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Distracted driving high in Gwinnett Study finds county has third-most convictions in state

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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It’s been nine months since the Hands-Free Georgia Act went into effect, and Gwinnett County law enforcement agencies aren’t kidding around.

According to a recently

published study by consumer research website ValuePenguin, in 2018, Gwinnett had the third largest number of distracted driving convictions per 1,000 residents in the state, averaging 5.4 convictions per 1,000 residents, or more than 5,000 convictions — just behind Jackson County,

which had 5.72 convictions per 1,000 residents and Long County, which had 8.71 convictions per 1,000 residents.

Gwinnett also saw 2,481 more distracted driving convictions in 2018 than it did in 2017, the majority of which came after the July 1 implementation of the

hands-free law, meaning most of that increase was accounted for in only a sixmonth period of time.

Looking at county law enforcement agencies’ distracted driving citation numbers, it’s easy to see where that increase came from, despite the face that inevitably, not all citations

result in convictions.

Leading the pack with the largest number of citations issued is the Gwinnett County Police Department, with 2,098 citations issued between Aug. 1, 2018, and March 11, 2019.

In the same time period for 2017-18, the department issued 220 distracted driving

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citations, marking an 853.6 percent increase — but an increase that should be taken with a grain of salt, said department spokesman Cpl. Wilbert Rundles.

“In the 2016 and 2017 range, it should be noted that the law was different and See DRIVING, Page 6A

Buford City Schools has First responders honored at annual ceremony two new principals

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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On Oct. 20, Gwinnett County Communications Officer IV Pam McDaniel was working her regular shift at the county’s 911 center when she heard Gwinnett County Police Department Officer Ryan Walsh’s voice come across the radio.

“Shots fired, officer down,” Walsh radioed from the Shiloh Middle School area, where he had just witnessed an accused felon shoot Gwinnett County Police Department Officer Antwan Toney six times.

Without hesitation, McDaniel sent an ambulance to the men’s location as she continued to take down information.

“Additional requests for crime scene technicians and detectives soon followed,” said WSB-TV’s Carol Sbarge, the emcee of Tuesday’s Valor Public Safety Awards event.

“Communications Officer McDaniel was questioned whether she needed assistance with making phone calls for the various requests, and her reply was ‘no.’ Everything was under control.”

McDaniel was honored with the Public Safety Communications Officer of the Year Award at the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce’s annual Valor Public Safety Awards for that control, and the “poise and confidence” she showed as the Oct. 20 events unfolded.

Walsh, who could not attend the event, and Toney, whose mother accepted awards on behalf of the fallen officer, were also recognized with a top honor — the Gold Medal of Valor.

Toney was also awarded a Purple Heart medal at the

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At top, Gwinnett County Police Department Chief A.A. “Butch” Ayers hands fallen Gwinnett County Police Department Officer Antwan Toney’s mother, Antoinette Page, a Purple Heart medal at the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce’s annual Valor Public Safety Awards at the Infinite Energy Forum on Tuesday. Above, the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce honored county first responders at its annual Valor Public Safety Awards. (Photos: Anthony Stalcup)

Buford City Schools will soon welcome two new principals at the middle and high school levels, the district told the Daily Post on Tuesday.

Current Buford Academy Assistant Principal Teresa Hagelthorn will take over as head of Buford Middle School, while Lindsey Allen, who currently serves as executive officer of secondary education for the Bibb County School District, will be Buford High School’s new principal.

Hagelthorn, who began her career as a math teacher at Central Gwinnett High School, served for a number of years at several Gwinnett County Teresa Hagelthorn Public Schools high schools before moving to Buford City Schools. She will take over for current Buford Middle School Principal Melanie Reed, who previously accepted the position of Buford City Schools Assistant Superintendent.

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It’s not immediately known what the next steps are for current Buford High School Principal Ed Shaddix, who has served as head of the school since 2017. He told the Daily Post on Tuesday he could not comment on his plans at this time.

Prior to joining Buford City Schools, Shaddix served as assistant superintendent of Gwinnett County Public Schools. In his career in Gwinnett, he was also principal of North Gwinnett High School, an assistant principal at Dacula High School and an athletics director at Shiloh High School.

Allen, meanwhile, has been in the education field for more than two decades, serving in various capacities, including as a teacher, coach, assistant principal, hearing officer and principal, a Bibb County School District biography said.

In addition to Bibb County, he has worked for Gwinnett and Barrow County school districts.

Unborn baby dies in wreck involving suspected drunk driver

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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Just two weeks after an unborn baby died in a Peachtree Corners-area accident, another unborn baby died in a wreck involving a suspected drunk driver.

On Sunday, a 22-year-old woman who was in her third trimester of pregnancy, her

23-year-old husband and their 2-year-old son were driving in their Toyota 4Runner on Winder Highway near Franklin Drive in Dacula when 37-year-old Lilburn resident Charles Rutledge, who is accused of driving under the influence, crossed the double yellow lines and hit the Nissan Sentra in front of them, according to Gwinnett County Police Depart-

ment spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera.

“Charles’s vehicle continued southbound in the northbound lanes and struck the blue Toyota 4Runner headon,” Pihera said. “(The husband, wife and child) were all transported to the hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries. After (the woman) See BABY, Page 3A

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A 47-year-old Winder man died early Monday morning after being ejected from his van, which he had lost control of as he tried to round a curve, police said. (Special Photo)

Winder man dies after being ejected from van

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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A 47-year-old Winder man died early Monday morning after being ejected from his van, which he had lost control of as he tried to round a curve, police said.

At about 3:45 a.m., Shawn Strackbein was driving his white GMC

Safari on Langford Road near Corner Oak Drive in unincorporated Norcross when he tried to navigate a curve in the road, according to Gwinnett County Police Department spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera.

Strackbein was unable to maintain control of the van and it “started to turn sideways,” Pihera said. It then hit a curb and started

to roll.

“According to the preliminary investigation, Shawn was not wearing a seatbelt,” Pihera said. “He was ejected out of the vehicle and died as a result of his injuries.”

No other vehicles were involved in the wreck, and the road was reopened at about 6 a.m.

Strackbein’s family has been notified of his death.

Buford Schools to create school police department

BY ISABEL HUGHES

SROs. While the district currently has a single safety official — she will head Buford City Schools will the police department — soon have its own, albeit none of the schools cursmall, police force, with rently have SROs. the hiring of two school “(We will order) three resource officers. vehicles, uniforms, equipAt its regular meetment — all those things,” ing Monday evening, the Buford City Schools Buford Board of Education Superintendent Robert approved the three-person Downs said. “(It will be) force: a chief and the two everything you need to run

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a police force for Buford City Schools.”

While no date has yet been set for the SRO hires, Downs said it will be “very shortly,” so that they are prepared for the 2019-2020 school year.

The proposed budget for the personnel portion of the force is $205,000.

This year’s school safety personnel budget was $60,000.

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was treated for her injuries, it was determined that her unborn baby died as a result of the collision.”

The husband has since been listed in stable condition, and the boy is expected to be discharged from the hospital soon.

It was not immediately clear if the woman in the Nissan Sentra was injured, nor whether Rutledge was hurt.

Because Rutledge is suspected of DUI, criminal charges “are likely following the conclusion of this investigation,” Pihera said.

Rutledge was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail on Monday morning with a hold for the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.

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Activity is key for arthritis DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 67-year-old black woman who’s been diagnosed with “a little arthritis” in my right hip. Now retired from a desk job, I unfortunately still am not getting enough exercise. My issue is that after sitting for a length of time, I’m in excruciating pain and can’t stand up at all.

Once I straighten up and get moving, the pain subsides.

I’ve been told “you’re getting old,” but I’m not old! I’m about 30 pounds overweight. Also, when I stand for any length of time, my lower back aches. Would taking a morning walk and a yoga class alleviate this problem? I’m so embarrassed when I get out of my car or get up from the dinner table.

— S.H. ANSWER: There are many types of arthritis, and the answer to your question varies a bit depending on type. I think you probably have the most common form, osteoarthritis, so I’m going to answer you assuming that’s the case.

Stiffness in the morning, quickly relieved by exercise, is a hallmark of osteoarthritis. It’s common, treatable and not something to be embarrassed about.

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Walking and yoga both are excellent ideas, but the best exercise is the one you will want to keep doing.

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Finally, severe arthritis can be treated surgically, with a joint replacement. That’s not a procedure to take lightly or have done too early.

DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column, you mentioned that your smartwatch warns you every hour to stand up. Is this a good idea?

What else is it good for?

— D.K. ANSWER: The evidence that standing periodically has health benefits is fair.

One study showed that when people did light intensity activity (such as walking) for two minutes a day instead of sitting, premature death rates were reduced. Prolonged sitting is associated with heart disease, diabetes and overall cancer rates. The evidence isn’t definitive, but it’s suggestive enough that I do get up and walk around (when I can) when my watch reminds me that I’ve been sitting for a long time.

It’s not 100 percent clear that exercise trackers like pedometers and more advanced devices, such as a smartwatch, increase activity for everyone. It clearly does motivate me. I think it’s a personal decision that needs to be made based on whether you need more exercise (nearly everyone would benefit) and whether it would be motivating.

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In 1915, Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary, was quarantined on North Brother Island in New York City.

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Grandparents worry about parents ignoring kids Dear Amy: As grandparents, my husband and I are so sad to witness the amount of time our children spend texting with their toddlers in the room.

I can’t tell you how many times we’ll hear, “Mommy (or Daddy) look what I made!”

The answer: “Uh-huh.

That’s nice!” without even one glance up to see the tower of blocks or the look on their child’s face as it turns from beaming pride to expressionless.

Or the grandkids will say, “Mommy/Daddy, come color with me!” And the response: “OK, just a minute,” turns into many minutes and another disappointed child.

We do all we can to compensate while we are visiting and they love the attention, but we’re not there every day, and we’re not their parents.

Before the children were born they said they would have a family rule of no phones for two hours in the evening, but they literally never put them down.

If we dare to say anything, they become defensive.

Please, tell young parents their children are watching!

