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Rhodes Jordan Park suffers raw sewage leak County officials urge caution, especially during fishing

By Curt Yeomans

County spokesman Joe Sorenson said water monitors got an alert about a sewage leak in the vicinity of the park on WednesGwinnett County officials day. By Thursday, they had are warning residents to take found the source of the alarms: precautions at the Rhodes Jordan 40,000 gallons of raw sewage Park lakefront after thousands had leaked into a stream that of gallons of raw sewage leaked feeds into the park’s lake. Crews into the park. diverted the leak and placed

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A sign at the Rhodes Jordan Park lakefront urges anglers to release any fish they catch back into the water. The recommendation from Gwinnett County officials came after 40,000 gallons of raw sewage leaked into a stream that feeds the lake. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

signs around the park advising residents about the situation. “We do want to encourage fishers to catch and release any fish they catch until we are comfortable that there is no longer any threat,” Sorenson said. “We want to let the public See LEAK, Page 8A

Peak entertainment Sugar Hill offers free family fun

Autism expert Jeff Bradstreet dead at age 61 Authorities: Controversial figure commits suicide after FDA raid of Buford office

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The city of Sugar Hill is the latest to join the recent trend of offering free entertainment for its residents during the summer months. The city’s offering, called Thursdays@The Hill, includes food trucks every second and fourth Thursday of the month, a cornhole league that meets every Thursday, live music and a farmer’s market every second Thursday. “We’re trying to bring a sense of community and bring everyone out to our downtown area,” said Varessa Butts, communications and events coordinator for the city. “We want to offer lots of entertainment options in our town.” The food trucks lining up and down West Broad Street offer a wide variety of dining for attendees. Thursday’s offerings included One Love Grill, Gotta Have It, Grubbin’ Out, Spiedie Zone, Nana G’s Chicken and Waffles, DaddyO’s Irish Ice Cream Pub and The Alcohol Heroes Mobile Bartenders. Open containers of alcohol are allowed on the green where the festival takes place and DaddyO’s offers “adult” flavors with real Irish coffee, amaretto, whiskey and more. DaddyO’s is the official sponsor of the Sugar Hill cornhole league. The league meets each Thursday for 8 weeks, with a tournament at the end with a championship trophy and other prizes. Each week, a player of the week is awarded with league swag and gift cards. This is the league’s first year, but they are doing well so far. “I love that it’s close to home and laid back,” said Lisa Moore of Sugar Hill, a member of the league who comes out every Thursday to play.

BUFORD — Dr. Jeff Bradstreet, an autism researcher hailed as a hero by some, dismissed as a fringe conspiracy theorist by others, is believed to have committed suicide following a visit to his Buford office by federal agents, authorities confirmed Thursday. Multiple law enforcement officials said the U.S. Food and Drug Jeff Administration searched Bradstreet Bradstreet Wellness Center last week. On Monday, plastic sheets covered the windows of the two suites the office takes up in a complex off Commerce Drive, and the doors were locked.

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Woman’s hand, feet amputated Rare flesh-eating bacteria did too much damage, docs say By Danielle Ryan danielle.ryan@gwinnettdailypost.com

Cindy Martinez, the Gwinnett woman fighting against a rare flesh-eating disease, was operated on Thursday afternoon to remove both feet and her right hand. The limbs were too severely damaged by the flesh-eating necrotizing fasciitis and myositis for doctors to save. According to a post by her husband David Martinez on Above, Paul Moore tosses a bean bag while playing in the Gwinnett Cornhole League during Thursday on the Hill outside Sugar Hill City Hall. Left, Philip Howard, Curtis Northrop, and Frank Walsh perform as the Dover Drive Trio during Thursday @ The Hill, outside Sugar Hill city hall. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

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David and Cindy Martinez prepare for her surgery on Thursday. Cindy had both feet and her right hand amputated as a result of necrotizing fasciitis and myositis, a rare flesh-eating disease. (Special Photo)

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Bobbi Kristina Brown admitted to Duluth hospice reversible brain damage five months ago, and her former boyfriend was hit Bobbi Kristina Brown, with a lawsuit alleging the only child of late physical abuse and theft singer Whitney Houston, from her bank account. has been admitted to DuThe small center is loluth’s Peachtree Christian cated off McClure Bridge Center hospice, according Road. to multiple reports. Bobbi Kristina, 22, She arrived on Wednes- was found face down and day after suffering irunresponsive in a bathtub Reuters

in her suburban Atlanta home on Jan. 31. The incident had eerie similarities to the 2012 death of her mother. Bobbi Kristina was placed in a medically induced coma and her family said she was later diagnosed with irreversible brain damage. A statement issued by the Houston family on Wednesday said that despite great medical care “Bobbi Kristina Brown’s condition has continued to deteriorate. As of today, she has been moved into hospice care … She is in God’s hands now.” Bobbi Kristina, who inherited her mother’s fortune, was found in January by her then boyfriend, Nick Gordon, and a friend. Gordon was accused in a $10 million lawsuit filed on Wednesday of causing her life-threatening injuries and stealing from her bank account while she was in a coma. No one has been criminally charged in the case. Randall Kessler, Gordon’s attorney, said he had no comment on the lawsuit which was filed in Georgia by

Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston, poses at the premiere of “Sparkle” in Hollywood, Calif., in 2012. Brown arrived at Peachtree Christian Center hospice on Wednesday, according to reports. (Reuters/Fred Prouser)

Bobbi Kristina’s courtappointed conservator. In the first public account of what is alleged to have happened, the lawsuit claimed that on Jan. 31 Bobbi Kristina had a loud argument with Gordon. When it ended she was found “unresponsive and unconscious, face down in a bathtub, with her mouth swollen and another tooth knocked out.” It said that as a direct result of Gordon’s conduct “Brown has suffered life-threatening bodily harm.” Gordon was partly raised by Whitney Hous-

ton as an informally adopted son. He later began dating Bobbi Kristina and after the singer’s death, the pair referred to each other as husband and wife although they were never legally married. The lawsuit alleged that Gordon began to beat up Bobbi Kristina and tried to take control of the substantial funds she had inherited from her mother. “Even after Brown’s hospitalization, and while she was in a coma, (Gordon) accessed Brown’s bank account and stole in excess of $11,000,” the

lawsuit added. Gordon was barred by the family in February from visiting Bobbi Kristina in the hospital. Bobbi Kristina is the daughter of Whitney Houston and R&B singer Bobby Brown. They divorced when she was 14 after a tempestuous, drug-fueled marriage. Her Grammy awardwinning mother drowned in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub in February 2012 at the age of 48. In that case, authorities said years of cocaine abuse and heart disease played a key role.

Board OKs millage rate, 3.24 percent tax boost By Keith Farner

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SUWANEE — Despite requests from two residents to cut taxes or lower other expenses, the Gwinnett County Board of Eduction adopted a millage rate Thursday night that means property taxes would rise 3.24 percent.

The millage rate, 21.85 mills, is the same as last year, but because property values have risen in the last year, local revenue is expected to increase by $13.3 million. The difference from fiscal 2009 equates to more than $100 million a year less in operating revenue, Chief Financial Officer Rick Cost said. For the average homeowner, a $150,000 home on this year’s tax digest would have had a value

of $177,000 in 2008, Cost said. Because the millage rate will remain the same, taxpayers whose property has not been reassessed will see no change in their school tax bill. Ken Craft spoke at the evening public hearing and asked for no tax increase, adding that the proposed tax increase was about double the Social Security cost-ofliving increase this year. David Hancock spoke

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Police probe shooting in Peachtree Corners barbershop By Joshua Sharpe

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PEACHTREE CORNERS — Several assailants reportedly stormed a barbershop in a well-trafficked shopping center and began to attack one of the employees Thursday. Officers responded to Mane Priority barbers at 7050 Jimmy Carter Boulevard before 1 p.m. Shots were fired during the incident, but it isn’t clear if anyone was hit or who fired, said Cpl. Michele Pihera with Gwinnett County police. Four barbers, each with a customer in the chair, were in the shop when the attack ensued. Sonia Rodriguez, of the neighboring Acrux Star Quality Staffing business, said she helped the bloodied

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man after he came to hide in her office, a few doors down in the large shopping center, behind a Waffle House and Bojangles’ restaurant. “His head was all messed up, his face,” Rodriguez said, in the parking lot Thursday. “They beat him pretty good.” The victim, whose identity hasn’t been released, was taken to North Fulton Hospital with non lifethreatening injuries, Pihera said. Rodriguez said he remained conscious but he offered no explanation of why the men might’ve wanted to hurt him. Pihera also couldn’t immediately give any statement on a pos-

sible motive. Pihera said none of the suspects, believed to be three or four black men and one Hispanic man, had been found by 4 p.m. All of the barbers and customers fled when the shots rang out. “… Most of the witnesses returned to be interviewed by detectives,” she said in an email later Thursday afternoon. “The lead detective is still attempting to make contact with the witnesses who did not return.” Those with information can contact Gwinnett gang detectives at 770-513-5300. To remain anonymous, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or visit www. crimestoppersatlanta.org. Crime Stoppers offers up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment.

Gwinnett Police Cpl. Michele Pihera talks to the media outside of Mane Priority barber shop after a shooting and assault occurred at the location on Thursday afternoon in Peachtree Corners. Gwinnett Police had little information on the shooting Thursday afternoon. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

California wildfires force residents from homes in two towns Reuters Residents of two California towns were under mandatory evacuation orders on Thursday as a burgeoning wildfire swept through droughtparched mountains, officials said. The fire in the mountains of San Bernardino County east of Los Angeles was among scores of wildfires raging along the U.S. West Coast, from Alaska through California, in areas hit by drought and suffering record-low snowpack. In Idaho, officials issued a health advisory tied to extreme heat as weather forecasters predicted record-breaking

Fire personnel trucks are shown along a road in a burned out area of the Washington Fire near Markleeville, California in this handout photo released to Reuters on Wednesday. (Reuters/Matt Call/ Nevada Department of Forestry/Handout)

highs. The northern end of the Sacramento Valley in California was also unusually hot with 111 Fahrenheit reported in

Redding. In Southern California, firefighters were losing ground to the longburning San Bernardino

County blaze. It swelled to 23,199 acres in the face of gusting winds, according to fire-tracking website InciWeb, which pulls information from multiple agencies. The blaze, now nine days old, prompted evacuation orders late on Wednesday for the towns of Burns Canyon and Rimrock and a voluntary evacuation for Pioneertown as containment dropped to 21 percent. The fire had been about one-third contained the day before. Authorities did not say how many people were ordered to leave but some 7,000 structures were threatened. Roadways and camp-

grounds remain closed and about 360 campers were sent home from the Lake Williams area on Wednesday. “Weather will remain warm and dry over the fire with gusty west winds over the next few days,” according to InciWeb, even though temperatures were expected to cool in the next several days. Weather was not the only hurdle. Nearly a dozen firefighting aircraft were grounded after a drone was spotted in the area. In Los Angeles County, roughly 1,000 residents in Santa Clarita were ordered from their homes late on Wednesday as a

hard-charging fire spread across some 350 acres in a matter of hours, the county fire department said. Those evacuation orders were lifted on Wednesday night and the fire was about 60 percent contained by Thursday morning, the department said. In southern Oregon, firefighters had contained 60 percent of a 5,341acre fire in Cave Junction that has closed forest lands but not damaged property. Another 21 fires in Alaska ignited overnight, making a total of nearly 300 active blazes, according to the state’s Division of Forestry.

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WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton did not hand over at least 15 emails from her time as secretary of state, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, undercutting her claim that the 30,000 work emails she provided from her personal server were a complete record. The department learned the email record was apparently incomplete after Sidney Blumenthal, an old friend and informal adviser to Clinton, provided several previously undisclosed emails to U.S. lawmakers investigating the deadly 2012 attack on diplomatic staff in Benghazi, Libya. The 15 emails were either missing from the records Clinton provided or included only in partial form. The department said they were not relevant to the attacks on Benghazi

discussed the turmoil in Libya more generally. Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said in an email on Thursday that the Democratic presidential candidate had given the department “all emails in her possession from Mr. Blumenthal.” He said he could not explain the origins of the additional correspondence Blumenthal provided in response to the lawmakers’ subpoena. Clinton, the favorite to become her party’s nominee for the 2016 presidential election, has weathered criticism that she side-stepped recordkeeping and transparency rules by using only a private email account for her work. The private address was connected to a server in her home. The arrangement was made public in March, more than two years after

said she used the private email account for the sake of convenience and broke no rules. Recent polls show more than half of all voters say she is not trustworthy, in part because of her email habits, although this has not put a deep dent in her popularity among Democrats. Trey Gowdy, the Republican congressman in charge of the select committee investigating the Benghazi attack, said Clinton’s incomplete email record “raises serious questions.” “This has implications far beyond Libya, Benghazi and our committee’s work,” Gowdy said in a statement. “This conclusively shows her email arrangement with herself, which was then vetted by her own lawyers, has resulted in an incomplete public record.”

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conference at the United Nations headquarters that she gave the State Department all emails she sent and received that “could possibly be work-related.” She said the 30,490 emails she handed over in December after the State Department asked for her records included all that referred to Libya or Benghazi, as well as all work-related correspondence from what her office described as “longtime friends.” She said that once those copies were made, all her emails, including another 30,000 or so that were deemed personal, were deleted from the server. Clinton spokesman Merrill declined to respond when asked whether some emails might have been deleted at an earlier date, before the State Department made its request.

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Ask Amy majority of our 10 years you have such a deep atIf not, then I agree that AQUARIUS (Jan. 20together, my wife has been tachment to this man? her commitment to your Feb. 19) — Your health a housekeeper at various Obviously such specula- should be your primary relationship is not what it hotels. This is physically could (and should) be, and tion is pointless. interest. You can’t keep demanding, low-paying When someone tells you should assume there is up a hectic pace for work. It has taken a toll you, “It’s not you, it’s a deeper reason she does long stretches of time. on her knees and back. me,” sometimes it is wisnot want to spend time Make sure that you get She does not seem happy est to believe him. with you. adequate rest and don’t there. DEAR AMY: RegardDEAR AMY: My best overextend yourself. In my career, I’ve been ing the couple who are friend of over 40 years PISCES (Feb. Amy Dickinson fairly lucky. I have a selling their household recently told me that he 20-March 20) — There fulfilling and stable job goods and allowing famdoesn’t want to be my will be many demands that provides more than she does), then I want her friend anymore. I was very ily members first chance placed upon you. Let othenough income for our before the sale (“Trying to be happy, but I still want hurt and shocked. ers know about the limitahousehold — and extras. more from our marriage. “Gary” and I met in mu- to Decide Well”), I heard tions of your schedule. It’s That’s where the problem How can I approach sic school. We were room- recently about a couple OK to say no if you have lies. who were moving. They this in a different way? mates in college, played too much on your plate. I have weekends and announced at church one I’m beginning to think she in a rock band and even ARIES (March 21-April holidays off. We are never prefers to be alone instead took vacations together. Sunday that at a particular 19) — Determination will off at the same time and of with me. He was my best man when time and day, everyone be required if you are facmiss important events in — Lonely Husband my wife and I got married was welcome to come to ing partnership issues. Be each other’s lives. Almost their house and take, for DEAR LONELY: If over 37 years ago. prepared to make adjustall of our “fun time” is your wife has options and My wife and I moved to free, any item that they ments. Find out what your spent separately. she chooses to continue in the East Coast some years wanted. At the end of the opponent has in store I want to spend the day, only three or four this field, then you should ago, but Gary and I kept before you engage in weekends together and assume that she likes it, in touch. He is now with a items were left. battle. start to enjoy the benefits For those who can even if she complains woman whom he identiTAURUS (April 20-May from our years of hard about it. fies as his “wife,” although afford to do so, it was a 20) — Compromise is not work. generous and easy way to So when she comes they are not married (he necessarily a bad thing. I want her to change donate everyday items. home complaining about has never been married). careers. When I try to — DBK Being sensitive to the her back and her knees, I wrote Gary a four-page needs of others someencourage her to do this, DEAR DBK: I absoyou say, “Oh, I’m so sorry. letter and apologized if I times means putting your she has a very negative You do work hard.” Don’t ever did anything to offend lutely love this idea. own priorities aside for reaction. She is under the You can contact Amy offer lots of suggestions or hurt him, asking him to a time. The rewards for impression that I think Dickinson via email: about going to school or be honest with me about your mindfulness will be housekeeping is “not a askamy@tribpub.com. point her toward other the problem between us. worthwhile. real job” or “beneath” her. jobs. Why? Because every He wrote back, saying the You can also follow her GEMINI (May 21-June When I tell her about job on Twitter @askingamy or time you do, she doubles problem was more with 20) — Be true to yourself. openings I think look good down and recommits to himself than me. That was “like” her on Facebook. or suggest she go back to Amy Dickinson’s memoir, Put a creative spin on any her profession. it. task you take on. Don’t school, she rejects them. Concentrate on your Could Gary actually be “The Mighty Queens of dwell on past disappointAlthough my goal is to very reasonable desire to bisexual, and is hurt that I Freeville: A Mother, a ments. If you face the day bring us closer together, spend more time together. “left him” — emotionally Daughter and the Town with optimism, you will be we end up fighting. that Raised Them” (HyCan she change her and geographically? If she truly does enjoy happy with the results you shifts even one weekend — Confused perion), is available in DEAR CONFUSED: this work (I don’t believe bookstores. a month? Is she willing get.

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Wimbush seeks $500M in suit against Gwinnett officials By Joshua Sharpe

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Therian Wimbush, representing herself in a child abuse case, is suing Gwinnett County officials who have handled her case — for $500 million. The suit, claiming libel and slander, lists 13 defendants, including Superior Court Judge Karen Beyers,

Chief Magistrate Kristina Blum, Chief Assistant District Attorney Dan Mayfield, Juvenile Court Judge Robert Rodatus, employees of the Division of Family and Children Services, and a detective. Also named — in a manner of speaking — is the “anonymous caller” who reported last year that the Buford-area mother of 10 and her husband, a former captain of Georgia Tech’s

football team, banished one of their sons to a small basement room for a Therian year and a Wimbush half. Emails seeking comment from most of the defendants went unanswered Thursday. Mayfield and a representative of DFCS

said they couldn’t comment on pending litigation. Gwinnett police declined as well. Wimbush, a former private tutor, filed the suit from the Gwinnett jail, where’s she’s been without bond since last June along with husband Recardo Wimbush, who was a supervisor with a local railroad before his arrest. They are charged with keeping the boy, then 13, isolated in

the small room with only a mattress and a jar for urination after he misbehaved. In essence, Therian Wimbush accuses all of the defendants of maliciously making statements against the couple’s methods of parenting, which they have said are based on their strict Hebrew beliefs. The defendants, she wrote in the suit, “in bad faith, maliciously and falsely defamed the charac-

ter of the plaintiffs in this case and thereby injuring their reputations and exposing them to public hatred, contempt, and/or ridicule or by uttering disparaging words…” No court dates have been set for the suit. Therian Wimbush is schedule to be in court in early August for a hearing on the criminal case — in front of Beyers, the first defendant named in the suit.

New types of schools, education formats coming to Gwinnett By Keith Farner

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SUWANEE — As four new schools open their doors for the first time to students across Gwinnett in two months, their buildings will feature a host of different dimensions and accomodations. What those students learn, however, and how that material is delivered continues to change. For the second time in four months, the Gwinnett County Board of Education and senior staff at Gwinnett County Public Schools discussed theme-based and magnet schools across the district. In a discussion that lasted more than an hour

during an afternoon work session, the group outlined plans already in place and areas that need to be or could be addressed. Several of the schools have placed a focus on technology initiatives as well as science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. In August of 2016, the district plans to open a “STEAM school” in the Duluth cluster, which adds the fine arts to the STEM acronym. That school will be at the former Monarch School location on Main Street. The ADAPT special education program formerly housed at Monarch moved to the Northbrook Center in Suwanee. A new Norcross clus-

ter elementary school will relieve schools in the Norcross cluster, primarily Peachtree Elementary. But it doesn’t yet have any unique characteristics. It is also planned to open in August 2016. Long-term plans also call for relief high schools in the Norcross and Meadowcreek clusters, and district officials plan to tailor the curriculum toward a specific theme, such as health sciences and medicine in one school, and international business, finance and law in the other. Financing plans for those schools have not yet been established. District officials added that they’re aware of saturation of a given path or industry, such as health sci-

ences in Meadowcreek, and to guard against narrowing a model too much. Several of the plans at the schools set to open in August include a type of project-based learning or “real world” application that CEO/Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks said helps students get and stay engaged. “Technology helps make possible some more personalized instruction,” Wilbanks said. “A lot of these things may seem insignificant, but they aren’t insignificant when it comes to engaging students.” Steve Flynt, the district’s chief strategy and performance officer, outlined plans for Baggett Elementary, Graves Elementary,

Jordan Middle and Discovery High schools. “Something like a center or a new theme allows the teachers to make a connection because we talk about project-based learning a lot, but it’s very difficult to just create project-based learning in the classroom,” Flynt said. “So when we see these things, that gives them a unique connection to something that we can all understand.” At Graves, for example, there’s a program called “GDART” which integrates dance, art, rhythm and theater. At Jordan, the curriculum will be deployed using a “gradual release” format where a teacher performs a given topic, then moves into guided instruction. The

school also has a music technology component. At Discovery, perhaps the most publicized of the new schools, students from across the county beginning in middle school will learn personal finance and entrepreneurial skills, including creating and running a viable business through a partnership with Junior Achievement. Local businesses have also contributed sponsorships and employees volunteering their time. A facility that’s being relocated, Summerour Middle, boasts an environmental center that allows students to explore outdoor classrooms within a community-managed agriculture program.

Gwinnett school board denies two charter school applications By Keith Farner

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SUWANEE — Two charter school applications were denied Thursday night by the Gwinnett County Board of Education. Steve Flynt, the chief strategy and performance officer with Gwinnett County Public Schools,

outlined the plans for the two schools, which had the potential to open next year. Purpose International Academy and Crimson International Academy were the names of the proposed schools. CEO/Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks said he recognized that each group worked hard on the effort and came to district officials in good faith.

Each petitioner can now go directly to the Georgia Board of Education if they want to pursue their plans. Purpose International Academy would have served sixth grade through high school, or students ages 11 to 18, while Crimson International Academy would have served students from kindergarten through

middle school and ages 5 through 13. Enrollment for Purpose was projected to between 320 and 560, while Crimson would have had an enrollment of between 226 and 410. Crimson International Academy had a stated mission that looked to “provide a holistic approach to helping learners navigate the global challenges of the 21st century.” The mission also said it would accomplish that by helping students think critically by incorporating global perspectives and to broaden cultural and language proficiences.

Purpose International Academy set out to “pursue excellence in academic knowledge, global competence and multilingual education, resulting in multilingual education, resulting in measured improvement against world-class standards.” One innovation noted was year-round school and an extended day. The committee that reviewed the applications found “significant deficiences” in the petitions. In the Crimson petition, Flynt said it did not clearly identify a unique and innovative curricu-

lum design and instructional program which is different than what’s already offered in Gwinnett County Schools. Crimson also had a projected budget shortfall of $76,102 in its first year, and didn’t address how special populations or gifted and talented students would be educated or meet requirements for English Language Learners. For Purpose, additional concerns were the organizational plan did not offer innovations, objectives or benchmarks that would yield results greater than those of GCPS.

