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Schools: We don’t condone walkouts

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Vol. 48, No. 77

GWINNETT COUNTY GUBERNATORIAL FORUM

BY TREVOR MCNABOE trevor.mcnaboe@gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett County Public Schools is preparing for the highly publicized National School Walkout Day set to take place Wednesday in remembrance of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. In a statement released by the county, officials said they do not condone students walking out during the school day.

“We believe the student walkout, however well-intended, could negatively impact our ability to meet our primary responsibility,” the statement said.

“Classroom learning will be affected if students miss instructional time, and the safety of students could be compromised if they leave class or campus without permission.”

The county said the decision is not about the cause, but for what is best for students in maintaining a safe and orderly school environment.

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Shafer faces harassment accusation Lobbyist files suit vs. lt. governor candidate

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

Sen. David Shafer, R-Duluth, is fighting allegations that he sexually harassed a lobbyist for several years, calling the accusations false and vowing to fight the claims made against him.

The lobbyist reportedly accused Shafer, who is the leading David Shafer Republican candidate in the lieutenant governor’s race, of harassing her as early as 2002, according to the FOX 5 Atlanta I-Team.

The lobbyist reportedly filed a complaint with the Secretary of the Senate’s office Tuesday — the day after Shafer qualified as a candidate for lieutenant governor.

Shafer said the accusation was politically motivated and called his accuser a “15-minute, attention-seeking wannabe” who was “trying to settle an old score.”

“For the better part of 20 years, my family and I have devoted ourselves to serving the people of Georgia, but there is an ugly and revolting underbelly of

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, center, speaks at the Gwinnett County Gubernatorial Forum on Saturday at Norcross High School. (Photos: Anthony Stalcup)

Transportation talk Congestion a key topic at GOP candidate discussion

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With about a half-dozen candidates seeking the Republican nomination for governor, it is perhaps no surprise that they had a variety of suggestions for dealing with transportation during a forum at Norcross High School on Saturday night.

The transportation question came up early during the forum, which was hosted by the Gwinnett Republican Party.

It’s not without reason that the issue quickly emerged.

The county government has been looking at the issue for the past few years, and it is working on a transit develop-

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metro Atlanta addresses transit and other transportation issues.

Whether that’s the right approach depends on which candidate you ask, though.

“We need to do the truck transit route,” former state Sen. Hunter Hill said. “We need to expand (Interstate 16) west to LaGrange or Columbus and then do another route Candidates are seen at the Gwinnett County Republican Guber- that circumnavigates Atlanta so that truck traffic that is not natorial Forum held Saturday at Norcross High School. destined for Atlanta does not have to go through Atlanta.” ment study that will serve as transportation on a regional The forum included a prelude to a public vote on level, with legislation pendexpanding transit. ing in the General Assembly See FORUM, Page 5A The state is also looking at that would shake up how

Community Health Fair draws large crowd Theresa Morah with Emerald Healthcare checks Paul Rier’s blood pressure at the Gwinnett Community Health Fair in Lawrenceville at Rhodes Jordan Park Recreation Center on Saturday. (Photo: Anthony Stalcup)

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As the images from a scan of Snellville resident Horace Salmon’s spinal cord appeared on a TV screen at the Gwinnett Community Health Fair at Rhodes Jordan Park Saturday, it told a story he knew well.

As Dr. Jen Wozniak

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from Freedom Family Chiropractic walked him through the results, the images showed him that the scan determined there were issues in his neck, mainly on the left side.

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Funding the future

Providence Christian STEM program named one of best in the nation

BY TREVOR MCNABOE trevor.mcnaboe @gwinnettdailypost.com

Providence Christian Academy’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics program in five years has gone from a startup to one of the nation’s elite.

Recently, the Lilburnbased Christian school was announced as one of 134 schools across the nation, and the only private school in the state of Georgia, to be named a Distinguished School by Project Lead the Way. The inception of the program began five years ago with Randy Cailor suggesting they start teaching students about STEM. “We’ve loved the mission of this school and it was always about the idea of giving back to the next generation of students,” said Cailor. “I have always been around education, but I was an engineer.”

Cailor, the father of two daughters who graduated from Providence, had more than 20 years of experience at a structural engineering firm.

He toyed with the idea of teaching a business course or a few engineering classes, but he thought a full course program would be the best option.

“I started researching what would be the best options as I was making the transition from the business world to teaching,” Cailor said. “I found Project Lead the Way and started taking part of the curriculum they were doing and tailoring it to what worked best for us here at Providence.”

Since Providence is a private school and receives

Above, Providence Christian Academy freshmen Melat Israel and Cayden Johnston use blocks as part of a lesson in STEM I: Introduction to Engineering Design. Top right, Providence Christian Academy junior Javion Taylor, left, and sophomore Kaiya Pringle work with computers in STEM II: Principles of Engineering. Bottom right, Providence Christian Academy freshman Andrea Harmon, left, and sophomore Lina Lee, right, make calculations in STEM I: Introduction to Engineering Design. (Special Photos)

no state funding, everything it needs for the STEM program has to come directly from parental and alumni donations.

“Everything you see in this room has been donated one way or another — it’s been amazing,” Cailor said.

“Everybody has bought into our vision and made this a program.”

Students who are part of the STEM program take classes as an elective. The way Providence is structured requires students to take a religion class as one of their electives, limiting the amount of free electives students can choose.

Despite that requirement, Cailor says about 30 percent of the school is involved in STEM courses.

A typical pathway in the STEM program begins with

STEM I, known as Intro to Engineering Design.

During the course, freshmen and sophomores get exposed to the basic design process that comes with engineering.

STEM II: Principles of Engineering is the second foundational course for students in 10th and 11th grades.

“Both these courses provide the basic learning that will set students up for more in-depth learning in the upper level courses,” Cailor said. “STEM II gives you a variety of topics like mechanisms, kinematics and statics.”

The program diverges in the third course allowing students to get experience in construction, engineering and architecture or anatomy and human body systems.

Students who begin the program as freshmen are allowed to take a capstone course, which challenges students to take a real-world problem and come up with a solution.

Seniors Morgen Feldhan and Robert Fain are in the middle of their capstone project.

Feldhan, who plans to attend Georgia Tech, has been designing a scarf for people with asthma.

“In the winter it’s hard to be in the cold, and exercising is especially difficult,” Feldhan said. “There wasn’t any solution out there that seemed appealing to people, so I decided to design something that could help.”

The scarf also features a breathing mask embedded into the fabric, allowing the wearer to stay warm while

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not impeding their breathing.

Fain’s senior project involves helping medical companies track inventory on supplies they send to hospitals.

“A lot of companies aren’t very organized and inventory isn’t kept up well,” Fain said. “I found in my research that anywhere from 4 to 6 percent of revenue is lost to preventable issues.”

Fain said he created a barcode tracking system as well as an inventory spreadsheet that allows medical suppliers to see the amount of supplies they have for a certain order.

Feldhan said her interest in STEM began in middle school and is something that she is looking to make a career out of.

Fain saw STEM as an opportunity to learn while being able to see tangible results.

“I felt like I was doing something that was benefiting me and I could see an end to it,” Fain said.

Both seniors will compete in the school’s STEM exposition on April 24 in front of dozens of judges.

Support and activities like the exposition set Providence apart from other schools, Cailor said.

“People have bought into this program,” he said.

“We’ve had support both financially and from the administration, and now we’re starting to see the results.”

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Qualifying shows promise of big election battle

By Curt Yeomans

ELECTION QUALIFICATION

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With candidate qualifying for this year’s election in the books, voters now have a clear picture of who their options are when they go to the polls for the May 22 primary election and the general election in November.

A total of 26 seats will appear on primary ballots in Gwinnett in May. In the cases of some seats, only one party has a contested primary, but other seats will have contested primaries for both parties.

The contests start at the top of state government, with an open governor’s seat that has attracted seven Republicans, two Democrats, a Libertarian and an independent candidate.

Other high ranking seats, including lieutenant governor and secretary of state, feature open seats with several candidates.

Local party leaders told the Daily Post this week that they are pleased with how qualifying was going.

As Gwinnett Republican Party Chairman Mike Seigle discussed the Republican candidates for local offices Thursday, he highlighted some of the diversity in the party’s field of candidates for local offices.

One claim that political observers and Democrats have made is that the growing diversity in Gwinnett would turn the county blue.

It’s a contention Seigle disagrees with. Among the Republican candidates who have chosen to run for political offices this year are candidates who were born in the Congo, India and China, he said.

“Our demise has been exaggerated a little bit,” Seigle said. “This is going to be a fun year.”

But Gwinnett Democratic Party Chairman Gabe Okoye said Republicans should not get too confident about their chances in this year’s elections.

“We’re ready to do battle,” Okoye said Thursday.

Two wild-card races at the local level will be the open races for school board Districts 2 and 4. With no incumbents running, each seat attracted two Republicans and two Democrats who will face off in the May 22 primary election.

In the District 2 race, Stephen Knudsen and Carol Cynthia Ranft will face off in the Republican primary while Wandy Taylor and Donald May face each other in the Democratic primary.

In the District 4 race, Charles “Chuck” Studebaker and Randall Lee are running against each other in the Republican primary while Everton Blair and Mark Williams will face each other in the Democratic primary.

Candidates listed with the Secretary of State’s Office as having qualified to run for elected seats this week include: Governor Republicans: Casey Cagle, Hunter Hill, Brian Kemp, Clay Tippins, Michael Williams, Marc Alan Urbach, Eddie Hayes Democrats: Stacey Abrams, Stacey Evans Libertarians: Ted Metz Independents: Larry E. Odom Lieutenant Governor Republicans: David Shafer, Geoff Duncan, Rick Jeffares Democrats: Triana ArnoldJames, Sarah Riggs Amico Secretary of State Republicans: Buzz Brockway, Brad Raffensperger, David Belle Isle, Josh McKoon Democrats: John Barrow, Rakeim “RJ” Hadley, Dee Dawkins-Haigler Libertarians: Smythe Duval Attorney General Republicans: Chris Carr (I) Democrats: Charlie Bailey Commissioner of Agriculture Republicans: Gary Black Democrats: Fred Swann Commissioner of Insurance Republicans: Jay Florence, Jim Beck, Tracy Jordan Democrats: Cindy Zeldin, Janice Laws Libertarians: Donnie Foster Commissioner of Labor Republicans: Mark Butler Democrats: Fred Quinn, Richard Keatley State School Superintendent Republicans: John Barge, Richard Woods (I), Sonia Francis-Rolle Democrats: Sid Chapman, Otha E. Thornton Jr., Sam Mosteller Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, District 2 Republicans: Lynette Howard (I) Democrats: Ben Ku, Desmond Nembhard Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, District 4 Republicans: John Heard (I) Democrats: Marlene Fosque, Greg McKeithen Gwinnett County Board of Education, District 2 Republicans: Stephen Knudsen, Carol Cynthia

Meanwhile, Gwinnett County Commissioners Lynette Howard and John Heard, both Republicans, each have two Democrats lining up to face them.

In commission District 2, Ben Ku and Desmond Nembhard will face each other in the Democratic primary for a chance to face Howard in the general election.

In commission District 4, Democrats Marlene Fosque and Greg McKeithen will compete in the primary for a shot at facing Heard in November.

Korean Language and Culture Class of ‘18 Spring We’re providing classes to learn the practical use of Korean language and culture offered by Korean Education Center, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea (Director Jeik Cho) in 2018 Spring semester (03/18/2018~05/26/2018, 10 weeks) Class

Start Date

Beginner

March 21 (Wed) 6:30pm-8:00pm

Korean Language Intermediate

March 20 (Tue) 6:30pm-8:00pm

March 22 (Thur) 6:30pm-8:00pm March 24 (Sat) 10:30am-12:00pm

Advanced Korean Adaptees & Families Korean Cooking Class ※Place: Doraville Farmer’s Market Korean Language class with K-Movie Korean Language class with K-Pop Korean History TOPIK Preparation (Test of proficiency in Korean) SAMULNORI (Korean traditional percussion quartet)

March 29 (Thur) 7:00pm-9:00pm ※ April, May: TBA

Instructor • Sara Park Gwinnett County, Convention & Visitors Bureau • Yoo, Jisung (Ph.D) UGA Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy • Jong Hyun Lee Georgia Institute of Technology • Yoo, Jisung (Ph.D) UGA Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy • Jong Hyun Lee Georgia Institute of Technology Sangeun Lee (Kennesaw State Univ) • Chef Woo, younghee • Chef Lee, Jiyoug (Le Cordon Bleu, Atlanta)

March 23 (Tue), 6:30pm-8:00pm March 23 (Fri),6:30pm-8:00pm March 24 (Sat)-every other week 2:00pm-3:30pm

• Kim, Bongjun (UGA, Ph.D) • Lee, Seulgi (UGA)

March 22 (Wed), 6:30pm-8:00pm

• Kim, Bongjun (UGA, Ph.D)

March 19 (Mon), 6:00pm-7:30pm

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Leadership Seminar

March 24 (Sat)-Monthly Base 2:00pm-3:30pm

Liberal Arts

March 31(Sat), 2:00pm-4:00pm ※ April, May: TBA

Korean Movie Night

March 30 (Fri) Monthly Base, 6:30pm-8:30pm

• Lee, Sangyeon (UGA)

• Co-hosted by Korean America Association of Greater Atlanta and Korean science & engineering Associations • Jang, Seongsoon Georgia Institute of Technology • Yoo, Jisung (Ph.D) UGA Lifelong Education, Administration and Policy

Application Procedure Applications accepted from March 5th - 26th, 2018 by email (educenteratl2017@gmail.com) or visiting the center.

Registration fee should be received by 20th March 2018 (cash/check-payable to Korean Education Center), Registration can be closed earlier if seats are filled.

The Korean Education Center is an overseas branch office of the Korean Ministry of Education and annex of the Korean Consulate General in Atlanta. The Center engages in various tasks such as supporting Korean schools and international students, offering Korean language classes both outside and in public school curricula and promote international education cooperation.

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Ranft Democrats: Wandy Taylor, Donald May Gwinnett County Board of Education, District 4 Republicans: Charles “Chuck” Studebaker, Randall Lee Democrats: Everton Blair, Mark Williams Gwinnett County Solicitor General Republicans: Rosanna Szabo Democrats: Brian Whiteside U.S. House, District 4 Republicans: Joe Profit, Melanie Williams Democrats: Hank Johnson (I), Juan Parks U.S. House, District 7 Republicans: Shane Hazel, Rob Woodall (I) Democrats: Carolyn Bourdeaux, Kathleen Allen, Melissa Davis, Steve Reilly, David Kim, Ethan Pham U.S. House, District 10 Republicans: Jody Hice (I), Bradley Griffin, Joe Hunt Democrats: Chalis Montgomery, Richard Dien Winfield, Tabitha A. JohnsonGreen State Senate, District 5 Democrats: Curt Thompson (I), Sheikh Rahman State Senate, District 9 Republicans: P. K. Martin IV (I) Democrats: Cheryle R. Moses Independents: GinaJimenez Callicotte State Senate, District 40 Republicans: Fran Millar (I) Democrats: Sally Harrell, Tamara Johnson-Shealey State Senate, District 41 Democrats: Steve Henson (I), Sabrina McKenzie Wright State Senate, District 45 Republicans: Renee S. Unterman (I) Democrats: Jana Rodgers State Senate, District 48 Republicans: Matt Reeves Democrats: Zahra Karinshak State Senate, District 55 Republicans: Annette Davis Jackson Democrats: Gloria S. Butler (I) State House, District 81 Republicans: Ellen Diehl Democrats: Hamid Noori,

Solicitor General Rosanna Szabo, a Republican, will face Democratic challenger Brian Whiteside in November.

In the state legislative races, open seats tended to attract the largest fields for the most part.

The open House District 97 race in the Duluth and Suwanee area attracted eight candidates, including Republicans Bonnie Rich, Kipper Tabb, Louis Tseng, Judson McClure, Indran Krishnan and Scott Lecraw, as well as Democrats Aisha Yaqoob and Wayne Slear.

After Tabb qualified Wednesday, the pastor said he would continue the “commitment to supporting stellar schools” by the seat’s current occupant, Rep. Brooks Coleman, while also tackling other pressing issues.

“I will work tirelessly to

Scott Holcomb (I) State House, District 93 Democrats: Darshun Kendrick (I) State House, District 94 Democrats: Karen Bennett (I), L. Dean Heard State House, District 95 Republicans: Scott Hilton (I) Democrats: Beth Moore State House, District 96 Democrats: Pedro “Pete” Marin (I) State House, District 97 Republicans: Bonnie Rich, Kipper Tabb, Louis Tseng, Judson McClure, Indran Krishnan, Scott Lecraw Democrats: Aisha Yaqoob, Wayne Slear State House, District 98 Republicans: David Clark (I)

Independents: Femi Oduwole Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge (Turner) Wesley Person, Tracie Cason, B. T. Parker Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge (Hutchinson) George F. Hutchinson (I) Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge (Hamil) R. Timothy Hamil (I) Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge (T. Davis) Veronica Cope, Jon Setzer, John R. Burdges, Jason Park, Tracey Mason Gwinnett County State Court Judge (to Succeed Pamela D. South) Pamela South (I)

State House, District 99 Democrats: Brenda Lopez (I), Shawn Allen

Gwinnett County State Court Judge (to Succeed Joseph C. Iannazzone) Lance W. Tyler, Ronda Colvin Leary

State House, District 100 Democrats: Dewey L. McClain (I)

Georgia Supreme Court Justice (Melton) Harold D. Melton (I)

State House, District 101 Republicans: Valerie Clark Democrats: Sam Park (I)

Georgia Supreme Court Justice (Hunstein) John Ellington

State House, District 102 Republicans: Paula Hastings, Zach Procter, Kellie Pollard Austin Democrats: Gregg Kennard, Tony Scalzitti Independents: Richard U. Smith

Georgia Supreme Court Justice (Boggs) Michael P. Boggs (I)

State House, District 103 Republicans: Timothy Barr (I) State House, District 104 Republicans: Chuck Efstration (I) Democrats: Andrea Stephenson State House, District 105 Republicans: Donna Sheldon, Patrick Batubenge, Robin Mauck Democrats: Donna McLeod State House, District 106 Republicans: Brett Harrell (I) State House, District 107 Republicans: Janet Mihoci Democrats: Shelly Hutchinson, Ken Montano State House, District 108 Republicans: Clay Cox (I) Democrats: Jasmine Clark State House, District 114 Republicans: Tom Kirby (I)

protect our families from growing threats like the opioid and drug epidemics and support our law enforcement and first responders in their efforts to keep us safe,” Tabb said in a statement.

“And I will fight hard to strengthen the family and preserve the conservative principles we hold dear.”

The House District 102 race in the Lawrenceville and Suwanee area also attracted a large number of candidates — six in all, including Republicans Paula Hastings, Zach Procter and Kellie Pollard Austin, as well as Democrats Gregg Kennard and Tony Scalzitti.

An independent, Richard U. Smith, also qualified for the seat.

In the open House District 105 race, Donna McLeod was the only Democrat who qualified, but the Republican field

Georgia Supreme Court Justice (Peterson) Nels Peterson (I) Georgia Supreme Court Justice (Grant) Britt Cagle Grant (I) Georgia Court Of Appeals Justice (Miller) M. Yvette Miller (I) Georgia Court Of Appeals Justice (Dillard) Stephen Dillard (I) Georgia Court Of Appeals Justice (Ellington) Ken Hodges, Ken Shigley Georgia Court Of Appeals Justice (Rickman) Brian Rickman (I) Georgia Court Of Appeals Justice (Mercier) Amanda H. Mercier (I) Georgia Court Of Appeals Justice (Bethel) Charlie Bethel (I) Georgia Court Of Appeals Justice (Reese) Clyde L. Reese III (I)

includes former state Rep. Donna Sheldon, Patrick Batubenge and Pregnancy Resource Center Executive Director Robin Mauck.

As she qualified Monday, Sheldon issued a formal announcement that she was running for the seat. She previously served in the state House of Representatives from 2003 until 2013.

“During my time in the State House, I had a consistent and proven record of leading on the issues important to our community,” Sheldon said in a statement.

“I’m ready to do the same again. With the issues we face in regards to education, public safety, health care, transportation and ensuring prosperity for all of our families, we simply cannot afford a radical or ineffective representative.”

Meanwhile, Mauck posted on Facebook that

“God has directed my path somewhere I never dreamed it would go. This doesn’t change my current position but just adds on a new layer. Through God’s clear leading and full support of my Family, Board and Staff, I am happy to announce I have qualified to run for State House Representative, District 105.”

McLeod was part of a group of Democratic women who went to the state Capitol Tuesday to qualify for legislative seats from Gwinnett. The other women were Beth Moore (House District 95), Jasmine Clark (House District 108), Shelly Hutchinson (House District 107), Andrea Polk (House District 104), Aisha Yaqoob (House District 97), Zahra Karinshak (Senate District 48) and Tamara Johnson Shealey (Senate District 40).

“I am on the ballot and I shared today with seven other phenomenal women running for elected office,” McLeod said in an email to supporters afterwards.

Some Democrats in the Gwinnett legislative delegation — Sen. Steve Henson and state Reps. Scott Holcomb, Karen Bennett and Brenda Lopez — are facing challengers from within their own parties.

In all, 19 of the 25 seats that are at least partially in Gwinnett will be contested at some point this year.

The only legislators from the Gwinnett delegation who won’t face opponents are state Reps. Darshun Kendrick, Pedro Marin, David Clark, Dewey McClain, Timothy Barr and Brett Harrell, who did not have opponents listed on the Secretary of State’s website.

On the judicial front, three open seats, including two on the Gwinnett County Superior Court bench and one of the Gwinnett County State Court bench, drew a combined 10 candidates.

Half of them — Veronica Cope, Jon Setzer, John R. Burdges, Jason Park and Tracey Mason — are seeking Superior Court Judge Tom Davis’ seat.

All judicial races are nonpartisan so the winner of the May 22 election for each of those seats will win the office.

Two candidates, Lance W. Tyler and Ronda Colvin Leary, are running to fill the State Court vacancy that was created by Judge Joseph C. Iannazzone’s decision to not run again.

After he qualified, Tyler, who is an local attorney and former Gwinnett sheriff’s deputy, praised Iannazzone after he qualified to run for the seat.

“Judge Iannazzone has worked hard for Gwinnett County and deserves our gratitude,” he said. “I’ll continue that service of hard work and will continue doing what is right in each case for every victim and every defendant.”

Meanwhile, all three of Gwinnett’s members of the U.S. House, Reps.

Hank Johnson, D-Ga., Rob Woodall and Jody Hice, R-Ga., will face re-election challenges from within their own parties as well as from the opposing party.

ARC recommends grant for trail study

By Curt Yeomans

a statement. The loop trail study will look at the scope of the trail project, which will connect the district with The Sugarloaf CommuSuwanee’s trail system and nity Improvement District the Gwinnett Place Mall may receive $100,000 in area. grant funding from the The idea is that the Atlanta Regional Commis- project would ultimately sion to study a possible loop connect the mall, McDantrail that would connect the iel Farm Park, the Infinite young CID with neighborEnergy Center, Peachtree ing communities.

Ridge Park and Suwanee’s ARC officials are recom- trail system. mending the funding grant “What’s exciting about as part of the Transportation this trail project is what it is Implementation Program connecting,” Sugarloaf CID that the commission is Chairman Brand Morgan expected to adopt later this said in a statement. “It will month, CID officials said in provide a connection for

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workers, residents, and visitors in the CID to get to work, shopping, restaurants, and entertainment by walking or riding a bike.”

The funding, if ultimately approved, would cover most the estimated $125,000 cost of the study, which the CID will conduct through a partnership with Gwinnett County officials. The CID and the county would put up the local match for the grant.

The project is part of a proposed Master Trail Plan that Gwinnett County officials are working on. The CID said it will specifically

fit within a 16-mile loop that will further connect the district with the Western Gwinnett Bikeway on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

“The Loop Trail is an exciting part of Gwinnett County’s new master trails plan that envisions up to 320 miles of walking/biking trails throughout the county by 2040,” Gwinnett Commissioner Jace Brooks said in a statement. “I am grateful to the ARC for this funding and appreciate the partnership between county government and the Sugarloaf CID to complete this study.”

4A • Sunday, March 11, 2018 To Your Good Health

Keith Roach

‘Perfect diet’ is elusive DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column, you recommended “a diet based mostly on plants and legumes, with nuts, some fruits, whole grains and almost no refined sugars and starches.” By “some fruits,” are you suggesting not eating certain fruits, or just a limited amount of fruit overall? I ask because my cardiologist has recommended an Atkins-type diet with a heavy emphasis on meat — with full fat — while limiting carbs and not eating fruit, because it turns to sugar, he claimed.

I prefer a diet of fruit and vegetables, with a limited amount of meat and few carbs. I do love fish and shrimp. My wife can’t tolerate sugar, so I never have sugar or sweets of any kind. I never add sugar or sweeteners of any kind to any food or beverage.

I’m 70 years old and have had a heart catheterization, which indicated clean, clear arteries.

However, I have weight gain. I prefer a physically active lifestyle and canoe on lakes quite often three seasons of the year for several hours each time.

Please clarify the “some fruits” term, and also what do you think about cutting out fruit entirely, as my cardiologist recommended?

I’m concerned that that would lead to serious constipation, which I don’t experience when I have enough fruit in my diet.

— G.H. ANSWER: There is no agreement on the “best” type of diet, and my use of “some fruits” reflected some current thinking that excess amounts of fruit may not be optimally healthy. Fruits indeed are high in sugar.

Although not all fruits are the same, most have fiber, which slows down sugar absorption, while others can be absorbed more quickly. Most data show that the sugars found naturally in fruits have much less (if any) adverse effect on risk of heart disease, and in people with diabetes, two to four servings of fruit do not seem to adversely affect blood sugar. However, most people do not eat enough fruit, so I don’t want to advise against fruit eating: It’s fruit juices and sweetened fruit products that I recommend against consuming in other than modest amounts.

Although there is good evidence that a high-protein, high-fat diet of the type you describe helps in short-term and medium-term weight loss, I do not recommend large amounts of the saturated fat found in most farmraised meat. Again, the data are controversial, with one recent review suggesting little or no harm from saturated fat, but the preponderance of the evidence still is concerning, and I think the diet you prefer, of vegetables, fish and fruit, is likely to be healthier in the long term.

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•From Page 1A Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Sen. Michael WIlliams, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, former state Sen. Hunter Hill, businessman Clay Tippins and former Norcross High School teacher Marc Alan Urbach.

In addition to transportation, the candidates also weighed in on criminal justice, tax breaks for big corporations such as Amazon, off-shore drilling, due process and property rights. In Gwinnett, where traffic congestion is a major issue and a referendum on expanding transit may appear on the November ballot, the issue of how people get around could be a key issue, though.

Tippins pointed to metro Atlanta’s lack of an outer loop highway, beyond Interstate 285, as one problem for the region.

“We could do an outer bypass,” he said. “We could have trucking companies and logistics companies pay every time they drive down that road.

They’d be happy to do that (because) they’d make more money not having to waste time sitting in traffic.”

Meanwhile, Cagle highlighted the 10-year transportation strategic plan that is part of his platform.

That includes the possibility of reversible lanes on the interstates.

“I’m in Hall County, I go to Atlanta every morning,” Cagle said. “In that time period, there is the most amount of conges-

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Forum •From Page 1A

Candidate Hunter Hill speaks at the Gwinnett County Gubernatorial Forum on Saturday at Norcross High School. (Photo: Anthony Stalcup)

tion that exists, but when I look across the median, I see that there is a lot of capacity there. Any other state that has this kind of congestion would be using the reversible lane concept that allows movable barriers.”

Urbach said he would launch an investigation into the Interstate 85 bridge collapse. He also said there needs to be a focus on moving all Georgians around, not just those who live in metro Atlanta.

“We could do a highspeed bullet train from connecting the following cities of Macon, Columbus, Augusta back to Atlanta,” he said.

The forum gave candidates the opportunity to highlight some of their proposals, such as Secretary of State Brian Kemp’s

plan for an illegal immigrant database, which he unveiled earlier in the week.

“Talking to state law enforcement officials and prosecutors, this is something that had been a challenge for them,” Kemp said. “Not knowing who these people are, they commit a crime, get bailed out, go home, come back under another identity, but this database will allow us to work with the feds, with state leaders, with our partners at the local level, and give law enforcement the tools they need.”

Williams said the state needs to do away with laws and restrictions that prohibit economic development, such as certificates of need for hospitals and a three-tier system that deals with alcohol in the state.

“We need to eliminate

our state income tax so that we can create an environment here in Georgia where small businesses thrive,” Williams said.

“That’s what’s going to make Georgia great for everyone.”

The forum did have its share of fireworks and at times felt like a war of words between Cagle and Williams, two candidates from Gwinnett County’s backyard.

Williams went after Cagle on who the lieutenant governor supported for president, his career in state government and the status of bills Williams has filed.

“I’m tired of lying politicians and politicians who take credit for stuff they didn’t do,” Williams said.

In response, Cagle said, “I don’t know if it’s really worth my time (to respond).”

Fair •From Page 1A Wozniak talked to Salmon about what the issues could mean, and what adjustments could be done to fix the problem.

“It was good to see the video illustration of what the scan showed,” Salmon said. “It was great because literally where they pinpointed are kind of the places where I’ve needed some adjustments … I actually want to schedule an appointment to see their doctor.”

Salmon was one of about 400 people who attended the first of four community health fairs that Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation, Live Healthy Gwinnett and the Daily Post are co-hosting around the county this year. About 60 vendors participated as well, talking with attendees about various health issues, including spinal cords, healthy eating, cardiovascular health, women’s health and issues facing senior citizens.

Gwinnett County Department of Community Services Outreach Manager Lindsey Jorstad said organizers were pleased with the turnout for the inaugural health fair. There were people lined up at the door waiting to get in to the health fair when it opened Saturday morning,

Hazell Westfall, left, gets an autographed poster from Pro Bull Rider Sean Willingham at the Gwinnett Community Health Fair in Lawrenceville at Rhodes Jordan Park Recreation Center on Saturday. (Photo: Anthony Stalcup)

she said.

“I think the promotion of the event went very, very well,” Jorstad said. “The partnership between the Daily Post, Live Healthy Gwinnett and Parks and Rec, we’ve really use a lot of the outlets to get the word out and I think the attendance really showed that the Lawrenceville community really wants these resources.”

Attendees had the option to visit vendors at their booths during the fair, or to mix in some brief programs on health issues as well. Some of the programs focused on healthy eating, keeping a person’s mind sharp, women’s health issues, knowing what to ask a doctor about and general health tips.

A blood drive was also held in conjunction with

the health fair. “(The goal is) to get people to eat right, be healthy and continue to get checked by your healthcare providers,” Daily Post Director of Events Noreen Brantner said.

Snellville resident Diana Carrier said the fair was a “great idea” after she visited a table for Saladmaster, a company whose products can be used to make different foods, including cakes, out of vegetables. Carrier said she attended the fair to get general information about health issues she should be on the lookout for, as well as what she can do to stay healthy.

“I did get information on (Live Healthy Gwinnett) with all of the items and opportunities here,” she said. “I was excited to see that.”

Wozniak said there was a steady flow of attendees coming by to see her about getting a free spinal scan and that she was continually busy throughout the fair as a result.

One of the things that Wozniak said she was impressed by was the diversity of who was attending the fair.

“I expected more older people than younger but it was a decent mix age-wise, which is good,” she said.

“We like a variety of people … I’m all about being proactive with your health.

If you’re not investing in your health, it’s going to be getting away from you, so I think one of the coolest things was seeing people in their 20’s getting checked to make sure things were functioning well instead of waiting until things start falling apart.

“This is a good place to do that.”

The remaining Gwinnett Community Health Fairs will be held May 5 at the George Pierce Park Recreation Center in Suwanee, Aug. 18 at the Bogan Park Recreation Center in Buford and Nov. 10 at Lucky shoals Park Recreation Center in Norcross.

Additional information about each health fair, including lists of vendors and schedules of programs, will be posted at www. scnievents.com/healthfairs.

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accommodate students participating in the 17-minute supports our students’ de- walkout that is scheduled sire to express their views for 10 a.m. and their hopes for change, Fulton County Schools but they must do so announced last week that within the guidelines that it would support a “strucpromote a safe, orderly tured” activity during the learning environment,” the walkout. Gwinnett SToPP statement said. “School Executive Director Marlyn leaders have met and con- Tillman said Gwinnett tinue to meet with students should follow that lead. to discuss meaningful “By following Fulton ways for them to express County’s lead and changing themselves and share their the bell schedule, GCPS concerns without disruptwill be providing students ing the instructional day.” with an educational opGwinnett Parent Coportunity, an opportunity to alition to Dismantle the use their voice, to underSchool To Prison Pipeline, stand how they can impact known as Gwinnett SToPP, change, and to be empowsent a letter to Superinten- ered to communicate their dent J. Alvin Wilbanks on concerns to adults within Thursday, urging him to the school system and other change the bell schedule to community leaders,” she

said. “By changing the bell schedule, GCPS will be teaching students how to use their voice to advocate for change in a manner that does not infringe upon the rights or safety of other students.”

