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Officials ponder what’s next after MARTA defeat

BY CURT YEOMANS

leaders and staff instead spent the day trying to figure out what happens next. The defeat put Had Gwinnett County’s Gwinnett back at square MARTA referendum one in terms of figuring passed Tuesday, county out how to expand transit staff would have gotten to in the county. work Wednesday on comThere was a plan for ing up with schedules for expansion in Gwinnett, how the county would be but it now faces an uncerabsorbed into the region- tain future. al transit system.

There had been a conBut the referendum did tract to expand MARTA not pass and the county’s northeast up Interstate 85 curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

I still think we’ve got a good plan (and) we had Nash: Special elections not likely for transit in future .......6A a good contract, so it’s a matter of looking at all of with the county’s expan- the options and making sion plan set to be used a decision about how we as the guidebook, but vot- move forward.” ers rejected that idea.

The defeat of a con“We’ll be looking what tract with MARTA means our options are in terms what the future of transit of how we go forward,” in Gwinnett County looks county commission like is now in the hands Chairwoman Charlotte of the board governNash said. “Transit is ing the newly formed such an important issue.

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Link Authority, also known as The ATL. “We’ve got the process that’s been laid out for The ATL, which means that we would submit our projects for consideration into the regional plan and then there would be another referendum as a result of that,” said Nash, who is a member of The ATL’s governing board.

Nash said the regional transit plan is expected to

be voted on by The ATL board this fall.

MARTA again or a T-SPLOST? The failure of the MARTA referendum this week and the fact that The ATL board must adopt a regional transit plan does not mean, however, that Gwinnett can’t vote again in

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Three shot, two killed at apartment

BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes@gwinnettdailypost.com

Sporting legends

Former South Gwinnett baseball coach John Sawyer, above left, and former Brookwood and University of Georgia football player Rennie Curran, above right, are among this year’s Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame inductees. (Special Photos)

Curran, Sawyer among Gwinnett Hall of Fame’s lastest inductees; Saban to speak at May ceremony

BY WILL HAMMOCK

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The Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame plans to celebrate its 10th class with an impressive keynote speaker and another strong class of inductees.

Legendary Alabama head football Nick Saban coach Nick Saban, a sixtime national champion, is the featured guest of the event, scheduled for May 1 at the Sonesta Gwinnett Place in Duluth. All proceeds from the induction ceremony and dinner

HALL OF FAME

• What: Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner • When: May 1 • Where: Sonesta Gwinnett Place, Duluth • Inductees: Megan Wiggins, John Sawyer, David Saville, Angie Hembree, Rennie Curran and Mickey Conn • Speaker: Alabama football coach Nick Saban is the featured speaker • Tickets: Visit www.gcps-foundation.org/events

go to the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation’s scholarships and academic initiatives.

The 2019 inductees are former Shiloh softball star Megan Wiggins, longtime South Gwinnett baseball coach John Sawyer, Norcross and Clemson team manager David Saville, former Collins Hill

and Norcross basketball coach Angie Hembree, Brookwood and Georgia Bulldogs football player Rennie Curran, and South Gwinnett grad Mickey Conn, a former Grayson and current Clemson coach.

Wiggins was a softball star at Georgia, where she became the first Bulldog and just the 11th player to reach 200

RBIs and 200 runs scored in a career. The outfielder had a school-record 121 extra-base hits (61 doubles, 14 triples, 46 home runs), earned AllSoutheastern Conference honors three times and helped the Bulldogs to two appearances in the Women’s College World Series Final Four. After college, she was a six-time All-National Pro Fastpitch selection after nearly a decade in the league. She was NPF’s 2013 player of the year, offensive player of the year and home run champion.

Sawyer, the namesake of South’s baseball field, already is a member of the Georgia Dugout Club and Gwinnett

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Police are investigating a shooting that killed two people and injured a third at a Peachtree Corners apartment complex Thursday morning.

Gwinnett County Police Department officers were dispatched to The Park at Peachtree Apartments around 4 a.m.

Thursday after receiving reports of people shot, police said.

Upon arrival, officers found the three victims — one woman and two men — in a laundry room. The woman was transported to an area hospital with what police said “appeared to be a non-life threatening gunshot wound.”

Both men died at the scene.

The female victim is in her mid-20s, police said. One of the men is in his late teens and the other is in his mid20s. The victims are all related and were at the complex visiting another family member, though their identities have not yet been released, police said.

The Gwinnett County Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit responded to process the scene while detectives continue to work to determine what led up to the shooting or possible suspects.

Anyone with information to share in the case is asked to contact detectives at 770-513-5300.

At about 4 a.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to a report of people shot at 3341 Peachtree Corners Circle at The Park at Peachtree Apartments in Peachtree Corners, police said. (Photo: Gwinnett Police Department)

Marijuana grow house bust nets $35 million in drugs, 16 arrests

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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For the last five months, the Gwinnett County Police Department’s Narcotics Unit has been keeping tabs on suspected drug traffickers believed to be involved in a marijuana grow house operation.

On March 14, that investigation paid off: A raid of five grow houses netted more than $35 million A raid of five marijuana grow houses on March 14 netted in drugs, 22 guns and 16 more than $35 million in drugs, 22 guns and 16 arrests. arrests.

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The following people were arrested in the marijuana grow house bust: • Aiqiu Luo, 39, Norcross • Bui Men, 52, Dacula • Duy Nguyen, 26, Lilburn • Jia Zhao, 42, Duluth • Jin Huang, 45, Lilburn • Jun Huang, 42, Lilburn • Linlin Teng, 30, Lawrenceville

to the Narcotics Unit truly committed themselves to this criminal investigation,” said Maj. Cleo Atwater, commander of the Gwinnett County Police Department’s Special Investiga-

• Man Lam, 34, Duluth • Michael Luong, 27, Tucker • Phuong Tran, 54, Lawrenceville • Shy Yong, 37, Lilburn • Terry Liu, 32, Duluth • Tommy Luong, 31, Tucker • Tuyen Pham, 48, Snellville • Vuong Lu, 54, Jonesboro • Xinde Li, 41, Lawrenceville

tions Section. “Because of their hard work, a significant amount of drugs will be kept out of our neighborhoods and schools.”

According to Gwinnett police spokeswoman

Cpl. Michele Pihera, the investigation began in October when detectives “uncovered two large drug trafficking organizations

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Solicitor general talks Muslim issues with consul

BY ISABEL HUGHES

think that’s the essence of solidarity. Awful events, tragic events like this terrorist attack, remind Less than a week after us how important those a 28-year-old gunman relationships are.� allegedly massacred Farooq Mughal, a 50 people at two New member of the GwinZealand mosques, Gwinnett County Community nett County made a point Outreach Advisory Board to emphasize its support — the county’s commuof the Muslim community outreach program nity — both locally and is designed to engage around the world. and empower residents On Thursday, Gwinto be more informed nett County Solicitor and involved in GwinGeneral Brian Whiteside nett’s government — said met with Ian Latham, Thursday’s meeting was New Zealand’s consul in an important one.

Atlanta, Gwinnett Muslim “As (Gwinnett) grows community leader Rashid in numbers, our diversity Malik and others to disin faith (also diversifies),� cuss the March 15 attacks Mughal said. “From the and what they mean for Jewish community to the Muslims and other groups On Thursday, Gwinnett County Solicitor General Brian Whiteside, right, met with Ian Muslim community to the Latham, New Zealand’s consul in Atlanta, left, and others to discuss the March 15 atin Gwinnett. tacks at two New Zealand mosques and what they mean for Muslims, and others, in Christian faith, it’s very “We have a great deal important that we show Gwinnett. (Staff Photo: Isabel Hughes) of people in the Muslim solidarity.� community (in Gwinnett); been instances where the in America should be “We all belong on the In addition to showing Muslim community has we have almost 200,000 treated equally. This is planet together and we solidarity, the meeting not been treated equally, people and a variety of not just a local issue; it’s should unite in love and also served as an opportuso we’re going to be mosques, and I believe a worldwide issue.� respect,� he said. “The nity to reassure the local aggressive in ... letting they should be treated in Latham echoed White- interests of our neighbor Muslim community that an equal manner,� White- people know that all Mus- side, saying “we are all are the interests that we they’re not only supported lim persons and everyone one.� side said. “There (have) have ourselves, and I at the governmental level, isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

but they’re also protected. “There’s an attitude in America that some people aren’t equal, based upon their religion or their beliefs or the color of their skin; it stops here in Gwinnett,� Whiteside said. “Make no doubt about it: We are wellarmed and well-equipped to take on any threat whatsoever.�

In the wake of last week’s attack in New Zealand, Gwinnett law enforcement, and law enforcement in other metro areas, have stepped up patrols at local mosques, something Latham said sends an important message. “People belong in their mosques, and we can’t let people take away from us our mosque, our church, our synagogue,� he said. “That’s who we are, and to allow terrorists to divide us or frighten us is not the right response.

The right response is to go to mosque, (church or synagogue).�

GGC interim president speaks about school’s future, growth opportunities

BY ISABEL HUGHES

isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com Georgia Gwinnett College Interim President Mary Beth Walker is seen at a meetand-greet event Thursday morning.

(Staff Photo: Isabel Hughes)

Norcross looking to add land to city

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to those already in the workforce. “What I’d like to do ... is some employer round tables, where we really say, ‘We’re looking for where are the right places to expand, the right new programs ... where are the quick wins?’� Walker said. “Some companies would say, ‘If you do a certificate program in project management, we would really send some of our employees to do that.’ There might be things like that.�

Another key way to grow the college, Walker said, is to ensure current students complete their studies. One way to do that is by helping financially — even if it’s only a small amount of money. “At Georgia State, (we

have) what we call the Panther Retention Grant,�

Walker said. “At the start of the semester, students have to have either paid all their tuition and fees or have clear arrangements in place to get all that paid. If you don’t, you’ll get dropped from your classes; every college or university (does that). So Georgia State started very selectively looking at those people (who were being dropped) and giving them these grants that would get them that last mile. “Sometimes the grants would be $600, sometimes they would be less than $500, but they would be that gap (for students who) had not found a way to make it that last mile,� Walker

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To further cultivate GGC’s growth, Walker also suggested the college’s schools — GGC has a business school, an education school, a school of liberal arts, a school of science and technology and a health sciences school — collaborate. “A lot of the work I did (at Georgia State) was to promote interdisciplinary work,� she said. “Here, I think there could be more interdisciplinary (collaboration). We were talking (previously) about data science in health professions. Well, let’s see — what two different schools here would that involve? There’s those obvious places, and I think that would be really, really well received here.�

Though Walker’s time as interim president won’t be long — GGC has narrowed the president search to four or five candidates, Walker said Thursday — Walker said she’s enjoyed helping brainstorm for the college’s future. “I have so enjoyed my time here,� she said.

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Norcross is turning to the Georgia General Assembly, and voters, to move the city’s boundaries to Interstate 85 and annex a large area of land.

The city is asking the General Assembly to approve a bill that would call for a November referendum on annexing part of unincorporated Gwinnett County.

The 2.8-square-mile section of the county that Norcross wants to annex is bordered by I-85, Jimmy Carter Boulevard, the Gwinnett-DeKalb county line and Buford Highway. Only the OFS site, which Gwinnett bought last year, would be excluded from the annexation area, according to a map provided by the city.

The area is home to 6,114 residents, and 6,640 people work there. “As our city grapples with a growing population and changing lifestyle trends, we are preparing the City of Norcross for the future to reflect these shifts,� Mayor Craig Newton said in a statement. “The proposed annexed area is the only viable options we have that will accommodate our expansion plans and has the capacity to meet the demands of our growing community.�

City officials said they have finished a financial impact of annexing the area. Adding that land to

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Georgia Gwinnett College has come a long way since August 2006, when it opened its doors with about 100 students.

Yet the college, which had more than 12,500 students enrolled as of August, still has many opportunities to grow, and in a multitude of areas, GGC Interim President Mary Beth Walker said.

At a Thursday morning meet-and-greet, Walker, who joined the school in January following the departure of former president Stas Preczewski, focused on where the college is headed — both while she serves as interim president and into the future. “What I’ve learned from (working at Georgia State University) is you don’t rest on your laurels,� said Walker, who served as associate provost for strategic initiatives and innovation at Georgia State prior to accepting GGC’s interim president position. “(GGC) has done a great job, and everybody involved in that startup phase and bringing it to where it is should be incredibly proud of that.

But we’re not done.�

To help facilitate GGC’s growth, Walker said she would like to see the college cater more

the city means Norcross would become responsible for the area’s police, trash, recycling, zoning, code enforcement, 911, economic development and stormwater management services.

That will result in some expenses for the city. For example, Norcross police would have to add nine new officers to patrol the area. Norcross also plans to repave streets and improve street lighting and signage in the annexation area. “Residents and businesses would benefit from enhanced localized service delivery and would continue to receive county-related services such as fire, water management and transit,�

Newton said. “We currently have several intergovernmental agreements with Gwinnett County so this would simply expand our partnership and add another layer of resources for residents and businesses of the area.�

City officials asserted they can take on those responsibilities, although an announcement about the annexation plans did not specify how much it would cost the city. Taxpayers in the annexation area would have to pay $74.80 more in taxes to be a part of the city as they would have to begin paying municipal property taxes on top of county taxes. “The city of Norcross is financially healthy,� City Manager Rudolph Smith said. “We have weathered the economic downturn during the recession without any financial issues. If the annexation is approved by the voters, we are ready to step in and start providing services on Day 1. It will be a win-win for the County, the residents, businesses and the City.�

The city has set up a website with information about the annexation plan in English and Spanish at www.joinnorcrossga.net.

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Nash: Special elections ‘not likely’ for future transit votes

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(right) timing for it. I think we’ll line it up One takeaway from with one Tuesday’s MARTA referenof what I dum for Gwinnett County call the big Commission Chairwoman elections.”

Charlotte Charlotte Nash may be that Nash Nash special elections are likely has highnot the ballots on which to lighted the importance of put a transit question. doing something on transit.

The county’s commisThat means the issue of sioners took heat from expanding transit in Gwintransit supporters for nett — whether it be joinputting the MARTA vote ing MARTA or expanding on a special election ballot Gwinnett County Transit in March rather than last — will come back in some November’s general elecform to voters for a decition ballot when a hotly sion sooner or later. contested gubernatorial But after voters in race drove a higher turnout. Tuesday’s special elecWhen asked during an tion rejected the county’s election night watch party proposed MARTA conif she would put future tract by a margin of 54.32 transit votes on a special percent to 45.68 percent in election ballot, Nash — unofficial results, the timwho negotiated the MARing of the vote came under TA contract — was candid scrutiny. in her response.

Turnout for the special “Probably not,” she election was 16.92 percent, said. “That is not likely the far short of the 25 to 30 curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

percent that elections officials had predicted at the start of early voting on Feb. 25. By comparison, turnout for the November general election was 64.34 percent.

“Tonight’s #offcyclevote on MARTA was not a REAL referendum on MARTA,” Gwinnett Democratic Party Chairwoman Bianca Keaton said in a Facebook post early Wednesday morning.

“Rather, it was an exercise in fighting a textbook case of #votersuppression — a ‘We can place this on the ballot in November, but we don’t really want this to pass … but we also need to look like we’re trying … so let’s pay $770,000 to delay it to March when people are less likely to vote’ case of #votersuppression.”

One of the biggest lingering post-election questions may be whether putting it on last November’s ballot would have resulted in a different outcome.

Democratic 7th Congressional District candidate Carolyn Bourdeaux thought so as she released a statement responding to the results late Tuesday night.

“This is not the outcome we hoped for today and I continue to believe this referendum would have easily passed last November on a general election ballot,” Bourdeaux said.

One of the allegations floating in Democratic circles about the selection of a November referendum date is that Republicans pushed for it to not be on the November ballot out of fear it would hurt GOP incumbents.

Bourdeaux narrowly lost to incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall by hundreds of votes in November, and several other Republican-held seats on the county commission, school board and in the Gwinnett legislative del-

Students selected for Washington Youth Tour

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Jackson Electric Membership Corporation has selected two students from Gwinnett to participate in its 2019 Washington Youth Tour.

Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology and North Gwinnett High School students Ahema Gaisie and Katelyn Sheridan will attend the all-expense paid program from June 13 to 20 in Washington.

The program, inspired by former President Lyndon B. Johnson and sponsored by Georgia’s electric cooperatives, offers more than 1,800 students nationwide an opportunity to develop

•From Page 1A the future on joining MARTA. It does present multiple options for the county that don’t involve MARTA though.

The law that created The ATL also allowed individual counties to hold a vote on 30-year transportation-related special purpose local option sales tax to pay for projects approved by the regional authority for that county. Any heavy rail projects, however, would automatically be run by MARTA under the law.

“Regardless of whether it’s MARTA or the new transit tax or some other mechanism, we’re now under the purview of The ATL in terms of projects,” Nash said.

While it may sound confusing that Gwinnett just had a MARTA vote without waiting for The ATL’s regional plan, there is a reason why they could go ahead with this vote.

The bill that created The ATL included a provision that let Gwinnett County pursue a contract with MARTA without waiting for The ATL’s board to draft its regional plan for transit development.

“Kind of what we had a waiver on, if you want to call it that, is that if we had a contract in place before The ATL was officially organized as of Dec. 1 of last year, we didn’t have to wait for the regional transit plan to be adopted by the ATL board,” Nash said. “That was really the most important thing allowing us to move forward now (with the MARTA vote).”

In what was somewhat of a one shot opportunity before The ATL could get involved, MARTA would have

their leadership and teambuilding skills.

“This is a leadership Ahema building Gaisie journey for our students,” said Jackson EMC President and CEO Chip Jakins. “The Katelyn Sheridan WYT is an opportunity for students with leadership potential to experience our nation’s capital, to meet Georgia’s congressional delegation and build their leadership skills.”

Students are selected based on academics, community service, oral and written communication skills, letters of recommendation, and a personal interview with a panel of business, community and university leaders.

“Our delegates represent the values of Jackson EMC with their commitment to community service, high standards of integrity and spirit of cooperation,” Jakins said.

Gaise, who hopes to become a forensic scientist, is a veteran Model United Nations collegiate conference participant, plays the role of plaintiff attorney on her school’s mock trial team and the viola. She spends her summers volunteering at her church’s Vacation

Bible School and interning for the Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation Department.

Sheridan is an AP Scholar and Scholar Athlete, dedicating her time to National Honor Society, Beta Club and Student Leadership Team.

She is team captain of her varsity lacrosse team, lead counselor for a summer lacrosse camp and marketing manager for North Gwinnett’s chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Sheridan plans to design prosthetics as a biomedical engineer.

Before flying to Washington, both students will begin the program with a statewide dinner reception honoring their achievements June 13 in Atlanta.

MARTA been allowed to use the Connect Gwinnett Transit Development Plan as the transit agency’s blueprint for providing service to Gwinnett. County officials put together that plan with public input from residents.

But voters had to approve a contract with MARTA. A new contract would have to be drawn up between the county and the transit agency.

MARTA CEO Jeff Parker said he felt there could be a way to bring a similar contract back before Gwinnett voters next year. He said the transit agency wants to partner with communities in metro Atlanta that are interested in investing in transit.

“I don’t see why there wouldn’t be a path to do that,” he said. “Obviously the commission and the (MARTA) board have to approve the contract, but I think there is a clear path for that.”

There is still a lot of unpacking of Tuesday’s vote and trying to determine the message of what voters wanted that have to be done before a path forward can be charted.

“I’d really have to look at the demographics of the people that actually voted, particularly the age groups,” Nash said. “I think one of the things that is most difficult is trying to figure out how to put it on the radar of younger voters … I wouldn’t draw any conclusions overall until I’ve looked in more detail at the actual demographics of the voters.”

But opponents who worked to defeat the MARTA referendum on Tuesday are not likely to rest on their laurels.

