced double 61.5 percent in the 2015-16 digit gains in their pass rates school year, College Board between the 2016-17 and data shows.

2017-18 years, with results

By Isabel Hughes

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from Lanier, Mountain View and Discovery high schools increasing 13.9, 12.1 and 11.2 points, respectively.

In terms of AP test participation rates, 41.3 percent of Georgia’s public school class of 2018 took an AP exam, marking the 13thhighest participation rate in the nation.

In Gwinnett, 14,831 students took 28,977 AP exams last year, slightly lower numbers from the two previous years, the district said.

Still, five high schools increased their participation numbers, Brookwood, Col-

lins Hill, Discovery, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, and North Gwinnett; eight schools increased the number of exams given, Brookwood, Collins Hill, Discovery, Duluth, Grayson, GSMST, North Gwinnett and Shiloh high schools; and four schools — Brookwood, Collins Hill, Discovery and North Gwinnett high schools — saw an increase in the number of students participating, in the number of exams given and in the percentage of scores of 3 or higher.

in brief Police seek help finding suspects in shoplifting Police need help identifying two women who are accused of shoplifting $1,200 worth of clothing from Old Navy.

On Jan. 11, two women entered the clothing store located in Sugarloaf Mills Mall at 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway in unincorporated Lawrenceville. They then proceeded to fill two duffel bags with clothing, police said. The women hid the bags and then left the store.

Later on, police said, the duo returned, grabbed the bags and ran out of the store.

The total cost of the clothing is estimated at $1,200.

One suspect is a black woman wearing a gray hoodie, gray or denim colored leggings and a black hat. The second suspect is a black woman wearing a pink shirt, a green jacket with a fur-lined hood, black leggings and a black hat.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 770-513-5300.

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

Tipsters can receive a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case.

The case number is 19003460.

These surveillance photos show suspects wanted for shoplifting $1,200 worth of clothing from Old Navy in unincorporated Lawrenceville. (Special Photo)

more than $1,000 using a stolen credit card.

Amber Lynn Dunlap, 27, of Lehigh Acres, Fla., has six felony warrants out for Amber Lynn Dunlap her arrest.

Besides the Gwinnett County Police Department, she is wanted by both the Covington Police Department and Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Dunlap is charged with entering auto, two counts of financial transaction card theft and three counts of criminal attempt to commit a felony.

On Jan. 20, the victim reported her vehicle was broken into while she was at Collins Hill Park in Lawrenceville, where her purse and wallet were stolen, according to Cpl. Wilbert Felony warrants Rundles, a spokesman for out for suspect in the Gwinnett County Police credit card fraud Department.

“Shortly after the breakPolice have identified in, the victim’s stolen and are searching for a credit cards were used at woman accused of charging Kroger located at 2121

Micro Center, a computer and electronics store located on Pleasant Hill Road in unincorporated Duluth, and put two items in his Gage Tinker shopping cart.

“He pushes them toward the entrance door while on his phone,” Gwinnett County Police Department Cpl. Wilbert Rundlessaid.

“He waits a brief time, grabs the items from the cart and runs out of the store.”

On Saturday, Tinker struck again, this time at the Kohl’s on Hamilton Police arrest man Mill Parkway in Dacula, Rundles said. in shoplifting “He walked around the at Micro Center store for approximately 15 minutes before grabbing A shoplifter, who tartwo high-end vacuums and geted both a Dacula depart- running out,” Rundles said. ment store on Saturday and “He gets into the passenger a Duluth electronics store side of a black sedan.” in late December, has been Tinker is charged with arrested, police said. felony shoplifting and is According to police, on being held in the Gwinnett Dec. 27, Gage Tinker, 26, County Detention Center. of Cumming walked into — From staff reports Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road in unincorporated Suwanee,” Rundles said.

“The suspect first makes a small purchase for just over $10 to see if the card will go through. After it is accepted, the suspect attempts to purchase gift cards in excess of $1,000.”

Dunlap’s whereabouts are unknown at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 770-513-5300. To remain anonymous, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or visit stopcrimeatl.com.

Tipsters can receive a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. The case number is 19-006224.

obituaries Sugar Hill

Claude Godfrey, Jr. On Saturday, February 2, 2019, Claude D. Godfrey, Jr., loving son and brother, passed away at age 69.

Claude was the son of Inie and Claude Godfrey, Sr., of Sugar Hill, Georgia.

Claude graduated from North Gwinnett High School in 1967. After serving in the U.S. Army, he completed his BA d

degree from Piedmont College in June 1975. Claude worked as an accountant for banks and other businesses.

Claude was preceded in death by his mother, Inie, and his sister, Evelyn Godfrey. He is survived by his father, Claude, Sr.; his sisters, Barbara Quinn, Martha Knowlton, and Pam Oliver; his brothers, James Godfrey and Charles Godfrey; his nephew, Paul

Knowlton; his nieces, Kelly Knowlton Suddeth and Hayley Oliver; and by his great-nephews, Benjamin and Noah Suddeth.

A private service will be held at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. A public memorial service will be held at a later date. Condolences can be left for the family at www.GeorgiaFuneralcare. com

department’s accident investigation unit was dispatched to the scene Monday night, where The victim in a fatal they were able to use Monday night hit-and“nearby surveillance run in Duluth has been cameras and Duluth identified, police said.

Police Department tag reader cameras to capture Darwin Dixon, 61, images and information was killed shortly before 10 p.m. as he was of the vehicle.”

“On Tuesday, officers walking on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard near with (the) AIU followed up on leads throughout Howell Ferry Road in the investigation and Duluth, Duluth Police (were) able to locate the Department spokesman suspect and the vehicle Ted Sadowski said. used during the crash,” On Tuesday, police Sadowski said. “Officers charged the suspect, with AIU questioned Damian Arroyo Burgos, with vehicular homicide, the suspect regarding the damage to the hit-and-run, failure vehicle and during the to report an accident questioning, the suspect resulting in death, driving without a license admitted to striking the pedestrian.” and driving too fast for Burgos is currently conditions in connection being held without bond with the accident. at the Gwinnett County According to Jail.

Sadowski, the

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Dispute involving crowbar, gun leads to shooting, arrest

After parking, Williams got out of his car “while the victim retrieved a crow bar from his truck,” A Friday morning fight Pihera said. between two men involv“(Williams) walked ing a crowbar and a gun over to the victim,” ended with one man bePihera said. “The victim ing shot and the other be- began to hit (Williams) ing arrested, police said. with the crowbar. (WilGwinnett County Poliams) retreated back to lice Department officers his car and got a firearm. were dispatched to Metro He then went back to the Green Recycling, which victim and shot him in is located on Pleasantdale the abdomen.”

Following the shooting, Road in unincorporated the victim got back inside Atlanta, at about 11:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 his truck and moved it a “short distance away” call that 31-year-old Jamarsa Williams had shot while waiting for an a man in the stomach, ac- ambulance. Williams then “placed the gun on cording to Cpl. Michele Pihera, spokeswoman for the hood of his car and waited for police to arthe department. rive,” Pihera said.

“The officers and After officers ardetectives determined rived, Williams was that the driver of a blue “immediately”arrested car (Williams) was anand taken to the Gwingry with the driver of a nett County Jail, where commercial vehicle, the victim, over some debris he was charged with aggravated assault. from the truck,” Pihera Pihera said the victim, said. “(Williams) followed the victim into the who was taken to a local hospital, may also face parking lot of the recycling facility. The victim criminal charges.

Surveillance video pulled onto the vehicle captured the incident, scale. (Williams) parked though it is not currently his vehicle a short disbeing released, Pihera tance away just in front said. of the control booth.”

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The Brookwood boys swim team won the state swim meet held at Georiga Tech on Saturday night. (Photo: Anthony Stalcup)

Brookwood boys, girls dominate state for 2nd straight year

By David Friedlander

two relay championships to 359 points and a comfortable margin over runner-up Lambert’s total of 266.

ATLANTA — BrookMeanwhile, the Brookwood’s boys and girls were the wood girls put up 349 points team story in their respective behind a pair of individual divisions of the Georgia High titles from Lily Burke, plus School Association’s Class one from the 400-yard relay AAAAAAteam, to collect their second MORE AAAAAAA straight AAAAAAA trophy, ONLINE state swimand win the combined meet For more photos ming chamoutright, ahead of combined and complete pionships runner-up Centennial (281) results from the state swimming Saturday and AAAAAAA runner-up & diving chamat Georgia Parkview (274.50). pionships, go to Tech’s McAuThe wins mark the second www.gwinnett ley Aquatic straight year Brookwood prepsports.com Center. swept both divisions.

The Broncos boys won “The boys and girls kind of their fourth straight Class traded places (from last year),” AAAAAAA title, riding two Brookwood coach Jack Gayle individual state championsaid. “Last year, the girls had ships from Aidan Stoffle and to fight and claw their way to david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

The Brookwood girls swim team won the state swim meet held at Georiga Tech on Saturday night. (Photo: Anthony Stalcup)

the state championship. This year, I really think the boys had to fight for it.”

Stoffle helped get things started right for the Broncos, combining with younger brother Nathaniel Stoffle, Grant Clark and Sam Mauldin to win the first event of the day, the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:32.46.

Stoffle then took the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke events later in the meet, and ended things by teaming with Dylan Scott, Maudlin and Roman Gibbs to win the 400 free relay.

Brookwood’s girls were paced by Burke’s individual championships in the 200 individual medley and 100 See BROOKWOOD, Page 5B

Longhorns capture region hoops title Foul-plagued

By Collin Huguley

Bulldoggs (18-9) and region player of the year Chellia Watson. The win serves as WINDER — The Lanier redemption for Lanier, in girls basketball team capped particular its five seniors, after off a perfect run through rethe Longhorns lost the region gion play when it captured the title game to the Bulldoggs a Region 8-AAAAAA title with year ago. a 38-32 win over Winder“They’re their own crew,” Barrow on Saturday night. first-year Lanier head coach The Longhorns (24-3) Tim Slater said of his team. never trailed in the contest “They lead themselves, they and were able to hold off the coach themselves. They’re Staff Correspondent

tremendous young ladies with character and work ethic. For me, it’s been an easy, easy process to coach them because they’re a joy to coach.”

Offense was at a premium in the contest, as both teams deployed aggressive defenses that forced many turnovers.

But Lanier found just enough offense from its seniors to get over the top.

In the first half, it was Me-

kala Fuller who scored nine of Lanier’s 19 points. Down the stretch, it was Kalen Surles.

Surles’ nine second-half points, which included a critical fourth-quarter 3-pointer to extend the Lanier lead to 31-24, proved to be enough to avenge a bitter region championship game defeat to Winder-Barrow a year ago.

See LANIER, Page 5B

Rams record historic sweep

By Taylor Denman taylor.denman@ gwinnettdailypost.com

LOGANVILLE — It took two buzzer-beaters and a clutch free throw from the Region 8-AAAAAAA tournament MVP to beat a team the Rams creamed by 14 points two weeks ago.

It was sometimes ugly,

and a little unlucky, but fortunes evened out for Grayson when Jazmin Robinson sunk one of her two free throws with 1.6 seconds left to give Grayson a 61-60 lead and the Region 8-AAAAAAA championship. It marks Grayson girls basketball’s first region championship.

See GRAYSON, Page 5B

Grayson’s Jazmin Robinson (12) shoots against Rockdale in the Region 8-AAAAAAA girls tournament Saturday. (Staff Photo: Taylor Denman)

Wolves fall in region final

By Will Hammock will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

PEACHTREE CORNERS — Historically, a loss to Holy Innocents’ in the region championship game has not kept the Wesleyan girls basketball team from its ultimate goal. For that to happen again, the two-time defending state champion Wolves need a much better performance than Saturday night.

No. 1 Holy Innocents’ handed thirdranked Wesleyan a 72-50 defeat in the Region 5-A Tournament finals, pulling away in the second half on the foulplagued Wolves’ home court. The Bears also won the region title last season, though Wesleyan rebounded to win its second straight state title. The same thing happened in 2015.

Another showdown between the two teams in the state title game would not be a surprise. “(I’m) definitely (expecting to see them again),” said Holy Innocents’ head coach Nichole Dixon, a longtime Wesleyan assistant. “They’re a great team, extremely well-coached. It’s tradition.

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Keselowski has sights set high for 2019 campaign

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski likens his current state of mind to the times when he was younger, anticipating that first day of school.

Only now, it’s more of a graduate education, as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series prepares to open its 2019 season at Daytona International Speedway.

“It’s certainly the race I would think of myself being the most prepared for just by the nature of it being the first race of the season,” Keselowski, 34, said. “It reminds me a little bit like when I was in school, the first day of school.

“The night before I would kind of lay out all my clothes, have my backpack packed with pencils, notebooks, whatever it might be.

“Of course you get a little bit later into the school year, you’re getting dressed the morning of, you’re barely finding your clothes, your backpack is a mess, all that kind of stuff.

“That’s probably the best way I know how to explain the Daytona 500 — it has a lot of that

NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) is well prepared for the season opener Feb. 17 at Daytona. (Peter Casey-USA Today Sports)

first-day-of-school feel, everybody is super prepared, sometimes a little too anxious as well.”

