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Husband of Auburn day care owner charged Man confessed to molesting six kids, police say

By Tyler Estep

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The husband of a local day care owner has reportedly confessed to molesting six children under the couple’s care — and more victims could be coming

forward.

Richard Paltrineri, 64, was arrested last week and charged with nine felonies, including various counts of child molestation, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy and sexual battery against a child under 16. The

charges were filed shortly after a child who attended SusanSilly Expressions Pre-School Program — the day care that Paltrineri’s wife, Susan, ran out of their home on Auburn’s Elliots Lane — “made a disclosure” about allegedly being molested.

As of Thursday, a total of six alleged victims of Paltrineri’s abuse had been identified, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said.

Their ages ranged from 2 to 5 years old, and both boys and girls are included among them.

Four of the alleged vic-

tims were currently under the Paltrineris’ care, Smith said, and Richard Richard Paltrineri Paltrineri has confessed to molesting all six known victims.

“We brought him in and he confessed pretty

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Public safety workers honored at Gwinnett Chamber Valor Awards

Gwinnett County police officer Carlos Floyd speaks after receiving the Gold Medal of Valor during the Valor Awards banquet at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Thursday. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

By Joshua Sharpe

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DULUTH — The Gwinnett Chamber’s Valor Awards is unlike most banquets.

The stories told during the 2015 ceremony, held Thursday in Duluth, were grim tales of blood, pain, drug overdoses and fatal confrontations. But if you ask those involved in the event, the stories are examples of the bravery and honor of the public safety workers who protect Gwinnett County everyday.

Opening the ceremony, Dan Kaufman, president and CEO of the chamber, said society often seems to care more for “those who throw a football or hit a baseball or bounce a basketball” than “those who devote their very lives to our protection and well being.”

That wasn’t the case with the hundreds of members of society who turned out to the Gwinnett Center on Thursday. The crowd, including more than 200 public safety

Bridgette Butynski, an educator with the Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services Education Section, receives her Medal of Merit during the Valor Awards banquet at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Thursday.

workers and many community leaders, rose time and time again to applaud the winners and nominees of the eight awards given.

Among the most praised was Gwinnett County Police Department officer Carlos Floyd, who received the highest honor of the day, the Gold Medal of Valor.

Floyd, a trim, middleaged patrolman, responded

MORE ONLINE Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for more photos and video from the the Valor Awards.

WINNERS The following were honored at the 2015 Gwinnett Chamber Valor Awards: • Gold Medal of Valor — Gwinnett police officer Carlos Floyd • Silver Medal of Valor — Lawrenceville police officer David Russell • Bronze Medal of Valor — Duluth police officer Donnie Diggs • Leadership Award — Lawrenceville Police Chief Randy Johnson • Medal of Merit (for community outreach program) — The Education Section of Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services • Lifesaving Award — Gwinnett officer Nicholas Bezon • Communications Person of the Year — Gwinnett dispatcher Magdala Prophete • Public Safety Unit of the Year — Gwinnett police West Precinct Crime Response Team • Public Safety Person of the Year — Gwinnett police officer Justin Guck

as backup to a call about a suspicious car at Lake Sweetwater Apartments in unincorporated Lawrenceville on other officer, who had been April 2, 2014. In a matter of knocked to the ground. seconds, he heard a gunshot As Floyd says he would and found a suspect holding See VALOR, Page 10A a gun and standing over the

quickly,” Smith said.

The sheriff declined to offer specifics about the alleged abuse, saying only that “there was physical contact.” According to an incident report obtained by the Daily Post, the disclosure that broke the case against Paltrineri was made by a youngster whose

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Jimmy Carter Blvd. bridge closing tonight Work on diverging diamond to be done by 5 a.m. Monday

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

NORCROSS — Drivers will lose access to a major interstate overpass in Norcross this weekend.

They shouldn’t fear too much, however. The closure will only last a couple of days.

The Gwinnett county Department of Transportation will close the Jimmy Carter Boulevard Bridge over Interstate 85 tonight so it can be converted to a diverging diamond interchange. The closure is expected to last through Monday at 5 a.m.

County transportation director Alan Chapman said the bridge’s configuration is being changed to improve the flow of traffic over the interstate.

“The reason we’re doing the diverging diamond is because it helps improve the flow of traffic by allowing MORE INSIDE left turns to Map of detour routes.............8A free flow on to the interstate,” Chapman said.

The closure will begin at 9 p.m., but Chapman and construction manager Casey Graham said it will be a prolonged process. the inner lanes will be closed first and it will gradually move outwards.

“It’ll be similar to what we did on Pleasant Hill when we converted that bridge to a diverging diamond,” Chapman said. “It will begin around 9 p.m. and we’ll close the lanes off one at a time.”

Graham said it took about two hours to close the lanes for the Pleasant Hill changeover, so the Jimmy Carter Boulevard bridge is expected to be completely shut down by 11 p.m.

While the bridge is closed, drivers will have to take an alternate route to get across Interstate 85. The detour will have drivers taking either Singleton Road or Brook Hollow Parkway to Indian Trail, where they can cross the interstate. Pedestrian traffic will be able to cross over at Center Way between Goshen Springs Road and Oakbrook Parkway.

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Gwinnett Tech student gets $3K in scholarships Snellville native and B K F $2,000 of Service, Sewell led a Each year, the PGMS GMA anchor to speak from the team in tree planting and Scholarship Committee Profesdesigned the pollinator searches for students who sional garden that was installed have excellent grades, past at UGA graduation A Gwinnett TechniGrounds at the school’s “Learn-in or current employment y

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cal College student who doubles as a landscaper and farmer has been awarded two scholarships to apply to her education in horticulture.

Tracy Sewell, a Lithonia resident, received

Management Society, and Tracy Sewell $1,000 from the Professional Landcare Network. Last fall, during the Gwinnett Great Days

Farm.”

Gwinnett Tech’s horticulture program director, Aaron Poulsen, said Sewell has also brought local attention to the program through scholarships and awards, and was named the program’s Horticulture Student of the Year.

“She is very deserving,” said Gail Zorn, Gwinnett Tech grounds manager, who nominated Sewell for the PGMS scholarship. “I have watched her grow in her aspirations. Her interests are very diverse and she is a great ambassador for the college and the horticulture program.”

in the green industry, involvement in the industry with apprentice or professional organizations and service in civic projects and outreach programs. It also looks for any personal development classes and involvement in sports or clubs. Students also must be sponsored by a PGMS member, like Zorn.

Along with the cash prize, Sewell was provided a complimentary registration to either the PGMS Summer Education Conference in Sacramento, Calif. or the PGMS School of Grounds Management and GIE+EXPO in Louisville, Ky.

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From Staff Reports “Good Morning America” news anchor Amy Robach will help send UGA students into the professional world armed with words of wisdom and encouragement.

The Snellville native will deliver UGA’s spring commencement address during the ceremony in Sanford Stadium on May 8.

Robach graduated from Brookwood High School in 1991 before attending the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication where she earned her degree in broadcast journalism.

Robach worked for NBC News from 2003 to 2012 where she spent several years anchoring morning news programming on MSNBC before becoming a co-anchor of the weekend edition of the “Today” show.

She joined “Good Morning America” as a correspondent in 2012 and was promoted to news anchor last spring.

Some of her most notable coverage at ABC includes the birth of Prince

Amy Robach, a graduate of Brookwood High School and alumna of Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, will deliver UGA’s spring Commencement address on May 8. (Special Photo)

George in London, the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn.

UGA’s spring commencement ceremony will be held Friday, May 8, at 7 p.m. in Sanford Stadium — tickets are not required for the ceremony.

For more information on UGA’s spring commencement, see commencement.uga.edu/.

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Sugarloaf Mills to Tax aid at Gwinnett Tech adds Saturdays host Pet Photo Night with Easter Bunny

By Keith Farner

Room 2.104. Assistance will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 11 a.m.

Hours are expanding to 2 p.m. on Fridays and The set will get an extenfor free tax preparation from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. sive cleaning following the and counseling services on Saturdays. event to remove any poten- offered at Gwinnett Gwinnett Tech partners tial risk to allergy sufferers. Technical College this with AARP Tax-Aide Pet Photo Night with spring. to provide free income the Easter Bunny will be As the tax season tax preparation and tax Sunday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. heats up, volunteers counseling for community near Entry 4 at Sugarloaf with AARP Tax-Aide residents.

Mills located at 5900 Sug- will be available for tax Those who need arloaf Parkway in Lawpreparation each Saturday assistance with their renceville. Photo prices will through April 11 along taxes are encouraged vary based on the package with their weekday hours. to register in person to selected.

Counseling and assistance reserve a specific day For more information, will be available until and time with the AARP call 678-847-5000 or visit April 15 in the Busbee counselors to reduce the ShopSugarloafMills.com.

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From Staff Reports For pet owners who view their furry friend as a member of the family, Sugarloaf Mills is offering a special night with the Easter Bunny.

Pet Photo Night will return to the Simon Bunny Photo Experience at Sugarloaf Mills this Sunday. The event is hosted after regular mall hours, and the Easter Bunny requests that all pets have fur and a wagging tail.

asked to bring last year’s income tax return, proper identification and all necessary documents for this tax year. Electronic filing will be available.

So far this year, the tax team of about 17 volunteers has served more than 700 clients.

Last year, the team entered 921 clients into the system for 2013 tax returns, and saved their clients roughly $142,000, according to a release from the school.

For next year’s tax season, in addition to the normal weekday offerings, Gwinnett

Tech plans to offer tax preparation two evenings during the week and on Saturday mornings.

If you are interested in becoming part of the program as a volunteer, please contact Joe Tribble at joetribble@tribbletaxaide.net.

AARP Tax-Aide is administered through the AARP Foundation in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service.

For more information about free income tax preparation and tax counseling available at Gwinnett Tech, call 770962-7580.

Gwinnett jobless rate in February below average

By Curt Yeomans

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ATLANTA — Gwinnett County had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the metro Atlanta area in February, but it saw little change from its January figures, according to data released by the Georgia Department of Labor on Thursday.

Gwinnett’s unemployment claim numbers went down slightly from 24,241 to 24,161. Despite the small dip, the rate remained at the 5.5 percent level seen in January.

But while the monthto-month figures were virtually unchanged, there is a lot of positive news for Gwinnett in the new data.

Compared to a year ago, unemployment in the county is down significantly from the 6.3 percent rate seen in February 2014. Overall, the number of unemployment claims in Gwinnett County has dropped by 3,309 from a year ago.

Gwinnett’s figures are also below the 6.1 percent rate seen across the 10-county area represented by the Atlanta Regional Commission.

Only Cobb and Cherokee counties had lower rates, while Fayette County’s numbers matched Gwinnett’s.

Compared to past data for the region, the ARC’s rate was 6.2 percent in January and 7.1 percent in February 2014.

Gwinnett’s unemployment levels are also below the state’s number.

The statewide rate was 6.4 percent last month, with 303,408 claims filed. That is down slightly from 6.5 percent in January and, more significantly, down from the 7.5 percent rate seen in February 2014.

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Concern over measles breakout warranted DEAR DR. ROACH: I do not understand the hysteria over the measles outbreak. In my day, every kid had the measles and other childhood diseases, and all survived with strengthened immune systems. Today, young people have no natural defenses against diseases because their immune systems have been compromised by drugs. With the exception of smallpox and polio, childhood diseases are a rite of passage.

— B.W. ANSWER: In the days before vaccines, pretty much every kid did get the measles, but unfortunately, not all of them survived.

Although measles death rates were already dropping, before the vaccine was available there were still hundreds of thousands of cases every year, with hundreds of deaths and thousands of cases of severe complications, such as encephalitis, an extremely serious inflammation of the brain that can have long-term repercussions. The vaccine reduced the death rate to essentially zero and the case rate to a few cases per year, mostly from international travelers. Over the decades, the measles vaccine has prevented many thousands of children from death and disability.

People, including me, are worried about the measles outbreak because there are many more people now who, because of diseases like HIV and cancer, have immune systems that leave them susceptible to measles, a highly infectious disease.

Children under 1 year cannot get the vaccine and the immunity they get from their mother’s immune system wanes over time. Thus, there are many people at high risk for measles in the population now.

The measles vaccine strengthens, not weakens, the immune system, and provides lifelong immunity for nearly everybody who gets two doses. There are risks to the vaccine, but serious adverse effects from it are rare.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1794, the U.S. Congress passed the Act to Provide Naval Armament, establishing the force that would become the U.S. Navy.

In 1886, Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. forces at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.

In 1964, the largest recorded earthquake in U.S. history (magnitude 9.2) struck Alaska, killing more than 120 people.

In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra, a medication to combat impotence.

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TODAY’S FACT: Wilhelm Roentgen, the Nobel Prize-winning discoverer of X-rays, took the first medical X-ray of his wife’s hand.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1939, Oregon defeated Ohio State 46-33 to win the first NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don’t even notice.” — Sarah Vaughan TODAY’S NUMBER: 2 — actors who have turned down the Academy Award for best actor. George C. Scott declined his Oscar in 1971 for his work in “Patton.” Marlon Brando boycotted the ceremony on this day in 1972, refusing his award for “The Godfather.”

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Amy channels W.C. Fields for baby-loathing DEAR AMY: I make no secret that I’m not a fan of kids. I don’t want kids of my own.

Those last two items are causing me trouble. See, many of my friends and relatives are spawning.

Inevitably I wind up looking at pictures of their offspring and/or going to see the newborn critter.

I can usually put on a smile and pretend I’m enjoying myself for a short time, but people often ask two questions I have no idea how to answer.

The first question is some variation of, “Isn’t little (insert name of child) cute?”

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— Happily Child-free DEAR CHILD-FREE: Here’s a quote about the grouchy commander-inchief of baby-haters, W.C. Fields: “Anyone who hates dogs and children can’t be all bad.” Perhaps if you had this printed on a T-shirt to wear in the presence of babies and their parents, you wouldn’t be invited to interact with them.

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When someone asks if you want to hold a baby, you can say, “No, I don’t think so. I have some idea of where that baby has been.”

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Timing and fiscal rigor will be key factors in how much success you have this year.

Weigh your options and make strategic plans that are cost-effective. Moderation, dedication, expertise and poise will lead to victory.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Social situations and group events will go as planned. Spend your time going over fine details that will separate you from the crowd. Don’t wait for anyone moping or lagging behind.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Intelligent and creative people will stimulate and motivate you. A romantic connection will be enhanced if you attend a cultural event and are open to new experiences.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Career advancement is apparent. Keep your credentials up-to-date and carefully review the want ads or job postings in your area. A timely move will have a positive effect on your future.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You will feel especially sensitive today. Stop and consider the consequences before you rush headlong into a confrontation. Think before you say something that you’ll regret later.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You will be missing out on a golden opportunity if you sit at home. Be alert to what is happening around you. You will uncover some valuable information regarding an investment.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You will form a special bond with a special someone if you spend a romantic evening together. If you are single, it’s a favorable time to fall in love.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Being too outspoken will have its drawbacks. Get all the facts in order before you enter into a debate. Your credibility will be questioned if you are missing key information.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — It’s a good day to mix business with pleasure.

Stimulating conversations with compatible people will sustain your interest and give you an opportunity to examine your own feelings, beliefs and future goals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23Dec. 21) — Ask for advice before you end up making a costly mistake. Do your research before you get involved in a questionable situation. Without the proper information, you are likely to lose out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) — You will need to improvise if things don’t go as planned. Don’t get annoyed; get moving. Flexibility will allow you to make the most of any situation that arises.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — You can get ahead if you maintain your high work standard. Playing fast and loose with the rules or doing less than your best will harm your reputation. Be diligent.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Artistic and creative pursuits should be your focus. Let your imagination lead the way to a rewarding project or pastime. Don’t be afraid to try something unusual.

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world&nation WORLD Iraq special forces advance in Tikrit BAGHDAD — Iraqi special forces advanced on central Tikrit on Thursday as U.S.-led coalition planes joined the largest offensive yet against Islamic State militants holding out in Saddam Hussein’s home city.

Coalition jets launched their first air strikes against Islamic State targets in Tikrit on Wednesday, coming off the sidelines to aid Iraqi forces against the Sunni Islamist militants.

Underlying the complex web of loyalties behind the conflict, a senior U.S. general said Washington had demanded the withdrawal of Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias fighting alongside Iraq’s government before agreeing to take part.

Two Shi’ite militia groups said they were suspending participation in the fight in response to the coalition’s involvement.

Pope Francis meets homeless in Sistine Chapel VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis made a surprise personal visit to 150 homeless people on a special tour of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in the latest nod to his vision of creating a church for the poor.

Francis greeted the visitors in the chapel where he was elected pope during a private viewing of its ceiling frescoes painted by Michelangelo more than 500 years ago.

“This is everyone’s house, it is your house,” Francis said, according to a statement from the Vatican spokesman about the event at which no reporters, photographers or cameraman were allowed.

Francis was known as “the slum bishop” in his native Buenos Aires for his frequent visits to shanty towns. Since taking over as the head of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, he has made concern for the poor a central plank of his papacy.

The Vatican said it was giving the 150 homeless, who usually frequent the area around St. Peter’s Basilica, a chance to admire the inside of buildings of which they usually only see the front steps.

Officials: Co-pilot crashed plane

By Tim Hepher Reuters

PARIS/SEYNE-LESALPES — A young German co-pilot locked himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, prosecutors said on Thursday.

French prosecutors offered no motive for why 28-year-old Andreas Lubitz apparently took the controls of the Airbus A320, locked the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately set it veering down from cruising altitude at 3,000 feet per minute.

