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Vol. 45, No. 23

Snellville ex-clerk gets $44K Arnold settlement details disclosed

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

10 years of Taste

Michelle “Red” Roberts gives a cooking demonstration on stage as hundreds of expo attendees watch on during the 2014 Taste of Home Expo at the Gwinnett Center on Thursday in Duluth. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

Fans return for annual cooking school

By Katie Morris

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DULUTH— Jean Forrester has been cooking ever since she was tall enough to see over the edge of the stove. The Buford native grew up cooking dinner for her brother and two sisters every night because her mother worked.

Forrester said even though she’s been cooking for years, she still enjoys learning new tips and recipes. That’s why she attended last night’s Taste of Home Cooking School at the Gwinnett Center for her tenth consecutive year.

“I really learn a lot here, and I love the redheaded host because she really knows how to put this on. She’s hilarious and friendly with everyone. My favorite part of her show is the games. When somebody wins, we stand up and shout,’I love food,’” Forrester said. “I really enjoy the whole experience. I like the vendor show and the tastings. My favorite was the honey barbecue wings. They were really good, and I’m very picky with my food because I cook a lot, so I know.”

The 10th Annual Taste of Home Cook-

Dacula resident Jeff Nolan tries a sample of shrimp and grits at a booth during the 2014 Taste of Home Expo at the Gwinnett Center on Thursday in Duluth.

In honor of the show’s 10th anniversary, attendees were also able to register Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for to win one of 75 door prizes, including a photo gallery and video of the event.

10 grand prizes. The grand prizes, valued ing School, which is presented by the from $1,000 to $3,000, included a weekGwinnett Daily Post, began at 4 p.m. with end getaway to Harrah’s Cherokee Casino a vendor show. Attendees were able to resort, a family vacation to Destin, Fla., browse a variety of vendors and sample and much more. different food products, like the honey The vendor show was followed by a barbecue wings from East Coast Wings & See TASTE, Page 8A Grill in Buford.

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The city of Snellville on Thursday released details of a previously-confidential settlement agreement to pay the former clerk, after an open records request by the Daily Post.

Melisa Arnold, who resigned in June, will be paid six months of salary, totaling $29,150, and another $15,717 in unused Melisa Arnold sick and personal days in exchange for agreeing not to take legal action against the city, according to a copy of the settlement released to the Daily Post. She will also get $30 an hour for the time it took her to work on the See ARNOLD, Page 8A

Senate hopefuls tout tax relief, responsiveness

By Kristi Reed kristi.reed@gwinnettdailypost.com

With little more than a week to go before the Nov. 4 election, Democrat Timothy Swiney and Republican P.K. Martin are hard at work hoping to sway undecided voters to their side.

Swiney, a real estate broker, and Martin, an insurance agent, are both confident they can well represent the residents of District 9.

“I think what sets me apart is that I have a proven record of being somebody who listens to the problems of the people,” Martin said.

Martin explained he was presented with tough problems during his time as a Lawrenceville councilman and was able to work with all parties involved to reach solutions.

“I think I am someone who is really good at finding the common ground,” he See SENATE, Page 8A

Diva foundation helps Shiloh students attend homecoming

By Keith Farner keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

SNELLVILLE — Hair, makeup, nails and dresses will be possible on Saturday for three Shiloh High students who have never attended homecoming. And it’s all because of the generosity of another high school student whom they had never met.

Kennedy Watson, who attended Shiloh Elementary and Shiloh Middle, but now is a

senior at Woodward Academy, created a foundation called “A Diva in the Making,” which is designed to reward girls for being smart and active in the community. Watson said she was bullied as a youngster, and created the foundation to be, “a slap in the face to those bullies who said it’s not cool to be smart.”

“This foundation is giving them the confidence to step out and say it’s OK to step out,” Watson said. “It’s so cool to

see a teenager do such a good act.”

This is the second year of Watson’s foundation, and she hopes to expand it in college.

Woodward students who were involved in the service leadership board donated dresses for service leadership hours. Nail treatment is donated by Ray Baby Nails, hair styling is by J. Spot Salon, while makeup is by MyChoSee DIVA, Page 8A

Shiloh High students, from left, Kiera Peoples, Yasmine Neily and Prayer Welwean were selected to be honored by the foundation “A Diva in the Making,” created by a Woodward Academy student.

The Shiloh students were nominated by a teacher and were selected because they’ve earned a 3.2 grade-point average and displayed other high character traits. The foundation will provide dresses, hair, makeup and nail treatment for homecoming on Saturday.

(Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

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Detective: Grope suspect tied to previous incidents

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before taking note of the numbers on the real license plate concealed underneath.

Charged with sexual LAWRENCEVILLE — battery, aggravated sexual The Lawrenceville man ac- battery and burglary, Ali cused of sexually assaulting is currently being held a woman inside her garage without bond at the Gwinhas been tied to a similar in- nett County jail — while cident that occurred “two or authorities investigate his three weeks” beforehand, a possible involvement in detective testified Thursday. another incident.

Syed Momin Ali, 23, was Detective Michael Croyle arrested Oct. 15 after an en- testified during Thursday’s counter on Macon Court in hearing that, after several Suwanee. The alleged victim news outlets reported on in that early-morning inciAli’s arrest, a Korean dent, a Korean woman, said woman living in a subdivithat Ali rang her doorbell, sion “a couple streets up” claimed his dog got out and from Macon Court conwas in her garage, and stuck tacted police. That woman his hand down her pants and had called 911 “two or three inside her underwear while weeks” prior to the Oct. 15 she bent over to help look. incident to report that a had Gwinnett County police followed her car as she was were led to Ali thanks to the pulling into her garage. victim chasing after him and The man exposed himself, struggling over a tempobefore fleeing in a white pasrary tag on his Nissan Leaf senger car when the victim’s

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Bluetooth device.”

The woman confirmed that she needed help, Ali reportedly said, and he got out and handed her the device.

“At which point she suddenly, for reasons unknown to him, began screaming, ‘Help me, help me,’” Croyle said.

Ali claimed he and the woman fought over his sandals, which were left at the scene, before he fled and called 911. Ali, a former Georgia National Guardsman, maintained his innocence, claiming he “was concerned that he was being set up for unknown reasons,” Croyle said.

“He stated that he had a wife and children, he Syed Momin Ali, left, sits beside defense Jeff Sliz during a Thursday afternoon hearing would never do anything of in Gwinnett County Magistrate Court. Ali is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in this sort,” Croyle testified. her garage. (Staff Photo: Tyler Estep) “He said he was a criminal husband came outside. ing off Tab Roberts Road ing, Croyle testified that Ali justice major and wanted to become a police officer and Croyle said the victim when Ali pulled over and admitted to being present would never do anything of contacted police after seeing shouted sexual obscenities at at the scene of last week’s that nature.” news reports of Ali’s arrest, her. That case was not purincident. Ali reportedly Magistrate Judge Jan identifying him as the man sued further because there told police that he was in McKinney bound over the who accosted her. was “no physical informathe neighborhood to visit a charges against Ali, meanCroyle also referenced a tion that would corroborate friend when he drove past ing the case will proceed to 2-year-old case in which a anything.” the alleged victim and Superior Court. woman said she was walkDuring Thursday’s hearnoticed she had “dropped a

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Gun club owner cited for ordinance violation

By Kristi Reed

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After several months of seeking relief, Gerald Mann said he is satisfied with the measures county officials have taken to address the noise coming from a nearby gun club.

On Wednesday, an officer

with the Gwinnett County Police Department issued a citation to Verne Fowler, owner of the Georgia Gun Club, for violating the county noise ordinance — an action Mann and other residents in nearby Wynfield Point subdivision have been eagerly awaiting.

“We’ve got what we asked for,” Mann said. “That’s

what we’ve been trying to get — to let the judge decide what to do about it.”

“It” is the pervasive sound of gunfire Mann and other nearby residents say have plagued them since the gun club opened earlier this year.

Several residents contacted county officials demanding to know why a gun range was allowed to open with what they feel are inadequate measures in place for sound abatement. County officials explained the property, located at 1951 Braselton Highway in Buford, was zoned C-2 in 2004 — a zoning under which a gun club is a permitted use. The zoning did not include any special conditions dealing with noise.

Mann and other residents argued the lack of any special conditions did not preclude the gun club from having to comply with the county noise ordinance — an ordinance which states, “It shall be unlawful for any

person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any loud, unnecessary or unusual sound or noise which unreasonably annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace or safety of others in the county, and which is audible to a person of normal hearing ability more than 50 feet from the point of origin of this sound or noise.”

The gun club, Mann said, has violated the ordinance from day one.

“At this point, I’d say I’m satisfied with the results,” he said.

While Mann hopes the courts will take the side of nearby residents, he is ready to abide by whatever the judge decides.

“If he rules against us, I’ll just tuck my tail between my legs and go back home,” he said.

Mann was just one of about 14 residents from two subdivisions near the gun

club who provided written statements to police regarding the impact noise from the range was having on their quality of life.

Gun club owner Verne Fowler has not been unresponsive to neighbors’ concerns. Fowler recently hired an audio engineering firm to assess noise coming from the club and decided additional soundproofing measures were warranted for both the rifle and pistol ranges.

However, the work has not gone as planned with gun club spokesman Wade Cummings citing unavailability of materials as the reason sound abatement measures have yet to be completed.

When asked for a comment regarding the issuance of the citation, Cummings said the club stands by its previous statement regarding its intent to complete the improvements recommended by consultants.

The court date has been set for Dec. 29, 2014.

400 absent after threat

By Keith Farner

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SNELLVILLE — Activities appeared normal on Thursday afternoon under sun-splashed skies outside of Brookwood High School.

Students ate lunch on picnic tables, and tossed a football in front of the school.

But they did so within steps of at least eight Gwinnett Schools Police cars that were there for a stepped up security presence following two consecutive days of email threats to staff members at the school. The police presence and precautionary measures will continue the rest of this week.

Also on Thursday, about 400 students were absent, district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said, which is considerably higher than normal for the school that has an enrollment of more than 3,400 students.

There was not a known event at the school that could have explained the timing of the threat, Roach said.

The group of staff members who received the emails also appeared random, and not linked by a type of subject or group.

Brookwood Principal Bo Ford sent two emails Wednesday to parents about nine hours apart to update them on the situation.

“From the outset, I have been collaborating with the GCPS Safety and Security about a threatening email received by a number of staff members on Tuesday,” Ford wrote Wednesday night.

“Despite the circumstances, we had a normal day at school today. However, this afternoon some staff members received another similar email, which GCPS Safety and Security is now also investigating. … Please know that we are taking these threats seriously, and although we have nothing to substantiate them, we are operating with an abundance of caution.”

Retiring chief to be honored

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By Joshua Sharpe

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With Charlie Walters’ retirement imminent, the Gwinnett Gladiators are planning to honor the longtime county police chief during their opening weekend.

On Saturday night, during the first intermission of the team’s 7:05 p.m. game against the Charlie Walters Greenville Road Warriors, the Gladiators will recognize Walters as part of the regular “Hometown Heroes” portion of the game.

Typically, the “hero” chosen to be highlighted during the team’s home games is a military member, but the chief was chosen for his years of service in the police department.

“He’s been a hometown hero to a lot of people,” said Jim Hall, Gladiators director of communications.

Hall said Walters, who has been chief for the last 11 years, is a “big hockey fan” and has been a supporter of the Gladiators for years.

Walters, 58, has said he is retiring, effective Friday, because he felt it was “time to let somebody come in with fresh ideas and lead the police department.” That somebody has turned out to be A.A. “Butch” Ayers, one of Walters’ deputy chiefs, who the board of commissioners approved to take over this week.

As Walters transitions into civilian life, Hall said he felt the honor by the hockey team, which basically involves the chief being introduced to the crowd and applauded, is a “good way to send him on his way.”

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Cooled prodedure another option DEAR DR. ROACH: What’s your opinion on cooled thermotherapy for benign enlargement of the prostate? I recently was put on Flomax and finasteride, and was given the option of having this procedure to eliminate taking these two drugs.

— S.V. ANSWER: Benign enlargement of the prostate is very common in older men, and medications like tamsolusin (Flomax) and finasteride (Proscar) often are used, and are pretty effective in most men. The most effective treatment remains surgery, called transurethral resection of the prostate, TURP, which reduces symptoms by at least half in 98 percent of men. Unfortunately, TURP causes side effects in at least 20 percent of men, so there are several procedures designed to try to get the benefit of surgery without the drawbacks.

Cooled thermotherapy is a procedure using a microwave device to reduce prostate tissue. It isn’t as effective as TURP: Only 72 percent of men reduce their symptoms by half or more; however, it has reduced side effects, such as need for blood transfusion. Unfortunately, there were more symptoms of uncomfortable urination, urgency and need for a catheter after surgery.

I think both of your doctors are right: Some men have good experiences, but not everyone will get relief.

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Girlfriend bothered by boyfriend’s habits DEAR AMY: I’ve been dating a guy for two months. He is funny, smart, drop-dead handsome, generous and really good to me.

We almost never argue, but there are two things I can’t get over. He lives with four other guys in a big house. They each have their own room, so privacy isn’t an issue. They’re all very good friends and hang out a lot.

The first problem is that my boyfriend is naked a lot when he’s at home. The other guys come and go that way too sometimes, but my boyfriend pretty much lives that way.

The second problem is that he’s really physical and affectionate with everyone. He doesn’t hug and kiss just me, but all of his friends too, and all the time! Guy or girl, gay or straight — I feel like he’s always hanging onto someone.

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won’t change is because he likes himself this way.

You are the only person in this household who doesn’t like him this way.

If you’ve asked him to adjust and he won’t, it’s not because he can’t behave differently, it’s because he doesn’t want to.

“Acting gay” might not Amy Dickinson be as insulting to him as you intend it to be. Your make him stop, but they choices now are to accept don’t care how he behaves him — as is — or move and say I should just let on. him be himself. I’ve told DEAR AMY: I have them that I think he’s buried two husbands in my acting gay, but one of the lifetime. One to a car acciguys in the house is gay, dent, the second to cancer and he assures me that this after 27 years together (he isn’t the case. What can I died four years ago). I have do? children, grandchildren and — A brothers, sisters, nieces, DEAR A: Let’s imagnephews, aunts and uncles, ine your boyfriend wrote but I want a partner. to me, saying, “My new I met the new man of girlfriend is great, except my life through an online she wears clothes, like, matching site. almost all the time. And After months of writshe’s such a prude! I told ing and getting to know her friends she was acting each other long distance, I really straight but they traveled to meet him. He is won’t make her stop. They everything I want in a man. say, ‘That’s just the way I love him. she is!’ “ The problem is that his The reason your boysons (age 38 and 40) are friend’s friends won’t not happy with us. My make him change is besons of the same age are cause they are his friends. happy I found someone.

They like him this way.

My younger daughter is The reason your boyfriend not thrilled but agrees I

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need my own life.

What do we do about his sons?

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— Third Time Charmed DEAR CHARMED: If he wants to spend the rest of his life with you, the best attitude for your guy to take with his sons is a combination of patience, compassion and a firm and confident stance that he is doing the right thing and that everybody will be OK. His sons may have very valid concerns about him that don’t have anything to do with you. If so, he should hear them out and do his best to make a rational choice that is also in his own best interests.

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DEAR AMY: “Tired of Being Pushed Around” said his wife belittles him.

I don’t know if he is a victim of spousal abuse, but he might be.

You offered this couple very practical advice, but you left out the most important part: They need to use birth control. With three children born in four years, they are stressed to the max. No more kids!

Be assertive. The time for contemplation and wishful thinking has passed. Get your act together and turn this year into one of productivity and progressive assertiveness. Fine-tuning your communication skills and taking decisive action will serve you well and alter your position dramatically.

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Hesitation will be the enemy, so act fast.

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Keep situations plain and simple.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Don’t let anger get in your way. Remaining calm while others are upset will give you the upper hand, allowing you to get things done your way.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You can form a successful partnership if you engage in serious talks with people who share your vision and insight. A love connection will take an interesting turn.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Someone will have trouble understanding your motives. You will face firm opposition if the people you are dealing with doubt your ability to get good results. Prepare to move forward on your own.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — A different career path will beckon you. Talk to people already moving in a similar direction.

There is a wealth of knowledge available, so study what is most meaningful to you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — It’s time to take a leap of faith. Don’t let fear or procrastination dominate you. If you see a professional opportunity, take the plunge. Over time, you will realize your choice is perfect for you.

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world&nation Parliament gunman acted alone Reuters

OTTAWA — The gunman in Wednesday’s attack WASHINGTON — A on Canada’s capital Ottawa 3-month-old baby killed in acted alone and there was Jerusalem when a Palesno apparent link to an attinian man slammed his tack in Quebec earlier in car into pedestrians was the week, security officials an American, the U.S. said on Thursday.

State Department said on Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, Thursday.

32, was a Canadian citizen Eight other people were who may also have held hurt on Wednesday when Libyan citizenship, said the driver crashed the veBob Paulson, commissionhicle at a light railway stop er of the Royal Canadian and then fled before being Mounted Police. shot by police, officials said.

Bibeau killed a soldier He later died of his injuries. before racing through the “The baby was an parliament building where American citizen,” State he was shot dead. In the Department spokeswoman Quebec incident on MonJen Psaki told reporters day, Martin Rouleau, 25, in a briefing on Thursday. rolled over two Canadian She gave no other details soldiers with his car, killon the infant or the family, ing one, before he too was citing privacy concerns. shot dead, police said.

U.S. officials in Jerusalem “We have no informaare assisting the family, she tion linking the two attacks added. this week,” Paulson told Israeli police identireporters in Ottawa, which fied the driver as Adbelremained on high security Rahman Shaloudi, 21, a alert on Thursday.

Palestinian man from East Bibeau recently applied Jerusalem, and called the for a passport but checks incident a “terrorist atby the Royal Canadian tack.”

Mounted Police did not turn up any evidence of national security related Islamic State criminality, although his seizes Iraq village, criminal records indiBAGHDAD — Islamic cated infractions related to State wrested a Sunni drugs, violence and other Muslim village in western criminal activities, Paulson Iraq on Thursday from said. tribal defenders who put up Police said he wanted to weeks of fierce resistance, go to Syria. U.S. officials and the insurgents tightsaid on Wednesday they ened a siege of the Yazidi minority on a mountain in the north.

The attacks showed Islamic State’s continued operating resilience Hospital testing despite air strikes by health care U.S.-led coalition forces worker for Ebola aimed at defeating the NEW YORK — A New ultra-radical Sunni jihadist group, which has captured York City hospital is running large expanses of Iraq and Ebola tests on a health care neighboring Syria, behead- worker with Doctors Withed prisoners and massacred out Borders who returned people from other religious to the United States from communities, and declared West Africa with a fever and a medieval-style caliphate. gastrointestinal symptoms, “Islamic State are out the city’s health department to purge the village of Bu said on Thursday.

Nimr members,” said the “A person in New York tribal figure in Baghdad.

City, who recently worked “Sleeper cells inside the vil- with Doctors Without Borlage have been assisting the ders in one of the EbolaIslamic State by providing affected countries in West the names and the locations Africa, notified our office of the houses of prominent this morning to report resistance members. having developed a fever,” Doctors Without Borders Man captured in said in a statement.

The individual had been Afghanistan to undergoing regular monitoring and reported the fever face terrorism immediately, it said. The charges in U.S. organization said it immediWASHINGTON — A ately notified the New York Russian captured while City health department. fighting with militants in Afghanistan and held by Microsoft’s Paul the U.S. military there will Allen commits be flown to the United States to face terrorism $100 million to charges, U.S. officials said Ebola fight on Thursday.

The detainee was identiSEATTLE — Microsoft fied by the Washington co-founder Paul Allen said Post as Irek Hamidullan. on Thursday he would inHe was captured in 2009 crease his total donations to and has been held at a deorganizations tackling Ebola tention facility at Bagram to more than $100 million, airbase in Afghanistan. making him one of the bigThe officials said gest personal donors in the Hamidullan would be fight against the virus. transferred to the United The Seattle man, who States for trial on unspeci- co-founded what became fied terrorism charges. It the world’s biggest softwould mark the first time a ware company with Bill foreign combatant capGates in 1975, had already tured in Afghanistan would donated $9 million to the be brought to the United Centers for Disease ConStates for trial. trol and Prevention to fight — From wire reports Ebola in September.

Yvette Oddson cries as she attends a makeshift memorial for Cpl. Nathan Cirillo outside of The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton, on Thursday.

A gunman attacked Canada’s parliament on Wednesday, with gunfire erupting near a room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was speaking, and Cirillo was fatally shot at the nearby Canada War Memorial, jolting the Canadian capital. (Reuters/Mark Blinch)

had been advised Bibeau was a convert to Islam, the same as the assailant in Monday’s attack.

“He was born of a father from Libya and a Canadian, and we need to investigate and understand his radicalization progress. He is an interesting individual in that he had a very well developed criminality,” Paulson said. “There is no one path or one formula to radicalization.”

Underscoring tensions on Thursday, armed police arrested a man who tried to approach the shooting

site just as Prime Minister Stephen Harper was laying a wreath to commemorate the slain soldier.

On Tuesday, Canada sent six warplanes to the Middle East to participate in U.S.led air strikes against Islamic State militants who have taken over parts of Iraq.

Harper said the attack would only strengthen Canada’s response to “terrorist organizations.”

He pledged to speed up a plan already under way to bolster Canadian laws and police powers in the areas of “surveillance,

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James Tully speaks to Reuters outside his factory in Mountainhome, Pa., on Wednesday. Police seems to think Tully, a local factory worker, bears an uncanny resemblance to the fugitive Eric Frein, who is suspected of fatally shooting a state trooper and wounding another.

(Reuters/Joe McDonald)

“The Ebola virus is unlike Bodies identified any health crisis we have after decades in ever experienced and needs Oklahoma lake a response unlike anything OKLAHOMA CITY we have ever seen,” Allen — Oklahoma authorities said in his statement. have formally identified six people whose bodies were House speaker found in a western Oklahopleads guilty in ma lake in 2013, bringing a resolution to missing perethics case sons mysteries that spanned CHARLESTON S.C. — decades, a spokeswoman South Carolina House of for the state medical examRepresentatives Speaker iner said Thursday.

Bobby Harrell pleaded The bodies were found guilty on Thursday to in September 2013 when criminal ethics charges Oklahoma Highway Patrol and agreed to immediately divers stumbled upon two resign from the legislature. mud and rust-covered vehiHarrell, a Republican cles feet apart at the bottom who became speaker in of Foss Lake during tests of 2005, pleaded guilty to new sonar equipment. Each six counts that included car contained three bodies. using campaign funds for The cause of death for personal expenses, misall six was determined to be conduct in office and false probable drowning as the rereporting, in a case that has sult of an accident, spokeslaid low a key figure in the woman Amy Elliott said. state Republican Party.

Jimmy Allen Williams, “I have agreed to this to- 16, Leah Gail Johnson, 18, day to end what has been a and Thomas Michael Rios, two-year nightmare,” Har- 18, all of Sayre, were found rell said in a statement. “To in a 1969 Camaro.

Three adults reported continue to fight this would have taken at least another missing from Canute, Oklahoma in 1969 were year, possibly two.”

detention and arrest.”

Tighter security was evident all over the sprawling parliamentary zone in downtown Ottawa. Armed officers stood outside the door where the gunman rushed in on Wednesday.

The flag flying over Parliament’s Center Block, where the gunman had burst in on Wednesday morning, was at half mast and bullet holes could be seen in the carpet just inside the front door and in the masonry in the hallway where the soldier, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 24, was shot.

PEOPLE ‘Jersey Shore’ star pleads not guilty to tax fraud Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, a former cast member of the MTV reality show “Jersey Shore,” pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal tax fraud charges.

Sorrentino entered his formal plea to four criminal counts before U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton in Newark, N.J. His brother, Marc, also pleaded not guilty to four counts.

Federal prosecutors last month accused the brothers of trying to avoid paying taxes on $8.9 million of Michael Sorrentino’s income from 2010 to 2012.

They said the brothers did this by filing false tax returns that understated their income, and improperly claiming millions of dollars of expenses on clothes, expensive vehicles and other personal items as business expenses.

Keira Knightley to appear on Broadway in 2015

NEW YORK — British actress Keira Knightley will make her Broadway debut next year in a new adaptation of “Therese Raquin,” based on the novel by Emile Zola.

Knightley, who was nominated for a best actress Oscar in 2006 for her performance in “Pride & Prejudice,” will begin previews of the play comrecovered from a 1952 missioned by Roundabout Theatre Company next year Chevrolet and identified on Oct. 1, with the official using DNA testing, Elliott opening set for Oct. 29. said. The three have been The 29-year-old star identified as John Alva Porter, 69, of Elk City, Cleburn made her theatrical debut in London’s West End in Hammack, 42, of Sayre, 2009 in “The Misanthrope” and Nora Marie Duncan, and more recently ap58, of Canute, she said.

The two cars were found peared in Lillian Hellman’s about three feet apart near “The Children’s Hour.” the lake’s main concrete boat dock. A road narrows ‘Late Late Show’ into the dock, which auto debut new host thorities said may explain how the vehicles ended up March 9 from L.A. in the water.

LOS ANGELES — CBS’ new late-night landscape Pennsylvania comes partially into view sniper hunt takes March 9, when the network toll on lookalike will launch a revised “Late Late Show” with new host MOUNTAINHOME Pa. James Corden that will tape — Pocono Mountain resi- in Los Angeles. dents are upset now that a Corden succeeds Craig six-week-old manhunt for Ferguson, who has hosted an accused cop killer has the late night series for forced the cancellation of the past 10 years, taking school, hunting season and the reins from host Craig even Halloween parades, Kilborn. Ferguson is exbut few have suffered as pected to sign off on Dec. much disruption to their 19. David Letterman, who lives as James Tully. hosts the network’s long Police seem to think the running “Late Show,” is local factory worker bears also expected to step down an uncanny resemblance to sometime next year, though fugitive Eric Frein, who is that date has not been ansuspected of fatally shoot- nounced.

“We’re excited to begin ing a state trooper and wounding another on Sept. CBS’s next chapter after 12. Troopers have stopped midnight and introduce James’ wide range of Tully repeatedly on his performance talents and daily four-hour walks through thick woods to and fearless creative instincts to American television from his job. viewers,” Nina Tassler, “I lost count after 20,” Tully said, standing outside Chairman, CBS Entertainment, said in a prepared the thermal products facstatement. “He and Ben tory where he works. have been friends for a A state police spokeslong time and partnered man said troopers were aware of Tully and that he together on a variety of had been stopped walking successful projects. They are a creatively dynamic through the search area, and very energetic host/ but had no further comproducer combination.” ment.

— From wire reports — From wire reports

Easter Island’s ancient inhabitants weren’t so lonely after all

By Will Dunham Reuters

WASHINGTON — They lived on a remote dot of land in the middle of the Pacific, 2,300 miles west of South America and 1,100 miles from the closest island, erecting huge stone figures that still stare enigmatically from the hillsides.

But the ancient Polynesian people who populated Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, were not as

MUST READ isolated as long believed. Scientists who conducted a genetic study, published on Thursday in the journal Current Biology, found these ancient people had significant contact with Native American populations hundreds of years before the first Westerners reached the island in 1722.

The Rapa Nui people created a unique culture best known

for the 900 monumental headand-torso stone statues known as Moai erected around Easter Island. The culture flourished starting around 1200 until falling into decline by the 16th century.

