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Hudgens Education Center drops toddler care

BY TREVOR MCNABOE trevor.mcnaboe@gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett Technical College is making changes to its program at the D. Scott Hudgens Jr. Early Education Center, an on-campus early childhood care and learning facility, beginning July 1.

In a letter dated June 4, Gwinnett Tech Acting President David Welden said the college will no longer be offering infant and toddler programs.

The announcement left some parents shocked.

“The move is a betrayal of the center’s founding mission and of the donors and community members who helped to make this great vision a reality,” said Aimee See GWINNETT TECH, Page 6A

Lanier Island Management’s Virgil Williams, from left, Margaritaville Chief Marketing Officer Tamara Baldanza-Dekker, Safe Harbor Development President Darby Campbell and Margaritaville CEO John Cohlan raise cans of Landshark to toast the opening of Margaritaville at Lanier Islands on Wednesday. The attraction opened under the Margaritaville format seven weeks ago. Right now, it includes the beach and water park area, and offers cruises on Lake Lanier, but the officials who run it want to eventually grow it into a major attraction that is well-known across the southeast. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans)

Margaritaville at Lanier Islands owners look to attraction’s future

BY CURT YEOMANS

tion Wednesday night.

And she just chilled.

As she chatted casually with a colleague, they Lake Lanier Convention watched the sun drop lower and Visitors Bureau Presiand lower over the lake as it dent Stacey Dickson laid set. In front of them, a group back in her bright yellow of people scrambled around beach chair overlooking the on a beach volleyball court, lake from the new Margarita- frantically trying to keep the ville at Lanier Islands attrac- ball from hitting the sand on curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

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their side of the net.

In the background, the strains of Jimmy Buffett tunes streamed from the sound system.

“I’m living the dream

right now,” Dickson said.

“It’s amazing.”

Margaritaville has been operating Lanier Islands for about seven weeks in the former LanierWorld area.

Margaritaville and Safe Harbor Development entered a joint agreement earlier See OPENING, Page 2A

Aimee Burgamy and daughter Emily Burgamy will be looking for a new day care following the closing of the infant and toddler program at the Hudgens Education Center on July 1. (Special Photo)

Minimum wage work can’t pay apartment rent anywhere in U.S.

BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes@gwinnettdailypost.com

Though the economy is booming and employment numbers are up across the nation, finding affordable housing is still difficult for many, and, for much of the country’s lowest-paid workers, making ends meet with even the cheapest monthly rent is out of reach.

According to an annual report released Wednesday by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, nowhere in America can a minimumwage employee working a standard, 40-hour week afford a two-bedroom apartment.

The report, which is titled “Out of Reach,” documents the gap between wages and the cost of rental housing across the United States yearly, examining the more than 3,000 counties that comprise all 50 states.

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Gwinnett County school principals’ field trip provides job insight

BY TREVOR MCNABOE trevor.mcnaboe @gwinnettdailypost.com

Principals and administrators from Gwinnett County Public Schools channeled their inner child with a field trip to local businesses around Gwinnett on Thursday.

“At core of what we’re trying to do is fulfill our vision of having students be prepared for their future,” GCPS Associate Superin-

tendent Jonathan Patterson said. “It’s important for us at this time in the year to continue to learn ourselves and see what is out there in the industry.”

Patterson said the main reason principals and administrators place such importance on days like this is to connect what they are teaching in school to what is happening with jobs locally. The visit allowed principals a chance to evaluate and see if the

clarity on things we might need to invest in.”

Visit gwinnettdailypost.com “The takeaway from for a photo gallery. today is Gwinnett as a gateway to the globe for career and technical educa- commerce, business and tion programs are preparing enterprise,” Partnership students for jobs following Gwinnett Director of Edugraduation. cation and Talent Develop“This really helps us ment Adam Forrand said. focus in as principals and “We saw a sampling of as a district on things we Japanese, Belgian and Italneed to work on,” Patterson ian companies that have a said. “There are all sorts of significant presence in our Aluvision employee Tristian Vaccaro explains some of the interesting industries that uses of products at Aluvision to GCPS principals and adwe are visiting that gives us See PRINCIPALS, Page 6A ministrators Thursday. (Staff Photo: Trevor McNaboe) MORE ONLINE

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Above, guests socialize atop one of Margaritaville at Lanier Islands’ cruise boats. The cruises allow guests to hang out while taking in views of Lake Lanier. Right, stilt walkers, from left, Ariana Burnell, Samantha Czapp, Terrell Rush and Travis Rush do Margaritaville’s “Fins up” salute during a celebration held Wednesday to commemorate the recent opening of Margaritaville at Lanier Islands. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans)

•From Page 1A this year to operate the local attraction under the beach-themed Margaritaville format inspired by the music of Buffett.

Part of what has opened so far include the family-friendly Paradise Beach, which has a beach area with a tiki bar, a “Chill Zone” boardwalk area with restaurants, a zip line ride, a tube slide and the Fun Zone children’s water play area.

Then there is the more adult-oriented Landshark Landing, which includes the Landshark Bar and Grill, a cornhole area, a beach, fire pits, boat docks and Lake Lanier cruises.

Safe Harbor Chief Operations Officer John Lush said the experience of the development company, which runs the day-to-day operations of the attraction, goes back to the lifestyle people think about when they hear Buffett’s songs.

“Margaritaville is free to be me, the ability to relax and enjoy yourself,” Lush said. “I mean Jimmy is 71. He’s a great icon to the brand and represents it at its very,

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Margaritaville is free to be me, the ability to relax and enjoy yourself. I mean Jimmy is 71. He’s a great icon to the brand and represents it at its very, very best.”

— Safe Harbor Development Chief Operations Officer John Lush

very best.”

There are a lot of plans for Margaritaville’s future on Lake Lanier.

The beach, water park — a first for the Margaritaville brand — and lake cruise attractions are open now, and Safe Harbor is working on the RV and marina areas.

The long-term plans also include a Margaritavillebranded hotel with its own indoor water park and a full-service Margaritaville restaurant as well as a convention center.

The hotel and convention center, which would be built where the Renaissance PineIsle Hotel once stood, is still being studied.

“We hope to create Margaritaville’s version

Opening

Still, she said it would be impossible to fairly line up LanierWorld and Margaritaville at Lanier Island side by side for a critical comparison of how they stack up against each other.

“Margaritaville is a global brand so it’s just not really fair because it’s apples to oranges as far as brand recognition goes,” Dickson said. “The product that (Margaritaville is) bringing is tested and proven, and recognized. On a Wednesday night, every table is filled out here. That speaks enough volumes to us.”

Campbell said a major part of the growth will Safe Harbor Development Chief Operations Officer John Lush leads reporters on a be developing brand tour of the new Margaritaville at Lanier Islands attraction that replaced LanierWorld. awareness of Lanier Island outside of the metro Atlanta area. He of Universal Studios,” to happen overnight but gest and fastest tubing said the foundation is Safe Harbor President I can tell you this island park in the Southeast.” already there due to Darby Campbell said. will be one of the major Other activities that the fact that there is an “That sounds like a tall attractions in the SouthSafe Harbor and Marexisting attraction to task and it is, but when east.” garitaville officials are they started, when Disney Beyond amenities, Safe looking at adding include build upon and locals see started and Universal Harbor and Margaritaa barbecue and bluegrass it as a place to go.

But to Campbell, the started, when all of these ville officials want to festival, a wine festival property hasn’t reached guys started it was a tall expand Magical Nights and a beer festival. The task, and they didn’t have of Lights and combine it plan is to eventually host its full potential yet.

His goal of making a template nearly as good with an expanded snow monthly big events to it bigger includes turnas this one. … park with tube rides that draw visitors to Maring it into something on “It’s really about getis expected to cost $2 garitaville and make it a par with Pigeon Forge ting the right partners and million. More Christyear-round attraction.

Margaritaville is a strong mas trees will be added “Especially in the fall,” or Dollywood in terms one, and it’s not going (including some palm Campbell said. “That’s a of regional, multi-state awareness and drawing trees with lights in them) great time a wine festiand an area for making val — and the springtime power.

“Pigeon Forge does 14 s’mores will be available — and the barbecue and million visitors a year along with live reindeer bluegrass festival might and they don’t have a and Santa Claus. be in the fall. We have The plans come off all of the facilities, all of freaking airport within an sounding like a winter the parking. It’s kind of a hour,” he said. “You’ve got the world’s busiest attraction that could natural.” airport but your reach is rival Stone Mountain’s The partnership and Atlanta. I mean right now Snow Mountain, although the plans are a good our reach — we’re doing Campbell thinks Marthing for tourism on what we’re doing probagaritaville’s attraction the lake, according to bly reaching the counties would come out on top in Dickson, who called around us. … that competition, parMargaritaville at Lanier “That’s your base. Now ticularly where tubing is Islands “everything you’ve got to reach out. concerned. we’ve dreamed the Now you’ve got to give “Ours will be a little island would be.” She them a reason to come bit longer and a little bit praised the partnership bigger,” he said. “We between Safe Harbor and here and spend several days.” plan to be the No. 1 bigMargaritaville officials.

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Georgia chamber president: State politics important to businesses

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Georgia Chamber of Commerce President Chris Clark had one overarching message for members of the Gwinnett Chamber on Wednesday: They should keep an eye on state politics this year.

Clark spent his time at the local chamber of commerce’s On Topic luncheon Wednesday talking about political goings on in the state. Some of that time was devoted to legislation passed in the General Assembly this past year, including the regional transit bill, income tax cuts and approval to hold constitutional amendment referendum to create a business court.

A lot of his time at the mic, however, was devoted to Georgia’s upcoming elections, including open seats for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and several legislative seats.

“We are facing a historic election in Georgia that will set the course for policy and prosperity for the next decade,” Clark said. “Now we have been very fortunate that we’ve been the best place to do business for five years in a row. If we elect the wrong people who have the wrong policies, we won’t continue to be the best place to do business. We won’t continue to grow like we need to.”

The Gwinnett Chamber, above, hosted Georgia Chamber of Commerce President Chris Clark, left, during its On Topic luncheon at the 1818 Club in Duluth on Wednesday. He urged audience members to follow this year’s elections closely. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans)

Clark said after the luncheon that his comment was not meant to suggest a preference for one political party versus another, or one candidate versus another in the upcoming Republican runoff.

The four candidates that the state chamber’s Political Affairs Council has endorsed so far, including House District 102 candidate Paula Hastings and House District 105 candidate Donna Sheldon, are Republicans, but Clark said the group remains nonpartisan in how it views candidates for elected office.

The chamber president clarified his comments, saying that candidates, regardless of political party affiliation, should be evaluated on the same criteria.

“As people are making

their decisions on who they want to vote for, Republican or Democrat, they just need to think through how are these people going to be to help grow the economy,” Clark said.

“Job creation is still the No. 1 issue for Georgians in any poll that you do and you want to make sure that those candidates who are running have the right policy positions, think the right way and are going to engage, in a proactive way, in being job creators.”

How candidates are evaluated was a major thrust of Clark’s remarks to the Gwinnett Chamber. He highlighted a list of major issue priorities that are important to the chamber during this year’s elections.

Those issues are collectively called “Eight for 18.”

The priorities includes

business climate, infrastructure, prosperity and diversity, workforce training, trade and commerce, health care, rural Georgia and entrepreneurship and innovation.

Within those priorities are issues that the chamber sees as important, such as transit and other transportation issues falling under infrastructure.

Clark said Gwinnett County would have the Georgia Chamber’s support if either a MARTA referendum or a transportation special purpose local option sales tax referendum to expand Gwinnett Transit was passed by voters.

“The way we look at it is it’s a local decision,” he said. “If the local community decides it does want to (join MARTA), then we

will provide support and resources like we’ve done in Fulton and DeKalb for their recent efforts. …

“We’d help in those (TSPLOST) situations too.

We let the local communities make that decision and if they want the support then we’d come in and help them educate voters and that kind of stuff.”

Other issues highlighted by the chamber, such as health care, are hot button topics that have generated a broader nationwide discussion.

Health care is particularly important to the chamber both because of the possibility that large numbers of Georgians could lose health insurance in the coming years and because of the impact of rural Georgia hospitals closing. Without access to nearby health

care, Clark said rural communities will find it harder to attract new jobs.

“We are in favor of a federal waiver which would bring those dollars back to Georgia that currently go to other states from Georgia taxpayers,” Clark said.

“What you’ve typically heard are people saying, ‘Well it’s either expand Obamacare or you don’t.’

“There’s actually another vehicle which are these federal waivers which allows you to access the dollars and provide coverage and support for certain symptoms without a full blown Obamacare implementation. That’s what we’ve recommended as a Georgia-based solution, using our tax dollars in waiver that the Trump administration would approve.”

Gwinnett post offices offer Saturday passport fair Ga. employment hits

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Georgia set a new record for the number of residents who hold a job last month, the Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday.

The number of employed Georgians hit 4.92 million in May, which is up 13,552 people from Mark April.

In Butler all, the number of employed Georgians is up more than 123,000 people from a year ago, with an average growth rate of 10,250 people per month.

Georgia’s unemployment rate for May was 4.2 percent, which is its lowest level since August 2001, according to the Department of Labor.

“The fact that we are seeing these records month after month shows the continuing strength of Georgia’s economy,” Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said. “In fact, Georgia was recently ranked as the ninth topperforming economy in the nation.”

The number of employed Georgians isn’t the only employment-related number that has been going up. The size of Georgia’s workforce is also growing. The

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There were 5.1 million Georgians eligible to hold a job last month, according to state figures.

The news was welcomed by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, who is running for governor.

Cagle said the job market in Georgia should continue to grow in light of the tax cuts adopted by legislature earlier this year.

“Across all major indicators, this report demonstrates Georgia’s economy has never been stronger and our state continues to grow at a record pace,” Cagle said. “Partnering with Governor Deal, we’ve led to lift employment to a record high, bringing more Georgians into the workforce so they can provide for their families.

“In the years ahead, our $5.7 billion income tax cut will continue returning more money back into the pockets of hard working Georgians.

Our College and Career Academies are building a workforce second to none. And going forward, we will only double-down on our pro-jobs, work-first policies to encourage more Georgians to get into the workforce and pursue even greater opportunities to climb up the economic ladder.”

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More to dieting than meal frequency Dear Dr. roaCh: I have always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I never eat breakfast. Most times I eat just once a day, at dinnertime — and no, I don’t pig out then, either. I have boneless, skinless chicken breast or pork chops baked or on the grill, with a boxed pasta side dish, and I feel just fine and have lost weight. I call it the once-a-day diet. If this works, and I can eat just once a day, then I think it’s fine and easy to do once you get used to it.

— R.G. aNsWer: While I’m glad this diet has helped you lose weight, my experience is that many people who eat only once daily have problems with weight gain, probably because they are so hungry that they consume more calories than they need. Breakfasts help many people with energy during the day and keep them from getting so hungry that they make poor choices. However, eating large meals less frequently is a successful strategy for some people.

However, I can’t agree with your overall food choices. You haven’t mentioned any fruits or vegetables, whole grains, legumes or nuts, and these are the basis for a healthy diet, in my opinion. Your diet is deficient in many micronutrients (such as vitamin C and calcium), so I hope you just neglected to mention these and actually are consuming some. A diet that helps a person lose weight is great, but a diet for optimizing overall health is different from what you are reporting.

A nutritionist or your doctor can provide more information.

Dear Dr. roaCh: What is the deal with monoglycerides and diglycerides?

I’ve read that these ingredients are just trans fats in disguise, and that they are not considered as fats by the Food and Drug Administration and so are not included in the fat calorie count.

Should I avoid products with these ingredients because of concerns about cholesterol levels? It’s difficult to find breads or other pastry products without one or both of these listed in the ingredients.

— G.W.S. aNsWer: Mono- and diglycerides are very much like fats, which are chemically triglycerides.

They all have a glycerine “backbone” to which one, two or three long chains of fatty acids are attached.

Mono- and diglycerides are used in many products as emulsifiers, which help oil and water stay together.

The dose makes the poison: I recommend minimizing mono- and diglycerides, although it is very difficult, as you say, to avoid them completely if you buy commercial breads and pastries (and many other products, too).

You can minimize your consumption by cooking using ingredients you can trust, buying products without them when you can and reducing processed foods overall.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1836, Arkansas was admitted as the 25th U.S. state.

In 1846, Britain and the United States settled the boundary dispute between the U.S. and Canada in the Pacific Northwest.

In 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper became the first African-American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

In 1864, Arlington National Cemetery was established.

In 1994, Israel and the Vatican established formal diplomatic relations.

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Ice Cube (1969- ), rapper/actor; Leah Remini (1970- ), actress; Andy Pettitte (1972- ), baseball player; Neil Patrick Harris (1973- ), actor; Tim Lincecum (1984- ), baseball player.

TODAY’S FACT: Excluding 1,538 miles in Alaska, the U.S.-Canada border is 3,987 miles long.

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TODAY’S MOON: Between new moon (June 13) and first quarter moon (June 20).

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If she is doing something many think of as “joyful,” I don’t want to admit that it is making concentration difficult for me.

Ideas?

— Whistled Out Dear WhistleD: This situation reminds me of “The Office,” where character Michael Scott’s musical stylings were so disruptive.

Listening to someone whistle throughout the day would be torturous for many. For me, whistling is the aural equivalent of being tied to a chair with a swinging bare lightbulb overhead — I would confess to anything to have it stop.

Your supervisor should not answer a legitimate complaint by saying, “Oh, but I like it!” That is the essence of shutting you down.

Your lovely office mate might not realize that she whistles while she works as often as she does.

Because her actions have an impact on many others, you should not hesitate to give her a heads up that you find it disruptive. You say, “Now that we’re in an open-plan office, I’m finding it hard to concentrate and take my calls when you’re whistling. I admire your skill, but it’s pretty distracting for me.”

Earbuds can also help.

Dear amy: How sad that the writer of “Ball Catcher in Illinois” is bothered because kids step on their lawn. No complaint

of vandalism or using profanity or anything else — just using their lawn!

I am thrilled when the neighbor kids ride their bikes down my driveway — it takes a village to raise a child!

They should be happy the kids are outside and not glued to video screens.

Those kids will be grown up in no time. Wouldn’t it be great for all involved for a relationship to form between neighbors?

Maybe someday the writer will need help with something and the kids or their families could help out.

I love my neighbors because of the bonds we’ve formed. Ball Catcher should consider the gift of being neighborly! He might find it feels good.

— A Good Neighbor Dear Neighbor: Several people admonished me for not encouraging “Ball Catcher” to be a better and more involved neighbor. I was too focused on the idea that the kids weren’t aware of, or respecting, boundaries.

I do think it’s possible to show kids how to respect boundaries, while still being a good neighbor — but I take your point.

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

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Alcoholic friend should not camp Dear amy: I have a friend whom I have known since high school. He has recently been in recovery for drinking.

He is about six weeks into an outpatient system and has been doing well.

A group of friends (including my friend in recovery) has been going on two camping trips a year together. We have been doing this for over 20 years.

I have asked everyone that attends our camping trip to make this next trip (which is in two weeks) alcohol-free.

I explained to them that I know he will have to deal with friends drinking in front of him eventually, but that it is too soon.

The reaction from some of the group is that I am being unreasonable and I should not be dictating what takes place on the camping trip.

What should I do?

— Campmaster Dear Campmaster: You are not responsible for your friend’s recovery. He is.

I applaud your supportive attitude and desire to help him through this, but the simple fact is that he should probably not attend the camping trip this cycle.

It is probably too soon in his recovery for him to leave town and attend an event that will supply all sorts of triggers for him.

You cannot count on others abstaining from alcohol, and — if they are more attached to their

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Amy Dickinson relationship to alcohol than their relationship with him — they will choose to drink.

The most responsible thing is to tell your recovering friend that you have tried, but cannot guarantee that others will not drink. Encourage him to connect with his sponsor and perhaps attend support meetings instead of camping, but (of course) leave the final decision up to him.

Dear amy: I have an otherwise lovely co-worker who constantly whistles in our open-concept office. At our previous location, there were cubicle walls that absorbed some of the sound, but in our current space there is nowhere to hide.

I tried mentioning it to our mutual supervisor, who said, “Oh, I like the whistling!”

I have no problem mentioning to other co-workers that their music is disturbing or that they aren’t using their inside voice and I can’t hear my telephone conversation.

However, I don’t want to be the office Grinch.

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Your experience will be valuable when it comes to money and how you handle your personal finances.

Partnerships will play a role in how or where you live. Someone from your past will have something interesting to offer you. Follow your heart and passion.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) — Memories will lead you to reconnect with someone you haven’t seen in a long time. Catch up on old times, but be wary of what’s being said.

Someone will try to impress you with embellished tales.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Share your emotions to settle a difference with someone.

If you offer suggestions and are willing to compromise, much can be accomplished.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Protect your assets. Make moneysaving changes to your residence or lifestyle.

Put an end to extravagant behavior. Make positive changes that improve your life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Don’t give up if you really want something. A little charm and the right information will help you get what you want.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Put your energy into self-improvement instead of trying to change others. If you make a fuss, you’ll end up getting more than you bargained for in return. A physical outlet is encouraged.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Find out all you can about your heritage. Talk to older family friends or relatives who can offer insight and help you make a decision. Avoid activities that might cause physical stress.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Hold off on making a physical or emotional change. You’ll lack pertinent information about a major decision. Gather facts first.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Size up your situation at home or take a closer look at a partnership and consider how to make a positive move. A change will ease stress.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Get moving.

Plan to do something that will improve your vitality and make you feel good about the way you look and what you can accomplish. Dump bad habits.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Take on a new project or get involved in an event or activity that will bring you in contact with new people or projects. A collaboration will lead to positive change.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Listen to complaints and do what you can to appease someone you love.

