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Police: Body found in burning car tied to shooting Drug deal in Johns Creek may have led to murder of woman

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tim inside — being torched in Lawrenceville.

Lawrenceville Police Department officers reDetectives are trying to sponded to reports of a car piece together how an appar- ablaze in the parking lot of ent drug-deal-turned-shoot- a subdivision clubhouse on out in Johns Creek resulted Village Bluff Drive at about in a car — which was later 3:30 a.m. Tuesday mornfound to have a murder vic- ing, where, after the fire was

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extinguished, they found a woman’s body, officials said.

While police are not releasing the woman’s identity, they said she died from a gunshot wound, which she may have sustained during a shootout in a Johns Creek subdivision six hours earlier.

According to Johns Creek

Police Department spokesman Capt. Chris Byers, Johns Creek police received a 911 call Monday night from residents of the Retreat at Johns Creek Apartments who reported hearing “a couple of gunshots.”

“Our officers responded and (met with) a couple of

witnesses who said (after the shooting), it sounded like a car took off at a high rate of speed and several people ran off into the woods,” Byers said. “We put a drone up and got a K-9 to go into the woods, but the only things we found were some shell casings and a live bullet — a bullet that’s not been shot.”

Because there were no

victims, after investigating and collecting evidence, detectives left the area, Byers said, and weren’t called back until Tuesday when Lawrenceville detectives contacted them regarding the car fire and dead woman in Gwinnett.

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Molding minds

Nury Crawford, GCPS director for Hispanic Programs, speaks with community members about becoming a mentor for the district’s newest community-based mentorship program. (Special Photo)

School system unveiling Hispanic mentorship program

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Gwinnett County Public Schools is planning to usher in the new calendar year with its newest program to mentor Hispanic students.

The program, which is set to begin in January, is the third community-based mentorship program the school district has created.

GCPS started a mentorship program for boys in 2009 and expanded with a girls program in January for students.

According to Georgia Department of Education, 30.2 percent of students identify as Hispanic, the second largest demographic in the district.

Despite having the second largest student population, numbers from the 2017-18 school year show only 70.2 percent of Hispanic students graduated, nine percent below the district average and lowest among all demographics.

Nury Crawford, GCPS director for Hispanic Programs,

Nury Crawford, right, GCPS director for Hispanic Programs, speaks with community members about becoming a mentor in the system’s community-based program for Hispanic students.

is determined to change those numbers by providing academic and life mentoring for Hispanic students.

“A lot of times, parents have difficulty helping because they don’t know what they can and can’t ask,” Crawford said.

“Family is a huge thing for Latino people and there can be times that parents are working multiple jobs just to provide for loved ones.”

Crawford grew up in Peru before moving to the United States at the age of 10. Previously, she was an assistant principal at Dacula Middle School before taking on the role of director for the Hispanic program.

Although the program has not officially started, Crawford has said there are challenges this program has faced unlike the other two district mentoring

programs.

“You have to have an extensive background check to be a mentor,” Crawford said.

“We’ve had people interested but they don’t have a social security card and that automatically disqualifies them from being a mentor.”

Crawford said based on enrollment data provided by the district, the Berkmar and Meadowcreek clusters will be the first two areas the program is implemented.

“We’re going to start with the middle schools in those clusters and will have both boys and girls participate,” Crawford said. “Radloff, Lilburn, Berkmar and Sweetwater will be where we start and we plan to expand in the future into the Norcross area.”

The program will target sixth-grade middle school students all the way through graduation. Crawford said the reason the program is trying to get students in at an early age is to build a foundation of support for the students throughout their academic careers.

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has named the two committees required by Regents’ policy to conduct a national search for the next president of Georgia Gwinnett College on Wednesday.

Current GGC President Stanley C. “Stas” Preczewski announced in September his plans to retire effective May 2019.

Preczewski has served as president of GGC since 2014.

The two committees are the university’s Presidential Search and Screen Committee and the Board of Regents’ Special Committee.

“The presidential search committee has great representation from our Georgia Gwinnett College stakeholders, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, the foundation and the local community,” Chancellor Steve Wrigley said. “I thank the committee members in advance for their time and willingness to lead the search process.”

A 17-member committee makes up the campus based Presidential Search and Screen Committee.

Members of the Presidential Search and Screen Committee include: Judy Awong-Taylor, Ph.D., professor of biology; Darrick Alvarez, president, Organization of Latin American Students; Rachel A. Bowser, Ph.D., associate professor of English and interim associate provost of Strategic Initiatives; Beth Cavalier, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology, School of Liberal Arts, and Faculty Senate president; George Darden, Ph.D., assistant professor of education; Tim Foster, chief compliance officer, Masters Capital Management, LLC; Homero Gonzalez, co-founder, marketing and creative director, ULTIM Marketing; Tommy Hughes, partner, Hughes Investment Properties LLC; Karen Jackson, Ed.D., associate dean for Advising Programs; Kathija Jamaloodeen, program coordinator of health sciences; C. Douglas Johnson, Ph.D., professor of leadership and management; Aliya Kanani, vice president, Student Government Association; Bartow Morgan, executive, Renasant Bank; John D. Stephens, president, Stephens Holdings, Inc., and managing member, JDS Holdings See GGC, Page 3A

State set to open Interstate 85 toll lane extension Saturday Express Lanes, also known as high occupancy toll lanes or HOT lanes, currently end at Old Peachtree Road and goes up to Hamilton Mill Road Drivers on Interstate 85 will in north Gwinnett. gain 10 more miles of toll lanes in In all, there will now be 26 miles Gwinnett County this weekend as of toll lanes on I-85 stretching from the state’s Express Lane extension just inside Interstate 285 to just opens to the public. outside Braselton.

The extension is set to open to the The State Road and Tollway public Saturday, according to elecAuthority said there will be four tronic message signs installed over exits for northbound traffic on the the interstate. It begins where the extension. They will be located

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at Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, Interstate 985, Ga. Highway 20 and Hamilton Mill Road.

There will also be four exits for southbound traffic located at Ga. 20, Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, Old Peachtree Road and another nearby at the beginning of existing Express Lanes.

State officials said in an online informational outline for the See TOLL LANE, Page 3A

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Police: Man arrested after stealing Help sought IDing from store, trying to shoot person suspected burglars spokeswoman. isabel.hughes “Our investigators …. @gwinnettdailypost.com notified the DeKalb County Sheriff’s The man whom poOffice, lice say stole items from who a Lawrenceville Home generously Depot and tried to shoot a provided person who was attempting support to stop him from getting to ensure away in early Septemthe safety ber was arrested by the of nearby Antonio Gwinnett County Sheriff’s residents McClure Office on Wednesday. as well as Antonio Tyrone Mctheir fellow law enforceClure, 37, was taken into ment officers,” Volkodav custody at the Oak Tree said. “McClure was safely Villas apartment complex taken into custody without in DeKalb County by the incident at approximately 6 sheriff’s office’s fugitive a.m. (Wednesday) mornunit after investigators ing in Decatur. We greatly “developed leads” that appreciate the timely led them to his location, assistance of the DeKalb according to Deputy Shan- County Sheriff’s Office Funon Volkodav, agency gitive Unit and the DeKalb

County Sheriff’s Office SWAT.” According to previous reports by the Daily Post, around 2 p.m. Sept.

5, McClure walked into the Home Depot on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road in Lawrenceville and loaded more than $1,800 worth of equipment into his basket before running to the parking lot with the unpaid merchandise.

“During the course of fleeing, other shoppers attempted to stop him but he produced a handgun and threatened to shoot them,” said Cpl. Wilbert Rundles, a spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police Department. “He fled to a waiting vehicle and began to load the stolen merchan-

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dise. Additional bystanders attempted to intervene and the suspect tried to shoot one of the bystanders, but his gun did not fire.”

Because his gun didn’t fire, McClure “assaulted one of the citizens with his handgun” before finishing loading the stolen items into the car, which was waiting for him in the parking lot, Rundles said.

A second suspect, the getaway driver, drove away with the McClure and the items toward Ga. Highway 316, prompting a soft lockdown at Georgia Gwinnett College.

The lockdown was later lifted, though the men were able to flee police. It was not immediately clear whether police have identified the getaway driver.

Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway praised his deputies for their work and Wednesday’s arrest.

“I take great pride in the commitment of our fugitive unit,” he said. “They work exhaustively to locate dangerous criminals every day, then place themselves in harm’s way to bring them into custody. Our communities are safer because they’re out there doing this job.”

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Gwinnett police think at least two men are responsible for a series of residential burglaries across Lawrenceville and Suwanee and are asking for help identifying them.

In the burglaries, which occurred Oct. 11, 12 and 24 at Devonshire Walk Drive and Arbour Way in Suwanee and Bass Court and Shady Cove Lane in Lawrenceville, the suspects entered through a rear door or window of the victims’ houses, sometimes by picking the lock and sometimes by smashing a window, reports said.

The suspects stole money, jewelry, purses and at least one gun during their spree, making off with an estimated $4,500-plus worth of items and cash.

Gwinnett police think this man is one of at least two suspects responsible for a series of residential burglaries across Lawrenceville and Suwanee.

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Two of the burglarized homes had video cameras that show the men, who are described as black men, one of whom has a mustache and a neck tattoo around his collarbone.

They are believed to be between 20 and 30 years old.

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A 39-year-old Lawrenceville man was charged with aggravated assault, cruelty to children and two counts of false imprisonment following the peaceful resolution of a SWAT standoff that began early Wednesday morning.

Rashan Ellis surrendered to Gwinnett County Police Department officers outside his home on Glenloch Place in unincorporated Lawrenceville around 4:15 a.m., about four hours after the department’s SWAT team was activated following

reports of a domestic dispute, according to Cpl. Wilbert Rundles, a spokesman Rashan for the deEllis partment.

“Upon officer arrival, the victim and two children ran out of the house,” Rundles said. “The suspect immediately slammed the front door. Officers were given information that the suspect had a firearm in the house and two other children were inside with him.”

Though police were able to contact Ellis and “speak

Lawrenceville detectives who say, ‘we have located the boyfriend of the victim and he’s saying he was driving the car (hours earlier) in Johns Creek,’” Byers said.

“He apparently told (Lawrenceville) detectives that he and (the victim) went to (the Retreat at Johns Creek Apartments) to buy drugs and while there, the other people showed up and approached the car with a gun

and started shooting.

“The boyfriend said he got his gun and basically a gun fight ensues and then he takes off running into the woods.”

The boyfriend allegedly told police that after he ran into the woods, “one of the other parties” jumped into the car where his girlfriend was a passenger and fled the scene.

The car and the girlfriend were ultimately found in Lawrenceville, which has

left detectives with many questions.

“Our detectives are still trying to establish the link to Lawrenceville as to why the vehicle was left where it was and set on fire,” said Lawrenceville Police Department Lt. Jake Parker, “and detectives here and at John’s Creek are still trying to determine the number of persons involved in what happened in Johns Creek as well as their identities and roles in the crime.”

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 68-year-old female. I’m in good health, take no medications and work at a desk job all day. I urinate at 5:30 a.m., once at lunch and once before bed, and I do not drink any beverages after 6 p.m. If I can go that many hours without urinating during the day, why do I have to get up in the night to urinate two to four hours after lying down?

—AJ ANSWER: You have already made one important change recommended for a person with annoying nighttime urination (nocturia), which is not drinking after 6 p.m. So let’s explore other reasons you still might be having this problem.

Needing to urinate at night is common, especially for older people of both sexes. For men, prostate issues are one problem, while in women, it is loss of estrogen that seems to be the predisposing factor. Treatment with vaginal estrogen often is effective for women with nocturia. Both men and women can have other causes.

Swollen ankles and feet is a symptom in people with kidney or heart disease, but it can be present in many older people without known disease.

Lying down allows this fluid to go back into the blood (that’s why the fluid is gone in the morning), at which point the kidneys will excrete that extra fluid as urine. Support stockings can reduce this effect.

The body also uses a hormone (arginine vasopressin, also called anti-diuretic hormone) to reduce nighttime urination. In some older people, that system stops working properly and the body actually increases urine output at night.

Younger people can be treated with a nasal preparation of this hormone, but that is not recommended in people over 65 due to the unacceptably high rate of low blood sodium levels.

Some people wake up due to a sleep problem (especially obstructive sleep apnea) and then urinate, rather than waking up because of the need to urinate. That diagnosis should be considered.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband has severe allergies as well as gastric reflux. His allergist recommended taking Prilosec because reflux can amplify allergy symptoms.

My father, who is an oncologist, has theorized that one of the reasons for the rise in the rates of pancreatic cancer is the long-term use of drugs like Prilosec for reflux. My husband does find that his allergy, as well as his reflux symptoms, have improved since he started taking Prilosec. I was curious as to what the data suggest before he starts taking Prilosec long term.

— D.L.G. ANSWER: Your fatherin-law may have read a 2017 study that suggested a small increase in pancreatic cancer rates among people who took proton pump inhibitors like omeprazole (Prilosec). In addition, there was decreased survival among short-term active users. The study authors felt that this second effect was likely due to people with known pancreatic cancer being treated with a PPI for symptoms.

A larger 2018 study concluded that there was no increased risk in pancreatic cancer among users of PPIs.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1512, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was exhibited to the public for the first time.

In 1800, John Adams became the first president to reside in the newly constructed “President’s House” (later named the White House).

In 1848, the Boston Female Medical School, the first medical school for women, opened.

In 1870, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) made its first meteorological forecast.

In 1993, the Maastricht Treaty went into effect, formally establishing the European Union.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Stephen Crane (1871-1900), writer; James Kilpatrick (1920-2010), journalist; Gary Player (1935- ), golfer; Lyle Lovett (1957- ), singer-songwriter; Tim Cook (1960- ), business executive; Anthony

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collar, so it will only open when that particular cat approaches. Not only will this keep your cat out of the neighbor’s house, but it will also keep other animals such as raccoons from entering their kitchen through the cat door.

This is going to cost you. But it will cost less than a lawsuit. Your neighbors have been great up until now. Don’t count on this lasting.

Until you can make these arrangements, you should ask if your neighbors would be willing to adhere to a basic schedule and latch their cat door closed, perhaps at night. You will then have to keep your dude on a leash if he needs to go out on their cat’s schedule.

Dear Amy: I am a 20-year-old gay man in college. I am open about my sexual orientation, and proud of it, but I feel like the odds are stacked against me in the dating world.

I can’t afford dating sites, and going to clubs/ bars (when I turn 21) is not really my thing, so I have a feeling that the people I would meet there are people who wouldn’t share my interests. But it’s hard to find out gay guys wherever.

I don’t NEED a relationship, but I want one, and I feel like that’s not even an option.

— Out But Not About

Dear Out: Finding a relationship will start with finding and forming friendships with other students across a wide spectrum. Everything will flow from there.

Join organizations aligning with your interests as a way to meet other students. Attend concerts, rallies, games, theater productions and lectures.

Also consider joining your campus’ LGBTQ organization. This club will organize activities and meetups.

Be patient, and put your energy into becoming the best version of you. A relationship will happen in good time.

Dear Amy: Remind readers that one way to handle rude questions is to say (sweetly): “Why on earth would you ask that?”

This seemed to work when a friend of 25 years asked me: “How did you GET your husband to marry you?”

This strategy worked momentarily — until the next rude question.

— Newly Wed Dear Newly Wed: I agree that this is a great retort. I also like the (trendy): “Wait. What?”

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

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Fighting cats cause neighborly tension Dear Amy: My wife and I recently learned that our cat Pumpkin has taken to entering a neighbor’s house through their cat door and picking fights with the neighbor’s cat — inside their house!

This resulted in the neighbor’s cat having to be taken to the vet.

Pumpkin has been an outdoor cat for 10 years.

The neighbors are new to the area.

We are, of course, appalled by our cat’s behavior, but we are at a loss as to how to stop it, short of keeping our cat inside. Keeping him in full time would be awful, because when he wants to go outside, he yowls most pitifully and is aggressive and destructive.

Our neighbor has respectfully communicated the trouble Pumpkin has caused, requesting most recently that we keep him inside on a night when she would be out of town and unable to break up fights between the two cats.

Stopping this problem requires one of us to give up some freedom.

Either we have to keep Pumpkin inside, or our neighbor needs to give up her cat’s ability to come and go freely through an open cat door.

It does seem a little unfair that we would have to keep Pumpkin inside so our neighbor’s cat can go outside whenever it wants.

We know we need to

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Amy Dickinson communicate respectfully with our neighbor to find a solution. Any ideas?

— Peace-able Neighbors Dear Neighbors: First of all, I want to thank “Pumpkin” for providing fodder for the most unusual question I’ve ever tackled in this space.

Secondly, even though I admit to enjoying the idea of Pumpkin and other neighbor cats convening in your neighbor’s kitchen late at night to play a few rounds of poker and smoke tiny cigars, you should take your cat to the vet immediately to be neutered, chipped and tested for disease.

Your outdoor cat might not ever adjust to being inside full time, but it must be stated that cats — yours and theirs — are easy prey for coyotes, cars and feline leukemia, to name a few hazards.

The solution here is for you to invest in a new cat door as a gift for your neighbor. You want to get the kind that has a computer chip on it, matching a chip on that cat’s

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A change will do you good. Look back at what you have accomplished and what brought you the most joy and satisfaction to find a new way to move forward. A careful strategy will give you the confidence to forge ahead.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) ­— Don’t get angry when you can get moving. If you put your energy into something worthwhile, you will bring about a change that will improve your current standard of living.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your tendency to think big will lead to trouble if you let your emotions take the reins. Attention to detail, precision and moderation will be required if you want to be successful.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Consider what you want and put your plans in motion.

You have what it takes to turn your ideas into reality with a push and a shove and a little persuasion.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Partnerships will be confusing. You’ll get mixed signals that will make it difficult to know what’s expected of you and what you should do next. When in doubt, ask direct questions.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Make your choices known and your intentions clear.

What you want will be met with approval if you are direct and detailed in your presentation.

Talks will lead to financial gain.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Personal improvements should be your priority. Update your image, qualifications, skills and anything else that needs it.

Preparation is crucial.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Set the standard and stick to it.

Make others adjust to your expectations, and don’t back down. Your drive and determination will be impressive and worthy of substantial rewards.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Don’t take shortcuts. Follow through with your plans from beginning to end. How you do things will reflect what you are capable of achieving. Celebrate with a loved one.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Discussions will result in a host of ideas that can help resolve some of the problems you’re facing.

Do your best to find common ground and work alongside others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Handle your money, legal and health matters carefully. Pay close attention to what’s being said, and ask an expert if you aren’t sure how to handle something or someone.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Follow your heart, and engage in talks that will help you understand how others feel. Knowing what you are up against will help you discern the best way to move forward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — How you deal with others will determine your future. Use your intelligence, not your emotions, when you come up against opposition. Self-improvement projects will boost your confidence.

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State House candidates talk health care, transportation From Staff Reports

tion to Gwinnett County, while pushing for increased EDITOR’S NOTE: Due Diploma from Wes- — Community Relations and Events investment in low fuel State House District 81 Political Experience: No elected leyan School.

Ellen Diehl to the large number of state emitting vehicles and green experience, but served on Gwinnett Occupation: Republican house seats that are being technology.”

County Planning Commissioner, Entertainment atAge: 44 contested in Gwinnett, the Hastings said “keeping 2004 Chairman Gwinnett SPLOST torney and small Education: no races are being split between our community a place we Renewal Campaign and as a membusiness owner. response two stories. This story covers are proud to call home” is a ber of various other boards and Lived in District Occupation: Owns the races for House Districts major goal for her, and she authorities appointments relating to Since: 2015 her independent life 81, 95, 97, 102 and 105. A wants to work to make sure land use, development, the arts and Political Experiand health insurstory on the remaining house the district remains a place charitable organizations. ence: First-time candidate. ance brokerage races will appear in the Sunwhere families want to raise Lived in District Since: no reday edition.

