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Gwinnett Police Chief Walters set to retire

By Tyler Estep

served as its chief for 11 years, the second-longest tenure in the agency’s history. He told the Daily Post Thursday that Gwinnett County Police his retirement — effective Oct. Chief Charlie Walters is retiring. 24 — is something he’s “very Walters, 58, has been with comfortable” with. the Gwinnett County Police “My dad told me that you Department since 1979 and would know when you’re tyler.estep @gwinnettdailypost.com

Charles Walters

ready,” Walters said. “It’s an awful long time (in law enforcement), 36 years in February and 11 years as chief. I think there’s a time when you realize it’s time to let somebody come in with fresh ideas and lead the police department.”

Walters joined the Gwin-

nett County Police Department when he was 22 years old and commanded the training, operations and uniform divisions before being appointed chief in September 2003.

Only John Crunkleton, who was the department’s first leader and filled the role for 16 years,

served as Gwinnett’s police chief longer than Walters. No one else has been chief for more than five years.

Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash, who was serving as See WALTERS, Page 9A

Officials say drunk driver struck deputy

By Tyler Estep tyler.estep@gwinnettdailypost.com

A car passes by Pierces Corner Antiques in “Old Town” Suwanee on Thursday. The 100 year-old building has been at the center of renovation talks by developers, Deming LLC and the City of Suwanee. Since being named a National Historic Place in 2013, the Deming LLC hoped to renovate the building, creating a restaurant on a main level and small business incubator on the second floor. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Making Old Town new

A Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office deputy was struck by a drunk driver Wednesday night, officials said. He is expected to be OK. According to a post on the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page, 32-yearold Deputy Justin Lunt was working a part-time job protecting a Department of Transportation Joshua Kim work crew on Interstate 85 when his squad car was struck. Gwinnett County police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter said 19-year-old Joshua Kim caused the crash in a southbound HOT lane between Indian Trail-Lilburn Road and Jimmy Carter Boulevard. “(Kim) stated to the investigators that he was looking at his cellphone, changing music, when he looked up and realized it was too late and struck the rear of the patrol car,” Ritter said.

Kim’s 2015 Kia Optima rolled two times during the crash. The Cleveland resident was arrested at the scene and charged with DUI-less safe, driving with a suspended or revoked license, possession of less than one See DRIVER, Page 9A

Plan for Suwanee’s Pierce’s Corner underway

By Steve Burns

Staff Correspondent

SUWANEE — With years of bureaucratic navigation behind them, the developers of a key project in Old Town Suwanee are making specific plans that could be in place by the end of the year.

Deming Group LLC has met about the financing for

revamping Pierce’s Corner, a 100-year-old vacant building on Main Street that is the cornerstone of the new national historic district that covers about 56 acres.

And Michael Deming Jr., a Norcross attorney who is part of the development group, said plans still call for a destination restaurant on the ground floor.

The upper floor of the 6,000

square foot building is slated to become a business incubator and work-sharing facility.

Deming Jr. said his group has met with the owner of the Work Spot in Duluth, a popular work-sharing business, to get ideas. No definite plans are in place about a restaurant tenant at this point.

“It never seems to move as fast as you like it to,” Dem-

ing Jr. said about the historic district approval process. In December 2013, National Park Service officials approved the Suwanee area for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.

The process began in December 2011, when Deming LLC and Suwanee officials See PLAN, Page 9A

Officials say Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Deputy J. Lunt’s vehicle was struck by a drunk driver Wednesday night as he worked a part-time job protecting a Department of Transportation crew on Interstate 85. Lunt was injured but is expected to “recover quickly.” (Special Photo)

Woodall: ‘No good options for dealing with ISIS’

By Kristi Reed

presented by President Obama simply publicized existing policy.

According to Rep. Rob “What he laid out is to do Woodall, the recent Conin public what we have been gressional vote to support a doing in private for over a year military campaign against ISIS now,” Woodall told members did virtually nothing to change of the Rotary Club of South American posture in that part Gwinnett on Thursday. of the Middle East. The vision The plan, Woodall ex-

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Rep. Rob Woodall was the guest speaker at the Sept. 25 Rotary Club of South Gwinnett meeting. (Staff Photo: Kristi Reed)

plained, has been to arm and train people whose interests the United States believes best align with our own — a plan he says is seriously flawed.

“I can’t find anybody at the Pentagon who believes that plan is going to work,” Woodall said. “What they believe is that it is the best of all the

worse plans we have.”

Two years ago, Woodall said, the U.S. might have been able to do some “good things” to handle the threat ISIS presents. A year ago, he added, the actions might have been “passable.”

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United Way celebrates Gwinnett partners, donors

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DULUTH — Francine Barksdale was nervous to speak at the United Way’s Gwinnett County kickoff breakfast Thursday morning.

“There’s a stigma,” the mother of two said before a crowd of several hundred community leaders and officials. “The face of homelessness has changed across this world … I am an individual who knew how to handle her business, but … life happened.

It happens to all of us.”

Barksdale came to the annual awareness event to tell her story about dealing with one of the United Way’s local partners, Rainbow Village. The former biologist with three

Francine Barksdale, a Duluth mother of two, was among the speakers Thursday morning at the United Way’s Gwinnett County Kick-Off Breakfast. The annual event celebrates the organization’s partners and encourages donating. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

degrees lived in a hotel for a year with her sons before she discovered the organization.

That was after she left her husband in 2011 and lost work, having to take a

low-paying job. Barksdale said Rainbow Village, a Duluth nonprofit that helps struggling families, turned everything around. She has since increased her income by more than 65 percent

Correction A cutline on page 10A of Thursday’s paper incorrectly identified a person in the photo associated with the story “Barrow sheriff’s office earns top award.” In the photo, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith is accepting an award from Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Law Enforcement Services Director Powell Harrelson.

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“What you do really does matter,” Barksdale told the crowd. “I am a living witness of that. My boys are really doing well in school. I just want to thank you all.”

Bill McCargo, longtime philanthropist and United Way advocate, said stories like Barksdale’s are all too common.

“Most people think that the level of poverty in Gwinnett is very minimal,” said McCargo, the keynote speaker for the event. “But the statistics show something very different. One hundred and eleven thousand people in our county do not make enough money to make ends meet. That’s 10 percent of the people next door to us. So if you think that’s

somebody else’s problem, you’re wrong.”

The United Way, however, does a lot to help, he said.

The nonprofit raised $2.6 million in Gwinnett during the last fiscal year, using the money to help families and children in a wide variety of programs, teaching them life skills and aiding them through hard times. The United Way’s 2-1-1 helpline received more than 15,000 calls last year in Gwinnett, from people needing help with necessities of life, McCargo said.

Nearly 3,000 of those calls came for assistance with rent. Another 2,600 came for help with electricity bills.

“United Way not only serves as a safety net,” he added, “but we go out

Norcross offering various recycling events Saturday

By Katie Morris

items typically put out with weekly recyclables, like plastic, paper, cardThe city of Norcross is board, aluminum and serving the community similar items. by hosting three events in All items must be of one day — Community reasonable size and enviShred Day, Recycle Your ronmentally safe in order Electronics and Clean-Up to be disposed of propDay will all take place erly — solvent or hazardSaturday. ous material will not be Community Developallowed. This event is for ment and Public Works Norcross residents only, will host a centralized and address verification neighborhood Clean-Up will be required. ParticiDay. The event will alpants can bring items to low Norcross residents the Public Works Facility, to drop off any bulky 345 Lively St., from 8 items, trash, old applia.m. to 3 p.m. ances, furniture and any Recycle Your Electronother accumulated trash ics will give people the or unwanted items. There opportunity to recycle will also be a run-off old electronics made with dumpster for recyclables valuable, reusable materithat will accept the same als. The event encourages

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Swetha Gupta, a development officer at the organization’s Duluth office, said they couldn’t do any of it if it weren’t for the partners, volunteers and donors in the community.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, first of all,” Gupta told the audience.

“Every single one of you, we cannot do what we do in Gwinnett County without your participation.

When you are running a campaign or giving your time, your contribution it really matters. It makes a huge difference.”

Next year, the nonprofit hopes to make even more of a difference. Its goal for fundraising in Gwinnett County is $3.5 million.

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Gwinnett location affected Central grad publishes book of mother’s journals to inspire

by Jimmy John’s breach

From Staff Reports

Among those stores affected was the location at A Gwinnett Jimmy 6135 Peachtree Parkway in John’s location was among Norcross. The data breach those compromised in a would affect customers who recent data breach involving shopped there between July the national sandwich chain.

1 and Aug. 2, according to Jimmy John’s announced Jimmy John’s.

Wednesday that it learned The restaurant chain is on July 30 of a possible offering “identity protecsecurity breach involvtion services” to impacted ing customers’ credit and customers. More informadebit card data. The incident tion code, and/or the card’s tion can be found by calling affected 216 stores nationexpiration date.”

855-398-6442. wide and, according to the “Cards impact by this Customers are also restaurant’s news release, event appear to be those encouraged to monitor their compromised information swiped at the stores, and credit and debit card ac“may include the card num- did not include those cards counts and notify their bank ber and in some cases the entered manually or online,” if they notice any suspicious cardholder’s name, verifica- officials said. activity.

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During her nearly yearlong battle with sarcoma, Kia McCoy never discussed her plight against cancer. She never wondered about what the future held, even as the reports from doctors grew increasingly grim.

“That trust and peace came from spending time reading God’s word,” her son Caleb said. “A time she spent every day set aside to spend with him. Over the years all that time leads up to we all have hardships and adversities in our lives, what do we do when those come? Ask questions and start doubting?

She never did any of that.

She decided to live her last days with her family and not asking why.”

That spirit is chronicled in a book Caleb, a former Central Gwinnett football player, published earlier this year using 23 of Kia’s journals, countless notecards and emails Caleb wrote to family and friends to update them on reports from doctors. The book is now available on Amazon.

The book is called “Angel on Ice,” a title that comes from when his mother figure skated outdoors in Wisconsin while her children, tired from skating themselves, sat on the side and watched.

“It’s a story I think all people can relate to,”

Kia McCoy performed as a professional figure skater in her early 20s, and after raising a family of four children, returned to the ice at 61 years old, and at 63 won first place in her division in an international competition. Caleb McCoy, a former Central Gwinnett football player, published a book earlier this year, inset, called “Angel on Ice” using 23 journals, countless note cards from his mother, and emails Caleb wrote to family and friends to update them on reports from doctors as she battled sarcoma. The book is now available on Amazon. (Special Photo)

Caleb said. “Because whether you don’t have a family member with cancer, you know somebody that does, or at some time in your life you’re going to experience that with family or your friends.”

Kia McCoy performed

as a professional figure skater in her early 20s, and after raising a family of four children, returned to the ice at 61-yearsold, and at 63 won first place in her division in an international competition. She rediscovered this passion, got back on the ice, and despite having all that taken away with this sarcoma, she still found that joy and wasn’t angry about it, her son said.

She was diagnosed with the rare form of cancer in July 2012, and passed away on March 28 the following year.

Caleb said the night the family learned she would pass away, he and one of his sisters read through some of the journals and decided to share them with other people.

“She was always about relationships with people,” Caleb said.

“She did that through her written word. She was never outspoken verbally.

Whenever I was feeling down, she was a great listener. She would pray about it, and she would always follow it up with a letter.”

One exercept of a journal entry from June 3, 2003, was written as Caleb left to play football in Europe.

“I pray You open his eyes to the truth of who You’ve created him to be,” she wrote. “Remember Lord, I did not ask You for this child — I did not even expect to have another — but You created him without any help from me. I know You have a unique plan for him as is evident in the way You have made him. I pray You give him new eyes as he sees new sights in Your creation.”

The book was written and compiled in part to grieve, which Caleb said would be a lifelong process.

“All last year, my one goal was to write this book and get her story out to encourage other people going through cancer, encourage other families going through the same things we did,” he said. “A written word is timeless. Our family is going to have that for the rest of our lives and all generations. Her grandkids will get to know their grandma through these writings.”

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For a few, only the brand-name drug will do DEAR DR. ROACH: Your column on warfarin in August left out an important fact: Some people need to take the brand-name drug Coumadin rather than the generic warfarin. It has been explained to me that some people need the brand name in order to get properly stabilized. One physician and a pharmacist told me that Synthroid is another drug for which some people may need the brand name rather than the generic; I experienced the need for this brand name myself — as did one of the physicians to whom I referred earlier!

Granted, most generics serve us well, but there are exceptions, and I think it could be helpful if you would do a column on this.

— J.E. ANSWER: I have said that I, like most physicians, use generic medications for myself and my family. However, I think you are right that most physicians include these two exceptions, Synthroid and Coumadin, and also, though we use it less now, the brand Lanoxin instead of generic digoxin.

However, since the brand names can be much more expensive, one way of solving the problem without spending more is to work with the pharmacist to make sure you get your medications from the same generic manufacturer, which minimizes the variability.

Unfortunately, pharmacies often buy from multiple generic manufacturers, so this approach does not always work.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 72. Several years ago, because of bad back pain, I had tests and X-rays.

The orthopedic physician assistant I was directed to afterward said I’d need hip replacements, or I could get a shot. At my own insistence, I tried physical therapy instead of a shot.

It merely aggravated the situation.

Twice since, I’ve seen the same PA. He did not display the X-rays, and I didn’t think to ask. I’ve yet to see the licensed doctor in that office.

Walking is the one exercise that generally doesn’t bother me, so that’s how I keep a bit active. My leg and hip pains now do have me thinking about having at least one hip replaced. How do I initiate this? What sort of improved mobility can I expect? Might my insurance cover a second opinion?

— J.W. ANSWER: You need a different orthopedic surgeon. He or she will go over all the questions you have — all of which are reasonable, but can be answered only by someone who has examined you, listened to your concerns and knows your particular orthopedic problem. Almost all insurances will let you seek a second opinion.

If you are feeling kind, let the orthopedic surgeon you didn’t see know the treatment you got from the PA. It has been my experience that physician assistants give out very good care, within the scope of their expertise, but this one is not giving good care to you, and I’m sure the surgeon would like to know.

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Grandmother frets about divorce DEAR AMY: I am 65; my husband is 67. We have been married for 13 years.

Now we are divorcing. He will be leaving our state after the divorce, when he retires, and won’t be returning.

My husband has been a step-papa to my grandchildren. The older grandchildren will understand his absence and why. My concern is that my 3-year-old granddaughter continues to ask us, “Where is Papa Danny?”

How do I and her parents explain the divorce and that he will no longer be in her life? He rarely participated in family visits anyway (he’s that way even with his own side of his family), however my sweet granddaughter still will wonder and ask where he is and why she doesn’t see him anymore.

Because of certain circumstances we have agreed not to contact each other’s family members.

Can you please give us your advice?

— Divorcing Grandmother DEAR GRANDMOTHER: Tell the truth, and do so in a way that is age appropriate and neutral (ideally “Papa Danny” would talk to all of the kids before he moves). When she asks, you should say, “Papa Danny moved away because we’re not married any more. Now he lives in a new house in

Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson (name the town).

If she asks, “Will I see him?” you should say, “I don’t think so, because he moved away and I don’t think he’ll visit us. But you’ll see me just like always because I live here.

I’m staying in my old house and you’re going to come visit me, just like always.”

Answer any questions she asks, and if you don’t know the answer, say so honestly. If she acts sad, prompt her to talk to you and express herself. Give her positive physical and emotional affection. Offer her lots of lap time while you two read together.

For young children, the great treasure of having grandparents in their lives is the feeling the child has that they are with someone who is both wise and older than the hills and the stars. You may be feeling personally unsure or off kilter, but in the eyes of your grandkids, you can make the world whole. Be

like that for her.

DEAR AMY: I went to an upscale wedding over a year ago and spent quite a bit of money on the wedding present.

Along with some other guests, I never received a thank you note.

What is the protocol in asking the couple if they ever received my present?

Are handwritten notes obsolete?

— Karen DEAR KAREN: Handwritten notes are not obsolete. Furthermore, I predict that handwritten communication is going to experience a serious resurgence — riding the wave of the DIY movement.

Regardless of what is currently in style, receipt of your gift should be acknowledged and you should be thanked, sincerely and graciously.

Would you care if this was delivered to you by way of a phone call instead of a note at this point? I assume you’d be relieved to be acknowledged at all.

You should not feel burdened to figure out an appropriate or polite way to inquire about your gift.

Many couples set up fancy wedding websites, which they use to hector their guests with frequent updates before their wedding and post photos afterward.

Perhaps you could email

the couple through their website: “I had a wonderful time at your wedding.

The vision of Uncle Joe dancing is one I won’t soon forget. I’m a little concerned that you didn’t receive my gift because I never heard from you. Can you let me know?”

DEAR AMY: “Haunted in Carolina” continued to ruminate about an incident where he was insulted and responded by giving the offender a high-five.

He has nothing to regret — he did a great job.

By laughing and giving a high-five, he avoided an argument that would have make all the guys uncomfortable and spoiled everyone’s outing.

Secondly, giving him a high-five just blew the guy off, showing that he couldn’t care less about him and his thoughtless comment. Bravo to him!

— Impressed DEAR IMPRESSED: I agree, and I hope “Haunted” can come to see it this way.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@tribune.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook. Amy Dickinson’s memoir, “The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter and the Town that Raised Them” (Hyperion), is available in bookstores.

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Successful partnerships will be highlighted this year. Personal, business and professional collaborations will bring worthwhile returns. You will come out ahead if you rely on your intelligence and ingenuity, along with your ability to contribute to something that you feel passionate about.

LIBRA (Sept. 23Oct. 23) — Unexpected changes and unforeseen issues will arise. Trying to stick to a schedule will end in frustration. Throw out your game plan and go with the flow for best results.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Be relentless in your pursuits. You have the know-how to reach your destination.

You’ll face some objection to your plans, but you are the best judge of what is right for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Use your talents and good will to help people in your area who are in need.

An association with a charitable or benevolent agency will bring you positive recognition.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Overconfidence will be your downfall. Keep your plans a secret if you don’t want someone to thwart your success.

Be wary of anyone who presses you for information.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — It’s time to face the music. You have been avoiding an issue in hopes that it will disappear, but that isn’t going to happen. You will sleep better once the matter is resolved.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Implement the changes around your home that will improve your standard of living. An unanticipated windfall will come your way through a forgotten investment or an old debt owed to you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Stick to your principles, but be mindful of others.

Relationship woes can be resolved if you are patient and understanding. Don’t let minor matters get blown out of proportion.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Assess your current situation. It’s time to strengthen your skills by attending a course or researching a career that interests you.

Set your goal high and do what’s necessary to reach it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Stick with tried and true methods. Your innovative ideas have value, but you will have trouble gaining support if they are considered farfetched or unreasonable.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Self-improvement projects should be for your benefit, not someone else’s. Be true to yourself and don’t try to imitate someone else.

Be proud of your originality.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — It’s a good time to discuss your goals.

Seek out the help of someone whose opinion you respect. Once your intentions are divulged, you will be offered help and support.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Don’t let anyone rush or push you today.

You are likely to miss a step and be forced to start all over. An unhurried approach will bring the best results.

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Metro area jobless rate ticks upward From Staff Reports

Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Mirroring an upswing in Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, the state unemployment rate, Gwinnett, Haralson, Henry, the metro Atlanta unemploy- Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, ment rate also increased in Newton, Paulding, Pickens, August. The rate now stands Pike, Rockdale, Spalding at 8 percent, up from 7.9 and Walton. percent in July.

Gwinnett’s unemployThe Georgia Department ment rate in August stood at of Labor announced Thurs7.2 percent — up from 7.1 day that despite the rate in July. Meriwether had the increase, the number of jobs highest unemployment rate in metro Atlanta increased in the 28-county MSA at 11.6 percent. Forsyth had the by 5,900 from July. Additionally, the number of initial lowest at 6.1 percent.

Georgia’s seasonally claims for unemployment adjusted unemployment rate insurance fell 22.9 percent for August was 8.1 perfrom the previous month.

The Atlanta metro statisti- cent, up from a revised 7.7 cal area (MSA) includes the percent in July. Local area The unemployment rate for the Atlanta metropolitan statistical area was up one tenth of a percentage point from counties of Barrow, Bartow, unemployment data are not July. (Credit: GDOL) seasonally adjusted.

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Worship Without Walls event Sunday in Norcross

By Katie Morris

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The IMPACT! Group and Johns Creek Christian Church are hosting a community event Sunday to help rehab a newly acquired Veteran Transitional Housing home.

The IMPACT! Group (TIG) is a nonprofit based in Gwinnett County that addresses the housing challenges of homeless veterans, their families and the community. TIG also provides emergency shelter, rapid re-housing,

transitional housing, access to permanent housing, HUD housing counseling, foreclosure assistance and financial literacy.

Johns Creek Christian Church is a local faith-based organization in Johns Creek that has formed a strategic partnership with TIG to address the housing challenges of the community’s homeless Veterans. TIG, working in collaboration with Gwinnett County, is in the process of rehabbing five vacant houses to be used exclusively in the transi-

tional housing program IMPACT! For Vets.

The congregation of JCCC and staff from TIG will be having a “Worship Without Walls” event to clean and beautify one of the IMPACT! For Vets homes on Sunday, Sept.

28, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The home is located at 1514 Graves Road in Norcross. The hidden driveway will be marked with a balloon attached to the mailbox. There will be plenty of parking on the lawn and at the entrance.

For more information, visit theimpactgroup.org.

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WORLD Muslim scholars present rebuttal to Islamic State PARIS — Over 120 Islamic scholars from around the world, many of them leading Muslim voices in their own countries, have issued an open letter denouncing Islamic State militants and refuting their religious arguments.

An array of Muslim leaders and groups have publicly rejected the Islamist movement since it imposed its brutal rule over large areas of Syria and Iraq this summer. Five Muslim nations have also joined a U.S.-led military campaign against it.

The 22-page letter, written in Arabic and heavy with quotes from the Koran and other Islamic sources, is just as clear as those groups in condemning the torture, murder and destruction Islamic State militants have committed in areas they control.

“You have misinterpreted Islam into a religion of harshness, brutality, torture and murder,” the letter said. “This is a great wrong and an offense to Islam, to Muslims and to the entire world.”

Bishop accused of shielding sexual abuse dismissed VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has dismissed a Paraguayan bishop accused of protecting a priest suspected of sexually abusing young people, the Vatican said on Thursday.

A statement said the pope had removed Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano from his post as head of the diocese of Ciudad del Este and named another bishop to run it as an administrator for the time being.

The Argentinian-born pontiff has vowed zero tolerance of clerics who abuse minors, after church scandals in several countries over many years.

Terror suspect killed after two officers stabbed SYDNEY — Australian police shot dead a teenager after he stabbed two counter terrorism officers, days after sweeping raids involving hundreds of police thwarted what they said was an imminent plot to behead a member of the public.

Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its escalating action against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, is on high alert for attacks by home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East.