Genetic data on 27 Easter Island natives indicated that interbreeding between the Rapa Nui and native people in South America occurred roughly between 1300 and 1500.

“We found evidence of gene flow between this population and

Native American populations, suggesting an ancient ocean migration route between Polynesia and the Americas,” geneticist Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas of the Center for GeoGenetics at the University of Copenhagen, who led the study, said.

The genetic evidence indicates either that Rapa Nui people traveled to South America or that Native Americans journeyed to Easter Island. The researchers said it probably was the Rapa

Nui people making the arduous ocean round trips.

The researchers concluded that the intermixing occurred 19 to 23 generations ago. They said Rapa Nui people are not believed to have started mixing with Europeans until much later, the 19th century. Malaspinas said the genetic ancestry of today’s Rapa Nui people is roughly 75 percent Polynesian, 15 percent European and 10 percent Native American.

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Stepping into the morass?

WASHINGTON — “I don’t oppose all wars,” said Barack Obama, then an Illinois state senator, in 2002. “What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.”

Few would describe Obama’s use of military force against the Islamic State as rash, given the time he took in deciding to act. But the more we learn about this intervention, the more it appears to violate the “dumb” half of the president’s dictum. The purposes, parameters and prospects of the war are increasingly uncertain. Americans have a right to be concerned about the whole enterprise.

I realize that the war has only just begun and that the United States and its coalition partners are still sorting out their roles.

I also realize that the U.S.-led airstrikes are having real impact.

Absent the bombing campaign, the beEugene sieged city of Kobane on the Syrian-Turkish Robinson border almost surely would have fallen to Islamic State forces by now. And the heartland of Iraq’s Kurdish region might be gravely threatened.

But it is necessary to ask whether Obama’s strategy offers a plausible path from the present situation to the ultimate goal, which the president says is to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State. It is also necessary to ask whether certain unintended — but glaringly obvious — consequences of the president’s war plan are fully being taken into account.

In the plausibility department, we now know more about Obama’s skepticism concerning one of the central elements of his plan: training and arming the “moderate” Syrian rebels. Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that the president commissioned a CIA study of past U.S. attempts to arm insurgencies. The review found that, with rare exceptions, such efforts had minimal impact on how conflicts turned out.

This week, The Washington Post reported Syrian rebel forces will not even be trained to seize back territory from the Islamic State. Instead, the Post’s Rajiv Chandrasekaran noted, the as-yet unidentified moderate rebels will be instructed and equipped to hold territory and prevent further Islamic State advances.

From the military point of view, this makes sense — but only because Obama has been definitive in promising that no U.S. combat troops will be sent to Iraq or Syria. Without U.S. spotters on the ground to coordinate air support and without teams of U.S. advisers to lead inexperienced local units into battle, attempts by rebel forces to conquer land would amount to suicide missions.

It’s useful to remember all this is still theoretical. The Pentagon hopes to send up to 5,000 Syrian rebels a year into the fray, but first they must be recruited, vetted, given about eight weeks of training in Saudi Arabia and finally deployed. This process is just beginning.

But what is the point if all that these forces will be able to accomplish is defense? More importantly, what will potential recruits see as the point? Surely they will have doubts about risking their lives for a battle plan that does not involve attacking the Islamic State — and that does not even contemplate action against the murderous forces of dictator Bashar alAssad, whom most rebels consider the real enemy.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a watchdog group based in Britain, estimated Thursday that 553 people have been killed thus far in Syria by U.S.-led airstrikes. Of the total, according to the group, 464 were Islamic State fighters, 57 were militants from Jabhat al-Nusra and 32 were civilians.

The happiest person in Syria may be Assad. With the allied airstrikes pounding the regime’s most capable foe, Assad’s generals have “dramatically” increased air and ground assaults against moderate rebel forces in and around Syria’s two largest cities, Aleppo and Damascus.

By the time U.S.-trained rebels are ready to take the field, one wonders if there will be any “moderate” rebel territory left for them to defend.

The situation in Iraq is almost equally unpromising. Islamic State militants have continued to advance in Anbar province, despite U.S. airstrikes, and are once again besieging the Yazidi minority in the north. It is not inconceivable that the Iraqi government will forge the political consensus and military prowess needed to drive out the jihadists. But it is unlikely.

This is not a call for deeper U.S. involvement in Iraq and Syria. But if degrade-anddestroy is really the goal, I don’t see how deeper involvement will be avoided. This has morass written all over it. And morasses, as Obama knows, are dumb.

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

Preparing for the end — and beyond Let’s face it: There are a lot of things out there in this scary world that can do you in.

Terrorism, disease, grizzly bears, volcanos, certain football players — risks are everywhere, and you have to take steps to protect yourself.

Luckily, the Internet is here to help.

For instance, if you type “anti-ebola” into Google and then click on Shopping, you can buy an anti-Ebola kit, complete with goggles and a breath mask for the low, low price of $19.95. Or, if you prefer to step up a model, a much more elaborate protective suit is available for $90.

And if you just want to protect yourself from thinking there could possibly be anything that is not the president’s fault, you can buy an EBOLA bumper sticker with Obama’s campaign logo where the O should be.

That’s great for that one disease, right? But what happens when enterovirus, Ebola and the tuberculosis outbreak merge into one super-virus that starts the zombie apocalypse? Well, you just click right on over to the Tiger Log Cabins website and order

Seems fair.

But what if you are overrun by zombies, wounded and need quick medical attention to avoid becoming a living corpse? Why, you need to make sure you’ve ordered an ambulance from Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Nate Services. Your Lotus (yes, McCullough the sports car) ambulance can travel at speeds of 185 mph, yourself a ZFC-1, better thus ensuring you reach the known as a zombie fortificahospital in time. And there’s tion cabin. even a first aid kit in the boot Yes, for just 70,000 British — that’s a trunk to us bloody pounds (installation extra) you Yanks. can have yourself a 44x30The price for the Lotus amfoot zombie-proof domicile bulance? Only $160,000, but complete with gunports, hey, if you’ve got 70,000 quid barbed wire, weapons stor(or bob or shillings or Brown age and, of course, a plasma Bombers or whatever the television. For a few thousand British call their money) then extra you can get add-ons like what’s another, uh, whatever solar power, security cameras, that converts to? a flamethrower and a “Big But let’s say you didn’t Bear Water Cannon,” presum- spring for the Lotus. And ably to put out the fires you you succumb to the zombie start while lighting up the un- plague, and then one of your dead with your flamethrower. friends dutifully dispatches What really makes this a you that second time. What to great deal, however, is the do with your mortal remains guarantee. A 10-year antior cremains? zombie guarantee, no less.

Back to the Internet.

They do require “medical There is a company that evidence of the presence of a will turn you into a box of real zombie should you wish pencils. Another one will put to claim under this guarantee.” you into an hourglass. For you

hipsters, you can be spun into a vinyl record. Or, if you’re more of the showy, glitzy type (and if you’re buying anti-zombie cabins and 185 mph sports-car ambulances, I feel like you are) there is a company that will take your now-dead lifeform’s leftover carbon and turn it into a diamond.

But what if you just want one last hurrah, a memorial to end all memorials? Then you would visit the Greenlawn Funeral Home in Springfield, Mo., and order the Ultimate Goodbye, an extended fireworks show that launches your ashes heavenward.

Later, they’ll just fall down in some guy’s backyard, but I’m guessing your family will be too busy oohing and aahing to care.

And it will be a fitting end.

What better way to go out when the whole world is going down in flames?

Might as well go up in smoke.

Email Nate McCullough at nate.mccullough@gwinnettdailypost.com. His column appears on Fridays. For archived columns, go to www. gwinnettdailypost.com/natemccullough.

UGA researcher an expert on food safety GRIFFIN — When Henry King Stanford was president of the University of Georgia, he had a standard greeting in every community where he spoke: “Welcome to the campus of the University of Georgia,” he would begin his remarks. Didn’t matter. Rabun Gap, Tallapoosa, Hahira or Tybee. His point was that the reach of the state university of Georgia extended into all 159 counties.

Most people consider the university to be the nation’s oldest state-chartered public university. UGA actually has centers of research all across the state — from Sapelo Island to Tifton to Griffin. Georgia is both a land grant and a sea grant university.

The UGA campus at Griffin was established as an experiment station in 1888 and has “played an integral role in the development of modern agriculture” — but it began offering degrees only in 2005. There are celebrated researchers on the campus, like microbiologist Michael Doyle, whose research may be the most important there is, if you consider how important food is to each of us — and particularly if you consider that we are now importing 20 percent of our food.

Not only do most of us not know anything about the imported food we eat, the government doesn’t have

be sure your lettuce is safe, you may consider doing what Doyle and his wife, Annette, do with their lettuce. First, they take off the outer leaves, then they wash their hands and then wash the lettuce.

He has traveled the world over and is considered the foreLoran most food safety expert in the Smith world. He has originated patents for several food safety inenough inspectors to monitor terventions, including one used what is shipped in and distrib- as a meat wash. In Thailand, he uted. Although Doyle is not an once discovered a scene which alarmist, he reminds you that has troubled him ever since. he would never eat raw spinach He saw chickens being raised or imported shrimp. The latter in cages over a pond. Underis good news to the struggling neath the chicken coops were shrimpers on the coast. The shrimp in a pond. The chickens Georgia Shrimpers Association pooped into the water below, has long reminded us that we which fed the shrimp — which should only eat shrimp if it is were exported to foreign ports. “wild Georgia shrimp.”

If food comes from China, “Spinach is great for you,” Michael Doyle does not buy it Doyle smiles, “but it should be at his grocery, and he will not cooked. I don’t eat raw spinorder imported seafood and ach.” You may want to know fish from a restaurant unless he why. He is happy to tell you. knows where it was raised. For Escherichia coli — or E. coli, your information, 75 percent of as it is generally known — can the tilapia we eat is imported collect into the stems of spinfrom China. More than 90 perach and cannot be eliminated cent of the shrimp consumed in by a cursory washing, which the U.S. is imported from other is what takes place at most countries. restaurants.

Doyle eats the everyday You cannot be sure about food we all eat, but he makes something so simple as a head sure that he practices good of lettuce. Think about the har- habits with his food to envesting of the lettuce that gets sure that it is safe to eat. For to your grocery store. How example, he buys organic many hands have touched that beef because it doesn’t have antibiotics. McDonald’s sought lettuce by the time it reaches Doyle’s expertise to come up your kitchen? If you want to

with a time temperature formula to make sure the beef used in their hamburgers is safe.

People will get sick before tomorrow’s paper replaces the one you are reading — from tainted food. “There are,” Doyle explains, “48 million cases of food-borne illnesses in the U.S. each year.” The problem is that, in the future, we will need more imported food to accommodate the demands for food across the world. Production will need to be accelerated, which means that farmers will likely use hormones and other artificial substances to enhance productivity. And the government doesn’t have enough inspectors to keep poop-fed tilapia from reaching your menu. A lot of problems having to do with germs and bacteria could be solved if people would simply wash their hands. A few years ago, I went into the bathroom after a meeting. At the same time, a college president walked in, used the bathroom, and left without washing his hands.

All of these sanitized containers you see about are there for good reason. Use them, and when you eat out, make sure you know where you meal originated.

Loran Smith is co-host of “The Tailgate Show” and sideline announcer for Georgia football. He is also a freelance writer and columnist.

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Shiloh sophomore Kiera Peoples, junior Yasmine Neily and senior Prayer Welwean were selected for the honor after being among 20 students who were nominated by Shiloh teachers and five who interviewed.

“When I found out, it was very exciting,” Neily said. “I think it’s a good eye-opener. It’s a good accomplishment. It helps me see that what I’m doing is being recognized.”

The students qualified by having at least a 3.2 grade-point average, showed good character and received a teacher nomination. They couldn’t apply on their own, and some didn’t know they were nominated until they were selected. The three

•From Page 1A two-hour cooking demonstration by culinary expert and Mississippi girl Michelle “Red” Roberts, who returned for her 10th show in Gwinnett. Before the show, Roberts said she was excited to be back for her 10th year— especially, when she heard about the grand prizes.

“I’m like I need to quit, so I can register to win.

That’s the most I’ve seen at one show. It’s amazing,” said Roberts. “I’m excited to be back. The audience always has a good time.

I’ve been mingling around

students were chosen after an interview process.

“It shows that Shiloh has some really good students who strive academically and care about their community,” said math teacher Sharon Rogers, who coordinated the connection with the school’s student council. “We have students who fit that criteria and want to give back.”

Neily said she was excited to get her nails done because it doesn’t happen often, and she was inspired by Watson.

“She’s helping us throughout our years and giving us a memory,” she said. “I didn’t really think it was something that I could do, because it’s so expensive getting your hair done and dress and shoes. I wasn’t excited about going to homecoming, but

before the show and people are talking to me thanking me for coming back.

Most of them have been to all 10 shows. They’re just having a good time already and we haven’t even gotten started yet. They’re just enjoying the vendors, who are great.”

Roberts demonstrated 10 recipes from the Taste of Home magazine, which was included in the gift bag each attendee received, and described the dishes as “fall comfort food.”According to Roberts, they are all recipes anyone can do.

“They’re not hard. Even

down that path,” she said, adding: “No amount of settlement with the city and money is going to make up a $1,132 reimbursement for for what I lost. I loved the health care-related costs she job there and I did not want paid while awaiting coverto leave it.” age from her new employer, The city council voted on Gwinnett County.

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their 10th Gwinnett Cooking School.

“I wait for the show all Tammy Snyder year.

It’s really what gets of Tastefully us here, but we also enjoy Simply pours the vendors and always soup into make new friends here,” sample cups during the 2014 Cathy said.

Taste of Home Boats said he enjoys the Expo at the whole experience but one Gwinnett Center of his favorite things is on Thursday in Robert’s cooking demonDuluth. (Staff stration.

Photo: David “She has a great perWelker) sonality and she can really sing. She has a great voice.

They definitely got the right person for the show,” the spanakopita. I tell peo- is the soft beer pretzels, but Parker attend at least two Boats said. “This has been ple the hardest part about they’re just time consumTaste of Home Cooking a complete success. A them is the name. The only ing,” said Roberts.

Schools a year and drove great anniversary show.” one that might seem hard Cathy and “Boats” from Clayton to attend

their safety in schools, I’m concerned about what type of education they’re going to get — if they’re going to have the same opportunities you and I have had,” he said.

Martin voiced a similar sentiment.

“Basically, I’m P.K. Martin committed to the future of our community,” he said. “I was born here, raised here and I chose to raise my family here as well. I just felt like it was time for a new direction in District 9 — someone who is going to lead by example, do the right thing, make tough decisions. We need that to have a bright future for our families and the community.”

Martin says he would work toward that bright future by making respon-

siveness his first priority if elected.

“The number one thing that I want to do is make sure I’m listening to the people who live here — be somebody who’s available, plugged-in and somebody who truly will listen to their concerns,” he said.

As for policy, Martin said he wants to ease the tax burden for individuals, reduce regulations on businesses and improve the education system.

“I also want to make sure transportation funding is adequate,” he said.

“We have to find innovative solutions to make sure the funding needs are met in Gwinnett and across the state.”

For Swiney, his first priority would be tax relief for property owners in the form of abolishing the property tax on owner-occupied residential properties.

“I think that the current system we have now uses the

homeowner like an ATM for government spending,” he said. “Any time a local government looks for additional revenue, they look towards the homeowner and I think that’s punishing hard work.”

Swiney would also like to see the state income tax repealed and replaced with a sales tax.

“With the income tax, your tax is based on what you’re producing, not what you’re consuming, so we’re taxing hard work,” he explained.

Other top issues for Swiney include ethics reform, education and the expansion of Medicaid.

“One of the basic services I believe the government should provide its people is access to health care,” he said. “By not expanding Medicaid, I believe we are throwing federal tax dollars out the window.”

While they may have different political agendas, both men hope that, if elected,

they will be remembered in a positive light when their time of service comes to an end.

“I want to be known as somebody who does what they said they were going to do, somebody who does the right thing for the right reasons,” Martin said.

As for Swiney, he hopes to be remembered as someone who fairly represented all of his constituents.

“I think the most important thing to me is that I want to represent everybody — black, white, gay, straight, Democrat, Republican — and I think the most important thing is for them not to say ‘Well, he was a Democrat,’” Swiney said. “I think it would be important for people to recognize I worked with everybody, that I was willing to work with Democrats and work with Republicans equally.”

State Senate District 9 includes parts of Dacula, Grayson, Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Loganville and Snellville.

Arnold

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Woodward Academy senior Kennedy Watson, who attended Shiloh Elementary and Shiloh Middle, created the foundation “A Diva in the Making” last year to honor girls who excel in school, have excellent character and give back to the community.

The foundation gives Shiloh High students dresses, hair, makeup and nail treatment for homecoming festivities. (Special Photo)

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“We need some oversight, we need some diversity and said. “Let’s find the issues we need some argument over we totally agree on and let’s some of these crazy bills.” find solutions based on those Swiney’s goal, he said, issues. You come to me with is to be a problem, you come to me known as with a concern, I’m somesomeone body who is compassionate willing to — I want to hear what’s gowork with ing on in your life, I want to both sides hear what’s difficult — and to find I want to make sure we can solutions to find solutions to the issues the probTimothy people face in the district.” lems facing Swiney Swiney said he too is the state. committed to finding comThe two businessmen mon ground. also share a commitment “Honestly, I knew from to ensuring a bright future the time I started this for their children and other campaign that the only way residents of the district.

I could win it would be to at“The reason I’m runtract moderate Republicans,” ning is because of my kids,” he said.

Swiney said.

His way of doing that, he Since adopting his explained, is by emphasizing children, now ages 4 and the advantages of introduc5, Swiney said he is more ing a different perspective determined than ever to do into a state government what he can to make posidominated by one party. tive changes at the local and “A one party system pro- state level. vides no oversight” he said.

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now of course, I am.

Welwean recently moved to the area from Minnesota, and she looked forward to dressing up for the event because her school in Minnesota was casual about events.

“Going to a new school and going to homecoming wasn’t important to me, but after hearing about this, it’s a little more important to me,” she said. “I get to experience Shiloh homecoming my senior year.”

For Neily, Saturday will cap what’s already been a fun week.

“Homecoming brings everybody together,” she said. “It helps us have bonding for once a year. This whole week people has been dressing up, and people are smiling and having fun, and it shows that Shiloh is a fun school for at least a week.”

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Vernon McCracken, Jr. Vernon Russell “Mike” McCracken, Jr., age 60, of Buford, GA passed away on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mac and Virginia McCracken.

He is survived by his wife of twenty-six years, Cathy Hughes McCracken, Buford, GA; children, Russell and Tabatha McCracken, Buford, GA, and Allison McCracken and Butch Best, Winder, GA; grandchildren, Cameron Best and Keelin

for the politically troubled city government.

Councilman Bobby Howard said he hadn’t had a chance to see the final, signed version of the agreement, but he pulled no punches when asked his opinion on why paying Arnold was a good idea.

“I absolutely think Melisa Arnold was not treated well,” Howard said, placing the blame squarely on the mayor. “We may have saved the city again a seven-figure settlement. … (Arnold) had the right to exercise any legal remedies.”

For not taking that route, the councilman said Arnold

has a “heart the size of Texas.”

The 24-year employee of Snellville resigned suddenly during the trial for Kautz’s suit against the council in June. Arnold said Thursday that the suit was the reason she chose to make the difficult decision to resign from the job she loved.

The mayor still disagrees that Arnold is owed the settlement.

“As I have stated over and over there is nothing to settle,” Kautz said Thursday.

“I believe that Mrs. Arnold’s talents could have been utilized in a position other than city clerk and asked

her to stay, but it was her decision to leave. What other company would compensate someone for that choice?”

The mayor also took issue with the wording of the document. She said she believed the back pay for sick and personal days went well beyond what the city typically pays former employees.

“The way this settlement is written is politically motivated to allow voters to believe that it is earned money when it is not,” she said. “I believe that Mrs. Arnold is a good person and was a dedicated employee, but I do not believe that she

should be entitled to almost a year’s salary as a ‘settlement agreement.’”

The mayor pro tem, for his part, said Arnold was a wonderful employee who had earned the back pay.

“She didn’t call in sick, she didn’t take off, she worked,” Witts said, adding that he’s had hundreds of employees through his years in the private sector and has seen only a few match Arnold’s dedication and talent. “The saddest thing about all of this is we lost her. She was such a great employee. I just can’t expressed strongly enough how missed she’s going to be.”

McCracken; sisters and brothers-in-law, Ann and Jim Scrogham, Lawrenceville, GA, Cindy and Wayne Tingle, Loganville, GA, and Kathie and Andy Garmon, Lilburn, GA; father-in-law and motherin-law, John and Kathryn Powell Hughes, Buford, GA, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, John, Jr. and Donna Hughes, Buford, GA; nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Mr. McCracken was born January 27, 1954 in Twin Falls, ID. He was a 1972 graduate of Berkmar High School in Lilburn, GA, where he was an accom-

plished multi-sport athlete.

He worked in many facets of the construction industry, his most recent employment being with Baldwin County Parks and Recreation. He was a member of New Prospect United Methodist Church.

He was an avid Atlanta Falcons and Georgia Bulldogs football fan. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2014, at 3:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Fish officiating and Tony Powell delivering the eulogy.

The family will receive f

friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 1:00 p.m. until the time of service and the family requests casual dress attire for those attending the service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gwinnett County Fire Benevolent Fund, 408 Hurricane Shoals Road, NE, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 in memory of Mike M

McCracken.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www. flaniganfuneralhome. com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133.

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block of Noblin Ridge Drive northwest in DuGwinnett County fireluth. They found “heavy fighters were busy Thursfire involvement” in the day morning responding garage of a two-story house on arrival, Rutledge to multiple incidents, said. including one at a SnellNo one was home at ville day care center. the time of the fire, which Capt. Tommy Rutwas reported by a neighledge, spokesman for bor at 10:28 a.m., but the fire department, said the home had extensive staff and children from damage in the garage and Sunshine House on West inside the house, where Main Street were allowed the fire spread. to return to the day care At 10:21 a.m., firearound 9:40 a.m. after a small air conditioner on A fire on Noblin Ridge Drive northwest in Duluth was fighters found a short in the outside of the building among the incidents Gwinnet firefighters responded to a power strip to be the source an electrical outage was found to be the cause Thursday morning. (Special Photo) and smoke inside a home of smoke reported. on the 1500 block of Aca“One staff member was release. “The woman no sign of smoke or fire demic Court southwest in evaluated at the scene by breathed in smoke as she inside the day care.”

Lawrenceville. paramedics after breathing discovered the HVAC unit Shortly after clearing No injuries were reportin some of the smoke,” smoking on the outside of the day care, firefighters ed in any of the incidents.

Rutledge said in a news the building. There was responded to the 3900

Lawrenceville recycling event set for Saturday From Staff Reports

old police station parking lot — between 9 a.m. to The city of Lawrencev- noon. ille is sponsoring a recyThe city will shred up cling day Saturday. to five boxes of paper Residents are invited to for each visitor and take bring unwanted needed most electronics, metitems to 20 S. Clayton St. als and old appliances — known to some as the for free. A charge of $10

applies to televisions.

Projection and console televisions are not accepted. Tires will be taken but only if a $5 fee is collected.

The city says the event is open to all — residents and non-residents of

Lawrenceville.

In addition to unwanted items, the city will also be accepting food pantry donations for the “CAN DO Campaign,” which is sponsored by all Gwinnett cities and benefits county co-ops.

HEALTH BRIEFS

With the addition of a new neurosurgeon, Gwinnett Medical Center says it is expanding the level of expertise in its brain and spine institute.

Dr. Robert Ayer is joining the Lawrenceville-based hospital after completing training at Loma Linda University Medical Center and the University of California Irvine Medical Center, ac-

cording to a news release.

“Dr. Ayer’s expertise in adult spinal deformity, which refers to abnormal curvatures of the Dr. Robert spine in Ayer patients who have completed their growth, was of particular interest to us,” said Dr. Michael Stechison, medical director of the Gwinnett Medical Center Brain & Spine Institute.

“His ability to provide a spectrum of neurological care was critical to GMC’s trauma service; however, his additional spinal expertise will be highly advantageous to patients.”

At the University of California in Irvine, Ayer was a clinical instructor for the department of neurosurgery as well as a fellow in skull-base surgery. He also has published a number of articles on the clinical management of stroke and brain injuries and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

offices, announced its new chief medical officer this week.

Dr. Daniel O. Wyman comes from the U.S. Air Force, where he served as the air combat command chief medical officer and command surgeon. He has more than 20 years of medical experience, according to a news release.

“We are excited to welcome Dr. Wyman to the PruittHealth family.

His expertise and excellent character will significantly contribute to all aspects of our organization as we strive to provide the highest quality care,” said Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., chairman and CEO of PruittHealth. “Dr. Wyman to our already dynamic team of providers will ensure continued progress towards our goal of providing superior care and exceeding the expectations of our patients and customers every day.”

Wyman earned his bachelor’s degree from the Air Force Academy and a medical degree from the University of Nevada School of Medicine. He received a master’s of public health from the University of Texas School of Public Health.

Norcross health group names new Snellville to host chief med officer blood drive Nov. 7 PruittHealth, a Norcrossbased parent company to hundreds of health care

The city of Snellville is hosting the American Red Cross for a blood drive in

early November.

On Nov. 7, officials will open City Hall to the charity for residents to stop by and do their part for those in need of blood donations.

The drive will be open from from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m.

City Hall is located at 2342 Oak Road.

To learn more about donating blood, visit www. redcross.org or call 1-800RED CROSS (1-800-7332767).

Local church recognizes cancer patients Bethesda United Methodist Church in Lawrenceville has designated Oct. 26 “Sunday of Hope” for its congregation.

“We want to recognize everyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis,” the church said. “We want to celebrate the lives of these courageous people.”

An 11 a.m. service is set to honor cancer sufferers, survivors and those who have acted as caregivers.

Family and friends of those affected by cancer are also invited.

The service will include special speakers, testimonies, music, cancer information and more.

The church is located at 444 Bethesda Church Road.

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KICKOFF EDITION

THE RUN DOWN

A quick look at this weekend’s high school football in the Gwinnett area: TODAY’S GAMES 7:30 p.m.

• Archer at Central Gwinnett • Berkmar at South Gwinnett • Buford at North Oconee • Collins Hill at Mill Creek • George Walton at Hebron • Grayson at Dacula • Holy Innocents’ at GAC • Lovett at Wesleyan • Mountain View at Meadowcreek • Norcross at Peachtree Ridge • North Gwinnett at Duluth • Parkview at Shiloh • Providence at Athens Academy • Salem at Lanier

BY THE NUMBERS

2

Mill Creek victories in eight all-time meetings with tonight’s opponent, Collins Hill

1

All-time Dacula victory over tonight’s opponent, Grayson, a 14-7 win last season

2

Berkmar wins in its last 16 games with South Gwinnett, the Patriots’ foe tonight

FLASHBACK On this week in 2005, Parkview wraps up the No. 2 seed in Region 8-AAAAA with a 30-3 win over Central Gwinnett as Caleb King rushes 39 times for 309 of the Panthers’ 413 yards. …

Matt Pridemore rushes for 162 yards and two TDs, leading Buford to a 28-12 win over GAC that clinches the 8-AA title. … Duluth defeats Centennial in the season finale, snapping a 20game losing streak. …

Brookwood improves to 9-0 and clinches the 8-AAAAA title with a 48-7 win over Shiloh. …

A fourth-quarter TD pass from Spencer Landis to Josh Warren is the difference as Dacula seals the 7-AAAAA crown with a 26-21 win over North Gwinnett.

