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Vol. 45, No. 132

Local noise ordinance partially struck down

By Curt yeomans curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

A Gwinnett County judge declared part of the county’s noise ordinance unconstitutional this week, thereby nullifying a citation police issued to a gun club in Buford last year.

Record’s Court Judge Patricia Muise struck down the ordinance section which states people cannot make “loud, unnecessary or unusual sound or noise” on the grounds that it was too vague. The section states loud noises are forbidden if they unreasonably bother people or endanger their comfort, safety or health from a distance of more than 50 feet.

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A Gwinnett County Recorder’s Court judge threw out a noise citation against the Georgia Gun Club this week after ruling part of the county’s noise ordinance was partially unconstitutional. (File Photo)

Man charged with murder North Gwinnett student uses lessons from in niece’s death

Above, North Gwinnett soccer player John Arndt poses for a portrait. Arndt used the skills he learned in a sports medicine class in order to save his father’s life by performing CPR after his father suffered a heart attack. (Staff Photo: David Welker) Top, North Gwinnett High senior John Arndt, left, poses for a picture with his father, Jim. John helped perform CPR on Jim in March after Jim had a heart attack before paramedics arrived. (Special Photo)

sports medicine class to save his father

By Keith Farner

Arndt called for emergency personnel and then quickly went upstairs and SUWANEE — Working on assessed the situation. Some homework late one night in lessons Arndt learned only March, John Arndt was sud- weeks earlier in a sports denly pulled into an emermedicine class immediately gency situation. came to mind. So Arndt His mother, who had been pulled his unconscious father out of town all week, sudout of bed and began chest denly woke up and noticed compressions. her husband had irregular “It was scary,” Arndt said. breathing.

“I had no idea when my Arndt noted the timing, mom said to call 911.” that if the incident happened His instincts kicked in, but any of the previous few days, without some classroom lesshe wouldn’t have been sons he learned from teacher there to notice the abnormal Vanessa Henry, Arndt admitbreathing. ted he wouldn’t have been Within moments, Arndt’s able to help. mother yelled downstairs for “I definitely had a better him to call 911. understanding,” he said. “I “It just came out of nohonestly would have had no where,” John recalled. idea.” keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

Henry said she often tells students that the person they would most likely give CPR to would be someone they love, or at least someone they know, and not a stranger. Henry said she laughed when she asked Arndt and his friends why they took the class and they said they just wanted to take one together.

“Thank goodness he paid attention in class,” Henry said. “I had my proud moment, but John deserves the credit. Other students were impressed with the story as well.”

At one point, Jim stopped breathing. But his son shys away from the spotlight.

“I don’t want to take too much credit,” the son said.

“It wasn’t all me. The para-

medics did a lot.”

About 10 minutes passed before paramedics arrived, but Arndt said it felt much longer than that.

Arndt learned later that his father, Jim, 57, had a massive heart attack, and he credits the paramedics who arrived and transported his father to a hospital. Defying odds, Jim’s heart stopped 10 to 15 times on the way to the hospital, and doctors were amazed he made it to the Intensive Care Unit where a stent was inserted.

Jim, who through his son declined to discuss the events, left the hospital about six weeks ago, and wasn’t immediately cleared

Case is third of its kind in Gwinnett this past week

By Joshua sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

LAWRENCEVILLE — For the third time this week, murder charges have been filed in the death of a Gwinnett County child.

Rodney Allen Hamilton was arrested late Thursday in connection with the death of his 3-year-old niece Tamiah Hamilton, who police say died of a brain injury.

Cpl. Deon Washington, spokesman for county police, said the 48-yearRodney Allen old, who claims to be the Hamilton pastor of an online-only ministry, told officers he found the child unresponsive Jan. 30 after a nap at his home in Lawrenceville.

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Woodall, Johnson hosting town halls this week Gwinnett County Political residents will get to meet Notebook two of their congressmen face-to-face this week.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) will hold a town hall forum on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Snellville City Hall, 2342 Oak Road. Fellow Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., will Curt Yeomans hold his own forum on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Suwanee City Hall coun- Center Ave. cil chambers, 330 Town Woodall’s district

covers the majority of Gwinnett County, while Johnson’s includes its southern cities.

Congressmen get one week every month to spend in their district so they can meet with constituents. They can hold public forums or visit schools, community groups and businesses during that week.

“On the one hand, constituents want you to be in

Washington hard at work as their representative,” Woodall said during an interview on Friday. “On the other hand, they don’t want you to get lost in Washington either. They want to see you back in your district.”

The forums come on the heels of a busy week where the House of Representatives passed a balanced budget and passed legislation calling for more accountability of VA officials.

Woodall expects to talk about a wide several foreign and domestic issues at his forum including Iran, the federal budget, veterans issues and economic development.

Attendees will largely shape the direction of the conversation though.

“Absolutely everything will be on the table,” he said.

Governor to sign HB 170 Monday Gov. Nathan Deal’s office has announced sweeping changes to Georgia’s transportation funding system will become law on Monday.

The governor will sign House Bill 170 during a ceremony at 10 a.m. in Liberty Plaza, which is across Capitol Avenue

from the State Capitol in Atlanta. The bill is expected to generate nearly $1 billion in new revenue for transportation projects, in part by raising the state’s gas tax.

Johnson, Franken introduce legislation to end forced arbitration U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson and U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., introduced companion legislation in the House and Senate last week that take aim at forced arbitration clauses in cases involving employment, consumer and civil rights issues.

The pieces of legislation — if they become law — would leave it up to consumers and employees to decide whether they wanted to pursue arbitration in a dispute.

“There is overwhelming evidence that forced arbitration creates an unaccountable system of winners and losers,” Johnson said in a statement.

“Unlike America’s civil justice system, which has evolved through centuries of jurisprudence and social progress, forced arbitration obliterates the rule of law by permitting decisions that ignore established case law while making optional impor-

tant procedural safeguards and guarantees of due process and fairness that are required by courts of law.”

Woodall says House wants fairness in Pacific trade negotiations Rep. Rob Woodall told the Daily Post on Friday that U.S. representatives are hoping to see ongoing trade negotiations between 13 Pacific nations result in more fairness for American businesses.

Treaties fall outside the authority of the House since only the Senate has the power to ratify them under the Constitution.

Woodall said House leaders have been working with the White House to ensure they have some input on what is included in a Pan-Pacific trade agreement.

“We’ve laid out 150 different parameters we’d like to see in the agreement,” Woodall said.

Chief among the representatives concerns, he said, is loosening trade restrictions that limit the amount of Americanmade goods that can enter Pacific markets.

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

Application fee to be waived at GGC through next Sunday

By Keith Farner keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com

To encourage prospective students to get started on their necessary paperwork, Georgia Gwinnett College is waiving its $20 application fee.

The fee will be waived

between May 2 and 10, which is less than five weeks before the fall semester application deadline. Applications can be completed online at www.

GAcollege411.org.

“Because of the requirement to provide certain documentation, such as high school transcripts and Com-

pass/ACT/SAT scores, there are a lot of steps involved in completing the application process,” Tee Mitchell, director of admissions, said in a press release. “We are offering an application feefree incentive to encourage students to get started early, so they are not caught up in a last-minute rush.”

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Man dies falling from window

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A man fell to his death Friday from a second-story window at a film production company building in Peachtree Corners.

The man, identified by the Gwinnett Medical Examiner’s Office as subcontractor Wade Blackwell, was reportedly trying to adjust a window sill at 3201 Peachtree Corners Circle just before 10 a.m. The brick three-story building is owned by FIZZ City Films, according to a representative with MD&E CLARITY, which sold it to the production company in February.

Blackwell, a 52-year-old Loganville resident, died at the scene, according to

By Curt yeomans

A man fell to his death from a building on Friday morning while reportedly adjusting a window. The owner, FIZZ City Films, posted this photo on its Facebook page last month, noting that repairs were being done. (Special Photo)

authorities. Capt. Tommy Rutledge, spokesman for Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services, said the scene was turned over to county police and the medical examiner’s office.

Further information

wasn’t immediately available.

FIZZ City Films, which didn’t return a message for comment immediately Friday afternoon, is an “artist-driven film production boutique” that

specialized in commercials and new media, according to its website. The company is headquartered in the renovated stables of the Ivan Alan Furniture Company in Midtown Atlanta.

By Keith Farner

The Leslie K. Bates Medal of Excellence was presented to Marvin J. Nunnally, Snellville native Mariah Domenech and Jon Hurst for their commitment to the University of Georgia’s multicultural community. (Special Photo)

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A Snellville native was recently honored by the University of Georgia for her commitment to the school’s multicultural community.

Mariah Domenech was one of three recipients of the Leslie K. Bates Medal of Excellence after she has served as a student graphic designer in Multicultural Services and Programs for two years, and has been saluted by co-workers and fellow students for her creativity and strong work ethic. Domenech regularly makes the dean’s list and is a member of the UGA women’s club soccer team.

She plans to receive a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education in December.

“This year’s honorees have contributed greatly to the success of

Multicultural Services and Programs through their support of staff and students in a myriad of ways both big and small,” MSP Director Zoe M. Johnson said in a press release. “We are truly grateful for their involvement and impact.”

Bates served as the first direc-

tor of MSP when the office opened in 1989 under the name Minority Services and Programs. The Leslie K. Bates Medal of Excellence recognizes students, faculty, staff and community members who have dedicated their time and service in support of MSP and its initiatives.

Tickets to go on sale for Tomlin concert From staFF reports The Arena at Gwinnett Center announced on Friday that tickets for a Chris Tomlin show in October will go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 15.

Tomlin’s tour, Love Ran Red, will showcase songs from an album by the same name.

The concert with Tomlin, a Grammy and Dove award-winning Christian artist, will be at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 and will include the group Rend Collective.

Tomlin has made nine albums, 12 No. 1 radio singles, and won a Grammy award with eight additional nominations, three Billboard Music Awards, 21 Dove Awards, a platinum and four gold albums to his credit.

Tickets for the concert range from $10.47 to $43. They can be purchased at GwinnettCenter.com, AXS.com, The Arena box office or by calling 770-626-2464.

The Arena at Gwinnett Center announced on Friday that tickets for a Chris Tomlin show in October will go on sale at 10 a.m. on May 15.

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WWII bombs still litter Germany’s landscape Reuters

BERLIN — The danger of unexploded World War II aerial bombs lurking in the soil still haunts Germany 70 years after the war ended on May 8,

Gwinnett celebrates water resources, employees this week Week and Water Professionals Appreciation Day,” he added.

Water Professionals Gwinnett County officials Appreciation Day is a new want residents to take some Georgia-specific effort cretime this week to thank the ated by the Georgia General people who clean their water. Assembly to celebrate people who work in municipal water This week brings the systems. It is also intended to county’s observance of National Drinking Water Week. be a time when those same systems can educate the Tuesday will also mark public on water issues and Water Professionals Appreciation Day. Gwinnett Water the ways in which treatment systems affect residents and Resources Director Ron the environment.

Seibenhener said the operaCounty officials planned tors, managers and mainteseveral activities to celebrate nance staff who work in the National Drinking Water county’s water treatment Week and Water Profesfacilities provide a valuable sionals Appreciation Day. service to residents.

Among their efforts were the “The production of clean Great Gwinnett Wetlands drinking water, the treatCleanup and tours of the The ment of wastewater and the Yellow River Water Reclaprotection of our streams mation Facility in Lilburn on and watersheds are increasSaturday. ingly complicated endeavThere is one more activity ors,” Seibenhener said in a planned, though. The Shoal statement. “It’s the staff at the Department of Water Re- Creek Filter Plant will cap sources who occupy the front off the observances Saturday, May 9, with free tours of lines to ensure we manage the facility, refreshments, this renewable, but limited, craft stations and children’s resource. activities. The event will last “I am pleased we can from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at recognize the hard work of our County water profession- the plant, which is located at 1755 Buford Dam Road in als through the observance Buford. of National Drinking Water

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Snellville native honored by UGA for multicultural community contributions

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1945, exploding without warning or surfacing after frost.

More than 2,000 tons of live bombs and munitions are found each year in Germany, even under buildings. They are defused or detonated in

controlled blasts but not before causing disruption, evacuations or sometimes even death.

“The older they are, the more dangerous they become,” said Detlef Jaab, a Berlin police munitions expert who has defused

thousands of the devices over 23 years.

“It’s a dangerous job but there’s a lot of variety and freedom to make decisions, whether a bomb can be defused or is too deteriorated and has to be detonated where it’s found.”

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Car strikes Suwanee apartment building From staFF reports

passenger car had struck the multifamily dwelling.

No injuries were reported Barrett said no injuries after a car drove into a build- were reported nor were any ing of the Landmark at Grand life safety hazards present on the scene, and the vehicle was Oasis Apartment located at removed from the structure 4000 McGinnis Ferry Road safely. in Suwanee.

Barrett said all occupants According to Gwinnett were able to evacuate the County fire department spokesman Lt. Jerrod Barrett, structure without any injuries, and a total of five apartment firefighters received a call units were displaced due to at 6:23 p.m. reporting that a structural integrity issues. The car had driven into the 700 apartment maintenance staff building of the Landmark at Grand Oasis Apartments. The has taken over the scene and fire crew arrived on the scene is providing shelter for the residents. shortly after to find a single

Residents displaced after car strikes home From staFF reports

dence and reported structural damage to the corner Two occupants were of the home. evacuated safely after a car According to Barstruck a single family resi- rett, two occupants were dence at 5000 Mackinac inside the residence when Drive in Stone Mountain. the vehicle hit the home.

Gwinnett County fire Both occupants were able department spokesman Lt. to evacuate the structure Jerrod Barrett said firefight- without any injuries, and ers received a call at 8:10 fire crews remained on p.m. reporting that an unscene until the vehicle was occupied vehicle had rolled removed from the home down a driveway and into safely.

Barrett said occupants of the neighbor’s yard and the house will be displaced then hit the residence. due to structural damage Barret said firefighters and will be staying with arrived on scene shortly after to find a pickup truck family and/or friends until damages are repaired. against a two-story resi-

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Statins crucial to high-risk patients DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently was seen by a family practitioner after not having seen a doctor in 15 years, except at urgent care. I have Type 2 diabetes, and my recent A1c reading was 7.2.

My cholesterol readings, both good and bad, were average.

The doctor mentioned to me that as soon as I go on Medicare (in 60 days), she wants me to take a statin drug. She indicates that this is “protocol” now for diabetes (as a prevention therapy). The side effects of statin drugs seem to me too dangerous to consider this when my cholesterol levels are good. There is heart disease (from my father) in the family. Thoughts?

— I.M. ANSWER: Statin drugs reduce the risk of heart attack, and probably stroke, in people who are at higherthan-average risk for these conditions. The higher the risk, the more beneficial the medications are. However, the side effects are just as likely, no matter your risk for vascular disease. So, statin drugs are not recommended for those at low risk, as the benefits are unlikely to outweigh the possible harms.

There are many risk factors for heart disease.

High cholesterol is one, but high blood pressure, smoking, family history and poor diet and exercise also are important risk factors.

Diabetes, both Type 1 and Type 2, increases risk for heart disease, and so must be considered by your doctor when making the decision to recommend a statin. The risk is largely determined by how long you have had your diabetes and how well it has been controlled.

There are several calculator tools available to estimate an individual’s risk for heart attack and death based on risk factors, although the most commonly used one recently has been shown to significantly overestimate risk. In my opinion, this decision needs to be personalized, and protocols — however well-meaning and well-done — cannot be substituted for individual judgment based on knowing the person, along with his or her risks and fears.

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SOLUNAR TABLES The Gwinnett Daily Post (UPSP 921-980, ISSN 10860096) is published Wednesday through Friday and Sunday by SCNI, 725 Old Norcross Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30045. Periodical postage paid at Lawrenceville, GA 30044. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gwinnett Daily Post, P.O. Box 603, Lawrenceville, GA 30046-0603.

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Thurmond

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Harding

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Hartwell

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TODAY IN HISTORY

LOTTERY Saturday Cash 3 Midday: 3-0-9 Cash 4 Midday: 9-6-1-0 Ga. 5 Midday: 9-1-9-7-0 Friday Cash 3 Midday: 7-1-6 Cash 3 Evening: 9-2-1 Cash 4 Midday: 2-0-8-3 Cash 4 Evening: 4-1-0-5 Ga. 5 Midday: 3-0-7-0-6 Ga. 5 Evening: 3-7-9-1-0 Fantasy 5: 6-8-14-20-22 Mega Millions: 17-18-61-6674, Mega Ball: 3

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city.

In 1921, West Virginia approved the first state sales tax.

In 1973, construction was completed on Chicago’s Sears Tower (later renamed the Willis Tower), the tallest building in the world at the time.

In 2006, Zacarias Moussaoui, convicted of conspiracy in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was sentenced to life in prison.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), statesman/ philosopher; Golda Meir (18981978), Israeli prime minister; Bing Crosby (1903-1977), singer/actor; Pete Seeger (1919-2014), singersongwriter; Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989), boxer; James Brown

(1933-2006), singer-songwriter; Frankie Valli (1934- ), singer; Greg Gumbel (1946- ), sportscaster; Christina Hendricks (1975- ), actress; Dule Hill (1975- ), actor; Cheryl Burke (1984- ), dancer.

TODAY’S FACT: Residents of Washington, D.C., did not receive the right to vote in presidential elections until the 23rd Amendment was passed in 1961.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1987, Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers played his final game, finishing with 30,026 points, 10,525 rebounds and 5,176 assists in his professional basketball (ABA and NBA) career.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that’s in rhythm or you’re in trouble.”

— Sugar Ray Robinson

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Parent jealous of new in-laws’ togetherness DEAR AMY: One of our children recently married into a large, close-knit, gregarious family. These folks spend all holidays together, they vacation together and, although most of them live halfway across the country from our child and spouse, they often hop on a plane and come for short visits between family get-togethers.

They have welcomed our child with open arms and our child has enthusiastically joined in all their gatherings and activities.

My much smaller extended family, however, is far more independent and not in frequent contact with one another. Even

Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson when my husband and I have tried to put together gatherings and family reunions, our other children (and the few cousins, aunts and uncles we have) show no interest in seeing one another.

We are happy that our child is now part of

a warm, outgoing, loving family who places a priority on staying connected. But I am increasingly finding myself upset and disappointed with my family’s lack of interest in connecting. I am also jealous of our child’s in-law family and their place in our child’s life.

I just don’t know where to go with these feelings.

I should be glad that our child has such a great relationship with these folks, but instead I just feel hurt.

— Sad Mom DEAR SAD: Don’t misplace these feelings and blame your child’s in-laws.

All families are different and it is unfortunate that

despite your advocacy your family isn’t interested in coming together.

I hope you will be welcomed into your child’s in-law family, at least in a satisfyingly tangential way.

You should reach out to them when they are visiting your child and spouse.

Invite them to your home and get to know them.

I hope a nice friendship blossoms between you so that you benefit from their more gregarious and inclusive way of relating.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@tribpub.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

Keep your temper under control. Rational, deductive reasoning will offer a compatible solution to most of your struggles this year.

Family members will make increasing demands on your time. You will need to set some ground rules if you are to reach your personal goals.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Your confidence will grow if you make personal adjustments that are geared toward obtaining a better position. The increased prestige will generate an interesting business proposal.

Be prepared for some keen negotiation.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You have the know-how necessary to be a success.

Don’t be intimidated by anyone trying to convince you to change your plans. If you follow your intuition, you won’t go wrong.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Your distinctive style has caught the eye of a potential partner. You can win over your most stubborn opponents with charisma and charm. Love is on the rise.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — It’s up to you to resolve any personal issues. Your friends will offer meaningful advice, but in the end, you have to do what is best for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — An impromptu journey will bring you closer to a promotion. Your ability to communicate with people will be a valuable asset when presenting your insight and ideas.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t compare yourself to anyone else. Dedication and hard work will help you get ahead. Be prepared to walk away from a bad deal. Look after minor health problems with alacrity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Don’t expect someone to give you a break.

Have faith in your ability to make things happen.

The best way to make an impression is to take charge.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You should be more accepting of others’ opinions. Don’t be too quick to criticize people’s suggestions. Fleshing out a plan in collaboration with another will be your best alternative.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — If you feel restricted by your current position, head in a new direction. Don’t limit your options. You have access to all the information you need to improve your life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t go broke trying to impress someone. Your sense of humor and friendliness will make a much better impression than you picking up the tab for the evening.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — You will feel let down and frustrated. Clearing out a cluttered closet or basement will give you a sense of accomplishment. Improve your overall well-being by starting a diet or exercise regimen.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Romance is heating up, and you will be in perfect harmony with a potential life partner. It’s a good time to make plans that will cut your overhead and lead to greater stability.

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Town Hall Series May 5-7, 2015 IN DEKALB, ROCKDALE & GWINNETT Rep. Johnson is holding a series of town hall meetings from 6:30 - 8 p.m. at: ★ Rockdale Carrer Academy on Tuesday, May 5th ★ Snellville City Hall on Wednesday, May 6th ★ Lou Walker Senior Center on Thursday, May 7th

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Muise based her ruling on a 2000 Georgia Supreme Court case out of Clayton County which also resulted in a noise ordinance being struck down for being too vague.

“Here Section 42-46 is a criminal ordinance and it cannot be so ambiguous as to allow the determination of whether a law has been broken to depend upon the subjective opinions of complaining neighbor-citizens and county officials,” Muise wrote. “There can be no other conclusion by this court that section 42-46 is anything other than constitutionally infirm by the inherent vague and subjective nature of its wording.”

The gun club was cited for violating the ordinance last October.

The ticket came amid a debate between the club and nearby residents who claimed they were negaNathan Mephan, 6, enters the wading pool in a large inflatable bubble at the annual Snellville Days Festival on Satur- tively affected by the freday. To view a photo gallery of 2015 Snellville Days, visit gwinnettdailypost.com. (Staff Intern: Brian Hadden) quent sound of gunfire.

Muise pointed out in her ruling that the ordinance did not make reference to sounds coming from •From Page 1A dren in the first degree. the family, which included good family.” a “lawful operation of Hamilton counts as the three other children, one a gun club or shooting Hamilton was involved She died in an Atlanta fourth person taken into who is Tamiah’s younger range.” with the homeowners hospital on Feb. 3. But custody in Gwinnett this sister. The girls were adopt- association and always At the same time, she Washington said police had week in the unusual string ed from Hamilton’s brother willing to help in any way appeared to try staying no evidence to suggest that of child death charges. because of substance abuse he could, the neighbor neutral in the ongoing the man, who had adopted On Wednesday, Herbert issues, Washington said. debate. said. Just two weeks ago, the child from his brother, “George” Landell and The other children be“This court is by no Moreno had a daughter hadn’t been truthful until Lauren Fristed of Duluth longed to the suspect and born. Soon, the Hamiltons means condoning interlast week when the autopsy were charged in the death his wife. ference with the trancame to offer their conreport came back, ruling of their infant daughter.

“From all accounts, they gratulations and visit. quility and sanctity of the death a homicide by Former Buford star football were a seemingly model a person, their home or The charges just don’t head trauma. player Steven Singleton family,” the spokesman business by any loud seem right, he said — for Interviewed again Thurs- was also charged Wednes- said. noise,” Muise wrote.

Hamilton, or their neighday, Hamilton “offered no day in the death of his Neighbor Arthur Moreno borhood, known as Old “The court is simply explanation for the medical girlfriend’s 4-year-old son told the Daily Post as much Peachtree Station. persuaded that a more findings,” even though he in Lawrenceville.

