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Vol. 47, No. 60

GCPS reveals performance-based teacher pay scale BY KEITH FARNER

District officials reeffect in leased details and various the 2018scenarios based on gradu19 school ate degrees and years of year, A long-discussed experience in a rollout in though deperformance-based recent weeks with admintails about teacher salary pay scale, istrators and teachers. The that are a change from the current two-part plan will begin still being J. Alvin longevity-based model, in August, and the second discussed. Wilbanks is coming to Gwinnett section, which would give HowCounty Public Schools awards for top performever, those awards will next school year. ers, is expected to go into be based on four metrics: keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com

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professional growth, Teacher Advancement Program evaluations, student growth and the weighted school assessment. “Moving the awards to phase two will provide us with more time and additional data, which will be important in determining that the systems and

metrics that will determine performanced-based awards are the right ones for our teachers,” CEO/ Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks said. The first changes offer a pay increase, and shift up the salary schedule scale, based on how teachers perform on evaluations and

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Eagle’s Landing Cafe and Grill owners Judy and Randall Eagleson share a laugh in their recently re-opened restaurant on Wednesday. The couple rebuilt their restaurant from the ground up after it was heavily damaged in a fire just before Thanksgiving last year. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans)

Eagle’s Landing Cafe and Grill reopens after late 2015 fire BY CURT YEOMANS

Pam Underwood has lived in Gwinnett County for years, but the county feels a little more like home this Christmas and she has Randall and Judy Eagleson to thank for that. It’s not that Gwinnett hasn’t felt right to her in the past. It’s the fact that she’s missed one of her favorite local restaurants, Eagle’s Landing Cafe. She’d been a customer since it opened 11 years until it was severely years ago, and she and her daughter had breakfast there damaged in a fire just before Thanksgiving last year. every Saturday morning for

Diners chat at the rebuilt Eagle’s Landing Cafe and Grill. The restaurant reopened earlier this month after it was heavily damaged in a fire just before Thanksgiving last year.

But the Eaglesons, who own the restaurant, gave loyal customers, like Underwood,

an early Christmas present this month when they reopened their rebuilt-fromthe-ground-up eatery. And that sits right with Underwood, who was back at the restaurant at 3001 River Drive south of Lawrenceville, eating breakfast with her daughter on Wednesday. “I’m excited,” Underwood said. “I’ve been waiting for them to re-open for a year.” Eagle’s Landing re-opened its doors on Dec. 4, welcoming customers into a brand new facility. The restaurant’s owners said they’ve been See REOPENED, Page 9A

Grace Arbor Respite Ministry’s annual holiday luncheon Tuesday was an emotional one for Susan Palmer. Susan acts as primary caregiver for her husband Dave Palmer, who suffers from dementia and used to visit the ministry. His condition worsened recently. Susan needed to get him full-time care and his visits to Grace Arbor have stopped. But Susan’s connection to the ministry hasn’t. “I have so many wonderful memories,” she said. That may be because Grace Arbor, a ministry out of the First United Methodist Church of Lawrenceville, is a pioneer in the art of providing a supportive environment for dementia patients and their caregivers. “What has been the most interesting thing is how we have multiplied,” said Robin Dill, the director of the respite ministry. Dill was hired to get Grace Arbor started in 2005, five years after the church decided it needed a day program to help care for some members suffering from dementia. She was a graduate from Clemson University who had studied animal sciences, but she didn’t hesitate over the decision to develop a respite. She had done some pastoral care at hospitals, but most her experience with dementia had been familial — she’d watched both her parents suffer from it. She’d also been a caregiver for her husband during his battle with cancer. “It was a personal and a professional draw for me,” Dill said. Grace Arbor was one of the first to take advantage of grants former Gov. Sonny Perdue set up around that time to See MINISTRY, Page 9A

Grace Arbor volunteers and participants serve themselves a covered luncheon Tuesday. (Staff Photo: Cailin O’Brien)

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Smaller, boutique-style hotels now allowed in Gwinnett BY CURT YEOMANS

Tuesday. Until this week, zoning rules required hotel rooms to be at least 300 square feet and lobbies to Gwinnett County leaders be at least 700 square feet. opened the door to let a new “There’s been a movekind of hotel come into the ment in the industry to have county this past week. hotel rooms that are smaller County commissioners than that and return to havapproved a zoning ordiing a large lobby area that nance change that removed has amenities for the guests the minimum size limits for of the hotel,” county planhotel rooms and lobbies on ning manager Jerry Obercurt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

holtzer told commissioners. “(This change) would allow new hotels to be constructed with a minimum square footage of each room as they wish.” While dropping the minimum size requirements may not sound like much of a change, it actually makes it possible for more boutique-style hotel lines to move into Gwinnett.

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Boutique hotels put less emphasis on guests spending time in their rooms while promoting more time spent in common areas, including lobbies filled with amenities such as pool tables and arcades. Such hotels are also known for having fewer hotel rooms, usually fewer than 100, and for appealing to younger hotel guests. The concept is more European in the approach to room size. One example of the concept would be

Hilton’s Tru hotel, county planning officials told the Daily Post earlier this month. Gwinnett Planning and Development Director Kathy Holland told the Daily Post on Dec. 7 that the county has been approached by two hotel companies that want to bring the concept to the county. One would be near Sugarloaf Mills, and the other would be too far away nearby in the Lakes Parkway area, she said. “From looking at all of

the different Marriotts and Hyatts and some of the larger hotels’ websites, they are all proposing this concept, which has a larger gathering area, in what would normally have been the lobby, where they break it up into community banked seating for Wi-Fi connectivity and the breakfast area,” she told the Daily Post at the time. “It seems to be promoting less time in your room — you’re just there to sleep and shower — and more community time.”

County, Sugarloaf CID partner on transportation, traffic study BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

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The Sugarloaf Community Improvement District isn’t even a year old yet, but that isn’t stopping it from tackling its piece of two of Gwinnett’s biggest challenges: transportation and traffic. Gwinnett County commissioners agreed this past week to partner with the new CID on a transportation study that will look at four major roads in the district. The county’s contribution to the study will be up to $100,000 in SPLOST funds, while the CID will be responsible for paying the rest. “This has been done with all of the other CIDs in the past,” county transportation director Alan Chapman said. The agreement to do the study comes at a time when some major internal movement is taking place within the CID. Its first-ever executive director, Alyssa Davis, is set to begin serving in that role on Jan. 3, and this will be hers and the districts first major project. The Board of Commissioners approved the CID’s creation in May. The district is Gwinnett’s

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Cars wait to cross the Sugarloaf Parkway and Satellite Boulevard intersection in this file photo. Gwinnett County and the Sugarloaf Community Improvement are teaming up to conduct a transportation study that will look at Sugarloaf, Satellite, Old Peachtree Road and Meadow Church Road. (File Photo)

sixth CID. “Sugarloaf is a little bit different (from other CIDs in Gwinnett),” Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said. “The other CIDs, for the most part, were formed because there were particular issues that the property owners in the area wanted to address. “Sugarloaf is being done on a more pre-emptive basis. I think they’ve seen the success of the other CIDs and they want to get ahead of the game, so to speak.” The CID is centered

around the Infinite Energy Center, and the transportation study will focus on possible projects that can be undertaken on Sugarloaf Parkway, Old Peachtree Road, Satellite Boulevard and Meadow Church Road. In addition to being major roads in the area, those roads also happen to roughly border the CID. “We are excited to work with Gwinnett County to explore transportation options,” Davis said in a statement. “It is a great way to start off the New Year and the efforts of the new CID.”

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GGC rates high in nation for space utilization trend that was first highlighted in 2013 following a two-year study of space utilization across Space utilization on the state that Chancellor college campus is a Hank Huckaby said was a topic that’s raised often, way to cope with ecoand was the subject of nomic realities. a University System of At the time, GGC easGeorgia study in the last ily led the state with a 77 five years. But Georgia percent utilization rate, Gwinnett College has re- far exceeded the lowceived national attention est school, which was this fall for its top-rated the College of Coastal use of facilities within Georgia at 26 percent. By the USG. comparison, the average “People are calling classroom at the Univerus, saying ‘How are you sity of Georgia was used doing this?’” Georgia only 18.5 hours during Gwinnett College Presia 40-hour work week, dent Stas Preczewski said and just two-thirds of in early December. “Can the seats were full when you replicate it? It can, used, which equated to a but it takes some effort.” 31 percent rate. GGC has continued a “Accordingly, we must By Keith Farner

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ensure that we are utilizing our entire space well before new Stas buildings Preczewski are approved,” Huckaby said at the time. By the fall of 2015, GGC space utilization rate dipped to 72 percent, but was still the highest within the USG and almost double that of the next highest institution. The USG study suggested that shared and joint space could be one solution, and noted that the 18 classrooms at the University of Georgia

Gwinnett campus were used for credit courses on nights and weekends only. The classrooms were also designed for continuing education, but the study raised the possibility that some could be shared with GGC for additional weekday peak instruction. That was the case for UGA previously at the Gwinnett University Center for several years before it to leased the current facility. New buildings are a way of life at GGC as 2017 will be the 12th straight year there is expected to be a crane on campus as plans move forward on phase four of Building C, an

$11.5 million project. Enrollment is expected to reach 13,000 students by August, the eighth-largest school in the USG, and Preczewski has said the campus needs more space for those additional students. Preczewski often credits city, county and state leaders for making GGC possible, and he said that was part of the reason the school succeeds in managing its space. It’s done it partly out of necessity because of the 2013 agreement by the General Assembly to have a implement a six-year draw down of $1.375 million per year for GGC. “Whatever you’ve asked us to do, you tell us

it’s got to be done, then failure is no longer an option so you find ways to get it done,” Preczewski said. “Cutting into budget even as we’re growing, we find more and more efficient ways. But if you told me tomorrow, I had an increase in $5 million, I’ll spend it. It’s this constant balance.” The school remains popular and mostly local in its student body. Preczewski said about 70 percent of its students are from Gwinnett and enrollment applications are up by about 450 compared to the same time last year. The school’s retention rate is 70 percent on campus and 15 percent for transfers, he said.

The top health care stories in Georgia for 2016

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Following is Georgia Health News’ list of the top Georgia health care stories during 2016: 1. Election of Donald Trump as president, pick of Tom Price as HHS chief signal likely repeal of ACA Republican Trump’s surprising presidential victory, as the GOP kept control of Congress, put opponents of the Affordable Care Act in control of the Washington agenda. Trump then chose Price, a Georgia congressman and physician who has long fought to dismantle the ACA, as chief of HHS.

President-elect Donald Trump selected Georgia Rep. Tom Price, a critic of Obamacare, to head the Department of Health and Human Services. (Photo: CNN)

Now the question is how much of the landmark 2010 health law will

survive? 2. Big insurers drop out of health insurance exchange; premiums go up, enrollment stays steady Both Aetna and UnitedHealthcare withdrew from the Georgia health insurance exchange for next year, and premiums here and nationwide soared for this coverage. But early figures show that Georgia exchange enrollment for 2017 is still strong. 3. Ross Harris convicted of murder in hot-car death of his son A judge sentenced Harris to life in prison without parole for leaving his 22-month-old son, Cooper, in a hot car to die in Cobb County in 2014. A jury’s verdict that Harris deliberately killed his son was rare; most such cases are prosecuted as instances of gross negligence. But the grim trial focused national attention on a child safety

crisis. 4. Child cancer cases remain under investigation GHN explored the status of current investigations into four child cancer cases in the Waycross area diagnosed in the summer of 2015. One of the four, Raylee Metts, died in October. 5. Hospital consolidation trend continues WellStar Health System acquired West Georgia Health and the five Tenet Healthcare hospitals in metro Atlanta, while Piedmont Healthcare finalized a deal with Athens Regional Health System. 6. The Atlanta-based CDC tackles the Zika problem in Florida, elsewhere The mosquito-borne tropical virus, which can cause serious birth defects such as microcephaly, made a scary though limited incursion into the United States. Locally transmitted

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA ADOPTION OF 2017 BUDGET The public is hereby notified that the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners intends to adopt a Budget for Fiscal Year 2017 during the commission meeting to be held on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at 2:00pm in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville, Georgia. A copy of the proposed Budget may be inspected during regular office hours (8:00am – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday) in the office of the Department of Financial Services, located on the second floor of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center, located at 75 Langley Drive in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The 2017 Proposed Budget may also be viewed online at www.gwinnettcounty.com. 459781-1

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cases, in which people were bitten by mosquitoes carrying Zika, began appearing in South Florida in July. 7. Piedmont, UnitedHealthcare finally settle contract dispute After a bruising public battle — and almost two months after their contract expired — the two health care heavyweights reached a new deal in August, before the start of Open Enrollment season. 8. Rural hospital tax credits approved to help boost endangered facilities The Georgia Legislature approved a program that allows individuals and companies to donate to a struggling rural hospital and receive a tax credit. The donation program, which will begin in January, will be widely watched by the industry. 9. Georgia, feds reach deal on fixing 2010 mental health accord State and federal officials reached agreement on how

Georgia can improve and expand services for people with developmental disabilities and mental illness, building on the terms of a landmark 2010 pact. The agreement addressed compliance problems that the Department of Justice and an independent reviewer had pointed out since the settlement was reached six years ago. 10. Georgia Chamber task force proposes increasing insurance coverage; plan still in limbo A task force created by the Chamber offered three proposals to increase the number of low-income people with health coverage in Georgia. But these ideas were based on the assumption that the federal Affordable Care Act would remain in place. With election results putting the fate of the ACA in jeopardy, the Georgia proposal now appears stalled. Andy Miller is editor and CEO of Georgia Health News.

FBI: Look out for ISIS attacks during holidays reuters WASHINGTON — U.S. federal authorities cautioned local law enforcement on Friday to be aware that supporters of Islamic State have been calling for their sympathizers to attack holiday gatherings in the United States, including churches, a law enforcement official said. The warning, issued in a bulletin to local law enforcement, said there were no known specific, credible threats. The notice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security was issued out of an abundance of caution

after a publicly available list of U.S. churches was published on pro-Islamic State websites. “The FBI is aware of the recent link published online that urges attacks against U.S. churches. As with similar threats, the FBI is tracking this matter while we investigate its credibility,” the FBI said in a statement. Islamic State sympathizers “continue aspirational calls for attacks on holiday gatherings, including targeting churches,” CNN quoted the bulletin as saying. The notice describes different signs of suspicious activity for which police should be alert, it said.

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Humans are unaffected by growth hormone in cows’ milk Dear Dr. roaCH: You recently wrote about growth hormone. I believe there is a small group of cows with growth hormone in their milk. This milk is why we almost never see very short people under a certain age. Is this the major source of growth hormone, or is it something else? — W.T.T. anSWer: In the United States, about 17 percent of cows are treated with bovine growth hormone, called rBGH, which increases milk production. The milk produced from these cows has no more growth hormone than milk produced from cows who are not given the hormone. Further, growth hormone is not well-absorbed, and bovine growth hormone is not active in humans. So, there is no effect from cows treated with this hormone in terms of height of human children. Cows treated with rBGH do get infections more frequently, so trace amounts of antibiotics are found more commonly in cows treated with rBGH. These cows also make more of a hormone called insulin growth factor 1, but it is unlikely to have a significant effect in humans, since a child produces 100 times more IGF-1 than he or she could drink in cow’s milk. Dear Dr. roaCH: About seven years ago, I had to have carpal tunnel surgery on both my wrists. I also had a trigger finger fixed on my left hand. While the carpal tunnel surgery fixed the numbness problems I had in both hands, I have been back five times to have different fingers on both hands fixed for the trigger finger trouble. I asked my doctor if the carpal tunnel surgery could have caused the resulting trigger fingers. He said it shouldn’t have had any effect. But I find it strange to have had such trouble since the original surgery. Do you know if the two are related? — D.F. anSWer: Carpal tunnel syndrome happens when there is increased pressure in the carpal tunnel, an anatomical space in the wrist composed of bone and connective tissue. Nine tendons of the hand, as well as the median nerve, pass through it. The increased pressure damages the nerve, causing pain, numbness or weakness in the hand. Treatment includes stopping the activity (say, repeated highintensity impacts, such as a jackhammer operator might experience), reversing any contributing medical condition (such as low thyroid levels), splinting, steroid injection or surgery. A trigger finger is when a finger gets stuck in the flexed position. It is caused by a tendon being trapped in the pulley system of the finger (for the record, the thumb is a finger). Trigger finger often can be treated with injection of a corticosteroid, although a given area may require up to three injections. Sometimes surgery is necessary.