Parents need to choose their children over their phones. There’s plenty of time to text after they go to bed.

— Concerned Grandparents Dear Grandparents: Although I overall agree with you, I find it

Candy Land and reading together.

The children raised by these ever-texting parents will very quickly become the adolescents who prefer their own phones to interacting with adults.

I have family members (young parents) who gave up their smartphones altoAmy Dickinson gether. One consequence is that their children seem to necessary to point out that be more imaginative, betparents have found ways ter behaved and just more to ignore their toddlers fun to be around. ever since there was such a Dear Amy: My husthing as toddlers. band and I plan on divorc(My mother basically ing. read her way through most We have an 18-year-old of her children’s sporting son who will be leaving events. What did I learn for college in August. from this? That she preWe don’t know when to ferred “Anna Karenina” to tell him. basketball. I found a way I think we should tell to cope.) him soon and my husband Parents are in it for the should move out before he long haul. Not every utgoes to college to help get terance and incidence in a him used to the idea. toddler’s world needs to be My husband thinks we met with a hearty “Good should wait and tell him job!” after he is in college, and However, I completely he will move out then. agree with you that the My son has worked so ubiquity of our smarthard and can be sensitive. I phones has taken this sort don’t want to mess him up of divided attention to a because of our mistakes. whole new level. (And is it — Worried Mom possible that these parents Dear Worried: I are less engaged with their think that you should wait kids when you are with until your son gets through them — because you are the spring of his senior there to pile on the attenyear, and enjoy alongtion?) side him all of the rituals Yes, without question, it related to graduating from is necessary to find ways high school. Knowing that to pay undivided attention you will separate might to young children, each make these experiences and every day. This means even more resonant for watching and celebrating you and your husband. as they build block towers, Separating during the playing endless rounds of summer might be bet-

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ter than waiting until he leaves for college. That way he can see where his dad chooses to live, and they can spend some time together in that setting.

College can be a tough adjustment, and if your sensitive son is worried about an unstable situation at home, it might make things harder for him.

I hope you and your husband can separate with some compassion toward each other. Don’t overshare with your son, don’t describe your marriage as a “mistake,” but do be honest, calm and loving toward him.

A counselor could help you to discuss, navigate and negotiate your breakup. I highly recommend it.

Dear Amy: Thank you for your response to “Not Lonely Woman,” who felt overwhelmed in her everyday interactions with people. I’m an outward extrovert (how friends may see me), and an inward introvert (how I know I am).

I really appreciated your suggestion that the person say she is “recharging her batteries.” I think I may use that.

— Quiet Dear Quiet: Please do!

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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Expand your interests, but don’t blow your budget. Balance and integrity will be required to reach your goal. Educational pursuits, travel and self-improvement projects are favored.

Gather facts, go directly to the source and leave no room for error. Make precision a priority to come out on top.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Rise above adversity and strive to be your best.

Make changes for the right reason, not because of what someone else does or says. Do things your way.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Take action and get things done.

Whether at work, school or home, set a goal and don’t stop until you meet your mark.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Emotional matters will escalate if you let someone interfere in your personal affairs.

Don’t discuss your love life, domestic matters or finances to avoid conflict, discord and meddling.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Dig in and get things done.

Use your imagination and put your heart and soul into accomplishing your goals. Make love, romance and improving your life priorities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Live and learn. Be observant and question anything you don’t understand. Don’t feel you must make a change just because someone else does. Watching from the sidelines will pay off.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Look at what you can do, not at what you cannot. Don’t let someone confuse you or cost you the chance to be a part of something great.

Do what feels right.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Emotions will run high. Channel your energy into positive pursuits and living up to the promises you made to yourself. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you or your generosity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Implement the changes you’ve been contemplating for so long. It’s time to shake things up and live the life you desire. Love and romance should highlight your day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t overreact or let anyone entice you to do something that isn’t in your best interest. Make domestic and lifestyle improvements. Put your health first.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A little charm, intelligence and desire will get you where you want to go. Personal changes should reflect your lifelong dreams. Romance is in the stars.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — You’ve got choices to make and you shouldn’t let anyone interfere with your goals. Move forward and put your plans in motion secretively to avoid discord.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Listen to suggestions, but don’t stretch your budget or set impossible goals. If you stick to tried-andtrue methods that have worked in the past, success will be yours.

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world&nation WORLD U.K. lawmakers to cast indicative votes on Brexit There were audible gasps in the U.K. Parliament on Monday night as lawmakers voted to seize control of the Brexit process from embattled Prime Minister Theresa May — the first time in over a century that MPs have taken over the parliamentary timetable from the government.

It was a pivotal moment in what has already been a rollercoaster few weeks in the Brexit process, dealing what could well be the final blow to May’s premiership and paving the way for a Brexit lawmakers can at last agree on.

MPs voted 329 to 302 in favor of an amendment giving them control of Parliament’s agenda today and clearing the way for a series of votes on alternatives to May’s widely criticized plan for the split with the European Union.

Executive branch takes on ACA

By Ariane de Vogue and Tami Luhby CNN

The Trump administration on Monday said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down, in a dramatic reversal.

In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed with the ruling of a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the Obama-era health care law.

In a letter Monday night, the administration said “it is not urging that any portion of the district court’s judgment be reversed.”

“The Department of Justice has determined that the district court’s comprehensive opinion came to the correct conclusion and will support it on appeal,” said Kerri Kupec, spokesperson for the Justice Department.

It’s a major shift for the Justice Department from when Jeff Sessions was attorney general. At the time, the administration argued that the community rating rule and the guaranteed issue requirement — protections for people with pre-existing conditions — could not be defended but the rest of the law could stand.

After the Justice Department took that position, federal District Judge Reed O’Connor struck

PEOPLE All charges against Jussie Smollett have been dropped

All charges against actor Jussie Smollett — who had been accused of staging a hate crime against himself in Chicago and filing a false police report about it — have been dropped, prosecutors and his attorneys said Tuesday.

The move is a dramatic reversal in a case in which police alleged just last month that the 36-year-old “Empire” actor hired two In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed with the acquaintances to attack ruling of a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the Obama-era health care law. In a him along a Chicago street letter Monday night, the Trump administration said “it is not urging that any portion of in late January to promote the district court’s judgment be reversed.” (File Photo: CNN) his career.

The Cook County down the entire law and by the new position. through Medicaid expanState’s Attorney’s Office the case is currently before Because the case is be- sion. didn’t immediately explain a federal appeals court. fore one of the most conObamacare saves senior why the 16 counts of Trump and the adservative appellate courts citizens money on their felony disorderly conduct ministration repeatedly in the country, it almost Medicare coverage and were dropped, except to promised — particularly guarantees that the issue prescription drugs. It lets say it came after reviewleading up to the midterm will return to the newly many Americans obtain ing the case’s facts, and in election — to protect solidified conservative free birth control, mamview of Smollett’s agreepeople with less-than-per- Supreme Court at some mograms and cholesment to forfeit his $10,000 fect medical histories. point. President Barack terol tests. And it allows bond. Parts of the case will be sealed, one of SmolBut this shift in the Jus- Obama’s former solicitor children to stay on their lett’s attorneys said. tice Department’s stance general, Donald Verrilli parents’ health insurance India’s Rahul doubles down on stripping — who once defended the plans until they turn 26.

Gandhi takes on away all the protections law before the Supreme And, even the Trump Justin Bieber that were a hallmark of Court — is now defending administration is using the Modi juggernaut taking break from the landmark heath reform the law on behalf of the landmark health reform He is the heir apparent law.

Democratic-led House. law to try to lower premusic to focus to India’s most powerful The administration’s Overturning the law scription drug prices. on mental health political dynasty. But over move didn’t only startle would have far-reaching The Trump administrathe next few months, Rahul In a lengthy Instagram supporters of the law. consequences — way be- tion would not defend the Gandhi will face an uphill One former official who yond disrupting coverage law in court so a coalition post on Monday the singer battle in the country’s genexplained that he sees the worked under Sessions for the millions of people of 21 Democratic states eral election campaign. messages from his followtold CNN Monday night who get their health insur- led by California stepped The 48-year-old was ers expressing a desire for that he, too, was surprised ance on the exchanges or in. born into the Nehru-Gandhi a new album. family, whose legacy is in“I’ve toured my whole tertwined with an indepenteenage life, and early that.” dent and democratic India.

20s, I realized and as you He is also president of the guys probably saw I was String of recent Yale rescinds India National Congress unhappy last tour and I suicides share — the main opposition to don’t deserve that and you acceptance of Prime Minister Narendra don’t deserve that, you connection with student whose Modi and his Hindu nationschool shootings pay money to come and alist Bharatiya Janata Party family paid for have a lively energetic fun (BJP). light concert and I was In the span of a week, admission The BJP has in the past unable emotionally to give three suicides have devasyear largely campaigned on you that near the end of Yale University has tated communities already a “non-dynasty, non-Conthe tour,” he wrote. rescinded the admission of linked by mass tragedies. gress” platform — promis- a student who was admitBieber released his Two were young surviing voters that only it can “Purpose” album in 2015 ted as part of the ongoing vors of last year’s massabring the progress that has and two years later ended college admissions scandal, cre at Marjory Stoneman eluded India for the last the first instance of a school Yale University has rescinded the admission of a student Douglas High School. One his tour early “due to unseven decades spent mostly doing so since the scheme foreseen circumstances.” who was admitted as part of the ongoing college admis- was the father of a child sions scandal, the first instance of a school doing so who was killed in the 2012 under Congress rule.

At the time he posted became public two weeks since the scheme became public two weeks ago. (CNN) Sandy Hook Elementary Gandhi in response a letter on Instagram to ago. has been campaigning on explain the tour cancellaYale has said two people School shooting. anti-Modi rhetoric. His tion. applied to the university simultaneously in two tournament.