Falcon foot soldiers

Punishing running game a team effort at Dacula

By David Friedlander

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DACULA — When most defensive coordinators are challenged with stopping a formidable running game, the task usually involves trying to stop (or at least, slow down) a main running back, with maybe one or two complementary backs thrown in.

But when coaches try to devise a plan to take on Dacula’s punishing ground attack, the job gets considerably more complicated.

That’s because there is not one or two backs for opposing defenses to focus on.

Instead, there is an entire fleet of running backs the Falcons use to pound away at opposing defenses, and it has played a major role in Dacula (7-0, 5-0) grabbing a No. 3 state ranking heading into tonight’s Region 8-AAAAAA showdown with second-ranked Grayson at Barron Stadium.

“We’ve got a number of great kids on this football team,” Dacula coach Tommy Jones said.

“And we’re very fortunate to have a good number of kids who have the ability to run the football.

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FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week during the football season, the Daily Post will nominate four players for its Fans Choice Player of the Week. Online voting at www.gwinnettprepsports. com will begin Monday mornings and will end Thursdays at noon.

This week’s winner is: Who: Archer’s Robbie Armstrong Class: Senior Position: Defensive end Noteworthy: Had a sack, three quarterback hurries and a caused fumble in last week’s win over Shiloh Coach Andy Dyer’s take: “Robbie plays wide open every Friday night.

He is hard to block and helps set the tone for our defensive unit.”

Results: Armstrong (34 percent) beat out Providence’s Jeremy Hardnett (33), Buford’s Xavier Gantt (24) and Lanier’s Bolaji Ojolola (9) in fan voting this week.

Dacula’s Jacque Evangelister, Jakob Brashear and Kevin Ficklin line up against C.J. Mayes, Bijan Sirleaf and Kelan Fraise on Thursday in Dacula. These six Falcons starters are racking up stats on both sides of the ball, leading Dacula to a 7-0 start. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

each other.”

For the season, six different running backs have combined for 262 carries, with C.J. Mayes leading the way with 60 and progressing all the way down to Kevin Ficklin’s 26, and those numbers figure to be even more spread out when starting quarterback Giovanni Lugo (19-109, 2 TDs) returns from a fractured collarbone, perhaps as soon as tonight.

The rotation has worked out well, with the Falcons leading Gwinnett County with 2,010 rushing yards on the season through seven games, with all six Dacula’s Kevin Ficklin, Jakob Brashear and Jacque Evangelister are backs averaging at least 4.2 yards part of a fleet of backs who have pushed Dacula to a 7-0 record. (Staff per carry and combining to score Photo: David Welker) 16 touchdowns.

It’s enough work to keep ev… I told one of our coaches the And that’s just fine with them. erybody happy, and with the team other day that if I coach 30 years, “All the running backs are averaging 7.8 yards per carry, it’s I don’t know if we’ll have this real close,” said Jakob Brashear, also plenty enough work to keep many kids who can run the ball who is currently second on the everybody fresh even as oppoon one team. … We’re even more team with 335 yards to go with a nents are getting worn down. fortunate that they’re team-first team-best five touchdowns on 37 “It helps because you can get a guys and unselfish.” carries. “We know each other and fresh back in,” says Mayes, who True, as much as top running we can get the job done. We’re leads the Falcons with 633 yards backs like to see their number of always together in practice. and has added four touchdowns. carries per game pile up, Dacula Starting on offense and then on “You know that somebody else running backs are told to check defense, we’re always on the field See FALCONS, Page 4B their egos at the door. together. We’re always around

MORE INSIDE: Cut from similar mold, Dacula and Grayson set for state-ranked showdown, 4B

Devils, Lions hope to gain region foothold defending state champion Blue Devils (6-1, 4-0) can really put themselves in great position for a win After the entire Region today, coach Keith Maloof 7-AAAAAA line-up took says their focus must be far a week off last Friday, the more narrow. five leaders battling for the “We feel good,” Maloof four postseason berths besaid. “We got some bodies gin the first of three straight healed up (during the bye separation Fridays tonight. week), but we’ve got to And paramount among make a run for it. Nothing those matchups involves is decided yet. Everyone is current region leader and still pretty much in control No. 5 state-ranked Norof their own destinies. cross traveling to Peachtree The good thing about that Ridge, one of four teams is that we don’t have to tied for second a game depend on anyone (else) at back, for a 7:30 p.m. this point.” kickoff.

And while the two-time See FOOTHOLD, Page 4B

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Peachtree Ridge’s Tyler Campbell (6) runs the ball during the Lions’ game with North Gwinnett.

(Photo: Kyle Hess)

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Collins Hill, Mill Creek aim for first win over contender COLLINS HILL AT MILL CREEK

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

One requirement is certain for the five football teams pursuing one of the four playoff spots from Region 7-AAAAAA — it will take a victory over another of those five contenders to reach the postseason.

As of now, Collins Hill and Mill Creek don’t have that on their resumé. By the end of tonight, one of them will.

The two playoff hopefuls face each other with the goal of moving up in the standings and out of a logjam of four teams (Collins Hill, Mill Creek, North Gwinnett, Peachtree Ridge) tied for second in the region with a 3-1 record. Norcross is in first at 4-0.

“The kids are excited about the opportunity,” Collins Hill head coach Kevin Reach said. “We’re happy we put ourselves in this position that we kind of control our own destiny. You win the right one (of the last three) and you’re in. You win two and you’re sitting up there pretty. You win all three you could win the region.

If you lose all three you’re out. I’m glad we’re in this position. It would be hard going into these three games and knowing you’re not in a position to make the playoffs.”

Though North has lost to Norcross, it does have

COLLINS HILL EAGLES (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Kevin Reach Record: 5-2, 3-1 region Last week: Had a bye MILL CREEK HAWKS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Shannon Jarvis Record: 4-3, 3-1 region Last week: Had a bye

really thoroughly looked at what’s going on after this week.”

This week’s game will spotlight strength against strength.

Mill Creek’s huge offensive front of Kaleb Kim, Josh Fannin, Chad Walker, Bobby Klemm, Jack Franklin and Robbie Mill Creek’s Brian Efianayi (5) runs the ball against North Gwinnett earlier this season.

Bell has paved the way (Staff Photo: David Welker) for impressive offensive wins over contenders up with who,” Mill Creek 2012 and 2007, two of the numbers the past two Collins Hill, Mill Creek head coach Shannon Jarthree years the Hawks have seasons. The Hawks averand Peachtree Ridge. As vis said. “All of us noticed made the playoffs. They age 43 points and 432.3 for the other four playpretty quick that we were won 17-14 in 2012 and yards, with 308.9 coming off hopefuls, Norcross all playing each other the 27-24 in a triple-overtime via the running game led included, much will be last three weeks. You can thriller in 2007.

by Johnathan Hawkins sorted out over the last go from winning the reAnother victory this (789 rushing yards), three games. gion championship to be- week would get Mill Creek Brian Efianayi (507) and This week’s slate ing out of the playoffs last (4-3) closer to another quarterback Daniel David features Collins Hill-Mill three weeks. There will be playoff berth. The same (496).

Creek and Norcrossa lot of movement the last can be said for Collins “They’re good, as good Peachtree Ridge. On Oct. three weeks. Every game Hill (5-2), which has made as anybody in the state 31, Collins Hill faces is crucially important.” the postseason six straight offensively,” Reach said Peachtree Ridge and Mill Both Jarvis and Reach years. of Mill Creek. “They’re Creek takes on Norcross. agree that the focus “Right now I’m worried big, the running backs Then on Nov. 7, Mill can’t be on a three-game about one game,” Reach are good, the quarterback Creek gets Peachtree stretch. It has to be on this said. “You’d rack your might be the best running Ridge and Collins Hill gets week and a matchup that brain if you try to think quarterback in the state, Norcross.

Collins Hill won 45-34 beyond this week. We definitely in the county.

“All of us coaches kind last season. need to take care of this It’s no big secret. He can of looked at the schedule Mill Creek has an allweek. It will be a tough beat you just with his feet when we got them, we time record of 2-6 against game, a dogfight for sure. alone, so we’re going to try were all in a room togeth- Collins Hill, with the only We’ll just kind of worry to contain him as much as er, and saw who’s matched two victories coming in about this week. I haven’t possible.”

When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Collins Hill won 45-34 last year Directions to Mill Creek High School: From I-85, take the Hamilton Mill Road exit and go east. At the immediate light, turn left on Ga. Highway 124/Braselton Highway. School is approximately three miles ahead on the left.

Opening holes for David and company won’t be easy for the Mill Creek line against a stout front seven of Collins Hill, the strongest part of a team that lost everyone on offense to graduation last year. That strong front seven has played its best, and is at its healthiest, of late.

Noseguard Miles Fox shares the line with standout ends Tomon Fox, Steven Harwell and Shaq Herriveaux. A.J. Terry, Miles Parker, Robert Snyder and Emmanuel Belmar are the Eagles’ linebackers.

“It’s going to be a critical matchup (the Mill Creek offensive line vs.

Collins Hill’s front seven,” Jarvis said. “They’re very good up front on defense.

They traditionally have a great defense. We have to be able to get a push on them. They’ve got tremendous players there. We have to be able to control the ball and sustain our running game. Collins Hill’s going to present a challenge with that.”

Central Gwinnett aims to bounce back against surging Archer

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Hopes of a big upset turned disastrous for Central Gwinnett’s football team last Friday.

The Black Knights fought hard against unbeaten Grayson, but made too many mistakes and eventually lost the physical battle with the Rams, as well as the game. The 28-0 setback was definitely a disappointment.

“We played our worst game of the year against the best team we’ve faced all year,” Central head coach Todd Wofford said.

“You can’t put those two things together at all.”

Central (4-3, 3-2 in Region 8-AAAAAA) has to shake off last week quickly, with a matchup against defending region champion Archer tonight at home. A victory over the Tigers, who have won the last three games in the series, would boost the Black Knights’ playoff hopes greatly.

A win won’t come easy, though. Archer (4-3, 4-1) has improved weekly after an 0-3, injury-plagued start.

“Regardless of what happened those first few games, Archer’s going to be Archer,” Wofford said.

“They were preseason No. 1 for a reason. They have a ton of talent. They do a lot of good things on offense and they’re physical on defense, that never changed. They just got a couple of bad breaks early

ARCHER AT CENTRAL GWINNETT ARCHER TIGERS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Andy Dyer Record: 4-3, 4-1 region Last week: Beat Shiloh 52-7 CENTRAL GWINNETT BLACK KNIGHTS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Todd Wofford Record: 4-3, 3-2 region Last week: Lost to Grayson 28-0

in season. Their quarterback got hurt, that’s going to affect your play.”

Central had things trending upward, too.

It shook off a seasonopening loss to Collins Hill by winning four of the next five, including a 32-0 rout of Brookwood two weeks ago. Even the loss during that stretch was a dismal one — a narrow 20-10 loss to undefeated Dacula.

But last Friday’s loss to Grayson was a step back.

“We had success from 20 to 20 offensively, but we made a lot of mental mistakes once we got in the red zone,” Wofford said. “We’ve had problems in the red zone throughout the year, but we thought we had those worked out. Defensively, the No. 1 issue is we missed a lot of tackles.

I think we missed 16 tackles. You can point to a lot of issues, but missing 16 tackles will create a lot of problems. … We also fumbled the second-half opening kickoff. So offense, defense and special teams hurt us.”

On the other side, Archer just wants to repeat its performance of the past

When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Archer won 41-20 last year Directions to Parkview High School: From I-85, take Sugarloaf Parkway exit and go east to Ga. Highway 29. Turn left on Highway 29 and school is on the right at Gwinnett Drive.

four weeks. After a 14-10 loss to Grayson in the region opener, the Tigers have defeated Parkview (42-7), Berkmar (42-3), South Gwinnett (24-7) and Shiloh (52-7).

With just one region

loss, a share of the region title and a home playoff game is still possible.

“We’ve got to take it one game at a time,” Archer head coach Andy Dyer said. “We want to finish as high as possible.

We’ve got to win the next two weeks to do that. We have to start with being able to play well this week.”

Archer has done that on both sides of the ball lately. Its defense has held the past four opponents to seven or fewer points and has allowed more than 14 points just once this season — a 21-13 loss to Sandy Creek in the opener.

Meanwhile, the offense has scored 158 points the past four games after scoring just 33 the first three weeks. Keeping up

that production against an improving Central defense is the next challenge.

“I think they’re playing with a lot of confidence,” Dyer said of Central.

“They’ve got a lot of pieces to the puzzle.

They do a great job on defense of being in the right spots. They’re very well coached we’ve got to out-execute what they do. … They’re just very sound in what they do (on defense). The kids have bought into what they’re teaching and they’re doing a great job of playing their scheme.”

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THE BREAKDOWN

A look at this week’s football matchups (all games at 7:30 p.m. today unless otherwise noted)

BERKMAR AT SOUTH GWINNETT BERKMAR PATRIOTS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Jonathan Sanks Record: 0-7, 0-5 region Last week: Had a bye

SOUTH GWINNETT COMETS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: John Small Record: 3-5, 2-4 region Last week: Beat Parkview 23-20

South Gwinnett was in a dire situation at halftime last Friday, down 13-0 to Parkview. But the Comets scored the next 17 points, watched that lead turn into a 20-17 deficit and then rallied for the game-winning score.

Quarterback Josh Shim marched South down the field for the gamewinning score, a 1-yard plunge by Antonio Woods with 29 seconds left.

It was Woods’ second TD run of the game. The outcome wasn’t decided until Parkview missed a field goal as time expired.

“That was a big win for our kids, that was awesome,” South head coach Josh John Small said. “That’s one of the most gutsy wins I’ve been a part of.”

Shim Just as important to the comeback was Elijah Shah’s 70-yard punt return for a score early in the third quarter.

“That return jolted some life into us,” said Small, who also got stellar play from offensive lineman Anthony Pittman and wideout Noel Hussey (seven catches, 71 yards).

South, despite its slow start to the season, is still alive in the playoff chase from 8-AAAAAA. It also has winnable games the final two weeks against 0-7 Berkmar and 1-6 Shiloh, both winless in the region.

Berkmar has been solid defensively, but has struggled on offense. The Patriots have scored just 39 points in seven games and have been held to single digits in all but one region game.

Last meeting: South won 20-7 last year Directions to South Gwinnett High School: From Ga. Highway 78, go south on Skyland Drive. School is on the left.

GEORGE WALTON ACADEMY AT HEBRON CHRISTIAN GEORGE WALTON BULLDOGS (8-A) Coach: Don Williams Record: 4-3, 3-2 region Last week: Lost to Athens Christian 35-7

HEBRON CHRISTIAN LIONS (8-A) Coach: Kevin Shaffer Record: 4-3, 2-3 region Last week: Had a bye

While looking up at several teams in the Region 8-A championship race, tonight’s game is still an important one. Ranked 21st and 20th respectively in the latest Class A (Private) power rankings, the winner of tonight’s game keeps itself well within striking distance of a possible postseason berth.

And coach Kevin Shaffer says his Lions relish such an opportunity.

“We have the same record (as GWA),” Shaffer said. “And it’s the first time since I’ve been around here that we’ve had a winning record this deep into the season. Here we are at Week 8, and we’re still playing for something.

Trey It’s a great position to be in because you can tell the kids, ‘It’s all up to you.

Selman You don’t have to rely on anybody but us as long as we keep winning.’”

The Lions hope to continue the momentum they gained in their last outing in a 61-27 win over Providence on Oct. 10.

To do that, Hebron must continue to get quality play from the likes of Trey Selman to help deal with a GWA offense that Shaffer says will give the Lions a variety of different looks.

“They always seem to find a way to run the ball,” Shaffer said. “It’s been kind of odd because they’ve had different guys carrying the ball this year. And they’ve changed their defensive scheme from a couple of weeks ago. So, we’re going in with our eyes wide open.”

Last meeting: GWA won 50-20 last year Directions to Hebron Christian Academy: From Ga. Highway 316, go north on Ga. Highway 8 approximately one mile and turn left at the traffic light onto Dacula Road (after passing Dacula High School on the left). Stadium is about a mile ahead on the right.

BUFORD AT NORTH OCONEE BUFORD WOLVES (8-AAAA) Coach: Jess Simpson Record: 7-0, 4-0 region Last week: Beat Monroe Area 51-12

NORTH OCONEE TITANS (8-AAAA) Coach: Terry Tuley Record: 5-2, 4-0 region Last week: Beat White County 31-6

Buford has dominated its first four opponents in Region 8-AAAA, with good reason. Those four teams have a combined region record of 1-15 and comprise the bottom four in the region.

The difficulty amps up this week with North Oconee, one of three 4-0 teams in the region along with Buford and Stephens County. It’s the beginning of a tough finish for the Wolves, whose final three opponents are 11-1 in region play.

Up first is North Oconee, a program with a winning tradition. The Titans Avery have made the playoffs every year under Terry Tuley since 2007. They Turner also haven’t had a losing record since 2005, their second full varsity season. Included in their playoff history is a 2012 second-round playoff game against Buford, with the Wolves squeaking out a 13-0 victory on the way to the state title.

Buford enters this game on a roll, but it hasn’t played a close game since Sept. 5, a 2720 win over McEachern. That matchup, as well as a 17-0 victory over Trinity Christian (Fla.) in the season opener, helped get this team battle-tested, though.

Xavier Gantt led the Wolves last week, scoring three TDs on five rushes. Luke Humphrey threw a 19-yard TD pass to Avery Turner late in the first half, staking Buford to a 24-0 lead.

Last meeting: Buford won 13-0 in 2012 Directions to North Oconee High School: Take Ga. Hwy. 316 east and merge onto Monroe Hwy/US Hwy. 78 west toward Bogart/Monroe. Turn left on Mars Hill Road, right on Malcolm Bridge Road and right onto Rocky Branch Road.

HOLY INNOCENTS’ AT GAC

HOLY INNOCENTS (6-AA) Coach: Ryan Livezey Record: 2-6, 1-4 region Last week: Lost to Lovett 42-13

GAC SPARTANS (6-AA) Coach: Tim Hardy Record: 7-0, 4-0 region Last week: Had a bye

A few weeks ago, GAC head coach Tim Hardy said the top-ranked Spartans weren’t who they wanted to be yet. They’re a little closer now.

“We’ve definitely made some strides,” Hardy said. “The last game, which seems like a month ago, against Pace, we had our best quarter of football. The offense was fast and explosive. We were physical on defense. But we still want to string that together for extended periods.

“It’s a complicated game. You can’t microwave it. It takes a long time even when you have experience back. But we’re getting closer.”

Paul The Spartans were off last week following the 37-7 defeat of Pace Carothers Academy. Hardy hopes there’s still a lot of football to play as the regular season hits the home stretch, so the rest was welcome. He gave the team some time to relax earlier this week, but also used the time to install new wrinkles into the playbook in preparation for a well-coached Holy Innocents’ team which is coming off a loss to third-ranked Lovett.

The Spartans continue to be led by an outstanding group of seniors, including Paul Carothers, Micah Abernathy, Daruis Slayton and Justin Phan. And while Hardy likes to keep the focus on the present, he’s excited about the future, too, with the JV team completing a perfect 7-0 season.

Last meeting: GAC won 48-14 in 2011 Directions to Greater Atlanta Christian: From I-85, go east on Indian Trail Road and school is on the right.

LOVETT AT WESLEYAN

MOUNTAIN VIEW AT MEADOWCREEK

LOVETT LIONS (6-AA) WESLEYAN WOLVES (6-AA) Coach: Franklin Pridgen Coach: Mike Muschamp Record: 5-2, 3-1 region Record: 6-2, 5-0 region Last week: Had a bye Last week: Beat Holy Innocents’ 42-13 Wesleyan had extra time to prepare for defending state champ Lovett with a bye last week and was coming off a confidence-building shutout of BEST Academy. The Wolves’ defense, led by seniors Ollis Robinson and Christian Stark, stymied star running back Deshawn Waller en route to a 17-0 win.

“I don’t know if anyone saw that coming,” head coach Franklin Pridgen said. “But it proved to our kids when you trust the scheme and you execute every play to the best of your ability, good things happen for us.”

Wesleyan will need a similar effort against Lovett and its quarterback Christian Willie Chandler, a four-year starter.

Stark “It feels like he’s been there for about 20 years,” Pridgen said with a chuckle. “He’s just amazing. He makes them go. To me, he’s a quintessential college prospect. So savvy so smart. But I think if you find a way to keep him out of a rhythm, their offense won’t be as good.”

Lovett has won five straight after early back-to-back losses to Westminster and Marist.

“It’s just a great opportunity,” Pridgen said. “We’re very loose. We don’t feel any pressure.

I don’t think there’s anybody that expects us to be competitive. Except the guys on the field.

I’m OK with that. We built this program on the back of being underdogs. I’m quite all right with that role. It’s motivating. It’s inspiring. We’re really looking forward to it.”

Last meeting: Lovett won 41-13 last season Directions to Wesleyan: From I-85, take I-285 west to Peachtree Industrial Blvd./Ga. 141 north exit. Veer to the left on Peachtree Parkway/Ga. 141 and turn right on Spalding Drive.

MOUNTAIN VIEW BEARS (7-AAAAAA) MEADOWCREEK MUSTANGS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Doug Giacone Coach: George Pugh Record: 1-6, 0-4 region Record: 1-6, 0-4 region Last week: Had a bye Last week: Had a bye Two teams in search of not only a win, but a little confidence and validation for their hard work, square off tonight. The Bears have had a couple of close calls, including near upsets of No. 5 state-ranked Norcross and Collins Hill, but have at other times had problems getting out of their own way, according to coach Doug Giacone. And despite the Mustangs’ own struggles, he knows his team must clean up those missteps tonight.

“They’ve moved the ball on people,” Giacone said of Meadowcreek.

“You look at a couple of their games and it’s very similar to our game Kielan against Mill Creek. We’d go all the way down the field and then throw a Whitner pick-six down on the 8-yard line. So, instead of being a tie game, it’s a 14-point swing.

Meadowcreek coach George Pugh, on the other hand, knows his Mustangs will have their hands full with some capable Mountain View playmakers like co-starting quarterbacks Alex Scott and Sam Freitas, running back Nick Harris and multi-talented Keilan Whitner, who has contributed on both sides of the ball for the Bears lately.

And with several key players either out or slowed by injuries, he knows others like defensive lineman JaQuan Janerette and receiver/defensive back Jamarious Craft can step up and provide leadership.

Last meeting: Mountain View won 49-13 last year Directions to Meadowcreek High School: From I-85, go east on Beaver Ruin Road to Steve Reynolds Boulevard and turn right. School is on the right.

NORTH GWINNETT AT DULUTH

PARKVIEW AT SHILOH

NORTH BULLDOGS (7-AAAAAA) DULUTH WILDCATS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Jason Conner Coach: Bob Sphire Record: 1-6, 0-4 region Record: 5-2, 3-1 region Last week: Beat Duluth 49-6 Last week: Had a bye Having already played region contenders Norcross, Collins Hill, Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge, the numbers would seem to show the scheduling loosening up a bit for the 10th-ranked Bulldogs, whose final three regular-season opponents are a combined 3-18. But don’t tell that to North coach Bob Sphire, especially when it comes to the Wildcats.

“We respect Duluth like we respect anybody else,” Sphire said. “They’re very athletic, their quarterback is an experienced player and they’ve got some speed on the perimeter. They’ve kind of been their own worst Almonzo enemy with turnovers and stuff, but they always play us tough.”

Brown Given that the Bulldogs’ prolific offense has found even more weapons lately with Minnesota-committed receiver Almonzo Brown inching closer to full health after being slowed early in the season and the increased contributions of others like Brian Eberhardt and Jae Sutton, that should prove a lot for Duluth to digest.

Wildcats coach Jason Conner is optimistic following the week off and the return of several injured players, such as CB Jelani Brown and LB MyQuon Foote. He’s also realistic that even close to full strength, slowing North’s spread passing game will be quite the chore.

“You can’t just line up and play the same defense against a Bob Sphire offense because he’ll pick you apart,” Conner said. “You can’t let them get into green grass without a defender nearby.”

Last meeting: North won 52-21 last year Directions to Duluth High School: From I-85, take Ga. Highway 120 east to Buford Highway and turn right. Take a left at the next light onto Brock Road and school is on the left.

PARKVIEW PANTHERS (8-AAAAAA) SHILOH GENERALS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Eric Godfree Coach: Troy Hobbs Record: 3-4, 2-3 region Record: 1-6, 0-5 region Last week: Lost to South Gwinnett 23-20 Last week: Lost to Archer 52-7 After letting a fourth-quarter lead slip away in last week’s disappointing loss, the Panthers are hoping to bounce back and keep their playoff hopes alive. And coach Eric Godfree hopes they learned their lesson.

“We have to be able to learn how to handle success,” Godfree said.

“We don’t know how to finish people right now. We’ve got to learn to finish and stay focused the full 48 minutes because in our region, you’re going to line up and play against some really good athletes.”

That includes the Generals, who are just looking for something posiJean-Charles tive after suffering their fifth straight loss last week.

Adou And while playmakers like Jeremy McDuffie and Michael Pitts give them a chance, coach Troy Hobbs knows his team must tighten up to keep Parkview’s playmakers, like Jack Chambers and Johnathan Boyd on offense and JeanCharles Adou on defense, from hurting them like others have lately.

“We’ve just got to play better football overall,” Hobbs said. “We’ve got to start doing things right. Every silly penalty, every missed tackle, all the turnovers, those are things that lose ball games. You don’t give yourself a chance to win.

“Our focus this week — yes, we’re preparing for Parkview, … but if we don’t do the little things, we won’t have a chance.”

Last meeting: Shiloh won 23-21 last year Directions to Shiloh High School: From Ga. Highway 78, go south on Bethany Church Road and school is on the right.

PROVIDENCE AT ATHENS ACADEMY

SALEM AT LANIER

PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN STORM (8-A) ATHENS ACADEMY SPARTANS (8-A) Coach: Don Chuboff Coach: Ken Robinson Record: 2-4, 1-4 region Record: 0-7, 0-5 region Last week: Lost to Lakeview Academy 29-28 Last week: Lost to Commerce 49-10 When Providence Christian was making the move to varsity, the power that be, headed by coach Ken Robinson, did a cost-benefit analysis of playing a non-region schedule or jumping right into the deep end. They opted to dive in, unlike many recent new football programs in the metro area.

“We felt like where we were at, whether non-region or region, some of the challenges would be the same,” Robinson said. “The important thing, and I’ve always felt this way, when making a decision like this is that we’re all on the same page as far as what we’re ultimately trying to get done.

Max “Long-term, we’re building a program and the route was the right one for us.”

Carter Many of the players Robinson felt would lead the program — Jeremy Hardnett, Max Carter and Ben Ellison — have more than lived up to expectations. Another playmaker, Mitchell Miller has been out with an injury for a few weeks, but Robinson hopes to get him back next week.

“I’m encouraged by the things that matter to me and what I’m looking for in a football program — although it hasn’t been reflected in the scoreboard,” Robinson said. “The guys we expected to lead, are. We just need more of them.”

Providence faces another tough task this week against a perennial contender in Athens Academy.