German police were searching his home for evidence that might offer some explanation for what was behind Tuesday’s crash in the French Alps.

French and German officials said there was no indication he was a terrorist.

Acquaintances described Lubitz as an affable young man who had given no sign of harboring harmful intent.

According to Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, Lubitz acted “for a reason we cannot fathom right now but which looks like intent to destroy this aircraft.”

Setting the plane’s controls for rapid descent was an act that “could only have been voluntary,” Robin said.

“He had … no reason to

PEOPLE ‘Downton Abbey’ ending: Spinoff or movie on tap?

LOS ANGELES — “Downton Abbey” is ending after season six, PBS and Carnival films announced Thursday, but can fans look forward to more time with the Crawleys?

Executive producer Gareth Neame responded to rumors of a spinoff series or movie, confirming that while there are no set plans, he and creator Julian Fellowes are contemplating both ideas.

“Our position on that is that we would be very interested in that,” Neame said of a “Downton Abbey” movie A German police officer locks the house believed to belong to the parents of crashed Ger- on this morning’s press manwings flight 4U 9524 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz in Montabaur on Thursday. (Reuters) conference call with Variety.

“It is definitely something stop the pilot-in-command said. “And bear in mind ting,” Fredrik Lindahl, chief that we’re contemplating. It would be great fun to do. I from coming back into the that death would have been executive of the Swedish think it would be a wondercockpit. He had no reason instantaneous … the aircraft tracking service, said. ful extension.” to refuse to answer to the was literally smashed to The CEO of Lufthansa, He added, “We haven’t air controller who was bits.” parent company of Geralerting him on the loss of FlightRadar24, an online manwings, said its air crew made any plans for the show, but it is something that Jualtitude.” air tracking service that uses were picked carefully and lian (Fellowes) and I would The captain, who had satellite data, said it had subjected to psychological be very interested to do, if stepped out of the cockpit, found evidence the autopi- vetting. we can get all of our ducks probably to use the toilet, lot was abruptly switched “No matter your safety tried to force his way back from cruising height to regulations, no matter how in a row.”

As for a spinoff, Neame in: “You can hear banging maintain an altitude of just high you set the bar, and would say only, “Yes, I can to try to smash the door 100 feet, the lowest possible we have incredibly high confirm that there have been down,” Robin said. setting. The plane crashed standards, there is no way rumors.”

Describing sound record- at about 6,000 feet. to rule out such an event,” He teased: “There are no ings from one of the plane’s “Between 09:30:52 and CEO Carsten Spohr said. black boxes, Robin said 09:30:55 you can see that Attention will now focus definite plans to make a spimost of the passengers the autopilot was manually on the motivations of Lub- noff. But again, I wouldn’t would not have been aware changed from 38,000 feet itz, a German national who rule it out.” of their fate until the very to 100 feet and 9 seconds joined the budget carrier in end. later the aircraft started to September 2013 and had ‘Halt and Catch “Only towards the end descend, probably with the just 630 hours of flying Fire’ to premiere do you hear screams,” he ‘open descent’ autopilot set- time.

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Defense attorneys say Hernandez is mentally ill and his confession was coerced by police.

LOS ANGELES — AMC is crossing its fingers for the reboot of of drama “Halt and Catch Fire” on May 31, U.S. House OKs two weeks after the finale of bill to fix Medicare “Mad Men.” Hearing for black doctor payments The show, set in the midstudent in arrest WASHINGTON/NEW 1980s amid the rise of the YORK — The U.S. House PC business in Texas, strugis postponed of Representatives on gled to find an audience last RICHMOND, Va. — A Thursday overwhelmingly year in its 10-episode run. court hearing that had been approved a bill to permaBut AMC brass had faith in scheduled for Thursday for a the premise and the series nently repair the formula black University of Virginia creators, Chris Cantwell for reimbursing Medicare student bloodied in an arrest and Christopher C. Rogers, physicians, marking a rare by police has been postbipartisan achievement and and showrunner Jonathan sending the issue next to the U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) speaks at a poned for two months, court Lisco, who acknowledge news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this file Senate. that changes are in store for photo. The House passed a bill to fix Medicare’s flawed records showed.

The hearing for student The measure drafted and season two. doctor-pay formula on Thursday. (Reuters) Martese Johnson, 20, in driven forward by Repub“We’re going to drill Virginia State Police said in Department of New York Charlottesville General lican House Speaker John down even deeper into these a statement.

District Court was reschedBoehner and Democratic were headed to the locacharacters we’ve created, to Zuccaro fled the hospital uled for May 28, the filings Leader Nancy Pelosi would tion, which was on Second give you all the emotional showed. fix a long-standing problem on Monday. He is charged Avenue and East 7th Street and psychological depth with a murder in Brooke Social media photos with how Medicare pays in Manhattan, an FDNY you’ve come to expect from showed Johnson, the vice doctors. It would also make County, West Virginia, in spokeswoman said.

‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ while February 2013. chairman of the university’s at the same time evolving the adjustments to the health show to be brasher and even West Virginia’s MetroNe- Informant fingers Honor Committee, with a program for seniors. more addictive,” said Lisco. ws website said Zuccaro was bloodied face after he was The House vote was earlier suspect in arrested last week outside a found incompetent to stand 392-37.

U.N.: Libyans trial last month and ordered missing boy case Charlottesville pub by state The Senate may not act HBO, Vice will need more time Alcoholic Beverage Control until they return from a two- into a mental institution. launch daily NEW YORK — A Zuccaro faces arraignment agents. to agree on unity week recess that will start jailhouse informant told the on a felony escape charge, newscast this weekend. Some Senate SKHIRAT, Morocco — trial on Thursday of a man Democrats still had concerns the statement said.

Watchdog: Agents Libya’s warring factions LOS ANGELES — Time charged with murdering a about the bill, but support for had sex parties need more time to agree on Warner’s HBO and upstart it was widening.

New York building New York boy in 1979 that a unity government to end another man, not the acfunded by cartels content outlet Vice Media Democratic President collapses, burns cused, bragged to him about growing conflict and chaos will launch a five-dayBarack Obama has said he NEW YORK — A WASHINGTON — U.S. a-week newscast on the in the oil producer, a U.N. committing the crime. wants to sign a bipartisan building collapsed and Drug Enforcement Adminenvoy said on Thursday. premium cable outlet as part Pedro Hernandez, 54, bill.

Two rival governments was engulfed in flames on istration agents had alleged of a new four-year content a former grocery clerk, is and armed factions are batpact, the two companies said Thursday in New York City’s “sex parties” with prostitutes on trial for kidnapping and W. Virginia police tling for control of Libya and East Village neighborhood, murder in a case that hinges over several years, said a re- Thursday, the latest signal Islamist militants are gaining capture escaped authorities said. on his confession to police in port published on Thursday of growing audience interest ground.

There was no immedi2012 that he choked 6-year- and stemming from a review in new kinds of news and murder suspect Last week, the U.N. ate information on possible old Etan Patz, stuffed him in of allegations of misconduct current-events programming.

Support Mission in Libya, A murder suspect who es- injuries, said a spokesman Under terms of the deal, a box and left him in a New by several DEA agents in mediating at peace talks in caped from a West Virginia HBO will run a daily halffor the New York Police Colombia.

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Morocco, said a preliminary state mental hospital has hour “Vice” newscast for 48 Department.

The alleged parties were Patz vanished as he deal could be reached in a been captured, police said on Live footage on local tele- walked alone for the first funded by local drug cartels, weeks per year. The program few days.

Thursday. vision showed a residential said the report by the Justice is likely to launch sometime time to a school bus stop in But fighting between the in the fourth quarter of 2015, Rocco Jesse Zuccaro, 30, apartment building engulfed his Manhattan neighborhood Department’s Office of the rivals has broken out again of Burgettstown, Pennsylin flames and heavy smoke. on May 25, 1979. His disap- Inspector General, an agency according to a person familin the last few days, and the vania, was captured late on iar with the agreement. The Local television also pearance sparked a national internal watchdog. internationally recognized Wednesday hiding in tall reported a large explosion The report raised concerns cable network also gave a movement to find missing four-year extension to Vice’s government has announced grass about 10 miles from at the scene and an adjacent children, with his picture one about inadequate reporting a military offensive. the William R. Sharpe Jr. building also on fire. of the first to appear on milk of allegations of misconduct. weekly documentary series.

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Report: Air Force overstepped bounds in SpaceX certification

By Andrea Shalal Reuters

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force overstepped its bounds as it worked to certify privately held SpaceX to launch military satellites, undermining the benefit of working with a commercial provider, an independent review showed on Thursday.

The report cited a “stark disconnect” between the Air Force and

Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co. The Pentagon is eager to certify SpaceX, or Space Exploration SpaceX as a second launch proTechnologies, about the purpose of vider, given mounting concerns the certification process and recom- in Congress about ULA’s use of a mended changes.

Russian-built engine to power its Air Force Secretary Deborah Atlas 5 rocket.

James ordered the review after The Air Force said on Monday the service missed a December it was revamping the certification deadline for certifying SpaceX to process, but did not release the compete for some launches now report on the review until Thursday carried out solely by United Launch and hoped to complete the work by

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The report, prepared by former Air Force Chief of Staff General Larry Welch, said the Air Force treated the process like a detailed design review, dictating changes in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and even the company’s organizational structure.

That approach resulted in over 400 issues that needed to be resolved, which was “counterproductive” to a national policy aimed

at encouraging competition in the sector.

In fact, the process was intended to show that SpaceX met overall requirements to launch military satellites, not carry out the more detailed review required for each launch on a case-by-case basis, he said.

Welch faulted SpaceX for assuming its experience launching other Falcon 9 rockets would suffice to be certified.

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Police seek suspect in pair of cellphone store burglaries

By Tyler Estep tyler.estep @gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett County police believe the culprit — or culprits — behind a pair of local cellphone store burglaries may be responsible for a string of similar crimes spanning metro Atlanta.

Authorities released Thursday surveillance footage from a March 16 incident at the Verizon Wireless store at 5965 Cumming Highway in Sugar Hill. Photos show a suspect of unknown race inside the store, face covered by what appears to be a black ski mask.

During the burglary — which activated an alarm at about 3:45 a.m.

— the suspect evidently smashed a front window.

Surveillance images show a sledgehammer lying on the floor next to the suspect.

A total of 15 items, valued at a total of nearly $5,500, were stolen from the store.

That crime was similar to a Jan. 14 burglary at the Verizon Wireless store on 3397 Buford Drive in Buford. In that burglary, in which 19 items valued at nearly $10,000 were stolen, police officers noticed a hole in a back exterior wall.

Authorities believe both Gwinnett crimes are

This drawing shows the proposed layout of the Sugarloaf Commons apartment complex that would be built next to Sugarloaf Mills mall in Lawrenceville. County commissioners approved zoning this week that would allow the project to proceed. (Special Photo)

Zoning approved for proposed Sugarloaf Mills-area apartments

By Curt Yeomans

lennials and empty-nesters who are looking to live in the Sugarloaf Mills area,” said Marian Adeimy, an LAWRENCEVILLE attorney representing Lyn— A proposed major wood Development. residential development Construction of the in Lawrenceville cleared proposed development, a big hurdle this week Sugarloaf Commons, when county commiswould cause 12 buildings sioners granted a zoning and more than 500 parking change that will allow it to spaces to go in to what is proceed. presently a wooded area A 17.09-acre propnext to the mall. Four of erty sandwiched between the buildings in the comSugarloaf Parkway, Duluth plex would be three-stories Highway, Atkinson Road tall while the remaining and Sugarloaf Mills mall buildings would be up to has been rezoned from a four stories tall, according general business district to zoning documents proto a multifamily residence vided to commissioners. district. That opens the The developers and their gate for Lynwood Develattorneys assured county opment Group to build a officials in December that 374-unit gated apartment a pool, gym, recreation and complex on the land. activity lawn, mail center, “We believe there’s clubhouse and leasing ofan influx of commercial fice would be included in retail development and the Sugarloaf Commons this really adds some development. much needed rooftops and Adeimy told commishousing to this area while sioners on Tuesday that the providing an upscale, gated majority of the complex’s community to serve milapartments will be one

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Gwinnett County police believe this suspect may be responsible for break-ins and cellphone store in Buford, DeKalb County, the city of Morrow and Cobb County.

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connected — and that the same person or persons may be responsible for other burglaries elsewhere.

“There is a possibility that the suspect in these cases may be responsible for similar crimes in DeKalb County, city of Morrow and Cobb County,” Gwinnett County police spokeswoman Cpl.

Michele Pihera said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Gwinnett County police detectives at 770-5135300. Tipsters can also remain anonymous — and be eligible for rewards of up to $2,000 — by contacting Crime Stoppers at crimestoppersatlanta.org or 404-577TIPS.

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and two-bedroom units, making it more attractive to young professionals and parents whose children have grown up and moved away from home.

“The addition of this proposed residential development will allow this area to become truly mixeduse,” Adeimy said.

But a property owner who would be neighbors with Sugarloaf Commons has concerns about how it would impact his property.

Attorney William Fricks spoke on behalf of T and B LLC to request there be no set back on his client’s property. He could lose land without it, Fricks said.

There is no opposition to Sugarloaf Commons from T and B LLC though, according to Fricks.

“My client is in the process of trying to develop this property or get it developed immediately and doesn’t want to run into issues later on while trying to get a variance,” Fricks said.

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The mark of terror WASHINGTON — We don’t need to know the political or religious views of Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Gunter Lubitz to call his crashing of a crowded airliner into a mountainside an act of terrorism. And we don’t need any further evidence to recognize a cruel irony: Legitimate fear of potential terrorist attacks apparently made this tragedy possible.

Imagine the final moments of Flight 9525 as it hurtled toward oblivion.

Passengers were Eugene screaming. Some, I Robinson am certain, must have been praying. According to French prosecutor Brice Robin, the pilot, who had stepped out of the cockpit for a moment, was pounding on the door, trying desperately to get back in.

But, according to Robin, Lubitz, 28, who had been thought of as a rising star at the airline, refused to open the door — and it was impossible for the pilot, identified by German media as Patrick Sonderheimer, to break it down. “The door is reinforced according to international standards,” Robin said Thursday, using the wrong verb tense.

He meant “was” reinforced. The door is now in bits and pieces, along with the rest of the Airbus A320, scattered among the crevices of the French Alps.

In the post-9/11 era, the cockpit doors of airliners are made to be utterly impregnable.

This is to ensure that terrorists cannot force their way inside and seize the controls — a logical precaution that probably has saved many lives. Terrorists may still attempt to smuggle explosives aboard commercial aircraft, but they know that invading the cockpit and crashing the plane would be all but impossible.

The deterrent is only effective, however, if nobody can open a locked cockpit door under any circumstances — not the passengers, not the flight attendants, not even the captain. Some sort of hidden latch or override switch would defeat the purpose, since terrorists could learn the secret. So the Germanwings plane was safe from terrorists — until the trusted co-pilot, in Robin’s account, committed a grotesque act of terrorism.

Officials involved in the investigation have been rejecting the word I just used.

“There is no reason to suspect a terrorist attack,” Robin said, echoing the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders. But I disagree.

What they mean is that there is no known link to terrorists or any known group such as al-Qaida. Indeed, no such connection was immediately apparent from the sketchy outlines of Lubitz’s life that began to emerge Thursday. He reportedly had dreams of becoming a pilot since he was a teenager and belonged to a flying club in his hometown near Frankfurt. He started working for Germanwings, Lufthansa’s budget airline, in September 2013 and amassed 630 hours of flight experience. He was regarded as talented and full of promise.

Surely we will soon learn another side to this picture. Normal, well-adjusted young men do not commit terroristic acts of mass murder.

As Lufthansa’s chief executive, Carsten Spohr, noted, “When someone kills himself and 149 others, … it is not a suicide.” If Lubitz wanted to kill himself in a plane crash, he could have gone to any small airport on his day off, rented a Cessna and flown it into the terrain of his choosing.

According to the prosecutor, Lubitz decided instead to make his exit by killing a jetliner full of travelers heading from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. There was a group of high school students. There were two singers who had just performed at Barcelona’s grand opera house. There were three American tourists.

This is a statement. We may not yet know what it means — and I suppose it’s possible that we may never know. Murder of this kind, on this scale and for this purpose has to fit even the most narrowly drawn definition of terrorism.

It’s possible, I suppose, that Lubitz was profoundly delusional. But if this were the case, how could he have passed the airline’s annual medical exams? How could he have worked in such close quarters with fellow pilots, flight attendants and other personnel, day after day, without anyone noticing behavior that suggested a problem?

It looks as if Lubitz wasn’t just trying to end his life because he was depressed. He apparently decided to end 149 other lives as well because he wanted to tell us something.

Tragically, this is precisely the kind of thing that terrorists do.

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

Headed for new horizons Today is my last day at the Gwinnett Daily Post.

After so many years, that’s a weird sentence to write, but another opportunity has come up and I have to seize it.

Still, after spending nearly 16 years doing the same thing in the same place with many of the same people, it’s hard to say goodbye. I’ve been thinking of how to do it for awhile now, and the best I’ve come up with is this: I’ll do what I enjoy doing the most. I’ll tell a story.

Two, in fact, and in the process say a couple of thank yous.

Story No. 1: When I was 12 years old, I met Lewis Grizzard. If you don’t know who Grizzard was, he was a newspaper columnist, and he was a lot better at this than I am. He was a Southerner and a Georgia Bulldog, so he spoke my language. And he was funny. I was a voracious reader even at that age, and I gobbled up his column every day.