The 18-year-old, named in parliament as Abdul Numan Haider, was asked to attend a police station on Tuesday night because his behavior was “causing concern,” police said.

Both officers were in a stable condition in hospital on Wednesday, with one undergoing surgery after he was stabbed in the head, stomach and neck.

— From wire reports

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world&nation U.S. Attorney General to resign Reuters WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder, an unapologetic liberal voice and one of President Barack Obama’s closest allies, announced on Thursday he is stepping down after a term marked by advances in civil rights and frequent battles with Republicans in Congress.

Holder, the nation’s first black chief prosecutor, will remain in office until a successor is nominated and confirmed, the Justice Department said. Obama is scheduled to join him for the announcement at the White House at 4:30 p.m.

Holder’s departure after nearly six years sets up a potentially tense confirmation battle with Republicans in a lame-duck U.S. Senate session scheduled after the Nov. 4 midterm elections, when Republicans hope to capture a Senate majority that would take office in January.

A White House official said Obama has not made a decision on a replacement and will not name a successor on Thursday. Names floated for the job include Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Solicitor General Don Verrilli, former Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, left, acknowledges applause after President Barack Obama announced Holder’s resignation in the White House State Dining Room.

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Lynch and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

Holder is close to Obama and has forcefully embodied many of the president’s most liberal positions, including support for more gun control, criticism of America’s prison system and a desire to try terrorism suspects in civilian instead of military courts.

Despite a drumbeat of Republican criticism since he became attorney general in 2009, Holder stayed on to be among the longest-serving attorneys general ever. He is one of three original members of Obama’s Cabinet who remain, along with Education Secretary Arne

Duncan and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Republicans responded to Holder’s decision with harsh assessments of his tenure, and they hinted at the difficulties Obama will face in getting a successor confirmed.

“I hope the president will nominate someone who will uphold the basic standards of honesty, transparency and accountability that have been so glaringly absent in this Justice Department,” John Cornyn, the No. 2 Senate Republican, said.

Holder made civil rights a cornerstone of his tenure, bringing a series of cases against local police for using excessive force, suing

NATION $228.5 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold near San Francisco LOS ANGELES — The winning ticket for a $228.5 million Powerball jackpot was sold in the San Francisco Bay area, the only ticket to match all six numbers in the multi-state lottery so the holder will not have to split the prize with anyone, officials said on Thursday.

The winner has not come forward since the drawing on Wednesday night, Greg Parashak, spokesman for the California Lottery, said.

The winning numbers in the drawing were 7, 14, 24, 41, 21, and the Powerball number was 26.

Groundhog dead after falling from mayor’s arms NEW YORK — A restless groundhog that squirmed out of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s hands and fell to the floor at this year’s Groundhog Day celebration has died, zoo officials said on Thursday.

New York has held the annual Feb. 2 Groundhog Day event since 1981 with the help of famed rodent weather forecaster “Staten Island Chuck,” whose shadow predicts whether the winter will be lengthy or short.

But the rodent that escaped de Blasio’s grasp and later died was not the famed Chuck. It was his companion, “Charlotte,” the New York Post reported.

CORN PRICE QUESTIONS — A grain cart drives through a corn field during a harvest in Minooka, Ill.. Corn prices are trying to consolidate after falling to a four-year low.

Contracts held above lifetime lows in overnight trade.

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Citing unnamed sources, Earthquake hits The Post reported that Charnear Anchorage lotte died in her enclosure at JUNEAU — A 6.2 magthe Staten Island Zoo a week nitude earthquake struck after being dropped. She Alaska on Thursday near appeared to have suffered Anchorage, but the U.S. internal organ damage.

Geological Survey said Puported Austin there was little likelihood of casualties or severe Sniper rifle to be damage from shaking generated by the deeply rooted auctioned tremor.

DALLAS — A Dallas “It was the earth rolling. gun collector is selling what It looked like I had double he said is a rifle used in the vision going on. Little bit sniper attack by ex-Marine of a vertigo,” said Alaska Charles Whitman, who State Troopers spokesperched himself atop the woman Megan Peters, University of Texas clock adding there were no initial tower in a 1966 shooting reports of injuries of damspree that killed 16 people age. and wounded dozens.

Donald Weiss is adverMemphis cops tising the Remington 700 as the “UT Austin Sniper suspended after Rifle” at a starting bid of porta-potty arrest $25,000 on behalf of an unidentified owner on the NASHVILLE — Four Texas Gun Trader webMemphis police officers site. The posting has been have been suspended with viewed over 4,300 times in pay for tipping over a porthe last week, according to table toilet where a suspect the site.

Law enforcement officials had tried to hide, after a said they could not immedi- video of the Sept. 19 arrest ately verify the authenticity circulated widely on social media, the Commercial of the rifle.

the state of Arizona over a law aimed at Hispanic immigrants and successfully blocking many state voter ID laws before the 2012 election, likening them to Jim Crow-style poll taxes.

He visited Ferguson, Missouri, last month, promising a Justice Department investigation after the shooting death of a black teenager by a white policeman led to violent clashes with police.

While Holder has no immediate plans once he steps down, the Justice Department official said, he has told friends that he wants to find a way to help restore trust between law enforcement and minority communities.

Appeal newspaper reported on Thursday.

The officers tipped the portable toilet over and then put it upright again.

The police kicked the suspect and handcuffed him after he came out of the potty, the video showed.

The Commercial Appeal said the man in the toilet was Joseph Hampton and that he had run away from police who had responded to a call from an apartment where he was unwanted.

Hampton was arrested on trespassing and evading arrest charges and released on $250 bond, according to local media.

PEOPLE FAA to allow six movie and TV companies to use drones WASHINGTON — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration loosened restrictions on the commercial use of drones on Thursday, granting six television and movie production companies permission to use the small, remotely piloted aircraft to shoot scenes on closed sets.

“Today’s announcement is a significant milestone in broadening commercial (drone) use while ensuring we maintain our worldclass safety record in all forms of flight,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement.

“These companies are blazing a trail that others are already following, offering the promise of new advances in agriculture and utility safety and maintenance,” he said.

In their applications, the production firms said the operators will hold private pilot licenses and keep the drones within line of sight at all times, the FAA said in a statement.

In granting the exemption, FAA said it accepted these safety conditions, and added a requirement that the aircraft be inspected before each flight and prohibited operations at night.

Utah to appeal ‘Sister Wives’ bigamy ruling

Utah will appeal a U.S. federal judge’s ruling that declared part of the state’s bigamy law unconstitutional and sided with the star of reality television show “Sister Wives,” officials said on Thursday.

A spokeswoman for Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said the state has sent a notice of appeal in the case and will file the appeal within two weeks.

Last month, U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups finalized a ruling that struck down part of the law that bars some consenting adults from living together in a Serial killer, 74, romantic arrangement and gets sentenced criminalizes their intimate sexual relationships. to life in prison Polygamy is illegal in all LOS ANGELES — 50 states. But Utah’s law is A 74-year-old career unique in that a person can criminal convicted in be found guilty not just for the strangling deaths having two legal marriage of three women in Los licenses, but also for cohabitAngeles was sentenced on ing with another adult in Thursday to life in prison a marriage-like relationwithout the possibility ship when they are already of parole for the crimes legally married to someone committed in the 1980s, else.

The rest of Utah’s bigamy prosecutors said. law remains intact so only Police used DNA individuals who fraudulently matches in 2012 to tie obtain multiple marriage Samuel Little to the three licenses would be guilty. women, whose bodies Waddoups said in Dewere dumped in alleys near downtown Los Ange- cember that the law violates both the First Amendment’s les and who prosecutors clause on religious rights and have described as easy the Fourteenth Amendment’s targets because of their due process clause to protect drug problems. personal liberty.

A Los Angeles County Waddoups also ruled last jury last month convicted month that Utah County AtLittle of first-degree torney Jeff Buhman violated murder in the deaths, and Judge George Lomeli sen- the constitutional rights of Kody Brown and his four tenced him on Thursday wives, stars of the TV show to three consecutive life “Sister Wives,” when he interms, one for each of the vestigated them for bigamy. women he killed.

— From wire reports — From wire reports

For PotatoStock, all you need is love and mayo

By Kim Palmer Reuters

CLEVELAND — An Ohio man’s modest request this summer for a little help making potato salad culminates this Saturday in PotatoStock 2014 — a charity event to help end hunger and homelessness.

As a joke among his friends, Zack Danger Brown went on the

MUST READ Internet funding site Kickstarter in July to raise $10 for his first attempt to make the side dish.

But fans of potato salad — and Internet jokes — can be very serious. Before the funding period ended in early August, Brown’s proposal had garnered international media attention

and accumulated more than $55,000 from 6,911 donors.

Kickstarter participants are permitted to make a personal profit after all fundraising promises are fulfilled. Brown decided to donate his profits to the Columbus Foundation, to distribute to non profit organizations.

The Columbus event will have five bands, concessions

and 300 pounds of potato salad.

PotatoStock is free and open to the public, or as Brown’s invite on Facebook reads: “the whole Internet.”

“I invited the whole Internet.

So if a percentage of the billion or so show up, we should get a few million, which might be a problem because we only have one bar,” Brown said.

Attendees can also purchase

T-shirts with the event’s theme of “Peace, Love and Potato Salad!” Brown said.

The “PotatoStock” name is a takeoff on the famous 1969 Woodstock music festival, although Brown considered other potato-related names.

“A friend said later we should have called it the Oct-tuber Fest,” Brown said.

“Maybe next year.”

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Bookends of a presidency

WASHINGTON — President Obama began his presidency with a call for a “new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world.” He will end it as a reluctant but unapologetic warrior, using U.S. military force to smash Islamic extremists and the “network of death” they have planted at the heart of the Middle East.

The speech Obama gave in Cairo in 2009 and the address he gave at the United Nations on Wednesday can be seen as bookends. In the heady months after his election, Obama hoped to be remembered as the president who forged a new peace between the Western and Islamic worlds. Now, while not completely abandoning Eugene that hope, Obama said Robinson there first must be war against jihadist “killers” who understand no language but “the language of force.”

The passages of Obama’s U.N. address dealing with the horrors committed by the Islamic State — the self-styled jihadist “caliphate” now being blasted by U.S. airstrikes — were strikingly vivid, especially in light of reports that the president wrote much of the speech himself.

“This group has terrorized all who they come across in Iraq and Syria,” he said. “Mothers, sisters, daughters have been subjected to rape as a weapon of war. Innocent children have been gunned down. Bodies have been dumped in mass graves. Religious minorities have been starved to death. In the most horrific crimes imaginable, innocent human beings have been beheaded, with videos of the atrocity distributed to shock the conscience of the world.”

The next lines echoed the Manichaean worldview we so often heard from George W. Bush: “No God condones this terror. No grievance justifies these actions. There can be no reasoning — no negotiation — with this brand of evil.”

While the president rejected “any suggestion of a clash of civilizations” and insisted that “the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam” — much as Bush gave those same assurances — Obama effectively committed the remainder of his time in office to waging war against jihadist extremism on multiple fronts.

Obama challenged Muslim countries to help fight jihadism, not just militarily, but ideologically as well. “It’s time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy and then siphon funds to those who teach children to tear it down.”

His audience of world leaders understood the subtext: It is not enough for nations such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar to join the U.S.-led military coalition against the Islamic State.

They must also cease funding the spread of radical theology and stop supporting Islamist militias in conflicts such as the Syrian civil war. Here, again, there was a not-so-faint echo of Bush’s “with us or against us” line in the sand.

The Cairo speech and this week’s address sounded many of the same themes, but there was a marked difference in tone. Five years ago, Obama invited Muslim political and religious leaders to join him in combating violent extremism. Now he is demanding they do so.

The president would have grounds to argue that if his approach has changed, it is because the world has changed. The Arab Spring revolutions unleashed powerful forces that had long been suppressed by authoritarian regimes.

Among these were religious political movements, which rushed to fill the power vacuums that suddenly appeared, and long-buried passions stemming from the Sunni-Shiite sectarian divide.

But Obama has changed, too. In Cairo, he listed the sources of friction between the West and the Muslim world; ranked second, right after violent extremism, was the unresolved conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. On Wednesday, while making clear that the United States still supports a two-state solution, Obama said that “the situation in Iraq and Syria and Libya should cure anybody of the illusion that the Arab-Israeli conflict is the main source of problems in the region.”

Before even turning to the Middle East, the president had harsh words — quite a few of them — for Russia’s actions in Ukraine, which “challenge the postwar order.” The president promised to “impose a cost on Russia for aggression” and added that “we call upon others to join us on the right side of history.”

Obama mentioned the racial tensions in Ferguson, Mo., as an illustration of how the United States airs, confronts and tries to deal with its problems. It was as if he were challenging the assembled leaders to do the same.

Start to finish, it was one of the most important speeches of the Obama presidency. So far, that is.

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Might be about time to go back to the barter system Your electronic data is not safe.

That is the assumption you should make every time you swipe a card to make a transaction.

You should not assume it will be protected. You should not assume it will not be stolen. You should, in fact, say to yourself, “I’m giving this store $12.37, but I also might be giving the Russian mob or the Chinese government the rest of my paycheck.”

Then it’s up to you if you still want to pay with that card.

Home Depot, Target, Michael’s, Jimmy John’s — all have had their computer systems compromised to the tune of millions of dollars and millions of consumers’ personal information being stolen. And it will continue, with the cost

Nate McCullough of the data breaches being passed on to the consumers, the very victims of these attacks.

“Data breach,” by the way, is a code phrase that sounds better than “We didn’t take the necessary steps to protect our customers from thieves because God forbid we spend any extra money and cut profits by a tenth of a percent.” Or something like that.

Don’t just take it from me.

After the Home Depot breach, one IT expert told Reuters that most companies only scan for malware that’s already known to the industry instead of using modern technology that scans for a wider range of threats.

In other words, upgrading software is expensive, so they just don’t do it.

And it’s not just at the restaurant or the grocery store that you have to worry.

Thieves are now targeting your medical record in hopes of not just getting your financial data but your health info as well. They can then set up accounts to order drugs, medical equipment and more.

And it’s lucrative. Your credit card number goes for 50 cents to $1 on the black market.

Your medical record brings 10 bucks.

The whole thing has me

wondering if maybe we should go back to the barter system. You know, trading chickens or sacks of wheat for goods and services. I might give it a try, just to see the look on the cashier’s face when I try to hand her a couple of laying hens in exchange for a gallon of milk.

It’s a pretty good idea, I think, except that I seem to have a shortage of chickens and wheat right now.

Plus, if people did start accepting barter as payment, the mobsters would probably just find a way to scam me out of my chickens.

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Colorado’s Yampa River a trout-fishing treat STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Big-time skiing began here in one of the most fascinating of states. I am intrigued by Colorado’s history, a state that has a hardscrabble past but that offers inspiration for those who have an affection for history and the great outdoors.

There is Native American history, there’s mining history, there’s dust storm history, there’s hunting, fishing, skiing and Denver Bronco football, if you want to identify with the latest passion.

Whatever you are attracted to, you can find it — from sporting opportunity to love of the environment. There’s mountains and prairies, rivers and creeks. Colorado! Damn hard not to love it.

Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain.

That is America at its best, and you can find it most graphically in the electrifying West, a place I don’t visit often enough. But when I do, I fall in love with every sojourn and can’t wait to return.

There is not a Western state for which I don’t reserve the greatest affection, but

The Internet doesn’t disclose what a “windwalker” is, but I think it must have some connection to Native Americans. There’s plenty to do at the WindWalker Ranch, from horseback riding to fly fishing. Every meal, organized

by Tom Henninger, the ranch Loran foreman, is an adventure.

Smith Filling and fulfilling. Love and laughter. This is where Colorado would be hard to the heavens meet the earth. beat. Its varied landscape and What is most alluring is a past that is both illuminatthe Yampa River and its plening and ignominious (many tiful trout — rainbow, brown Japanese detainees were sent and brook. The 250-milehere, and Colorado was once long, north-flowing river is a home to 17,000 members of tributary of the Green River. the Ku Klux Klan) remind It has the second largest waus that people are forever at tershed in the state. It hasn’t odds with ambition, ideals seen a small trout since Noah and one another. docked the ark. You stand in Today, Colorado is vibrant, the rock-strewn Yampa, less green and exciting. It functhan knee deep, and find that tions with zeal, love of the nymph fishing here has to be environment, and apprethe best imaginable. ciation for its early times — However, it was a San from the Pony Express to the Juan worm that made my wagon trains to the railroad day. The San Juan worm is to Coors Light. Our 38th not exactly a worm, but a state is where people flock nymph pattern, first develto vacation or to choose a oped on the San Juan River homestead. below the Navajo Dam in My most recent trip had New Mexico “to imitate me heading west as a guest. the river’s large abundance I’m grateful for that. My of aquatic worms.” Being friend Bill Griffin has a tie inexpert, I had no reason with the WindWalker Ranch to appreciate the use of the near Steamboat Springs. fly when Colin Taylor said,

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“Let’s try this.”

It was only a few minutes as I swooned to the view of the Rocky Mountains and the captivating scenes that were fascinating to a sometime fisherman who believes that fly fishing is like golf — you don’t have to be good at it to enjoy it — when a strike took my breath away. Little did I know that a 21-inch brown trout — tenacious, bold, and unrelenting — was on the line. He was as determined to spit my San Juan worm as I was eager to make him my signature trophy catch.

It wasn’t a walk in the park by any means, but I won the fight.

My arms became fatigued.

My resolve was tested, but he, after a prolonged skirmish, reluctantly slid into Colin’s net.

“Gee,” Colin said. “Good fly fishermen fish for years and don’t catch a brown like that.”

I savored every moment, softly singing “America the Beautiful.” I was humbled and felt like taking a knee. So, I did, right on a big rock in the middle of the Yampa River.

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Mill Creek teacher Fire destroys truck, damages warehouse to sign copies of young adult novel From Staff Reports

that can find him before he murders again. A sequel is also set to be released in April.

A Mill Creek High Some of Pickens’ pasSpanish teacher who sions are creative writing doubles as a young adult and fantasy, but she also novelist will sign copies of enjoys a complex thriller her debut novel on Saturand science fiction televiday at the Barnes & Noble sion, like Supernatural and at the Mall of Georgia.

Sleepy Hollow, according Shelley Pickens, who to her blog. loves everything paranorPickens will sign books mal, wrote “The Hauntfrom 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. ing of Secrets” about a The event will also include 16-year-old who doesn’t giveaways and pictures like to touch people bewith the school’s mascot, cause when she does, she Harvey the Hawk. sees their past — all their Barnes and Noble will good and bad deeds. One donate a portion of the day a bomb goes off during day’s sales from all purlunch and Aimee learns all chases to the Mill Creek of her classmates’ secrets. cluster. Purchases made in One of the secrets is that store and online should use a fellow student is a killer, Bookfair ID 11441227 in and Aimee is the only one the order.

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overall wayfinding signage program, which would announced a $258,640 direct people to the historic lease-purchase deal for district.

Pierce’s Corner. Shortly Another factor that the after that announcement, city and developers will the push for the historic have to deal with is parkdistrict began. Federal tax ing. Edge said that current credits from such a district plans call for increasing were deemed essential the capacity from the 40 toward completing the deal spaces on Main Street to for the building. And those about 76. “We are trying to tax credits are available get options on the table” to to owners of any incomeassess the parking situaproducing property in the tion, he said. City Council historic district; this is approval would be needed something that Suwanee for any plan. officials feel could lead to Chuck Warbington, more redevelopment in Old executive director of the Town.

Gwinnett Village Commu“Green” construction nity Improvement District, techniques are in the plans, also is involved with Demaccording to the original ing LLC, as an adviser. announcement.

An engineer by trade, Also, officials with Warbington said his input the Suwanee Downtown has been on how to keep Development Authority the refurbished Pierce’s (DDA) are making plans Corner building as “arfor the district. Adam tistically authentic” as Edge, Suwanee’s downpossible. “Repurposing a town and business develop- historic structure takes a lot ment manager, noted that longer,” Warbington noted. letters are being mailed And since the Pierce’s to owners of contributing Corner/historic district proproperties (there are 41, cess began, there has been according to city officials) a significant addition to the in the historic district about area. Huthmaker Violins having identifying markers purchased the Rhodes placed on their properties. House (4,000 square feet) Edge said the markers, on Russell Street in Old which would go on such Town over the summer. sites as Everett’s MuAccording to Zillow.com, sic Barn, Suwanee First the sale price was about United Methodist Church $388,000. And the new (also 100 years old), and owners have relocated their Pierce’s Corner would violin shop there from “enhance a sense of place” downtown Duluth. in Old Town. This would “There is a lot of buzz in be part of Suwanee’s Old Town,” Edge said.

•From Page 1A county administrator at the time, appointed Walters to the position.

“Charles Walters is one of the finest police chiefs anywhere, and I am glad he chose to spend his career with Gwinnett,” Nash said in an email Thursday. “He has led the Gwinnett County Police Department with professionalism and integrity

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and has never shied away from tough decisions when they had to be made.”

Walters said he decided to retire this spring and announced his intentions to the department in the last month or so. In addition to spending time with family — he still has three schoolaged children — he plans to consider job opportunities in the teaching and accreditation fields.

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business to the county line.

Those firefighters, RutInvestigators are workledge indicated, checked ing to determine the cause the roof of the business of a Thursday afternoon after receiving a report that several employees had fire that destroyed a tractorbeen on the roof when the trailer and caused heavy fire started. smoke damage inside a “The employees were Doraville warehouse. able to self-evacuate An employee reported down a roof hatch and the Sept. 25 fire at Nordic were already out safe Cold Storage on Pleasantwhen crews made access,” dale Road just before 1:30 Rutledge said. “There were p.m. By the time firefightno rescues that had to be ers arrived, a tractor-trailer made by firefighters and no parked behind the warehouse was fully involved.

A tractor-trailer was completely destroyed during a injuries were reported.”

Approximately 240 “The truck was offSept. 25 fire at a Doraville facility. (Credit: Gwinnett Fire) employees were evacuated loading food product at until the fire was brought the time and was parked release. “Flames were warehouse. Firefighters under control at 2 p.m. against the building at quickly extending inside used two deck guns and Four engines, three ladder the loading dock,” Gwinthe warehouse as initial an aerial ladder to extintrucks, a hazmat unit, an nett Fire and Emergency fire crews deployed attack guish the tractor-trailer air and light unit, a squad Services public informalines.” fire. DeKalb fire crews tion officer Capt. Tommy Crews contained the fire also responded to the scene truck and a medical unit Rutledge said in a media to a small area inside the due to the proximity of the responded to the incident.

First Gwinnett location of Your Pie opens

By Katie Morris

to not only open a business but also support the surrounding community.