Gregg Kennard STATE House District 97 sponse their families.

Democrat Bonnie Rich Previous elected offices held: Health care and transporta“To do so, we must work Age: 52 Republican 2nd Vice Chair DeKalb GOP. RNC tion are two big issues that to push efforts that will keep Education: Age: 48 Alternate Delegate 2016 the state needs to address, our families safe by cracking Bible College — Education: Bachaccording to candidates in down on gangs and criminal Ordained elor’s degree in poScott Holcomb (I) several state House of Repreillegals, protect our stelOccupation: Minlitical science and Democrat sentatives from Gwinnett. lar schools through fewer ister — Non-Profit Honors Program Age: 45 In District 81, Rep. Scott mandates, keep our economy executive Director graduate, UniverEducation: MBA, Holcomb, D-Atlanta, is being growing, lower taxes for our Lived in District Since: 1999 sity of Georgia; University of challenged by Republican families and protect the conJuris Doctorate, cum laude, Georgia Political Experience: None Georgia, MPA, Ellen Diehl. Entertainment University of North State University College of Law. servative values and ConstiSTATE House District 105 Occupation: Tax Attorney and CliniCarolina-Chapel attorney Beth Moore is chaltutional rights we hold dear,” Donna McLeod cal Tax Law Professor Hill (will complete lenging Rep. Scott Hilton, Hastings said.

Democrat Lived in District Since: 2008 in fall 2018) R-Peachtree Corners, in the Kennard said education Age: 50 Political Experience: None JD, West Virginia University, BA, District 95 race. is a major issue in the state, Education: Degree University of Connecticut Meanwhile, new reprebut he specifically pointed to in Chemical EngiAisha Yaqoob Occupation: Attorney sentatives will be chosen in literacy rates as an issue to neering Democrat Lived in District Since: 2004 the open races for Districts address. He cited a Get GeorOccupation: ConAge: 25 Political Experience: State Repre97, 102 and 105. Republican gia Reading summary which sulting/contracting Education: sentative, 2011-present Bonnie Rich is facing Demosaid children who can’t read for Quality EngiUniversity of Georcrat Aisha Yaqoob in the neering for Medical Device Manufacgia (bachelor’s STATE House District 95 proficiently by the end of the turing and FDA regulated products degree in journalScott Hilton (I) District 97 race while former third grade are more likely to Lived in District Since: August 2000 ism and master’s Republican Gwinnett Planning Comhave health and disciplinary Political Experience: Volunteered degree in public Age: 38 missioner Paula Hastings is issues and end up in prison. for the Obama Campaign in 2008, administration and policy) Education: facing non-profit CEO Gregg “Some research says that Occupation: Nonprofit professional ran for State House Representative Georgetown Kennard in District 102. as few as one-third of Georin 2016. Member of the Executive Lived in District Since: 2001 University (UnderFormer state Rep. Donna gia third-graders are reading Committee for the Gwinnett DemoPolitical Experience: Involved graduate); Emory Sheldon, a Republican, is on level,” Kennard said. “We cratic Party and Chair for the Voter in nonpartisan voter engagement University (MBA) must prioritize and keep our facing Democrat Donna Registration Committee since late 2015 Occupation: ‘foot on the gas’ with this McLeod in the District 105 Senior vice president of commercial issue.” race.

Donna Sheldon STATE House District 102 banking at SunTrust Bank Republican Paula Hastings Lived in District Since: 2011 Holcomb said investment Like her counterparts in Age: No response Republican Political Experience: Two years as in transit is key to attracting the other races, McLeod said Education: Age: 52 State Legislator, former 1st Vicebusinesses to the metroher most pressing issues are Gainesville College Education: Varied, Chair of Gwinnett GOP Atlanta area. health care, education and Occupation: Realincluding: Graduate “The legislature has made public transit in Gwinnett. tor 2005 Leadership Beth Moore some progress on infrastruc“We need to expand bus Political ExperiGwinnett and GradDemocrat ture, but not enough,” he said. service and include light/ ence: Previous uate 2017 Regional Age: 36 “For the metro area, we must heavy rail to Gwinnett CounGeorgia House of Representatives Leadership InstiEducation: JD from GSU College ty,” she said on her campaign invest in transit. If you speak District 104 representative for 10 tute/Atlanta Regional Commission of Law, BS in Psychology and BA website. “We must signifito business leaders here and Occupation: Accent Creative Group years, from 2003-13. in German from UGA. High School cantly reduce traffic congesacross the country, they will tion in order to increase protell you that this is an issue.”

Diehl wants to take a look said Georgia’s leaders need ductivity and ease frustration care is the biggest issue Georgians through the Med- counter-intuitive.” at the transit program to to address issues such as the among daily commuters and facing the state, but she said icaid expansion, while also Yaqoob said there are ensure tax dollars are being Certificate of Need program access to affordable insurcreating up to 56,000 health- several issues that she would greatly expand opportunities used effectively with the and what medical providers for job seekers.” ance is a major part of that. care jobs to service those like to address, but the one number of passengers using bill patients for.

Sheldon had a different She accused legislators of not newly insured patients.” she wants to address first is transportation.

“This can be accomplished taking advantage of resources Rich said economic public transit. It’s something message, though. She said “In 10 or 20 years, rail and through empowering patients available under the Affordthe House of Representatives growth is a major issue facing that has been a hot topic in bus transportation, which is with more free-market able Care Act, including the state, and she proposed Gwinnett in recent years and needs “tested and trusted mostly funded by tax dolsolutions, encouraging conservative leadership now funding for Medicaid expan- taking a look at Georgia’s tax this past legislative session lars, will see major declines more competition in the sion. She also championed a structure as a way to address saw the passage of legislation more than ever to protect the in ridership,” Diehl said. “I marketplace, and protecting values we hold dear and to state-based individual health the issue. The legislature took to create a regional transit don’t think people should Medicaid for those who need market exchange. secure a brighter future.” steps to lower taxes this year, authority.

“Liberals are working hard be paying taxes to cover the it the most,” he said. “I will “The state legislature has but Rich suggested going “Without access to reliable to undo the conservative policosts of buses and trains that continue to lead the effort the power to pass bills to further in that area. and efficient public transit, cies and principles that have sit parked most of the time.” to reform our antiquated enact provisions available “The biggest issue facing our families, our businesses, Hilton said the cost and Certificate of Need program, under the Affordable Care our state is the continued and our communities are at a made Gwinnett and Georgia access to quality health care great — I’m committed to leading to more choice in Act to address these issues,” economic growth for its busi- disadvantage in comparison is a big issue facing the state. medical providers. I will stopping them,” Sheldon she said. “For example, we nesses and individuals,” Rich to other states with growing The topic of health care, par- fight for price transparency in can draw down $3 billion per said. “The most impactful said. “I am the proven, tested populations,” Yaqoob said. ticularly whether Medicaid conservative in this race that healthcare, including legisla- year in federal revenues that move we can make is to elim- “As part of the Gwinnett should be expanded in Geor- tion to end ‘surprise medical we already pay to Washinate the state income tax and delegation, I will continue the can beat them and win to gia, has been a hot button deliver the trusted conservabilling.’” ington, D.C., to cover up to replace it with a consumption effort to bring MARTA and topic in recent years. Hilton tive leadership we need.”

Moore also said health 500,000 currently uninsured tax. To tax productivity is expanded public transporta-

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Buford, GA

Willie Bradford Willie J. Bradford, age 78, of Buford, GA passed away Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Arrangements are pending.

Lawrenceville , GA

Mavis Carter Age 71 of Lawrenceville, GA. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Lawrenceville, GA. Tallahassee, FL

Betty Huston (Brooks) Betty Brooks Huston, 91, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.

Betty was a resident of Westminster Oaks.

Born to Nathan L. and Minnie Leah Smith Brooks on November 26, 1926 in Grayson, Gwinnett County, GA, Betty was a graduate of Grayson High School and attended Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, GA. In June 1945, she left school and married her

sweetheart Jack Huston who was discharged from the US Navy following the end of WWII. They moved to New Jersey while he attended hair styling school in New York City. Returning to Atlanta, they both worked as hairstylists at the Davison Paxon Glemby Salon in downtown Atlanta and at the Lenox Square location. Betty opened her own beauty salon in Decatur, GA in 1970. When she retired in 1989, Betty enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, traveling with family and friends, gardening, sewing, knitting, crafts, bowling and playing cards. In 2011 she moved from her home in Tucker, GA, to Westminster Oaks Tallahassee to be closer to her daughter.

She is survived by her daughter, Jenny Huston Crowley (Mike) of Tallahassee, FL, her son, William “Bill” Brooks Huston of Eatonton, GA, daughter-in-law Anna D. Huston, granddaughter Natalie Brooke Broadway (Wes), grandsons SGT Nathan J. Huston, US Army, and Alex Martin Huston, great granddaughters Skylar Broadway and Katie Huston (daughter of Kim Huston), great grandson Jackson Broadway, sisters Sue Nix of Sacramento, CA, Bobbye Pratt of Snellville, GA, and Cornelia Guthrie (Jimmy) of Grayson, GA, nieces Wilma Burgin (Norman),

Vivian Ard, Sharon Kelley (Pat), Marsha Strickland (Craig), Lisa Guthrie (Dennis Waller), and nephews Dan Nix (Lynne), Kenny Butler, Don Pratt (Terre), Leslie Guthrie (Kimberly), Larry Guthrie (Becky) and many great nieces and great nephews.

She was preceded in death by her son John Martin Huston of Lawrenceville, GA (June 2018) and her husband Jack Huston (October 1970).

No memorial service will be held at Betty’s request. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Westminster Foundation, 4449 Meandering Way, Tallahassee, FL 32308.

Special thanks to the dedicated staff at Westminster Oaks and to her friend, Sophia Thomas, who provided kind and compassionate care.

Arrangements by Beggs Funeral Homes Buford, GA

Charles Ebb Scott Charles Ebb Scott, age 68 of Buford, GA, passed away on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Northeast GA Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his mother, Gladys Maddox Scott; father,

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Charlie Frank Scott; stepmother, Elizabeth Jones Scott; brother, Van Scott, and brother-in-law, Danny Sexton. Ebb is survived by his wife of forty-seven years, Anita Sexton Scott of Buford; sons and daughters-in-law, Andy and Brook Scott of Buford, Nathan and Christy Scott of Braselton; three granddaughters, Avery Scott, Rylee Scott, and Sadie Scott; sister and brother-in-law, Sonya and Bill Miles; sister-inlaw, Jody Smith Scott; mother and father-in-law, Charlotte and Ray Sexton; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Ebb was born on June 29, 1950 in Buford, GA. He graduated from North Gwinnett High School in 1968. He served in the US Navy, and was retired from General Motors with thirty years of service, where he was a member of the U.A.W. Local #10. Ebb was a member of Ivy Creek Baptist Church in Buford. He was a Mason and a member of the Buford Lodge #292 F & AM, as well as the Commandry and Royal Arch Chapter #48. He was a Shriner and member of the YAARAB Temple of Atlanta, GA, and was also a member of the Volunteer Fire Department in Buford, GA. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home in

Buford, GA, with Dr. Jim Ferguson and Rev. Bobby Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial in Buford.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, November 3 from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the funeral home, and again on Sunday from 11:00 am until time for the service at 2:00 pm. Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to Northeast Georgia Medical Health System, Gainesville, GA in memory of Charles Ebb Scott.

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

Braselton

Mary Ellen Walters Mary Ellen Walters, age 93, of Braselton, GA, (formerly of Norcross, GA) peacefully passed away Monday, October 29th, 2018 with her loving family by her side.

Funeral services for Mary will be held on Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in the Peachtree Corners Chapel of Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes & Crematory. Interment will follow at Peachtree Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Saturday, November

3rd, 2018 from 12:00 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Mary was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Her passion in life was raising her four children. She loved to cook. She was a great marksman with a wonderful sense of humor. She was a mother to many.

Mary was preceded in death by her loving husband of 32 years, Joe P. Walters; son, Joe Walters; daughter, Pamela Kay Payne; brothers, Edward, Jack, Harold, Frank and John. Mary is survived by her son and daughter in-law, Joel and Vicki Walters; daughters and sons in-law, Patricia and Bobby Smart, Tammy and Steve Ranus; grandchildren, Brandy and husband Ian Green, Brian Smart, Roger and wife Jennifer Ranus, Kim Payne, Beau and wife Carlie Walters, Annie Ranus, and Emma Walters; great-grandchildren, Taylor, Katie, Grant, Maddie, Scarlett, and Makenna. Online condolences may be expressed online at www. crowellbrothers.com. Arrangements entrusted by Crowell Brothers Funeral Homes & Crematory, 5051 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092. 770-448-5757.

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Vote to take back country, stop madness WASHINGTON — The Republican Party’s closing argument for the midterm election is a bit confusing: “It’s all about President Trump — unless he angers, appalls or disgusts you, in which case we’ve never heard of anyone named Trump.

We’ve also never heard of policies we’ve voted for repeatedly, like eliminating the guarantee of health insurance for those with pre-existing conditions or slashing vital programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Please forget that we cut taxes for millionaires and corporations but not for you. And please, please be terrified of a few traumatized refugees, mostly women and children, somewhere in southern Mexico.” The party then pulls down its pants and babbles unintelligibly before being gently led offstage.

Eugene The Democratic Robinson Party’s closing argument, by contrast, is simple and compelling: “Stop the madness.”

Just stop it. Vote to give Democrats control of the House, the Senate, governorships, state legislatures, everything. Take a stand for decency, for civility, for sanity — and, in the long run, help the GOP recover the mind it has lost and the soul it has surrendered.

Democratic candidates have been spending the final days of the campaign talking mostly about health care, an issue that impacts us all. Republicans are dishonestly trying to convince voters they support the Affordable Care Act’s consumer protections, despite having voted dozens of times to eliminate them. Democrats are right to keep playing offense on such matters of policy, especially where Republicans have no coherent response.

But the real issue is Trump. Midterm elections are always, at least in part, a referendum on the party in power. Tuesday’s vote is more than that. It is the nation’s opportunity to constrain and hold accountable an ignorant, egomaniacal, capricious and destructive president — and the once-great political party that cynically aids and abets him.

It is hard not to be exhausted by Trump’s outrages, but we should never become numb to them. Rare is the day that passes without a shocking demonstration of how unfit he is to be president and how much damage his self-serving antics are doing to the fabric of our society.

Here is one recent example. On Saturday, a gunman, apparently motivated by racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about immigration, killed 11 innocent worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue. On Tuesday, Trump visited Pittsburgh despite pleas from local officials to delay the trip for logistical reasons. On Wednesday, back in Washington, the president had this to say on Twitter: “Melania and I were treated very nicely yesterday in Pittsburgh. The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad & solemn day. We were treated so warmly. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful!”

Not a single word about the victims. Not even a word about the grieving city, except in the context of how Trump and the first lady were received and how the trip was covered by the news media. What kind of president can visit the site of such a devastating tragedy and come away thinking only of himself? What kind of person is so monumentally self-centered?

We don’t expect our political leaders to be paragons of virtue. But we need them, at the very least, to be capable of feeling empathy and shame. Trump’s supreme egotism and utter shamelessness differentiate him from all previous presidents. They allow him to deliberately divide the country by playing to white-nationalist anxieties. They allow him to warp both foreign and domestic policy for short-term political gain — and to do so transparently, without the tiniest fig leaf of pretense. They allow him not to care what damage he has wrought, as long as he gets favorable coverage on the cable news shows he watches constantly instead of doing actual work.

So now he is threatening to void the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship by decree, which he cannot possibly do, and to send thousands of troops to the border with Mexico for no reason at all — except, he hopes, to inflame the anti-immigration spirits of his loyal base. This is not a normal or acceptable way for a president to act. It is like letting a spoiled teenager play around with the nuclear codes.

Vote on Tuesday. When you do, remember Charlottesville. Remember Pittsburgh. Remember how Trump snubs the leaders of friendly democracies and embraces thuggish autocrats.

Remember how he always divides and never unites. Remember the need to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Remember your power as a citizen. Remember the country you love. Take it back.

Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.

Taking time to appreciate the water MAYPORT, Fla. — It is nice when you show up somewhere for an assignment and have the luxury of time to relax and meander where the landscape is different.

While in Jacksonville recently to join the many Bulldog football aficionados who flock to Georgia’s Golden Isles and its beaches, along with those of North Florida, for a fall vacation (for a certain football game), there was time to sit on a restaurant patio overlooking an intercostal waterway and travel Highway A1A up to Amelia Island. Water, water — everywhere.

Water is addictive to the souls of many. Hurricanes lash the Florida Keys and destroy property including dwellings, but hearty residents stay put, clean up the debris and build back. They simply can’t leave.

You cannot sit on a dock anchored on a river or a waterway and not be captivated by nature’s sights and sounds. A gangly crane stands patiently, often for hours, until supper ventures within his reach. Suddenly the crane, with propitious alacrity, strikes. Immediately, he is up and away with his catch as diners at the Valley Smoke Restaurant, at water’s edge, enjoy their meal while watching the crane head home with his.

Bridge).

The restaurant shacks and lean-to’s at Blount Island make you think about lingering and enjoying a meal of local shrimp. You find Mayport shrimp at the finer restaurants at the Ponte Vedra resort. The shrimpers, however, are deLoran clining. The business is a chalSmith lenging one to begin with, but those who hang on, are finding A few miles north at Mayit difficult to locate dock space. port, Fla., pelicans soar about Hurricane Matthew almost in formation as if they are dealt them a fatal blow. expected to display a military However, if you want to bent that identifies them with enjoy a fulfilling seafood meal, the Naval operations nearby. stop in at Singleton’s Seafood Mayport lies at the mouth of Shack or Safe Harbor Seathe St. Johns River, 7 miles food Market and Restaurant. east of Jacksonville. You see You can’t go wrong if you are U.S. Naval vessels of all types anchored in Jacksonville for anchored or moving about. whatever reason to drive up This is home to the U. S. Nato Mayport for a tasty meal of vy’s Fourth Fleet. The port can fried shrimp. Then there are handle aircraft carrier-sized the views that will accompany vehicles, making you proud to you going and coming. see the majesty of such ships, When you make the drive all bearing the insignia of the up to Amelia Island, there U.S. Navy. simply are no eyesores — only Approaching this part of refreshing pines, moss draped North Florida from Ponte oaks, palms and palmetto.

Vedra, you are mesmerized by Wildlife flourishes and there views of the inlets, the marshes is a definitive mix of the haves and the sun’s rays glistening and have nots. The well-to-do off the waters which conbrought about a real estate nect with the Atlantic, as you boom which keeps this resort cross the St. Johns River by relevant. driving over the Dames Point Golf, fishing and recreation Bridge (officially named the and retirement good living Napoleon Bonaparte Broward are all enhanced by shops

and restaurants which make it attractive to both primary and secondary home advocates.

A book signing at the Plantation Shop could have been a University of Georgia alumni reunion. Friends and familiar faces were in abundance with red and black colors dominating Palmetto Walk where you can get your Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving.

Then, full of joy which was brought about from interacting with friends, there was the drive back to my home away from home for a long weekend which meant that I would again be touched by scenes that will remain in my mind’s eye indefinitely.

I cautioned my driver to take it as slow as possible over the Bonaparte Bridge where the marshes and inlets again remind you why artists have always been attracted to water. Whenever I am exposed to such scenes, I see, in my mind’s eye, what the impressionists saw. I just can’t put it on canvas. Thankfully, I can enjoy the works of those who can.

