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Ex-boyfriend arrested in 13-year-old murder case him with the Georgia her murder.

State PaPorter trol. Cook said police has been A major development in arrested charged a 13-year old murder case Billy Cook with happened Thursday when on Intermurder in Gwinnett County police and state 75 the death of Billy Leslie investigators from District in Henry Leslie AdCook Adams Attorney Danny Porter’s ofCounty ams, who fice arrested the ex-boyfriend with assistance from Henry disappeared days after she of the victim and charged County law enforcement and took out a temporary protec-

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tive order against Cook in October 2005.

Her remains were found in Franklin County in 2007.

“We never forgot about this case. We never stopped working on it,” Porter told the Daily Post.

The case against Cook is expected to go before a grand jury soon with Porter saying he expected his of-

fice to present it “certainly within the next two weeks.”

The paperwork, including reports, needed to go before the grand jury has already been completed, according to the district attorney.

Porter said Cook became a suspect in Adams’ disappearance early on because of his past with the mother of two.

“There was the TPO being issued and the history of violence combined with some evidence that I can’t really discuss,” Porter said.

When Adams’ skeletal remains were found in a creek in Franklin County two years after her disappearance, media reports that

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FBI, GMC investigate release of patient info

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More than three dozen Gwinnett Medical Center patients had their names, birthdates and genders released on Twitter earlier this week following a “security incident,” hospital officials said.

GMC spokeswoman Beth Hardy told the Daily Post on Wednesday that 40 patients had their information accessed and exposed online, though said the hospital does not believe patient Social Security numbers or medical information was compromised.

“GMC takes the security of personal information very seriously and we are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of patient and personal information,” Hardy said. “We learned of the issue late last week and immediately engaged with internal and external experts and immediately began cooperating with law enforcement.”

FBI Public Affairs Specialist Kevin Rowson said Wednesday that the agency is “aware of the breach and working with all the appropriate entities,” though See PATIENT, Page 7A

A league of their own

Freshman Aniah James dodges defenders during a play at Duluth’s practice Wednesday in conjunction with Gwinnett County Public Schools media day for its flag football program. (Staff Photos: Trevor McNaboe)

Netherworld opens Haunted Girls flag football to kick off in Gwinnett schools House at new location today

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Gwinnett County’s own acclaimed house of monsters is now open for the 2018 Halloween season in its new home in the southern part of the county.

Netherworld Haunted House opened for two days last weekend for a sneak peak, but it will begin opening nightly starting today for this year’s Halloween season. There are two haunts being offered at Netherworld this year. One is the mummy-themed “The Awakened” and the other is the mutant-themed “Subject: Unknown.”

The popular attraction is now located at 2076 West Park Place Blvd. in unincorporated Stone Mountain.

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Two monsters are shown on display in Netherworld Haunted House’s Museum of Monsters at the attraction’s new location in unincorporated Gwinnett County near Stone Mountain. (File Photo)

Passion for football in Gwinnett County Public Schools is not only apparent in its success on the field, the district winning six of the past eight state championships, but also from the interest in its newly established girls flag football league.

Although it is not yet an official Georgia High School Association sport, the new activity has drawn hundreds of girls from Gwinnett County Public Schools to try out.

GCPS held a media day Wednesday at Duluth High School to highlight some of the excitement with the season beginning Oct. 9.

According to district spokesman Bernard Watson, each team, representing the 19 school clusters, has 20 roster spots.

Mill Creek High School had almost 400 students try out for the team.

“This gives us another opportunity to provide our girls a chance to be active physically, competitively and give them the same chances that our boys have,” Watson said. “We’ve had tremendous turnout for this already and expect that to continue into the future.”

Kimberlee Mankin, a 2009 Collins Hill graduate, was drawn to be a part of the school’s flag football team because of the opportunity to coach a new sport.

Duluth assistant coach Simon Mawson, walking in center, instructs players during a flag football practice Wednesday.

GCPS FLAG FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE • 19 cluster teams • Seven weeks of games • Hosted at Brookwood, Collins Hill, Discovery, Lanier and Peachtree Ridge each week • Games take place at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays with the exception of Collins Hill on Oct. 9

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team and leave their mark.”

The district-wide flag football program is a partnership with the Atlanta Falcons to promote and encourage growth of the game among females.

“I’m super excited about this a buzz around the school with “We were just hoping when because it levels the playing less than a week to go until their we put this thing together we field for girls that are interested first game. would have enough to fill a in playing something else,” “Everybody is excited to see team, but to have the interest Mankin said. “Any time you can what this is going to turn into,” we’ve gotten is huge,” said Chris be a part of a team is beneficial Makin said. “We have a lot of for the rest of your life.” seniors on the team that are honSee FOOTBALL, Page 7A Mankin said there has been ored to be part of the inaugural

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Police seeking EMC holds ribbon-cutting event man suspected for 3D mammogram machine of car break-in

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Gwinnett County police are looking for a man who officials said was doing the wrong kind of lifting at an LA Fitness in Sugar Hill last week.

Cpl. Wilbert Rundles said the unidentified man broke into a car at the gym, which is located at 6025 Cumming Highway, and stole several items while the owner of the car was working out in the LA Fitness the afternoon of Sept. 26.

The man, who is described as a heavyset white male in his mid-tolate 20s with some facial hair, then left the gym in a red or maroon SUV that had a black hood.

A police report says the victim told police that she arrived at the gym at about 2 p.m. and came back to her car at about 3 p.m. She told police she noticed her purse, which contained her wallet with two credit cards, her Social Security Card and her driver’s license, had been stolen from the car.

The suspect is accused of racking up $1,700 in charges on the victim’s credit cards at two Walmarts, Rundles said. The police report shows one Walmart was located on Lawrenceville Suwanee Road in Lawrenceville while the other was on Buford Drive near Interstate 985.

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Gwinnett County police released this surveillance photo of a man suspected of breaking into car at an LA Fitness in Sugar Hill, stealing a purse and later using credit cards that were in the purse at two Walmarts in Gwinnett County on Sept. 26. (Special Photo)

who the man is, or where he is located, is asked to call detectives at 770-513-5300 or Crime Stoppers at 404-5778477. They can remain anonymous by providing information through Crime Stoppers, which also accepts tips through www.crimestoppersatlanta.org.

Crime Stoppers does offer rewards of as much as $2,000 to tipsters whose information leads to both an arrest and an indictment. Anyone who provides information related to the case is asked to reference case number 18-089789.

Most women grow up knowing that when the time comes for them to have a mammogram, the procedure won’t be a comfortable — or relaxing — one.

Eastside Medical Center is hoping to reduce the stress associated with mammograms, though, by offering the latest breast imaging technology to its patients, which was unveiled at a ribbon-cutting at Loganville Digital Imaging Center on Wednesday.

“It is such a big deal for women to have this (three dimensional) option near home,” said Stacy Cato, outpatient imaging manager at the center. “Threedimensional (imaging) is the latest technology that’s offered, and it gives earlier detection for breast cancers because (we can) see things on this that may take a year or two on 2D (machines).

It’s the same experience for the woman and (they spend) the same time in the machine. It’s just updated technology.”

Because of the way a three-dimensional mammogram machine works, doctors can see masses and other breast distortions associated with cancers and precancerous cells significantly more clearly, Cato said.

“I would compare it to a book,” she said. “If you’re looking at a book, you look at the front of the book and then the side of the book; that’s 2D imaging. Three dimensional machines take slices — the (X-ray) tube moves and it’s taking images the whole time. The radiologist can then scroll

Eastside Medical Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Loganville Digital Imaging Center on Wednesday to celebrate its new 3D mammogram machine. (Staff Photo: Isabel Hughes)

duces the chance of a call back for further imaging by Visit gwinnettdailypost.com about 40 percent, Cato said. for a photo gallery.

“That is huge,” she said.

“Typically, screening mamthrough the images.” mograms are covered by Though two-dimensional insurance 100 percent. If mammograms are still exthey’re a call back, meantremely important in breast ing the doctor sees somecancer detection, Cato thing potentially abnormal said the three-dimensional and the (patient) has to capability gives doctors a come back, that falls under better idea of what they’re the deductible. With the looking at, if an abnormal- 3D, we can help eliminate ity is detected. that.”

“If you’re looking at a It’s not just about the 2D image, you can’t see all cost, though, Cato said. the layers of it,” she said. “(With a call back), im“With this, you can scroll mediately, your mind goes through and say, ‘Oh, that’s to the worst,” she said. “A just fatty tissue or dense lot of times women are tissue,’ especially in women called back for cysts and with dense breasts. Those you need to know what the mammograms are very contents of that cyst are. difficult to read because the This tells us that there’s a tissue is so thick, and even cyst there, but the patient though you compress it, it needs an ultrasound; they doesn’t really separate out, don’t need a (diagnostic so while this still compress- mammogram), which uses es (the tissue), it’s easier to a smaller paddle to really see.” compress the area out and The machine also reis much more painful.”

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Trent Lind, Eastside Medical Center’s CEO, said the new technology is a “huge” step in the hospital’s imaging capabilities.

“When you look at breast cancer, screening is an important service Eastside offers to the community,” Lind said. “Obviously, though, when you do identify a cancer, you want to be able to quickly intervene and that’s why 3D is taking us to another level. An amazing statistic that shocks me and I know (it shocked) a lot of folks I’ve shared it with today is that one in eight women will contract breast cancer in their lifetime. It’s an amazing stat, but it makes it even more important that we’re identifying early on and as early as possible any detection of breast cancer.”

For more information about Eastside’s three-dimensional mammography services, visit eastsidemedical.com/3Dmammo.

Mall of Ga. offering initiatives for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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to support Susan G. Komen in its tireless efforts to reduce breast cancer deaths,” Randall Jackson, The Mall of Georgia is director of marketing and supporting Susan G. Kobusiness development for men and the fight against North Georgia Premium breast cancer by offering Outlets, said on behalf of several initiatives during the Atlanta-area Simon the month of October. centers, which includes On Wednesday, the mall the Mall of Georgia. announced a “More Than In October, customPink” campaign, which ers who visit the Mall of comes as part of Breast Georgia will be able to Cancer Awareness Month, participate in a variety of a month that brings aware- programs to help support ness to a disease that kills Susan G. Komen. more than 41,000 people They include: the sevin the U.S. each year. enth annual Great Gwin“We are thrilled to nett Road Run 5K, which launch our fall 2018 will start at 8 a.m. Sunday.

‘More Than Pink initiaThe event is intended tives’ and have been for serious runners, caoverwhelmed by the sual weekend joggers and ongoing positive support walkers, who are invited this movement has garto gear up in their best nered with our shoppers, pink attire to honor those retailers and employees affected and impacted by

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Man suspected in Lawrenceville murder arrested

nounced dead at the scene, police said.

Gwinnett County Police Department Cpl. Michele The suspect in a SunPihera, a spokeswoman for day shooting that killed a the department, said Harris allegedly fled the scene after 32-yearthe shooting. old man Police had asked the pubhas been lic for information about the arrested, police said shooting and on Tuesday, the homicide unit “received inWednesformation about the possible day. whereabouts of Marcus,” Marcus Pihera said.

Harris, 24, Marcus “The Gwinnett County of AlHarris Sheriff’s Office Fugitive bany, was Squad was notified, and charged with felony murder they traveled to the location and aggravated assault in the death of Marlon Walker, without delay,” she said. “After they arrived, they safely who died at the scene of the brought him into custody. shooting.

The Gwinnett County SherAccording to previous iff’s Office Fugitive Squad reports by the Daily Post, police responded to 50 Mar- has been invaluable in the lowe Drive in unincorporated apprehension of this homiLawrenceville at about 2:30 cide suspect. It is our hope a.m. Sunday after receiving a that the arrest of Marcus will start to bring Marlon’s family 911 call about shots fired. some closure.”

When officers arrived, Harris is being held at they found Walker suffering from a gunshot wound to the the Gwinnett County Jail without bond. chest. He was later pro-

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A Fazoli’s fast casual Italian restaurant in Lexington, Ky., is shown in this photo from the company. The restaurant chain announced Wednesday that it has signed a franchise agreement with a group that wants to open five locations in metro Atlanta, including one in Snellville. (Photo: Fazoli’s)

Fazoli’s returning to Snellville

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Fast casual Italian eatery Fazoli’s is expected to make its return to Snellville early next year, company officials announced Wednesday.

Fazoli’s announced it has signed a franchise agreement with Lamont Brooks and colleagues of his with the Arriba Restaurant Group to open five locations in the Atlanta area, including one in Snellville, in the first half of 2019.

It was made in concert with news about another franchise group that plans to open locations in Arkansas.

A location for the Snellville restaurant has not yet been announced as spaces for Arriba Restaurant Group’s five

planned restaurants are still being scouted.

“We are thrilled and honored to be welcoming these two established and experienced groups into our Fazoli’s family,” Fazoli’s President and Chief Executive Officer Carl Howard said in a statement. “Attracting this level of talent to the brand, now in our 30th year, speaks volumes to the momentum and trajectory of the company.”

There had previously been a Fazoli’s in Snellville, but it closed several years ago. There are currently 220 locations spread across 27 states, and nine new Fazoli’s locations have opened this year.

Company officials said they are on track in 2018 to have their largest number of restaurant

openings in nearly a decade.

“With the brand’s revitalization efforts in full swing, from menu innovations to remodel openings and the continued integration of technology, we look forward to providing our guests with high-quality food at a great value, in more locations across the country every year,” Howard said.

The Arriba Restaurant Group has a lot of experience at running restaurant franchise locations.

The company operates Pizza Hut, Dunkin’ Donuts, Subway, Burger King, Fuddruckers and Quiznos locations across the U.S. and in South America, according to Fazoli’s officials.

In addition to the Snellville location, Ar-

riba is expected to also open at least one location each in Gainesville and Peachtree City. Other cities where the remaining two locations that Arriba plans to open have not been announced.

This isn’t the first time in recent years that an announcement about a new Fazoli’s in Snellville has been made. Two years ago, it was announced that a different franchisee would be opening a location in the city amid a major expansion into metro Atlanta, but there are no Fazoli’s currently listed being located in Snellville or elsewhere in the metro area.

The only Fazoli’s locations in Georgia are in Fort Oglethorpe, Macon, Bonaire, Columbus and Valdosta, according to the chain’s website.

‘Marvel Universe Live!’ show coming to Atlanta and Duluth in February

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Marvel heroes face off against villains to reclaim the Wand of Watoomb and save the world in the Marvel Universe Live show. The production will be at State Farm Arena in Atlanta and the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth in February. (Special Photo)

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Comic book fans don’t have to wait until the untitled fourth “Avengers” comes out next spring to see characters such as Black Panther, Thor, Captain America, SpiderMan, Doctor Strange and the Guardians of the Galaxy in action again.

They’ll get to see them in Gwinnett County — and in downtown Atlanta — a few months before that.

Feld Entertainment announced “Marvel Universe Live!” will be at State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Feb. 17 and 18, and at the Infinite Energy Arena on Feb. 22 and 24. The show marks the live production debuts of Guardians of the Galaxy characters Star-Lord,

Gamora, Rocket, Groot and Drax, according to producers.

“Alongside Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Panther, Hulk, Black Widow, Wasp and Iron Fist, the Guardians of the Galaxy help fight the scheming, menacing and loathsome villains Loki, Yondu and Green

Goblin,” Feld Entertainment officials said in a statement.

“Audiences will join in the quest that sparks new feuds with old foes, pitting student against mentor, sister against sister and brother against brother.”

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go on sale today. Producers have not announced when tickets will go on sale for the shows at State Farm Arena, which was previously known as Philips Arena.

Ticket prices will begin at $25, and they can be purchased by calling 770-626-2464 or visiting infiniteenergycenter.com.

Crime writers to appear together at reading session

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Gwinnett County residents who love crime fiction will get to hear from two writers who work in the genre this weekend.

Douglasville-based writer Roger Johns and Chicagobased writer Lori Rader-Day will appear together for a joint reading at 7:30 p.m.

Friday at Liberty Books, located at 176 W. Crogan St., in Lawrenceville. The event is sponsored by the Gwinnett County library system.

Johns, whose fascination with crime fiction began as a youth reading Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew novels, will read from his new book, “River of Secrets,” while Rader-Day will read from her new book, “Under a Dark Sky,” during the appearance in Lawrenceville.

“It’s always fun to be with another author who writes in the same genre, but in a slightly different style, and to be in front of a group of readers and book sellers, people who are there because they have a very definite interest in what we do,” Johns said.

“I like the idea of chatting with other authors to find out where they get their inspiration, what is it that draws them to writing, what are their work habits and

what’s coming next from them and what sort of issues do they like focusRoger Johns ing on.”

Both writers have earned accolades in the writing community.

Rader-Day Lori is a recipiRader-Day ent of the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Novel, while Johns was a finalist for the Silver Falchion Award at this year’s Killer Nashville event.

Their joint reading in Lawrenceville will be the first of three appearances the authors will make together in metro Atlanta this weekend.

They will also appear together at an event at FoxTale Book Shoppe at 105 E. Main St., Suite 138, in Woodstock at 2 p.m. Saturday and at an event at Tall Tales, located at 2105 Lavista Road, Suite 108, in Atlanta, at 1 p.m.

Sunday.

“There’s always something interesting that’s going to happen when you get so many like-minded people in a room,” Johns said about what he’s looking forward to about the events.

Mall of Georgia hosting grand opening celebration for ice rink

BY TREVOR MCNABOE

ers of the Mall of Georgia, announced an outdoor skating rink would be coming to the Buford area The Mall of Georgia mall. Construction on the is opening up its newsynthetic ice rink began in est facility The Rink, an mid-September. outdoor synthetic ice skat“Our goal is to continue ing rink, from 6 to 8 p.m. to offer our guests with today. unmatched, memorable The Rink’s grand open- experiences when they ing “Ice, Ice Baby” event visit Mall of Georgia,” will take place in The said Teresa Holloway, Village, located at 3333 director of marketing and Buford Drive in Buford. business development for Entertainment will Mall of Georgia. “With include a live DJ, a photo our recent renovations and booth, social media conthe new addition of The test and games.

Rink, we invite families In August, Simon, own- to visit our center to try

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something new — from the ice skating experience to shopping upcoming seasonal trends to dining at one of the many restaurants the center has to offer.”

Hours for The Rink are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m Sunday until the outdoor skating rink closes in early January.

The cost to skate is $3 for children and $5 for adults.

For more information on The Rink, visit simon. com/mallofgeorgia.

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Even clothes can affect sensitive skin DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old man with an arthritic back, urinary tract problems and, worst of all, highly sensitive skin!

There are few items of clothing that I can tolerate.

I turn tank top shirts inside out, preventing seams from irritating my skin. This has been a progressive problem since birth, worsening significantly over time. I’ve never heard of anyone having this problem. Is there any major research relevant to this problem?

— E.A. ANSWER: “Tactile hypersensitivity” simply means that people are more sensitive to touch. It is not uncommon, and it can be associated with sensory processing issues of other types. Tactile defensiveness is a closely related concept, but that includes other types of touching perceived as unpleasant. Caregivers of special-needs kids and adults see this frequently, especially among people on the autism spectrum. It also is frequently associated with anxiety, but it can happen to people with no identifiable conditions. It is frequent enough that there are clothing lines that have non-scratchy labels with carefully sewn seams and that are made of very soft and non-irritating fabrics.

These are quite popular now for children, but not as easily found for adults. You also can purchase special tape to cover the seams.

I can’t put urinary tract problems together with your condition, but many people with arthritis often have bony protuberances right around where seams in clothing usually are, which may partially explain why the problem seems to be getting worse.

I found quite a few articles written on this, both for medical professionals as well as for the layman. Some of this comes from occupational therapy researchers, which is one place you might be able to find more about it or get additional help.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Are canned tuna or sardines a good source of fish oil?

— C.V.F. ANSWER: A fairly large amount of research has shown that people who eat at least two servings of fish daily are less likely to get heart disease. There is more to fish than omega-3 fatty acids, however; the most recent trials on omega-3 fatty acids have disappointed researchers who hoped to find a benefit to taking them.