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The solunar tables for lakes are based on studies that show fish and game are more active at certain times during the lunar period. MAjOR

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Allatoona

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Lanier

(1071.0) ......1060.45

Blackshear (237.0) ........236.19

Nottely

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Blue Ridge (1690.0) ......1666.80

Oconee

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Burton

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Seminole

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Carters

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Sinclair

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Chatuge

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Thurmond

(330.0) ........319.85

Harding

(521.0) ........ 517.97

Tugalo

(891.5) ........889.13

Hartwell

(660.0) ....... 649.29

Walter F. George(188.0) ... 187.47

Jackson

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West Point (635.0) ........628.13

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Wife’s work spouse worries husband Dear amy: I am 51 years old, and my wife and I have been married for 25 years. My wife has a male colleague at work that she has been good friends with for more than 20 years. It has been bothering me for quite some time now that they text each other after work and over the weekend. Nothing has ever led me to believe anything is going on, other than friendship. However, since it is bothering me, I did some research and there is evidence that many “affairs” start out as friendships and that texting can often lead to something more. I have shared my feelings on three different occasions, and my wife tells me there is nothing to worry about. If it bothers me, shouldn’t that bother her? He is a great guy and I don’t think anything is going on, but I am concerned. Am I paranoid? — Worried Hubby Dear WorrieD: You admit to being at least a little paranoid about this long-standing friendship. The question is, why are you concerned about this relationship now? Is it because the off-hours texting is a new thing, or are you perceiving changes in your relationship with your wife that causes you to worry? I agree with you that if this bothers you, it should

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Amy Dickinson bother your wife. It is definitely true that anyone engaging in an emotional affair would falsely reassure their spouse by saying they had nothing to worry about — as your wife has done. A perceptive and sensitive spouse would also recognize where the insecurity came from, and would take some very easy steps to remove the worry. It would be easy for your wife to let you in, and also be reassuring, by telling you, “Oh — that text was from Jerry. He sent along a link to this hilarious video. Check it out. Should I tell him you say hi?” What I’m getting at is that your wife could easily loop you into this friendship just enough so that it dispelled your worry. If she is sharing personal intimacies about your marriage with this friend, then that is a definite red flag. Dear amy: My husband and I have been married for 12 years. When we met, one of the qualities that attracted me most was

his desire to explore the country and not spend forever living in one place. Recently my husband accepted a job that allows us to live anywhere. This is the chance of a lifetime, but while I’m researching new areas to live in, he is suddenly set on staying right where we are. We are from different regions of the country and we have always lived very close to where he grew up. I have expressed my desire to move across the country for several years and he has always said that he would love to go, until now. Amy, I feel completely deceived. I never had any intention to live in this region forever and I thought he felt the same. Suddenly, I’m feeling lied to and trapped. How do I deal with him not only going back on everything he’s said, but also his selfishness in knowing that I don’t like living here and his refusal to leave? — Wandering Dear WanDering: You don’t disclose how deeply you have discussed this issue with your husband. You also characterize your husband’s change of heart as “lying.” Did he actively deceive you at the start of the relationship, or have his goals changed over time? There is a difference. This is an important issue. You have the right to

have your own needs and goals met without feeling trapped and lied to. You two need to talk about this beyond you simply stating that you want to leave and him saying that he wants to stay. A counselor will help. So will this book: “Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most,” by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, and Sheila Heen (Penguin Books, 2010). Dear Amy: “Not Engaged” faced a tricky situation when her girlfriend asked her mother for her hand in marriage, and the mother basically hedged on offering her permission. My husband and I faced a similar engagement backfire when he asked my father for my hand. My father said, “I don’t own her hand and therefore can’t give it to you. You’ll have to ask her.” We got married, anyway, but this was a serious thunder-stealer. — Happily Married Dear marrieD: Thanks, Dad. You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson.com. Readers may send postal mail to Amy Dickinson, c/o Tribune Content Agency, LLC., 16650 Westgrove Dr., Suite 175, Addison, TX 75001. You can also follow her on Twitter @ askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

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fierce statewide. “We’re really encouraging people to enter,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of Georgia Power wants participation so far.” to pay you for your light Participants enter the display. contest either by visiting The power company is the company’s Facebook hosting the Light up the page or Twitter page and Holidays contest through uploading a light display Jan. 8. Winners could re- photos. Facebook piccieve $50, $250 or $500 tures should be uploaded prizes. to the #GeorgiaPow“This is our first ever erLights app, while contest, so we’re really Twitter pictures should proud of it,” said Andrew be tweeted with #GeorVickery, a Georgia Power giaPowerLights. Twitter spokesman. participants should also Vickery couldn’t say as follow @GeorgiaPower. of Friday how many parFacebook users will ticipants from the Gwin- vote for their favorite nett area had entered the pictures on the #Georcontest, but he did say giaPowerLights app. competition had become Tweets with the most cailin.obrien @gwinnettdailypost.com

“likes” will win on Twitter. “Once they post their photo, they should get their friends and family to go in there and vote for them,” Vickery said. But likes aren’t everything. Once a week, Georgia Power will randomly select one winner from each platform to receive a $50 gift card. The company will announce two grand prize winners, one residential and one business, the week of Jan. 16 based on the number of votes or likes on each platform. Each grand prize winner will receive a $500 gift card, a plaque and an opportunity to be featured

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may still take place near roadways. They are also taking the opportunity to remind drivers to not get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol, and to avoid distractions while driving. “Driving under the influence is always an obvious concern - especially during the holidays,” Hancock said. “But it’s the not-so-obvious distractions—like singing and talking in the car—that you also need to be wary of. Let’s make this a safe, happy time for all.” GDOT officials recommended drivers check www.511ga.org, call 511 or use the Georgia 511 app to check real-time traffic and travel information as well.

Elvie Lorene (Sharp) Conners left this world with a smile on her face Friday, December 16, 2016. Born in Carthage, TX on July 18, 1930, she was the third youngest of 7 children. She married James Conners on June 3, 1949, and had three children, Diana, James, and Debbie. She worked many years for KFC and lived in Lawrenceville, GA where she faithfully attended and was involved at St. Lawrence Catholic Church. Prior to moving to Georgia, Lorene was an Air Force wife and moved her family numerous times to different countries and different states in the U.S. She is survived by her 3 children, 4 grandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. Lorene will be remembered fondly as a proud, giving woman who loved to go on adventures, was always there for her family, and had a great sense of humor. A Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, December 30, 2016 at 11AM at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Lawrenceville. Interment will follow in the Field of Honor at Georgia Memorial Park in Marietta. The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 29th from 6pm-8pm at Tom M. Wages Law-

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The passage of Friday’s resolution changes nothing on the ground between Israel and the Palestinians and likely will be all but ignored by the incoming Trump administration. But it was more than merely symbolic. It formally enshrined the international community’s disapproval of Israeli settlement building and could spur further Palestinian moves against Israel in international forums. Palestinian says U.N. move ‘big blow’ to Israel policy Trump is likely to be a more staunch supporter of Netanyahu’s right-wing policies. He has picked a hardline pro-Israel ambassador and vowed to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, in what would be a major reversal of longstanding American policy. The U.N. action was “a big blow to Israeli policy, a unanimous international condemnation of settlements and a strong support for the two-state solution,” a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a statement published by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. “This is a day of victory for international law, a victory for civilized language and negotiation, and a total rejection of extremist forces in Israel,” Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat told Reuters. Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Danny Danon, said he had no doubt the incoming Trump administration and Ban’s successor as U.N. chief, former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, “will usher in a new era in terms of the U.N.’s relationship with Israel.”

UNITED NATIONS — The United States on Friday allowed the U.N. Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, defying heavy pressure from long-time ally Israel and President-elect Donald Trump for Washington to wield its veto. A U.S. abstention paved the way for the 15-member council to approve the resolution, with 14 votes in favor, prompting applause in the council chamber. The action by President Barack Obama’s administration follows growing U.S. frustration over the unrelenting construction of Jewish settlements on land Palestinians want for a future independent state. “Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolution at the U.N. and will not abide by its terms,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has encouraged the expansion of Jewish settlements in territory captured by Israel in a 1967 war with its Arab neighbors, said in a statement. The U.S. action just weeks before Obama ends eight years as president broke with the long-standing American approach of shielding Israel, which receives more than $3 billion in annual U.S. military aid, from such action. The United States, Russia, France, Britain and China have veto power on the council. The resolution, put forward by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal a day after Egypt withdrew it under pressure from Israel and Trump, was the first adopted by the council on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years. The U.S. abstention was seen as a parting shot by Obama, who has had an acrimonious relationship with Netanyahu and whose efforts to forge a peace agreement based on a “two-state” solution of creating a Palestinian state existing peacefully alongside Israel have proven futile. Obama also faced pressure from U.S. lawmakers, fellow Democrats as well as Republicans, to veto the measure, and was hit with bipartisan criticism after the vote. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, took the extraordinary step by a U.S. president-elect of personally intervening in a sensitive foreign policy matter before taking office, speaking by telephone with Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi before Egypt, another major U.S. aid recipient, dropped the resolution. Trump wrote on Twitter after the vote, “As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th.” “There is one president at a time,” Ben Rhodes, White House deputy national security adviser, told reporters, dismissing Trump’s criticism. Outgoing U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon welcomed the resolution. Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called on Israel to “respect international law.” But Netanyahu said, “At a time when the Security Council does nothing to stop the slaughter of half a million people in Syria, it disgracefully gangs up on the one true democracy in the Middle East, Israel, and calls the Western Wall ‘occupied territory.’” Israel for decades has pursued a policy of constructing Jewish settlements on territory captured by Israel in a 1967 war with its Arab neighbors including the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Most countries view Israeli settlement activ-

ity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as illegal and an obstacle to peace. Israel disagrees. ‘No legal validity’ The resolution demanded that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem” and said the establishment of settlements by Israel has “no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law.” The White House said that in the absence of any meaningful peace process, Obama made the decision to abstain. The last round of U.S.-led peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians collapsed in 2014. The Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. “We could not in good conscience veto a resolution that expressed concerns about the very trends that are eroding the foundation for a two-state solution,” Rhodes said. American U.N. ambassador Samantha Power said the United States did not veto it because the resolution “reflects the facts on the ground and is consistent with U.S. policy across Republican and Democratic administrations.” Successive U.S. administrations of both parties have criticized settlement activity but have done little to slow their growth. The Obama administration has called settlement expansion an “illegitimate” policy that has undermined chances of a peace deal. The Security Council last adopted a resolution critical of settlements in 1979, with the United States also abstaining.

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Aleppo and the decline of America WASHINGTON — The fall of Aleppo just weeks before Barack Obama leaves office is a fitting stamp on his Middle East policy of retreat and withdrawal. The pitiable pictures from the devastated city showed the true cost of Obama’s abdication, for which he seems to have few regrets. In his end-of-year news conference, Obama defended U.S. inaction with his familiar false choice: It was either stand aside or order a massive ground invasion. This is a transparent fiction designed to stifle debate. Five years ago, the popular uprising was ascendant. What kept a rough equilibrium was regime control of the skies. At that point, the U.S., at little risk and cost, could have declared Syria a no-fly zone, much as it did Iraqi Kurdistan for a dozen years after the Gulf War of 1991. The U.S. could easily have destroyed the regime’s planes Charles and helicopters on the Krauthammer ground and so cratered its airfields as to make them unusable. That would have altered the strategic equation for the rest of the war. And would have deterred the Russians from injecting their own air force — they would have had to challenge ours for air superiority. Facing no U.S. deterrent, Russia stepped in and decisively altered the balance, pounding the rebels in Aleppo to oblivion. The Russians were particularly adept at hitting hospitals and other civilian targets, leaving the rebels with the choice between annihilation and surrender. They surrendered. Obama has never appreciated that the role of a superpower in a local conflict is not necessarily to intervene on the ground, but to deter a rival global power from stepping in and altering the course of the war. That’s what we did during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when Moscow threatened to send troops to support Egypt and President Nixon countered by raising America’s nuclear alert status to Defcon 3. Russia stood down. Less dramatically but just as effectively, American threats of retaliation are what kept West Germany, South Korea and Taiwan free and independent through half a century of Cold War. It’s called deterrence. Yet Obama never had the credibility to deter anything or anyone. In the end, the world’s greatest power was reduced to bitter speeches at the U.N. “Are you truly incapable of shame?” thundered U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power at the butchers of Aleppo. As if we don’t know the answer. Indeed the shame is on us for terminal naivete, sending our secretary of state chasing the Russians to negotiate one humiliating pretend cease-fire after another. Even now, however, the Syria debate is not encouraging. The tone is anguished and emotional, portrayed exclusively in moral terms. Much less appreciated is the cold strategic cost. Assad was never a friend. But today he’s not even a free agent. He’s been effectively restored to his throne, but as the puppet of Iran and Russia. Syria is now a platform, a forward base, from which both these revisionist regimes can project power in the region. Iran will use Syria to advance its drive to dominate the Arab Middle East. Russia will use its naval and air bases to bully the Sunni Arab states, and to shut out American influence. It’s already happening. The foreign and defense ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey convened in Moscow this week to begin settling the fate of Syria. Notice who wasn’t there. For the first time in four decades, the United States, the once dominant power in the region, is an irrelevance. With Aleppo gone and the rebels scattered, we have a long road ahead to rebuild the influence squandered over the last eight years. President-elect Donald Trump is talking about creating safe zones. He should tread carefully. It does no good to try to do now what we should have done five years ago. Conditions are much worse. Russia and Iran rule. Maintaining the safety of safe zones will be expensive and dangerous. It will require extensive ground deployments and it risks military confrontation with Russia. And why? Guilty conscience is not a good reason. Interventions that are purely humanitarian — from Somalia to Libya — tend to end badly. We may proclaim a “responsibility to protect,” but when no American interests are at stake, the engagement becomes impossible to sustain. At the first losses, we go home. In Aleppo, the damage is done, the city destroyed, the inhabitants ethnically cleansed. For us, there is no post-facto option. If we are to regain the honor lost in Aleppo, it will have to be on a very different battlefield. Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.

Keep Christmas in your heart all year What can be said about Christmas Day that hasn’t already been said, and by people more eloquent than this scribe? Norman Vincent Peale, who has said quite a few wise things in his day, said, “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world and, behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” I so hope this is true for you and yours. I have travelled so much of the world and seen so many people, including those in neighborhoods very close by, where I fear that Christmas, be it the spiritual holiday that my family and I celebrate or the secular one that the weary world seems to adore, is just another day. I can’t think of anything quite so sad. David Cameron, recently deposed as prime minister of the United Kingdom, once reflected that “Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us — a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and plan for the year ahead.” I promise you that I have done enough reflecting the past three months to last a lifetime, and I still haven’t come up with any answers. As I sit by the fire, thinking about this year’s

Charles Dickens, who authored a Christmas book that I reread every December, wrote, “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to honor it all year.” I say, hear, hear! Every year I make that same promise to myself and to God. This will be the year I Darrell keep that promise! Huckaby The dearly departed curmudgeon Andy Rooney said, celebration, I am well aware “One of the most glorious of how blessed I have been. messes in the world is the I have a warm home — with mess created in the living central heating, light switches room on Christmas Day.” on the wall, no cracks in the Then he advised, “Don’t floor and a bathroom right clean it up too quickly.” inside the house. That is really good advice, I have money in my bank and I intend to heed it this account and a beautiful famyear. I want Christmas to linily and lovely wife. I would ger as long as it can this year. trade material things I have Especially this year. for the assurance that my George Carlin said that whole family would enjoy “the reason Santa is so jolly is health and peace throughout because he knows where all the new year. the naughty girls live.” Leave Dale Evans, of Roy Rogers it to George Carlin to break and Trigger and Buttermilk up the mood, but it’s still fame, said that “Christmas is funny. love in action. Every time we Shirley Temple, whom I love, every time we give, it’s have always adored, said, “I Christmas.” I don’t know if stopped believing in Santa that is theologically true, but I Claus when I was 6. Mother like the sentiment. It reminds took me to see him in the me of one of my favorite department store and he asked Elvis songs. “Why can’t me for my autograph.” That every day be like Christmas?” could do it. Indeed. But Christmas Day — it’s Along those same lines, the most special day of the

year for most of us. It is the culmination of weeks or even months of planning, and if we are among the fortunate, we get to celebrate surrounded by loved ones with memories of Christmases past and grand hopes for Christmases yet to come. I hope that you are one of the fortunate ones, this Christmas and throughout the year. I also hope that you will take time on Christmas Day to remember, and perhaps say a prayer, for the men and women of the armed forces, scattered around the world, in harm’s way, protecting our right to celebrate — or not celebrate — Christmas as we see fit. I hope you’ll remember the police officers who are away from their own families to protect and serve yours and mine. I hope you’ll think about the medical professionals who are caring for the ill and hurting, and all of the other folks who have to serve others on this special day. And lastly, I offer the greatest Christmas quotation ever, from Luke, who wrote, “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” Merry Christmas.

I wish I had been in Bethlehem on the first Noel This column has become a Christmas tradition and I share with you once again this year. It is dedicated to all who believe. I wish I had been there. In Bethlehem. I wish I had witnessed the birth of the baby Jesus in a lowly manger. Was it really as cold that night as it is sometimes depicted on our Christmas cards, or was it as cool and comfortable an evening as it is predicted to be this year in Bethlehem? I wish I could have seen firsthand Mary’s face as she looked lovingly at her new baby, and that I could have asked her if she knew her life and ours would be changed forever. Did she really understand what God had wrought? And Joseph. Poor simple Joseph. What must have been going through his mind? He was in Bethlehem only because he was required to register for the census in his hometown as decreed by Caesar Augustus. Did he have any idea what he had gotten himself into? I wish I could have seen the star that guided people to the manger. Like everyone else that evening, I am sure I would have been stupefied and afraid, even

Dick Yarbrough though the angels said not to be. I think even hearing from a bunch of angels would have scared me. I wish I could have observed the shepherds as they came pouring into Bethlehem from the hills where they had been tending their flocks, headed for the manger to see for themselves what the angels had proclaimed to them. What did this rough-hewn bunch think when they saw that little baby? The Bible says they went back and told others what they had seen. I wish I could have heard what they said about what they had seen. Shepherding was probably never the same for them after that night. I wish I could have been there when the Magi arrived. That must have been quite an event in Bethlehem to have

three kings from the East appear to pay homage to the little baby and to present him with gifts of gold and myrrh and frankincense. Why those three particular gifts? I am sure the gold had some practical application and frankincense probably helped sweeten the air around the stables, but myrrh? Did anyone see the irony in the fact that myrrh would be one of the spices that would be offered to Jesus at his crucifixion to dull the pain of the nails and the crown of thorns and later would be used to prepare his body for burial? Was this a sign of things to come? God’s ways are mysterious. I wish I could have talked to the other people in Bethlehem who were there to register for the census along with Mary and Joseph and to try and explain to them that a child had been born in their midst that would change the course of history. I am not sure they would have believed me if I could have even gotten them to listen. Anyway, they probably had no interest in what was going on in town. They just wanted to get out of Bethlehem and back home so that they could get on with their routine lives.

I wish I could figure out what has happened to us Christians since that fateful night in Bethlehem some 2,000 years ago. Where is our awe? Where is our reverence? Where is our wonderment? Why have we allowed the birth of our Savior to morph into cocktail parties, Black Fridays, Cyber Mondays and gaudy light displays? Why did we permit this sacred event to be high-jacked by retailers who make money off of our holy day, but don’t allow the term “Merry Christmas” to be uttered, printed or acknowledged lest someone be offended? And we go along with it as though it doesn’t matter? Shame on us. This is why I wish I had been there. I wish we all had been there together. In Bethlehem. With Mary and Joseph and the babe. With the shepherds. With the angels. With the Magi. Maybe if we had witnessed these things for ourselves, then we would understand how special Christmas really is. You can reach Dick Yarbrough at yarb2400@bellsouth.net; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139; online at dickyarbrough.com or on Facebook at www.facebook. com/dickyarb.