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Athens Academy: Take Highway 316 east and exit on No. 10 Perimeter.

Take the first exit, No. 4, and turn right on US 441 south. Turn left onto the campus at the second light.

SALEM SEMINOLES (8-AAAAA) LANIER LONGHORNS (8-AAAAA) Coach: John Starr Coach: Korey Mobbs Record: 5-2, 5-1 region Record: 7-0, 6-0 region Last week: Beat Loganville 31-27 Last week: Beat Heritage 49-20 Lanier is closing in on the first region championship in school history. The Longhorns have a one-game lead on Gainesville, who they’ve already defeated, and Salem. Salem’s only region loss is to Gainesville.

“We can’t afford to look ahead (to a region title),” Lanier head coach Korey Mobbs said. “We’ll take it one game at a time as always.”

Mobbs is pleased with his team’s progression that began with a run of fairly close victories, including a three-point win over Gainesville. Last week’s game was its first blowout, courtesy of a 42-7 halftime lead over Heritage.

“We probably played our most complete game from start to finish Derriyon Shaw (against Heritage),” Mobbs said. “We had success again creating turnovers defensively and offensively we took advantage of those.”

The players causing the most issues for opposing offenses continued to be defensive back Stefan Ball, who caused and recovered a fumble, and big junior defensive lineman Derrick Brown, who had three tackles for losses. He also had 3 1/2 sacks, two quarterback hurries and two caused fumbles. “(Brown) continues to play really well,” Mobbs said. “He’s playing as advertised, like all of us hoped he would. He gets better every game.”

Derriyon Shaw (two sacks, two QB hurries) and Devin Miller (two QB hurries, two tackles for losses, one caused fumble) also played well last Friday.

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Lanier High School: From I-85, go west on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and turn right on Buford Highway. School is on the left.

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The staff makes its predictions for this week’s prep football winners

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CHRISTINE TROYKE

DAVID FRIEDLANDER

MITCH BLOMERT

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CAROLE CRIGHTON*

Archer at Central Gwinnett

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Berkmar at South Gwinnett

South

South

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South

South

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Buford at North Oconee

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Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

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Collins Hill at Mill Creek

Mill Creek

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Mill Creek

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George Walton at Hebron

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Hebron

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Grayson at Dacula

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Dacula

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Holy Innocents’ at GAC

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Lovett at Wesleyan

Lovett

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Mountain View at Meadowcreek

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Norcross at Peachtree Ridge

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Grayson and Dacula definitely share a lot in common as the two teams prepare for their Region 8-AAAAAA showdown tonight at Barron Stadium.

They share similar undefeated records (Grayson is 8-0 overall and 6-0 in region play, while Dacula stands at 7-0, 5-0) and state rankings (the visiting Rams and ranked No. 2 in Class AAAAAA by the Georgia Sports Writers Association, with the Falcons right behind them at No. 3).

And both have their eyes on the region title, which Grayson can secure a share of — along with the region’s top playoff seed — with a victory, while Dacula can put itself in the driver’s seat by winning.

But what the two teams share most in common is the tough, physical, comparatively old school brand of football on both sides of the ball.

“It’s very exciting,” Grayson coach Mickey Conn said. “We’ve both given ourselves a great opportunity at winning a region championship.

We’ve got a really tough opponent (in Dacula).

“I think (tonight’s game) will be (a physical game). It’s what this region has been built on for many years. They’re a physical football team and we’re a physical football team. That’s the way it ought to be.”

He’ll get no argument from Dacula coach Tommy Jones, who also sees the similarities between the two teams.

“Ideally, we both like to put a heavy emphasis on defense and the running game,” Jones said.

“We believe in a physical brand of football, but like a lot of games, it comes down to who makes the fewest mistakes.”

Perhaps, but whichever team can establish its running game may have a leg up in that task, and both have done a very good job of doing so this season.

But therein lies one of the few differences between the two teams.

While Grayson has several capable running backs, junior Cameryn Brent (158 car., 926 yards, 10 TDs) sets the pace as the primary ball carrier for a Rams’ running game that stands fourth in the county in rushing at 1,341 yards.

By contrast, Dacula currently leads Gwinnett in rushing offense with 2,010 yards on the strength of the Falcons’ six-headed monster at running back, led by se-

nior C.J. Mayes (60-633, 4 TDs) and junior Jakob Brashear (37-335, 5 TDs).

Conn admits Dacula’s stable of running backs will be a huge challenge, even with a defense that ranks as the county’s best by allowing just 6.4 points per game and just 41.9 yards per game on the ground.

“They run a lot of the same blocking schemes.

They just have a different guy running the ball seemingly each time,” Conn said. “They have a lot of guys playing both ways (offense and defense), but they do a good job of rotating them in and keeping them fresh.

We’ve got to do a good job tackling and getting off blocks.”

The challenge is somewhat different for Dacula defensively, thanks to another of the few differences between the two teams.

Grayson has balanced its running game with a different-look spread passing game, with quarterback Chase Brice (95145-2, 1,318 yards, 14 TDs) being able to utilize several different big-play receivers like Cedric Asseh (35-391, 6 TDs) and Hunter Schuessler (15297, 3 TDs).

However, Dacula has been solid against the pass throughout the seasons, recording 22 1/2 team sacks, led by Jordan Sanders’ 6 1/2, while intercepting 11 enemy passes, with Mayes and Brashear each picking off three.

Still, Jones has no illusions about what the Falcons face.

“They’re extremely balanced on offense,” Jones said of the Rams. “Coach Conn has always had a strong belief in his running game, but this year, they’ve thrown the ball very well. (Brice) seems very poised in the pocket, and he can hurt you.”

Still, Conn has no doubt the difference tonight lies in the trenches, with both teams’ lines looking to flex their muscles.

Perhaps the most intriguing match-up will occur when Dacula has the ball, as Dacula’s offensive line, led by senior tackles Devon Mims (6-foot-2, 300 pounds) and Steven Hayes (6-4, 285) will do battle with Grayson’s powerful front three that includes Georgia commit Justin Young, Chris Martin and Mykelle McDaniel.

“Whoever wins the battle up front will win, but that’s football, to me,” Conn said. “That’s why the weight room is so important. Ultimately, those guys up front get very little attention, but they’re so important.”

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•From Page 1B is just as good as you, and they’re right there behind you. You can depend on them just like you can depend on yourself. … We go all out and we know that we have each other to lean on if we have any problems.

“When we’re driving the ball downfield, you can look up and see the other team’s defense is dead tired, and we’re just ready to go, ready to punch it down the field.

We have seven people that carry the ball on this team, and they’re all capable of breaking it on any play.”

Keeping all seven running backs physically fresh is important for another reason, as well.

All seven of them play an important role on an equally physical Dacula defense.

With Jacque Evangelister (43 tackles, six pass break-ups) and Brashear (39 tackles, 4 sacks, 3 INTs) ranking among the Falcons’ top five tacklers and Brashear and Mayes (19 tackles, 14 PBUs, 3 INTs) sharing the team

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Grayson’s Cameryn Brent (33) runs the ball to pick up a first down during the first half of the Rams’ victory over Central Gwinnett.

(Photo: Kyle Hess)

GRAYSON AT DACULA GRAYSON RAMS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Mickey Conn Record: 8-0, 6-0 Last week: Beat Central Gwinnett 28-0

DACULA FALCONS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Tommy Jones Record: 7-0, 5-0 Last week: Beat Brookwood 35-29

When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Dacula won 14-7 last year Directions to Dacula High School: From Ga. Highway 316, go north on U.S. Highway 8 approximately one mile and school is on the left.

•From Page 1B To this point, Norcross has depended a lot on one of Gwinnett’s top defenses.

Linemen J.B. Kouassi (5 1/2 sacks) and Jalen Broadnax (5 sacks) combining with linebackers Jermone Pledger (64 tackles) and Devonte Goodbeir (61 tackles) to make up a formidable front seven despite the fact many of them are getting their first extended playing time this season.

And they’ve gotten the attention of Peachtree Ridge coach Mark Fleetwood, whose Lions (5-2, 3-1) boast the county’s third-best scoring offense at 38.3 points per game, but are looking to bounce back after a disappointing second half in their last outing, a 51-24 setback Oct. 10.

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Dacula’s C.J. Mayes, Bijan Sirleaf, and Kelan Fraise are among a group of six Falcons starters racking up stats on both sides of the ball. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

lead in interceptions.

Brashear says the rotating in and out of the game definitely comes in handy late in games on both sides of the ball.

“It gives you a break,” the 6-foot-1, 210-pound junior said. “If you get tired on defense, you can put someone else in. You kind of get used to it when you do it for a while. It’s not that hard anymore.

“It (also) helps on offense keeping the running backs fresh (by) not getting, like, 20 carries a game.”

But as much of a physical toll the Falcons’ legion

of running backs can have on opponents, it can also wear on them mentally.

That’s because each back brings a different style of running to the field.

You want a grind-it-out, power back to hammer away at the defensive line?

Then you might want to call on Brashear, Bijan Sirleaf (53-246, 3 TDs) or Ficklin (26-182, 3 TDs).

If you’re looking for more a speed back to get to the corner and perhaps pop off a big play, then Mayes or Kelan Fraise (55-228,1 TD) might be more to your liking.

Do you need someone to

run a Wildcat formation to baffle teams with a number of different options? Evangelister (31-152) might be your man.

Together, the myriad of choices gives opponents something different to look at and think about on every snap.

“I think we have a tendency to confuse people when we rotate in and out with our personnel,” Mayes said. “We have a lot of different personnel groups that they look the same, but they’re different styles of running.”

But no matter how different the style, each running back brings something to the table that blends into a very effective package that has helped the Falcons climb the ladder to being one of the state’s top teams, even if it does seem a bit of a throwback compared to the high-powered, pass-happy spread offense a lot of other programs are running now.

“I guess we’re dinosaurs,” Jones joked. “Our kids have bought into the way we play football. It’s kind of a blue collar brand of football.”

Foothold 1,718 yards, 19 TDs) back after the senior was shaken NORCROSS AT PEACHTREE RIDGE up against North and left NORCROSS BLUE PEACHTREE RIDGE the game early.

DEVILS (7-AAAAAA) LIONS (7-AAAAAA) “He’s fine,” Fleetwood Coach: Keith Maloof Coach: Mark Fleetwood said of Thrasher. “We were Record: 6-1, 4-0 Record: 5-2, 3-1 able to rest him last week.

Last week: Had a bye Last week: Had a bye We took some precautions When: Today, 7:30 p.m. to make sure he’s OK.” Last meeting: Norcross 24-20 last year And with such weapons Directions to Peachtree Ridge High School: From to throw to like Christian I-85, take the Old Peachtree Road exit and go west.

Sutton (29-496, 3 TDs), School is roughly two miles ahead on the right.

Tyler Campbell (25-323, 6 TDs) and Connor Heyward (24-353, 6 TDs), Maloof knows his Blue “They’re really good on to try to set the tempo.

Devils will have their offense,” Fleetwood said of … There were things we hands full with Peachtree the Blue Devils. “They’ve needed to finish that we Ridge. got 11 guys going to the did not do. North made “They’re explosive all ball. Their front four are some good adjustments (in over the field,” Maloof really strong. … You’ve the second half), and we said. “They’ve got guys got to give them credit. didn’t get the ball across who can make big plays.

Norcross had 60-somethe (goal) line late in the They’ve got receivers who thing seniors graduate third quarter. … The biglast year, and they’ve still gest thing is to put together can beat you deep. So, we’ve got to be disciplined put themselves back in a full game.” all over the field and cover position to challenge for It will help that the the whole field and maybe the region title. That’s not Lions will have startcome up with a turnover done by chance. ing quarterback Chance here or there.”

“Our biggest thing is Thrasher (122-204-3,

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Today

7:30 p.m. — Archer at Central Gwinnett 7:30 p.m. — Berkmar at South Gwinnett 7:30 p.m. — Buford at North Oconee 7:30 p.m. — Collins Hill at Mill Creek 7:30 p.m. — George Walton at Hebron 7:30 p.m. — Grayson at Dacula 7:30 p.m. — Holy innocents’ at GAC 7:30 p.m. — Lovett at Wesleyan 7:30 p.m. — Mountain View at Meadowcreek 7:30 p.m. — Norcross at Peachtree Ridge 7:30 p.m. — North Gwinnett at Duluth 7:30 p.m. — Parkview at Shiloh 7:30 p.m. — Providence at Athens Academy 7:30 p.m. — Salem at Lanier

The Home Teams

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Falcons

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Gladiators want to temper emotion

By Christine Troyke

The Gladiators played much of the first 10 minutes against Evansville shorthanded.

Who: Wheeling Nailers DULUTH — Bussing “Early in the game we at Gwinnett Gladiators When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

14 hours round-trip for one got running around and into Where: Arena at Gwingame isn’t exactly an ideal penalty trouble,” Emmett nett Center, Duluth schedule. said. “Inevitably, that ended Next: Greenville Road But perhaps the Gwinup being our demise. They Warriors at Gwinnett, nett Gladiators can turn it got some momentum there Saturday, 7:05 p.m. to their advantage. Perhaps in the first, but I thought they were able to get the we controlled the game first-game jitters out of weekend we’ll be ready for through most of the second the way in the 3-1 loss to what we didn’t bring in the and third period. We hit a Evansville last Saturday. first game.” crossbar and a post.

“We’d like to settle that The Gladiators play to“There really wasn’t emotion part down a little night against Wheeling (1- much to be discouraged bit,” head coach Rick Em- 0-0) and Saturday against about — other than the mett Emmett said. “Guys Berkstresser’s former team, outcome. All in all it was were pretty amped up.

Greenville (0-2-0), at the solid. Ideally, I think we’d Which is to be expected.”

Arena at Gwinnett Center. like to generate a little They’ve had all week to “It’s tough the first more offense. We’re trying identify and iron out any game,” Berkstresser said. to make the perfect play a problems.

“Everyone’s going, everylittle bit too much. Hence “We have two huge one wants to do a little too our lack of shots.” games this weekend,” much, I think. We got stuck Gwinnett managed just captain Sean Berkstresser with the penalties, but four shots on goal in the said. “All the stuff we did at the end of the day, we first period and 20 total. wrong, we did a lot of settled down and got better “We’ve got to get more video this week, so this as the game went on.” pucks to the net, more bod-

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ies to the net,” Berkstresser said. “We’ve got get the second-chance rebounds, not just the shot from the outside and getting it cleared.”

To that end, the lineup could include the addition of someone like J.P. Labardo, who was put on reserve during training camp and didn’t play the first game.

“He’s got a great work ethic and he’s been pretty dynamic in practice,” Emmett said. “He’s a young player that needs to see some game time.”

Goaltender Mark Guggenberger will get the nod today and Emmett said Saturday’s starter is yet to be determined.

“It’s the home opener and he’s the guy that got us through some tough times last year and kind of stopped us from drowning,” Emmett said.

Central’s Thomas decommits from UF Thursday evening, opening his recruitment back up One of the nation’s top close to three months after linebacker prospects has his commitment to Florida. backed off his commitment Central head coach Todd to Florida.

Wofford said Alabama and Central Gwinnett senior LSU are the top two conAdonis Thomas decomtenders for Thomas. He still mitted from the Gators on likes Florida, but the insta-

From Staff Reports

bility of the coaching situation with Will Muschamp on the hot seat and the Gators’ struggles — they’ve lost 10 of their last 13 games — are well-documented.

Thomas, a 6-foot-4, 225-pounder, entered the season with 31 offers. Both

Alabama and LSU coaches are expected to attend Central’s game next week against Parkview.

Through seven games, Thomas leads the Black Knights with 75 tackles.

He has nine tackles for losses and five sacks.

Lanier, Mobbs honored by Touchdown Club From Staff Reports Lanier head coach Korey Mobbs has been named coach of the week by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta-National Football Foundation Chapter. He will be honored Monday at

the organization’s weekly luncheon at 103 West in Buckhead.

Mobbs will be recognized for guiding the Longhorns, who also will be honored as team of the week, to a 7-0 start. The week’s other honorees are back of the

week Rakeem Myricks of Sprayberry and lineman of the week Pat Jasinski of Blessed Trinity.

The event’s featured speaker is Dan Henning, who served as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1983-86 and of the San Di-

ego Chargers from 1989-91.

He also was offensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins, earning two Super Bowls with the Redskins.

He was later the head coach at Boston College.

Today

Noon — NASCAR Sprint Cup: Goody’s Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Practice FS1 1:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing Camping World Truck Series: Martinsville, Practice FS1 3 p.m. — NASCAR Racing Camping World Truck Series: Martinsville, Final Practice FS1 4:30 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup: Goody’s Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Practice FS1

FOOTBALL

7 p.m. —High School: Collins Hill at Mill Creek PBS 7 p.m. — College: South Florida at Cincinnati ESPN2 9 p.m. — College: BYU at Boise State ESPN 10 p.m. — College: Oregon at California FS1

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

8 p.m. —World Series, Game 3: Kansas City Royals at San Francisco Giants FOX

SOCCER

6:30 p.m. — College: Wake Forest at Virginia FSS 7:30 p.m. — Women’s Soccer CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying -- United States vs Mexico. Semifinal. FS1 8 p.m. — MLS: Houston Dynamo at Chicago Fire NBCSP

VOLLEYBALL

8:30 p.m. — Women’s College: Syracuse at Georgia Tech FSS Saturday

AUTO RACING

9 a.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup: Goody’s Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Practice FS1 10 a.m. — NASCAR Racing Camping World Truck Series: Martinsville, Qualifying FS1 Noon — NASCAR Sprint Cup: Goody’s Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Final Practice FS1 1:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing Camping World Truck Series: Martinsville, FS1

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon — Texas at Kansas State ESPN Noon — Rutgers at Nebraska ESPN2 Noon — North Texas at Rice SS 12:30 p.m. — North Carolina at Virginia CW 1:30 p.m. — Pennsylvania at Yale NBCSP 3:30 p.m. — Michigan at Michigan State ABC 3:30 p.m. — Texas Tech at TCU FOX 3:30 p.m. — Mississippi State at Kentucky CBS 3:30 p.m. — West Virginia at Oklahoma State ESPN 3:30 p.m. — Oregon State at Stanford ESPN2 3:30 p.m. — Florida Atlantic at Marshall FS1 3:30 p.m. — Boston College at Wake Forest FSS 7:15 p.m. — Mississippi at LSU ESPN 7:30 p.m. — Alabama at Tennessee ESPN 8 p.m. — Ohio State at Penn State ABC 10 p.m. — Southern Cal at Utah FS1 10:45 p.m. — Arizona State at Washington ESPN

HOCKEY

7 p.m. — College: Niagra at Notre Dame NBCSP

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

8 p.m. —World Series, Game 4: Kansas City Royals at San Francisco Giants FOX

SOCCER

7:45 a.m. — English Premier League: West Ham United vs. Manchester City FC NBCSP 10 a.m. — English Premier League: Sunderland AFC vs.

Arsenal FC NBCSP 12:30 p.m.. — English Premier League: Swansea City vs.

Leicester City FC NBC 2:30 p.m. — MLS: Los Angeles Galaxy at Seattle Sounders FC NBC

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2014 GWINNETT COUNTY FOOTBALL LEADERS Last Cameryn Jesse Johnathan Jamir Jack C.J. Randy Na’ceem Micah Tario Nick Ashton Daniel Brian Christian Joshua Xavier Jaelen Cameron Mason Jakob Chris Josh Kameron Jamyest Malik Alex Josh Andrew Marcella Evyn Jeremy Bijan Jordan Kelan Jordan Marcko Malik Antonio Andrew

First Brent Brown Hawkins Billings Chambers Mayes Nails Antenor Abernathy Fuller Harris Barnes David Efianayi Malloy Thomas Gantt Venable Watson Leblanc Brashear McGee Garrard Pickett Williams Staples Scott Malone Redman Baity Cooper Lewis Sirleaf Weddington Fraise Bertrand Baity Turner Woods Hayes

Rushing School Gms Att Yards TD Ave. Grayson 8 158 926 10 115.8 Brookwood 8 162 782 5 97.8 Mill Creek 6 70 718 8 119.7 Norcross 7 119 641 8 91.6 Parkview 7 102 634 8 90.6 Dacula 7 60 633 4 90.4 Archer 7 102 567 3 81 P. Ridge 7 100 554 3 79.1 GAC 5 50 531 7 106.2 Lanier 6 117 514 5 85.7 Mtn. View 7 114 514 6 73.4 Lanier 7 46 476 2 68 Mill Creek 6 54 448 7 74.7 Mill Creek 6 62 413 4 68.8 S. Gwinnett 8 71 413 3 51.6 Buford 7 44 399 10 57 Buford 7 34 372 7 53.1 GAC 6 69 362 1 60.3 Parkview 7 62 356 4 50.9 Brookwood 8 53 351 3 43.9 Dacula 7 37 335 5 47.9 Hebron 3 65 334 4 111.3 Wesleyan 7 76 326 2 46.6 N. Gwinnett 7 68 324 7 46.3 Archer 7 30 301 5 43 P. Ridge 7 41 296 5 42.3 Mtn. View 6 35 290 2 48.3 C. Gwinnett 7 70 288 0 41.1 Hebron 5 43 285 4 57 Lanier 7 50 274 2 39.1 Buford 7 32 268 1 38.3 Collins Hill 7 52 261 1 37.3 Dacula 7 53 246 3 35.1 N. Gwinnett 7 48 242 1 34.6 Dacula 7 55 228 1 32.6 Collins Hill 7 46 222 4 31.7 Lanier 7 51 221 0 31.6 Mill Creek 6 19 217 4 36.2 S. Gwinnett 6 66 208 5 34.7 Grayson 8 30 201 3 25.1

Receiving Name School Major Bellamy C. Gwinnett Josh Imatorbhebhe N. Gwinnett Kyle Davis Archer Elijah Shah S. Gwinnett Christian Sutton P. Ridge Canyon Slade Collins Hill Cameron Stewart Shiloh Jacob Harper Hebron Kyler Knudsen N. Gwinnett Justin Phan GAC Darius Slayton GAC Jared Pinkney Norcross Chris Shelling C. Gwinnett Azaviar Kufour C. Gwinnett Cedric Asseh Grayson Connor Heyward P. Ridge Bolaji Ojolola Lanier Johnathan Boyd Parkview Harrison Cook Wesleyan Jared Simpkins Norcross Daniel Imatorbhebhe N. Gwinnett Tyler Campbell P. Ridge Tyler Fleetwood Parkview Segree Shettleworth Parkview Kenneth Hancock N. Gwinnett Hunter Schuessler Grayson Sam Westmoreland C. Gwinnett Noel Hussey S. Gwinnett Austin Nash Grayson Des Howard Collins Hill Kielan Whitner Mtn. View Cameron Hankins Mtn. View Tim Leazer Lanier David Curry Mill Creek Josh Alexander Norcross

Rec 55 47 30 45 29 37 23 19 26 20 24 27 28 32 35 24 17 17 33 21 22 25 23 17 11 15 18 25 13 17 16 20 12 16 17

Yds TD YPC 864 6 15.7 758 9 16.1 624 5 20.8 499 3 11.1 496 3 17.1 464 2 12.5 449 3 19.5 446 5 23.5 429 2 16.5 425 4 21.3 420 9 17.5 414 3 15.3 400 2 14.3 399 2 12.5 391 6 11.2 353 6 14.7 350 5 20.6 339 2 19.9 339 3 10.3 335 3 16 331 5 15.1 323 6 12.9 321 5 14 303 2 17.8 297 1 27 297 3 19.8 295 1 16.4 260 1 10.4 243 2 18.7 224 4 13.2 218 1 13.6 217 3 10.9 216 4 18 214 2 13.4 210 0 12.4

Passing Name School Comp. Att. Comp. % John Urzua N. Gwinnett 137 222 0.617 Eric Forrest C. Gwinnett 141 252 0.559 Chance Thrasher P. Ridge 122 204 0.598 Chase Brice Grayson 95 145 0.655 Gabe Tiller Archer 67 122 0.549 Monty Horn Collins Hill 109 190 0.574 Josh Shim S. Gwinnett 107 203 0.527 Jack Chambers Parkview 91 187 0.487 Davis Mills GAC 64 108 0.593 Tahj Tolbert Lanier 62 125 0.496 Banks Ramsey Wesleyan 90 135 0.667 Connor Holliday Hebron 42 74 0.568 Griffin Barker Norcross 55 97 0.567 Zach Olivar Shiloh 38 70 0.543 Daniel David Mill Creek 50 94 0.532 JaDarrius Warner Berkmar 60 141 0.426 Luke Humphrey Buford 38 62 0.613 Sam Freitas Mtn. View 48 118 0.407

Yds TD 2054 20 1969 11 1718 19 1318 14 1281 9 1225 11 1195 6 1185 9 1166 14 970 10 922 9 771 8 688 4 662 5 637 5 621 4 588 9 511 5

Int 4 6 3 2 4 4 4 6 4 7 4 1 7 5 2 2 3 3

Jacob Alex Mason Will Vito

Gassert Norcross Scott Mtn. View Leblanc Brookwood McCullough Brookwood Priore Shiloh

25 47 34 77 15 39 27 68 23 47

0.532 0.331 0.255 0.397 0.489

443 2 416 4 326 5 262 1 237 1

0 6 3 3 2

Tackles Name School Games Tackles Chase Middleton Brookwood 8 90 Denzel Wright Grayson 8 84 Kevin Grier Berkmar 6 80 Jordan Jones Mtn. View 7 80 Adonis Thomas C. Gwinnett 7 75 Mohamed Barry Grayson 8 70 Daniel Fennell Grayson 8 70 Amari Newsome Shiloh 7 68 Jeremy McDuffie Shiloh 7 66 Stefan Ball Lanier 7 66 Derrick Brown Lanier 7 65 Ethan Walton Parkview 7 65 Tyler Voyles Mill Creek 6 65 Jermone Pledger Norcross 7 64 Devonte Goodbeir Norcross 7 61 Chris Allen Norcross 6 61 Chad Price Brookwood 8 61 Aaron Anderson Mill Creek 6 60 Paul Carothers GAC 7 59 Frank Robinson Brookwood 8 57 Tim Gary C. Gwinnett 7 57 Austin Wagner Parkview 7 56 Nigel Adams C. Gwinnett 7 56 Ollis Robinson Wesleyan 7 55 Stephen Moye Parkview 7 54 Deshawn Oliver C. Gwinnett 7 54 Devin Miller Lanier 6 54 Juwuan Jones Lanier 7 53 Drew Aspinwall Wesleyan 7 53 Jean-Charles Adou Parkview 7 53 Tyler Vernon Mill Creek 6 52 Lawson Cook Dacula 7 52 Kymere Faucette Berkmar 6 52 Quinn Miller Archer 6 51 Azeem Cooper Dacula 7 50 Name Justin Young Derrick Brown Tyler Vernon Derriyon Shaw Chris Martin Jordan Sanders Tim Gary J.B. Kouassi Name Stefan Ball Andre Joseph C.J. Mayes Jakob Brashear Jorrdan Jones David Draper Kendrec Grady Ernest Tiller Chad Clay

Sacks School Grayson Lanier Mill Creek Lanier Grayson Dacula C. Gwinnett Norcross

Interceptions School Lanier Mtn. View Dacula Dacula Lanier Parkview Norcross Grayson P. Ridge

Punting Name School Austin McGugan Grayson Brad Harvey N. Gwinnett Robert Snyder Collins Hill Kendrew Wynn Norcross Nick Marquez Brookwood Will Kenworthy GAC Devin Orr Parkview Gabe Tiller Archer Jake Richards Mill Creek Blake Bingham Norcross Jordan Weaver Wesleyan Kicking Name School Will Kenworthy GAC Cole Fisher Archer Mason Harwood Lanier Jordan Weaver Wesleyan Brad Harvey N. Gwinnett Bryson King Mill Creek Austin Hoyt Grayson Zaniel Phillips P. Ridge Eric Autry Parkview Nick Marquez Brookwood Matthew Bonadies Buford Blake Bingham Norcross Erick Fuentes Collins Hill Cole Deloach C. Gwinnett Roberto Lindsay S. Gwinnett Jarett Burgos Buford Antonio Yin Dacula Giovanni Lugo Dacula Jeff Hollingsworth Mtn. View

Sacks 13 12.5 10 9 7 6.5 6 5.5 Interceptions 6 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Punts Yds Avg 33 1320 40 26 1040 40 27 1062 39.3 15 585 39 42 1565 37.3 16 586 36.6 21 760 36.2 24 866 36.1 20 720 36 17 601 35.4 24 848 35.3 FGM FGA XPM XPA Pts 4 6 31 35 43 4 9 26 27 38 4 7 26 29 38 7 13 14 16 35 4 5 23 23 35 0 2 34 34 34 2 2 28 30 34 1 2 31 33 34 3 7 23 24 33 6 10 13 13 31 3 3 21 22 30 4 10 17 20 29 4 4 15 16 27 5 6 11 14 26 3 7 14 19 23 0 0 18 19 18 2 4 12 13 18 0 2 13 13 13 0 2 11 15 11

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Getting to Know ... Scarlett Straughan

Scarlett Struaghan has done just about everything at Collins Hill High School over the past decade.

