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Kemp wins GOP gubernatorial runoff

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Secretary of State Brian Kemp beat Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle in a landslide victory in the Republican runoff for governor Tuesday night.

Kemp jumped to an early lead of more than 20 per-

centage points over Cagle as the initial returns started to trickle in. Eventually, he built that lead to nearly 38 points — 68.95 percent to 31.05 percent — by 8:50 p.m. with 55 percent of precincts across Georgia reporting.

FOX 5 Atlanta reported Cagle had announced just

after 8:30 p.m. that he called Kemp to concede. The lieutenant governor also said Republicans needed to rally around Kemp in the fall campaign.

“I congratulated him on a wonderful race and obviously a great victory, and I committed to him my full undivided support to see

that he is the next governor of Georgia,” Cagle told supporters in video from FOX 5. “And I want each of you to do the same thing.”

Kemp thanked his supporters and turned his attention toward the general election. Kemp will face

Brian Kemp speaks to supporters at his party in Athens on Tuesday night.

(Photo: FOX 5 Atlanta)

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Duncan has narrow lead over Shafer

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

Building confidence

MAGIC Camp Executive Director Renee Conner and 16-year-old Snellville resident Hannah Gras mix paint to be used for memory boxes. (Staff Photos: Trevor McNaboe)

MAGIC Camp encourages girls to learn construction skills

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Twenty-year-old Jade Merriman sat watching the room full of girls carving and placing the finishing touches on wooden memory boxes. For the past four years she was in their shoes learning and understanding some of the intricacies that construction work offers women.

This time, however, she traded in a tool belt for a teaching belt as a counselor for the camp to try to help the group of more than 20 girls find their passion in construction.

The Mentoring a Girl In Construction, or MAGIC camps for short, are in their 11th year.

They were founded by Renee Conner, who owns her own construction company, and puts on camps like this across the state and country.

According to Conner, the construction industry is very male dominated, which some-

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welder and drove me to get to know more about it.”

Merriman said she has found her passion and being a counselor is a way to give back. This week at the camps she said she arrives before the 8 a.m. start time and works until 3:30 p.m., afterwards she makes the drive back to go work late into the evening.

“I’m up at work until about 14-year-old Lorelei Leonguerrero drills a screw into a box she 11 p.m. and then back here at made during the MAGIC Camp held at Gwinnett Technical College.

7 a.m.,” Merriman said. “It’s a long day, but it’s worth it times can intimidate girls from Merriman is a prime example to expose girls to things they trying to enter the field. of what can happen when a wouldn’t be exposed to without “Nobody exposes them to person is introduced to the this camp.” the possible careers in construc- camp and exposed to some of This is the 10th year that tion,” Conner said. “When we the potential opportunities.

MAGIC has visited Gwinnett came up with the idea in 2007, “The first year I did this Technical College and it attracts we noticed that we didn’t see camp I wasn’t so sure I wanted girls from nearby cities such as many females in the trade. We to do this camp but my mom Snellville, Lawrenceville and identified that many different convinced me,” Merriman Loganville while also drawing places aren’t utilizing a valuable said. “That first year sparked in See MAGIC, Page 6A resource such as females.” me that I wanted to become a

Duluth-based state Sen. David Shafer was statistically tied with former state Rep. Geoff Duncan in the Republican runoff for lieutenant governor Tuesday night.

Shafer had held a small lead over Duncan early, but with 99 percent of precincts reporting across the state just before 11:30 p.m., Duncan narrowly led Shafer 50.15 percent to 49.85 Geoff percent. The difference Duncan was 1,672 votes.

When the candidates are within 1 percent of each other, the loser can ask for a recount under state law, opening up the possibility that the race could remain unsettled for at least a few days.

David While not as heated Shafer as the Republican race for governor, the GOP runoff for lieutenant governor wasn’t a friendly contest, either. Duncan had painted Shafer as a government insider and accused the senator of being unethical.

Meanwhile, Shafer said Duncan was deceiving voters and he set up a website to discount claims made by his opponent’s campaign.

Shafer declined to comment about the results during an election night party at Madcaps in downtown Duluth.

In the Republican secretary of state runoff race, state Rep. Brad Raffensperger defeated former Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle 61.76 percent to 38.24 percent.

Otha E. Thornton Jr. defeated Sid Chapman 59.09 percent to 40.91 percent in the Democratic runoff for state school superintendent.

In local races, Carolyn Bourdeaux defeated David Kim 51.87 percent to 48.13 percent in the Democratic runoff for the 7th Congressional District seat.

Tracey Mason defeated Veronica Cope 63.41 percent to 36.59 percent in the Gwinnett County Superior Court

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Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary to open in Lilburn

BY CURT YEOMANS

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More than six months after the Yellow River Game Ranch suddenly closed its doors, new owners have announced they are preparing to bring it back under a new name.

The Yellow River Wild-

life Sanctuary announced its plans to renovate the old game ranch site in Lilburn with a post on Facebook on Thursday. The opening date is a uncertain, but the new owners said they expect to open sometime before the end of next year.

“It is official. We are renovating the old game ranch and will reopen late

2018 (or more realistically maybe sometime in 2019),” the sanctuary’s new owners said in their announcement.

“The first projects are to get the animals that are still here into better habitats.”

The game ranch had been in operation for more than 50 years until it closed and the new sanctuary allows it to continue being a place

that animals can call home.

Gwinnett County property tax records show Yellow River Animal House LLC bought the 3.31-acre property in May for $334,500.

The sanctuary’s website, yellowriverwildlifesanctuary. com, describes it was “just like the Yellow River Game See WILDLIFE, Page 6A

State Sen. David Shafer, R-Duluth, right, talks with supporters during an election night party at Madcaps in downtown Duluth on Tuesday. Shafer and former state Rep. Geoff Duncan were statistically tied in the Republican runoff for lieutenant governor, with Duncan slightly ahead by more than 1,600 votes. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

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GCPS, Falcons partner for female flag football program

BY TREVOR MCNABOE

The unique partnership makes the school district the first in the state to have a sponsored female flag Halfback dives and wide football program. Accordreceiver post routes are a ing to Steve Flynt, GCPS few plays that high school associate superintendent girls across Gwinnett for school improvement County will be learning this and operations, the school fall. district will be used as a Gwinnett County Public model for other NFL citSchools announced it will ies and as an example for team up with the Atlanta groups to lobby the Georgia Falcons and the Arthur High School Association to Blank Foundation to prosanction flag football as a vide a flag football league sport in Georgia. for female students in the “This partnership will school district. provide an opportunity for trevor.mcnaboe @gwinnettdailypost.com

our female students to play flag football,” Flynt said.

“The NFL has wanted the opportunity for females to get involved in football in a number of ways in their NFL cities. The Falcons wanted to get out in front of this and wanted Gwinnett County Public Schools to be a part of this.”

According to Chris Millman, director of community relations for The Atlanta Falcons, Gwinnett County was the organization’s top choice to pilot the program.

“We decided to go and

do this in the biggest and best county in the state in regards to students and schools,” Millman said.”We want to do our part to make flag football for girls an official sport in the GHSA.” Millman said that states such as Florida already have girls flag football sanctioned as an official high school sport just like basketball and baseball is.

“Football is a great way to be active and this is a game-changer,” Millman said. “Our hope is after this year, a number of counties will be intrigued and start organizing flag football in their school district.”

School and Falcon organizers expect there to be 20 teams with 15 to 20 girls on each team participating during the five-game regular season.

“We’re going to provide the opportunity to create one girls team at each high school,” Flynt said. “The high schools will offer it to the females and have local teachers or coaches coach the teams.”

School officials said teams will practice and play games on the high school fields in the district.

Flynt said there will be no cost to participants, and any cost associated with

the program will be funded through the Arthur Blank Foundation. In addition, each school will have customized marketing for the flag football program.

“We’re going to provide very similar activities and requirements around flag football just like we do at all of our other sports,” Flynt said. “It just won’t be a GHSA sport at this time.”

Millman said teams will begin two weeks of practice Oct. 1, followed by a week of scrimmages.

The official season will kick off the week of Oct. 22 and conclude with a tournament that will end Dec. 8.

Construction of Lawrenceville’s SouthLawn residences begins

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Gwinnett 200’s STORY VAULT project was launched to commemorate Gwinnett County’s bicentennial by recording the stories of the people who live, work, and play in Gwinnett.

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Lawrenceville’s $200 million mixed-use SouthLawn project is officially under construction, city officials announced Tuesday.

Although demolition of many of the buildings located between City Hall and the Lawrenceville Lawn was already underway, the city said George Berkow Inc., Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Company have now broken ground on the 600-unit residential part of the development.

“The partnership with these developers has delivered to Lawrenceville a much-needed renaissance in the community, executing Council’s vision for a more urban and sustainable activity center in our community,” Lawrenceville City Manager Chuck Warbington said.

“We are excited to be working with Berkow and Novare and look forward to ensuring a strong future for the city.”

The residential piece of the project, which will also include more than 15,000 square feet of retail space, is expected to offer a variety of housing options to people who chose to live there, including apartments, townhomes and cluster-style single-family homes.

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This rendering shows a view of Lawrenceville’s $200 million SouthLawn mixed-use development from Clayton Street. The city said developers have broken ground on the 600-unit residential piece of the project. (Special Photo)

two different apartment options available in the development. One is three- and four-story urban apartments along Clayton Street called SouthLawn Luxury Apartment Residences. It will be set up in a town center layout with an elevated pool area that will offer views of the full development.

The other option will be a four-story building called Conclave with larger residential units and interior corridors, elevators, a private pool, fitness area and a club. It will be located next to a 1-acre park.

“Novare Group is excited to be underway with the multi-family residences at SouthLawn and grateful to be a part of the entire mixed-use community with George Berkow and his team,” Novare Group President Jim Borders said. “This project will spark renewed interest in town center living in Lawrenceville.”

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leading the development of 150 single-family homes and townhomes that are part of the project.

“We are pleased to be off and running with SouthLawn, which is the city of Lawrenceville’s vision to continue the ‘mixed-use development’ that has been in the making there for almost 200 years,” George Berkow Inc. President George Berkow said. “The city has been an excellent partner, with its commitment to bring more people into the town core, create walkability and add green space.”

The SouthLawn project is being financed by Citizens Bank, ELV Associates, Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Company. The architectural, civil engineering and general contracting work was provided by Phillips Partnership, Kimley-Horn and Fortune-Johnson, respectively.

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Kemp disavows supporter from legislature Spencer used ‘completely unacceptable’ behavior in TV appearance

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Israeli terrorism expert. In character, Secretary of State Cohen got Brian Kemp distanced Spencer to himself from a supporter perform in the Georgia General several raBrian Assembly hours after the cially and Kemp state legislator dropped culturally his pants, used a racial insensitive acts. slur and impersonated a The Kemp campaign Chinese man on TV on said it has removed Sunday night.

Spencer’s name from the State Rep. Jason Spen- endorsements list on its cer, R-Woodbine, was website, and that he will among neither be included in any the state campaign events or be legislators mentioned on any other who had campaign materials. endorsed “Rep. Spencer’s words Kemp’s and behavior are hurtful, bid for insensitive, and comgovernor. pletely unacceptable,” Spencer Kemp said in a stateJason appeared ment. “At the very least, Spencer on Sacha he should issue a public Baron Cohen’s Showtime apology for this shameful series “Who is America?” incident.” in a bit where Cohen Before the show aired, was pretending to be an Spencer had reportedly curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

structions to Spencer, he mentioned there is an said he was duped by skirt” photo of a person “N-word” that shouldn’t Cohen and show produc- in a burka to see if they be used in America, but ers into appearing in the were a man or a woman. stopped the legislator afshow and acting the way Cohen, in character, told ter he began shouting the he did on it, and threatSpencer that taking the slur and said the word he ened legal action if the photo was a new techreferred to was “noony.” footage was aired. Spen- nique being used to see At another point, Cocer lost his re-election if terrorists were hiding hen got Spencer to drop bid in May. under burkas. his pants and underwear, After the episode aired, As he pretended to a exposing his buttocks in Spencer’s appearance on Chinese man, Spencer the process, by telling the show was one of the sprinkled a mashup of him that a way to stop top trending topics on words and place names members of ISIS was to Twitter as users of the from various Asian touch them with a persocial media site posted cultures — including son’s rear end. reactions and video snip- “sushi,” “Red Dragon,” Spencer initially only pets of his actions. Cohen “Hong Kong” and “Ho dropped his pants but also posted a video of Chi Minh City” — among then pulled down his part of the legislator’s unintelligible sounds. underwear and ran backappearance on YouTube In another bit, Spenwards, chasing Cohen under his real name and cer repeatedly shouted a around the set and repeatunder the name of the racial slur for Africanedly shouting “USA” character he played on Americans when told after the comedian told the show, Capt. Erran he had three seconds to him, “If you want to win, Morad. attract attention to Cohen you show some skin.”