For people who do like fish, I think that it is a healthy addition to a mostly plant-based diet. There isn’t a single perfect fish, but sardines generally are considered a very healthy option. They are small, so they do not have a lot of mercury; they are high in omega-3 (which I still think has benefit as part of food, not so much as a supplement); they are relatively inexpensive; and even when canned, they don’t have a huge amount of sodium.

There are many options for canned tuna. White tuna (albacore), a common variety, is relatively high in mercury, so limiting that to a serving every week or two is wise. Light tuna (skipjack) has much less mercury and is safe to eat every three or four days.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1877, Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe surrendered to U.S. Cavalry troops after a 1,700-mile retreat.

In 1947, President Harry Truman delivered the first address to be televised from the White House.

In 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service was founded.

In 2005, the U.S. Senate voted 90-9 to prohibit the use of “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” on detainees.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), theologian/evangelist; Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886), 21st U.S. president; Louis Lumiere (1864-1948), inventor/filmmaker; Ray Kroc (1902-1984), founder of McDonald’s Corp.; Bil Keane (1922-2011), cartoonist; Vaclav Havel (1936-2011), playwright/Czech president; Steve Miller (1943- ), musician; Bernie

Mac (1957-2008), comedian/actor; Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958- ), astrophysicist; Mario Lemieux (1965- ), hockey player; Guy Pearce (1967- ), actor; Kate Winslet (1975- ), actress; Jesse Eisenberg (1983- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: In the first televised White House address, President Truman asked the American people to stop eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help relieve food shortages in Europe.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 2001, Barry Bonds set a new single-season home run record with his 71st and 72nd home runs.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies. Know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Dear Amy: I am in my late 20s. I live with my parents. They paid for my college education, and they are currently paying off the corresponding loans.

My father is not in the best shape, but he is working a lot of overtime in an attempt to get everything paid off before retiring.

They have not asked for any help with these bills, but I would like to offer without offending anyone.

There are two loans in my name, and I’d like to offer to take over one of them.

This would give me the ability to continue saving for a place of my own, yet relieve them of some of the burden.

I am looking for the best way to approach this.

Any ideas?

— Overburdened Dear Overburdened: If you have two loans in your name, you should be paying off not one but both of these loans. Your parents have done enough. You are in your late 20s. Congratulations, you are an adult!

Grow up, already!

You are the person who should be working overtime to make these loan payments, not your father. You are a college graduate (thanks to your folks). You are (presumably) able-bodied. Postpone your plans to move out and double up on your own work to retire this debt.

projects I truly believed in, for being in the guild with others I admire and for accomplishing my goals. But now I am miserable.

The higher ranks in this business seem just like laboring in the slums of Hollywood — there’s just more ego and way more Amy Dickinson pressure, although not necessarily more money.

You should ask your I have been fantasizing parents to have a family about running away to do meeting. Thank them from something that matters, the bottom of your heart but my husband moved to for all they’ve done for LA so that I could pursue you. Tell them you have this, and he believes in me figured out how to pay off wholeheartedly. your loans; ask them for I’m under a lot of presthe paperwork and then sure, but making progress make the payments. on achieving my dreams If they refuse to let might have revealed that you contribute, then you this industry is not for me. should take the money I have a number of projyou make from your own ects to finish, and if I sucovertime, sock it into an ceed at them, I would be account and present them pushed into even higher with the balance when Hollywood strata — likely you move out and/or they with amazing money and retire.

WAY more pressure.

Dear Amy: I work Part of me thinks that I in the film industry. As should stick it out for ana woman, it has been a other year and see where long and painful road, I am then, and part of me but things have improved wants to sell my house lately, due to the current and go screaming into focus on hiring women in the woods. What do you Hollywood. think?

As a result, the stress­— Dreams Aren’t ful but low-stakes work I Always What They Seem had done previously has Dear Dreams: I ratcheted up, and I am do- think you should stick ing higher-caliber projwith it for another year ects, have joined a guild — AND go screaming and find myself in new into the woods whenever environments with higher- possible. ranked people.

Keep in mind that as There was a moment more women and people of elation for working on of color are finally join-

ing the ranks at all levels of the film business, the overall atmosphere in this very challenging industry might also start to change.

You could also take your skill set and qualifications into an ancillary business that wouldn’t require you and your husband to move. But the storytelling industry does create much meaningful content that matters. You just need to find the right people and projects to work on.

You are overburdened and burned out right now.

Find some non-industryrelated things to do for fun (granted, a challenge in an industry town), stretch creatively outside of work and definitely spend as much time as possible in nature. There is no better way to clear your head.

Dear Amy: In your sensitive answer to “Upset Citizen,” you remarked that people sometimes ask foreign-born Americans, “WHAT are you?”

One way to respond is by answering this question with a question: “Well, what are you?”

— Been There Dear Been There: It’s certainly worth a try.

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

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Look past any limitations or frustrations you face. Learn from a difficult situation and intervene in a positive and direct manner. What you do to fix or amend matters will lead to a better future. Know what you want and find the best way to reach your destination.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Turn today into a new beginning. With a positive attitude, you can enhance your life and improve relations with the people you care about most. Youngsters will motivate you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Take on a new look and make unique lifestyle changes. Surround yourself with people and tools that inspire you to be your best.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — A getaway will do you good.

Having a peaceful moment to go over your current situation and consider your next move will be calming and will result in positive action.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A change at home or to your friend group will remind you why you like things to stay the same. Be careful what you wish for.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — No one knows you better than you know yourself. Don’t follow someone else’s lead when it’s not right for you. Follow your intelligence, not your heart, and do what’s best for you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Make a financial change.

Whether it involves how you earn your living, handle your investments or live, it will lead to greater cash flow and less stress.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Listen to what’s being said, but don’t agree to something that isn’t right for you. A problem that can affect your position should not be made in haste.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Change can stabilize your life if it’s done properly. Consider what makes you happy, and spend time more time enjoying life and the company of loved ones.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) — An emotional situation must be handled delicately.

Deceit or fancy words and unrealistic promises will not help matters, but a kind gesture made in good faith will.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Plan some fun with family or friends. A change will lead to an emotional connection that will help improve your current living situation. Romance is on the rise.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Moderation will help you avoid unwanted change. You’ll cause distress if you choose anger over compromise when trying to reach an agreement. Think matters through before you make a move.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — A change is warranted. Taking a trip or hanging out with people who have something interesting to offer will broaden your vision and give you incentive to do things differently.

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World UK blames Russian military for ‘reckless’ cyber attacks Britain, Australia and New Zealand have accused Russian military intelligence of carrying out a worldwide campaign of “malicious” cyber attacks, including the hacking of the U.S. Democratic National Committee in 2016.

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in a statement Thursday that the country’s National Cyber Security Centre had found that Russian GRU intelligence service operatives were behind cyber attacks believed to have cost the global economy millions of dollars.

Australia and New Zealand released similar statements alleging that their own intelligence agencies had found evidence of Russian involvement in the same attacks on political, business, media and sporting institutions.

Another powerful typhoon barrels toward Japan Typhoon Kong-rey will be the ninth tropical system of the season to impact Japan this year.

The typhoon is projected to track near southern Japan on Saturday morning local time with sustained winds of 75 mph — the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane.

This storm comes on the heels of Typhoon Trami, which made landfall this past Sunday in Wakayama province.

The country has seen more than its fair share of named storms this year: Eight came close enough to bring direct impacts on the country.

Kong-rey will be the third former super typhoon to impact Japan this year, though — like the previous two, Jebi and Trami — the storm will have weakened below the super typhoon threshold (winds greater than 240 kph) when it reaches the island nation.

New Zealand: Provide phone password at border or face fine Rights groups have denounced a new law in New Zealand under which travelers can be fined thousands of dollars if they refuse to allow border officials access to their phone.

Under the Customs and Excise Act 2018, which came into force this week, officials will be able to demand travelers unlock any electronic device so it can be searched. Anyone who refuses can face prosecution and a fine of up to $3,200.

Officials can also retain devices and potentially confiscate them from travelers who refuse to allow a search at the border.

A spokeswoman for New Zealand Customs said the change to the law was necessary as “the shift from paperbased systems to electronic systems has meant that the majority of prohibited material and documents are now stored electronically.”

— From wire reports

‘Do you believe survivors?’

Activists protest Kavanaugh in Washington

By Dakin Andone CNN

Survivors of rape and sexual assault took to a stage in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to ask their senators: “Do you believe survivors?”

“My name is Teresa, and I’m a proud mom,” said one woman from Arizona. “Senator (Jeff) Flake: Do you believe that survivors matter? Believe me. And believe us.”

Women and their allies came to Washington, D.C., on Thursday to protest Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the nation’s highest court.

They met at the Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse before marching to the Supreme Court, where they held a rally offering words of support to each other and victims of sexual violence.

Organizers initially planned for protesters to then make their way to the East Steps of the Capitol, where they were to hold a “direct action,” but U.S. Capitol Police barricaded

Nation Jury deliberations begin in Chicago in McDonald murder trial The high-profile murder trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke for his actions in the 2014 killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was in the hands of a jury Thursday afternoon.

The panel of eight women and four men — seven of them white, one black, three Hispanics and one Asian — began deliberations after closing arguments in which a prosecutor claimed Van Dyke showed no regard for the life of the black teenager while the defense portrayed him as a police veteran ensnared in a tragedy but not a murder.

Assistant special prosecutor Jody Gleason told the jury that Van Dyke contemplated shooting McDonald before he even encountered the young man on the street When Van Dyke took the stand Tuesday, Gleason asked about a statement he made to his partner as they approached the shooting scene:”Oh my God, we’re going to have to shoot the guy.”

“I thought the officers were under attack,” Van Dyke said.

Judge assigns Elon Musk and the SEC an essay on settlement Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the federal regulator that settled his fraud case just got some homework.

Judge Alison Nathan, a U.S. District Court judge in New York, requested a joint letter explaining why she should approve the tentative settlement deal

People Suge Knight sentenced to 28 years in prison

Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was sentenced to 28 years in prison Thursday for the death of a man during a hit-andrun incident on the set of the movie “Straight Outta Compton.”

Knight, 53, pleaded no contest to manslaughter earlier this month in connection with the death of Terry Carter.

The former Death Row Records co-founder had been facing life in prison for Carter’s death and one count of attempted murder in the case of Cle “Bone” Sloan, who was maimed after Knight allegedly struck the pair with his truck.

Knight had also been For the second straight Thursday, protesters opposed to Brett Kavanaugh’s ascendancy to the nation’s highest court are making their voices heard. (Photo: Jose Luis charged with one count of hit-and-run.

Magana/AFP/Getty Image via CNN) the building, forcing protesters into nearby Senate office buildings.

No matter where they went, chants of “Say it loud, say it clear, Kavanaugh’s not welcome here!” and “Whose court?

Our court!” rose from the crowd as demonstrators linked arms and carried signs. Many signs read

“KavaNOPE” and said the judge was “unfit to serve.”

“Kavanaugh is uniquely unfit to serve on our nation’s court,” protester Samantha Dercher told CNN on Thursday.

She carried a sign depicting the tense moment late last week when Republican Sen. Jeff Flake was confronted by a

survivor of sexual assault prior to calling for an additional FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.

“A man who has been credibly accused of sexual assault has no place making decisions on women’s bodies for generations to come,” Dercher said.

Barton joins ‘The Hills’ revival

MTV has announced that Mischa Barton is joining the revival of “The Hills.”

According to the network, “The Hills: New Beginnings” is set to “reunite original cast members and exciting new faces as they navigate their personal and professional lives in Los Angeles.”

Barton found fame playing Marissa Cooper on “The “Our commitment to the communities we serve O.C.,” a series that ran from 2003 to ‘07 and chronicled includes providing opthe lives of a group in a portunities for restaurant wealthy, upper-class Orange employees to succeed at County neighborhood in McDonald’s and beyond Newport Beach. with world-class training The reality series “The and education programs to Hills” aired from 2006 to ‘10 help them build the skills and was a spinoff of MTV’s needed for today’s workforce,” the company said in “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County,” which ran a statement. For example, from 2004 to ‘06.

McDonald’s said it comBarton will join original mitted to provide employ“Hills” cast members Audees with $150 million of rina Patridge, Brody Jenner, Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke testified in tuition assistance over the Frankie Delgado, Heidi Pratt, next five years. court Tuesday. (Photo: POOL via CNN) Jason Wahler, Justin “Bobby” Brescia, Spencer Pratt, between Musk and the Aug. 5 and Sept. 6.

Snapchat stock Stephanie Pratt and Whitney Securities and Exchange The USDA’s FSIS was Port.

Commission. The judge first notified of the possible below $8 after asked for the letter not to analysts cut outbreak in September. exceed 10 pages and to be Receipts and shopper cards price target Kim Kardashian’s double-spaced. Due date: from eight patients helped Snapchat alienated many insurance suing Oct. 11. investigators identify the of its fans — including It’s not an uncommon former bodyguard source of the outbreak. some celebrities — when practice for a judge to ask The recalled products over Paris robbery it launched a controversial for such a letter. were packaged between The insurance company redesign of the app earlier Musk had been in hot July 26 and Sept. 7 and this year. It reported a drop that paid Kim Kardashian water with the SEC since were sold nationwide unWest after she was robbed Aug. 7, when he claimed der brand names Walmart, in daily users in August. of millions of dollars’ worth on Twitter that he had seCedar River Farms Natural And now it seems Wall of jewelry in Paris two years Street is giving up on cured funding to take Tesla Beef, Showcase, Showago is suing her former Snapchat as well. private at $420 a share. case/Walmart and JBS bodyguard.

Shares of Snap Inc. That caused the company’s Generic.

American International (SNAP) fell more than 6.5 stock to soar.

The USDA inspection percent Thursday to an all- Group, also known as AIG, mark on the packaging time low after two analysts filed a lawsuit Wednesday in of the recalled products Salmonella contains the establishment — Mark May of Citigroup Delaware against Pascal Duoutbreak leads vier and his company, Protect and Anthony DiClemente number “EST. 267.” of Evercore ISI — cut their Security, seeking $6.1 milto recall of 6.5M target on Snapchat to $7 a lion, court documents show.

Bernie Sanders: pounds of beef The insurance comshare.

Arizona-based meat pro- McDonald’s pany claims Duvier and the It’s now trading below ducer JBS Tolleson, Inc. is workers should security firm “negligently, $8, and has plunged more recalling 6,500,966 pounds make $15 an hour than 45 percent this year. carelessly, and/or recklessly of “various raw, non-intact DiClemente, who keeps performed their protecAmazon? Check. Disbeef products” due to an tabs on download activity, tion, security, monitoring, outbreak of salmonella, the ney? Check. McDonald’s? expects Snapchat will post inspection and/or surveying The fast food chain is United States Department of” Kardashian West and the another decline in users of Agriculture’s Food Safe- Sen. Bernie Sanders’ next when it releases its third private apartment where she was staying for Paris Fashion minimum wage target. He quarter earnings later this ty and Inspection Service wants McDonald’s to give month or in early Novem- Week in October 2016, acannounced Thursday. cording to the complaint. its workers a pay raise to The recall was issued ber.

In the document, AIG after health officials identi- $15 an hour.

Competition from said the defendants left In a letter to CEO Steve Instagram — owned by fied JBS as the common Easterbrook on Thursday, supplier of raw ground Facebook (FB) — is inten- Kardashian West alone in her room and failed to address Sanders demanded Mcbeef products found to be sifying, too. DiClemente Donald’s boost workers’ the “probable source” of said that Snapchat has not and correct several security paychecks and let workers done a good enough job of breaches, including a missing reported salmonella illor broken lock, a malfuncunionize. nesses. differentiating, especially tioning intercom and the lack In response to Sanders’ Fifty-seven cases of since Instagram launched of closed circuit television in salmonella illness linked to demands, McDonald’s its own copycat Stories the building. this outbreak were reported pointed to its employee format.

— From wire reports benefits programs. in 16 U.S. states between — From wire reports

Daily low-dose aspirin may lower risk of ovarian cancer

By Susan Scutti CNN

Women who recently and regularly take a daily low-dose aspirin may lower their risk of developing ovarian cancer, new research suggests.

The study highlights two important caveats. Daily use of standarddose aspirin (325 milligrams) does not reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, and heavy use of nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, such as ibuprofen and naproxen,

Must read may increase the risk, suggests the study, published Thursday in the medical journal JAMA Oncology.

The result was found only in women who had been using lowdose aspirin for less than a year.

Aspirin is believed to lower the risk of ovarian cancer — the fifth most common cause of cancerrelated death among American women — by reducing inflammation, according to the authors.

The new analysis included data on 205,498 women who were part of the Nurses’ Health Study and Nurses’ Health Study II, two longterm studies that use questionnaires to track disease and health behavior in women.

Of those women, 1,054 developed ovarian cancer. The research team examined how these women used aspirin, non-aspirin NSAIDs and acetaminophen and compared their behavior with that of other participants.

Analysis showed that women

who had been using low-dose aspirin for less than a year had a 23 percent lower risk of ovarian cancer than women who did not use aspirin at all. However, women who used low-dose aspirin for five years or longer and those who used standard-dose aspirin (325 milligrams) did not show improved odds against developing ovarian cancer, the study indicated.

By contrast, use of non-aspirin NSAIDs for less than a year was associated with a 19 percent increased risk of ovarian cancer,

the researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found.

NSAIDs taken in quantities of at least 10 tablets per week for multiple years increased the risk of ovarian cancer by 34 percent.

However, when NSAIDs were used less than two days a week for five years or longer, they were not linked to an increased risk of ovarian cancer.

Other scientists believe further research is needed to verify the results.

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To Democrats: Harness rage to get out the vote

WASHINGTON — Pay attention, Democrats.

Watch what Republicans are doing. You’ll see what raw power looks like — and understand why winning in November is so vital for the nation’s future.

President Trump, aware that the country is passionately divided on many critical issues, could have nominated a moderate jurist to replace retiring Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy, who had been the swing vote between the court’s conservative and liberal wings. Instead, Trump nominated Brett KavanaEugene ugh, a darling of far-right Robinson pressure groups that want to topple the remaining pillars of progressive jurisprudence, including Roe v. Wade.

The administration withheld reams of relevant documents from Kavanaugh’s service in the White House during the George W. Bush years. Democrats squawked. The Republicans who control the Senate just smiled.

Christine Blasey Ford, a respected Ph.D. psychologist with no known ulterior motive, tried to anonymously report that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her while they were both in high school.

When Ford’s name was made public, Senate Republicans summoned her to a kangaroo-court hearing. First, they had a hired-gun prosecutor try — unsuccessfully — to poke holes in Ford’s story.

Then, after Kavanaugh’s red-faced denial, they cheered him on rather than interrogate his version of events.

Forced to reluctantly reopen the FBI’s background investigation, Senate Republicans imposed an arbitrary one-week limit. Neither Ford nor Kavanaugh was interviewed. No attempt was made to contact more than 40 witnesses who might have confirmed or refuted the stories of misconduct told

by Ford and two other women, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick.

Trump, at a campaign-style rally, ridiculed Ford in a blame-the-victim rant that drew cruel laughter from a Mississippi crowd. And Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plowed ahead toward a vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 53, as a Supreme Court justice for life.

That’s what you can do if you have power — and what you cannot prevent if you are powerless.

Republican political operatives are gleeful that the Kavanaugh fight has riled up the party’s base with a month to go before the midterm election.

Some believe the controversy has all but eliminated the possibility that Democrats could seize control of the Senate and even put in doubt whether the GOP will lose the House.

That’s nothing but hyperventilation at this point.

I would advise Republicans to be careful what they wish for.

It was inevitable, in my view, that Republican voters’ enthusiasm for the November election would rise, if only because there was no way for it to go but up. Trump is brilliant at inciting his core supporters, and he was bound to find some issue to flog. Republicans have always taken judicial nominations more seriously than Democrats; and Kavanaugh’s defiance seems to have inspired even some GOP stalwarts who see Trump as a clownish interloper.

But if Democrats are not equally motivated by this outrageous power play, then they don’t deserve to win.