“We know they’re going to bring it up again, and we’re organized

and we’ll feel confident chief said. that we can beat them again,” said Joe Newton, Local decisions who was a leader in a to be made coalition of grassroots More immediately, anti-MARTA groups that however, Gwinnett defeated the referendum. County commissioners need to figure out their Looking to what’s ahead next move. for transit in Gwinnett, “The majority of them across the region do support transit expanDespite the rejection sion,” Nash said. of the MARTA contract Commissioner Ben Ku on Tuesday, Atlanta said he saw the decision Regional Commission on Tuesday as an opExecutive Director portunity to revisit the Doug Hooker struck a Connect Gwinnett plan. rosy chord about future He said it was too soon transit opportunities in to speculate on when Gwinnett and elsewhere the best time for another across metro Atlanta. He vote would be, or if it said The ATL offered would necessarily be on new chances to expand joining MARTA. transit in the county and Ku is accepting input across the region. from residents on what But Hooker and they’d like to see in Parker said attitudes on Gwinnett’s transit plans, transit are changing and though. He is also planthat those changes could ning to hold town hall make transit expansion meetings in April where in Gwinnett inevitable. residents can provide “This vote is far from input. the end of the line for “The Connect Gwintransit expansion in this nett was heavily depenimportant, fast-growing dant on this referendum part of the Atlanta repassing so I do see this gion,” Hooker said. “I’m as a bit of an opportuoptimistic about the nity to revisit that plan future — ARC’s annual to make it significantly public opinion survey better,” he said. shows that attitudes Commissioner Marabout transit are chang- lene Fosque said she ing in Gwinnett and would like to see some across metro Atlanta. sort of vote on transit “As a region, we must in either 2020 or 2022. provide more options She also said, however, for getting around town that it was too early to beyond driving alone in determine whether that a car if we are to imwould be another vote prove quality of life and on joining MARTA or on remain economically a T-SPLOST to expand competitive.”

Gwinnett County TranParker said, despite sit.

Tuesday’s defeat, GwinFosque also said the nett could still be a commission needs to model for metro Atlanta do an examination of because of the Connect what happened with this Gwinnett Transit Devel- week’s vote and deteropment Plan. mine why it failed.

“The good thing is “There’s such a need Gwinnett County did a for (transit expansion) phenomenal job laywhen we begin to look at ing out a great plan, so our economic developthere’s a great footprint ment and when we really in here to apply to the begin to plan for the region,” the MARTA future,” she said.

egation flipped to Democrats.

Democrats in Gwinnett’s legislative delegation blamed county commissioners for the failure of the referendum on Wednesday, accusing the county’s leaders of putting politics first. When the decision was made to put the issue on a special election ballot, the commission was all Republican.

Two of the commissioners, Lynette Howard and John Heard, lost re-election bids to Democrats in November, however.

“This is not the failure of Gwinnett voters, but Gwinnett County Commissioners who politicized the process by requiring a special election in March as opposed to the November 2018 midterm election,” the legislators said in a statement. “Concerns were raised, but they were ignored.

“Politicians placed their

interests before the needs of those they serve, and the long-term interests of Gwinnett County.”

The question now is how Democrats would make the timing of Tuesday’s vote and its outcome — if they do use it — as an issue in upcoming contested elections. The last MARTA vote in Gwinnett before this week happened in 1990, and it, too, ended in a rejection of the transit agency.

“In spite of the deliberate decision to place this election in an off month and undermine voter turnout, we saw a bipartisan coalition come together for transit, volunteers hustling to get out the vote and thousands of voters show up to say yes to MARTA,” Georgia Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikema Williams said in a statement.

“We’re disappointed in (Tuesday’s) results, but we’re not done.”

Hall of Fame

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County Dugout Club halls of fame. He coached at variety of sports in 36 years at South, but is known predominantly as a successful baseball coach with more than 600 career wins.

He also coached with USA Baseball and in international competitions.

Saville began his career as a manager at Norcross, then received national acclaim for his involvement with the Clemson football program as equipment manager and as a graduate of the ClemsonLIFE, a program that prepares students with intellectual disabilities (Saville has down syndrome) for employment and independent living. His positive outlook and energy earned the Walter Camp Football Foundation’s American Hero Award earlier this year. He just finished his eighth football season with the Tigers.

Hembree has 529 career wins as a head girls basketball coach with his most notable successes at her two Gwinnett jobs. She won three state championships at Collins Hill, left for a college job at the University of Miami (Fla.) and returned to coach 10 seasons at Norcross, winning three more state titles and finishing as state runner-up twice. Health issues forced her into retirement in 2018.

Curran was an AllAmerican and All-SEC linebacker at UGA — he had 284 tackles in three seasons before turning pro — and was selected in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Tennes-

see Titans. He also played in the Canadian Football League before injuries ended his career. He now works as an author and motivational speaker.

Conn, a South grad, was a walk-on football player at Alabama, where he was on the 1992 national championship team. He is best known locally as the first head coach at Grayson, where he coached from 2000 to 2015 and won the 2011 state title. He has coached at Clemson since 2016, first as senior defensive analyst and currently as safeties coach.

The inductees will be recognized at the May 1 event, which begins with a 5:30 p.m. mixer and silent auction. Saban speaks at 6:30 p.m., followed by the induction ceremony and dinner at 7:15. Buck Lanford of FOX 5 Atlanta is the evening’s emcee.

“Don’t miss your chance to walk among legends at the 10th annual Gwinnett County Sports Hall of Fame Dinner featuring keynote speaker, Alabama Crimson Tide’s Coach Nick Saban,” GCPS Foundation senior executive director Aaron Lupuloff said. “Proceeds from this powerful night of recognition will be dedicated to academic initiatives benefiting the students and teachers of Gwinnett County Public Schools.”

Tickets to the celebration are available at www. gcps-foundation.org/events or by calling 678-301-6335.

Sponsorships also are available with more information at www.gcps.founation.org/ Hall-of-fame and 404-4056471.

Drugs •From Page 1A that imbedded themselves into the community.”

Since then, detectives identified the five grow houses, each of which averaged 340 to 1,500 plants in each home, and linked the alleged traffickers “to a larger international organization serving not only Gwinnett County and the metro Atlanta area, but also the southeast United States,” Pihera said.

“To those passing by, no one would have suspected that these five marijuana grow houses were harboring criminal activity,” she said. “The drug trafficking organizations utilized sophisticated equipment to manufacture high-grade marijuana. The largest grow house was an 8,500-square-foot home in Norcross.”

On March 14, after months of work, detectives executed 15 search warrants in Gwinnett, Henry and Clayton counties, which netted the 16 arrests.

As of Thursday, 3,174 marijuana plants had been

recovered, along with a “significant amount” of additional evidence, including THC candy, THC oil, cocaine, illegal mushrooms, $676,517 in cash and six vehicles.

Gwinnett County Police Department Chief Butch Ayers said the detectives’ work was “a shining example of the dedication our officers have to serving the community.”

Gwinnett police worked with several local and federal agencies as part of the raid, including the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office, Gwinnett Metro Drug Task Force, FBI and the DEA in the case. Pihera said the bust is “not likely related” to a July bust of 17 marijuana grow houses.

The grow houses were located at: • 748 Bartow Drive, Dacula; • 6015 Williams Road, Norcross; • 456 Hastings Way, Jonesboro; • 2202 S. Ola Road, Locust Grove; and • 1536 Pine Circle, Lawrenceville.

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A man accused of driving under the influence is now facing a vehicular homicide charge in connection with a Sunday wreck that killed a 37-year-old Duluth man.

At about 3 a.m., 31-yearold Diego Romero of Lawrenceville was driving his silver Lexus LS400, allegedly under the influence, westbound on Jimmy Carter Boulevard toward its intersection with Singleton Road in unincorporated Norcross, according to Gwinnett County Police Department spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera.

Manuel Esteves-Sabino, 37, of Duluth, who was driving a grey Toyota Corolla, was stopped at the intersection that Romero was approaching.

“As Diego was approaching the intersection, he attempted to change lanes to the middle lane,” Pihera said. “The front of his vehicle struck the rear of Manuel’s vehicle. Both vehicles rotated and came to rest in the southbound

lanes of Singleton Road.”

Both men sustained serious injuries and were transported to a local hospital, and because of the severity of the men’s injuries, the Gwinnett County Police Department’s Accident Investigation Unit was dispatched to the scene to investigate.

“An officer assigned to the AIU traveled to the hospital to check on the status of both drivers.

While there, he discovered that Diego was likely under the influence of alcohol,” Pihera said.

“Though Diego’s injuries were serious, Manuel’s injuries were considered life-threatening.”

Following the preliminary investigation, Romero was charged with reckless driving, DUI, serious injury by vehicle and following too closely.

On Monday, an additional charge — first degree homicide by vehicle — was added after EstevesSabino was pronounced brain dead.

Following Romero’s release from the hospital, he will be booked into the Gwinnett County Jail.

While anticipation about Gwinnett’s MARTA vote soaked up much of the attention in the county last weekend, Duluth City Councilman Kirkland Carden was busy making some political news of his own.

Carden revealed on Facebook over the weekend he will run as a Democrat for the county commission District 1 seat currently held by Commissioner Jace Brooks in 2020. A new cover photo revealing his bid for a commission seat was posted on his old city council campaign Facebook page Saturday, and a formal announcement was posted the following day.

“I have decided to run for the Board of Commissioners because I care about Kirkland the future Carden of our community,” Carden said in the statement. “We live in a time of great change both socially and in terms of technology and politics.

In order for Gwinnett to continue to flourish in the future we have to change and adapt with the times.

“It is important to preserve the best of our past but at the same time we have to be prepared for what is to come.”

Carden’s announcement is not a surprise move, as he has been moving closer

to a run for a seat on the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners for months and there has been a buzz in Democratic circles about him running for the seat. But now it is official.

Brooks has not publicly said whether he will run for re-election.

Carden is just over a year into his tenure as a Duluth city councilman, having been elected to the position in 2017 and sworn in to his first term 14 months ago.

Before he joined the council, he served on Duluth’s Urban Redevelopment Authority board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Citizen’s Budget Review Advisory Committee.

He is also a member of the Rainbow Village Millennials Advisory Panel.

The Duluth High School

graduate said he wants to focus on transportation, inclusive and transparent government and economic opportunities for all residents if he is elected. A campaign website, kirkland4gwinnett.com, currently sends visitors to a website that lists his current position on the City Council and states a new website is under construction.

Although qualifying for the 2020 county elections is a year away, Democrats have been positioning themselves to run for commission seats. Former state Sen. Curt Thompson is running for commission chairman, while Jasper Watkins III and Derrick Wilson have announced candidacies for the District 3 seat currently held

by Commissioner Tommy Hunter.

New Simonton Elem. principal appointed

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Gwinnett County Public Schools named a longtime elementary school educator as the new principal at Simonton Elementary School on Thursday.

The Gwinnett County Board of Education confirmed the appointment of Tamara Perkins as the school’s new leader. Perkins has been an educator for 21 years, and has been with the school system

since 2000, according to records provided by the school system.

Tamara She has Perkins been the principal at Parsons Elementary School since July 2015.

Perkins will replace Clifton Alexander, who was appointed to serve as the assistant superintendent for elementary schools.

She holds bachelor’s degrees in music and elementary education from the University of Pittsburgh and Point Park University, respectively. She also holds a master’s degree in educational administration from the University of Georgia.

Perkins was a firstgrade teacher in Pittsburgh from 1998 to 2000. She then came to Gwinnett County Public Schools as a third-grade teacher at Lawrenceville Elementary School in October 2000 and later served as a local

school technology coordinator at the school.

She later served as a fifth-grade teacher at Alcova Elementary School from August 2006 to December 2008. She then served at Cedar Hill Elementary School from December 2008 to June 2012, first as a data administrator and later as an assistant principal.

She then served as an assistant principal at Berkeley Lake Elementary School from June 2012 until she was named Parsons’ principal in July 2015.

Duluth responds to 12 car break-ins in a day

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A man accused of driving under the influence is now facing vehicular homicide charges in connection with a Sunday wreck that killed a 37-year-old Duluth man. (Special Photo)

The Duluth Police Department recently issued a friendly reminder to residents to take all valuables out of their cars after responding to 12

reports of car break-ins in one day.

Between around 7 p.m.

Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday, two apartment communities in Duluth were targeted: eight cars at the Discovery at River Bend on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and four cars

at The Atlantic Howell Station, also on Peachtree Industrial.

Based on the reports, the “majority” of the cars were locked but had items or valuables visible from the outside, the department wrote on social media. The suspect then

broke the window and stole the items.

The Duluth Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division is investigating, and asked anyone with information about the suspect(s) to call 770-476-4151 or email crimetip@duluthpd.com.

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Golan Heights sovereignty goes to Israel

Emilia Clarke underwent two brain surgeries

By Jeremy DiamonD

CNN

President Donald Trump on Thursday overturned longstanding U.S. policy regarding the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, announcing “it is time” for the U.S. to “fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty” over the region.

“After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability,” Trump tweeted.

The announcement hands Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a significant foreign policy victory, less than three weeks before Israelis head to the polls to decide whether he should remain in power. The move comes just days before Netanyahu is set to join Trump at the White House and follows weeks during which Netanyahu has renewed his push for the U.S. to recognize the Golan Heights as part of Israel.

Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria during the Six-Day War of 1967 and formally annexed the Schoolgirls face territory in 1981. But that jail for doodling in annexation has not been recbooks in Burundi ognized by the international community, which has reThree schoolgirls in garded the Golan Heights as Burundi spent the weekend occupied territory and Israeli in jail and are facing five settlements there as illegal years in prison for drawing under international law. on the president’s face on their school books, Human Rights Watch told CNN. The girls, who are all minors, were arrested last week and were on Monday Cummings: W.H. charged with ‘insulting the officials doing head of state,’ according to official work on the human rights group. private accounts They are on remand House Oversight Chairwhile they await trial for man Elijah Cummings said drawing on President Thursday his committee has Pierre Nkurunziza’s face during one of their classes, obtained new information Lewis Mudge, the Central that several senior White House officials have used Africa Director at Human personal email and mesRights Watch told CNN. saging accounts to conduct Mudge said textbooks government business, assertin Burundi’s school ing that President Donald system are often passed Trump’s son-in-law commuin between classes and it nicated with foreign leaders is, therefore, difficult to know who scribbled on the through a private messaging application that appears to president’s image in the lack adequate safeguards. first place.

In a Thursday letter to the Ferry capsizes in White House, the Maryland Democrat alleged that Iraq’s Tigris River, Jared Kushner, who is also a senior White House adviser, kills at least 83 had been using WhatsApp, a An overcrowded ferry popular messaging applicacapsized in the Tigris River tion, to “communicate with near Mosul, killing at least foreign leaders” — some83 people during Nowruz thing he said that Kushner’s and Mother’s Day celebra- attorney had confirmed in tions on Thursday, officials a private meeting. He also said. contended that Trump’s Among the victims were daughter Ivanka Trump, also at least 12 children, aca senior adviser, may be in cording to health ministry violation of the Presidential spokesman Saif al-Badr.

Records Act by her use of Of the nearly 150 people private emails. who were on board, about In the letter, Cummings 41 people have been resrevealed that his panel cued, the spokesman said. learned the new information The ferry was transport- in a private meeting in Deing people from a bank of cember with Abbe Lowell, the river to a small tourist an attorney for both Kushner island called Umm al-Raand Ivanka Trump. beein. It capsized halfway because of high water W.H. rejects Dem levels in the river, according to Nineveh Mayor Abd requests for info al-Sattar Habu. on Putin talks Rescue teams were able The White House is to recover a number of rejecting a request from bodies from the river, and search operations are ongo- congressional Democrats to obtain documents tied to ing, he said.

— From wire reports President Donald Trump’s Members of a university soccer team were abducted in Cameroon’s Southwest region, university officials told CNN Thursday.

Armed men seized the team of 20 male students from the training ground at the University of Buea on Wednesday, said Ngono Horace Manga, the university’s vice chancellor.

“They were training for an upcoming competition early in the morning when the kidnappers took them away from the field,” Manga told CNN. Manga said the abductors have contacted the school authorities demanding a ransom for the player’s release. He said he would not disclose the amount so as not to jeopardize ongoing negotiations for the students’ release.

The head coach of the university soccer team, Nicolas Asongu, told CNN the kidnapping occurred about 7:30 a.m. local time Wednesday at the university.

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Emilia Clarke revealed on Thursday that she has undergone two brain surgeries in the last eight years.

The “Games of Thrones” star made the revelation in a story she wrote for the New Yorker. She said her health problems began in 2011.

She wrote in the article, “The diagnosis was quick and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a life-threatening type of stroke, caused by bleeding Syrians approach the frontier fence in the Golan Heights in 2018. On Thursday, Presi- into the space surrounding dent Donald Trump tweeted that it is time for the U.S. to “fully recognize Israel’s Sover- the brain. I’d had an aneueignty over the Golan Heights.” (Photo: Ammar Al Ali/Anadolou Agency/Getty Images) rysm, an arterial rupture. As I later learned, about a third of SAH patients die immediTrump enjoys sky-high It was not clear if the istration official tells CNN. ately or soon thereafter.” approval ratings in Israel, White House would release The U.S. ambassador to She ended up going and his embrace of Netanya- additional information or Israel, David Friedman, and through a three-hour surgery hu so close to the elections, specifics about the move to Republican Sen. Lindsey and then spent four days in coupled with delivering a recognize the Golan Heights Graham of South Carolina the ICU. long-sought recognition, as part of Israel beyond visited the Israeli-occupied Two years later, Clarke’s could impact the outcome of Trump’s tweet. territory earlier this month doctors found a second anthe Israeli election.

Former U.S. Defense with the prime minister, an eurysm that required another Netanyahu quickly took Secretary Leon Panetta, early sign that Trump was surgery, and she spent a to Twitter to thank Trump, who served under President gearing up to recognize tweeting: “At a time when Barack Obama, said the Israel’s sovereignty over the month in the hospital.

Iran seeks to use Syria as a move “raises a lot of conterritory. platform to destroy Israel, cern” and said it is difficult But the final decision Tyson returning President Trump boldly rec- to not see this as an attempt came this week as Trump to TV after probe ognizes Israeli sovereignty to buttress Netanyahu’s held several meetings with of misconduct over the Golan Heights. chances of remaining prime his senior staff, this official Thank you President Trump! minister. said.

Astrophysicist and author realDonaldTrump.”

“It’s hard not to put two National security adviser Neil deGrasse Tyson is In a short phone call and two together,” Panetta John Bolton, senior adviser returning to television folbetween the two leaders, said on CNN. “The president Jared Kushner and special lowing accusations of inapNetanyahu told Trump, “You has made clear his support representative for internapropriate behavior, which he made history,” according to a for Netanyahu.” tional negotiations Jason denied. readout of the call provided Trump’s decision has Greenblatt were consulted Fox and Nat Geo anby the Prime Minister’s been building up for several and supported the move, the nounced in a statement that Office. weeks now, a senior admin- official said. they have concluded their investigation into the allegaOn Thursday, James Mattis, President tions of sexual misconduct Jared KushDonald Trump has repeated- that were first published in ner, a senior ly praised the former Boeing November by Patheos, a reliWhite House executive. Yet Shanahan’s gion and spirituality website. adviser, was relationship with his former “StarTalk will return to accused by the air with the remaining 13 employer has emerged as House Overepisodes in April on Nationa point of controversy that sight Chaircould pose challenges if he’s al Geographic, and both Fox man Elijah Cummings of nominated to permanently and National Geographic using private lead the Pentagon. are committed to finding an messaging air date for ‘Cosmos,’” Fox That controversy got application and Nat Geo said in a joint more heated on WednesWhatsApp statement. day, when the Pentagon’s to “commuAccording to the Patheos inspector general’s office nicate with article, Tyson had been acforeign lead- announced an investigacused by one woman who ers.” Kushner tion into complaints that is pictured in Shanahan has promoted alleged that Tyson drugged 2018. (CNN) and raped her in 1984.

Boeing and disparaged its competitors. the United Nations joined a communications with RusThe investigation comes YouTube channel chorus of people slamming in the immediate aftermath sian President Vladimir mom accused Nikki Haley for saying the of the Boeing 737 Max 8 Putin.

