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Meetings bring out people for, against MARTA

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A flurry of meetings to discuss the proposal to bring Gwinnett County into MARTA on Monday and Tuesday produced arguments for and against the plan.

But they also produced an endorsement from one of the architects of legislation signed into law last year that set the stage for this month’s transit vote.

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State Sen. Brandon Beach, R-Alpharetta, was the guest speaker at a forum hosted by Peachtree City Councilman Phil Sadd at Winter’s Chapel United Methodist Church on Monday. Beach and Gwinnett County Chairwoman Charlotte Nash spoke to attendees about transit and fielded questions ranging from debt for MARTA

projects to the need for a heavy rail extension.

“I would encourage you to vote ‘Yes’ because I think it’s a great investment,” said Beach, who is the chairman of the Georgia Senate Transportation Committee.

Gwinnett County officials have been busy talking about the MARTA referendum at several town hall forums, public education sessions and

Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash and state Sen. Brandon Beach, R-Alpharetta, answer questions during a transit forum at Winters Chapel United Methodist Church in Peachtree Corners. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

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Student at Discovery High diagnosed with tuberculosis

BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes@gwinnettdailypost.com

CMX CineBistro, which is opening in Peachtree Corners’ Town Center development on Friday, is more than just a movie theater.

It’s “a restaurant that shows movies,” said Matt Russell, CMX Cinema’s vice president of operations. The restaurant-theater offers full-service food and drinks. (Staff Photos: Isabel Hughes)

‘A night-out experience’

Peachtree Corners’ CMX CineBistro opens Friday

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Peachtree Corners’ newest cinema, CMX CineBistro, isn’t your typical movie theater experience — a fact that’s made apparent as soon as patrons step through the building’s doors.

“When you first walk in here, I think everyone really (realizes), ‘I’m not in a regular movie theater,’ and that’s what we want,” said Matt Russell, CMX Cinema’s vice president of operations. “We want to not only take and surpass your expectations, but from an industry standpoint, we want to take people back to the mov-

ies. The movies have gotten to the point where, whether it’s a distraction from kids or teenagers with cellphones, it’s lost its value, it’s lost that night out experience.”

CMX CineBistro is bringing that experience back, and soon for Gwinnett residents; on Friday, CMX Cinemas is opening its second Georgia theater, which serves as a major anchor of Peachtree Corners’ Town Center development.

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A student at Discovery High School has tuberculosis and is currently undergoing treatment for it, school officials confirmed Monday.

On Friday, Discovery Principal Marci Sledge sent a letter to parents notifying them that the Gwinnett County Health Department had contacted the school, saying a student had been diagnosed with the bacterial disease.

“Our school is helping the Gwinnett County Health Department as they determine which students and faculty may have been in close and continuous contact with this student and therefore possibly exposed to tuberculosis,” Sledge wrote on Friday. “These identified individuals will need to have a TB skin test.”

Gwinnett County Public Schools spokeswoman Sloan Roach said Monday the health department had identified “approximately 226 individuals, students and staff, who they have determined should be tested. These people were identified as possibly having been in ‘close and continuous contact with the individual.’”

The school has about 2,667 students total, Roach said.

Students and staff who need testing — the health department said those who were identified are required to be tested — were notified and will undergo the skin test on Wednesday, free of charge.

“The tuberculin skin test (TST) is a procedure whereby a small amount of tuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD) is injected just under the skin,” the health department wrote to the parents of those who need the test. “If a person has been infected, this injection will cause a reaction within 48 hours.”

Gwinnett health department officials will return to the school on Friday to read the test.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that usually attack the the lungs, but can also attack any other part of the body.

Not everyone infected with tuberculosis bacteria becomes sick, the CDC

Pictured is one of the menu items available at CMX CineBistro

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New brewery, taproom coming to Suwanee Town Center FROM STAFF REPORTS The city of Suwanee announced Monday that its first brewery is headed to the town this fall. According to a press release from the city, StillFire Brewing, a 20-barrel brewery and taproom, will begin construction Suwanee’s Downtown Development Authority an- in May near Town Center nounced Monday that StillFire Brewing is set to begin Park.

The city’s Downtown construction on a new brewery and taproom in May. Development Author(Special Photo)

ity said the brewery will be located at the soonto-be-vacant Gwinnett County Fire Station No. 13 — across the street from the park. According to the city, the facility will be turned into a “high-end industrial-style taproom that will feature an always-changing selection of 18 original craft beers on tap.”

The conversion will be done by the co-founders

of the brewery, which include the owners of Suwanee Magazine, Suwanee Beer Fest, Gwinnett Beer Fest and Suwanee Wine Fest “Every year at the beer fest, people tell me that it is their favorite day of the year, and it became obvious to us that the community with the largest craft beer fest in Georgia needed a year-round craft brewing experience,” co-

founder Randall Veugeler said. “StillFire will be owned and operated by people who genuinely love the Suwanee area.

We live here. Our friends live here. Our kids go to school here. We want to build a place Suwanee can be proud of. This is our ‘Thank you’ to the community we love and are proud to call home.”

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Dacula woman hit, killed while trying to help crash victim

BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

A 20-year-old Dacula woman was killed early Sunday morning on Interstate 85 northbound near Pleasant Hill Road after stopping to check on another driver who had run into the median wall.

Police said Kayli Guthrie, who was studying psychology at Georgia Gwinnett College, died at the scene and that

Grayson resident Jonathan Gresham, 27, is being charged with firstKayli degree Guthrie vehicular homicide in connection with her death.

According to police, a preliminary investigation determined that Elvester Sykes, 64 of Lawrenceville, crashed his Ford

Explorer into the median wall at about 1 a.m.

Sunday. Guthrie saw the accident and stopped her vehicle to get out to check on Sykes, police said.

At that same time, officials said Gresham, who was driving a Ford Fusion, approached the scene and tried to brake before hitting Sykes’ vehicle, but Guthrie, who was standing outside of her vehicle directly in the path of Gresham’s car, was hit.

Gresham continued for

a half mile before stopping and calling 911, a police report said. He was arrested and charged with reckless driving, failure to drive within a single lane and driving under the influence — less safe in addition to first-degree vehicular homicide.

Sykes was transported to a local hospital for treatment and was charged with DUI — less safe in relation to his initial traffic accident, police said. Both vehicles were

impounded.

In the days following the accident, Guthrie’s family has taken to social media to talk about the 20-year-old, who was a sophomore at GGC. “Kayli was just starting her adult life, studying psychology and medicine in college because she wanted to spend her life helping others,” Guthrie’s aunt, Kari McGrady, wrote on Facebook. “Her and her boyfriend were planning their future.

Now, she’s gone because of one person’s bad decision to get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated. She was one of the most beautiful people you’d ever meet. She truly was. I will never ever ever stop missing her cheesy grins and big bear hugs.”

Guthrie’s family has started a GoFundMe to help pay for the woman’s funeral expenses. To donate, visit gofundme.com/ daughter-kayli-guthriekilled-by-drunk-driver.

Gwinnett Police trying to ID car break-in suspect who then used victim’s stolen credit cards

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Gwinnett Police are asking for help identifying a suspect who recently broke into a car and then used the victim’s stolen credit cards at a nearby Walmart.

On Feb. 27, the victim parked at the YMCA on Sugarloaf Parkway in unincorporated Lawrenceville, and when she returned to her car later, she found someone had entered it and stolen her purse, according to Cpl. Wilbert Rundles, spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department.

The victim contacted her credit card company and was told one of the cards had been used at a nearby Walmart, where the suspect bought gift cards and a drink, Rundles said.

The suspect is described as a black man approximately 5-foot-8 to 6 feet tall weighing 160-180 pounds.

He was wearing a black hoodie and black jogging pants with a white stripe down the sides.

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Tipsters can receive a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. The case numbers are 19-018200 and 19-018252.

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The contract calls for MARTA to use the Connect Gwinnett Transit DevelopGwinnett County’s top ment Plan as a blueprint for elected law enforcement expanding to the county. official and top prosecutor Conway’s and Porter’s threw their support behind endorsements come on the the effort to get the county’s heels of a plea from forcontract MARTA passed this mer Gov. Nathan Deal to week. voters for a vote in favor of The Go Gwinnett camadoption of the plan. State paign released an endorseSen. Brandon Beach, who ment statement from Sheriff is chairman of the Georgia Butch Conway on Facebook Senate’s Transportation on Monday. The following Committee, also encourmornaged voters to cast ‘Yes’ ing, they votes during a transit forum released an in Peachtree Corners on endorseMonday. ment from But the endorsements District from Conway and Porter Attorney stand out among those others Danny because they are from GwinButch Porter. nett and have held their ofConway In the fices for more than 20 years. statement, Both are also high profile Conway Republicans. said ap“A ‘yes’ vote will connect proval of Gwinnett to the rest of the the contract metro Atlanta region, while by votat the same time letting the ers would county retain local control lead to over transit projects and Danny improved services — services that Porter safety include public safety,” Porter on Gwinnett’s roadways. said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Porter said new “Gwinnett officials — investment and crowds that directly responsible to the can be attracted to transit people of this county — will hubs are factors that can help determine how the transit reduce crime. system works in our county, “I’ve devoted my life and they will have flexibility to promoting the safety of to meet the changing needs Gwinnett’s families, and of their constituents. I trust that’s one of many reasons our locally elected officials I’m voting yes on the transit to implement this transit plan referendum on March 19,” in a way that maximizes Conway said. “I hope my mobility while still prioritizfriends and neighbors here ing public safety.” will join me in doing the The sheriff said the right thing for Gwinnett’s limited service currently

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provided through Gwinnett County Transit has had a positive impact on road safety — something he said could grow under the expansion plans. Fewer car wrecks and traffic fatalities would also improve response times for first responders, he said.