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world&nation WORLD Oil-rich Alberta raising cost of carbon output CALGARY, Alberta — Oil-rich Alberta will raise the cost of greenhouse-gas emissions for large industrial plants and boost targets for emission cuts as its new government took action on Thursday to strengthen the Canadian province’s environmental reputation. Alberta is the largest source of U.S. oil imports, but its oil sands are Canada’s fastest-growing source of carbon emissions and the province has faced harsh international criticism for what has been perceived as lax oversight of the oil sands industry. Environmental groups have used Alberta’s record of rising emissions in their efforts to block TransCanada Corp’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline as well as other projects.

U.S. top court backs Obamacare By Lawrence Hurley Reuters

PEOPLE Reba McEntire sells estate in Beverly Hills

LOS ANGELES — Country music queen and sitcom star Reba McEntire (“Malibu Country,” “Reba”) has surreptitiously sold her Beverly Hills estate in a hush-hush offmarket deal valued at $22.5 million. The famously flame-tressed musician made out like a real estate bandit on the deal as property records and other online resources show she acquired the gated and entirely landscaped 1.8-acre spread in the heart of the world-renowned Beverly Park enclave in the early Supporters of the Affordable Care Act celebrate after the Supreme Court upheld the law in days of 2003 for exactly $9 million. the 6-3 vote at the Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts) The whole thing went down on the down low, so the credits is required to in three years the high court or weaken this law, after a publicly available details “avoid the type of calamiruled against a major chalpresidential election based of the property are slim. tous result that Congress lenge to the law brought by in part on preserving or plainly meant to avoid.” conservatives. Both rulings repealing this law, after mulRoberts was joined by were written by Roberts. tiple challenges to this law NBC renews fellow conservative Justice Unlike the 2012 case, in before the Supreme Court, David Duchovny Anthony Kennedy and the which the court was split the Affordable Care Act is Again, no deal drama ‘Aquarius’ court’s four liberal members 5-4, Kennedy joined Roberts here to stay,” Obama said. for Greece, talks in a ruling that may ensure in the majority this time. “It has changed, and in LOS ANGELES — NBC resume Saturday Obamacare becomes a lastRepublicans, who have some cases saved, American is still celebrating the age of ing element of the nation’s fought the law since its lives,” Obama added. BRUSSELS — Greece “Aquarius,” and has given a social programs. inception, vowed on ThursThe question before the failed again to clinch a The ruling means the day to continue efforts in justices was whether a four- second season to the drama deal with its international that stars David Duchocurrent system will remain Congress to repeal it despite word phrase in the expancreditors on Thursday, vny as a cop investigating in place, with subsidies appeals from Obama’s felsive law saying subsidies setting up a last-ditch effort available nationwide. If the low Democrats for them to are available to those buying Charles Manson in 1960s on Saturday to either avert challengers had won, at least stop. The law was passed by insurance on exchanges “es- Los Angeles. a default next week or start The period drama also 6.4 million people in at least Democrats in Congress in tablished by the state” has preparing to protect the euro 34 states would have lost 2010 over unified Republibeen correctly interpreted by made broadcast history for zone from financial market using a modern technique subsidies worth an average can opposition. the administration to allow turmoil. when it debuted earlier this of $272 per month. “After more than 50 subsidies to be available Euro zone finance year — NBC released the It marked the second time votes in Congress to repeal nationwide. ministers ended their third entire first season on its meeting in a week without digital platforms after the substantially limit vaccine season premiere, marking agreement after the three exemptions for school chil- the first major network to creditor institutions put a final cash-for-reform proposal dren in the most populous utilize the binge-watching on the table in a showdown model launched by the likes U.S. state, an initiative Burwell: Next step of Netflix and Hulu. The with Athens’s leftist governprompted by last year’s is increase quality ment. digital release resulted in measles outbreak at Disof health care German Chancellor Anneyland that sickened more the first episode being the gela Merkel, whose country most-watched summer sethan 100 people. is Greece’s biggest crediWASHINGTON — U.S. ries premiere ever on NBC. The bill, which would tor, said Greek positions on Health and Human Services com and the NBC App. make California the third some issues seemed even to Secretary Sylvia Burwell state to eliminate religious have gone into reverse. said on Thursday the Obama and other personal exemp- Univision ends “The door is still open administration will focus tions to vaccine requireMiss Universe for the Greek side to come on improving quality over ments, passed the state with new proposals or acquantity in the nation’s Assembly on Thursday. deal over Trump cept what is on the table,” health care system in the “We got a snapshot James Holmes sits in court for an advisement hearing at comments Eurogroup chairman Jeroen implementation of the Afthe Arapahoe County Justice Center in Centennial, Colo. with what happened at (Reuters/Andy Cross/Pool/Files) LOS ANGELES — Dijsselbloem told reporters fordable Care Act. Disneyland how bad it before briefing European The Supreme Court could be,” said Assembly- Univision has ended its trial opened their case on Union leaders, meeting at Thursday. ruled earlier on Thursday woman Lorena Gonzalez, a partnership with the Miss Universe Organization Thursday, calling a psychiaa summit next door, on the “We don’t want to provide San Diego Democrat who to uphold the nationwide after Donald Trump, the trist as they seek to prove impasse. a platform at the meetavailability of tax subsidies sponsored the chamber’s Greece thrust its way onto that are crucial to President organization’s part owner, gunman James Holmes was ing for people to lobby for version of the bill. the agenda of a 28-nation made what Univision has insane and not in control of positions contrary to the Barack Obama’s signature The state’s Senate has EU summit that had been life of our Church,” said health care law, also known his actions when he plotted already passed its version. deemed to be incendiary due to focus on migration, remarks against Mexiand carried out the 2012 Archbishop Charles Chaput. as Obamacare. the long-term future of the rampage. The Catholic Church teaches Intelligence chief: can immigrants when he In a conference call with euro zone and launching a announced his campaign Holmes, a 27-year-old for- homosexuality is not sinful reporters, Burwell said the China top suspect for presidency earlier this renegotiation of Britain’s mer neuroscience graduate but homosexual acts are. administration planned to membership terms. student, opened fire inside a “We are not providing push further on a patientin hack of agency month. “Today, the entertainpacked midnight premiere of that kind of lobbying opcentered approach. ment division of Univision WASHINGTON — The a Batman film at a Denverportunity,” he told a news “Our vision is paying France cracks United States’ intelligence Communications Inc. anarea multiplex, killing 12 conference presenting the providers for what works, down on Uber chief said on Thursday that nounced that it is ending September 22-27 congress and incentivises quality over people and wounding 70. He could face the death known as the World Meeting China was the top suspect the company’s business after taxi protests quantity,” she said. in a hack of a U.S. agency relationship with the Miss of Families. The system at the moment penalty if convicted. PARIS — France ordered often pays per transaction that compromised the per- Universe Organization, The prosecution wrapped Gay Catholic groups a nationwide clampdown sonnel records of millions which is part-owned by and families headed by gay rather than considering well- up its case last week after on UberPOP on Thursday, Donald J. Trump, based of Americans, the Wall calling more than 200 Catholics had asked for an ness as a factor, she added. siding with taxi drivers who Burwell also said enlisting witnesses, including first re- official presence at the gath- Street Journal reported on on his recent, insulting blockaded major transport remarks about Mexican Thursday. sponders, survivors and two ering to present their view states that do not currently immigrants,” the company hubs in angry protests The comments from court-appointed psychiatrists that homosexuals should accept federal funds for the against the popular online Director of National Intel- said. “At Univision, we who both concluded Holmes be fully welcomed in the Medicaid health insurance see first-hand the work ride-sharing service. ligence James Clapper was sane when he planned Church. program was important to Furious at what they marked a departure of sorts ethic, love for family, and launched the attack. The pope will attend the increase access and coverregard as unfair competition, age. for the Obama administra- strong religious values last two days of the Philacabbies blocked roads to the and the important role tion, which has avoided delphia meeting at the end “We want to work with Bishop: Gays capital’s airports, overturned them as we know different Mexican immigrants and of a trip that will take him to publicly pointing to Beicars and burned tires to Mexican-Americans have jing, even as officials said Cuba as well as New York states have different needs,” can’t use family press for the scheme to be privately China likely was had and will continue to meet for attack and Washington. she said. have in building the future abolished. behind the attack. Prime Minister Manuel of our country. We will VATICAN CITY — “You have to kind of Movie massacre Lawmakers vote Valls condemned the vionot be airing the Miss Homosexuals can attend a salute the Chinese for lence and incidents “on both defense seeks to Catholic family congress in to limit vaccine USA pageant on July 12th what they did,” given the sides” as the government or working on any other Philadelphia during Pope difficulty of the intrusion, prove insanity exemptions sought to take a tough stand Francis’ U.S. visit this year the Journal quoted Clapper projects tied to the Trump CENTENNIAL, Colo. SACRAMENTO, Calif. as saying at a Washington Organization.” on the protests while backbut won’t be allowed to use ing the drivers’ case. — From wire reports — Defense lawyers in it to attack Church teachings, — California lawmakintelligence conference. — From wire reports Colorado’s movie massacre the city’s archbishop said on ers voted on Thursday to Trump announced his — From wire reports WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative legal challenge that could have doomed President Barack Obama’s health care law, upholding nationwide tax subsidies crucial to his signature domestic policy achievement. Obama strode into the White House Rose Garden after the ruling to declare that the law known as Obamacare is working, helping millions of Americans afford health insurance who otherwise would have none, and that it is “here to stay.” Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, wrote in the 6-3 ruling that Congress clearly intended for the tax subsidies that help millions of low- and moderateincome people afford private health insurance to be available in all 50 states. The court decided that the law did not restrict the subsidies to states that establish their own online health insurance exchanges, as the challengers in the case contended. “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them,” Roberts wrote, adding that nationwide availability of

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World’s first commercial jetpack set for 2016 launch By Jim Drury Reuters

The world’s first commercially available personal jetpack should go on sale to customers next year, at a cost of around $150,000. The Martin Jetpack has been developed over the past 35 years, the dream of then university student, New Zealander Glenn Martin. Tests in New Zealand

MUST READ of the initial prototype in 2011 saw the manned jetpack successfully fly at least 1,000 meters off the ground before landing via parachute. The improved version, the P12, was on display at last week’s Paris Airshow — along with a simulator allowing the public to experience the Jetpack

for themselves. Martin Aircraft were valued at more than $100 million when listed on the Australian Securities Exchange earlier this year, having secured investment worth up to $50 million from Chinese aerospace group Kuang-Chi Science. It runs on a V4 200 horsepower petrol engine that drives two ducted fans and can fly for more than 30 minutes at up to

46 miles per hour and altitudes of up to 3,280 feet. It can carry a commercial payload of up to 265 pounds. Martin chief executive Peter Coker said that, although the Jetpack may interest rich thrillseekers, it is primarily aimed at emergency responders and search and rescue missions. He told Reuters: “I think the first responders will see that as a massive improvement to their capa-

bility. So, for example, in the fire services going around to look at the situational awareness of what’s going on, perhaps through water security or even search and rescue on beach patrol, something along those lines. Naturally for the ambulance service getting to a point of importance of rescuing people in the shortest possible time. So there’s a lot of uses within that first responder environment.”

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The fall of the Confederacy CHARLESTON, S.C. — One hundred fifty years too late, the Confederacy may finally be coming to an end. Finishing it off, however, will require more than getting rid of an offensive flag. Not that the astounding progress this week toward consigning the Confederate battle flag to the ignominy it deserves is a small thing. Flags are among the most important symbols because they signify allegiance — in this case, to a treasonous rebellion that sought the unimpeded right to buy and sell human beings and brutally compel their unpaid labor. It should not have taken the murder of nine African-American worshipers at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church — committed by a young white man who fetishized the flag — to force the reckoning we now witness: South Carolina Gov. Eugene Nikki Haley has demanded that the Robinson state Legislature pass a measure removing the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds. Alabama’s governor ordered that the flag no longer be flown above his state’s capitol. Mississippi is considering altering its state flag to remove the Confederate motif. Wal-Mart, Amazon and other major retailers have announced they will no longer sell merchandise emblazoned with the flag. There are, of course, diehards. A South Carolina state legislator named Lee Bright — a Republican who happens to be one of the state co-chairmen for Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign — denounced what he called a “Stalinist purge” of the rebel flag and said he will fight to keep it. Happily, he will almost surely fail. The flag was used not only by Confederate soldiers to defend slavery but also by Ku Klux Klansmen committing acts of unspeakable terror against African-Americans — and by state governments throughout the South trumpeting their determination to keep the repression and exploitation of Jim Crow segregation in place. It is a symbol that belongs on the prison-tattooed skin of Aryan Nation thugs, along with their swastikas and their SS insignia. Nowhere else. But the Confederacy is more than a flag, more than a region, more than Southern nostalgia based on the lie that the Civil War was about something other than slavery. The Confederacy that has endured for a century and a half after Appomattox is a state of mind that encompasses white supremacy, black subjugation, unrestricted gun rights and defiance of the legitimacy of the federal government. Banishing the flag is a beginning, but there is much more to be done. As a native South Carolinian, I was proud of Haley as she delivered her eloquent speech about the flag — an Indian-American female governor, flanked by all of the state’s leading officials including the first elected AfricanAmerican U.S. senator from the South since Reconstruction, Tim Scott. But standing behind Haley was Reince Priebus, the Republican Party’s national chairman, and I couldn’t help but think of all the GOP-led state legislatures around the country, including South Carolina’s, that have passed voter-ID and other laws meant to ensure that fewer AfricanAmericans and other minorities are able to vote. Even when the flag comes down, those laws will still be in place. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart no longer stocks rebelflag tchotchkes but remains the nation’s largest seller of firearms. Some Wal-Marts are happy to sell military-style assault rifles, which are weapons that no hunter needs. Other big-box retailers such as Target and Costco manage to turn a profit without selling guns. “I’m not terribly confident that a 21-year-old Wal-Mart clerk is going to sell guns responsibly,” observed Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. Also, it’s true that most state and local governments across the nation can say they never had the Confederate flag as part of their iconography. But as we’ve seen in recent months, there are police departments that treat African-American communities as occupied territory and young black men, especially, as guilty by default. It’s like Jim Crow: Keep the black people under your thumb lest they run wild. Confronting what’s left of the Confederate state of mind, we are not powerless. Black voters showed in 2012 that they can overcome restrictive new voting laws. They can do it again, including in state and local elections, where power over voting rights resides. Those who believe, as I do, that Wal-Mart should get out of the business of selling guns, especially military-style assault rifles, can simply take their business elsewhere. Businesses deciding where to move or expand can take into account whether police departments practice Confederate-style policing. Local officials will pay attention. This historical city that marked the birth of the Confederacy can now mark the beginning of its end. But we have work to do. Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.

Bill Petty: Cohutta’s small-town hero BCOHUTTA — You can’t find a sleepier community than this one, where the earth shakes noticeably when a Norfolk Southern train, featuring an engine or two, pulling a hundred box cars or more, passes through with such alacrity that you’d think the engineer was running away from a wife who caught him up to no good. If it weren’t for the railroad, there wouldn’t be much excitement around here. This is a place where businesses and offices simply shut the door and turn a key if they need to leave to run an errand or “go do something.” The City Hall and the one police car appear as inactive as the two local churches would be at noon on a Monday. The last census has the population at 582, but I only saw one resident moving about. The Internet doesn’t confirm that there are any famous people from Cohutta, but I maintain that Bill Petty, who grew up here, was a great American. He was member of the Greatest Generation and a World War II hero. He had grown up tough in the North Georgia mountains and spent time on the University of Georgia campus before becoming an Army Ranger who scaled the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc at Normandy. In the process, five 155 MM

here.” And they did. By the time the micro-managing Adolf Hitler emerged from his nocturnal evening following a long slumber, he became aware in late afternoon that Normandy was not a feint. (Hitler had been convinced the real invasion would Loran take place at Calais 200 miles Smith to the north.) The panzer units, which might have forced the guns, which had been moved Allies back in the sea with an inland, were destroyed by the early command to proceed Rangers. These guns in action to the beaches, could not be would have made the invadeployed without The Fuhrer’s sion, in the opinion of many orders. Now it was too late. experts, unsuccessful. The war would be officially As it turned out, Omaha, over in 336 days when victory nonetheless, was a bloody in Europe was declared on encounter in which the Ameri- May 8, 1945. cans suffered 10,000 casualThere was a lot of bloody ties. Allied troops were pinned fighting in the days that foldown on the beach by a crack lowed the Normandy Invasion, German rifle unit, which had but Hitler ultimately realized just been moved there from that, with the Allies advancing the Eastern front. toward Berlin from one direcHistory will forever remind tion and the Russians bearing us of the bravery and courage down from the other, the Third of the men who found a way Reich was reaching its final to get up the cliffs of Norman- days. dy to capture guns and enemy Meeting men like Bill soldiers with a breakout even- Petty, who had to fight hard to tually forthcoming. At Omaha, qualify for the Rangers, has with the Germans holding the made the war more illuminatadvantage, a shooting-ducksing. He had bad legs from a on-the-pond scenario, General parachute jump and had lost “Dutch” Cota stood up and his teeth playing football. (He yelled to his men, “There are is said to have told a doctor two kinds of people on that that he wanted to shoot Gerbeach. Those who are dying man soldiers, “not bite ’em.”) and those who are going to He wasn’t medically qualified die. Let’s get the hell outta but when it was over he had

won the bronze star, silver star, and two purple hearts. He had the resolve to make the mission at Pointe du Hoc, under the command of Co. James Earl Rudder, successful. Following the war, he worked in a youth camp for underprivileged children in upstate New York. That is how I came into contact with him. He was a reluctant hero if there ever was one. He did not seek attention and abhorred certain Rangers who seemed to beat their breast about their accomplishments. Petty hated it when someone brought up that he killed over 30 Germans after he scaled the cliffs at the pointe. To Petty it reflected poor character for a man to brag about killing another man. That, to him, was not the stuff of heroism. After several conversations with him, I asked one day if the figure of 30 kills, was accurate. He became very irritated and said, “I don’t know. In war you do what you have to do to survive.” After a pause, his final thoughts will ring in my ears as long as I live. “Furthermore, what kind of damn fool would keep count.” Loran Smith is co-host of “The Tailgate Show” and sideline announcer for Georgia football. He is also a freelance writer and columnist.

Golf a nice diversion for the weekend Sometimes you just have to get away from politics, if even for half a weekend. I did it last Sunday, and it felt great. In the morning I didn’t watch a second of George Stephanopoulos, Chris Wallace or any of the other TV talking heads, pundits, politicians or their professional mouthpieces. I didn’t hear a word about removing the Confederate battle flag from South Carolina’s statehouse grounds — which I think they should do. I didn’t hear the words “Charleston,” “Putin” or “Obama” for the entire blessed day. Thanks to a friend who gave me a ticket to the final round of the 2015 U.S. Open, I got to spend my Sunday walking around the Chambers Bay Golf Course on the beautiful Washington coast near Tacoma. The only flags I thought about were the ones waving at me on a spectacular golf course that was so tough it turned some of the best golfers in the world into duffers like you and me. Fellow golfers, don’t believe the criticism you heard about Chambers Bay’s unique layout

missed that short birdie putt on 18, which would have forced an 18-hole playoff with Spieth, I could hear the collective groan of thousands of shocked spectators. The 2015 U.S. Open — where Tiger Woods shot an opening round of 80 — could Michael not have been more exciting if Reagan it had been scripted. The last nine holes were full and rugged terrain being of suspense and drama. And unfriendly to spectators and the trophy was literally won unfair for the players. and lost on the last putt of the Yes, walking the course as tournament. a spectator was a serious trek. The 2015 Open was one of And yes, it was not possible the greatest sporting events I’ve to follow your favorite golfer ever attended. I’m glad I didn’t from hole No. 1 through hole have to watch it on Fox TV, No. 18 whose rookie broadcast team But I and tens of thousands repeatedly shanked its coverof others had no trouble getting age. an up-close look at the one of The only thing that ruined the most exciting U.S. Open the full enjoyment of the Open finishes in history. for me was the whining done When Jordan Spieth and by the golf pros before, during Rory McIlroy hit their long and after the tournament. drives off the No. 10 tee, I was They whined that Chambers 20 feet away. Bay was too long, too dry, too When McIlroy chunked hilly and weirdly contoured. a pitching wedge, I was so And they whined that the close I could feel his pain. We brown-green greens were too duffers all have that shot in our slow, bumpy and just plain bad. bag. It was nice to see that a Ian Poulter, the Brit who super golfer has it too. finished 11 over par for the When Dustin Johnston tournament, said the USGA

should have apologized to the players for the poor condition of the greens. For a while there, I thought some of the best golfers in the world were going to petition the United Nations for relief. Come on, guys. Man up. Chambers Bay was supposed to be different. It was purposely designed and conditioned to make it as tough as possible, not as perfect as possible. It was not supposed to be another Buick Open, where every green looks and runs like a pool table and every fairway is as flat as an airport runway. I applaud the USGA for trying something different. The golf bosses made the 2015 Open as difficult as they did because they didn’t want the winner to come in at 18 under par. Their plan worked. Spieth finished at just 5 under. Instead of whining about the course like a duffer, he kept his head down, sunk the putts he needed to sink and won $1.8 million. Email Michael Reagan at Reagan@caglecartoons. com. Follow him on Twitter @ reaganworld.