In a letter to three Demo- European nation’s health crash in Ethiopia, which has of child abuse care system is lacking com- prompted a closer examicratic committee chairmen, The “Fantastic Advenpared to that of the United White House counsel Pat nation of the relationship tures” YouTube channel has Cipollone said that the courts States. between the company and racked up more than 250 The incident started have long established that the federal government. million views, with its adorwhen Sen. Bernie Sandpresidential communicaable cast of seven adopted tions with foreign leaders are ers criticized the cost of Carter becomes children, silly topics and childbirth in the United protected and confidential. the oldest former charmingly low-fi visual States, saying it’s about “The president must be effects. free to engage in discussions $12,000 compared to $60 in president ever A welfare check last week with foreign leaders without Finland.

Jimmy Carter was the first found the home was a den of Haley, who served as fear that those communicaabuse in which their mother U.S. president to be born in the United States ambastions will be disclosed and sador to the United Nations a hospital. Today, he marks a would withhold food and used as fodder for partisan water for days at a time, new milestone as the oldest until last year, fired back political purposes,” Cipolliving former president ever. pepper-spray them, force at Sanders on Wednesday lone wrote in the letter, At 94 years and 172 days them to take ice baths and obtained by CNN. “And for- night and indicated Finold, Carter will have passed lock them in a barren closet, eign leaders must be assured land’s health care is not as according to a statement of popular among its citizens. the previous record held by of this as well.” probable cause in Maricopa, the late President George “Health care costs are Three Democrats — Ariz.

H.W. Bush. too high that is true but House Intelligence ChairPolice on March 15 arrest“He and Mrs. Carter comparing us to Finland is man Adam Schiff, House ed their mother, Machelle ridiculous,” Haley tweeted. take walks, and they have Foreign Affairs Chairman Hobson, 48, on two counts “Ask them how their health followed a healthy diet for Eliot Engel and House of molestation of a child, care is. You won’t like their a lifetime,” Deanna CongOversight Chairman Elijah ileo, a spokeswoman for the seven counts of child abuse, Cummings — sent a letter to answer.” five counts of child neglect Carter Center, told CNN. the White House earlier this The center is not planning and five counts of unlawful month asking for informaProbe renews imprisonment. a special celebration. tion on communications scrutiny about Hobson’s adult sons, “But we at The Carter between Trump and Putin.

Logan and Ryan Hackney, Center sure are rooting for Shanahan’s him and grateful for his long also were arrested March Haley is criticized ties to Boeing 15. They face seven charges life of service that has benfor her comment In the months since efited millions of the world’s each. They are accused of Patrick Shanahan became failing to report the abuse of poorest people,” the center on health care acting defense secretary a minor. said in a statement.

— From wire reports The top Finnish envoy to following the departure of — From wire report

Facebook staff had access to hundreds of millions of people’s passwords

By Donie o’Sullivan anD Kevin Collier CNN Business

Facebook revealed on Thursday it didn’t properly mask the passwords of hundreds of millions of its users and stored them as plain text in an internal database that could be accessed by its staff.

The company said it discovered the exposed passwords during a security review in January and launched an investigation.

Facebook did not say how long it

Pedro Canahuati, a Facebook vice president wrote on Thursday in a post titled, “Keeping Passwords had been storing passwords in this Secure.” way.

He said Facebook typically Facebook shared information “masks people’s passwords when about the security incident pubthey create an account so that no licly soon after it was first reported one at the company can see them.”

by Krebs on Security.

A Facebook spokesperson told “To be clear, these passwords CNN Business the password iswere never visible to anyone sue primarily but not exclusively outside of Facebook and we affected systems associated with have found no evidence to date Facebook Lite. Hundreds of milthat anyone internally abused lions of users of Facebook Lite or improperly accessed them,” had been impacted, while tens

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of millions of regular Facebook users and tends of thousands of Instagram users were affected, the company said. Facebook Lite — a simplified version of Facebook designed to work on slower internet connections — is popular among people in parts of the world with less connectivity.

“Encrypting passwords is Security 101,” said Marcus Carey, the CEO Threatcare, an Austin cybersecurity company. “If they can’t get the basic principles of cybersecurity right, they are surely

failing on the tougher challenges.”

In Europe, Facebook is headquartered in Ireland, where it is regulated by the Irish Data Protection Commission. A commission spokesperson told CNN Business that Facebook had informed it of the issue and that it was awaiting further information. The commission currently has several investigations into Facebook’s compliance with European data laws ongoing; the company could face fines upwards of $1 billion as a result of those investigations.

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All about vaccines Dear Dr. roaCH: In a recent column on the measles vaccine, you wrote: “Older people may lose immunity, and some people born between 1963 and 1967 may have received an inactive vaccine.” Wait, what?!

How do we know if we were not properly vaccinated, and what should we do about it?

— L.T. ansWer: There were two types of measles vaccines available between 1963 and 1967. One type was a live, attenuated vaccine, and there were three strains given: the Schwarz, Edmonston B and Moraten strains. If given on or after the first birthday, these strains continue to provide lifelong immunity.

A second, killed vaccine was available only during those years, and was frequently given as a series of two or three injections.

People who received the killed vaccine are at risk for developing a condition called atypical measles (an immunemediated disease with high fevers, rash, and frequent lung symptoms) if they are exposed to a person with measles.

If you have your original vaccination record, it should say what type of vaccine you received. If it doesn’t, or if you received killed vaccine, you should consider yourself inadequately vaccinated.

High antibody titers by blood testing is not sufficient.

Not everybody who is inadequately vaccinated needs to run out and get the vaccine. However, people planning international travel (there are several areas of measles outbreaks in Europe) or people who are in an area of the United States with measles outbreaks (New York and New Jersey had outbreaks in 2018) and at high risk for exposure (including first responders) should be revaccinated with two doses of MMR vaccine (there is no single-dose measles vaccine).

Dear Dr. roaCH: Your recent article was provaccination. I also have been pro-vaccination until recently, when my daughter brought to my attention that the vast majority of vaccines are made with aborted fetal tissue. I checked and found this to be the truth. I am appalled that this fact is not publicized and that I have had vaccines made with aborted fetal tissue.

That I have unintentionally participated in the murder of innocent children through vaccination is a betrayal of my trust in the medical profession and my personal faith. You may find that this is the major reason for the decline in vaccination rates.

There should be an informed consent before any vaccination occurs with the option of being vaccinated with a serum that is not contaminated with fetal tissue.

— J.G. ansWer: In July 1962, a pregnant woman was exposed to rubella, and underwent a therapeutic abortion given the high likelihood of severe fetal damage. The cells from this fetus (called WI-38, for the Wistar Institute) were used, and continue to be used, to produce the rubella vaccine, which requires a cell line. From this one fetus, over 300 million doses of rubella vaccine have been produced.

It is certainly not the case that production of the vaccine requires any additional abortions, nor has there ever been fetal tissue in any vaccine, as vaccines are purified extensively.

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Dear amy: I live in an apartment with two roommates, who I did not know prior to moving in together.

Our apartment has thin walls. Since we moved in (three months ago), we’ve been battling with the upstairs neighbors, who blast music between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., usually on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

It’s annoying for sure, but I just put in my earplugs and go to sleep.

One of the roommates, though, has a serious vendetta against them because of their noise and has submitted enough complaints that she convinced the landlord to evict them.

I’ve remained fairly neutral throughout the situation — if my roommate wants to make it her mission, that’s, of course, fine — I’d prefer to have less noise too, but I also don’t care enough to do anything about it.

The thing is this roommate with the vendetta happens to have THE loudest natural speaking voice I’ve ever heard, and she never seems to make an effort to lower her voice.

To me, her speaking in the apartment (often after I’ve gone into my room to go to sleep) is way more intrusive than the upstairs neighbors’ noise.

She speaks at a nearyelling volume, whether in the early morning or late at night.

How on earth (if at all) do I tell this person, who’s supposedly really sensitive

you. Could you try to talk softly — at least in the early morning and late at night?”

Try not to be intimidated by her. You are supposed to be an equal partner in your housing situation.

You may have to (figuratively speaking) raise your own voice in order for her Amy Dickinson to lower hers.

Dear amy: My wife to noise (she’s said this), and I share our house with that her speaking voice is a housemate. The housenoise-complaint worthy? mate is a good friend we — Ear Plug Addict have known for years. We Dear Plug: You all rent the house together haven’t known your room- and right now the rent is mate all that long, but the split 50/50. way you portray her, she The issue is that our sounds like a fairly highhousemate, “Ann,” has a drama — and high-volume boyfriend who is getting — bully. quite serious and now She does not have the stays over a lot, uses the right to disrupt your peace common area (which, of and quiet, any more than course, we expect) and is your upstairs neighbors not really contributing to had the right to blast loud the household in any way music late on weeknights. financially.

Is there a specific reason Is this something that I why you are so hesitant am overreacting about, or to ask her to speak more should there be some kind quietly? Or are you afraid of financial assistance, that she might launch a since he is now spending vendetta against you? (Re- more days than not at our alistically, she might.) house?

You should ask her My wife and I are the to lower her voice. Say, ones who purchase the “Now that the upstairs usual kitchen supplies, neighbors are gone, I such as paper towels, wanted to raise another cleaners, Ziploc bags, noise-related issue. I know garbage bags, dishwasher you are noise-sensitive, detergent and regular dish and now I realize I am, detergent. We also clean too. Has anyone else ever the main communal area told you that you have ourselves. a really loud speaking I don’t want to be rude voice? Honestly, even with by expecting too much, the door closed I can hear but I don’t want us to be

walked over.

— Housemate Hang-up Dear Housemate: If you and your wife pay half the rent, and “Ann” pays the other half, then no, I don’t think she necessarily owes you more rent because she has someone staying with her. Household products and chores are another matter.

Many housemates successfully pool their money to pay for communally used products. Many housemates also successfully share the housework for communal areas.

This is where you and your household could make some significant changes. Have a house meeting and discuss it.

Dear amy: Recently you ran “best of” columns for a couple of weeks. All of these columns first appeared 10 years ago.

I wonder if you could provide updates for some of these stories? Did people follow your advice?

— Wondering Dear WonDering: No one is more curious, or eager for an update than I am. I encourage anyone whose question has been published in this space to get in touch!

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: ASKAMY@amydickinson. com. Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

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Limit how much you share with people.

Separate your personal and professional dealings to keep your life running smoothly. A lifestyle change is within reach and should be considered. Keep your plans secret until everything is in place to avoid interference.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A change of pace will turn into an unexpected opportunity.

What you discover is best kept to yourself until you have had time to iron out any unforeseen problems.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — When opportunity knocks, be quick to answer. Make the most out of every offer that comes your way to discover that you have unexpected attributes.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Pay attention to the way you look, how you present yourself and how you treat others. A kind gesture will lead to an interesting offer.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Emotionally driven spending or buying someone’s affection is not a good idea.

Use your imagination to come up with a plan that will keep you busy and out of trouble.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Make home improvements, pay down debt and spend time with loved ones. A kind gesture will spark someone’s interest. Romance is in the stars and will enhance your personal life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Excess of any kind will lead to emotional uncertainty. Let your intuition guide you when dealing with personal and domestic matters. You can find a way that’s best for everyone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — A little pampering will go a long way.

Update your image or spend time with someone who makes you feel good to ease stress.

Romance is highlighted.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Make changes that will lower your overhead and alleviate any tension that’s building up between you and someone you live with. If you compromise now, you will get what you want at a later date.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Change should lead to personal growth, improved appearance and better relationships with the people you see daily.

Don’t let someone from your past swoop in and disrupt your life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Put emotions aside when dealing with friends and relatives. Listen carefully and offer suggestions, but don’t take the reins.

You are best off focusing on situations closer to home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Don’t take a risk that could end in insult or injury. Get along with others and get involved in events that are geared toward helping others. Opportunity will find you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Knowing when to help and when to stand back will make or break your day.

Don’t let an emotional situation ruin an opportunity. Balance and integrity will help you maintain the status quo.

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Gwinnett ranked Kemp backs bid for CON changes, fifth on Ga. list of gets House panel OK on waiver plan healthiest counties

By Andy Miller

eral Assembly session. The final day is scheduled to be April 2.

The newly reworked House Gov. Brian Kemp has thrown Bill 186 contains some proposals his support behind major reforms from the original House Bill 198. of the state health care regulatory It would limit the rival health care system, acting as legislation on the entities that can object to a CON contentious issue was revived in a application to those within a 35Senate committee Wednesday. mile radius of the proposed project.

A House bill to make sweeping Currently there are no geographic changes to the certificate-of-need restrictions on who can object.

(CON) system recently failed to Other provisions include: pass the House on Crossover Day. • Giving Cancer Treatment CenThat normally means a piece of ters of America a pathway to add legislation is dead for the year. more beds and serve more Georgia The CON overhaul effort was patients at its Newnan hospital revived in a hearing Wednesday, • Increasing financial thresholds when some provisions of the for hospital construction and mediunsuccessful bill were attached to cal equipment different House legislation, and the • Prohibiting hospitals from purnew bill was adopted by the Senate chasing or holding ‘’medical use’’ Finance Committee. rights of properties However, the provisions in But the amended bill does not the new CON bill are considered contain any provision allowing a weaker than those in the original sports medicine and training center House measure. in Alpharetta, a project that has CON regulates how health care many high-profile backers in the facilities function in Georgia. A sports world. And the bill would provider must get a “certificate of not let hospital organizations need” from the state to proceed establish standalone ERs, or allow with a major project, such as for cardiology ambulatory surgery building or expanding a medical centers. facility or changing what serThe new bill significantly weakvices are available to patients. The ens the financial disclosures that system is controversial within the the original House bill urged.

Georgia health care industry, and State Rep. Matt Hatchett, Rhas sparked fireworks in previous Dublin, the lead sponsor of the legislative sessions. stronger House bill that was deUntil now, Kemp had stayed feated, said Wednesday that ‘we’re on the sidelines during the often trending in the right direction.’’ acrimonious CON debate. But in But he called the new bill’s his statement Wednesday, Kemp elimination of the sports medicine said, “As governor, I am committed center provision “disappointing,’’ to pursuing free-market solualong with the weaker financial distions that lower health care costs, closures, especially on the holdings eliminate barriers to access, and of nonprofit hospitals. improve quality of care in every The Kemp waiver bill passed region of our state. To reach these the House committee by a 10-3 goals, I firmly believe that we need vote after more than an hour of meaningful reform of Georgia’s public testimony. ‘’This is a very certificate-of-need laws and regula- important issue,’’ said panel Chairtions. We must be bold. The time man Richard Smith, a Columbus is now.

Republican, at the outset of the “I applaud the House Rural hearing.

Development Council’s hard work The legislation has two parts. over the past several months. If the One waiver would pertain to addLegislature does not adopt coming people to the Medicaid rolls. mon-sense reforms, I will explore The other would allow Georgia to executive action to put patients – revise the set-up of the state health not the status quo – first.” insurance exchange, created by the The Kemp administration says ACA for people who don’t have White House officials have indicat- government or employer coverage. ed they would be more receptive to Dispute about a waiver request on Georgia health coverage numbers insurance rules if the state would Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, take action on CON reforms. lead sponsor of the waiver bill, said Georgia’s proposed waiver bill, the legislation “could have farSenate Bill 106, passed a special reaching effects for health care in House health care access comGeorgia.’’ mittee Wednesday and appears on The insurance exchange changtrack to become law. (See more on es, he said, “could drive down the this hearing below.) cost of health insurance for those The Trump administration has who buy it on the private market.’’ urged states to scale back their The bill, though, has created a certificate-of-need laws. debate over cost and coverage. The New bill omits federal government, up to now, has some key proposals not approved a Medicaid waiver Leading hospital groups in as envisioned by SB 106 — addGeorgia have fought hard against ing people at up to 100 percent of a broad CON revamp, saying it the federal poverty level, roughly would hurt existing hospitals, $12,500 for an individual, to the including those in rural Georgia. program.

Proponents say it would spark In states that choose full Mediccompetition, increase access to ser- aid expansion, covering people up vices, and reduce health care costs. to 138 percent of the federal povHouse proponents of CON erty rate, the federal government changes have maintained that their has pledged to provide 90 percent effort still can prevail, though there of the cost for the newly eligible are just a few days left in the Gen- members.

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By Andy Miller

In Georgia, 15 percent of households spend more than half of their income on housing Gwinnett County has been costs. That’s a higher percentage named one of Georgia’s five than the national average of 11 healthiest counties again, but its percent. neighbor to the west, Forsyth Georgia households headed County, has once again taken the by African-American resititle of being the healthiest place dents have the highest burden in the state. of severe housing costs at 21 While Forsyth remains at the percent, compared to white resitop, the second through fifth dent households at 11 percent. healthiest counties — Oconee, County by county, the severe Cherokee, Fayette and Gwinhousing cost burden ranges nett — are also the same as last from 8 percent to 25 percent of year’s in the newly released households.

2019 County Health Rankings.

Marsha Davis, the interim All five counties are suburban dean of the University of Georand in the northern half of the gia’s College of Public Health, state. said the rankings “continue to They are followed by Colum- highlight the health disparities bia, Cobb, Harris, Paulding and that separate our communities, Coweta — in the same order as by ZIP code, race and ethnicity.

2018.

As in the past, poverty is a key The annual County Health factor that drives how Georgians Rankings, released Tuesday access health care and other by the Robert Wood Johnson resources that support healthy Foundation and the University lifestyles.’ of Wisconsin Population Health The emphasis on housing Institute, consider factors other data, Davis said, “echoes many than medical care, such as eduof the trends we see connecting cation, transportation, housing socioeconomic disadvantages to and poverty, that influence how poor health outcomes. long and how well people live.

“Any real effort to improve It’s the seventh straight year the health of all Georgians will that Forsyth, northeast of Atrequire close collaboration with lanta, has topped the rankings in state and community leadthe state. ers, public health, education, The five Georgia counties the private sector, economic in the poorest health, starting development, and others groups with least healthy, are Waror services that shape the comren, Twiggs, Quitman, Clay munities in which we live,” she and Miller. The southern and said. southwestern sections of the The statistics in Forsyth aren’t state have a large number of uniformly good. The county’s low-ranked counties. adult obesity rate matches the The report’s ranking of health state average of 30 percent. outcomes look at a variety of But Forsyth’s uninsured rate measures that affect the future is 10 percent, versus Georgia’s health of communities, such as average of 15 percent. And it has high school graduation rates, just 6 percent of children living obesity and teen births. in poverty, as compared to the This year’s report focuses statewide average of 22 percent. on housing as a major factor in Warren County has some health. positive trends. Its high school Among Georgia’s children graduation rate, at 88 percent, living in poverty, 54 percent exceeds the state average of 81 were living in a household that percent. But it has a high smokspends more than half of its ing rate, a greater percentage of income on housing, the report low-birthweight babies, and a said. stunning 43 percent of children High housing costs make it live in poverty. difficult for families to afford “All communities have the other essentials for good health, potential to be places where such as healthy food, medieveryone enjoys full and equal cine or transportation to work opportunity,’’ Sheri Johnson, or school, the report’s authors acting director of County Health said. The housing cost burden Rankings & Roadmaps, said in remains substantially higher a statement. “But the data show among renters than homeownthat’s not happening in most ers, especially for households communities yet. Children of with low incomes. color face a greater likelihood of “Our homes are inextricably growing up in poverty, and lowtied to our health,” Dr. Richincome families struggle to pay ard Besser, the Robert Wood rent and get enough to eat.

Johnson Foundation president “It is time to do the difficult and CEO, said in a statement. work of coming together to “It’s unacceptable that so many undo policies and practices that individuals and families face create barriers to opportunity. barriers to health because of The rankings can help commuwhat they have to spend on nities ground these important housing. This leaves them with conversations in data, evidence, fewer dollars to keep their fami- guidance and stories about chalDP_FRI_OBITS_OBITSv2 3/21/2019 4:47 PM Page lies healthy.” lenges and 1success.”

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Jeweldean Craig Craig - Jeweldean Craig age 95 of Lawrenceville passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2019. A funeral service will be held 1:00 PM, on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home, with Rev. Jason Craig and Rev. Johnny Ware officiating. Interment will follow at East Shadowlawn Memorial Gardens.

