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Google names Suwanee as Georgia’s top eCity By Kristi Reed

business community in the state. “We’re thrilled and if I A Gwinnett County city could speak in emoticons, I’d has been honored by Internet add several of those to this giant Google as one of the statement,” Suwanee Mayor country’s digital capitals. Jimmy Burnette said in a This week, Google anreleased statement. “More senounced the city of Suwanee riously, I’m very proud of our has been selected as Georgia’s connected, forward-thinking 2014 eCity — a designation and engaged community.” which recognizes Suwanee Burnette said the city of as having the strongest online Suwanee, like many of the kristi.reed@gwinnettdailypost.com

businesses within the city, has worked hard to keep pace with technology by maintaining a dynamic website, having a strong social media presence and making the city’s website mobile-friendly. “We know that e-commerce is a big part of Suwanee’s thriving economy and we welcome that, and we’ll continue to embrace electronic

and other technologies to further strengthen our economy and overall community,” he said. Suwanee City Manager Marty Allen said the city learned of the award last week when a Google representative called the mayor’s office with the news. The city received a trophy in the

The City of Suwanee has been named a 2014 eCity by Google. (Special Photo)

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Slain mother’s family speaks out for son By Tyler Estep tyler.estep@gwinnettdailypost.com

Oliver, 4, and, Killian Darby, 9, pick small pumpkins from a bin at Randy’s Pumpkin Patch on Thursday in Lawrenceville. This was the Darby’s third year to the pumpkin patch and they make it an annual tradition to go each year. To see a photo gallery of Randy’s Pumpkin Patch, visit gwinnettdailypost.com. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Clayton Kirk’s family believes he was failed by the mental health system. Kirk, a 26-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, has been charged with the murder of his mother, who he stabbed inside her Duluth home on Sept. 25. Sheila Kirk died at Gwinnett Medical Center 13 days later, never having regained consciousness. Duluth Police Detective Bobby Johnson outlined Clayton the case Thursday during a Dockery Kirk preliminary hearing in Gwinnett County Magistrate Court, testifying that Clayton Kirk admitted to stabbing his mother “when she told him to either pick up something or clean something.” Neither defense attorney Lucas Harsh nor the defendant’s father, Ron, are denying that the attack happened — but the latter is placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of what he called “an almost non-existent mental health care network.” “We feel that, basically, the hospitals that were involved here basically took the insurance money, and then once the insurance money runs out, Clayton, like so many other patients, is put out on the street regardless of what his mental condition is,” Ron Kirk said following Thursday’s hearing. Kirk described his son as “the kindest, most thoughtful and most sensitive” of his four children before schizophrenia began to manifest itself around age 18. Ron and Sheila Kirk, who were divorced, did everything they could to keep Clayton out of institutions, but

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Oliver Darby, 4, of Lawrenceville struggles to lift a pump- Mavin, left, and Brandee Gunther of Lawrenceville carry kin at Randy’s Pumpkin Patch on Thursday in Lawrencev- a pumpkin to the register while visiting Randy’s Pumpkin ille. Patch on Thursday in Lawrenceville.

Community leaders talk race issues By Joshua Sharpe

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LAWRENCEVILLE — What happened in Ferguson, Mo., could happen in Gwinnett County. Metro Atlanta is becoming a majority-minority region, just like Gwinnett is already. Racial profiling is used here. Things are getting better, but people are still judgmental. Atlanta’s rail system doesn’t extend into Gwinnett because of white fear. Those were among the sentiments shared during a panel discussion on race in the county and region Thursday night at the Aurora Theatre in downtown Lawrenceville. The talk in

front of a group of 60 or so spectators was spurred by “Clybourne Park,” a play that is running until Oct. 26 at the theater and focuses heavily on race. Overall, the opinions of the panel — which featured prominent leaders who are of multiple races — varied on exactly what effect race has on the community and how to improve things. The consensus, though, was that it is an issue that is alive and well. “If we continue to act like there isn’t a conversation that needs to be had it’s going to become worse,” said panelist Donna Alexander, an African-American woman who is an See RACE, Page 5A

Community leaders held a panel discussion on race relations Thursday night in Lawrenceville. Here, Doug Hooker, executive director of the Atlanta Regional Commission, far left, Dan Kaufman, president and CEO of the Gwinnett Chamber, and Donna Alexander, an assistant principal at Central Gwinnett High School, listen as Tim Hur, president liaison to South Korea for the National Association of Realtors, offers his thoughts. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

School buses to get cameras in January By Keith Farner keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

SUWANEE — An issue that’s experienced several delays and obstacles since the summer of 2013 cleared another hurdle on MORE INSIDE Gwinnett schools Relay for Life Thursday night. raises $1M............................2A The Gwinnett County Board of Education approved an intergovernmental agreement between Gwinnett County and the school district to proceed with installation of stop-arm cameras on school buses to catch motorists passing illegally. District spokeswoman Sloan Roach said the cameras on 300 buses would be fully operational in January. The approval came 15 months after the BOE approved a bid to Redflex, the company that will install and maintain the cameras. The latest movement could end what’s been a series of delays that started soon after July 2013 when an agreement with Redflex was first announced. The contract is expected to be worth $5 million annually over five years, as Redflex is

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Woman helps capture her alleged sexual assailant By Tyler Estep

battery, aggravated sexual battery and burglary. About three-anda-half A 23-year-old Lawhours earrenceville man with ties to lier, he was the Army National Guard allegedly was arrested just hours ringing the after police believe he doorbell sexually assaulted a woman at the Syed inside her own home. Suwanee Momin Ali In the words of the alresidence leged victim’s husband: where Shin Cho’s wife was “He definitely picked the home alone. wrong girl.” Cho told the Daily Post Syed Momin Ali was Thursday that the man later booked into the Gwinidentified as Ali spoke to nett County jail at about his wife and said he had 1:10 p.m. Wednesday lost his dog. Realizing the and charged with sexual garage door was open,

Cho’s wife went outside to help look for the AWOL canine. She was bent over and looking under a car when, according to Cho, the suspect stuck his hand down her pants. “He said, ‘Well, you bent over,’” and calmly began walking back to his car, Cho said. Cho’s wife wasn’t having it. She followed the man out and snatched the temporary license plate off his car, revealing a real license plate underneath. Cho’s wife memorized the letters and numbers while

“screaming at the top of her lungs,” and her assailant fled as several neighbors came outside and called 911. The license plate numbers were relayed to responding Gwinnett County police officers, who tracked down Ali at his parents’ home a few miles away in Lawrenceville. A preliminary incident report was not yet available Thursday, but Cho said he was told that Ali offered several “explanations” for what happened. Cho said he was glad his wife wasn’t seriously hurt, but that he was disturbed by

her alleged assailant’s calm demeanor. He suggested that it may not have been the first time Ali had done something similar — an idea that Gwinnett County police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter confirmed detectives were looking into. “It’s normal practice to see if there are any similar incidents that have been reported,” Ritter said. Ali’s Gwinnett County jail booking sheet lists his employer only as “military.” His current status with the organization was unclear, but a September 2011 edition of the Daily Post’s

“Military Notes” described Ali as a private in the Army National Guard who had “recently graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning in Columbus.” Messages left with the Georgia National Guard’s media relations office were not immediately returned. As of Thursday, Ali was being held without bond. Cho’s wife, meanwhile, is shaken. “She doesn’t want to be alone anymore,” Cho said. “If you don’t feel safe in your own house, where do you feel safe?”

Middle, Osborne Middle, Mason Elementary, Pinckneyville Middle, SUWANEE — It was Jackson Elementary, another lucrative year for Trickum Middle, Tayprincipal at Woodward Relay For Life fundraisGardner holds a bachlor Elementary, Cooper Mill. ing as Gwinnett County elor’s degree in middle Elementary and Duncan Gardner Public Schools teams grades Creek Elementary. has been education, contributed more than The top four teams an AP at a master’s half of Gwinnett Counthat raised the most Parsons ty’s $1.8 million raised degree in money were Mill Creek since computer- for cancer research. High ($33,666.72), 2008, and The school district had Peachtree Ridge High based previously 111 teams participate, educa($47,102.34), Norcross worked tion and a and 27 local school teams High ($64,252.20) and at Parspecialist’s and three central office North Gwinnett High Laurie Michael Gardner Bender sons from teams, which each raised ($118,712.05). degree in 2003-08 as instructional more than $10,000, were Cathy Longino of the a local school technology design all from the Univer- honored at the School American Cancer Socicoordinator, and in that Board meeting on Thurs- ety also presented CEO/ sity of Georgia. same role at Riverside day. The district raised Bender has worked Superintendent J. Alvin Elementary from 1999-02. at Hull since 2011, and $1.01 million for the Wilbanks with the award She began her career in American Cancer Socipreviously was an assisfor the top superintenGwinnett County Public tant principal at Kanoheda ety’s fight against cancer. dent in Georgia, and the Schools as a LSTC and The local school teams top superintendent in the Elementary from 2007-11. sixth-grade teacher at honored were North He started his career as a South Atlantic region. Lanier Middle from 1989- teacher from 1999-2007 Gwinnett High, Norcross “There’s no other 99. at Sweetwater Middle and High, Peachtree Ridge school system that Gardner has also worked Meadowcreek High. High, Mill Creek High, understands more the schools in Cumming and Riverside Elementary, Bender holds a bacheimportance of our young Douglasville. lor’s degree in social stud- North Gwinnett Midstudents and teaching ies education from Georgia dle, Collins Hill High, them how to be future State University, a master’s Berkmar High, Snellleaders in our society,” ville Middle, Creekdegree in curriculum, Longino said. “We can’t instruction and assessment land Middle, Nesbitt thank you enough.” Elementary, McConnell from Walden University Wilbanks said he acMiddle, Jones Middle, and a specialist’s degree cepted the awards on Shiloh Middle, Puckett’s behalf of the people in in educational leadership Mill Elementary, Lanier from Mercer University. the school district, and

added that he’s proud to be a part of it. eCLASS to receive $18.4 million upgrade The Board also approved $18.4 million in upgrades to its eCLASS technology system including an upgrade to a new student information system component. Wilbanks said the agreement with IBM would also include the expansion of digital content and the development of advanced data analytics and eCLASS performance metrics. The money allocated for this was already included in the Education Special purpose local option sales tax budget. Scott Futrell, the district’s chief information and technology officer, said, “We wanted to have one that could scale to at least 200,000 students,” and include a grade book, online registration. “An all-encompassing piece.” The transition would take about three years, Futrell said. State School Board approves IE2 contract The Georgia Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Investing in Educational Excellence, or IE2, contract, which provides local schools and the school district with flexibility in 13 areas, including class size and curriculum. This flexibility is coupled with accountability targets for the five years of the contract, which runs from next summer through the 2021-22 school year. By June 30, 2015, each local district must notify the Georgia Department of Education that it will operate as an Investing in Educational Excellence School System, a Charter System, or a Status Quo School System. Steve Flynt, the district’s chief strategy and performance officer, said next year will be a baseline year for accountability, and the first accountability year will begin in the 2016-17 school year. Cobb County and Forsyth County schools have each said they also intend to be an IE2 school district.

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New principals named at Schools’ Relay for Life raises $1M two elementary schools By Keith Farner

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SUWANEE — A retirement and a relocation caused vacancies in the principal’s offices at Meadowcreek Elementary and Woodward Mill Elementary. The Gwinnett County Board of Education approved the replacements on Thursday for Juanita Daunoy at Meadowcreek, who is relocating, and Barbara Ergle, who plans to retire in December from Woodward Mill. Parsons Elementary Assistant Principal Laurie Gardner will become the principal at Meadowcreek, while Hull Middle Assistant Principal Michael Bender will become the

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expected to be issued by mid-September. expected to receive $2.5 The delays have been million after fees, Gwincaused by a competitor bid nett County $1.5 million protest, legal fallout from and Gwinnett County Pub- a federal bribery investigalic Schools $1 million. tion of Redflex in Chicago, The delays have frusand most recently, the trated several residents, multi-jurisdiction agreeincluding Ed and Amy ment between Gwinnett Reese who live within cities and the county. 100 yards of Ivy Creek Jackson Elementary Elementary and near Jones parents weigh in about Middle in the Mill Creek redistricting cluster and have witnessed Two mothers from several violations each Jackson Elementary in week of motorists illegally Lawrenceville shared their passing school buses. The concerns with the school Reeses have sent several board about the proposed emails to district officials redistricting plans that that included videos of were announced earlier motorists illegally passing this month. school buses. Mary HoelscherAcross the county, CEO/ Gonzalez and Kelly Ruiz, Superintendent J. Alvin who both live off of Sever Wilbanks has said about Road, said the proposed 2,000 violations happen plans call for 167 additionevery day. al students being zoned In May, school district for Jackson, and three new and Redflex officials developments will bring planned to have 100 to 150 more students once 150 cameras installed by they’re finished. the first day of school, and “We will be back in another 200 in September. trailers again,” HoelscherThe first tickets issued to Gonzalez said. “I don’t motorists illegally passwant my kids in trailers ing school buses were again. If we have to take

Cameras students, some should be taken from us.” Her plan called for Benefield Elementary and McKendree Elementary to instead accept students proposed to come to Jackson, because students pass those schools on the way to her children’s school. Ruiz organized a meeting on Sunday to discuss the plans, and eight neighborhoods on Sever Road were represented among 15 to 20 people who attended. “Some of those neighborhoods have to drive twice as far to our school, Jackson, as the one right around the corner, they could walk to,” HoelscherGonzalez said. “I don’t think the school board and planners really looked into it, there are neighborhoods that are closer.” Since the process began less than two weeks ago, Steve Flynt, the district’s

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chief strategy and performance officer, has asked for input, and Flynt met with the women after they made comments to the school board. At a work session earlier Thursday, Flynt called input from community members the most important part of the process. “We’ve been pleased with how everyone is going about giving input and we look forward to hearing possible changes,” he said. The deadline to complete boundary input forms is Nov. 3, and the boundary committees will complete their review and submit recommendations to the district’s planning department on Nov. 17. A public meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 4 at the Instructional Support Center to hear comments from people at affected schools.

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From Dec. 5 through Dec. 12, the planning department will develop final recommendations based on input and consultation, and those final recommendations will be available Dec. 15. Another public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Dec. 18, the same night the school board will vote on redistricting. Name for new Lawrenceville high school not yet announced A name for the new high school on Old Norcross Road in Lawrenceville has not been brought before the school board even though the naming committee finished its work before last month’s BOE meeting. It’s one of four schools scheduled to open in August. The other three were named last month. Flynt said a name would likely be announced before March.

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mail on Wednesday. The designation, Allen said, is yet another national honor the city will use to market itself and promote economic development. The city has been previously recognized as one of the country’s best places to live by national publications including Money, Family Circle and Kiplinger.com. Suwanee was selected for the eCity honor based on the results of a study conducted by Google and independent research firm Ipsos. Ipsos compiled a list of all U.S. cities categorized by population size. Google subsequently analyzed AdWords data for each city to determine which five cities in each state had the highest AdWords penetration. For each of the five cities, Ipsos identified 51 smalland medium-sized businesses which were then ranked according to factors including Web presence, social network activity and e-commerce activity. “Clearly there is a growing entrepreneurial spirit in Suwanee, which should be embraced,” said Brett Williams, Google’s director of SMB marketing, Americas. “Businesses in Suwanee are turning to the Internet to start and develop their own businesses and we hope Suwanee becomes an inspiration to other areas in the country.”

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they were forced to find other options after he became “less passive and more defiant,” Ron Kirk said. Ron Kirk said that’s when they discovered that long-term care options “plainly and simply” didn’t exist. Clayton cycled in and out of different facilities for years, and was discharged from one just a few days before stabbing his mother. “This case isn’t going to be about what happened, but why,” said Harsh, the defense attorney. “We are going to pull Clayton’s past mental health records including from his stay at an in-patient mental hospital just days before this happened to help determine his exact mental state.” Johnson, the Duluth police detective, testified Thursday that Sheila Kirk was discovered on the day of the stabbing in a cul-de-sac about 75 yards from her home. In a conversation recorded on a first-responding officer’s body mic, she reportedly identified Clayton as her assailant and alerted police that he was schizophrenic. Magistrate Judge Bob Mitchum bound over the murder charge against Clayton Kirk during Thursday’s hearing, meaning the case can proceed on to Superior Court. Kirk is also facing charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault, which were filed prior to his mother’s death. Ron Kirk said his family had known “for some time” that there was a potential for violence with Clayton — and that they’re hoping for a “silver lining” to come from the tragedy that took Sheila Kirk’s life. “The last place that he needs to be is in prison,” Ron Kirk said. “ … We’re hoping that Clayton can be somewhere that he’s safe and somewhere that he can get the proper diagnosis, the proper medication, the proper care. And just get the help that this nonexistent mental health system failed to provide.”

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Talk to your partner about this now. Realize that at the outset, your best role is to be your guy’s advocate, sounding board and helpmate. He should make an effort to fold you into some of these routines and you two should develop new childcentered rituals together. Eventually, you will move into a co-parenting role as you take on more practical chores, such as picking the kids up after school and cooking meals together. Don’t dive into PTA meetings until his ex has a chance to adjust to your presence in the household, but do attend all games and after-school events to cheer on the kids.

Set your sights high. Some sacrifices will have to be made, but better things are waiting for you if you are detailed and earnest. If you make the necessary preparations to launch your ideas, you will achieve your dreams. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t follow the crowd. Show off your unique abilities, personality and assets. A charitable agency will benefit from your physical contribution. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Be cautious of what you say to whom. A remark that was meant for one person only may travel through the grapevine, causing you embarrassment or difficulties at work. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your capacity to learn will be magnified if you listen to experienced and stimulating individuals. Once you have done your research, you will make informed choices that will be beneficial. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) — Be careful with your cash. Go over contracts or agreements to see if there is a way to pare down payments or reduce interest charges. Be meticulous regarding personal investments. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Now is the time for you to get together with someone special. Pull out all the stops, and find a place that has the right mood and music to make this a memorable evening. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — If you are attracted to someone in the workplace, be discreet. You must act professionally at all times. Take things slowly until you can totally trust the person you are interested in. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Get out and about today. Your charm is skyrocketing, and you will attract all sorts of favorable attention from the people you encounter. Romance is highlighted, so enjoy it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Don’t be too demanding today. Everyone has troubles, and no one is likely to be sympathetic toward you. Spend some quiet time reflecting upon and tweaking your next move. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You will be energized and ready to go. Make use of your enthusiasm and take on as many tasks as you can. You will make a new friend or romantic connection. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Financial gains are imminent. You will need to tread carefully with impatient family members. Remain calm and remember that no one is perfect, including you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Set your generous nature free. Offer assistance to those around you or volunteer your time to a community group. By helping others, you will feel better about yourself. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Don’t get caught up in someone else’s relationship woes. If you take sides, you will end up losing two friends instead of one. Concentrate on self-awareness and self-improvement.

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Georgia unemployment rate drops; number of jobs shrinks From Staff Reports

While the state’s seasonally adjusted unThe unemployment employment rate fell to numbers showed some im- 7.9 percent from 8.1 in provement in September, August, Georgia also lost but there was some nega- 7,300 jobs in September. tive news in Thursday’s The job loss, officials update from the Georgia said, was mostly seasonal Department of Labor. in nature.

Hur, who ran for the state House in May, said assistant principal at Cen- he grew up in a well-off tral Gwinnett High School. community in Duluth, “Ferguson could happen in where he felt no differGwinnett. I would say that ent from his mostly white Ferguson happens under classmates. Then, one the radar in Gwinnett day, a woman at a grocery almost every day.” store, upon learning he For Tim Hur, president was Korean, said, “I like liaison to South Korea Koreans. My baby daddy for the National Associais Korean.” tion of Realtors, race has Hur didn’t know how become more of a reality to take the statement, as as he’s learned more about the woman appeared to be what others — and even complimenting him, but those of his own race — go based solely on his race. through. The panelists seemed

Palestinians receive Red Cross aid in Syria

keeps Georgia among the leading states for job creation. And, the growth is in every private sector job category we track, with government being the only sector showing a loss.” Butler said the hard hit

construction industry was one of the bright spots with a nearly 5 percent rate of growth over the past year. For the year, every sector with the exception of governmentadded jobs. In other positive

economic news, new claims for unemployment insurance fell last month to a total of 30,199 — a decrease of 3 percent from August. Year-over-year, initial claims decreased by 11.9 percent from September 2013.

common factors between people rather than just race. Dan Kaufman, president and CEO of the Gwinnett Chamber, said there are old scars that need to heal. Kaufman, a white man, gave the example of Atlanta’s MARTA system, which he said was the same age as the rail transit system in Washington, D.C., but four times smaller. “If you go back to the saying ‘Moving Africans Rapidly Through Atlanta,’”

Kaufman said, referencing the mock name some use for MARTA, “… that’s why we don’t have it in Gwinnett County. The origins are simply racially based.” But like the other panelists, Kaufman said some aspects of the racial divide are slowly falling. He said his neighborhood, Sugarloaf Country Club, has people from multiple races. “It looks like Gwinnett County, which I happen to think is a good thing,” he said.

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“We continue to have strong over-the-year job growth, as Georgia added 80,000 jobs since September a year ago,” State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said in a released statement. “Our impressive over-the-year growth

encouraged with how Gwinnett has led the way in racial diversity in metro Atlanta as the county has become majority minority. Still, they acknowledged, the old divides prevail at times. Alexander gave the example of walking into the lunchroom at Central Gwinnett. “Not all the time, but sometimes, you’re going to find a segregated group of students,” she said. “We have to keep in mind that some of these students

have parents (with views) of mistrust.” Doug Hooker, executive director of the Atlanta Regional Commission, pointed out that humans tend to behave in “tribal” ways, naturally segregating themselves, just as people of his race — AfricanAmerican — have at times. He asked when that was acceptable and when it wasn’t. A man in the audience called out that natural segregation is fine as long as it’s based on other

world&nation Officials grilled over Ebola response By Terry Wade Reuters

GENEVA — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it delivered its first medical supplies in a year to Palestinian refugees living in a camp in the Damascus suburb of Yarmouk in Syria. Around 20,000 people are believed to be living in Yarmouk, once home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees and Syrian nationals, where food and water supplies are now scarce. The camp is caught between Syrian government forces and opposition forces including al-Nusra. The supplies included enough medicines to treat chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease for 5,000 people for three months as well as items to help pregnant women deliver babies more safely and hygienically, the aid agency said.