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A trio of Canada Geese stroll down the walking trail on Thursday at the Rhodes Jordan Park lakefront in Lawrenceville. Gwinnett County officials are urging residents to be cautious around the lake after 40,000 gallons of raw sewage leaked into a feeder stream. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

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cast iron pipe caused the leak when it burst, sending know about the leak because the sewage into the stream. people may smell it for a A bypass pump was placed Tory Speratt, left, lays down a wooden domino while playing against Stephon Johnson, Dodley Joseph, and Tanner few days when they are at on the pipe to redirect the Kaminsky during Thursday @ The Hill, outside Sugar Hill City Hall. (Staff Photos: David Welker) the park.” sewage around the break The signs will remain at while crews work to replace the lake for the next week the pipe. and county officials will be County officials already •From Page 1A required under environmen- do not allow swimming in tal regulations to monitor the lake, but residents will “We’ve met a bunch of water quality in the lake have to be cautious around people we wouldn’t have for the next year because the lake for awhile. The main concern is with anglers met otherwise.” of the leak. The county has Meeting the neighbors who may be looking to also reported the leak to Food trucks seems to be the goal of catch a dinner fillet. That is the Georgia Environmental line Broad many visitors at the hill, why they are being asked to Protection Division. Street in Sugincluding Marissa Ryan, release any fish they catch The lakefront was mostly ar Hill during who just moved to Sugar back into the lake. quiet on Thursday afterThursday @ “The fish may be OK, but Hill from Indiana with her noon, with a few runners The Hill. we do not want to take any two roommates last month. jogging around a trail and chances,” Sorenson said. Ryan and her roommates a group gathered under a Officials are not certain all brought their dogs out large pavilion. Canada geese when the water will be in and enjoyed dinner from and other birds surfed the good enough shape for the food trucks while getshoreline. ting to know other locals. anglers to keep their catches. There were signs that “I think it’s a really cool Drive Trio, a local jazz lawn to listen to the music Duluth and Suwanee are something was askew in the They are hopeful, however, thing for the city to do,” group. Their drummer and let their children play doing such a great job with area though. The air around that it will not be a long time she said. “In a small town, Curtis Northrup has a with giant dominos, dice their events,” said Scott An- a small pavilion, playground when the size of the spill is compared to the volume of it’s a great way to get to special connection to the and tic-tac-toe pieces prodrews, economic developarea and wooden bridge know your community.” city — he’s a member of vided by the city. ment director for the city. did carry the pungent smell water in the lake. Thursday’s music was “There are millions of Sugar Hill’s City Council. “Expectations are “We’re going to just keep of raw sewage, and “Catch provided by the Dover Families gathered on the through the roof because getting bigger and better.” and Release” warning signs gallons of water in the lake were present every few feet so it probably won’t take the sewage long to dissipate,” along the walking trail. Sorenson said. Sorenson said an 8-inch •From Page 1A ers began posting messages online, saying that he had Employees who answered saved their children’s lives, the door said they couldn’t that he was champion for give any information, that it the movement to cure auwas too soon to speculate on tism. They posted story after how he died. By Wednesday story in which his therapies night, some of Bradstreet’s and drugs were successful. supporters were speculatOthers, including a man ing that his death wasn’t a who said he was his brother, suicide, but a conspiracy. called him a martyr for The Rutherford County, autism and insinuated that N.C. Sheriff’s Office says the truth about his death the doctor, 61, of Braselton, wasn’t yet known. The was found dead by a fisherman, Thomas Bradstreet, Cindy Martinez takes a photo with her children David and man in the Rocky Broad is shown as the creator an Bianca on Father’s Day, the first time they have all been River on Friday afternoon, together since she was admitted to Gwinnett Medical The windows at Dr. Jeff Bradstreet’s office on Commerce online fundraising page, not far from the lake BradCenter in May. (Special Photo) Drive in Buford were covered with plastic Monday follow- asking for $25,000 from street and his wife often ing a reported raid last week. He was later found dead of supporters for “Finding out a suspected suicide. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe) visited on vacation. the TRUTH.” “Mr. Bradstreet had a More than $5,000 had •From Page 1A gunshot wound to the chest, investigations division, reseveral local fundraisers and criticized for using methods been donated by shortly which appears to be self ferred questions to the U.S. of treating autism that were after noon Thursday. a lot of prayers and love. the family’s Facebook page, The next fundraising event inflicted,” a statement from Attorney’s Office in Atlanta, dismissed by mainstream Jamie Keever, the invesdoctors were initially going the office said, adding that which couldn’t immediately medical professionals. He is “Bring Home Cindy” at tigator from the sheriff’s to remove fingers on her left Hebron Church in Dacula on the investigation is ongoing. be reached Thursday. has also been blasted for re- office on the case, said he The FDA has yet to reveal hand as well, but decided to July 18, featuring raffles and The Georgia Drugs and portedly treating patients for was aware of the theories. why agents searched the live music. wait and let nature take its Narcotics Agency aided “mercury toxicity,” based on “I’ve talked to some of office of the doctor, reportDavid Martinez is a the FDA with the raid, but the belief that an ingredient those people today,” he said course. The fingers may or edly a former pastor who may not heal, but the family Gwinnett County police director Rick Allen said in a childhood vaccination Thursday. “I don’t know has been controversial for officer. is hopeful. Thursday he wasn’t immecaused autism, a theory what to say. They have a To keep updated on Cindy well over a decade. Robert The Martinez family has diately able to give informa- which the leading voices in right to their opinion.” Martinez’s progress, visit Hiser, an assistant special been flooded with support tion on the purpose of the medicine say is inaccurate. Efforts to reach the agent in charge with the from the community, includ- www.facebook.com/ search. As news of his death Bradstreet family were not cindysmiracle. federal agency’s criminal ing a GoFundMe page, Bradstreet has been spread, many of his support- successful this week.

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Lalitaben C. Gandhi Lalitaben C. Gandhi, age 90, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away June 24, 2015. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

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Michael Jonny Konanec Michael Jonny Konanec passed from this life on June 22, 2015. He was born on Aug. 21, 1957 in Cleveland, OH where he spent the first half of his life. He went on to

Atlanta, GA to build his business, Mike Konanec Roofing, and was know as “Atlanta’s Roofer”. Michael is the loving son of Ursula (deceased) and Stefan (deceased). Loving father of Michael (Jr), and loving brother of Bernard. Also left behind are loving sister-in-law, Debbie, nieces Nicole (deceased) and Elizabeth, and Grandniece Amelia. Michael’s life left a lasting love on many, many friends live’s who were his second family. Michael’s pride and joy in life was his son Michael, Jr., who now has a guardian angel. Michael lived his life to the absolute fullest. Raise a glass in his name! There will be a celebration of Michael’s life at Kuzan’s Tavern in Suwanee on Saturday June 27th at 4 PM and all friends are invited to join.

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Denise Queen Denise Queen, a Parisian native, died June 23rd in Winder, GA. She was born on a boat under the oldest bridge in Paris, France. Denise attended Cambridge University in London, England. She went to work for LOOK magazine as a translator and after moving to America, became an accountant with the State of Ohio. She enjoyed craft making, traveling, oil painting and working with her daughters floral artistry wedding business. Both she and her current husband belonged to a RV Motor Club, the Ramblers, and they attended rallies all across the United States. Her love of horses began when she was a child when her renowned equestrian father took her to the equestrian competitions in France. She is survived by her h b d l f

husband, Basel Queen of Winder, GA, her daughter, Corrine Siegel of Lawrenceville, GA, her grandson, Cody Moad and five stepchildren, Basel Queen Jr., Brenda Schell, Beverly Smith, Robin Whittaker and Betsy Queen. A memorial service is planned for this Sunday, June 28th at 3:00 PM at Maranatha Baptist Church in Lilburn, GA. SUWANEE

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health&wellness HEALTH BRIEFS GMC in Duluth expands its concussion care Dr. David Schwartz, a neuropsychologist who recently joined the staff at Gwinnett Medical Center, is leading a new program to offer expanded options and education for adults suffering from concussions. According to Dr. Schwartz, many patients who have concussionrelated injuries initially visit hospital emergency rooms for treatment, and it is critical that those doctors and nurses have the proper evaluation tools to diagnose concussions. The earlier a concussion is diagnosed and treated, the better. “Often times, when adults suffering from concussion go untreated, it can impact underlying conditions including anxiety, depression, attention issues or migraines,” said Dr. Schwartz. “An untreated concussion can also impact

a patient’s ability to sleep.” By using better evaluation tools, emergency room doctors and nurses can encourage patients to see neuropsychologists, who in turn can help control and limit the impact and effects of concussions. A neuropsychologist can also help focus on individuals with jobs that require balance, which can be upset by a concussion. These patients must be treated more comprehensively so that they can return to work quickly and safely.

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Eastside Medical to get renovation in women’s dept.

The women’s services department at Eastside Medical Center in Snellville is getting a makeover. In addition to renovating patient rooms and bathrooms, they are building a nursery, a photography studio, new classroom space for childbirth education, sibling classes and other courses, and extra amenities that will provide Eastside reduces Eastside patients with a no. of elective more personalized experience. early births Eastside aims to create An artist’s depiction shows what the remodeled patient bathrooms in Eastside Medical Eastside Medical Center Center’s women’s center will look like after renovations are completed. (Special Photo) a hotel-like setting with in Snellville has been extra consideration for recognized by March of on weight. They are under- champion for babies with ies. Worldwide, 15 million the patient’s comfort and Dimes Georgia for reducgoing important developsafety. They want the detheir quality improvement babies are born too soon ing the number of elective ment of the brain, lungs partment’s appearance and effort.” each year and more than inductions and cesarean and other vital organs,” amenities to be comforting This quality improve1 million of those infants deliveries performed before said Dr. Scott Berns, senior ment program asks all obdie as a result. Even babies for new mothers and their 39 weeks of pregnancy. vice president and deputy stetric hospitals in Georgia born just a few weeks early families. The renovation “The last weeks of medical director for the to sign a pledge to implehave higher rates of hospi- is being funded in full by pregnancy are important. March of Dimes. “I comEastside Medical Center. ment firm policies to retalizationa nd illness than — From staff reports Babies aren’t just putting mend Eastside for being a duce early elective deliver- full-term infants, according

Lawrenceville announces coliform bacteria found in water — in April By Curt Yeomans

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Lawrenceville officials announced this week that a bacteria which is often an indicator of more harmful bacterium was found sporadically in the city’s water supply two months ago. Two samples of the water supply were found to have elevated levels of coliform, prompting testing for more serious bacteria, such as E. coli, in April. Lawrenceville water treatment operator Steve Stubblefield said the samples were collected on

April 13 and April 14, triggering immediate testing for harmful bacteria. The first sample was collected at Premier Immediate Care at 289 Grayson Highway and the second sample was from a meter vault at the corner of Wellness Way and Hurricane Shoals Road. Coliform itself is a natural bacteria and is not harmful to humans, Stubblefield said. It is often found in the digestive track of humans, plant material, water and soil, and most forms of it do not cause illnesses, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The versions of coliforms that will make people sick, however, do include E. coli, according to the CDC. That makes the detection of non-harmful coliforms important. Stubblefield said its presence is often a sign that harmful bacteria is present. No harmful bacteria was found in the water supply, he said. Stubblefield said there are two sets of notification criteria depending on the type of bacteria found in the water. If harmful bacteria had been found in the water, the city would have been required to notify residents immediately,

he said. Since only coliform was the only bacteria found, according to Stubblefield, the city had to wait for state environmental officials to finish their paperwork and give the OK to notify residents. That is why the city did not issue an announcement until Wednesday, he said. In its announcement, the city explained it disinfected the water department’s distribution system and water lines were flushed as a precaution. The coliform was not found in resamples collected after the disinfection and flushing.

Screen time linked to weaker bones in teen boys By Janice Neumann

not able to detect causality with this study design, but it is likely that screen time is Teenaged boys who spend an indicator of a lifestyle that too many hours in front of has negative impact on bone the computer or television mass acquisition.” without participating in Among the 316 boys enough weight-bearing exand 372 girls aged 15 to 19 ercise could develop weaker years old, those who spent bones as they age, a small two to four hours, or more Norwegian study suggests. than six hours, in front of the Childhood and the teen screen every day tended to years are critical periods for be slightly heavier than their growing bones and establish- peers who spent less time in ing a bone density level that front of screens. And boys can affect osteoporosis risk overall spent more time in much later in life. front of the computer and “We found a relationship television than girls (five between higher screen time hours a day versus four). and lower bone mineral But the boys with heavy density in boys,” said Anne screen time also had lower Winther, a physiotherapist at bone mineral density (BMD) University Hospital of North levels — the amount of Norway in Tromso and the mineral per square centistudy’s first author. “We are

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was used to measure their bone mineral density at the hip, the top of thigh bone, and other body areas, which are “strong indicators of fracture risk,” Winther noted. “The most important finding was that the detrimental relationship between this screen-based sedentary behavior and bone mass density in boys persisted two years later,” she said. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends 10 to 20 minutes of gymnastics or running or jumping, or other weightbearing exercise at least three days weekly for children and adolescents. “I think you can never say too often what the authors were saying,” said Dr. Laura Bachrach, a pediatric endocrinologist at Stanford University Medical School in California. “We’re really worried about this because there’s sort of this critical time between being born and reaching the early 20s when you’re setting up the scaffolding of life (in terms of the geometry and density of the bone),” she told Reuters Health by email.

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Chicago Fire goalkeeper and Brookwood grad Sean Johnson (25) makes a save on a corner kick in front of New York City FC forward David Villa (7) earlier this season at Yankee Stadium. (Photo: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports)

Brookwood grad Sean Johnson’s career reaching new heights By Paul Thomas

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Now in his sixth season as a professional soccer player, Brookwood graduate Sean Johnson is beginning to reach new heights. The Chicago Fire keeper was named the team MVP and Defensive Player of the Year last season and is off to a solid start this year as well. Johnson has started nine games, posting three shutouts, and made 19 saves. He said as a keeper you have to draw from each and every experience to grow as a player. He feels that since he was a fourth-round

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quickly is the probably the most improvement I’ve made.” When Johnson arrived in the MLS out of Central Florida, the pace of play was the biggest adjustment he had to make in the league. It wasn’t necessarily just that everyone of the field was faster — MLS goalie Sean Johnson than the average college player — they are — but, it was more so the fact that mentally players pick by the Fire in the 2010 see passing lanes and scoring MLS draft that his game has opportunities much quicker in grown tremendously. the pros, which means a goalie “Honestly it’s just all over,” has to see them faster, too. he said. “Just seeing things “It’s the speed of play, the quicker, seeing situations, being speed of thought,” Johnson Chicago goalkeeper and Brookwood grad Sean Johnson (25) more consistent and being able makes a save against D.C. United forward Jairo Arrieta (19) on See JOHNSON, Page 7B Wednesday. (Photo: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports) to make quick decisions rather “How quick you can think and then how quickly you can execute what you’re thinking is the most important thing.”

Getting to Know … Brad Williams Thunder trade Lamb to Hornets

Brad Williams was announced last week as the new athletic director at Providence Christian after holding a similar position at Perimeter Christian. The father of six comes from a business background, having run his own sports marketing company, Huddle Inc., for years before making this transition. In this installment of “Getting to Know …,” Williams talks to staff writer Christine Troyke about a variety of topics, including growing up with a father who coached college football, to adopting kids from Guatemala and China, to overruling his children when it comes to who picks the XM channel in the car.

I’ve got two kids here (at Providence) and two kids at Perimeter, which is a K-through-8, and then two little girls at home who haven’t started school yet. I went to talk to the headmaster at Perimeter because I was trying to figure out what God had planned for me next. I was going to talk to him about something with the school and thinking about starting another company. But we were finishing the adoption of our little girl (Ella) and Brad Williams was announced last week as the new ath- building a house. Just out of the blue, he letic director at Providence Christian. (Staff Photo: Chrissaid, “Hey, our athletic tine Troyke) director just left. Would anyway because it doesn’t Creek? you be interested in being feel like a job. It’s just fun BW: It’s kind of crazy. I the new athletic director really. To me this is a “get started a company, a sports here?” to” not a “have to” situamarketing company, and It’s always been someCT: How was the first tion. after 20 years in the busithing that in the back of week on the job? ness, sold my company in my mind I thought would BW: It was a lot of fun. CT: You were doing parts, starting in 2012. I be really cool to do, but it I’ve been hanging out here a similar job at Perimreally just sold the last of it See WILLIAMS, Page 4B the first part of the summer eter Christian in Johns six months ago.

Norcross grad played 148 games for Oklahoma City since ’12 draft The Sports Xchange The Memphis Grizzlies acquired forward Matt Barnes from the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday in exchange for guard Luke Ridnour. Ridnour didn’t stay in Charlotte long as the Hornets then traded him and a conditional 2016 second-round draft pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for guard Jeremy Lamb, a former Norcross star. The deal comes one day after Ridnour was traded by the Orlando Magic to the Grizzlies. Lamb, the 12th overall pick in the 2012 draft,

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will rejoin former Connecticut teammate Kemba Walker in Charlotte’s backcourt. In 148 games over three seasons with the Thunder, the 23-year-old averaged 7.0 points, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 15.7 minutes. The 6-foot-7, 226-pound Barnes holds career averages of 8.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 779 games over 12 seasons. He’s also played in 79 playoff games (44 starts).

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Ongoing through June 30: Former Philadelphia 76er and Harlem Globetrotter Harold “BoBo” Hubbard, now a Gwinnett resident, offers year-round basketball instruction through group or private lessons and the Professional Basketball Secrets program. Professional Basketball Secrets is an organization of former pro athletes that provides positive development for youth by introducing and promoting practices that are keys to a successful life. Sessions are open to ages 9 to 17 and space is limited. For more information, call 678-754-7571 or email hubskids29@netscape.net. July 8: Lawrenceville Youth Association Basketball will host a meeting to discuss the upcoming basketball season at 7 p.m. in the Rhodes Jordan Park Community Center.

fundraiser for the Collins Hill cross country and track and field teams, will be Aug. 8. The 5K begins at 7:30 a.m., followed by the one-mile fun run at 8:15 a.m. The race begins in front of the high school campus, goes down Taylor Road, weaves through the Richland neighborhood and finishes on the high school stadium’s track. Cost is $25 for the 5K or $10 for the fun run in advance, or $30 for the 5K or $15 for the fun run on race day. For more information, go to www.collinshilltfxc. com. Registration also is available at www.active. com.

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July 6-9: Hebron Christian Academy will host a middle school volleyball camp led by head coach Taylor Davis from 8 a.m. to noon in the high school gym. Cost is $125 per camper. Register online at RUNNING Aug. 8: The 18th annual www.hebronlions.org/AthDennis McCormick Memo- letic/Summer_Camps or call rial 5K Road Race, the only 678-234-1252.

Today in Baseball History 1916 — The Cleveland Indians become the first team in the history of professional baseball to wear numbers on their jerseys in a game against the Chicago White Sox. Jack Graney was the first player to appear in a game with a number on his uniform. 1920 — Lou Gehrig, 17, leads his high school team to victory in a game at Cubs Park (later renamed Wrigley Field), belting a grand slam that leaves the stadium. 1935 — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Lloyd Waner sets a major-league mark with 18 putouts in a doubleheader against the Boston Braves. The Pirates go on to win both games. 1938 — Carl Hubbell records his 200th career victory as the New York Giants earn a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. 1939 — The New York Yankees participate in the first night game in franchise history, dropping a 3-2 decision to the Athletics in Philadelphia. 1948 — USC defeats Yale 9-2 to capture the second annual College World Series. Future U.S. President George H. W. Bush is a member of the Yale squad that loses in the final for the second straight year. 1960 — Future Hall of Famer Ron Santo makes his major league debut. The 20-year-old third baseman plays both ends of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 3-for-7 on the day. 1962 — Earl Wilson fires a no-hitter as the Boston Red Sox blank the Los Angeles Angels 2-0. It’s the only shutout of Wilson’s major-league career. 1974 — Derek Jeter is born in Pequannock, N.J. Jeter becomes one of the most beloved players in New York Yankees history, earning 11 All-Star nods and five World Series rings. 1991 — The California Angels establish a major-league mark by playing in their 13th consecutive game without an error. The Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 10-5. 1993 — Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella dies in Woodland Hills, California at age 71. Campanella was a three-time National League MVP and won a World Series title in 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 2000 — Arizona rookie Alex Cabrera swats a pinch-hit two-run homer in his first major-league at bat, leading the Diamondbacks to a 6-1 win over the Houston Astros. 2003 — Edgar Martinez becomes the Seattle Mariners’ all-time leader in RBIs, driving in Nos. 1,152 and 1,153 with a two-run homer in a 10-6 win over the Angels.

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The Sports Xchange Jeff Gordon — born in nearby Vallejo, Calif. — boasts more than double the wins of any other driver at Sonoma Raceway. He has visited Victory Lane at the West Coast road course five times. The next best total? Two. In addition to holding the Sonoma wins record, Gordon is also its all-time leader in Coors Light Pole Awards (5), average finish (7.9), top fives (14), top 10s (18) and laps led (457). Gordon will attempt to put on one more winning show for the home crowd in his final start at Sonoma Raceway — Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 (3 p.m. on FOX Sports 1). “Sonoma race weekend is always special to me because of family and friends and how good the track has been to me, but this weekend may be even more special because it’s my final race there,” Gordon said. “I am going to miss racing there.” A Gordon detractor might point out the No. 24 Chevrolet driver hasn’t won a race at Sonoma since 2006. It’s true Gordon hasn’t been as dominant at the Northern California track since then, but he has still consistently posted strong showings. Gordon finished runner-up at Sonoma the past two seasons and three out of the last four. He also rides a nine-race top-10 streak dating back to his 2006 checkered flag. Sustained Sonoma success is near impossible. Ten different drivers have won the last 10 races there. The only driver to visit Victory Lane in two consecutive races at Sonoma? Gordon. He won three straight contests at the Northern California loop from

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1998-2000. Last year’s winner Carl Edwards will try to become the second driver to successfully defend his Sonoma victory. Contenders other than Gordon and Edwards include: Kurt Busch, who was the 2011 Sonoma winner and owns the best driver rating at the track (106.5), as well as road course ace AJ Allmendinger, who won

NASCAR’s last road course race at Watkins Glen in 2014. Edwards explained why it’s so hard to win at Sonoma. “It’s pure driving, left, right, using all the gears, managing the tires, and pit strategy comes in to play,” Edwards said. “This is a tough race and it’s also one of the most physically demanding races. It’s mentally taxing.”

What: Toyota/Save Mart 350 Where: Sonoma Raceway (Calif.) When: Sunday, 3 p.m. TV: FOX Sports 1 Distance: 218.9 miles (110 laps) What To Watch For: Ten different drivers have won in the last 10 races at Sonoma. … Jeff Gordon — NASCAR’s all-time leader in road course wins (9) and Sonoma’s wins record holder (5) — returns to his hometrack for the final time. … Jamie McMurray looks to motor toward his third consecutive Coors Light Pole Award at Sonoma. … Arnold Schwarzenneger will serve as Official Pace Car driver of the Toyota / Save Mart 350. … Northern California natives Kyle Larson and AJ Allmendinger hope for some home cooking as they try to secure spots in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Points leaders: Through Jun. 22 1. Kevin Harvick, 576 2. Martin Truex Jr., 561 3. Joey Logano, 520 4. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 508 5. Jimmie Johnson, 506 6. Brad Keselowski, 480 7. Jamie McMurray, 464 8. Matt Kenseth, 456 9. Kasey Kahne, 447 10. Jeff Gordon, 434 11. Kurt Busch, 426 12. Paul Menard, 421

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It’s hardly a revelation that, to win in the NFL — with rare exception — you need a first-rate quarterback. Actually, more than a first-rate QB if you want to do more than just win some games, want to win a championship. While teams with historic defenses, like the 2000 Ravens with Trent Dilfer at quarterback and the 2002 Bucs with Brad Johnson, have succeeded despite a so-so quarterback, they are the exception, not the rule. And what that means, as teams have entered into their pre-training camp hiatus, is that a bunch of quarterbacks are on the hot seat because their coach and management, no matter what kind of lip service they pay to the incumbent, know they must keep an eye open for a replacement who will be an upgrade. With that in mind, here are eight quarterbacks who arguably have the most shaky future with their current employer. The list counts down to the least secure: 8. Ryan Tannehill, Miami. Tannehill has shown solid improvement over his three seasons, enough to get a $45 million guarantee in his new contract. But if the Dolphins miss the playoffs again, it could be the end for Joe Philbin as their coach, and a new coach a year from now likely would want a new quarterback, regardless of that contract. Further, if the Dolphins miss the playoffs again, the quarterback would be in line for much of the blame. 7. Carson Palmer, Arizona. Hard to believe that Palmer is now 35 years old and headed into his 13th NFL season. That’s because he has never really been on the radar leading a top team until 2014, when the Cardinals had the league’s best record before his season-ending injury. He’s said to be on schedule in his rehab but Palmer, of course, still has Seattle’s defense standing in his way in the NFC West. 6. Sam Bradford, Philadelphia. It may not be Bradford’s fault that injuries derailed his career in St. Louis, but it is his problem. The Eagles think Chip Kelly’s fastpaced offense will be a good fit for him, but regardless of the offense or his health, at some point, Bradford must perform like the former first pick he was. In an earlier NFL era, teams would have had near unlimited patience with a talent like Bradford, but not in today’s game. 5. Colin Kaepernick, San Fran-

cisco. Jim Harbaugh might have gotten all there was to get from Kaepernick, whose passer rating and yards per attempt have declined each year he was a full-time starter, while his TD-to-interception ratio has gotten worse each year. It’ll be interesting to see how much his offseason work with Kurt Warner has helped or if, under pressure, Kaepernick reverts to old habits. The 49ers want to take the load off Kaepernick with a strong rushing game, but there is no more Frank Gore to help. 4. Peyton Manning, Denver. Manning would not seem to belong on this list, but we are not passing out career achievement awards here. Forget the talk about being asked for a $10 million salary cut or trade rumors. It can’t be denied that Manning has little time left and, while he may have another year of decent regular-season numbers in him, the late-season slowdown last season seems a likely harbinger of one of the greats nearing the end of the line. 3. Robert Griffin, Washington. This is a big year for Griffin because his contract is not guaranteed beyond this season and it’s his fourth year in the league and second in Jay Gruden’s offense. In other words, it’s time for him to demonstrate that his strong rookie season was something other than beginner’s luck. 2. Andy Dalton, Cincinnati. Talk about a tough spot. Dalton has made two trips to the Pro Bowl in his four NFL seasons and taken a perennial loser to the playoffs each year. Problem is, having tasted a little success, the Bengals now are tired of those one-and-out postseason trips, want more, and there is an expectation the fans will begin clamoring for AJ McCarron at some point. The Bengals have scored just one touchdown in each of Dalton’s four playoff starts, and his passer rating did not reach 70 in any of those games.

