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The Killer & The Captive Brian Nichols’ hostage recalls ordeal 10 years later

By Joshua Sharpe

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Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.

For those who find me find life and receive favor from the Lord.

But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.

— Proverbs 8:34-36 For a moment, Ashley Smith Robinson thought she saw God in the killer.

Brian Nichols had just come from Atlanta, where he escaped police and shot dead four people — a judge, a court reporter, a deputy and a federal agent — during his nowinfamous March 11, 2005, killing spree beginning at the Fulton County courthouse.

Now, in the black morning hours of the next day, he sat in the 26-year-old single mother’s apartment in Duluth, Robinson says, snorting a line of methamphetamine, then another, then another, asking if she wanted any.

But, somehow, there too sat God, she thought.

At Nichols’ request, Robinson had given him the meth from her own stash. She’d been an addict Ashley Smith Robinson, above, was held hostage by Fulton County Courthouse spree killer Brian Nichols, top, while he was the subject of a nationwide manhunt in 2005. Robinson for years and let the drug rule her life. She let it take was able to contact police, enabling Nichols’ capture. (Special photo) over enough that she surrendered custody of her young daughter to an aunt Fulton County more than 140 miles away courthouse in Augusta. shooter Brian Now, behind Nichols’ Nichols was areyes, she says the Lord rested after his loomed with a message. hostage at the Bridgewater She says God moved Apartments in the killer’s lips to speak, Duluth, shown and she didn’t only hear in this file phoNichols offer her meth; she to, turned him heard God ask if she’d had in on March 12, enough, if she would finally 2005. change and step aside from

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Leili hearing rescheduled Suspect in wife’s death hires private attorney

By Tyler Estep

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Matthew Leili has hired a private attorney, and the preliminary hearing for the murder case against him has been pushed back to next week.

Leili was detained March 4 at the federal courthouse in Atlanta, charged with murder nearly four years after his wife’s July 9, 2011, disappearance. During his first appearance hearing in Gwinnett County Magistrate Court the day after his arrest, he was appointed an attorney by the court.

That attorney was dismissed after Leili hired his own: Atlanta-based Lisa Matthew Wells. According to Wells’ website, Leili she is a former Cobb County assistant district attorney with a wealth of experience defending “those who have been accused of crimes ranging from traffic violations, DUI’s, misdemeanors and major felonies.”

She declined to comment on the Leili case this week, saying she would do so following the defendant’s preliminary Nique Leili hearing.

That hearing, during which a police detective typically outlines their department’s initial case against a suspect, was originally scheduled for Thursday but has been reset for the afternoon of March 19.

Nique Leili disappeared on July 9, 2011, the morning after an argument with her husband. Matthew Leili filed for a divorce three days later, saying his wife had aban-

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Police to combat driver robberies

By Tyler Estep

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LILBURN — That car topper — the glowing polyhedron declaring the imminent arrival of pizza or wings or subs — may as well be a bull’s-eye.

Local food delivery drivers are becoming robbery victims in increasing numbers, Gwinnett County police Officer Jim Barfield said Wednesday, and the crimes are becoming more violent. Criminals are calling up restaurants, placing orders and, more often than not, having them delivered to empty or abandoned houses.

When the driver arrives — pow.

Food? Money? Phone?

All gone.

Physical injury?

A distinct possibility.

“Usually when we talk to these drivers after the fact, they know,” Barfield, the community relations officer for GCPD’s south precinct, said. “(They say), ‘I rolled up, the house looked vacant, there were no cars in the driveway, all the lights were off, there was tall grass.’ They give everything to kind of tell them that they don’t need to be walking up to the door, but

See NICHOLS, Page 7A

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PGA Champions Tour president: Tourney raises county’s profile getting is exposure of the event and the audio mentions of the event,” McLaughlin said. “So, DULUTH — Millions of there are many, many people people around the world hear the around the world that are learnwords “Gwinnett County” every ing more about Gwinnett County year because of the Great Gwin- on an ongoing basis.” nett Championship tournament, McLaughlin came to Duluth according to PGA Champions bearing praise for Gwinnett’s Tour President Greg McLaughlin. annual Champions Tour tourMcLaughlin told the Gwinnett nament. The tour — which County Chamber of Commerce McLaughlin calls a “Tour of on Wednesday that the tournaStars” — brings well-known ment held at TPC Sugarloaf is golfers over the age of 50 to the televised in about 200 countries county for a three day tournaand viewed by about 150 million ment every April. annually. That adds up to a lot This year’s tournament will be of exposure for the course, the held April 17-19 and McLaughlin city of Duluth and the county in said it will likely attract most of general. the players on the tour.

“In many of these countries, “Generally, most players do they are really only going to not miss this golf tournament,” get advertising in a very small McLaughlin said. “They don’t amount, so what they’re really miss it for a lot of reasons. I

By Curt Yeomans

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McLaughlin told attendees at the chamber’s luncheon that the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour are committed to helping organizers of the Greater Gwinnett Championship grow the event as the county continues to grow.

And while he didn’t go into details during his speech, that promise wasn’t empty talk.

In a sit-down interview beforehand, McLaughlin told the Gwinnett Daily Post that one of the tour’s major focuses for the Greater Gwinnett Championship is securing a title sponsor.

Tour officials have been working PGA Champions tour President Greg McLaughlin talks about the with tournament organizers to popularity of the Greater Gwinnett Championship tournament during attract potential sponsors in what the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce’s General Membership McLaughlin described as “an Meeting Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans) ongoing process” with presentathink they like the golf course. a tribute to you and what you’ve See TOURNEY, Page 3A They like the area and really it’s built here.”

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By Keith Farner

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SNELLVILLE — So much for having their time wasted.

After five weeks of working in groups in two-hour blocks on Wednesday afternoons, scores of South Gwinnett High students developed skills their teachers hope they one day use in a work environment. Students were asked to develop a project based on criteria that matches their academy, including examples such as a business plan, sustainability or biological warfare.

The students then presented their projects to more than 60 judges from across Gwinnett and the Atlanta area who are professionals in the field they judged.

“We wanted the students to have an authentic audience, not just presenting to their class-

Karl Heisman of Summit Chase Country Club judges a project on Wednesday at South Gwinnett High made by students, from back left, Daniel Green, Janea Henderson and Courtni Graham as teacher Shelley McHugh looks on. Students presented their project-based learning assignments to judges from around Gwinnett and the Atlanta area. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

mates,” South Academy Lead teacher Andie McDaniel said.

“Presenting to someone who

might have different expectations than their teachers have.”

The presentations were non-

traditional in that they were directed by students and not teachers, and students were asked to present on a given topic in a professional manner.

“We had a very enthusiastic response,” said McDaniel, who added that students were judged on professional appearance, speaking ability and other skills needed in a job interview or presentation with someone they don’t know. “How do you present yourself to someone who might offer you a job some day.

How do you present your information to someone so they could understand it.”

As part of the school district’s curriculum, students were required to explain how they could read a chart, use math processes, research and show other general skills. Judges scored the projects based on a rubric, and students also graded their classmates’ participation and contributions.

Many students in the groups of three to five people interacted with people they didn’t know.

McDaniel added that those examples were another way to model the work environment.

While teachers said there would be a thorough debriefing about how the program was carried out, and any changes to make next school year, the preliminary results were positive.

“Going into this I didn’t think it was going to be useful, that the school was wasting our time, to be honest,” sophomore Eriel Fields said. “But I saw how it could help me when I grow up, and having a job where I have a project to be turned in on an actual deadline.”

Teacher Shelley McHugh said the best part was the kids just jumped in.

“They came up with wildly different, but wildly creative ideas,” she said.

Couple sentenced Johnson calls for arbitration rule in Medicaid fraud POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

By Curt Yeomans

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) pushed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday to take as strong a stance as possible on financial services and products contracts that include forced arbitration clauses.

The bureau took a stance against such clauses in a newly released study on the issue. Johnson said he believes forced arbitration clauses “closes the courthouse doors” to consumers while protecting corporations by not holding them accountable for their products and services.

“As the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee with jurisdiction over rule-making and arbitration, I strongly believe that this study paves the way for the CFPB to issue a strong rule that prohibits forced arbitration agreements in consumers’ financial services and products contracts,” said Johnson in a statement.

Johnson has, in the past, proposed the Arbitration Fairness Act that would, in

part, address such clauses.

The act would have been intended to remove forced arbitration clauses in cases that deal with employment, consumer and civil rights issues.

“Beyond all doubt, forced arbitration creates a discriminatory and unjust system that pales in comparison to the courts,” said Johnson.

Senators ask ATF to drop proposed ammo ban Sens. Johnny Isakson and David Perdue (both R-Ga.) joined 50 of their colleagues this week in petitioning the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in a letter to back off on a proposed ban on ammunition used in target shooting and hunting activities.

The letter states “the Second Amendment is at risk” because the ban would limit access to bullets.

“This proposed ban is yet another example of the Obama administration reinterpreting the Constitution to suit its purposes, rather than following Congress and the will of the people,” said Isakson, a member of the bipartisan

Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus, in a statement.

Perdue added, “Our Second Amendment rights shouldn’t be a part of a cynical political game.

Georgians deserve leaders who will defend the Constitution and create commonsense policies, and I will work every day to fulfill those goals.”

Isakson, Perdue seek to block tax credits for illegal immigrants Isakson and Perdue also co-sponsored legislation this week that will block the Internal Revenue Service from giving tax credits to anyone covered by President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty action for work they performed while in the country illegally.

The amnesty order opened people targeted by the legislation eligible for Earned Income Tax Credits, according to a joint statement from the senators offices.

The legislation was authored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). In addition to Isakson and Perdue, other co-sponsors include Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Inhofe

(R-Okla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), James Risch (RIdaho) and John Boozman (R-Ark.)

Upcoming • The Gwinnett Democratic Party will hold its monthly breakfast Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. at Uncle Bob’s Restaurant, 3455 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Duluth. The breakfast buffet costs $10 per person.

• The Gwinnett County Democratic Party will host a covered-dish dinner Saturday from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Dacula Middle School, 137 Dacula Road in Dacula. Attendees are asked to sign up to bring a special dish and are encouraged to donate $5 per family. Anyone interested in attending the dinner should RSVP online at gwinnettdemocrats.com/ rsvp-to-potluck-supper/.

• The Conservative Republican Women of North Atlanta will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at Magnolia Cafe, 5175 South Old Peachtree Road in Norcross.

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

By Joshua Sharpe

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A Lilburn couple accused of taking advantage of under-privileged children was sentenced and ordered to repay more than $1.4 million in restitution to the state for Medicaid fraud, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens announced Wednesday.

Olufemi Afuape and wife Oluyemisi Afuape pleaded guilty and were sentenced on Friday to 15 years each for crimes related to their business Zion Rehab Services, through which they filed fraudulent claims with Medicaid. The wife was sentenced to three years house arrest, followed by 12 years of probation.

The husband received three years work release at the Gwinnett County Detention Center, followed by 12 years of probation.

According to Olens, the couple’s crimes were committed through a program — or “ruse” — called, “Give Mom a Break.”

The Afuapes, natives of Nigeria, reportedly attracted low-income children’s families by advertising free day care and summer

Oluyemisi Afuape

Olufemi Afuape

camp. Recruiting patients into a program or a medical practice is not permitted in Georgia Medicaid.

Olens said the couple billed the children’s Medicaid numbers for physical, occupational and speech therapy without regard to whether the services were necessary or whether the services were even delivered.

“The Afuapes shamelessly took advantage of low income families to scam Georgia Medicaid and line their own pockets,” Olens said in a news release announcing the sentencing. “My office is devoted to weeding out Medicaid fraud…”

The couple reportedly racked up the $1.4 million fraudulent claims over the course of several years.

The money must now be returned to the Georgia Department of Community Health.

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Dr. Anietie Ukpong will be For more information, call having a book signing event 405-458-5642. to promote their upcoming book “Black Africa’s Local nonprofit to Burden.” host free summit The book focuses on Black Africa’s place in the Partnership Against Doworld at this point in history mestic Violence, an organiand brings up solutions to fix zation working to combat some of the issues plaguing dating violence in teens, is the area such as superstition, hosting its sixth annual Teen

Dating Violence Summit on Saturday.

The event will focus on the promotion of healthy relationships through education, community engagement and empowerment.

The free summit will feature multiple speakers and performers such as the founder and executive director of Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence, Kristen Paruginog. The Teen Dating Violence Summit will be held Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at

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Schools looking for 800 new teachers

By Keith Farner keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

Hiring plans are underway for next school year, and Gwinnett County Public Schools is in the market for about 800 new teachers.

The school district annually makes these plans ahead of the Certified Teacher Career Fair to close the gap left by retiring teachers and

a growing student enrollment that’s more than 173,000.

Interested teachers should visit the district website at gcpsjobs.org to register to attend the fair from 8 a.m. to noon on March 28 at the Gwinnett Center. A limited number of interview times available.

Those selected for an interview will receive email confirmation.

Georgia’s largest school system is

looking to fill critical needs teaching positions in several areas.

Teachers who have certificates, or who will be certified by the fall are needed in the following areas: • Mathematics, (4-8), (6-12) • Science, (4-8) and Biology, Chemistry, and Physics (6-12) • Special Education – All Areas (P-12) • Speech and Language Pathol-

ogy • Spanish • French • Technical Specialists: IT Programming, Computer Science, Engineering and Health Occupations • Elementary with endorsements in ESOL, Reading, Gifted Math or Science • Elementary with language proficiency in Spanish or French

Schools making up snow days

By Keith Farner

keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com

Last month’s ice storm removed a three-day weekend for local students and teachers as schools will be open on Friday.

The day was originally scheduled as a holiday, but it was also listed as a built-in inclement weather day on the 2014-15 school calendar.

Barrow County Schools also plans to make up one of the days it was closed last month on Friday.

In Buford City Schools, Monday will be a make-up date after it was originally scheduled as a teacher work day.

EPA chief hits back at states that ‘just say no’ to carbon rule WASHINGTON — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday warned opponents that the agency will enforce regulations to slash carbon emissions from power plants even if states choose not to cooperate.