“The much-needed transit expansion will take thousands of vehicles off our roads every day, which will lead to fewer wrecks, fewer traffic jams and fewer fatalities,” Conway said. “Studies clearly show that an increase in transit ridership increases road safety.

“We know we can make a huge difference in Gwinnett, because even the more limited bus service that is provided today makes a big difference — Gwinnett buses comprise 29 percent of the passengers in the I-85 HOT lanes but only 2 percent of the vehicles.”

Porter said transit options will also be needed as the county’s population continues to grow. Gwinnett County is expected to have as many as 1.5 million residents by 2040.

“Beyond my role as a prosecutor, I also live here,” Porter said. “This county has given my family a remarkable quality of life. As more people come into our county to enjoy all the assets of this community, we’re going to need new capacity to build on the success we’ve seen for many decades.

“This well thought out plan will relieve congestion, save us time and energy and boost our economy. Please vote yes.”

CarMax creating more than 300 jobs in Peachtree Corners

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December where customers CarMax is expected to can buy a car without leav- spend the next few months ing their home with the as- hiring customer experience sistance of CarMax employ- consultants, assistants and ees. Shoppers can also do a managers for the Peachtree “seamless combination” of Corners location in prepaonline shopping from home ration for its upcoming or in-store shopping under opening. The center will be

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Kemp’s office said CarMax will be looking for bilingual applicants who can speak English and Spanish to fill about one-third of the positions at the new facility.

The company will accept applications through jobs. carmax.com.

“Atlanta is one of our oldest and most important markets, and we’ve found a strong and diverse talent pipeline in the area,” CarMax Chief Human Resources Officer Diane Cafritz said in a statement.

“We’re confident we’ll find great new associates who are excited about redefining car buying for our customers in fun, growth-focused environment.”

State and local officials praised CarMax’s decision to open the customer experience center in Peachtree Corners.

“CarMax is continuing to change the way consumers buy cars with their fresh approach to combining innovative technology with the expertise and help that their employees provide customers,” Gwinnett County Commission Chair Charlotte Nash said in a statement.

“Gwinnett’s talented workforce and strategic location create the ideal environment for pioneering companies like CarMax to succeed.”

Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson said, “We are excited that an outstanding company like CarMax is expanding its footprint in Georgia. CarMax has been rated one of the best places to work and has an excellent reputation as a great corporate citizen.

“We are looking forward to working with CarMax as they open their new Customer Experience Center in Peachtree Corners.”

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world&nation WORLD Improvised explosives found at London transport hubs

British counter-terrorism police are investigating after small improvised explosive devices were found near three major London transport hubs.

The devices were sent in small packages to buildings at or near Heathrow Airport, London City Airport and Waterloo train station, police said.

All the devices were judged to be viable, and in one instance, the package burst into flames when staff opened it. No one was hurt.

The Metropolitan Police said its counter-terrorism command unit was investigating the devices, which appeared to be part of a “linked series.” Officers were keeping an “open mind” about motive, police said.

Climbers still missing on ‘killer mountain’ in Pakistan Rescuers are searching for two mountain climbers missing on a peak in Pakistan, including a British man whose mother died in the same region in 1995.

Mountaineers Tom Ballard and Daniele Nardi have been missing for over a week, after contact was lost with them during an ascent of Nanga Parbat, in the Himalayas.

According to a statement published on Nardi’s Facebook page, “traces of (an) avalanche” were seen by rescuers near the pair’s base camp during a helicopter flyover last week.

Another post on the page, which is being updated by colleagues of Nardi’s, said a team of four mountaineers landed in the area Monday, and began searching it on foot and using drones, “but no traces of Daniele and Tom were found.”

STEPHON CLARK CASE PROTESTS

More than 80 arrested in Sacramento

By Eric Levenson CNN

Dozens of protesters bearing photos of Stephon Clark and Black Lives Matter signs were arrested Monday night in a show of disobedience against the decision to not file charges against the police officers who killed Clark.

More than 80 people were arrested, police said.

Sacramento Police Capt. Norm Leong, who live-tweeted the protest, said the arrests were for unlawful assembly. He also said that five cars had been keyed during the demonstration.

Videos from the scene show a large group of police, including several mounted officers.

Sacramento Bee reporter Dale Kasler was also detained while covering the protest and was released after being held for about an hour, the paper reported.

The protest comes in the wake of prosecutors’ decision on Saturday not to criminally charge two officers who fatally shot

Corey Feldman defends Michael Jackson

Corey Feldman, who has said he was molested as a child, has slammed the documentary alleging that Michael Jackson was a child sexual predator as “onesided.”

The former child star tweeted a lengthy statement Monday giving his thoughts about HBO’s “Leaving Neverland.” (HBO is owned

by CNN’s parent company, WarnerMedia.)

Jackson’s family has denied the allegations and condemned the documentary, calling it a “public lynching” and Jackson’s accusers “admitted liars” in reference to sworn statements they both Protesters marched in Sacramento on Monday night, denouncing the decision to not charge the officers who killed Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man. (Justin Sullivan/ made while Jackson was alive that he did not molest Getty Images via CNN) them.

Clark last year in his according to a forensic mother’s property.

“My memories. And thank grandmother’s backyard. pathologist retained by Police said they fired god 4 me, my memories Clark, who was unClark’s family. at Clark because they of MJ were mostly fond, armed, was shot seven Authorities have said believed he was pointing aside from r 1 & only fight times last March, inthe two Sacramento ofa gun at them, but only a because he incorrectly cluding three times in ficers who shot Clark on cellphone was found at feared i would turn on him, & make up lies,” Feldman the back, according to March 18 were respond- the scene. tweeted. “I never did. I never an autopsy released by ing to a report that a man The killing sparked would! I pray those boys can the Sacramento County had broken car windows days of protests from sleep w that same clarity of Coroner’s Office. An and was hiding in a back- activists who called for consciousness! Let god b thy independent autopsy yard. Police chased that police accountability, found that Clark was shot man — later identified part of the broader move- judge!” eight times, with six of as Clark — who hopped ment known as Black those wounds in his back, a fence into his grandLives Matter.

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Americans would be at least somewhat likely to back him should he run.

Biden said last week that his family is on board with a 2020 run and he’s “very close” to making a decision.

Two have died in Colo. avalanches in fewer than two weeks

In less than two weeks, two men have died in avalanches while skiing in Telluride, Colorado.

The most recent death took place over the weekend when a man, who has not been identified, was found Monday after being reported missing.

The man had been backcountry skiing in an area south of the ski resort town with his dog Sunday, according to a news release from the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office. Later Trudeau: Crisis that afternoon, the man’s deepens as dog was found barking by the man’s vehicle. Depusecond ties then learned he had not minister quits returned from skiing.

A second high-profile After searching by air, minister has resigned rescuers found that two from the cabinet of Canaavalanches had hit the area. dian Prime Minister Justin Because of weather and Trudeau, amid a corruption nightfall, the rescuers were scandal that threatens to unable to find the man Sundestabilize his government day, the sheriff’s office said ahead of this year’s national in its news release. election.

He was found Monday in Jane Philpott, who had the aftermath of an avaheld several portfolios in lanche “estimated to be 100 Trudeau’s cabinet before feet wide by 800 feet long becoming treasury board on terrain.” It took more president, announced her than two dozen people to decision to leave Monday. find him, the release said.

In a tweet she said had lost “A Colorado Avalanche confidence in the governInformation Center ment’s handling of an inquiry spokesperson told the into allegations that officials Sheriff’s Office that they linked to Trudeau had presclassified the slide as ‘desured a former minister to structive and large enough help Quebec-based construc- to bury, injure or kill a tion company SNC-Lavalin person,’” the release said. avoid criminal prosecution.

Another man, Salvador “The solemn principles at Garcia-Atance, 47, was stake are the independence killed during an avalanche and integrity of our justice in February, according to system. ... Sadly, I have a separate news release lost confidence in how the from the San Miguel government has dealt with County Sheriff’s Ofthis matter and in how it fice. That avalanche, the has responded to the issues release said, ran about 75 raised,” she said in her resig- feet wide leaving a debris nation letter. field 300 feet long and 15 — From wire reports to 20 feet deep.

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In less than two weeks, two men have died in avalanches while skiing in Telluride, Colorado. (San Miguel Co. Sheriff’s Office via CNN)

Judge rejects effort by Manning to avoid grand jury testimony

A federal judge Tuesday denied Chelsea Manning’s effort to avoid testifying before a grand jury in Virginia.