1. Jay Cutler, Chicago. We have lost count of how many different coaches and offensive coordinators have tried to fix Cutler, without success. In nine NFL seasons, his passer rating never has reached 90, he has less than a 3-to-2 TD-tointerception ratio, and his body language typically reflects a lack of leadership skills. The Bears would have loved to replace him this year, but his contract made that impossible. It’s hard to believe this will not be Cutler’s last season with the Bears.

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For the first time since the Cleveland Browns invested a second-round pick in wide receiver Josh Gordon in 2012, a player will be selected in the NFL’s annual supplemental draft. At least, that’s the early opinion of one highly ranked NFL scout after 6-foot-6, 290-pound left tackle Isaiah Battle announced Thursday that he will be leaving Clemson early. “Big upside athletically,” the scout wrote in a text message. While the scout wouldn’t go so far as to give a round projection, he expected that clubs would “definitely” be interested in the 22-year-old native of Brooklyn, N.Y., assuming that Battle checks out medically and character-wise. While the supplemental draft has become a catchall of sorts for prospects with off-field issues that endangered their eligibility, Battle’s choice to leave school early for a shot at the NFL apparently came due to family obligations. “I have some family matters to address, with a child due this summer, and I feel it is in my best interest to enter the NFL supplemental draft,” Battle said in statement released on Clemson’s website Thursday. “I want to thank everyone at Clemson, especially coach (Dabo) Swinney and the assistant coaches, for what they have done for me the last three years. I also want to thank my teammates. They have all had a big impact on my career.” While Battle referenced “family matters,” a citation for marijuana possession on June 11 might have had something to do with his departure as well. According to The Clemson Insider, the pot ticket was the third strike for Battle, who was suspended in 2013 for punching an opposing player and again last season for disciplinary reasons. Battle played in 27 games for the Tigers over the past three seasons, starting 11 of 12 games a year ago and 16 contests overall. Before investing a draft

pick, teams will, of course, want to investigate Battle closely. Physically speaking, Battle’s combination of height, arm length (35 inches) and easy mobility will certainly intrigue the NFL. He is still pretty raw, showing only average functional strength at this time and too often bending at the waist rather than at the knees, which leaves him vulnerable to the bull rush and counters back to the inside. He’ll need time to iron out the wrinkles and get stronger, but the traits are there to warrant at least middleround consideration. “We appreciate all that Isaiah has done for the program the last three years,” Swinney said. “He has made great progress in his development and has been a big contributor to our success the last three years, especially in each of the last three bowl games when he had outstanding games against very talented defensive lines from LSU, Ohio State and Oklahoma. We wish him well in his pursuit of a professional career.” The supplemental draft is very different than the traditional draft held each spring. The supplemental is carried out via email among teams, and there is a limited number of prospects available. In fact, in the 38-year history of the supplemental draft, just 42 players have been selected — Gordon, quarterback Bernie Kosar (Cleveland, 1985), wide receiver Cris Carter (Philadelphia, 1987) and linebacker Brian Bosworth (Seattle, 1987) are the most recognizable names. Various players have publicly announced their intention to enter the 2015 supplemental draft, but the league has yet to make an official announcement. Even the date of the draft hasn’t been declared, though it generally comes on the second Thursday in July. Any team that uses a supplemental draft pick would then lose the corresponding selection in the next year’s draft. The selection order will be determined shortly before the draft and historically has not been released to the public.

Watson’s 62 leads Travelers McDavid heads deep draft class The Sports Xchange

because there are a lot of bad bounces and good CROMWELL, Conn. bounces, so you have to — Bubba Watson birdied take that into considerfour of the last five holes ation and come in here to grab a two-shot lead (confident) you are still Thursday after the first striking it well and doing round of the PGA Tour’s everything you want to do. Travelers Championship. “When you come off Watson shot an 8-una U.S. Open, no matder-par 62 at TPC River ter what the course is, it Highlands, matching the always relaxes you when best score of his PGA you get here. We still Tour career. have some good rough, Keegan Bradley, Harwe still have some tricky ris English, Jason Gore, holes, you still have to Brian Stuard and South play golf. But at the same Korea’s Seung-Yul Noh time, it’s more relaxed. are tied for second at 64. You feel like you have a Eight players, including chance to score around Zach Johnson, are tied for here.” seventh at 65. Leading after the openWatson, the Traveling round isn’t necessarers winner in 2010, is in ily a formula for success search of his first victhis season. Only four tory since the World Golf times in 31 stroke-play Championships-HSBC events on the PGA Tour Champions in Shanghai, did a first-round leader or China, in November. co-leader go on to capture He missed the cut last the trophy. week in the U.S. Open at The Travelers is the Chambers Bay outside first of three events in the Seattle. Open Qualifying Series, “Coming off last week, giving players a chance you can score around to claim a spot at next here, you can hit some month’s British Open. good shots around here, The top four players not you are going to have previously eligible who some wedges,” Watson rank among the top 12 said. “Last week doesn’t and ties this week will show if you are playqualify to play at St. ing bad or playing good Andrews.

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pick after winning a weighted lottery that is There is plenty of buzz expected to be a defining heading into today’s NHL moment for a franchise Draft where Canadian that has had little on-ice Connor McDavid, a dysuccess since winning namic center who has been five Stanley Cups in seven anointed a generational years from 1984. player, is set to be taken McDavid, who racked first overall by the Edmon- up a staggering 120 points ton Oilers. in 47 games while playing McDavid, who is already junior ice hockey for the being compared to Hall Ontario Hockey League’s of Famers Wayne Gretzky Erie Otters last season, is a and Mario Lemieux, heads craftsman with the puck. what is considered the The 18-year-old’s deepest draft class in years hockey sense, along with given the slew of NHLhis vision and timing, have ready talent up for grabs in made him the most anticiSunrise, Fla. pated arrival to the NHL The long-suffering Oilsince Pittsburgh Penguins ers hold the first overall center Sidney Crosby.

Massachusetts-born Jack Eichel, also considered a can’t-miss prospect, is a muscular center who most experts say would be the top pick in most any other draft. The 18-year-old is expected to be taken second overall by the Buffalo Sabres. The Boston University center is one of the most highly-touted American prospects following a season where the freshman won the Hobey Baker Award, U.S. college hockey’s top individual prize, after leading the nation with 71 points in 40 games. A strong, skilled and unselfish player, Eichel is

considered to possess the tools needed to be a number one center for at least a decade. The Arizona Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes round out the top five picks and many mock drafts have them taking centers Dylan Strome, Mitch Marner and defenseman Noah Hanifin, respectively. Strome, who played with McDavid in Erie, boasts impressive size and hockey smarts, Marner has top-end speed along with an incredible shot while Hanifin’s two-way skill make him the best blueliner in the class.

Dempsey gets two-year U.S. Cup ban Reuters Seattle Sounders striker Clint Dempsey has been banned from the U.S Open Cup for at least two years after an incident in which he was sent off for ripping up a referee’s notebook. Dempsey has already been suspended for three games by Major League Soccer after the incident in which he was given a red card. The United States Soc-

cer Federation said in a statement that Dempsey had been banned for “a total of six U.S. Open Cup matches or the next two years of U.S. Open Cup competition, whichever is greater. In addition, Dempsey has been fined an undisclosed amount.” The former Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur forward has waived his right to appeal the decision which related to the U.S. Open Cup match between

Seattle and the Portland Timbers on June 16. Dempsey lost his cool after the Sounders’ Michael Azira was sent off, leaving Seattle with eight players. He took referee Daniel Radford’s notebook and threw it to the ground, earning a yellow card for dissent. Dempsey then tore up the notebook, drawing a straight red card for abuse. Since MLS clubs enter the U.S. Open Cup in the later rounds, Dempsey

could miss more than two years of the competition. “Due to the suspension, Dempsey cannot play in any U.S. Open Cup matches in 2016 or 2017, and possibly longer depending on the number of tournament games in which Dempsey’s team participates in those years,” the statement said. The Sounders have appeared in five of the last six U.S. Open Cup finals, winning four.

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All-England Club needs touch of McEnroe ’tude By Mitch Phillips Reuters

LONDON — Watching a gray-haired, smart-suited 56-year-old John McEnroe speak with mature insight about all-things tennis, it seems odd to think that many feel that what the sport needs is a dose of the “superbrat” attitude of the brash New Yorker’s youth. McEnroe is still the No. 1 off-court draw at the All England club which, as a “bunch of 70-year stiffs,” once snubbed him by refusing to award him the usual honorary membership after his maiden singles victory in 1981. That was the year when “you are the pits of the world” and “you cannot be serious” entered the sporting lexicon as McEnroe mixed sublime tennis with boiling frustration en route to eventually dethroning Bjorn Borg as Wimbledon champion. At the time, McEnroe’s behavior, as well as the sharp tongue of fellow American loudmouth Jimmy Connors and Romania’s Ilie Nastase, was considered an outrageous affront to an event where players were, and still are, termed “gentlemen”

night out. Becker is another who has matured into a sensible pundit and coach but laments some of the changes in the game. “When I was playing you could be a little bit more emotional on the court and in your private life,” he said this week. The German, who blasted into Wimbledon history by winning the event as a 17-year-old qualifier in 1985, is also widely remembered for the London restaurant broom cupboard encounter with a model during which his daughter was conceived. “We have great characters, but it’s true they don’t show it as much because World No. 1 Novak Djokovic returns a shot Thursday in the Boodles Challenge at Stoke they can’t,” the German Park in Buckinghamshire. (Photo: Reuters/Paul Childs) wrote in his recent book “Wimbledon: My Life and and “ladies.” the Hawk-Eye system has Gerulaitis for the first time. Career at the All England Off the court too, the just about eliminated the “I marked the occasion Club.” antics of the likes of Nasalways entertaining rows by indulging in something “They get fined and tase, Vitas Gerulaitis, Boris with line judges while I’d never tried before there are microphones Becker, Henri Leconte and on-court microphones and (never mind what) — and on the court that pick up Andre Agassi ensured there fines seem to have deterred the next thing I knew Vitas every curse or utterance in was never a dull moment. players from letting off and Bjorn were carrying frustration.” Three decades on, desteam. me back into the hotel. I The stars of the modern spite the superlative tennis Not that it ever seemed felt sick but wonderful: I game each have their own being served up by the to stop McEnroe. had passed the initiation,” distinct personalities and game’s “big four,” there is In his autobiography he wrote. there are great swathes something of a yearning “Serious,” McEnroe It is hard to imagine of tennis fans who adore for that attitude to make a recalled going out on the Roger Federer and Rafa Federer for his polite, re-appearance. town with Borg and tenNadal carrying Andy respectful demeanor in vicThe development of nis’ ultimate party animal Murray home after a wild tory and defeat.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is widely admired for his iron will and incredible fitness, Nadal for his power and talent and Murray for his singleminded commitment to force his way to the top table. But though fans can appreciate that ability to keep calm during the most intense moments of a contest, they also crave the occasional “Tarango moment.” American Jeff Tarango earned his special place in Wimbledon folklore when he stormed off court after calling the umpire “the most corrupt official in the game” during a singles match in 1995 and his wife waded in to slap the umpire for good measure. Earlier in the tournament, Tarango had been the beneficiary of a default when he and doubles partner Henrik Holm advanced when the opposing pair were disqualified after one of them smashed a ball in anger which accidentally hit a ball girl. The purveyor of this piece of outrageous and unforgivable act was that famous British hothead and scourge of the establishment — Tim Henman.

Williams •From Page 1B wasn’t really in my plan. It was a part-time job that was basically 50 hours a week, but I had a blast doing it. I was a middle school athletic director after being the president of my own company. I had so much fun. I loved the kids and the coaches and parents and teachers. So I was still thinking I was going to go start another company and on the board here. I love Providence. When Michael (Woods) resigned, I was kind of helping out, looking for the new athletic director. I never really was pursuing it, but the paths just kept meeting up. Eventually Dr. (Jim) Vaught and Dr. (Sean) Chapman approached me and asked if I would be interested. I was interested — and it scared me. (Laughs) Because if I did this, it would be a full-time job and it would be, really, a career change. The Perimeter job was full-time, but it never really felt like it was a career change. But ever since I accepted the job this past spring, it has felt great. I’m really excited about the new path in my life. I love this school and I love working in the Christian environment. I love the mission here. I have no desire to be at another school. I’m not trying to climb the ladder. This is where I feel like I’m supposed to be. I love building things and they’re on the precipice of doing some great things here, but yet, still keeping the same mission.

level. You’ll create more traditions and more places for the alumni to come back. But they’ve done a great job before I got here. We’re really close to getting to the goal. CT: Since you were a parent of Providence students and on the board, did you have a bit of a head start on the job? BW: I had a great education by being an involved volunteer on the board. I got to see the leadership at work and how healthy it was. Then being a parent here. Taking the AD job, it had to be a place that I knew. I’m still getting to know the coaches, but I got to know the place and the heart. CT: It sounds like your kids run a wide age range. BW: I’ve got one (daughter Olivia) starting college in the fall. I have a rising sophomore here (Ava), a rising seventhgrader (Daniel) and fourth-grader (Brady) boys at Perimeter. Then I’ve got a 6-year-old (Ella) who will start kindergarten in the fall and a four-year-old (Victoria) who thinks she’s starting kindergarten. My 13-year-old, Daniel, he’s adopted from Guatemala and my 6-year-old daughter (Ella) is adopted from China. She’s been with us not quite two years and Daniel has been with us since he was 7 ½.

CT: How did you meet your wife? BW: We both went to Samford University. Her roommate and my roomCT: The facilities are mate were friends. It took a expanding, right? long time to happen. She’s BW: We leveled the land three years younger than the last week of school and me so when I was a senior the goal is to have everyI said I would never date a thing built a year from this freshman — no, I probably fall. It’s aggressive, but the would have if the opporgoal is to have it finished tunity had come around. by the fall of 2016. (Laughs) But we didn’t date until actually the year CT: So one more year I got out of school. Then for the football team usthree years later we got ing Shiloh’s stadium? married in 1992. BW: Yes, and Shiloh has been awesome about CT: Most athletic diletting us use their place. rectors have been teachAnd the fans have been ers and coaches. That great about going off-site wasn’t your path. and it still feeling like a BW: My dad was a home game. But just for college football coach and the community here and played football at Georgia the school spirit, to have Tech and was a great athour own football stadium lete. It skipped a generawill be great. tion with me. My son is It’ll take us to a new a good athlete. I was just

OK, but I grew up loving sports. I went to school and majored in public administration, which is basically political science and history. I thought I wanted to teach or go to law school. I got a job at Georgia Power in marketing and it was a great job. I really liked sales. Then I realized for me to be successful, I had to love what I did. That was one thing I really benefited from, watching my dad as a coach. It wasn’t his job, it was kind of his identity. So I wanted a job that was something where I felt like it was who I was. So in 1994, I started to get a master’s in sports administration. Sports was my passion, but I loved the business side of it. That was when the Olympics were about to start and everybody and their brother was coming here. I was a third of the way through my master’s at Georgia State and an internship came available at Georgia Tech in the marketing department. I went to contract status with Georgia Power and worked half the day at Georgia Tech. I did that for a year. I loved it, but we were living off credit cards. But I knew that’s what I wanted to do. I was praying to get a full-time job at Georgia Tech and it never came around. I went back to Georgia Power full time. The bigwigs never really noticed me like I thought they should. Well, HOST, which is now IMG, a huge sports marketing company, opened an office in Atlanta. The guy they got to run the region was looking for folks to hire. He hired a fellow intern of mine. It’s a neat story because the whole time I was trying to impress the bigwigs, I had impressed a fellow intern. He was looking for a young sales person and all these people were coming to town for the Olympics with so much more experience, but this fellow intern said she knew a guy who was hungry and busted his tail, would you at least interview him? She got me the interview and somehow he saw past how horrible I looked — because I was just exhausted — and gave me a shot. HOST had the rights to the Final Four, the Southeastern Conference, all these major schools. So I

sold sponsorships. Like the Marine Corps was a sponsor of the historically black coalition schools. And Ford was an SEC corporate partner. It was just so much fun. I did that for six years and went from a low-level sales guy to a vice president of national sales for them. I was very happy. I had a cold call with a guy from Wendy’s and was pitching him some college ideas. He stopped me in the middle of the meeting and said, “I’m not really interested in the college stuff. What are you doing with high schools?” I said, “Nothing, really.” We brainstormed for several weeks. Tossed around a bunch of bad ideas and, it wasn’t me, but somebody came up with the idea of ticket backs. The schools who print their tickets, what if we gave those to them for free? A school like Brookwood or Parkview uses 5060,000 tickets per year for football, basketball, prom, whatever. We’d provide the tickets for free, maybe they’d let us put a coupon on the back. I called every school in North Carolina and asked them. The average was 25,000 tickets and cost about $1,000, which is a lot in a high school budget. The first year, 80 percent of the schools said yes and we printed 5 million tickets that year. Wendy’s loved it. It was a great entree for that local manager to call up the principal or athletic director to say, hey, we’re printing your tickets, what else can we do for you? I loved this program. But my old company went public and a lot of the culture changed. I took another job and just asked them to take care of this little program. Eight months later I was miserable. The guy from Wendy’s called me and said, hey, your old company isn’t doing a great job running this program. Would you like to take it over? We just had our second child, bought a new house and had no money whatsoever. But he said he’d guarantee me a two-year deal and more importantly, he was a mentor to me because I didn’t have the practical business experience.

So we started the company in the guest bedroom of my house, with two little girls as my assistants. Now the company prints about 300 million tickets and work with half the high schools in the country. We really transitioned into a high school marketing company. Chevy and GM asked us if we could do the same with little leagues because they were involved with MLB and wanted to get down to the local level. It went really well. We ended up doing five national programs for Chevy and then became more of a local marketing company. We took national to neighborhoods. In 2012, I was traveling a ton and with all the kids, wanted to spend more time with my family. I just felt it was the time to do something else. So I sold the company and was sort of a stay-at-home dad while I was transitioning the company.

and being able to watch them (at Disney World), I love that. It’s crazy. It’s not restful. You’re exhausted. But it’s a neat tradition we have. We actually, when Daniel came home, it was on Christmas Eve. You go through all this training for adoption and you’re supposed to keep everything really quiet and really insulate them (at first). Well, he came home Christmas Eve and we have a huge extended family. So there were like 100 people at the airport and 50 people at my grandparents’ house. Then my daughters were cheerleaders so they had been practicing for this competition at Disney — which just happened to be five days after he gets home, bless his heart. It was sensory overload. Welcome to the Williams family. It’s neat how God chooses them because now they’re just as crazy as the rest of our family. It’s awesome. CT: Do you have a Ella is amazing. She favorite vacation spot? BW: We go to Edisto Is- walks with braces and land outside of Charleston. has had three surgeries. But she has an unbelievIt’s a small town by the sea. The kids love it. They able fighter’s spirit. She’s can ride their bikes around. going to do great things, She wears us out because But we’ll also go down she won’t be denied. She to the Gulf. We have big extended families. So we’ll doesn’t like to be carried around. She doesn’t like to switch off, going with my wife’s family to Edisto and use a walker. Whatever path God my family to the Gulf. chooses for her, she’ll be And we love Disney fine. It’s amazing. We’re World. so used to her being with us that we’re probably not CT: How old were your kids before you took as sensitive to her needs as we should be. My them? BW: It’s funny, my wife other kids are asking her and I may each have gone to go get a Coke out of the refrigerator. But that’s her once when we were kids. We went, our daughter was personality. She doesn’t want any help. maybe 3, and got hooked. It’s really neat to see, CT: What kind of muespecially the little ones sic do you usually listen we’ve adopted. Daniel, it took us 2 ½ years for us to to? BW: I like it all — adopt him. His life story is amazing. He’s going to be country and I grew up an incredible track athlete on alternative music, and they found him on the like REM and U2. My kids give me a hard time street when he was 4 and they put him in an orphan- because I love XM radio. I listen to 70s on (channel) 7 age. or 80s on 8. I love the oneOne day at Perimhit wonders. eter, when he was in third With all the traveling I grade, they had a track did, I listened to the radio meet. He came home and a lot. My kids fight me on said, “I think I’m fast. I some of the stations — but won.” He’s really fast. And ar- I’m driving so I get to pick. That’s the best part of tistic. But he didn’t know. carpool line, embarrassing And our daughter, Ella, she’s got spina bifida. See- your kids with the 70s muing where they came from sic turned up really loud.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015 • 5B

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G-Braves’ win streak snapped By David Friedlander

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Going for their fifth straight win and their first series sweep of the season, the Gwinnett Braves couldn’t quite close the deal Thursday night against the Indianapolis Indians. Two key defensive moments — an errant throw on a sacrifice bunt attempt in the seventh and Gustavo Nunez’s nifty snag of Mallex Smith’s smash in the ninth — proved decisive in Indianapolis’ 4-3 win before 2,152 fans at Coolray Field. The loss sends the GBraves back to .500 (3636) as they hit the road for the next eight games following a 4-3 homestand. “We played really good baseball,” Gwinnett manager Brian Snitker said of the homestand. “We won a couple games. We won a game (Wednesday) when we didn’t play real good, but that’s going to happen. “I’m real happy with where we’re at right now. With all the changeover and maneuvering (to the roster) and everything, the guys are staying together and doing really good.” However, it wasn’t good enough on Thursday. For the first time in four games, the G-Braves fell behind early at 2-0 when Willy Garcia singled with two outs in the top of the first and Brent Morel followed with a two-run home run to left-center off Cody Martin (1-3). But Gwinnett got its running game going in the bottom of the second to get back into the game,

said after speaking with Martin. “To me, you’ve got to make plays like that. I don’t fault him at all for making that play. I’m sure if he had it to do over again, he’d like to have the ball not slip out of his hand.” Pinch hitter Pedro Florimon then followed with a sacrifice bunt to move the two runners up and Nunez then grounded out to second with the infield playing back, allowing Gwinnett’s Adonis Garcia scampers toward first base Tony Sanchez to score to during the G-Braves’ 4-3 loss to Indianapolis on Thurs- put Indianapolis back in day at Coolray Field. (Photo: Chris Roughgarden) front at 4-3. Martin finished the inning and wound up with a though the first leg of the Angel Sanchez (1-0). solid outing, allowing just relay was a somewhat And the Indianapolis unlikely source. right-hander finally threw four hits and four runs — only two earned — with Christian Bethancourt a wild pick-off attempt six strikeouts over seven took advantage of Indiainto the screen in front of innings. napolis’ lack of attenthe first base dugout, alAnd as important as tion to him following his lowing Peraza to advance Nunez’s RBI was, his play bloop single to lead off to second and Smith to in the field in the ninth the inning and promptly come home and pull the was even more decisive. stole both second and G-Braves to within 3-2. North Gwinnett grad third before coming home One out later, Adonis Blake Wood came out of on Todd Cunningham’s Garcia brought Peraza to the Indianapolis bullpen ground out to first to cut the plate with a single — and retired Cunningham the deficit to 2-1. his team-best 36th RBI After Indianapolis and 10th on the homestand on a fly ball to left, then struck out Daniel Castro briefly regained its two— to pull the G-Braves following a walk to Sean run lead at 3-1 by takeven at 3-3. Kazmar for the second out ing advantage of a Jose Martin and Angel Sanof the inning. Peraza’s error and Morel’s chez both settled down at A single by pinch hitter third RBI of the night on the point to keep the score Mycal Jones put the tying a single in the top of the deadlocked through six run in scoring position for third, more speed — and innings. Smith, who sent a smash even the mere threat of But the top of the sevit — helped Gwinnett enth proved to be decisive up the middle that apanswer once again in the after Tony Sanchez drew a peared to be headed for bottom of the inning. lead-off walk and Gorkys center field. But Nunez dove to his This time, Mallex Smith Hernandez tried to lay left to smother the ball, led off with a single — his down a bunt to move the runner to second. and flipped to Steve Lomfirst Triple A hit after beMartin pounced on the bardozzi at second to lock ing promoted from Double down Wood’s International A Mississippi on Wednes- ball quickly and spun towards second to try to League-leading 19th save day — and quickly stole get the lead runner, only of the season, and the win second before moving to to have the throw slip out for the Indians. third on a Peraza single. “I thought that last ball Tied for fifth among the of his hand and hit Tony was through after (Smith) International League’s top Sanchez as he slid safely hit it,” Snitker said. base stealers, the 21-year- into second. “He (said) that ball was “(Nunez) made a great old drew plenty of attenfilled with sweat,” Snitker play.” tion from Indians starter

