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2 teens charged in Norcross homicide

Deceased 16-year-old and injured teen also ID’d FROM STAFF REPORTS

during a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning at a Nocross apartment complex.

Police have charged Omar Ramos, 16, and

A 16-year-old and a 14-year-old have been charged with murder in the death of another teen

Ronaldo Cruz, 14, after they were detained and questioned Saturday at the Rockbridge Court apartment complex in unincorporated Norcross.

Police have identified the deceased as Zachary Nelson of Norcross. Nelson was 16. Another Norcross resident — 17-yearold Noah Fullilove — was

shot in the arm during the incident, which police said was an attempted robbery. “Shortly after the early morning shooting, officers began patrolling the area searching for the suspects.

They found two suspicious males on bicycles nearby,�

Gwinnett police spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera said. “The males matched the descriptions provided at the original scene. Omar Ramos and Ronaldo Cruz were See SHOOTING, Page 6A

Church plans expansion to 2nd location

A home for the holidays

FROM STAFF REPORTS Gwinnett Church lead pastor Jeff Henderson told the congregation on Sunday that growth is continuing in Gwinnett County. “I think we’ve got to seize the opportunity,� he said.

Henderson told churchgoers at their Sugar Hill location that an opportunity came their way a couple years ago to acquire a piece of land at the corner of Gravel Springs Road and Braselton Highway. “After much prayer and an over two-year journey ‌ We have come to a decision. ‌ We are officially launching plans to launch our second location called Gwinnett Church Hamilton Mill,â€?

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Security up at Gwinnett Place CID for holiday shopping safety

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

At top, Nyshawn Jenkins holds up the keys to her new home during the Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity home dedication Saturday morning in Sugar Hill. Above, friends and volunteers came out for the Saturday morning Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity home dedication for the Jenkins family. (Photos: Anthony Stalcup)

Veteran gets home through Habitat, calls it a ‘life-changing experience’

BY TODD CLINE

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This Thanksgiving is more than a little special for Nyshawn Jenkins and her family. When they celebrate on Thursday, they will do so in their new home in Sugar Hill — a home the family has thanks to Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity. “(This) has been a life-

changing experience,� Jenkins said. �Without Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity, I would not have been able to accomplish one of my biggest goals — becoming a homeowner.�

While it is a new experience for Jenkins, it’s also a new one for Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity.

Jenkins is the first veteran homeowner for the organization. Jenkins, who spent almost 10 years in

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the military, went through a program geared toward veterans, attending a workshop and, along with her family, putting in 250 hours of sweat equity into the project, working alongside volunteers to renovate the See HOME, Page 7A

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Curt Yeomans and press conferences held in Coverdell Legislative Building rooms 307 and 310, and rooms 450 and 125, as well as the Senate Mezzanine, at the state Capitol.

Gwinnett residents can view livestreamed standing committee meetings and look up an archives of meeting videos at www.senate.ga.gov/spo/ en-US/videobroadcasts. aspx.

Shiloh grad running for governor opens campaign office Shiloh High School graduate and former Navy SEAL Clay Tippins recently opened the headquarters for gubernatorial campaign in Atlanta.

Tippins, who was also a swimming Clay Tippins standout at Stanford University and is now a business executive, filed paperwork to run for governor as a Republican in September. The campaign headquarters is

located at 99 West Paces Ferry Road, Suite 1.

Tippins is one of several Republicans seeking that party’s nomination for governor. The office will be open next year because Gov. Nathan Deal is term-limited and cannot run for re-election.

Coleman to co-chair state accreditation process joint study committee State House of Representatives Speaker David Ralston has picked state Rep. Brooks Coleman, R-Duluth, to serve as one of the leaders for a joint study committee that will Brooks Coleman look into a possible state-run accreditation process for schools.

The study committee was created by House Bill 338. The committee will study whether such an accreditation system for public schools and school systems should be established. Coleman’s colleagues from House on the committee will be Reps. Beth Beskin, R-Atlanta, and Howard Maxwell, R-Dallas.

The Senate appointments have not yet been announced.

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

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Museum of the Bible is more than a museum The Museum of the Bible opened in Washington, D.C., last weekend, and not a moment too soon for a city (and nation) plagued by scandal.

In addition to ongoing investigations by a special counsel and various congressional committees, sexual harassment seems to have infected the nation’s capital and the country like a scourge.

One doesn’t have to be Jewish or Christian Cal (the history Thomas of these faiths being the focus of the museum), nor does one have to be religious to understand there are consequences to the behaviors now on public display.

Here’s a verse that might have benefited Harvey Weinstein, Bill Clinton, Roy Moore and Al Franken, just to name a few who are dominating today’s headlines: “Those who plow iniquity and sow trouble reap the same. He who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption” (Galatians 6:7-8).

A similar theme is recorded in what theologians believe to be the Bible’s oldest book: “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it” (Job 4:8).

On the other hand, there is this verse: “He who sows righteousness will have a sure reward” (Proverbs 11:18).

Human behavior from the beginning has verified these ancient truths. Such things once were taught in most schools, many homes and places of worship, but political correctness, encroaching liberal theology and a social gospel of “good works” has replaced them for many and the consequences are increasingly evident.

Having abandoned what might be labeled a spiritual GPS for guiding us through this life and offering instructions on how to attain a better reward in the next, we are witnessing what unrestrained men (and they are mostly men) are capable of doing.

The “scandal” word is used in a way that suggests a standard for measuring what is scandalous. Why is anything a scandal in 2017? If truth is personal and relative, why judge anyone else’s behavior if it makes them feel good? “It can’t be wrong when it feels so right” sang Debbie Boone in what could now serve as an anthem for our time.

What we are seeing is an ugly reflection of ourselves. If we don’t like the image we see in the mirror we should ask how we arrived at this place and what can be done to reverse it. I recall evangelist Billy Graham once saying that America is not at a crossroads, but a long way down the wrong road and needs to come back to the crossroads and take the right road.

That was four decades ago. Things have gotten worse since then.

Past spiritual revivals that have touched America (and England) came from repentance and prayer. Who has faith in politicians to fix this when growing numbers of them are having difficulty adhering to a moral code themselves?

Two other verses that can be found in the museum and a Bible, which just might be on the shelf in many homes, indict us for what we have become: “Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction” (Proverbs 29:18) and “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people” (Proverbs 14:34).

Who speaks of sin today? Yet it is the best diagnosis for what ails us.

Two quotes from the late Catholic Bishop Fulton Sheen have the ring of truth: “We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.” And “Far better it is for you to say: ‘I am a sinner,’ than to say: ‘I have no need of religion.’ The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.” The cure for what ails us is to be found less in the museum, than in the book the museum hopes to draw us to. We’ve tried everything else, why not try God? Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

I have so many reasons to be thankful I’m thankful that our nation pauses and offers thanks at Thanksgiving in late November, as the leaves have fallen for the most part and the harvest scenes have given way to Christmas scenes. I am thankful for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I’m thankful for four healthy grandchildren — Alex, Zoe, Sophie and Penny and that they all like books; that they all enjoy reading which makes me thankful for librarians and teachers who influence reading and wish for the day that we might have reading rooms taking the place of smoking lounges at airports — with a big sign at the entrance, “No cellphones allowed.”

I’m thankful for Native Americans and wonder what might have happened to them if they had had a lawyer; thankful for their culture, their history and their remarkable ability to make do. I’m thankful for the story of Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea and how she contributed to history by helping them make their passage to the Pacific and for rescuing the journals and papers of the two explorers when a boat capsized.

I’m thankful for the Georgia Redcoat Band whose alumni have become some of the Bulldogs’ most loyal and enthusiastic fans. I’m thankful for their sights and sounds on Saturday afternoon between

who react with humble smiles when you offer a kind word; thankful for the business traveler who works quietly rather than bombarding those in his midst with his irritating conversation; I’m thankful for all safe landings, departing the cabin of the jetliner Loran with a smiling captain saying, Smith “Thanks for flying with us.”

I’m thankful for police the hedges and thankful, too, officers for whom there is for their congenial leader, seldom an encouraging word, Mike Robinson, who is one of for teachers who have pathe most cooperative faculty tience with kids whose energy members on campus. competes with learning and I’m thankful when I hear a comportment, and for the kids whippoorwill at dusk; thankful with a commitment for learnthat when the day is done you ing. I’m thankful, too, that an can repair to a nook where his insatiable curiosity and caring mournful sounds, which stimu- teachers allowed me to connect late soul searching, segue into with an outside world which I warm and sensitive reminders still can’t get enough of. that with the good life so many I’m thankful for the polka of us enjoy comes responsibili- — such robust and invigorating ty with regard to giving a help- music; and for Bing Crosby ing hand to those in need. That and Christmas music which is is why I am doubly thankful soothing and heartwarming but for those organizations which not the cacophony symphony, work to make it a bountiful heighted by amplifiers which Christmas for the have-nots. make the performer sound that In the repeat tribute catego- he or she is accompanied by ry, I’m thankful for the Chatta- a chainsaw sawing on a steel hoochee, the lure of a rainbow drum. trout which is always trying to I’m thankful for the rural best me in efforts to reel him to countryside with hay bales the net as a duck and four little which dot the landscape, a ducklings, a greenhead family, meandering stream which are splashing about while a brings pause to your pace and brace of Canada geese honk a chimney with a stream of overhead. smoke lazily taking flight into I’m thankful for military the atmosphere. I’m thankful women and men at airports for muscadines, blackberries,

peaches and peanuts — all available somewhere in our expansive state.

I’m thankful for Friday night lights and the community spirit connected with high school football, from fans to players to coaches to hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill to freshfaced cheerleaders and bands playing fight songs which infiltrate the night air with a resonating emotional lift, a reminder that Americana lives in small towns all across our great country.

I’m thankful for the Smithsonian Channel’s Aerial America and joy in reliving scenes from trips about these blessed United States; for the friendly folk who make you feel welcome in their communities. I’m thankful for Waffle House coffee, for Bubba Burgers which are produced under the sage eye of my friend Tom Steele.

I’m thankful for “America the Beautiful,” “God Bless America, and “Hail to Georgia Down in Dixie,” the last one we should hear more of. I’m thankful for waiters and waitresses with peripheral vision.

I’m thankful that I can wish you a happy Thanksgiving, and thankful for the memory of Furman Bisher who originated the concept for this column.

Loran Smith is co-host of “The Tailgate Show” and sideline announcer for Georgia football. He is also a freelance writer and columnist.

Be thankful you don’t get hit with a drumstick “Thanksgiving used to be my favorite holiday of the year. Now I can’t wait for it to be over.”

“Your sentiments reflect the findings of a new working paper by M. Keith Chen of UCLA and Ryne Rohla of Washington State University.

In these turbulent times, more ‘politically divided’ families are cutting their Thanksgiving celebrations short.”

“You got that right. God only knows what may happen this year when my progressive liberal Democrat nieces discover they’re sitting next to a cousin or uncle who is a conservative Republican.”

“That’s regrettable and just not necessary. Our country is far from perfect, but Thanksgiving is about coming together to give thanks for our considerable bounty.”

“My uncle’s girlfriend doesn’t see it that way. Last year, when she found out I supported Trump’s efforts to dismantle Obama’s many economy-killing executive orders, she hit me in the noggin with a drumstick!”