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy hit back at lawmakers who have called on state officials to ignore federal deadlines to submit plans to comply with the agency’s Clean Power Plan, saying the agency is confident its proposal will weather political and legal challenges.

Last week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of coal state Kentucky urged governors and state officials to “think twice” before submitting state plans to the EPA, joining a wider “just say no” campaign led by some lawmakers and industry groups advocating for states to ignore the power plant proposal.

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tions and marketing efforts.

“We have some interested companies right now, but those are long lead times to secure title sponsors because it takes you a little while to do that,” McLaughlin said. “But, we continue to work on it because that’s a goal of ours.”

But while the the Champions Tour is working to help promote Gwinnett County’s event, chamber and local sports leaders were excited to have a chance to let him address their members.

“We are four weeks out [from the Greater Gwinnett Championship] and I hope your calendar is duly noted for April 13-19 out at beautiful TPC Sugarloaf for our third year of the Champions Tour,” Gwinnett Sports Commission Executive Director Stan Hall told the chamber. “We could not be more excited and having Greg here is really just the icing on the cake.”

Chamber President Daniel Kaufman also used the opportunity to encourage chamber members to attend the tournament. He said the event follows the Champions Tour standard of benefiting charities. In the Greater Gwinnett Championship’s case, that means giving back to programs that help Gwinnettians.

“It’s really neat to be able to go out there and literally walk down the fairway with people you’ve been watching play golf for years,” Kaufman said.

“It’s kind of like standing behind Chipper Jones in the batter’s box because you’re that close to them.

It’s just really neat and it’s a beautiful venue and all of the proceeds go to local charities, to Gwinnett charities.”

4A • THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015 To Your Good Health

Keith Roach

Immune response rare cause DEAR DR. ROACH: My 53-year-old son has been diagnosed with autoimmune necrotizing myopathy. What causes this?

— F. ANSWER: Autoimmune necrotizing myopathy is a rare condition of muscle destruction, thought to be due to an immune response.

It can be seen in conjunction with the use of several medications, most notably statin drugs. Statins occasionally cause muscle aches that go away after stopping the drug, but in this rare disease, the condition continues even after the drug is stopped.

It also may be found in association with cancer or with autoimmune diseases, such as scleroderma and mixed connective tissue disease. In truth, it can happen without any associated condition.

It is suspected when there is muscle weakness of both arms and legs, and elevated muscle enzymes in the blood. A biopsy may be necessary to confirm the diagnosis.

If it occurs along with another autoimmune disease or with cancer, it usually will get better as the associated condition is treated. Otherwise, treatment is with drugs that reduce the immune system response, such as steroids and immunoglobulin. Only about 300 cases have been reported as of May 2014, so the optimum treatment isn’t known.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you please give me some information on Elhers-Danlos syndrome? My daughter and two granddaughters have it.

— E.E.H. ANSWER: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is actually a group of uncommon genetic disorders, with very stretchy skin, flexible joints and tissue fragility as common features. There are six different kinds of Ehlers-Danlos, and each is different in regard to what tissues and organs it most affects. Most are caused by mutations in genes for collagen and related structural proteins.

They can be inherited or not.

Flexible joints (often but wrongly called “doublejointed”) and excessively stretchy skin are almost universal in EDS. The excess joint movement can cause dislocations and chronic joint pain resembling fibromyalgia. Other commonly associated conditions include prolapse of the mitral valve, hernias and, in the vascular type of EDS, aneurisms.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Deal with personal DEAR AMY: Periodiing for something that you told the son to get some help paperwork that’s piled up.

Ask Amy cally you run letters from already have. With love… in dealing with his emotions You cannot offer help to othadopted people searching — The Other Mother of losing his mom. He needs ers if you can’t take care of for their birth families.

DEAR MOTHER: I to tell his kids what a great your own business. Check I want to speak as a birth appreciate your courage mom he had. But we are in out a tax break that encourmother. When a baby is in describing your tough the land of the living. Be ages saving. surrendered to adoption truth. grateful for your dad’s new SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23there has been a heartHowever, adult adoptees wife/grandma and make Dec. 21) -- It’s time to deal breaking amount of considhave human rights too. some wonderful memories with an ongoing situation eration and soul-searching.

They did not ask to be with her. that has been bugging you.

The family didn’t want this born, to be surrendered — — Also Grandma If someone isn’t treating you Amy Dickinson baby. The mother didn’t or adopted, for that matter.

DEAR GRANDMA: properly, speak up or make want this baby.

Some landed in wonderful “Upset Son” was grateful changes that will alleviate the problem.

In the bad old days, sorry, but, no. I gave you “After School Special” to his father’s wife, but I CAPRICORN (Dec. 22adoption agencies told us all I had; I have no more to families and some did not. agree that he should get that if we made this sacri- give you.

They have a right to help to cope with his loss. Jan. 19) -- Work behind the scenes if you want to make fice and gave the baby up, My life is not an “After search for their biological You can contact Amy we would never be asked School Special” or a heart- families and you have a Dickinson via email: aska- headway. The more you do to give anything else. warming happily ending right to reject this effort. my@tribpub.com. You can without interference from others, the better. Progress We rebuilt our lives, movie.

But neither side of this also follow her on Twitter married and had families Now I am going to say challenging story has the @askingamy or “like” her should be your aim, not that our families could be the thing that no one ever right to expect that this will on Facebook. Amy Dickin- pontification.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. proud of. wants to say, or hear: be easy. son’s memoir, “The Mighty 19) -- You’ll be dedicated, When we are asked (by Please, leave us alone. You DEAR AMY: You told Queens of Freeville: A loyal and ready to take on the adoption agencies and had a wonderful life and “Upset Son” to have his Mother, a Daughter and a leadership position. An the children we gave up) to great parents. Please be father’s new wife pick a the Town that Raised opportunity you’ve been upend our lives once again, grateful for the gifts they name to be called by his Them” (Hyperion), is waiting for will happen if we should be allowed to gave you, and that we gave kids other than “Grandma.” available in bookstores. you pursue it with relentless say no. We are so very you to them. Stop lookI think you should have DEAR AMY: There is courage.

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of starting to play Texas Hold’em or cards to play Bingo. Proceeds will go to send children of Rainbow Village to a summer day camp.

The Button Gwinnett Chapter of the National Society, Sons of the American Revolution will hold their monthly dinner, meeting at 6:15 p.m., March 12 at the Chew Chew Café in Lawrenceville.

visit fallenheroesofgeorgia. com and active.com.

March 12 The Rotary Club of Duluth will be hosting their 6th annual Players’ Party Fundraiser from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

March 12 at Hilton Atlanta Northeast, 5993 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Peachtree Corners. Tickets are $40 which includes entry, hors d’oeuvres, and choice

March 14 The Fallen Heroes of Georgia 5k run/walk will be hosted at 8 a.m. March 14 at lake Lanier Islands and Resorts, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway in Buford. The race will benefit six different charities all created to honor a Fallen Georgia Soldier. For more information and to register,

March 18 The Gwinnett Senior Learning Center will be holding computer classes from 10 to 11 a.m. March 18 at George Pierce Park Community Center, 55 Buford Highway in Suwanee. For more information and to register, visit gsrlc. org or call 770-564-4699.

March 16 The Gwinnett County Master Gardeners Association will be hosting a meeting at 7 p.m. March 16 at the Bethesda Senior Center, 225 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville. For more information, visit gwinnettmastergardeners.com.

March 21 Snellville Masonic Lodge No. 99 will be hosting its Annual BBQ Fundraiser from 11 a.m to 6 p.m. March 21 at Snellville Lodge, 2785 Lenora Church Road in Snellville.

Meals are $8. For more information, visit snellville99.com.

March 24 The Gwinnett Senior Learning Center will be holding computer classes from 10 to 11 a.m. March 24 Bethesda Park Senior Center, 225 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville. For more information and to register, visit gsrlc.org or call 770-5644699.

March 28 The Gwinnett County Public Library will be host-

ing a free author event featuring Harlan Coben at 6:30 p.m. March 28 at Books For Less, 2815 Buford Drive, Unit 108, in Buford. For more information, call 770-9785154 or visit gwinnettpl.org.

The 5th Annual Heart of Gwinnett Spring Green Festival will be hosted from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 28 at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville. The festival is free to the public and will include live music, arts and crafts, local business showcases and more. Businesses can become vendors or sponsors for prices ranging from $100 to $5000.

For more information and to become a sponsor, visit heartofgwinnett.com and springgreenfestival.com.

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WORLD Cuban dissident leader survives challenge, says group stronger

HAVANA — The leader of Cuba’s Ladies in White declared the prominent dissident group stronger on Wednesday after she survived a leadership challenge from disgruntled followers who accused her of abusing her authority.

Berta Soler won a referendum on whether she should continue to head the organization that won the European Parliament’s 2005 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought.

Of 201 ballots cast, 180 were in favor of Soler versus 15 against, Soler announced at the group’s Havana headquarters. Six ballots were blank or annulled, and 32 voters including Soler did not submit ballots, she said.

Rights group blames Syria for doctor deaths UNITED NATIONS — U.S.-based Physicians for Human Rights on Wednesday blamed Syrian government forces for 88 percent of its recorded attacks on hospitals and almost all recorded killings of medical workers during the country’s four-year conflict.

As the war enters its fifth year, the group said that Islamic State militants, who have captured swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq, have executed four health professionals and 16 attacks on medical facilities in the past 17 months.

UK votes to ban cigarette pack branding

world&nation 11 troops presumed dead in crash

By Colleen Jenkins and Letitia Stein Reuters

Seven Marines and four soldiers were presumed dead after an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a nighttime training mission off the Florida coast, where U.S. military officials were still conducting a search-and-rescue operation on Wednesday afternoon.

Some human remains had washed ashore, said a spokeswoman for Eglin Air Force Base in north Florida.

Officials did not immediately release information on what caused the crash involving the Marines and four members of the Louisiana National Guard.

A U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the 11 service members aboard were presumed dead in what could be among the deadliest domestic military training accidents in years.

Heavy fog was reported around the time the helicopter was reported missing around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Fog hampered the search effort on Wednesday.

One of two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters participating in the routine exercise crashed near the base 50 miles east of Pensacola, and rescue workers discovered debris about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, the base said in

they are doing it anyway.”

That’s what “Operation Safe Delivery” is trying to prevent.

On Wednesday, Barfield and a fellow officer canvassed culinary establishments across the south precinct, which covers 116 square miles in unincorporated areas in Snellville, Lilburn and Lawrenceville and has been the epicenter for the “steady rise” of delivery driver robberies. The police officers spoke with managers and owners, telling them about a free safety class being offered in April.

They also distributed fliers to be shared with drivers, offering several things to look out for when making deliveries. In addition to the physical indicators mentioned above, cellphones, websites and apps make it easier for those with nefarious intentions to mast their identity, place an order and lure drivers into an ambush.

“We’re wanting to reach out to every single

Rescue crews search waters near Navarre Bridge, east of Pensacola, Florida, on Wednesday. Seven Marines and four soldiers were unaccounted for early Wednesday morning after their Army helicopter crashed during a nighttime training mission, according to military officials. (Reuters/Michael Spooneybarger)

a statement.

The other helicopter “started to take off and then realized, I guess, that the weather was a condition and turned around,” Major General Glenn Curtis of the Louisiana National Guard told reporters.

“Our main effort right now is getting our soldiers and our Marines back,” Curtis added.

The second helicopter landed safely, the military said. Names of the missing troops were being withheld.

The Marines were part of a special operations unit from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

The four crew members and the helicopter were part of the Louisiana National Guard, assigned to an Army unit based in Hammond, Louisiana. All four were married men with children, Curtis said.

They were part of a highly experienced helicopter battalion, Curtis said, noting the two pilots were instructors and had “several thousand hours” of flying experience with their crew.

President Barack Obama phoned military officials to express condolences, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters, noting the president anticipated a

NATION N.H. assembly votes for bill to decriminalize pot

State representatives in New Hampshire on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly LONDON — Britain’s for a bill that would decrimiparliament approved legnalize the possession of islation on Wednesday to small amounts of marijuana, ban branding on cigarette although the measure is packs, drawing immediate likely to face resistance from threats of legal action from the senate and the governor. the country’s $29 billion The bill, passed by the tobacco industry. state House of RepresentaAimed at improving tives by a vote of 297-67, public health and cutting would essentially treat posthe number of child smoksessing up to a half ounce ers, the measure is likely of marijuana like a traffic to crimp tobacco company violation. A first offense profits and emulates Austra- would carry a $100 fine. lia, which in 2012 enacted The measure would bring a law forcing cigarettes to New Hampshire in line with be sold in plain olive green other New England states packaging with images that have relaxed marijuana showing the damaging efpossession laws in recent fects of smoking. years.

British lawmakers effecThe House has passed tively ended years of politi- several decriminalization cal debate, private lobbying bills in past years, but they and public consultation by have failed to make it out of passing the legislation by a the Senate. Governor Magmargin of 367 votes to 113. gie Hassan, a Democrat, — From wire reports has said she would veto a

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country and widespread complaints of mistreatment of blacks by police.

‘Firefly’ stars reunite for Web series ‘Con Man’ LOS ANGELES — “Firefly” stars Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion are launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for a new Web series, “Con Man.” The series is a lighthearted take on the personalities, luminaries, comic book stores, and characters the duo have encountered during their years in the sci-fi community and convention circuit.

“If you’ve gone to a sci-fi convention, you’ve only seen half of it,” said Tudyk. “‘Con Man’ delivers what convention ‘All-Access’ passes have only promised in the past. I’ve been to conventions from San Diego to Dubai and I have so many great experiences to share through the world of ‘Con Man.’ The sci-fi fans have changed my life and I want to give them a chance to see a new view of the world they built.”

The campaign is seeking $450,000 and has an April 9 deadline. The campaign reached its $450,000 goal around midday on March 11, prompting Tudyk to introduce two stretch goals: at $500,000 (which has since been passed) backers gained access to private instagram accounts, and at $575,000, the duo will be able to fund a fourth episode.