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

Descent into vitriol began long before Trump WASHINGTON — After a deranged Democrat living in his van nearly assassinated Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., firing more than 70 rounds at House Republicans practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., declared it “outrageous” that anyone would blame Democrats’ rhetoric for inspiring the shooter. “How dare they say such a thing!” Pelosi thundered. Never mind that the shooter echoed Democratic vitriol against the president, ranting on Facebook that “Trump is Guilty & Should Go to Prison for Treason” and that “Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.” Now Democrats are doing exactly what they condemned, blaming President Trump’s divisive rhetoric for the recent spate of mail bomb attacks and the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The truth is they ceded the moral high ground years ago. Our descent into vitriol began long before Trump — and Democrats and their allies are as culpable as the president.

Recall that in 2000, the NAACP spent millions on ugly ads accusing George W. Bush of moral equivalence with white supremacists who brutally lynched James Byrd in 1998. “My father was …

Romney for a woman’s death from cancer.

During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton compared Republicans to Nazis, saying in regard to illegal immigrants they wanted to “round them up” and put them in “boxcars.”

She also compared the GOP Marc to terrorists, declaring, “Now, Thiessen extreme views on women, we expect that from some of the beaten, chained, and then terrorist groups, we expect that dragged 3 miles to his death, from people who don’t want to all because he was black,” said live in the modern world, but Byrd’s daughter, as the screen it’s a little hard to take from flashed grainy images of a Republicans.” And she listed chain dragging a body behind Republicans alongside the a pickup truck. “So when Gov. Iranians among the “enemies” George W. Bush refused to she was most proud of making. support hate-crime legislation, When Trump took office, it was like my father was killed Democrats abandoned their all over again.” role as the “opposition” and Barack Obama set the tone declared themselves “the resisfor his 2008 campaign against tance.” Look up “resistance” John McCain when he dein the Oxford dictionary and clared, “If they bring a knife to you’ll see the definition “the the fight, we bring a gun.” Rep. use of force or violence to opJohn Lewis, D-Ga., answered pose someone or something.” that call when he compared William E. Scheuerman, McCain to segregationist professor of political science Alabama Gov. George Wallace at Indiana University, notes the and declared that McCain was word resistance “first surfaces replicating the climate of “ha- in debates about tyrannicide, tred and division” that led to the violent removal from powattacks on civil rights workers. er of misbehaving kings who Four years later, a pro-Obama usurp authority not properly super PAC ran ads showing belonging to them.” Scalise GOP vice-presidential nomiwould have been forgiven for nee Paul Ryan pushing an old pointing out that his would-be lady in a wheelchair over the assassin took Democrats’ calls side of a cliff, while another to “resistance” literally. ran false ads blaming Mitt More recently, some

Democrats were peddling unfounded accusations that Brett M. Kavanaugh participated in gang rapes in an effort to destroy the Supreme Court nominee. Clinton defended smash-mouth tactics, declaring that “you cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for.”

None of this excuses Trump’s rhetoric, but it does make his Democratic accusers hypocrites. When you traffic for decades in hateful, violent political rhetoric, you have lost the moral authority to effectively condemn others for doing so. Indeed, Democrats arguably bear much of the blame for creating Trump. One of the reasons voters rallied behind Trump is precisely because, after years of seeing their standard-bearers act like punching bags, Trump presented himself as a counterpuncher who isn’t afraid to fight back and gives as good as he gets. The results are ugly. Trump is wrong to call the media the “enemy of the people” and to celebrate a congressman body-slamming a reporter, and the host of other terrible things he has said. But Democrats were dragging us into the political gutter long before Trump came along. If they think Americans elected a Frankenstein’s monster, they are Dr. Frankenstein.

Follow Marc A. Thiessen on Twitter, @marcthiessen.

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KICKOFF EDITION

THE RUNDOWN A quick look at this weekend’s high school football in the Gwinnett area: TODAY’S GAMES 7:30 p.m.

• Clarke Central at Buford • Collins Hill at Mill Creek • Duluth at Mountain View • Fannin County at GAC • Gainesville at Lanier • Grayson at South Gwinnett • Hebron at George Walton • Lakeside-DeKalb at Brookwood • Norcross at Meadowcreek • Parkview at Central Gwinnett • Peachtree Ridge at Discovery • Shiloh at Archer • Towns County at Providence • Trinity Christian at Wesleyan • Winder-Barrow at Dacula

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LEAD WOLF

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Meadowcreek victory — a 13-10 win in 1992 — in 20 all-time games against tonight’s opponent, Norcross

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Wins, a school record, this year by the young Providence Christian program

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Years since Parkview finished the regular season 10-0, a mark it can hit tonight with a win over Central Gwinnett

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Gwinnett teams that can finish region play undefeated, which North Gwinnett already has, with a win this week — Grayson, Parkview, Dacula, Buford and GAC

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Punt return touchdowns last Friday by Buford, one each from Austin Turner and Elijah Turner FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week during the football season, the Daily Post will nominate four players for its Fans Choice Player of the Week. Online voting at www.gwinnettprepsports. com will begin by Monday morning and will end Thursdays at noon. This week’s winner is: Name: Deonte Miller School: Duluth Position: Running back Class: Senior Highlights: Had 21 carries for 145 yards and a touchdown in a victory over Discovery Coach Bob Swank’s take: “Deonte Miller is new to our football program this year, but he has quickly become one of our leaders. He is a hard worker and holds his teammates to a higher standard. Deonte plays on both sides of the ball and is our leading rusher and one of our leading tacklers.”

Miller won an online competition with Norcross’ Kellen Grave de Peralta, Archer’s Ethan Lane and Grayson’s Jonathan Halyard this week.

FLASHBACK On this week in 2007, Norcross’ D.J. Adams rushes for 219 yards on just 19 carries in the Blue Devils’ 31-21 win over Collins Hill. … Kenny Miles rushes for 258 yards and four TDs as Brookwood defeats Central Gwinnett 45-19. … Cisco Barry runs for 245 yards and two TDs in Dacula’s 20-3 victory over Loganville. … Zach Landis throws for two TD passes, Ramael Wilson runs for two scores and Mill Creek clinches its first-ever playoff berth with a 59-0 win over Duluth.

Buford senior Derrian Brown is one of the nation’s top high school running backs. (Photo: Will Hammock)

Texas-bound Brown delivers as Buford’s feature back

By Will Hammock

“Ant and Christian were just such good practice playVisit gwinnettprepsports.com for breakdowns of all of ers, such competitors at a tonight’s football games in Gwinnett County. high level in everything they It was easy for outsiders he stayed healthy, he would tian and helping them out,” did, that it’s probably hard to notice a void Buford’s step right in.”

Brown said. “Ant played a for some of that stuff not to football team needed to fill Ford was referring to lot of defense, so I helped rub off on you,” Ford said. from its 2017 roster. senior Derrian Brown. He both of them out. I watched “Derrian’s really stepped into The offense’s marquee po- has stayed healthy. And he what they did and brought that role from a leadership, sition, tailback, lost Anthony has produced big numbers, it to this year. … I always from a pace-setting, from Grant, now a freshman at just as Ford predicted in the trusted the process. When a tempo-setting standpoint Florida State, and Christian offseason. the team needs you, you step with the guys younger than Turner, now a freshman at Few high school teams up. I’m the type of guy if him. He’s really flourished as Michigan, to graduation. The can roll out a third poweryou put me anywhere, I’ll do a leader.” two high-level backs were five running back to replace it just to help the team team Through nine games, ultra-productive last season, two who graduated, but out. … (Grant and Turner) Brown has 166 carries — combining for 248 carries, Buford has that luxury in did the little things right. one less than he had his 1,801 rushing yards and 30 Brown, who committed They always worked hard junior and sophomore seatouchdown runs. They com- to Texas over Penn State in the weight room and the sons combined. It’s a heavier bined for 2,599 yards and 42 in mid-September. He has practice field and gave it all workload than he got in the TDs the season before. flourished in the No. 1 back they had when it was their Wolves’ three-back rotation “People asked me if I role for the Wolves, ranked time to shine. That’s the main of the past, but the 5-foot-11, was worried at running back second in Class AAAAA thing (I learned from them) 185-pounder has added offbecause those guys graduheading into the regularis when I go out there I work season strength to prepare for ated,” Buford head coach season finale against Clarke hard and play hard for the it. He also has added speed, John Ford said. “And you Central. team and not myself.” which he attributes to runcertainly can’t replace guys “It’s fun (to be the featured The Buford coaches have ning for Buford’s track and like that, but I know how back), and last year it was enjoyed seeing Brown emfield team this past spring. special Derrian is. I knew if fun watching Ant and Chris- brace his new role.

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said Brown, who rushed for 844 yards and 11 TDs as a junior and 642 yards and nine scores as a sophomore.

Buford, with its big offensive line loaded with top college recruits, expects to use the run game heavily in the postseason, too. With that in mind, the coaches have been able to limit Brown’s carries since Region 8-AAAAA play began.

He had four games of 20 or more carries in non-region games and delivered in all four — 151 yards, two TDs against Archer, 202 yards, two TDs against Newton, 189 yards, two TDs against Deerfield Beach (Fla.) and 142 yards, three TDs against Tucker. He carried the ball 64 times in the Archer and Deerfield Beach games.

In Buford’s four region wins, he has 48 rushing

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Mill Creek, Collins Hill Duluth fights for to decide seeding fates its playoff hopes

By David Friedlander

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The Region 6-AAAAAAA football tiebreaker system, approved on April 26, 2016, is detailed in a three-page, Microsoft Word document that breaks down all the possibilities of determining playoff teams and seeding.

It’s a file the Mill Creek players and coaches don’t want coming into play tonight, when they host Collins Hill in the regular-season finale.

The formula is pretty simple for the Hawks — a win equals the region’s No. 2 seed and a home playoff game next week. A Collins Hill win ties the two teams in the standings, creating a logjam that also could include Mountain View if the Bears defeat Duluth in the finale.

But as far as coach Rob Kellogg is concerned, he wants his Bears focused on simply taking care of While goals for any their own business and lethigh school football ting the seeding chips fall season vary by any given where they may. program, it’s not a stretch “We know what’s at to say a lot of teams would stake,” Kellogg said. “It’s like to be in the posiimportant, but we don’t tion both Mountain View want to overemphasize it. and Duluth find themThat’s been our focus.” selves when they square The situation is a little off in a critical Region more complicated for 6-AAAAAAA game.

Duluth, which could claim The Bears (6-3 overall, the region’s fourth playoff 3-2 in region play) or the seed — and the program’s Wildcats (4-5, 2-3) could first postseason appearbe guaranteed a berth in ance since 1994 — with a the state playoffs with a win and with a Collins Hill win in tonight’s 7:30 p.m. win over Mill Creek. kickoff at Mountain View A Duluth win and a Community Stadium.

Collins Hill loss to Mill That is definitely the Creek would send the case for Mountain View, Wildcats, Eagles and which could garner as high Mountain View tied for as the region’s No. 3 seed third in the region with with a win and Collins Hill loss to Mill Creek.

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Dacula’s Vernon Porte (17) tries to catch Mill Creek’s Parker Wroble (20) as he runs into the end zone to score during an Aug. 24 game at Dacula. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

Then the region tiebreaker gets involved.

“Like I told the team, we’re in total control of our own destiny and that’s what our focus is,” Mill Creek head coach Shannon Jarvis said. “The experience in the past we’ve had with the playoffs, it’s easy to get caught up

in stuff like that. It’s real. It’s there. But that doesn’t help you block or tackle. And I really don’t think it motivates you. I think the motivation still has to come from within and the pride of playing well against a great team in a See FATES, Page 12A

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Wolves are focused on what they can control

By Christine Troyke christine.troyke @gwinnettdailypost.com

The capricious nature of the Class A football power rankings leaves Wesleyan with a simple message this week: Win. The only thing the Wolves can control is how they play in the regular-season finale against Trinity Christian tonight.

Wesleyan is ranked No. 16, four spots below Trinity Christian despite having beaten a team Trinity Christian lost to and putting a Class AAAAAAA team on its non-region schedule.

“Winning matters and they’re 7-2,” Wolves head coach Franklin Pridgen said.

“We’re 5-4. On strength of non-region schedule, I think we have them beat, but they won all three of their nonregion games and we didn’t.”

Trinity Christian’s two losses are both to Region 5-A teams — the mighty Eagle’s Landing Christian and Mount Vernon, a team Wesleyan beat 34-19. The Wolves’ lone region loss is to ELCA, which is ranked second. Mount Vernon is one spot ahead of the Wolves.

“Needless to say, this is a big game for us,” Pridgen

said. “We’re in the playoffs, but a home playoff game is on the line — for both teams.”

The Wolves might not know until perhaps as late as Tuesday, when the brackets are finalized, who they play.

“The system is really convoluted,” Pridgen said.

“There’s a chance we — or anyone — could prepare all weekend for an opponent and then an appeal is filed and it changes.”

Wesleyan’s bracket could be influenced by Savannah Christian’s game, which isn’t until Saturday night.

“The only thing we can control is us,” Pridgen said.

The matchup with Trinity Christian features strength against strength in the trenches.

“Defensively they run a 3-4 that is very aggressive with a lot of blitzing,” Pridgen said. “And they’re pretty good at it.”

It’s a strategy many opponents have employed this season against the Wolves and their freshman quarterback J.C. French. A stout offensive line has given French time to work and he’s rolled up 1,414 yards this season.

“The game plan from every defense has been to blitz, to pressure the freshman,”

Pridgen said. “They’re definitely playing to a strength of ours. I feel good about that. J.C. is not easily rattled.

He hasn’t panicked.”

Calling French a freshman, even, negates an entire regular season of experience.

He’s started every game for the Wolves and thrown for 11 touchdowns while running for four more.

“He’s not going to have four or five seconds in the pocket,” Pridgen said. “He’s going to have to make quick reads and then we’ve got to take some shots down the field to stretch them out.

Sometimes getting caught in the blitz can work in the offense’s favor. J.C. is smart and I’ve got a lot of confidence in him.”

Trinity Christian is a runbased offense with a mobile quarterback, which makes the line once again crucial to success. Wesleyan played a similar team last week in its win over Strong Rock and Georgia Tech-committed athlete Demetrius Knight.

The Wolves held Strong Rock to just 13 points.

“It’s an opportunistic offense,” Pridgen said. “It’s our most challenging game since that stretch against ELCA and Mt. Vernon. I’m glad it’s at our place.”

Future bright for Storm

By Christine Troyke

in three scores. Now we need that for four quarters.”

Providence turned around and beat Athens Christian Providence Christian has 17-7 last week for its first won twice as many games region win of the season this season as it did in its first and just second in program four years of varsity football history. combined.

“Last week was really But it was a loss this seathe first time I felt like we son that proved just as pivotal could run what we wanted to the Storm’s growth. to run,” Conley said. “In a Providence’s region subfour-quarter game, it wasn’t division includes the team at because of our mistakes that the top of the Class A power things weren’t working. The rankings, Athens Academy. interesting wrinkle this week The two met two weeks ago is that we can really go after on the Storm’s home field. what we want to do against Athens Academy rolled to Towns County.” an early lead, one it wouldn’t Towns County is coming relinquish, but the fight off a tough 21-20 loss, which Providence put up in the sec- leaves it still searching for its ond half was a positive. The first region win this year.

40-21 score was closer than “They definitely had the a lot of Athens Academy’s game in their hands and let games this season and miles it slip through their fingers,” better than last year’s 48-0 Conley said. “So we feel like drubbing of Providence. they’re going to come ready “That game for us was to fight.” what I feel catapulted us The Indians, who won five into our win last week,” games last year and made Providence head coach the playoffs for the first time Parker Conley said. “We in school history, are led by met with them at halftime quarterback Trent Bradshaw. and said, ‘Look, you cannot “He really is what makes just decide the outcome of the offense go,” Conley said. this game. Everyone in this “If we’re able to contain him community, in this stadium, and shut down the run game, needs to know what kind of a we’ll be able to be successteam you are.’ ful.”

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come this season.

“We’re feeling good,” he said. “We’re not trying to hype ourselves up. We’re just trying to show progress week in and week out. We really want the guys, and the community as a whole, to understand this is the expectation.”

Part of what makes Providence’s arc this season more impressive is that the Storm were hit early by key injuries, including a number of losses along the line. Then quarterback Hunter Giella went down a month ago, but Ben Johnson stepped up.

Johnson threw for 186 yards and a touchdown in his first start at QB. Once Giella was healthy, Conley was able to rep him at tailback and wide receiver, leaving Johnson under center. “(Hunter) has been doing an incredible job, pushing himself to be an even better teammate,” Conley said.

“I keep pinching myself because of how well things have gone.

“It was looking pretty bleak at moments, but those guys and our athletic training staff really worked hard to get all of them back. We’re almost at full staff and the guys that are out had seasonending injuries. It makes us feel good about our chances Friday.”

Hopes

points on the board.”

Those goals don’t seem only two playoff berths to be easy ones based on available. Based on the the performance of the Duregion’s tie-breaker system, luth offense over the course it appears Mountain View of the full season, which would be the odd team out has included only 98 total in such a scenario. points, an average of just No matter what, a victory 10.9 per game. would assure the Wildcats But lately, the Wildcats’ of their first .500 regular option ground game has season since 2003. been performing better, Between that and a including last week’s 14-7 possible playoff berth, victory over Discovery in coach Bob Swank said his which senior running back Wildcats are relishing the Deonte Miller ran for a opportunities in front of game-high 145 yards and a them, which have been rare touchdown on 21 carries to in recent years, but he also earn the Daily Post’s Fans knows that if they are to Choice Football Player of take advantage of such op- the Week. portunities, they will have “Last week, we kept the to earn it. chains moving a little,” “We’re excited to go Swank said. “We ran the into the last game with a ball the best we’ve run it all chance,” Swank said. “That season.” hasn’t happened in a long Sophomore quartertime at Duluth, … and back Jaiden Jones also has we’re looking forward to shown some growth after the opportunity. taking over the starting job “We’ve got to play our under center at the beginbest game of the year. Ofning of the season, includfensively, we have to find ing running for 71 yards on a way to move the chains, nine carries and completing move the football and put 4 of 6 passes last Friday.

But it’s been defense which has paced Duluth in particular in recent weeks, including last week, when the Wildcats held Discovery to just 171 total yards and got two big turnovers — Christian ThompsonBrown’s 99-yard pick-six that provided the eventual winning margin and Ellis Cummings’ interception in the red zone with less than a minute to seal the win.

They will have their hands full with a multitalented Mountain View offense that is paced by one of the county’s leading rushers in Davian Criss (177-1,119; 15 TDs), though the Bears have plenty of other weapons.

Like Jones, Luke Hennebaul has a grown into his role as starting quarterback, not only throwing for 1,076 yards and nine TDs, but also running for 527 more yards and two scores.

While there are many options, Kellogg is convinced the best chance for his Bears to get the win Friday is to keep things simple.

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Lions eye rematch Mendoza is Titans’ first qualifier vs. George Walton STATE CROSS COUNTRY

By Will Hammock

By Taylor Denman

taylor.denman @gwinnettdailypost.com

The Hebron Christian football team currently sits at No. 19 in the GHSA Class A-Private power ratings with one non-playoff game left on the schedule.

Tonight’s sub-region crossover game against George Walton isn’t for the region championship, but it’s perhaps the highest-leverage, non-playoff game of the season for Hebron.

A total of 0.13 points separate Hebron from a home playoff game in the first round of the state playoffs. The only way Hebron can move up in the power ratings is by beating George Walton, to which Hebron lost 35-14 on Sept.