The 2012 Monster Energy Series champion and a consensual superstar on the sport’s big restrictor plate tracks like Daytona, Keselowski is still missing that one most sought-after trophy in the Great American Race.

He shows up in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford Mustang this week as the defending winner of this afternoon’s Advance Auto Parts Clash (3 p.m., FS1), non-points race with his sights set high — as always.

His sights are set on vic-

tory in the Feb. 17 Daytona 500 (at 2:30 p.m., FOX).

“It’s something I thought a lot about,” Keselowski told reporters Thursday.

“Before last season I had never really won a major NASCAR race. I won the championship (2012), done a lot of those things, which is certainly great. I hadn’t won a major. Last year after winning Darlington and Indianapolis, gosh, the thrill from that, I’m still kind of on a high from that. That was almost six months ago.

“But Daytona is, the 500, one major I don’t have. I feel like it’s a race we’ve been competitive at. We had opportunities

to win it. For a number of reasons, it hasn’t come together, which is sometimes unsettling. People ask me all the time, ‘What race is the one that got away?’ It’s the 500, so far. I want to change that.”

Keselowski’s work on restrictor plates makes him a favorite from the time he shows up in Daytona Beach. He won his first ever Cup race on the Talladega high banks in 2009 and has six of his 26 career wins at the Talladega and Daytona superspeedways.

The route to victory and the disappointment of defeat, however, is always unpredictable. And at Daytona, especially in the Daytona 500, it’s exaggerated and an intense sense of desire and emotion.

Sometimes the best car, the keenest strategy, the star performer doesn’t win.

That has been the case for Keselowski more times than he’d like to think about. He’s won on restrictor plate tracks leading a lot and he’s won leading a little.

For example, Keselowski led a dominating 115 of the 161 laps in his lone Daytona win in July 2016. Yet in four of his five Talladega triumphs, Keselowski led 12 laps or fewer.

Last year Austin Dillon won the Daytona 500 leading only the final lap to the checkered flag.

In all, Keselowski has led only 38 laps total in nine Daytona 500s and his best finish was a thirdplace in 2014. Since then he’s only finished three of the last four races and has finishes of 20th or worse in all four of those.

Last year Keselowski won the Advance Auto Parts Clash 75-lap exhibition race and has finished an impressive ninth or better in five of the six Clash races he’s run. Yet his only top-five in the Duel at Daytona qualifying race was a fourth place in 2017.

It’s the kind of hit and miss that characterizes restrictor plate tracks, but for a driver so skilled and accomplished on them, the mixed bag is hard to reconcile.

As he’s proven over his nine-year Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career, however, that only motivates Keselowski more. He’s a champion and he’s always a favorite at Daytona.

“I feel like the Daytona 500 is one of those races, a lot of restrictor plate races are this way, in my mind, one of those races where

one year it takes smarts and great execution and one year it takes a lot of luck,” Keselowski explained. “It seems to rotate back and forth.

“I went back and watched a lot of film. Joey Logano (2015) won the race two or three years ago and the same thing with Denny Hamlin (2016), they made smart and courageous moves to win the race. They really really earned it.

“Then I’ve seen other races — not to pick on anybody — where I would say that’s not the case. Someone was lucky enough to be running at the end of the day. The 500 kind of fell into their laps.

That can be really frustrating when you feel like you’ve done everything right, the luck side is not in your favor.

“You got to get back up on the horse and ride. I feel like a number of opportunities we’ve had to win fell through our hands and there’s nothing we could have done differently. We go back there, we keep our hope, we do all the right things and control all the things we can control, knowing that will give us our best chance of winning.”

ALL-REGION BASKETBALL

Coaches honor 7-AAAAAAA’s best From Staff Reports

Meadowcreek’s Jamir Chaplin and Norcross’ Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu were voted as the Region 7-AAAAAAA basketball players of the year by the region’s head coaches.

The coaches also recognized

Second team their all-region selections. Those Mariah Callaway, Brookwood award winners are as follows: GIRLS First team Kierra Adams, Brookwood Diarra Smith, Central Gwinnett Alea Spears, Brookwood Myra Strickland, Norcross Sacha Washington, Parkview

Kiara Jackson, Lakeside-DeKalb Selma Kulo, Brookwood Armani Milton, Central Gwinnett Sussy Ngulefac, Parkview BOYS First team Jalen Benjamin, Meadowcreek Brandon Boston, Norcross

Dara Olonade, Berkmar Kyle Sturdivant, Norcross Jamiel Wright, Parkview Second team Skylar Adams, Central Gwinnett Dante Canon-Ford, LakesideDeKalb Damian Dunn, Meadowcreek Truitt Spencer, Berkmar C.J. Walker, Brookwood

Nicholson, Nkereuwem top 6-AAAAAAA From Staff Reports Discovery’s Leslie Nkereuwem and Collins Hill’s Javyn Nicholson were named players of the year on the all-Region 6-AAAAAAA basketball team, which was released Saturday by the league’s coaches.

Collins Hill’s Brian Harmon and Duluth’s April Tate were voted co-coaches of the year by the region coaches. The boys coach of the year honor was determined by selecting the region winner, Cory Cason of Discovery.

The coaches also honored the following all-region selections: GIRLS First team Kamryn Collins, Mountain View Malia Fisher, North Gwinnett Katherine Fourie, Collins Hill Bria Harmon, Collins Hill Kayla Mulkey, Mill Creek Jordan Releford, Collins Hill Torey Walker, Duluth Second team Yewande Bello, Peachtree Ridge Ashleigh Boulin, Duluth Denver Bryant, Duluth Akaya Chaney, Discovery

Kyasia Overstreet, Discovery Madison Riley, Mill Creek Honorable mention Yasmine Fairchild, Discovery; Katherine Fernandez, North Gwinnett; Kyra Jefferson, Duluth; Nadya McCown, Peachtree Ridge; Rebecca Walters, Collins Hill; Anna Williams, Mill Creek; Briana Williams, Mountain View BOYS First team Nahiem Alleyne, Mountain View Devin Evans, Duluth B.J. Knight, Peachtree Ridge Hasahnn Reynolds, Discovery Jabiri Smith, Collins Hill Second team

Chandler Johnston, North Gwinnett Jack Kostel, Mill Creek Kendall Latney, Mill Creek Kamerron Oyola, Peachtree Ridge Jaden Walker, Discovery Honorable mention Jordan Blue, Duluth; Dawit Cridland, Collins Hill; Trent Gordon, Duluth; Ian Hardy, Discovery; Jared Ivey, North Gwinnett; Eric Jones, Mountain View; Connor McCormick, North Gwinnett; London Riley, Discovery; Richard Rivers, Peachtree Ridge; Cam Rowland, Mountain View; Christian Williams, Peachtree Ridge

Lanier headlines 8-AAAAAA selections From Staff Reports Lanier’s basketball program racked up some of the top awards on the All-Region 8-AAAAAA Basketball Team, released recently by the

league’s coaches.

The Longhorns’ Sion James split boys player of the year honors with Gainesville’s Rafael Rubel, while Lanier swept the coach of the year awards with the boys’ Branden Mayweather

and the girls’ Tim Slater.

The all-region boys selections also featured Lanier’s Sean Foster and Jehloni James, as well as Dacula’s Brenden Tucker, Quincy Ademokoya and Mekhail Bethea.

Lanier’s Mekala Fuller, Kalen Surles, Cristabel Ezumah and Nyla Lawrence were voted to the all-region girls team, as were Dacula’s Lazaria Spearman, Kendall Bollmer and Nyla Moore.

IN BRIEF

Lions’ Bryant, Canzoneri sign with Columbus State

charitable campaign surrounding his participation in the upcoming NFL Combine.

The wide receiver prospect, who passed Peachtree Ridge seniors Ireland Bryant up his final year of eligibility at Auburn to and Carley Canzoneri signed this week turn pro, introduced a Pledge It campaign with the Columbus State women’s soccer where fans can pledge a donation for program. every inch Slayton reaches in the vertical Both players are four-year starters for leap testing at the combine. the Lions who helped the program to the Proceeds from the campaign go to the Region 6-AAAAAAA championship last Alabama Area Agency on Aging. Donaseason. Canzoneri is a defender who plays tions are accepted at pledgeit.org/dariuscenter back and Bryant is a midfielder. slayton.

“Growing up, my grandparents were Peachtree Ridge’s Gazzo very important to me,” Slayton said.

“They were and are a pillar of their comcommits to Reinhardt munity, hard-working, well respected and Peachtree Ridge junior Anna-Marie well-loved. When my grandfather was Gazzo has made a commitment to the diagnosed with dementia, it was a big Reinhardt University women’s lacrosse blow for me and my family. Dementia not program. only takes an enormous toll on those who Gazzo was the Lions’ offensive MVP have it, but their caregivers as well. and leading goal scorer last season as a “I have seen the struggles that my sophomore. She also earned first-team allgrandfather now faces just to make it county honors. through the day, and the strain that it puts on my grandmother as his primary careGAC grad Slayton’s NFL giver. I am very grateful to the services Combine performance to that they have received from the Alabama Area Agency on Aging, and I am proud serve as fundraiser Former Greater Atlanta Christian foot- and honored to support them with this ball player Darius Slayton has launched a campaign in my grandparents’ honor.”

Lawrenceville benefit for Devon Gales tonight

The Party Gras for Devon dinner and silent auction fundraiser will be held today at 550 Trackside in Lawrenceville to support Devon Gales, the Southern University football player paralyzed in a game against Georgia in 2015.

The event, from 4 to 7 p.m., also features live entertainment from Lily Rose, Sabor! Brass Band, Dee and the Dudes and Crushed Velvet. Tickets are available at www.buildfordevon.com.

Romo bails in middle of Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo left the Pebble Beach ProAm on Saturday, citing a “commitment at home.” Romo had been paired with Jim Furyk and the duo was tied for 53rd after two rounds. The top 60 teams advance to the final round. Trent Newby was paired with Furyk in Romo’s place for the third round.

A shot Romo hit Friday from the floor of a hospitality tent went viral as he landed the approach to just a couple feet from the cup and then easily sank the birdie.

— From staff, wire reports

Georgia forward Rayshaun Hammonds (20), a Norcross grad, shoots over Ole Miss guard Breein Tyree (4) during the second half of Saturday’s game at Stegeman Coliseum. (Photo: Dale Zanine-USA Today Sports)

Tyree leads Ole Miss past UGA Field Level Media ATHENS — Breein Tyree topped the 1,000-point mark by equaling a career high with 31 on Saturday as visiting Mississippi added to Georgia’s misery in the SEC with an 80-64 victory.

Tyree, the team’s leading scorer, is averaging 24.0 points over a five-game stretch for the Rebels (16-7, 6-4 SEC), who rolled to their second consecutive victory following a season-high fourgame losing streak. The junior guard, who has scored at least 20 in each of the last five contests, went 11 of 22 from the field and has now amassed 1,022 points for his stellar career.

Ole Miss also snapped a four-game slide at Georgia (10-13, 1-9), which has lost eight straight within the SEC. The Bulldogs’ lone victory in the last nine games overall came at home against Texas on Jan. 26, in the SEC/ Big 12 Challenge.

Georgia was actually the better team early on Saturday, making seven of its first nine shots and led by 10 at one point in the first half. However, Ole Miss fought its way back, thanks in part to 16 turnovers by the Bulldogs in the first 20 minutes and a 14-0 run that helped the visitors take control.

Blake Hinson added 13 points, Terence Davis scored 12 and Bruce Stevens grabbed nine rebounds for the Rebels, who are trying to remain in the mix for their first NCAA Tournament bid since 2015.

Jordan Harris was one of three Georgia players with 10 points and also pulled down 11 boards for the Bulldogs, who made 11 3-pointers but finished with 20 turnovers and were outrebounded 41-34.

Georgia will get another chance to end its conference drought on Tuesday at Texas A&M.