Friday afternoon. clearly worded and narThe Hamiltons’ twowas the only adult home Hamilton’s arrest was his “They’re good people. rowly drawn ordinance story, whose front door at the time of the child’s first in Gwinnett County, They’ve always been here can achieve the legitimate went unanswered Friday, injury, Washington said. He according to jail records. for my family,” he said sits on a well-kept yard on objectives of protection was booked into the county Washington said he from his doorway across Reading Court in the subdi- of citizens from noises jail on charges of felony knew of no previous the street from the Hamvision off Buford Drive. A which can affect their murder and cruelty to chil- incidents with the man or ilton home. “It’s a typical comfort, repose, health cross is stuck in a floweror safety while insuring bed encircling the home an assertable standard among freshly planted of guilt for due process pansies and marigolds. requirements.”

Neighbors said they The ruling caused often saw the kids playing in the grass.

The family is now fractured.

Hamilton is held without •From Page 1A bond in jail, while his wife to drive. He is off for the has custody of their two remainder of the school children, ages 7 and 10. year from his position Tamiah’s younger sister as a para-professional has been taken into state custody in the state of Mas- at Norcross Elementary School. sachusetts, the suspect’s The first red flag for home state.

North Gwinnett High A phone message left with the wife Friday wasn’t soccer coach Mike Wentzler came about 6 a.m. immediately returned.

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concern for Gerald Mann, one of the neighbors who was at odds with the club. After it was handed down by Muise, Mann emailed several neighbors and county officials and expressed fears that it could mean the county no longer had any noise ordinance.

“I quit,” he said in his email to neighbors. “I just wanted our nice quiet neighborhood back.”

County officials reviewed the ruling and said on Friday that the situation is not as bad as Mann thinks. They said in a statement issued on Friday that while part of the ordinance was struck down, there are other parts of it that can still be enforced.

They did not give a clear indication whether the ordinance will be re-written in the future to cover gun clubs though.

“County police can still issue citations for the most common types of noise violations under Section 42-47 of the County’s Code of Ordinances,” according to the county’s statement.

“County staff will continue to review the noise ordinance to see what, if any, changes need to be made.”

The section police will still enforce covers noises made by horns, signaling devices, radios, phonographs, loudspeakers, amplifiers, shouting, noisy birds and animals, construction sounds, transportation of metal rails, blowers, motors, steam whistles, sound trucks, vehicles, moving or opening boxes, schools, courts, churches, hospitals, peddlers, vendors, hawkers and attention-seekers.

Gun club spokesman Wade Cummings said the business will release a statement through its attorney once paperwork has been finalized, which could be sometime this week.

Arndt the next morning when he received a call from his star senior goal scorer.

Calls from teenagers these days are unusual, and one that early in the morning is all but unheard of.

In fact, Wentzler didn’t even get the whole story until later. And it came from someone who heard it from Arndt’s girlfriend.

Because Arndt missed school that day to be with his father, he couldn’t play in the Bulldogs’ region-opening game against Mountain View.

Arndt was the leading scorer for North this season, which ended its campaign Wednesday with a first-round playoff loss to Brookwood. Yet because of his personality on and off the field, Wentzler was not surprised when he heard what he did during his father’s heart attack.

“The fact that he was able to do that takes composure,” Wentzler said. “He’s calm and collected in all situations.

He handles himself well.

That’s a reason he’s a leader.”

The Bulldogs, who had a moment of silence before the game in honor of Arndt’s father, beat Mountain View 2-1, and when Arndt returned for their next game, he contributed two assists in a 4-0 victory against Norcross.

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world&nation NATION Seattle police prepared for more protests SEATTLE — Seattle police said on Saturday they were preparing for more weekend protests after a May Day march that turned violent when crowds hurled bottles and wrenches at officers, who responded with pepper spray and flash grenades.

Sixteen people were arrested in the violence, which erupted late Friday after a day of peaceful demonstrations to call attention to workers’ rights, immigration issues and police treatment of minorities in the United States.

Three officers were hurt, including one who suffered a broken wrist and another with a dislocated shoulder, police said.

Civilian death toll from U.S.-led strike rises to 52 BEIRUT — The death toll from an air strike by U.S.-led forces on the northern Syrian province of Aleppo has risen to 52 including seven children, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday.

Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Britishbased Observatory for Human Rights, said the death toll from Friday’s strike was the highest civilian loss in a single attack by U.S. and Arab forces since they started air raids against hardline Islamist militant groups in Syria such as Islamic State.

U.S.-led forces are also targeting the group in Iraq.

The Britain-based Observatory said the raid had mistakenly struck civilians in a village on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River in Aleppo province, killing members of at least six families.

Pope defends Spanish priest ahead of canonization ROME — Pope Francis defended an 18th-century Spanish priest on Saturday from accusations he brutalized Native Americans in missionary work that helped lay the foundations for the Catholic Church in the United States.

The pope intends to declare Father Junipero Serra a saint at a Mass celebrated at the National Shrine in Washington on Sept 23 during his U.S. visit.

The Franciscan missionary built a series of missions along the Pacific coast in the latter 18th century, in what is now California, to spread the faith among Native Americans there.

Tribal leaders in California say Serra beat and imprisoned local peoples, suppressed their cultures and facilitated the spread of diseases that decimated the population.

— From wire reports

Baltimore rallies in hope after charges

By Scott Malone and ian SiMpSon Reuters

BALTIMORE — Hundreds of people took to the streets of Baltimore on Saturday as anger over the death of a young black man turned to hopes for change following swift criminal charges against six police officers.

Marchers departed from the housing projects where 25-year-old Freddie Gray was arrested last month and converged on a plaza in front of Baltimore city hall where the city’s chief prosecutor announced charges on Friday ranging from murder to assault in Gray’s death.

The march, amid a heavily armed police and National Guard presence, appeared to be largely peaceful.

Using social media hashtags #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackSpring, rallies in solidarity with Gray and against police mistreatment of minorities were also planned on Saturday in more than 20 U.S. cities including Dallas, New York and Los Angeles.

Many in the largely black city erupted with joy after the officers were charged — a sharp contrast to the deaths of unarmed black men over the past year in Ferguson, Mo., and New York, where authorities found police broke no

A large crowd is gathered for a rally at city hall in Baltimore on Saturday. Hundreds of people took to the streets of Baltimore on Saturday as anger over the death of a young black man turned to hopes for change following swift criminal charges against six police officers. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

laws.

But while the charges announced by prosecutor Marilyn Mosby brought relief to the city of 620,000, residents said they needed to see justice served, not only in Baltimore but in other U.S. communities where they feel minorities are disproportionately targeted by police.

“We’re here today because I have two young black male sons and I hope these kids are going to grow up in a different world, where police respect the community and the community respects the police,” said Jeff Wilson, 43.

He was standing in front of Baltimore city hall with a sign reading “all lives matter.”

“This is really the start of the change. Everything won’t change immediately, but what happened yesterday will change the world,” Wilson added.

Gray died on April 19, a week after suffering a fatal spinal injury while in police custody. The six officers — three black and three white, five men and one woman — involved in his arrest were released on bond on Friday.

Gene Ryan, president of the Baltimore Fraternal Or-

WORLD Duchess Kate gives birth to a little princess LONDON — Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple’s second child and a great grand-daughter to Queen Elizabeth.

The royal family’s newest member was born at 8:34 a.m., some 2 1/2 hours after Kate Middleton was admitted in the early stages of labor to St Mary’s Hospital, West London, the couple’s Kensington Palace residence said in a statement.

The couple emerged later the same day with the baby wrapped in a white woolen shawl and bonnet to pose for photographs on the steps of the hospital, a little over 12 hours after Kate arrived.

Kate cradled the sleeping princess in her arms as the couple waved to the cheering crowd, although they made no comment.

Yemeni Houthis call on U.N. to end Saudi strikes CAIRO — Yemeni Houthi rebels called on the United Nations on Saturday to seek an end to Saudi Arabian air strikes against them that they described as blatant aggression against the country.

Warplanes from a Saudiled coalition are targeting Iranian-allied Houthis who have seized the capital Sanaa and large areas of the country.

“We want to emphasize

Britain’s Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, appear with their baby daughter outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, in London on Saturday. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple’s second child and a sister to 1-year-old Prince George. (Reuters/Cathal McNaughton)

the grave and tragic situation that comes in the light of the continued Saudi blatant aggression on our country and our people,” said the Ansar Allah Zaydi Houthi movement’s foreign relations official Hussein al-Ezzi, in a letter addressed to the U.N. secretary general.

Zaydis are a sect of Shi’ite Islam that predominates in Northern Yemen.

maritime rescue coordination center in Rome as part of the European Union’s operation Triton.

The rescued migrants and the suspected people smugglers have been handed over to the Italian authorities, the Toulon, France-based maritime police added.

der of Police, said he was disappointed with “the apparent rush to judgment” in charging the officers, who he said had done nothing wrong. The union launched an online fundraising plea on its website on Saturday to cover legal expenses for the six.

No dates have been set for trials but speakers urged people to ensure that they were registered to be called as jurors.

“We can’t get justice for Freddie without 12 jurors for Freddie. Get registered,” civil rights activist Kim Trueheart urged the crowd.

PEOPLE SurveyMonkey CEO dies at 47 LOS ANGELES — Dave Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, died suddenly Friday night, his brother Robert Goldberg announced on Facebook on Saturday.

He was 47.

“It’s with incredible shock and sadness that I’m letting our friends and family know that my amazing brother, Dave Goldberg, beloved husband of Sheryl Sandberg, father of two wonderful children, and son of Paula Goldberg, passed away suddenly last night,” his brother wrote.

No cause of death has been announced. Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the social-media network shortly after Robert Goldberg made the announcement to share his condolences.

“Dave Goldberg was an amazing person and I am glad I got to know him,” Zuckerberg wrote. “My thoughts and prayers are with Sheryl and her family.”

Matt LeBlanc reprises ‘Friends’ musical moments

LOS ANGELES — “Friends” may have ended years ago, but it’s as tuna and mayonnaise, insisted its customs agents clear that Matt LeBlanc had to check all emergency still has that Joey Tribbiani charm. shipments.

The “Episodes” star U.S. military aircraft and channeled his “Friends” personnel due to arrive on Saturday to help ferry relief character while visiting “The Graham Norton supplies to stricken areas Show” and broke out into outside the capital were some of Joey’s old songs delayed and tentatively on the show. scheduled to arrive today, Norton reminded LeBa U.S. Marines spokeslanc of one early episode woman said. of “Friends” in which “They should not be Joey stars in a musical using peacetime customs based on the life of Dr. methodology,” the U.N.’s Sigmund Freud. While McGoldrick said. Instead, LeBlanc doesn’t perform he argued, all relief matethe accompanying dance rial should get a blanket exemption from checks on with the number from the musical, he does arrival. remember the tune and lyrics, sung with Freud’s French people Austrian accent.

give thumbs down to Hollande

PARIS — More than 80 percent of French people do not want Francois Hollande to stand for re-election in the next presidential contest in 2017 due to his poor economic record, Customs checks according to a poll ahead hold up relief for of his third anniversary in power later this month. quake victims French patrol The poll, carried out by KATHMANDU — Cus- the CSA institute for news ship rescues toms inspections at Kathwebsite Atlantico, showed 217 migrants mandu airport are holding that the same proportion PARIS — A French up vital relief supplies for of people surveyed — 81 patrol ship rescued 217 earthquake survivors in Ne- percent in total — thought migrants from three small pal, a U.N. official said on Hollande’s record in office boats that had run into trou- Saturday, as the death toll was “negative.” ble off the coast of Libya from the disaster a week “The reasons are dion Saturday, the maritime ago passed 6,600. verse,” Yves-Marie Cann, police said in a statement.

United Nations Resiwho is in charge of poThe Commandant dent Representative Jamie litical polls at the CSA, Birot helped several dozen McGoldrick said the govwas quoted as saying by people in distress and ernment must loosen its Atlantico. intercepted two suspected normal customs restrictions “The lack of track record people smugglers, accord- to deal with the increasing in terms of the economy ing to the statement. flow of relief material now and social affairs has a “The intercepted vessels pouring in from abroad and significant impact, 1 1/2 have all been neutralized,” piling up at the airport. years after the deadline for the maritime police said, But the government, reversing the unemployadding that they were recomplaining it has received ment curve.” sponding to a call from the such unneeded supplies — From wire reports

Director, writer Goodman dies

LOS ANGELES — Philip S. Goodman, a writer and director for film, television and stage, died May 2 at his home in New York City.

He was 89.

Goodman wrote episodes of 1950s and ’60s TV shows such as “Profiles in Courage,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “Johnny Staccato.” He directed the 1963 feature “We Shall Return” (United Pictures International), which centered on antiCastro Cuban fighters in Miami and starred Cesar Romero.

At the Actors’ Studio in New York, where he was a member of the Directors Group, Goodman directed workshops of his plays, “Love Is a Candy Cane” and “This Notoriety Business.”

— From wire reports

At Mayweather-Pacquaio fight, advertisers hope to strike a blow

By Brian SteinBerg Reuters

LOS ANGELES — When boxing fans shelled out nearly $100 last night to see the muchanticipated matchup between boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquaio, they also bore witness to something else: advertising.

To be sure, a few ads typically appear in many pay-per-view

subscribers paid to watch Mayweather defeat Oscar de la Hoya.

“We have a level of interest and boxing matches, but Mayweathercompetition among brands we have Pacquaio represented a unique op- not seen before,” acknowledged portunity. A select group of market- Stephen Espinoza, executive vice ers paid more than $1 million each, president and general manager of according to a person familiar with Showtime’s sports and event prothe situation, to get their wares in gramming, in an interview. front of a crowd that was expected The telecast was a joint venture to beat the record for viewers of a of CBS Corp.’s Showtime and pay-per-view spectacle. In 2007, Time Warner’s HBO. approximately 2.48 million video Two movie studios were ex-

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pected to promote three big films during the telecast. The Weinstein Company touted “Southpaw,” a boxing film directed by Antoine Fuqua slated for release in July.

Viacom’s Paramout was gearing up to goose the next installment in its “Mission: Impossible” franchise as well as “Terminator: Genisys,” the person familiar with the matter said. The Mexican Tourism Board, Smart Communications of the Philippines and Tecate beer also served

as sponsors of the event, said this person. All the marketers paid what is estimated to be a total of between $11 million and $13 million.

Two of the movies were promoted via traditional TV commercials, while all the sponsors had logos and signage made a part of the ring, the weigh-in ceremony and other parts of the match. Viewers saw logos from the sponsors appear on the ring mat during the broadcast, this person said.

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Men wielding power in hellish times WASHINGTON — “Wolf Hall,” the Man Booker Prize-winning historical novel about the court of Henry VIII — and most dramatically, the conflict between Thomas Cromwell and Sir Thomas More — is now a TV series (presented on PBS). It is maddeningly good.

Maddening because its history is tendentiously distorted, yet the drama is so brilliantly conceived and executed that you almost don’t care. Faced with an imaginative creation of such brooding, gripping, mordant intensity, you find yourself ready to pay for it in historical inaccuracy.

Charles And “Wolf Krauthammer Hall’s” revisionism is breathtaking. It inverts the conventional view of the saintly More being undone by the corrupt, amoral, serpentine Cromwell, the king’s chief minister. This is fiction as polemic. Author Hilary Mantel, an ex- and anti-Catholic (“the Catholic Church is not an institution for respectable people”), has set out to rehabilitate Cromwell and defenestrate More, most especially the More of Robert Bolt’s beautiful and hagiographic “A Man for All Seasons.”

Who’s right? Neither fully, though “Wolf Hall’s” depiction of More as little more than a cruel heretic-burning hypocrite is particularly provocative, if not perverse. To be sure, Moreworship is somewhat overdrawn, as even the late Cardinal Francis George warned at a 2012 convocation of bishops. More had his flaws. He may have been a man for all seasons but he was also a man of his times. And in those times of merciless contention between Rome and the Reformation, the pursuit and savage persecution of heresy were the norm.

Indeed, when Cromwell achieved power, he persecuted Catholics with a zeal and thoroughness that surpassed even More’s persecution of Protestants. “Wolf Hall’s” depiction of Cromwell as a man of great sensitivity and deep feeling is, therefore, even harder to credit. He was cruel and cunning, quite monstrous both in pursuit of personal power and wealth, and in serving the whims and wishes of his royal master.

Nonetheless, Cromwell’s modern reputation will be enhanced by Mark Rylance’s brilliant and sympathetic cinematic portrayal, featuring a stillness and economy of expression that is at once mesmerizing and humanizing. The nature of the modern audience helps too. In this secular age beset by throat-slashing religious fanatics, we are far more disposed to despise excessive piety and celebrate the pragmatic, if ruthless, modernizer.

Which Cromwell was, as the chief engineer of Henry’s Reformation. He crushed the Roman church, looted the monasteries and nationalized faith by subordinating clergy to king. That may flatter today’s reflexive anticlericalism. But we do well to remember that the centralized state Cromwell helped midwife did prepare the ground, over the coming centuries, for the rise of the rational, willful, thought-controlling, indeed allcontrolling, state.

It is perhaps unfair to call Cromwell (and Henry) proto-totalitarian, as some critics have suggested, essentially blaming them for what came after. But they did sow the seed. And while suppressing one kind of intolerance, they did little more than redefine heresy as an offense against the sovereignty not of God but of the state.

However, “Wolf Hall” poses questions not just political but literary. When such a distortion of history produces such a wonderfully successful piece of fiction, we are forced to ask: What license are we to grant to the historical novel?

For all the learned answers, in reality it comes down to temporal proximity. If the event is in the recent past, you’d better be accurate. Oliver Stone’s paranoid and libelous “JFK” will be harmless in 50 years, but it will take that long for the stench to dissipate. On the other hand, does anyone care that Shakespeare diverges from the record (such as it is) in his Caesar or Macbeth or his Henrys?

Time turns them to legend. We don’t feel it much matters anymore. There is the historical Caesar and there is Shakespeare’s Caesar. They live side by side.

The film reviewer Stanley Kauffmann said much the same about David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” vs. the real T.E. Lawrence. They diverge.

Accept them each on their own terms, as separate and independent realities. (After all, Lawrence’s own account, “Seven Pillars of Wisdom,” offers magnificent prose but quite unreliable history as well.)

So with the different versions of More and Cromwell. Let them live side by side. “Wolf Hall” is utterly compelling, but I nonetheless refuse to renounce “A Man For All Seasons.” I’ll live with both Mores, both Cromwells. After all, for centuries we’ve accepted that light is both wave and particle. If physics can live with maddening truths, why can’t literature and history?

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.

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The most fun you’ve ever had, legally I am tired of violence and vitriol and bad news. I bet you are, too. So a couple of days ago I posed a fun question to my Facebook friends. I mean, really, it was about fun.

I asked them to tell me the most fun they had ever had without breaking the law or taking off their clothes.

Honesty tells me to admit that some of my friends need to get out more, but many of them have lived really exciting lives — or at least have had some truly exciting moments in their lives. I thought it might be fun to share a few of the highlights with my readers this weekend in hopes that it might resurrect some fond memories or even inspire a few of you to set out on brand new adventures of your own.

For instance, you would be surprised how many people I have known that, apparently, have jumped out of perfectly good airplanes. Skydiving, in fact, might have been the most mentioned activity. I have a friend, Bob Mann, who signed up to be a paratrooper in the army because he got to train in Columbus, next to his darling wife, Martha. He told me that he made 13 jumps and took off in an airplane 14 times before he landed once. I guess he had a lot of fun.

Darrell Huckaby Can you believe that I have a friend who ran with the bulls in Pamplona? That wouldn’t have impressed me nearly as much if Ernest Hemmingway hadn’t written about it in such glowing terms. Of course that friend is from Alabama ,so I guess Pamplona is pretty exciting when compared to Dothan.

I have a friend, Danny Miller, who played Chet Atkins’s guitar in Nashville.

I understand how that could be a highlight. I sang into Elvis’s microphone in Memphis and really enjoyed that — and I can’t sing. Danny Miller can flat play a guitar.

I have friends who mentioned zip-lining through the jungles of tropical islands and scuba diving in tropical waters and snowmobiling in western national parks and I haven’t done any of those things. I guess I am missing out on fun, so I need to update my bucket list. One

person mentioned attending the first night game at Sanford Stadium. I was there for that one and it was, indeed, fun — but not as much fun as watching the 2002 51-7 beat down of Georgia Tech.

Yellow was streaming out of the stadium like watery mustard by the end of the first quarter and the Tech Deck was empty by halftime. Selah.

Travel was high on the list of fun activities, too. Exploring the Grand Canyon was mentioned more than once and a few people claimed that traveling with me was the most fun they ever had.

None of them were my family, however, so maybe I wasted a lot of money driving my kids and my lovely wife Lisa all over the nation.

We had folks who had driven race cars and folks who had biked down Pike’s Peak and one person rode a roller coaster that went 120 miles an hour. There aren’t many things on the list that I wouldn’t do but I wouldn’t ride a roller coaster that went 120 miles an hour.

There were also comments about bungee jumping — I ain’t jumping off anything attached by a rubber band— and sailing and hang gliding.

Who knew I had such brave — or foolish — friends?

One friend said that walking up Dunn River Falls in Jamaica topped his list. I did that two years ago and couldn’t get out of bed the next day. Of course he said he was on his honeymoon so if I had made it to Jamaica in 1982 maybe I would have had a better outcome.

Mary Dennison, bless her heart, said walking barefoot, as a child in Mississippi, rolling an old tire was the most fun she had ever had until she visited the Holy Land this winter. She didn’t say that trying to fly home from the Holy Land was fun, however.

And a lot of people who are older and wiser than me, said that raising their children and playing with their grandchildren was the most fun they ever had. I am typing this with one finger while trying to feed my grandson Henley, his afternoon bottle — which he is resisting, so the jury is still out on that one.

As for the most fun I’ve ever had? Continuing to wake up every morning after being given a virtual death sentence three years ago ranks pretty high on that list.

Ain’t God good?

Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale County.

Email him at dhuck008@ gmail.com.

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After thorough cleaning, animal shelter hosts re-opening

By Katie Morris

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LAWRENCVILLE — 10-year-old Keelin Klein and her brother Ryder kneel and look into the cat carrier with eager eyes — they can’t wait to get their grandma Shirley Bohm’s newly rescued kitten back to the house, so they can play with her.

“She’s so playful,” Keelin said, adding they should name her Tiger because she has grey stripes.

Bohm said her cat passed away a few months ago, so when she heard the Gwinnett County animal shelter was hosting its grand re-opening Saturday, she decided to come adopt a cat.

“A lot of people don’t want cats, and often they get mistreated and I can give them a good home,” she said.

The animal shelter hosted its grand reopening from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with around 60 dogs, one cat, a guinea pig and a rabbit all available for adoption.

The shelter had been closed for a little over two weeks in response to several animals becoming ill and one dog dying as a result of the illness.

What was originally described as a mystery

After a weeklong cleaning process that included a donated steam cleaning from a robot cleaning service, Gwinnett County animal shelter re-opened for business Saturday. The shelter was shut down for a little over two weeks for what was found to be Bordetella. (Staff Photos: Katie Morris)

New dog owners Max and Yelena Boytenko of Snellville escorting home their newly rescued pit/lab mix at the Gwinnett County animal shelter’s grand re-opening after being closed for a little over two weeks for what was found to be Bordetella.