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world Tunisian security arrest 3 for links to Berlin suspect TUNIS — Tunisian security forces have arrested three suspected militants after uncovering their links to Anis Amri, the Tunisian national believed responsible for the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12 people, the interior ministry said on Saturday. Amri’s nephew was among the three men and had been in touch by social media messaging with Amri, the ministry said. Amri was killed on Friday by Italian police after he pulled a gun on them during a routine search. The three were between the ages of 18 and 27 and had been active around Amri’s hometown of Oueslatia, central Tunisia. The nephew had been communicating with Amri about declaring allegiance to Islamic State and had also sent him money using a false name, it said. In Spain, intelligence services are investigating a possible connection via Internet between Amri and a Spanish resident on Dec. 19, Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido told radio station COPE on Saturday. He said police and security forces were studying the information and deciding whether to make any arrests. Amri, 24, is suspected of plowing a truck through the Berlin market on Monday. In a video released on Friday after his death, he is seen pledging his allegiance to militant group Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./MOSCOW — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump upped the stakes on Friday in a back-and-forth exchange with President Vladimir Putin over nuclear weapons that tested the Republican’s promises to improve relations with Russia. Offering a glimpse of how he might conduct diplomacy after taking office on Jan. 20, Trump reportedly welcomed a nuclear arms race with Russia and China and boasted that the United States would win it. MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said Trump told her in an off-air phone call: “Let it be an arms race. We will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all.” The television station did not play his comments on air. It was the second brusque comment about atomic weapons in two days from the New York businessman that alarmed nuclear nonproliferation experts worried about fueling global tension. The broadsides from Trump’s resort in Florida appeared to be aimed mostly at Putin even though the two men have vowed to patch up relations between their countries once the Republican enters the White House. Trump tweeted unexpect-

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a USA Thank You Tour event in Orlando, Fla, Dec. 16. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

edly on Thursday that, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes,” but gave no further details. That comment appeared to be a response to Putin who said earlier on Thursday that Russia needed to “strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces.” Russia and the United States are at odds over Syria’s civil war and Ukraine but Cold War-style nuclear tensions have greatly eased in recent years. Moscow and Washington signed the New START nuclear treaty

in 2010 which reduced strategic weapons and delivery systems. Putin cautious Putin, accused by the Obama administration of overseeing a wave of cyber attacks against U.S. political organizations during the presidential campaign, said on Friday he had no interest in competing with the U.S. nuclear weapon program. “If anyone is unleashing an arms race it’s not us … We will never spend resources on an arms race that we can’t afford,” he said at a news conference. The Russian president said he was surprised by State Department comments

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Lockheed CEO tells Trump she’ll work on F-35 cost

The chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp told President-elect Donald ANKARA — Syrian Trump on Friday that she rebels backed by Turkish was committed to driving warplanes killed 68 Islamic down the cost of the comState militants in northern pany’s F-35 fighter jet, a day Syria overnight, the Turkish after Trump took aim at the military said on Saturday, as cost of the F-35 in a Twitter intense fighting around the post. town of al-Bab continued. CEO Marillyn Hewson Rebels supported by Turk- said she spoke with Trump ish troops have laid siege to on Friday afternoon and the Islamic State-held town assured him that she had for weeks under the “Euheard his message “loud and phrates Shield” operation clear” about reducing the launched by Turkey nearly cost of the F-35. four months ago to sweep Trump, in a tweet posted the Sunni hardliners and late on Thursday, suggested Kurdish fighters from its that an older aircraft made Syrian border. by rival aerospace company Fighting around al-Bab Boeing Co could offer a has escalated this week with cheaper alternative to the Turkish soldiers and 138 F-35. jihadists killed in clashes on “Based on the tremenWednesday in the deadliest dous cost and cost overruns day since the start of Turof the Lockheed Martin key’s Syrian incursion. F-35, I have asked Boeing to Sixty-eight Islamic State price-out a comparable F-18 militants have been “neuSuper Hornet!” Trump said. tralized” in fighting and air Hewson, in a statement strikes near al-Bab since posted on Twitter, said Friday night, the military she had had “a very good said in a statement. conversation” with Trump A total of 141 Islamic on Friday. State targets were hit in “I gave him my personal the attacks and one of its commitment to drive the military headquarters was cost down aggressively,” she destroyed, the military said in the statement. said, adding that two of the Turkish-backed rebel fightObama signs ers had been killed and one defense wounded. Defence Minister Fikri spending bill, Isik said on Friday that the jabs Gitmo policy area around a hospital used HONOLULU — U.S. as a command center and President Barack Obama ammunition depot by Islamic State had been cleared on Friday signed into law of militants, marking a an annual defense policy breakthrough for the rebels. bill, but in a lengthy state— From wire reports ment he raised objections

that the U.S. military is the most powerful in the world. “Nobody is arguing with that,” Putin said. He said he did not regard the United States as a potential aggressor and said he saw nothing new or remarkable about Trump’s own statement about wanting to expand U.S. nuclear capabilities. The United States is in the midst of a $1 trillion, 30-year modernization of its aging nuclear arsenal and replacement of its ballistic missile submarines, bombers and land-based missiles. It is a price tag that most experts say the United States can ill afford.

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A&E changes ‘Generation KKK’ title to ‘Escaping the KKK’

LOS ANGELES — Looking to emphasize that its new project exploring a resurgence in the Ku Klux Klan is a serious-minded documentary and not an entertainment reality show, A&E has changed the title of “Generation KKK” to “Escaping the KKK: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America.” The cable channel also has sealed a new partnership with civil-rights group Color of Change. The organization will produce segments featuring civil-rights leaders to help provide context to the documentary. Those pieces will air between segments of “Escaping the KKK.” A&E will also produce a post-show townhall special on ending hate in America. Set to premiere Jan. 10, “Escaping the KKK: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America” is an eight-part documentary that looks at the lives of several families involved with the KKK, and efforts to help some members of those families extricate themselves from the hate group. It also examines the way that the Klan encourages the indoctrination and recruitment of children. “This what happens behind the scenes and how hate groups evolve and continue,” Rob Sharenow, executive vice president and general manager of A&E, told Variety. “That was really the focus of the entire series.”

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Arizona man authorities described as an avowed A US Marine Corps Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter jet Jihadist was arrested for taxis after landing at the Royal International Air Tattoo at plotting an Islamic Stateinspired lone-wolf attack Fairford, Britain July 8. (Reuters/Peter Nicholls) in the state. Cleveland cop’s to parts of it, including Derrick Raymond policies blocking him Thompson, 30, of Phoetoddler fatally from closing the detention nix was charged with center at Guantanamo Bay, shoots himself one felony count each The 2-year-old son of Cuba. of assisting a criminal a Cleveland police officer Obama pledged in his syndicate and misconduct fatally shot himself with 2008 presidential caminvolving weapons stempaign to close the military his father’s service weapon ming from his activities prison, but his efforts have Friday morning, police since at least July 2014, said. been blocked by mostly according to FBI officials Officers responded to Republican opposition in and documents filed with Congress. The Democratic Officer Jose Pedro’s home an Arizona state court. at about 10:30 a.m. and president has instead reThompson, also known duced the population there took his son to Metroas Abu Talib Al-Amriki, by transferring prisoners to Health Medical Center, remains in a Maricopa where the boy was proother countries. County jail after his arrest nounced dead. The administration on Tuesday by FBI agents The toddler’s older recently told Congress it as part of the agency’s would move up to 18 more brother had run into the Joint Terrorism Task prisoners of the 59 remain- street, pleading for help, a Force, officials said. He is ing at Guantanamo before neighbor told CNN affilibeing held on a $100,000 ate WJW. Obama leaves office next cash bond. “(He) was saying ‘somemonth. The target of the attack “During my administra- body call the police. … was not specified in the My brother shot himself,’” documents filed at the Ention, we have responsiSonya Hobbs said. “When canto Justice of the Peace bly transferred over 175 I went in there, I saw that detainees from GuantaCourt in Phoenix. FBI baby — he was only 2 namo,” Obama said in the officials said the investigastatement on Friday. “Our years old — laying on the tion is continuing but there efforts to transfer addition- floor.” were no indications of Both police and the al detainees will continue additional threats. county medical examiner’s until the last day I am in Agents said in court office have declined to office.” documents filed on release the boy’s name. President-elect Donald Thursday that Thompson Pedro has been with the attempted to buy a semiTrump, who will be sworn department since 1993. in on Jan. 20, said durautomatic weapon online Police officers, like ing the campaign that he in January 2015 despite would keep the Guantana- citizens, are required to being unable to legally secure all weapons. Acmo Bay facility open and do so because of a prior cording to the Cleveland vowed to “load it up with felony conviction. police Manual of Rules, some bad dudes.” — From wire reports

Radio personality Joey Boots, a frequent contributor to “The Howard Stern Show” who was best known for the catchphrase “Baba Booey,” died Friday night in his Bronx home, according to the New York Police Department. Boots, 49, whose real name was Joseph Bassolino, was found unconscious and unresponsive with no apparent trauma, a police statement said. He was pronounced dead, and the medical examiner will determine the cause of death. Boots was known as one of Stern’s Wack Packers, “an odd collection of misfits and unique characters,” according to one Howard Stern biography. He popularized the phrase “Baba Booey” by shouting it on “The Howard Stern Show” and also behind reporters during live news broadcasts across New York City. In addition to being a Stern regular, Boots had a live podcast called “The Joey Boots Show” on Friday nights. On Friday’s podcast, “High Pitch” Erik Bleaman, a “Howard Stern Show” Wack Packer colleague, said he had bad news and asked to go off the air. — From wire reports

LGBT individuals more likely to be incarcerated By Carolyn Crist

California, Los Angeles School of Law. “We’ve received mixed Lesbian, gay, bisexual and of U.S. women overall who reactions, and some people still transsexual individuals are identify as lesbian or bisexual, don’t believe it,” he told Reuters disproportionately incarcerated, they found. Health. “However, there is no mistreated and sexually victim“The high rate was so shockreason to suspect it or think ized in U.S. jails and prisons, ing, I had to check it three times there’s an error.” researchers say. to make sure we weren’t making Meyer and colleagues drew Just the proportion of women any mistakes,” said lead study data from the 2011-12 National in prisons and jails identifying author Ilan Meyer, the Williams Inmate Survey, which interas lesbian and bisexual is eight Distinguished Senior Scholar for viewed a representative sample times greater than the 3.4 percent Public Policy at the University of of people in U.S. prisons and Reuters

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jails. Their analysis found that rates of incarceration for lesbian, gay and bisexual people were 1,882 per 100,000. That is more than three times the “already high” incarceration rate of 612 per 100,000 U.S. population, the authors write in the American Journal of Public Health. “Importantly, the data distinguishes between sexual orientation, sexual identity and sexual behavior,” Meyer said. “Not ev-

eryone who has had a same-sex experience identifies as gay, and we were able to look at several measures.” In total, sexual minorities — LGBT individuals or those who reported a same-sex sexual experience before arrival at the facility — represented 9.3 percent of all men in prison, 6.2 percent of men in jail, 42.1 percent of women in prison and 35.7 percent of women in jail.

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•From Page 1A doing brisk business since opening day, mainly due to old customers coming back. “It’s just great to have all of the employees back in, but also great to see all of the customers again,” Randall Eagleson said. “We are busier than we’ve ever been. The response has been phenomenal.” Judy Eagleson said, “Our customers never left us. They stayed in constant touch with us throughout the year. They actually encouraged us when we were feeling defeated. They gave us the strength to continue on.” Rebuilding Eagle’s Landing might seem like a no brainer in retrospect given the volume of business its done since reopening, but its owners said the road back after the fire wasn’t an easy path to take. In fact, Randall Eagleson compared it to “riding a roller coaster.” The electrical fire that caused their lost year destroyed a 15-foot area of the restaurant and severely damaged their kitchen happened just before Thanksgiving last year. They made arrangements to meet their existing catering orders while dealing with insurance matters and setting about planning to rebuild their restaurant. After they submitted plans to the county’s building department for approval, however, they

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Reopened covered payroll for all employees. But with the rebuild in the past and the doors re-opened, customers will find some nods here and there to the fire in the restaurant. One nod can be found on the menu, in the form of a new burger called “The Phoenix.” It includes eight ounces of ground chuck beef, cheddar cheese, barbecue sauce, caramelized onion marmalade, crispy onion rings and bacon on a toasted brioche bun. “It’s funny (because) we knew the name of it. I knew I wanted a burger, but I didn’t know what was going to go on the burger,” Judy Eagleson said. “So that was a process trying to figure out what did we want this burger to taste like. We decided fire, so kind of Eagle’s Landing Cafe and Grill cooks prepare lunches for customers on Wednesday. The restaurant reopened earlier barbecue-y … with the this month after it was rebuilt restaurant from the ground up after it was heavily damaged in a fire just before Thanks- cheddar and the bacon giving last year. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans) and the onion marmalade, found out they would not in code to the tune of splash of paint — on the Far less visible to guests which is popular now.” need to do a bit more reAs a way to help other 136 things that were not inside. The difference is is the shifting in the kitchbuilding than they initially in code,” she said. that instead of being in a en layout that offers more residents and business planned. owners be prepared to The rebuild took several 30-year old former Pizza space in the prep area. “Once you broke the prevent fires, a portion of months, and cost the EaHut with an aging infraIn a way though, sales from each “Phoenix” ceiling off, there were 136 glesons nearly $200,000 structure, Eagle’s Landing Eagle’s Landing may burger is being donated code upgrades that we had because insurance only Cafe and Grill is now in a seem like it never closed to the nonprofit Gwinnett to do, so it was cheaper covered the part of the brand new facility. to customers who return Citizen Fire Academy Asto bring the whole buildbuilding that was burned The differences might nowadays. After all, the sociation Inc. ing down and then rebuild in the fire. be hard to notice at first Eaglesons brought back But for customers such it from the ground up,” “That’s probably inglance. There is new the entire staff they had as Pam Underwood, the Randall Eagleson said. cluding getting the doors bench seating going down before the fire. thing that matters most is Judy Eagleson said open,” Judy Eagleson the middle of the dining Randall Eagleson said there was a cascading af- said. “That’s all aspects room that has allowed the he and his wife continued that the restaurant is open again and serving their fect after the roof, which (of re-building and reEaglesons to add three to pay their employees favorite dishes. was heavily damaged in opening.” more tables to accommoover the last year, even “It’s like everything is the fire, was removed. The result is a brand date customers. The ceilthough the restaurant was back to normal again in “Once you take the roof new building that largely ing is also two feet higher closed for reconstruction the community,” Underoff, then your windows looks like the old one to improve noise levels in thanks to the fact that wood said. aren’t in code, the brick’s — albeit with a new the dining area. their insurance policy

Ministry •From Page 1A help establish respites in Georgia churches. Dill used the grant to found a center designed to stimulate participants and ease the concerns of caretakers. Participants at Grace Harbor exercise, sing and have lunch every day. After lunch, they work on an activity that’s never the same as the day before. Sometimes they work create an art project. Other times they enjoy a musical activity, play a game or discuss a booklet about a famous person. “All of the activities we do are designed to stimulate them mentally, physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually,” Dill said. “Everything we do has a purpose. Everything.” Lately, the activities have been themed around Christmas. Dill said the group has made ornaments and learned about St. Nicholas. After their Christmas luncheon Tuesday, participants sang and danced along to Christmas carols. While Grace Arbor participants enjoy stimulating activities, their caregivers can take advantage of the help the program strives to provide them. “To be a caregiver takes a lot of energy,” Dill said. “What I love about what we’ve done here is we have a caregiver support group that has come alongside these caregivers.” The group offers classes for family members caring for loved ones with dementia as well as emotional aid and encouragement. Susan said she still attends the group and gains comfort from it. “They’re like family to me,” she said. Other church’s noticed Grace Arbor’s family feel soon after it began. They began visiting the program and Dill looking for advice to build their own respites. “So we have become a training ground for other churches starting respite ministries,” Dill said. “We have helped start many in the Southeast — in Alabama, Tennessee,

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The input and research about the changes came from focus groups that represented every cluster in the district, an outside consultant and benchmark districts around the country. GCPS spokeswoman Sloan Roach said the cost of the new scale to the district is unknown until state funding is learned in the spring. But she said most teachers would receive a step increase based on the evaluation system. “Obviously that’s a key to this being successful, and that’s been in place for the last few years,” Roach said of the evaluation system. “We think it’s a good start to move toward a performance compensation system. We Robin Dill shows off the revised copy of her book Tuesday. (Staff Photos: Cailin O’Brien) think it will be good to recruit and retain teachers.” The evaluation system is grouped in 10 categories that cover areas such as professional knowledge, instructional planning, strategies, differentiated instruction and assessment strategies and uses. Teachers rated “proficient” or better would have their pay increased one step. Those rated less than proficient would remain on the same level. GCPS officials have looked at performancebased models for years, and at least since President Obama’s education reform plan, Race to the Top, was rolled out in 2009. Recently, the topic was raised last year by Gov. Nathan Deal’s EduGrace Arbor volunteers, participants and caregivers enjoy a covered luncheon Tues- cation Reform Commitday. tee, which Wilbanks was a South Carolina and here in advice hasn’t seemed to di- table Tuesday remembered member, when it reviewed Georgia.” minish. She revised Walkhow much Dave used to pay-for-performance Eventually, the state’s ing with Grace this year. love to dance during the plans. respite-starting money The participants and daily sing-a-longs. In an eight-minute dried up, but Dill’s expercaregivers enjoying the “I’d come like 20 minvideo message to emtise in the area didn’t. She annual Christmas luncheon utes early so I could dance ployees, Wilbanks said said she still heard from admired Dill’s revised book with him,” Susan said. “He district officials believed churches in need of advice. Tuesday. They also heaped would just drop everything they were better served to That’s why she wrote praise upon her and Grace and get all excited that I develop their own com“Walking with Grace” in Arbor. was there.” pensation model instead 2009. For Susan and her husIt was clear how much of using one given to the “It’s a how-to,” Dill said. band Dave, the program Grace Arbor and those district from the state. “This is how you start a hasn’t just provided support memories meant to her. “It needed to take into respite from A to Z.” — it’s created memories. “There’s no place like it. account the multiple comThe need for Dill’s She and others sitting at her It really is a gift,” she said. plex factors that can im-

pact teaching and learning in a teacher’s classroom,” he said. The new schedule still has 29 steps like the previous model did, but it groups certification levels into four levels. While no teacher will lose base salary in the new schedule, the annual increase in Level 1 would be $822, Level 2 $981, Level 3 $1,160 and $1,284 for Level 4. The levels correspond to bachelors, masters, specialists and doctoral degrees. For example, a teacher with a bachelors degree on the current pay step four making $42,690, would move to performance step two and make $43,493. A teacher with a masters degree in the current step 13 making $57,463, would move to performance step 11 and make $57,558. While the new system applies to teachers and certified support staff, Roach said other employees like counselors are paid on the schedule. Roach suggested that the new model offers more consistency between steps, and that the previous model was inconsistent after years of tinkering. Some principals agreed. “I believe the new compensation system continues to keep Gwinnett in a competitive position with other counties in regards to pay for beginning teachers as well as veteran teachers,” Maxwell High School of Technology Principal Jeff Hall said. “The new system also creates more continuity between salary steps, from year to year, for teachers.” Roberts Elementary Principal Dion Jones said he’s seen positive reactions to the change, but he also plans to meet with staff in January to “take a thorough look and get additional feedback.” “I don’t foresee any impact on hiring at this time as I believe we are still competitive, salary wise, with surrounding districts,” he said.