Among the actions as he pretended to be a Kemp was not the only Spencer did on the show terrorist kidnapping the Republican in state govwas a bit where he prelawmaker in a training ernment who criticized tended to be a Chinese exercise.

Spencer’s behavior on the tourist using a selfie At one point, while show. stick to take an “upCohen was giving in“The actions and

language used by Jason Spencer are appalling and offensive,” Gov. Nathan Deal said in Twitter.

“There is no excuse for this type of behavior, ever, and I am saddened and disgusted by it.”

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Kemp’s opponent in Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial runoff election, called on Spencer to step down in a statement.

“Rep. Spencer’s behavior embarrasses the state of Georgia, dehumanizes many proud Georgians and offends any sense of decency,” Cagle said.

“Even though his constituents wisely defeated him at the ballot box in the May primary, his term runs through the end of this year.

“He has no business drawing a paycheck from taxpayers for one more day. He must resign immediately or face expulsion from the House by his colleagues.”

Police seek south Lilburn man arrested Saturday Gwinnett robber in connection to woman’s murder

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to identify him and A Lilburn man was obtain a arrested in connection to warrant for the murder of a 25-yearhis arrest old woman last Tuesday on Thursin the Five Forks Trickday. um road area in unincorAvery Visheslav porated Stone Mountain.

Birthrong, Feder Visheslav Feder, 25, 25, was was arrested on Saturday shot shortly after 4 a.m., in Johnson County, Arkan- though the driver of the sas. He was stopped while car she was in left the driving along Interstate area and drove to a gas 40. station on Lilburn-Stone Police said Feder was Mountain Road in DeKalb initially recognized by County before calling witnesses in the victim’s police, according to Cpl. vehicle, however, his real Wilbert Rundles, a spokesname was not known a the man for the Gwinnett time. Detectives were able County Police Depart-

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“DeKalb police responded at approximately 4:20 a.m. and contacted Gwinnett police when it was discovered where the shooting occurred,” Cpl. Wilbert Rundles, a spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department said.

Investigators said two men — Birthrong’s boyfriend and another man — were in the car with Birthrong when someone opened fire on the car, killing her. The man driving the car drove away from the scene after the shooting and stopped at the BP

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gas station. That’s when the police were called.

Family members told FOX 5 Atlanta that they believe the shooter targeted Birthrong because she owed him $70 dollars.

“They got into some trouble couple of weeks ago and she borrowed some money from someone and they retaliated against her,” Birthrong’s boyfriend’s mother told the network.

Feder remains in custody in Arkansas at this time and is charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of felony murder.

Snellville leaders mull doubling salaries

BY CURT YEOMANS

the ordinance at its Aug. 13 meeting.

Snellville leaders are “The considering doubling their population salaries starting as early as of Snelllate 2019. ville in Cristy An ordinance proposed 1983 was Lenski

by Snellville City Councilapproxiwoman Cristy Lenski to mately 9,000,” Lenski said. increase the mayor’s salary “Since then, our population from $6,000 to $12,000, has more than doubled, and and the salaries for council the duties and the responsimembers from $4,000 to bilities of mayor and coun$8,000, is pending before cil have increased as well. the City Council. The salary Our compensation should for the mayor pro tempore reflect this.” would be set at $10,000.

Snellville officials are It would be the first pay encouraging residents to increase for Snellville’s contact the members of elected officials in 35 years the City Council before if the City Council approves the Aug. 13 to voice their

opinions of the proposed increase. Lenski said in a statement that she wants residents to use the next two and a half weeks as an opportunity to ask any questions they have or share their thoughts or concerns about the proposal.

No elected official would receive the increased salary until after they re-elected, the city said. That means the higher pay for some seats will go into effect after the 2019 municipal elections while others wouldn’t go into effect until after the 2021 election, depending on when they appear on ballots.

The city said the decision on what salaries should be

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CITY OF NORCROSS NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC GEORGIA FY18-19 FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 BUDGET REVIEW AND ADOPTION Public Hearing on FY2018-2019 Budget The public is hereby notified that a public hearing is scheduled for the FY18-19 Proposed Budget on August 6,2018 at 6:30 p.m. in accordance with the provision of the state code of Georgia 36-81-5 (d and e) in the City Hall Council Chamber located at 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, Georgia 30071. At this meeting the Mayor and Council will receive both written and oral comments about the annual operating and capital budget for the City of Norcross, Georgia. A qualified interpreter for the hearing impaired will be available upon request made at least seven (7) days in advance of this meeting. Please call (770) 448-2122 ask for Karen SlatonDixon Administrative Services Director to request an interpreter or for more information.

Budget Available for Review The FY18-19 recommended budget will be available for public inspection on the cities website beginning July 17th at http://www.norcrossga.net/ and a hard copy will also be available for inspection during regular office hours (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday) in the office of the Administrative Services Director located on the first floor of City Hall at 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, Georgia Budget Adoption The Mayor and Council of the City of Norcross are scheduled to adopt the FY18-19 Budget at the regular scheduled August 6, 2018 Council meeting.

The meeting will be held in the City Hall Council Chamber located at 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, Georgia.

proposed came after the pay mayors and council members for other cities similar to Snellville in size were reviewed.

Snellville cancelled its election last year after there were no candidates to run against the incumbents.

Lenski asserted a pay increase for the positions might attract more candidates for public office.

“I’m concerned this might become the norm,” she said. “Competition breeds new ideas, and we need to think seriously about how we can attract young, bright and inspired servant leaders to Snellville.

And salaries are an important factor.”

Hall County Sheriff: Shots fired at boat on Lake Lanier FOX 5 ATLANTA Hall County Deputies are searching for a suspect who shot at a boat from the shores of Lake Lanier.

The Hall County Sheriff said that deputies were called to a boat in the area of Burton Mill Park on Saturday around 1:30 p.m.

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Authorities believe the shot came from the shoreline near Blackberry Lane.

Deputies, rangers and the Georgia State Patrol Air searched for the shooter, but they weren’t able to find any suspect or evidence.

No one was hurt in the shooting.

Officials are now asking anyone who might know anything about the incident or who has had a similar experience on the lake to call 911.

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Gwinnett County police are looking for a suspect in at least two armed robberies in south Gwinnett, and they are warning residents that he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Sgt. Jake Smith said Willie James Rivers allegedly robbed a Homestay Suites at 4350 Stone Mountain Highway in unincorporated Lilburn on July 14 and the Stars and Strikes at 479 Brightwell Court in unincorporated Loganville on Sunday.

“In (the Stars and Strikes) case, he entered the business and pointed a gun at multiple people,” Smith said. “One of the victims followed the suspect and the suspect fired multiple shots at him. The suspect ran away on foot, abandoning his vehicle, which was a lime green 2014 Ford Mustang.”

Warrants have been

issued for Rivers’ arrest on two counts of armed robbery and four Willie James counts Rivers of aggravated assault. Smith said any person who crosses paths with Rivers should call 911.

Anyone who has information about Rivers’ whereabouts is asked to call detectives at 770-5135300 of Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477. They can also provide information through www.crimestoppersatlanta.org.

Crime Stoppers does allow tipsters to remain anonymous and they can be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000 if the information they provide leads to an arrest and indictment. Anyone who calls police or Crime Stoppers should reference case numbers 18-065019 and 18-067697.

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He has been taking two glucosamine tablets each morning for quite a while, but doesn’t think it is effective. After reading your advice to take ibuprofen for its anti-inflammatory effect, I persuaded him to take one Advil a day. He has been doing this for a week and feels less pain.

Is it safe to take one Advil indefinitely? Should he switch between Advil, Aleve, etc.? Would it be safe to take two Advil to see if it relieves pain better?

— K.S. ANSWER: Ibuprofen (Advil and many others) and naproxen (Aleve and others) are overthe-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs. They are the most commonly used medication treatment for mild or moderate pain from osteoarthritis. They are reasonably effective, though some people will respond better than others.

The low dose your husband is taking makes the likelihood of side effects very small, and it can be taken safely by most people. Among the possible side effects of ibuprofen are stomach upset, stomach ulcers, diarrhea and kidney damage, but again, those risks are very low when staying below the recommended dose.

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

Major 12:02-2:02 p.m.

Monday Cash 3 Midday: 8-3-3 Cash 3 Evening: 0-3-8 Cash 3 Night: 1-6-0 Cash 4 Midday: 0-7-5-1 Cash 4 Evening: 4-1-7-0 Cash 4 Night: 2-9-7-8 Ga. 5 Midday: 9-1-7-6-6 Ga. 5 Evening: 9-5-1-0-0 Fantasy 5: 1-3-8-23-42

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Allatoona..............(840.0)........ 840.6 Lanier..................(1071.0)....... 1071.9 Blackshear............(237.0)......... 237.1 Nottely................(1779.0).......1776.6 Blue Ridge.........(1690.0)...... 1686.8 Oconee................(435.0)........ 435.0 Burton................(1865.0)...... 1865.2 Seminole.................(77.5)........... 77.3

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pollen counts Trees: Low Weeds: Low Grass: Low

Carters............... (1072.0)...... 1075.5 Sinclair.................(339.8)........ 338.6 Chatuge..............(1927.0)...... 1925.1 Thurmond............(330.0)........ 328.9 Harding.................(521.0)........ 520.2 Tugalo....................(891.5)........ 890.1 Hartwell................(660.0)........ 660.0 Walter F. George.. (188.0).........190.1 Jackson................(530.0)........ 529.2 West Point............(635.0)........ 635.8

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lottery Tuesday Cash 3 Midday: 1-7-6 Cash 4 Midday: 3-4-7-2 Ga. 5 Midday: 8-1-6-7-7

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing U.S. commonwealth.

In 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the first baby to be conceived via in vitro fertilization, was born in Greater Manchester, England.

In 2005, two major unions, the Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union, withdrew from the AFL-CIO. In 2010, the website WikiLeaks released the “Afghan War Diary,” containing more than 75,000 secret documents from the United States’ war in Afghanistan.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Henry Knox (1750-1806), first U.S. secretary of war; Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), painter/ illustrator; Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), philosopher; Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), biophysicist; Estelle Getty (1923-2008), actress; Walter Payton (1954-1999), foot-

ball player; Iman (1955- ), model/actress; Thurston Moore (1958- ), musician; Matt LeBlanc (1967- ), actor; Lauren Faust (1974- ), animator.

TODAY’S FACT: The Viking Orbiter 1 spacecraft, while searching for potential landing sites for the Viking 2 Lander, snapped the famous “Face on Mars” photo of the planet’s surface on this day in 1976.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1976, American Edwin Moses ran in his first international track and field event at the Montreal Olympics — the 400m hurdles — and won a gold medal, with a recordsetting time of 47.64 seconds.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.” — Eric Hoffer

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Elderly mom still behind wheel drives kids crazy Dear Amy: My mother is 89 years old.

At 85, she declined to renew her driver’s license, acknowledging that it was time she stopped driving.

However, she still has access to two cars and drives each around the block once a week to keep them running.

My siblings and I have told her that her behavior is irresponsible, illegal and dangerous, but she ignores it. She has developed contacts (friends, relatives, Uber) to transport her to activities, but last week she told one of my siblings, “I’m still driving the car around the block, and you’re not the boss of me.”