DALLAS — The U.S. National Institutes of Health said it would take over the care of the first Texas nurse diagnosed with Ebola, as lawmakers blasted the government’s response to the virus at home. Nina Pham, the first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating a man who died of the disease, was to have been transferred late Thursday from Dallas to an isolation unit at the U.S. National Institutes of Health outside Washington for treatment, NIH’s Dr. Anthony Fauci told lawmakers at a congressional hearing on the government’s handling of the virus in the United States. “We will be supplying her with state-of-the-art care in our high-level containment facilities,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, said. He announced the deciAt least 47 killed sion to move Pham, whose in attacks in and condition was said to be around Baghdad stable, as lawmakers grilled federal officials about their BAGHDAD — Bombresponse to the outbreak ings and a mortar strike of Ebola on U.S. soil and in Shi’ite Muslim parts of flaws in efforts to check its Baghdad and in the rural spread within the country. belt south of the capital Pham was part of a team killed at least 47 people on of health care workers who Thursday and wounded 123, had tended to Thomas Eric police and medical officials Duncan, a Liberian man said. who was the first patient An Iraqi Shi’ite political figure said the assaults, part of a surge of violence in Shi’ite neighborhoods in recent weeks, were revenge attacks by the Sunni Mus- Man pleads lim militant group Islamic guilty in baseball State, which has seized control of much of northdoping scandal ern Iraq. The al-Qaida offshoot MIAMI — The owner of has been battling Shi’ite a defunct anti-aging clinic militias and soldiers at the heart of a steroid loyal to Iraq’s Shi’ite-led scandal that led to the susgovernment as it attempts pension of Major League to establish a caliphate Baseball star Alex Rodristraddling Iraq and neighguez pleaded guilty in a boring Syria, where it has U.S. court on Thursday to also captured swathes of supplying performanceterritory. enhancing drugs. Anthony Bosch, 51, will be sentenced on Dec. 18 Putin warns of in Miami on a charge of repeat gas crisis conspiracy to distribute BELGRADE — Russia testosterone, his attorney will reduce gas supplies to Guy Lewis said. Europe if Ukraine steals Authorities said profesfrom the transit pipeline to sional athletes paid Bosch cover its own needs, Rusas much as $12,000 per sian President Vladimir Pu- month for testosteronetin said on Thursday, adding filled syringes and creams. that he was “hopeful” it would not come to that. No. 2 Justice Russia cut off supply to Dept. official Ukraine on June 16 over what gas exporter Gazprom to step down said were billions of euros WASHINGTON — in unpaid bills. Without Russian flows, there is concern The No. 2 official at the that Ukraine might have to U.S. Justice Department, siphon off gas from flows Deputy Attorney General transiting the country en James Cole, is planning route to Europe this winter. to step down, a person — From wire reports familiar with his plans said

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PEOPLE CBS joins the video-streaming bandwagon

CBS Corp. launched digital video-on-demand and live-streaming services on Thursday, aiming to win back viewers who are increasingly turning to the Internet for entertainment. The launch follows by only one day an announcement from Time Warner that HBO will be available as a standalone online streaming service next year. The moves by CBS and HBO put more pressure on online video pioneer Netflix, which said on Wednesday that it had signed up fewer video-streaming subscribers than it had forecast in the third quarter. U.S. Representative Billy Long (R-MO) holds up a copy of a magazine with an Ebola Apart from episodes of 15 headline as public health officials testify before a House Energy and Commerce Over- primetime shows a day after sight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. response to the Ebola crithey air on TV, CBS All Acsis, in Washington on Thursday. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) cess will offer past seasons of diagnosed with Ebola in including the facility where beria and Guinea this year. eight current series, including “The Good Wife”, “Blue the United States. Duncan Duncan was treated. The spread of Ebola to Bloods” and “Survivor” and died on Oct. 8. Dr. Thomas Frieden, Pham and Amber Vinson classics such as “Star Trek” Dr. Daniel Varga, chief director of the U.S. Centers — another Dallas nurse clinical officer and senior for Disease Control and who had cared for Duncan and “CSI: Miami.” vice president of Texas Prevention in Atlanta, is the at Texas Health PresbyHealth Resources, said at top doctor overseeing the terian Hospital — and John Grisham the hearing that mistakes U.S. response to Ebola and revelations that Vinson had apologizes for were made in diagnoshas faced pointed criticism subsequently traveled on porn comments ing Duncan and in giving and calls for his resignation an airplane while running inaccurate information to over lapses in containing a slight fever, prompted LONDON/LOS ANGEthe public, and that he was the virus on U.S. soil. Frieden to backtrack on “deeply sorry.” He stressed in his testiearlier statements about his LES — Best-selling author He said there had been mony before the congresconfidence in the ability of John Grisham apologized on Thursday for comments no Ebola training for staff sional oversight panel American health officials he made to a British newsbefore the first patient was that there was a lot of fear to contain the disease. paper that not all men who admitted. Texas Health op- about the disease, which At least two lawmakers look at child pornography erates hospitals and health has killed nearly 4,500 have called for Frieden’s should be sent to prison facilities in North Texas people in Sierra Leone, Li- resignation. and that sentences for such crimes were too harsh. Grisham also issued an took place near Winslow, about 130 miles northwest apology on his own website: “Anyone who harms a of Little Rock, they said. child for profit or pleasure, “Two engines and four or who in any way particicars were damaged in the collision. About 300 gallons pates in child pornography — online or otherwise — of diesel was released,” Rick Fahr, a spokesman for should be punished to the fullest extent of the law,” the agency, said. he said. In the published interMan jailed after view, Grisham drew a disbeheading threats tinction between those who viewed child pornography NASHVILLE — A Tenand pedophiles who physinessee man was in custody cally abused children. on Thursday and facing WALMART PROTESTORS — Holding a sign, a man joins criminal charges after claimWalmart employees and supporters as they block off a ing to be a member of ISIS Apple introduces major intersection near the Walton Family Foundation to and threatening to behead stage a protest calling for $15 an hour and consistent slimmer iPad, full-time work in downtown Washington on Thursday. his neighbors and burn down their homes, police said. ‘Pay’ launch (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) Tullahoma Police Chief CUPERTINO Calif. on Thursday. Paul Blackwell said the on until a replacement — Apple introduced a Cole’s departure is the man — Terry Wayne was confirmed, making it faster, slimmer iPad Air 2 latest in a series from top McCullough, 59 — is a unlikely that Cole would on Thursday, tacking on officials at the agency, known troublemaker but serve as acting attorney modest improvements such including Attorney Genthat the threats had to be general. as a fingerprint sensor to eral Eric Holder who last treated seriously. its mainstay tablet in time month announced plans to More than 30 hurt “We’ve dealt with him for what is expected to be leave the department. quite a few times over the in Ark. train crash years,” Blackwell said. a hotly contested holiday Cole, who has been in LITTLE ROCK — More “Most of the issues we’ve season for mobile devices. the post since the end of than 30 people were hurt, Marketing chief Phil 2010, was instrumental in had to deal with him have securing a guilty plea from five of them critically, been minor, misdemeanor Schiller, calling the tablet when a freight train and the world’s slimmest, Swiss bank Credit Suisse charges.” a passenger train collided as part of a $2.5 billion Tullahoma Police Officer described several new features such as an anti-reflecdeal to resolve charges that in northwest Arkansas on James Tate, who arrested Thursday, the Arkansas tive screen and confirmed it helped wealthy AmeriMcCullough on Sunday, the inclusion of the “Touch Department of Emergency wrote in his report that cans evade U.S. taxes. ID” sensor, already availWhen Holder announced Management said. the man admitted making able on the latest iPhones. There have been no his departure on Sept. threats. — From wire reports fatalities in the crash that 25, he said he would stay — From wire reports

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On Ebola in US, candor needed WASHINGTON — Let’s make a deal: We’ll all promise not to panic about Ebola if the experts — especially those at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — agree to get their stories straight. They should begin by giving a better explanation of why they have concluded it would be wrong to “stop the flights” arriving from the Ebola hot zone, beginning with the fact that there are no such flights: There is no direct commercial air service between the countries at the epicenter of the outbreak — Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea — and the United States. Travelers from those countries must make one or Eugene more intermediRobinson ate stops to get here, meaning any travel ban would have to target individuals based on nationality or recent visits to the affected countries. Experts should explain why this idea is neither crazy nor politically incorrect but simply, in their professional opinion, inadvisable. The risk that limiting travel to and from West Africa would hamper efforts to control the outbreak is real. Saying that charter flights could be arranged for aid workers ignores the necessarily decentralized and ad hoc nature of response to this kind of emergency. Doctors, nurses and other volunteers need to be able to go into the hot zone when they are ready, not when seats happen to open up on a charter. They also need to know beforehand that they will be able to rotate out of the zone in a timely fashion. There is an obvious role that military or charter aircraft can play in evacuating aid workers who have been in close contact with Ebola patients. For those with less risk of exposure — those who, say, could advise health officials in affected countries but not actually treat victims of the disease — travel restrictions would serve no purpose except to make them think twice about going. With polls showing majority support for some kind of travel ban, CDC Director Tom Frieden and others should not just state their position on the issue but show a willingness to engage with those who disagree. Experts should acknowledge restrictions might help keep out the Ebola virus in the short run — but would, in their view, put Americans more at risk in the long run. Pressed at a House committee hearing Thursday about travel curbs, Frieden gave a terse answer: “We will consider any options to better protect Americans.” Asked about other countries that have imposed restrictions, Frieden said he was unfamiliar with the details. Really? Wouldn’t that be important to know? Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, did a somewhat better job at the hearing of explaining the consensus view: It is better to interview, track and, if necessary, quarantine the 100-150 travelers entering the country from West Africa daily than risk the likelihood that at least a few infected individuals would manage to circumvent any ban. Health experts also need to explain what went wrong in Dallas, Cleveland and points in between. With two nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas now being treated for Ebola, it is obvious that normal protocols for dealing with highly infectious diseases are not adequate for this virus. The most urgent task for the CDC and NIH is making sure that health workers nationwide — the Americans most at risk — are armed with procedures and equipment that can keep them safe. It is understandable, perhaps, that the Dallas hospital was initially unprepared to handle Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan and that nurses involved in his early treatment might be exposed. But now, every hospital in the country should be on notice. The vast majority of health professionals will never deal with an Ebola case — but cases “could present anywhere,” as Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., said at Thursday’s hearing, which means that all nurses and doctors need to be prepared. There also has to be an explanation of how the CDC handled the case of Amber Joy Vinson, the second nurse with the virus. First, we were told that she should not have traveled home from Cleveland to Dallas on a commercial airliner. Then CDC officials admitted they cleared her to take the flight, even though she had a fever of 99.5. Then we learned she might have been symptomatic — and thus potentially infectious — while on that Frontier Airlines plane. The thing is, Americans are anxious about Ebola, but not panicked. This will change, however, unless experts speak more honestly about the nature of the threat. Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.

Response to Ebola should be overwhelming I am not worried about getting Ebola — yet. Despite what the shameless ratings grabbers are hinting at — that we’re basically a step away from the apocalypse — we’ve got a ways to go before we get to Black Death or Spanish Flu territory. What was one patient became two, and now three — a far cry from thousands. And we shouldn’t be surprised that the disease showed up on our shores. In fact, what’s surprising in an age of international travel is that it didn’t show up here sooner. We also shouldn’t be surprised that two of the three are nurses — health care workers are often the ones who become infected because they are hands-on with patients. But what is surprising is that the effort to stop this disease seems to be coming in fits and starts from the CDC. According to the agency itself, not enough CDC workers were sent to Dallas at the first sign of the presence of the disease. And now it seems not enough was done to teach the work-

the CDC turbo-charge its efforts. First, the health care industry needs to be put on the same page — now. The CDC needs to ensure every hospital in this country has a response team trained and equipped for Ebola, and Nate the determination needs McCullough to be made of the level of each response, from simple ers — who were in contact containment to transfer to a with that now-deceased first better-equipped facility, to patient — the proper procetreatment. dures for using the protective We also need to be realclothing and equipment — or istic. Banning air travel to if they even had the proper and from western Africa equipment in the first place. may make for good politiAnd one of the infected cal soundbites, but it’s not nurses was allowed to board an effective way to fight a flight after informing ofthe disease. In fact, making ficials she had a fever. Those sure the appropriate aid can facts do concern me. reach the affected countries While catching Ebola is is the best way to contain a lot harder than the panic- Ebola. As for people travelstirring TV nuts would have ing from there, yes, they you believe, it is a devastat- should be screened, but we ing disease. And despite need to realize that is not a what we like to think, fail-safe. America is not somehow The public needs to be immune just because of educated. I heard about one its location, money and poll on Wednesday that said political practices. Viruses more than half of Ameriare blind to all that. I think cans think Ebola is transwe learned that with HIV/ mitted through the air, like AIDS. For those reasons, the flu or the common cold. I would really like to see That’s just not true, and

people need to know that. Also, I may throw something through my television screen if I hear one more “expert” talk about how the virus might mutate to become airborne. Yes, it’s possible. Just like it’s possible to hit the lottery. But the chances are very small. HIV/AIDS — or any virus — could do the same thing, but you’re not worried about that, are you? No, because no one is yelling about it on cable news trying to induce panic. Finally, the effort has to be global. Disease doesn’t respect borders, treaties, warnings or covenants. Right now, Ebola is making hosts of people in poor countries without the proper means to fight it, and those people need help. The world needs to give it to them. We often respond to military threats with overwhelming force. We should do the same with this disease. Email Nate McCullough at nate.mccullough@ gwinnettdailypost.com. His column appears on Fridays. For archived columns, go to www.gwinnettdailypost.com/ natemccullough.

We all know laughter is best medicine around Some people just make you laugh. Not talking about stand-up comedians, although good ones — those who don’t belong to the nasty mouth club — can provide enlivening entertainment. My spirits have been boosted by routines in Las Vegas, but sometimes you leave a show in the desert insulted by language which makes you think you have just left a boatswain’s mate convention. Several years ago, when movies and night clubs began to evolve into “anything goes” acts, I was having breakfast in Jacksonville, sitting at an adjoining table was Red Skelton, the canny TV comedian, who allowed me to engage in conversation with him. Skelton spoke out against the trending use of profanity on stage. He had the view that if you couldn’t come up with clean material, you ought to find other work. You never hear Bill Cosby cross over the line, and I’d say he would be an example of somebody who keeps it clean and is never out of work. Same with Jeff Foxworthy. I like to be around people who make me laugh. It

Loran Smith makes me want to spend more time with them. When you see them at a social function, you naturally gravitate to their circle. According to several experts, laughter is good for your health. Did you know that laughter: • Improves the immune system; • Improves cardiovascular function; • Gives core muscles a mini-workout; and • Relieves stress. Of course, red wine will do that, too. While camping out with the Internet will introduce you to meaningless drivel, you sometimes find some very clever offerings. Sometimes, too, a friend will share something with you. The following came to me from a

banker friend, Jake Jones, in LaGrange. Here is the story Jake sent my way. A young law student, having failed his law exam, goes up to his crusty old professor, who is renowned on campus for his razor-sharp legal mind. Student: “Sir, do you really understand everything about this subject?” Professor: “Actually, I probably do. Otherwise I wouldn’t be professor, would I?” Student: “OK. So I’d like to ask you a question. If you can give me the correct answer, I will accept my grade as it is. If you can’t give me the correct answer, however, you’ll have to give me an A. Professor: “Hmmmm, alright. So what’s the question?” Student: “What is legal but not logical, logical but not legal, and neither logical nor legal?” The professor wracks his famous brain, but just can’t come up with the answer. Finally he gives up and changes the student’s failing mark to an A as agreed. The student goes away, very pleased.

The professor continues to wrack his brain over the question all afternoon, but still can’t come up with the answer. So finally he calls in a group of his brightest students and tells them he has a really, really tough question for them to answer: “What is legal but not logical, logical but not legal, and neither logical nor legal?” To the professor’s surprise (and embarrassment), all the students immediately raise their hands. “All right,” says the professor and then asks his favorite student to give him the answer. “It’s quite easy, sir,” says the student. “You see, you are 75 years old, and you are married to a 30-yearold woman, which is legal, but not logical. Your wife has a 22-year-old lover, which is logical, but not legal. And your wife’s lover failed his exam but you’ve just given him an A, which is neither legal, nor logical.” Selah! Loran Smith is co-host of “The Tailgate Show” and sideline announcer for Georgia football. He is also a freelance writer and columnist.

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Weekend bridge closure at Jimmy Carter Blvd. planned From Staff Reports

“Jimmy Carter Boulevard is one of the busiest The Jimmy Carter access points in GwinBoulevard bridge over Innett County and helps terstate 85 will be closed to fuel the commerce of the weekend of Nov. 14thousands of businesses 16 as crews complete the in the area,” said Chuck new diverging diamond Warbington, executive interchange crossover. director for the Gwinnett The Gwinnett County Village Community ImDepartment of Transprovement District. “The portation will close the mobility improvements bridge to vehicular and the diverging diamond pedestrian traffic begindesign offers will help ning at 9 p.m. on Friday, local businesses get out Nov. 14, weather perof traffic and get back to mitting. The bridge will what it is they do best — reopen for motorists by 5 driving the economy for a.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, Gwinnett.” with the new interchange Additional traffic imconfiguration. Pedestrians provements are currently should expect to continue under construction on to use the detour route the northbound lanes of for at least one month as I-85 near Jimmy Carter pedestrian walkway conBoulevard. The Georgia struction takes place. Department of TransDuring the weekend of portation is currently Nov. 14-17, the bridge constructing a new “flex will be closed to all lane,” which will add a through-traffic, but right lane from Jimmy Carter turn access to or from Boulevard to Indian Trail I-85 will not be affected. The Jimmy Carter Boulevard bridge over I-85 will be closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic for work on the diverg- Road for use during the The backup closure date, ing diamond interchange. (Special Illustration: Gwinnett County) afternoon rush hour. That should work be delayed, project is also expected press release. “We under- traffic moving.” to be finished in spring of is Nov. 21-24. efficient and improve traf- also finalize the signals, “We ask that drivers 2015. stand this is an inconveThe diverging diafic flow across the bridge. interchange lighting and in this area be especially nience, so Gwinnett DOT mond interchange project After the traffic shift For more information pavement markings. The cautious and alert during staff will closely monitor involves shifting traffic to is complete, work will DDI project — the second about the diverging diamond interchange project, construction,” Transportraffic flow and signals the opposite side of the continue on the center in Gwinnett — is extation Deputy Director during the crossover bridge to make left turns median and pedestrian pected to be substantially visit www.gwinnettDDI. Alan Chapman said in a weekend to help keep onto the interstate more walkways. Crews will complete in spring 2015. com.

Ella’s Run fundraiser for Right to Hike set for Saturday From Staff Reports

founded in her honor. This Saturday, the It has been nearly nonprofit organization seven years since Buford will host the seventh anresident Meredith Hope nual Ella’s Run to raise Emerson went missing funds towards its goal of while hiking in Blairsville promoting hiking safety. on New Year’s Day 2008. Proceeds from the event Emerson, an avid outwill be used to provide doorswoman, was found emergency phone units on murdered several days trail systems and in parks later, but her memory to assist those in distress. lives on through the Right The group has already to Hike organization donated three emergency

phone units, which are in place at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center in Buford, Gary Pirkle Park in Sugar Hill and on the Suwanee Greenway. Right to Hike plans to donate five additional units to the city of Lilburn, the city of Lawrenceville, the city of Braselton, the city of Suwanee and to the campus of Gwinnett Medical

Center in Lawrenceville. “We are very appreciative of the efforts of Right to Hike to raise funds and donate equipment to different communities within Gwinnett, aimed at helping keep Gwinnett residents safe as they enjoy themselves,” Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said in a released statement. This year’s Ella Run will be held at the Gwin-

nett Environmental and Heritage Center in Buford on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m. until noon. Registration includes the race, T-shirt and prizes for top finishers. The event will also include a festival featuring food, a beer garden, raffle items and various vendors. Race day registration will be available. “It is hard to believe Meredith has been gone for almost seven years,”

said Julia Karrenbauer, President of Right to Hike and Emerson’s friend and roommate. “There is not a day that goes by that we do not miss her. However, it is moments like this that help us remember that her life was not taken in vain and she lives on in this community.” For more information about Right to Hike or Ella’s Run, visit RighttoHikeInc.com.

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Annual forum focused on Lawrenceville hospice community redevelopment plans memorial for From Staff Reports

their community,” Gwinnett Village CID ExecuMore than 250 people tive Director Chuck Warattended a Thursday forum bington said in a released in Duluth focused on the statement. “Housing and connection between shifttransportation options, ing demographics and the walkability and locally dynamics of community owned businesses are each redevelopment. crucial factors in attractThe event — the sixth ing this demographic and annual Gwinnett Redevelmust be considered in all of opment Forum — was host- Gwinnett’s redevelopment ed by Partnership Gwinnett efforts.” and is part of the county’s In 2013, Gwinnett reset efforts to revitalize certain its Tax Allocation Districts areas of the county while to post recession value in taking into account trends order to facilitate redevelamong young professionals opment. and active baby boomers. “Redevelopment is cerThough the two generatain to play a major role in tions span more than four Gwinnett’s future prosdecades, research has perity,” Gwinnett County shown the groups share Chairwoman Charlotte common interests in terms Nash said. “Gwinnett’s of lifestyle and community. recently reset TADs will be “As we work to success- an added incentive for busifully redevelop in Gwinness investment in targeted nett, we must understand redevelopment areas.” that the next generation has In addition to hosting different expectations for the annual redevelopment

forum, Partnership Gwinnett also plays an integral role in the Redevelopment Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to facilitate quality redevelopment by educating community members about available tools and opportunities. “The success of this forum speaks to the continual efforts of Partnership Gwinnett to cultivate redevelopment opportunities in our community,” Gwinnett Place CID Executive Director Joe Allen said. “We designed this event to help educate community leaders and encourage developers, investors and financing institutions to partner with and join us as we reinvent Gwinnett through redevelopment.” For more information about the Partnership Gwinnett initiative, visit www.partnershipgwinnett. com.

patients who have died By Joshua Sharpe

“A lot of people like to have it because it helps them move on,” Choi said. “We don’t want to rehash any Mesun Hospice knows its purpose. sad memories, but we want to honor Patients are brought there often just their loved ones.” Choi said loved ones are offered an before meeting the end of their lives. opportunity to speak at the service, It’s the nature of hospice. But staff at the Lawrenceville cen- which lasts about 45 minutes, followed by refreshments and a social ter say their work isn’t done when a patient dies; they still have those who period until 6. “They can speak about their exloved the deceased to think of. To that end, Mesun has begun holding annual perience here, something their loved one has taught them, what the grievmemorial services for the families ing experience has been,” she said. and friends of its patients who have Typically, the event has a good passed. turnout, Choi said, though all of the This year’s service, in honor of families don’t attend. To make sure all those who died at the hospice no one is left out, even in spirit, the on Johnson Road in the past year, ceremony includes the moment of is set for Sunday. It will be a brief affair from 4 to 6 p.m., with speakers silence for all the patients, whether their loved ones are in attendance or touching on the process of grief and not. moving on after loss, and a moment “That’s a nice way we can rememof silence for each of the about 140 ber everybody,” Choi said. Mesun patients who died in the last The event, which is open to the year. Mesun’s Jennifer Choi said the fami- public, will be held at the hospice located at 88 Johnson Road. lies are often grateful for the event.

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HEALTH BRIEFS Residents of Gwinnett speak at fundraiser for childhood cancer Two young Gwinnett County cancer survivors were recently featured speakers at CURE Childhood Cancer’s annual fundraising luncheon. Kennedy Cobble, 22, of Suwanee and 15-year-old Elena Tate, also of Suwanee, were among five young people who spoke at the event entitled A Tribute to Our Quiet Heroes, which was hosted by Chris Glavine, wife of Atlanta Braves legend Tom Glavine. The event took place at InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta. Cobble, who previously had osteosarcoma, and Tate, a leukemia survivor, spoke about how their mothers helped them along the way during battles against childhood cancer. Cobble’s mother made it through as a single parent. Tate’s mother managed two

Two Gwinnett County residents, Kennedy Cobble and Elena Tate, were recently among the childhood cancer survivors who spoke at CURE Childhood Cancer’s annual fundraising luncheon. From left, fellow speakers Sarah Barr and Joshua Mack, stand with former Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine and his wife Chris Glavine who hosted the event, next to Cobble, Tate and speaker Will Wagner. (Special Photo)

children with cancer at the same time.