Their deaths have party seeks to show that with fraudulent athletic criminal cases Monday, compounded the grief that the economy has suffered endorsements from womunsealing complaints that Pelosi says Barr still permeates Parkland, Alanis Morissette in the last five years and en’s soccer coach Rudy alleged he attempted to Florida, and Newtown, believes Trump is Connecticut. announces her that Modi’s promises have Meredith. One was denied extort more than $20 milfallen flat. admission despite the lion from Nike and that he ‘above the law’ Jeremy Richman, 49, next pregnancy endorsement, and the other committed wire and bank spent his final years chanin Instagram post House Speaker Nancy neling his anguish into Australian prime was admitted and was at- fraud.

Pelosi told House Demo- action.

Grammy winner Alanis tending Yale, the university Avenatti was arrested minister defends said on its website.

Morissette announced on Monday afternoon in Man- crats in a private meeting He lost his 6-year-old Tuesday that Attorney Instagram on Monday hattan, law enforcement daughter, Avielle, in the nation’s gun laws A Yale spokesman did that she is pregnant, via not provide any more infor- officials tell CNN. He was General William Barr’s Sandy Hook massacre.

Australia’s Prime Minis- mation on the student. words cannot be taken at Avielle was among the a photo of her sporting a released on a $300,000 ter Scott Morrison insisted face value, according to baby bump while singing.

The decision comes as bond Monday night and 20 children and six adults that foreign lobbyists multiple sources in the “So much NEWness,” Yale, USC, UCLA and said outside federal court killed. won’t influence his counmeeting, arguing Barr got other major universities that he is “highly confiSydney Aiello, 19, was a the caption read. try’s gun laws, after an This will be the deal with the fallout from dent” that he will be “fully the job in the first place 2018 graduate of Marjory investigative report alleged the sprawling scandal. by authoring a memo 44-year-old singer’s third exonerated.”

Stoneman Douglas High. the country’s far-right One Prosecutors have arrested criticizing special counsel She was a bubbly, outgochild with husband, rapThe criminal complaint Nation party had sought Robert Mueller’s obstruc- ing cheerleader who “was per Mario Treadway who 50 people, including 33 unsealed in the New York donations and guidance tion probe as “fatally wealthy parents, for carrycase describes a rapid always eager to say hello to goes by his stage name, from the National Rifle ing out a scheme to cheat investigation that unfolded misconceived.” everyone in the hallway,” a SoulEye. Association of America Pelosi told her cauTheir son Ever Imre, on standardized tests and/or over the course of just the former history teacher said.

(NRA). cus that Barr’s job is to bribe college coaches, who past six days, beginning On Saturday, a Stoneman was born in 2010 and In an Al Jazeera docudaughter, Onyx Solace, then helped the prospective March 19, and portrays Av- defend the President, and Douglas student died in mentary broadcast Monstudents gain admission by enatti as the brash persona Democrats should wait what police describe as “an was born in 2016. day, an undercover reporter falsely claiming they were In 2017, Morissette likely familiar to the public to see what’s in the full apparent suicide.” The stufilmed meetings between report. revealed to People magaathletic recruits. from his former represendent has not been publicly people who belong to the “We have to see the tation of adult-film actress identified, but CNN affiliate zine that she had suffered two groups. In multiple report,” Pelosi said, acStormy Daniels.

WFOR said the student was crippling postpartum sessions, recorded secretly, Avenatti charged cording to an aide in the symptoms with her chilAccording to the coma male sophomore.

NRA representatives dren and was still strugplaint, Avenatti met March room. “We cannot make a The circumstances with trying to advised on general tactics extort more than 19 with attorneys for Nike judgment on the basis of surrounding the student’s gling 14 months after the to weaken tough firearm an interpretation by a man death are not clear. It’s birth of her daughter to and threatened to release $20M from Nike restrictions. Al Jazeera who was hired for his job also not certain whether the point that “There are what he said were allegasaid its reporter spent three days I’m debilitated to the Federal prosecutors tions of misconduct by em- because he believes the the apparent suicide was years undercover to gather in Manhattan and Los point where I can barely ployees on the eve of both President is above the law related to last year’s mass information. and he wrote a 19-page move.”

Angeles charged attorney its quarterly earnings call shooting.

— From wire reports Michael Avenatti nearly — From wire reports and the start of the NCAA memo to demonstrate — From wire reports

NATION

Apple promises paying customers a safer digital world

By Seth Fiegerman CNN Business

For years, Apple has gone after the luxury market with its hardware products. Now, its latest luxury offering isn’t a gold smartwatch or a nearly $1,500 iPhone, but a safer digital life.

At a high-profile media event on Monday, a procession of Apple executives and celebrities laid out a compelling vision for a safer digital world for con-

to rise to our best selves in how we use, and choose to use, both our technology and our humanity.” sumers — one where privacy is At a time when there seem to paramount, real people review and be constant headlines about things recommend content, and families like Facebook data privacy scancan enjoy the piece of mind that dals, livestreamed shootings on comes from knowing their chilsocial platforms, and algorithms dren are watching age-appropriate inadvertently helping pedophiles videos in a protected environment. find videos of young children on “There has never been a moYouTube, Apple is dangling the ment quite like this one,” Oprah promise of better digital safeWinfrey said on stage at the event. guards for customers and their “We have this unique opportunity families.

MUST READ

The only catch: rising above the hellscape that is today’s internet experience will cost you.

Apple unveiled a series of potentially pricey subscription products and made safety a key part of its sales pitch for each.

A premium version of Apple News, complete with hundreds of magazines, was debuted with the promise of “user privacy” and human editors artisanally curating articles for readers. An original video streaming service will

emphasize inspiring and inclusive stories fit for the whole family. A new subscription gaming platform will launch without allowing any data collection.

The implicit message from Apple was clear: For those who can’t or won’t pay the extra monthly fees, there’s always the wild west of YouTube recommendation algorithms run amok and bottomless data collection on platforms like Facebook and Google. For everyone else, there’s Apple.

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it does still assist in that function — the agency’s more difficult to enforce,” deputies have issued 23 Rundles said. “We started citations since the Handsissuing appearance citations Free Georgia Act went into for the new law on Aug. 1, effect.

2018, after our decided 30Though agencies’ citaday grace period.” tion numbers matter, at its Just behind the Gwinnett core, the hands-free law is County Police Department, aimed at reducing distracted and leading the municidriving, which, in turn, pal police departments, is will hopefully decrease the the Lawrenceville Police number of accidents, the Department, which between Georgia Governor’s Office July 1, 2018, and Feb. 28, of Highway Safety said.

2019, recorded 1,693 citaSo far, most of the agentions issued by its officers. cies that have been keeping Suwanee Police Depart- track of accident numbers ment officers have issued have noted just that.

1,120 citations since the Lilburn has, thus far, seen hands-free law went into the greatest decrease: Since effect; Snellville Police the law went into effect, the Department officers have department has recorded issued 993 citations; Duluth 884 accidents, compared Police Department officers to 1,091 in the same time have issued 534; Lilburn period for the previous year, has issued 515, compared marking an 18.9 percent to 88 in the same time decrease. period prior to the law beDuluth reported that ing enacted; and Norcross, accidents have dropped 12 which had a 90-day grace percent, Snellville reported period after the law went an approximate 8 percent into effect, has issued 487. reduction in accidents and The Daily Post did not Norcross has seen about a 5 request numbers from the percent decrease in acciLoganville, Braselton or dents, though accidents with Auburn police departments, injuries are down 10 percent because those cities cross from 2017 to 2018 for the into other counties. department.

While traffic enforceThe Gwinnett County ment is not a primary duty Police Department recorded of the Gwinnett County about seven percent fewer Sheriff’s Office — though accidents, while the Su-

wanee Police Department saw 17 more accidents — or about a 1.7 percent increase.

Though the the preliminary accident decrease numbers are a good thing, AAA Georgia’s Director of Public Affairs Garrett Townsend said the ultimate goal is to attach a stigma to distracted driving, such as the stigma attached to drunk driving.

“We’re talking about something that people have been doing — operating phones in their cars — for many years, so it’s really going to take some time to really change behavior because we’ve just been doing it not even thinking twice about it,” he previously told the Daily Post.

“But we have to get to the point where a stigma is attached to distracted driving, particularly using a device, such as the stigma is about DUI and not wearing a seatbelt. This law takes us in that direction.”

For more information about ValuePenguin’s study, methodology or to see other counties’ rankings, visit valuepenguin.com/autoinsurance/worst-countygeorgia-distracted-driving.

Editor’s Note: The number of distracted driving citations each department has issued is as of early March.

•From Page 1A event, which brought more than 200 public safety officials and their families to Duluth’s Infinite Energy Forum.

Now in its 14th year, the Valor Public Safety Awards recognize the men and women who put their lives on the line daily to protect and serve the county while also presenting awards to a dozen or so outstanding first responders.

“Without exception, we are so fortunate here in Gwinnett County to have such quality organizations that (do) what needs to be done for this community,” said Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Charlotte Nash. “Those are the people that we are here to salute and provide our support to … all the public safety professionals in many different departments who deal with emergency situations all over Gwinnett County each and every day.”

This year’s Medal of Merit went to Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Jacob Baird for his work with the Gwinnett Reentry Intervention Program as well as the jail’s

Valor Rapid Response Team and the Civil Emergency Unit.

“Over the past year, Cpl. Baird has been instrumental in securing a $50,000 grant,” Sbarge said. “Since its inception, the GRIP program has assisted over 3,000 inmates upon release, and Cpl. Baird has helped reduce recidivism by 50 percent.”

Former Gwinnett County Police Department Assistant Chief Mandy Bayreuther and former Gwinnett County Department of Fire and Emergency Services Assistant Chief Dan Hansen, both of whom recently retired from their respective positions, were honored with the leadership award.

The Lifesaving Award went to Gwinnett County Police Department Lt. Wesley Barnhart and officers Patrick Crown and Richard Shelton for their quick thinking after a man got pinned by his car while going through a McDonald’s drive-thru.

Snellville Police Department Officer Brett Chism was awarded the Public Safety Person of the Year award for his community work.

Gwinnett County Public Schools School Resource Officer Ni-

colette McLeod was honored with the Silver Medal of Valor for her response to a student stabbing a teacher at Trickum Middle School, and firefighter Trent Garrison was awarded the Bronze Medal of Valor for rushing into a burning home in Lilburn and pulling out two victims.