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Monday

BASEBALL

5 p.m. — Duluth at Shiloh 5 p.m. — GAC at Pace Academy 5:30 p.m. — Central at Discovery 5:30 p.m. — Collins Hill at Norcross 5:30 p.m. — Lanier at Johns Creek 5:30 p.m. — Mill Creek at McEachern 5:30 p.m. — Morrow at Berkmar 5:30 p.m. — Riverside Military at Meadowcreek 5:45 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Grayson 6 p.m. — Union Grove at South

LACROSSE

7:30 p.m. — Mill Creek girls at Lassiter 7:30 p.m. — Norcross boys at North Forsyth

TENNIS

3:30 p.m. — Collins Hill vs. Archer at Rhodes Jordan Park 3:30 p.m. — Discovery vs. South at Summit Chase 3:30 p.m. — Parkview vs. Peachtree Ridge at Sugarloaf 4 p.m. — Berkmar at Providence Tuesday

BASEBALL

4 p.m. — Wesleyan at St. Francis 4:30 p.m. — GAC at Tucker 5:30 p.m. — Hebron at Dacula

LACROSSE

4:30 p.m. — Wesleyan girls at Blessed Trinity 5 p.m. — Meadowcreek at Collins Hill 5:30 p.m. — Duluth girls at North Oconee 5:30 p.m. — Dunwoody girls at Dacula 6 p.m. — Norcross girls at Denmark 7 p.m. — GAC girls at Peachtree Ridge 7 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge boys at Wesleyan 7 p.m. — Westminster boys at GAC 7:30 p.m. — Archer boys at Norcross

SOCCER

5 p.m. — Providence at George Walton Academy 5 p.m. — Wesleyan at GAC 5:30 p.m. — Apalachee at Mill Creek 5:30 p.m. — Athens Academy at Hebron 5:30 p.m. — Collins Hill at Grayson 5:30 p.m. — Cross Keys at Berkmar 5:30 p.m. — Eastside at Lanier 5:30 p.m. — Kennesaw Mountain at Parkview 5:30 p.m. — Mountain View at Archer 5:30 p.m. — North at Flowery Branch 5:30 p.m. — Shiloh at Central 5:30 p.m. — South at Meadowcreek 5:30 p.m. — South Forsyth at Duluth 5:30 p.m. — St. Pius at Brookwood 6 p.m. — Norcross at Carrollton 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Northview 7:30 p.m. — Habersham Central girls at Buford

TENNIS

3:30 p.m. — Berkmar at Discovery 3:30 p.m. — Duluth and Archer at Rhodes Jordan Park 3:30 p.m. — East Hall at Dacula 3:30 p.m. — Mill Creek at Wesleyan 3:30 p.m. — Milton at Brookwood 3:30 p.m. — Mountain View at Central 3:30 p.m. — North at Buford 4 p.m. — GAC at Norcross 4 p.m. — N. Forsyth vs. Lanier at E.E. Robinson Park 4 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge vs. S. Forsyth at Fowler Park

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Eagles send 13 to state wrestling From Staff Reports VALDOSTA — Collins Hill advanced 13 wrestlers to next week’s state wrestling tournament at Saturday’s Class AAAAAAA Sectional B meet at Lowdnes.

The Eagles were paced by first-place finishes from Lucas DeSilva (160) and Tomari Fox (285) and runner-up finishes from Joey Felix (120) and Clint Gilbert (126).

Mountain View’s Garrett Spikes took the title at 170 pounds, while teammates Mason Askew (113) and Drew Risely (132) finished second. Brookwood’s David Key (182) and North Gwinnett’s Rex McDaniel (145) also were winners in their weight classes.

WRESTLING WRESTLING Archer advances five CUMMING — Archer’s Wade Hipp (106) and Cameron Sapp

(120) finished in second place at the Class AAAAAAA Sectional A at South Forsyth on Saturday.

Also qualifying were Vernon Rogers (113), Nathan Pratt (145) and Amier Krigger (126).

Buford advances 14 LOGANVILLE — Buford advanced all 14 wrestlers to the state meet from Saturday’s Class AAAAA Sectional A at Loganville High School. Nicke Corday (106), Ashton Logan (132), Nick Cambria (120), Talon Thompson (132), Nick Stonecheck (138), Charlie Darracotte (152), Blaine Bergey (160), Caden Williams (195) and Evan Dimaggio (220) took first place.

Dylan Bozoian (126) and Todd Hill (145) had runner-up finishes.

Runner-ups pace GAC NORCROSS — Greater Atlanta Christian hosted the Class AAA Sectional A on Saturday.

Na’im Moss (113) and Tyler Garrett (138) each placed second for the Spartans.

Dearth, Bivins lead Wesleyan OCILLA — Harrison Dearth (145) and Tanner Bivins (285) won first place at the Class A Sectional A at Irwin County High School on Saturday. Sam Schmitt (152) and David Conley (170) took runner-up honors at

the meet.

GIRLS BASKETBALL GIRLS HOOPS GAC 58, North Hall 57 GAINESVILLE — Greater Atlanta Christian’s Kennedi Williams made a free throw with two seconds left to give the Spartans a 58-57 win over North Hall in the Region 7-AAA championship game on Saturday. The contest was back and forth all night until Williams scored the last of her 17 points. Kaleigh Addie added 13 as GAC improved to 16-11 on the season.

Notre Dame Academy 31, Creekside Christian 18 DULUTH — Notre Dame Academy downed Creekside Christian 31-18 in the third-place game of the Region 1-AAA tournament on Friday. Josey Fleck led the Irish Wolfhounds with eight, while Louisa Smolynsky added seven. Notre Dame Academy (16-9) advances to the GISA state tournament.

BOYS BASKETBALL BOYS HOOPS Dacula 63, Lanier 54 WINDER — Dacula led wire to wire and defeated Lanier 63-54 in the third-place game of the Region 8-AAAAA tournament on Saturday at Winder-Barrow High

School.

Brendan Tucker’s 25 points led the Falcons (12-15). Mekhail Bethea added 15 while C.J. Carithers provided 12 points in the win.

Notre Dame Academy 62, Dominion Christian 60 DULUTH — Notre Dame Academy defeated Dominion Christian 62-60 in the thirdplace game of the Region 1-AAA GISA tournament on Friday. The Irish Wolfhounds exacted some revenge as they had previously lost two games to Dominion after leading.

Mike Miller scored 17 and Kendall Braxton contributed 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead Notre Dame Academy (10-16).

Ty Brown added 13, Makhai Mitchell contributed 10 points, while Cooper Curtin scored seven points and pulled down seven rebounds.

BOYS BOYS TRACKTRACK Condra sets record LILBURN — Peachtree Ridge’s Chase Condra won the 5,000 meters at the Parkview Invitational track meet on Saturday. His time of 15:20 established a Peachtree Ridge record and broke the Parkview stadium record.

Gladiators rock Admirals in 3rd From Staff Reports

Nolan LaPorte scored twice and the Gladiators NORFOLK, Va. — The extended their franchise Atlanta Gladiators beat record point streak to 13 South Carolina on Friday games. Atlanta is riding a night in 11-0-2-0 and the latest win overtime, boosted it ahead of Norfolk immefor sole posssession of fifth diately place in the division. The hopped a team, which languished in charter bus the South’s basement for instead of much of the first half of the the usual season, is just six points Nolan sleeper out of a playoff spot.

LaPorte for the 10Norfolk scored first at hour ride to Norfolk and 14:10 of the first period powered past the Admirals and then not again against in the third period for a Sean Bonar. The reigning definitive win Saturday.

ECHL goalie of the month

made 30 saves after getting a game to rest while rookie Michael Bitzer picked up his first win with the team Friday at home.

LaPorte tied it with just 1:38 left in the second period and then the Gladiators exploded for a threegoal third.

Nick Bligh sparked the outburst with a power-play goal 2:19 into the period to take a 2-1 lead. Derek Nesbitt and Justin MacDonald assisted on Bligh’s 15th tally of the season.

MacDonald pushed the lead to 3-1 at 8:22 on an

unassisted goal for his 14th of the season before LaPorte’s second slammed the door on the Admirals.

LaPorte’s 12th goal of the season and second of the night came at 12:25 and was assisted by MacDonald and Brett McKenzie.

MacDonald’s three-point night came on the heels of scoring the game-winner in overtime Saturday night against South Carolina.

Atlanta collected all six possible points playing three games in as many days with the long road trip to cap it off.

Robinson’s big bat keys GGC sweep advantage rule.

“We’re beginning to LAWRENCEVILLE — show some resilience,” Senior Tori Robinson achead coach Kat Ihlenburg counted for seven runs on said. “We gave up some six hits as the No. 5-ranked runs, but our hitting is Georgia Gwinnett College consistent and is carrying softball team picked up a us in these early-season pair of Saturday victories games. We had contributo conclude unbeaten actions this weekend from tion in the Grizzly Open several different players at the Grizzly Softball and positions.”

Complex.

Robinson, the team’s The Grizzlies (6-0) leadoff hitter, hit for the defeated the University of cycle on the afternoon.

Rio Grande (Ohio) 13-5 in She went 3-for-4, scored six innings before earnthree runs and drove home ing a 10-2 win against four RBIs against Rio Bluefield College (Va.) in Grande. another six-inning game.

Three more hits folThree of GGC’s four lowed, along with bringing wins in the Grizzly Open in three more runs, in the came through the eight-run second game of the day.

From Staff Reports

She went 6-for-8 across the two games and now leads the team with a .550 batting average for the season.

The senior shortstop quick-started the Grizzlies’ offense by accounting for a triple to start the game against Rio Grande. She later scored the first of three runs in the frame to match the Ohio visitor’s early lead — the first time GGC has trailed in a game this season. The hosts had a five-run second inning to take the lead for good against the Red Storm (2-2).

Georgia Gwinnett added four more runs in the fifth inning to grab a command-

ing 12-5 advantage.

Robinson capped the strong offensive day by connecting on a two-run home run in the fifth inning against Bluefield.

The Grizzlies collected 28 hits across 12 innings of action Saturday.

Senior pitcher Taylor Hansis tossed three scoreless innings in relief to pick up her second straight victory against Rio Grande.

The right hander has won three games in the first week of the season.

Freshman Alexa Good had five strikeouts across six innings to pick up her first collegiate victory in the second game.

Coursey leads Grizzlies in 10-3 win “Our focus is always to take things one day at LAWRENCEVILLE — a time,” head coach Brad The No. 3-ranked Georgia Stromdahl said. “We’re Gwinnett College baseball now focusing on Sunday’s team has won the first game, and continue to grow two games of its weekend and execute as a team. Our series against Lindsey approach offensively was Wilson College (Ky.) after very good in today’s game. defeating the Blue Raiders We also got experience 10-3 on Saturday. for several freshman and The Grizzlies (3-2) won sophomore players late in Friday’s series opener 18-0 the contest. That will help in seven innings. us going forward.”

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Sophomore second baseman Cam Coursey, a Lanier grad, went 4-for-5, with four RBIs and scoring two runs, to lead the team’s nine-hit offensive attack.

The NAIA Preseason All-American and Golden Spikes Award nominee now leads the team with a .619 batting average.

Meanwhile, junior pitcher Hunter Dollander improved to 2-0 on the

mound after scattering four hits across five innings on the mound. The righthander struck out seven batters.

Coursey gave GGC a 3-1 lead in the second inning with a run-scoring single.

He later added a two-run triple, his third of the season, during the fourth inning. Then, the Grizzlies stretched the lead to 10-2 by the fifth inning.

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ATLANTA — Guard Kemba Walker reached the 30-point mark for the fourth straight game, scoring 37 in helping the Charlotte Hornets to a 129-120 road win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday.

Walker was 13-for-27 from the field and 9-for17 on 3-pointers, three of them coming in the third period when the Hornets denied a spirited Atlanta comeback. Walker added seven assists.

It was the 40th time that Walker has topped 20 points and the 17th time he’s scored at least 30 this

season.

Charlotte’s Marvin Williams came back to haunt his former team with 27 points and Atlanta-area native Jeremy Lamb added 24 points, his second time in three games over 20 points.

It was only the eighth road win for the Hornets.

Charlotte won three of the four games in the season series against Atlanta.

Atlanta was led by John Collins with 21 points, but saw his streak of consecutive double-doubles end at three. The Hawks also got 20 points and 11 assists from rookie Trae Young.

Kevin Huerter scored 17.

Young set the franchise’s single-season record for assists by a rookie. Young, who has 410 in 55 games, passed Armond Hill, who had 403 in 1976-77 over 81 games.

Charlotte made their first eight shots and scored 46 points in the first quarter to take a 15-point lead. It was the most first-quarter points allowed by the Hawks as well as the most scored by the Hornets this season.

The 46 points were the most put up by Charlotte in any quarter this season.

But Atlanta outscored the Hornets by 10 in the second period and cut

Charlotte’s lead to 73-68 at halftime. But it was the most points scored by Charlotte in the first half this season.

Atlanta cut the lead to two points when Dewayne Dedmon’s basket left Charlotte with a 75-73 lead.

But the Hornets outscored the Hawks 31-13 from that point and had a secure 106-86 lead after three quarters.

Atlanta denying the Hornets points on seven straight possession, but could get no closer than eight points. Walker’s 3-pointer with 3:29 left restored Charlotte’s lead to 13 points.

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•From Page 1B The game’s conclusion came with controversy.

Rockdale inbounded the ball after the free throw but the clock never started.

The Bulldogs heaved a pass or perhaps a low shot that was recovered by Grayson seemingly after time expired. Officials opted not to permit Rockdale a do-over, the opposite of a ruling from earlier in the game when Rockdale inbounded the ball but the clock did not start.

“I think, especially since Malia caught the ball, I think they were different situations there,” Grayson coach Robin Potter said. “I can’t even remember. It feels like a lifetime ago.”

However, the Rams had to earn the No. 1 state playoff seed, they’ll take.

Grayson (26-2) matches up with South Forsyth, the No. 4 seed from Region 5.

Rockdale will host its first home playoff game since 2004 against West Forsyth.

The Grayson girls basketball team struggled to get any shots to fall in overtime, but Nadia Howard hit the one the Rams needed to stay alive in the first period. She drained a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left, the only basket Grayson made in the first overtime. She fouled out early in the next period and finished with a gamehigh 19 points.

In the second overtime, Malia Grace scored on back-to-back possessions to give Grayson a 59-57 lead with slightly more than two minutes left.

Rockdale scored with 26 seconds left to take the lead but fouled Victoria Dames, who tied the game on a free throw.

Another turnover gave Grayson a chance to win the game. The Rams missed a few shots but kept the possession alive by tipping the ball.