In the letter, Gwinnett SToPP said it is concerned that by allowing nonacademic speech for Relay For Life and Red Ribbon Week, but not the March 14 and April 20 walkouts, GCPS favors some speech and/or speakers over others and is engaging in content-based or speaker discrimination.

The school district said it stands by its decision.

“If a school or school district approves or condones a walkout by

students in the present situation, it must take the same position with any and all student groups that want to take similar action in the future, regardless of the cause being promoted,” GCPS said in a letter. “A public school that is selective in allowing certain walkouts but not others could face legal action for enforcing school rules inconsistently based on speech, message or cause, a potential First Amendment violation. If it sets aside enforcement of school rules for one group of students who participate in a walkout, the school creates a precedent that will dictate how other such activities must be handled.”

politics, and this deceitful allegation is an example of that,” he said in a statement sent to the Daily Post.

“This false complaint is about politics, not the truth and that’s why it is no coincidence that it was filed the day after I qualified to run for lieutenant governor.”

Officials at the Secretary of the Senate’s office said they could not confirm whether an allegation had been filed because Senate rules stipulate complaints are handled confidentially, but Shafer’s campaign acknowledged the complaint.

The Senate’s process of dealing with complaints involves the Senate Ethics Committee holding a hearing to determine the truth of the allegations. The General Assembly’s sexual harassment policies were expanded last month to include interactions between legislators and lobbyists.

Shafer said he would welcome any Senate ethics investigation that looked into the accusation and will cooperate fully with investigators.

The TV station also reported the lobbyist accused Shafer of telling her in 2011 “you owe me” and “show me your boobs” after he helped her get a bill passed.

Shafer is also accused in the complaint of asking the lobbyist who she was sleeping with, whether she had undergone breast augmentation surgery and telling her that he wanted to “spoon naked. I just want to see you naked,” according to FOX 5 Atlanta.

The lobbyist’s attorney, Bruce Harvey, told FOX 5 Atlanta that the accusation focused on “the exchange, the potential exchange of political influence for sexual favors” and called the alleged actions “just pure political thuggery.”

Harvey could not be immediately reached by the Daily Post for comment.

The senator’s campaign released a barrage of statements in support of Shafer while simultaneously criticizing the lobbyist. Those statements include affidavits from Shafer’s longtime administrative assistant, Anna Boggs, his former chief of staff Jeremy Collins and Michael Shelnutt, whom the campaign identified as a former colleague of the lobbyist.

Boggs said the lobbyist came by Shafer’s office in 2003 to set up a meeting with him, but that the senator had told her to not schedule any meeting between him and the lobbyist without arranging for a staff member to also be present.

“Whenever (the lobbyist) would meet with Senator Shafer, I would attend the meeting,” Boggs said in her affidavit. “I do not specifically remember the subject matter of Senator Shafer’s meetings with (the lobbyist) other than they always related to pending legislation. Senator Shafer was always respectful and professional to (the lobbyist), as he was to every visitor.

“The idea that Senator Shafer ‘harassed’ (the lobbyist) is ridiculous. For the entire time I worked for him, he sought to minimize his contact with her and avoid being alone with her.”

Collins said in his affidavit that while he was Shafer’s chief of staff from 2013-15, he suggested the then-Senate President Pro Tempore have an open

door policy but to avoid meeting with the lobbyist because of a poor reputation among people in state government. The former chief of staff said he did not recall Shafer meeting with the lobbyist during his time working with the senator.

Collins also said Shafer’s policy of having staff members present for meetings eventually extended beyond the lobbyist.

“Sen. Shafer seldom met with anyone alone,” he said. “He almost always had a staff member with him, and that staff member was usually me.”

Meanwhile, Shelnutt said he has known Shafer and the lobbyist since 1994, when they worked in Georgia politics. Shelnutt worked for the state GOP at the time, and Shafer was then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Guy Millner’s campaign manager. He said Shafer and the lobbyist were both single at the time and had dated each other.

Shelnutt said he renewed his acquaintances with the lobbyist and Shafer 12 years later when he became a lobbyist himself.

He said he remembered the lobbyist trying to set up meetings with Shafer years later when he was in the Senate.

“I recall one incident when (the lobbyist) came to Shafer’s office and invited him to dinner, saying they had not had dinner in years and she wanted to have dinner with him,” Shelnutt said. “Shafer brushed off the invitation.”

Boggs, Collins and Shelnutt each said in their respective affidavits that they believed the accusations against Shafer are false.

Cynthia Garst, another colleague of Shafer and the lobbyist from the 1990s, said she was “shocked and disgusted” by the accusations and that she did not believe them.

Garst said the lobbyist had a crush on Shafer in 1994. Like Shelnutt, Garst worked for the state GOP at the time.

“I know that (the lobbyist) has been furious with David for years because she believes he is blocking one of her wine bills,” Garst said in an email to the Daily Post. “She has repeatedly brought it up to me. But she has never once mentioned that he had harassed her.

“Of all the people in the state Capitol, David Shafer is literally the last person that I would suspect of harassment. He is a good man. This allegation would be comical if it were not so destructive and sad. It’s just not David — no way.”

FOX 5 Atlanta reported that the lobbyist denied the allegations that she and Shafer dated in the 1990s.

Meanwhile, one of the Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor, Sarah Riggs Amico, called for greater transparency in the way sexual harassment claims against public officials are handled.

“If elected, I promise that I will take the issue of sexual harassment seriously,” Amico said in a statement. “Under my watch, I pledge to make all accusations and proceedings regarding sexual harassment fulsome and transparent. Georgians have a right to know that their government handles these accusations and settlements in a responsible manner.”

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Fire department reminds people to check alarms

By Isabel Hughes

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With clocks springing forward an hour today, the Gwinnett County Fire Department has reminded residents to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

“A working smoke alarm is your first line of defense when it comes to surviving a home fire,” said Gwinnett Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge, “and the more smoke alarms you have, the earlier you will know there is a fire.”

According to Rutledge, homes should be equipped with working alarms on each level, in the hallway outside the sleeping area and in each of the bedrooms.

“Never ignore the noise of the smoke alarm,” he said. “A constant loud beeping sound from the alarm is an indication of smoke or fire in the home. Follow your family’s home fire escape plan and get everyone outside safe and fast.”

Rutledge said an intermittent chirp sound from the alarm is an indication that the battery is going dead and needs to be replaced.

“Many people take the battery out of the smoke alarm and forget to replace it,” he said. “Doing so will leave your home and family unprotected from the hazards associated with a residential fire.”

Though most traditional smoke alarms are battery-powered, many residents are turning to smart alarms, many of which are hardwired into the home.

However, firefighters suggest installing smoke alarms that are hardwired with a battery backup, Rutledge said, and the alarm should also be interconnected so that when one smoke alarm sounds, they all sound.

While newer smoke alarms may incorporate a long-life (10-year) battery, in either case, Rutledge said the idea is to have more than one working smoke alarm in the home.

Be sure to test the alarm monthly and replace all smoke alarms after 10 years.

In addition to having working smoke alarms, Rutledge stressed the importance of having a home fire escape plan.

“Be sure to have two ways out and keep exit pathways clear,” he said. “Doors and windows should be secured from intrusion but should be easy to open from the inside. Provide a collapsible fire escape ladder to escape from the second floor if traditional exits are blocked.”

Homeowners are also encouraged to keep a multi-purpose ABC dry-chemical portable fire extinguisher close at hand.

“A portable fire extinguisher can be used to extinguish a small fire that’s contained to where it started,” Rutledge said. “They may also be used to douse flames in order to escape a fire in the home.

Keep your home and family safe from fire by looking for and eliminating home fire hazards that could cause a fire to start or that may intensify the flames.”

For more information on home fire safety or to schedule a fire safety presentation, locals can contact the Gwinnett Fire Community Risk Reduction Section at 678-518-4845 or email fireprograms@ gwinnettcounty.com.

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Scammers target 911 call center “Before payment information was obtained, the scammer was told that they had just contacted the Gwinnett As the saying goes, many County Police Department,” criminals are not the sharpest Pihera said. “The scammer tools in the shed. quickly removed himself But a pair of phone scamfrom the conversation and the mers recently took the cake line was disconnected.” after trying to scam the Before the man hung up, Gwinnett County Police De- however, he is heard on the partment’s 911 Center.

911 recording telling someAround 3:30 p.m. Wednes- one in the background that day, the 911 center received a they called a police departcall from an automated voice, ment number. telling the 911 call-taker that He then hangs up the she needed to call the IRS im- phone, with the call-taker mediately, according to Cpl. asking ‘hello’ several times Michele Pihera, spokeswom- before the recording ends. an for the police department.

Pihera said that the IRS “Upon calling the number does not call to demand improvided, the 911 call-taker mediate payment using a spewas told that she owed over cific payment method such $5,000 in back taxes and as a prepaid debit card, gift other fees,” Pihera said. “The card or wire transfer, nor do scammer told the call-taker they threaten to bring in local that she needed to resolve the police or other law enforceissue within the next hour ment groups to have a person or the local sheriff’s office arrested for not paying. would be coming out to serve She said that in early Feban arrest warrant on her.” ruary, the Gwinnett County The call-taker was then Police Department warned transferred to another scamthat scammers are stepping mer who confirmed the up their game and using information the first scammer various Gwinnett agencies as told her and said he would be a ploy to con residents into authorized to take her paygiving up their money. ment over the phone.

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Virginia Elizabeth Clack (Dobbs) age 89, of Auburn, GA passed away March 9, 2018, Wages and Sons Gwinnett Chapel.

Lawrenceville

Marie Agnes Colley (Baum) Marie Agnes Baum Colley passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 27th following a brief illness that followed many years of decline from dementia. Marie, a long time resident of Ohio, was born November 15, 1925 in Canton, Ohio to Mary A. and Albert C. Baum.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, her brother Donald E. Baum and two spouses, James A. Schlarb and Richard A. Colley, all Ohio residents. She graduated from Zanesville High School in Zanesville, Ohio in 1943 and attended Bethesda School of Nursing also in Zanesville, Ohio on a scholarship from 1943 - 1946. She had a long and diverse career in nursing which included many years in psychiatric nursing and teaching at Cambridge and Massillon State Hospitals in Ohio.

In her last nursing position prior to retirement she was with Timken Roller

program to alter their caller ID to show the police department or other agency’s phone number.

“Once the victim figures out that the transaction was a scam, it’s too late and the money is withdrawn,” officials said. “Law enforcement and government agencies will never demand payment over the phone by a Green Dot card.”

Other claims include: • A relative has been arrested and needs money for bail; • A law enforcement agency and immediate payment is needed for an outstanding warrant/ticket or the victim will be arrested; • That a pre-approved loan is available (or a lottery has been won), if victim will send a small startup fee; and • An immigration authority claiming a person will be deported if payment isn’t received.

Victims or potential victims are asked to hang up the phone immediately and call police at 770-513-5300, should they receive such a call. Law enforcement and utility companies will never ask for money by phone.

Partnership Gwinnett team,” Wing said in a statement.

“Gwinnett’s prosperous business community is a model for the region, and I look forward to playing a role in its continued progress.”

Wing received a bachelor’s degree in biology from LaGrange College and previously worked for Alpharettabased MarketSource, where she worked her way up to being a senior launch recruit-

ing specialist.

“Megan’s skill set and confidence in developing professional relationships will be great assets in her new role as project manager,” Partnership Gwinnett Senior Director of Economic Development Andrew Carnes said in a statement. “We look forward to her joining our team and sharing our commitment to ensuring economic success in Gwinnett.”

Partnership hires new project manager

By Curt Yeomans

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Partnership Gwinnett announced this week that it has hired a new project manager who will work with organizations and companies in the technology and life sciences industries.

Megan Wing was hired to fill the role with experience in business development

and talent acquisition and a background in life sciences.

In her new position, she will handle Megan Wing economic development projects that are related to both the life sciences and technology industries.

“I am delighted to join the

Police seeking info about missing teenager

By Curt Yeomans

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Gwinnett County police are looking for a 13-year old girl from the Lawrenceville area who has been missing since Friday.

Simone Gonzalez was last seen at Moore Middle School on Lawrenceville Highway as school was getting out for the day, but

she did not come home.

Police said she lives on Chatham Park Drive in unincorporated Simone LawrencevGonzalez ille and she does not have a phone with her.

She is described as a Hispanic female, 5 feet, 3

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Police Department and many other law enforcement agencies have seen a rise in a particular type of scam where suspects contact victims by phone and claim they have an outstanding debt of some variety,” a Gwinnett County warning said. “(The suspects) threaten consequences if the debt is not paid. In addition to posing as the police department, the suspects claim they represent a power company or other utility, and service will be immediately terminated if payment isn’t received or (say they’re) the IRS and back taxes are owed.”

Police said scammers often will use real employee’s names when calling their targeted victims.

Once on the phone, scammers tell victims that there are either active warrants for their arrest or overdue fines they owe and in order to avoid jail, the victim must drive to a local grocery or convenience store, load money onto a prepaid credit card (or Green Dot card) and then give the access codes to the caller.

To make the call seem more legitimate, scammers are now using a computer

Bearing in Canton, Ohio as an Industrial Nurse. She retired from this position in 1992. For a brief time, she took a break from nursing and sold real estate in Northern Ohio.

But nursing and caring for others was her calling and she ultimately returned to her field. Following retirement, Marie, an avid gardener, spent her time gardening, writing poetry for friends and family, contributing to her garden club and spending time with friends and family on her pontoon boat enjoying the scenery and fishing on Leesville Lake, Leesville, Ohio. As a young woman Marie played the piano, organ and trumpet, sang on the radio with a local trio and in the choir at Grace Methodist Church in Zanesville, Ohio where she was an active member.

She continued playing the piano and organ well into retirement. She was an independent spirit who spent her life in love with nature, music and literature and provided comfort and care for those around her in need. For a number of years, she was a simultaneous caregiver for her mother Mary and spouse Richard who were both seriously ill prior to their deaths in early 1980. In 2007, she relocated from Justus, Ohio to Lawrenceville, Georgia to be closer to family. In Georgia, she continued to spend her time gardening, reading and writing poetry and caring for her new

dog who she aptly named Peaches after The Peach State, her new home. She had a delightful sense of humor and quick wit that remained with her long after dementia compromised her memory. She touched many, many lives over the years and will be sorely missed. Marie leaves 3 daughters, Merry Lou Schlarb (her primary caregiver) of Lawrenceville, GA, Sally Sue Ames of Wilmington, NC and Beth Ann Davis of Buckeye, AZ, 7 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 4 great, great grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date when all her family will be able to attend, however, Memorial Donations may be made in her name to the Alzheimer’s Association at (alz.org) or Alzheimer’s Foundation of America at (alzfdn.org).

Monroe, GA

Keenan Freeman Age 12 passed away on March 6, 2018. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home Monroe, GA Buford, GA

James L. Knighton, Jr. James L. Knighton, Jr., age 88, of Buford passed away on Thursday, March 8, 2018.

inches tall, weighing about 125 pounds with brown hair with orange highlights and brown eyes. She was wearing a red shirt, jeans and black shoes when she was last seen at the school.

“Simone’s mother, Charlamagne Francis, is eager to have her daughter returned home,” police said in a statement.

Anyone who has information about Gonzalez’s

whereabouts is asked to call Gwinnett police detectives at 770-513-5300.

They can also provide tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers by calling 404577-8477 or visiting www. crimestoppersatlanta.org and referencing case number 18-022543.

There is a reward of up to $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest and indictment in the case.

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Ronald Eugene Nutty, Sr

Carol Ann Krzymowski (Bucko) Carol Ann Krzymowski, age 73, of Buford, GA, died Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Mrs. Krzymowski has been transported to Geils Funeral Home in Wood Dale, IL for services and interment. Carol was preceded in death by her husband, Cezary Krzymowski. She is survived by children, Mike Bednar (Eve), Cedar Hill, TX, Laura Lockwood (Kevin), Temecula, CA; grandchildren, Stephen Bednar (Ashley), Leigha Bednar, Ryan Bednar, Brett Lockwood, Andrew Lockwood, Braden Lockwood, Tyler Pace, Morgan Pace; several nieces, nephews & cousins; her Buford Bunco & Tripoli Family and her forever furry family, Daisy & Dusty. Carol was born in Chicago, IL and had resided in the metro Atlanta area the last 16 years. She retired as Executive Secretary from Chicago Rawhide and was of the Catholic faith.

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Ronald Eugene Nutty, age 75, of Buford, GA passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018. He is survived by his wife of thirty-six years, Debbie Nutty, Buford, GA; sons and daughters-in-law, Ronald E. Nutty, Jr and Hana Nutty, Buford, GA, and Dr. Steve Nutty and Dr. Vanessa Nutty, Lawrenceville, GA; daughter, Mary Helen Nutty Smith, Windsor Locks, CT; six grandchildren, Aiden Nutty, Emma Nutty, Austin Smith, Savanna Smith, Kinslee Nutty, and McKenna Nutty. Mr. Nutty was born on January 1, 1943 in Staunton, VA. He was a 1962 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton, and a 1968 graduate of East Tennessee State, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy.

Mr. Nutty was retired from Hartford Insurance Company as insurance claims representive after ten years of service. He was a

a member of American Legion Post 1376 in New Hartford, NY, a member of Skenandoa Golf Club in Clinton, NY, and a member of Christian Faith. Mr. Nutty was an avid golfer, enjoyed sports, and loved cooking, and he loved watching his children and grandchildren in their sporting events - hockey and soccer. No formal service is planned. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Utica Rescue Mission, 293 Genesee St., Utica NY 13501 (315) 735-1645, or to the Stevens-swan Humane Society, 5664 Horatio St, Utica NY 13502 (315) 738-4357in Deerfield NY.

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Mr. Thomas Pittman

Thomas “Sam” Chandler Pittman age 62, of Royston passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018. Lawson Funeral Home, Hoschton.

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This map illustration shows where planned pedestrian bridge across the Chattahoochee River would be built at the Pleasant Hill Road/State Bridge Road crossing. Last week, Gwinnett County commissioners approved an agreement with Johns Creek, under which the city will take the lead on designing and building the bridge and the county reimbursing it for 50 percent of the cost. (Special Photo)

BOC approves agreement with Johns Creek for pedestrian bridge

BY CURT YEOMANS

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Gwinnett County commissioners approved an agreement with Johns Creek this past week to ensure the widening of Pleasant Hill Road won’t result in the loss of a pedestrian crossing over the Chattahoochee River.

Gwinnett County and Johns Creek are each

working on widening the road, which is known as Pleasant Hill on the Gwinnett side of the river and State Bridge Road on the Fulton County side.

As part of that project, Gwinnett officials reached an agreement with their counterparts in Johns Creek to address the parallel bridges where the road changes names.

The two sides agreed to remove the sidewalks

on the bridges and Johns Creek will take the lead on designing and building a new pedestrian bridge so residents who live in either side of the river can walk across it. Gwinnett County will reimburse the city for up to $750,000, which is expected to be about 50 percent of the project cost, using 2017 SPLOST funds.

“When combined with our upcoming widening

of Pleasant Hill, from Howell Ferry Road to the river, and Johns Creek’s planned widening from the river to State Route 141, the project will provide a major capacity improvement across the river into north Fulton,” Gwinnett County Director of Transportation Alan Chapman said.

Johns Creek officials approved the agreement in late January.

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The United Way of Greater Atlanta is accepting entries from Gwinnett nonprofits who want to compete for a shot at winning $25,000 to support innovative efforts to improve the community.

The United Way announced the return of its Gwinnett SPARK Prize, which will be handed out

May 3 after a live “Shark Tank”-style competition at the Primerica campus in Duluth. The deadline to submit video entries for the contest is March 26.

The finalists who make their pitches to judges in May will be chosen from the video submissions.

“We want to reward agencies and individuals who offer groundbreaking solutions to help the residents of Gwinnett County,” United Way of

Greater Atlanta Northeast Regional Director Denise Townsend said in a statement.

The SPARK Prize is open to nonprofits whose budget is less than $500,000 and must serve Gwinnett residents, regardless of whether they are based in Gwinnett or not.

In Gwinnett, the United Way of Metro Atlanta has partnered with the Primerica Foundation, Metro

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The top prize come with a grant worth $25,000.

Any group that wants to enter the competition can submit an entry at unitedwayatlanta.wishpond.com/ spark-prize-gwinnett.

Gardening in Gwinnett

Tim Daly

that are 6 to 8 inches in the spring. In late winter, cut the old ferns back to the soil to encourage new growth.

Q: I have a section of my bermudagrass lawn is thinning out and is not healthy. It gets shade from a couple of nearby trees.

What can I do to improve the growth of the grass?

— Doris, Peachtree Corners A: Doris, bermudagrass is a tough grass that can tolerate heat, drought conditions, compaction and other stresses. However, it deteriorates in the shade. Several kinds of lawn grasses can handle filtered shade but not deep shade, such as zoysiagrass, St. Augustinegrass and tall fescuegrass. A better option is to install shadeloving ground covers such as liriope, mondo grass, Japanese pachysandra, Asiatic and Confederate jasmine, or wintergreen euonymus. Once established, these plants require minimal maintenance and will thrive in shady conditions.

The 2018 Annual Gwinnett County Extension Plant Sale offers several plants, including blueberries, apples, figs, native azaleas and other plants at affordable prices. To download an order form, go to the Extension website at www.ugaextension. org/gwinnett and go to the middle of the page to download an order form.

You can also contact the Gwinnett County Extension office for one to be mailed to you.

Timothy Daly is an Agricultural and Natural Resource Extension Agent with UGA Extension Gwinnett. He can be contacted at 678-377-4011 or tdaly@ uga.edu.

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Gardening columnist Tim Daly answers questions from readers: QUESTION: I see many cherry trees blooming throughout our area. I have planted some in my home landscape, but over time they decline and die.

Are cherry trees adapted to our area? How can I help ensure the ones I still have survive?

— Florence, Snellville ANSWER: Florence, cherry trees may thrive in Washington, D.C., but they are not adapted to the climate of the metro Atlanta area. The heat and humidity of our summers are tough on the trees in addition to the heavy clay acidic soils. You should plant other flowering trees that are better suited to our climate such as crabapples, redbuds and fringe trees.

For existing cherry trees in your yard, evenly broadcast some dolomitic limestone, which can be purchased at local garden centers, over the root zone to help raise the pH. During prolonged dry periods, apply water long enough for it to penetrate deeply into the tree’s root zone.

Q: I am interested in planting asparagus plants in my vegetable garden.

Is it true they last year after year? What needs to be done to ensure I have productive plants?

— Gene, Dacula A: Gene, asparagus plants are one of the few perennial vegetable plants, meaning they will come back every year.

Once established, they will provide tasty spears every spring. The plants require full sun and soil that is well drained with rich organic matter. When planting, purchase diseasefree crowns at local garden centers or through mailorder seed companies. In soil that has been prepared, plant them 6 to 8 inches deep 18 inches apart. Add fertilizer, such as 10-1010, in amounts based on soil tests at planting. Water thoroughly. Do not harvest the spears the first and second year to give the plant time to become established and vigorously growing.

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UniverSoul Circus coming to Gwinnett

BY ISABEL HUGHES

Shows at the circus’ other location, Georgia State Stadium, end today.

“This has been an Though lions and amazing journey and a elephants likely won’t be fantastic ride,” Walker parading into the area any said. “Generations have time soon, Atlanta-based witnessed our growth circus UniverSoul Circus and have evolved with will soon come to Gwin- us. We want our fans to nett. know they will always be On Wednesday, the cir- a part of the UniverSoul cus, which is celebrating Circus family. Consider its 25th anniversary this us a community-minded, year, will host its first family-oriented, spiritualpublic performance at ly-uplifting entertainment Duluth’s Gwinnett Place revival for families across Mall.

America.”

The evening before, on Notable Atlanta acts inTuesday, UniverSoul Cir- clude Ringmaster Lucky cus, in partnership with and his sidekick, Zeke, Hosea Helps, will host a who is also celebrating family open house show his 25th anniversary with for metro Atlanta tranUniverSoul as the only sitional shelter children original cast member in and their families. the show.

“Our family open Other acts include Cahouse is our way of ribbean dancers, contorreaching out and helptionists, clowns, comedy ing those in need as best dogs, a teeterboard, tramwe can,” said founder poline, a giant wheel, and CEO Cedric Walker. horses and motorcycles.

“There are many great UniverSoul Circus organizations that thank- features a multiculfully are willing to help tural conglomeration of provide basic necessiperformers from virtuties to these transitional ally every corner of the families, but we can offer globe, including the them something unique United States, Triniwith a night out together dad and Tobago, South at the circus.”

Africa, Mongolia, Chile, Though this is the Cuba, Russia, Guinea and circus’ 25th year, it is the China. first time the show will Tickets, starting at $20, be held in Gwinnett and are on sale at ticketmasthe first time it has set up ter.com. For more infortent in two metro Atlanta mation, visit universoullocations. circus.com. isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

BurgerFi franchisees Elliot and Claire Shoener stand in front of their new restaurant in Peachtree Corners. The burger joint is scheduled to open Monday. (Special Photo)

New BurgerFi location to open Monday in Peachtree Corners

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by franchisees Elliot and Claire Shoener. It will offer a range of craft burgers, fresh-cut fries and Peachtree Corners resi- onion rings with sauces dents will soon get to sink that are made in house. their teeth into burgers Two of the menu items from the newest addition available at the restaurant to the city’s dining scene. will be BurgerFi’s Loaded BurgerFi’s new locaChili Cheese Burger and tion in the Peachtree the Beyond Burger.

Marketplace Plaza at Sales of the Loaded 6141 Peachtree Parkway Chili Cheese Burger will will open Monday. The serve as a fundraiser 2,860-square-foot restau- for St. Jude children’s rant will have seating for Research Hospital, with up to 120 people, includ- $1 from the sale of each ing 80 people in the dinburger going to the mediing room and another 40 cal center. people on its patio.

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Cheese Burger is, it features two Angus beef patties that have a slice of American cheese on each of them, with french fries, all-beef chili, caramelized onions and warm cheese sauce layered on top. It is served on a branded potato bun.

The Beyond Burger is a plant-based burger that has 20 grams of protein and no GMOs, gluten or soy.

In addition to the Beyond Burger, the restaurant will have several features that are also intended to be environmentally friendly, including

picnic and four-top tables that were made from more than 700,000 upcycled milk jugs as well as select industrial-style chairs that were made from 111 upcycled Coca-Cola bottles.

The restaurant also features LED lighting that is designed to be highly energy-efficient, recycled paper countertops and a 10-foot fan that is intended to use 88 percent less energy.

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sunday spotlight Benevolent benefactor Mill Creek cluster finds a source of support in Jack Frost 14A

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In addition to giving the high school a Hawk statue, Frost is in the process of establishing an annual The act of giving back donation to provide money to the community is one for the school’s REACH that has driven 87-year-old Scholarship.

Jack Frost to become a “Education is very imbenefactor to Mill Creek portant to me,” Frost said.

High School.

“I don’t know if I would In the past year, Frost have been more successful has donated tens of thouwith an education, but I sands of dollars to the know it would have made Hoschton area, including me feel a lot more commoney to erect a statue fortable.” of Mill Creek’s mascot The REACH Scholarnear the football field. ship was first founded in His benevolence to the 2012 as a way to reward Hoschton-based school students for holding thembegan with a request from selves accountable in their his neighbor, Colleen Cox, studies and encouraging and has now transformed parent and mentor involveinto an annual scholarship ment. for students.

Frost grew up in Tennes“He’s come to us in the see and became a salesman past year and made a huge for his father. He rememimpact not only in our bers more than half a football program, but also century ago he purchased a the school and the commu- funeral lot from a traveling nity,” Mill Creek principal salesman at the age of 25.

Jason Lane said.

“He told me in that Frost’s first experience 45-minute pitch he made with the high school came $50,” Frost said. “I was after he and his wife were only getting paid $75 a asked to attend a fundweek by my father to work raiser that was hosted by for 50 to 60 hours a week.

Mill Creek.

I knew this business was “My wife and I decided something I could get to attend and they were into.” auctioning off items,” He started as a partFrost said. “I got caught up time salesman, going door in the moment and said I to door selling cemetery would give $10,000. It just lots before moving up the hit me to help that high business hierarchy. Frost school as much as I could.” purchased his first cemBY TREVOR MCNABOE

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Jack Frost, left, and his wife Janice, right, are pictured in front of the Hawk statue they donated to Mill Creek High School. (Special Photo)

etery in October 1961 in College Park. Since that time, he has owned, operated and sold more than 100 cemeteries.

Memorial Park is a group of funeral homes he has owned since 1988. He has expanded to three locations — Memorial Park Main and Memorial Park South in Gainesville, and

the newly opened Memorial Park East in Braselton.

“I started going up to this area and meeting people,” Frost said. “I had never experienced so many top-notch, down-to-earth people.”

Because of the people and his wife’s desire to live in a gated community, the family moved to Chateau

Elan in Braselton to be near their business.

A key reason Frost is donating money for the REACH scholarship is because he wants to give children the chance to use their education as a springboard to future endeavors.

“I graduated 104 out of 108 students in my high school class,” Frost said.

“I’m not smart, but I do have a lot of common sense. There are many kids that need help and that’s why I supported Gov. Deal’s REACH program.”

Frost, a staunch supporter of Deal, said the REACH program was one of the best programs he has done during his two terms as Georgia’s governor.

“All the students that live in Chateau Elan go to Mill Creek High School,” Frost said. “Colleen (Cox) is a better salesperson than I am and she’s sold me on Mill Creek. The principal and the football coach at that school have been impressive.”

Frost said he will donate $5,000 each year for the next three years to be used as scholarships. Details on how the money will be divided into individual scholarships has not been determined.

“It could be five $1,000 scholarship, two $2,500

scholarships or just one $5,000 scholarship,” Frost said. “I’m leaving that up to them.”

Frost said with the success he projects to have at the new Braselton funeral home location, he plans on putting in his will to increase the amount of money he will give to $10,000 a year.

“I’ve been very fortunate and God has blessed me by selling all these cemetery lots so I have been able to give back,” Frost said. “It’s important to me that Memorial Park has a positive impact on the communities it serves.”

To qualify for the REACH scholarship students must be on free/reduced lunch, not have had more than two in-school suspensions during the two semesters or four quarters immediately preceding the spring term of the student’s seventh-grade year, and not have any crime and/or drug convictions.

To receive the financial reward that comes with the REACH scholarship at the conclusion of their senior year, students sign a contract stating they will maintain a 2.5 grade point average, meet with their assigned mentor eight times a semester and an academic coach four times each semester.

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Mattingly, Goldwater back Shafer in lt. governor race Sen. David Shafer, R-Duluth, picked up two new high-profile endorsements for his lieutenant governor bid from a former U.S. senator and a former U.S. representative in David Shafer less than a week.

Former Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr. and former Sen. Mack Mattingly Barry Goldwater Jr. offered their support of Shafer. Mattingly was Georgia’s first Republican U.S. senator since Reconstruction, holding that office from 1981-87. Goldwater represented California in the U.S. House of Represen-

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and fighting to pass conservative policies.”

Goldwater said, “As a state Senator, David Shafer has fought for lower taxes, less government and more freedom.

He is the clear conservative choice for lieutenant governor of Georgia, and I am proud to endorse him.”

party’s nomination for president in 2016, announced his supMarco port of Rubio Duncan, a former Georgia Tech and Curt Yeomans Florida Marlins pitcherturned-businessman, tatives from 1969-83.

Rubio backs Duncan in on Twitter earlier this “David Shafer is a Relieutenant governor race month. publican stalwart who has Shafer wasn’t the only “From the baseball worked candidate in the lieuten- field to the boardroom, tirelessly ant gover- to the Georgia Capitol, to build nor’s race @GeoffDuncanGA has our party to pick up the conservative leaderand elect a highship and policy-minded our canprofile vision Georgia needs to didates,” endorsethrive. I proudly endorse said Matment Geoff for Georgia LG,” tingly, recently.

Rubio said in the Tweet.

Mack Mattingly who is U.S. Geoff Duncan also a Sen. MarEducators group former Georgia Repubco Rubio, endorses Abrams lican Party chairman. “I R-Fla., has endorsed in governor race am incredibly proud of Cumming-based former Democratic candidate his leadership in the State Rep. Geoff Duncan in for governor Stacey Senate, standing up for the race. The Republican Abrams picked up an our conservative values senator, who ran for the endorsement from a key

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Today

Are you getting ready to celebrate your 15th birthday?