The Gwinnett Metro Task Force was awarded the Unit of the Year for a large-scale marijuana grow house and trafficking bust in July.

Nash commended the honorees Tuesday, saying the county wouldn’t be what is is without them.

“Where would we be without (first responders’) willingness to confront crime and criminals faceto-face, to enter burning buildings or vehicles, to provide medical treatment for horrific injuries or CPR? … and where would we be without our 911 dispatchers?” Nash said. “These are just a few of the folks who protect and serve almost a million residents of this great county, and it’s their hard work and commitment that allows us to preserve the remarkable quality of life that makes Gwinnett County great.”

obituaries and Annie Frances Crouch

Juhan of Braselton, GA; brother, Billy Greene of She and her late husband, Grayson, GA; sister-inKathryn Best Bailey, age Lawrence Craig Childs, Sr. law, Charlotte Sullivan of 97, of Buford, GA passed (deceased 1988) lived in Snellville, GA; brotheraway on Friday, March 22, Lawrenceville, Ga, from in-law, S. Wayne Odum of 2019. She was preceded 1963 until 1977.

Snellville, GA; numerous in death by her husband of Survivors include her nieces, nephews, other relsixty-seven years, William children, Lawrence Craig atives and a host of friends Edward Bailey, Sr. She is Childs, Jr. (Katherine), An- in the Snellville area. survived by her daughter nie Maxwell “Sissy” Ervin, She was also preceded in and son-in-law, Kathryn Mary Emelyn “Mem” death by her parents, Hoyt Bailey Ludwig and husChilds, and Susan GorThomas Greene and Obeband, Russell, Buford, GA; don Childs; her beloved na Moon Greene, brother, son and daughter-in-law, grandchildren and great Rex Greene, father-in-law William Edward Bailey, grandchildren; and her cat, & mother-in-law, James Jr. and wife, Ann, Plano, Baby Crate.

Crawford and Nancy Ford TX; grandchildren, Julie Juhan, sister-in-law, Gloria A private burial at Page and husband, Adam, Elmwood Cemetery and “Sis” Odum, brothersRussell and April Brown, in-law, Crawford Juhan, a service to celebrate AnGraham and Karen Brown, nie’s life followed at Forest Arthur Juhan, and Buddy William Edward Bailey, Lake Presbyterian Church. & Ruth Greene. Mrs. III and wife, Andrea, In lieu of flowers, meJuhan was born in Atlanta, Kristen Amanda Bailey morials may be sent to Georgia, on June 9, 1924.

Neitzschman and husband, The Humane Society, 121 She was an incredible Mark; and ten great grand- Humane Lane, Columbia, wife, devoted mother, children, Anna Kathryn SC 29209 or to the charity devoted sister, homemaker Page, Katyn Bailey Page, and dedicated friend. Mrs. of one’s choice.

Christian Walker Page, Juhan supported her husMemories and condoEmily Grace Page, Hannah lences may be shared at band, Leon and brotherLee Brown, Joshua David ShivesFuneralHome.com. in-law, Crawford as they Brown, Jordan Andrew grew Leon Juhan Auto Lawrenceville Bailey, Taylor Reade BaiSales over the years. Her ley, Peyton Edward Bailey Edward M. Greer ability to survive mountand Kyler Cash Brown. ing health issues over the Edward M. Greer of Mrs. Bailey was born Auyears was remarkable to Lawrenceville, GA died gust 24, 1921 in Augusta, watch in a person’s suron Tuesday, March 26, GA. She was a graduate vival to live. This won2019. He was born on of Tubman High School, a January 9, 1940 in Kansas derful southern lady will 1941 graduate of Georgia be deeply missed by all City, MO. He is survived College for Women with that came in contact with by his wife, Dixie L. a Bachelor’s Degree in her during her remarkGreer of Lawrenceville, Math and a 1971 graduate able life. The Graveside GA; 2 sons, Keith Greer of West Georgia College Service Honoring the Life of Gladstone, MO and where she received her of Euthemia Greene Juhan Robert Greer of SmithMaster’s Degree. She was will be held on Wednesville, MO; sister, Patricia a retired teacher from day, March 27, 2019 at Lucito of Independence, DeKalb County School 2:00 PM at Haynes Creek MO; 2 grandsons. SerSystem having taught Primitive Baptist Church vices to be held at a later from 1953 until 1986.

Cemetery, with Rev. Brian date in Kansas City, Mo. She worked for the Labor Evans officiating. The Arrangements by Wages Department in Washington, family will receive friends & Sons Funeral Home, DC from 1941 until 1945. on Wednesday, March 27, 1031 Lawrenceville Mrs. Bailey was a member 2019 from 12:00 PM until Highway Lawrenceville, of Jamestown Society in GA 30046. 770-277-4550. 1:30 PM at the funeral good standing, a member home. Condolences may Online condolences at of Daughters of the Ameribe sent or viewed at www. www.wagesandsons.com. can Revolution, a member wagesfuneralhome.com. of Colonial Dames and a Tom M. Wages Funeral member of Hamilton Mill Service, LLC, “A FamUnited Methodist Church ily Company,” Snellville in Dacula, GA. Graveside Chapel 770-979-3200 service will be held on has been entrusted Snellville Thursday, March 28, 2019 with the arrangements. at 12:00 noon at WestoMrs. Euthemia ver Memorial Park, 2601 Greene Juhan Wheeler Road, Augusta, Mrs. Euthemia Greene GA 30904. In lieu of flowJuhan, age 94, of Snellers, memorial donations ville, Georgia went home may be made to Hamilton Lawrenceville to be with her Lord and Mill United Methodist Savior on Sunday, March Church, General Fund, in memory of Kathryn Bailey. 24, 2019 at The Oaks at Braselton. She was preceded in death by her first Columbia, SC husband, Byron Mitchell Mrs. Annie Childs who died on August 5, (Alford) 1949, her second husband Frederick S. Long Annie Mack Childs, 86, of 62 years, F. Leon Juhan Frederick Sebastian of Columbia, died Friday, who died on April 12, “Teddy” Long, age 78, March 22, 2019. Born 2016 and her son, Joe Juof Lawrenceville was reSeptember 26, 1932, in han who died on January Columbia, she was a 13, 2015. She is survived ceived peacefully into the Lord’s arms on Thursday, daughter of the late Dr. by her son & daughterMarch 21,2019 surroundJames Gordon Halford in-law, Jimmy and Sandy Buford

Kathryn Bailey (Best) Halford of Johnston, SC.

ed by his family. Fred was born to Russell and Regina Long December 17, 1940 in Foley, Alabama.

Fred was an avid fan of the Atlanta Braves and very well loved throughout the community. A devout Catholic, Fred was an active member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Lilburn where he served as an usher for many years. He retired from Lucent Technology in 1996.

Fred was survived by his daughters, Michelle Costantino (Cory) of Lawrenceville and Regina Cook of Summerville, Ga; grandchildren Jeff Cook (Abby) of Summerville Ga, Savannah Cook of Ringgold Ga, Katelyn and Kiersten Costantino of Lawrenceville Ga; great grandchildren Addison, Jaxon and Grayson Cook; brother Elmer Long (Paula) of Granite City, Il; and sister Mildred Long of Foley, Al. Fred is preceded in death by parents Russell and Regina Long; brothers Joseph, Emmett and Howard Long; and sisters Betty Zukowski and Winnie Proctor.

The family will receive visitors Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Wages and Sons Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, Ga from 6:00-8:00 pm. A funeral mass will be held Friday, March 29, 2019 at 11:00 am at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Lilburn, Ga with final interment to follow at Gwinnett Memorial Park in Lawrenceville, Ga.

Garner and Randy Peevy, Sugar Hill, GA; son, Dale and Barbara Lancaster, Loganville, GA; four grandchildren, Tate, Shelley, Chase, Ashley; ten great grandchildren, Ethan, Merle, Kayne, Jayden, Piper, Cameron, Sydney, Lawson, Madison, Skylar; sisters, Elsie Loving Parker, Buford, GA, Barbara Ann Loving, Loganville, GA; brother, Dewey and Betty Loving, Buford, GA; brotherin-law, Luther Hanson, Buford, GA; sister-inlaw and brother-in-law, Carolyn and Samuel Parks, Buford, GA; special friends, Sybil and Stanley Pruett, Buford, GA, Martha Boggs, Buford, GA; Brenda Teems; Sugar Hill, GA; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mrs. Marsingill was born August 16, 1939 in Jefferson, GA. She received her education at Buford High School. She was a homemaker and a member of the Buford Church of God. “Willie Nell has had a long journey, but heaven is much brighter with her smile when she met her savior.” Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth Parker and Pastor Joey Grizzle officiating. Interment will follow the service at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens, Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home prior to the service from 10:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

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Willie Nell Lancaster Marsingill Willie Nell Lancaster Marsingill, age 79, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2019. She was preceded in death by her first husband of forty-three years, Jack Lancaster; second husband, Larry Marsingill; parents, Jack and Lizzie Loving; sister, Lucille Hanson; and brother, Leroy Loving.

She is survived by her daughter, Paula Lancaster

Samuel Lanier Solomon Samuel Lanier Solomon, 77, of Commerce, GA, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, March 23, 2019, following complications from surgery.

Born in Waycross, GA to Pauline Bagley and Petis Lee Solomon, he grew up on a tobacco farm and

was never afraid of hard work. After high school he joined the United States Air Force and spent time overseas. Later he would begin working for the United States Postal Service. He reenlisted into the Georgia Air National Guard in 1976. He retired as Master Sergeant of the 116th Tactical Fighter Wing in 1993 and from the Postal Service in 1999.

On November 7, 1970, he married the love of his life, Coni Gail Halligan.

They had two children, Staci Lyn, born in 1971 and Andrew Lanier, born in 1977.

Since retirement his life revolved around his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was a very active man that took care of himself and his family.

He loved his church family at Berea Baptist where he worshipped regularly.