Lawrenceville to educate women on breast cancer prevention and resources. The free service is part GMC teams with of Newk’s month-long Newk’s for breast “Roundtable Roundup” campaign, aiming to raise cancer cause money for breast cancer Gwinnett Medical Center causes during October, employees will be on hand which is breast cancer Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 awareness month. p.m. at Newk’s Eatery in During the campaign,

customers are invited to sit around the eatery’s roundtable, where gourmet toppings are kept, to show their support for victims. Patrons are also asked to round the price of their purchase up to the next dollar, with all proceeds going to the Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation. “The Roundtable Roundup campaign offers customers a chance to get directly involved in the fight against breast cancer,” co-owner William Lafoe said. “As families gather around out tables in October, we hope they will remember the women in their lives and this community who are affected by this disease.” Newk’s is located at 911 Duluth Highway.

nated Oct. 26 “Sunday of Hope” for its congregation. “We want to recognize everyone who has experienced a cancer diagnosis,” the church said. “We want to celebrate the lives of these courageous people.” An 11 a.m. service is set to honor cancer sufferers, survivors and those who have acted as caregivers. Family and friends of those affected by cancer are also invited. The service will include special speakers, testimonies, music, cancer information and more. The church is located at 444 Bethesda Church Road.

Lawrenceville church honors cancer patients

ACS supports sorority’s annual summit for women’s health

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The American Cancer Society has come out in

support of the Gwinnett County alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority’s annual Taboo Tea women’s health summit. The event, set for Nov. 1 in Norcross, will feature health and wellness professionals offering information and resources on the Affordable Care Act, fitness, nutrition, mental and spiritual health and prevention of chronic diseases. The American Cancer Society has been in the partnership with Delta Sigma Theta sorority since 2012. The sorority is also involved in the charity’s Relay For Life event each year in Gwinnett, with some Delta Sigma Theta members serving on the planning board. Light refreshments will be served at the summit, held from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Lucky Shoals Community Center located at 4651 Britt Road. To register to attend, visit www.facebook.com/ GwinnettDST?ref=hl#!/ events/549786078499944.

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Dolores Glass Dolores Theresa Marian Hartka Eiford Glass of Decatur, GA passed on October 9, 2014. Georgia Cremation is assisting family with local arrangements. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914. GeorgiaCremation.com.

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Elizabeth Kerns Elizabeth Kerns, age 91, of Grayson, GA passed away October 15, 2014. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road SW, Lawrenceville GA, 30046. 770-9623100. www.stewartfh.com

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Arnold McGiboney Arnold McGiboney, age 67, of Buford, GA passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2014. He is survived by his wife of thirty-nine years, Judy Knapp McGiboney, Buford, GA; children, Brannon and Mary McGiboney, Lexington, SC, and Geoffrey and Nicole McGiboney, Buford, GA; two grandchildren, Kate McGiboney and Jax McGiboney; brother and sister-in-law, Garry and Glenda McGiboney, Stone Mountain, GA; sisterin-law, Kathy Kennedy, Smyrna, TN; brothersin-law and sisters-in-law, Dan and Linda Knapp, Martin, TN, and Ken and Joann Knapp, Paducah, KY; one niece and five nephews. Mr. McGiboney was born December 12, 1946 in Atlanta, GA. He was a 1965 graduate of Clarkston High School and a 1972 graduate of DeKalb Junior College with an associate degree. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He was the owner of Eagle Security System, Inc. in Buford, GA and was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed sailing, going to the beach and was an avid golfer. He was a hard worker who dedicated himself to his business and to his family. A Celebra-

tion of Life service will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Craig Dale officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 2:00 p.m. until the time of service. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www. flaniganfuneralhome. com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133.

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Vicky Mosley Vicky Lynn “Ballentine” Mosley, 56, of Oxford Ga., went to join Our Heavenly father, on October 14, 2014. She passed away of lung cancer. She was born in Tallassee, Al. on July 13, 1958. She is survived by her 2 daughters; Krystie Radford and Kelly Nichols, as well as, her 3 grandchildren: Riley, Ariana and Peyton. In lieu of flowers, if friends desire, you can make donations to the funeral home to help cover the costs of expenses. A Celebration of life, memorial service will he held at Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford, Ga. at 12:00 pm.

on Saturday October 18, 2014. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www. flaniganfuneralhome. com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA, 770-932-1133.

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Thomas Sweat, II. Thomas Allen “Tommy” Sweat, II of Lawrenceville, GA passed away October 14, 2014. Georgia Cremation is assisting family with local arrangements. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914. GeorgiaCremation.com.

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Sarah Petermann Sarah Petermann, age 65, Sugar Hill, GA, passed away on October 13, 2014. Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA 770-932-1133 www. flaniganfuneralhome.com

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Thomas Rosolio Thomas P. Rosolio, age 88, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away October 15, 2014. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

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Anne Wahl Anne C. Wahl 65 of Dacula, Georgia passed away Saturday, October 11, 2014. Anne was born July 24, 1949 in Elmira, New York to the late Joseph and Mary Chimileski. She graduated from South Side High School in 1967 and Corning Community College. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1980 with her late husband David B. Cummings. She is survived by her Husband: Bob Wahl of Dacula, Georgia; Four Children: Melissa (Anthony) Hallmark of Hiram, Georgia, Laura (Aaron) Berry of Grayson, Georgia, Alicia Cummings of Lilburn, Georgia, and Timothy Cummings of Grayson, Georgia. One Step- Daughter: Katrina (Ben) Gustafson of Grove C

City, Ohio. Also three Grandchildren: Kayla and Isabella Berry and Harry Gustafson. Three Brothers: Joseph (JoAnne) Chimileski of The Villages, Florida. Robert (Kathy) Chimileski of Horseheads, New York and David Chimileski of Elmira Heights, New York Sister-in-law Suzanne (Phil) Cummings Kasper of Newark Valley, New York. Of all the jobs she had, the most rewarding was the title of Mom, Gramma, and wife. She was a member of the Altar Guild, Usher Team, Episcopal Church Womens Group and the Spiritual Womens Group at St. Edwards Episcopal Church in Lawrenceville. Memorial Services will be held Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 1:00 PM in the Chapel of St. Edwards Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to St. Edwards Episcopal Church building fund, 737 Moon Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. Arrangements made by Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Road, SW, Lawrenceville, GA 30045. 770-962-3100. Please leave online condolences at www.stewartfh.com

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Is Georgia doing enough to combat, prepare for Ebola? By Andy Miller

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ATLANTA — The state’s public health agency said it has boosted its outreach efforts to Georgia health workers and hospitals on dealing with the potential of Ebola infection here. The effort — involving disseminating information and CDC protocols about handling a potential Ebola case — comes amid mounting national concern about the virus, which has led to the recent death of a man in Texas and the infection of two nurses who treated him.

Eight Atlanta hospitals have expressed willingness to treat a potential Ebola patient here, Dr. Patrick O’Neal, director of health protection for Patrick O’Neal the Department of Public Health, told Georgia Health News. He also said he believes it’s inevitable that a case of Ebola will be diagnosed in Georgia. Emory University Hospital in Atlanta has already treated cases of Ebola,

and in fact was the first U.S. facility ever to do so. But those patients were flown in from the epidemic zone in West Africa and treated in a special isolation ward. Public Health said it has communicated its guidelines to all licensed physicians, physician assistants, educators and emergency medical services providers. The agency also is working closely with the Georgia Hospital Association, Public Health Commissioner Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, told the agency’s board. The Public Health response to the Ebola crisis

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also comes as an influential Georgia legislator is urging the agency to be proactive in protecting Georgians from the disease, which has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. State Rep. Jason Spencer (R-Woodbine), who led the legislative charge earlier this year to curtail the Affordable Care Act in Georgia, wrote Fitzgerald a letter dated this past Sunday in which he questioned the response by the state and federal governments in combating Ebola. Spencer focused on air passengers from West Africa entering the United States through Atlanta’s airport. “I have not heard of any updates, advisories or precautions issued by the Department of Public Health detailing Georgia’s actions to screen incoming West African flights to isolate potentially high-risk travelers flying into Georgia,’’ wrote Spencer, a physician assistant. “The only advisories I have seen have been from the CDC. Unfortunately, I question the wisdom of the federal government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not to ban incoming flights out of

West Africa.” “Unfortunately, my confidence in the CDC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is very low. I hope our (Public Health)` Department is being more proactive.” Atlanta’s HartsfieldJackson International Airport is one of five in the nation that will screen incoming passengers from West Africa for signs of Ebola. Fitzgerald, addressing Public Health’s board Tuesday, pointed to the quick response by health officials when a Cobb County inmate told jail officials that he had recently traveled to West Africa and might have Ebola. Authorities say they later learned that the inmate had not traveled abroad since 2005, and the man now faces felony counts of making false statements, according to an indictment. Fitzgerald said Tuesday that Public Health has been informing the general public that the risk of Ebola infection “is very low.” Spencer, in an interview with Georgia Health News, said that in his job as a physician assistant, he has not yet seen Ebola information

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from Public Health. He said he is concerned about the level of preparedness of hospitals and health care workers in Georgia in the event of an Ebola patient coming here. “Are we being told the right information about how to contain the disease?” he asked. Spencer said he questions who is in charge of Georgia’s Ebola response, the state or the federally run CDC (which is based in Atlanta). “States need to take the lead on this,’’ Spencer said. Separately, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said federal health officials will rush special Ebola teams to any U.S. hospital that confirms an Ebola case. Frieden also said officials have thus far failed to determine how Dallas nurse Nina Pham contracted the virus during treatment of Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. USA Today reported that Frieden acknowledged at a news conference Tuesday that more CDC experts should have been sent more quickly to the Dallas hospital after Duncan, who arrived from West Africa in late September, was diagnosed with Ebola. “We should have put an even larger team on the ground immediately, and we will do that any time there is a confirmed case,” Frieden said. Two nurses from the specialized biocontainment unit at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital are in Dallas to review the hospital’s procedures. If necessary, Frieden said, future Ebola patients could be transferred to one of the four hospitals in the United States with specialized biocontainment units. Two of them — one at Emory and one at Omaha’s Nebraska Medical Center — already have treated Ebola patients. Pham, 29, issued a brief statement through Texas Health Presbyterian saying she is “doing well” and thanking the medical team providing her care. She is the second medical professional working outside West Africa to be diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected patient. The first was in Spain earlier this month. Meanwhile, O’Neal told GHN that he has concerns about the tightly sealed personal protective equipment causing health care workers to become overheated and fatigued. That, in turn, could lead them to make mistakes, he said. “Proper use of personal protective equipment, when (protocols) are totally adhered to, allows health care workers to care for Ebola (patients) safely,’’ he said. He said the state agency is being transparent in its communications to the public. “It’s terribly important to be concerned about Ebola but it’s equally important not to be panicked.” Georgia law permits DPH to isolate or quarantine individuals if necessary. Public Health said signs of Ebola include fever or other symptoms, such as severe headache, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or unexplained hemorrhage. Symptoms appear in two to 21 days after exposure, but the average is eight to 10 days. Clinicians, or any other person providing assistance, should ask sick individuals about their recent travels to determine whether they have been in West Africa within the previous three weeks, Public Health said. Travelers returning to the United States from the affected regions in Africa should monitor their health and body temperature for 21 days after arrival, and report any problems.

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THE RUN DOWN

TODAY’S GAMES 7:30 p.m. • Buford at Monroe Area • Central at Grayson • Commerce at Providence • Dacula at Brookwood • Lanier at Heritage • Shiloh at Archer • South at Parkview BY THE NUMBERS

Years since Brookwood finished a season with a losing record — the 2-5 Broncos must win out to finish 5-5 and avoid that distinction

Members of the Jones family who will coach tonight in Snellville when Dacula, coached by Tommy Jones, will face Brookwood, which features his father Tom and younger brother Philip as assistants

Straight Grayson wins over Central Gwinnett entering tonight’s game

Yards per carry last Friday by Jamyest Williams, who gained 140 yards on 10 rushes in a win over South Gwinnett 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 Monday mornings and will end Thursdays at noon. This week’s winner is: Who: Lanier’s Mason Harwood Class: Senior Position: Kicker Noteworthy: Made a game-winning 41-yard field goal, his second of the game, in the waning seconds for a 26-23 victory over Gainesville Coach Korey Mobbs’ take: “We are proud of how Mason performed under pressure Friday night. His calm and collected approach was the difference as he hit a 41yard field goal to win the game. It was a testament to him believing in his ability and working hard to achieve success.” Results: Harwood (36 percent) beat out Mill Creek’s Chase Turner (36), Wesleyan’s Harrison Cook (24) and Archer’s Quinn Miller (4) in fan voting this week. Of more than 2,800 votes cast, only 13 separated Harwood and Turner. FLASHBACK On this week in 1998, Parkview, including current Lanier head coach Korey Mobbs, wins at Clarke Central for the first time by a score of 10-7. A Buster Faulkner to Jeremy Muyres (now a Norcross assistant) TD pass ties the score in the first quarter and Seth Marler’s 49-yard field goal in the second quarter provides the final margin. … Buford, playing at home, is held to 34 total yards and crosses midfield just once in a 14-0 loss to rival Greater Atlanta Christian. … Despite four turnovers, Brookwood stops Collins Hill at the 4-yard line in the final two minutes to save a 17-10 victory. … Jake Humphrey rushes for 168 yards and three TDs and Phil Bartkowski throws for 145 yards and runs for another score in Wesleyan’s 35-25 win over Dawson County.

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Duluth’s Curry reflects on anniversary of state-record FG By Will Hammock

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The stories about math teacher Rusty Curry make the rounds yearly at Blythewood High, a school of slightly more than 2,000 just north of Columbia, S.C. Curry, the reigning Blythewood teacher of the year, was quite the kicker and punter during his football days, a discovery made by his students either by word of mouth from older students or via Internet searches. He was a walk-on punter for a couple of seasons at Clemson, but his claim to fame came in 1999 as a Duluth senior. That’s the feat that drags the most curiosity out of the high-schoolers. In the season opener

against rival Norcross on Sept. 3, 1999, Curry made a state-record, 67-yard field goal for the only first-half points in an eventual 13-6 victory, one of only two that season by the Wildcats. It easily surpassed the old Georgia record of 63 yards, still the No. 2 kick in the state to this day, of former Georgia kicker Dax Langley, who made his kick as a highschooler at Heritage. The blast is still considered the second-longest high school kick ever, trailing only a 68-yarder by Dirk Borgognone of Reno, Nev., in 1985, and it’s just off the longest recorded field goal at any level, a 69-yarder from

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Ove Johansson of Abilene Christian University in 1976. “It’s a yearly question that gets asked by the students,” Curry said this year on the 15th anniversary of his record kick. “The students either find out from previous students or the Internet. When I was coaching my first three years (at Blythewood), I coached the kickers and inevitably they would ask about it. I still keep up with the kickers on the football team, so they

Duluth grad Rusty Curry, who kicked a state-record field goal as a high-schooler in 1999, with his wife Emily and their two oldest children. The couple added a third child on Oct. 7, when their daughter was born. (Special photo)

know about it. Someone always brings it up. “It feels like a lifetime ago. It definitely doesn’t impact who I am. I guess it’s pretty cool to think about. I think my high school students get more enjoyment out of it than I do. It’s just something I did when I was 17 years old and I don’t think about it too often.” The students also pose one more question — how do I see video of it? In the age of YouTube and Vine videos popping up within seconds of being shot, youngsters expect to see the footage right away. But Curry’s kick was before the Internet was prevalent and like others at the time, it was recorded on a VHS tape. Former Duluth head coach Kenny Reese doesn’t have a copy, unless it is stored somewhere at the high school. Curry’s former kicking coach, current Brookwood coach Danny Klinect, said he has a VHS copy but it’s stored in a box somewhere. Curry did have his kick converted from VHS to digital a few years back and his parents have the disc. He uploaded it to YouTube at the Daily Post’s request See CURRY, Page 4B

Matchups add intrigue in key region clash Stout Grayson ‘D’ takes on prolific Knights ty’s top passing attacks that has averaged 31.8 points david.friedlander@ in its four victories behind gwinnettdailypost.com quarterback Eric Forrest It’s natural to see the and receivers like Major key matchup in toBellamy, Chris Shelling night’s important Region and Azaviar Kufour. 8-AAAAAA game beMeanwhile, the Graytween Grayson and Central son (7-0, 5-0) defense has Gwinnett as being how the given up just 51 points No. 2 state-ranked Rams’ all season, led by such intimidating defense fares high-impact players like against the Black Knights’ Georgia commit Justin prolific offense. Young, Daniel Fennell and After all, Central (4-2, Wisconsin-bound MoCentral Gwinnett’s Chris Shelling (1) makes a move around 3-1) has one of the counhamed Barry. Dacula’s C.J. Mayes (28) earlier this season. (File Photo) By David Friedlander

However, when the two team square off at Grayson Community Stadium tonight, it may be the other matchup that proves to be decisive. “They’re really good on defense,” Rams coach Mickey Conn said of Central. “They have a good front seven. They’ve moved to a 3-4, and they bring pressure from different places, and they do

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Still very much in the football playoff chase from Region 8-AAAAAA, Parkview can’t afford any slip-ups. And each of the four teams left on the Panthers’ schedule present a challenge, including underrated South Gwinnett tonight. The Comets sit at 2-5 (really 1-6 if not for a Walton forfeit), and 1-4 in the region, but their record is scattered with close losses. “They’ve been in most every game they’ve played, even against Archer last week,” Parkview head coach Eric Godfree said. “Their record could be totally different. They do a great job with their kids. They’ve got a good team.” South trailed defending 8-AAAAAA champion Archer just 10-7 in the fourth quarter until the Tigers finished off a 24-7 win. It was a close result that grabbed attention region-wide, but the Comets wanted more from that game, and from a season that began with playoff hopes. “It’s a long shot,” South head coach John Small said of any playoff possibilities. “We have to win out to even have a chance. I’m proud of the way our kids played the other night (vs. Archer). I’m not into moral victories, but our kids continued to play hard and it’s because of their senior leadership.” One of the brightest

SOUTH GWINNETT AT PARKVIEW SOUTH COMETS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: John Small Record: 1-6, 1-4 region Last week: Lost to Archer 24-7 PARKVIEW PANTHERS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Eric Godfree Record: 3-3, 2-2 region Last week: Beat Berkmar 42-3

When: Today, 7:30 p.m. Last meeting: South won 35-21 last year Directions to Parkview High School: From I-85, go east on Indian Trail Road until it becomes Killian Hill Road. Turn right on Arcado Road and then left on Cole Drive. School is on the left.

Parkview’s G.G. Robinson (45) stiffarms Peachtree Ridge’s Zey Lacet (28) earlier this season. (File photo)

spots was the Comets’ defense, which limited Archer’s potent attack to 10 points through three quarters. “I thought our defense played well,” Small said. “I hate that we let them punch in two (scores) late, but they’re a good football team.” Up next is another good football team. Parkview is 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the region, with the two losses coming to Grayson and Archer. That leaves the Panthers with winnable games against South, Shiloh and Central Gwinnett before a season finale with Dacula. If they win the next three, the result against Dacula may not matter. A playoff spot could be locked up by then. “Obviously, we’ve got to win to make sure we continue that (playoff push),” Godfree said. “Looking at it, it looks like we could

lose one more (and still make the playoffs). But we certainly don’t want to do that.” Parkview didn’t play its best against winless Berkmar last Friday, leading just 14-3 at halftime. Berkmar also fell just short of a score just before halftime that could have cut the lead. But the Panthers took control in the second half with 28 unanswered points. “We definitely did not help ourselves in the first half (vs. Berkmar),” Godfree said. “The defense played well the whole time. They got their three points on a turnover on our side of the field. It really wasn’t until the second half until we consistently played well on offense. We shot ourselves in the foot. “We have yet in any football game this season to play a full 48 minutes, for the offense, defense and special teams to have a full, great game.”

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•From Page 1B a good job in mixing up their coverages. We’ve just got to find gaps to run through.” Conn’s respect for the Central defense is well founded. The Black Knights are also among Gwinnett’s stingiest defenses, giving up just 12.2 points per game and featuring a host of difference makers, such as Florida-committed linebacker Adonis Thomas (64 tackles, 8 TFL, 4 sacks), as well as Tim Gary (48 tackles, 11 TFL, 4 sacks). “Our defense has played lights out all year,” Black Knights coach Todd Wofford said. “That’s something a lot of people have overlooked, but it’s been a big thing for us. Our defense has been giving our offense (scoring) chances.” Similarly, while Grayson’s defense has deservedly received a great deal of attention, the Rams’

offense has also flourished this season, averaging 30.3 points per game, including 40 points over the past three games. What’s more impressive is how the emergence of the passing game behind quarterback Chase Brice (85-131-1, 1,152 yards, 12 TDs) and receiver Cedric Asseh (30-342, 5 TDs) to complement the Rams’ traditionally-strong running game, led this year by Camryn Brent (128-762, 9 TDs). And Wofford says his defense will have to take a page from Grayson’s playbook and bring the heat to try to disrupt the Rams. “It’s really the same deal as the other side,” Wofford said. “Just like they’re going to try to get to our quarterback, we’re going to try to get to their quarterback. … It really comes down to the two defenses and who sets the tone and maybe creates some turnovers.” That kind of aggres-

CENTRAL GWINNETT AT GRAYSON CENTRAL GWINNETT BLACK KNIGHTS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Todd Wofford Record: 4-2, 3-1 Last week: Beat Brookwood 32-0 GRAYSON RAMS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Mickey Conn Record: 7-0, 5-0 Last week: Beat Shiloh 42-6

When: Today, 7:30 p.m. Last meeting: Grayson won 27-19 last year Directions to Grayson High School: From I-85, go east on Sugarloaf Parkway to Ga. Highway 20 and turn right. Proceed through Grayson and turn right on Hope Hollow Road. School is immediately on the left.

siveness should only add a little extra excitement to a match-up that already has plenty going for it tonight, with both teams trying to further solidify their respective positions in the region race. “Our kids are definitely excited,” Conn said. “They’ve played against these (Central) kids pretty much since middle school. So, they know each other pretty well. And they know how good this team is.”

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A look at this week’s football matchups (all games at 7:30 p.m. today unless otherwise noted)

BUFORD AT MONROE AREA BUFORD WOLVES (8-AAAA) Coach: Jess Simpson Record: 6-0, 3-0 region Last week: Beat North Hall 56-0

COMMERCE VS. PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN

MONROE AREA HURRICANES (8-AAAA) Coach: Joey Sulkowski Record: 0-6, 0-3 Last week: Lost to North Oconee 35-17

After routing a winless region team last Friday in North Hall, Buford gets another winless squad this week with Monroe Area. The Purple Hurricanes’ record is slightly deceiving, though, because of a tough schedule. They have several close losses, including a tight game with region co-leader Stephens County two weeks ago, a 42-34 setback. The 0-6 record is also out of character for a Monroe Area program that has gone 42-8 the previous four seasons, including 11-1 in 2013. That said, Buford hasn’t been challenged by anyone in its new region thus far. The Wolves have won their three region games handily, 42-10 Evyn Cooper over White County, 54-7 over Chestatee and 56-0 over North Hall. Evyn Cooper (three rushes, 74 yards, touchdown) and Luke Humphrey (5 of 8 passing for 91 yards, two TDs) helped the offense roll last Friday, while Nick Polino had a monster game on the line with an 88 percent blocking grade, eight knockdown blocks and even a 32-yard rush. Konnor Houston (eight tackles, fumble recovery), David Curry (seven tackles) and Connor Tarleton (three tackles, caused fumble) were among the standouts on defense. After Monroe Area, Buford faces the region’s top-tier teams in its final three games: at North Oconee (4-2, 3-0 region), vs. Madison County (4-2, 2-1) and at Stephens County (5-1, 3-0). Last meeting: Monroe Area won 45-0 in 1951 Directions to Monroe Area High School: From Snellville, take U.S. Highway 78 east toward Athens. Turn left onto Bentley Road, right on Cedar Ridge Road and right on Double Springs Church Road.