I met him in a department store at the old Columbia Mall in DeKalb County. He signed two books for me. I’d recently read a column of his in which he’d written about how he felt strangled wearing neckties. I told him I felt the same way, so in one book he wrote: “To Nathan, Who doesn’t wear ties either.”

you. Thanks for engaging me.

Thanks for reading. Thank you for letting me live a dream.

Story No. 2/Thank You No. 2: When I was 28 years old, I quit a job that I’d grown to hate.

Between the ages of 12 and 24, I’d developed an interest in Nate graphic design and had pursued McCullough that out of college instead of newspapers. But the job I had A simple sentence, one I’m turned into drudgery, so I left. sure he forgot about writing For a few months I just had by the time he moved on to fun. I quit wearing a watch. the next person in line. But to I went to New York. I threw me, it was a connection. This parties. I even began to jokingly man who I admired so much refer to myself as Nate Mchad shared a joke — one of his Cullough, International Man of jokes — with me, a kid. And Leisure.

I had it written down to save But what little money I had forever, proof that I’d shared a ran out quickly, and I needed moment with one of my heroes. a job. I started sending out I decided right then that I resumes and eventually landed was going to be like Grizzard here at the Daily Post, where one day. I was going to be a I’ve had the privilege of doing newspaper columnist. something I love while workAs the French say, voila! ing with some outstanding I haven’t reached the level people over the years. If I tried Grizzard did, because like I say, to thank them all individually it he was better at this than I am. would be like an Oscar speech But a few times over the years — I’d forget someone. So people have told me I reminded instead, I’ll do it this way: them of him, and for me, that’s You dropped what you were my Pulitzer Prize. doing and came to work withSo Thank You No. 1: To out being asked when you saw all the Gwinnett Daily Post a big story break. readers, thank you. For all your You came to work when cards, letters and emails, thank you were sick as a dog, so you you. For all the attaboys and wouldn’t leave your co-workers yes, even the hate mail, thank hanging.

You drove in the snow and nearly wrecked cars you couldn’t afford to replace, or waded through a flood to get here.

You did your job despite power outages, bad weather and equipment that didn’t work.

You’ve showed up early and stayed late. You’re overworked and underpaid. You’ve worked nights, weekends and holidays.

You’ve missed out on time with friends and family.

Through it all, you got the job done, because that’s how dedicated you are.

But more than that, you’ve had each other’s backs. You comfort each other in times of need. You go to birthday parties and weddings. Funerals, too.

You spend late nights talking, playing, partying. Sharing.

Because that’s what friends do. That’s what family does.

And if you’ve ever worked here and any of these descriptions apply, then you’ve been a part of this family, and I am lucky and so very proud to have been a part of it for so long. And I thank you for the role you played in this chapter of the story of my life.

Email Nate McCullough at nate.mccullough@gwinnettdailypost.com. For archived columns, go to www.gwinnettdailypost.com/natemccullough.

Colorful stories of a former governor With the legislature still in session, I thought of the old days and the old ways of the past when Georgia was a blue state, come hell or high water, and colorful politicians were always making the news whether they made sense or not.

Over the years, I have come to appreciate certain shenanigans among our politicos for the pure humor associated with their tenure. You might find fault with their prejudice, maybe their scheming, and for sure the greasing of their palms.

However, there was humor in their style. This is about that.

One of the most colorful of politicians in our history was the late Gov. Marvin Griffin, who was a raconteur nonpareil, as colorful as they come, as savvy as they come, and as unforgettable of a character who ever crossed your path.

Years ago, I was invited by a friend to speak to the Rotary Club in Bainbridge, the hometown of the former governor whose family owned the local newspaper, the Post Searchlight.

If you look at a map of the Southeast, it is easy to conclude that you can drive to Mobile about as easy as Bainbridge, but I had a plan. I frequently speak to Rotary Clubs across the state,

tion to Carl Sanders, Marvin quipped, “Everybody’s been eating my barbecue and voting for somebody else.” Big barbecues — a dinner-on-the-grounds tradition — was a popular campaigning staple of the past.

On my Bainbridge excursion, Marvin told a memorable story Loran about calling a special session Smith of the legislature to raise taxes for education. He proposed mainly because I honor their that taxes be raised on tags for longstanding tradition of not pickup trucks, whiskey, and paying honorariums. tobacco. He said, about his plan, A deal was struck. I would “I knew the chicken farmers in speak only if Marvin were North Georgia wouldn’t like the invited and I could spend time pickup truck taxes. The whiskey with him after the luncheon. wholesalers would balk, and That would be my honorarium. the bright leaf tobacco farmMarvin, whom I had met but ers in South Georgia would really didn’t know, was in rare be opposed. I had done my form after the Rotarians had homework and knew that there returned to their daily business wasn’t enough opposition to pursuits. We went out to a shady beat us on any of the three spot on Lake Seminole on a measures.” spring afternoon, by the dam.

Still he wasn’t taking any We were joined by the mother chances. He set about identifyof the Rotarian who had made ing the legislators who were the the invitation to speak. Marvin most outspoken against the tax regaled us with his down-home increase. He discovered that a humor. senator from Gibson, with two Marvin, being a great storysons working for the state, was teller, had a marvelous quality the biggest dissenter. Marvin when it came to the light side of decided to “interview” his oppolife. He could dish it out and he sition. When the senator came could take it. I remember when in, the governor said. “Senator, I he lost the gubernatorial elecneed your help.”

The Senator replied, “Governor I just can’t go along with your plan. My constituents are not interested in raising taxes.

They are interested in economizing in government.” Marvin winked and said, “I knew I had him.”

“Well,” Marvin told the senator, “I have done some investigating. I hear that that oldest boy of yours in the agriculture department is about the laziest employee in the entire department. And that second son of yours with that fertilizer inspection job — that is the nothingness job we ever had in state government. If we want to do some economizing in state government, we can start right there.” The senator then crawfished and said, “Governor, you wouldn’t.” Marvin replied, “The hell I won’t.”

When the vote came up the senator from Gibson sounded forth, “Aye.” This prompted his fellow senators to needle him, saying, “We thought you were opposed to this bill.”

The senator replied, “I was until I had it explained to me.”

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

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Indiana governor signs religious freedom bill

By Mary Wisniewski

religious grounds, in a move that prompted protests from Indiana Gov. Mike Pence some business leaders. on Thursday signed into Supporters of the bill, law a controversial religious which was passed overfreedom bill that could allow whelmingly by both chambusinesses and individuals bers of the Republican-conto deny services to gays on trolled state legislature, say

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•From Page 1A Over the course of the weekend, crews will remove islands that are on the bridge, activate new signals, mill the asphalt in the center of the bridge and re-stripe it for its new configuration, according to Graham.

Once the bridge re-opens Monday morning — just in time for morning rush hour traffic — law enforcement will be on hand to help drivers navigate the new interchange.

“There will be two officers on each end of the bridge and gradually that number will go down,” Graham said.

But Chapman is urging drivers use caution, even with the presence of law enforcement to assist drivers, when they approach the bridge Monday. Signs, traffic signals and road striping will direct drivers where to go, but Chapman said it will be important to pay attention to what is going on.

“Drivers are going to have to be alert and pay

it will keep the government from forcing business owners to act in ways contrary to strongly held religious beliefs. Opponents say it is discriminatory and broader in scope than other state religious freedom laws.

Social conservatives have pushed for such laws following court rulings legalizing same-sex marriage and anticipating a U.S. Supreme Court ruling this year on whether states can ban samesex marriage.

Gwinnett County officials released this map to show detour routes pedestrians and drivers can use while the Jimmy Carter Boulevard Bridge is closed for the diverging diamond interchange crossover this weekend. (Special Photo)

attention to the signs and signals,” he said.

The changeover will not be the end of construction on the bridge though. Chap-

man and Graham said there will be ongoing work after this weekend to complete a pedestrian walkway and landscaping, but they

promised it would not last too long.

“We expect to be done by this summer,” Chapman said.

obituaries Theresa Bonde Theresa Lynne Bonde, 61, died on March 15th 2015 surrounded by her family. She is survived by her two children, Feybrah and Jeremiah, her soulmate Ron, her mother, Mary Ann and sister, Kathy, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins..

A life celebration will be held in Atlanta at a date and time to be determined.

To contact the family please email teribondejb@ gmail.com.

The Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium of Derry, NH assisted the family. To send a condolence, or for more information please visit www. peabodyfuneralhome.com.

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Dovie Everett Mrs. Dovie Irene Everett, age 90, of Loganville, GA passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 28, 2015 in the Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home Lawrenceville. Rev. Don Richards & Rev. James Dispain will officiate Mrs. Everett was a hardworking and Godly Woman who worked by her husband’s side in the Ministry for many years.

She is preceded in death by her Husband of 64 years, Rev. Marshall H. Everett; Parents: Cline & Lester Stephens of Suwanee, GA; Brothers: J.C. Stephens of Suwanee, GA; Lamar Stephens of Buford, GA; Roy Stephens of Buford, GA; Billy Stephens of Lawrenceville, GA; Brothersin-law: George Pitts & Bill Pitts of Panama City, FL. Mrs. Everett is survived

by Sons & Daughtersin-law: John & Brenda Everett of Loganville, GA; James & Linda Everett of Lawrenceville, GA; Jesse & Deborah Everett of Loganville, GA; Sisters & Brother-in-law: Elsie Pitts of Panama City, FL; Martha Pitts of Panama City, FL; Betty Hamby of Monroe, GA; Carolyn & Vester Cantrell of Lawrenceville, GA; Brothers & Sisters-in-law: Arnold & Kathy Stephens of Lawrenceville, GA; Howard & Jean Stephens of Bishop, Georgia; Brotheri l i i l

in-law & Sister-in-law: Bernice & Evelyn Everett of Buford, GA; Many precious Grandchildren & Great Grandchildren; Several Nieces, Nephews, & Friends. The family will receive friends from 4:00-8:00 PM on Friday, March 27, 2015 at Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, GA 30045.

770-962-3100. Please leave online condolences at stewartfh.com.

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Funeral Home with Pastor Ron Davidson officiating.

The family requests that you wear bright colors for the service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society in memory of Sherry Green.

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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Abuse

mother was taken aback by an unusual bedtime kiss.

The alleged victim said that he or she had “kissed her the same way Richard kisses,” the report said. The child then described more graphic sexual contact.

On Tuesday, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning issued an order for the emergency closure of the SusanSilly Expressions Pre-School Program, which has been run by Susan Paltrineri and licensed through the state since 1999.

“Orders for Intended Emergency Closure are issued by the agency when it is determined that the health, safety, or welfare of children may be in imminent danger,” DECAL spokesman Reg Griffin said in a statement. “A DECAL investigation has found serious rule violations in the areas of health, safety, and discipline.”

The day care’s 48-hour window to appeal the closure order ends Thursday afternoon, Griffin said.

Phone messages left at the Paltrineri residence Thursday morning were not immediately returned.

Emails sent to an address listed on the day care’s website also yielded no response.

Richard Paltrineri remained in the Barrow

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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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Donnie Kelley Donnie Kelley, age 59, of Atlanta, GA, passed away on, March 24, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Loganville Chapel, 770-466-1544.

accordion. He will be remembered for his generosity, integrity and willingness to always help friends and family in any way that he could. Funeral services will be held in New York.

Memorial donations may be made to Prince of Peace Catholic Church: 6439 Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch, Georgia, 30542. Arrangements

by Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30046. (770) 962-3100.

Please leave online condolences at stewartfh.com.

Cleo Gehrs Cleo Jo Gehrs, age 85, of Buford, GA, passed away March 24, 2015. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133.

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Sherry Green Sherry Jamison Green, age 53, of Buford, GA passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. She is survived by her daughter, Lindsey Ridley and Shaun Ramsey, Sugar Hill, GA; sons, Ryan Green, Miami, FL, and Andrew Green, Lawrenceville, GA; grandchildren, Alex Ridley, Hannah Ridley, Maya Ramsey, and Aidan Green; father and motherin-law, Richard and Diane Jamison, Cochranton, PA; mother, Nancy Jamison, Buford, GA; brothers and sisters-in-law, Daniel and Christina Jamison, Richardson, TX, and James and Stacey Jamison, Richardson, TX; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Ms. Green was born July 6, 1961 in Greenville, PA. She was a 1979 graduate of Commodore Perry High School. She was employed with the Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville, GA as an office clerk and also worked part-time for Old Navy at the Mall of Georgia for a number of years. She attended Sugar Hill Church. Celebration of Life service will be held Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan

ATLANTA BUFORD

Edna Howington Edna Sudderth Howington, age 91, of Buford, GA passed away on Monday, March 23, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband of sixtyone years, Rev. Ralph Howington; parents, J. D. and Rona May Sudderth; son-in-law, William Grey; sisters, Frances Mullinax and Lois Farmer; and brother, Walter Sudderth.

She is survived by her children, Shirley Grey, Rome, PA, and Vickie Gilleland, Fayetteville, GA; son-in-law, Carl Victer, Fayetteville, GA; grandchildren, Pamela and Todd Morgan, Vero Beach, FL, and Mike and Caren Grey, Pensacola, FL; four great grandchildren; brothers and sister-in-law, Troy and Barbara Sudderth, Homer, GA, and W. H. Sudderth, Suwanee, GA; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Howington was born April 27, 1923 in Buford, GA. She was a homemaker and member of Liberty Baptist Church, Buford, GA. Funeral service will be Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. C. T. Evans officiating. Interment will follow at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday, March 27, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

County jail Thursday without bond. Smith, the sheriff, said he believed Paltrineri was retired but that he had held jobs outside the day care before — including work as a janitor at an elementary school.

Smith was unsure what school that was, but believed it to be in the general area of the Paltrineris’ residence, which is about four miles north of downtown Auburn. Representatives from the Barrow and Gwinnett County public school systems both said Thursday that there was “no record” of Paltrineri ever being employed in their districts.

Barrow County sheriff’s investigators are currently conducting “a detailed background investigation” of Paltrineri and his wife’s day care. Authorities are encouraging anyone whose children attended SusanSilly Expressions to contact them at crimetips@barrowsheriff.com or at 770-3073080, extension 3085.

“You’ve been in the day care business that long, we anticipate a lot of people coming forward” to make sure their children weren’t abused, Smith said.

Parents impacted by the current situation can also contact DECAL at 1-877-ALL-GA-KIDS for assistance finding other child care options.

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Haydee Pimentel Haydee Pimentel, age 81, of Atlanta, GA, passed away March 25, 2015.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200. www.wagesfuneralhome. com

Frank Mangone Frank Salvatore Mangone, age 81, of Lawrenceville, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, March 25th, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Maria Mangone of Lawrenceville, Georgia; Daughters: Lee Katulka Lamantia of Sarasota, Florida, Grace Illari, Lawrenceville, Georgia, Linda Venten, Massapequa, New York; Sons: Joseph Mangone, Westhampton, New York, Phillip Mangone, Westhampton, New York; Sister: Marie Caraccilo, Massapequa, New York; 10 Grandchildren; 14 Great Grandchildren. Mr. Mangone was preceded in death by his parents, Giuseppe & Letterina Mangone; Son: Frankie Mangone; Brothers: Vincent Mangone and Phillip Mangone. Frank immigrated to the United States from Calabria, Italy when he was 16 years old.

He learned the trade of masonry and eventually formed his own company, Mangone Mason Contractors, Inc. in Long Island, New York. Frank enjoyed spending time with his family, working in the garden with his wife, going to the movies and playing his a

BREMEN

Arron Pittman Arron Pittman, 48, of Bremen, GA died March 25, 2015. Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

SUGAR HILL

Tony Wallen Tony Wallen, age 65, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2015. He is survived by his wife of seventeen years, Juanita Wallen, Lawrenceville, GA; son and daughter-in-law, Billy and Buffy Wallen, Anderson, AL; stepchildren, Yvette Gamez, Sugar Hill, GA, Crystal and Darrell Palmer, Sugar Hill, GA, and Wayne and Patty Rawlins, Palmdale, CA; ten grandchildren; brothers, Chris Schue, Gainesville, GA, and Donnie Wallen, Phoenix, AZ. Mr. Wallen was born May 25, 1949 in Texas. He retired from Anixter Warehouse

in Suwanee, GA. He was a member of the Buford American Legion Post 127 and was a Master Mason.

He was of the Baptist faith. Funeral service will be Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Allen Swafford officiating.

Interment will follow at Gwinnett Memorial Park, Lawrenceville, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 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.

BETHLEHEM

Melody Weisner Melody Ann Weisner, age 69, of Bethlehem, GA., passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Howard Weisner. She is survived by her son, Reid Mark Weisner of Dacula, GA; Sister and Brother in Law: Joanne and Bernard Vavrek of Clarion, PA; A funeral service will be held Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at Wages and Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville Hwy., Lawrenceville, GA with Dr. Lamar Holley officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday, March 28, 2015 from 12:00 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. Online condolences can be expressed at www. wagesandsons.com

HOSCHTON

Clarice Woods Clarice Earlline Woods, age 75, of Hoschton, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015.

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GECC crowns its new 2015 Pageant winner

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Valor

By Katie Morris

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Lois Forrest first gasped with surprise when Masters of Ceremony Jay Dennard announced her name, then she immediately thanked the crowd and smiled brightly as the shiny tiara was placed on her head.

Forrest, 94, was named Ms. GECC during Gwinnett Extended Care Center’s 13th annual Ms. GECC Pageant Thursday night.