She was the daughter of the late Coid & Verna Bee Kelly Castleberry. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Clarence W. Craig in 1994, and brothers, James Castleberry and Floyd Castleberry both of TX. She is survived by children, Carolyn A. Jones, Gainesville, GA; Shirley C. & Hoyt Dean, Lawrenceville, GA; Clifford Craig, Carnesville, GA; Robert C. Craig, Toccoa, GA; Mary R. & Henry

Knight, Toccoa, GA; Paul H. & Dianne Craig, Auburn, GA; brother, Junia Castleberry, Long Beach, MS; 13 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren, 13 great great-great grandchildren, and other family and friends. The family will receive friends, 4:00 to 8:00 PM, Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road, S.W., Lawrenceville, GA 30046. 770-9623100. Please leave online condolences at http:// www.stewartfh.com.

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Terry David Martin Terry David Martin, age, 71, of Braselton, GA, formerly of Buford, GA. passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. He was preceded in death by son, Stephen Martin, and parents, Ernest and Tot Martin. Mr. Martin is survived by his wife of fifty-years, Lesa Martin, Braselton, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Kelley and John Robertson, Gainesville, GA; grandsons, Sam Robertson and Luke Robertson; brother and sisterin-law, Stacy and Ann Martin, Port Orange, FL; sister-in-law and brotherin-law, Jane and Whit Wallace, Chattanooga, TN; uncle, Winston Burel, Buford, GA; and sev-

So at 100 percent of poverty, the state presumably would be in line for its regular Medicaid match, which in Georgia would be 67 percent, unless the Trump administration grants an exception for the 90 percent match. Federal health officials said recently that they were reconsidering the matching rate for states wanting the 100 percent of poverty threshold.

Tillery said those above the poverty level are already eligible for subsidies in the health insurance exchange.

Based on other states’ experience, the insurance exchange waiver could lead to a reinsurance program that has the potential to stabilize premiums for individuals.

But Democrats said the exchange waiver could spark the proliferation of health plans that don’t have the same pre-existing condition protections as the ACA provides.

Atlanta-based Grady Health System, Macon-based Navicent Health, the Georgia Hospital Association, and HomeTown Health, an association of rural hospitals, all testified in favor of the legislation.

The proposal can help Georgia design health care solutions to meet the state’s health care needs, said Matt Hicks, a Grady executive.

Several consumer groups testified in favor of raising the income limit to 138 percent of poverty.

People between 100 percent of poverty and 138 percent would have to pay more out of pocket under the exchange versus having Medicaid coverage, said Laura Harker of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.

Laura Colbert of the consumer group Georgians for a Healthy Future added, “we are very excited this conversation is moving forward.’’ But she added that 200,000 uninsured Georgians would not gain Medicaid if the coverage cutoff is 100 percent of poverty.

State Rep. Debbie Buckner, D-Junction City, who is not on the committee, testified about a proposal that would amend the bill to create a PeachCare for Adults program, likening it to the current PeachCare for Kids.

The coverage would be based on Medicaid, and fees would vary by income, Buckner said. It could also address the state’s high maternal mortality rate by extending coverage to women for a year after childbirth. Buckner said the program would also help rural hospitals stay open.

The waiver bill’s 100 percent ceiling for Medicaid coverage is problematic, Buckner said.

Before the vote, Rep. Patty Bentley, D-Butler, a committee member, gave emotional testimony about caregiving for her husband, who has a spinal cord injury.

“I struggle every day to give my husband the quality care he needs,’’ Bentley said. The proposal, she added, ‘‘may not be a perfect bill but it’s what we have on the table right now.’’

Another committee member, Rep. Butch Parrish, a Swainsboro Republican, said the legislation is “a step in the right direction’’ to improve access to health care in Georgia.

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eral nieces, nephews, and cousins. Mr. Martin was born on August 3, 1947 in Buford, GA. He was a 1965 graduate of Buford High School. He was a veteran of U. S. Army and served in Vietnam where he fought in the Tet offensive of 1968. Mr. Martin was retired from General Motors Assembly Plant in Doraville, GA after thirty years of service. He was a member of U.A.W. Local 10, and he was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church in Buford. Mr. Martin loved restoring vintage automobiles, with a special project being a 1970 Camaro that he was building for his son, Stephen, when he passed away. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, 2019 at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22 at the funeral home. Flow-

ers are accepted or donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital in memory of Terry David Martin.

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

Auburn, GA

Vera Randall RANDALL - Vera M. Randall, age 72 of Auburn, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. A Memorial Service will be held at 4 PM on Sunday, March 24, 2019 in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 2 - 4 PM prior to the service.

Vera retired from Network Publications and was a member of Walnut Fork Baptist Church. She is s

survived by her Daughters & Sons-in-law: Tracy & John Carter of Auburn, Stacy & John Bensley of Hoschton; Grandchildren: Jimmy Lynn Chastain, Jr. of Auburn, Ashley M. Carter of Bethlehem, John S. Carter, III of Auburn, Chelsea Louise Bensley of Hoschton; Great Grandchildren: Mackenzie Chastain & Jimmy Lynn Chastain, III of Locust Grove, Abbygale & Andrew Graves of MI, Melissa Ann Carter of Auburn; Brothers & Sisterin-law: Donald Browning of Statham, Junior & Pam Browning of Hoschton.

Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road, SW, Lawrenceville, GA 30046.

770-962-3100. Please sign the online guest registry at www.stewartfh.com

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The court should steer away from the politics of gerrymandering WASHINGTON — If an adjective creates a redundancy, does preceding it with two other adjectives give the Supreme Court a reason to venture where it has never gone before? Come Tuesday, the court will hear oral arguments urging it to referee gerrymandering in the drawing of congressional districts. The justices should, like Ulysses, listen to this siren song but bind themselves from obeying it.

The arguments will concern two cases: one from Maryland, where RepubliGeorge cans are aggrieved, another Will from North Carolina, where Democrats are unhappy.

The practice the court will consider is (adjective one) “partisan gerrymandering.” This modifier, however, does not modify; there is no other kind of gerrymandering.

Tuesday’s issue is whether the court should attempt something for which it has neither an aptitude nor any constitutional warrant — concocting criteria for deciding when (adjective two) excessive partisan gerrymandering becomes (adjective three) unconstitutional.

Gerrymandering is generally as surreptitious as a brass band and is, always and everywhere, as political as lemonade is lemony. It is the drawing of district lines by faction A for the purpose of disadvantaging faction B. This practice is older than the republic: Pennsylvanians and North Carolinians were engaging in it in the first half of the 18th century, about a century before it acquired its name.

(In 1812, Massachusetts Democratic-Republicans, serving Gov. Elbridge Gerry, drew a district shaped like a salamander.)

Until 1962, the court stayed away from the inherently political process of the drawing of district lines by legislatures organized along partisan lines because the Constitution is unambiguous: “The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof.” There are enough open-textured terms in the Constitution (“establishment” of religion, “unreasonable” searches, “cruel” punishments, etc.) to rescue the Supreme Court from ennui. The Elections Clause just quoted contains no such terms. (Although four years ago five misguided justices said “legislature” can mean a commission vested with redistricting power taken away by referendum from a state legislature.)

Furthermore, the political realists who framed the Constitution, and who understood the pervasiveness of partisanship, added the following to the Elections Clause quoted above: Congress may “at any time by law make or alter such regulations” as the states might write regarding congressional elections.

So, the Constitution is explicit: Congress, not the judiciary, is the federal remedy for alleged defects in the drawing of congressional districts. The political branches of the state and federal governments are assigned to deal with the inherently value-laden politics of drawing district lines.

In 1872, 92 years before the court found a constitutional requirement (equal protection of the laws) for “one person, one vote,” Congress had said that districts must contain “as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants.” This stipulation was strictly enforced after 1964, when the court enunciated the simple and neutral principle of numerically equal districts.

There can, however, be nothing simple or neutral about what opponents of gerrymandering want to inveigle the court into trying to devise. These include criteria for measuring unconstitutional excesses in the common practices of “cracking” (dispersing one party’s voters across districts dominated by the other party) and “packing” (one party concentrating the other party’s voters into supermajorities in a few districts). And the political science professoriate stands ready to eagerly tutor the court about “wasted votes” resulting from “efficiency gaps.”

Today, people who are unhappy about North Carolina’s gerrymandering argue (as a lower court did) that “the Constitution does not authorize state redistricting bodies to engage in … partisan gerrymandering.” (Emphasis added.) Now, here is a perverse doctrine: Everything is forbidden that the Constitution does not explicitly authorize.

Those who are eager to sink the judiciary waistdeep into the politics of politics resort to blunderbuss arguments. For example, they say they have suffered justiciable injury because gerrymandering “dilutes” their votes and infringes their First Amendment rights — even though everyone everywhere remains free to associate with his or her party of choice, and campaign and vote for any candidate.

The Constitution is silent regarding limits on state legislatures’ partisan redistricting practices and is explicit regarding Congress’ exclusive power to modify these practices. If the court nevertheless assigns a portion of this power to itself, its condign punishment, inflicted after each decennial census, will be avalanches of litigation arising from partisan unhappiness about states’ redistricting plans. And no matter how the court decides each case, its reputation as a nonpolitical institution will be steadily tarnished.

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Watch does way more than tell time I had a birthday recently.

It happens. We all have one every year.

This birthday was different because my lovely wife, Lisa, voluntarily bought me a nice gift. (It’s a long story.)

Let the record state that for my 67th birthday I received from my wife an Apple Watch.

What I got for my birthday is a watch, much in the same way that what I carry in my pocket all day, every day — is a phone. Yes, it will tell time, much in the same way my cellphone will allow me to make calls — but neither of these two capabilities even approach the tip of the iceberg.

Let me tell you what my new phone does.

It wakes me up every morning. That’s the best part.

My kids somehow created a Mickey Mouse face on my watch — it looks just like one of those 1950s Mickey Mouse watches where Mickey’s white-gloved hands point to actual numbers — 1 through 12. Except if I touch the top of the watch Mickey’s actual voice tells me what time it is, as in “Wake up, pal. It’s 6 a.m.

Good morning!”

Every morning. 6 a.m.

Somewhere in the universe there is someone who knows how to turn the alarm off so that Mickey would let me sleep until a reasonable hour.

I just haven’t met that person.

And throughout the day I can

And my watch fusses at me. I’m sitting in my chair, reading or watching television — hey, it’s March Madness — or working at my computer, planning amazing trips or writing hilarious columns, like this one, and my watch — MY WATCH — will tell me Darrell Huckaby to stand up and walk around for a minute. I ain’t making this up, y’all. My watch tap my watch and hear Mickey tells me to stand up and walk tell me the exact time — all around. And it is relentless. It the while tapping his left foot. keeps telling me until I do it!

I like it. I really do. I like it I get back at it, though. so much that I check the time When it makes me stand up — and enjoy seeing Mickey and walk, I walk right into the Mouse dance — many, many kitchen for a snack. I have a times each day. freezer full of Girl Scout cookMy Apple Watch tells me ies. Take that, Apple. what the weather is doing That’s not all. It also tells — temperature, wind speed, me, every now and then, to barometric pressure — and it breathe. Come on! I always dings when it is fixing to rain. remember to breathe! Always.

It also reads my text messages But my watch feels compelled to me and can take my phone to remind me, and wants me calls. Yes, I know Dick Tracy to breathe deeply, for several had a watch that would do that minutes every hour.

60 years ago, but I’ve only My watch also measures had one for a week. That’s the my heartbeat. It’s going at a good stuff. rate of 68 beats per minute What else my new Apple right now. It will even take Watch does is it helps my wife an EKG. That will come in and kids keep tabs on me and handy when I start having a control my life. I mean other heart attack because my new than how my wife already watch is making me exercise controls my life. My watch too much. counts my steps each day. It Oh, yes. It measures my excounts the calories I burn. So ercise. It has something called far, it hasn’t found a way to rings and constantly nags me count the calories I consume, to get busy closing up my but Lisa does a great job of rings. Right now, for instance, that already. my calories ring is 58 percent

closed, my exercise ring is only 13 percent closed and my standing up every hour ring is 50 percent closed. When each ring is closed, the dial of the watch lights up like a slot machine on three cherries.

Now all of that isn’t so bad, as far as it goes — but my watch is a snitch. It doesn’t just tell me when I complete a workout, or a ring — or don’t. It blabs it to my whole family — Lisa, my kids and even my mother-in-law. Now that’s what I needed added to my life. One other way for my mother-in-law to know what I am or am not doing.

It also tells me what the others on my list are doing.

That just feeds my inferiority complex because they all do way more than I do.

My kids tell me that I can add apps that will make my watch act like a television or tell me what club to use on the ninth tee at Honey Creek.

Wouldn’t matter. I’d hit the second shot in the water regardless.

I’m still trying to decide whether I love my gift or hate it, but for now I’m leaning toward love. What kid raised in the 1950s wouldn’t like Mickey Mouse waking them up every day — even if it is at 6 a.m.?

Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale County.

Email him at dhuck008@ gmail.com.

Democratic field filling with losers WASHINGTON — Look at the losers running, or considering a run, for the Democratic presidential nomination.

I don’t mean that pejoratively. I mean it literally.

Beto O’Rourke’s presidential candidacy is the ultimate expression of the participation trophy culture on the left. It used to be you had to win on the state level before taking the national stage. Barack Obama won a Senate seat from Illinois before immediately declaring his intention to run for president. At the time, that was considered pretty audacious. He hadn’t accomplished anything in the Senate before he decided on a presidential run. But at least he won. O’Rourke lost his race to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, last year. He got a participation trophy. Apparently, he thinks that qualifies him to be the leader of the free world.

Well, he must have some accomplishments other than almost winning a Senate seat, right? Not really. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was flummoxed when asked what O’Rourke had accomplished in Congress, saying he “brought a great deal of vitality” to his work “preserving our planet and protecting our people.” (In fact, O’Rourke passed a single bill,

country’s toxic politics.” The motivation for his run, apparently, is him. As Vanity Fair’s Joe Hagan explains in a recent profile, O’Rourke “can’t deny the pull of his own gifts.” He tells a reporter, “Man, I’m just born to be in it.”

He’s not the only statewide Marc loser taking the national stage.

Thiessen Stacey Abrams lost the governor’s race in Georgia in 2018, H.R. 5873, which renamed a yet national Democrats tapped courthouse in his hometown her to deliver the official rebutof El Paso.) tal to the State of the Union — Texas Democratic Party a task normally given to those Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa who actually won their races. was questioned by Ed Henry And now, The Post reports, on Fox News, “What would she is considering a race for you say is Beto O’Rourke’s president as well. “I think that top accomplishment that he I am a skilled communicator,” brings to the table?” Hinojosa she said. “I think I’m a very could not name a single one. good thinker. No, I know I’m “I’m not even talking about a good thinker. I know I have Congress,” Henry said. “What policy chops. I have foreign has he done in his life?” “Your policy experience.” question is meaningless,” Foreign policy experience?

Hinojosa replied.

She served as minority leader So, if O’Rourke hasn’t acof the state House of Reprecomplished anything, he must sentatives. Her official bio lists at least have some clear ideas her as “former term member of what he wants to accomof the Council on Foreign Replish in the Oval Office, right? lations” (a temporary memberNope. The Post reports, “Un- ship for young people) as well like candidates such as Bernie as “a Council on Italy Fellow, Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, a British-American Project who launched their campaigns Fellow, a Salzburg Seminarwith clearly articulated policy Freeman Fellow on U.S.-East platforms, O’Rourke focuses Asian Relations, a Salzburg more on sweeping calls for Seminar Fellow on youth and unity and pitching himself civic engagement and a Yukos as the best antidote to the Fellow for U.S.-Russian Rela-

tions.” That might qualify her for an entry-level job at a leftwing think tank, but it hardly qualifies her to be commander in chief. Even O’Rourke can claim experience on the House Armed Services Committee.

Democrats point out that President Trump had never won statewide office before running for president. That’s true. But he also had not run for state office and lost. He ran as a successful outsider, not as a failed insider. And unlike O’Rourke, he had actual accomplishments — including a multibillion-dollar real estate empire.

This is not to dismiss O’Rourke’s chances. He raised a whopping $6.1 million in his first 24 hours as a candidate, just edging out Sanders’s first day haul of almost $6 million. That is the best of any Democrat running for president so far. As the New York Times noted, “In a single day online, he raised nearly a quarter of what Barack Obama, then a senator, did in the entire first quarter of 2007.”

Apparently, Democrats like losers. We’ll soon see if one can win the presidency.

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

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Chateau Elan’s racquet club gets new management

BY CURT YEOMANS

Drysdale Tennis will run its Chateau Elan Racquet Club. The tennis group, which was founded by A company founded by tennis hall of famer Cliff an International Tennis Drysdale and Don HenderHall-of-Famer will be run- son in 2001, was acquired ning the tennis program

by Troon last summer. at Chateau Elan from now Troon also became Châon, the Braselton-based teau Élan’s management resort and winery ancompany last summer. nounced Monday.

“We’re honored to welChateau Elan Winery come the Cliff Drysdale and Resort said Cliff Tennis team to the Châcurt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Efstration’s resolution to aid ALS patients passes Georgia House

BY ISABEL HUGHES

ALS,” isabel.hughes Efstra@gwinnettdailypost.com tion said.

A Georgia House of “After Representatives measure diagnosis, sponsored by a Gwinnett patients legislator that’s aimed and their at helping ALS patients families Chuck receive disability benefits often face Efstration sooner recently passed immedithe House unanimously. ate financial strain, made State Rep. Chuck worse by an arbitrary Efstration, R-Dacula, five-month waiting period sponsored House for disability support.”

Resolution 135, which HR 135 passed the encourages Congress Georgia House by a vote to eliminate the fiveof 166 to 0, something month waiting period conservative pundit Todd for disability insurance Rehm said was unique. benefits after patients “I didn’t think there are diagnosed with ALS, was such a thing as which is currently federal unanimous passage by law. the House any more, but ALS, which is comHR 135 by Chuck Efstramonly known as Lou tion … passed without Gehrig’s disease, is a opposition,” Rehm said. progressive and fatal neuOn its Facebook page, romuscular disease. Each the ALS Association of year, Efstration said, ap- Georgia applauded the proximately 6,000 people passage of HR 135. in the United States are Legislation to elimidiagnosed with ALS, and nate the five-month most patients die within waiting period, spontwo to five years of resored by Sens. Sheldon ceiving a diagnosis.

Whitehouse, D-R.I., and “I am proud of this Tom Cotton, R-Ark., bipartisan measure to is currently pending in help those suffering from Congress.

teau Élan family,” Château Élan Winery and Resort general manager Ed Walls said in a statement. “With their level of expertise in tennis management, coupled with our recent enhancements, we know this will deliver a superior sport experience to our guests and neighborhood visitors.”

Under Cliff Drysdale Tennis’ management, the

Château Élan Racquet Club will host daily programming as well as tournaments, special events and luxury tennis camps that will be available to members, non-members and resort guests.

Nottingham, United Kingdom resident Matt Kirkham, who recently served as the Bluewater Bay Tennis Center’s junior program director, will

serve as Château Élan’s director of tennis.

The Chateau Elan Racquet Club was recently renovated and has three championship hard courts, two Har-Tru clay courts and four pickleball courts.

“We are thrilled to work with the great team and stunning property at Château Élan,” Cliff Drysdale Tennis vice president of operations Scott Mc-

Culloch said. “The brand new tennis facility has immense potential and we look forward to providing the ultimate tennis experience for players of all ages and abilities. This is truly a must-visit destination.”

Anyone who would like to book a visit to the resort, or to learn more about it, can call 678-4250900 or visit chateauelan. com.

plicants must have owned and occupied the home for which they want the exemption on Jan. 1 and it must have been their primary residence of that date.

“Everyone who owns and occupies a home in Gwinnett County is very likely eligible for some type of homestead exemption,” Tax Com-

missioner Richard Steele said. “It’s the best way to reduce property taxes, but homeowners must apply

by April 1.”

Anyone who has already been granted a homestead exemption in the past does not have to apply again. Applicants must provide documentation and meet eligibility requirements outlined at

www.GwinnettTaxCommissioner.com/apply.

Homeowners who have questions about the application process can call the Tax Commissioner’s Property Tax Customer Service Center at 770822-8800 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. They can also send an email to tax@ gwinnettcounty.com.

Homestead exemption application deadline approaching on April 1

BY CURT YEOMANS

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Homeowners have only a few more weeks to apply for a homestead exemption.