DACULA AT BROOKWOOD

DACULA FALCONS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Tommy Jones Record: 6-0, 4-0 region Last week: Had a bye

BROOKWOOD BRONCOS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Mark Crews Record: 2-5, 2-3 region Last week: Lost to Central Gwinnett 32-0

Little has gone right for struggling Brookwood, which is likely staring down its first losing season since 1986. It’s been tough for the Broncos’ Mark Crews, in his last year as head coach. He’s never had a losing season in 37 years as a head coach and or assistant coach. “We’re struggling, but we’re going to keep on keeping on,” Crews said. “Hopefully we can bounce back and play well.” Chase Middleton and the Brookwood defense has played solidly at times, but didn’t fare well in last Friday’s loss to Central. The offense has been an issue all season and it doesn’t get easier against a stingy Dacula defense. Lawson Cook “They’ve got a good football team,” Crews said of the Falcons, who are coached by Brookwood grad Tommy Jones. “They’ve got some talented guys. They play solid defense. It’s going to be awful tough for us to rebound and play well, which is one thing we haven’t done yet — play a full football game. We shoot ourselves in the foot so often we can’t recover.” Unbeaten Dacula had a bye week last Friday to gear up for a stretch run that includes matchups with Grayson and Archer. The Falcons have given up just 29 points in their four region games, most recently holding Central’s powerful offense to 10 points two weeks ago. In that win, Lawson Cook was a major playmaker with nine tackles (two for losses), two sacks, two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and one pass breakup. Jordan Sanders (seven tackles, five QB hurries) also stood out, while C.J. Mayes and Azeem Cooper each returned an interception for a score. Last meeting: Dacula won 21-7 last year Directions to Brookwood High School: From I-85, go east on Pleasant Hill Road and merge onto Ronald Reagan Parkway. Proceed to the Five Forks-Trickum Road exit. Turn right and take the next left on Dogwood Road. School is on the right.

COMMERCE TIGERS (8-A) Coach: Michael Brown Record: 4-2, 3-1 region Last week: Had a bye

PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN STORM (8-A) Coach: Ken Robinson Record: 0-6, 0-4 region Last week: Lost to Hebron Christian 61-27

An already monumental task the Storm face as they continue in their inaugural varsity season doesn’t get any easier as Commerce comes to Shiloh Community Stadium just a half-game off the region lead. And it’s an angry group of Tigers that has had a week to stew about its first region loss to Prince Avenue Christian two weeks ago. “Obviously, Commerce is one of the best teams in the region,” Providence coach Ken Robinson said. “Offensively, they’re a wing-T team. They run the ball a lot. Defensively, they’re very physical. They’re going to do Ken what they do.” Robinson But while the Storm will have their hands full with Commerce playmakers like Cole Chancey and Jesse Underhile, Robinson said the team’s goals remain very narrow for the time being. “Just playing (each game) and looking at it on tape and figuring out what we need to do to get better,” Robinson said when asked his team’s approach to this week and the rest of the season. “We’ve also got to remember that we’ve focusing on not just this year, but trying to build the program.” The Storm are accentuating the positive that could be found even in last week’s loss to Hebron, such as the 174 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries by Jeremy Hardnett. “Obviously, we have kids playing hard, and that’s always a positive,” Robinson said. Last meeting: First meeting between the two schools Directions to Shiloh High School: From Ga. Highway 78, go south on Bethany Church Road and school is on the right.

SHILOH AT ARCHER

SHILOH GENERALS (8-AAAAAA) ARCHER TIGERS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Troy Hobbs Coach: Andy Dyer Record: 1-5, 0-4 region Record: 3-3, 3-1 region Last week: Lost to Grayson 42-6 Last week: Beat South Gwinnett 24-7 Archer has climbed steadily out of its 0-3 hole and has a chance to get over the .500 mark with a win over Shiloh. Most importantly, it would push the Tigers’ region mark to 4-1 and closer to a state playoff spot. Last week’s win wasn’t easy, though. Archer led South Gwinnett just 10-7 in the fourth quarter before finishing the win over with a pair of scores. “We had a dogfight,” Archer head coach Andy Dyer said. “South’s got a really good football team. It was a very good test for us. Fortunately we were able to make some plays late.” Quinn Miller (14 tackles) and the Tigers’ defense shut down a potent South Jared Taylor offense, while Archer finally put up some points late behind Jamyest Williams’ 140 rushing yards and three touchdowns. The Tigers have gotten healthier than early in the season, though South Carolina-bound tight end Connor Redmond is still out. Shiloh’s promising start to the season has hit the skids of late with a four-game region losing streak. Two of the scores have been particularly lopsided (44-0 to Central Gwinnett and 42-6 to Grayson). Jared Taylor (10 tackles, one for loss) and Cam Stewart (six catches for 111 yards, TD) were among the few bright spots for Shiloh in last week’s loss to Grayson. “The obvious thing that sticks out on tape (on Shiloh) is they’ve got the ability to run, they’re pretty fast,” Dyer said. “We’ve got to eliminate any big plays. And just take care of ourselves, not turning the ball over, being efficient on offense and having short series on defense.” Last meeting: Archer won 45-16 last year Directions to Archer High School: From Ga. Highway 316, go east to GA-20 and turn right toward Lawrenceville. Continue as Ga. 20 turns into Jackson Street and New Hope Road. School is on the right.

2014 GWINNETT COUNTY FOOTBALL LEADERS Last Cameryn Johnathan Jesse Jamir Na’ceem Micah Nick Jack Tario Randy C.J. Daniel Brian Christian Ashton Jaelen Joshua Mason Chris Josh Kameron Cameron Malik Alex Andrew Xavier Jeremy Josh Jamyest Jakob Jordan Marcella Jordan Malik Evyn Kelan Bijan Andrew Thomas Marcko Jordan Banks Jacob Charles Josh Antonio Jordan Dylan Randy Jacque Martin Daniel Giovanni Akhil Brett

Rushing First School Gms Att Yards TD Ave. Brent Grayson 7 128 762 9 108.9 Hawkins Mill Creek 6 70 718 8 119.7 Brown Brookwood 6 130 647 4 107.8 Billings Norcross 7 119 641 8 91.6 Antenor P. Ridge 7 100 554 3 79.1 Abernathy GAC 5 50 531 7 106.2 Harris Mtn. View 7 114 514 6 73.4 Chambers Parkview 6 84 509 8 84.8 Fuller Lanier 5 103 463 5 92.6 Nails Archer 6 88 458 1 76.3 Mayes Dacula 6 50 455 3 75.8 David Mill Creek 6 54 448 7 74.7 Efianayi Mill Creek 6 62 413 4 68.8 Malloy S. Gwinnett 7 66 390 3 55.7 Barnes Lanier 6 40 370 2 61.7 Venable GAC 6 69 362 1 60.3 Thomas Buford 6 38 339 9 56.5 Leblanc Brookwood 6 36 336 1 56 McGee Hebron 3 65 334 4 111.3 Garrard Wesleyan 7 76 326 2 46.6 Pickett N. Gwinnett 7 68 324 7 46.3 Watson Parkview 6 57 312 3 52 Staples P. Ridge 7 41 296 5 42.3 Scott Mtn. View 6 35 290 2 48.3 Redman Hebron 5 43 285 4 57 Gantt Buford 6 29 266 4 44.3 Lewis Collins Hill 7 52 261 1 37.3 Malone C. Gwinnett 6 61 254 0 42.3 Williams Archer 6 25 246 4 41 Brashear Dacula 6 32 244 3 40.7 Weddington N. Gwinnett 7 48 242 1 34.6 Baity Lanier 6 42 229 2 38.2 Bertrand Collins Hill 7 46 222 4 31.7 Turner Mill Creek 6 19 217 4 36.2 Cooper Buford 6 24 213 1 35.5 Fraise Dacula 6 50 210 1 35 Sirleaf Dacula 6 45 204 3 34 Hayes Grayson 7 28 197 3 28.1 Harris Collins Hill 7 44 194 1 27.7 Baity Lanier 6 44 192 0 32 Argilagos Wesleyan 7 46 183 3 26.1 Ramsey Wesleyan 7 53 179 2 25.6 Gassert Norcross 7 41 166 3 23.7 Shavers Shiloh 3 46 165 1 55 Shim S. Gwinnett 7 69 165 1 23.6 Woods S. Gwinnett 5 52 151 4 30.2 Frye N. Gwinnett 7 48 144 1 20.6 Singleton Archer 6 30 142 3 23.7 Griffin Berkmar 6 62 139 1 23.2 Evangelister Dacula 6 26 134 0 22.3 Mangram Buford 6 23 131 3 21.8 Leconte Mill Creek 6 13 129 1 21.5 Lugo Dacula 2 19 109 2 54.5 Burroughs Parkview 5 17 108 0 21.6 Shepherd Buford 4 8 102 1 34

Receiving Name School Major Bellamy C. Gwinnett Josh Imatorbhebhe N. Gwinnett Kyle Davis Archer Christian Sutton P. Ridge Canyon Slade Collins Hill Elijah Shah S. Gwinnett Jacob Harper Hebron Kyler Knudsen N. Gwinnett Justin Phan GAC Darius Slayton GAC Jared Pinkney Norcross Chris Shelling C. Gwinnett Connor Heyward P. Ridge Cedric Asseh Grayson Harrison Cook Wesleyan Jared Simpkins Norcross Daniel Imatorbhebhe N. Gwinnett Cameron Stewart Shiloh Tyler Campbell P. Ridge Azaviar Kufour C. Gwinnett Kenneth Hancock N. Gwinnett Johnathan Boyd Parkview Segree Shettleworth Parkview Bolaji Ojolola Lanier Hunter Schuessler Grayson Sam Westmoreland C. Gwinnett Tyler Fleetwood Parkview Des Howard Collins Hill Kielan Whitner Mtn. View Cameron Hankins Mtn. View David Curry Mill Creek Josh Alexander Norcross Tim Leazer Lanier Noel Hussey S. Gwinnett Austin Nash Grayson Chaquan Bacote Berkmar Jaquan Gibson Hebron Almonzo Brown N. Gwinnett Omari Sanders Berkmar Jordan Bertrand Collins Hill Austin Arnold Archer Deshaun Warren Grayson Cole Brown Wesleyan

Rec 45 47 27 29 37 37 19 26 20 24 27 25 24 30 33 21 22 18 25 25 11 13 17 14 13 14 19 17 16 20 16 17 11 18 11 17 13 15 14 13 9 6 7

Yds TD YPC 814 6 18.1 758 9 16.1 545 4 20.2 496 3 17.1 464 2 12.5 460 3 12.4 446 5 23.5 429 2 16.5 425 4 21.3 420 9 17.5 414 3 15.3 385 2 15.4 353 6 14.7 342 5 11.4 339 3 10.3 335 3 16 331 5 15.1 330 3 18.3 323 6 12.9 315 2 12.6 297 1 27 284 1 21.8 279 2 16.4 255 3 18.2 255 3 19.6 250 1 17.9 245 5 12.9 224 4 13.2 218 1 13.6 217 3 10.9 214 2 13.4 210 0 12.4 203 4 18.5 189 1 10.5 186 1 16.9 184 1 10.8 181 1 13.9 175 5 11.7 170 1 12.1 168 1 12.9 162 0 18 162 2 27 159 2 22.7

Trey Nelson Aramis Bryant Malik Robinson Codi Russell Deangelo Gibbs Tucker Cannon Andre Joseph Ashton Barnes Isaac Nauta Jamyest Williams Myles Scott Rey Orocio B.J. Johnson Omari Saunders David Stinson Eric White Marcella Baity Miles Riley Jalen Virgil Rashard Hunt Ricky Sharma Kyler Duley Randy Griffin Dylan Singleton Dorian Miles Joseph Hull

GAC Archer P. Ridge Collins Hill P. Ridge Wesleyan Mtn. View Lanier Buford Archer Brookwood Berkmar S. Gwinnett Berkmar Grayson Shiloh Lanier Mill Creek Mtn. View Berkmar Brookwood Wesleyan Berkmar Archer Brookwood Mill Creek

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154 0 19.3 148 2 21.1 147 2 12.3 144 3 11.1 142 1 23.7 140 1 11.7 139 0 13.9 134 1 13.4 133 3 19 133 1 16.6 131 1 14.6 130 0 10.8 129 2 10.8 127 1 14.1 125 0 9.6 116 0 9.7 116 1 14.5 116 0 11.6 111 0 13.9 110 2 5.8 107 1 17.8 105 1 11.7 103 0 12.9 100 0 11.1 100 2 11.1 100 1 20

Passing Name School Comp. Att. Comp. % Yds TD Int John Urzua N. Gwinnett 137 222 0.617 2054 20 4 Eric Forrest C. Gwinnett 115 209 0.55 1766 11 4 Chance Thrasher P. Ridge 122 204 0.598 1718 19 3 Monty Horn Collins Hill 109 190 0.574 1225 11 4 Davis Mills GAC 64 108 0.593 1166 14 4 Chase Brice Grayson 85 131 0.649 1162 12 1 Gabe Tiller Archer 54 104 0.519 1037 7 4 Jack Chambers Parkview 78 161 0.571 1007 8 6 Josh Shim S. Gwinnett 85 166 0.512 964 5 4 Banks Ramsey Wesleyan 90 135 0.667 922 9 4 Tahj Tolbert Lanier 55 114 0.482 843 8 6 Connor Holliday Hebron 42 74 0.568 771 8 1 Griffin Barker Norcross 55 97 0.567 688 4 7 Daniel David Mill Creek 50 94 0.532 637 5 2 JaDarrius Warner Berkmar 60 141 0.426 621 4 2 Luke Humphrey Buford 32 51 0.628 516 8 3 Sam Freitas Mtn. View 48 118 0.407 511 5 3 Zach Olivar Shiloh 27 51 0.529 444 4 5 Jacob Gassert Norcross 25 47 0.532 443 2 0 Alex Scott Mtn. View 34 77 0.331 416 4 6 Will McCullough Brookwood 27 68 0.397 262 1 3 Vito Priore Shiloh 23 47 0.489 237 1 2 Mason Leblanc Brookwood 15 39 0.306 196 5 1 David Mundo Berkmar 18 27 0.667 190 0 1 Ayinde Russell N. Gwinnett 12 22 0.546 159 2 0 Chris McGee Hebron 14 22 0.636 159 0 1 Mic Roof Buford 5 7 0.714 111 1 0 Tackles Name School Games Tackles Kevin Grier Berkmar 6 80 Jordan Jones Mtn. View 7 80 Chase Middleton Brookwood 7 78 Denzel Wright Grayson 7 73 Daniel Fennell Grayson 7 66 Tyler Voyles Mill Creek 6 65 Jermone Pledger Norcross 7 64 Adonis Thomas C. Gwinnett 6 64 Mohamed Barry Grayson 7 64 Amari Newsome Shiloh 6 63 Chris Allen Norcross 6 61 Devonte Goodbeir Norcross 7 61 Aaron Anderson Mill Creek 6 60 Paul Carothers GAC 7 59 Stefan Ball Lanier 6 59 Derrick Brown Lanier 6 58 Chad Price Brookwood 7 56 Jeremy McDuffie Shiloh 6 55 Ollis Robinson Wesleyan 7 55 Frank Robinson Brookwood 7 54 Devin Miller Lanier 6 54 Drew Aspinwall Wesleyan 7 53 Ethan Walton Parkview 6 53 Tyler Vernon Mill Creek 6 52 Kymere Faucette Berkmar 6 52 Quinn Miller Archer 6 51 Dylan Singleton Archer 6 48 Sidney Otiwu Mill Creek 6 48 Juwuan Jones Lanier 6 48 Tim Gary C. Gwinnett 6 48 Nigel Adams C. Gwinnett 6 47 Dorian Kithcart Norcross 7 47 Sawyer Soucie Mtn. View 7 47 Stephen Moye Parkview 6 46 Austin Wagner Parkview 6 46 Deshawn Oliver C. Gwinnett 6 46 Lawson Cook Dacula 6 45 Kam Jones P. Ridge 7 45 Christian Stark Wesleyan 7 45 Jamal Wise Berkmar 7 45 Michael Stephens Shiloh 5 45 Jordan Hayes Grayson 7 45 Kielan Whitner Mtn. View 7 44 Jean-Charles Adou Parkview 6 44

Berkley Boglin GAC Austin Kim N. Gwinnett Darius Daniels Lanier Tomon Fox Collins Hill Azeem Cooper Dacula Jarett Cole Norcross Devon Goodbeir Norcross Chace Reid S. Gwinnett Michael Pitts Shiloh Justin Young Grayson Jeremy Taylor Lanier Alex Rowe GAC Nate Salomon Brookwood Breon Dixon P. Ridge David Draper Parkview Eric Montalvo Mtn. View Jalen Broadnax Norcross Chris Skyers S. Gwinnett Canyon Cook Lanier Kymani Brown Lanier Avery Elford N. Gwinnett Robert Snyder Collins Hill Miles Fox Collins Hill Robbie Armstrong Archer John Morris Wesleyan A.J. Terry Collins Hill Rayshon Judge Archer Jace Capps P. Ridge Rivion Johnson Brookwood Aiden Jarrett GAC Chris Martin Grayson Matthew Andryusky N. Gwinnett Michael Witherspoon C. Gwinnett Desmond Fields N. Gwinnett Austin Brown Mtn. View Kevin Stipe Wesleyan Sylvester Rouzan Lanier Isaiah Pryor Archer Name Tyler Vernon Justin Young Derrick Brown Derriyon Shaw Chris Martin Jordan Sanders J.B. Kouassi Jalen Broadnax Avery Elford Miles Fox Tomon Fox Miles Parker Marcheal Jackson Name Stefan Ball Andre Joseph C.J. Mayes David Draper Jorrdan Jones Kendrec Grady Chad Clay

Sacks School Mill Creek Grayson Lanier Lanier Grayson Dacula Norcross Norcross N. Gwinnett Collins Hill Collins Hill Collins Hill C. Gwinnett

Interceptions School Lanier Mtn. View Dacula Parkview Lanier Norcross P. Ridge

Punting Name School Matthew Bonadies Buford Christian Cortman Hebron Mason Harwood Lanier Trent Dunahoo Hebron Brad Harvey N. Gwinnett Austin McGugan Grayson Robert Snyder Collins Hill Kendrew Wynn Norcross Nick Marquez Brookwood Cameron Harnett Brookwood Cameron Hartnett Brookwood Sam Freitas Mtn. View John Urzua N. Gwinnett Devin Orr Parkview Will Kenworthy GAC Gabe Tiller Archer Jake Richards Mill Creek Kicking Name School Will Kenworthy GAC Jordan Weaver Wesleyan Brad Harvey N. Gwinnett Bryson King Mill Creek Zaniel Phillips P. Ridge Mason Harwood Lanier Eric Autry Parkview Austin Hoyt Grayson Blake Bingham Norcross Cole Fisher Archer Erick Fuentes Collins Hill Cole Deloach C. Gwinnett Nick Marquez Brookwood Matthew Bonadies Buford Roberto Lindsay S. Gwinnett Antonio Yin Dacula

7 44 5 44 6 43 7 43 6 43 7 43 7 42 7 42 5 42 7 42 5 41 7 40 7 40 7 39 6 39 7 39 7 39 7 39 6 38 5 37 5 37 7 37 6 37 6 37 6 37 7 37 6 37 7 36 7 36 7 36 7 36 5 36 6 36 5 35 7 35 7 35 6 35 6 35 Sacks 10 10 9 7 7 6.5 5.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Interceptions 6 4 3 3 3 3 3

Punts Yds Avg 2 101 50.5 4 198 49.5 5 207 41.4 5 205 41 26 1040 40 28 1115 39.8 27 1062 39.3 15 585 39 28 1067 38.1 1 38 38 1 38 38 8 298 37.3 4 147 36.8 15 550 36.7 16 586 36.6 24 866 36.1 20 720 36 FGM FGA XPM XPA Pts 4 6 31 35 43 7 13 14 16 35 4 5 23 23 35 0 2 34 34 34 1 2 31 33 34 4 7 19 22 31 3 6 21 21 30 2 2 24 26 30 4 10 17 20 29 3 7 19 20 28 4 4 15 16 27 5 6 11 14 26 5 8 11 11 26 2 3 17 18 23 2 5 12 16 18 2 4 12 13 18

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Lanier back to Daily Post Picks work after huge region victory

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

By Will Hammock

WILL HAMMOCK

CHRISTINE TROYKE

DAVID FRIEDLANDER

MITCH BLOMERT

SCOTT SMITH

DAVID WELKER

JON STINCHCOMB*

Buford

Grayson

Central

Grayson

Central

Grayson

Commerce

Dacula at Brookwood

Dacula

Lanier at Heritage

Lanier

Shiloh at Archer

Archer

South Gwinnett at Parkview

South

Parkview

11-2 (83-24)

11-2 (85-22)

11-2 (81-26)

11-2 (85-22)

10-3 (81-26)

11-2 (76-31)

11-2 (75-32)

Buford at Monroe Area Central Gwinnett at Grayson Commerce at Providence

Last week (overall)

game-winning field goal with 14 seconds left. The defense continued to make plays, none bigLanier football has ger than Derrick Brown’s never been held in such 48-yard interception rehigh regard. turn for a touchdown just Those inside the before halftime that proprogram celebrated last vided a 20-9 lead. Brown, weekend and those outa 6-foot-4, 290-pound side gave the Longhorns highly touted junior, also credit after a win over made three tackles for perennial powerhouse losses, two sacks and Gainesville that put them caused a fumble. Jacorey in control of their fate Holder made 13 tackles atop Region 8-AAAAA. last week at linebacker, “It was a big win,” but he moves to the Lanier head coach Korey secondary this week to fill Mobbs said. “To play in for the injured Kymani a traditional power like Brown. Gainesville and go toe “The defense played to toe, and really lead great,” Mobbs said. “Any the entire game. People time you play a team like will tell you we probably Gainesville that is known should have put them for getting the ball out in away and we didn’t, and space and creating probthey battled back like any lems, and you play well class program would. But it’s encouraging. Our kids to see how we responded rallied to the ball. We’ve to that, driving down field got some athletic kids and and hitting a 41-yard field we kind of let them run goal with 14 seconds left around.” was huge for our team The offense struggled and our community.” early, fueling GainesNow the back-patting ville’s first-quarter lead, is over. but quickly found its After absorbing the win bearings thanks to a relifor a few days, Mobbs able veteran. Tario Fuller, made sure his team went a Purdue commitment, back to work this week. got closer to 100 percent The success is great, but and logged 31 carries for maintaining it without 141 yards in the victory. being overconfident is “It wasn’t just his stats, another mission. It’s one he ran like last year,” Lanier hopes to keep Mobbs said. “He’s had a going tonight with a road broken foot from the first trip to Heritage. game and he’s played on “We’ve been talking it. He’s been in a boot about how to handle suc- most weeks. But he’s cess,” said Mobbs, a forfeeling a lot better and mer Lanier assistant pro- he was more explosive moted to head coach this Friday night.” past summer. “There’s a Up next is Heritage difference in our region. (2-4, 2-3), a team with We were the hunter and a Gwinnett feel and a now we’re the hunted. deceptive record. The Everybody’s going to be Patriots have lost three shooting for us. Right games by a touchdown or now we’re undefeated in less, so they could easily the region and we’ve got be sitting at 5-1 instead quality opponents left. of 2-4. They are coached Friday night was fun, but by former Berkmar head the challenge with young coach and Shiloh assistant kids is making them Wendell Early. His staff forget that and move onto includes longtime Gwinthis week’s opponent. nett assistant Jim Tiller as That’s important.” offensive line coach and Lanier (6-0, 5-0 region) North Gwinnett grad and picked up some valuable former North, Shiloh and experience in last week’s Berkmar assistant Toby victory, particularly with Whiting as defensive how the see-saw game coordinator, as well as played out. Gainesville former Shiloh assistant took a 9-0 lead in the first Brandon Jackson on the quarter, but the Longdefensive staff. horns scored the next 23. “Heritage is very Gainesville rallied in the talented,” Mobbs said. fourth quarter, but the “They were one of the hosts drove for Mason (region) favorites going Harwood’s 41-yard, into the year.”