Making a fuss will only make matters worse.

Physical changes should not be made in haste.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Get together with friends or relatives who can offer information about your cultural background or places that you’d like to visit. Travel and communication will be revealing.

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Trump and AG Sessions must be proud WASHINGTON — The moral outrages from the Trump administration come so fast that they blur together, but this one stands out: The unconscionably cruel policy of ripping the children of would-be immigrants away from their parents at the border.

Officials do not even try to hide the fact that the purpose of this abhorrent and inhumane practice is to instill fear. “If you cross the border unlawfully, even a first offense, we’re going to prosecute you,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said last month. “If you’re smuggling a child, we’re going to prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you, probably, as required by law. If you don’t want your child to be separated, then don’t bring them across the border illegally.”

“Smuggling” a child, Sessions said, as if referring to chattel. There Eugene was a time when Robinson my ancestors were forcibly taken from their mothers’ arms and sold on the auction block. Make America Great Again!

According to CNN, a Honduran woman at a Texas detention center was in the act of breastfeeding her daughter recently when the child was snatched away. Other migrant families have said their children were purportedly led away for showers and clean clothes — but never returned. This is the kind of behavior we expect from monstrous totalitarian regimes such as the one led by President Trump’s “talented” new friend, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. It is certainly not the policy of any nation that strives to be a “shining city on a hill.”

Trump has no such aspiration, of course, and Sessions has been a consistent anti-immigrant xenophobe throughout his political career. But most Americans — and, pertinently, virtually all Republican office-holders — once at least professed belief in U.S. exceptionalism.

I suppose the Trump-Sessions border policy might be called exceptional, but only in the sense that the rest of the world can only be appalled.

The practice of separating parents from their children flows regrettably but inevitably, the administration says, from its “zero-tolerance” policy of prosecuting every single would-be migrant caught crossing the border without proper documents — a misdemeanor offense.

The parents are hauled away to detention to await a court appearance. Minor children cannot be left to fend for themselves, so the government steps in. “The children will be taken care of — put into foster care or whatever,” White House Chief of Staff John Kelly told National Public Radio last month. “But the big point is they (the parents) elected to come illegally into the United States, and this is a technique that no one hopes will be used extensively or for very long.”

How extensively the “technique” is being applied is unclear, since officials refuse to release comprehensive numbers. Whether it is being used legally in all cases is doubtful. By law, would-be migrants who are seeking asylum — a group that includes many Central American families fleeing rampant gang violence — must be admitted to the country and should be released pending a hearing. This distinction, however, reportedly is not being properly respected.

Clearly this does not bother Sessions, who wants to erase the distinction entirely. On Monday, abusing his authority over the nation’s immigration courts, Sessions ruled that asylum claims on the grounds of gang or domestic violence “generally … will not qualify.” Sessions proclaimed that few such applicants will even meet the “credible fear” standard for obtaining a hearing — meaning they can just be turned away at the border, and then arrested, of course, if they later enter the country without permission.

In the barrios of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, gang leaders often give teenaged boys a choice: join or be killed. For girls, the choice is join or be raped and possibly killed. Parents trying desperately to save their children’s lives are not welcome in Donald Trump’s America.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., brought the separation issue into the spotlight earlier this month when he tried to visit a Brownsville, Texas, detention center where immigrant children are being held — and was turned away. The Facebook Live video of this outrage went viral.

This week, reporters were allowed into that center, where nearly 1,500 boys were being held. Most were unaccompanied by adults when caught trying to cross the border; the rest, though no one would say precisely how many, had been taken from their parents.

The center, a converted former Walmart, was clean and orderly, if overcrowded. The boys, ages 10 to 17, were well cared for — but could not leave. It was a prison for Spanish-speaking children. Trump and Sessions must be proud.

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

Shinnecock beautiful, hard to reach SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — This is really a great place to visit if you just didn’t have to get here. You can drive to Southampton in two hours, but only if there is no traffic. A bus takes two hours and change and to connect with this upscale community by train it is a three hour ride, I usually take the train. The scenery is becoming and a laptop is accommodating. A ride out to the U.S. Open golf championship this week has allowed for a productive sojourn — let a pleasant train ride take you to a charming sports venue and enjoy the environs as you make your way to a place where the Shinnecock Indians once held valuable real estate but without title.

If you have kept up with the news, the Shinnecocks say the U. S. Open worthy golf layout is where their ancient burial grounds were. The Shinnecocks want their land back, but lost their last attempt in court as they have historically.

Southampton is where you will find upper scale neighborhoods. The aforementioned Shinnecocks have a reservation here. You find many day labor Mexicans looking for work.

The haves and the have-nots

was very pleasant and hospitable and enjoyed a pleasant life right next door to all the elite who live and summer in the Hamptons.

She would often ride by the local 7-11 and pick up a couple of Mexican laborers to help her with yard work. She took Loran me on a tour of the Shinnecock Smith reservation, making the comment, “They won’t bother you are graphically defined in this if you don’t bother them.” garden spot.

When I last visited Blanche The last two times the in 2004, she was an advanced championship was played senior citizen and I am sure here, I rented a room from a that most likely she has gone lady whose name was Blanche. on to her reward, but I thought She had a modest home on about her often this week in land that was worth a fortune. that she was a genial person That was not of significance who enjoyed the renters she to here. She found a way to took in for whatever reason. make extra income just like an Surrounded by all that enterprising widow might be wealth, she found a way to endoing in Macon or Savannah joy a comfortable life. She had or Augusta. She took in renters to be aware, however, that the when the Open came to town value of her property someday and she was a state liquor com- would likely make her children missioner. Furman Bisher, the and grandchildren smile. late columnist for the Atlanta There is a Farm Bureau Journal, was introduced to organization on Long Island, Blanche by a writer named just like you find in Tifton, Kaye Kessler. When they told Waycross and elsewhere. You me she had an extra room, I can go apple pickin’ on Long booked it poste-haste.

Island and you can go pumpShe had plastic curtains kin pickin’ as well. There is a in the bedrooms and drove a sod farm and one dairy which nondescript compact car. She has flourished sine 1939 —

Oak Tree Farm Dairy.

And, as you might expect there is a Farmer’s Market. You can go all over the world and find a Farmer’s Market. Small towns, big towns. It is the same in France and Egypt, Germany and Cordele. People are attracted to farm-raised products they can take to their kitchen and use to prepare a meal that becomes a highlight of the day to their families.

There are fruit and vegetable stalls in big cities. This time of the year is a time when the gardens of the world are at peak. You can find fresh garden products wherever there is land and wherever there are hungry people.

Having grown up on a farm and knowing the value of fresh food, I am not surprised that there are farms on Long Island where you find displays of red, ripe strawberries, refreshing greens which sparkle in the sunlight and beans, carrots, beets and fresh eggs.

Look behind you and you see the Manhattan skyline.

That is what makes this everyday scene seem so out of place.

Loran Smith is co-host of “The Tailgate Show,” a freelance writer and a columnist.

On Charles, my friend, my mentor, my lodestar WASHINGTON — A few years ago, I was talking with Charles Krauthammer in the Fox News green room when the news that someone famous had passed away flashed on the television screen. Charles told me the way he hoped to go when his time came. His dream, he said, was to be assassinated during the seventhinning stretch at a game at Nationals Park. He wanted to die in what he once called “my own private paradise,” where “the twilight’s gleaming, the popcorn’s popping, the kids’re romping and everyone’s happy.”

Alas, fate has different plans.

Charles’ announcement that he has only a few weeks to live is heartbreaking. But in writing it, he gave all who love and admire him a wonderful gift — the opportunity to tell him what he means to us and how he changed our lives.

Charles was the first person I turned to for advice when I was offered the opportunity to write a weekly column for The Post.

I did not know him at the time. Like so many others, I had long admired his work from afar. The first time I saw him speak in person was in 2004, when I was a young Pentagon speechwriter and Charles gave the American Enterprise Institute’s Irving Kristol Award lecture. He was introduced by

Chinese or Indian or Italian, we go to the food court.”

We are not an imperial power, Charles said, but a commercial republic that, “by pure accident of history, has been designated custodian of the international system.” How to meet those responsibilities?

Marc Charles systematically took Thiessen apart the competing schools of foreign policy: isolationism (which he called an “ideology Vice President Dick Cheney, of fear”); liberal internationalwho noted that Charles had ism (which supports force only been a speechwriter for one of in cases “devoid of national his predecessors. “I now wish interest” and seeks to constrain I had paid more attention at the American power through “fictime to the speeches of Walter tional legalisms”); and realism Mondale,” Cheney said. (which believes in American Charles delivered an enpower but “fails because it ofthralling lecture, which, to this fers no vision”). day, is the best expression I In their place, Charles ofhave ever heard of America’s fered what he called democratrole in the world. He dismissed ic realism, which “sees as the the idea of American empire, engine of history not the will to declaring, “It is absurd to apply power, but the will to freedom.” the word to a people whose America, he said, “will support first instinct upon arriving on democracy everywhere, but we anyone’s soil is to demand an will commit blood and treasure exit strategy.” Unlike Rome only in places where there is a or Britain or other classical strategic necessity.” Put another empires, he said, Americans way, he said, we will intervene do not hunger for territory. “where it counts.” Germany “We like it here. We like our and Japan counted. So did McDonald’s. We like our the Soviet Union. So does the football. We like our rock battle against Islamic totalitariand roll. We’ve got the Grand anism.

Canyon and Graceland. …

I realized that night: That’s We’ve got everything. And if not only what I think; that’s that’s not enough, we’ve got how I want to think. That’s Vegas — which is a facsimile how I want to write. I want to of everything. … If we want be like Charles Krauthammer.

A few years later, when I asked his advice for my new Post column, Charles invited me to his office. What a thrill to finally meet him in person!

He was exactly as I expected: gracious, funny and kind.

He shared with me his writing process, how he came up with ideas and wrote — and rewrote — his columns, until every word was perfect. And then he gave me one last piece of advice: “One day, they are going to ask you to write two columns a week,” he said.

“Don’t do it. No one can write two good columns a week.” I followed his advice … until this year. (Sorry, Charles.)

In the years that followed, I was blessed to spend countless hours with Charles waiting to go on the air at Fox News, talking about everything from conservative philosophy to the rise of President Trump. He is so brilliant, so immersed in the debate, that he has never needed to prepare very much.

One day, I asked him what his topic was. “I have no idea,” he said with a twinkle in his eye. I had to spend hours preparing to be half as good as Charles. I’m still working on it. Even before I knew him, he was my lodestar — and he always will be.

Marc Thiessen is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

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Gwinnett Tech •From Page 1A Burgamy, a teacher at Hull Middle School. “I felt good about sending my child to the Hudgens (Education) Center to be a part of a rich community of learners with authentic cultural and economic diversity.”

Burgamy said that she moved from teaching at Trickum Middle School, where she taught from 2005 until May this year, to Hull Middle School to be closer to her daughter, Emily, a student at the Hudgens Education Center.

“I’m devastated by the decision because I moved specifically for her,” Burgamy said. “I considered moving her closer to my school but this program is amazing and nothing compares to this.”

According to Gwinnett Tech Vice President of Institutional Advancement Mary Beth Byerly, the infant program is for children between the ages of 6 weeks and 1 year old, while the toddler program is for children 1 to 2 years old.

“As one of a few campusbased training facilities for future teachers in Georgia, the Center’s mission is to ensure that both our adult students, as well as the children attending the Center, are offered the highest quality environment in which to learn,” Welden said in the letter. “Because of this mission, there are costs associated with operating the D. Scott Hudgens Jr. Early Education Center that other area childcare facilities do not incur.”

training for those teachers despite having to make tough decisions.”

Welden said Wednesday they will begin enforcing the rule July 1 to be in compliance with state law.

“It coincides with the state’s rules and requirements for doing a reduction in force,” Welden said. “We have to follow a certain timeline and that’s what drove us to settle on that particular date.”

Welden said training for careers such as automotive manufacturing, precision manufacturing and industrial technology are things that the college is looking to develop.

“Any of the savings that are derived from phasing out the photography program as well as the (Georgia Film Academy) program will be redirected to go ahead and get us into programs that we’re looking toward,” Welden said. “Our focus is on workforce development and training our students so that they can work in our service areas. We have to be scanning the horizon to make sure that we are meeting our business needs.”

While the Hudgens Education Center is having minor changes, Welden and Gwinnett Tech officials want to assure the public that those are the only changes being made to the center.

“The Early Childhood Education program is staying intact,” Welden said. “It’s unfortunate that we just couldn’t supplement some of the programs moving forward.”

The D. Scott Hudgens Early Education Center will be discontinuing the infant and toddler program on July 1. (Staff Photo: Trevor McN aboe)

The 26,000-square-foot facility, which opened in 2006, serves up to 200 children from preschool, Georgia pre-K classes and the Pre-K Extended Learning program in 14 classrooms.

“The center was developed to support our early childhood education program,” Welden said. “That is the key focus of what that center was meant to be — it’s a lab school to help provide opportunities for our students to do observations.”

For Jonathan Moore, a parent of one of the tod-

dlers, attending the Hudgens Center is the family’s only choice.

“We moved from Athens to Lawrenceville in 2015 and only looked at that place because of what it offers,” Moore said. “It was one of the highest-rated child care centers around and it was worth the cost.”

Byerly said the program still has 168 students.

“This is for a teaching program for our students that are studying to become teachers,” Byerly said. “We want to still keep the focus on the

Principals •From Page 1A community.”

The companies that participated in the field trip were Mistubishi Electric Cooling and Heating in Suwanee, ViaSat in Duluth, Aluvision in Duluth and AROL in Buford.

For Meadowcreek High School Principal Tommy Welch, the day was a good way to make connections between his school and businesses.

“We’re able to walk into their work space and understand what they need from employees,” Welch said. “We can really build a curriculum and apply it to the real world.”

Although it is a high school, Meadowcreek is advertised as Meadowcreek U because of the five separate schools that are offered to students. International business, communication and arts, information technology, health and hospitality and science, technology and engineering are all offered.

“Today I’ve been learning

riculum at the middle school level, students are able to take “connections,” which equate to an elective. ParkerJarrett said seeing some of the industry needs is going to allow the school staff at Summerour to make any changes needed to programs.

“This gives me a lot of opportunity to have conversations with current connection teachers,” Parker-Jarrett said. “Moreover, I’m going to look at our connections offerings and see if I’m missing the boat on something.”

While this is just one of the days that GCPS personnel went out into the field, it certainly won’t be the last.

Patterson said the school district will continue to monitor what is going on in the future for its students.

“Are our students prepared and can they go from Gwinnett County Public Schools into these industries?” Patterson said. “I think the answer is yes, but we can be even more prepared and give our kids even more of an advantage.”

Academies and Career and Technical Education Executive Director Jody Reeves and Partnership Gwinnett Director of Education and Talent Development Adam Forrand listen to a presentation at Mitsubishi. (Special Photo)

from these businesses, but also building connections to bring these resources into our building,” Welch said.

“Gwinnett is really a global market. We have a lot of different companies inside Gwinnett and we have students that are ready for the workforce.”

In addition to high school principals being in attendance, middle school principals took in the different companies as well.

Dorothy Parker-Jarrett, principal of Summerour Middle School, said the day was an eye-opening experience.

“This is exciting for me as a principal because it’s my responsibility to expose my middle schoolers to what they can expect in high school,” Parker-Jarrett said. “Today has shown me that the sky is the limit for students.”

Currently, in GCPS cur-

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Martha Baker Age 55, of Dacula passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Arrangements

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Lawrenceville, GA

Michelle Couch (McGill) age 49, passed away 6/13/18. Tom M. Wages Snellville Winder

Mr. James “Butch” Ellerbee James William Ellerbee, age 68, of Winder passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018. Lawson Funeral Home, , Hoschton.

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Doyle Ford Mr. Doyle Ford, 84, of Jefferson, passed away June 14, 2018. Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson.

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age 69, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on June 13. Wages and Sons Gwinnett Chapel.

Sarah Pettyjohn Turner, age 76, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.

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Delia Mendoza (Lorenzo) Delia Lorenzo Mendoza, age 90, of Duluth, GA passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford Suwanee

Bill Summers Age 87 passed away on Tuesday, 06/12/2018.

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Dianne Ussery Dianne Smallwood Ussery, age 69, of Lilburn, passed away on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Bill Head Funeral Home, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel.

Interment will be in Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Tucker. A native of Bruce, Mississippi, Dianne and her husband Bob owned and operated Patterson Waste for over 30 years.

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This year’s report, which features a preface by Vermont independent Bernie Sanders, shows a slight increase in housing prices over last’s, finding that for a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to afford a two-bedroom rental, he or she needs to work approximately 122 hours per week for all 52 weeks of the year, or about three full-time jobs.

That’s up from 117 hours per week in last year’s report, demonstrating a continuance of what Sanders called an “affordable housing crisis.”

“While the housing market may have recovered for many, we are nonetheless experiencing an affordable housing crisis, especially for very low-income families,” he said.

In Georgia, where the mini‘‘The housing mum wage is crisis is growthe same as the ing, especially federal minimum for the lowest-income wage, a person workers. The rents must work 97 are far out of reach hours per week from what the average to afford a tworenter is earning.’’ bedroom rental, or approximately — Diane Yentel, president 2.4 jobs. of the National Low Income Both nationally Housing Coalition and in Georgia, one-bedrooms aren’t much better, the report found. In only 22 counties in five states is a one-bedroom is affordable for minimum-wage workers, all of which have a minimum wage higher than the federal minimum, and in Georgia, a person must work 83 hours per week, or approximately 2.1 full-time jobs, to afford a one bedroom.

Those numbers are even higher in Gwinnett.

To afford a two-bedroom, a person who is paid the minimum wage must work 109 hours per week, or 2.7 jobs, the report found. For a one-bedroom, a person must work 82.5 hours, or about two jobs.

“Every American — regardless of income — should have a fundamental right to safe, decent and affordable housing,” Sanders said.

“Stable and affordable housing is not only essential for a person to live with dignity, but without it, economic opportunity is simply an illusion.

“It is difficult for families to keep up, and near impossible to get ahead or save for retirement or higher education. Without a stable home, children suffer emotionally and at school. Seniors cannot possibly retire with dignity and respect. But that is precisely the reality for millions of American families all across this country.”

Broken down into dollar amounts, to afford a two-bedroom apartment in Georgia, a person must make $17.53 per hour, or have an annual income of $36,459.

In Gwinnett, those numbers were recorded at $19.83 and $41,240, respectively. ‘‘The housing crisis is growing, especially for the lowest-income workers,’’ said Diane Yentel, president of the NLIHC. ‘‘The rents are far out of reach from what the average renter is earning.’’

Though the report calls for the Congress to address the affordable housing crisis — NLIHC staff write that “the (Trump) administration’s proposed spending cuts for FY ’19 would, if enacted, lead to the largest reduction in affordable housing and community development investments in decades — it does not offer precise solution to the crisis, saying only: “Congress should invest in key housing programs that serve as a safety net and provide stable housing for the lowest income households. These programs include Housing Choice Vouchers, the national HTF, public housing, project-based rental assistance and other federal rental housing programs serving the lowest income households.”

To read the report and view state data, visit nlihc.org/oor.

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She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Bob Ussery of Lilburn; daughters and son-in-law, Tammy & Majid Bakhtiari of Lilburn, Renee Ussery and Courtney Bryson, both of Rutledge, GA; grandchildren, Lucas Bakhtiari and Rosie Bakhtiari; brothers, Larry Smallwood, Jerry Smallwood and Ricky Smallwood, all of Bruce, MS. The family will receive friends Friday from 2:00 - 4:00 pm and from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel, (770) 564-2726.

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Caroll Max Warren Mr. Caroll Max Warren, age 86, of Dacula, GA passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018. He is survived by his wife of sixty-five years, Geraldine Young Warren, Dacula, GA; children, David Caroll Warren, Dacula, GA, and Cheryl DeNean Higgins, Dacula, GA; twin grandchildren, Adrianne Higgins and Andrew Higgins; great grandson Hayden Bailey; brother and sister-in-law, John and Vivian Warren, Waterford, MD; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. Mr. Warren was born on April 1, 1932 in Brookford, North Carolina. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy,

and he was retired from General Motors Assembly Plant as union committeeman after thirty years and seven months of service.

Mr. Warren was a member of U.A.W. Local 10, the Duluth American Legion Post, and the First United Methodist Church of Dacula. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Alex Stroud officiating.

Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 15 at the funeral home.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com.

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Nita Cagle campaigning for husband’s gubernatorial bid

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Nita Cagle might be a little biased on the matter, but she is confident her husband, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, could beat Stacey Abrams in November — if he first wins next month’s Republican runoff.

Abrams, the former Georgia House Minority Leader, is pulling together the Democratic Party base after winning the May 22 primary, while Cagle is heading toward a July 24 Republican Party run-off election with Secretary of State Brian Kemp. But the lieutenant governor’s wife said the odds would be in her husband’s favor during a general election campaign against Abrams.

“Honestly, I think he’s the only one that can beat her,” Nita Cagle said.

“That’s just my gut feeling. Now there’s not a bit of objectivity in me about that, you know, because I’m completely partial, but I really feel like the record and the demographics of our state are positive in that direction. He’s probably

Nita Cagle talks about her husband, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, during a visit to the Daily Post on Thursday. She is going out on the campaign trail to promote her husband’s bid to be Georgia’s next governor. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

the only one who can beat her.”