Rolling Nationals thump Braves momentum together. Guys are in midseason form WASHINGTON — The right now in mid-June, and Washington Nationals that’s a good thing.” used good starting pitchFister’s seven-inning ing and timely hitting to outing was his longest win the first two games of this season and gave the this three-game series with right-hander his first win Atlanta. They employed since May 9. Fister (3-3) the same formula to com- was on the disabled list plete a series sweep on (right forearm tightness) Thursday. from May 15 to June 18 Ian Desmond hit a and gave up just four hits two-run homer and starter in his seven innings. Doug Fister threw seven In addition, the rightshutout innings as the hander struck out four Nationals rolled past the and walked just one as the Atlanta Braves 7-0 to Braves really threatened match a season best with just once. their sixth straight victory. “I thought he pitched reThe Nationals (40-33) ally well, was in command completed the three-game out there throwing where sweep of the Braves he wanted to,” Nationals (35-38) and now have manager Matt Williams won eight straight against said. “It was good today. Atlanta. Washington has Lots of 3-2 curveballs an 8-1 lead in the season today. He got some swings series after holding the and misses on curveballs, Braves to two runs in 27 which is another weapon innings during the threefor him to use.” game series. The seven shutout in“Guys are going out nings extended a strong there … doing things the run by the Washington right way together,” Fister starters in recent days. said. “That’s our biggest They have not allowed a thing. We’ve got some run in 41 1/3 innings — a Reuters

Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Washington............. 40. 33.. .548..... —... 7-3 New York................. 37. 37.. .500....3.5...3-7 Atlanta.................... 35. 38.. .479.......5...5-5 Miami...................... 30. 43.. .411.....10...3-7 Philadelphia............ 26. 48.. .351..14.5...4-6 Central Division W L Pct GB L10 St. Louis.................. 47. 24.. .662..... —... 7-3 Pittsburgh................ 40. 31.. .563.......7...6-4 Chicago.................. 39. 32.. .549.......8...5-5 Cincinnati................ 33. 37.. .471..13.5...5-5 Milwaukee............... 27. 47.. .365.. 21.5...3-7 West Division W L Pct GB L10 Los Angeles............ 41. 33.. .554..... —...4-6 San Francisco......... 40. 34.. .541.......1...6-4 Arizona................... 35. 37.. .486.......5...5-5 San Diego............... 35. 40.. .467....6.5...3-7 Colorado................. 32. 40.. .444.......8...4-6 Wednesday’s Games Washington 2, Atlanta 1, 11 innings Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2 St. Louis 6, Miami 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, Chicago Cubs 2 Milwaukee 4, N.Y. Mets 1 Arizona 8, Colorado 7 San Francisco 6, San Diego 0 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets 2, Milwaukee 0 L.A. Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 0 Colorado 6, Arizona 4 San Francisco 13, San Diego 8 Washington 7, Atlanta 0 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, late St. Louis at Miami, late Today’s Games Atlanta (Perez 4-0) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 4-6), 7:05 p.m.

franchise record, breaking the previous mark of 39 set in August 1981 when the team played in Montreal. That’s the longest run in the majors since Cleveland’s starters blanked opponents for 44 1/3 innings in May 2008. Desmond has been fighting through a long slump — batting just .111 in his previous 15 games — but helped the Nationals in this series. The shortstop got the winning sacrifice fly in a 2-1 victory Wednesday and went 2-for-4 on Thursday, including his third-inning homer. He also scored two runs while his average moved up four points to .224. “To be able to, (with) two strikes, I laid off some balls in the dirt, which has been a struggle lately,” Desmond said. “I’m seeing the ball a lot better. I was able to get one out of the park today.” The Washington offense also got some help from a shaky Atlanta defense that

committed three errors, which led to three runs in the first two innings and one in the eighth. Three of the Nationals’ seven runs were unearned. “You can’t give a good club like this opportunities and give them outs and give them extra bases,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “They’re going to take advantage of it. And they’ve got really, really good pitching. And they’ve got some guys that can swing the bats and are pretty hot right now.” The miscues made life tougher for Atlanta right-hander Matt Wisler (1-1) in just his second major league start. The errors were a big reason he allowed six runs (four earned) and nine hits in four innings, but Wisler said he needed to do better. “It’s just me not executing,” he said. “It comes down to me at the end. I’ve got to execute the pitch to get out the inning and today, I didn’t as well as I should’ve.”

NBA DRAFT

Timberwolves take Towns No. 1 By Larry Fleisher

pick for the first time since entering the league as an expansion team in 1989. NEW YORK — The Towns was the third Minnesota Timberwolves Kentucky player taken selected University of Ken- first overall in the past six tucky forward/center Karl- years, joining New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Anthony Towns with the first overall pick Thursday Davis (2012) and Washington Wizards guard John night at the NBA Draft. Wall (2010). The Atlanta Hawks Described as a player selected Kansas forward Kelly Oubre with the 15th with a rare combination of size, skill and athleticism pick, but reportedly sent for a big man in addition to him to the Washington Wizards for the 19th pick. being an elite shot-blocker, In his only season with the Towns gives the Timberwolves hope they landed Jayhawks, Oubre averan upper-echelon frontaged 9.3 points and five court star like 1995 firstrebounds. The Washington Wizards round pick Kevin Garnett, used the 19th pick on Notre who will serve as a mentor to the rookie next season. Dame guard Jerian Grant As of the moment that and reportedly will deal Towns was drafted, the him to Atlanta for Oubre. Timberwolves had the last Grant then reportedly will three top overall picks on be sent to the Knicks for their roster. They acquired guard Tim Hardaway Jr. Wiggins and forward Towns averaged 10.3 Anthony Bennett from the points and 6.7 rebounds in 39 games as a freshman Cleveland Cavaliers in last season’s blockbuster trade and was the Southeastern for forward Kevin Love. Conference’s first-year Wiggins was selected the player of the year. He Rookie of the Year while helped Kentucky win its Bennett was mentioned in first 38 games before the trade rumors. Wildcats were upset by The Los Angeles Lakers Wisconsin in the national used the second overall semifinals. Towns, widely regarded pick on Ohio State freshman point guard D’Angelo as the top prospect in the Russell instead of Duke draft, is expected to imcenter Jahlil Okafor. Rusprove the Timberwolves’ sell averaged 19.3 points, rim protection and space five assists and 5.7 rethe floor for point guard bounds in his only season Ricky Rubio and forward for the Buckeyes. He was Andrew Wiggins. Minneranked 23rd in the nation sota had the worst record in the NBA last season and with 95 3-pointers and is considered a gifted player finished last in defensive with superior court vision efficiency, rim protection and defensive-rebounding who can play both guard positions. percentage. Many thought that the Even though reports leaked out in the days lead- Lakers would use their highest pick since 1982 ing up to the draft, Towns on Okafor to continue said he did not know the their tradition of big men Timberwolves were gosuch as Elgin Baylor, Wilt ing to take him until he Chamberlain and Shaquille reached the stage. O’Neal, but Los Angeles “You have no idea,” struggled at the point guard he said. “You have absoposition last season with lutely no idea, and then I think you’re talking about Jeremy Lin and Jordan Clarkson during their worst the NBA, it’s the greatseason in franchise history. est cover-ups ever when Okafor went third to the they’re talking about who they’re picking. They keep Philadelphia 76ers, who in the previous two drafts their cards really close to acquired big men Nerlens the chest.” Noel and Joel Embiid. Minnesota had the first

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SPORTS AT A GLANCE Washington (Scherzer 8-5) at Philadelphia (Harang 4-9), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 4-4) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-4), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Anderson 3-4) at Miami (Nicolino 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 7-5) at St. Louis (Lackey 6-4), 8:15 p.m. Arizona (Ray 2-2) at San Diego (Ross 4-7), 10:10 p.m. Colorado (Bettis 3-2) at San Francisco (Hudson 5-6), 10:15 p.m. INTERLEAGUE AT NATIONAL LEAGUE Today’s Game Minnesota (May 4-5) at Milwaukee (Lohse 3-9), 8:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Tampa Bay.............. 41. 33.. .554..... —...6-4 New York................. 39. 33.. .542.......1...5-5 Baltimore................ 38. 34.. .528.......2... 7-3 Toronto.................... 39. 35.. .527.......2...5-5 Boston.................... 32. 42.. .432.......9...5-5 Central Division W L Pct GB L10 Kansas City............ 41. 28.. .594..... —... 7-3 Minnesota............... 39. 33.. .542....3.5...5-5 Detroit..................... 37. 36.. .507.......6...4-6 Cleveland................ 33. 38.. .465.......9...4-6 Chicago.................. 32. 40.. .444..10.5...4-6 West Division W L Pct GB L10 Houston.................. 42. 32.. .568..... —...6-4 Los Angeles............ 37. 36.. .507....4.5...5-5 Texas...................... 37. 36.. .507....4.5...4-6 Oakland.................. 34. 41.. .453....8.5...8-2 Seattle.................... 33. 40.. .452....8.5...5-5 Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 8, Detroit 2 Toronto 1, Tampa Bay 0, 12 innings Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 1

L.A. Angels 2, Houston 1, 13 innings Boston 5, Baltimore 1 Oakland 8, Texas 2 Kansas City 8, Seattle 2 Thursday’s Games Chicago White Sox 8, Detroit 7, 10 innings Baltimore 8, Boston 6 Oakland 6, Texas 3 N.Y. Yankees at Houston, late Today’s Games Cleveland (Kluber 3-9) at Baltimore (Chen 3-4), 7:05 p.m. Texas (Martinez 5-3) at Toronto (Buehrle 7-4), 7:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-7) at Detroit (Sanchez 6-7), 7:08 p.m. Boston (Porcello 4-8) at Tampa Bay (Colome 3-3), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-2) at Houston (Velasquez 0-0), 8:10 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 7-4) at Oakland (Hahn 5-5), 10:05 p.m. Seattle (Walker 5-6) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-5), 10:05 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAME NATIONALS 7, BRAVES 0

Atlanta Washington ab r h bi ab r h bi J.Ptrsn 2b 4 0 0 0 Span cf 5 1 1 0 Maybin cf 4 0 2 0 Espinos 2b 3 0 1 0 Markaks rf 4 0 0 0 Y.Escbr 3b 4 1 1 1 Cunniff p 0 0 0 0 C.Rbnsn rf 3 0 2 1 Przynsk c 4 0 0 0 Treinen p 0 0 0 0 Trdslvch 1b 4 0 1 0 W.Ramos c 4 2 1 0 K.Jhnsn rf 4 0 2 0 Desmond ss 4 2 2 2 J.Gomes lf 2 0 0 0 T.Moore 1b 3 0 1 0 Ciriaco ss 3 0 1 0 Taylor lf 4 1 1 1 Wisler p 0 0 0 0 Fister p 3 0 1 0 E.Perez ph 1 0 0 0 DenDkkr rf 1 0 1 1 Aardsma p 0 0 0 0 Johnson 3b 1 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 6 0 Totals 34 7 12 6

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E—K.Johnson (3), Markakis (1), J.Peterson (3). LOB—Atlanta 7, Washington 6. 2B— Maybin (7), Y.Escobar (9), W.Ramos (12), Taylor (8). HR—Desmond (6). S—Espinosa, Wisler. IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta Wisler L, 1-1............. 4.... 9.... 6......4..... 0..... 0 Aardsma.................. 3.... 1.... 0......0..... 2..... 2 Cunniff..................... 1.... 2.... 1......0..... 0..... 1 Washington Fister W, 3-3............. 7.... 4.... 0......0..... 1..... 4 Treinen..................... 2.... 2.... 0......0..... 0..... 2 HBP—by Fister. T—2:36. A—37,874 (41,888).

Basketball Women’s National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut.............6...... 1....... .857...... — Washington.............5...... 2....... .714........1 Chicago..................4...... 3....... .571........2 New York.................4...... 3....... .571........2 Indiana....................3...... 5....... .375.....3.5 Atlanta....................3...... 6....... .333........4 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Tulsa.......................6...... 1....... .857...... — Minnesota...............5...... 2....... .714........1 Phoenix...................3...... 3....... .500.....2.5 Seattle....................2...... 4....... .333.....3.5 Los Angeles............0...... 5....... .000........5 San Antonio............0...... 6....... .000.....5.5

Today’s Games Los Angeles at Connecticut, 7 p.m. Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. New York at Tulsa, 8 p.m. Saturday’s Games Seattle at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Soccer FIFA Women’s World Cup Today’s Games France vs. Germany, at Montreal, Canada, 4 p.m. United States vs. China PR, at Ottawa, Canada, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s Game Canada vs. England, at Vancouver, Canada, 7:30 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Activated RHP Miguel Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Mychal Givens to Bowie (EL). Signed RHP Juan Taveras to a minor league contract. BOSTON RED SOX—Designated C Erik Kratz for assignment. Optioned RHP Joe Kelly to Pawtucket (IL). Outrighted SS Jeff Bianchi to Pawtucket (IL). Placed 2B Dustin Pedroia on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of SS Deven Marrero, RHP Jonathan Aro, and CF Jackie Bradley Jr. from Pawtucket (IL). Signed OF Kyri Washington and RHP Max Watt. DETROIT TIGERS—Optioned RHP Buck Farmer to Toledo (IL). Recalled RHP Bruce Rondon from Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS—Signed SS Alex Bregman. MINNESOTA TWINS—Assigned RHP Max Cordy to the Minnesota Twins. Optioned RHP Michael Tonkin to Rochester (IL). Signed OF Kamran Young. NEW YORK YANKEES—Activated 2B Stephen Drew from the paternity list. Optioned RHP Branden Pinder and RHP Diego Moreno to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled SS Gregorio Petit from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre (IL). SEATTLE MARINERS—Signed CF Ricky Eusebio. TEXAS RANGERS—Optioned LF Michael Choice to Round Rock (PCL). Recalled RHP Spencer Patton from Round Rock (PCL). Sent LF Josh Hamilton on a rehab assignment to Round Rock (PCL). Signed 3B Jonathan Meyer to a minor league contract. National League CHICAGO CUBS—Signed OF Donnie Cimino, RHP M.T. Minacci, C Tyler Payne, C Ian Rice, 2B Sutton Whiting, OF Daniel Spingola, OF Alex Bautista, LHP Kyle Miller, SP Kyle Twomey, RHP Matt Rose, LHP Tyler Peitzmeier, OF Darryl Wilson, and OF Donnie Dewees. MIAMI MARLINS—Activated RHP Jarred Cosart from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Vin Mazzaro for assignment. MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Signed C Zach Taylor, LHP Jake Drossner, and SS George Iskenderian. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Placed LF Norichika Aoki on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 21. Recalled 1B Travis Ishikawa from Sacramento (PCL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Activated RHP Lance Lynn from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Tyler Lyons to Memphis (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Signed OF Andrew Stevenson, RHP Kevin Mooney, and RHP Koda Glover.

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hasn’t been shy about preferring players to challenge said. “How quick you can themselves in tougher European leagues. think and then how quickly “I think the national you can execute what team is always something you’re thinking is the most to strive for,” Johnson said. important thing.” Johnson got off to a “But I think more imporquick start in 2015, as he tantly your day-to-day in made his fifth cap for the your club environment will dictate that, so it’s just U.S. National team, playing the final 45 minutes of finding that environment a 2-0 win over Panama in and seeing your career an international friendly in focusing is the most imporFebruary. tant thing.” He followed up the naDespite the potential tional team cap with seven for a move to England straight starts to begin the and a greater role with the year for the Fire, before national team, Johnson is just focused on helping the nagging injuries kept him Fire climb in the standings sidelined for almost a — they’re currently last month, and he returned to in the Eastern Conference action last Tuesday in the with just 14 points — and U.S. Open Cup. Johnson improving as a player. made two saves over Louisville City FC (USL) in a Johnson said being a pro 1-0 win, and followed that soccer player is exactly what he dreamed about up with three saves in a when he first began taking 1-0 loss to D.C. United on the sport seriously as a Wednesday. “I thought Sean did club player for the Atlanta well,” Chicago Fire head Fire, but that he works evcoach Frank Yallop told eryday to ensure he doesn’t take the opportunity for MLSsoccer.com after the granted. Louisville City match. “I think people don’t “He’s had a few games out, realize how much work three or four. We talked goes into it behind the about the reasons why, and think he’s looked a lot Chicago Fire goalkeeper and Brookwood graduate Sean Johnson (25) makes a save against New York City FC earlier scenes,” he said. “It’s not just playing on match days, more like himself.” this season at Yankee Stadium. (Photo: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports) Prior to the injuries, it’s the fitness, the weight Yallop also told reportoffers were made later this give him a chance to play training, the things that spot for the foreseeable Rimando and Liga MX ers in April that Chicago summer for him. against the top players in future, but Johnson could keeper William Yarbrough go into making yourself was prepared if an EngA move to Europe would the world, but would also a successful athlete and a position himself as the No. are on the goalies on the lish Premier League team certainly be a big boost likely improve his standing 2 or No. 3 American goalie roster. A move to the EPL rounded one at that. It’s approached them about to the former Bronco’s very hard work, and it’s with the national team. in the coming years. in the fall — assuming a transfer for Johnson. career. He’s had workouts definitely everything that I World Cup star Tim Johnson was left off of he would be playing on Yallop told MLSsoccer. in the past with Mancheswanted and more, but that Howard’s career is coming U.S. head coach Jurgen a regular basis — could com they weren’t actively ter United and last fall to an end in the next few Klinsmann’s roster for certainly make the athletic comes through hard work shopping the 26-year-old with Hull City. The move years and 30-year-old Brad this summer’s Gold Cup. Johnson more favorable in and continuing to work and grow as a player.” goalie but would listen if to the EPL wouldn’t just Guzan has grip on the top Guzan, 36-year-old Nick Klinsmann’s eyes, as he

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PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2, BRANNON’S STRICTLY TRANS INC. WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S). 2003 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER 1GNES16S436243172 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON July 3 AT 10 AM AT 3344 LANGLEY RD SW LOGANVILLE, GA 30052 7115 928-261503, 6/25,7/2

MCCULLOUGH TOWING 4431 BUFORD HWY NORCROSS, GA 30071 770-263-8483 6/22/15 NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE The following vehicle, advertised to O.C.G.A.Code Section 40-11-12, is being stored at 4431 Buford Hwy, Norcross, Ga. 30071. 770263-8483. This vehicle is being deemed abandoned and will be auctioned or disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner and or lien holder. The Vehicle was impounded from 500 Harbor Point Pkwy Atlanta, Ga. on 6/16/15, at the request of the property owner or manager. 2005 Chevrolet Impala VIN# 2G1WF52E659105002 Tag# No Tag 928-261975, 6/26,7/3

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: South East Transportation4138 Arcadia Industrial Circle- Lilburn, GA. CHEVY TAHOE VIN# 1GNEC13T21R160927 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by JULY 11, 2015. 928-260431, 6/19,26

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: South East Transportation4138 Arcadia Industrial Circle- Lilburn, GA. FORD EXPLORER VIN# 1FMZU63W92UA80551 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by JULY 9, 2015. 928-260433, 6/19,26

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at Quality Care Auto Sales, LLC 275 Maltbie Street, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, June 24, 2015 at 12:00pm the following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: 2005 MERCEDES BENZ CL500 (Tag: No Tag) VIN# WDBPJ75J15A043669 929-260782, 6/19,26

PUBLIC AUCTION There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Eagle Towing, located at 115 Arcado Rd., Lilburn, GA, 30047, Saturday 770-279-1646. June 27th , 2014 @ 11:00 am. The following vehicles, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5 as follows: 2007 Nissan Sentra VIN:3N1AB61E67L604289 Tag:PNV 7651 GA 2008 Hyundai Tiberon VIN:KMHHM66D18U284002 Tag:WNM5977 VA 2001 Dodge Ram VIN:1B7HC16Y21S231808 Tag:BW762A GA 2003 Buick Rendezvous VIN:3G5DB03E53S605560 Tag:BGD 1908 GA 2001 Volvo S80 VIN:YV1TS94D211184792 NO TAG 929-260130, 6/19,26

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PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 4431 BUFORD HWY. NORCROSS, GA 30071 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, JULY 11TH 2015@ 1:00PM 2004 Buick Rendezvous 3G5DA03E54S558793 2003 Cadillac CTS 1G6DM57N730142132 2001 Cadillac Seville 1G6KS54Y61U159795 1998 Chevrolet Suburban 3GNEC16R4WG120310 2001 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WH55K219175859 2007 Chevrolet Aveo KL1TD566X7B057144 2006 Chevrolet Equinox 2CNDL13FX66208557 2006 Dodge Charger 2B3KA43G66H335629 2002 Ford Taurus 1FAFP55U32A153182 2000 Ford Expedition 1FMRU1562YLB95815 2003 Ford Explorer 1FMZU63K73ZA18955 1997 Honda Accord 1HGCD5686VA161385 1997 GMC Sonoma 1GTCS19X3V8514365 2004 Mazda RX-8 JM1FE17N440122062 2000 Nissan Quest 4N2XN11T4YD822543 1999 Nissan Quest 4N2XN11T0XD833229 2005 Nissan 350Z JN1AZ34D45M603285 1998 Nissan Sentra 1N4AB41D5WC725694 2001 Pontiac Aztec 3G7DA03E91S502455 1997 Toyota Camry 4T1BG22K2VU125592 1986 Trailmobile T892062 929-261977, 6/26,7/2 PUBLIC AUCTION THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON JUNE 27, 2015. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5. ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 27 JUNIO 2015 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www.swsatlanta.com 2011 NISSAN MAXIMA 1N4AA5AP2BC803183 2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO 2G1WX12K339300600 1996 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 1J4GZ58S6TC308844 2002 OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1G3NL12F52C246385 2001 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR 5LMFU28R51LJ29910 2006 SCION xA JTKKT624265007961 1999 CHEVROLET LUMINA 2G1WL52M2X9231036 1999 FORD CROWN VICTORIA 2FAFP74W4XX241672 2002 DODGE STRATUS 4B3AG52H32E105962 2002 SATURN L200 1G8JU54F22Y538685 *** REBUILT *** 2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 6MMAP67P01T012659 2013 SUPERIOR 1508L3514 TRAILER 4M8UZ0819DD001201