County officials said the deadline for applying for an exemption is April 1. The tax commissioner’s office said ap-

Peachtree Corners gets award for new smart city lab, vehicle test track

BY CURT YEOMANS

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Peachtree Corners officials were recently recognized for their work on a 5G smart city test track with an award from Smart Cities Connect.

The city’s Curiosity Lab and 1.5 mile autonomous vehicle test track received a Smart 50 Award for the track, which is the result of a partnership between the city and Sprint. Smart Cities Connect recognized

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nity and provide economic development opportunities for Peachtree Corners.”

The lab is located in Technology Park Atlanta and construction began in — City Manager Brian Johnson March. It is expected to be completed this summer.

The goal is provide a the lab in its “Mobility” the communities. “state-of-the-art living category, according to city “We are extremely laboratory” with Sprint’s officials. pleased that the city has 5G and Internet of Things The city said in a statebeen recognized for its technology to companies ment that the awards are plans to develop Curiosity that are looking at next designed to highlight com- Lab at Peachtree Corners,” generation mobility issues munities which are workCity Manager Brian Johnwith autonomous vehicles ing on smart technology son said. “It will be an asset and want to test it out in a solutions in efforts to better to the innovation commureal world setting.

It will be an asset to the innovation community and provide economic development opportunities for Peachtree Corners.”

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Mall of Georgia car dealership owner celebrating 25 years in Gwinnett

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he said. “I ended up doing that and I started out as a writer, then I was a salesCraig Cappy grew up in man, then I worked in parks, the Motor City of Detroit at the desk, I worked in and his father was employed accounting. I did that for two in the auto industry, but years and had to work three he didn’t necessarily see jobs because I couldn’t keep vehicles in his future. up with the bills.”

But here he is, celebratWhen asked how the auto ing 25 years of business at industry is different from Mall of Georgia Chrysler every other business, Cappy Dodge Jeep Ram (and, since said, “It’s a real people busi2004, Kia Mall of Georgia) ness, probably more so than in Buford, grateful for the other businesses because opportunity that brought him it’s built off relationships into the business and to the you make with people in Deep South. the community, and prob“I never dreamed I’d still ably more importantly, the be doing this in 25 years or relationships you make the still have a great group of people who work with you. people with me for years and It starts there. years,” Cappy said. “I really “You can say, ‘I own this,’ feel lucky.” but when it gets right down Cappy had enjoyed a to it, you’re making sure successful career with your team will work with Hyatt Hotels before he and you and understand what his brother Garth took the the common goal is. With a plunge to assume ownerfamily business like this, you ship of a dealership that had make sure your biggest asset struggled during the past is your employees. We’ve decade with five differgot quite a few 15-, 18-, 20-, ent owners (at least one of 25-year employees. Success whom went bankrupt). is based off that and your Prior to buying the relationships in the com“Chrysler Six Pack” — a munity.”

Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Mall of Georgia Chrysler Jeep, Eagle and Dodge Dodge Jeep Ram and Kia trucks business — Cappy Mall of Georgia are bona spent an extensive period of fide family businesses as time working at a car dealer- Cappy’s two sons, Colin ship in Detroit to prepare for and Dane, and his daughter, his big career move.

Lauren Livesay, are all part “When my dad asked me of the fabric. Cappy says he if I’d like to get involved in hopes one day they’ll take a car dealership, he told me over the dealerships.

I’d have to quit my job and “They do know that I want work for another car dealer to start slowing down,” he to learn how to be a dealer,” said. “I work six days a week

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and I told them my goal was to get down to four days a week. The kids are picking it up pretty good. There aren’t very many businesses like ours left anymore, family car dealerships, especially in this corridor. That’s what makes it interesting and that’s why we’ve done so well.”

In the 25 years that Cappy has been in business in Buford, Mall of Georgia Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram has sold some 44,000 new and used cars, and Livesay said Kia Mall of Georgia has sold more than 11,000 cars.

The car and truck business, like every other long-standing industry in America, has seen its share of changes in the last quarter century, and Cappy said the internet has provided the largest adjustment to the landscape.

“The internet has changed this business drastically,” he said. “The ability for consumers to be able to do all their homework online helps them understand what they want to buy and why they want to buy it. We’ve had to learn to become very good at customer service.”

Cappy said that he welcomes the knowledgeable consumer who already has an idea of precisely what they want.

“They’re more educated and know exactly what they’re looking for, and they’re well informed,” he said. “It’s verifying what their wants and needs are.

A better informed customer

Above, Craig Cappy is celebrating 25 years as the owner of Mall of Georgia Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (and, since 2004, Kia Mall of Georgia) in Buford. At top, Cappy is seen at the Buford dealership in 1994. (Special Photos)

... knows what they want. It makes it easier — there’s no guessing.”

Years ago, Cappy embraced a new hobby, photography, to record his children’s youth sports games.

He upgraded his equipment and honed his talent through the seasons and has become a gifted sports photographer, shooting a host of events — featuring Georgia, Georgia Tech and Georgia State football, as well as area high schools — for the Daily Post

for the last 15 years.

“I enjoy that tremendously,” he said. “Photography is my escape from work. Once I started getting good, I’ve been honored to be shooting for them on a regular basis.”

Twenty-five years ago, Cappy rolled the dice that he could move from one part of the country to the other to make a struggling car dealership successful, and his bet paid off. It’s taken a lot of hours and days of elbow grease, but Cappy is ada-

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mant that he’s also naturally lucky.

“This is home now,” he said. “Buford, Suwanee, north Georgia is where my home is and I’m glad I’m here. It’s been a great place to live. The people are wonderful and my kids were all educated here, so I’m not a native Georgian, but after 25 years, I’ve lived here longer than anywhere else. This is the best move I’ve ever made. I’m the luckiest guy in the world.”

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BOYS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR

Jake Magahey MILL CREEK • JUNIOR

Mill Creek junior Jake Magahey is the Daily Post’s Boys Swimmer of the Year. (Staff Photo: Will Hammock)

Long-standing national record highlights dominant season

By Will Hammock Mill Creek junior Jake Magahey typically sets his swimming goals as each season comes up, whether it’s high school, or short-course and long-course with SwimAtlanta.

The long-range goals, a year away, only come on occasion.

One happened after the 2018 state high school meet, where he won the 500-yard freestyle

championship and broke the Georgia high school record by more than two seconds.

He wanted more, though.

“Last year, I knew my goal from the moment I touched the wall in the 500 free,” he said. “I knew exactly what I wanted to do the next year.”

What he wanted was an ancient high school national

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record, the 4:16.39 set in 1983

by Californian Jeff Kostoff.

That 500 free mark stood over time, though Magahey came tantalizingly close last year as a sophomore — his state time was 4:16.88, less than a halfsecond off Kostoff’s mark.

The longest race at the state high school meet doesn’t always have a buzz surround-

ing it, but it did this season as Magahey went after the record, and took it down in 4:15.63.

“It really meant a lot, especially because it was basically the accumulation of 13 years of swimming and just how far I’ve come,” Magahey said. “That record really kind of cemented that. I’ve made a huge jump these past two years,

three years, I would say. Last year I missed the record by half a second. Over the summer I missed two (national age group records), one by .01 and other by a little bit less than a second.

So to finally get one, a national record like that, means a lot.”

How long Kostoff’s record See MAGAHEY, Page 2B

GIRLS SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR

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Lily Burke Abby McCulloh

BROOKWOOD • SOPHOMORE / PARKVIEW • SOPHOMORE

Club teammates, high school rivals shine as sophomores

By Will Hammock The BrookwoodParkview rivalry in swimming and diving is still somewhat new to Lily Burke, who moved from North Carolina before her freshman year of high school. As most do, she caught on quickly.

“I love that meet, that’s one of my favorite meets so far over all the seasons,” the Brookwood sophomore said. “We always just get Brookwood’s Lily Burke, left, and Parkview’s Abby McCulloh are the Daily Post’s Girls really hyped of course because we’re big rivals, Co-Swimmers of the Year. (Staff Photo: Will Hammock)

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MORE INSIDE The Daily Post’s All-County swimming teams, 6B

like who’s going to win this time?”

Another talented Gwinnett sophomore, Parkview’s Abby McCulloh, has a longerrunning appreciation for the Battle of Five ForksTrickum.

“That meet is so much fun,” she said. “Obviously, there’s a lot of lighthearted

trash talk. And we’re all joking around with each other. At the meet a bunch of our high school friends who don’t swim were there. Both teams brought their drum lines. It was nice.”

Both Burke and McCulloh played big roles on opposing sides of the rivalry, but the Daily Post Co-Swimmers of the Year are friends more than

See GIRLS, Page 6B

2B • FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019 IN BRIEF

Grayson, Heat leader Phillips named to GADA Hall of Fame

Longtime Gwinnett County coach and athletic administrator Mike Phillips is slated for induction into the Georgia Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame this weekend. He will be officially honored Sunday during a luncheon in Savannah as part of the GADA’s annual conference.

Phillips coached with Dave Hunter and T. McFerrin at Peachtree High in DeKalb before joining Kevin Maloof for a season at Meadowcreek. Hunter then hired Phillips to coach with him at Brookwood.

Phillips went into athletic administration and was the first athletic director at Grayson when it reopened in 2000. Upon his retirement, he has filled various roles for Gwinnett County Public Schools, most notably as the head of the highly successful Gwinnett Heat adapted sports program. “(Phillips) has been a team player all his life,” Hunter said. “He’s a good man, a solid citizen. He’s a team player. That’s the best way to describe him. He’s very deserving.”

Mountain View’s Razeq commits to Berry College

Mountain View junior Hannan Razeq has made a commitment to the Berry College softball program.

Razeq, a second baseman, is a three-year varsity starter for the Bears. She plays travel softball for Atlanta Premier 02-Ryman.

The 4.0 GPA student also was Mountain View’s selection to the Gwinnett Diamond Club Academic All-County Team. She ranks in the top 3 percent of her class academically and a part of the Gwinnett Student Leadership Team.

“Hannan is a tremendous student-athlete who has been a huge asset to our program,” Mountain View head coach Mike Cason said. “She is a wonderful person whose work ethic both in the classroom and on the softball field is extremely impressive.”

Collins Hill’s Fourie headed to Brenau for hoops

Collins Hill senior Katherine Fourie has made a commitment to the Brenau University women’s basketball program.

Fourie has been one of the county’s top 3-point shooters since her freshman season, when she played at Mountain View. She has played the past three seasons for Collins Hill’s state playoff teams. She missed the end of the 2018-19 season with an injury.

Meadowcreek’s Rodriguez signs with Life Univ.

Meadowcreek senior Joelliuis Rodriguez was honored Wednesday for signing with the Life University wrestling program.

Rodriguez was an honorable mention all-county selection this season by the Gwinnett Takedown Club.

The two-time state qualifier was Gwinnett County runner-up this season at 120 pounds.

Melkerson gets Gulf South honor

North Gwinnett grad Sarah Melkerson was honored last week as the Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Week for women’s track and field.

The University of Montevallo (Ala.) runner earned the award for her first-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Birmingham Southern Invitational. Her time was 12 minutes, 21.11 seconds.

— From staff reports

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Walsh gets spring shot with L.A. Angels

By Taylor Denman taylor.denman@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Less than a year ago, Jared Walsh was obscure to perhaps everyone but baseball fans outside of Suwanee.

Walsh, a Peachtree Ridge grad, was a 39thround pick in the 2015 amateur draft by the Los Angeles Angels after Jared spending Walsh four years as a two-way player at the University of Georgia. A player selected that late in the draft isn’t always expected to produce at the major league level. The fact that Walsh worked his way to receiving a non-roster invite from the Angels this spring is remarkable.

The Angels may not have intended to use Walsh the way he played during his entire amateur baseball career at Peachtree Ridge and Georgia. Walsh had a

career batting average of .271 and an ERA of 3.18, but he only hit during his rookie ball season in 2015.

That changed in 2016 when Walsh entered as an emergency relief option twice of Class-A Burlington. Both appearances were extra-inning stints when Walsh combined for one earned run in three innings with four strikeouts.

“Whenever we were down a bunch or in extra innings, I was always the position player that came in and pitched, so I had about seven outings last year,” Walsh said.

Something must have occurred to the Los Angeles Angels organization in 2018. Walsh played at three different levels last season and made pitching appearances at all of them. In 5 2/3 innings, Walsh had a 1.52 ERA with seven strikeouts.

These appearances weren’t all late-inning mop-up duty. Occasionally, Walsh entered games in highleverage moments.

Walsh said this winter he misses pitching regularly as he did in college.

He had the lowest ERA on UGA’s staff of any pitcher with eight or more starts during his senior season.

He may be getting a more serious look and shot at working his way into the Angels’ bullpen.

“I actually went to instructs and pitched last year,” he said. “Don’t be surprised if you see me on the mound this year.”

The Angels are at least giving Walsh’s two-way abilities a trial run during the spring. He threw 6 1/3 innings in six appearances as a non-roster invitee. The organization made perhaps the biggest free agent splash of the 2018 season by adding Shohei Ohtani, a then-23-year-old pitcher and designated hitter from Japan. Whether the Angels feel like their organization is exploiting an untapped strategy in professional baseball or simply experimenting with one of the farm system’s best athletes, there may be an opening for Walsh to make an impact in the big leagues.

“We feel like he can do both at the Major League level, especially with what

he did last year offensively,” Angels manager Brad Ausmus said in a piece on MLB.com. “It’s going to be a balance, and a little easier because it’s a relief role, especially in Spring Training because it’s controlled.”

Walsh, however, didn’t necessarily play at three levels in one season for his pitching experience. Walsh was promoted twice last year and logged 40, 43, and 47 games in High-A, Double-A and Triple-A. He posted a .969 OPS for High-A Inland Empire and a .918 OPS for the DoubleA Mobile Bay Bears. With Triple-A Salt Lake, Walsh ended the season with a .333 OBP, .473 SLG and eight home runs.

Walsh said his focus at the plate is continuing a selective approach. In 2017, Walsh struck out in more than 39 percent of his plate appearances and walked in slightly more than 4 percent for Mobile.

He kept his strikeout rate under 28.4 percent at all three levels last year and his Triple-A walk rate (8.1) was almost double

his Double-A walk rate for the year prior.

“I think I made some adjustments,” Walsh said.

“That’s what they’re looking for in most players.

I still have a tone left to make, but I think they rewarded me by moving me up to see how I do against better competition.”

Even more remarkably, Walsh made these adjustments while moving twice in the same season. The Angels were aggressive with Walsh’s promotions in his age 24 season, but at 25 years old, Walsh hopes he has just one promotion in 2019. He expects to start the season in TripleA but has a shot to make the 40-man roster out of spring training.

“Couldn’t really get comfortable (last year), but I think that’s a good thing,” Walsh said. “That’s the thing about the minor leagues, there’s always some sort of adversity you’re facing. It was really exciting for me. I did well and got to move up, which I’m grateful for, and I got to experience a lot of new places.”

Grooms leaving GAC for Landmark Chr. into young women in an atmosphere where they are accepted and encouraged to be different and excepAn offseason of Gwintional. It has been an honor nett girls basketball coach- to coach these girls and ing changes continued represent the school. This Wednesday, when Greater decision to go to Landmark Atlanta Christian’s Lady Christian was a family deciGrooms was hired to lead sion. For numerous reasons, the Landmark Christian it makes a lot sense for us program. to be on the south side of The decision allows Atlanta. I want to continue Grooms to be closer to to be in a Christian environwhere she lives on the ment and build a championother side of Atlanta. She ship basketball program. has been the Spartans’ Landmark Christian gives head coach since 2014. me that opportunity in the “GAC has been nothing best location for our family. but amazing to me for the “I am so thankful for all past five years,” Grooms of the players that I was said. “I have absolutely able to coach at GAC. We loved watching my playhad some great players ers grow and develop come through who are

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now excelling in college.

GAC has a lot of talent returning for next season and the future is bright.

I will miss getting the opportunity to work with those girls.”

Grooms led GAC to three Final Four appearance in her five seasons, highlighted by a state runner-up finish in 2018.

She came to GAC from Arlington Christian, a Fairburn private school where she won four straight GISA state titles during her seven-year tenure as head coach.

“We want to thank Coach Lady Grooms for her five seasons as our head girls basketball coach,” GAC athletic

director Tim Hardy said.

“She did an outstanding job of leading the program, guiding her teams to multiple region championships and the state final in 2018.

Her teams always played hard and represented GAC with class. We will miss Coach Grooms and her contributions to our campus. If you know Lady, you love her. She has a contagious enthusiasm and genuinely cares about other people. She is a coach who pushes her players to be their best, but also loves each one of them.

“Moving forward, we will be working quickly to fill this important leadership position on our campus. Girls basketball

at GAC has a rich tradition as one of the top programs in the state. We are eager to identify the best coach, mentor and leader for the future of our girls program.”

Grooms was a star player at the University of Georgia, where she ranks in the program’s top 10 all-time for scoring, assists and steals. She was a twotime All-SEC performer and was named an SEC Legend in 2010. She was a first-round pick in the inaugural WNBA Draft and played professionally for eight seasons.

She began her coaching career with the WNBA’s New York Liberty for three seasons.

Buford girls, Archer boys aim for three-peat

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Two years ago, the Archer boys and Buford girls learned what it took to win a team title at the Gwinnett County Track and Field Championships.

Ever since, they’ve learned what it takes to stay champions, a process that will once again be put the test when the 2019 county meet gets underway Saturday and continues Monday at Mill Creek Community Stadium.

“It is a lot different coming in (as two-time defending champion) because there are so many phenomenal teams in the county,” Buford coach Fyrone Davis said. “GAC and Shiloh both have some

COUNTY TRACK & FIELD MEET When: Saturday and Monday Where: Mill Creek H.S. Schedule: Saturday 9 a.m. — First rotation of varsity field events 10:30 a.m. — Varsity 1,600-meter run 11 a.m. — Second rotation of varsity field events 2:15-7:30 p.m. — Preliminary heats for varsity sprint events Monday 4:30 p.m. — Finals for varsity sprint events, plus the 3,200 meters

really good athletes. So does Lanier. Brookwood is always going to be a force to be reckoned with because they have volume. “We have a special group, but saying that and going out and doing it on the track are two different

things. We do know, and we understand that people are looking to knock us off.”

But while there are several different teams with plenty of talent who are very capable of challenging and knocking off Buford’s girls, the Wolves still have more than enough talent of their own to make that a difficult task.

Defending Daily Post Field Performer of the Year Kimberly Harris has not only remained a force in her jumping events, but is enjoying a special season in her sprint events.

The junior set the third-fastest time by a high school sprinter in the 300-meter dash just over three weeks ago at Westlake’s Christian Coleman Invitational, and posted the

sixth-fastest time ever by a high school girls runner in the 400, plus won two other events, at the New Balance National Indoor Championships at The Armory in New York City a week later.

Add in senior Alexa Rossum and sophomore Trinity Price, and the Buford girls has a good variety of experience and depth to help the Wolves battle their most serious challenegers.

Archer’s boys don’t quite have one of those luxuries despite the return of distance runner Myles Collins.

And while there are several other boys teams in position to challenge their reign as county champions, led by no less than the defending Class AAAAAAA state champs

from Parkview, coach Ethan Kasson believes that lack of experience is the biggest obstacle his Tigers must overcome.

“We had 42 senior boys last year,” Kasson said.

“But if you look at our roster this year, all but (a few) are either freshmen or sophomores. We know that as Myles goes, we go.

All of the younger kids look at him, and if he can win the mile and the twomile, it can have a good impact on us.

“We’re so young, but I think we have a shot (at a third straight title). We have a continuing opportunity to see what we’ve got. Nobody’s going to be running away with this meet. This is about as level a playing field (in the county meet) that I can remember.”

event and was chosen by his peers for the third year as our Most Valuable Swimmer. Jake is an extremely intelligent (a 4.0 GPA), kind and humble young man that puts his team and teammates ahead of himself.

“He displays outstanding spirit and sportsmanship and he is well respected by his teammates, classmates, coaches, teachers and staff at Mill Creek. He has instilled a great deal of pride in our program within the Mill Creek community.”

College coaches are heavily in pursuit of Magahey with his senior year rapidly approaching.