A handful of voters Speaking outside a who say they backed Hill- courthouse, Manning said ary Clinton in the 2016 the judge, in a sealed hearRepublican Sen. Susan presidential election say ing, had rejected her effort Collins said Tuesday she they are unexcited by the to quash a subpoena from will vote against Chad prospect of former Vice prosecutors that compelled Readler, President Donald President Joe Biden enher testimony.

Trump’s nominee for the tering the 2020 field.

“The motion to quash, it Sixth Circuit Court of Ap“How many of you was denied. We still have peals, who has come under would like to see Joe grounds to litigate so we’re fire from Democrats for Biden get in? Show of going to be here tomorbeing a lead lawyer for the hands,” CNN’s Alisyn row,” Manning said.

Justice Department when Camerota asked the panel Manning said it was not it declined to defend key of six Democrats, select- clear if she would have to provisions of the Affordable ed from Ohio, New York, testify before the grand Care Act in response to a New Jersey and Pennjury on Wednesday, or if lawsuit filed by Republican sylvania, on “New Day” that testimony would be state attorneys general.

Tuesday morning. delayed as her lawyers conCollins, a rare GOP deNo one raised their tinue to fight the subpoena fender of Obamacare, cited hands. in court. in her statement announcing “His time is done,” said It is not publicly known her decision Readler’s role Carol Evans, one of the what the grand jury in Virin the case as reason for op- panelists. ginia is investigating and posing him.

“To be honest, Sen. what prosecutors’ interest “As the Acting AssisBiden comes from kind of in Manning is. Earlier this tant Attorney General of the good-old-boy poliyear, a judge in the same the Justice Department’s tics of the past,” added court declined a group’s Civil Division, Mr. Readler another panelist, Russell motion to unseal charges was both a lead attorney Banks. against WikiLeaks founder and policy advisor in the “I don’t think Joe Julian Assange.

Department’s decision not to Biden represents that The federal prosecutor defend the Affordable Care new thing that we need,” who tried that case, Gordon Act, including its provisions a third panelist, Owen D. Kromberg, also requestprotecting individuals with Evans, said. “We need a ed the subpoena compelpre-existing conditions,” she new economy, we need ling Manning’s testimony said. “Rather than defend new politics and we need earlier this year, according the law and its protections someone different.” to a copy of the subpoena for individuals with preA recent CNN poll, provided to CNN by a repexisting conditions — such however, indicates six resentative for Manning. as asthma, arthritis, cancer, in 10 Democratic and Manning said Tuesday diabetes and heart disDemocratic-leaning she had not been told why ease — Mr. Readler’s brief voters say Biden should prosecutors in Alexandria in Texas v. United States make a run for the White were interested in hearing argued that they should be House. The same pollfrom her. invalidated.” ing suggests half of all — From wire reports

Collins to oppose Trump circuit court nominee over pre-existing conditions suit

Democratic voter panel: Biden’s ‘time is done’

‘devastated’ after death of Luke Perry

Shannen Doherty said she’s “struggling” with the loss of the man who, with her, brought to life one of TV’s most iconic fictional teen couples on “Beverly Hills, 90210.”

“Yesterday morning I got a phone call that devastated me,” Doherty wrote on Instagram. “I’m struggling with this loss and am having a hard time with my thoughts.

But, my heart goes out to his family and friends who were blessed by his light in their (and mine) lives.”

Perry and Doherty played on-and-off-again couple Dylan McKay and Brenda Walsh on the ’90s teen drama.

Perry, 52, died Monday after suffering what his publicist said was “a massive stroke.”

Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth shrank by $9 billion last year

Mark Zuckerberg had a rough 2018. Facebook was plagued by scandal and data breaches, and Zuckerberg’s wealth shrank along with his company’s fortunes.

The Facebook CEO’s net worth fell by $9 billion. He slipped three places on the Forbes 2018 global billionaires list, which the publication released Tuesday. The magazine now estimates Zuckerberg’s net worth to be $62.3 billion —- down from $71 billion last year.

Facebook had a brutal 2018: The company was battered with data breaches and multiple government investigations into its practices. Its stock lost more than a fifth of its value.

Zuckerberg’s wealth is tied to Facebook’s performance because he owns nearly 17 percent of the stock, according to Forbes.

— From wire reports

JetBlue wants you to delete your Instagram photos for free flights

By AJ Willingham CNN

Have you ever just wanted to delete your social media, forge a new identity, start over and travel the world?

Yeah, us too. Maybe that was the reasoning behind JetBlue’s newest contest, which asks people to give up that which they hold most dear: their Instagram photos. In exchange, three lucky winners will win a year of free JetBlue flights.

MUST READ There are a few other hoops budding travel influencers need to jump through, as well: After you delete all of your Instagram photos, thereby stripping yourself of all vestiges of the person you once were, you then need to upload a special JetBlue-branded image and tag it with #AllYouCanJetSweepstakes.

Then your entry is complete.

The old you is dead. You are only JetBlue now.

If the idea of deleting your Instagram photos in a long-shot attempt to win not-entirely-free travel (winners are still responsible for taxes and fees) is too much to bear, fear not: JetBlue makes it clear you can just archive your old photos, so when you don’t win you can re-post them and the old you shall emerge phoenix-like from the pixels. And if you do win, JetBlue of course wants you to fill up your

Insta tabula rasa with bomb travel pics.

The question is, why does JetBlue want you to delete your Instagram pics? The idea seems to pit two complementary forces against each other: The desire for unfettered world travel, and the desire to obsessively document it in all its filtered, color-saturated glory. Is it a commentary on our over-reliance on social media as an identitybuilding tool? If you’ll recall, Fyre Festival drummed up publicity by

asking influencers to change their profile to an orange square. Did JetBlue look at what happened to Fyre Festival and say, “Yes, we definitely want to implicitly align ourselves with that result”?

Also, not to put ideas in anyone’s head, but theoretically, couldn’t you just start a new, blank Instagram account and use that to enter?

There’s nothing in the rules that seems to indicate otherwise. CNN has reached out to JetBlue for comment.

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•From Page 1A meetings with community groups in recent months as part of the buildup to the March 19 vote.

If voters approve the contract, MARTA will be extended into Gwinnett and a 1 percent sales tax will be levied in the county to pay for the county’s participation in the regional transit system.

County transportation director Alan Chapman said Gwinnett officials have put 52 meetings and public education events on their calendar to talk about the contract with MARTA and the Connect Gwinnett Transit Development Plan. Forty-six of those meetings have already been held.

“It has (been going well),” Chapman said on Tuesday. “There’s a variety of opinions, but I think (the meetings have) been very helpful in educating the public on both the transit plan and the MARTA contract.”

County commissioners and staff cannot advocate for or against passage of the referendum, but that hasn’t stopped other officials from taking a stand on the issue.

Beach’s comments at the Peachtree Corners forum are significant because he was one of two leading legislative voices that pushed House Bill 930, which created the Atlanta Transit Link Authority, also known as the ATL. The bill included a Gwinnett-specific provision that laid the foundation for the county’s contract with MARTA, which voters are being asked to consider a referendum March 19.

The contract lasts until July 2057 and includes several provisions includ-

•From Page 1A said, and as a result, two tuberculosis-related conditions exist: latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease.

Tuberculosis is spread through the air from one person to another, but is not spread by shaking someone’s hand, sharing food or drink, touching

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Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash and state Sen. Brandon Beach, R-Alpharetta, answer questions during a transit forum at Winters Chapel United Methodist Church in Peachtree Corners. During the forum, Beach — who is chairman of the Georgia Senate’s Transportation Committee — encouraged voters to vote for approval of Gwinnett County’s contract MARTA during the upcoming March 19 referendum. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

ing local control over the sales tax proceeds and over major transit-related capital projects in the county.

“I can tell you (Nash) negotiated a heck of a deal and the money will stay here in Gwinnett,” Beach said. “I’m a firm believer in this. I think people are willing to invest in infrastructure if they know infrastructure is going to be built, and it’s going to make their quality of life better and it’s going to have good service and work.”

But not everyone shares Beach’s opinion on the transit referendum.

MARTA opponents held their own forum Tuesday at the Gwinnett County Historic Courthouse.

Panelists at that forum included Gwinnett County businessman Bruce Duncil, British American Business Group of Atlanta past president

Richard Arena, Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center startup mentor Mike Lowry, former Fayette County Commissioner Steve Brown and Georgia Tea Party co-founder Field Searcy.

During the forum, the panelists made several arguments including: Gwinnett would not see any traffic relief benefits from joining MARTA; transit ridership is declining; it would bring high density development that would hurt communities; and the county could expand its existing transit system at a lower cost than it would incur by joining a regional system.

“You will not get a traffic benefit out of transit; it will not solve congestion,” Brown said.

“Forty years of MARTA has shown us that.”

Norcross resident Joe Newton, who orga-

nized the anti-MARTA forum, outlined several ideas that he feels could benefit Gwinnett County better than joining the regional transit agency could.

Those ideas included: expanding Gwinnett’s existing transit system; building a flyover lane to get drivers from Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to a parking deck at the Doraville MARTA rail station; and building a Walt Disney Worldstyle monorail network to get residents around Gwinnett County.

“For very little money, we could increase our access to buses and solve a lot of these problems ourselves and do it very, very fast,” Newton said.

“But no, the county has put this off to try and antagonize people to ride the bus and to think that MARTA is their only solution.”