Finally, Robinson pulled down a rebound and was fouled going back up.

“She was going to get the ball one way or the other there,” Potter said.

“She just willed the win, I believe.”

Rockdale pressured Robinson thoroughly. She finished with eight points and was held scoreless in the first and third quarters.

The outside shots Grayson hit in the semifinals against Newton weren’t

Pierce said. “We had to do it in stages here. … We tried to get them to fall in love with the process.”

Newton tied the game 36-36 with just more than 3:00 left in the third quarter, but Tatum delivered a swift response with a 3-pointer.

Tatum got fouled on Grayson’s next possession and hit another triple after the inbound to give Grayson a 42-38 lead.

Newton crept within one point near the sixminute mark, but Smith casually nailed a deep 3-pointer to stretch Grayson’s lead to 51-46 with 4:52 left.

“We try to make (Tatum and Smith) aggressive because when they’re aggressive it makes everyone else’s job easier offensively.”

Grayson (24-3) will match up with Forsyth Central in the first round of the state tournament.

Grayson boys basketball coach Geoffrey Pierce, from left, Kenyon Jackson and Deivon Smith celebrate their region title win Saturday. (Staff Photo: Taylor Denman)

Archer 58, Newton 54 Archer girls basketball topped Newton to earn the falling on Saturday night. She and Howard came on No. 3 seed in the Class Grayson’s dependence on in a crucial spot for Gray- AAAAAAA girls basketRobinson’s rebounding son, combining for 15 of ball tournament. also showed during the the Rams’ third-quarter Archer trailed Newton game. Rockdale’s second- points.

23-18 at halftime. Cazia chance points played a big Trailing 36-34 in the Nelson downed a 3-pointfactor. fourth quarter’s first poser to tied the game 23-23, Grayson led 7-2 in session, Dames drained a but Newton responded the first quarter with two timely 3-pointer to briefly with its own 3-pointer on 3-pointers for Victoria give Grayson the lead the ensuing possession.

Dames, who had 16 back. Rockdale missed Archer went on an points. Rockdale prevent- a layup with 20 seconds 8-1 run that lasted until ed a fatal skid and rallied left and Grayson hustled 3:30 was left in the third to take the lead at the end in transition. The Rams’ period. Newton responded of the quarter. initial attempt missed but out of a timeout with a Rockdale’s 24 got to Rockdale lost possession 13-0 run including a handthe line and made two free before Grayson foul and ful of 3-point plays. throws with 49 seconds Alben scored at the horn Archer tied the game left in the quarter to give to force overtime.

52-52 with 1:35 left with the Bulldogs’ their first a Gatewood basket in the lead, 12-11.

Grayson (boys) 64, post. 3 gave Archer a 53Grayson scored on Newton 56 52 lead on a pair of free a fastbreak to start the Grayson boys basketball throws and Heard conquarter, but a 10-0 run for has intimidating depth verted a fast-break bucket Rockdale gave the Bulleven when Deivon Smith on the following possesdogs a 22-13 lead with and Jevon Tatum are sion with fewer than 30 roughly 2:30 left in the having off nights. When seconds left. first half. both Grayson Rams are Grayson was plagued on point, it’s even more Shiloh 71, Archer 39 by the same disease that intimidating.

Shiloh boys basketball hindered the Rams in the Smith had 25 points and earned a No. 3 seed in semifinals: turnovers.

Tatum tallied 18 in the the state tournament after Rockdale also made Rams’ region championdominating three quarters baskets with consistency. ship win over Newton. against Archer on SaturThe Bulldogs’ lead grew It clinched the first reday afternoon. to as much as 10 points in gion title for the Grayson Toneari Lane led Shiloh the second quarter. boys basketball program, with 15 points.

Grayson came out of the making Saturday night’s Shiloh led 13-10 at the locker room seeming more sweep a historic one for end of the first quarter inspired in the second half both first-time champions before starting a 9-2 run in and closed the deficit to when for years Grayson’s the second quarter, coercfour points with 4:00 left basketball programs ing Archer to call a timein the third quarter. lacked a history or tradiout to halt the momentum.

Grayson pulled within tion of winning.

Shiloh went on to outscore one, 30-29, on a shot from “There’s no substitute Archer 21-6 in the second freshman Catherine Alben. for hard work,” Geoffrey quarter.

•From Page 1B “Kalen Surles is a tremendous player and some college is going to be very lucky to have her,” Slater said. “She impresses me every day with the type of person she is and the type of player she is.”

The Longhorns got off to a fast start behind their swarming defense.

Lanier jumped out to a 7-0 lead to start and led by as many as nine points in the first half. The Longhorn defense was regularly forcing turnovers and Winder-Barrow struggled to merely get off shots in the opening minutes.

But Watson kept the Bulldoggs in it early.

Despite being regularly double-teamed, she scored 10 of Winder-Barrow’s 14 first-half points. She ended Winder-Barrow’s early scoring drought with two deep 3-pointers that energized the Bulldoggs and their home crowd. Her efforts were not enough to take a halftime lead, however.

Lanier took a 19-14 lead into the locker rooms. It could have been more, though, if not for turnovers and a few missed open

looks. But as the game progressed, Lanier found ways to get just enough offense to stay ahead.

“We had to be patient,” Surles said. “Every time we would be unfocused, we started panicking. We started to calm down and did what we do.”

In addition to nine points apiece from Surles and Fuller, the Longhorns got a lift off of the bench from junior Lizzie Campbell, who scored eight of her own.

All in all, it was Lanier’s balanced attack that was able to scrape together enough points against a strong defense. On the flip side, Winder-Barrow had difficulty finding offense to compliment Watson, who finished with 16 points.

The championshipclinching victory was special for Slater, who said he felt honored to help his senior class to a title in his first season at the helm.

“That’s a testament to them and how hard they work, and a testament to them and their character,” Slater said. “They’re great kids. I can’t say enough about them. This is their championship. I just got to be present with them.”

Wesleyan •From Page 1B It’s a big deal to be able to go into a game like this with our young team and really step up and take control of the game.”

Holy Innocents’ won the teams’ regular-season meeting 68-63 on Jan. 18, but Saturday’s rematch was never that close after the midway point of the second quarter. The Bears (226), up 38-30 at halftime, opened the third quarter up with a 12-0 run to push the advantage to 20. Wesleyan’s first points of the second half came with 3:22 left in the third quarter on a three-point play by A.C. Carter.

Carter led the Wolves (25-3) with 32 points, making 10 of 12 free throws, and didn’t get much offensive support from her teammates. Callie Weaver’s seven points was the closest Wesleyan player to Carter. “(Carter) got more than we would have liked to be honest with you,” Dixon said. “But she’s a great player. So she’s going to

get hers. The other kids, we’ve been studying their tendencies and I thought our kids did a good job in preparation and executing our plan.”

Wesleyan guard Paige Lyons had three first-half fouls, Nicole Azar fouled out 30 seconds into the fourth quarter and Weaver fouled out later in the fourth. The final period became a foul-fest both ways — the teams combined for 32 points, but only three field goals.

Carter could never pull the Wolves closer than 15 points in the fourth.

Rachel Suttle led Holy Innocents’ with 24 points, and Jillian Hollingshed scored 21.

“We’ve got a very, very, very young team with no seniors, a couple of juniors, five sophomores, a couple of freshmen,” Dixon said. “They did a really good job playing under control and with poise in an environment where it’s hard to do that for a lot of teams. I was most proud of them for that.”

Brookwood •From Page 1B

GAC’s girls were paced

by Sarah Mitchell, who free, while the sophomore won the 500 freestyle teamed up with Madwith a time of 4:56.67 and die Cordle, Emma Claire combined with Thien-An Cohen and Katelyn Morris Maynard, Caroline Khan to take the 400 free relay to and Mitsue Ostapiuk to close out their team title. take first in the 200 medley The individual story of relay in a time of 1:46.64. the meet was Mill Creek’s Wesleyan got a champiJake Magahey, who took onship by Hannah Washome state titles in the 200 muth in the 100 backstroke and 500 freestyle events, to lead the way. and finished some business Mitchell also placed he started last year in the third individually in the latter.

200 free, while Wasmuth After setting a new state was state runner-up in the record a year ago, the 200 individual medley.

Hawks’ junior not only Also with state runnerobliterated his own mark, up finishes on the day but also set a new national were Wesleyan’s Jessie high school record in the Parish (50 freestyle) and process with his time of the Wolves’ 200 medley 4:15.63, breaking Jeff Brookwood’s Jake Magahey won the 500 freestyle with a national record time at the relay team of Wasmuth, Kostoff’s 36-year-old reCarson Schiller, Parish and state swim meet Saturday night at Georgia Tech. (Photo: Anthony Stalcup) cord of 4:16.39 by 79-hunAmber Mathis, plus GAC’s dredths of a second.

Hill’s Abigayle Wood (100 Jacob Budnitz in the 100 earlier in the day.

Thien-An Maynard (100 “Recently, I put in a lot breaststroke) and North breaststroke and the Blue GAC finished as runner- breaststroke). of good training (in the 500 Gwinnett’s 200 medDevils’ 200 free relay team up to champion WestminWhile there were no free) to get ready,” Magaley relay team of Joyce of Ethan Howe, Jacob ster in the girls competition Wesleyan or GAC boys to hey said. “I’ve stepped up Kim, Caroline Izaguirre, Budnitz, Carter Januzelli, with 273 points, while win a state championship my game from last season, Courtney Niemann and Arion Solomon. GAC, Wesleyan placed fourth or finish as runner-up, sevbut I wasn’t sure I would Chantal Jordan also won Wesleyan finish strong in with 227 points. eral Wolves and Spartans be fast enough.”

AAAAAAA state titles.

Class A-AAA In the boys division, did have as strong meet.

Abigail McCulloh of Other Gwinnett boys Both the boys and girls Wesleyan took third with Among those were Parkview matched Burke’s Class AAAAAAA state teams from Greater Atlanta 205.5 points, followed a third-place finish by feat with individual state title winners included Christian and Wesleyan closely by GAC, which GAC’s third-place 200 titles in the 200 free and North’s Mikael Getahoun had a strong day in the took fourth with 179 free relay team of Aidan 500 free, while Collins in the 100 free, Norcross’ Class A-AAAAA meet points.

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Pierson Read, and Kevin Hood, plus Wesleyan’s 200 free relay team of Brian Sinclair, Luke Schiller, Jack Godfrey and Christopher Harrell, which placed fourth, as did the Wolves’ 400 free relay team of Sinclair, Jack Godfrey, Colton Villa and Harrell.

Rickaby also teamed with GAC teammates Will Trocchi, Hood and McGaughey to take fourth in the 200 medley relay.

Irwin leads a big day for Buford’s girls Caroline Irwin had a huge day in the A-AAAAA meet.

She took home a state title in the 50 free in a time of 24.19 seconds and finishing as state runner-up in 100 butterfly in 54.82 seconds, plus being part of two state-placer relay teams in helping the Wolves girls to a sixthplace finish in the team competition of the Class AAAA-AAAAA subdivision.

Katherine Alsobrook was also an individual state runner-up after finishing second in the 500 free in a time of 5:21.47.

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CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS PROJECT P.I. NO. 0010638 BID NO. COL2018 – 8.1.2018 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received by the City of Lilburn, City Manager, 2nd Floor, Administration Office, 340 Main Street, Lilburn, Georgia 30047 until 2:00 p.m. local time, Wednesday, March 6, 2019 for: P.I. No. 0010638 JACKSON CREEK TRAIL This project consists of 0.824 miles of clearing & grubbing, sidewalk, landscape and furniture fixtures, and installation of one pedestrian bridge.

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PUBLIC STORAGE # 28149, 3055 Jones Mill Road, Norcross, GA 30071, (678) 497-0956 Time: 09:30 AM

PUBLIC STORAGE # 28138, 3679 McElroy Road, Doraville, GA 30340, (678) 541-8635 Time: 10:00 AM A010 - Herd, Chevelle; A018 - Austin, Shendela; A023 - Jacobs, Karsten; A028 - bryant, chantal; A064 - Zainal Arifin, Vivi; A094 - BILLINGS, LURISE; A095 - Brown, Tara; C051 Goumas, Diamondo; D007 - Glover, Andrea; D037 - Talley, Michael; D053 - YORK, EUGENW; E007 - Walker, Janye; F605 - Mahajan, Ajay; F862 - Valentin, Rashida; F876 - Bugg, Melanie To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Orange Co. Inc. will sell at public lien sale on February 19, 2019, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold.