The Quince Girl Expo will feature a dress fashion show, make-up and hair demonstrations, and vendors who can help plan a quinceanera. The free event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 11 at Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center, 4650 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Berkeley Lake.

Local historians and “Images of America: Norcross” authors Edith Holbrook Riehm, Gene Ramsay and Cate Kitchen will participate in a panel discussion and presentation about the history of Norcross as portrayed through a visual tour of the city’s history. The History of Norcross — A Bicentennial Celebration will begin at 3 p.m. March 11 at the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center, 10 College St. in Norcross.

Monday

If you sew, quilt, knit or crochet, join your fellow crafters for the Tiny Stitches Snellville Workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 12 at Eastside Hospital, South Campus, Room H2U, 2160 Fountain Drive in Snellville, to make garments and bedding for disadvantaged newborns in northeast Georgia. For more information, contact Karen Fulford at 770-638-4682 or k.fulford@att.net. Visit www. tinystitches.org for more infor-

mation about the organization.

The Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center, 10 College St., will show “Moonlight” at Movie Mondays at 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. March 12.

Doors open 30 minutes in advance of the show. For more information, visit aplacetoimagine.com.

Wednesday

Sugar Hill Councilman Brandon Hembree will talk about the history and development of Sugar Hill. His talk, Discover Sugar Hill, will take place at 6 p.m. March 14 at the Buford library, 2100 Buford Highway.

Thursday

Entrepreneurs are invited to attend a small business workshop “Grow Your Business Using the Free Reference USA Library Database” at 11 a.m. March 15 at the Sugar Hill Community Center, 1166 Church St. in Sugar Hill. Learn how to access Reference USA for free from your home or office. Discover how to identify new sales prospects, create customized business and consumer marketing lists, gather competitive business intelligence and more. Lunch will be provided. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.

Email events@gwinnettpl.org to attend.

Friday

Relax with some of Gwinnett’s finest over a cup of joe at Coffee with a Cop at 9 a.m. March 16 at Beans and Butter Coffeehouse, 851 Oak Road, Suite 1, in Lawrenceville.

Are you a green card holder? The Latin American Association and Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta will provide qualified legal representatives to aid in filling out the U.S. Citizenship Application Form N400 at a

free N400 Citizenship Application Assistance Program from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 16 at the Lilburn library, 4817 Church St. in Lilburn. Certain applicants may be eligible to have the government filing fees waived. The event is free, and assistance will be provided on a first come, first served walk-in basis.

Explore Gwinnett will host The ABCs of Planning a Family Reunion at 9:30 a.m.

March 16 at Dave and Buster’s — Sugarloaf, 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville. The event is free, but registration is required. Email maurice@ exploregwinnett.org.

Homeschool Prom: Back to the Future will feature an evening of music, hors d’oeuvres and dancing in the Superior Court Ballroom at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse, 185 Crogan St. in Lawrenceville. Registration is required, and admission is $40 a person. For more information, call 770-822-5450 or email tina. pangle@gwinnettcounty.com.

educator’s group this past week.

The Georgia Association of Stacey EducaAbrams tors’ Fund for Public Education Committee announced it is endorsing Abrams in the race. The group said she had a history of fighting legislative proposals that it believed would have hurt Georgia students.

It also said it believed she would turn Georgia’s education system into an example for the rest of the world to follow.

“It is thoughtful, researched and measured approaches to tackling our public education challenges that led our GAE-FPE Committee to conclude that Abrams is the choice to move our public education system,

and our state, forward in this new global age,” GAE President Sid Chapman said in a statement.

“Her commitments to policies that help ensure student success and support for educators is unmatched among the gubernatorial candidates.”

Upcoming The Gwinnett Republican Women will host a secretary of state candidates forum at 7 p.m.

Monday at the Gwinnett County Republican Party Headquarters in Gwinnett Place Mall, 2100 Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth.

Attendees can find the headquarters by using the mall entrance behind Sonic and then taking the escalator to the bottom floor.

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

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The eighth annual Suwanee Kiwanis Shamrock 5K Run will begin at 7:30 a.m.

March 17 at Suwanee Town Center Park, 330 Town Center Ave. in Suwanee. Registration is $25. For more information, visit runsignup.com.

Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest features unlimited samples of more than 350 craft beers. In keeping with the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, the event will feature a performance by the Drake School of Irish Dance and the sounds of bagpipes, as well as a home brew competition. The event will take place from 1 to 5 p.m.

March 17 at Suwanee Town Center Park, 330 Town Center Ave. in Suwanee. Tickets are available for purchase at SuwaneeBeerFest.com.

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Children with Down syndrome deserve life

WASHINGTON — When Karen Gaffney’s mother found out she would be born with Down syndrome, the doctor said Karen probably would not be able to tie her own shoes. Instead, as Karen explained in a moving and eloquent TEDx talk, she has become an accomplished open-water swimmer who has crossed the English Channel in a relay race and completed the swimming leg of the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon.

Now she fears the result of a new race — the one to “find newer, faster ways” to screen for Down syndrome so that more children with the disability can be killed in the womb.

Her fears are wellfounded. CBS News recently reported that Iceland was on the verge Marc of “eliminating” Down Thiessen syndrome. Unfortunately, there was no great medical breakthrough to report. Iceland, it turns out, is not eliminating Down syndrome; it is eliminating people with Down syndrome. The country’s abortion rate for Down syndrome babies is close to 100 percent — the highest in the world.

Denmark is close behind at 98 percent. In the United States, it is 67 percent — and Karen fears the rates here will soon reach European levels.

“Save our lives!” she pleads.

Sadly, there will always be those who see people with Down syndrome as nothing more than a burden on society. Princeton University professor Robert George recently tweeted out a shocking video in which a bureaucrat from Dutch National Institute for Public Health shows a man with Down syndrome on a blackboard how “expensive” he is for society compared to “normal” people. “Do the Dutch, who suffered under — and in many cases heroically resisted — Hitler’s domination, forget that the ‘final solution’ began with the dehumanization and eugenic killing of the handicapped?” George asked.

Today, more and more people with Down syndrome are speaking out and demanding recognition of their humanity. Recently, Frank Stephens appeared before the House Appropriations Committee, where he told members of Congress, “I am a man with Down syndrome and my life is worth living.” Noting the abortion rates for Down syndrome babies in Europe, he declared, “I completely understand that the people pushing this particular ‘final solution’ are saying that people like me should not exist,” but pleaded, “Let’s be America, not Iceland or Denmark. … Let’s pursue inclusion, not termination.”

The message of inclusion is slowly getting through. Last month, baby food maker Gerber named Lucas Warren — a boy with Down syndrome — its 2018 “Gerber Spokesbaby,” selecting him out of 140,000 entries for his “glowing and giggly smile.” Good for Gerber. His glowing smile should be no surprise. Rather than leading lives of suffering, a 2011 study by Harvard researchers found people with Down syndrome have unusually high rates of happiness. An amazing 99 percent said they are happy with their lives, 97 percent like who they are and 96 percent like how they look.

“Overall, the overwhelming majority of people with Down syndrome surveyed indicate they live happy and fulfilling lives,” the researchers found.

Far from being a burden on their families, a study from Boston Children’s Hospital found that children with Down syndrome bring enormous joy to their loved ones. Ninety-four percent of siblings expressed feelings of pride about their brother or sister with Down syndrome, and 88 percent said that they were better people because of them.

Only 4 percent would trade their sibling in for another, and only 4 percent of parents regretted having their Down syndrome child. It turns out, the researchers concluded, that “the experience of Down syndrome is a positive one for most parents, siblings and people with Down syndrome themselves.”

Lawmakers are taking notice. As The Washington Post reports this week, more states are passing laws prohibiting doctors from performing abortions because of a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis.

Indiana, North Dakota, Louisiana and Ohio have passed such laws, with Ohio’s “Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act” scheduled take effect later this month. Utah is currently debating a similar law. The bill’s sponsor, Republican state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, says it is “Utah’s message to the world is that we will not tolerate discrimination.” Naturally, pro-abortion absolutists are suing to block these laws (successfully in the case of Indiana).

It is simply intolerable that so many joyous lives are being snuffed out. “All lives are a gift from God,” Gaffney says. “To me, that means that all lives matter, even if you will be born with an extra chromosome.”

Follow Marc A. Thiessen on Twitter, @marcthiessen.

Country’s salvation is in our homes Now Israel is a bit of a different place.

They call it the Holy Land, and as I wander along the Golan Heights and around the Sea of Galilee, along the West Bank and up to Jerusalem, I am reminded, this week, of those beautiful pictures from my children’s Bible and my Sunday school literature.

I am so thankful I had a children’s Bible in my house when I was growing up in Porterdale. I am so thankful that my parents took me to Sunday school every week and didn’t let me “wait until I was old enough to decide for myself” if I wanted to go to church.

They didn’t let me decide for myself if I wanted to play with matches or run out in traffic or wear pants in public.

Why would they let me decide for myself if I wanted to learn about God? But we were talking about those Bible illustrations. I remember the one that showed Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. I was there this week, sitting on a rock that has been in the same place for at least 2,000 years, under olive trees that witnessed that same scene. I remember a picture of Jesus seated on a mountain overlooking the Sea of Galilee, delivering the most

out.

I’ve even been to Jericho and seen some 2,000-yearold sycamore trees, and I wondered if little Zacchaeus might have climbed up in one of them to catch a glimpse of Jesus of Nazareth as he walked by.

Darrell Huckaby I have seen so much and I have heard and read the old, old stories of the events that famous sermon ever recorded. happened here for as long as I stood there on that same I remember and, again, while mountain this week, readI was happy that I was able ing red words from the book to revisit these places that I of Matthew to the pilgrims have seen many times before, that have joined me on my I was very sad that I live in a journey. country, and indeed a world, And I’ve walked along the where fewer and fewer and lake shore where Jesus called fewer people know of ZacPeter and John to become chaeus and Peter and Paul and fishers of men, and I have sat even Jesus. in the remains of the synaIt matters. The United gogues in Capernaum and States was founded as a Magdala, where Jesus sat and Christian nation. Barack taught. And I have rubbed Obama was correct when he shoulders with the thousands stated that we are no longer a of Jews, Muslims, PalestinChristian nation, but neither ians and other Christian the schools, nor Congress, pilgrims who crowd into nor the Supreme Court are to Jerusalem, lining up at the blame. We Christians are.

Wailing Wall and the Church In response to last month’s of the Holy Sepulcher. school shooting, I heard the I’ve been to Bethlehem as usual rumblings that we need well, and it is neither little nor prayer back in our schools. I peaceful as we imagine it on don’t want the same instituthat beautiful holy night we tions in charge of today’s consing about on Christmas Eve. voluted common core math to It has a wall around it. A big be in charge of our children’s one. It’s to keep people in, not religion. Do you?

It’s the parents and grandparents who need to restore prayer to the homes of our nation that hold the key to the salvation of American society.

Not the schools. Not the government. Just those of us who claim to be Christians.

I was in Tel Megiddo last weekend and saw the stables where Solomon once kept 150 horses. Solomon, according to Scripture, was the wisest man to ever live. He once wrote, “If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sins and heal their land.”

Our land could use a little healing. Our land could use a few more children being raised in the church and learning the stories of Jesus. Our nation could use a little more love.

I don’t know a lot. I’m just an old linthead from Porterdale. But I know that. I know that for a solid gold fact.

“All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke.

Welcome to the crossroads, y’all.

Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale County.

Email him at dhuck008@ gmail.com.

3 young people show positives of justice system I try to live my life by two simple rules: One, never eat soup with a fork, and two, try not to disagree with the county sheriff. The first one will stain your tie something awful. The latter will likely get you in a heap of trouble if you roll through their county acting like you own the place.

I am doing OK with the soup thing, but it looks like I am going to have a bit of a problem adhering to rule No. 2.

Sheriff Howard Sills of Putnam County recently referred to Gov. Nathan Deal as Lucifer, as in the devil. The sheriff doesn’t like the governor’s efforts in criminal justice reform, telling his colleagues, “This governor has done more for those who perpetrate crime than Lucifer and his demons combined.”

From where I sit, I think the governor has done — to trade on the Lucifer analogy — a helluva job. And I sit as a member of the board of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. Seated around me are a district attorney, several law enforcement officials, a retired prison warden, child advocates, three judges and some of the most dedicated employees on God’s Green Earth. All under the leadership of a commissioner, Avery D. Niles, who approaches his job with the zeal of an evangelist.

The Department of Juve-

Dick Yarbrough nile Justice deals with young offenders up to the age of 21 charged with felonies or misdemeanors. The department holds these young people accountable for their actions but also works to turn their lives around by providing them a variety of support systems, including a chance to get quality education.

We — meaning the department — have our own school, the Georgia Preparatory Academy, a fully accredited facility with its own faculty and its own Board of Education on which I proudly sit as a member. Last year, GPA enrolled more than 6,300 juvenile offenders, most of whom are two to three years behind their peers in academic achievement.

A couple of days after Sheriff Sills launched his broadside, I sat in a board meeting and saw the positive side of criminal justice reform. Appearing before us were three young people who

have taken advantage of the second chance they have been given and, as sure as I am of anything, are going to become good productive citizens in our society, thanks to dedicated staff members working within an enlightened juvenile justice system focused on reclamation and rehabilitation.

Camillia Thompson, an 11th-grader, and Keywanna Kaigler, a ninth-grader, attend the Bibb County Educational Transitional Center. The ETC, one of three in the state, serves students who have been released from juvenile facilities but are still under community supervision. They were chosen to be pages at the Capitol for a day by House Minority Leader Rep. Bob Trammell, D-Luthersville. It was the first time young people from the Georgia Juvenile Justice system or from any juvenile system in the nation had received such recognition. Kudos to Rep. Trammell.

Camillia, who plans to become a nurse practitioner, called the experience an “eyeopener” and said, “We were welcomed with open arms by everyone we worked with that day. The experience made me feel valued and important.”

Keywanna aspires to become a doctor. She told the board, “There was never a dull moment throughout the session. The whole experience was exceptional. It inspired me

to fight for the things I believe in and make positive changes in the world I live in.”

Then came Armoni BoydStrozier, a 20-year-old from Fayetteville who is currently in his fifth semester at Fort Valley State, thanks to a program called eCore, which allows DJJ graduates to take online college-level courses accepted by all colleges in the University System of Georgia. He talked about his plans to major in business administration and complete his MBA and work in Artist Management. Do not bet against this young man. He is the real deal.

Commissioner Avery says, “These three youths are a testament as to why we cannot give up on the youth in our system because when we set expectations, given the right tools and support many of our youth can and will rise to the occasion.”

I respect Sheriff Sills’ right to object to Gov. Deal’s criminal justice reform efforts, but I must play the devil’s advocate here (that Lucifer thing again.)

From where I sit and from what I saw last week, I am pleased to say that things are going exceedingly well in that area. Thank heaven.

You can reach Dick Yarbrough at dick@dickyarbrough.com; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dickyarb.

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WUSNA VOLLEYBALL FAMILY,

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES,

COACH PAT & THE BUFORD WOLVES, MARY JO HEATON & SON COLTON

FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, GRAND AUXILLARY, MARIETTA, GA,

FULTON COUNTY POLICE DEPT.,

QUILTS/BLANKETS:

GEORGIA STATE POLICE DEPT.,

GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, KATHY KLUEBER, & ALL AT GACS WHO PRAYED OVER IT,

GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, RHONDA HELMS,

USNA COMPANY #29, THE PATRICK BROWER FAMILY, THE JACK DALE FAMILY, THE CHRIS BRAKEY FAMILY, THE MATTHEW DEMASO FAMILY, THE GARCIA FAMILY, THE GAFF FAMILY, THE GUGGENBERGER FAMILY, THE BRENDON HARDIN FAMILY, THE FORD HIGGINS FAMILY, THE GENEVIEVE KELSEY FAMILY, THE LINT FAMILY, THE ALEX LOPEZ FAMILY, THE ALANA PHILLIPS FAMILY, THE LUCIAN ROMBADO FAMILY, THE CAROLINE SEARS FAMILY, THE JULIA SPERANZO FAMILY, THE STAMATO FAMILY, THE GARETT YU FAMILY, THE ALICIA ZHOU FAMILY,

GAINESVILLE POLICE DEPT., GWINNETT COUNTY FIRE AND EMS, LAWRENCEVILLE POLICE DEPT.,

GEORGIA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, PAGE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPT., VIRGINIA CAPITAL POLICE, VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, LURAY FIRE DEPT.,

GWINNETT DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE,

GALLAGHER’S ARMY FALLEN OFFICE FUND, TALK SHOW HOST, MIKE GALAGHER, EXEC. DIR., JOEY HUDSON,

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, PRAYERS & SQUARES, KRISTEN KIMBALL, MOCKSVILLE, NC,

THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS, GEORGIA CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION PROGRAM, CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, INVESTIGATOR, KENNETH CRAWLEY,

LADIES OF LILBURN CHRISTIAN CHURCH & ALL WHO PRAYED OVER IT,

GEORGIA FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, MARIETTA, GA,

NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL,

NAVY FOOTBALL PARENTS, JILL DENILLO & ALLISON FORRESTAL, MARIANNE KELSEY, SAM & MARIA YARAMUS,

DC, MPD

NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT,

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMT, & FIRE & RESCUE DEPARTMENTS WHO GAVE TRIBUTE TO PAT ON ALL OF THE BRIDGES AND HIGHWAY’S PAT’S BODY TRAVELED FROM SAVANNAH TO BUFORD, FROM BUFORD TO GAC, AND FROM BUFORD TO LURAY, VIRGINIA. YOU ARE ALL AMAZING!!!

NORTH CAROLINA HWY. PATROL, CAISSON UNIT,

SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL,

FLOWERS/ARRANGEMENTS: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, & FIREARMS FAMILY, ATLANTA POLICE FOUNDATION AND CRIME STOPPERS, GREATER ATLANTA,

RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL D.I. TEAM, NORTH RICELAND HILLS, TEXAS, MARY ROSE & ANN STEPHENS, SAINT MONICA’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE JERRY & DIANE MELLEY FAMILY, U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE SURVIVORS BENEFIT FUND, USNA COMPANY #29

ATLANTA POLICE FUGITIVE UNIT,

ORGANIZATIONS & INDIVIDUALS TO THANK:

A BROTHER & SISTER IN CHRIST,

05 MOUNTAIN VIEW LADY BEARS SOFTBALL TEAM, BROOKE MELTZER & TEAMMATES, CRIAIG MELTZER, SANDY SPRINGS, PD,

THE CARTER BANKSTON - USNA 20, FAMILY, MARY GRACE MANTON & HANNAH BUCK, BUFORD CHURCH OF GOD, 8 & UNDER, BUFORD FOOTBALL TEAM & FAMILY,

THE 200 CLUB OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE, FOUNDER, TAK ARGENTINIS, (LOST HIS SON, CHRISTOPHER IN 1999)

CLAYTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT.,

PRESIDENT MARK DANA, CHATAM COUNTY, SHERIFF JOHN T. WILCHER, GA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEP. DIR., HARLAN PROVEAUX, SAVANNAH/CHATHAM PD, GARY TAYLOR & THE ENTIRE 200 CLUB FAMILY MEMBERS,

DURWOOD & NORA BELLE COMER,

CAPT. JOHN & LORI ADAMS,

MARTY & ANGIE COMPTON,

ALAMO CITY GOLD & SILVER, & SAPD DETECTIVE, ROBERT & DR. NANCY HADLEY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

JIMMY & DEBBY BUTLER, CITY OF SUMTER POLICE DEPARTMENT,

GEORGIA POLICE MEMORIAL RIDE & THE MOVING GEORGIA LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WALL, BLUE KNIGHTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT MOTORCYCLE CLUB, GEORGIA VII, PRESIDENT, ED CHRISTIAN, GLASS PAINTING, OWNER, FREDDIE GLASS, FLOWERY BRANCH, GA, KEVIN & KIRSTEN GODLESKI, MADDIE GODLESKI, THE SOUTHWESTERN WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAM, U.S. DEPUTY MARSHALS FROM ALL ACROSS TEXAS, GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPT., & SOUTHWESTERN POLICE DEPT., JOSE SALGADO & LUCIA GONZALEZ FLYING EAGLES LANDSCAPING & CLEANING SERVICES, BURKE & ELAINE GRACE, EUFALA, AL, GRATEFUL COOKIES, CEO & CHEF, LISA HILL, KING GREEN, GAINESVILLE, GA, LT. CHUCK GROOVER, GUVEN’S JEWELRY STORE, THE GUVEN FAMILY, ISA, BEHICE, JON, CHRIS, & SABRINA, GWINNETT COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, DANIEL PORTER, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, NIGEL LUSH & MIKE MORRISON,

THE UNITED STATES NAVY, U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY FOOTBALL TEAM, COACH KEN NIUMATALOLO, COACH ASHLEY INGRAM, COACH TULLEY, & COACH MCGEE,

USNA PARENTS CLUB OF GEORGIA, DONNA SHEWBERT, VERIZON WIRELESS/FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATES FALLEN OFFICER FUND, MASON & SHELLEY ZIMMERMAN THANK YOU TO ALL WHO GAVE TO THE U.S. MARSHALS SURVIVORS BENEFIT FUND ON PAT’S BEHALF & OTHER CHARITIES AS WELL. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SENT CARDS & LETTERS, WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES OR CO-WORKERS, IN A SIMILAR WAY OR WHO HAVE LOVED ONES SERVING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND COMFORT YOU!!!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, HERE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO SENT ANGELS, BIBLES, BOOKLETS, BOOKMARKS, BOOKS, BUMPERSTICKERS, CARDS, CHARMS, CHILDREN’S ART WORK, CHILDREN’S GIFTS, TOYS & TREATS, COINS, CROSSES, FOOD, FLAGS, FRAMES, GIFT CARDS, ORNAMENTS, PATCHES, PICTURES, POEMS, PRAYERS, ROSARIES, & UPLIFTING WORDS. WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT!!!

RUPA & DAVAN BELLORD, JOHN & JULI JOHNSTON, KEVIN & MARIA RUARK, &

SPECIAL AWARDS:

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF POLICE & CONCERNED CITIZENS, INC., TITUSVILLE, FL,

GARY HOLCOMB CLEANERS, BUFORD, GA,

AMERICAN POLICE HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM, PROGRAM COORDINATOR, LORI SHEPHERD,

THE HOLY GHOST RIDERS, GEORGETOWN, TX

GREIG NOBLES, SHERIFF - LONG COUNTY,

ATLANTA FALCONS, SPECIAL TEAMS COACH ERIC SUTULOVICH & WIFE MELISSA,

HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS, SPECIAL AGENT, THOR WHITMORE,

BETH AND MICHAEL PHELPS,

THE BALTIMORE, MD, POLICE DEPARMENT,

OFFICERS & CHIEFS OF HSM-70 SPARTANS,

BROTHERHOOD OF THE FALLENCHICAGO, IL, AURORA, CO, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY, NEW YORK CITY, NY, & FORT WORTH, TX,

THANK YOU TO THE ANNONYMOUS GIVER OF A HOT WATER HEATER, FROM A MEMBER OF BUFORD CHURCH OF GOD,

ROD & ISABEL GRAVES, RAYMOND & THERESA KITSON, LURAY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1982,

THE OFFICERS OF BROTHERS BEFORE OTHERS, MEMAW & DAVID, MIAMI-DADE POLICE DEPT., MDPD-PCB FAMILY, THE NAVY BROTHERHOOD,

DEBBIE NOLAN,

2020 NAVY FOOTBALL FAMILY,

BUDDY CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION, MELISSA CHRISTIAN-GRIFFETH, BUFORD FLOORING, OWNERS, JOSEPH & DAVID CAIN, BUFORD REC. FOOTBALL, 8 YEAR OLD TEAM, COACH DAVID WITKE, TEAM MOM, SHELBY DASHER, DAVID & VICKI PINKARD, FOOTBALL FAMILY & FRIENDS,

JAPANESE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, KAPLAN TEST PREP, EXEC. REGIONAL DIRECTOR, KAPLAN BAR REVIEW, GEORGIA REGION, ARTI CSIDER, R. JASON KENT, PHYSICAL THERAPY, LLC & OFFICE STAFF, MACON, GA, JUDGE JANET KING, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, RAYMOND & THERESA KITSON, KOKOPELLI TRADERS, INC., FOUNDER, PETER DERNIER,

WAYNE & CHERYL PETEFISH,

JIMMY & DEBBY BUTLER,

SERFTF,

CAMPUS CHURCH OF CHRIST, NORCROSS, GA,

IDEAL’S LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, JACK WILLIAMS,

LESLIE & TONY SMITH, USMS,

CAMPUS CHURCH OF CHRIST, MEN’S BIBLE STUDY, NORCROSS, GA,

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE, PRESIDENT, DONALD DE LUCCA,

CARE FOR COPS, INC., CHAIRMAN, DAVID POST, BUFORD, GA,

LOS ANGELES AIRPORT POLICE, HONOR GUARD, CHIEF, DAVID MAGGARD,

PASTOR BOB & ANN TABOR, WARDEN RANDY TILLMAN & STAFF AT THE ROBERT A. DEYTON DETENTION FACILITY, TRUXTON WARDROOM, USMS INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS DIVISION, USMS/ N-GA FAMILY, USMS NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA, U.S. PROBATION OFFICE, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA RESTAURANTS: BAMBINELLI’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT, OWNERS, JOSEPH & TAMMY BAMBINELLI, LILBURN, GA, CHICK-FIL-A, BUFORD, GA, BLUE/GOLD PARENT ORG., DUNKIN DONUTS, DULUTH, GA, LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA, OWNERS, BYRON & LINDA SCHOEPF, LILBURN, GA, WILLIAMSON BROTHERS BBQ, OWNERS, LARRY & ANGELA WILLIAMSON, MARIETTA, GA,

INVITE RESOLUTION: GOVERNOR NATHAN DEAL SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, DAVID RALSTON, STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, CLAY COX & WIFE LISA, U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE & SERFTF, GAC FAMILIES & STUDENTS, DR. FINCHER, GAC PRESIDENT, CARSON HOOVER, SON OF CARL & PAIGE HOOVER, ZI YING HAI (LAVENDAR), HOST FAMILY, JACKIE & RON SWANN, NATALIA ALVEAR, DAUGHTER OF REBECCA & JORGE ALVEAR, ZOE & SONIAH NORTON, DAUGHTERS OF CHANDRA & REGINALD NORTON, RUBY SPARKS, DAUGHTER OF ISRAEL & BARBARA SPARKS MEDAL OF MEMORIAL & PROCLAMATION: 2017 GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY MEMORIAL CEREMONY, GOVERNOR NATHAN DEAL & WIFE SANDRA, DIRECTOR, CHRIS WIGGINTON, PAT’S NAME IS CARVED IN THE GEORGIA LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WALL, FORSYTH, GA SAVANNAH PROCLAMATION & MEMORIAL THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, GA, MAYOR EDDIE DELOACH, U.S. ATTORNEY EDWARD TARVER, & MAYOR PRO-TEM, CAROL BELL, SAVANNAH POLICE MEMORIAL, PAT’S NAME IS WRITTEN ON THE SAVANNAH POLICE MEMORIAL, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF HABERSHAM ST. & OGLETHORPE AT THE POLICE BARRACKS, SPECIAL THANKS TO: DEPUTY COMMANDER, JOHN EDGAR & SUPERVISORY INSPECTOR, STEWART COTTINGHAM

THE DR.’S SCOTT & MICHELLE MCKENZIE FAMILY,

MIAMI-DADE PD, POLICE MAJOR, CHRIS (PAT’S NEPHEW) & KAREN CAROTHERS,

OTHER PROCLAMATIONS:

MEGAN JEFFERSON’S PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING, FLOWERY BRANCH, GA,

RETIRED, U.S. PROBATION OFFICER, SALLIE CLARK,

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HON. BOB GOODLATTE OF VIRGINIA

MARINE CORPS - LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION, PRESIDENT, EDMOND BORAN & THE CUMMINS FAMILY,

MEDALS OF HONOR: AMERICAN POLICE HALL OF FAME & FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE

COMER, NOWLING, & ASSOCIATES, FOUNDER, GLENN COMER, CPA, PAT’S BROTHER-IN-LAW, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS, NATIONAL CHAPTER, EXEC. DIR., DIANNE BERNHARD, OUTWARD BOUND & KIDS CAMP STAFF & GEORGIA CHAPTER, EXEC. DIR. ROGER PARKER, & FAITH NORMAN, ED,

MISSION BBQ, ANNAPOLIS, MD, OWNER, BILL KRAUS & MANAGER, MICHAEL MCCARTHY

COVINGTON POLICE WHO CARE, INC., SECRETARY, LT. CHUCK GROOVER, LT. PATROL DIVISION, MARK JONES, LT., WENDELL WAGSTAFF,

BOOKS:

CROSSFIT FIG FAMILY, BLUE SPRINGS, MO,

CATHY S. LORENZO, NLETS, PHOENIX AZ, NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND, HONORARY CHAIRMAN, CLINT EASTWOOD, CHAIRMAN, THE HONORABLE JOHN ASHCROFT, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE, DIRECTOR, ANDREW TRAVER JOEL & LEANN NICKELSEN, BETTIE COMER NELSON, DEBBIE NOLAN AND KAY GILMORE,

ALLISON FORRESTAL,

ALAN & ALICIA PITCHER,

CAROLYN MADDOX,

POINT 27, DAVID DODD,

RON & GINGER MOODY

COMMENDATION: GOVERNOR NATHAN DEAL

CAROTHERS & MITCHELL, ATTORNEY’S AT LAW, ATTY., AMY COWAN,

THE COMER FAMILIES, SHENANDOAH, VA,

SPECIAL THANKS TO: AWARDS & EVENTS PROGRAM MANAGER, MARY CLARK, & ASST. BEVERLY FARRELL, MANAGEMENT & PROGRAM ANALYST, OFFICE OF CRISIS SERVICES, RYNDA SLIGH, U.S.M.S., IOD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, DERRICK DRISCOLL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, HOLLEY O’BRIEN, ASSOC. DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, DAVID MUSEL, 2016 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL HEROISM AWARD, FOUNDATION PRESIDENT, JON ADLER, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROD ROSENSTEIN, NATIONAL AWARDS DIRECTOR, CHRISTINA TWEED CERTIFICATE OF CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION:

PURPLE HEART: U. S. MARSHALS SERVICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMENDATION MEDAL, THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, ROBERT FORSYTH CHAPTER, PRESIDENT, TOM DAVIS, 26TH GEORGIA POLICE MEMORIAL RIDE & THE MOVING GEORGIA LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WALL, COPS ORGANIZATION-PRES. ROGER PARKER, & BLUE KNIGHTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT MOTORCYCLE CLUB, GEORGIA VII PRESIDENT, ED CHRISTIAN, SPECIAL THANKS TO: FAYETTE CO., CAPTAIN, ROBERT GLAZE FOR RIDING WHILE DISPLAYING PAT’S MEMORIAL FLAG,

DELAWARE CHAPTER CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS, PRESIDENT, ELEANOR ALLIONE, & PATRICIA ENNIS, VERO BEACH POLIC DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, DAVID E. CURREY, VERO BEACH, FL, LUMPKIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SHERIFF, STACY JARRARD, DAHLONEGA, GA, DEKALB COUNTY POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, JAMES W. CONROY, TUCKER, GA, MG BRYAN FENTON, HONOLULU, HI, IDAHO STATE POLICE, DIRECTOR, COLONEL RALPH W. POWELL,

KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPT., CHIEF TERRY ZEIGLER, KANSAS CITY, KS, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS DEPT. OF POLICE, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, MICHAEL S. HARRISON, NEW ORLEANS, LA, NWLA LAW ENFORCEMENT WIVES UNITED, PRESIDENT/FOUNDER, KRISTEN KENNEDY, PLAIN DEALING, LA, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN POLICE DEPT., ANN ARBOR, MI, BRANCH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SHERIFF C. JOHN POLLACK, COLDWATER, MI, MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, COLONEL J. BRET JOHNSON, GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SHERIFF, JIM C. ARNOTT, SPRINGFIELD, MO, BILOXI POLICE DEPT., DIR. OF POLICE, JOHN B. MILLER, BILOXI, MS,

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, DOUG COLLINS, 9TH DIS. OF GA, & FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, BILL KOKALY

SHERIFF’S OFFICE YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA, SHERIFF MIKE LINDER, BILLINGS, MT,

RESOLUTIONS:

CITY OF MISSOULA, POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, MIKE BRADY, MISSOULA, MT,

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, HON. DOUG COLLINS, 9TH DIS. OF GA, STATE OF GEORGIA, SENATOR BUTCH MILLER ORGANIZATIONS WHO NAMED FACILITIES, GROUPS, OR WORKOUTS AFTER PAT: THE BARROW COUNTY SHERIFF’S, DEPUTY COMMANDER, PATRICK CAROTHERS, SWAT SCHOOL, SHERIFF, JUD SMITH & SERGEANT, DAVID ADERHOLT, OFFICERS/ MILITARY SWAT SCHOOL TRAINEES, & USMS BUCK SMITH, RETIRED, SAVANNAH TECHNICAL COLLEGE, PEACE OFFICER ACADEMY, COHORT CLASS OF 2017-22 DEPUTY COMMANDER, PATRICK CAROTHERS, USMS, PRESIDENT, KATHY S. LOVE, ED.D, ACADEMY DIRECTOR, DAN FOGARTY, PROGRAM ASST., SHEREE RODGERS,

LAW ENFORCEMENT MARATHONS RIDDEN OR RAN ON PAT’S BEHALF,

HOBBY LOBBY, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA,

THE GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FAMILY,

36TH DIRECTOR’S HONORARY AWARDS CEREMONY, THE ROBERT FORSYTH VALOR AWARD, U.S.M.S. DIRECTOR, DAVID HARLOW, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROD ROSENSTEIN,

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

AMERICAN LEGION POST #30, CLIFF ROUSE MEMORIAL RIDE COMMITTEE,

FSA,

MEDAL OF HONOR, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE,

U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, PEACE MAKERS WORKOUT, INSPECTOR, ERIC HEINZE & SENIOR INSPECTOR MORGAN MCMAHON,

TONY & MEGAN SCHILLING

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THE HONORABLE PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP,

WE WILLNEVER FORGET YOUR OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND ENCOURAGMENT

HARTMAN MEMORIALS, KAREN SUE,

ED CONLON,

FRIENDS & FAMILY FROM LURAY, VA LISA HILL & ROBIN CUBBAGE, DIANE CUBBAGE & SUSIE ESTEP, WAYNE & CHERYL PETEFISH, RETIRED PASTOR, BUDDY CAVINESS, BRIAN & TERESA CAVINESS, CAPT. JOHN ADAMS, GLENN & LINDA COMER, JULIE & LILY BROOK BOWERS & JARED COMER, & JILL WARING RICE, THE FAMILY OF JIMMY CAROTHERS, THE FAMILY OF DANNY CAROTHERS, THE FAMILY OF PAUL CAROTHERS, THE FAMILY OF BRIAN CAROTHERS, BRANDY B. SPASARO

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, WE EXTEND OUR DEEP FELT GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE MEMORIALS, CONTACTS, AND CARE THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN AND CONTINUE TO SHOW OUR FAMILY!!! TO OUR CHURCH FAMILY, AT THE BUFORD CHURCH OF GOD, AND PASTORS JOEY AND MIA GRIZZLE, YOUR PRAYERS AND LOVE FOR OUR FAMILY HAS HELPED US TO BEGIN AND CONTINUE THE HEALING PROCESS!!! TO THE FAMILY, FACULTY,

U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WALL CEREMONY,

MEMORIAL BOXES:

USNA FAMILY IN ALASKA,

PAT SERVED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR OVER 28 YEARS AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE WAS DEPUTY COMMANDER OF THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, SOUTHEAST REGIONAL FUGITIVE TASK FORCE. PAT WAS A DEDICATED HUSBAND, FATHER, SON, BROTHER AND FRIEND, AND HAS BEEN DEEPLY MISSED BY US ALL. HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH, LOVE FOR AND COMMITMENT TO HIS FAMILY AND FOR BEING A DEDICATED, HARDWORKING MEMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. A JOB HE LOVED!!!