7.

The top eight teams in Class A are each of the region champions, which will all be decided this weekend in the head-to-head games between sub-regions. The No. 9 through No. 16 teams in the power ratings will play the corresponding No. 17 through No. 24 teams with the lower seed hosting the first-round game.

Wesleyan and Savannah Country Day are tied at No. 16 — the final home playoff spot — with 11.38 points heading into their matchups against Truetlen and Trinity Christian, respectively.

Hebron, with 11.25 points, may need help from Savannah Country Day and Wesleyan’s opponents Friday night, but the decision is moot if Hebron can’t find a way to win.

“We’ve got a lot to play for,” head coach Jeff Saturday said.

“More than anything, if there’s anything you look at (on Hebron’s schedule) through the season, this team beat us soundly and in a convincing manner. They had our number, and had a good plan against us and executed it.”

George Walton didn’t receive votes for the Georgia Sports Writer’s association top-10 this week, which ranks all teams in Class A — private or public. It has spent time in local top-10 polls that separate private and public schools in Class A. It’s comfortable at No. 11 in GHSA’s power ratings.

•From Page 10A

Saturday was clear after the early-season loss to George Walton, he was not enthused by his team’s performance. George Walton led 21-0 in the first half against Hebron and the Lions struggled to pass effectively.

George Walton had three interceptions and the Lions were 12 of 24 for 93 yards in the game.

“We didn’t execute anything when you turn the tape on,” Saturday said. “I’m friends with all their coaches, and I felt like it would be a competitive game if we did anything decently.

You have to give credit to them because they make you play their style of game.”

It’s not every day a team gets to measure itself against a previous opponent in the same season.

Usually when that happens, it’s a more dire situation.

“We can at least measure, ‘Have we gotten better as a team?’ And rarely do you have that opportunity where it doesn’t cost the season,” Saturday said.

It begs the question, how will Hebron fare if it plays the more consistent brand of football that left the Lions within two points of region title contender Athens Academy last week?

The Lions were far more efficient passing with 215 yards passing and three touchdowns from quarterback Colten Gauthier in that game. Jeffrey Saturday caught all three touchdowns and had five catches for 207 yards.

Hebron has come excrutiatingly close to knocking off ranked opponents this season, but has always fallen short. The Lions lost by seven points to No. 2 Clinch County in the season opener and by three points to No. 6 Commerce, which decided the subregion play-in standings.

Hebron’s 16.33 points allowed per game this season is on pace to be the lowest in school history. If Hebron’s offense is as consistent as it was against Athens Academy, when the Lions worked their way back after trailing 22-7 in the third quarter, things will look good.

George Walton may not be ranked, but that likely won’t bother Hebron if the Lions are able to take down the Bulldogs on the road tonight.

Fates

The goal given to Sol Mendoza prior to the Area 4-AAAAAAA Championships seemed too lofty when she first heard it.

“I really think you have a shot make top 12 (at area), I really do,” first-year Discovery cross country head coach Jessica Ursprung said.

Sol Mendoza The sophomore, although hesitant at first, bought into her coach’s message in pre-meet training, then Ursprung kept a close eye on where her star runner was throughout the Oct. 20 race at the Georgia International Horse Park. While a number of the top runners were on teams that qualified because of their top finishes, the only hope for Mendoza to reach the state meet was a top-12 finish in a field of nearly 90 runners, many from established running powers like Brookwood, Mill Creek and North Gwinnett.

Mendoza looked strong from the start, putting her coach’s nerves on edge before placing 12th, right on the mark to make state. The performance made her Discovery’s first state qualifier in cross country.

“It was a huge surprise,” Ursprung said of the performance.

“Her first-mile split, a couple of girls were upfront with that lead pack, and I thought, ‘Oh man, she’s really going for it.’ She really went for what we were talking about. The second mile was knew I knew something really big was happening. The race before, the week before, she (had a personal best) at 21 (minutes), 42 (seconds).

It was the fastest two-mile spilt I’d seen her run all season. And at area, she was probably a good

40 seconds under that time at the two-miles split. I thought, ‘Oh, this is going to be really good or really bad this last mile.’”

It ended up being really good, making school history in the process.

Mendoza’s area time of 20:47.09 was her career best by nearly a minute, and was much faster than the 21:56.69 she ran on the same course a month earlier at the Gwinnett County Championships, where she placed 34th. It was well behind Mountain View senior Chloe Hetherington’s 19:14.51, but slightly under a minute off runner-up Reese Saddler of Brookwood.

“It was a good race,” said Mendoza, who was born in Mexico and moved to the U.S. for elementary school. “I started off good. I felt good throughout the race. …

Coach told me to not slow down, keep my pace.”

Mendoza has made great progress this season, only her second in the sport and first under Ursprung, a first-year teacher and former runner at North Gwinnett and North Georgia.

“I started my freshman year (in cross country),” Mendoza said. “My sister (Isis, a Discovery senior) got me into running cross country. … It just sounded fun and because my sister was doing it, she wanted me to do it, too.”

The training got serious under Ursprung, who leads 13 girls and 17 boys runners in her first season as a coach. All have improved, but Mendoza has produced results even more quickly than her teammates.

The young runner and coach often train together, though Ursprung admits she can’t keep up on Mendoza’s faster days.

“There’s a lot more accountability with the training for her and it’s definitely a different training schedule,” Ursprung said. “She

lifts weights twice a week and they never did that before. We keep low mileages with higher intensity to keep injuries down. That’s something I found successful when I was running. She has more accountability in the classroom and in room. She’s improved in all of that and in racing strategy.”

Mendoza runs the hilly course at Carrollton for the first time in Saturday’s Class AAAAAAA State Championships. While she isn’t fully sure what to expect, she likely will pace off the Gwinnett area runners she was near at the area meet.

That she already competed with some of the state’s best at the area meet is great preparation.

“It’s good because it pushes me more to keep up with them,” she said.

No matter where she finishes Saturday, it will be a breakthrough for the Titans’ running program, adding to the acclaim around school she has drawn already for being Discovery’s first state qualifier.

“I don’t know if she really fully grasps (how big of a deal it is) because it’s not really in her nature,” Ursprung said. “She’s a very quiet girl and she just ran before because she was kind of good at it. I don’t think she fully realized how big a deal it was until she started getting all this recognition. When she won Gwinnett County runner of the week (by the county’s coaches), I told her that day before we went to run together. I told her you won the award for all the girls in the county. She said, ‘For all the girls at Discovery?’ I said, ‘No, this is all of Gwinnett County.’

“She made the all-region team, so she’s kind of realizing now what she’s done. It’s good for her.

It’s making her realize what she’s capable of. She dropped a minute in a week, so who knows what this girl is capable of.”

Brown

•From Page 10A attempts. He carried the ball only eight times for 104 yards and two scores in last Friday’s win over Walnut Grove.

For the season, he has 1,269 yards and 18 TDs through nine games, as well as eight catches for 125 yards and another score.

“Not many high schools have an offensive line like (Buford),” Brown said. “It makes my job a lot

easier when they move the front back and make a hole a truck can drive through.”

Brown also has the skills to make plays when he has the opening. “(Assistant) Coach (Fyrone) Davis does such a good job building complete backs,” Ford said. “I really don’t think Derrian has many weaknesses. He’s good inside. He’s good outside. He can catch the ball.

He’s great in pass protection. He

knows the offense well. He just does so many little things well that it’s hard to find flaws in him.”

Buford has its usual high goals, the biggest being its first state championship since 2014. The program has 11 state titles, 10 since 2001, so that’s always the focus.

“I think we can go pretty far,” Brown said. “We have a chance to go back to the state championship.

It we will be a good process, a good journey.”

Daily Post Picks

The staff makes its predictions for this week’s prep football winners

WILL HAMMOCK

CHRISTINE TROYKE

DAVID FRIEDLANDER

Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

Collins Hill at Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Duluth at Mountain View

Mtn. View

Mtn. View

Mtn. View

Mtn. View

Mtn. View

Mtn. View

Fannin County at GAC

GAC

GAC

GAC

GAC

GAC

GAC

Gainesville at Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Grayson

Hebron at George Walton

George Walton

Hebron

George Walton

Hebron

Hebron

Hebron

Lakeside-DeKalb at Brookwood

Brookwood

Brookwood

Brookwood

Brookwood

Brookwood

Brookwood

Norcross at Meadowcreek

Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Parkview at Central Gwinnett

Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

Peachtree Ridge at Discovery

Discovery

Discovery

Discovery

Discovery

Discovery

P’tree Ridge

Archer

Archer

Archer

Archer

Archer

Archer

Providence

Providence

Providence

Providence

Providence

Providence

Trinity Christian at Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

Winder-Barrow at Dacula

Dacula

Dacula

Dacula

Dacula

Dacula

Dacula

Clarke Central at Buford

Grayson at South Gwinnett

Shiloh at Archer Towns County at Providence

TAYLOR DENMAN

SCOTT SMITH

Last week (overall) 10-3 (128-24) 11-2 (125-27) 11-2 (120-32) 11-2 (118-34) 10-3 (119-33)

DANI KUBIK WRIGHT*

8-5 (109-43)

*This week’s guest picker is Collins Hill grad Dani Kubik Wright, head girls basketball coach at Norcross High School.

s s

great region game to end the year.

“I think gaining momentum going into the playoffs is important as anything, too. It’s still about winning a football game. I think (Collins Hill) Coach (Lenny) Gregory will tell you that, too. …

When you get late in the year, you start pointing at this scenario and that scenario. I think it can be distracting. We’ve always tried to stay locked in on what we’re doing. I don’t go through all the scenarios with the kids. Obviously, they probably hear about some of them.

When we’re here, we’re talking strictly about what we’ve got to do to be successful in this game.”

On the other hand, Collins Hill (3-6, 3-2 region) wants to force Mill Creek into the tiebreaker scenario. But Gregory knows his team can’t worry about that situation unless it gets a win over the Hawks (6-3, 4-1).

“There are a lot of scenarios that could play out,” Gregory said.

“As far as the kids are concerned, we haven’t talked about anything but going 1-0 and cleaning up mistakes.”

Collins Hill has fought its way into the playoff conversation after a slow start against a difficult, non-region schedule. Like Mill Creek, the Eagles lost to region champion North Gwinnett. But they also lost last week 14-10 to a Mountain View team that Mill Creek defeated.

The latest showing was disappointing, largely because of selfinflicted errors.

“We can’t turn the ball over or have the penalties,” Gregory said. “You look at the personal fouls. Take those away and you take away the turnovers, that’s the difference in the game. I feel like Mountain View did a good job of not doing those things. They won the turnover battle and didn’t have penalties. Usually that results in a win and it did.

“What do you do now? It’s a new opponent. You go back to work, stress the importance of not making those mistakes. We can’t

beat Mill Creek making those mistakes. They’re a very disciplined football team.”

Collins Hill’s running game and physical defense continue to be keys to the team’s success. Jalen Johnson led the Eagles’ offense last week with 10 rushes for 72 yards and a score, and Tomari Fox stood out defensively with seven tackles (two for losses).

“You can take their record and throw it absolutely out the window,” Jarvis said of Collins Hill. “They are a very, very good football team. It doesn’t take you long to be impressed with them when you watch them on film.

By this time of the year, we’ve watched everyone else before you get ready to break them down, so I’ve watched their scores and some of their games.

“As impressive as they were, you start breaking them down and they’re better. They’re a very good football team. They’re physical.

They’re fun to watch play. Their kids play extremely hard. That’s a reflection of Coach Gregory and his staff.”

Mill Creek had an off week to heal and prepare for the finale, though 1,000-yard rusher Chancellor Lee-Parker is still questionable with an injury suffered early in the Mountain View game two weeks ago. The offense made up for his absence by involving Parker Wroble more in the running game and giving sophomore Josh Battle, a key member of the secondary, more time in Lee-Parker’s spot.

Wroble had 199 yards and two touchdowns on 19 offensive touches against Mountain View, and Battle rushed 23 times for 130 yards and three TDs. Battle also had a 20-yard catch from quarterback Baxley Harris, who had one of his best games of the season — 15 of 20 for 203 yards and a TD. “Mill Creek’s got a very good football team,” Gregory said.

“They’re physical, well-coached.

They don’t make mistakes. They’re great on defense. They play very hard on defense. And again, they’re disciplined. We’ve got to match that discipline if we can.”

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of STATE OF GEORGIA vs.

URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA and GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA, Civil Action File No. 18A-09107-4, in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, the same being a proceeding to confirm and validate the revenue bonds designated “Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County, Georgia Revenue Bonds (OFS Property Acquisition Project), Federally Taxable Series 2018” (the “Bonds”), in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $36,500,000, to be issued for the purpose of obtaining funds to finance the costs of acquiring an urban redevelopment project consisting of the acquisition of approximately 103 acres of land, together with the improvements and personal property thereon, located at the intersection of Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Crescent Drive located in Gwinnett County, Georgia and to finance related costs. In such proceeding the Court will also pass on the validity of the security for the payment of the Bonds, which consists of the Intergovernmental Contract (the “Contract”) between the Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County, Georgia (the “Agency”) and Gwinnett County, Georgia (the “County”), proposed to be executed in connection therewith. Pursuant to the terms of the Contract, the County will agree to (1) make payments to the Agency in amounts sufficient to enable the Agency to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds when due, and (2) levy an annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property located within the corporate limits of the County, at such rates, without limitation as to rate or amount, as may be necessary to produce in each year revenues that are sufficient to fulfill the County’s obligations under the Contract. All questions of law and fact pertaining to the right to issue the Bonds and to provide the security therefor will be heard and determined. Any citizen of the State of Georgia residing in Gwinnett County, Georgia, or any person wherever residing who has a right to object, may intervene and become a party to this proceeding.

WAIVER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY: NO PERFORMANCE AUDIT OR PERFORMANCE REVIEW UNDER SECTION 36-82-100 OF THE OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED SHALL BE CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO THE BONDS. This the 19th day of October 2018. /s/ Richard T. Alexander, Jr. Clerk, Superior Court of Gwinnett County 928-572581, 10/26,11/2

PUBLIC HEARINGS CITY OF SNELLVILLE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OPEN HOUSE The City of Snellville, Georgia is updating the city’s Comprehensive Plan. The 2040 Plan will be a revision to the City of Snellville 2030 Comprehensive Plan, which was completed and adopted in Feb 2009. The Comprehensive Plan is a citywide blueprint and an important tool for guiding future decision about where and how to manage population growth and development within the city.

Snellville officials will hold a drop-in open house from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, November 8, 2018 in the Community Room at Snellville City Hall, 2342 Oak Road, Snellville where the public can view highlights and drafts of the updated 2040 Comprehensive Plan and Towne Center Livable Centers Initiative Plan and share their thoughts about these plans and future of Snellville as the city plans for the next 20 years. Participants are welcome to stop by at any time during this openhouse event.

Additional information can be viewed on the City of Snellville website at www. snellville2040.org.

928-573041, 10/28,11/2 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE 2005 PT Cruiser 3C8FY58B95T528117 The above vehicle was left for diagnostics and/or repair and is presently located at Tran’s Auto Repair, 4757 Buford Hwy, Norcross, Ga 30071. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A.40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed by owner or lien holder within 10 days of this notice.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia law.

928-574186, 11/2,9 STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE INC. 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE NORCROSS, GA 30071 PHONE: 770-381-1140 FAX: 770-935-9651 ABANDONED VEHICLES: RE: Tractor Axle SERIAL # NONE LICENSE PLATE NO. NO TAG COLOR BLACK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above item was initially removed from Highway 316 Westbound And Interstate 85 Southbound in Duluth, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-381-1140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The item is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. RE: 2011 Bashan Scooter VIN LHJTLBBNXBB001656 LICENSE PLATE NO. No Tag COLOR Red TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above scooter was initially removed from The Commons at Briarwood Park located at 3510 Buford Highway in Atlanta, Georgia. It is presently located at 770-3811140 at 2775 Simpson Circle in Norcross, Georgia, in possession of Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The motorcycle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed.

This notice is given pursuant to Georgia Law. 928-574181, 11/2,9,16 NOTICE The City of Norcross hereby gives notice that the Mayor and Council of the City of Norcross intend to amend Article V, Sections 5.10, 5.12, 5.13 and 5.14 of the City Charter for the City of Norcross by ordinance as provided in O.C.G.A. 36-35-3 (b); by Replacing the term “chapter 3 of title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the “Georgia Municipal Election Code” (O.C.G.A. § 21-3-1 et seq.)” with the term “chapter 2 of Title 21 of the O.C.G.A., the “Georgia Election Code,” O.C.G.A. § 21-2-1 et seq.)”

A copy of the proposed amendment is on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Norcross and in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County for the purpose of examination and inspection by the public.