They collaborated with Athens-based down-the- The Path Project during line pizza restaurant Your their pre-opening training Pie will have its grand week inviting local busiopening in The Shoppes at nesses and organizations Webb Gin in Snellville on into their new restaurant Saturday. for one free meal. While Young entrepreneurs the meal was free, guests and Monroe natives Ross were asked to donate to Bradley and Andrew The Path Project, a nonWilliams are opening the profit community and Snellville location of Your youth development organiPie. It’s very important to zation that exists in mobile both Bradley and Williams home communities. The

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Driver

•From Page 1A ounce of marijuana, following too close, and failure to exercise due care while using a cellphone.

He is being held without

bond.

Lunt was injured and taken to Gwinnett Medical Center but “should recover quickly,” the sheriff’s office Facebook post said. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman

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threat the 40,000-member terrorist organization pres“They were once a ents to the United States as small band of guys on the “frightening.” highway,” he said. “We “I’ve never seen anycould have ended that with thing like it,” he said. a cruise missile.”

Authorities have identiThat, however, is no fied at least 200 American longer the case. passport-holders or Visa “Today there are abWaiver Program parsolutely no good options ticipants who have trained for dealing with ISIS,” he with ISIS, Woodall said. said. “Absolutely none.”

At least 40 of them have The U.S., Woodall said, entered the U.S., 15 have has never faced a terrorbeen captured. ist enemy as well-funded “We have never experias ISIS. That funding, he enced an enemy with this added, amounts to $1 to 3 kind of funding and this million per day. kind of access,” he said.

“These folks have their Woodall encouraged own funding stream com- those in attendance at the ing from the banks they Sept. 25 meeting at the robbed and now the oil Northwood Country Club they are selling,” he said. in Lawrenceville to eduWoodall described the cate themselves about the

Walters

The police chief said he wished recent economic times had enabled the department to “keep getting our people raises,” but added that he was proud of being able to continue “providing our people with the best equipment and best training available.”

He also praised the department’s ability over the years to adapt to the county’s changing demographics.

“Whether it’s race, it’s language, or the influx of immigration, we’ve had to adapt and we’ve done real well,” Walters said. “Make everybody happy, absolutely not. But we’ve done well I think.”

Walters declined to comment on a possible replacement. County Administrator Glenn Stephens did the same, at least in terms of specifics.

“Charlie told me about his

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Thomas Louis Bryant, age 83 of Johns Creek, died September 18, 2014.

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Mrs. Bobbie H. Bryson, age 72, of Loganville, GA, passed away September 24, 2014. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770979-3200. www.wagesfuneralhome.com

Mr. Roy Elbert Henderson, age 61, of Buford, GA passed away on Friday, September 19, 2014. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herman and Carrie Henderson; brother, John Gregory; and grandmother, Bessie Moon Oliver. He is survived by his daughter, Ameda Henderson, Lawrenceville, GA; sister, Virginia Kelly, Blue Springs, MO; brothers, Richard Mulwee, Aurora, CO, Delmar Mulwee, Aurora, CO, James Mulwee, Jefferson City, MO, Craig Henderson, Fontana, CA, German Henderson, Dayton, OH, Gary Henderson, St. Louis, MO, and Warren

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Deputy Shannon Volkodav said her colleague was “injured, but not seriously.”

A photo posted on the Facebook page showed the mangled rear-end of Lunt’s squad car.

on Saturday.”

The grand opening will begin at 11 a.m. and include special guest 104.7 The Fish, which will come out and do a remote radio show giving away concert tickets and prizes. Your Pie will also be giving away a free two night-stay and dinner package at the newest expansion of Old Edwards Inn in Highlands, N.C. Patrons who download the Your Pie app and use it to order a pizza will be entered to win the trip.

“Please remember that you can help save lives by obeying Georgia’s Move Over law and never driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” the post said.

Woodall

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Path Project began in 2009 in the Gwinnett Estates Mobile Home Park in Loganville as an outreach ministry of Graystone Church.

“We love them because they have a lot of similar values that we have. They teach kids how to read using bible scripture and lessons and that really hit home with us,” Williams said. “We’ve raised a lot of money during our training session and will be presenting them a check

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situation and get involved in the foreign policy discussion.

“If you are not involved emotionally in the decisions that Washington makes, we’re going to make the wrong ones,” he said.

It is too easy, he added, to be detached from the reality of what U.S. actions overseas really mean.

“I know that it is too easy to spend other people’s money and I know that it is too easy to spend the lives of other people’s sons and daughters too — and that’s the one that really matters,” he said.

In order for the U.S. mission against ISIS to succeed, Woodall believes citizens must “buy-in” to

the program.

“You don’t see many episodes of wild, wild success that weren’t bought in to by the citizens,” Woodall said. “You see a lot of episodes of failure and sporadic success and intermittent engagement.”

And success, he added, is of the utmost importance.

“People are going to die and I would tell you that Americans are going to die as a result of this ISIS threat if we cannot contain it,” he said. “It is their mission, it is their desire, it is their goal.”

Woodall represents the 7th Congressional District which includes most of Gwinnett and Forsyth counties.

intentions earlier this year, so that’s given me time to carefully consider how to fill this key leadership position,” Stephens said in an emailed statement. “To that end, I will be consulting with the Board about the appointment of a new chief and look forward to making an announcement as soon as the final decision is made.”

If the county decides to promote in-house, it will

have plenty of options. The department has five assistant chiefs, all of whom have been with Gwinnett County police for at least 20 years: Butch Ayers, Mike Reonas, Tom Doran, Joy Parish and Brett West.

“I’m very proud of the core of leadership that we have in this police department at every level,” Walters said. “We’ve worked very hard to grow leaders here.”

Henderson, St. Louis, MO; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Henderson was born August 25, 1953 in Kansas City, KS. He was a 1971 graduate of Buford High School and graduated from Gainesville Junior College with an associate degree. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He was employed with the Lawrenceville Post Office and was a member of Poplar Hill Baptist Church in Buford, GA. Funeral services will be held at on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Poplar Hill Baptist Church, 234 E. Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30518, with Pastor Avery Headd officiating.

The body will lie in state beginning at 12:00 noon.

Interment, with military honors, will follow at the Old Union Baptist Church cemetery, Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, September 26, 2014 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.

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

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Woman uses puppetry to find kidney donor

By Katie Morris

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Lawrenceville resident Becky Ray is searching for a kidney donor, but she’s going about it in a very creative way. She’s using her background in puppetry arts to tell her story.

Ray suffers from lupus, a chronic, autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body, so it affects everyone differently. The disease has damaged Ray’s kidneys, and she’s been on a donor waiting list for two years because no one in her family is a match. She is on peritoneal dialysis and hooks up to a machine at her home for nine hours

Lawrenceville resident Becky Ray enlisted the help of Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, who does Abby Cadabby on “Sesame Street,” and her personal puppet alter-ego, Lolly Lardpop, to film a video asking for a kidney donor.

Carrara-Rudolph films a scene with Lolly giving Becky’s image a big hug. (Special Photo)

every night.

Ray has a master’s de-

gree in puppetry arts and has worked on and off as a

puppeteer but recently had to stop due to her health issues. While attending The O’Neill’s National Puppetry Conference a few years ago, she met and became friends with Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, the woman behind the character Abby Cadabby on Sesame Street.

“Leslie and I talked about it, and she graciously volunteered to travel here to Atlanta film a video plea starring her personal puppet alter-ego, Lolly Lardpop,” Ray said.

“It was all pretty quick.

We shot some scenes with me in my apartment for one day and then they shot another day in New York where Leslie lives.

We knew we needed to

Report: Disabilities reform needs work

By Andy Miller

with the U.S. Department of Justice, reached in 2010.

The state has improved State health officials have the mental health system major work ahead to meet significantly, with “increased a July 2015 deadline with access to affordable housing, the federal government on competitive employment, improving care for Georclinical and peer supports gians with mental illness and and crisis services,” said developmental disabilities. the Sept. 15 report by the That’s a key message of reviewer, Elizabeth Jones. a report this month from And overall, the report an independent reviewer continued, Georgia’s Departregarding the state’s fivement of Behavioral Health year settlement agreement and Developmental Disabili-

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ties (DBHDD) has shown “a good faith effort” to ensure the terms of the settlement agreement have been met.

But the state “remains out of compliance” with services for the developmentally disabled, Jones said.

“The system of community-based supports for individuals with an intellectual/developmental disability has fallen seriously short of expected practice despite earnest attempts to improve

the quality of residential programs and other critical services,’’ Jones said. “The state’s plan for remedial actions is very promising but remains unfulfilled at this time.”

Jones added, “The next few months will be extremely important in determining whether sufficient reform can be realized and whether resources and skills are adequate for the serious tasks ahead.”

IN BRIEF Gwinnett Medical announces online ER reservations

Patients with non-lifethreatening illnesses can now reserve a spot in the emergency room at Gwinnett Medical Center online, allowing them to wait from the comfort of their own home.

The free service, ER Express, is available in Duluth and Lawrenceville and at the Children’s Emergency Center at GMC-Lawrenceville.

The hospital says the service is particularly helpful for people with children who need to arrange a baby sitter while at the emergency department; those who assist elderly patients, who might require more time to get to the hospital; and people who live further away and need more time for travel.

“Most patients who use the ER Express service will be seen within about 30 minutes of their scheduled time, but our emergency department staff must treat patients based on the severity of their illness or injury,” Director of Emergency Services Freda Lyon at GMC-Lawrenceville said. “Should a patient with a life-threatening condition arrive when you do, your time may be delayed, however, we will do everything we can to see you as close to your reserved time.”

Reservations can be made at www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org/erexpress. The page shows the next available time to be treated. An email is sent, confirming the time.

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FODAC Annual Charity Golf Classic date announced Friends of Disabled Adults and Children announced the date of its annual golf classic Thursday.

This year’s event, hosted

by Bear’s Best in Suwanee, takes place Oct. 15 at the business, located at 5342 Aldeburgh Drive.

Funds raised from the event help support FODAC’s main program that supplies home medical equipment. FODAC serves metro Atlanta by providing recycled equipment such as wheelchairs, scooters, walkers and hospital beds for children and adults during or after a health crisis.

Registration and breakfast starts at 8.00 a.m., followed by the start of the tournament at 10.00 a.m.

Awards will be given at 2.00 p.m.

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do it and that was all the time we had, so we made it work.”

Ray hopes the video will not only connect her with a kidney donor but also educate people about the desperate need for living organ donors.

“My hope is to provide people with the knowledge that donating a kidney is not as dangerous or as involved as many people think. There are so many people that need a kidney, and the wait time is long.

With two healthy kidneys, most people are getting 10 times the amount of kidney function actually needed. It’s like we were made to share,” Ray said. “Our goal is to find a kidney for me, but it

would be great if we can encourage many people to donate, and create a donation chain.”

Ray will premiere her video at a silent auction benefit Saturday night from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Naked Sheep Yarn Shop.

Guests will be able to bid on 50 different items donated by local artists, including oil paintings, jewelry, knit and crocheted items, purses, quilts and many other handmade items. There will also be door prizes and hors d’oeuvres. The bidding will end at 8 p.m., and then the winners will be announced. The Naked Sheep Yarn Shop is located at 963 Buford Drive in Lawrenceville.

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KICKOFF EDITION

THE RUN DOWN A quick look at this weekend’s high school football in the Gwinnett area:

Beloved Bronco

TODAY’S GAMES 5:30 p.m.

• GAC vs. BEST Academy (Lakewood Stadium) 7:30 p.m.

• Archer at Parkview • Brookwood at South Gwinnett • Dacula at Shiloh • Duluth at Norcross • Grayson at Berkmar • Lanier at Loganville • Meadowcreek at Collins Hill • Mountain View at Peachtree Ridge • North Gwinnett at Mill Creek • Prince Avenue at Hebron • Providence at Lakeview • Wesleyan at Pace Academy

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Mill Creek wins in eight all-time meetings with North Gwinnett

97

Points scored by Mill Creek and North in last year’s matchup, a 50-47 win by the Bulldogs

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Years since Duluth’s last victory over Norcross, a 13-3 win in 2003 FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week during the football season, the Daily Post will nominate four players for its Fans Choice Player of the Week. Online voting at www. gwinnettprepsports.com will begin Monday mornings and will end Thursdays at noon.

This week’s winner is: Who: Brookwood’s Mason LeBlanc Class: Senior Position: Quarterback Noteworthy: Moved to quarterback full-time last week and threw for two TDs and ran for another in his first start, a win over Berkmar Coach Mark Crews’ take: “He kind of adds a dimension to our offense because he’s able to run the ball and do some things that good athletes do. I think as he moves on a little bit here and learns the position, he’s going to keep getting better and better.”

Results: LeBlanc (43 percent) beat out North Gwinnett’s Josh Imatorbhebhe (37 percent), GAC’s Berkley Boglin (14 percent) and Norcross’ Chris Allen (6 percent) in fan voting this week.

FLASHBACK On this week in 1999, future Georgia quarterback David Greene gives South Gwinnett two first-half leads, but Brookwood quarterback Daniel South runs for three TDs and throws for a fourth in the Broncos’ 28-14 win.

Brookwood football mega-fan, “Big” Rob Mitchell stands in for a portrait on Thursday at Brookwood High School in Snellville. Mitchell has been an important part of the football program on the field since his days as a manager in the early 90s. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

Mitchell’s passion for tennis, Brookwood football unrivaled

By Mitch Blomert

super-fan with an undying love for his alma mater.

Away from the football field, he’s an athlete in his He paces the sidelines own right. every Friday night, towerMitchell is a devoted ing over a sea of football tennis player. He competed players clad in maroon and in his first Special Olymgold. Always matching pics event in 1996, and them. Always a teammate. hasn’t stopped. He has 16 He’s not a coach. He’s state gold medals to his not a player, either. But name, and several more he’s an integral part of victories as part of a highly the Brookwood football decorated career on the program and a staple in the court.

Broncos community.

He celebrated his 40th To those who know him birthday on Sept. 2, and he best, he’s simply “Big doesn’t appear to be slowRob.” ing down. He defended his Standing at 7-feet tall, singles and doubles titles it’s not hard to find Rob in his organization’s annual Mitchell. He’s anywhere Fall Classic tournament Brookwood goes, ever last week. since his days as a manager Of course, the thought for the team from 1992-93. of retirement has been Some would say he’s the tossed around, but Mitchell Broncos’ biggest fan — isn’t putting the racquet literally and figuratively. down until his body tells “He’s one of Brookhim it’s time. He’s already wood’s biggest fans and surpassed his initial career most dedicated fans for goal of matching professure,” said Danny Nelson, sional tennis legend Pete a longtime friend of Mitch- Sampras’ 14 ATP grand ell and a former Broncos slam titles after winning player. “There’s no doubt his gold medal No. 15 last about it.” year. Now he’s chasing But there’s far more to the all-time leader, Roger Mitchell than just a sizable Federer, who has 17.

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everyday life. Family, coaches and friends alike.

It all began when he picked up a racquet for the first time when he was eight years old.

Coming from a family of tennis enthusiasts, Mitchell began hitting balls around with his brother at their neighborhood court. He played basketball, soccer and baseball at a young age, but tennis catered more to his abilities.

“With his size and his disabilities, he really wasn’t able to play football and certainly not basketball,” said Doug Mitchell, Rob’s father. “That’s what everybody said — ‘I bet he’d be a good basketball player.’ But his coordinaLongtime Brookwood supporter Rob Mitchell has roamed the sidelines of Bronco football games since the tion and his ability to run early 1990s. Mitchell, shown during this year’s game with and dribble a basketball, he was unable to play those rival Parkview, also is an accomplished tennis player. sports.

“He loved watching “I feel like I have a very up, they know I can fix it tennis on TV, and he would good chance of doing that, as the drill goes on. mimic the strokes of the because when it comes to “I’m two wins from tystate, I take it very, very ing (Federer’s record), and big-name players back seriously,” Mitchell said.

I’m three wins from break- then. He was actually really passionate about it.”

“When our coaches tell ing it. I feel pretty good As Rob got older, so did us to do a drill, I’m still about doing that.” his interest in other sports. concentrated on that drill, With each win, he conthat even if my teammates tinues to inspire the people See MITCHELL, Page 9B at practices see me mess that surround him in his

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Hawks aim to end historic struggle against North

By Mitch Blomert

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The frustration hit an alltime high last season.

Mill Creek looked to be well on its way to its first-ever win against Region 7-AAAAAA rival North Gwinnett when it led 34-14 at halftime and took a lofty advantage into the final quarter of last year’s meeting.

Then it turned sour.

The Bulldogs pulled within five with four minutes left to play, recovered an onside kick and scored the game-winning touchdown on the ensuing drive to stun the Hawks 50-47.

North scored 29 points in the fourth quarter to spark the rally. And Mill Creek sits 0-8 all-time against the Bulldogs.

The Hawks will once again try to put a halt to nearly a decade of frustration this week, when North pays a visit tonight.

“We’ve been right there with them the last few years,” Mill Creek head coach Shannon Jarvis said.

“Last year’s game is pretty well documented, but that’s not something we’re focusing on this year in our preparation for them. But it would be huge for our program, our community — everybody.”

North Gwinnett is one of two Region 7-AAAAAA teams the Hawks haven’t beaten in the program’s history — Norcross being the other — but the margin of defeat has continued to shrink the past three seasons.

Before last season, Mill Creek had never come any closer than 16 points to beating the Bulldogs.

But with an average of 86 points scored between the two teams over the last two seasons, it’s become evident that the series is far more competitive than the series record shows.

With both teams averaging more than 30 points per game in 2014, another shootout is likely.

“Both of us probably don’t want it to be so many points,” Jarvis said. “We hope our defenses will play better. Obviously North Gwinnett is going

and were held scoreless in the second half.

“That’s a recipe for disaster against a wellcoached football team,” Sphire said.

Regardless, Mill Creek might be one of the most deceiving 2-2 teams in the state. The Hawks’ two losses were against a pair of teams that are still unbeaten and ranked in Class AAAAAA’s top 10.

Their offensive line, led

by Auburn commit Kaleb Kim, stands out as one of the county’s largest and most physical. They’ll face a young North Gwinnett defense that has just one returning starter from last season.

Mill Creek’s Johnathan Hawkins (24) carries the ball for “It’s a different chalextra yards ahead of Dacula’s Bijan Sirleaf (8) earlier this lenge, and they utilize their season. (File Photo) strength on the offensive line,” Sphire said. “This to present an tremendous certainly encouraging. might be a really tall order challenge.”

North Gwinnett held the for us to even be able to Mill Creek secured its Eagles scoreless after half- slow them down.” first shutout and pulled its time, and limited them to Jarvis still anticipates record back to .500 with a just 57 yards over the span. David to feel the pressure throughout the night. The 42-0 win over Duluth last More importantly, the Bulldogs tend to stack week. It was a welcome Bulldogs allowed just the box with defenders, change of pace for the 17 rushing yards over and pull safeties close to Hawks, who suffered some the final two quarters, a the line of scrimmage to setbacks during non-region quality number to take threaten the quarterback play with losses to Colquitt into this week’s game County and Dacula. against a tough Mill Creek while helping close gaps Mill Creek allowed just ground attack that includes 150 yards in the win, an three powerful runners in encouraging sign for a Johnathan Hawkins, Brian team facing the county’s Efianayi and quarterback yardage leader this week.

Daniel David.

Jarvis knows more big David has attracted the stops will be crucial to most of Sphire’s attention. slowing down a North “You can tell he’s a Gwinnett offense prone to leader,” Sphire said. “He big plays with rapid fire can do so many things with as part of head coach Bob the ball. Just him alone, Sphire’s up-tempo spread having to defend the differoffense. ent dimensions he brings to “I think it’s going to the table is a tough enough. come down who gets those You surround him with critical stops,” Jarvis said. arguably one of the most “As much as it’s been high- physical offensive lines in scoring game, the last two the country, and you put years it’s come down to the kind of a talent around who made the stop when him that they have at runthey had to. Even though ning back and receiver… the scores look a little it’s an explosion waiting to high, it still comes down to explode.” which defense makes the And it has exploded at critical stops.” times this season, particuAs much as the Bulllarly in a 65-27 win over dogs’ offense has shined West Forsyth on Aug. 29. this year, their defense has Mill Creek rushed for 383 taken its share of bumps. yards, ran for seven touchThey’re giving up 32 downs and set a singlepoints per game, and more game team scoring record. yards than any other team But the Hawks’ offense in the county. has also sputtered, most So a strong showing in notably in their 28-21 the second half against loss to Dacula, when they Collins Hill last week is coughed up three turnovers

up front to slow down their opponents’ running game.

It worked well against Collins Hill. North Gwinnett gave up just 40 passing yards, grabbed two interceptions and held the Eagles to under 50 percent on pass completions in the second half.

“They’re going to put extra people in there to help up front,” Jarvis said.

“The battle up front is going to be key.”

Failure to move the chains will only give North Gwinnett’s offense more time to work. And it works fast.

The Bulldogs have a knack for long drives in a short amount of time, including an 80-yard series last Friday that took just six plays and one minute, and resulted in a touchdown.

“When you play a team like North Gwinnett, defensively you have to understand that every single play commands nothing but focus,” Jarvis said. “You can’t get away with a mistake, like you can with other teams. If you do it against North, it’s a touchdown.”

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Parkview quarterback Jack Chambers (8) runs the ball during this season’s win over Brookwood. (File Photo)

Archer, Parkview trying to avoid fall in 8-AAAAAA

By David Friedlander

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ARCHER VS. PARKVIEW Archer Tigers (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Andy Dyer Record: 0-3, 0-1 Last week: Had a bye

Parkview Panthers (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Eric Godfree Record: 2-2, 1-1 Last week: Lost to Grayson 13-7

When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Archer won 27-7 last year Directions to Parkview High School: From I-85, go east on Indian Trail Road until it becomes Killian Hill Road. Turn right on Arcado Road and then left on Cole Drive. School is on the left.

Series history: 2013 — Archer 27, Parkview 7 2012 — Parkview 20, Archer 18 2011 — Archer 40, Parkview 16 2010 — Parkview 35, Archer 14

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Archer at Parkview

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Brookwood at South Gwinnett

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Dacula at Shiloh

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Duluth at Norcross

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Grayson at Berkmar

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Lanier at Loganville

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Collins Hill

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With the Region 8-AAAAAA portion of the high school football season still in its early stages, tonight’s region clash between Parkview and Archer at the Big Orange Jungle isn’t quite a make or break game for either team.

But make no mistake, both the Panthers (2-2, 1-1) and the Tigers (0-3, 0-1) know a win is critical to avoid falling into a big early hole and to keep preseason goals more easily attainable.

“No, it’s not a make or break game,” Parkview coach Eric Godfree said.

“But one of our goals is to win the region. Lose this one, and we’re pretty much not going to. And if we want to end up with a higher (playoff seed), we really need to win (tonight).”

For Archer, a win is even more critical after starting the season ranked No. 2 in Class AAAAAA, only to drop their first three games, including their region opener against fourth-ranked Grayson.

The Tigers still have plenty of time to reach the high bar they set for themselves, but coach Andy Dyer knows the time is now for them to make their move.