What is the best way to handle this? Since she has no license, the DMV will be no help. We have tried reasoning with her, but that hasn’t worked. Should I call the police and report her?

— Concerned Daughter Dear Daughter: Do you know for certain that your mother is driving around the block? Or is she merely telling you and your siblings that she is doing this, in order to remind you that she is still in charge of her own life?

It is illegal for unlicensed drivers to drive — even around the block.

Your mother knows this, and in some sense, her choice to do this proves that she isn’t being a very good boss to herself. This choice shows poor judg-

know what it feels like. Be humble enough to recognize this.

After you have this calmer and more compassionate encounter with your mother, you’ll have to use your own judgment regarding what to do. If you place a non-emergency call to the local police station, Amy Dickinson an officer might be willing to swing by to check on ment. her and confirm that she is Is your mother keeping not driving — even around up the registration and inthe block — without a surance on two cars? This license. seems a needless expense.

Dear Amy: I have a You and your siblings dilemma. My daughter, have told her what to who is 22, confided in me do — probably repeatthat one of her best friends edly. But have you asked from high school smokes her substantial and openpot. ended questions lately, and My daughter does not listened carefully to her hang out with her because answers? they attend different colSay, “This choice of leges. yours doesn’t seem logiI was very close to this cal, and so I’m wondering girl when she was growing — can you tell me why up. She was at my house you are still driving?” Sit all the time. Her mom quietly and listen to her and I are still very good response. And then sit qui- friends. etly and listen to the next My daughter says to stay three (or 10) things she out of it and to not tell her says. Just hear her out. mom.

When she is done, I was very disappointed respond compassionately: to hear this about my “I’m really so sorry, Mom. daughter’s friend. I’m not I can tell this is hard. You sure what I should do. were always the wheels in What do you think? Should the family! When I think of I tell the mother what the all those soccer practices daughter is doing? and family vacations…”

— Worried I’m asking you to help Dear Worried: I her let go. don’t think you should do Don’t threaten, wag anything. Would you report your finger, or tsk tsk her. back to this mother if her You are not an 89-year(legal age) daughter had a old woman. You don’t cocktail?

Ask Amy

Marijuana is quickly attaining legal status; the jury seems to be out on how casual and occasional marijuana use affects people over time.

Unless this young woman has health problems or serious risk factors relating to her marijuana use, you have no cause to report it to her mommy.

Plus, it’s simply none of your business.

Dear Amy: Amy, I thought you must have been napping when you answered the letter from “Worried Friend,” the man who “by an absolutely bizarre twist of fate” somehow “discovered” that their young family friend had a very active side career as a porn actress. He wondered how this would impact her life and career, and whether he should speak to her or her parents.

Although I mostly agreed with your advice to this person, I was hoping that you would speculate on the “bizarre twist of fate” that had this man stumbling onto this. Where was your wit?!

— Disappointed Dear Disappointed: Sorry, but I’ve got nothing.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson.com.

Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068.

You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

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Stay focused on what’s important this year instead of letting trivial matters escalate into time-consuming situations. Keep life simple and walk away from unpredictable people and situations. Unrealistic practices should be replaced with moderation and personal gains.

Partnerships should be handled with the intent of building a better future.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A clear-cut passage should be your plan.

Replace extravagance with moderation, and irritability with energetic and purposeful plans.

Step away from bullies and those who are less than reliable.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Personal change will boost your ego and give you the inclination to socialize and network more. The people you encounter can help you bring about positive change. Romance is on the rise.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Do something industrious. Keep moving and accomplishing to avoid interaction with someone who is prone to complain or ask for too much. Take care of responsibilities to avoid repercussions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Stick to the basics and rely on past successes to help you make wise choices. Don’t let what others do anger you. Work on personal improvements instead of trying to change others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Secrets will be revealed if you aren’t cautious when sharing information.

Someone you think you can trust will use persuasive or devious tactics against you. Don’t be gullible.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t sit idle, but follow through with your plans. Changes at home or at work will lead to greater opportunities and personal gains. Plan to celebrate with someone you love.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Keep a level head when dealing with people who are unpredictable. Taking desperate measures when dealing with how you earn your living or how you treat those you work alongside will backfire.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Participation will keep you in touch with people who can help you bring about positive personal change in your life. Share your intentions and feelings with someone you love.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Look for the positive in whatever situation you face. Don’t let anyone put unfair demands on you or press you to do more than your share.

Socialize with people who share your interests.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Keep moving forward, regardless of what others are doing. Problems at home or with a friend should be looked at seriously. It may be time to reevaluate your current associations.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — A business trip or educational journey will open your eyes to a host of new possibilities. Before you leap into action, do your research and fact-checking to ensure success.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Getting along with people and surrounding yourself with those you find inspirational will make a difference to the outcome of any venture you take on. Personal gains look promising.

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world Israel downs Syrian fighter jet it says entered Israeli airspace The Israeli military shot down a Syrian fighter jet after it entered Israeli airspace on Tuesday afternoon, the Israel Defense Forces said, raising fears of further military escalation in the region.

The Russian-made Sukhoi jet entered two kilometers into Israeli airspace when two Patriot missiles were launched to intercept the aircraft, the IDF said.

The missiles hit the jet once it had crossed back into Syrian airspace, the IDF said, adding that the military did not know what happened to the pilot of the aircraft.

Syria said its jet was conducting an operation against “terrorist groups” when it was hit by Israeli fire, according to a state media report.

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Greek wildfires kill dozens

By Elinda Labropoulou, Euan McKirdy, James Masters and Chris Liakos CNN

At least 74 people have died in the worst wildfires to hit Greece in more than a decade, with some residents forced to flee into the sea to escape the advancing flames.

Residents told of horrifying scenes as flames engulfed a seaside village, where the only way out for some was to run for the water.

Boats were mobilized in a hurriedly-organized rescue operation as the flames took hold on Monday night.

Reuters reported that 696 people were picked up from beaches and 19 from the sea.

Rescuers also retrieved four bodies from the sea.

The Greek fire service confirmed that 25 people were found dead close to the seaside resort village of Mati U.K. cracks down as they tried to escape the fires. on investments At least 164 adults and 23 from other nations children have been injured in the blazes, which are burning Foreign takeovers of U.K. in five main fronts in the Atticompanies will be subject ca region, including one that to additional scrutiny under is out of control near Mati. a government proposal that The area is popular with makes it easier to block deals Greek tourists, in particular on national security grounds. retirees and children who go The plans announced to holiday camps there.

Tuesday make Britain the The fire service said many latest in a series of countries of those trying to escape to pursue tighter controls on were prevented from doing foreign investors amid wor- so by “increased wind intenries that sensitive technolsity,” which helped fan the ogy is being purchased by flames at a rapid pace.

Chinese companies.

The British government said the new rules do not target any particular country. But officials said the GOP ex-gov to crackdown would increase the number of foreign deals Republicans: that require intervention each Call on Trump year from one to roughly 50. to step down The move follows increased investment from A former New Jersey China, and several controgovernor is urging fellow versial U.K. projects involv- Republicans to call on Presiing firms from the country. dent Donald Trump to resign China has ambitious plans following his embrace of to be a leader in areas like Russian President Vladimir artificial intelligence and Putin at the Helsinki summit self-driving cars by 2025. last week.

Senior U.K. security ofIn an op-ed published in ficials warned last week of the Los Angeles Times earli“new risks” stemming from er this week, Christine Todd the involvement of Chinese Whitman wrote that Trump’s tech company Huawei recent behavior toward Rusin the country’s telecomsia and his performance at munication networks. Two the Helsinki summit reveal years ago, security concerns that he is “unfit for office.” were raised over a Chinese “We must put aside the company’s role in a nuclear GOP label, as hard as that power project. may be, and demonstrate the leadership our country needs by calling on the president to Warner Bros. step down,” Whitman wrote.

World theme “In this election year, opposing Trump is risky for park opens in GOP candidates,” Whitman Abu Dhabi said. “Invoking the need to Does the UAE need choose country over party is another theme park? Abu an overused trope. But it is Dhabi thinks it does — and essential now.” so this week opens the doors to its new billion-dollar War- U.S. preparing ner Bros. World, one of the for transfer of largest indoor theme parks ever built. troop remains The new attraction feafrom North Korea tures six immersive lands for A number of U.S. Devisitors explore, from DC’s fense Department personnel Gotham City, the haunt of are expected to travel to Batman, to Cartoon Junction, based around classic South Korea in coming days Looney Toons characters. to assist with the expected Abu Dhabi has seen sev- return from North Korea on eral big budget parks open Friday of the remains of U.S. over the past decade — service members killed durincluding Legoland Dubai, ing the Korean War. HowevIMG Worlds of Adventure er, there is uncertainty over and Motiongate Dubai — whether the transfer will acbut so far none are pulling in tually happen as Pyongyang the visitor numbers needed has still not given the U.S. or to make them world beaters. South Korea final approval — From wire reports for the operation.

people Ivanka Trump to shut down fashion company

Ivanka Trump has decided to shut down her company after deciding to pursue a career in public policy instead of returning to her fashion company.

Trump’s clothing and accessory business has been operating with limitations to reduce potential violations of ethics laws and the perceptions she’s profiteering off her White House role. Given those restrictions, Ivanka, who serves as a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, decided it didn’t make sense to keep A house burns during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens, on Monday. (Valerie Gache/ the company running if she’s not returning after AFP/Getty Images) her father’s presidency, two people with knowledge of People whose relatives So far 715 people have of suburban towns. are missing are still makbeen evacuated, mainly from The fires forced the Prime her decision-making process told CNN. ing calls to the fire service. the area of Mati, according Minster to fly back early “When we first started In addition to about 500 to government spokesman from a state visit to Bosnia. firefighters battling the five Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.

He has urged citizens to for- this brand, no one could major blazes, more than The fires are the deadliest get their property and focus have predicted the success that we would achieve.

100 members of the armed to have hit the country since on survival.

After 17 months in Washforces and fire brigade are blazes that burned through “Everyone should keep ington, I do not know when searching for the missing, the southern Peloponnese in their temper and take care according to Greek National August 2007, killing dozens. to protect the most precious or if I will ever return to the Fire Brigade spokeswoman “Attica is facing a very good that is human life,” he business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeStavroula Malliri. difficult night. The combina- said. able future will be the work Greek Prime Minster tion of intense winds and “Property, all that has a Alexis Tsipras has declared multiple parallel fronts has material value, (can be) rec- I am doing here in Washington, so making this decithree days of mourning. created an unprecedented reated. Human lives are the “There are no words to extent and difficulty for ones that cannot come back.” sion now is the only fair outcome for my team and describe the feelings of all firefighters,” TzanakopouMati resident Nana of us,” he said during a tele- los said in a briefing late Laganou told journalists that partners,” Ivanka Trump vised address Tuesday.

Monday. she had escaped by running said in a statement.

A source said 18 people “The country is going The Attica region, which into the sea, that the fire was will be affected by the comthrough a tragedy,” Tsipras has a population of around “lightning fast” and that pany shutting down. said, adding that the events 3.5 million people, is home it was the first time she’d were “unbearable for every- to the capital Athens, the encountered something like one.” port of Piraeus and a number this.

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A former New Jersey governor is urging fellow Republicans to call on President Donald Trump to resign following his embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Helsinki summit last week. (Brendan Smialowski/ AFP/Getty Images)

After Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent trip to Pyongyang, The Washington Post reported that the North Koreans said they were not ready to commit to any detailed plans to return the remains to the U.S. Based on preliminary discussions, the U.S. expects the North Koreans to turn over what they say are an initial 55 sets of remains, according to a U.S. official. It may take months of detailed DNA analysis to determine how many American service members can be identified.

The U.S. plan is for either an American or South Korean transport plane to fly into North Korea to pick up whatever remains the North Koreans are willing to transfer, according to the official.

They would not disclose the exact location inside North Korea, saying the U.S. is worried that too much publicity could endanger the North Korean agreement.

Navy SEALS training in the Liberty Station area.