9 2 8 - 5 7 1 7 0 4 , 10/19,26,11/2 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on November 7, 2018, at 12:00 P.M., at the Gwinnett County Courthouse in the City of Lawrenceville Georgia, Judge Randolph Rich in Courtroom 3B of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County will hear the case o

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: New Location: 5580 Peachtree Rd, Chamblee, GA 30341 Month, Day, Year: 10/04/2018 at Time: 4:00 PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 1999 GMC SIERRA / 1GTEC19T8XZ529587 929-572921, 10/26,11/2 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: Location: 3293 LA VENTURA DR CHAMBLEE GA 30341 Month, Day, Year: 10/09/2018 at 3:15pm The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 2011 CADILLAC CTS / 1G6DA5EY7B0112651 929-572316, 10/31, 11/7 There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Willard Wrecker Service, 719 W Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30618, on November 10, 2018 at 11:00 AM, the following vehicles declared abandoned or foreclosed vehicles pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 40-11-05, as follows: Year; Make; Model; VIN 1 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1 J 4 G X 48S71C657394 2 2005 Hyosung GT650 KM4MP578851600852 3 2007 Honda Accord 1HGCM665X7A001458 4 1998 Trailer 146603310 5 2011 Chevrolet Aveo KL1TD5DE1BB187980 6 2011 Toyota Prius JTDKN3DU7B0280673 7 2005 Chevrolet Aveo KL1TD52635B410343 8 2005 Chevrolet Ta h o e 1GNEC13T15R162786 9 2012 Chevrolet Cruze 1G1PM5SC3C7269489 10 1996 Ford Explorer 1FMDU32X1TZA94368 11 2007 Ford Edge 2FMDK39C57BB19547 12 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 1B7HC16Y2VJ500644 13 2003 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR32EX3Z047232 14 2004 Ford Explorer 1FMDU73K84ZA25592 15 2005 Dodge Durango 1D4HD48N45F530574 16 2007 Kia Sportage KNDJF724377430294 17 2006 BMW 325Ci WBABD33436PL09195 18 2006 Nissan 350Z JN1AZ36A66M480447 19 1998 Ford Explorer 1FMZU32PXWZA52601 20 2005

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F-650 Super Ford 3 F R N Duty F65RX5V109601 2008 21 Ninja 250R Kawasaki JKAEXMJ118DA07864 2003 22 F-150 Ford 1FTRW07L23KC59720 2005 23 Miata Mazda JM1NB353950413014 2007 24 Mazda3 Mazda JM1BK32F671676625 2016 25 NV1500 Nissan 1N6BF0KM1GN806737 1994 26 VS1400 Suzuki JS1VX51L9R2103713 2008 27 F-250 Super Ford 1 F T S Duty X20R98EC23361 2003 28 Express Chevrolet 1GBJG31U231109629 2006 29 Mitsubishi Lancer JA3AJ26E06U070498 2004 30 Mazda3 Mazda JM1BK12F041166416 2001 31 S-10 Chevrolet 1GCCS195X18236203 1998 32 3.5 RL Acura JH4KA9685WC007880 2005 33 G35 Infiniti JNKCV54E75M409564 2009 34 Sebring Chrysler 1C3LC46B69N536959 2004 35 Envoy XUV GMC 1GKET12P046150811 2017 36 200 Chrysler 1C3CCCAG5HN505763 1995 37 Avalon Toyota 4T1GB10E5SU061118 1998 38 Civic Honda 1HGEJ6679WL029810 39 Chevrolet 2004 Silverado K150 1GCEK14X74Z203529 929-572646, 10/26,11/2

2012 Jonway 150cc Eagle Scooter L8YTCKPX8CY500272

There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Willard Wrecker Service, 719 W Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30618, on November 17, 2018 at 11:00 AM, the following vehicles declared abandoned or foreclosed vehicles pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 40-11-05, as follows: Ye a r # Model Make VIN 2009 1 Accord Honda JHMCP26879C014604 2005 2 Express Chevrolet 1GAHG35U251166560 2001 3 Mitsubishi Galant 4A3AA46G71E229855 2014 4 Accord Honda 1HGCR2F56EA013629 2004 5 Cavalier Chevrolet 1G1JF14F447199518 1993 6 Q45 Infiniti JNKNG01C2PM223944 1999 7 Taurus Ford 1FAFP53U8XA296235 1998 8 Civic Honda 1HGEJ8649WL049900 2003 9 Volkswagen Passat WVWWH63B03E303323 2007 10 328i BMW WBAWB33557PV71043 2008 11 535i BMW WBANW13508CZ81410 2013 12 Optima Kia 5XXGM4A71DG203568 2004 13 Rendezvous Buick 3G5DA03EX4S525143 2001 14 Sable Mercury 1MEFM55SX1A627336 1996 15 240SX Nissan JN1AS44D7TW056198 2003 16 Navigator Lincoln 5LMFU27R03LJ28295 2006 17 Impala Chevrolet 2G1WD58C469296156 1993 18 SL1 Saturn 1G8ZH5597PZ304964 2001 19 Expedition Ford 1FMRU15W81LA58173 1995 20 Legend Acura JH4KA7668SC010575 2006 21 Camper Cardinal 4X4TCAG296G087828 2012 22 Sentra Nissan 3N1AB6AP2CL717474 2008 23 Camry Toyota 4T1BE46K78U223811 2003 24 525i BMW WBADT43443GY98285 2007 25 Camry Solara Toyota 4T1FA38P87U130049 2001 26 Town Car Lincoln 1LNHM82W31Y611677 2006 27 Sorento Kia KNDJD733765640872 2001 28 S-Type Jaguar SAJDA01N31FL87605 2010 29 Malibu Chevrolet 1G1ZC5E05AF193676 2003 30 G35 Infiniti JNKCV51E43M333559 1998 31 Altima Nissan 1N4DL01D8WC240985 2004 32 Sonata Hyundai KMHWF25H24A980832 1995 33 Integra Acura JH4DC4361SS029125 2005 34 Yamaha Motor .

J Y A R YZF-R6 J06E95A030215 2007 35 Accord Honda 1HGCM56887A210976 2014 36 Altima Nissan 1N4AL3APXEN255392 1994 37 Grand CheroJeep 1J4GZ78Skee 6RC249945 2001 38 Oldsmobile Silhouette 1GHDX03E31D333513 2004 39 Pacifica Chrysler 2C8GM68454R615599 2007 40 Cobalt Chevrolet 1G1AZ58FX77100018 1998 41 Accord Honda 1HGCG554XWA272447 2014 42 Ninja 300 Kawasaki JKAEX8B17EA001728 1999 43 Accord Honda 1HGCG5648XA143607 44 2001 Kia Sportage KNDJB723915015504 45 2007 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR32E27Z832169 46 2002 Acura RSX JH4DC54862C039617 47 2003 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11E43C193015 48 2003 Ford F-150 1FTRX17273NB27013 49 2006 Mercury Mountaineer 4M2EU38846UJ16643 50 2006 Nissan Armada 5N1AA08A76N723835 51 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1 J 4 H S48N15C717785 52 2006 Audi A 3 WAUMF78P86A110840 53 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser 3A8FY68B36T209457 54 1999 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR12E9XZ142584 55 2004 Nissan Maxima 1N4BA41E94C882769 56 1999 Chevrolet Express 1GCFG25W9X1052603 57 2003 Audi A 4 WAULC68E63A267078

Interested bidders may visit the GovDeals website at www.govdeals.com for questions and registration.

Said sale will occur through the GovDeals on line website at www.govdeals. com. Bidding will commence on Monday, November 19th at 09:00 a.m. Any remaining vehicles will be held over for a subsequent auction every Monday thereafter until all vehicles are sold.

Such sale shall be to the highest responsible bidder in an “as is” condition with no warranties of any nature, either expressed or implied, either as to merchantable title, quality or performance, and the City of Duluth shall have the right to reject any and all bids, or to cancel the proposed sale.

The following are for sale: Year Make Model Vin# 2005 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WF55K359208282 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS57M791204184 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS57M191202933 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS57M291202097 2007 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS55R479255929 2008 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS553189222464 2009Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS57M991202310 _____________________

MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH 2018@ 1:00PM 2001 Acura MDX 2HNYD18231H527735 2005 Audi A6 WAUDL74F75N034508 2001 BMW 740il WBAGH83471DP27289 2003 Chevrolet Suburban 3GNEC16Z33G210981 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer 1GNDT13S972233103 2009 Chevrolet HHR 3GNCA53V89S605458 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt 1G1AL15F677166032 2002 Chevrolet Blazer 1GNCS13W32K146663 2006 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT58K369207221 2003 Chevrolet Express 1GAHG39U631178671 2007 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WB58K079399430 2006 Chrysler Town and Country 2A8GP54L66R773140 2008 Dodge Magnum 2D4FV47T38H144025 2005 Dodge Stratus 1B3EL46R25N675581 2002 Dodge Durango 1B4HR38N82F176642 2007 Ford Five Hundred 1FAHP25127G161730 2003 Ford Expedition 1FMPU17L33LC43602 2008 Ford Fusion 3FAHP06Z58R235824 2000 Ford F-150 1FTRX07LXYKA06827 2000 Ford E-350 1FDWE35L9YHA47861 2003 Ford Explorer 1FMZU73K23ZA08596 1991 GMC Sierra 1500 2GTEC19K3M1535339 2000 GMC Jimmy 1GKCS13W5Y2173711 2005 Honda Pilot 5FNYF18645B015528 2004 Honda Civic 1HGEM22964L009390 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe 5NMSH13E68H203064 2010 Hyundai Accent KMHCN4AC7AU466187 2003 Infiniti M45 JNKAY41E83M002119 2003 Jaguar S Type SAJEA01U23HM85978 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GW58N81C630448 2006 Jeep Commander 1J8HH48N46C145948 1999 Lexus RX300 JT6HF10U5X0053370 2004 Mazda Mazda6 JM1BK343X41134703 1990 Nissan 300ZX JN1RZ26A3LX010917 2001 Nissan Xterra 5N1ED28Y71C525875 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix 2G2WP552061135560 2006 Pontiac G6 1G2ZG558X64185968 2005 Pontiac Bonneville 1G2HZ54Y95U229920 1997 Toyota Tacoma 4TAVL52NXVZ282701 2001 Toyota Camry JT2BG28K010535989 2006 Toyota Avalon 4T1BK36B66U117513 2007 Volkswagen Jetta 3VWPF71K17M068026 9 2 9 - 5 7 1 9 3 4 , 10/21,26,11/2 THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 17, 2018. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 17 NOVEMBRE 2018 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www. swsatlanta.com 2006 Chevrolet Aveo KL1TG66616B669745 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer 1GNDS13S472204031 2006 Ford Fusion 3FAFP07196R189783 2002 Ford Taurus 1FAHP56S52G116685 2009 Infiniti G37 JNKCV61E69M301873

2013 Nissan Altima 1N4AL3AP7DN492260 2007 Chevrolet Express 1GCGG25V071222469 2011 Toyota Camry 4T4BF3EK8BR209289 2003 Honda Accord 1HGCM56333A047247 1997 Nissan Pathfinder JN8AR05YXVW119398 1999 Chevrolet S-10 1GCCS14W5X8212884 1997 GMC Savana 1GDHG31R5V1041587 2011 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZB5E14BF150590 2002 Honda CR-V JHLRD68442C001341 2010 Chrysler Town and Country 2A4RR5D17AR350935 2007 BMW 750i WBAHL83527DT07895 1995 Toyota 4Runner JT3VN29V7S0058146 2004 BMW 325i WBAET37444NJ95324 2004 Nissan Quest 5N1BV28U44N331228 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander JA4MS31XX7Z019745 1998 Acura Integra JH4DC4357WS003738 2003 Cadillac Deville 1G6KD54Y13U130315 2003 Isuzu Axiom 4S2DF58X234602754 Go Cart NO VIN 2008 Hyundai Sonata 5NPET46C98H316839 1997 Toyota Camry JT2BG22K7V0023645 2009 Dodge Charger 2B3KA43D09H520074 2000 Chrysler 300M 2C3HE66G0YH190485 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 3B7HC13Y3XG100407 2004 Lincoln LS 1LNHM87A14Y685875 1996 Toyota Camry 4T1BF12K5TU124432 2000 Ford Taurus 1FAFP5527YA220504 1997 Ford Explorer 1FMDU32E3VUC94344 2007 Nissan Altima 1N4AL21E47N429131 2002 Ford Focus 1FAFP34P22W156920 2005 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR32E05Z479332 2004 Arctic Cat ATV RFLWA09C15A003607 1998 Lincoln Town Car 1LNFM82W7WY691984 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac 1FMZU67E83UC50255 *** REBUILT *** 2006 Ford Focus 1FAFP34N06W247995 1998 Chevrolet C1500 2GCEC19R7W1154237 2003 Ford Ranger 1FTYR44V83PA79581 *** PARTS/SCRAP/DERELICT *** 2001 Ford F150 1FTRX07LX1KF07397 2006 Nissan Altima 1N4BL11E06N378336 2001 Mazda Tribute 4F2YU07161KM40221 2011 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZD5E14BF268486 2007 Toyota Yaris JTDBT923571164456 1998 Toyota Camry 4T1BG22KXWU252320 929-574184, 11/2,9,16

LIVE AUCTION ONE FACILITY – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Extra Space Storage #1799 530 Athens Hwy, Loganville, GA 30052 November 21, 2018 @ 1:00 pm Terri Alexander A167 Househols items Shawnee Howard A197 couch only Tyrone Anderson B131 household goods Craig Voltolin A146 household furniture, washer, dryer, dinette set, bedroom furniture Marcia Blair C133 Storing three rooms of furniture and boxes Charise Frye C144 Household Furnitures Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-574177, 11/2,9

929-574188, 11/2,9 CITY OF DULUTH NOTICE OF DISPOSITION OF MUNICIPAL PROPERTY Pursuant to Section 36-376 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and Article VI, Section 6.31, of the Duluth Charter, please be advised that the City of Duluth shall sell at public sale by on-line bidding to the highest bidder, 13 vehicles.

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Year Make Model Vin# 2012 Chevrolet Cruze 1G1PD5SH6C7273791 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS57MX91201392 2007Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS55R879253021 2002 Dodge Durango 1B4HS38N92F156078 2010 Dodge Charger 2B3AA4CT8AH250986 Filed for advertisement November 2, 2018 City Clerk Teresa S. Lynn 929-574124, 11/2 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belongings to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 5151 Annistown Road Stone Mountain GA. 30087 770-469-5363 November 21, 2018 10:00 AM UNIT NAME ITEMS 429 Jacquelyn Wright Personal Items 382 LaTay Mays Full bed mattress and boxes tv 238 Paul Smith 10x20 king size bed dinning couch loveseat Queen size bed boxes 514 Christopher Gonsalves House Hold Goods 234 Debran Adams lawn equipment 547 Avis Evon Edwards House hold goods and furniture 113 Christopher Phillips 3 bedroom house general household goods 505 Tameka Fletcher wants a 10x30 4 bedroom about 2 couches 273 Torone Ezechiels bed dresser boxes chair night stand chest of draws 195 Devontae Morgan house hold goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-572785, 11/2,9 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction on 11/21/2018 at 11:00AM at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: Extra Space Storage 3942 Us-78 Snellville, GA 30039 770.891.1688 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

Unit # Name: Items storing: 618 Kimberly Smith Household Furniture 720 Mildred Allen boxes 724 Joy Hopson boxes, bags, totes 502 Darryn Elensky Household goods 546 Jasmine Johnson household goods 350 Keith Taylor household goods 694 Melvin Harris bed dresser boxes house hold goods 307 Mikesha Marshall desk boxes house hold goods 335 Lacy Sims Household items 748 Tanja Workman Household Goods 190 Roletta Walker Household goods 220 Trevor Mckinnon queen bed, dresser, boxes 431 Stephanie Brown 2 mattresses, love seat, boxes 476 Ebony Nelson mattress, pool table washer dryer misc items, tv..fmfree coming today Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-574060, 11/2,9 Lawrenceville Safe Storage will have auctions.

On Thursday November 8, 2018 at 2:00 pm, For the following units.

Cynthia Robertson Unit #001 Jimmy Cox Unit#13 Hasnijh Suljie Unit#55 Carlos Aldaba Unit #77 929-572777, 10/26,11/2

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3220 Centerville Hwy Snellville, Georgia 30039 770.680.3520 November 21,2018 12:00 PM The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

L126 – Patrick Coverson – Mattress, Boxes, Fan O127 – Steven Langston – Computer, Boxes, Baby car seat G109 – Stephen Whitaker – Bed, Mattress, Table I108 – Beverly Armstead Covington – Bags, Boxes, Totes O109 – Desiree Lee – Dresser, Boxes, Totes, File Cabinet, Luggage B110 – Bryanna Hollingsworth – Bed, Couch, Tire F1076 – Willie Mayo – Bags, Boxes, Pictures, Totes I130 – Marvin Jones – Water Tank, Tool Box F1151 – Jerica Zeller – Dresser, Mattress, Washer, Bags, Boxes, Totes, Living Room Set F1209 – Lewis Kemp – Mattress, TV, Bags, Boxes, Totes, Tool Box F1166 – Angelina Mucci – Armoire, Chair, Couch, Dresser, Boxes G102 – Catrece Martinez – Bed, Chair, Couch, Dresser, Mattress, Freezer F1053 – Latavia Pickett – Bags, Bicycle, Boxes, Toys J106–Tiffany White – Bed, Chair, Couch, TV, Bags, Totes J137 – Shemika White – Bed, Chair, Dining Set, Mattress, Table, Computer, TV, Toys G112 – Timothy M. Harris – Bed, Chair, Washer, Dryer, Boxes N105 – Jessica Bland – Armoire, Chair, Couch, Shoes H134 – Natasha McKnight – Bed, Totes, Washer, Dryer K100 – Tonny Flomo – Door Mats, Household Items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-572036, 11/2,9

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE INC. 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE NORCROSS, GA 30071 PHONE: 770-381-1140 FAX: 770-935-9651 THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON NOVEMBER 03, 2018. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE ABANDONED DECLARED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 03 NOVEMBRE 2018 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION www.

770-381-1140 swsatlanta.com 2013 Kia Optima 5XXGN4A79DG117485 2014 Volkswagen Jetta 3VW2K7AJ4EM234498 2013 Chevrolet Cruze 1G1PC5SB6D7204843 2016 Kia Rio KNADM4A30G6603363 2005 Ford F-150 1FTRX12WX5NB56907 2012 Dodge Avenger 1C3CDZCB3CN208730 2001 Honda Accord 1HGCG16441A032634 2000 Toyota Camry 4T1BG22K4YU664364 1991 Homemade Trailer T245888 (Boat Trailer – No Boat) 2011 Toyota Camry 4T1BF3EK6BU613962 2008 Dodge Charger 2B3KA43R28H194501 1997 Nissan Maxima JN1CA21D3VM524690 2006 Infiniti M35x JNKAY01F46M262118 2012 Ford Focus 1FAHP3M26CL150747 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WB57K691104236 2001 Mercedes-Benz E320 WDBJF65J01B376628

Scotty’s Thrifty Storage– Norcross, shall conduct a public sale on the following units at 3120 Medlock Bridge Rd., Building K, Suite 100, Norcross, GA 30071. Auction will take place at 12:00 p.m., November 27, 2018.

Unit k191–Kenneth Coleman Unit is said to contain a metal file cabinet, ladder, large metal tool box, garden tools, rug, small refrigerator, old golf clubs, wood cabinet, and miscellaneous boxes.

Unit k172–Maryan Aiken Unit is said to contain a printer, step stool, luggage, table, chairs, clothes, and miscellaneous boxes.

Unit k256–Eric Johnson Unit is said to contain bar stools, wooden dresser, refrigerator, wooden table, tool box, rug, folding chairs, and miscellaneous boxes.

929-574121, 11/2,9 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE In accordance with Georgia Law Chapter 40-11-5 the following vehicles have been deemed abandoned and will be sold at a public sale on 1128-18 @ 3:00 Said Vehicles are located at: 3580 BUFORD HWY #A DULUTH, GA 30096 VIN# WAUAF78E17A008380 2007 AUDI A-4 Sale will be held at 11:30 on 11-28-18 Location: 1200 Commerical Court Norcross Ga. 30093 VIN# WAUHFAFLODN023308 2013 AUDI A-4 VIN# WDBRF61J82F273301 2002 MER-BNZ C240 VIN# 4JGBF22E6A335261 2008 MER-BNZ GL320 Sale will be held: 1:30 on 11-28-18 Location: 4216 Buford Hwy, Duluth, Ga. 30096 VIN # 1D7HA18P37J562542 2007 DODGE RAM VIN# 1FMRU1563YLB41181 2000 FORD EXPEDITION

2003 Chevrolet Suburban 1GNEC16Z13J108481 2007 Ford Fusion 3FAHP08137R177623 2004 Toyota Sienna 5TDZA23C34S153870 Dump Bed NO VIN 2008 Nissan Altima 1N4AL21E88N519674 2011 Dodge Charger 2B3CL3CG2BH534583 1997 Toyota Camry JT2BG22K6V0011132 2004 Honda CRF80 Dirtbike JH2HE01004K310668 2001 Ford Expedition 1FMRU15L21LB64284 2006 Mercury Milan 3MEFM07Z26R651849 2005 BMW 330i WBAEV53485KM39751 2004 Chrysler Concorde 2C3HD36M54H673391 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix 2G2WP552X71189918 2004 Pontiac Grand Am 1G2NV52E74M620506 1998 Toyota Camry JT2BF28KXW0127414 2003 Mitsubishi Galant 4A3AA46G83E060254 2008 Toyota Camry Solara 4T1CE30P28U766549 2001 Ford E-350 Super Duty 1FTSE34L01HA89751 2006 Acura 3.2 TL 19UUA66236A050664 1994 Honda Accord 1HGCD5547RA020653 2003 Honda Odyssey 5FNRL18653B063890 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit WVWBS71K97W227691 1998 Infiniti I30 JNKCA21A1WT606619 2004 BMW 325i WBAEV33494KL63394

Sale will be held 10:00 on 11-28-18

1992 Nissan Pickup 1N6SD11SXNC379353

Location: 422 W Pike Street Lawrenceville, Ga. 30046

1998 Ford Expedition 1FMPU18L8WLB15987

929-568930, 9/28,10/5

1999 Volvo C70 YV1NC56D6XJ003021

NOTICE OF SALE There will be sold at public auction on 9 of November 2018 at 11:00 am the following vehicle at F A AUTO SALES INC, 3532 Lawrencweville Hwy, Tucker, GA. 30084, ,2012 Toyota Corolla, VIN: 2T1BU4EE8CC825237; JK AUTO SERVICE & BROKERS LLC, 3194 Tucker Norcross Rd., Tucker, GA. 30084, 2010 VW CC, VIN: WVWMN7AN4AE530739; declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 40-11-5.