Gwinnett County animal shelter volunteer Jan Grissom gives pit/mix Roxy a little play time outside during the shelter’s grand re-opening after being closed for a little over two weeks for what was found to be Bordetella.

illness was eventually determined to be Bordetella after testing by University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

The shelter underwent a weeklong deep cleans-

ing process that included two days of steam cleaning donated by Francisco Yelamo with Infection Prevention Technologies, who brought in a robot that uses UVC light to help sanitize.

“To actually have everybody back in here and see things functioning like normal, it’s very reassuring that we did the right thing,” Director Chip Moore said. “The staff has been unbelievable. The staff are the one’s who deserve the credit, we’ve had a lot of public and a lot of volunteers that have come in and helped us, but the staff are the ones who

obituaries CRAWFORD

LOGANVILLE

Shelley Bailey

Wade Blackwell

Mr. Shelley G. Bailey, age 72, of Crawford, GA and formerly of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Friday, May 1, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Glad and Lavonia Bailey; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Golden and Lorraine Roper Braswell.

He is survived by his wife of fifty-one years, Jan Braswell Bailey, Crawford, GA; son and daughterin-law, Chris and Charie Bailey, Athens, GA; grandson, Cason Bailey, Athens, GA; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Mr. Bailey was born March 13, 1943 in Sugar Hill, GA. He was a 1961 graduate of North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, GA. In the early years of his career, he worked with the family owned business in Hardwood Floors. He later owned and operated a Hobby Shop and Race Track. He later retired and moved to Oglethorpe County where he enjoyed many outdoor activities including hunting, fishing, golf and working with tractors. He was a member of Hopewell Christian Church in Lawrenceville, GA. Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Pirkle and Rev. Nick Riggins officiating. Interment will follow in Sugar Hill Cemetery in Sugar Hill, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, 2000 Circle of Hope Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 in memory of Shelley Bailey.

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

Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-9321133.

Wade Frank Blackwell age 52 of Loganville, GA, passed away Friday, May 1, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Trish Jordan Blackwell; daughters, Jenny Blackwell and Mandy Blackwell of Loganville; mother, Julia Hughes Blackwell of Newborn; and sister, Lissa Phelps (Garry) of Madison. Wade was preceded in death by his father, Jack Blackwell.

Wade was a home builder and a girls softball coach in Gwinnett Co. Arrangements with Tom M. Wages Funeral Service to be announced later. Condolences may be viewed or sent to www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

LOGANVILLE

Violet Ewing Violet Ewing, age 94, of Loganville, GA, passed away April 30, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 www.wagesfuneralhome.com

ROSWELL

Joey Fry Joey Fry, age 52, of Roswell, GA, passed away on April 24, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, 300 Simonton Rd. SW Lawrenceville, GA 30045. 770-962-3100

DELRAY BEACH, FL

Angela Geraci Angela Geraci, age 86, of Delray Beach, FL passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2015. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133.

SNELLVILLE

Alan Jampole Alan Morris Jampole, age 74, of Snellville, GA, passed away April 30, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 www.wagesfuneralhome. com

Lillian Faulk Lillian J. Faulk, age 86, of Lilburn, GA, passed away April 30, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 www.wagesfuneralhome.com

BUFORD

Dolores Maddox Dolores Long Maddox, age 79 of Buford, GA, died Saturday, May 2, 2015 after an extended illness. Funeral Service will be held Monday, May 4, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel. Rev. Mark Hutchins, Rev. Jerry Crocker, and Rev. Cecil Ash will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday, May 3, 2015 from 4-8 PM at the funeral home. Mrs. Maddox was preceded in death by her Husband, Emory Maddox, Great Grandson, Leland Parks, Sister, Veeda Claire Long, Brother, Elton Long, Sister In-law, Barbara Long. She is survived by her Children, Jackie Mad-

He is survived by his loving wife, Doris Humphrey Talalai, two grandchildren, Garrett Bishop and Sarah Bishop, one sister Betty Kowaleiski, one brother, Robert Talalai and his wife Barbara, a number of nieces and nephews, daughter-in-law, Kay Talalai, son-in-law, Gary Bishop and three step grandchildren, Keith, Kim and Lori. Mr. Talalai was with American Can Company for 32 years in Maryland, Massachusetts and Georgia. After retiring in 1981 he went on to own and operate Spring Roll, Inc. until 2006. Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.billheadfuneralhome.com. A Memorial service will be held at the home at 2:00 PM Sunday May 3, 2015 with a reception to follow.

Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

GRAYSON

Francis “Frank” Moore Francis “Frank” Joseph Moore, age 56, of Grayson, GA, passed away May 1, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 www.wagesfuneralhome.com

TENNESSEE FORMERLY OF WINDER

James Vaughn HELENA

Lois Price

Denise Farmer

LILBURN

dox, Buford and David Maddox and Wife Cheryl, Auburn, KY. Grandchildren, Michelle Brown and Husband Justin, Buford, Sharon Parks, Auburn, KY, and David Maddox, Auburn, KY. Great Grandchildren, Dylan Brown, Edna Brown, Patrick Parks, and Kaylee Parks.

Brother, Virgil “Bud” Long, Porterdale, GA. Several Nieces, Nephews, and Cousins. Dolores was born in Macon, GA and lived in the Atlanta area the past 60 years. She was a retired bus driver of 32 years from High Hope Center in Lawrenceville and Gwinnett County School System.

She attended Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Hamilton Mill Memorial Chapel 770-945-6924 Share memories of Dolores at hamiltonmillchapel.com

Sarah Howington

AUBURN

Denise Farmer, age 49, of Auburn, GA, passed away on April 26, 2015.

Tim Stewart Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, 300 Simonton Rd. SW Lawrenceville, GA 30045. 770-962-3100

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JEFFERSON

Mrs. Sarah Anderson Howington, age 94, of Jefferson, who passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2015.

have really worked hard to make sure things get back to normal.”

While the staff worked to clean the animal shelter, a temporary shelter was opened on Hi Hope Road to house the remaining dogs — an adoption event was held April 25-26, helping to find new homes for 17 of the 27 dogs housed at the temporary shelter. Volunteer Jan Grissom said

it has been very touching to see the community’s support for the shelter.

“Also, Chip (Moore) has done such an incredible job because a lot of shelters would have just put these babies down and not thought anything about it … especially when they didn’t know what it was,” she said.

“He told me ‘If I have to take them all home with me, I will. I’m not going to put these dogs down.’”

Snellville couple Max and Yelena Boytenko found a pit/lab mix during last weekend’s adoption event and were able to take her home Saturday. The couple already has 15 cats at home but this will be their first dog — Max describes Yelena as having “a big heart for animals” and that’s why they choose to chose to rescue a dog from the Gwinnett animal shelter.

“There are so many animals being neglected, and I hate to think of them scared and alone without a home,” Yelena said, adding that by rescuing an animal from the shelter, she’s helping “change a life.”

The Gwinnett County animal shelter is located at 884 Winder Highway in Lawrenceville. For more information, visit gwinnettcounty.com.

Lois Price, age 87 of Helena, Georgia, formerly of Winder, died May 02, 2015.

James Murray Vaughn, age 68, of Tennessee formerly of Winder, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

LAWRENCEVILLE

SUWANEE

Edward Talalai Edward Talalai, age 88 of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on April 29, 2015. He was born on March 15, 1927 in Scranton, PA to the late Valeria and Joseph Talalai. He was a member of Kenwood Christian Church. Mr. Talalai was predeceased by his two children, Sandra Bishop and Philip Talalai.

Patrick Wood Patrick Wesley Wood, age 25 of Suwanee, died tragically Monday, April 27, 2015, as the result of a motorcycle accident. A Memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Monday May 4, 2015 at Duluth First United Methodist C

Church. Senior Pastor Tommy Green and Associate Pastor C. Kay Fuino will officiate.

Patrick was born in Atlanta and was a lifelong resident of Suwanee, Georgia. He was a member of Duluth First United Methodist Church where he went through confirmation, and played bass guitar in the contemporary worship band. Patrick attended college at Valdosta State and Gainesville State Universities where he studied Biology. He worked at TPC / Sugarloaf Golf Club and Peach State Sports over the last five years, while continuing his education part time. Patrick was a talented artist and avid sportsman whose hobbies included music, drawing, woodworking, designing and building fishing lures, fishing, boating, and camping. Patrick was a kind and gentle soul who loved and supported his family, was a trusted caring friend to many, and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He is survived by his parents Wes and Rhonda Wood, sister Elizabeth Wood, all of Suwanee; aunts and uncles Cathy and Malcom Lee of Lawrenceville; Jerry Walker, Michael and Daphne Walker of Lyons; Joseph and Jena Walker of Baxley; close family Brenda and Jerry Smith of Salem, Alabama; Doris and Bill Russell of Whispering Pines, North Carolina; Suzanne and Bobby Franklin of Dawsonville; Bob Darby of Atlanta; and many loving cousins and friends. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the National Motorcycle Safety Foundation 2 Jenner, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92618.

Online condolences may be sent by visiting www. billheadfuneralhome. com. The family will receive friends Sunday 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535

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Great Gwinnett Wetlands project launch cleans, teaches From left, Debbi Williamson, Debra Ortiz-young, John Butler, Laurie Hawks and Michael Williamson count bugs in order to learn about stream ecology and determine the health of Bromolow Creek and Wetlands in Duluth during Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful’s inaugural Great Gwinnett Wetlands event on Saturday. (Staff Photos: Katie Morris)

By Katie Morris

katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

DULUTH — Drivers on Satellite Boulevard pass by the Bromolow Creek and Wetlands every day, but many don’t even realize it.

The peaceful watershed is easy to miss, nestled next to the hustle and bustle of the busy five-lane highway.

According to Ron Seibenhener, Director of the Gwinnett Department of Water Resources, a lot of times people view watersheds as swamps or unclean places when they are actually “living, working components of nature.”

He says it’s important for the community to be educated about and aware of watersheds and the impact we have on them, which was the purpose of Great Gwinnett Wetlands event held Saturday morning.

Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful and Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources partnered to kick off the project, which focuses on educating and empowering a new generation of environmental stewards.

“Water is the most important thing because it is what sustains our lives, and the watershed and wetlands in Gwinnett are places where water gets stored and cleaned to help ensure that we have clean water for ourselves and for the critters and animals that live and call those places home,” GCB Executive Director Connie Wiggins said.

“Our watersheds are part of

Members of the community work to help restore the Bromolow Creek and Wetlands in Duluth during Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful’s inaugural Great Gwinnett Wetlands event on Saturday.

our homes and each of us lives near one. Part of this effort is really to raise awareness about our bigger home and how we take care of it.”

Numerous volunteers gathered at Bromolow Creek and Wetlands to participate in clean-up efforts as well as hands-on learning opportunities designed to help educate volunteers so they can launch their own projects.

Participants were split into groups where they could focus on different aspects of the creek and wetlands, including bird scouts, wetland restorers and stream pickers, who collected trash and litter.

John Fleck served as a stream picker along with his 9-year-old daughter Ally — the two collected a variety of objects including glass bottles, a tennis ball and a large clay pot.

Fleck said they decided to participate in the Great Gwinnett Wetlands event because “we live here and work here, so we wanted to come help clean up.”

Paul Schneider, Plant Manager at Suniva in Norcross, organized a group of 15 of his co-workers to come serve as “invader warriors” during the event. They

learned from group leader Russell Manley, an Engineer with Gwinnett Department of Water Resources, how to identify and remove the invasive Chinese privet from the wetlands.

Schneider hopes his group will gain enough knowledge during the event so that they can go on to adopt and care for a local stream.

Saturday’s inaugural Great Gwinnett Wetland project marked the start of National Drinking Water Week and Water Professionals Appreciation Day. The event had been scheduled for April 25, but GCB made the decision to delay the event to Saturday when forecasts called for rain and possible thunderstorms.

Wiggins said it worked out well that the events moved closer together and feels this was a good way to kick off appreciation week.

“The turnout is just awesome, and it just continues to make my heart feel so proud that people come out on a Saturday morning, on this beautiful day, and give up their time to give back,” she said.

For more information about Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful and its programs, visit GwinnettCB.org.

Rachel Shouse, Sandy Dearth of Southern Wings Bird Club and Rich Lawrence count bird species during Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful’s inaugural Great Gwinnett Wetlands event.

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Four locals win twice at sectionals Virgil, Abrams, Petit, Yapp among those advancing to state track

By Will Hammock

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that finish at sectionals, winning the 100 in 10.59 seconds and the 200 in 21.68. He also was champion in the 100 at county, where he was fourth in the 200.

“I PR’ed in the 200 so it went pretty smooth,” said Virgil, who also ran on the Bears’ first-place

Super seven

HOSCHTON — Advancing to state was the goal Saturday. Winning was a bonus.

For those who got both, especially double-winners Grayson’s Demetrious Mason flies through the air while competing in the boys long jump event of the Class like Jalen Virgil of MounAAAAAA sectional track meet at Mill Creek High School tain View, Aliyah Abrams of Grayson, Camryn Petit in Hoschton on Saturday. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Bulldogs jump on Archer early, win series

scheme of things, it’s just about qualifying for state,” Class AA track & field said Virgil, a junior who sectionals, 5B also plays football. “It’s a bonus to win, but it’s of Mill Creek and Miles expected. I expect it of my Yapp of Brookwood, the myself. I have high expecClass AAAAAA Track and tations. Winning both the 1 Field Sectional for Regions (100-meter) and 2 (200) is 8, 7, 3 and 1 at Mill Creek something I expect to do.” was a particularly fun day.

Virgil, the Region “My goal was to win 7-AAAAAA champion in my heat, but in the grand the 100 and 200, repeated MORE INSIDE

See TRACK, Page 5B

By david Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

SUWANEE — North Gwinnett has earned a reputation of rising to the occasion throughout the high school baseball season.

Such was the case in Game 3 of the Bulldogs’ first-round, Class AAAAAA state playoff series with Archer.

North struck for all seven of their runs in the first three innings, and then rode the gutty pitching of Ben Carswell and Blake Sangster and some clutch defensive plays to take a 7-3 win, and the series, Saturday at McDaniel Field.

It’s the first postseason series win for the Bulldogs (209) in four years, and sends them into the second round, where they await Valdosta for a best-of-3 series beginning Wednesday.

“We had not advanced to the second round since 2011,” North coach Ryan Moity said. “And we hadn’t played a home playoff series (before this one) since 2007.

“So to have back-to-back series at home, it’s exciting.”

See NORTH, Page 4B

Bears defeat Broncos in finale By ken cHrzanoWski Staff Correspondent

SNELLVILLE — Mountain View took advantage of four Brookwood errors and a stellar pitching effort from junior Robert Kwiatkowski to defeat the Broncos 3-2 and win the opening round series in the Class AAAAAA baseball tournament.

The win, the first in school history, also allows the Bears to travel to face Tift County in next week’s second round.

“This group has really worked hard,” a joyous and emotional Jason Johnson said of his Bears. “It’s hard not to be emotional right now. Many of them have been playing together since they were 8- and 9-years old and they are just a group of dedicated kids.”

Mountain View jumped out to an early lead in the second. The Bears scored twice thanks to a Brookwood error, but it could have been See BEARS, Page 4B

Former Shiloh football standout and 2015 Hall of Fame inductee David Pollack speaks to the crowd after receiving his jacket and ring during the sixth annual Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame Banquet at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Friday. Below, former Central Gwinnett football coach and 2015 Hall of Fame inductee Tally Johnson walks back to his seat after receiving his jacket and ring.

(Staff Photos: David Welker)

Latest class inducted into Gwinnett Hall of Fame grad and former WNBA player Christi Thomas, Norcross grad and Tennessee track and field All-American Stephen Harris DULUTH — Immediately and the late William “Bull” after a video presentation by Cooper, a multi-sport start in Georgia head football coach the 1930s at UGA and in the Mark Richt, Ed Shaddix got pros. his turn to introduce former “It’s such an honor to be University of Georgia Allinducted with such a talented American and ESPN analyst group of athletes and coaches,” Davey Pollack at Friday Weir said. “How cool is it that night’s Gwinnett County we represent so many different Sports Hall of Fame induction. sports. There’s a tradition of Shaddix used the moment excellence across the board (in to tell some Pollack stories Gwinnett). … I couldn’t think from the past — the Gwinnett of a better place to foster my County Public Schools asathletic career.” sistant superintendent coached The Gwinnett Center ballPollack in football at Shiloh room was the venue for the — and also be a proud alum of inductions, including emoShiloh, noting that the first two Gwinnett as a whole and for Dooley, celebrated seven new tional acceptance speeches by Generals, Pollack and Dustin the GCPS Foundation, the hall of famers, with Pollack Harris and Thomas, who cried Kawa, were being inducted. beneficiary of the Hall of Fame and Kawa, a standout wrestler, throughout her acceptance “It’s a good night to be banquet, held for the sixth joined by Brookwood grad and speech after being introduced from Shiloh High School,” year.

Olympic swimmer Amanda by her father Maurice. said Shaddix, a Shiloh grad The evening, featuring key- Weir, longtime Central Gwin“It’s a great honor, a himself. note speaker and University of nett football coach and athletic See FAME, Page 4B It was a good night for Georgia coaching legend Vince director Tally Johnson, Buford

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Byrom leads GGC to first conference title By cody Pace

the dugout unsuccessful through the first 5 2/3 innings. Although she gave LAWRENCEVILLE — up a hit at the end of the Georgia Gwinnett College sixth inning, she pitched starting pitcher Kayla By- seven shutout innings, rom was almost perfect. allowing just two hits in Byrom (13-3) domithe 5-0 win over Ashford nated from the first pitch (27-23) in the Associaof the game, sending tion of Independent Inbatter after batter back to stitutions championship

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game Saturday.

“Kayla was so excited to get the opportunity to pitch this game,” head coach Kat Ihlenburg said.

“She was just on point today and really what it said to me is I don’t have an ace, I have a staff. I know (junior Ashley) Beyke is a good No. 1, but I have

an outstanding pitching staff.”

Byrom didn’t succeed by blowing the ball past players, with just three strikeouts on the afternoon. Instead, she induced contact and allowed her defense to play behind her, earning the senior’s way to the A.I.I.

All-Tournament Award.

“The defense was awesome today,” Byrom said.

“They had my back no matter what and before every pitch they’re like, ‘Just hit a ground ball to me, get a popup to me,’ and they were very supportive

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Prep Schedule

Monday

• GAC girls at Hawks Point Golf Club in Vidalia • Buford girls at Waynesboro County Club in Waynesboro • Buford boys at Applewood Golf Club in Keysville • Mill Creek, North and Brookwood boys at Spring Hill Country Club in Tifton • Peacthree Ridge, Norcross, North and Parkview girls at Sunset Country Club in Moultrie

The Home Teams NEXT

UPCOMING

Hawks

Washington 1 p.m.

ABC/92.9 FM

TODAY

Washington Tue, 8 p.m.

TNT/92.9 FM

at Washington Sat, 5 p.m.

ESPN/92.9 FM

Braves

Cincinnati 1:35 p.m.

FSS/680-AM

Philadelphia Mon, 7:10 p.m.

SS/680-AM

Philadelphia Tue, 7:10 p.m.

SS/680-AM

Toledo 2:05 p.m.

97.7-FM

at Scranton/WB Tue, 6:35 p.m.

97.7-FM

at Scranton/WB Wed, 10:35 a.m.

97.7-FM

Off

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Off

NAIA Tourney May 12

NAIA Tourney TBA

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NAIA tourney May 12

NAIA tourney TBA

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NAIA tourney May 12

NAIA tourney TBA

G-Braves

GGC softball

GGC W tennis

GGC M tennis SS = SportSouth, FSS = Fox Sports South, *A.I.I. Tournament at GGC

AUTO RACING

Today

7:30 a.m — MotoGP Racing World Championship: Grand Prix of Spain. From Andalucia, Spain. FS1 1 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Geico 500. From Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. Fox

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

1 p.m. — Kentucky at Tennessee ESPN 3 p.m. — Auburn at LSU ESPN

GOLF

2 p.m. — PGA Tour WGC-Cadillac Match Play, Championship. From San Francisco. NBC

HOCKEY

2:30 p.m. — IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships, Gold Medal Game: Teams TBA. From Buffalo, N.Y. NBCSP

LACROSSE

1 p.m. — MLL Florida Launch at Rochester Rattlers SPSO 4 p.m. — MLL Ohio Machine at Chesapeake Bayhawks SPSO

MLB

1:30 p.m. — Cincinnati at Atlanta FSSO 8 p.m. — New York Yankees at Boston ESPN

NBA

3:30 p.m. — Western Conference semifinals, Game 1, Memphis at Golden State ABC

NHL

6 p.m. — Eastern Conference semifinal, Game 2, Tampa Bay at Montreal NBCSP 8:30 p.m. — Western Conference semifinal, Game 2, Minnesota at Chicago NBCSP

SOCCER

8:30 a.m. — Premier League Chelsea FC vs Crystal Palace FC NBCSP 11 a.m. — Premier League Tottenham Hotspur FC vs Manchester City FC. NBCSP 5 p.m. — MLS Chicago Fire at Sporting Kansas City ESPN2 7 p.m. — MLS Seattle Sounders FC at New York City FC FS1

Sports Calendar FOOTBALL

Ongoing through May 7: Early registration is being accepted through May 7 for I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s flag football summer programs for boys and girls ages 3-18. Sessions are held at Gary Pirkle Park.

Registration and more information available at www. i9sports.com or at 678-4722142.

June 13-14: The third annual Roddy White Football ProCamp will be held at Flowery Branch High School from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Participants will work on fundamentals, as well as work with the Atlanta Falcons wide receiver. Each camper will receive an autograph and team photo from White. Cost is $99 and the camp is open to boys and girls of all skill levels in grades 1-8. For more information, go to www.RoddyWhiteCamp.com.

GOLF

Ongoing through May 7: Early registration is being accepted through May 7 for I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s

Feedback

From StaFF reportS SUWANEE — Lindsey Gipson set a simple first goal for her North Gwinnett girls lacrosse team before the beginning of the 2015 season.

The Bulldogs accomplished that mission with a 16-10 win over Collins Hill on Friday night at Tom Robinson Memorial Stadium, giving them the program’s first Area 4-AAAAAA championship.

“Our saying this year was, ‘Raising the standards,’” Gipson said after North (15-2) secured a home date against Newnan in the first-round of the Class AAAAAA state playoffs Tuesday. “That’s what we’ve done, whether it was (winning) big out of (area) games or getting our first area championship. They stayed calmed and did exactly what I said. A lot of them played a lot in middle school.

They’re smart players, but it took a while, a couple games this year, to start trusting everything I say.”

The Bulldogs never trailed, but still had to hold off a scrappy effort from Collins Hill before pulling away late in the game.

Liz Blumthal, in just her second

North’s Kyla Edwards (22) scores against Collins Hill goalie Cam Davis (29) in Friday’s matchup. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

game back after returning from a torn knee ligament, scored seven goals to lead the North offense.

Haley Gorke also had a strong allaround game for the Bulldogs with

six goals and six groundballs, while twin sister Maddie Gorke added seven draw controls.

Goaltender Sam Gladstein also had a big game with 10 saves.

FRIDAY’S PREP BASEBALL PLAYOFF RECAP

GGC baseball

On TV

North girls claim first area title

summer programs for boys and girls ages 3-18. Sessions are held at Sugar Hill Golf Club. Registration and more information available at www.i9sports.com or at 678-472-2142.