Clarkson’s ‘Piece

By Piece’ debuts atop Billboard 200

LOS ANGELES — Pop singer Kelly Clarkson racked up the third No. 1 album of her career as “Piece By Piece” debuted in the top slot of the weekly OKLAHOMA CITY — U.S. Billboard 200 chart on The University of Oklahoma Wednesday.

The first “American Idol” fraternity linked to a video winner ties fellow champion showing students singing Carrie Underwood in No. 1 a racist song has been shut down and its house vacated, albums among contestants of the long-running Fox TV school officials said on Oklahoma City Pastor John A. Reed, center, flanked by reality show, Billboard said.

Wednesday.

NAACP leaders and pastors of Oklahoma City African“Piece By Piece” talThe university has American churches, speaks during a news conference in lied 97,000 units, including expelled two students who Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The University of Oklahoma 83,000 albums sold, in the shut down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house and vacated it, were leading the song and week ended March 8, acschool officials said Wednesday. (Reuters/Heide Brandes) closed the Sigma Alpha cording to Nielsen SoundEpsilon fraternity house.

Scan.

The resignation of Chief University President David decriminalization bill.

Thomas Jackson, which the Boren has said the school would have zero tolerance Ferguson police city announced in a brief Danny Trejo joins statement, is the latest in a for racism. chief resigns ‘Dusk Till Dawn’ string of departures since “As of midnight last KANSAS CITY — The LOS ANGELES — the findings of the Justice night, the house has closed,” police chief of Ferguson, Danny Trejo has joined the Department probe were an- said Corbin Wallace, press Missouri, resigned on nounced on March 4. secretary for Boren’s office. cast of Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Wednesday, following a Protesters had called for “It’s too early to determine scathing U.S. Justice DeJackson’s removal since the what will be done with that Series” on his El Rey Network, the cabler announced partment report that found fatal shooting of an unarmed property.” widespread racially biased black teenager by a white The 10-second video was Wednesday.

Trejo appeared in the film abuses in the city’s police Ferguson police officer on shot on a bus chartered for a franchise. department and municipal Aug. 9. The killing triggered date night by the fraternity.

— From wire reports court. protests in cities around the — From wire reports

Oklahoma frat linked to racist song is closed

Robberies

Gwinnett County Police Officer Jim Barfield, the community relations officer for the department’s south precinct, speaks Wednesday morning to Chips Boyle, the owner and operator of Joe’s To Go on Highpoint Road. The restaurant recently had a driver robbed during a delivery.

(Staff Photo: Tyler Estep)

food delivery business we can,” Barfield said, “and talk to managers, talk to calltakers, and talk to the delivery drivers, and give these guys updated information. … The only thing we can do is get out there and educate people as to what’s going on.”

The message was wellreceived.

Kailash Zaber, a manager at the Marco’s Pizza location on Centerville

detailed investigation.

The helicopter that crashed had a flight data recorder that will be part of the investigation, a Louisiana guard official said.

General Martin Dempsey, the top U.S. military officer, told a U.S. Senate hearing that the “loss of the folks on that helicopter” served as “a reminder to us that those who serve put themselves at risk both in training and in combat.”

In February 2012, seven Marines were killed when two helicopters collided during a nighttime training exercise along the California-Arizona border.

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Highway, said his shop has never had a driver targeted but called the police department’s efforts “very important.”

“We’ve got to keep (drivers) safe,” he said.

“We’ve got to keep them going. And it takes a burden on everyone else when something like that happens. They’re scared, of course.”

Chips Boyle is the owner-operator at the

Joe’s to Go restaurant on Highpoint Road. In January, one of his drivers was ambushed while making a delivery to a vacant home. He was hit over the head and fell off the front porch, breaking his wrist.

“I don’t need any dead, hurt drivers,” Boyles said Wednesday. “They’re out there trying to make a living just like everybody else.”

Boyles said his delivery orders are always vetted as much as possible, with “a few more questions” asked of unfamiliar customers.

His drivers know to be extra attentive when making deliveries, and have his support if they feel like something isn’t right.

That last part is the key.

“A lot of these things can be combatted by common sense and instinct,” Barfield said.

Anyone interested in more information or in participating in “Operation Safe Delivery” can contact the Gwinnett County Police Department’s south precinct at 678-442-5033.

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Leili

doned her family.

On July 16, a search party found Nique Leili’s body nude and decomposing in a wooded area near the entrance to her family’s subdivision off Russell Road.

An autopsy called the cause of death undetermined but “highly suspicious for homicidal violence,” and Matthew Leili was named as a suspect within days.

That’s as far as detectives got until earlier this month, when new evidence recovered from the surveillance system inside the Leilis’ home convinced them and the district attorney’s office that they had enough to charge Leili with his wife’s murder. Little has been revealed about the new evidence, but a police spokesman said last week that it was enough to find probable cause against Leili when combined with “everything accumulated through the investigation.”

Leili, who moved to Londonberry, Vt., in 2011, was in Atlanta last week for the start of a bench trial related to life insurance payouts from his wife’s death. According to attorney Noel Benedict, who was representing Nique Leili’s adult daughter in the proceedings, Matthew Leili testified for about two hours before Gwinnett County police arrested him outside the courthouse.

Benedict said that Leili addressed the events of the night of his wife’s disappearance, but “had an explanation for everything.” A transcript for the hearing was not yet available on Wednesday, and the court reporter responsible for producing it said it would likely not be ready until next week.

Leili is being held at the Gwinnett County jail without bond.

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The ‘disparate impact’ racket The U.S. Department of Justice issued two reports last week, both growing out of the Ferguson, Mo., shooting of Michael Brown. The first report, about “the shooting death of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson” ought to be read by every American.

It says in plain English what facts have been established by an autopsy on Michael Brown’s body — by three different pathologists, including one representing the family of Michael Brown — by DNA examination of officer Darren Wilson’s gun and police vehicle, by examination of the pattern of blood stains on the Thomas street where Brown Sowell died and by a medical report on officer Wilson, from the hospital where he went for treatment.

The bottom line is that all this hard evidence, and more, show what a complete lie was behind all the stories of Michael Brown being shot in the back or being shot while raising his hands in surrender.

Yet that lie was repeated, and dramatized in demonstrations and riots from coast to coast, as well as in the media and even in the halls of Congress.

The other Justice Department report, issued the same day — “Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department” — was a complete contrast. Sweeping assumptions take the place of facts, and misleading statistics are thrown around recklessly. This second report is worth reading, just to get a sense of the contrast with the first.

According to the second report, law enforcement in Ferguson has a “disparate impact” on blacks and is “motivated” by “discriminatory intent.”

“Disparate impact” statistics have for decades been used, in many different contexts, to claim that discrimination was the reason why different groups are not equally represented as employees or in desirable positions or — as in this case — in undesirable positions as people arrested or fined.

Like many other uses of “disparate impact” statistics, the Justice Department’s evidence against the Ferguson police department consists of numbers showing that the percentage of people stopped by police or fined in court is larger than the percentage of blacks in the local population.

The implicit assumption is that such statistics about particular outcomes would normally reflect the percentage of people in the population. But, no matter how plausible this might seem on the surface, it is seldom found in real life, and those who use that standard are seldom, if ever, asked to produce hard evidence that it is factually correct, as distinct from politically correct.

Blacks are far more statistically “overrepresented” among basketball stars in the NBA than among people stopped by police in Ferguson. Hispanics are similarly far more “over-represented” among baseball stars than in the general population. Asian Americans are likewise far more “over-represented” among students at leading engineering schools like M.I.T. and Cal Tech than in the population as a whole.

None of this is peculiar to the United States. You can find innumerable examples of such group disparities in countries around the world and throughout recorded history.

In 1802, for example, czarist Russia established a university in Estonia. For most of the 19th century, members of one ethnic group provided more of the students — and a majority of the professors — than any other. This was neither the local majority (Estonians) nor the national majority (Russians), but Germans.

An international study of the ethnic makeup of military forces around the world found that “militaries fall far short of mirroring, even roughly, the multi-ethnic societies” from which they come.

Even with things whose outcomes are not in human hands, “disparate impact” is common. Men are struck by lightning several times as often as women. Most of the tornadoes in the entire world occur in the middle of the United States.

Since the population of Ferguson is 67 percent black, the greatest possible “overrepresentation” of blacks among those stopped by police or fined by courts is 50 percent. That would not make the top 100 disparities in the United States or the top 1,000 in the world.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www. tsowell.com.

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Senate Bill 186: Trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist Once again government is trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist.

Under the guise of saving taxpayer dollars, Senate Bill 186 proposes to allow local governments to place legal notices — that are now required to be published in a legal organ newspaper — on the governments’ websites instead. In a Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee hearing last week, sponsor Sen. Bill Heath stated that governments could save an average of $900 a year by placing public notices on their own websites.

However, other provisions of the bill undermine supporters’ claims that the legislation would provide any meaningful savings for governments. The bill would require governments that switch to Web publishing to also publish instructions for accessing the online notices in a newspaper each month

for a year and then annually afterward, maintain the notices for 12 months, keep a separate notice book that is indexed and updated for public inspection, provide a copy of each e-notice to the public library and clerk of Superior Court to be maintained for a year and mail or email a copy of each notice to any citizen who requests it.

More important than any added expense or cumbersome requirements, however, are the very real threats to access and accountability when we ask government to “self-regulate,” if such a thing is really possible.

There are historically valid reasons that public notices — everything from information about taxes, budgets, foreclosures, rezonings, land takings, contracts and more — are required to be published by newspapers. Newspapers are widely accessible by the majority of people in this state,

the cost of access is low, and the printed product provides a permanent record that cannot be manipulated. Moreover, newspapers are an independent third party with a deeply rooted responsibility to provide government oversight.

Sponsors of this bill are overlooking the reality that there remain many Georgians who don’t own a computer, who are not computer savvy, or who don’t want or don’t have access to the Internet.

Moreover, in counties where there are multiple government jurisdictions, citizens could find themselves searching from one website to another in order to find the information they need. Local newspapers provide a clearinghouse for public notices, a one-stop-shop that is user-friendly and fills the digital gaps for many residents of our communities.

More significantly, sponsors of this bill are overlooking this

key fact — public notices are already online in every county in this state — a free service provided courtesy of newspapers at www.GeorgiaPublicNotice.com. This calls into question what sponsors of this bill are really hoping to accomplish — make access easier for the public or make it easier for governments to operate under the radar.

SB 186 was passed out of the State and Local Government Operations Committee last week and is now in the Senate Rules Committee. If lawmakers are really looking to help Georgia’s citizens, that’s as far as it will go.

The unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the Gwinnett Daily Post. Columns, letters to the editor and cartoons reflect the opinions of the individuals who penned them.

It is the policy of the Gwinnett Daily Post to correct all errors of fact.

The dunking of President Obama WASHINGTON — With a few tweaks to Scripture, herewith today’s relevant verse: What therefore President Obama hath joined together, let Republicans put asunder.

The letter from 47 Republican senators to Iran’s leaders proffering a civics lesson on the U.S. Constitution has predictably triggered outrage.

In a sneeringly adolescent tone, the senators basically said that Obama will be gone in two years and they’ll still be here.

In other words, any agreement could be null in January 2017.

The letter was a bad but not apocalyptic idea and illustrates one of the more dangerous aspects of Washington’s indigenous narcissistic disorder. The world does not revolve around one’s own exclusive perspective or wisdom — she wrote, ironically.

It must be relatively simple as one clips along the marble halls of the Russell Building, speaking only to those of like mind, to decide that undermining the president is a public service. Hating the president isn’t personal; it’s a national imperative! He’s not our leader, after all. Therefore, he shall not be allowed to lead.

Collateral damage? Well, such is the toll we pay for truth, justice and My Way. Yes, the preceding paragraph could as easily have been written about the president, whose

to what avail?

Iran quickly dismissed the letter as “propaganda.”

Democrats were forced into a partisan corner. Even the seven heroic Republicans who declined to sign the letter have been undermined as they fix their sights on a longer-term Kathleen strategy to derail a bad deal.

Parker Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Foreign Relations Comapproach to governance has mittee, who did not sign the become an executive action (or letter, has sponsored what he agreement, in this case) and a hoped would be a veto-proof pen. The disorder isn’t unique bill requiring congressional to one party and is, apparently, approval of any deal with Iran. highly contagious.

But to be veto-proof, he needs Sen. Tom Cotton, the fresh- Democrats. man senator from Arkansas, Nice going, guys. whom Salon anointed “Sarah In the great meanwhile, Palin with a Harvard degree,” inching up to the March 24 led the charge not only against framework deadline with Iran, Iran but also against the presi- there is as yet no deal to protest dent of the United States, not nor details to fret about. The to mention our allies. “framework” is a sort-of, moreWhat a pity that my editors or-less outline of theoretically insist that I’ve used up my agreeable points, while the lifetime quota of “ain’t just “deadline” is a kinda-sorta whistlin’ Dixie.” Had I known aspirational goal line for a deal a senator named Cotton was that may or may not happen. heading to the Hill, I’d have So what was the rush to exercised greater restraint tell Iran, essentially, “You’re through the years. wasting your time?” The 47 Instead, I’m reduced to not- senators are like food critics ing that ol’ Tom Cotton, who is who condemn a chef before actually the youngest senator, he’s finished preparing the is wasting no time establishentree. Their letter also signals ing himself as a party leader. to the world that they have zero Rounding up other Republican respect for our president, nor signatories, Cotton launched for the other world powers ata bunker buster smack in the tempting to try diplomacy first. middle of the negotiations. But This cannot have been

helpful to any but the signees’ legendary standing in their own minds.

In comments about the letter, his lips stretched a little tighter than usual, Obama suggested that the 47 were seeking “common cause” with Iran’s hard-right religious leaders.

The foregoing observations don’t mean that Republicans are wrong about their concerns. Many Democrats are concerned, too. No American disagrees that Iran is a bad actor undeserving of faith or trust. But there are other ways to accomplish our goals than profiling for political profit.