And coming off a bye week, he likes that mindset he sees from his team.

“The way it looks in the early going, if you want to establish yourself among the top four (in the region) and you want to be able to host (in the first round of the state playoffs by finishing first or second), you have to win (tonight),” Dyer said. “The great thing I’ve seen out of my kids (during the off week) is that they haven’t missed a beat in practice or attitude. They’re frustrated (with the 0-3 start), but they know the exact potential they still have. It’s just a matter of putting four quarters together and eliminating mistakes.”

That goal will be critical for both teams in tonight’s contest.

So will be re-establish-

ing some cohesiveness and continuity with the return to health of several key players from injuries.

Archer still won’t have South Carolina-committed tight end Connor Redmond back from a preseason back ailment, though Dyer said his return is “getting closer.”

However, with other important pieces like quarterback Gabe Tiller and multi-talented Dylan Singleton slowly working their way back towards full strength after being limited in the early part of the schedule, the Tigers hope to be a little bit more balanced on offense after scoring just 33 points in their first three games.

“Defensively, we’ve played pretty well,” Dyer said. “Offensively, we’ve done some good things in spots. We just haven’t been able to get any consistent rhythm, but that’s coming.”

Parkview, meanwhile, really felt the absences of Trey Derouen on the offensive line in last week’s 13-7 loss to Grayson.

He is expected to return this week, which Godfree is eagerly anticipating in order to help bolster the Panthers’ pass protection and allow quarterback Jack Chambers more time to use his biggest weapons in Parkview’s spread attack.

“We really missed him last Friday,” Godfree said of the Mississippi State-bound Derouen. “(Chambers) was under duress most of the night.

We’ve got to get the ball into the hands of guys like Johnathan Boyd and Tyler Fleetwood and some of our other receivers, and having Trey back will help with that.”

Dyer agrees that his Tigers defense Chambers will be an important factor tonight, though he believes the bigger key won’t necessarily be with how they deal with his arm, but how they deal with his legs.

“We’ve got to be able to contain him on every play,” Dyer said. “He can put (the ball) under his arm and run, so on every snap, we’ve got to play disciplined and keep him in the pocket.”

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Shiloh looking past bad loss last week

By David Friedlander

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It’s not always easy for a football team to put a disastrous game like Shiloh experienced in last week in the past.

However, Generals coach Troy Hobbs knows his team must move on with perhaps an even more formidable task ahead of them when No. 10 stateranked Dacula (4-0, 2-0) comes to Shiloh Community Stadium tonight for a 7:30 kickoff.

That doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of lessons from last Friday’s 44-0 loss to Central Gwinnett that Hobbs wants the Generals (1-2, 0-1) to carry over into tonight’s Region 8-AAAAAA contest.

And while Shiloh gave up 44 points and 402 yards through the air to the Black Knights, Hobbs says those lessons apply to both sides of the ball.

“We ran into a buzzsaw last week, and we’re running into another one this week,” Hobbs said.

“Hopefully, we can contain this one a little better.

Our biggest priority (after last week) is that if we could’ve sustained a drive, we might’ve been able to hold (Central) to fewer points. Our defense never even got a chance to rest, or even think about what was going on. We either turn the ball over or went three-and-out. They gave us opportunities to score, and didn’t. So, it wasn’t all the defense’s fault.

“But that was last week. … In all phases of the game, (Dacula is) right now at 100 percent. …

We’ve got our work cut out for us.”

True, the Falcons are playing quite well, outscoring opponents by an approximate 28-12 average per game and outgaining them 325-176 each week.

But while coach Tommy Jones says his team’s focus will be more on continuing the style of play that has led to the team’s success, he still has plenty of respect for Shiloh playmakers like defensive back Jeremy McDuffie,

Shiloh quarterback Vito Priore (14) hands off to Charles Shavers (7) during last Friday’s game at Central Gwinnett. (File Photo)

receiver Cameron Stewart and Michael Pitts.

“Right now, our focus is on Dacula and finding a way to get better every day,” Jones said. “Now, Shiloh is an excellent football team and their loss to Central (last week) was definitely an outlier. … They’re extremely athletic all the way across the board. On defense, they run to the football very well. Offensively, they have high potential in lots of big-time playmakers.”

While Jones is concerned most with Shiloh’s athleticism, the biggest concern for Hobbs is the Dacula’s sheer physical nature on both sides of the line of scrimmage.

The Falcons’ running game is difficult to defend when there are so many weapons to worry about in a given week — like the trio of C.J. Mayes, Bijan Sirleaf and Jakob Brashear, who combined for 150 yard and three touchdowns in last week’s 27-13 win over South Gwinnett — plus a cohesive offensive line to run behind.

At the same time, the

SHILOH VS. DACULA Dacula Falcons (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Tommy Jones Record: 4-0, 2-0 Last week: Beat South Gwinnett 27-13

Shiloh Generals (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Troy Hobbs Record: 1-2, 0-1 Last week: Lost to Central Gwinnett 44-0

When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Dacula won 21-7 last year Directions to Shiloh High School: From Ga. Highway 78, go south on Bethany Church Road and school is on the right.

Series history: 2013 — Dacula 21, Shiloh 7 2012 — Dacula 31, Shiloh 8 2011 — Dacula 25, Shiloh 0 2010 — Dacula 34, Shiloh 0 2009 — Dacula 20, Shiloh 0 2008 — Shiloh 24, Dacula 22 2001 — Dacula 35, Shiloh 9 2000 — Shiloh 32, Dacula 25 1985 — Shiloh 24, Dacula 8 1984 — Dacula 56, Shiloh 0

Dacula defense is not only capable of stifling opposing offense with hard-hitting tacklers like Lawson Cook and Azeem Cooper, but can also create turnovers, like Mayes (2 INTs, TD) and Brashear (INT) did last week.

As tough a task as that might be, Hobbs is hoping the Generals will meet it head on.

“I don’t have enough guys to even simulate

that,” Hobbs said of Dacula’s offense. “It’s just a situation that when we have an opportunity to make a tackle, we’ve got to make a tackle. … (Defensively), they’re going to bring the house on you, but they hold up well and make plays, too.

“It’s all about mindset.

It’s going to be a physical game. It’s all about who is going to stand up and go toe-to-toe with them.”

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BROOKWOOD AT SOUTH GWINNETT

DULUTH AT NORCROSS

BROOKWOOD BRONCOS (8-AAAAAA) SOUTH GWINNETT COMETS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Mark Crews Coach: John Small Record: 1-3, 1-1 region Record: 0-4, 0-2 region Last week: Beat Berkmar 35-7 Last week: Lost to Dacula 27-13 It’s been a gut-wrenching start for South Gwinnett for the second straight year (the Comets started 1-4 in 2013). They sit 0-4 after four close losses that could have gone either way. They lost 16-13 to Walton, 27-20 to Collins Hill, 30-25 to Central Gwinnett and 27-13 last week to Dacula. The loss to Dacula was fueled by early mistakes by South, which threw two quick interceptions before the game was two minutes old and trailed by two scores.

“Nobody’s going to feel sorry for us so we’re not going to feel sorry for ourselves,” South head coach John Small said. “We’ve been in worst situTrey Wilson ations. We were 0-3 last year in the region and our kids battled back.”

Small hopes for a similar rebound this season from his team, which got good defensive games from Logan Wright and Chris Skyers last Friday.

“We’re dying for (a win) right now,” Small said.

Brookwood finally broke its early-season luck last week with a 35-7 win over Berkmar.

New quarterback Mason LeBlanc and running back Jesse Brown sparked the offense, taking advantage of strong line play from guys like Trey Wilson and Conner Gates.

Michael Terry, Chad Price, Chase Middleton and Jeremy Quarshie were among the Broncos’ defensive standouts against Berkmar.

Last meeting: South Gwinnett won 30-28 last year Directions to South Gwinnett High School: From Ga. Highway 78, go south on Skyland Drive. School is on the left.

DULUTH WILDCATS (7-AAAAAA) NORCROSS BLUE DEVILS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Jason Conner Coach: Keith Maloof Record: 1-3, 0-1 region Record: 3-1, 1-0 region Last week: Lost to Mill Creek 42-0 Last week: Beat Mountain View 19-7 Thad Bell’s huge game gave Duluth its first victory Sept. 5, but the start of region play was rough for the Wildcats, who lost 42-0 to Mill Creek. They hope to get the offense rolling again against Norcross, which features its typically tough defense. The Blue Devils held Mountain View in check last week thanks to big games from Chris Allen (16 tackles, five for losses, one sack), Dorian Kithcart (eight tackles, six for losses, one caused fumble) and J.B. Kouassi (eight tackles, four for losses, one sack, one fumble recovery).

The offense didn’t have its best night, but the running of Jamir Billings (112 Chris Allen yards, two TDs) and Jacob Gassert (76 yards, TD) did enough for the win.

“We did some good things,” Norcross head coach Keith Maloof said. “We played really good on defense. We were inside the 30 three times on offense and didn’t get anything out of it. But when we needed to score, we got into the end zone.”

Two-time defending state champion Norcross has a completely revamped lineup on both sides of the ball, but outside of a rough loss at Milton on Sept. 5 the results have been good.

“I feel good that we’re 3-1 with a new group,” Maloof said. “But that newness is over, the inexperience is over. We can’t use that as an excuse for our mistakes.”

Last meeting: Norcross won 38-3 last year Directions to Norcross High School: From I-85, go west on Beaver Ruin Road to Buford Highway and turn right. At the next light, turn left on Langford Drive. Cross Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and turn left on Spalding Drive. School is on the left.

GAC VS. BEST ACADEMY

GRAYSON AT BERKMAR

GAC SPARTANS (6-AA) BEST ACADEMY EAGLES (6-AA) Coach: Tim Hardy Coach: Joshua Moore Record: 4-0, 1-0 region Record: 2-2, 0-1 region Last week: Beat Hapeville Charter 41-0 Last week: Lost to Lovett 42-28 Greater Atlanta Christian gets a game at renovated, 10,000-seat Lakewood Stadium this week, as well as an early 5:30 p.m. kickoff against BEST (Business, Engineering, Science and Technology) Academy.

“They’re a couple of years old, a young program, a young school,” GAC head coach Tim Hardy said. “(Head coach Joshua Moore) has done a really nice job down there. They beat Callaway in the first game and that was a nice win. They’ve got a couple of other good wins and they’ve played some people close. And their running back, Deshawn Waller, is a tremendous player.”

Carson Cox Waller rushed for nearly 300 yards in a 42-28 loss to Lovett last Friday and is nearing the 1,000-yard rushing mark already through four games for the Eagles, who made the state playoffs for the first time in 2013. His running will present a challenge for a GAC defense that gets a boost with the return of Georgia Tech-bound linebacker Tyler Cooksey, who has been out with an injury since the opener. It’s the second straight week the Spartans have added a key player returning from injury — Micah Abernathy came back last week and rushed for 142 yards and three scores. Berkley Boglin did a nice job filling in at QB last week for Davis Mills, while the GAC offense also got strong blocking from Carson Cox and Ford Higgins.

When: Today, 5:30 p.m.

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Lakewood Stadium: I-85 south to Exit 244/University Avenue. Keep left at the fork and follow signs to Ga. Highway. 54 S. Turn left on University Avenue, right on Pryor Road, left on Pryor Circle and left on Claire Drive.

GRAYSON RAMS (8-AAAAAA) BERKMAR PATRIOTS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Mickey Conn Coach: Jonathan Sanks Record: 4-0, 2-0 region Record: 0-4, 0-2 region Last week: Beat Parkview 13-7 Last week: Lost to Brookwood 35-7 Berkmar has suffered through a tough early season, despite some solid defensive play the past two weeks. The Patriots have scored just seven points in their last three games, putting enormous pressure on their defense. Grayson hopes to use this week to get its running game going again and spark an offense that has scored just 14 (vs. Archer) and 13 (vs. Parkview) in the last two games.

“We did some good things in the passing game (against Parkview),” Grayson head coach Mickey Conn said. “But we need to do a better job Cedric Asseh in the rushing game.”

Rams quarterback Chase Brice completed 15 of 26 passes for 241 yards and a score vs. Parkview, and his top targets were Cedric Asseh (four catches, 66 yards) and Hunter Schuessler (three catches, 65 yards). Conn also praised kicker Austin Hoyt, whose two field goals provided the winning margin. On the defensive side, Grayson continued to dominate. The unit has given up just 33 points in four games.

“I really liked the way we played defensively (against Parkview),” Conn said. “We had another goal-line stand down there. I really like the way the kids are playing hard and hustling.”

Justin Young had four sacks vs. Parkview, while Denzel Wright and Daniel Fennell (15 tackles each) also stood out on defense.

Last meeting: Grayson won 37-7 last year Directions to Berkmar High School: From I-85, go east on Pleasant Hill Road; school is on the right just before Ga. Highway 29.

LANIER AT LOGANVILLE

MEADOWCREEK AT COLLINS HILL

LANIER LONGHORNS (8-AAAAA) LOGANVILLE RED DEVILS (8-AAAAA) Coach: Korey Mobbs Coach: Mike Parris Record: 4-0, 3-0 region Record: 2-1, 1-1 region Last week: Beat Cedar Shoals 21-7 Last week: Lost to Winder-Barrow 46-7 The season started well for Loganville under new head coach Mike Parris, who replaced now Parkview coach Eric Godfree. At least until last Friday, when the Red Devils were routed by Winder-Barrow.

Any miscues this week could turn things ugly against an opportunistic Lanier defense that has forced 12 turnovers, including 10 interceptions, through four games. Stefan Ball has five interceptions, Jorrdan Jones has three and Canyon Cook has two. Jones sealed last week’s win with a 96yard fumble return for a score.

Stefan Ball “We’ve kind of played within the system (on defense) and at the same time, we have guys with the potential to make plays and they’ve stepped up on the defensive side,” Lanier head coach Korey Mobbs said of the turnovers.

Derrick Brown and Darrius Daniels also dominated on the defensive line last Friday, combining for five sacks and five tackles for losses. They will be important against a Loganville offense that differs from the spread offenses the Longhorns have seen so far this season.

“They like to kind of grind it out on offense and control the clock,” Mobbs said of Loganville.

Lanier finishes the first half of its schedule against Loganville, then has a bye next Friday before its big showdown with powerhouse Gainesville.

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Loganville High School: Take Sugarloaf Parkway east to Grayson Highway/Ga. Highway. 20, turn right. Stay straight onto Ga. Highway. 81, then turn left onto Atlanta Highway/U.S. Highway. 78. Turn left on Lee Byrd Road and right on Old Zion Cemetery Road.

MEADOWCREEK MUSTANGS (7-AAAAAA) COLLINS HILL EAGLES (7-AAAAAA) Coach: George Pugh Coach: Kevin Reach Record: 1-3, 0-1 region Record: 2-2, 0-1 region Last week: Lost to Peachtree Ridge 70-0 Last week: Lost to North Gwinnett 42-24 Collins Hill wasn’t able to knock off North Gwinnett for a second consecutive season, but there were plenty of positives from last week’s loss.

The Eagles started well and jumped out to a 21-0 lead before a North rally. It wasn’t a victory, but it was more than some expected after Collins Hill’s 2013 team that was gutted by graduation, particularly on offense.

“I’m proud of our players effort against North,” Collins Hill head coach Kevin Reach said. “High school football is all about momentum. We had it in the first half and they had it in the second. We told our players all week in order to beat a team like North you have to win the kicking game, Des Howard which we didn’t. We are hungry and ready to rebound from last week and get back to Eagle football.”

Sophomore quarterback Monty Horn threw for 183 yards and three touchdowns against North, with Jordan Bertrand (four catches, 80 yards, TD), Des Howard (two catches, 30 yards, TD) and Canyon Slade (five catches, 50 yards) among his top targets. Howard also had an interception and two pass breakups on defense.

Meadowcreek posted a rare victory two weeks ago when quarterback Kalu Onumah provided both TDs in a 14-7 win over Clarkston. It hasn’t gone as smoothly for the Mustangs in their other three games, losses to Newton (63-0), Rockdale (58-0) and Peachtree Ridge (70-0).

Last meeting: Collins Hill won 68-0 last year Directions to Collins Hill High School: From I-85, go east on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road and take a left on Taylor Road. School is on the right.

MOUNTAIN VIEW AT PEACHTREE RIDGE

PRINCE AVENUE AT HEBRON CHRISTIAN

MOUNTAIN VIEW BEARS (7-AAAAAA) PEACHTREE RIDGE LIONS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Doug Giacone Coach: Mark Fleetwood Record: 1-3, 0-1 region Record: 3-1, 1-0 region Last week: Lost to Norcross 19-7 Last week: Beat Meadowcreek 70-0 Aside from a tough loss at McEachern, Peachtree Ridge’s young team has seen all positive results early in the season. That included last week, when Na’ceem Antenor and the running game fueled a romp over Meadowcreek.

It will be a little tougher against improving Mountain View, which has played better than its 1-3 record would indicate. The Bears hung tough with two-time defending state champion Norcross a week ago, allowing a pair of big plays that ended up being the difference. They still had a strong night defensively, led by Jordan Jones (one sack, four QB presK’maron sures) and K’maron Patterson (five QB pressures) in the pass rush.

Patterson “We did a lot of things well and we got hurt on some things we didn’t do well,” Mountain View head coach Doug Giacone said. “Defensively, the story of the day was the two big plays we gave up. … But at the end of the day, our kids played hard and we only gave up 19 points to Norcross with all those athletes and history. It’s hard to be that upset with our kids.”

Another stout challenge awaits that defense with a Peachtree Ridge offense triggered by quarterback Chance Thrasher.

“They’ve got a ton of athletes,” Giacone said of Peachtree Ridge. “They’ve got a ton of guys at the skill positions that are dangerous. Across the board at every skill position, they’ve got guys that can hurt you.”

Last meeting: Peachtree Ridge won 38-13 last year Directions to Peachtree Ridge High School: From I-85, take the Old Peachtree Road exit and go west. School is roughly two miles ahead on the right.

PRINCE AVENUE WOLVERINES (8-A) HEBRON CHRISTIAN LIONS (8-A) Coach: Jeff Herron Coach: Kevin Shaffer Record: 2-2, 1-1 region Record: 3-1, 1-1 region Last week: Lost to Athens Christian 42-32 Last week: Beat Towns County 49-7 These two teams have met the past three seasons and the results haven’t been kind to Hebron, which has lost 57-7, 48-6 and 41-0 to Prince Avenue. That said, the Lions seem to be closing the gap on the region’s top teams under second-year head coach Kevin Shaffer.

Hebron crushed Towns County for a road win last Friday, continuing to excel with two quarterbacks with different skill sets. Connor Holliday was 9 of 14 passing for 183 yards and three TDs, while fellow QB Chris McGee carried 23 times for 149 yards and three scores, but was only 3 of Luke 7 passing for 42 yards. Jacob Harper was the main receiving threat with Crawford six catches for 137 yards and two TDs. Andre Mandeldove led an inspired effort on the offensive line. Defensively, linebackers Luke Crawford (nine tackles, two for losses, one sack) and Andrew Redman (seven tackles, one sack) stood out vs. Towns County.

Prince Avenue, coming off a tough loss to rival Athens Christian, made the state semifinals in back-to-back seasons in 2011 and 2012, then Jeff Herron took over last season and led the Wolverines to a 10-2 mark. Herron was Camden County’s head coach from 200012, but previously coached a number of years in the Athens area as head coach at Cedar Shoals (1990-93) and Oconee County (1997-99).

Last meeting: Prince Avenue won 57-7 last year Directions to Hebron Christian Academy: From Ga. Highway 316, go north on Ga. Highway 8 approximately one mile and turn left at the traffic light onto Dacula Road (after passing Dacula High School on the left). Stadium is about a mile ahead on the right.

PROVIDENCE AT LAKEVIEW ACADEMY

WESLEYAN AT PACE ACADEMY

PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN STORM (8-A) LAKEVIEW ACADEMY LIONS (8-A) Coach: Ken Robinson Coach: Matthew Gruhn Record: 0-3, 0-1 region Record: 0-3, 0-1 region Last week: Lost to George Walton Acad. 36-0 Last week: Lost to Towns County 14-6 The scoreboard might be reflecting it yet, but Providence Christian head coach Ken Robinson sees his team getting better. The first-year varsity program is still looking for its first win and this could be the week against a Lakeview Academy squad that is also 0-3.

On many plays against a strong George Walton Academy, the Storm were just one small step away from breaking off some big plays.

“We need to continue to focus and be disciplined,” Robinson said.

“On offense and defense, you can look at a play and said, ‘Wow, if one Max Carter more guy did what he needed to, we make that play.’ But our focus won’t change. We need to keep doing those things that contribute to execution and, more than anything, learn to trust yourself.”

Freshman quarterback Mitchell Miller continues to impress and Max Carter has been a leader all season for the fledgling program.

“I do believe in the middle of every difficult situation, there’s an opportunity,” Robinson said. “We’re a young team. But our mindset is it’s never just about this game or this season or the kids that are playing now.

“We have 20 kids, but they’re all there every day fighting to do what we’re asking them to.”

Providence faces a feisty Lakeview team led by senior quarterback David Abee.

“They just play hard,” Robinson said. “When you think about some of the other region teams, it might be tempting to overlook them. But I certainly don’t after watching tape all week.”

Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Lakeview Academy: Take I-85 north to I-985 to exit 24/Lanier Pkwy. Turn left on Jesse Jewell Pkwy, right on Limestone Pkwy, left on Beverly Rd. and right on Lakeview Drive.

WESLEYAN WOLVES (6-AA) PACE ACADEMY KNIGHTS (6-AA) Coach: Franklin Pridgen Coach: Chris Slade Record: 3-1, 1-0 region Record: 2-3, 1-1 region Last week: Beat KIPP Atlanta Collegiate 24-0 Last week: Beat Holy Innocents’ 31-14 The big challenge, literally, for Wesleyan this week is handling Pace Academy’s mountainous line.

“They are enormous at the line of scrimmage,” head coach Franklin Pridgen said. “I haven’t seen official heights and weights, but I’d say the linemen average 6-foot-4 and they’re all over 250 pounds. They would be bigger than most AAAAAA schools.”

The Wolves, players and coaching staff, have all taken steps this week to combat that size advantage on the line and a power running game.

“They’re the smallest school in AA so it’s remarkable to field such imOllis Robinson pressive looking players,” Pridgen said. “They’ll try to mash us. We have some great strategies for that. It’s going to be about the line play and the reads we make. We’ve got a great plan and we’re going over there expecting to win.”

Pace has had mixed results this season, but put together a solid win over Holy Innocents’ last week. Wesleyan has jumped out to a 3-1 start and is coming off a 24-0 shutout of KIPP Atlanta Collegiate.

“The yards allowed (63 total) and points allowed, obviously, is pretty good,” Pridgen said.

“The defense certainly contained them, a very athletic team. It was a confidence builder for us.”