LACROSSE

Ongoing through May 7: Early registration is being accepted through May 7 for I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s summer programs for boys and girls ages 3-18.

Sessions are held at Gary Pirkle Park. Registration and more information available at www.i9sports.com or at 678-472-2142.

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Ongoing through May 7: Early registration is being accepted through May 7 for I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s summer programs for boys and girls ages 3-18. Camps are for four weeks in the summer. They run from Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to noon for children ages 5 to 10. Registration and more information available at www.i9sports.com or at 678-472-2142.

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Collins Hill singles way past South From StaFF reportS

runs in Game 2 and Will Ethridge scattered three SUWANEE — Collins hits over 4 2/3 innings in Hill pounded out single that victory. after single Friday night in Inman was phenomenal a sweep of South Gwinin Game 1, striking out nett in the Class AAAAAA nine batters and allowing state baseball playoffs. just one baserunner on a The Eagles rolled to strikeout and wild pitch.

10-6 and 12-0 wins with He needed just 62 pitches. the help of 26 hits, including 20 singles, and adBuford dominant in vanced to a second-round first-round wins matchup against the Lee BUFORD — Dominant County-Newton winner. pitching from Jake HigCollins Hill has won nine ginbotham and Connor straight games on the way Bennett pushed Buford’s to its first Sweet 16 appear- winning streak to 15 games ance since 2010. with 10-0 and 8-1 wins “Just put good swings on over Heritage-Catoosa in it and see what happens,” Friday’s Class AA first Collins Hill head coach round.

Paul Pierce said.

The Wolves will host the Of the 10 different Cook-Perry winner in next Eagles (19-8) started in the week’s second round. doubleheader, eight had at Higginbotham struck out least two hits and only one 10 and gave up just one hit failed to reach base. in a five-inning, Game 1 At the top of the order, win. In Game 2, Bennett there was Alex Keown struck out 14 while the with four hits, three runs offense was sparked by a and two stolen bases. In two-run home run by Joey the middle, Cole Zabowski Bart. went 4-for-7 with a homer Brandon Marsh went in the first game. Mark 3-for-4 with a single, Flores, batting ninth, had double and triple in Game two hits and two RBIs. 1, Austin Wilhite went And those there were the 2-for-4 with an RBI, dessupporting stars. Sophoignated hitter Ian Jenkins more Monty Horn topped contributed three RBIs on them all. two hits and Caleb Moore The designated hitchipped in two more RBIs. ter went 4-for-4 with an Marsh helped seal the RBI and a run in Game 1. win in Game 2 with a twoPierce moved him up from RBI single in the seventh the seventh spot to fifth in inning that made it 7-1.

Game 2 and Horn stayed The right-fielder finished hot, going 2-for-3 with five 4-for-8 for the two games.

RBIs and another run.

Zabowski, Al Del Villar, GAC sweeps Bremen Chandler Boles and Mark BREMEN — Greater Flores each had two hits.

Atlanta Christian swept All four had at least one host Bremen in Friday’s RBI, while Flores had two. Class AA second round.

The Spartans picked up Inman no-hitter sparks a 15-5 win in Game 1, then Parkview sweep of Hawks finished it off with a 6-1 LILBURN — Ryne Invictory in the nightcap. man threw a six-inning noGAC faces the Crawford hitter Friday in Game 1’s County-Screven County 10-0 victory and Parkview winner in the second edged Mill Creek 3-1 in round.

Game 2 for a sweep in the Class AAAAAA state Wesleyan sweeps playoffs.

Manchester Jason Awtrey hit a PEACHTREE CORpinch-hit grand slam in NERS — Wesleyan won Game 1 for the Panthers, Game 1 6-0 and rolled to who will host Lowndes a 16-0 victory in Game next week in the second 2, sweeping its Class AA round. first-round series with Awtrey also drove in two Manchester on Friday.

Andrew Sauer tossed six shutout innings with nine strikeouts in Game 1 and allowed just five hits. The Wolves racked up 12 hits in four innings of Game 2 and the offense was led

by Christian Stark’s four RBIs. Wesleyan hosts Metter in the second round next week.

Providence advances past Stratford LILBURN — Providence Christian gave up a 7-2 lead in Game 1, rallied back for an 8-7 win and completed the sweep of Stratford Academy with a 13-3 victory in Game 2 of a Class A private state playoff series.

The Storm will host Hebron, which swept First Presbyterian on Friday, in the second round next week.

Grant Brondyke’s game-winning double in

the bottom of the seventh inning provided the Game 1 victory, while Jackson Winskie (4-for-4, two runs, RBI) and Garrett Whitlock (2-for-3, run, two RBIs) led the offense in that win.

A 12-run third inning was the difference in Game 2. Campbell Baldwin (3for-3, triple, three RBIs), Carey Spratlin (2-for-3, three RBIs), Winskie (2for-3, three RBIs), Brondyke (2-for-4, run, RBI), Whitlock (2-for-4, run, RBI) and Kleinschmidt (2-for-4, run) led the Game 2 offense.

Hebron slips past First Presbyterian MACON — Hebron Christian defeated host First Presbyterian 4-2 and 9-7 in a Class A private first-round playoff series Friday.

The Lions face Providence in the second round next week.

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American Pharoah lives up to billing in Derby win

By Jeff WashBurn The Sports Xchange

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From in the saddle with jockey Victor Espinoza and in the owner’s box with Ahmed Zayat, there was a special feeling Saturday with favorite American Pharoah in the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

In the end, the 3-yearold was every bit as good as advertised.

“Pharoah is a freak of nature,” Zayat said. “When I saw him working hard today, I knew nobody would catch him.”

And nobody did.

“The other horse (Firing Line) was kind of tough, but turning for home, I knew I had him,” Espinoza said. “It was all about confidence. He went into this race with so much confidence.”

American Pharoah, who came to the Kentucky Derby having won four consecutive races, including a monster effort in the Arkansas Derby on April 15, roared from just off the pace during the final eighth

Victor Espinoza aboard American Pharoah (18) wins the 141st Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs, beating Firing Line (10). (Brian Spurlock/USA Today Sports)

of a mile to beat Firing Line and second favorite Dortmund on Saturday at Churchill Downs.

American Pharoah covered 1 1/4 miles in 2:03.00 and gave trainer Bob Baffert his fourth Derby win but his first since 2002 with War Emblem. It was the

third Derby title for Espinoza and second in a row.

“Yesterday, Bob texted me and said, ‘Just let him go,’” Espinoza said.

“Today when we talked, he said just do whatever you want. Just do what you need to do to win. It worked out well. I can say

that because we won today.

It was awesome to win the Kentucky Derby with this guy.”

Baffert is the third trainer to win the Kentucky Derby four times, including D. Wayne Lukas, who had Mr. Z in Saturday’s Derby field.

“It’s quite a little legend to be in this position,” Baffert said of winning the race for the first time in 13 years. “I don’t think about that stuff. This Derby is for the Zayat family, who have suffered so much with those second-place finishes. We know what it is to get punched right in the face.

“Somebody asked me this week, and I said I really feel a lot of positive energy. When you have a horse like this, there is a certain aura about it. There was a lot of attention, and there were a lot of people who came to this Derby because they wanted to watch Pharoah. Dortmund ran a really game race, and it could have gone either way.”

At the 3/8 pole, Baffert said he sensed American Pharoah was struggling a bit, a position in which he never had been, but Baffert remembered at that second that he had told Espinoza on Friday to run the race he wanted to race.

Baffert said he knew that if Pharoah fired at that point, he would win

the race. With the stuff of which horse racing legends are made, American Pharoah fought off Firing Line and Dortmund to cross the finish line first, as Baffert, Espinosa and the Zayat family thought he would.

As did the betting public.

“He still is a lightly raced horse, but he is figuring it out in a big way,” Baffert said. “We knew Firing Line was a good horse, and those three California horses finished one, two and three.”

Baffert said the winner was a bit unrattled on the walk from the barn, but from that point on, the day was his.

American Pharoah, Firing Line and Dortmund clearly were the best horses in the field along with Dortmund, the other Baffert horse who tired in the final 100 yards.

The winner paid $7.80, $5.80 and $4.20.

The race attracted a Kentucky Derby record crowd of 170,513.

Now it’s on to The Preakness in Baltimore for the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Junior relishes ‘laid-back’ Talladega as crowd favorite here.

“I feel like I’m supposed to get up there and lead,” TALLADEGA, Ala. Earnhardt said. “I feel like — For Dale Earnhardt Jr. that’s a real disappoint“Friday and Saturday are ment for a lot of people easy” when it comes to when we don’t finish well, Talladega Superspeedway. if we’re not up in the battle Sunday, not so much. trying at the end.

Earnhardt, a five-time “If we’re not in that Sprint Cup winner at Talla- group crossing the finish dega, acknowledged on the line that’s up front, I feel eve of today’s NASCAR that disappointment from Sprint Cup Series GEICO all the supporters of our 500 race that a certain team. More so here and burden comes with his role Daytona than other race

By Mark Mccarter

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Sprint Cup Series driver and pole winner Jeff Gordon (24) talks to driver David Ragan (18) during Saturday’s qualifying for the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. (Photo: Randy Sartin/USA Today Sports)

Gordon bests Logano Talladega again victorious

By Mark Mccarter The Sports Xchange

SPRINT CUP

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Change the rules, change the format — but they can’t change history.

Jeff Gordon, who has won more Talladega Superspeedway poles than any active driver, put together a lap of more than one mile per hour faster than the next-quickest to earn the Coors Light Pole for today’s GEICO 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at the 2.66-mile trioval.

Gordon posted a time of 49.160 seconds (194.793 mph), bettering his time of 49.171 that won him the top spot in the first round of qualifying.

Kasey Kahne, whose No. 5 Chevrolet comes from the same shop No. 524 at Hendrick Motorsports as Gordon’s No. 24 car, will sit on the outside of the front row at 193.685.

It was a new qualifying format for Talladega, a mixture between the old two-lap run (necessitated because the time it takes to reach maximum speed) and the “knockout qualifying” implemented last year. Only the fastest 12 advanced from the first round, and there would be two cars on the track simultaneously, as controlled by NASCAR. Rounding out those 12 “survivors” who reached the second round were, in order of their starting position: Ryan Blaney, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Paul Menard, Matt Kenseth, David Ragan, Clint Bowyer, Casey Mears and Sam Hornish Jr. Among the 12 are a collective 17 Talladega Sprint Cup wins, six of those by Gordon, the track’s active

What: GEICO 500 When: Today, 1 p.m.

Where: Talladega, Ala. TV: Fox

in Xfinity thriller

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leader in victories.

It was the 80th career pole for the 43-year-old Gordon, third on the alltime list behind Richard Petty (123) and David Pearson (113). It was his third of the season, having previously sat on the pole at Daytona and Las Vegas.

“When you come to the restrictor plate races you definitely give the team all the credit because of the prep work that goes into these cars,” Gordon said. “There’s a lot that goes into it from the team. My part is pretty easy. Release the clutch, get it up to speed, hit my shift points and run a tidy line.”

Gordon, in his final full-time NASCAR season, needs a reversal of fortune when it comes to his finishes. He has six consecutive top-10 finishes, but his last victory was last Sept. 28 at Dover, a 16-race winless stretch.

“This whole year, all I’ve wanted to do is enjoy the moments, take it all in,” he said. “But I can’t help it. I want to perform better than we have. It’s a balance between enjoying the moment, having friends and family there to enjoy this final season, but at the same time you want to win the race.”

Brad Keselowski, the winner here last fall, will start 15th, defending race leader Denny Hamlin qualified 17th and points leader Kevin Harvick was 24th. Michael McDowell and Jeb Burton failed to qualify for the 43-car field.

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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Fresh from an “intense” final eight laps, Joey Logano parked his No. 22 Ford, caught his breath and proclaimed that it was “cool to get this thing in Victory Lane.”

This can be pronounced a season of “cool” for Logano, who will turn 25 later this month. His triumph in Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series Winn-Dixie 300 at Talladega Superspeedway was his third in five series starts, to go along with two runnerup finishes.

Couple that with a victory in the Daytona 500 and eight top 10s in nine Sprint Cup races, how is he not on everyone’s NASCAR fantasy team for today’s Sprint Cup GEICO 500 race at Talladega?

“This has been a pretty special season so far,” Logano said. “We’ve had some fast race cars.”

Brian Scott was second, followed by his Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon, the Coors Light Pole-sitter. The front row was All-Dillon, AllRCR, with younger brother Ty Dillon on the outside, and Scott starting third.

J.J. Yeley was fourth and Joey Gase, a youngster with a team budget so small “I don’t even have a PR person,” was fifth.

Gase, who started 39th, noted that his sponsorship funding “for the entire year is what some of these teams have for one race.”

Logano stole the lead from Elliott Sadler after a restart with eight laps remaining.

tracks, for sure.”

Earnhardt has welldocumented success on restrictor plate tracks, with his 14 top-10 finishes here in 30 starts and three wins, 18 top 10s in 31 Daytona starts.

Actually, though, “I like short-track racing,” Earnhardt said. He considers Martinsville and Bristol his favorite tracks.

That said, “I look forward to Daytona and Talladega the most,” he

said, “because they’re so laid-back and there’s really not a lot of work done.

The cars don’t handle, so you just get in and mash it wide-open and practice for a couple of days.

“I haven’t had to do a lot the last couple of days so it’s like a little bit of a break in the middle of the season.

This is really low-stress. I look forward to these weekends more to get a little break in the hecticness of how this season goes.”

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Mountain View’s Carpenter resigns I’m constantly running.

“I may come back to will.hammock@ (soccer coaching). I told gwinnettdailypost.com the administration if they The only boys soccer need help inside of soccer coach in Mountain View I can help. I may have history stepped down some role, but right now Friday.

I’m stepping down to Stan Carpenter reopen up that position so signed from his soccer they can try to get someduties, ending a run as body in.” a Gwinnett head boys Carpenter, 44, started soccer coach that began both the boys soccer and in 2001 at Collins Hill. volleyball programs when He will remain the Bears’ Mountain View opened head volleyball coach, in 2009. Prior to that, the but wants to spend more 1989 Central Gwinnett time with his son Cody, a grad was the head boys junior golfer at Mountain soccer coach at Collins View, and daughter BaiHill beginning in 2001. ley, a freshman volleyball He led the Eagles to the player for the Bears. state championship in “I kind of thought about 2001, his final season at it some this season, but Collins Hill, where he I didn’t know for sure also was volleyball coach (whether I would resign until 2006. He also led after the season),” CarCollins Hill to a 2008 penter said. “With my state runner-up finish in kids, my son will be a soccer. senior next year and with He was previously soccer I don’t get to go to volleyball coach and an all his golf things. assistant soccer coach at “My little girl has so Shiloh. much volleyball in the fall, “Stan’s done a great job and I’m coaching her club for us,” Mountain View teams, so with travel on athletic director Wayne the weekend and coaching, Smith said.

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lurking on deck.

Ben Carswell’s next Tanner Hanes had a pitch then hit the dirt, big day by going 2-for-3 bounced off Watson and and driving in three runs, headed for the backstop, while Sangster chipped but it took a moment in with a hit and two before Waites could pick RBIs, and earned his first up the ball and begin his save of the season after sprint towards the plate. scattering four hits and That was enough time on unearned run with two for Watson to hustle after strikeouts over three inthe ball and throw in time nings out of the bullpen. to Carswell (2-0) coverBut it was a play the ing to play to apply the latter made in the field in tag for the third out of the the top of the first inning inning with the North lead that set the tone for the still at 7-2. entire day.

“There were a lot of big With Crews Taylor on plays in this game,” Moity second and two outs, Sean said. “We talk about Fitzpatrick lined a single focusing (on) every single to right that sent Taylor pitch of every single inaround third and headed ning in every single game, home. and I feel like we did that But Sangster fielded (Saturday).” the ball cleanly and fired But the biggest play a strike to the plate, alwas yet to come, and lowing catcher Randall finally did two innings Watson a chance to apply later. the tag as Taylor tried to Archer put runners on avoid it to cut down the first and second with only potential first run of the one out when Ranel sent game and end the inning. a deep drive towards the The play became even gap in left-center that more magnified after the looked like it would oneBulldogs struck for runs hop the wall. on Watson’s RBI double But centerfielder Avery and a wild pitch in the Kenyon sped after the ball bottom of the inning to and reached up to make take a quick 2-0 lead. the running catch, limiting “We were highly the Tigers to just one run motivated coming in,” on the sacrifice play.

Moity said. “We knew “It looked good coming what we were playing off the bat,” Archer coach for. We talked a lot before Chris Hays said. “But the game about how big (Kenyon) just made a the early part of the game heck of a play out there to was. So, for (Sangster) to track that ball down. make that throw and cut “We got behind early the run down at the plate, and tried to play catch and for us to jump out and up the rest of the game. score two in the first …

We had our chances. We was huge.” had lost of guys on base, It was the first of but just couldn’t get the several big plays at key timely hit that we needed moments that went in when we needed it.”

North’s favor.

After two other pitchers The first came after gave up the seven early the Bulldogs answered runs, Archer finally found Cole Waite’s sacrifice fly a steadying figure ion in the top of the second, Evan Till, who gave up which brought Archer two inherited runners on (20-9) to within 2-1, with Hanes’ hit in the third, but three runs — highlighted then settled down to retire

by Sangster’s two-run the final 11 North hitters single — in the bottom of he faced over the 3 2/3 the inning, plus a two-run scoreless innings with two single from Hanes in the strikeouts. top of the third, to balloon But the Tigers could the lead to 7-1. never break through It looked like Archer against either Carswell might get back into the (4 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 5 K) or game in the fourth when Sangster, ended their hisDonald Perteet and Contoric season that included nor Sims lead off the their first postseason apinning with back-to-back pearance. singles.

“These guys have set Even after a double the bar now,” Hays said. play briefly interrupted “Hopefully, future classes the rally, the Tigers still and future teams and struck for a run later in make this playoff run the the inning on E.J. Ranel’s norm instead of an abnorbases-loaded walk and mality.” threatened for more, with Crews Taylor ahead in the count 2-0 and the always dangerous Curtis Terry

Former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley speaks during the sixth annual Gwinnett Sports Hall of Fame Banquet at the Gwinnett Center in Duluth on Friday. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

•From Page 1B privilege (to be inducted),” Thomas said. “My family will remember this for years to come.”

Harris fought back tears while talking about his mother Lois, who passed away from cancer in January.

“Mom loved three things,” said Harris, who was the NCAA decathlon champion at Tennessee. “She loved the Lord first. She loved her family second. And she loved everything Norcross third.

She never missed a show, a moment for any of her kids. … I believe that she is here.

Thank you mom for loving me and being my biggest fan. This award is for you.

It’s part of your legacy.”

A common theme from all the hall of famers was appreciation, an admiration for those who supported them throughout their careers.

“The bottom line is none of us got to this banquet

Fame

then),” Pollack said.

Pollack, the night’s last inductee, stayed mostly serious in his acceptance speech when thanking those in his life. He recalled a story involving Shaddix, who talked Pollack out of quitting football after his sophomore season at Shiloh.

The future three-time UGA All-American and NFL first-round draft pick was frustrated with his playing time while splitFormer Brookwood swimmer and 2015 Hall of Fame in- ting time between the ductee Amanda Weir addresses the crowd after receiving Shiloh junior varsity and her jacket and ring Friday. varsity teams.

“I was like, ‘Dude, I quit,’” Pollack said. “He without the love and suphandful,” Shaddix said. said, ‘Let’s work harder, port of others,” Pollack “He was always doing work out at 5 a.m. and see said. something. Not anything where that takes us.’ How One of those supporters bad, but the words irritatmany people know Ed for Pollack was his selecing and annoying come Shaddix? That’s a name tion to introduce him. to mind. … I told him, that made a difference in Shaddix told a story ‘You better turn around, my life.” from his teaching days nobody’s ever going to Friday’s celebration at Shiloh, when a young play you money to hear Pollack repeatedly caused you talk.’ So I owe you an upped the number of Gwinnett hall of famers to problems in his history apology, obviously ESPN 35, which will grow at next class. pays you well to talk.”

“If you knew him back “Coach was right, I was year’s banquet, already scheduled for May 6, 2016. then, he was more than a a pain in the booty (back

Dustin Kawa was a three-time state champion wrestler at Shiloh and a two-time ACC champion at N.C. State during a Hall of Fame career.

Former Norcross star Stephen Harris is an NCAA decathlon champion.

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Buford and Georgia grad Christi Thomas went on to a long career in women’s professional basketball.

Bears

through the first two innings, but ran into trouble worse. With one out Moun- in the third. Singles by tain View already up 1-0, Derrick Carswell, Josh Zack Miller hit a fly ball to Branch and Brandon center. Cameron Hankins Taylor netted the Broncos scored to make it 2-0.

(21-7) two runs and tied The throw in from the the game. outfield was cutoff and In the fourth, Hankins Brookwood threw to singled to lead off the inthird, trying to get trailing ning, and a walk to Freitas runner Sam Freitas. The and an error by Brookthrow was wild and Freitas wood loaded the bases. scored a third run. HowMiller hit another sacrifice ever, upon appeal, it was fly, which plated Hankins, ruled that Feitas has left but the Broncos cut the resecond base too soon on lay throw and were able to the tag up and the third run throw out Sammy Orjuela was disallowed leaving the trying to advance from first Bears with a 2-0 lead. to second.

Kwiatkowski breezed Brookwood was able to

get a runner to second base in the bottom of the fifth when an errant throw from the infield allowed Deangelo Abbound to move into scoring position. Kwiatkowski promptly retired the next three batters to hold the lead for Mountain View (19-10).

In the bottom of the seventh, after an out, Carswell singled and was sacrificed to second. With one batter standing between himself and his teams first trip to the second round, Kwiatkowski induced Branch to hit a chopper to Chandler Powell, who flipped to Game 2 hero, Luis Vilchez,

at first to nip the runner in a bang-bang play.

Hankins led the Bears offense with three hits and Kwiatkowski, in going the distance, allowed five hits and struck out four.

“He was pitching on guts out there,” Johnson said of Kwiatkowski. “Whatever word you want to use to describe him — competitor, tenacious, bulldog — those all fit his effort here today.

His performance allowed me to not kick myself over missed opportunities where I thought we could have done more offensively.

What a great group of kids.”

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Softball •From Page 1B behind me and very key in making some great plays.”

Byrom found herself in a pitcher’s duel for the first four innings with just two hits combined between the teams and no runs, although Georgia Gwinnett just missed on a couple scoring opportunities in the third and fourth innings.

The Grizzlies opened things up in the fifth with a double from designated player Alyssa Hathcoat, who came around to score the game’s first run on a Tori Heinemann double.

Another double from A.I.I. Tournament Most Outstanding Player Mary Burke gave Byrom a tworun lead to work with for the bottom half of the fifth inning.

“When we hit her in the fourth and we got the play at home and we didn’t

score the run I said to myself going in the dugout, ‘No problem. We’ll get three outs and we’ll score next inning,’” Ihlenburg said.

Those two runs would be more than enough, but the Grizzlies piled on another run on a Haley Thompson home run in the sixth and then two more in the seventh after an error allowed two unearned runs to cross home plate.

“All season we’ve been strong with our two-out hitting and it was indicative again today,” Ihlenburg said. “We came out and hit the ball hard no matter the count, no matter the out.”

The win gives Georgia Gwinnett its first A.I.I. championship in the history of its softball program.

The Grizzlies will move on to the NAIA tournament’s opening round May 12.