She competed against Lucy Schreiber, 93, Loveton Eiland, 63, and Yvonne Hill, 72, for the title. The 2013 Ms. GECC winner Vera Craft, 81, was also in attendance and had a front row seat for the pageant.

The pageants theme was Queens of Sun, Moon & Stars, and the Gwinnett Hospital Systems Auxiliary’s volunteers worked hard to give the cafeteria a colorful, bright atmosphere with rainbow streamers and golden suns.

Tamey Stith, GECC Administrator, kicked-off the evening by welcoming the crowd and introducing Dennard, vice president of operations at GMC-Lawrenceville, who returned as Masters of Ceremony for his eighth year.

“Each year, I have one-on-one conversations with the resident contestants. It’s like opening a history book as we hear incredible stories of pride, humility and patriotism,” he said. “This is one of many activities that makes up the GECC community contributing to engagement and quality of life. It benefits residents, their families and community.”

The ladies were escorted in by members of the U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at North Gwinnett High School.

Dennard interviewed each of the contestants twice, and they shared stories about growing up in small towns where everyone knew each other, reminisced

GECC Activity Director Rita Davis, right, drapes a sash around the 2015 Ms. GECC winner, Lois Forrest, who is sitting beside the night’s emcee Jay Dennard during the Gwinnett Extended Care Center’s annual pageant Thursday night. (Staff Photo: Katie Morris)

about times with family and described the friendships they’ve forged while living at GECC. Between interviews, entertainment was provided by GMC affiliated neurosurgeon, Dr. Michael T. Stechison, who had the contestants and audience members tapping their toes while he displayed his musical talents.

He played the piano while singing six classics such as “The Way You Look Tonight” and “When I Fall In Love.”

After a short deliberation by the two judges, Hilary Wilson and Dr. Pat Boone, the crown was awarded to Forrest, and Eiland was named first runner up. The Most Zest for Life title was given to Schreiber, and Hill was honored for Best Sense of Humor.

Now Forrest will turn her attention to representing GECC at the Ms. Georgia Nursing Home Pageant in May in Atlanta.

For more information about Gwinnett Extended Care Center at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, visit www.gwinnettmedicalcenter.org.

The Gwinnett County Police Honor Guard brings in the colors prior to the National Anthem during the Valor Awards banquet at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Thursday. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

Lawrenceville police officer David Russell receives the Silver Medal of Valor during the banquet.

Gwinnett County police officer Justin Guck stands on the stage after receiving the Public Safety Person of the Year award during the banquet. Left, the Public Service Leadership Award sits on a table prior to being awarded to Lawrenceville Police Chief Randy Johnson during the Valor Awards banquet.

•From Page 1A learn later, the officer lying under the suspect had been pistol whipped and knocked unconscious during a struggle for his service weapon, which went off into the ground.

His own gun drawn, Floyd remembers thinking the officer was gravely injured and in danger, or dead.

Floyd says the gunman wouldn’t surrender and he did what he had been trained to do — neutralize the threat. He pressed the trigger. The suspect, Marcus Garner, 22, died at the scene.

“I’ve thought about that night a lot,” the stoic officer told the crowd. “It is part of my life now.”

If there were any doubt in the room, emcee Anthony Rodriguez of Aurora Theatre assured: “Had he hesitated, the outcome could’ve been very different.”

The Silver Medal of Valor went to Lawrenceville officer David Russell, who stopped a disturbed and violent man holding a shard of glass from committing suicide in front of police.

Duluth police officer Donnie Diggs took home the bronze medal for his work in convincing 26-year-old Clayton Dockery Kirk to surrender after he allegedly stabbed his mother on Sept. 25.

Other winners included: Lawrenceville Police Chief Randy Johnson; The Education Section of Gwinnett Fire and Emergency Services; Gwinnett dispatcher Magdala Prophete; Gwinnett police’s west precinct’s crime response team; Duluth resident Charles Pethan; and Gwinnett police officers Justin Guck and Nicholas Bezon.

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Bears building on big region win

By Will Hammock

and made the state semifinals in 2011.

Newcomer Mountain View has never made the Mountain View and girls soccer state playMill Creek, separated by a offs in Georgia’s largest mere six miles, have been classification. It entered worlds apart in terms of this season not only havsoccer success. ing never defeated Mill Mill Creek, the older Creek, but having never program, won the 2013 scored against the Hawks. region title, reached the The Bears changed state quarterfinals in 2012 that with a breakthrough,

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3-2 win at Mill Creek on Tuesday night.

“It was making history,” said second-year Mountain View head girls coach Veronica Cross, an assistant with the team since the school opened in 2009. “I personally was elated. I was so elated I couldn’t even fall asleep that night, thinking ‘Oh my gosh, we just beat

Mill Creek.’ It was amazing. The energy off the field when we got the win was amazing. The thing the girls were most proud of was that we won it outright. We didn’t have to go to overtime or penalty kicks. We just won it outright.”

After losing 8-0 to Mill Katy McCorkle and Ansley Roley hug as Ashley Lewis

joins the celebration after Tuesday’s Mountain View win

See BEARS, Page 4B over Mill Creek. (Photo: Susan McCorkle)

Maximum McCray

Buford’s Justin McCray leaps a hurdle for a portrait during a team practice at Buford High School on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Buford hurdler not afraid to take it to the extreme

By David Friedlander

When it comes to athletics, however, that nickname starts to sound a lot more apt.

BUFORD — To people “His … demeanor is who only know Justin more quiet, stoic and more McCray outside the sports melancholy,” said David realm, “McCrazy” — the Snell, McCray’s track nickname many friends coach at Buford High have playfully tagged him School. “But don’t get with throughout high school tricked. Don’t let that fool — seems radically different you because when he hits from his personality. the track, he’s ready to go.”

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Track and field is actually one of the more tame sports the Wolves senior has tried over the years, but it’s also his best.

And while McCray enjoys and is willing to try just about any extreme sport like skateboarding and parkour, among others, track is the one that brings out the figurative active volcano churning deep

inside him.

“My mom’s been calling me a daredevil since I was a real little kid,” McCray said. “I am a quiet person, but loud in ability, I guess.

“My mom actually said I had to play a sport. I actually started with football, and from there, I came (to track). I’ve always been fast, so I figured I’d fit in.”

Indeed, McCray has fit

in extremely well as one of the Wolves’ fastest individual.

And in keeping with his penchant for the extreme, it shouldn’t be a surprise that he eventually drifted towards hurdling when he started running in the eighth grade.

“I didn’t see anybody See MCCRAY, Page 4B

Getting to Know … Terri Slide County Track and Field Terri Slide, a 1996 Berkmar grad, has been a special education teacher at Dacula Middle, where she also is the head girls basketball coach, for 11 years.

She also Terri Slide serves as an assistant on the Dacula High varsity girls team.

Slide played basketball for the Patriots, as did older sister Gina and younger brother Adam, and at Georgia Southwestern before going into education.

In this installment of “Getting to Know…”, Slide talks with sports editor Will Hammock about knowing her career path as a fifth-grader, her love of basketball and her fondness of Pittsburgh sports.

WH: Have you always

coached basketball since you’ve been teaching at Dacula?

TS: No, for the first five or six I had nothing to do with basketball. I played in the end of season students vs. faculty games, people knew that I played and recruited me to play. I played in those and it was a lot of fun at end of the year. The principal told me the coach was leaving and I may need you to coach next year. I said I don’t think it’s something I can do, but I ended up doing. It started out as a love-hate relationship. I wasn’t sure I was cut out for it. But I’ve definitely fallen in love with it. I just finished my sixth season and my first year with the high school team. I don’t do (high school practices) because I’m so busy here.

I’m mainly just a gameday coach for the high school team.

WH: How has middle school coaching been?

Enjoyable?

TS: Oh yes. To me, it’s about preparing them for the next level, seeing them grow as a player and a person throughout the year.

But I love forming those relationships with the girls.

They’re constantly coming in and out of my classroom.

As much as I love coaching basketball and I love teaching, I’ve always known that (my teaching job) was what I’ve wanted to do. I didn’t know that I wanted to be a coach. That was something God had in store for me.

Having those two worlds collide is the most amazing thing. Before I coached, nobody really knew who I was. I was just here in our own little world because the kind of kids I teach, we have our own schedule, we do our own thing, the See SLIDE, Page 4B

meet is tough to predict

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Given its proximity in the middle of the high school track and field season and a number of other variables, predicting the results of the Gwinnett County Track and Field Championships each year has become more and more difficult with each passing year.

So, it should come as little surprise that several coaches from around the county believe that pretty much anything could happen when this year’s meet commences with the field events and distance events finals and sprint events preliminary heats Saturday at Mill Creek Community Stadium.

COUNTY TRACK MEET What: 2015 Gwinnett County Track and Field Championships When: Saturday and Monday Where: Mill Creek High School Saturday’s schedule: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. — Varsity field events 10:30 a.m. — Varsity boys and girls 1,600-meter finals 2:30-7 p.m. — Varsity running event preliminary heats

That is particularly true in the boys division, where defending champion, and defending Class AAAAAA state champion, Shiloh faces a wealth of challengers.

“The kids will have to run their best,” said Brookwood boys coach Mark Kelley, whose Broncos figure to be one of those top contenders. “It’s

so jumbled, any small thing could trip you up.

Archer’s got some really good athletes. Parkview’s got some good sprinters.

Mill Creek’s got some good throwers and pole vaulters.

“It’s so wide open.

This is going to be close, maybe one of the closer

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2015 COUNTY BASEBALL STAT LEADERS Batting Average McCain Mitch Collins Hill 11 6 Name School At bats Hits Avg. Cioffi Nick P. Ridge 13 1/3 7 Inman Ryne Parkview 12 7 .583 Brace Jake N. Gwinnett 21 11 Terry Curtis Archer 25 12 .480 Pullens Jordan S. Gwinnett 11 2/3 6 Perez Brendon Berkmar 17 8 .471 Wismer C.J. Lanier 8 4 Jones Jahmai Wesleyan 35 16 .457 Wismer C.J. Lanier 8 4 Spratlin Carey Providence 29 13 .448 Ward Jordan Wesleyan 18 9 Cavey Ryan Archer 16 7 .438 Yancey Kyle Duluth 12 1/3 6 Runnels Parker Hebron 31 13 .419 Hershman Jake Hebron 14 2/3 7 Oesterle Parker Berkmar 24 10 .417 Fritz Noah Lanier 6 2/3 3 Hutton Patrick Norcross 34 14 .412 Fritz Noah Lanier 6 2/3 3 Taylor Crews Archer 34 14 .412 Hohm Austin Brookwood 6 2/3 3 Deas Daino Parkview 39 16 .410 Cavert Tyler Hebron 9 4 Walch Zack Norcross 35 14 .400 Bower Steven P. Ridge 11 2/3 5 Kenyon Avery N. Gwinnett 46 18 .391 Kelly Brady Dacula 19 8 Hall Carter Wesleyan 35 14 .389 Spratlin Carey Providence 17 7 Cavert Tyler Hebron 37 10 .385 Banfield Will Brookwood 7 1/3 3 LeBlanc Mason Brookwood 34 13 .382 Raja Neil C. Gwinnett 23 1/3 9 De Viller Al Collins Hill 29 11 .379 Archer Andy Wesleyan 11 4 Milhouse Marcus Lanier 24 9 .375 Johnston Will Lanier 11 4 Home Runs Wins Name School HRs Name School W Smith Chad S. Gwinnett 4 Sauer Andrew Wesleyan 5 Radcliff Baron Norcross 4 Inman Ryne Parkview 4 Hill Brandon Parkview 3 Farschman Parker Brookwood 4 Taylor Crews Archer 3 Kopec Matthew Brookwood 3 Terry Curtis Archer 3 Marquez Nick Brookwood 3 LeBlanc Mason Brookwood 2 Fitzpatrick Sean Archer 3 Davis Clay N. Gwinnett 2 Darling Connor N. Gwinnett 3 Winskie Jackson Providence 2 Corn Adam N. Gwinnett 3 Jones Jahmai Wesleyan 2 Ethridge Will Parkview 3 Turner Sid Hebron 2 Thompson Alex Wesleyan 3 Runs Batted In Ward Jordan Wesleyan 2 Name School RBIs Collett Cody Parkview 2 White Jonathan Brookwood 18 Spratlin Carey Providence 2 Taylor Crews Archer 15 Raja Neil C. Gwinnett 2 Harris Trey Duluth 12 Johnston Seth S. Gwinnett 2 Radcliff Baron Norcross 12 Duffey Paul Archer 2 Collins Will Wesleyan 12 Douches Spencer Collins Hill 2 Hall Carter Wesleyan 11 McCain Mitch Collins Hill 2 LeBlanc Mason Brookwood 11 Mahaffey Jonn Archer 2 Heil Cade N. Gwinnett 11 Buckler Brooks Norcross 2 Deas Daino Parkview 11 Strikeouts Hill Brandon Parkview 11 Name School IP Winskie Jackson Providence 10 Sauer Andrew Wesleyan 27 Sangster Blake N. Gwinnett 10 Inman Ryne Parkview 24 Smith Chad S. Gwinnett 9 Neidert Nick P. Ridge 24 Biggar Austin Parkview 9 Fitzpatrick Sean Archer 17 2/3 Zabowski Cole Collins Hill 9 Carter Alan Duluth 25 1/3 Terry Curtis Archer 9 Corn Adam N. Gwinnett 31 2/3 Sauer Andrew Wesleyan 9 Johnston Seth S. Gwinnett 21 Stark Christian Wesleyan 9 Whitlock Garrett Providence 22 1/3 Bennett Sloan Hebron 9 Farschman Parker Brookwood 26 Perez Mike Norcross 8 Parris Graham Duluth 23 1/3 Carswell Derrick Brookwood 8 Duffey Paul Archer 19 1/3 Draper David Parkview 8 Barrett Brian Berkmar 17 2/3 Carter Alan Duluth 8 Raja Neil C. Gwinnett 23 1/3 Blyden Dante Archer 8 Stinson Graeme Norcross 20 Davis Clay N. Gwinnett 7 Ethridge Will Parkview 16 2/3 Stolen Bases Darling Connor N. Gwinnett 17 2/3 Name School SBs Buckler Brooks Norcross 25 2/3 Jones Jahmai Wesleyan 19 Hershman Jake Hebron 14 2/3 Walch Zack Norcross 14 Marquez Nick Brookwood 17 Ranel E.J. Archer 10 Perez Brendon Berkmar 9 Hartz Alex N. Gwinnett 10 Kelly Brady Dacula 19 Hall Carter Wesleyan 10 Sangster Blake N. Gwinnett 7 Murray Sean C. Gwinnett 9 Ward Jordan Wesleyan 18 Roe Lincolm C. Gwinnett 9 Bower Steven P. Ridge 11 2/3 Carter Caleb Providence 9 Brace Jake N. Gwinnett 21 Brown Trevor Parkview 8 Saves White Eriq S. Gwinnett 7 Name School Saves Harris Trey Duluth 6 Hohm Austin Brookwood 3 Parker Chase Duluth 5 Winskie Jackson Providence 2 Deas Daino Parkview 5 Stark Christian Wesleyan 2 Collins Will Wesleyan 5 Pullens Jordan S. Gwinnett 1 Abernathy Brendan Wesleyan 5 Moorer Hunter S. Gwinnett 1 McCleskey Jake Wesleyan 5 Archer Andy Wesleyan 1 Shepherd Cam P. Ridge 4 Sweat Peyton Dacula 1 Hill Brandon Parkview 4 Darling Connor N. Gwinnett 1 Kenyon Avery N. Gwinnett 4 Albright Andy Parkview 1 Sangster Blake N. Gwinnett 4 Hearn Cameron Parkview 1 Earned Run Average Gaskins Caden P. Ridge 1 Name School IP ER ERA Sumpter Tristan P. Ridge 1 Byrd Fletcher Norcross 12 1/3 7 3.97 Waites Cole Archer 1 Cartmell Matthew Hebron 10 2/3 6 3.94 Till Evan Archer 1 Paul David Lanier 7 1/3 4 3.82 Parris Graham Duluth 1 JEMC_Challenge_GDP_5.062x10.5_Layout 12/11/14 1:37 PM Page 1Duluth Paul David Lanier 7 1/3 4 13.82 Yancey Kyle 1

3.82 3.68 3.67 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.41 3.34 3.15 3.15 3.15 3.11 3.00 2.95 2.88 2.86 2.7 2.55 2.55 L 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 Ks 43 35 32 30 30 27 26 23 23 23 23 22 22 21 19 19 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 13

Wesleyan’s Jones transforms from a slugger to a speedster

By David Friedlander

The change may seem like a dramatic one, but Krehmeyer insists that it’s more of a minor adaption With a national reputo better utilize one of tation for hitting, parJones’ better skills, which ticularly power hitting, he hasn’t always needed Wesleyan’s Jahmai Jones to use as much, than it is a knew good pitches to hit re-invention of his game. would be at a premium for “He pulled a hamhim this season. string last year (late in the And while the Super season), so he was our Six outfielder still leads (designated hitter) for the the Wolves regulars with (Class AA state semifinal) a .457 average, seven series,” Krehmeyer said doubles, two home runs of Jones, who is signed and 12 walks in 47 plate to play college ball at appearances, he has been North Carolina, though required to change his ap- he’s also been projected proach a little at the plate. as a high pick in the 2015 It’s doubtful anyone Major League Baseball outside the Wesleyan First-Year Player Draft. program would realize just “He didn’t really run that how profound an impact much last year. Plus, he’s that change would have on just a great young man Jones and the Wolves. who is able to do whatever Knowing teams would it takes (to help the team likely pitch around Jones, win). He’s pitched an Wesleyan coach Brian inning or two for us (this Krehmeyer has responded season). He’s even played by placing his senior star in the infield. He’s far in the leadoff spot in the from a prima donna.” line-up, and then watching him make opponents pay Fitzpatrick’s streak for pitching around him continues by stealing a Gwinnett With five no-hit, shutout County-best 19 bases and innings in Monday’s 10-3 scoring 20 runs through win over Berkmar, Archer the team’s first 13 games. pitcher Sean Fitzpatrick It’s the former number has run his streak of not that is particularly eyeallowing an earned run to popping, as it has not only start the season to 22 2/3 already made Jones Wesconsecutive innings. leyan’s career steals leader The senior left-hander with 56 — breaking Chad has allowed just three Hall’s old mark of 48 — unearned runs and a mere but also leaves him just eight hits in that stretch to five steals away from Lee go with 35 strikeouts.