He is survived by his daughter, Staci Lyn Solomon Moon (Olin Johnson) of Commerce, GA; sonin-law, David Moon of Pendergrass, GA; daughter-in-law, Joy Jordan Solomon of Panama City Beach, FL; grandchildren, Jeremy Moon (Brooke), Noah Moon (Megan), Sarah Gail Moon, Elie Solomon and Gracie Solomon; great-grandchildren, Grayson Davis, Georgia Lyn Moon, Elijah Lanier Moon and Dakota Griffin; sister, Faye Solomon Carter of Hortense, GA; brother, Lee Solomon of College Station, TX; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his bride of 41 years, Coni Gail Halligan Solomon; son, Andrew Lanier Solomon; mother, Pauline Bagley Solomon Spurlock; father, Petis Lee Solomon; and brothers, Lamar Solomon and Richard “Sonny” Solomon.

He was a greatly loved, remarkable, intelligent man that led by example and touched many lives.

Services were held Tuesday, March 26 at 2 p.m. at the Bernstein Funeral Home Chapel in Athens, GA with Rev. Sam Henderson officiating.

There will also be a memorial service with military honors that will be announced at a later date.

Bernstein Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. www.BernsteinFuneralHome.com

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GGC men’s tennis winning streak up to 100 matches

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It’s usually Georgia Gwinnett College’s tennis team versus the world. Everyone wants to be the ones who stop the streak.

On Tuesday, the men had unprecedented crowd support for their unprecedented

100th straight victory.

Fellow athletes packed the stands, providing the Grizzlies’ doubles teams with a massive early boost at the program’s complex in Lawrenceville.

“We felt like we had a major advantage with all the fans that came out,” said head coach Chase Hodges, the architect of five con-

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Awesome.”

GGC rode those early points to a 9-0 defeat of No. 21 Northwestern Ohio and pushed the nation’s longest collegiate winning streak into triple digits.

“It’s hard to believe,” Hodges said. “I kind of don’t have words, which doesn’t normally happen, but 2015, it’s been going on for four years now. I’m just really proud of all the Grizzlies that have been a part of this streak.

“There’s a lot of pride in our program and what we’ve been able to accomplish.”

The streak started on April 4, 2015, with a 5-3 win against West Florida

The Georgia Gwinnett College men’s tennis team celebrates after its 100th straight win Tuesday, a 9-0 sweep of No. 21 Northwestern Ohio in Lawrenceville. (Photo: GGC Athletics)

— one of 30 wins against NCAA Division II opponents. Half the vanquished have come from the NAIA ranks, but the Grizzlies also have toppled nine Division I teams during their run.

“We really didn’t think about 100 until we got to this season,” Hodges said.

“We were just going along.

We had 82 going into this season and as you get a little

closer to that three-digit number, you start thinking about it more and more. I’d be lying if I said we didn’t talk about it, but we didn’t talk about it at all until this season.”

Combined with the women’s 9-0 sweep of Northwestern Ohio, Hodges’ win total at GGC is at 250. He has guided the men to five national titles and

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Both teams are No. 1 in the NAIA polls.

“I want to congratulate the guys,” said top-ranked Madeline Bosnjak, who led the women to their 12th win of the season on the adjacent courts. “They’ve been working really hard and I want them to enjoy the day as a team. I think it’s great that the focus is on them today because it’s been years and years that the program has been successful.”

There have been some close calls this season, including a 5-4 win over Emory on Feb. 16 and a 4-3 victory against Barry on March 5.

Tuesday was not one of those days.

GGC ripped off three straight doubles wins with the crowd roaring in its favor. The baseball team had its game canceled with rain clouds looming and dozens of players made the short drive over to the tennis complex. They provided a lot of the atmosphere, and it showed on the grinning faces of senior Ayed Zatar and sophomore Federico Bonacia playing on the near No. 1 doubles court.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Javyn Nicholson COLLINS HILL • SENIOR

University of North Carolina senior Chip Ness celebrates a victory at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The Buford grad became Gwinnett County’s first two-time AllAmerican in the tourney.

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Ness makes county history Buford grad is Gwinnett’s first two-time All-American wrestler

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com Javyn Nicholson led Collins Hill’s girls basketball team to a state runner-up finish as a senior. (Staff Photo: David Friedlander)

Nicholson lives up to hype, helps Eagles back to finals

By David Friedlander Ever since Javyn Nicholson arrived at Collins Hill’s girls basketball program with the rest of the Class of 2019, the bar was set pretty high.

“Since she was a freshman, it’s been a conversation that we’ve been having on getting there (to the state title game),” Collins Hill girls coach Brian Harmon said of the 6-foot-3 post. “So that group

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that we have this year, it was their fourth shot at trying to get there.

It’s one of those MORE things where INSIDE the goal is to The Daily Post’s get there, but all-county basketwithout her, it ball teams, 2B doesn’t happen.”

After three near-misses, Collins Hill returned to the state championship game for the first time

since 2007, when Maya Moore led the Eagles to the last of their five state titles.

While this year’s trip to the finals came up just short with a 60-53 loss to Westlake, Nicholson and her fellow classmates leave knowing they helped bring the program back to statewide prominence with its first state tournament appearances since those

glory days.

“I definitely feel like we proved we could play with the best teams in Georgia,” the 2019 Daily Post Girls Player of the Year said.

“I feel like it would’ve put the cherry on top if we would’ve gotten that last one. It’s disappointing, but it did happen.”

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BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jamir Chaplin MEADOWCREEK • SENIOR

Minute adjustments prove beneficial to Chaplin, Mustangs

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@gwinnettdailypost.com

Jamir Chaplin didn’t come into the 2018-19 high school basketball season looking to reinvent himself as a player.

Given that he was a first-team All-State selection from Meadowcreek’s Class AAAAAAA state championship team from last year, that was hardly necessary.

The 6-foot-4 senior wing didn’t even need to change his role that much this year, given that he was already something of a team leader.

But with three starters from last year’s title team lost to graduation and a handful of newcomers — albeit a pair high-profile ones — Chaplin did think an adjustment to what he did and how he would do it for the Mustangs for this See CHAPLIN, Page 2B

Jamir Chaplin led Meadowcreek’s boys basketball team to a state runner-up finish as a senior. (Staff Photo: David Friedlander)

Two thrilling victories in Pittsburgh put University of North Carolina senior Chip Ness in rare company.

The Buford graduate became Gwinnett County’s first two-time All-American at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, in addition to becoming just the fourth Georgia native to accomplish the feat. Though he fell short of a national title — he ended up sixth — he made his mark with All-American honors for the second straight season at college wrestling’s marquee event, which concluded Saturday.

“I was really looking forward to making finals and I definitely had a huge goal of winning and becoming a national champ and making a legacy for myself,” Ness said Sunday after he arrived back in Chapel Hill, N.C. “The goal was to try to be the best Georgia wrestler ever.

I wasn’t exactly able to accomplish that, but I did pretty well for myself.

Growing up (in Georgia), I don’t feel like I had many Georgia college wrestlers to look up to. I feel like a lot of high school stars compete with any of them and go to to next level, and Georgia wrestlers didn’t pan out for whatever reason.

“I want to be that example of how to sustain success and have enough work ethic to achieve my goals to be an All-American and be an inspiration to little kids (in Georgia).”

Ness clinched AllAmerican honors at 184 pounds Friday night when he reached the semifinals with a win over 10thseeded Sam Colbray of Iowa State. He scored a takedown with less than 10 seconds remaining, earning

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Grayson to host Gwinnett hoops all-star games From Staff Reports Gwinnett County’s senior basketball talent will be celebrated this week at Grayson, which hosts the county’s annual all-star doubleheader.

The Gwinnett County Senior All-Star Games’ girls matchup is slated for 6 p.m. Thursday, followed by the boys at 8 p.m.

Between the two games, the Gwinnett Tipoff Club will present its all-county awards for the 2018-19 season.

The rosters for the games are as follows: BOYS Team Cooper Jalen Benjamin, Meadowcreek Mekhail Bethea, Dacula Eric Coleman, Buford Damian Dunn, Meadowcreek Marcus Eiken, Hebron Devin Evans, Duluth Reco Hallmon, Grayson Ian Hardy, Discovery J.D. Kavel, Wesleyan Hunter McIntosh, GAC Issa Muhammad, Norcross Donell Nixon, Buford Leslie Nkereuwem, Discovery Kam Oyola, Peachtree Ridge Ivan Souffrant, Archer C.J. Walker, Brookwood Jamiel Wright, Parkview Team Robinson Landon Alex, Collins Hill Nahiem Alleyne, Mountain View Kahleel Bagley, Central Gwinnett Shamar Brown, South Gwinnett Jamir Chaplin, Meadowcreek Roy Dixon, GAC

Jehloni James, Lanier Chandler Johnston, North Gwinnett B.J. Knight, Peachtree Ridge Kendall Lewis, Shiloh Hasahnn Reynolds, Discovery Cam Rowland, Mountain View Truitt Spencer, Berkmar Jevon Tatum, Grayson Brenden Tucker, Dacula GIRLS Team Diaz Amaya Adams, Central Gwinnett Kiki Adams, Brookwood Mariah Callaway, Brookwood Mekala Fuller, Lanier Madison Gatewood, Archer Amari Heard, Archer Aalayah Henry, Parkview Hanaa Jemal, Shiloh Nala Lawrence, Lanier Leah McCoy, South Gwinnett Kyasia Overstreet, Discovery Makayla Schymanski, North Gwinnett Diarra Smith, Central Gwinnett Alea Spears, Brookwood Myra Strickland, Norcross Maya Timberlake, GAC Team Williams Yewande Bello, Peachtree Ridge Kendall Bollmer, Dacula Ashleigh Boulin, Duluth Tionna Carter, Norcross Katherine Fernandez, North Gwinnett Gabrielle Jester, Parkview Erika McLeod, Shiloh Armani Milton, Central Gwinnett Kayla Mulkey, Mill Creek Madison Riley, Mill Creek Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu, Norcross Arianna Silva, Archer Kalen Surles, Lanier Torey Walker, Duluth Kennedi Williams, GAC

Nicholson, Smith lead Gwinnett Tipoff Club honors From Staff Reports Collins Hill’s Javyn Nicholson and Grayson’s Deivon Smith earned the top awards from the Gwinnett Tipoff Club, which announced its season-ending honors.