The incident was reported at around 10:30 p.m. near the Nimitz Bridge on Halsey Road, according to San Diego and Harbor police.

The SEALs told police that they were in the midst of training exercises on a flotilla when someone fired multiple shots from a pellet gun at them.

Responding officers located the man in the area a short time later and found a realistic-looking pellet gun in his backpack. He was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats.

The suspected shooter, identified as a homeless man, told police that he was assaulted and wanted to press charges. Police did not immediately say if they were looking into the man’s claims.

Trader Joe’s employee was Man accused of killed by officer, shooting at Calif.

LAPD says Navy SEALs A homeless man was arrested late Monday evening after police said he shot a pellet gun at a group of

Melyda Corado, a Trader Joe’s assistant manager who died during a shootout Saturday, was killed by an officer’s bullet, Los Angeles

Police Chief Michel Moore said.

“I am truly sorry,” Moore said at a news conference Tuesday. “It is unimaginable, the pain of the Corado family. We share the pain today.”

Police said the disastrous chain of events started when suspect Gene Evin Atkins shot his 76-year-old grandmother and kidnapped a 17-year-old female acquaintance.

As Atkins fled in his grandmother’s car, he fired shots out the back window toward pursuing officers, police said. Authorities said the teen he kidnapped was shot in the head but survived.

Joshua Kushner are engaged

Karlie Kloss can soon call Ivanka Trump her sister-inlaw.

The fashion model and her boyfriend of six years, Joshua Kushner, announced Tuesday that they are engaged.

Kushner is the brother of Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband and a senior adviser to President Trump.

Kloss confirmed the news on Instagram with a sweet caption: “I love you more than I have words to express,” she wrote. “Josh, you’re my best friend and my soulmate. I can’t wait for forever together. Yes a million times over.”

Charges: Ex-N.D. teacher sent GM wants you explicit Snapchats to make money to two students with your Chevy A former middle school teacher is facing three felony charges after allegedly sharing hundreds of sexually explicit Snapchat videos and photos with two male students and having sex with one along a gravel road.

Shannon Moser, 37, of Moorhead, N.D., was charged in Cass County District Court with two counts of using a minor in a sexual performance, Class A felonies, and one count of sexual assault, a Class C felony. Moser was a science teacher at Liberty Middle School since fall 2016 and resigned July 12.

Moser’s attorney, Scott Brand, said Monday that the case is still in very early stages and it would be premature to discuss it. However, Brand said Moser has had no other criminal activity and has been engaged in her community as a volunteer.

— From wire reports

General Motors wants you to start making money on your car. As long as it’s a GM car.

The automaker announced the launch of a peer-to-peer car sharing service on Tuesday that helps GM owners rent out their Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or Cadillac to other drivers in need of a short-term car solution. It’s like Airbnb for your car.

Peer Cars, as the service is called, is now available in beta testing in Chicago, Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich. Owners in those cities can already start listing their vehicles.

Peer Cars is part of GM’s existing car rental platform, Maven, which has offered vehicles for short-term rentals, similar to Zipcar. Up until now, individual owners could not list their own vehicle to rent.

— From wire reports

Trump administration to help farmers hurt by trade tensions

By Jeremy Diamond CNN

The Trump administration is offering up to $12 billion in aid to farmers hurt by retaliatory tariffs stemming from President Donald Trump’s widening trade feud with other countries.

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Tuesday the emergency aid package will use existing funding to mitigate the estimated $11 billion impact of “illegal tar-

agriculture and all sectors of the American economy,” Perdue told reporters Tuesday. iffs” other countries have imposed The aid package will offer muchon U.S. agriculture exports. The needed support to farmers caught exports have been a prime target up in the burgeoning trade war of China and other countries that sparked by tariffs Trump imposed have retaliated against the series of on several of U.S.’s largest tradtariffs Trump has imposed in recent ing partners. But the proposal was months. quickly greeted Tuesday with con“This is a short-term solution tinued criticism from Republicans that will give President Trump and on Capitol Hill who argued Trump his administration time to work should nix his tariff strategy rather on long-term trade deals to benefit than roll out a financial backstop.

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The nearly $12 billion package will include direct payments to producers of key agricultural exports like soybeans, corn, dairy and pork; a program to purchase surplus from some agricultural producers; and efforts to build out markets for U.S. agricultural products.

After Trump announced plans to impose $50 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports, Beijing retaliated with plans to impose tariffs on a range of agricultural products from the U.S. including soybeans,

grains, meats and dairy products.

Canada, Mexico and the European Union also struck back at Trump’s leveling of U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs by hitting U.S. exports of agricultural products and other heavily exported U.S. goods.

Trump had previously directed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to explore options to mitigate financial losses U.S. farmers are suffering as trade tensions between the U.S. and other countries heat up.

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business briefs School of Rock’s Snellville campus to open Aug. 4

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ning the kitchen at Local Republic in Lawrenceville, and his name might ring a bell with fans of the restaurant scene in Gwinnett Some new businesses County as well as the rest of in Gwinnett celebrate their metro Atlanta. opening by cutting a ribbon, The popular restaurant on but School of Rock won’t the Lawrenceville Square do anything that traditional announced that Aaron when it opens its new school Avers is taking over as its in Snellville next month. new executive chef, startSchool of Rock recently ing this week. Avers has announced it will hold the built a name for himself in Sugar Hill gets grand opening of its new the metro Atlanta culinews Fidelity Snellville school from 11 nary scene during stints at a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 4. restaurants in Atlanta and Bank location The school will be located Duluth.

Sugar Hill residents and at 1977 Scenic Highway, “I definitely want to get business owners recently Suite B. back to the roots of making The school will officially gained a new place to do things from scratch, making their banking. open with the ceremonial things as close locally as Fidelity Bank has opened we can source them and smashing of a guitar. a new full-service location “Snellville is the latest it’s really getting back to in the city, at 255 Peachtree celebrating the food, as it of many School of Rock franchises to open in 2018,” Industrial Blvd. It is the should be,” Avers told the bank’s 69th location in the School of Rock CEO Rob Daily Post Wednesday. two-state area that includes Price said in a statement.

Avers is coming to Georgia and Florida, accord- Lawrenceville’s culinary “The passion and experiing to Fidelity officials. The scene after helping launch ence of its owners will give the youth of this community majority of those locations Four Forks from downan incredible opportunity to are in Georgia. town Duluth as its original “The opening of the Sug- executive chef. He was pursue their musical ambitions in a unique educational ar Hill branch makes it our previously a chef at Park 50th full-service banking setting.”

Cafe on the Duluth Town branch in Georgia,” Fidelity Green before it changed to Aside from the breaking up of a guitar, the grand Bank President and CEO H. Epicurean Cafe. His resume Palmer Proctor Jr. said in a opening event will include also includes a stint as the statement. “We look forward executive chef at The Establive music, face painting, raffles, free pizza, beverages, to finding a home here and lishment in Atlanta. serving the residents and food prepared by a profesHe’s done chef duties at businesses of the Sugar Hill restaurants in Charleston sional chef and ice cream. community.”

School of Rock is, as and up in Ohio as well, and Fidelity Bank offers perits name suggests, a place earned his culinary arts desonal and corporate financial gree from the Art Institute where budding musicians services. The range of those of Charleston. can learn how to play a services includes consumer, musical instrument or sing And his signature dish, using a curriculum based on commercial, construction the Goat Cheese Mac and the music of Pink Floyd, Led and mortgage lending, as Cheese, won the 2017 well as traditional deposits Zeppelin, Frank Zappa and Midtown Assistance Center other legendary rock groups. and other credit services.

Mac and Cheese competiSchool officials said some tion. graduated have gone on to Avers joins Local “We definitely look perform on Broadway or forward to his experience, Republic as new his knowledge in food and compete on American Idol executive chef or The Voice. seeing how he can elevate “Performing music has the things that we’ve done There is a new chef run- in the past,” Local Repubthe ability to change lives,”

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School of Rock Snellville owner Sean Garguilo said in a statement. “This program will increase students’ confidence, boost social and team skills and ultimately help usher in the next generation of rock stars.”

Additional information about the school can be found at www.SchoolofRock.com.

lic co-owner Ben Bailey said. “We’re definitely looking forward to breaking new ground with him and finding new paths to new culinary strengths that we can really showcase in Gwinnett County.”

Local Republic’s other co-owner Chris Collin said he is about the chance to see where restaurant goes with Avers in the kitchen.

“We’re in the very beginning stages of getting things going, but I think once we get the momentum moving forward, we’ll be making some really great strides,” Collin said.

Avers said he is in the process of learning Local Republic’s menu and its style, but he said he will have some new lunch items, including sandwiches, starting to roll in the next couple of weeks.

He also indicated a burger he came up with when he was at The Establishment will show up on Local Republic’s menu. The burger, which is a short rib patty topped with buffalo shrimp and blue cheese, was previously called “The Chub” but what the Local Republic iteration of burger will be called is yet to be determined.

“Ben and I are looking at some things,” Avers said.

“I’m giving him some ideas and he’s kind of telling me what’s going to work, what we’ve done before here, things that some of the guests have requested to see come back after a long time. (There are) not a lot of serious changes, but we’ve got some new menu items that we’re going to be tasting in the next week or so.

“I definitely have a lot of fall specials in my brain that we want to work on.”

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hog.

“Please contact us with Ranch only better.” ideas, and feel free to let The Yellow River Game us know what you want to Ranch had been the home see,” the sanctuary’s staff of Georgia’s famous said on its website. “We weather prognosticator, are part of this commuGen. Beauregard Lee nity we are always open the groundhog, until it to suggestions.” closed without warning in In the past, the Yellow December.

River Game Ranch had It is not clear if the faced complaints about owners will try to get its the care its animals were predecessor’s famous receiving. The sanctugroundhog back from ary’s new owners said Dauset Trails Nature the Georgia Department Center in Jackson, where of Natural Resources and he was moved to after the the U.S. Department of game ranch closed, or if it Agriculture have been will even have a groundconsulted on their plans.

“We are working closely with DNR, USDA, and our vet,” an unidentified representative of the group said in the sanctuary’s announcement. “I assure you the animals are being well cared for.

Every day I visit with the bears and point out all the work that is being done on their new habitat across the way.”

The new owners said they have begun digging for a bear pool and fencing is being installed for an area that will house buffalo. The full park renovation is expected to

happen after that.

“We look forward to community involvement in the future but our focus right now is on the animal care and to get the big construction underway,” the sanctuary’s owners said on Facebook. “This is quite the undertaking and the animals and construction teams need to be our priority. But we are so excited about the future and we hope you are too!”

The sanctuary is located at 4525 Stone Mountain Highway in Lilburn.

the money so I went to a couple demonstrations and girls such as 16-year-old got some pallets to make Salma Repole, who travels it myself,” Repole said. “I each day from her home got help from my connear Roswell High School. struction teacher at school Repole said she got and he actually recominterested in construction mended this camp for me.” and being handy through a One of the selling points need for a new headboard for Repole was the fact for her room. that it was a free camp and “I saw that it was had a pink theme. $500 and I didn’t have “I’m really excited that

I signed up,” Repole said.

“I’m a hands on type of person and this camp focuses on making things.”

A staple of the camp is the bright pink shirts and hard hats that are provided to participants.

“I think it piques people’s interest on where the hard hats are coming from,” Conner said.

“Everything is pink to

let them know that they are still girls and this is a world that you can step into.”

During the camp girls learn safety rules in dealing with tools, construct a wooden memory box that requires them to measure, cut and drill pieces of wood together before painting and designing their box. In addition, girls

obituaries Wilfred Tee Hodges

Wilfred Tee Hodges, age 80 of Doraville, passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2018. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, July 28, 2018 in the Loganville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Loganville. Mr. Hodges was born and raised in Loganville and was a graduate of Loganville High School Class of 1956. He was the owner of Will’s Auto Machine and was preceded in death by his wife, Lucy Hodges, in August of 1990. Mr. Hodges is survived by his Sons & Daughters-in-law: Mark & Vickylyn V. Hodges of Lawrenceville; Steve & Melody Hodges of Somerville, AL; Grandchildren: H

was backing the secretary of state. Vice President Democrat Stacey Abrams, Mike Pence then appeared Libertarian Ted Metz, inat a rally with Kemp in dependent candidate Larry Macon over the weekend.