Ellis’ single-season school And while his next mark of 24 with more than start is scheduled for next half the season still to be Monday’s game against played.

South, he could put that In addition, Jones streak on the line even already stands as fifth on sooner — perhaps as soon Gwinnett’s career list, as the Tigers’ (12-3, 5-0) and could be in position battle against nationallyto challenge the county ranked Parkview (11-2, single-season record of 43 3-1) tonight at Archer, set by Chess Britt of South with first-place in Region Gwinnett in 1974.

8-AAAAAA on the line.

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However, as important as tonight’s game is for an Archer program that has never made the state playoffs since the program began in 2009, coach Chris Hays doesn’t want to put too much emphasis on it with 10 region games still remaining afterwards.

“We might be able to throw (Fitzpatrick) one inning out of the bullpen (tonight),” Hays said. “It’s a huge game, no doubt, probably the biggest game in our history. But one game doesn’t define the season. South Gwinnett (on Monday) is equally important. We’re in a good spot, but we’re still trying to make the playoffs for the first time.”

In case you missed it …

• Among the highlights from around the county so far this week include a pair of no-hitters — one

by Wesleyan’s Andrew Sauer (5-0) in the Wolves’ 8-0 Region 6-AA win over Pace Academy on Tuesday, and another

by Brookwood’s Nick Marquez (4-1) in a similar 8-0 shut out of Dacula in Region 8-AAAAAA play Wednesday. Marquez’s no-no also marked the second straight shutout for the Broncos (11-3, 4-1), who edged Grayson 1-0 on Monday.

• North Gwinnett has gotten clutch pitching and hitting in the late innings during its current five-game winning streak, which was extended with a 6-5 win at Norcross on Wednesday.

The Bulldogs (9-5, 2-0), currently tied with Collins HIll and Peachtree Ridge atop the Region 7-AAAAAA standing heading into today’s play, have won four of those games by a single run each.

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The Gwinnett Gladiators announced they have signed forward Daniel Bahntge and defenseman Tyler Shiplo to ECHL contracts on Thursday. Both players just wrapped up their senior seasons with the Mercyhurst Lakers of the Atlantic Hockey Association.

To accommodate roster space for Bahntge and Shiplo, forward J.P. Labardo and defenseman C.J. Chartrain were waived.

Bahntge, 24, was Mercyhurst’s leading scorer in 2014-15, notching nearly a point per game (13g, 23a in 39 gp). He was named to Third Team All-Conference.

Shiplo, 23, also played in 39 games for the Lakers this year, scoring four goals and 14 assists.

— From staff reports

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5 p.m. — Athens Academy at Providence 5:30 p.m. — Hebron at Prince Avenue 6 p.m. — Berkmar at Dacula 6 p.m. — Buford at Chestatee 6 p.m. — Flowery Branch at Lanier 6 p.m. — Meadowcreek at Duluth 6 p.m. — Norcross at Collins Hill 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at North 7 p.m. — Brookwood at Shiloh 7 p.m. — Central at Grayson 7 p.m. — Mill Creek at Mountain View 7 p.m. — Parkview at Archer

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5 p.m. — Norcross boys at Meadowcreek 5:30 p.m. — Buford girls at Blessed Trinity 5:30 p.m. — Duluth boys at Collins Hill 5:30 p.m. — Norcross girls at North Atlanta 5:30 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge girls vs. Starr’s Mill 6 p.m. — Cambridge girls at Wesleyan 7 p.m. — Wesleyan boys at Riverwood 7 p.m. — Mill Creek girls vs. Seymour (Tenn.)

7:30 p.m. — Decatur boys at GAC 7:30 p.m. — Lassiter boys at Grayson 8 p.m. — Pope boys at Peachtree Ridge 8:30 p.m. — Grayson girls vs. Ravenwood (Tenn.)

8:30 p.m. — Collins Hill girls vs. Louisville Collegiate (Ky.)

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3 p.m. — Gwinnett Classic at GGC 3 p.m. — Shiloh and Archer at Rhodes Jordan

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4 p.m. — Wesleyan in Westminster Invitational Saturday

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Report: Falcons will get ‘severe’ sanctions The Cleveland Browns and Atlanta Falcons are set to receive “severe” punishments for violation of NFL rules, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The league informed the two teams at this week’s owners meetings in Phoenix what the penalties will be, and the sanctions likely will be announced next week, Schefter reported.

Cleveland general manager Ray Farmer confessed to texting in games, which is not permitted under the NFL’s electronic-device policy. Reportedly, Farmer texted sideline personnel regarding game strategy.

The Falcons admitted that they pumped fake crowd noise into the Georgia Dome during games to cause difficulties for the visiting team. The practice went on for the past two years, team owner Arthur Blank said.

Both Browns and Falcons officials said since news of the transgressions broke that they are prepared to accept the consequences.

Possible penalties could include the loss of draft picks and/or fines.

The timetable for the resolution of another investigation into alleged in-game wrongdoing, the New England Patriots’ reported use of underinflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game, remains unknown.

•From Page 1B (county meets) I think I can remember. It could be anybody’s day. You’ve just got to show up.”

Exactly who literally shows up has been at the very heart of the meet’s unpredictability in recent years.

For example, even a team from a smaller program like Greater Atlanta Christian can compete with the big boys under the right set of circumstances.

The circumstances weren’t right for the Spartans last year, when Micah Abernathy missed the meet while nursing an injury.

However, the fact he and fellow Super Six sprinter Darius Slayton are healthy and are

expected to compete in multiple events could help GAC at least be a factor in determining which team takes home the boys team trophy, if not actually compete for the title.

“When you’re going up against schools with 4,000 (students), it’s hard to take home a team trophy,” GAC coach Brad Kinser said. “That’s never really our goal (in the county meet). To have our people go up against some of the best runners in the state is what we’re looking for.

So, for guys like Micah and Darius, it’s a big deal.”

In other circumstances, it’s which runners aren’t competing that could be a factor in the team races.

For example, while under normal circumstances, Grayson could be a major

contender to upend twotime defending champion Brookwood in the girls division.

But with the school hosting its prom Saturday evening, some of the Rams’ top individual girls or boys athletes may not even compete.

However, Grayson coach Jason Abner choose to keep that situation in perspective.

“When (the county’s coaches) voted to move the county meet earlier in the season, I voted yes,” Abner said with a laugh.

“Then (Grayson) moved our prom up. It is what it is. (Prom) is part of the high school experience, too. I’d rather it (coincide) with the county meet and get it over with than with region or (state) sectionals.”

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Brice was named the top performer out of more than 80 prospects at the camp, earning a trip to Baltimore for the national finals in June.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pounder completed 126 of 202 passes (62 percent) for 1,759 yards and 19 touchdowns with just six interceptions last season.

Davis Mills, who threw for 2,267 yards and 26 TDs last season for Greater Atlanta Christian’s state runner-up team, was selected as the event’s No. 2-ranked underclassman. He is also a sophomore.

Brookwood sophomore Isaiah Grim was named the No. 7 underclassman and Lanier junior quarterback Tahj Tolbert also was one of the challenge’s top performers.

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have begun to look very real this season. The Creek in 2012, Mountain Bears haven’t made the View made the previous playoffs since 2010, their two meetings competifirst season, as a AAA tive in 1-0 and 2-0 losses. program. That season, still It completed turned the the only one that finished result around this season with a winning record, thanks to a second-half ended with a first-round surge that turned a 1-1 tie loss to Riverwood. into a 3-1 lead.

“I do, I really do (think Mill Creek got within we can make the play3-2 but couldn’t get the offs),” Cross said. “I think equalizer. we’ve got the talent, the “We went up 3-1 and drive and the heart to do they got one more but it.” then we held them,” Cross The Bears gradusaid. “They’re very good. ated eight seniors off last All it would have taken year’s squad, but returned was one mistake and it plenty of young talent for would have been tied.” what will be Cross’ first Instead, it was a full season as head coach confidence-boosting because she missed the win for a team off to its last half of last season and strongest start at the Class all but one region game AAAAAA level. while on maternity leave.

Mountain View, now The revamped unit — its 7-3 overall and 1-2 early only three seniors are in region play, has state Ansley Roley, Katy Mcplayoff aspirations that Corkle and Allison Ste-

PREP SOCCER STANDINGS Region 8-AAAAAA Boys Team Region Overall Parkview 4-0 7-2 Central Gwinnett 3-0 7-2 Grayson 3-1 8-4 Brookwood 3-2 11-2 Berkmar 2-2 6-5 Archer 2-3 4-5-1 Dacula 1-3 5-5-1 Shiloh 1-4 4-6-1 South Gwinnett 0-4 2-7 Girls Team Region Overall Grayson 4-0 9-2 Parkview 4-0 7-2 Brookwood 4-1 6-6 Central Gwinnett 2-1 5-3 Dacula 2-2 4-6-1 Berkmar 1-3 2-8 South Gwinnett 1-3 1-9 Archer 1-4 5-6 Shiloh 0-5 2-9

Region 7-AAAAAA Boys Team Region Overall Collins Hill 3-0 5-5 Meadowcreek 2-1 9-2-1 North Gwinnett 2-1 8-2 Mill Creek 2-1 5-4 Duluth 1-1 7-2 Norcross 1-2 7-4 Peachtree Ridge 0-2 5-5 Mountain View 0-3 3-6-1 Girls Team Region Overall Collins Hill 3-0 8-2 North Gwinnett 3-0 7-3 Peachtree Ridge 2-0 6-4 Duluth 1-1 4-4 Mountain View 1-2 7-3 Mill Creek 1-2 4-5 Meadowcreek 0-3 5-7 Norcross 0-3 2-8

phens — has fared very well through 10 games heading into a key Region 7-AAAAAA match with

Peachtree Ridge tonight.

Dacula Soccer Club teammates Ashley Lewis, a junior, and Taylor

Gimbert, a sophomore, have provided the offense, including all three goals against Mill Creek. Lewis scored all three of those off assists from Gimbert, who has 15 assists and 10 goals this season. Lewis has 30 goals already and nine assists.

“They are an awesome combination up at the top,” Cross said. “They do really well about the give and take, overlapping, they communicate very well and position themselves very well to make plays and create opportunities.”

Paige Taylor and Alexis Henderson have been solid players in the Mountain View defense, while Cynthia Arackal also has provided a nice boost to the midfield. Those three players, and most of the team’s contributors, will be back next season.

“I do see lot of huge growth coming our way (in the future),” Cross said. “We will graduate only three seniors as long as everybody stays healthy and with the program. If they do, we will be that much stronger and a little bit older next year.”

The Bears are pretty good this year, too, leaving high hopes for a strong finish in region play.

“You just think this is an amazing group of girls with the potential to take it all the way to state this year,” Cross said. “I’ve never seen a more committed, driven group of girls. It’s a great group with a lot of heart, positive attitudes. They’re very sweet young ladies, but with the drive to do what needs to get done this year.”

McCray

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“I think he’s one of those guys who just wants (else) doing it,” McCray to try something new,” recalled. “So I was like, Snell said. “If I had him as ‘What is that? Why isn’t a freshman right now, I’d anybody else doing it?’ It’s want him to do pole vault. not a very easy thing to do, … I thought about trying so I was like, ‘I want to do to make a jumper out of it.’” him, but if you really tack McCray has “done” it on (jumping) to a track quite well throughout his athlete when they’re really career, having worked to focused on … relays and become one of Georgia’s hurdles, that’s a lot.” top high school hurdlers Not that McCray over the past two seasons, wouldn’t take on the earning a medal in at least challenge of any of the one hurdling event at the jumping events if Snell or Class AAA state track and any of the other Buford field championships the coaches asked him to. past two years.

He already has helped And after placing third the team out by joining in the 300-meter intermeBuford’s 400 and 1,600 diate hurdles and fourth in relay teams, which he has the 110 high hurdles a year helped qualify for the state ago, he is ready to reach meet the past two seasons. more heights this year as In doing so, he also reBuford has moved up to vealed still more qualities Class AAAA for his senior that Snell believes have campaign. made McCray such a good However, Snell says hurdler. it’s more than his natural “I remember two years ability and his competitive ago, we basically won nature that has made Mcregion (7-AAA) because, Cray successful. and I wasn’t even going

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to run him because he had a sprained ankle, but points were so close, I basically pulled him out of the stands and said, ‘If you run the 110 hurdles, I think we can win region,’” Snell recalled. “He said, ‘Coach, let’s do it. Let’s roll.’

“More (often than not), he wants to be the guy who will anchor a relay. … He always has that kick at the end. He’s a finisher. He’s a good anchor in relays because he’s got that fight in him.”

Perhaps it’s the reason he seems to prefer the longer 300 hurdles event to the 110. He simply has more time to find that extra gear.

“Honestly, I don’t even know I have it,” McCray said. “As soon as I come around the backstretch, it’s just that something pops up in me and I just let it loose.”

It’s the same approach McCray hopes to use to

finish his senior season strong.

He already is ahead of where he was this time last year, with top times of 40.9 seconds in the 300 hurdles and 15.8 seconds in the 110.

But while he hopes to run well at this weekend’s Gwinnett County championship meet, his bigger goals are not only making it back to the state meet, and moving further up the podium when he gets there.

That will mean striving to break the 40-second mark in the 300 hurdles and better his time of 14.97 seconds in the 110 that he set in last year’s state prelims.

But he says he’s ready to do whatever it takes to get better.

“Right now, I’m ahead of where I was last year, so I’m proud of that,” McCray said. “I’m looking forward Buford’s Justin McCray leaps a hurdle for a portrait durto the competition. … ing a team practice at Buford High School on WednesThat’s going to make me day. (Staff Photo: David Welker) push myself harder.”

Slide WH: What did you learn from being around her?

TS: I definitely get my compassion and love for people and helping people from my mom. That’s what has steered me in this direction. I’m very fortunate that I’ve always known what I’ve wanted to do. I’ve been blessed that this has always been my passion and this is what I wanted to do.

WH: You never wavered?

TS: Nope. Through high school and through college, and over the summers when I came home, I would do respite care for kids and adults with special needs. It’s just always been my passion.

in eighth grade, she really wanted to try out for bells mean nothing to us. the cheerleading team. I We were in our own little remember sitting there for bubble over here. Coacha week at the dinner table ing brought me into the before that cheerleading school and the school into tryout and my dad was my classroom. The players trying to convince her love my students. They cheerleading is something help me in the morning you can do any time in get the kids off the bus. your life. You can decide They wait in the lobby.

WH: What kind of bas- junior year in high school They come into my room ketball player were you? that you want to cheer and throughout the day. If cheer. But if you want to TS: I was the kind of somebody’s absent, they play basketball, you have player who just wanted notice immediately. They to play this year. You can’t the basketball to shoot. I fight over who is going WH: What are the was like, ‘Give me the ball pick it up as a junior. She to push who to the buses. most severe cases you see and let me shoot.’ I played was upset but he finally That’s what I really, really here? Do you have kids in shooting guard and small convinced my sister to sign love. My kids love the girls and out of the hospital? up for basketball. Since she forward. Shooting was too because my kids’ faces TS: The Oakland played basketball, I wanted definitely my thing. light up when the girls Meadow kids are much to play basketball. She walk into the room and say more medically fragile started in eighth grade and WH: Were you and hey to them. That part is than the kids in my class I started in fifth grade. I (your older sister) Gina the most rewarding. today. I can have a max of similar as players at all? loved basketball. That was six students, so this year my life. … This is a funny TS: I think Gina was WH: Since you weren’t I have six students. Their story. We were out one day more aggressive and husplanning to coach origilabel is severely and proand my dad saw the license tled on the floor. She was nally, what have you foundly intellectually displate ‘WE SHOP.’ He said that player who did well learned from Year 1 to abled, so I would say from because she worked hard. I if you shop, we hoop. So now? the mentality of a newborn had more of the God-given my dad went and got the TS: It’s very, very com- anywhere up to the mental- talent to just shoot. That’s license plate, ‘WE HOOP.’ petitive. Thankfully I’ve ity of a 2-year-old. Most all I wanted to do. It’s bad, Everyone at Berkmar knew had talent over the years of them are non-verbal. that was my dad’s car. We but that’s what it was. that we’ve been able to Some can talk, say a word were so embarrassed by make it to the tournament here or there. Most of them it, but it was pretty true.