Ollis Robinson was a key contributor on defense with three tackles, eight assists and two tackles for loss. Cedric Lynch was a catalyst on offense with five carries for 41 yards and jumping in at quarterback to give the Wolves’ scheme a new wrinkle.

Last meeting: Wesleyan won 44-21 in 2011 Directions to Pace Academy: Take Ga. Highway 141 S. until it changes into Peachtree Industrial Blvd. and later Peachtree Road. Make a right on West Paces Ferry Road.

6B • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

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PREP ROUNDUP

Bears secure third straight win From Staff Reports LAWRENCEVILLE — Mountain View won its third straight game on Thursday night with an 8-4 win at home over Peachtree Ridge in Region 7-AAAAAA. Cara DeSandre had two hits, two RBIs and scored two runs to lead the offense for the Bears (9-13, 5-4), while Madolyn Packer went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Others helping on offense were Courtney Roley (two hits, two runs), Shae Balzer (hit, run) and Morgan Felt (RBI, run).

Balzer also earned the win with seven innings of work with four runs and two strikeouts.

Peachtree Ridge fell to 5-5 in the region.

SOFTBALL Collins Hill 8, Norcross 0 SUWANEE — Two Collins Hill pitchers combined to allow just one hit on Thursday night as the Eagles posted an 8-0 shutout at home in five innings over Norcross in Region 7-AAAAAA. Amanda Chance was the starter and logged the win, going four innings with six strikeouts and one hit.

Aeshia Miles followed with one perfect inning, striking out the side.

Jamie Hoover led the offense for the Eagles (18-5, 9-1), going 2-for-2 with a two-run homer, while Miles finished 3-for-3 with a triple and an RBI. Other contributors were Brea Dickey (2-for-3, triple), Reagan Morgan (2-for-3, RBI) and Aaliyah Bryant (1-for-2).

Dacula 3, Apalachee 2 WINDER — Dacula concluded its regular season with a 3-2 win at Apalachee in a non-region game on Thursday night. Dacula (11-11, 3-4) will open the Region 8-AAAAAA tournament next Tuesday at 2 p.m. against Grayson at Brookwood.

Haley Lambes was the

winning pitcher, going seven innings with one strikeout and three hits.

Kristan Lizardi led the offense, going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run, while Katherine Kozlowski had a double and an RBI. Alexis Deadyler also doubled and scored for the Falcons, while Aly Lord, Makenzie Vanderhorst and Baylee Bedingfield each went 1-for-3.

Brookwood 7, Mill Creek 0 HOSCHTON — Amanda Ablan pitched a completegame shutout on Thursday night at Mill Creek, allowing five hits, four walks with 15 strikeouts as the Broncos blanked the Hawks 7-0.

Ablan’s record improved to 17-0-1.

Kallyn Glasser fueled the offense, with a double, two walks and three RBIs. Tori Gunn also went 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Hannah Mason doubled.

The Broncos (24-1, 7-0) will open next Tuesday’s Region 8-AAAAAA tournament at home as the No. 1 seed, taking on South Gwinnett in its opening game.

Winder-Barrow 9, Archer 8 LAWRENCEVILLE — Winder-Barrow pushed across a run in the top of the sixth on Thursday night as the Bulldoggs held on to nip Archer 9-8 in a nonregion battle.

Winder-Barrow built an 8-1 lead before the Tigers (21-5, 6-1) battled back to tie the game at 8-8 before the Bulldoggs scored the eventual game-winner in the sixth.

Aleah Marijanich led the charge for Archer with two hits, a home run and two RBIs. Brittney Taylor also had a hit and drove in three, while Brie Marijanich added a hit and two RBIs. Andria Booth finished 3-for-5 for Archer with Tahra Johnson going 1-for-3.

Kory Best (8-2) went seven innings in taking the loss, striking out two.

Archer will be the No. 2 seed in the Region 8-AAAAAA tournament next week, taking on Central Gwinnett at Brookwood.

Buford 14, Madison Co. 0 DANIELSVILLE — Buford erupted for eight runs in the top of the seventh on Thursday night to pull away for a 14-0 win at Madison County. The win concluded Buford’s Region 8-AAAA schedule, where the Wolves (25-1 overall) went 8-0 and earned the No. 1 seed for next week’s region tournament.

Bria Bush (12-0) pitched seven innings for her 10th complete game and fifth shutout, allowing two hits and one walk with six strikeouts.

Samantha Thomas sparked the offense, going 2-for-5 with a double, tworun homer, four RBIs and two runs. Sydney Stavro added three hits with a triple, stolen base, three runs and two RBIs. Baylee Sexton added two hits, two RBIs and two runs, while Jordan Deep went 1-for-2 and drove in two.

VOLLEYBALL Dacula beats Archer and South SNELLVLLE — Dacula upped its Area 8-AAAAAA record to 4-3 on Thursday night with a pair of wins, beating South Gwinnett 25-18, 24-26, 25-16 and Archer 26-24, 25-7.

Caroline Hinton guided the offense with 38 assists and six aces, while Tess Igberaese recorded 15 kills.

Juliana Wagar tallied 24 digs with Chelsea Igberaese leading the team in blocks with six.

Harber leads Parkview over Duluth DULUTH — Cori Harber of Parkview logged 25 assists, 18 digs, two kills and two aces on Thursday night as the Panthers swept Duluth 25-17, 25-18 in a non-area match.

Parkview also faced Cambridge and went down in two games 25-20, 25-13.

Kiara Walton’s night ended with 17 digs and four kills with Bernice McGriff adding 10 digs and seven kills.

Mountain View goes 2-0 LAWRENCEVILLE — Mountain View had a per-

fect night on Thursday as the Bears posted sweeps over Berkmar 25-7, 25-10 and Forsyth Central 25-11, 25-18 on Senior night.

The wins stretched the Bears’ record to 26-12.

Lanier wins two NORCROSS — Lanier won a pair of non-area matches on Thursday night with sweeps of Central Gwinnett 25-9, 25-4 and Meadowcreek 25-15, 25-18.

Jessica Helmink led Lanier with 10 digs, two blocks and two aces while Angela Raez had 41 assists and six aces.

Wesleyan falls to Dunwoody and Marist PEACHTREE CORNERS — Wesleyan’s record dropped to 21-14 as the Wolves fell to Dunwoody 25-22, 25-22 and Marist 25-22, 25-14 at home on Thursday night.

Top performers for the Wolves were Audrey Mangum with 16 digs, Lauren Alexander with 10 digs and Natalie Armstrong with nine kills.

GAC gets past Grayson LOGANVILLE — It took three games, but Greater Atlanta Christian finally defeated Grayson 25-18, 21-25, 25-19 on Thursday night. GAC (19-17) also faced Buford and fell in two games 25-13, 25-12.

Top players for GAC were Lauren Brown with 21 digs and 20 kills, Michaela Bailey with 12 kills, Maddie Ward with 25 digs, Emily Becker with 45 digs and Cienna Townson with 43 assists.

Hebron falls to North and Centennial SUWANEE — Hebron lost a pair of matches on Thursday night to Class AAAAAA opponents, falling to North Gwinnett 25-13, 25-17 and Centennial 2522, 25-23.

Leaders for Hebron were Regan Long with 14 kills, Alli Johnson with nine kills and Maddi Grace Easterling with 13 digs.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Baseball

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Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

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W L Pct GB L10 St. Louis.............88.71..553....—.. 6-4 Pittsburgh...........86.72..544... 1.5.. 8-2 Milwaukee..........81.78..509..... 7.. 4-6 Cincinnati........... 74.85..465....14.. 3-7 Chicago.............71.88..447....17.. 6-4 West Division

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AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Baltimore...........95.63..601....—...7-3 New York............81.77..513....14.. 5-5 Toronto...............81.78..509.14.5.. 4-6 Tampa Bay......... 76.82..481....19.. 5-5 Boston...............69.89..437... 26.. 4-6 Central Division

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Tuesday’s Games Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 3, Milwaukee 1 Miami 2, Philadelphia 0 Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis 3, 10 innings Colorado 3, San Diego 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Francisco 2 Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Gee 7-8) at Washington (Gonzalez 9-10), ppd.

Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 0 Philadelphia 2, Miami 1 Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis 1 San Diego 4, Colorado 3 L.A. Dodgers 9, San Francisco 1 Thursday’s Games Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 3 N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 4 Miami 6, Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 11-10) at Washington (Gonzalez 9-10), late Pittsburgh 10. Atlanta 1 San Diego (Cashner 5-7) at San Francisco (Petit 5-5), late Today’s Games Miami (Cosart 4-3) at Washington (Fister 15-6), 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia (Williams 4-2), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Heaney 0-3) at Washington (Hill 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Worley 8-4) at Cincinnati (Leake 11-13), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Jokisch 0-0) at Milwaukee (Garza 8-8), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 5-6) at Arizona (Cahill 3-12), 9:40 p.m.

Colorado (Lyles 7-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Hernandez 2-3), 10:10 p.m.

San Diego (Kennedy 12-13) at San

Tuesday’s Games Baltimore 5, N.Y. Yankees 4 Kansas City 7, Cleveland 1 Toronto 10, Seattle 2 Detroit 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 2 Texas 2, Houston 1 L.A. Angels 2, Oakland 0 Wednesday’s Games Baltimore 9, N.Y. Yankees 5 Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 1 L.A. Angels 5, Oakland 4 Toronto 1, Seattle 0 Boston 11, Tampa Bay 3 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 4 Texas 5, Houston 1 Thursday’s Games Seattle 7, Toronto 5 Baltimore (Gausman 7-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 11-9), late Minnesota (May 3-5) at Detroit (Scherzer 17-5), late Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-4) at Boston (Webster 4-3), late Oakland (Hammel 2-6) at Texas (Lewis 10-14), late Kansas City (Shields 14-8) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 9-10), late Today’s Games Tampa Bay (Archer 10-8) at Cleveland (Kluber 17-9), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 13-5) at Toronto (Hutchison 10-13), 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Swarzak 3-2) at Detroit (Porcello 15-12), 7:08 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 1-3) at Boston (Wright 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Kazmir 14-9) at Texas (Tepesch 5-10), 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 12-11) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 8-10), 8:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 18-8) at Seattle (Iwakuma 14-9), 10:10 p.m.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

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W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati...... 3...0.. 0.1.000....80.... 33 Baltimore...... 2...1.. 0.. .667....65.... 50 Pittsburgh...... 2...1.. 0.. .667....73.... 72 Cleveland...... 1...2.. 0.. .333.... 74.... 77 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver.......... 2...1.. 0.. .667....75.... 67 San Diego..... 2...1.. 0.. .667....69.... 49 Kansas City.. 1...2.. 0.. .333....61.... 65 Oakland........ 0...3.. 0.. .000....37.... 65 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia.. 3...0.. 0.1.000.. 101.... 78 Dallas............ 2...1.. 0.. .667....77.... 69 N.Y. Giants.... 1...2.. 0.. .333....58.... 77 Washington... 1...2.. 0.. .333....81.... 64 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina........ 2...1.. 0.. .667....63.... 58 Atlanta.......... 2...1.. 0.. .667.. 103.... 72 New Orleans.1...2.. 0.. .333....78.... 72 Tampa Bay.... 0...3.. 0.. .000....45.... 95 North

W L T Pct PF PA Detroit........... 2...1.. 0.. .667....61.... 45 Chicago........ 2...1.. 0.. .667....75.... 62 Minnesota..... 1...2.. 0.. .333....50.... 56 Green Bay.... 1...2.. 0.. .333....54.... 79 West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona......... 3...0.. 0.1.000....66.... 45 Seattle.......... 2...1.. 0.. .667....83.... 66 San Francisco.1.. 2.. 0.. .333....62.... 68 St. Louis........ 1...2.. 0.. .333....56.... 85 Thursday, Sep. 25 N.Y. Giants at Washington, late Sunday, Sep. 28 Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Houston, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Miami vs Oakland, at London, England, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Sep. 29 New England at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Thursday, Oct. 2 SOUTH Appalachian State at Georgia Southern, 7:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, 7:30 p.m.

WEST UCLA at Arizona State, 10 p.m.

Friday, Sep. 26 EAST Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion, 8 p.m.

WEST Fresno State at New Mexico, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sep. 27 EAST Tulane at Rutgers, Noon Northwestern at Penn State, Noon Colorado State at Boston College, 12:30 p.m.

Western Michigan at Virginia Tech, 12:30 p.m.

Army at Yale, 1 p.m.

Akron at Pittsburgh, 1:30 p.m.

Bowling Green at Massachusetts, 3 p.m.

Kent State at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) at Buffalo, 3:30 p.m.

Western Kentucky at Navy, 3:30 p.m.

Temple at Connecticut, 4 p.m.

Notre Dame vs. Syracuse, at East Rutherford, NJ, 8 p.m.

SOUTH Tennessee at Georgia, Noon Texas Christian at Southern Methodist, Noon Florida International at AlabamaBirmingham, 3:30 p.m.

Florida State at North Carolina State, 3:30 p.m.

Arkansas vs. Texas A&M, at Arlington, TX, 3:30 p.m.

Louisiana Tech at Auburn, 4 p.m.

Texas-San Antonio at Florida Atlantic, 5 p.m.

North Carolina at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Rice at Southern Mississippi, 7 p.m.

Missouri at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Troy at UL Monroe, 7 p.m.

New Mexico State at Louisiana State, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.

Duke at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

2014 GWINNETT COUNTY FOOTBALL LEADERS Last Cameryn Johnathan Jamir Nick Na’ceem

Rushing School Gms Grayson 4 Mill Creek 4 Norcross 4 Mtn. View 4 P. Ridge 4

First Brent Hawkins Billings Harris Antenor

Receiving Name School Major Bellamy C. Gwinnett Josh ImatorbhebheN. Gwinnett Canyon Slade Collins Hill Chris Shelling C. Gwinnett Darius Slayton GAC Name John Urzua Eric Forrest Chance Thrasher Chase Brice Monty Horn

Rec 28 27 27 17 16

Passing School Comp. Att. N. Gwinnett 91 135 C. Gwinnett 72 127 P. Ridge 69 114 Grayson 55 87 Collins Hill 67 111

Name Denzel Wright Devonte Goodbeir Jermone Pledger Aaron Anderson Tyler Voyles Stefan Ball

Tackles School Grayson Norcross Norcross Mill Creek Mill Creek Lanier

Name Derrick Brown Justin Young Tray Davis Derriyon Shaw Tyler Vernon

Sacks School Lanier Grayson P. Ridge Lanier Mill Creek

Name Stefan Ball Andre Joseph Jorrdan Jones

Att Yards TD Ave. 79 455 3 113.8 51 398 4 99.5 72 387 5 96.8 67 380 5 95 72 350 2 87.5 Yds 606 500 358 306 305

Comp. % 0.674 0.567 0.605 0.632 0.604

Interceptions School Lanier Mtn. View Lanier

TD YPC 5 21.6 6 18.5 2 13.3 2 18.1 5 19.1

Yds TD 1241 12 1224 8 855 9 848 7 799 7

Int 3 1 3 0 3

Games Tackles 4 49 4 48 4 47 4 47 4 47 4 47 Sacks 7 6 6 5 5 Interceptions 5 4 3

Punting Name School Matthew Bonadies Buford John Urzua N. Gwinnett Mason Harwood Lanier Nick Marquez Brookwood Austin McGugan Grayson

Punts Yds 2 101 2 88 5 207 19 779 16 647

Kicking Name School Jordan Weaver Wesleyan Eric Autry Parkview Bryson King Mill Creek Will Kenworthy GAC Mason Harwood Lanier

FGM FGA XPM XPA Pts 4 4 14 14 26 3 6 14 14 23 0 1 20 20 20 1 3 13 15 16 1 2 13 15 16

Avg 50.5 44 41.4 41 40.4

Team offense School Rush Yds Pass Yds Total Yds Total Pts PPG N. Gwinnett 393 1380 1773 151 37.8 Peachtree Ridge 781 886 1667 146 36.5 Mill Creek 1090 547 1637 142 35.5 Lanier 1004 545 1549 110 27.5 GAC 727 766 1493 116 29 Grayson 621 848 1469 92 23 C. Gwinnett 190 1257 1447 104 26 Parkview 707 713 1420 113 28.3 Dacula 1156 147 1301 110 27.5 Wesleyan 633 666 1299 109 27.3 Norcross 625 562 1187 72 18 Collins Hill 329 820 1149 85 21.3 Mtn. View 710 422 1132 92 23 S. Gwinnett 513 549 1062 71 17.8 Archer 311 585 896 33 11 Buford 399 216 615 142 35.5 Brookwood 315 233 548 34 11.3 Berkmar 117 423 540 21 5.3 Shiloh 122 308 430 20 10

FANS CHOICE FALL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Aeshia Miles School: Collins Hill Sport: Softball Class: Senior Highlights: Went 2-for-3 with a grand slam home run in a region victory over North Gwinnett Coach Paul Pierce’s take: “I can’t think of anyone more deserving than Aeshia. She’s worked so hard and I’m very proud of her.”

Braves routed in final home game

By Guy Curtright The Sports Xchange

ATLANTA — The Pittsburgh Pirates will go into the final weekend of the regular season trailing the first-place St. Louis Cardinals by just one game in the National League Central.

Right-hander Edison Volquez allowed four hits over seven scoreless innings, and third baseman Josh Harrison went 3-for-5 to take over the lead in the National League batting race as the Pirates routed the Atlanta Braves 10-1 on Thursday night at Turner Field.

The Pirates (87-72) finish with three games at Cincinnati starting Friday night, while the Cardinals (88-71) have a weekend series at Arizona.

Volquez struck out 10 and walked one while improving his record to 13-7 and lowering his ERA to 3.04. The 31-year-old native of the Dominican Republic even had a base hit, breaking a 0-for-45 streak. Volquez, who signed for $5 million as a free agent after posting a 5.71 ERA last season with San Diego and the Los Angeles Dodgers, is 5-0 with a 1.36 ERA in his past 10 starts.

Harrison, who has a 13-

game hitting streak, raised his average to .318 – just ahead of the .317 mark by Colorado first baseman Justin Morneau.

Right fielder Travis Snider was 3-for-3 with a home run, second baseman Neil Walker smacked his 22nd homer and the Pirates had seven of their 16 hits go for extra bases. Center fielder Andrew McCutchen had three RBIs. The loss assured the Braves (77-82) of a losing season after they won 96 games last year and 94 in 2012. They are a dismal 5-17 in September and just avoided their seventh shutout of the month with a run in the ninth inning.

The Pirates got three hits out of their first basemen.

Gabby Sanchez had an RBI single as a pinch hitter against left-handed reliever Luis Avilan in the sixth inning after Ike Davis had two doubles in as many trips to the plate.

Pittsburgh added three more runs against Avilan in the seventh, left fielder Starling Marte capping the inning with a two-run double.

Then the Pirates scored four times in the eighth off reliever Gus Schlosser, with Walker hitting a two-run blast.

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Getting to Know ... Kacie Shields you were, what would you say?

KS: Competitive. I don’t know if you’d say ruthless, but aggressive maybe. I’m competitive and I want to win. That’s how I am.

Even now I have that same mentality, I want to compete and I want to compete hard.

Kacie Shields, 24, is in her first year as a math teacher and assistant softball coach at Lanier.

The 2008 Brookwood grad spent her first two years in education as the head softball coach at Johnson-Gainesville.

She played softball and basketball at Brookwood, then played softball for a season at Young Harris College and graduated from the University of Georgia. She also has her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction.

In this installment of “Getting to Know…,” Shields talks with sports editor Will Hammock about Gwinnett softball, her love of the Backstreet Boys and dining with former Saturday Night Live cast members.

WH: Who’s the best Gwinnett player you played against?

Brookwood grad Kacie Shields is in her first year as a KS: That’s tough. I reteacher and coach at Lanier. She was the head softball member Grayson being our coach at Johnson-Gainesville the previous two seasons. biggest region rival. What (Photo: Will Hammock) about a teammate? Merusually enjoy. And get time about how we know edith Hallman. She was a them to not only do it, but the same people. Her and teammate of mine who I also enjoy it. Most kids I get along really well. We always thought was pretty walk in the door and say, ‘I grew up in the same type good. A girl at Grayson, hate math. I don’t want to of environment, always their pitcher, Mandi Burns, do math.’ playing ball, always being was good and kind of our competitive. Her and I are rival. The three of us were WH: How has the always on the same page. on same travel team. It was coaching side been at It’s nice to have someone cool to play each other in WH: What’s it like Lanier? who shares the same expe- high school and then play being at a new school?

KS: It’s been good. I riences as you. together in travel ball.

Do you like it here at love it. It’s different going Lanier? from head coach to assisWH: Is Gwinnett softWH: Was it odd that KS: I started in Hall, but tant coach, but the three of ball different from when Coach Batchelor went when the opportunity to us (head coach Ryan Hill you played? to Grayson this season? come to Gwinnett opened and assistant Kelsey Case) KS: No, I still think Was that weird? up, I couldn’t turn it down. get along so well that there Gwinnett is top notch KS: Yes. We’ve played Gwinnett’s a good place has been no struggle for when it comes to softball. him twice this year. It’s and I knew the support me. Coach Hill has kind That’s another reason why always been fun to give here was going to be of put me in charge of the I wanted to coach in Gwin- him a hard time because he went to, for me, the fantastic. The adjustment infield and that’s kind of nett. The expectations are opposing school. But his has been easy here because my thing. Having that, it higher and I want to meet daughters are there and I Gwinnett’s where I’m from makes me feel like I’m still them. I want to coach at a and I’m aware of the exreally involved. The three place where I am expected understand why he did it. I pectations. It’s been good. of us work really well as a to win. I always want to give him a hard time every time I see him, ‘You don’t team, maybe too well. win.

WH: Did you allook good in green.’ He ways want to be a math says I don’t look good in WH: How is the team WH: What were your teacher? orange. doing?

Brookwood teams like KS: Oh yeah, since KS: We’re doing well. when you played? middle school. I’ve always … We start the region WH: How was college KS: We were OK. We liked math. I’m good at softball at Young Harris? tournament next week and weren’t as good as what math. So I’ve known for KS: I loved it. Playing we’re shooting for state the Brookwood legacy a long time I wanted to up in the mountains was obviously. It’s definitely leaves behind. But I liked teach. doable. We can do it. The playing at Brookwood. Bill awesome. I played with girls are ready for it. They Batchelor was great to play two or three girls up there WH: What is it about that I had known, one girl just have to believe they for. We still keep in touch math you like? can do it. and talk. High school soft- I was on the same high KS: I like the fact that school team with, so I ball is definitely the more every problem is a challoved playing up there. It WH: Are you and fun part of softball. It’s a lenge, really. When it Coach Case (a North fun time to play with your was busy, busy, busy. We comes to teaching math, were always playing or Gwinnett grad) close to friends. you have to find a way to practicing or something. the same age? get kids to enjoy someThose were good times KS: She’s a little older WH: If your players thing that most kids don’t than me, but we chat all the asked what type of player for sure. We were just

OK as a team, but we did play North Georgia in a tournament one time and beat them. They were 52-3 that year I think. Those two have a little mountain rivalry. I played one year at Young Harris and graduated after a year. I joint enrolled in high school and it was only a two-year school, so I was able to graduate after a year.