TB bed linens or toilet seats, sharing toothbrushes or kissing, according to the CDC. Sledge emphasized that in her Friday letter.

“The Gwinnett County Health Department has told us the most important thing to remember is that tuberculosis is a disease that is hard to spread to others,” she wrote. “Close

and continuous contact over hours is generally necessary for transmission of the disease to another person. The health and welfare of our students and staff are important to our school community. Discovery High School will work closely with the Health Department, monitoring this situation closely and

providing more information to you as it is available.”

The Gwinnett County Health Department said those with questions can visit cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/default.htm.

Anyone with additional questions should contact their doctor or the county health department at 678442-6880.

Parkway across from The Forum shopping center, the restaurant-theater — Russell said the facility is not a theater that serves food, but “a restaurant that shows movies” — has six movie screens, with each auditorium holding between 90 and 100 oversized, reclining leather love seats.

Each of the auditoriums has the latest movie projection technology, including curved, high-gain screens with Barco 4K laser projectors, RealD XL 3D on silver screens and a digital 7.1 sound system, and patrons receive full-service food and beverage options at their seats, something that’s key to the CMX CineBistro model.

“Here, we built six screens, 550 seats, and our focus is on service and the quality of the experience,” said CMX Cinemas Chief Operating Officer Frank Stryjewski.

“It’s really appropriate for the changes going on in the movie industry.

The industry is going through a lot of changes, and that metamorphosis is really getting back down to the customer service and the value of a night out and a moviegoing experience.”

What CMX CineBistro brings to bear, Stryjewski said, is “an elegant night out with incredible food and beverages.” “(That) makes the social experience even more rich and memorable,” Stryjewski said. “We’re excited to show off (the theater) and we’re excited about being in this project, which Fuqua (Development) has developed.”

A patron’s social experience at CMX CineBistro begins before the movie starts, often at the bar, which, in addition to offering an extensive beer and wine list, has more than a dozen locationspecific, hand-crafted cocktails.

Though theater management requests all patrons arrive a minimum of 30 minutes before the movie starts — that’s when the in-seat service begins — Russell said he usually tells guests to i arrive an hour or so in advance, so they have time to get a drink or appetizer

before being seated in the auditorium.

Once in the auditorium, servers take patrons’ orders, which food and drink runners deliver prior to movie trailers beginning.

Then, patrons dine while they watch, and while in-seat service ends when the movie begins, a concession area connected to the kitchen allows patrons to get up and order food and drinks to take to their seats during the movie.

“Most theaters that have food are doing what they can with the facility they have,” Russell said.

“We designed this facility as a restaurant first, and when you see the kitchen, and when you see our service bar, (you understand) all the things that make it possible to serve 95 guests in 30 minutes out of a scratch kitchen.”

What also makes Peachtree Corners’ CMX CineBistro unique in terms of its social experience is that after 6 p.m., it’s strictly 21+.

“That’s a conscious choice, and we understand what that does to a six million people Atlanta market,” Russell said. “We’re conscious of (how) that shrinks our guest basin, but it’s on purpose. Imagine a theater where you don’t have to worry about kids, teens — the normal distractions on a night out. When you’re in a 21 and up environment after 6 p.m., we solve most of those issues.”

By solving those “issues,” CMX Cinemas CEO Jose Marti said CMX CineBistro hopes to “motivate you to leave your house” for a night out. “(People) are asking, ‘What’s our competition?’ and our competition really is becoming Netflix, it’s becoming Amazon,” Marti said.

“But we think that theaters can continue to bring to the community a place to meet, but to do that, we have to offer better things than what you have in your house.

You can have in your house very nice theater equipment, but it won’t compare to this. We have the best picture, the best sound, very good food and very good service.”

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Edwin Theodore “Ted” Elliott, Jr. ELLIOTT - Edwin Theodore “Ted” Elliott, Jr., age 76, of Homer, Georgia, formerly of Lawrenceville, Georgia, entered into rest on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the home of his daughter, Tracy surrounded by his family. He is survived by his devoted wife of 49 years, Donna Dunlavy Elliott of Homer, GA; daughter, Tracy Elliott Ahearn of Lawrenceville, GA; son & daughter-in-law, Bryan Elliott (Marnie) of Milton, GA; five grandchildren, Sarah Elyse Ahearn and Wesley Storm Ahearn both of Lawrenceville, GA, Teagan Elliott, Koda Elliott and Charlie Elliott all of Milton, GA. A Service Honoring the Life of Ted Elliott will be held on Friday, March 8, 2019 at 2:00 P.M. at the Homer United Methodist Church will Rev. David Collins and Rev. David Wiebe officiating. Rev. Jim Higgins will handle the Committal Service at Banks County Memorial Gardens will Army Military Honors following the service at the church. The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 7th from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Tom M. Wages

Lawrenceville Chapel and on Friday at the church from 1:00 P.M. until the hour of the service. Those desiring may make donations to Homer United Methodist Church, 141 Sycamore St., Homer, GA 30547 in memory of Mr. Edwin T. “Ted” Elliott, Jr. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome.com.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company,” 120 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 (770-963-2411) has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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son Mauney, Lily Mauney; brothers, Alvin Estep, Jacksonville, FL, Ralph (Cheryl) Estep, Sebring, FL, Steve Estep, Indiana; sister, Kathy (Tom) Davis, Flat Rock, MI; nephews, Adam (Catrina) Estep and Phillip (Charisma) Estep.

Mr. Estep was born in Dante, VA on September 4, 1950. He was veteran of the U.S. Air force and a 1968 graduate of Appalachee High School.

He was employed with Caterpillar Company for three years as a supervisor.

He was an avid Nascar fan and loved working on vehicles. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to wounded warriors. www. woundedwarriorproject. org in memory of James Estep. The family will have a gathering at his home in Winder, GA

James H Estep James H. Estep, age 68, of Winder, GA passed away Monday, March 4, 2019. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alvin and Mary Allie Estep. He is survived by his wife of sixteen years, Ruby M. Estep, Winder, GA; daughter, Jennifer (Randall) Mauney, Buford, GA; grandchildren, Jack-

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Janice May Janice May, resident of Buford, died Saturday, March 2, 2019. She was

preceded in death by her husband, Forrest J. (Jack) May (August 12, 1998).

She is survived by a son, Forrest J. May, Jr. and his wife, Marilee, and daughter, Jessica. She is also survived by a daughter, Marsha May Janofsky and her husband, Matthew Janofsky, and son Michael and his wife Cydney.

Mrs. May attended the University of Georgia, where she received a degree in Journalism and met her husband. She also received a Master’s degree in English Education from Emory University. She chose a career in education, teaching English at Druid Hills High School, leaving her career for the birth of her children.

After raising her children, she continued her career teaching English and sponsoring the yearbook and newspaper at Shamrock High School in Dekalb County, retiring there many years later.

Mrs. May was a member of the First Baptist Church of Buford, where she was a member of the Daisy Shadburn Bykota Sunday School Class, the Silverstone Choir, and Abundant Life Fellowship.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 1

10, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Johnson officiating. The family will receive friends at 2:00 p.m., one hour before the service at the funeral home.

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Randy Tim Pendergrass June 12, 1960 - February 25, 2019 Randy Tim Pendergrass, age 58, of Pendergrass, GA, passed away Monday, February 25, 2019 at home surrounded by the love of his family. Randy was born June 12, 1960 in Duluth, GA. He was a member of Free Chapel of Gainesville. He was preceded in death by his parents, J. T. and Maggie Pendergrass, sisters, Elizabeth and Janice, and brothers J.T., Jr. and Thomas. Mr. Pendergrass is survived by his wife, Karen; daughter, Randi Jill (Chuck) Hannon; son, Jake (Nicole) Pendergrass; stepdaughter, Kari Connor; and stepson, Chad (Stacey) Zimmerman; three beautiful granddaughters, Macey, Lois,

and Bella; sisters, Mary Helen Plemons and Laura Sue Horne. Also surviving are several nieces, nephews, step-grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Randy was a Master Mechanic and took pride in working with Moss Equipment, Sugar Hill Small Engines and Lanier Outdoor Equipment. He loved his gardens. Every year he looked forward to entering in Gwinnett County fair and bringing his ribbons home to add to his collections. The family would like to thank the NE GA Medical Center and Hospice in allowing us to fulfill his final wishes in coming home. His care was entrusted to the Forest Glen Mortuary in Jefferson, GA. A memorial service will be held in his honor on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Flanigan Funeral Home on 4400 South Lee Street, Buford, GA at 11:00 a.m. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, March 9th from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at 11:00 a.m.

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

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According to the city, the lease agreement for Fire Station 13 between Gwinnett County and the

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STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Today through Saturday • Macon Centreplex

Heavyweight clash continues

Buford girls take aim at three-peat

Wesleyan, Holy Innocents’ girls meet for fifth straight time in final

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Nichole Dixon sat in the stands Saturday making notes on the second state semifinal game between Wesleyan and St. Francis, which Wesleyan won with some grit 66-52 at the University of North Georgia.

But there isn’t a lot Dixon doesn’t already know about the team Holy Innocents’ is going to see in the Class A-Private

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Holy Innocents’ When: Today, 2 p.m.

final today at the Macon Centreplex.