From teaching science to now health and physical education and coaching a handful of sports, there are few students who have gone through the high school that she hasn’t affected in some way.

Now in her eighth year at the school, Straughan is taking on more than ever as she will assist or be the head coach for girls basketball, tennis, softball and volleyball. While that much responsibility certainly doesn’t allow for a lot of free time, Straughan wouldn’t have it any other way. She gets the opportunity to touch as many lives as possible while still being involved with sports, which was always her biggest hobby.

In this edition of “Getting to Know…”, Straughan talks with staff corresponden Chris Hilyard about topics such as her many different roles at Collins Hill, how she feels about being a multi-sport athlete, and some of the best athletes she’s seen come through Gwinnett.

Collins Hill’s Scarlett Straughan is now in her eighth year at the school, coaching a variety of sports including girl’s basketball, tennis, softball and volleyball. (Photo: Chris Hillyard)

go help with the softball program I wanted to do that.

And now this year (Jason) Dopson asked if I would go back to volleyball because we had some coaching changes and we needed some help there.

Kimberlee Hajiric is our head volleball coach and that’s cool for me because I coached her when she was here.

So I am just there to help her and support her.

That’s kind of what I like to do, just go wherever I am needed. And then also this year I will be the head girls tennis coach.

CH: How long have you CH: Did you play all of been here at Collins Hill those sports growing up? now?

SS: Yes, I did. I was SS: This is my eighth a multi-sport athlete. I year here. played volleyball and tenCH: Tell me about the nis and ran track in high different roles you have school and, of course, had since you have been played softball at the colhere. legiate level. I grew up in SS: Well I came to Col- a small town, Cochran and lins Hill to be a basketball there are two things to do coach and have stayed with there: Go to church and the program for all of those play sports. So that’s what years. I was also asked to I did. I was always outside coach volleyball that year playing something. so I started off as the JV CH: What position did coach and then eventually you play in softball? became the head varsity SS: I started off as a coach. pitcher and an outfielder I was in volleyball for but then I hurt my shoulder five years, but I actually so I moved to first base. played softball in college.

So I played a little of all of So when the opportunity those. arose for me to be able to CH: Do you think

athletes are becoming too specialized in playing just one sport and not being multi-sport athletes?

SS: I encourage our kids to play multiple sports. Cross-training is not going to hurt anyone.

And I think it’s important because I think athletes can burn out.

I think one thing that helped me keep a love for all those sports was taking a break from one and going to play another for a while. I think it’s important. I personally don’t believe in forcing someone to choose.

Where I came from I was able to play so many sports because we didn’t really do anything year round. I think it’s a fine line between doing that and focusing on one sport. If an athlete really has a future at one sport and if they focus on that then they could have great success is a good thing.

CH: Talk about competing in region 7-AAAAAA. That region in particular is very strong in just about all of the sports you coach.

SS: It has to be the strongest region in the state, hands down. The athletes and the people that we produce in Gwinnett County are at a different level, but our region in particular is

very tough. Mill Creek, North Gwinnett, Peachtree Ridge and Norcross are all competitive in every sport.

And you’re right, especially the ones I coach. (laughs) CH: What do you think separates Gwinnett athletics from other areas in the state.

SS: I think we have tremendous coaches. And by that I mean they are very dedicated to their athletes and to their sports. They hold very high standards and work very hard. You go into these schools and you see teams working in the offseason during the school year and during the summers as well.

CH: Who would you say the most talented athlete you have coached is?

SS: Wow. That’s tough.

I came the year after Maya Moore was here so if she had been here it definitely would have been her. But Katherine Ahlswede comes to mind for volleyball.

She was one of the most talented volleyball athletes I’ve coached. With softball the list is so long. It could go on forever. I don’t know that I could narrow it down.

CH: How about the most talented athlete you’ve coached against?

SS: Probably Diamond DeShields from Norcross.

She would probably be the best one I’ve coached against.

CH: Do you have any siblings? Was sports a competitive thing among the family also?

SS: I have a younger sister. We are definitely a very competitive family.

But there is a bit of an age difference between us so we weren’t really competitive against each other in sports.

CH: What kind of things did you like to do growing up other than sports?

SS: We went to church a lot and were really involved

there. Church and sports that was really my life. We were a very outdoors family. We went camping, hunting and fishing a lot. I was a country girl. I enjoyed doing all of that. And now I really enjoy running and I do half-marathons.

CH: I’ve considered trying to start training to try to do one of those myself.

SS: Really? It’s addicting. I just did my eighth one this past weekend. I don’t think I would ever do a full one but the half marathons are a lot of fun and it’s a challenge.

CH: How would you describe yourself as a coach?

SS: I am definitely intense. I get very excited.

But I also think I am a good motivator. I love my kids, I get very attached to them and very involved and not just with what’s going on in the field or on the court but in their lives as well. It’s not my job to just coach a sport but to be a life coach for them as well. We spend a lot of time with these kids and I hope that I am always a positive influence and a good example for them.

CH: What do you teach?

SS: I started off teaching science and I am now the department chair for health and physical education.

CH: Would you say you differ as a teacher from as a coach?

SS: No, I don’t think so.

I teach the sports medicine classes here at Collins Hill and I have very high expectations for those classes. It’s hard for the kids to separate being a coach from being a teacher, they just always see you as a coach. So I don’t think I differ too much.

CH: Are you married?

SS: I am. I’ve been married for 12 years. I don’t have any kids, my kids are the ones I see every day here at school. And I have a cocker spaniel.

CH: How did you meet your husband?

SS: Out of college I was working at bank as a bookkeeper and he was one of my clients (laughs).

CH: Do you have any favorite movies?

SS: Anything that will make me laugh. I love movies that make me laugh and I really love ‘Secondhand Lions’. It’s kind of got the humor but is also serious.

And then of course, the “Christmas Vacations” are my favorite.

CH: What kind of music do you like?

SS: I like a little bit of everything. Country and rock’n’roll. I am not big on rap though. CH: What is the best concert you’ve been to?

SS: Probably Jimmy Buffett. That or Kenny Chesney. They or two of my favorites.

CH: Where do you like to go for vacation? Are you more of a mountains fan or a beach fan?

SS: Anything tropical (laughs). I love the beach.

Anywhere there is ocean and sand is the place I want to be. I do love to go skiing and love the mountains but if I have to choose it’s always the beach.

CH: Do you have a particular beach you like to go to?

SS: Destin, Fla. is probably my favorite.

CH: Did you always think that you would want to be a teacher and a coach?

SS: Well I fought it for a long time. That’s what my family wanted me to do, but I actually went to school for sports medicine, so I went to school to be an athletic trainer. And then I finished at Georgia Southern and thought, “I do not want to do this for the rest of my life.” So, really, it was just my one little rebellion and I wasn’t listening to what God’s plan for me was.

Ablan strikes out nine as Kavel hits and pitches Broncos nip South Forsyth Wesleyan to Columbus

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SNELLVILLE — When asked about the performance of Brookwood starter Amanda Ablan, Brookwood head coach Jennifer Maloney said that the tougher the situation, the tougher Ablan becomes.

That was never more evident than on Thursday night in the second round of the Class AAAAAA state playoffs.

Facing South Forsyth in a series-deciding Game 3 for the right to advance to the Elite Eight, Ablan wiggled out of jams in the final three innings to nail down a 2-1 win.

Ablan surrendered one earned run on one hit with five walks and nine strikeouts. Of her nine punchouts, four of those came in the final three frames to extinguish scoring threats the War Eagles had mounted.

“Yesterday we needed more runs,” Ablan said after the two teams split a pair of one-run games on Wednesday. “But we were able to hold (South Forsyth) tonight. It’s so much fun (to reach the quarterfinals) because I know this team can go all the way. I know this team is there to back me up and I have to have the confidence to come through.”

By Guy Curtright South Forsyth countered with Purdue-commit Katherine Huey, who was nearly as effective as Ablan.

While not as overpowering as Ablan with just one strikeout, Huey didn’t walk anyone and forced Brookwood to put the ball in play all night.

While making contact, the Bronco bats had a hard time squaring up Huey’s pitches and managed just three hits, but five errors by the South Forsyth defense proved to be too much to overcome.

Brookwood took advantage of one of those in the third inning when an infield hit from Kayla Louie turned into a big play when the throw to first sailed down the right field line, allowing Louie to reach third with one out.

Danna Downs followed and rolled a grounder to third. Amy Kilmer cleanly fielded the ball and quickly threw Downs out at first, but Louie timed her break perfectly and slid in safely at home just ahead of the throw from Kara Bilodeau for a 1-0 lead.

South Forsyth (22-7-1) answered in the bottom half when Sophia Tapia walked with one out, stole second and scored on Stephanie Harris’ triple to right.

Brookwood again took advantage of a defensive miscue in the top of the fifth, only this time no with-

out controversy.

After Grace McMurray reached first on another infield error, Tori Gunn followed with a sharp grounder to Jordyn Harris at second.

Harris never got a glove on the ball as McMurray ran in front of Harris, putting runners at first at third with one out.

A lenghty conversation ensued between the field umpire and South Forsyth head coach Ronnie Davis, but obstruction was never called as the the two players never made contact.

That opened the door for Louie, who came through with an RBI groundout to short for a 2-1 lead.

Ablan made that lead stand, despite South Forsyth getting runners on base in the final three innings.

In the fifth, Ablan faced runners at first and second with one out but fanned two hitters to end that threat.

A leadoff walk in the sixth was nullified with two infield pop ups and a strikeout, while the seventh saw South Forsyth get a runner to third after a walk and two steals by Harris, only to see the game end with Ablan’s ninth strikeout of the game.

“This bunch is such a good group and has worked so hard,” Maloney said. “As a coach, I couldn’t ask for more and it’s so good to see that work pay off.”

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NORCROSS — Meredith DiStasi, one of just two Wesleyan seniors, had a reminder for her younger teammates.

“We’ll be in Columbus for Halloween, so remember to bring a costume,” the first baseman said.

The Wolves — state runner-up in 2011 and 2012 — will open in the double-elimination Elite Eight against Bacon County on Thursday after surviving two potential elimination games against Union County.

Wesleyan won the deciding third game of the second-round series Thursday behind the hitting and pitching of sophomore Jameson Kavel.

Kavel had three hits and scored three times to move within one of tying the school record for runs as the Wolves (27-5) held off visiting Union County (29-8) for a 5-3 victory.

The right-hander had

given up 12 hits in losing the series opener 4-2 on Wednesday, but she bounced back to hold Union County to seven hits and two earned run over 6 1/3 innings in the clincher.

“I’m so proud of you guys,” Wesleyan coach Nichole Dixon told her team.

The Wolves were swept in the second round by Dade County last year and had six seniors graduate.

“It’s hard to get to Columbus and for this team to do it is a real accomplishment with all the changes we’ve had to make,” Dixon said.

Facing elimination in the second game Wednesday, the Region 6-AA champion Wolves stayed alive with a 5-1 victory behind the pitching of freshman Cassie Henning.

Henning relieved Kavel briefly in the sixth inning on Thursday, but Kavel returned to get the final four outs while allowing just one more hit.

Henning had an RBI sac-

rifice fly and DiStasi circled the bases on a hit and an error to give Wesleyan a 2-0 lead in the first inning.

Each team scored in the third inning, with sophomore Gabby Hernandez delivering an RBI hit for Wesleyan.

Then the Wolves made it 5-1 in the fourth as Kavel and Riley Henning— the second Wesleyan senior — delivered big hits.

Union County, the runner-up from Region 8-AA, closed the gap with two runs in the sixth inning, though.

Kavel was replaced by Henning after giving up a double, triple and single to start the inning. Left fielder Julia Childers made a runsaving catch on a deep drive and Kavel came back in after three batters, pitching around an error to get out of the jam.

“I knew this team had the potential, but they’ve had to work really hard to get to this point,” Dixon said.

“They deserve a lot of credit and we’re not done yet.”

FANS CHOICE FALL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Brea Dickey School: Collins Hill Sport: Softball Class: Senior Highlights: Went 9-for-9 with four runs and two RBIs in a doubleheader sweep of Shiloh in the state playoffs Coach Paul Pierce’s take: “I am so excited for Brea. She is a tremendous player and as a captain, she helps provide the leadership for our program.”

Brea Dickey

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Braves name Hart President Yellow Jackets face Panthers in Coastal Division match-up of Baseball Operations The Sports Xchange

Operations,” Schuerholz said in a statement Veteran baseball execu- Thursday. “Our organitive John Hart reversed zation is now poised to course and opted to move forward in the best accept a three-year deal possible manner to do the to become president of important work that lies baseball operations with ahead. John’s credentials the Atlanta Braves. speak for themselves. He The 66-year-old Hart, has had great success as who has been acting as a baseball executive and interim general manager, demonstrated remarkable said earlier this month he ability to construct champreferred to remain with pionship teams. We are the team as its top adviser excited by John’s dynamic rather than committing to and positive leadership a job with such significant style and look forward to time demands. him leading our baseball Hart was the first choice operations.” of Atlanta president John Hart previously worked Schuerholz and Bobby for the Texas Rangers as a Cox, the Braves’ former senior advisor and general manager now serving in manager, spanning 12 a top adviser role, who years, and was general first tried to persuade Hart manager of the Cleveland to take the job after the Indians for 10 seasons. firing of Frank Wren on Precise roles with the Sept. 22.

Braves will be worked “I’m delighted that out, but Hart will likely John Hart has agreed expand the hierarchy to accept the position beneath him in the frontof President, Baseball office flow chart. Similar

setups are used with the Chicago Cubs, and president Theo Epstein, and in-progress with the Los Angeles Dodgers, headed

by Andrew Friedman.

Assistant GM John Coppolella is likely to serve a general manager role and could get the job title to match.

Coppolella, 36, is considered by many a rising front-office star. Another potential candidate discussed was Dan O’Dowd, who resigned earlier this month after 15 seasons as general manager of the Colorado Rockies.

Hart joined the Braves in November 2013. A two-time Major League Executive of the Year, Hart spent 2002-05 as GM and 2006-13 as senior advisor for the Texas Rangers. He spent 13 seasons with the Cleveland Indians, the last 10 as executive vice president and general manager.

The Sports Xchange The Pittsburgh Panthers were picked fifth in the six-team ACC Coastal Division, but the Panthers sit in a first-place tie as they prepare to host Georgia Tech on Saturday.

The Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak by upending Virginia Tech on Oct. 16 to kick off a three-game homestand, moving into a tie for first with Duke. Georgia Tech sat atop the division two weeks ago and was one of 10 unbeaten teams in FBS, but a porous defense has allowed 79 points during back-to-back losses.

The Yellow Jackets could not slow down North Carolina in a disappointing 48-43 defeat last week, and their hopes to leap past the Panthers in the division standings hinges largely on containing Pittsburgh running back James Conner.

The sophomore leads

GEORGIA TECH AT PITTSBURGH When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh Pa. TV: ESPNU

the ACC in rushing yards (959) and rushing touchdowns (11). Pittsburgh’s defense, which ranks second in the league in yards allowed per game at 280.4, faces a difficult challenge against a Yellow Jackets’ squad averaging an ACC-best 463.3 yards per contest.

running the football, averaging 89.3 yards per contest (fourth among FBS quarterbacks). Georgia Tech ranks first in the ACC and fourth nationally with 306.3 rushing yards per game, but likely will be without running back Zack Laskey (right shoulder injury).

ABOUT PITTSBURGH (4-3, 2-1): The Panthers rushed for 210 yards against the Hokies last week and senior right tackle T.J. Clemmings won league Co-Offensive Lineman of the Week honors, helping spring quarterback Chad Voytik to 118 yards rushABOUT GEORGIA ing — his second 100-yard TECH (5-2, 2-2 ACC): rushing effort of the season.

The Yellow Jackets surConner is averaging rendered 6.6 yards per play against the Tar Heels, 148.5 yards per game negating a season-high 611 dating back to last year’s Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. yards of total offense.

The Panthers are fourth in Quarterback Justin the nation in total defense Thomas passed for 235 and are allowing only 18.6 yards last week but has points per game. made the biggest impact

Berkmar grad inducted into LaGrange College hall of fame From Staff Reports

Jessica Brown Bold

Berkmar grad Jessica Brown Bold was inducted into the LaGrange College Sports Hall of Fame during homecoming activities last weekend.

Bold finished as La-

Grange’s all-time leading scorer in women’s basketball with 1,263 points, making her the first woman to record more than 1,000 points in a career.

She also is the career leader in points per game (15.8), field goals attempted

(1,145) and field goals made (495).

She still holds LaGrange’s season records for points (491), field goals attempted (420) and field goals made (182).

Bold was on the Great South Athletic Conference

All-Conference team three times, was the conference Freshman of the Year and was selected to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association All-American team her freshman year during her career.

She also was on the

GSAC All-Academic team for two years.

While at Berkmar, she played varsity basketball for four years.

Bold and her husband, Tim, have a son, Kellan, and now live in Fort Smith, Ark.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 PUBLIC HEARINGS

NAME CHANGES SUPERIOR COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA Civil Action Case Number 14A-08864-5 In re the Name Change of Child(ren): Sabir M. Argaw Mubarek S. Argaw Petitioner. vs. _, Respondent NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME(S) OF MINOR CHILD(REN) Mubarek S. Argaw filed a petition in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County on September 30, 2014, to change the name(s) of the following minor child(ren) from: SABIR MUBAREK ARGAW to ALIM SABIR ARGAW . Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within the time prescribed in OCGA §§1912-1(f)(2) and (3).

Dated: 09/30/2014 -sPetitioner, Pro se Mubarek Argaw 5375 Sugarloaf Pkwy Apt 12205 Lawrenceville, GA 30043 9 1 6 - 2 1 9 6 9 1 , 10/123,30,11/6,13

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at 1031 Ashton Park Dr. Lawrenceville, GA 30045 11/3/20014 at 9:00 the following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: 2000, Acura 4S JH4KA9659YC003484 928-217543, 10/17,24 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 2025 US Highway 78, Snellville, GA 30078 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN VIN# 3GNFK16T11G105839 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 11-08-2014.

928-220405, 10/24,31 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 4265 Lilburn Ind. Way, Lilburn, GA 30047 2001 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA VIN# 3VWRS29M070158

SUPERIOR COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA Civil Action Case Number 14-A-06500-2 In re the Name Change of Child(ren): Aniyah J. Hurst Areba D. Johnson Petitioner. vs.

Rodney Hurst, Respondent NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME(S) OF MINOR CHILD(REN) Areba D. Johnson filed a petition in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County on July 25, 2014, to change the name(s) of the following minor child(ren) from: Anijah J Hurst to Aniyah J. Johnson. Any interested party has the right to appear in this case and file objections within the time prescribed in OCGA §§19-12-1(f)(2) and (3).

Dated: 7/25/14 -s- A. Danielle Johnson Petitioner, Pro se A. Danielle Johnson 404 Simonton Oak ln Lawrenceville, Ga 30045 9 1 6 - 2 1 9 7 2 4 , 10/23,30,11/6,13

This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 10-30-2014.

928-220408, 10/24,30 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.11-2, is being stored at: 2025 US Highway 78, Snellville GA 30078 2003 FORD EXPLOYER VIN# 1FMZU63K53UC78980 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 11-08-2014.

928-220409, 10/24,30 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: 4265 Lilburn Ind. Way, Lilburn, GA 30047 2006 Hyundai Sonata VIN# 5NPEU46F76H070670

PUBLIC HEARINGS

This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 10-30-2014.

928-220407, 10/24,30

PUBLIC NOTICE The following vehicle(s) are presently abandoned at the corresponding locations and have been foreclosed on in accordance with the 0.C.G.A. 40-11. If not claimed within the prescribed time these vehicle(s) will be auctioned at public auction on Monday November 3, 2014 at 10am to the highest bidder. For further information please call 404-218-8524.

6000 Jimmy Carter Blvd Norcross, Ga.30071 2004 BMW 645CI WBAEH73414B190212 928-218827, 10/24,31

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40-11-2, is being stored at: Nasser Heavy Equipment 525 Hurricane Shoals Rd Lawrenceville, GA 30046 2007 DODGE RAM 3500 VIN# 3D6WG48A17G707666 COLOR: WHITE This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 10-31-14.

928-218711, 10/17,24

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PUBLIC HEARINGS

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.11-2, is being stored at: 509 Buford Dr, Lawrenceville, GA 30044

It amends Paragraph VI (k) of Article III, Section IX of the Georgia Constitution.

A copy of this entire proposed constitutional amendment is on file in the office of the judge of the probate court and is available for public inspection.

SUMMARY OF PROPOSED STATE-WIDE REFERENDUM QUESTION Pursuant to Code Section 21-2-4 of the O.C.G.A., the Secretary of State is authorized to include with the summaries of proposed constitutional amendments a summary of any state-wide referendum question to be voted on at the same general election: -AAllows property owned by the University System of Georgia and operated by providers of student housing and other facilities to remain exempt from taxation.

House Bill No. 788 Act No. 613 Ga. L. 2014, p. 679 “( ) YES ( ) NO Shall property owned 1by the University System of Georgia and utilized by providers of college and university student housing and other facilities continue to be exempt from taxation to keep costs affordable?”

Summary This Act provides for an ad valorem tax exemption for private interests in property of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia that is operated by a private party and further provides that such arrangements shall not constitute special franchises for purposes of ad valorem taxation.

If approved by a majority of the voters, the tax exemption provided by the Act becomes effective January 1, 2015, and applies to all tax years beginning on or after that date.

928-217283, 10/15,24,29

2009 MAZDA 6I VIN# 1YVHP81A695M41386 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 10-30-2014.

928-220400,10/24,30 SUMMARIES OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Pursuant to requirements of the Georgia Constitution, Attorney General Samuel S. Olens, Secretary of State Brian P. Kemp, and Legislative Counsel Wayne R. Allen hereby provide the summaries of the proposed constitutional amendments that will appear on the November 4, 2014, general election ballot for consideration by the people of Georgia: -1To prohibit an increase in the state income tax rate in effect January 1, 2015.

Senate Resolution No. 415 Resolution Act No. 592 Ga. L. 2014, p. 888 “( ) YES ( ) NO Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to prohibit the General Assembly from increasing the maximum state income tax rate?”

Summary This proposal prohibits the General Assembly from increasing the maximum marginal state income tax rate above the rate in effect on January 1, 2015. It adds a new Paragraph IV to Article VII, Section III of the Georgia Constitution.

A copy of this entire proposed constitutional amendment is on file in the office of the judge of the probate court and is available for public inspection.

-2Adding reckless driving penalties or fees to the brain and spinal injury trust fund.

House Resolution No. 1183 Resolution Act No. 589 Ga. L. 2014, p. 887 “( ) YES ( ) NO Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow additional reckless 1driving penalties or fees to be added to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund to pay for care and rehabilitative services for Georgia citizens who have survived neurotrauma with head or spinal cord injuries?”

Summary This proposal authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law for the imposition of additional penalties or fees for the offense of reckless driving and to provide for the allocation of such additional penalties or fees to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund, for the specified purpose of meeting any and all costs, or any portion of the costs, of providing care and rehabilitative services to citizens of this state who have survived neurotrauma with head or spinal cord injuries.

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PROTECT OUR PLANET PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at Eakaan Automotive Inc. 3160 Stone Mountain Hwy, Ste. B, Snellville, GA 30078 October 22, 2013 at 10:00 am the following vehicle declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: 2007 Toyota Yaris VIN#JTDBT9234711100116 ---------------------------------There will be sold at public outcry at GANN’S AUTOMOTIVE INC 728 Scenic Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 October 23, 2013 at 10:00 am the following vehicle declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: 1998 Volkswagen Jetta VIN# 3VWSB81H7WM199377 2007 Ford F250 VIN#1FTSW21PX7EA63411 929-218353, 10/15,24

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS PUBLIC SALE PLEASANTDALE STORAGE OF DORAVILLE SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC SALE THROUGH STORAGEBATTLES.COM. PLEASE READ DATES AND TIME SALE WILL CONCLUDE. THE FOLLOWING SALE WILL CONCLUDE AT 12:30 PM on October 31, 2014: Unit B066, Oscar Torreblanca Zamora: Unit is said to contain: guitar case, tree saw, rake, chain saw, gas blower, pale, painting supplies, gas can, 2 totes 929-218552, 10/17,24 PUBLIC AUCTION On 11/12/2014 at 1:00 PM StoreSmart self storage located at 2914 Buford Dr. Buford, GA. 30519 will conduct a public auction of the following: Unit # 1036, Jeanne Hendrix, Bed, truck bed tool box, lamps, tiles, chairs, bins and boxes, rug, mirror. Unit # 1040, Arta Clark, bed, dresser, chairs, duffle bag, night stands.

Unit #2119, Malcolm Underwood, leather couch, office chairs, lamps, carpet roll.

Unit #2132 Catherine Kinney, vacuum, space heater, boxes, couch, side tables, king bed, microwave, bags.

Unit #3062, Steve Outland, Tv stand dressers. Unit #3113 John Joseph Laduron, Dresser, leather sofa, ab machine, boxes, army bag.

Unit # 4101 Dung Nguyen, leather couch, queen bed, head board lamps. Units # 3137, and 3135, Alice Green, Boxes, computer monitor, chairs, suitcase lawn tools, propane tank, carpet shampooer, printer, computer.