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Battle brewing over legislation regarding dental hygiene BY ANDY MILLER

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ASHBURN — A South Georgia elementary school has three dental chairs set up for kids who don’t have a regular dentist. But those chairs at Turner County Elementary School in Ashburn have sat vacant for the past three years, even though many kids there need dental care, said Brenda Lee of Family Connection of Turner County. That’s because Georgia doesn’t allow dental hygienists to practice in such a setting without a dentist present in the building. Only two other states — Alabama and Mississippi — have this same strict requirement. Turner County officials had hoped to get hygienists to see kids for cleanings and fluoride treatment at the school, but current state law prevents it without a dentist

on site. That would change under a bill pre-filed Tuesday in the Georgia General Assembly. It would let hygienists practice in safety-net clinics, nursing homes, schoolbased clinics and other locations without a dentist present. On Tuesday, the two powerful chairs of the Health and Human Services committees — one in the House and one in the Senate — spoke of the need for passage of the dental hygienist bill in the 2017 General Assembly, to help people who don’t have regular access to dental care. But the legislation is expected to provoke a fierce battle with the Georgia Dental Association, which helped bottle up similar legislation in the House Rules Committee earlier this year. The proposal would help the most vulnerable

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hygienists could still see patients. “It’s common-sense legislation,” Unterman said. “People can stay in place (in a nursing home) and at least get their teeth cleaned. It’s a basic necessity in life.” Earlier this year, a Georgia Tech researcher said hundreds of thousands of Georgia children have problems getting access to a dentist in the state. Nicoleta Serban, an industrial and systems engineering professor, told state lawmakers that there are more than 500,000 Georgia children who are not eligible for the public insurance programs Medicaid and PeachCare, but whose parents cannot afford dental care. In addition, Serban’s research indicated that more than 600,000 children eligible for those government programs need to travel further than state standards (30 miles in an urban area, 45 miles in a rural area ) to reach a dentist to serve them. The need for dental care is also great for many Georgia seniors, according

to supporters of the bill. Nearly one-third of older adults have untreated tooth decay. And poor oral hygiene is linked with stroke, pneumonia and periodontal diseases, says the Georgia Council on Aging. Vicki Johnson of the Council said Tuesday that if “a senior does not receive this preventive care, the consequences can be literally deadly. … It’s difficult for nursing home patients to see a dentist.” Roughly 70,000 patients in long-term care facilities could benefit from the change, Johnson said. The Georgia Dental Association on Tuesday said in a statement that it has not yet had an opportunity to review the proposed legislation. ”However, the association understands the concerns and shares the General Assembly’s goal to increase dental care for underserved and needy populations in Georgia,’’ the statement said. “As part of our longstanding commitment to patient safety and improving oral health in the state, we look forward to continu-

One week left to comment on ’17 budget Gwinnett County residents have only a few more days to express their opinions on the county’s proposed $1.56 billion 2017 budget. The county has been taking public comment on the budget for weeks, and held a public hearing on Dec. 5, but the deadline to submit input through the county’s website is New Year’s Eve. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners is expected to vote on whether to adopt the budget during its Jan. 3 meeting at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Complex.

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new positions, including staff for two new ambulance units, as well as a law clerk in magistrate court, a victim’s advocate in the district attorney’s office and several new positions in the solicitor general’s office. Residents can review information about the budget and find links to the written comment area, video from the public hearing and documents from budget briefings by visiting http://bit.ly/2hY1hWV. County offices expected to be closed more days this week Although today is

HOLIDAY MESSAGE FOR ELDER CAREGIVERS I wanted to take the time to say a special thanks to elder caregivers this holiday season. Taking care of aging parents or others have no doubt had a rough year. You may get little thanks for what you do and may often feel unappreciated. Your job is unrelenting and is often accelerated by holiday stress. So, thank you for all you do, and remind yourself that you are giving something that is more precious than material possessions. Consider the following…

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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FOR ELDER CAREGIVERS “One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value” Jim Rohn “Caregivers often calls us to lean into love we didn’t know possible” Tia Walker “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do things which you think you cannot do” Eleanor Roosevelt “If you find it in your heart to care for some else, you will have succeeded” Maya Angelou

ADVICE/HELPFUL QUOTES FOR ELDER CAREGIVERS “It is so important as a caregiver not to become so overwhelmed by the role that you lose yourself. It’s neither good for you nor you loved one” “You can do anything but not EVERYTHING” “Sometimes the one who has been there for everyone elses’ needs someone to be there for them.” “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people:

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ing to work collaboratively with all parties, including Chairwomen Unterman and Cooper.” The Dental Association said it would continue to pursue initiatives from its long-range plan to improve the oral health and overall health of all Georgians. Meanwhile, hygienists noted in support of the bill that they are already allowed to clean teeth in Georgia public health departments without having a dentist present, if they are authorized by a supervising dentist. Misty Mattingly, a dental hygienist, told GHN on Tuesday that she expected another fight over the legislation. But she added she was confident the bill would pass. Lee of Turner County said that filling the empty chairs would help many local children. “We certainly hope this legislation will pass. It will really benefit our children and youth who don’t have dental care,” she said. Andy Miller is editor and CEO of Georgia Health News.

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Christmas, Gwinnett County residents can expect a couple more days through the beginning of 2017 where the county’s government will be closed for the holidays. The county’s non-public safety offices were closed on Friday for Christmas, and will be closed on Monday as well. They will also be closed Jan. 2 in observance of the New Year’s holiday. The closures do not affect public safety operations, which will continue to function. A magistrate judge will also be at the county’s detention center on the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Environmental groups urging Isakson, Perdue to reject some Trump cabinet nominees A coalition of environmental groups, led by 350.org, want U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Johnny Isakson to reject four of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet positions in January. The coalition is particularly taking aim at the nomination of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, but it is also opposed to the nomiDavid Perdue nations of Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke as secretary of the interior, former Texas Johnny sakson Gov. Rick Perry as energy secretary and Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency administrator. “Our goal isn’t just to pressure Sens. Perdue and Isakson,” 350.org Communications Director Jamie Henn said in a statement. “It’s to make sure that every one of their constituents knows whether their representative is selling out to the fossil fuel industry or standing with science and fighting for our future. “This is the purest test you can imagine: either you’re pro-science or antiscience; either you stand with the people or you stand with the polluters. It’s that simple.” Political Notebook appears in the Thursday and Sunday editions of the Gwinnett Daily Post.

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SECTION B • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

SENIOR • GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN

Mills leaves a lasting legacy as Spartans’ quarterback By Paul Thomas

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It was a tough task for a sophomore quarterback making his first career start. But Davis Mills was no ordinary sophomore. In his first start, Mills faced off with eventual state-champion Benedictine in 2014. All he did was complete 14 of 21 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns, including a 63-yarder to current Auburn wideout Darius Slayton early in the fourth quarter that proved to be the difference in a 24-21 win. It was in that game that GAC head coach Tim Hardy realized he had something special under center with Mills. “That was sort of a glimpse that this guy can handle big moments and big situations,” Hardy said. For the next three seasons the Spartans had plenty more big moments, and more times than not Mills delivered. GAC finished that first season 14-1 as the state runner-up in Class AA to Benedictine, winning at Fitzgerald in a semifinal thriller to reach the Georgia Dome. Last season, the Spartans reached the AA semifinals at 12-2 as Mills led Gwinnett Greater Atlanta Christian quarterback Davis Mills is the Gwinnett Daily Post offensive player of the year. (Staff Photo: Paul Thomas)

Final 2016 stat leaders, 3B

Bach guides Mountain View to breakout season, 3B

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Complete Daily Post all-county football teams, 4B

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Quinn Miller SENIOR • ARCHER

Miller proved he was as dominant as ever in comeback year having to prove to everybody that I didn’t lose any of the physicality, I had to let all the (opposing LAWRENCEVILLE offensive) linemen know — It’s hard to imagine a I was still present and still high school football player able to move the way I with Quinn Miller’s career wanted to,” Miller said. credentials having the feelHe did that, and then ing that he had something some, despite the Tigers to prove. struggling to a 4-7 record After all, the 6-footagainst a brutally tough 2, 230-pound senior has schedule. earned All-County and Miller was was disrupAll-State honors over his tive a force as ever, posting career and is a consensus 97 combined tackles three-star linebacker by and assists, including 14 most recruiting services. tackles for loss, with four But after losing most sacks, 21 quarterback of his junior season to a hurries, two interceptions, back injury, the 2016 Daily three pass break-ups and Post Defensive Player of three fumble recoveries. the Year couldn’t help but And yet, there were still carrying such a sense of some doubts among some something to prove — people outside the Archer to himself, to opposing program that he could be offenses and to college the same player, apparently recruiters — with him for including many college his senior campaign. program who had followed “With last year and the injury and coming into this See MILLER, Page 4B Archer senior linebacker Quinn Miller is the Daily Post’s defensive player of the year. (Photo: David Friedlander) By David Friedlander

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2B • SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016

Prep Schedule

BASKETBALL

Monday

• North boys in Lexington, Ky., tournament Tuesday

BASKETBALL

• Discovery Christmas Tournament • Duluth girls in Carolina Invitational • Grayson Ram Classic • Grayson boys in Wheeler Tournament of Champions • Hebron, Central in Commerce Christmas Classic • Lanier, Mill Creek girls in Sweet South Classic at Morgan Co. • Norcross boys and Miami Christian (Fla.) at Wheeler • North boys in Lexington, Ky., tournament • Parkview boys in Sunshine Classic in Daytona Beach, Fla. • Shiloh boys in Farm Bureau Classic in Spartanburg, S.C.

WRESTLING

9 a.m. — Central in Fayette Co. Christmas Classic 9 a.m. — Takedown Sportswear Invitational at Buford

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New Orleans Off Jan. 1, 1 p.m. TBD FOX/92.9-FM vs. TCU^ Off Dec. 30, noon ESPN/750-AM vs. Kentucky# Off Dec. 31, 11 a.m. ESPN/93.7-FM

FSSE = FOX Sports Southeast, FSSO = FOX Sports South; ^Autozone Libert Bowl in Memphis, Tenn; #TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.

On TV

Today

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

6 p.m. — Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Third-Place Game: Teams TBA ESPN2 8 p.m. — Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Final: Teams TBA ESPN2

NBA

Noon — Boston at New York ESPN 2:30 p.m. — Golden State at Cleveland ABC 5 p.m. — Chicago at San Antonio ABC 8 p.m. — Minnesota at Oklahoma City ESPN 10:30 p.m. — L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers ESPN

NFL

4:30 p.m. — Baltimore at Pittsburgh NFLN 8:20 p.m. — Denver at Kansas City NBC Monday

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

11 a.m. — St. Petersburg Bowl, Miami (Ohio) vs. Mississippi State ESPN 2:30 p.m. — Quick Lane Bowl, Maryland vs. Boston College ESPN 5 p.m. — Camping World Independence Bowl, North Carolina State vs. Vanderbilt ESPN2

COLLEGE BOWL SCHEDULE 2016-17 results Dec. 17 Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl Grambling 10, North Carolina Central 9 Gildan New Mexico Bowl New Mexico 23, Texas-San Antonio 20 Las Vegas Bowl Presented by Geico San Diego State 34, Houston 10 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Appalachian State 31, Toledo 28 AutoNation Cure Bowl Arkansas State 31, Central Florida 13 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Southern Mississippi 28, LouisianaLafayette 21 Dec. 19 Miami Beach Bowl Tulsa 55, Central Michigan 10 Dec. 20 Boca Raton Bowl Western Kentucky 51, Memphis 31 Dec. 21 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl BYU 24, Wyoming 21 Dec. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Idaho 61, Colorado State 50 Dec. 23 Popeye’s Bahamas Bowl Old Dominion 24, Eastern Michigan 20 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl Louisiana Tech 48, Navy 45 Dollar General Bowl Troy 28, Ohio 23 Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl Hawaii vs. Middle Tennessee, late Dec. 26 St. Petersburg Bowl Miami (Ohio) vs. Mississippi State, 11 a.m. Quick Lane Bowl Maryland vs. Boston College, 2:30 p.m. Camping World Independence Bowl North Carolina State vs. Vanderbilt, 5 p.m. Dec. 27 Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl Army vs. North Texas, 12 p.m. Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman Temple vs. Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. National Funding Holiday Bowl Minnesota vs. Washington State, 7 p.m. Motel 6 Cactus Bowl Boise State vs. Baylor, 10:15 p.m. Dec. 28 New Era Pinstripe Bowl Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern, 2 p.m. Russell Athletic Bowl West Virginia vs. Miami, 5:30 p.m. Foster Farms Bowl Indiana vs. Utah, 8:30 p.m. AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl Texas A&M vs. Kansas State, 9 p.m. Dec. 29 Birmingham Bowl South Florida vs. South Carolina, 2 p.m. Belk Bowl Arkansas vs. Virginia Tech, 5:30 p.m. Valero Alamo Bowl Oklahoma State vs. Colorado, 9 p.m. Dec. 30 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Georgia vs. TCU, 12 p.m. Hyundai Sun Bowl Stanford vs. North Carolina, 2 p.m. Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Nebraska vs. Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl South Alabama vs. Air Force, 5:30 p.m. Capital One Orange Bowl Michigan vs. Florida State, 8 p.m. Dec. 31 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl LSU vs. Louisville, 11 a.m. TaxSlayer Bowl Georgia Tech vs. Kentucky, 11 a.m. College Football Playoff Semifinal at Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl

NBA

8 p.m. — Atlanta at Minnesota FSSE

Washington vs. Alabama, 3 p.m. College Football Playoff semifinal at Playstation Fiesta Bowl Ohio State vs. Clemson, 7 p.m. Jan. 2 Outback Bowl Florida vs. Iowa, 1 p.m. Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

Jan. 7 NCAA FCS Championship James Madison vs. Youngstown State, 12 p.m. Jan. 9 College Football Playoff National Championship TBA, 8 p.m.

Western Michigan vs. Wisconsin, 1 p.m. Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual USC vs. Penn State, 5 p.m. Allstate Sugar Bowl Auburn vs. Oklahoma, 8:30 p.m.

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8:15 p.m. — Detroit at Dallas ESPN

SOCCER

Don’t miss three nights of holiday excitement!

7:25 a.m. — Watford vs. Crystal Palace NBCSP 9:55 a.m. — Manchester United vs. Sunderland NBCSP 12:10 p.m. — Hull City vs. Manchester City NBCSP Tuesday

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

3 p.m. — Northwestern at Penn State ESPN2 5 p.m. — Illinois at Maryland ESPN2 7 p.m. — Rutgers at Wisconsin ESPN2 7 p.m. — Cornell at Syracuse FSSO 9 p.m. — Michigan State at Minnesota ESPN2

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon — Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl, Army vs. North Texas ESPN 3:30 p.m. — Military Bowl, Temple vs. Wake Forest ESPN 7 p.m. — National Funding Holiday Bowl, Minnesota vs. Washington State ESPN 10:15 p.m. — Motel 6 Cactus Bowl, Boise State vs. Baylor ESPN

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SOCCER

Noon — Liverpool vs. Stoke City NBCSP

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Sports Calendar

RUNNING

Jan. 28: The seventh annual Norcross Blue Devils Run, a Peachtree Road Race qualifier, will feature a 5K and 1-mile fun run at Pinckneyville Middle School in Peachtree Corners. 5K starts at 8 a.m. and fun run starts when 5K finishes. Early registration is $25 and race-day registration is $30. Proceeds from the student-led event will benefit the high school’s cross country and track and field programs. For more information or to register, go to bluedevilsrun.wixsite. com/norcross or run signup. com/BlueDevilsRun. Feb. 4: Meadowcreek will host its fourth annual Stampede in the Park 5K Trail run Feb. 4 at Yellow River Park. The course covers soft surfaces and

paved trails. All proceeds benefit the high school’s cross country program. Registration is available at active.com, and more information is available at stampedeinthepark.wix. com/5k1kfunrun. Email stampedeinthepark@gmail. com with any questions.

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gwinnettdailypost.com 2016 FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR

Bach guides Mountain View to breakout season By Will Hammock

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Not too long ago, Shannon Jarvis was in Nick Bach’s shoes. The Mill Creek coach had success with a young football program, one that just needed to clear some obstacles on the way up, like beating a traditional power in the region and making the state playoffs. The Hawks eventually broke through and became a player at the state level, reaching the semifinals the past two seasons. Bach’s Mountain View Bears had their breakout season in 2016. The Daily Post’s coach of the year led Mountain View to a handful of new milestones this year, most notably its first state playoff berth. “I thought (Bach) did a great job, not just in our game but in all the games,” Jarvis said. “The most impressive thing is how well they played all year. Early in the year when they were winning games by huge margins and consistently did it. They hit the region

Mountain View head coach Nick Bach discusses a call with a linesman during the first half of Friday night’s game. (Photo: Will Fagan)

schedule and had some close wins, the big wins. I liked how well they played the whole year. I just thought he did a phenomenal job. Any time you see a team and notice how hard they play, that’s a reflection of the coach. “They played hard every game. I couldn’t be more proud of him. And I know what this season can do with them moving forward. ... Trying to get over the hump in our region is tough because our region’s so competitive week in and week out. That’s the hard thing, to have your team at a high level week in and week

out, and that’s what he was able to do this year. It takes beating a Peachtree Ridge, a Collins Hill, it takes beating those teams to get over the hump. It’s hard. It’s hard because of the level of competition in our region. But it’s great for Gwinnett the success Mountain View’s had. Right now going into next year I think they’re going to be one of top teams in our region.” Those lofty expectations weren’t achieved by Mountain View until this season. The program won four varsity games in 2009, its debut season, but it

came against a non-region schedule mixed with junior varsity opponents. For the next six seasons, it went either 2-8 or 3-7. The last 3-7 season came in 2015, Bach’s first year as head coach. The Bears made improvements that season and nearly pulled off a couple of impressive wins — losing 33-27 to Parkview and 16-14 to North Gwinnett. They pushed to a higher level in 2016, turning those close setbacks into victories and reaching the state playoffs for the first time. Along the way, they defeated traditional powers Peachtree Ridge and Collins Hill for the first time. They were the only Region 6-AAAAAAA team to give region champion Mill Creek a tough battle. They finished with a schoolrecord eight wins, setting a mark for future teams to shoot for. “We all really worked hard for the community and for the school,” Bach said. “We really wanted to put our program on the map and make us relevant. The hard work everybody put in really paid off. All of the

players’ tremendous offseasons and summers, the coaches with all the hours and dedication, that’s what it boils down to. It wasn’t some magic formula. We were all striving for the same goals. ... My staff should get coaching staff of the year. I can’t do it alone and these guys are fantastic guys. I don’t have to tell them to work. They want to work. They want the place to get better. I have to give them a bunch of credit. They’re all coming back and they all love Mountain View. It’s a great situation.” Mountain View’s ability to win close games played a big part in its successful season. It started with a 2824 victory over Lambert early in the season, which was followed by thrilling wins in region play against Peachtree Ridge (21-20) and Collins Hill (24-21). Those two victories keyed the Bears’ state playoff appearance. “I would say getting to the playoffs (was the biggest accomplishment),” Bach said. “That was our goal at the beginning of the year. We really wanted to get into the playoffs. Un-

fortunately, we drew a heck of a first-round opponent (eventual state champion Grayson), but at the end of day we made it where we needed to go. We were hoping to do some more damage, but Grayson’s a really good team. Hopefully, we’ll do it again next year and go a little deeper.” Some important players will be back next season, including starting quarterback Matt Edwards and talented Malachi Carter, the Touchdown Club of Gwinnett’s wide receiver of the year. They will be surrounded by a number of other top returning players. Combined with the confidence gained from its breakout season, Mountain View has even bigger goals for 2017. “Absolutely, (this year) raised our expectations,” Bach said. “Our expectations are to be the best team in the area now. We got close but we didn’t get all the way this year. This was a stepping-stone year. We’re definitely looking forward to bigger things in the future. We want to keep growing, improving and striving to be the best.”