E. Odom and write-in The attention quickly candidate Rod Mack in that turned to the race ahead. election.

Abrams’ campaign wasted Addressing supporters in little time trying to rally Athens, Kemp referenced supporters for the fall race the University of Georgia’s while taking aim at Kemp.

Chapel Bell that is rung “Moments ago, Georgia after UGA athletic victories Republicans chose Brian by asking if the city was Kemp to be their nominee for governor,” Abrams said “ready to ring the victory in the fundraising email. bell.”

“I want to thank you. We “And tomorrow, Republihave won a clear, convinc- cans will coalesce around him and pour millions of ing victory and we have dollars into his campaign you to thank for that and I want you to know how ex- because they know we have the numbers and grassroots cited we are to be moving support to win in Novemon to November,” Kemp told supporters in a FOX 5 ber. …

“If you’re not familiar video. with Republican Brian Cagle and Kemp had Kemp, you will be soon. been locked in a heated For now, know this: Kemp race throughout the sumis wrong for Georgia famimer. lies. I’m not going to suCagle’s camp accused garcoat it: Turning Georgia Kemp of being incompeblue in only 3 months won’t tent as secretary of state.

One of Cagle’s supporters, be easy, especially against a well-funded opponent like state Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford, also asked Kemp. But if our peopleU.S. Attorney BJay Pak to powered campaign steps up right now, if we put in the investigate whether Kemp work, we can win.” engaged in a quid pro quo U.S. Sen. David Perdue situation after the owner congratulated Kemp on his of massage parlors, where victory and went on the staff had been accused of sex crimes, held a fundrais- attack against Abrams in a er for the secretary of state. statement released Tuesday night.

Meanwhile, Kemp’s “We need a conservative campaign continually hit leader like Brian to keep the lieutenant governor on Georgia on track,” Perdue a secret recording former said. “We all know Stacey candidate Clay Tippins Abrams is diametrically opmade of Cagle. posed to everything that has In the recording, Cagle made Georgia the best state could be heard saying in which to do business. he backed legislation he Her big government polithought was bad policy cies would be disastrous in order to stop another for Georgia workers and candidate, former Sen. businesses, and undermine Hunter Hill, from potenour growing economy. tially getting a lucrative “We have to stop Stacampaign contribution.

Two state legislators asked cey Abrams in November.

Right now, it is critical for Pak to investigate Cagle for a possible quid pro quo Georgia Republicans to come together in support situation as a result of the of Brian and our entire recordings.

Republican ticket. Brian But while Kemp was Kemp has my full support, surging late in the runand I’m going to do all I off campaign, he got the can to help him get elected biggest endorsement of as our next governor, and the campaign last week when President Trump an- keep Georgia headed in the nounced on Twitter that he right direction.”

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race.

Bonnie Rich defeated Kipper Tabb 61.63 percent to 38.37 percent in the House District 97 Republican runoff while Paula Hastings defeated

Zach Procter 64.27 percent to 35.73 percent in the House District 102 race. Former state Rep. Donna Sheldon defeated Robin Mauck 53.9 percent to 46.1 percent in the Republican House District 105 runoff.

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Holly & Jeff Rogers of Loganville; Grechin & David Piper of Loganville; Stephinie Hodges of Lawrenceville; Great Grandchildren: Derek & Jessa Piper, Brandon Piper & Fiancee Haley Hadden, Tyler, Logan, & Liam Rogers; Great Great Grandchildren: Dean & Dylan Piper; Sisters: Margaret Butler & Mary Edna Sharp, both of Huntsville, AL. The family will receive friends from 5-8 PM on Friday, July 27, 2018 at the Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052.

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Mary Louise Stark (Cofer) Mary Louise Cofer Stark, age 83, of Monroe, GA (formerly of Lawrenceville) passed away Sunday, July 22, 2018.

She is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, Homer M. Stark; children, Hope (Jim) Strozinsky, Susan (Chris) Pendleton, and Benton (Michelle) Stark; grandchildren, Jenny Strozinsky, Amy Strozinsky, Sara Pendleton, Adam Pendleton, Aspen Stark, and Sierra Stark. Mary Louise grew up in Tucker, GA and spent much of her childhood there working in the family business, Cofer Brothers. She graduated with an English degree from Duke University and received her masters from Y

learn about electrical circuits and how to fix them as well as one of the more popular things, welding.

“Welding and the heavy equipment are very popular because a lot of these girls have not operated machinery before,” Conner said. “It’s amazing for them because they didn’t know they could do this.”

Some of the takeaways

that Conner wants girls to have following the camp is a renewed sense of confidence and support.

“Miss Renee really puts in here that there is no diversity in this camp,” Merriman said. “We’re all family here and keep in touch. I’m still friends with two of the girls I met from the first camp five years ago.”

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Yale University Drama School. She was a founder of the Gwinnett Council of the Arts as well as an advocate and lobbied to fund arts programs in schools. She served as a past president of the Georgia Citizens for the Arts and volunteered for the Atlanta Children’s Theatre where she received great joy watching children perform. Mary was also a member of Southern Order of Storytellers and was a former board member of the Gwinnett Foundation.

She served as a docent for the Georgia Museum of Art and was an Elder and Liturgist in the Presbyterian Church. A funeral service honoring the life of Mary Louise will be held on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 10:00 am at Fairview Presbyterian Church with Pastor Rob Sparks IV o

officiating. Interment will follow at Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, July 25th from 4:00pm7:00pm at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Fairview Presbyterian Church, Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, or the Georgia Museum of Art www.georgiamuseum. org. Condolences may be sent to or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome.com.

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Duluth company adding at least 50 jobs this year

By Curt Yeomans

Manager Rusty Smith said.

“Not only are we attracting strong, local talent in the greater Atlanta area to A technology company work for Tyler, but we’ve in Duluth has been gradu- also been able to form ally growing and adding many great client relationnew employees over the ships here.” last three years, and that Partnership Gwinnett growth is expected to officials said the addicontinue this year, Partner- tional workers that Tyler ship Gwinnett officials has been hiring work with announced Tuesday. the company’s EnerGov The county’s economic solution. The solution is a development group joined service geared toward local Tyler Technologies Inc. to governments to help them announce plans to add at in areas such as taxes, apleast 50 new employees praisals and civic services. this year. The company The company has added has already added 164 new more than 300 new clients employees over the last for the service in 42 states three years. since 2012, and it now The continued growth serves more than 15,000 means the company has public sector clients. had to expand its office “The EnerGov solution footprint. It occupies two is just one of many Tyler buildings at 2160 Satellite products being used by Blvd. that have combined public sector offices in space of 35,000 square feet the greater Atlanta area,” and is in the process of Smith said. “We look forrenovating them to handle ward to continuing to grow the extra workers. and help local government “We are very proud create healthy and vibrant to offer a premier work communities.” environment in Duluth and Local officials said they for Gwinnett County to were pleased to see Tyler satisfy the growth we’ve growing in the area. They experienced over the past also touted Gwinnett’s few years,” Tyler’s Enenvironment and resources erGov solution General as attractive attributes for curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

companies.

“The Sugarloaf CID is a prime location for business expansion,” Sugarloaf Community Improvement District Executive Director Alyssa Davis said. “With the many new development and redevelopment projects underway in the area we are meeting the demand for a true live, work, play environment that today’s companies are looking for.”

County commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash cites the marketplaces in Gwinnett as reasons why she sees it as “the perfect environment” for growing companies.

“Our world-class workforce, competitive infrastructure and pro-business community allow growing companies to start, grow and thrive here,” she said.

Meanwhile, Partnership Gwinnett Technology and Life Sciences Project Manager Megan Wing said, “Tyler Technologies is an innovative company that plays a significant role in how communities and local governments operate.

It’s rewarding to see them emerge as a regional leader while growing in Gwinnett.”

Attorney: Nearly $200K paid to former Plaza Latina businesses

By Curt Yeomans

cently paid out to Botanica Mexico, La Guadalupana Jewelry Repair and Panaderia bakery. That is on top Seven businesses that of $38,120 that was paid to had been in the Plaza Latina the Texcoco restaurant, Ben shopping center that NorRey vinyl signs, the El Recross officials bought three galo gift shop and Latincell years ago have been paid last year. nearly $200,000 by the city, Another $15,000 was according to the law firm paid to a special master who representing the businesses. was appointed to settle matAndersen, Tate and Carr ters between the city and P.C. said $155,000 was rethe businesses. curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

The Plaza Latina was located at the base of a hill that Lillian Webb Park is located on, putting it between the park and Buford Highway. Since the city bought it, the shopping center has been demolished and is slated to be the future site of the new Norcross library branch.

Andersen, Tate and Carr atorney Matt Reeves represented the businesses.

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North American Properties released this new rendering of what the Revel project at the Infinite Energy Center will look like through its social media channels last month. The developer announced on Monday that it has hired CBRE to handle office space leasing at the project. (Photo: North American Properties)

Revel tabs firm to handle office space leasing project

By Curt Yeomans

and a four-star hotel with 300 rooms located around Visit gwinnettdailypost.com the Infinite Energy Cenfor more renderings. ter.

The developer working Some of the latest renon the Revel mixed-use derings to be released by office space with access project at the Infinite North American show a to urban amenities in Energy Center announced suburban markets.

Regal Cinemas in the development. It is not clear, it has brought in a partner “Since the announcehowever, if the movie to help lease out office ment of Revel, we are theater company will space in the development. seeing strong interest North American Prop- from cutting-edge compa- actually be a part of the development, or if that erties officials said CBRE nies looking for workwas just a placeholder will handle the leasing space in an experiential name put in the drawings of 750,000 square feet of mixed-use environment to fill space while givhigh-tech Class A office to recruit and retain the ing a general idea of the space in the 118-acre best talent available.” atmosphere Revel will development. Revel’s ofNorth American ofhave. fice space will be the first ficials have been gradu“Revel will not only office construction in the ally releasing new details transform the experience Sugarloaf market in eight about the $900 million for 1.2 million eventgoers years, according to North Revel throughout the at Infinite Energy CenAmerican Properties. summer, mostly through ter, it will also create an The development’s of- the publishing of new entirely new destination fice space will have smart renderings of the projfor Gwinnett’s residents, technology and gigabit ect. A Development of connectivity, as well as Regional Impact applica- office workers and visitors to commune,” North a close proximity to the tion was also filed with American Properties resort-level concierge ser- the state and the Atlanta Managing Partner Mark vice “experiential retail” Regional Commission Toro said in a statement. atmosphere that North earlier this summer.

“Great food, great American has planned for In addition to the ofentertainment and resortthe site. fice space, Revel will “Modern office teninclude a bowling alley, a inspired hospitality are the cornerstones for ants want an authentic, 25,000-square-foot food the Revel experience. walkable community hall, a 55,000-squareJust like Alpharetta has experience that excites foot premium movie their employees to be theater, a 20,000-square- Avalon and Midtown has Colony Square, we look at the office every day,” foot grocery store, a forward to delivering a CBRE First Vice Presi35,000-square-foot fitproject that will become dent Heather Lamb said ness center, 840 multithe heartbeat of Gwinin a statement. “There family residential units, nett.” is pent-up demand for 50 single family homes

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Fire destroys Duluth home “Fire crews arrived to find the two-story, Firefighters initially wood-frame house on a thought an older couple basement fully involved,” was inside a home fully Gwinnett Fire Capt. involved in flames early Tommy Rutledge said.

Tuesday morning. howevThe house sits about er, they later learned that a hundred feet off the the residents were out of roadway down a wooded town and no injuries were driveway. reported.

“Firefighters had to Crews responded at stretch attack hose lines 3:33 a.m. to a neighbor’s up the driveway to battle report of a house fire in the blaze,” Rutledge said. the 2700 block of Rhoa“Crews were not able to noke Drive in unincorpo- make immediate entry rated Duluth. The caller inside the burning home to 911 reported flames due to the magnitude of from the top of the house. the fire. Firefighters had They also advised that to knock down the bulk two cars were in the of the flames from the driveway and it was outside to control the unknown if anyone was blaze and protect expoinside the house at the sures.” time of the call.