WH: Did you and her every year, only the top probably have cerebral My parents spent 11 years head-to-head much? eight of 13 make it. I hate palsy. Over the years of watching us play basketWere you competitive? to lose, so I’ve learned just teaching, I’ve seen anyball at Berkmar, my sister TS: Yeah, we would being patient, that winning where from car accidents for four years, me for four play. I would usually beat and losing is not the end of to shaken baby syndrome years and my brother for her and she would admit the world. The important to fetal alcohol syndrome. that if she were sitting three years because we thing is for them to grow There are a lot of different here. I had a little height overlapped one year. as an individual and a play- reasons why they are in a WH: Where’s your advantage on her, too. er and prepare them for class like this. family from?

She’s 5-8 and I’m 5-10. the next level. And have a TS: My parents are I don’t really remember good time. That’s what is WH: Did a light bulb from Pittsburgh, both of playing much with my most important. I have to come on as a fifth-grader brother. It was more with their families are all in remind myself it’s not all that this is what you that area, so both of them my sister, playing at the about winning because I’m wanted to do? were raised there. My dad YMCA with the guys up so competitive (laughs).

TS: I just remember say- there. At the time when joined the service so my ing, me and another friend, I was in high school my sister was born in VirginWH: Your mom (Rein fifth grade that we were brother was probably too ia, I was born in Chicago gina) was in the school going to do it. We became young to go. and my brother was born system too? peer helpers so we could in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

TS: She’s been retired help (the kids at Oakland) Shortly after my brother WH: Did you do a lot for three years now, but during the day. We both was born, we moved here of sports? she worked for Gwinnett just said when we get older TS: We’re just a basket- when I was 4. We’ve been County as a county nurse we’re going to become here ever since so this is ball family. My dad grew for Oakland Meadow teachers and help these my home. up playing all sports. I School. kind of kids. It just stuck.

WH: So are you an guess when I was in fifth grade and my sister was Atlanta sports fan or a

Pittsburgh sports fan?

TS: Pittsburgh comes first. I still cheer for the home teams but if they’re playing Pittsburgh, I have to go for the Steelers over the Falcons. It’s just instilled in us. There are a lot of Steelers fans around here and for the most part Atlanta fans tolerate Steelers fans pretty well since they’re not in the same division and only play every four years. It was cool that they came this year to Atlanta. My sister and I tailgated and we had a lot of fun.

WH: What was it like growing up in the Lilburn, Berkmar area back then?

TS: It was totally different. When I’ve gone to Berkmar now, I feel completely disconnected just because the school looks so different, even from the outside everything has changed so much.

It feels like a different school.

looked forward to playing in ‘The Pit.’ It had the student section down there underneath the goal, most gyms didn’t have that.

WH: Who would you say is the best player you played with or against?

TS: I remember (Brookwood’s) Joannah Kauffman. Playing against her was so stressful because she was so good and so tall. I always dreaded playing South Gwinnett, too, because they were so stacked, that was when they went 33-0. (South grad) Betsy Foy is a year behind me and we play against each other every year now because she coaches at Jones Middle and we play Jones. We’re good friends. We keep in touch. She invited me to play in that co-ed league initially. I played with her team initially. The following season she ended up not playing and I recruited my sister and brother to play.

WH: What is it about Dacula Middle? What keeps you here?

TS: I love it here so much. (Dacula High girls) Coach (Jason) Adams has even said, ‘Would you consider teaching (at the high school) and helping me (coach) full time? There’s no way I’d ever leave. I’m so attached to my students, my co-workers. I have the best setup. I’ve always said if you love the job you do and love the people you work with, there’s no reaWH: Do you miss the son to ever leave. I feel like I’m part of a small percentold Berkmar gym? I age of people in this world love that place.

TS: That was really sad who can say they love to know they built a new both. Dr. (Kellye) Riggins, gym. I think everyone in the principal, is awesome.

The people here are great. the county loved playIt would be really, really ing in that gym. Even if hard to leave. you didn’t go there, you WH: What did you do back then for fun?

TS: As a high-schooler, I was such a dork. All I cared about was school and basketball. I was so lame. I always say I was an undercover dork because people always thought I was cool because I played varsity basketball for four years. I was like, ‘Somebody’s going to figure out I’m really not that cool, I’m just good at basketball.’

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Coles’ OT goal lifts Duluth girls LAX past Peachtree Ridge From Staff Reports DULUTH — Ansley Coles scored with 32 seconds left in overtime to lift Duluth’s girls lacrosse team to a 9-8 win over Peachtree Ridge on Thursday night at Cecil Morris Stadium.

Mary-Mikell Botting and Rebecca Graham each added a hat trick, while goaltender Emma Ford made seven saves as the Wildcats (6-3 overall, 3-1 in Area 4-AAAAAA) posted their first-ever win the neighborhood rival Lions.

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Grayson 17, Brookwood 10 LOGANVILLE — Austyn Gorski scored eight goals as Grayson defeated Brookwood 17-10 in a non-Area 4-AAAAAA crossover game Thursday at Grayson Community Stadium.

Kadesha Coleman had 11 saves in goal as the Rams improved to 7-2 on the season.

Norcross 21, Rockdale Co. 7 CONYERS — Maddie Godleski scored six goals and Rachel Holmes added five goals, three assists, and seven draw controls to help Norcross blow past Rockdale County 21-7 Thursday on the road.

The Blue Devils (6-3) also got contributions from Diana Bang (two goals, draw control), Armani Goss (two goals), Alondra Garcia (two draw controls, two groundballs), Jessee Hoge (four goals, assist, three draw controls), Sarah Nasuti (goal, assist, draw control) and Aya Acey (goal, assist).

BOYS TENNIS BOYS TENNIS Collins Hill 5, Mountain View 0 LAWRENCEVILLE — Collins Hill boys tennis swept Mountain View 5-0 Thursday at Rhodes Jordan Park. The Eagles (7-6, 3-3 region) got singles wins from Lorenzo Manacop, Luke Eafano and Paolo Aguisanda.

Doubles winners were Steven Heizler and Andrew Bell at No. 1 and Ross Hastings and Alex Padvorac.

Brookwood 5, Central 0 LAWRENCEVILLE — The Brookwood boys tennis team remained unbeaten with a 5-0 win over Central Gwinnett at Flowers Crossing on Thursday.

The Broncos (16-0, 8-0 region) got singles wins from Ryan Pridgen, Ben Chong and Austin Ryan. Doubles winners were

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Who: Cameron Carson School: Brookwood Class: Senior Sport: Soccer Highlights: Assisted on five Bronco goals in a 9-0 win over South Gwinnett Coach Jeff Becker’s take: “Cameron has been a vital part of the Brookwood offense for the last two years. Her fitness, speed and crossing ability make her a powerful winger, and she is never afraid to run at opposing defenders. She is a committed and unselfish teammate as evidenced by her five assists against South.”

Who: Riley King School: Collins Hill Class: Junior Sport: Baseball Highlights: Went 4-for-5 with a double, two home runs and five RBIs in a 14-13 win over Pelham (Ala.) Coach Paul Pierce’s take: “I am really excited for Riley. This award is a byproduct of the attitude, work ethic and mentality he brings to not only the ball park each day, but to the weight room as well.”

Daniel Drake and Jacob Mallow and Alzaeem Ukani and Nick Porcelli.

North 5, Lambert 0 SUWANEE — North Gwinnett boys tennis swept host Lambert 5-0 Thursday afternoon. The Bulldogs (6-5) got singles victories from Ryan Olps, Whit Duncan and Harrison Pruett.

Doubles tandems of Carson Southard and Ethan Gilenson, and Colton Baker and Blair Redmond won as well.

Providence 5, Athens Christian 0 ATHENS —Providence Christian boys improved to 3-5 with a 5-0 sweep of host Athens Christian Thursday. The Storm picked up singles points from Chris Elam, Andrew Duffie and Griffin Hendricks. Doubles points came from Zach Beavers and Bobby Rogers, along with Christian Holak and Ben Ellison.

GAC 4, Wesleyan 1 PEACHTREE CORNERS — A doubles sweep by the No. 1 team of Kris Ippolito and Lane Langston and the No. 2 team of Braden Clinebell and Will Primos helped pace Greater Atlanta Christian’s 4-1 win over rival Wesleyan in Region 6-AA action Thursday.

The Spartans (7-2, 2-1) also got wins at No. 1 singles from Alex Kahn and No. 2 singles from Andrew Chitty.

Edmund Wang posted the only win for the Wolves (0-6, 0-2) at No. 3 singles.

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from both Michael Hicks and Ryan Coots.

Mill Creek 4, South Forsyth

HOSCHTON — Mill Creek swept the singles matches en route to a 4-1 win over South Forsyth on Thursday at home.

Kyle Mendoza won at No. 1 singles, while No. 2 singles Shawn Tribble and No. 3 singles Colin Pendleton were also victorious.

The Hawks (4-7) also got a win from their No. 2 doubles team of Parker Wright and Jake Fowler.

Meadowcreek 3, Habersham Central 2 MT. AIRY — Meadowcreek ran its season record to 7-3 win a 3-2 road win at Habersham Central on Thursday behind singles wins from No. 1 Angel Llerena and No. 2 Jhon Llerena.

The Mustangs also got a victory from their No. 1 doubles team of Denny Vuong and DeAndre Bellows.

Parkview 5, Archer 0 LILBURN — Parkivew swept to a 5-0 win in Region 8-AAAAAA play over Archer on Thursday at home.

The Panthers (13-2) got singles wins from Dustin Bowie at No. 1, Andrew Joel at No. 2 and Davis Orr at No. 3, while the No. 1 team of Brenden Taliaferro and Dustin Bowie and the No. 2 team of Martin Korgi and Will Carroll earned the doubles points.

North Oconee 5, Buford 0 BOGART — Buford fell to North Oconee 5-0 in a Region 8-AAAA road match Thursday, dropping the Wolves to 7-6 overall and 5-3 in region for the season.

GIRLS TENNIS GIRLS TENNIS Buford 5, North Oconee 0 BOGART — Buford swept past host North Oconee 5-0 in Region 8-AAAA play Thursday.

No. 1 Annalea Stevens, No. 2 Bailey McCammon and No. 3 Tamia Wayne earned singles points, while the No. 1 doubles team of Savannah Whaley and Abbey Mitchell and the No. 2 team of Peyton Wolfe and Katie Quinn also won for the Wolves (12-1, 8-0), who remained unbeaten in region play.

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Mill Creek 5, South Forsyth

HOSCHTON — Singles wins from No. 1 Kayleigh Hahn, No. 2 Abbi Jordan and No. 3 Kirsten Nichols helped spark Mill Creek to a 5-0 sweep over South Forsyth on Thursday at home.

The Hawks (6-5) also got doubles wins from No. 1 Madison Walsh and Lauren Walsh

and No. 2 Emilee Martinez and Sarabeth Jordan.

Habersham Central 3, Meadowcreek 2 MT. AIRY — Meadowcreek was edged 3-2 by host Habersham Central on Thursday.

The Mustangs fell to 2-8 on the season despite wins from No. 2 singles player Paulina Ponze and the No. 1 doubles team of Leslie Ramos and Sonia Martinez.

Brookwood 5, Central Gwinnett 0 LAWRENCEVILLE — Brookwood swept Central Gwinnett 5-0 in Region 8-AAAAAA action Thursday at Flowers Crossing.

No. 1 singles Christina Bugg, No. 2 singles Leticia Coelho and No. 3 singles Ariel Charles all won for the Broncos (8-3, 7-0), while No. 1 Esther DeMiguel and Emily Bauer and No. 2 Hannah Mason and Katie Derreberry got the doubles points.

Wesleyan 5, GAC 0 PEACHTREE CORNERS — Wesleyan defeated GAC 5-0 in a Region 6-AA match on Thursday at Wesleyan.

Sophia Strickland, Lauren Alexander and Savannah Strickland all won singles matches for the Wolves (7-1-2, 2-0), while the No. 1 team of Kaitlin English and Leila Jordan and the No. 2 team Elizabeth Bruehl and Katie McLaughlin won doubles matches.

The Spartans fell to 5-4 overall and 1-2 in region play.

Parkview 5, Archer 0 LILBURN —Parkview girls tennis swept Archer at home Thursday afternoon.

Ally Blake, Sierra Larkin and Renee Cunningham picked up singles wins for the Panthers.

Doubles winners were Jordan Verdi and Savannah Larkin and Joyce Youngblood and Cassidy Carswell.

Providence 5, Athens Christian 0 ATHENS —The Providence

GIRLS GIRLS GOLF GOLF

Christian girls kept rolling Thursday afternoon with a 5-0 sweep of host host Athens Christian. The Storm (7-1) got singles victories from Alexis Trammell, Grae Auman and Nikki Wu. Doubles tandems of Carly Dubay and Maryellyn Brannon and Kayla Farhy and Lindsey Pitts.

North 5, Northview 0 SUWANEE — North Gwinnett girls tennis improved 10-1 with a 5-0 sweep at home against Northview Thursday afternoon. Lane Kunin, Emma Fleming and Jada Tijani were singles winners. Doubles teams of Emma Etelalahti and Mimi Zhang and Katie Tharp and Lauren Claft were also victorious.

Collins Hill 5, Mountain View 0 LAWRENCEVILLE — Collins Hill girls tennis defeated Mountain View 5-0 at Rhodes Jordan Park on Thursday. The Eagles (8-4, 3-2) got singles victories from Amanda Gautreaux, Jamie Lunceford and Drew Banta. Doubles points came from Lexi Owensby and Bre Sterling and Jenna Wagner and Emily Wang.

BOYS GOLF GOLF BOYS

Wesleyan 85, GAC 87 JOHNS CREEK —Alissa Yang shot a 3-over par 39 to help pacer Wesleyan past rival Greater Atlanta Christian 85-87 on Thursday at St. Ives Country Club.

Elizabeth Mizzell shot 40 to lead the Spartans.

Brookwood 130, Parkview 152 SNELLVILLE — Harmanprit Kaur’s even-par 36 helped Brookwood defeat rival Parkview 130-152 Thursday at Summit Chase Country Club.

The Broncos also got scores of 41 from Kaitlyn Cundiff and 53 from Dhani McDowell.

Hulu Fasil was low medalist for the Panthers with a 45.

BASEBALL BASEBALL Wesleyan 18, B.E.S.T. Academy 0 ATLANTA — Andy Archer (1-0) retired all nine hitters he faced, striking out seven of them, while Wesleyan pounded out 14 hits in an 18-0 win at B.E.S.T. Academy on Thursdasy.

Cole Mannion was 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBIs, while Drew Aspinwall went 2-for-3 with one double and three RBIs for the Wolves (12-2 overall, 3-0 in Region 6-AA).

GAC 15, KIPP Atlanta 0 NORCROSS — Andrew Schultz (2-1) allowed no hits and struck out 10 in four innings as GAC routed KIPP Atlanta 15-0 Thursday at Hester Field.

Doug DeBoer went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs, while Lucas Boudreau added a two-run home run and Peyton McGuire was 3-for-4 with two RBIs to help the Spartans improve to 14-2 overall and 4-0 in Region 6-AA.

Hebron 184, George Walton 187 DACULA — The Hebron Christian boys golf team remained unbeaten with a 184187 victory over George Walton Thursday afternoon at Hamilton Athens Christian 1, Mill Golf Club. The low round Providence 0 of the day for the Lions (6-0) ATHENS — Providence came from Ryan Bilancini, who Christian fell in nine innings shot a 45. Tommy Walsh and at Athens Christian Thursday 3C4FY4BB81T695485 Jaden Miller each shot a 47 for night.

Hebron. George Walton’s Reed Starter Carey Spratling didn’t 2000 FORD WINDSTA Heleman posted the day’s2FMZA5243YBB42270 low- factor into the decision for the est score with a 37.

Storm (9-4, 2-2) after he threw six scoreless innings. He gave WDBDA29D0PG062756 Brookwood 170, up five hits and one walk, Parkview 186 while striking out eight.

2001 NISSAN MAXIMA JN1CA31D71T618187 SNELLVILLE — Alex Weisel’s Reliever Evan Porter (1-1, 1 *** REBUILT *** 40 helped lift Brookwood save) took the loss as he gave past Region 8-AAAAAA rival 1999 BUICKup LESABRE an unearned run in the 1G4HR52K9XH466652 Parkview 170-186 on Thursday ninth. Porter pitched two 1/3 at Summit Chase Country1998 Club.

SATURN SC2 innings, gave up two hits and 1G8ZH127XWZ225105 The Broncos also got scores struck out two. He was also of 42 from Jack Bleckley, 43 at the plate, recording 2006 FORD1-for-3 FREESTYLE from Chase Coleman and 1FMZK01106GA42608 45 Providence’s lone hit.

2005 KIA SEDONA KNDUP131X56651552 2001 INFINITI I30 JNKCA31A61T016396 1996 HONDA ACCORD 1HGCD7258TA004624

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136370A157785

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PUBLIC HEARINGS

2001 Chevrolet Tahoe (Tag: No Tag) VIN: 1GNEK13T81R214847

2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE (Tag: No Tag) VIN: 1GNEC13Z22R239715

PUBLIC NOTICE An application for an alcohol beverage permit to serve beer, wine and distilled spirits has been filed with the City of Norcross, Georgia by the following party at the following location, to wit: Applicant/Owner: Imtiaz Hannan Chondhury Registered Agent: Imtiaz Hannan Chondhury Business Name: ASI Retail & Sales, Inc. Dba Citgo Food 1804 Beaver Ruin Rd Norcross, GA 30071 9 0 4 - 2 4 2 8 7 0 , 3/6,11,12,13,18,19,20, 25,26,27

This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by APRIL 1, 2015.