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS 2000 KIA SPORTAGE KNDJB7230Y5620912 1998 NISSAN MAXIMA JN1CA21A7WT302568 2005 FORD ESCAPE 1FMYU03175DA09172 1990 CHEVROLET C1500 1GCDC14K2LZ173142 2004 ISUZU ASCENDER 4NUDS13S842102336 2004 FORD F-150 1FTRX12W44NB60742 2004 TOYOTA CAMRY 4T1BE32K14U933362 2001 CHEVROLET IMPALA 2G1WF52E219253562 2007 SATURN AURA 1G8ZV57787F192567 2000 DODGE NEON 1B3ES46C6YD518239 1993 JEEP CHEROKEE 1J4FT67S0PL533321 2000 CADILLAC DEVILLE 1G6KD54Y5YU262713 1995 TOYOTA 4RUNNER JT3VN39W3S8074327 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE 1GNEC13Z32R141146 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA 1N4AL11E52C129077 2002 NISSAN QUEST 4N2ZN16T22D819309 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA 1N4AL11D42C249671 2002 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 3C4FY48B32T243498 1998 VOLVO S70 YV1LS5674W1498550 1995 ACURA LEGEND JH4KA7694SC009921 2008 DODGE CALIBER 1B3HB48B48D673972 1997 FORD MUSTANG 1FALP42X8VF131553 2000 FORD FOCUS 1FAFP3430YW410534 1998 CHEVROLET S-10 1GCCS1944W8174165 2003 FORD WINDSTAR 2FMZA52433BB13442 2008 NISSAN VERSA 3N1BC11E88L443286 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA 1N4AL11D66C148170 1999 INFINITI I30 JNKCA21A1XT757803 2004 FORD EXPLORER 1FMZU63K44ZA47685 2001 TOYOTA COROLLA 1NXBR12E81Z562571 2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER 1GNCS18W0YK186829 2003 KIA OPTIMA KNAGD128635196767 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE 1GNEK13Z84J104520 929-260780, 6/19,26 PUBLIC AUCTION A 2001 Chrysler 300M Maroon VIN:2C3AE66G21H599675 Tag: PDA 7129 GA was initially removed from 4200 Windsor Woods Ln. Norcross, GA 30071 at Huntington Ridge Apts. It will be considered abandoned on 5/8/2015. It is presently in possession of Eagle Towing, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. Any claims for this vehicle should call Eagle Towing at (770)279-1646. 929-260133, 6/19,26 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that on July 6, 2015 U-Haul Company of Atlanta North will be offering for sale under the contractual landlords lien process by public auction the following storage units. The goods to be sold are generally described as household goods. U-Haul reserves the right to refuse any and all bids. Payment will be made in cash only. The sale will begin at 8:30 AM at 1290

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ZONINGS CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL USE PERMIT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the City of Duluth Planning Commission to consider a request (SUP2015-03) from Marian C. Adeimy of Andersen, Tate & Carr, PC, on behalf of Notre Dame Academy, Inc. for a Special Use Permit to operate loudspeakers for the existing school on 20.7± acres located on property identified as 4635 River Green Parkway. The property is also identified as Tax Parcel No. R6325 058. The property is currently zoned Duluth M-1(Light Industry District) and Notre Dame Academy currently operates under a conditional use permit (CUP #2013-002). The zoning and conditional use permit will not change. The public is invited to attend this meeting before the Planning Commission on the Special Use Permit request at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096. The meeting date, place and time regarding this matter are as follows: WHEN: July 20, 2015–7:00 p.m. WHERE: City Hall Council Chambers 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 PERSONS INTERESTED IN THIS MATTER are invited to review the application for Special Use Permit which is on file with the Department of Planning and 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: Rich Atkinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: ratkinson@duluthga.net For more information, contact Rich Atkinson, Planning and Development, at (770) 476-1790. *************** I

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ESTATE & ANTIQUE AUCTION SATURDAY JUNE 27th, 10:00 am MADISON LIONS CLUB BUILDING (beside Wal-Mart) 1391 Fairground Rd MADISON, GEORGIA Over 1000 lots to be sold of American, English, German & French furniture, Victorian, period antiques, painted & inlaid furniture, sets of china, southern primitive furniture, cupboards, pie safes, kitchen cabinets, secretaries, bookcases, chinas, chests, tables, chairs, antiques, pottery, stoneware, glassware, blanket boxes, quilts, garden planters & accessories, lamps, collectibles, sterling/gemstone jewelry, Oriental rugs, silver dollars, coins, porcelains, mid century, dolls, carnival glass, clocks, cast iron, country items & more! www.bhantique auctions.com

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LOST CAT: REWARD: Our cat Baloo went missing on the night of Friday, June 19th. He lives in River Oak Hills on Moore Avenue. Please call 770-6532250 if found. ADOPT A PET KITTEN - 6 to 8 weeks old female calico needs a home. Very playful and loves attention. Collins Hill area of Lawrenceville-Suwannee. Phone 770-842-3581

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ACURA TSX, 2010 Grigio, Stk#FFB19040A $16,043 800-PREOWNED

CHEVROLET CRUZE, 2014 Tungsten Metallic, Stk#8227A $15,500 877-698-5030

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

CHRYSLER 200 LX, 2014 Deep Cherry Red, Stk#P4863 $13,800 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVING MUST SELL: Maple Dresser is 43 years old $250.00, Chaise Lounge is 2 years old $275.00, Custom Desk is heavy and from HLF Office Furniture in Michigan $250.00. All items have been well taken care of and are in Excellent Condition. You will not be disappointed. Please call 770-294-2265.

MISC. FOR SALE COMMERCIAL SODA MACHINE Great condition, 8 drinks selection, must be moved. Asking $500. 770-932-0824 or 404-518-3409.

LOGANVILLE - Estate Sale Fri. & Sat., 10-4. 3785 Glen Ian Dr. House full of antiques, furniture, glassware, garage items. For more info. call Derrick 404-547-8400

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GWINNETT, LAWRENCEVILLE 2BR/2 full bath Duplex w/ LR, kitchen, utility room, fenced in back yd. Nice quiet neighborhood. $825 mo. 1st & last mo. rent. Section 8 welcome. Serious inquiries only call 770-374-0881 MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR RENT

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CHRYSLER LEBARON CONVERTIBLE, 1993, Red with white top and gray interior. Runs well and generally in good condition. A/C, power windows, power locks, power top, 4-wheel disc brakes, AM/FM/ CD player. 3.0 V-6, 5-speed stick shift. Asking $2300 But Feel Free To Make An Offer, several spare parts available for future use or resale. 770-786-0880 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER, 2008 Like new! 76k miles, not a scratch inside or out! Loaded. Elderly owner. $4195. 770-616-7399

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T-tops - 454 cubic inch 4 speed. $26k. 404-907-7408

LOGANVILLE Moving/ Estate Sale - All must go! Fri. 6/26 & Sat. 6/27, 9-4. 713 Village Lane. Refrig., furn., hshld., more! Cash only.

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SUWANEE - Garage Sale Rain or Shine Fri., Sat., Sun., 9-4. 3213 Suwanee Creek Rd. Household items, clothing, used office & warehouse equipment.

KITTEN - 6 to 8 weeks old female calico needs a home. Very playful and loves attention. Collins Hill area of Lawrenceville-Suwannee. Phone 770-842-3581

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DAIMLER DODGE CHARGER SE, 2011 Tungsten Gray, Stk#FBB11135A $18,076 800-PREOWNED

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FORD FOCUS SE, 2011 Oxford White, Stk#FL285834A $10,895 800-PREOWNED

HONDA ACCORD COUPE, 2009 Crystal Black Pearl, Stk#530018A $15,550 877-698-5030

HONDA CIVIC SEDAN, 2014 Dyno Blue Pearl, Stk#520233A $17,000 877-698-5030

FORD FUSION HYBRID SE, 2014 Dark Side, Stk#P7650 $21,399 800-PREOWNED

DODGE RAM 1500, 2001 LARAMIE SLT. $3950. 0 Accidents. Beautiful red body and nice grey interior. Has chrome step pipes and black bed cover. 3.9 V6. 189K mi. A really nice original pick up that has not been abused and runs great. Call 770-899-5856

HONDA ACCORD, 2012 Polished Metal, Stk#P7743A $17,187 800-PREOWNED

HONDA CIVIC LX SEDAN, 2013 Alabaster Silver, Stk#FC800687A $14,990 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD ESCAPE SE, 2013 Oxford White, Stk#P7717 $15,278 800-PREOWNED

FORD FUSION HYBRID SE, 2014 Dark Side, Stk#P7650 $21,399 800-PREOWNED

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JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT, 2014 Deep Cherry Red, Stk#P4902 $18,488 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, 2003. 4.0. $3950. Beautiful silver gray body and interior. Looks and runs great. 151K miles. Cold air and lots of options with super low price. Call 770-895-7161

HONDA CR-V LX, 2013 Alabaster Silver, Stk#EBB60145A $19,208 800-PREOWNED

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LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SE 7, 2003. 108K miles with new engine. Wow 7 passenger, top of the line with every option, the best you will find for its year. THE $5000 totally rebuilt engine has less than 100 miles on it. Gorgeous black body with tan interior. Rare 7 passenger SE 7. Has great CarFax. It would be difficult to find a nicer 2003 with this low miles. Only $8950. Call 770-882-4605

LEXUS GS 350, 2013 Liquid Platinum, Stk#U40431 $36,993 770-680-1000

NISSAN MURANO SL, 2009 Brilliant Silver, Stk#P4786A $14,800 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

TOYOTA SOLARA SLE, 2006 CONVERTIBLE. 119K Miles, 2 owner 0 accident beauty. Gorgeous pearl white with black convert top and grey leather interior. Fantastic CarFax. Avg. price on AutoTrader is $13,990. This exceptional desirable car is only $8950. Call 770-873-2627

NISSAN ROGUE SL, 2014 Brilliant Silver, Stk#FC833304A $26,995 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

TOYOTA TACOMA SR5, 2001. 4WD, V6, 133,872 Mileage, DoubleCab, 1 Non Smoke Owner. $3.200 Call: 404-796-9550

LEXUS ES 350, 2012 Matador Red Mica, Stk#U40383 $26,990 770-680-1000

LEXUS GS 350, 2013 Liquid Platinum, Stk#U40431 $36,993 770-680-1000 HONDA CR-V, 2010 Taffeta White, Stk#570314A $15,000 877-698-5030

HARLEY DAVIDSON HERITAGE SOFTAIL, 2007, 2,460 MILES, 1 OWNER, LIKE BRAND NEW. CALL 770-713-7793

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The Gwinnett Braves have called Coolray Field home since the start of the 2009 season. The stateof-the-art facility was completed in just nine months following its groundbreaking ceremony in 2008. The G-Braves welcomed a sellout crowd of for the first game in the stadium’s history vs. the Norfolk Tides. Here is a list of 10 other Coolray Field facts and firsts:

1. The stadium capacity is 10,427. 2. Coolray’s highest attendance was 10,568 on April 3, 2012 for the Atlanta Braves All-Stars vs. Future Stars Exhibition Game. 3. The first game was April 17, 2009 against Norfolk — the score was Norfolk 7, Gwinnett 4. 4. The first pitch was thrown by Charlie Morton (GWN) to Justin Christian (NOR). 5. The first hit was by Matt Wieters (NOR) during the 1st inning.

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6. The first home run was Barbaro Canizares (GWN) during the 5th inning on April 17, 2009. 7. The G-Braves’ first win was April 20, 2009 — the score was Gwinnett 5, Durham 2. 8. The first G-Braves winning pitcher was Kris Medlen on April 20, 2009. 9. The first G-Braves batter was Gregor Blanco on April 17, 2009. 10. The first G-Braves hit was Brandon Jones’ first-inning double on April 17, 2009.

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Friday, July 3 • Prelude to the Fourth — The city of Lawrenceville will host its Prelude to the Fourth from 7 to 10 p.m. on the Lawrenceville Lawn, featuring Aurora Theatre performing a Broadway musical with a full orchestra and a fireworks display. • July 3rd Celebration — The city of Duluth will host its July 3rd Celebration from 6 to 11 p.m. on Duluth Town Green. There will be food vendors, kids activities, a fireworks display and live music by 116th Army Band and Funk/R&B and Mike Veal Band. • Red, White and Boom! — The city of Norcross will host the Red, White and Boom! Independence Day celebration on Friday, July 3, from 4 to 10 p.m. in Downtown Historic Norcross. • Sparks in the Park — The city of Sugar Hill will host Sparks in the Park on Friday, July 3, at 6 p.m. at E.E. Robinson Park, 850 Level Creek Road in Sugar Hill. Saturday, July 4 • July 4th Festival in the Park — The Celebrate Braselton July 4th Festival in the Park will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. The parade through Downtown will step off at 6 p.m., and fireworks will begin after dark. • Star Spangled Fourth — The Mall of Georgia will host its 13th annual Star Spangled Fourth starting at 5 p.m., featuring the Village Kids Zone, a concert from the Joe Hall Band and The Woody’s and a fireworks show, followed by a showing of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1.” • Sparkle in the Park — The city of Lilburn will host its annual Sparkle in the Park event from 5:30 to 10 p.m. in Lilburn City Park with live music, food and fireworks.

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Cuisine is a very important piece of the Coolray Field experience — from hot dogs loaded with chili and relish to peanuts and Cracker Jacks — many G-Braves fans look forward to indulging in their favorite concessions while watching the on-field action. “I’m a traditionalist,” Tim Byrd said. “I get a hot dog and a cold beer, and I get my dog all the way. If they have it, I get it on there.” Tim and his wife Amy know their way around ballpark concessions. The North Carolina couple is frequently on the road and said it’s a hobby of theirs to catch a game at the local ballpark — they recently made a stop at Coolray Field. “We’ve had a great experience,” Amy said. “And everyone working here is very friendly.” Like Tim, Amy said she enjoys indulging in a ballpark hot dog, except without all the messy toppings, but she also makes sure to get a bag of roasted peanuts on the side. “That’s a must at a baseball game,” she said. This year, Coolray Field began a new partnership with Professional Sports Catering: the stadium now features a series of food and beverage upgrades, including the addition of specialty food carts and

The Bacon Cheeseburger from BurgerTopia at Coolray Field is seen at the Gwinnett Braves ballpark on Friday, June 19, in Lawrenceville. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

ON THE MENU AT SALSA • Entrees — Burrito, Super Nacho, Taco Salad, Three Mini Tacos • Proteins — Beef, chicken, pulled pork, veggie • Toppings — Spanish rice, black beans, salsa, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, jalapeños • Beverages — Souveir soda, bottled drinks, frozen margarita and canned beer

The “Firecracker dog” from Franx at Coolray Field is seen at the Gwinnett Braves ballpark on Friday, June 19, in Lawrenceville. The dish features an all-beef hot dog with cheese, jerk chicken and jalapeños.

ON THE MENU AT FRANX

SWEET Sweet offers soft-serve vanilla, chocolate and swirl ice cream, sundaes and splits, giving fans the chance to stands around the stadium. FRANX: DOGS create their own sundae by Here are some of the WITH THE WORX choosing from a variety of concessions offered at Franx serves specialty hot toppings, including sprinkles, Coolray Field: dogs on gourmet buns with Heath bar, chocolate and a wide variety of toppings. caramel sauce, Oreo and FLASHPOINT GRILLE One of the specialty dogs ofM&Ms. Flashpoint Grille fered is the Firecracker with tastes. Patrons select an ing a bacon cheddar burger, Sweet is locate behind secfeatures classic baseball a 100 percent beef frank entree and protein and then mushroom swiss burger, chili tion 113. cuisine: fans can find nestled in a gourmet pretzel choose from a variety of cheese burger and veggie burgers, hot dogs, pizza bun and topped with shredtoppings including Salsa’s burger. SMOKIE’S and chicken entrees along ded spicy chicken, pepperhomemade signature salsa. Burgertopia is located SAUSAGE SHACK with sides like french jack cheese, jalapeño sauce Salsa’s is located behind behind section 104. Smokie’s serves Italian fries, pretzel with cheese, and chipotle mayonnaise. section 111. sausages, foot-long bratpeanuts and Cracker Jacks. Franx is located behind STEAKADELPHIA wursts and Polish sausages Beverages include sodas, section 115. BURGERTOPIA: Steakadelphia serves fresh off the flat top grill bottled beverages and draft HAMBURGER Philly cheesesteak sandbeer. SALSA PARADISE wiches and nachos grilled on where they’re prepared right in front of customers. Flashpoint is located Salsa allows fans to create Burgertopia serves spea flat-top grill right in front Smokie’s is located bebehind sections 106 and their own burritos, nachos cialty half-pound burgers on of customers. It’s located hind section 100. 111. and taco salads to suit their gourmet pretzel buns, includ- behind section 102. • Porker — 100% beef frank, gourmet pretzel bun, pulled pork, coleslaw and BBQ sauce • Firecracker — 100% beef frank, gourmet pretzel bun, shredded spicy chicken, pepperjack cheese, jalapeño sauce, chipotle mayonnaise • Cheesy Mac — 100% beef frank, gourmet pretzel bun, homemade mac and cheese and bread crumbs

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GWINNETT TASTES A selection of local eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post: • Luv-a-Bowl Luv-a-Bowl specializes in acai bowls, which are made with the frozen pulp of the acai berry blended with various fruits into a thick smoothie you can eat with a spoon. The super-thick, nutrient-rich smoothie is then topped with granola, fresh fruits and drizzled with honey. 9700 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 104, Johns Creek, 770-495-7722, www. luvabowl.net • Roma Italiano Ristorante The menu is traditional Italian food by way of Brooklyn, New York. Both owners are from Brooklyn and of Italian descent, so everything on the menu comes from old family recipes. All of the pizzas, stromboli and calzones are baked in a traditional wood-burning brick oven shipped all the way from Italy. 3455 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suite 840, Duluth, 678-957-8761, www.romaitaliano.com • Gingerspice Adams bakes all of Gingerspice’s mini cakes, cookies, bars, authentic French macarons and other desserts at The Market, also located in historic Norcross. A popular treat

on the menu is the Peach Jones, which is a miniature Southern peach upsidedown cake named for the shop’s location at Jones Street. 9 S. Peachtree St., Suite B, Norcross, www.gsbakery. com • Donut Worry Donut Worry offers several unique creations like glazed doughnuts topped with Fruity Pebbles cereal, s’mores and Reese’s peanut butter cups. A customer favorite is the Maple Bacon, a glazed doughnut topped with maple frosting and crumbled bacon. 248 E. Crogan St., Lawrenceville, 770-756-6146, www.facebook.com/donutworryshop • Breakers Korean Bar-B-Q Breakers Korean Bar-B-Q offers a dinner menu featuring a la carte entrees as well as three all-you-can-eat options. After ordering, patrons are brought soup and a berry and greens salad to enjoy as an appetizer while the entrees are slowly precooked over premium lump charcoals in the kitchen. Then customers are able to finish grilling their meats and vegetables on the gas grill at the table. 3505 Gwinnett Place Drive, Suite 101, Duluth, 770946-1000, www.breakersbbq.com

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2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville 678-277-0300 www.gwinnettbraves.com The “Knucksie” from Niekro’s at Coolray Field is seen at the Gwinnett Braves ballpark on Friday, June 19, in Lawrenceville. The dish features a giant piece of cornbread, topped with pork, cole slaw, two types of barbecue sauce, and pickles. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

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an employee delivers the food to the table. Those • The “Knucksie” Sandwich — Smoked pulled pork, looking for an adult beverpickles, caramelized onions and coleslaw served over skillet age can head to the bar cornbread, drizzled with two different barbecue sauces. $9 • Location: Niekro’s and order directly from • Southern Chicken Tenders — Crispy chicken strips is located inside Coolray one of Niekro’s friendly served on a bed of tri-color tortilla strips with your choice of Field in section 105 near bartenders. honey mustard, barbecue or buffalo dipping sauce. $8 the stadium’s entrance. Keith Spillett and his • Ball Park Frank — A juicy ballpark frank topped with all of • Atmosphere: Niekro’s 8-year-old son Shane atyour favorite ingredients and served with french fries. $6 • Pulled Pork BBQ Nachos — Tortilla chips loaded with offers fans a casual, relaxtended a G-Braves game barbecue pork, bacon, sour cream, cheddar cheese and ing atmosphere to sit and on a hot June day and scallions, drizzled with peach barbecue sauce. $9 enjoy a freshly prepared said they were drawn into • Smoked Chicken Wings — Smoked in house with choice meal and cool beverage Niekro’s by the cool air of buffalo, barbecue or Niekro’s fiery hot sauce. $7 without missing the game. conditioning. The front wall is made “Also, it seemed nice in up entirely of windows, here,” Keith said. “And I area has tile floors with offering diners a view of so bar patrons don’t miss like that they have reasonthe stadium and field, and tables and chairs as well out on the game. ably priced options.” there are also TVs hanging as high-top tables. There Patrons who enter NiekKeith had the Pulled on every wall showing the is Braves memorabilia ro’s looking for a meal Pork BBQ Nachos, and displayed on the walls and can head to the rear right on field action. Shane enjoyed his hot The restaurant is a fua bar area in the back of of the restaurant and order dog, which is one of his sion between a cafe and the dining room, complete at the counter. They are favorite foods, giving it sports bar — the dining with TVs hanging above, then given a number and two big thumbs up.

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• Menu: Niekro’s offers a fusion of ballpark and southern cuisine, including items such as Fried Green Tomatoes and Grandma’s Banana Pudding along with a traditional Ball Park Frank. A customer favorite is The “Knucksie” Sandwich, an open-faced sandwich with a skillet cornbread base, stacked high with barbecue pork, carmelized onions, pickles and coleslaw, then drizzled with two barbecue sauces. There is also a “Little Leaguers” menu offering kid favorites such as Mini Corn Dogs, Grilled Cheese, Hot Dog or Cheeseburger, served with choice of fruit cup,

mac and cheese or french fries. The beverage menu includes fountain drinks and sweet tea, domestic and craft beer, wine and cocktails. • Something You Might Not Know: The fan favorite “Knucksie” Sandwich is named in honor of Atlanta Braves legend Phil Niekro. The pitcher, known as a master of the knuckleball, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997. According to the National Baseball Hall of Fame website, Niekro, a five-time Gold Glove Award-winner, won 121 games after he turned 40, which is the most wins by anyone over that age in baseball history.

Enjoy hot wings’ flavor without the usual mess If you love hot wings, but hate the mess that comes with eating hot wings, then today’s recipe should make you happy. My best friend, Kristie Blackwell, introduced me to Buffalo chicken casserole. She was on a mission when she stumbled upon this recipe. She was wanting to make dinner for some friends and take it to their house, so they wouldn’t have to cook on a particular evening not too long ago. She’s very thoughtful like that. Kristie likes hot wings as much as the next person, but she does not like the mess that comes with eating hot wings. And I don’t really blame her. Kristie said, “I thought to myself, how could I get hot wings in a casserole?” She said when she found this recipe she knew she had to try it, so she did.

Buffalo chicken casserole

She does want the readers to note that the recipe is a little time consuming, but the end product, a hearty meat and potatoes dish with a little kick, is worth the extra effort. She also suggests that you use the suggested amount of Buffalo wing sauce that the recipe calls for because you don’t want to add too much. Serve this dish with extra Buffalo sauce and maybe even ranch dressing sauce on the side. Another nice thing about this dish is that it mostly contains ingredients that are probably already in your pantry and refrigerator.