WH: Did you consider playing at a four-year school after that?

KS: I did. I played through a hurt back throughout high school and college, and that was one of the deciding factors. Being a math major, I needed to be in class. Missing class as a math major wasn’t a good decision. So academics and my body kind of led me to hanging it up. At Georgia, I started coaching a 10-and-under travel team. So as soon as I was done playing, I jumped right into coaching with my high school basketball coach, his daughter’s team. I helped coach and that led me to coaching. I wanted to coach already but it helped me realize this was definitely what I wanted to do.

competitive-natured folks.

That’s why we don’t play games against each other.

WH: What kind of music are you into?

KS: I like everything. I love ’90s music right now.

I’m on a ‘90s kick.

WH: What was your first concert?

KS: When I was 10, I went to Backstreet Boys.

That was the first one. I went to four more after that. That was my boy band phase.

WH: Who was your favorite Backstreet Boy? KS: A.J. The bad boy. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

WH: If you could have dinner with three people, living or dead, who would you choose?

KS: Kristen Wiig. She’s hilarious. Tina Fey, she’s hilarious. These are all funny people. Then maybe, I guess I’ll stick with funny and say Andy Samberg.

WH: Sticking with that theme, do you have a favorite meal or restaurant?

KS: I love ice cream and I love pizza. I don’t know WH: Are you married? if that’s considered a meal, but I would definitely eat Single? the two together. I don’t KS: I do have a boyfriend. Him and my parents care what anybody says. are my biggest supporters.

WH: Do you see yourOne of the three of them self teaching and coachare always at our games. ing in the long term?

They’ve been around KS: I think I would like sports all their lives and so to get into administration has he. When there’s no softball to watch, they have one day, but I do need to set my foundation, teach no idea what to do with for awhile and coach for themselves. awhile. I think you can still WH: What’s your boy- coach as an administrator, friend’s name? Is he from but I don’t know time-wise if it’s ideal. So eventually around here?

I’ll decide to stick with KS: Jay Bostwick. He coaching or go the adminwent to Lakeview Academy. He actually won state istration route. But I do see myself teaching for a long with his baseball team time. there. We’re definitely

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gwinnettdailypost.com •From Page 1B Already a die-hard Georgia fan, he adhered to football during middle school, when he attended Brookwood games with his father.

Playing wasn’t an option, but involvement with the team was certainly within reason. He asked thenBroncos head coach Dave Hunter if he could join the managerial staff, which was granted in time for spring practices during his junior year.

Mitchell worked under assistant coach Benjie McLane, who was his health teacher at Brookwood. Soon enough, Mitchell might as well have been his personal assistant. And a good one, at that.

“He sat up front, and he was about as big as he is now,” McLane said, laughing. “So obviously, he got my attention.

“He would do anything in the world you asked him to do. He worked hard, and loved every minute of it.

At the end of the practice, when we were doing our running, if I hollered at the players to get after it a little bit more and pick up

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Mitchell their pace, he’d do the same thing — he’d start hollering, too.”

Their relationship at practice has transformed into a friendship that now spans more than two decades. McLane is still an assistant at Brookwood, now under current head coach Mark Crews. Mitchell texts him every week, asking how practices are going and getting injury reports for upcoming games.

When Mitchell’s grandfather died, McLane’s father, a funeral director and the Broncos’ team doctor at time, handled the cremation and all of the ceremonial duties.

“I owe so much not just to Benjie, but to his dad as well, because he was so good to us,” Mitchell said. “He made sure that whenever it came to game day, we were ready for the games, whether we were at home or away.

“We’re so tight now, I really owe a lot of him, because I don’t think I would’ve graduated if it weren’t for him taking me under his wing.”

Upon graduation in 1994, Mitchell returned his

focus to tennis, and made his debut in the Special Olympics two years later.

He qualified for his first World Special Olympics in 1999.

He currently competes for Special Pops Tennis, a United States Tennis Association-recognized program geared toward introducing the sport to people with disabilities. It offers tournaments for players as young as eight years old, with divisions for players at different skill levels.

Competing in the highest division offered in Special Olympic events, Mitchell’s stature itself makes him a tough opponent. Almost always the tallest player in any given tournament, he can offer up an intimidating serve, but can also reach returns that would sail past a smaller player.

Regardless, he still has his competition, most notably Ronnie Pilgrim, a Carrollton native and fellow longtime Special Olympics player who often enters in the same events as Mitchell. The two have clashed time and time again over the past 20 years.

Mitchell got the best of

Brookwood football mega-fan, “Big” Rob Mitchell sits for a portrait on Thursday at Brookwood High School in Snellville. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Pilgrim last week, defeating him for yet another gold.

“The matches are basically who wants it the most,” Mitchell said.

“Whoever gets tired the least, will eventually pull the match out.”

But Mitchell’s tennis career hasn’t always been a smooth ride through tournament brackets with more medals to claim at the end. He’s battled through the losses of coaches and

family members during his career, occasionally leaving him contemplating his retirement.

Mitchell nearly skipped the 2001 Special Olympics state tournament when his grandfather on his dad’s side passed away. Before he died, he instructed Mitchell to compete in the tournament.

It proved to be a wise decision.

“I was visiting with him, and I said, ‘I don’t know if I’m going to play at state,’” Mitchell said. “He said, ‘Rob, you need to play, and you need to show them why you’re one of the best players in the state.’

“I got into state, still upset about my grandfather passing. I said to myself, ‘Go in here, do what you have to do, and dedicate the win to him.’ I did end up winning it, and I did end up dedicating it to him. I felt like I should continue playing.”

Mitchell then lost his former coach, Jan Dennis, after she died from an illness in 2011. She served as his coach for three years, turning around his game when he hit a snag in his performance that almost resulted in him leaving the game permanently.

“I knew I had a practice session that day, and I said, ‘How would you feel if I decided not to play anymore?’” Mitchell said.

“She goes, ‘Why’s that?’

And I said, ‘I’m not happy with the way I’m playing. I feel like my game is gone.

I feel like I don’t have it anymore.’

“She said, ‘well, do this.

Let’s get through the training sessions. Get to state, see how you do, and then decide.’ For those three years before she got sick, she led me to three of my gold medals.”

Mitchell hasn’t looked back since. He continues to compete in tournaments through the Special Olympics and Special Pops Tennis, serving as an inspiration to players around him that admire his accomplishments.

According to his father, his tennis career has done more than just make him a force on the court.

“I’m very proud of him and the sportsmanship that he’s learned through playing tennis,” Doug Mitchell said. “It’s a wonderful way for him to be able to socialize with people and get to know more people.

“When you have disabilities, it’s a special population, and there’s a lot of wonderful people helping them. But they also get left out of a lot of common everyday things. It’s an opportunity to socialize and to be with other people, and to compete and learn sportsmanship.”

Mitchell leads a quiet life outside of tennis. He lives in a Lilburn community managed by Just People, Inc., an organization that provides housing, employment opportunities and social programs for people with high-functioning disabilities. He works at a Kroger in Duluth.

He can’t drive, but has a reliable source of transportation to and from Brookwood games through Nelson, who won a state

championship with the Broncos in 1996 and is currently the president of their alumni association.

“I think he just called me out of the blue and wanted to know if I could take him to the game,” said Nelson, who has driven Mitchell to games for the past eight years. “My kids, especially my 5-year-old, are always asking, ‘Is Rob going to be at the game this week? Are we picking up Rob?’ “He’s part of our football family in the fall.”

Nelson prefers a seat in the bleachers, but Mitchell is never anywhere other than the Brookwood sideline. He rarely misses a Broncos game — his only absence this season was last week against Berkmar. He was busy securing another pair of wins at his tournament.

Two games he couldn’t make, however, were Brookwood’s state title games in 1996 and 2010.

The latter fell on a night when he was scheduled to work the next morning.

In 1996, championships were still played at a host site, rather than in the current arrangement at the Georgia Dome. The Broncos visited Valdosta, nearly four hours away, and Mitchell was unable to travel with the team due to a family event.

He was sure to pop a tape in the VCR and record the game, all while listening to it live on the radio.

Brookwood came home with a 45-24 win and the team’s first state crown. It was a night he still hasn’t forgotten.

“I got the video tape, and the funniest thing is when they interviewed Coach Hunter, he doesn’t show any emotion,” Mitchell said. “They asked him, ‘You just won the state championship, how does it feel?’ And he just says, ‘How about that.’ And I’m over here like, ‘Really? You just won the biggest prize in high school football in the state of Georgia.’”

Needless to say, Mitchell isn’t one to curb his excitement for Brookwood football.

He can often be found in the Broncos’ fieldhouse, initiating pre-game chatter with coaches about whatever opponent awaits them that Friday.

He might as well still be part of the staff.

“That’s just a testament to Coach Crews and his whole staff,” Nelson said.

“He gets right down there in the middle of warm-ups, and they’ve never had an issue with it at all. That’s a cool part just about Brookwood football in general.

Old alumni come back, and they’re welcome with open arms. Rob is no exception to that.”

The final buzzer will always sound, and Nelson will always drive Mitchell back home each week.

The next day, “Big Rob” is sure to be back out on the tennis court, practicing for his next tournament. All with the same passion he’s carried with him for the past 40 years.

“I know a lot of people don’t think I’m serious about this game,” Mitchell said. “I am. I am very serious.”

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CREATURES OF THE NIGHT FEST

The Gwinnett and Environmental Heritage Center will host the Creatures of the Night Festival on Friday, Oct. 17, from 5 to 10 p.m.

The program fee is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 3-12 and children under 2 years are free. For more information, visit gwinnettehc.org/calendar.

HUDGENS PARTY

The Hudgens Center for the Arts will host their annual signature fundraiser, the Hudgens pARTy, on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 7 to 10 p.m. Join 200 guests for a one-of-a-kind evening of bourbon, beer and blues. Tickets are $100 for non-members and $75 for members. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the hudgens. org.

SUWANEE WINE FEST The second annual Suwanee Wine Fest, brought to you by the organizers of the Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest, will be Saturday, Oct. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Suwanee’s Town Center Park. Local wine experts will assist in hand-selecting over 100 premium wines from around the world, including several Georgia wineries. This year, there will be some new additions including a craft beer garden featuring local breweries — Jekyll, Sweetwater, Terrapin and Jailhouse.

General Admission ticket-holders will receive unlimited wine and craft beer samples, complimentary food tastings, complete access to the festival including the best restaurants and food trucks in metro Atlanta and live entertainment on the main stage. VIP ticket-holders will receive everything that is included with a GA ticket plus one hour early entry to beat the lines, a private tasting and dining tent with higher end wines to sample, a fully-catered meal and more. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit suwaneewinefest.com.

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GWINNETT TASTES A selection of eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post:

painted beside and above the fireplace. The dining room is decorated using the colors of the Greek flag, blue and white, and Greek • Amy Lafaye’s dance music plays in the Restaurant background.

The intimate, casual The menu is a fusion dining room has the feel of of authentic Greek and a cafe with checkered tile Mediterranian food. Everyflooring, tables and booths thing is made from scratch with an added touch of using fresh ingredients southern hospitality. The and nutritious. Only a few Lafaye family antiques of the items on the menu that decorate the dining are fried, the majority are rooms give the restaurant a homey feel. For example, grilled. There are several Greek staples like hummus, the self-serve coffee bar is tabouleh salad, tzatziki and set up on an antique buffet babagonush. The mezze passed down from Amy’s trio appetizer is a good way Grandmother. There are to try a little of each befamily photos on display cause it offers the choice of and even a framed picture three cold dips served with of “Mama Faye” mounted pita. For those with more over the buffet. Employees are friendly and often greet exotic tastes, there is ktapootki stakaruouna (Crete), regular customers with a or char octopus seasoned first-name. and grilled served with The breakfast menu includes a variety of hearty, vinaigrette. Another light yet flavorful option is the eggsouthern-style dishes all plant napoleon, which has made from scratch every grilled eggplant, fire roasted morning. The breakfast peppers, fresh mozzarella, plate includes scrambled extra virgin olive oil and a eggs and choice of crisp bacon or other meat served balsamic glaze.

3320 Lawrencevillewith buttered grits, biscuits topped with white gravy and Suwanee Road, Suwanee, 678-926-3616, www. drink. A popular choice for those wanting to grab a bite greekislandsuwanee.com on the go would be one of • One Blue Duck the breakfast biscuits. The Housed in a 100-year-old chicken, egg and cheese building, One Blue Duck biscuit includes a fluffy is shabby chic. The rustic biscuit with fried chicken, scrambled eggs and Ameri- brick interior paired with crystal chandeliers, eclectic can cheese.

2559 Pharr Ave., Dacula, colored bottles, and mismatched tables and chairs 678- 377-4664, facebook. give the restaurant a hip, com/pages/Amy-Layet distinctly Southern vibe.

Fayes/127659762828 All of the art found on the walls was painted by local • Greek Island Grill artists. The folk background The spacious, open dining room includes tables music paired with comfortable chairs and amicable and booths and two of the staff completes the cozy walls are completely lined atmosphere, which is remiwith windows allowing for niscent of dining at an old lots of natural light. The friend’s house. restaurant strives to give Chef and owner Matpatrons the feeling that thew Martin prides himself they have really stepped on providing food straight into the Greek Isles. There “from farm to table.” Using are murals of different only locally grown goods places in Greece, like the and organic meat, One beautiful coastal scene

Blue Duck keeps things fresh. The most popular item on the menu is the gyro — traditional lamb/beef with fresh greens, tzatziki, caramelized onions, creamy feta, sliced onions wrapped in pita and served with duck fat fries. The duck fat fries are also a popular seller as they are lighter than the typical fast-food fry. Another frequently ordered item is the blackened wild-caught salmon, seafood etouffee (crawfish, scallops, mussels, shrimp) and caramelized leeks served with saffron grits.

39 City Square, Hoschton, 706-654-0010, facebook. com/oneblueduck • Main Street Cafe Main Street Cafe takes a Southern approach to the traditional casual cafe.

Whether it is the tasteful blend of burlap fabric with Mason jars and vintage furniture or the friendly staff who treats each customer like an old friend, the informal eatery feels more like an old gem in Downtown Buford than a recent establishment.

With plenty of seating, the restaurant can accommodate large families taking a lunch break from shopping.

The menu features a variety of sandwiches, soups and salads, in addition to a large dessert menu. One of the most popular items on the menu, the chicken salad sandwich is made with a secret recipe involving grapes, celery and toasted pecans, and served with lettuce and tomato on a fresh croissant.

This is served with a side of fruit. Another popular dish, the Reuben sandwich has thin-sliced corned beef served on a bed of sauerkraut and topped with melted Swiss cheese and Thousand Island dressing on rye bread.

Popular side items include the coleslaw and potato salad.

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Super Hibachi Buffet

1630 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth

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By Morgan Nalley Staff Intern

Open Since: August 2014 Owners: Eddie Yan, general manager and co-partner with Mr. Yang and Mr. Ou. Location: The Super Hibachi Buffet is located in the same shopping center as the ASSI Supermarket near the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Sweetwater Road in Duluth.

The noodle bar at Duluth’s Super Hibachi Buffet allows patrons to pick their own ingredients that a trained chef will make into soup.

Hours: The Super Hibachi Buffet is open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and is open Friday The Super Hibachi Buffet in Duluth offers 20 to 30 different types of sushi each day. and Saturday from 11 (Photos: Morgan Nalley) a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to ON THE MENU 3:30 p.m. and dinner is • Adult: $6.99 The Super Hibachi Buffet in Duluth served from 3:30 p.m. to • Kids age 2: $1.99 provides over 200 different food items at close.

Atmosphere: Spacious at 14,000 square feet, the Super Hibachi Buffet is proud to be the largest hibachi buffet in town. Its party room can host over 200 guests and has already been the host of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and their VIPs. The delicate artwork of ocean scenes and cherry blossoms painted onto the walls was commissioned from an artist from China whom co-partner Yan calls Master Wen. A smiling, helpful staff is prepared to help a steady stream of clientele, many

their buffet bars. Culinary delights include 20 to 30 different kinds of sushi each day, fresh seafood, a noodle bar, a desert bar, a kids’ bar and more.

Price Prices vary depending on the time of day.

Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

of whom have become regulars within the first month of business.

Menu: The Super Hibachi Buffet has more than 200 different items for guests to choose from. The buffet offers 20 to 30 different types of Sushi every day. A buffet bar with traditional Chinese dishes like sesame chicken or

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• Kids ages 3-6: $3.25 • Kids ages 7-10: $4.25 Dinner is served from 3:30 p.m. to close.

• Adult: $9.99 • Kids age 2: $2.99 • Kids ages 3-6: $4.25 • Kids ages 7-10: $6.25

lo mein is right next to a wide array of seafood that includes oysters and octopus. The restaurant also boasts a noodle bar where patrons can choose their own ingredients to be made into soup by a qualified chef.

Several dishes may vary slightly depending on the season, but guest favorites are always present.

Kids can even find some-

thing they love at the kids’ bar that includes teriyaki chicken on a stick, chicken wings, pizza and more.

Something You Might Not Know: The chefs at the Super Hibachi Buffet are brought in from New York by the restaurant’s owners to provide the best culinary experience possible.

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Some items on the buffet at Duluth’s Super Hibachi will vary according to season, and this colorful array of fruit is currently available to guests.

An ocean scene painted onto the wall of the Super Hibachi Buffet in Duluth overlooks the party room which can seat over 200 guests.

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On Oct. 4, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta will host its annual blacktie fundraising gala, “A Timeless Affair 2014: The Witching Hour,” from 7 p.m. to midnight. (Special Photo)

Fernbank Museum to hold annual fundraiser

By Morgan Nalley Staff Intern

On Oct. 4, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta will host its annual blacktie fundraising gala, “A Timeless Affair 2014: The Witching Hour” from 7 p.m. to midnight. This event will honor the dedicated support of Maria and Ralph de Vega.

The evening is set to include a seated dinner with wine service and open bars, a sunset cocktail hour, live music from Rupert’s orchestra, live and silent auctions as well as a private viewing of Fernbank’s new exhibit “Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear.” The

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porting their community.”

The fundraising gala will provide Atlantans the opportunity to have an enjoyable evening, while also furthering Fernbank Museum’s mission to educate and inspire all ages through cultural and scientific — Burch Hanson, event chair programming.

Patron levels begin at gala draws inspiration $1,600, and tables of 10 from the exhibit which begin at $12,000. Indifeatures interactive and vidual tickets are $500. safe ways to explore the To purchase tickets, human body’s reaction to contact Catherine Stolarfear. ski at 404-929-6376 or “We are so proud of development@fernbankthis event,” said event museum.org. Fernbank chair Burch Hanson in Museum is located at 767 a press release, “and we Clifton Road in Atlanta. know that the guests at For more information, Timeless this year will visit fernbankmuseum. have a fantastic time sup- org/calendar-of-events.

We are so proud of this event, and we know that the guests at ‘Timeless’ this year will have a fantastic time supporting their community.”

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local event Aurora Swing Nights return with new night, venue

By Katie Morris

The featured guest vocalist for Thursday night’s inaugural conThe popular Aurora cert of the season was • “Fall Into the Music” on Swing Nights concert seLiza Jaine, who played Nov. 13 • “My Jazzy Valentine” ries returns to LawrencevWinifred Banks in Auon Feb. 12 ille with both a new night rora’s record-breaking • “Swing Night Salute to and venue. This year the hit “Mary Poppins.”

Hollywood” on April 16 concerts will be on ThursJaine will also join the • “Rock the Depot” on day nights at the event cast of this year’s ChristJune 18 facility 550 Trackside. mas Canteen, Gwinnett’s 550 Trackside was longest running theatrical built in 1904 and contains holiday tradition. granite walls, archways Jazz Club, a local 17 The next concert, “Fall and original wood, all piece band dedicated to into Music,” will be held restored to their natural the preservation of some on Nov. 13. Tickets are $18. 550 Trackside, at 550 beauty. It is located just of the best music ever N. Clayton St. in Lawoff the Lawrenceville composed. Led by jazz renceville, offers patrons square, along the tracks, sax man Gary Dalton, right across from the Metro Jazz Club has two a full bar, and parking is free. For more information old Lawrenceville train amazing vocalists, velvety crooner Jason Joines or reservations, call 678The popular Aurora Swing Nights concert series returns to Lawrenceville on Thursday depot. nights at the event facility 550 Trackside. The next concert, “Fall Into the Music,” will be 226-6222 or visit auroraThe concert series will and zesty diva Amanda on Nov. 13. (Special Photo) theatre.com. still feature the Metro Richards. katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

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Artists create, teach through language of flowers Catherine Vecchio and fellow designer Linda Whitten make the world a more beautiful place and reach out to others at the same time. The two floral artists are using their talents to give back to the community in unique and beautiful ways.

Vecchio studied floral design at Gwinnett Tech and with the Ichoyo School of Ikenbana in Atlanta, where she is still a member. This special Japanese style of floral arrangement is, according to Vecchio, “the greatest form of art in floral design.” She is also a member of the Georgia State Florist Association.

Recently, Vecchio and Whitten left the commercial world of floral arrangement and decided to teach others their art form. Most notably, they reached out to the clients at Creative Enterprises, a Lawrenceville non-profit dedicated to helping adults with special needs and others with barriers to employment. The organization offers a variety of programs and services to help these individuals obtain an optimal level of social, vocational and economic independence.

Art is a very important part of the Creative Enterprises mission, and the floral art form suits their clients very well. In fact, after taking classes with Vecchio and Whitten, nine of the floral students entered designs in this year’s Gwinnett

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industry. Also, the clients of my business, I feel this will be supporting CE door that has opened will with the work they create be so rewarding for the and sell.” clients, the community, Vecchio recently closed and us.” her event floral busiFor more information ness, Floral Fashions by about Creative EnterCatherine in Suwanee, and prises, visit the web site with Whitten decided to at www.ceisite.com. To continue the joy associcontact Catherine Vecchio, ated with classes she had write to cathvec@gmail.

Holley Calmes held in her studio. “I loved com or call 770-605-5092. my work,” Vecchio said, Holley Calmes is a County Fair, and two “but I find it even more re- freelance writer and of them won awards for warding to help someone public relations consultant their work. create a piece that will be specializing in the arts.

The clients started with memorable for the recipi- Email her at hcalmes@ fresh florals and are now ent. As I close the doors mindspring.com. creating with silk floral and natural materials that they have gathered. Some of the clients will have their fall-themed centerpieces for sale at the greenhouse located on the CE campus.