The way Ford, Ramirez and Swetnick have been treated is appalling and, given what we should have learned from the #MeToo movement, infuriating. Ramirez and Swetnick were, for all intents and purposes, simply ignored; no meaningful attempt was made to corroborate or disprove their stories. Ramirez provided the names of 20 potential witnesses, according to her lawyer. Not one was contacted by the FBI. Ford was heard, then ignored. Her testimony before the Judiciary Committee was called “compelling” by White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and deemed “credible” or “believable” by almost everyone else. Yet she was not believed. Republican senators were much more concerned with the impact her allegations were having on Kavanaugh’s life, rather than the impact the alleged assault has had on Ford’s.

Republicans were also untroubled by Kavanaugh’s shocking display of temperament, or lack thereof. He bizarrely cited “revenge on behalf of the Clintons” as a reason for Ford’s allegation, attacked Democratic senators in a nakedly partisan way and warned that “what goes around, comes around,” which sounded very much like a threat.

Such a performance should be considered disqualifying. But Republicans are in the majority, and they have the power to ignore what the nation saw and heard.

Democrats cannot afford to be discouraged.

They need to keep talking about the issues that have found resonance among voters — health care, stagnant middle-class incomes, corruption, tax cuts for corporations and millionaires. They need to get minorities and young voters to the polls. As the Kavanaugh issue inevitably fades for Republicans, Democrats need to keep their eyes on the prize.

Get mad about Kavanaugh, and then get even.

What “comes around” must be a Democratic wave.

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

The joy of fly fishing in the Chattahoochee HELEN — The poems of Sidney Lanier resonate with this Georgia man who finds the greatest pleasure in revisiting, often in the shower, the inspiring and fulfilling ruminations of Georgia’s onetime poet laureate whose lively poems involving two of the state’s most celebrated natural habitats link your emotions to inspiration and humility: the Marshes of Glynn and the Song of the Chattahoochee.

If you are a Georgian and you have not wrestled with a spot tail bass on Georgia’s golden coast, if you have not hooked a three pound rainbow while standing in the rushing waters of the Chattahoochee, you have denied yourself two of the simplest of pleasures — both of which are within reach of most residents of our state. If you have been there and done that, you are remiss if you don’t commit for an encore. If you are on the coast, you cast for that spot tail with Sidney Lanier’s sentimental verse touching your senses: “As the Marsh Hen secretly builds on the watery sod, “Behold I will build me a nest on the greatness of God.” While the marsh experience is something to revere, it could only be exceeded by an excursion to the Chattahoochee, in that the North Georgia mountains remain virtually pristine, forever enhancing the outdoor experience. You

reverberating chill in the air and feel the fresh waters of the Chattahoochee slapping against your waders as you are surrounded by fall color and the musings of Sydney Lanier.

As the atmosphere implores you to reflect on the good things in life, you prepare to Loran capture the moment by reSmith membering the poet laureate’s connect to our hearts: are refreshed in summer even “Out of the hills of Haberthough the trout have run away sham, down the valleys of to hide, but the shoal bass Hall, take their place in the interim.

“I rush amain to reach the Then comes fall and you are plain, run the rapid and leap mesmerized when you fish the fall.” the Chattahoochee when the There are three species of leaves are turning, the deer are trout in Georgia — rainbow, peeking at you while standing brown and brook, the last in rhododendron up to their being the only native trout. hindquarters and the harmless Browns and rainbows were black bear is getting ready for introduced to Georgia streams his winter’s nap. in the 1880s and have been Jimmy Harris, who has stocked for over a century, acmultiple business interests, the cording to the Georgia Departcenterpiece of which is Unicoi ment of Natural Resources.

Outfitters just south of Helen, “The stocking of fish takes is the unofficial mayor of the place from March through Chattahoochee, a gentleman August,” says Jeff Durniak, a with an altruistic bent, a gener- wildlife expert with the DNR. ous laugh and patience that “If you like to trout fish, you would turn the head of Job. can hardly beat the streams Jimmy gets as much pleasure in North Georgia. Trout live out of seeing you catch a three in pretty places and Georgia pound trout as you do. Helping is blessed with a wonderful you make your day makes his. environment. We have this While you can enjoy this 750,000 acre playground, experience, by and large, any the Chattahoochee National time of the year, no month Forrest, and the Forest Service offers more serenity and enhas provided this playing field richment than October. Move for this game we call trout onto the river when there is a fishing.”

Georgia has more than 4,000 miles of trout streams which attract more than 100,000 fishermen each year.

Trout depend on clean, cold water which is why the Chattahoochee and other streams in the state’s northern half are so popular.

One Chattahoochee outing begets another and another.

You go home and your mind’s eye won’t let go. You see yourself standing in the river while casting a wooly bugger upstream. The barely visible fly comes meandering by and suddenly there is tension. Your line goes taut and exhilaration segues into satisfaction as a classic rainbow takes line off your reel with startling alacrity. Soon the trout tires and starts coming your way as you reel in the slack — suddenly he takes off again, but you are now in control. After fatigue subdues his will to resist, you thrill to his homecoming — to your net, his gills expanding and contracting. He’s winded and so are you, but what a trophy to hold and behold.

Nothing like letting him off the hook, setting him free to cavort again in the Chattahoochee and live to make someone else’s day.

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

Prosecutor picks apart case facing Kavanaugh WASHINGTON — The decision by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley to have Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell question Christine Blasey Ford may well be remembered as a brilliant — and quite possibly pivotal — choice.

No doubt, allowing Mitchell to ask questions instead of Republican senators served a defensive purpose, avoiding the spectacle of a bunch of old, white men publicly questioning a woman who says she was a victim of sexual abuse.

But Mitchell’s methodical, genial approach left many supporters of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh deeply frustrated, with some complaining that Mitchell was “not laying a glove” on Ford.

That view is wrong. First, the audience for Mitchell’s questions was not the media or even the general public. It was the three Republican senators who will determine Judge Kavanaugh’s fate: Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Jeff Flake of Arizona. And it turns out that Mitchell’s orderly questioning actually elicited a lot of information that undermined Ford’s case against Kavanaugh. This was not obvious during the hearing, because Mitchell was not able to deliver a summation. But she was able to do so later, first during a closeddoor meeting of Republican senators and then in a memo-

with any specificity. “Most importantly,” Mitchell wrote, “she does not remember how she got from the party back to her house. Her inability to remember this detail raises significant questions. … Given that this all took place before cellphones, arranging a ride Marc home would not have been Thiessen easy.”

Furthermore, Mitchell randum in which she explains noted, Ford “testified that her why, based on her quarter-cen- friend Leland, apparently the tury of experience prosecuting only other girl at the party, did sex crimes, no “reasonable not follow up with Dr. Ford prosecutor would bring this after the party to ask why she case based on the evidence had suddenly disappeared.” before the committee.”

This seems highly unlikely.

To begin with, Mitchell And, Mitchell demonlays out how Ford had “not strated, Ford’s inconsistencies offered a consistent account are not limited to events three of when the alleged assault decades ago. For example, happened” or her age when Ford delayed the hearing beit happened, and how “her cause she said her symptoms account of who was at the prevented her from flying from party has been inconsistent.”

California to Washington, but For example, Mitchell points then acknowledged under out that Ford listed Patrick questioning that she flies to “PJ” Smyth to the polygrapher the East Coast “at least once and in her July 6 text to a Post a year to visit her family,” and reporter, but “She did not list has flown to Hawaii, French Leland Keyser even though Polynesia and Costa Rica for they are good friends. Leland hobbies and vacations.

Keyser’s presence should have Moreover, Mitchell points been more memorable than PJ out, Ford also testified that Smyth’s.” she was not “clear” that Sen. Ford has “no memory of Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, had key details of the night in offered to send committee question — details that could investigators to interview her help corroborate her account,” in California. Either this stateMitchell wrote. Ford does not ment under oath was untrue remember who invited her to or her attorneys failed to share the gathering, how she heard Grassley’s offer with her — about it, how she got there, or which is a serious violation where that house was located of the American Bar Asso-

ciation’s rules of professional conduct.

Mitchell also said that, “Dr. Ford struggled to remember her interactions” with The Post, which wrote that she provided “portions” of her therapist’s notes to a reporter.

But in her testimony, Ford could not recall if she showed The Post full or partial therapist notes or her own summary of those notes.

She could not remember whether she took a polygraph the day of her grandmother’s funeral or the day after. She was unsure whether she was videotaped or recorded during the polygraph. She did not explain how she knew to call the receptionist at her congresswoman’s office but could not figure out how to contact her senator, Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Ford’s supporters say it is unfair to pick apart her testimony because victims of sexual assault often have trouble remembering key details. Fair enough. But if her memory is the only evidence against Kavanaugh, then inconsistencies matter. And without any corroboration, senators cannot rely on her imperfect memories alone — no matter how sympathetic a witness she was.

Marc Thiessen is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

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medical care and what patients say about the services they received, NCQA said.

Kaiser Permanente has “Our dedicated physicians again been rated the top and staff continue to provide commercial health plan in the highest levels of care and Georgia by the National service to our members,” Jim Committee for Quality AsSimpson, president of Kaiser Permanente Georgia, said in surance. a statement Tuesday. “Our It’s the 14th straight year for Kaiser to lead the NCQA more than 358,000 members can rest assured that we commercial plan ratings. remain focused on providing Health plans were rated the high-quality, affordable on a 1-to-5 scale, with 5 being the best. The nonprofit health care they’ve come to expect from us.”

Kaiser received a score of Kaiser’s HMO was also 4.0 among commercial insurance plans, followed by rated tops among Medicare Advantage plans in the state, health plans run by Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield getting a 4.5, according to of Georgia, Cigna and Unit- the newly released rankings.

It was followed by Aetna’s edHealthcare, which each PPO and Sierra Health (a scored 3.5.

UnitedHealthcare plan) NCQA is an accrediting organization that rates health PPO, with 4.0 scores.

Kaiser offers health plans plans based on consumer in 28 counties in metro satisfaction, prevention Atlanta and four counties in and treatment. The ratings the Athens area. emphasize the outcomes of

By Andy Miller

Georgia Health News

Thirteen Gwinnett County Comprehensive Correctional Complex inmates graduated from the Gwinnett County Department of Corrections’ welding vocational program on Saturday. (Special Photo)

First class of inmates graduates from welding vocational program

By Isabel Hughes

isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

Thirteen Gwinnett County Comprehensive Correctional Complex inmates recently took a step toward bettering their lives, graduating from the Gwinnett County Department of Corrections’ welding vocational program.

On Saturday, the men, who made up the program’s first graduating class, received certificates in Gas Metal Arc Welding from Gwinnett Technical College, a partner in the program.

An 18-week program, the certification is offered

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through a partnership between Gwinnett County Corrections, the Georgia Department of Corrections, the Atlanta Regional Commission and Gwinnett Tech, said Warden Darrell Johnson.

“The goal of this program is to make it easier for offenders to succeed once they are released,” Johnson said. “When they have a skill like welding, it’s easier to find employment and become a productive member of our community, which reduces recidivism.”

Inmates enrolled in the program attend the class four days a week for six hours a day after completing their work details.

In class, students receive instruction that emphasizes basic skills, safety and quality workmanship.

Though the inmates become certified welders through the program, they also have the opportunity, after their release, to attend Gwinnett Tech and receive their diploma. The credits earned during the welding course can transfer back to the school as hours that can be used toward a diploma.

Saturday’s graduating class maintained an A average during the program, with at least one graduate also earning his GED diploma along with the welding certifications.

The Gwinnett County

Department of Corrections received Workforce Opportunity Investment Act funding from the Atlanta Regional Commission for the welding program.

The program is overseen

by Vocation/Education Coordinator Shontese RenfroeWilson, who also offers job-readiness workshops to offenders who complete vocational training.

Other vocational training offered by Corrections includes forklift licensure, ServSafe certification, building maintenance and computer science. The department also provides literacy and GED classes for inmates, with GED testing conducted on site.

Patient going to comment any further.”

Hardy said the “information (she is) able to

provide is limited” also, though she “can confirm that patient care activities have not been impacted.”

Additional information may be released pending the outcome of the investigation.

Football

ated from uniforms to equipment — an estimated Millman, Atlanta Falcons $110,000 according to director of community district officials. relations. “We know that “We’re excited about the close to half of our fans are partnership with the Falcons females and they love this and thankful they’ve chosen game just as much as we do. our school district as the piThis is just another avenue lot program and picking up to increase the interest level the cost so these girls do not in our game and give girls a have to pay,” Watson said. chance to play this sport.”

Duluth senior Gracie The partnership with the Berry said the opportuFalcons is very beneficial nity to play beyond just a to GCPS, with the team powder puff football game covering all costs associis exciting.

“I participated in the powder puff games my freshman and junior year, but finding out this was coming was something I wanted to try,” Berry said.

“It’s amazing that my senior year I get the chance to play football, just really amazing.”

Each school has customized dark and light uniforms. Duluth’s uniforms, which were unveiled Wednesday, have both a white and purple uniform

with a large Wildcat logo and number on the front and a Falcons logo on the back to go along with purple shorts.

The seven-week season will have each team play 13 games at five locations — Brookwood, Collins Hill, Discovery, Lanier and Peachtree Ridge.

Collins Hill will play Dacula and Duluth will play Archer in the league’s first official games at 4 p.m.

Oct. 9 at Collins Hill High.

obituaries Norcross

Elnora Garner (Smith) Elnora S. Garner, age 94, of Norcross, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2018. Her funeral will be Friday, October 5, 2018, at 2:00 pm at Bill Head Funeral Home, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel.

Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Duluth. She is survived by her daughters, Janice Garner and Barbara Hayes, both of Lilburn; 6 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.

Born in Lilburn, she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Lilburn.

She taught pre-school at Calvary Baptist Church and at Luxomni Baptist Church. She retired as a lunch room worker at Lilburn Elementary School after 20+ years of service.

Online condolences may be left at www.billheadfuneralhome.com. The family will receive friends Friday from 12:00 - 2:00 pm at Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel, (770) 564-2726.

Atlanta, GA

Andre J.L . Morneau Andre J. Morneau, age 78, of Atlanta, Ga passed away October 2, 2018.

make donations for the victims of the North and South Carolina storm in c/o Lighthouse Baptist Church.

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

Sugar Hill, GA

Mary Nellessen Mary Nellessen, 94, a long-time resident of Sugar Hill, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018 at the Life Care Center of Gwinnett in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

She is survived by her daughter, son, grandchildren, great grandchild, nieces, nephews, and many friends. Mary lived a long and productive life and will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends. Services will be held at Lighthouse Baptist Church, 5621 Highway 20, on Sunday, October 7th at 12:00 p.m. directly following morning worship services. In lieu of flowers, you may

Lawrenceville, GA

Mildred Pinion (Elder) Pinion - Mildred Elder Pinion (Nana) age 94 of Lawrenceville, died Thursday, October 04, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Henry Pinion; one sister and two brothers. She is survived by a daughter, Sharon & Donald Elzey of Cumming; a son, George & Joyce Pinion of Lawrenceville; three sisters, Lenora Langford of Lawrenceville, Leola Adams of Hartwell and Joyce Carlisle of Gainesville; four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Mrs. Pinion, a native of Jackson County, was a homemaker and a member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, Lawrenceville.

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Murder

showed pieces of clothing found with the remains led investigators to tentatively believe it was her.

That suspicion was confirmed when the serial number on a breast implant found with the remains matched the number for an implant that Adams had, Porter said.

Porter said investigators believe Adams was shot, based on evidence found with the remains.

“Because of the condition of the remains, the remains didn’t tell us anything. But

the evidence that was found at the scene (indicated a shooting),” he said.

For years, Franklin County authorities and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation handled the case with help from Gwinnett County police, but two cold case detectives — one from Porter’s office and one from Gwinnett police — took it back over last year.

“They worked it, resulting in the arrest today,” Porter said.

Adams’ family was notified about the move against Cook after he was arrested, according to the district attorney.

Netherworld

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haunted house will wrap up its 2018 season Nov. 4, season at its old location in but the escape games and Norcross has been a busy museum are open yearone for haunted house’s round. owners and staff. They On Sundays through packed up Netherworld’s Thursdays — except on Halloween — admission is displays and moved them $23 for The Awakened or to the new location. $28 for both haunts.

They then opened a Admission on Fridays, Museum of Monsters Saturdays and Halloween and escape games known is $25 for The Awakened collectively as Escape the Netherworld in the spring Thaunt and $35 for both haunts. Speed passes that at the new location while gets visitors to the front work commenced on the haunted house attractions. of the lines for each haunt cost $55 on all nights.

Netherworld will be Tickets can be purchased open 7 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays, and online at www.fearworld. com or at the box office at 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. other Netherworld. nights of the week. The

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A funeral service will be held Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 3:30 PM, in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. The family will receive friends before the service, 12:30 to 3:30 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the First Christian Church Building Fund, 3494 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA 30044. Arrangements

by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30046. 770-9623100. Please leave online condolences at http:// www.stewartfh.com.

Duluth

Marian Smith Marian Touchberry Smith, age 80 of Duluth, died September 27, 2018.

Born April 28, 1938, in Sumter, SC she was a member of Summerton Baptist Church during her youth, First Baptist of Decatur while she raised her children and then transferred her membership to First Baptist Church Duluth to be closer to her children and grandchildren. She was retired after 37 years from Crawford a d h i

and Company. She is survived by her daughters, Mary Blacker of Duluth and Margaret Middleton (Richard) of Duluth; sisters, Nancy Gilmour (Jim) of Columbus, OH and Donna Roberts (Art) of Jacksonville, FL; grandchildren, Ryan Middleton and Shannon Middleton; brother-in-law, Dave Rothermel of Greenville, SC; nieces and nephews; many cousins; and many dear friends who are considered family.

Marian was preceded in death by her husband, Carter T. Smith, Jr., her parents, E.M. “Jelly” & Mildred Touchberry, sister, Mitzie Rothermel and nephew, Ross M. Roberts.

The family will receive friends and family Saturday, October 6th, 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at Bill Head Funeral Home Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

The Memorial Service will begin at 4:00 PM immediately following. Marian loved bright colors.

Please feel free to wear those bright colors in her honor. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be m

made to GMC (Gwinnett Medical Center) Foundation, 1755 North Brown Rd., Ste. 100, Lawrenceville, GA 30043 (www. gmcgiving.org). Online condolences may be sent by visiting www.billheadfuneralhome.com.

Hoschton, GA

Dale A Timler Dale Timler, age 81 of Hoschoton, GA passed away September 29, 2018.

Funeral services will be Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. Sugarloaf UMC in Duluth, GA.

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KICKOFF EDITION

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

• Apalachee at Dacula • Buford at Cedar Shoals • Collins Hill at Peachtree Ridge • Dawson County at GAC • Hebron at Towns County • Lanier at Winder-Barrow • Mill Creek at North Gwinnett • Mountain View at Discovery • Mt. Vernon at Wesleyan • Parkview at Lakeside-DeKalb • Riverside Military at Providence

Attrition win

BY THE NUMBERS

2

Mill Creek wins in 10 all-time meetings with tonight’s opponent, North Gwinnett — the Hawks won in 2015 and 2016

16

Years since Parkview started a season 5-0, its current record — its last 5-0 start in 2002 culminated with a state championship

5

Combined sacks by Collins Hill’s Tomari Fox and Tommy Turnage in last week’s victory over Duluth

1

Incompletion last Friday

by North Gwinnett quarterback J.R. Martin, who was 12 of 13 passing for 215 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Mountain View FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week during the football season, the Daily Post will nominate four players for its Fans Choice Player of the Week. Online voting at www.gwinnettprepsports.com will begin by Monday morning and will end Thursdays at noon.

This week’s winner is: Name: Parker Wroble School: Mill Creek Position: Running back Class: Junior Highlights: Rushed for 78 yards and scored three times, including a kickoff return against Peachtree Ridge last week.

Coach Shannon Jarvis’ take: “Parker is a very explosive player, which allows us to use him in many different ways. Now that he’s 100 percent recovered from an injury he had earlier in the season, I’m excited about what he’ll be able to do moving forward.”

Results: Wroble won an online competition with Collins Hill’s Isaiah Love, Lanier’s Philip Webb and Hebron’s Jeffrey Saturday this week.

Running game, turnovers help Brookwood wear down Meadowcreek for 47-20 victory

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

SNELLVILLE — What started out as a game of quick strikes between Brookwood and Meadowcreek turned into a slow, methodical, grind-it-out affair.