The Georgia Gwinnett College Grizzlies softball team celebrates its first A.I.I. conference championship Saturday in Lawrenceville. (Photo: Tom Grason)

Grizzlies roll in A.I.I. opener From sTaFF rePorTs LAWRENCEVILLE — A pair of five-run innings and a strong start from senior right-hander Alex Roberts powered the topranked Georgia Gwinnett baseball team to an 11-2 win over Ashford (Iowa) in the opening game of the Association of Independent Institutions baseball championship tournament Saturday in Lawrenceville.

The Grizzlies (44-10), who earned the top seed in the double-elimination event, advance to Sunday afternoon’s 3:30 p.m. winner’s bracket contest.

Roberts went 7.0 innings on the mound, allowing just a single unearned run and striking out six with one walk. He surrendered 11 hits in the contest but time and again pitched out of potential trouble, helping to strand 13 Saints baserunners in the contest.

The Grizzlies broke open a tight contest with a five-run fifth, then padded their lead with five runs in the eighth inning. The lone scores for Ashford (22-22) came in the sixth and ninth.

Seven different GGC players produced a multihit effort, led by three hits apiece from Arsenio Watlington and Ernesto Vazquez. Ty Abbott and Jereid Woods each drove in three runs for GGC. The Grizzlies took advantage of an outfield

error to plate the game’s first run in the bottom of the fourth. With Kyler Timmerman on first and Michael Hodorowski dropping a single near the right field line, Timmerman took third on an outfield bobble and scored with the next batter as Woods belted a sacrifice fly.

Four hits and a pair of Ashford errors led to a five-run fifth for the Grizzlies. Abbott singled home Vazquez from third base for a 2-0 GGC lead, an error at second base plated two more, then a two-run single from Woods made it 6-0.

Roberts surrendered an unearned run in the Ashford sixth, but stranded the bases loaded to keep GGC well in front by striking out Tanner Courtney on a full count with two outs.

A pair of singles and a hit batsman loaded the bases again for Ashford in the eighth, but reliever Davis Adkins recorded two strikeouts and induced a groundout as the GGC staff kept the Saints at a distance once more.

A string of singles in the Grizzly eighth padded the lead, with Brady Shoppe, Abbott, William Paschal and Hodorowski all producing RBI baseknocks.

Reliever Jovanni Cruz finished the game on the mound for GGC, sealing the 30th home win of the year.

Rangers bounce back to tie Capitals The sPorTs Xchange

tory in Game 2 of their second-round series at NEW YORK — It took Madison Square Garden the New York Rangers 38 on Saturday. seconds to erase the damIt took place less than age done by the Washing- 48 hours after Capitals ton Capitals in the final right winger Joel Ward seconds of Game 1. scored with 1.3 seconds In the first minute, left remaining to win Game winger Chris Kreider 1. gave the Rangers a lead The series shifts to they would not relinquish Washington for Game 3 on the way to a 3-2 vicon Monday.

CLASS AA TRACK & FIELD STATE SECTIONALS

GAC, Wesleyan have strong showing ished second in the 1,600.

Darius Slayton turned in perhaps the most dominant performance of the day. In NORCROSS — Greater addition to running a leg in Atlanta Christian and both relays, qualifying for Wesleyan each qualified a state in the long jump and plethora of athletes for the the 200-meter dash, the state finals during Satursenior also took first-place day’s Class AA Sectional in the 100-meter dash. meet at GAC. Slayton, who will play GAC secured 19 spots football at Auburn in the for state in individual fall, posted a 10.54 in the events, qualified four relay 100, as he defeated defendteams and took first place ing champ Jaquivus Cannon in five events. of East Laurens, who finThe Wolves also will ished fourth with an 11.02. have 19 spots in individual “I’ve actually lost to events at the state meet, Cannon two or three times qualified five relay teams so I was trying to look and took first place in four out here and have a good events. race against him and just “We had a really good run strong period today,” day,” GAC head coach Slayton said.

Brad Kinser said. “Had Josh Irvin also qualivery few disappointments. fied for GAC in the 100 as Had a really good day in he finished eighth. Micah the field events and people Abernathy qualified in the qualified that really came 200-meter dash and the through big, boys shot, 400-meter dash. discus. It was a really GAC’s female sprintgood day. This is the kind ers also turned in strong of meet where you really individual performances. want to take care of busiNia Brown qualified in the ness because everybody 100-meter dash, 100-meter wants to get that next level. hurdles and the 200-meter You don’t want to trip up dash. Jada Jones qualified this close.” in the 100-meter dash and The Spartans sprinters the 110-meter hurdles. were the highlight of the Kennedy Street qualified in day with the boys relay the 200-meter dash. teams taking first-place in The Spartans also got the 400 with a 42.81 and a first-place finish in the the 1,600 with a 3:26.37. boys 1,600 meter race as The girls took the 400 with Miller Kettle ran a 4:26.9. a 48.6-second sprint and fin- Kettle also qualified in the

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•From Page 1B 1,600 relay. “The 100 was OK. I started to tighten up the last of the 200 but I’m OK.” Abrams continued her impressive season by winning both the girls 200 and 400, holding off runner-up Serenity Douglas of Archer in both races. Her 200 time was 23.61 and her 400 time was 53.92, and she also powered the Rams’ two first-place relay teams, which won the 400 relay in 46.52 and the 1,600 relay in 3:51.54.

Petit swept the girls distance races, first winning the 1,600 in the morning at 5:27.25. She capped it with an evening victory in the 3,200 in 11:37.27, finishing just ahead of runner-up Hannah Petit, her sister who ran 11:39.24.

In the boys distance races, Yapp matched Petit’s sweep. He won the 1,600 in 4:21.73, narrowly beating Campbell’s Geoffrey McCullough (4:21.97), and was first in the 3,200 in 10:10.61 ahead of runnerup Sam Costa of Mill Creek (10:10.96).

Parkview got a firstplace finish from Justin Long in the boys 400 (48.49), while Brookwood

3200-meter run.

GAC got state qualifiers in Maria Harris (girls discus throw and shot put), D.J. Coker (boys discus throw), Danielle Shipp (girls high jump), Stephanie Reynolds (girls high jump and 110 hurdles), Alex Rowe (boys long jump), Paul Caruthers (boys shot put), Devin Cochran (boys shot put), Abby Kettle (girls 1,600), Stephanie Reynolds (girls high jump and triple jump), Josh Powell (110 hurdles).

Wesleyan started the day off strong with a pair of wins in the field events.

The Wolves won titles in the high jump with Sutton West clearing 5-foot, 2 inches for the girls and Jordan Mack clearing 6-feet, 2-inches for the boys. Maddie Jones and Jalen Hodges each qualified for the state in the high jump as well.

West also qualified for state in the 400-meter dash.

Tony Taylor finished first in the boys discus throw with a personal-best 129feet, 3-inch toss.

“I felt great coming into this week,” said Taylor, a Navy football signee. “I noticed that I was seeded ninth overall with is always that little extra bit of motivation I need to get a good throw in.”

Lauren Frekin qualified in the girls discus and the shot put, while Kyle Rappe

advanced for the Wesleyan boys.

In the long jump the Wolves got girls Meagan Lynch and Alex Harpole in. Wesleyan qualified the pair of Harrison Cook and Nathan Settlage in the pole vault and the duo of Drew Jones and Tucker Cannon in the triple jump.

Cairo Booker qualified for state in the girls 400-meter and 200-meter dash. The Wolves boys and girls relay teams qualified in the 400. In the 1,600 not only did the Wesleyan boys and girls A teams make it, but the boys B team will compete in the state finals as well.

Eddie Bradach (girls 1,600 and 3,200), Jordan Zimmerman (girls 1,600), Harrison Cook (boys pole vault), Jordan Argilagos (boys 400) Jayla Jones (girls 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles), Clay Patrick (110 hurdles and 300 hurdles), Austin Leath (boys 800) and Kylie Reed (girls 800) qualified for state as well.

“We qualified a lot of people,” Wesleyan girls head coach Candler Baxley said. “We’re really excited, the kids are excited so we’re looking forward to the state meets.”

The girls AA state finals will take place in Albany May 7-9, while the boys will be in May 14-16 in Jefferson.

Track

Dacula’s Rachel Sherrill releases her pole while competing in the pole vault finals during the Class AAAAAA sectional track meet at Mill Creek High School in Hoschton on Saturday. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

also got victories from Tyler Houston in the boys 110 hurdles (14.33) and Mackenzie Ellison in the girls 800 (2:18.40). Ellison also was second in the 1,600.

Grayson got a victory in the first boys relay of the day, taking the 400 in 41.74.

Gwinnett also had a nice day in the field events, winning four of the six boys individual titles and three of the six girls events.

Dacula had two of the girls victors with Chelsea Igberaese’s throw of 128 feet, 4 inches in the discus and Rachel Sherrill’s top pole vault of 11-0. Parkview’s Vicki Harris won the shot put at 43-7 1/2.

Ryan Camp (166-5) and Sloan Huff (164-5) of Archer had a close 1-2 finish in the boys discus, while Camp also was third in the shot at 50-8 (another Tiger, Sam Wright, was second in 61-6).

Berkmar went 1-2 in the high jump with winner Jordan Brown (6-6) and runner-up Demetrius Wright (6-4). Mill Creek’s Jacob Zambo won the pole vault at 13-6 and Collins Hill’s Justin Laryea won the triple jump at 44-6 1/2.

Bola Hambolu, the 7-AAAAAA champion in both her jumping events, was second in the long jump and the triple jump to Westlake’s Ra’breekia Harrison.

Archer’s Ryan Camp prepares to throw his final shot put during the Class AAAAAA sectional track meet at Mill Creek High School on Saturday. Left, Archer’s Austin Lyons and Peachtree Ridge’s Antuane Dennard compete in the boys 110 meter hurdles. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

IN BRIEF

Maurer named NASL player of month Lawrenceville native Jimmy Maurer, a goalkeeper for the New York Cosmos, was named the North American Soccer League Player of the Month for April.

Maurer, 26, posted three straight shutouts to start the NASL season. He conceded just one goal in the team’s four matches and made 12 saves, several coming in the waning moments of close matches.

Maurer, an NASL Best XI selection last season, began his pro career with the hometown Atlanta Silverbacks in 2011 and then played for Universidad de Concepcion in

the Chilean first division before signing in 2013 with the Cosmos. Maurer played college soccer for South Carolina.

Etelalahti signs with North Georgia

North Gwinnett senior Emma Etelalahti has accepted an offer to play college tennis at North Georgia. She is the daughter of Seppo and Susan Etelalahti.

Etelalahti finished her high school career as North’s all-time winner of total games and doubles wins since move to highest classification. She also is an honor graduate with a 95 classroom average.

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Four Gwinnett G-Braves blank Mud Hens 5-0 products drafted on final day

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Four Gwinnett County products were selected on Day 3 of the NFL Draft Saturday.

Norcross grads Max Garcia and Geremy Davis were selected, along with the North Gwinnett pair of C.J. Uzomah and Austin Shepherd.

Garcia was first off the board in the fourth round as the 133rd-overall pick to the Denver Broncos.

Garcia switched to center for his senior year at Florida and the Broncos took at the postion after he started games at tackle and guard as well in college.

“I just really want to go in and get the playbook and learn that as quickly as possible, as thoroughly as possible, and just be able to be kind of like a coach to the other young guys out there who are learning the playbook as well,” Garcia told DenverBroncos.com “I want to be able to make calls…

Peyton (Manning)’s going to be out there and he’s not one for errors when he’s out there.”

In the fifth round the Cincinnati Bengals selected Uzomah 157th overall. The former North QB converted to tight end for Auburn.

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“I wasn’t a conventional tight end in college, so I didn’t get the finetuning of the mechanics with a traditional, prostyle tight ends coach,” Uzomah told Bengals. com. “I’m looking forward to getting after it.”

Norcross wide receiver Geremy Davis was selected 186th overall in the sixth round by the New York Giants. Davis finished his career for the Huskies with 165 receptions of 2,292 yards and seven touchdowns. His draft stock was buoyed by a terrific performance at the NFL Combine.

Shepherd was the final Gwinnett player to come off the board as he was taken 228th overall in the seventh round by the New York Giants. The former Bulldog offensive lineman played tackle for Alabama but showed he could play inside as well during the Senior Bowl in January.

David Andrews, who played at Wesleyan and UGA, is signing as a free agent with New England.

Former Meadowcreek and Ole Miss defensive lineman Lavon Hooks, along with Collins Hill and Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke signed as undrafted free agents with Green Bay and Minnesota, respectively.

Lions win boys Gwinnett Open From sTaFF rePorTs WINDER — Led by Charles Huntzinger, Peachtree Ridge’s boys golf team won the Gwinnett Open at The Chimneys on Saturday.

The event, rained out earlier in the season, was played with a Stableford

Track & Field Class AAAAAA Sectional At Mill Creek Saturday’s results (Top eight in each event advance to state championships) GIRLS Discus 1. Chelsea Igberaese, Dacula, 128-4 2. Faith Shears, Berkmar, 126-5 3. Natasha Stamp, Grayson, 111-0 4. Mary Kleihauer, East Coweta, 105-1 5. Dyani Stringer, Mill Creek, 104-10 6. Chasitie Jordan, Norcross, 102-4 6. Jo’De Cummings, Campbell, 102-4 8. Laura Allen, Archer, 100-7 High jump 1. Aliyah Whisby, East Coweta, 5-4 2. Jennifer Westendorf, Grayson, 5-2 3. Jada Watson, Westlake, 5-2 4. Jamesha Samuel, Lowndes, 5-2 5. Emily Toomer, North Gwinnett, 5-2 6. Jada Dunn, Norcross, 5-2 7. Munachiso Okebalama, Archer, 5-0 8. Tyra Holliday, Collins Hill, 5-0 Long jump 1. Ra’breekia Harrison, Westlake, 17-6 2. Bola Hambolu, Collins Hill, 17-3 1/2 3. Mia Phillips, Westlake, 17-2 1/2 4. Ijeoma Uche, Collins Hill, 17-2 5. Sydney Campbell, Mill Creek, 16-9 6. Micaiah Palmer, Shiloh, 16-8 7. Camille Bentley, Brookwood, 16-7 8. Alexis Jones, Campbell, 16-5 Pole vault 1. Rachel Sherrill, Dacula, 11-0 2. Ayana Daniels, South Gwinnett, 10-6 3. Hannah Jefcoat, Dacula, 10-6 4. Bria Bowen, Norcross, 10-0 5. Larsen Moore, Mill Creek, 10-0 6. Anita Button, Archer, 9-6 7. Lexi Cavanaugh, Tift County, 8-6 8. Megan Kelly, Mill Creek, 8-0 Shot put 1. Vicki Harris, Parkview, 43-7 1/2 2. Quasha Ferguson, Tift County, 36-9 1/4 3. Natasha Stamp, Grayson, 36-1 3/4 4. Laura Allen, Archer, 36-1 5. Taffany Smith, Lowndes, 35-10 6. Dyani Stringer, Mill Creek, 35-8 1/2 7. Chelsea Isberaese, Dacula, 34-4 8. Catedra Brown, Westlake, 34-0 1/4 Triple jump 1. Anriel Howard, Westlake, 41-0 1/4 2. Bola Hambolu, Collins Hill, 39-11 3/4 3. Kayla Stinson, Westlake, 37-3 1/4 4. Arielle Shaw, Brookwood, 37-1 1/4 5. Anaia Hood, Hughes, 37-1 6. Camille Bentley, Brookwood, 36-8 1/4 7. Makaila McIntyre, Peachtree Ridge, 36-6 8. Jirah Simpkins, Berkmar, 36-5 1/4 100 1. Justice Reeves, Westlake, 12.00 2. Tatiana Wayne, Archer, 12.15 3. Alexis Adams, Grayson, 12.25 4. Alexandria Johnson, Westlake, 12.28 5. Aliyah Whisby, East Coweta, 12.29 6. Airica Palmer, Shiloh, 12.31 7. Ijeoma Uche, Collins Hill, 12.31 8. Daijah White, South Cobb, 12.40 200 1. Aliyah Abrams, Grayson, 23.61 2. Serenity Douglas, Archer, 24.13 3. Savyon Toombs, Lowndes, 24.41

scoring system and the Lions won the title with a tournament-record 217 points. Huntzinger’s 53 points also were a tourney record.

Mike Collins added 48 points for the first-place Lions.

Grayson finished second.

LAWRENCEVILLE — Brian Snitker is beginning to notice a trend, one he likes very much.

The Gwinnett Braves’ manager saw his team put together a complete game in pretty much every phase in a 5-0 win over the Toledo Mud Hens on Saturday night before a season-best crowd of 8,415 at Coolray Field.

The G-Braves had nine hits — including two each from Adonis Garcia and Braeden Schlehuber, the latter of which also drove in two runs — and played errorless ball in the field.

Manny Banuelos combined with three relievers to post the team’s first shutout of the season.

It was the second such game in a row for the GBraves (10-13), who have won four of six on their current homestead.

“It was really good fundamental baseball,” Snitker said. “I thought Manny was really good. He did a really good job. The bullpen came on and did a good job, and we made some really good plays defensively, we executed offensively and got some big hits.

“I like what we’re doing. I think offensively, we’re starting to identify ourselves a little bit as far as hitting in the order and

Gwinnett left-handed starter Manny Banuelos helped the G-Braves to a 5-0 win over the Toledo Mud Hens on Saturday at Coolray Field. (Photo: Karl Moore)

things like that. Some guys have taken a step forward.

They’re working hard on it, I know that.”

Banuelos (2-0) pitched to a lot of contact over the first six innings, some of it hard contact.

However, the G-Braves’ defense behind him was up to the task, and the left-hander had more than enough good pitches in him to allow Toledo just two hits and no runs before giving way to the bullpen in the seventh.

“Yeah, (Saturday) was a good outing,” said the 24-year-old right-hander, who lowered his season ERA to 3.42. “My (defense) helped me out by making some great plays.

That helped me to get out of innings.

“That’s all I was trying to do was just command

the fastball and other pitches and just pitch strikes to get outs quick.”

But Mudhens starter Kyle Ryan was also keeping Gwinnett’s bats in check until the G-Braves’ finally broke through in the bottom of the fifth, thanks to the lower part of the batting order.

With two outs and nobody on, No. 8 hitter Joe Benson reached out and sent a pitch on the outside portion of the plate to the opposite field just inside the first base bag and into the corner for a double.

Schlehuber then singled to center to bring him home and give Gwinnett a 1-0 lead.

Schlehuber, Benson and Barrett Kleinknecht combined to go 4-for-9 with four RBIs on the night.

The G-Braves then

broke the game open in the sixth by stringing together four hits, with RBI singles from Adonis Garcia and Barrett Kleinknect, plus a basesloaded walk by Benson and a sacrifice fly by Schlehuber.

By the time the inning was over, nine G-Braves had come to the plate, with four coming around to score to balloon the lead to 5-0.

“That’s kind of how we have to play,” Snitker said.

“We’re not a big three-run homer team, and that’s OK. So, we’ve got to execute, move runners and things like that, and we’re doing a pretty good job of that right now.

“Moe (hitting coach John Moses) has been working with Schley (Schlehuber) this week.

He’s been making some adjustments that really look good for him. Kleink (Kleinknect) has been swinging the bat good, especially with runners in scoring position.”

That was more than enough runs for Baneulos and the bullpen, with David Carpenter, Brandon Cuniff and Aaron Kurcz each throwing a scoreless inning.

Jose Peraza snagged a liner off the bat of Steven Moya and doubled off Mike Hessman at first to close out the G-Braves’ first shutout since Aug. 31 of last year at Charlotte.

Reds blast Braves with 3-homer night two off Braves starter Eric Stults.

Marquis, who gave up ATLANTA — Righta two-run homer to center hander Jason Marquis, who fielder Cameron Maybin, didn’t pitch in the majors pitched 6 1/3 innings and last season after elbow allowed five hits and three surgery, is showing that his runs. long career isn’t over.

The 36-year-old, with Marquis won his third his ninth team, walked two straight start as the Cinand struck out four to go cinnati Reds defeated the to 11-11 at Turner Field, Atlanta Braves 8-4 on Sat- where he broke in with the urday night behind three Braves at the end of the home runs.

2000 season.

Left fielder Marlon Marquis (3-1) had Byrd, third baseman Todd beaten Milwaukee in his Frazier and shortstop Zack two previous starts, going Cozart homered, the first eight innings in the more

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recent outing. His career record is 124-115.

The Reds had 11 hits and six runs in seven innings against Stults (1-2).

Left fielder Jay Bruce had a pair of triples and two RBIs off the Braves lefthander.

Frazier hit his eighth homer of the season on a first pitch from Stults with two outs in the seventh, putting the Reds up 6-2.

The Braves got the run back bottom of the inning while chasing Marquis after 90 pitches as shortstop Andrelton Simmons

lined an opposite-field RBI double down the right-field line.

The Reds, though, padded their lead as Cozart, who had three hits, belted a two-run homer off reliever Donnie Veal in the ninth inning. It was Cozart’s fifth homer of the year.

Maybin had an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the inning off Kevin Gregg.

The Reds scored twice in the fourth inning and added two more runs in the fifth, both times coming through with two out.

7. Kahj Huitt, Campbell, 15.20 8. Benjamin Wright, Lowndes, 15.29 300 hurdles 1. Trevon Reese, Hughes, 38.70 2. Rainey Anderson, Westlake, 38.75 3. Austin Lyons, Archer, 38.76 4. Myles Scott, Brookwood, 39.26 5. Tyler Henry, South Gwinnett, 39.86 6. Benjamin Wright, Lowndes, 40.04 7. Christian Scanlon, East Coweta, 40.29 8. Jared Virgo, Duluth, 41.24 400 relay 1. Grayson A, 41.74 (Ismail Abdul, Cedric Asseh, Cameron Douglas, Trevious Frazier) 2. Collins Hill, 42.22 3. Colquit County, 42.37 4. Hughes, 42.41 5. Campbell, 42.70 6. South Cobb, 42.81 7. Grayson B, 42.87 8. Westlake, 42.93 1,600 relay 1. Mountain View, 3:21.18 (Josiah Williams, Tyler Barber, Pierre Tugman, Jalen Virgil) 2. Grayson, 3:23.08 3. Mill Creek, 3:23.73 4. Colquitt County, 3:24.72 5. North Gwinnett, 3:24.84 6. Westlake, 3:24.92 7. Campbell, 3:25.13 8. Parkview, 3:25.18

Cincinnati (Cueto 2-2) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-1), 1:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Worley 2-2) at St. Louis (Wacha 4-0), 2:15 p.m.

Milwaukee (Nelson 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 2-1), 2:20 p.m.

Arizona (Anderson 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Anderson 1-1), 4:10 p.m.