PUBLIC STORAGE # 28150, 6770 Dawson Blvd, Norcross, GA 30093, (678) 306-1651 Time: 09:30 AM B102 - Howard, Kaleb; C216 - lissimore, elise; C224 - Dennis, Maurice; E109 - Urias, Esmerlda; E156 - Rodriguez, Juan; E163 Coleman, Anastasia; E187 Gowan, John; F133 - Urbina, Javier; F143 - Munoz, Luis Raul; F156 - Hamlett, Jihad; H103 - Peter, Nicole; H154 Diaz, Leslye; H155 - Muldrow Jr, Anthony; H156 - Muhammad, Zayna; H183 - Walker, Shaleettica; H185 - pettiford, renee; I101 - Underwood, Nijah; I141 - Bryant, Shaviane; I142 - Maxey, Zachary; I158 - WHITE, CRYSTAL; I183 green, corey; I188 - Strozier, Ernie; J115 - Frazier, Patrice; J132 - Jean-Baptiste, Marvah; J209 - Hodge Jr, Lionel; J220 - Whitlow, Tracey; K220 - MOSES, LAMAKIA; OS36 Miller, AnnMarie PUBLIC STORAGE # 08049, 5010 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA 30093, (678) 381-8927 Time: 10:00 AM 0214 - Cisneros, Bernardo; 0215 - Roberts, Chynna; 0219 - Foster, Donnetta; 0314 - Whitfield, Candace; 0315 - Stottlemyer, Mark; 0318 - Davis, Brian; 0401 - Park, Adonna; 0433 - Quinones, Natasha; 0517 - NICELY, DEIDRE; 0649 - Cota, Edmundo; 0705 - Jackson, Davell; 0748 - Seals, Salihah; 0753- Harmon, Steven; 0814 - Drinker, Leoma; 0826 - Cloonan, Lorraine; 0854 eckels, rachel; 0947 - Carter, Asya; 1013 - Pollard, Diane; 1101 - Jackson, Andrea PUBLIC STORAGE # 20489, 6000 Lawrenceville Hwy, Tucker, GA 30084, (678) 695-6031 Time: 11:00 AM B008 - Knighton, carmen; B019 - Manning, Bernard; C029 - Washington, Glenda; C049 - WATSON, FELICIA; C072 - Lester, Wendi; C099 Butler, Clinton; D030 - POPE, YOLANDA; D033 - Barrios, Sarai; E003 - robinson, pamela; E028 - Marks, Lillie; E061 - TURNER, ERICKA; E116 - Espinoza, Jose; F021 - Russell, Jabari; G036 Pinson, Chauncey; G058 Thomas, Tijuana PUBLIC STORAGE # 24346, 615 Indian Trail Road NW, Lilburn, GA 30047, (678) 735-6573 Time: 11:30 AM B072 - Harris II, Stanley; B076 - RICHMOND, GIGI; E008 - Mccain, Brittanie STORAGE # PUBLIC 21901, 95 Arcado Road NW, Lilburn, GA 30047, (678) 436-3753 Time: 12:00 PM A003 - Bravo, Katherine; B051 - KINKEAD, JILLIANNE; B065 - Miller, Ebonye; C005 Mcnair, Corey; C055 - Clark, Nannette; C060 - Evans, Leonard; C099 - Payne, Curtis; C102 - HOLCOMB, GLADYS; C105 - Hill, Thomas; C119 - Williams, Cheryl; D009 - Wood, Andrea; D012 - Singleton, Eric; D021 - Ibe, Onyeka; D035 - Fajardo, Jamie; E057 - KAMISKY, JAMES PUBLIC STORAGE # 23106, 460 Beaver Ruin Road NW, Lilburn, GA 30047, (678) 436-8792 Time: 12:30 PM B114 - Manning, Tranea; C153 - Tome, Carlos; C164 - Brock-Smith, Kyle; D184 Fisher, Debra; D245 - Read, William; E274 - Bailey, Kristopher; F480 - Gardner, Randolph; G492 - Smith, Wanetao; G498 - Ishmael, Erroll; G503 - Milton, Jordan; G520 - BACKMAN, THEODORA; G526 - Hart, Bernadette; G538 - Mays, Curtis Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required.

Dated February 3, 2019 and February 10, 2019. By PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201.

(818) 244-8080.

929-583098, 2/3,10 MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 Brogdon Rd. Suwanee, Ga 30024 770-263-8483 Saturday, February 23rd 2019@ 1:00pm 2002 Acura RSX JH4DC54812C013460 2002 Acura 3.5RL JH4

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2050 Gravel Springs Rd Buford, Ga 30519 @ 12:00 PM, February 26, 2019 Vandy Ouk Unit # A140 Household Items Ryan Starks Unit # C1033 Household Items Chrisoula Baikos Unit # F813 Household Items John Moreno Unit # A132 Household Items Portia Marriott Unit # E730 Household Items Trina Croley Unit # C1037 Household Items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-586027, 2/10,17 NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4257 Buford Drive, Buford, GA 30518, February 26, 2019 at 2:00 PM Jon Christopher Unit 6257 household goods Stephanie Carper Unit 602 chair, bags, bicycle, clothes, totes, toys, wall art, lamp, mirror Jonathan Lehman Unit 520 chair, couch, table, refrigerator, TV, boxes, clothes, totes, fake plants, headboard, tanning bed, curio cabinet, pedestals Geraney Sanders Unit 742 mattress, dresser, couch, bags, toys, lawnmower, rug, mirror, home décor, luggage Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

4750 Nelson Brogdon Blvd Sugar Hill GA 30518 February 26th, 2019 at 3:00 PM Unit 117 David Thomas Dresser, boxes, chair, tool box, wood, cooler, lights Unit 120 Leasha Donaldson Mattress, table, totes, wheelchair

bags,

Unit 317 Sheketa Hayes Bed, dresser, mattress, bags, boxes, clothes, pictures/ photographs, totes, toys, drum set, vacuum Unit 424 Wesley Robinson Boxes, pictures/ photographs, monitor, lamp Unit 462 John Roberson Dresser, basket, bags Unit 497 Pablo Hernandez Rodriguez Chair, boxes, pictures/ photographs, wood Unit 626 Nina C Buffington Bags, boxes, totes, jewelry Unit 627 Cipriano Patino Couch, shelves, pillows Unit 727 Harry Langley Dresser, mattress, wood, shelves, dolly, mirror, golf clubs, PVC pipe Unit 833 Cipriano Patino Dresser, fan, cooler

shelves,

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-586393, 2/10,17 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Location: Extra Space Storage 2790 Braselton Hwy Dacula, GA 30019 Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Time: 11:00:00 AM Moses Bright 909 Vehicle Mark Similao 416 Household Goods Mark Similao 919 Household Goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-585525, 2/10,17 Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 1790 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Duluth, GA. 30097 770-856-1130 Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

Unit 2422 Christopher Peace Other Unit 2702 Janice Small Household Unit 3330 Jennifer Hill Queen bed/box spring dresser, kid’s bike, boxes

ZONINGS

HOUSES FOR SALE

NOTICE A Public Hearing will be held at 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, GA 30071, before the Norcross Planning and Zoning Board and the Mayor and Council on the following dates and for the purpose of due process of the following: Adoption of the 2040 Norcross Comprehensive Plan The meeting dates are as follows: Planning and Zoning Board: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 7:00PM, Council Chambers Mayor and Council Policy Work Session: Monday, February 18, 2019, at 6:30 PM, 2nd floor conference room Mayor and Council Regular Meeting: Monday, March 4, 2019 at 6:30 PM, Council Chambers For Further information please call the Community Development Department at 678-421-2067.

934-581765, 1/13,2/10

(770)476-1790. ********************* In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Duluth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for a person with a disability.

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

934-586413, 2/10

LOGANVILLE, GA 30052 1230 Shamrock Hill Circle

NOTICE A Public Hearing will be held at 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, GA 30071, before the Norcross Planning and Zoning Board and the Mayor and Council on the following dates and for the purpose of due process of the following: TEXT2019-0001, amendment to zoning ordinance 115-84(b) Permitted Uses and 115-85(a) Permitted Uses to consider changes to allowable uses for microbreweries The meeting dates are as follows: Planning and Zoning Board: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at 7:00PM, Council Chambers Mayor and Council Policy Work Session: Monday, February 18, 2019, at 6:30 PM, 2nd floor conference room Mayor and Council Regular Meeting: Monday, March 4, 2019 at 6:30 PM, Council Chambers For urther information please call the Community Development Department at 678-421-2067.

934-581766, 1/13,2/10 CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the City of Duluth Planning Commission to consider a modified rezoning request from Duluth Marketplace WREG, LLC on an approximate 14.9 acres of property in Land Lot 205, 7th District, Gwinnett County, consisting of tax parcel 7205 002 in order to modify the approved site plan and densities. The property is currently zoned PUD (Planned Unit Development District) and will not change.

The public is invited to attend this meeting before the Planning Commission on the proposed modified rezoning at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096. The meeting date, place and time regarding this matter are as follows: March 4, WHEN: 2019–7:00 p.m.

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

Written comments may be sent to the following address: City of Duluth ATTN: Daniel Robinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: drobinson@duluthga.net For more information, contact Daniel Robinson, Planning & Development, at

VEHICLES

Ford Fusion Hybrid, 2012 miles, blue, 50500 leather, automatic, sunroof, excellent condition, $2,000, laco@coxmail. us, 770-382-4964 Ford Fusion Hybrid, 2012 miles, blue, 50500 leather, automatic, sunroof, excellent condition, $2,000, laco@coxmail. us, 770-382-4964

RENOVATED RANCH 3BR/2BA ranch with fresh paint, new stainless steel appliances, new carpet ready for a new buyer!

EHO • $175,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

GARAGE SALES CAMPERS/RVS LAWRENCEVILLE 1993 Winnebago Warrior, 28k miles, V6 3.0L engine, automatic, sleep 6, in great shape, $2000 sale price. Contact: ron nasfyr@gmail.com

HUGE!

Kids Consignment Sale!

Gwinnett County Fairgrounds!

Over 1,500 sellers in one location!

Quality used infant, kids, juniors, young men’s, maternity clothing, toys, media, baby equipment plus much more!

Incredible bargains & brand names around! _________________

Winnebago 1993 Warrior, 28k miles, V6 3.0L engine, automatic, sleep 6, in great shape, $2000 sale price. Contact: ronnasfyr@gmail. com

Thursday Feb. 14 9am-7pm On Thurs, remaining items without a ‘NR’ on tag are 25% off

LOGANVILLE, GA 30052 ETCHISON RD

MISCELLANEOUS

GOLF CART 2012 EZ GO TXT 48 Volts Exc. cond. white with GA Bulldog decals.

Cover incl. $3,300 L’ville area call or text 770-853-3662

Tuesday Feb. 12 9am*-9pm *No children, nfants, strollers, carriers, etc. until after 2 pm Wednesday Feb.13 9am-9pm

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

HOUSES FOR SALE

AUBURN, GA 30011

1311 Etheridge Dr.

MAKE OFFER! Beautiful 2.68 acre wooded tract of land.

200 feet of road frontage.

Not divisible.

Per planning and development mobile homes are permitted.

No metal type storage container structures are permitted on parcel. $59,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com MONROE, GA 30656 JIM DAWS RD

Friday Feb. 15 9am-6pm On Fri, remaining items without a ‘NR’ on tag are 25% off Saturday Feb. 16 9am-6pm On Sat, remaining items without a ‘NR’ on tag are 50% off _________________ 2405 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA. www.kidsignments. com APPLIANCES

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

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

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

Del/1 yr warr.

Tim 404-205-2222

FREEZER White older freezer but works well. Bring own transportation. $100 or best offer. Cash only.

AVAILABLE Recently renovated 3 bedrooms with split bedroom plan.

Kitchen & breakfast area, separate laundry room!

Partial basement with workshop. Covered front deck, exterior deck. Outbuildings.

All of this on 5 acres of privacy!

Hurry It Won’t Last! $135,000 • EHO. Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

ACREAGE PRICE REDUCTION! Great 32.53+/- acre tract zoned A2, perfect for livestock, farming, hunting, or build your dream home.

Property has a 20 foot easement for access.

Motivated sellers, bring all offers! EHO. $211,445 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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678-314-7001

Unit 2402 Kenyon Jones Art equipment Unit 3632 Berdina Wright Home goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-586434, 2/10,17

SERVICES

LANDSCAPING/ LAWN CARE

LANDSCAPING/ LAWN CARE

PERSONAL SERVICES

HOME REPAIR/ REMODELING

BRIAN’S TREE & HANDYMAN SERVICES

RITE WAY/ LANDSCAPING • Retaining Walls All Types • Drainage Control • Waterproofing Basements • Landscaping: Sod, Seeds, Plants, etc.

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

• New & Repair Wood Fences • Yard cleanup & clearing FREE ESTIMATES! CALL 678-227-0400

DOMESTIC CARE PROVIDED

FOREST REMODELING, INC.

929-586392, 2/10,17 PUBLIC AUCTION Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 2920 Buford Drive, Buford GA 30519, 678-496-3439 on February 26th @ 1:00 PM 1021- Tujuana Dill: household items 1208- Tameka Stanton: household items 1040- Kevin Davis: Furniture 1087-Myleea Tarpley: Household items 1041-Michelle Graham: household items 3195-Steven Davis: 2 futone couches totes of clothes dressers 3192-Anthony Banks: washer dryer sectional tv’s entertainment center, bed, night stand, pictures, dishes clothing Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-585333, 2/10,17

ZONINGS

LIVE AUCTION MULTIPLE FACILITIES – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4755 Nelson Brogdon Blvd. NE Sugar Hill, GA 30518, 02/27/2019, 10:00 AM Virginia Lincoln Unit 739 Personal Furniture, Antiques, & Personal Belongings Anna Taylor Unit 206 Household Selena Miller Unit 255 Household Items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-586505, 2/10,17

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770-962-2071

Credit Cards Accepted!