Cagle visited the Daily Post on Thursday to talk about her husband’s campaign and the message she is trying to convey to voters about the man she married 32 years ago and with whom she raised three sons. Casey Cagle’s campaign released an ad at the end of May featuring his wife in which she talked about his fatherhood skills and faith in God. “That’s the perspective I know of him, is our family life and our faith

and watching him walk out our family and watching him lead our family in that part of our lives,” she said. “That is the foundation that you do everything else off of and during the boys’ years in high school, they got sick of their dad walking through the house saying ‘Guys it’s not about yourself, it’s about service to other people.’

“That was the mantra around the house for a long time.”

The ad featuring Nita Cagle was released just over a week before news

broke about a recording former Republican gubernatorial candidate Clay Tippins made of a conversation he had with her husband that has made headlines over the last week.

During the conversation, the lieutenant governor reportedly told Tippins that he pushed a bill that he thought was bad in an effort to stop another candidate from getting a campaign contribution that Cagle thought was about to be made.

Nita Cagle declined to comment Thursday about the headlines generated by news of the recording.

As the lieutenant governor’s wife, Cagle has been playing a key role in her husband’s campaign, helping the campaign spread her husband’s message — when she’s not spending time with grandkids or helping to plan her youngest son’s upcoming wedding.

“I don’t even really feel like we’ve even skimmed the surface of allowing the public to see the positive effects the decisions he’s made and the causes he’s

pushed through or encouraged have made on Georgia,” Cagle said. “I think a lot of time we get stuck on all of this stuff when you’re in a campaign season and the actual stuff that affects people’s everyday lives doesn’t get talked about.”

But if she becomes Georgia’s next first lady, Nita Cagle has her own issues that she would like to address. She wants to continue work the first lady Sandra Deal has done to promote early childhood literacy, although she said there’s “no way anybody could ever even touch the effort she’s made in that area.”

Chief among the issues Cagle wants to address is raising awareness about the opioid crisis in Georgia.

That includes bringing together groups that are trying to tackle the issue to get their efforts on the same page with one another.

She praised the work officials such as state Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford have done to address the opioid issue. Unterman has been a strong Casey Cagle supporter, hosting

a Women for Cagle party at the Buford Community Center last summer.

Nita Cagle said there is a family connection to the issue, though, because a member of one of her daughters-in-law’s families has suffered from opioid addiction. She also has a friend whose son struggled with opioid addiction after taking medication for a football injury he sustained in high school.

“If we are so blessed to be elected, that’s one of the things I would really like to encourage conversations about (in) whatever my role can be, whatever I can use the platform for good in the arena of having conversations about the opioid abuse,” Cagle said.

For now, though, Cagle is on the campaign trail, speaking on behalf of her husband and encouraging voters to back him in the runoff.

“He will make a fabulous governor,” she said.

“He’s a visionary, a longterm visionary for the state.

He’s got some ideas that only improve our state and I’ve seen that more lately than I’ve ever seen before.”

Mall of Georgia Gwinnett Symphony Musical Arts Consortium to hold workshop, concert MyPark service launches today

BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes@ gwinnettdailypost.com

The Gwinnett Symphony Musical Arts Consortium recently announced its ninth annual summer International Conductors Workshop and Competition Showcase, which is scheduled for Monday.

The event, a collaboration between the Gwinnett Symphony Chamber Or-

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During the workshop sessions and the public performance, participants will have The Gwinnett Symphony Musical Arts Consortium will the opportunity to conduct host a conductor’s workshop and concert Monday. (Spe- the ICWC orchestra in works by Barber, Beethoven, cial photo) Bernstein, Brahms, Menchestra and Mercer Uniand well-respected workdelssohn, Mozart, Johann versity Townsend School shop and competition that Strauss and Verdi. of Music, is an “intensive is open to conductors at all At the end of the workshop, the winner will be given the chance to conduct a GSCO concert during the current or a future season.

Past participants have gained positions with the Cincinnati, Ft. Jersey, Portland, St. Louis, Houston, Windsor, Canada, Oregon and Minnesota orchestras.

This year’s six participating conductors are: Felipe Tristan from Monterrey, Mexico; Daniel Schlosberg from Los Angeles; Sungdon Son and Jong Bin Kim from Seoul, South Korea; Wilbur Lin from New Brunswick, N. J.; and John Lincourt from Syracuse, N. Y. The concert, which is open to the public, will be held Monday at the Discovery High School Theater on Old Norcross Road in Lawrenceville.

It begins at 7 p.m. and tickets are free for students and $10 for everyone else.

For more information, visit gwinnettsymphony.org or contact Adrian Gnam at adriangnam@aol.com.

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CO-PITCHERS OF THE YEAR

Davis Sharpe & Robert Bennett MILL CREEK • SENIOR / PARKVIEW • SENIOR

Mill Creek’s Davis Sharpe, left, and Parkview’s Robert Bennett are the Daily Post’s co-pitchers of the year. (Staff Photo: Will Hammock)

Best friends close career with epic duel in championship series

By Will Hammock

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Since they were 12, Parkview’s Robert Bennett and Mill Creek’s Davis Sharpe have grown accustomed to being in the same dugout and on the same baseball field.

They have been teammates

for years in travel baseball, playing in the same infield — with Sharpe at third base and Bennett at first — and watching each other handle pitching duties. The best friends only split up for high school baseball at opposite ends of Gwinnett County.

Because of that, their paths

honor, had a memorable duel in Game 1 of the state chamThe Daily Post’s all-county pionship series with Parkview baseball teams, 4B squeaking out a win in eight occasionally cross as oppoinnings. nents, including this past season “The matchup of Bennett on the last day of their high vs. Sharpe was just awesome school baseball careers. Bento watch,” Parkview head nett and Sharpe, who share the coach Chan Brown said. “They Daily Post’s Pitcher of the Year both competed their tails off MORE INSIDE

and gave both teams a chance to win. Besides a couple of pitches, both pitchers were just dominant. It was a fun game to watch and be a part of. Both Bennett and Sharpe have bright futures on the mound.”

Each pitcher made just one See ACES, Page 4B

BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Will Banfield BROOKWOOD • SENIOR

Elite catcher Banfield leaves mark at Brookwood on, off field neat,” Brookwood head coach Titus Martin said.

“I didn’t know he would be something like this, When Will Banfield but I knew he’d be pretty showed up at an incoming special.” freshman tryout for BrookBanfield exceeded those wood baseball, it didn’t high expectations with take him long to impress one of the best careers his future coaches. in Brookwood baseball The workout session history. The Daily Post offered a quick glimpse of Player of the Year helped what was to come the folthe Broncos to the Class lowing four seasons.

AAAAAAA semifinals “I think he threw 86 this past season, and (mph) off the mound as a recently signed with the Florida Marlins, who seBrookwood’s Will Banfield is the Daily Post’s Baseball Player of the Year. (Staff Photo: rising ninth-grader and hit pretty well, it was awful lected him in Competitive Will Hammock)

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Balance Round B (69th overall, just after the second round) in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft, bypassing a scholarship to Vanderbilt.

“Will just does stuff that other people can’t do,” Martin said. “Obviously, he was one of the better hitters around the nation this year and the things he could do when he was on are pretty special.

Defensively, his arm and athleticism are crazy to see See BANFIELD, Page 4B

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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 multi-sports

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 770-356-6861.

GAC’s Blake picks Vanderbilt football

Greater Atlanta Christian rising senior Jeffrey Blake announced his commitment Monday night to the Vanderbilt University football program.

The 6-foot-4, 235-pound tight end is ranked as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and had close to 20 FBS offers. He was a first-team, All-Region 7-AAA selection last season for a GAC team that reached the state semifinals. In addition to his value as a blocker, he finished the season with 16 catches for 189 yards and six touchdowns and also played linebacker.

Blake also was a member of the Spartans’ Class AAA state championship basketball team this past seaason.

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Hawks host hoops camp at Norcross

By Taylor Denman

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NORCROSS — Once Jr. Hawks basketball coaches had simmered down the sound of dribbling and high-pitched chatter — a task far easier to type than put into action with more than 100 summer campers — faces lit up as the tall slender frame of Atlanta Hawks guard Kent Bazemore entered the Norcross High School gym.

Bazemore introduced himself, explained his mission to inspire young basketball fans and opened himself up to their questions. Their hands shot in the air and quivered with impatience. Their questions were sometimes light: When did you start playing basketball? (Three or 4 years old). Who’s the hardest player to guard?

(James Harden). Other times, questions were more thought-provoking: Who inspired you to play basketball? (Kobe Bryant).

Occasionally, they were hilarious.

“What do you think of your overall rating in 2K?” a camper asked, referring to the popular NBA 2K video game franchise.

Bazemore asked what his rating was.

“Seventy-nine,” a few kids answered.

The five-year NBA vet-

Atlanta Hawks guard Kent Bazemore poses for photos with campers at the Jr. Hawks Basketball Academy summer camp Wednesday at Norcross High School. (Staff Photo: Taylor Denman)

eran thought it may have been slightly low.

Wednesday was the penultimate day of one the Atlanta Hawks’ local summer camps. This summer, the Hawk’s Corporate Social Responsibility team put on 16 summer camps at local gyms throughout June and July.

The Hawks are not the only NBA franchise that organizes basketball camps for social outreach initiatives. Historically, Hawks players have hosted local player development camps, from Dominique Wilkins’ teams through the Highlight Factory era. In the past six years, the NBA has focused on youth development. Jr. Hawks Basketball Academy is not only a way for Atlanta’s NBA franchise to develop new fans at a

young age, but also a way to serve over 2,000 youth — boys and girls ages six through 16 — and teach basketball fundamentals.

“The main reason we do this is not only turning youth on to the game of basketball and build a future wave of Hawks fans but more importantly providing opportunity for kids,” Jon Babul said, Hawks’ vice president of basketball development.

“They’re not only going to learn basketball, they’re going to learn life skills.”

Roughly 25 percent of campers are on scholarships. Campers work through drills in groups separated by age before breaking into teams to play full-court pickup games.

Older players weren’t the only ones euro stepping

to the hoop, crossing over or pulling up from range.

Campers on the small-ball teams showed handles and proved basketball has developed into a sport that can be played at the same age most kids start playing tee-ball.

“The Jr. NBA initiative is to get kids involved in the game as early as four and five,” Babul said.

“Atlanta is a basketball city. Participation rates are through the roof and it may be the most popular youth sport in our city.”

Each camp features an appearance from a current or former Hawks player.

Last year’s first-round round draft pick John Collins, Taurean Prince and DeAndre’ Bembry are a few Hawks making rounds at the Jr. Hawks camps.

Judging by the campers’ questions, kids are plugged into the day-to-day beats of the NBA as middle schoolers. Bazemore kept it real with campers in his responses.

“Coach Bud is my guy,” Bazemore said when asked about the departure of head coach Mike Budenholzer.

“As you get older, you learn that this game is also a business. I’m sorry to see him go, but I’m happy he’s going somewhere they’ve had some kind of success.”

More information on summer camps can be found at nba.com/hawks/ jrhawks.

Johnson in 4-way tie for first at Open Field Level Media

reached 3 under on the front nine, bogeyed No. 18 to fall SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. into a tie for overnight lead.

— On a day that saw the Jason Dufner salvaged winds pick up and Shinpar on the 18th hole to get necock Hills kick many of in at even-par 70 — meanthe world’s elite golfers ing all but five of the 156 in the teeth, top-ranked players in the field finished Dustin Johnson was up to over par on a blustery day the challenge Thursday. in Southampton, N.Y. He shot a 1-under-par 69 “I kinda did a little bit of to grab part of a four-way everything well,” Johnson tie for the lead at the 2018 said. “I hit a lot of really U.S. Open. good shots, hit a lot of Playing in the afternoon, fairways and had a lot of Johnson equaled the morn- birdie putts.” ing rounds of Scott Piercy The same can’t be and England’s Ian Poulsaid for most of the preter. Russell Henley, who tournament favorites.

Third-ranked Justin Rose is among a group of seven players at 1 over par.

The other eight players in the top 10 of the world golf rankings combined to go a combined 52 over par.

The carnage included No. 2 Justin Thomas (4 over), No. 4 Jordan Spieth (8 over), No. 5 Jon Rahm of Spain (8 over), No. 6 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland (10 over), No. 7 Rickie Fowler (3 over), No. 8 Jason Day of Australia (9 over), No. 9 and defending champion Brooks Koepka (5 over) and No. 10 Hideki Mat-

suyama of Japan (5 over).

Johnson watched parts of the early wave Thursday morning, and he arrived at the course knowing he was in for a dogfight.

“I definitely watched a little bit this morning,” he said. “Looking at the forecast yesterday afternoon, and even this morning, I knew it was going to play difficult. But when you’re at a U.S. Open, you want it to play tough — maybe not quite this tough. But it was a day where you had to play good golf if you wanted to shoot a good score.”

IN BRIEF 7-5 in 2017 under former coach Kevin Sumlin.

Grayson-Tucker gets early evening TV slot from ESPN

This season’s football showdown between Grayson and Tucker will be part of the GEICO ESPN High School Football Kickoff.

It will be the third of four ESPN broadcasts Aug. 25 with a 6 p.m. kickoff at Grayson.

The game’s broadcast will be on ESPNU. ESPN’s other high school broadcasts that day include Pinson Valley (Ala.) at Hoover (Ala.) at noon, followed by Cedar Grove vs. Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) from Hoover at 3:30 p.m.

Both of those games are on ESPN. Lanier’s Calzada The Grayson-Tucker matchup is one of two in the evening commits to Aggies Lanier High School’s Class of along with DeMatha (Md.) at St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.) at 7 p.m.

2019 quarterback Zach Calzada on ESPN2. announced his commitment to The kickoff weekend begins play football at Texas A&M with two games Aug. 24 — WarUniversity.

“This journey has been incred- ren Central (Ind.) at Trinity (Ky.) at 6 p.m. and Mater Dei (Calif.) ible,” Calzada said via a post at Bishop Gorman (Nev.) at 9 on Twitter. “I owe thanks to my p.m. Both of those games are on parents who have provided me ESPNU. with the opportunity to follow The final high school game my dreams. I also want to thank (Lanier head football coach Ko- of the kickoff weekend is Aug. rey Mobbs) as well as my current 26 and pits Phillips (Ill.) vs.

Pickerington Central (Ohio) at and past coaches and mentors Otterbein University (Ohio). It is who have all played a tremena 12:30 p.m. start on ESPN. dous part in making me the person, student and player that I am today. With my firm commit- Collins Hill’s Bae ment in place it’s time to focus on bringing a state championship wins Georgia Junior PGA Championship back to Lanier High School.”

Rising Collins Hill senior Texas A&M will begin its first Jenny Bae continued her winning season under new head coach streak at the state level Tuesday Jimbo Fisher, who previously headed up the Florida State foot- with a victory in the Georgia Juball program since 2010. He won nior PGA Championship at The the 2013 BCS National Champi- Club at Savannah Harbor.

The victory qualified Bae, as onship at Florida State. well as runner-up and Buford Texas A&M football finished

resident Skylar Thompson, for the 43rd Girls Junior PGA Championship, scheduled for July 9-12 at Kearney Hill Golf Club in Lexington, Ky. Bae, a Georgia commit, seized control with a first-round, 6-under 66, then had a steady even-par 72 in the second round.

It was good for a three-shot win over Thompson, a South Carolina signee who shot 71 and 70.

Bae was the Daily Post Girls Golf of the Year this past season after winning area and state championships in high school play.

Duluth resident Sara Im (6874) was a close third at 2 under, giving Gwinnett girls golfers the top three spots.

Lilburn’s Thienna Huynh tied for sixth after rounds of 72 and 79.

the Hyannis Harbor Hawks, Buford’s Austin Wilhite with the Chatham Angels, Wesleyan’s Andy Archer with the Cotuit Kettleers and Grayson’s Oscar Serratos with the Bourne Braves.

Other local Yellow Jackets in college wood-bat leagues outside of the area are Norcross’ Baron Radcliff (Kalamazoo Growlers, Northwoods League), North Gwinnett’s Jake Brace (Harrisonburg Turks, Valley Baseball League) and Mill Creek’s Cameron Turley (Seminole County Scorpions, Florida Collegiate Summer League). Buford alumni Keyton Gibson (Brookhaven Bucks) and Nick Wilhite (Norcross Astros) are on local teams for the summer in the Sunbelt Baseball League.

ECHL for the 2018-19 season it will be in Atlanta. Troock missed the playoffs with an injury.

Lane, 26, earned 57 points in 62 games for the Gladiators last season.

The Rochester, N.Y., native skated in his 260th professional game last year giving him veteran status. He will become a restricted free agent Aug. 1 and if not signed by Aug. 31, an unrestricted free agent. The Swamp Rabbits have exclusive negotiating rights in the meantime.

Gwinnett-based Mizuno USA back as partner of BB&T Atlanta Open

Mizuno, whose North American headquarters are in Norcross, North grad, NFLer Gladiators complete announced recently that it will be the official tennis footwear partNelson to host Troock trade with ner of the BB&T Atlanta Open camp Monday at Swamp Rabbits professional tennis tournament The Atlanta Gladiators traded for the second straight year.

George Pierce Park The Robert Nelson Youth the negotiating rights of forward The partnership, which spotFootball Camp, free for youngPhil Lane to the Greenville lights Mizuno’s Wave Exceed sters in the area, will be held Swamp Rabbits on Wednesday to Tour 3 shoe, will feature Mizuno Monday at George Pierce Park. complete the March 5 deal that gear on all BB&T Atlanta Open Nelson, an NFL defensive back brought Branden Troock. staff, volunteers, ball boys and who played at North Gwinnett, “It’s tough to give up the right ball girls. It also will showcase will have fellow North alumni to try and re-sign a player like its products with demonstrations and his NFL friends assisting Phil Lane, but he will become a during the tournament. Mizuno with the camp, now in its second free agent at some point and the apparel will be on display in the year. The event, from 9 a.m. to chance of losing him for nothing BB&T Atlanta Open retail store. noon, is open to ages 6 to 15. was something we didn’t want to The Mizuno demo days at the For more information or to risk,” president Scott Henrichsen tournament are as scheduled for register, go to www.iamrobertsaid. “We knew Lane was going — July 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., nelsonjr.com. to be a veteran at the end of the July 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to season, not allowing us to protect 7:30 p.m. and July 29 from 3 to him, and we now have a valuable 5 p.m.

Gwinnett grads on in Troock moving forward “Atlanta is the No. 1 market Tech baseball roster asset who also played a huge roll in for tennis in the U.S. and home busy with summer our return to the playoffs.” to an ATP World Tour 250 event Troock, 24, had 10 points in wood-bat leagues — the ideal combination to 10 games for the Gladiators after display our latest tennis footGeorgia Tech’s baseball program announced this week where notching 37 points in 35 games wear and brand,” said Tomohiro for Greenville during the 2017it will have players, including Ota, chief marketing officer of nine Gwinnett products, in sum- 18 campaign. The Edmonton, Mizuno USA. “We’re excited to Alberta, native has been protect- continue our partnership and be a mer wood-bat leagues.

Four of Tech’s Gwinnett play- ed by the team and is expected part of this premier tennis event to receive a qualifying offer ers are in the Cape Cod League in Atlanta.” ensuring that if he plays in the — Wesleyan’s Colin Hall with — From staff reports

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Ridley plans for Garces impresses in pro debut winning ways to continue in NFL OTTAWA AT ATLANTA UNITED 2 Saturday, 7 p.m. • Coolray Field, Lawrenceville

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The last time Justin Garces played on the same field with Chris Goslin and Andrew Carleton was the 2017 U-17 World Cup in India.

Until Wednesday night, that is.

Garces became the latest Atlanta United Academy player to make his professional debut when he started as Atlanta United 2’s goalkeeper against Charlotte Independence, and he seemed poised for the task. The 17-year-old academy standout and UCLA commit was the youngest in Atlanta United 2’s starting XI against Charlotte, but he played with the fearlessness of a USL veteran.

“I think he grew in confidence as the game went on,” head coach Scott Donnelly said. “He did well, and I’m also not surprised.

He’s played in big environments, he’s played in the (U-17) World Cup. He did well for us stepping in and it’s good to know we’ve got him there.”

Charlotte scored an early goal in the off a set piece in the sixth minute of the match, Garces made a handful of game-saving plays that helped clinch the 1-1 draw.

While Charlotte’s chances were limited in the first half Garces made his first of three saves on a shot from Je-Vaughn Watson in the 20th minute.

Garces showed some poise by snaring a corner

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Atlanta United 2 goalkeeper Justin Garces slides to attempt a save against Charlotte Independence at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

kick early in the second half before he made two game-salvaging saves. The first was a fairly straightforward block that rolled out of the back line for a corner kick. The second was more acrobatic. With the match tied 1-1, Garces lept and pushed a shot from Jorge Herrera over the crossbar in the 82nd minute.

Garces clinched the draw by punching out a last-second cross on a corner kick.

Garces was the U.S. Youth National Team U-17 starting goalkeeper at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup en route to the U.S. quarterfinals run. He tallied three clean sheets against India and Ghana in the group stage and then Paraguay in the Round of 16.

Garces, who’s played for U.S. Youth National Teams since he was 14 years old, won the Golden Glove award at the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.

“It’s helped me with the nerves,” Garces said.

“There’s a bunch of fans at the games, and the with the chants and loud screaming, I don’t really get nervous anymore.”

The Miami native stays with a host family in Atlanta while he trains with Atlanta United. He was told after training Tuesday he would make his first pro start. He’s also been able to train with Atlanta United first-team goalkeepers Brad Guzan and Alec Kann.

“Charlotte is a team

full of veterans, stronger than the (U-19 Academy players),” Garces said.

“Here it’s a lot different, so mentally I was getting ready for a stronger, more intense fight.”

But Garces doesn’t hesitate to confidently shout commands to his experienced teammates, keeping the shape of Atlanta United 2’s formation. It’s part of the job, and he knows the strategic part of the game is as important as the physical aspects if he’s to advance his soccer career.