He said he has narrowed his choices down, but declined to make his favorites public.

His swimming focus will be outside of high school competition for the near future, though people still discuss his 500 free record at state. As a junior, he gets one more shot at lowering that mark even more.

“I think that record wasn’t necessarily my best race,” Magahey said. “I wasn’t as composed as I usually am. It wasn’t really a nervous thing. I just didn’t swim it as smart as I probably should have.

I can’t really complain because I broke the record, but I think I have a lot better swim than that in me. Chris and I have talked about that before. I’ve been faster than that time before at junior nationals. There’s a fairly decent shot that might happen. We’ll see.”

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in the coming years.”

Magahey has never met stood made the milestone Kostoff, now an assistant even more special for the coach at Stanford, but he Daily Post Boys Swimmer knows plenty about him of the Year. through Chris Davis, his “It’s really just crazy to SwimAtlanta coach. think about (how old the “I heard from Chris record was),” Magahey that (Kostoff) would have said. “My parents were a six-beat kick in a mile, in high school when that which is one stroke per six happened. It was what, 18 kicks basically,” Magahey years before I was born. So said. “That’s kind of crazy.

36 years is awhile. It’s just Most people can’t do that. really crazy to think about. I couldn’t do that. I think I feel like I can’t even think he’s legend. I have a lot about how long it’s been. of respect for him from “I think it’s very impres- just what I’ve heard about sive the record was that him.” fast, that long ago. That Magahey’s national was before they had all record put him in elite the tech suits and goggles. status, adding to his long That was really impreslist of accomplishments sive. I think the 500 itself already in high school is getting really faster. I swimming. He was state think the 500 as an event champion in his other is going to get a lot faster event, the 200 free, at this

year’s state high school meet with a time of 1:35.62, just off the state record of 1:35.16.

He also swept both of his races at the Gwinnett County meet, breaking his own county and county-meet records in the 200 free with a time of 1:35.31. He also broke the 100 butterfly county and county-meet records with a clocking of 48.47, giving him three county records in three different races this season.

“Jake Magahey has been a huge contributor to the Mill Creek swim team as a swimmer, captain, student, leader and ambassador,” Mill Creek coach Rick Creed said. “Jake is a recipient of our Iron Hawk Award for the third time as a state qualifier in every

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CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS SECTION 00030 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PROJECT: 2019 Grayson Road Resurfacing Program – Wilshire Manor Subdivision and Other Locations OWNER: City of Grayson ENGINEER: P r e c i s i o n Planning, Inc. Sealed bids will be received by the OWNER for a General Contractor to furnish all materials labor, tools, equipment, and any other miscellaneous items necessary for the road resurfacing of Wilshire Manor Subdivision and Other Locations located in Grayson, Georgia.

PROJECT SCOPE: The project consists of edge milling, striping, curb & gutter replacement, and final coat of asphalt topping of the streets in several locations throughout the City. The scope is further described as follows: Wilshire Manor Subdivision • Wilshire Drive–Approximately 460 lf of edge milling, 48 TN 1½� asphalt pavement, and 24 lf of stop bar striping. • Reddy Farm Road–Approximately 3,496 lf of edge milling, 413 TN 1½� asphalt pavement, adjust 7 manholes to grade, 36 lf of stop bar striping, and replace 80 lf of 24� curb & gutter. • Reddy Farm Lane–Approximately 2,747 lf of edge milling, 319 TN 1½� asphalt pavement, adjust 5 manholes to grade, 12 lf of stop bar striping, and replace 40 lf of 24� curb & gutter.. • Lake Reddy Court–Approximately 1,397 lf of edge milling, 178 TN 1½� asphalt pavement, adjust 3 manholes to grade and 12 lf of stop bar striping. • Lake Reddy Circle–Approximately 849 lf of edge milling, 105 TN 1½� asphalt pavement, adjust 2 manholes to grade and 12 lf of stop bar striping.

Grayson City Park • Parking Lot Off Rosebud Road–Striping of 31 parking spaces. Approximately 566 lf of 5� white striping, 1 ADA symbol, 1 crosswalk, and 12 lf of stop bar striping.

Grayfield Subdivision • Meadow View Court–Approximately 879 lf of edge milling, 111 TN 1½� asphalt pavement, and 12 lf of stop bar striping. • Graymeadow Drive–Approximately 1301 lf of edge milling, 149 TN 1½� asphalt pavement, and 12 lf of stop bar striping.

The Enclave at Glenns Meadow Subdivision • Glenns Farm Way–Approximately 1 sy of milling, 1 TN 1½� asphalt pavement patching and leveling a 6’ x 10’ area in front of 661 Glenns Farm Way. Bidders are required to provide lump sum bids for this project scope.

The electronic Bid Documents can be obtained from the office of Precision Planning, Inc. upon payment of a non-refundable fee of $50.00. Checks shall be made payable to Precision Planning, Inc. All inquiries shall be directed via email to: Kathy Barker @ Kbarker@ ppi.us Precision Planning, Inc. 400 Pike Boulevard Lawrenceville, GA 30046 The Bid packages will be received and opened at Grayson City Hall, 475 Grayson Parkway, Grayson, Georgia 30017, no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2019. Any packages received after 2:00 p.m. will not be considered by the OWNER. Bids will be evaluated by the OWNER, and the project award is anticipated the week of April 15, 2019.

There will be no pre-bid conference for this project.

Questions should be forwarded via email only to Kbarker@ppi.us no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

The required time of completion for this project is sixty (60) days from commencement.

OWNER requires a bid bond issued by a Surety listed on the Treasury as licensed in the State of Georgia, or a cashier’s check in the amount of five percent (5%) of your total bid to be enclosed with your bid at the time of bid opening to be made payable to the OWNER. No other form of security will be acceptable.

The bid package must be submitted in a sealed envelope, addressed to “OWNER, c/o Precision Planning�. BIDDER shall provide one (1) original and one (1) copy in each envelope.

Each bid sealed envelope must be plainly marked on the outside as “BIDS 2019 Grayson Road Resurfacing Program-WILSHIRE MANOR SUBDIVISION AND OTHER LOCATIONS�.

Any and all packages received without the aforementioned criteria enclosed, will be returned to BIDDER. All Bid Packages must be made out on the bid form of the type bound in the Contract Documents, in accordance with the instructions in the Information for BIDDERS. No interlineations, additions, or deletions shall be made in the proposal form by BIDDER. No conditional Bids will be acceptable.

Contract will be awarded on a stipulated sum to the most responsive BIDDER presenting the lowest acceptable Bid, based on the Lump Sum Bid plus any combination of Alternates (if appropriate) acceptable to Owner.

OWNER reserves the rights to reject any and all bids, to waive informalities, and to re-advertise.

No BIDDER may withdraw his bid within the time limit specified in the Instructions to Bidders Section 00100.

City of Grayson Allison Wilkerson, Mayor 902-591909, 3/22,27 INVITATION FOR BID #2019-3 FOR MILLING, PATCHING AND RESURFACING OF APPROXIMATELY 3.874 MILES ON VARIOUS CITY STREETS, ETC. SUWANEE, GEORGIA The City of Suwanee is s

CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS

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soliciting competitive sealed bids from qualified contractors for MILLING, PATCHING, AND RESURFACING WORK ALONG APPROXIMATELY 3.874 MILES ON VARIOUS CITY STREETS, ETC. Sealed bids will be received by the City of Suwanee, Public Works Department, 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee, Georgia 30024, until 2:00 P.M. local time on Friday, April 19, 2019, and then publicly opened and read aloud at the “Public Bid Opening� at 2:10 P.M. at City Hall Meeting Room, 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee, Georgia 30024. Any bid received after 2:00 P.M. will not be accepted. Bid envelope must be marked on the outside with Bid Number, Name of Bidder, date and time of opening and Contractor’s License Number. A 5% bid bond is required as part of the bid submittal.

Work required under the Contract generally includes traffic control, asphalt milling, asphalt patching, leveling, resurfacing, adjusting sewer manholes, installation of pavement markings, etc. along approximately 3.874 miles on various City streets, etc. Suwanee, GA. Bids in the case of Corporations not chartered in Georgia must be accompanied by proper certification stating that said Corporation is authorized to do business in the State of Georgia.

Award will be made to the vendor submitting the lowest responsive and responsible bid. The City of Suwanee reserves the right to reject any or all bids as deemed in its best interest.

Interested parties should contact Nicole Schnepper at NSchnepper@suwanee.com or 770-945-8996 to request a bid package, or additional information is available at the City of Suwanee Public Works Department, 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee GA 30024.

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to one hundred ten percent (110%) of the contract amount.

Insurance and Bonding Company must be licensed to do business by the Georgia Secretary of State, authorized to business in Georgia by the Georgia Insurance Department, listed in the Department of Treasury’s Publication of Companies holding Certificates of Authority as Acceptable Surety on Federal Bonds and as acceptable reinsuring companies. The bid bond, payment bond and performance bond must have an A.M. Best rating of A-5 or higher.

Award will be made to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. The City of Duluth reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive technicalities and to make an award as deemed in its best interest.

Any change to the conditions and specifications must be in the form of a written addendum to be valid; therefore the City will issue a written addendum to document each approved change.

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to perform the contract.

Any change to the conditions and specifications must be in the form of a written addendum to be valid; therefore the City will issue a written addendum to document each approved change.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ASPHALT REJUVENATION The City of Duluth is accepting sealed bids from qualifi d e contractors to provide all necessary labor, material and equipment necessary to perform all operations for the application of an asphalt rejuvenating agent to asphalt concrete surfaces. The rejuvenation of surface courses shall be by spray application of a cationic rejuvenating agent composed of petroleum oils and resins emulsified with water. All work shall be in accordance with the specifications, the applicable drawings and subject to the terms and conditions of this contract.

A proposed list of streets is included in the full Invitation to Bid available at www. duluthga.net under the heading “Notices and RFP’s�.

The roads shown on the proposed list are intended locations. During the life of the contract it may become necessary to remove one or more locations from the list, it may also be necessary to add one or more locations to the list. It is the City of Duluth’s intention to stay within total contract cost; therefore work may stop when the total cost reaches or nearly reaches the awarded amount. The final decision will be made as work progresses. The City of Duluth reserves the right to such. No claims will be considered for extra compensation.

All sealed bids will be received by the City of Duluth City Clerk, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096, until 9:45 A.M. local time on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 . Bids received after the stated time will not be accepted. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. on the second floor of Duluth City Hall, 3167 Main Street, Duluth GA 30096, in the Executive Conference Room. The bid envelope must be marked on the outside with the following information: City of Duluth Bid – 2019 Asphalt Rejuvenation Date and Hour of Bid Opening Company Name The complete Invitation to Bid is available for download on the City of Duluth website at https://www.duluthga.net/ about_duluth/notices_and_ rfp_s/requests_for_proposals.php Full Invitation to Bid is also available for viewing at the Duluth Public Works Department, 2450 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30097.

There will not be a pre-bid conference for this procurement.

Contract will be awarded, if at all, within sixty (60) calendar days after opening of the proposal.

The deadline for questions is Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 5 P.M. Submit all questions to Audrey Turner, Public Works Director at aturner@ duluthga.net The selected contractor must be able to start work within ten (10) calendar days after the “Notice to Proceed� is issued. The time of completion for the project is ninety (90) calendar days from the date of the “Notice to Proceed�.

All bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond in favor of the City, in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid, (but not less than $5,000); such bid bond representing that the bidder, if awarded a contract, will promptly enter into a contract and furnish performance bond and payment bond as provided by law and approved by the attorney for the City. Failure to submit a bid bond with the proper rating will result in the bid being deemed nonresponsive.

Successful bidder will be required to meet insurance requirements. Performance and Payment bonds will be required upon acceptance of the proposal and contract submittal.

The Performance Bond shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. The Payment Bond shall be equal t

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS STORM DRAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT ROMULUS DRIVE AND AUGUSTUS DRIVE PROJECT BID NO. SW 19-001 DULUTH, GEORGIA The City of Duluth is accepting sealed bids from qualified contractors to provide all necessary labor, equipment, materials and any appurtenances incidental to the completion of removing and replacing the existing storm system (pipes and structures) with concrete pipes and structures near the intersection of Romulus Drive and Augustus Drive within the City of Duluth, which will include but is not limited to traffic control, erosion and sediment control, tree removal, demolition, open-cut trench excavation, concrete stormwater pipe and structure installation, backfill, rip rap outlet protection, open-cut pavement repair patching, curb and gutter, and stabilizing of disturbed areas with grass seed or sod. All work performed shall meet the minimum Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) specifications of City of Duluth.

The full Invitation to Bid and associated documents are available at www.duluthga.net under the heading “Notices and RFP’s� and on the Georgia State Procurement Registry at https://ssl. doas.state.ga.us/PRSapp/.

Full Invitation to Bid is also available for viewing at the Duluth Planning & Development Department, 3167 Main Street, Second Floor, Duluth, Georgia 30096.

All sealed bids will be received by the City of Duluth City Clerk, 3167 Main Street, Duluth, Georgia 30096 until 4:00 P.M. local time on Monday, April 22, 2019.

Any bid received after this time will not be accepted.

Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud on Monday, April 22, 2019 at 4:05 P.M. local time. The bid envelope must be marked on the outside with the following: City of Duluth Bid – Storm Drain Replacement Project at Romulus Drive and Augustus Drive Monday, April 22, 2019 at 4:00 P.M. Company Name A non-mandatory prebid meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 11:00am local time in the Executive Conference Room of City Hall at 3167 Main Street, Duluth, GA 30096.

Questions regarding the bid documents shall be directed in writing to: Heike Slinin (Assistant City Engineer) hslinin@duluthga.net No phone calls please.

Questions received in writing by Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 5:00 P.M., will be answered in an addendum no later than Friday, April 12, 2019.

Contract will be awarded, if at all, within sixty (60) calendar days after opening of the proposal.

Selected Contractor must be able to start work within ten (10) calendar days after the “Notice to Proceed� is issued. Time of completion for the project is twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date of the “Notice to Proceed�.

Payment will be rendered as outlined in Instructions to Bidders.

All bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond in favor of the City, in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid for the complete work, (but not less than $5,000); such bid bond representing that the bidder, if awarded a contract, will promptly enter into a contract and furnish performance bond and payment bond as provided by law and approved by the attorney for the City.

The performance bond shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount. The payment bond shall be equal to one hundred ten percent (110%) of the contract amount. The Bid Bond shall be forfeited to the City, as described in Section 108 of Georgia Department of Transportation Standard Specifications.

The City reserves the right, with or without notice, to cause or to accept any bid regardless of the amount thereof; to reject any bid, any number of bids or all bids; to negotiate with any bidder for a reduction or alteration in its bid; to waive or insist upon formal requirements; to reject all bids and to call for additional bids upon the same or different Invitation to Bid and/or Plans and Specifications; to be the sole judge, in its discretion, of all questions as to whether or not a bid complies with the Invitation to Bid, the Plans or the Specifications, and as to the qualifications of a bidder

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ALCOHOL LICENSE AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE FOR A LICENSE TO SELL ALCOHOL. BY THE FOLLOWING APPLICANT AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION, TO WIT: APPLICANT/ OWNER: Steven D. Green REGISTERED AGENT: Taylor R. Green BUSINESS NAME: Oyster Boat llc. dba T-RAYS Fire Grill LOCATION: 125 W Crogan Street Suite A. Lawrenceville, GA 30046 A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT OR DENY SUCH A LICENSE WILL BE MADE BY THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE NO LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE THE FILED APPLICATION IS DETERMINED TO BE COMPLETE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO NOTE ANY OBJECTIONS, IN WRITING, THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH A LICENSE BY FILING SAID WRITTEN OBJECTIONS WITH THE CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE. 904-590544,3/13,15,20,22

PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF ABANDONDED MOTOR VEHICLE RE: 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SE Mfr. ID No: 1N4AL3AP8DN508241 License No: Color: White Body Style: Four Door TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above automobile was initially removed from 3535 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, Georgia 30096. It is presently located at 350 West Pike Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, in possession of William R. Pittman.

Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. §40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia law.

928-592185, 3/22 NOTICE OF ABANDONDED MOTOR VEHICLE Re: 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED LTD 3.0 Mfr. ID No: 1FAFP25127G107626 License No: Color: Red Body Style: Four Door TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above automobile was initially removed from 3535 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, Georgia 30096. It is presently located at 350 West Pike Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, in possession of William R. Pittman.

Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. §40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia law.

928-592183, 3/22,29 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: (Address) 3540 LAWRENCEVILLE HWY, LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30044 (Yr/Make) 2008 TOYOTA AVALON VIN# 4T1BK36BX8U301226 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date)03/16/19.

928-581904, 3/22,29 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: (Address) 505 BUFORD DR STE A, LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30046 (Yr/Make) 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA VIN# 3VWD17AJ5EM360560 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date)03/16/19.

928-581908, 3/22,29 CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS PUBLIC NOTICE PH2019-001 PLACE: City of Peachtree Corners City Hall 310 Technology Pkwy DATE & TIME: March 26, 2019 7:00 P.M. PURPOSE: Application for Metropolitan River Protection Act Certificate 4288 Riverview Drive, Peachtree Corners, GA Owners: Russ Reynolds 4288 Riverview Drive, Peachtree Corners, GA APPLICANT: Boundary Zone, Inc – Matt Ferreira 454 Satellite Boulevard NW, Suite 200, Suwanee, GA 928-592155, 3/22 NOTICE OF ROAD FACILITY DEDICATION Notice is given that there will be introduced at the regular 2019 session of the General Assembly of Georgia a resolution sponsored by Senator Renee Unterman, 121-G State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, 30334, (404) 4631368, to dedicate bridge on Nelson Brogdon Boulevard/ Highway 20 crossing over the railroad tracks located just before the intersection of Highway 20 and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Gwinnett County as the Maron Sidney Buice Bridge in honor of his achievements, accomplishments, and contributions to the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. The estimated cost of such dedication is $500.00.

928-592196, 3/22

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ABANDONED VEHICLES: RE: Glasride Boat Trailer VIN NO VIN LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR BLACK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above trailer was initially removed from 2855 Hickory Circle located in Snellville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-3811140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The trailer is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: Homemade Trailer (Metal, Dual Axle) VIN NO VIN LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR BLACK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above trailer was initially removed from 2855 Hickory Circle located in Snellville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-3811140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The trailer is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: 2003 Wabash Trailer VIN 1JJV532W73L846498 PLATE NO. LICENSE U217409 (TN) COLOR White TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above trailer was initially removed from Paragon Town Center located at 4500 Satellite Boulevard in Duluth, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The trailer is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: Boat HIN NO HIN NO. REGISTRATION GA527K COLOR BLUE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above boat was initially removed from Friendly Village located at 9 Pinetree Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The boat is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 52-7-71 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: Boat Trailer VIN NO VIN LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR BLACK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above trailer was initially removed from Friendly Village located at 9 Pinetree Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The trailer is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. 928-590182, 3/8,15,22

The above trailer was initially removed from Friendly Village located at 9 Pinetree Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The trailer is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: 1976 Crestliner AMF Apollo 660 Boat HIN CRL62376M76G REGISTRATION NO. GA6406HN COLOR WHITE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above boat was initially removed from Friendly Village located at 9 Pinetree Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The boat is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 52-7-71 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: 1976 Galaxy Boat HIN GALEA322M76H REGISTRATION NO. GA6305JU COLOR WHITE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above boat was initially removed from Friendly Village located at 9 Pinetree Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The boat is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 52-7-71 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. 928-591871, 3/22,29,4/5,

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION PUBLIC NOTICE LOCAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM APPROVAL In accordance with Chapter 391-3-6-.09, Rules and Regulations for Water Quality Control, notice is hereby given of approval by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division of changes to a local pretreatment program for Gwinnett County covering the F. Wayne Hill WRC (GA0038130), the Yellow River WRF (GA0047911), and the Crooked Creek WRF (GA0026433). The pretreatment program provides for the administration and enforcement of pretreatment standards for industrial users of the publicly owned treatment works.