All players earning awards will be recognized during Thursday’s Gwinnett all-star basketball games at Grayson.

Nicholson helped Collins Hill to a state runnerup finish, averaging 13.6 points, a Gwinnett-best 15.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 2.1 steals and 2.3 blocks.

Smith averaged 17.4 points, 9.3 rebounds, 6.6 assists, 2 steals and 2.1 blocks for the Rams’ state playoff team.

Gwinnett’s state championship teams and coaches shared the team of the year and coach of the year awards — the Buford boys and Eddie Martin, the Buford girls and Gene Durden and the Lanier girls and Tim Slater.

Dacula’s Keyanna Gibbs and Buford’s Preston Reid were given the club’s Joe Marelle Award for persevering through adversity.

The club also chose its all-county teams and scholar-athletes. Those award-winners are as follows: BOYS All-County First Team Nahiem Alleyne, Mountain View Jalen Benjamin, Meadowcreek Brandon Boston, Norcross Jamir Chaplin, Meadowcreek Sion James, Lanier Hunter McIntosh, GAC Donell Nixon, Buford Leslie Nkereuwem, Discovery Kyle Sturdivant, Norcross Marcus Watson, Buford Second Team Mekhail Bethea, Dacula Eric Coleman, Buford Damian Dunn, Meadowcreek B.J. Knight, Peachtree Ridge

Hasahnn Reynolds, Discovery Ben Sheppard, GAC Jabiri Smith, Collins Hill Jevon Tatum, Grayson Brenden Tucker, Dacula Jaden Walker, Discovery GIRLS All-County First Team Kiki Adams, Brookwood Avyonce Carter, Wesleyan Bria Harmon, Collins Hill Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu, Norcross Jordan Releford, Collins Hill Lazaria Spearman, Dacula Myra Strickland, Norcross Kalen Surles, Lanier Tate Walters, Buford Sacha Washington, Parkview Second Team Kendall Bollmer, Dacula Malia Fisher, North Gwinnett Mekala Fuller, Lanier Amari Heard, Archer Paige Lyons, Wesleyan Kayla Mulkey, Mill Creek Diarra Smith, Central Gwinnett Alea Spears, Brookwood Torey Walker, Duluth Kennedi Williams, GAC Academic All-County Archer: Gabe Price, Maya Jackson Berkmar: Uba Ezigbo, Fatou Barry Brookwood: Spencer Davidson, Mia Bongcaron Buford: Kyle Ryczek, Katelyn Klein Central Gwinnett: Glenn Olumba, Stephanie Nkwankwo Collins Hill: Ty Olson, Katherine Fourie Dacula: Mekhail Bethea, Jin Sileo Discovery: Leslie Nkereuwem, Keyara Wooden Duluth: Stephen Daniels, Ashleigh Boulin GAC: Jaida Hall Grayson: Xavier Ayres, Madison Bonds Hebron: Cannon Harman, Gracie Jackson Lanier: Jalen Surles, Christabel Ezumah Meadowcreek: Jabari Bailey, Helen Udeochu Mill Creek: Alex Garrison, Ellie McIntyre Mountain View: Jawdat Razeq, Kaylee George Norcross: Daniel Ramsey, Tionna Carter North Gwinnett: Ryan Cooper, Ansley Kiefer Parkview: Evan Travis, Mya Matthews Peachtree Ridge: Aaron Ogunlana, Lauren Edwards Providence: Sam Burnette, Sarah Orji Shiloh: James Little, Philli King South Gwinnett: Alira Allen Wesleyan: Callie Weaver

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•From Page 1B With a dramatic increase As it stands, a senior in minutes, Nicholson — season in which Nicholson and fellow seniors Bria averaged 15 points, 14.4 Harmon, Jordan Releford rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.6 and Katherine Fourie — steals and 1.9 blocked shots had to be well-conditioned per game demonstrated just to handle the increasingly how much she could make physical demands of their happen on the court. roles.

Her specific role on the Nicholson came into the team didn’t change this 2018-19 campaign well season, but she did have a prepared. major adjustment to make.

“For me, it just meant I “This year, for her had to work harder,” she and everybody else, they said. “I had high expectadidn’t come off the floor,” tions, and (because) I did Harmon said. “So all of her so well in the summertime, ability was able to come there was a lot of hype out this year. She could around my name. So I handle the ball. She could knew had to work harder shoot the ball. A lot of it is and perform better and just getting reps, but this is really produce and show the first year people really what I can do every day. played us that way.”

“Just making sure I’m The way opponents delifting weights and jumpfensed Nicholson and the ing rope (was the key to Eagles meant seeing more my conditioning). Just packed-in zones than ever things like that to make

sure I’m jumping quicker and running faster just to prepare myself.”

Even with her Collins Hill career over, Nicholson is still looking to prepare herself, this time for the transition to the college game once she heads to the University of Georgia as one of the Bulldogs’ most prized freshmen this summer.

Harmon is convinced she is well equipped to thrive on the college level, and perhaps even beyond.

“If she continues to work like she did this year, the sky’s the limit,” Harmon said. “I think it’s in her mind to go to the WNBA (eventually). I think she’s capable of doing anything if she puts her mind to.

“She knows she can score the ball. She’s got great feet. She really works

hard to develop her moves and understanding how to get a shot off. So I think she’s going to be pretty confident moving forward.”

Before she moves forward, Nicholson doesn’t mind taking one last look back on the legacy she and her fellow seniors leave behind, one she is confident the underclassmen will carry on to help Collins Hill stay near the top of Georgia’s prep ranks.

“Maturity,” Nicholson said when asked what she hopes the biggest impression she leaves for the underclassmen. “They have to mature within themselves as players, and with each other. Leadership — they have to talk about everything, and just make sure everybody’s on the same page, everybody’s locked in, everybody’s ready to play.”

Chaplin •From Page 1B season was in order.

“It was a lot of pressure trying to win the state title again,” the 2019 Gwinnett Daily Post Boys Player of the Year said. “We had some newcomers in (Dominick) Dunn and (Jalen) Benjamin. They came in hoping to get to that level and actually get past it.

“So it was not that much pressure on me, (but) pressure on the team. You could tell we were ready, but we just couldn’t finish it off.”

Chaplin and the Mustangs didn’t quite finish off a repeat of last year’s title, falling to nationally ranked and undefeated McEachern 62-54 in this year’s finals, but they definitely showed they were able to make the necessary adjustments to make another deep tournament run despite having a much different makeup.

After fitting in like a glove with Meadowcreek’s twin towers Amari Kelly and Cory Hightower during last year’s title run, Chaplin found himself as being among the Mustangs’ tallest players this year.

While he didn’t totally abandon his strengths of playing out on the wing and driving to the rim, he did have to move down to the low block on occasion this season, particularly on the defensive end of the court.

It’s a role he wasn’t totally unfamiliar with, and certainly wasn’t uncomfortable in fulfilling.

“I played the four and a little bit of five in AAU, so I kind of got a little taste of that,” Chaplin said. “Last year when Amari and Cory would get in foul trouble, I would always have to go down low.

“So it affected me a little bit because I love facing the basket, but I didn’t mind playing with my back to the basket.”

His numbers didn’t suffer from the occasional shift, nor from the presence of Dunn and Benjamin, both of whom lived up to the high-scoring reputations they had when they moved into the Meadowcreek district from out of state last summer.

Chaplin averaged 15.6 points and 6.2 rebounds per game, both of which ranked second on the team,

ALL-COUNTY BASKETBALL BOYS Player of the Year: Jamir Chaplin, Sr., Meadowcreek The South Florida-bound senior was a key component in helping the Mustangs to the Class AAAAAA state championship game for the second straight year, averaging 15.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.2 blocked shots per game for the state runners-up Coach of the Year: Cory Cason, Discovery Cason guided the Titans to a breakout year in just their fourth season since the school opened, setting a new school record with 23 wins, as well as securing the program’s first region championship, first state tournament appearance and first trip to the Class AAAAAA state quarterfinals FIRST TEAM Brandon Boston, Jr., Norcross 18.4 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.9 spg, 0.9 bpg Hunter McIntosh, Sr., Greater Atlanta Christian 19.1 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.0 apg, 3.0 spg Deivon Smith, Jr., Grayson 17.4 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 6.6 apg, 2.0 spg, 2.1 bpg Kyle Sturdivant, Sr., Norcross 14.0 ppg, 5.7 apg Marcus Watson, Sr., Buford 17.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1.5 spg SECOND TEAM Nahiem Allenye Sr., Mountain View Jalen Benjamin, Sr., Meadowcreek Sion James, Jr., Lanier Kendall Lewis, Sr., Shiloh Donell Nixon, Sr., Buford THIRD TEAM B.J. Knight, Sr., Peachtree Ridge Leslie Nkereuwem, Sr., Discovery Jabiri Smith, Jr., Collins Hill Jevon Tatum, Sr., Grayson Brendan Tucker, Sr., Dacula GIRLS Player of the Year: Javyn Nicholson, Sr., Collins Hill The 6-foot-3 senior was a major force in helping the Class AAAAAAA state runner-up Eagles back to the championship game for the first time since 2007, averaging 15 points, 14.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.9 blocked shots per game. She is signed to play college ball at Georgia Coach of the Year: Tim Slater, Lanier In his first season at Lanier, Slater led the Longhorns to the school’s first state championship. The team’s 29 wins also set a new school record and the Region 8-AAAAAA championships was also a program first FIRST TEAM A.C. Carter, Jr., Wesleyan 17.9 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 3.3 apg, 2.6 spg, 1.0 bpg Bria Harmon, Jr., Collins Hill 16.3 ppg, 4.6 apg, 2.1 spg Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu, Sr., Norcross 17.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 3.3 apg, 4.0 spg, 0.5 bpg Myra Strickland, Sr., Norcross 17.2 ppg, 2.8 apg, 3.2 spg Sacha Washington, Soph., Parkview 15.0 ppg, 15.1 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.6 spg, 2.1 bpg SECOND TEAM Malia Fisher, Soph., North Gwinnett Jordan Releford, Sr., Collins Hill Lazaria Spearman, Fr., Dacula Kalen Surles, Sr., Lanier Tate Walters, Jr., Buford THIRD TEAM Kiki Adams, Sr., Brookwood Kaleigh Addie, Fr., GAC Kamryn Collins, Jr., Mountain View Christabel Ezumah, Jr., Lanier Jazmin Robinson, Sr., Grayson

as well as a team-best 1.2 blocked shots per game and 1.5 steals per game, tied for the team lead.