The 47 may have felt like Zorro inking their opposition with the bold felt tips of their swords, but they were acting like children at the school fair whose single purpose is to dunk the principal.

No one is jockeying for a bad deal, plainly. And everyone at the table and beyond knows that the U.S. and Israel will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon. Period. Thus, an attempt at a diplomatic agreement is more than a hedge against the unthinkable — a nuclear-armed Iran. It is a message to the world that if and when we do take military action, it will be as a last resort.

At least we tried.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com.

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•From Page 1A her crooked path she’d walked so long, or if God should have the killer send her home.

In Robinson’s mind, she could say no to God, or to Nichols, the man who had just taken the lives of four innocent people and could at any moment draw blood again if Robinson didn’t keep him happy.

She turned the killer down. *** That story means a lot to Robinson. She’s been telling it since the late 2005 release of her book, “Unlikely Angel.” Later this year, anyone who sees the film based on her life, “Captive,” featuring Kate Mara of “House of Cards,” also might hear it.

That’s because it’s among the most important moments of her life. Ten years later, as her grief for the lives Nichols took before she turned him in remains, so does the memory of the time God spoke through the killer.

“When I looked at him and said, ‘No,’ whether I had five seconds to live or 50 years to live, I had not felt that free in a long time,” Robinson, now 36 years old and living in North Augusta, S.C., told the Daily Post last week. “It was like I wasn’t in control of my life any more and Brian Nichols wasn’t in control. Jesus Christ was in control.”

It might sound strange — the connection Robinson ended up having with the killer, the thought that he took so much from so many people and somehow gave Robinson something.

Members of the Gwinnett Special Operations were on the scene during the capture of Fulton County courthouse shooter Brian Nichols in Duluth. (File Photo)

She’s still trying to understand it today. In some small ways, she can empathize with Nichols.

But having lost her first husband to murder in 2001, she won’t forget what he did to the families of his victims.

“To me, he’s just like I am, he’s (someone fallen) from God’s grace,” she said. “He’s also a man who took four innocent lives away.” *** Nichols entered Robinson’s life at about 2 a.m. on March 12, 2005.

She had gone out to buy cigarettes and came back to find him sitting near her apartment door behind the wheel of a truck belonging to federal agent David Wilhelm. Nichols killed Wilhelm for the pickup in Buckhead, after fleeing the Atlanta courthouse. Set to stand trial on a rape charge, Nichols stole a deputy’s gun and killed Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes, court reporter and Snellville resident Julie Ann Brandau and Fulton Sheriff’s Sgt. Hoyt Teasley.

At Robinson’s front door off Satellite Boulevard, Nichols pulled a gun and

Ashley Smith Robinson, second from left, is seen with her family. (Special Photo)

Media clamor during a press conference with Barry Hazen, then the attorney for Fulton County courthouse shooter Brian Nichols in Duluth. (File Photo)

She’s also stayed in touch with some of the forced her inside the apart- why her husband was taken family members of Nichment. from her so young, why it ols’ victims.

For the next seven hours was so hard to get her life Candee Wilhelm, the or so, the killer had the run together, why she couldn’t federal agent’s widow, said of the apartment. He occa- seem to stop letting down she has a unique bond with sionally tied Robinson up. her little girl.

Robinson and the other He looked through things Then, with the armed victims’ families, as well as some members of the jury from the federal agent’s killer feet away, she wonthat sent Nichols away to truck. They watched the dered if God would give life in prison. news, and Nichols got upset her another chance.

For a long time, Robinwith small inaccuracies in *** the reports of his rampage.

Robinson got her chance son didn’t understand why she was the one who surThey passed time talking at about 9 a.m. She’d vived Nichols’ rage. All the about their children. Nich- convinced Nichols to let ols had a son born only a her keep plans she had with dead were well-respected few days before his killing her daughter if she’d come and loved, “unbelievable, remarkable people,” as spree began. Robinson had right back. Instead, she Robinson puts it. been dealing with guilt for called 911 and the police They indeed were difletting her daughter Paige, arrested Nichols. ferent from Robinson at then 5 years old, live with From that point on, the time. Just take David her aunt, because drugs had Robinson says everything Wilhelm. After his death, such a hold on her. has been different in her Candee Wilhelm says she Robinson and Nichols life. She finally fought off talked about faith, too. meth for good. She got her heard constantly about good deeds he’d done.

She read to Nichols from daughter back.

“The incredible procesthe best-selling devotional She began to share her sion bringing David’s body book, “The Purpose Driven story as often as she could Life.” to motivate others. Even to- from Atlanta to Charlotte to “He seemed confused day, Robinson, who works his hometown of Salisbury, N.C., and his funeral, was and like he was fighting a as an X-ray tech, does spiritual battle,” Robinson about one speaking engage- the type fit for a national remembers. ment a month. She worked hero,” Wilhelm told the She connected with closely with the filmmakers Daily Post last week.

Nichols in that. She too of “Captive,” — the release “Countless folks personally reached out to me felt lost, wondering if date of which hasn’t been with stories of David and everything she’d been told announced — hoping that sent mementos that I will about God her whole life the movie would inspire always treasure.” was true. She wondered others.

obituaries LILBURN

Edward R. Alkins Edward R. Alkins, age 79, of Lilburn, GA, passed away March 8, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200. www. wagesfuneralhome.com

NORCROSS

Norman Briggs Norman Henry Briggs, 80, of Norcross, GA., passed away on March 6, 2015. Norm was born in Shanghai, China on June 18, 1934. Norm was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Platz Kaster Briggs and ex-wife, Marlene McLean Cramer.

Norm graduated from Duke University, Magna Cum Laude in 1956 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked as a project manager on fossil and nuclear projects.

He also served in the U.S. Air Force as an instructor. Norm was an avid Bridge player and an early member of the Gwinnett SeniorNet Computer Learning Center. He is survived by his wife Nancy Pluth Briggs, his brother Richard Briggs (Kay), and their four children.

Norm is also survived by his three children from his marriage to Marlene, Daryl McLean (Kim) of Escondido CA., Jeanne Zsolczai (Michael), of Colorado and Julie Winter (Steve) also of Colorado; three stepchildren from his marriage to Lucille, Karen Clark, Thomas Kaster Jr. (Patti), and Lauren Dreyfuss. A number of grandchildren also survive. A Celebration of his Life will be held on Sunday, April 12 at 2:00 P.M in the Media Center at Parc at Duluth.

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Jamie Harvey Jamie Lynn Harvey, age 52, of Lula, GA, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. She was preceded in death by her mother, Sue S. Harvey.

She is survived by her children, Brandy and Nathan Barnett, Duluth, GA, and Michael and Rochelle Holbrook, Dacula, GA; grandchildren, Caleb Barnett and T. J. Barnett; father and stepmother, James and Elaine Harvey, Winder, GA; sister and brother-in-law, Pamela and Wayne Sharpton, Auburn, GA; brothers and sister-inlaw, Terry and Catherine Harvey, Cary, NC, and Allen Harvey, Oakwood, GA; nephews, Blake Harvey, Lawrenceville, GA, and Chris and Michelle Cronic, Dacula, GA; great nephews, Noah and Ashton Cronic, and Andrew, Luke and Reed Harvey; several aunts, uncles and cousins. Ms. Harvey was born October 14, 1962 in Lawrenceville, GA. She was a 1980 graduate of Dacula High School and received her education at Gainesville Junior College. She was a bookkeeper, tax preparer and member of Fisherman’s Net Church, Lula, GA. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Matt Mote officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dacula, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Flowers accepted or donations may be made to Fisherman’s Net Church, 120 Garrison Shoals Road, Lula, GA 30554 in memory of Jamie Lynn Harvey.

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.

HOSCHTON

Fred Higgins Fred Allen Higgins, age 76, of Hoschton passed away peacefully at home on Friday, March 6, 2015.

DULUTH

Cassandra Horne Ms. Cassandra Horne of Duluth, GA passed on March 6, 2015. Services are entrusted to Gregory B Levett & Sons Funeral Home Gwinnett Chapel.

(770)338-5558 DACULA

Michael Jordan At 10:13 AM on March 4, 2014 the trumpets resounded the entrance of Michael Lynn Jordan of Dacula, Georgia to the gates of Heaven. He had fought valiantly to survive a lung transplant necessitated by pulmonary fibrosis that showed no mercy.

Michael was born January 11, 1959 to Vernon and Shirley Devore Jordan. As a young child, Mike was fairly typical but excelled at the sport of football. So much so that, in his senior year at Berkmar High School in Lilburn, he was chosen as co-All-county back the same year that future Heisman candidate George Rogers was chosen for the same position. After a short stint at Liberty Baptist College, Mike chose to enter the car business where he excelled. After various entry level positions, he was hired as the New Car Manager at Stone Mountain Ford. After a short

His name was also included on a memorial for fallen officers in Washington, D.C.; a task force was formed in his name; and awards were created and given to challenge others to live and work by his standard of ethics.

The story was much the same with the others, whose lives were lamented by many in newspaper accounts and large, tearful funerals.

With people like that gone, Robinson says she wondered why “the lowly widowed drug addict mom who had every reason in this world to die” lived.

She doesn’t wonder about that so much these days. Now remarried, with three kids at home, she just tries to continue using her experience to help others, and enjoy the life she’s lucky enough to lead.

“It’s perfect for me to say God reached down into the pits of Hell that my life had become and he didn’t give up on me,” Robinson said.

“He said, ‘I’m going to change your life if you let me change it.’ … I didn’t do anything spectacular, I just began to obey God and I let him do the rest.”

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time he was promoted to General Manager and then to a Vice President with the parent company.

From there he went on to become the dealer principal at Heritage Lincoln Mercury for twelve years. After that business was successfully sold to consolidators, Mike then, free-lanced as a “fixer” for other troubled dealerships and did an amazing job.

Then, seeking a change, Mike chose to become a boat dealer and, again, excelled. When his dear friend, Bill Huseby, the dealer principal of Mall of Georgia Ford, was stricken with lymphoma, Mike chose to step in for Bill until Bill recovered. His thought was that he would be there to hand the keys back to Bill. Unfortunately, Bill never recovered and Mike found himself in a position he’d never hoped to inhabit. Nonetheless, Mike excelled and became the largest Ford dealership in the region with Van Tuyl Automotive Group. Shortly after, Mike contracted a respiratory virus that took him over a four year struggle that no one should experience. His lungs slowly deteriorated to the point where a lung transplant was the only alternative. Fortunately, he was able to make a contact with the Mayo Clinic and they were able to get him approved for a lung transplant. Though it was accomplished initially, over time, Mike’s body was just too weak to assimilate the transplant.

He is pre-deceased by his father, Vernon Jordan and survived by his amazing and ever-loving wife Laura Krueger Jordan. His children Christopher and Kendra Jordan. Mother Shirley DeVore Jordan ; Brother Darryl Jordan and many other family and close friends.

A memorial service in his honor will be held at Saturday March 14, 2015 2Pm at Crosspointe Church, 1800 Satellite Blvd, Duluth Georgia with Pastor Chad Logan

Officiating. In lieu of flowers, it is the family’s request that donations be made to the Mayo Clinic for Pulmonary Research. https://philanthropy. mayoclinic.org. Mayo Clinic 4500 San Pablo Rd. Jacksonville, FL 32224 Attn: Lung Transplant Program “Mayo Building” Ste 3-190N. Arrangements by: Tim Stewart Funeral Home 300 Simonton Rd. SW Lawrenceville, GA 30046. 770-962-3100.

Please leave online condolences at stewartfh.com.

LILBURN

Brunilda Marquez Brunilda Marquez of Lilburn, GA passed on March 9, 2015. Services are entrusted to Gregory B Levett & Sons Funeral Home Gwinnett Chapel.

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Margaret Medsker Margaret Ray Duke Medsker, age 89, who passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 LILBURN

Norman Norton Norman Norton, age 77, of Lilburn, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Bill Head Funeral Home and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel. 770-564-2726.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Kathleen Roberts Kathleen Marie Roberts passed away early on the morning of March 9, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by a sister, Jeanette Arnold, a brother, Robert “Bobby” Arnold; and her parents, Ruth Marie Arnold and Junior Gordon “Bud”Arnold. She leaves behind a loving family including her husband, Rob-

ert “Bob” Roberts; daughters, Jennifer Roberts and Elizabeth “Beth” Roberts and her partner, Steven Terrell; son, James Matthew “Matt” Roberts and his fiancee, Celia Ogletree.

Kathy had one grandchild, Evan Alexander Terrell, whom she adored and was very active in his life and development as a child of faith. She is also survived by her sister and brotherin-law, Karon and John Chioso and their children, John Michael Chioso and Ashley Chioso, brother, Joseph Arnold and loving aunt, Sandra Lilja. Kathy was active at First Baptist Church of Lawrenceville for 34 years and leaves behind an extended loving family there. She has always been active in her community serving for many years as a health service supervisor for the senior citizen centers in Gwinnett county. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, March 14, 2015 at First Baptist Church of Lawrenceville with Rev. Inman Houston officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00–2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 6500 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 260, Duluth, GA 30097.

Online condolences may be left at www.billheadfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel, (770) 564-2726.

JEFFERSON

James Shumake Mr. James Ned Shumake, 75, of Jefferson, who passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015.

ALTO

William Smith, Jr. William Erskine “Bill” Smith, Jr., age 74, of Alto, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015.

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GIRLS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR Will Hammock

Geigers bond on ALTA title win Each Geiger sister made big contributions to Parkview athletics in their own way, then at the college level.

Sara, class of 2003, was the Gwinnett player of the year in soccer and played in college at Samford.

Middle sister Jessica, class of 2006, played volleyball, tennis and basketball, the sport she played at Georgia Southern. Megan, the youngest sister and a 2009 grad, played basketball and soccer, her sport at Georgia State.

They matched up with and against each other in various sports over the years, but those were unofficial and unsanctioned games around the house.

“Everything was a competition,” said Jessica, who now works in Home Depot’s corporate office.

“Even at the dinner table you had to guard your plate because people were trying to steal your food.

That’s what made us good at our sports. Each of us pushed the other ones to do better.”