R12 LANDSCAPING, OWNER, DAVID SNEAD,

FATHER CHRISTMAS CUP, INC., MR. JEB R. SMITH, THE JAMES & JACQUI ABERHART FAMILY, THE TOM & JENNIFER JACQUET FAMILY, & SOCCER PLAYERS,

FLETC MEMORIAL GRADUATES, FIRST DEDICATION TO GRADUATES OF FLETC, WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY,

WILBERT FUNERAL SERVICES, INC.,

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, COMPANY #29

FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES, SUWANEE, GA,

FLEOA CHAPTER 77, PRESIDENT JOEL PASKAUSKA, II,

THE NAVY PROTOTYPE CLASSMATES,

FRIENDS & FAMILY WHO PREPARED OR PROVIDED FOOD FOR PAT’S GRAVESIDE RECEPTION.

29TH ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL FUND,

NAPO, ALEXANDRA, VA

MAY GOD RICHLY AND ETERNALLY BLESS YOU AND YOURS!!!

JESUS LOVES YOU!!!

JOHN 3:16 <><<< FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FIRE, EMT, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY:

BEAHM’S CHAPEL CEMETARY, OFFICE MGR., VANESSA COLEMAN, LURAY, VA

THE PAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PASTOR, LAURA STRATTON, RETIRED PASTOR, BUDDY CAVINESS MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH, JOHN ADAMS & BRIAN CAVINESS

JUDGE, RICHARD W. STORY, N/GA, ATLANTA, GA,

FEDEX, DULUTH, GA,

FUNERAL DIGNITARIES: ATTORNEY GENERAL, LORETTA LYNCH, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, SALLY YATES U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, DIRECTOR, DAVID HARLOW, U.S. MARSHAL, BEVERLY HARVARD, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL, CAISSON UNIT

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JENNYE DAVIDSON,

KRISTEN & PARKER MILLARD,

LURAY POLICE DEPT.,

LONE PIPER-U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE PIPE AND DRUMS,

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STAN BRYANT, PERSONAL TRAINER, CRUNCH FITNESS CENTER, JOHNS CREEK, GA,

POLICE UNITY TOUR, U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, SENIOR INSPECTOR, DAVAN BELLORD, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR, DAVID PYE, DEPUTY, SEAN MCCAFFREY, & SUPERVISORY DEPUTY, SEBASTIEN BARROIS, TEAM BUDDY CHRISTIAN, DAVID GRIFFETH, MELISSA CHRISTIAN-GRIFFETH, & ROBBIE COCHRAN, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 5K, U.S.M.S. HEADQUARTERS CHIEF, JENNIFER ARMSTRONG SUPERIOR COURT DUSM’S, SENIOR INSPECTOR, ALBERTO NAVARRO, & INSPECTOR, FRANK LEMPKE, BAKER TO VEGAS LAW ENFORCEMENT RUN, U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, BAKER TO VEGAS TEAM & U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE WOMAN’S TEAM, TOUR DE FORCE, EX. DIR. MICHAEL PAOLIS, THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS FOR REACHING OUT TO US, THE CAROTHERS FAMILY: OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, LT. GOVERNOR, CASEY CAGLE, ATLANTA, GA, OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL, JUAN MATTOS, JR., OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, ATTORNEY GENERAL, PETER F. KILMARTIN, THE TOWN OF GILBERT POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, TIM DORN, GILBERT, AZ, LOS ANGELOS POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, CHARLIE BECK, LOS ANGELOS, CA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELOS SHERIFF’S DEPT., SHERIFF, JIM MCDONNELL, LOS ANGELOS, CA, MADERA POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, STEVE FRAZIER, MADERA, CA, CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, GOLDEN GATE DIVISION AIR OPERATIONS, NAPA, CA, ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF-CORONER DEPT., REGIONAL PEER SUPPORT COOR. HEATHER WILLIAMS, ORANGE, CA, FILIPINO-AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, PRESIDENT, BRADLEY BAUTISTA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, & EXPLOSIVES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, THOMAS E. BRANDON, WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, ACTING DIRECTOR, THOMAS R. KANE, WASHINGTON, D.C.,

PAT’S NAME IS WRITTEN ON THE MOVING GEORGIA LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL WALL,

NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY, COLONEL COMMANDING, WILLIAM GREY, BISMARCK POLICE DEPT., POLICE CHAPLAINS & STAFF, BISMARCK, ND, STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPT. OF SAFETY, DIR., COLONEL CHRISTOPHER J. WAGNER, CONCORD, NH, NYPD EVIDENCE COLLECTION, P.O. STEVEN & MICHELLE FRANK, ONEIDA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SHERIFF, ROBERT M MACOIL, ORISKANY, NY, WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, PORT EDWARDS, NY, PUTNAM COUNTY HONOR GUARD, OTTAWA, OH, WILLOUGHBY POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, JACK BECKWITH, WILLOUGHBY, OH, OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, DIR., JOE M. ALLBAUGH, BERKS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT., SHERIFF, ERIC J. WEAKNECHT, READING, PA, DICKSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SHERIFF, JEFF BLEDSOE, CHARLOTTE, TN, CITY OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, DIR. MEMPHIS POLICE DEPT., MICHAEL RALLINGS, TEMPLE POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, FLOYD O. MITCHELL, TEMPLE, TX, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, COLONEL THIERRY G. DUPUIS, CHESTERFIELD, VA, NEWPORT NEWS POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF OF POLICE, RICHARD W. MYERS, NEWPORT NEWS, VA, COUNTY OF PRINCE WILLIAM POLICE DEPT., CHIEF OF POLICE, BARRY M. BARNARD, PRINCE WILLIAM, VA, WISCONSIN STATE PATROL, WISCONSIN STATE PATROL EXECUTIVE COMMAND TEAM, SUPERINTENDENT, J.D. LIND, COLONEL CHARLES TEASDALE, LT. COLONEL STEVE KRUEGER, MAJOR TIMOTHY HUIBREGTSE, MAJOR ANTHONY BURRELL, DIR., DAVID PABST, TETON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, JACKSON, WY CHAPLAIN’S: BILL ROSCOE, CANYON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CALDWELL, ID, MONICA MURGATROY, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, TRI-COUNTY LODGE #3, NORTH CHARLESTON, SC, G. DARYL DILWORTH, CONSTABLE PRECINCT 3, BEXAR COUNTY POLICE, SAN ANTONIO, TX, SGT. D.S. PAXTON, CHARLESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHARLESTON, WV THERE ARE MANY MORE WONDERFUL LETTERS THAT WERE WRITTEN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY...

BUT THE LORD HAS TOLD ME TO STOP HERE. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR KINDNESS & SUPPORT!!!

OUR PAT WAS SHOT IN KILLED WHILE BOLDLY ENTERING A TRAILER BEDROOM, DOWN IN LONG COUNTY, GEORGIA, TO SERVE AN ARREST WARRANT. HE WAS, JUST TO SUPERVISE OVER THE HIT THAT DAY...BUT WE DISCERN, BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE AS DEPUTY COMMANDER, HE HAD TO BE THE TRUE LEADER HE WAS, AND LEAD FROM THE FRONT. WE CONCLUDE THAT HE KNEW SOMETHING TRAGIC WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN...HE KNEW HE HAD TO PROTECT HIS MEN THAT DAY AS HE HAD PROTECTED HIS WIFE AND FAMILY FOR YEARS. HE HAD TOLD HIS WIFE OF 30 YEARS HE WOULD GLADLY TAKE A BULLET FOR HIS BROTHERS OF BLUE. HE TOOK MORE THAN ONE THAT FATEFUL DAY.

PRINTING TRADE COMPANY, OWNER, MARK WILLIAMS,

FROM ALL OF THIS, WE GLEAN THAT PRAYER IS MUCH NEEDED IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!!

RONNIE PUCKETT’S PLUMBING, BUFORD, GA,

THE YOUTH OF AMERICA NEED HOPE...AND JESUS IS OUR HOPE, FRIEND, COMFORTER, AND DELIVERER FROM SATAN’S FIERY DARTS. HE IS OUR ARMOR, OUR WEAPON, OUR HEALER, AND SOON COMING KING!!!

MIKE RAMEY ELECTRICAL, BUFORD, GA, REGIONS BANK, OAKWOOD, GA BRANCH,

AMERICA, WE HAVE TRIED SATAN’S WAY AND IT IS NOT WORKING!!!

LIBERAL MEDIA, POLITICIANS, AND LAWYERS THAT TAKE GOD AND PRAYER OUT OF ALL THEY CAN...

RITE AID, SPOUT SPRINGS RD, FLOWERY BRANCH, PHARMACISTS, RALPH & KEITH,

I LOVE YOU, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE GET, WHEN WE STIR UP HATE, TO MAKE A BUCK

RYDELL SPORTS EQUIPMENT, JEFFREY HARTUNG,

AND OUR YOUTH HAVE NOTHING BUT HOPELESSNESS!!!

SAVING A HERO’S PLACE, INC., THE HONOR CHAIR, SAN ANTONIO, TX, SPECIAL THANKS TO: APD CHAPLAIN, MARC HOUSE,

GOD HELP YOU, I PRAY, TO SOON SEE THE LIGHT!!!

SERFTF OFFICES, ATLANTA, COMMANDER KEITH BOOKER, INSPECTOR ALEX CAMACHO, MACON, DEPUTY COMMANDER JOHN EDGAR, SAVANNAH, SUPERVISORY INSPECTOR, STEWART COTTINGHAM,

YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME!!!

JOHN 3:16 <><<<

LUKE 21:36 TO THE GODLESS, FIND JESUS SOON!!!

Call Upon The Name Of The Lord And You Shall Be Saved!!!

Jesus Loves You!!!

SOUTH HALL ANIMAL CLINIC, DR. LAURA ALSTON, MORGAN STANLEY, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL ADVISOR, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, MELANIE WALTON, STERLING ON THE LAKE, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS,

NATIONAL POLICE WEEK,

U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE,

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Residential and Commercial Solid Waste & Recycling Collection Services: RFP 18-003 The full solicitation document for this project is available here: https://www. peachtreecornersga.gov/ businesses/doing-businesswith-the-city/rfp-bidding The City of Peachtree Corners (the City) will receive sealed technical and fee proposals until March 30, 2018, 12:00 EDT, for the above referenced services which are described in the schedules attached hereto. The City invites service providers to submit proposals responsive to the specific requirements set forth in this request for proposals (RFP).

Any questions and/or specifications that may need clarification should be submitted in writing, according to the attached schedule, and submitted to the City’s representative electronically only at gramsey@peachtreecornersga.gov. It shall be the Service Provider’s responsibility to seek clarification as early as possible prior to the opening of Proposals.

The envelopes containing the Proposal must be sealed and addressed to: Greg Ramsey, P.E. City of Peachtree Corners 310 Technology Parkway Peachtree Corners, Georgia 30092 And plainly marked “Commercial and Residential Solid Waste and Recycle Collection Service.” The envelope must bear on the outside the name of the Service Provider, the Service Provider’s address and the number assigned to this RFP. No proposal may be withdrawn or modified in any way after the deadline for proposal openings. The envelope should also contain one electronic version of the submittal on a flash drive.

Proposals must be valid for ninety (90) days following the opening date. The Service Providers’ response shall include a technical proposal and fee proposal with all other information requested in this Request for Proposal (RFP). The City may request additional information by suppliers, including a presentation if needed, to clarify elements of their bid proposals. The City also reserves the right to make independent investigations as to the qualification of each Bidder, including contacting existing customers or site visits to existing operations.

The City anticipates making a single award; however, it reserves the right to make multiple awards should it deem in the best interest of the City. Such an award, if any, is projected to be accomplished within 30 days from the proposal due date.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, waive technicalities and make the award in the best interest of the city.

902-536461, 3/2,4,7,9,11

PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: (Address) 6180 NORCROSS TUCKER RD, NORCROSS, GA 30093 (Yr/Make) 2008 LEXUS GS300 VIN# JTHH96S960013808 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date) 03-01-2018.

928-536576, 3/4,11

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS PUBLIC AUCTION Pleasantdale Storage of Doraville shall conduct an online auction at www. selfstorageauctions.com to conclude on Monday, March 19th, 2018 at 12:00pm Unit #B53 – Michael A Williams–Unit is said to contain: Child’s Bike. Stroller. 40+ Boxes/Bags/Totes. TV. 10X5 Full.

Unit #231 – Bai Kiawu–Unit is said to contain: Stroller.

Dresser. Step Latter. 20 + Barrels/Boxes/Totes. 5X10 Full.

Unit #523 – Jack Haney– Unit is said to contain: Leather Sectional. Glass TV Stand.

Collectors Doll.

Dresser.

Copper Light Fixture. 10 + Boxes and Totes. 10X10 Full.

929-536275, 3/4,11 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 3357 Breckenridge Blvd Duluth, GA 30096 770-891-4639 March 28th, 2018 at 12:00 PM 2711 Evans Monique - Household items 3504 M i c h a e l Smith–household goods 3411 J e r o m e Smith–smallestclothes 2413 Alexis Oda– household items 1138 Alfredo Negrete–Restaurant Equipment 1410 Christina Nemeth–Household goods 2156 Alex Aiken–2 couches 3430 Alpha Nelson– Household Items The auction will be listed and advertised at Extra Space Storage 3357 Breckenridge Blvd Duluth, GA 30096. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537561, 3/11,18

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Location: Extra Space Storage 2790 Braselton Hwy Dacula, GA 30019 Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Time: 2:00 PM 632 Leanne Greer household goods 316 Nichole Davis Commercial Appliances 108 Kathy Holland Books, Magazines, vhs tapes, seasonal decor 624 Raijon Nuriddin Household Goods 915 Patrick Powell Household goods 320 Patrick Powell Household Goods 179 A m a n d a Adams 4 bedrooms living room dining room set kids toys.

1007 Robert Terpening Tools Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537564, 3/11,18

A4096 Ashley Session B2053 Audra Purifoye B2069 Brandy Curry B2228 Chadwick Glass PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25595 66 OLD PEACHTREE RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 (770) 338-1271 March 20th 2018 11:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 00124 Geoff Patterson 00147 Desmond Houston 00171 Justin Cofield 00302 Sherry Wilson 00312 Sheryl Williams 00323 Joanna Knight 00709 Faye Bradford 00726 R h o n d a Mclean 00836 William Cornwell 1015 David Langley 1059 Terry Cecil 2001 M A R W I N SMITH 2007 Terry Cecil 3002 Michael Tolliver 4048 Lakita Robinson 4051 LISA LISBEY 4052 Joseph McDonnough 4055 Jessica Maldonado 4058 S h o n d r a Holtzclaw PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28158 495 BUFORD DR. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30245 (770) 338-1271 March 20th 2018 11:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 103 James Fortson 112 Tony Byrd 209 TIMOTHY BROWN 225Y Brittany King 313 Cadiesha Mccreath 318 Carol Britt 322 Audrey Birch 345 Misty Bennett 406X Dawn Mcnair 408Y Timothy Howell 429 Simeon Dennis 433 Gloria Mayo 444A Lamar Phillips 518 Nyenpu Matadi 610 John Brooks PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08465 1856 RIVERSIDE PKWY. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043 (770) 237-5010 March 20th 2018 11:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 3014 Emerson Fernandez 3055 Miles Gaskin Raquel Ed4021 wards Corinne Acoff 4039 Kammie Lee 5003 Sugarloaf 5013 Spine and Rehab Andrea Jack5026 son D e b o r a h 5116 Cleveland 5127 April Thompson 5334 Kammie Lee 5436 Jalesa Gary 6167 Veronica Smiley PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08054 1395 PLEASANT HILL DR..

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30044 (770) 925-9784 March 21rst 2018 9:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS 1516 Ayriel Monroe 1518 Adaejah Cargill 1542 Berenice Cruz 3534 Nanette Fredrick 3540 Elyse Rollins 5502 Quintin Penick 5507 Tailande Zidor 6014 Ashby Stephens 6018 Chris Walker 6081 Jonathan Navy 6082 Corey Carroll 6101 Soroya Williams 6110 Mikayla Jackson 6125 April Sears 6143 Ernest Ellard 6207 Lisa Gomes 6214 Terrell Kelly 6284 Autumn Foster 6294 KENYATTA Oby 6531 Mickey Diggs PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 25982 2423 PLEASANT HILL ROAD DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 March 21rst 2018 10:00AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS A046 Zandra Dockery A115 Mario Ruiz A155 Allison Mccowan A255 Kristen Ford A295 Delinda Feurtado A330 Michelle Cheeks A342 Nikita Curry A361 Kiana Coleman A382 JAMES THOMAS JR B022 Jean Bazne B032 Dainiel Lubin C522 Brian Pratt C528 Rose Marie Chavez C587 Diamond Mcnabb PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08057 4474 SATELLITE BLVD. DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 March 21rst 2018 10:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS 0116 BRENDA AIKENS 0209 Dong Kwak 0235 NeNe Barge 0246 Donnie Richardson 0248 Miguel Osorio 0316 Keith Lucas 0343A Matthew Randle 0345N Krystle Egbe 0426 Razear Valera 0512 Nicholas Brown 0516 Jarrrette Walker 0521 Curtis Atkinson 0702 Laalva Otieno 0726 S a b r i n a Roldan 0814 Shaleithea Loui 0905 MARIE DESIR 0912 S A M U E L LANKFORD 2043 Adesuwa Aikpitanyi 2064 Treon Milton 3173 Walter Wright 3254 Brooks Catrice 5061 Natasha Tyson Gwynn 5084 Bryan Moreno 5142 Katie Heisman 5203 Richard Howard 6042 Christian Ferrell

HEIDY BANE6142 GAS William Wal7011 lace Destiny Oby 7152 PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08056 3865 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 March 21rst 2018 11:00AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS Gbemisola 0109 Tejuoso Varonica 0111 Crump Emile Metri 0130 Malia Vener0180 able Krista Floria 0226 Damarko Hol0260 loway Mushander 0274 Brown Andrea Watts 0332 Quanda Littles 0489 Davina Mchun0531 gula Dustin Allen 0544 Tracey Murray 0576 Jason Faddies 0653 Danielle Cryer 0668 Derrick Cart0692 ledge Julia Smoot 0727 Addie Ren0754 ninger Mehdi Saeidi 0763 Rochelle 0808 Brown Queen Free0817 man Marlon Wash0843 ington GREGG WAR0848 REN Courtney Gold8681 wire All sales are subject to cancellation. Public auction terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. Dated this 4th day of March 2018 and 11th day of March 2018 by PS OrangeCo, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201.

(818) 244-8080, Bond No. 6004928.

929-533899, 3/4,11

(770) 448-2130 TIME: 11:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B118–Buie, Antwan E126–Hailemicael, Merona E130–Walker, Keisha E136–Hammons, Kesha F138–Cooper, Robert G156–Mayberry, Jamaal I245–Pankow, Karin J112–Hamlett, Jihad J125–Lathrop, Nicole K224–Fouvo, Guy OS28–Wood, Claude

Thomas Unit 117 household goods, David Thomas Unit 422 household goods.

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537483, 3/11,18

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2801 Berkeley Lake Rd Duluth, GA 30096 770-856-9676 March 28th, 2018 at 1:00 PM Veronica Chaffin Unit 0419 household goods, clothes and shoes.

Darnell Carston Unit 0224 household goods Carmen Fernandez Unit 1113 household goods Brandi Akin Unit 2310 Household Goods Freddie Howard Unit 0422 Household Items Choice Valet Services Unit 0523 Business Inventory The auction will be listed and advertised at Extra Space Storage 2801 Berkeley Lake Rd Duluth, GA 30096. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537435, 3/11,18

household items 0542 Leslie Dean Barnette household items CC081 Shaniqua Brown household items 1067 Chelsea Corena Anderson queen bed bags, Clothing 0811 Douglas Paul Gregory II Trailer, HouseHold Items 0626 Shaun Christopher Reed House-hold Goods 0801 Bonyanga Is Efondju Koffi C Clothes 0910 Hushai I Mkenzie Household Goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537569, 3/11,18

out charge, provide the party with written information on the following, as appropriate to the action commenced: 1. The procedure for obtaining a judgment or order in the action.

2. The major issues usually addressed in such an action.

3. Community resources and family court counseling services available to assist the parties.

4. The procedure for setting, modifying, and enforcing child support awards, or modifying and enforcing legal custody or physical placement judgments or orders. (b)The Circuit Court Commissioner shall provide a party, for inspection or purchase, with a copy of the statutory provisions in this chapter generally pertinent to the action.

If you require reasonable accommodations due to adisability to participate in the court process,please call 920-832-5131 at least 10 working days prior to the scheduled court date. Please note that the court does not provide transportation.

-sAttorney Gary J Schmidt 930-537757, 3/11,18,25

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2050 Gravel Springs Rd @ 1:00 PM, March 27, 2018 Jose Velez Unit # C2106 Household Items Angel Easley Unit # C2099 Household Items Brandi Meeks Unit # F801 Household Items Miracle Durrah Unit # C1054 Household Items Taylor Canterbury Unit # E740 Household Items Chrisoula Baikos Unit # C2073 Household Items Chrisoula Baikos Unit # C2001 Household Items Latisha Wilks Unit # C2096 Household Items Mark Hafer Unit # C1056 Household Items Morgan Wilson Unit # E703 Household Items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537480, 3/11,18 Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1172 Auburn Rd Dacula GA 30019, 770-236-0688 @ 03/27/2018 @ 3:00 PM 607: Camille MarmolejoHousehold goods 538: Lynne LaRosa-Personal items, And household items and a dresser 321: Kasmar Cheathamwasher drier, fridge 498: Michael Solo-Household Goods James Hughes679: household items 1001: Lauren WagesHousehold Goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537481, 3/11,18 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public auction on March 20th and March 21rst the below-listed units.

Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08464 10860 STATE BRIDGE ROAD. ALPHARETTA GA 30022 (678) 513-8185 March 20th 2018 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 3003 Maurice Mitchell 4025 Anna P Shanklin 4026 Kianna Mccoy 5006 Jazmine Murry 6019 Darin Silver 6116 Deborah Garner 6194 Darin Mccullough PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 25719 3550 PEACHTREE PKWY. SUWANEE, GA 30024-1031 (678) 513-8185 March 20th 2018 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A216 OLIVENE CLAYTON B307 David Burnett B385 Colleen Carter B4103 Susan Moccia B424 Samuel Wright B470 Kinneth Battle B472 Christina Williams C5603 Ruth Maldonado D663 Mitzi Shirley D6776 ARIANNA GRAY PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 25778 3900 MCGINNIS FERRY RD SUWANEE, GA 30024 (678) 513-8185 March 20th 2018 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A1019 Carole Morgan A1041 Ikeea Haywood A1056 Jody Teal A2078 Angela Lyons A2085 Erika Sims A2116 Jermain Martin A

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4257 Buford Drive, Buford, GA 30518, March 27, 2018 at 12:00 PM Jimmy Simmons Unit 8032 Household Goods Jon Christopher Unit 6233 household goods Bryan Skinner Unit 6290 household things couple appliances Lisa Christopher Unit 6267 furniture, Knick knacks, misc. household Nigel Boothe Unit 111 2 bedroom furniture, living room, dining room, kitchen, electronics, carpet, misc. household Edgar Alva Unit 8238 new kitchen cabinets Christopher King Unit 6315 couch, coffee table, queen size bed, clothes, misc. household Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537482, 3/11,18 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public sale on March 22nd, 2018 of the below-listed units. Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28138 3679 McElroy Rd Doraville, GA. 30340 (770) 452-8144 TIME: 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A021–Thomas, Michael A028–bryant, chantal A033–Lyons-Lee, Daytroy A045–Williams, Nashika A094–Morales Gallardo, Norma C038–Sabas, Martinez D031–Burton, Eric E010–Pruitt, Jabrielle F812–Jenkins, David G009–Reed, Austin PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28149 3055 Jones Mill Rd Peachtree Corners, GA. 30071 (770) 447-9755 TIME: 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 223–Brown, Beverly 335–Guevara Zuniga, Jose 352–Chisholm, Rashad 447–White, James 486–Zeon, Shelton 504–Campbell, Theresa 545I–robinson, kenneth 58–Ly, Kevin 79–WILLIAMS, Robertha PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 29104 3265 Holcomb Bridge Rd Peachtree Corners, GA. 30092 (770) 449-0384 TIME: 10:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 1227–Bowden, Ronald 1229–Bowden, Ronald 1319–Alleyne, Michelle 2230–Hawkins, Jerel 3332–Field, Joseph 3504–Engram, Alicia Lavi 4504–Engram, Alicia Lavi 4529–Warden, Stanley W PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 20171 6289 Jimmy Carter Blvd Norcross, GA. 30071 (770) 416-9275 TIME: 11:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A017–Castrejon, Rosalia A051–Junior, Timothy B057–Champe, Erickson D020–Frett, Quaneise D027–Duncan, Candice D073–Smith, Peggy E019–Morris, Cherise E074–Tyler, Charles E101–Wilson, Alexandria F031–Williams, Alexis PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28150 6770 Dawson Blvd Norcross, GA. 30093 (

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public sale on March 23rd, 2018 of the below-listed units. Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 20489 6000 Lawrenceville Hwy. Tucker, GA. 30084 (770) 923-9400 TIME: 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A001–Jackson, Mark B002–Woldamlak, Dionne C029–Washington, Glenda C049–WATSON, FELICIA C099–Butler, Clinton D024–logan, sunday D037–Salaam, Malak D038–Rivera, Blanca E031–Berry, Beverly E057–Thomas, Reginald E088–Moreland, Jalysa E108–Perez, Joisiyerdy F021–Russell, Jabari G062–TARAR, HAYAT PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08049 5010 Jimmy Carter Blvd Norcross, GA. 30093 (770) 446-8358 TIME: 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0215–Rawchaa, Yakira 0216–Grier, Doris 0301–fuller, Yasmine 0334–Stultz, Luis 0502–Rogers, Marcus 0515–Choudhary, Hayat 0740–nelson, jarvaris 0842–Cartwright, Bernadette 0904–Ngongang, Nestor 0921–MARTINEZ, ROSALBA 1009–Lewis, Ernest 1113–Tucker, Natyra 1116–Hobbs, Cheneka PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 29135 1755 Indian Trail Rd Norcross, GA. 30093 (678) 924-0203 TIME: 10:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 1258–Robinson, Patricia 1273–Pringle, Willeon 1352–Morgan, LaQuisha 2165–Fletcher, Bruce 2202–Bowens, Barbara 2234–Frazier, Jacqueline 2362–CHIN, FABIAN 2375–Harrington, Cierra 2376–CHRISTIE, DALTON 2401–STAFFORD, HAGAN 3064–washington, gary 3238–Dumas, Brenda 3277–Murray, Anthony 3304–Fennick, Andrina 3316–Stewart, Shani 3369–Beasley, Demetrius 3373–Green, Shakiyla 3380–Forrester, Ken 3402–Corts, Clifton 3404–Brooks, Paul 3447–cooper, gerald B005–Tongeren, Kevin E002–Bame, Patricia E041–Jennings, Rashad PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 24346 615 Indian Trail Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-0498 TIME: 11:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A012–Turner, Cameron A033–RICHMOND, GIGI A034–Mccants, Chanae B063–Foster, Donnetta B067–Morales, Jasleen B078–hollifield jr, paul C027–Ordaz, Jose D017–Bates, Gecory E007–Cherubin, Vanessa E014–Toles, Erica E017–Palmer, Connie PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 21901 95 Arcado Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-9211 TIME: 11:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B087–Christian, Denise B117–Cooper, Tyra C009–Heath, Christine C056–Bannister, Yasmin C085–Brunson, Belinda D004–Coco, Cristina D008–Ramsey, Laura D010–Escobedo, Pedro E0 04 –C emen to-S mith , June E024–Jones, Denise E061–Waldon, Diamond F026–Davis, Tony

LIVE AUCTION MULTIPLE FACILITIES – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4755 Nelson Brogdon Blvd. NE Sugar Hill, GA 30518, 03/27/2018, 10:00 AM Juan Arteaga Unit 242 Household Items Shawn Pearce Unit 160 Household Items Tony Garren Unit 721 Clothing, glassware Brian Atchley Unit 633 Household Items James Whiteside Unit 516 Furniture, clothing, and T.Vs Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-536145, 3/11,18

Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: Extra Space Storage 2920 Buford Drive Buford, GA 30519 678-496-3439 Auction Date: March 28th 2018 Auction Time : 10:00 Am Sheena Carr Unit: 1126 Furniture, Boxes and Totes Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-536589, 3/11,18 LIVE AUCTION FAC 1689 – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 2040 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville, Ga, 30044 (03/29/18) 12pm DaMarquis Mills 417 $321.60 Household items, Sm. Vehicle, etc..