Colorado (Matzek 2-0) at San Diego (Shields 2-0), 4:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Miami (Phelps 1-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Harang 2-2) at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee (Lohse 1-4), 7:20 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Wood 2-1) at St. Louis (Martinez 3-0), 8:10 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE 4. Caitlan Tate, Brookwood, 24.82 5. Aliyah Whisby, East Coweta, 24.90 6. Jenee Nichols, Westlake, 24.93 7. Nyambi Shoates, Westlake, 25.27 8. Ashley Davis, Central Gwinnett, 25.41 400 1. Aliyah Abrams, Grayson, 53.92 2. Serenity Douglas, Archer, 54.18 3. Kennedy Simon, Westlake, 54.74 4. Savyon Toombs, Lowndes, 55.84 5. Sydney Davis, Grayson, 56.36 6. Meagan Henderson, Peachtree Ridge, 57.21 7. Ashley Davis, Central Gwinnett, 57.24 8. Mia Lewis, Hughes, 57.37 800 1. Mackenzie Ellison, Brookwood, 2:18.40 2. Anriel Howard, Westlake, 2:20.19 3. Iyanna Deandrea, Douglas County, 2:21.17 4. Ashton Askew, Brookwood, 2:21.18 5. Katie Kenski, Parkview, 2:22.12 6. Lexi Froh, Mill Creek, 2:22.58 7. Bobbi Ayres, Grayson, 2:23.87 8. Sidney Sheppard, North Gwinnett, 2:25.21 1,600 1. Camryn Petit, Mill Creek, 5:27.25 2. Mackenzie Ellison, Brookwood, 5:30.32 3. Mary Kathryn Knott, Peachtree Ridge, 5:30.58 4. Melody Weiler, Parkview, 5:30.65 5. Elizabeth Funderburk, Colquitt County, 5:30.71 6. Lauren Flynt, Brookwood, 5:30.74 7. Gabrielle Gusmerotti, Norcross, 5:33.40 8. Kitty Moraes, Collins Hill, 5:35.05 3,200 1. Camryn Petit, Mill Creek, 11:37.27 2. Hannah Petit, Mill Creek, 11:39.24 3. Lauren Flynt, Brookwood, 11:40.79 4. Melody Weiler, Parkview, 11:43.33 5. Elizabeth Funderburk, Colquitt County, 11:53.10 6. Gabrielle Gusmerotti, Norcross, 11:55.99 7. Rachel Lott, Grayson, 12:07.45 8. Rachel Hurst, Parkview, 12:07.93 100 hurdles 1. Erin Hardnett, Campbell, 14.31 2. Jirah Simpkins, Berkmar, 14.56 3. Sydney Henderson, Westlake, 14.75 4. Sidney Genrich, Parkview, 14.77 5. Melyssa Haughton, Brookwood, 14.79 6. Alexis Jones, Campbell, 14.84 7. Brianna Isles, Brookwood, 14.86 8. Zakirra McKinnon, Valdosta, 14.89 300 hurdles 1. Alexis Jones, Campbell, 42.65 2. Erin Hardnett, Campbell, 44.17 3. Kennedy Simon, Westlake, 44.38 4. Kayla Stinson, Westlake, 44.40 5. Brianna Isles, Brookwood, 44.61 6. Mizani Simpson, Berkmar, 45.28 7. Chika Motanya, Grayson, 46.07 8. Melyssa Haughton, Brookwood, 46.30 400 relay 1. Grayson, 46.52 (Aliyah Abrams, Alexis Adams, Sydney Davis, Chika Motanya) 2. Westlake A, 46.58 3. Archer, 47.26

4. Westlake, B, 47.39 5. Collins Hill, 47.58 6. Brookwood, 47.75 7. Campbell, 48.14 8. Lowndes, 48.20 1,600 relay 1. Grayson, 3:51.54 (Aliyah Abrams, Alexis Adams, Bobbi Ayres, Sydney Davis) 2. Westlake A, 3:54.87 3. Peachtree Ridge, 3:54.91 4. Westlake B, 3:57.95 5. Lowndes, 4:00.89 6. Parkview, 4:01.01 7. Norcross, 4:01.66 8. Brookwood, 4:03.07 BOYS Discus 1. Ryan Camp, Archer, 166-5 2. Sloan Huff, Archer, 164-5 3. Isaiah Rogers, Campbell, 160-1 4. Jake Lund, Mill Creek, 151-0 5. Drake Battle, Douglas County, 141-3 6. Oliver Niyungeko, Meadowcreek, 136-2 7. Gabriel Nabers, Lowndes, 132-10 8. Patrick Walker, Mountain View, 128-11 High jump 1. Jordan Brown, Berkmar, 6-6 2. Demetrius Wright, Berkmar, 6-4 3. Isaiah Galloway, Norcross, 6-2 4. Montavious Atkinson, Hughes, 6-0 5. Nate Blackmon, Brookwood, 6-0 6. Jourdan Wright, Lowndes, 6-0 7. Austin Wright, Westlake, 6-0 8. Ty Lee, Colquitt County, 6-0 Long jump 1. Malik Henry, Tift County, 23-1 2. Edmond Graham, Mill Creek, 22-0 3. Kahj Huitt, Campbell, 21-10 1/2 4. Willie Ramsey, Pebblebrook, 21-5 5. Demetrious Mason, Grayson, 21-4 6. Robbie Brazelton, Mill Creek, 21-1 1/2 7. Tayvonn Kyle, Lonwdes, 20-10 8. Drew Walker, Brookwood, 20-5 Pole vault 1. Jacob Zambo, Mill Creek, 13-6 2. Caleb Merritt, Grayson, 13-0 3. Chris Skyers, South Gwinnett, 12-0 4. Mitchell Brice, North Gwinnett, 12-0 5. Cameron Cummins, Brookwood, 11-6 6. Derringer Cormier, Mill Creek, 11-0 7. Ryan Morrell, Archer, 10-6 Shot put 1. Isaiah Rogers, Campbell, 63-11 1/4 2. Sam Wright, Archer, 61-6 3. Ryan Camp, Archer, 50-8 4. Nicholas Coker, Brookwood, 49-3 5. Carlos Ford, East Coweta, 48-9 1/2 6. Jermiah Russell, Newnan, 48-2 7. Dwayne Hart, Lowndes, 47-2 1/4 8. Oliver Niyungeko, Meadowcreek, 46-7 1/2 Triple jump 1. Justin Laryea, Collins Hill, 44-6 1/2 2. Jakari Scott, Brookwood, 43-6 3. Raheem McCloud, Colquitt County, 42-9 4. Ja’Vonta Woods, Colquitt County, 42-8 5. Demetrious Mason, Grayson, 42-7 6. Wendall White, Tift County, 42-6 7. Christian Swann, Pebblebrook, 41-8 1/2 8. George Marshall, Campbell, 41-7 1/2 100

1. Jalen Virgil, Mountain View, 10.59 2. Emmanuel Eafford, Lee County, 10.60 3. Cedric Asseh, Grayson, 10.74 4. Terrell Smith, South Gwinnett, 10.81 5. Rashaad Pollard, Westlake, 10.82 6. Tyler Green, South Cobb, 10.84 7. Toritsematse Ogedegbe, Grayson, 10.86 8. Josh Poole, Westlake, 10.89 200 1. Jalen Virgil, Mountain View, 21.68 2. Patrick Adebamowo, Dacula, 21.73 3. Trevious Frazier, Grayson, 21.74 4. Justin Long, Parkview, 21.86 5. Marquan Green, Colquitt County, 22.02 6. Tyler Green, South Cobb, 22.19 7. Salento Sumrall, Campbell, 22.23 8. Emmanuel Eafford, Lee County, 22.24 400 1. Justin Long, Parkview, 48.49 2. Jeramey Hampton, North Gwinnett, 49.84 3. Satchel Horton, East Coweta, 49.98 4. Lorenzo Fance, Lowndes, 50.00 5. Josh Ajiero, Tift County, 50.10 6. Josiah Williams, Mountain View, 50.10 7. Braden Canamare, Mill Creek, 50.18 8. Patrick Adebamowo, Dacula, 50.33 800 1. Geoffrey McCullough, Campbell, 1:57.02 2. DaMonte Ward, Archer, 1:57.90 3. Jordan Smith, Central Gwinnett, 1:59.23 4. Jeramey Hampton, North Gwinnett, 1:59.41 5. Tyler Barber, Mountain View, 1:59.48 6. Trevion Williams, Hughes, 1:59.85 7. Parker Davis, Grayson, 2:00.37 8. Chance Roe, Lowndes, 2:00.44 1,600 1. Miles Yapp, Brookwood, 4:21.73 2. Geoffrey McCullough, Campbell, 4:21.97 3. Isaac Penman, Peachtree Ridge, 4:25.53 4. Sam Costa, Mill Creek, 4:28.13 5. Parker Davis, Grayson, 4:28.16 6. Chance Roe, Lowndes, 4:28.29 7. Tyler Allan, Collins Hill, 4:28.34 8. Jeremy Page, Collins Hill, 4:28.68 3,200 1. Miles Yapp, Brookwood, 10:10.61 2. Sam Costa, Mill Creek, 10:10.96 3. Isaac Penman, Peachtree Ridge, 10:11.88 4. Tyler Allan, Collins Hill, 10:12.15 5. Nate Reichard, Peachtree Ridge, 10:13.46 6. Shehan Parmar, Parkview, 10:16.51 7. Kaleb Wolfenden, Lowndes, 10:17.18 8. DeWayne Cagle, Archer, 10:18.05 110 hurdles 1. Tyler Houston, Brookwood, 14.33 2. Wesley Watkins, Westlake, 14.37 3. Austin Lyons, Archer, 14.44 4. Myles Scott, Brookwood, 14.54 5. Antuane Dennard, Peachtree Ridge, 14.74 6. Daniel Jappah, Collins Hill, 15.00

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Oakland at Minnesota (Hughes 0-4), 8:10 p.m.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40-11-2, is being stored at: 5170 JIMMY CARTER BLVD NORCROSS GA 30093 2002 FORD RANGER (VIN#) 1FTZR45E72PA47982 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 05/05/2015.

928-252048, 4/26,5/3 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: 4415 LILBURN INDUSTRIAL WAY LILBURN GA 30047 2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA VIN: 2G1WF52E459259238 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 05/05/2015.

928-252071, 4/26,5/3 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 40-11-2, is being stored at: 5170 JIMMY CARTER BLVD NORCROSS GA 30093 2001 NISSAN SENTRA (VIN#) 3N1BB51D31L117001 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 05/05/2015.

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PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagetreasures.com on April 15, 2015 5:30 PM and will continue until May 5, 2015 9:00 AM for the Space Shop storage facility located at: 2050 Gravel Springs Rd Buford, GA 30519 770.271.4220 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

A233 Williams, Elvis Household Goods A125 Forsyth, Chris Household Goods A133 Forsyth, Chris Household Goods A134 Forsyth, Chris Household Goods 929-249883, 4/15,23,30

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PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2 PECAN ESTATES, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S).

dryer, boxes, kitchen set 408: Mitta Boima- Household Items and furniture Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

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bidder, on or after, May 16, 2015 to satisfy the lien of the Lessor, with Atlanta Peach Movers, Inc as managing agent for Lessor, for rental and other charges due from the undersigned. The said property has been stored and is located at the respective address below. The sale will be held at the address listed below and will begin at 9 a.m. or after on said date and will continue hour by hour until all units are sold.

Atlanta Peach Movers 2911 Northeast Parkway Doraville 30360, 770-447-5121: Diana Whitson #13211 / #201 #202 #204 #205 Household Goods; Simpson #VC0117 / #109 #110 Household Good; Malik Dauda #18393 / #308 #310 #316 Household Goods; Carl Woods / #18 Household Goods; Teresa Williams #20539 / #683 #687 #690, #692 Household Goods; Marco Coleman #20444 / #517 #518 Household Goods; Deborah Black #0384 / #291 #326 Household Goods; Mark Skaeffer #10174 / #21 #22 Household Goods; Gwen Lee #14567 / #258 #259 #264 #265 #266 #378 Household Goods; Antoinette King #10254 / #100 Household Goods; Jina Elliott #25328 / #1168 #1169 #1170 #1171 #1172 #1173 #1174 #1175 Household Goods; Michael Antar / #1671 #1729 Household Goods; Craig White #31906 / #783 #793 #794 Household Goods; Allison Franklin #21717 / #284 #368 #373 Household Goods; Oscar Ayala #32132 / #1510 #1513 Household Goods; Larry Compton #13163 / #1607 Household Goods; Mike Rucker / #Vault1 #Vault2 #Vault3 #Vault4 #Vault5 Household Goods; Julian Loube / #Vault6 #Vault7 #Vault8 Household Goods; John Doe #AA1771 / #16 #19 #28 #29 #98 #99 #117 #127 #141 #157 #208 #209 #1155 Household Goods.

The terms of the sale will be cash only and must be paid for at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is. Atlanta Peach Movers, Inc reserves the right to withdraw any or all units, partial or entire, from the sale at any time. All contents must be removed completely from the property the same day as the auction.

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to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Monday, May 18, 2015. The sale will be held at www.storagebattles.com at 3:00 PM on Monday, May 18, 2015.

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6443–Portee, Regina ----------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25719 3550 PEACHTREE PKWY. SUWANEE, GA 30024-1031 (678) 513-8185 May 19th , 2015 9:45 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B320–free, john B392–Eskander, Nagwa C570–Wood, Teri D629–SANDERS, MICHAEL --------------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25778 3900 MCGINNIS FERRY RD SUWANEE, GA 30024 (678) 513-8185 May 19th , 2015 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A1005–Bottoms, Chris A1040–Tyler, Aretha A2058–Berry-Hall, Bertina A4058–Moore, Zandra A4083–garner, Patrick B1051–Bermudez, Brooke C1013–Mickens, Charles C1046–HOWELL, WILLIAM -------------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25595 66 OLD PEACHTREE RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 (770) 338-1271 May 19th , 2015 10:15 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 00176–French, Lucius 00203–Sweet, Tracee 00211–Scott, Phyllis 00336–Howell, Nancy 00838–Kennedy, Tara Kenon 00840–Ferguson, Michael 0904–Jennings, Spencer 4006–Green, Lamarr 4026–Watters-Fletcher, Terran 4031–Watters-Fletcher, Terran 4040–Clark,Oxendine & Sauls LP --------------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28158 495 BUFORD DR. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30245 (770) 338-1271 May 19th , 2015 10:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 128–Hernandez, Ismael 130–Hollins, Lorriane 144–White, Ricardo 147–Cofield, Justin 155–Willis, Kyle 322–Neisler, Brandon 404–Walker, Latanya 425–Sykes, Kevin 444B–Tanner, Renee 618–GADLIN, WILEY --------------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08465 1856 RIVERSIDE PKWY. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043 (770) 237-5010 May 19th , 2015 10:45AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 2015–Stewart, Lynette 2018–Ruggs, Jenifer 3019–Terrell, Kem 3024–Turner, Terrill 3055–Gaskin, Miles 5127–Sanders, Courtney 5142–Boone, Elaine 5154–Beckford, Michelle 5190–Terrell, Kem 5252–larkins, mike 5317–NORTH GA RHEUMATOLOGY GROUP PC 6012–Joyner, La Ron 6121–Pennington, Deborah --------------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08054 1395 PLEASANT HILL DR..

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ING PERSONS: 1525–Sides, Brandon 1545–Brown, Dera 3514–Walker, Alana 3521–Collins, Simeon 3532–McMullen, Teshawna 4503–Cox, Erica LAR5529–PASSMORE, ONDA 6019–Savoy, Angelic 6046–Trotter, Cody 6083–Savoy, Angelic 6104–Howard, Harlem 6140–Small, Lisa 6234–Lane, Tamara 6250–Hill, Michele 7516–Townsend, William 7522–Sober, Nancy -----------------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25982 2423 PLEASANT HILL ROAD DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 May 20th , 2015 9:45AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A045–Lancaster, Nicole A150–Hanson, Aretia A206–Stoney, Carl A248–Holmes, Shedrick A293–Isidore, Charrionte A434–McConnell, Bev A465A–Clay, Coronda C573–Wilson, Roshela -----------------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY 08057 4474 SATELLITE BLVD. DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 May 20th , 2015 10:00AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0314–Lundie, Maurice 0335–Knight, Aaron 0345C–Cherry, Stephanie 0345N–Frederick, Gregory 0349–Lee, Bang 0515–Howell, William 0704–Cabrera, Norma 2201–Wilson, Brittany 3153–Beale, Kenya 3172–Stokes, India 3333–Williams, Zelda 5183–Morgan, Deandra --------------------------PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08056 3865 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 May 20th , 2015 10:15AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0130–Choa, Benjamin 0133–Daniels, Tamara 0260–Whitfield, Latoya Rejean 0664–Ryu, David 0747–McBee, stacy 0787–MITCHELL, SONYA 0829–Cobbin, Takida 0840–Fair, Becky 0843–Washington, Marlon 0857–Lewis, Marzella 8702–Webley, Natosha

bids. Payment will be made in cash only. The sale will begin at 8:30 AM at 1290 Pleasant Hill Rd. Lawrenceville, GA. and continue to each location. Location stops subject to change or cancel.

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1972 SUNSHINE MH 7265120889a WILL BE AUCTIONED ON 4/19/2015 5/11/2015 AT 10 AM. 525 MUSEUM CIR LOT 30 JONESBORO GA 30236 7037 929-252044, 4/26,5/3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagetreasures.com at 1:30 pm , May 13, 2015 for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: EXTRA SPACE STORAGE 98 Hurricane Shoals Rd NE Lawrenceville, GA 30046 770-682-4990 The personal goods stored therein by the following: Unit cc035- Jusprae Blessins- household items Unit 0632- Doris G Besthousehold items Unit 0326-Judy Joneshousehold items Unit 0935-Aaron Carterhousehold items Unit 0611- Pamela Newbold Watson-household items Unit 0312- Kathy Brumbalow -household items Unit cc038- Tracie Stewarthousehold items Unit 0623-Michele Handhousehold items Unit 0532- Adrienne Casnel- household items Unit 0334- Sam Bellhousehold items Unit cc115-Tony Robinsonhousehold items Unit 1148 -Brenda Welchhousehold items Unit 0632-Doris G Besthousehold items Unit 0305- Walter Vasquezhousehold items Unit cc212- Marenda Brown Caldwell- household items Unit 1202- Kiana Laurette Washingtonhousehold items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

929-251274, 4/26,5/3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagetreasures.com on 5/13/15 at 3:30PM for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2790 Braselton Highway Dacula, GA 30019 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

920: Craig Kirchner- Household Goods 194: Anthony Newell- Livingroom furniture 448: Norman MaloneHousehold items 703: Jennifer Toney- 3 Queen beds, washer and d

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.StorageTreasures.com on 5/14/15 at 4:15PM for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 1172 Auburn Rd. Dacula GA, 30019 770-236-0688 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

449 Kara Chambers baby items, household 412 Anthony Newell Household items 546 Joseph Arnold Household Goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

929-251514, 4/26,5/3 PUBLIC AUCTION Securlock Storage will sell personal property consisting of household and personal effects, office, and other equipment, toys and appliances will be sold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent due law 10-4-213. All items or spaces may not be available on the day of the sale. We reserve the right to refuse any and all bids, buyers must secure spaces with own locks. NO CHECKS. CASH ONLY. To claim tax-exempt-ORIGINAL RESALE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SPACE PURCHASED IS REQUIRED. Time: 11:30 AM Date: May 18 2015 Place: 1573 Athens Hwy Grayson Ga 30017 Stephen Roper – Tools, Clothing, Couch, 3+ Boxes (1 Unit), King bed set, Livingroom set, outside yard tools, 10+ boxes (2 Unit) Adrian Doku – Suitcases, Pictures, Treadmill, 10+ Boxes, 2+ Bags Patricia Hoskins – Dresser, Chairs, Pictures, 4+ Totes, 10+ Boxes Cynthia Manson – 2 TV’s, TV Stand, 20+ Boxes, Armoire, Totes 929-252016, 5/3,10

NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY GEORGIA SELF STORAGE ACT (210-215) ATLANTA PEACH MOVERS, INC Notice is hereby given that the undersigned self-storage units will be sold at a public sale by competitive bidding, in their entirety to the highest b

PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2AUTONATION NISSAN, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S).

2007 NISSAN SENTRA 3N1AB61E37L000635 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON 5/8/2015 AT 10 AM. The Auction will be held at 925 COBB PAKWY MARIETTA, GA 30060 6421 929-252041, 4/26,5/3 PUBLIC AUCTION In accordance with the provision of Georgia State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at AAAA Self Storage located at 282 East Crogan St., Lawrenceville, GA, 30046. 770-237-8673. And due notice having been given t

Unit #1021- Parkerson, Remieash - Misc. Household Items Unit #5026- Jones, Christopher - Misc. Household Items 929-253351, 5/3,10 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the provisions of Georgia State Code Sections, Peachtree Corners Self Storage, LLC located at 2991 Cole Ct; Norcross, GA 30071; (770) 662-0496; will sell at Public Online Auction on May 19, 2015 personal property belonging to the following tenants to the highest bidder. The sale shall be held Online at the website www.

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1. Unit A144 Tag 0001935 Jermaine Wilson: Kenwood Stereo Receiver, Coffee Table, Roll Imitation Leather, Travel Bag, Chemicals, Drill 2. Unit A111 Tag 0001910 Lamont Warren: Toy Chest, Golf Clubs, Rope Wicker Chair, Hope Chest, Bowflex Dumbbell Set, Misc Toys, 4 Plastic Chairs, Toro Cordless Trimmer, Small Desk, Sofa, Echo Blower & Weed Trimmer, Basketball Goal, Decorative Plants, Coolers, Lamp, Folding Chair 3. Unit B87 Tag 0001909 Rosemary Rouse: King Size Mattress Set, Head & Foot Boards, 2 Ficus Trees, Microwave, PC Tower, Car Seat, High Chair, Baby Stroller, Fan, Misc Clothes, Toys, Plants, Cleaning Supplies, Boxes & Cookware 4. Unit C2 Tag 0001931 Sarina Moore: Dell Monitor / Tower, Casio Keyboard & Stand, Suitcase, Double Mattress / Box spring, Phillips CD Player, Misc Wall Hangings, Misc DVD’s / CD’s, Misc Books, Misc Bed sheets, Small Entertainment Center All sales are subject to prior cancellation. Sale rules and regulations are available at the time of sale.

929-251770, 5/3,10

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public auction on May 19th & May 20th the below-listed units. Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08464 10860 STATE BRIDGE ROAD. ALPHARETTA GA 30022 (678) 513-8185 May 19th, 2015 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 3014–Swaggard, Nicole 3025–Sir Charwin, Inc. 4009–Bannister, Kwan 6008–Jackson, Neal 6119–Fletcher, Ternia A 6312–Paris, Martin

Find Your Next Home in Print or Online!

All sales are subject to cancellation. Public auction terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. Dated this 3rd day of May and 10th day of May 2015 by PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201.

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

929-253025, 5/3,10 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that on May 4, 2015 U-Haul Company of Atlanta North will be offering for sale under the contractual landlords lien process by public auction the following storage units. The goods to be sold are generally described as household goods. U-Haul reserves the right to refuse any and all b

1290 Pleasant Hill Rd., Lawrenceville, GA.: Kendyl Brown 0211, TheronWhitehead 0523, Darrell Hinesman 0541, Denis Ometan 0548, Tonja Brown 0710, Rochelle Ling 1009, Peter Suomie 1028-32 and 1714, Desiree Johnson 1034, Elbert Grim 1108, Latoya Whitefield 1113, Martin Jenkins 1124, Eric Domohowski 1125-29, Sandra Eboigbe 1153, Swandria Simpson 1157, Christa Aaron 1160, Donna Allen 1515, Daphine Treadwill 1718, Britney Costello, Latisha Taylor 2070, Josephine Smiley 2212-13 3804 Buford Dr., Buford, GA.: Anthony Manno 0040, David Wigley 0098, Hugo Garcia 0235, Dora Aquirre 0260, Jacqueline Stephens 0339 929-251436, 4/26,5/3

DINING SET Dining Set: Solid Pine Wood (Distressed Look); Table 67L x 35W x 30H; 6 Side Chairs (Cushioned); Good Condition; $350.00 MISC. FOR SALE EVENT TENT, white, 10x10 with curtains.