See GEIGERS, Page 4B

Carrera hired to coach ’Stangs

By Paul Thomas

paul.thomas@ gwinnettdailypost.com

NORCROSS — When Meadowcreek principal Tommy Welch and athletic director Michael House began their search for a new football coach, they didn’t want to announce just a coach.

They wanted to make sure that they found a group of men ready to embrace the challenges of the Mustangs’ long struggling football program.

On Wednesday, Meadowcreek presented just that at a press conference in the school’s gymnasium in front of over 70 players.

Jason Carrera was named head coach and he spoke to the team alongside five assistant coaches who will join him on staff.

“We want to present to the community and to the region a full coaching staff,” Welch said. “Coach Carrera has worked hard to develop the staff. We were intent on making sure that we didn’t just hire a coach and piece together a staff. We hired a staff. We hired a team. A program is consistent of staff members that create that program and that’s what we hired.

That’s what was presented today — a program.”

See CARRERA, Page 2B

Haley McInerny SENIOR • PEACHTREE RIDGE

Peachtree Ridge’s Haley McInerny poses for a photo on Tuesday at Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee. McInerny was recently named the 2015 Girls Swimmer of the Year by the Gwinnett Daily Post. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

McInerny caps stellar career with another big season

By Will Hammock

will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

A new role, one that seemed to fit well, emerged for Haley McInerny this season.

The Peachtree Ridge senior had deferred most of the leadership duties to talented upperclassmen throughout high school,

even though she was one of the state’s top swimmers her first three years of high school. The Lions previously had other talented girls swimmers who were older, which allowed to McInerny to sometimes drift more to the background at times.

When graduation wiped out a loaded senior class after the 2014 season, it

the Daily Post girls swimmer of the year.

Boys and girls all-county “Haley is a strong swimming teams, 4B student-athlete who excels in and out of the water,” left McInerny alone as the Peachtree Ridge coach girls program’s figureJeremy Laird said. “She head. It’s a role she told is a team captain and is a the Daily Post early in the huge help with mentorseason that she enjoyed ing the younger, newer and a few months later, athletes to the team. She the whole leadership thing is not only successful has worked out well for with swimming, she is MORE INSIDE

academically strong and maintains a GPA of 3.929.

Haley is a polite, mature and wonderful young woman to have on the team. Her maturity and leadership are what drives her to be successful.”

As she has done throughout her career, McInerny excelled with See MCINERNY, Page 4B

BOYS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR

Cody Bekemeyer SENIOR • COLLINS HILL

Bekemeyer leaves state champion legacy at Collins Hill

By Will Hammock

will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

Between a photo of 2014 Collins Hill grad Sean Russell, a four-time state champion wrestler, and a hand-painted athletic mural there is tangible evidence of Cody Bekemeyer’s impact on the Suwanee school.

Bekemeyer’s portrait photo now hangs alongside the other athletic greats on the “Wall of Champions,” a long stretch of photos honoring each of the Eagles’ alltime state champions. Some sports have an extensive list of state champions, but despite years of team success in the pool, there were previously only two swimmers on the wall, Scotty Wherry and Jared Robinson.

Bekemeyer, the Daily Post’s swimmer Collins Hill’s Cody Bekemeyer poses for a photo on Tuesday at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee. Bekemeyer was recently named the 2015 Boys Swimmer of the Year by the Gwinnett Daily Post. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

See BEKEMEYER, Page 4B

2B • THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2015

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Gwinnett Preps

Today

BASEBALL

• Parkview in Perfect Game Spring Showcase at Lake Point 5:30 p.m. — Hebron at Wesleyan 5:30 p.m. — South at Collins Hill 6 p.m. — Lanier at Milton

GOLF

3 p.m. — Dacula and Parkview at Country Club of Gwinentt 3:30 p.m. — Duluth and Mountain View at Northwood 3:30 p.m. — Grayson and George Walton Academy at Monroe Country Club 3:30 p.m. — Providence and Hebron at Hamilton Mill 4 p.m. — Chestatee and Lanier at Sugar Hill

LACROSSE

5:30 p.m. — Druid Hills boys at Meadowcreek 5:30 p.m. — Forsyth Central boys at Wesleyan 5:30 p.m. — Meadowcreek girls at Rockdale 5:30 p.m. — North girls at Cambridge 5:30 p.m. — Parkview at Mountain View 5:30 p.m. — Riverside Military boys at GAC 5:30 p.m. — Wesleyan girls at St. Pius 6 p.m. — SW DeKalb girls at Buford 7 p.m. — Archer girls at Mill Creek 7 p.m. — Brookwood boys at Duluth 7 p.m. — North boys at Archer 7:30 p.m. — Collins Hill boys at South Forsyth 7:30 p.m. — Grayson girls at Peachtree Ridge 7:30 p.m. — West Forsyth girls at Brookwood

SOCCER

5 p.m. — Wesleyan at Hebron 5:30 p.m. — Archer at Meadowcreek 5:30 p.m. — Brookwood at Central 5:30 p.m. — South at Shiloh 6 p.m. — Grayson at Ashley River, S.C. 6 p.m. — Milton boys at Norcross

TENNIS

3:30 p.m. — Berkmar at Shiloh 3:30 p.m. — Central and Archer at Rhodes Jordan 3:30 p.m. — Parkview boys and Brookwood at Montclair 3:30 p.m. — Parkview girls at Brookwood 3:30 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Collins Hill 3:30 p.m. — South boys and Dacula at Apalachee Country Club 3:30 p.m. — South girls at Dacula 4 p.m. — Blessed Trinity at Wesleyan 4 p.m. — Johnson at Buford 4 p.m. — Meadowcreek at Duluth 4 p.m. — Mill Creek at Norcross 4 p.m. — St. Pius at GAC 4 p.m. — Tallulah Falls at Hebron

TRACK & FIELD

4 p.m. — FAT All-Comers III Invitational at Parkview 4 p.m. — Wesleyan Invitational

gwinnettdailypost.com GWINNETT GRADS

Hebron players making a mark three saves. He had eight saves last season with a 2.97 ERA. Two other Hebron grads, One of Gwinnett freshmen Brady Shoppe at County’s smallest Georgia Georgia Gwinnett ColHigh School Association lege and Drew Coker at schools has made quite an Piedmont College, are impact on college baseball contributors to their colthis season. lege programs. Shoppe An impressive group of has made six starts and 18 Hebron Christian products appearances at catcher for have excelled thus far at GGC and Coker has made the next level, and that a pair of relief pitching apisn’t counting what Danny pearances for Piedmont.

Lockhart and Mason Felt have done as professional BASEBALL players in the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds Blanton huge in farm systems, respectively.

Georgia State win Jordan Hillyer, Tyler Parkview grad Ryan Hutch, Kevin Burgee, Blanton was the star of Brady Shoppe and Drew Georgia State’s 13-3 win Coker are all important over Kennesaw State on contributors early in the Tuesday night. season with their college The sophomore outprograms. fielder hit a solo home run Hillyer, a sophomore, and a grand slam, both is the Friday night starter during a nine-run fifth infor Kennesaw State. In ning, and became just the four starts, he is 1-1 with a second Panther in school 2.41 ERA and 24 strikehistory to homer twice in outs in 18 2/3 innings. the same inning. The score Opponents are hitting just was tied 3-3 when his solo .169 against him. homer led off the fifth.

Hutch has sparked the “I was just trying to get offense at West Georgia a good pitch to hit,” Blanafter transferring from ton said a GSU release.

Gordon College. The “My second at-bat, the junior outfielder has team pitcher was struggling to highs in batting average command the zone. I just (.400), hits (26), runs (26), got a pitch that I liked, and doubles (seven), slugging I was blessed that it went percentage (.538) and on- over the fence. We all did base percentage (.536). our part today, as you can Burgee is the closer at see. It was just a great Georgia State, sporting a day all the way around 0.00 ERA through five ap- because Kennesaw State is pearances this season with a really good team.”

Blanton ranks second on the team with a .321 batting average and has scored a team-high 16 runs. He has three home runs, 11 RBIs and two doubles on the season.

By Will Hammock

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Gouge delivers in VSU victory Valdosta State can thank Brookwood’s Michael Gouge for its recent victories over Delta State and North Alabama.

The infielder’s two-run single tied the score in the seventh inning, then he hit a walk-off, solo home run in the ninth inning to complete a series sweep. He hit a second walk-off homer in VSU’s next series in a win over North Alabama.

Gouge is hitting .378 with four home runs and 23 RBIs this season.

TODAY NEXT UPCOMING

Off

South Carolina Fri, 7:35 p.m.

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

Gladiators

Tech hoops

at Phoenix at L.A. Lakers Off Fri, 10 p.m.

Sun, 9:30 p.m.

SS/92.9 FM SS/92.9 FM

SEC Tourney Off Fri, 9:30 p.m.

TBD SECN/750-AM

Off TBD TBD

GSU hoops

Off

Sun Belt Tourney Sat, 2 p.m.

TBD ESPN3/ 88.5-FM

Off

Off

Rochester (Mich.) Cumberland Sat, 1 p.m. (DH) Mon, 4 p.m.

Off

Cumberland Fri, 11 a.m.

Off

Olivet Nazarene SCAD Sat, 2 p.m.

Sun, 11 a.m.

Hawks

UGA hoops

GGC baseball

GGC softball

GGC W tennis

at Bryan (DH) Tue, 1 p.m.

Wiedeman honored

by Sun Belt Greater Atlanta Christian grad Trent Wiedeman, Wagner earns honor two straight weeks a senior at Georgia SouthTusculum College ern, was named to the (Tenn.) goalie Brooke All-Sun Belt Conference Wagner, a Brookwood third team this week.

Wiedeman is second on grad, has won the South the team in scoring (11.8) Atlantic Conference defensive player of the week and rebounding (5.5), honor the past two weeks. and also leads the team in blocks.

The freshman made 15 Gwinnett Grads is a colsaves, including nine in the umn that runs on Thurssecond half, to preserve a days spotlighting achieve16-11 victory over Wingments of past Gwinnett ate last weekend. It was the first conference win for standouts. Coaches and parents are urged to send the Pioneers, who are in suggestions via email to their inaugural season.

Wagner won the league will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com. honor the previous week

From Staff Reports

PTV = Peachtree TV, SS = SportSouth, FSS = Fox Sports South; *Gulf Coast Invitational in Mobile, Ala.

On TV COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Noon — ACC Tournament quarterfinal: TBA vs. Virginia WATL Noon — Big East Tournament quarterfinal: TBA vs. Villanova FS1 Noon — Atlantic 10 Tournament second round: La Salle vs.

Massachusetts NBCSP 12:30 p.m. — Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal: Baylor vs.

West Virginia ESPN2 2 p.m. — ACC Tournament quarterfinal: Louisville vs. TBA WATL 2:30 p.m. — Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal: Kansas vs.

TBA ESPN2 2:30 p.m. — Big East Tournament quarterfinal: Providence vs. St. John’s FS1 2:30 p.m. — Atlantic 10 Tournament second round: VCU vs. TBA NBCSP 6:30 p.m. — Big Ten Tournament second round: Indiana vs. Northwestern ESPN2 6:30 p.m. — Atlantic 10 Tournament second round: St. Bonaventure vs. Saint Joseph’s NBCSP 7 p.m. — ACC Tournament quarterfinal Duke vs. TBA WATL 7 p.m. — Big East Tournament quarterfinal: TBA vs.

Georgetown FS1 8:30 p.m. — Big Ten Tournament second round: Ohio State vs. TBA ESPN2 9 p.m. — ACC Tournament quarterfinal: Notre Dame vs.

TBA WATL 9 p.m. — Atlantic 10 Tournament second round: George Washington vs. TBA NBCSP 9:30 p.m. — Big East Tournament quarterfinal: Butler vs.

Xavier FS1 11:30 p.m. — Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal: Utah vs.

TBA ESPN

NBA

7 p.m. — Memphis at Washington TNT 9:30 p.m. — Cleveland at San Antonio TNT

DULUTH — The Gwinnett Gladiators kept up the string of trades Wednesday with a deal that sent Garry Nunn to Ontario in exchange for Robert Czarnik and future considerations.

Czarnik, 25, began the 2014-15 season with the Indy Fuel, racking up 30 points in 31 games for the expansion franchise. He was traded to the Reign on Jan. 13 and has put up six goals and four assists.

This is the Detroit native’s first season in the ECHL after three seasons in the AHL with the Manchester and Hamilton. A third-round (63rd overall) selection of the Los Angeles Kings in the 2008 draft, Czarnik played with the Monarchs from 2011-14, totaling 13 goals and 21 assists.

Nunn, 25, was the Gladiators’ second leading scorer with 13 goals and 31 assists in 58 games.

This was his first season with the Gladiators after three seasons with the Alaska Aces from 2009-13.

The native of Victoria, British Columbia, had his best season in 2012-13, when he was second on the Aces with 49 points on 17 goals and 32 assists.

Gwinnett Gladiators forward Garry Nunn, the team’s secondleading scorer, was traded to Ontario on Wednesday.

(Staff Photo: David Welker)

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GGC M tennis

Hutchins makes all-conference North Georgia sophomore Kelsey Hutchins, a Mountain View grad, made the All-Peach Belt Conference third team this season.

The 6-foot-1 forward ranks second on the team with averages of 13.5 points and 7.2 rebounds.

She also has made 95 of 113 free throws and her 84.1 free-throw percentage is first in the Peach Belt.

Gladiators trade Nunn to Ontario

S. Wesleyan (DH) March 19, 3 p.m.

Olivet Nazarene Sat, 2 p.m.

BASKETBALL

LACROSSE

The Home Teams

after making 17 saves on 28 shots (a 60.7 save percentage) in a 23-11 victory over Chowan.

She currently leads the SAC in save percentage (53.1) and is second in saves (52).

Carrera comes to Meadowcreek from Stockbridge High School, where he served as the quarterbacks coach last season as the Tigers (11-3) advanced to the Class AAAAA semifinals. He is also Stockbridge’s head baseball coach and will finish out the season in that role.