929-572485, 10/26,11/2 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: Location: 5580 NEW PEACHTREE RD, CHAMBLEE, GA 30341 Month, Day, Year: 10/18/2018 at 1:45PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 2004 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT / WVWRH63B14P142273/ 929-572833 10/31, 11/7

1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1G3WH12M6SD314305 2000 Chrysler Concorde 2C3HD36JXYH248468 2002 Honda CR-V JHLRD78862C063042 9 2 9 - 5 7 2 0 3 1 , 10/21,26,11/2

PUBLIC AUCTION Notice of Abandonment and Sale in accordance with O.C.G.A. 40-11 the following vehicles have been declared abandoned and will be sold at Public Action to the highest and best bidder for cash only. The auction will be held on November 13, 2018 at 10:00a.m., 3210 Main St W, Snellville GA 30078, phone (678) 691-9166. Review 9:30 a.m..

2005 Nissan Titan VIN:1N6BA07A05N558720 929-572499, 11/2, 11/9

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gwinnettdailypost.com PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST 2018@ 1:00PM 2008 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT58K389276588 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT57N591137168 2012 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZC5E06CF118066 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser 3A4FY48B26T233223 Dodge Charger 2006 2B3KA43R96H314405 2008 Dodge Avenger 1B3LC56K38N299297 Dodge Stratus 2006 1B3AL46TX6N219811 Ford Explorer 2000 1FMZU62X9YZC20202 2005 Ford Five Hundred 1FAFP24105G170240 Ford F150 1988 1FTDF15Y0JNB63059 Ford Excursion 2000 1FMNU40S6YEA84824 Ford Mustang 2008 1ZVHT84N985198345 Honda Civic 2006 2HGFG12816H534046 2001 Honda Odyssey 2HKRL18671H569123 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GW48S51C567227 Kia Optima 2008 KNAGE123885225100 Lexus RX300 2000 JT6GF10U9Y0060531 2004 Lincoln Navigator 5LMFU27R24LJ01553 2002 Nissan Maxima JN1DA31AX2T001569 Nissan Altima 2006 1N4AL11D06N423245 Nissan Xterra 2002 5N1ED28T32C557597 Nissan Quest 2007 5N1BV28U87N115242 Toyota Corolla 2003 2T1BR38E03C111710 Toyota Camry 2000 4T1BG22K5YU194099 1997 Pace Arrow Utility 4FPFB1016VG020295 2003 MTI Tandem Trailer 404TB212831002440 Trailer 1959 CA504892 1978 Volkswagen Beetle 1582044103 Volvo S40 2005 YV1MH682052098889 Volvo S70 2000 YV1LS61J6Y2659986 929-574180, 11/2,9,16 The following rooms will be sold at the public auction starting at 3653 Memorial Dr Decatur Ga, 30032. The auciton will be on Nov 6, 2018 starting at 8:30a.m. starting 3653 Memorial Dr Dec Ga, 30032 Uhaul International PO Box 21505 Phoenix Az, 85036 3653 Memorial Dr Dec Ga, 30032 404-286-9752 776028 Shantay Patman 1503 776028 Who Who 2026 776028 Tanya Callaway AA6766C 776028 CHRISTY PARK AA0773T 776028 aqueelah copeland 1140 776028 TANYA ROGERS AA0893T 776028 JORDAN CHAMBERS AA7879B 776028 JENNIFER DELFINO AA0982T 776028 Ty Gaines 1619 776028 BELINDA ADAMS V050 776028 DAVID SAYRES AA0999T 776028 Audrey morgan 1032 776028 CHRISTY PARK AA0804T 776028 trabius duggan 2259 776028 Audrey morgan 2215 776028 LUTHER JOHNSON 1044 776028 Tanya Callaway AA4413G 776028 Alton Brown 2418 776028 MARANDA WELCH 051568 776028 RAQUEL HILL AA0824T 776028 JORDAN CHAMBERS AA6858D 776028 JORDAN CHAMBERS AA5003E 776028 STARLENE ANDERSON AA0979T 776028 JORDAN CHAMBERS AA6437B 776028 Beatrice pleasant 1639 776028 john johnson 1249 2885 Clairmont Rd Ne Atl Ga, 30329 404-315-0681 776034 DANIEL EVANS A242 776034 YAA BOATENG G007 776034 Jonathan Martin A277 776034 COCOMONTI HOWARD A337 776034 George Torres B305 776034 James Evans D007 776034 Cedric Brown B354 776034 GWENDOLEN BIVINS A379 776034 BROOKE VAN DYKE B399 776034 Elmer Ibarra A114 776034 Who Room A348 2175 Piedmont Rd Ne Atl Ga, 404-815-0262 776035 Keyani Loftin B427 776035 Willie Simmons A390 776035 24 hour Roadside Hawks C008 776035 24 hour Roadside Hawks C005 776035 24 hour Roadside Hawks C006 776035 24 hour Roadside Hawks C210 776035 24 hour Roadside Hawks B007 300 Peters St Sw Atl Ga, 30313 404-681-0502 776053 RONALD UTLEY 6020

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS

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776053 JAMES ARMOUR 3076 776053 Britney Henderson 4627 776053 paxton thornton 4327-31 776053 GARY HUGGINS 2206 776053 JAMES JACKSON 4426 776053 Yvonne Cook 6407 776053 PATRICIA BANKS 4517-19 776053 Paul Sanchez AA3212E 776053 letonya johnson 1712 776053 barbara perry 1617 776053 JAMES JACKSON 4414 776053 who room 4622 776053 Lashonda Anderson 6083 776053 Sarobi Lowe 4901 776053 Stanley Phillips 2421 776053 IVORY FRENCH 3258 776053 ERIC JOHNSON 4904 776053 walchina hollman 6215-17 776053 sarah george 4714 776053 richard holloway 4983 776053 nana condua 6614 776053 BRANDON BEST 4967 776053 Martha Whitehead 3273 776053 kevin white 4620 776053 MICHAEL JOHNSON 4708 776053 Jasmine Tate 6080 776053 Lacorey Powell 4703 776053 Akeria Lumsden 6061 776053 Chante Knox 1716 776053 Brett Siegel 3045 776053 Phillip Nelson Jr 4906 776053 SANDRA GREEN 1213 776053 Lashonda Anderson 3172 2866 Forrest Hills Dr Sw Atl Ga, 30315 404-768-0781 776060 Brandy Harris P07 776060 martintha satterwhite 3074 776060 diane browning 0107 776060 adriana WILLIAMS 3082 776060 Candee Evans 1031 776060 JASON WATSON 3223 776060 JAMES TOLLIVER 3011 776060 360 CAFE 3124 776060 TYRONE MAZE 1044 776060 Krystal Johnson 1010 776060 Mariandoe Edwards 3072 4374 Thurman Rd Forest Park Ga, 30297 404-3663620 776054 YUDORA THOMPSON 1221 776054 Kamala Creighton 1621 776054 Marcella Arceneaux 1513 776054 MICHEAL BRACKETT 1222 776054 STEPHEN CHAMBLISS C5 776054 Thomasina Roach 1137-39 2951 NE Expressway Chamblee Ga, 30341 770458-8353 776058 Ebony Wright 2323 776058 Aldo Yruela 2321 776058 GAYLA WILLIAMS 1105 4540 Washington Rd College Park Ga, 30337 404763-0000 776084 EDDIE THOMPSON 0721 776084 marnet ali 0332 776084 corey chapron 0120 776084 MARCUS DEMETRICE BUCHANAN 0533 776084 SONYA STEPHENS 0844 776084 Gabrielle Todd 0109 776084 eric johnson 0777 776084 martina bass 0213 776084 Tyra Boles 0726 929-572490, 10/26,11/2

MCCULLOUGH TOWING 4431 BUFORD HWY NORCROSS, GA 30071 770-263-8483 10/22/18 NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE The following vehicle, advertised to O.C.G.A.Code Section 40-11-12, is being stored at 4431 Buford Hwy, Norcross, Ga. 30071. 770263-8483.

This vehicle is being deemed abandoned and will be auctioned or disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner and or lien holder.

The Vehicle was impounded from 100 Saratoga Dr, Alpharetta Ga on 10/12/18, at the request of the property owner or manager.

Scooter VIN# L9NTE9G74E1006929 No Tag 929-572634, 10/26,11/2

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: Location: CHAMBLEE GA 30341 Month, Day, Year: 3:15PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 2017 Toyota Corolla / 2T1BURHE4HC804823 929-572315, 10/31, 11/7

ZONINGS ApRZR2018-00028, plicant: Michael J. Caswell, Owner: DWE Investments LLLP, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5326 002, R5326 025 and R5344 031, RA-200 to R-75; Single-Family Subdivision, 2500 Block of Bold Springs Road, 58.55 Acres.

District 3/Hunter ApRZR2018-00030, plicant: Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owners: Charles William Nix and James E. Nix, Jr., Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5133 005 and 030, RA-200 and R-100 to R-SR; Senior Oriented Residences, 300 Block of Cooper Road and 500 Block of Hope Hollow Road, 52.07 Acres. District 3/Hunter P&D BOC TBL 11-27

FULL TIME

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TEACHERS WANTED Gwinnett County School System Positions available throughout Gwinnett County

ZONINGS GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2018 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 The following Rezoning, Change-in-Conditions, Special Use Permit and other items of business, located within Unincorporated Gwinnett County, are scheduled for public hearings as stated above. Site plans, legal descriptions, and other information are available in the office of the Planning Division, 446 West Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

RZM2018-00011, Applicant: Casgwyn Construction, LLC, Owner: Realestate Remarketing, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R6062 007, R-100 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 1900 Block of Pucketts Drive, 4.47 Acres. District 2/Howard RZR2018-00021, Applicant: Pulte Group, Inc. c/o Alliance Engineering and Planning, Owners: Janice F. Lee, Whitney Corbin Lee, and Brenda Corbin Lee c/o Alliance Engineering and Planning, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R6108 007, 201, 272 and 273, R-100 and RA-200 to OSC; Single-Family Subdivision, 3500 Block of River Drive, 21.8 Acres. District 2/ Howard RZR2018-00022, Applicant: GCIP SIX, LLC, c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: GCIP SIX, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5127 090 and R5128 002, R-100 to OSC; Single-Family Subdivision, 3900 Block of Lake Carlton Road, 55.23 Acres. District 3/Hunter RZC2018-00014, Applicant: Fuqua Acquisitions II, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: WB Holdings-Gwinnett, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7146 004 and 004B, C-2, O-I and RA-200 to MU-R; Regional Mixed-Use Development, 2900 Block of Buford Drive, 64.16 Acres. District 4/Heard SUP2018-00049, Applicant: Fuqua Acquisitions II, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: WB Holdings-Gwinnett, LLC, Tax Parcel Nos. R7146 004 and 004B, Application for a Special Use Permit in a MU-R (Proposed) Zoning District for a Recreation and Entertainment Facility (Outdoor), 2900 Block of Buford Drive, 64.16 Acres. District 4/Heard RZM2018-00006, Applicant: Edge City Properties, Inc. c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: Richard Craig, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5084 001 & 524, R-75 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 1400 Block of Five Forks Trickum Road, 12.39 Acres. District 4/Heard ApRZR2017-00011, plicant: Home South Communities, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: John T. Lamb, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R7136 001, RA-200 to OSC; Single-Family Subdivision, 2400 Block of Sunny Hill Road and 2500 Block of Morgan Road, 86.15 Acres. District 4/Heard RZR2018-00019, Applicant: Stone Manor Holdings, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owners: Stone Manor Holdings, LLC, Mary Imogene Fowler, JML Rev. Trust U/T/A and Timothy J. Boyle, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7182 009B, 033, 044, and 045, RA-200, R-75 MOD and C-2 to TND; Traditional Neighborhood Development (Buffer Reduction), 3100 Block of South Puckett Road and 3400 Block of Hamilton Mill Road, 27.84 Acres. District 4/Heard AppliRZR2018-00017, cant: The Providence Group of Georgia, LLC, Owners: Myron & Linda Baynes, Baynes Family, LLC and Yuling Hayter, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7166 001, 043, 045 and 047, R-100 to TND; Traditional Neighborhood Development (Buffer Reduction), 3200 Block of Suwanee Creek Road, 49.73 Acres.

District 1/Brooks RZR2018-00026, Applicant: CKK Development, Owner: Charlotte Chaffin, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R5124 002, R-100 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 2800 Block of Rosebud Road, 8.06 Acres. District 3/ Hunter SUP2018-00054, Applicant: Robert and Kim Lawrence, Owners: Robert and Kim Lawrence, Tax Parcel No. R4320 040, Application for a Special Use Permit in a R-140 Zoning District for an Accessory Building Greater than 1,000 Square Feet, 4400 Block of Alpine Court and 4400 Block of Hapsburg Way, 1.31 Acres. District 3/Hunter RZC2018-00016, Applicant: Tim Landers, Owner: Billy Landers, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R6090 013, R-100 to C-2; Self-Storage (Climate Controlled), 3900 Block of Five Forks Trickum Road, 0.72 Acre. District 2/ Howard SUP2018-00056, Applicant: Tim Landers, Owner: Billy Landers, Tax Parcel No. R6090 013, Application for a Special Use Permit in a C-2 (Proposed) Zoning District for Self-Storage (Climate Controlled), 3900 Block of Five Forks Trickum Road, 0.72 Acre. District 2/Howard RZM2018-00016, Applicant: Brand Properties, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owners: Sugarloaf Land Investments, LLC, Sugarloaf Marketplace Phase I, LLC & Sugarloaf Marketplace, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7081 148, R7081 149 and R7074 021, R-100 and C-2 to RM-24; Apartments (Buffer Reduction), 1800 Block of Duluth Highway and 5600 Block of Sugarloaf Parkway, 8.55 Acres. District 1/Brooks

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BROOKWOOD SCHOOLS 1.03 Acre Wooded Zoned RS180. Lot located in Snellville in older established neighborhood in Brookwood Elementary School district.

Water, gas, and electric available.

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LAWRENCEVILLE, 30044 438 DESIREE DR.

MONROE, GA 30655 710 HARRIS STREET

HUD HOME # 105-343057 4BR/2BA Split Level Home on large, corner lot. Spacious kitchen, breakfast area, family room on main.

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ZONED R1A Beautiful 9.9 acre property which served as Perkin-Wooden Post #531 of the American Legion 531.

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GARAGE SALES CONYERS, 30094 Multi-Family Yard Sale Sat. Nov. 3 9am - 4pm Lots of new and gently used items! Baby clothes and Christmas decor. Too much to list!

290 Goode Rd. & 171 Goode Rd. DACULA HUGE MOVING SALE in Hamilton Mill Subdivision on Nov. 2nd and 3rd 7:30 am - 4 pm With a large amount of furniture, home decor, name brand purses, barware, books, dvds, and lots more!

4100 Greenside Court, Dacula DULUTH COMMUNITY YARD SALE Woodehaven at Chattahoochee Crossing Neighborhood 3570 Riverwood Parkway Sat., Nov. 3, 8AM-4PM LAWRENCEVILLE GARAGE SALE Sat. 11/03, 8-2.

840 Rose Crest Dr. Round Coffee Table, kitchen items, Christmas decor, men’s and girl clothes, toys & more!

LAWRENCEVILLE MOST ITEMS $1!

Sat. 11/3 7am-until 1195 Grayland Hills Trail., bikes, trampoline, furn., electronics, designer clothing and much more!

EVERYTHING MUST GO! LAWRENCEVILLE MOVING SALE 1383 Sutters Walk Sat. Nov. 3 BR Suite., DR Suite., Piano, Wing Chairs, Grandfather clock, Bar stools, Lombard St. by Kinkade, Bakers rack, Desert Rose and more!

770-682-7306

Call Todd 678-464-0942 or Lori 770-990-9543.

Delivery within 1-2 days.

SPLIT FIREWOOD Mixed species, but no pine: $80 short bed pickup - you load $100 long bed pickup - you load Delivery available for extra fee plus mileage (Saturdays only).

Smaller quantities available, you load only.

Also just hickory available for $20 more per load.

Loganville 770-466-7932 FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS DINING ROOM SET ELEGANT: 6 Padded Chairs, Oak-Colored Wood, w/oblong table & leaf. $520. Please call, V.E. 678-230-5210 MISC. FOR SALE WIN $3,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES! Enter to win. Take our survey at www.pulsepoll.com and tell us about your shopping household plans and media usage.

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FIREWOOD SEASONED OAK FIREWOOD 4x8 Rack $125.

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Lawrenceville/Buford area. 678-997-5675.

Proceeds for funding Helping Hands Missionary Trips.

ENGLISH LAB PUPS Born Sept. 1st, M/F, black/yellow, show quality w/hunting line. www.leslieslabs.com.

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LOST & FOUND PETS

LOST CAT, MIXED Neutered male, white with orange spots, 10 yrs. old, 11 lbs.

Last seen 10/17 in Hidden Valley Subdivision off Bethesda Church Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30044.

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TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

LAWRENCEVILLE

HUGE TOOL SALE Sat., 11/3, 8:30-2 EAA 690 690 Airport Rd.

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All proceeds will assist Gwinnett County Police Corporal Michael Duncan, who was paralyzed in a helicopter crash last year. For more information, go to runsignup.com/Race/GA/Suwanee/SuwaneeKiwanisAllAmerican5k.

Nov. 10 Gwinnett County Community Health Fair — The Daily Post, in conjunction with Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation and Live Healthy Gwinnett present the event held at Lucky Shoals Park Recreation Center in Norcross. The free event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, go to scnievents.com/healthfairs.

Nov. 10 Lanier Under The Lights 5K — The race covers the Magical Nights of Lights course at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands and also includes Christmas music. Cost is $35. Race starts at 5:45 p.m. For more information, go to anierunderthelights5k.com.

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Owners: Tirso Benitez and Hector Alvarez Open Since: Aug. 20 Hours: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays to Thursdays, 11 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays Location: In the Dollar Tree strip mall at the intersection of Woodland Road N.W. and Buford Highway in Norcross, next to Lucky 77 Billiards Atmosphere: Though BOGA Latin Cuisine is located in a strip mall along busy Buford Highway in Norcross, the restaurant is anything but shabby. The owners, Tirso Benitez and Hector Alvarez, have completely remodeled the interior with custom furniture, lighting and decor.

“We were going for a quiet ambiance — very cozy with soft music,” Benitez said. “It’s a family dining restaurant, so while we have live music on Thursdays from 9 to 11 p.m., it’s romantic music.”

With several high-top tables strategically placed next to the regular-height tables and half-booths — or tables that have chairs on one side and booth seating on another — the restaurant gives patrons that cozy feel that Benitez and Alvarez were going for, which is only furthered by the rusticlooking lights that dimly light the place.