2016 GWINNETT COUNTY FOOTBALL LEADERS Rushing Name School Gms Att Yards TD Ave. Bryce Riley Hebron 11 194 1,146 6 104.2 Jasen Johnson Mtn. View 10 175 1,007 9 100.7 Kyler McMichael GAC 15 222 1,493 16 99.5 Anthony Grant Buford 15 200 1,484 24 98.9 Christian Turner Buford 12 135 1,115 18 92.9 Tre McMillan Dacula 10 120 902 7 90.2 Jonathan Postell Collins Hill 10 166 885 7 88.5 Josh Samuel Central 11 170 972 8 88.4 Ty Harris Dacula 12 159 1,001 8 83.4 Dante Black Brookwood 9 148 739 8 82.1 Keegan Strickland Archer 11 212 862 6 78.4 Chauncey Williams Meadowcreek 10 130 776 4 77.6 Tywon Reaves Lanier 11 158 842 8 76.5 Ryan Lovelace North 11 155 832 13 75.6 Seth Johnston South 12 136 852 12 71.0 Mitchell Miller Providence 10 133 637 8 63.7 Christian Malloy Parkview 12 104 763 7 63.6 Deion Slade Parkview 12 124 745 12 62.1 Kurt Taylor Grayson 15 191 930 14 62.0 Noah Fritz Lanier 11 161 630 9 57.3 George Bielan Wesleyan 12 108 667 8 55.6 Jalen Samuels South 12 117 645 2 53.8 Matthew Hill Brookwood 12 85 585 6 48.8 Necholas Sermons Norcross 11 69 526 8 47.8 Joe Thomas Mill Creek 14 159 665 9 47.5 Evan Anderson Collins Hill 10 64 470 8 47.0 Myles Barnum South 12 105 548 4 45.7 Anthony Presto Mill Creek 13 96 572 9 44.0 Derrian Brown Buford 15 73 642 9 42.8 Jeremiah Scott Berkmar 5 61 212 1 42.4 T.D. Roof Buford 11 41 459 11 41.7 Cade Fortin North 11 90 457 3 41.6 Jalen Myers Shiloh 9 98 366 0 40.7 Jamyest Williams Grayson 15 84 560 10 37.3 Jarren Williams Central 11 89 396 9 36.0 Tyler Goodson North 11 56 390 2 35.5 Corey Berry Wesleyan 11 54 371 5 33.7 Fred Payton P’tree Ridge 12 143 393 5 32.8 Banks Ramsey Wesleyan 12 114 383 13 31.9 Malik Washington Parkview 12 61 369 6 30.8 Blake Carroll Mtn. View 11 43 336 4 30.6 J.D. Kavel Wesleyan 8 23 233 5 29.1 Omar Sinclair Norcross 12 58 342 6 28.5 Clay Harris Norcross 10 53 275 5 27.5 Deundre Head Brookwood 9 52 247 2 27.4 Cam Butler North 11 41 296 1 26.9 Alton Daniel P’tree Ridge 11 62 294 0 26.7 Darius Barnum Brookwood 5 30 133 1 26.6 Shayne Buckingham Dacula 12 91 312 1 26.0 Davis Mills GAC 13 52 332 8 25.5 Mikkael Reynolds Discovery 10 79 246 2 24.6 Alex Boglin GAC 15 76 367 5 24.5 Qu’vella Calhoun Meadowcreek 10 68 244 4 24.4 Stephon Bailey P’tree Ridge 12 65 292 1 24.3 Troy Allen Hebron 11 86 266 5 24.2 Receiving Name School Harrison Cook Wesleyan Malachi Carter Mtn. View Dhante Hill Mtn. View Harrison Sloan GAC Grant Frerking Wesleyan Derrick Lawrence Central Connor Heyward P’tree Ridge Miles Marshall Parkview William Huzzie Duluth Max Burke GAC Zach Peterson Wesleyan Justin Long Parkview Dondre Sanderson P’tree Ridge Jallah Zeze Central Nick Prince Brookwood Edmond Graham Mill Creek Malik Washington Parkview Jake Floyd GAC Donnovan Moorer Hebron Matthew Hill Brookwood Evan Sturgill Grayson Josh Miller Berkmar Jaylen Johnson P’tree Ridge Jeffrey Saturday Hebron Ace Williams Mill Creek Ricky Reed North L.J. Fisher North Donovan Grier Shiloh Brandon Loftin Duluth Cortez Buckholts Duluth Grant Summers Wesleyan Jack Plummer Mill Creek Hunter Sims Central Jaylen Askew Parkview DeAngelo Gibbs Grayson Braxton Curry Collins Hill Khiree Seabrook Discovery Tamir Jones Norcross Airon Buick Meadowcreek Chris Cotter Brookwood Josh Samuel Central Hunter Seabrook Duluth Jared Simpkins Norcross Purvis Terrell Shiloh Tyler Ranel Archer Zane Ashley P’tree Ridge Robert Sims Norcross Kenny Severe Dacula Harris Lackey P’tree Ridge Kobe Johnson Discovery Trent Fowler GAC Bryce Riley Hebron Name Caleb Mitchell Chase Brice Banks Ramsey Davis Mills Jarren Williams Cameron Turley Fred Payton

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Radcliff Norcross 149 265 0.562 El-Amin Duluth 165 322 0.512 Edwards Mtn. View 143 291 0.491 DiSpigna Brookwood 144 243 0.593 Fortin North 138 267 0.517 Roof Buford 113 206 0.549 Dinsmore Collins Hill 90 211 0.427 Walker Shiloh 103 237 0.435 Allen Hebron 121 212 0.571 Johnston South 85 190 0.447 Buckingham Dacula 84 158 0.532 Fritz Lanier 77 174 0.443 Harris Meadowcreek 55 146 0.377 Drazic Discovery 74 137 0.54 Waye Archer 56 118 0.475 Scott Berkmar 65 120 0.542 Peevy Archer 35 71 0.493 Rose GAC 32 53 0.604

Chabarri Thomas South Matthew Greenway Grayson Mason King Shiloh Zaire Madison Meadowcreek Qu’vella Calhoun Meadowcreek Robert Cooper South Kyree Faulkner South Keison Forte North Jonathan Gipson Mill Creek David Parker P’tree Ridge Tyreque Legrant Buford Daniel Martin Providence Airon Buick Meadowcreek Alfago Shumake Shiloh Ellison Hubbard Grayson Bryce Riley Hebron Herbert Winborne Grayson Bryce Bowen Norcross Jack Griffith Mill Creek Tackles Darius Martin Grayson Name School Games Tackles Dean Powell Buford Monty Montgomery Norcross 12 155 Cameron Sample Shiloh Juwuan Jones Lanier 11 136 Leonard Warner Brookwood 12 125 Sacks Tyler Taylor Lanier 11 123 Name School Tommy Rogers Parkview 12 121 Breon Dixon Grayson Kameron Brown Lanier 11 120 Ayoola Ogun-Semore Mill Creek Michael Moyers Hebron 11 116 Victor Heyward Mill Creek Babila Fomuteh Dacula 12 107 Cameren Carter Duluth Benjamin Tooks Duluth 10 106 Ryan Cox Mill Creek Ben Markiewicz Parkview 12 103 Kenneth Holder Dacula Jake Simpson Buford 14 103 Aaron Brawley Grayson Devin Thomas GAC 14 103 Ellison Hubbard Grayson Zane Ashley P’tree Ridge 12 98 Zaire Madison Meadowcreek Quinn Miller Archer 11 97 Justin Mascoll South Malik Robinson South 12 97 Ivan Sledge Central Jake Stewart Mill Creek 13 96 Jalen Pinkney Norcross Kenneth Lowery Collins Hill 10 95 Nazir Sy Norcross Davis Markham GAC 14 95 Michael Allen Jr. Lanier Connor Artime Brookwood 12 94 Kameron Brown Lanier T.D. Roof Buford 11 94 Jake Killian Grayson Jack Ness Buford 15 92 Jake Stewart Mill Creek Jamier Augustine Collins Hill 10 93 Tyler Taylor Lanier Guillermo Luna Brookwood 12 93 Zach Waters Buford Cameren Carter Duluth 10 92 Patrick Bergman Lanier Jaylon Jones Dacula 12 90 Jack Griffith Mill Creek Terrion Dangerfield Norcross 12 89 D.J. Horne Brookwood Demetrias Rias Mill Creek 14 89 Brandon Jones Dacula Micah Harden Hebron 11 87 Tyler Jones Dacula Noah McCalop Parkview 12 87 Jake Ludwig Lanier Jalen Pinkney Norcross 12 86 Guillermo Luna Brookwood Ayoola Ogun-Semore Mill Creek 13 85 Eugene Mafah Grayson Darral Porter Norcross 12 85 David Milon Mill Creek John Morris Wesleyan 12 84 Owen Pappoe Grayson Owen Pappoe Grayson 15 82 Erick Turner Lanier Marquel Broughton Mtn. View 11 81 Demetrius West Parkview Robby Fowler GAC 14 81 Ismail Abdul Grayson 14 80 Interceptions Adam Moon Wesleyan 12 80 Name School Yds TD YPC Ryan Weed Wesleyan 11 80 Andrew Booth Archer 1,081 15.1 14 Daniel Walker Brookwood 12 79 William Huzzie Duluth 1,060 17.4 11 Peyton Woulard Collins Hill 10 79 Jason McCleskey Wesleyan 814 13.8 10 Shaka Heyward Mill Creek 14 78 C.J. Bush Lanier 994 16.9 17 Emmanuel Hopkins South 12 78 Jalen Perry Dacula 608 10.5 9 Deandre Byrd P’tree Ridge 11 77 Malik Washington Parkview 747 14.1 10 Cordell Creighton Duluth 10 77 Kevin Grier Discovery 580 12.3 6 Kenneth Holder Dacula 11 77 Victor Heyward Mill Creek 753 16.4 10 Walker House North 11 77 Trey Morrison GAC 632 14.4 6 Malik Carrasco Central 10 76 Jeffrey Saturday Hebron 610 14.2 4 Brian Eberhardt North 11 76 Reid Smith GAC 567 13.2 5 Amir Berry Brookwood 12 75

544 12.7 5 Brandon Nixon Central 492 11.4 3 Demetrius West Parkview 678 11.0 6 Jamar Hall Mill Creek 512 12.2 7 Victor Heyward Mill Creek 674 16.4 7 Erick Turner Lanier 641 15.6 4 Cantorian Weems Brookwood 463 11.3 3 C.J. Bush Lanier 417 10.2 0 Connor Heyward P’tree Ridge 810 20.8 8 Jeremiah Noble Mtn. View 527 13.5 3 Blake Carroll Mtn. View 240 6.3 1 Ty Harris Dacula 490 13.6 2 Christopher Hinton GAC 349 10.3 3 Julian McDuffie Shiloh 783 23.7 11 Blake Chavis Brookwood 539 16.3 4 Armon Williams Parkview 567 17.7 8 Keon Carter Norcross 497 15.5 3 Jason Cassignol South 442 14.3 5 Jaelin Humphries Mtn. View 381 12.3 3 Garbentz Josue Mtn. View 364 11.7 1 Justin Mascoll South 355 11.5 2 Solomon Egbe Grayson 324 11.2 4 David Milon Mill Creek 312 10.8 2 Matt Haller North 454 16.2 6 Tre’ Lutrell Buford 357 12.8 6 Mitchell Miller Providence 211 7.5 3 Kendarius Davis Hebron 535 19.8 4 Garrett Hangartner Wesleyan 318 12.2 1 Kam Jones P’tree Ridge 263 10.1 1 A.J. Wansley Buford 367 14.7 2 Ryan Cox Mill Creek 285 11.4 2 Maurice McIntyre Parkview 406 16.9 4 Emanuel Michel Archer 360 15 2 Wilson Catoe P’tree Ridge 141 5.9 0 Shaah Cooper Dacula 430 18.7 6 Cole Williams North 426 18.5 7 Darius Barnhill Norcross 324 14.1 4 Aaron Brawley Grayson 278 12.1 1 Nazir Sy Norcross 212 9.2 0 Breon Dixon Grayson 249 11.3 4 C.J. Burress Lanier 149 6.8 2 Ivan Sledge Central Kymere Faucette Collins Hill Passing Brandon Jones Dacula School Comp. Att. Comp. % Yds TD Int Ethan Nagel Mtn. View Parkview 219 348 0.629 2,950 28 10 Jalen Peddrew Norcross Grayson 173 269 0.643 2,830 33 3 David Sloan Providence Wesleyan 218 321 0.679 2,778 31 7 Chrinovic Mukulu Discovery GAC 188 271 0.694 2,732 34 1 Bryson Richardson Buford Central 188 314 0.599 2,618 26 4 Jordan Roman Archer Mill Creek 167 311 0.537 2,539 31 7 Reid Smith GAC P’tree Ridge 201 318 0.632 2,524 19 4 Bryan Alvaranga Mtn. View

2,429 2,278 2,165 2,067 1,764 1,409 1,349 1,252 1,215 1,177 1,015 940 669 534 526 467 424 372

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6 20 8 3 4 6 4 7 7 7 6 10 14 9 8 3 2 1

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Sacks 11 11 10 9.5 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7.5 6.5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Interceptions 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4

8 74 Punting 11 74 School Punts Yds Avg 14 72 Name Camarda Norcross 40 1,658 41.5 14 72 Jake Matt Campbell Mill Creek 48 1,875 39.1 9 72 Seth Johnston South 51 1,943 38.1 12 72 Will Van PamelenGrayson 35 1,323 37.8 10 71 Montrief Mtn. View 34 1,242 36.5 12 71 Zac 34 1,234 36.3 11 71 Brooks Buce GAC 47 1,681 35.8 11 70 Tyler Taylor Lanier Joshua Jones Providence 40 1,408 35.2 12 70 Phillip Hoke Dacula 59 2,073 35.1 15 70 Brendan Koerner Collins Hill 46 1,605 34.9 10 70 Jallah Zeze Central 15 521 34.7 12 69 DeAnthony Walker Shiloh 10 333 33.3 11 69 Angelo DiSpigna Brookwood 34 1,123 33.0 12 68 Zaniel Phillips North 37 1,201 32.5 12 68 34 1,095 32.2 9 68 Qu’vella Calhoun Meadowcreek 27 860 31.9 11 68 Zach Peterson Wesleyan Logan Aderhold Archer 47 1,470 31.3 12 68 Nick Chmielowicz Buford 21 653 31.1 15 67 13 354 27.2 14 67 Mic Roof Buford 11 66 Kicking 15 66 Name School FGM FGA XPM XPA Pts 10 66 Will Van PamelenGrayson 18 23 65 70 119 11 64 Brenton King Mill Creek 11 18 66 68 99 12 64 9 11 60 62 87 12 64 Mateo Rengifo Wesleyan Bernardo Burgos Buford 6 6 58 60 76 14 64 Ayala Mtn. View 3 6 34 34 55 13 63 Carlos Cole Hanna Norcross 3 5 46 49 55 12 63 Zaniel Phillips North 10 12 24 24 54 10 63 Henderson GAC 1 2 51 54 54 12 62 Sean Brooks Buce GAC 12 20 11 12 47 12 62 Michael Johnson Archer 6 11 26 27 44 11 62 James Williams P’tree Ridge 5 5 29 30 44 11 61 Dawson Newman South 4 9 30 36 42 15 61 J.T. Amaya Parkview 6 10 21 26 39 12 61 Edgar Godinez Central 1 3 36 47 39 14 60 Phillip Hoke Dacula 6 8 21 29 39 9 59 Jimmy Fuentes Brookwood 4 10 25 27 37 10 59 Seymour Collins Hill 2 2 19 20 25 10 58 Austin Eric Riveria Meadowcreek 2 6 12 13 18 10 58 1 2 13 16 16 7 58 Shane Adams Brookwood Jake Camarda Norcross 3 8 7 8 16 11 58 Nick Chmielowicz Buford 0 0 14 14 14 10 58 Manny Herrera North 1 3 10 11 13 10 57 Nolan McCord Parkview 0 0 13 16 13 15 57 Alex Drazic Discovery 1 1 9 11 12 10 57 Chandler Evans Mtn. View 1 1 9 11 12 14 57 11 56 Cam Hall Hebron 2 2 5 5 11

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Miller •From Page 1B him since his sophomore season, which definitely puzzled Tigers coach Andy Dyer. “It’s one of those unsolved mysteries,” Dyer said. “He still has some good (scholarship) offers, but some of the bigger schools, for whatever reason, weren’t as aggressive (recruiting him). But it’s like I told him, things happen for a reason. Quinn is going to be successful no matter what.” True, Miller still possesses Division I offers from the likes of Cincinnati and Central Florida, as well as Division I-AA member Mercer, and also has garnered interest from some power conference programs. But given the lack of solid offers from many of the programs that have scouted him for the past three seasons, he couldn’t help but harbor thoughts that the injury, which was, in fact quite serious — stress fractures in his L3 and L4 vertebrae — created doubts in the minds of many football coaches and their programs. And Miller admits it put a bit of a chip on his shoulder coming into this season. “I mean, being out (almost) an entire year, I would think some (college programs) would lose interest or be afraid,” Miller said. “But when I came back, I wanted to prove that I was better than I was when I got hurt, … that the injury really didn’t slow me down. “That’s really the only thing I can think of. I wish bigger schools came (calling). It definitely would’ve changed the whole recruiting process. But if that’s the biggest reason some colleges are afraid to recruit me, because of my back from last year, I really believe they’re missing out on a pretty good player.” But if coming within two points of defending his Class AAAAAA state 220-pound wrestling championship in a finals loss to Etowah’s Bronson Rechsteiner last winter didn’t convince any doubters that he was back to being the physical specimen he’s always been, then his performance on the field this year should have. He certainly made a believer out of pretty much every coach he faced since returning during last season’s playoffs, including Mill Creek’s Shannon Jarvis, who got quite an eyeful in two meetings his Hawks had with Miller’s Tigers. “We played him three straight years and I tell every college recruiter that comes into my office, every major recruiter, that he is one of the top five linebackers I’ve ever seen in Gwinnett high school football in my 20-year career,” Jarvis said. “He is so explosive and his last three steps closing out on tackles is phenomenal. He does not miss tackles. It started his sophomore year with us. The second play of our scrimmage we ran outside zone and he tackled us on the sidelines for a 1-yard gain. I asked then, ‘Who is this kid?’ I knew then he’d have a phenomenal career.