Officials said the home

From Staff Reports

is a total loss.

“Initial thoughts that an older couple was still inside proved negative,” Rutledge said. “A police officer was able to make contact with the homeowners who advised that they are out of town.”

The couple’s daughter lives in the area and was requested to come to the scene.

Authorities said the exact cause of the house fire is currently undetermined and is under investigation.

Firefighters responded around 9 p.m. Monday to a tree that was hit by lightning on the same street. It is unknown whether the two incidents are related.

Crews responded at 3:33 a.m. to a neighbor’s report of a house fire in the 2700 block of Rhoanoke Drive in unincorporated Duluth. Firefighters said the home is a total loss.

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Georgia PCOM names Craver new vice provost the growth and develPhiladelphia College opment of of Osteopathic Medicine the many has named Dr. H. William academic Craver III as vice provost programs, in addition to his role as new camdean of the Georgia osteopuses, new William pathic medicine program programs, Craver and chief academic officer and new at the Suwanee campus, beginnings is exciting. I the school announced. can think of no greater “It is an honor to be personal fulfillment than asked to take on this to be able to help contribposition,” Craver said. ute to one’s alma mater.”

“Being able to help with GA-PCOM has experiFROM STAFF REPORTS

enced recent growth with the development of it’s South Georgia campus in Moultrie.

Craver will assist the college’s provost, Ken Veit, DO, in the oversight, management and operations of all Georgia academic activity, especially related to cross-campuses and cross-programmatic units such as student affairs, the research division and professional development

A native of Doylestown, Penn., Craver graduated from the University of Delaware where he earned a degree in physical therapy in 1979. After working in physical therapy and sports medicine at the Hershey Medical Center, he enrolled at PCOM where he earned his DO degree in 1987.

Craver completed a residency, serving two years as chief resident, in

Local senior participates in Boys Nation

BY TREVOR MCNABOE

an education on the structure and function of federal government.

To be considered, canWilliam Barcena isn’t didates are required to taking any days off have completed their juthis summer academinior year of high school cally. The rising senior and demonstrate qualiat Notre Dame Academy ties such as leadership, in Duluth has spent the character, scholarship, past month at the Georloyalty and service in gia Governor Honor’s their schools and comProgram in Rome getting munity. college course credit Barcena will be joined on one of his academic

by Grayson High School passions: student Michael Konu in social representing Georgia. studies.

During the week, parThe ticipants are divided into Norcross two political parties, the native is Federalists and the Nataking the tionalists, each of which knowlconducts a party convenedge tion, sets a platform and William he has nominates members for Barcena gained elected offices, including at Berry College and Boys Nation president, using it during his trip vice president and party to Washington, D.C., for leaders. the American Legion “Boys Nation is about Boys Nation, which ends educating the next Friday. generation of leaders,” The American Legion Barcena said. ” There is Boys Nation features two a mock U.S. Senate and representatives from each it’s a great forum for us state, with the exception to get together and have of Hawaii. They attend discussions.”

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Senate committee, and if successful at that level the legislation will be voted on by the whole Senate. Bills passing the Senate are later signed or vetoed by the Boys Nation president.

The Boys Nation program, started in 1946, has a list of reputable alumni such as former President Bill Clinton, actor Donal Logue, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and U.S. Senators Mike Lee and Tom Cotton.

Barcena developed an interest in government his freshman year by being part of Notre Dame Academy’s student council.

“I was part of a subcommittee freshman year, but really started getting involved my sophomore year,” Barcena said. ” It’s been a great experience and I’m a prefect for the school now.”

Barcena tries to incorporate a healthy balance of responsibility and activities into his life by being part of the National Honor Society, Model

UN President, a founder of the school’s Ultimate Frisbee Club and a member of the varsity baseball team.

“It’s definitely a grind with all that stuff,” Barcena said. “I’ve just learned time management from all of it. It’s important to stay focused on each task at hand.”

During the trip, Barcena has an opportunity to tour the National Mall, the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Wall and Korean War Memorial.

“I’ve never been to (Washington) D.C. before so I don’t know if there is anything in particular that I want to see,” Barcena said. “I just really want to take it all in.”

Participants will also present a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery, see the Iwo Jima Memorial and visit Capitol Hill for meetings with their state senators — Johnny Isakson and David Perdue.

“I am really excited to get to meet Georgia’s Senators on Capitol Hill,” Barcena said. “Mr. Isakson and Mr. Perdue do so much for our state and it will be a true honor.”

general surgery at the Osteopathic Medical Center of Philadelphia in 1992.

Craver is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons. He is a Costin Scholar and has earned numerous awards including induction into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, the PCOM Galen S. Young Surgery Award, Resident of the

Year, National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners Case Author of the Year, PCOM Alumni Association Certificate of Merit and Certificate of Honor. In addition, he is a member of the American Osteopathic Association Mentor Hall of Fame and a Guardian of the Profession.

In 2017 he was named the Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association Physician of the Year.

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“We are able to follow A home design showa project from inception to completion,” Remodel case business is preparing to celebrate the grand Republic Founder and CEO Murat Temiz said in opening of its newest a statement. “Our goal is showroom in Peachtree Corners later this month. to give the finest service Remodel Republic will to our clients.”

Senior Managing hold the grand openDesigner Sheila Jones ing festivities for its 5,000-square-foot show- said, “Our team consists of talented designers, room at 6595 Peachtree skilled installers and Industrial Blvd., Suite leading manufacturA, on July 25. There ers that contribute to will be a ribbon cutting the exceptional service, ceremony and continenproducts and satisfaction tal breakfast from 10 to our clients experience at 11:30 a.m., followed by an open house from noon Remodel Republic.”

Officials said the first to 5 p.m. A cocktail reception will follow from 100 guests at the cocktail reception will receive 6 to 9 p.m.

The home design busi- swag bags. There will also be complimentary ness showcases kitchen valet parking, music, and bathroom design trends, including Europe- food and an open bar at the reception. There is an an, modern, transitional optional attire of cocktail and traditional styles. chic for the reception.

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Roy gets promoted at Lambert Brookwood grad assumes former position of South Gwinnett alumna

By Will Hammock will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

Miami Dolphins tackle Ja’Wuan James (70) lines up against the Buffalo Bills during a December 2016 game at New Era Field in Orchard Park, N.Y. (Photo: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA Today Sports)

Dolphins banking on big season from North Gwinnett grad James

By Will Hammock

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Ja’Wuan James feels healthy and primed for a big season. The Miami Dolphins are banking on it.

The former North Gwinnett standout had the fifthyear option on his rookie contract picked up by Miami this offseason, making him one of the league’s highest paid offensive tackles.

“This is my fifth year and I’m excited,” James said during a recent trip to Gwinnett for a youth football camp. “I feel like I never even got to this in college. I only played four years. It feels like it’s your senior year again where stuff slows down and you know what to expect. I’m looking forward to a good season. … This year I’m just focusing more on the technical part of the game. I’ve always stayed in shape. I’ve always lifted. I’ve always gotten stronger, faster. But this year I’m spending time with different O-line coaches on my technical stuff. That’s what it’s going to come down to in the trenches.”

James was a bright spot on Miami’s line last season until a late-season hamstring in-

An offseason of change for the Lambert girls basketball program also featured a switch at the top — from Gwinnett grad to Gwinnett grad.

After a successful four-season run as head coach, South Gwinnett alum Jaime Kruppa Fisher stepped down to spend more time with her family. Her replacement is her assistant Chris Roy, a Brookwood grad who inherits a team that must replace heavy graduation losses.

Though his lineup will have new faces, Roy intends to maintain the tradition built by Fisher in the program’s most successful era. The Longhorns were 18-10 last season and made the state playoffs, following a 2016-17 season when they went 26-3 and made the first Elite Eight in school history.

“There’s no doubt (Fisher) did a tremendous job,” Roy said. “Obviously, the record speaks for itself what all she was able to accomplish. It was the best run for Lambert girls basketball since the school opened. Now the expectation is to work hard and be successful and try to compete for region championships, make the state tournament and do well in the state tournament. The bar has been set.

“But we also graduated seven very good seniors, so there’s a little bit of an adjustment with losing that many kids and then a change in coaching. So right now our focus is to get better one day at a time and not get ahead of ourselves.

We’re doing some new things. The kids are having to adjust to me in a new role and they’re in a new role. The summer has been good because they’ve come in and worked hard and they’ve done the things we’ve asked of them. I feel like it’s been a good start. We want to take the momentum of what we had and build upon it.”

Both Fisher and Roy took similar coaching paths to the head coaching role at Lambert. They met during community coach classes in the early 2000s, then coached at Gwinnett high schools — Fisher at South Gwinnett, where she spent 12 seasons, the last four as head coach, and Roy at Parkview and Central Gwinnett. Fisher spent a season as a Lambert assistant before taking over as head coach and Roy has been in Forsyth County even longer, thanks to a See ROY, Page 6B

Miami Dolphins tackle Ja’Wuan James (70) laughs during the second half of a preseason game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. The Dolphins won, 27-10. (Photo: Vincent Carchietta-USA Today Sports)

jury. Pro Football Focus gave him the Dolphins’ top rating last year, though he played on a unit it ranked 29th out of 32 teams.

Pro Football Focus ranks the Miami offensive line 20th entering this season, thanks in large part to the additions of Josh Sitton at

guard and Daniel Kilgore at center. Plenty is expected from James, whose $9.34 million salary makes him the NFL’s highest-paid right tackle, according to Spotrac. com. He also will make more than all but 17 left tackles in 2018.

James, a 2014 first-round

pick of Miami, and his teammates will protect returning quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who missed all of 2017 with a knee injury.

“We’ve added a lot of new players, a lot of older guys with veteran experience who See JAMES, Page 2B

Brookwood grad Chris Roy, left, is the new head girls basketball coach at Lambert. (Special photo)

Gladiators re-sign trio of enforcing forwards to roster

with call-ups of 10 and 17 games to Brampton and Elmira, respectively.

“I told him, just focus on your game and your shifts The Atlanta Gladiators added quite a bit of grit Tues- have to be valuable,” Pyle said. “You can’t waste them day when they announced the re-signing of forwards by taking 10-minute misconducts and retaliation penalLuke Sandler, Alex Carrier and Todd Skirving. ties. You’re not going to have a good year if you’re not Sandler, 25, has played for newly hired head coach on the ice. Because he’s really talented.”

Jeff Pyle before when Pyle took him in the SPHL exCarrier played 46 games for the Gladiators after bepansion draft for the 2016-17 season. ing acquired in a one-for-one trade with Utah just two “I called him right away and said, ‘You know how I weeks into the season. The 27-year-old had 10 points coach and you know what I want, so it should be easy and 88 penalty minutes in that span. Carrier was traded for you,’” said Pyle, who was hired to replace Chuck to Allen in exchange for Mathieu Aubin in March.

Weber on July 5.

Aubin, who won two Kelly Cups playing for Weber in Sandler had 22 points and 190 penalty minutes in 65 Cincinnati, failed to report to Atlanta and Carrier finregular season games as a third-year pro for Atlanta last ished the season with the Americans. Allen didn’t season. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Chicago native spent the balance of his first two pro seasons in the SPHL See FORWARDS, Page 2B

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Atlanta’s Luke Sandler (26) fights Orlando’s Aleksandr Mikulovich (28) after Mikulovich hit Alex Gacek from behind during a game last season at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth. (Photo: Amanda Bingham)

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In Brief

Dream’s Hayes named Eastern Conference Player of the Week Tiffany Hayes of the Atlanta Dream was named the WNBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played July 16 to July 22.

Hayes was selected Player of the Week for the second time this season and the second time in her sevenyear career. Hayes was previously the season’s third Eastern Conference Player of the Week on June 10.