“We believe the clients at Creative Enterprises can provide floral to the To include your church services on this page contact community,” Vecchio Mary London at 770-963-9205 x1211 said. “They truly have the mary.london@gwinnettdailypost.com. talent and could not be more dedicated. The staff A Purpose Friendship Baptist Church 3375 Church Lane, Duluth, GA at Creative Enterprises, Driven Church Office: 770-497-8227 • Fax: 770-497-9775 especially greenhouse Church Rev. Ronald L. Bowens, Pastor manager Joanna, has been REVIVAL SERVICES Warmer through Fellowship a great support system for Warmer through Fellowship August 12-14, 2014, 7:30 pm Rev. Steve Daniels Deeper through Discipleship Deeper through Discipleship the clients in this project.

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Metal band Skid Row returns to Wild Bill’s

By Katie Morris

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American metal band Skid Row will play the last East coast date of their tour at Wild Bill’s tomorrow night.

The band annually schedules a tour stop at Wild Bill’s as a homecoming show of sorts for bassist Rachel Bolan and drummer Rob Hammersmith, who both live in Atlanta. Guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo said he was looking forward to returning to Wild Bill’s because it’s become one of the band’s staples.

“Wild Bill’s is our home away from home. We know the people there, and they make us feel comfortable. There’s a good stage and sound. I always love going back there because the audiences and shows are always really, really great,” Sabo said.

Skid Row was formed in

Metal band Skid Row will play the last East coast date on their 2014 tour at Wild Bill’s in Duluth tomorrow night.

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New Jersey in 1986 by Bolan and Sabo. Early band members also included guitarist Scotti Hill, vocalist Sebastian Bach and drummer Rob Affuso. The

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current group still includes Bolan, Sabo and Hill — Johnny Solinger joined the band in 2000 as lead vocalist

and Hammersmith joined in 2010.

In 1989, the band released its first album, “Skid Row,” which went multi-platinum and featured the two Top 40 singles “18 and Life” and “I Remember You.” The follow-up album, “Slave to the Grind,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart. They released the EP “Rise of the Damnation Army—United World Rebellion: Chapter One” last year.

The show at Wild Bill’s comes in the middle of their 2014 worldwide tour and is in support of their new seven-song EP “Rise of the Damnation Army— United World Rebellion: Chapter Two,” which was released last month. Sabo describes the new EP as the most fun he’s had in years.

“This EP was the

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most fun I’ve had since starting the band, and that’s saying a lot because I’ve had a lot of fun. It was an amazing experience from start to finish,” Sabo said. “Writing an EP takes the pressure off of us as songwriters and allows us to more concisely focus on a small amount of material without the immediacy or urgency. In the past, it’s been two and a half months (in the studio), and then a tour for one to two years. We were in the studio two weeks from start to finish and on the road about eight months.

The creative flow and high-energy is still there and we’re not getting burnt out.”

According to Sabo, the audience can expect a mix of old and new material with the same high-energy performing Skid Row has become known for.

“We’ll play some new stuff defi-

nitely because we want to promote our news songs, but we’re very proud of our legacy. As a band that’s been in existence for 28 years and touring for 25, we are proud of it all, not just the past 15 years, but all of it,” Sabo said. “Our reputation was built on our live show. From the very early days of playing shows in and around New Jersey and New York, there was a lot of competition. We had to be better than everyone else. That’s a drive that still exists in us and will continue to until we end.”

Skid Row will play Saturday, Sept. 27, at Wild Bill’s located at 2075 Market Street in Duluth near Gwinnett Place Mall.

General admission tickets are $20 in advance and $25 to $30 at the door. VIP tickets are $55 each. The doors will open at 7:30 and the concert will begin around 9 p.m. For more information, visit wildbillsatlanta.com.

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Thousands expected at Fall Fest

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welfare and beautification katie.morris of downtown Duluth while @gwinnettdailypost.com providing wholesome Thousands are expected entertainment for families to pour into the streets of across metro Atlanta. The downtown Duluth toFall Festival has spearmorrow for excitement, headed numerous special entertainment and tradition projects, including purat the 32nd Annual Duluth chasing and development Fall Festival. of Taylor Park, building The festival is a free, the Duluth Festival Center, family-friendly event that paving and landscaping the includes a carnival, arts Festival Center Courtyard and crafts, food booths, and more. entertainment venues, a 5K Gold Medal Shows will Duluth’s Fall Festival featuring a carnival, arts and crafts, race and “Man’s Corner.” return to host the carnival, food booths, entertainment venues and more will take “Residents are excited which includes exciting place this Saturday and Sunday. (Special Photo) about this event. They have rides like the Orient ExSCHEDULE it marked on their calendar, press, the Dizzy Dragon, warm up Saturday, Sept. 27 friends are coming in from Rio Grande train, swings • 8 a.m. road race (roads • 9 a.m. booths open out of town and everyand the Ferris wheel. The closed) • 10 a.m. parade one is really happy about midway will also feature • 11 a.m. carnival opens • 9 a.m. booths open it,” Kay Montgomery, favorite carnival foods • 10 a.m. worship on the • 11:30 a.m. opening Fall Festival Committee like cotton candy, caramel green ceremony Member, said in a press apples and snow cones.

• 11 a.m. carnival opens • 12:30 p.m. entertainrelease. “A lot of money is The carnival will be open • 11:30 a.m. entertainment begins raised because of the Fall tonight on Main Street in ment begins • 1 p.m. silent auction Festival, and this money is downtown Duluth from 6 • 2 p.m. silent auction closeout • 3:30 p.m. silent auction closeout put back into the commuto 10 p.m.

• 3 p.m. general store closeout nity. Not only is it a lot of Shuttle buses will be auction • 6 p.m. silent auction fun to put on for people to available on Saturday and • 4:30 p.m. silent auction closeout enjoy, but the end result Sunday and will run every closeout • 7 p.m. booths close pays back into the City of 15 minutes. For more • 10 p.m. carnival closes • 5 p.m. festival and Duluth.” information about the Fall carnival end Sunday, Sept. 28 The festival’s purpose Festival, visit duluthfallfes• 7:40 a.m. road race is to promote the general tival.org.

Children’s Museum offers seasonal fun programming includes not only the exhibit’s fixtures like Box Zone, Imagination The Children’s Museum Playground and Maker’s of Atlanta’s featured exhibit Space but also seasonally “Outside the Box” is offerappropriate learning opportuing special programs and nities. Children can build box features for the month of Oc- lanterns, decorate masks and tober. The theme is “Outside do leaf chromatography. the Boo!” and will focus on In the “Meet the Holidays” costumes, changing colors, program, children can listen pumpkins, puppets and more. to a story and make a craft The “Outside the Box” as they learn about different exhibit is all about getting holidays that are celebrated kids to think “outside of the in October around the world. box” while discovering the On Oct. 11 and 12, kids can basics of math, engineering learn about Eid Al Adha, the and technology. October’s Islamic Festival of Sacrifice,

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and on Oct. 25 and 26, they can learn about Diwali, the 5-day Hindu Festival of Lights.

The Lab Kids Science Show on Oct. 4 and 18 will teach kids about changing colors, pumpkins and lights.

The museum will also hold its annual Trick-orTreat event on Oct. 25. Kids can dress up in their costumes while they and their families can celebrate Halloween together with trickor-treating, crafts, surprises and more. Advance tickets are required for this event.

Other attractions include Hands On Science, The Science Workshop with Brian “Dr. Science” Williams, Music and Movement, Laugh and Learn and much more.

The museum is open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and is open on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Wednesdays. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit childrensmuseumatlanta.org/exhibits/ outside_the_box or call 404659-KIDS (5437).

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Saturday, Sept. 27

Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day For one day only, Saturday the Hudgens Center for the Arts will once again partner with Smithsonian Magazine to provide free admission to all visitors of The Hudgens in honor of Museum Day. Register online at smithsonianmag.com.

Kids’ Painting Workshop The Hudgens Center for the Arts will host a painting workshop for kids led by Jose Pena from 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. This workshop is for ages 8-16. For more information, visit thehudgens. org/education/childrensworkshops.

Popcorn in the Park Briscoe Park will host a screening of “Frozen” at 7 p.m. Sept. 27. The park is located at 2500 Sawyer Parkway in Snellville.

Admission is free. For more information, visit www.snellvilletourism.com.

Sunday, Sept. 28

Clay Platter Workshop On Sunday, Sept. 28, Connie Norman will lead a Sgraffito Clay Platter Workshop from 2-4 p.m. at the Hudgens Center for the Arts. To register for the class and get more information, visit thehudgens.org.

Friday, Oct. 3

Flicks on the Bricks The city of Duluth will hold a screening of the movie “Ray” at dusk on Friday, July 18. Admission is free.

The movie will be shown at the Duluth Festival Center and Amphitheatre, located at 3142 Hill St. in Duluth.

For more information, call 770-476-3434 or visit www. duluthga.net.

Saturday, Oct. 4

Scouts — Mammal Merit Badge The Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC) is providing scouts the opportunity to earn their Mammal Study Merit Badge on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11:30

a.m.-4 p.m. The CNC will provide quality, hands-on experience and discussions about mammals’ effect on the Chattahoochee River’s Ecosystem. Admission is $30 per scout. Advance registration is required. Call 770-992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@chattnaturecenter.org.

Sunday, Oct. 5

Creative Nature, Wildlife and Landscape Photography The Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC) will host a workshop for improving photography skills using camera features on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 12:30-4:30 p.m.

Topics include creative composition, macro (close-up shots), low-light challenges and more. Students are asked to bring their own cameras, instruction books, snacks and a desire to see in a new way. This event is for ages 16+. Advance registration is required by Oct. 1. Tickets are $59 for the general public and $49 for CNC members. Call 770-992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@chattnaturecenter.org.

Saturday, Oct. 11

The Taste of Centerville On Oct. 11, the annual “Taste of Centerville: A Community Celebration” will be held at the Church of the Redeemer at 3740 Zoar Church Road S.W. in Snellville from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. The event offers food and fun for the whole family.

For more information, visit tasteofcenterville.org or contact Church of the Redeemer at 770-979-2467.

Women’s Only Paddle The Chattahoochee Nature Center is hosting a women’s only canoe trip that promises to be adventurous yet relaxing. This event is for women ages 18+. Tickets are $30 for the general public and $25 for CNC members. Advance registration is required. Call 770-992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@chattnaturecenter.org.

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Wilderness Act Performance The Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC) will host the Wilderness Act Performance Series on Sunday, Oct. 12 from noon to 3 p.m.

This series is a musical and artistic celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Photographers, poets and composers have created works based on their experiences at the CNC. Artists include Nathan Bales, Sarah Hersh, Peter Peteet and Eric Bowles. Ticket price is included in general admission and is free to CNC members.

Friday, Oct. 17

Creatures of the Night Festival On Oct. 17, from 6-9 p.m. the Gwinnett and Environmental Heritage Center will host the Creatures of the Night Festival, a celebration of nocturnal animals. The program fee is $5 for adults 13+ and $3 for children ages 3-12 . For more information, visit gwinnettehc.org/ calendar.

Saturday, Oct. 18

Spooktacular Dance and Play Party On Oct. 18, Bogan Park Community Recreation Center will host the Spooktacular Dance and Play Party for kids ages 3-10. Kids should come dressed in a costume and will enjoy learning a dance, having a snack and making a “spooky” craft.

Parents are asked to join for the last 10 minutes for a “Spooktacular” performance from the kids. For ages 3-5, tickets are $11, and they will play from 1:30-3 p.m. For ages 6-10, tickets are $16, and they will play from 3:305:30 p.m. For more information, visit gcvb.org/visitors/ calendar-of-events or contact Beth Sobocinski at 678-2770850 or email beth.sobocinski@gwinnettcounty.com.

Thursday, Oct. 23

Dine and Discover: Coosa River Basin On Oct. 23 from 7-9 p.m., the Chattahoochee Na-

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ture Center’s Nature Club will host an evening with riverkeeper Amos Tuck and his tale of his 250-mile journey down the Conasauga, Coosawattee, Oostanaula, and Coosa Rivers. “Amos’ Odyssey” will be told through videos and photographs that highlight one of America’s most biologically diverse watersheds. This event is for ages 16+. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for CNC members.

Center (CNC)will host a 2 1/2 hour introductory climb to view the fall trees from noon - 2:30 p.m. If the first time slot fills, the CNC will open a second time slot from 3-5:30 p.m. All climbing gear is provided. Advance registration is required by Oct. 22. Tickets are $40 for the general public ages 6+ and $30 for CNC members.

Call 770-992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@ chattnaturecenter.org.

Haunted Halloween Festival On Saturday, Oct. 25, Lucky Shoals Park in Norcross will be hosting a Haunted Halloween Festival.

Visit the Community Recreation Center for games, crafts, and more. The park is located at 4651 Britt Road in Norcross. For more information, call 678-277-0860.

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

Hudgens pARTy The Hudgens Center for the Arts will host their annual signature fundraiser, the Hudgens pARTy, on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 7-10 p.m.

The event is inspired by the upcoming fall exhibit “Blurred Lines: Contemporary SelfTaught Meets the Masters.”

Join 200 guests for a one-ofa-kind evening of bourbon, beer and blues. Tickets are $100 for nonmembers and $75 for members. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the hudgens.org.

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

Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s New Rock Opera On Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m., the Trans-Siberian Orchestra will play their new rock opera “The Christmas Attic” at the Gwinnett Center. Tickets go on sale on Sept 12. A portion of all ticket sales will benefit select local charities.

For more information, visit trans-siberian.com.

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Sunday, Oct. 26

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Lawrenceville Ghost Tours Aurora Theatre is offering their popular 90-minute ghost tour of Lawrenceville’s most interesting places and the stories behind its most bizarre events, hauntingly told with the charm and personality of a real Southern storyteller. The tours will run every night Oct. 1-31. On Sundays through Thursdays, the tour begins at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $12 for Adults and $9 for children.

On Fridays and Saturdays, the tours begin at 7 and 9 p.m., and tickets are $15 for Adults and $12 for Children.

The ghost tour begins at the Aurora Theatre, 128 Pike Street in Lawrenceville. Tickets are available at the Aurora Theatre Box Office. For reservations, call 678-2266222. For more information, visit scarystroll.com.

Buford Corn Maze The Buford Corn Maze will be open Aug. 30 to Nov. 19 on Fridays from 6 to 10 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 10 p.m. Tickets are $14 for the maze. Starting Sept. 19 guests can also walk through the Haunted

Forest for $14. The Buford Corn Maze is located at 4470 Bennett Road in Buford. For more information, visit bufordcornmaze.com Washington Farms Corn Maze The Washington Farms Corn Maze will be open from Sept. 27 to Nov. 2 on Fridays from 4 p.m. to dark, Saturdays from 10 a.m. to dark and Sundays 1 to 6 p.m. Tickets are $8 for ages 2 to 4, $12 for adults and 5 years and up, $10 are 65 years and up and ages 2 and under are free. The Washington Farms Corn Maze is located at 5671 Hog Mountain Road in Watkinsville. For more information, visit washingtonfarms.net.

Corn Dawgs Corn Dawgs will be open from Sept. 21 to Nov. 2 on Fridays from 5 to 10 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sundays 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 for ages 3 and up, $10 for seniors 55 and up and ages 2 and under free. All-Inclusive Bands are available for $25 plus tax. Corn Dawgs is located at 955 Leone Avenue in Loganville. For more information, visit corndawgs.com.

Japanese Calligraphy The Hudgens Center for the Arts will present three exhibits through Sept. 27: “Selected Works from the Permanent Collection,” “Friends of the Alphabet” and “Altered Books Competition Winners.” The Hudgens Center is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children, students and seniors and free for children under 2.

For more information, call 770-623-6002 or visit www. thehudgens.org.

Thirsty Thursday Downtown Duluth will host Thirsty Thursday every Thursday night through Sept. 25. The shops and restaurants on Main Street will offer specials from 6 to 8 p.m. each week. Admission is free. For more information, call 770-476-3434 or visit

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“Ordinary People” New London Theatre will present the play “Ordinary People” Sept. 12- 28. The showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Cost of Admission is $10 to $15.

New London Theatre is located at 2338 Henry Clower Blvd. in Snellville. For more information, visit newlondontheatre.org.

“Driving Miss Daisy” at Aurora Theatre The Aurors Theatre will be presenting the play “Driving Miss Daisy” Sept.

11 to Oct. 19 as part of the Georgia Gwinnett College Harvel Lab Series. Showtimes are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Cost of Admission is $20. For more information, visit auroratheatre.com.

“Moon Over Buffalo” Lionheart Theatre Company will present the play “Moon Over Buffalo” Sept.

12-28. Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Cost of admission is $12 to $15. For more information, visit lionhearttheatre.org.

“The Woman in Black” The Lionheart Theatre will present the play “The Woman in Black” Oct. 9-12. The showtimes are Oct. 9-11 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m. Cost of admission is $12. For more information, visit lionhearttheatre.org.

Exhibits on View Through Sept. 27, the Hudgens Center for the Arts will have the “Hiroshima International: Japanese Calligraphy and Paintings” and “Beyond Words: Calligraphic Works by the Atlanta Friends of the Alphabet” exhibits open to the public. For more information including hours of operation and ticket prices, visit thehudgens.org/calendar/exhibitscalendar.

Nutrition Certificate Program Each Friday from Oct. 3 to Nov. 21 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Buford Human Services Center will host a free eight-week

Nutrition Certificate Program.

Participants will learn how to shop and save while making healthier food choices. The Buford Human Services Center is located at 2755 Sawnee Avenue in Buford.

To register for the program or to get more information, call 678-225-5360.

River Canoe Trips The Chattahoochee Nature Center (CNC) is hosting its last regular canoe trips of the season on Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 4:30 p.m. Each trip is guided by a CNC naturalist and is a wonderful way to experience the changing fall colors. Tickets are $30 for ages 6-adult and $25 for CNC members. Advance registration is required. Call 770-992-2055 ext.237 or email scheduling@chattnaturecenter.org.

Food Truck Friday Downtown Duluth will host Food Truck Friday each Friday night through October at the Duluth Festival Center and Amphitheater. The event begins at 6 p.m. and admission is free. The festival center is at 3124 Hill St. in Duluth. For more information, call 770-476-3434 or visit www.duluthga.net.

“Clybourne Park” at Aurora Theatre The Aurora Theatre will present performances of “Clybourne Park” from Oct. 2 - 26. This play is recommended for adult audiences.

Tickets range from $20$40 per person. A discount matinee will be available Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m with tickets beginning at $16 per person. Purchase tickets at tickets.auroratheatre.com or by calling the Ticket Sales Office at 678226-6222.

Songwriters’ Open Mic Eddie Owen Presents will host open mic nights at 7:30 p.m. Mondays at the Red Clay Theatre. The theatre is located at 3116 Main St. in Duluth. Tickets are $5 pre-order and $8 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m.

For more information, call 404-478-2749 or visit www. eddieowenpresents.com.

Friday, Sept. 26 to Saturday, Sept. 27

Anthony Jeselnik Performs Comedian Anthony Jeselnik of Comedy Central’s “Celebrity Roast” will perform at the Atlanta Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre on Friday, Sept. 26, at 8 and 10:30 p.m.; and on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 8 and 10:30 p.m. For more information, visit theimprovatlanta.com/ comedy-calendar.

Saturday, Sept. 27

MOCAGA Opening Reception On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCAGA) will host an opening reception for their new exhibit “E.K. Huckaby: Anhydjinnic Molassicism” from 7-9 p.m.

For more information, visit mocaga.org.

MasterChef Open Casting Call MasterChef Season 6 will hold an open casting call in Atlanta at the Four Seasons Hotel on Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. For more information including rules and registration, visit masterchefcasting.com/MasterChefSeason-6-Open-Calls.

Fall Folklife Festival This southern festival will feature traditional crafts, Southern foodways, and information about environmental sustainability. This event will be from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta. Admission is free for members. For more information, visit atlantahistorycenter.com/family.

Tuesday, Sept. 30

Winchester Reading and Signing New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester will attend a reading and signing for his new book “The Men Who United the States” on Sept. 30 at 7:15 p.m. in the Decatur Library Auditorium. For more information, visit acappel-

labooks.com or georgiacenterforthebook.org.

Gwynne Talk and Book Signing Author S.C. Gwynne will attend a talk and book signing on Sept. 30 at the Atlanta History Center to promote his new book “Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson.” For more information, visit atlantahistorycenter.com/ upcoming-programs.

Wednesday, Oct. 1

Bryson Talk and Book Signing Francine Bryson will attend a talk and book signing for her first baking book “Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen” at the FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock on Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit foxtalebookshoppe.com/events.

Thursday, Oct. 2

Bryson Talk and Book Signing Francine Bryson will attend a talk and book signing for her first baking book “Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen” at the Books-A-Million No. 751 in Peachtree City on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m.

Darman Talk and Book Signing Author and former Newsweek political correspondent Jonathan Darman will attend a talk and book signing at the Atlanta History Center on Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. The talk will cover his new book “Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America.”

For more information, visit atlantahistorycenter.com/ programs/lectures.

Thursday, Oct. 2 to Saturday, Oct. 4

Taylor Williamson Performs Comedian Taylor Williamson from “The Last Comic Standing” and “America’s Got Talent” will perform at the Atlanta Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 8 p.m.; on Friday, Oct. 3 at 8 and 10:30 p.m.; and on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 8 and 10:30 p.m. For more

information, visit theimprovatlanta.com/comedy-calendar.

Friday, Oct. 3

Brown Reading and Signing Author Yamma Brown will attend a reading and signing for her new memoir “Cold Sweat: My Father James Brown & Me” on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Carter Presidential Library & Museum theater. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event. For more information, visit acappellabooks. com or jimmycarterlibrary. gov/events.

Saturday, Oct. 4

Lab Coat Kids Science Show At noon on Saturday, Oct. 4, the Children’s Museum of Atlanta will present the Lab Coat Kids Science Show, a show about SCI-FUN programs that are designed to keep a child thinking about science long after they’ve left the show. This October children can learn about pumpkins, lights and changing colors.

For more information, visit childrensmuseumatlanta. org or call 404-659-KIDS (5437).

Wednesday, Oct. 8

Ross Reading and Signing Author Michael Ross will attend a reading and signing for his new book “The Great New Orleans Kidnapping” on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Carter Presidential Library & Museum theater.

This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event. For more information, visit acappellabooks.com or jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events.

Homeschool Day: Villains of History This month, homeschoolers can learn the real story behind the larger than life reputations of some of history’s most famous bad guys like Benedict Arnold, Jesse James, and Blackbeard, as well as the historic origins of modern-day monster myths. This event will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on

October 8 at the Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd. in Atlanta.

Admission to homeschool days is $8.50 for non-members, $6.50 for children of members, and free for adult members. Discounted rates are available for groups with 10 or more children.

For more information, call 404-814-4018 or email homeschool@atlantahistorycenter.com.