Prior to Stockbridge, Carrera was the head coach for Flint River Academy for two seasons after stops as an assistant at Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy and Henry County High School.

“He had outstanding credentials,” House said.

“He brings a lot to the table, but he is a leader.

That’s what we were looking for. A football leader.

Someone that focuses on academics, will build character and ultimately will graduate seniors and then link them into college experiences. That’s what we’re looking for and everything that I just mentioned is what coach Carrera represents. He did an outstanding job in the interview process and we had a huge pool of candidates.”

Since 2002, Meadowcreek has won just five total games, going 1-9 the last two seasons. It was the first time since 2002-03 that the school posted wins in back-to-back seasons.

Carrera THE CARRERA FILE Name: Jason Carrera New Position: Meadowcreek football head coach Former Position: Stockbridge baseball head coach and football assistant Age: 47 Education: Went to UT-Chattanooga on a football scholarship and finished his degree at Georgia State; currently pursing a master’s online at Grand Canyon University.

Background: After a 20-year career in the corporate world he joined Henry County’s staff; worked as quarterbacks coach in 2004 and was there until ’07; spent the next six years as an assistant football, baseball and golf coach at Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy; spent two years as the head coach at Flint River Academy and last year as quarterbacks coach and head baseball coach at Stockbridge; son is a student assistant for the University of Alabama football team Family: Sons Cole, 22, and Kyle, 16

The challenge of making the Mustangs contenders is not an easy task, but Carrera isn’t backing down. During the meeting he handed out shirts to his players that read “No Excuses” and “Dome Bound or Bust” on the back.

“Obviously I was aware of the situation and aware of the opportunity,” Carrera said. “The wins and losses don’t scare me.

They don’t. I feel like I have a program, I feel like I have a formula, I feel like I know the things that it takes to win. I feel like I know the things that it takes to build a program, and you’ve heard me say the word program a lot.

Right now at Meadowcreek they kind of have a team, they don’t have a program.

“All those things that

I talked about are part of having a program. Like having a weight room, having the proper equipment, having spring practices, having a summer program and going to camp and building a relationship with your guys. All that is part of a program. So those are the things that I know that we’ll have the opportunity to do here because Dr. Welch has given me that opportunity and we have talked extensively about the things that he is willing to do to build that program. Football should be the cornerstone of this school, and as it stands today football is not the cornerstone at Meadowcreek and that’s where we want to take it.”

Once Carrera was targeted for the job by House

and Welch, he had to present his staff to them before he could formally accept the position.

Those assistants were also announced on Wednesday. Offensive coordinator Rex Robertson is a high school teammate of Carrera’s from Forest Park and served as an assistant the last few seasons at Eagle’s Landing. Defensive coordinator David Miller is a former head coach in Louisiana and assistant at Newton.

Assistants Dave Mahfouz, Brandon Priest (a Grayson grad) and Dan Anderson also were introduced.

“I’ve got five guys here today that are going to be a part of that program and are a great part of that program,” Carrera said. “For me to have my OC and my DC solidified as we walk in here, and those other guys, means a lot to me.

These guys will be given a lot of space and a lot of autonomy to go out and get things done because I have the things that I need to get done. The coaches know their responsibilities and it’s just not make sure the dummies and the water are out, it’s things like seven-on-seven, holding tournaments, doing all those kind of things. I’ve been empowered to be able to do this because it’s going to take all of this to happen.”

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Sparrow named Providence edges Wesleyan in 8th Eagles new coach From Staff Reports

we had a ton of people that applied for this job in will.hammock@ county, out of county and gwinnettdailypost.com out of state, but we just Much like its recent felt like the best fit was baseball coaching search, right here in school.”

Collins Hill stayed inSparrow, who also will house to replace Paul continue as a baseball Pierce. assistant, takes over a The administration softball program that has introduced assistant four state championships Lance Sparrow as the in the last six seasons and Eagles’ new head softfive state titles overall. He ball coach Wednesday was part of the program’s morning, promoting one most recent championship of Pierce’s assistants to in 2013. lead the ultra-successful He coached baseball program. A similar situa- in North Carolina before tion played out in baseball moving into the Collins after Pierce, who took Hill district six years ago. a job as head softball His first introduction to and assistant baseball softball coaching came in coach at Mill Creek for Gwinnett. the 2015-16 school year, “Paul tried to get me stepped down. Assistant to come over there (to coach Daniel Warzon was softball) the first year I selected for that vacancy. did baseball with them,” Both openings drew Sparrow said. “I was considerable interest kind of hesitant at first. I from the outside, but the kind of helped them on Collins Hill administrathe field, doing the stuff tion liked the candidates I did in baseball. But already at the school best just watching how these in both cases. young ladies worked and Sparrow currently enjoyed the game, their teaches at the GIVE Cen- attitude was contagious. ter, but will join the Col“The attitude of the lins Hill physical educakids in the community tion department and will is just great. They really help with weight training work hard. We have speclasses. He has been a cial groups of kids here baseball and softball asat Collins Hill, both the sistant at Collins Hill for boys and girls. They’re four years. blue-collar kids who work “Lance has been on hard.” staff here for a few years, That has made the he lives in this commuadjustment to softball nity, he’s got a couple of enjoyable for Sparrow, sons who go to this school who coached baseball at and he’ll do a great job,” the high school and at the Collins Hill athletic and college level at UNCactivities director Jason Asheville before relocatDopson said. “I’m very ing to Georgia. excited about Lance.

“I am so excited and so He’s a part of our chamhonored to get this posipionship tradition and he tion,” Sparrow said. “Mrs. knows what to expect.

(Collins Hill principal The girls know him. The Kerensa) Wing and Mr. parents know him. We’re Dopson showed tremenvery lucky we have him dous belief in me. I just here on staff. Our softball don’t want to let anybody program is one of the best down. I’m excited and I’m truly happy about in the state, one of the best in the Southeast, and this.”

By Will Hammock

THE SPARROW FILE

Name: Lance Sparrow New position: Head softball coach at Collins Hill Former position: Assistant softball coach at Collins Hill Age: 51 Education: Graduated from East Forsyth High School (N.C.); earned degree in physical education and health from the University of North Carolina-Asheville Background: Has been a Collins Hill assistant for four years; works with both the baseball and softball programs; coached baseball previously at East Forsyth High and UNC-Asheville, where he played baseball and was a team captain; daughter Abby played on Collins Hill’s 2010 state championship golf team Family: Wife, Alicia; daughters Riley, 23, and Abby, 21, twin sons Ty and Tanner, 16

LILBURN — Jackson Winskie of Providence went 1-for-3 with three RBIs, including the gamewinning hit in the bottom of the eighth, as the Storm outlasted Wesleyan 10-9 on Wednesday.

Carey Spratlin started and went five innings with one earned run in getting a no decision, while Winskie picked up the win in relief with 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

Caleb Carter finished 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs for Providence (6-2), while Spratlin added three hits with a homer and two RBIs. Grant Brondyke also helped, going 2-for-3 with a two-run homer.

Will Collins led Wesleyan (9-2), going 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Carter Hall also had two hits and two RBIs, while Colin Hall finished 1-for-3 with two driven in.

BASEBALL BASEBALL Mountain View 7, Archer 4 LAWRENCEVILLE — Brendan Munson pitched six innings with five hits, three strikeouts and no earned runs on Wednesday in leading Mountain View 7-4 over Archer.

Seven starters had at least one hit for the Bears (4-4), led

by Zack Miller’s two hits and one run and an RBI double from Sam Freitas.

Hillgrove 4, Mill Creek 1 POWDER SPRINGS — Hillgrove pitchers held Mill Creek batters to just three hits as Hillgrove topped Mill Creek 4-1

on Wednesday.

Ryan Dobbs pitched well in taking the loss for Mill Creek (1-6), giving up two earned runs in five innings on four hits.

Beau Brundage, Cameron Turley and Brett Whitford each had one hit for Mill Creek.

Lanier 11, Duluth 1 SUGAR HILL — Anthony Valvo of Lanier went 3-for-4 with three RBIs on Wednesday to lead the Longhorns 11-1 over Duluth in five innings.

Kristoff Rietig added a 2-for-3 day with two RBIs for Lanier (3-4), while Cam Coursey (triple, two RBIs) and Marcus Milhouse (two hits) each contributed.

The win went to Will Johnston, who pitched five innings with two hits and four strikeouts.

Woodstock 6, Peachtree Ridge 2 SUWANEE — Woodstock posted a 6-2 win at Peachtree Ridge on Wednesday night.

Steven Bower delivered 5 1/3 solid innings for the Lions (3-6) in taking the loss, finishing with 2 earned runs on three hits with six strikeouts.

Offensively, the Lions received an RBI double from Austin Wojick and an RBI on a fielder’s choice from Ashton Shepherd.

Flowery Branch 8, Central 7 FLOWERY BRANCH — Central Gwinnett battled back against Flowery Branch on Wednesday night before falling 8-7 to the Falcons.

Daniel Valdes led Central with a hit and three RBIs, while Sean Murray was 1-for-2 with a walk, hit by pitch and one RBI. Anthony Lopez also had two hits and an RBI. Lakeside-DeKalb 13, Berkmar 3 ATLANTA — Lakeside-DeKalb topped Berkmar 13-3 on Wednesday night in a nonregion game.

Brandon Perez was the bright spot at the plate for Berkmar (06), going 3-for-3 with an RBI.

BOYS SOCCER BOYS SOCCER

Berkmar 4, GAC 2 NORCROSS — Jesus Acosta of Berkmar accounted for three goals by scoring one and assisting two in guiding Berkmar to a 4-2 win at Greater Atlanta Christian on Wednesday night.

Vieno Flores, Jonathan Lainez and Alejandro Esquivel each added one goal for Berkmar (5-3-1), while Eric Solorzano assisted one.

GIRLS SOCCER GIRLS SOCCER Norcross 3, East Coweta 2 NEWNAN — Natalie Simon scored with 40 seconds left in overtime on Wednesday night to lift Norcross 3-2 over Newnan.

Norcross (2-5) trailed twice but rallied to force overtime. A goal

by Calli Schall knotted the match at 1-1, while Alex Muenchen’s goal tied it at 2-2 and eventually forced the extra frame.

BOYS LACROSSE BOYS LACROSSE Wesleyan 19, Fellowship 7 WOODSTOCK — Wesleyan pushed its record to 3-1 with a 19-7 win at Fellowship Christian on Wednesday.

Top players for the Wolves were Rawley Smith with seven goals and two assists, Haydon Koch with six goals and three assists and Josh Garrard with two goals.

BOYSBOYS GOLF

GOLF

Wysocki finishes one under SUWANEE — Steven Wysocki of Buford fired a one-under 35 on Wednesday at Bear’s Best in leading the Wolves to a 169 to 177 win over Flowery Branch.

GIRLS GOLF GIRLS

GOLF

Harrison holds off Lions ACWORTH — Louise Yu of Peachtree Ridge carded a one-over 37 on Wednesday, but Harrison held on to edge the Lions by two strokes 129 to 131 at Brookstone Country Club.

Other qualifiers for Peachtree Ridge were Esther Park with 43 and Reeyah Shah with 51.

Buford rolls in win SUWANEE — Buford cruised to a 40-stroke win on Wednesday, beating Flowery Branch 136 to 176 at Bear’s Best.

Low medalist for Buford was Maria Luisa Ferreyros with 43.

BOYS TENNIS BOYS TENNIS Parkview 4, Shiloh 1 LILBURN — Parkview stayed unbeaten at 8-0 with a 4-1 win over Shiloh on Wednesday.

Dustin Bowie won at No. 1 singles for Parkview with Noah Offutt winning at No. 3 singles.

In doubles, Parkview picked up wins from Brendan Taliaferro and Jonathan Su at No. 1 and Riley Shannon and Davis Orr at No. 2 GIRLS TENNIS GIRLS TENNIS Parkview 5, Shiloh 0 LILBURN _ Parkview picked up a Region 8-AAAAAA win on Wednesday with a 5-0 sweep of Shiloh.

Ally Blake, Meredith Duffield and Renee Cunningham all won in singles play for the Panthers with doubles winners being Jordan Verdi and Savannah Larkin at No. 1 and Joy Youngblood and Cassidy Carswell at No. 2.

RIFLERY RIFLERY

Parkview advances in state LILBURN — Parkview topped Rutland on Wednesday afternoon 1,128 to 1,091 in the first round of the all classification state tournament.

The win puts Parkview (9-0) into the semifinals next week where it will travel to take on top-seeded East Coweta, the third-ranked team in the nation.

Top shooters on Wednesday were Dalton Stoves with 284, Isaiah Flores with 283, Amanda Mayo with 282 and Alexander Hobbs with 279.

— Compiled by Scott Smith

Freeman off to torrid start this spring

By Guy Curtright Staff Correspondent

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — First baseman Freddie Freeman continued his fast spring start with a firstinning double Wednesday, but it was one of the few offensive highlights in the Atlanta Braves’ 6-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Freeman has a .429 average with two homers and six RBIs through six Grapefruit League games.

“He’s really swinging it good and it’s nice to see,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said after Freeman’s three-run homer gave the Braves a victory over the New York Mets. “You wish you knew when to stop playing him so he’d carry that into the season.”

The homer off Mets veteran starter Bartolo Colon hardly surprised New York manager Terry Collins, who has seen Freeman post a .313 average with 13 homers in the regular season against his team.

“Freddie kills us,” Mets manager Terry Collins said.

“Nothing new. You didn’t see a lot of damage (off Colon) other than Freddie Freeman and that’s what he does to us.”

in five games. His on-base average is .400.

Simmons set to get started Shortstop Andrelton Simmons, sidelined most of camp with an oblique Young bidding strain, is tentatively set to for job in center make his spring debut on Although Eric Young Jr. today against the New York has just a .200 average, the Yankees in Tampa. speedy switch-hitter appears Third baseman Chris to be in the lead to start the Johnson returned to the season as the Braves’ center lineup against the Cardinals fielder. after missing four games In addition to a run-scor- with a sore left wrist, but ing double against the Car- was 0-for-3 with a strikedinals, Young made a diving out and committed a pair catch and drew a walk, of errors that led to four continuing to do things that unearned runs. have caught Gonzalez’s Right-hander Shelby attention.