“Ouch. That’s no good.”

“Yeah, well, this year I’m terrified she might find out I

York Post.”

“Go on.”

“Well, Stern, who lives and works in an overwhelmingly Democrat area, spent a year with red-state voters where they live, work and pray. ‘I embedded myself with the other side, standing in pit row Tom at a NASCAR race, hanging Purcell out at Tea Party meetings and sitting in on Steve Bannon’s favor Republican efforts to radio show,’ Stern writes.” simplify and lower taxes, as “As the former NPR CEO, I think it is the best way to he surely is from the ‘other unshackle the economy, creside.’ What did he discover?” ate more jobs and benefit all “He writes this: ‘I found Americans!” an America far different from “Well, maybe you should the one depicted in the press try to explain your point of and imagined by presidents view to her in a calm, objec- (‘cling to guns or religion’) tive manner, at the same time and presidential candidates as you try to understand her (‘basket of deplorables’) point of view. I’ll bet you and alike.’” she agree on more things than “Well, that’s obvious to either of you are aware.” those of us who live in ‘fly“Why would you think over country.’” that?”

“He discovered some “Ken Stern, former CEO things about America’s major of National Public Radio, media that you probably recently published a book agree with, too. He cited a about the divide between red Pew Research Center poll and blue America. It’s called that found ‘liberals out‘Republican Like Me: How I number conservatives in the Left the Liberal Bubble and media by some 5 to 1, and Learned to Love the Right.’ said that it ‘comports with He wrote about it in the New my own anecdotal experience

at National Public Radio.’”

“No shocker there.”

“Stern further writes that ‘when you are liberal, and everyone else around you is as well, it is easy to fall into groupthink on what stories are important, what sources are legitimate and what the narrative of the day will be.’”

“I couldn’t agree more. We call that media bias. But what does this have to do with Thanksgiving?”

“Look, Stern discovered that people in red states are just as intelligent and nuanced as people in blue states or anywhere else. He gives one example about collegeage evangelicals who are intensely interested in helping refugees find racial equity, not keeping refugees out, as he expected they might. He says conservatives are being stereotyped and that Americans both red and blue have much more in common than each side thinks. So maybe you can talk about that during Thanksgiving this year.”

“I’ll give it a try, but I’m going to hide the drumsticks before I do.”

Email Tom Purcell at Tom@TomPurcell.com.

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Intestinal blood vessel blockage leads to eating pain DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife, age 65, has been suffering from abdominal pain for over a year. The pain comes within minutes of eating a meal. She was diagnosed with abdominal angina, and had a stent placed to open the vessel that showed blockage. We were told that she’d get immediate relief if successful, but she did not get relief. We contacted the surgeon for a follow-up appointment, which we weren’t given.

Instead, she was told to give it time and to be seen in six months, when he’d be “happy to do it again” if there was still a problem.

Needless to say, we won’t be using his services again.

We’re not sure where to turn next. Can you shine some light on this malady and advise us on how to proceed?

— J.L. ANSWER: Chronic mesenteric ischemia is caused by one or more blockages in the blood vessels to the intestines. (The word “mesentery” means “middle of the intestine,” and “ischemia” means “holding back of blood”). In angina pectoris (angina of the chest), pain occurs when demand for blood is greater than the supply, which is limited by the blockage. When demand is high, as in exercise, people develop chest discomfort. In the cause of mesenteric ischemia, demand for blood goes up with eating, and although not everyone will have symptoms, pain with eating is typical. The condition is most commonly diagnosed now by CT or MRI scan, with angiography less commonly used.

There are a great many blood vessels to the intestine, and often in mesenteric ischemia there is more than one blockage. That may be why the stent did not work. It certainly would be a question you would need to ask the vascular surgeon (or possibly another provider, like an interventional radiologist).

The other concern I have is that I have seen people with blockages in the arteries to their hearts develop abdominal pain after eating.

The risk factors are similar to develop blockages in the arteries to the intestines as they are to the heart, so I would want to be sure your wife’s heart arteries were evaluated, perhaps with a stress test, angiogram or CT angiogram.

Finally, I don’t blame the surgeon for not curing your wife, but I do blame him for not seeing her again. If the story is as you told it (there are always two sides), I can’t understand the surgeon’s refusal to see her.

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Dunbar and Gates were arrested after a victim in Grayson discovered a purchase she had made from Gwinnett County police them was fraudulent. have arrested two people, A police report shows the and are planning to arrest victim responded to the ad a third person, on charges for airline tickets and paid related to airplane ticket $1,000 through a cash apand Comcast internet scams plication after she had been they allegedly ran on Craig- sent confirmation numbers slist — and they want other via text message. The report potential victims to come said she also paid an adforward. ditional $650 through the Cpl. Michele Pihera said same application after she Decatur resident Teisha had been sent additional Dunbar, 26, Palmetto confirmation numbers. resident Nicholas Gates, She later contacted Delta, 29, and Union City resident which told her the confirNatiya Pope, 40, allegedly mation numbers were for offered to sell Delta Air seats, but that tickets had Lines tickets and Comcast not yet been purchased. box internet. Police said Police said the victim’s the tickets and box internet husband then contacted the were not real. suspects — claiming his Dunbar and Gates were name was Susan — and arrested by police in the asked to make another Snellville area, but they purchase in person with have not arrested Pope yet. cash, claiming that they Each of the three suspects were having trouble paying faces two counts of theft by online. As part of her plan, deception. the victim also contacted “The Gwinnett County the cops before meeting Police Department urges with the suspects. any other victims to call “South Precinct officers their local law enforcemet with the victim and the ment agency to report any suspects at a local hair safraudulent transactions lon on Centerville Highway involving these suspects,� in unincorporated SnellPihera said. “The number ville,� Pihera said. “Gates of charges that each of them and Dunbar were arrested face could rise.� at the scene.� curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

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AAA expects about 1.3 million Georgia residents will hit the roads over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and that could mean traffic headaches for Gwinnett drivers.

That’s because in addition to the projected 3.2 percent increases in drivers on the interstates in Georgia, the auto club also expects two spots on Interstate 85 in the county to be among the most congested areas in the state. In all, about 1.4 million Georgians are expected to travel over the holidays, but that figure also includes people who will fly on airplanes or ride trains or buses.

Across the country, 50.9 million Americans are expected to take a trip over the holiday period, which lasts from today to Sunday.

AAA officials believe it’s a glimpse into what can be expected through the end of the year. “Thanksgiving kicks off the start of what will likely become the busiest holiday season in more than a decade,� AAA Assistant Vice President of Travel Sales Development Vicky Evans said in a statement. “A strong economy and labor market are generating rising incomes and higher consumer confidence. “These factors should help fuel consumer spending and generate a strong finish for the travel industry this year.�

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Southbound traffic backs up on Interstate 85 in this 2011 file photo. AAA announced that 1.3 million Georgians are expected to hit the road this week for the Thanksgiving holiday. The auto club also said two Gwinnett County interstate exits are among the 10 most congested exits in the state during the week of Thanksgiving.

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giving, aside from traffic congestion, is the highest gas prices since 2014.

The average price of gas in Georgia on Saturday was $2.39 per gallon, which is 30 cents higher than the state average seen last Thanksgiving, according to AAA. In 2014, the state average on Thanksgiving was $2.71 per gallon. In 2015, it was $1.99.

AAA said the average price in Gwinnett on Saturday was $2.38. “AAA forecasts Georgians will pay the highest Thanksgiving gas prices since 2014, thanks to strong demand and high oil prices,� AAA spokesman Garrett Townsend said in a statement. “Although it will be more expensive to drive to Grandma’s house compared to recent years, the current price at the pump is not high enough to deter Georgians from taking a trip.

“Most people have already made their travel plans and will not cancel them for moderate shifts in gas prices.�

But congestion will be something people who choose to drive somewhere will have to deal with.

AAA said drivers should check local traffic reports in advance, and use the Georgia Department of Transportation’s traffic management and travel information website, www.511ga.org, to keep an eye on congestion hot spots. GDOT also has a 511 Georgia smartphone app that travelers can use.

As part of its forecast, AAA also released a list of the 10 places on interstates in Georgia that have the most congestion during the week of Thanksgiving.

All of them are in metro Atlanta. Each traffic hotspot is identified by the exit it is approximately located at.

The two Gwinnett exits on

the list are I-85 South at Interstate 985, and I-85 North at Beaver Ruin Road. “Thanksgiving has historically been one of the busiest holidays for road trips, and this year we could see record-level travel delays,� Townsend said. “Knowing when and where congestion will build can help drivers avoid the stress of sitting in traffic.�

While the majority of Georgians traveling this week will be driving, AAA said 107,802 people are expected to fly somewhere.

That would be the highest number since 2007, when 116,695 Georgia residents took to the skies at Thanksgiving.

Another 30,947 people are expected to either ride a train or bus somewhere, or take a cruise.

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the hood, and with her wedding clients’ assistance she tried to get her vehicle started.

It just so happened that Sammond was doing a patrol in the parking lot, and she had a jump start kit in her patrol car. She pulled up and offered assistance to Patel and quickly discovered what might have been part of the problem.

“One of your battery cables is loose,” Sammond told Patel. “I was able to lift it right off the battery.”

Shoppers will be seeing a lot more of Sammond and other Gwinnett Place CID security patrol officers over the next month.

With the holiday season starting later this week, the CID is increasing is security patrols, which are provided through a contract the district has with Paradigm Security throughout the district.

That means more frequent patrols and longer patrol hours.

Gwinnett Place CID Executive Director Joe Allen said the increased patrols are done because more shoppers attract more people looking to commit crimes of opportunity by stealing from cars in parking lots at Gwinnett Place Mall or the surrounding shopping centers.

“You’ve got more and more people here with it being the holiday shopping season, and this is something we have historically done,” Allen said. “We have them throughout the year (but) we ramp it up during the holidays, just like the police do. They have their holiday task force in this area.

“It’s just another set of eyes making certain that everyone is safe while they are out shopping.”

Sammond said this is big time for crime at shopping center because

Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District Executive Director Joe Allen, right, and CID security patrol officer Joan Sammond chat in the parking lot of one of the district’s many shopping centers Monday.

The CID announced it will increase security patrols Thursday, in time for Black Friday shopping. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

shoppers are buying more items. As a result, criminals tend to watch and wait in anticipation of an opportunity to steal something, she said.

“This time of year is probably like the Super Bowl for bad guys, you know, with people leaving packages in their cars and cellphones charging and stuff like that,” Sammond said. “Somebody sees that and it’s an opportunity for them.”

Sammond said there are several things holiday shoppers can do to prevent the likelihood that they will be the victim of a crime. A couple of tips include shoppers parking in well lit areas and having keys in their hands if they are walking in a parking lot later at night.

The biggest tips she had, though, were for shoppers to pay attention to what’s going on around them and locking valuable and shopping packages in the trunk of their cars.

“There are opportunists lurking and waiting,” Sammond said. “Folks who have too much, too many bags in their hands and not paying attention, not remembering where their car is parked, you know, make themselves more vulnerable for somebody to come up and snatch something out of their hands.” .PSF UIBO KVTU LFFQJOH TIPQQFST TBGF BU UIF IPMJEBZT While the CID highlights its security patrols at the holidays as a way of reminding shoppers to stay safe, the officers are out and about year-round to assist shoppers, business owners and employees at retail shops in the district.