“You have to trust yourself, you have to trust your teammates and they have to trust me,” Garces said.

“I’m in goal, and they’re my backline. If I speak to them, they can say the same thing back to me.”

Annan to coach Homegrown Game From Staff Reports

Homegrown Players from MLS academies, will play Atlanta United Academy the Mexican league U-20 director Tony Annan will champion Tigres UANL serve as head coach of the at 8 p.m. July 31 at the MLS squad during the Atlanta United Training 2018 MLS Homegrown Ground in Marietta. The Game according to an anfifth Homegrown Game nouncement made Tuesday. will be broadcasted live on The MLS Homegrown Twitter. squad, comprised of Annan has been in

an executive role with Atlanta United’s academy since joining the club in 2015. He has 20 years of coaching soccer in metro Atlanta and is the founder of the Georgia United DA program.

Several Gwinnett County natives play competitively in Atlanta United’s

academy system. More than 150 Homegrown Players, who came up through MLS academies, have signed professional contracts with MLS clubs.

The Homegrown Game is part of the events leading up to the MLS All-Star game Aug. 1 at MercedesBenz Stadium.

Panthers voted national champs From Staff Reports

2 Marist, and third-ranked Broken Arrow (Okla.).

The Parkview girls soc- Milton, which lost 2-0 to cer program became Max- Parkview in the state finals, Preps’ national champion finished at No. 7 nationthis week, finishing at No. ally.

1 in the spring season’s Parkview also ended up final rankings. at No. 4 in USA Today/ The Panthers, who United Soccer Coaches finished the season 22-1 Super 25 rankings behind with a Class AAAAAAA Notre Dame de Sion (Kanstate title, finished ahead of sas City, Mo.), St. Charles another Georgia team, No. North (Ill.) and Broomfield

(Colo.). It finished the season on a 20-match winning streak and allowed just 11 goals in its 23 matches.

This season’s state championship was the ninth in the history of the Parkview program, but its first since 2013. No other Georgia high school girls program has won as many titles in the state’s highest classification.

Parkview head girls coach Judson Hamby is 5-for-5 in state championship matches, winning titles from 2007 to 2009 and in 2013. The Panthers also won 2003 and 2005 crowns under former coach Mark Albertus, as well as 1997 and 1999 titles under Todd Yelton, now the head women’s soccer coach at Samford University.

FLOWERY BRANCH — The last time wide receiver Calvin Ridley was in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, he was celebrating a national championship with the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Now as an Atlanta Falcon, the 6-foot receiver wants to continue his winning ways in the NFL. “I’m a winner,” Ridley said. “All I want to do is win.”

The confident 23-yearold from Coconut Creek, Fla., had the opportunity to show out in this week’s mandatory mini-camp and seized it. From Tuesday to Thursday, Ridley flew around the field catching whatever Matt Ryan, Matt Schaub, Garrett Grayson or rookie quarterback Kurt Benkurt threw him.

Hard to guard and deliberate in his routes, Ridley was one of the most comfortable-looking players on the practice field, and head coach Dan Quinn credited Ridley’s smooth transition thus far to Alabama running the same offense.

“Comfort-wise, I think (Ridley) came in a little bit ahead of the curve,” Quinn said. “Not only did Alabama use some of the same pro-style concepts that we feature, but even some of the terminology has been the same. You can imagine how excited he was to see the playbook and see the same language he’s been studying for three years.”

Ridley stepped right up and continued to have the same presence he had in Tuscaloosa, on either side of the formation. His

burst from the snap of the ball was impressive, even alongside veterans like Mohamed Sanu and Justin Hardy.

Ridley is one of eight rookie receivers and despite having only four receivers who have played an NFL game, the unit expects to rank among the best in the league.

“In my opinion, this is the best receiving corps in the NFL,” defensive back Isaiah Oliver said.

“So being able to see that every day in practice, on Sundays you know that you have an edge over other teams.”

Quinn knew of Ridley’s skill and blatant athleticism, but has been pleasantly surprised with Ridley’s football IQ. Quinn smiled with pride when talking about the older players welcoming and taking the rookies under their wing.

“The veterans did an excellent job of leading,” Quinn said. “So much so, that they got together to go over some topics they wanted to hit with each (rookie) from on the field, off the field, social media, in the classroom, ways to recover.”

Being the first round draft pick, Ridley is the most noteworthy of this 33-man rookie class, which Quinn said is one of the finest he’s seen.

The coach is expecting an immediate impact from a group of newcomers, but especially his star receiver.

“This team has the same (winning culture) so I don’t expect us to be thinking to lose,” Ridley said. “You have to go out there, practice great, get better every day to go out there and win games.”

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley (18) looks on during minicamp Wednesday in Flowery Branch.

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Stripers hold off Sanchez pitches Braves by Padres Bulls for 3-2 win From Staff Reports DURHAM, N.C. — The Gwinnett Stripers held off a late Durham rally to beat the Bulls 3-2 and stretch their winning streak to three games Thursday in front of more than 10,000 fans.

It was the third straight loss for division-leading Durham.

The Stripers (29-35) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to a tworun homer off the bat of Carlos Franco in the top of the first. Gwinnett extended its lead to 3-0 in the fourth inning when Xavier Avery earned a bases-loaded walk.

Durham (36-28) struck for a pair of runs in the fifth inning, as Nick Ciuffo singled home Michael Russell, and Kean Wong’s single to left field scored Jeremy Hazelbak-

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er. The Bulls got the tying run aboard in the ninth, but failed to score as they dropped the opener of the four-game set.

Kolby Allard (5-2) picked up the victory by surrendering two runs on seven hits across six frames. Yonny Chirinos (0-1) took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits and a pair of walks over 4 2/3 innings. Andrew Kittredge, Jaime Schultz and Colin Poche combined for 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, striking out eight in the process.

Game 2 of the series is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. today, when Forrest Snow (3-4, 4.06) takes the hill for Durham opposite fellow righty Matt Wisler (2-3, 4.38) for Gwinnett.

The Stripers trail the Bulls by seven games and lead fourth-place Charlotte by a half game.

ATLANTA — Anibal Sanchez threw seven scoreless innings, and Ender Inciarte drove in two runs as the Atlanta Braves defeated the visiting San Diego Padres 4-2 on Thursday at SunTrust Park.

Sanchez (3-0) scattered four hits, struck out six and didn’t issue a walk in picking up his first career victory against San Diego.

His longest scoreless stint of the season allowed him to lower his career ERA against the Padres to 2.23.

The veteran right-hander has allowed just two earned runs over his past three starts, a stretch of 19 1/3 innings.

Inciarte was 2-for-3 with two runs. He hit his fifth homer, a solo shot in the fifth.

Atlanta closer Arodys Vizcaino picked up his 13th save. He allowed a

right field off Ross in the fifth inning and the drove home Tyler Flowers with an infield grounder in the seventh for a 3-0 Atlanta lead.

The Padres scored twice in the eighth against reliever Dan Winkler. Eric Hosmer lined a double just inside the first base bag that scored Jose Pirela and Cory Spangenberg.

Atlanta got an insurance Atlanta Braves’s Ender Inciarte (11) celebrates his solo run in the eighth against home run in the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres sidewinding reliever Adam on Thursday at SunTrust Park. (Photo: Jason Getz-USA Cimber. Freddie Freeman Today Sports) doubled with two outs, and the Padres intentionally leadoff single in the ninth hits and one walk in six in- walked Nick Markakis. inning, the fifth straight nings. Ross struck out four Tyler Flowers hit a comebacker to the mound, but appearance in which he but saw his three-game Cimber fired the ball over allowed at least one baser- winning streak end. The the head of first baseunner. However, Vizcaino Padres had won each of then induced a flyout and the last six games in which man Hosmer as Freeman scored. got Manuel Margot to hit Ross started.

The teams play the secinto a game-ending double Atlanta scored a run in ond game of the four-game play. the third when Inciarte The losing pitcher was singled and came home on series today. Each team has Tyson Ross (5-4), who Ozzie Albies’ 20th double. won twice in the season series. allowed three runs on three Inciarte homered to

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4B • FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2018 •From Page 1B behind the plate. To see other coaches’ respect for him was pretty neat. He’s a really special player and a really special kid.”

Banfield hit .398 as a senior with nine home runs, 49 RBIs, 15 doubles and 30 walks, good for a .539 on-base percentage. He also had an .805 slugging percentage. The 6-foot-1, 208-pounder had hit .415 as a sophomore and .409 as a freshman.

Along the way, he enhanced his reputation as an elite defensive catcher, a position he didn’t always play.

“Growing up I was shortstop and pitched,” Banfield said. “Right when I hit 14, my coach told the team we needed another catcher. He threw me a bag and some more gear. I said, ‘Hey, I want some more gear, I’ll do that.’ It took off from there when I was 13 or 14.”

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Banfield as a sophomore pitcher, then his pitching duties slowed up as a junior. He didn’t pitch at all this season, allowing him to focus on his future role at catcher and at the plate.

Martin would have liked to trot out the hard thrower, but he understood the decision was best for the future. Banfield would have enjoyed it, too.

“I miss coming out in the bottom of the seventh (inning) and throwing as hard as I can,” he said.

That powerful right arm is part of what makes Banfield a high-level catcher.

Coaches and scouts also praised his athleticism — he also played football at Brookwood until his junior year.

“He has unbelievable flexibility,” Martin said.

“At times, his butt’s on the ground he’s so low. He has that great flexibility, great hands. He beats the ball to the location and makes it look great. He’s athletic enough to pick balls and

block them. And his arm, it’s crazy how hard he throws and how quickly he gets rid of it.”

Banfield also was the heavy-hitting centerpiece of the Broncos’ lineup.

Because of that, the good pitches to hit were few and far between.

“It seemed like the pitchers who faced him, a lot of them wanted the challenge and the best atbat they threw all day was against Will at times, and other times he got pitched around,” Martin said. “It was just hit or miss really.

Obviously he saw a lot of offspeed stuff.”

The process became familiar as his high school career wore on.

“Especially at the beginning of the season, I would hit a ball foul pretty far and the next three at-bats, they would throw everything outside,” said Banfield, whose older sister, Baylei, was a Brookwood athlete and his younger brother, Tyler, is a college pros-

Aces •From Page 1B major mistake, giving up first-inning solo home runs, then went headto-head and matched scoreless innings until the eighth, when Bennett was lifted. Sharpe thought he had a strikeout to begin the eighth, but he didn’t get the ball and walked the leadoff batter. He was relieved after that walk, then he watched as Parkview won the Game 1 battle 3-1 with a walk-off home run.

“Getting to pitch against each other was fun,” Sharpe said. “Before the game, I patted him on the back and I knew it would be fun. I knew it would be a low-scoring game because I knew how good he was. It was good to compete against my best friend, but sadly I got the loss.”

Bennett not only celebrated a Game 1 win, he enjoyed a Game 2 victory later that evening that gave Parkview the sweep and the Class AAAAAAA state championship.

“It was pretty special being in that kind of game with that much on the line and knowing how much of a competitor (Sharpe) is,” Bennett said. “For me, I was trying put zero up on the board every inning.

I’m sitting on the bench watching him do his thing, what he’s been doing the last five, six, seven years we’ve played together. He dominated us, but fortunately we were able to come out on top.”

Although in a losing effort, Sharpe allowed just two hits in his seven innings and retired 12 of the last 13 batters he faced.

“I think they’re pretty good buddies, too, so I think that’s pretty cool,” Mill Creek head coach Doug Jones said of the Game 1 pitching matchup.

“I won’t say they both carried their team because they had good players around them, but they were certainly the centerpieces so to speak.

I thought both of them threw really well that day, competed really well.

That’s what you’d expect in that type of game. Both of them stepped up and were really good.”

Bennett held Sharpe hitless in their pitcherto-batter meetings in the state finals. Sharpe did the same, but he walked his friend three times.

“I swear I wasn’t trying to walk him intentionally,” Sharpe said.

“I didn’t know what he was doing,” a laughing Bennett said.

Bennett got the last laugh after the championship sweep, but both he and Sharpe had memorable senior seasons.

Bennett and his Parkview

teammates, who faced lofty expectations from the start of the season with a high national ranking, delivered on their promise with a state championship. Meanwhile, Sharpe willed his underestimated Mill Creek team, which suffered great graduation losses from a 2017 Final Four team, to a state runner-up finish.

Both ended up being the top two-way players in Gwinnett.

Bennett hit .381 with six home runs and 36 RBIs, but his more eyecatching numbers were on the mound. The left-hander went 12-1 with a 1.20 ERA and struck out 103 batters in 75 2/3 innings.

“Robert Bennett was the catalyst of our team this year,” Brown said.

“Robert was a great leader on and off the field for this team. Robert was just awesome on the mound this year. Robert also played first base for us all year without an error.

Robert had a phenomenal year on offense. Robert had the type of senior year that people can only wish for.”

Bennett will continue his baseball career at the junior college level, signing with powerhouse Chipola (Fla.). The decision allows him to be draft eligible in the coming years and if that doesn’t work out, he can sign with a four-year college after his two seasons. He is a longtime fan of Clemson, where Sharpe has signed, so the two may end up on the same roster again in a few seasons.

Sharpe was projected as a high pick in this year’s Major League Baseball Draft, but when he didn’t go in the first three rounds, teams backed off because they expected the right-hander would sign with Clemson if he wasn’t taken in the top few rounds. The Pittsburgh Pirates eventually selected him in the 34th round, which isn’t likely to sway him from Clemson, where Sharpe projects mainly as a pitcher.

“In college, I want to try to do both (pitching and hitting),” Sharpe said.

“They said they’d let me do it. I like to swing. I’ve been doing it since I was 3 years old so I’ll do it as long as I can.”

Sharpe did both well during his Mill Creek career.

He went 10-2 with a 2.13 ERA as a senior, striking out 88 batters in 69 innings. Opponents hit just .188 off of him. At the plate, he hit .393 with 10 home runs, 38 RBIs, 17 doubles and a .519 onbase percentage.

“He’s right up there (with the best players I’ve

coached),” Jones said.

“Especially with what he did two-way wise. On the mound, I think he tied the school record for most wins. He’s won more games than any pitcher we’ve had and his offensive numbers are right there, too. Without getting ridiculously silly, he holds most of the pitching and offensive records here at Mill Creek. I think that speaks for itself. … I think the sky’s the limit for him.

He’s very poised. He’s very mature. A lot of that is just him and a lot of that is some of the things he’s been able to do up to this point, some of the big events he’s been able to go to.

“Davis is one of those kids that the moment is never too big for him.

He’s lost his share of games just like every pitcher has. But it wasn’t because the moment was too big for him. He was always there, especially last year. From the Walton series on, we just jumped on his back and held on as long as we could.”

Few expected a repeat performance from 2017 out of Mill Creek, whose graduation losses off that team included last year’s Daily Post player and pitcher of the year. But the Hawks advanced a round deeper this season with a revamped lineup.

“I knew I had to be a leader pitching and hitting,” Sharpe said. “We had a scrappy team, a really scrappy team. At the beginning of the season, I didn’t think we would make the state championship. But as the season kept going, we started getting a lot of wins and playing really well together. I had a lot of fun my senior year. It was by far my favorite year with how we did and the friendships I made.”

Only a state championship trophy would have made Sharpe’s senior season any better. His best friend got that perfect finish, thanks in large part to matching Sharpe pitch for pitch in their Game 1 showdown.

“It’s awesome (to win state),” Bennett said. “The Parkview community, everybody in Lilburn, they love Parkview baseball. It means so much to them, just to be able to come out on top. Now with all these national polls coming out, it would be cool to come out on top across the nation. Definitely coming out on top is a big deal to the senior class. We worked so hard.

“We went through everything this season and we’ll be able to look back for the rest of our life and say we got it done our senior season.”

pect in lacrosse for the Broncos. “A lot of games I saw two fastballs, either in the dirt or at my head.

That’s crazy, but it’s the way game is. And getting intentionally walked.”

Pro scouts also watched Banfield’s performances and production, something he got used to during his high school years.

“You have to think about it a little bit (when a lot of scouts watch you),” he said. “I think in the end, you just have to go out there and play. I’ve been on the stage, the summer circuit and All-American games, so I was a little used to it. When there is pressure, you’re going to be little nervous. I just try not to be nervous, go out and play. Run out like I’m a 13-year-old behind the plate and catch the best I can.”

One of the teams scouting Banfield drafted him, then made him an offer he couldn’t pass up. MLB Network insider Jon Hey-

man reported Banfield’s signing bonus from the Marlins was $1.8 million, well above the $894,600 slot value for his draft position.

He enters pro baseball with plenty of memories and friends from his high school days. The Broncos’ Final Four trip this past season only made his experience better.

“I think we did really well this season,” Banfield said. “I’m really happy with how we performed all year. We lost in the Final Four (in three games to Mill Creek) unfortunately, but it was an awesome season. A band of brothers. We went through the whole season and did a lot of things people didn’t think we could accomplish. … We had a really good coach, Coach Titus Martin, and I can never do enough to thank him for my four years at Brookwood. He’s one of my favorite and best coaches I’ve ever had.”

Martin, his fellow

ALL-COUNTY BASEBALL Co-Pitchers of the Year: P/1B Robert Bennett, Parkview, Sr. Went 12-1 with a 1.20 ERA, 103 strikeouts in 75 2/3 innings; also hit .381 with 6 home runs, 36 RBIs P/1B Davis Sharpe, Mill Creek, Sr. Went 10-2 with a 2.13 ERA, 88 strikeouts in 69 innings, opponents hit .188; also hit .393 with 10 home runs, 38 RBIs, 17 doubles, .519 on-base percentage Player of the Year: C Will Banfield, Brookwood, Sr. Hit .398 with 9 home runs, 49 RBIs, 15 doubles, .539 on-base percentage Coach of the Year: Chan Brown, Parkview Led the Panthers to the Class AAAAAAA state championship FIRST TEAM Position Players • SS Marcerio Allen, Dacula, Jr. Hit .411, 5 HRs, 25 RBIs, 35 runs, .532 on-base percentage • INF/C/P John Anderson, Grayson, Soph.

Region player of the year hit .383, 7 HRs, 43 RBIs, 27 runs • 2B Michael Borah, North Gwinnett, Jr. Hit .400, 4 HRs, 25 RBIs, 37 runs, 10 doubles • C Alek Boychuk, Mill Creek, Soph.

Hit .416, 7 HRs, 32 RBIs, 15 doubles, .500 on-base percentage • SS Isaiah Byars, Parkview, Sr. Hit .367, 5 HRs, 33 RBIs, 29 runs • OF/P Logan Cerny, Parkview, Sr. Hit .396, 10 HRs, 34 RBIs, 43 runs, 16 SB, six saves at pitcher • SS/P Chase Chaney, Mountain View, Sr. Hit .406, 2 HRs, 22 RBIs, 25 runs, 5-3 as pitcher with 2.11 ERA • INF Marc Davis, South Gwinnett, Sr. Hit .398, 42 RBIs, 15 doubles, 2-2 as pitcher with 1.75 ERA, 5 saves • OF/P Parker Meadows, Grayson, Sr. Hit .342, 5 HRs, 30 RBIs, 39 runs • C/INF Carson Taylor, GAC, Sr. Hit .462, 2 HR, 33 RBIs, 38 runs, .568 on-base percentage • CF Austin Turner, Buford, Jr. Hit .398, 21 RBIs, 40 runs, 33 SB • OF Caberea Weaver, South Gwinnett, Sr. Hit .374, 2 HRs, 19 RBIs, 19 SB Pitchers • P Walker Cleveland, North Gwinnett, Sr. 8-3, 1.37 ERA, 2 saves, 61 strikeouts in 61 1/3 innings • P Ramsey David, Buford, Jr. 7-3, 2.08 ERA, 107 strikeouts in 73 1/3 innings • P Corey Farrow, South Gwinnett, Sr. 7-2, 1.99 ERA, 2 saves, also hit .316 with 18 RBIs, 11 SB • P Alex Flood, Brookwood, Jr. 10-1, 1.86 ERA, 58 strikeouts in 64 innings • P Braden Hays, Parkview, Sr. 12-1, 0.89 ERA, 95 strikeouts in 79 innings SECOND TEAM Position Players SS/P Jake Edwards, Hebron, Sr. OF Lavoisier Fisher, North Gwinnett, Sr. C Jonathan French, Parkview, Jr. SS Jadyn Jackson, Lanier, Jr. OF Tim Martin, Brookwood, Sr. SS/P Luke Matthews, Providence, Sr. 1B Ray Peng, Norcross, Sr. OF/INF Evan Place, Buford, Jr. OF/P Ashton Shepherd, Peachtree Ridge, Sr. OF Josh Shuler, North Gwinnett, Soph.

INF/OF Garrett Spikes, Mountain View, Soph.

SS Brendan York, Mill Creek, Soph.

Pitchers P Alaska Abney, Mill Creek, Sr. P Sean Adams, Buford, Sr. P Dylan Schuble, Mountain View, Sr. P Cooper Stinson, Norcross, Sr. P Ryan Watson, North Gwinnett, Sr. THIRD TEAM Position Players OF/1B/P Bradley Blalock, Grayson, Jr. C/1B Corey Collins, North Gwinnett, Soph.

SS Don Daniel, Wesleyan, Jr. 2B Allan Del Castillo, Parkview, Jr. 3B Angelo DiSpigna, Brookwood, Sr. SS Shane Lussier, GAC, Jr. 2B Branan McGee, Grayson, Sr. SS/P Nasim Nunez, Collins Hill, Jr. INF/OF Landon Parks, Wesleyan, Jr. OF Andrew Phanmanee, Mountain View, Sr. 2B Garrison Price, Buford, Sr. C Charlie Taylor, Wesleyan, Soph.