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*Each week’s picks feature a guest picker. This week’s guest picker is Parkview grad Jon Stinchcomb, a former Georgia and New Orleans Saints offensive tackle, who now works with NG3 (ng3.co), a character-building non-profit in Gwinnett.

•From Page 1B for this story, something his students will no doubt appreciate. “They always ask, ‘Can we see it,?’ Curry said. “I always told them, ‘You can’t. It’s not digital.’” Though Curry gets tired of rehashing his high school feat, it’s still quite the tale. It occurred via the rare free-kick option, a choice that Reese kept in his arsenal for years for when he needed it. The longtime Gwinnett coach, now retired after recently working at Parkview, had his kickers practice for a free kick, which can be used when a player fair catches a punt or kickoff. Rather than take possession after a punt, the offensive team can elect to try a free kick, essentially a kick off a tee with no rush, no snap and no hold. Curry followed behind another strong-legged Duluth kicker, former Georgia kicker Brett Kirouac, and Reese had Klinect work with Kirouac on free kicks the year before. But it takes a special situation, like time winding down at the end of a half or severe offensive issues, and such a time never arose for Kirouac. It did for Curry, however. Duluth had struggled on offense against Norcross in that ‘99 matchup, so Reese asked offensive coordinator Dana King, now a teacher at Brookwood, the plan. King suggested moving the chains once to get closer to field-goal range and Reese had another idea. “Let’s kick it now,”

Curry Reese said. He stuck to his plan, even though Norcross’ punter boomed his longest punt of the night by far. “Kevin Williams, our return man, calls a fair catch and I thought, ‘Well, let’s give it a shot,’” Reese said. “The official was running by and I told him we’d like to exercise our free kick option. He stops dead in his tracks. ‘You want to do what?’ I said, ‘We want to exercise our free kick option.’ He said OK, he calls the officials over and they got in their little huddle about it.” When the discussion finished, Reese sent the left-footed Curry out along with the entire kickoff team. The Norcross players, confused by what was happening, called timeout. They eventually found out they had to give the Duluth players a 10-yard cushion, just like a kickoff. “It was against our rivals and we didn’t have a lot of offense that year,” said Klinect, a Duluth grad who saw his 47-yard, schoolrecord field goal topped by Kirouac’s 55-yarder until Curry passed them both. “We knew Rusty could give us an opportunity to win the game. We had actually worked on the free kick numerous times during the season. I took him down to the field and Coach (Reese) asked me to work on it because we needed to do it some time. I remember the confusion when we lined up for a kick. Norcross was just confused and called timeout.” When play resumed,

Curry didn’t hit his best kick. But the Wildcat senior hit it well enough to split the uprights. “I remember it being a pretty crappy kick,” Curry said. “It was lower, more of a line drive. I wanted to make sure it got through. The kickoff afterward was a lot better, higher, better hangtime, out of the back of the end zone.” The 3-0 lead kick-started Duluth’s eventual victory. It also cemented Curry’s legacy as a field-goal kicker, even though his better talent was punting — he still holds the school punt average record at 43.6. “It was just, ‘Wow, did that just happen?’” Klinect said. Reese still fields questions about Curry’s kick a few times a year. “People say, ‘Hey it wasn’t a real field goal,’” Reese said. “They say, ‘There wasn’t a rush. There was no snap, no hold.’ I tell them, ‘I got it, I got it. That’s true. But he kicked the ball 67 yards and put it through the uprights. The next day he got national coverage (on ESPN), that was a cool thing. And it was nice for us to be able to beat Norcross.” Curry’s football career didn’t last much longer after that season. He spent two seasons as a walkon punter at Clemson and then, caught behind scholarship kickers, gave up football to be a regular student. He’s still a diehard Clemson fan with season tickets, though his own career is far from his mind. He stayed involved in sports his first three years

as a Blythewood teacher, both as a soccer and football coach. The time commitment got to be too much, particularly since Curry and his wife Emily were so busy with their own family. They now have three children under 5, one boy and two girls, the most recent born on Oct. 7. School also keeps him busy — he currently teaches Advanced Placement calculus and statistics. “Rusty’s a great kid,” Klinect said. “I’ve always said he’s the kind of kid I would want to marry my daughter. Him and Brett Kirouac who preceded him, they were both great students, AP students. They were so advanced. I think both entered college as sophomores. They were the model students of what kind of kid you wanted on the field and in the classroom.” Klinect wasn’t surprised that Curry, always more of an academic than a sports junkie, pursued teaching. Not nearly as shocked as the Blythewood students who find out their wellliked math teacher once bombed a 67-yard field goal. “I don’t think I was too worried about (hitting from 67 yards),” Curry said. “I was hitting the ball pretty good back then. Nowadays, not a chance. One of my kids’ projects last year, he had our (high school) kickers and me kick. He analyzed the velocity and everything. It was very embarrassing. I didn’t get much chance to warm up. I blame it on that.”

GEORGIA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION PREP FOOTBALL POLL

Gainesville’s Mikey Gonzalez (12) gets tackled behind the line of scrimmage by Lanier’s Derriyon Shaw (80) last Friday. (File Photo)

LANIER AT HERITAGE LANIER LONGHORNS (8-AAAAA) Coach: Korey Mobbs Record: 6-0, 5-0 region Last week: Beat Gainesville 26-23

HERITAGE PATRIOTS (8-AAAAA) Coach: Wendell Early Record: 2-4, 2-3 region Last week: Had a bye

When: Today, 7:30 p.m. Last meeting: First meeting Directions to Heritage High School: Take I-20 east from Atlanta and take Exit 82 and go south on Ga. Hwy. 20/138. At traffic light, turn right onto Stockbridge Highway (Hwy. 138). At traffic light, turn right onto Granade Road. School entrance will be on the right.

Class AAAAAA School Pts. Prv. 1. Colquitt County (14) (7-0) 140 1 2. Grayson (7-0) 122 2 3. Valdosta (7-0) 114 3 4. Langston Hughes (5-1) 90 4 5. Dacula (6-0) 73 6 6. Lowndes (6-1) 69 8 7. Norcross (6-1) 60 7 8. McEachern (4-2) 42 9 9. Milton (5-1) 28 10 10. Camden County (5-2) 15 5 Others receiving votes: North Gwinnett 11, Hillgrove 3, Alpharetta 1, Tucker 1.

Class AAAA School Pts. Prv. 1. Buford (14) (6-0) 140 1 2. Sandy Creek (6-0) 123 2 3. Griffin (6-0) 115 3 4. Cartersville (5-1) 82 5 5. Woodward Academy (5-1) 80 6 6. Thomas County Cent. (5-1) 76 7 7. Cairo (5-1) 49 9 8. Marist (6-1) 44 4 9. Mary Persons (5-1) 30 10 10. St. Pius X (4-2) 23 NR Others receiving votes: Whitewater 7, West Laurens 1. Dropped out: Whitewater (8).

Class AA School Pts. Prv. 1. GAC (14) (7-0) 140 1 2. Vidalia (6-0) 119 2 3. Benedictine (5-1) 117 3 4. Lovett (5-2) 95 4 5. Brooks County (5-2) 70 5 6. Lamar County (4-1-1) 56 6 (tie) Screven County (7-0) 56 7 8. Fitzgerald (5-1) 44 8 9. Darlington (6-1) 32 9 10. Thomasville (4-3) 17 10 Others receiving votes: Union County 15, Model 2. Dropped out: Union County (10).

Class AAAAA School Pts. Prv. 1. Ware County (13) (6-0) 139 1 2. Kell (6-0) 121 2 3. Allatoona (1) (7-0) 115 4 4. Coffee (6-1) 94 5 5. Northside-W. Robins (5-1) 71 6 6. Carver-Columbus (5-1) 66 6 7. Lanier (6-0) 61 8 8. Carver-Atlanta (6-1) 38 NR 9. Creekside (5-2) 32 2 10. Jones County (5-1) 13 9 Others receiving votes: Dalton 12, Mays 4, Stephenson 4, Houston County 1. Dropped out: Dalton (10).

Class AAA School Pts. Prv. 1. Washington Co. (14) (6-0) 140 1 2. Calhoun (7-0) 124 2 3. Blessed Trinity (6-0) 107 3 4. Jefferson (7-0) 93 4 5. Peach County (7-0) 88 5 6. Central-Carrollton (6-0) 70 6 7. Westminster (6-0) 62 7 8. Westside-Macon (7-0) 35 8 9. Hart County (6-0) 24 9 10. Dodge County (7-0) 23 10 Others receiving votes: Oconee County 4.

Class A School Pts. Prv. 1. Aquinas (13) (7-0) 139 1 2. Marion County (6-0) 121 2 3. Mt. Paran Christian (1) (6-0) 114 3 4. Calvary Day (6-0) 95 4 5. Hawkinsville (7-0) 86 5 6. Irwin County (4-1-1) 64 7 7. Tattnall Square (6-0) 44 NR 8. Landmark Christian (5-1) 42 8 9. Savannah Christian (5-1) 32 6 10. Charlton County (5-1) 25 9 Others receiving votes: Claxton 6, Emanuel County Institute 1. Dropped out: Dooly County (10).

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NO. 10 GEORGIA AT ARKANSAS: SATURDAY 4 P.M. (SEC NETWORK)

Bulldogs moving on with Gurley in limbo The Sports Xchange

Georgia showed it could win without Todd Gurley last Saturday at Missouri. Now, the challenge is Today whether the Bulldogs can FOOTBALL sustain that us-against-the7:30 p.m. — Buford at Monroe Area world momentum Saturday 7:30 p.m. — Central Gwinnett at Grayson at Arkansas. 7:30 p.m. — Commerce at Providence Gurley was suspended 7:30 p.m. — Dacula at Brookwood indefinitely last week 7:30 p.m. — Lanier at Heritage 7:30 p.m. — Shiloh at Archer before the Missouri game 7:30 p.m. — South Gwinnett at Parkview amid allegations he accepted cash for signed items from a sports memorabilia dealer. Georgia coach Mark Richt said there is no TODAY NEXT UPCOMING timetable on when if the at Baltimore Detroit star junior running back Off Sun, 1 p.m. Oct. 26 Fox/92.--9-FM Fox/92.9-FM and Heisman candidate Falcons will return this season. at UT-Wesleyan UT-Temple “I’ll answer that like I’ve Off Sat, 3 p.m. Oct. 25, 2 p.m. Womens been answering any Gurley soccer questions and that’s to say at UT-Wesleyan at SCAD I really don’t know,” Richt Off Sat, 3 p.m. Oct. 25, 7 p.m. said. “I don’t know the Mens soccer answer to that.” at Arkansas Florida Without Gurley, Georgia Off Sat, 4 p.m. Nov. 1, 3:30 p.m. (5-1, 3-1 SEC) banded SEC/750-AM CBS/750-AM Georgia together for a 34-0 shutout at Missouri in a key at North Carolina at Pittsburgh Off Sat, 7 p.m. Oct. 25, TBD divisional matchup. The ESPNU/680-AM 680-AM Tech Bulldogs defense forced at South Alabama Georgia Southern five turnovers and limited Missouri to just 147 yards Off Sat, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, TBD ESPN3/88.5-FM 88.5-FM GSU of offense. Offensively, freshman RB Nick Chubb PTV = Peachtree TV, SS = SportSouth, FSS = Fox Sports South did his best Gurley impersonation, rushing for 143 yards and a TD. “We are not a one-man Today team, so we had a chip AUTO RACING 2:30 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup: Geico 500, Practice FS1 on our shoulder,” Georgia 4:30 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup: Geico 500, Practice FS1 tight end Jay Rome said. 5:30 p.m. — NASCAR Truck: Fred’s 250 Qualifying FS1 “We’re going to play for FOOTBALL Georgia and we’re going to 7 p.m. — High School: Milton at Walton PBS play for Todd.” 8 p.m. — College: Fresno State at Boise State ESPN Against Arkansas, GeorSOCCER gia will face challenge de5:30 p.m. — College: Virginia at Clemson FSS fensively stopping the best 7:30 p.m. — College: Notre Dame at Duke FSS rushing team in the SEC. 9 p.m. — Women’s CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying, The Razorbacks (3-3, 0-3 USA vs Guatemala FS1 SEC) average 278.7 yards 10 p.m. — MLS: Real Salt Lake at Portland Timbers per game on the ground. NBCSP “It’s going to be a good Saturday AUTO RACING game,” Georgia defensive 1 p.m. — NASCAR Truck: Fred’s 250 FOX end Sterling Bailey said. COLLEGE FOOTBALL “Traditional football, Noon — Kansas State at Oklahoma, ESPN smash-mouth. We know Noon — Iowa at Maryland ESPN2 they’re going to run the Noon — Baylor at West Virginia FS1 ball.”

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The Home Teams

On TV

Noon — Syracuse at Wake Forest FSS Noon — Texas-Santonio at Louisiana Tech FSS 12:30 p.m. — Virginia at Duke CW 3:30 p.m. — Rutgers at Ohio State ABC 3:30 p.m. — Texas A&M at Alabama CBS 3:30 p.m. — Michigan State at Indiana ESPN 3:30 p.m. — UCLA at California ESPN2 3:30 p..m. — North Carolina State at Louisville FSS 3:30 p.m. — Kansas at Texas Tech SS 4 p.m. — Oklahoma State at Texas Christian FS1 7 p.m. — Tennessee at Mississippi ESPN 7 p.m. — Missouri at Florida ESPN2 8 p.m. — Notre Dame at Florida State ABC 8 p.m. — Washington at Oregon FS1 10:15 p.m. — Nevada at BYU ESPN2 10:30 p.m. — Stanford at Arizona ESPN

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

4 p.m. — NLCS Game 6 (If necessary) San Fransico Giants at St. Louis Cardinals FOX

SOCCER

7:45 a.m. — English Premier League: Manchester City FC vs Tottenham Hotspur FC NBCSP 10 a.m.— English Premier League: Crystal Palace FC vs Chelsea FC NBCSP 3 p.m. — MLS: FC Dallas at Colorado Rapids NBCSP

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CHEERLEADING

Oct. 25: The 12th Man and Their Group of Fans, a football and cheerleading camp for students with special needs, will be hosted by Mountain View High School from 10 a.m. to noon. The camp is open to any first- through 12th-grader with a current physical at a cost of $10. For more information, go to www.12thManCamp. weebly.com.

mulberry-park/ or register at www.active.com.

VOLLEYBALL

Ongoing through Oct. 16: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County offers winter programs for boys and girls ages 3-14 at Atlanta Volleyball Academy. Register early and save at www. i9sports.com or call 678-4722142. Open to all skill levels, no tryouts, everyone plays, no fundraisers and same day practices and games.

Georgia running back Todd Gurley (3) waits for a pass in a game Sept. 27 against Tennessee in Athens. (Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports)

PLAYERS TO WATCH — RB Nick Chubb earned SEC freshman of the week honors after an outstanding performance filling in for suspended RB Todd Gurley. Chubb rushed for a career-high 143 yards on 38 carries and a TD during Georgia’s 34-0 win over Missouri. The 228-pound Chubb showed he was capable to absorb blows throughout the game. — QB Hutson Mason was an efficient 22-of-28 for 156 yards and a TD against Missouri. Mason also made plays with his legs, finishing with an 11-yard TD run and five rushes for 21 yards. — WR Michael Bennett had five catches for 53 yards against Missouri, including a 9-yard TD pass. For the season, Bennett has 200 yards receiving on 19 catches and three TDs this season. — S Quincey Mauger had two of Georgia’s four interceptions against Missouri. The 6-0, 199 pound sophomore from Marietta, Ga., has helped solidify the back end of Georgia’s defense. Mauger has 22 tackles, 1 tackle for loss and 1 pass breakup.

Georgia Tech looking to bounce back vs. UNC Thomas turned his ankle late in the first half last week and Georgia Tech scored a Tim Byerly came on in the When: 7 p.m., Saturday season-low in points during final nine minutes to engiWhere: Kenan Stadiits first loss of the season neer two touchdown drives, um, Chapel Hill, N.C. last week, but the Yellow but Thomas is expected to TV: ESPNU Jackets have an ample start Saturday. He is a focal opportunity to get back on point of a rushing attack that track Saturday when they reporters of Williams’ peris seventh in the nation with travel to North Carolina. formance. “He really gave 294.7 yards per game, but The Tar Heels have allowed everything he had out there.” coach Paul Johnson looks an average of 43.3 points Georgia Tech quarterback for a better performance per game — second worst in Justin Thomas fueled the after three turnovers and 69 the nation — in losing four Yellow Jackets’ seasonpenalty yards short-circuited of their first six contests, opening five-game winning Georgia Tech’s hope of a giving up 50 or more points streak and is second among 6-0 start. “Hopefully you three times during their four- FBS quarterbacks in rushcan learn from it and move game losing streak. Offense ing per game (98.2 yards), on,” Johnson told reporters has not been a problem for but threw a pair of costly after the game. “I’d be lying North Carolina, which saw interceptions before being if I told you I wasn’t disapquarterback Marquise Wilreplaced late in last week’s pointed.” liams pass for 303 yards and 31-25 loss to Duke. Thomas ABOUT NORTH rush for a career-best 132 and Williams are two of CAROLINA (2-4, 0-2): yards in last week’s 50-43 eight FBS quarterbacks to Williams, the ACC ofdefeat at Notre Dame. lead their team in rushing fensive back of the week, “That guy played his and passing yards. completed 24-of-41 passes heart out,” North Carolina ABOUT GEORGIA last week and is one of coach Larry Fedora told TECH (5-1, 2-1 ACC): only two players in school The Sports Xchange

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history (Ronald Curry) to surpass 3,000 career passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards. Opposing offenses, though, are averaging 508 yards per game against the North Carolina defense. The Tar Heels have not helped themselves, averaging 9.5 penalties and two turnovers per game. EXTRA POINTS 1. Georgia Tech leads the nation in third-down conversion percentage (58.9). 2. Williams passed for two touchdowns, rushed for a score and caught a touchdown pass last week — the second time in his career he has recorded a rushing, passing and receiving TD in the same game. 3. The Yellow Jackets have won the past five meetings and eight of nine, and lead the all-time series 28-18-3.

GGC tennis ready to host Grizzly Open

“We’re looking forward to hosting this event,” LAWRENCEVILLE — GGC Head Coach Chase FOOTBALL The Georgia Gwinnett Hodges said. “We have 25 WRESTLING Oct. 25: The 12th Man teams here, so it’s going and Their Group of Fans, Ongoing through Nov. 3: tennis program has had a busy fall so far, and the to be very large, and we’re a football and cheerleadMountain View Youth WresGrizzlies will be looking to looking to put together ing camp for students with tling is accepting registration cap the season in style as a first-class tournament. special needs, will be hosted for the upcoming season by Mountain View High through Nov. 3, the first day of they close out with the sec- Hopefully the players on School from 10 a.m. to noon. practices in the high school ond annual Grizzly Open our team can get a lot of The camp is open to any wrestling room. Elementary at GGC’s Tennis Facility, matches in, and then we first- through 12th-grader with practices are from 6 to 7 p.m. which is set to begin at can bring home some titles a current physical at a cost and middle school practices 2 p.m. on Friday and run like we did last year.” of $10. For more information, are from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on through Sunday. There will be three go to www.12thManCamp. Mondays, Tuesdays and In all, 15 schools will flights each of singles for weebly.com. Thursdays. The youth club be represented in the the men and the women competes in age/weight RUNNING event, including a trio of and one flight apiece in USA Wrestling tournaments Nov. 15: The XTERRA NCAA Division I schools doubles. around metro Atlanta. The Georgia Little Mulberry Park in Georgia State, KenFor the men, four cost for the season is $190 10K/5K Trail Running Race and registration is available at nesaw State and Alabama will be held at Little Mulberry Grizzlies will play in bluesombrero.com/mvwresPark in Dacula. The trail run State. Division II will be the 32-player Flight A, features 5K and 10K options, tling. Walk-up registration will represented by Alabamaincluding standout freshas well as a free kids’ fun run. be held Oct. 26 from 2 to 4 Huntsville, Barry, Lewis, man Lachlan McPhee, who p.m. in the Mountain View For more information, go to Florida Southern, South has impressed in his first High School media center. www.dirtyspokes.com/littleCarolina Aiken and West season in Lawrenceville. Georgia, and Division III The Australian has comschools Berry and Emory piled a 7-2 record so far for round out the NCAA the fall, advancing to the • Will Hammock, Sports Editor: will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com participants. Joining GGC semifinals of the USTA/ • Christine Troyke, Staff Writer: christine.troyke@gwinnettdailypost.com from the NAIA ranks will ITA South Region Cham• David Friedlander, Staff Writer: david.friedlander@gwinnettdailypost.com be Brenau, Middle Georgia pionship, where he was • Scott Smith, Senior Correspondent: scott.smith@gwinnettdailypost.com and Point. knocked out by teammate • To report scores, call 770-339-5850

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SERIES HISTORY Georgia leads Arkansas 9-4 (Last meeting, 2010, Arkansas 31-24). QUOTE TO NOTE “Football’s a team game. And the best chance we have is for everybody to take care of their responsibilities, and for everybody to improve on a daily basis and everybody to play and practice with the kind of energy it takes to get the job done.” — Georgia coach Mark Richt, on the Bulldogs moving on with RB Todd Gurley suspended. GAME BREAKDOWN Scouting the running game: Georgia coach Mark Richt said he feels like freshman RB Nick Chubb recovered well from his 38-carry effort against Missouri. “He didn’t look sore (in practice),” Richt said. Sophomore RB Brendan Douglas also stepped up with 65 yards on 13 carries, including a 15yard TD run in which he went airborne to reach the end zone. For the season, Georgia ranks second in the SEC in rushing offense at 275.7 yards per game. Scouting the passing game WR Malcolm Mitchell had six catches for 27 yards but has yet to

return to form as a deep threat. Mitchell’s longest catch went for 8 yards. WR Chris Conley left the Missouri game early with a knee injury, but returned. Conley finished with just 1 catch for 8 yards. For the season, Georgia ranks 13th in the SEC in pass offense at 170 yards per game. Scouting the run defense: The Bulldogs held Missouri to just 50 yards rushing on 2.3 yards per carry. LB Amarlo Herrera once again provided strong run support with four tackles, including one tackle for loss. LB Tim Kimbrough added 4 tackles as well. For the season, Georgia ranks second in the SEC in run defense, allowing just 101.7 yards per game. Scouting the pass defense: Georgia’s secondary is coming off its best game of the season, limiting Missouri to just 97 yards passing with four interceptions. S Quincy Mauger had two interceptions, with CB Damian Swann and CB Dominick Sanders adding one interception each. “The communication in the back end is getting better and better,” Richt said. For the season, Georgia ranks fifth in the SEC in pass defense, allowing 202 yards per game. Scouting the special teams: Richt said he still has confidence in freshman PR/KR Isaiah McKenzie despite his lost fumble against Missouri. “If the ball was just always out and about while he was running, or if he was reckless while fielding the ball in practice or games, I wouldn’t put him right back in there,” Richt said. “He got it ripped out.” PK Marshall Morgan went 2-of-2 on field goals against Missouri, with a long of 47 yards.