929-218856, 10/24,31 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the State’s Self-Storage Facility Act on Monday November 3rd, 2014 at 11:00 am at Site #0698, 3495 LawrencevilleSuwanee Road, Suwanee, Georgia, the undersigned will sell at public sale, the following stored property: (All items in storage units contain household items unless otherwise mentioned): Name of Customer Unit # General Description of Property Patrice Anderson 246 & 214 Wanda Joyce Brock 1138 Carolyn G. Scott-Scruggs 184 Moji Ayotunde Osilaja 198 Christopher Staton 235 Daphne McCann 3042 Robert P. Cornwell, III 252 929-217739, 10/16,23 PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the State’s SelfStorage Facility Act on November 4, 2014, at 2:30 PM at Site #0697, 3313 Stone Mountain Hwy., Snellville, Georgia, 30078, the undersigned, CubeSmart Store General Manager will sell at public sale the following stored property: (All items in storage units contain misc. household items unless otherwise mentioned): Name; Unit #; General Description of Property ROBERT PARKER; 1000 BRIAN E DANDRIDGE; 1101 D

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS DAUNTE PALMORE; 1203 PAMELA BLACKMON; 2026 KIANA BRADLEY; 3022 JEROLD COLEMAN; A132 THEON G CAMPBELL; A141 SHANNON A156

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PHILLIPS;

SYLVIA THOMPSON; C130 APRIL L SANDERS; D108 STEPHANIE COTTON; F131 NATASHA STEWART; H146 929-218951, 10/24,29 GEORGIA SINGLE FACILITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that Champion Self Storage Site 61 will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to the Self Storage Facility Act of the Georgia Code). The sale will take place at 2415 Loganville Hwy., SW Grayson, Ga. 30017 on November 5th at 09:00am. The sale will be conducted by Legacy Auction Services (AU003753) on behalf of the facility’s management. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit. All sales are final.

Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. No one under 16 years old is permitted.

The property to be sold is described as “general household items” unless otherwise noted. #650 Gloria Maynard, #650 Gloria A. Maynard #295 Benjamin Robert Dangar, #135 Benjamin Dangar #320 Melissa Gomez #445 Brandon Nutt, #445 Brandon Cale Nutt #400 Mary Waters, #400 Mary H. Waters 929-217698, 10/15,24

ZONINGS CITY OF SNELLVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given to the general public that applications (case #RZ 14-04 LUP 14-03) to amend the Land Use Plan and official Zoning Map of the City of Snellville and request for certain variances from the RG-75 zoning district and landscape ordinance criteria have been made by LYNWOOD DEVELOPMENT GROUP for a 92 lot single-family detached residential development on a 45.14± acre site located near New Hampton Drive and Tree Lane, Snellville, Georgia (Tax Parcels #5041 061-071, 073077, 080, 085, 089-092, 105; and 5056 002).

2030 Future Land Use Map designation from PublicCivic to Medium Density Residential and Official Zoning Map amendment from R-HOP(62)-CC (Continuous Care Campus Housing for Older Persons) District to RG-75 (General Residence) District for the 22.12± acre portion of the 45.14± acre total site. The remaining 23.02± acre site will retain the R-HOP(62)-CC zoning d

ZONINGS designation and Public-Civic future land use plan designation as approved on 03-242008.

A Specially Called Meeting with the Planning Commission, as provided by law, is scheduled for Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. to consider said request, conduct a public hearing and forward a recommendation to the Mayor and City Council for consideration, public hearing and action on Monday, November 10, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Both meetings will be held in the Council Chambers, Snellville City Hall @ Snellville City Center, 2342 Oak Road, Snellville, Georgia.

For inquiries call 770-9853517 or visit Snellville City Hall, Department of Planning and Development, 2342 Oak Road, 2nd Floor, Snellville, Georgia 30078. Application information may also be viewed on the Cityís website at www.snellville.org.

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ATLANTA VACATION SALES REPS NOW HIRING! SILVERLEAF RESORTS has openied a NEW VACATION STORE in Buford, GA! We are looking to hire outgoing sales staff for 10+ positions and to start training OCT. 15TH & 29TH! Some sales/customer service experience preferred. Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

WE OFFER: • Competitive Wages • Paid vacation • Medical/Dental • 401K • Opportunity for Advancement Call Cynthia Robbins at 470-223-9599 or email resume to RobbinsC@Silverleaf Resorts.com or apply online at www.silverleafresorts.com COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR The City of Grayson is accepting resumes for a Community Development Director until 4:30 PM on November 4, 2014. Go to www.cityofgray son.org for the Job Description or email a request for the job description to admin@cityofgray son.org . Resumes may be emailed to admin@cityofgray son.org, mailed to City of Grayson, PO BOX 208, Grayson, GA 30017 or dropped off at City Hall at 475 Grayson Parkway, Grayson, GA 30017.

BUILDING TECHNICIAN

Gwinnett County Public Schools is seeking a skilled Building Technician.

The position requires a high school diploma/GED and a minimum of (7) years of experience in commercial construction, building maintenance or other related experience. The ideal candidate will possess multiple trades experience, building code knowledge and some related technical training. The position is responsible for installations, repairs and preventative maintenance and operations of GCPS buildings. Must be customer focused, team oriented.

Apply Online to Job ID 38891 And Fax cover letter and resume 678-377-3957 EOE

THE CITY OF FOREST PARK

JEWELRY SALES

Buford, GA • 2 years jewelry sales experience a plus • Proficiency in basic data entry and computer skills.

• Competitive salary • Medical Coverage • Retirement • Paid Vacation • Background checks and drug screening required.

Email Resume: tntara@bellsouth.net

Is seeking qualified applicants for: • Code Compliance Supervisor • Mechanic • Police Officer (Cert. & Non-Cert.)

• Firefighter/EMT • Firefighter/ Paramedic • Communications Operator For add’l info call: Job Line (404) 608-2309 or Visit www.forestparkga.org Apply: 785 Forest Parkway, F.P. E.O.E.

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upcoming best bets

The Daily Post gives you a list of upcoming events you won’t want to miss.

THE MESSIAH The musical drama “The Messiah” will be performed Nov. 7-9 at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center. All proceeds from the show go to Missionaries of the Poor, for homeless and abandoned children. Missionaries of the Poor is an international monastic order of Brothers dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. The order was started in 1981 by Father Richard Ho Lung and has now grown to over 500 brothers around the world. Showtimes are Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $35 and can be purchased online at messiahinatlanta.com/ticket-info-andsales-venues.

THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN OF SLEEPY/SILLY HOLLOW

Performer Arvel Bird takes the stage to play his Celtic violin and Native American flute The Center for Puppetry Arts will presduring last year’s Indian Festival and Powent “The Headless Horseman of Sleepy/ Wow at Stone Mountain Park. (File Photo) Silly Hollow” Oct. 28 through Nov. 9. The Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers bring their INDIAN FESTIVAL & POW WOW unique brand of hip humor to the famous An Indian Festival & Pow Wow will be held at the Washington Irving short story. In this historic Antebellum Plantation in Stone Mountain comedic version, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find Park Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. The festival will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, from 10 a new head and a spookier image. The a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. show will be presented in the Downstairs on Sunday. Tickets are $15 plus tax and can be Theater and is recommended for ages purchased at the park. Children under the age of four and up. Showtimes are Tuesdays three are free. Pets are not allowed at the Indian through Fridays at 10 and 11:30 a.m., Festival and Pow-Wow. There is a $10 fee per car Saturdays at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. and for parking and park entry. For more information, Sundays at 1 and 3 p.m. For more inforvisit stonemountainpark.com/events. mation, visit puppet.org.

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The “Weekend” arts and entertainment guide includes select events in the coming week. To be considered for a listing, send a fact sheet to: Weekend, Features Department, Gwinnett Daily Post, 725 Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045; or call 770-963-9205, email features@gwinnettdailypost.com or fax 770-339-8081.

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Especially for elementary school-aged children and younger Tomorrow • 11am - 1pm Suwanee Creek Park

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Yuka Roll & Pho

1197 Old Peachtree Rd., Suwanee

By Morgan Nalley Staff Intern

• Open Since: 2011 • Owner: Mr. Jong In Kim • Location: Yuka Roll & Pho is located at 1197 Old Peachtree Road in Suwanee. The restaurant is on the corner of Old Peachtree Road and Satellite Boulevard.

• Hours: Yuka Roll & Pho is open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The restaurant is closed on Sundays.

• Atmosphere: The friendly, casual setting is immediately notable at Yuka Roll & Pho. All of the staff calls out a warm hello to anyone who walks through the door. Delicate figurines and artwork of women in traditional dress adorn the restaurant alongside glowing Himalayan salt lamps.

A youthful wait staff enjoys their time at work and their time together with the customers. Many of the regular customers come in six days a week and can trust that the staff will put in their order as soon as they walk into the restaurant. Guests can choose to sit at one of many gleaming wooden tables, in a cozy booth or at the sushi bar to watch the skilled chefs prepare rolls.

• Menu: Yuka Roll & Pho offers an extensive selection of colorful and masterfully-prepared sushi rolls. Many of these rolls can currently be purchased at 50% off. Guest favorites include the Super Crunch

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ON THE MENU • Ruby Red Slipper Roll, $6.48 • Beef/Combination Pho, small bowl $7.95/ large bowl $8.95 • Super Crunch Roll, $6.98

Roll, which is a California roll with shrimp tempura topped with raw salmon, spicy mayo and eel sauce, all sprinkled with crunchy tempura flakes. The staff is also particularly proud of their pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup that can include beef, chicken or shrimp in a bed of noodles, garnished with bean sprouts, peppers or onions. The quality of the ingredients is high and includes the use of expensive cow bone in the pho which is not only savory but also healthy.

• Something you might not know: Yuka Roll & Pho succeeded where three prior restaurants have tried and failed. Part of Yuka’s success stems from dedication to the customer. The current “50% off of select sushi rolls” deal was initially begun by the owner as a way to gain new customers and was only supposed to continue for a couple of months. However, the restaurant has seen such a wonderful turnout here in Gwinnett that the deal has been in place for nearly three years. Yuka’s loyal customers contribute to a busy, lively atmosphere, and those who arrive at key meal times may even have to wait for an open table with others who are eager to sample Yuka Roll & Pho’s cuisine.

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Yuka Roll & Pho’s menu includes masterfully prepared sushi rolls and steaming pho. Pictured here are favorites of many customers. From the left: Super Crunch Roll, beef/combination pho and the Ruby Red Slipper roll. Below left, delicate figurines of women in traditional dress and small cacti provide a lovely touch to the otherwise understated elegance of Yuka Roll & Pho. Below left, guests can sit at the sushi bar to watch skilled chefs prepare rolls. (Staff Photos: Morgan Nalley)

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GWINNETT TASTES A selection of eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post: • Sweet Baby Jane’s A warm hello is offered to each guest that comes through the door. The scores of regular customers are greeted by name by the devoted, friendly staff. High-quality, home-cooked foods fill the buffet bars at all times. Sweet Baby Jane’s serves both breakfast and lunch/dinner.

The breakfast selection, affectionately called the “bacon buffet” by regulars, includes such guest favorites as french toast, eggs prepared various ways, sausage links and patties, fresh fruit, pancakes and, of course, bacon.

The lunch and dinner options are on a 7-day rotating schedule. Each day of the week offers a wide variety of entrees and sides for guests to choose from. Entree highlights include Monday’s meatloaf, Friday’s fried catfish and Saturday’s hot wings and lemon pepper wings. Fried chicken, a home-cooking favorite, is served daily. Sides include collard greens, mashed potatoes, squash, green beans, macaroni and cheese and so much more. The cold bar features fresh fruit that is bought whole and sliced right on the premises. Desserts including cobblers, ice cream, cookies and more are available. Each buffet meal comes with sweet tea or coffee.

520 W. Pike St., Lawrenceville, 770-995-5233, facebook. com/SweetBabyJanesHomecooking • Your Pie Your Pie is a down-the-line pizza restaurant with a friendly, casual atmosphere. When patrons first enter, they see the pizza line with staff standing behind the counter ready to take orders. After ordering and paying, guests can choose to sit indoors at a table or booth or outside on the spacious yet homey patio. The patio has both tables and booths, flat screen TVs and doors that can be raised or lowered depending on the weather.

Your Pie encourages guests to “express your inner pizza.”

The down-the-line restaurant concept allows patrons to

order straight off the menu, modify menu items or whip up their own creation. Guests are able to choose their dough, sauce, cheese and toppings.

The menu includes pizzas, paninis and chopped salads all at the set price of $7.99. Owner Ross Bradley said this keeps things simple and lets people create their perfect meal without limitations. Your Pie is attentive to different allergies and diets providing gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options.

Your Pie also offers a craft beer menu and wine.

1250 Scenic Highway Suite 1400, Lawrenceville, 470-3959841, www.yourpie.com • ’cue The sweet, smoky aroma of ’cue’s barbecue is detectable even outside the restaurant.

Once through the doors, guests are treated to a rusticyet-polished dining room with gleaming wooden tables and music playing softly in the background. The attention to detail is obvious from the neat arrangement of the sauces on the table to the flowers behind the bar. Natural light pours in through the large windows.

Everything on ’cue’s menu is made in-house from fresh ingredients and incorporates locally grown items.

The classic tomato-based barbecue sauce that is popular in Georgia is poured over slow-cooked pork, beef and chicken. Side items and desserts also include local, seasonal produce. Each table is equipped with four in-house sauces, three of which are nods to various styles of Southern barbecue sauce: a sweet Georgia sauce, a vinegar-based North Carolina sauce and a sweet and spicy South Carolina sauce. The last sauce is a hot sauce to please those with a pallet for food with zip. A variety of seasonal beers and wines are available.

5260 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Peachtree Corners, 470299-5117, cuebarbeque.com/ pcorners.php • Super Hibachi Buffet Spacious at 14,000 square feet, the Super Hibachi Buffet is proud to be the largest hibachi buffet in town. Its party room can host over 200 guests and has already

been the host of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and their VIPs. The delicate artwork of ocean scenes and cherry blossoms painted onto the walls was commissioned from an artist from China whom co-partner Yan calls Master Wen. The Super Hibachi Buffet has more than 200 different items for guests to choose from. The buffet offers 20 to 30 different types of Sushi every day. A buffet bar with traditional Chinese dishes like sesame chicken or lo mein is right next to a wide array of seafood that includes oysters and octopus.

The restaurant also boasts a noodle bar where patrons can choose their own ingredients to be made into soup by a qualified chef. Kids can even find something they love at the kids’ bar that includes teriyaki chicken on a stick, chicken wings, pizza and more.

1630 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, 770-806-8888, superhibachiduluth.com • Amy Lafaye’s Restaurant The intimate, casual dining room has the feel of a cafe with checkered tile flooring, tables and booths with an added touch of Southern hospitality. The Lafaye family antiques that decorate the dining rooms give the restaurant a homey feel. For example, the self-serve coffee bar is set up on an antique buffet passed down from Amy’s grandmother. There are family photos on display and even a framed picture of “Mama Faye” mounted over the buffet.

Employees are friendly and often greet regular customers with a first-name.

The breakfast menu includes a variety of hearty, southern-style dishes all made from scratch every morning. The breakfast plate includes scrambled eggs and choice of crisp bacon or other meat served with buttered grits, biscuits topped with white gravy and drink. A popular choice for those wanting to grab a bite on the go would be one of the breakfast biscuits.

The chicken, egg and cheese biscuit includes a fluffy biscuit with fried chicken, scrambled eggs and American cheese.

2559 Pharr Ave., Dacula, 678- 377-4664, facebook. com/pages/Amy-LaFayes/127659762828 • Greek Island Grill The spacious, open dining room includes tables and booths and two of the walls are completely lined with windows, allowing for lots of natural light. The restaurant strives to give patrons the feeling that they have really stepped into the Greek Isles. There are murals of different places in Greece, like the beautiful coastal scene painted beside and above the fireplace. The dining room is decorated using the colors of the Greek flag — blue and white — and Greek dance music plays in the background.

The menu is a fusion of authentic Greek and Mediterranean food. Everything is made from scratch using fresh ingredients. Only a few of the items on the menu are fried; the majority are grilled. There are several Greek staples like hummus, tabouleh salad,

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tzatziki and babagonush.

The mezze trio appetizer is a good way to try a little of each because it offers the choice of three cold dips served with pita. For those with more exotic tastes, there is ktapootki stakaruouna (Crete), or char octopus seasoned and grilled served with vinaigrette.

Another light yet flavorful option is the eggplant napoleon, which has grilled eggplant, fire roasted peppers, fresh mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil and a balsamic glaze.

3320 LawrencevilleSuwanee Road, Suwanee, 678-926-3616, www.greekislandsuwanee.com • One Blue Duck Housed in a 100-year-old building, One Blue Duck is shabby chic. The rustic brick interior paired with crystal chandeliers, eclectic colored bottles, and mismatched tables and chairs give the restaurant a hip, yet distinctly Southern vibe. All of the art found on the walls was painted by local artists. The

folk background music paired with comfortable chairs and amicable staff completes the cozy atmosphere, which is reminiscent of dining at an old friend’s house.

Chef and owner Matthew Martin prides himself on providing food straight “from farm to table.” Using only locally grown goods and organic meat, One Blue Duck keeps things fresh. The most popular item on the menu is the gyro — traditional lamb/beef with fresh greens, tzatziki, caramelized onions, creamy feta, sliced onions wrapped in pita and served with duck fat fries. The duck fat fries are also a popular seller as they are lighter than the typical fastfood fry. Another frequently ordered item is the blackened wild-caught salmon, seafood etouffee (crawfish, scallops, mussels, shrimp) and caramelized leeks served with saffron grits.

39 City Square, Hoschton, 706-654-0010, facebook.com/ oneblueduck

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Gwinnett Ballet Theatre youth presents ‘Dreams’ Art Beat

normally sees at a GBT production. The school was so full of upcoming talent, however, that this Youth Performance Division became a very good idea.

“Youth Performance Division at GBT has been a wonderful addition to the regular program schedule,” Streit said.

Holley Calmes Young dancers follow their dreams. It is the motivation behind all of the hard work, time, tears and joy that go into the serious pursuit of a professional career, or the “dream” of one.

Gwinnett Ballet Theatre has recently developed a new program for those dancers who are just beginning this journey. Under the direction of GBT instructor John Streit, the Youth Performance Division has been created and will perform for parents and the public at the GBT studios on Sunday. Show times are 1:30 and 3:30 p.m., with a 5 p.m. extra show slated if necessary. There are no tickets, but a suggested donation at the door of $5 is appreciated. An additional showcase presentation will occur in the spring.

“Dreams” is a showcase event with these young dancers performing classical and contemporary works.

Patrons will get a small preview of GBT’s upcoming production of “The Nutcracker” and be treated to original works created just for this group

by GBT teachers, guest artists and students.

“Waltz of the Flowers” will be performed, a

Members of Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s Youth Performance Division will present a variety of classical and contemporary dance during “Dreams” at the GBT studios on Oct. 26. (Special Photo)

very special part of “the Nutcracker” that will have the audience humming along to the beautiful, familiar tune. This is a group or corp de ballet dance.

Individual young dancers are featured in such demanding pieces as “Bluebird Pas de Deux” from “Sleeping Beauty” and variations from the ballet “La Bayadere.”

A new work by John Streit is set to live music

by Ben Parker and is titled “Disconnect, Reconnect.” This work will continue exploring the unintended consequences of modern technology in further isolating individuals from authentic relationships and a sense

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of community. Streit will also have two additional pieces on the program.

One is a contemporary ballet featuring three girls.

In addition, there will be a work created

by GBT’s guest artist for the fall production, Martino Sauter. GBT jazz instructor and alumna Pablina Lopez will also present two new original pieces, and GBT Performance Division student and emerging choreographer Jordan Silas will also have a new work to premiere.

GBT’s Youth Performance Division is made up of those dancers slightly younger than the soloists and corp de ballet members one

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“It allows our very talented younger dancers and choreographers to be featured and have a voice. As well, this group will be central to GBT’s outreach and presence in the community. We hope to provide performance opportunities beyond just the stage in order to bring dance to those who might

not be able to go to the theatre and experience it.”

GBT’s studios are located at 1800 Macleod Drive in Lawrenceville, just across Sugarloaf Parkway from Gwinnett Tech. For more information, call 770237-0046 or visit www. gwinnettballet.org.

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Friday Oct. 24

Halloween Family Fun Fest The Halloween Family Fun Fest will be at Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24.

Admission is $6 per person.

For more information, call 678-277-0920.

Country Living Fair The pages of Country Living Magazine will come to life this Friday, Oct. 24 through Oct. 26 at the Country Living Fair at Stone Mountain Park. The Fair will feature antiques, artisans, gifts, home décor, jewelry and more from Country Living editors, contributors and special guests as well as nearly 150 amazing antiques dealers and artisans.

The fair will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the special events Meadow.

For more information, visit stonemountainpark.com/ events/Country-Living-Fair.

Saturday Oct. 25

Grayson Blues & Brews 2014 The 5th annual Grayson Blues & Brews craft beer

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Friday Oct. 24 Sunday Oct. 26

Arsenic and Old Lace The Dunwoody United Methodist Church will host a rendition of Arsenic and Old Lace at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 and 3 p.m. Oct. 26 at the church, 1548 Mt. Vernon Road. in Dunwoody.

For more information, visit www.dunwoodyumc.com.

Taste of Atlanta Festival The Taste of Atlanta Festival will serve up delicious fare Friday, Oct. 24, through Sunday, Oct. 26, in Midtown at Tech Square. The ten block festival surround-

gwinnett calendar festival will be on Saturday, Oct. 25, in Grayson City Park. The event is sponsored by Jekyll Brewing Company in Alpharetta and will feature more than 100 craft beers with a musical performance by Tinsley Ellis. General admission tickets are $35 and VIP tickets are $60. For more information, visit graysonbluesandbrews.com.

Haunted Halloween Festival On Saturday, Oct. 25, Lucky Shoals Park in Norcross will be hosting a Haunted Halloween Festival from 5 to 8 p.m. Visit the Community Recreation Center for games, crafts, and more. The park is located at 4651 Britt Road in Norcross.

Admission is $10 per person. For more information, call 678-277-0860.

Park’nership Cleanup Day From 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 25, Little Mulberry Park in Dacula will hold a “Park’nership Cleanup Day.” The park is located at 3800 Hog Mountain Road in Dacula. For more information, visit gwinnettcounty. com or call 678-277-0900.

Hudgens pARTy The Hudgens Center for the Arts will host their an-

nual signature fundraiser, the Hudgens pARTy, on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. The event is inspired by the upcoming fall exhibit “Blurred Lines: Contemporary Self-Taught Meets the Masters.” Join 200 guests for a one-of-a-kind evening of bourbon, beer and blues. Tickets are $100 for non-members and $75 for members. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the hudgens.org.

Banks and Shane Snellville’s Town Green will host Banks and Shane from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, after the town’s fall festival. Admission is free.

For more information, visit www.snellvilletourism.com.

Train or Treat The Southeastern Railway Museum is hosting the Halloween celebration Train or Treat on Oct. 25. The event includes a costume contest at noon, fall craft activity, trick-or-treating, wagon rides, Train or Treating on decorated train cars and story time. For more information, visit srmduluth. org.

Trek or Treat Youngsters are invited to test out their costumes and get a head start on Halloween festivities at the

City of Suwanee’s annual Trek or Treat event on Oct. 25. Activities include festival games, crafts, inflatables, dance competitions and pictures with Parker, the City of Suwanee’s oversized canine mascot. For more information, visit suwanee.com Halloween Magic Show Aurora Children’s Playhouse holiday tradition, the Halloween Magic Show returns for a sixth year with Atlanta magician Arthur Atsma. The Halloween Magic Show will be presented the Saturday before Halloween, Oct. 25. Reservations are strongly recommended for this popular performance.

For more information, visit auroratheatre.com.

Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Party A Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Party will be at Bogan Park Community Recreation Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25. Cost is $8 per dog.

For more information, call 678-277-0850.

Family Halloween Dance The Pinckneyville Community Center in Norcross will host a Family Halloween dance on Oct. 25. There will be a costume contest, crafts, games, spooky room,

candy, refreshments, prizes and much more. Ages 4 and up are $6 per person. For more information or to register, call 770-417-2200.

Paranormal Party at Tannery Row Tannery Row Ale House in Buford will host the first annual Paranormal Halloween Party on Saturday, Oct. 25. The party will include a $1,000 first prize costume contest, food and beverage, DJs, VIP valet parking, cash and open bar, shooter girls and giveaway promotions and on-site photographer.

For more information, visit aparanormalparty.com.

Trick or Treat Trail There will be a free Trick or Treat Trail at Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25.

For more information call 678-277-0890.

Moon Zombie Walk/Fun Run The Moon Zombie Walk/ Fun Run will be at Shorty Howell Park from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25. Admission is $15 per person. For more information, call 678277-0906.

Chad Lawson in Concert Pianist Chad Lawson will be performing pieces from

his latest release, The Chopin Variations, at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at PianoWorks located at 2805 Buford Highway in Duluth. For more information, call 770-623-0683 or visit ChadLawson.com.

ing Spring Street and 5th Street is $25 per person for advance tickets. For more information, visit tasteofatlanta.com.

drensmuseumatlanta.org or call 404-659-KIDS (5437).

Boo-seum Trick or Treat Fernbank Museum of Natural History will host Boo-seum Trick or Treat on Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event includes Halloween-themed activities including treats for kids in costume, games, music and more. For more information, visit fernbankmuseum.org.

Family Fright Nights: ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Screening On Saturday, Oct. 25, Callaway Gardens will screen “Hotel Transylvania” on Robin Lake Beach as a part of October’s “Family Fright Night”-themed Movies on the Beach series.

Guests can bring a blanket or chair to enjoy these movie nights. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

After 5 p.m., tickets are free for annual passholders, $5 for adults, $2.50 for children ages 6-12 and free to children 5 and under. Guests visiting the gardens during the day will be admitted at no additional cost. The Gardens are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and day admission is $18 for adults, $9 for children ages 6-12, and free for children 5 and under.

For additional information, call 800-463-6990 or visit callawaygardens.com.

Halloween Spooktacular The Atlanta Symphony’s

annual Halloween Spooktacular on Oct. 25 features thrilling and chilling music for all ages. This concert will include music from “Harry Potter,” “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and a few surprises led by ASO Assistant Conductor Joseph Young. Boys and ghouls are invited to wear their costumes and enter the children’s costume contest in the lobby before the concert. For more information, visit atlantasymphony.org.

Meet the Holidays: Diwali Join the Children’s Museum of Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 25, to learn all about Diwali, the 5-day Hindu Festival of Lights. Children

will hear the story of “Lighting a Lamp” by Johnny Zucker and Jan Barger.

Then the children will get to make a craft relating to the holiday. The event will be at noon and 3 p.m. on Saturday and will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit childrensmuseumatlanta.org or call 404-659-KIDS (5437).

Saturday Oct. 25

Annual Trick-or-Treat Event On Saturday, Oct. 25, the Children’s Museum of Atlanta will host its annual Trick-or-Treat event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Kids are encouraged to dress in their costumes for a night of trick-or-treating, crafts, play, prizes and more. Tickets are $6 for members and are $15 for non-members. Advance tickets are required.

To purchase tickets, visit http://bit.ly/1pxRscA. For more information, visit chil-

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Sunday Oct. 26

Tree Climbing On Sunday, Oct. 26, the Chattahoochee Nature Center will host a 2 1/2 hour introductory climb to view the fall trees from noon to 2:30 p.m. If the first time slot fills, the CNC will open a second time slot from 3 to 5:30 p.m.

All climbing gear is provided. Tickets are $40 for the general public ages 6-plus and $30 for CNC members.