Asking $100 OBO. Call 770-554-5123.

ITEMS FOR SALE: Corner Desk $40, 2 Piece Desk w/Hutch $55, Entertainment Ctr. $65, Dining Table $35, Loveseat w/cover $45, Meadowbrook Horse Cart $950, Hoyer Lift-up to 500 lbs. $550. 678-860-7701

ZONINGS PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given to the public that the City of Grayson will consider amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grayson by deleting Article VI, Floodplain Management, Sections 26-151 through and including Section 26295 and replacing it with a new Floodplain Management Ordinance. A Public Hearing on the proposed ordinance amendment will be held before the Planning and Zoning Commission in the Grayson Senior Center on Monday, May 11, 2015 at 7:00 PM and before the Mayor and City Council on Monday, May 18, 2015, at 7:00 PM. The public is invited and encouraged to attend these meetings.

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WANT TO BUY WANTED: LAWNMOWERS, running or not and old Sears garden tractor.

I buy lawnmowers- running or not. Also looking for old garden tractors/ or/Sears garden tractors implements such as three point hitch, plow, blades, and front wheels/tires. Need Tecumseh coil for 10-16 hp. What you think is junk may not be for me.

770-786-1255 (call) or 770-361-5276 (call or text) TOOLS & EQUIPMENT LAWNMOWER, 50” Troy Bilt Zero Turn Mower 23 HP Briggs and Stratton; Excellent condition; Garage kept. $1,500. 706-207-7753

LOST & FOUND PETS/LIVESTOCK FOUND DOG Black with white markings, lab mix? found 4/21 near Oakland/Cruse Rd area.

770-572-1239

APPLIANCES DRYER/WASHER $125 ea.; Super Capacity $175 ea.

Front Loader Set $450 & up; Regular Refrig. & Ranges $175 & up; SXS Refrig. $300 & up.

Dishwasher $100 & up.

Different colors. Del/ warr. Tim 404-205-2222

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DOBERMAN PINSCHERS Gorgeous AKC registered Doberman Pinscher for sale. All black and tan, male and female available. Tails docked and dew claws removed, will come with their registration papers and first set of vaccinations. If wanted ears cropped and full set of vaccinations call for more information and pricing. Parents on site when viewing puppies.

Call for more information and pictures.

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BUICK CENTURY CUSTOM, 2002. A-1 condition, 1 OWNER, 144K miles, very clean in/out, garage kept, everything works. Only $3,350. 678-200-0812

DODGE RAM 1500 SLT, 2006. short bed with 4.7L V-8, automatic.

All SLT options. Excellent, near mechanically perfect. $8900.

770-335-9516

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CHRYSLER 200, 2014 Bright White Clearcoat, Stk#8215 $14,950 877-698-5030

FORD FIESTA SE FWD, 2014 Race Red, Stk#P7629 $12,503 800-PREOWNED

FORD C-MAX SEL FWD HATCHBACK, 2013 Ruby Red, Stk#P7593 $17,999 800-PREOWNED

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FORD FOCUS SE, 2013 Sterling Grey, Stk#FUB77883A $10,493 800-PREOWNED

HONDA CIVIC SEDAN, 2011 Crystal Black Pearl, Stk#540303A $11,550 877-698-5030

HONDA CIVIC SEDAN, 2013 Alabaster Silver Metallic, Stk#8271 $15,950 877-698-5030

NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S SEDAN, 2014 Brilliant Silver, Stk#P4775 $15,441 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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W A R N CHEVROLET CRUZE, 2011 Silver Ice Metallic, Stk#520193A $10,550 877-698-5030

NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SEDAN, 2012 Tuscan Sun, Stk#FN502732B $13,500 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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2 Owner fabulous 4WD babied beauty.

Rare burgundy with black leather. This is as nice as you can find. It spent all its life in this area and was not off roaded. 141K miles.

Exceptional in every way. 0 Accidents and great CarFax with the highest score possible only $5950.

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HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS RWD, 2013 Black, Stk#F5379810A $13,992 800-PREOWNED

NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S SEDAN, 2015 Super Black, Stk#P4745 $16,500 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

JEEP COMPASS SPORT SUV, 2014 Dark Blue, Stk#P4838 $16,900 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

NISSAN ALTIMA S FWD, 2014 Super Black, Stk#FUB36081A $17,991 800-PREOWNED

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CHEVROLET CRUZE LS, 2012 Silver Ice, Stk#FC238500A $11,800 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

CADILLAC STS, 1998, 89K mi. One elderly owner. Honestly like new. Loaded. Pearl white. New Michelin’s. $3,895. 770-616-7399.

ACURA TSX SEDAN, 2010 Palladium Metallic, Stk#530011A $16,950 877-698-5030

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DODGE RAM, 2004 2500 HD 4x4, 18k mi. single cab, vinyl int.

Long bed tow package, work truck. $13,000 770-490-3265

CHEVROLET IMPALA, 2010. Great car at super low price. $6300.

Looks and runs great.

Red with black interior.

Great CarFax, no accidents. 3.5 V6. Flex fuel.

114K hwy. miles, priced way under the market.

Call 770-895-7161

CHRYSLER 200 TOURING SEDAN, 2013 Tungsten, Stk#P4844 $13,500 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD ESCAPE S, 2013 Tuxedo Black, Stk#P7521A $15,814 800-PREOWNED

FORD F-150, 1999 Long bed, Triton V-8, CNG, single cab.

Needs transmission & fuel lines fixed.

Must sell! $1000.

770-490-3265

FORD FOCUS, 2012 Silver, Stk#8211A $13,550 877-698-5030

HONDA ACCORD SEDAN, 2012 Polished Metal Metallic, Stk#540064A $14,950 877-698-5030

HONDA CR-V LX FWD, 2013 Alabaster Silver, Stk#EBB60145A $20,351 800-PREOWNED

KIA AMANTI, 2005, Look Like New, Runs Great!

Maintenance Records Available. Very Well Maintained. 4 Door With Leather Interior. Side, Front And Rear Airbags.

Heated Seats, Center Console, V6.Tires Are Almost New. $3400.

678-549-0051

MERCURY MARQUIS, ‘99, Same as a 2007. 100K mi, like new, loaded, leather, like new tires/wheels, garage kept. $3,895.

678-620-6792

NISSAN ALTIMA S, 2014 Super Black, Stk#FUB36081A $17,991 800-PREOWNED

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4 door, green, cold AC. Dependable car, $1750.

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NISSAN ROGUE S SUV, 2013 Brilliant Silver, Stk#P4766 $17,300 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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3277 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, GA 30096 888-475-8808 www.hendrickatlanta.com

OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS CIERA, 1994, 4 dr., low miles, one owner, still runs in good shape for a 21 year old car. Classic car would be good local work car or excellent for rebuilding or parts. $700. 770-335-6490

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SERVICE We pick up any of the following items: All scrap metal such as all appliances, air conditioners, lawn mowers, metal windows & doors, garage doors, motorcycles, house & barn tin, gutters & awnings, metal signs, junk cars, old batteries, etc. *No TVs or computer monitors.

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FOREST REMODELING, INC. •Finished Basements •Bathroom Remodeling •Kitchen Remodeling •Custom Cabinets •Room Additions •Garages/Carports •Screened Porches •Custom Decks •Siding All Types All Major Credit Cards Accepted 252605-1

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All Home Remodeling Projects & General Repairs Including: Light plumbing, electrical & HVAC troubleshooting. *Licensed & Insured*

678-482-1702

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HARLEY DAVIDSON, 2012 XL IRON 883 FLAT BLACK, 1000 MILES, EXCELLENT CONDITION, GARAGED, SADDLE BAGS, HELMETS, RAIN SUIT. $5500.

770-787-7098.

SOCIAL CIRCLE YAMAHA VINO SCOOTER, 50CC, 2011, no license or registration. Ideal for the college student around campus. Only 300 miles. Includes 2 helmets, basket, manual, cable and lock. $1400. 770-363-0791

NISSAN SENTRA SV SEDAN, 2014 Amethyst Gray, Stk#P4832 $14,900 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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CARDINAL CAMPER 2007. 31 ft. Clean, furnished, 5th wheel with 2 slide-outs.

770-483-4683

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Call 770-853-3915.

CAMPERS/RVS

4490 South Lee St., Buford, GA 30518 888-804-2957 www.hendrickbuford.com

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TOYOTA SIENNA, 2003, 7 PASSENGER VAN. This hard to find van is beautiful inside and out. It has been driven careful and maintained. 157K miles. Excellent gold with tan interior. Has power sliding door, many options and is exceptional. V6 should last a family for many miles. Very reliable and sought after.

Only $4900.

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We offer 24 hour Emergency Service •Licensed & Insured •Tree Service/Removal •Tree Pruning/Trimming •Stump Grinding/Removal www.mandgtreeservice.com

SHADOW CRUISER, 2013, 20 FT. FULLY CONTAINED. MODEL NO. S 195 WBS. Has Queen size bed, and pull out couch.

19 inch HD Flat Screen TV, AM/FM radio with CD player. Microwave.

Furnace and A/C Unit.

Has a power awning and power slide out.

Like new, used 3 times.

Outside Shower. Heavy Duty Hitch and other accessories included.

Asking $16,500 OBO. 404-210-5126

Services including: • Carpentry • Electric • Plumbing • Painting

All Types of Yard Work * Lawns starting at $30

Call David Kim today

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CORNER LOT OFORI-HUD HOME # 105-521126 790 Mount Zion Rd Ranch On Spacious 5-Acre Corner Lot. 3BR/2BA $80,000 - EHO Insured w/Escrow.

Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com CONYERS, GA 30013

BRING ALL OFFERS! 2195 Hampton Trail 3BR/2BA Cape Cod with Fenced Back Yard.

MOTIVATED SELLERS $82,500 EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com CONYERS, GA 30013

EATONTON, GA

31024 176 Twisting Hill Rd. Beautiful Lake Front Property On Deeded Lot! Inground Salt Water Pool, Full Unfinished Basement, Detached 2 Car Carport, Front, Back & Side Porches!

4BR/4BA $699,000 EHO

UTILITY WENCH 4X4, 8500 lb.

Hand held remote, 94 ft. cable. $400 OBO. Call 678-618-5521.

Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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POWER WASHING

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HOUSES STARTING AT $89 • Roof Cleaning • Black streaks removed from roof • Mold & Mildew removed from homes • Drives-WalkwaysPatios-Decks cleaned/sealed • Gutters cleaned

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TOYOTA MR2 SPYDER, 2002 CONVERTIBLE. $5,700. Super desirable sports car unmatched by any other convertible on the road. MID engine great handling car that gets 37 mpg. Babied beauty that has a great CarFax. 132K miles.

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Aaron’s Memorial Rock Garden in Lilburn features over 600 rocks from all 50 states and several countries throughout the world, serving as a tribute to the homeowner’s son Aaron, who was an American casualty in the Iraqi war eight years ago.

(Staff Photos: Aaliyah Weathers)

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Aaron’s Memorial Rock Garden in Lilburn features over 600 rocks sent from all 50 states and several countries throughout the world, including a piece from the Oklahoma City Federal Building, which was bombed in 1995.

MEMORIES

Lilburn woman shares personal garden with tour

By AAliyAh WeAthers Staff Intern

Eight years ago when former art teacher Marcia Kincaid received the devastating news of her sons passing, she knew she wanted to do something special in remembrance of him.

“He was an open and friendly person that everyone loved. He especially loved nature and collected rocks,” she said.

That love inspired the Lilburn resident to transform her backyard into Aaron’s Memorial Rock Garden — a tribute to her son, PFC Kenneth E. “Aaron” Kincaid, IV, who died in action while serving overseas in Iraq in 2006.

The community will be able to experience Kincaid’s memorial garden as part of the Lilburn Woman’s Club’s “Behind the Garden Gate” tour held Saturday, May 9. The Kincaid garden is one of eight that will be featured, all residing in the Lilburn area. Tours will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and local musicians and artists will be at many of the locations to add to the overall experience.

The cost of the tour is $20 and proceeds go toward projects and organizations that the Lilburn’s Woman’s Club, a nonprofit dedicated to community improvement, supports such as local scholarships, libraries, women and children’s shelters and beautification projects. For more information and to purchase tickets for the tour, visit lilburnwomansclub.org.

When Kincaid first took on the task of creating her memorial garden, she remembers Soldier’s Angels, an organization dedicated to supporting members of the United States military and their families, contacting her to see if there was any way they could help. Soon thereafter, the “Angels” and other supporters began sending rocks to Kincaid through the mail to help her create the memorial.

Eight years later, the rock garden features more than 600 rocks from all 50 states and several countries throughout the world, including Iraq. A wall of boulders, quartz crystals, geodes, coral, agate and many other types of rocks line the garden, each marked with the state or country they hail from. In addition to rocks, the garden is filled with a beautiful array of plants and flowers, many of which are native to Georgia.

“I’ve always been a gardener. My grandmother taught me how to cure everything naturally. She liked to play in the dirt and I did too,” Kincaid said.

Gardening is not Kincaid’s only artistic endeavor: the garden is also scattered with beautiful statues and sculptures she made herself. She has a studio overlooking the garden where she practices a variety of art forms, from photography to sculpture and mixed media.

Kincaid hopes that while standing in the garden, visitors will be able to enjoy a sense of tranquility tas they listen to the calming sounds of trickling water coupled with birds chirping.

“I tried to create an open area of peace and solitude. Sometimes people that have served in the military are so quickly forgotten and I do not want my son forgotten,” she said.

Along with Aaron’s memorial, the garden has also served as a way for Kincaid to remember her mother, sister and even family pets that have passed on.

According to Jeannie Schweck, first vice president of Lilburn Woman’s Club,

Aaron’s Memorial Rock Garden in Lilburn features rocks from every state and around the world as well as beautiful statues and sculptures some of which were hand done by the homeowner, Marcia Kincaid, as a tribute to her son Aaron. (Staff Photo: Aaliyah Weathers) Aaron’s Memorial Rock Garden features rocks from every state and around the world, serving as structural material throughout the garden landscape as a tribute to the homeowner’s son.

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IF YOU G O • What: Behind the Garden Gate tour • Where: Various gardens located throughout Lilburn • When: Saturday, May 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Tickets: $20 per person and can be purchased in advance online or on the day of the tour at 818 Tom Smith Road in Lilburn.

• More Info: www.lilburnwomansclub.org

the group created the “Behind the Garden Gate” tour as a great way to appreciate local gardeners.

“Aaron’s Memorial Rock Garden was recommended by Marcia’s students and church members,” Schweck said. “We also found out about many of the other gardens through hearsay and when we contacted the gardeners many were happy to showcase their art for a great cause.”

Aaron’s Memorial Rock Garden in Lilburn features rocks from every state and around the world as well as beautiful statues and sculptures some of which were hand done by the homeowner, Marcia Kincaid, as a tribute to her son Aaron.

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Snellville Commerce Club awards scholarships Two Snellville area high school seniors recently were awarded scholarships from the Snellville Commerce Club as they prepare to move on to Auburn University and Boston University.

Brookwood’s Andrew Andrew James Ashburn Ashburn, an FBLA member, was one of the recipients along with South Gwinnett’s Destiny Destiny Broadnax Broadnax.

Ashburn was recently accepted to Auburn, while Broadnax has been accepted to BU’s School of Management.

“It’s no surprise to see another generation of motivated and focused achievers among Snellville’s youth,” Commerce Club Member Jimmy Norton said in a press release.

Ashburn is a Marine

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Keith Farner JROTC Cadet Staff Sergeant and active in Mount Zion Baptist Church. He plans to pursue a career in engineering, specifically in the areas of petroleum and alternative fuel fields.

Broadnax is also a member of DECA, and is a recipient of the UGA Certificate of Merit and Career and Technical Education Student of the Year for Gwinnett County. She is active at First Baptist Snellville and is currently serving an internship with Accent Creative Group.

Created in 2005, this 11th annual award will be presented at the May 5th club meeting at noon inside City Hall. This meeting coincides with the Snellville Vision-

Members of the GSMST math team, from left, Albert Kim, Jason Fan, Josh Brunner and Timothy Gieseking pose for a picture recently after they finished in second place in the 39th annual state math tournament. (Special Photo)

ing Forum. Business, civic leaders and elected officials are expected to attend.

Gieseking, and they were coached by GSMST math teacher Robin Miles.

At the state competition, competitors individuGSMST takes second in ally complete a 50-quesstate math competition tion multiple-choice test A team of four students and a speed round folfrom the Gwinnett School lowed by teams working of Math, Science, and together to complete a Technology recently won set of a dozen challengsecond place in the 39th ing problems. The quesannual state mathemattions come from topics ics tournament in Macon. included in the standard The team placed second high school curriculum overall in all classificaincluding calculus, as well tions. Team members are as topics not traditionally Albert Kim, Jason Fan, found in the curriculum, Josh Brunner and Timothy such as number theory and

Collins Hill ROTC cadet honored Collins Hill High School Air Force Junior ROTC Cadet Maj. Devynn Lake receives the Suwanee Creek Daughters of the American Revolution chapter’s Educational Program Award from Regent Melisa Jeffers. (Special Photo)

By Curt yeomans

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SUWANEE — A Collins Hill High School Air Force Junior ROTC student was recognized by the Suwanee Creek Daughters of the American Revolution chapter earlier this month for aiming high.

Regent Melisa Jeffers presented the chapter’s ROTC Medal to Cadet Maj. Devynn Lake during the group’s April meeting. The chapter leader presented the Collins Hill senior with her medal, certificate and a monetary award

for receiving the honor.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s ROTC Medal program is designed to recognize high achieving cadets for their involve-

ment in the military education program.

Recipients are chosen by their instructors based on their patriotism, character, discipline and leadership, according to the society’s

website. They must also be in the top 25 percent academically at their school. Cadets can be a member of a high school junior ROTC group or a college-level unit.

Since Lake is a high school student, she received a bronze medal. Gold medals are reserved for students in ROTC units at colleges or universities, according to the DAR’s website.

Jeffers said Lake is her unit’s Cadet Group Commander, a member of its Strike Eagle Drill Team and a Cadet Special Assistant.

Lake plans to enlist in the Air Force after she graduates from high school, Jeffers said.

The North Gwinnett High School Air Force JROTC cadets recently visited the Aviation Museum at Robins Air Force Base in Warner-Robins. (Special Photo)

combinatorics.

The Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics sponsors the annual state math championship. Schools are invited to send four of their best math team students to compete. Schools earn an invitation to the state math tournament based on their performance at other tournaments throughout the state.

The tournament was held at the Middle Georgia State College Conference Center in Macon.

North Gwinnett JROTC visits Aviation Museum in Warner-Robins The North Gwinnett High School Air Force JROTC cadets recently visited the Aviation Museum at Robins Air Force Base in Warner-Robins. Instructor Bruce Bonds said the cadets enjoyed relating the exhibits to their aviation history studies.

Keith Farner writes about education. Good News from Schools appears in the Sunday edition of the Daily Post.

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PET OF THE WEEK Each week the Gwinnett Daily Post will feature an animal available for adoption at the Georgia SPCA, which is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, Suwanee, GA 30024. The hours of operation are Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sundays 1 until 4 p.m.

You can see the rest of our adoptable cats and dogs on our website at www.georgiaspca.org.

Finn is a just-over-a-yearold black and tan shorthair Chihuahua/mix.

Girl Scout Gold Award recipients recognized

By Curt yeomans

Eagle Scout Award.

The award is not earned by many Girl Scouts though.

Only five percent of them A small group of Gwinmake it, according to the nett County residents spent proclamation. their adolescence reaching “It’s a challenge to get for gold and found themyour Gold Award and I truly selves in the spotlight at this believe it is just as hard, if week’s county commission not harder than the Eagle,” meeting.

Howard said. “If you want Commissioner Lynette to know how hard it is, very Howard issued her anfew women get the Gold nual proclamation honoring Award. I went and saw the recipients of the Girl Scouts’ wall that was at headquarters Gold Award on Tuesday. for our council but there The award is the highest were very few names on honor a Girl Scout can rethere. ceive, making it the equivi“I was like, ‘Well is that lent of the Boy Scouts’ just for one year?’” Howard

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Finn is a very, very handsome young Chihuahua who is very playful and good natured. If you like the Chihuahua breed, you’re going to love Finn.

Come on over to the shelter and meet sweet Finn.

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continued. “They said, ‘No that’s all of the Girl Scouts who have made the rank of Gold.’”

There were about a dozen Girl Scouts in Gwinnett County who earned their Gold Award in the last year, according to county officials.

Three of them attended the commission meeting on Tuesday. The scouts in attendance included Amelia Taylor, Angelise Sleeman and Courtney Wesley.

Like the Eagle Scouts, the Gold Award recipients must complete a service project in their community before they can achieve their rank.

Taylor created an outdoor classroom and painted a mural for North Metro Baptist Church in Lawrenceville.

Meanwhile, Sleeman made hundreds of ribbons to raise awareness of 25 different types of cancer and Wesley organized fire safety promotion programs.

“These great women are going to be doing great things for the rest of their lives and they are already thinking of the next step with each one of their projects” Howard said. “So thank you all for doing this and thank you for what you are going to do in the future.”

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For more information on the Gwinnett Braves Grant Program, call Community Relations Coordinator Alison Atkins at 678-277-0346 or email Alison.Atkins@ braves.com.

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As the product of a single parent home, Johnathan Staf- students get ford of Dacula has written into summer and now released his book intensives “Absent Father: Lost GeneraAs the official school year tion.”

The book emphasizes the comes to a close, Sugarloaf Ballet is proud to send 20 of issue of fatherlessness in their dancers to renowned summer intensive programs.

Sugarloaf Ballet is a nonprofit performing company founded by Lori ZamzowWire with the goal of preparing aspiring professional dancers with rigorous training from beginner through pre-professional levels. The company also highly encourages students to expand their dance training throughout the summer months.

This year dancers from ages 12-18 have been awarded spots in programs at the School of American Ballet, Maiami City Ballet, Joffery Ballet and more. In addition to this 80 percent of Sugarloaf Ballet’s graduating seniors will go on to pursue dance at programs across the county including but not limited to University of Utah, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and University of South Carolina.

Sugarloaf Ballet also hosts its own summer intensives for local dancers for students in all stages of dance throughout June and July, offering training in ballet techniques, jazz, modern, choreography and much more.

For more information, visit sugarloafperformingarts. com or call 770-476-0025.

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Finding Our Black Ancestry: A personal story My mother’s frequent phrase was, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.” It’s engraved on her headstone.

As an adult, I now realize that she was trying to teach me about empathy.

Few people can empathize more with Ben Affleck’s embarrassment about his slave-owning ancestors than me. I’m descended from a family that is said to have owned the most slaves in American history.

Over a 200-year period, my ancestors enslaved more than 10,000 people on 43 plantations in three states. I first discovered this family history about 10 years ago; I remain in horrified awe of the size and scope of the

taboo rooted in discussion that we know we should be having, but that we don’t want to have?

History lesson: Twelve million Africans were kidnapped from their home countries and sold into slavery via the transatlantic slave Diana trade. Seven million were Roman dispersed throughout the Caribbean; four million were family “business.” sold to Brazil. Half a million Am I responsible for were transported to America their behavior? Not at all.