928-592194, 3/22 ABANDONED VEHICLES: RE: Boat Trailer (T#19000570) VIN NO VIN LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above trailer was initially removed from Friendly Village located at 9 Pinetree Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The trailer is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: Boat HIN NO HIN REGISTRATION NO. GA4353B COLOR WHITE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above boat was initially removed from Friendly Village located at 9 Pinetree Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The boat is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 52-7-71 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: Boat Trailer VIN NO VIN LICENSE PLATE NO. AD1639 Georgia COLOR TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD 2019@ 1:00PM 2007 Acura TL 19UUA76537A000929 2004 Acura RSX JH4DC53074S001303 2004 Acura TL 19UUA66274A072521 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT57K391205182 2006 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT58K369375750 2005 Chevrolet Uplander 1GNDV03L05D168088 2005 Chevrolet Express 1GCGG25V051248809 1985 Chevrolet Impala 1G1BL69ZXFY168851 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WB57K291229508 2006 Chrysler 300 2C3KA53G36H351358 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser 3A4FY48BX6T233244 2002 Ford Explorer 1FMZU73E52ZB71669 2003 Ford E250 1FTNS24233HB04317 2001 Ford F150 1FTZX172X1NA06473 2011 Ford Crown Victoria 2FABP7AVXBX156967 2003 Ford E450 Super Duty 1FDXE45F23HB37141 1996 Ford Ranger 1FTCR14A4TPA17486 2002 Ford Explorer 1FMZU63E32UC49213 2003 Ford Explorer 1FMZU63W63UC29693 1985 GMC S-15 1GTCS14B2F2531223 2001 Honda Civic 1HGES26771L061508 2005 Honda Civic 1HGES16325L013332 2005 Honda Civic 1HGEM22965L015286 2009 Hyundai Sonata 5NPET46C59H550235 2003 Mazda Tribute 4F2CZ06143KM51458 2007 Mazda Mazda3 JM1BK12F071768608 2007 Mercury Montego 1MEFM401X7G604136 2015 Nissan Altima 1N4AL3APXFC264994 2005 Saturn ION 1G8AJ52F25Z103143 2005 Toyota Camry 4T1BE32KX5U012484 2002 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR12E32Z618384 1999 Toyota Camry 4T1BG22K1XU569310 2006 Yamaha Motor Corp YZF-R6 JYARJ12E86A000894 929-590188, 3/8,15,22 Pleasantdale Storage of Doraville shall conduct an online auction on www. selfstorageauctions.com to conclude at Monday, April 1, 2019 at 12:00pm Unit #C84 – Arturo Calderon Silva - Unit said to contain: Troy-Bilt Generator. ?

Stack of 2x4x8 lumber. Stack of ply wood. Four boxes of hardware and nails.

Unit #227 – Arvelia Hunter - Unit said to contain: Christmas Tree. Computer Desk.

Faux Leather Sectional. Grill/ Smoker.

929-591138, 3/15,22

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE In accordance with Georgia Law Chapter 40-11-5 the following vehicles have been deemed abandoned and will be sold at a public sale on 4-5-19 at 4:00 Said vehicles are located at: 5239 Beach Forest Dr SW Lilburn, Ga 30047 VIN: 1GBKP37N8P3308408 93 Chev Southwind Sale will be held at 4:00 on 4-3-19.

Location: 4178 Hwy 120 Duluth, Ga 30097 2007 Volks GTI Vin:WVWGV71K07W269597 929-589993, 3/15,22 NOTICE There will be sold at public auction on 6 of April 2019 at 11:00 am the following vehicle at ROBERTS BODY SHOP, 2742 KEYSTONE CT, NORCROSS, GA. 30071, 2013 FORD EDGE, VIN: 2FMDK3GC9DBC91224, JC Body Shop, 6040 Buford Hwy. Suite C1, Doraville, GA. 30340, 2011 JEEP CHEROKEE, VIN: 1J4RS4GG0BC579644; PRADA AUTO BROKERS 3945 LAWRENCEVILLE HWY, ROOM 2, LILBURN, GA. 30047, 2010 FORD ECONOLINE, VIN: 1FTNE2EW2ADA09499, LILBURN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, 4445 BUSINESS PARK CT. STEB, LILBURN, GA. 30047.

2006 JEEP COMMNDER, VIN: 1J8HH48K66C319475; abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 40-11-5.

929-592157, 3/22,29

ZONINGS LEGAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE BOARD OF APPEALS TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 AT 6:00 P.M. LAWRENCEVILLE CITY HALL COUNCIL ASSEMBLY ROOM 70 SOUTH CLAYTON STREET LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 THE FOLLOWING ITEMS OF BUSINESS, WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE, ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE STATED ABOVE. STAFF REPORTS, SITE PLANS, LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 70 SOUTH CLAYTON STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (PHONE 678-407-6583).

V-19-02 – APPLICANT: JENNIFER PAQUIN/PB2 ARCHITECTS; OWNER: WAL-MART REAL ESTATE BUSINESS TRUST; AN APPLICATION TO REQUEST RELIEF FROM THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ARTICLE VIII, USE OF ALTERNATIVE COLOR FOR THE BUILDING; THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 630 COLLINS HILL ROAD (TAX PARCEL R7010 090).

V-19-03 – APPLICANT: PLEASANT PAWS/RICHARD DIEGEL; OWNER: RC GROUP INV., LLC; AN APPLICATION TO REQUEST RELIEF FROM T

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THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ARTICLE VII, TO ALLOW ENCROACHMENT INTO FRONT SETBACK; THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 202 EAST CROGAN (TAX PARCEL R5174 010).

V-19-04 – APPLICANT: PUNCH, LTD/CLINT PAYNE; OWNER: PUNH, LTD; AN APPLICATION TO REQUEST RELIEF FROM THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ARTICLE VIII, MODEL STREAM BUFFER PROTECTION ORDINANCE, SECTION 19.5.1(2) 25-FOOT NONIMPERVIOUS SETBACK; THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE CUL-DE-SAC OF RACO COURT OFF RIVERSIDE PARKWAY (TAX PARCEL R7011 023); CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2.5 ACRES. P&D NEW BUSINESS: 4-15-2019 934-592160, 3/22

GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OF THE GWINNETT COUNTY UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AS STATED ABOVE. COPIES OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING DIVISION, 446 WEST CROGAN STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UDOA2019-00006–AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OF GWINNETT COUNTY; TITLE 1 ADMINISTRATION, SECTION 110-40 GENERAL DEFINITIONS, TITLE 2 LAND USE & ZONING, SECTION 265-10 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS, SECTION 265-20 TEMPORARY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, SECTION 265-50 MOBILE FOOD SERVICE UNITS, AND SECTION 265-60 INSPECTION, TO RENAME AND RECODIFY CERTAIN SECTIONS, AND ADD A DEFINITION AND REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD TRUCKS. UDOA2019-00007–AN AMENDMENT TO THE GWINNETT COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; CHAPTER 78 SIGNS, TO RENAME AND RECODIFY CERTAIN SECTIONS, AMEND DEFINED AND UPDATE TERMS, REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SIGNS. P&D PC/BOC UDO 4-8 & 4-23 934-592152, 3/22

LEGAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019 AT 7:00 P.M. LAWRENCEVILLE CITY HALL COUNCIL ASSEMBLY ROOM 70 SOUTH CLAYTON STREET LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 THE FOLLOWING REZONINGS, SPECIAL USE PERMITS AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS, WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE, ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE STATED ABOVE. STAFF REPORTS, SITE PLANS, LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 70 SOUTH CLAYTON STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (PHONE 678-407-6583).

RZ-19-06 – APPLICANT: ZAIDH CUELLAR; OWNER: ZAIDH CUELLAR; AN APPLICATION TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM RS-150 (SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE 15,000 SQ FT DISTRICT) TO ON (OFFICE/NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT); THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 277 SCENIC HIGHWAY (TAX PARCEL R5142 122); CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.6 ACRES. SU-19-09 – APPLICANT: ABUNDIO OLGUIN; OWNER: BARRIGON PLASTERING, INC.; FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN BG (GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT) ZONING TO ALLOW THE OUTDOOR STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT (RV’S) NOT OFFERED FOR SALE; THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 564 DAVIS ROAD (TAX PARCEL R5140 414); CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 0.4 ACRES. P&D PC NEW BUSINESS: 4-15-2019 934-592170, 3/22 GWINNETT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER 2ND FLOOR— CONFERENCE ROOM A 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 G

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Peachtree Corners City Council will hold a public hearing at City Hall, 310 Technology Parkway, Peachtree Corners, Georgia beginning at 7:00 PM on March 26, 2019 to consider the following: SUP2018-009 Wesleyan School. Request to approve a special use permit to accommodate a private school use on two residentiallyzoned properties at 3625 and 3645 Spalding Terr., Dist. 6, Land Lot 301, Peachtree Corners, GA. SUP2019-001 Celebremos Su Gloria. Request to approve a special use permit to accommodate a religious facility in an existing building at 3120 Medlock Bridge Rd., Dist. 6, Land Lot 271, Peachtree Corners, GA. KYM CHERECK, CITY CLERK CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS 934-592180, 3/22

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MONROE, GA 30656 JIM DAWS RD

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Property has a 20 foot easement for access.

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HOUSES FOR SALE LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046

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Deer, turkey & hogs. Hrdwds., large pines & planted pines.

Electricity. Large campsites, deer cleaning station & 4 creeks.

Avg. rack 8 pt., Avg. wt. 200 lbs. $550/yr. dues, $100/yr. electricity, $10/yr. sec. light.

Total $660/yr.

Call Frank @ 770-922-6434

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Ford F150, 1996 4x4 57k miles, garage kept, 5.0L engine, $2500. Contact: deb ratrk@gmail.com Honda Accord, 2009 EX-L V6, 77275 miles, silver, leather, automatic, sunroof, excellent condition, $2000, bocoag@tdsmail.us, 404541-3463 Honda Accord, 2009 EX-L V6, 77275 miles, silver, leather, automatic, sunroof, excellent condition, $2000, bocoag@tdsmail.us, 404541-3463 HONDA ODYSSEY, 2004 CAR FOR SALE $700 404-518-4452

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2003 Pleasure-Way Excel, Ford E-350 5.4L V8, 21k miles, in great shape, $4000 sale price.

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MISCELLANEOUS ESTATE/ GARAGE SALE 5031 Conestoga Ct. Stone Mountain, 30087 Fri. 3/22 8am-4pm Sat. 3/23 8am-1pm Furniture, electronics, tools, and more!

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Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

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ALL-COUNTY SWIMMING

BOYS Boys Swimmer of the Year: Jake Magahey, Mill Creek, Jr. State champion in the 500 freestyle with a national high school record, state and county champion in the 200 free, county champion in 100 butterfly Boys Coach of the Year: Jack Gayle, Brookwood Led the Broncos to the Class AAAAAAA state championship First Team • Shwan Ahn, Peachtree Ridge, Sr. Fifth at state in 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, county champ in 100 breast, county runner-up in 200 IM • Jacob Budnitz, Norcross, Jr. State champion in 100 breaststroke, second at county in 100 breast • Mikael Getahoun, North Gwinnett, Jr. State champion, third at county in 100 butterfly, fourth at state, third at county in 200 IM • Carter Januzelli, Norcross, Sr. Third at state, fourth at county in 100 breaststroke, eighth at state, sixth at county in 200 IM • Nick Kalenik, Mill Creek, Jr. Third at state in 500 freestyle, fourth at state and third at county in 200 free • Evan McInerny, Peachtree Ridge, Jr. State runner-up, fourth at county in 100 butterfly, third at state, county champ in 200 IM • Dylan Scott, Brookwood, Sr. State runner-up, county champion in 500 freestyle, state runner-up in 200 free, county champ in 50 free • Arion Solomon, Norcross, Sr. Fourth at state in 50 freestyle and 100 free, county champion in 100 free, third at county in 50 free • Aidan Stoffle, Brookwood, Sr. State champion in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, county champion in 100 back, county runner-up in 100 butterfly • Nathaniel Stoffle, Brookwood, Soph.

State runner-up in 50 freestyle, fourth at state, county runner-up in 100 backstroke, third at county in 200 IM Second Team Wesley Carter, Parkview, Jr. Grant Clark, Brookwood, Jr. Charlie Fountain, Parkview, Sr. Luke Han, North Gwinnett, Soph.

Ethan Howe, Norcross, Sr. Will Mahone, Parkview, Sr. Xzavier Reiter, Mountain View, Sr. Aidan Rickaby, GAC, Sr. Tyler Schroeder, Peachtree Ridge, Fr. Daniel Tran, Brookwood, Jr.

GIRLS Girls Swimmers of the Year: Lily Burke, Brookwood, Soph.

State and county champion in the 100 freestyle and the 200 individual medley Abigail McCulloh, Parkview, Soph.

State and county champion in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle Girls Coach of the Year: Jack Gayle, Brookwood Led the Broncos to the Class AAAAAAA state championship First Team • Caroline Irwin, Buford, Soph.

State champion in 50 freestyle, state, metro runner-up in 100 butterfly • Chantal Jordan, North Gwinnett, Sr. State runner-up, county champion in 50 freestyle, fifth at state, third at county in 100 free • Thien-An Maynard, GAC, Jr. State runner-up in 100 breaststroke, sixth at state in 200 individual medley • Savannah Mitchell, GAC, Sr. State champion in 500 freestyle, third at state in 200 freestyle • Ashley Neas, Duluth, Sr. Third at state, county runner-up in 500 freestyle, fifth at state, county runner-up in 200 free • Jessie Parish, Wesleyan, Fr. Second at state, Metro champion in 50 freestyle, third at state in 100 butterfly • Reagan Sweeney, Brookwood, Soph.

Third at state in 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, third at county in 100 fly, fourth at county in 200 free • Sarah-Grace Thompson, Mountain View, Jr. State, county runner-up in 100 freestyle, third at state, county champion in 100 backstroke • Hannah Wasmuth, Wesleyan, Jr. State champion, Metro runner-up in 100 backstroke, state runner-up in 200 individual medley • Abigayle Wood, Collins Hill, Jr. State, county champion in 100 breaststroke, fourth at state, fifth at county in 200 IM Second Team Isabelle Andrews, Mill Creek, Sr. Juliana Carey, Brookwood, Sr. Emma Claire Cohen, Brookwood, Sr. Maddie Cordle, Brookwood, Sr. Holland Danskin, Norcross, Sr. Sarah Jahns, Parkview, Sr. Sarah Livingston, Parkview, Soph.

Courtney Niemann, North Gwinnett, Jr. Abigail Tashlein, Mill Creek, Jr. Mia Walters, Mill Creek, Soph.

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also absolutely hilarious.

I always have a good time foes. Both 10th-graders, with her.” in the same training Burke developed a group at Gwinnett-based bond quickly with McSwimAtlanta, are among Culloh and her club the state’s best and both teammates since moving excelled in their different from North Carolina. She events during the 2018-19 picked SwimAtlanta over high school season.

Dynamo, then the family Burke won the 100-yard chose to move into the freestyle and the 200 indi- Brookwood district over vidual medley champion- the other option, North ships at both the GwinGwinnett. nett County and Class Her closest SwimAtAAAAAAA state meets, lanta teammates include and McCulloh swept the some other talented county and state titles in sophomores, like Mcher races, the 200 and 500 Culloh. freestyle. “(McCulloh) is very “Abby often talks competitive,” Burke said. about her SwimAtlanta “If I’m next to her (at teammates that she trains practice), she’s like, ‘All with, including Lily right, Lily, this is the Burke,” Parkview head last one. We can do this coach Eric Brown said. together.’ I always just “They are all so good, love competing with her. and have created an envi- She’s really nice. She’s ronment where they hold super sweet and funny. each other to high stanShe always brings a good dards. Abby has some attitude to swimming. It’s great friendships in the always a good refresher. If swimming community you’re having a bad day, at Parkview and around you can always count on Gwinnett. Sometimes our Abby to help get you in closest friends can be our better spirits.” greatest competitors, and Both swimmers had I think that is the case for plenty to be happy about Abby and Lily.” this season.

Because their events McCulloh won the differ — Burke is a 200 and 500 free titles at sprinter and McCulloh county at state, including a distance specialist — an automatic All-Amerthey seldom square off ican time of 4 minutes, in official races. But they 48.21 seconds in the 500 see each other’s talents free at county. That time in meets, as well as every broke the overall Gwinday at SwimAtlanta nett County and Gwinnett practice.

County meet records that “I really admire Lily’s had stood for 10 and five aggression,” McCulloh years, respectively. said. “She knows how “Abby is a 4.0 studentto race. I’m more of, I athlete with a fantastic know how to swim my work ethic,” Brown said. own race. It’s kind of “Abby gives her best like I need to learn the every day in practice and competitiveness and she’s every time she steps up really good at that. She’s on the block to race. Even

as a state champion in the 200 and 500 freestyles, Abby has some very high goals for the next couple of years in terms of improving her personal times.”

One of those goals is the state record in the 500 free, set at 4:40.93 in 2004

by Elizabeth Hill of Westminster. McCulloh’s best outside of high school swimming is 4:45, so she isn’t far off. “(SwimAtlanta coach) Chris (Davis) and I have discussed it, and I really want to break the state record in the 500 before I graduate,” McCulloh said. “It’s 4:40, though.

It’s pretty fast. But I’m working for it. We’ll see.”

Burke also has a lofty high school record on her radar — the 100 free record of 49.06 seconds, set in 2004 by former Brookwood star and three-time Olympian Amanda Weir. She also wants to get her times under two minutes in the 200 IM, the other event she won at state while helping the Broncos to a repeat team state championship.

“Lily had a fantastic swim season this year,” Brookwood coach Jack Gayle said. “She’s always thinking about the team before herself, wondering how the girls can stay on top and what they have to do to realize that goal. I’d love to see her take a shot at some of our Brookwood records next season. Both the IM and 100 free records are extremely fast, and taking either one of them would be a huge accomplishment.”

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a look ahead March 30 Muddbuggs and Music Crawfish Boil — The event runs from noon to 8 p.m. at the Duluth Festival Center at City Hall. In addi-

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Owners: Natalie Yeung, Charlie Sunyapong and Thila Chhoeun Executive Chef: Charlie Sunyapong Open Since: Dec. 3 Location: On Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Suwanee, in the business complex by The Pointe at Suwanee Station apartments.

Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 to 10 p.m.; Saturday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 5 to 10 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; closed Mondays Atmosphere: Stepping into La Belle Vie Kitchen, it’s clear where the name comes from: The restaurant is modeled after a traditional Parisian cafe.

Complete with roundedback, classic French bistro chairs, marble-style tabletops and plush booths, La Belle Vie Kitchen exudes upscale comfort in a relaxed atmosphere.

“It’s definitely that bistro feeling, that cafe feeling, but with a level of elegance to it,” said Guest Relations Manager Erica Zaken.

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say lunch is definitely that more cafe vibe; it’s a little more boisterous in here.”

During lunchtime hours, which run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., La Belle Vie is “the place to come” for “the housewives of Gwinnett,” Executive Chef Charlie Sunyapong said.

“They sit here for three hours and just chat,” he said.

While lunch is more relaxed, dinner is a little more upscale; the lights are dimmer and the restaurant plays French music, giving it that “nice classical touch,” Zaken said.

“It can still get a little bit louder in here, though,”

Complete with rounded-back, classic French bistro chairs, marble-style tabletops and plush booths, Suwanee’s La Belle Vie Kitchen, left, exudes upscale comfort in a relaxed atmosphere.

she said. “We’re really just trying to give off a more calm approach to fine dining, I guess you could say. (It’s) more casual fine dining and not so stuffy.

We still want to give the best experience, but we want you to be laid back and enjoy yourself while enjoying a fine (meal). We definitely have a level of class to us, but we like to keep it downplayed (somewhat).”

During brunch, the restaurant is often packed — and the employees “throw it into that different

swing.”

“It’s that laid-back brunch morning feel,” Zaken said. “The music, too, is a little different.

The service is going to be there and the atmosphere is going to be there, but we’re really about the food.”

Menu: Because La Belle Vie Kitchen is a fine dining restaurant, it offers seasonal dishes that come from a scratch kitchen, Sunyapong said.

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Though La Belle Vie Kitchen has a Parisian vibe, Sunyapong said the restaurant doesn’t want to be classified as a traditional French eatery.