• Total Tree Removal • Leaf & Yard Cleaning • Plant Trees/Shrubs • Shrub Removal • Underbrush Clearing • Hauling Junk • Bobcat Work • Grass Planting • Gutters • Storm Drains • Pressure Washing • Painting • Roofing Repairs • Wood Repairs • Deck Staining • Boxing • Driveway Repairs • Help With Moving • And lots more 7 DAYS A WEEK Free Estimates Senior Citizen Discount Licensed - Insured 20 Years Experience

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WISE MASONRY & CONSTRUCTION, INC. • Bricks • Stone • •Decks • Room Additions •Capentry • INSURANCE REPAIRS • All Types Of Home Repairs

470-717-6829

POWER WASHING

TUTORING

PRESSURE WASHING

M&M Lawn Maintenance All Types of Yard Work * Lawns starting at $30 CALL

770-780-9786

HOUSES STARTING AT $89 • Roof Cleaning • Black streaks removed from roof • Mold & Mildew removed from homes • Drives-WalkwaysPatios-Decks cleaned/sealed • Gutters cleaned For a FREE Estimate

CALL OR TEXT

404.886.3587 Established 1989

SPANISH CLASS REGISTRATION is open until 02/28 at Centerville Community Center.

Contact: 3025 Bethany Church Rd. (678) 277-0228 spanishteachersn@ gmail.com Mondays: March 4 – April 8 2019 Cost: $65 Student can pay now with credit card.

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COMMERCIAL RENTALS

MONROE, GA 30656

GWINNETT LAWRENCEVILLE

TRACT “C� Jim Daws Rd.

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World Life Church 495 S. Perry St L’ville, GA 30046 678-377-0074 Space available for Rent Tues. 6:30PM-8:30PM Sat. 11:00AM-2:00PM Sun. 3:30PM-6:30PM

35 ACRES 35 acres of raw land full of hardwoods (never timbered) Perfect home site +/- 227 ft. frontage. EHO. $262,500 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

BUS DRIVERS NEEDED! FULL TIME

• Great Benefits Package

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HOLLY STREET

2nd SHIFT MAINTENANCE LEAD TECHNICIAN RESIDENTIAL LOT .61 Acre w/141 feet road frontage; zoned residential medium density; in the Social Circle Historic District. Any construction must be approved by Historic Zoning Commission.

Public Water, sewer and gas avail at the street. EHO. $30,000.

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511North Broad St.

ZONED COMMERCIAL Drastically Reduced, Bring All Offers!

Commercial property in Monroe city limits!

Zoned b3. This price is suitable for any type of business.

All utilities available including sewer. EHO. $175,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com MONROE, GA 30655 710 HARRIS STREET

Cottrell Inc., the leading manufacturer of transporting auto equipment, is seeking an experienced elecmaintenance trical technician to serve as a 2nd Shift Maintenance Lead Technician. The candidate must be a team player possessing a very strong work ethic. Experience in the repair and maintenance of mechanical and hydraulic components associated with production machines and equipment is essential. Candidate must possess a strong mechanical and electromechanical aptitude with a focus on metal fabricating machine tools, industrial saw systems, welding systems and presses.

Qualified The Candidate Must: A minimum 5 years experience in of trouble-shooting electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic components associated with the maintenance / repair of manufacturing equipment.

Have knowledge of CNC controls, PLC process controls.

Possess own basic mechanic’s toolkit and have the knowledge in the use of the tools of the trade to include multimeters, dial indicators, feeler gauges and associated test equipment.

Possess strong computer skills; specifically, in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

REDUCED! Beautiful 9.9 acre property which served as Perkin-Wooden Post #531 of the American Legion 531.

Various uses for this property.

Property is serviced by public sewer.

Great development potential or can be used as daycare, church and many other uses. EHO. $550,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE 2 CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE Eternal Hills Memory Gardens Snellville, GA In Wispering Pines Lot 154B spaces 3 & 4, $2,000 for both (404) 519-2938 LEASE/PURCHASE GREAT RESTAURANT LOCATION FOR LEASE on Jackson Lake.

1,300 square feet interior/seats 35.

800 square feet deck overlooking the water seats 38. Huge revenue potential.

Serious inquiries: (770) 504-1245 REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

Great Pay Starting At Over $15 Per Hour

Be able to provide engaged leadership to all technicians.

Be able to prioritize work, assign jobs to the appropriate technician and follow up on their progress.

Be able to effectively with communicate maintenance leadership, technicians on all shifts and with internal customers.

Be technically competent; able to provide guidance and support to technicians and logistical support to the parts associate.

Set the example in safety, policy, punctuality and following standard maintenance practices.

Additional Qualifications: Experience with Fanuc and/or Siemens servo controls a plus Experience with Amada, Okuma, OkumaHowa, Fanuc or Bystronics equipment a significant plus.

Knowledge and experience in a CMMS system is (Real Asset Management, Maintenance 5000) a plus Cottrell, Inc. offers successful applicants quality benefits & insurance packages.

If qualified and interested, please send resume and cover letter to jobapps@cot trelltrailers.com

CDL License required and We Will Pay For Your Training For more info: school-jobs.net Apply at

gwinnett.k12. ga.us/employ ment LANDSCAPE LABORERS Seeking 10 Temp/FT positions in the following counties: AtlantaSandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA & Gainesville, GA MSA. Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation & installation of mortar less segmental concrete masonry wall units 4/1/19 to 12/21/19. Lift & sustain 60 lbs. No ed./ exp. required. OTJ training avail. Mon-Fri, poss.

Sat. Min 40 hrs./week.

Starting wage $14.24 p/ hr. to $16.24 p/hr. Poss.

OT starting from $21.36 p/hr. to $24.36 p/hr. A single workweek is used to compute wages due, paid weekly. Poss. raises, bonuses or incentives dependent on tenure with company, exp., or job performance. All deductions from worker’s paycheck required by law will be made.

Employer will provide worker(s) at n/c all tools, supplies & equip. required to perform the job. Employer will pay in advance all visa & border crossing fees, in-bound trans. meals & hotel costs from Consulate to employer’s place of business & other related fees including those mandated by the gov. (excluding passport fees) or, reimbursed worker(s) all said fees in first work week. If the worker(s) completes 50% of the work contract period, employer will reimburse the worker(s) for trans. & sub. from the place of recruitment to Consulate. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for worker(s) reasonable costs of return trans. & sub. back home or to the place the worker(s) originally departed to work, except where the worker(s) will not return due to subsequent employment w/ another employer. The amount of trans. payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical & reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily sub. will be provided at a rate of $12.26 p/day during travel to a max. of $51.00 p/day w/ receipts.

Qualified apps. are to inquire about job opportunity directly to: GA Dept. of Labor located at 148 Andrew Young International Blvd., Ste. 426, Atlanta, GA 30303. Phone: (404) 232-3676 or online at https://employgeorgia.com to apply & email resume to Craig at craig@aquatronirrigation.com for Aquatron Irrigation, Inc.  This ad is being placed concurrently with an H-2B application.

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Rebecca Shane (296) leads the pack off the starting line during the half marathon of the 2011 Run the Reagan. Close to 3,000 runners participated in this year's races, including the half marathon, 10k, 5k, 1 mile fun run and a mascot race. (File Photo)

Run the Reagan will mark 25th year benefiting local nonprofits

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A young spectator watches runners pass by during the 2001 Run The Reagan road race. This year will mark the 25th anniversary of the road race, which shuts down Ronald Reagan Parkway for a few hours to raise money for local nonprofits. (File Photo)

Aliyi Aliyi, left, from Lawrenceville and Scott Pratt, 15, center, from Norcross make their way down the final hill in 10K at the 10th annual Run The Reagan road race in 2003. (File Photo)

Run the Reagan volunteers Brian Abernathy, left, Kim Maddox and Parks Mann stand beside Ronald Reagan Parkway in Snellville for a preview of Run the Reagan in 2009, which marked the 15th anniversary of the first race. (File Photo)

Picture it.

It was 1994. Gwinnett County was preparing to open a new road, Ronald Reagan Parkway, in the Lilburn and Snellville area.

Meanwhile, a new race to benefit the Gwinnett Community Clinic was staged for the first time, using the new parkway as its track. That race was called the Run The Reagan road race.

Ever since, the histories of Ronald Reagan Parkway and the Run The Reagan have been intertwined. But, as Run the Reagan co-founder Parks Mann is quick to point out, it was runners who got to traverse the parkway before drivers got the opportunity to do so.

“We did it before the road was actually opened,” Mann said. “There was a special event that took place, the inauguration of the road with (then county commission chairman) Wayne Hill and (then-commissioner) Judy Waters were there to dedicate the road and we had the first race on the road before it ever opened.

“Since that time, different county leaders have seen the good that comes out of the race and they’ve been willing to keep it closed (each year) for the race.”

The event will mark its 25th anniversary on Feb. 23 when Ronald Reagan Parkway is shut down for the annual race. The race festivities will last from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., with a 1K Fun Run and 5K, 10K and halfmarathon races, a family fun festival with inflatable activities and yard games, vendors displaying their products and other vendors who are selling

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Runners can register at runthereagan.net. The registration prices until Feb. 20 are $20 for the fun run, $30 for the untimed 5K, $35 for the timed 5K, $40 for the 10K and $55 for the half-marathon. From Feb. 21 until the day of the race, registration will cost $25 for the fun run, $35 for the untimed 5K, $40 for the timed 5K, $45 for the 10K and $60 for the half marathon.

As has been the case in recent years, this year’s event

will benefit the Southeast Gwinnett and Lilburn cooperative ministries and the Brookwood, Parkview, Berkmar, Central Gwinnett and South Gwinnett school clusters.

Organizers are asking participants to bring non-perishable canned food items to the race to donate to local food pantries run by the co-ops.

As the 25th annual race approaches, Mann said he and other organizers would like to see a big turnout from runners.

“I’m hoping for more than 3,000 runners,” he said. “I would like to see more than 5,000, but I don’t know if we’ve have enough parking for that many people though.”

Origins as a fundraiser to support medical care When it started, the Run The Reagan was a fundraiser to support the Gwinnett Community Clinic, and it remained so for many years.

The clinic, which closed in 2015, offered free medical care to financially disadvantaged people in the community who could not otherwise afford medical care. Mann was an office volunteer at the clinic tasked with helping raise money to keep it in operation.

“When I first started, the clinic’s budget was $85,000 and when the clinic closed, things had really escalated to the point where we had trouble operating the clinic,” Mann said. “However, the Run the Reagan event did help keep the clinic open for almost 25 years and treating thousands of patients.”

Other local charities that See RUN, Page 8A Justin Randle, a student at Brookwood High School, places first in the 5k run during the 2017 Run The Reagan event. (File Photo)

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There’s nothing better than a handwritten thank-you note Every day brings a hill of mail to the Rondarosa.

Sometimes I beg Tink not to get the mail because I know it will bring more work.

“Have you gotten the mail today?” he will ask.

Like a child pleading not to get a spanking, I’ll say, “No! Please don’t get it. Please. I’m caught up right now and if you bring in the mail, I’ll be right back where I started this morning: behind.”

But he can’t resist.

He’s like a child at Christmas when it comes to the mail. He loves to see what surprises it will bring. But, as I remind him, he’s not the one who answers the correspondence, sorts the catalogs, pays the bills, addresses a problem or chases an opportunity.

He has ruined more than a few good days by toting in an armload of mail that required me to stop what I was doing and deal with something. The other day he came into the kitchen, an armload of mail clutched to his chest. He dropped it on the kitchen table as it spread like fleas in the heat of summer. It’s often downright overwhelming.

I sighed heavily and began to sort. Junk. Catalogs.

A real estate company that wants to buy a piece of property that we’ve never heard of. Bills. Checks.

Small packages. It was pretty ordinary and mandatory. There, though, in the midst of my daily woes, was a glimmer of hope.

It was a tiny envelope addressed by hand to “Tink

head, look up with enormous blue eyes and utter his words sweetly. But he always has that air of a rugged, tough-and-tumble kid, trying to be the gentile Southern gentleman his mama expects.

But she is determined.

Ronda She sets her jaw, eyes him Rich sternly and says, “Yes, MA’AM.” He then repeats his “yes” followed by the and Ronda.”

“What’s that?” he asked. obligatory “ma’am” of the South. I always laugh but He never cares about the bills or other aggravations. I appreciate a mama like Grayson’s. Paula is deterI shrugged and opened mined that he will be wellit. It was a child’s handmannered and grateful. writing, penciled with It was only a few lines sentences that climbed uphill and words that looked but it was fulfilling. He ended it with, “Thanks like they took intense again. Love, Grayson.” concentration to write. I On the other side of the could quite easily picture card, his mama had writthe child who wrote it as ten, “I hope you can read he sat at a table too big for him and painstakingly this. I want Grayson to learn to write a thank-you drew out each letter.

It began, “Mr. Tink and note.”

My heart melted. I love Ms. Ronda.” It was a thank nothing more than a good you note from 9-year-old thank you note — I write Grayson, who sometimes several a week myself — comes over to the Rondaand especially one that rosa to play. There’s lots comes from a child, comof fun to be had on the plete with climbing lines Rondarosa (when you’re not dealing with the mail) and letters that are various shapes and sizes. with the water, horses, “This makes my day,” I dogs, cats and all that.