426 Kathleen Lacson $311.00 Mattress and Clothing 4122 Maria Pinzon $282.00 Bedroom Set 296 Jamal Williams $219.00 Bedroom sets 253 Allison Clark $304.50 Household Goods [Tenant Name] [Unit Number] [General Description of Property] Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-536396, 3/11,18

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4400 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn GA 30047 at 2:00PM on March 29, 2018 Brehon Harrell Unit #535 Furniture Delanie Brown Unit #090 Boxes Clothing Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-537484, 3/11,18 LIVE AUCTION ONE FACILITY – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Hurricane Shoals Rd NE Lawrenceville, GA 30046 March 29th, 2018 at 10:00 AM 1150 Matthew Thomas household items 0952 Terri Amundson h

STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, OUTAGAMIE COUNTY IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OF Petitioner MARIA ISABEL CARDOSO Name (First, Middle and Last) and Respondent MISAEL ALBARRAN Name (First, Middle and Last) Publication Summons Divorce-40101 Legal Separation-40201 Case No. 17-FA-493 THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, TO THE PERSON NAMED ABOVE AS RESPONDENT : You are notified that the petitioner named above has filed a Petition for divorce or legal separation against you.

You must respond with a written demand for a copy of the Petition within 40 days from the day after the first date of publication.

The demand must be sent or delivered to the court at: Clerk of Court, Outagamie County Courthouse, Address 320 South Walnut Street City Appleton State WI Zip 54911 and to Petitioner Name Maria Cardoso c/o Attorney Gary J. Schmidt Address 103 W College Ave Suite 702 Address City Appleton State W Zip 54911 It is recommended, but not required, that you have an attorney help or represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the Petition within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the Petition, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the Petition.

A judgment may be enforced as provided by law.

A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You are further notified that if the parties to this action have minor children, violation of §948.31, Wis. Stats., (Interference with custody by parent or others) is punishable by fines and/or imprisonment: If you and the petitioner have minor children, documents setting forth the percentage standard for child support established by the department under §49.22(9), Wis. Stats., and the factors that a court may consider for modification of that standard under §767.511(1m), Wis. Stats., are available upon your request from the Clerk of Court.

You are notified of the availability of information from the Circuit Court Commissioner as set forth in §767.105, Wis. Stats. §767.105 Information from Circuit Court Commissioner.

(2)Upon the request of a party to an action affecting the family, including a revision of judgment or order under sec. 767.59 or 767.451: (a)The Circuit Court Commissioner shall, with or witho

ZONINGS CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN (pursuant to O.C.G.A. §3666-4) that a public hearing will be held before the City of Duluth City Council to consider an amendment (TA#2018-001) to the following section of the City of Duluth’s adopted Unified Development Code: Article 2. Use of Land and Structures Other sections of the Code may be amended as needed to ensure the fair and consistent enforcement of the regulations.

The public is invited to attend this meeting before the City Council on the proposed amendments at Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096. The meeting date, place and time regarding this matter are as follows: April 9, 2018– WHEN: 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: City Hall Council Chambers 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 The Duluth City Council has the authority to revise and/or amend the language of the proposed application considerably and may do so as appropriate during the reading of the Ordinance.

PERSONS INTERESTED IN THIS MATTER are invited to review the proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code, which are on file with the Department of Planning & Development of the City of Duluth and to attend the public hearing at the date, time and place provided in this notice, to express their opinion on this matter. Written comments may also be received in lieu of testimony during the public hearing.

Written comments may be sent to the following address: City of Duluth ATTN: Dan Robinson 3167 Main Street Duluth, GA 30096 OR Email: drobinson@duluthga.net For more information, contact Dan Robinson, Planning & Development, at (770)4761790. ********************* In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the City of Duluth is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for a person with a disability.

Please contact Teresa Lynn at (770) 476-3434 if special program accommodations are necessary and/or if program information is needed in an alternative format. Special requests must be made in a reasonable amount of time in order that accommodations can be arranged.

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PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 23106 460 Beaver Ruin Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-1196 TIME: 12:00 PM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B113–Cooper, Javarez B122–Maxie, Darryl E270–Johnson, Dalonda E277–ELLIS, NEKEIDRA E360–Douglas, Brandi F367–Moland, Ruben F401–Hudson, Tammie F405–O’Neal, Iyesha F416–Sellers, Ann F468–Reynolds, Tinez F485–Riley, Ashley G498–SCOTT, KIARA G520–BACKMAN, THEODORA G526–Konate, Debrah All sales are subject to cancellation. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. Dated this 4th day of March 2018 and 11th day of March 2018 by PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201.

(818) 244-8080, Bond No. 6004928.

929-536609, 3/4,11 Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4750 Nelson Brogdon Blvd Sugar Hill GA 30518 March 27th, 2018 at 11:00am Candice Mounsey Unit 433 furniture, Wilhelmina Westbrook Unit 601 household items, Rodney Mobley Unit 711 boxes and trunk, Agapao INC Unit 669 clothing, Abel Casillas Unit 401 household goods, Harry Langley Unit 715 household, David T

PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: Extra Space Storage 2044 Old Norcross Rd Lawrenceville, GA 30044 770-845-1926 Auction Date: March 29th 2018 Dennis Foster Unit # 330 Commercial Grade Matco Rollin Tool Box Selma Grant Unit # 208E Art Work, Totes, Mattress Jerome Johnson Unit # 2c62 Boxes, luggage, Knife Set Margarita Hernandez Unit# 522 2 commercial type deep refrigerators Christina Moore Unit 1C10 Boxes Bags clothes Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-535118, 3/11,18

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Per planning and development mobile homes are permitted.

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Water, gas, and electric available.

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Owner purchased as investment property. $29,900 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

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Property has some flood plain. $350,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

DODGE WORK VAN, 1995 1 owner, 150K, custom cabinets, seats, sound system, & great cond. $1,995. 770-616-7399

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Entry foyer, formal dining room, vaulted family room with fireplace.

Breakfast area and bar. ½ bath on main.

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COVINGTON, GA 30014 1750 Georgia Highway 138

NO SUBDIVISION Beautiful 2.89 Acre Tract of Land close to vicinity of Athens. The front is open with a small, shared pond & the back is heavily wooded.

County water is available at the street. $32,900.

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WALNUT GROVE AREA 11.57 ACRES Of Land with +/-411 Feet of Road Frontage On Busy Highway 138.

Sewer is available to this property.

Suitable for grocery store or any type business. $2,225,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

ZONED COMMERCIAL Drastically Reduced, Bring All Offers!

Commercial Property in Monroe City Limits Zoned B-3. This piece is suitable for any type business. All utilities are available including sewer. $175,000.

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MONROE, GA 30656 1730 River Bluff Rd

RIVER FRONT 3BR/2.5BA 2 Story on 1.92 acre river lot with above ground pool.

Formal living & dining rooms, spacious kitchen.

Master with sitting area. Full finished basement with kitchenette.

Motivated sellers! $216,995 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

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GWINNETT, SNELLVILLE Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens: 2 Burial Plots w/2 vaults, opening & closing in the Dogwood Estates, section B, Spaces 1 & 2.

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Project Manager/Mgmt. Consultant (Duluth, GA) Manage & direct client’s projects; review & assess progress of client’s projects & activities; analyze & resolve strategic & operational problems; & coordinate with partner agency mgmt. Travel to various unanticipated client sites.

Requires 4 years of IT experience and knowledge of LAN & WAN Networking & Security, MPLS Network, Cisco ASA, Cisco Catalyst, HP EV VA, PAN A, 3 P AN SAN.

DRC is hiring temporary employees to score standardized tests

2975 Breckinridge Blvd Suite 100 Duluth, GA 30096

· You must have a four year degree to qualify for this position

Tuesday, March 13 at 9:00 am & 1:00 pm

· Monday – Friday 8:30 am to 4:00 pm (35 hours) or 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm (20 hours)

Wednesday, March 14 at 9:00 am & 1:00 pm

· $14.00 per hour plus weekly attendance bonus – earn up to $15.25 per hour

Thursday, March 15 at 9:00 am Please arrive promptly at starting time.

RF Engineer, II–(Duluth, GA) Set-up calibration & be involved in data processing of various design & optimization equipment & software tools; monitor the performance of the network by means of Minutes of use, lost call percentage, call drop, handover failures & other r performing cells & provide optimizations solutions through frequency planning, site & antenna design; perform analysis, design, & review of current/conceptual RF circuitry; develop RF component specifications; provide technical support to root cause analysis & product testing. Travel to various unanticipated client sites.

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Meadowcreek head coach Curtis Gilleylen and players celebrate after defeating Norcross in the Class AAAAAAA state championship game at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta. (Photos: Karl L. Moore)

Meadowcreek slows down Norcross for state title

By David Friedlander david.friedlander @gwinnettdailypost.com

ATLANTA — Heading into his team’s Class AAAAAAA state boys basketball championship game against Norcross, Meadowcreek coach Curtis Gilleylen laid out specific guidelines that his Mustangs needed to accomplish if they were to win.

Keep the pace down, hold the Blue Devils under 50 points, make free throws down the stretch and, above all, do not let the game be decided by a buzzer beater.

In the end, Meadowcreek checked off all four

blown out. So slowing up the pace, getting that Stout Blue Devils squad fell ball inside and … limitshort, but not of their ing (Norcross) from going expectations, 4B where they wanted to go, career with a game-high we were very successful 16 points, eight rebounds, at that.” two assists and two The win also gave steals, while Amari Kelly Meadowcreek a measure chipped in 12 points, of revenge after losing eight boards and thee all three previous meetblocked shots as the Mus- ings with the Region tangs (26-6) claimed the 7-AAAAAAA neighborprogram’s first state title hood rival Blue Devils and the second in school (28-4) this season.

Meadowcreek head coach Curtis Gilleylen, Dawit Crid- history — both coming The Mustangs did it by land (3) and others rush the court after beating Norcross within 10 months of each sticking to the game plan in the Class AAAAAAA state championship game at other after boys soccer of slowing the scoring Georgia Tech in Atlanta. won its title last spring. pace down and execut“It was just slowing up ing it by turning it into boxes in a hard-earned McCamish Pavilion. the pace,” Gilleylen said. a more halfcourt-type 56-43 victory Saturday Dequarius Nichols “If we would’ve gotten game. night before a raucous came up with perhaps into a running match, we They also did it by crowd at Georgia Tech’s the biggest game of his definitely would’ve gotten surviving as foul trouble MORE INSIDE

riddled both teams, with a combined 45 fouls whistled and 54 free throws shot.

“We’ve been over it a million times, all the things we had to do to take it home,” said Nichols, who shot 4 of 9 from the field and 7 of 9 from the foul line, including 5 of 6 in the fourth quarter to help put the game away. “The last three games we lost to them, they don’t matter any more. We got the big ‘ship. We’re just so excited.”

The game started with Meadowcreek assessinga technical foul for a scoreSee MUSTANGS, Page 4B

RUNAWAY WOLVES

Senior duo leads Wesleyan to definitive state title win over rival

By Christine Troyke

The Wolves won their third in the span and second straight over the Bears, who are coached by ATLANTA — Sutton former Wesleyan assistant West turned to Amaya Nichole Dixon.

Register, her fellow senior, “When they played us as they ran down the cethe first couple of times, ment hallway to the locker we did not play well at room inside Georgia all,” Register said. “I just Tech’s think they really thought MORE McCamish they had this one. For us INSIDE Pavilion. to kind of hit them in the Wesleyan’s “I’m in mouth like this, it just reWest dominates in final shock,” ally felt good.” prep basketWest said.

Wesleyan’s 13-for-13 ball game, 4B Both of mantra came to fruition in them grinned and dashed a runaway win. A young off into a cacophony of team of 13 players surged celebrating teammates. to the program’s 13th title.

Wesleyan, led by West “We told them in the and Register, manhandled locker room there were Holy Innocents’ 61-44 in going to be some storms the Class A Private state and they were going to final Friday and avenged have to weather them,” three straight regularhead coach JanAzar said. season losses to its region “They had to be mentally rival. tough and I think that was The teams have met in Wesleyan players and fans celebrate after winning Friday’s Class A Private state championship game against Holy four consecutive finals.

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Clay hopes to parlay pro day into NFL opportunity

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Not being fortunate enough to earn an invitation to the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, Georgia State’s B.J. Clay knew the school’s pro day wasn’t just his best chance to catch the eye of scouts in advance of next months draft, but his only chance.

Based on his performance during his workout for a handful of scouts last Tuesday at the GSU Football Complex in Atlanta, including at least two from the Atlanta Falcons, the Dacula grad appears to have accomplished that mission.

Clay turned in some impressive numbers, the most notable being times of 4.35 and 4.43 seconds in the 40-yard dash, and more than tripling his reps in the 225-pound bench press from previous scores, as well as recording a 33-inch vertical leap.

Only time will tell if those performances, plus his own performances over four years in the Panthers’ program, will give Clay a chance to either be drafted some time in the seven rounds of this year’s NFL Draft from April 26-28 in Arlington, Texas, or to come to a team’s training camp as an undrafted free agent.

However, the 5-foot-11 3/4, 179-pound cornerback is quite confident that he only helped his chances with his pro day showing.

“Everything was all positive from everybody that was there,” said Clay, who recorded seven combined tackles, three pass defenses and three pass breakups in 12 games for GSU in his

senior season last fall. “It was a really cool experience. I just appreciated it for all the attention and everything. But yeah, it was definitely more positive than I expected.

“Hopefully during the next two months, I can get some (more) workouts in and create a little bit more buzz. We’ll see what happens at the end of April.”

Clay has put in a lot of work in his four years in GSU program, including tying for the team lead with three interceptions as a junior in 2016.

However, he credits some extra work he’s put in since the end of the Panthers’ historic 2017 campaign, which included tying for the school record with seven wins and the program’s first bowl victory, as making a difference in last Tuesday’s pro day workout.

That work has been with primarily with Central Gwinnett grad Manny Rodriguez and his staff at Ultimate 48 Fitness in Lawrenceville, whom Clay says has helped him channel a little extra focus into his training.

“He’s been (training athletes) for a long time,” Clay said of Rodriguez. “He’s just taught me a lot about the importance of core (exercises) … and just paying attention to the little that will help you, of course, in the future. … He really knows what he’s talking about.”

Rodriguez has a successful track record. He helped train another Dacula grad, fullback Alex Armah, who was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the sixth round of last year’s draft after a college career at West Georgia.

He eventually earned a spot on the roster, playing in nine games last season after being signed off the practice squad.

He and his staff have noticed a lot of the same focus and work ethic in Clay and are very pleased with the progress he’s made in just two short months working with them.

“I’m just proud of how he was so focused,” Rodriguez said. “I mean, he was one of those guys who nobody was really paying attention to as far as the scouts and the agents that I’ve talked to. Then on his pro day, I texted a Falcons scout and asked him, … ’How’s my guy doing?’ He said, ‘The dude blazed his 40.’ It was awesome to hear that. Getting B.J. to come back and explain that to all the guys that haven’t done all their combine was awesome, just because he kind of saw how hard work and dedication and the little specific stuff that we preach and the structure and all that carried on to performing well.

“He just texted that he got invited to the Falcons’ local (pro) day (in early April).

So (people) keep on talking about him. Last year, (Carolina) drafted Alex Armah out of Dacula High School.

B.J. went to the same high school as Alex Armah, so hopefully that can carry on to this year.”

Armah isn’t the only friend who is providing inspiration to Clay.

Panther teammate and fellow cornerback, WinderBarrow grad Chandon Sullivan, participated in last week’s NFL combine and was present for GSU’s pro day, though he didn’t work out with Clay.

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• Habersham Central at Lanier 3 p.m. — North and Duluth at Suwanee Station 3:15 p.m. — Discovery and Peachtree Ridge at Sugarloaf 3:30 p.m. — Brookwood at Parkview 3:30 p.m. — Grayson at Shiloh 3:30 p.m. — Mill Creek at Mountain View 3:30 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Discovery 3:30 p.m. — South and Archer at Rhodes Jordan 4 p.m. — Flowery Branch at Buford 4 p.m. — GAC at North Hall 4 p.m. — Hebron boys at Riverside Military 4 p.m. — Norcross and Lakeside-Dekalb at Dekalb Tennis Center

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SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2018 • 3B

Georgia parts ways with Mark Fox Field Level Media Mark Fox is out after nine years of coaching the Georgia Bulldogs, according to an ESPN report.

Fox, whose Bulldogs went 18-15 this season, compiled a 163-133 record during his run with the Bulldogs.

The school reportedly began gauging the interest The University of Georgia fired Mark Fox after nine sea- of potential replacements sons as head basketball coach. (Photo: Jim Brown-USA earlier this week.

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in 2009, leading the team to an NCAA berth two years later. His squad also reached the tournament in 2015, but didn’t appear the last two years and appears unlikely to earn an at-large bid this season.

Fox, 49, previously had a successful run at Nevada, going 123-43 with the Wolf Pack over five seasons and making the NCAA Tournament field in each of his first three seasons there.

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Kentucky cruises into SEC finals record streak. The tourney title boosts Kansas’ credentials for a potential No. 1 seed when Sophomore forward pairings for the NCAA TournaWenyen Gabriel made a ment are revealed Sunday. career-best seven 3-pointAfter rallying from doubleers without a miss and digit deficits to beat West Virginia in each of the last three matched his career high meetings, Kansas came back of 23 points as Kentucky after being down by eight with posted a 86-63 victory over Tennessee 84, Arkansas 66 15:12 left.

Alabama on Saturday in Senior guards Daxter Miles Guard Jordan Bone scored the SEC tournament semifiJr. and Jevon Carter were nals at St. Louis to advance a team-high 19 points and again instrumental for the No. 13 Tennessee dominated to the championship game.

No. 18 Mountaineers (24-10).

Arkansas 84-66 Saturday Freshman guard Shai Miles Jr. netted 25 points to afternoon in the semifinals Gilgeous-Alexander added lead his team for the second of the Southeastern Confer19 points and eight asence tournament at Scottrade time in as many days, while Carter added 17 points and sists for the fourth-seeded Center in St. Louis. nine assists. Freshman forWildcats, who improve to Regular season coward Sagaba Konate added 42-2 in the SEC semifinals champions with Auburn, the 18 points. and will be in the title game Volunteers (25-7) will take a Villanova 76, six-game winning streak into for the fifth straight seaProvidence 66 Sunday’s championship game son. Freshman forward PJ Jalen Brunson had 31 Washington added 14 points against Kentucky — their 11th points, six rebounds and four title game appearance and and freshman forward Kevin assists and Mikal Bridges first since 2009. They won Knox had 11 as Kentucky added 25 points as the No. both meetings with the Wild(23-10) was 12 of 18 from 2 Villanova Wildcats won the cats in the regular season.

Big East tournament with a long range and shot 64.3 Bone virtually doubled his percent from the field.

6.7 per-game average with 13 76-66 overtime win over the Providence Friars on SaturThe Wildcats shot 84.2 points in the first 11 minutes of the game. Forward Admiral day night at Madison Square percent in the second Garden in New York.

Schofield added 16 points half while making 8 of 9 The Wildcats outscored for the Vols, who shot 57.1 3-point attempts with GaProvidence 16-6 in the fivepercent from the field. briel leading the way.

Guard Daryl Macon led the minute overtime period, with “I just let it go and I just Bridges hitting two 3-pointers, Razorbacks (23-11) with 19 knew it was going in,” Ga- points.

Brunson making a dunk and a briel said of his lava-like layup and Donte DiVencenzo Kansas 81, adding a layup and a pair of 3-point shooting during West Virginia 70 a postgame interview on Senior point guard Devonte’ free throws.

Alpha Diallo had 22 points ESPN. “It was like the Graham posted his fifth and 10 rebounds and Kyron double-double of the season ocean. It was like throwCartwright added 19 points to Saturday, recording 18 points ing a rock going into the lead the Friars. and 13 assists as Kansas ocean.”

Villanova won its fifth tripped West Virginia 81-70 in Freshman point guard the championship game of the straight game and further Collin Sexton scored 21 Big 12 Tournament at Kansas cemented a No. 1 seeding in points for the ninth-seeded City, Mo. the NCAA Tournament, and Crimson Tide (19-15).

The No. 9 Jayhawks (27-7) Providence helped its cause for an at-large bid.

Freshman guard John Petty took over down the stretch, Brunson had 13 first-half had 18 points for Alabama, using a 17-3 blitz to gain a points and Bridges had 12, as which shot just 37.9 per73-66 lead on a 3-pointer by the duo combined for 9-of-14 Graham with 3:57 remaining. cent from the field. shooting.

Graham’s assists led to 35 The Crimson Tide were Diallo had 11 points in the Kansas points. without junior power forfirst half for Providence, which The Big 12 Tournament ward Donta Hall (concushelped its cause with a 19-14 sion) for the second straight title was the 11th for the Jayrebounding advantage. hawks, who were coming off contest. Hall is Alabama’s The Wildcats dominated their 14th consecutive regularsecond-leading scorer and the boards down the stretch, season crown, an NCAA however, and finished with a its top rebounder and shot-

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blocker.

Kentucky will face either Tennessee or Arkansas in Sunday’s conference title game. The Crimson Tide will wait to see if they receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

41-36 advantage on the glass, with Eric Paschall leading the way with 13 rebounds.

The game was a rematch of the two teams’ Feb. 15 game, which Providence won 76-71 by holding Brunson to 14 points.

Rhode Island 90, St. Joseph 87 Andre Berry scored 18 points and Fatts Russell added 14 that included three 3-pointers in a crucial late-game stretch as No. 25 Rhode Island came from 11 points down in the second half to beat St. Joseph’s 90-87 on Saturday afternoon in an Atlantic-10 Conference tournament semifinal at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C. Rhode Island, the No. 1 seed, will meet the winner of Saturday’s other semifinal between Davidson and St. Bonaventure in the A-10 final on Sunday.

Cincinnati 70, Memphis 60 Jarron Cumberland scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half as eighth-ranked Cincinnati rallied for a 70-60 victory over Memphis on Saturday afternoon in the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Saturday in Orlando, Fla. The top-seeded Bearcats (29-4) advanced to the championship game and await the winner of the Houston-Wichita State contest. Cincinnati will get a chance to win its first conference tournament since winning the Conference USA crown in 2004.

The Bearcats recorded their latest win by dominating the second half after trailing by double digits at halftime.

Cincinnati outscored fifthseeded Memphis 41-18 after halftime.

Gary Clark added 17 points and 12 rebounds for his 12th double-double of the season while Kyle Washington contributed 11 points for the Bearcats, who shot 40.7 percent but committed only three turnovers.

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The Georgia State men’s basketball team can earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with one more win on Sunday.

The Panthers beat Georgia Southern 73-67 in the Sun Belt Conference tournament semifinals at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans and advanced to play the University of

Texas-Arlington in the championship game at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Buford native Isaiah Williams scored a teamhigh 21 points and Jordan Session had 16 points and nine rebounds. Jeff Thomas added 16 points for the Panthers.

Georgia State out-scored Georgia Southern 46-31 in the first half, but the Eagles outscored the Pan-

thers 36-27 in the second half. The first 2:41 of the second half was scoreless and the Panthers led 57-44 with roughly 11 minutes remaining.

Georgia Southern went on a 12-3 run to pull within five points with four minutes left, and Georgia Southern was within three points when Quan Jackson converted a 3-point play with 53 seconds left.

Collins Hill grad Devin Mitchell put the Panthers up two possessions with a late 3-pointer and Georgia Southern was forced to foul.

Georgia State is 1-1 against Texas-Arlington this season. The teams last met on Feb. 24, when the Panthers lost 89-81.

Georgia State won the first meeting on Jan. 25 at home 81-75.

Stevens named to U.S. U-23 roster

round-robin event.

Stevens, who earned Grayson grad Ella All-ACC second-team honStevens was selected to the ors this past season, last U.S. Under-23 Women’s played with the U.S. NaNational Soccer Team for tional Team in 2016, as she its next competition, the joined the U-19 squad for Thorns Spring Invitational. three contests in Auckland, Stevens, a sophomore at New Zealand, tallying two Duke, is part of a 24-player goals and an assist. She roster for the event, which has also spent time with begins today at Merlo the U-20 and U-17 teams, Field on the campus of including helping lead the the University of Portland former to the 2015 CON(Ore.). The Americans’ CACAF Championship in opener, the first of four Honduras. matchups with United The 2016 Daily Post Women’s Soccer League player of the year is the teams, is against the Hous- only Georgian on the ton Dash.

U-23 roster for the Thorns That is followed by Invitational. The only other matches against the Portplayer on the roster from land Thorns FC (Wednesthe South is fellow midday) and the Chicago Red fielder Kristina Fisher from Grayson grad Ella Stevens celebrates a Duke goal last Stars (Saturday) in the Jupiter, Fla. season. (Photo: Reagan Lunn, Duke Athletics) From Staff Reports

4B • SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2018

Norcross carried torch this season

By Scott Smith

year. These guys surprised me, personally, from the very first game. That’s a testament to their resiliency ATLANTA — After and a testament to their abilfalling short by three points ity to buy in what we want in the state final a year to do.” ago against Tift County, This year’s starting group Norcross head coach Jesse featured two seniors in UGA McMillan felt that a chance commit Joseph Toppin and at another championship this Dalvin White, who guided season was a long shot. the team by each averaging It wasn’t that this version nearly 11 points per game. of the Blue Devils didn’t The performance of have talent, but attrition those two helped spur on a from graduation coupled talented young group, led by with a sizeable group of junior guard Kyle Sturdiyoung players left McMilvant, junior forward Issa lan feeling that the reality Muhammad and sophomore of making another run at guard Brandon Boston, a state title would be a while a pair of sophomores surprise. guards in Caleb Murphy and Facing region and Kevon Eskridge added qualcrosstown rival Meadowity minutes off the bench. creek on Saturday night at “Young guys stepping the McCamish Pavilion at up and embracing their Georgia Tech for the Class roles and the leadership AAAAAAA crown, Norfrom seniors like Toppin cross had a chance to bring and White,“ McMillan said home the state trophy, only when asked what this team to come up short 56-43. showed him. “That’s what The loss was particularly makes this difficult is that stinging as Norcross (28-4) coaches have an opportunity had beaten Meadowcreek to come back next year and (26-6) three times eartry again and those seniors lier this year, twice in the don’t have that. For a guy regular season and again in like White, who has been a the Region 7-AAAAAAA starter in our program since championship game. his freshman year, your Even though the season heart really goes out to him.” was merely a few minutes White and Toppin weren’t done, McMillan was still able to match their season able to put into perspecaverage Saturday night as tive what his team accomthe duo combined to score plished. just 10 points, but the young “I told them just now that pair of Boston and SturdiI felt like going into this vant took up the slack with season that, in my wild13 and 14 points respecest dreams, did I think we tively. would have the opportunity Foul trouble also reared to play for the state champi- its ugly head as Boston onship,” McMillan said. “I fouled out with 6:10 left in felt like we lost a lot of guys the fourth quarter less than a to graduation who played minute after scoring his 13th such huge roles for us last point. scott.smith@ gwinnettdailypost.com

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Mustangs •From Page 1B book error, and Kyle Sturdivant hitting one of the two ensuing free throws to give Norcross a quick 1-0 lead.

From that point, the two teams traded the lead 10 times, with neither team leading by more than five points, and saw five ties throughout the first half.

The last two exchanges came when Issa Muhammad connected on a jumper from the baseline with 36 seconds left in the half to put the Blue Devils up, followed by a layup from Cory Hightower at the 24-second mark, to send the Mustangs into intermission with a scant 27-26 lead.

The seesaw continued through the third quarter with five more lead changes and two more ties.

However, the pace remained more to Meadowcreek’s liking, something Norcross learned from experience it would have to find a way to counter.

“There was nothing easy,” Norcross coach Jesse McMillan said.

“We had zero transition opportunities, and we were handcuffed at times with foul trouble.

“We were 1-for-14 (shooting) on 3s and had two assists for the game.

Everything was difficult.

It felt like if the ball had bounced a little different here or there, we would’ve had the opportunity to do something.”

Indeed, both teams struggled with foul trouble, with Kelly picking up his third foul with 7:11 left in the third quarter and Mustang teammate Kendrick

Wesleyan’s Sutton West (15) goes up for a shot during Friday’s Class A (Private) state championship game at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

West dominates in final prep basketball showing

By Christine Troyke christine.troyke@ gwinnettdailypost.com

ATLANTA — Wesleyan inbounded the ball with one second left in the first half.

Senior Sutton West drained an open mid-range jumper and the Wolves streamed into the locker room with a 27-22 lead over Holy Innocents’ in Friday’s Class A Private state final.

With a flick of her wrist, West changed the momentum of the game — for herself and her team.

West and fellow senior Amaya Register dominated the second half and led Wesleyan to its 13th state title. They beat Holy Innocents’ 61-44 at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion, avenging three straight regular-season losses to their region rival.

“It was a big momentum shift,” Register said.

“Coming into the second half, we had a lot of energy from that shot. It really sparked us.”

West finished with a team-high 17 points and played all but the final

minute of the game. She and Register were subbed out with the Wolves up by 21. That was when it all sunk in.

“I actually wasn’t looking at the score a ton in the fourth quarter,” West said.

“It makes me nervous, so I was just trying to keep playing our game and running fast breaks and getting open looks.

“But it was just fun at that point (coming to the bench). We knew it was our last game and we knew we were going out on top.

It was an awesome feeling.

Losing to them three times before definitely makes this feel even better, but it’s already an amazing experience.”

Before West knocked down the buzzer-beater at the end of the first half, she had just four points. But she was a changed player from that point. West opened the second half with a strong drive in the lane, drew a shooting foul and then went hard to the bucket again. It all added up to a 32-24 lead and Holy Innocents’ calling for a timeout with 4:54 left in

the third quarter.

“The biggest turn in the game was Sutton attacking the basket,” Wesleyan head coach Jan Azar said.

West continued to slice apart the Bears’ defense in the middle, leading Wesleyan to an insurmountable lead in the fourth quarter.

West, a three-sport start, closed out her final high school basketball game by flying in for a rebound and putback in the final minutes.

“She is a killer,” Azar said. “She’s a silent killer.

She really came into her own this season.”

Azar saw the possibility six years ago.

“I told her in the sixth grade — and some people told me I was crazy because you should see her sixth-grade picture — that she could do this,” Azar said. “She believed me.

“Sutton is a phenomenal athlete and she’s smart.

Those two things together mean you can do just about anything. I can’t take credit for her brain or her athleticism. Hopefully I have some for teaching her how to play basketball, but she’s a phenomenal kid.”

Norcross’ Kyle Sturdivant (3) goes up for a jumper over Meadowcreek’s Kendrick Green (5) during the Class AAAAAAA state championship game at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

Green picking up his fourth with 7:09 to play, while Blue Devils stars Sturdivant and Boston also raking up the fouls early and often in the second half.

And with Norcross holding a 36-34 lead heading into the fourth quarter, Kelly said he and his Meadowcreek teammates knew it was now or never.

“Last year we struggled with getting up on teams and not finishing,” the 6-foot-9 Duquesnebound senior said. “So this year, we made it a point to get up and finish the game strong, make our free throws at the end and execute our defense.

(Saturday), we really pushed to get up in the fourth and make sure we keep that lead.”

The Mustangs quickly evened the game at 36-all on Jamir Chaplin’s layup off a lob from Kelly with

7:27 to play, and then took a 38-36 lead when they cashed in a Norcross turnover with Nichols’ drive to the basket seven seconds later at the 7:20 mark.

Complicating matters further for Norcross was Boston, who finished with 13 points, fouling out with 6:10 left.

From there, Meadowcreek applied the defensive clamps, allowing Norcross just seven points in the final frame, with the Blue Devils not connecting on their first field goal of the quarter until a layup by reserve Caleb Murphy with 53 seconds remaining.

By the time that happened, Hightower scored on a layup and Chaplin added a breakaway dunk to ignite a 9-1 run that extended the Mustangs’ lead to 47-37 following Chaplin hitting 1 of 2 from the line with 1:42

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West said. “We did the little things right and we stayed in it. We didn’t let any run they had get us out of playing our game.

We just stuck with it.”

Sophomore Izzy Larsen drained a 3-pointer with a quick release to give Wesleyan an early fivepoint lead.

Holy Innocents’ grabbed its first lead as the first quarter came to an end. Jada Farrell hit a 3 from the corner and followed it up with a drive in the lane. The Bears (29-2) got up 15-11 to start the second quarter before the momentum shifted.

Larsen banked in a putback, Register scored on another offensive board and A.C. Carter went inside out on the baseline.

The three straight buckets turned a three-point deficit into a three-point lead midway through the second quarter.

Carter, who finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds, rattled in a 3 from the top of the arc for a 25-19 lead and then the seniors took over.

“It was a little frustrating (in the first half) because I was trying to attack a little bit and the shots weren’t falling,” Register said. “We just needed to be patient, do what works well for us.

And it starts on defense.

When we got steals and turnovers from them, we turned it into points. That was a lot of fun.”

West and Register dominated the second half. West finished with a team-high 17 points, eight rebounds and two blocks.