“Even his junior year, we had to account for him every play. You cannot go into a blocking scheme and not account for Quinn Miller. You go in there and scheme it, plan it and then he just reads it so well that he makes the play anyway. He had a play where he almost knocked out our quarterback his junior year. On fourth down power this year on fourth-and-1, he hit us for a 1-yard loss. We should have had two guys on him on short yardage, but his savvy and ability to read is so outstanding.” While the recruiting trail hasn’t been as hot as he would have liked for football, wrestling programs from around the country remained very interested in him, thanks to his continuing top-10 national ranking in the 220-pound weight class. But even after verbally committing to join the wrestling program at the University of Virginia last last month, Miller’s football career may not necessarily be over, though he says those plans will be put on hold for the time being as he puts wrestling and his school work — he wants to major in sports management — to the forefront when he first gets to college. “I’m not shutting the door (to one day playing college football),” Miller said. “But I’d like to get in and used to college (life) before I try and add multiple sports to an already pretty (full) plate.” Whether or not that plate will eventually include football remains to be seen, but one thing is for sure. Miller has left a full legacy in Archer’s program, not only with his play on the field, but his leadership off of it. “It was immeasurable,” Dyer said of Miller’s impact on the Tigers’ program. “He could help coach the linebackers (this season) because he understood all the (defensive) fronts and he was able to guide and be a mentor to the younger guys. And every time he walked onto the field, we knew we had a chance to stop people. A lot of times, other teams had to scheme to try to block him, and nobody’s been real successful at doing that. “One of the things as a coach I enjoy is having special players around. And year after year, Quinn was fun to be around.” And while the results for Archer weren’t what they had been earlier in his career, Miller said he still had plenty of fun passing the torch to a younger generation of Tigers this season following a successful career. “Really, everything,” Miller said when asked what he enjoyed much about his senior season. “Helping the sophomore linebackers, I hope they’re going to be leaders when they’re juniors. … Just helping everybody and encouraging everybody throughout the season. We didn’t have the best season record-wise, but the way we played and the way the defense played, I couldn’t have asked for a better way (to end the high school career).”

Archer’s Quinn Miller (37) follows the block of Mason Hardin (61) during a game against Mill Creek earlier this season. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

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ALL-COUNTY FOOTBALL Offensive Player of the Year: Davis Mills, QB, Sr., Greater Atlanta Christian Despite missing the first two games of the season and most of the Class AAA state championship game, the Stanford commit completed 188 of 271 passes for 2,732 yards and 34 TDs against just 1 interception. Also ran for 332 yards and 8 TDs on 52 carries to lead the Spartans to a state runner-up finish Defensive Player of the Year: Quinn Miller, LB, Sr., Archer Finally healthy after missing much of last season with a back injury, the Virginia wrestling signee led the Tigers with 97 combined tackles and assists, including 14 tackles for loss, with 4 sacks, 2 interceptions, 21 QB hurries, a caused fumble and 3 fumble recoveries Coach of the Year: Nick Bach, Mountain View In his second season as head coach, the Bears improved from a 3-7 record last year to post a schoolrecord 8-3 mark this fall, including the first state playoff berth in the program’s brief history FIRST TEAM OFFENSE QB Chase Brice, Sr., Grayson Completed 173 of 269 passes for 2,830 yards and 33 touchdowns against only 3 interceptions RB Kyler McMichael, Jr., GAC Ran for county-best 1,493 yards and 16 touchdowns on 222 carries RB Anthony Grant, Jr., Buford Ran for 1,484 yards and 24 touchdowns on 200 carries; also led the Wolves with 21 receptions for 226 yards and 3 TDs, plus 47 tackles, 3 sacks and 8 QB pressures on defense WR Malachi Carter, Jr., Mountain View Had 62 receptions for 1,060 yards and 11 touchdowns WR Matthew Hill, Jr., Brookwood Had 39 receptions for 810 yards and 8 touchdowns; also ran for 585 yards and 6 touchdowns on 85 carries WR Harrison Cook, Sr., Wesleyan Led Gwinnett County with 70 receptions and 1,081 yards with 14 touchdowns; also had 23 tackles and 3 interceptions on defense OL Tyler Fannin, Sr., Mill Creek Two-time Gwinnett TD Club OL of the Year; had 48 pancake blocks and gave up no sacks this season OL Warren Erickson, Jr., North Gwinnett Graded out at 96 percent on blocking assignments with 100 pancake blocks OL Will Taylor, Sr., Grayson Graded at least at 92 percent on his blocking assignments in every game this season; led the Rams in pancake blocks OL Dean Powell, Sr., Buford Graded 90 percent on his blocking

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assignments with 112 knockdown blocks, and did not allow a sack for the season OL Jack Franklin, Sr., Mill Creek Had 56 pancake blocks for the season and set a new school record with 140 pancake blocks for his career All-Purpose Connor Heyward, Sr., Peachtree Ridge Ran for 260 yards and 10 TDs on 56 carries, had 47 receptions for 580 yards and 6 TDs, returned 4 kickoffs for 66 yards; added 71 tackles, 3 INTs, 7 PBUs on defense K Brenton King, Jr., Mill Creek Hit 11 of 18 on field goals, with a long of 56 yards, and 66 of 68 on PATs; Kicked 91 percent (87 of 96) kickoffs for touchbacks DEFENSE DL Robert Cooper, Jr., South Gwinnett Had 54 tackles, including 16 for loss, with 4 sacks and 6 QB pressures DL Ellison Hubbard, Sr., Grayson Had 51 tackles with 8 sacks DL Michael Allen, Sr., Lanier Had 35 tackles, including 12 TFLs, with 6 sacks, 8 QB hurries, 1 interceptions, 1 fumble recovery DL Justin Mascoll, Jr., South Gwinnett Had 68 tackles, including 9 TFLs, with 8 sacks, 14 QB pressures LB Monty Montgomery, Sr., Norcross Led Gwinnett County with 155 tackles, including 27 TFLs, with 4 sacks, 7 QB hurries, 2 caused fumes, 1 fumble recovery, 1 INT and 7 PBUs LB Leonard Warner, Sr., Brookwood Finished with 125 tackles with 2 interceptions LB Victor Heyward, Sr., Mill Creek Had 72 tackles, including 9 TFLs, with 10 sacks, 12 QB hurries, 2 caused fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, 4 INTs and 2 PBUs DB DeAngelo Gibbs, Sr., Grayson Finished with 47 tackles with 2 interceptions; also had 28 receptions for 454 yards and 6 touchdowns on offense DB Zane Ashley, Sr., Peachtree Ridge Had 98 tackles, including 5 TFLs, with 1 interception and 8 pass break-ups DB Malik Washington, Soph., Parkview Finished with 47 tackles with 5 interceptions; also ran for 369 yards and 6 TDs on 61 carries, had 41 rec. for 641 yards and 4 TDs and completed 13 of 16 passes for 108 yards and 3 TDs on offense DB Jamyest Williams, Sr., Grayson Had 42 tackles with team-best 3 INTs; also ran for 560 yards and 10 TDs on 84 car. and caught 20 passes for 380 yards and 5 TDs on offense All-Purpose T.D. Roof, Sr., Buford Had 94 tackles, including 3 TFLs,

with 4 sacks, 7 QB pressures, 2 caused fum., 1 fum. rec. and 1 PBU; also ran for 459 yards and 11 TDs on offense P Jake Camarda, Jr., Norcross Averaged 41.5 yards on 40 punts; Also was 3 of 8 on field goals, with a long of 48 yards, and 7 of 8 on PATs as a kicker SECOND TEAM OFFENSE QB Cameron Turley, Sr., Mill Creek RB Josh Samuel, Sr., Central Gwinnett RB Ty Harris, Sr., Dacula WR Ace Williams, Sr., Mill Creek WR Miles Marshall, Jr., Parkview WR Harrison Sloan, Sr., GAC OL Casey Holman, Jr., Brookwood OL Jonathan Stewart, Sr., Mountain View OL Tony Gray, Sr., Grayson OL Sam Dingle, Sr., Norcross OL Tyler Brown, Sr., Dacula All-Purpose Edmond Graham, Sr., Mill Creek K Brooks Buce, Sr., GAC DEFENSE DL Cameron Sample, Sr., Shiloh DL Ayoola Ogun-Semore, Sr., Mill Creek DL Cameren Carter, Sr., Duluth LB Owen Pappoe, Soph., Grayson LB Malik Robinson, Sr., South Gwinnett LB Juwuan Jones, Sr., Lanier LB Tyler Taylor, Sr., Lanier DB Jaylon Jones, Sr., Dacula DB Da’Meon Williams, Sr., Norcross DB William Huzzie, Jr., Duluth DB Trey Morrison, Jr., GAC All-Purpose Jonathan Gipson, Jr., Mill Creek P Will VanPamelen, Jr., Grayson THIRD TEAM OFFENSE QB Jarren Williams, Jr., Central Gwinnett RB Jasen Johnson, Sr., Mountain View RB Christian Turner, Jr., Buford WR Dante Hill, Jr., Mountain View WR Jallah Zeze, Jr., Central Gwinnett WR Derrick Lawrence, Sr., Central Gwinnett OL John Harris, Jr., Mill Creek OL Collin Foster, Jr., Lanier OL Chris Sibilia, Sr., North Gwinnett OL Garrett Scoggins, Sr., Buford OL Nate Richey, Sr., GAC All-Purpose Tre’ McMillan, Jr., Dacula K Zaniel Phillips, Sr., North Gwinnett DEFENSE DL Brandon Jones, Sr., Dacula DL Nazir Sy, Jr., Norcross DL Jalen Pinkney, Sr., Norcross LB Jake Simpson, Sr., Buford LB Kam Jones, Sr., Peachtree Ridge LB Tommy Rogers, Jr., Parkview LB Breon Dixon, Jr., Grayson DB Julian McDuffie, Sr., Shiloh DB Keon Carter, Sr., Norcross DB Taiyon Palmer, Jr., Archer DB Jamar Hall, Sr., Mill Creek All-Purpose Ismail Abdul, Sr., Grayson P Seth Johnston, Sr., South Gwinnett

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dar Grove in the state final and Mills was forced to with 2,821 passing yards, reprise his role of sideline along with 25 TDs and a cheerleader. On the second 59.9 completion percentage, possession of the game and rushed for 541 yards he escaped the pocket for and 14 more scores. a 29-yard gain down the This season Mills again Spartans’ sideline. As he led GAC to a state runnerwent to cut back inside his up finish in Class AAA knee buckled awkwardly at 13-2. The Daily Post and Mills took a shot to the offensive player of the year chin from Jadon Haselthrew for 2,732 yards, 34 wood on the way down. — GAC coach Tim Hardy touchdowns and just one Mills said the hit wasn’t interception in 12 games. as bad as it looked, but he He also ran for 332 yards missing his senior season, knew he had re-injured his and eight scores. Hardy said Mills showed knee on the play. He was “It’s awesome,” he said he was the ultimate team taken the locker room and of his time as the Spartans’ guy. was unable to return as the quarterback. “The support Mills admitted not play- Spartans fell 30-19. that everyone in the coming was tough, but that he “Right when I went munity has behind you and just wanted the best for down I didn’t know what that your teammates have his teammates and pushed was going on,” he said. behind you almost forces himself to be back out “Just felt a little uneasy. you to be as successful as there as quick as possible. I wanted to get back out you can. That’s what you “It was kind of upsetand play but they just said, ‘Stay off it for now.’ I wish want to do as a player, lead ting,” he said. “You play I could have finished the the team to success and football to go out there state championship — win then just win games and and play and compete on or lose — with my team have fun with your teamthe field, so being on the mates.” sideline injured is a rough just being out there and playing with everybody Unfortunately, Mills did thing, but you want the something this season he best for your teammates so and finishing the season hadn’t done since he was you’re out there encourag- with teammates, especially the seniors. Just making a freshman — watch from ing everybody and cheera memory. It was a little the sidelines. ing everybody on.” A week before the SparThe Spartans went 2-0 in upsetting.” Mills is walking around tans season opener in Auhis absence and lost 21-17 on the knee fine, but said gust, Mills suffered a fluke at Colorado powerhouse there is a chance it could knee injury. Hardy said Valor Christian in his rethe injury didn’t happen in turn to the field. After that, require another surgery practice and wasn’t from GAC ripped off 11 straight depending on MRI results. He was selected to play in doing something stupid. wins, including a 6-0 rethe U.S. Army All-AmerThe initial diagnoses gion record to capture the ican game on Jan. 7, but was that the Stanford Region 7-AAA crown. his status for the game is commit would be out for In the postseason GAC three to four months and defeated Pace Academy in uncertain. It was an unceremonilikely miss the majority the first round for a bit of ous end to the career of the of his senior season. But revenge after the Knights once doctors performed ended the Spartans season most highly touted quarterback in county history. the surgery, they realized a year ago. After a win Mills is a five-star prospect it was less severe than the over Worth County in the original diagnoses. second round GAC had to and ranked the No. 1 pro In fact Mills was back win at Liberty County and passer in the 2017 class by in three weeks and missed Peach County to reach the 247sports.com, Scout.com and Rivals.com. He’ll head just two games. Even when state finals. faced with the prospect of GAC faced off with Ce- to Stanford in the summer Every Friday night there are a couple of throws, there are a couple of moments when you can’t help but stop and go, ‘Wow.’ You just sort of soak that in for a second.”

and will make his official visit out west next month to help the Cardinal reel in other top recruits. When asked what Mills has meant to his program, Hardy said that he’ll remember Mills for three things: his work ethic, selflessness and his evenkeeled demeanor on and off the field. He’ll also remember the highlight throws that never got old seeing in person. “Every Friday night there are a couple of throws, there are a couple of moments when you can’t help but stop and go, ‘Wow,’” Hardy said. “You just sort of soak that in for a second and you say, ‘That was a great throw. That was great play.’ On the headset it’s like, ‘Holy smokes, did you see that one? How did he get that one in? How did he anticipate that one?’ There are a couple of throws he’s made where he throws it and our guys are running as fast as they can down the field and haven’t even come out of their break and by the time they turn around the ball is right on their chest in perfect timing. “Those are the things that you really see. ... It’s those small things and the anticipatory throws, the ability to read and make decisions. What we were able to do offensively is call plays with so many options and he’s just going to put us in the right situation, make the right decision and balance it out. That’s the stuff that doesn’t always show up at the combine, it might not show up highlight tape, but that’s stuff that leads to winning in football.”

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K.C., Denver searching for offense Titans take first By Bob Gretz

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When they face each other tonight at Arrowhead Stadium, both the Kansas City Chiefs and visiting Denver Broncos hope for the same present under the tree â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a more consistent and productive offense. The Chiefs (10-4) need a victory to earn a spot in the AFC playoffs. The Broncos (8-6) have slim chances of returning to the postseason after their Super Bowl victory last season. Kansas City is coming off a 19-17 loss to Tennessee where its offense disappeared in the second half after a first-quarter 14-0 lead. The Broncos are also a week out from their 16-3 loss at home to New England. In that game, the Broncos had 309 offensive yards, but put only a field goal on the scoreboard.

Denver quarterback Trevor Siemian (13) looks to throw the ball under pressure from New England defensive end Jabaal Sheard (93) on Dec. 18 in Denver. (Photo: Isaiah J. Downing-USA Today Sports)

Denver turned the ball over three times, was just 2 of 17 on third-down conversions and ran for only 58 yards. Afterward, the offensive line and secondary shared some barbed words in the locker room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s OK to be upset; thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pain in what we do,â&#x20AC;? Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no division. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of football. We

played well enough on defense to give ourselves a chance to beat them, but we did not play well enough offensively to do that. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football.â&#x20AC;? On the season, Denver ranks 24th among the 32 teams in offensive yards, producing just 326.7 yards per game. The Broncos are No. 21 in points scored with an average of 21.4 points per game. They are

26th on third downs (34.9 percent) and 29th in the red zone (44.2 percent). Those numbers are almost a carbon copy of the offensive problems the Chiefs are producing this season. Kansas City stands No. 23 in offensive yards per game (331.4) and ranks 15th in points with an average of 22.8 points per game. They are No. 27 on third downs (34.8 percent) and No. 27 in the red zone (44.4 percent). â&#x20AC;&#x153;I expect us to go back and work hard, get right back on it and fix the problems,â&#x20AC;? Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said on his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss to Tennessee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what you do. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still sitting in a pretty good situation here. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sitting at 10-4, everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ahead of you and you have a great football team coming in that you have an opportunity to play. So you get yourself right, and we go play.â&#x20AC;?

Steelers aim to wrap up division title By Todd Karpovich

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are excited about this opportunity,â&#x20AC;? Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. The Pittsburgh Steelâ&#x20AC;&#x153;When you really think ers and Baltimore Ravens about it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be an continue their spirited exciting game for us, an rivalry in a Christmas Day exciting game for them. showdown that could ulti- Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be an exciting mately decide which team game for the fans. advances to the postseason. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You could say that both The Steelers (9-5) sim- teams have been fightply need a win to clinch ing and clawing for some their seventh AFC North period of time to get to this title and earn a spot in point, to this game, in this the playoffs for the third stadium, with this amount straight year. The Ravens of significance or what is at (8-6), meanwhile, likely stake. From a competitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need to beat both Pittsstandpoint itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an awesome burgh and the Cincinnati thing. It is a snapshot of Bengals in the regularDecember football.â&#x20AC;? season finale to capture Even though the Ravens their first division crown are the underdog, they will since 2012. enter Heinz Field with Either way, the game is a sense of confidence. shaping up to be another Baltimore has won four classic matchup between straight games in the these bitter rivals. series, including a 21-14 The Sports Xchange

victory on Nov. 6 at M&T Bank Stadium. A victory would secure back-toback season sweeps of the Steelers for the first time in franchise history. The winner of this game will also likely earn the third seed in the AFC playoffs, which means a first-round home game. The Ravens have lost their past four road matchups. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We understand the challenge thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presented,â&#x20AC;? Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pittsburgh is playing great football. (Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a) great team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all phases â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a very well-coached, obviously, excellent playmakers, tough, hard-nosed team, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking forward to the challenge. But we feel like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re up to it.â&#x20AC;? In the first meeting,

Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco was 18 of 30 for 241 yards with a touchdown and an interception in the 21-14 victory. Mike Wallace had a huge game against his former team with four receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown. Now, the Steelers are out for a measure of revenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We lost the first game,â&#x20AC;? Pittsburgh offensive tackle Marcus Gilbert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This game is going to be ours, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at our field. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited, man. This is why we play the game of football.â&#x20AC;? The Steelers have improved since the last meeting with the Ravens and are riding a five-game winning streak â&#x20AC;&#x201D; its longest since 2009. Pittsburgh is also getting solid contributions on both sides of the ball.

crack at hosting Holiday Hoops By David Friedlander

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Holiday tournaments are a staple of the high school basketball season, but they take a lot of work for a program that wants to host one. It was a task that the boys and girls programs at Discovery High School werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ready to tackle in the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugural season a year ago, but will now take on when they host the Holiday Hoops at Discovery tournament Tuesday through Thursday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tournaments, in general, are always a bigger undertaking than anyone thinks,â&#x20AC;? Discovery boys coach Cory Cason said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But hosting one really takes a lot of work. We invited mostly local teams (at this inaugural event). We wanted to try and raise funds and raise awareness of the (Titans) program in the community. Hopefully, we can have a good showing (this year) and then maybe expand and continue to grow and see where it goes.â&#x20AC;? The Titans boys (9-5) and girls (1-8) will conclude the first round of play on Tuesday with each team taking on Lassiter at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. respectively. Those games will conclude four games from each division, with a bracket play continuing for three days, though there will be a twist in both the

PREP HOOPS What: Holiday Hoops at Discovery Where: Discovery When: Dec. 27-29 First-Round matchups Tuesday GIRLS 9 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; West Forsyth vs. Monroe Area Noon â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Meadowcreek vs. South Forsyth 3 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Aplalachee vs. Americus-Sumter 6 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Discovery vs. Lassiter BOYS 10 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; West Forsyth vs. Mt. Vernon 1:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Northview vs. Monroe Area 4:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Apalachee vs. Americus-Sumter 7:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Discovery vs. Lassiter

boys and girls brackets. A late vacancy forced organizers to arrange for the boys and girls teams Americus-Sumter, already headed to Atlanta playing a boys and girls doubleheader with Tift County at Phililps Arena this week, to play two games in each bracket, with Chattahoochee filling the gap in between, and then adjust the bracket accordingly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Finding teams is a challenge,â&#x20AC;? Cason said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then we had a team (in each bracket) pull out in mid-October, and we were scrambling. We were able to piecemeal (the brackets) together. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not ideal, but we appreciate (AmericusSumter and Chattahoochee) stepping in.â&#x20AC;?