And that’s just the way the host Broncos like it.

Though it took a while for Brookwood to fully capitalize, it finally did take advantage of five Meadowcreek turnovers to wear down the Mustangs for a 47-20 victory in a key Region 7-AAAAAAA contest Thursday night at Brookwood Community Stadium.

The visitors clearly missed starting quarterback Quincy Bonner, who was injured in Meadowcreek’s win over Berkmar last week.

While the Mustangs managed 246 yards of total offense, most of those yards came either on the first two drives or the final s s

FLASHBACK On this week in 1999, Collins Hill’s Leo Randall scores on an 88-yard run on the game’s first play and the Eagles top Winder-Barrow, 20-6. … brothers Kenny and David Irons run for a TD each, Jeff Warbington accounts for two TDs and Chad Pope returns an interception 52 yards for a score in Dacula’s 37-11 win at North Gwinnett. … Ramon Burse’s 80-yard punt return TD and 16-yard TD catch spark a 27-point second quarter in Norcross’ 27-7 win over Shiloh. Marcus Jackson returns a fumble 45 yards for a TD and Ricky Doles has a 45-yard TD run for the Blue Devils. … Anthony DiNardo’s TD run, sandwiched between two Clay Crisp field goals, gives Brookwood a 13-0 win at Clarke Central. …

Wesleyan defeats Towns County 35-7 behind 259 rushing yards and four TDs on only 13 carries from Jake Humphrey.

Brookwood’s Chris Carter Jr. (7) runs against Meadowcreek’s Omie Huntley during Thursday’s game at Brookwood. Below, Meadowcreek’s Javion Johnson (5) is tackled by Brookwood’s Ethan Quarshie (2) in the first half. (Photos: Dale Zanine)

drive of the game.

And all the miscues, including three fumble recoveries by Jake Winskie, also contributed to Brookwood (5-1, 2-0) gradually wearing down Meadowcreek (6-1, 1-1) by constantly putting the Mustangs’ defense back on the field and allowing the

Broncos’ running game to grind away behind Chris Carter (18-120, 2 TDs), Eli Kohl (10-73, 165 allpurpose yards, 2 TDs) and quarterback Conner Chavis (159 total yards).

“With the exception of the opening kickoff, I’m very proud of our special teams,” Brookwood coach

Philip Jones said. “I’m very proud of our defense with the exception of that opening trick play that we gave up. … After those first two (Meadowcreek) drives, our defense played lights out. We preach takeaways, and that comes through execution, playing fast, being where you’re

supposed to be. … It also comes a little bit from the fact (Bonner) was out. …

(That) obviously affected some of their ball security issues.

“I’m frustrated, though, with our offense, which played well in spurts. I’m frustrated we couldn’t score in the red zone (in the first half). We had plenty of opportunities … and had to settle for either no points or field goals.”

The game got off to a flying start for both teams, thanks to their kickoff return teams.

Alonzo Howard took the opening kick back 45 yards to set up Meadowcreek near midfield, and O.J. Edmonds then got behind the Brookwood secondary to haul in a 54-yard touchdown from Javion Johnson on a halfback option pass to put the Mustangs in front 6-0 just 18 seconds into the game following a blocked extra point.

But on the ensuing

See ATTRITION, Page 4B

MORE INSIDE: Previews of today’s matchups (3B) and coverage of the other Thursday night games (5B)

Mill Creek-North again pivotal to region race

By Taylor Denman taylor.denman@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Shannon Jarvis knew about Bill Stewart before Stewart was the head football coach at Etowah High School.

Jarvis took over as Mill Creek’s first head coach in the 2004 season while Stewart was building a reputation as the defensive coordinator at Parkview Mill Creek’s Baxley Harris (5) passes against Archer dur- High School. In 2004, Parkview won the region ing a game earlier this season. (Photo: Dale Zanine)

championship and allowed an average of eight points per game en route to a Class AAAAA state finals appearance.

Jarvis and Stewart crossed paths in the first round of the 2010 state playoffs when Mill Creek beat Etowah 32-7. That was Mill Creek’s second playoff appearance and the start of its longest playoff run at the time.

Stewart, however, had made his impression on Jarvis before that game.

“His ability to coach defense and be a head coach is remarkable,” Jarvis said.

“He’s so well-respected as a defensive coordinator, but he’s just as good a head coach.”

Stewart spent two years at James Clemens High School in Madison, Ala., before returning to Gwinnett County for the 2014 football season.

When it comes to hiring assistant coaches, Jarvis

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ondeck Prep Schedule

Saturday

CROSS COUNTRY

• Grayson, Discovery, North in Alexander/Asics Invitational • Mill Creek, Parkview in Great American in Cary, N.C. • Peachtree Ridge in Disney Invitational • Providence in Jesse Owens Invitational in Oakville, Ala.

VOLLEYBALL

10:15 a.m. — GAC, Brookwood in St. Pius tournament

The Home Teams

United

TODAY NEXT UPCOMING

Off

New England Chicago Sat, 3:30 p.m.

Oct. 21, 3 p.m.

UNI/92.9-FM FSSO/92.9-FM

Braves

Charleston Pittsburgh Off Sun, 4 p.m.

Wed, 7 p.m.

ESPN+ ESPN+

at L.A. Dodgers L.A. Dodgers L.A. Dodgers 9:37 p.m.

Sun, 8:07 p.m. Mon, TBD FS1/93.7-FM FS1/93.7-FM FS1/93.7-FM

Falcons

Off

at Pittsburgh Tampa Bay Sun, 1 p.m.

Oct. 14, 1 p.m.

Fox/92.9-FM Fox/92.9-FM

Georgia

Off

Vanderbilt at LSU Sat, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 13, 3:30 p.m.

SECN/95.5-FM CBS/95.5-FM

United 2

Tech

at Louisville Duke at Virginia Tech 7 p.m.

Oct. 13, 12:20 p.m. Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.

ESPN/93.7-FM CW/93.7-FM ESPN/93.7-FM FSSE = FOX Sports Southeast, FSSO = FOX Sports South

On TV AUTO RACING

Today

11 a.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: Gander Outdoors 400, Practice. From Dover, Del. NBCSP Noon — NASCAR Xfinity Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Dover, Practice. From Dover, Del. NBCSP

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7 p.m. — Georgia Tech at Louisville ESPN 9 p.m. — Utah State at BYU ESPN2

NHL

7 p.m. — Carolina at Columbus FSSO

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m. — Marietta vs. North Paulding PBS

MLB

2 p.m. — Cleveland at Houston, Game 1 ALDS TBS 7:30 p.m. — N.Y. Yankees at Boston, Game 1 ALDS TBS 9:30 p.m. — Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers. Game 2 NLDS FS1

NBA

8 p.m. — Preseason, Atlanta at Memphis FSSE 10:30 p.m. — Preseason, Golden State vs. Sacramento Kings. From KeyArena in Seattle. ESPN

SOCCER

2:55 p.m. — Premier League, Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs West Ham United FC NBCSP

AUTO RACING

Saturday

12:30 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity Series: NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at Dover, Qualifying. From Dover, Del. NBCSP 1:30 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: Gander Outdoors 400, Final Practice. From Dover, Del. NBCSP 3 p.m. — NASCAR Xfinity Series: Bay Harbor 200.

From Dover, Del. NBCSP

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon — Maryland at Michigan ABC Noon — Texas vs Oklahoma FOX Noon — Syracuse at Pittsburgh WUPA Noon — Alabama at Arkansas ESPN Noon — Kansas at West Virginia ESPN2 Noon — Northwestern at Michigan State FS1 12:30 p.m. — Boston College at N.C. State FSSO 3:30 p.m. — Florida State at Miami ABC 3:30 p.m. — LSU at Florida CBS 3:30 p.m. — Clemson at Wake Forest ESPN 3:30 p.m. — Iowa State at Oklahoma State ESPN2 3:30 p.m. — Kansas State at Baylor FS1 4 p.m. — Indiana at Ohio State FOX 7 p.m. — Kentucky at Texas A&M ESPN 7:30 p.m. — Washington at UCLA FOX 7:30 p.m. — Auburn at Mississippi State ESPN2 8:07 p.m. — Notre Dame at Virginia Tech ABC 10 p.m. — California at Arizona FS1 10:30 p.m. — Utah at Stanford ESPN

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

2 p.m. — Texas Tech at TCU FSSE

HORSE RACING

4:30 p.m. — Horse Racing Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series. From Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky. NBC

MLB

4:30 p.m. — Cleveland at Houston, Game 2 ALDS TBS 8 p.m. — N.Y. Yankees at Boston, Game 2 ALDS TBS

NHL

7 p.m. — Nashville at New York Islanders FSSO

RUGBY

2:30 p.m. — Premiership Harlequins vs. Saracens NBC

SOCCER

9:55 a.m. — Premier League Tottenham Hotspur FC vs. Cardiff City FC NBCSP 12:30 p.m. — Premier League Manchester United FC vs. Newcastle United FC NBC

Sports Calendar BASKETBALL

Sunday and Oct. 14: The Lanier boys basketball program will host free youth skills basketball clinics for boys in the Lanier cluster from 3 to 5 p.m. Clinics are open to boys in grades 3 to 8. Camps are hosted

by Longhorns head boys basketball coach Branden Mayweather. For more information, email Branden_

Feedback

Mayweather@gwinnett.k12. ga.us.

Ongoing through Oct. 22: Peachtree Ridge Youth Athletic Association will host registration for boys and girls recreation basketball through Oct. 22. A late registration session will be Oct. 22-Nov. 3. League is open to boys and girls ages 5 to 14.

Register at pryaa-basketball.website.siplay.com.

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GWINNETT GRADS

Big weekend for local Jackets had three tackles (two for losses) and a sack. …

Kielan Whitner of Mountain View had a team-high 11 tackles for Syracuse in its 27-23 loss to Clemson. … Norcross’ Jared Pinkney had two catches for 28 yards and a TD in Vanderbilt’s 31-27 win over Tennessee State.

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Clinton Lynch’s long reception in the second quarter of last weekend’s Georgia Tech football made some program history.

The Norcross grad became the first Yellow Jacket to top the 1,000-yard mark in both receiving and rushing with the 41-yard pass play in a 63-17 win over Bowling Green.

“I was really listening in for the announcer, once I heard him, I knew I did it,” the senior said. “I had my moment and went on to the next play.”

Lynch’s versatility continues to be a big weapon for Georgia Tech — he has seven catches for a teamhigh 209 yards and two scores this season, along with one rushing TD. He now has 1,138 rushing yards and 1,015 receiving yards.

The 6-foot, 192-pounder’s milestone was part of a memorable game for a couple of other Gwinnett products on the Tech roster, too.

North Gwinnett alum Anree Saint-Amour, a senior defensive end, returned an interception for a score, notching his first college interception and TD. He also had 2 1/2 tackles for losses, a sack and a quarterback hurry.

“We did a good job recognizing when it was going to be a pass play, which was a big key for

GOLF Mancilla named all-tourney Georgia College’s AusGeorgia Tech running back Clinton Lynch (22) carries tin Mancilla was named the ball against Alcorn State earlier this season at Bobby to the all-tournament team at the North Georgia Fall Dodd Stadium. (Adam Hagy-USA Today Sports) Invitational this week. us,” Saint-Amour said.

FOOTBALL The Peachtree Ridge “Great film study throughgrad was fourth overall afout the week and pass rush Quick hits ter rounds of 69, 68 and 71 preparation.”

Mill Creek’s Victor on the Achasta Course by Linebacker David Curry, Heyward had an interReynolds. His score helped a Buford grad, had Tech’s ception and recovered a the Bobcats to a runner-up other interception in the fumble in Georgia State’s finish in the team standBowling Green win. The 46-14 win over Louisiings. junior inside linebacker, ana-Monroe. … Greater who has 17 tackles this Atlanta Christian’s Darius CROSS COUNTRY season, had his first career Slayton had team highs of pick in the fourth quarter. five catches and 91 yards Howe posts top-20 finish “It was in our goal-line in Auburn’s 24-13 win Georgia College junior package, and I made a over Ole Miss. Teammate Maddy Howe, a Hebron good read,” Curry said.

Derrick Brown, a Lanier Christian grad, placed “We practice that all the grad, had a sack and two 19th of 346 runners in the time, which allowed me to tackles for losses. … Mill Louisville Classic Silver make a good break on the Creek alum Peyton Moore 5K Race last weekend. ball. They had been going had two tackles for losses Howe’s finish helped to No. 21 all game, so I and a fumble recovery in Georgia College to first out figured he would get the Kennesaw State’s 24-10 of a field of 43 teams. Her ball. As the quarterback win over Samford. time was 19 minutes, 46 threw the ball, No. 21 was Grayson’s Bryce Smith seconds. yelling ‘No!’ and I picked had a game-high 13 tackles Gwinnett Grads spotit.” in Guilford College’s lights achievements of past Tech is back in action 30-28 loss to Bridgewater. Gwinnett standouts on Friday night at 7 on ESPN … Not much went right the college level. Coaches against Louisville in a for North Carolina in and parents are urged to matchup of two teams aim- last week’s 47-10 loss to send suggestions via email ing for first ACC win. Both Miami (Fla.), but freshman to will.hammock@gwinare 0-2 in league play.

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Eagles win water polo state crown

By Christine Troyke christine.troyke@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Collins Hill’s boys water polo team stood on the pool deck at the Dynamo Swim Center on Sunday, surrounded by friends and family, still dripping wet from a celebratory jump back into the water.

For more than half an hour, they took photos together and basked in the moment.

“Some of them had been waiting for this a while,” head coach Paul Jenny said.

The Eagles won the Division II state title without ever losing a game this season. They capped it with three wins Sunday in the championship tournament, beating Cambridge, Greater Atlanta Christian and, finally, Pace Academy.

Collins Hill returned to the top after a seven-year absence, adding a third title to ones in Division I in 2008 and 2011, and going 15-0 this season.

“The first real test we got was halfway through the season against Pace,” Jenny said. “That was their only loss (in the regular season). They were tearing up everybody and we hadn’t been tested yet.

Our season didn’t really start until we got to that game. Then we played the top four teams the last six games.”

Jenny, who is in his fourth season as the boys head coach after two years as their assistant, scouted Pace and gave his team a plan.

“They executed,” Jenny said. “They held them to their lowest scoring total of the season.”

Jenny asked his leading scorer, senior Michael

The Collins Hill boys water polo team celebrates its state championship win Sunday at the Dynamo Swim Center.

The Eagles were undefeated this season. (Special Photo)

Hall, to mark Pace’s best player.

“I said, ‘You’re going to have to eat your ego a little bit and go play defense,’” Jenny said. “He said, ‘No problem.’ He dropped right in there and didn’t worry about it.

“They really took it to heart when I told them they had to make it their team.”

At the start of the year, having struggled at the top tier for several seasons, Jenny decided not to name any captains.

“They needed to take ownership,” Jenny said. “I told them I would show them which way to go and they had to be their own leaders.”

During games this season, Jenny noticed, as he would start to offer some instruction before it was out of his mouth, he heard the same line coming from one of the players on the bench.

“A lot of times I’d get stuck talking to a referee or another coach and they were in the water already warming up,” Jenny said.

“That was the biggest change this year — they went out and did it.”

Getting Hall back from injury was a big boost.

“He came back just ready to go,” Jenny said.

Goalie Noah Fleece was another key cog in his third year with Collins Hill’s top squad.

“He was phenomenal,” Jenny said. “Fifty percent is good (for a save percentage) and he ended up 65 percent — and higher than that during the tournament.”

Junior Hunter Hall, who will be the only senior next year, was an ironman for the Eagles, playing most of every game.

“He was a rock,” Jenny said. “I left him in all the time even if I was resting all the other starters and he would keep the backups settled.”

Sophomores Josh Pingel and J.P. Kirouac took it upon themselves to find a travel team over the summer and came back “head and shoulders above what they were last year,” Jenny said. “And Greg Prozorovskiy, he plays two-meter defense right in the middle, the most physical spot in the pool.

“He’s thin and tall, a freshman, but he gets in there with those big guys and uses his quickness and speed.”

Outside of the pool, Jenny credited his assistant Ricky Rodriguez for taking charge of the B squad, with all the new players and middle schoolers, so Jenny could focus on the A team.

“Ricky, who’s an alum, he was a God-send,” Jenny said.

By winning the Division II state title, the Eagles are invited to play in the Division I tournament this weekend and will be back in the top tier next season.

“Division I is where we normally are, but we didn’t have the kids the last couple of years and took our lumps,” Jenny said.

Due to their record in Division I last season, the league moved Collins Hill down. The league later asked if the Eagles wanted to stay up for 2018. Jenny subscribes to the belief that teams get better playing better competition, but he’d also seen what the last few years did to the players’ confidence.

“We wanted to stay down and build back our winning culture,” Jenny said. “The same thing happened a few years ago and it didn’t work to play better competition.”

They’re ready now, though.

“We’ll see if we can go in and mess some peoples’ day up,” Jenny said of the invite to this weekend’s Division I championship tournament. “But no matter what happened this year, we were going back up next year. That’s where we want to be playing, against the toughest competition.”

NOTE: Collins Hill’s girls, who won titles in 2012, 2016 and 2017, are playing in their state tournament bracket this weekend at the Cumming Aquatic Center.

FAN’S CHOICE FALL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Danielle Taitt School: Brookwood Sport: Softball Class: Junior Highlights: Taitt hit two home runs and drove in seven runs to lead the Broncos to a 19-0 win over Berkmar. She had an RBI in Brookwood’s region

championship series Coach Jennifer Maloney’s take: “She’s just a dynamite young lady. She leads by example. What really stands out is her leadership ability and the fact she makes everybody around her better. From an athletic standpoint, she’s a leader. But she also elevates the players around her.”

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THE BREAKDOWN

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

APALACHEE AT DACULA

BUFORD AT CEDAR SHOALS

APALACHEE WILDCATS (8-AAAAAA) DACULA FALCONS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Tony Lotti Coach: Clint Jenkins Record: 3-3, 1-0 Record: 4-2, 1-0 Last week: Beat Winder-Barrow 7-6 Last week: Beat Gainesville 37-7 Reclassification in GHSA occurs every two years. Sometimes changes are drastic — like when a perennial power from Savannah, Benedictine, moved from Class AA to AAA this season. Sometimes it’s a matter of settling a team in a region better-fit for its location. As school populations shift, regions develop. With the expansion to Class AAAAAAA, Dacula was left down in Region 8-AAAAAA and the Falcons aren’t complaining. Dacula has not lost a region game since the 2015 season when it shared a region with Grayson, Archer, Central Gwinnett, Parkview and Brookwood.

That season, Dacula was part of a three-way tie for the final playoff spot. Parkview snagged it from Dacula on the final game of the season.

Dacula is 11-0 in region games since that season, eyeing a third consecutive reTrenton gion championship if it can close out its final four games with victories. Dacula had Jones never won back-to-back region championships in the history of its football program last year, but the Falcons’ ambitions go beyond just the region title, but a playoff run in Class AAAAAA. “Our biggest deal has been just getting better every week,” head coach Clint Jenkins said. “If we continue to execute our stuff, that’s the plan. As far as region play, I think the difference in us the last couple of weeks is we’ve played good defense and offensively we’ve been able to run the football, which has opened up the passing game for us.”

Dacula displayed some balance on offense last week that few teams in the county can say they display with consistency. Last week against Gainesville, Jarrett Jenkins completed eight of 11 passes for 116 yards, while Trenton Jones rushed for 133 yards on 16 carries.

“We want to be able to run the football,” Clint Jenkins said. “It just opens everything else up. (Offensive coordinator Ken Burnette) has done a great job. We’re getting better up front every week.”

Last meeting: Dacula won 49-13 last year Location: Dacula High School

BUFORD WOLVES (8-AAAAA) CEDAR SHOALS JAGUARS (8-AAAAA) Coach: John Ford Coach: Leroy Ryals Record: 4-2, 1-0 Record: 4-2, 1-0 Last week: Beat Johnson-Gainesville 49-0 Last week: Beat Clarke Central 17-7 Buford’s combined rushing attack of Derrian Brown and Elijah Turner is oftmentioned in Buford’s winning performances, but they took a slight back seat to Buford’s ability to pass efficiently against Johnson-Gainesville last week. Brown, who rushed for more than 200 and 150 yards in his previous two games, had a modest but still efficient 89 yards on 11 carries.