“We knocked everything down and re-did the whole (restaurant) from the bottom to the top,” Benitez said. “We looked at other places and wanted to do something different. (Behind the bar) is stone, the front (window) is a garage door that we

• Mussels: Mussels with a garlic chile lemon butter sauce and served with grilled bread — $7.50 • Bacon and Blue Burger: 8oz burger patty, arugula, tomatillo jalapenos jam, blue cheese, crispy bacon — $11 • Carne Asada: Grilled marinated skirt steak, rice, refried beans, grilled panela cheese, roasted cactus, grilled spring onion, tatemada salsa — $16 • Cinnamon-Sugar Churros: Churros with spicy Azteca chocolate dipping sauces — $5 Boga Latin Cuisine, one of Norcross’ newest restaurants, offers a number of meat and seafood options, such as fried oysters, shown above. Left, coconut cake is just one of the desserts offered on Boga Latin Cuisine’s menu. Below, Boga Latin Cuisine offers a variety of seating options for customers.

can open up, the floor is epoxy. We didn’t want to do bright lights because everybody has bright lights — everything that everybody’s doing, we wanted the opposite.”

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That modern touch, Benitez said, is evident in the variety of meats and seafoods the restaurant offers.

“We didn’t just want to do (traditional) chicken or shrimp,” he said. “We’ve got lamb, we’ve got pork chop, we’ve got ribeye, we’ve got beef, we’ve got duck … (as well as) snapper and salmon. Salmon is very popular in a lot of restaurants and a lot of

people ask for salmon, so our chef added it.”

A restaurant with such variety in meats and seafoods — BOGA also offers oysters, mussels, calamari and octopus, as well as other meats — is relatively rare in Gwinnett, which Benitez said was the point.

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of town usually have to go to either Buckhead or downtown (Atlanta) to get a nice meal with this (variety) and these prices, so we wanted to bring that to the area.”

Because BOGA is an upscale restaurant, the food is made fresh daily, meaning if the restaurant runs out of a dish, that’s it for the day.

“Everything is handcrafted,” Benitez said.

“The sauces are made from scratch and we don’t hold food (overnight) or keep it in the back (for days). When we get it in, we use it.”

Despite being a Latin restaurant, some of BOGA’s offerings are typical American dishes, such as the pan-roasted bone-in ribeye or garlic steak fries.

It also has a selection of hamburgers and sandwiches, though the sandwiches are only available at lunch.

While Benitez said the restaurant will likely keep those American dishes, because the restaurant is only several months old, the menu is still changing.

“We’re going to add more dishes to it; we just wanted to have a menu to get us going,” Benitez said. “Because we’ve wanted to open for two years, we said, ‘We just need to open and let people taste what we have.’ We’re still looking into what people like and the tastes that they have, and we’ll (alter the menu) based on that.”

Something You Might Not Know: The first word in the restaurant’s name — BOGA — is actually an acronym, so in full, the restaurant is called “Best of Gastronomy Atlanta Latin Cuisine.”

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Although the architecture of the Eagle Theatre in Sugar Hill is designed to evoke the art deco style of the 1930s, it will kick off its life as an acting venue by hearkening back to the Victorian era this weekend.

The Players Guild at Sugar Hill will open its new show, Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” on Friday at the theater. It will be the first play ever performed at the new performing venue, which opened in August. The guild will be the theater’s acting troupe in residence and is moving from the old Buice School to its new home.

“The old school served us well, but we are just thrilled to be in this kind of a venue,” guild Managing Director Ane Mulligan said.

The production will run for three weekends, with performances at 8 p.m. on each Friday, Saturday and 3 p.m. every Sunday.

The play centers around a man, Jack, who leads a double life. He’s a landowner and leading member of society in the English countryside, but he goes by the name Ernest in London so he can be a playboy in the city. He tells people back home that Ernest is a wayward brother to cover his tracks.

Trouble begins when Jack falls for a woman in London named Gwendolen, who only knows him as Ernest, while a ward of his from the countryside, named Cecily, is attracted to Ernest based solely on the stories she has heard about

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IF YOU GO What: The Sugar Hill Players Guild’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” When: 8 p.m. today, Saturday, Nov. 9, 10, 16 and 17; 3 p.m. Nov. 4, 11 and 18 Where: The Eagle Theatre, 5029 W. Broad St. in Sugar Hill Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 for students, military members and seniors over 60. Boxes with seating for four available for some shows for $150.

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From left, Jerry Jobe, Jacquie Bosma, Barbara Macko, Martha Wright, Alan Hyma, Jamie Goss and Michael Wright play Jack, Gwendolen, Miss Prism, Lady Bracknell, Dr. Chasuble, Cecily and Algernon, respectively, in a scene from the Players Guild at Sugar Hill’s production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” during a dress rehearsal Monday. The production opens a nine-show run at The Eagle Theatre in Sugar Hill on Friday. (Special Photo)

him. Jack’s friend, Algernon, finds out his secret early in the play and shows an interest in Cecily so he begins playing Ernest in the countryside.

“So much theater is conflict that you want the audience to relate to, but sometimes a play is just funny,” said Jerry Jobe, who plays Jack. “This is like a British sitcom of the early 1900s.”

Mulligan said the guild leaders found out the play is popular with actors after they announced it would be

part of the current season.

Several actors contacted the guild saying they loved the play and some said playing a role in it was on their “bucket lists,” she said.

Mulligan and the play’s lead actors agreed that was because of Wilde’s writing.

Jobe said audiences can expect to be entertained.

“It’s just a night’s entertainment,” Jobe said. “It’s a funny show. There’s nothing really tragic or dramatic happening here. These people are not solving the issues of the ages. It’s just a

lot of fun and a very pretty show. The costumes and the sets are very nice. Just come to enjoy yourself.”

While the production will have the distinction of being the first play performed at the Eagle Theatre, it was not originally intended to be that way. The guild expected to open the venue with “The Odd Couple” in September, but continued work on the inside of the theater meant the venue would not be ready in time.

“The Odd Couple” will now be performed in Janu-

ary.

Meanwhile, the guild has only been able to move from its former home, the Buice School, to the theater about two weeks ago, Mulligan said.

Since then, the production has served as the guinea pig for the theater’s systems.

“It’s been crazy,” Mulligan said. “None of the systems were tried and tested. We’re doing it. I feel bad because I contact the theater manager and the city manager every time

we rehearse and say, ‘OK, here’s another problem.’

We’re doing shakedown for them.”

Still, the guild’s staff and actors said they are excited to be in their new home. “(The former Buice School) is more what I’m used to in community theater,” Jobe said. “I’ve done a lot of community theater in the area in very small spaces and this is just like (being) a kid in a candy store to come into this enormous theater and to do a show there. It’s thrilling to me.”

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Lasting Impressions exhibit on display bouquet by the talented artist Terri Enfield, titled “White Flowers;” and an abstract painting by Susan Faircloth The Kudzu Art Zone in called “At the Top,” Wanda Norcross is unveiling its latest Walston’s “Crescendo,” a art exhibit named “Lasting lively abstract on wood; and award-winning member Cyndi Impressions.”

Marble’s portrait of a bearded The exhibit, which began Oct. 28, is a show by member man titled “Seeker of Treaartists and showcases what has sures.”

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Suwanee Wine Fest is coming back the Town Center Park for its sixth rendition Saturday.

The event, which is put on by the organizers of the Suwanee American Craft Beer Fest, will be held from 1 to 4:30 p.m., with V.I.P. admission starting at noon.

According to the event website, local wine experts from Beverage SuperStore will hand-select over 150 premium wines from around the world for guests to sample.

This year, nine wineries — 12 Spies Vineyard, Frogtown Cellars, Sweet Acre Farms, Three Sisters Winery, Sharp Mountain Vineyards, Haya Vineyard and Winery, Haber-

Live music will be provided from nationally acclaimed singer/songWhat: Suwanee Wine Fest writer Joe Hall, a native of Dacula, as When: Saturday, 1:30 to 4:30 well as products for sale from more p.m. for General Admission; than 30 local vendors and artists. noon to 4:30 p.m. for VIP Lawn games such as giant Jenga Where: Suwanee Town Center and Peach State Cornhole will be Park, 330 Town Center Ave. provided, along with samples of More info: www.suwaneewineprime beef and colossal shrimp with fest.com a variety of cheeses that pair well with their wines from The Fresh Market. sham Winery, Bear Claw Vineyard To promote safe driving, event and Big Door Vineyards — are from organizers have partnered with Lyft Georgia. to provide rides for 20 percent off For craft beer fans, organizers using the code SUWANEEWINE18 have scheduled a craft beer tent that will feature beer samples from Slow and are offering designated driver tickets for $10.

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The Holtkamps have been inspiring supporters of the arts in Gwinnett for many years. Their personal energy and gifts have benefitted the Aurora Theatre and the Hudgens Center for the Arts among other arts organizations as well as other nonprofits. Their generous gifts to the Hudgens Center in 2017 and 2018 enabled thousands of people to enter this arts institution for free.

The city of Suwanee is likewise known for its support of the arts. Its Public Arts Commission and the city of Suwanee’s commitment to supporting public art as a means of enhancing residents’ quality of life is internationally known.

Through this City Council-appointed Public Arts Commission, the City of Suwanee creates and promotes programs that bring public art to the community.

In addition, the commission works with developers to include public art as part of new projects, encouraging them to donate 1 percent of construction costs to public art on their site or elsewhere in the city. For more information about Suwanee’s Public Art projects and plans, contact Denise Brinson, assistant city manager, at 770-904-3385 or denise@ suwanee.com.

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Area artists are invited to dream big. Really, really big. As big as the side of a large industrial building.

Suwanee’s Holtkamp Heating and Air has announced a call for artists’ submissions for its planned large wall mural to appear on the side of their new headquarters on Interstate 85 at the Suwanee Gateway.

This mural continues the Suwanee tradition of commitment to public art, and the artwork will transform the exterior of the building into a highly visual landmark, a source of pride for the city of Suwanee and Gwinnett County.

Professional artists who are interested in vying for the opportunity should submit their proposal and creative ideas for the mural, plus their personal qualifications, to the Holtkamp website at www.holtkamphvac.com/ mural. At this site, they can download line drawings, site plans, logos and other documents to assist in their proposals.

Also, artists need not be Suwanee, Gwinnett or even Georgia residents. However, the artists must exhibit knowledge of and connection to the surrounding area and its history in order for their proposals to be taken seriously.

Deadline for submissions is at 5 p.m. Nov. 30.

All submission details are contained within the RFP found on the Holtkamp website.

“Our goal with this project is to create a distinctive visual landmark art piece that celebrates and reflects elements of the area’s community, beauty, history and diversity,” said Suzanne Holtkamp, vice president of marketing and operations. “Gwinnett has embraced public art, and we want to continue that trend with a creative and unique design visible from the interstate that will celebrate the arts and draw interest to the Suwanee

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Forgettable fairies ‘Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ stretches original story beyond recognition The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (PG) ★★★★

BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic

Although not quite fitting in with their recent live-action updates of previous animated efforts, Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” easily squares with the marketing effort of the studio taking something old and trying to make it new.

Disney never made an animated “Nutcracker” movie and after watching this film, it’s surprising why they didn’t. Everything about it lands nicely into the Disney wheelhouse and even if it isn’t a remake or “reimagining,” it plays out as one

and feels heavily recycled.

A holiday staple since its debut its 1892 as a ballet by Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “The Nutcracker” is (pardon the pun) a tough nut to crack as cinematic adaptations go. Told mostly through music, dance and no dialogue, it is universal in its appeal for those reasons anyone can watch it and get it regardless of language or cultural barriers.

Disney being Disney, de-

cided this was too vague and commercially iffy so they took the basic outline of the story and turned it into an amalgamation of tried-and-true good vs. evil fantasy tropes. While the bare bones parts of the story remain intact, the Disney brain-trust has upturned it and form-fitted it into their basic “fairy princess” narrative.

On Christmas Eve, Clara (Mackenzie Foy) is presented a postmortem gift from her deceased mother from her bewildered, whitebread father which only adds to her depression.

It’s a metal,

Mackenzie Foy, left, stars as Clara and Keira Knightley as Sugar Plum Fairy in “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.”

(Special Photo: Disney)

Calendar of Events

November 2018

Hope through the Holidays

Holidays can be an especially difficult time for those who are grieving. This workshop is designed to help you prepare for a holiday season without your loved one.

Gather with others who are also struggling to learn coping strategies, receive support and develop a plan to keep your holidays from becoming a holi-DAZE.

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Road, #115 Monday, Nov. 5; 1–3 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 12; 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Heart Health for the Holidays Join one of our cardiologists and a chef at Northeast Georgia Medical Center for an hour of heart healthy conversation, appetizer sampling and a cooking demonstration that will send you home with all you need to know to cook heart healthy holiday recipes this season.

**Physician Meet & Greet and appetizer sampling begins at 5:30 p.m.

WINDER:

NGMC Barrow, #380 316 Broad Street Thursday, Nov. 8; 6–7 p.m.

BRASELTON:

NGMC Braselton, Education Center 1400 River Place Tuesday, Nov. 13; 6–7 p.m.

Superfoods 101

Discover meals that are as delicious as they are nutritious. Chef Turner’s healthiest demonstration yet!

WINDER:

NGMC Barrow, Cafeteria 316 North Broad Street Tuesday, Nov. 13; 6–7 p.m.

National Diabetes Month

Join our Chef and Dietitian for this fun and flavorful cooking demonstration.

They will focus on how to cook for a diabetes-friendly diet.

GAINESVILLE:

NGMC Gainesville, South Tower Cafeteria 743 Spring Street Thursday, Nov. 15; 5:30–6:30 p.m.

Stroke Awareness – Be FAST! Learn the signs and symptoms of stroke and how to incorporate the FAST scale into your everyday knowledge to help yourself and people around you.

WINDER:

NGMC Barrow , Suite #380 316 N. Broad Street Tuesday, Nov. 13, 12:30–1:30 p.m.

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Adult Support Group

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675 White Sulphur Road, #115 Tuesday, Nov. 13; 5:30–7 p.m.

DAHLONEGA:

The group starts at this location on November 14. Call 770-219-0276 for location and to register.

Wednesday, Nov. 14; 10 –11:30 a.m.

Alumni Support Group

This group is similar to the Bariatric Support Group, but is designed for those at least six months postsurgery. The focus of this group is to provide a nonjudgmental environment to safely share your weight loss surgery journey. The forum is transparent and the goal is to provide you with insight to the path of the successful weight loss surgery patient.

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Road, #260 Tuesday, Nov. 13; 5–6 p.m.

Bariatric Support Group

Open to anyone considering bariatric surgery and those who have had weight loss surgery. We provide a nonjudgmental environment to safely share your weight loss surgery journey. The forum is transparent and the goal is to provide you with insight to the path of the successful weight loss surgery patient.

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Road, #260 Monday, Nov. 12; 6–7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 9; 10–11 a.m.

Bariatrics 101

Interested in bariatric surgery?

Attend this class to learn all you to need to know about bariatric surgery at NGMC. We’ll cover the surgical procedures available, risks and benefits of the procedures, and life after bariatric surgery. You’ll hear from our dietitian and a physical therapist and will be introduced to the four bariatric surgeons operating at NGMC so you can decide which doctor is best for you. We’ll discuss insurance and payment options and, if you want to take the next step, we’ll begin the insurance verification process. Receive a free body composition analysis, too!

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Rd, Suite 260 Wednesday, Nov. 21; 8:30 a.m.– 12 p.m.

Lung Cancer Support Group

You are not alone. We can help. Join the newly diagnosed, survivors and loved ones for a lung cancer support group. Dinner provided. For more information, call Sandy at 770-8486235.

Grief Support Group - Losing a loved WINDER: one is a difficult journey, but you NGMC Barrow don’t have to do it alone. Sharing 316 N. Broad Street, Suite 380 your story with others who have Tuesday, Nov. 20; 5:30– 6:30 p.m. experienced similar losses can help.

Groups are open to anyone who Diabetes Support Group has experienced a close, personal Find informative topics on the most loss of a friend or loved one. Topics current diabetes care. addressed include what grief looks like, suggestions for coping and WINDER: effects of grief on relationships with Barrow, #380 others. This is a six week group every NGMC 316 North Broad Street Tuesday from Nov. 13th - Dec. 18th.

Monday, Nov. 19; 6–7 p.m.

Pre-Diabetes Education Class The Diabetes Education and SelfManagement Program at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is offering a low-cost pre-diabetes class to the community. NGMC offers this lifestyle intervention program to help educate the community on prediabetes and metabolic syndrome; identify risk factors for pre-diabetes; and promote strategies for meal planning, weight loss and exercise.

This class is designed for those with a family history of diabetes or other risk factors; those whose blood sugar is “a little elevated;” or those who want to learn how to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. The cost of the class is $10 per person or $15 per family, and no physician referral is needed to participate. Call 770-219-0966 to register or for more information about upcoming classes.

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Road, #120 Tuesday, Nov. 13; 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Life After Stroke

A monthly event intended to empower stroke survivors and caregivers to lead a satisfying and active life. Exchange information, stories, ideas and potential solutions to common challenges.

Discuss coping mechanisms; learn about stroke prevention, home modifications, local resources, etc. from caring professionals.

GAINESVILLE:

NGMC Gainesville, Auxiliary Conference Room 743 Spring Street Thursday, Nov. 8; 6–7 p.m.

Hospice Volunteer General Training

This training session will cover: Hospice Care, Volunteer Role and Infection Control. Lunch is provided. Training classes for a new volunteer include a TWO DAY Volunteer General Training Class. An additional position specific training day is also required. NOTE: Some volunteer roles require less training than others. Training classes are held MONTHLY at Hospice of NGMC’s Lanier Park office. PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

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675 White Sulphur Road, #115 Day 1: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 9 a.m.

Day 2: Friday, Nov. 16; 9 a.m.

Childbirth Classes

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faux-Faberge egg with a lock but no key. Predictably headstrong, Clara ignores her dad’s orders to be present and social at a holiday party and instead heads to the basement of a grand mansion which is occupied by inventor/ engineer Drosselmeyer (Morgan Freeman, turning in a variation of his “Batman” series character).

He points Clara in a direction where she effectively goes down a de facto rabbit hole into a different reality.

This is the point where the film abandons any cognitive connection to “The Nutcracker” and instead becomes an amalgamation of “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Wizard of Oz.” If you’re going to ape and bastardize two childhood classics, you might as well shoot for the moon.

The problem is the film feels like a copy of a copy though it looks good doing so. The garish, pastel-heavy, over-the-top set and costume designs make Oz and Wonderland come off as stark, monotone and primitive. Even the most minor bit players look as if they’re about to head off to a drag contest in New Orleans on Halloween.

Escorted by Nutcracker soldier/ gatekeeper Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), Clara enters the realm once ruled by her mother as a princess and is embraced warmly by the remaining overlords Sugar Plum Fairy (Kiera Knightley), the Flower Realm King (Eugenio Derbez) and the Snow Realm King (Richard Grant). Not present is Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren) who has been banished to a largely barren forest overrun by rats.

As it turns out, the key for the egg Clara is seeking also fits the lock of something else in the kingdom which will provide immense power to one of the overlords who plans on using it for (surprise) evil purposes. To the credit of screenwriters Ashleigh Powell and Tom McCarthy (“Win Win,” “Spotlight”), the identity of the villain and the late-in-coming backstory of Mother Ginger add the minor surprise twists the narrative so desperately needs.

Co-directors Lasse Hallström (“Chocolat”) and Joe Johnson (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) regularly interrupt the rote action sequences with variations of the original ballet performed mostly by the amazing Misty Copeland, set to a handful of Tchaikovsky’s instantly recognizable compositions. It’s a guess this was done in order to please older audience members who’ve paid to see something which remotely resembles the genuine article.

As Disney fantasy leading ladies go, the California born, model-turned-actress Foy is perfunctory at best. Sporting a godawful, overcooked British accent, Foy is certainly easy on the eyes (think a less extreme version of Liv Tyler), but has no range and a wooden delivery. For her part, Knightley — recently quoted in the slamming the misogynist, chauvinistic nature of fantasy films — goes way too far in the other direction.