Thursday, Oct. 9 Saturday, Oct. 11

Ron Funches Performs Comedian Ron Funches from Comedy Central and NBC’s “Undateable” will perform at the Atlanta Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m.; on Friday, Oct. 10 at 8 and 10:30 p.m.; and on Saturday, Oct. 11 at 8 and 10:30 p.m. For more information, visit theimprovatlanta.com/comedycalendar.

Saturday, Oct. 11 to Sunday Oct. 12

Meet the Holidays: Eid Al Adha The Islamic Speakers Bureau will be at the Children’s Museum of Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 11 and Sunday, Oct. 12 to introduce children and their parents to the Muslim holiday of Eid Al Ahda. A storytelling and crafts hour will educate attendees about this Islamic Festival of Sacrifice in which Muslim pilgrims all over the world visit holy places of Islam in Mecca. The talk will begin at noon and 3 p.m. on Saturday and will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit childrens-

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

Thorn in Our Hearts: Sudan and South Sudan’s Bitter and Incomplete Divorce” Monday, Oct. 13 on Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Herbert Reading Carter Presidential Library & and Signing Museum theater. This event Author and New York is free and open to the pubTimes columnist Bob Herlic. Books will be available bert will attend a reading and signing for his new book for purchase at the event.

For more information, visit “Losing Our Way: An Intiacappellabooks.com or jimmate Portrait of a Troubled America” on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. mycarterlibrary.gov/events.

Cherokee Garden in the Carter Presidential Library Lecture Library & Museum theater.

Lynden B. Miller will be This event is free and open based on her 2009 book, to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the “Parks, Plants, and People: event. For more information, Beautifying the Urban Landscape.” She will talk about the visit acappellabooks.com importance of city parks and or jimmycarterlibrary.gov/ gardens. This event will begin events.

Magic Mondays: Historic at 8 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Halloween Paces Ferry Road in Atlanta.

This monthly program For more information, visit for toddlers and preschoolAtlantaHistoryCenter.com. ers (18 months to 5 years) Thursday, Oct. 16 engages kids in activities that introduce them to hisPinker Talk and tory in creative ways. This Book Signing month kids can show off Author, linguist and cognitheir costumes in a Haltive scientist Steven Pinker loween parade, costume will attend a talk and book contest, and can trick-orsigning for his new book treat through the museum.

“The Sense of Style” at the This event will be from 10 SCAD Show at 173 14 St. a.m. to 1 p.m. on October 13 in Atlanta (formerly the 14th at the Atlanta History Center, Street Playhouse).

130 W. Paces Ferry Road in Thursday, Oct. 16 to Atlanta. Admission is free for Saturday, Oct. 18 members, $6.50 for nonBryan Callen Performs member adults, and $5.50 Comedian Bryan Callen for non-member children. For from “Sex and the City” and more information, call 404“The Hangover” will perform 814-4110 or visit AtlantaHisat the Atlanta Improv Comedy toryCenter.com.

Club & Dinner Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 15 Thursday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m.; Copenall Reading on Friday, Oct. 17 at 8 and and Signing 10:30 p.m.; and on Saturday, Author and journalist Oct. 18 at 8 and 10:30 p.m.

James Copenall will attend For more information, visit a reading and signing for theimprovatlanta.com/comehis new book “A Poisonous dy-calendar.

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‘Professional performance’ Left, Gwinnett Ballet Theatre dancer, Martino Sauter, will perform a duet from “Kingdom of the Shades,” which is from Act II of the 19th century Ballet “La Bayadère,” in the concert “19-20-21” Oct. 4 and 5 at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center. (Special Photo: Richard Calmes) Right, the last ballet piece of Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s “19-20-21” will be the original number “Pictures” which is a collaboration between Artistic Director Wade Walthall and Lawrenceville artist Mac Stewart.

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Gwinnett Ballet Theatre brings visual arts, ballet together in ‘19-20-21’ incorporating Stewart’s set design and costume ideas. katie.morris@gwinnettdailypost.com “It’s one number but features • What: Gwinnett Ballet different sections with a collage Theatre’s “19-20-21” Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s fall of music and set changes. Each • When: Saturday, Oct. 4, at concert will begin traditionally section suggests not just pictures 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, with classical and neoclassical balof the 21st century but also techOct. 5, at 2:30 p.m. let pieces, then end things a little nology and how it’s influenced • Where: Gwinnett Performing differently with an original piece us. There’s subtle things about Arts Center in Duluth • Tickets: $12-$20 that combines ballet with visual communication and noncommu• More Info: www.gwinnettbalarts. nication, and how we are actually let.org GBT’s “19-20-21” is a celebrafurther apart from one another now tion of dance through the music of than ever before,” Walthall said. the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.

“My style is ballet-based but curThe 21st century piece, “Pictures,” most recently he participated in rent with eclectic movements. I’ve is a collaboration between GBT’s the Atlanta Living Walls conferworked and trained with all kinds Artistic Director Wade Walthall ence painting a 77-foot mural on of choreographers all over the and young Lawrenceville artist Forsyth Street. His style of artwork world, so it’s a mix because they Mac Stewart. Stewart is new to the features bold lines, geometric influence everything that I do.” local art scene but working quickly shapes and detailed patterns.

Stewart met Walthall through to make a name for himself — Walthall choreographed “Pictures” his younger sister Andie, who was

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a dancer at GBT. Walthall ended up visiting Stewart’s art studio and was impressed with his work.

“I went to his studio and saw his work. We talked about his art and passion for doing it, and I told him maybe when we have a chance, we can work together. That was over a year ago, and now he’s doing our set and costume design,” Walthall said.

Stewart is painting a large 15by 12-foot canvas, four 15-by-4 foot canvases and several small pieces to add as needed around the stage. He hasn’t been able to start actually painting because there’s a lot of preplanning involved.

“I haven’t started painting yet because I’m doing more than just the art. I have to make sure

everything is safe, fire retardant and I have to get the big pole that will be used to drop the canvas in and then sew the canvas around it.

There’s a lot of planning,” Stewart said. “Painting the (Living Walls) mural really helped me believe I could do something this big in a short time frame. I’ve been able to develop my style on that scale.

This would have been a lot more stressful, if I didn’t have that experience.”

GBT dancers will open the show with a performance of “The Kingdom of the Shades,” which is the second act from the 19th century ballet “La Bayadère.”

The second piece “Time” is a neoclassical ballet created for this show by GBT instructor David

Blumenfeld to the music of Phillip Glass. Neoclassical ballet is a 20th century ballet style that uses traditional ballet vocabulary but is less rigid than the classical ballet.

The dancers wear leotards instead of tutus and neoclassical ballets are typically plotless.

GBT dancers began rehearsals for “19-20-21” the end of August and have been rehearsing six days a week for two to three hours a day.

“To be a dancer takes a lot of commitment and learning the profession takes a lot of time.”

Walthall said. “These young dancers are very professional in how they dance and perform. This is going to be a really professional performance.”

Lawrenceville artist Mac Stewart collaborates with Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s Artistic Director, Wade Walthall, on the ballet “Pictures,” which will be featured in the show “19-20-21” on Oct. 4 and 5 at the Gwinnett Performing Arts Center in Duluth. (Special Photo: Richard Calmes)

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Madeline Whitehead will perform in the second number of Gwinnett Ballet Theatre’s concert “19-20-21” will be “Time,” a neoclassical ballet number choreographed by David Blumenfeld to the music of Philip Glass.

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The Maze Runner (PG-13)

If I Stay (PG-13)

The Boxtrolls 3-D (PG)

12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35

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The November Man (R)

The Equalizer (R)

When The Game Stands Tall (PG)

The Boxtrolls (PG)

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1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:35

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Atlast Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?

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X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13)

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Liam Neeson, left, and Astro star in “A Walk Among the Tombstones.” (Special Photo: Universal Pictures)

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mysterious, suspenseful movies that keep you on your feet Liam Neeson delivers at the end. “A Walk Among in the new thriller “A Walk The Tombstones” is some Among The Tombstones.” of Liam Neeson’s best work When I saw the previews for and a must-see if you are into this movie, I had the common thrillers. thought that it was going to — Cole Everett, Buford another “Taken” like film. I 2.5 out of 4 stars was wrong. This movie is a lot different from the “Taken” After really looking films because it is more forward to this thriller, set serious. There were hardly in NYC in 1999, I was let any jokes told throughout down, especially with the movie, which wasn’t a bad acting of Dan Stevens (who thing. It really kept your was fantastic as Matthew in mind on the predicament “Downton Abbey”). Liam the main character faced.

Neeson, always good, plays Neeson plays Matt Scudder, former cop Matt Scudder an ex-cop who is haunted by who has been sober for eight actions from when he was years after a stray bullet from still on the force. This movie his gun killed a girl. is a different type of thriller Wealthy drug trafficker than you see nowadays. It is Kenny Kristo (played by very slow-paced with a good Stevens) hires Scudder, now amount of talking instead of a freelance detective, to find just killing bad guys. This is the men who kidnapped his a movie for you if you enjoy wife, got away with $400K in

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ransom money, then dismembered her body anyway. The deeper Scudder gets into the case, the more heinous the killers seem to be — truly sick, in fact.

Although Neeson is very strong as a remorseful, yet tough-as-nails detective, the flashbacks and interview scenes where he is pursuing the bad guys are just too canned/staged. It seems director Scott Frank was rushed to make the film and threw those parts in as information dumps.

One shining character in the story was a teenage African American boy named TJ (played by Astro), who Scudder befriends and jokingly hires as his “partner.” TJ is homeless and suffers from Sickle Cell Anemia. The bond they form adds some much-needed character depth to the film.

I think the biggest problem with “Tombstones” was the bad guys, who were too sadistic to be real. We never get the slightest hint as to who they are or why they are as bad/sick as they are and, therefore, care nothing about them (which is why I’m not even going to dig up their names for this review).

It was Liam Neeson’s trademark acting, and his neat partnership with teenager TJ, that kept this movie from completely tanking. If I could give one word of advice to actor Dan Stevens it would be, “Please, stick to playing good guys with charming personalities, like Matthew.”

— Creston Mapes, Buford 2.5 out of 4 stars

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Although this is a similar genre that Liam Neeson has played for the last few years, his demeanor, while still

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steadfast, is decidedly calmer.

His character doesn’t take on the physicality we have seen in previous movies, but there are plenty of long shots boasting his imposing 6’4” frame.

Neeson plays Matt Scudder, a sober, AA-attending alcoholic ex-cop turned unlicensed detective and he plays his part just right, never overdoing it. The brief scenes of Scudder’s attendance at AA meetings begin to explain why he is no longer a cop but the narrative of the AA’s 12 steps toward the end of the movie is weird and distracting.

The opening sequence is quick but effective, then jumps eight years to 1999 where the rest of the story is played out.

It is the cusp of Y2K and we learn that Scudder is a bit of a technophobe. Enter Brian Bradley as homeless teenager TJ who helps Scudder navigate the internet, becoming his

sort-of sidekick. It’s a strange, sometimes comical relationship and one that turns out to have a great impact on the outcome of the story.

The violent, misogynistic nature of the crimes is shocking, but nothing gruesome is shown. Dan Stevens (of “Downton Abbey” fame) is poorly cast as drug trafficker Kenny Kristo. His nonreaction to his wife’s kidnapping is disturbing and not convincing at all. This is not a fast-paced, action-packed movie and the story can be a bit confusing. There isn’t a lot of explaining as to why the two kidnappers/killers do what they do, other than being psychopaths. As much as I enjoy Neeson in action films, a drama, or better yet a comedy, would be welcome.

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THE BOXTROLLS (PG) 3 out four stars

By Michael Clark Movie Critic

The third release from the upstart studio Laika, “The Boxtrolls” is a stopmotion animated film that will likely receive the same kind of audience and critical reaction as the first two (“Coraline” and “ParaNorman”): love or hate. Decidedly macabre with dark color palates and purposefully unattractive characters, these movies have a marked art-house/European approach that, to put it mildly, aren’t for most tastes.

Of the three Laika productions, “The Boxtrolls” takes the most chances but as a result has a narrower appeal and a bigger emotional payoff. Thanks to the success of the “Harry Potter” books and films and recent dystopian franchise flicks like “The Hunger Games,” “macabre” isn’t as much of a problem as it was even a dozen years ago and if your child is a fan of these and other young adult novels, they’re probably mature enough to see “The Boxtrolls.” If however, you have kids that get spooked easily, don’t care for things that go bump in the night or find dialogue like “hide your precious and delicious babies” off-putting, do yourself and them a big favor: Don’t even think about seeing this movie.

Based on the novel

“Here be Monsters!” by Alan Snow and thanks to its non-specific location and time period, “The Boxtrolls” could easily have been something concocted by the Brothers Grimm via Tim Burton or Terry Gilliam. With the exception of the final scene, everything is set at night and/or underground in unappealing catacombs

occupied by the title characters.

It’s a safe assumption that at some point during the production design phase someone in control of the purse-strings strongly suggested to the filmmakers to draw and voice the boxtrolls like the minions in the two “Despicable Me” movies.

It’s hard to make trolls

of any kind “cute” but the creative team led by directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi do as well as anyone could expect. The pale green/off-white creatures speak an unintelligible, minion-like, blip, bleep and squeek language that likely originated from a computer program engineered by some latent-

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by principal town elder Lord Portley-Rind (Jared Harris) but when told the cheese is in danger he busts a gasket. The guy telling him all of this is Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley, superbly hateful), a quasi-constable of some sort with atrocious hygiene, a pair of not-sodim-bulb henchmen and an unquenchable lust for power. Snatcher guarantees he’ll gather up and dispose of the boxtrolls in exchange for a similar white hat worn by the Lord and his fuddy-duddy, mold-and-curd loving buddies.

Snatcher’s plan hits a snag when the Lord’s oft-ignored daughter Winnie (Elle Fanning) sees a conspicuously out-of-place young boy in the street hanging out with some of the boxtrolls. He would be Eggs (Isaac Hempstead Wright, “Boxtrolls,” in theaters “Game of Thrones”), an now, is based off Alan Oliver Twist-ish street Snow’s novel “Here be urchin who has been Monsters!” (Special Phoraised by the boxtrolls tos: Focus Features) and makes it his sole mission to defend them from Snatcher and his pack of lies.

What “The Boxtrolls” might lack in originality and inventive storytelling (and pretty visuals) is more than made up for with some super-duper, neaty-keen 3-D and a adolescent super-geek. whole lotta heart. Like Because they are every other animated petrified of humans and cannot defend themselves movie made in the last 50 years there will probably vocally, it is assumed be a sequel but whether that the boxtrolls kidit is of the theatrical or napped an infant while direct-to-video variety attacking a local invenwill depend solely on tor and plan to make off how many families take a with the small town’s leap and actually pay to entire cheese supply. see it this weekend.

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Despite opening, Washington delivers in ‘The Equalizer’ Denzel Washington and Chloe Grace Moretz star in “The Equalizer.” (Special Photo: Sony Pictures Entertainment)

The Equalizer (R) HHHH

THE EQUALIZER (R) Neeson: turn him into an Three out of four stars AARP-eligible action star.

“The Equalizer” marks the second collaboration between Washington and Antoine Fuqua, the guy

By Michael Clark who directed him to an Movie Critic Oscar for “Training Day.” Even though Washington’s Sharing little more than character here (Robert the name of the lead char- McCall) is a shining armor acter and the title of the hero-type and the polar ’80s TV show on which it opposite of his “Training is based, “The Equalizer” Day” dirt bag cop, both is an ultra-stylized action men he portrays are cundrama that is a quasining, lethal and not to be hybrid of “Death Wish” trifled with or underestiand “Taken.” It has tested mated. so well with preview audiConsidering the quality ences that the studio has of current action/advenalready ordered a sequel, ture flicks, you’ll get your and it could eventually do money’s worth with “The for Denzel Washington Equalizer” — about 90 what “Taken” did for Liam minutes or so. The trouble

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is, the movie runs 132 minutes total, and Fuqua spends the first half hour doing what should have been taken care of in five minutes.

In this languishing space of time we learn that McCall is an insomniac, drinks tea, patronizes a street corner diner in Boston in the early a.m. hours, reads a lot of classic literature and works at a generic big box hardware store. He also has fractured conversations with fellow diner Teri (Chloe Moretz), a girl with long legs and varying hairstyles who says she’s a singer but in all likelihood is a hooker. Taking into account screenwriter Richard Wenk’s wise use of time

with the rest of the film, this slow-crawl preamble will be a possible dealkiller for many viewers, especially action fans.

When Teri ends up in a hospital, both the film and McCall kick into highgear, and the rewards for the audience are plentiful, if not entirely plausible.

In a meeting at a private office above a restaurant, McCall makes an offer to a Russian business associate of Teri’s that is rejected out of hand. McCall would be fine with this, but the associate and his underlings mock McCall, which raises his inner ire and causes him to react in what you might call an aggressive manner.

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It is arguably the action highlight of the film.

This event leads to the arrival of a guy named Teddy (Marton Csokas), another Russian who could easily fit in quite well in any Sean Connery-era Bond movie. Dapper, ice-cold and a total psychopath, Teddy works over a local mobster with Irish lineage to send a signal to McCall that he means business. It also helps his street cred that Teddy — like all the other Russian men in the movie — has tattoos of devils and other occult symbols covering every inch of his torso and back.

For the next hour or so, McCall and Teddy do a

mano-a-mano, death dance tango with each other that could have gotten old really quickly but is saved by Wenk’s inclusion of truly unusual murder weapons and methods. There’s prison fencing acting as a noose, a nail gun, assorted gardening tools, shot glasses, an ashtray and electrical devices in wet bathrooms. These gonzo bursts of mayhem go far in making up for what is essentially an underwritten, standard-issue revenge flick.

Washington is one of only a handful of actors (Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Helen Mirren, Kevin Spacey) who improve any film they appear in merely by just showing up. Washington’s McCall never loses his cool, raises his voice or strikes exaggerated poses — and does so without lending the character a too-icy, detached or robotic temperament. Most impressive is his portrayal of a guy most people would consider to be ho-hum and passive and turns him into something that is anything but boring. We never get the feeling McCall is worried or less than completely in control.

It will be interesting to see the demographic breakdown after opening weekend is over. Generally this kind of movie does real well with 18to- 25 year-old males and not so good with women and seniors but — given Washington’s age and that of the loyal fan base of the TV show — it wouldn’t be surprising if they lead the box-office charge and turn those young men in the minority for once.

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‘Good People’ lacks originality Good People (R) HHHH

GOOD PEOPLE (R) Two and 1/2 stars

By Michael Clark Movie Critic

If you never saw “A Simple Plan” or “Shallow

Grave,” “Good People” will probably strike you as a pretty decent crime thriller and morality play.

Though the circumstances and settings are vastly different, the plot is basically the same: Law abiding folks discover lost dirty money not far from a corpse, decide to

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Lacking the black humor of the U.S.-based “Simple” and U.K.-based “Shallow,” “People” feels even more derivative as it features American lead characters living in London with ever-mounting

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The two were getting help by renting out a basement flat to a scarylooking guy they just discovered dead. The deceased was a suspected associate of another guy who detective John Halden (Tom Wilkinson) thinks was responsible for the drug overdose death of his daughter and his cop brain is going fulltilt. He’s all but certain Anna and Tom are hiding something (which they are) and it doesn’t take long for the couple to prove him right.

It gets worse when the French drug kingpin Khan (Omar Sy) shows up.

Khan — calling himself Genghis — was the one from whom both cash and drugs were pilfered. He’s not happy in the least but is smooth and quickly gets all up inside Tom’s head.

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him in the least.

At this point it becomes clear that Anna needs to take charge of the situation but even she doesn’t know what to do when three separate parties with a lot on the line start backing her and the milquetoast Tom into a corner. To Hudson’s credit, she’s inherited a lot of innate acting moxie from her mother (Goldie Hawn) and is able to infuse Anna with some faux-bravado posturing for a bit but when guns, drugs, cops and money figure into the mix, moxie doesn’t add up to much.

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Taking place in an under-renovation highend home, the last act does its best to divert our attention from the wanting script with Danish director Henrik Ruben Genz employing some nifty camera angles and innovative editing, but by this time it’s mostly in vain. The thriller elements have vanished and all that is left is a violent, mostly pointless action film with two badly miscast protagonists.

Franco and Hudson are both passable when it comes to soft drama and light comedy but as action stars — forget it. Their characters are lightweights who turn to crime only because being “good” has gotten them nowhere.

“Bad” is not an attitude one takes out of necessity but rather one that is inborn and when you try to fake it — even in the movies — no one will buy it, especially criminals.

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Zurich Film Festival draws top talent in crowded fall field

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LOS ANGELES — Over the past decade, the Zurich Film Festival has established a major presence in the crowded fest circuit — thanks to A-list guests, exclusive film finance meets and privileged access to the German-speaking market.

Leading talent at this year’s edition, which runs Sept. 25-Oct. 2, includes Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Benicio del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Diane Keaton and Antonio Banderas and helmers Susanne Bier, Marc Forster and Frederick Wiseman.

Zurich positions itself as the main film festival in the fall for the lucrative

Actor Josh Hutcherson arriving at the premiere of “Escobar: Paradise Lost” at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. He will also present the film, which is Andrea Di Stefano’s directorial debut, at this year’s Zurich Film Festival. (Reuters/Fred Thornhill)

German-speaking market of 100 million — dovetailing with Berlin in February and Munich in June.

“We attract major media presence at Zurich, especially from German media,” artistic director Karl Spoerri

said. “That makes Zurich an excellent film platform.”

For its 10th anniversary, the fest boasts a strong competitive lineup and a high-profile 30-film Gala Premieres section, which includes “A Walk Among the Tombstones,” starring Liam Neeson; Israel Horovitz’s comedy “My Old Lady;” David Gordon Green’s “Manglehorn;” and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Venice opener “Birdman.”

Since 2005, the fest has progressively increased its screenings, funding and audience levels, rising from an initial 8,000 admissions to 71,000 in 2013.

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This year it has a record $7.5 million budget, 15 percent higher than 2013, and 95 percent sourced from private sponsors.

The 2014 edition features 145 films from 29 countries, including 11 debut films, 17 world premieres, 12 international premieres and 47 premieres for the Germanspeaking territory.

The three competitive categories — International Feature, International Documentary and Focus (Switzerland, Germany and Austria) — offer cash prizes between $21,600 and $27,000.

International titles include Craig Johnson’s drama “The Skeleton Twins,” Adrian

Biniez’s soccer-themed “El Cinco” and Baldvin Z’s Iceland hit, “Life in a Fishbowl.”

German titles include Bettina Blumner’s documentary “Parcours d’Amour” and Baran bo Odar’s hacker-thriller “Who am I?” Zurich has also launched ZFF TVision, showcasing innovative TV productions, including Mark Forster’s vigilante thriller “Hand of God” and Sean Durkin’s lone-gunman drama “Southcliffe.”

“The landscape has completely changed,” says Spoerri. “Ten years ago, TV titles would never have screened at top fests, but now there’s so much interesting talent working in TV.”

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