Grayson comes over every said, handing the note to so often and has himself a Tink.

“See? The mail isn’t all real good time. bad,” he replied brightly.

Grayson is a typical Sadly, the notes like all-boy kind of boy. He can outrun the tractor and Grayson’s are few and far between. If there were when he goes flying in a scramble, he is all “skint” more like his note, I might actually look forward to knees and bony elbows. the mail.

He is mostly shy, preferRonda Rich is the bestring to hide behind his mama who will admonish selling author of “Mark My Words: A Memoir of him to speak up and with Mama” Visit www.rondarcourtesy. ich.com to sign up for her He will lift his closefree weekly newsletter. cropped brown-haired

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Why the boss doesn’t know the best people are unhappy “There’s nothing more dangerous than a writer whose feelings have been hurt.”

When Glenn Close uttered this drop-dead line in “The Wife,” I laughed out loud at the horrible truth. In the movie, Close was advising her husband, a famous author, not to anger a reporter. Her husband, a powerful famous man, seemed oblivious as to how his treatment of a lower-level person might be received, and then later reported upon.

Leaders often miss clues that people beneath them are unhappy. You can be ineffective or even a true jerk, and if you’re the boss, people will still be nice to you. At least to your face.

A friend of mine recent-

Forget Perfect

lying herself. She wasn’t alone; the rest of her team was experiencing similar problems.

She tried to be proactive. She outlined the issues to her boss, and provided potential solutions. She had the conversations multiple times. In short, she wasn’t a whiner.

Lisa McLeod She was a good employee trying to improve things. ly resigned from her job.

Her boss was never openly Her boss was stunned; he rude or dismissive. But he said, “I thought you liked never did anything, either. it here.” He had missed all Neither did any of the the evidence. other leaders.

My friend spent the last By the end, my friend year hating her job. She found herself dreading felt continually undercut Mondays. She tried playby her boss. The leading music and meditatership team routinely ing at lunch, just to get ignored customer and em- through the afternoon. ployee feedback. Each day When that didn’t work, became an increasingly she called a friend to vent, difficult exercise in ralin some cases me.

Her situation is not unusual. She didn’t roll into work grousing and she wasn’t rude to her boss.

This is what smart people do. They don’t march in and say, “I hate my job and my disdain for you and this organization grows more each day.” Instead they try to solve the problems. When my friend turned in her resignation, her boss asked, “Why didn’t you tell me you were unhappy?”

Here’s a pro tip: If you’re the boss, and good employees bring up the same problems again and again, and nothing changes, it’s pretty safe to assume they’re unhappy.

They’ll cover their disdain with a smile, but don’t delude yourself for a minute.

It’s there.

People know what side their bread is buttered on.

We’ve all seen waiters and waitresses being gracious to horrible customers.

The same thing applies to ineffective and even nasty bosses. Most people won’t let their distaste show, at least not in person. But in today’s wired world, frustrated employees can make their grievances public. A quick glance at Glassdoor reveals thousands of, as Glenn Close put it, “writers who got their feelings hurt.” It’s worth noting “The Nanny Diaries” and “The Devil Wears Prada” were both penned by people who spent their days smiling and nodding to a boss they disdained.

I’ve worked with several executives who were

stunned to read their 360 feedback and find out their people thought they were rude, incompetent or dismissive.

When you’re the boss, you have to look deeper than surface smiles to find out what your team really thinks.

Think about the issues they talk to you about.

If they’re asking you for help, and you’re not providing it, it’s not going unnoticed. Remember, there’s nothing more dangerous than an employee who got their feelings hurt.

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Gwinnett teachers participate in job shadowing

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Gwinnett County Public Schools teachers spent the week shadowing professionals in a variety of industries, including health care, engineering, marketing, government and information technology.

This is the fourth consecutive year GCPS’ Academies and Career and Technical Education Office has sent teachers from throughout the school district to local businesses and organizations during Teacher Job Shadow Week.

The week-long event allowed GCPS teachers to spend time in the workplace to learn about trends, skill requirements and opportunities in industries related to their subject area in order to enrich and strengthen their teaching and bring relevance to student learning.

Both career and technical education and core subject teachers from the district’s seven Careerand College-Readiness Academy high schools — Berkmar, Central Gwinnett, Discovery, Lanier, Meadowcreek, Shiloh and South Gwinnett — paired together to visit organizations and businesses throughout the community.

The teachers will develop lessons and projects for students, drawing from the shadowing experience to connect learning across subject areas while showing relevance to real-world jobs and situations. Career and technical education

Gwinnett County Public Schools needs judges for its annual Gwinnett Science, Engineering and Innovation Fair, which will take place Feb. 22 at the Infinite Energy Center. (Special Photo)

Tatum and excited to have a published poet in our midst!”

The poem can be found in the November 2018 issue of Highlights.

Wesleyan School is a Christian, independent K-12 college preparatory school located in Peachtree Corners.

Judges, sponsors needed for Science Fair The Gwinnett Science, Engineering and Innovation Fair is set for Feb. 22 and will feature competitive student participation from grades six through 12, as well as a robotics expo and project showcase for elementary students.

Community members are welcome to serve as judges for this event. Judges will have the opportunity to serve as ambassadors teachers from the rest of lem-solving methods, prac- Human Services, Rock decided I wanted to give it for their professions while they interact with talented the district’s high schools tical applications of theory Paper Scissors, Mighty 8th a try.” middle and high school had the opportunity to and leadership concepts Media, Hudgens Center, Tatum wrote the poem, students who are exploring shadow local businesses as — into the classroom, thus Gwinnett Technical Colcompleted the entry form well, continuing to build increasing the relevance of lege, Skillshot Media, and addressed the envelope their passions in science in lessons and experiences student learning.

Novelis, Gwinnett Health before she even shared her engineering.

Judges are needed for that will make students The following busiDepartment, Snellville idea with her parents. more marketable to their nesses partnered with First Baptist Church Food “Tatum came to me with both the morning and affuture employers. the school district to host and Beverage, Gwinnett an addressed envelope and ternoon sessions. The time This event ensures teacher shadowing opEmergency Management, asked me for stamps and if commitments are 8 a.m. teachers have the opporportunities this past week: Big Mouth Signs, Atlanta I’d mail it for her,” Tatum’s to 1 p.m. for the morning tunity to improve their Collins & Arnold ConBraves, Goddard School mother, Jessica, said. “She session and 10:30 a.m. to pedagogical practices by struction, Gwinnett Medi- and Schuff Steel. is very motivated and cre- 3:30 p.m. for the afternoon incorporating new induscal Center, The Weather ative and came up with this session.

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Daddy-daughter dates important Considering all the significant problems facing our country, such as the opioid crisis, human trafficking and a New England football dynasty, I was gratified the other night to see a number of fathers out on “dates” with their young daughters.

My wife and I saw so many such “couples” at the restaurant where we were having dinner last Saturday evening (plug for The Diner at Sugar Hill) we concluded that a nearby school or church must be hosting a daddydaughter dance.

As I said, that was good to see. It’s incredibly important for fathers to spend quality time with their little girls, especially while they’re still little girls. Knowing that her father values her as a person gives a girl a strong sense of self-worth that will serve her well as a teenager.

Daddy-daughter “dates” also strengthen the parental bond and allow “daddy” to model appropriate male behavior, such as opening her car door, pulling out her chair, and maintaining a minimum distance of three feet at all times.

Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy for dads to know what their daughters might enjoy. It’s great when schools or churches sponsor dances, but as a dad, you need to take your daughter out on a date more than once a year. And that means figuring out where to go.

If you have sons, you know that spending time with them is relatively easy. They probably like the same things you do: ball games, fishing trips, monster truck rallies. In fact, the best way to get your wife to let you go to a monster truck rally is to take your son. That way, you’re getting him out of her hair AND being a good dad.

Of course, your daughter might like ball games and monster trucks, too.

But if she doesn’t, planning a date could be a

Rob Jenkins little more challenging.

You can always take her to a movie — as long as you let her choose which one, which means you probably won’t enjoy it. But that’s OK. You’re not there for the movie.

You’re there for your daughter. Pretending that animated talking animals are funny is an indispensable parenting skill.

One word of caution: Don’t ever take your daughter to a movie containing nudity. The embarrassment will be overwhelming. She’ll probably be embarrassed, too.

Another option is to take her shopping. She’ll enjoy going to the mall with you until she’s about 13, after which she will just ask for your credit card and maybe your car keys.

Or maybe you can take her someplace really special, like a play or the ballet. That will teach her about the finer things in life while making her feel worldly and sophisticated, at least for the evening (hopefully just for the evening).

Best of all, even if you don’t enjoy the show, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that she probably didn’t, either.

Rob Jenkins is a local writer and college professor. He is the author of four books, including “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility” and “The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leaders,” both available at Liberty Books in downtown Lawrenceville and on Amazon. The views expressed here are his own. Email Rob at rjenkinsdgp@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter @HigherEdSpeak.

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Gwinnett residents who want to see what it’s like to be a police officer can do so this spring and fall as part of the Gwinnett County Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy. Applications are now open. (Special Photo)

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attendees will participate in classroom lecture, police unit demonstrations, practical exercises and will also Applications for the meet a “great group” of Gwinnett County Police fellow citizens, the departDepartment’s spring 2019 ment said.

Citizens Police Academy The academy is free. Apare now open. plications must be submitThe spring session, ted no later than March 18 which will run from March and can be found on the 26 to May 16, will meet ev- volunteer opportunity page ery Tuesday and Thursday of the Gwinnett County Pofrom 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. lice Department’s website.

The academy is open Those interested may to all Gwinnett residents also apply for the fall 2019 18 years or older who session, though those dates “successfully pass the are yet to be determined. application process and a For more information, driver and criminal history visit gwinnettcounty.com/ check,” the department web/gwinnett/departments/ said. police/volunteeropportuniAs part of the academy, ties.

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AUBURN City seeking gardening gurus to lead classes With spring approaching, the city of Auburn would like to add some gardening classes to its calendar.

For this idea to take root, the city needs one thing — gardeners who are willing to volunteer to teach.

Anyone interested in teaching a gardening class can contact Community Development Coordinator Josh Campbell at jcampbell@cityofauburn-ga.org or 770-963-4002 ext. 206.

BARROW COUNTY Church leaders invited to networking event Barrow County Family Connection wants church pastors and leaders to attend the next Faith-Based Collaborative Meeting.

The goal of the FaithBased Collaborative is to bring churches out of isolation with a monthly networking meeting. Each month, a different church hosts the event.

This month’s Faith-Based Collaborative will begin at noon Feb. 20 at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), located at 275 N. 5th Ave. in Winder, across the street from WinderBarrow High School.

To register for the event, visit barrowfamilyconnection.org/faith-based-rsvp.

BERKELEY LAKE Pinckneyville Rec Center to host Quince Expo Making plans for a quinceanera?

A Quince Expo will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

March 10 at Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center, located at 4650 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Berkeley Lake. The event will feature a dress fashion show, make-up and hair demonstrations, and vendors who can help plan the special day.

A quinceanera, or quince, is celebrated in Latino communities on a girl’s 15th birthday. The event is a religious and social event that marks the passage from girlhood to womanhood.

The Quince Expo is free and open to the public. For more information, call 678277-0920.

BRASELTON BULLI registration open for spring classes The Brenau University Learning and Leisure Institute will share information about its spring courses at 5 p.m. Feb. 19 at Braselton Brewing Company, located at 9859 Davis St. in Braselton.

Classes that will be offered in Braselton this spring include photography, literature, opera and mixed media. BULLI classes also take place on the Brenau campus in Gainesville.

The spring session runs from March 25 to May 3.

Those who are unable to attend the registration meeting can drop by the Braselton Town Hall through Feb. 27 or call Braselton Town Manager Jennifer Scott at 706-6545720 for more information.

Information is also available online at www.brenau. edu/lifetimestudy.

BUFORD Library plans black superheroes event Discover the history of black superheroes through discussion, trivia and games at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Buford-Sugar Hill branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library, located at 2100 Buford Highway in Buford.

“Black Comic Book Heroes — An Exploration of the History of Black Superheroes” is a program for teens planned in honor of Black History Month.

While black superheroes were rarely depicted in major comic books before 1970, the Black Panther appeared in 1966 in the pages of the “Fantastic Four” comic books series. The Falcon, Marvel’s second black hero, was introduced in 1969 in “Captain America.” Green Lantern, DC Comic’s first

Gwinnett professionals can now apply for Leadership Gwinnett, a nine month long community development program focused on civic involvement and leadership.

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“It was through Leadership Gwinnett that I learned of the Gwinnett professionals can homeless crisis in Gwinnett now apply for Leadership Gwin- and how recidivism contributes nett, a nine-month-long comto the problem,” said Patrick munity development program McDonough, leading criminal focused on civic involvement defense attorney at Andersen, and leadership.

Tate & Carr. “Through LeadAs part of Leadership Gwinership Gwinnett, I connected nett, participants are connected with classmates, local leaders with key influencers in business, and government entities to adarts, government, education and dress the issue. Collectively we social services to better undercreated the Gwinnett Re-entry stand critical issues and learn Intervention Program (GRIP)

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black superhero, appeared in 1971.