Not surprisingly, the alwaysdependable Mirren — not afraid to be seen is disfiguring makeup — strikes the perfect thespian balance and merely by showing up, reduces her female co-stars to rubble.

Given the competition this weekend and the relative lack of current family films, “TNATFR” should fare relatively well and will likely enjoy a decent afterlife on home video but in the great pantheon of Disney fantasy offerings will ultimately be remembered as a wan and wanting afterthought.

(Disney)

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FILM FAN REVIEWS ‘MID90s’

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Carey Mulligan stars as Jeanette Brinson, Ed Oxenbould as Joe Brinson and Jake Gyllenhaal as Jerry Brinson in “Wildlife.” (Special Photos: IFC)

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After a long stretch of delivering memorable supporting performances in very good, often excellent movies (“There Will Be Blood,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Looper,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Love & Mercy”), actor Paul Dano decided it was now time to get behind the camera.

Along with his “Ruby Sparks” co-star (and reallife girlfriend) Zoe Kazan, Dano has adapted the book of the same name by Richard Ford and as first films go, “Wildlife” is excitingly above average.

Rather than go the big-budget, high-profile, high-stakes route of Bradley Cooper with the much better “A Star is Born,” Dano chose the cinematic equivalent of a training wheel bicycle and it doesn’t disappoint as much as it fails to impress. With less on the line, there is less room for failure (or great success) and for Dano, choosing of the path of least resistance worked.

To be completely fair, Cooper had three years to prepare and a lot more money to make a betterlooking and sexier film which came with a much storied history. Ford’s little-known book and the film are depressing, but not with a “A Star is Born” level tragic; there’s a big difference. Being moved and watching something just bottom out isn’t the same thing. Marital woes in snowy, brittle, isolated

Carey Mulligan stars as Jeanette Brinson and Jake Gyllenhaal as Jerry Brinson in “Wildlife.”

1960 Montana will have a hard time competing with operatic Rock and Roll in the 21st century.

On the upside, Dano was blessed to cast two phenomenal performers (Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan) and a strong teen up-and-comer (Ed Oxenbould) in what is essentially a three-person chamber piece. Mulligan absolutely owns the film and in a still-young career with many highlights (“An Education,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Drive,” “Mudbound”) and that’s saying a great deal.

Mulligan plays Jeanette, the mother of Joe (Oxenbould) and husband of Jerry (Gyllenhaal) who feels as if she’s chosen the wrong path. A woman with restrained attitude, Jeanette was looking for more than she has but isn’t quite sure what exactly that might be.

She loves the two men in her life but not in a be-all, end-all way. She is restless and isn’t terribly patient.

In other words, Jeanette is any actress’ dream role and Mulligan makes the most of it.

Jerry, on the other hand, is the kind of guy who could do the same thing his entire life, as long as it was agreeable and didn’t insult

his pride. After losing a job as an assistant golf pro at a country club and then being asked to come back, Jerry declines on “principle,” not realizing that this will be the beginning of the end of his marriage. He overcompensates by taking a job as a firefighter — not the fire station variety, but rather the burning-downentire-forests type which will keep him away from hearth and home for weeks, if not months at a time.

He could easily die on any given day while leaving his pretty, social butterfly wife to her own devices and a teen son without much needed male guidance.

The first act of Dano and Kazan’s screenplay is streamline, efficient, to-thepoint and employs scads of narrative shorthand.

Their set-up is superb and each character is given bucketloads of material to build upon and then it goes into holding-pattern mode.

With the exception of a couple disembodied phone calls, Jerry becomes a non-factor and Oxenbould is called on to carry film on his own. While Mulligan is in almost every scene, it is during this crucial stretch that the Joe character must deliver the bulk of the information. Jeanette acts

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Pass/Fail Standout performance

By Michael Clark

but Joe has to react and Oxenbould is called on to do so mostly non-verbally; a much more daunting acting challenge.

As good as Oxenbould is during this portion of the film, it’s done with slightly different variations of the same disappointed, hang dog facial expression and it gets old fast. We feel his pain and sense of isolation but this doesn’t exactly equate to riveting storytelling.

With Jerry returning for the final act, the narrative improves (it goes back to being interesting) and the title plays a part in the best scene in the film that is rife with the passion it so desperately has lacked up until this point. It then again returns so frustratingly to ho-hum territory.

When completed, we get the feeling we’ve just watched a salty language version of “Leave it to Beaver” by way of “Kramer vs. Kramer.” Mom and Dad have issues and junior pays the price. Nobody wins but everyone tries to be civil, or something like it. This is a movie about whitebread suburbia at the peak of whitebread American history and it flirts with greatness but lacks the will to make any part of it truly memorable.

It’s likely Mulligan will receive some awards notice and could be a contender for a Best Actress Oscar, which would be fully deserved. For Dano, it’s a learning experience, and like Jonah Hill with last week’s “Mid90s,” it shows he has the talent to move onward. Let’s hope both men do so with more confidence and better material next time out.

(IFC)

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Wildlife (R) HHHH

See it now or wait

‘Wildlife’ still a good first effort for Dano

overall impression

A bit too tame

HHHH Pass: Good casting; very good skateboarding scenes.

Fail: Everything else: dull pacing, weak storyline, direction that’s very ineffective and unfocused.

Nobody shone in this film written and directed by Jonah Hill, although Sunny Suljic — who played the central character, Stevie — at least gave it his best. This is just a flick that misfires worse than the old Ford station wagon my dad used to drive.

Those who like “coming-of-age” stories involving young teens might be interested in “Mid90s” which attempts to tell the saga of 13-year-old Stevie who escapes his abusive/neglectful family life by joining up with a gang of skateboarders in (you guessed it) mid-1990s L.A. However, you’d make better use of your viewing time by watching far superior films of this genre such as 1985’s “Stand

By Me.” If you really MUST see a film about the skateboarding culture, 2009’s “Street Dreams” is also a cut way above this pedestrian effort.

Neither. While some critics might congratulate Hill for his first-time directorial effort, I found the film to be mostly vulgar, boring, depressing and an insult to my intelligence. In fact, I walked out before seeing how it ended. Don’t waste your moolah on this dog.

In case I haven’t made my point clear enough by now: “Mid90s” might have sorta worked as a documentary of the LA skateboarding scene from 25 years ago, but as a feature film it fails miserably. I was bored out of my skull for the most part, and couldn’t muster a whole lot of sympathy for the tragic figure of Stevie. This flick just wasn’t my cup of tea. Maybe I’ll like it better if I watch it again when I reach my mid-90s and the wheels start coming off my mental skateboard.

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COMING SOON TO THEATERS Nov. 9 Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (PG) WHAT: The Grinch hatches a scheme to pose as Santa Claus, steal Christmas and silence the Whos’ holiday cheer once and for all.

WHO’S IN IT: Voices of Benedict Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Pharrell Williams

Christopher Robin (PG) Nov. 6

The adult Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) is helped to rediscover himself

by Winnie the Pooh and company in this Disney merging of live action and animation.

Blackkklansman (R) Nov. 6

Spike Lee’s true drama follows a police detective (John David Washington) who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan; Adam Driver also stars.

Incredibles 2 (PG) Nov. 6

Telecommunications guru Winston Deavor (Bob Odenkirk) enlists Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) to fight crime. That leaves Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) to care of three rambunctious children.

The Girl in the Spider’s Web (R) WHAT: Fired from the National Security Agency, Frans Balder recruits hacker Lisbeth Salander to steal FireWall, a computer program that can access codes for nuclear weapons worldwide.

WHO’S IN IT: Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Merchant

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Standing ovation ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ delivers, especially for die-hard Queen fans

Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) ★★★★

Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) 3 out of 4 stars

BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic

People interested in seeing “Bohemian Rhapsody” are generally going to fall into one of three groups: those who grew up with the band Queen, those who didn’t grow up with Queen but love classic rock’ n’ roll, and the LGBTQ community.

The initial, largely unfavorable critical reaction to the film is perplexing. It is being slammed because it adheres to the tried and true music-bio blueprint, which isn’t entirely untrue. The movie doesn’t take a lot of narrative or creative chances, and although the studio would have preferred a better reaction from the press as a whole, the people in the above-mentioned groups simply won’t care. This isn’t a film designed to please critics (though the studio would still like awards consideration) but rather one intended for Queen fans, and on that level, it mostly succeeds and more than delivers the goods.

In much the same manner that Oliver Stone’s “The Doors” was not so much a story of that band but moreso of its frontman/singer Jim Morrison, director Bryan Singer’s film is largely about Freddie Mercury (Rami Malik, delivering a throttling, breakthrough performance). Born in Zanzibar to conservative Muslim parents, Mercury (birth name: Farrokh Bulsara) might have been unclear of his sexual preferences for a great deal of his life, yet was supremely focused as an artist. He knew he possessed a unique gift (an extremely rare four-octave vocal range) and was positive he would become a rock star.

Arriving at the peak of the “Glam” movement, Queen aped much of its material from The Who and Led Zeppelin but was more closely akin to David Bowie, Mott the Hoople and Kansas (all of whom

the band worked with along the way) and other bands of the time including T-Rex, Slade and Be+Bop Deluxe.

Bookended by Queen’s performance at the Live Aid concert in 1985, the narrative wastes no time getting underway in 1970 when Mercury was working as a baggage handler in London. In the space of 15 or so minutes, screenwriters Peter Morgan and Anthony McCarten move everything along with efficiency all the way up to the 1974 release of the band’s first hit U.S. single, “Killer Queen,” from their third album, “Sheer Heart Attack.” Historians and purists might take issue with this compressing of events, but loyal Queen fans will not. This early period was small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.

It all gets really interesting in 1975 when the band (meaning mostly Mercury) calls EMI executive Ray Foster (Mike Myers) to task regarding their next album “A Night at the Opera” — in particular, the as-yet-untitled single which eventually became “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Citing old school dictum, Foster contended no song over three minutes will ever be a hit single, let alone one with nonsense lyrics and elements of opera, all of which is summarily pooh-poohed by Mercury. Not only did the six-minute song hit No. 1 in multiple countries, it did so again in 1991 in the U.K. shortly after the composer’s death and just before its appearance in “Wayne’s World,” which also starred Myers.

For the next 45 or so minutes, the filmmakers hit a number of narrative bumps, including the band bickering in the studio and protracted attention given Mercury’s personal demons.

Although married to longtime girlfriend Mary Austin (the splendid and gorgeous Lucy Boynton), Mercury was living out the bulk of his life as a gay man and was never fully at ease. This led to heightened

substance and alcohol abuse, bouts with depression and more than a little selfloathing.

The decision on the part of everyone to make this a PG-13 movie was commercially wise but as a result, the language, drug use and sexual content were toned down considerably. Those who have yet to even see the film (including many in the LGBTQ community) are in a tizzy over the perceived “watering down” of the level of gay content, which is mostly unfounded. The filmmakers devote as much time as was needed to this sub-plot and never gloss over or attempt to sanitize Mercury’s sexuality.

After a somewhat bloated and overlong second act, the narrative regains its momentum and hits its full stride in the final half-hour, most of which takes place at the Live Aid show. After a nearly two-year hiatus of non-activity and a partial band break-up — not to mention Mercury’s declining health — appearing in front of a worldwide audience was a huge gamble that could have been a complete bust but most certainly was not.

Singer and second director Dexter

Fletcher went the full mile in replicating the performance right down to the number and proper arrangement of beer and Pepsi cups seen on Mercury’s piano. Although one song was cut out (“Crazy Little Thing Called Love”) the rest of the performance is left intact and ends the movie on an unmistakably rip-roaring and positive note.

(Fox)

Above, Rami Malek stars as Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Left, Joe Mazzello stars as John Deacon, Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury and Gwilym Lee as Brian May in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” (Special Photos: Alex Bailey/20th Century Fox)

McCarthy Oscar-worthy in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Can You Ever Forgive Me? (R) 3 out of 4 stars

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (R) ★★★★

BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic

In movies, a bad person doing bad things to other people more often than not equates to a good movie and, almost as often, awardwinning performances.

Ask actors and most will say playing a villain in any movie is highly desirable.

Take Hannibal Lecter, for example. He was a serial killer who ATE people yet audiences loved him and the Academy gave Anthony Hopkins an Oscar for his portrayal. Even as recent as last month, Robert Redford starred as a bank robber in “The Old Man and The Gun” and he was downright adorable while doing so.

Chances are likely that Melissa McCarthy will receive an Oscar nomination as Lee Israel in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and it will be deserved. McCarthy plays WAY against type but will have a tougher time than the men mentioned above because Israel was

patently unlikeable. You can repeatedly break the law with malice of forethought but if you have panache, élan and dash, viewers will think you’re cool. Israel had none of those traits and all the more credit to McCarthy for taking on such a daring role.

Beginning in the ’60s and continuing through the ’80s, Israel wrote magazine articles and biographical books about such storied subjects as Katherine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead and Dorothy Killgalen and was at the top of her game.

It was with the failed 1983 book about Estee Lauder did Israel’s fortunes change.

She refused to get with the times, to go tabloid low or become a personality author and it cost her big time.

The movie opens with Israel almost at rock bottom. She’s just been fired from yet another low-end job, has no friends, drinks too much, lives in filth with her sick cat and is on the verge of being evicted from her Manhattan apartment.

Desperate to make ends meet, Israel sells a handwritten letter to her penned

by Hepburn to a book dealer for a fraction of its actual value. By anyone’s

Melissa McCarthy, left, stars as Lee Israel and Richard E. Grant as Jack Hock in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (Special Photo: Mary Cybulski/20th Century Fox)

definition what she did was totally legal but it in turn, this action became her “gateway” drug.

Talented enough to mimic the styles of other writers (including Dorothy Parker and Noel Coward), Israel created new “lost” letters, made them all the more “authentic” by carefully selecting the appropriate (often artificially aged) stationary, traced signatures and bought specific antique typewriters which put on the final, well-received, detailed touches. So good were Israel’s creations that she repeatedly fooled multiple New York experts and

might have gone undetected for the long haul had she not become too greedy and/or impressed with her unique forging talents.

For some viewers, Israel’s “rise and fall” story of economic survival might play out as underdog worthy or misplaced literary karma, but for others (writers especially) it most certainly does not. Selling authentic documents or letters one has acquired legally is just that — legal.

Preying on the emotions of fans and collectors with bogus phonies or copies is not. The fact that Israel was once a legitimate writer

makes the infractions all the more worse; she betrayed and cannibalized her own professional brethren.

That huge caveat aside, this doesn’t mean “CYEFM” isn’t an enlightening, entertaining and/or profound commentary on the human condition. Israel received a taste of that rare writer’s success, got hooked (actually addicted) and came to the conclusion that remaining on the field, however slight, was her only viable option. If you’re living in Manhattan and are a failed/has-been writer and have any sense of honor, dignity or ethics, you pick yourself up, dust off and do something else; something which might mean (God forbid) leaving New York, moving to the ’burbs working an unsexy 9 to 5 gig.

Adding to the film’s possible urban legend allure (and awards quotient) is Richard Grant as Jack Hock, a low-rent, wannabe social-butterfly gay man who was street wise and had burned as many if not more bridges than Israel and may or may not have actually even existed.

Perhaps a composite character, Hock offers excellent dramatic counterbalance to

Israel and is so convincing that Grant, too, might be on the fast track to land on the Best Supporting Actor Oscar shortlist.

None of this conjecture amounts to a hill of beans from a commercial perspective. While the bulk of the critics are fawning all over McCarthy, Grant and the film, the major issue is with McCarthy’s fan base. Comprised almost exclusively of suburban housewives which have followed her loyally from the start (the TV show “Mike & Molly”), “Bridesmaids” and a string of below-par comedies, the big question is how open will they be to watch her with unflattering makeup and lighting as a character few would befriend.

From a long-term perspective, this was the right move on McCarthy’s part.

Building upon the wellreceived supporting role she turned in for “St. Vincent,” she is capable of great drama and could do even better things in the future. She’s made more than enough money doing the easy fluff stuff. McCarthy now needs to put all of her attention on her craft and keep it moving artistically forward.

(Fox Searchlight)

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‘Suspiria’ a torturously lengthy, unnecessary remake

Suspiria (R) ★★★★

Suspiria (R) 1 1/2 out of 4 stars

they replace that version’s distinct, rich color palette with a muted and bleached finish, and the result is 500 ugly shades of grey. Only in the film’s final sequence

BY MICHAEL CLARK is unfiltered color used, and Movie Critic then it’s just lots and lots of red.

In what has become an all Stealing far too much too familiar awards season of their own thunder, the calling card, Italian director filmmakers open the movie Luca Gualagnino has taken in 1977 with a raving and a 98-minute cult favorite paranoid Patricia (Chloe and remade it into a torturGrace Moretz in an extendously long, 152-minute slog. ed cameo) telling her shrink, Reuniting with screenwriter Dr. Jozef Klemperer (an unDavid Kajganich and dual recognizable Swinton in one leading ladies (Dakota of three roles playing a man Johnson and Tilda Swinton) under mountains of makefrom the shorter and far up), that the all-female staff more enjoyable “A Bigger at the local dance school are Splash,” Gualagnino has in reality a coven of witches made what can be rightfully led by three “Mothers.” described as a supernatural Initially writing off Patricia gothic horror hybrid of as delusional, Klemperer “Black Swan,” “Flashgrows suspicious when she dance” and “Mother!” disappears the next day.

Semantically referring This is shortly followed to his film as an homage by the arrival of Susie rather than a formal remake, (Johnson), a Mennonite Gualagnino and Kajganich from Ohio who has traveled not only pad Dario Argento Berlin ostensibly for the to’s original to excess, but reason to study under her

childhood idol, Madame Blanc (Swinton again). During Susie’s sharp, aggressive and only so-so audition performance, another dancer in an adjacent studio begins involuntarily contorting and ends up in a twisted bloody heap. Any lingering questions of a connection to black magic are wiped out, and in the process, so is any measurable level of suspense.

As Susie slips comfortably into the role of prima company diva, her roommate, the wealthy Sara (Mia Goth), starts thinking and behaving in the same suspicious manner as the departed Patricia, something that doesn’t go unnoticed by anybody.

Up to this point, the story is working somewhat well, but it’s not even an hour old and for the next 90 minutes, the filmmakers tread water while introducing sub-plots suggesting that not only is everyone a witch or witchin-training, but perhaps also a lesbian socialist

Nazi witch. As opposed to Argento’s version, where these and other political and sexual undercurrents were played for camp or straight horror, Gualagnino and Kajganich make sure it’s all very serious and furrow-

Dakota Johnson stars as Susie Bannion in “Suspiria.”

(Special Photo: Amazon Studios)

browed.

The unrelenting piling-on of dullness and time-killing finally gives way for a final half-hour in which all sorts of weird stuff happens.

While none of it is boring as such, it’s just too much

of everything. Some will view it as violently cathartic and poetic, but most will consider it to be gratuitous and strongly misogynistic. Fetishists and fans of exploitative graphic horror — not exactly sticklers for logic or good taste — will be ecstatic.

There is already talk of a sequel, which would likely work, as the original source material — “Suspiria de profundis” (English translation: “sighs from the depths”) by English writer Thomas De Quincey — was followed by an outline for another and just the titles of these proposed chapters would be more than enough to warrant another installment.

If this indeed happens, it shouldn’t be done by Gualagnino and Kajganich, but rather by someone with a sense of humor and literary brevity. Taking almost twice as long to say the same thing someone else did in half the time 40 years ago is not good and should not be rewarded.

Presented in English and German with subtitles.

(Amazon Films)

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