Miller, acquired from St. Young hit two-run homer Louis in the Jason Heyward against Washington on trade, will oppose the YanMonday and threw a runkees’ Masahiro Tanaka in ner out at third base. The the Braves’ first night game. veteran non-roster invitee It will be the second had played well in center outing for Miller, who field although he has little didn’t make it out of the experience there. opening inning in a rough Young, the Braves’ best first outing with his new leadoff possibility, has three team. He allowed three hits stolen bases and four walks and walked two Saturday

against Detroit.

Kimbrel turns to trickery Closer Craig Kimbrel made his spring training debut for the Braves with a scoreless seventh on Tuesday vs. the Mets. He allowed an infield single to Cesar Puello, then picked him off, and walked Daniel Muno.

“It was good to get out there,” Kimbrel said.

“Everything was coming out easy. That’s what you always want the first game of the spring.”

Getting Puello leaning made Kimbrel’s outing a little easier. “I don’t think I’ve had a pickoff in three or four years,” he said.

Cuban OF still missing Dian Toscano had still not reported to camp because of visa issues, assuring that he will start the season in the minors.

The 25-year-old native of Cuba signed a four-year, $6 million deal on Jan. 28 that included a $1.2 million signing bonus.

Season’s best in high school swimming honored at banquet The Gwinnett County Swim and Dive Booster Club held its seasonending banquet Wednesday night at Norcross to honor 2014-15’s best in high school swimming and diving.

Collins Hill’s Cody Bekemeyer and Brookwood’s Maddy Cohen earned two of the top awards as swimmers of the year, while Norcross’ Griffin Ramsey and Mill Creek’s Sarah Bitner were voted divers of the year.

The swimming coaches of the year were Brookwood’s Greg Puckett and Susan Lockwood, and Archer’s Ann-Marie Cobb and Michele Broeg. SarahNicole Ackerman was the diving coach of the year.

The event’s keynote speaker was longtime local swim coach Beth McGee, a former University of Georgia swimmer who is now a decorated master’s swimmer.

All-County Senior Academic Team Archer: Avery Boutin, MaryBeth Mahaffey, Colin Stepp, Adeline Wagner Berkmar: Rashad Davis, Matthew Gomez, Vu Le, Amira Mehmedovic, Kalindi Patel, Lindsay Ramirez Brookwood: Nathan Grose, Anna Jahns, Austin Kelley

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Central Gwinnett: Chris Do, Emily Glover, Jennie Nguyen, Kieutrang Phan, Nick Stojkic Collins Hill: Cody Bekemeyer, Audra Crabbe, Anna Jaggears, Philip Jenny, Sabrina Whitt Duluth: Caroline Aziz, Victor Barr, Samantha Chen, Deepak Iyer, Christopher McKenney, Heather Nicholos, Nolan Pax, Joseph Portillo, Andrew Ramirez-Urbina, Rachel Rice, Zach Saidman, Jessica Seoane, Jason Sung, Ryan Waldheim, Ashley Wang, Jun Yamada Grayson: Robert Lockwood, Bryce Peden, Sara Thompson Lanier: John Ormand, Alexandra Powell, Valentina Sanabria Meadowcreek: Guillanna Lanz, Anna Le, Phi Ly, Marla Palma, Alena Tompkins, Vanessa Tompkins, Damaris Veloso Mill Creek: Brianna Beldon, Sarah Bitner, Kelsey Bouwman, Kayla Ernst, Jonathan Kalenik, Kara Powell Mountain View: Emma Bridger, Sydney Donohue, Claudia Fitzpatrick, Gabrielle Marquez Norcross: Patrick Baughman, Kittiya Chaiyachati, Jake Einig, Rachel Gallagher, Taylor Garmon, Julian Gelly, Powell Harris, Michelle Huseonica, Mia Koriakin, Hannah Lett, Harrison Murphy, Ben Pazol, Amanda Sangston, Katie Santos, Aliyah Steele, Sydney Story, Bailey Tardy, Zach Waldis, Matthew Witalis, Carter Woodfield North Gwinnett: Maggie Anderson, Cody Brinkman, Jessie Cathcart, Morgan Nemec, Kyle Shumeyko, Raahul Soundappan, Jessica Thee Parkview: Morgan Fleming, Chelsea Keown, Alyssa Knowles, Willy Lehner, Emma Pattillo, Gregory Paulukaitis, Gracia Pickens, Matthew Rollins, Audrey Tendean Peachtree Ridge: Zac Adams, John Baumgart, Madeline Brickell, Rudy Crosby, Kristen Donahue, Thomas Kruegler, Cheyenne Letson, Haley McInerny, Mateo Moreno, Francesca Reda, Rachel Ruiz, Rachel Webster, Kent Yang Shiloh: Soni Allen, Ryan Vina

County All-Stars (top five in individual event, top three in relay at county) Kyra Cortel-Fraser, Archer Hannah Mahaffey, Archer Maddy Cohen, Brookwood (four events) Haylie Dixon, Brookwood (two) Drew Grier, Brookwood Megan Hansen, Brookwood (four) Andrew Huenniger, Brookwood (four) Anna Jahns, Brookwood (four) Hans Kind, Brookwood Jacob Rees, Brookwood (four) Erin Scott, Brookwood (four) Devan Sweeney, Brookwood (four) Alex Taylor, Brookwood (four) Leila Taylor, Brookwood Keegan Walsh, Brookwood Haley Arner, Collins Hill (two) Cody Bekemeyer, Collins Hill (four) Taylor Delk, Collins Hill (four) Wesley Hobbs, Collins Hill (four) Benjamin Parker, Collins Hill Andrew Winton, Collins Hill (four) Faith Wilson, Dacula Rebecca Erwin, Duluth Joseph Portillo, Duluth (two) Jonathan Yang, Duluth (two) Rachel Wellington, Grayson Josh White, Grayson Anthony Albanese, Lanier Ashley Cesario, Lanier (two) Lilah Davis, Lanier Sarah Bitner, Mill Creek Kelsey Bouwman, Mill Creek (three) Anna Guynes, Mill Creek (three) Erin Lenius, Mill Creek Sarah Lowry, Mill Creek Katherine Parker, Mill Creek (three) Christopher Pierce, Mill Creek (two) Kara Powell, Mill Creek (three) Benjamin Gross, Norcross Lyle Hoge, Norcross Griffin Ramsey, Norcross Eric Strickland, Norcross (two) Sydney Story, Norcross (two) Zach Waldis, Norcross Carter Woodfield, Norcross Marianne Allard, North Gwinnett (three) Maggie Anderson, North Gwinnett (three) J.P. Baselj, North Gwinnett

Jessie Cathcart, North Gwinnett (two) Abigail Duncan, North Gwinnett Kyle Shumeyko, North Gwinnett (three) Megan Jones, North Gwinnett (two) Alayna Lamberth, North Gwinnett Tyler Mazurek, North Gwinnett (two) Lauren McClelland, North Gwinnett Carlye McKillip, North Gwinnett Matt Shelton, North Gwinnett Raahul Soundappan, North Gwinnett Hannah Terranova, North Gwinnett (three) Jacob Finco, Parkview (four) Morgan Fleming, Parkview (two) Josh Fountain, Parkview Sam Kim, Parkview (three) Willy Lehner, Parkview (two) Gregory Paulukaitis, Parkview Dalton Vaux, Parkview (four) Klaudia Holt, Peachtree Ridge (two) Phillip Kim, Peachtree Ridge Haley McInerny, Peachtree Ridge (three) Riha Moss, Peachtree Ridge (three) Sarah Pierce, Peachtree Ridge (two) Francesca Reda, Peachtree Ridge Tristan Sumpter, Peachtree Ridge Reed Wynn, Peachtree Ridge (three) Kent Yang, Peachtree Ridge (three) All-State Teams First team Maddy Cohen, Brookwood Megan Hansen, Brookwood Anna Jahns, Brookwood Erin Scott, Brookwood Devan Sweeney, Brookwood Alex Taylor, Brookwood Leila Taylor, Brookwood Cody Bekemeyer, Collins Hill Katherine Parker, Mill Creek Haley McInerny, Peachtree Ridge Second team Andrew Huenniger, Brookwood; Hans Kind, Brookwood; Jacob Rees, Brookwood; Tyler Mazurek, North Gwinnett; Jacob Finco, Parkview; Morgan Fleming, Parkview; Sam Kim, Parkview; Greg Paulukaitis, Parkview; Dalton Vaux, Parkview Third team Haley Arner, Collins Hill; Taylor Delk, Collins Hill; Wesley Hobbs, Collins

Hill; Andrew Winton, Collins Hill; Joseph Portillo, Duluth; Griffin Ramsey, Norcross; Reed Wynn, Peachtree Ridge Honorable mention Drew Grier, Brookwood; Jonathan Yang, Duluth; Christopher Pierce, Mill Creek; Willy Lehner, Parkview Outstanding Seniors Archer: Conner Hammond, Mary Beth Mahaffey Berkmar: Lino Jaramillo, Denisse Ramirez Brookwood: Collin Howard, Anna Jahns Central Gwinnett: Tyson Wright, Emily Glover Collins Hill: Cody Bekemeyer, AnnaClaire Orris Dacula: Hunter Devenney-Shultz, Faith Wilson Duluth: Joseph Portillo, Rachel Price Grayson: Bryce Peden, Sara Thompson Lanier: Roman Shlyakhetko Meadowcreek: Jalen Lewis, Anna Le Mill Creek: Payton Myers, Kara Powell Mountain View: Gabby Marquez Norcross: Zach Waldis, Michelle Huseonica North Gwinnett: Kyle Shumeyko, Jessie Cathcart Parkview: Willy Lehner, Morgan Fleming Peachtree Ridge: Reed Wynn, Haley McInerny Shiloh: Ryan Vina, Soni Allen South Gwinnett: Darren Johnson, Sierra Durden All-American Swimmers Maddy Cohen, Brookwood (100 free, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay) Megan Hansen, Brookwood (400 free relay) Anna Jahns, Brookwood (500 free, 400 free relay) Erin Scott, Brookwood (200 medley relay) Devan Sweeney, Brookwood (200 individual medley, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay) Alex Taylor, Brookwood (200 individual medley)

Leila Taylor, Brookwood (200 medley relay) Cody Bekemeyer, Collins Hill (200 free, 500 free) Taylor Delk, Collins Hill (200 individual medley) Dalton Vaux, Parkview (50 free, 200 free relay) Jacob Finco, Parkview (200 free relay) Sam Kim, Parkview (200 free relay) Gregory Paulukaitis, Parkview (200 free relay) Haley McInerny, Peachtree Ridge (200 free, 100 fly, 100 free) Reed Wynn, Peachtree Ridge (200 free) All-American Consideration Swimmers Maddy Cohen, Brookwood (100 back), Drew Grier, Brookwood (200 free relay), Andrew Huenniger, Brookwood (200 free relay, 400 free relay), Hans Kind, Brookwood (400 free relay), Jacob Rees, Brookwood (200 free relay, 400 free relay), Erin Scott, Brookwood (100 breast), Devan Sweeney, Brookwood (100 back), Alex Taylor, Brookwood (50 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay), Cody Bekemeyer, Collins Hill (200 medley relay), Taylor Delk, Collins Hill (200 medley relay, 100 back), Wesley Hobbs, Collins Hill (200 medley relay), Andrew Winton, Collins Hill (200 medley relay), Joseph Portillo, Duluth (100 breast), Katherine Parker, Mill Creek (100 back), Eric Strickland, Norcross (50 free), Morgan Fleming, Parkview (50 free, 100 free), Dalton Vaux, Parkview (100 free), Reed Wynn, Peachtree Ridge (100 free) All-American Diver Griffin Ramsey, Norcross Diving Coach Awards Faith Wilson, Dacula; Ben Koschella, Shiloh; Alexis Griffin, Parkview; Francesca Reda, Peachtree Ridge; Rachel Wellington, Grayson; Dustin Buschman, Grayson; Ryan Waldheim, Duluth; Jalen Lewis, Meadowcreek; Sarah Bitner, Mill Creek; Brianna Beldon, Mill Creek Most Improved Divers Kamilah Manohar, Collins Hill; Eddie Cisneros, Berkmar

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She was the only Gwinnett girls swimmer at the state meet to post automatic All-American times in both of her events, placing second in both the 100-yard butterfly (53.56 seconds) and the 200 freestyle (1:48.87).

She was second to Woodstock’s Lauren Case, who neared state records in both races.

McInerny also swam a leadoff leg in the 400 free relay of 50.37, which was faster than the 100 free individual state championship time of 50.93.

At the county meet, she swept her individual events and finished her career with four Gwinnett titles. Her 53.56-second time in the 100 fly at state lowered her all-time Gwinnett record and she also bettered her countymeet record in that event this season.

“I was pretty happy with my performances,” McInerny said. “I wish I could have gotten first in my events instead of second in both, but I trained well and got the times I wanted. I just didn’t get first. … I was definitely happy with how I swam and how the team did.

The team changed every single year because there were people leaving and coming in.

“Last year was my favorite year because all my friends were there, so it was my favorite year, but this year was fun, too, because I got a leadership role and got to mentor the freshmen. Swimming was the best part of high school for me because it brought me closer to the team and also to the

school because people came out and supported us.”

That support is one of her fondest memories of high school swimming.

“I definitely like the cheering,” McInerny said. “We always do team cheers and at SwimAtlanta we don’t do that. We do team cheers, cheer at the end of the lanes. It’s fun.

I’m definitely looking forward to going to college and doing the whole swim team thing.

“But I’ll probably miss the (Peachtree Ridge) football games, the basketball games. Our school has different outs, like rain coat out, zebra out and things like that at games. That’s always fun.”

McInerny has signed with Kentucky, but will remain at SwimAtlanta through the summer to prepare for Speedo Junior Nationals, held in late July and early August.

She already has two Olympic Trials cuts — in the 100 fly and 200 free at last summer’s junior nationals — and wants to lower those times this summer.