For more information about the library event, visit gwinnettpl.org/venue/ buford-sugar-hill-branch.

DACULA American griot to lead African storytelling show Cynthia Watts, an American griot, will present a show featuring stories from the African diaspora at 4 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Dacula branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library, located at 265 Dacula Road.

A griot, or West African troubadour-historian, has long been a part of West African culture. The griots’ role has traditionally been to preserve genealogies, historical narratives and oral traditions of their people.

Watts will present “Move, Grow, Leap into the Future,” a 45-minute presentation for teens that explores the child in each of us as we learn coping skills that move us toward adulthood.

Watts is associated with the Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia.

For more information about her, visit www.wattsinastory.com.

DULUTH Duluth library to explore King’s “Dream” speech Read excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and discuss whether the evolution of society reflects his dream at 3 p.m. Friday at the Duluth branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library, located at 3480 Duluth Park Lane.

King delivered the speech on Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Delivered to more than 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., King called for equal and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

For more information, visit gwinnettpl.org/venue/duluthbranch.

GRAYSON Library plans crafts to celebrate black artists Visit the Grayson Library on Feb. 20 and create a

craft to celebrate black artists.

“Culture Crafts — A Celebration of African American Artists” will begin at 5 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Grayson branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library, located at 700 Grayson Parkway.

There will be two programs, one for children ages 3 and up and one for teens in grades six through 12.

For more information, visit gwinnettpl.org/venue/ grayson-branch.

LAWRENCEVILLE Author to discuss book on illegal slave trade Jim Jordan, the author of “The Slave-Trader’s LetterBook: Charles Lamar, the Wanderer, and Other Tales of the African Slave Trade,” will appear at 3 p.m. Saturday at Liberty Books, located at 176 W. Crogan St. in downtown Lawrenceville.

Jordan won the 2018 Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council Excellence Award for the book.

In 1858, Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, in violation of U.S. law, organized the shipment of hundreds of Africans on the luxury yacht Wanderer to Jekyll Island.

The 400 survivors of the Middle Passage were sold into bondage.

This was the first successful documented slave landing in the U.S. in about four decades.

Jordan used a cache of private papers belonging to Lamar’s father in his research for the book.

The event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

LILBURN Lilburn church to host security training event Church safety and security will be the focus of a full-day training on March 22 at Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, located at 1400 Killian Hill Road in Lilburn.

Developed by current and former members of law enforcement, the Shepherd’s Watch Safe and Secure Church Training is

through the United Way.” According to a recent study

by Deloitte, 98 percent of Leadership Gwinnett alumni considered themselves to be more effective leaders, 100 percent said they were more knowledgeable about Gwinnett and its unique issues and 90 percent said they were more connected to decision makers and leaders.

“Leadership Gwinnett connects leaders with issues,” said Demetrius Jordan, Leadership Gwinnett Foundation board

intended for church security teams and church leaders wanting to develop and improve upon their safety and security plans.

“As incidents of violence in our churches continue to increase, people expect that their church leaders are taking steps to ensure their safety,” said Craig Cable, church security expert and co-developer of the training. “Shepherd’s Watch is responding to that expectation by offering best practices in safety and security that are also compassionate and ministryfocused.”

The training will cover such topics such as how to determine the church’s biggest potential liabilities and risks, performing a risk assessment and identifying ways to mitigate risk, and best practices for ongoing training opportunities for security team members.

The workshop will incorporate hands-on learning through live scenarios and role-playing exercises.

To register for the training, visit group.com/ SecurityTraining. The early bird registration fee is $75 through Feb. 22.

For more information, contact Cable at 970-2924697 or ccable@group. com.

LOGANVILLE Restaurants, caterers wanted for city tasting The city of Loganville wants to host a food tasting event in April.

Restaurants or caterers interested in participating in the event should email Kristy Daniel at kdaniel@ loganville-ga.gov.

NORCROSS Adult improv class kicks off at Lionheart The Lionheart Theatre Company is offering an eight-week adult improv class that will challenge players to create scenes from scratch.

The Awkward Selfies Improv Team will take place from 7 to 7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays through April 5. The class, for improv players of all experience levels, will begin with improv fundamentals and

member and GRIP co-founder.

“It’s where innovation and inspiration meet resources.”

Leadership Gwinnett, which has had more than 1,600 graduates since its inception in 1985, will be hosting complimentary application workshops for potential applicants on Feb. 11 and Feb. 27.

Applications are available until March 26 for the August 2019-May 2020 program and can be found online at leadershipgwinnett.com.

move into more challenging scene work.

The class costs $250, and all players must be at least 17 years old. To register for the course, email Matt Easter at measter@ kw.com The Lionheart Theatre is located at 10 College St. in Norcross. For more information, visit lionhearttheatre.org/on-stage/ special-events.

PEACHTREE CORNERS Library hosts Black Author Slam Share your favorite short piece written by a black author at the Black Author Slam/Reading at 2 p.m.

Saturday at the Peachtree Corners branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library, located at 5570 Spalding Drive.

The is Black History Month event is for teens and adults. Participants can share their own work or a piece from a black artist at the open mic event.

For more information, visit gwinnettpl.org/venue/ peachtree-corners-branch.

SNELLVILLE Livsey matriarch to speak about Snellville history Dorethia Livsey, the matriarch of one of Snellville’s founding families, will discuss her family history and lineage Feb. 19 at the Snellville branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library, located at 2740 Lenora Church Road.

“Where We Began: Embracing Our Heritage” will begin at 6 p.m.

The Livsey family is one of two prominent families who reside in the south Gwinnett community known as “The Promised Land.”

The Livsey family purchased land from an Irish immigrant named Thomas McGuire. Located just south of Centerville, the old Thomas McGuire house is owned by the Livsey family.

For more information about the event, visit gwinnettpl.org/venue/snellvillebranch.

SUGAR HILL $2 Tuesdays feature ’80s movies

Go back to the ’80s on $2 Tuesdays at the Eagle Theatre in Sugar Hill.

The Eagle is showing ’80s movies on Tuesdays this month.

“Back to the Future” will be shown at noon Tuesday.

The sci-fi classic focuses on small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), who is thrown back into the ’50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry.

“The Karate Kid” will be shown at noon and 7 p.m. Feb. 19. In the film, a martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.

“The Breakfast Club’ will be shown at noon and 7 p.m. Feb. 26. Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal (Paul Gleason). The disparate group includes rebel John (Judd Nelson), princess Claire (Molly Ringwald), outcast Allison (Ally Sheedy), brainy Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) and jock Andrew (Emilio Estevez).

Tickets are $2. The Eagle Theatre is located at 5029 W. Broad St. SUWANEE Water resources leading Fix-A-Leak workshop Learn how to test your home for leaks, how to find them and how to do the repairs yourself at an upcoming Fix-A-Leak workshop from the Gwinnett Department of Water Resources.

The workshop will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

March 14 at the Suwanee branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library, located at 361 Main St. Another class will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

March 19 at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, Conference Room C, located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville.

For more information, visit www.gwinnetth2o.com, email dwrworkshops@ gwinnettcounty.com or call 678-376-7193.

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Young Life was involved with the race for a while to help stage it.

One mainstay has been the longtime sponsorship of Eastside Medical Center, which Mann said has donated more than $360,000 to the race over the years to benefit the charities.

“In addition to the runners (bringing food), Eastside is doing a food drive right now and (Eastside CEO) Trent Lind and (Marketing Manager) Hope Moeck will be coming over to present to the co-ops the food that they’ve gathered (on Feb. 22),” Mann said.

Other sponsors that have been involved over the years include Primrose School, Canon United Methodist Church, Academy Sports in Snellville, E.R. Snell Contractors, Kroger and Coca-Cola.

Academy hosts the race packet pickup each year and will offer runners a 10 percent off coupon that can be used on purchases of more than $50 on Feb. 22.

Canon United Methodist Church serves as the staging area for volunteers — there will be more than 370 volunteers this year — the church and Primrose School provide transportation to get the volunteers to the race site.

“We do end up making additional money from the runners, but what really generates money for the charities are the sponsors,” Mann said.

“They have changed over the years, but we still maintain about $50,000 to $60,000 in sponsors

Run that support the race each year.”

A rare chance to be on Ronald Reagan Parkway without traffic The fact that the parkway is shutdown for the race each year has been a main feature of the event, but Mann said it hasn’t always gone down well with drivers in the area.

While the road had not opened yet when the first race was held, it had opened to traffic by the time the second race was held in 1995.

“The first year (after the road opened), it did create quite a traffic mess, but since Sugarloaf (Parkway) has opened up, there have been alternate ways for people to move east to west in the county,” Mann said.

“That (east-west connection is) what Ronald Reagan Parkway and Sugarloaf provides so people can now go a mile and a half and proceed west on Sugarloaf whereas the year after the parkway was opened, the county did have some calls about the road being closed.”

The road now stay closed for a few hours after the race festivities end, giving residents a chance to enjoy casual strolls or bike rides on the parkway until about 5 p.m.

“It’s open for people to ride bikes, in-line skating, skateboards and that sort of thing,” Mann said.

“Several people will go down here at Five Forks (Trickum Road), the cars will be parked underneath the bridge and people will have their bicycles out and take them up to the parkway when we’ve finished out event …

“It’s the only chance for people to have a nice bike ride without worrying about being hit by cars. A lot of people take advantage of that.”

Perseverance over obstacles The road to the Run The Reagan’s 25th anniversary wasn’t always smooth. There were bumps along the way, such as the two-year period from 2004 to 2005 when the race wasn’t held because of a lack of volunteers. There was also the Gwinnett Community Clinic’s closing in 2015 which put the future of the race into question.

An attempt in 2016 to move the race to April caused runner participation to plummet and it was moved back to February the following year.

There was even a snow storm that came through the area on the eve of the 2010 race.

“We had 5 inches of snow on Friday but the county cleared off the road and we delayed the race until (noon),” Mann said.

“We still had 1,700 runners show up to run on the parkway with snow all along the parkway. Nobody fell, nobody slipped, there were no ice accidents. It was a fun day, but it was cold.”

Despite whatever challenges it has faced, the Run the Reagan has survived. By Mann’s estimate, the event has raised between $600,000 and $700,000 over the last quarter century.

After the two-year period when the race wasn’t held, Young Life approached Mann about reviving the event and the church group brought in a new crop of volunteers to get the race back on its feet. After the clinic closed, the Run The Reagan emerged as its own 501(c)(3) and it now benefits local food co-ops and area school clusters.

“I’m happy to say we’ve got some young people from these schools that are involved that will keep it going for another 25 years,” Mann said.

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Run the Reagan road race to celebrate 25th year RACE FACTS 1,700: Average number of runners who participate each year 2,991: Highest number of runners in a single year (2015) 948: Lowest number of runners in a single year (2016) 1,500: Number of runners in the inaugural race in 1994 250: Number of volunteers who will line the race route to cheer on runners 120: Number of volunteers working at the start and finish lines 200: Number of cases of water Coca-Cola donates for volunteers to hand out along race route 8: Number of water stations along the race route

Volunteers hold a collection of medals that were given out to the half-marathon finishers during the Run the Reagan in Snellville in 2014, which marked the 20th anniversary of the first race.

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Runners take off at the start of 5K portion of the 15th Run the Reagan in 2009, which marked the 15th anniversary of the first race. (File Photo)

Ribbons for the Run the Reagan race in 2010 hang together waiting to be handed out. (File Photo)

Medals hang from a bar while being prepared to give to runners who complete the 2015 Run the Reagan half marathon race. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Runners compete during the 2016 "Run The Reagan" on Ronald Reagan Parkway in Snellville. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

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Gwinnett Place CID begins final phase of Pleasant Hill streetscaping

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Drivers on Pleasant Hill Road may have noticed some construction taking place lately along the roadway in the Gwinnett Place area, and the work is giving Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District officials a reason to celebrate.

The CID and Gwinnett County Department of Transportation recently began work on the fifth phase of its Pleasant Hill Road Streetscape project, which stretches from Old Norcross Road to Club Drive. The work includes two segments, one from Old Norcross Road to Satellite Boulevard and another from Shackelford Road to Club Drive.

“This project is an effort to enhance our district’s visual appeal and pedestrian safety,” Gwinnett Place CID Executive Director Joe Allen said in a statement. “The installation of these streetscape elements will enhance the area’s walkability.”

A sign at the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Old Norcross Road welcomes visitors to the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District. (File Photo)

What is notable about this part of the streetscape improvements is that it is the final phase of a project that has gradually been underway in multiple phases over the last eight years. It is expected to be completed in six months.

This phase will include new sidewalks, curbs, brick pavers, benches, trash cans, pedestrian plazas, landscaping improvements and Americans With Disabilities Act-compliant ramps.

The improvements will come with some near term headaches for drivers, how-

ever, because CID officials said there might be some lane closures which would occur between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Still, CID and county officials are looking forward to the long-term benefits they see coming from the project.

“We are grateful for our partnership with the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District and for Gwinnett voters who enabled this project to happen by approving the (special purpose local option) sales tax,” county Commissioner Jace Brooks said in a statement.