Behind Hayes, Atlanta went 3-0 last week to extend its winning streak to seven games and move into second place in the WNBA standings. She ranked second in the Eastern Conference in scoring (18.0 ppg) to go with 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.

The highlight of the week for the 5-10 guard came on July 17, when she made a game-winning, buzzerbeating half-court shot to complete an 18-point effort as Atlanta defeated the host Connecticut Sun 86-83.

Two days later, she scored 20 points in an 82-68 home win over the New York Liberty. Hayes finished the week with 16 points, five assists and four rebounds in an 87-74 home victory against the league-leading Seattle Storm on July 22.

The 2018 WNBA regular season continues through Aug. 19 and the playoffs begin on Aug. 21. For more information on the WNBA and game tickets, fans may visit wnba.com.

Four GGC teams honored as 2017-18 NAIA Scholar teams LAWRENCEVILLE — Four Georgia Gwinnett College athletic teams have been recognized as winners on and off their playing fields as NAIA Scholar Teams for the 2017-18 athletic season, announced by the national NAIA office.

Men’s and women’s soccer teams joined softball and women’s tennis programs in being honored for having team grade point averages of 3.0 or higher.

That average includes all eligible varsity studentathletes for that sport.

GGC’s women’s soccer team led the way in 201718 with a 3. 31 GPA. Softball followed with a 3.27 team GPA. Men’s soccer (3.26) and women’s tennis (3.18) rounded out the honorees.

These teams’ academic achievements also carried over to athletic success, with the Grizzlies qualifying for NAIA national tournaments and being nationally ranked in each of those sports.

Women’s tennis won the 2018 NAIA national championship, marking its third straight national title and fourth NAIA championship banner.

Softball played in its first NAIA World Series this past spring and posted a school record 53 wins.

Men’s soccer advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NAIA tournament after winning its first Opening Round match last fall.

Women’s soccer won its first conference title last fall and reached the NAIA Opening Round for second time in program history.

Mets prospect Tebow needs surgery, season likely over Any hopes New York Mets fans had of Tim Tebow being a September roster addition likely have been squashed.

Tebow broke the hamate bone in his right hand while taking a swing during a minor league game on Thursday, according to reports. An Eastern League All-Atar for Double-A Binghamton, Tebow was put on the disabled list on Saturday.

Sports Calendar ALL SPORTS

Ongoing through Aug. 3: All Sports Youth Camps, in partnership with Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, will host summer break camps in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, lacrosse, softball and multisports this year. Locations include Bogan Park, Collins Hill Park and George Pierce Park. Camps are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information, go to www.allsportsyouthcamps. com, email DLStancil@ yahoo.com or call 770-3566861.

BASEBALL

July 26: The 10-and-

under Gwinnett Bandits travel baseball team will have open tryouts from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for the fall 2018 and spring 2019 season at the Spout Spring Sports Complex Field 1 at Cherokee Bluff High School. The team will compete at the AA level and tryouts are open to anyone in the area.

To register, email gwinnettbandits@gmail.com and provide player name, birthday, position or positions, recent playing experience and contact email and phone number. For more information, go to www. facebook.com/GwinnettBandits-770238129846862.

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NASCAR’s Big 3 on playoff run

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Eight times in the past 10 weeks — excluding only the superspeedway race at Daytona and Clint Bowyer’s Michigan win — Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. have settled each Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race among themselves. On Sunday, Harvick muscled his way around Busch with eight laps remaining and scored his sixth win of the season at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

It’s a single-season victory record for the 42-year-old former Monster Energy Series champion Harvick,and there’s every reason to think the Stewart-Haas Racing driver will only be adding to his historic mark.

As will his two other chief competitors to theirs.

Taking the above mentioned July 7 Daytona night race and Michigan out of the mix — the “Big 3” as Harvick, Busch and Truex are now referred to — have not only hoisted the overwhelming majority of the season’s trophies, but they have consistently finished among the top-five even when they don’t win.

Harvick won at New Hampshire, Busch finished second and Truex — who led the most laps for the fourth consecutive race there — finished fourth.

The previous week at Kentucky, Truex won, Busch finished fourth and Harvick was fifth.

At Chicago, Busch won, Harvick was third and Truex was fourth.

At Sonoma, Truex won, Harvick was runner-up and Busch was fifth.

And at Pocono in June — the venue for this weekend’s Gander Outdoors 400 — Truex won, Busch was third and Harvick was fourth.

•From Page 1B protect Carrier’s rights and so he was a free agent.

“I just think he’s a good team guy,” Pyle said.

“He’s tough. He wants to be here. I want people who want to be here.”

Skirving, 26, arrived via a trade on Feb. 13 and played 23 games, including all four postseason games, to complete his rookie pro campaign.

Skirving started 2017-18 with Orlando and played 19 games with the Gladiators division rival, then was dealt to Utah and eventually landed in Atlanta.

The 6-2, 185-pound forward played four full seasons for Rochester Institute of Technology and earned 51 points (19-3251) in 127 career games.

“I think it’s a good, solid group of guys coming back,” Pyle said.

“We want to put a group together that want to be here and care about what we’re doing.”

•From Page 1B have been in big playoff games, championship games,” James said.

“And also we’ve got our quarterback back. Tannehill went down last year in camp, so we didn’t have him all year. He’s been looking great, doing great, so that gives us a lot of confidence as a team.”

Most of James’ offseason is spent in Miami, where he trains, though he has made a few trips home when he can.

“It’s great (in Miami), the weather is always great,” said James, who will marry former Tennessee softball player Rainey Gaffin in Febru-

NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch (18) reacts in victory lane after winning the Overton’s 400 on July 1 at Chicagoland Speedway. (Photo: Mike DiNovo-USA Today Sports)

In all, the trio has earned 15 wins in the 20 races to date this season. And for those who wonder what the dominance will mean for the postseason — well, only one driver will be hoisting the championship trophy and spraying champagne, so imagine the playoff drama still to come.

It’s an amazing time for modern day fans to witness this form of highlevel performance and it’s a modern-day image for NASCAR’s most loyal longtime fans who recall the dominant days of earlier eras.

Interestingly, the win totals of Harvick (six), Busch (five) and Truex (four) in 2018 match the same totals of NASCAR Hall of Famers Bobby Allison (six), Richard Petty (five) and David Pearson (four) through 20 races in the 1972 season.

There was another amazing trio dominating the opening 20 races of the 1977 season with Cale Yarborough (seven), Richard Petty (five) and Darrell Waltrip (four) — again all NASCAR Hall of Famers.

A year later in 1978, Yarborough (five), Waltrip (five) and Pearson (four) held court through the first 20 races. And in 1999, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton,

and Jeff Gordon all had four wins apiece by this point on the schedule – that’s the last time three drivers have made such a thorough early season victory statement.

Jarrett, a NASCAR Hall of Fame driver himself and now commentator on the NBC Sports NASCAR race broadcasts, acknowledged the rarity of the current runs from Harvick, Busch and Truex. And unlike the pre-Playoff era he primarily competed in, Jarrett spoke for many in wondering aloud how the 2018 Monster Energy Series championship will eventually be settled.

“Their motivation at this point in the season comes from playoff points, because you can’t ever have too many,” Jarrett said Sunday from New Hampshire.

“You never know what’s going to happen.

“The other form of motivation now is from each other. The motivation to be the one that everyone is talking about. They all have multiple wins, so they are being talked about as a group, but what you want to do is separate yourself if at all possible. I don’t see that happening, because they are all so talented and their teams are performing at such a high level right

now. But at some point, it will have to happen.”

For their part, the three drivers seem to be genuinely taken with the competition — racing hard but clean and keeping each other “honest”.

Harvick used his bumper to make the pass on Busch this week. It was clean but assertive. And may be a harbinger of things to come as the Playoff intensity gradually increases.

“I mean, these races are hard to win,” Harvick acknowledged Sunday afternoon. “When you’re in position, it’s one of those things that you have to do what you have to do for your team. You want to do everything that you can to not spin him out, not wreck him, just make it as clean as possible, try to accomplish the bump and run.

“Today we were able to accomplish it well and win the race.”

Even Busch, known for his candid and emotional post-race reactions could only nod to Harvick for getting it done and to recognize he’ll be ready to do it all over again next week at Pocono.

“My pit crew put us in position to have control of the last restart,” Busch reflected in the media center post-race. “To be able to lead that many laps… It was just a matter of those SHR cars, they were really fast. Just a matter every time they get by me and get by me. A little bumping and banging, a little rubbing. We go racing next week.”

And as he said on pit road after getting out of the car, “How you race is how you get raced.”

Busch returns to Pocono Raceway this week as the defending winner of this late summer race. And guess who rounded out the podium in 2017? Yes, Harvick finished second and Truex finished third.

Forwards

The Atlanta Gladiators announced the team had re-signed forwards Alexandre Carrier, at top, and Todd Skirving, below, on Tuesday. (Photos: Amanda Bingham)

James ary. “Especially when you come back home from away games in December.

The people down there are great. But it’s nothing like here in Suwanee. I’m problably going to move here when I’m done with football and build a house here. I miss this area and I miss the community.”

James figures to have lots more football in his future, though. He just turned 26 in June and his football prime is still ahead.

A breakout 2018 season could bring a big payday through free agency.

“Next year is my contract year, so we’ll see how that goes,” James said.

Miami Dolphins running back Damien Williams (26) celebrates with tackle Ja’Wuan James (70) after scoring a touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second half of a 2017 AFC Wild Card playoff game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Photo: Charles LeClaire-USA Today Sports)

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Votes are the name of the game for Democrats San Francisco is permitting “undocumented immigrants,” as political correctness demands we label them, to register to vote this November in local school board elections. Who doubts this is the first step by the left and Democrats toward full voting rights in state and eventually in federal elections?

The claim by lawyers will be that it is discriminatory to allow undocumented Cal immigrants to Thomas vote in local and state elections and not for members of Congress and for president. At bottom, this is what the entire immigration debate is about.

The former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement was interviewed last week on Fox News. Thomas Homan had some important things to say about calls by the left to dismantle the agency.

“What’s incredible,” Homan said, “is these politicians, members of the legislature, would much rather abolish a law enforcement agency than fix the law. …

ICE is enforcing the laws they enacted.”

That’s because politicians, who often pass laws that exempt themselves, care more about their re-election than they do about having laws they passed enforced.

Homan responded to the narrative promoted by Democrats and the major media that the overwhelming number of people arrested by ICE are innocents seeking a better life in America: “People want to ignore the data and the fact that … 89 percent of everybody we arrested last year had a criminal history, either a criminal conviction or pending criminal charges,” Homan said. “We are prioritizing against the criminals. And abolishing ICE, there are going to be (fewer) criminals locked up.

Over 100,000 criminal aliens have been arrested this year walking the streets of this country. That wouldn’t happen if ICE wasn’t there.”

About a recent anti-ICE protest in Oregon, Homan said: “I mean, to have protesters come and try to get in the middle of us doing our job, we had an office in Portland shut down for over a week. That means criminals weren’t being arrested, child predators weren’t being arrested, victims of child trafficking and sex trafficking weren’t being rescued, drug traffickers weren’t being arrested.”

Sounds like good material for a Republican campaign ad.

The media and Democrats (and even some weak-kneed Republicans) have been focusing on children separated from their “parents,” though there are questions about their actual relationships. About that, Homan said: “If anybody wants to look to who to blame about child separations on the border, Congress needs to look in the mirror. I went up to (Capitol) Hill, along (with) the head of CBP and CIS, and told them loopholes need to be fixed. One of the loopholes is the Flores Settlement agreement, which would allow us to detain families together in a dorm setting until they see a judge. But they failed to repair it. They failed to address it. They don’t want to do their job. It’s much easier pointing the fingers at law enforcement.”

Here are some questions I would pose to the broadcast networks CNN and MSNBC: 1) Why have so few in the mainstream media spoken to Homan, and why aren’t you overpaid journalists asking some of the questions he is asking? 2) Who are these demonstrators who show up at ICE offices, at the border with Mexico and in other places?