While much of that production can be chalked up to an ability and confi-

dence he’s built up in his game over the years, he also gives credit to Meadowcreek coach Curtis Gilleylen.

The two have known each other since Chaplin

was growing up in DeKalb County, where Gilleylen was coaching at the time.

That relationship only grew when Chaplin moved into Meadowcreek district, and Gilleylen took the Mustangs head coaching job three seasons ago.

So when Gilleylen asked him to take on a slightly different role this season, Chaplin was happy to oblige.

“I knew Coach G from a long time ago, and he already knew what my potential was because I showed it at a very young age,” Chaplin said. “He already knew (to tell me), ‘Jamir, I need you to get to this point and … hang out that leadership.’”

Despite Chaplin’s versatility and production, it took him a while to get college scholarship offers from Division I programs.

Those offers kept coming in, even after he signed to play for former Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory at South Florida. While he admits he played with a bit of a chip on his shoulder for how late those offers eventually came in, he said he also became more easygoing once that recruiting process ended.

“Yeah, it made (the season) more fun,” Chaplin said. “That was a big monkey off my back. I had gotten off to a good start (after) committing to South Florida. It was a big gamechanger for me. It took a lot of pressure off me.”

Chaplin’s next adjustment won’t likely be changing anything about his game, but fine-tuning it as has heads off to the college ranks at South Florida this summer.

He is also reflective about the legacy he leaves behind at Meadowcreek, not only with the basketball program, but during an age of success by several different teams rarely seen during the school’s history.

“The first state championship at Meadowcreek (in basketball) — I was very glad to have been there to do that”, Chaplin said. “When I first came to Meadowcreek, I knew that was a mindset that I could (help) do it.

“It’s a big movement.

Everybody can see my competitiveness and my will to win, and it seems like our whole community is following that.”

ECHL implementing goal review system From Staff Reports PRINCETON, N.J. — The ECHL is implementing the use of video review of goals league wide for the 2019-20. For the first time in ECHL history, referees will be able to review video streams from overhead cameras located above each goal and make decisive rulings directly from the ice using a tablet

device.

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and puck crossing the goal line prior to time expiring.

The league tested the technology provided by Sporfie in four arenas this season and will expand it to the other 23 facilities, including the Atlanta Gladiators’ Infinite Energy Arena, next season.

“The ECHL had been looking for an instant replay system to implement league-wide, however,

the solution needed to be cost effective and nimble enough to work with the variations in venue setups and infrastructure we have across the League,” ECHL commissioner Ryan Crelin said. “After witnessing the success of Sporfie’s instant highlights solution with a majority of our teams, we saw an opportunity to leverage that technology for our officials as well.”

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Conclusion of Mueller report is no surprise The saga that is the Mueller Report is a consequence of what happens when you begin with a conclusion and then desperately seek evidence you hope will confirm it.

The conclusion: Donald Trump was illegitimately elected Cal and that he and/ Thomas or his campaign conspired with the Russians to undermine Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy.

A summary of the report delivered to Congress Sunday by Attorney General William Bar says Special Counsel Robert Mueller “found no evidence President Donald Trump’s campaign ‘conspired or coordinated’ with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election but reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice.”

The president claimed “full exoneration.” Democrats claim Mueller only suggested there was insufficient evidence to prove obstruction of justice and that, as the report says, “It does not exonerate him.”

Democrats will have a hard time making that case with the public because of their stalwart defense of former FBI Director James Comey who said of Hillary Clinton and her email server, “Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.”

So committed are Democrats to their narrative that Trump is crooked, unfit, unqualified, unstable and unsuitable for the presidency, that no amount of evidence to the contrary will keep them from continuing investigations. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., says he intends to ask Attorney General Barr to testify before his committee. We can expect plenty of grandstanding by Democratic committee members if that happens.

This is all the Democrats have, other than their presidential candidates promising the moon along with higher taxes to help them reach their impossible social dream.

As The Wall Street Journal noted in a Saturday editorial: “Starting about the time of Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, the press ran story after story based on anonymous ‘intelligence sources’, purporting to establish links between the Trump presidential campaign, or various individuals in the Trump orbit to, well, to what was never exactly clear — whether Vladimir Putin himself or ‘the Russians.’ This in turn led to multiple congressional investigations, much of them centered on the FBI’s handling of these matters.”

As a result of the Mueller probe, several key Trump advisers have admitted crimes or been convicted since the election, writes The Guardian — George Papadopoulos, Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn, Rick Gates andPaul Manafort. Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, was recently sentenced on tax and bank fraud charges that date back before the 2016 campaign. Trump was not implicated.

The Mueller investigation is estimated to have cost the U.S. taxpayers about $25 million. Given the results, the report is not worth the expenditure.

The full report should be released as soon as possible, but even that is unlikely to satisfy Democrats, many of whom hate the president and look for any opportunity to harm him politically. But the report won’t stop the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, whose office is investigating Trump’s businesses prior to and even after becoming president.

Nothing will stop the Democrats from coming after the Trump administration.

One is reminded of what Sir Winston Churchill said in a different context after a small British victory near the start of World War II: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

That will likely be the mantra of Democrats leading up to the 2020 election. They have only just begun. Voters will have the last word and it may harm Democrats if the president is seen as being persecuted for partisan reasons.

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

God chose her to be a beggar Sister Margaret Mary didn’t think she was up to the job.

Nine years ago, during her 40th year of religious service, she had been assigned the most difficult role of her life: fulltime beggar at the Little Sisters of the Poor retirement residence in Pittsburgh.

Little Sisters of the Poor is a Roman Catholic order founded in France in 1839 by St. Jeanne Jugan. Its mission is to care for the elderly poor in their last chapter of life. Today, 172 LSP homes in 31 countries serve nearly 12,000 aged poor.

The sisters vow poverty, chastity, obedience — and hospitality. You won’t find a more cheerful or meticulous environment than an LSP home.

Since its founding in 1872, the Pittsburgh home has given love, dignity and care to more than 10,000 elderly poor, enabled by a fundraising tradition that St. Jeanne originated nearly two centuries ago: Sisters literally beg for support.

The alms that “begging sisters” seek from local merchants, benefactors and churchgoers are essential. In the U.S., Medicaid only covers 30 percent of each home’s cost. The alms cover the

giving her life to God, her mother said, “God gave you to me and your father to help us heal from the loss of your brother. Now he wants you back!”

In 1965, just before her 18th birthday, Sister Margaret began a whirlwind mission that would Tom take her to Europe, Asia and Purcell several stops in the U.S. She studied hard to prepare, includremaining 70 percent. ing training as a registered nurse Which brings us back to (and later becoming a certified Sister Margaret. dietary manager).

She’d done her share of Though she preferred probegging over the years — the viding hands-on care to LSP sisters always go out in pairs, residents — few things bring and she often accompanied the her more joy — her organizalead begging sister — but never tional talents led her to a variety expected to lead a collection of management roles abroad program. and in the U.S. Following her She first volunteered at an standard of “Do whatever God LSP home during her eighthrequests of you,” she took on grade year in Arizona. The mo- many difficult duties in a spirit ment she walked inside — the of humble service. moment she began caring for its But beggar? residents — she fell in love with Outwardly confident, Sister the order’s mission and knew Margaret admits to inwardly God had called her to serve. being a bundle of nerves around Her parents were delighted people she doesn’t know. Lead by the news. You see, eight begging sisters are often spirited months before her birth, her and persuasive — skills that parents had lost her infant didn’t come naturally to her. brother to a tragic birth defect.

She dreaded the role, but after When she announced she was prayer and reflection, she hum-

bly accepted her next assignment in 2010.

It turns out she was born to do the job. Building on the Pittsburgh home’s already robust collection program, Sister Margaret’s organizational skills doubled donations.

Today, she greatly enjoys being the lead begging sister. Next year, she hopes to celebrate a decade in that role — and 50 years as a Little Sister of the Poor.

We live in a time of great anger and cynicism. Newspaper headlines suggest we’re coming apart at the seams.

But for every headline that makes us doubt our future, 10 headlines go unwritten — headlines about people whose daily sacrifices and heroism bring great beauty to our world.

People like Sister Margaret Mary.

(To donate provisions, funds or volunteer time to The Little Sisters of the Poor Pittsburgh home, visit www.littlesistersofthepoorpittsburgh.org or call 412-307-1268.)

Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Send comments to Tom at Tom@TomPurcell.com.

Lent: An invitation to focus on the spiritual WASHINGTON — A friend — reacting to the apparent thinness of Robert Mueller’s case against the president — told me: “This year, I’m giving up hope for Lent.” I, in turn, am giving up commenting on documents I have never seen. And so it might be more productive to focus on Lent itself — the yearly festival of self-examination, denial and preparation for Easter Sunday (technically for Holy Thursday, when fasting traditionally ends).

Of all the sacred holidays and seasons, surely Lent is the least congenial to the modern spirit. We move forward in life through accumulation. In Lent, we move forward by renunciation. Those who would call this “un-American” are correct, given that our economy is based on consumption and credit.

There are no “Merry Lent” signs at the department store, no designer collection of hair shirts.

And yet we find creative methods to adapt Lent to our way of life. Some of us give up sweets, with the dual purpose of self-sacrifice and dieting. It is fully consistent with American ideals to kill two birds with one ancient spiritual practice — examining our inner selves while losing those 10 pesky pounds.

The same goes for giving up

Michael Gerson alcohol, by which we avoid hangovers, embarrassment and expense while also appeasing the Creator.

This is not, perhaps, what the fourth-century church fathers (and mothers) had in mind.