Dixon is a former Wesleyan basketball assistant and was the Wolves head softball coach for many

Champions,’ and that’s all that matters.”

Four years later, that Buford trademark was COLUMBUS — Nearly very much on display as four years ago to the day, the No. 1 ranked Wolves Buford girls basketball endured another grind-out coach Gene Durgen made affair with their 51-38 win perhaps the defining quote over fifth-ranked Southabout his team and how it west DeKalb in the Class likes to play every game.

AAAAA state semifinals “They’re not going last Saturday at Columbus to say ‘2015 Ugly State State University.

Champions’ (on the tro“We talk about it all the phy),” Durden said after time that you’re going to his Wolves outlasted Carhave some games in the rollton 35-34 in a turnover- (state) tournament that and free throw-filled 2015 you’ve got to win ugly,” Class AAAA title game Durden said after Saturday’s that day in Macon. “It’s going to say, ‘2015 State See BUFORD, Page 3B

By David Friedlander

Wesleyan’s Avyonce Carter (33) slides in between Holy Innocents’ Jillian Hollingshead (21) and Kennedy Suttle (1) for a layup during last year’s Class A-Private state championship. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

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Florida State guard Devin Vassell (24), a Peachtree Ridge grad, dunks the ball during the second half against Notre Dame on Feb. 25 in Tallahassee, Fla. (Melina Myers-USA Today Sports)

Former Lion Vassell makes most of his minutes

By Paul Thomas Staff Correspondent

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Eight minutes.

That’s all Florida State assistant coach Charlton “C.Y.” Young said he needed to see of Devin Vassell — then just a high school junior — during a scrimmage at Peachtree Ridge before deciding that he would be a fit for the Seminoles.

“He offered me on the spot and after that I kind of knew where I wanted to go,” Vassell said.

Vassell’s AAU coach, Steve Bouye, had called Young a few days earlier to let him know he had a diamond in the rough.

Former Peachtree Ridge

head coach at Georgia Southern before joining Leonard Hamilton’s staff at FSU in 2013, went to Suwanee to see for himself.

The first three defensive possessions he saw Vassell play, he had a deflected pass, a blocked shot and a rebound. When he finally touched the ball on offense he promptly drained a 3.

Young called him over to offer a scholarship. He also gave Vassell, then Florida State guard Devin Vassell (24), a Peachtree just 6-foot-4, 161 pounds, Ridge grad, dribbles the ball in the first half of a game some simple instructions last month against Georgia Tech at McCamish Pavilion. on how to proceed.

“I told him, ‘You’re go(Jason Getz-USA Today Sports) ing to eat some Whoppers, head coach Keith ArVassell had the potential to you’re going to do some rington confirmed Bouye’s be one of the best players pushups, you’re going to report and told Young he in the state. grow two inches and a thought in two years that So Young, who was the half, and you’re a pro. If

you listen to me and stop being a Huxtable, and get a little tougher, you will play in the NBA.’ He was trembling,” Young said.

It was part honest assessment, part recruiting pitch. Young also had to give another passionate pitch when he returned to Tallahassee.

Vassell only held offers from Presbyterian and North Florida when Young offered him, and with a veteran roster, the FSU coaches knew they were likely to only sign one prospect for the 2018 class.

“I came back and I told (Hamilton), ‘I offered a kid named Devin Vassell, See VASSELL, Page 8B

Getting to Know ... Alan Tallman Mill Creek’s new boys lacrosse coach Alan Tallman grew up in the heart of lacrosse country in upstate New York, home of professional lacrosse stars such as the Powell brothers. Tallman’s focus, however, was earning a college football scholarship. It wasn’t until he began his teaching career in Alan Boston Tallman that he returned to coaching lacrosse. Tallman attributes his success as a coach to the leadership and mentoring of his coaches during his childhood and college years.

Tallman’s wife is Michele, and they have two daughters, Milan and Adeline. Staff writer Taylor Denman interviewed Tallman about what led him to coaching lacrosse at Georgia’s largest public high school.

TD: You previously came from Riverside Military?

AT: I was the head (lacrosse) coach at Riverside Military Academy for five years.

TD: What was your other previous coaching experience?

AT: I was an assistant coach at Boston College High School in Boston, Mass.

TD: Where are you from?

AT: Carthage, N.Y. TD: Is that upstate New York?

AT: That’s way upstate.

TD: My guess is lacrosse was pretty big while you were growing up there.

AT: It’s huge there.

TD: When did you start playing as a kid?

AT: The first time I held a stick was fourth grade.

TD: What position did you grow up playing, or were you mostly trying to keep up with older kids and just playing for fun?

AT: Youth lacrosse on, I was always midfield. …

Fourth grade was when I started playing. In high school, my focus was to play college football. I

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GLL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK The Gwinnett Lacrosse League’s players of the week (athletes were selected by his or her coach): Archer Bantam Boys: Kroy Sullens Brookwood Junior Girls Gold: HannahSophia Suarez Junior Girls Maroon: Hadley Platt Senior Girls: Triniti Cassidy Lightning Boys: Isaiah Espinal Senior Boys: Cooper Clack Buford Lightning Girls: Anna Kurowski Senior Girls Green: Kinsley Compton Senior Girls Gold: Morgan Sparks Bantam Boys: Mical Loudermilk Lightning Boys: Carter Heard Junior Boys: Cooper Purcell Senior Boys: Christian Aluia Collins Hill Lightning Girls: Demi Love Olivarria Senior Girls: Amina Wade Bantam Boys: Greyson Masters

Senior Boys: Wyatt Dasher Duluth Senior Girls: Sophia Nunez Senior Boys: Jonathan Cutler George Walton Academy Lightning Boys: Isaac Osei Grayson Lightning Girls: Kaleigh Thompson Senior Girls: Ava Radford Bantam Boys: Hess McMichael Lightning Boys: Ethan Morris Senior Boys: Luke Coleman Mill Creek Lightning Girls Martin: Kennedy Martin Lightning Girls Eichenberger: Blaire Baker Junior Girls: Brittney Ramon Senior Girls: Maggie Heiderscheit Bantam Boys Cardinal: Colt Rhodes Bantam Boys Navy: Greydon Harris Lightning Boyd Palman: Miles Cheatham Lightning Boys Smith: Brandon Mulvehill Junior Boys Navy: Tuff Austin

Junior Boys Cardinal: Brennan King Senior Boys: Nick Denick Mountain View Lightning Girls: Connley Christman Junior Girls: Gabriella Palomba Senior Girls: Katie Johnston Bantam Boys: Kaden Hennelly Lightning Boys: Cayden Cargile Junior Boys: Jack Eisele Senior Boys: Nathaniel Phillips Norcross Bantam Boys: Fletcher Edge Parkview Lightning Girls: Lauren Jones Junior Girls: Elena Sutton Senior Girls: Tory Seaton Bantam Boys: Miles Ross Lightning Boys: Jackson Hamilton Junior Boys: Ayush Patel Senior Boys: Noah Campbell Peachtree Ridge Lightning Girls: Isis Alston-Bey Junior Girls: Aafsheen Anjum Senior Girls: Sydnee Williams Junior Boys: Ben Gunderson Senior Boys: Josh Kim

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Buford’s Harris posts third-fastest 300 ever by high-schooler

Buford sprinter Kimberly Harris had a milestone performance over the weekend at Westlake’s Christian Coleman Invitational.

Harris won the 300-meter dash in a time of 37.76 seconds, the third-fastest time in that event ever posted by a highschooler. Her time also is the top time nationally in 2019.

Parkview’s Gibbs commits to Utah Valley softball

Parkview junior Megan Gibbs committed recently to the softball program at Utah Valley University, an NCAA Division I program in the Western Athletic Conference.

Gibbs, an infielder, helped the Panthers to Elite Eight appearances in the state playoffs in 2016 and 2017. She has a .302 batting average with five home runs, 17 doubles, 44 runs scored and 43 RBIs in 72 career games.

Gibbs also is a state champion power lifter.

Peachtree Ridge’s boys got first-place finishes from Evan Wells (100, 11.13) and Chase Condra (1,500, 4:05.56). Lanier’s Zachary Charles was first in the 60 hurdles (8.37).

In the girls meet, GAC got victories from Danielle Jones (100, 13.04), Chloe Fair (300, 41.85) and Autumn Clark (discus, 97-6).

Peachtree Ridge had two event winners — Trinity Marshall in the 200 (27.15) and Cheyenne Scott (high jump, 4-10) — as did Collins Hill — Faith Terry (shot put, 33-1 3/4) and Mariah Pellebon (long jump, 17-0). Other event winners were Wesleyan’s Jahni Kerr (60, 8.16) and Parkview’s Leah Disher (800, 2:22.66).

Mill Creek shines in Milton Invitational

Mill Creek’s boys track and field team finished a close second in the Milton Invitational over the weekend.

The Hawks had 95 points, just a single point behind champion Pope.

Julian Hazen led the way with victories in the 200-meter dash (22.30 seconds) and the 400 (49.01). Okem Jibunor was third in both the 100 (11.23) and 200 (22.66), and Parker Wroble was runnerParkview boys track wins up in the long jump (22 feet, 2 inches) and fourth in the triple jump (41-7).