Call 770-992-2055, ext.

237, or email scheduling@ chattnaturecenter.org.

Friday Oct. 31

Trick or Treat at Mall of Georgia Beginning at 6 p.m. on Oct. 31, the Mall of Georgia invites families to a mallwide trick-or-treat event.

Stores all throughout the mall will hand out treats to children who come in their Halloween costumes. Plenty of fun activities including prize-giveaways, a Halloween photo booth and more will be available. For more information, call 678-4828788.

Sunday October 26

Susan Boyle: Live at Atlanta Symphony Hall Susan Boyle will perform on Oct. 26 at 8 p.m. at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Tickets are on sale and range from $49.50 to $125.50 at ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-7453000.

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Blues & Brews returns to Grayson Park on Saturday

By Morgan Nalley Staff Intern

The city of Grayson invites lovers of craft beers and blues tunes to come to Grayson City Park this Saturday for the fifth annual Grayson Blues & Brews Craft Beer Festival. Guests will have the chance to sample dozens of different types of craft beers and to hear Rolling Stone-praised Southern blues-rocker Tinsley Ellis.

Sponsored by Georgia’s own Jekyll Brewing, the Grayson Blues & Brews Festival is hailed as a true craft

beer festival and judges participating brews. A People’s Choice Award invites the festival’s guests to cast votes for their favorite of the Georgia Brew selections.

Last year’s first place winner was Jekyll Brewing’s Hop Dang Diggity, followed by Monday Night’s Blind Pirate and Sweetwater’s LowRyeDer IPA. This year, Ellis is set to dazzle the crowd with his blues-guitar prowess.

Ellis has sharpened his skills by touring almost non-stop since 1988.

On the Grayson Blues & Brews website, Ellis is quoted: “We are very

excited about playing Grayson for the first time, and this will be the first blues festival we’ve done in Georgia in many years.

We look forward to reconnecting with our fans and friends at heart.”

The festival will take place in Grayson City Park from 2 to 6 p.m.

The park is located at 475 Grayson Parkway in Grayson. Tickets are $35 for general admission, $55 for VIP admission and $15 for doorbuster admission. For more information about the event or to purchase advance tickets, visit grayson-bluesandbrews. com.

Volunteer Doug Adams, of Loganville, pours a glass of beer for Tammy Hall, of Grayson, during last year’s Grayson Blues & Brews Craft Beer Festival. (Photo: John Spruill)

Southern Ballet Theatre presents haunted dance experience

By Katie Morris

stuff. It’s definitely a haunted dance show with a lot of screaming and a lot of fun.”

Southern Ballet Theatre “Dracula: Come into invites audiences to enter the Night” is a fundraiser into a dark, haunted world for Southern Ballet of dance and scares with Theatre, a nonprofit their performance of dance company that has “Dracula: Come into the its home at Southern Night.”

Performing Arts Academy Alicia Chitwood, in Lawrenceville. All the Co-Director of Southern proceeds from the show Ballet Theatre, describes will go to fund future the company’s haunted company productions dance show as a truly and programs, like the immersive and scary company’s special-needs experience. program. It provides dance “It’s a haunted dance classes completely free of attraction and a complete charge to all children with 4-D experience. The intellectual, mental or audience will get touched physical disabilities. and scared, you may get The haunted wind blown in your face performance will be in and someone may be the Black Box studio of behind you or in front Southern Performing Arts of you. The dancers pop Academy and include out from everywhere,” company members Chitwood said. “There playing a variety of are lots of live effects like creepy and gruesome blood, it’s gruesome and characters. full of cliché Halloween “Our dancers in the

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“Dracula: Come into the Night” will feature Southern Ballet Theatre dancers playing a variety of scary creatures in an intimate setting.

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show range from ages 11 and up. Some are creatures, some play crazy people or vampires, so the dancing in this production is modern contemporary,” Chitwood said.” There are only 50 seats in the Black Box, so it’s a very intimate experience and also goes into the scary atmosphere and experience.”

“Dracula: Come into the Night” will be performed in the Black Box at Southern Performing Arts Academy located at 3315 Sugarloaf Parkway Suite 16 in Lawrenceville. The show is recommended for ages 8 and up. Showtimes are Friday at 8 and 9 p.m. and Saturday at 8, 9 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $15 each or $12 each for groups of five or more and can be purchased online or at the door.

To purchase tickets or for more information, visit draculahaunts.com.

Bourbon, Beer & Blues at Hudgens’ annual fundraiser Attendees of The Hudgens pARTy will be able to view “American Flag” by selftaught artist Ab the Flag Man this Saturday at The Hudgens Center for the Arts in Duluth.

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There will be “Bourbon, Beer & Blues” at the Hudgens Center for the Arts tomorrow — the Center is hosting their annual fundraising event, the Hudgens pARTy. The event will feature bourbon tasting, dancing and live music by King Daddy and the Pole Cats.

There will also be an open bar with signature cocktails, gourmet food stations and raffle prizes.

Marlon Allen, Development Officer for the Hudgens Center, described the event as low key and casual compared to other fundraising galas.

“The attire is from blue jeans to bling, so this isn’t an uptight bow tie party. We’ll have a dance floor, so folks can dance and have a good time,” Allen said. “This event is a great way for people to

enjoy a good party with live music, socialize with friends and meet new friends.”

The pARTy will be hosted at the Hudgens Center in the Fowler Gallery, Kistner Atrium and Sculpture Garden — the backdrop for the event is the current exhibit,

“Blurred Lines: Contemporary Meets the Masters.”

“This exhibit brings together works of art from the 20th century icons both trained and untrained. They have much in common. They draw, paint and sculpt.

They add curves and

lines. Their tools are the same — acrylic or house paints, enamels from body shops or oils from

art supply shops, graphite or coals, coat hangers, pen or a simple No. 2 pencil,” Tina A. Cox, Curator for Hudgens Center, said in a released statement. “The intense feeling to create. To express. Self-realization.

Self-vitalization. Most create unique environments to thrive and empower. From Dali ti Dial, Rowe to Rauschenburg and Andrews to Arning, this exhibit allows you the freedom to compare and contrast these 20th century icons, to blur the lines.”

One of Allen’s favorite pieces that will be displayed at the pARTy is “American Flag” by self-taught artist Ab the Flag Man.

“He’s carved and layered different materials. It’s a fabulous piece to look at because there is so much detail,” Allen said.

All funds raised will go to support community visual arts programs presented by The Hudgens Center. The Hudgens pARTy will be Saturday, Oct. 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Hudgens Center for the Arts, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, building 300 in Duluth.

Tickets for the fundraising gala event are $75 per person for members and $100 for non-members.

Blue jeans to bling attire is encouraged.

To make reservations, visit thehudgens.org or call 770-623-6002.

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‘The Gala of the Royal Horses’ comes to Arena for the first time

By Katie Morris

ebrated in history, favored for centuries by royalty, equestrian riders and bullfighters — this perforThe world-renowned mance will celebrate the equestrian tour “The Gala tradition, athleticism and of The Royal Horses” is grace of these revered coming to the Gwinnett creatures.

Arena for the first time The Gala of the Royal this November.

Horses will feature a Audiences will be able number of performances to experience the splendor involving the Andalusian, and majesty of the Royal Friesian, Lipizzaner and Horses for the first time Arabian breeds. The event as the show also makes is dedicated to showing its U.S. debut. The Royal off not only the amazing Horses of Europe are beauty but also maneusome of the most celvers these horses are

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capable of including “The Airs Above the Ground” once used on the battlefield.

“The Gala of the Royal Horses” will be at the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m.

Tickets are $33 to $78, and a limited number of VIP seats are available.

Tickets are available at gwinnettcenter.com, The Arena at Gwinnett Center Box Office or by calling 888-9-AXS-TIX.

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Country Living Fair brings finery, food and speakers

By Morgan Nalley Staff Intern

The Country Living Fair comes to Stone Mountain Park from Oct. 24-26. Presented by “Country Living Magazine,” the event offers guests the opportunity to experience the “Country Living” lifestyle with famous speakers, great music and hundreds of artisan booths.

Open each day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the fair will feature over 200 vendors from 29 states.

These varied booths will provide shopping opportunities for items like unique antiques, specialty foods, art, home and seasonal décor, furniture, pottery, jewelry and so

The Country Living Fair will offer a variety of free seminars and demonstrations, above, throughout the weekend at Stone Mountain Park Oct. 24 through Oct. 26. Shoppers such as the one at left will be able to browse antiques, artisans, gifts, home décor, jewelry and more from “Country Living” editors, contributors, and special guests at the fair. (Special Photo)

much more. This year’s fair will feature the Earth Angels artisan showcase.

The Earth Angels artisans will be present all weekend and will conduct live demonstrations of painting, soft-sculpture, pottery

and more.

Not only will the editor-in-chief of “Country Living Magazine” Rachel Hardage Barrett be at the fair but also big name speakers like the Cooking Channel’s The Fabulous

Beekman Boys, HGTV’s Cari Cucksey, the Sisters on the Fly vintage glamping community and more will be on hand to give out their country living knowledge to attendees.

The fair will also in-

clude a gourmet harvest market, the Country Liv-

ing General Store, roots music by Thomas Wesley Stern and live appraisals.

Stone Mountain Park is located at 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd. in Stone Mountain. Tickets are $16 for one day and $20 for a weekend pass. Mountain Members can get $5 off of admission coupon at stonemountainpark.com.

Regular parking fees ($10 per car per day) apply. For more information about the fair including a full list of events, visit stonemountainpark.com, stellashows. com or call 770-498-5690.

Suwanee’s Trek or Treat set for Saturday

By Katie Morris

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Kids will be able to test out their Halloween costumes a little early while enjoying spooky activities this Saturday at Suwanee’s annual Trek or Treat event.

The free event will include festival games, crafts, inflatables, dance competitions and pictures with Parker, Suwanee’s oversized canine mascot.

A free hot dog lunch will also be available while supplies last.

“This event is designed for our younger ‘ghouls’ and boys. We will have the challenging do-nut dangle, a hula hoop

Suwanee’s Trek or Treat event will include festival games, crafts, inflatables, dance competitions, and pictures with Parker, Suwanee’s oversized canine mascot this Saturday, Oct. 25 at Suwanee Creek Park.

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contest and fun crafts.

You can make a necklace, a ghost sucker, and even trek the trail for some fun Halloween trivia,” Events Coordinator for the City of Suwanee Amy Doherty said. “We will have some pumpkin hunting along the greenway as well.

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Halloween costumes.

Suwanee’s Trek or Treat event will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, at Suwanee Creek Park located at 1170 Buford Highway. For more information, visit suwanee.com.

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Gwinnett Performing Arts Center 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway • Duluth, GA 30097 Friday, November 7th at 7:30 Saturday, November 8th at 2:00 & 7:30 Sunday, November 9th at 1:30 & 6:30 Recommended Contribution Adults $35 • Seniors $25 • 18 & Under $20 Family of 4: $80 ($10 each additional)

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Kids 10 and under are encouraged to get their mummys and dead-y’s to come out for some fall fun.”

Trek or Treat is designed especially for children ages 10 and younger, and attendees are encouraged to wear

A spectacular musical of the greatest truth ever told

Aurora hosts special LBGT comedy event over 2 nights

By Katie Morris

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Aurora Comedy Nights will feature some of the best LBGT comedians in the region this weekend in honor of LBGT history month.

The special two-night comedy event will feature headliner Brent Star, who recently won Atlanta’s local GA Voice award for best comedian for 2013.

The Atlanta comedian is best known for his performances at the Laughing Skull Comedy Club and Limmerick, as well as his distinctive video skits and blogs featured on The Regular Guys morning show on Rock 100.5. The event will also feature comedian Julie Osborne, who has been hosting comedy shows for the LGBTQ community since 2012.

Comedian Katie Causey will return as host

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for the event. Causey is a comedian and twotime national competitor at the Chicago Improv Festival’s College Improv Tournament. She’s been a part of multiple improv troupes in Athens and in Atlanta as well as various sketch groups. The comedy shows will be filled with energetic and animated sets and also offer a full bar with no two-drink minimum.

Aurora Comedy Nights: Headliner Brent Star featuring Julie Osborne will be Friday, Oct. 24 and Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. at the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville.

Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at tickets. auroratheatre.com or by calling 678-226-6222.

Free parking is offered in the City of Lawrenceville parking deck located at 153 Crogan St. in Lawrenceville.

For more information, visit auroratheatre.com.

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Southern classic ‘Steel Magnolias’ comes to life on Alliance Stage

By Katie Morris

katie.morris@gwinnettdailypost.com

Atlanta audiences have the chance to experience the classic Southern story of six strong women tackling all of life’s joys and hardships together. “Steel Magnolias,” The original play that inspired the Academy Award nominated film, is playing at the Alliance Theatre through Nov. 9.

The play takes place at Truvy’s Beauty parlor in Chiquapin, La., where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to get their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant Annelle (Sarah Stiles), the outspoken, wisecracking Truvy (Deirdre Lovejoy) dispenses free shampoos and advice to the wealthy, ill-tempered Ouiser (Mary Pat Gleason), eccentric millionaire Miss Clairee (Becky Ann Baker) and steady social leader M’Lynn (Beth Broderick), whose daughter Shelby (Zoe Winters) is preparing for her wedding.

The story centers on Shelby, who moves from wedding to childbirth to medical complications with a love of life and a willingness to face its possibilities bravely.

Alliance’s “Steel Magnolias” creative team is led by director Judith Ivey, a twotime Tony Award winning actress. In 2012, Ivey directed sold-out staged readings of the play in New York and Los Angeles to celebrate its 25th anniversary, benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Ivey said she took a similar approach directing the Alliance production, staying true to the characters and story.

“I wanted to direct a production that felt very true to the story and true to the characters that Robert Harling has captured in this play. After all, they’re based on real people, so they should feel very real,” Ivey said. “It’s a similar approach to how I directed in Los Angeles and New York, just amplified by the addition of sets, costumes, and props — we have so many props. Everything needed to feel like what you would find in a real home beauty shop. Plus, we get to incorporate the fun

’80s music and clothes.”

Actress Gleason, who plays Ouiser, said the rehearsal process for “Steel Magnolias” was one of the most complex and interesting experiences she’s ever had.

“Our director, Judy Ivey, has a unique take on this story and each of the characters, and she has brought great feeling and depth to the rehearsal process,” Gleason said. “Much has been expected of each actor and each character we are developing, and Judy has been there with beautiful insights for all of us. I came in thinking this was a lovely but fairly straightforward play and thought the rehearsal process would be the same. But Judy has asked all of us to reach down and bring a truthful life to all aspects of the show. I think audiences will be thrilled to see the life Judy has brought to this very beautiful and complex play.

Of course, she has had fabulous material.

Bobby Harling has written a beautiful play, and it is an honor to get to be a part of it.”

Gleason said it’s been a great experience to work on the role of Ouiser because she is such an interesting and complex woman.

“Ouiser is a curmudgeon and does not suffer fools gladly,” Gleason said. “I think she is a little lonely and that is part of what makes her so cranky. She is a complex character and that makes the work of figuring out who she is and how she behaves deep and interesting. She is a loyal and true friend when she decides she cares about you. She is enormously wealthy and has probably been plagued with people who are interested in her solely for her money. She loves her dog, Rhett.”

Gleason said Alliance audiences will be able to experience a beautiful night of theater filled with emotions.

“My belief is that Atlanta audiences are in for a night of great theater, laughter and a journey of love and heartbreak,” Gleason said. “What a rich and wonderful journey.

You will run the gamut of feelings. This is my favorite kind of theater: A small story told in detail with great feeling.”

The six dynamic women from “Steel Magnolias” will be portrayed by, from left, Becky Ann Baker, Mary Pat Gleason, Zoe Winters, Beth Broderick, Deirdre Lovejoy and Sarah Stiles for the Alliance Theatre production running from Oct. 22 through Nov. 9. (Special Photo)

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IF YOU GO • What: Steel Magnolias • Where: The Alliance Theatre located at the Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. in Atlanta.

• When: Oct. 24 through Nov. 9 Performances are Tuesday through Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2:30 and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. There will be no 2:30 p.m. performance on Oct. 25.

• Tickets: Tickets start at $25 and are available at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office, by calling 404.733.5000 or online at alliancetheatre.org/steelmagnolias.

• More Info: alliancetheatre.org

Director and two-time Tony Award winning actress Judith Ivey, left, and Alliance Theatre Artistic Director Susan V. Booth watch rehearsals for “Steel Magnolias” playing at the Alliance Theatre Oct. 24 through Nov. 9. (Special Photo: Kathleen Covington)

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BUFORD

Regal Cinemas, Mall of Georgia 20 3333 Buford Drive 678-482-9263 www.regmovies.com

23 Blast (PG-13)

12:05, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15, 10:20

MOVIE TIMES FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 24, 2014

John Wick: The IMAX Experience (R)

12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20, 11:40 John Wick (R)

12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00, 12:20

For movie showtimes for Saturday and Sunday, visit the theater websites.

Ouija (PG-13)

12:15, 1:05, 2:30, 3:25, 4:45, 5:45, 7:00, 8:10, 9:25, 10:30, 11:45 Fury (R)

1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20

The Best of Me (PG-13)

1:30, 2:20, 4:15, 5:10, 7:05, 7:50, 9:50, 10:35, 12:05 The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

12:30, 2:50, 5:20

The Book of Life (PG)

11:55, 2:15, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 Addicted (R)

12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:35

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

12:20, 2:30, 4:45, 7:05, 10:25

Dracula Untold: An IMAX Experience (PG-13)

12:25, 5:25, 7:10, 10:40

St. Vincent (PG-13)

1:30, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 The Judge (R)

12:35, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Annabelle (R)

4:40, 10:35

Gone Girl (R)

1:00, 4:10, 7:30, 9:35

Left Behind (PG-13)

11:50, 2:25, 4:50, 7:35, 10:05, 12:10 The Judge (R)

12:15, 3:25, 7:10, 9:40 Annabelle (R)

2:10, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30, 11:50 Gone Girl (R)

12:00, 3:15, 7:00, 9:15

Left Behind (PG-13)

2:55, 5:30, 8:05, 10:35

Men, Women, and Children (R)

12:05

The Boxtrolls (PG)

12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45 The Equalizer (R)

1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

1:30, 4:15, 7:40, 10:30

22 Jump Street (R)

7:45, 10:25

1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30

DULUTH

Regal Cinemas, Medlock Crossing Stadium 18 9700 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 170 770-814-8437 www.regmovies.com 23 Blast (PG-13)

2:15, 4:50, 7:15

Happy New Year (NR)

1:45, 3:50, 7:00, 9:40, 10:10 John Wick (R)

1:40, 2:10, 4:05, 4:55, 7:10, 7:50, 9:50, 10:40 Ouija (PG-13)

2:40, 5:25, 8:05, 10:25

Dear White People (R)

1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 Fury (R)

1:30, 1:55, 3:55, 7:05, 7:30, 9:45 The Best of Me (PG-13)

DACULA

2160 Hamilton Creek Parkway 678-482-0624 www.regmovies.com John Wick (R)

12:15, 2:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:05, 7:40, 10:10 Ouija (PG-13)

12:15, 12:45, 3:15, 4:30, 5:35, 8:00, 9:45, 10:25 Fury (R)

12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15

The Best of Me (PG-13)

1:55, 5:10, 7:55, 10:25

The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

2:40, 7:25

The Book of Life (PG)

12:20, 5:00, 10:45

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

12:15, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30

Dracula Untold: An IMAX Experience (PG-13)

2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, 11:50

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

2:30, 7:40

The Book of Life (PG)

1:35, 5:00, 7:00, 10:30 Addicted (R)

12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:35

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

St. Vincent (PG-13)

10:50, 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:25, 10:55, 11:55 2:55, 6:15, 9:35

John Wick (R)

11:25, 1:45, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 Ouija (PG-13) Fury (R)

The Best of Me (PG-13)

11:45, 2:35, 5:15, 8:15, 11:05

The Book of Life (PG)

11:15, 1:35, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Addicted (R)

11:35, 2:15, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

1:25

The Boxtrolls (PG)

10:05, 12:25

The Equalizer (R)

11:15, 2:25, 5:35, 8:45

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

12:20, 5:25

AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18

11:50, 2:25, 5:05

John Wick (R) Ouija (PG-13)

The Equalizer (R)

4:10, 7:15, 10:20

Spookley The Square Pumpkin (G)

11:00

Stonehearst Asylum (PG-13) Fury (R)

AMC Colonial 18 Theatres 825 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road 770-237-0744 www.amctheatres.com

11:00, 1:15, 2:00, 4:15, 5:15, 7:25, 8:25, 10:25 Lakay

10:35, 3:50, 5:05, 6:00, 7:20, 10:00 The Best of Me (PG-13)

10:45, 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 10:45

The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

10:00, 12:20, 2:45, 5:10

The Book of Life (PG)

11:05, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:35 Addicted (R)

23 Blast (PG-13)

8:10, 10:45

10:40, 1:15, 4:00

John Wick (R)

11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20, 12:00

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

Ouija (PG-13)

10:00, 11:30, 12:10, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00

10:35, 1:00, 3:35, 5:30, 6:25, 8:00, 8:50, 10:30, 11:20, 12:00

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

10:40, 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20

10:00, 12:45, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10, 12:00

11:15, 1:45, 4:25, 7:30, 10:10

Fury (R)

The Judge (R)

10:10, 11:05, 12:50, 2:20, 4:00, 6:10, 7:15, 9:20, 10:35, 11:30

7:35

Annabelle (R)

10:45, 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25

Gone Girl (R)

5:10, 10:00

10:40, 11:40, 2:05, 4:30

The Boxtrolls (PG)

1:35, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15

10:00, 10:50, 1:30, 3:55, 6:30, 9:30

The Equalizer (R)

1:20, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25, 12:05

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

2:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:45

Dracula Untold: An IMAX Experience (PG-13)

2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, 11:50

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

1:30, 4:15, 7:35, 9:55

St. Vincent (PG-13)

2:35, 5:20, 8:10, 10:40 The Judge (R)

1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:20 Annabelle (R) Gone Girl (R) Men, Women, and Children (R)

2:00

The Equalizer (R)

Dear White People (R)

The Best of Me (PG-13)

The Book of Life 3-D (PG) The Book of Life (PG) Addicted (R)

4:45, 7:45, 10:45

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

2:25, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45

10:30, 11:10, 1:35, 3:50, 7:00, 9:20

The Maze Runner (PG-13) 22 Jump Street (R)

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Dracula Untold (PG-13)

5:15, 7:15, 9:40

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

Fury (R)

12:45, 1:45, 4:00, 5:15, 6:55, 8:45, 9:50 Addicted (R)

1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00

St. Vincent (PG-13)

1:25, 4:00, 6:55, 9:30 The Judge (R)

12:50, 4:00, 7:35

Left Behind (PG-13)

St. Vincent (PG-13)

7:50, 10:25

10:00, 12:45, 1:40, 4:10, 7:00, 10:15 10:10

10:15, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 11:05, 1:50, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40

No Good Deed (PG-13)

12:35, 2:50

22 Jump Street (R)

10:20

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The Maze Runner (PG-13)

1:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG) No Good Deed (PG-13)

12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

4:05, 5:00, 7:05, 7:50, 9:25, 10:00

12:45, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40

5:10, 7:20, 9:30

7:00, 9:45

Hercules (PG-13)

Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG)

5:05, 7:10, 9:30

The Purge: Anarchy (R)

5:15, 7:45, 10:00

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (PG-13)

22 Jump Street (R)

STONE MOUNTAIN

NCG Stone Mountain

Earth To Echo (PG)

1825 Rockbridge Road, Stone Mountain 678-476-1020 www.ncgmovies.com/stone-mountain

5:05, 7:35, 9:35

The Book of Life (PG)

4:00, 7:00, 9:45

How To Train Your Dragon 2 (PG)

5:05, 7:20, 9:35

11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:40, 9:05

5:00, 7:30, 9:30

12:15, 2:20, 5:00, 7:10, 9:15

Maleficent (PG)

10:00, 12:15, 1:15, 2:40, 3:35, 5:00, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 8:55, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 1:00, 5:00

LAWRENCEVILLE

12:50, 1:45, 3:05, 4:20, 5:20, 6:50, 7:35, 9:10, 10:00

1:20, 4:20

Men, Women, and Children (R)

10:15, 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:30

12:15, 3:25, 6:45, 10:05

Ouija (PG-13)

Into the Storm (PG-13)

23 Blast (PG-13)

Gone Girl (R)

1905 Scenic Highway Presidential Market Center 770-979-1519 www.carmike.com

11:45, 3:25, 6:35, 7:10, 9:00, 10:00

Gone Girl (R)

11:05, 12:45, 3:05, 8:40, 11:00 11:00, 1:25, 3:55, 6:15, 11:15

Carmike 12 Snellville

4:15, 6:50, 9:25, 12:00

12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:45, 10:05 Annabelle (R)

1:30, 7:00

1:25, 4:00, 6:55, 9:30

5900 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 415 678-847-9265 www.amctheatres.com

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

Georgia Theatre Co., Town Center Value

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)

700 Gwinnett Drive, No. 216 678-985-2222 www.georgiatheatrecompany.com

Annabelle (R)

12:45, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

11:25, 1:55, 4:20, 7:00, 10:40 The Judge (R)

1:10, 4:20, 7:35, 9:30

The Equalizer (R)

2:20, 5:05, 7:55, 10:40

Regal Cinemas, Hamilton Mill 14

3850 Venture Drive 770-957-9545 www.studiomoviegrill.com

1:15, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30, 10:45

Dracula Untold (PG-13) St. Vincent (PG-13)

Studio Movie Grill

2:45, 7:50

2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, 11:50

12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50, 12:10

4:30, 10:05

2:15, 4:55

SNELLVILLE

Regal Snellville Oaks 14 2125 E. Main St., Snellville 770-972-7469 www.regmovies.com

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG) Gone Girl (R)

12:00, 3:15, 6:25, 9:35, 11:25 The Equalizer (R)

11:10, 2:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45, 11:25 John Wick (R)

11:05, 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:25, 11:50 Ouija (R)

12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50, 11:55

23 Blast (PG-13)

SUWANEE

2:30, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 John Wick (R)

2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 7:40, 9:30, 10:10 The Best of Me (PG-13)

2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20

The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

4:30

The Book of Life (PG)

2:15, 7:10, 9:25

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

Movie Tavern

2855 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road 678-730-6900 www.movietavern.com John Wick (R)

10:00, 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 Ouija (PG-13)

1:50, 5:05, 7:25, 10:25

11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10, 11:20

2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 10:00

11:30, 3:00, 6:50, 10:30

2:30, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55

12:00, 3:10, 6:10, 9:10

1:45, 4:15, 7:25, 9:40

12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:15

1:40, 4:45, 7:35, 10:00

4:30

2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 10:15

10:20, 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:30

Dracula Untold (PG-13) Annabelle (R) Gone Girl (R)

The Good Lie (PG-13) The Boxtrolls (PG) The Equalizer (R)

1:30, 4:25, 7:30, 9:30

This Is Where I Leave You (R)

1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40

When The Game Stands Tall (PG)

4:15, 10:00

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

Fury (R)

The Best Of Me

The Book Of Life (PG) Addicted (R)

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG) Dracula Untold (PG-13)

1:40, 7:55, 10:55

St. Vincent (PG-13)

12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Gone Girl (R)

12:20, 4:00, 7:40, 10:55

The Equalizer (R)

10:10, 10:40

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Mere weeks after the release of the second “Captain America” extravaganza where he reprised the role of the title character, Chris Evans starred in this futuristic art-house sci-fi thriller taking place during a new ice age brought on by man. The remaining population of the planet is aboard a self-propelled train where the well-to-do inhabit the front cars and the have-nots live in squalor in the rear. Compared to other big-budget dystopian blockbusters based on novels written for teen girls, “Snowpiercer” is a refreshing, highly disturbing smack upside the head that refuses to soften any edges or provide any false uplift.