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PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 1172 Auburn Rd Dacula GA 30019, 770-236-0688 @ 01/01/2017 @ 10:00AM Unit 254 Adam Smith: Household Items Unit 451 Hale Ellis: Household Items Unit 180 Tommy Boone: File Boxes Unit 604 Yvonne M Pillert: Household Items Unit 109 Wayne Maddox: Household Items Unit 602 Penny Rosas: Personal Items Unit 491 Louis Marion: Household Items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in o

order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. 929-461144, 12/25,1/1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at l

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location indicated: 3564 Lawrenceville Hwy Lawrenceville, Ga 30044 @ 1:00 PM January 10, 2017 Dalmain Edwards Unit # 230 Household Items Suzan Thornton Unit # 248 Household Items BraDana Hurry Clanton Unit # 352 Household Items Tony Robinson Unit # 1104 Household Items Sharese De Lille Unit # 1133 Household Items Samara Wilson Unit # 1166 Household Items Mahogany Manuel Unit # 2039 Household Items Rodrick Moore Unit # 4058 Household Items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. 929-461496, 12/25,1/1

Unit A112 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Samuel Ponder â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chair, Mattress, Table, TV, Bags, Boxes, Totes, Toys, Power Tools Unit C214 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Percy Green â&#x20AC;&#x201C; TV, Bags, Boxes, Totes Unit 112B â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Samuel Ponder â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Boxes, Pictures, Chair, Sheleves Unit B117 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Andy Mayeux â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bed, Couch, Mattress, Boxes Unit B140 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Wendell Englishâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Mattress, Boxes, Clothes, Pictures, Power Tools Unit B144 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Kimberly Thortonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Table, Boxes, Chair Unit B190 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Latasha Berrios â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Boxes, Totes, Clothes Unit C327 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dwight Gregory â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Armoire, Couch, Dining Set, Dresser, Mattress, DVD, Washer, Bags, Boxes Unit C313 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Autumn Jordan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mattress, Clothes, Chair, Headboard Unit C185 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Antonio Brown â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Washer, Chair The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. 929-459963, 12/25,1/1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart #714, 105 Old Peachtree Road NW, Suwanee, GA 30024, to satisfy a lien on January 11, 2017 at approx. 2:00 PM at www. storagetreasures.com. Name Unit # Eduardo A. Royo aka Eduardo A. Rayo 150 Brenda Kay Duckett 460 David Wayne Hines 497 William Joseph Hurff Sr 502 William J. Hurff Jr 502 Dennis Brothers 515 Wanda Renetta Jones 516 Joshua B. Sandridge 532 Harry Leonard Cox 698 929-461502, 12/25,1/1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 530 Athens Hwy Loganville Ga. 30052, 470-2331499 on 1-10-2017, @ 12:00pm

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 5180 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Norcross, Georgia 30071 to satisfy a lien on January 11, 2017 at approx. 1:30 PM at www.storagetreasures.com Cube #224, Jeremy Anderson; Cube #778, Kevin King; Cube #750, German AngelesOlguin; Cube #649, Kevin King; Cube #645, MARSHALL, CYNTHIA Cube #850, WOOD, MARK Cube #944, MARSHALL, CYNTHIA Cube #202, Oyenike Roberts Cube #903, Billie, Betty Jo. 929-461493, 12/25,1/1 Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: Extra Space Storage, 98 Hurricane Shoals Rd. NE, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-682-4990, Time of Sale: January 10th, 2017 at 11:00

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AM. Angela Davies Unit 1036 Household Items Vicky Griffin Unit 0627 Household Items DezRa Rose Unit 0313 Boxes, dishes, pots and pans, shoes general house items Eric Dominguez Unit 0434 Household Items Benjamin Harrison Massey Unit 0417 Household Items Richard Schoeck Unit 1107 Household Items Caroline Nadal Unit CC051 Mattress, Boxes, Washer and Dryer, Table, and Chairs Robert Hartman Unit 0636 Household Items Keith Maclin Unit 0635 Boxes totes furn Shatariya Pinder Unit CC055 Household Items Charlie Hollomon Unit 1035 Lawn Equipment and Household Items Craig Moore Unit 1031 Household Items Lillian Banjoko Unit 0520 Various Household goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. 929-460084, 12/25,1/1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding at 2040 Lawrenceville Highway Lawrenceville, GA 30044 on 1/10/2017 at 1:30 PM for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2040 Lawrenceville Highway Lawrenceville, GA 30044 (770)962-4330 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances. 232 Mays, April Household 4113 siders keianna household 339 Shawn Schillinger House hold 207 Stephane Bellamy Household 363 Jason Stillwell goods 367 F r a n k Grantham Household 398 Joseph Rhule goods 180 Joseph Freeland Household goods 358 Jmar Haynes Household Items 079 Gabriela Gomez Tools beds tvs living room 084 Corliss Leisure Bed Railings Dining table boxes 179 Jonathan Haney Bedroom set head board foot board dresser Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. 929-461077, 12/25,1/1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart #6291-345 Sawmill Dr, Suwanee GA 30024 to satisfy a lien on January 11, 2017 at approx. 2:00pm at www.storagetreasures. com. Name of Customer Unit # General Description of Property Jeff Couch 1 1 4 8 Household Items Bernadette Cartwright 3020 Household Items Lyndsey Marie Jennings 1127 Household Items Erogies Grigley 3119 Household Items Onika Brooks 3125 Household Items 929-461128, 12/25,1/5

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart #698, 3495 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024, to satisfy a lien on January 11, 2017 at approx. 2PM at www.storagetreasures.com. Name Unit # Shelavon Vanzant 2014 Roy Mendelsohn 3049 Justin LeBlanc 515 Mark Rafus 2075 Karla Manners 403 Bhavani Sukhdeo 1048 929-461141, 12/25,1/1

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 4400 Lawrenceville Hwy Lilburn, GA 30047 770-638-2252 January 11th, 2017 at 10:00 AM Dan Luther Unit 096 Items not listed on lease James Jolly Unit 481 Household Items Mauricio Sanchez Unit 123 Tools Juliette Grier Unit 165 Household Goods Kevin Harden Unit 111 Pool table, 3 tvs Reginald Nelson Unit 432 Household Goods The auction will be listed and advertised at Extra Space Storage 4400 Lawrenceville Hwy Lilburn, GA 30047. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. 929-460080, 12/25,1/1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on 01/09/2016 at 2:30pm at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 4750 Nelson Brogdon Blvd Sugar Hill, GA, 30518 678.482.5022 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances. Unit 818 , Cynthia JonesHousehold Items Unit 715, Mark ClarkFurniture, Household Goods, Boxes, and Cases Unit 497, Kim McdanielFurniture, boxes Unit 134, William Wayneâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; household goods Unit 325, Patrick Osaserihousehold goods Unit 707, Cree Daniels- furniture and household goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. 929-460085, 12/25,1/1

PUBLIC AUCTION Securlock Storage will sell personal property consisting of household and personal effects, office, and other equipment, toys and appliances will be sold to satisfy ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lien for rent due law 10-4-213. All items or spaces may not be available on the day of the sale. We reserve the right to refuse any and all bids, buyers must secure spaces with own locks. NO CHECKS. CASH ONLY. To claim tax-exempt-ORIGINAL RESALE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SPACE PURCHASED IS REQUIRED. Time: 12:00 PM Date: January 12 Place: 1573 Athens Hwy Grayson Ga 30017 Autumn Williams â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mattress, Box springs, Dresser, Chairs, 4+ Boxes Clara Windham â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Couch, Dresser, Mattress, 7+ Bags Nicole Soto â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Daybed, Chair, Mattress 929-461089, 12/25,1/1

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 3942 Stone Mountain Hwy 78, Snellville, GA 30039, 770.891.1688 on January 11th, 2017 at 11:00 AM 137â&#x20AC;&#x201C;audrey mcintoshâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$429.00â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Boxes, Art work, Table, chair, bags, totes 140 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stacy R. Waltonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$1,010.79â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Table, bicycle, pictures, sports equipment 160â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Deshanavi Murrayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$708.35- Armoire, chair, Couch, Dresser, table, boxes, shelves 227â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Keva Normanâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$557.60- Chair, microwave, bags, bicycle, clothes, totes, toys 261â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Kenneth Ezenwekweâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$524.60â&#x20AC;&#x201C;bed, couch, bags, clothes, totes, office chair 320â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Makiera Weatherlyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$2,002.00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Chair, Couch, Dresser, China Cabinet, Chaise, Mirror, Rugs, Clothes 322 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Makiera Weatherlyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$1,932.60 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Boxes, Clothes, Totes, Ironing Board, Tires, Trash Can, Workout Equipment 390 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Alex Boyleâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$403.00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; dresser, mattress, boxes 449 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Velva Go$

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dardâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$550.60 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; chair, bags, ladder, lawnmower, turkey fryer, rugs 450 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dane Thorneâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$1,000.29 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Mattress, Bags, Boxes, Pictures, Totes, Headboard, Footboard 473â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Tonja Evansâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$ 294.00 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; printer, TV, clothes, knitting yarn, bags 506 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bonita Crichlowâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$344.89 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; deep freezer, dishes, shoes, clothes, pictures 5 1 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; N i c o l e Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$492.10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;couch, dresser, table, microwave, bicycle, toys 521 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Anthony (Tony) Cowartâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$441.40â&#x20AC;&#x201C;entertainment center, refrigerator, bicycle, totes 548â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Deirdre Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$369.00â&#x20AC;&#x201C; chair, dresser, washer, boxes 550â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Eugene Gilb e r t â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $ 1 , 1 1 4 . 0 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; c h a i r, couch, dresser, mattress, TV, power tools

620â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Michael Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$562.39â&#x20AC;&#x201C;tires, vacuum, stereo, ladder, speakers, couch, mattress, shoes, chair 624â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Edward Muldrowâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$790.09â&#x20AC;&#x201C;couch, refrigerator, TV, bicycle, clothes 634â&#x20AC;&#x201C;James Wagesâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$1,563.40â&#x20AC;&#x201C;lawnmower, tires, four wheeler, power tools, refrigerator Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. 929-461503, 12/25,1/1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on January 9, 2017 at 11:00 AM at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2790 Braselton Hwy Dacula, GA 30019 678-482-1715 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances. 430 Dwayne Layfield Bedroom suite, Household items 739 James Archer Household goods 735 James Archer Household goods 721 Zach Mealer Household goods

PAA6 James Digby 6x12 landscaping trailer 920 Debra Warlick Household goods 636 Charles Mickens Household goods 548 Carl Hairston Furniture, Household Goods 546 Carl Hairston Furniture Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. 929-460086, 12/25,1/1

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on January 9th, 2017 at 12:00 PM at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2050 Gravel Springs Road Buford, GA 30519 678-492-4958 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances. Unit C1085â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Harvey Letner Unit C1117â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Lauren Haulk Unit E622â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Anthony Vick P h be made w

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. 929-460081, 12/25,1/1

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Unit 257 Couches, Dining, Dell Computers, household goods, & Bedroom Furn. Sandra Allen Unit 260 Household Items Kathleen Gentile Unit 279 Household Items Jared Smith Unit 757 Boxes & Furniture Vickie Burnsed Unit 334 Household Goods Dominique Avery Unit 242 Household Goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the ab f d facility in o

above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. 929-461143, 12/25,1/1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 3313 Stone Mountain Hwy, Snellville, Ga 30078 to satisfy a lien on October 12, 2016 at approx. 10:00 am at www.storagetreasures.com Name Unit # General Description of Property Matthew D Hutchings 1120 Victoria D Sparrow-Robinson 3016 C

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Above, Lawrenceville residents, from left, Terri Hammonds and Gabriela Jones, say goodbye to Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry retiring director Linda Freund. (Staff Photo: Erika Wells) Top, Freund stands by the sign in front of the co-op’s building on Church Street in Lawrenceville in March. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

In retirement, director of Lawrenceville co-op trusting God’s plan

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A sign with Matthew 25:35 hangs on the wall in the outreach area of the Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry in 2015. Linda Freund, executive director of the Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry, explained that the verse is the cornerstone of the ministry. (File Photo)

Longtime Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry director Linda Freund celebrates with her husband, Am, at her recent retirement party. (Special Photo: Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry)

A Lawrenceville woman makes her rounds in a small red brick churchhouse-turned-food-pantry behind City Hall off South Clayton Street. The tall, slender 63-year-old’s age is veiled by her stylishly cut gray hair, inner and outer beauty and warm smile. She walks with a quiet dignity as she humbly greets regular and a few new faces at the Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry, where she has served as director for the last 16 years. But after being with the co-op a total of two decades, Linda Freund is walking away with a full heart. “I’m going to miss it terribly, but it’s time for me to go and make room for the next generation; for God to make the co-op what He wants it to be,” Freund said. The director is the only full-time, paid position at the co-op, which she hopes will soon change. “Our volunteers have been so faithful, they treat this like a job,” she said. “They love the Lord and really sit down and listen to people.” Created in 1995, the co-op is a faith-based nonprofit supported by a network of churches that provide food, financial assistance and other resources to the less fortunate. “I’ll miss the people and the tears I’ve shed with the people in the community,” Freund said. One resident said the co-op helped him with a bill that made the difference between whether his family had heat or food, she said.

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Day after day, Freund also has laughed and prayed with those in need. When they grieved, she grieved, and when they rejoiced, she rejoiced. Oftentimes she shared the pain of the people she helped, trying to balance her own life with being impacted by burdens of others. “There’s so much more to helping people than what meets the eye,” said her longtime friend Laura Drake. Freund had convinced Drake to become a volunteer and years later helped her apply for her current position as director of the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry. “She’s that bridge that teaches us how to serve others with dignity and love,” Drake said. “She did what she does best — plants seeds.” Freund has hundreds of touching stories about her experience feeding the hungry, leading them to Christ and encouraging others to keep their faith. Even when hers was tested — when the pantry shelves were bare and the donations sparse — she kept moving forward because she knew this mission was not about her. Freund, a proud Christian, knew she was fulfilling a higher purpose. Every morning, she wakes up and asks the Lord: What do you want me to do today? “I say, ‘Today I offer myself to You as a living sacrifice,’” she said about her morning conversation with Christ. See co-op, Page 7c

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Now ordering up special service online A friend of mine bought a car recently without ever stepping into the dealership. It’s being delivered to his door. He conducted the entire purchase over the phone and internet. When he walks out of his front door Monday morning there will be a new BMW sitting in his driveway. He’ll hand over the keys of his old car for the driver to take back to the dealership. He’ll drive off to work in his new car without wasting a minute of time at the dealership. The old days of spending hours at a dealership while the salesman went back and forth to “check” with his manager are

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ing things up. The internet has permanently changed buyer behavior and the implications are huge. We’ve made a paradigm shift that will affect the way we live and work, how organizations are structured and which skills are important in the modern workplace. Here are two big changes that are here to stay: 1. Work and home are wherever you want them to be. I recently moved to an area 40 minutes from major shopping. I wanted to live on a lake, but the downside was no mall, no Target and no TJ Maxx. Years ago I wouldn’t have

considered a remote area. Now, thanks to Amazon I can get everything I want delivered to me in a day. There’s no need to live close to mass shopping. As for work, I own my own company. When we’re not on site with clients, we work virtually. The company headquarters are wherever we want them to be. In our case we decided we’d rather have UPS deliver to us than fight traffic foraging for essentials. Instead, I live in a beautiful place with a few special stores and restaurants where I get fabulous personal service. 2. Human to human needs to be even more

special. My friend didn’t choose just any dealership to buy his car. He had a relationship with the salesperson. The salesman reached out to him, and he was highly knowledgeable about the cars, all the cars. He was politely persistent with his followup. He nurtured the relationship via email and phone calls. My friend is a consultant who travels extensively. For him, time is money. Actually time is money for everyone. Good salespeople don’t waste the buyer’s time. The car salesman was a younger man, who wasn’t bound by an old mindset. He didn’t try to get my friend to come into the dealership, instead he sent him exactly what he needed electronically, and he talked to the customer

when it was convenient for the customer, which was not necessarily when the dealership was even open. The salesman made arrangements for everything and gave the buyer first-class treatment in every interaction. Buyers search on the Internet, but when it’s a big-ticket item, the final purchase is a human-tohuman interaction. Smart organizations organize their Internet presence to make it easy for the buyer. But they organize their people to make it special for the buyer. The difference is important. The Web makes things easy; humans make things special. Lisa McLeod is the author of the bestseller “Selling with Noble Purpose.” Her most recent book is titled “Leading with Noble Purpose.”