Allen said the patrols have had a positive effect on the area: Crime in the CID is down about 39 percent since the patrols began.

They provide a broad

range of services. Some of what they do includes assisting shoppers, like Patel, whose cars break down in shopping center parking lots or on roadways. They also check for graffiti and street lights that have gone out and report that information to CID officials so they can deal with those issues.

Sammond tried to get Patel’s vehicle jump started, first with the kit in her car and later using jumper cables. She even tried to tighten the cable a little bit with her fingers since she didn’t have a wrench, but it was ultimately to no avail.

Patel said that although they couldn’t get her SUV started, she appreciated Sammond’s help and felt safe leaving her car in the parking lot because she knew the security officer would be patrolling the area and keeping an eye on the stranded vehicle.

Security patrols was not something Patel expected

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Sandra Deaton Fowler, age 72, of Bowling Green, KY and formerly of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bucker and Pauline Everett Deaton; and brother-inlaw, Rev. Hulon Hill. She is survived by her children, Vickie and Rodney Cooper, Buford, GA and Wade Fowler, Buford, GA; grandchildren, Daria White and Derrick and Rachelle White; two great grandchildren, Chandler Allen White and Kilynn Vae Woods; sisters and brotherin-law, Sara Deaton Hill, Auburn, GA and Carol and David Hamlin, Lawrencev-

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to encounter in a shopping center.

“I was surprised to even see her driving around here for this kind of shopping center,” Patel said.

Allen said the people who do the patrols, in effect, act as ambassadors of the CID to the public and business owners by helping to take care of issues that pop up in the district.

“It’s taking care of those ‘broken windows,’ ” Allen said. “If we take care of some of those issues, we make the area that much safer.”

But the security officers do have to deal with their fair share of misbehaving individuals that they come across during their patrols.

Sammond said one of the more memorable, and unusual, experiences she has had as a security officer in the CID came last week when she stopped at a QuikTrip in the district during one of her

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patrols. It was one of the rare times when she had to call Gwinnett County police to help handle a situation, she said.

“I had to call 911 on Friday,” Sammond said.

“I was at QT and this woman comes running up to me, and she’s like ‘I need your help.’ There was some guy that had gotten in her car that she didn’t know, and he wouldn’t get out. He passed out in her car, and he wasn’t real responsive.

I mean he was out cold.

“So I had to call Gwinnett County to come out and they made him get out.”

On another occasion, Sammond came across a car parked behind a theater late at night. As she pulled up to the vehicle, she realized the windows were steamed up.

“I thought it was a vacant car, and it was not,” she said, leaving the rest of the details up to the listener’s imagination.

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initially processed at the Gwinnett County Jail and then later taken to a local youth detention facility.

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Fire officials urge safe cooking practices raising the alarm about practicing safety while cooking Thanksgiving meals. It is because cookGwinnett County fire ing fires peak on Thanksofficials want residents giving, the department to enjoy time with family said. The next highest on Thanksgiving without numbers of fires occur having to worry about the on Christmas Eve and threat of fire.

Christmas Day. The department has The fire department issued some recommencited information from dations on how cooks can the National Fire Protecsafely prepare holiday tion Association that said meals this week. They the number of cooking have also issued a video fires that happened that PSA that is available Thanksgiving was nearly online with that info. four times higher than the “Thanksgiving is typinumber of a typical day. cally a time when famThe association said ily and friends gather to fire departments across share a meal and return the country responded to thanks,� Capt. Tommy an estimated 1,760 home Rutledge said in a statecooking fires on Thanksment. “As preparations giving in 2015. for the busy holiday Some basic tips include are underway, firefightfollowing manufacturers ers want to encourage of turkey fryers, staying safe cooking practices. attentive to cooking food, Cooking continues to using turkey fryers on be the leading cause of outdoors and safely away residential fires during the from houses and decks Thanksgiving holiday and and keeping flammable year-round.� materials away from heat There is a reason why or open flames. local fire officials are The National Fire ProBY CURT YEOMANS

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tection Association said unattended cooking was the top factor contributing to cooking-related fires and fire-related deaths.

The group also said nearly half of all reported home fires and home fire injuries involved cooking equipment.

That equipment is the second leading cause of fire-related deaths in homes, the association said.

The association also urges cooks not use gasfueled turkey fryers. “NFPA continues to believe that turkey fryers that use cooking oil, as currently designed, are not suitable for safe use by even a well-informed and careful consumer,� the association said on its website, www.nfpa. org. “These turkey fryers use a substantial quantity of cooking oil at high temperatures and units currently available for home use pose a significant danger that hot oil will be released at some point during the cooking

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The fire department also recommended residents have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their homes with smoke alarms on every bedroom and on each level of the house. Families should also have plans to escape their homes in case a fire breaks out, and they should practice fire drills, the department said.

If a fire breaks out, officials said every member of the family should get out of the house and stay out. They are also urged to wait until they are outside before calling 911.

Rutledge said cooks and other residents who have questions about safe cooking practices or home fire safety can contact the Gwinnett Fire Community Risk Division at 678-518-4845 or fireprograms@gwinnettcounty.com.

The fire department’s cooking safety PSA can be viewed at https:// vimeo.com/242982414.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS Four Gwinnett County CrossFit gyms donated more than 100 Thanksgiving meal boxes to the North Gwinnett CoOperative Ministry on Friday. The donation was part of a friendly competition between the gyms called Battle of the Boxes with the losing gym doing 1,000 burpees. “I think for us it means our families get to celebrate Thanksgiving just like you and I do,� North Gwinnett Co-op Executive Director Kim Phillips said. “It takes the pressure off the parents and the family to get it on the table. They get to celebrate Thanksgiving and enjoy the day.

It’s a beautiful blessing serving the community.�

All four CrossFit gyms are in the Suwanee, Buford and Sugar Hill area, which the faith-based co-op serves with food, clothing, utility and prescription medication assistance.

No Excuses CrossFit

CrossFit AxAt’s Malik Matthew, CrossFit GATA’s Renee Johnson, and No Excuses CrossFit’s Brandon Brigman stand in front of the 114 Thanksgiving meal boxes donated to the North Gwinnett Co-op through an event called Battle of the Boxes. (Special Photo)

and CrossFit AxAt each donated 35 boxes, while CrossFit 30518 donated 27 and CrossFit GATA donated 17. The co-op plans to distribute more than 1,700 meal boxes to the community during the holidays. “I was surprised how many boxes everyone donated,� No Excuses CrossFit General Manager Brandon Brigman said.

“I guess when you get a bunch of competitive people together, good things can happen. I’m just glad the North Gwinnett Co-op was able to benefit from our competitiveness.�

For more information about the North Gwinnett Co-op or how you can help with Christmas meal boxes before Dec. 15, visit www.northgwinnettcoop. org.

Stores giving shoppers a Black Friday head start

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

If they aren’t too stuffed from turkey and all of the trimmings, Gwinnett County shoppers will have a chance to get an early start on holiday shopping Thursday night at two of the county’s malls, as well as other stores in the community.

The Mall of Georgia and Sugarloaf Mills will be open from 6 p.m.

Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday. That’s on top of the extended hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. that they will be open on Black Friday.

The Mall of Georgia will also be open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday. Sugarloaf Mills will be open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Not every mall in the county will be open on Thanksgiving, though.

Gwinnett Place Mall will be closed that day, and then open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday.

Other stores that will be open on Thanksgiving, according to bestblackfriday.com, include

Crowds pack the Mall of Georgia for Black Friday shopping in this 2015 file photo. Several stores in Gwinnett will let shoppers get a head start on holiday shopping this year by opening Thanksgiving night. (File Photo)

Belk (4 p.m. to 1 a.m.), Best Buy ( 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.), Big Lots (7 a.m. to midnight), Dollar General ( 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.)

JC Penney (2 p.m. to 10 p.m.), Five Below ( 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.), Macy’s (5 p.m. to 10 p.m.), Michaels (6 p.m. to midnight), Sears ( 6 p.m. to midnight), Target (6

p.m. to midnight), Toys R Us (5 p.m. to 11 p.m.) and Walmart (opens at 6 p.m.).

Drugstore chains Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid are also expected to be open on Thanksgiving, although non-24hour Walgreens stores will be open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

The Jenkins family poses outside its new home in Sugar Hill. (Photos: Anthony Stalcup)

r'SPN 1BHF " house. “I had no idea my decision to join the U.S. Army over 20 years ago would continue to benefit me and my family today,� she said. “I am eternally grateful for my new family — Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity — and every person on their team. “They have made an enormous impact on my life.�

Brent Bohanan hopes his organization can make that same effect on more veterans in the county.

The executive director of Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity said Jenkins’ home is only the beginning when it comes to helping veterans. “We are so excited to finally welcome a veteran into the Gwinnett Habitat family and for the opportunity to serve and honor the Jenkins family through our program,� he said. “This was made possible by the generous donation of a home from an anonymous donor that wanted the proceeds from its sale used to build homes for veterans in our community. This is the first of many homes we plan to build in partnership with deserving veterans in our community.�

Jenkins, who is a bus driver for Gwinnett County Public Schools, said she tried to secure a home through traditional means but could not meet the financial requirements. “I felt defeated and broken,� she said. But the Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity program for veterans gave her hope.

The chance to own her own home has her feeling whole again. And the opportunity to work alongside the volunteers had a huge effect on her

Home

Nyshawn Jenkins (right) hugs Louise Hersey during the Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity home dedication for the Jenkins family Saturday morning in Sugar Hill.

and her family as well, she said. Jenkins said Ky, 15, Laila, 13, and Ellis, 9, learned a lot by physically working on the house and interacting with the many volunteers who helped make the project possible.

One interaction particularly stood out. “When I witnessed my son Ky ask one of the Georgia Gwinnett College student volunteers: ‘What is college like?’ I knew this was exactly where he needed to be,�

Jenkins said. “At that moment I knew he was looking toward his future and seeking advice, not just listening to me tell him: ‘You have to go to college.’�

These projects also have an effect on the volunteers. Laura Rodriguez, who is a volunteer coordinator for the organization, said it that was especially apparent with veterans who volunteered to help. “There was a different energy with the veteran volunteers,� she said. “They wanted to help one of their own. It was like helping a family mem-

ber.�

Bridgette Simon agrees.

She works for the Military Professional Veterans Association at the CDC. “We had a really great time working with Nyshawn. We had always wanted to volunteer on a Habitat build, but the opportunity never came up until now,� Simon said. “The cherry on top of this experience was volunteering on a veteran build.

Even though we love to banter among ourselves, being a veteran is the glue that holds us together regardless of our branch of service. We take care of our own. We are family.

We pay it forward.�

Jenkins said the generosity and kindness of the volunteers is something she’ll remember this Thanksgiving and long thereafter. “Their smiles, encouragement, overwhelming support and faith in me has changed my outlook on life,� she said. “I plan to be a lifelong volunteer and supporter of Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity for many years to come.�

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world&nation WORLD 50 killed in early-morning mosque attack At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack at a mosque in northern Nigeria on the border with Cameroon, police told CNN. The attack happened in the town of Mubi in Adamawa State as worshipers were gathering for the “fajr” dawn prayer at around 5:20 a.m. local time, said Othman Abubakar, a police spokesman.