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‘Fury’ an authentic, realistic portrayal of WWII

tion between the Nazis and his own crew.

“Fury” captures the claustrophobia that is inherent when five adult men are crammed into an enclosed, mobile killing 3 stars machine; you can practiFirst, let me say that I cally smell the gasoline grew up in the shadow of and gunpowder in the air 4 Stars WWII. In that era, there It’s April 1945. The Nazi during their pitched battles were a lot of movies about against the Germans. In regime is throwing everythe war. The heroes of the between the action scenes, thing (and everybody) it day were John Wayne, has at the relentless Allied we see the team as they Audie Murphy and Lee come to grips with beassault on the Fatherland.

Marvin, among others. I ing men on a “glorious Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” have to say that this movie Collier (Brad Pitt) and his mission” of liberation at ranks as one of the best and the outset of the war vs. tank crew are part of the most realistic that I have Allied onslaught. “The war the often cold-blooded, seen. The battle scenes are merciless instruments of will be over soon,” Wardauthentic and believable, addy tells his troops. “But destruction that combat has transformed them into. We although a bit too graphic there’s still killing left to Brad Pitt, top left, stars as Wardaddy, tank commander and leader of other soldiers in be done.” even see the conflicts withat times, and the characters are very much like the Columbia Pictures’ “Fury.” in Wardaddy himself: one “Fury” is the nickname ones I remember from the minute barking orders and of the tank Collier and his boys take into battle. movies I watched growing opportunities for the Allies killing the enemy without 4 stars during World War II. They’ve been hardened by blinking, and the next up. It is a gritty, brutal, ex- to advance into Germany, Driving home from the From the moment the tremely effective represen- capture Berlin and end the theater in awe after watch- static-filled army radio years of battle together, fighting to keep himself in tation of the grim realities war. Along the way, they one piece emotionally. He ing the new blockbuster, sounds in the theater, view- a dysfunctional but close of the war, and the effect inherit a rookie gunner family of men drawn sets the pace for his team, “Fury,” I thought aloud, ers are whisked away in it had on the otherwise named Norman, very well precariously achieving a “We have nothing to fear this breathtaking story that together by the horrors average people thrust into played by Logan Lerman, of war. The toll it has delicate balance between in this country.” Back in brutally and beautifully it, and forced to fight for who was trained as a clerk 1945, however, our soldiers portrays the sheer unthink- taken on each of the men savagery and compassion, all with the goal of keeping their lives and the ideals of and hasn’t fired a gun since had everything to fear, has been heavy: Driver ability of war. “Ideals are his teammates alive to see freedom they believed in. boot camp. SPOILER: As Gordo (Michael Peña) and everything to lose. peaceful,” Wardaddy says The story begins near the end of the war. they progress through bat- “Fury” brings the realities during the film, “but hisspends a lot of his down the end of the war in war This is not a movie for tle after battle, they expose of life and death, of God tory is violent.” Indeed, the time self-medicating on torn western Europe, early Norman to what is now his and country, of war and the squeamish. It shows the captured bottles of booze, film left me thinking, “I full, unedited gruesomein 1945. In desperation, job, until he becomes war humanity, vividly to life in truly don’t know what fear ammo loader Travis (Jon ness of battle, with heads Hitler has enlisted whoever hardened himself and earns an epic motion picture that is,” and “What on earth Bernthal) has nearly psyhe could, including women his war name Machine and should garner at least four do I have to worry about, chotic breaks at times and and limbs blown off, along with lots of blood and guts. and young children, to join is finally accepted as part Academy Awards. compared to the brave men Boyd “Bible” Swan (Shia Yet like “Saving Private his fight to defend what is of the crew.

LaBeouf), the main gunEverything about this and women of war?”

Ryan” and “The Thin Red left of his doomed effort to Facing impossible odds, film — from its dark, Best Actor in a Support- ner, struggles to maintain Line” before it, “Fury” win the war, using whatand outnumbered and out wet, frigid settings to its ing Role could easily go to his faith while relishing ever resources available. tells a poignant story of gunned in practically every incredible cinematography, tank-mate Shia LaBeouf, the satisfaction of killing The hero of the movie fighting men who, after all battle, they each display scores of enemy soldiers. visual effects and poignant who plays Boyd “Bible” is a Sherman tank named the smoke of battle clears, great courage and dedicaacting — were off the Swan, or to Logan Lerman, Joining the crew as a Fury and the war-hardened tion as they continue their yearn to rediscover the replacement is Norman charts. Brad Pitt should who does an outstanding crew operating it. Brad human beings they once advance doing a job they take home Best Actor for job as rookie warrior Nor- (Logan Lerman), a clerk were. All of the actors turn Pitt is the tank commander each call “the best job I his role as Don “Wardman ‘Machine’ Ellison, an typist press-ganged into called Wardaddy. He and ever had.” addy” Collier, a combatArmy typist who is thrown service as Fury’s assistant in fine performances, espehis crew have been toA great war movie with hardened US Sherman into the shocking and bru- driver and gunner; Norman cially Pitt and Lerman, and gether since the invasion characters to cheer for, but tank commander in charge tal role of tank gunner. is shocked and embittered the direction is spot-on. of Normandy, and they are definitely not one for the “Fury” is definitely one of by what he at first perof four renegade soldiers, The language isn’t tasked with missions to the best movies of 2014. kids. ceives is the wantonness each of whom is brilliantly pretty in this film, but — Tim Weekley, strike a blow in the en—Steve Kalberg, realistic on the big screen of the killing around him, it wasn’t pretty behind emies defenses and create Suwanee Lawrenceville as they invade Germany seeing little moral distincenemy lines in the heart EDITOR’S NOTE: Film Fans features local residents reviewing the movie of the week, “Fury.” Want to be a film fan? Email features@ gwinnettdailypost.com.

of Nazi Germany either.

There are many gruesome scenes, but again, realism trumps everything else in this incredible film. Highly recommended for adults.

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movies Ultra-violent action thriller ‘John Wick’ dodges cliché John Wick (R) JOHN WICK (R) HHHH ***1/2

also take on a near-ballet quality. Stahelski uses mixed Martial Arts moves and old-fashioned handto-hand combat to balance the guns and the mix is

By Michael Clark perfect. He’s also sure to Movie Critic avoid the worst of all action clichés: the one where In his nearly threethe protagonist never runs decade career as a leading out of bullets and never man, Keanu Reeves has gets hit by them. been in just three movies In keeping with the less (“Bill & Ted’s Excellent is more approach, StaAdventure,” “Speed” and helski casts a handful of the first “Matrix”) that medium-to-high profile have any kind of staying actors in small yet critipower. Desperately lackcally important supporting ing any kind of range or roles. Ian McShane, John a good eye for material, Leguizamo, Jason Isaacs Reeves’ success is mostly and Adrianne Palicki have due to his looks which, to just a few scenes each and be fair, is pretty much how it is testimony to the qualKeanu Reeves stars as the title character in “John Wick.” ity of the script that they this industry operates.

(Special Photo: David Lee) For more than a few would agree to have such reasons “John Wick” is the intended to help him get limited screen time. he protect his son Iosef perfect vehicle for Reeves past his grief. It is not the Getting a bit more to (Alfie Allen), the spoiled, and one that could end his kind of detail you’ll find in petulant brat who comdo is Willem Dafoe as long dry spell at the box Marcus, another former any movie and is just one mitted the act or does he office. It is an ultra-violent of the many tiny flourishes turn him over to Wick? He associate of Wick’s who revenge action thriller that, that separates the movie knows that fighting the re- is operating in a mysterithanks to writer Derek from other mindless blood- lentless and highly skilled ous grey zone. Like Viggo, Kolstad and rookie director bath action flicks. we’re not sure of his true Wick will cost him dearly Chad Stahelski, avoids intent or with whom he After this brief preamble, in blood and dollars and practically every crippling the filmmakers get right deep down he knows Iosef will side and don’t get an cliché in the genre. answer until the third act. into the meat of the story, is an untalented screw-up The plot is deceptively Besides being the perfect but to reveal any of the but he is, after all, his son. simple and the filmmakdetails of this pivotal scene This subplot bears a close ers don’t talk down to the would be a huge spoiler resemblance to the one viewers or spoon-feed that would ruin the enin “Road to Perdition,” What’s Under them the narrative. The tire film. It is safe to say, involving characters played the Rock? back story of the title char- however, that what happens by Tom Hanks, Paul Newacter (Reeves) is doled out would provide anyone with man and the then littleFREE MEET & in small increments and we a motive for retribution and, known Daniel Craig.

GREET don’t get the full scope of given Wick’s current state Not content to sit back OCT. 18TH 4-9PM what’s going on until well of mind and professional and wait while Viggo mulls ROCK SPRINGS UNITED past the halfway point of background, he’s the last over his options, Wick METHODIST CHURCH the sturdy and economic guy you’d want to upset. implements his plan and 1100 Rock Spring Rd. Lawrenceville 770-945-7329 96-minute running time.

Finding out about what leaves a slew of bodies in The film opens shortly happened, and not too his wake, but Stahelski ACTIVITIES FOR ALL after Wick’s wife (Bridget happy about it, is Viggo Petting Zoo, Face puts his experience as a Painting, Costume Moynahan) has died Tarsov (Swedish actor former stunt man to good Contest Car Wash, from what appears to be Michael Nyqvist), the head use by employing some Chili Dinner, more! a natural illness. On the of the New Jersey Rusof the most ingenious day of her burial, Wick sian mob and friend and choreography imaginable.

Bring non-perishable receives a package that was former business associate The scenes, riddled with items to benefit sent by her containing a of Wick who is faced with splatter and the appropriLawrenceville Co-op. dog named Daisy that she a nasty conundrum. Does ate gushing sound effects, 217940-2

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escapist fare, “John Wick” proves that testosteroneheavy action movies can be smart, mysterious and, yes, tender, without sacrificing any of the more visceral aspects. If there was anything to complain about, it would be Stahelski’s choice of cinematography.

With a scant few excep-

tions, the film is awash in blacks, blues, grays and whites, mostly at night and sometimes in the rain. A little more light and color (besides red) would’ve helped.

Presented in English and infrequent Russian with English subtitles.

(Lionsgate)

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‘Birdman’ delivers innovative, daring filmmaking Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of BIRDMAN or (The Ignorance) (R) Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (R) HHHH

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By Michael Clark Movie Critic

When it was announced in 1988 that Michael Keaton was going to play the title character in Tim Burton’s “Batman,” longtime fans of the Dark Knight cried bloody murder. How could they possibly cast an average looking, average build comedian to fill such iconic shoes? It didn’t take long for Keaton to win the naysayers over and when they learned he wouldn’t return for a second sequel most were crestfallen.

In one of the most interesting life-imitates-art-imitating-life situations in a long time, Keaton’s character (Riggan) must convince the Broadway community that, despite having played a masked, Batman-like superhero decades earlier who has fallen on hard times, he has the goods to write, direct and play the lead in an adaptation of an ultra-depressing Raymond Carver short story. This time out, Keaton will have to convince cranky critics, snooty theater goers and hard-to-please art-house types that a comedian and former action star can convincingly portray a threehat-wearing man coming apart at the seams.

For Mexican director Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, “Birdman” is a marked but not wild departure from his four previous well-made fea-

Michael Keaton, left, stars as Riggan and Edward Norton as Mark in “Birdman.”

tures (“Amores Perros,” “21 Grams,” “Babel” and “Biutiful”) that were all long-winded, vein-slashing downers. While the content in “Birdman” is mostly dramatic and contains many despondent passages, there are also caustic bits of humor tossed about and a thread of faint, brittle optimism woven throughout. It’s also a technical masterpiece.

If you regularly pay attention to editing, camera movement or relish innovative choreography, “Birdman” will completely floor you. Sandwiched in-between the equally inventive opening and closing credit sequences is a two-hour film that appears to be one — just one — continuous long shot. If they were alive and privy to modern technology, even Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick would likely shy away from attempting the kind of bravura approach Inarritu takes here. It is nothing

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short of astounding.

The tricky part for Inarritu and his three coscreenwriters is in coming up with a story that can compete with, while also complimenting, the technical aspects of the production. The segments that are lifted (and sometimes repeated) from the Carver source material lessens the load a bit, but their premiere triumph comes when they do what the film version of “A Chorus Line” couldn’t and “All That Jazz” did only pretty well. The filmmakers don’t make a movie based on or about a play; they craft a virtual dream about a guy trying to execute a play under the worst circumstances.

Even though his costars do a great deal of the heavy lifting, the charge of carrying the movie falls squarely on Keaton’s shoulders and he turns in a career-defining performance. For those who never saw (or forgot they did)

Keaton in “Clean & Sober” or “Pacific Heights,” he is more than capable of going the distance with intense and troubled (even psychopathic) characters. It’s also worth mentioning that his two turns as Batman were distant in range and tone from his solid comedic triumphs in “Night Shift,” “Mr. Mom” and “Beetlejuice.” Anyone who thinks Keaton isn’t talented or doesn’t know what he’s doing is misinformed.

If (and that’s a big if) there was a downside to the film it would be with the presentation of the five principal female characters. Emma Stone plays Riggan’s daughter Sam, a recovering substance abuser and her father’s assistant, and Stone doesn’t do much more than you might expect from that type of character. Naomi Watts and Andrea Riseborough appear as two of the co-stars in the play and do very well with their limited screen time. Amy Ryan

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has two scenes as Riggan’s ex-wife and in a shorter version of the film her role might have been cut. As a New York Times writer, Lindsay Duncan is the story’s most deplorable character; a theater critic who makes up her mind before the fact and is swayed by elements that should never be considered.

More than making up for the two “Hangover” sequels is Zack Galifianakis as Riggan’s fretful and put-upon attorney/producer Jake. He must extinguish all of the fires Riggan ignites while presenting a calm face to the press and public. Anyone working in entertainment marketing and/or promotion will em-

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pathize greatly with Jake.

Sharing the most screen time with Keaton is Edward Norton as Mike, a pompous, egomaniacal stage veteran who believes the play and everyone in it — particularly Riggan — is beneath him. Terrific at playing unlikable characters that are also relatable, Norton, too, is on top of his game. Oscar nods for both he and Keaton are all but a lock.

“Birdman” isn’t for everyone or even most audiences. But if you want to witness true innovation and appreciate the daring expansion of the filmmaking craft, it is not to be missed.

(Fox Searchlight)

Poe adaptation ‘Stonehearst Asylum’ unscary, unremarkable Stonehearst Asylum (PG-13) HHHH

made money, eight Poe films from the early 1960s directed

by Roger Corman and mostly starring Vincent Price — known collectively as “The Corman-Poe Cycle” — were

By Michael Clark more camp than creepy and Movie Critic haven’t aged very well.

Only slightly better than The filmmakers’ biggest the original title (“Eliza problem here is settling on Graves”), “Stonehearst a tone. While ostensibly Asylum” is certainly more horror, little of it is scary. All marketable and audiencetraces of Poe’s sarcasm and friendly than the Edgar Allan gallows’ humor have been Poe short story on which it is expunged. As a mystery it based. Clunky as it could be fails because the biggest and longer than any studio twist is revealed before the executive would ever want, end of the first act. Keep“The System of Doctor Tarr ing the original time setting and Professor Fether” is was honorable but not at all nonetheless a more fitting necessary; framing it in the title for this macabre tale set present day would have been at a late 19th century mental very interesting and cut out hospital. the stuffy, often off-putting The fact that the movie period piece design. doesn’t quite cut it isn’t the The movie is almost complete fault of screenwriter recommendable solely Joseph Gangemi and director because of the cast Anderson Brad Anderson. Though assembled to perform it. The Hollywood — and the rest of always good, highly underthe world — has made many rated Jim Sturgess stars as stabs at adapting Poe works, Edward Newgate, a recent few of them have worked and medical school graduate who even fewer strictly adhere to arrives at the remote Stonethe — largely unfilmable — hearst without invitation, source material. While they yet is welcomed warmly by

Silas Lamb (Ben Kingsley), the facility’s overseer. Lamb relishes the thought of taking the young doctor — brimming with enthusiasm and open to new methods of treatment — under his wing.

During a tour of the hospital on his first day, Newgate meets and is immediately taken with Eliza (Kate Beckinsale), a patient that has responded well to Lamb’s breakthrough treatments and now tends to other patients by teaching them how to play the piano. Never far from Lamb’s side is Mickey Finn (David Thewlis), an assistant/ gopher who dutifully serves his boss but would like a promotion and a new, more meaningful assignment — one that would allow him to wear a white coat.

That night, Newgate attends a dinner that includes the entire staff and he is somewhat perplexed at the odd behavior of the attendees, their expensive, but ill-fitting attire and the general lavish, festive air. Newgate’s concern is only fleeting, however after he takes the opportunity to spend more time in the

company of the comely and elusive Eliza, who neither encourages or rebuffs his slowly escalating, yet carefully cloaked flirtations.

Poe’s original story was especially notable as it included a phrase coined by Benjamin Franklin — “believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see” — and another of unknown origin that can’t be mentioned here since it will provide the ultimate plot spoiler. By introducing the monumental twist so early in the movie, the filmmakers completely deaden any narrative suspense; most notably with the late-arriving character Dr. Salt (Michael Caine).

With close to an hour left before finishing, Anderson and Gangemi fill the time with at least a dozen scenes that never appeared in the short story that can be found in hundreds if not thousands of other low-grade, secondrung horror/thrillers. It’s baffling how so many have taken such a brief and compact story — one overflowing with subtext, folly and terror — and rendered it so

War” starring John Lennon 2. Name someone whose resume consisted of speaking roles in just five feature films — all of which were nominated for Best Picture Oscars.

A: John Cazale (“The Godfather,” “The Godfather Part II,” “The Deer Hunter,” “The Conversation,” “Dog Day Afternoon”) 3. Name the last movie in which two performers — both playing non-fictional characters — were nominated for Oscars in the same acting category.

A: “Amadeus” (F. Murray Abraham and Tom Hulce) 4. What is the common acting bond shared by Sally

Field, Jane Fonda, Elizabeth Banks, Joan Allen, Ellen Burstyn, Olivia Williams, Minka Kelly, Jaclyn Smith and Patty Duke?

A: All have played U.S. first ladies 5. Name the highest grossing movie ever based on a non-fictional board game or toy.

A: “The Lego Movie” This week’s questions are: 1. Name the last person to win an acting Oscar whose character was murdered.

2. Name the last person to win Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe awards for acting in the same year.

3. What brand of athletic shoes did the title character wear in “Forrest Gump?”

4. What is the common musical bond shared by the

films “Lord of War,” “Tropic Thunder,” “The Music Never Stopped,” “Ice Age: The Meltdown,” “Legally Blonde 2” and “Coming Home?”

5. What was the original planned color of the slippers worn by Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz?” The first person (located in the US) to respond with all the correct answers receives a prize package of movie-related goodies. The winner also gets their name published in the next Weekend section. Please email your answers and name to clarkwriter@mindspring. com. Include “Gwinnett Daily Post Trivia Contest” in the subject line. Only one winner per household is eligible each 30-day period.

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questions Test your film knowledge with Michael Clark Flex your movie muscles by answering five trivia questions.

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Mark Dodson in Roswell.

Here are last week’s questions and the answers: 1. A still photo from what film was on the cover of the first issue of Rolling Stone magazine?

A: “How I Won the

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unremarkable and inert.

If you decide you’d like to see the film, pay close attention to the opening scene, set in a college classroom that features Brendan Gleeson as the professor (credited as “The Alienist”). Eliza, heavily drugged, yet still in possession of a modicum of her wits, is wheeled out as little more than a lab rat for

inspection by the class. The abbreviated scene is repeated again near the end from a different perspective and will either cause your jaw to drop or make you want to hurl large objects at the screen.

Were you just treated to great mystery or become the victim of one of the cheapest of all cinematic tricks? (Millennium)

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movies This Halloween looking like a box office graveyard

By Brent Lang Reuters

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s worst fear is being realized this Halloween.

The ghouls-and-goblins holiday falls on a Friday, an accident of the calendar that will likely result in a box office bloodbath. Moviegoing will be low on the list

of people’s entertainment priorities, robbing the exhibition industry of one of the busiest nights of the week.

It marks the second time this year that a major holiday has fallen on a weekend, wreaking havoc at the multiplexes. Fourth of July was celebrated on a Friday, and became the worst box office weekend for the industry

NOW SHOWING Recently reviewed films now playing in metro area theaters: • “Automata” (R) In this low-grade, virtual carbon copy of “Blade Runner,” Antonio Banderas stars as an insurance inspector for a company that manufactures robots that act as de facto slaves for humans in the mid 21st century. 2 stars — Michael Clark • “Fury” (R) More or less (mostly more) recycling his character in “Inglourious Basterds,” Brad Pitt plays the commander of the title character tank located deep in German enemy territory during the final months of World War II. 2 stars — MC • “I Am Ali” (PG) One of the most wasted and squandered opportunities in recent memory, this documentary of boxer Muhammad Ali cherry-picks his personal and professional high points while ignoring the lows and his battle with Parkinson’s disease. 2 stars — MC • “The Judge” (R) Inexplicably profane and vulgar, this would-be courtroom drama starring Bobs Duvall, Downey and Thornton is in reality a tortuously overlong, daddy-didn’t-love-meenough melodrama with too many false endings and too many great actors slumming. 1 ½ stars — MC • “Kill the Messenger” (R) Favorably resembling the best political thrillers of the ’70s, this fact-based story of the lesser-known

Nicaraguan Freedom fighters scandal from the ’90s sports a stellar cast and a telling lesson pitting reporters vs. their bosses and Big Brother. 3 ½ stars — MC • “Men, Women & Children” (R) Director/co-writer Jason Reitman overcomes the disaster of “Labor Day” with this good but not great ensemble drama about life in the age of smart phones and the Internet. Adam Sandler turns in a brilliant, award-worthy performance.

3 stars — MC • “Pride” (R) Nestling itself comfortably into the innocuous and extremely safe “low-budget British dramedy” sub-genre, the fact-based, mostly agreeable “Pride” takes few chances and delivers only modest results exploring the unlikely coupling of UK gays and Welsh miners. 2 ½ stars — MC • “Gone Girl” (R) Adapted from the novel of the same name, director David Fincher’s latest thriller stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as a five-year married couple. An hour of taut mystery is unfortunately followed by 90 minutes of soap-opera grade antics and false endings. 2 ½ stars — MC • “The Good Lie” (PG13) Even though her name (and face) is above the title on the poster, Reese Witherspoon has just a small supporting role in this fact-based, excitingly

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since 1987, when adjusted for inflation.

To get out in front of the commercial carnage, studios already have unleashed horror films such as “Annabelle,” “Dracula Untold” and “The Town That Dreaded Sundown.”

Due to debut in theaters today is “Ouija,” a supernatural thriller inspired by the

board game, joining a flurry of limited releases of variable quality and commercial prospects already on screens, such as “The Pact II” and “Housebound.”

Complicating issues is the fact that Paramount, once a mainstay of October with its “Paranormal Activity” films, has begun releasing the pictures at different points of

the year, with movies such as “The Purge” and “The Conjuring” showing that summer and other times of year can be hospitable for films that rely on scares.

Indeed, Halloween weekend will be a veritable graveyard, with no major horror openings. Open Road will debut edgy crime thriller “Nightcrawler,” Lionsgate

is re-releasing “Saw” and Radius-TWC is bowing the Daniel Radcliffe chiller “Horns” in theaters (weeks after its VOD release).

In horror movies, the rule of thumb is to steer clear of the attic or the basement. For studios, when Halloween falls on a weekend, debuting a film during the holiday could prove just as deadly.

average drama about a quartet of refugees from Sudan looking for their shot at the American

Dream. 2 ½ stars — MC • “Left Behind” (PG13) Solid front-runner for the worst film of 2014, this

faith-based remake of the 2001 original is riddled with unintended humor, inane dialogue and plays out more

like a disaster movie parody than the moving religious statement that was intended. ½ of 1 star — MC

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Metal icons Judas Priest to play Gwinnett Arena

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Heavy metal band Judas Priest has been making music for over 40 years, becoming pioneers in the genre and earning lead singer, Rob Halford, the nickname “The Metal God.” Next Tuesday night, fans will be able to see a culmination of the band’s long running career at their “Redeemer of Souls Tour” at the Gwinnett Arena.

Judas Priest was formed in the early ’70s and gained popularity throughout the ’80s releasing all-time classic albums such as “British Steel,” “Point of Entry,” “Screaming for Vengeance” and “Defenders of the Faith.”

The albums generated a number of enduring metal anthems including “Breaking the Law,” “Living After Midnight,” “Heading Out to the Highway” and “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming.”

There has been some turnover in the band’s membership throughout the years — current members include lead singer Rob Halford, guitarist Glenn Tipton, guitarist Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis.

This tour is in support of the band’s 17th studio album “Redeemer of Souls,” released in July.

Their previous album, “Nostradamus,” is a dual disc concept album about the 16th-century French writer. It was released in 2008 and peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.

Hill said their new album reaches back to their earlier sound and incorporates that into the new tracks.

• What: Judas Priest • Where: The Arena at Gwinnett Center • When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28 • Tickets: $36 to $56 • Information: gwinnettCenter.com, The Arena at Gwinnett Center Box Office, or call 888-9-AXSTIX.

didn’t all fit on one album.

It was too good to discard and we didn’t want it to be forgotten, so that’s why there’s a deluxe version of the album and a mini disc.”

Hill said Atlanta audiences can expect a classic Judas Priest concert on Tuesday with a good mixture of old and new material.

“The set list is a mixture of old and new, as always.

It’s always a bit of a nightmare putting together a set list and choosing from over 200 songs because, no matter what, you end up leaving someone’s favorite out. We have 4 new songs to play, a few old ones we haven’t played in a while and some favorites — this will be a typical Priest show with lots of entertainment,” Hill said. “We’re looking forward to playing there. It’s a great show and I know we can’t wait to come play. We’ve been very lucky because people have followed us through thick and thin and without them, we wouldn’t be there, so we owe them a debt of gratitude.”

Judas Priest will be at Heavy metal band Judas Priest will bring their “Redeemer of Souls Tour” to the Gwinnett Arena on Tuesday, The Arena at Gwinnett Oct. 28. (Special Photo) Center on Tuesday, Oct. “Our previous album, to fit a song in from each that hint at what we did which was too many to put 28, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $36 to $56 and available at ‘Nostradamus,’ was a album and delve all the previously. We tried to fit on a single album, which gwinnettCenter.com, The concept album. This one way back to 1974, and I’m in all the components from is why we ended up with Arena at Gwinnett Center is really a follow-up to sure some of that stuck lighter, quieter to heavier the mini disc. It wasn’t Box Office or by calling ‘Angel of Retribution.’ On and it was still there,” Hill with a commercial song because they were infe888-9-AXS-TIX. the Epitaph Tour, we tried said. “There are tracks or two. We had 22 songs, rior tracks, but because it

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