After that, it’s off to Kentucky and a new challenge.

“I’m looking forward to probably just the new coaching, the new perspective on things I can fix or work on,” McInerny said of college swimming. “It’s a lot more training I guess because we do more doubles than I’ve done here. And definitely the team perspective will be closer than what I’ve done before. …

I don’t really have time standards (goals for my freshman college season), but I definitely want to do SECs, score for the team and do NCAAs.”

ALL-COUNTY GIRLS SWIMMING Girls swimmer of the year: Haley McInerny, Peachtree Ridge, Sr. State runner-up, county champion in both 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle Girls coach of the year: Greg Puckett, Brookwood Led Broncos to Gwinnett County title, state runner-up finish First team • Haley Arner, Collins Hill, Fr. Fourth at state and second at county in both the 200 and 500 freestyle • Maddy Cohen, Brookwood, Soph.

State, county champion in 100 freestyle, third at state, county champion in 100 backstroke • Morgan Fleming, Parkview, Sr. Second at state and third at county in 100 freestyle, third at state and county champion in 50 free • Megan Hansen, Brookwood, Sr. Third at state and second at county in 100 freestyle, fifth at state and county champion in 50 free • Anna Jahns, Brookwood, Sr. State, county champion in 500 freestyle, fifth at state and third at county in 200 free • Riha Moss, Peachtree Ridge, Jr. Eighth at state and second at county in 100 breaststroke, ninth at state and third at county in 200 individual medley • Katherine Parker, Mill Creek, Jr. State champion and second at county in 100 backstroke, 10th at state and third at county in 100 butterfly • Kara Powell, Mill Creek, Sr. Seventh at state and county champion in 50 freestyle, ninth at state and fourth at county in 100 free • Erin Scott, Brookwood, Jr. Second at state and county champion in 100 breaststroke, seventh at state and section at county in 200 individual medley • Devan Sweeney, Brookwood, Soph.

State, county champion in 200 individual medley, second at state in 100 backstroke, second at county in 100 butterfly Second team Maggie Anderson, North Gwinnett, Sr. Danielle Brooks, Buford, Sr. Ashley Cesario, Lanier, Fr. Kyra Cortel-Fraser, Archer, Jr. Haylie Dixon, Brookwood, Sr. Rebecca Erwin, Duluth, Jr. Anna Guynes, Mill Creek, Jr. Hannah Lally, Providence, Sr. Hannah Mahaffey, Archer, Soph.

Sydney Story, Norcross, Sr.

Hebron, Providence players earn all-region basketball honors From Staff Reports

Luke Crawford of Hebron made the boys second Hebron Christian and team.

Providence Christian The boys honorable were well represented on mention list included the All-Region 8-A BasHebron’s Jackson Welch ketball Team, voted on by and Providence’s Nichothe league’s coaches. las Allen and Duncan Hebron’s Cory Johnson Gotfredson. and Providence’s Steven Hebron’s Jozie Lewis Kleinschmidt made the and Providence’s Megan boys first team, while the Parker and Laura Per-Lee Lions’ Hannah Lentz was made the girls honorable a second-team selection. mention team.

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Bekemeyer

now on the next phase of his swimming career as of the year, made it three a South Carolina recruit. this season after winning He will train this summer BOYS SWIMMING the 500-yard freestyle. He predominantly with his also was state runner-up SwimAtlanta teammates Boys swimmer of the year: Cody Bekemeyer, Collins Hill, Sr. State, county champion in 500 freestyle; state runner-up, in the 200 free and swept to get ready for Speedo county champion in 200 free both distance free titles Junior Nationals this Boys coaches of the year: Paul Callis and Jenny Weaver, at this year’s Gwinnett summer, then head off to Collins Hill County meet.

Columbia to swim for the Led the Eagles to the Gwinnett County title and a thirdplace finish at the state meet “When Cody won the Gamecocks.

First team 500 at state he became just “South Carolina is • Taylor Delk, Collins Hill, Jr. the third individual state getting a great all-around Third in 200 individual medley and fifth in 100 backstroke at swimming champion in the state, county champ in both events student-athlete and Cody • Andrew Huenniger, Brookwood, Soph. history of the school and it will have an impact immeEighth at state and county champ in 100 butterfly, 12th at diately as a freshman,” said was a fitting final accomstate and third at county in 50 freestyle Collins Hill coach Paul plishment for someone • Tyler Mazurek, North Gwinnett, Jr. Third at state and second at county in 500 freestyle, eighth Callis, a former four-year who has done so much in at state and fifth at county in 200 free SEC swimmer himself at his 4 years,” Collins Hill • Christopher Pierce, Mill Creek, Soph.

Tennessee. “Schools don’t coach Jenny Weaver said.

Fourth at state in 500 free, fifth at state and fourth at county get too many kids that can “Just this year he was our in 200 free, third at county in 100 backstroke • Joseph Portillo, Duluth, Sr. come in and score points captain, he won county Second at state and county champ in 100 breaststroke, right away against SEC championships, he scored fourth at state in 200 individual medley, fourth at county in competition, but Cody is the most points, he had the 100 butterfly the caliber of swimmer highest GPA and won mul• Alex Taylor, Brookwood, Jr. State champ in 200 individual medley, third at state in 50 who can do just that. He tiple All-American honors, freestyle, second at county in 100 backstroke, third at should really help South including Academic Allcounty in 200 free Carolina as they look to American.

• Dalton Vaux, Parkview, Sr. move up in the SEC next “There are very few Second at state in 50 freestyle, fifth at state in 100 free, county champion in both events year.” things Cody did not ac• Andrew Winton, Collins Hill, Fr. North Gwinnett grad complish here at Collins Seventh at state and fourth at county in 200 individual medTomas Peribonio, one Hill. His impact was imley, eighth at state and third at county in 100 breaststroke of Bekemeyer’s former mense.”

• Reed Wynn, Peachtree Ridge, Sr. Second at state in 100 freestyle, third at state and second at SwimAtlanta teammates, Though he didn’t win a county in 200 free, second at county in 100 butterfly also contributed right away state title until this sea• Jonathan Yang, Duluth, Soph. as a freshman at the SEC son, Bekemeyer was still Third at state and second at county in 100 breaststroke, level this season for South second at county in 200 individual medley a huge part of the Collins Second team Carolina. Peribonio was Hill swim team, which Daniel Brothers, Archer, Soph. fourth in the 1,650 free and won county titles the past Jacob Finco, Parkview, Soph. eighth in the 500 free at the two seasons. He also was Wesley Hobbs, Collins Hill, Jr. Landon Keller, GAC, Sr. SEC Championships, givthe Daily Post’s swimmer Sam Kim, Parkview, Sr. ing Bekemeyer high hopes of the year as a junior — Willy Lehner, Parkview, Sr. that he can do the same when he was state runnerJacob Rees, Brookwood, Jr. next season. up in the 200 and 500 free, Kyle Shumekyo, North Gwinnett, Sr. Eric Strickland, Norcross, Jr. He likely will swim the winning county titles in Zach Waldis, Norcross, Sr. same distance events as both — and was first-team Peribonio. all-county as a sophomore, “(Peribonio) did very when he was third and fifth in his two state events and memories of high school ished highest among local well this year,” Bekemeyer said. “Hopefully I can do county champion in the swimming. teams at this year’s state 500 free.

“I liked getting to meet with a third-place fin- well, too. … I’m hoping Mark Bernardino, the He graduates with meet new people in high ish in Class AAAAAA. distance coach at South the all-time county and school, getting to race new “I think it went pretty Carolina, can do good county-meet records in people and just the team in well this season,” Bekethings for me because Tom both the distance freestyle general,” Bekemeyer said. meyer said. “My goals Peribonio did good things events, including a time of “They’re my family now. were set and I think I acas a freshman. I think I’ll 4 minutes, 23.28 seconds That would have never complished them. I think be able to do well as a in his state championship happened if I didn’t join our team could have done 500 free race that lowered the team.” a little better (at state), but freshman, too.”

He also thinks the Colhis own county mark. That Collins Hill also surged we did our best at county lins Hill program where he time, as well as his 1:39.19 to the top of Gwinnett boys and we got so many guys left his legacy will do well. at state in the 200 free, swimming during Bekeinto state and I was so “I think we’ll be good were both automatic Allmeyer’s career, winning happy for them. We did reAmerican cuts. the county title in 2014 for ally well at state and got on next year,” Bekemeyer said. “This (senior) class The victories and record the first time since 2005 the podium in third place, wasn’t very large, so I times were nice, but it’s and repeating as champion so we were happy.” think we’ll be fine.” only part of Bekemeyer’s this season. The Eagles finBekemeyer can focus

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Geigers •From Page 1B Each three years apart from their closest sibling, the sisters rarely got chances to play sports together except for the rare occasion, like when Jessica was a senior on Parkview’s basketball team and Megan was a freshman. Finding a way to get all three on the same team, outside of relaxing summer league swimming, were limited.

Enter Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) tennis.

The sisters teamed up for the first time this winter on an ALTA B-6 mixed doubles team for recreation, competition, even more time together and like Parkview, winning.

They won the city championship.

“It’s awesome, we’re like best friends any way so this is just another way to hang out for us,” said Megan, who is newer to the sport than her sisters.

“We’re super competitive.

This way we can be competitive while hanging out. … Tennis was a huge part of us growing up because our mom played all the time. Mom has got a lot of (ALTA city champion) plates herself, so being able to continue that is cool.”

Their mom is Cherrie Broome, Parkview’s tennis coach. A competitive player herself, the longtime educator and coach had her girls around the tennis courts for years. But it was a secondary sport to Sara’s soccer career and a third sport for Jessica, the tallest of the bunch. For Megan, now married with an almost 2-year-old son Lukas, tennis was an afterthought

tennis when she wants to,” said Sara, who has won five state titles the past six years as the head girls soccer coach at St. Pius. “You know what I’m doing at 11 in the morning? Teaching special right triangles, that’s what I’m doing.”

Truthfully, there hasn’t been a singles tournament to determine the family champion. They can only agree on one thing — their mom is the best player by far.

“One day we did play doubles with my mom, and whoever was on mom’s team ended up winning,” Sara said. “Momma Geiger is clearly the best player. … She’s serious. I’m pretty sure she hit all of us.

She takes no prisoners.”

The tennis is as much a vehicle as it is fun and competitive, though.

It’s a way for the Geiger girls, who see each other frequently and live just 15 minutes apart in Atlanta, Sisters Megan Geiger Pagano, Sara Geiger and Jessica to bond their relationships Geiger, former standout athletes at Parkview, won an deeper through a lifetime ALTA city championship this season. (Special photo) sport.

“It’s fun and it’s the to soccer until recently. debate. A good one at that. same thing with girls always, there’s a little bit of When Megan picked “It fluctuates, but right drama in there,” Sara said. up the sport, the Geigers now I’d like to say my“We always think we’re teamed up and fueled their self because I play all better than the other ones kid-like rivalries. the time,” Megan said.

“It’s interesting,” Jes“They’ll definitely say dif- and vice versa. But it’s fun to share a common intersica said. “It has its ups ferent. We’ll all say we’re est, a common sport that and downs definitely. I best. That’s why it’s fun. we can play together all think it’s fun to have them We always try to do our our lives. Our grandmother at every match and have best to beat the others.”

(Bonnie Blanchard) in her those experiences together.

Is Megan the best?

70s and still plays. Next to At the same time we’re “That’s doubtful,” said each others’ worst critics.

Jessica, the only sister who my mom, she might be the Sometimes, I’ll say, ‘Oh, played tennis at Parkview. best one.”

Will Hammock can be I played terrible.’ And “(Megan) would say reached via email at will. they’re the first ones to tell that,” Sara said. hammock@gwinnettdaime, ‘Yeah, you did.’ But But Megan plays the lypost.com. His column they’re also the ones who most. appears on Thursdays. For tell me I hit a good shot or “She’s a stay-at-home archived columns, go to I did good.” mom and does hair (partwww.gwinnettdailypost.

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SATURN VUE, 2002. $3500 ONE OWNER BEAUTY. Economical 5 speed and 4 cyl. Driven 12K per year. This car looks and drives close to new. It is gorgeous inside and out and has been babied. Great CarFax with no accidents. 770-882-4605.

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FORD F-150, 1999 Long bed, Triton V-8, CNG, single cab.

Needs transmission & fuel lines fixed. Priced to sell fast! $1600.

770-490-3265

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BUCKETS 4 & 5 gal. w/lids. BARRELS 15 & 20 gal. FIBER DRUMS & lids 55 gal. All food grade/FDA. Call Dennis 404-543-7542.

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HAYES LAWRENCEVILLE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP

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VOLVO C70, 2002 CONVERTIBLE. $3950. 113K Miles.

Gorgeous red with almost new black top and black leather.

Great CarFax and no accidents. Priced way under convertibles of this quality.

770-882-4605

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RICK HENDRICK CHEVROLET OF BUFORD 4490 South Lee St., Buford, GA 30518 888-804-2957 www.hendrickbuford.com

JIM ELLIS BUICK GMC MALL OF GA 3600 Buford Drive, Buford, GA 770-945-8700 www.jimellisbuickgmcmog.com

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RICK HENDRICK CHEVROLET OF DULUTH 3277 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, GA 30096 888-475-8808 www.hendrickatlanta.com

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NASH CHEVROLET 630 Scenic Hwy., Lawrenceville 770-963-9266 www.nashchevy.com

YAMAHA VSTAR 1100, 2007 - mustang cruiser seat, Vance / Hines pipes, shaft drive, highway bar, All VSTAR factory accessories. Price includes two nice helmets. $6300.00.

CALL 770-845-2458

KITTENS Two sisters, 11 months young.

Striped Calico and B & W. Dog friendly. Free to safe forever home only.

404-457-6550.

BUICK CENTURY, 2002. V6, 99k mi.

Well maintained, excellent condition. $3,800. 678-463-7006

NISSAN SENTRA S, 2012. Great shape. Low mileage. Sport Wheels & tires like new. Rear spoiler. Exc. first car. $10,900. 770-367-5287

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