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Jordan Cox. McPhee is slated to take on Emory’s Eric Brinzensky on Saturday at 8 a.m. Joining McPhee will be fellow freshman Stefano Licata as well as returners Luke Morland and Connor Clements. Licata is 0-1 on the year, and the duo of Morland and Clements have combined for a 6-4 record. On the women’s side, Valeria Podda will be expected to lead the group after advancing all the way to the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships earlier this season. Podda is 5-2 in singles this year, and she has a bye into Saturday’s second round where she’ll face wither Ana Banic of Lewis or Katarina Su of Emory. Klara Dohnalova, who will be making her GGC debut after transferring from South Carolina State, also has a bye into the second round, and Chiara

Di Salvo will begin her tournament against Berry’s Lauren Byrket on Friday at 7 p.m. Dohnalova will take on either Mary Cerny of Berry or Nadine Tusiama of USC Aiken. In the B flight, Luma Schwab is slated to battle Middle Georgia’s Shelby Ashley, and Victoria Svensson will take on West Georgia’s Nicole Northrup. Cox and Matias Hatem, who’ve each enjoyed successful fall seasons in singles, will aim for a doubles crown, but they’ll be battling 43 other tandems, including another from GGC in the team of Morland and McPhee. Both duos have byes into the second round. In the women’s bracket Di Salvo and Schwab will take on Danielle Truitt and Catharine Harris of Emory. The team of Podda and Dohnalova is scheduled to take on a team from either Berry or Emory.

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Getting to Know ... Stan Luttrell

Stan Luttrell is the linebackers coach and the strength and power coordinator at Buford High School. He joined the Wolves for the 2014 season after serving as head coach at Chestatee in Gainesville for eight years, where he led the War Eagles to a 46-38 record. He was 17-6 during the last two seasons, which included Chestatee’s first playoff win in school history last year. The Knoxville, Tenn.. native played football at Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. He spent four years coaching in his home state before serving as defensive coordinator at Johnson High School in Oakwood under former Peachtree Ridge coach Blair Armstrong. He was head coach at Union County in Blairsville for two years before taking the same position at Chestatee in 2006. Staff correspondent Mitch Blomert recently spoke to Luttrell about his coaching career, what brought him to Buford, his career as a competitive weightlifting coach and his role as a father to five kids. MB: It’s not often you see a head coach leave his team at its peak to become an assistant at another school. What sparked your decision to do leave Chestatee for Buford? SL: It was just a tremendous opportunity. It’s one of the best programs in the state, if not the best. But there were a lot of things going on in my life, personally. My dad was sick, and actually died when I announced I was coming to Buford. It was on a Tuesday and my dad died that Friday after battling cancer. It’s been a blur, really, since the day that (Buford head coach Jess Simpson) called me. It’s been six months, but the people here have been so welcoming and the coaching staff is such a great collection of men for welcoming me and my family in. It’s made me feel right at home. MB: Two weeks ago, you got a chance to go back up to Chestatee and be on the other sideline. How was strange was that? SL: It was actually the second time I had been on the visitor’s side. Most people don’t realize that when I first came to Georgia, the very first year Chestatee was open, I was defensive coordinator and

of the opportunity I would have to influence not only the football program, but every athletic program and every student that’s in a weightlifting class. It’s second to none. MB: You’re coaching linebackers, too. Had you coached that position before coming to Buford? SL: Everywhere I’ve been, I’ve been a linebacker. I played linebacker in college, and I’ve always coached linebackers. I helped Coach Forman coach linebackers at ChesStan Luttrell, middle with headset, is in his first season as a tatee. I’ve always been a Buford assistant coach. He was previously the head coach linebacker, from the day I for eight seasons at Chestatee. (Photo: David McGregor) was born. You know how strength coach at Johnson. and those players who they say, “Once a MaIt was definitely different, had spent all that time and rine, always a Marine?” but it was great to see a lot effort with those coaches Well I think once you’re a of the people that did so to win those games. It was linebacker, you’re always a much over the eight years linebacker. It’s awesome to fun. I was at Chestatee. It was work with those guys and really good to see them. I MB: You faced Buford work with Coach Appling. miss them, and I miss a lot twice when you were at of things about Chestatee. Union County, when they MB: With all the lineBut I’m very thankful to be were in the same region. backers you’ve coached a Buford Wolf. SL: That was back when over the years, are there Region 8-AA had Buford, any that stick out? Just MB: Of course, Chesoff the top of my head, GAC, Wesleyan and East tatee has taken a little bit Hall. It was one of toughI think of Chase Vasser, of a step back from last est AA regions in the state, who ended up at Georgia. season, but what do you SL: Chase Vasser was a if not the toughest. think about (former degreat linebacker at Chesfensive coordinator and tatee. My very first year, MB: Did you ever current head coach) Bill I coached a linebacker think in your wildest Forman taking over the named Aubrayo Franklin, dreams, up there in the program and picking up mountains, that a decade who ended up at Tenneswhere you left off? later you’d be over on the see. Those are the two SL: Coach Forman is most prominent linebackother side, coaching the one of my best friends. ers that I’ve coached, but other guys? He’s a good man, and he’ll there are a bunch of guys SL: At no point. I can’t do a great job. It’s not his help but think of the scrip- that were great linebackfirst time as head coach. ers. Most people wouldn’t ture that says, “My ways The two years was with me are higher than your ways.” know their names, but they at Chestatee were the two were great high school Even though we were best years that we had at linebackers. at Union and we had no Chestatee, and he was an idea, He knew. To see how encouragement to me and MB: You grew up in things worked out to be at our staff there. I’m sure Knoxville. What was it Buford, it’s humbling to that he’ll do a great job. be part of such a great pro- like growing up there and being around so gram and to be able to be MB: What was it like part of a school and a com- much Tennessee football watching the program culture? munity such as Buford. peak? You had some SL: Everybody growing success when you first up in Tennessee dreams of MB: You’re in charge got there, then things growing up and playing in of strength and condiwent downhill a little bit. tioning at Buford. What orange in front of 108,000 But then those last two Vols fans. University of is that like being able to years were amazing. You Tennessee football is spejust focus on that? must’ve had a lot of fun to cial. It’s something that if SL: I’m not doing it see where that program alone. I have (defensive co- you’re from Tennessee, you was four or five years to ordinator Bryant Appling), can’t help but be a Tenneswhere it was last season. coach (Ryan) Liccardo and see fan. Every Saturday, SL: It was very satisfyyou were either at Neyland coach Simpson in there at ing. To go up into AAAA different times throughout Stadium or turning on the and to stay the course TV to watch them. the day. They do it betand believe in something ter than I’ve ever seen it we were doing there, and MB: Being a Tennessee done. There are over 400 reap the rewards, it was guy, what’s your opinion students coming through really satisfying because our weight room every day. of what Butch Jones is of all the time and effort doing up there? It includes 150 females, that were put into that SL: I think he’s doing a and athletes from different program. Competing for great job. When I resigned sports all throughout the region championships and day. It’s what should be the from Chestatee, Coach to be able to host playoff Simpson and I had an opstandard for every school in the state. It’s an opportu- portunity to go to the Unigames, and actually win a nity to create relationships versity of Tennessee to see playoff game and go into the second round, it was a and make an impact in him speak at a conference. every sport at the school. big deal. It was also great I was actually there when to see our coaches experi- When coach Simpson my dad was put in the called me, I just thought ence that kind of success, hospital, and I was actually

on the trip when he passed away. Tennessee football has definitely taken a good turn under Coach Jones. We have two kids on our team that are committed to Tennessee — Austin Smith and Quay Picou. He’s doing a great job recruiting, and he definitely has them in the right direction. MB: You actually ended up playing for Carson Newman College, a smaller level college team. What was it like playing for a smaller program like that? SL: Well actually, out of high school I initially played for Western Kentucky, when I was recruited by Jack Harbaugh. I transferred to Western Kentucky to Carson Newman, I backed up an All-American for a year, and then I was the starter for the last two years. It was a great experience. We had just moved to Division II, and it was just down the street from where I grew up. It was the greatest opportunity for me to go to Carson Newman. I became a Christian and met my wife at Carson Newman, and I learned how to be a Christian and a football coach. I was AllConference my last two years, and the last year I played we were preseason No. 1 and No. 1 throughout the season. We ended up losing in the national semifinals to the team that eventually won the national championship. MB: Away from football, you’re really heavily involved with competitive weightlifting. How did you get involved with that? SL: It was around the time I went to Union County, and we were looking for a way to motivate our players in the offseason and compete for something that would bring our team together. I spent a week in Colorado Springs, and the national association headquarters is there. While I was there, I ended up going to the Air Force Academy and spending some time with them and their strength coordinators. I was also went to the Olympic training center right before the Olympics. I got heavily immersed in Olympic-style weightlifting, and it really was perfect timing, because a lot of collegiate coaches were starting to use the movement of Olympic snatch, clean and jerk as part of their program. When I got into it, I got to see the best football strength coaches

in America. We started getting into it, and as we got into it, we started doing well and we started competing. We won multiple national championships, and I ended up founding Team Georgia Weightlifting with C.J. Stockel, who used to be the strength and conditioning coach at Flowery Branch. A few years ago, we all had three of the female spots at the Olympic Training Center. Currently, I still have one female who’s back at the Olympic Training Center and is the No. 2 female in America right now. She’s competing for an Olympic spot in 2016. My oldest son Tre’ is actually at the Olympic Training Center as we speak for a 15-andunder camp. He’ll compete Saturday in a 15-and-under international competition. I’m one of 20 Level 5 female international coaches in U.S. Weightlifting. It’s a great sport and it’s a great way for kids to compete in a sport in and out of season. There are several schools now that are actually doing collegiate weightlifting. There’s going to be more in the future that are going to be offering scholarships for weightlifting. MB: On the family side, you have five kids. It must be a busy household. SL: Yes, it is. My oldest is Tre’ at 14, then Anna, who’s 13. Jackson, my second son, is 10. Lynnsey is eight, and then our baby Isobel is three. And then my wife, Kim, of course. MB: How do you make time for everything, with so much going on with football and weightlifting? It must be a pretty wild schedule. SL: I tell people all the time that I’ve been called to coach, and that coaching is a ministry. And like any other ministry, it’s family affair. If I do something, the whole family does it. We’re a football family, we’re a weightlifting family and we’re a Christian family. We do church first, then football and weightlifting. We feel like that’s the life that God has called us to do. People joke about living the dream, but I feel like we’re living the dream right now. I have a beautiful wife, five children and I get to go to Buford High School every day, one of the best football programs in America. I get to teach and coach the students, and be part of the Buford High School community.

North ousts Kennesaw Mountain in first round of state From Staff Reports SUWANEE — Region 7-AAAAAA champion North Gwinnett needed four sets, but came back to defeat Kennesaw Mountain in the first round of the state volleyball playoffs Thursday. The Bulldogs (35-10) dropped the first set, but rallied to win the next three 25-19, 25-7, 25-19. Carson Nevels led North with 14 kills. Alyssa Munlyn had 11 kills while Taylor Spence added 10 digs. Claire Saindon recorded 40 assists for the Bulldogs, who will host Douglas County next Tuesday in the second round. VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL Brookwood defeats Tucker in straight sets SNELLVILLE — Brookwood swept Tucker 25-6, 25-9, 25-10 in the first round of the Class AAAAAA tournament on Thursday.

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Who: Sammy Clough School: Providence Christian Sport: Cross country Class: Junior Highlights: Finished 12th overall and first on the Storm in the Asics Invitational in Douglasville with a time of 16 minutes, 56 seconds Coach Scott Williams’ take: “Sammy worked really hard over the summer. The boys team just missed qualifying for state last year and he did not want that to happen again. Asics was his first race since he aggravated an old knee injury at the county meet. He was not sure how he would be able to perform Saturday, but he also did not want to hold back and regret not running his best. He ran a great race from start to finish. He is a leader on the team and the other runners really want to step up along with Sammy to perform well as a team. Asics was a great example of that.”

The Broncos will host the winner of the Woodstock-Newnan match next Tuesday in the second round. Kierra Shipman led Brookwood with nine kills. Amelia Collins and Xaria Jordan each had seven kills, while Jordan Shipman had 27 assists to lead the Broncos (33-17).

Norcross sweeps Hillgrove NORCROSS — Norcross defeated Hillgrove 25-17, 25-23, 25-23 to advance to the second round of the Class AAAAAA tournament on Thursday. The Blue Devils (29-18) will face East Coweta next week. Sammie Baker led Norcross with 35 assists and 10 digs.

Makenzie White and Shelby King had 17 and 16 kills, respectively. Carol Wilber added 22 digs for the Blue Devils.

Cobb 23-25, 18-25, 18-25 on Thursday. The Bears finished the season 30-20 and were third in Region 7-AAAAAA.

Hebron Christian defeats Pinecrest Academy DACULA — Hebron Christian needed four sets, but defeated Pinecrest Academy in the first round of the Class A tournament. The Lions won 25-13, 24-26, 25-15, 25-18 and will host Landmark Christian in the second round next week. Anna Katherine Wilson led Hebron with 46 assists and four aces. Alli Johnson had 19 kills while Regan Long added 14 kills. Courtney Civelli provided 22 digs for the defense.

Lanier falls to LakesideEvans AUGUSTA — Lanier was defeated by Lakeside-Evans, 21-25, 25-17, 22-25, 22-25 in the first round of the Class AAAAA tournament. The Longhorns finished the season 21-17. Morgan Akers had 12 kills and 40 digs to lead Lanier. Roz Asher had 61 digs while Jessica Helmink had 11 kills and four blocks.

Rockdale defeats Parkview CONYERS — Parkview fell to Rockdale County in the first round of the Class AAAAAA tournament. The Panthers battled, but eventually lost in straight sets 25-15, 25-19, 25-23. Bernice McGriff and Anna Wright led the Panthers with six kills apiece. Wright had 10 digs while Cori Harber had 15 assists for Parkview (21-23). North Cobb sweeps Mountain View KENNESAW — Mountain View fell to No. 5 ranked North

Archer defeats LakesideDeKalb ATLANTA — Archer defeated Lakeside-DeKalb 21-25, 2521, 25-12, 17-25 and 15-9 to advance to the second round of the Class AAAAAA volleyball tournament. The Tigers (21-14) will travel to Johns Creek for next week’s second round matchup. SOFTBALL SOFTBALL Archer splits with North LAWRENCEVILLE — Brie Marijanich hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the eighth inning to score the tie-breaking run and Archer threw out the potential tying run at the plate as the

Tigers defeated North Gwinnett 4-3 to gain a split in their first round playoff matchup in Class AAAAAA softball. The deciding Game 3 will be at 3:30 p.m. today at Archer. In the bottom of the eighth, North Gwinnett’s designated runner, Grace Harrison, tried to score from second on a deep fly ball to the right field fence. Andria Booth caught the ball and relayed to her sister Alia whose throw was in time to tag out the runner. Sydney Willhite hit a two-run home run in Game 2 to lead the Archer offense. Madison Abell improved her record to 13-4 by pitching all eight innings. North Gwinnett (18-12) was paced by a home run from Allison Roach and Haley Short’s two RBIs. North Gwinnett won the first game 10-5. Kylee Smith picked up the win in the circle striking out seven while adding three hits and driving in three runs. Makenna Dowell had four hits as part of the Bulldogs’ 14-hit attack. Rachel Smith had three hits and drove in two runs while Megan Smorch also drove in a pair of runs for North. Andria Booth and Brittany Marasette each had two hits for Archer (27-8). Alia Booth and Willhite each drove in two runs for the Tigers.

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BLUES & BREWS The fifth annual Grayson Blues & Brews craft beer festival will be on Saturday, Oct. 25, in Grayson City Park. General admission tickets are $35, VIP tickets are $60. The festival will be from 2 to 6 p.m. $15 Door Buster admission allows patrons to enter at 1 p.m. to guarantee a taste of any limited edition or small quantity brews. For more information, visit graysonbluesandbrews.com.

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From noon to 5 p.m. on Nov. 2, the Atlanta History Center will host an event for visitors of all ages to experience and learn about the Day of the Dead festival. Attendees will enjoy crafts, storytelling and authentic Mexican food and entertainment. This is a free admission day to the Atlanta History Center.

Emily Cieslewicz, left, and Cora Leitch look out over last year’s Halloween on the Green event in Duluth waiting for a pie walk contest to begin. (File Photo)

HALLOWEEN ON THE GREEN The City of Duluth will host their annual Halloween on the Green celebration on Friday, Oct. 31, on Town Green. Families are invited to enjoy kids’ events from 6 to 8 p.m. with Trick-or-Treat on Main Street, games, inflatables and more. The Costume Contest will be held from 8 to 9 p.m. for kids, Hall-O-Weenies “Dog” and adults. The adult festivities will begin at 9 p.m. and include live interactive Halloween entertainment until 11 p.m. Halloween on the Green is a license merchant zone, so attendees are able to grab a drink and enjoy the night. For more information, visit duluthga.net.

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A selection of eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post: • Your Pie Your Pie is a down-theline pizza restaurant with a friendly, casual atmosphere. When patrons first enter, they see the pizza line with staff standing behind the counter ready to take orders. After ordering and paying, guests can choose to sit indoors at a table or booth or outside on the spacious yet homey patio. The patio has both tables and booths, flat screen TVs and doors that can be raised or lowered depending on the weather. Your Pie encourages guests to “express your inner pizza.” The down-the-line restaurant concept allows patrons to order straight off the menu, modify menu items or whip up their own

creation. Guests are able to choose their dough, sauce, cheese and toppings. The menu includes pizzas, paninis and chopped salads all at the set price of $7.99. Owner Ross Bradley said this keeps things simple and lets people create their perfect meal without limitations. Your Pie is attentive to different allergies and diets providing gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options. Your Pie also offers a craft beer menu and wine. 1250 Scenic Highway Suite 1400, Lawrenceville, 470-395-9841, www.yourpie. com • ’cue The sweet, smoky aroma of ’cue’s barbecue is detectable even outside the restaurant. Once through the doors, guests are treated to a rustic-yet-polished dining

room with gleaming wooden tables and music playing softly in the background. The attention to detail is obvious from the neat arrangement of the sauces on the table to the flowers behind the bar. Natural light pours in through the large windows and brightens the whole dining room. Everything on ’cue’s menu is made in-house from fresh ingredients and incorporates locally grown items. The classic tomato-based barbecue that is popular in Georgia is poured over slow-cooked pork, beef and chicken. Side items and desserts also include local, seasonal produce. Each table is equipped with four in-house sauces, three of which are nods to various styles of Southern barbecue sauce: a sweet Georgia sauce, a vinegar-based North Carolina sauce and a sweet and spicy South Carolina sauce. The last sauce is a hot sauce to

please those with a pallet for food with zip. A variety of seasonal beers and wines are available to compliment the food and to complete the dining experience. 5260 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Peachtree Corners, 470-299-5117, cuebarbeque. com/pcorners.php • Super Hibachi Buffet Spacious at 14,000 square feet, the Super Hibachi Buffet is proud to be the largest hibachi buffet in town. Its party room can host over 200 guests and has already been the host of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and their VIPs. The delicate artwork of ocean scenes and cherry blossoms painted onto the walls was commissioned from an artist from China whom co-partner Yan calls Master Wen. The Super Hibachi Buffet has more than 200 different items for guests to choose from. The buffet offers 20 to

30 different types of Sushi every day. A buffet bar with traditional Chinese dishes like sesame chicken or lo mein is right next to a wide array of seafood that includes oysters and octopus. The restaurant also boasts a noodle bar where patrons can choose their own ingredients to be made into soup by a qualified chef. Kids can even find something they love at the kids’ bar that includes teriyaki chicken on a stick, chicken wings, pizza and more. 1630 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, 770-806-8888, superhibachiduluth.com • Amy Lafaye’s Restaurant The intimate, casual dining room has the feel of a cafe with checkered tile flooring, tables and booths with an added touch of southern hospitality. The Lafaye family antiques that decorate the dining rooms give the restaurant a homey feel. For example,

the self-serve coffee bar is set up on an antique buffet passed down from Amy’s Grandmother. There are family photos on display and even a framed picture of “Mama Faye” mounted over the buffet. Employees are friendly and often greet regular customers with a first-name. The breakfast menu includes a variety of hearty, southern-style dishes all made from scratch every morning. The breakfast plate includes scrambled eggs and choice of crisp bacon or other meat served with buttered grits, biscuits topped with white gravy and drink. A popular choice for those wanting to grab a bite on the go would be one of the breakfast biscuits. The chicken, egg and cheese biscuit includes a fluffy biscuit with fried chicken, scrambled eggs and American cheese. 2559 Pharr Ave., Dacula, 678- 377-4664, facebook. com/pages/Amy-LaFayes/127659762828

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• Open Since: April 2, 2014 • Owner: Mr. Evan Jin • Location: Sweet Baby Jane’s is located at 502 W. Pike St. in Lawrenceville. • Hours: Sweet Baby Jane’s is open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and is open on Sunday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Breakfast is served from 7 to 11 a.m., and lunch and dinner are served from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

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• Atmosphere: A warm hello is offered to each guest that comes through the door. The scores of regular customers are greeted by name by the devoted, friendly staff. The smell of home cooking calls from the long, clean buffet bars. Clientele from all over Gwinnett come to Sweet Baby Jane’s for the readily-available homecooking and the companionship. New guests are likely to rub elbows with the regulars who come in as many as five times a week. A banquet room that comfortably seats 40 people is already popular for parties, group meetings and family get-togethers. • Menu: High-quality, home-cooked foods fill

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Troupe to present an inter-Atlanta triad of comedy Consider kicking off the spooky season with comedy instead of candy. Gwinnett’s OTC Comedy Troupe has invited fellow comedians from Dad’s Garage and Laughing Matters in Atlanta for an evening of chuckles today at Lionheart Theatre. This improv and sketch comedy event will begin at 8 p.m., and tickets are only $10. The show will spoof horror movies, along with lots of pure improvisation. Bringing guests Tommy Futch and Jamie Moore from Dad’s Garage and Laughing Matters will add to the talent base that has made OTC Comedy Troupe a Gwinnett favorite. “We are so excited to have Tommy and Jamie in our show,” Kelley Cody-Grim, OTC’s Artistic Director, said. “The great thing about the

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such as Sounds like a Song, Clips and Phrases, and the Irish Drinking Song will be included in the performance. OTC Comedy Troupe began life in 2005 in Marietta as Comedy Cobb but has made Gwinnett home long enough to receive the Community Impact Award for Arts Ensemble or Collective Holley Calmes from Artworks Gwinnett in Tommy Futch and Jamie Moore of Dad’s Garage and 2012. The group also origiLaughing Matters will join OTC Comedy Troupe for an Atlanta improv scene is the evening of spooky laughs today at Lionheart Theatre in nated a live interactive web level of cooperation between Norcross. (Special Photo) show from 2009-11 that was comedy troupes. As actors, seen by over 225,000 people we just like to play together, triumvirate of talent as Dad’s improv and sketch comedy worldwide. Audiences from have fun and put on a great Garage, Laughing Matters group that offers shows that around the world could subshow. Now our Gwinnett au- and OTC merge for one are innovative and use audi- mit suggestions for improv dience will get to experience night to create a super fun ence suggestions to create through live chat rooms or a splash of the top Atlanta time,” Futch, president of scenes on the spot,” CodyTwitter. OTC players would improv groups, which is a Laughing Matters and Dad’s Grimm said. “We use the create scenes based on these win/win for everyone.” Garage company member, art of comedy improvisation ideas. “Jamie Moore and I said. that allows participants a Laughing Matters was are excited to invade the The evening will utilize chance to be the star of the founded in 1985 and is the Gwinnett turf and make the audience as a part of show.” longest running Atlanta some OTP funniness. It’s a the show. “The OTC is an OTC signature pieces improv comedy troupe. In

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The Arena at Gwinnett Center will host two big Legendary rock band The concerts back-to-back next Who will make a Gwinnett week — starting with pop stop on its upcoming 50th music sensations Enrique anniversary tour. Iglesias and Pitbull followed “The Who Hits 50” by country music star Jake North American tour was Owen. announced last Friday. The Enrique Iglesias and band — known for hits like Pitbull will bring the Sex “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” and Love World Tour to “Baba O’Riley” and “My the Arena Wednesday, Oct. Generation” — will perform 22, at 7:30 p.m. Ticket at the Arena at Gwinnett prices range from $29.50 to tion on the presale, visit Center on April 23. $129.50. Tickets go on sale to the citiprivatepass.com. Iglesias’ first album, general public today and can According to a news re“Enrique Iglesias,” was be purchased at gwinnettcen- lease, set lists during the tour released in 1995 and sold ter.com, the arena box office will cover The Who’s entire more than a million copor by calling 1-888-9-AXS- career, “from the band’s ies in three months and to TIX. early days to classic albums date has sold more than six Citi credit card holders including ‘Who’s Next,’ million worldwide. In 2013 will have access to presale ‘Tommy,’ ‘Quadrophenia,’ he pre-released four singles tickets beginning at 10 a.m. ‘My Generation’ and ‘Live at — “Loco” featuring Romeo Monday. For more informa- Leeds.’” Santos, “Heart Attack,” “El

Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull will bring the Sex and Love World Tour to the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Wednesday, Oct. 22. (Special Photo) Jake Owen will bring his Days of Gold Tour with special guests Eli Young Band and The Cadillac Three to the Arena at Gwinnett Center on Thursday, Oct 23. (Special Photo)

His fourth and most recent album “Days of Gold,” featuring the singles “Days of Perdedor” featuring Marc and The Cadillac Three to Gold” and “Beachin’,” was Antonio Solís and “I’m a the Arena on Thursday, Oct. released in 2013. Freak” featuring Pitbull all 23, at 7 p.m. Ticket prices Tickets are available at of which charted. The full range from $10 to $39.50. GwinnettCenter.com, The album, “Sex and Love,” was Owen’s released his debut Arena at Gwinnett Center released last March. album “Startin’ with Me,” Box Office or by calling Jake Owen will bring his featuring the popular singles 1-888-9-AXS-TIX. For Days of Gold Tour with spe- “Yeehaw” and “Something more information, visit cial guests Eli Young Band about a Woman” in 2006. gwinnettcenter.com/events.