The bomber was about 17 years old, Abubakar added.

Many more people were injured and taken to nearby hospitals.

So far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but over the past eight years, jihadist group Boko Haram has carried out hundreds of deadly attacks on mosques, schools, markets and churches in northern Nigeria.

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe resigns Lawmakers successfully force out longtime autocratic ruler

BY DAVID MCKENZIE, ANGELA DEWAN AND BRENT SWAILS CNN

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has resigned after 37 years of autocratic rule, finally succumbing to the pressure of a military takeover and the humiliation of impeachment.

The announcement came minutes into a joint session of the Zimbabwean Parliament in Harare, convened to prise the 93-year-old from power.

As the speaker read out a letter from Mugabe, lawmakers broke out in thunderous applause and cheers.

In the streets outside, crowds erupted in rapturous celebrations, dancing and cheering in joy, some raising their fists and waving Zimbabwean flags.

Missing sub “We think that this is the could be out of work of God,” one young oxygen soon man told CNN in Harare.

“We were in crisis for a An Argentine navy long time, and this is a new submarine that’s been day for Zimbabweans.” missing for nearly a week In his letter, Mugabe may soon run out of oxygen insisted that his resignaif it hasn’t surfaced, the tion was voluntary. “I have country’s navy says — a resigned to allow smooth scenario giving urgency to a transfer of power,” he multinational search for the wrote, according to Reuters. vessel and its 44-member “Kindly give public notice crew off Argentina’s South of my decision as soon as Atlantic coast.

The navy lost contact with the ARA San Juan submarine on Nov. 15, shortly after the vessel’s CBS News fires captain reported a failure in the battery system while Charlie Rose the sub was submerged, the CBS News said Tuesday Argentine military has said.

Ships and aircraft from that Charlie Rose’s contract at least seven nations have has been terminated. been scouring parts of the An internal memo said South Atlantic for the sub. the decision “followed the On Tuesday, three vessels revelation yesterday of moved to an expanded extremely disturbing and search area, Argentine navy intolerable behavior.” spokesman Enrique Balbi CBS suspended Rose said. shortly after The Washington “The search area is two Post published a 5,000-word times the size of Buenos story on Monday about alAires,” Balbi said Tuesday. leged harassment, based on interviews with eight women who described “unwanted U.S. airstrike sexual advances.” in Somalia Rose said in a statement that he “deeply apologized” kills more than for what he admitted was 100 militants “inappropriate behavior.”

More than 100 al-ShaAfter the initial Post story baab militants were killed came out, other women Tuesday in a U.S. airstrike came forward with addiin Somalia, the Pentagon tional allegations of sexual announced, the latest in a se- misconduct. By Tuesday ries of strikes against the al- morning, CBS executives Qaida-affiliated group and determined that it was ISIS fighters in the war-torn impossible for him to return country. The strike occurred to “CBS This Morning,” 125 miles northwest of the the daily broadcast he has capital of Mogadishu. co-hosted for the past five The Defense Department years. now has 500 personnel in Somalia including military, Judge issues civilians and contractors, blow against more than double the 200 personnel that had been Trump order on reported to be in Somalia sanctuary cities in March, according to US President Donald Trump’s Africa Command which latest executive order aimed oversees U.S. forces on the at implementing the hardline continent.

The personnel are part of immigration policies he the effort to support African championed during his camforces fighting al-Shabaab paign has been blocked by a as well as ISIS forces there. federal court.

While estimates have fluctuU.S. District Court Judge ated over time, the U.S. now William Orrick issued a perestimates there are between manent injunction Monday 3,000 and 6,000 al-Shabaab blocking Trump’s execufighters and less than 250 tive order seeking to strip ISIS operatives in Somalia. so-called sanctuary cities of — From wire reports federal funding.

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PEOPLE ‘Reputation’ is top seller of year after one week

It took Taylor Swift just one week to sell more albums than any artist has all year.

Swift’s new album, “Reputation,” sold 1.22 million copies in its first week last week, according to Nielsen Music.

That makes “Reputation” the top selling album of 2017. It’s the best selling first week for any artist since Adele’s “25” debut two years ago.

This year’s previous top-selling album was Ed Sheeran’s “Divide,” which Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe announced his resignation Tuesday, ending his has so far sold roughly 931,000 units.

37-year tenure as leader of the country. (Photo: CNN) “Reputation” came up possible.”

ZANU-PF party, who ance was during a television just short of Swift’s biggest Mugabe’s decision was despise the First Lady’s statement on Sunday night. first week, however. That an acknowledgment of the lavish lifestyle and were Mnangagwa has not been distinction still belongs to her hit album, “1989,” inevitable. In reality, he lost suspicious of her political seen in the country since which sold 1.29 million his grip on power six days ambitions. his dismissal on Nov. 6, copies in its first week in ago when the country’s top On Tuesday, tanks but he broke his silence on generals launched what were seen outside Harare Tuesday to add his voice to 2014. amounted to a military and in the early hours of those calling on Mugabe to coup, placing the veteran Wednesday morning, an resign. Mnangagwa, who ‘Black-ish’ star leader under house arrest. army spokesman appeared enjoys widespread support Lewis gets raw, After nearly four deon state TV to declare that in the military, was widely cades of unimpeded rule, a military operation was believed to be in touch with real in memoir Mugabe’s political downfall underway. By dawn it was senior generals behind the Jenifer Lewis is in a unfolded in just two weeks. clear that Mugabe was scenes. dropping wisdom kind of He fired his vice president, under house arrest, and his There was no immedimood these days.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, on grip on power was over. ate announcement of who “The time is now,” the Nov. 6 in an apparent atThe whereabouts of the would take over from tempt to clear a path for his former president and his Mugabe. If Mnangagwa had “Black-ish” star told CNN. “The past is gone, the wife, Grace, to succeed him. wife were unknown on not been fired, he would future ain’t here. We gotta The prospect of Grace Tuesday. Grace Mugabe has have served as interim live right here, right now Mugabe in power horrified not been seen since the day leader. In his absence, the and do the best we can.” the generals and other seof the military takeover, and speaker of Parliament It’s a lesson the 60-yearnior elements in Mugabe’s her husband’s last appearwould ordinarily step in. old actress has learned well and shares in her new biography, “Jenifer Lewis: he recalled when he saw then-Kayla Kisor at a dance The Mother of Black Hollywood.” recital.

The title comes from “When I was deputy district attorney, many years Lewis’s prolific career in before we got married, I saw which she’s played the mother of various stars, her at a dance recital and I was standing, oh, at the back including rapper Tupac of the auditorium and I saw Shakur’s character in the film “Poetic Justice” and her up front,” he recalled at Whitney Houston’s in the time. “I remember her “The Preacher’s Wife.” name, it was Kayla Kisor.

She currently stars as KK. But I remember that Anthony Anderson’s mom and I didn’t meet her there in the hit ABC comedy … it was, oh gosh, eight “Black-ish.”

CBS News announced Tuesday that it had fired Charlie years later or something, I Rose after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct be- met her. And when she told Her memoir traces the came public a day earlier. (Photo: CNN) actress’s story from the me her name, I rememage of five, when she got bered.”

Internet service providers he ruling represents a her first taste of stardom There’s no evidence major setback to the admin- to be transparent about their Moore had any contact with after she wowed during a istration’s attempts to clamp practices.” church solo.

Kisor as a teenager.

The repeal would down on cities, counties and represent a fundamental states that seek to protect Conyers denies Mark Levin gets shift to how the internet is undocumented immigrants wrongdoing weekly show regulated. Under current net who come in contact with neutrality rules, approved local law enforcement after report of on Fox News from deportation by federal in 2015, internet providers 2015 complaint Conservative talk radio like Comcast and AT&T authorities.

Democratic Rep. John host Mark Levin is getting are barred from deliberThe ruling was also the his own weekly program ately speeding up or slowing Conyers of Michigan is latest instance in which a “expressly and vehemently” on Fox News, he told CNN down traffic from specific federal judge has stood in websites and apps. The goal denying any wrongdoing fol- in an interview Tuesday the way of Trump’s effort morning shortly before the was to prevent those internet lowing reports being made to implement his hardline network announced the public this week that he providers from picking policies on immigration, settled a wrongful dismissal news. winners and losers among joining rulings that have The show, which Levin complaint in 2015 after content providers. blocked different portions said will be called “Life, allegedly sexually harassof Trump’s travel ban and ing a staffer, according to an Liberty & Levin,” will preliminary injunctions on Moore says he launch in late February explosive report published the sanctuary cities order. first noticed his and will air Sundays at 10 Monday.

“In our country, we strive p.m.

Trump FCC chair wife when she “I was approached and to honor this fundamental was about 15 unveils plan to principle that all are entitled it was very enticing,” Alabama Republican Sen- to due process,” Conyers Levin told CNN. “The nix net neutrality ate candidate Roy Moore, format will be long-form said in a statement. “In this Ajit Pai, the chairman of who has been accused of interview, where we discase, I expressly and vehethe Federal Communicapursuing romantic relationcuss philosophy, history, mently denied the allegations Commission, unveiled ships with teenagers while in tions made against me, and economics and the conhis controversial plan to re- his 30s, said he first noticed continue to do so.” stitution as they relate to peal Obama-era protections his future wife eight years BuzzFeed News obtained current events and the state of the nation.” intended to keep the internet before he formally met her documents, which includes Levin said the program open and fair.

— when she would have four signed affidavits, three “Under my proposal, the been as young as 15 years of which are notarized, from would feature guests who are “not necessarily promifederal government will old. former aides who allege nent people but people stop micromanaging the Moore was 38 when he that Conyers made sexual who are consequential in Internet,” Pai said in a state- married Kiser, who was 24. advances to female staff in various fields.” ment Tuesday. “Instead, the In a videotaped interhis office.

— From wire reports FCC would simply require view published July 30, — From wire reports

Elf on the Shelf phenomenon has become 11 million elves strong

BY PARIJA KAVILANZ

lies around the world.

“Honestly, none of us ever thought it would become this Chanda Bell got the idea A Christmas Tradition” storyphenomenon,” said Bell.

14 years ago to share a family book.

How big is it? The Elf on the tradition from her childhood that The book comes with a pixie elf Shelf will appear in the iconic involved an elf sitting on a shelf. doll, whose job is to keep an eye Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day She never imagined it would erupt on the children in the house and Parade in New York this month into a Christmastime phenomenon report back to Santa every night for the sixth time. that’s been embraced by millions for his naughty or nice list.

And the book spawned a famof families.

Since it launched in 2005, more ily business — CCA&B — coBell, her mother Carol Aeberthan 11 million copies of the book founded by Bell, her sister and her sold, and her twin sister Christa have been sold. Or the way Bell mother. CCA&B is a publishing, Pitts are the trio behind the wildly sees it, more than 11 million scout product development and marketsuccessful “The Elf on the Shelf: elves have been adopted by fami- ing firm rooted in Christmastime CNN

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stories and traditions, said Bell.

Based in Atlanta, it has 83 full-time employees, and employs temporary hires when things get busy during the holidays.

Bell declined to disclose annual sales other than to say the firm is thriving and launches several new products every year.