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2 pounds of chicken, boneless, skinless, cut into 1/2inch cubes 8 to 10 potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 6 tablespoons of buffalo wing sauce 1 package of ranch dressing mix 1 cup of bacon, cooked and crumbled 2 to 3 cups of shredded Mexican cheese 1/3 cup of olive oil 2 tablespoons of garlic powder 2 tablespoons of black pepper 1 heaping teaspoon of salt 1 tablespoon of paprika, optional 1 cup of green onion, diced, optional Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with a non-stick cooking spray. In a large Ziploc bag, add the cubed potatoes, a little olive oil and the dry Ranch dressing package and shake. Pour the potatoes in the greased baking dish and cook for 45 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. While the potatoes are cooking, heat the buffalo wing sauce, olive oil, garlic powder, pepper, salt and paprika in a large skillet over low heat for 10 minutes. Add the chicken to the skillet and saute the chicken in the sauce mixture until the chicken is cooked thoroughly. Once the potatoes are done, add the cooked chicken to the top of the potatoes. Sprinkle the shredded cheese, the bacon and the green onions over the chicken and potatoes. Return the dish to the oven and bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly.

This Buffalo chicken casserole dish is sure to please anyone who likes hot wings. (Staff Photo: Julie Wells)

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ArtFest Gwinnett premieres to celebrate arts By Holley Calmes A new celebration of the arts is being launched on July 11th on the beautiful Lawrenceville Lawn. ArtFest Gwinnett will include a Chalk Walk art contest, vendor booths featuring handmade fine art and fine crafts, and a stage filled with performances on tap from 1 to 7 p.m. “It started last year when we held our popular Chalk Walk contest along with the premiere of the Aurora Theatre’s production of ‘Mary Poppins,’” said Lawrenceville’s Marci Gross. “There was a strongly supported idea to make Lawrenceville known for its arts in all forms. We want to be known as a community that supports the arts.” The event has a committee of stakeholders, from downtown businesses to city staff members. ArtFest Gwinnett builds on the success of last year’s event. This year Artfest Gwinnett will also celebrate

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Holley Calmes Aurora Theatre’s season opener, “Memphis.” With that in mind, the theme for 2015 is “R&B — the Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll.” The event will consist of quality artisans’ booths, food trucks, live local music and performances by Lawrenceville’s own Aurora Theatre and Gwinnett Ballet Theatre. The chalk art contest starts at 1 p.m. when a special Kids’ Zone and food trucks also open for business. Then performances begin at 1:30 p.m. when young dancers from Gwinnett Ballet Theatre take the stage.

a first-come, first-served basis. Teams will be given up to 4 pieces of chalk per team, but teams can bring their own chalk as well. Artwork created must be suitable for family viewing, and teams cannot use symbols or statements that can be construed as political or offensive. Coordinators expect about 1,000 — 1,500 attendees for this first ever event. “We are excited to bring different aspects of the arts together in one event,” Gross said. “The city of Lawrenceville is excited to see how Artfest develops in the years to come. We are laying the Artfest Gwinnett premieres July 11th as a new arts festival with emphasis on the fine groundwork now for future years.” arts. A popular Chalk Walk competition is a part of the celebration. (Special Photo) Artfest Gwinnett is also looking for vendors for the The Aurora Theatre winners being announced 11-18, adult for 18 and will perform at 4:30 p.m. from the stage. A headline up, and an artists category. event. Fine craftspeople and artists who wish to particiaccompanied by Legacy Band will begin at 5:15 Youth and adult teams pate are welcomed to call Music. Also during the day, p.m. and play until 7 p.m. can win the prize of $100 678-407-6599 or write to there will be performances when the event wraps. plus 2 tickets to Aurora’s Events@LawrencevilleGa. by Frankie’s Blues Mission The Chalk Walk compe- production of “Memphis.” org. July 6 is the deadline and R&B, Inc. tition is accepting regisEach team can have up to At 5 p.m., the Chalk trations. There will be 3 4 people, and squares to be for vendors to contact the event. Walk competition ends with categories: youth for ages filled with chalk art are on

Gainesville’s Atlanta Botanical offers summer kids programs By Katie Morris

programming includes: • Story Time and Smiles — Children Young visitors ages 5 and under are to the new Atlanta invited to participate Botanical Garden in in a weekly storytellGainesville can expe- ing and small craft rience more than the activity Wednesdays picturesque flora and at 10:30 a.m. a model train garden • Discovery Stathis summer. The Gar- tions — Children den is also offering accompanied by an a variety of activites adult can participate for families including in activities inspired children’s programs, by the new woodland arts and crafts, stogardens Saturdays rytelling and musical from 10 a.m. to noon. performances. • Children’s Atlanta Botanical Performances — Garden in GainesFamilies can enjoy ville’s free summer performances from katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

musicians and storytellers in the new Ivester Ampitheater on the last Saturday of the month through August. The Garden will also offer families the chance to participate in interactive programs on the third Saturday of the month through August with art and nature themes for $6 per child plus admission and $5 per member child. No registration is required. For more information, visit atlantabg. org/visit/gainesville.

Atlanta Botanical Garden in Gainesville is offering a variety of family activities throughout the summer. (Special Photo: Jason Getz)

SUMMER EVENTS To submit an event for the Summer Community Event Calendar, email features@ gwinnettdailypost.com.

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• Ongoing: The city of Auburn will present Movie at Whistlestop every second Saturday through September in downtown Auburn, 1369 4th Ave. Concessions will be available. For more information, visit cityofauburn-ga.org or call 770-963-4002, x223.

Braselton

• July 4: The Celebrate Braselton July 4th Festival in the Park will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. The parade through Downtown will step off at 6 p.m. and fireworks will begin after dark. The Braselton Park is located on Harrison St. off of Ga. High-

way 53. There will be booths and food trucks along with live entertainment on the stage throughout the day in the park. For more information, visit Facebook.com/ BraseltonPark.

at the Buford Community Center Town Park Amphitheater. Admission is free and attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket or chair. For more information, visit bufordcommunitycenter. com.

• July 4: The Mall of Georgia will host its 13th annual Star Spangled Fourth starting at 5 p.m., featuring the Village Kids Zone, a concert from the Joe Hall Band and The Woody’s and a fireworks show, followed by a showing of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1.” For more information, visit mallofgeorgia.com. • July 17: The City of Buford will host Cinema Under the Stars featuring “The Lego Movie” at 8:30 p.m.

• June 26: The city of Duluth will host its second annual Musician Playground Festival concurrent with Fridays-N-Duluth from 6 to 9 p.m. on the Duluth Town Green. For more information, visit duluthga.net/community. • July 3: The city of DuLake Lanier luth will host its July 3rd Celebration from 6 to 11 p.m. on Islands • July 3-5: LanierWorld Duluth Town Green. There will host its Independence will be food vendors, kids activities, a fireworks display Day Celebration from Friday, July 3, to Sunday, July 5, and live music by 116th

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• June 26: The Beatles tribute band Abbey Road Live! will perform as part of the Summer Concert Series at 8 p.m. June 26 on the Lawrenceville Lawn located at 210 Luckie St. • July 3: The City of Lawrenceville will host its Prelude to the Fourth from 7 to 10 p.m. on the Lawrenceville Lawn, featuring Aurora Theatre performing a Broadway Musical with a full orchestra and a fireworks display. • July 10: “Into the Woods” will be shown as part of Movies on the Lawn from 8 to 11 p.m. on the Lawrenceville Lawn located at 210 Luckie St.

• July 3: The city of Sugar Hill will host Sparks in the Park on Friday, July 3, at 6 p.m. at E.E. Robinson Park, 850 Level Creek Road in Sugar Hill. For more information, visit cityofsugarhill.com. • Ongoing: The city of Sugar Hill will host Thursdays @ The Hill at 6 p.m. Downtown, 5039 West Broad St., on Thursday nights throughout the summer starting June 11. There will be food trucks, the Gwinnett Corn Hole League, a farmers market, music and adult beverages available for purchase. For more information, visit cityofsugarhill.com.

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4 on the Towne Green with games, musical entertainment and a fireworks display. • July 18: Snellville Tourism & Trade will host a live performance from the band Metro Jazz Club on the Towne Green Lawn from 7 to 9 p.m. Attendees can bring blankets and lawn chairs. For more information, visit snellvilletourism.com.

• July 4: The city of Lilburn will host its annual Sparkle in the Park event from 5:30 to 10 p.m. in Lilburn City Park with live music, food and fireworks. For more information, visit cityoflilburn.com.

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

with live entertainment and a fireworks display. For a schedule of events, visit lanierislands.com/lanierworld. • July 11: Lanier Islands will host its July Full Moon Party at Sunset Cove from 7 to 11 p.m. with the band Von Grey performing live. Admission is $20. For more information, visit lanierislands.com/lanierworld.

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• Ongoing: Grayson Farmers Market will run through October. The Market will be held in Grayson Community Park, 475 Grayson Parkway, each Wednesday from 3:30 until 8 p.m., offering fresh produce, baked goods and handmade products from local and regional resources. For more information, visit cityofgrayson.org.

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Army Band and Funk/R&B and Mike Veal Band. For more information, visit duluthga.net/community.

• June 28: The city of Norcross will host Movies in the Park at 8:30 p.m. Lillian Webb Park, 5 College St. in Norcross. The movie begins at dusk. For more information, visit aplacetoimagine. com. • July 3: The city of Norcross will host the Red, White and Boom! Independence Day celebration on Friday, July 3, from 4 to 10 p.m. in Downtown Historic Norcross. For more information, visit aplacetoimagine. com.

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• July 24-25: Broadway in the Park will present “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” July 24 and 25 at 7 p.m.at Town Center Park. For more information, visit suwaneeperformingarts.org. • Aug. 1: Suwanee will host Braves Game on the Green Aug. 1 at 5 p.m. at Town Center Park. Activities start at 5 p.m., and the Braves vs. Phillies game begins at 7 p.m. For more information, visit suwanee.com. • Ongoing: The Suwanee Farmers Market will be held on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at Town Center Park through October. For more information, visit suwanee.com. • Ongoing: The city of Suwanee will host Movies Under the Stars double feature with a family movie at 7 p.m., and a second movie starting around 8:45 p.m. July 18 and Aug. 29.

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BY VENUE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT GWINNETT ARENA AT GWINNETT CENTER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com • June 26 – 27: Forward Conference • July 3 – 5, 17 – 19, Sept. 4 – 6: 2015 Jehovah’s Witnesses Regional Convention • July 24: Comedy with Kapil and Family • July 29 – Aug. 2: Cirque Du Soleil’s “Varekai” • Aug. 13 – 15: Joyce Meyer AURORA THEATRE 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville 678-226-6222 www.auroratheatre.com • July 23 – Aug. 30: “Memphis”

Peachtree Corners 770-609-8662 www.ralexanderfineart.com • Through July 18: Keep Calm and Think of the Beach series SYLVIA BEARD THEATRE Buford Community Center, 2200 Buford Highway, Buford 770-945-6762 www.bufordcommunitycenter. com • July 16 – Aug. 2: “Steel Magnolias” • Aug. 15: Dena Blizzard’s “One Funny Mother” • Aug. 22: Ken Lavigne TANNERY ROW ARTIST COLONY 554 West Main St., Buford 770-856-8145 www.tanneryrowartistcolony. com • Through July 24: “Vision” • Aug. 1 – Sept. 11: “Splash”

HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ATLANTA Gwinnett Center, 6400 SugarALLIANCE THEATRE loaf Parkway, Suite 300, Duluth 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., 770-623-6002 Atlanta www.thehudgens.org 404-733-4650 • Through June 27: 2015 www.alliance theatre.org Hudgens Prize Finalist’s • Through Aug. 2: Blub, Blub Exhibition ATLANTA BOTANICAL • Through June 27: The Art of Theatrical Design: Aurora GARDENS Theatre’s Sets & Costumes 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., • July 14 – Sept. 19: “The Atlanta Cup Show:” The Hudgens’ 1st 404-876-5859 National Juried & Invitational www.atlantabg.org Cup Exhibition • Through Oct. 3: Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden KUDZU ART ZONE • July 18: Educator Day 116 Carlyle St., Norcross • Ongoing: Edible Garden 770-840-9844 Outdoor Kitchen cooking www.kudzuartzone.org demos every weekend • Through July 17: Open Juried Exhibition 2015 ATLANTA HISTORY • July 24 – Aug. 29: “Memory CENTER Awakened” exhibition 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta LIONHEART THEATRE 404-814-4000 10 College St. N.W., Norcross www.atlantahistorycenter.com 678-938-8518 • June 27: Finding Billy Yank: www.lionhearttheatre.org Researching your Civil War • July 23 – 26: “The Hundred Union Soldier Dresses” • July 6: Ron Clark, Move Your Bus NEW DAWN THEATER • July 18: Returning Home: 3087 Main St., Duluth Life After the Civil War 404-625-0361 www.newdawntheatercomCENTER FOR PUPPETRY pany.com ARTS No shows listed at this time. 1404 Spring St. N.W., Atlanta 404-873-3391 NEW LONDON THEATRE www.puppet.org 2338 Henry Clower Blvd., • Through July 26: “Click, Snellville Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” 770-559-1484 • July 28 – Aug. 9: “The Rewww.newlondontheatre.org luctant Dragon” • Through June 28: “Plaza • Aug. 13 – Sept. 20: “The Suite” Tortoise, the Hare, & Other • July 10 – 26: “Damn YanAesop’s Fables” kees” • Aug. 14 – 30: “Rowan & CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF Martin’s Laugh-in” ATLANTA 275 Centennial Olympic Park PERFORMING ARTS Drive, Atlanta CENTER AT GWINNETT 404-659-5437 CENTER www.childrensmuseumatlanta. 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, org Duluth • ThroughJuly 26: Once 770-813-7500 Upon a Time … Exploring the www.gwinnettcenter.com World of Fairy Tales exhibit • Jul 24 – 26: Agape Players • June 27 – 28: Meet The presents Irving Berlin’s “Annie Holidays: Dragon Boat Festival Get Your Gun!” • July 4: Fourth of July Cel• Aug. 9: New Atlanta Philhar- ebration monic Summer Concert • July 11: Guest Author: Susan Liverpool R. ALEXANDER FINE ART • July 12: Guest Author: Kelly 5650 Peachtree Parkway, Young-Silverman

• July 14: Target Free Tuesday • July 18: Meet the Holidays: Eld ul Fltr • July 26: Guest Author: Jennifer Lynn Adams • Ongoing: Fundamentally Food exhibit • Ongoing: Eat a Georgia Rainbow series • Ongoing: Crawl Space • Ongoing: Leaping into Learning • Ongoing: Let Your Creativity Flow • Ongoing: Tools for Solutions COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com • July 17 – 19: Atlanta Lyric Center presents “Cats” • Aug. 9: Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 foxtheatre.org • July 11: Anthony Bourdain • July 16: Coca-Cola Film Festival: “Jaws” • July 18: Coca-Cola Film Festival: “The Breakfast Club” • July 30: Coca-Cola Film Festival: “Ghostbusters” • Aug. 2: “The Sound of Music” Sing-A-Long • Aug. 15: Coca-Cola Film Festival: Saturday Morning Cartoons, “Braveheart” • Aug. 16: Coca-Cola Film Festival: “The Legends of Silent Film” • Aug. 18 – 23: “Motown the Musical” FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 767 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta 404-929-6300 www.fernbankmuseum.org • Through August 23: Brain: The Inside Story exhibit • Today: Fernbank Forest Twilight Tour, Dinosaurs After Dark • June 27: Tadpole Tales • July 11: Reptile Day • July 18 – 19: Tadpole Tales • Aug. 22: Dinosaur Birthday Bash HIGH MUSEUM OF ART 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-733-4400 www.high.org • Through July 12: Helen Levitt: In the Street • Through July 5: A Painter’s Profile: The High Celebrates Romare Bearden • Through Aug. 23: Bangles to Benches: Contemporary Jewelry and Design • Ongoing: Nellie Mae Rowe: At Night Things Come to Me • Ongoing: Molly Hatch: Physic Garden • Ongoing: Howard Finster: Paradise Garden • Ongoing: African Art: Building the Collection To submit an event for By Venue Arts & Entertainment, email features@gwinnettdailypost.com

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City of Duluth hosting Musician Playground on Town Green By Katie Morris

stage on Friday, June 26, starting at 6 p.m. The event is aimed at giving rising The City of Duluth is artists the opportunity to inviting locals to partake in get in front of a crowd to a musical journey as rising share their musical talents artists from varying genres on a large platform. get the spotlight during Performers include indie the Musican Playground rock band The Albions, the Festival. alternative pop rock band The festival returns to Revel in Romance, raggae the Duluth Town Green rockers Five40 and acous-

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tic guitarist Rollie. “Music is a form of art, and we are providing residents with the opportunity to experience an artistic journey with us through the musical sounds of artists,” Maggie Waddell, event coordinator, said in a statement. The Musican Playground Festival will run

alongside Fridays-N-Duluth, which takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. every Friday through October on the Duluth Town Green. Attendees can enjoy a night filled with games, food trucks and live entertainment. For more information, visit duluthga.net/community.

IF YOU GO If You Go What: Musician Playground Festival during Fridays-N-Duluth Where: Duluth Town Green, 3167 Main Street in Duluth When: Friday, June 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. Cost: Free admission More Info: www.duluthga.net

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Coolray Field, home of the G-Braves, offers entertainment for everyone By Katie Morris

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When fans head to Coolray Field, there’s more in store for them than rooting for the G-Braves — even though the ballgame is definitely the main attraction. From playing catch on the field and bobblehead giveaways to Friday fireworks and movie-themed nights, there is entertainment for folks of all ages. That’s why general manager North Johnson describes the Gwinnett Braves as “more than a baseball game.” “That’s what we try to embody everyday — every game we try to make sure even the non-baseball fans can come out and have a good time,” Johnson said. A good example is the Field’s movie-themed nights, which help inspire movie fans, who may not necessarily be baseball fans, to dress up and come out to a game. The Field hosted “Star Wars” night in May, and last Saturday’s game was “Back to the Future” night, which celebrated the classic film’s 30th anniversary and featured The DeLorean on site as well as a Marty McFly jacket jersey auction. Coolray Field also hosts a variety of weekly promotions, including Meal Deal Monday, Fireworks Friday and Wednesday Baseball Bingo, where fans of all ages can play along with the on-field action during the game for the chance to win prizes.

A young fan plays a game of catch on Coolray Field before a Gwinnett Braves game during Sunday Family Funday on June 8. (Special Photos)

Families have the opportunity to leave the stands and step out onto the field during Sunday Family Funday. The weekly event gives youngsters the opportunity to bring their ball and glove to play catch on the field before the game. Kids ages 12 and under can also display their athletic abilities while running the bases after the game. There are also contests for kids to compete in during the game, like racing each other around the bases while stopping at each one, scrambling to put on another piece of a baseball uniform. Johnson said he really enjoys watching kids compete in waterthemed contests, like the game where contestants put on a helmet and try to catch water balloons or attempt to hit water balloons with a plastic baseball bat. “It’s cool for the kids, and it’s just a lot of fun,” he said. Johnson has fond childhood memories of catching a game at the local minor league ballpark with his older brother and dad, saying a highlight for him was getting treated to a bag of peanuts and soda. “Those memories that I have with my older brother and dad are the same memories we want to create for today’s generation,” he said. For more information about events and promotions at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, visit gwinnettbraves.com.

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Young fans enjoy running the bases with Gwinnett Braves mascot Chopper after a game at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville during Sunday Family Funday on June 8.

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Ted 2 offers more offensive — and surprisingly good — fun and George Carlin. We’ve caught glimpses of MacFarlane’s unique vision John (Mark for years on the animated Wahlberg) show “Family Guy,” but it and Ted (Seth always seems to get overMacFarlane) By Michael Clark shadowed by broader, base are Thunder Movie Critic and sophomoric humor that Buddies for Although summer only life in “Ted 2.” often negates it. To a much MacFarlane officially started this week, smaller degree, that happens returns as it is past the halfway mark in “Ted 2” as well, but that’s writer, director not really an issue. Freed for the roster of the year’s and voice star Hollywood blockbuster from the constraints of of the film. hopefuls. While not quite network TV by a hard “R” (Universal as bad as in recent years, rating, MacFarlane and the Pictures) this season’s crop has been other writers push bad taste nothing to celebrate either. humor to the limit here, and With most of the higherfor the most part, it works. years after the first ended. profile action stuff already plumbing is in disarray, their ence. She would be Sam It goes without saying that Ted (Seth MacFarlane) done, the next six weeks attempts at finding a sperm Jackson (Amanda Seyfried) this is not the kind of movie is marrying Tami-Lynn or so will focus largely on donor prove fruitless and who, like John and Ted, is for anyone who is easily (Jessica Barth), his gumcomedy, and if “Ted 2” is their combined drug use and a major stoner, but even offended by profanity, poany kind of indicator, things smacking, attitude-spewing rap sheets rule out adoption. while high a lot, she actulitical incorrectness or lewd girlfriend. Best man John will be looking up. Even if they could go that ally comes up with a decent sexual references. Coming out of far left (Mark Wahlberg) is happy route, they can’t because case. Clocking in at a tight and field three years ago, “Ted” for his pal but still down in the state of Massachusetts Points brought up in streamlined 106 minutes, was a surprise hit with the dumps in the wake of has ruled Ted is not a person Sam’s opening argument “Ted” did what it had to do, critics, and audience dolhis divorce from Lori (Mila but rather property. Yes, the (the Dred Scott Decision, took its exit early and, in lars drove it far beyond its Kunis, never seen) and is entire setup is preposterous, for example) are just some adhering to the oldest of all modest box office expecta- reluctant to get back into but director MacFarlane among many scattered entertainment idioms, left tions by pulling in over $0.5 the romantic saddle. A year and his two co-writers sell throughout the narrative the audience wanting more. billion worldwide on a $50 later, Ted and Tami-Lynn it so well, we buy into their by the screenwriters that More is exactly what we million budget. With that are going through a rough premise without a second shouldn’t fit into a movie get in “Ted 2,” but that’s not kind of ROI, everyone knew patch and he suggests they thought. like this but do. Always topi- always a good thing. there’d be a sequel, but few have a baby — the cure-all Infuriated at being descal and sharp but never what Even though it is just if any expected it to be this for every marital woe. ignated a non-person, Ted you might consider socially nine minutes longer than good. It might just be the It wouldn’t be a tradition- — with only minor prodenlightened or politically the first, the sequel feels best unplanned sequel since al child — mostly because ding by John — decides to empathetic, MacFarlane much lengthier thanks to “Terminator 2.” The only Ted is a stuffed animal lack- press the issue and sue the — obviously on purpose too much padding and filler. bad news: it could have ing…well, you know, exte- state. Not able to afford any — shows us a side of him A sequence that includes a been even better. More on rior male human stuff — but attorney, they are assigned we’ve never seen, and it eas- road trip to New York is the that in a bit. that’s the least of their one pro bono fresh out of ily ranks alongside the best most glaring. Why a four“Ted 2” opens three worries. Tami-Lynn’s indoor law school with no experiwork of satirists Mort Sahl hour/200 mile trip starting

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early in the day would require stopping overnight makes no sense and neither does most of what happens. Another drawn-out sequence takes place at a comic convention where villain Donny (Giovanni Ribisi) stalks Ted and John’s gay friend Guy (Patrick Warburton) and his partner beat up random nerds. If these two segments had been trimmed judiciously or excised completely, the result would have been a near-perfect bawdy comedy with keen socio-political observations. As with the first, MacFarlane enlists the help of many of his show biz friends who make cameos, some of which are often unflattering and border on creepy, but creepy is something MacFarlane does well. He’s also an equalopportunity offender. Here he rails against both sides of the political aisle with stinging fervor and doesn’t hold back when calling out sacred cow social stereotypes. “Ted 2” is smart, funny, brilliantly offensive and, dare it be said, thoughtful and touching, but still just a little too long. As summer sequels go, it is an anomaly and something to be relished. (Universal)

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‘Inside Out’ film fans

STANDOUT PERFORMANCE

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Pass: “Inside Out” is fun, entertaining and a little bittersweet. Finally, a movie explaining what’s going on inside a pre-teen mind. Fail: The only downside to “Inside Out” was around the mid-point. The movie started to drag and it came a little close to losing my interest. Luckily a strong opening and a strong finish made the whole experience worthwhile.