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The joys of being home for Christmas As a child growing up, Christmas was pure joy and delight. The season began always the week after Thanksgiving when the director of our church Christmas play handed out the pageant parts. I always got the biggest part because I enjoyed memorizing while the rest of the kids preferred making better use of their time. I was two years out of college when I spent my first Christmas away from home and, while it was one of the loneliest, most miserable days of my life, it was keenly important. In the midst of that lonely, snowy Christmas day in Washington, D.C., I first learned the true meaning of a place called home. The events that conspired to keep me away from my family on that Christmas Day now, over 25 years ago, began six weeks earlier. I was a sportswriter for my hometown newspaper, The Times, and had just returned from covering the Georgia-Auburn football game on a Saturday night. It was close to midnight when the editor breezed by my desk, stopped suddenly, and turned back to me. He snapped his fingers. “Oh, USA Today called today and they want you in Washington on Monday to work on loan.” Our newspaper was owned by Gannett, publisher of USA Today, the diamond in the center of the crown. The national newspaper was known for scouring the lower ranks of its daily newspapers to find strong talent. First, you were loaned out then, if those few months worked out, a full-time offer was made. From the moment I moved to the little studio apartment in the Foggy Bottom section of the town, two streets over from Georgetown, I loved D.C. It was made for a history buff like me so I spent free days at the Smithsonian, the Lincoln Memorial, the Library of Congress, and such. I loved it. Many mornings, I walked to work eight blocks away. I sauntered through the heart of Georgetown, crossed the Frances Scott Key Bridge over the Potomac River, then up the hill to the modern, high tower of Gannett and USA Today. It was a winter of extreme cold and I had never known such chill that went straight

Ronda Rich to my bones, especially when the wind blew off the Potomac and caught me square in the face. One night, I walked to the Jefferson Memorial and was stunned at the number of men in tattered coats sleeping while lying atop grates through which steam drifted up, giving them a bit of warmth. I had never seen homeless people. That Christmas spent in D.C. was lovely and adventurous. Georgetown was magical, covered in snow, green wreaths, red bows and white lights. It looked like a storybook. I attended the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, most memorable because I mistakenly wandered into a restricted area so a kind Secret Service guard had to gently redirected me. In those days, the White House wasn’t barricaded like it is now so I was able to stand close. My spare time during the days leading up to Christmas was filled with gift shopping at Garfinkel’s, a legendary but now out-of-business D.C. department store, and walking two blocks from my apartment to the Kennedy Center to watch holiday movies. There is a theater within the Kennedy Center that seats 200, so there I watched Christmas In Connecticut, White Christmas, and Meet Me in St. Louis. I loved the discoveries of that holiday season. But it wasn’t home. I was scheduled to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in a halfempty newsroom. I have never been lonelier as I lunched on a pack of crackers. My heart ached to be in the middle of the merriment (and even arguments) with my family. The next day I flew home. When I walked off the plane and there stood Mama, smiling, I discovered the power of home. Especially on Christmas Day. Ronda Rich is the bestselling author of There’s A Better Day A-Comin’. Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her weekly newsletter.

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Fourth Gwinnett school awarded STEM certification Gwinnett now has four STEM-certified schools as recognized by the Georgia Department of Education. State School Superintendent Richard Woods paid a visit to Peachtree Ridge High School earlier this month to award the Georgia Department of Education STEM certification to Peachtree Ridge High School for its work in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. “The jobs of the future require a strong foundation in STEM concepts and the innovative thinking encouraged by those subjects,” Richard Woods said. “Peachtree Ridge High School is thinking outside the box and providing an education that goes far beyond the traditional ‘sit and get’ lecture model. Students will graduate from these schools prepared for the future, and I commend the faculty and staff who created their excellent STEM programs.” The other Gwinnett STEM-certified schools

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Keith Farner are the Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology, Brookwood Elementary and Lanier High. Principal Jeff Matthews is the first principal in Georgia to earn STEM certification in two different schools. He was principal at GSMST when in 2013, it became the first school in Georgia to receive such certification. The signature SPIRE program at Peachtree Ridge uses English/language arts as the cornerstone of its STEM package that allows students to pursue projects based on their personal interests. Engineering and physics are taught as co-curricular subjects, and students

State School Superintendent Richard Woods paid a visit to Peachtree Ridge High School earlier this month to award the Georgia Department of Education STEM certification to Peachtree Ridge High School for its work in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. (Special Photo)

move through rigorous, relevant coursework that prepares them for STEM careers. To earn STEM certification, each school had to submit an application showing that it meets specific criteria, including evidence of teacher collaboration, business and industry partnerships,

high levels of math and science instruction, and an integrated, project-based STEM curriculum. Brookwood student receives $2,000 scholarship Kaylan Fomby, a junior from Brookwood High School, received a $2,000 scholarship from C2

Education for scoring a 1310 on her practice SAT as part of C2’s national Octobertest promotion. Fomby’s score ranked second among all high school students who participated in the annual contest held throughout the country. C2 Education, which offers services in tutoring, test prep, and college

readiness worked in conjunction with high schools across the country to offer special practice tests to thousands of students. The complimentary practice tests for the SAT and ACT, which took place in October, allowed students to better understand the testing process while accurately measuring performance before taking the real test. As part of the Octobertest campaign, C2 is awarding $27,000 in donations and student scholarships to participating schools and students. To be eligible for a donation, the school had to have at least 30 students participate on site at their high school or at a C2 center. School winners were determined by averaging the top 30 scores from each high school. Student winners are being awarded based on the top three SAT and ACT scores. Keith Farner writes about education. Good News from Schools appears in the Sunday edition of the Daily Post.

Snellville OKs code Lanier Islands donates 100 turkeys to changes for project local church community food bank BY CURT YEOMANS

hundreds of citizens, we are taking an important step toward turning the Towne Center vision into a Snellville’s vision for reality,” Mayor Tom Witts its Towne Center project said in a statement. “With moved one step closer to these development upbecoming a reality after dates, the city will be able the City Council recently to encourage and guide approved a series of the development we want changes to the town’s — and where we want it development code. — while better protecting The modifications apthe character and needs of proved last Thursday were existing neighborhoods.” designed to make the code Plans for the Towne more flexible and simpliCenter include a relocated fied while also dropping Elizabeth H. Williams “inconsistencies,” accord- Library which, if approved ing to city officials. They by county leaders, would also said is was a “vital be paid for with money step” in advancing the from the recently approved Towne Center project. county and city SPLOST. Snellville has been Snellville officials are working on the Towne also planning a city marCenter project for nearly a ket that would be attached decade, and officials spent to the library. The market months gathering public would be along the lines feedback on the project. of Atlanta’s Krog Street They then crafted the Market and the Sweet code changes based on the Auburn Curb Market, with feedback they got from the space for retail, restauresidents. rants, bistros and outdoor “Thanks to the input of dining. curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

FROM STAFF REPORTS Lanier Islands donated 100 turkeys to a local church’s food pantry last week. “Every turkey went to a family who otherwise would not have a Christmas dinner,” Cross Pointe Church Communications Minister Gene Mason said in a press release. The donation went to the church’s Community CarePointe Food Pantry, an organization providing nonperishable food supplies to those in need in the Duluth and Buford area. The pantry has distributed more than one million pounds of food and experienced more than 27,000 family visits since it began. But Lanier Island’s Dec. 15 donation kicked things up a notch at the pantry, Mason said. “We fed almost 400 families, which is a record for a one-day distribution

Families in need lined up around the Community CarePointe Food Pantry to receive a free turkey. (Special Photos)

event at our food pantry,” he said. The turkeys were placed in red gift bags and handed out to families along with 12 tons of additional food. Mason said the families “were literally lined up around the building.” “Every family was so excited to get one,” he said. “This was such a generous gift, and we’re grateful for our partnership with Lanier Islands.” The Community CarePointe Food Pantry is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon year-round, except Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, at

Lanier Islands donated 100 turkeys to Community CarePointe Food Pantry to donate to needy families last week.

the Duluth campus at 1800 Satellite Blvd. To volunteer or for

more information, visit www.crosspointechurch. com/carepointe.

Tired of lawyers running the country? Merry Christmas seems to be taking his cue from Dick the Butcher in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II (Act IV, Scene II): “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Except, of course, he isn’t actually killing any lawyers, as far as we know.

Nor are they dropping dead all around him under mysterious circumstances, as in the days of the Clinton White House. Instead, Trump is just mostly leaving them out in the cold where his administration is concerned — and that may

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be a fate worse than death. I doubt Trump actually has anything against lawyers, and neither do I. I know several personally, many of them decent people. And obviously, they play an important role in society. Without lawyers, who would buy commercial airtime on late-night TV? But a government in which most of those in power are lawyers has two significant drawbacks. The first is inertia, a Hamlet-like proclivity (speaking of Shakespeare) to nitpick the legal niceties instead of actually making a decision. Sometimes it’s good to laboriously weigh every possible eventuality, but other times it can be crippling to an economy or a nation’s war efforts. This problem is apparent not only in Congress, where lawyers dominate,

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AUBURN City hosting Bring One for the Chipper through Jan. 9 Now that the Christmas presents have been opened, another holiday tradition is about to begin in Auburn: Bring One for the Chipper. Residents can bring their Christmas trees (sans ornaments and lights, of course) to the Williams Street Triangle behind City Hall from Wednesday through Jan. 9. Residents are encouraged to look for signs pointing them to the drop-off point when they arrive at City Hall. Auburn City Hall is located at 1369 Fourth Ave. BARROW COUNTY 68th Winder Christmas Parade winners announced The annual 68th Winder Christmas Parade took place on North Broad Street through downtown Winder on Dec. 10. The parade had more than 60 registered participants including decorated floats, marching bands, antique tractors, military vehicles and equine. First place went to Bethlehem Church. Integrity Dance Academy came in second place, and WinderBarrow Community Theatre placed third. The Best NonFloat Entry winner was the Winder-Barrow High School Marching Band. Mayor’s Choice went to Winder-Barrow Community Theatre. The parade can be viewed at vimeo.com/ windertv and on Comcast Channel 21. Photos of the parade are at facebook. com/cityofwinder. BERKELEY LAKE West Gwinnett Park Aquatic Center reopens this week Get your swim in while you can, Berkeley Lake. The West Gwinnet Park Aquatic Center will reopen Tuesday before closing for a few days in January. The indoor instructional pool will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday. It will also be open noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. The pool will close again Jan. 1, Jan. 2 and Jan 21. It will close to the public Jan 12 at 1 p.m. and Jan 19 and Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. BRASELTON Two local businesses win Braselton’s decorated tree competition Two groups have been announced winners of Braselton’s decorated tree competition. The Men’s Room Barber and Spa won the online voting when its tree’s photo earned the most “likes” on the BuyLocalBraselton Facebook page. The Braselton Antique Mall won by gathering the most ballots at its store. The Men’s Room Barber tree featured mainly red and black ornaments, handmade glitter mustaches and deer antler ribbon. The staff also made ornaments from After Shave sample packets. They said they won the online vote by networking and encouraging customers to get involved. Owner Robbie Bettis said she chose a patriotic theme for the Braselton Antique Mall’s tree when she discovered how many red, white and blue items she had handy. With help from employees, she created large cards that were signed by military members, police officers and other civic leaders from across the U.S. before they were hung on the tree. Bettis and other employees contribute their success to their loyal customers, families and friends. BUFORD Gwinnett girls empowerment group to host annual pajama party The nonprofit I AM B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. will hold its Pink Pajama Jam event at Lanier Islands, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Jan. 14 and 15. The event will include activities designed to

norcrosscommunitymarket@gmail.com or leave a message at 678-667-0015 and identify the volunteer position of interest to you. Applications are due by Jan. 13. Among the areas available for volunteers are children’s activities, marketing, volunteers, community services, vendor development, chef and cooking demonstrations, fundraising events, sponsorships, community engagement, the community supported agriculture subscription program and in music and entertainment.

Duluth City Council members join city staff and representatives of the Duluth Fall Festival committee, AGCO Corporation and Massey Ferguson for a photo in front of a new Massey Ferguson tractor that was presented to the city on Monday. The city partnered with the festival committee and AGCO to get the tractor. (Special Photos)

GivinG back AGCO Corp. donates new tractor to Duluth By Curt yeomans

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Duluth’s Public Works Department got some new wheels this week. Duluth-based AGCO Corporation delivered a new Massey Ferguson tractor to the department’s work facility on Monday. It marked the conclusion of a story that began with a “train” and led to a donation from the Duluth Fall Festival committee and a partnership with AGCO. “It is the first of its kind to be delivered in Georgia and one of the first in North America” AGCO representative Toby Bowen said in a statement. “We are so happy to be able to give back and to be able to interact with the community on this level.” City officials said the “train” that got the whole story going was in fact a float that the Public Works Department made with

impact girls. There will be educational activities and adult-led small group mentoring discussions. Topics will include appropriate attire; science, technology, engineering, and math careers; healthy relationships; Christianity and more. Girls, their mothers and mentors will complete a service project, watch movies, get a manicure, play games, decorate suites and build relationships. The event is for ages 8 through 18 and their mothers, or female guardians or mentors, who are not required to attend. There will be separate lodging for women, including volunteer chaperones. Registration includes overnight accommodations at a lake house, meals, workshops and supplies. For more information and to register, visit iambeautiful. org/pink-pajama-jam. DACULA Library hosting puppet show for young kids this week Gwinnett County residents who are looking for something to do with their kids this week are invited to drop by the Dacula library branch for a puppet show. The branch will host the Gwinnett County Public Libraries Puppeteers “for an awesome and fun puppet show featuring amusing stories and ‘catchy’ music” at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. It is geared toward kids over 3 and their families. The branch is located at

Duluth City Council members check out the new Massey Ferguson tractor that was presented to the city’s Public Works Department on Monday.

the City Council to ride in during the 2015 Fall Festival Parade. It was pulled by the tractor that the department had at the time. As it turns out, the “train” was a hit with the Fall Festival committee. City officials said the committee wanted to see the train float used in other

265 Dacula Road. DULUTH City to ring in the New Year with Craig Campbell Georgia native Craig Campbell is set to hit the stage with his chart-rising song “Outskirts of Heaven” on Dec. 31st in Get Duluth’s NYE Extravaganza. “Craig Campbell is an amazing performer and we are excited to have him in Duluth,” said Event Coordinator Madison Chucci. The Red Bow’s singer/ songwriter is captivating audiences across the country with featured hits like “Outskirts of Heaven”, “Keep Them Kisses Comin’” and festive covers including Alan Jackson’s “I Only Want You For Christmas” and “White Christmas.” There will be familyfriendly activities, a large snow slide, a winter carnival and live entertainment by the Highbeams and DJ Rob. The festivities begin at 7 p.m. on Duluth Town Green. The event is free to the public, however, the inflatables will have a cost. GRAYSON City offices closed two days for New Year’s holiday Grayson is planning to take an extended weekend later this week to ring in 2017. The city is planning to close its offices on Friday, as well as Jan. 2. New Year’s Eve and Day fall on a Saturday and Sunday, respectively, this year.

events around Duluth, and donated $30,000 to buy a new tractor for it. City officials said AGCO then saw that the committee planned to make the donation and offered to help by giving them a discount price on a new tractor. The tractor they delivered to the city normally costs significant-

City offices are expected to reopen on Jan. 3. LAWRENCEVILLE Medieval Times hosting New Year’s ‘Celebration of Centuries’ Medieval Times is preparing to ring in the new year by partying like it’s 1066. The popular attraction will host its annual New Year’s Eve show and party, “The Celebration of Centuries” from 8 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 1 a.m. on Jan. 1. The chain’s Atlanta castle is located at Sugarloaf Mills, at 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway, in Lawrenceville. The event will include admission to the Museum of Torture, Hors D’oeuvres, two-hour live tournament beginning at 9:30 p.m., a four-course medieval feast, a DJ, dancing, party favors, a champagne toast, a midnight countdown, a balloon drop and a continental breakfast. Tickets will cost $70.95 for adults and $36.95 for kids, and can be purchased at www.medievaltimes.com/ plan-your-trip/atlanta-ga/ index.html. LILBURN Branch offers help for U.S. citizenship exam The county library system will help make taking the naturalization test less intimidating with its “Flipped Classroom: Preparing for the U.S. Citizenship Exam” class Jan. 25. The class will take place at 4817 Church St. from 6:30 to 8 pm. and will offer

ly more than the amount of money the festival committee gave the city for the purchase, but the city did not specify how much the normal price was. “The city is so thankful for the partnership enjoyed with AGCO and the Duluth Fall Festival,” Duluth officials said in a statement.

assistance on how to pass the naturalization test, a required step toward citizenship. Each part of the test and its topics will be covered. There will be an opportunity to meet others working toward citizenship. For information, visit gwinnettpl.org. LOGANVILLE American Legion Post 233 to host New Year’s Eve Dance The local American Legion will host a New Year’s Eve Dance to ring in 2017. American Legion Post 233 will host its dance Dec. 31 from 8:30 p.m. until 1 a.m. The dance will include party favors and champagne. Guests are encouraged to bring hours d’oeuvres, as the kitchen will be closed. Tickets cost $15 per person or $25 per couple. NORCROSS Community market seeks volunteers Award-winning Sustainable Norcross is seeking key volunteers as chairpersons to assist with the second season of Norcross Community Market. Duties, time commitments and qualifications vary. For those who prefer a supporting role, volunteer chairpersons, once selected, will be looking for helpers to assist with planning and day of event activities. Details are available at norcrosscommunitymarket. com/volunteer. Contact

PEACHTREE CORNERS New Peachtree Corners incubator chooses two businesses to aid A new business incubator in Peachtree Corners has selected its first two companies to help grow. Prototype Prime, an incubator created six weeks ago to aid early-stage entrepreneurs, chose startups Trellis and Fetch as its first two project companies. Trellis is an agriculture technology startup that helps farmers grow more crops and use less water by using wireless soil moisture sensors and an online platform. Trellis co-founder Elizabeth Buchen said Prototype Prime was “a perfect fit” for the company. Fetch is a company working to eliminate the hassles of renting a truck through a new smartphone app. Employee Adam Steinberg said Prototype Prime was a “no-brainer” for the company when they saw that a large percentage of their customers were coming from Peachtree Corners. Prototype Prime’s facility is large enough to accommodate over 60 start-ups. The area provides networking and event space, workshops, a podcast room and a design lab with 3-D printers and electronics manufacturing capabilities. SNELLVILLE Party with preschooler’s favorite cartoon pig Children ages 3 and up are invited to the Peppa Pig Party at the library Jan. 3. The event will feature stories, games and crafts about the character from the animated TV series. Activities will take place at the branch at 2740 Lenora Church Road beginning at 4 p.m. For more information, visit gwinnettpl.org. SUGAR HILL Horns of Hope delivers holiday meals A nonprofit organization called Horns of Hope recently delivered 150 turkeys and meals to families in the Lanier cluster and the Sugar Hill area. It’s motto is “big hearts trying to make a big difference in a small community.” The group solicited monetary donations, dry foods and turkey to provide meals made up of potatoes, green beans, yams, cranberry sauce, stuffing and gravy. The group delivered the meals to local schools last week before students left for winter break. SUWANEE Entries being accepted for Snap Suwanee Your photos of the Suwanee community are being accepted through the city’s annual Snap Suwanee photo competition. Guidelines and applications are available at suwanee.com. Each photographer may submit up to five photos. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31. Photos submitted to the competition should represent the Suwanee community in some way and ideally be taken within Suwanee city limits. Winning photographs will be exhibited, beginning in March, for about a oneyear period at City Hall. The dozen winning photos from this year’s competition competition are currently on display on the first-floor lobby of City Hall and may be viewed from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. on weekdays.

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