Bell, a former English teacher, grew up with an elf doll which belonged to her mom. “Mom said the elf was watching us and would tell Santa if we were naughty,” said Bell. In the mornings, the elf

was always found in a new spot around the house.

Years later, while visiting Carol in 2003, Bell spotted the elf. “It was there, sitting on a shelf,” she said. “I suggested to mom that we should write a story about our family tradition so other people could enjoy it, too.” The duo took six months to craft a story about how Santa relied on his scout elves in the North Pole to help him know who’s been naughty or nice from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

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War Horses

Offensive line major key in Broncos’ resurgence

BY DAVID FRIEDLANDER

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Parkview’s Christian Malloy (24) cuts inside during his touchdown run against Mountain View earlier this season at Parkview. (Photos: Craig Cappy)

Running men Committee of RBs proves productive for Parkview

BY DAVID FRIEDLANDER

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Parkview’s football program has seen plenty of big seasons from individual running backs over the years.

After all, Caleb King still holds the Gwinnett County Public School record of 2,768 yards that he set in 2006, while Brett Millican’s 2,290-yard season in 1994 still ranks among the GCPS top 10 all-time.

And Eric Godfree has also seen his share of breakout seasons from an individual and a team while coaching at both Parkview and previously at Loganville.

“We had (former Buford, Central Florida and NFL running back) Storm Johnson run for 2,000 yards himself one year (at Loganville),” Godfree said. “And we had 3,500 (rushing) yards as a team that year.”

However, finding a more productive season on the ground than the Panthers are having as a team may prove more difficult.

Parkview plays at McEachern in Friday’s Class AAAAAAA state quarterfinals.

Using a committee approach, the Panthers (9-3) boast the most productive running game of any offense from a Gwinnett County school in 2017.

True, the Parkview offense has been pretty high powered overall, including 2,274 yards through the air behind the arm of Fred Payton (149-227-6, 2,241 yards, 23 TDs) and receivers Miles Marshall (62-998, 14 TDs) and Malik Washington (34517, three TDs).

But what has made the Panthers’ attack unique so far this season isn’t just the 5,620 overall yards it has produced, or even the Gwinnett-best 3,337 yards and 48 touchdowns on the ground.

It is from how many different and diverse sources the Panthers have managed

Parkview’s Tommy Rodgers (5) runs past Peachtree Ridge defenders Dominic Jones (20) and Alex Ferry (4) to score a touchdown in a game earlier this season.

to grind out that yardage and scoring.

That kind of diversity was necessary after Christian Malloy missed four games due to injury early in the season.

The senior running back has responded nicely to post a team-best 1,002 yards and 13 touchdowns on only 69 carries in just eight games since returning.

In addition, fellow senior Tommy Rogers (70-609, 12 TDs), sophomore Demetrius West (69-593, 9 TDs) and freshman Cody Brown (48-398, 7 TDs) all have run for nearly 400 or more yards individually on the season, and the Panthers as a team average a whopping 8.9 yards on each rushing attempt.

Of course, the work done by the Panthers’ veteran offensive line led by seniors P.J. Weltch, Collin Taliaferro, Jonathan Adams, Braelen Marshall and Sinan Verani and the threat of the passing game have also contributed to the running game’s success.

“It’s all those things, re-

ally,” Godfree said. “First and foremost, it’s the offensive line. All those guys are seniors, and they’ve really come together as a unit very well. They play well together and do a great job. And with … a mobile quarterback and good as our passing game is, a lot of teams play three over to try to limit Miles Marshall, and that opens the run game for us.

“But mostly, we’ve got a lot of good running backs. …

And our running backs coach Rod Twyman, he’s tremendous. He challenges those kids and gets them working hard in practice. He’s a tremendous running backs coach.”

What has perhaps made Parkview’s collective ground game most dangerous is that each individual brings something different to the table.

You want speed? While all the Panthers’ ball carries are pretty fast, Malloy, in particular, has been adept at finding a minute seam and turning it into a big play with his lightning efficiency.

You need steady consistency? Malloy and Rogers have been quite dependable with their experience.

Are you looking to pound away at an opposing defense, especially in a short-yardage situation? West and Rogers have shown they are more than willing to get down and grind out yards when necessary.

Through the youthful enthusiasm and multiple talent of the freshman Brown, plus the ability of Payton (83474, 3 TDs) to make things happen when he gets out of the pocket, or even when his own number is called, Parkview can give a defense many different looks on the ground.

“Our offense has really overperformed all year,” Godfree said. “We’ve got guys who can strike quickly with speed. But at the same time, we’ve had multiple double digit-play drives. And Fred’s throwing really helps the running game, too. … It’s definitely been fun to watch them run.”

Ever since it began varsity football some 35 years ago, there have been certain qualities that Gwinnett County fans have been able to count on from Brookwood’s program.

And current Broncos coach Philip Jones has plenty of firsthand knowledge about which of those qualities has been featured most prominently in that time.

“Offensive line has definitely been one of the biggest trademarks of Brookwood football,” Jones said. “I myself played offensive line during my (playing) days here (in the 1990s). My dad (Tom Jones) coached offensive line for 27 years here. So one of the points of emphasis when I was hired (as head coach) was to control the line of scrimmage.”

Indeed, Brookwood was struggling somewhat with its offensive line when Jones first became head coach in 2015.

However, that unit has been a major part of the Broncos’ resurgence over the past two seasons, and will likely be a major key if the No. 8 state-ranked Broncos (10-2) welcome fourth-ranked Tift County (11-1) to Brookwood Community Stadium for a Class AAAAAAA state quarterfinal Friday night.

The transformation has been fairly stark, and can be attributed to several different factors.

For one thing, the current group of six players who rotate into the five on-field line spots — seniors Casey Holman, D’Lani Brathwaite, Caleb Hutson and Blake Bridges, junior Mike Bell and sophomore Aiden Perkins — bring more experience and depth than in recent years.

“We were a little depleted a couple of years ago,” Jones said. “The guys we had did a good job, but they were young and inexperienced. We just had to build it back up.”

Building the line back up also meant getting back to the basics in a similar vein that the elder Jones had in making the Brookwood line the pride of a program that won two state titles, had two more state runner-up finishes and two more Final Four appearances in the previous 27 seasons under head coaches Dave Hunter and Mark Crews.

And it didn’t take long for Jones to find the right man to help him accomplish that goal.

“I inherited a great legacy from my dad, and in my dad’s way, I went out and hired the best offensive line coach I could find in Mike Hill,” Jones said. “One of the best things you can do is to create kind of a counterculture.

The offensive line is not like the rest of the team. When they start workouts at 6:30 a.m. starting in early January, it’s just themselves working on basic skills, fundamentals and techniques so that it’s not new when (preseason) camp in August. Then, there’s obviously the weight room. Our defensive coordinator and strength and conditioning coach (John) Poitevint has done a great job of building us up.

“I know there’s one offensive line coach in the NFL who calls his offensive line ‘The Mushroom Society.’ You don’t feed them anything and keep them in the dark, and yet they grow. These guys generally don’t get much glory and recognition, and yet they’re so integral to the success of an offense.”

That is especially true in a program like Brookwood’s, and the Broncos line has been critical to the success the Broncos’ offense enjoyed in 2017.

Whether it’s been opening holes for Dante Black, one of Gwinnett’s top running backs with 1,633 yards and 28 TDs on the season, or protecting quarterback Angelo DiSpigna (109-164-4, 1,782 yards, 19 TDs) and giving him time to find weapons like Matthew Hill (38-723, 7 TDs) and Nick Price (30-366, 3 TDs), the Broncos wouldn’t be where they are without the linemen.

And that’s good enough for them.

“For a program such as ours that places such an emphasis on winning the line of scrimmage, those guys are important,” Jones said. “They aren’t looking for acclaim or glory. They just enjoy being together as a team.”

Brookwood’s offensive linemen meet on the sidelines during this year’s game with Norcross. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

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Berkmar hires former NFLer Gary as coach

BY WILL HAMMOCK

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A coach who hails from a city dubbed “Winnersville USA” has been charged with turning around a Gwinnett County football program mired in a lengthy losing streak.

Berkmar anWillie nounced Gary Valdosta native Willie Gary as its new head coach Monday, promoting a coach who has years of experience within the county and has firsthand knowledge of the Patriots’ issues as an assistant the past three seasons. Gary also was a four-year starter for the Kentucky Wildcats and played two years with the St. Louis Rams in the NFL, as well as six years with the Arena Football League’s Georgia Force.

“We are excited to have Coach Gary bring a culture of discipline and passion to our football program,” Berkmar athletic and activities director Greg Phillips said. “His extensive experience in the county as well as around the state played a large role in his hiring.”

Gary, 39, coached Berkmar’s defensive backs for two seasons after he was hired in July 2015 and was defensive coordinator this past season.

“I just feel like the kids need somebody to be there for them,” Gary said. “They don’t need a transition of coaches right now. That’s what I told the administration. You’re going to lose more kids and set the program back (with a coaching staff change). We need to try to make a turn. … I thank the administration and athletic director for giving me a shot to take over the job. We’re looking for the community support to get back in it. I want them to have something they’re proud of. We need to get our brand back.”

Berkmar’s participation has slipped in recent years, as has offseason attendance of workouts. The Patriots currently have a 47-game losing streak that dates back to September 2013.

After a 3-0 start in 2013, they lost the final seven games that season and all 10 games in 2014, both under former head coach Jonathan Sanks.

Texas native Kenan Dever was hired in the summer of 2015 to replace — he went 0-10 in each of his three seasons. Dever and the program parted ways earlier this month.

Inexperience and depth were big issues this season, when Berkmar was outscored 571-39 in 10 games. Its closest loss was 46-12 in the season finale to Lakeside-DeKalb.

The program’s last winning record was 2007, but it does have a history of being competitive with playoff appearances in 2004 and 2005 under head coach Wendell Early.

Berkmar also can use what has happened nearby with a football program as motivation. Meadowcreek suffered similar struggles for decades in football, but won seven games and

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made the postseason this year.

“We’ve definitely got a big challenge ahead,” Gary said. “My main thing going ahead is just changing the culture of the program, kids buying in and believing in themselves. We’ve got to go to work in the offseason, build some muscle mass, get strong, have better agility so we can have better success on the field. One of my main things also is trying to restore the feeder programs. That’s the big thing to turning this whole thing around, getting these kids to play football at an earlier age and keeping them from going to other programs to play. That’s the big issue for the longevity of the thing.

“But the immediate thing is to develop these kids that haven’t played and bring in some more coaches to go with what we have coming back.

It’s not necessarily going to happen overnight. It’s going to be rebuilding and the main thing is to change the culture and the mindset.”

Gary comes from a high school program known for winning at Valdosta, where he played for three seasons under legendary head coach Nick Hyder and his senior year under Mike O’Brien. He reached the state championship game twice as a high-schooler, including a 1996 loss to Brookwood when he was a senior.

He played college football at Kentucky under Hal Mumme, earning freshman All-American honors and making the SEC Academic Honor Roll three times. He followed that up with a long career in pro football, first in the NFL and NFL Europe before finishing his career with the Force.