Need for Speed meet The Mill Creek girls took third place at The Parkview boys track and field team the meet behind Walton and Johns Creek. finished first in Need for Speed X on its Mia Anderson won the shot put competihome track over the weekend. tion, Nya Lakin was second in both the The Panthers had 159.75 points for a triple jump (with a school record) and the comfortable win over runner-up Lambert 200 and Julisa Acosta took second in the (73) and third-place Peachtree Ridge high jump.

(66.5). Lambert (107) won the girls meet over Peachtree Ridge (78), Greater Atlanta Christian (73) and Parkview (69.5). Grayson’s Thompson Matthew Chavers won the long jump at wins West Hall Invitational 22 feet, 11 3/4 inches (he already ranked Grayson’s Evan Thompson won the as the top jumper in Class AAAAAAA) West Hall Invitational over the weekend and the 60-meter dash in 7.04 seconds. at Chateau Elan’s Woodlands Course.

Malik Thompson won the triple jump Thompson’s even-par 72 was good for (45-10) with the top AAAAAAA disa two-shot victory, and helped the Rams tance and Brian Hauch’s first-place pole to second place in the team standings. vault of 15-5 1/4 also put him atop the Will Mathus (87), Mitchell Pruehs (87) AAAAAAA charts. Keith Williams and Ryan Davenport (94) rounded out the also gave the Panthers a win in the 300 scoring for Grayson.

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Buford •From Page 1B win placed the two-time defending champion Wolves (28-2) back in the Macon Centreplex for this year’s title game Friday at 6 p.m. against No. 2 Villa Rica (32-0).

“You’ve got to grind them out. And guess what?

We did that. We grinded out the whole time, made sure we stayed and played great defense, and that gave us a chance to win.”

It would be generally assumed that vast experience in such games is often the biggest factor in winning them.

While that kind of experience is definitely helpful, this year’s Buford team doesn’t have quite as much of it as past squads.

With 10 graduated seniors who played a primary role in the state titles the last two years, only a handful of Wolves had ever played in a game quite like

Seniors Casey Jones, Ebony Grant and Preston Reid and juniors Tate Walters and Katelyn Klein were really the only Buford players who had any such experience, and even that was somewhat limited given the Wolves’ veteran presence the previous two years.

In addition, 11 of the 16 players to suit up for Buford on Saturday are sophomores or freshmen.

But as Durden points out, it is the preparation he and his coaching staff puts each wave and each generation of the Buford program through that helps keep them from being overwhelmed by the moment when such a game arrives.

“Our whole program practices together,” Durden Buford’s head coach Gene Durden makes a point during the state quarterfinals last week at Buford High School. said. “So if you don’t fit into our culture, we don’t (Photo: Craig Cappy) want you. So guess what?

Saturday’s — one that not mula, but also had so much They only know one way only fit the grinding foron the line. to play and they know that

if they don’t play that way, that not going to stand a chance to play for us.

“The thing was last year, we had two agendas. That was to maximize our older talent that we had with those 10 seniors and to prepare these young ones.

These young ones had to go every day (in practice) against our seniors, so that gave them a chance to play against one of the best teams in the state every day. So they’ve done a great job of coming in and doing what they need to do.”

The three most experienced of the players definitely stepped forward to lead the Wolves on Saturday, with Walters finishing with a gamehigh 21 points, plus seven rebounds and three steals, while Grant pulled down a game-best 12 rebounds to go with six points and two steals and fellow senior Reid spread her produc-

tion around with six points, four rebounds, four assists and five steals.

However, the Wolves got at least a little production on both ends of the court throughout its line-up, with nine different players scoring at least two points and 10 different Wolves coming up with at least one steal.

That ability to share the responsibility is something they have come to expect from themselves.

“Yeah, it’s really good.

We knew we could do it,” Reid said. “This is the first year we’ve got a lot of young girls. We graduated 10 seniors (last year), so it’s really nice to give these girls a chance to contribute.

“We have so many sophomores who haven’t even played on a varsity level, and they’re here and we’re going to the state championship (game). So it really is special.”

ships were marred by the discovery that the goals were not correctly placed and the last two Class APrivate finals were held at Georgia Tech.

“We loved Georgia Tech and the court was fantastic, but there’s something about the history of playing in Macon for our program that makes it special for the girls,” Azar said.

Macon is also where Azar coached Dixon in high school at Mount de Sales. The two remain close friends despite the rivalry that has developed between the schools.

“It’s going to be interesting,” Azar said. “The goal is always to make people play out of their comfort zone. I’m confident in our

team. We’re young and we’ve come a long way this season. I don’t know if anyone though we’d be back in the final, especially with St. Francis (to get past in the semifinals), but the girls willed their way through.”

Sophomore point guard Paige Lyons was a significant factor as the only starter not in foul trouble against St. Francis. Lyons didn’t play in the regularseason game against Holy Innocents’ and had only been back a week when the teams met in the region final.

“Holy Innocents’ is a good team,” Azar said.

“We tweaked some things, but ultimately, we just have to come ready to play.”

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“I knew they would have some outstanding perimyears before taking the job eter shooting, as well as at Holy Innocents’ three make smart decisions. But years ago. it’s a different game every Wesleyan and Holy time.”

Innocents’ are meeting Holy Innocents’ (25for the fifth straight year 6) beat Wesleyan 68-63 in the final game of the in the regular season and season. The Wolves (28-3) thumped the Wolves 72-50 have won the three times, in the region tournament including the last two in final. a row, and are aiming to “They were better,” claim their 14th champion- Wolves head coach Jan ship since 2002.

Azar said frankly. “We’ve “You know A.C. got some things we’ve (Avyonce Carter) is goworked on since we played ing to score,” Dixon said them last time, but we’ve of Wesleyan’s Super Six got to do a better job. We junior power forward. didn’t do a good job, re“She’s a great kid and an ally, in any way the last outstanding scorer. What time. I didn’t feel like we makes her special is she’s were prepared and ready. a competitor. We knew that We have some kind of would be the case. block in the region finals,

but we usually come back prepared in the state tournament.”

The Wolves lost three times to Holy Innocents’ in 2017-18 and ran then away with the title in a shocking 61-44 rout. The Golden Bears’ only other loss last season was to Buford. As tough as that schedule was, Dixon ramped it up further this year and the record reflects that.

“We wanted to be battletested,” Dixon said. “We knew we were going to be young and we wanted to put them in that environment, in some pressure situations and then help them learn how to navigate challenges and maintain our composure in those settings.

“The other thing is we play a lot more kids this year, too. It’s a tribute to those kids. They have worked so hard in practice. We challenged kids to come off the bench and elevate the level of play, and I can honestly say they have done that this year.”

With just one senior between the two teams this season — Wesleyan’s Callie Weaver — and three juniors per roster, the odds of this championship series continuing beyond 2019 are fairly high.

The Wolves’ lone finals loss in the head-to-head clash with Holy Innocents’ came in overtime in 2016-17 — the last time the state finals were held in Macon. The champion-

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It will be nearly a month “It’s great. Even with before the Gwinnett Stripthe weather looking as bad ers will even know what as it is, it’s a good turnout. their opening day roster It’s fun. I love it when ball will look like, much less clubs do this.” what their fortunes for the In addition to touring — Stripers GM Adam English season will be. parts of the ballpark that That said, the 2019 camare ready for opening day, paign got off to a resound- Sunday afternoon, a steady fans had a chance to look ing start for the club with stream of hundreds of fans at plans for other parts that its preseason party Sunday flowed in and around Cool- are either currently being at Coolray Field. ray Field throughout the renovated or about to be The free event, the first day to enjoy the activities. — most notably, the Home of its kind since the Atlanta Among them were Plate Club lounge and Braves’ Triple-A affiliLawrenceville residents Niekro’s Crafts on Draft. ate arrived 10 years ago, Cayla and Michael Thrash, While the timetable for included opportunities for who brought their 2-yearsome of those improvefans to take a self-guided old daughter, Rena Mae, to ments seem to be ambitour of the stadium, get take in the event. tious, English is very hopesneak previews of facility While the couple had ful they will be completed upgrades, participate in attended a handful of Strip- in time for the Stripers’ kid-friendly actives and in ers games since moving 2019 season opener April 4 some cases, even take bat- to Gwinnett County three against the Norfolk Tides. ting practice on the field. years ago, they plan to “We’re doing a complete “This is an event that we be at Coolray Field much renovation of our Home had a tremendous amount more often this summer, Plate Club,” English said. of success with at some going as far as to buy a “You can see some storyof the other places I’ve partial season ticket pack- boards and some blueprints been,” new Stripers general age. on what it’s going to look manager Adam English “It’s awesome. It’s like. We’re very excited said. “It’s just a great com- a great environment,” about that. And then … last munity event, opening the Michael Thrash said of week, we announced our stadium up to the comSunday’s event. three-year partnership with munity (to) come on out “We love being here,” Slow Pour Brewing Com(and) celebrate the fact that Cayla Thrash added. “It pany right down the road baseball is right around the feels safe. It never feels in Lawrenceville. We’re corner. overcrowded. It’s just a actually doing a change on “Nobody can turn down real nice place to be.” formerly Niekro’s Crafts a delicious (and) free first For other fans, the on Draft. I called (Braves hot dog of the year and do highlight of the event was Hall of Famer) Phil (Nieksome exploring at Coolray getting a chance to see ro) personally to let him Field. … We put all the parts of Coolray Field that know. He’s happy about good vibes out there and they might not have had a the fact that he’s still going put this (inclement) weath- chance to before. to be honored inside and er back as far as we could.