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OVERALL IMPRESSION

Amy Poehler is really good at sounding energetic with a positive attitude and is the perfect voice for Joy. Also I really liked Lewis Black as the voice behind Anger. Let’s just say he may not had to try very hard to play the role but he is the perfect fit!

Honestly, if you’re a fan of Pixar movies, you won’t be disappointed. Pixar is great at creating family friendly movies that is good for all ages.

I’d say for most families, go see it. It’s fun to watch and you’ll have some enjoyable conversations afterward.

After a long break from Pixar’s last movie, “Inside Out” delivered a solid movie with memorable characters and a setting that will be referenced for years. If you ever been around an erratic pre-teen and wondered what’s going on up there in their head, this is the movie for you. As a parent of two girls, I couldn’t help but think of our own experiences over the years and I laughed internally as I imagined which emotion was in charge those days. On the flip side, I knew my kids were thinking the same thing when they showed what the dad was thinking. Which, by the way, they nailed it! Be sure to stay and watch the credits to see a few other characters emotions.

I really liked Amy Poehler as Joy. She was perfect at trying to keep Riley happy, however inventive she had to be and her heart for her was obvious. Somewhat surprisingly, I also ended up really liking Sadness (Phyllis Smith) and it was neat how you came to see that she also had an important place.

Disney fans, of course, will enjoy this film as well as children of all ages.

I think this will be one of the most popular films of the summer and is a great way to spend a hot summer day in the theater. The show we watched wasn’t in 3-D but I’m sure that it would have added to it and brought even more entertaining animation and effects.

I did definitely enjoy this film which will make you laugh and cry. It was obvious they put a lot of time and thought into it. The short cartoon film “Lava” shown at the beginning was cute as well. Also, stay for a couple fun clips after the film ends.

All of the actors featured in this film give their all in accurately portraying emotions. The main character is most certainly the heroine of the story, but her emotions are the highlights that give the movie it’s humor and lightness. My favorite “emotion” was disgust, voiced by Mindy Kaling, who portrays snobbishness to a tee.

Fans of a lighthearted comedy would enjoy this movie, but again, it’s a movie fit for anyone. Parents would enjoy bringing their children to this movie yet teenagers would find it funny as well. It’s relatable to all audiences.

Go see it in theaters. The colors and animation really come to life on the big screen and the movie is never dull or boring.

Overall, “Inside Out” is a film that accurately represents a wide array of emotions without becoming overly clinical in it’s approach. “Inside Out” celebrates the normalcy in experiencing a variety of emotions, yet hinges on emotional maturity: the decision to focus on one emotion over another. While Riley could have remained sad in her family’s decision to move to San Francisco, she triumphs by electing to experience all the emotions that come with this part of her life. The movie is successful in that it doesn’t paint a broad brush over emotions, but rather deals with each one with respect, and best of all, humor.

Kenny Grams, Lawrenceville

HHHH Pass: This new Disney Pixar film was very good and a creative fun look on how emotions could work. I enjoyed all the characters and the clever ways they experienced their feelings. It was a good mix of being lighthearted with also some tug-at-your-heart moments. Fail: I don’t have any complaints about this film, and based on the positive audience’s reaction in our theater, they didn’t either.

Cindy Evans, Duluth

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Melissa Paul, Lawrenceville

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Pass: “Inside Out” was an incredible visual experience, as all Pixar movies are. But the most successful part of the movie was the poignant way in which it was written; it dealt with all emotions — from joy, sadness, disgust and fear — and did so in an accurate and touching way, yet peppered with enough humor that it never became sappy. The movie depicts the range of emotion that the main character, Riley, encounters as she is faced with the sad news of moving across the country, away from her friends and life as she knows it. The story is very relatable, and combined with stunning animation it is a movie fit for any audience. Fail: There really weren’t any negative aspects to the film!

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who soon contacts him and the writer willingly becomes a material part of the story, much to the chagrin of his already agitated girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) and lead detective Martinez Based on the novel “In (Andy Garcia). It’s an the Heat of the Summer” excellent companion by former Miami Herald piece to “All the Presiwriter John Katzenbach, dent’s Men” and “State “The Mean Season” of Play.” sharply divided audiencTechnical specificaes and critics alike when after the start of what tions: aspect ratio: Wiit came out in 1985 yet will become a series of descreen (1.85:1/1080p), has grown into a revered seemingly unconnected audio: English (Stereo), cult classic. Burned out gruesome murders com- subtitles: none. crime reporter Malcolm mitted by the “numbers Special features: Anderson (Kurt Russell) killer.” Malcolm’s unique • None rediscovers his mojo style impresses the killer (Olive Films, $29.95) A: Helen Mirren (Queen Elizabeth II) Lights, 3. What baseball record does the Crash (Kevin camera, Costner) character break in “Bull Durham?” A: Most lifetime Minor League home runs Test your 4. What food does the film knowledge with the title character in “Cool Michael Clark Hand Luke” eat until he passes out? So, you think you’re A: Eggs good at movie trivia? Ev5. Name two people ery week, we give readers to act along side of and the opportunity to flex their later to be directed by Ron movie muscles by answer- Howard. ing five trivia questions A: Clint Howard, from our movie critic, Kathleen Quinlan, MariMichael Clark. on Ross, Henry Winkler Congratulations to last Now, for this week’s week’s winner, Kathy questions: Cox of Suwanee. 1. What brand of Scotch Here are last week’s does Karen smuggle questions again and the into prison for Henry in answers: “GoodFellas?” 1. What Bee Gees song 2. What Beach Boys was featured in “Despisong plays over the closing cable Me?” credits in “American GrafA: “You Should Be fiti?” Dancing” 3. Name two movies 2. Who is the last person starring Julia Roberts to win a Tony, an Oscar, a that are set completely in SAG and a Golden Globe Europe. for playing the same char4. Name the highestacter? grossing movie (world-

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wide box office) shot mostly in and around Atlanta. 5. Name the last person to direct a blood relative actor or actress in an Oscar-winning performance. The first person (located in the US) to respond with all the correct answers receives a prize package of movie-related goodies, which could include promotional T-shirts, hats, posters, DVDs, video games and more. The winner also gets their name published in the next Weekend section. Please email your answers, along with your name to clarkwriter@mindspring. com. Include “Gwinnett Daily Post Trivia Contest” in the subject line. In the event no one answers all of the questions correctly, the person with the most correct answers submitted by 6 p.m. the Monday after the contest is posted will be the winner. Only one winner per household is eligible each 30-day period.

• “DANNY COLLINS” (June 30): Al Pacino plays a literal rock star who reassesses his life after receiving a special letter. (R)

recent HBO documentary miniseries that ended quite controversially comes to DVD and Blu-ray. (Not rated) • “THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL” (July 14) — Richard Gere joins returnees Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy in the seriocomic sequel. (PG)

• “GET HARD” (June 30): Headed for prison, a financial manager (Will Ferrell) seeks advice from a man (Kevin Hart) he presumes is an ex-con. (R) • “HOUSE OF CARDS: VOLUME THREE” (July 7) — Now the U.S. president, Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) takes his scheming to an entirely different level. (Not rated)

• “THE JINX: THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF ROBERT DURST” (July 7) — The

• “The Longest Ride” (July 14) — Rebounding from an injury, a rodeo rider (Scott Eastwood) falls for an art student (Britt Robertson) in this Nicholas Sparks story. (PG-13)

NOW SHOWING Recently reviewed films by movie critic Michael Clark now playing in metro area theaters: • Inside Out (PG) — 3 ½ stars As usual, Pixar outdoes itself in terms of content and originality with “Inside Out” — a heady story about the conflicting emotions taking place in the brain of an 11-year-old girl — but its overly cerebral, too-artsy, often downbeat tone will get lost on most kids. • Jurassic World (PG-13) — 2 ½ stars Surpassing even the most optimistic of predictions, the fourth in the “Jurassic” franchise shattered box office records and gave the throngs of thrill-seekers everything they wanted and less thanks mostly to a weak screenplay and excessive violence. • Live From New York! (R) — 3 ½ stars This all-too-brief documentary on the history of “Saturday Night Live” bravely avoids including the familiar clips and instead goes behinds the scenes with the creative folks and focuses on the show’s formidable political and social impact. • Entourage (R) — 2 ½ stars Like the long-running HBO show on which it’s based,

“Entourage” is brimming with misplaced, rich white guy entitlement, lots o’ young flesh, sex, drugs, booze and cameos from half of Hollywood and is less a feature film than an overlong, tacked-on final episode. • Love & Mercy (PG-13) — 2 ½ stars Paul Dano (as the younger) and John Cusack (as the older) both star as troubled musical genius Brian Wilson who, after fueling the Beach Boys hit-making machine, turned to musical and drug experimentation with harrowing mixed results. • Saint Laurent (R) — 1 ½ stars Slightly better (meaning less painful) but more bloated than the almost identical film from last year with a slightly different name, “Saint Laurent” seems less concerned with the man that reinvented high fashion and more with his hedonistic lifestyle. • Spy (R) — 3 stars In her third collaboration with filmmaker Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids,” “The Heat”), Melissa McCarthy hits comic gold in this romantic comedy posing as a spy spoof. Jude Law, Rose Byrne and Jason Statham all turn in terrific support in a movie that should’ve been shorter. • Aloha (PG-13) — 2 stars

The once great writer/director Cameron Crowe’s third straight stinker (“We Bought a Zoo,” “Elizabethtown”) is an incomprehensible mess which is likely due to editing that shortened it by 20 odd minutes. Even Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone can’t save it. • Good Kill (R) — 4 stars For his third collaboration with Ethan Hawke, filmmaker Andrew Niccol (“Lord of War,” “Gattica”) tackles the touchy subject of drone warfare and the unforeseen negative effects it has on soldiers. January Jones and Bruce Greenwood turn in great supporting roles. • I’ll See You in My Dreams (PG-13) — 3 stars In one of her rare lead performances, Blythe Danner stars as Carol, a long-time widow living in a California retirement community who suddenly finds herself being courted by two men (one being the endlessly entertaining Sam Elliot). • Tomorrowland (R) — 3 stars Co-writer/director Brad Bird (“The Iron Giant,” “The Incredibles”) gets a lot right in this unique sci-fi not-quitetime-travel adventure. When the filmmakers get preachy and political the movie loses its suspension of disbelief and keen sense of wonder.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015 • 9C

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Wild and weird Adam Scott, playing Alex left, and Jason Schwartzman, playing Kurt, talk while dipping their feet in “The Overnight.” The film premiered June 19 and centers around Alex’s family that recently moved to Los Angeles. (Special Photo)

‘Overnight’ follows family’s move out of the comfort zone The Overnight (R) 3 outHHHH of 4 stars

understanding of narrative film composition is impressive; it will be interesting to see what he does with bigger budgets and longer running times By Michael Clark in the future. Movie Critic Having just relocated from Seattle to Los AnFor the first half-hour geles, Alex (Adam Scott) of “The Overnight,” we and Emily (Taylor Schilreally have no idea whatling) are friendless but not soever where it’s headed. for long after a trip with For a movie that’s only 80 their toddler son to the minutes long, this is both local family-friendly park. admirable and sort of illIt is there where they meet advised. Second-time fea- Kurt (Jason Schwartzture writer/director Patrick man), whose haircut and Bryce exhibits supreme choice of headwear sugconfidence in his material gests he could either be a by never giving away too Hasidic Jew or a desperate much too soon, and this hipster. When Kurt speaks, approach remains for the he rarely comes up for air duration of the film. and is a tad too cordial but Bryce gets away with seems harmless, and when this by having his perhe asks Alex and Emily to formers talkrealfast and have dinner with him and dispense a lot of informa- his wife Charlotte (Jution via rich, non-verbal dith Godreche) and their visual shorthand. Bryce’s respective children, they

nervously accept. When arriving at Kurt and Charlotte’s home (the actual residence of Adam Carolla) with a bottle of Two Buck Chuck wine, Alex feels overwhelmed, which is expected. The home is palatial and signals that they might be out of their realm on a number of levels, but Kurt immediately makes them feel welcome and the dinner goes off without a hitch. The kids get along, are soon asleep and everyone has a comfortable wine and weed buzz working. Getting around to exactly what happens from this point on without giving anything away is tough, so we’ll proceed with generalities. Kurt and Charlotte operate outside of what most of us would consider everyday but share these portions of their life as if showing Alex and Emily

baby or family vacation photos. A video is shown which some would classify as clinical, others maybe not so much. The men go off and Kurt shows Alex samples of his photography and some paintings of a very unique body part. All of them go swimming; some with clothes, others not. Two of the four go for a booze run that’s not actually a booze run. Inhibitions drop like nighttime insects hitting a blue light, then go up again. Paranoia and misunderstandings ensue. In addition to his methodical storytelling pace, Bryce gets high marks for his casting choices; all four of the principal performers are perfect for their parts. Schwartzman fares the best as a guy who can be both menacing and serene at the same time. It’s never made clear if Kurt is way

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too confident or suffering from a crushing inferiority complex. Alex certainly has reasons to feel inferior. A “Mr. Mom” type with intimacy and physical roadblocks, he’s lucky to have Emily, a woman comfortable being the sole breadwinner who keeps both of them grounded but never anchored in routine. The French-born Charlotte is the wild card of the quartet whose European background and often differing social mores make her the lone wolf in the group. It is with the start of the third act that the ultimate destination of “The Overnight” is finally revealed, and for many it will be perceived as a letdown, yet few will view it as a sell-out. Others might actually consider it unabashedly realistic. Given the night that precedes it,

these strangers have gotten to know each other better than couples with decades of past association ever could and that might not be such a good thing. The last scene — taking place in what seems like weeks or months later — almost totally negates what happened previously. Again set at the park, it treats what happened that night as something of a lark; a passing naughty ship in the night — an instance where everyone lets loose and in the aftermath regards it as a drunken, fleeting flight of fancy. This was Bryce’s only glaring misstep. Either the players were acting out of character the entire time or they are all ashamed of what happened. In this instance, with this kind of material, you can’t have it both ways. You’re either all in or you fold.

‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ another cancer-stricken teen film

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (PG-13) 2 outHHHH of 4 stars By Michael Clark Movie Critic

The latest entry in the dubious “teen-dying-ofcancer” sub-genre gets credit for generally avoiding the tonal and narrative clichés that plague this type of film but does so in a cloying, self-aware manner. A great deal of the story includes humor, but yet again, it is the kind of comic relief that feels calculated and unnatural. It is twee to the nth degree and — in what will surely disappoint fans of the book on which it is based — it strays significantly from the source material. The “Me” in the title is Greg (Thomas Mann), a high school senior with severely low self-esteem who thinks his greatest accomplishment is being able to blend anonymously into the background. He has a Switzerland mindset, meaning he is no one’s enemy because he professes no opinion about anything. The only thing interesting about Greg is that he makes no-budget short films with Earl (RJ Cyler), the closest thing he has to a friend whom he refers to as his business partner. Together the pair has made 40 or so parodies and Greg hates all of them. Why then does he keep making movies? This is the first of many questions that arise during the course of “M&E&TDG” and few of them ever get answered. Why does Greg’s mom (Connie Britton, uncharacteristically frumpy)

RJ Cyler as “Earl” and Thomas Mann as “Greg” in “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” (Special Photos)

brow-beat him into befriending Rachel (Olivia Cook), the “dying girl” he hasn’t spoken to since grade school? Why is Rachel’s mom (Molly Shannon) always drinking and half in the bag every time we see her? Why is Greg’s disheveled dad (Nick Offerman) always wearing a robe and eating weird food? There is no reason for any of these things; they’re included solely to up the “quirk” factor. After the protracted and middling prologue Greg and Rachel begin to share some quality time together. At first it is (understandably) uncomfortable and borderline contentious but eventually they grow on each other and each looks forward to their daily visits. In keeping with his Debbie Downer outlook, Greg labels their newfound relationship as the “doomed friendship” — a point beaten to death with the multiple insertion of text on the screen by writer/director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (“First Day of Doomed Friendship,”

“223rd Day of Doomed Friendship,” etc.). On a few occasions, Earl joins Greg and Rachel, and it is only when Earl is on screen that the film shows promise or delivers any kind believability. Speaking in a frank and direct manner that always offers a welcome jolt and hearty chuckle, Earl provides the story with its sole bit of reality and punch. How he ever stayed with Greg this long is a mystery, but that often happens with oil-and-water artsy types. Things start looking up about halfway through when the resident class hottie Madison (Katherine C. Hughes) suggests to Greg and Earl that they make a movie for Rachel which, in theory, is a great idea, but the two start to feign creative indifference and mental blocks, and by the time Gomez-Rejon gets around to actually showing it to us, our interested has largely dissipated. Even though “M&E&TDG” is starkly different in tone and ap-

Thomas Mann, flanked by Olivia Cooke, left, and RJ Cyler, right, plays “Greg” in “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” Cyler plays Greg’s longtime friend “Earl” and Cooke plays “Rachel,” who has just been diagnosed with cancer before meeting the two boys.

proach than “The Fault in Our Stars,” “My Girl,” “A Walk to Remember” and the like, when it comes down to it, the content is pretty much the same and right in line with its target demographic: swooning,

lit-loving teen girls. Packaging a weepy Hallmark card in an egghead indie envelope won’t make it any edgier, nor will feeding actors lines that make them sound smarter alter the point

of the core story. Movies about children with cancer are a tough enough sell as they are; trying to frame them as intellectually superior to those of a similar ilk is probably not the way to go.

10C • FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2015

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HBO pulls laughs from global doom in ‘The Brink’ By George Dickie

not seeing a lot of, and this is a real opportunity. So we started to think what would The thought of mining a film in this genre be, a TV World War III and the threat show, and we just started to Tim Robbins of global annihilation for come up with it.” stars in “The And Black says it was that laughs might seem strange Brink,” which premiered uniqueness that drew him to some, but that’s just what Sunday, June in, as well as “the fact that it “The Brink,” HBO’s dark 21, on HBO. dealt with, you know, Middle new political satire, aims to Eastern politics and was a do. The 10-episode series, comedy, was just very fresh which premiered Sunday, and exciting, and I wanted to Jack Black stars in “The Brink,” which premiered Sunday, June 21, from executive party with these guys. June 21, on HBO. (Special Photos: Your TV Link) producer Jerry Weintraub “And yet we had a lot (“Ocean’s Eleven,” “The Ka- cans: besotted, womanizing Stewart”), Maribeth Monroe litical satire in creating “The were dealing with what was of different directors,” he rate Kid,” “Oh, God!”) and Secretary of State Walter continues. “When you say, (“Workaholics”), Esai MoBrink.” going on in the world, but co-creators Roberto and Kim Larson (Tim Robbins, “The rales (“NYPD Blue”), Eric “We went to go see the comedies were more intimate ‘Does the director let me do Benabib looks at a world that Shawshank Redemption”), Ladin (“The Killing”) and Kubrick exhibit that was and smaller and more about whatever I want?’ You know, the first director … Jay goes into crisis mode when a lowly foreign service officer Geoff Pierson (“Dexter”). in town,” he says, “and we the lives we lead during our Roach, I’ve always wanted rogue general seizes control Alex Talbot (Jack Black, At a recent gathering of found ourselves in the ‘Dr. daily existence. to work with him. And he of Pakistan and its nuclear “The School of Rock”) and TV critics in Pasadena, CaStrangelove’ part of the “And when I was growhad very clear, cool ideas of arsenal. ace Navy fighter pilot Zeke lif., comparisons were made exhibit. And it was interesting up, it was in the ’70s, As tensions rise and prowhat he was expecting from Tilson (Pablo Schreiber, to “Dr. Strangelove,” and ing because, as much as we and comedies were ‘Catch tests rage across the Middle me. And Tim Robbins … “Orange Is the New Black”). Roberto Benabib explains loved that film, we realized 22’ and ‘M*A*S*H’ and East, the fate of the world directed the second episode. Also in the large and talented that he and brother Kim took there wasn’t a lot like it at the ‘Getting Straight’ and ‘Dr. rests with three disparate … And we’ve got a great cast are Aasif Mandvi (“The inspiration from Stanley present moment in the world Strangelove,’ and we just — and desperate — Ameri- Daily Show With Jon Kubrick’s classic 1964 poof comedy. Clearly, dramas felt here’s something you’re history.” Your TV Link

‘Dome’ season premier looks to answer bigger questions By George Dickie

cover on it. And I wish we were talking after the premiere because there’s so much more I could say.” CBS promises that much will be What is known is that much of the resolved in Season 3 of the sci-fi main cast is back, including Vogel, drama “Under the Dome,” including Cahill, Rachelle Lefevre as investiwhat the dome is, what its purpose gative reporter Julia Shumway, Dean is, and what it wants. Norris as Big Jim Rennie and Colin But ask cast members of the series Ford as Joe McAlister, a teenager that returned Thursday, June 25, separated from his parents by the with a two-hour season premiere, dome. what any of that might mean and New to the cast is Marg Helgenthey struggle in formulating their berger (“CSI: Crime Scene Invesreplies. tigation”) as Christine Price, an “Sorry, I’m still adjusting to beanthropologist studying the dome; ing on a show that has spoilers,” Eriq La Salle (“ER”) as Hektor says Eddie Cahill, who begins his Martin, a ruthless CEO of an energy second season as troubled EMT Sam company run by Barbie’s father; Verdreaux, “so every time I want to and Kylie Bunbury as Eva, a woman say something I feel like I come up who comes to Chester’s Mill lookagainst a roadblock.” ing for the all-powerful egg. “So much is revealed in the two“Barbie and Julia’s relationship hour premiere,” adds Mike Vogel, gets tested big time by the addition who plays Dale “Barbie” Barbara, of Kylie Bunbury to the cast,” Vogel the visitor-turned-prisoner of the offers, “and the way that we get into dome and Chester’s Mill, Maine, it is very organic. It’s not a forced “but it’s so different from anything love triangle. It’s really, really interwe’ve done that if I were to talk esting.” about it, it completely blows the “Everything that’s happening this Your TV Link

year, it sort of splits up and pits two forces against one another. And the force, which Marg Helgenberger’s character is bringing … we find out she may or may not be who she says and that all of us are here for a reason and that this ordeal we go through is bringing out the worst things in people …. And some people are affected by that and some are resistant to that, and it sets up these two interesting, opposing forces.” Some people are still living outside the dome as the season opens — or so they think — and both men say the storylines will be more character-driven and that the overarching theme will be the enemy within. “I guess the essential drama is it’s the difference between the good of the individual versus the good of the group, and just people’s take on that,” Cahill says. “What if the worst thing that could happen is stuck inside this dome with you that you can’t get out of, and we spend so Mike Vogel stars in “Under the Dome,” which returned much time trying to get out of it?” Vogel says. “So yeah, there’s a lot of for its third season Thursday, June 25, on CBS. (Special Photo: Your TV Link) fun stuff to play with.”