His AFL career brought him to metro Atlanta in 2003, and he has settled into this area with his wife and three children, who go to school in the North Gwinnett cluster. He got his start in coaching for three seasons at North under former head coach Bob Sphire and spent two seasons as the Georgia Force’s defensive coordinator. From there, he was assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Shiloh and defensive coordinator at Clark Atlanta, where he also served as interim head coach at the end of his tenure.

Given the age of his children, Gary said the stability of high school coaching was better than traveling around for college jobs at this point in his career, so he took an assistant job at Berkmar in the summer of 2015. He plans to use the knowledge from the coaches he considers mentors — O’Brien, Mumme, Sphire and Woodland-Stockbridge’s Bryan Love — in his first head coaching job, as well as the experience of seeing Berkmar’s issues firsthand.

“We have to make sure (the players) are there and they’re doing what they’re supposed to be doing,” Gary said.

Gary also was hired recently as the defensive coordinator for the Atlanta Havoc, the county’s new pro indoor football team based out of Buford City Arena.

The immediate thing is to develop these kids that haven’t played and bring in some more coaches to go with what we have coming back. It’s not necessarily going to happen overnight.”

— New Berkmar head football coach Willie Gary

Archer’s Taiyon Palmer (3) fakes a reverse on a kickoff with Andrew Booth (21) during the Corky Kell Classic in August at Georgia State Stadium. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

Talented Tigers

Defensive backs critical to Archer’s success

drew Booth, junior.

While the young Archer secondary were working with training wheels last Put yourself in the cleats year, Booth and Palmer of an opposing quarterback said they have entered each facing the Archer Tigers’ game in 2017 with a more defense. First you have confident mindset. to either evade or endure “We have a couple of Archer’s pass rush. If your steps on anyone we line up offensive line bends withagainst,” Booth said. “We out buckling, you’ll look feel comfortable.” downfield into the Archer Palmer, a Duke football secondary. commit, admits he and his This season, opposing teammates were inexperiquarterbacks have seen enced last season, but those their team’s colors blanket- 11 games on the front lines ed by red and white Archer seem to have paid off. uniforms.

Booth and Palmer were Opposing teams are recently named first team scoring an average of less all-region defensive backs, than 10 points per game two of Archer’s four first against No. 1-ranked teamers this year. They Archer this season. In also contribute on offense 2016, Archer was 4-7, as wide receivers and starting as many as seven Booth adds to his athsophomores on defense. letic repertoire as a punt Archer clinched its playoff returner. spot on the final week of Oh, the difference a year the season against Shiloh can make. before falling to Peachtree “They got a lot of playRidge in the first round of ing time during that period, the state playoffs. which was great growing That inexperienced time for them,” defensive secondary blossomed in backs coach David Nelson 2017, and two key comsaid. “We took a lot of ponents of that defense lumps last year, so I think are cornerbacks Taiyon the team as a whole was Palmer, a senior, and Andetermined that wasn’t go-

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ing to happen this year.”

With 24 years of high school football coaching experience, Nelson has tutored some highly gifted athletes including his 22 years at Brookwood High School. His experience and demeanor has granted him the respect of the Archer defensive backs.

“Coach Nelson, in and out he prepares us,” Palmer said. “Every day we’re working on the fundamentals to get better. Fundamentals win the game, your footwork and how you break on the ball. He keeps us on our toes.”

But that respect doesn’t stop with Nelson. It starts at the top with defensive coordinator Joel Bridges. A 21-year veteran of coaching football, Bridges has been since the early days of the Archer football program, when Dyer was hired as the program’s inaugural head coach.

“Those guys are meticulous in their work, and our kids have done a great job of buying into the teaching and preparation that goes into each week,” Dyer said.

Buying into the Archer Tiger way is starting to pay

off for Booth and Palmer in the future. Palmer committed to Duke early in his high school career, the summer of his sophomore season. Booth is still considering his options — he has a lot of them after all.

His list of offers includes Clemson, Alabama, Auburn, Duke, Georgia and Georgia Tech, among others.

Both players’ skills have popped out on game tape.

“It’s really how our coaches prepare us for the game. Coach (Joel) Bridges is the best DC in the land. All our defensive coaches prepare us beautifully for every Friday to go out there and dominate.”

Palmer is trying to make sure that this Friday is not his last in a Tigers uniform.

Before he heads to Durham this summer, he and the rest of his defensive unit are determined to deliver Archer’s first undefeated season and state title.

But first, Colquitt County awaits.

“It’s a blessing. Last year of high school football, going out with a bang. Just something to remember.”

Georgia Force win national title

BY WILL HAMMOCK

has won three state home school championships since 2004.

“Winning the national tiThe Gwinnett-based tle has been a goal and a viGeorgia Force won the sion since the rankings were National Home School developed back in 2007,” Football Association naForce head coach Scott tional championship over Willis said. “In 2016, the the weekend, finishing team fell short, losing in the the season ranked No. 1 championship game. The nationally in two polls. mindset going into 2017 The Force (11-1) dewas to work harder and feated second-ranked North develop players into chamOklahoma Association of pionship players on and off Home Schools Jaguars of the football field. These 22-21 in the championship young men never wavered game, sealing the viceven when they lost a close tory when Seth McClure last game of the year to a intercepted a pass with 37 talented Calvary Christian seconds left. McClure was football program. Winning named the tournament MVP the NHFA national champiafter intercepting five passes onship was a complete team in his team’s two games. effort. I am grateful for our The national title was coaching staff and program the first for a Force profor all of the hard work and gram that finished ranked dedication. I am proud of No. 2 and No. 4 nationally the coaching staff and the in past seasons. Georgia program for what they have

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accomplished this season.”

Force teammates T.J. Cooper and Jaeden Crownie were named the MVPs of the title game, which saw Georgia rally from a 15-0 deficit early to tie the score at halftime behind an 80-yard Jackson Lee kickoff return touchdown and a Kaleb Tuggle TD run.

Jacob Hamric’s 3-yard TD run put the Force up 22-15 in the second half, then the Jaguars closed to within 22-21 after a TD and failed two-point conversion.

In the finals, Luke Cieply made a team-high 16 tackles and added an interception for the Force defense. Dawson Tolar (eight tackles, one for loss), Lee (seven tackles) and Alandas Mayes (seven tackles) also were among the leading tacklers.

Mario Rama punted twice for the Force for a

46-yard average, including a 65-yarder, and Christian Rivera had one 45-yard punt. Rivera also converted two PATs. PAT holder Hamric also had a twopoint conversion pass to McClure after Georgia’s first TD. “This year’s team has faced adversity and overcome some setbacks and challenges,” Willis said.

“At no time has the team given up at any point when behind during games. I am proud of the effort and hard work that the players have given this season.

They have played with character and integrity and have shown to be willing to improve when given the challenge to do so. As a program, it is our goal to develop young men, and women with our cheerleaders, to be godly leaders within their communities.”

Dacula, Lanier rack up all-region honors 8-AAAAAA two-way player of the year. The othDacula’s football program er individual awards went took home two of the top to Winder-Barrow’s Brock honors on the All-Region Landis as offensive player 8-AAAAAA team, released of the year, Gainesville’s this week after coaches’ Keith Harris as defensive votes were tabulated. player of the year and The Falcons’ Jalen Perry Gainesville’s Tre Luttrell as was named the region’s athlete of the year. player of the year, while The all-region offense teammate Landen Berincluded Dacula’s Shayne lin was selected as the Buckingham at quarter-

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back, Tre McMillan at running back, Kenny Severe at wide receiver and Tyler Jones and Riley Adcock at offensive line. The Falcons’ all-region defensive selections were Michael Burrell and Jaiev Khan at defensive back, Shaah Cooper, Sean McDaniel and Chris Smith at linebacker and Noah Duba and Victor Micah at defensive line.

Lanier’s offensive allregion picks were Mekal Fuller at wide receiver, and Collin Foster and Mikey Magda at offensive line. The Longhorns had O’Darion Thompson (defensive back), Kameron Brown, Erick Turner and Malik Johnson (linebackers) and Peyton Bergman and Jake Ludwig (defensive linemen) on the all-region defense.

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Gladiators sign d-man Lannon FROM STAFF REPORTS DULUTH — The Atlanta Gladiators signed 34-year-old Ryan Lannon to bolster the defense Tuesday.

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San Antonio, Houston, Lake Erie and Worcester.

A stay-at-home defender, Lannon also has seven points in 43 games played in the Liiga, Finland’s top pro league. The former eighth-round pick of Pittsburgh in the 2002 draft took the last four seasons off before starting his comeback with ECHL Worchester this season.

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound blueliner skated four sea-

sons at Harvard from 20012005. Lannon registered 38 points in 136 games for the Crimson and served as the team’s alternate captain during his senior campaign in 2004-05.

In a separate transaction, forward Angelo Miceli has been released from his contract by the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL and signed with HC Balzano of the Austrian League.

The Gladiators play

Thursday against division rival South Carolina. The teams met Sunday, with South Carolina winning 3-2 on an overtime penalty shot.

Forward Trevor Gillies, who sparked a kerfuffle during that game by jumping Atlanta’s Tanner Pond, won’t be playing. Gillies was suspended for three games and fined by the ECHL on Tuesday for his actions.

Braves hit hard by MLB sanctions violation of MLB rules. “Today, Major League Major League Baseball Baseball informed the Atcame down hard on the lanta Braves organization Atlanta Braves on Tuesday of sanctions being levied for multiple violations of as a result of their investithe international amateur gation. As MLB stated, the signing rules, making 12 Braves cooperated fully players who had previously throughout this investigasigned with the organization and we understand and tion free agents. accept the decision regardMLB will also dock the ing the penalties that have Braves a third-round pick been handed down,� the in the 2018 amateur draft team said in a statement. after the team offered extra “As we expressed last benefits to 41st overall pick week, our organization has Drew Waters last year. Wa- not lived up to the standard ters, however, will be able our fans expect from us to remain with Atlanta. and that we expect from The league determined ourselves. For that, we that the Braves had packapologize. We are institutaged international signing ing the changes necessary bonuses during the two-year to prevent this from ever signing period from 2016happening again and re17 to 2017-18, which is in main excited about the fu-

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ture of Braves baseball. We do not plan to comment further on this matter.� Of the 12 players declared free agents, nine were from the 2016-17 signing period and three were from the 2017-18 period — including prized 17-year-old Venezuelan prospect Kevin Maitan. Maitan and the other players will be allowed to sign with the remaining 29 MLB teams, who can use their leftover money from the current signing period or dip into next year’s pool to sign them. In the 2019-20 international signing period, the Braves will be limited to spending $10,000 per player and will not be allowed to sign 14-year-old Robert

Puason of the Dominican Republic, who the team had reached an agreement with, because he is too young. The Braves’ estimated signing-bonus pool of $4.75 million for the 202021 season will also be cut in half by the league. The scandal cost former Braves general manager John Coppolella and team scout Gordon Blakeley their jobs and also led to the resignation of Atlanta president of baseball operations John Hart. Atlanta, which posted a 72-90 record in 2017 to finish third in the National League East, hired former Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos to serve in the same position on Nov. 13

PREP SWIMMING & DIVING ROUNDUP

North outlasts Hawks in pool duel weekend.