Pitchers P Brandon Blume, Mill Creek, Sr. P Logan Conn, Peachtree Ridge, Sr. P Jake Johnson, GAC, Soph.

P Jack Rasmussen, Peachtree Ridge, Jr. P Cole Tillotson, Providence, Jr.

coaches and the community also will miss Banfield for his contributions, both on and off the field.

“He’s been great,” Martin said. “We spend a ton of time together, so I’m partial. But he’s maintained all the hoopla around him really well. He stays as grounded as possible. He was at our K to 5 baseball camp the other day working and signing autographs. Sometimes that gets lost in all these rankings and All-American teams, that he really is a caring kid. He has a great heart. He’s worked so hard.

He’s working all the time.

“I’m just excited for him that his dream has come to fruition. As a coach, you want all your guys to reach that next level for them, whether it’s school, baseball in college or baseball at the professional level.

It’s really special for all my guys. But obviously Will is living the dream right now going from high school baseball to pro baseball.”

Central names Autry baseball coach

By McClain Baxley Staff Correspondent

Central Gwinnett has announced the hiring of new head baseball coach Eli Autry, who replaces the outgoing Stephen Gronsbell.

Autry’s young coaching career includes stints at Bowdon and West Forsyth, where he coached in 201718. He inherits a Central program that went 8-21 this past season.

“My whole obstacle is trying to establish a culture and resurface a trend of winning,” Autry said. “I want to teach (the kids) the fundamentals and to love the game of baseball.”

Autry started his coaching career as an assistant coach in Class AA at Bowdon High School. In Eli the spring Autry of 2016, he helped the Red Devils earn their first region championship in 15 years along with the best record in school history, capped with an Elite Eight appearance.

Autry was named Region 5-AA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2016 and coached Reed Robinson, the AA Pitcher of the Year.

After coaching at Bowdon for two years, Autry went to West Forsyth as an assistant coach for football and head coach for the varsity tennis teams.

While he appreciated the opportunities West Forsyth had to offer, he is excited to return to the diamond as one of the youngest head coaches in the state.

“I know a fair amount about baseball, my entire life, my background is in it and it’s something I love,” Autry said. “At 26 years old, not a lot of people have this kind of opportunity.”

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world&nation World Abortion bill in Argentina moves forward The Argentine Chamber of Deputies voted Thursday morning to legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

The bill now goes to the more conservative Senate for consideration. President Mauricio Macri has said he won’t veto the bill if Congress approves it, even though he opposes abortion.

“We have been able to settle our differences with respect, tolerance and listening to each other; understanding that dialogue is the road that will strengthen our future,” Macri said. “My congratulations to everyone, knowing that this debate now continues in the Senate.”

Though it’s unclear whether the bill will become law, the issue has energized Argentine women, including thousands who filled the streets around Congress during 23 hours of tense debate.

Report: Email probe ‘cast a cloud’ over FBI

By LauRa JaRRett, JeRemy heRB and manu RaJu

According to a lengthy report the Justice Department inspector general’s office released Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey’s actions in the Hillary Clinton email investigation deviated from the department’s norms but Comey was not motivated by political bias. (CNN File Photo)

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The Justice Department’s internal watchdog found that former FBI Director James Comey’s actions in the Hillary Clinton email investigation deviated from the department’s norms but that Comey was not motivated by political bias.

The inspector general released a sweeping report Thursday detailing a series of failures by the top federal officials in charge of the investigation ahead of the election, including how Clinton handled classified information while secretary of state.

The report from Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded that the prosecutorial decisions in the Clinton case were “consistent” and not affected by bias or other improper actions. But it said that senior leaders’ handling of the Clinton case cast a cloud over the bureau and did lasting damage to the FBI’s reputation.

U.N. calls for “The damage caused by probe into human these employees’ actions rights violations extends far beyond the scope in Kashmir region of the Midyear (Clinton) investigation and goes to the The United Nations heart of the FBI’s reputation slammed both Indian and for neutral factfinding and Pakistani authorities Thurs- political independence,” the day for alleged human rights report states. violations in the disputed A key finding: Comey Kashmir region, with the erred in his decision not to body’s top rights official coordinate with his superiors calling for an international inquiry into the claims.

In its first-ever report on the human rights situation in Kashmir, which for decades Trump pick for has been divided between India and Pakistan, the U.N. ambassador to details what it described as S. Korea says “human rights violations and abuses on both sides of N. Korea a threat Harry Harris, the Trump the Line of Control,” the de administration’s nomifacto border between the nee to be ambassador to nuclear-armed neighbors.

While also critical of South Korea, said North Pakistan, the main focus of Korea continues to be a the 49-page report is the hu- nuclear threat and that major man rights situation between military exercises should be July 2016 and April 2018 in paused to give Kim Jong Un the northern Indian state of a chance to prove whether Jammu and Kashmir. he is “serious.”

New Delhi forcefully President Donald Trump rejected the claims, calling announced in Singapore the report “fallacious, tenthat the U.S. would suspend dentious and motivated,” ac- “war games” with South cording to a statement from Korea and Japan, taking India’s foreign ministry. The Seoul, Tokyo, lawmakers Pakistani government, citing and parts of the U.S. milithe main focus of the report, tary by surprise. welcomed the call for an “In my previous capacity, international inquiry.

I spoke very strongly about the need to continue military exercises, most notably in Iranian human 2017,” Harris said at his rights lawyer nomination hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations detained again Committee on Thursday.

Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prom- But he noted that, “we were inent Iranian human rights in a different place in 2017. lawyer, was detained by se- North Korea was launching curity forces on Wednesday, missiles … if war wasn’t according to her family. imminent, it was likely.”

Her husband, Reza “The whole landscape Khandan, said Sotoudeh has shifted. I believe we was arrested at their home should give exercises, major in Tehran and taken to Evin exercises, a pause to see prison, a notorious lockup if Kim Jong Un is in fact just outside the city. serious about his part of the “Once, during an internegotiations.” rogation session, I told the interrogators that of all the Trump Foundation services that a government must provide for its citizens sued by N.Y. you only know of one, arattorney general resting people,” Khandan The New York attorney said in the Facebook post announcing his wife’s arrest. general on Thursday sued The post did not specify if President Donald Trump’s Sotoudeh had been charged charitable foundation along with a crime or why she was with its directors — the detained. president, his sons Eric — From wire reports and Donald Jr. and daugh-

at the Justice Department at key moments in the Clinton email investigation. Horowitz said that Comey was “extraordinary and insubordinate,” and did not agree with any of his reasons for deviating from “well-established Department policies.”

The report was also harshly critical of FBI agent Peter Strzok, who exchanged anti-Trump text messages with former FBI lawyer Lisa Page.

The report found that the Strzok and Page texts “cast a cloud” over the credibility of the investigation, although they found no evidence “that these political views directly affected the specific investigative decisions that we reviewed.”

But the inspector general zeroed in on the FBI’s slow reaction time to the new emails discovered on the

laptop of Anthony Weiner.

“We searched for evidence that the Weiner laptop was deliberately placed on the back-burner by others in the FBI to protect Clinton, but found no evidence in emails, text messages, instant messages, or documents that suggested an improper purpose,” the report said.

However, Horowitz did not have confidence that Strzok was free from bias when he decided to prioritize the Russia investigation over following up on the emails found on the Weiner laptop.

The roughly 500-page report provides a detailed accounting of the series of events leading up to Comey’s decision in July 2016 to announce publicly —without Justice Department approval —- that while he found Clinton’s actions “ex-

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Harry Harris, the Trump administration’s nominee to be ambassador to South Korea, said North Korea continues to be a nuclear threat and that major military exercises should be paused to give Kim Jong Un a chance to prove whether he is “serious.” (CNN)

ter Ivanka, alleging they violated state and federal charities law.

Attorney General Barbara Underwood alleges a pattern of persistent illegal conduct over more than a decade that includes extensive unlawful political coordination with the Trump presidential campaign.

Underwood is asking a court to dissolve the Trump Foundation and wants $2.8 million in restitution plus additional penalties.

The attorney general seeks to ban Trump from serving as a director of a New York not-for-profit for 10 years and Trump’s children from serving for one year.

The complaint alleges that the Trump Foundation engaged in repeated and willful self-dealing transactions to benefit Trump’s personal and business interests.

“As our investigation reveals, the Trump Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his business to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality,” Underwood said.

“This is not how private foundations should func-

tion, and my office intends to hold the Foundation and its directors accountable for its misuse of charitable assets.”

GOP Senate nominees sought extreme anti-gay group’s support Two Republican Senate nominees sought and received the support of an anti-LGBT group that links homosexuality to pedophilia and defends conversion therapy.

North Dakota’s Kevin Cramer and Virginia’s Corey Stewart, who both won the Republican nomination in their respective states on Tuesday, filled out a “Senate Candidate Survey” for the group Public Advocate of the United States.

The survey asks eight questions about a candidate’s positions on LGBT issues, including whether a candidate would “oppose all efforts to make public restrooms and changingrooms unsafe through so-called ‘Transgender Bathrooms’ legislation and regulations — which have

tremely careless,” he would not recommend charges against her.

He was also advised by the Justice Department that his intent to tell Congress in October 2016 that FBI agents had recovered additional emails possibly relevant to the Clinton probe would run counter to department policy, and yet he did it anyway.

Congressional staff and lawmakers were briefed on the report behind closed doors on Thursday ahead of its release, and Trump was briefed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

The long-awaited report is likely to reopen wounds left festering since the 2016 election and breathe new life into the debate about the extent to which Comey’s actions affected the outcome of the presidential race. the effect of encouraging and protecting pedophiles.”

Another question asks if the candidate agrees that public schools should be “prevented from brainwashing elementary school children with the Homosexual Agenda — such as California’s current policy speculating widely about the sexual activity of past presidents and figures?”

Cramer and Stewart answered yes to both questions. Both nominees also indicated support for overturning Supreme Court rulings legalizing same-sex marriage, requiring schools to teach there are only two genders and allowing Christian business owners to refuse to participate in same-sex weddings without fear of legal reprisal.

PeoPle Seth Rogen says summit looked a lot like his movie Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg said that they experienced a sense of déjà vu watching coverage of the President Trump-Kim Jong Un summit, with the latter saying that the exchange was a case of “life imitating art a little too much.”

Rogen and Goldberg directed the 2014 movie “The Interview,” about a talkshow host who unexpectedly lands an interview with the North Korean dictator and is then recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.

“I didn’t think the vain, egocentric talk-show host character” that winds up meeting with Kim Jong Un “would be the president of the United States, but it seems like a possible dynamic nonetheless,” Rogen said.

Brown leaves Twitter amid cyberbulling Millie Bobby Brown has deactivated her Twitter account after becoming the target of a cruel hashtag and meme.

The 14-year-old “Stranger Things” star deleted her milliebbrown account Wednesday.

The hashtag #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown started last year, according to one Twitter user, when someone claimed in a tweet that the actress refused to take a picture with her unless she removed her hijab. When the woman refused, she alleges Brown then pulled off the hijab for her.

There is no evidence the incident actually occurred.

Netflix to keep ‘Parts Unknown’ after fan outcry

Fans mourning the loss of Anthony Bourdain have succeeded in convincing Netflix to continue streaming his show.

His series “Parts Unknown” was set to end its run on the streaming giant this month.

Bourdain, 61, took his own life last week in France while working on an upcoming episode of Denver police to his award-winning CNN start collecting series. A close friend, racial, ethnic data French chef Eric Ripert, found him unresponsive in Story after story has his hotel room. emerged detailing accounts There was an immediof racial bias, especially ate outpouring of grief allegations revolving around for the former chef whose police. The city of Denver show premiered on CNN is trying to do something five years ago and took about this. viewers on a trek around This week, a community the globe in search of food forum met to discuss a pro- and culture.

Fans began lobbying gram that will collect demoNetflix online to congraphic data during police tinue streaming “Parts interactions, according to a Unknown” beyond June statement by the city.

Essentially, when officers 16, which had been the pull someone over, they’ll be announced date of it ending. required to take note of the Tanner Palin started a person’s ethnicity. Denver joins cities across the United petition to keep the show, States that have implement- and it attracted more than ed such programs, including 6,000 signatures.

On Tuesday Netflix Los Angeles, New York, tweeted it had extended a Chicago and Boston. licensing agreement that The point, Maes said, is allowed “Parts Unknown” to see what race a police to keep airing in the officer perceives someone United States. to be.

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IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds

By RoRy Smith

Ole Rogeberg, a senior research fellow at the Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research IQ scores have been steadily and 1991 and found that scores in Norway and co-author of the falling for the past few decades, increased by almost 3 percentnew study. and environmental factors are to age points each decade for those “The causes in IQ increases blame, a new study says. born between 1962 to 1975 — over time and now the decline is The research suggests that but then saw a steady decline due to environmental factors,” genes aren’t what’s driving the among those born after 1975. said Rogeburg, who believes the decline in IQ scores, according Similar studies in Denmark, change is not due to genetics. to the study, published Monday. Britain, France, the Nether“It’s not that dumb people Norwegian researchers analands, Finland and Estonia have are having more kids than smart lyzed the IQ scores of Norwedemonstrated a similar downpeople, to put it crudely. It’s gian men born between 1962 ward trend in IQ scores, said something to do with the enviCNN

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ronment, because we’re seeing the same differences within families,” he said.

These environmental factors could include changes in the education system and media environment, nutrition, reading less and being online more, Rogeberg said.

The earlier rise in IQ scores follows the “Flynn effect,” a term for the long-term increase in intelligence levels that occurred during the 20th century,

arguably the result of better access to education, according to Stuart Ritchie, a postdoctoral fellow in cognitive aging at the University of Edinburgh whose research explores IQ scores and intelligence and who was not involved in the new study.

Researchers have long preferred to use genes to explain variations in intelligence over environmental factors. However, the new study turns this thinking on its head.

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ADOPTIONS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA Case No.: 502017DR009270XXXXSB Division: FZ In the Matter of the Termination Of Parental Rights for the Proposed Adoption of a Minor Child, NOTICE OF ACTION FOR PUBLICATION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF MONOR CHILD TO: UNKNOWN BIOLOGICAL FATHER OF BABY GIRL MARKS YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to Terminate Parental Rights for Proposed Adoption of Baby Girl Marks was filed in the Circuit Court of the Palm Beach County Court, West Palm Beach Florida on March 15, 2018, by a married couple seeking to adopt a child born to Courtney Marks on July 17, 2014 in Lawrenceville, GA. The motion to terminate parental rights of the biological mother and legal father upon their unnerved and voluntary surrenders of parental rights, and the rights, if any, of the unknown biological father upon statutory notice.

You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to this action on Tyler Jaymeson Cade, Petitioner’s attorney, whose address is 807 Lucerne Avenue, Unit West, LAKE WORTH, FL 33460, on or before July 12th, 2018, and file the original with the clerk of this court at Palm Beach County Courthouse, 205 North Dixie Hwy, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401, either before service on Petitioner’s attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise you may lose all rights to the child and will neither receive notice nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information.

Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

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CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: -s-Shannon Childress Deputy Clerk For Publication in: Gwinnett Daily Post, Lawrenceville, GA 901-549787, 6/1,8,15,22

CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Annandale at Suwanee, Inc. June 15, 2018 Published in Gwinnett Daily Post Annandale at Suwanee, Inc. is accepting separate sealed bids for design / installation services of a TPO heat-reflective and energy efficient roof system for a program center facility in Suwanee, GA. This project will be funded from the Gwinnett County Community Development Block Grant program and therefore services provided must comply will all applicable federal government statutory and regulatory requirements. A Pre-Bid Conference is scheduled at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 22, 2018 at Annandale Village, Building O (Patricia Brown Program Center) 3500 Annandale Lane, Suwanee, GA 30024. All potential bidders are encouraged to attend this conference.

Bids will be received at the Annandale Village campus located at 3500 Annandale Lane, Suwanee, GA 30024 until 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2018. The bids must be addressed to Annandale at Suwanee, Inc. and designated as bid for the Program Center Roof Project. Any bid received after said time and date will not be accepted.

All firms submitting bids will be notified of the bidders submitting bids and the amounts of all bids received.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive any technicalities or irregularities, and request any additional information or clarification deemed necessary for the evaluation of any bid. This project does have a maximum budget, therefore specifications are subject to change after the selection of a qualified firm.

The Contract Documents, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Bid Proposal Form, Form of Agreement, Specifications, and other Contract Documents may be examined at Annandale Village, 3500 Annandale Lane, Suwanee, GA 30024 or via email by contacting Joseph DiGiovanni at joseph.digiovanni@annandale.org: Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements regarding conditions of employment and minimum wage rates to be paid on this project, and that the contractor and subcontractor must comply with all Federal, State, and local requirements. Minority and female owned firms are encouraged to participate in this federally funded project. Procurement will be in compliance with the Uniform Administrative Requirements, 2 CFR 200.318326. Potential respondents are particularly called to the requirements of Title VI; Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 24 CFR 570.602; and Executive Order 11246–Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. The work to be performed under this contract is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 12 USC 1701u (Section 3). The purpose of Section 3 is to ensure employment and other economic opportunities generated

by HUD assistance or HUDassisted projects covered by Section 3, shall to greatest extent feasible, be directed to low-and very–low income persons, particularly persons who are recipients of HUD a

assistance for housing. For more information on Section 3, contact the Fair Housing Act and Equal Opportunity representatives of HUD at (404) 331-5001, Ext. 2473.

Neither the United States nor any of the departments, agencies, or employees is or will be a party of any contract awarded pursuant to this invitation to bid.

In order to assure that Bidders receive all addenda and or clarifications to the bid documents in a timely manner, it is highly recommended that all bidders obtain at least one complete set of Bid Documents directly from Annandale at Suwanee, Inc. Entities that do not obtain Bid Documents from this source will not receive addenda and or clarifications to the bid documents directly from Annandale Village. Bidders relying on other services to obtain the Bid Documents, rather than obtaining them directly from the source are doing so at their own risk.

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ON CALL MATERIALS TESTING AND WATER SAMPLING PROJECT BID NO. CP 18-004 DULUTH, GEORGIA Statements of Qualification will be received by the City of Duluth, Georgia, in the Office of the City Clerk, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, GA 30096 until 2:00 p.m. local time, Monday, July 16, 2018 for: CP 18-004 On-Call Materials Testing and Water Sampling This would be a one year contract with annual renewal options not to exceed five years. Consultants must be prequalified with Georgia DOT to perform the work.

Bids received after the stated time will not be accepted.

The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) can be found online at: www.duluthga. net (click on “Notices and RFP’s”), and on the Georgia State Procurement Registry at: https://ssl.doas.state. ga.us/PRSapp/ .

Individuals, firms and businesses seeking an award of a City of Duluth contract may not initiate or continue any verbal or written communications regarding a solicitation with any City officer, elected official, employee or other City representative without permission of the City Clerk named in the solicitation between the date of the issuance of the solicitation and the date of the final contract award by the Duluth City Council. Violations will be reviewed by the City Clerk.

If determined that such communication has compromised the evaluation process, the Statement of Qualifications submitted by the individual, firm or business may be disqualified from consideration for award.

Questions regarding RFQ should be directed in writing to Margie Pozin, PE, City Engineer, at mpozin@ duluthga.net no later than July 6, 2018. No phone calls, please.

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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS PUBLIC NOTICE APH 2018-05-069 PLACE: City of Peachtree Corners City Hall 310 Technology Pkwy DATE & TIME: June 26th, 2018 7:00 P.M. PURPOSE: Alcoholic Beverage License Application Consumption on Premises Beer and Wine APPLICANT: Atlanta Bread Company 4880 Peachtree Corners Circle, Ste 1135 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 904-553360, 6/15,22 CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS PUBLIC NOTICE APH 2018-05-068 PLACE: City of Peachtree Corners City Hall 310 Technology Pkwy DATE & TIME: June 26th, 2018 7:00 P.M. PURPOSE: Alcoholic Beverage License Application Consumption on Premises Beer, Wine, Distilled Spirits, and Sunday Sales APPLICANT: Nitro Zone 6344 Cash Court Peachtree Corners, GA 30071 904-553356, 6/15,22

PUBLIC HEARINGS CITY OF BERKELEY LAKE PUBLIC HEARING JULY 2, 2018 AT 7:00 PM 4040 SOUTH BERKELEY LAKE RD BERKELEY LAKE, GA 30096 PHONE: 770-368-9484 Notice is hereby given that a public hearing is scheduled on the date and at the time and location as noted above for the purpose of hearing citizen comments regarding a proposed final budget amendment for 2017. Please be advised of the following proposed 2017 amended budget: Revenue General $1,100,395.22 SPLOST $303,015.17 Expense General Government $376,124.77 Judicial $4,647.53 Public Safety $91,926.60 Public Works $127,543.44 Culture & Recreation $15,938.13 Housing & Development $195,394.11 Addition to Reserves - General $288,820.64 Addition to Reserves – SPLOST $47,891.90 SPLOST – Public Works $255,123.27 928-553763, 6/15

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 424 WEST PIKE ST. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/23/2018 at 10:40 A.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: 2006 HONDA CIVIC 1HGFA168X6L084914 928-552623, 6/8,15

to file a Proof of Claim on account of any such claim is the later of (x) the applicable Bar Date and (y) 4:00 p.m. (Central Daylight Time) on the date that is thirty (30) days after the date on which the Debtors serve notice of the amendment or supplement (the “Amended Schedules Bar Date”, and together with the General Bar Date, the Governmental Bar Date, and Rejection Bar Date, the “Bar Dates”).

ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO FAILS TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM ON OR BEFORE THE APPLICABLE BAR DATE SHALL NOT BE TREATED AS A CREDITOR WITH RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIM FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING AND DISTRIBUTION. LATE FILED CLAIMS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO DISALLOWANCE. Filing a Proof of Claim.

Each Proof of Claim must be filed, including supporting documentation, by U.S. Mail, overnight mail, or other hand delivery system, so as to be actually received by the Debtors’ notice and claims agent, Omni Management Group (“Omni”) on or before the applicable Bar Date, at the following address: 4 West Holdings, Inc., et al.

Claims Processing, c/o Omni Management Group, 5955 De Soto Ave., Suite 100, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. Proofs of claim may also be submitted online through the Debtors’ case website at: http:// www.omnimgt.com/4west and click on “Submit a Proof of Claim.” Proofs of Claim sent by facsimile or e-mail transmission will not be accepted, with the exception of Proofs of Claim submitted through the Debtors’ case website.

Contents of Proofs of Claim. Each Proof of Claim must: (i) be written in the English language; (ii) be denominated in lawful currency of the United States as of the Petition Date (using the exchange rate, if applicable, as of the Petition Date); (iii) must be on the form of Proof of Claim annexed to the Bar Date Order as Exhibit 1 or otherwise conform substantially to the Official Bankruptcy Form B410 (“Official Form B410”); (iv) specify the Debtor against which the Proof of Claim is filed; (v) set forth with specificity the legal and factual bases for the alleged claim; (vi) include supporting documentation or an explanation as to why such documentation is not available; and (vii) be signed by the claimant or, if the claimant is not an individual, by an authorized agent of the claimant. Please note that, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, if you are asserting a Proof of Claim against more than one debtor, separate Proofs of Claim must be filed against each such debtor and you must identify on your Proof of Claim the specific debtor against which your claim is asserted and the case number of that Debtor’s bankruptcy case.

Additional Information.

Copies of the Bar Date Order, Schedules, and other information regarding the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases are available on the Debtors’ case website at: http:// www.omnimgt.com/4west.

If you require additional information, you may contact Omni directly by (i) calling (844) 378-1143 and leaving a message, or (ii) writing to 4 West Holdings, Inc., et al.

Claims Processing, c/o Omni Management Group, 5955 De Soto Ave., Suite 100, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. Please note that Omni cannot offer legal advice or advise whether you should file a Proof of Claim.

DATED: JUNE 8, 2018

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 1997 FORD F-150 1FTDF1723VNB69405 928-552626, 6/8,15

3VWRZ71K48M064232 2 2000 Ford Windstar 2FMDA5342YBB56900 3 2000 Chrysler Sebring 3C3EL55HXYT241057 4 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GZ88Z8WC316799 5 1997 Honda Civic JHMEJ6529VS010519 6 2001 Nissan Pathfinder JN8DR07X21W513652 7 1997 Lincoln Town Car 1LNLM82WXVY672623 8 2000 Honda Odyssey 2HKRL1852YH520011 9 2007 BMW 328i WBAWB33557PV71043 10 2005 Toyota Prius JTDKB20U453098537 11 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 1GCEC14X25Z181311 12 1995 Jeep Wrangler 1J4FY19P8SP266072 13 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe KM8SC13D03U428678 14 1998 Dodge Durango 1B4HS28YXWF122774 15 2005 Toyota Camry 4T1BE30K55U513317 16 2000 Honda Accord 1HGCG5657YA102430 17 2004 Cadillac DeVille 1G6KD54Y24U219540 18 2002 Jeep Liberty 1J8GL58K42W361622 19 2004 Honda Civic 2HGES16694H632029 20 2006 Nissan Altima 1N4BL11D86C142293 21 2000 Toyota Celica JTDDY32T1Y0018473 22 2010 Ford Edge 2FMDK3JC2ABA17271 23 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan 1D4GP24R26B545518 24 2000 GMC Jimmy 1GKCS13W6Y2210202 25 2001 Chevrolet Suburban 3GNEC16T41G194797 26 1997 Honda Prelude JHMBB6242VC015691 27 2000 Honda Civic 2HGEJ8641YH598474 28 1998 Dodge Ram 1500 1B7HC13Z2WJ262485 29 1998 Ford Explorer 1FMZU34E5WZA54963 30 2001 Ford E-150 1FTRE14201HB12214 31 2001 Chevrolet Suburban 3GNEC16T01G193405 32 2008 Ford E-150 1FTNE14W78DA91414 33 2003 Cadillac Escalade EXT 3GYEK63N53G325814 34 2007 Jeep Liberty 1J4GK48K57W517219 35 2004 Nissan Sentra 3N1CB51D74L872628 36 2006 Lincoln Navigator 5LMFU27556LJ00350 37 2008 Toyota Camry 4T1BE46K78U223811 38 1998 Honda Civic 1HGEJ8255WL105720 39 2004 Hyundai Sonata KMHWF35H94A072755 40 1999 Mercedes-Benz E320 W D B J F 65H4XA918969 41 1993 Lincoln Town Car 1LNLM82W5PY774687 42 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan 2B4GP24G8XR130473 43 1992 Jeep Cherokee 1J4FT88S9NL110759 44 1999 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR12E3XZ273056 45 2004 Pontiac Vibe 5Y2SL62844Z445008 46 2016 Scooter LL0TCAPH9GYC84240 47 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 3GNEC12027G157395 48 2018 Toyota Corolla 5YFBURHE5JP740121 49 2007 Ford F-150 1FTRF122X7KB12667 50 2011 Honda Accord Crosstour 5J6TF2H50BL005573 51 Go Cart 52 2001 Ford Windstar 2FMZA51421BB94710 53 2003 Infiniti I35 JNKDA31A73T109872 54 2002 Mercedes C230 WDBRN47J72A214669 55 2007 Chrysler 300 2C3KA43R77H711468 56 2002 Nissan Sentra 3N1CB51D42L693492 928-551191, 6/8,15

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: (Address) 4550 MEMORIAL DR, DECATUR GA 30032 2011 PORCHE PANAMERA VIN# WP0AA2A73BL015912 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date) 05-31-2018.

928-552622, 6/8,15

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 2002 FORD ESCAPE 1FMYU01102KB01511 928-552631, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 2002 FORD MUSTANG 1FAFP40452F151292 928-552632, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 2002 TOYOTA TACOMA 5TENL42N12Z031516 928-552630, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 2004 NISSAN MIAXIMA 1N4BA41E94C904477 928-552633, 6/8,15 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS DALLAS DIVISION Chapter 11 Case No. 18-30777 (HDH) (Jointly Administered) In re: 4 West Holdings, Inc. et al., Debtors.

NOTICE OF DEADLINES FOR THE FILING OF PROOFS OF CLAIM GENERAL BAR DATE: JULY 16, 2018 AT 4:00 P.M. (CDT) GOVERNMENTAL BAR DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 AT 4:00 P.M. (CDT) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING: On May 24, 2018, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas (the “Court”) entered an order [Docket No. 431] (the “Bar Date Order”) establishing certain deadlines for the filing of proofs of claim (“Proofs of Claim”) against 4 West Holdings, Inc. and its above-captioned debtor affiliates (collectively, the “Debtors”). A list of the names of the Debtors and their case numbers is available on the Debtors’ case website at: http://www.omnimgt.com/4west.

General Bar Date. All persons or entities, including individuals, partnerships, corporations, joint ventures, estates, and trusts, who have a claim or potential claim against any of the Debtors that arose or is deemed to have arisen prior to March 6, 2018 (the “Petition Date”) including any secured or priority claims, such as any claims entitled to administrative expense priority under 11 U.S.C.§ 503(b)(9), no matter how remote or contingent such right to payment or equitable remedy may be, MUST FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM on or before July 16, 2018 at 4:00 P.M. (Central Daylight Time) (the “General Bar Date”).

Governmental Bar Date.

All governmental units (as such term is defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy Code) which have a claim or potential claim against any of the Debtors that arose or is deemed to have arisen prior to the Petition Date, including any secured or priority claims, such as any claims entitled to administrative expense priority under 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)(9), no matter how remote or contingent such right to payment or equitable remedy may be, MUST FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM on or before September 4, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

(Central Daylight Time) (the “Governmental Bar Date”).

Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases. If you hold a claim arising from the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease, you must file a Proof of Claim based on such rejection by the later of (i) the General Bar Date, (ii) 4:00 p.m. (Central Daylight Time) on the date that is thirty (30) days after the date on which an order is entered approving such rejection and (iii) any date that the Court may fix in the applicable order authorizing such rejection (the “Rejection Bar Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you are a party to an executory contract or unexpired lease and you wish to assert a claim on account of unpaid amounts accrued and outstanding as of March 6, 2018 pursuant to that executory contract or unexpired lease (other than a rejection damages claim), you must file a Proof of Claim for such amounts on or before the General Bar Date.

Amended Schedules Bar Date. In the event that the Debtors amend or supplement their Schedules to (a) designate a claim as disputed, contingent, unliquidated, or undetermined, (b) change the amount of a claim reflected therein, (c) change the priority or secured status of a claim reflected therein, or (d) add a claim that was not listed on the Schedules, the Debtors will notify you of the amendment. In the event that such amendment relates to your claim against a Debtor, the deadline for you

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 2005 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG WVGMM77L15D014502 928-552627, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 2008 ACURA MDX 2HNYD284X8H527622 928-552629, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 2008 MERCEDES BENZ ML63 4JGBB77EX8A338326 928-552628, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 2009 BMW X3 WBXPC93459WJ27400 928-552635, 6/8,15

Please Recycle This Newspaper NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 1996 MERCEDES BENZ S420 WDBGA43E2TA292080 928-552634, 6/8,15

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold a t public outcry at 1035 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 05/30/2018 at 2:45 P.M. The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 4011-5, as follows: 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY 2HKRL1865XH515571 928-552625, 6/8,15 PUBLIC NOTICE FOR SECTION 5310 The Georgia Department of Human Services (GADHS) is soliciting applications by region from nonprofit and public bodies interested in applying for funding under the Section 5310 Elderly and Disabled Transportation Program.

To assure that the private sector has a fair and timely opportunity to participate in the development of these programs, the Department of Human Services solicits the private sector’s input and participation during the planning process.

Any private for profit, nonprofit or public body interested in participating in these programs should submit a written notice of intent no later than 15 days from date of this publication.

This notice applies to the following counties: DHS Region 3 (Gwinnett) NOTE: GADHS partners with GDOT for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises program. The proposed overall goal and rationale are based upon the GDOT DBE list as well as the GA DOAS Registered Vendor List, allowing the inclusion of Small Businesses. Comments on the goals will be accepted for 30days from the date of this notice. The goals can be viewed on the GA DHS website and they are also available for inspection during normal business hours for 45 days following the date of this notice at the following location: Georgia Department of Human Services Office of Facilities and Support Services Transportation Services Section 2 Peachtree Street, Suite 28.253 Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Georgia Department of Human Services (GDHS/OFSS/ TSS)/Office of Facilities and Support (OFSS)/Transportation Services Section (TSS) is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of its transportation services on the basis of race, color, or national origin, religion, gender, age, social status and those who are handicapped, as protected

by Title VI in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Circular 4702.1.B. GDHS/OFSS/TSS complies with the Title VI requirements, in conformity with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Authorization for the program comes from 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 26 (49CFR 21, 23 and 26). The principal Program objective is to guarantee no discrimination against any person in the GDHS/OFSS/ TSS programs and services.

Submit written notice to: DHS Region 3 (Gwinnett) Shanona Atkins, Region 3 Regional Transportation Coordinator 178 Sams Street Transportation Services Section Decatur, GA 30030 928-553227, 6/15 PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF DULUTH, GEORGIA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the public that the City of Duluth is updating its Comprehensive Plan.

All interested parties are invited to attend a steering committee meeting on the purpose of the Comprehensive Plan update in the Community Room at Duluth’s City Hall, 3167 Main Street, on June 18, 2018 at 5:30 p.m.

The current Comprehensive Plan is available for review in Duluth’s Department of Planning and Development, Monday-Friday from 8:00am–5:00pm, online at www.duluthga.net, or by calling (770)476-1790.

928-553353, 6/15 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: (Address) 562 GRAYSON HWY, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 2004 FORD EXPLORER VIN# 1FMZU73W64UA94562 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date) 05-31-2018.

928-552617, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40-11-2, is being stored at: (Address) 324 HOLLY RIDGE DR, LILBURN, GA 30047 2004 FORD F-150 VIN# 1FTPW14574KD91344 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date) 05-31-2018.

928-552619, 6/8,15 NOTICE There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Willard Wrecker Service, 719 Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30518, on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 11:00 AM the following vehicles declared abandoned or foreclosed vehicles pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 40-11-05, as follows: # Ye a r Make Model VIN 1 2008 Volkswagen J e t t a

NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: (Address) 1152 ATLANTA HWY SE, WINDER GA 30680 2004 TOYOTA COROLLA VIN# 2T1BR32E84C228977 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date) 05-31-2018.

928-552620, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40-11-2, is being stored at: (Address) 413 ARCADIA IND CIRCLE, LILBURN GA 30047 2007 HONDA CIVIC VIN# 2HGFG11867H573184 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date) 05-31-2018.

928-552621, 6/8,15

STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE INC. 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE NORCROSS, GA 30071 PHONE: 770-381-1140 FAX: 770-935-9651 ABANDONED VEHICLES: RE: 1989 Coleman Newport PopUp Camper VIN C0255589 LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR GREY TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above camper was initially removed from 704 Lake Drive located in Snellville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle located in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The camper is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: 2010 Ford F-150 VIN 1FTEX1CW8AFB19856 LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR SILVER TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above vehicle was initially removed from the Pep Boys located at 2908 Buford Drive in Buford, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-3811140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: Ford Focus VIN NO VIN LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR BURNT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above vehicle was initially removed from 4758 River Lake Way, located in Snellville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-3811140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: Go Cart VIN NO VIN LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR BLACK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above go cart was initially removed from Brick Lodge located at 2050 Willow Trail Parkway in Norcross, Georgia. The Go Cart is presently located at 770-3811140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The Go Cart is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. 928-553443, 6/15,22,29 PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF DACULA The public is hereby notified that an employee appreciation lunch will take place on Friday, July 6, 2018 from 11:30AM to 1:00PM at Dacula City Hall, 442 Harbins Road, Dacula, Georgia 30019. A quorum of City Council members will be present at said event.

928-553597, 6/15

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE INC. 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE NORCROSS, GA 30071 PHONE: 770-381-1140 FAX: 770-935-9651 THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON JUNE 16, 2018. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 16 JUNIO 2018 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www. swsatlanta.com 1997 Kawasaki Jet Ski KAW02200E797 1999 MagicTrail Jet Ski Trailer 1M5LDBE15X1031486 Dual Axle Metal Frame Trailer Z204399 2014 SYM Lance PCH Scooter RFGBS1D05EXAE2113 2015 TaoTao Scooter L9NPEACB9F1006323 Car Hauler Trailer NO VIN 2007 Ford Ranger 1FTYR14D97PA60369 2003 Ford Mustang Cobra SVT 1FAFP49Y03F333425 2007 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WB58K579369680

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS 2008 Aprilia Tuono 1000 R ZD4RRTT108S000717 1960 Homemade Trailer T228154 1969 Chevrolet Corvette 194379S714742 1978 Chevrolet C10 CCU148A142635 2007 Toyota Avalon 4T1BK36B47U211469 2013 Ford Focus 1FADP3F23DL269546 2010 Volkswagen CC WVWMN7AN5AE555195 2003 Infiniti G35 JNKCV51EX3M024470 2004 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZT54804F140105 1988 Suzuki LT230 4-Wheeler JSAAJ46A2J2103400 Stripped 4-Wheeler NO VIN 1990 Chevrolet C2500 2GCFC29K6L1154187 1998 Ford Explorer 1FMZU32E1WUD36632 1998 Honda Accord 1HGCG2250WA008570 1998 Honda Civic 2HGEJ6675WH570267 2001 Honda Accord 1HGCG16421A041218 2001 BMW 325Ci WBABN33481JW55316 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan 2D4GP44L45R243980 2016 Hyosung QT50 Revival 50cc Scooter L5YACBPA5G1158529 2012 Ford Focus 1FAHP3E2XCL407617 2008 Ford Crown Victoria 2FAHP71V78X122780 2009 Dodge Charger 2B3KA43D19H615971 2005 BMW 545i WBANB33535B115936 2003 BMW 525i WBADT43423GY98866 2008 Buick Lucerne 1G4HD57278U129705 2000 Ford Taurus 1FAFP55S2YA175083 2001 Ford F-250 Super Duty 1FTNX20S81EA21634 1989 Ford F-350 Super Duty 1FDJF37H6KNB08639 2007 Saturn VUE 5GZCZ53457S802409 2004 Volkswagen GTI 9BWDE61J944030471 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer 1GNDS13S822433143 2003 Pontiac Vibe 5Y2SL62873Z446863 1990 Nissan 300ZX JN1RZ26A4LX009369 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix 2G2WS522741125592 2000 Mazda Millenia JM1TA2219Y1614272 2007 Saab 9-3 YS3FD49YX71131271 1998 Ford F-150 1FTZX1723WNB28566 2007 Toyota Camry 4T1BE46K27U614136 2006 Infiniti G35 JNKCV51E06M506420 1997 Ford Explorer 1FMDU32E7VZA79049 2002 Nissan Xterra 5N1ED28Y32C520464 2014 Big Tex Trailer 16VGX5129E2622376 929-551713, 6/1,8,15 PUBLIC AUCTION In accordance with the provision of Georgia State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at AAAA Self Storages located at 282 East Crogan St., Lawrenceville, GA, 30046. 470-2990795. And due notice having been given to the owners of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Monday, JUNE 18, 2018. The sale will be held at www.storageauctions.com at 12 PM for units at the Lawrenceville location on Monday, March 19, 2018.

Terms: Cash, Credit card, or certified funds at Sale.

12:00 PM 282 East Crogan St., Lawrenceville, GA 30046 Unit # 6018 – Household goods etc Unit # 4036– house hold goods etc Unit# 3006 – household goods etc Unit# 4073– household goods etc Unit # 1081– household goods etc Unit # 5077– household goods etc Unit # 6021 house hold goods etc Unit # 2061 house hold goods etc Unit # 4002 house hold goods etc 929-552779, 6/8,15 There will be sold at public auction on Saturday 23 of June, 2018 at 11:00 am the following vehicle at DZ MECHANIC MOTORS LLC, 2573 MISTLETOE LN, SNELLVILLE, GA. 30039, 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT, VIN: 1G1AK55F277138884; ROBERTS BODY SHOP, 2742

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS KEYSTONE CT, NORCROSS, GA. 30071, 2006 BMW 520, VIN: WBANF73506CU20169, and JC BODY SHOP, 6040 BUFORD HWY. SUITE C1, DORAVILLE, GA. 30340, 2009 INFINITI M35, VIN: JNKCY01E99M801319; declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 40-11-5 929-552795, 6/8,15 NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION: The following vehicle was declared abandoned and foreclosed, pursuant to OCGA section 40-11-5, will be up for public auction at Tran’s Auto Repair, 4757 Buford Hwy, Norcross, Ga 30071, on 06/23/2018 at 4:00 pm.

2003 MERCEDES BENZ E320 VIN: WDBUF65J73A288083 929-552696, 6/8,15 LIFE STORAGE # 413 875 MARATHON PARKWAY LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 678-242-1441 Auction Date: Tuesday, June 26th 2018 @ 10:30 AM In accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at the Life Storage location(s) listed below.

And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Tuesday, June 26th 2018 @ 10:30 AM 875 Marathon Parkway Lawrenceville, GA 30046 678-242-1441 Space No. C u s t o m e r Name Inventory 1115 B a r b a r a Witcher McLaurin Household Goods/Furniture; TV/Stereo Equip.; Tools/Appliances.

2134 La Keitha Watson Household Goods/Furniture; TV/Stereo Equip.; Tools/Appliances.

3004 Tracey Brown Household Goods/Furniture; TV/Stereo Equip.; Office Furniture/Machines/ Equip.; Landscaping/ Construction Equip.

4045 Zenobia I Faulk Household Goods/Furniture.

4196 Tamara Skinner Household Goods/Furniture.

929-552811, 6/8,15 PUBLIC AUCTION In accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at the Life Storage location(s) listed below.

And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 @ 10:45 AM. 420 Grayson HWY Lawrenceville, GA 30046 Phone: (770)-6827717 Space No. C u s t o m e r Name Inventory 1084 Selena Harris Household Goods/Furniture TV/Stereo Equipment/ Tools Appliances Boxes, Clothes 1338 Tim New Household Goods/Furniture TV/Stereo Equipment/ Boxes 1345 Rishod Foushee Household Goods/Furniture TV/Stereo Equipment/ Boxes 1366 Monique Barton Household Goods/Furniture/ 929-552815, 6/8,15

PUBLIC AUCTION Notice of Abandonment and Sale in accordance with O.C.G.A. 40-11 the following vehicles have been declared abandoned and will be sold at Public Action to the highest and best bidder for cash only. The auction will be held on June 26, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., 3498 Hwy 78, Snellville, GA 30078 phone (770) 864-9040. Review 9:30 a.m.