Buford sophomore quarterback Andrew McLaughlin had perhaps his most efficient game of the season thus far. He completed nine of his 11 passes for 175 yards. Seth Auer’s two completions put Buford over 200 yards passing for the game.

Head coach John Ford said Buford was taking advantage of what Johnson’s defense gave them as they stacked the defensive from against the Wolves to sell Riley out against the rushing attack. But Ford gave credit to his offensive line coaches Simonds Tom Hall and Todd Weiner for the consistency in week-to-week preparation.

Returning starters Reece McIntyre, Harry Miller and Riley Simonds are predictably consistent with their experience. But others have stepped in, such as first-year starter Seth McLaughlin and sophomore Jacob Smith, who has filled in since Buford lost returning starter Carter Colquitt in Week 1.

“Coach Hall and coach Weiner do a fantastic job of getting those guys ready,” Ford said. “They’ve done a great job developing that group behind (the returning starters).”

Cedar Shoals is the only team currently standing with a winning record in Region 8-AAAAA that Buford is yet to face. Ford highlighted the tackle-breaking ability of leading rusher Osiris Walker, and the creative use of formations the Jaguars use on offense. Cedar Shoals’ 59 points through six games are the fewest a team in Region 8 has allowed all season, which Ford attributes to the fast, aggressive scheme that produces negative-yardage running plays.

Last meeting: Buford won 56-0 last year Location: Cedar Shoals High School

COLLINS HILL AT PEACHTREE RIDGE

DAWSON COUNTY AT GAC

COLLINS HILL EAGLES (6-AAAAAAA) PEACHTREE RIDGE LIONS (6-AAAAAAA) Coach: Lenny Gregory Coach: Reggie Stancil Record: 1-4, 1-0 Record: 0-6, 0-2 Last week: Beat Duluth 44-3 Last week: Lost to Mill Creek 49-7 A Peachtree Ridge team still in search of its first win of the season welcomes a Collins Hill team that just got its initial victory of 2018 last week as the two squads renew their neighborhood rivalry. The keys to success for each are pretty similar.

Though the numbers don’t necessarily show it, the Lions’ defense has played fairly solid at times this season, but have worn down late in some games.

Having the offense be more consistent not only with scoring, but time of possession would be a big help in that area, and coach Reggie Stancil has seen some encouraging sign from that until lately, particularly with senior Devin Williams back from injury to form a strong quarterback tandem with junior Tarris Bouie.

“To be honest, we’ve just been trying to get better,” Stancil said. “And this week, Devin we’ve gotten better in practice. Now the question is can we translate that into a game?

Williams … We’ve probably had the best week in practice we’ve had all year on offense.

“Having Devin Williams back has been great. It gives us a quarterback competition between him and Bouie, and I think it’s elevated both of them.”

Time of possession will be a particular key against a Collins Hill offense that has been very stingy about hanging onto the ball itself. The Eagles have really made strides in recent weeks with sophomore Nick Best taking over at quarterback of the option attack while running back Isaiah Love has also been finding more room recently. And the entire team’s confidence level got a major boost with last week’s win, a trend coach Lenny Gregory hopes not only continues but begins to snowball.

“It’s good to get a win,” Gregory said. “It’s been a while. And it’s a region win, which is so good.

We’ve still got a lot to improve on. We’ve got to continue to improve on our fundamentals. We have to maintain our composure and eliminate mistakes and just keep playing hard.”

Last meeting: Collins Hill won 34-12 last year Location: Peachtree Ridge High School

DAWSON COUNTY TIGERS (7-AAA) GAC SPARTANS (7-AAA) Coach: Sid Maxwell Coach: Tim Hardy Record: 6-0, 2-0 region Record: 4-2, 2-0 region Last week: Beat East Hall 64-0 Last week: Beat North Hall 21-0 The Region 7-AAA title, which Greater Atlanta Christian has won the last four straight years, is on the line in tonight’s game with undefeated Dawson County.

Last week, the Spartans knocked off another challenger, North Hall, with a shutout win on the road.

“We were really physical on defense and pretty clean on both sides of the ball,” head coach Tim Hardy said. “It was a good, tough effort. We controlled the front on both sides of the ball.

“We had some opportunities on their side of the 50 that we didn’t turn into points. We only punted twice, but I wish we could have turned those chances into touchdowns.”

Choe BryantSenior quarterback Jose Rose accounted for 258 yards in total offense and two Strother touchdowns. He is closing in on 1,000 passing and 400 rushing yards already this season. Ty James made eight catches for 127 yards and a TD. The senior also helped a dominant defensive effort with an interception. Junior Choe Bryant-Strother leads the Spartans in tackles with 41, while senior Christopher Hinton continues to be a force with 27 tackles and a team-best 5 1/2 sacks.

“He’s playing better every week,” Hardy said of Bryant-Strother. “He really was an impact guy last week.”

Dawson County is led by Sevaughn Clark, who moved from tailback to quarterback this season.

“He’s an effective thrower, but he’s clearly there for the run game,” Hardy said. “They’ve got a really good running game. It’s diversified, with plays out of the shotgun with motion and zone reads. Good speed of play and they’re physical up front.

“They’re a good football team and they’ve earned a 6-0 record. It’s going to be a top-shelf kind of game.”

Last meeting: GAC won 49-10 last year Location: Greater Atlanta Christian, Norcross

HEBRON CHRISTIAN AT TOWNS COUNTY

LANIER AT WINDER-BARROW

HEBRON CHRISTIAN LIONS (8-A) TOWNS COUNTY INDIANS (8-A) Coach: Jeff Saturday Coach: John Cornett Record: 3-2, 1-0 Record: 2-4, 0-1 Last week: Beat Lakeview Academy 51-14 Last week: Lost to Riverside Military Acad. 48-14 A consistent playmaker for the Lions all season, Jeffrey Saturday displayed that flare and athleticism on offense and defense last week.

Saturday had eight catches for 187 yards and three receiving TDs, but he also housed an interception on Lakeview’s opening drive for Hebron’s first touchdown of the night. The Lions dominated the game and posted 51 points in the first half.

“He had a heck of a night,” Jeff Saturday, Jeffrey’s father and head coach, said after Friday night’s game. “So proud of him. … Whenever you’re talking about the ones you love in your house, it’s a big deal. I’m really proud of him.”

Jeffrey Saturday is setting a blazing pace at an average of 93 yards receiving per game. His 26 receptions more than double the next receiver on Hebron’s roster.

Jeffrey Hebron is also one of four teams in its region to allow fewer than 100 points Saturday this season. Sitting at 97 points, the Lions would need a tremendous defensive effort to hold that total for another week, but it’s matched up with a Towns County team that averages approximately 19 points per game, while allowing about 37 points per game.

The Lions offense is scoring an average of 34 points per game. If Hebron continues that pace, it would be the highest average scoring rate since the 2010 Hebron team that won nine games.

Friday night’s game is the second road game for Hebron this season, the first since a 35-14 loss against George Walton on Sept. 7. Playing on the road is something Hebron will have to get used to, with one more left on the regular season calendar against Commerce on Oct. 12.

Despite a dominant win, Hebron’s Class A-Private power rating actually fell last week from No. 18 to No. 19.

Last meeting: Hebron won 29-7 last year Location: Towns County High School

LANIER LONGHORNS (8-AAAAAA) WINDER-BARROW BULLDOGGS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Kory Mobbs Coach: Ed Dudley Record: 4-2, 1-0 Record: 2-4, 0-1 Last week: Beat Habersham Central 38-10 Last week: Lost to Apalachee 7-6 After an up and down opening three weeks to the season, Lanier has begun to show more consistency by winning its last three games, including an impressive victory on its region opener last week. However, coach Kory Mobbs knows the Longhorns will face quite a formidable challenge with a visit to Winder-Barrow.

With former Buford, Walton, Ware County and Carrollton head coach and former Wesleyan assistant Ed Dudley in his first year at the helm, the Bulldoggs are sure to provide any opponent with a physical battle. That is especially true with a defensive weapon like Clemson-committed defensive end Logan Cash, who leads the team with 13 tackles for loss and five sacks, at their disposal.

“They’re strong on the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball,” Mobbs said Isaiah of Winder-Barrow. “It’s going to be physical, and you can tell on film that they’re Smith well coached.

“The biggest thing about (Cash) is he disrupts what you do offensively. He’s got a really high motor.

They do a good job of moving him around (the line) and making sure he’s in the mix. It’ll be a big challenge, but our kids are looking forward to it.”

The Longhorns will look to a veteran line led by tackles Jagger Jones and Mauriohn Underwood and tight end Jacoby Sharpe, the latter who also brings physicality to the defensive end, to try to meet the physical challenge Cash and the Bulldoggs poise.

“We’ve got a good mix,” Mobbs said of his offensive line. “Those guys just playing together have gotten better. Now that they’ve got six games under their belts, we’re starting to see that. It’s a good group.”

Defensively, Sharpe and defensive back Isaiah Smith are among those who could make an impact.

Last meeting: Winder-Barrow won 24-21 last year Location: Winder-Barrow High School

MOUNTAIN VIEW AT DISCOVERY MOUNTAIN VIEW BEARS (6-AAAAAAA) Coach: Rob Kellogg Record: 4-2, 1-1 Last week: Lost to North Gwinnett 45-7

DISCOVERY TITANS (6-AAAAAAA) Coach: Efrem Hill Record: 1-4, 0-1 Last week: Had a bye

MOUNT VERNON AT WESLEYAN

Though it’s still relatively early in the region schedule for both teams, today’s game could be an important swing game in the playoff hopes for each.

It is perhaps even more so for Discovery, which has been competitive in nearly every game, but is still looking for a win that will put the Titans in position for its first postseason appearance as they head down the home stretch of the regular season.

“There is a sense of urgency, but not necessarily looking for (a signature win),” Discovery coach Efrem Hill said. “We’re just looking to put together a good four quarter, go back to the basics and see what happens.”

The basics, for Discovery, means maintaining a solid offensive balance between the passing game led by quarterback Alex Drazic and receiver Kobe Shamenski Johnson and a running game paced by Shamenski Rucker.

Rucker But Mountain View also features solid balance on its offensive unit, including one of Gwinnett’s top rushers in Davian Criss and a solid passing game behind increasingly confident quarterback Luke Hennebaul and receiver Tommy Stewart.

And the Bears are also getting a boost defensively with the recent return of highly touted defensive lineman Jaelin Humphries, whom coach Rob Kellogg expects big things from down the stretch as his comfort level returns after knee injury cost him the first four games of the season.

“He’s just a tremendous football player,” Kellogg said of the Florida commit. “He’s still lacking a little in being confident in coming back from a knee injury, but I suspect he’ll keep getting better each week. “(Discovery has) done a really good job, and they’re playing good as a unit. It’s a road game for us, so it will be difficult. We’ve just got to prepare ourselves. Schematically, I think we’ll be fine. It’s just a matter of giving maximum effort and being on point with our assignments.”

Last meeting: Mountain View won 52-28 last year Location: Discovery High School

MOUNT VERNON MUSTANGS (5-A) WESLEYAN WOLVES (5-A) Coach: Wayne Dabbs Coach: Franklin Pridgen Record: 5-1, 3-0 region Record: 2-4, 2-1 region Last week: Beat Holy Innocents’ 32-29 Last week: Lost to ELCA 63-0 Wesleyan faces the same challenge it did last year against Mount Vernon Presbyterian — containing twins Austin Douglas, (tailback) and Justin Douglas (receiver). Both have a slew of Division I offers on the table. The Wolves held the dynamic duo to one big play each in a lopsided win last season, but graduated 21 players from that team.

“The Douglas twins make them go in every phase of the game,” Wesleyan head coach Franklin Pridgen said. “They’re a real challenge on defense. We’ve contained them in the past, but they’re terrifying. They put those guys in space and say ‘Stop us if you can.’”

Controlling the line of scrimmage is crucial as always, but the onus for corralLuke ling the Douglas brothers rests particularly on outside linebackers Luke Carroll, Carroll Andrew Lore, Wyatt Hodges and Connor Thompson.

“The difference this year is they’re the senior-dominated team,” Pridgen said. “They’re not more talented, but we’ve got to mitigate their strengths. The chances of this being a nail-biter are good.”

The development of freshman quarterback J.C. French continues to impress Pridgen, as does the attitude of the team as a whole coming off a thrashing at the hands of three-time defending state champion Eagle’s Landing Christian. French was 28 of 35 with no interceptions last week against a team Pridgen said is good enough to win in any classification in the state.

“Nobody is hanging their heads about the ELCA game,” Pridgen said. “We had a fantastic practice (Monday). It’s a really positive atmosphere right now and we’re getting healthy.”

Of the two common opponents, they have similar results. Both beat Holy Innocents’ — Wesleyan by a slightly larger margin than Mount Vernon’s three-point win last week — and lost to Prince Avenue Christian.

Last meeting: Wesleyan won 34-14 last year Location: Wesleyan School

PARKIVEW AT LAKESIDE-DEKALB

RIVERSIDE MILITARY AT PROVIDENCE

PARKVIEW PANTHERS (7-AAAAAAA) LAKESIDE VIKINGS (7-AAAAAAA) Coach: Eric Godfree Coach: Zach Edwards Record: 5-0, 1-0 Record: 1-5, 0-2 Last week: Beat Norcross 28-0 Last week: Lost to Central Gwinnett 59-7 Parkview head football coach Eric Godree had an idea of the lofty ceiling for his only returning offensive starter Malik Washington. He knew Washington was a dynamic athlete that possessed at least the threat to catch, run and throw.

The rest of Parkview’s team was less certain. He knew Cody Brown was poised for lots of carries in the sophomore season, but his experience was mostly as a reserve behind Christian Malloy in 2017. He knew C.J. Daniels provided a big target at 6-foot-1, but Daniels was also buried on the depth chart last year.

Godfree and the coaching staff didn’t know who would handle the ball at quarterback, and junior Jordan Williams has exceeded those expectations in his first full season as a starter, completing passes at a 73-percent clip.

Kobe “A lot of our big question was at the quarterback spot, not knowing who was Wilson going to take that role,” Godfree said. “Jordan Williams has done a great job at quarterback for us. That’s been one of the biggest surprises on offense.”

Inversely, Godfree said he had high expectations for Parkview’s defense, despite less than half of the players having previous starting experience. It’s facing a Lakeside-DeKalb offense that is averaging fewer than 10 points per game this season.

Kobe Wilson’s contributions in his junior season have been invaluable. He leads the team in tackles with 61, and he has six tackles for loss. The linebacker has recorded three sacks and finds a way to be involved in almost every defensive play, whether it’s making a stop on a running play, terrorizing a quarterback or breaking up an opponent’s pass. Godfree said Parkview’s secondary has matured through the first five games, and senior defensive linemen Bryce Wilson and Justin Triplet provide consistent pressure. While expectations for Parkview’s defense might have been higher than its young offense, its 96 points allowed through five games are still an impressive feat.

Last meeting: Parkview won 52-30 last year.

Location: Lakeside High School

RIVERSIDE MILITARY EAGLES (8-A) PROVIDENCE STORM (8-A) Coach: Nicholas Garrett Coach: Parker Conley Record: 2-3, 1-0 region Record: 2-3, 0-2 region Last week: Beat Towns County 48-14 Last week: Lost to George Walton 42-7 After a three-game gauntlet on the road, Providence Christian is back home for a crucial region matchup with Riverside Military Academy. The Storm started the season with a pair of wins, but need to get one in the region in order to maintain their playoff aspirations.

“This is a great opportunity for us,” head coach Parker Conley said. “The vibe from our guys is we’re having to push past where we’ve been. This is the best season we’ve had, but we have to give what we’ve never given if we want more. The guys are probably looking at each other, ‘Why are the coaches being so intense?’ but they’ve risen to the challenge. They’re allowing us to push them because they do want to go beyond what we’ve done so far.”

Keegan Providence got a huge performance out of quarterback Ben Johnson last week Tranum in his first start at the position. Johnson threw for 186 yards and a touchdown after Hunter Giella suffered an injury that kept him out last week. Giella is being re-evaluated this week, but knowing Johnson can handle the job means they don’t have to rush his return.

“We knew guys were going to be competing for the whole game, but for him to do that Week 1, we were definitely extremely excited and we’re looking forward to building on that,” Conley said.

Riverside Military, which Providence beat narrowly last season, continues to spread it out on offense with a power running game and setting the receivers up to work in space. Senior cornerback/ wide receiver Keegan Tranum, who is returning to full strength, is one of the guys Conley is looking to lock things down in the secondary.

“We don’t want to let them get past the initial tackle,” Conley said. “This game is coming at a good time for us, too, trying to put our offense on all cylinders. We match up better with them than our last three (opponents).”

Last meeting: Providence won 17-14 last year Location: Providence Christian Academy

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No. 2 UGA views Daily Post Picks Vanderbilt as threat

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

I don’t know if we’re jogging yet. I don’t know where we are After less than perfect wins on the continuum. But we gotta over Missouri and Tennessee, improve. I don’t think any coach the Georgia Bulldogs have left in the country will tell you right some critics and fans wondering now that they don’t need to if they’re deserving of their No. improve. We certainly got some 2 ranking. areas to work on and get better Vanderbilt coach Derek Maat. We’ve got the same concerns son, whose Commodores visit and same areas for me as last Sanford Stadium on Saturday year, just a different team, difnight, is not among the skeptics. ferent spot.”

“The Georgia Bulldogs are Last year, the Bulldogs a well-oiled machine,” Mason rotated a pair of NFL-caliber said. “Kirby (Smart) has done a backs in and out with Nick terrific job of assembling talent. Chubb and Sony Michel. This Those guys play extremely fast year, a rotation is emerging at in all three phases. Watching quarterback as freshman Justin these guys, they lost good play- Fields continues to learn and ers a year ago and they continue grow. Fields possesses Cam to lock and load.”

Newton-like skills as a true dual Vandy’s last trip to Athens threat quarterback. resulted in an upset of the BullSmart maintains that he dogs. But much has changed in doesn’t know how the rotation two years. will work out from week to Georgia (5-0 overall, 3-0 week — “the plan is there is no in SEC play) has gone 18-2 plan” — but it’s clear that Fields over the past season and a half. will continue to play a more Vanderbilt (3-2, 0-1) is 5-9 prominent role in the offense, since beating Kansas State, with although it’s equally clear that only one of those wins coming Jake Fromm is the undisputed against a Power Five team (Ten- starter. nessee).

“I think the most important Smart agrees that the Bullthing is that each quarterback is dogs haven’t scratched the developing and getting better,” surface of their potential. But Smart said. “People forget that that, he said, is normal for this Jake Fromm is a sophomore. time of the season, especially He’s played a lot of football for a team with a slightly new games. He’s got a lot of experilook on offense and several ence with the extra games we new starters and contributors on were able to play last year. But defense. both of these guys are develop“We’re a work in progress,” ing and need work. We give Smart said. “We’re a child trythem tons of reps in practice. I ing to learn to walk then run think that’s the most important then sprint. We’re not sprinting. thing, that we grow.”

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Hebron at Towns County

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TAYLOR DENMAN

SCOTT SMITH

JAY BLACK*

*Each week’s picks feature a guest picker. This week’s guest picker is Collins Hill grad Jay Black, the sports director of News 95.5 and AM-750 WSB, statistician for the Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network and technical director of Atlanta’s Morning News.

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Georgia’s Deandre Baker (18) hits Tennessee’s Maleik Gray to break up the pass in Saturday’s game. (Photo: Anthony Stalcup)

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Creek and North Gwinnett both feature first-year quarterbacks, sets his ego aside.

Baxley Harris for the Hawks and “We’re always looking for J.R. Martin for the Bulldogs.

MILL CREEK the best coaches we can find,” Both have leaned on the running HAWKS (6-AAAAAAA) Jarvis said. “I want to be the game and feature intimidatCoach: Shannon Jarvis dumbest guy on my staff. I think ing tandems of running backs.