Whether it was being on understands the partnership There’s a great line of kids the field or in either of the with Slow Pour. He was down taking cuts (in the dugouts, or taking a trip very excited about that. battling cage) on the field into the Stripers clubhouse “We’re going to put a 15right now. We used our so- or view the indoor batting foot garage door that goes cial media and some of our cage, or visiting the suite up to open that space up to media partners, as well. level, Sunday gave some bring some pub tables out Typically when baseball’s fans a new perspective of on the concourse and really right around the corner and the team’s home. make it a social space. It’ll you open up your stadium “I’ve been in the dugout be ready by opening day. free to the public, there’s a before,” said Liburn resiIt’s going fast and furious. lot of excitement that warm dent Davin Millholland, Any big upgrade doesn’t weather and good times are who, like the Thrashes, come without stresses, but around the corner.” opted to buy a partial seawe’re working with some Indeed, while rain began son ticket package for the great partners to get it falling about an hour or first time this year after at- done, and it looks like we’ll so after the gates opened tending games individually hit our deadline.” david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

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Netanyahu and Trump have skeptics in common

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing indictment on charges of fraud, corruption, breach of trust and bribery. He’s also running for re-election, and with less than six weeks until ballots are scheduled to be cast in Israel, some have raised suspicions of a political hit, not unlike the various hearings and investigations ensnaring President Trump.

From a geostrateCal gic standpoint there Thomas is no one, including Netanyahu’s political opponents, in the prime minister’s league when it comes to national security, economics and politics. In this, again, he in some ways resembles President Trump.

Recall Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly last September in which he conducted a “show and tell” drama with pictures of a secret Iranian nuclear facility, as well as hidden missiles in Beirut. The speech was a searing indictment of the West’s wishful thinking when it comes to Iran, the nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration and the intentions of radical Muslim terrorists.

As David M. Weinberg wrote in The Jerusalem Post in 2017, “An overwhelming majority of Israelis ascribes the last decade of stability and triumph to Netanyahu’s leadership. He may not be the ultimate paragon of virtue — what politician is? But his prudence and professionalism have best served Israel’s strategic needs.”

Compared to the survival of Israel, the charges brought against Netanyahu are small potatoes.

Which brings me to President Trump.

Those who criticize Trump supporters, including his evangelical Christian base, say the standard they applied to President Clinton and his behavior has been abandoned when it comes to Trump. These critics say the economy was also good under Clinton (one argument Trump supporters say is in the current president’s favor), but that he received no credit from those who claimed then that personal character matters most.

All true, but what about a president’s policies? Should they matter more? President Clinton named justices to the Supreme Court and lower courts who are liberal interpreters of the Constitution and who uphold abortion rights. He also raised taxes, though he and then-Speaker Newt Gingrich did agree on welfare reform.

The question becomes: Which would you choose — questionable character or appealing policies?

Yes, conservatives and evangelicals would prefer a church-going, once-married, faithful politician (like Vice President Mike Pence), but if the choice is between socialism and capitalism, between conservative and liberal judges, between more abortions or fewer, between redefining marriage and defending its once legal — even biblical — definition, between a strong economy and a weaker one, between record low unemployment and higher numbers of the unemployed, between open borders and controlling illegal immigration, the choice isn’t that difficult.

A look at history reveals some pretty bad characters whose policies were well regarded.

As Britishheritage.com notes, “Winston Churchill was a strong and bullish leader. His leadership during WWII is remembered very fondly. … Many, however, deem Churchill culpable in a plethora of human rights violations, and question his views toward races different to his own.”

Benjamin Franklin was no paragon of virtue, but his assistance in founding America, along with his inventions, are highly regarded by historians. The same is true for Thomas Jefferson and other founders who owned slaves.

In modern times, John F. Kennedy was a notorious adulterer, but is credited with establishing the Peace Corps and launching America to the moon. His successor, Lyndon Johnson, fought for civil rights and open housing laws, but, according to his biographer, Robert Caro, used racist language in private.

The point is not to excuse bad behavior in leadership, but to examine their policies to see if they promote the general welfare. In the cases on Netanyahu and Trump, they have.

Whether those policies overcome whatever personal flaws these men have will be up to Israel’s legal system and voters next month and the U.S. legal system and voters next year.

This year marks Cal Thomas’ 35th year as a syndicated columnist. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

Drafting women to end all wars WASHINGTON — Last week, a district court judge ruled that it is unconstitutional for only men to have to register with the Selective Service, opening the possibility that women might also have to register.

The ruling may be fair in principle, but does it make sense? Would a universal draft best serve the security of the United States? Or would it be yet another exercise in asserting equality of the sexes to advance primarily social, not military, goals?

I should qualify all this by noting that the military always wants more bodies at its disposal — and high-ranking Pentagon women have long lobbied for full inclusion at every level of military engagement in part because, without combat experience, women couldn’t compete with men for the highest military rankings.

Yet when now-retired Gen. Ann Dunwoody became the first female four-star officer in 2008, the combat exclusion of women was still in place. Although Dunwoody’s service was extraordinary, including being the first female battalion commander in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, she, like most military women, never engaged in direct ground combat, as defined by the Department of Defense.

More on this shortly.

U.S. District Judge Gray

Kathleen Parker Miller’s ruling seems to make sense in a fair-is-fair kind of way. But fair isn’t always absolutely fair, and, as Dickens wrote, the law is still an ass. For a better understanding of what’s at stake, it would be constructive to review the history of the draft.

At this juncture, meanwhile, nothing has changed. The government probably will appeal the decision and then, likely, the Supreme Court will take a stab.

It seems improbable in light of precedent that the high court would find against Miller.

The Texas judge specifically mentioned Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s 1996 opinion in the United States v. Virginia, in which she concluded that excluding women from Virginia Military Institute violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

Yet earlier, in 1981’s Rostker v. Goldberg, the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of excluding women from the Selective Service System’s

male-only policy. Noting that the purpose of the registry was to allow the government to raise a combat army — and given that women weren’t then allowed in combat — the court wrote that the two sexes “are simply not similarly situated for purposes of a draft or registration for a draft.”

Thus, constitutionality wasn’t an issue.

Much has changed since the 20th century, at least culturally, and the question is whether Rostker would still stand given those changes. For one thing, since 2015, all military jobs have been opened to women, including direct combat.

No sane person has ever argued that women aren’t as brave as men or that they lack any other qualities or values necessary to military success.

But in discussing women’s expanding military roles, we return to the question of what ground combat really means. As the Defense Department defined it in 1994, it means “engaging an enemy on the ground … while being exposed to hostile fire and to a high probability of direct physical contact with the hostile force’s personnel.”

What changed in 2015?

Nothing — except the definition of combat, which the Pentagon altered so that civilians could pretend that this is not a travesty.

It took only a generation or so for the culture to be manipulated

into believing that women are equal to men not just under the law but in every conceivable way. This is, of course, a purely political abstraction with existential consequences.

Moreover, this entire debate isn’t really about military preparedness but is about social engineering — changing the way people perceive things so that they can be arranged according to the designs of a relatively very few. What’s missing from all such cultural arrangements is a full appreciation of human nature, which remains essentially the same through most of time. Progressives will twist themselves into balloon poodles trying to codify gender differences, but heaven forbid we should speak of sex differences, not to mention cultural adaptations to better ensure survival of the species.

Maybe no 18-year-old American “woman” will ever be conscripted or ordered to fight men mano a mano, but it seem more than a possibility at this point.

I’m going to go out on a limb and simply say that a civilized nation doesn’t put its women in combat where they have an unequal ability to survive.

How’s that for your equality equation?

Kathleen Parker received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2010. Her email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.

‘Springing forward’ takes my dad weeks Nobody dreads daylight saving time more than my father.

He has his work cut out for him this coming weekend, when we “spring forward” by setting clocks ahead by an hour before going to bed Saturday night.

You see, my mother loves clocks — so much that he has 14 clocks to reset.

There are clocks in both guest bedrooms. That way, my mother argues, friends and family members who stay over always know the time and can set alarms to wake early.

My father finally figured out how to change the microwave’s clock, but the stove is brand-new and its clock is causing him grief.

“For godssakes, Betty,” he complains to my mother, “I’ll never figure this daggone thing out.”

He particularly dislikes the clock in the basement family room. Everyone in our family thinks this framed “picture clock,” which displays a mill on a river, is ugly. But my

weeks.

One is a beautiful, handcrafted, delightful-sounding wall clock that my Uncle Jimmy got for my parents when he served in the Army in Germany nearly 50 years ago.

On an antique table in the dining room there’s another Tom chime clock that Verizon Purcell — we called it “the phone company” — gave my father mother loves it because 40 to mark his 25th year working years ago, I used my meager there. high-school savings to buy it When he retired after nearly for her as a birthday gift.