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日 Fall SUPER-Fest The Japanese 本 Maples Festival も C みじ祭 Gibbs Gardens presents ...

October 1 through Nov. 15

The Stone Mountain Highland Games and Scottish Festival will again feature one of the largest fields of competitive pipe bands in the Southeast this Saturday and Sunday. (Special Photo)

Local Highland Games celebrate Scottish heritage By Katie Morris

athletic events, including the hammer throw, the weight throw and toss, Thousands of Scots, the sheaf toss, caber toss along with those wishing and the stone of strength, to be a Scot for the day, featuring a little piece of will come together this Stone Mountain. Keepweekend to celebrate their ing with the traditions of heritage with music, dance competition between the and feats of strength at Clans, there will also be the Stone Mountain High- a special Clan Challenge land Games and Scottish event on Sunday. Festival. For those who prefer The festivities will listening to Scottish muinclude the popular sic, the Highland Games “Gathering of the Clan,” features one of the largest where 100 Clan Associa- fields of competitive pipe tions and Scottish Societ- bands in the Southeast. ies will don their family There will be several pipe tartans along Clan Row. A bands from around the variety of athletic comcountry competing all petitions will take place afternoon on Saturday and throughout the weekend Sunday. Dancers of all including the popular ages will travel from all games, “The Highland over the U.S. and Canada Heavies.” to take turns performAthletes will take to ing traditional Highland the field and spend two dances, as well as several full days competing in Scottish national dances, many traditional highland in hopes of winning best

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performance in the dance competitions. The “Wee Laddies and Lassies” area will give children the opportunity to participate in the Scottish festivities with educational activities and crafts. The 42nd annual Stone Mountain Highland Games and Scottish Festival will be Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19, at Stone Mountain Park. Admission to the Saturday Games is $19 for adults and $6 for children ages 4 to 12 at the gate. Advanced tickets are $17 for adults and $5 for children ages 4 to 12. Admission to the Sunday Games is $17 for adults $6 for children ages 4 to 12. Advanced tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children ages 4 to 12. Entry into Stone Mountain Park is not included. For more information and detailed schedule of events, visit smhg.org.

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elebrate autumn at Gibbs Gardens’ Japanese Maples Festival from October 1 through November 15. More than 2,000 Japanese maples in 100 varieties paint a gold, yellow, orange and flame red panorama on every vista. Hundreds of bright red Burning Bush and thousands of vibrant yellow Sweetshrub blend with the remarkable reds of Sourwood, Sassafras and Dogwood trees to color the hills with sweeping splashes of color. Join us every weekend to celebrate ... n Oct. 18 & 19 • Fall Season of Color FINE ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW n Oct. 25 & 26 and Nov. 1 & 2 • JAPANESE ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVAL Japanese dancing, live music, tea ceremonies, kimono dressing, drum dancers, kyudo, martial arts, ikebana, bonsai and many more. Authentic Japanese food service by Kotobuki Japanese Restaurant.

REMEMBER: There’s never an extra charge for members to attend special events at Gibbs Gardens; non-members pay regular admission fee. Free parking. Check out our flower and fall foliage festivals and event details at gibbsgardens.com Annual Memberships are valid 365 days from purchase.

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Galapagos Islands explored

Gwinnett Daily Post presents

By Morgan Nalley Staff Intern

The Fernbank Museum of Natural History will present a new IMAX film beginning today. “Galapagos: Nature’s Wonderland” will teach viewers about the unique animal and marine life on the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos Islands are a volcanic island chain in the Pacific Ocean near Ecuador with exceptionally diverse animal and marine life. The new 40-minute documentary, narrated by Jeff Corwin, will get up close to many majestic creatures of the islands like half-ton tortoises, marine iguanas, tiny penguins and much more. The film will also detail the geological history of the volcanic archipelago. Unique conditions of location, weather and current have made the islands an oasis and have left much of the animal and marine life on and around them largely undisturbed by humans. “The Galapagos Islands

A tiny bird skitters across the water on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. “Galapagos: Nature’s Wonderland” will be screened at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History beginning today (Special Photo: nWave)

are one of the wonders of the world — a living science laboratory,” David Attenborough and Anthony Geffen, a writer and producer on the film, said. “The Galapagos Islands are populated with charismatic and highly unusual animals — some unique to the islands — like tropical penguins, Galapagos sharks, sea lions, diving black marine iguanas, and the newly discovered pink iguanas. By studying how these animals and other lifeforms adapted to this unique environment, we can better understand and protect not just the Galapagos Archipelago, but our entire fragile planet.”

“Galapagos: Nature’s Wonderland” will begin showings at Fernbank Museum’s IMAX® Theatre today. Tickets are $13 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, $11 for children 12 and younger and $8 for museum members. Special showings will be available on Fridays during Fernbank’s Martinis & IMAX®. The Fernbank Museum of Natural History and the 5-story-tall Rankin M. Smith, Sr., IMAX® Theatre are located at 767 Clifton Road NE in Atlanta. To purchase tickets, call 404-929-6400 or visit fernbankmuseum.org/ experience-imax.

Aurora teaches science of air By Katie Morris

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Air is all around us but there are many things people don’t know about it. The Big Thinkers Science Exploration will be exploring the mysteries of air and pressure in a special presentation at Aurora Theatre. “Air Up There!” by the Big Thinkers will teach audiences all about the science of air using thrilling, interactive games and presentations like the Big Thinkers smoke ring cannon, floating beach balls and even floating children, via the Big Thinkers hovercraft. Audience members will also be able to join the Big Thinkers on stage and launch screaming rocket bal-

loons. “Air Up There!” is a family show geared towards making something as simple as air fun and exciting. The show is part of Aurora Children’s Playhouse, which features puppeteers, magicians, storytellers, jugglers and musicians as a part of a series intended for youngsters to have their first theatrical experiences. Aurora Theatre assembles regional children’s performers and brings them to Gwinnett in order to give parents and their children in the community a chance to experience their artistry. Each show is about 45 minutes in length, catering to the young attention span, with lively performances providing a family-friendly

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theater experience. Big Thinkers Science Exploration provides entertaining, interactive science shows, assemblies, workshops, birthday parties and hands on booths throughout the metro-Atlanta area. Their goal is to introduce children to science at an early age in order to inspire a lifelong appreciation of learning, thirst for discovery and curiosity for understanding the world around them. “Air Up There!” will be Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Aurora Theatre located at 128 East Pike St. in downtown Lawrenceville. Showtimes are at 10 and 11:30 a.m. For more information, visit auroratheatre.com/education/ childrens-playhouse. 218206-1

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Exploring the human figure

Kudzu Art Zone showing new exhibit ‘Figuratively Speaking’

By Katie Morris

a variety of mediums represented in the works — media, oils, acrylic, Kudzu Art Zone’s new- graphite and three-diest exhibit, “Figuratively mensional sculptures. Speaking,” offers a variThe new exhibit will ety of artistic interpreta- open Friday, Oct. 24, tions of the human form, with an opening recepportraits and figures of tion including food, speech. wine from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibit includes Attendees will also have pieces from notable the opportunity to meet member artists such as some of the contributing Debra Barnhart, Rae artists. Prall, Sissy Saffell, Kudzu Art Zone is a Susan Faircloth, Kathy nonprofit supporting art Kitz and Micah Goguen, and artists in Gwinnett among others. There are and metro Atlanta. They katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

offer workshops, classes, sketch groups, studios, and monthly meetings with art demonstrations and presentations. Kudzu sponsors exhibits in their own galleries and in several other locations around the community. Visitors to Kudzu’s galleries are given the opportunity to view

displayed works and ob- a.m. to 4 p.m. For more serve artists working in information about Kudzu their individual studios. “Figuratively Speaking” will open Friday, Oct. 24, and be displayed through Saturday, Nov. 29 at Kudzu Art Zone located at 116 Carlyle St. in downtown Norcross. Gallery hours are Fridays and Saturdays from 11

Art Zone, visit kudzuartzone.org.

A spectacular musical of the greatest truth ever told

Gwinnett Performing Arts Center 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway • Duluth, GA 30097 Friday, November 7th at 7:30 Saturday, November 8th at 2:00 & 7:30 Sunday, November 9th at 1:30 & 6:30 Recommended Contribution Adults $35 • Seniors $25 • 18 & Under $20 Family of 4: $80 ($10 each additional)

The acrylic painting “Mood Swings” by artist Sissy Saffell will be one of many pieces displayed in Kudzu Art Zones new exhibit “Figuratively Speaking.” (Special Photo)

All proceeds are for homeless and abandoned children served by Missionaries of the Poor.

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MUSICAL REVAMP ‘Phantom’ delivers classic story with new thrills By Katie Morris

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“The Phantom of the Opera,” one of the most successful musicals of all-time, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary of captivating audiences on Broadway. In honor of the recent milestone, a new creative team has given the beloved classic an update. Atlanta audiences will be able to experience the all-new, refreshed production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Fox Theatre starting Oct. 22. This new version will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making it one of the largest productions on tour in North America. The musical is based on the classic novel “Le Fantôme de l’Opéra” by French writer Gaston Leroux. It tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine Daaé, and devotes himself to creating a new star.

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IF YOU GO • What: The Phantom of the Opera • Where: The Fox Theatre • When: Oct. 22-Nov. 2 • Tickets: $33 to $153 • More Info: www.foxtheatre.org/shows-and-events

He begins nurturing her extraordinary talents by employing all of the devious methods at his command. “The Phantom of the Opera,” from original producer Cameron Mackintosh, retains the original storyline and score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the Tony Award winning costume design by Maria Björnson but with new added touches. The shows new director, Laurence Connor, brought an edgy and mysterious vision to the show. According to Julia Udine, who plays the role of Christine, during rehearsals they sat down with the original script and looked at it as brand new. “Instead of The Phantom being this ghost lurking in the shadows, he’s a deformed and mistreated man, tortured. It

really digs deeper into that, and I think that’s the direction Laurence wanted to go in,” Udine said. “It was amazing to work with Laurence because he was so communicative about how he wanted to share this story. It was really a group effort and amazing to work a show from the ground up. We were able to create this together with Laurence’s vision and see it all come together.” Theatrical technology has advanced significantly since the shows creation in 1986 — audiences can expect the new production to utilize these innovations in lighting, scenic design, pyrotechnics, sound and more. The famous crashing chandelier scene where the Phantom exacts his revenge has been reconceived and incorporates new technology using elements on the stage and in the theater house. Christine’s journey into the Phantom’s lair has been completely redesigned and will incorporate the boat and candles in a different way. The new set designed by Paul Brown was created as an authentic Paris Opera House environment filled

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with surprises and thrills for the audience. “The set rotates so the audience can see the backstage area of the Opera House, and it opens like a story book. Technology has just advanced so much that the whole show looks completely different,” said Udine. Udine says Atlanta audiences will be able to experience a full Broadway production including the same love story and beautiful music that has made “The Phantom of the Opera” legendary. “If you cant get to New York this could easily be a Broadway show. This is a huge production with 21 trucks. It’s one of the biggest touring companies on the road right now,” Udine said. “The story is so relatable that audiences of all ages and life experiences can relate to at least one person in the show. Everyone has felt undesirable and unlovable like The Phantom, and yearned for love like Christine. Also, the music is a large part of what makes this show so beautiful, timeless and romantic. Everything you want when you go to the theater.”

The masked Phantom (Cooper Grodin) expresses his love and devotion for beautiful, young Christine (Julia Udine) in “Phantom of the Opera” playing at the Fox Theatre from Oct. 22 to Nov. 2. (Special Photo: Matthew Murphy)

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BUFORD Regal Cinemas, Mall of Georgia 20 3333 Buford Drive 678-482-9263 www.regmovies.com Fury (R)

12:30, 1:20, 3:35, 4:20, 7:00, 7:20, 9:45, 10:00, 10:20, 12:05 The Best of Me (PG-13)

1:30, 2:20, 4:15, 5:10, 7:05, 7:55, 9:50, 10:40, 11:50 The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30

The Book of Life (PG)

12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50, 12:10 Addicted (R)

12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:35

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

12:15, 1:15, 2:30, 3:30, 4:45, 5:45, 6:55, 8:00, 9:10, 10:00, 11:20 Dracula Untold: An IMAX Experience (PG-13)

HOWTIMES S MOVIE TIMES FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 17

For movie showtimes for Saturday and Sunday, visit the theater websites.

The Boxtrolls (PG)

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

1:55, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25

10:40, 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 5:40, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:40

2:00, 4:45

10:40, 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 9:45

Dolphin Tale 2

12:15, 2:35, 4:45, 7:10, 9:15, 11:20 The Judge (R)

Meet The Mormons (PG) Annabelle (R)

10:05, 3:00, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35

DULUTH

Dracula Untold (PG-13) Meet The Mormons (PG)

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

1:45, 4:20

2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, 11:50

12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:50, 12:10

6:45, 9:00

Gone Girl (R)

10:10, 1:10, 4:15, 7:30, 10:20 Left Behind (PG-13)

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10:35, 1:20, 4:00

The Equalizer (R)

10:10, 1:15, 4:25, 7:20, 10:30

2:10, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30, 11:50

9700 Medlock Bridge Road, Suite 170 770-814-8437 www.regmovies.com

12:15, 3:30, 7:15, 10:30

Fury (R)

10:25, 1:05

12:05, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 10:35

The Best of Me (PG-13)

12:30, 3:40, 4:00, 7:25, 9:50, 10:35 Annabelle (R) Gone Girl (R)

Left Behind (PG-13) Men, Women, and Children (R)

11:55, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 The Equalizer (R)

1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40

The Boxtrolls (PG)

12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:25

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

1:30, 4:15, 7:25, 10:05

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

1:15, 7:00

Regal Cinemas, Hamilton Mill 14 2160 Hamilton Creek Parkway 678-482-0624 www.regmovies.com Fury (R)

12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 7:40, 9:30, 10:15 The Best of Me (PG-13)

1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 7:55, 10:05, 10:45

The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

2:40, 7:25

The Book of Life (PG)

12:15, 12:45, 3:10, 5:00, 5:35, 10:30

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

12:50, 3:00, 5:10, 7:10, 10:40

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

12:40, 3:05, 5:25, 8:00, 10:20 The Judge (R)

1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 9:45 Annabelle (R)

12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:45 Gone Girl (R)

12:15, 3:40, 7:00, 7:30, 9:40, 10:15 Left Behind (PG-13)

1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 10:35

The Equalizer (R)

1:30, 4:35, 7:35, 10:05

5:50

The Boxtrolls (PG) The Maze Runner (PG-13)

1:50, 2:40, 4:05, 7:00, 7:20, 9:45, 10:15 1:35, 2:10, 5:05, 7:05, 7:55, 10:40

The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

2:30, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05

The Book of Life (PG)

1:40, 4:55, 7:10, 10:25 Addicted (R)

1:30, 4:50, 7:30, 10:45

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

1:35, 2:00, 4:40, 5:10, 7:00, 7:35, 9:40, 10:40

DACULA

The Boxtrolls 3-D (PG)

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

2:35, 5:15, 7:40, 8:00, 10:00, 10:20 The Judge (R)

1:30, 3:45, 7:15, 10:30 Annabelle (R)

2:20, 5:25, 8:10, 10:40 Gone Girl (R)

1:55, 4:10, 7:25, 9:50

The Good Lie (PG-13)

4:15, 9:55

Bang Bang (NR)

1:30, 4:00, 7:25, 10:10

Men, Women, and Children (R)

2:05, 5:00, 7:50, 10:35

The Equalizer (R)

1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:45

The Boxtrolls (PG)

2:25, 5:30

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

2:15, 5:15, 8:05, 10:45

Studio Movie Grill 3850 Venture Drive 770-957-9545 www.studiomoviegrill.com Fury (R)

12:45, 3:45, 7:00, 8:30, 10:15

11:20, 2:10, 5:05, 7:50, 10:35 11:35, 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

11:15, 1:05, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

11:25, 1:35, 3:55, 6:30, 9:05 The Judge (R)

12:30, 4:00, 7:15, 10:35 Annabelle (R)

2:45, 5:05, 9:20, 10:25 Gone Girl (R)

12:00, 3:20, 6:45, 10:05

The Equalizer (R)

1:40, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30, 11:20, 12:05 Gone Girl (R)

12:00, 3:05, 6:15, 10:00

Spookley The Square Pumpkin (G)

11:00

AMC Colonial 18 Theatres 825 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road 770-237-0744 www.amctheatres.com Fury (R)

10:00, 10:35, 11:30, 12:35, 2:40, 4:15, 6:00, 7:30, 9:10, 10:45, 11:10

Annabelle (R)

2:15, 5:00, 8:00, 10:30

The Good Lie (PG-13)

7:30, 10:00

The Boxtrolls 3-D (PG)

1:30, 5:15

The Boxtrolls (PG)

2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:30

The Equalizer (R)

1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:30

This Is Where I Leave You (R)

2:00, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

2:00, 5:00

The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG)

1:30, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45

Carmike 12 Snellville 1905 Scenic Highway Presidential Market Center 770-979-1519 www.carmike.com Fury (R)

12:45, 1:45, 4:00, 5:15, 6:55, 8:45, 9:50 Addicted (R)

1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 The Judge (R)

12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05

Left Behind (PG-13)

1:25, 4:00, 6:55, 9:30

Men, Women, and Children (R)

1:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:10

The Song (PG-13)

12:55, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

1:00, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG)

1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50

2:05, 7:20

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG-13)

11:30, 4:45

7:05, 7:50, 9:25, 10:00

1:05, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45, 12:05

5:10, 7:20, 9:30

11:00, 1:45

5:05, 7:10, 9:30

4:35, 9:50, 12:05

5:15, 7:45, 10:00

AMC Sugarloaf Mills 18

4:00, 7:00, 9:45

11:50, 3:20, 6:50, 10:20

5:05, 7:35, 9:35

12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40

5:05, 7:20, 9:35

2:50

5:00, 7:30, 9:30

10:00, 12:00, 5:50, 8:40

The Boxtrolls (PG)

Dolphin Tale 2 (PG)

No Good Deed (PG-13)

5:15, 7:15, 9:40

Hercules (PG-13) Planes: Fire & Rescue (PG) The Purge: Anarchy (R) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (PG-13)

5900 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 415 678-847-9265 www.amctheatres.com

Earth To Echo (PG)

Fury (R)

Maleficent (PG)

10:00, 10:40, 1:10, 3:45, 6:20, 8:50

2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 10:45

10:25, 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:25, 12:05

10:15, 11:45, 12:45, 1:30, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15

Dracula Untold (PG-13)

1:30, 3:40, 8:00, 10:15

Guardians of the Galaxy (PG-13)

11:25, 1:55, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35, 12:05 Addicted (R)

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Dracula Untold (PG-13)

Into the Storm (PG-13)

10:50, 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25

The Book of Life (PG)

7:30, 10:20

1:30, 4:45, 5:50, 6:45, 10:15

10:50, 2:00, 5:10, 8:20, 11:30

10:00, 12:40, 3:30, 7:35, 10:30, 11:40 The Book of Life 3-D (PG)

Guardians Of The Galaxy (PG-13)

Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (PG)

1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40

10:45, 12:30, 2:00, 3:45, 4:30, 5:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:15

The Best of Me (PG-13)

12:35, 3:35, 8:20, 10:40

2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:00, 7:15, 7:45, 9:30, 10:00

No Good Deed (PG-13)

The Maze Runner (PG-13)

LAWRENCEVILLE

No Good Deed (PG-13)

The Book of Life (PG)

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The Boxtrolls 3-D (PG)

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NOW SHOWING • “I Am Ali” (PG) One of the most wasted and squandered opportunities in recent memory, this documentary of boxer Muhammad Ali selectively cherry-picks his personal and professional high points while conveniently ignoring the lows and his battle with Parkinson’s disease. 2 stars – MC • “The Judge” (R) Inexplicably profane and vulgar, this would-be courtroom drama starring Bobs Duvall, Downey and Thornton is in reality a tortuously overlong, daddy-didn’t-love-me-enough melodrama with too many false endings and too many great actors slumming. 1 ½ stars – MC • “Kill the Messenger” (R) Favorably resembling the best political thrillers of the ‘70s, this fact-based story of the lesser-known Nicaraguan Freedom fighters scandal from the ‘90s sports a stellar cast and a telling lesson pitting reporters vs. their bosses and Big Brother. 3 ½ stars – MC • “Men, Women & Children” (R) Director/co-writer

poster, Reese Witherspoon has just a small supporting role in this fact-based, excitJason Reitman overcomes ingly average drama about the disaster of “Labor Day” a quartet of refugees from with this good but not great Sudan looking for their shot ensemble drama about life in the age of smart phones and at the American Dream. 2 ½ stars – MC the Internet. Adam Sandler • “Left Behind” (PG-13) turns in a brilliant, awardSolid front-runner for the worthy performance. 3 stars Worst Film of 2014, this – MC faith-based remake of the • “Pride” (R) Nestling itself comfortably into the in- 2001 original is riddled with nocuous and extremely safe unintended humor, inane “low-budget British dramady” dialogue and plays out more like a disaster movie parody sub-genre, the fact-based, than the moving religious mostly agreeable “Pride” statement that was intended. takes few chances and ½ of 1 star – MC delivers only modest results • “The Boxtrolls” (PG) exploring the unlikely couFrom the studio that brought pling of UK gays and Welsh you “Coraline” and “ParaNorminers. 2 ½ stars – MC • “Gone Girl” (R) Adapted man” comes another macabre, stop-motion animated from the novel of the same adventure top-heavy with name, director David horror elements which may Fincher’s latest thriller stars be too intense and dark for Ben Affleck and Rosamund toddlers though perfect for Pike as a five-year married couple. An hour of taut mys- Tim Burton or Grimm Brothers tery is unfortunately followed fans. 3 stars – MC • “The Equalizer” (R) This by 90 minutes of soap-opera ultra-violent revenge thriller grade antics and false endstarring Denzel Washington ings. 2 ½ stars – MC • “The Good Lie” (PG-13) has next to nothing in comEven though her name (and mon with the ‘80s TV show of face) is above the title on the the same name and director