This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by MARCH 25, 2015.

The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: German Performance 1 Corp 2144 Parkwood Rd, Snellville, GA 30078

The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: BEST CHOICE AUTO SALES 2992 MAIN STREET WEST, SUITE 204, SNELLVILLE, GA 30078

PUBLIC HEARINGS

This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by APRIL 1, 2015.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: South East Transportation4138 Arcadia Industrial Circle- Lilburn, GA 2012 Jonway Scooter/Moped VIN# L8YTCAPX2CH500432 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 4/15/15.

928-246654, 3/27,4/3 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.11-2, is being stored at: AUTOTRONIC ATL 3781 Highway 78 W 2004 BMW 4S (Tag: No Tag) VIN# WBAGN63484D550888 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by APRIL 1, 2015.

---------------------------------The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: Integrity Auto and Body 3620 McGinns Park Drive, Suwanee, GA 30024 2001 Ch

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2005 Acura 4S (Tag: No Tag) VIN: 19UUA65515A079137 1995 Mercedes Benz 4S (Tag: No Tag) VIN# WDBHA22E7SF308575

928-241516, 3/20,27 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLES The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.11-2, is being stored at: SPEEDY GONZALEZ FULL SERVICE INC. 4959 BUFORD HIGHWAY, NORCROSS, GA 30071 2001 INFINITI QX4 (Tag: No Tag) VIN# JNRDR09X21W204594 1996 MERCEDES BENZ C36 (Tag: No Tag) VIN# WDBHM36EOTF331835 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY (Tag: No Tag) 4TBG22K1XU390782 1998 TOYOTA CAMRY (Tag: No Tag) 4T1BF22K9WU054072 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by MARCH 25, 2015.

---------------------------------The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: QUALITY CARE AUTO SALES 2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE

2003 CHEVY MONTE (Tag: No Tag) VIN: 2G1WW12E24925771 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by MARCH 25, 2015.

The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40.112, is being stored at: SUKEY’S AUTO REPAIR 1997 FORD F150 (Tag: No Tag) VIN: 1FTDF0768VKA11155 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by MARCH 25, 2015.

928-245488, 3/20,27 LEGAL NOTICE RONALD REAGAN PARK REHABILITATION REQUEST FOR STREAM BUFFER VARIANCE The Gwinnett County Department of Parks and Recreation has applied for a variance under Provisions of the Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act O.C.G.A. 12-7-1 et seq. Gwinnett County Parks is proposing a park rehabilitation project at Ronald Reagan Park, 2777 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lawrenceville. The proposed project will include vegetated gabion walls to address an eroding streambank. The gabions will be accessed by a new stone path composed of boulders and 57 stone that will tie into an existing stone path. The gabion/stone path portion of this project will impact approximately 185 linear feet of stream buffer.

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1995 GMC JIMMY 1GKDT13W2S2527905

PUBLIC HEARINGS This project will also include reforestation/enhancement of 12,540 square feet of buffer area. The application requests variance for a total of 1,365 linear feet of stream buffer disturbance along an unnamed tributary of Yellow River.

The public is invited to comment during the 30-day period from the date of publication of this notice on the proposed activity. A copy of the application can be reviewed by contacting Luisa Mazzei with Foresite Group, Inc. at 770-368-1399.

Parties interested in commenting on this project should submit written comments to: Program Manager, NonPoint Source Program, Erosion and Sedimentation Control Unit, 2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, S.W., Suite 1456 Atlanta, Georgia 30334.

928-246705, 3/27

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS PUBLIC AUCTION There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Eagle Towing, located at 115 Arcado Rd., Lilburn, GA, 30047, 770-279-1646.

Saturday March 28th @ 1pm The following vehicles, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5 as follows: 2003 Ford Taurus VIN: 1FAFP55S13G233285 2004 Ford Expedition VIN: 1FMRU13W74LA79443 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse VIN: 4A3AC84H41E057555 2001 Saturn SL2 VIN: 1G8ZK52731Z359388 2000 Audi A4 VIN: WAUDC28D5YA104823 1992 Cadillac Deville VIN: 1G6CD53B7N4238670 929-244215, 3/13,20,27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at 4138 Arcadia Industrial Cir Lilburn, GA 04/05/2014 at 9:00 A.M. the following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: 2002 Honda Accord Vin JHMCG 66582C007356 929-245301, 3/20,27

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS

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PUBLIC AUCTION There will be sold at public auction on Tuesday March 31, 2015 at 11:00 am the following vehicles at LATIN TIRE SERVICES, 3375 STONE MOUNTAIN HWY, SNELLVILLE, GA 30078, 1992 ACURA LEGEND, VIN: JH4KA7662NC033029.

PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2 PECAN & MELROSE ESTATE, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S).

Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www.swsatlanta.com

AL’S AUTO REPAIR. 6020 BUFORD HWY. SUITE C., NORCROSS, GA. 30071, 1993 FORD F150, VIN: 1FTEX15N5PKB60837, 2006 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT VIN: 4A3AK34T66E006060. .

1981 STATLER MH GDWSGA34805817 525 MUSEUM CIR LOT 30 JONESBORO GA 30236 7037

MASTER AUTO REPAIR, 4376 LILBURN INDUSTRIAL WAY, SUITE-L. LILBURN, GA. 300472004 CHRYSLER SEABRING, VIN: 1C3EL46R64N264038.

DZ MECHANIC MOTORS LLC. 3668 WILLOW WOOD WAY. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. 30044, 2000 ACURA 3.2TL, VIN: 19UUA5661YA038206; 2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU, VIN: 1G1ND52J916206101, 1999 PONTIAC MONTANA, VIN: 1GMDX03E5XD146526 and KING KONG GARAGE LLC, 6460 BUFORD HWY, SUITE C-4. DORAVILLE, GA. 30340, 2011 AUDI A4, VIN: WAUAFAFL1BN044599, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 40-11-5 929-245504, 3/20,27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagetreasures.com on April 10, 2015 at 9:00 AM for the Space Shop storage facility located at: 2050 Gravel Springs Rd Buford, GA 30519 770.271.4220 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

A236 Hyppolite, Isabelle Household Goods G860 Fooks, Rodger Household Goods 929-246687, 3/27,4/3

1970 DETROITER MH GJ020090 7735 TARA BLVD LOT A07 JONESBORO GA 30236 7038

1981 CHAMPION MH 0413457299 7735 TARA BLVD C17 JONESBORO GA 30236 7035 1973 FLAMINGO MH 1406334 525 MUSEUM CIT LOT 17 JONESBORO GA 30236 7035 1972 SARATOGO TRIO 10794 525 MUSEUM CIT LOT 10 JONESBORO GA 30236 7031 1969 RICHARDSON MH 260A2BA35993 7677 TATA BLVD LOT 31 JONESBORO GA 30236 7029 1973 CONCORD MH 3334245980 151 MUSEUM CIRCLE LOT 8 JONESBORO GA 30236 7015 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON 4/10/2015 AT 10 AM. THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT 929-246772, 3/27,4/3 STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE INC. 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE NORCROSS, GA 30071 PHONE: 770-381-1140 FAX: 770-935-9651 THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON MARCH 28, 2015. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 28 MARZO 2015 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO

01. 1999 MERCEDES-BENZ E320 WDBJF65H0XA846149

PUBLIC SALES/ 1X27D6W159671 AUCTIONS JN8HD17Y3SW001141 22. 1998 NISSAN MAXIMA JN1CA21D1WT521486 23. 2003 FORD EXPLORER 1FMZU73K83UB12698

02. 1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 1G2WJ52MXWF264146

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1997 MAZDA MX-5 MIATA JM1NA3536V0721390

03. 2000 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 1G2WJ52J4YF161782

25. 2003 LINCOLN AVIATOR 5LMEU78H93ZJ52980

04. 2003 TOYOTA MATRIX 2T1KR32EX3C087831

26.

1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE 1GNEC13R0XJ540294

05. 1997 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 1B4GP44R5VB409615

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1999 OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1G3NL52E9XC303337

06. 2010 CHEVROLET AVEO KL1TD6DE4AB085433

28. 2000 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT JA4LS31H0YP020825

07. 2001 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER 3C4FY4BB81T695485

29. 2004 DODGE DURANGO 1D4HB48D34F162092

08. 2000 FORD WINDSTAR 2FMZA5243YBB42270

30. 1996 ACURA 3.5RL JH4KA964XTC009195

09. 1993 MERCEDES-BENZ 190E WDBDA29D0PG062756

31. 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA 1NXBR32E83Z031207

10. 2001 NISSAN MAXIMA JN1CA31D71T618187 *** REBUILT *** 11. 1999 BUICK LESABRE 1G4HR52K9XH466652 12. 1998 SATURN SC2 1G8ZH127XWZ225105

32. 1997 BMW 740i WBAGF8326VDL46267 33. 2006 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID JHMFA36236S022314 34. 2002 GMC ENVOY 1GKDS13SX22241767

13. 2006 FORD FREESTYLE 1FMZK01106GA42608

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1995 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 1J4FX58S5SC739420

14. 2005 KIA SEDONA KNDUP131X56651552

36. 1995 FORD EXPLORER 1FMDU32XXSUB38539

15. 2001 INFINITI I30 JNKCA31A61T016396

37. 1994 DODGE RAM PICKUP 1500 1B7HC16YXRS547310

16. 1996 HONDA ACCORD 1HGCD7258TA004624 17. 2002 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY 2C4GP54322R510547 18.

1970 CHEVROLET MALIBU 136370A157785 19. 1995 GMC JIMMY 1GKDT13W2S2527905 20. 1976 CHEVROLET NOVA 1X27D6W159671 21. 1995 NISSAN PATHFINDER JN8HD17Y3SW001141

38. 2005 HYUNDAI SONATA KMHWF25S25A188953 39. 1990 HONDA ACCORD JHMCB7566LC038444 40. 2007 DODGE CHARGER 2B3KA43G67H866282 41. 2005 KIA SPECTRA5 KNAFE161755074430 42. 2005 FORD EXPLORER 1FMZU62K15ZA48229 43. 1997 HONDA CIVIC 1HGEJ8144VL002585 929-245518, 3/20,27

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS

NOTICE OF SALE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Unit # 14 Natalie Payton Unit # 170 Brittany Thomas Unit # 248 Gyliane Alexandre Unit # 601 Michael Asumda Upon a cursory inspection the units were found to contain: Unit #14 space heaters, home goods Unit # 170 Dresser and Matching Desk Unit # 248 Clothing display racks, Office chairs, Display cases, maniacs.

Unit # 601 Paintings, Suit cases, home goods, Home Décor, TVs, Lighting ITEMS WILL BE SOLD OR DISPOSED OF AT THIS SITE ON Friday, April 3, 2015 at 11:00 AM AT THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW TO SATISFY OWNER LIEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE STATUES. TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH ONLY, NO CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL GOODS ARE SOLD IN “AS IS” CONDITION. TAX MUST BE PAID OR RESALE NUMBERS FURNISHED. BUYERS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN LOCKS IF NEEDED. SELLER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO OVERRIDE ALL BIDS. ALL ITEMS OR SPACES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ON DATE OF SALE. 929-246154, 3/25,27

PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2 NALLEY BMW, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S).

2004 BMW X3 WBXPA93404WA66376/ GR

WILL BE AUCTIONED ON 4/9/2015 AT 10 AM. THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT 1606 CHRUCH ST DECATUR GA 30035 6381 929-246776, 3/27,4/3

PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2 ALLAN VIGIL FORD, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S).

2008 FEATHERLITE ENCLOSED TRAILER 16HGB282X8H172468/ GR WILL BE AUCTIONED ON 4/9/2015 AT 10 AM. THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT 1606 CHRUCH ST DECATUR GA 30260 6440 929-246777, 3/27,4/3

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- Clean-Ups - Hauling - Pruning - Mulching - Hedge Trimming - Landscaping And More!

Call Steve for Free Quote OFC. 678-615-2655 CELL 770-616-5448

SERENITY LAWN CARE

CALL OR TEXT

404.886.3587 Established 1989 ROOFING

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Free Estimates Licensed/Insured Member BBB

• Any Lawn Work!

Including: Landscape Design using any material Trimming & debris Clean Up • Pressure Washing

770-476-3539

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Email girardroofing@gmail.com

Law Enforcement

MAINTENANCE

SR. POLICE OFFICER The City of Forest Park is accepting applications for fulltime Certified and Non-Certified Police Officers.

Excellent Benefits. Add’l pay for: College Degrees, Police Experience, Bilingual and Special Police Certifications.

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

CASH IN! On an Unwanted Item, Run a Gwinnett Daily Post Ad

PART-TIME

HOUSES FOR SALE

HOUSES FOR SALE

OFFICE ASSISTANT Part-time, 1PM-5:30PM Mon. through Fri. Legal office, basic computer skills, filing, errands, valid driver’s license required. Fax resume to 770-822-2913

EATONTON, GA 31024

SOCIAL CIRCLE GA 30025

PRICE REDUCTION! PEMCO-HUD HOME #105-768378 141 Bearcreek Rd, Amazing Modular Home w/4BR/2.5BA On .55 Acre Lot in Walking Distance to Lake Sinclair & Nearby Marina. $116,800.

EHO. Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

UNDER CONTRACT! PEMCO-HUD HOME #105-066116 4820 Partee Trail Lovely 2 Story Cape Cod nestled among hardwoods on 2.54 acre lot.

2BR/2BA • $89,250 UNINSURED - EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

Energy Control Technician Gwinnett County Public Schools is seeking a Energy Control Technician.

The ideal candidate will be competent in Energy Management and Automated control systems with a minimum (4) years of Energy Management System operations or related experience, including direct experience in building automation and control of HVAC Systems, Freezer Cooler, Lighting and Alarm systems. Seeking team orientation, proven problem solving skills, excellent communication skills and customer focus.

Position requires working with skilled technicians, suppliers, contractors and others to trouble shoot and correct problems, and to identify opportunities to improve processes. High School Diploma is required and Bachelor’s Degree in a Technical Field is preferred.

Apply Online to Job ID 39103 And fax cover letter and resume 678-377-3957

If your old stuff is collecting dust, it could be collecting cash!

classifieds TRAINING/ SCHOOLS

BECOME A NURSING ASSISTANT IN 3 WEEKS!

*Payment plans available

SALES/ CANVASSING. Established company.

13-15 hours per week, $260 base plus gas and bonus.

Call 770-294-3848.

Protection Services Inc. is a well-established traffic control sales and rental company. We are currently looking for qualified applicants to join our team of service in our Conyers, GA location for the following position:

30 ACRES MONROE, GA 30655

Protection Services Inc. 2105 Sigman Rd., NW Conyers, GA 30012 770-760-8300

An Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities and Women are Encouraged to Apply

• Great Road System • Long Creek Frontage Frontage On The Oconee River.

Starting at Only $4,500 Per Acre www.greathomesite. com

HOT NEW LISTING!

UNDER CONTRACT! OFORI-HUD HOME # 105-521126 790 Mount Zion Rd NW, Conyers Ranch On Spacious 5-Acres.

3BR/2BA $80,000 - EHO Insured w/Escrow.

Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com CONYERS, GA 30013

UNDER CONTRACT! PEMCO - HUD HOME # 105-437597 1316 White Oak Ct. Spacious 4BR/3BA Ranch With Full Finished Basement On A Cul-De-Sac Lot With Your Own Babbling Creek. $85,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

404-313-1188

GOOD HOPE, GA 30641

5 ACRE CORNER LOT!

2209 Preston Rd. All Brick 1-1/2 Story 3BR/2.5BA w/ Full Unfinished Basement $225,000 USDA Eligible EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com GWINNETT, LAWRENCEVILLE

Potential retail/office space 500-2200sf or restaurant approx.

2200sf. Located in downtown Lawrenceville.

Convenient to all major highways, parking.

Call 404-372-1369.

CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE COVINGTON - Lawnwood Memorial Park Veterans Section.

Double plot for Veteran & spouse. $1350.87 for both. 678-342-9095.

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

HOUSES FOR RENT

Amazing Home Tucked Away In A Cul-De-Sac On A Full Basement.

4BR/2BA $170,900 - EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com OXFORD, GA 30054

UNDER CONTRACT! PEMCO - HUD HOME #105-193529 204 Cindy Ct. All Brick Ranch On .43 Acre 3BR/1BA Uninsured - $36,750 EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

If your old stuff is collecting dust, it could be collecting cash!

classifieds 770-962-SELL

JACKSON COUNTY

OCONEE RIVER

10 ACRES Wooded With Large Oak & Pine Trees.

882 Foot Of River Frontage. www.greathomesite. com 404-313-1188

LAND FOR SALE: ¡ GREENE CO, 290Ac.+/-, $1980/ ac Creek all site prep with planted pines 5000’ paved rd. frt. ¡ MADISON CO, 284 Ac.+/-, $2950/ ac Lake 20yr Planted pines 5000 ft. paved rd. frt.

CALL J.R. Smith with Southern Land Exchange Cell – 706.207.0152 or Office – 706.549.5050

APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR RENT

Duplex, lg yd, total elec, stove, fridge. $500 mo. $300 dep.

Sec. 8 ok. No pets.

770-513-3151

GWINNETT DUPLEXES

2 Communities!

One on Singleton Rd. & One on Law’villeSuwanee Rd.! 2BR & 3BR, 2BA, Fireplace, vaulted ceilings, off street parking.

Starting @ $850/mo.