Diana Roman visits the and two hundred thousand But I am accountable to the gravestone of her mother. went to Europe. These facts (Special Photo) legacy of what they did. I beg the question, why, more inherit their story and can than 200 years after the either choose to ignore it or genealogy show “Finding slave trade was abolished to use it to create something Your Roots.” He later ratio- and 150 years after its slaves positive. nalized his request, saying were emancipated, does the Even though it’s 2015, he was embarrassed. country with the smaller slavery is still “the big ugly” Why is the mere mention statistic for culpability for that most white folks don’t of slavery still so inflamslavery still possess the want to deal with. It was matory? Is it really about worst state of race relations recently revealed that Ben slavery? Or is it actually in the world?

Affleck asked PBS not to in- about the current state of afIt’s our national dysfuncclude his own slave-owning fairs for African-Americans tion. This is the dialogue we ancestry in segments for TV in our society today? Is the are all trying to avoid. Yet

when we avoid the conversation that we need to be having about race, we rob ourselves of the cure that we so desperately want.

I understand why Ben Affleck didn’t want to open that dark chamber. There is still so much darkness about slavery and the racism that it engendered in our society.

But the current conundrum beckons the thought: Instead of trying to run from the darkness, we should be turning on the light.

The Chinese symbol for crisis is made up of two characters: “danger” and “opportunity.” Ben Affleck, you are the man in the arena of the moment. I empathize with your fear, your shame and your embarrassment. I have felt that same shame over my own family’s legacy.

You may think this is the worst PR event of your

career, but I challenge you to see it as opportunity. You have the eyes and ears of the nation tuned in your direction. I encourage you to use that spotlight to jumpstart a dialogue that addresses the current state of racial affairs in the country we all so dearly love.

Don’t let the fear or embarrassment rob you of the power to utilize this opportunity for healing and change.

Move past your demons, and start a bigger, better conversation. I’m willing to join it, are you?

As a result of discovering her legacy, and the associated records, Diana Roman became president of Our Black Ancestry Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing genealogical research, preserving historic materials for blacks and healing racial wounds.

Here’s what happened — and I swear on Mama’s cocoa-splattered chocolate cake recipe that this is the gospel: The editor for a regional full-colored magazine called a couple of years ago and asked me to be on the cover.

Since the magazine is owned by a newspaper company that has been very good to me and to this column, I agreed. She and I started emailing back and forth and, at some point, she said, “We’d love to shoot your husband, too.”

I understand. Sometimes I want to shoot him, too. Like in the case of the apple tree which I have told you about, the one he let die because he did not plant it.

She didn’t want to kill him, though. She wanted to

your ‘pitcher’” is a Southernism that has charmed him completely. It’s one of his favorite phrases.

Big Ike — that would be my Tink — replied to the editor that he would be happy to be in the photo.

This, of course, made me Ronda look like a fool but I was Rich happy that he was coming around to the right kind of photograph him for the arthinking so I let it go. ticle, specifically for the covBut I had my doubts. I er. I knew he would never know him too well. agree to such. He hates to be A month later, it was in photos. He even takes our inching close to “pitcher wedding photos and edits making” time. Four days himself out like I got into and counting. Tink came the marriage all by myself. down the staircase kinda I didn’t know how to let quiet, not in the loud, her down gently so I copied thumping way he normally him when I replied, saying thunders down the stairs. something to the effect of, He sidled up beside me in “He doesn’t like making pic- the kitchen where I was tures.” By the way, “make cooking.

was going to do it. Two days later — 48 hours before the photographer was to arrive on the Rondarosa — Tink went to have his hair cut.

When he returned, he had NO hair. I knew what little Johnny Tinker had done.

Again, I was in the kitchen, cooking so I walked to the foot of the staircase, looked at him and smiled.

“Good try.” I winked.

“You’re still gonna have your picture made.”

His smiled faded. He looked like a little boy whose lollipop had been stolen. “Baby…”

I held my hand up.

“Nope. Now, you’re going to be on the cover of a magazine, bald-headed.”

So, that’s how he wound up on a magazine cover with no hair of which to speak.

But that’s what happened when a Yankee-thinking man tried to outwit a Southern thinking woman.

To paraphrase my friend, Charlie, “A man oughta know better than to engage in a battle of wits when not adequately armed for the fight.”

Tink cringes whenever he sees that cover which is, actually, quite nice. It’s colorful, laughing and joyous.

“I learned my lesson,” he has admitted.

I’m happy to hear that because I’m having it framed and hung in his office.

Just in case, he’s ever tempted to forget.

Ronda Rich is the bestselling author of “There’s A Better Day A-Comin’.” Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her weekly newsletter.

EDITOR’S NOTE: When columnist Lisa McLeod was told of this story, she asked her friend Diana Roman to tell it in her own words.

Making a point with a magazine cover photograph “Baby, I don’t want to have my picture made.” He looked real sad like I was making him go to first grade by himself.

“Too bad,” I said, dumping the chopped onions into the butter.

“Seriously, baby. I just don’t wanna.”

With wooden spoon in hand, I turned and said, “Well, you’re gonna have it made. It was your big idea because I had a way out for you but, oh no, you chimed in and offered. So, you’re going to do it. You gave your word and you’re going to keep it.” I knew that would settle it. He is an honorable man.

He tried every argument he could think but I paid no never mind. I kept on cooking and reasserting that he

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AUBURN Curious George swinging into library May 9 Children will go bananas at the Auburn Public Library next weekend.

Library staff will be involved in some monkey business during a Curious George Jamboree on May 1 at 1 p.m. The event will celebrate the curious little monkey from Africa and his owner with a penchant for big headgear. Children will play interactive games and hear stories.

Curious George and the Man in the Ten-Gallon Hat will even make an appearance.

Kids who attended the event will be able to have their photos taken with the children’s literary character.

The library is located at 24 Fifth St., in Auburn.

BARROW COUNTY Fun at the Fort, nature hike coming to state park Fort Yargo State Park will host Fun at the Fort and a National Kids to Parks Day Nature Hike on May 16.

Fun at the Fort will last from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Attendees will learn what life was like in the late 1700s through interactive activities and educational opportunities. The admission cost is $3.

The Nature Hike will last from 3 until 4:30 p.m. Participants will learn about the park’s trees and wildlife during a guided tour of the Birdberry Nature Trail. Registration is $5.

Parking at Fort Yargo is $5.

The park is located at 210 S. Broad St., in Winder.

BERKELEY LAKE Southwest Gwinnett Chamber to discuss HR practices The Southwest Gwinnett Chamber will focus its ongoing lunch and learn series on May 20 on “HR risks you should know” when Phil Davis, senior vice president of Flex HR, Inc. will lead the discussion. The event will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hilton Atlanta Northeast at 5993 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Peachtree Corners. Early registration by May 19 will be $20 per member or $25 per guest.

Davis will discuss some of the key factors in hiring and managing for success, including people and structure — how to manage effective change, how to avoid employment risks and why performance management is key.

BRASELTON Town hosts dignitaries on international trip Braselton Mayor Bill Orr and other town leaders hosted international leaders on a trade visit to Georgia for a tour of town recently. The town was chosen by the Georgia Department of Economic Development as a strategic stop during the tour.

“The international diversity found in Georgia elevates the state as an ideal place to live and work,” said GDEcD commissioner Chris Carr, in a news release. “The ability to showcase Georgia’s multifaceted economy to influential leaders from 28 countries keeps Georgia’s tourism opportunities and overall quality of life on the radar of the international business community.”

Braselton hosted a luncheon honoring the dignitaries as well as a bus tour of industrial and economic development opportunities and showcased the historic downtown.

BUFORD Archaeology Festival set for May 16 The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center will host an Archaeology Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 16 to celebrate International Museum Day and Archaeology Month. Attendees can learn about archaeology and have a tram ride around the property. The event will explore Georgia’s history and culture and learn how museums use artifacts to tell

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Star 94’s Woofstock 2015 held at Suwanee Town Center Park on May 9 will include a variety of entertainment including doggie dock diving demos. (Special Photo)

Annual pet party returning to Suwanee’s Town Center Park

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Puppy paws will be tapping and tails will be wagging when Andy Grammer brings his feel good tunes to Suwanee Town Center Park Saturday for Star 94’s Woofstock this coming Saturday, May 9.

The pop musician will take the stage around 5:45 p.m. as musical headliner for Star 94’s ultimate pet party in the park, which kicks off at noon and begins winding down around 7 p.m.

The free festival features numerous activities for pets and their owners including frisbee and dock-diving demonstrations, dog contests, food trucks, pet adoptions and vendors, a beer garden and live musical perfromances.

“Woofstock is a great event for our four-legged friends,” Suwanee Events Manager Amy Doherty said in a release. “The dogs are wellbehaved, and the demos a lot of fun to watch. This year, we’re really excited about the quality of musical performers. Star 94 is bringing in

Andy Grammer as the headliner.”

Grammer became the first male pop star in a decade to reach the Top 10 at Adult Pop Radio with his certified platinum “Keep Your Head Up” and certified Gold “Fine By Me.” The L.A.-born performer released his sophomore album “Magazines or Novels” in August 2014, featuring the singles “Honey, I’m Good” and “Back Home,” which debuted at No. 8 on Spotify’s Top 50 Viral streaming songs across the U.S. Hitting the stage before Grammer will be Atlanta-based singersongwriter Brandon Crocker with a performance at 2:30 p.m. and the ultimate Bon Jovi tribute band Slippery When Wet will perform at 4 p.m.

Star 94’s 2015 Woofstock will be held Saturday, May 9, from noon to 7 p.m. at Suwanee’s Town Center Park. Furry, four-legged friends on a leash are welcome, and admission is free. No alcohol may be brought into Town Center Park, but food and beverages, including beer and wine, may be purchased from event vendors and Town Center merchants.

the story of people long ago.

There will also be crafts and activities and the chance to meet a museum curator and professional archaeologists.

Admission costs $5 per person or $3 for children ages three through 12. Children two and under and GEHC members are free.

nalists in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. More than 4,300 students across the nation were candidates for the program. Only 121 students will be chosen for the honor.

“Congratulations, Yash,” school officials wrote in the newsletter. “We are so proud of you!”

DACULA Mother-Son Date Knight coming to Chick-fil-A Sons will get a chance to show their mothers chivalry is not dead on May 9.

The Dacula Chick-fil-A will host a medieval-themed Mother-Son Date Knight from 5 until 8 p.m. Families who attend are promised to enjoy a night of “honor, chivalry and fun.”

The restaurant is located at 545 Dacula Road. Reservations are required and can be made by logging onto www. cfarestaurant.com/dacula.

LAWRENCEVILLE Extension office offering lawn alternatives class The Gwinnett County Extension office will host an Alternatives to Lawns class on Thursday, from noon until 1 p.m.

Participants will learn what alternatives they can use in areas of their yards where it is difficult to grow grass. the class is free, but advance registration is required. Anyone interested in attending the class should call Timothy Daly at 678-377-4010 or send an email to timothy.daly@gwinnettcounty.com by Tuesday to register.

The class will he held in second-floor conference room at the Gwinnett County Government Annex Building, 750 South Perry St. No. 400, in Lawrenceville.

DULUTH Barefoot in the Park set for Gala, Silent Auction Duluth’s Festival Center and Amphitheatre will host a gala fundraiser and silent auction from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday at 3142 Hill St. Tickets are $65 per person or $500 for a table of eight. An artist preview will begin at 5 p.m.

In its 11th year, the Barefoot in the Park arts festival aims to raise awareness of the arts and to support arts education in Gwinnett. The festival is held in early May each year in downtown Duluth on the Town Green.

GRAYSON Grayson High student a Presidential Scholar finalist Grayson High School may be home to a Presidential Scholar.

The school announced in its recent email newsletter that one of its students, Yash Shirsath, is one of 565 semifi-

LILBURN Festival accepting vendor apps The Lilburn Daze Arts and Crafts Festival is now accepting vendor applications and sponsorships for the 2015 event.

This year’s event will be held on Oct.10 at the Lilburn City Park, located at 76 Main St. A tradition for more than 40 years, Lilburn Daze features 200 arts and crafts vendors, a variety of food vendors and a kid zone featuring free art activities, a train ride, pony rides and more.

With an estimated 12,000 attendees, this family-friendly festival is one of the most popular in the area.

IF YOU GO 2015 Woofstock schedule of activities • Air Dogs Dock-Diving Show — noon • Agility, High Jump, Hoops Demo — 12:30 p.m.

• Frisbee Toss & Fetch Demo and “How to…” — 1:30 p.m.

• Air Dogs Dock-Diving Show — 2 p.m.

• Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Brandon Crocker — 2:30 p.m.

• Agility, High Jump, Hoops Demo — 2:30 p.m.

• Frisbee Toss & Fetch Demo and “How to…” — 3:45 p.m.

• Bon Jovi tribute band Slippery When Wet — 4 p.m.

• Air Dogs Dock-Diving Show — 5 p.m.

• Headliner Andy Grammer — 5:45 p.m.

• Air Dogs Dock-Diving Exhibition — 6:30 p.m.

Parking will be available at Town Center and along Main Street.

For more information, visit suwanee.com or star94.com/woofstock.

It is hosted by the Lilburn Woman’s Club and co-sponsored by the city of Lilburn. Space is limited. Visit www.lilburndaze.org for more information.

LOGANVILLE Groovin’ on the Green returns May 15 Loganville Town Green will have its second installment of this year’s “Groovin’ on the Green” concert series at 7:30 p.m. on May 15 with entertainment from the Legacy Motown Band on Loganville’s Town Green.

Tables are available for individual events at $100 per table with seating for up to eight people. Contact City Hall to reserve your table at 770466-1165. Tables are on a first come, first serve basis.

Space is also available for lawn chairs or a blanket.

NORCROSS Food trucks coming to park Starting May 6, food trucks will set up shop in Lillian Webb Park each Wednesday through Oct. 7.

The cuisines will be in rotations with live music and all the usual fun of the park, with its swings, volleyball facilities and splash pad. The trucks will serve from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The park is on Bostic Street.

For more information, call 678-421-2049.

PEACHTREE CORNERS Community leaders recognized At the April Peachtree Corners City Council meeting, Dan Baker and Mark Ogden were recognized by the mayor and council for their efforts and contributions to the community.

As senior vice president of Georgia Commerce Bank, Baker was a “tremendous help by providing financial

assistance for start-up operations for the new city and the acquisition of the Town Center property,” according to the city. He is a longtime member of the community and supporter of Peachtree Corners as well as a founding member and past president of the Peachtree Corners Business Association.

Mark Ogden has been the director of the Peachtree Booster Club Hockey program for eight years and will be leaving at the end of the season. “It was his passion for hockey combined with his volunteer spirit that helped transform an informal recreational activity into a full-fledged sports program,” a statement from the city said. “Ogden’s leadership provided the framework for the creation of year-round hockey for all age groups.”

SNELLVILLE Shark Tanks coming to schools Students from Snellville area schools will jump into the Shark Tank on May 6.

The fourth annual event, created by the city’s entrepreneurship alliance, is designed to encourage the growth of small businesses in the city, inspire young people to connect with the city and allow local businesses to mentor young entrepreneurs.

“The vision of the 2015 Entrepreneurship Alliance Shark Tank is to engage the young people of Snellville in the business community to encourage them to consider that Snellville is a great place to live, work, learn and play,” Snellville Economic Development Director Eric Van Otteren said in a news release.

The Shark Tank is the capstone project of a yearlong elective at South Gwin-

nett, Brookwood and Central Gwinnett high schools that engages participating students in creating their own summer job. At the Shark Tank, based on the premise of the popular television show, students will pitch their business plans to a jury of local business owners for funding.

All funds for the program were contributed by local businesses including Walton EMC, DoMyOwnPestControl, SarahCare of Snellville, Delta Community Credit Union, CityToSummit Investments, The Greater Eastside Chamber of Commerce and the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.

The event will take place from 3 to 5:15 p.m. at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, located at 6500 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.

SUGAR HILL Suite Spot to host open house on May 14 The Suite Spot, a business incubator featuring co-work space, designed for small and home-based businesses to flourish, has opened in Sugar Hill in the old City Hall building. The Suite Spot had a soft opening on May 1 and will host an open house on Thursday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. during the Sugar Hill Business Alliance Meeting.

The space features semi-private and private meeting rooms, which are perfect to meet clients or hold a staff meetings. “The co-work space provides members with a contemporary, comfortable work space in a downtown setting.

It allows work from home employees or folks starting a new business a place to do work around peers and network with others. The DDA is excited to bring this new concept to downtown Sugar Hill,” Taylor Anderson, Chairman of the Downtown Development Authority, said.

The second floor is home to 10 businesses with private offices and cubicles including Susan Bacon with Palmetto Grant Consulting, Candy Conrady with Peel and Glow, and Gordon Fields with Grasp Learning LLC, to name a few. The tenants range from tutoring services to legal practices.

The Root, a tech incubator within the Suite Spot, houses the back half of the first floor and offers technical support to the north Georgia area.

Only 50 memberships will be accepted with an entry rate of $40 per month for the co-work space.

SUWANEE Arts in the Park returns May 16 The annual festival to celebrate arts in Suwanee returns on May 16 with a theme of “Peace, Love and Arts in the Park.”

“It’s going to be a wonderful day for folks to get out and see some things that inspire and educate them,” NGAA President Vickie Johnson said.

Attendance is free and the festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Town Center Park.

Arts in the Park will feature the work of about 50 juried artists, showcase onsite artist demos, encourage several create-it-yourself community art projects and include music and food.

A chalk walk competition, open to elementary, middle and high school students, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with winners announced at 4 p.m.

Registration is available at suwaneeartsinthepark.com.

Professional street artists will also create 3-D chalk drawings around Town Center Park.

Throughout the day, a DJ from Uptown Entertainment will provide music and Clyde’s on Fire, an Asheville-based, female-fronted bluegrass band, will close out the festival with a live performance.

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Little Big Town singer to present cookbook in Nocross When dishing out programs in their mission to develop opportunity for “Life Long Learning for Gwinnettians” the Gwinnett County Public Library leaves no spoon unturned.

The latest offering on their menu is a presentation from Grammy-winning artist Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town vocal group.

Just last week they won the Vocal Group of the Year Award from the Academy of Country Music for their single “Girl Crush.”

Schlapman, whose talents include feeding the body as well as the soul, which is evident from her TV show “Kimberly’s Simply Southern,” will present a cookbook signing on May 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center, where books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Eagle

Susan Larson Eye Bookshop.

Titled “Oh Gussie!,” the cookbook features Southern style comfort foods that Schlapman grew up with and is sharing with the world.

Raised in the Appalachian foothills of north Georgia, Schlapman said she’s been cooking as long as she’s been singing, which is as long as she can remember.

“Aside from learning to cook, I learned how important it is to share time in the kitchen with people you

love, to nourish your family and to foster friendships.

Our families’ kitchens were where I found my passion and my voice,” Schlapman said.

Most appropriately, her book is subtitled “Cooking

also some more exotic fare like grilled watermelon with goat cheese and prosciutto and grilled turkey burgers with maple caramelized onions (Vidalias, of course).

Kimberly The book, however, is Schlapmore than a mere collection man will of recipes for food. Schlapsign her new cook- man offers recipes for life.

She shares soul-stirring book on May 8 in stories and history behind Nocross. her cuisine, giving credit to (Special Granny Beck for her apple Photo) butter and her brother Josh for his chicken Alfredo.

She includes helpful hints for cooking ahead, freezing foods and making the most of everything in the pantry.

“When summer is almost and Visiting in Kimberly’s over and the tomatoes start Southern Kitchen.” The to dwindle, I’ll take the ones cookbook features tradithat are not good enough tional Southern comfort for slicing for sandwiches foods such as chicken and — but which are still pretty dumplings, cheddar bagood — and bake them, con biscuits and big batch simply seasoned with Parbanana pudding. There is mesan and oregano.”

And if you’re really wanting to use up those gazillion tomatoes that ripen all at once, you can try her apple-tomato soup. With this recipe, she shares a story about the 15 foot tall apple statue at the railroad depot in her hometown of Cornelia. Was anyone aware of that?

Then there are the behind the scenes stories about her musical travels. Like the time as a teenager, without realizing it, she performed without her shirt on. “I pulled a Madonna even before there was such a thing!” she recalled.

Well, it wasn’t as risque as it sounds, but you’d probably enjoy the rest of the story a lot more hearing it from Schlapman herself this Saturday in Norcross.

Susan Larson is a writer from Lilburn. Email her at susanlarson79@gmail.com.

Dear students: You have no right not to be offended A recent survey of more than 700 large companies nationwide, conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education, found that employers these days aren’t entirely satisfied with the quality of college graduates.

Their biggest complaint?

That recent grads lack critical thinking skills.

That should come as no surprise to anyone who has spent time lately on a college campus (or, for that matter, a high school campus) or who has been following the news.

The behavior of today’s students often defies logic, not to mention the Constitution, and unfortunately that’s a direct reflection of their teachers.

I’m not talking about the kind of typical sophomoric behavior that can be attributed to alcohol or immaturity.

That’s been around for generations. I’m talking about supposed student leaders and self-styled campus intellectuals whose words and actions mark them as anything but.

Case in point: Every spring, numerous college commencement speakers withdraw due to student protests, usually over something they’ve said or written that students find “offensive.”

Last year, that list included people from across the political spectrum: Chris Matthews, Condoleeza Rice, Janet Napolitano, Michael Bloomburg, Sean Combs.

Just last month, students at the University of Michigan demanded that “American Sniper” be banned from campus because they were “offended” by the film’s portrayal of Arabs.

As I tell my own college students all the time, being offended is an emotional response, not an intellectual one. It’s also lazy, a copout. Reason requires us to grapple with ideas we find objectionable and refute them with facts, not puff out our chests and declare those ideas off-limits just because we don’t like them.

For that matter, the American notion of free speech, as enshrined in our Con-

Rob Jenkins stitution, demands that we tolerate even ideas we find abhorrent. Especially ideas we find abhorrent. Otherwise, there really is no such thing as free speech.

Please note, too, that the Constitution does not say anything about a right not to be offended.

Sadly, most high school and college students are not being told that. Instead, they’re taught that their emotions are more important than other people’s rights — and, by extension, that feeling is superior to thinking. There’s a distinct difference between feeling and thinking, and our general inability to tell them apart is, in my opinion, responsible for many of society’s ills.

Not that there’s anything wrong with feelings, per se.

It’s just that, to live productive lives, citizens must be able to make economic and political decisions based on reason, not emotion. Otherwise, we’d all own a red sports car — and most of us would go bankrupt.

Young people, liberty and democracy are not for sissies or nitwits. If you expect to live in the kind of free society your ancestors gave so much to preserve, then it’s time to toughen up, develop a thick skin, stop being so easily offended, and learn to use your brains.

Lord help us, we’re counting on you.

Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and the author of “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility,” available at Books for Less and on Amazon. Email Rob at rjenkinsgdp@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter @ FamilyManRob.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY OF THE WEEK Family Promise of Gwinnett

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Family Promise of Gwinnett County is working to end homelessness, one family at a time. The nonprofit is currently seeing volunteers to work daytime shifts answering phones and taking referrals. It is also in need of volunteers at our emergency shelter, the SaltLight Center. Many opportunities to serve including hosting guests, cleaning and providing a meal.

Contact Cristina O’Reilly at slc@familypromisegwinnett.org for additional information and training dates.