How do they get there, and who pays for their signs, hotel rooms, transportation and food? Are any of them being paid? 3) Do they have jobs, and if they do, how do they get time off to demonstrate? How many bosses would allow that?

Not only is Congress failing to do its job, but the major media are failing to do theirs. For Democrats, it’s a perfect cover for their ultimate goal: importing votes.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

Wearing out longevity’s welcome Boy, are Americans getting old.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median age — the age at which half of the population is older and half is younger — hit an all-time high of 38.0 in 2017.

Why is it rising? Because our massive baby-boom generation continues to go geezer, while young moms and dads are having way fewer kids than American parents used to.

What’s more interesting is that the number of Americans who were 100 years or older also hit a record in 2017 — a number that is poised to explode.

According to the World Future Society, we are in the early phases of a superlongevity revolution. Thanks to advances in nanotechnology and cell and gene manipulation, scientists may eventually learn how to keep humans alive for 120 to 500 years.

Though it’s great that Americans are living longer, I’m not sure I’d ever want to live THAT long.

Look, I’m 56, a tail-end

pay for it? Living is expensive. Are we going to work 50 years, retire, burn through our nest eggs, then spend 20 or 30 years greeting customers at Walmart?

And what of our younger generations, kids who are notorious slackers? Mother to Tom son in year 2075: Purcell “You’re 100 years old!

When are you going to move baby boomer. If I was conout and get a job?” fident I’d be vibrant and Four years shy of 60, I’m healthy for another 44 years, already showing signs of I might finally get around to fatigue. I don’t know when it marrying and starting a famstarted, but, like my elderly ily! father, I groan every time I My parents are of the silent slowly pull myself out of a generation. They’re in in their chair.

80s. I’d love for them to live Sure, the “primitive male” well beyond 100, so that I part of me thinks I could still can enjoy their company at handle myself if a bar brawl Sunday dinners for another 20 were to break out — but I’d years or more. have to do 30 minutes of But there are downsides to jumping jacks before I could living so long. even think about participatHealth-care costs are aling. ready out of control, and the Besides, in my experimajority of that spending goes ence, life is largely made to the elderly. Such costs may up of colds, bills, speeding become unmanageable as our tickets and people who let median age keeps climbing. you down. These experiences If we live 100 years or are connected together by a more, how are we going to series of mundane tasks. The

drudgeries are occasionally interrupted by a wonderful meal, a really good laugh or a romantic evening with a lovely lady.

Then the mundane stuff starts all over again.

I don’t think I want 500 years of that.

At 56, you see, it seems to me that the key to human happiness is not an abundance of a thing, but a lack of it.

Doesn’t pie taste better when we know it’s the last slice? Doesn’t a football game capture our attention more when it’s the last of the season — the one that determines who goes out the winner and who goes out the loser? Isn’t a comedian funnier when he exits the stage BEFORE we want him to go?

Besides, if I were to live to 500, I’d have to endure 111 more presidential elections — a punishment I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy!

Tom Purcell, author of “Misadventures of a 1970’s Childhood,” is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Send comments to Tom at Tom@TomPurcell.com.

Putin wins at Helsinki; Dems still nuts Yes, President Trump screwed up in front of the whole world at the Helsinki Summit.

But Democrats and the anti-Trump media have a much more serious long-term problem — they’re still out of their minds. They still actually think the Great Russian Collusion Hoax is going to win them the House and chase President Trump out of the White House.

It hasn’t been widely reported, but after last week’s indictment of Russian intelligence officers by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office for trying to disrupt the 2016 election, half the Democrats in Congress had to sneak over to Chris Matthews’ office to get an emergency Trump Derangement Syndrome booster shot.

“Russia Tried to Sway 2016 Election!!!” is now the crazy Democrats’ favorite new frontpage scare-headline. Trump, of course, is somehow supposed to be responsible for Russia’s meddling, according to the fake media, even though all the hacking and swaying occurred when the Obama gang was in power.

Not that the Trump-hate media care, but here’s an old newsflash I found under my desk: The Russians have been screwing with other people’s

Michael Reagan elections forever. We’ve been screwing with other people’s elections forever.

Here are some other newsflashes for the media: The Russians have spies in America. We have spies in Russia.

China has spies in America.

We have spies in China. Basically, every country with a GDP greater than Chad’s has spies in other countries.

Yes, Trump took a hit in Helsinki. Vladimir Putin was this week’s one and only big winner, thanks to the media’s hatred of Trump and the president’s gaffes. While Trump was cleaning up his mess and “clarifying” his press conference quotes to keep the intelligence agencies from defecting to Russia, Putin probably was in a dacha somewhere laughing his butt off and drinking Stoli. His dirty work is done.

No one laid a glove on him in Helsinki, and he’s disrupted everything in America he set

out to disrupt.

Our political system has been in chaos for two years over Russian collusion and nonstop Trump hate. We no longer trust our president, our elections, our political parties or our major media, though that’s nothing new.

Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha — everyone is playing partisan gotcha politics.

When Trump is involved, of course, the liberal media cover each new crazy tweet, gaffe or controversial executive order like it’s a war crime that has never been committed by a president before. But to be fair, the left and the right tribes both play the gotcha game. If it had been President Obama slow-dancing with Putin in public at that press conference, imagine how Fox News, talk radio and the rest of the conservative media would have reacted.

Oops.

Obama did get caught playing footsies with the Russkies in March 2012 when he accidentally spoke into a hot mic, telling then-President Dmitri Medvedev to assure thengood guy Putin that he’d have more flexibility on a nuclear missile deal after the fall election. A few Republicans, like presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich,

made a stink.

But the words “collusion” and “traitor” and “impeachment” were never uttered in prime time or on the front page because the entire bicoastal liberal media-sphere rose up as one Andrea Mitchell to explain away or downplay Obama’s shifty promise. For the record, the New York Times ran its March 26 story, “Microphone Catches a Candid Obama,” on Page A14. That’s not the front page.

President Trump will never get that kind of sweet deal from the liberal media for the next six years, so he needs to learn a few basics I picked up in the second grade. He has to think before he speaks. And he has to stop taking everything so personally.

At that press conference in Helsinki, the president was his own worst enemy. He would have saved himself a lot of grief if he had just come out, turned to Putin right away and said, “Cut this hacking crap out, Vlad. First question?”

Michael Reagan is a political consultant, and the founder of the email service reagan. com and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation. Visit his websites at www.reagan. com and www.michaelereagan.com. Send comments to Reagan@caglecartoons.com.

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Getting to Know ... Emily Jacquette Buford girls lacrosse coach Emily Jacquette has been involved in lacrosse from an early age. The New Jersey native played college lacrosse, then coached lacrosse at the college level for Birmingham Southern, Savannah College of Art and Design and Piedmont before being hired by the Wolves.

Jacquette spoke with staff correspondent McClain Baxley to talk about her coaching career, her love of the game and her love of sushi in this week’s edition of “Getting to Know…”.

MB: Where did you start playing lacrosse?

EJ: I grew up in New Jersey so I started playing in the rec league in my hometown. Then I went on and played at the College of New Jersey, which is at the (NCAA) Division III level.

MB: Were you on scholarship there?

EJ: No, because D-III is not on athletic scholarship. I actually played field hockey and lacrosse there, so I was a two-sport athlete.

MB: What did you go to college for, degreewise?

EJ: Corporate fitness was my degree and then I went to get my master’s at American University to get a degree in health promotion management.

MB: So how did that turn into coaching girls lacrosse?

EJ: When I went to graduate school in Wash-

ington, D.C., I started coaching some travel teams.

I did that Emily while I was Jacquette in grad school and when I went back to New Jersey. Then I got the opportunity to get into college coaching at Birmingham Southern College, which was just starting its program. It was a brand new Division III program. I spent some time there and then went to coach at SCAD in Savannah and left there and went up to Piedmont College. I started the girls lacrosse program at Piedmont and then when I left college coaching because I had young children and family demands, I already lived in Buford. I just reached out to the athletic director at Buford High School, just inquiring about helping out and they were looking to hire a new coach. Obviously, someone that had experience in the game.

MB: How did being around the college game for so long translate into coaching at the high school level?

EJ: For me, a lot of my experience at the college level was about building relationships with your players, so that then you can really teach them how to play the game to the best of their ability. Coming to Buford, it’s a really young program. You still

have a lot of players really learning the game. My experience at the college level really taught me how to teach the game.

MB: And I would assume the credibility comes with you both playing and coaching at the college level.

EJ: Yes, the coaching staff that I have, two of them started the program five years ago and neither one of them had played.

They didn’t have any experience before coaching the program, so they were really learning the game while they were teaching it to the players. Now that I’ve come on and I’ve brought one of my former players who played for me at Piedmont, we’ve been able to balance it out with knowing the game and knowing high school students from teaching them.

MB: What was it like initially coming down to the South to teach lacrosse, a sport that was known for being a predominantly northern sport?

EJ: It was a big transition. When I got to Alabama, there was no lacrosse. All of my recruiting of student-athletes was really from Atlanta. I spent all of my time recruiting in Fulton County and Cobb County. It was really a lot time explaining to people what the game of lacrosse was. I grew up in an area where lacrosse was what football was in the South. It was mainstream.

It really required me to

go back to the roots of explaining everything at a very basic level.

MB: What about lacrosse is so intriguing to you?

EJ: I love everything about it. I love the fastpaced nature of the game.

It’s a high-scoring game so you can’t really get bored.

You really rely on every unit to put in work, one player can’t win a championship.

MB: What are some of the most rewarding moments in your coaching career?

EJ: It’s probably been teaching kids that weren’t taught properly the game of lacrosse. Watching them try it, succeed at it, then get so excited when something we’ve worked on is the best reward that I could get. Just to see them be successful has been so rewarding.

MB: When you’re not on the lacrosse field, what do you do for fun?

EJ: I’m a group exercise instructor, so I teach fitness classes. I’m a very active person and just trying to live the most healthy lifestyle I can. I feel old sometimes around these high school kids. I’m a mom first, a lacrosse coach second and then just trying to live healthy.

MB: What’s your favorite meal?

EJ: Sushi.

MB: Sushi? Any specific kind of roll?

EJ: I don’t think there’s anything bad, but I really just like the raw fish.

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decade coaching at West Forsyth.

Roy’s coaching journey began at the college level, though. After playing basketball at Clayton State for three years, he transferred to Georgia and was a student assistant there for Tubby Smith. He coached collegiately at Campbellsville and Eastern Kentucky for three years before transitioning to high school coaching in Gwinnett.

Now he’s a head coach for the second time in his career.

“I’ve always wanted to be a head coach,” Roy said. “I had a little bit of experience coaching the boys at West Forsyth for a couple of years as head coach of the boys varsity over there. I’ve been head coach for golf for the past nine years.

Obviously, basketball’s a different sport and a different way to manage things. It’s always been a dream of mine to run a basketball program. I feel like being an assistant coach for 18 years was good. I’ve had the good fortune to learn a lot from a lot of different people and sit back and evaluate things I think that work or may not work and try to take what I believe in and kind of incorporate it into my philosophy. Now it’s time to hit the ground running. All this time and work I’ve prepared for it.”

The head coaching position wasn’t the goal for Roy when he came to Lambert prior to last season. He was excited to work with Fisher and become part of a school where his wife Rhetta (also a Brookwood grad) has worked for nearly a decade.

“I’ve known Jaime for a long time and I’ve been good friends with her, so it was kind of bittersweet (for her to resign),” Roy said. “We had tried to work together for a little while. We finally were able to make it happen, but by no means do I fault her for the decision.

I totally get it. It was just bittersweet to finally get a chance to work with her, but only for one year.”

Since taking over as head coach, Roy has focused on workouts and skill development with a new set of Longhorns.

The summer slate also included a team camp at Georgia College to prepare for the 2018-19 season.

“We have a group of hard-working kids,” Roy said. “They’re trying to learn some new things right now. We’ve kind of had to change some things just based off personnel. It’s an adjustment for them just like it’s been an adjustment for me. But they’ve been coming in and working hard and I’m very appreciative of that because that’s the one thing I’ve asked them to do.”

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