Register added 12 points, dished out three assists and had two steals. Both played 31 of 32 minutes.

A 27-22 halftime lead quickly ballooned to double digits on a smooth 3-pointer by Register, her first of the game, from up top.

Freshman Paige Lyons followed that up with a backbreaking play. Lyons

the difference in this game.”

The Wolves (27-4) graduated eight seniors from last year and slogged through the expected growing pains.

Other than a loss to Class AAAAA state champion Buford, the only team to beat Wesleyan this season was Holy Innocents’ one of those losses was by 20 points and even many of the Wolves’ regular-season wins weren’t pretty.

“I think we got better,” Azar said matter of factly. “You get used to having eight seniors and you depend on them a lot.

So I’m just really proud of our kids for following through on the game plan and working hard to get better this season.”

Wesleyan found its stride at just the right time.

The Wolves lost to Holy Innocents’ in the region tournament final, but it was only by seven points and gave them confidence for the rematch to come.

After a first-round bye, Wesleyan rolled through Eagle’s Landing Christian 71-25 and Calvary Day 60-20.

Then came a semifinal clash with St. Francis, thought to be a serious title contender. The Wolves destroyed St. Francis 71-49 and punched their ticket to the championship game for the 15th straight year.

Register and West felt the same shock at that margin of victory Friday.

“Exactly,” West said excitedly. “When you look up and go, ‘When did that happen?’”

The buzz from this heavyweight bout resulted in a stilted start, with turnovers and missed shots on both ends.

“I wouldn’t say it was our best basketball (early), but we definitely came out ready to win,”

Wesleyan

remaining.

And down the stretch, Meadowcreek finally conquered a demon that had haunted it this entire season in close games — free-throw shooting.

The Mustangs finished just 17 of 28 (60.7 percent) from the line on the night but hit 7 of 10 form the line in the final 1:22 to close out the game, and the championship.

In addition to Nichols and Kelly, Chaplin reached double figures with 13 points, nine of which came in the fourth quarter, while the Mustangs also got six points, a game-high 11 rebounds and four assists from Hightower.

Sturdivant led Norcross with 14 points to join Boston in double figures and pulled down seven rebounds, while Joseph Toppin chipped in seven points and eight boards for the Blue Devils.

stole the ball, sliced to the basket on a fast break and drew the foul. Her three-point play pushed Wesleyan’s lead to 39-26 with 3:14 left in the third quarter.

Lyons was the fourth Wolf in double figures with 10 points. She also had three steals and six rebounds.

“Our offense in the second half was beautiful,” Azar said. “Sutton took it to the basket. Amaya distributed the ball. Paige Lyons attacked the basket.

A.C. (Carter) and Callie (Weaver) got in foul trouble, but didn’t foul out, which is huge.

“Everybody did their part, but I’m just really proud of Amaya and Sutton for leading this team all season and not giving up.”

Holy Innocents’ never got within striking distance again. The Wolves led by as much as 21.

Both times it was courtesy of free throws by Lyons.

The second time, with 1:05 left in the game, was when West and Register came out. Azar gave each one a big hug as they got to the bench and it was all smiles from there.

“When she took us out, I looked up and we were up by 20,” Register said.

“Even when we got to the locker room, shocking is not even the word. For us to play like that and beat them by almost 20 is just an amazing feeling.

“We’ve gotten so much better. It was amazing, not only to play them in the state championship, but to beat them like that, it was a lot of fun.”

Holy Innocents’ senior Kaila Hubbard scored a game-high 18 points, but only Farrell joined her in double digits with 13.

Highly touted 6-foot-4 freshman Jillian Hollingshead pulled down 16 rebounds, but had just five points. The Bears shot 27.1 percent from the field in the game.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2018 • 5B PREP ROUNDUP

South Gwinnett improves to 7-5 From Staff Reports

Shiloh’s Ronje Williams misses her high jump attempt in the rain Saturday at the Jerry Arnold Invitational. (Photo: Will Hammock)

Shiloh girls beat rain, competition

By Will Hammock

ing first in the triple jump at 36 feet, 8 3/4 inches.

“Jazmine’s just a versatile athlete,” Jones said.

HOSCHTON — By “Really and truly, I don’t the time Ronje Williams think she’s even close battled through the rain to tapping her potential. to win the high jump, She’s one of those kids near the conclusion of you’ve got to kind of get Saturday’s Jerry Arnold her up and get her going.

Invitational, the Shiloh Once you do, she definitegirls had the team track ly steps up and performs and field championship under pressure. Every wrapped up. time we put her in someThe Generals scored thing, she surprises us.

89 points to finish ahead Her well-rounded talent of runner-up Brookwood and how cool she is about (63) and third-place things (are strengths). She Greater Atlanta Christian doesn’t get too stressed (43) in a girls field of 27 out about things.” teams at Mill Creek. In Williams won the high the 32-team boys field, jump at 5-4 and was Brookwood was second second in the 100 hurdles with 57 points behind (15.19) by .02 seconds to champion Allatoona’s Mawien, who was first at 76.5. Mill Creek (third, 15.17. Mawien also was 54) and Peachtree Ridge the 300 hurdles runner-up (fourth, 45) also made the (44.31) and fifth in the boys top five. high jump (5-0).

Shiloh got first-place Brookwood’s secondfinishes from Jazmine place finish in the girls Hobson, Aweng Mawien meet was aided by its and Williams, as well as a depth, as well as a firstvictory in the 400-meter place finish in the 1,600 relay in 47.89 seconds. relay (4:04.77). The “Our focus right now is Broncos’ top-five finishreally getting them stron- ers were Morgan Bentley ger in their field events,” (third, long jump, 17-10 Shiloh head coach Devin and second, triple jump, Jones said. “That’s what 36-8 3/4), Carlie Turner we came into this meet (fifth, long jump, 17-1 1/4 to do. We’ll go back and and fourth, 400, 59.09), look at that and see how Adiyah Warner (fourth, we did. … We have a few triple jump, 35-10), Jayla of our seniors who are big Ferris (third, 400, 58.34) event scorers. We’re still and Alyssa Keeling (fifth, rebuilding, but the good 100 hurdles, 16.29 and thing is we have a big fifth, 300 hurdles, 48.63). sophomore class. Those GAC’s girls placed third kids are starting to get into behind a trio of top-five shape. I think we’ll have finishes from Chloe Fair, enough to fill in those who was second in the spots.” long jump (18-1), fourth One of those sophoin the 300 hurdles (46.59) mores is Hobson, who was and fifth in the 400 the meet’s top performer (59.12). Nia Brown was among Gwinnett athletes. fourth in the 100 (12.31) She swept the 100 and 200 (25.49), while the (11.79) and 200 (24.25) Spartans’ Danielle Shipp titles in personal-best was third in the high jump times, in addition to plac- (5-2). will.hammock @gwinnettdailypost.com

Dacula’s Elsie Igberaese won the discus at 121-9, and also was second in the shot put (38-4). Teammate Hayley Moore was fifth in the shot (36-0 1/2).

North was sixth in the girls meet with a trio of top-five performers — Sydney Ross (third, pole vault, 10-0), Grace Forren (fourth, pole vault, 9-6), Kayla Brown (third, shot put, 38-3) and Abbey Pinkerton (fifth, 800, 2:23.90). Mill Creek, in ninth, was led by Morgan Iverson’s third-place finishes in the 100 hurdles (15.47) and 300 hurdles (46.03), and Marisa Petit’s fourth-place finish in the 3,200 (11:18.90).

The Lanier girls got good meets from Kalen Surles (second, 100, 11.98 and third, 200, 25.08) and Morgan Manley (second, 400, 57.58). Meadowcreek’s Siddequa Abdurrahman took second in the discus (111-10) and fourth in the shot (37-8 1/2).

Brookwood’s boys runner-up finish was led by two top-five finishes each from Toju Etiwe, Khalil Hasan and Omajuwa Etiwe. Toju Etiwe won the long jump at 21-7 1/2 and was fifth in the high jump (5-10).

Omajuwa Etiwe was fourth in two events (100, 10.97 and 200, 22.50), and Hasan was third in the triple jump (42-7 3/4) and fifth in the high jump (5-10). Thomas Ridley (fourth, 3,200, 9:39.47) and Harrison Miller (third, 300 hurdles, 40.43) also had high finishes for the Broncos.

The third-place Mill Creek boys had two individual champions, along with a first-place 400 relay (42.61). The Hawks’ Andre Valcin won the 400 (49.31), and Julian

Martin-Rogers won the 110 hurdles (14.43). The hosts also got a third-place finish in the long jump from Parker Wroble (21-4 1/2).

Shiloh’s boys, sixth in the team standings, won the 1,600 relay (3:22.94).

The Generals were led individually by Camden Givens (fourth, high jump, 6-0), Elijah Berry (second, 800, 1:59.65), Spencer Vitense (third, 800, 2:00.62) and Dakota Thomas (third, 110 hurdles, 14.55).

GAC also made the boys top 10 with a trio of top-five performers — Myles Hinton (second, discus, 142-7), Kyler McMichael (third, 100, 10.94) and Huey RoweAnderson (fifth, long jump, 21-1).

Peachtree Ridge had second-place finishes from Payton Bowens (long jump, 21-6 1/2) and Wilson McClain (second, 110 hurdles, 14.48), as well as fifth-place finishes from Carlton Bryant (high jump, 5-10) and Antoine Peck (triple jump, 42-3 1/2).

Dacula’s Trenton Jones was second in the 400 (50.08) and teammate Adam Watkins was fourth in the discus (137-11). Lanier’s Nahil Perkins (40.61) and Zachary Charles (40.76) were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 300 hurdles.

Mountain View’s boys team was led by Adam Keller (third, pole vault, 13-6) and Deandre Rosenbaum (fourth, triple jump, 42-4 1/2), and North Gwinnett was led by fifthplace finishes from Eugene Kim (shot, 47-7 1/4) and Nasir Christian (110 hurdles, 15.16). Hebron’s Ryver Morrow was fifth in the pole vault (13-0).

GEORGIA SWARM

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IN BRIEF Wolfy’s America to perform during Swarm’s Heroes Night

Those interested in donating seats should call 844-4-GASWARM, From Staff Reports and Lower Level Tickets son had a hat trick with cab be purchased online three goals and one assist.

The Georgia Swarm will at GeorgiaSwarm.com/ Trailing 9-6 after the Jesse King, Shayne Jackson third quarter, the Georgia and Keil Matisz all finished host its third annual Heroes Heroes or by calling Night on March 18 against 844-4-GASWARM. Swarm rallied to take the with three assists the Buffalo Bandits, “Having the opportulead late in Rochester by Matt Vinc of Rochester featuring a halftime and nity to honor our nation’s rattling off four goals in the led Georgia goalie Mike postgame musical tribute heroes means a lot to our fourth quarter before Roch- Poulin for the NLL lead in ester’s Eric Fannell scored saves by a single stop head- to U.S. military by Wolfy’s organization,” Swarm CoAmerica.

Owner and President Andy with 5:26 left to eventually ing into the game. Poulin The artist Wolfy is a for- Arlotta said in a press force overtime. took over the league lead Rochester’s Kyle Jackson with 46 saves to Vinc’s 38, mer Air Force veteran who release. “We are incredibly toured alongside musicians grateful for the sacrifices delivered the dagger and his but Poulin faced 57 shots including Merle Haggard, made by our armed forces 28th goal of the season and on goal.

Willie Nelson, Johnny and first responders, and the Knighthawks clinched Georgia’s run in the Paycheck and Jerry Lee our Heroes Night is the season tiebreaker over fourth included two goals Lewis. designed to recognize all Georgia with an 11-10 win. from Lyle Thompson, one During Heroes Night, of these brave men and Rochester is on a fourfrom Shayne Jackson and women. We’re looking game winning streak that Jerome Thompson’s second the Swarm will announce forward to having Wolfy’s starts and ends with wins to take the lead in the fourth the return of Seats for Heroes, a program that America in attendance for over Georgia. Fannell, quarter. donates game tickets to Heroes Night as well.”

Cody Jamieson and Josh Georgia (5-7) will host military personnel, veterCurrier all had two goals Eastern Division’s No. 2 — From staff reports for Rochester. Lyle Thomp- team Buffalo on March 18. ans and first responders.

LAKE POINT — South Gwinnett capped off its Perfect Game showcase gauntlet with a win over Saraland (Ala.).

Bailey Shannon earned the win for the Comets (75) and went 2-for-4 at the plate. Marc Davis earned a save and went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Corey Farrow was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Farrow was credited with a win Friday in South’s 7-6 victory over Westlake.

Cabrera Weaver was 3-for-3 at the plate and scored, Davis was 3-for4 with two runs and one RBIs, Levi Byrd was 2-for4, Corey Lee was 2-for-2 with two RBI and Jairus Smith was 2-2.

BASEBALL BASEBALL Brookwood goes 2-2 in Perfect Game showcase LAKE POINT — Brookwood bookended two Friday afternoon wins with a pair of losses at a Perfect Game Tournament at LakePoint.

In Brookwood’s 4-1 loss to

Blessed Trinity on Thursday, Trace Twardoski was 3-for-4 with a double and one RBI, and Tim Martin was 1-for-3 with a double, two stolen bases and one run scored.

In Friday’s first game against Northview (Ala.) the Broncos won 12-1 in five innings.

Will Mize and Will Banfield both homered. Twardoski was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI, Angelo Dispingna had a two-RBI double, Kameron Guidry had an RBI single and Martin drove in two runs on one hit.

Brookwood beat North Broward Prep (Fla.) 5-2 in Game 2.

Jonah Daiss allowed one earned run and struck out five batters through six innings.

Derrius York earned his third save. Guidry, Dispigna and Twardoski all drove in runs for the Broncos.

In Brookwood’s final game, College Station (Texas) won 6-2. Mize and Guidry each drove in one run with doubles.

Buford 5, Grayson 4 LAKE POINT — Buford is back to .500 with its win over Grayson at Perfect Game’s Lake Point showcase.

Garrett Glover was credited with the win and Dylan Mckinnis earned a save.

Evan Place was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Buford (7-7) and Noah Ledford drove in one run.

GGC ROUNDUP

Women’s tennis falls to No. 1 Lynn From Staff Reports

seasons of postseason eligibility.

Saturday’s matchup of Softball takes top honors the top-ranked teams in the at NFCA Classic NAIA and NCAA Division After losing its first II lived up to its billing, game of the season to No. going down to the wire 22 Warner 7-3, the No. 7 before Lynn University Grizzlies (17-1) softball (Fla.) earned a hard-fought team used an 11-run third 5-3 victory defeated the inning to beat Lawrence Georgia Gwinnett College Tech and shutout No. 13 women’s tennis team in Ottawa 9-0. the Grizzly Spring Break In Game 1, Anya Invitational at the Grizzly Vandersip drove in a run Tennis Facility. on an RBI triple, and Lynn led 2-1 after Elyssa Melton and Tori doubles with victories on Robinson both drove in the top two courts. Junior runs for the Grizzlies.

Henar Munoz and sophoGGC was tied with more Maria Prados Cid Lawrence Tech 1-1 headearned an 8-5 victory at ing into the third inning.

No. 3 doubles for GGC. Niki Cook hit a two-run A retirement at No. 2 inside-the-park home run, singles squared the match. one of her three hits in the Sophomore Margarida game, to help spark the Abreu registered a 7-5, 6-2 rally. Starting pitcher Jorvictory at No. 6 singles to dan Englar pitched all five once again even the match innings, allowing four hits at 3-3. Lynn won the final and one earned run. two matches to secure the Taylor Hansis shut out win.

Ottawa and conceded two The loss ends GGC’s hits through five innings, 43-match winning streak. striking out eight batters.

The Grizzlies have won Melton and Piper Wagner consecutive NAIA national both homered, and Melton titles and three national collected three RBI in the championships in four game.

ATLANTA GLADIATORS

Stingrays shut out Gladiators, 5-0 From Staff Reports South Carolina’s wave of four goals in the third period Atlanta Gladiators blew open what was a close game for the first 40 minutes.

Atlanta (28-31-1-2) fell 5-0 Saturday night behind the goals of four different Stingrays. Nick Roberto had two in the final period to lead the team win goals.

South Carolina struck in the first six minutes of the game with a goal from Joe Devin, his 18th of the season. Shots on goal were even at 12-12 and there were no penalties in the first period.

The score was still 1-0 after the second period, but Atlanta played at least one man down from the 9:04 mark in the second period to the 5:10 mark on two separate minor penalties. Once the Gladiators returned to full strength, Atlanta took the final five shots on goal, all stopped

by South Carolina’s Parker

Milner.

South Carolina iced the game in the third period with four more goals, and Atlanta managed just seven shots on target.

The Gladiators were playing without dynamic rookie forward Tanner Pond, who was called up to AHL Providence on Friday, but did get defenseman Taylor Doherty back from the P-Bruins. Atlanta signed physical forward Brennan Saulnier ahead of Saturday’s game.

Saulnier, 24, spent the past four years at the University of AlabamaHuntsville. In 30 games during his senior season, the Halifax, Nova Scotia, native posted career-highs in goals (eight) and penalty minutes (121). The 6-foot, 180-pound forward had 56 points and 351 penalty minutes during his four-year tenure with the Chargers.

Atlanta returns to Infinite Energy Arena on Tuesday to host Idaho.

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Bowman extactic to race on home track

By Holly Cain NASCAR Wire Service

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver William Byron (24) during qualifying for the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Photo: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports)

Step up in class was an eye-opener for Byron no doubt about it, it was a rough weekend, but we definitely learned a lot from it.

“Just to make it 500 miles and to know what that’s going to be like and to know what I need to do to get to that point was the biggest thing for me. Once I kind of realized where we were as far as how our car handled and things like that, you just kind of reset your goals and just go from there to figure out what you can do to maximize the day.”

The Las Vegas weekend started on a more optimistic note. Byron found speed late in Friday’s opening practice and posted the fifth fastest lap in qualifying trim at 190.282 mph. In time trials later that afternoon, he earned a seasonbest 17th starting position for the Pennzoil 400.

Sunday’s race was another matter. Byron finished 27th, four laps down to race winner Harvick, who drove off into the desert sunset, leaving just eight other cars on the lead lap.

To be fair, Byron isn’t the only Hendrick Motorsports driver who has struggled this season. The company is working hard to discover the subtleties of the new Camaro ZL1 race car while dealing with a new organizational model that has all four crew chiefs in the same building.

Before the Daytona 500, Byron had never run a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, making his learning curve as steep as it can possibly be. Nevertheless, Byron’s own history offers bright promise.

Typically, he starts slowly — and learns fast.

Two races into his first full season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2016, Byron was 25th in points. He went on to win seven times that

year and spent 13 consecutive races on top of the standings before a blown engine at Phoenix cost him a chance to compete for the championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway a week later.

Last year, in his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut season, Byron didn’t win until the 14th race of this season. He went on to collect four victories, including a “revenge” win in the next-to-last race at Phoenix. Byron won the series title with a third-place finish at Homestead.

The message is clear.

When the switch goes on for Byron, the performance escalates meteorically. And it does so while Byron stays current with his online courses at Liberty.

“I think that, once it clicks, it’s going to be the same as any other series,” Byron said. “When it clicks, and you know what you need in the car, and you know how to produce that result, it doesn’t matter whether there are 30 good cars or 20 good cars.

I think that once it does click for us, and once we know and we show up each week, and we’re very close to how we need to be, it’s going to start to click and rack off those successful finishes.

“But I would say there is a lot of stuff to work on.

I mean, there’s the pit road stuff, the green-flag stops, the length of the races and then just learning Darrian and my guys to know what to do. I think we’re going to get there probably quicker than people expect, but there might be some rough patches here and there.”

Then again, perhaps Byron is just getting the rough patches out of the way early, as he has done at every previous level of NASCAR racing.

winners — Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth — are no longer The Monster Energy competing.

NASCAR Cup Series emThe last three race winbarks on the second leg of ners at ISM Raceway have its three-race #NASCARrepresented the series three GoesWest swing with the manufacturers, Ford, ChevTicketGuardian 500 at rolet and Toyota.

ISM Raceway in Phoenix, Ryan Newman is the Arizona and a whole lot of defending race winner leadhighly motivated competiing only the final six laps en tors are eyeing the trophy. route to his sole 2017 vicThat’s the case, of tory in the No. 31 Richard course, at every stop on the Childress Racing Chevrolet.

Cup circuit, but even this In races just before early in the season – three and just after Newman’s races in — competitors Phoenix victory, the winner say they feel an urgency to similarly was not the driver capture a win and secure a who led the most laps on place in the Playoff field. the day. Joey Logano won The one-mile Phoenix the 2016 fall race leading track is a particularly inter- 58 laps, while Alex Bowesting venue when it comes man led the most laps (194) to predicting a winner — on the day but finished only one person, Kevin sixth. Kenseth won at PhoeHarvick — has repeat wins nix last November leading at the track since 2010. And 62 laps compared to Denny three of the past 10 race Hamlin’s dominant 193

laps out front, which ended after late-race contact with Chase Elliott.

Harvick was the last to win and lead the most laps (139) in March 2016.

Also interesting to note, that of the series top ranked 16 drivers, only six – Harvick, Logano, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch Denny Hamlin and Newman — have won previously at Phoenix. And only two-time champ Newman and eight-time champ Harvick have multiple wins among them.

Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson is currently ranked further back in 29thplace in the standings — the slowest start to a season in his Hall of Fame-bound career. But Johnson has four ISM Raceway victories and all the motivation to end the longest winless streak of his career (26 races).

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — To call William Byron’s initiation into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series a baptism by fire wouldn’t be giving enough credit to the fire.

To say the least, the 20-year-old Liberty University sophomore has had a rough debut in his first three races at NASCAR’s highest level, but not for a lack of grit or effort.

Starting the seasonopening Daytona 500 in a backup car after an early crash in the first Can-Am Duel qualifying race three days earlier, Byron was part of a nine-car wreck on Lap 60 of the Great American Race. Despite a subsequent spin off Turn 4 on Lap 190, Byron soldiered on to a 23rd-place finish, four laps down to overtime winner Austin Dillon.

A week later at Atlanta, Byron went a lap down to eventual race winner Kevin Harvick before a scheduled competition caution on Lap 30. Only Harvick’s largesse — slowing enough to let Byron pass him before the yellow flag waved — kept Byron on the lead lap.

Byron and crew chief Darian Grubb improved the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet throughout the race, but Byron was no match for Harvick. No one else was either. Byron fought through the afternoon and was running at the finish, two laps down in 18th place.

Last year’s NASCAR Xfinity Series champion had never worked harder for a mid-pack result.

“Yeah, especially with what I fought in the beginning of the race,” Byron acknowledged last Friday before qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“It was rough. There’s

Drivers search for elusive victories at ISM Raceway

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

Avondale, Ariz. — This weekend’s arrival in his home state for today’s TicketGuardian 500 at ISM Raceway in Phoenix, is a sentimental first for Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman.

It isn’t his first start in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series on the 1-mile oval and it’s not even his first drive in the iconic No. 88 Hendrick Chevrolet Camaro. But it is the first time Bowman, 25, has driven this car as his own, set to take the green flag in a competitive opportunity at his home track.

“It’s always fun to come home,’’ the Tucson, Ariz. native said Friday morning before opening practice in Phoenix.

“Don’t really get to spend a lot of time out here. It’s definitely an enjoyable trip. I really enjoy this racetrack too. Pretty successful here, wish we could close races a little better here.

“We have run really well here in the Xfinity Series and in the Cup Series. Just never been able to close one off. Hopefully, that all changes this weekend.”

Filling in for a theninjured Dale Earnhardt Jr. two seasons ago in the Phoenix fall race, Bowman scored his first ever Cup pole position and led an impressive 194 of the 324 laps on his way to a sixth-place finish — his first top-20 showing there.

The pole position and the finish career bests too.

It wasn’t just good for the heart, it was the ultimate chance to prove he could do big things with the right opportunity. And Hendrick Motorsports is the ultimate opportunity.

After being named to take over the No. 88 when Earnhardt retired at the end of last season, Bowman’s career has taken a new avenue and the prospects are now in line with his expectation.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Alex Bowman (88) during practice for the Pennzoil 400 presented

by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Photo: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports)

He won the pole and led 13 laps in the seasonopening Daytona 500, but was sidelined after being caught up in an accident.

He has added finishes of 20th (Atlanta) and 16th (Las Vegas) since and is actually the highest ranked driver in the four-car Hendrick stable — 17th in the standings — coming to Phoenix.

“Well, Daytona went well,’’ Bowman said. “We had a really fast racecar and contended all day and then got caught up in a wreck at the end. There is really nothing you can do there. But you know, other than that, we have not run how we expect and how we want to run.

“It hasn’t been a great start for us. I think we unloaded at Atlanta and quickly realized that we have a lot of work to do.

We’ve got the best guys in the business back at the shop working hard. We made progress last week.

We were definitely better last week. We didn’t get the finish that we would have hoped for, but we are making progress.

“To start the year, we are behind what we expected to be, but like I said before, there is such a depth of really smart people at Hendrick Motorsports that I’m confident that we will be contending for race wins soon.”

Interestingly, Bowman doesn’t necessarily consider his home track

a particularly “best” shot for his first trip to Cup’s victory circle. His best NASCAR finish on it is a runner-up in a 2011 NASCAR K&N West Series race there when Bowman was only 18 years old. But the sixth place here two years ago gives him reason to smile. He remains optimistic about his chances this weekend. His last time behind the wheel of this car at Phoenix produced a career highlight reel. At last, he is in the ride of his life and there has never been a better time — or frankly, locale — to seize this opportunity.

“Absolutely, we have a notebook of what I liked here and a really good one at that,’’ Bowman said of making his first “return” trip to a track driving a Hendrick car.

“We were really fast here before,’’ he said. “I think it’s a positive. We’ve got some changes. The racecar has changed, we have the new car in the Camaro ZL1.

“A lot has changed, but at the same time at least we have something to kind of look back on and look at what changes I liked and didn’t like throughout practice and where our car was strong and where we needed work.

“I think it’s always good to have that notebook to lean on and especially here with as good of a notebook as we’ve had.”

NFL NOTES

Sherman meets with 49ers Field Level Media Richard Sherman spent his first day as a free agent with the San Francisco 49ers.

Sherman, a three-time All-Pro cornerback with the Seattle Seahawks, was released Friday in a cap-related move and told ESPN he immediately received significant interest.

His first stop is Santa Clara, Calif., and Adam Schefter of ESPN reported Saturday that it could very well be his only visit with the expectation the 49ers are ready to write a check if Sherman’s surgically repaired Achilles passes inspection.

Sherman turns 30 on March 30.

In addition to the 49ers, Sherman said the Titans, Lions, Raiders, Texans, Buccaneers and Packers were interested in meeting with Sherman, who is acting as his own agent.

Seattle plays the 49ers twice every season in the NFC West. The Seahawks saved $11 million against the 2018 salary cap by releasing Sherman. Seattle also traded defensive end Michael Bennett to the Philadelphia Eagles — the deal isn’t official until Wednesday, when the new league year begins — and are reportedly all ears if teams want to blow them away with a trade offer for safety Earl Thomas.

San Francisco started

the offseason with a $137.5 million pact with impending free agent Jimmy Garoppolo. The move, coupled with a six-game winning streak to end the season, has sparked significant interest from free agents, general manager John Lynch said at the NFL Scouting Combine.

Sherman ended last season on injured reserve because of a ruptured right Achilles. He had surgery on his left Achilles to remove bone spurs in January. Sherman expects to be ready for the regular season but could be limited in August for training camp and parts of the preseason.

The Stanford product is from Compton, Calif.

Browns trade DT Shelton to Pats The Cleveland Browns made their fourth trade in 24 hours by sending defensive tackle Danny Shelton to the New England Patriots, according to multiple reports Saturday.

The Patriots also acquired Cleveland’s fifthround pick in the 2018 NFL Draft in exchange for New England’s thirdround pick in 2019.

The trade won’t be official until Wednesday when the new league year begins.

The 6-foot-2, 335-pound Shelton was drafted 12th overall out of the University of Washington in the first round

in 2015 and played 46 games. He recorded 71 tackles and 1.5 sacks in three seasons.

Shelton’s value to the Browns was diminished when Gregg Williams was brought in as defensive coordinator in 2017 and converted to a 4-3 alignment.

The Patriots needed help up front after deciding not to pick up the option on defensive tackle Alan Branch. In addition, defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois said Friday that he expects to play elsewhere in 2018.

The departure of Shelton, 24, means all 10 of the Browns’ first-round picks from 2009-2015 are gone from Cleveland.

On Friday, the Browns pulled off deals with the Miami Dolphins for wide receiver Jarvis Landry, the Buffalo Bills for quarterback Tyrod Taylor and the Green Bay Packers for cornerback Damarious Randall.

Tessitore takes over MNF play-by-play ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” booth is getting a total makeover.

With longtime color analyst Jon Gruden already gone from ESPN as head coach of the Oakland Raiders, the network has named Joe Tessitore as the iconic series’ new play-by-play announcer, the New York Post reports.

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world&nation World U.K. holds an urgent meeting over Russian spy attack

Britain’s home secretary and government ministers held an emergency meeting Saturday as investigators probe the attempt to kill a former Russian double agent and his daughter using a rare nerve agent.

Some 180 military personnel have been deployed to the normally quiet cathedral city of Salisbury in southern England to help police as they investigate several sites amid concerns over potential contamination.

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter, Yulia, 33, remain hospitalized in “very serious condition” after being poisoned this week in Salisbury, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said as she visited the city Friday.

The father and daughter — believed by authorities to have been deliberately targeted — were found slumped on a bench near a shopping center on Sunday afternoon.

Will hitting China with tariffs hurt the solar power industry in India?

India wants to become a solar powerhouse, generating enough energy for more than 16 million homes by 2022.

The government has approved dozens of new solar plants, rooftop projects and lighting systems, and is offering financial incentives to companies that build them. And Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the first gathering of the International Solar Alliance in New Delhi on today, with French President Emmanuel Macron in attendance.

But the international summit comes as India’s plan to slap a 70 percent tariff on imported solar panels divides the country’s industry. Panel installers say the tariffs could kill any hope of hitting the 2022 target, while panel makers say they’re vital to prevent China from gaining too much influence.

Turkish court frees journalists on bail in trial of opposition paper Two Turkish journalists from the country’s opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper have been released on bail after spending more than a year in pretrial detention on terror-related charges.

Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and investigative journalist Ahmet Sik were among more than a dozen journalists and staff from Cumhuriyet to be placed on trial accused of supporting terror organizations operating in Turkey.

At a hearing Friday, a court in Silivri, outside Istanbul, ruled the two men should be released, but the charges against them still stand.

— From wire reports

More snow headed for Northeast

By Ray Sanchez and Faith Karimi CNN

Still digging out from a nor’easter that buried parts of northwestern Massachusetts with up to 2 feet of snow, a new storm could deliver more snow and strong winds to the East Coast early next week.

Forecasters are tracking another coastal storm with the potential for snowfall in Virginia and West Virginia on today into Monday.

Both the American and European computer models now point to the system moving farther out over the Atlantic, with little impact on the Northeast. But that forecast could change.

No fierce storms are expected for Northeastern states late Friday or Saturday, CNN meteorologist Taylor Ward said. A few snow showers are expected for the interior portions of New York and New England.

Areas closer to the coast that were hit the hardest with the last storm won’t see any snow this weekend, Ward said.

The new coastal storm threat comes after the second nor’easter in a week left at least one person dead, while hundreds of thousands of homes on the East Coast remained without electricity.

As of Saturday morning, 172,931 customers are without power from

nation Gunman and victims identified in standoff at veterans home

A gunman and three female hostages were found dead at a military veterans home in Northern California on Friday night, officials said, a grim end to a standoff that lasted nearly eight hours.

Shortly before 6 p.m., officers stormed into the room where the gunman had held the hostages at the Veterans Home of California in Yountville, said Chris Childs with the California Highway Patrol.

They found the gunman and the three hostages dead, he said. The coroner’s office identified the victims as Christine Loeber, 48; Jennifer Golick, 42; and Jennifer Gonzales, 29.

“This is a tragic piece of news, one that we were really hoping we wouldn’t have to come before the public to give,” Childs said.

Before officers entered the room, hostage negotiators spent hours trying to contact the gunman, who was a former client at The Pathway Home.

Authorities identified him as Albert Wong, 36, of Sacramento.

Steve Bannon: ‘Let them call you racists’ President Donald Trump’s estranged adviser Steve Bannon told a far-right gathering in France on Saturday that they should handle accusations of racism with pride.

“Let them call you racists,” Bannon said to the

Staff at LaGuardia Airport in New York have been plowing away snow from the nor’easter storm. (Photo: Chris Donato/LaGuardia Airport Twitter)

Kentucky to Maine after the region’s second major storm whipped the area with heavy snow and stiff winds, downing power lines and leaving precarious road conditions.