40 years of service, Verizon My father especially hates it gave him a magnificent, chimbecause he needs a stepladder ing grandfather clock. It sits in to reset it. the living room.

“Why don’t you take it “For godssakes, Betty, I’ll back?” he pleads with me never get these chimes to often. ring at the same time!” he “I don’t want that ugly complains at the top of every thing in my house,” I say. hour — and his lungs! — for There also are clocks in my weeks after we spring forward parents’ bedroom, laundry or fall back. room and car, and on their Daylight saving time, back patio. My father has to which aims to squeeze an contend with two or three extra hour of daylight out of wristwatches, too. But the a typical day, didn’t become three clocks that trouble him uniform across the United most all have chimes — and States until passage of the getting those chimes to ring Uniform Time Act of 1966. simultaneously takes him Over the years, there have

been some changes in how long daylight saving time lasts. Today, it runs from March into November.

Proponents say daylight saving time gives us more daylight in spring and summer, getting us out of the house and making us happier.

Opponents say it makes spring and summer mornings darker, making us less productive at work and causing us to consume more energy.

All I know is that nobody dreads daylight saving time more than my father. Just as he finally get his clocks to chime in concert, it’s time to spring forward or fall back again, which means his misery starts all over again.

He has but one thing to say to that.

“For godssakes, Betty, if I’d known these daggone chiming clocks would cause me so much grief, I would’ve asked the phone company for gold watches instead!”

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

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•From Page 1B played lacrosse, but as a player, I took more of a casual approach to it than I did in football.

TD: What was your main position in football?

AT: Linebacker. I played receiver, quarterback, but as far as varsity I was a safety, outside linebacker then inside linebacker.

I played linebacker in college.

TD: What college was that?

AT: The University of New Hampshire.

TD: What made you decide to focus on football over lacrosse?

Were there a lot of college opportunities for lacrosse when you were growing up?

AT: It was always football, as far as my future. I had many peers go on to have illustrious college lacrosse careers like Jared Little (two-time National Champion at University of Virginia) and Ian Dingman (all-time leading scorer at Navy). I still keep in touch with many of the guys I grew up with and it’s really cool to continue to learn from guys from my childhood who are now coaches like Rob Cross (coached at Harvard, Siena, and UMBC), and Tony Ventiquattro who has coached at IMG and continues to coach in Florida. Jared Little is now coaching and growing the game in California. It’s cool to look back and recognize the success of all those guys. Nat St. Laurent is my older brother’s age, but he’s been an integral part of my development as a coach. He’s the head coach at Ohio Northern University and he’s coached professionally with the Ohio Machine and will coach in the PLL this upcoming season.

When you’re young, they’re just your friends. In hindsight you go, “I guess everybody was pretty dang good.”

TD: Can you tell me about your family? How many siblings did you grow up with, and you had parents in the military?

AT: Yes, my dad was in the military for 22 years. I have an older brother, Mark. He’s 38 years old and played college football at Bucknell University. Also, he is a professional actor now.

TD: Does he do movies?

AT: He’s been in some stuff.

I guess you can look him up on IMDB.com.

TD: What branch of the military was your dad in?

AT: Army, and I have a younger brother named Andrew Tallman, who’s 27. He played football at the University of Miami, then transferred to the University of Richmond.

TD: Did you gravitate to athletics naturally when you were a kid?

AT: Yeah, we were a big sports family growing up. I’m the only one involved in lacrosse at all.

My younger brother was a track star and my older brother was good in every sport, basketball, baseball. I was the only one who played lacrosse. But football was really the main focus for all of us. My favorite sports to play are probably a three-way tie between lacrosse, basketball, and pingpong, believe it or not.

TD: How many years did you play football at New Hampshire?

AT: Five years, including my redshirt year. We had some success and changed the culture my last two years. My junior year we beat Georgia Southern in the quarterfinals. That was my first time in Georgia.

TD: What did you study, and when did being a high school coach enter your thought process?

AT: I knew I wanted to coach primarily football when I was injured in football. I had to take on a player-coach role when I was injured — when I broke my arm the last game of my junior year. I returned for my senior year and got hurt the second game. Even though I was a captain, I couldn’t play because I was hurt. Fortunately, I returned our last game in the playoffs, but we lost. I started thinking more about my career beyond the cliche dream of playing professionally. … I was enrolled in a teaching program in Boston, I was coaching freshman football and playing pickup basketball with a faculty member. An administrator asked what I was doing. I told him I was enrolled in this emerging teachers program in the city. He asked if I would fill in for coverage for a long-term sub position. I ended up getting a job out of that. I received

my master’s at Boston College through teaching at BC High. I got back into lacrosse working there.

The rest is history, I guess.

We spent seven years in Boston, then my wife and I decided to move the family to Georgia six years ago.

TD: Who are your biggest influences as a coach?

AT: I was blessed to have a number of really positive role models in all sports growing up, but I’d start with Coach (Kirk) Ventiquattro. He just retired last year as the head lacrosse coach at Carthage — he’s legendary. He taught me how to lead at a very young age. He modeled discipline and hard work everyday. He also coached me in a lot of sports: lacrosse, basketball, football. So I had a lot of exposure to doing things the right way playing for Coach V. Sean McDonnell, my head coach at UNH, was also an incredible influence to who I am as a coach today. There are so many things that I do as a coach that are a direct reflection to his style and ideals. But I had a lot of great coaches. I’m the sum of a lot of really strong mentors who have accomplished greatness. I think that’s made my career as a coach really easy; I’ve had a lot of help coming up and a lot of people I can still turn to for advice.

TD: Wrapping up with Mill Creek, you guys are off to a good start. You lost to a tough first game against (Greater Atlanta Christian), but beat a tough team in Grayson.

AT: I’ve been pleased with the buy-in with the kids, staff and community. I’ve had support, which is huge from a transitional perspective. I think it will take time. Not to make excuses with GAC, but it was us learning who we are. I have a specific identity we’re trying to create, and it’s not a lack of effort. It just takes some time getting used to how we play on both ends of the field and in transition. First game, we definitely made mistakes, but there’s no excuse. It’s kind of the natural consequence of doing things new.

I think when they get comfortable with the system, I’m very optimistic about what we can do this year and in the future.

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Vassell

I don’t care what nobody says in this room. I offered,’” Young said. “They were like, ‘Who is he? It says he’s a two-star player.’ I said, ‘Don’t worry about that. Listen to me. I’m telling you what I saw.’”

A few weeks after Young’s visit the secret was out about Vassell. Texas Tech and Miami dropped in on Peachtree Ridge to visit. But Vassell had already made up his mind that he wanted to play for FSU. Young’s initial assessment proved correct as Vassell was the Daily Post Player of the Year last season as a senior, leading the team in scoring (21.6) and rebounding (8.9).

Initially, the plan was for Vassell to redshirt this season.

FSU reached the Elite Eight last season in the NCAA Tournament and returned the bulk of its roster.

But Vassell had a growth spurt and spent the summer in the weight room. Now measuring 6-foot-6 and 187 pounds, he’s played in all but four games this season as a true freshman.

“He’s just continued to try to get better,” Young said. “He bought in to the defensive side of the ball, he bought in being a non-ball dominant impact guy and he improved the speed of his jump shot. His shot was always pure as the driven snow, but in a short period of time he improved how quick he gets it off. So now he gets a look and his feet are going and it’s gone. He’s special. I think he’s a pro. I really do.”

Vassell took a pro’s approach to playing limited minutes early in the season, routinely getting in a quick post-game workout with Young at the team facility if he didn’t get much game action.

His work has paid off, as he enters this week’s game against Virginia Tech having played double-digit minutes in five of the last six games for FSU and averaging 4.6 points per game in just 9.7 minutes per game.

It started with a critical second-half 3-pointer in a Jan. 22 win over Clemson. Then he scored a team-high 11 points in a win at Georgia Tech on Feb. 16.

In a 68-61 win over Notre Dame last Monday, he showed flashes of the player that the FSU coaches believe he will grow into. Vassell led FSU in scoring with 11 points and rebounds with seven as he sparked a second-half comeback.

With 7:04 left in the game, Vassell put back a thunderous dunk on an offensive rebound, collected a rebound on the other end of the floor and knocked down a 3-pointer on offense to give FSU its first lead since the game’s first five minutes.

“It was special,” Vassell said. “Just going out there being able to play for Florida State and just being able to help the team is always great.

We just needed some energy and coach had faith in me to just go out there and play to my ability and everybody had confidence in me. Whenever I had an open shot, they told me to shoot it and it just was a good moment.”

With the ACC Tournament starting next Tuesday and the NCAA Tournament after that, the freshman will continue to be a crucial weapon off the bench for the Seminoles.

“Obviously Devin plays with a tremendous amount of confidence and spirit,” Hamilton said. “There’s no doubt he’s growing up and maturing.

He’s been a very positive man from Day 1. He doesn’t ever have a negative moment. He’s eager to learn. He’s a sponge … sometimes it’s hard for a high school kid to come in, who’s been a starter on his high school team to now start over again and now compete, but it’s been all about learning for him and growing.

“That’s why you see him moving up on our depth chart and going in the game a little earlier and being able to make contributions.”

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