A Lenten discipline is not the holy equivalent of a New Year’s resolution. It is the annual invitation to focus on spiritual matters — on penance and prayer — by giving up certain luxuries or accepting certain charitable duties. The focus is supposed to be on the inner life. The 17th-century poet Robert Herrick described Lent as a time “to fast from strife/ From old debate,/ And hate;/ To circumcise thy life./ To show a heart grief-rent.”

Not all Christian traditions have Lent on their calendar.

An evangelical friend once announced to me that he was giving up “extra-biblical human traditions” for Lent. But

Lenten practice has deep roots among Anglicans, Methodists, Lutherans and Catholics. The last among those denominations forbids eating meat on Fridays during Lent, which gave rise, according to one ancient text, to the Filet-o-Fish sandwich at McDonalds. This has all the hallmarks of an American religious adaptation: fasting with fast food.

Recently, I had sort of an enforced Lent during a week in the hospital. It involved mediocre food, no electronics of any kind and a small room with only a bed, a chair and a desk. (The cell, I was told, was once the “cold room,” where recalcitrant patients were housed to literally chill out.)

What did I miss? Lots of things.

What could I do without? Pretty much everything.

That type of denial often reveals that the richness of life is found elsewhere — in moments of spiritual reflection that are molasses-thick with meaning. In the experience of gratitude — not for this thing or that thing — but for God’s radiating presence in all things.

This must have been the type of experience sought by Jesus during 40 days of wandering and fasting in the desert: a sense of God’s immanence, which only seems revealed in the absence

of distraction.

This search for God or enlightenment in the mindful moment is found in most forms of spirituality — and in most forms of recovery from addiction or depression. “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow,” said Jesus, “for tomorrow will worry about itself.” Here he not only forbids worry; he urges the stillness of complete trust.

This is not found by ruminating about the past, or by worrying about the future. It is discovered by fully occupying the present moment. It is like learning to float in the ocean. Let go and the universe will hold you.

Struggle and you drown.

This may sound like New Age mystification. It actually embodies a brutal wisdom. If we live in the moment — say, with the brush of spring air on your cheek, and strong coffee in your hand, and a saintly dog sleeping at your feet — most of us are fairly happy. If we live in the future, all of us are eventually dead. This raises one of the great spiritual questions: How do we live well, given the certainty of future suffering?

It is by living now, in a present that is also a gift, which is also a wonder.

Michael Gerson’s email address is michaelgerson@ washpost.com.

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IN BRIEF

North’s Holmes wins girls Folkstyle wrestling national title

North Gwinnett sophomore Dianna Holmes placed first in the recent USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle Nationals in Oklahoma City.

Holmes defeated Maryland’s Julianne Moccia 10-8 in the championship match.

The victory was part of a memorable season for Holmes, who won the county’s first state championship by a girls wrestler at this year’s inaugural Georgia High School Association girls tournament. She won the 106-pound GHSA championship with a pin.

Buford lineman McLaughlin commits to Alabama football

Buford junior lineman Seth McLaughlin made a commitment Sunday night to the University of Alabama football program.

McLaughlin announced a top five in January that also featured Clemson, Michigan, South Carolina and Oklahoma. The 6-foot-4, 270-pounder is rated as a three-star prospect in the 247Sports.com composite rankings. He is rated as the No. 84 junior in the state.

Mountain View’s Askew commits to Emmanuel wrestling program

Mountain View senior Mason Askew has made a commitment to the Emmanuel College wrestling program.

Askew earned second-team all-county honors from the Daily Post and the Gwinnett County Takedown Club at 113 pounds as a senior. He was the state runner-up in Class AAAAAAA this season and won the Region 6-AAAAAAA championship.

Buford’s Place picks Montevallo

Buford senior Evan Place has made a commitment to the University of Montevallo (Ala.) baseball program. The infielder helped the Wolves to a Class AAAAA state runner-up finish as a junior.

Race of Champions coming to Road Atlanta this weekend

The Vintage Race of Champions, which benefits Hope for The Warriors, is making its first stop at Road Atlanta on Friday. The event continues Saturday.

The race features driving legends, including champions of NASCAR, the Indianapolis 500 and sports car racing. Among the drivers expected to participate in the Road Atlanta event are NASCAR champion Mike Skinner, two-time Indy 500 winner Al Unser Jr. and Willy T. Ribbs, a dominate sports car racer and the first black driver to qualify for the Indy 500.

Hope For The Warriors is a national nonprofit organization that provides assistance to combatwounded service members, their families and families of those killed in action.

— From staff reports

•From Page 1B his second straight win over a higher-seeded opponent.

He opened nationals with an 8-2 win over Wyoming’s Tate Samuelson, then scored his most noteworthy victory, handing No. 2 seed Shakur Rasheed of Penn State his first loss of the season. Down 5-2 in the third period, Ness picked up a takedown and four near-fall points for an 8-5 lead with less than 20 seconds left. He held on from there.

The stunning victory created a buzz throughout the arena.

“It definitely shocked a lot of people, especially since he was 18-0, undefeated, the No. 2 seed,” said Ness, a three-time NCAA qualifier. “And I had taken plenty of losses throughout the season.”

Ness finished the season with a 25-17 record, but wrestled his best when it counted. The highlight was the exciting victory over Rasheed, a favorite for the championship. “(Rasheed) went funky with it I guess and tried to make it into a scramble

(late in the third period),” Ness said. “I said, ‘Okay, let’s go for it. This is what I want.’ I went into a scramble and I can’t really tell you what position I was in. I can tell you I haven’t really done it in practice.

I was going for the takedown. I wasn’t going for back points … When they told me, I was up 8-5, I couldn’t believe it.”

The medal rounds didn’t go as Ness hoped — he lost 7-4 to No. 6 seed Drew Foster of Northern Iowa in the semifinals, then lost the fifth-place match — but his mark had been made with back-to-back thrilling wins in his previous two matches. He also helped North Carolina to 19th, its highest finish in the team standings since 1995. “(Ness) fought and showed what toughness is,” UNC head coach Coleman Scott said in a school release. “It’s great to have Chip go out as an AllAmerican.”

Ness, a four-time high school state champion at Buford, graduates in May with a double major in economics and management and society. He also leaves

Chapel Hill with plenty of memories from his wrestling career. “(This year) was a different experience,” Ness said.

“It felt like I was the talk of the tournament, that was a cool feeling that everybody noticed me winning that round of 16 match (with Rasheed). It was kind of a Cinderella story of being an All-American.”

Gwinnett had a record seven NCAA qualifiers this year, though that number dipped by one before the tournament started.

Collins Hill grad Ryan Millhof, who was Gwinnett’s first wrestling AllAmerican in 2016, broke his wrist just days before the competition and could not wrestle.

Minnesota senior Sean Russell, a Collins Hill grad, had the best run of the local wrestlers outside of Ness. The four-time NCAA qualifier and No. 6 seed posted major decisions in his first two 125-pound matches against Missouri’s Dack Punke (16-6) and No. 11 seed Travis Piotrowski of Illinois (10-1). He lost to No. 3 seed Spencer Lee of Iowa with a pin at 5:59,

then fell 12-4 to RayVon Foley of Michigan State in his first consolation bracket match.

Russell’s younger brother Codi, a sophomore at Appalachian State, went 1-2 in the tourney. The Collins Hill grad lost via disqualification in the first round against Iowa’s Austin DeSanto, the No. 7 seed, but rebounded for a pin in his first consolation bout before being eliminated in his third match.

The Russells were joined at the event by Archer grads and brothers Thomas and Daniel Bullard. Thomas edged Brown’s Jonathan Viruet 3-2 in his first match at 165, then lost to No. 1 seed Alex Marinelli of Iowa (12-4 major decision). He also lost a tough 12-11 decision in his first consolation match. Daniel, a 174-pounder in his second NCAA appearance, lost 7-5 to No. 10 seed Mikey Labriola of Nebraska, won his first consolation match and lost in his third match.

Duluth grad Rodney Jones, who wrestles for Chattanooga, lost both of his matches in prelims at 197 pounds.

GWINNETT LACROSSE LEAGUE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK The Gwinnett Lacrosse League’s players of the week (athletes were selected by their coaches): Archer Bantam Boys: Jakob Carwile Brookwood Senior Girls: Skylar Hill Lightning Boys: Jordan Davis Senior Boys: Jordan Alston Buford Lightning Girls: Sami Buffo Senior Girls Green: Hailey Conwell Senior Girls Gold: Jenna Brown Bantam Boys: Dylan Schultz Lightning Boys: Zach Treadwell Junior Boys: Jax Milton Senior Boys: Joseph Her Collins Hill Lightning Girls: Viva Rumph Senior Girls: Lula Masters Bantam Boys: Michael Masters

Senior Boys: Cameron Campbell Duluth Senior Boys: Nathan Huntington Grayson Lightning Girls: Jordan Bachman Senior Girls: Kat Dodson Bantam Boys: Jackson Schwab Lightning Boys: David Boozer Senior Boys: Ty Solomon Mill Creek Lightning Girls Martin: Bailey Hartman Lightning Girls Eichenberger: Adyson Wright Junior Girls: Caroline Jones Senior Girls: Olivia Cardina Lightning Boys Smith: Luke Smith Junior Boys Navy: Pierson Myers Junior Boys Cardinal: Zachary Giera Senior Boys: Sam Orlofsky Mountain View Lightning Girls: Camryn Christman Junior Girls: Chesney Nichols

Senior Girls: Sade Holmes Bantam Boys: Sebastian Chesney Lightning Boys: Mason Cady Junior Boys: Austin Sprout Senior Boys: Reese Rainey Norcross Bantam Boys: Jennings Edge Lightning Boys: Jacob Miller Parkview Lightning Girls: Sydney Rucker Senior Girls: Ivy Elliscu Bantam Boys: Parker Husson Lightning Boys: Grady Husson Junior Boys: Kaleb Williams Senior Boys: Donovan Horton Peachtree Ridge Lightning Girls: Holly Davis Junior Girls: Sydney Matesevac Senior Girls: Myskina Bolavong Junior Boys: Henry Bedard Senior Boys: Dylan Paige — From staff reports