Antoine Fuqua seems more concerned with style rather than substance but it still packs a great adrenaline rush. 3 stars – MC • “Good People” (PG-13) The miscast James Franco and Kate Hudson play an American couple living in London who stumble across some misplaced drug money then spend the rest of film paying the price. “A

Simple Plan” and Shallow Grave” are better versions of essentially the same story. 2 ½ stars – MC • “A Walk Among the Tombstones” (R) If the opening weekend box-office take is an indicator, Liam Neeson’s position as the world’s top action star might be in jeopardy. More psycho thriller than crowd-pleasing adventure, “Tombstones” is

well-made but ultra-downbeat. 3 stars – MC • “This is Where I Leave You” (R) Jason Bateman and Tina Fey as siblings and Jane Fonda as their widowed mother give it a go but this dramedy about oil-and-water family dysfunction, death and infidelity is neither naughty enough to offend or funny enough to remember. 1 ½ stars – MC

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‘Alexander’ short and sweet with plenty of laughs story come alive on the big birthday wish that for once, screen for a new generation life-always-goes-so-right family members, may expeto experience. Steve Carell does a good rience just a bit of the notso-perfect life events that job as the kind, recently befall him on a daily basis. unemployed stay-at-home dad, aka. “Famma” (made- Alexander indeed gets his birthday wish and soon up word blending father and momma), Jennifer Gar- everything in his day turns ner — who does comedy out swimmingly — but 3 stars very well — is a mother of things for every member of his family go from bad This was a sweet, family- four, trying to balance on the corporate ladder, and to worse. Baby brother’s friendly movie (based on newcomer Ed Oxenbould in beloved pacifier goes in 2.5 stars the children’s book) made by Disney. Whether you’ve the title role, Alexander, on the garbage disposal; older the eve of his 12th birthday. brother fails his driver’s Walt Disney Pictures’ read the book or not, you The basis of the story “Alexander and the Terlicense test of the day on will enjoy this fun, upbeat rible, Horrible, No Good, the junior prom and tux movie that invites you into is that Alexander makes a Very Bad Day” is based the life of Alexander and on the 1972 Judith Viorst his family. All of them are children’s book of the same having a disastrous day! I name. Steve Carell and especially enjoyed Steve Jennifer Garner star as Ben Carell as the caring and and Kelly Cooper, workfunny dad, busy as Mr. ing parents of four children Mom. ranging from 1 to 16 years I also really liked Jenold. The movie tells the nifer Garner as the mom story of Alexander, the sec- who is trying to juggle ond to the youngest child, her career and home. The To include your church services on this page contact Mary London at 770-963-9205 x1211 who makes a birthday wish little baby, Trevor, also has mary.london@gwinnettdailypost.com. that the rest of his family some adorable moments. have the kind of day that This movie is fairly short he normally experiences — and moves right along with one full of disappointments, a good mix of action and challenges, and incredibly some nice family moments. bad luck. And boy, do they It is an honest attempt ever! to portray the day to day A United Methodist Congregation Carell once again proves struggles we all face and that he is a natural cowhat is truly important. We Two services median. Garner plays the heard many people laugh straight man for most of the out loud in the theatre. If 9:00 and 11:00 am movie and doesn’t have a you are having a terrible, 754 Brogdon Rd • Suwanee whole lot to do. The young horrible, no good, very bad www.suwaneeworshipcenter.org actors do a fine job creatday, you’ll definitely want Rev. Ted Rollins ing colorful, memorable to see this movie. It will lift 218127-1 characters, each with their your spirits! A Purpose Friendship Baptist Church own complete arc/storyline. — Cindy Evans, Duluth 3375 Church Lane, Duluth, GA Driven Church Office: 770-497-8227 • Fax: 770-497-9775 Megan Mullally (of TV’s Church Rev. Ronald L. Bowens, Pastor “Will and Grace”) has a 2 ½ stars small role as Garner’s boss. Warmer through through Fellowship Warmer Fellowship Deeper through through Discipleship At a brisk 81 minutes, “Alexander and the TerDeeper Discipleship Larger through through Evangelism Larger Evangelism the movie flies by with rible, Horrible, No Good, Sharing through Ministries Sharing through Ministries plenty of action and laughs Very Bad Day” was just AND Stronger throughWorship Worshipand andthe theWord WordofofGod God AND Stronger through for kids and adults alike. what we needed for a fun Sunday Worship Services................7:30 AM, 11:00 AM There’s a sweetness we’ve movie night outing! I read Children’s Church............................7:30 AM, 11:00 AM come to expect from Disthis book to my children Sunday School ................................................. 9:45 AM Rev. Ronald L. Bowens ney, but also more slapstick when they were growing Bible Study (all ages) ...................Wednesday, 7:30 PM Pastor and bawdy humor than in up and enjoyed seeing the

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ANOTHER DYSTOPIAN FEATURE FILM Antonio Banderas stars in “Automata.” (Special Photo: Millennium)

boss (Robert Forester), he receives a politically canned non-answer. Also not too happy with Jacq is Wallace (Dylan McDermott), a co-worker of sorts who is convinced the robots are already on a path to take over the world and he guns them down at every opportunity. With his frustration starting to morph into fullblown paranoia, Jacq seeks out Dr. Dupre (Banderas’ off-screen wife Melanie Griffith), an “expert” on robots who does little to help him but at least she is sincere when doing so. Dupre is currently working on a female robot name Cleo (voiced by Griffith) who shows signs of pluck, individual thought and just the slightest hint of questionable attitude. At about the halfway point of the (thankfully short) film, writer/director Gabe Ibáñez shifts the action to the desert where the narrative immediately unravels and dissipates into the wind like errant fireplace ash and takes on the air of an old western who determines whether (Birgitte Bjort Sorensen) mixed with a bad ’80s or not his company should that it will be better for mob movie. Shoot-outs pay claims to customers their child to relocate but take place willy-nilly, that have lost pets due to she’s not buying any of it. people run and hide behind robot malfunction. That’s Lacking any kind of broken down cars and a far cry from Decker depth, personality or inter- withered buildings and the (Harrison Ford) in “Blade esting design, the robots movie goes from being Runner” who hunted repin the film look more merely thin and confused licants; machines so close like crash test dummies to maudlin and nonsensito humans in appearance and speak in flat, clipped cal. and behavior even he was monotones. To prevent About the only thing sometimes fooled. To say them from ever revoltIbáñez is sure about is that Jacq’s job is far less sexy ing they are programmed given the chance, smart or interesting would be a with two directives, one machines will eventually gross understatement. He’s of which is to never take become smarter than the bored out of his skull and another life, human or humans who invented the tedium of his thankless otherwise. It’s a simple them and Life As We career has worn him down. enough premise but also Know It will be over. Yes Certain a transfer to the one that severely limits the that is chilling and depresscoast (it’s never made clear dramatic possibilities. ing and could happen but if that’s east or west) will After the questionable there are dozens if not hungive him new professional death of a pet Jacq begins dreds of filmmakers who and personal leases on to think something sinister have presented this same life, he tries to convince is starting but when he doomsday scenario far bethis pregnant wife Rachel relays his concerns to his ter already. (Millennium)

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AUTOMATA (R) Two out of four stars

By far, the biggest complaint about movies from critics (or anyone interested in originality) is the unchecked, assembly-line mindset regarding sequels. If a film makes even a tiny profit and the plot shows just a glimmer of a chance of further milking, you’re all but guaranteed more of the same — almost always inferior carbon copies. Running a close second behind sequels is the derivative genre flick

— Frankenstein movies that take bits and pieces of other productions and cobble them together into an alleged original whole. As with this week’s “Fury” with war films, “Automata” is a take on the scorchedEarth, dystopian future where humans live in fear of the computers/robots they invented to make their lives easier. If there had never been a “Blade Runner,” “Total Recall,” “A.I.,” “Minority Report,” “Metropolis” or (insert your own choice here), “Automata” might have seemed visionary yet even at its most plagiaristic and recycled it still manages to toss in a sliver or two of innovative thought. Set in 2044 when a

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catastrophic event has left the entire Earth a desert that depends on synthesized rain for survival, “Automata” opens with a nighttime aerial shot virtually identical to the same one seen in “Blade Runner.” Skyscraper-sized motion billboards feature Asian women hawking something or another and most of the unnamed city looks like a slum. This is a moment that should be savored as the rest of the film is set either in harsh, fluorescent-lit indoors or bleached-grey exteriors where even the dried mud is white. Antonio Banderas plays lead character Jacq, a shaved-head, trench coatwearing insurance agent

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‘Fury’ unoriginal, unimaginative war movie By Michael Clark Movie Critic

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FURY (R) Two stars out of four

Prior to “Fury,” David Ayer wrote six police dramas (all of which he directed), the first installment of “The Fast and the Furious” franchise and “U-571,” a World War II thriller set in the close confines of a German submarine. As a screenwriter, Ayer has a keen ear for the rhythm of words and the way they sound, but not so much for flow or naturalness. All top-heavy with aggressive, hard-boiled testosterone, Ayer’s films are intended as unforgiving and realistic but in actuality are rife with faux-macho posturing containing far more bark than bite. Easily Ayer’s most ambitious project to date, “Fury” desperately wants to be epic in scale yet lacks the required grandeur and strives for delivering a new spin on the “war is hell” motif but is little more than a well-intended collection of thread worn snippets of other war films, many that didn’t even take place in the early to mid 1940s. One of the few things Ayer gets right is the semi-original plot. Unlike most other WWII films, “Fury” is set in 1945 when the war was in its final throws with the Allied and Axis camps desperately hurling all they had left at each

other while everyone was exhausted and mentally spent. The combatants were less concerned with missions and directives and more with closure. This is certainly the attitude harbored by tank commander Don “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt), who would rather die than leave the battlefield with any dangling loose ends. See if this sounds familiar. Collier is from the south, is fond of using a large, non-Army issue knife, sports old, unexplained scars and is laser-focused on killing Nazis. One of few differences between Pitt’s character here and the one he played in “Inglourious Basterds” is that in the latter he commanded a platoon of Jewish soldiers and in the former most the of the actors

playing the soldiers are Jewish. Plopping Collier and his men down into the claustrophobic title character tank (ala “U571”) for the bulk of the film is effective, as it ups the uneasy factor but also hamstrings the visuals. There’s only so many times one can see pale and gaunt soldiers bathed in sweat and photographed so close we can count their nose hairs or be turned off by their dental hygiene. While getting points for visual authenticity of Pitt and the supporting cast, Ayer loses more with his stereotypical “war film” divergent personalities. Shia LeBeouf (trying to recover from many re-

cent career-killing moves) plays Bible, a thumper of the highest order who regularly lectures his brothers in arms on the dangers of sin. On the far end of the other extreme is a guy nicknamed (really) Coon-Ass (Jon Bernthal), an Arkansan who revels in harassing new arrival Norman (Logan Lerman), a greenhorn typist tossed Collier’s way to fill a void left by the early death of another team member. Petrified of battle and/ or bloodshed, Norman is an exact replica of Upham from “Saving Private Ryan” — a man with zero training who is charged with operating a machine gun in the tank who barfs (out of disgust), has sex

(under orders) and eventually becomes a stonecold killer (as a matter of expected forced character arc). The only “normal” guy in the group is Gordo (which translates to “fat” in Spanish), an unfat soldier played by the sturdy and always reliable Michael Peña. After a highly effective opening scene showing Collier surprising a German officer riding a horse, Ayer then goes off on his pilfering rampage. We get a little of “The Dirty Dozen,” some of “Kelly’s Heroes,” an overlong, narratively inert dining scene that more than closely resembles one

Francis Ford Coppola cut from “Apocalypse Now,” lots more of “Saving Private Ryan” and the final half hour that is pretty much a reworking of umpteen versions of “The Alamo.” Arguably there is no event in human history (save for the death of Jesus Christ) that has provided more material for movies than World War II. Even while it was happening, Hollywood was mining it and this is likely to continue ad infinitum — and for good reason. It was the last war America and its allies decidedly won and it is ripe for picking with superlative, unending story lines — fictional or otherwise. The biggest problem with “Fury” is that it is trying to appeal to audiences (mostly men over 50) who have seen these kind of movies before — and know the genre far too well. Recycling ideas, plots and concepts isn’t so bad if you do it in imaginative and gripping manners that don’t come off as so recycled, trudging, improbable, conceptually lazy and unimaginative. (Sony/ Columbia) From left, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Brad Pitt, Michael Pena and Jon Bernthal star in “Fury”. (Special Photo: Columbia Pictures)

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Creatures of the Night Fest On Oct. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. the Gwinnett and Environmental Heritage Center will host the Creatures of the Night Festival, a celebration of nocturnal animals. The program fee is $5 for adults 13+ and $3 for children ages 3-12. For more information, visit gwinnettehc. org/calendar. OTC Comedy Troupe’s Haunted Halloween Special The OTC Comedy Troupe will host a “Haunted Comedy Special” from 8 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17 at Lionheart Theatre, 10 College St. in Norcross. Tickets are just $10 per person. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, visit otccomedy-

troupe.com/dates-and-timesof-shows. Return of the Mummy and Son Ball The Return of the Mummy and Son Ball will be at George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17. Admission is $11 per person. For more information call (678) 277-0910.

Saturday, Oct. 18

Family Fright Nights: “Frankenweenie” Screening On Saturday, Oct. 18, Callaway Gardens will screen “Frankenweenie” on Robin Lake Beach as a part of October’s “Family Fright Night”themed Movies on the Beach series. Guests can bring a blanket or chair to enjoy these movie nights. Refreshments will be available for purchase. After 5 p.m., tickets are free for annual passholders, $5 for adults, $2.50 for children ages

6-12 and free for children 5 and under. Guests visiting the Gardens during the day will

be admitted at no additonal cost. The Gardens are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and day

admission is $18 for adults, $9 for children ages 6-12, and free for children 5 and under.

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Bryan Callen Performs Comedian Bryan Callen from “Sex and the City” and “The Hangover” will perform at the Atlanta Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 8:00 p.m.; on Friday, Oct. 17 at 8:00 and 10:30 p.m.; and on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 8:00 and 10:30 p.m. For more information, visit theimprovatlanta.com/comedy-calendar.

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Lab Coat Kids Science Show At noon on Saturday, Oct. 18, the Children’s Museum of Atlanta will present the Lab Coat Kids Science Show, a show about SCIFUN programs that are designed to keep a child thinking about science long after they’ve left the show. This October, children can learn about pumpkins, lights and changing colors. For more information, visit childrensmuseumatlanta.org or call 404-659-KIDS (5437).

“What’s Under the Rock” Rock Springs United Methodist Church will hold a free community meet and greet titled “What’s Under the Rock” on Oct. 18 from 4 to 9 p.m. at the church, 1100 Rock Springs Road in Lawrenceville. For more information, visit www.rsumc. org or call 770-945-7329. Andrews Moonshine Festival Andrews Entertainment District will host the first annual Andrews Moonshine Festival on Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. at 56 East Andrews Drive in Atlanta. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.andrewsdistrict. com. Boo at the Zoo Zoo Atlanta patrons can sample the treats, sights, characters and adventures of the whimsical Zoo Boo Town on Oct. 18, 19, 25, and 26 with more than 1,500 animals from around the world. Boo at the Zoo is free for Zoo Members, children under 3 years and with general admission. For more information, visit zooatlanta.org.

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Murray delivers stellar performance in ‘Vincent’ By Michael Clark

use whatsoever for a child and pits him with a juvenile male in desperate need ST. VINCENT (PG-13) of a positive role model. *** The premise, of course, is that neither can give the other what they want and thus dramatic friction is established. Because of his looks Like Billy Bob Thorn(average) and typical ton in “Bad Santa,” Vin on-screen persona (iras(Murray) is not the kind cible), Bill Murray will of guy anyone would care never be “adored” by the to spend time with, much mainstream but is pretty less trust with the welfare much considered a national of a child but for recent treasure amongst art-house cash-strapped divorcee types and the press. At this Maggie (Melissa McCarpoint, he would have to thy), Vin is her only option try to turn in a bad perfor- and they don’t get off to a mance and regularly trans- good start. A company she forms what are just rote, hires to move her in next ho-hum stories into tiny door to Vin clips a tree and gems like “St. Vincent.” all but totals his early ’70s Landing tonally smack wooden-paneled clunker. dab in-between “Bad After Maggie’s son Oliver Santa” and “About a Boy,” (Jaeden Lieberher) has “St. Vincent” takes a lead his house keys stolen at male character that has no school, he has no choice Movie Critic

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but to ring Vin’s doorbell and request to stay until Maggie gets home. Put-out beyond repair, the equally financiallychallenged Vin agrees to help, for a price — $12 an hour. Since it’s his house, it’s his rules and Vin makes no concessions for the patient and wise Oliver. They watch old Abbott & Costello flicks, eat sardines (which Vin calls sushi) while he drinks and smokes a whole bunch. It’s not clear initially why Vin is so angry and such a lush and to the credit of writer/director Theodore Melfi, we only find via tiny dribs and drabs along the way and don’t get the full picture of Vin until far into the third act. Generally welcomed in any movie playing any part, Terrence Howard (as a loan shark) and Naomi

Watts (as a pregnant Russian pole dancer) both have limited supporting roles that never quite find their footing. Although it makes sense that Vin, a regular losing bettor at Belmont Park, would need the services of a Shylock and Howard wisely underplays the role, his presence still feels forced. Even though she has the Russian accent nailed down, Watts’ striper is a cardboard cutout of the age-old “hooker with a heart a gold” stock character that adds next to nothing to the narrative. Vin pays her for her “company” but after we find out about another woman still in Vin’s life, our opinion of both her and Vin head south. For a good 90 minutes of the 112-minute movie, Melfi resists what had to be an overwhelming urge to “soften” Vin’s edges and melt his

cold, cold heart, but in the last two scenes that’s exactly what he does. Vin’s misanthropic attitude gives way to something else that will (not so ironically) go over well with mainstream audiences and die-hard sentimentalists. It’s far from a deal killer and the saving grace is that Melfi takes all of Vin’s accumulated negatives he’s amassed to that point and presents them from another perspective without applying any kind of manipulative spin. For McCarthy, a role such as this couldn’t have come at a better time. After three movies in a row where her lead character plays…well, the younger female version of the Murray character, she’s afforded an opportunity to flex her acting chops in a smaller role that is more in line with the part she

plays on “Mike & Molly.” Melfi still provides her with some comic zingers, gives her lion’s share of the drama and McCarthy’s plus-size is non-factor. This is exactly the kind of artistic and career reboot McCarthy needed. As for Murray, the Oscar buzz has already started and is totally warranted but in all likelihood is a long shot. He’s been there just once before (“Lost in Translation”) and sadly, the Academy — for some inexplicable reason — just doesn’t like handing out nominations for what they perceive to be comedic performances. Yes, Murray gets a lot of well-earned laughs here but he also shows us a man in pain without ever trying to make you feel sorry for him and that’s a tough dramatic nut to crack. (Weinstein)

Lovely visuals outshine plot in animated ‘Book of Life’ By Geoff Berkshire

ing the spotlight. Opening domestically three weeks after Focus/Laika’s “The LOS ANGELES — The Boxtrolls” and three weeks visuals outshine the story in ahead of Disney’s “Big “The Book of Life,” a lively Hero 6,” “Book” should animated tale that mixes have time to carve out its age-old myths with today’s own space in the family toon tropes. But what entertainment marketplace lovely visuals they are. The and could become a sigfeature debut of smallscreen nificant sleeper worldwide, animator Jorge R. Gutierrez especially if Latin audiences (co-creator of Nickelodeon’s respond to the pic’s univer“El Tigre: The Adventures sal, yet culturally specific, of Manny Rivera”) proves to delights. be perfectly charming in reAs if to ensure every laying the tale of a lopsided viewer has a window into love triangle set against the the story, the central narrabackdrop of Mexico’s Day tive is framed as a legend of the Dead holiday. And being told by a motherly yet it hardly matters what museum tour guide (voiced the characters are saying (or by Christina Applegate) to occasionally singing) when a group of rebellious school their warmly handcrafted kids on Nov. 2, the Day of appearance keeps stealthe Dead. While that choice Reuters

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initially plays like an unnecessary distancing device, it also reinforces the mythic quality of what we’re watching (and eventually gives the young listeners the opportunity to offer a few adorable asides). Plus, it explains why everyone in the tour guide’s tale looks like a handmade wooden toy — a captivating visual conceit. Ever since they were children, music-loving bullfighter Manolo (Diego Luna) and burly bandit vanquisher Joaquin (Channing Tatum) have been enamored with the same girl: feisty free spirit Maria (Zoe Saldana). So they’re equally heartbroken when Maria’s unconventional behavior gets her shipped off to Europe by her strict father (Carlos Alazra-

qui). It’s not until her 18th birthday that she returns to the town of San Angel to reignite the rivalry between Manolo and Joaquin, each hoping to be the one to marry their mutual true love. As our narrator explains, there’s even more at stake in this competition than Maria’s heart. Each young man has been backed by a different deity of the spirit realm. Sensitive Manolo has been selected by the kindly La Muerte (Kate del Castillo), who rules over the joyful Land of the Remembered. Manly Joaquin is the choice of her devious husband, Xibalba (Ron Perlman), who oversees the miserable Land of the Forgotten. A victory for Team Manolo means Xibalba can no longer meddle

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in the lives of humans, but a victory for Team Joaquin will banish La Muerte to the Forgotten realm and release Xibalba to lord over the Remembered. No fair guessing in advance who wins (and at least there are a few twists along the way). If the idea of two men fighting over a pretty lady seems a bit retrograde in the post-“Frozen” era of animation, Gutierrez and co-writer Doug Langdale make it clear that Maria is no shrinking violet. She’s the one in control — despite her father’s clear preference for Joaquin, if only to help save the city from rampaging metal-encased monster Chakal (Dan Navarro). Imbued with an inner fire thanks to Saldana’s impas-

sioned vocal turn, Maria also stands strong for her pet cause (literally, she loves animals and adopts a pig about to be slaughtered) and proves capable of inspiring the townspeople with stirring rhetoric at pivotal moments. Sure, the pic stacks its soulmate deck firmly in favor of Manolo — he refuses to kill the bulls he fights, composes original love songs on the guitar Maria gifted him with an inscription reading “Always play from the heart” (the music is courtesy of Gustavo Santaolalla, lyrics by Paul Williams), and is keenly voiced by the ever-likable Luna (who also croons the songs) — but the choice is up to Maria.

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