“We’re more of a French- and Southerninspired (restaurant) with a lot of modern American (dishes),” he said. “It’s more of a protein-based menu with French and Southern influences.”

That protein, and the accompanying ingredients, vary from season to season, with the menu changing monthly, Sunyapong said.

“We’ll keep a lot of the core items, but we’ll change maybe three or four things each month, just to keep things fresh,” he said.

“We had red fish on the menu last month, but that went out of season, so we changed the fish to something more abundant that’s not farm-raised. We try to get it as fresh as we can, so if something runs out, we change it. We’re not going to get frozen product.”

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“We’re going to go (with) a little lighter (menu) for the summer and probably introduce some organic salads and vegetables.

Right now, (the menu) is real heavy because it’s still a little cold, but it’ll get a little lighter.”

Sunyapong said though La Belle Vie Kitchen’s brunch menu still includes fine dishes, he’s about to change some of the offerings to “have a little more fun with it.” “(Some) people get upset when the menu changes, but I’m not going to not change it, because that’s what we’re trying to do,” Sunyapong said. “(We’re) trying to keep it more fun and interesting.”

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Purchase tickets at www.newdawntheatercompany.com or by callHolley Calmes ing 678-887-5015.

New Dawn produced at 2 p.m. Sundays. Satur“Steel Magnolias” in day shows will be a dinner 2003 in a small church theater. Catered by Sweet in Snellville. This repeat Baby Jane’s in Duluth, production will be proudly dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. set in the company’s and includes the show, newly refurbished facildinner, dessert, coffee and ity. Director Diane “KD”

Davis is staying away from watching the movie during this process and said, “My Southern-ness is tickled pink” at the way the production is evolving in rehearsal.

“This year is the 30th anniversary of the movie,” Davis said. “Many fans will see it again and again and cry every time.

Instead of watching the movie right now, I have fallen in love with my actresses. I see them as we shape our production.

They have created lovable characters while ‘steel’ holding true to the original we all know and love.”

Davis studied the play and its writer instead of focusing on the movie.

“The script comes from Robert Harling’s reallife experiences with his sister’s life and death, and the strong sisterhood she had with the ladies of the beauty shop,” Davis said. “Just like the movie, the play and real life, the beauty/barber shop is the place we go to live and learn. From start to finish, our production will give that warm Southern feeling of ‘home.’ If you liked the movie, you will love the play.”

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Chloe Ivins stars as Annelle and Michele Renee Bright as M’Lynn in New Dawn Theater’s “Steel Magnolias,” running from March 29 through April 14 in Duluth. (Special Photo)

magic of a theater performance. These actresses have studied the play more than I have. I am honored to have my theater directorial debut with New Dawn and these ladies by my side.”

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Stone Mountain’s cable car to the top; Geyser Towers, which are suspended rope What: MEGABUGS! bridges and net tunnels Adventure Encounters Though many people that connect to platforms When: March 30 don’t look upon most bugs overlooking a geyser; and through Nov. 10 Where: Stone Mountoo favorably, Stone Mounthe Lasershow Spectacular tain Park, 1000 Robert tain Park is embracing in Mountainvision, a laser E. Lee Blvd., Stone insects — and in a big way. and fireworks show.

Mountain Beginning March 30, “A couple of new things Tickets: Start at $31.95 nearly a dozen giant bugs, coming are we have a new for adults and $29.95 including a 15-foot emperor live, high-energy perforfor children plus parking dragonfly, a 26-foot Madamance of the Olate Dogs — For more information: gascar hissing cockroach they’re the season 7 winners Visit www.stonemounand a 50-foot Madagascan of ‘America’s Got Talent,’” tainpark.com/Activities/ fire millipede, will tower Walton said. “We’ve also Attractions/MEGABUGS over visitors as part of got ‘Ice Age: No Time for the park’s MEGABUGS! Nuts’ in our 4-D theater.”

Adventure Encounters, a With last weekend’s new, interactive exhibit for Mountain Park is constantly grand opening for the sea“bugologists” of any age to looking for something new son a success, Walton said or different to keep visiexplore, said Stone Mounshe’s looking forward to tors across the region and tain Park Public Relations the rest of the year at Stone around the world coming Manager Angela Walton.

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This is a big attraction, and Families looking for “We’re really excited for one we think families and outdoor activities at Stone the spring season; we have children will really enjoy.”

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Above, from left, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex and Lupita Nyong’o star as doppelgangers of Gabe, Zora, Jason and Adelaide Wilson in “Us.” Below, Alex stars at Jason Wilson, left, and his doppelganger. (Special Photos: Claudette Barius/Universal Studios)

Peele’s latest not a total bust but a relative letdown Us (R) ★★★

BY MICHAEL CLARK

Movie Critic

After 15 years of working on the TV sketch comedy shows “Mad TV” and “Key and Peele” (with Keegan-Michael Key), Jordan Peele wrote and directed the horror/satire “Get Out,” which blew everyone’s minds and earned him an Oscar. One of the rare releases that universally wowed critics and crushed at the box office ($255 million worldwide), “Get Out” hit on practically all cylinders but in the process greatly (and perhaps unfairly) raised the expectations of everything Peele would make in the future.

The good news is that “Us” isn’t a total bust, and bits and pieces of it are downright enthralling. But when compared to “Get Out,” it is a relative letdown. Instead of taking “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” meets “The Stepford Wives” as the inspiration for “Get Out,” Peele does a mashup of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” any number of home invasion B-films and “alternate uni-

verse” episodes of “Star Trek” (“Mirror, Mirror”) and “The Twilight Zone” (“Mirror Image”). There’s also some subtle political subtext, some not-sosubtle class-warfare bating and “Magnolia” inspired Biblical referencing (Jeremiah 11:11).

The first sign that the film might be too convoluted for its own good is the inclusion of seemingly unrelated on-screen text alongside with the ’80s TV commercial for “Hands Across America,” an effort to raise money for the homeless. This is accompanied by a little girl wandering off from her parents at a carnival, walking in to a house of mirrors and witnessing something that would forever traumatize her.

The girl grows up to be Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o — “12 Years a Slave”), the wife of Gabe (Winston Duke — Nyongo’s “Black Panther” co-star) and the mother of two. Former athlete teen daughter Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) is in her can’t-be-bothered/electronic dependency phase and preteen son Jason (Evan Alex) is a budding magician who is rarely seen not wearing Halloween mask.

After a mostly uneventful day at a Santa Cruz beach in the company of bickering married couple Josh (Tim Heidecker)

a creaky and breathy vocal fry that is punctuated with the declaration “We’re Americans” — the first of many vague references to class warfare. As neither of the evil children ever speak and Abraham only grunts and bellows, what Red has to say is all we have to go on as far as motive is concerned until the final act.

On the upside, this is the point where Peele ties up all of his loose plot threads and connects them to the opening and Kitty (Elizabeth Moss) and “Us” is by far the strongest and text (and a long shot of caged their Amazonian twin girls, it is the closest thing to comrabbits), but all of it is more the brood is chilling at their mercial horror thrills for the en- than a bit anti-climactic. We get lakeside vacation home when tire film. Each family member answers, but they are not very Jason notices “a family in our is pitted with their evil double in interesting and certainly don’t driveway.” Standing in the shad- four distinctly different scelive up to the ominous early ows, holding hands, wearing narios, and while finality is not promise. red jumpsuits and only halfway achieved immediately with all, It won’t spoil anything to rethrough their zombie make-up it dovetails into other subplots veal a twist in the last two minapplications for the day are dop- with other non-family member utes pushes “Us” into trickster pelgangers loaded for bear and characters. The carnage/gore M. Night Shyamalan territory, ready to raise some hell. level is high here and will more which is admittedly interesting (If you’re unfamiliar with the than satisfy the horror demoand leaves the door wide open definition of “doppelganger,” graphic most concerned only for a sequel. it’s a German word meaning with action and violence.

In a manner not unlike that of “double-goer” and is generThe big stumbling block Adam McKay trying to duplially used when describing with “Us” is its relative lack of cate the greatness of “The Big something negative, ominous nuance and menacing dialogue Short” with the same blueprint or foreboding, and it will be that made “Get Out” such a in the misfire that was “Vice,” surprising if every critic in the treat for mystery/thriller/social Peele shoehorns the singularly world doesn’t use the word at commentary fans that generally magical format of “Get Out” some point in their review.) have little use for horror. At one into “Us,” and far too little of Usually the weakest section point, Adelaide’s doppelganger it fits. of any movie, the second act of Red delivers a monologue in (Universal)

Flawed but OK, ‘Gloria Bell’ a rare remake by same director Gloria Bell (R) ★★★★

Much” (1934 and 1956).

All four of these films were produced in English and the remakes were done mostly because of advancements in technology.

BY MICHAEL CLARK Even more infrequent Movie Critic are original foreign language versions of movies Though not nearly as (“The Vanishing,” “Funny prevalent as sequels or Games”) remade by their prequels, remakes or “reoriginal non-U.S. directors imaginings” are a generally specifically for the purpose dependable, go-to, bankable of appealing to Englishsource for new movies. As speaking audiences. Chilean any serious film fan will writer/director Sebastian attest, almost all of them Lelio’s “Gloria Bell” is the are inferior, unneeded and latest inclusion on this very sometimes — as with Gus short list.

Van Zant’s shot-for-shot The good news about color remake of “Psycho” “Gloria Bell” is that it’s — cinematic sacrilege. pretty decent and even Once every 30th blue moon better for audiences who you’ll get something that’s deplore subtitles or movies better than the original (Ste- featuring largely unknown ven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s performers. As with the Eleven,” for example, but original article (titled simply sadly, it was followed by a “Gloria”), it speaks to a really bad sequel). huge demographic (over 50 Rarer still is a remake single or divorced women) helmed by the director of who are not real happy the original. The two most with being alone but who familiar examples of this can also function quite well are Cecil B. DeMille’s two without a significant other. takes on “The Ten ComGloria (Julianne Moore) mandments” (1923 and spends her days pushing 1956) and Alfred Hitchpaper for an insurance cock’s different versions of company and occupies “The Man Who Know Too the bulk of her nights at a

dance club which caters to a largely senior-aged crowd.

Most of the time, nothing of note happens, but one night she meets amusement park owner Arnold (John Turturro), a seemingly de facto male version of herself.

Both of them have grown children, but Gloria’s — despite their own set of iffy romantic issues — are selfsustaining and of the lowmaintenance variety. Arnold’s two (mostly unseen grown female children) are of the apron-string strain.

They would wilt, shrivel-up and die without his steady monetary contributions and constant, crutch-like emotional support.

It takes a while for Gloria to figure out that Arnold is top-loaded with a laundry basket full of ticks, red flags and shortcomings and given her otherwise keen observational skills (and Moore’s own past resume playing strong characters), it’s difficult to buy into the premise that Gloria is this gullible and/or passive aggressive.

The phrase “fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me” can be applied to two practically back-to-back scenes in the

story where Gloria becomes a willing doormat.

Making little sense but offering up a kind of welcomed angular relief/ pressure-release valve are the reoccurring visits of a faceless/nameless gay neighbor’s hairless cat that regularly wanders into Gloria’s apartment. Like the cat, Gloria is growing weary of the neighbor’s nightly bickering with his lover, which is so loud and lengthy she contacts the man’s mother (also the owner of the upstairs unit) in the hopes of initiating an intervention.

There are hints that this could lead to menace and/or danger but the narrative never quite delivers on the ominous thriller detour Lelio practically promises (unless loud knocking counts as threatening).

What lifts “Gloria” into recommendable territory — barely — despite its many flaws is the dedicated performance of the always dependable Moore.

Virtually incapable of turning

Julianne Moore stars as Gloria in “Gloria Bell.” (Special Photo: A24)

in bad work, Moore might have actually been the wrong actress for this part.

In the first incarnation of the film, Gloria was played

by Paulina Garcia (think a fuller-framed version of Lorraine Bracco), who won the Chilean equivalent of an Oscar for her performance and — dare to say — was far more believable and con-

vincing than Moore is here.

For dance fans and/or dancers, the original far outshines the new version.

Given the considerable time Gloria spends at the same club where a first dance proposition is the easiest ice-breaker, Moore displays little prowess and again — given her emersion and preparation for past roles (she spent nearly a year researching Alzheimer’s disease for her Oscar-winning role in “Still Alice”) — you’d think she (and Lelio) would have made Gloria more interesting and diverse with her dance moves.

It is worth mentioning that while the movie sends a strong, mostly positive message regarding female empowerment, some audiences might take issue with Moore’s frequent nudity. It’s never gratuitous and is always executed with brevity and taste but any and all interested viewers should be prepared.

As with Garcia, Moore is a woman quite secure in her own skin. Bully for both of them.

(A24)

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LEAP TO THE PAST Miller’s take on lunar landing is best doc you’ll ever see Apollo 11 (G) ★★★★

BY MICHAEL CLARK

Movie Critic

Released mere months before the 50th anniversary of the first space mission during which men walked on the moon, “Apollo 11” is a documentary that eschews many of the genre’s typical staples (especially narration), and the result is one of the most exciting, engrossing, entertaining and informative movies you’re ever likely to experience.

If you are of certain age, you’ll remember when everything that happens in this movie actually transpired. For those who fit that description and might want to pass on the film citing “been there, done that,” please reconsider. While a great deal of what is shown in “Apollo 11” is something you’re probably already familiar with, over of half of it is from different perspectives you’ve never seen.

Opening cold without credits, “Apollo 11” spends the entire first act covering the final week countdown prior to the launch, and this is where co-producer/ director/editor Todd Douglas Miller takes his biggest chances. Rather than fill space with obligatory interviews or biographical minutiae of the astronauts, Miller mostly behaves like a fly on the wall in the various control centers in Texas and Florida, eavesdropping on the often unheralded scientists and technicians keeping everything on schedule.

Divided into four distinct groups for the duration of the mission (color-coded green,

Buzz Aldrin is seen on the moon in a photo taken by Neil Armstrong in 1969 as seen in “Apollo 11.” (Photos Courtesy of Neon)

gold, white and black), the sheer number of people involved in the endeavor is staggering. It also gives us the first indication of an era when there weren’t females or people of color at NASA and every man wore shortsleeved white shirts and thin black ties (often while chainsmoking). If there were any non-white males involved, they were never filmed or recognized, like the three inspirational leading ladies in “Hidden Figures.”

After 20 or so minutes, Miller leaves the indoors, but not before spending a moment or two with the Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins. Given the enormous attention paid to these astronauts after their mission was over and ever since, this meditative stretch finds the men in light spirits and perhaps solemnly realizing their relative anonymity is about to end.

In any other film (think “The Right Stuff,” “Apollo

13” or last year’s tremendously underwhelming “First Man”), this would be the point at which other filmmakers would begin cuing the inspirational and swelling orchestral music and slowing down the film stock for dramatic effect, yet Miller will have none of it.

He recognizes early on that there is no embellishment needed and, in fact, leaving it “dry,” as he does, only increases the impact. This goes for the inclusion of a possible technical malfunction, which could have grounded the mission, and breaking this scene into smaller pieces again only heightens the drama.

The preamble to the arguable highlight of the film (at least that portion taking place on Earth) follows, and the previously mentioned lack of narration or identifying text speaks volumes.

Long and close-up shots of throngs of citizens lining the beaches and streets near the Kennedy Space

Above, Buzz Aldrin is pictured in 1969 as shown in “Apollo 11.”

Pictured right is the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969 as shown in “Apollo 11.”

Center are interspersed with others closer to the launch pad where the VIP bleachers are strewn with dozens of dignitaries, politicians (including then-Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon Johnson) and multiple celebrities.

Look closely and you’ll see a glimpse of Johnny Carson and perhaps Bill Cosby.

The only point in the film when Miller manipulates the footage at all comes next as he slows down the actual launch a hair, and the result is utterly breathtaking.

Nearly a minute of billowing fire, vapor and bone-rattling sound assaults the senses in the most positive way possible, and if it doesn’t give you goose flesh or raise the hair on your neck, you might need to check to see if you still have a pulse.

Most of what has transpired up to this point came from previously unseen 65and 70-mm footage and over 10,000 hours of (largely) unheard audio. The same cannot be said for the remainder depicting the flight to and from the moon (which was watched on TV by over 600 million people), but this doesn’t decrease the level of

inspiration, awe and wonder. If you wish to give your children or grandchildren a genuine science action event they’ll remember forever — and not the typical overblown Marvel hooey — you have to take them to see this movie — preferably while sitting dead center in front of an IMAX screen.

This was an event for which everyone on the planet (save for the three men in the spaceship) was an audience member and for a very brief weeklong stretch, the world knew no nations — just a singular and united family of humans. Nothing since then (save for maybe the failed Apollo 13 mission less than a year later) has unified the world with such hope and unbridled joy, and it’s just the kind of monumental, lifealtering event we all need right about now.

It’s doubtful any movie — documentary, live-action or otherwise — to follow in 2019 will achieve the monumental level of spiritual and emotional transcendence found in “Apollo 11.” Bar none, this is the finest documentary feature film ever produced.

(Neon)

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• “A Vigilante” (R) — A vigilante (Olivia Wilde) helps victims escape their domestic abusers.

• “Dumbo” (PG) — Struggling circus owner Max Medici enlists a former star and his two children to care for Dumbo, a baby elephant born with oversized ears. When the family discovers that the animal can fly, it soon becomes the main attraction — bringing in huge audiences and revitalizing the run-down circus. The elephant’s magical ability also draws the attention of V.A. Vandevere, an entrepreneur who wants to showcase Dumbo in his latest, larger-than-life entertainment venture. Stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, Alan Arkin, Nico

Parker and Finley Hobbins. Directed

by Tim Burton.

• “The Beach Bum” (R) — Moondog is a fun-loving, pot-smoking, beer-drinking writer who lives life on his own terms in Florida. If he can put down the drugs for just one minute, he may finally be able to put his talent to good use and finish the next great American novel. Stars Matthew McConaughey, Snoop Dogg, Isla Fisher, Stefania Owen, Jimmy

Buffett, Zac Efron, Martin Lawrence and Jonah Hill.

• “Unplanned” (R) — Abby Johnson becomes the youngest clinic director in the history of Planned Parenthood, then a life-changing experience turns her into an anti-abortion activist.

Stars Ashley Bratcher, Brooks Ryan and Robia Scott. Directed

by Cary Solomon and Chuck Konzelman.

• “We Are Columbine” (NR) — Nearly 20 years after one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, four survivors return to Columbine High School to share their experiences and journey toward healing.

Directed by Laura Farber.

• “Aquaman” (PG-13) — Once home to the most advanced civilization on Earth, the city of Atlantis is now an underwater kingdom ruled by the power-hungry King Orm. With a vast army at his disposal, Orm plans to conquer the remaining oceanic people — and then the surface world. Standing in his way is Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Orm’s half-human, halfAtlantean brother and true heir to the throne. With help from royal counselor Vulko, Aquaman must retrieve the legendary Trident of Atlan and embrace his destiny as protector of the deep.

• “Capernaum” (R) — After fleeing his negligent and abusive parents, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old boy sues them to protest the life they’ve given him. Written and directed by Nadine Labaki.

• “If Beale Street Could Talk” (R) — In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wifeto-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiance Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny.

Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

• “King of Thieves” (R) — A crew of retired crooks pulls off a major heist in London’s jewelry district.

• “Second Act” (PG13) — Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas (Jennifer Lopez) wants only one thing for her 43rd birth-

day — a promotion. While her resume may not scream upper management, her track record certainly does. Vargas is an innovator who listens to her customers and delivers results. When she loses the job to a college-educated candidate, Maya sets out to prove to Madison Avenue that street smarts are as valuable as book smarts — and it’s never too late for a second act. Also features Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini, Treat Williams, Milo Ventimiglia, Annaleigh Ashford, Charlyne Yi and Alan Aisenberg.

• “Stan & Ollie” (PG) — Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Hardy (John C. Reilly) — the world’s greatest comedy team — face an uncertain future as their golden era of Hollywood films remain long behind them. Diminished by age, the duo set out to reconnect with their adoring fans by touring variety halls in Britain in 1953.

The shows become an instant hit, but Stan and Ollie can’t quite shake the past as longburied tension and Hardy’s failing health start to threaten their precious partnership.