2006 PONTIAC G6 VIN: 1G2ZG558664148853 929-552636, 6/8,15 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2 AAMCO TRANSMISSIONS, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S): 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA 1N4AL11D24C155260 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON JUNE 27, 2018 AT 10 AM. AT 2530 PLEASANT HILL RD DULUTH, GA 30096 *7837 929-552808, 6/8,15 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2 SNELLVILLE AUTO CENTER LLC, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S): 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT 1B3HB48B57D544346 2008 FORD EXPLORER XLT 1FMEU63E88UA82466 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON JUNE 27, 2018 AT 10 AM. AT 3354 STONE MOUNTAIN HWY SNELLVILLE, GA 30078 *7921, 22 929-552810, 6/8,15 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2 ANDY’S MUFFLER & LUBE, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S): 1998 MAZDA B2500 SE 4F4YR12C7WTM33092 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON JUNE 27, 2018 AT 10 AM. AT 2178 SCENIC HWY N SNELLVILLE, GA 30078 *7914 929-552812, 6/8,15

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B8 • FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2018 PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION “In accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at the Life Storage location(s) listed below.

And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 @ 10:00 AM.� 2655 Langford Road Norcross, GA 30071 (770) 242-0468 Space No. C u s t o m e r Name Inventory 133 Deborah Hernandez Household Goods/Furniture/ TV Stereo Equipment/Tools Appliances/ Office Furn/Machines Equip.

275 Daniel Rouse Office Furn/Machines/Equip.

390 Justin D Blackstock Household Goods/Furniture/ Bedsets 464 Glen Terrell Household Goods/Furniture/ TV/Stereo Equipment/ Tools/Appliances 492 Josie Thompson Household Goods/Furniture/ TV Stereo Equipment/Office F u r n / M a chines/Equip.

495 Randy Pleasant Household Goods/Furniture/ TV Stereo Equipment 535 Barbara Dixon Household Goods/Furniture/TV Stereo Equipment/Tools Appliances/Office Furn/Machines Equip./Boxes 929-550803, 6/8,15 NOTICE There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Willard Wrecker Service, 719 Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30518, on Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 11:00 AM the following vehicles declared abandoned or foreclosed vehicles pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 40-11-05, as follows: 1 2001 HONDA ACCORD 1HGCG56461A078750 2 1998 BUICK CENTURY 2G4WS52M1W1467602 929-553714, 6/15,22 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, SecurCare Self Storage will conduct an ONLINE auction to the highest bidder at www.lockerfox.com for the following spaces located at 1 Western Hills Court Norcross, Ga 30071. The auction will conclude on July, 06, 2018 at 11:00 AM. To register and bid please visit www. lockerfox.com.

Samuel White, Unit K510: Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible. Esmeralda Melecio-Gomez, Unit J405: Fish aquarium, Sofa, Fridge. Jonathan Thompson, Unit M838: Exercise equipment, file cabinets, lamp. Zion Willingham, Unit M743: Bags, Sleeping bag, Electronics. Brandy Burgess, Unit I334: Boxes, Cable Wires, Car Mats. Carlos Portillo, Unit M734: Bags, Totes, Dresser, TV, Bedframe. Victorino Torres, Unit E515: AC Ducting equipment, Cordless Saw, Cordless Drill. Bianca Webb, Unit E508: Mattress, Pictures, Kids Accessories.

Barry Bigsby, Unit E560: Electronics, Metal Shelf, Tea Brewer. Neal Worthington, Unit E617: Wooden end table, Lamp, Chair. Bernando Maldonado, Unit F609: Dresser, Leaf Blower, End table. Juan Lopez-Calvo, Unit G703: PVC vinyl flooring, Carpet, File cabinet. Tirso UrbinoBenitez, Unit I246: Hairsalon wash station with sinks, Mirrors, Chairs. Saneilia Newlin, Unit I306: Clothing, Mattress, Bedframe. Towanna Davis, Unit E505: Generator, Carpet Shampooner, Shop compressor. Jordan Evans, Unit I342: Luggage, Bookbag, Boxes.

Michael Thompson, Unit I337: Grill, Portable Heater, Boxes.

929-552894, 6/8,15

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE In accordance with Georgia Law Chapter 40-11-5 the following vehicles have been deemed abandoned and will be sold at a public sale on 7-6-18 @ 2:30 Said Vehicles are located at: 422 W. Pike Street Lawrenceville, GA 30046 VIN# JHLRD28481S008497 01 HONDA CR-V VIN# 1GCFG25X631232284 03 CHEVROLET EXPRESS Sale will be held at 1:00 on 7-6-18 Location: 3700 Burnett Park Drive #H Suwanee, GA 30024 929-553599, 6/15,22

FULL TIME LABORER Premier Maintenance, Inc., 465 Maltbie St., Ste 205, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 is hiring laborer for sod laying, planting, mowing, trimming, watering, digging, spreading dirt, raking, pruning, mulching, and loading and unloading materials. Lifting required up to 50lbs.

On the job training.

No education or experience required.

Pre-employment employer paid drug test required. $13.83/hr. $20.75 O.T. 6am-2:30pm, M-F, Some O.T. & weekends may be available.

15 positions available for temporary, fulltime work. 06/12/18-11/23/18.

Gwinnett County area jobsites. Transportation provided to and from area jobsites from a central Gwinnett County area pick up location. Contact Mike by calling 770-962-0632 or email resume to mikegower@premier maintenanceinc. com. Apply at Gwinnett County Career Center @ (770) 840-2200 Job Order #2385318593.

Assistance finding and securing lodging is available. Employer will advance against pay up to $75.00/day at the end of each work day for room and board at no interest for the first 2 weeks, if needed.

Workers will be provided transportation (including meals & necessary lodging) to the place of employment if the worker completes 50% of the employment period. Return transportation will be provided if the worker completes the employment period or is dismissed early by the employer. Employer will provide, at no charge, all tools, supplies and equipment required to perform the job.

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a look ahead June 22 Lawrenceville Summer Concert Series — The Lawrenceville Lawn will host Restless Heart. The free show starts at 8 p.m. For more information go to lawrencevillega.org.

Fridays N Duluth —There will be live music along with the weekly Food Truck Friday event from 6 to 9 p.m. in downtown Duluth. For more information, go to duluthga.net.

June 23 The Village People and Sister Sledge — The groups are playing at the Bowl @Sugar Hill at 8 p.m.. Tickets start at $20. For more information, go to thebowlatsugarhill.com.

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A Creamistry employee holds up a regular size cup of cookies and creamflavor ice cream at the dessert shop located in The Village area at the Mall of Georgia. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans)

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“That’s very exciting to see the smoke as it comes out,” co-owner Raj Patel said. “That’s very cool. A lot of kids love it.”

Patel said the busy time for Creamistry shops is typically the weekend.

One way to compare the volume of traffic coming through the store on a given day is looking at how much liquid nitrogen the shop went through that day.

While Creamistry has several locations in other states, the Mall of Georgia shop is the chain’s first location in Georgia.

On a typical weekday, Patel said, Creamistry could go through half a tank of liquid nitrogen.

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Creamistry co-owner Raj Patel lets vapor pour out of a mixer as he uses liquid nitrogen to make an order of ice cream at the ice cream shop located in the Mall of Georgia’s The Village area.

Creamistry is located in The Village at the Mall of Georgia. The recently opened shop serves liquid nitrogen ice cream — that is ice cream with liquid nitrogen used as the freezing agent.

ever, a shop could use about two 240-liter tanks in one day.

The location in The Village at the Mall of Georgia is a prime spot between the mall entrance and an outdoor lawn area. There is also a children’s play area right in front of the shop.

“We like the location,” Patel said. “Mall of Georgia is one of the top busiest malls in Georgia; it’s one of the largest malls in

Georgia. We really like the management team here, as well. They’ve been very supportive and excellent, and hopefully we’ll have a lot of customers here.”

Menu: The ice cream at Creamistry is made-toorder from scratch so the buckets of ice cream that would normally be found in a regular ice cream shop are nowhere to be found at this particular business.

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Franchisees: Raj and Chirag Patel Open Since: June 3 (soft opening), June 8 (grand opening) Hours: Noon to 10 p.m.

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Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 9 p.m. Sundays.

Location: Between Smokey Bones and Charming Charlie in The Village at the Mall of Georgia Atmosphere: Creamistry has the general feel of an ice cream shop with bright pastel colors, but it would be hard to miss the chemistry references in the decor of this liquid nitrogen ice cream shop.

From the light-up test tube-shaped logo in the window to the large replica of nitrogen’s box from the periodic table of elements attached to the wall next to the pick-up counter, there are just enough references to tell customers they are in a different type of ice cream shop.

The seven above the “N” in the box decoration is nitrogen’s atomic number, by the way.

The mixers that unleash the liquid nitrogen onto the ice cream ingredients during the mixing process are located along the counter with a glass wall separating them from customers. That lets the customers watch as the liquid nitrogen is used to freeze the ingredients to make the ice cream.

During the freezing process, vapor flows out of the mixer, engulfing it momentarily before dropping back down and flowing through a gap between the glass barrier and the counter and then spreading out to customers waiting in line.

Regular ice cream cup: $5.95. Eightounce cup of madeto-order liquid nitrogen ice cream with the customer’s choice of base, flavor and toppings. Upgrades include a chocolate bowl for an additional $2, a brownie bowl for an extra $1.75 and a waffle cone or cone for an additional $1.25.

Nitroshake: $7.95.

Twelve ounce shake with made-to-order liquid nitrogen ice cream with the customer’s choice of base, flavor and toppings.

Creation Sundae: $8.95. Ten ounce sundae with made-toorder liquid nitrogen ice cream, toppings and sauce layered atop one another. There are five set combinations as well as a “create your own” option.

Nitrofloat: $7.95. Ice cream served in a cup of gourmet root beer.

Affogato: $7.45. Vanilla bean ice cream, espresso, whipped cream and chocolate curls in a cup.

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from scratch,” Patel said.

Customers can choose one of four ice cream bases: signature premium, organic, sorbet and coconut. The premium and organic bases include dairy ingredients while the sorbet and coconut bases are non-dairy.

They come in three sizes, including regular, large and “Nitroshake.”

The regular is an eightounce serving of ice cream while the large and shake

options are 12 ounces. A creation sundae option, which is 10 ounces, is also available.

After the base is chosen, the customer can pick from one of 30 flavors, which range from chocolate or strawberry to Fruity Pebbles or Matcha Green Tea. Patel said some of the popular flavors early on at the Mall of Georgia location have included Cap’N Crunch, espresso, strawberry, cookies and cream, birthday cake, Nutella, French vanilla and chocolate.

Once the flavor is chosen, the customer can then pick from a selection of 35 toppings including rainbow sprinkles, mini chocolate chips, chocolate curls, Fruity Pebbles, Cap’N Crunch, cookie dough, cheesecake bites, brownie bites, pecans, walnuts, almonds and fresh bananas or strawberries.

The base and flavor are then mixed together in the mixing bowl with the liquid nitrogen — which has a temperature of -321 degrees Fahrenheit — acting as the freezing agent.

Once the ice cream is made and scooped into the cup or cone, the toppings are added.

“The taste doesn’t come from the liquid nitrogen; the taste comes from the base and, of course, the ingredients and flavors,” Patel said.

Something You May Not Know: Raj and Chirag Patel are brothersin-law who hail from the Gujarat state in India, although they came to the U.S. on different paths.

Raj Patel immigrated to the country 15 years ago directly from India and settled down in Alpharetta.

His brother-in-law first went from India to Toronto and later moved to Georgia to help Raj run the shop.

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For one day a year, it’s good to have the blues — at Norcross’ Bluesberry and Beer Festival, that is.

On Saturday, the annual blues music festival is returning to the city’s Betty Mauldin Park from 3 to 10 p.m., where attendees can listen to blues music and experience city merchants’ signature “Bluesberry” cocktails, desserts, specials and more.

The festival, which is free to attend, started with an idea about blueberries, a city news release said.

“In Norcross, summer and blueberries go handin-hand,” Norcross Mayor Craig Newton said. “It’s become tradition here to celebrate longer days, warmer nights and the season’s freshest berries, along with some really great blues music. That’s what the Bluesberry and Beer Festival is all about.”

The idea began with blueberry dishes and drinks, and then the music aspect was presented by Mike Holley, who worked at The Iron Horse Tavern in downtown Norcross.

He figured, why not add blues music to the combination and call it Bluesberry.

And the tradition was born.

Participating downtown merchants include: • Iron Horse Tavern — Host to the beer tasting event of Bluesberry, Iron Horse will have an assortment of beer trucks in its parking lot.

Bluesberry and Beer Festival organizer Mike Holley introduces Cody Matlock as the closing act of the festival in Norcross last year. Matlock has been a regular participant of the festival for several years, which is back again Saturday.

(File Photo: Curt Yeomans)

Tickets can be purchased for $5 per beer inside Iron Horse Tavern. A variety of beers will be available for tasting including Sweetwater, Abita, Orpheus, Ballast Point, Ommegang, Southbound, Rogue, Goose Island, Jekyll, Red Hare, Lazy Magnolia, Reformation and Monday Night.

• Farmhouse 17 — Try a freshly made blueberry Farmarita and keep the party going in between music breaks.

• Dominick’s — Treat yourself to a blueberry shandy and homemade New York cheesecake with a fresh blueberry compote.

• 45 South Cafe — Tempt your taste buds with the chef special, blueberrytopped French toast

along with a bacon and blue cheese burger, blueberry lemonade and a blueberry smoothie.

• Chase’s Wingery — Find everything blue on the menu at Chase’s as it serves up blueberry bread pudding, blueberry ice cream sandwiches, blueberry mimosas and blueberry lemonade.

• Mojitos — Head over to Mojitos for a blueberry mojito and blueberry salad.

• The Crossing — Keep the party going and surf the blue waves of summer with The Crossing’s Blueberry Wave vodka refresher and blueberry salad.

• Zapata Tacos and Tequila Bar — Top off the day with a zingy Blueberry Margarita at Zapata’s.

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• The Shops of Antique Traditions — Patrons are encouraged to discover their “blues tag bargains” while enjoying “bluesberry” re-

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• VSOP Taproom — Get 15 percent off your order with a purchase of a bottle of Wild Blueberry Aged Balsamic Vinegar and a bottle of extra virgin olive oil. VSOP also will have a BBQ Plate provided by Smokin’ Low BBQ in honor of customer appreciation day.

Musicians include: • Colin Alvarez; • Little G Weevil; • Cody Matlock; freshments and door prizes.

• The Blues Heats; and • Stop the Clock Photo • Cazanovas.

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Old Town Suwanee will be jamming Thursday evening for Georgia’s first-ever Make Music Day event.

Suwanee’s Summer Porch Jam will have the feel of an old-fashioned block party with musicians playing outdoors at multiple venues — including Mayor Jimmy Burnette’s front porch. The event starts at 6 p.m. Thursday in the historic Main Street district.

Make Music Day, an international celebration of music, was launched in 1982 in France. It is held on the summer solstice every year in more than 750 cities in 120 countries.

Southern soul band ThunderGypsy will serve as the event headliner, opening and closing the inaugural party at Burnette Rogers Pavilion, located at 687 Main St. Everett’s Music Barn, located at 4055 Stonecypher Road, will host national bluegrass touring acts Taylor Sosebee, Appalachian Travelers and Bluegrass Alliance.

Huthmaker Violins, located at 3949 Russell St., will host bluegrass band Uncle Johnny’s Pickers.

The shop will also feature a violin petting zoo for those who are interested in learning to play the strings.

In its debut to the music scene, Mayor Burnette’s front porch, located at 571 Main St., will host sev-

What: Suwanee Summer Porch Jam When: 6 to 10 p.m.

Thursday Where: Various locations throughout Old Town Suwanee Price: Free

eral local acts, including Suwanee Youth Leaders Taylor Wilmont and Ishani Joshi, Common Ground, Caitlin Santos, and Andy and Amanda. Just down the road, the Thigpen front porch will feature a student showcase from Town Center Music.

At the Main Street Caboose, children can make their own shakers with the Suwanee Academy of the Arts, then join Up/Down percussion in a drum circle/ jam session at 8 p.m. in the heart of Main Street.

For those looking for a more traditional vibe, Suwanee First United Methodist Church, located at 603 Scales Road N.W., will have classical piano music.

Parking for the event will be available at Suwanee Town Center, located at the corner of LawrencevilleSuwanee Road and Buford Highway. From there, it’s a 10-minute walk to the shuttle shop at the Suwanee library or a 15-minute walk to Old Town.

A full schedule of venues and musicians is available online at suwanee.com.

A new and unique arts experience is available in Buford as Tannery Row Artist Colony’s first 3D art exhibition is on view and will remain up through July 28. Twentyfive artists submitted over 40 works to be juried by sculptor Kevin Chambers.

“The artists utilized a wide array of both conventional and unconventional materials, including bronze, ceramic, stone and glass, found objects like books, light fixtures, candles, animal teeth, extension cords and mannequins,” Tannery Row spokesperson Debra Barnhart said.

Tannery Row Artist Colony is located at 554 W. Main St. in Buford. It is a collective of 15 artists who use the space for personal studios.

The new 3D show was the brainchild of Bree Sauers, an artist who has been a Tannery Row participant for 7 years.

“I was excited by the idea of producing our first juried exhibition that was dedicated entirely to sculpture,” Sauers said.

Juror Kevin Chambers is a classical sculptor who works primarily in bronze.

He has collaborated on numerous projects for clients like Soho Myriad, Johnson Studio, Four Seasons, the Hilton and the Ritz Carlton. In 2015, Chambers was elected into the National Sculpture Society, the oldest and most prestigious group of professional sculptors in the U.S. Chambers awarded first place in the inaugural

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Holley Calmes show to Jane Jaskevich for her piece titled “Dream.”

Karen Adams’ unique piece titled “Horned Man of the Sea” placed second.

Third place went to Aleta Adams for her work titled “Voices.” Honorable mention went to Richard Shivers for “Quilted Bowl.”

Among the Tannery Row Artists, first place was awarded to “Damaged as Shooting Stars” by Bree Sauers. Second place went to Christine Canova for “And So it Grows.”

Debra Barnhart received a third-place award for “Female Landscape.”

Honorable Mention was awarded to Judy Isaak for “Salvador.”

“Horned Man of the Sea” creator Karen Adams trained as a painter but has been working with clay for the past three years.

“I needed another way to describe the human figure,” Adams said, “and I found clay to be an ideal medium. ‘Horned Man of the Sea’ was inspired by gods associated with both the earth and the sea.

“Throughout history, there have been gods dedicated to either land or sea.

This one is dedicated to both. The seashells on his head represent the sea; his

Artist Karen Adams’ sculpture titled “Horned Man of the Sea” is one of the winning pieces of artwork at Tannery Row Artist Colony’s first 3D Juried Exhibition. (Special Photo)

horns represent land.”

Aleta Aaron, the artist who created “Voices,” is a trained psychotherapist.

“Ancient sculptures were my influence for ‘Voices,’” Aaron said. “In fact, ‘Voices’ is somewhat reminiscent of the sculptures found on Easter Island. The title ‘Voices’ is a reference to the fact that the ancient god represented has heard a great deal over the years.”

Tannery Row Artist Colony is open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. For more information about Tannery Row and the 3D juried exhibition, visit www.tanneryrowartistcolony.net.

Holley Calmes is a freelance writer and public relations consultant specializing in the arts.

Email her at hcalmes@ mindspring.com.

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‘Tag’ offers mostly mindless adult fun

Tag (R) 3 out of 4 stars HHHH

again, thanks to brevity, is kept on a short leash. The final female in the principal cast arrives late in the form of Rashida Jones as Cheryl, a guest at Jerry and Susan’s

By Michael clark Movie Critic rehearsal dinner party who has a long-running romantic Very loosely based on connection to both Chilli a human interest story and Callahan. Is she there published in the “Wall Street for a reason or is she just a Journal,” “Tag” is the kind good friend of the groomof movie where you go in to-be? with low expectations and “Tag” won’t win any are happily surprised when awards, nor will it be a they are exceeded. Buoyed mega-box office hit. If it by a crack ensemble cast does 25 percent of what who are all given ample time “Incredibles 2” pulls in this to shine, the movie is mostly weekend, many industry mindless, semi-hard R-rated prognosticators will be adult fun which is safe for From left, Jeremy Renner as Jerry Pierce, Jon Hamm as Bob Callahan, Ed Helms as Hogan “Hoagie” Malloy, Jake John- very surprised (and likely mixed company consumpembarrassed). It’s a solid son as Randy “Chilli” Cilliano and Hannibal Buress as Kevin Sable star in “Tag.” (Kyle Kaplan/Warner Bros. Pictures) tion. little movie which offers up Since they were tikes marked counter-programbeyond self-confident king. make for a truly juicy story, in 2014 when he worked of these set-ups work like decades earlier, five men ming to both the animated The most obsessed with Rebecca tags along on the the then largely-ignored Bill a dream, while others — have dedicated the month of this mission is Hoagie (Ed trip in a constant state of Cosby date rape/sex scandal which include references to “Incredibles 2” and the May to playing tag, which Helms), whose fervor runs slack-jawed fascination as into his standup routine, homophobia, water-boarding ultra-profane, violent, crimewouldn’t be very interesting so deep, he’s “infected” his glorifying (and decidedly Hoagie and Callahan round a move some credit with and miscarriages — fall if not for the fact that Jerry wife, Anna (Isla Fisher), who up the two remaining team getting Cosby’s victims to largely flat. Luckily, screen- awful) “SuperFly.” It has (Jeremy Renner) has never is more than willing to break members. come out of hiding. He is the writers Rob McKittrick and no superheroes, nudity or once been “it.” A whip smart laws and the general rules of drug-related murders but Next up is Chilli (Jake movie’s chilled-out secret Mark Steilen, along with does include casual drug use, fitness professional well accepted decorum in order to Johnson), a recently diweapon. first-time feature director a chase scene involving golf adept at playing head games, nail Jerry. vorced, freshly unemployed Fueled by Hoagie’s Jeff Tomsic, never linger it’s easy to see how he’s A captain of industry major stoner who is rarely paranoia, the group starts too long on any scene (good carts, fight scenes including coffee and doughnuts as maintained the tag equivaand generally unflappable, not in possession of a bong, to believe their long-lasting or bad), and as a result, the weapons, and grown men lent of baseball’s perfect Callahan (Jon Hamm) lets joint or vape device. The game will come to an end movie moves along at a game. his competitive streak take final cog in the group is when Jerry marries Susan quick, but never rushed, clip. behaving like typical young Jerry’s perennial “unover when tag is brought up; Sable (Hannibal Buress), (Leslie Bibb) on the last day Popping up throughout is boys. It has energy, verve, touchability” drives his so much so that he abruptly a non-pot user whose laid of May. Much of the movie’s former “SNL” cast member spark, spirit and attitude to burn, and sometimes that’s friends crazy with envy ends an interview with back utterances and nonsecond half is comprised of Nora Dunn as Hoagie’s all you really need from a and as the end of another “WSJ” reporter Rebecca sequitur asides would make set pieces involving the four mother, Linda, who has movie.