Record: 4-2, 2-0 I speak for Bill when I say we Chancellor Lee-Parker is fewer Last week: Beat Peachtree had a great time together. It’s than 80 yards from eclipsing Ridge 49-7 worked out for North Gwinnett, 1,000 yards rushing for the NORTH GWINNETT BULLDOGS (6-AAAAAAA) and (defensive coordinator Chad season, and Parker Wroble broke Coach: Bill Stewart Rogers) has stepped in for Bill out with a three-TD game inRecord: 4-2, 2-0 and done a great job for us.” cluding two rushing TDs and 78 Last week: Beat Mountain Lately, Stewart’s team had the yards against Peachtree Ridge.

View 45-7 best of Jarvis’ after a 35-21 win Iowa commit Tyler Goodson When: Today, 7:30 p.m. for North Gwinnett during last and junior Devin Crosby both Last meeting: North Gwinnett year’s state championship run. eclipsed 100 yards rushing won 35-21 last year.

Mill Creek was the No. 7 team against Mountain View.

Location: North Gwinnett in Class AAAAAAA before that The difference between the High School game. North Gwinnett was unteams may lie in which team ranked. That game was the last can pass the most successfully, time the Bulldogs were outside Hawks are the only team in something Jarvis is confident of the Georgia Sports Writers Class AAAAAAA chasing the Hawks have improved upon Association top 10 poll.

North Gwinnett, which faced since opening the season against “After the game last year, I a rigorous nonregion schedule Walton. But he knows the North think Coach Stewart will tell and shares a loss to Walton.

Gwinnett secondary, which you they gained a lot of moSince 2014, the winner of North includes Tennessee commit mentum,” Jarvis said. “This Gwinnett and Mill Creek’s game Warren Burrell and Nebraska game will come down to a lot of went on to win the region cham- commit Quinton Newsomes, momentum shifts between two pionship. will make gaining big chunks of proud programs and players that “Both our programs have been yardage difficult. play their hearts out.” successful and been fortunate “(Passing is) really important The roles are reversed this to have good players come for our goals moving forward,” season. North Gwinnett (4-2, through,” Jarvis said. “We have Jarvis said. “In our league, 2-0) clings to the No. 6 spot in great communities with great you can’t be one-dimensional. the rankings with the respect of pride and both the schools and Too many coaches and players a state championship defense on kids take pride in being sucthat can shut down the running its resume. Mill Creek (4-2, 2-0) cessful. North Gwinnett was a game. It’s critical that we’re has dispatched its opponents, great team as we were building effective in the passing game. with the exception of two Class ourselves, and we aspired to get It’s about stretching the field AAAAAAA juggernauts, No. 2 to their level.” horizontally. Their secondary is Walton and No. 5 Archer.

There are striking similariwell-known, and the windows Jarvis doesn’t feel that the ties between both offenses. Mill will be tight.”

MILL CREEK AT NORTH GWINNETT

Attrition •From Page 1B kickoff, Kohl found a seam up the middle and sprinted 92 yards for a score just 12 seconds later that vaulted Brookwood in front at 7-6.

Meadowcreek answered by taking advantage of two critical Brookwood penalties — a pass interference and a horse collar tackle — to drive 80 yards in nine plays.

Malachi Watkins had a 32-yard completion to Jaylon Dickson, who corralled a deflection off a Brookwood defender in the process, to set up the final play of the drive, Desmon Jackson’s 9-yard TD run, while Dickson ran in for the two-point conversion that put Meadowcreek back in front 14-7 with 7:09 left in the first quarter.

It was a lead the Mustangs held most of the half despite numerous Brookwood opportunities in Meadowcreek territory.

The Mustangs dodged one bullet when one Winskie fumble recovery wound up as a missed field goal, but couldn’t escape the second Winskie recovery deep in Meadowcreek territory, which Schefske turned into his third field goal of the night, this one from 33 yards out, to put Brookwood back in front at 16-14 with 2:53 left in the half.

Zion Pullins then came up with an interception and returned it to the Meadowcreek 49, and Conner Chavis connected on two big completions to Lorenzo Britt and MeKal Fuller to quickly bring the Broncos back into the red zone.

Three plays later, Carter Brookwood’s Conner Chavis (12) is tackled by Meadowcreek Jaylon Dickson (1) and barreled in from 2 yards Kevin Martin (34) during Thursday’s game at Brookwood. (Photo: Dale Zanine) out with 36 seconds left But despite trips to the — two of which he made Dickson and Watkins in the half to send the red zone in Brookwood’s from 24 and 33 yards out had filled in admirably Broncos into intermission next three offensive pos— to cut the lead to 14-13 to that point but began to with a little breathing room sessions, the Mustangs with 6:23 left in the half. have trouble with turnovers at 23-14. were able to hold the BronThat’s when Meadowthat helped Brookwood And even after Brookcos to three Dylan Schefcreek really began to miss turn things around late in wood’s opening drive of ske field goal attempts Bonner. the half. the second half came up

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empty following a Dickson interception in the end zone, Meadowcreek was beginning to run out of gas and quickly coughed the ball up again following a Derrell Houston sack of Watkins, with Winskie once again coming up with the loose ball at the Mustangs’ 9.

Kohl was in the end zone two plays later to make the Brookwood lead 30-14 with 8:43 left in the third quarter, and the Broncos poured it on with 17 more points over the second half to pull away.

“The defense played their tails off,” Meadowcreek coach Jason Carrera said. “I ask our kids no matter what to come out and play four quarters of football in all three aspects of the game, and I think we did that. We maybe got a little tired in the fourth quarter, but I think we did that. Adversity was the word of the week.”

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Quick start powers Archer win Rams dominate

By Colin Hubbard Staff Correspondent

LAWRENCEVILLE — A double pass on the first play from scrimmage, one from the hands of Archer quarterback Carter Peevy to wide receiver Braylen Weems, who then threw to a wide-open Jalyn Phillips over the middle for a 45-yard touchdown, was a sign of what was to come for the opposing Newton Rams.

The Tigers jumped out to a quick 23-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back, en route to a 40-14 rout of Newton and their first Region 8-AAAAAAA win of the season.

Peevy finished the game 13 of 19 passing for 138 yards and two touchdowns, one passing and one rushing.

“I thought he threw the ball well,” Archer head coach Andy Dyer said.

“We had some drops that are not normal, so we have to do a good job of looking the ball in and making plays when their number is called.”

The Tigers outgained Newton 311-217 in total yards. Newton’s lone offensive touchdown came with 3:32 remaining in the fourth quarter — a Jerol Hines 7-yard run through the teeth of the Tiger defense.

Senior Andrew Booth nearly took the game’s opening kickoff for a touchdown, but he was

Archer’s Semaje Banks (28) carries the ball against Newton on Thursday. (Staff Photo: Colin Hubbard)

tackled inside Newton territory by Dejuan Brown.

On the first play from scrimmage, Archer’s trick play wide receiver pass gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead just 18 seconds into the game.

It was a play Dyer thought they could pull off after watching a week’s worth of film on Newton.

“We thought we had an advantage right there and our kids did a good job executing it and going and getting some points on the board,” Dyer said.

Midway through the first quarter, Newton lined up for its second punt, but a bad snap over the head of Malek Robbins resulted in a safety. Robbins recovered the ball in the end zone and slipped, giving the Tigers a 9-0 lead.

The Tigers needed only four plays to score again, this time on a 38-yard touchdown pass from Peevy to Trey Messer from 38 yards out. Peevy

rolled to his right and found a wide-open Messer streaking across the field from left to right.

The score gave Archer a 16-0 lead with 4:40 to play in the first.

Newton earned just its second and third firstdown conversions on its ensuing offensive possession. Neal Howard (8 of 19 for 82 yards and three INTs) completed a short pass to Diondre Glover on third-and-3. But after getting stopped three plays later, the Rams elected to punt from their own 39yard line on fourth-and-3.

The decision, while smart in the eyes of Newton head coach Terrance Banks, didn’t work out the way he had hoped as Andrew Booth caught the punt at his own 22-yard line and promptly returned it 78 yards for a touchdown, giving the Tigers a commanding 23-0 lead heading into the second quarter.

The Rams drove into

Tiger territory for the first time in the game on their next possession, down as far as the Archer 39-yard line thanks to a 27-yard catch-and-run from Howard to running back Adarius Thomas, but a negative rush sandwiched between two incompletions from Howard forced yet another punt from the Rams.

In the final 9:11 of the first half, Howard was intercepted twice and lost a fumble on sack, helping the Tigers to add a 1-yard TD run from Peevy and a last-second 20-yard field goal off the leg of Jacob Waters as time expired in the first half, giving the Tigers a 33-0 halftime lead.

On the Tigers’ first possession of the third quarter, Peevy marched his team on an 8-play, 63yard drive that was capped off by a 9-yard TD run from senior running back Semaje Banks (six carries for 30 yards).

Newton’s Robert Lewis finally got the Rams on the board with an 86-yard kickoff return touchdown to follow, breaking the shutout at 40-7 with 6:56 left in the third.

“The bottom line is every win is a great win,” Dyer said. “Especially in our region, getting started 1-0, we have to take them one at a time.

“We’ve got a lot of things that we need to clean up. Our job each and every week is to try and get a little bit better.”

Black Knights bulldoze Berkmar

By Mitchell Northam

promising drive for Berkmar (2-5, 0-3). “(Fortune) is a good LILBURN — Nick For- football player and has tune’s 47-yard intercepgood instincts,” Central tion return for a Central head coach Todd Wofford Gwinnett touchdown in said. “He’s one of the best the first quarter set the defensive backs in the state. tone for the evening.

When he gets a chance to While they were playmake a play, he generally ing on the road at Pamakes it. We should have triot Field, Thursday night had two other picks.” belonged to the Central From there, the Central Gwinnett Black Knights. defense continued to rack In every facet of the game, up stops and junior Black Berkmar’s football team Knights quarterback Skyjust couldn’t keep up. lar Adams commanded the The Patriots were outoffense to several scoring muscled from start to fin- drives. ish and the visiting Black Adams, making his first Knights bulldozed their start under center, was way to a 49-3 victory. superb in his decisionCentral (3-4, 2-1 making and seemed like a 7-AAAAAAA) was domi- magician at times, lobbing nant on both ends of the the ball on short pitches, ball. The Black Knights executing fakes and tosstallied more than 400 ing short screen passes for yards of total offense, and big gains. He totaled 205 on defense, they held the yards of offense, throwing Patriots under 200 yards two touchdown passes and of offense and notched rushing for another. three sacks and two inter“Skylar Adams had a ceptions. very, very good game.

Fortune’s pick-six He’s a kid that’s very started the scoring for the smart and can play mulBlack Knights around the tiple positions,” Wofford seven-minute mark in the said. “He showed tonight first quarter and ended a he’s capable of starting Staff Correspondent

at quarterback. He did a good job of reading the defense and taking what they were giving us.”

Heading into intermission with a 28-3 lead, Central didn’t let up in the second half. On the Black Knights’ first play from scrimmage in the third quarter, junior fullback Justin Wilkins exploded through a pack of defenders and scampered 57 yards for a score. At the end of the run, he threw a mean stiff arm to fight off the final defender between him and the end zone.

Wilkins finished the day with 108 yards on the ground, while junior back Derrick Daniel ran for 98 yards and two scores.

Berkmar was led on offense by Miles Bryant, who rushed for 58 yards.

Quarterback Donte Henry tallied 91 yards of total offense.

The Patriots’ lone scoring play of the contest came from Omar Contreras’ right foot. His 36-yard field goal capped off a 15play second quarter drive for Berkmar.

Frustrations for the

Patriots boiled over late in the third quarter as the Black Knights were driving into their red zone. A small fight broke out on the field and players had to be separated by coaches and referees. It caused an eight-minute delay in the contest, and two players from each side were ejected.

“You got to have more discipline than that. I don’t care what happens, what the other team does.

You’ve got to be more mature,” Wofford said. “We had a couple guys that lost their cool trying to take up for a teammate. That’s just not what good teams do.”

As Central looks for its third straight win next week, discipline will be among the things the team will be working on over its next few practices.

“Honestly, we really didn’t play our A-game tonight,” Wofford said.

“That’s frustrating to me.

We made a lot of mental errors in all three phases of the game. For where we want to go and what we want to do, we can’t have those.”

PREP ROUNDUP

Wolves win 6th straight region title school record for stolen bases with 83. Jennifer PEACHTREE CORNolan had two hits and NERS — Wesleyan detwo runs while Reece Holfeated Landmark Christian brook added a single and 7-2 to win the Region 5-A two RBIs for Wesleyan softball championship on (20-4).

Thursday.

The title SOFTBALL was the sixth conCollins Hill 8, secutive Peachtree Ridge 0 region SUWANEE — Coltitle for lins Hill defeated visiting Wolves, Peachtree Ridge 8-0 in Madison who earn a Region 6-AAAAAAA Kerpics a bye in game late Wednesday. the first round of the state Sophie Mooney went tournament. five innings and allowed Madison Kerpics tossed one hit while striking out a complete game, allowing six to earn the win in the two runs on five hits while circle for the Eagles. striking out 18 to earn the Mackenzie Chappell win in the circle. Kerpics was 2-for-3 with a home helped her own cause with run and scored three runs a hit and two RBIs. to lead the offense. MadJahni Kerr added a die Simmons contributed hit, stole four bases and three hits and two RBIs, scored twice. Kerr’s stolen while Peyton Fointno had bases helped her set a new two hits and drove in a From Staff Reports

run. Chloe Sneed drove in three while Maddie Spell added an RBI for Collins Hill (14-11, 8-7).

against host Parkview on Thursday. The host Panthers won the first contest two sets to one, while the Wolves rebounded for a VOLLEYBALL 2-0 win in the nightcap.

Grace Tyler led WesleyMill Creek sweeps an (16-18) with 15 kills.

GAINESVILLE — Mill Meredith Mangum added Creek defeated Forsyth 21 digs, while Riley Bryan Central (25-13, 25-21) and provided 42 assists. host Lakeview Academy (23-25, 25-22, 25-17) on Providence splits Thursday. The wins imLILBURN — Proviprove the Hawks to 31-12 dence Christian split a pair on the season. of matches on Thursday Aiyana Bermudez had night. The Storm (30-16) 22 kills to lead Mill Creek. defeated Meadowcreek Sonya Silecky added 18 (25-5, 25-17) but fell to kills and 23 digs, Adriana Trinity Christian (15-25, Ackerman dished out 56 27-29). Cameron Hall had assists and Alanis Bernis eight aces and 27 assists, recorded six aces and 15 while Lauren Yost prodigs. Taylor Heu provided vided eight kills and had 23 digs, while Maya Phil- a .333 hitting average for lips contributed 11 kills.

Providence.

To report scores, call Wesleyan splits 770-339-5850. Scores LILBURN — Wesleyan must be reported before split a pair of matches 10:15 p.m. every day.

Generals 59-3

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LOGANVILLE — Grayson has an arsenal of running backs at its disposal — seven different Rams took handoffs in Thursday night’s 59-3 home victory over Shiloh.

But Grayson called No. 64, offensive lineman Wanya Morris, with the ball on the 2-yard line and a 38-3 lead in the fourth quarter. The 6-foot6, 300-pound Tennessee commit slammed into the Shiloh defense and scored the Rams’ sixth touchdown of the game. His excitement took over as he Wanya ran to the Morris Grayson sideline with his arm in a seemingly perpetual windmill motion.

“Man, I was so happy,” Morris said. “I was just happy to touch the ball.”

Fourth-ranked Grayson scored 24 points and shut out Shiloh in the second half. The Rams forced three Shiloh turnovers and kept the Generals out of the end zone for the entire game.

“I’m proud of our defense,” Grayson head coach Christian Hunnicutt said. “I thought our offensive line played better and our receivers stepped up.”

Three short drives led to Grayson TDs by three different players in the first quarter.

Josh Stinson caught J’Kori Jones’ first pass of the game on Grayson’s first drive. Grayson started its second drive from the 39yard line and running back Phil Mafah ran into the end zone from 2 yards out.

Jonathan Halyard helped Grayson go up 21-0 with 4:04 left in the first quarter on a 20-yard TD run.

At that point in the game, Shiloh had zero total yards on offense.

Shiloh’s third drive was saved by a 45-yard run from running back Arthur Rogers on third down. The run gave Shiloh first-andgoal, and the Generals settled for a field goal.

In the second quarter, Grayson penalties and some key runs from Rogers gave Shiloh offensive momentum. Grayson was

flagged eight times for 82 yards in the first half. Rogers carried the ball nine times for 68 yards in the first half, but the Generals were stuffed on third-andshort on their first offensive drive.

“It took us too long to realize we could play with them,” Shiloh head coach Ryan Andrews said. “We have to get over the aura of Grayson. When we realized we could play with them, it was 28-0 already.”

The turnover on downs resulted in Mafah’s second TD of the game.

Grayson drove 95 yards on its final offensive series of the first half. Jones threw his second TD pass to Kenyon Jackson by threading the ball into a tight window from 14 yards away with 16 seconds left.

Kenyatta Watson intercepted Shiloh quarterback Vince Goffney on Shiloh’s first drive of the second half. The Rams were set to go for it on fourth-and-8 from the Shiloh 18 before illegal procedure forced the Rams to settle for a field goal. Garwood Collins delivered from 41 yards away to give Grayson a 38-3 lead.

With a running clock, Grayson’s defense held Shiloh to 22 yards on five drives in the second half.

Jalen Alexander, a defensive back, ran a fake punt on fourth-and-12 from the Shiloh 45 and Mafah ran the ball twice to set up goal-to-go, and Morris rammed the ball in.

Grayson hadn’t scored in the second half of its previous two games against Westlake and Colquitt County, respectively.

“We really wanted to improve on our drive in the second half to put up points,” Mafah said. “We haven’t been doing that the past couple weeks. Everyone is really happy we got the board running today.”

Jones was 10-for-12 passing with 155 yards.

Mafah had 59 yards rushing on eight carries, and Halyard had 68 yards on nine carries. D.T. Thompkins had three late carries for 45 yards and a TD. For Shiloh, Roger finished with 66 yards rushing on nine carries.

The Rams (4-2, 1-0) will host No. 5 Archer next week, while Shiloh (2-5, 0-2) has a bye.

Gladiators fall 4-3 in exhibition From Staff Reports

The Atlanta Gladiators late comeback attempt fell just short in a 4-3 preseason road loss Thursday to Greenville.

Atlanta opened up the scoring with a power-play goal at 12:06. Zach Malatesta took a shot from the circle that was blocked but came right back to him. The Boston native blasted a quick snap shot over the shoulder of Greenville goalie Garett Bartus. The goal was assisted by Tyler Deresky and Brett McKenzie.

Greenville tied it 1-1 with just over a minute to go in the first period. Jon Jutzi slammed home a cross-rink pass from Chris Izmirlian for his first of the preseason.

In the first minute of the second period, the Swamp Rabbits struck again. Former Gladiator Jake Bolton took a shot from the point that hit forward Mike Pelech in the backside. The puck caromed to the stick of Will Merchant who put it in an open net.

Greenville increased its lead to 3-1 at 7:05. Chad

Duchesne sent a one-time shot from the point on a 5-on-3 power play between the legs of Atlanta netminder Ed Minney.

The Swamp Rabbits pushed further ahead on a goal by Bolton at 7:47 of the third. The defender took a slap shot from the point that hit traffic in front and took a strange bounce into the back of the net.

Atlanta started to rally at 17:38 when Luke Sandler got a pass from McKenzie in the slot and wired the puck between the legs of the Greenville netminder for his first of the preseason.

The Gladiators took advantage of a power play and the extra attacker with a late tally. Vytal Cote sent a wrist shot into the net from the high slot to bring the score to 4-3 with just a few seconds to go in the game.

Tyler Howe registered the only assist on the play, but Atlanta ran out of time.

The Gladiators play an intrasquad game at 5 p.m.

Sunday at the Duluth IceForum before opening the regular season on the road in Orlando on Oct. 13.

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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE October 2, 2018 Pursuant to the City of Buford Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance of 1995, please be advised that Uroos Bibi Aryafar has applied for a license to sell beer and wine and by the package at South Lee Exxon located at 4545 South Lee St Ste B, Buford, GA 30518. The City of Buford shall take public comments on such application until October 19, at which time the City Manager will determine whether to issue the requested license.