The Wildcats had 442 North Gwinnett emerged points in the girls division Brookwood tops Parkview swims past to Dacula’s 134 and South’s with victories over the Lions, Tigers Mountain View 30. They had 389 points in weekend in a competitive Brookwood won both Parkview won the boys the boys meet to Dacula’s swimming and diving meet divisions of a tri-meet with division 210-95 and the 141 and South’s 72. with Mill Creek.

Peachtree Ridge and Argirls competition 186.5The Duluth girls got vicThe Bulldogs won the cher this past weekend.

122.5 in a meet with tories from Molly Botting boys division 167-147, as The Broncos scored 449.5 Mountain View over the (200 free, 2:12.03), Ashley well as the girls meet by a points in the girls meet to weekend. score of 181-130. finish ahead of Peachtree The Panthers’ girls event Neas (200 IM, 2:19.91 North got boys event Ridge (146) and Archer winners were Abigail Mc- and 100 back, 1:06.04), Haley Bernardo (50 free, wins from Tommy Can(90.5). They had 408.5 Culloh (200 free, 1:55.20 26.84 and 100 free, 59.45), gelosi points in the boys competi- and 500 free, 5:11.96), Chloe Bingham (100 (50-yard tion to Peachtree Ridge’s Kristin Partlow (200 IM, fly, 1:08.48), Marisa Lee freestyle, 207.5 and Archer’s 59.

2:27.31), Sarah Jahns (50 22.34 secBrookwood’s indifree, 26.40) and Zoe Walk- (500 free, 6:19.51) and Tyler Reason (100 breast, onds and vidual event wins were er (100 back, 1:03.13).

100 back- from Dylan Scott (boys Parkview got boys victo- 1:16.48).

Bobby Pelland (200 IM, stroke, 200 free, 1:46.28 and ries from Charlie Fountain 2:28.01), Bren Routly (500 56.55) 500 free, 4:55.55), Emma (200 IM, 2:06.42), John Marianne free, 6:00.98) and Matthew and Sean Claire Cohen (girls 200 Rollins (50 free, 22.68), Allard Lee (100 back, 58.77) won Kang (100 free, 1:58.69), Leila Taylor Maxwell Pate (diving, events for the Duluth boys. breaststroke, 1:03.23). (girls 200 IM, 2:16.62 191.10), Aiden Hall (100 Girls first-place finishand 100 free, 56.21), Lily fly, 55.46), Lucas Cliatt (100 free, 51.75) and Sam Wesleyan splits with ers for the Bulldogs were Burke (50 free, 24.98), Winokur (100 breast, Blessed Trinity, Marianne Allard (200 free, Jessica Evenchick (girls 1:05.63).

Holy Innocents’ 1:59.43 and 100 breast, diving, 167.25), Drew Mountain View’s SarahWesleyan won the boys 1:08.44), Kennedy Turner Grier (boys 100 fly, 53.37), division and took third (diving, 164.10 points) and Reagan Sweeney (girls 100 Grace Thompson won in the girls meet over the Chantal Jordan (100 free, fly, 1:00.74), Aidan Stoffle two events, breaking the school record in the 100 fly weekend against Blessed 55.45). (boys 100 free, 48.52 and (1:01.54) and also winTrinity and Holy InnoMill Creek’s individual 100 back, 54.82), Tegan ning the 100 free (53.73). cents’. boys victors were Nick Sweeney (girls 500 free, Teammates Sofia Garcia The Wolves scored Kalenik (200 free, 1:48.37 5:13.44), Juliana Carey (100 breast, 1:15.09) and 277.5 points in the boys and 100 free, 50.20), (girls 100 back, 1:00.94) Maggie Hennebaul (diving, meet to Blessed Trinity’s Collins Sainovich (200 in- and Lauren Diehl (girls 167.30) also won events.

254.5 and Holy Innocents’ dividual medley, 2:05.81), 100 breast, 1:14.60).

The Bears’ boys team 118. Blessed Trinity (272) Hunter Misuraca (diving, Peachtree Ridge’s got first-place finishes and Holy Innocents’ (218) 198.45), Jackson Ward first-place finishers were from Hayden Brown (200 took the top two spots in (100 butterfly, 54.60) and Shwan Ahn (boys 200 free, 1:56.60 and 500 free, the girls meet ahead of Jake Magahey (500 free, IM, 2:01.78), Brendan 5:11.13) and Troy TaranWesleyan’s 184.

4:40.41).

Soeparmin (boys 50 free, tino (100 back, 59.02).

Wesleyan’s first-place The Hawks also got girls 23.11), Oliver Stephan finishers were Ethan Moon wins from Abigail Tashlein (boys diving, 226.95) and (boys 200 free, 1:57.47 and Duluth sweeps (200 IM, 2:13.45 and 100 Evan McInerny (boys 100 500 free, 4:55.38), Ansley Dacula, South back, 1:00.66), Lainey breast, 1:02.74).

Duluth was victorious in Feininger (girls diving, Lioi (50 free, 26.63), Mia Archer’s Ethan Cortela tri-meet with Dacula and 232.60) and Isaiah Erb Walters (100 fly, 1:01.39) Fraser broke a school re(boys 100 breast, 1:05.41). and Isabelle Andrews (500 cord in the 100 fly (57.42) South Gwinnett this past

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Sugarloaf team wins national title FROM STAFF REPORTS Undefeated Team Georgia, based out of TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, won the PGA Junior League National Championship on Sunday at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Georgia defeated New Jersey 6 1/2 to 5 1/2 in the championship match.

The team is headed up by captain Patrick McCrary, a PGA Professional at TPC Sugarloaf, and coach Greg Powers. “It means a lot to the team,� McCrary said. “They worked hard to get here, and it’s been a long Team Georgia members react to winning during the final road. We couldn’t be more session of the 2017 PGA Junior League Championship happy for these kids.�

The victorious team at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Nov. 18. consists of 12-year-old (Photo: Traci Edwards/PGA of America)

Billy Abdow of Duluth, 13-year-old Harris Barth of Atlanta, 13-yearold Chapman Barnett of Duluth, 13-year-old Shaun Cook of Peachtree Corners, 14-year-old Ryan Davidson of Flowery Branch, 13-yearold Andrew Garger of Sharpsburg, 12-year-old Ethan Gao of Alpharetta, 12-year-old Lucas Jinglov of Marietta, 14-year-old William Love of Atlanta and 14-year-old Reed Sweigart of Roswell.

The Golf Channel will air a two-hour special on the 2017 PGA Junior League National Championship Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. It also will be re-broadcast at 12:30 a.m. Dec. 6 and Dec. 15 at noon.

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GAC’s Robyn Benton on Naismith Trophy watch list

Greater Atlanta Christian senior Robyn Benton has been named to the Naismith Trophy Girls High School Watch List, an early-season list of candidates for national girls basketball player of the year.

Benton, a Daily Post Super Six selection, averaged 17 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.2 steals as a junior.

Archer honors softball signees

The Archer softball program recently held a ceremony to honor four seniors who have signed with colleges.

The college-bound players are Terrica Williams (Southern Miss), Casey Sims (East Georgia State), Mina Watkins (East Georgia State) and Sydney Smith (Brewton-Parker).

17th annual Isenhour toy drive begins Saturday

The 17th annual Michael Isenhour Toy Drive kicks off Saturday when Georgia Tech football hosts archrival Georgia at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

The toy drive was founded in 2001 by Georgia Tech men’s basketball student-athlete Michael Isenhour, a Shiloh grad whose inspiration was to assist families affected by 9/11.

Isenhour was fighting leukemia when he started the toy drive and lost his battle with the disease in 2002.

The toy drive was renamed in his honor.

Fans are asked to donate new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages. Monetary donations are also accepted (patrons wishing to make a monetary donation are asked to please make checks payable to “Georgia Tech Athletic Association”). Georgia Tech studentathletes will be stationed at all Bobby Dodd Stadium gates to collect donations prior to Saturday’s noon game against Georgia.

Donations will also be collected at Georgia Tech’s men’s basketball game against Northwestern on Tuesday (7 p.m., McCamish Pavilion). For fans who wish to make a donation but are unable to attend either event, collection bins will be available in the Edge Athletic Center from Monday until Dec. 8.

Truex claims Cup championship

Martin Truex Jr. claimed his eighth win of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Series season Sunday in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

With the win, Truex also won his first Cup Series championship.

“It’s just overwhelming,” Truex said. “To think about all the rough days and bad days, the days that couldn’t run 20th, to be here, I never thought this day would come, and to be here is so unbelievable.”

Truex had to battle another championship candidate, Kyle Busch, in the closing laps. Busch took runner-up honors.

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The Falcons (6-4) have posted wins over Dallas and Seattle to remain within striking distance of the New Orleans Saints (82) and Carolina Panthers (7-3) in the NFC South race.

“If we want to go where we want to go, we have got to start stringing some wins together,” defensive end Derrick Shelby said.

“This was definitely a good step in the right direction getting two in a row. We just have to come back next week with the same hunger to fight.”

The Falcons are trailing the Saints by two games with six to play. The Falcons are also one game behind Carolina.

If the playoffs started today, the Falcons would be the sixth seed.

The Falcons needed the win over the Seahawks in order to gain the all-important head-to-head tiebreaker for possible wild-card scenarios.

The Falcons also have the tiebreaker over Detroit, Dallas and Green Bay. “It was big,” cornerback Desmond Trufant said.

“They are a great team.

They are very resilient.

They never give up.”

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The Falcons wanted to build on their 27-7 win over a Dallas team that was playing without running back Ezekiel Elliott and left tackle Tyron Smith.

The Seahawks were without cornerback Richard Sherman and strong safety Kam Chancellor, but nobody is going to remember that come playoff time.

The Falcons knew quarterback Russell Wilson

was going to make his share of plays. He rushed seven times for 86 yards and put some open-field moves on Vic Beasley Jr. and De’Vondre Campbell among others.

“That guy is kind of a magician back there,” Shelby said. “But for the most part, we held him under wraps. He still had his plays, but for the most part we executed the game plan.”

The Falcons, the defending NFC champs, believe they have indeed turned the corner and are set to move on to bigger and better

things with three straight home games.

After the Bucs, they host the Minnesota Vikings followed by their first meeting with the Saints on Thursday, Dec. 7.

But the win over Seattle on the road served notice to the rest of the NFC South that they don’t plan to give up their title without a major rumble.

“That we can play with anybody,” Clayborn said the win of Seattle shows to the rest of the league.

“We can stop guys. We can get stops and we can hold our own.”

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North Gwinnett senior Marianne Allard, one of the state’s top swimmers, has signed with Alabama. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

North’s Allard has lofty goals for senior year

BY WILL HAMMOCK

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The swim that propelled Marianne Allard forward more than any came at the 2015 state high school meet.

Then a North Gwinnett sophomore, she placed fourth in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 3.54 seconds, more than 10 seconds faster than she swam the same race at state a year earlier. It came on the heels of winning her first Gwinnett County championship in the 200 IM. “Her breakthrough was the (2015) state high school meet when she went 2:03,” said Chris Davis, her coach at SwimAtlanta. “That’s when I think she finally realized she could be a swimmer.

She’s really taken her game up in terms of training since then. It’s like that for a lot of kids. They get that one breakthrough, that one catch, that one great pass and see themselves at a different level and then they start training at that

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TD Club honors best over last two months

FROM STAFF REPORTS The Gwinnett Touchdown Club gathered recently for celebrations to honor the best in high school football from the first two months of the season.