May approaches they band (Annabelle Wallis). Recogyou think otherwise. Buress men trying to outwit Jerry an odd fixation with Chilli (Warner Bros./New Line) together to dethrone the nizing this weirdness could gained widespread notoriety with varying results. Some which borders on creepy but

‘SuperFly’ is one long string of negative urban stereotypes SuperFly (R) 1/2HHHH out of 4 star

modern technology and higher production values. From the first frame through the last, the film is one long string of negative urban stereotypes which

By Michael clark offers nothing of positive Movie Critic social and barely registerEarly on in “SuperFly,” ing entertainment values. lead character Youngblood Before the film even gets Priest (Trevor Jackson) past the 30-second mark, tells one of his two livethe F, B (rhymes with in girlfriends, Georgia “rich”) and N-words are (Lex Scott Davis), that dropped (via soundtrack) he wishes to stop selling over a dozen times. Before cocaine. He’s never been it concludes, “SuperFly” busted for drugs or killed utters these words, or their anyone, so compared to variations, close to 500 his competitors, he is a times. Profanity in movies relative choirboy and has is fine in the proper context seen the light, or … maybe and, in the cases of the not. Priest decides the best “Deadpool” franchise and way to exit is to turn on his “GoodFellas,” for example, childhood mentor, sell A it actually furthers the LOT of cocaine in a short story. Here, it only adds to amount of time, be directly the film’s plethora of narraor indirectly connected tive and character ills. It’s with the deaths of many all done for shock value. and then leave the country Priest’s principal drug as a multi-millionaire. competitor is the Snow Throughout, you need Patrol, an extended gang to keep reminding yourself whose calling card is that the handsome and donning themselves in soft-spoken Priest is the all white. Get it? Snow? good guy in this movie.

Cocaine? White painted He’s the leper with the firearms? Overpriced most fingers and the one athletic shoes? Parkas in with the fewest broken the summertime? How Commandments. bloody clever! Everyone in Based loosely on the the Snow Patrol regularly 1972 slightly differentfrequents strip clubs where titled “Super Fly,” “Suoverpriced champagne is perFly” is a 21st cendowned and C-notes ($100 tury version of the iconic bills) are tossed in the air blaxploitation movie which like confetti. came in and then out of The audience at the vogue before the ’70s preview screening had a were even half over and mixed response. There succeeds only because of was laughter at points not

intending to be funny, loud private conversations often competing with what was taking place on-screen and a multitude of cellphone activity that illuminated the darkness like a summer field’s worth of fireflies, despite strict warnings from “security” personnel to the contrary.

Apart from brief scenes set in Texas and Mexico, the entirety of “SuperFly” was shot in and set in Atlanta, and the city is a de facto minor character in the film. A fictional and corrupt Atlanta mayor (Big Boi) plays out like a thinly veiled version of a recent former Atlanta mayor. But the only interesting facet of the film is in identifying various Atlanta landmarks where the story takes place. One particular scene involving the destruction of an unidentified (likely fictional) Civil War memorial was met with great glee even though it also coincided with the gruesome death of a principal character.

To its credit, “SuperFly” spreads the negative wealth with its indictment of crooked police characters — a semi-redneck beat cop (Brian Durkin) and Jennifer Morrison as a bent detective who could easily pass as Jennifer Jason Leigh’s separatedat-birth twin sister. The arrest and beating down of these characters drew great applause from the preview

Lex Scott Davis as Georgia, left, and Trevor Jackson as Youngblood Priest star in “SuperFly” (Special Photo: Quantrell D. Colbert/Sony Pictures)

audience, as they should.

Corrupt cops deserve appropriate quarter no matter what their race.

“SuperFly,” was helmed by music video veteran Director X and is likely to

deservedly land on many critics’ top 10 worst movies of the year lists, if not at the No. 1 slot. If greeted by its target audience with indifference, how will it be possible for this movie

to find any level of success with the mainstream masses?

Presented in English with infrequent subtitled Spanish.

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STANDOUT PERFORMANCE

PASS/FAIL

Pass: “Ocean’s 8” brought together a great female cast joining together in a big job stealing a very expensive necklace at The Met. I loved all the twists and turns and how they partnered together through every curveball and used their own individual gifts and skill sets.

Fail: I didn’t have any real complaints and thought it was well done and entertaining.

SEE IT NOW OR WAIT

OVERALL IMPRESSION

I would say Sandra Bullock, as Debbie Ocean (surviving sister of “Ocean Eleven’s” Danny Ocean), was great as a clever and thorough con artist. She handled the role beautifully and believably.

I also thought Helena Bonham Carter as Rose, the fashion designer, was great!

I would say fans of the “Ocean’s Eleven” series will definitely want to check this out!

Lots of similar feel and also a fun ride! Fans of Sandra Bullock will also enjoy her in this role, as a woman who has plotted this scheme out for over 5 years.

You wouldn’t have to see this in the theater, but I think it would be bigger and better.

It would also be fun for a girls night out on the big screen when you’re in “girls just wanna have fun” mode.

Overall, I thought this movie had lots of fun parts and each character brought their own contribution. I liked watching how it all played out and the interesting ways they went about making it happen.

The teamwork was fun as well. It was just the right length and I liked the end. It also definitely held my attention and I would recommend.

“Ocean’s 8” is Sandra Bullock’s project all the way, and she does a good job with the character of Debbie Ocean, sister of Danny Ocean from the male-dominated “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Ocean’s Twelve” and “Ocean’s Thirteen” flicks. Not only has Debbie recently lost her brother, but she’s also lost over five years of her life in the slammer after being framed for an earlier heist. The great con job she plans is not only to swipe some expensive jewels, but to exact revenge on her erstwhile partner in crime. The rest of the cast is not especially noteworthy, although Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway are pretty decent in supporting roles.

Heist film fans will be somewhat entertained by “Ocean’s 8” although it lacks most of the humor and wit of its other “Ocean” siblings. If you’re into fashion and art, the movie dazzles at times, mostly out of sheer opulence. But all the sparkle in the world can’t make up for a mediocre and predictable script.

“Ocean’s 8” is a harmless, lukewarm exercise in movie-making that only rates a matinee viewing on a rainy day.

Otherwise, wait for Netflix for this one.

I found “Ocean’s 8” to be a huge bore much of the time, and when the heist itself finally kicked into gear, I was just waiting for it all to end. The characters don’t get fleshed out very much, and some of the performances seemed phoned in. Sure, “Ocean’s 8” does feature a lot of eye candy and high society trappings, but it also felt like biting into a slice of cake that was 90 percent icing and only 10 percent breading — tasty at first but way too rich and greatly lacking in substance.

Sandra Bullock stole the show for me as best performer. This may simply be because she was already a good fit for the role with her personality. But whatever the reason may be, she seemed to match this role, that of a mastermind recently out of prison with a chip on her shoulder and revenge on her mind, nearly perfectly.

Jewelry stores beware: lock up your stores tight, because Sandra may be on the way!

Fans of movies with heavy plot material, examples being mystery and detective films, will likely enjoy this movie. Also, fans of James Bond and/ or similar films that expose the high or quintessentially considered classy life will enjoy this film as well.

It’s not crucial to see this film in theaters as what makes this movie great is not cinematography or effects but rather a well-written script and wellthought-out plot.

Overall, this film is superb. “Ocean’s 8” is funny, cool, sexy, suave and entertaining.

It holds the right amount of seriousness while allowing for comedic scenes that elevate the audience members’ enjoyment without taking away from the film’s tension.

The film doesn’t stay longer than it should, and it feels like a good mixture of fast and slow scenes. However, some more of the movie’s time could have better spent providing more background on some of the main characters that the audience knows little to nothing about. This would make the audience care about their well-being more and, hence, elevate the film’s suspense further. But this is not a huge deal nor a deal breaker for potential viewers.

Anyone who wants to enjoy a riveting, entrancing and intelligently crafted movie that makes him/her feel as suave as the movie itself should go see this film now!

Cindy Evans, Duluth

★★★★ Pass: Good overall casting; OK acting; an interesting storyline; lots of glitz and glamour.

Fail: A pedestrian and boring script that doesn’t give the main actresses much to work with; no character development; a very long setup to the story; a so-so and predictable ending.

Tim Weekley, Suwanee

★★★★ Pass: The most successful aspect was the excellent acting from the entire cast, particularly the eight strong female leads.

Fail: The least successful aspect to me was the realism. Even with master thieves and effective planning, all the heists these women pull off would probably not be possible in real life. In particular, the lifts from the museum seem to be executed too easily with too little conflict, and they don’t feel very realistic.

Robi McGarvey, Lawrenceville

★★★★

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Sawyer Valentini relocates from Boston to Pennsylvania to escape from the man who’s been stalking her for the last two years. While consulting with a therapist, Valentini unwittingly signs in for a voluntary 24-hour commitment to the Highland Creek Behavioral Center.

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by Sarah Vowell, protects her family by creating a force field in “Incredibles 2.” (Special Photo: Disney/Pixar)

‘Incredibles 2’ is best animated sequel since ‘Toy Story 3’ Incredibles 2 (PG) ★★★★ 4 out of 4 stars

appears to be hours, he figures out he might be in for his toughest assignment yet.

Elastigirl’s nemesis goes by the name of

BY MICHAEL CLARK Screensaver, a cyberMovie Critic terrorist of sorts who hypnotizes and temporarIn this day and age ily brainwashes victims when sequels are often through computers and green-lit before opentheir electronic devices. ing weekend receipts are The people physically even tallied, Pixar and committing the crimes Disney deserve a huge have no idea what they’re tip of the hat for waitdoing or have any memoing 14 years to release ries of their acts. This the follow-up to “The subplot is where Bird’s Incredibles.” observations of technolBeing unbeaten for the ogy as an addictive drug bulk of the company’s cut the deepest. existence, Pixar thought Bird takes as long as the success of “Toy Story possible to reveal the 2” and “Toy Story 3” identity of Screensaver, would allow them artistic and along the way has us mulligans and carte spend time with eccentric blanche for “Monsters fashion/gadget designer University,” “Cars 2” and Edna Mode (Bird), who Above, Fro“Cars 3” (and, to a lesser is called on by Bob to zone, voiced degree, “Finding Dory”), help out with Jack-Jack

by Samuel L. but they were wrong. while he attempts to Jackson, returns in “Incredibles 2.”

Pixar took chances where teach Dash new math and Standing behind it didn’t have to all for navigates Violet’s dathim are Violet, the sake of a quick buck, ing/boy issues. Reticent voiced by Sarah and the fact that the stuat first, Edna becomes Vowell, and her dio (and returning writer/ downright giddy when younger brother, director Brad Bird) took she discovers Jack-Jack’s Dash, voiced so long between installmultitude of superpowby Huck Milner. ments shows that Pixar is ers.

Left, Holly Hunter voices Helen back on the right track.

Easily the best aniaka Elastigirl in The main challenge mated sequel since “Toy “Incredibles 2.” with “Incredibles 2” Story 3,” “I2” is far supe(Special Photos: will be appealing to rior as a superhero movie Disney/Pixar) audiences too young to than anything found in know anything about the Marvel canon while the first movie and/or also serving as the ideal getting those who were of the film medium to the (Craig T. Nelson), Helen/ Odenkirk). Frustrated that family film, though at enthralled with the first limit. The CGI that just Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) superheroes are getting a nearly two hours might to come back after such a five years ago would have and Frozone (Samuel L. bad rap, Winston and his test the patience of the long wait. On the upside, seemed impossible is Jackson) are nonetheless tech-savvy sister, Evyounger-than-5 demomany of the children who pulled off with seamless admonished by the pow- elyn (Catherine Keener), graphic. loved the first are parents ease. The color, continu- ers that be for practicing arrange for a fresh start As with all Pixar now and the sell will be ity, depth of field and superhero law enforcewith a new suit (complete features, “I2” is preceded easy. Brand familiarcomposition are unparal- ment. This is just the first with body camera) and by a short — the eightity will go far with this leled. Pixar has yet again of many barely cloaked new wheels for — wait minute, Asian-flavored franchise — so much so set a new quality bar. socio-political commenfor it — Elastigirl.

“Bao,” another top-shelf it could extend to three “I2” picks up right taries from Bird (“The With gnashed teeth, story about a family with generations. where the first ended, Iron Giant”).

Bob feigns approval a unique set of chalAlways pioneers on with the villain UnNow forced to live for Helen but inside lenges. technical levels, Pixar derminer operating a in a fleabag motel with is seething over being Unless something has done itself proud high-tech warship shaped moody teen daughter Vio- passed over. Making this comes from out of left with “I2,” which makes like a screw. The ship let (Sarah Vowell), hyper a double bummer is the field between now and the first look like stick takes out everything in its son Dash (Huck Milner) realization that he will December, “I2” will be drawings on a cave by path while committing a and newborn Jack-Jack now have to function as the odds-on favorite to comparison. Thankfully series of snatch-and-grab (Eli Fucile), the Parr fam- house-husband while his sweep the 2019 awards avoiding the often-annoy- bank robberies, reducing ily has hit rock bottom wife goes out and saves season and could deliver ing 3-D presentation (at structures to rubble. Arbut soon sees a ray of the world. At first Bob Bird his third Best Anileast at the press screenriving in time to prevent hope in the form of multi- thinks this whole stay-at- mated Feature Academy ing), “I2” further pushes even more destruction, millionaire marketer home parenting thing will Award. the technical boundaries Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible Winston Deaver (Bob be a breeze. Yet in what (Disney/Pixar)

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Banks and Shane are set to perform at the Red Clay Music Foundry in Duluth on Sunday.

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BUCKHEAD THEATRE 3110 Roswell Road, Atlanta 404-843-2825 www.thebuckheadtheatre.com • June 15: Jesse McCartney • June 22: Muscadine Blood40 WATT CLUB line 285 W. Washington St., Athens • June 24: Aly & AJ 706-549-7871 • June 26: Eric Nam www.40watt.com • June 29: ATL Collective • June 29: The Secret City — presents Tom Petty’s WildflowMonster Mash/Summer Mash ers • July 5: Pouya ATLANTA • July 6: R&B Only SYMPHONY HALL • July 23: Kim Walker-Smith 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., • July 28: Beach House Atlanta 404-733-4900 CELLAIRIS www.atlantasymphony.org AMPHITHEATRE • June 16: Matthew Morrison AT LAKEWOOD with the Atlanta Symphony 2002 Lakewood Way, Atlanta Orchestra 404-443-5000 • June 22: The Manhattan www.thelakewood Transfer amphitheater.comce • June 29: Derek Smalls • June 16: Birthday Bash ATL presents “Lukewarm Water: • June 20: Logic, NF and Kyle An Adventure in Loud Music” • July 3: Chris Brown with the Atlanta Symphony • July 27: Weezer and Pixies Orchestra • July 31: Vans Warped Tour • July 7: The Bodega Boys Live featuring Desus Nice and CENTER STAGE THEATER The Kid Mero 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta • July 11: Ludovico Einaudi: 404-885-1365 Essential Einaudi www.centerstage-atlanta.com/ • July 13: Nitty Gritty Dirt shows/ center-stage-theater Band • June 15: Kindred the Family • July 17: Animal Collective performing “Sung Tongs” with Soul Lonnie Holley • June 16: Stephen Marley • July 24: Tony Bennett Live • June 21: Up10tion in Concert • July 19: La Santa Cecilia • July 27: The Greatest Love • July 20: Freddie McGregor of All: The Whitney Houston Live with The Big Ship Band, Show featuring Wayne Wonder, • July 28: YES: Celebrating Chino and Imani Ray

COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 www.cobbenergycentre.com • June 29: Lea Michele and Darren Criss • July 8: Beres Hammond: Love & Reggae EDDIE’S ATTIC 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur 404-377-4976 www.eddiesattic.com • Ongoing: Eddie’s Attic Songwriter’s Open Mic • June 15: Joe Gransden • June 16: Takenobu, Kevn Kinney • June 17: Bombadil • June 19: David Ryan Harris • June 20: An Evening with Andy McKee • June 21: Tyler Hilton, Von Grey • June 23: Roxie Watson, Rebel Union • June 24: Eli Cook • June 26: David Ryan Harris • June 27-28: The Station Breaks • June 29: Clay Cook • June 30: Mark Miller EVERETT’S MUSIC BARN 4055 Stonecypher Road, Suwanee 678-858-5363 everettsmusicbarn.net • June 16: Crying Room Players • June 23: The King James Boys

• June 30: Breaking Grass • July 14: Bluegrass Alliance FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 • June 15-16: Third Day Farewell Tour • June 21: Brit Floyd • July 3: The Sistine Chapel Choir • July 7: Jill Scott • July 14: Tedeschi Trucks Band featuring Drive-By Truckers and The Marcus King Band • July 26: Kingdom Heart Orchestra INFINITE ENERGY ARENA 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter.com • June 20: Daryl Hall & John Oates and Train • June 22: Salman Khan & Stars: Da-Bangg Reloaded • June 23: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill: Soul2Soul The World Tour 2018 with Caitlyn Smith • July 2: Wanna One World Tour • July 10: Sam Smith: The Thrill Of It All Tour THE LOFT 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta 404-885-1365 www.centerstage-atlanta.com/ shows/the-loft • July 28: Work in Progress featuring Faten Matarazzo from “Stranger Things” THE MASQUERADE

695 North Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-577-8178 www.masqueradeatlanta.com • June 15: Combichrist, The Creepshow • June 16: Logan Henderson, Hockey Dad, Aterciopelados • June 17: Devastation of the Nation 2018 Tour • June 18: Jeremy Enigk • June 19: Middle Kids, Snow Tha Product, Young Widows • June 20: Bass Physics and Eliot Lipp, Trashionality • June 21: Alvarez Kings and Anarbor, Eric Bellinger • June 22: Polkadot Cadaver, Dessa, Showcase for Summer Slaughter • June 23: Dog Fashion Disco, City in the Clouds, Hoodrich Pablo Juan and Lud Foe • June 24: Whitechapel and The Black Dahlia Murder, Katie Von Schleicher, Sheck Wes & Valee • June 26: Dowsing • June 27: Sweetbay • June 28: Have Mercy • June 29: As Cities Burn, Forth Wanderers PHILIPS ARENA 1 Philips Drive N.W., Atlanta 404-878-3000 www.philipsarena.com • Nov. 8: Bad Bunny • Nov. 16-17: Drake RED CLAY MUSIC FOUNDRY 3116 Main St., Duluth 678-957-7283 www.eddieowenpresents.com • Ongoing: Songwriters Open Mic hosted by Eddie • June 15: Preston James with Tyler Goforth Band • June 16: Banks and Shane • June 22: Randall Bramblett Band • June 23: Layne Denton and His Band with Rachel Wiggins • June 29: Ellis Dyson and The Shambles • June 30: Underhill Rose, The Ormewoods and Ordinary Elephant • July 7: Daniel Hardin with Misnomer • July 13: mmhmm • July 14: American Darling Valve and World Peace Ensemble RED LIGHT CAFE 553 Amsterdam Ave., Atlanta 404-874-7828 redlightcafe.com • Ongoing: Wednesday Jazz

Jam with The Gordon Vernick Quartet • June 18: Adam & Kizzie with Nick Rosen • Nov. 17: Charlie Hunter Trio SYLVIA BEARD THEATRE Buford Community Center, 2200 Buford Highway, Buford 770-945-6762 bufordcommunitycenter.com • Aug. 11: Mother’s Finest • Sept. 6-7: Mike Farris: Soul of America SMITH’S OLDE BAR 1578 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta 404-875-1522 www.smithsoldebar.com • Ongoing: DJ Sky • June 15: Led Zepplified • June 16: Tribute: A Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band • June 19: Matthew Curry • June 20: Willess • June 21: Parker Gispert • June 22: David Cone • June 23: Rock N Roll Animals: A Tribute to Lou Reed • June 24: Kelly Willis • June 27: Mighty Mystic • June 28: Sunny South Blues Band • June 29: AFTM with HalfSeas Over • June 30: Lily Rose • July 5: Desorden Publico • July 6: The Shoegazers • July 7: Nameless Nameless THE TABERNACLE 152 Luckie St., Atlanta 404-659-9022 tabernacleatl.com • July 10: Erasure • July 14: Punch Brothers VERIZON WIRELESS AMPHITHEATRE AT ENCORE PARK 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta www.vzwamp.com • June 14: Rascal Flatts • June 16: Styx • July 7: Foreigner with Whitesnake and Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening • July 14: Chicago and REO Speedwagon THE BOWL @ SUGAR HILL 5039 W. Broad St., Sugar Hill 770-945-6716 www.thebowlatsugarhill.com • June 23: Village People and Sister Sledge • July 14: Vertical Horizon and Fastball

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