Boston recorded 6 inches of snow Thursday, while parts of northwestern Massachusetts saw up to 24 inches, the National Weather Service said.

The storm was less severe than last weekend’s “bomb cyclone,” which left at least six people dead.

The storm dumped heavy, wet snow at an intense rate in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and southern New England, especially west of Interstate 95, with

accumulations of 2 feet or more reported in some areas.

Police attributed at least one death to the storm: Barbara Soleski, 88, died after a tree fell and struck her Wednesday evening in the village of Suffern in southern New York, police said.

Another storm-related tragedy occurred Thursday morning when a woman who was shoveling snow in her driveway died after her husband accidentally backed over her with a vehicle, according to police in Pequannock Township, N.J. In Franklin Lakes, N.J., a man died in a vehicle that

police said was engulfed in flames while a live power line was on the roadway near it. It’s unclear if the death, which is under investigation, was directly caused by the storm.

Winds and snow brought down plenty of power lines, piling on to the crippling outages remaining from last weekend.

The storm packed gusts of 30 to 50 mph — a far cry from the 90 mph gusts recorded during the weekend storm — with damaging effects.

Some communities outside Philadelphia, such as Rosemont and Wrightstown Township, recorded more

People Oprah: Parkland activists remind her of civil rights movement icons

Oprah Winfrey says she was inspired to help the survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting as they fight for stronger gun control because their dedication reminded her of the civil rights movement.

“The fact that they were creating this national march to say, ‘enough’ … what it takes to risk that on a national level is what I responded to,” Winfrey said to CNN’s Van Jones on “The Van Jones Show,” which airs at 8 p.m. tonight on CNN. Winfrey announced last month she was donating $500,000 to the March for Our Lives, March 24 demonstration in Washington planned by survivors of last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 people dead.

Winfrey told Jones that it was the Parkland activists’ strength and confidence in taking their cause public that reminded her of those who fought against racial injustice in the 1950s and ’60s. The teenagers’ bravery, she said, resonated with her, given some of the sacrifices her family made during the civil rights era.

“My grandfather took in people from the Freedom Riders in Mississippi and risked his whole family and home. Because if people found out that he was keeping the Freedom Riders in his house? You know, he would have been gone,” she told Jones.

Saturday to accept a recommendation to “revise the role and reduce the perceived influence” of superdelegates.

What that actually means, though, is a question the party is unlikely to resolve until this summer.

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Superdelegates with sulfuric acid, no “Now, yes, I’m more other containers have been debate not done reported to have hazardous in demand,” Clifford told Trump set to CNN. “Like I said in the material. for democrats hold rally ahead Rolling Stone interview, “Our main priority is Democrats will keep if somebody came up to ensuring the safety of of Pennsylvania fighting over “superdelyou and said, ‘Hey, you navigation in the area special election egates” — a leading symbol and addressing potential know that job that you’ve President Donald Trump of the divisions left over been doing forever? How environmental impacts,” about next week I pay you will hold a rally Saturday from the 2016 presidential said Coast Guard Capt. quadruple,’ show me one night in support of the Rerace — for at least five more Bion Stewart, commandperson who’s going to say publican candidate running months. ing officer, Sector North no.” in Pennsylvania’s special Democratic National Carolina.

— From wire reports House election, state Rep. Committee members voted — From wire reports

Facebook gets rights to exclusively stream 25 MLB games

By Jordan Valinsky

national audiences can watch the games directly on MLB’s Facebook page.

Major League Baseball is tak- for free through Facebook’s “It is a major creative step ing a major swing on the future Watch tab in News Feeds. Face- forward in serving our diverse, of streaming with Facebook. book Watch is the site’s video passionate community of fans, The social network announced hub for original and live content. who will enjoy a uniquely interon Friday it has retained the exThe partnership will begin active experience watching our clusive rights to stream 25 MLB April 4 with a matchup between games on Facebook each week,” games this season. This means if the Philadelphia Phillies and Tony Petitti, the league’s deputy you want to watch those games New York Mets. commissioner of business and on mobile, desktop or TV, you’ll Facebook’s deal consists media, said in a statement. need to log into Facebook first. of weekday afternoon games, Financial terms were not The games will be available mostly on Wednesdays. Interdisclosed.

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Hours after the Facebook deal was announced, Twitter announced its own plans for a three-year with Major League Soccer to stream two dozen live matches as well as highlights.

The dueling announcements highlight the emerging arms race in the tech industry to lure users with live streaming sports events. Tech companies are willing to spend tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars on this effort.

The NFL partnered with Twitter to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games in 2016 for a reported $10 million. The next year, the NFL struck a similar $50 million streaming deal with Amazon.

Facebook previously bid $600 million for the global TV and digital rights to stream cricket games from India’s Premier League for five years. But it was beat out by Star India, owned by 21st Century Fox.

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Respite for all

Camp Caglewood participants walk out on a rope bridge at Georgia’s Rock City during one of their trips. (Special Photos)

Camp Caglewood helps those with disabilities have adventures

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aul Freeman glared playfully at Justin Luke, eyeing his orange shirt.

“Justin is a Tennessee fan and I am a fan of whoever is playing against Tennessee,” Freeman said. “He wears orange all the time just to mess with me.”

Sitting in a corner nook in Lawrenceville’s Boulder Creek Coffee, Justin and his parents, Charles and Linda Luke, laughed at the age-old rivalry.

Growing up together at Cannon United Methodist Church, Freeman and Justin, who are both in their 30s, have known each other since they were boys.

Though their paths

diverged for a number of years, for the last 15 years, the two have been reunited — as friends, adventurers and teachers to one another.

Justin, who has special needs, is a participant at Freeman’s Camp Caglewood, which the Brookwood High School graduate and his wife, Jessica, founded in 2001.

The program, which recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, is designed for people with developmental disabilities and offers various adventures each year, which have included trips to SeaWorld, Georgia’s Rock City, the Bahamas and dozens of other locations.

Justin Luke participates in an educational boat ride during which Camp Caglewood participants discovered and studied different types of marine life.

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By the numbers

1 in 5 6.4 5x

Americans affected by a disability during his or her lifetime

Percentage of the U.S. population with limitations in cognitive functions

Likelihood of divorce in families that have a member with a disability

13 56.7

Percentage of public school students receiving special education services in 2014 Millions of people — 19 percent of the population — who had a disability in 2010

*Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Camp Caglewood

Paul Freeman, left, poses with his wife, Jessica, far right, and their three boys. The couple founded Camp Caglewood in 2001 and went on its first adventure in 2002.

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Camp Caglewood, which recently celebrated its 15th anniversary, is designed for people with developmental disabilities and offers various adventures each year. This was one of the group’s trips. (Special Photos)

Above, Justin Luke helps decorate the Camp Caglewood bus for the ride to SeaWorld. At right, the Luke family, from left, are Charles, Linda and Justin Luke.

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Four adventures for this year were recently announced — a Stone Mountain Park trip in September, a Dollywood trip in July, a Gwinnett Stripers game in June and a Twin Cedar Riding Center excursion in April — which are targeted for campers age 12 to 60.

While the trips are designed for children and adults with special needs, they are also very intentionally aimed at providing a respite for

Trips the parents and caregivers of the children and adults with disabilities.

“For the campers, we want it to be something that is an experience that they wouldn’t normally be able to do but allow them to realize that they can do it and expand their independence,” Freeman said. “But also, there’s a lot of added stress on the families that have children or spouses or anybody that has a special need or a medical need or a

disability of any kind.

Families end in divorce five times as much and there’s an immense guilt, at times, that’s undue, but as parents, if you need that time and your other children need that time and there aren’t good choices, you have a tough choice to make.”

As children with special needs get older, too, there are less and less options for them, Linda Luke said.

“For (Justin’s) age, it’s hard to find things,” she

said. “Once they get out of high school, it’s more difficult. We look forward to the trips — I let Justin check the schedule and he picks whichever ones he wants and then (my husband and I) figure, ‘OK, there’s one weekend we have for us.’ Those weekends, we try to do something ourselves. But it’s also a respite (for Justin) from us as much as it is a respite for us.”

That respite is necessary for all parties, Charles Luke said.

“It helps with Justin’s independence and his mindset and it’s helpful for ours,” he said. “There are some strong numbers for couples with children with disabilities — we were told four out of five (marriages) end in divorce, and that was 30-plus years ago. I don’t know what it is now, but that has always resonated

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IF YOU GO 2018 Camp Caglewood adventures • Twin Cedar Riding Center: April 27-29 • Gwinnett Stripers Game: June 23* • Dollywood: July 27-29 • Stone Mountain Park: Sept. 7-9 *This event is a family event and will provide a catered lunch for all participants

with me.”

Freeman said Camp Caglewood is different from many other respite programs for exactly that reason.

“When parents put their children in a respite care program that is not excellent, they feel like they failed, which can cause (more problems),” he said. “Our program is ten times better than anything that anybody

else is doing because we’re providing education, we’re providing an unbelievable experience — mainstream children and adults often don’t even get these experiences — and so a program like ours removes that (guilt) barrier. People can not only feel OK with the respite part, but feel good about providing their loved one with an experience that is amazing.”

Smiling, Justin nodded, adding that SeaWorld was one of his most memorable trips.

“We enjoy our time but I also can’t wait to hear what kind of time they had,” Linda said. “They come with all kinds of artwork and stories….”

“And secrets about Paul,” Charles said.

Once again laughing, Freeman looked fondly at the Lukes.

“Justin is literally one of the greatest people I know,” he said, “even though he likes Tennessee; that’s his only fault. Justin and the other campers — and I’m going to get choked up — they are my best friends, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I have a few good friends, but with this group, we share, we laugh and we poke fun. But that’s what it is — it’s the sense of family.”

For more information about Camp Caglewood, visit caglewood. org/15for15.

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Brookwood students work with GGC athletics Members of Brookwood High School’s intro to sports and entertainment marketing class got a chance to apply some skills they learned in the classroom to a real life project with local educational institute Georgia Gwinnett College.

“I knew that once the students knew the basic principles of marketing, a great way to apply the skills would be through a real world experience,” Brookwood teacher Brett Huckle said. “I reached out to a few places, but I didn’t know if they would respond back out to us.”

In the fall, GGC assistant athletic director Ned Colgrove contacted Huckle to discuss how they could work together to put together something that would help the students.

What initially began as a visit from Colgrove to speak to Huckle’s students transformed into a project that would benefit both parties.

“I didn’t know what I was going to get out of the relationship and he didn’t

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Trevor McNaboe know either,” Huckle said.

“Talking back and forth, we decided to have our class create a marketing plan for the college’s spring sports.”

All three of Huckle’s classes were tasked with creating a marketing plan that would increase both awareness on the school’s digital platform and attendance of GGC’s baseball and softball teams.

To help the group of 90 students making up the three classes, Colgrove spoke to the different groups and gave information on the founding of the GGC athletic department and details they could use to enhance their marketing plan.

local Gwinnett recreation and youth athletic programs by planning special youth nights for games.

Huckle said some ideas the group presented are already being enacted by the athletic department.

“What excited the students most about this was that if their plan was good enough, they could actually see the results of their work,” Huckle said. “Just them knowing they could be driving along and see some of their work on a Georgia Gwinnett College’s assistant athletic director Ned billboard along (Ga. HighColgrove shows students from Brookwood High School way) 316 was cool.” some of the school’s athletic facilities. (Special Photo) The success of this first The athletic departto come to the campus to partnership opportunity ment gave students about take a tour of the facilities between Huckle’s class and a month to research, plan and give their presentation the GGC athletic departand complete their market- to the rest of the athletic ment has left the teacher ing presentation. Each class department. optimistic they can conhad a winner determined by “The overall winning tinue to work together in plan feasibility as well as team had some ideas like the future. presentation skills. To ramp a loyalty program for stu“We hope this can be on up the competition, they dents,” Huckle said. “They a yearly basis where we also selected one overall were planning on creating have students doing differwinner among the three an app that would track ent plans for them,” Huckle classes. students’ attendance at said. “We did baseball and The winning team games and provide incensoftball this year. Maybe received GGC athletic tives along the way.” next year we can do soccer apparel and an athletics Another idea the winning and tennis. It’s great to have season pass and were asked group had was including that connection with them.”

Gwinnett Music Honor Society chapters host concert The North Gwinnett High School National Music Honor Society is teaming up with five other local high schools to raise money for underprivileged inner city music programs.

On March 24, Lanier, Discovery, Berkmar, Mill Creek and Mountain View schools will join North Gwinnett for a benefit concert at Suwanee Town Center Park.

Members from each school’s band, orchestra and chorus classes will participate in the event, with proceeds going to the National Association for Music Education Give a Note Foundation.

The concert runs from 5 to 8 p.m.

Trevor McNaboe is the Education Reporter for The Gwinnett Daily Post. He can be reached via email at trevor.mcnaboe@gwinnettdailypost.com. Good News From Schools comes out in the Gwinnett Daily Post’s Sunday print edition and online.

The enduring trouble with men and their machines It’s been a few years since I shared the story of Tink and the riding mower, but I’ll remind you what happened, so I can segue into another story of a man and a riding mower.

We were newly married when Tink came home from an errand and found me cutting grass with a Bush Hogbrand, zero turn mower. I’ve been cutting grass since I was 11 when Daddy proudly brought home a fancy blue Sears Roebuck riding mower that even had headlights and lasted 20 years.

Instantly, Tink wanted to

Ronda Rich take up cutting grass. I don’t know that he had ever cut grass with a riding mower.

He came from Los Angeles where he hired someone.

I was skeptical about it because, as you probably know, the zero turns (the

mowers with handles, not steering wheel) take a little getting used to. He persisted, so I showed him how.

“Go over to the side and practice on level ground,” I said. “And whatever you do, don’t try that embankment.

It has to be done with a weed eater. It’s very dangerous.”

I started back into the house when I had a sudden, sinking feeling. I turned to look at him and wanted to stop him but, not wanting to damage his ego, I swallowed the words. Then, I prayed that God Almighty would keep him safe. I went down

into the front pasture to spray thistle, the bane of my existence. The mower had not been running 15 minutes since I’d left Tink that I heard a thunderous commotion and saw Mississippi the cat running for his life. Then, silence. No running mower.

He wasn’t hurt, but he had learned a powerful lesson. As soon as I was out of sight, he went for the embankment, lost control, went flying down the hill, jumped the rock wall (breaking off a piece) and flipped the mower. My prayer, I am sure, had saved him. He always says that he was so scared of me that, with a rush of adrenaline, he lifted the huge mower and righted it before I got there.

Kabe Cain, who sells us all our outdoor equipment, always stresses safety. When he delivered a new tractor, he said, “Miss Ronda, always wear your seat belt. If you do and the tractor turns over,

you’ll get bumped up, but you won’t get killed.” Before I ever turn the key on the tractor, I have my seat belt on. It’s the first thing I do.

When Rodney, my beloved brother-in-law, came to teach me how to Bush Hog the pasture with the tractor, he took off without his seat belt. I gave him a big lecture on that, which he ignored.

I kept having a premonition about the Bush Hog mower turning over with someone on it. Maybe me.

So we bought a commercial mower with a roll bar and seat belt. Again, Kabe said, “Always wear your seat belt.” And I do.

The original mower, the one Tink wrecked, we took down to Mama’s house where a friend was staying for a while. His duty was to cut the grass. Mama’s yard is level, so I felt that was safe, but still I cautioned, “Don’t use the mower to cut that

little embankment near the road. Use the Weed Eater.” I think I said this three to five times.

I don’t know what it is about men, machines and me. No one listens. Sure enough, our friend turned over the mower and got trapped. He was banged up and had a broken finger but,

by God’s grace, not seriously injured.

“Did you tell him, ‘I told you so?’” Rodney asked.

I shook my head. “No.” Rodney smiled broadly, thinking wrongly that I had learned better. “That’s good,” he said with nodding approval.

I smiled back ever-sosweetly. “But I’m going to,” I winked, “just as soon his finger heals.”

Ronda Rich is the bestselling author of “There’s A Better Day A-Comin’.”

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How does a company go bankrupt? Slowly at first, then really, really fast. It’s exactly the same way individuals go broke — gradually, then really quickly.

Unfortunately, people often miss the early warning signs. In my experience, it’s often because they’re focused on lots of numbers, instead of just a few. Here are two examples: Example No. 1 — Dashboard inertia I was working with a client who was trying to dramatically increase new business. Current sales were up, but their sales dashboard, the system they used to measure sales activity, was starting to show a few pockets of yellow.

For those unfamiliar with a dashboard, green means the numbers are all OK, yellow means danger zone, red means things are about to go off the rails. This client’s dashboard tracked 20 different activities. The ones measuring prospecting were starting to go yellow.

But the sales team didn’t seem concerned. They kept talking about all the deals they had in the pipeline.

Every day they were getting little pings of yellow on their dashboard, but they pretty much ignored them.

It’s not uncommon for employees to ignore company-created measuring systems. The more complex the system, the more likely people are to ignore it.

I knew it was time for a yellow pad exercise. I had the VP of sales ask each

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reorganize his finances after a divorce. His spreadsheets for tracking finances had hundreds of numbers on them.

I got out the yellow pad and asked, “What are your average business expenses every month? What are your personal expenses?

What’s your average Lisa McLeod monthly revenue?” When he wrote the numbers down, he was shocked to person to write down their realize he wasn’t making quota and their average enough to cover the basics. close rate, and then figure out how many opportunities Every month things slid they needed to be working. over into the next month.

What felt like a constant For example, if you need game of catch up was in ac100 sales and your close rate is 25 percent, you need tuality a slow spiral towards going totally broke. to be working 400 opporPrior to the yellow tunities. It’s three simple pad moment, he thought numbers.

That’s when the “oh my” $12,000 a month in revenue would keep him afloat. moment occurred. Every When he looked at the math single sales rep realized they didn’t have enough op- on a yellow pad, he realized he needed closer to $20,000 portunities in the pipeline. a month just to stay afloat.

The dashboard had been telling them that for weeks, The yellow pad lit a fire but it took each rep figuring under him that months of it out for himself or herself scrambling for money had on a yellow pad for them to not.

The yellow pad exercise internalize the information. strips away the complexity Once they internalized it, and makes your financial they began to rectify it. situation clear. Spreadsheets I first learned the value provide answers to many of the yellow pad exercise financial questions, but if from my uncle, who’s a you want to know whether lawyer who deals with or not you’re spiraling bankruptcies. He says, toward being broke, get out “You can look at spread a yellow pad. sheets all day, but a few Lisa McLeod is the simple numbers on a yellow global expert in Noble pad will tell you whether you’re going broke or not”. Purpose. She is the author of the bestsellers “SellExample No. 2 — ing with Noble Purpose” Personal death spiral and “Leading with Noble I was helping an enPurpose.” trepreneur friend of mine

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(Local Programming) American Idol “102 (Auditions)” Hopefuls audition for the judges. (N) ’ (CC) The Good Doctor “Pain” (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Jimmy Kimmel Live ’ (Local Programming) Kevin Can Wait (CC) Man With a Plan (N) ’ Superior Donuts (CC) Living Biblically (N) ’ Scorpion “Dirty Seeds, Done Dirt Cheap” (CC) (Local Programming) Late Show-Colbert (Local Programming) DC’s Legends of Tomorrow “Amazing Grace” iZombie Liv becomes a hopeless romantic. (N) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Lucifer Charlotte tries to help Linda and Maze. The Resident Conrad and Lane butt heads. (N) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) The Voice “The Blind Auditions, Part 5” The vocalists compete. (N) ’ (CC) Good Girls “Borderline” (N) ’ (CC) (DVS) (Local Programming) Tonight Show-J. Fallon (Local Programming) Antiques Roadshow A 1961-1963 JFK archive. In Their Own Words Queen Elizabeth II’s life. ’ Independent Lens ’ (CC) (Local Programming) 11 Alive News at 7PM Daily Blast Live (N) ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ’ (CC) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ’ (CC) 11Alive News at 10 (N) Killer Mysteries (CC) Corrupt Crimes (CC) The Bee Gees One for All Tour -- Live In Australia 1989 ’ (CC) The British Beat (My Music) Performances of British Invasion hits from the 1960s. ’ (CC) Memory Rescue With Daniel Amen, MD ’ (CC) The Goldbergs ’ (CC) The Goldbergs ’ (CC) Dateline ’ (CC) CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Inside Edition (N) (CC) Seinfeld “The Visa” ’ The Game ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) Divided States ’ (Part 1 of 4) (CC) Divided States ’ (Part 2 of 4) (CC) Divided States (N) ’ (Part 3 of 4) (CC) (:01) Divided States (N) (CC) (:03) Divided States ’ (Part 1 of 4) (CC) (6:30) ›››‡ “The Departed” (2006, Crime Drama) Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson. (CC) McMafia “Episode 103” (N) (CC) (:15) McMafia “Episode 103” (CC) Vanderpump Rules “Wishful Sinking” (CC) Vanderpump Rules (CC) Vanderpump Rules (N) (CC) Summer House (N) (CC) Watch What Vanderpump Rules Erin Burnett OutFront (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) (6:50) The Office (CC) (:25) The Office ’ (CC) The Office “The Lover” The Office “Koi Pond” The Office ’ (CC) The Office “Murder” The Office ’ (CC) The Office ’ (CC) The Daily Show The Opposition (6:00) Fast N’ Loud: Monkey Talk “I Proposes a Bet” (N) ’ (CC) Fast N’ Loud “Episode 5” A 1975 Datsun 280Z. (:01) Shifting Gears With Aaron Kaufman (N) ’ (:02) Fast N’ Loud A 1975 Datsun 280Z. ’ (CC) NCAA Women’s Selection Special (N) (Live) NBA Basketball San Antonio Spurs at Houston Rockets. From the Toyota Center in Houston. (N) (Live) NBA Basketball Miami Heat at Portland Trail Blazers. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) College GameNight: Tournament Challenge Marathon (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) E! News (N) (CC) ›› “Enough” (2002, Suspense) Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Juliette Lewis. (CC) The Arrangement “The Long Game” (CC) E! News (CC) The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) (CC) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) (CC) Hannity (N) (CC) The Ingraham Angle (N) (CC) Fox News at Night (N) (CC) Spring Baking Championship (CC) Spring Baking Championship (CC) Spring Baking Championship (N) (CC) Ridiculous Cakes (N) Ridiculous Cakes (CC) Paid Program (CC) Paid Program (CC) (6:00) ››‡ “The DUFF” (2015) Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell. ’ (CC) (:32) ››› “Hitch” (2005, Romance-Comedy) Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James. (CC) The 700 Club ’ (CC) UFC Reloaded UFC Unleashed In the Spotlight Focused Kentucky Wildcats Basketball NCAA Special (5:30) ››‡ “Men in Black 3” (2012) ’ (CC) ››› “Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation” (2015, Action) Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg. ’ (CC) ››‡ “Men in Black 3” (2012) Will Smith. ’ Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) The Middle “Crushed” The Middle ’ (CC) The Middle ’ (CC) The Middle ’ (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) Love It or List It Jeff and Callie’s home is small. House Hunters (N) (CC) House Hunters (CC) Home Town (N) (CC) House Hunters (N) (CC) Hunters Int’l House Hunters (CC) Hunters Int’l American Pickers “American Dream” ’ American Pickers “Junkyard Wizard” ’ American Pickers “Slam Dunk Junk” (N) ’ Pawn Stars (:34) Pawn Stars (CC) (:04) The Curse of Civil War Gold “Betrayal” ’ “I Am Elizabeth Smart” (2017, Docudrama) Alana Boden, Skeet Ulrich, Deirdre Lovejoy. (CC) Mary Kills People Des and Mary team up. (N) (:02) UnREAL Rachel opens up about her past. (:04) Mary Kills People Des and Mary team up.

Knight Squad ’ (CC) SpongeBob ››› “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” (2015) Voice of Tom Kenny. ’ (CC) Full House (CC) Full House (CC) Friends ’ (CC) Friends (CC) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) Family Guy (CC) (DVS) American Dad (N) ’ Final Space (N) Conan (N) (CC) (6:00) ››‡ “A Date With Judy” (1948) (CC) ›››› “National Velvet” (1944, Drama) Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp. (CC) (DVS) ›››‡ “Life With Father” (1947) William Powell, Irene Dunne. (CC) (6:30) ›› “We’re the Millers” (2013, Comedy) Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis. (CC) (DVS) The Alienist “Psychopathia Sexualis” (N) The Alienist “Psychopathia Sexualis” Law & Order “Fame” ’ (CC) (DVS) M*A*S*H (CC) M*A*S*H (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja WWE Monday Night RAW (N) ’ (Live) (CC) (:05) Modern Family ’ (:35) Modern Family ’

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America’s Funniest Home Videos (N) ’ American Idol “101 (Auditions)” (Season Premiere) Hopefuls audition for the judges. (N) ’ (CC) (:01) Deception “Pilot” (N) (CC) (Local Programming) 60 Minutes (N) ’ (CC) 60 Minutes (N) ’ (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles “Goodbye, Vietnam” (N) ’ Madam Secretary “Reading the Signs” (N) (CC) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Bob’s Burgers ’ (CC) Bob’s Burgers (N) ’ O.J. Simpson: The Lost Confession? (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) American Ninja Warrior “USA vs. the World” Teams from around the world compete. (N) ’ (CC) (DVS) Timeless Wyatt and Rufus escape an explosion. (Local Programming) (Local Programming) The Widower ’ (Part 1 of 3) (CC) The Widower ’ (Part 2 of 3) (CC) The Widower ’ (Part 3 of 3) (CC) (Local Programming) The Simpsons ’ (CC) The Simpsons ’ (CC) ›› “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection” (2012, Comedy) Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy. 11Alive News at 10PM The List (N) ’ (CC) Made in Hollywood ’ Sing Like a Star (CC) (6:30) The New York Cantors ’ (CC) Celtic Thunder X ’ (CC) Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? ’ (CC) Modern Family ’ (CC) Modern Family ’ (CC) The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Major Crimes Capt. Raydor makes a bold move. Major Crimes The squad has a tough time. (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) Storage Wars ’ (CC) (:01) Storage Wars ’ (:32) Storage Wars ’ (:03) Storage Wars ’ (:33) Storage Wars ’ (6:33) The Walking Dead “Honor” ’ (CC) (7:55) The Walking Dead ’ (CC) The Walking Dead “Dead or Alive Or” (N) (CC) (:08) Talking Dead (N) (CC) (:08) The Walking Dead “Dead or Alive Or” (CC) The Real Housewives of Atlanta (CC) The Real Housewives of Atlanta (N) (CC) To Rome for Love “The Ultimate Betrayal” (N) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and B.I.G. Watch What Housewives/Atl. CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera (N) (CC) The Van Jones Show (N) (CC) American Dynasties: The Kennedys (N) (CC) Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (N) The Van Jones Show (CC) (5:45) ››› “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” (2005) ›‡ “The Waterboy” (1998, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler. (CC) ›‡ “The Waterboy” (1998, Comedy) Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler. (CC) Naked and Afraid: Dangerous Delicacies (N) ’ Naked and Afraid: Dangerous Delicacies (N) ’ Naked and Afraid “Episode 1” (N) ’ (CC) (:01) Naked and Afraid “Episode 8” (N) ’ (CC) (:03) Naked and Afraid “Episode 1” ’ (CC) College GameNight: Bracketology (N) (Live) (CC) NBA Basketball Cleveland Cavaliers at Los Angeles Lakers. From Staples Center in Los Angeles. (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) College Track and Field NCAA Men’s and Women’s Indoor Championships, Final. (Taped) College GameNight (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (CC) Boxing (6:30) ››› “Pitch Perfect” (2012, Musical Comedy) Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin. Premiere. (CC) The Arrangement “The Long Game” (N) (CC) The Royals Robert gains popularity on his tour. ››› “Pitch Perfect” (2012) Anna Kendrick.

Fox Report (N) (CC) OBJECTified (N) (CC) The Next Revolution With Steve Hilton (N) (CC) Life, Liberty & Levin (N) (CC) OBJECTified (CC) Worst Cooks in America (CC) Worst Cooks in America (CC) Worst Cooks in America (N) (CC) Guy’s Grocery Games “Sandwich Showdown” Beat Bobby Flay (CC) Beat Bobby Flay (CC) (5:20) The Lion King ’ ›››› “Beauty and the Beast” (1991) Voices of Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson. ’ (CC) ››‡ “The DUFF” (2015, Comedy) Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne. ’ (CC) World Poker Tour King of the Club.

World Poker Tour King of the Club. (Taped) UFC Main Event World Poker Tour King of the Club.

World Poker Tour King of the Club.

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“Love, Once and Always” (2018, Drama) Amanda Schull, Peter Porte, Anna Van Hooft. (CC) When Calls the Heart “Open Hearts” (N) (CC) Meet the Peetes “A House Divided” (N) (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) Fixer Upper (CC) Beachfront Bargain How Close Caribbean Life (N) (CC) Caribbean Life (N) (CC) Island Life (N) (CC) Island Life (N) (CC) Caribbean Life (CC) Caribbean Life (CC) Forged in Fire “The Charay” ’ (CC) Forged in Fire: Cutting Deeper (N) ’ (CC) Kingpin (Premiere) (N) ’ (CC) (:03) Truck Night in America ’ (CC) (6:00) “Killer Coach” (2016) Keesha Sharp. (CC) ››› “Pretty Woman” (1990) Richard Gere. A corporate raider pays a gorgeous hooker to be his escort for a business week in Beverly Hills. (CC) (:02) Married at First Sight (CC) Game Shakers (N) (CC) School of Rock (N) ’ Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) The Goldbergs ’ (CC) The Goldbergs ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) (6:00) NCAA Selection Show (N) (Live) (CC) 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards Awards honoring the year’s most popular music artists. (N) (CC) Drop the Mic (CC) Drop the Mic (CC) 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards (CC) (6:00) ››‡ “Jailhouse Rock” (1957, Musical) ›››‡ “Pillow Talk” (1959, Romance-Comedy) Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall. (CC) ››› “Lover Come Back” (1961, Romance-Comedy) Rock Hudson, Doris Day. (CC) (5:45) “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1” 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards Awards honoring the year’s most popular music artists. (N) (CC) 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards Awards honoring the year’s most popular music artists. (CC) Reba ’ (CC) Reba ’ (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ Law & Order: Special Victims Unit “Imposter” Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (CC) (DVS) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (CC) (DVS) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (CC) (DVS) Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and B.I.G.

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World Poker Tour King of the Club.