Each Gwinnett program had four players named to the team of the month for both September and October.

The award-winners are as follows: September Team of the Month Archer: Will Choloh, Andrew Booth, Keegan Strickland, Colin Stein Berkmar: Henry Chambers, Jonathan Wiley, Cliff Rimpel, Fernando Contreras Brookwood: Dante Black, Chris Cotter, Casey Holman, D.J. Horne Buford: Anthony Grant, Christian Turner, Mikey McMorris, Kellen Neal Central Gwinnett: Jarren Williams, Jalen King, A.J. Harris, Tyan Milton Collins Hill: Evan Anderson, Justin Daughtry, Peyton Woulard, Kenneth Lowery Dacula: Landen Berlin, Michael Burrell, Jalen Perry, Kenny Severe Discovery: Jack Oesterle, Khiree Seabrook, Keylon Riles, Christian Davis Duluth: Jalil El-Amin, Will Huzzie, Kevon Rouse, Logan Goins Greater Atlanta Christian: Robby Fowler, Ford Roberts, Sean Henderson, Kyler McMichael Grayson: D.J. Irons, Mahari Stribling, Solomon Egbe, Herbert Winborne Hebron: Troy Allen, Chandler Lewis, Micah Harden, Michael Moyers Lanier: Peyton Bergman, Collin Foster, Erick Turner, Kameron Brown Meadowcreek: Chauncey Williams, Qu’vella Calhoun, Mark Haynes, Triston Harris Mill Creek: Shaka Heyward, Trey Turner, John Harris, A.J. Jackson Mountain View: Blake Carroll, Matt Edwards, Jayden Patterson, Malachi Carter Norcross: Terrion Dangerfield, Jake Camarda, Omar Sinclair, Malik Mays North Gwinnett: Warren Ericson, Tyler Goodson, Jayden McDonald, Warren Burrell Parkview: Tommy Rogers, Fred Payton, Malik Washington, Miles Marshall Peachtree Ridge: Jaylen Johnson, Alex Ferry, Payton Bowens, Avery Tuck Providence: Mitchell Miller, David Sloan, Zach Douglas, James Berry Shiloh: Cevon January, Isaac Dowling, Dakota Thomas, Matthew Williams South Gwinnett: Treyvon Woodson, Myles Barnum, Chabarri Thomas, Jaden Woods Wesleyan: Zach Peterson, Banks Ramsey, Daniel O’Sullivan, George Bielan October Team of the Month Archer: Taiyon Palmer, Colby Wooden, Brandon Shelnutt, Emmanuel Michel Berkmar: Gary Dever, Xzavier Ward, Nasim Abdulwahid, Mike Nguyen Brookwood: Matthew Hill, Angelo DiSpigna, Justin Scola, Jamison Collier Buford: Austin Blake, Carson Guy, Jamaal Singleton, Mick Reese Central Gwinnett: Khmari Thompson, Jallah Zeze, Justin Wilkins, Abraham Salazar Collins Hill: Evan Anderson, Jomier Augustine, Kenneth Lowery, Peyton Woulard Dacula: Shayne Buckingham, Shaah Cooper, Sean McDaniel, Tre McMillan Discovery: Noble Joyner, Vincent Huynh, Wilson Ruiz, Aerial Gonzalez Duluth: Shane Word, Travion Hampton, Hank Robateau, Jayson Hale GAC: Max Burke, Kyle Ellis, Trey Morrison, Nate Richey Grayson: Darius Martin, Ryan Taylor, Will Van Pamelen, Stephon Jones Hebron: Ja’Leak Perry, Robert Scott, Will Warbington, Aiden Meek Lanier: Malik Johnson, Mikey Magda, Jason Wallace, Mekal Fuller Meadowcreek: James King, Jaylion Adams, Quincy Bonner, Kevin Martin Mill Creek: Matt Campbell, R.J. Brown, Austin Williams, Uriah Leverette Mountain View: Jaelin Humphries, Marquel Broughton, Trevon Salter, Aidan Higgins Norcross: Clay Harris, Cole Hanna, Isaiah McKoy, Jaren Wicker North Gwinnett: Jimmy Urzua, Josh Downs, Payne Walker, Jake Stewart Parkview: Kobe Wilson, Braelen Marshall, Demetrius West, Christian Malloy Peachtree Ridge: A.J. Murdock, Jamari Jackson, Payne Durham, Wilson Catoe Providence: David Sloan, Mitchell Miller Shiloh: Jakoby Givens, Joshua Lue, Anas Spain, Isaac Dowling South Gwinnett: Robert Cooper, Justin Mascoll, Armond Williams, Terell Smith Wesleyan: J.D. Kavel, Josh Payne, Garrett Hangartner, Mateo Rengifo

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North Gwinnett senior Marianne Allard, one of the state’s top swimmers, has signed with Alabama. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

Allard r'SPN 1BHF # level. She’s a great girl. She’s always here. She never misses.

She always works hard.”

Allard, now a senior who has signed with the Alabama Crimson Tide, said she didn’t necessarily train any harder, just smarter, after that race.

“It was probably a little more specific with looking at the more individualized pieces of the race,” Allard said. “We do the individual 50 backstroke now, the breaststroke drill, trying to get the individual splits down. After hitting that time, I realized I needed to work on the individual factors more than the race itself to continue dropping (time).”

Allard’s improvement continued after her sophomore season — she was county runner-up in both the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke as a junior, in addition to taking fifth at state in the 200 IM — and opened up opportunities at the college level. She visited Alabama, South Carolina and Southern Methodist, trimming her list to the first two because she wanted to be closer to home and swim in the Southeastern Conference.

A visit to Tuscaloosa then made up her mind.

“Chris had mentioned it before I went (on trips), you’ll feel it once you get

there (when you find the right school),” Allard said. “I kept waiting for this feeling and I didn’t know what he was talking about. My mom and I walked into the pool and they were at the end of Saturday morning practice and 15 minutes into watching them and watching the coaches interact, it literally sparkled. I could feel it. It was just perfect. It was game day so they were singing ‘Dixieland Delight.’

The coach came over, the coach I’d been talking to on the phone, Coach (James) Barber, he just came up and wrapped me in a hug the first time he saw me. It was instant.

I just loved it.”

Alabama likes Allard in the IM, a specialty she developed since joining SwimAtlanta’s Select Group, for the club’s highest level swimmers.

“Going from age group and moving up to SwimAtlanta, I always called myself a breaststroker and I felt like a breaststroker,” she said. “Once I got into Select and then it clicked with Chris. Now I think of myself as an IM’er.”

Before her bright future at Alabama, Allard has work to finish as a high school swimmer.

She hasn’t won an individual title at the county meet since her sophomore win in the 200 IM and hopes

to better her two runner-up finishes from last season. A team county championship is equally important for Allard and North, which has finished second at the county meet for the past four years — the last three behind Brookwood. “(County) does mean a lot because I love the county meet,” Allard said. “Everybody talks about it. All through middle school, the high-schoolers I trained with were talking about how great the county meet is and just the energy your team has. Especially since we’re so close to winning every year, being able to secure any points just means a lot. … It’s hard (to keep placing second) but we definitely recognize how great of a team Brookwood is. It’s not a major letdown because that means we’re right behind the greats. But it is hard being that close.”

A promising group of returning swimmers gives the Bulldogs high hopes. The returnees include junior Chantal Jordan, who was fifth at state in the 50 freestyle, as well as second and third in her two county races.

North figures to be a top finisher at the state meet, too.

That will be Allard’s last high school competition, where she hopes to win her first state title and drop her 200 IM time

Dyer, Irons lead football honors for 8-AAAAAAA FROM STAFF REPORTS The All-Region 8-AAAAAAA football honors were released last week by the league’s coaches, with Archer and Grayson earning two of the top awards.

Archer’s Andy Dyer was named the region’s coach of the year, while Grayson quarterback D.J. Irons was the offensive player of the year. Newton earned the other two top awards with Darnell Jefferies as defensive player of the year and Elija Godwin as special teams player of the year.

The first-team offense selections included quarterback Carter Peevy of Archer, running back Semaje Banks of Archer, wide receiver Dakota Thomas of Shiloh, wide receiver Kenyon Jackson of Grayson, offensive linemen Hunter Friend of South Gwinnett and Wanya Morris of Grayson, athlete Jaquavious Lane of Grayson and kicker Michael Johnson of Archer.

The first-team defense featured all Gwinnett defensive linemen — Archer’s Will Choloh and Colby Wooden, Grayson’s Ryan Taylor and Kevin

closer to two minutes or below.

“It’s been a goal for awhile, since sophomore year, when I first moved up,” Allard said of the 200 IM state title. “I remember the first Christmas training we did in Select and (Davis) said, ‘You need to be looking at that state championship.’ So that’s always stuck.

I think it would mean everything (to win state). To be able to finish my high school career on a note like that, I would feel very accomplished, just wrapping it up nicely.”

North coach Doug Nieman knows Allard will leave a considerable void at North after graduation because of her athletic talent, in addition to her leadership. She also is accomplished in the classroom with a 4.0 GPA. “Marianne has been a captain for two years on the girls team,” Nieman said. “It is because she is very much a team swimmer that makes our program better. Her leadership and love for the team and swimming makes her a very special asset to North swim and dive. She leads by example in that she is a hard worker in and out of the pool.

Marianne wants everyone on the team to be successful. She has some pretty lofty goals and I look forward to seeing what she will do this year. It will be awesome.”

Grayson’s Van Pamelen to kick for Army football FROM STAFF REPORTS Grayson senior Will Van Pamelen has made a commitment to the Army football program.

Van Pamelen averages 35.5 yards per punt this season and has made 6 of 12 field goals and 27 of 29 extra points.

He helped the Rams to the state championship as a junior. He also plays on the Grayson golf team.

Grayson’s DJ Irons (3) passes the ball against Norcross during a game earlier this season at Grayson. (Photo: Dale Zanine)

Harris and South Gwinnett’s Robert Cooper. The linebackers on the first team were South’s Justin Mascoll and Chabarri Thomas and Grayson’s Herbert Winborne, while the defensive backs were Archer’s Taiyon Palmer and Andrew Booth, Grayson’s Jalen Alexander and Kenyatta Watson and South Gwinnett’s Alpha Fofana.

South’s Terell Smith

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The honorable mention selections included Archer’s Keegan Strickland, Jalyn Phillips, Jordan Roman, Emmanuel Michel, Braylen Weems, Brandon Shelnutt and Josh Ezeudu, Grayson’s Tru Thompson, Darius Martin, Mahari Stribling and Stephon Jones and Shiloh’s Cevon January, Issac Dowling and Anas Spain.

GAC’s Briskin leads all-region softball team FROM STAFF REPORTS Greater Atlanta Christian’s Amanda Briskin was voted the Region 7-AAA player of the year, headlining the all-region team released by the league’s coaches.

Briskin, a Samford signee, led the Spartans at the plate and as the starting shortstop.

Fellow senior Maddie Marchiando and junior Abby Jenkins joined Briskin as first-team all-region selections. Sophomore Faith Vento and freshman Sydney Deardorff made second-team all-region.

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