This 12th day of October 2018 City of Buford, Ga A Ga. Municipal Corp.

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ELECTION NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE CERTIFICATION OF THE LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST OF DIRECT ELECTRONIC VOTING UNITS FOR THE NOVEMBER 6, 2018 NORCROSS MUNICIPAL ELECTION Notice is hereby given, that on October 11, 2018, beginning at 1:00 p.m., the certification of the logic and accuracy test of the direct electronic voting units to be u

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used for the November 6, 2018 Municipal Election, will be conducted. Said test will be conducted at the Norcross City Hall, located at 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, Georgia 30071.

All interested persons are invited to observe said certification.

This 4th of October 2018.

Monique D. Lang City Clerk Elections Superintendent 917-570158, 10/5

TINGENT. The Plaintiff has named the widower, heirs, beneficiaries, next of kin and/or creditors of Cecil T. Riles, Jr. a/k/a Cecil T. Riles, as parties defendant in the complaint which it is bringing to the above named court seeking a foreclosure of its condominium common charge lien upon premises known as 22 Dibble Hollow Lane, Unit #11, Dibble Hollow Condominium Association, Inc., Windsor Locks, Connecticut. This complaint is returnable to court on November 13, 2018, and will be pending therein after that date.

The Plaintiff has represented to said court, by means of an affidavit annexed to the said complaint, that Cecil T. Riles, Jr. a/k/a Cecil T. Riles died on March 14, 2018, and that despite all reasonable efforts to ascertain such information, it has been unable to determine the identities or whereabouts of Defendant’s widow, heirs, beneficiaries, next of kin and/or creditors.

Now, therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that notice of the institution of this action be given to each such defendant by some proper officer causing a true and attested copy of this Order be published in the Hartford Courant and Gwinnett Daily Post once a week for two (2) weeks commencing on or before October 18, 2018, and that return of service be made to the Court.

SS ADAM BULEWICH, AC Assistant Clerk, Superior Court Judicial District of Hartford at Hartford 928-569477, 10/5,12

PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE 2012 CHEVROLET CRUZE VIN: 1G1PF5SC1C7408030 License No. E26HBC NJ TAG Color: RED Body Style: 4 DOOR Abandoned on SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above vehicle is presently located at 3140 Main St. W, Snellville, GA 30078; phone (770) 985-6696 in possession of Full CR Collision & Paint Shop LLC. Attempts to locate the owner have been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. This notice is given pursuant to Georgia law.

928-568681, 9/28,10/5 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: MCAR(Address) 214 THUR ST. LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30046 (Yr/Make) 2000 BMW 4 S VIN# 4USCH9342YLF87849 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by (Date) 9-27-2018.

928-568720, 9/28,10/5 NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, being stored at: South East Transportation 4138 ARCADIA INDUSTRIAL CIR LILBURN GA 2003 Mercedes 230 VIN: WDBRN40JXA534144 This Vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 09-03-18.

2005 Subaru Legacy VIN: 4S3BP616957350039 This Vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 09-21-18.

929-569893, 10/5,12 NOTICE The following vehicles have been impounded as follows: A 2002 Honda Accord Black VIN: 1HGCG22562A023844 NO TAG was towed on 4-9-18 from 105 Arcado Rd. Lilburn, GA 30047 at Porro Auto. It was considered abandoned on 5/9/2018. It is located at 115 Arcado Rd. Lilburn, GA 30047, Eagle Towing Inc. 770-279-1646 A 2007 Ford Fusion VIN: 3FAHP081X7R126376 Tag: ZX5 0146 GA was abandoned on 1-29-18 at 2255 Satellite Blvd Duluth, GA 30097 at Saratoga Apts. It was considered abandoned on 3-2-18.

A 2010 Kia Soul Black VIN: KNDJT2A28A7125389 NO TAG was towed on 7-1418 from 4370 Satellite Blvd Duluth, GA 30096 at Maddox Apts. It was considered abandoned on 8-14-18.

A 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe Blue VIN:1GNEC13Z32R144726 NO TAG was towed on 6-1718 from 4201 Pleasant Lake Village Ln. Duluth, GA 30096 at Paramont Apts. It was considered abandoned on 7-17-18.

928-568706, 9/28,10/5

FOUNDATION NOTICE FOUNDATION REPORT AVAILABLE The annual report of the Evelyn Vellguth Foundation, Inc. required to be filed with the Internal revenue Service is available for public inspection by any citizen upon request at its principal office located at 1204 Weston Way Monroe, GA 30655. 770978-9470 William Oliver, President 928-570041, 10/5 STATE OF CONNECTICUT ORDER OF NOTICE SUPERIOR COURT JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HARTFORD AT HARTFORD SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 RETURN DATE: NOVEMBER 13, 2018: DIBBLE HOLLOW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. VS. WIDOW, HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, NEXT OF KIN AND/OR CREDITORS OF CECIL T. RILES, JR. A/K/A CECIL T. RILES; JAMES RILES A/K/A JIM RILES; CHAMPION MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC; DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC; STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SERVICES, INHERITANCE TAX DIVISION; STATE OF CONNECTICUT, JUDICIAL BRANCH NOTICE TO: THE WIDOW, HEIRS, BENEFICIARIES, NEXT OF KIN AND/OR CREDITORS OF CECIL T. RILES, JR. A/K/A CECIL T. RILES, FORMERLY OF 22 DIBBLE HOLLOW LANE, UNIT #11, DIBBLE HOLLOW CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT, AND ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS CLAIMING OR WHO MAY CLAIM ANY RIGHTS, TITLE, INTEREST OR ESTATE IN OR LIEN OR ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT, ADVERSE TO THE PLAINTIFF, WHETHER SUCH CLAIM OR POSSIBLE CLAIM BE VESTED OR CONT

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 Saturday, October 13th 2018@ 1:00pm Acura TL 2002 19UUA56922A034568 BMW 530i 2007 WBANE73507CM47442 Cadillac STS 2007 1G6DW677970193820 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WX15K119340294 2007 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WD58C679283393 2005 Chrysler Town and Country 1C4GP45R55B196277 2005 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WF52E259246732 2006 Chrysler 300 2C3KA43R76H313398 2012 Ford Focus 1FAHP3F26CL292626 2004 Ford E250 1FTNE24W34HA62758 1999 Ford Expedition 1FMPU18L9XLB84057 2005 Ford Mustang 1ZVFT80N055155361 2002 GMC Envoy 1GKDS13S622125532 2001 Honda Accord 1HGCF86651A072508 1999 Honda Accord 1HGCG5648XA137922 1999 Honda Accord 1HGCG1651XA048940 1999 Honda Accord JHMCG5651XC059736 1998 Honda Accord 1HGCG554XWA009956 2001 Honda Accord 1HGCG22551A029990 2005 Infiniti G35 JNKCV51E95M209225 2003 Jeep Liberty 1J4GK58KX3W703192 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GW48S74C363758 2011 Kia Optima KNAGM4A75B5193190 2006 Kia Optima KNAGE124365033461 2003 Mercedes Benz ML500 4JGAB75E43A383057 2000 Mercedes Benz S500 WDBNG75JXYA047620 2005 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D45C340170 2006 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D66C221814 1996 Nissan Pathfinder JN8AR05Y1TW022300 2007 Nissan Altima 1N4AL21E67N413321 1999 Toyota Camry 4T1BG28K5XU907444 2001 Toyota Camry 4T1BG22K91U847894 929-567968, 9/21,28,10/3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE In accordance with Georgia Law Chapter 40-11-5 the following vehicles have been deemed abandoned and will be sold at a public sale on 1017-18 @ 1:00 Said Vehicles are located at: 3580 BUFORD HWY #A DULUTH, GA 30096 VIN# 1HGCG22582A033730 2002 HONDA ACCORD 929-568930, 9/28,10/5 NOTICE There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Willard Wrecker Service, 719 Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30518, on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 11:00 AM the following vehicles declared abandoned or foreclosed vehicles pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 40-11-05, as follows: # Year Make Model VIN 1 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GX48S71C657394 2 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4G248S2YC116164 3 2005 H y o sung GT650 KM4MP578851600852 4 2007 Honda Accord 1 H G C M665X7A001458 5 2005 Ford Explorer 1 F M D U 63K75UA09618 6 2001 BMW 325i W B A A V 33491FU75468 7 2002 Acura T L 19UUA56852A049220 8 1993 GMC Safari 1GKDM15Z2PB504278 9 1998 Trailer 146603310 9 2011 Chevrolet Aveo K L 1 T D 5DE1BB187980 10 2011 Toyota Prius J T D KN3DU7B0280673 11 2005 C h e v r o let Aveo KL1TD52635B410343 12 2005 C h e v r o let Ta h o e 1GNEC13T15R162786 13 2012 Chevrolet Cruze 1 G 1 P M 5SC3C7269489 14 1996 Ford Explorer 1FMDU32X1T-

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ZA94368 15 2003 H o n d a 5 F N Odyssey RL18943B003934 16 2007 F o r d 2 F M D K Edge 39C57BB19547 17 1997 H o n d a 1 H G C D Accord 5605VA158388 18 1990 H o n d a 1 H G C B Accord 7556LA113598 19 2001 Mercury 4 M 2 Z V 1 1 TVillager 51DJ10425 20 2001 L i n L S coln 1LNHM87AX1Y666768 Dodge 21 1997 Ram 1500 1 B 7 H C16Y2VJ500644 Toyota 22 2003 1 N X Corolla BR32EX3Z047232 23 2004 F o r d 1FMDU73KExplorer 84ZA25592 H y u n 24 2007 Sonata dai 5NPET46C37H231980 25 2005 D o d g e 1 D 4 H D Durango 48N45F530574 26 2007 K i a K N D Sportage JF724377430294 27 2000 M a z d a 1 Y V G F 626 22CXY5175526 28 1986 C h e v r o Astro Van let 1G8DM15Z4GB244102 29 1998 B M W W B A D 528i D6320WBW48910 30 2000 M a z d a J M 1 B Protege J2212Y0307589 31 1992 F o r d 1 F M Explorer DU34X0NUA72083 32 2006 B M W W B A B 325Ci D33436PL09195 33 2006 N i s 350Z san JN1AZ36A66M480447 34 1998 F o r d 1FMZU32PXExplorer WZA52601 35 2005 F o r d F-650 Super Duty 3FRNF65RX5V109601 36 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250R J K A E X M J118DA07864 37 2003 F-150 Ford 1FTRW07L23KC59720 38 2005 M a z d a J M Miata 1NB353950413014 39 2007 M a z d a J M 1 B Mazda3 K32F671676625 40 2016 Nissan 1N6BF0KNV1500 M1GN806737 41 1994 Suzuki VS1400 J S 1 V X 51L9R2103713 42 2008 F o r d F-250 Super Duty 1FTSX20R98EC23361 43 1999 C h e v r o let Blazer 1GNDT13W7X2140261 44 2014 C h e v r o let Sonic 1G1JC5SH5E4237121 45 2006 C h e v r o let Express 1GCGG25VX61262685 46 1999 H o n d a Accord J H M C G5544XC013214 47 2003 C h e v r o let Express 1GBJG31U231109629 48 1996 L e x u s J T 8 B F ES 300 12G9T0181058 49 2006 M i t s u b i Lancer shi JA3AJ26E06U070498 50 2004 M a z d a J M 1 B Mazda3 K12F041166416 51 2001 C h e v r o S-10 let 1GCCS195X18236203 Acura 52 1998 J H 3.5 RL 4KA9685WC007880 Toyota 53 1997 4T1BF12BAvalon 3VU185510 I n f i n i 54 2005 G35 ti JNKCV54E75M409564 55 2005 C h e v r o let Trailblazer 1GNDS13S852201775 56 2002 C h e v r o let Blazer 1GNCS13WX2K127818 57 2009 C h r y s ler Sebring 1C3LC46B69N536959 58 2004 GMC Envoy XUV 1GKET12P046150811 59 2002 Honda Odyssey 2HKRL18642H526005 60 2017 C h r y s ler 200 1C3CCCAG5HN505763 61 2005 Hyundai Accent K M H G C 35C35U360212 62 2001 Chrysler Town & Country 2C8GP44G01R155940 63 2001 N i s san Altima 1N4DL01D11C175244 64 1997 F o r d Thunderbird 1FALP62WXVH131433 65 1995 Toyota Avalon 4T1GB10E5SU061118 929-568763, 9/28,10/5

Boxes sofa Talitha Hall D1073-bedroom house partially furnished, king, 2 twin mattress sets, entertainment center, dining w 4 chairs, bar stools, 30 boxes, washer, dryer, etc.

Luther B109-Wesley Household goods, totes/ boxes, etc.

O116- Taqiya Andrade 2 bed, sofa, recliner, bags Jason Wright L152Household goods and furniture O111- Olasunkanmi OgunFurniture rinde Eric Freeman M101Power Tools F1011- Laquanna Thomas Household Goods

LIVE AUCTION ONE FACILITY – MULTIPLE UNITS Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated:

2 2002 Suzuki LS650 JS1NP41A322102670 3 Scooter No vin 4 2006 Honda VFR800 JH2RC46426M800064 5 2003 Lexus GS300 JT8BD69SX30174021 6 1993 Acura Legend JH4KA7666PC023090 7 2003 Chevy Trailblazer 1GNDT13S832105543 8 2004 Kia Optima KNAGD128545293086 9 2007 Kia Sorrento KNDJD736375693998 10 2004 Jeep Liberty 1J4GL48K54W247532 11 2009 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WS57M691304096 12 1995 Ford Ranger 1FTCR14A8SPA62543 13 2001 Ford Windstar 2FTZA54481BB38612 14 2008 Kia Rio KNADE123886298903 15 2001 Volkswagen Jetta 3VWSG29M41M022147 16 1994 Toyota Celica JT2AT00N7R0019142 17 1989 Honda Accord 1HGCA5621KA004234 18 2005 Dodge Caravan 1D4GP45R75B144264 19 1996 Volkswagen Cabrio WVWBB81E6TK005420 20 2003 Ford Escape 1FMYU03163KB81167 21 2005 Honda Accord 1HGCM66555A075514 22 2002 Honda Civic 1HGES16582L013686 23 2006 Pontiac G6 1G2ZM171664145372 24 1999 Toyota Camry 4T1BF28K8XU087279 25 2003 Toyota Celica JTDDR32T230162006 26 1997 Dodge Ram Van 2B7HB21X1VK573886 27 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4G258N3YC359434 28 1988 Ford F-150 1FTDF15N9JNB82585 29 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser 3A4FY48B07T538009 30 1998 Oldsmobile Intrigue 1G3WS52K4WF375444 31 2002 Volvo S60 YV1RS61R822121412 32 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GW48S01C567068 33 1998 Ford Explorer 1FMYU24X5WUB98453 34 1998 Ford Explorer 1FMDU32P6TUD13077 35 1996 Ford Crown Victoria 2FALP71W0TX173081 36 2003 Ford Focus 1FAFP33P73W218797 37 2010 Toyota Corolla 2T1BU4EE4AC440030 38 2011 Nissan 370Z JN1AZ4EH9BM553051 39 2006 BMW 525XI WBANF33566CS35794 40 2002 Toyota Camry 4T1BE32K22U028920 41 2003 Acura 3.2 TL 19UUA56673A090075 42 2008 Trailer 3CVU6121782125332 43 2002 G

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3220 Centerville Hwy Snellville, Georgia 30039 770.680.3520 October 18th , 2018 12:00 PM The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

D110Gail Perry Sofas, refrigerator, bedroom, boxes, washer/dryer F1161 - Marcus Davis Washer/Dryer important paper work and dishes J154 - Radha Embry Household items K123- Ta –Taniisha McClinton Totes w/ clothing and shoes, household goods F107- Geoff Kirkpatrick Household Items G106- Donavon Green Household Goods F1130- Latonya Jennings Household items K1013- Courtney Lewis Washer/dryer, couch, boxes, etc.

O120- Antoinette Howell storing a king bed and small love seat and full-size bed and 2 dressers F1010- Phyllis Willoughby Fireplace, dinette set, boxes, etc F108- Nyakuel Ruach

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-568223, 9/28,10/5 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belongings to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 5151 Annistown Road Stone Mountain GA. 30087 770-469-5363 October 18, 2018 @ 10:00 AM Name Unit Items Shawn Campbell 325 Household furniture John Carraby 185 Storing furniture and boxes Pamela McKin357 Houseney hold goods Karen Simpson 501A Household goods sofa boxes beds Giselle Browne 549 Household goods toys beds Giselle Browne 379 Household goods boxes Sabrina Ross 188 Household goods Briana Lawson 106 3 bedrooms washer dryer 2 dining tables Lanae Woodard 259 Household items Brian Kelly 301 boxes booths tables fridges freezers 10x20 NON FMF 169 Diann Adams 353 household goods and furniture Edward Lane 11 347 4 mattress chester bags of clothes and boxes Ronney Lane 193 household items and tools Sonia McGuire 174 4 room home of furniture and house goods Mitch Silver 171B Duffel bags bins of tools book bags Malcolm Collins 249 Household goods and furniture Clement Laughlin 387 Household goods David Dutton 229 tools Dennis Bullard 363 Household furniture and items April Jones 233 60 inch tv dressers bed mattress sheets kitchen appliances Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-568281, 9/28,10/5

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on October 18, 2018 at 11:00 AM at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 3942 US- 78 Snellville, Georgia 30039 770.891.1688 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

434– Kenneth Mettshousehold itmes 160- Deshanavi Murrayhousehold items 328- Gina Posy-Household items 668- Kirkland Breaux-boxes dresser antique buffet… coming today to store call him please…

624- Edward MuldrowHousehold Goods 535- Edward Muldrow- appliances 667-Erin Savage- Bedroom suite, TV’s, dining room furniture, corner shelf, etc.

327-Sharon Carson-boxes of clothes and shoes 577- Crystal WatkinsBoxes 641-Joshua Holley-bed washer dryer boxes 662-Ameka DudleyHousehold goods 533-Shavon Coe- household goods 733-Elmond Bute-Household goods 494-Bridgette CarstarphenBedroom set 254-Brandi Garrett-mattress table chair sofa boxes 224-Pam Simmons- long term–c.c 1 bedroom set- 2 sofas- deep freezer and garage items clothes coolersshort term3 bedroom sets- sectional–kitchen tableclothes 3 tv stands 421-Domonique Crippenheadboard, sofa (sectional) bed frame 488-Ashley Torres-washer ,dryer, tv stand king mattress, baby toys Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

929-568631,9/28,10/5

Extra Space Storage #1799 530Athens Hwy, Loganville, GA 30052 October 18, 2018 @ 1:00 pm Mona Singleton D118 furniture, house goods

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Ericka McCullen C198 moving today two storage units small unit cc plug the largest one// 4 bed rooms sets// w/d some garage items bikes and tools Ericka McCullen B188 household goods Jody Kelley B179 tables, boxes, chest Michael steffey A172 couch, clothes Lorraine Puerta B170 household goods Patricia Lashley B125 3 bedroom home Patricia Lashley B203 house hold goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-567654, 9/28,10/5 MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27TH 2018@ 1:00PM 2004 BMW 745li WBAGN63474DS51594 2015 Chevrolet Impala 1G1165S38FU124549 2001 Chevrolet Suburban 1GNFK16T41J165211 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WZ121049396009 2006 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT55K769296344 1994 Chevrolet K3500 1GCHK39F2RE146731 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WW12E659287065 2007 Chrysler 300 2C3KA53G67H727665 2000 Ford Explorer 1FMDU65P8YUB64644 1999 Ford Expedition 1FMRU1763XLB65508 1997 Ford F-150 1FTDX1764VNA69376 2006 Ford F-250 Super Duty 1FTSX20P76EA09724 2004 Ford Expedition 1FMFU17L44LB49791 2002 Infiniti Q45 JNKBF01A72M004278 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GX48N94C412840 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GX38S52C255286 2000 Honda Odyssey 2HKRL1866YH546958 2005 Kia Optima KNAGD128055430162 2004 Kia Sorento KNDJD733545230181 2005 Mazda Tribute 4F2CZ06145KM59711 2001 Mercedes Benz CLK320 WDBLJ65G21T071198 2000 Mercedes Benz E320 WDBJF82J7YX035398 2003 Mercedes Benz C230 WDBRN40JX3A479081 2007 Mini Cooper WMWRF33537TG16198 2006 Mitsubishi Galant 4A3AB36F16E039216 2009 Nissan Rogue JN8AS58V29W169124 2008 Saturn VUE 3GSCL53758S574662 2006 Scion tC JTKDE177X60072580 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1G3AR47Y1EM469904 206 Volkswagen GLI 3VWXJ81K86M658372 929-569889, 10/5,12,19 NOTICE There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Eagle Towing, located at 115 Arcado Rd. , Lilburn , GA , 30047 , 770-279-1646. Saturday October 6th , 2018 @ 1:00 pm. The following vehicles, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5 as follows: 2008 Nissan Altima VIN:1N4AL21E18C165489 NO TAG 2004 Audi A4 Quattro VIN:WAULC68E74A023618 NO TAG 2001 Ford Expedition VIN:1FMFU18L31LA336585 Tag:PWT 9011 GA 2007 Kia Rondo VIN:KNAFG526277122040 Tag:PTN 8891 GA 2003 Honda Odyssey VIN:5FNRL18993B088141 Tag:PVZ 5884 GA 2008 Dodge Avenger VIN:1B3LC56R98N611748 Tag:BK 8003 GA 929-568705, 9/28,10/5 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice of Abandonment and Sale in accordance with O.C.G.A. 40-11 the following vehicles have been declared abandoned and will be sold at Public Action to the highest and best bidder for cash only.