World Poker Tour King of the Club. ››› “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (2014, Action) Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton. ’ (CC) The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (N) (CC) Gianni Versace Full House (CC) Full House (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) The Middle ’ (CC) The Middle “The Trip” The Middle ’ (CC) The Middle ’ (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) Property Brothers “Lakeside Dreaming” (CC) Property Brothers “Shaky Start” (CC) Property Brothers “Striking the Right Chord” (N) House Hunters (N) (CC) Hunters Int’l Property Brothers “Fixer-Upper for Dog Lovers” The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (Part 1 of 4) (CC) The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen (N) (CC) (:03) The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen Little Women: Atlanta “Girl Power” (CC) Little Women: Atlanta (N) (CC) Little Women: Atlanta “Ex & the City” (N) (CC) (:02) Glam Masters “Natural Beauty” (N) (CC) (:04) Glam Masters “Natural Beauty” (CC) Knight Squad ’ (CC) SpongeBob ›› “Alvin and the Chipmunks” (2007, Children’s) Jason Lee, David Cross. ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Full Frontal Conan (N) (CC) (6:30) › “Tarzan, the Ape Man” (1959) ››› “Raintree County” (1957, Drama) Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint. (CC) ›››› “Giant” (1956) Elizabeth Taylor. (CC) Bones Remains are found at the Jersey Shore. ››‡ “Insurgent” (2015, Science Fiction) Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Octavia Spencer. (CC) (DVS) ›› “Divergent” (2014) Shailene Woodley, Theo James. (CC) (DVS) M*A*S*H (CC) M*A*S*H “Crisis” (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ NCIS A new lead emerges in the Chen case. ’ NCIS An M16 officer is linked to a murder. ’ NCIS Torres breaks protocol for a witness. ’ NCIS A murder is tied to Ducky’s late mom. ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’

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(Local Programming) Once Upon a Time “Knightfall” (N) (CC) (DVS) (:01) Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. “Principia” (:01) 20/20 ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Jimmy Kimmel Live ’ 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (CC) 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (CC) (Local Programming) Dynasty Fallon discovers Jeff’s true motives. (N) Jane The Virgin “Chapter Seventy-Seven” (N) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) MasterChef Milkshakes; chicken and waffles. (N) 9-1-1 Athena confronts Michael. ’ (CC) (DVS) (Local Programming) (Local Programming) Blindspot A prisoner warns the team. (N) (CC) Taken An extraction from a secret prison. (N) Dateline NBC (N) ’ (CC) (Local Programming) Tonight Show-J. Fallon (Local Programming) Washington Week (N) MeToo, Now What? ’ Art in the Twenty-First Century “Los Angeles” Art in the Twenty-First Century “Vancouver” ’ (Local Programming) 11 Alive News at 7PM Daily Blast Live (N) ’ American Ninja Warrior ’ (Part 1 of 2) American Ninja Warrior ’ (Part 2 of 2) 11Alive News at 10 (N) Killer Mysteries (CC) Corrupt Crimes (CC) (6:00) ATLPBS Specials ATLPBS Specials ATLPBS Specials The Goldbergs ’ The Goldbergs ’ (CC) Dateline ’ (CC) CBS46 News at 9pm (N) Inside Edition (N) (CC) Seinfeld ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) The Game ’ (CC) (5:00) Live PD “Live PD -- 12.15.17” ’ (CC) (:06) Live PD: Rewind “Live PD: Rewind No. 94” Live PD “Live PD -- 03.16.18” Riding along with law enforcement. (N) ’ (Live) (CC) ››‡ “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005, Action) Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn. (CC) ››› “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006, Comedy) Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adrian Grenier. (CC) (6:30) ›› “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection” (2012) Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy. (CC) Married to Medicine “Reunion Part 2” (N) (CC) Relative Success With Tabatha (N) (CC) “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection” Erin Burnett OutFront (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) CNN Tonight With Don Lemon (N) (CC) (6:55) The Office (CC) ››‡ “Hot Tub Time Machine” (2010, Comedy) John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson. (CC) ›‡ “Hot Tub Time Machine 2” (2015, Comedy) Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke. (CC) Gold Rush: Pay Dirt Parker chases a record-breaking total. (N) ’ (CC) Gold Rush (N) ’ (CC) Gold Rush “American Dreamer” (N) ’ (CC) (:01) Gold Rush: White Water “End of Days” (N) (:02) Gold Rush “American Dreamer” ’ (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) College Wrestling NCAA Tournament, Semifinals. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) Championship Studio 2018 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament First Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) Championship Studio ATP Tennis BNP Paribas Open, Women’s Semifinals. From Indian Wells, Calif. (N) (Live) E! News (N) (CC) ››› “The School of Rock” (2003, Comedy) Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White. (CC) E! News (CC) Sex and the City 2 The Story With Martha MacCallum (N) (CC) Tucker Carlson Tonight (N) (CC) Hannity (N) (CC) The Ingraham Angle (N) (CC) Fox News at Night (N) (CC) Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (CC) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (N) (CC) Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Diners, Drive (5:40) ››› “Definitely, Maybe” (2008) Ryan Reynolds. ’ (CC) (:20) ›‡ “Georgia Rule” (2007, Drama) Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman. Premiere. (CC) The 700 Club ’ (CC) NHRA Drag Racing Arizona Nationals. From Phoenix.

ACC All-Access ’ UEFA Champions UEFA Europa League Highlights (5:00) ››› “Furious 7” (2015) Vin Diesel. ’ ››‡ “The Equalizer” (2014, Action) Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz. ’ (CC) ››‡ The Equalizer (6:00) “A Country Wedding” (2015) (CC) “Campfire Kiss” (2017, Romance-Comedy) Danica McKellar, Paul Greene, Dylan Kingwell. (CC) Meet the Peetes “A House Divided” (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) The Golden Girls (CC) Lottery Dream Home Lottery Dream Home Lottery Dream Home Lottery Dream Home Lottery Dream Home Lottery Dream Home House Hunters (N) (CC) Hunters Int’l House Hunters (CC) Hunters Int’l Ancient Aliens Theorists discuss metal artifacts. Ancient Aliens: Declassified (N) ’ (CC) Bring It! Coach D begins a new season. (CC) Bring It! The captain nominee faces her sister. Bring It! A texting scandal rocks the team. (N) (:02) Laurieann Gibson: Beyond the Spotlight (:02) Laurieann Gibson: Beyond the Spotlight “Blurt” (2018) Jace Norman, JoJo Siwa. ’ (CC) ››‡ “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” (2010, Children’s) Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron. ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Full House ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) Friends ’ (CC) (:15) 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (CC) (:45) 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (CC) (6:00) ›››‡ “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958) ››› “Suddenly, Last Summer” (1959, Drama) Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift. (CC) (:15) ›› “Reflections in a Golden Eye” (1967, Drama) Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando. (CC) (6:45) 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (CC) (:15) 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament First Round: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) (CC) The Alienist (CC) (DVS) M*A*S*H (CC) M*A*S*H “O.R.” (CC) Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Everybody Raymond Mom ’ (CC) Mom ’ (CC) The King of Queens ’ The King of Queens ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ Modern Family ’ The Secret Life of Kids The Secret Life of Kids (:02) Modern Family ’ (:32) Modern Family ’ (:02) Modern Family ’ (:32) Modern Family ’

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bestbets SUNDAY 10:01 p.m. on ABC Deception Magic is very much on the menu in this new drama series, as Jack Cutmore-Scott (“Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life”) plays a superstar illusionist who has a major fall from grace. He then uses his skills to help FBI agents (Amaury Nolasco, Laila Robins) capture particularly evasive criminals. Vinnie Jones and Lenora Crichlow also star in the show, created by Chris Fedak (“Chuck”) and also including Greg Berlanti and Martin Gero

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(“Blindspot”) among its executive producers.

facility — and also for many people in the surrounding community. Developed by producer Jason Katims (“Parenthood,” “Friday Night Lights”), the show also features Auli’i Cravalho (“Moana”), Rosie Perez and Marley Shelton in its “Pilot.”

MONDAY 8 p.m. on FOX Lucifer Lucifer (Tom Ellis) and company get to experience what it’s like to be at the center of superstardom in the new episode “Let Pinhead Sing!”. Protecting a hugely popular, threatened music star means dealing with all sorts of personalities — and obsessive fans, one or more of whom could prove lethal. Charlotte (Tricia Helfer) attempts to bring Linda and Maze (Rachael Harris, Lesley-Anne Brandt) back together. Jacqueline Obradors continues her guest role. DB Woodside also stars.

9 p.m. on CW iZombie Liv (Rose McIver) has love on the brain — in an extremely literal way — in the new episode “Brainless in Seattle, Part 1,” as her probe of a very romantic person’s murder makes her prone to meddle in others’ relationships, to Clive’s (Malcolm Goodwin) particular discomfort.

Liv and Major (Robert Buckley)

WEDNESDAY Tom Ellis continue to try to resolve their shared troubles. Blaine (David Anders) gets an offer. Rahul Kohli, Aly Michalka and Robert Knepper also star.

TUESDAY 10:01 p.m. on NBC Rise Comparisons to “Glee” are inevitable, but it should be noted that this grittier drama is based on a true story. Josh Radnor (“How I Met Your Mother”) has the central role as a teacher who becomes the supervisor of his school’s theater department in the series’ premiere, portending big changes for the

8 p.m. on NBC The Blacklist As her sessions with her therapist (guest star Martha Plimpton) continue, Liz (Megan Boone) delves back into her earlier days as a profiler in the new episode “The Capricorn Killer.” An FBI case that went cold haunts her anew as fresh information surfaces. Red (James Spader) tackles his pursuit of Ian Garvey (guest star Jonny Coyne) from a different angle. The Task Force zeroes in on those responsible for Tom’s death. Harry Lennix also stars.

THURSDAY 10 p.m. on ABC How to Get Away With Murder The title of the show’s fourthseason finale is “Nobody Else

Is Dying,” but don’t bet on that being the fact — especially since a death and the resulting arrest fuel the story, written by series creator Pete Nowalk.

The shocks and surprises don’t end there for Annalise (Viola Davis) and her proteges, either.

Billy Brown, Jack Falahee, Aja Naomi King, Matt McGorry, Karla Souza, Liza Weil and Charlie Weber also star.

FRIDAY 8 p.m. on CW Dynasty Fallon’s (Elizabeth Gillies) painful discovery that Jeff Colby (Sam Adegoke) proposed to her for reasons of revenge, not romance, is compounded by her realization that she’s stuck in this phony engagement until she can figure out how to protect her family from becoming victims of the Carrington-Colby feud in the new episode “Our Turn Now.” Meanwhile, Sam (Rafael de la Fuente) mounts a double-pronged crusade to win Steven’s (James Mackay) love and become a U.S. citizen. Nathalie Kelley also stars.

SATURDAY

Saturday Night Live It’s always a special occasion whenever a former regular on this show returns to it as a host, and “SNL” alum Bill Hader fills that role for the second time with this new episode. He has a new project to promote: “Barry,” an upcoming HBO comedy series on which he fills many of the key jobs — including playing the title character.

The band Arcade Fire is in the musical-guest slot for the fourth time

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AUBURN Library to host Easter egg hunt The Auburn Public Library will host an Eggcellent Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. March 31 for children up to 10 years old.

The event will take place at the library, located at 24 5th St. in Auburn.

Those who attend can participate in the egg hunt, make crafts and play games.

Children must be accompanied by a caregiver.

The city of Auburn and the Whistlestop Shops are sponsoring the event in conjunction with the library.

BARROW COUNTY Winder seeking input on redevelopment The city of Winder will host a public forum for residents to provide feedback on a redevelopment proposal that would turn a section of North Jackson Street into a gathering space.

The public is invited to give input at the meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 20 at the Winder Community Center, 113 E. Athens St. The redevelopment proposal involves closing North Jackson Street between Midland Avenue and East Candler Street to traffic and turning it into a pedestrian gathering area, according to a public notice. In addition to creating the gathering area, a portion of the block located at the corners of Broad Street/ Midland Avenue and Jackson Street/Midland Avenue would be removed for parking.

Because North Jackson Street is not aligned at Midland Avenue, the redevelopment would also correct a dangerous intersection, the public notice states.

BERKELEY LAKE Craft night planned for Pinckneyville Park The Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center will host an evening of crafts on April 5.

The event, Mixed-Up Masterpieces, is scheduled from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. The Recreation Center will provide the craft supplies, and participants will pick what they want to create.

Those interested in attending must register online by April 1 at www.gwinnettparks. com with code PVP11622 or by calling 678-277-0920. The event is $7 for county residents and $14 for those who live outside of Gwinnett.

Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center is located at 4560 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Berkeley Lake.

BRASELTON Town manager to serve as district director for Municipal Clerks Association Braselton’s town manager and clerk, Jennifer Scott, has been elected to serve as district director for the Georgia Municipal Clerks and Finance Officers Association for this year, according to a news release.

A longtime member of the association, she will represent a 12-county region of northeast Georgia. Concurrently, she will help plan the 2019 International Institute of Municipal Clerks regional meeting scheduled for Chateau Elan.

The vision of the association is to promote integrity and excellence through education and professional development, to strengthen and supports its membership and to enhance its image, the news release states.

Scott has been employed as the town manager and clerk for Braselton for more than 20 years and resides in Jackson County.

BUFORD Shake Your Shamrock at Mall of Georgia party The Mall of Georgia will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the second annual Shake Your Shamrock event from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

The celebration, which will take place in The Village, will feature live entertainment, bounce houses, a photo booth, family-friendly activities and giveaways. The Throwback Experience and the Drake School of Irish Dance are scheduled to perform.

The Gwinnett County 4-H BB gun team qualified Feb. 17 for the national competition by placing at the Georgia State BB Championship in Coffee County.

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A Gwinnett BB gun shooting team will be heading to Arkansas later this year after recently qualifying for the 53rd annual Daisy National BB Gun Competition.

The Gwinnett County 4-H team qualified on Feb. 17 by placing at the Georgia State BB Championship in Coffee County.

Team members qualifying to Guests who are 21 or older can purchase craft cocktails, beer and wine from participating restaurants — including Marlow’s Tavern, Tin Lizzy’s Cantina, P.F. Chang’s and Smokey Bones — and consume them openly throughout The Village during the event.

Mall of Georgia — The Village is located at 3333 Buford Drive in Buford. For more information, visit bit.ly/ ShakeUrShamrock.

DACULA Final ‘Adulting’ cooking class scheduled at Dacula library The Dacula library’s recurring program #Adulting will serve up the final class in its three-part cooking series at 1 p.m. March 24.

The class will feature grocery shopping tricks, an introduction to meal planning and preparation, money-saving tips and a food project.

The #Adulting program is designed to teach teens and young adults vital life skills for facing adulthood.

The Dacula branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library is located at 265 Dacula Road.

DULUTH Rotary Club to host sixth annual Car Show The Rotary Club of Duluth will host its sixth annual Car Show in historic downtown Duluth from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

April 14.

Open to the public and free to spectators, the familyfriendly event had 100 entries in the 2017 show. This year’s categories include antique classics, foreign sports, hot rods, 1972 and older muscles, post-1972 muscles, pickups, and jeeps/off-road vehicles.

Professional judges will evaluate all cars for first-to-third prizes in each category. One people’s choice winner will be chosen by popular vote among attendees.

“We anticipate a big turnout of car owners, car enthusiasts and locals to enjoy the festive atmosphere in a beautiful hometown setting,” Duluth Rotary’s Car Show chair Mark Tyrrell said. “The city of Duluth and our business sponsors always play a big role in making this annual celebration a true asset to our community and valuable fundraiser for causes like Operation One Voice.”

Also hosting a 50:50 raffle, Duluth Rotary will have tickets

attend nationals include Chase Trammell of Auburn, Matthew Herrington of Buford, Jayce Wiggs of Lawrenceville, Riley Hitchcock of Bethlehem, Bailey Wagner of Snellville, Logan Borneman of Suwanee and Sebastian Hart of Buford.

Coaches of the team are Greg Borneman, Lauren Herrington, Robert Herrington, Sharon Herrington, Terry Trammell and Bob Wiggs.

As part of the team, coaches hold practices twice a week,

available for $1 each. A strip of tickets that measure a car’s length will sell for a flat rate of $20. Duluth Rotary will split the money collected with the winner, who will be announced and must be present at the closing ceremony.

For more information about registration, visit DuluthRotary. com. Entries will be accepted on the day of the show between 8 and 10 a.m. as space permits. The cost to exhibit per car is $20 through April 13 and $25 on April 14.

All proceeds benefit charitable causes, primarily Duluth-based Operation One Voice — a nonprofit that assists fallen Special Operations Forces and their families.

After last year’s show, Duluth Rotary presented a $6,000 check to Operation One Voice.

GRAYSON Grayson announces annual Egg Hunt The city of Grayson’s annual Easter Egg Hunt Extravaganza will take place from 10 a.m. to noon March 31 at Grayson Community Park, 1 Park Drive.

The hunt will feature staggered times for the following groups: children up to 3 years old, preschool to first grade, second to third grade, fourth to fifth grade, and special populations.

For more information, visit the Get Into Grayson page on Facebook.

LAWRENCEVILLE Easter Bunny photos available at Sugarloaf Mills Food Court The Easter Bunny will hop into Sugarloaf Mills on Friday for Easter photos.

Easter photos with the bunny will be available through March 31 in the mall’s Food Court. For a full schedule, visit bit.ly/SugarloafBunny.

Children with special needs will have the opportunity to spend time with the Easter bunny from 9 to 10:30 a.m.

March 18 in a photo environment designed to support their sensory, physical and developmental needs. For more information or to make a reservation, visit simon.com/ sugarloafmills.

Additionally, shoppers can bring their furry best friends for a photo from 5 to 7 p.m.

March 25. Guests should use Entry 4 and are asked not to bring reptiles or exotic animals.

Gwinnett 4-H BB gun team off to nationals

stressing gun safety, proper handling of guns and marksmanship skills.

Team members also learn the four BB gun shooting positions: prone, standing, sitting and kneeling.

Along with shooting positions, team members will also have to take a written test at the national competition.

“It is accomplishment for the team who has qualified for the third year in a row to be invited to compete at the national level,”

Sugarloaf Mills is located at 5900 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville.

LILBURN Library program to allow planting of Tower Garden Want to learn how you can grow vegetables indoors?

The Lilburn library will teach patrons about its Tower Garden — a vertical, aeroponic system — from 11:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday during its workshop Tower Garden: Life Cycle of a Seed, Part 1.

Workshop participants will also help plant the Tower Garden.

A second workshop session — Tower Garden: Life Cycle of a Seed, Part 2 is planned for 11:30 a.m. to noon March 27.

The Lilburn branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library is located at 4817 Church St., in the same building as Lilburn City Hall.

LOGANVILLE Spring portrait sessions available at Vines Mansion DK Photography will be at Vines Mansion, 3500 Oak Road in Loganville, today to take spring portraits.

The 15-minute session is $99 and includes up to 10 retouched, high-resolution digital images. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the Walton Youth Projects — Youth Outreach United.

For more information, visit DK Photography on Facebook.

NORCROSS Norcross Fastsigns honored as top performing center Fastsigns of Norcross, a local sign and visual graphics provider, was recognized as a top performing center at the 2018 Fastsigns Convention recently held in Houston, Texas.

Owned by Melissa and Ben Wilson, Fastsigns of Norcross received the Pinnacle Club Award, which is given to centers ranked 26 to 125 in sales volume between Oct. 1, 2016, and Sept. 30, 2017.

“We are honored to be recognized as a top performing center in the Fastsigns network of over 675 worldwide locations,” Ben Wilson said in a news release. “This award reflects our entire team’s hard work and dedication to helping businesses and organizations solve their visual

said Pam Bloch, Gwinnett’s 4-H agent. “It will be a great opportunity for these 4-H youth to learn more about gun safety and meet others in the competition.”

The 4-H BB program is offered for youth in fifth through eighth grades. Gwinnett 4-H also offered Sporter Air Rifle and Air Pistol programs for youth in grades 9-12.

For more information about the Gwinnett 4-H Program and its shooting program, call Bloch at 678-377-4010.

communications challenges in our community every day.”

The center is located at 6760 Jimmy Carter Blvd. in Norcross and is open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

PEACHTREE CORNERS City receives award for budget preparation The Government Finance Officers Association recently announced that the city of Peachtree Corners has been honored with the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award in recognition of outstanding budget preparation.

The award represents a significant achievement by the city’s Finance Department and its finance director and reflects the commitment of the governing body and staff in meeting the highest principles of governmental budgeting, according to a news release.

“This award is significant because it marks the first time we have submitted our budget materials to GFOA for consideration,” City Manager Brian Johnson said. “This award also illustrates the city’s commitment to communications in the budgeting process.

We are dedicated to fiscal responsibility at every level and this award proves our commitment.”

To receive the budget award, the city had to satisfy nationally recognized guidelines for effective budget presentation. These guidelines are designed to assess how well a city’s budget serves as a policy document; a financial plan; an operations guide; and as a communications device. Budget documents must be rated “proficient” in all four categories, and in the 14 mandatory criteria within those categories to receive the award.

“We are delighted to receive this important award, which validates Peachtree Corners’ commitment to responsible and successful budgeting,” Finance Director Brandon Branham said. “We strive for excellence in all financial matters and appreciate this national recognition for our ongoing efforts.”

SNELLVILLE Civic Dinners bring together residents, politicians for talk There has been a group of residents and politicos meeting in Snellville City Hall peri-

odically for discussion about issues facing the region.

The dinners, an initiative of the Atlanta Regional Commission, have brought policy discussion off the floors of Congress, the statehouse and council chambers and into a casual environment where talk is less formal — though it is summarized and sent to the ARC for review and to use to refine future plans.

It’s the type of environment where you’ll find congressmen passing the salt to a probation clerk. Free from the confines of bureaucracy, the group tackles issues of the day, such as the recent discussion of transportation in metro Atlanta.

If you’d like to be a part of future Civic Dinners, email City Councilman Dave Emanuel at demanuel@ snellville.org.

SUGAR HILL Brenau University loans exhibit to Sugar Hill Post-War Modernists are coming to the Sugar Hill Gallery, thanks to a loan from the Brenau University Permanent Art Collection.

The exhibit features works by artists that played pivotal roles in the shifting American art world in the years following World War II, including Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois and Helen Frankenthaler.

The exhibit will open with a reception on March 29 and run through May 11. The Sugar Hill Gallery is located at 5089 W. Broad St. SUWANEE Young Musicians in the Park to debut in Town Center Young Musicians in the Park, an event created by local high school students and members of the Tri-M Music Honor Society, will debut at 5 p.m. March 24 in Suwanee Town Center Park, 330 Town Center Ave. The event will showcase the talents of high school musicians. Proceeds will go to the Give a Note Foundation, created to strengthen music education opportunities for students across the country.

The foundation works to secure resources to support programs and initiatives that provide music education opportunities to all children.

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Libraries hosting Centerville, Sugar Hill history programs

BY CURT YEOMANS

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Ever wanted to know why the Centerville area was once known as Sneezer, or how Sugar Hill got its name?

Gwinnett County libraries will host programs on the histories of the Centerville and Sugar Hill communities this week, offering residents a chance to maybe get

answers to the name questions. Both history programs are free for Gwinnett County residents, or anyone else who loves history, to attend.

The programs are being held this year to celebrate Gwinnett County’s bicentennial, which has been turned into a yearlong celebration with events centered around historical themes being held each week.

The program on Cen-

terville history — yes, it really was once called Sneezer — will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday at the Centerville library branch. Meanwhile, the program on

Sugar Hill history will take place Wednesday at the Buford library branch.

During the Centerville program, attendees will get to walk through an exhibit of the community’s early landmarks, buildings and residents. Afterward, former Loganville Mayor Dan Curry and historian Terry Freeman will lead a talk about the history of the community, which is located near Snellville, and discuss its

growth over the years.

While Centerville remained an unincorporated community, Sugar Hill took a different approach and became an incorporated city in 1939.

City Councilman Brandon Hembree will lead the program on the city’s history, focusing on its history and development, at the Buford library branch. Although it was not incorporated as a city until the later years of the

Didn’t get your dream school? Take heart For many high school seniors and their families, fall is easily the most stressful time of year, as already-overworked students struggle frantically to complete their college applications while parents nag them — I mean encourage them — along.

But February is the second-most stressful time, as all anxiously await the verdicts.

This drama can become especially poignant in affluent areas like Gwinnett County, home to herds of high achievers and even higher expectations. Too many young people seem convinced that, if they don’t get into their “dream school,” life is basically over.

Unfortunately, too many of their parents evidently believe this, too, which doesn’t exactly help reduce the stress.

Yet the very nature of “dream schools,” the colleges lots of kids want to attend, is that they’re elite. Not everyone can get in. Actually, most people can’t get in. That’s what

Rob Jenkins makes them elite. That’s why they’re a dream school, with the emphasis on “dream.”

Hence, every year around this time, after acceptance letters hit suburban mailboxes, thousands of bright, capable young people must deal with the pain of rejection. Many feel adrift, as if their lives have become pointless, because everyone knows they’ll never be successful without that degree from Elite U. Right?

Wrong. In 35 years of professional life, as a professor, administrator and consultant, I have never observed that to be true. Perhaps there are advantages to attending a

college in the very top tier — such as rooming with a senator’s daughter — but beyond that, the differences between, say, the second tier and the fourth tier simply aren’t that significant.

Sure, UGA and Georgia Tech are great schools.

So is Georgia State. But you know what? There’s not a thing wrong with Kennesaw State. Or West Georgia. Or Georgia Southern. Or a host of other state schools (read “in-state tuition”) that offer students a quality educational experience and the opportunity to pursue their dreams.

The most successful person I know, a highranking muckety-muck with one of the world’s most admired corporations, got his degree from Kennesaw State. Now he makes so much money he can almost afford to live in Cupertino, Calif.

Of course, if you didn’t get into the school you want this first go-round, you can always put in a year or two at a place like

Great Depression, Sugar Hill had existed as a community long before that.

U.S. Census Bureau records make references to there being a community named Sugar Hill as early as the 1870 census.

The Centerville library branch is located at 3025 Bethany Church Road in Snellville.

The Buford library branch is located at 2100 Buford Highway in Buford.

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Georgia Gwinnett College or one of the GSU-Perimeter campuses. Work hard, make good grades, then try again. The chances are pretty good you’ll be able to transfer.

Ultimately, though, your success in life will have less to do with the college you attend than with two other factors: what you major in (preferably not something with the word “studies” in it) and how well you do, grade-wise.

So no, your life isn’t over just because Elite U said no thanks. You’re 18.

Your life is just beginning.

What you do with it from this point on is entirely up to you.

Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and college professor. He is the author of four books, including “Welcome to My Classroom” and “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility,” available at Books for Less in Buford and on Amazon. The views expressed here are his own.

Email Rob at rjenkinsgdp@yahoo.com.

Each week the Gwinnett Daily Post will feature an animal available for adoption at the Georgia SPCA, which is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, Suwanee, GA 30024. The hours of operation are Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. You can see the rest of the adoptable cats and dogs at www. georgiaspca.org.

This delightful 2-year-old is named Rosie. She’s a real sweetheart and loves to be petted from head to toe.

Rosie is a gentle soul and will be a warm cuddle buddy for a lucky family. She loves napping in the windows on the cat tree in our free roam room.

Rosie has been fully vetted — spayed, disease tested, dewomed and microchipped — and she would love to go home with you today. She also comes with 30 days of Pet Emergency insurance.

If you are interested in seeing any of the pets up for adoption, visit the GA SPCA, located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, in Suwanee, or call at 678-7652726.

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Restaurant Address..................................................................................Score FEB. 28 INSPECTIONS Buffalo Wild Wings 6135 Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree Corners...........................92 Burger King No. 9911 3215 Peachtree Corners Circle, Norcross...............................100 Chick-fil-A FSU No. 4006 2600 Old Winder Highway, Braselton........................................91 Come To Go 2320 Old Norcross Road, Duluth...............................................99 Corley Elementary School 1331 Pleasant Hill Road, Lawrenceville...................................100 Don Pedro Mexican Food 4085 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn.......................................100 Grace 17:20 5155 Peachtree Parkway, No. 320, Norcross............................93 Hibachi Express 4099 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn.........................................96 KFC No. 6135176 4778 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville....................................95 KFC/Taco Bell 4025 Holcomb Bridge Road, Norcross......................................89 Margaret Winn Holt Elementary School 588 Old Snellville Highway, Lawrenceville...............................100 Nemoe’s 6025 Peachtree Parkway, No. 1 and 2, Norcross......................81 Pita Mediterranean Street Food 6050 Peachtree Parkway, Suite 200, Peachtree Corners.........90 Rockbridge Elementary School 6066 Rockbridge School Road, Norcross...............................100 Sabor Inka 960 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite E, Lawrenceville.........................95

Restaurant Address..................................................................................Score Sri Thai 4500 Satellite Blvd., Suite 1360, Duluth.....................................82 Sweet Ahi 3230 Steve Reynolds Blvd., Suite 108, Duluth..........................94 MARCH 1 INSPECTIONS Alcove Coffee 4615-B U.S. Highway 78, Lilburn................................................92 American Deli 665 Duluth Highway, Suite 1001, Lawrenceville........................92 Aspire at Halimton Mills 3577 Braselton Highway, Dacula...............................................93 Bethesda Elementary School 525 Bethesda School Road, Lawrenceville.............................100 Boston Market No. 0210 4774 U.S. Highway 29, Lilburn..................................................100 Caraway 3875 Venture Drive, Suite A-4, Duluth........................................ 76 Charles Bryant Chesney Elementary School 3878 Old Norcross Road, Duluth.............................................100 China One 2369 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite J, Lawrenceville...............100 Chip and Eds Chicken and Fish 1205 Winder Highway, Suite C, Dacula.....................................95 Collins Hill High School 50 Taylor Road, Suwanee...........................................................97 Dairy Queen 3202 Buford Highway, Duluth...................................................100 Dazzle Dogs 1925 Braselton Highway, Suite A, Buford.................................100 De One Roti Shop 2189 Scenic Highway, Suite B, Snellville...................................87

Restaurant Address..................................................................................Score Discover Wings 1300 Indian Trail Lilburn Road, Norcross.................................100 Family Restaurant 3175 Buford Highway, Suite 105, Duluth....................................91 Golden Chinese Wok 4805 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite 406, Lilburn.......................94 I Love Wings 2600 Old Norcross Road, Suite D, Lawrenceville.....................80 J and J 3530 Mall Blvd., Suite D, Duluth...............................................100 J.E. Richards Middle School 3555 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville..................................100 J.P. McConnell Middle School 550 Ozora Road, Loganville.....................................................100 Kumai Ramen 3875 Venture Drive, Suite A-2, Duluth........................................66 Lenny’s Sub Shop 3384 Holcomb Bridge Road, Peachtree Corners.....................87 Lilburn Middle School 4994 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn.......................................100 Lilburn Subway 4785 Lawrenceville Highway N.W., Lilburn..............................100 Lovin Elementary 1705 New Hope Road, Lawrenceville......................................100 Marcos Pizza 425 Buford Highway, Suite 107 A and B, Suwanee..................90 My Kitchen 7040 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Suite 1, Norcross............................100 Newks Eatery 911 Duluth Highway, Suite F, Lawrenceville.............................100 Northbrook Middle School 1221 Northbrook Parkway, Suwanee.......................................100 Praise the Lard BBQ 1350 Buford Highway, Suite 109, Buford....................................93 Star Cafe 1685 Old Norcross Road, No. 1100B & 1000B, Lawrenceville.83 Trophy Club of Gwinnett 3254 Clubside View Court, Snellville.........................................91 MARCH 2 INSPECTIONS Brusters Ice Cream 1993 Rosebud Road, Grayson...................................................94 Burger King No. 14044 700-B Dacula Road, Dacula.......................................................90 China Panda 2880 Simpson Circle, Suite 103, Norcross................................95 I Love Wings 1560 Indian Trail-Lilburn Road, Suite 114, Norcross..................57 Jets Pizza 2695 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 100, Lawrenceville...................91 Pretzel Maker 3333 Buford Drive, Suite 2070B, Buford....................................96 Restaurant Michoacan Y Neveria 5730 Buford Highway, Suite C, Norcross...................................93 Tin Lizzy Cantina 3333 Buford Drive, Suite VA05, Buford......................................99 Trip Elementary School 841 Cooper Road, Grayson.....................................................100 Wings and Philly 139 S. Clayton St., Lawrenceville.............................................100 MARCH 3 INSPECTIONS No inspections MARCH 4 INSPECTIONS No inspections MARCH 5 INSPECTIONS Archer High School 2255 New Hope Road, Lawrenceville........................................91 Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins 4450 Nelson Brogdon Blvd., Sugar Hill.....................................90 Gao Bistro 1630 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite 190, Duluth...............................95 I Luv Pho 2 4500 Satellite Blvd., Suite 1100, Duluth......................................87 McDonald’s 3460 Ga. Highway 124, Snellville...............................................86 Rudy’s New York Pizza 3780 Old Norcross Road, No. 306, Duluth................................92 Subway 4300 Ga. Highway 20, Buford....................................................91 Urban Taali 3099 Breckinridge Blvd., Suite 209B, Duluth.............................92 MARCH 6 INSPECTIONS American Deli 455 Grayson Highway, Suite 106, Lawrenceville.......................95 Arby’s No. 5590 4145 Ga. Highway 20, Buford.....................................................94 ATL Gom BBQ 1291 Old Peachtree Road, Suite 101 and 102, Suwanee........46 Bling Bling 1960 Day Drive, Suite 900, Duluth.............................................96 Checkers 2336 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth................................................92 Com Nieu Restaurant 6100 Live Oak Parkway, Norcross..............................................77 Firehouse Subs 3350 Buford Drive, Suite A120, Buford......................................96 Fresh to Order 1950 Satellite Blvd., Suite 400, Duluth.....................................100 Hibachi Buffet 7045 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Norcross...........................................85 Honest Star Tropical Restaurant 140 Hurricane Shoals Road, Suite A, Lawrenceville.................95 Hyatt Place Atlanta Peachtree 5600 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross...........................................91 IHOP 5000 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Norcross...........................................90 Kabab King 5775 Jimmy Carter Blvd., Suite 190, Norcross........................100 Kroger/Starbucks 2700 Braselton Highway, Dacula...............................................95 Luigi’s A Slice of Italy 3260 Buford Drive, Suite 60, Buford...........................................81 Man Hong Chinese Food 1291 Old Peachtree Road, Suite B2, Suwanee........................89 Mostro Burger 1630 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite A6, Duluth................................99 On the Border 2275 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth................................................92 Pinokio at Assi Plaza Food Court 1291 Old Peachtree Road, Building 300, Suite B6, Suwanee.96 PK Tunn 3103 Lawrenceville Suwanee Road, Suite A, Suwanee...........92 Shabuga 1291 Old Peachtree Road, Suite 401, Suwanee.......................83 Space Event Center 6100 Live Oak Parkway, Suite 16, Norcross............................100

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