B.C. PROPERTIES 770-446-1550 770-995-8828 MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR RENT

LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

BARROW-AUBURN

1-2-3 BEDROOMS

PORTERDALE, GA 30070

RECENTLY RENOVATED! 6 Spruce Street Nice 2BR/1BA Home.

New Roof, Fresh Paint, New Electrical, New Water Heater and Flooring Throughout The Home. $44,900.

Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

GWINNETT, GRAYSON 3BR/1.5BA RANCH on large lot in Archer school district. Central heat & air. Carport.

Available April 1st. $1095/mo. Call Pat @ 770-822-9706 or email patb@color-burst.com

Barrow, Auburn 2BR/1.5BA A Frame

In Mobile Home Community. Rent starting at $100/week.

Large Lots.

770-513-3151

COVINGTON PENDING APPROVAL

PEMCO-HUD HOME # 105-106738 55 Alanton Ct., Covington, GA 30016 3BR/2BA - Uninsured 203K Eligible $76,000 - EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

1054 Wildwood Lane Monroe, GA 30655

Protection Services Inc. offers competitive pay for the qualified candidate(s).

If you are interested in joining our team and feel you are qualified for the position mentioned above, please respond by bringing your resume, drivers license and SS card to:

17 ACRES

Wooded With Spring & Pond Site. Located Near I-85. $4,500 per acre. Owner, 404-313-1188

HEAVILY WOODED

CALL TODAY 770-912-3306

SERVICE PERSON The position requires a mechanically-inclined, hard-working individual to perform daily maintenance, set-up and pick-up of rental equipment and delivery of sales items within the branch territory. Some other services that we offer that the service person may partake in are the set-up of lane closures and detours, sign installations and flagging. Candidate must be available to work various shifts (day, night, weekends, etc.) and overtime as required. A current medical card and/or background in highway construction is preferred, but not required. The individual is required to possess a valid driver’s license, maintain a safe driving record, and operate a motor vehicle in a safe and efficient manner in accordance with all DOT regulations.

JACKSON COUNTY

JACKSON COUNTY

Snellville

GARDEN HELP NEEDED

PART TIME $12 AN HOUR 2-4 DAYS PER WEEK Duluth Area Off Sugarloaf Parkway 404-641-2418

HALL, BUFORD 3BR-2BA 49X27’ on quiet cul-de-sac in gated park, 5 min. from Lake Lanier. Fplc.

All appl. incl. W/D. GREAT PRICE! WON’T LAST! Call 770-995-4214.

•Dialysis Tech in 3 mo. •PCT •Pharmacy Tech •Medical Assistant

CONYERS, GA 30012

• Weeding • Clean Up • Planting • Pruning • Must Know Plants

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

770-962-SELL

PART-TIME

Growing Concrete Company needs

Experienced Tree Work 20+ Years

CALL

DRIVER

AUTOMOTIVE Family Owned and Operated Auto Dealership in Lawrenceville.

PRESSURE WASHING

770-780-9786

HOUSES FOR SALE

We are hiring now at our new Buford location.

MIKE’S TREE SERVICE

POWER WASHING

706-525-1881

EOE

CDL DRIVERS

LANDSCAPING/ LAWN CARE

* Lawns starting at $30

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cessful. The motorcycle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law.

RE: 2011 KAWASAKI JL250P SPORT MOTORCYCLE VIN LJ5PBA161B1040046 LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR BLACK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above motorcycle was initially removed from 405 Philip Boulevard, Lawrencville,GA, at Ten Oaks Apartments. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsucc

For a Free Estimate

Summer Seasoned

30 Years Experience Skilled in all trades Quality Work No job too large or small

PUBLIC NOTICE The following vehicle(s) are presently abandoned at the corresponding locations and have been foreclosed on in accordance with the 0.C.G.A. 40-11. If not claimed within the prescribed time these vehicle(s) will be auctioned at public auction on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 10am to the best and highest bidder. For further information please call 404-218-8524.

568 South Wind Drive Lilburn, GA. 30047 2014 Ram Truck 3C63RRBL9EG119934 929-245206, 3/20,27

RE: 2013 Jonway Sunny Scooter VIN L8YTCAPP2D4803079 LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR RED TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above scooter was initially removed from Rockbridge Road and Summercove Drive in Stone Mountain, Ga. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The scooter is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law.

***CALL TODAY!***

• General Repairs

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS

RE: 2008 Bashan 147cc Scooter VIN LHJLC79F68B003358 LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR GREY/BLACK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above scooter was initially removed from Patterson Road and Highway 29 in Lawrenceville, Ga. It is presently located at 770-3811140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The scooter is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law.

• Roofing • Basement Finishing • Kitchen Remodeling • Bath Remodeling • Additions • Decks • Fencing • Painting

H A N D Y M A N S E RV I C E

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS

STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE INC. 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE NORCROSS, GA 30071 PHONE: 770-381-1140 FAX: 770-935-9651 ABANDONED VEHICLES:

ROOFING & REMODELING

COUNTRY BOY TREE REMOVAL

Maintenance

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LANDSCAPING/ LAWN CARE

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HOME REPAIR/ REMODELING

SOUTH CAROLINA, LAKE KEOWEE Waterfront Cotttages Gated, Luxury Amenities! Lodge, Pool, Fitness Center, Boat Slips & more.

Other New & Resale Cottages From $130’s to $299’s!

1-888-663-1133 www.backwaterlanding. com Office Hours: Fri 8:30-4:00 Sat & Sun By Appointment Only

GWINNETT, DACULA 2BR/2BA Mobile home on pond. Not in park.

Storage bldg. included. $650/mo., $650 dep. + $40 app. 770-963-7904 ROOMMATE WANTED /ROOM FOR RENT GWINNETT, LAWRENCEVILLE: B’tiful furnished Bdrm in Senior comm. off 5 Forks Trickum. 3 meals a day, TV, bath, $1500/ mo. 770-833-1829

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gwinnettdailypost.com COMMERCIAL RENTALS Gwinnett County CONVENIENT LOCATIONS Snellville & Lawrenceville Small & Large Office Space Starting at $350 Per Month Call Marie Wilkins, Davis Realty, 678-849-3474

AUCTIONS

MISC. FOR SALE

RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT

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

Public Auction 11am Tuesday March 31, 2015

Visit photo gallery at

PETS/LIVESTOCK

samwillauction. com 706-202-2685 GAL2585

LOST & FOUND PETS

APPLIANCES

FOUND: SIAMESE CAT, long hair, in Winder near Rockwell Church Road.

678-975-4898

DRYER/WASHER $125 ea.; Super Capacity $175 ea.

Front Loader Set $450 & up; Regular Refrig. & Ranges $175 & up; SXS Refrig. $300 & up.

Dishwasher $100 & up.

Different colors. Del/ warr. Tim 404-205-2222

GARAGE SALES DACULA FRI. 3/27, 8a-2p. 635 Timber Ives Dr. Apalachee Farms subd. off Dacula Rd in Terraces section. New microwave, chess sets, carpet clnr., hshld., Christmas, Jr., men’s & women’s clothing, Boyd Bear collectibles.

VEHICLES

VEHICLES

VEHICLES

VEHICLES

FORD ESCAPE S, 2013 Sterling Gray, Stk#P7567 $17,425 800-PREOWNED

FORD FOCUS SE, 2014 Ruby Red, Stk#P7557 $13,788 800-PREOWNED

HONDA CIVIC SEDAN, 2013 Alabaster Silver Metallic, Stk#8237 $14,950 877-698-5030

LEXUS ES 350, 2014 Starfire Pearl, Stk#G140747L $35,990 770-680-1000

NISSAN ALTIMA S, 2012 Black, Stk#P7481A $12,907 800-PREOWNED

FORD ESCAPE S, 2013 Sterling Gray, Stk#P7567 $17,425 800-PREOWNED

FORD FUSION SE, 2011 Ingot Silver, Stk#P7403A $14,296 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS HS 250H, 2010 Silver Opal Mica, Stk#U40273 $19,990 770-680-1000

NISSAN ALTIMA SEDAN, 2012 Crimson Black Metallic, Stk#540211A $13,999 877-698-5030

LEXUS IS 250, 2011 Tungsten Pearl, Stk#U40285 $25,993 770-680-1000

NISSAN ROGUE SL, 2009 Gray, Stk#FC266811A $13,680 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

LEXUS IS 250, 2012 Cerulean Blue Metal, Stk#U40314 $27,993 770-680-1000

NISSAN SENTRA, 2011 Brilliant Silver, Stk#FL408716A $12,900 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

CHEVROLET IMPALA LT, 2013 Ashen Gray Metallic, Stk#8249 $13,550 877-698-5030

NICE LATE MODEL EQUIPMENT! Gwinnett, Lawrenceville AUTO BROKER SPACE AVAILABLE Office/Warehouses 1200 up to 18000 sf Mike 404-375-5438.

VEHICLES

VEHICLES

POLICE MILITARY DOG RUN: Extra heavy duty construction, 6’ high, 4’ wide, 12’ long, 2’ sec. door. $525. Grayson area. 847-471-4808

DIRTY BIRDS OF ATHENS 312 E WASHINGTON ST ATHENS, GA 30601

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CHEVROLET MALIBU LT, 2010 Taupe Gray, Stk#FP507612B $7,700 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FIREWOOD FIREWOOD- ALL Seasoned split red & white oak. $85 full size pick-up load delivered.

Camping firewood avail.

Call 770-560-3604.

LAWRENCEVILLE Sat. March 28, 8-2: 1237 Highfield Dr. Furniture, Kitchen/Kids/ Holiday items & more!

770-402-8500

LOST GERMAN SHEPHERD SINCE 3/20/15. Last seen on East Maddox Road and Old Hamilton Mill Road in Buford. Male black and Tan Adult. Very Friendly. Wearing vaccine tag and name tag.

The name and home address are on the tag.

Phone number no longer in service. Please help me get him back.

Is my Companion REWARD $250. 470-8484800

FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS BED QUEEN Pillow Top Mattress Set - NEW- still in plastic. Can Deliver. $200. 706-347-4814

LILBURN, 30047 HUGE garage sale.

Everything must go!

Large appliances, furniture, tools, lawn mower, generator, kitchen utensils. Boat w/trailer!

Sat/Sun, Mar 28/29, 8-6. 446 Francis Place, Lilburn

LEATHER SOFA & DINING SET LEATHER SOFA: Color - Tan; Dimensions - 82W x 36D x 36H; Good Condition - $200 DINING SET: Solid Pine Wood (Distressed Look); Table - Rectangle 67W x 35D x 30H; 6 Side Chairs - Cushioned; Good Condition - $500. 404-921-8180

LOGANVILLE, 30052 INCREDIBLE ESTATE SALE!!!

Gorgeous home & former antique dealer.

Moved to the beach & everything is being liquidated!

3 levels FULL of antiques, fine China, collectibles, vintage, designer shoes & clothes, 3 car garage full & basement full, too!

This is a HUGE Sale!

Home is for sale, too at $399,900!

Priced well below appraised value.

Fri. 3/27 & Sat. 3/28, 10 AM - 4 PM. 237 Chandler Walk off North Sharon Church Rd. Chandler Walk Subd. Cindy 678-357-6990.

FORD MUSTANG GT, 1994 CONVERTIBLE ONLY $3950. ONE OWNER BEAUTY. 138K miles. 5L engine, auto and ice cold air.

Beautiful inside and out. Fabulous CarFax and no accidents. Avg. price on autotrader is $5935. A great appreciating great running car at a really low price.

770-895-7161

CHRYSLER 200 SEDAN, 2014 Bright White Clearcoat, Stk#8215 $14,950 877-698-5030 FORD F150, 2000 6 Cyl., Clean, Excellent Running Condition.

Low Price For This High Quality Truck $3500. 678-760-7216

HONDA FIT HATCHBACK, 2013 Crystal Black Pearl, Stk#430050A $14,498 877-698-5030

ADOPT A PET BULLDOG/PITBULL MIX Free! 2 years old, extremely sweet. Good w/cats & kids. Housebroken. 770-885-3489

HEAVY EQUIPMENT

CATS - FREE Males or Females Long or Short Hair Call 678-975-4898

2005 JOHN DEERE 6405 - Cab cold air and good heat, 4x4, loader, $14,000. bazzlecat3@gmail.com 770-400-0746

DAIMLER CHRYSLER 200 LIMITED, 2011 Black, Stk#FGA82547A $15,732 800-PREOWNED

FORD FIESTA SE, 2014 Oxford White, Stk#P7514 $11,455 800-PREOWNED

CATS, TWO sisters. 11 months young. Striped Calico and Black/White.

Dog friendly. Spayed/ vaccinated. Have vet records. Rehoming fee.

404-457-6550.

MUSICAL EQUIPMENT

LHASA APSO - FREE Gets along great with senior citizens. Male, 8 yrs. old, shots up to date. Call 678-449-9327.

PIANO

PHAROAH’S HOUND Free! 1 year old, extremely sweet, housebroken. Good w/kids & animals. 770-885-3489

Story & Clark. Very Nice. Have truck, if you have muscles. $575.

770-962-7633

FORD C-MAX HYBRID SEL, 2013 Tuxedo Black, Stk#EL425703A $16,496 800-PREOWNED

FORD FOCUS SE SEDAN, 2014 Tuxedo Black, Stk#P4784 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

HONDA CR-V EX-L SUV, 2007 Tango Red Pearl, Stk#FC832874A $10,900 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD MUSTANG, 2002 CONVERTIBLE. 1 OWNER BEAUTY $4950. Gorgeous red with silver racing stripes and tan top and interior. This fabulous car has been babied. The body is exceptional and it runs great. V6 and auto.

Great CarFax with no accidents. Driven about 11K per year. Has been in North Atlanta area since new. Drive this great investment anywhere.

Call 770-873-2627.

HONDA ODYSSEY, 2008 Nighthawk Black Pearl, Stk#570232A $13,950 877-698-5030

KIA FORTE SEDAN, 2014 Metallic Bronze, Stk#8247 $13,950 877-698-5030

FORD RANGER XL, 2008 • Regular Cab • 4 Cylinders • Automatic Transmission • Excellent Condition • All Maintenance Up To Date • Bed Liner • White • 107,300 Miles. $8,500 404-322-8503

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FORD TAURUS SES, 2004. 77K MILES. Auto roof, leather buckets, new Michelins. One owner. Like new. $5995.

Call 770-616-7399.

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HAYES LAWRENCEVILLE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP

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719 Pike St, Lawrenceville 770-963-5251 www.hayeschrysler.com

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

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RICK HENDRICK CHEVROLET OF BUFORD

HONDA ACCORD EX-L, 2011 Gray, Stk#FR202790A $11,899 800-PREOWNED

4490 South Lee St., Buford, GA 30518 888-804-2957 www.hendrickbuford.com

LEXUS CT 200H, 2012 Starfire Pearl, Stk#U40277 $23,290 770-680-1000 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S COUPE, 2011 Ocean Gray, Stk#P4642A $13,800 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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TOYOTA YARIS, 2013 Ash, Stk#P4808 $12,400 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

LEXUS CT 200H, 2012 Starfire Pearl, Stk#U40277 $23,290 770-680-1000 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S SEDAN, 2013 Metallic Slate, Stk#P4791 $15,400 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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

HONDA ACCORD SEDAN, 2008 Nighthawk Black Pearl, Stk#540232A $12,950 877-698-5030

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

TOYOTA YARIS, 2013 Super White, Stk#8229 $11,295 877-698-5030

LEXUS ES 330, 2006 Silver, Stk#G151177A $10,590 770-680-1000

MOTORCYCLES NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S SEDAN, 2014 Storm Blue, Stk#P4793 $16,800 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place HONDA ACCORD SEDAN, 2012 Alabaster Silver Metallic, Stk#550123B $15,950 877-698-5030 240569-1

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MITSUBISHI 3000 GT SL, 1992. Rare, one family owned since new and fabulous.

Driven less than 5000 mi. per year. 5 speed and 3L DOHC engine.

Every available option.

New clutch, new timing belt. All original pearl paint. Best CarFax possible. Very collectible.

Looks like a Ferrari GTO. Drive anywhere or show. You will never find a nicer one at this price. Only $4500.

770-899-5856

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KIA SPECTRA 5SX, 2009, 4 dr., 1 owner, no accidents, hatchback, manual 5 speed, per locks, sunroof, multi CD, air cond, cruise control, airbags, pwr windows, AM/FM, pwr mirrors, tires like new, 67,300 miles, minor scratches, transferrable warranty 30,000 miles, Excellent running condition. $7000. 404-606-2096.

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TOYOTA SOLARA SE, 2001 CONVERTIBLE. $4950. 2 OWNER AND LOW MILES. Babied beauty, 6 cyl driven only 9K / year. Beautiful metallic pearl white with tan interior and top. Highest score possible on CarFax & 0 accidents. Exceptional inside and out. Drive anywhere. A high quality car priced way under the market.

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KIA OPTIMA LX, 2014 Silver, Stk#P7571 $17,000 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS RX 350, 2012 Satin Cashmere Metal, Stk#U40313 $25,590 770-680-1000

NISSAN VERSA 1.6S, 2014 Blue Onyx, Stk#EL683678A $13,900 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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LEXUS LS 460, 2009 Smoky Granite Mica, $27,993 770-680-1000

LEXUS ES 350, 2013 Matador Red Mica, Stk#U40289 $35,900 770-680-1000

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

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

CALL 770-845-2458

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Zits

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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers.

The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.

Solution to today's Sudoku

WHATZIT SOLUTION:

Today’s Answer: Corporation

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