The auction will be held on OCTOBER 16, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., 880 CRIPPLE CREEK DR, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043, phone (678) 8096531. Review 9:30 a.m.

1991 BMW M3 VIN:WBSAK031XMAE34411 2004 PORSCHE CAYENNE VIN:WP1AC29PX4LA93183 929-568679, , 9/28,10/5 There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Willard Wrecker Service, 719 W Shadburn Avenue, Buford, GA 30618, on October 20, 2018 at 11:00 AM, the following vehicles declared abandoned or foreclosed vehicles pursuant to O.C.G.A Section 40-11-05, as follows: Year; Make; Model; VIN 1 2005 Yamaha YZF-R6 JYARJ06E95A025354

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS GMC Envoy XL 1GKES16S526129161 44 2005 Toyota Tundra 5TBJU32115S454450 45 2011 Kia Sorento 5XYKT3A14BG028860 929-569876, 10/5,12 NOTICE THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON OCTOBER 06, 2018. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 06 OCTOBRE 2018 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO ABANDODECLARADOS NADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www.swsatlanta.com 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan 2C4RDGBG7DR628213 2008 Quality Boat Trailer 404QT117187386789 Wellcraft Bowrider Boat NO HIN 2011 Dodge Charger 2B3CL3CGXBH516266 Single Axle Trailer Frame NO VIN 2006 Cadillac CTS 1G6DP577760197404 2012 Ford Fusion 3FAHP0HA1CR391052 1981 Yamaha XJ650 JYA4H7001BA115847 1998 Chevrolet C2500 1GCGC24R2WZ137651 2009 Chevrolet HHR 3GNCA23B59S518492 2000 Toyota Corolla 2T1BR12E1YC289078 2012 Nissan Altima 1N4AL2AP1CC137489 2009 Kia Spectra KNAFE221695622029 2001 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1NE52J416161100 1998 Honda Accord 1HGCG564XWA050473 2003 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ND52J03M501585 1989 Coleman New Port Camper C0255589 2007 Toyota Corolla/Matrix/XR 2T1KR32E37C682509 2004 Ford Mustang 1FAFP40624F179765 *** REBUILT SALVAGE *** 2004 Nissan Murano JN8AZ08T64W205595 2006 Mercedes-Benz C230 WDBRF52H46A880014 2007 Honda Civic 2HGFG12807H576483 1998 Isuzu Trooper JACDJ58X3W7915050 2017 Zhejiang Riya Motorcycle co, LTD Renegade Moped LEHTCB019HR000734 1999 Acura 3.2 TL 19UUA5645XA039484 2008 Nissan Maxima 1N4BA41E18C822748 *** SALVAGE *** 2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2GCEC19V7Y1345009 2006 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WB58K469419001 2000 Chevrolet Express 1GCEG15W4Y1223748 2000 Infiniti QX4 JNRAR07Y6YW080290 1999 Ford F-150 1FTRX17LXXNA20746 2003 GMC Yukon 1GKEC13Z83J317041 2002 GMC Safari 1GTDM19X62B513434 1976 Moody Trailer 786028 Aristo Craft 19’ Boat ATL31676M75C 2003 Nissan Maxima JN1DA31A73T403941 2006 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WB55K169393929 2013 Utility Trailer 4YMUL0811DG001416 Pitts By JJ Smoker NO VIN 2002 Toyota Camry 4T1BE32K22U529094 1993 Ford F-150 1FTDF15YXPLB02886 2002 Toyota Celica JTDDR32T320141180 1999 Chevrolet S-10 1GCCS19W5X8130291 1998 Rockwood RLT19RDR Camper 4X4TRLU2XWD061724 2004 Mercedes-Benz CLK320 WDBTJ65J44F072450 *** SALVAGE *** 2000 Ford Expedition 1FMPU16L4YLB19685 2001 Dodge Durango 1B4HS28Z61F524096 2009 Kia Spectra KNAFE221295665931 2004 Toyota Camry 4T1BE32K04U838419 2007 GMC Sierra 1500 3GTEC14XX7G208581 1998 GMC Sierra 2500 1GTGC29R4WE512794 2007 Hyundai Elantra KMHDU46D47U199771 929-567918, 9/21,28,10/5

PROTECT OUR PLANET PUBLIC AUCTION Notice of Abandonment and Sale in accordance with O.C.G.A. 40-11 the following vehicles have been declared abandoned and will be sold at Public Action to the highest and best bidder for cash only. The auction will be held on OCTOBER 16, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., 3498 HWY 78, SNELLVILLE GA 30078, ; phone (770) 864-9040. Review 9:30 a.m.

2004 FORD FOCUS VIN:1FAHP38Z74W145161 929-568677, 9/28,10/5 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: Location: 505 BUFORD DR STE B. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 Month, Day, Year: 09/17/2018 Time: 10:00 PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 2002 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT VIN #: WVWRH63BX2P126604 929-568688, 9/28,10/5

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: Location: 920 CRIPPLE CREEK DR. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043 Month, Day, Year: 09/24/2018 Time: 3:45 PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 2014 BMW 328I/WBA3C1C50EK108094 929-568713, 9/28,10/5

ZONINGS City of Lilburn Commission Planning Hearing – Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 7:30 P.M. City Council Hearing – Monday, November 12, 2018 at 7:30 P.M. 340 Main Street Lilburn, Georgia 30047 (770) 921-2210 . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .

The Planning Commission and City Council give notice that public hearings on the dates, times, and at the location as noted above are scheduled to consider: NEW BUSINESS 1. RZ-2018-03. Application of Taylor Harris on behalf of H F Holdings. for a rezoning from CB, Commercial Business to R2, Residential, for use as a townhome development located at 242 & 280 Rockbridge Rd., District 6, Land Lots 136 & 137, Parcels 002 & 002A, containing 6.91± acres.

The above items are scheduled for the Public Hearings as noted. The applications, site plans, legal descriptions and other information are on file at the Lilburn Planning and Economic Development Department at 340 Main Street. Applications may be viewed by the public between the hours of 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

934-570147, 10/05 GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2018 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 The following Rezoning, Change-in-Conditions, Special Use Permit and other items of business, located within Unincorporated Gwinnett County, are scheduled for public hearings as stated above. Site plans, legal descriptions, and other information are available in the office of the Planning Division, 446 West Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

CIC2018-00011, Applicant: Ariston Group, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: Ariston Group, LLC, Tax Parcel No. R7177 047, Change in Conditions of Zoning for Property Zoned MU-R, 2600 Block of Mall of Georgia Boulevard and 3100 Block of Woodward Crossing Boulevard, 16.0 Acres. District 4/Heard RZM2018-00006, Applicant: Edge City Properties, Inc. c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: Richard Craig, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5084 001 & 524, R-75 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 1400 Block of Five Forks Trickum Road, 12.39 Acres. District 4/Heard ApRZR2017-00011, plicant: Home South Communities, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: John T. Lamb, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R7136 001, RA-200 to OSC; Single-Family Subdivision, 2400 Block of Sunny Hill Road and 2500 Block of Morgan Road, 86.15 Acres. District 4/Heard ApRZR2018-00020, plicant: Quyp Development Services, LLC c/o Alliance Engineering and Planning, Owners: Dwain N. Kilgore and Grace N. Kilgore c/o Alliance Engineering and Planning, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R2003 026 and 263, RA-200 to OSC; Single-Family Subdivision, 100 Block of Auburn Road and 3600 Block of Bailey Road, 56.58 Acres.

District 3/Hunter RZR2018-00016, Applicant: Smithton Homes LLC, Owner: Frances Thomas Carrol, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R5064 007 & 041, RA200 to R-75; Single-Family Subdivision, 1900 Block of Lenora Road, 4100 Block of Pate Road and 4200 Block of Gresham Road, 35.58 Acres.

District 3/Hunter RZR2018-00019, Applicant: Stone Manor Holdings, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owners: Stone Manor Holdings, LLC, Mary Imogene Fowler, JML Rev. Trust U/T/A and Timothy J. Boyle, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7182 009B, 033, 044, and 045, RA-200, R-75 MOD and C-2 to TND; Traditional Neighborhood Development (Buffer Reduction), 3100 Block of South Puckett Road and 3400 Block of Hamilton Mill Road, 27.84 Acres. District 4/Heard RZR2018-00017, Applicant: The Providence Group of Georgia, LLC, Owners: Myron & Linda Baynes, Baynes Family, LLC and Yuling Hayter, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7166 001, 043, 045 and 047, R-100 to TND; Traditional Neighborhood Development (Buffer Reduction), 3200 Block of Suwanee Creek Road, 49.73 Acres.

District 1/Brooks SUP2018-00047, Applicant: Kiaoco McGhee, Owner: Kiaoco McGhee, Tax Parcel No. R6015 121, Application for a Special Use Permit in a R-100 Zoning District for a Personal Care Home (Family), 3600 Block of Killarney Trail, 1.04 Acres. District 3/ Hunter RZC2018-00014, Applicant: Fuqua Acquisitions II, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: WB Holdings-Gwinnett, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7146 004 and 004B, C-2, O-I and RA-200 to MU-R; Regional Mixed-Use Development, 2900 Block of Buford Drive, 64.16 Acres. District 4

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ZONINGS 4/Heard SUP2018-00049, Applicant: Fuqua Acquisitions II, LLC c/o Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: WB Holdings-Gwinnett, LLC, Tax Parcel Nos. R7146 004 and 004B, Application for a Special Use Permit in a MU-R (Proposed) Zoning District for a Recreation and Entertainment Facility (Outdoor), 2900 Block of Buford Drive, 64.16 Acres. District 4/Heard AppliRZC2018-00015, cant: Forrest Mitchell, Owner: Forrest Mitchell, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R7370 014, R-100 to M-1; Self-Storage Facility (Boat and RV), 6700 Block of Pannell Road and 6700 Block of Pass Road, 11.06 Acres. District 1/ Brooks RZM2018-00015, Applicant: AAD Developments, LLC, Owner: Gwinnett Community Bank, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R7137 020, C-2 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 2900 Block of Morgan Road, 18.61 Acres.

District 4/Heard RZR2018-00026, Applicant: CKK Development, Owner: Charlotte Chaffin, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R5124 002, R-100 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 2800 Block of Rosebud Road, 8.06 Acres. District 3/ Hunter P&D BOC TBL 10-23 934-570124, 10/5

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4. furReal critters: Another interactive, animatronic pet. Kids can give them bottles, feed them treats and watch them interact.

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a look ahead Oct. 13 Lilburn Daze — The annual arts and crafts festival returns to Lilburn City Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, go to lilburndaze.org.

Oct. 13 Suwanee Jazz Fest — The event runs from 6 to 10 p.m. at Suwanee Town Center Park. Jazz artists will play throughout the event, which includes food trucks and other vendors.

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Oct. 13, 14 Repticon — The reptile and exotic animal returns to the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds. For more information, to http:// repticon.com/georgia/ atlanta.

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Bad to the Bone 2505 Old Norcross Road Lawrenceville, GA 30044 770-277-8766 badtotheboneatl.com

Bad to the Bone plates come with a choice of meat, Texas toast and a choice of two sides. (Staff Photos: Isabel Hughes)

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Owners: Willie Lopez, Tanisha Lopez, Dwayne Singy Open Since: Aug. 1 Hours: Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., and dinner from 5:30 to 10 p.m.

Monday through Saturday.

Closed Sundays, though open for private parties and events.

Location: In the Citgo gas station plaza, between the gas station’s convenience store and Lee’s Express Chinese Food Atmosphere: Though Bad to the Bone is only 700 square feet, it doesn’t feel cramped; in fact, the decor, which includes sheet roof corrugated metal on one wall, makes the restaurant feel more spacious than it is.

“This concept has been long-awaited,” owner Willie Lopez said. “I think I was thinking about this concept for about two years, and when I think of a concept, I try to jump into it — I go on websites, I travel to other restaurants — and I’ll look at what the barbecue concept is.

One thing, in my mind, that goes with barbecue is smoke and wood, so I wanted to give it that feel.”

With little room to work with, Lopez said he had to make certain decisions about how to lay out the space.

“This used to be a Chinese restaurant that was here about 16, 17 years,” Lopez said. “The people who grew up in this Chinese restaurant, when they come in here, I can’t tell you how many times they’ll open the door and they look inside and go, ‘Am I in the right place?’ because they can’t believe the 360-degree turn.”

Though Bad to the Bone

• Rib tip plate: Sixhour, hickory-smokes ribs, Texas toast and a choice of two sides — $9.99 • Brisket plate: Sixteen hour smoked brisket, Texas toast and a choice of two sides — $13.99 • Sweet potato souffle: Sweet potato, brown sugar, butter — Small $2.50 / Large $6.99 • Banana pudding: Bananas foster, egg custard made from scratch — $2.50

is located in a gas station plaza and wedged between the station’s convenience store and an express Chinese restaurant, the hole-in-the-wall joint is anything but bedraggled — something Lopez said was very intentional.

“One thing I’ll say is I’m going to present a product to the community, to the public, it has to stand from the minute you walk through that door,” he said. “If you walk in and you see something less than what you see now, you might think, ‘Well, is the food really that good?’

But I feel if I give you an experience from the time you open the door, the food will (reflect) that. I know we put a full effort into the food, but (the restaurant) has to show that.”

Menu: Despite having only been open since Aug. 1, Bad to the Bone’s food offerings have changed several times, Lopez said.

“The menu’s been revamped three times since opening,” he said, “and that’s just because we’ve wanted to hear from our customers. The first 30 days we were open in August, we considered it a soft opening where we turned on the open sign and let people come in and

Above, though Bad to the Bone is located in a gas station plaza and wedged between the station’s convenience store and an express Chinese restaurant, the hole-in-the-wall joint is anything but bedraggled.

Left, the hickorysmoked ribs are a favorite at Bad to the Bone.

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give us criticism — ‘You should have this, you should have that.’ People are prideful of their barbecue — we had people from Kansas City, people from Memphis, people from Texas, people from South Carolina who came in and said, ‘We’re going to test you. Are you the real deal.’

But these same people who voiced their opinions kind of helped us create what we have now.”

The restaurant’s offerings include barbecue meat classics — the pulled pork, brisket, chicken, ribs and wings — as well as expected sides — baked beans, mac ’n’ cheese, cole slaw, mashed potatoes and collard greens.

But it also includes less traditional dishes, such as a veggie burger, smoked

tuna melt sandwich, turkey legs, squash casserole, sweet potato souffle and cheesecake, as well as others.

“We’re heading into cooler weather, so for example, a Brunswick stew is getting added onto (the menu),” Lopez said.

“Everyone like soups and stews during the colder season.”

Co-owner Dwayne Singy said though few think of barbecue restaurants as having many vegetarian options, Bad to the Bone’s owners made the conscious effort to include non-meat menu items.

“People are straying off meat a lot now and are going to the vegetarian or even the pescatarian side,” Singy said. “We don’t really want to go to the pes-

catarian side because there might have been a health issue with keeping the seafood with the pork and (other meats), so we went to the vegetarian side.”

Though southern baked beans traditionally include some kind of meat — whether it be pork rind, bacon, ground beef or other item — Bad to the Bone’s are vegetarian, Lopez said.

“You don’t know how many times people ask us if we have meat in our baked beans,” he said. “We say no, and they love that.

We have a flattop grill, but we also have a little grill that sits on a stove on our regular skillet and we cook our vegetarian items there, so we separate them.

It kind of gives people a sense that we know what

we’re doing.”

That sense of barbecue knowledge is also furthered with Bad to the Bone’s barbecue sauces — of which they have more than 10, which range from “Kaboom Spicy,” or the hottest hot sauce the restaurant has, to a mango sauce, which is made with three full mangoes that are chopped up with spices added.

Lopez said he invites his customers to try them all.

Something You Might Not Know: Unlike most barbecue places — Lopez said he can’t think of any franchises that deliver — Bad to the Bone offers delivery in a 5-mile radius, which Lopez said accounts for about 50 percent of his business.

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Duluth to host Fall Art Walk October is the perfect time of year to stroll the streets of a beautiful city and take in the atmosphere generated by a vibrant arts community. Such an opportunity is available to everyone at Duluth’s 10th annual Fall Art Walk which happens from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 12.

Lara Sadowski and Ashley Lynch of the Duluth Fine Arts League are coordinators of Art Walk 2018.

Sadowski said, “Parsons Alley in downtown Duluth will be the focus of the event. Located on West Lawrenceville Street, this development has a wonderful courtyard where the event will take place.

Many restaurants are located there as well, such as Dreamland BBQ, Simply Done Donuts, Maple Street Biscuit Company, and Good Word Brewing and Public House.”

Approximately 15 artists will be on hand with their special creations.

“I love being around creative people and talking with them about their work,” Sadowski said.

“We are pleased to have several local Duluth artists demonstrating and displaying their work.”

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sors such events as the annual Fine Arts Scholarships for students entering college who plan to major in one of the fine arts.

The mission for the Art Walk is specific.

“Our overall mission for the event is to showcase the wonderful artists we have in our comHolley Calmes munity and to celebrate their work,” Sadowski Mayor Nancy Harris. The said. “We believe that the food trucks will also be arts bring communities back in downtown Duluth together, and we encourfor the evening. age everyone to come out “The Art Walk has and join us. The artists been going on in Duluth can show their work to for 10 years,” Sadowski the public. In turn, the said. “It was started by a public has an opportunity group of people who love to learn about the artists’ the arts. The Duluth Fine individual crafts and gain Art League continued this an appreciation for the arts great event, and it is com- as a whole. pletely free to attend.”

“I love to see the comThe Duluth Fine Arts munity gathering together, League is a nonprofit orenjoying great music, ganization that is governed eating delicious food, and by a volunteer board of interacting with the artists. directors and is committed Art, be it literary, performto encouraging individual ing, visual or music, fosand corporate participation ters community. Bottom in the performing, musiline, the Art Walk is fun, cal, literary and visual and we cannot wait to see arts. The group meets the everyone on Oct. 12” third Wednesday of each For more information, month at the Duluth Fesvisit /www.duluthfineartstival Center in downtown league.org/art-walk.html.

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Southern Perspectives: A Bicentennial Book Club Wednesday, October 17 • 2:00pm to 4:00pm Isaac Adair House • 15 South Clayton Street, Lawrenceville Free!

Join the conversation as we survey the South’s prominent authors and their short stories. Explore what makes Southern literature unique and celebrate our 200th year by delving into the culture of our region. The book club is in collaboration with the Gwinnett County Public Library. Learn more about the event at GwinnettPL.org.

Mother/Son Halloween Dance: Frankenstein & Gwinnett Turn 200 Saturday, October 20 • 7:00pm to 9:00pm George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center 55 Buford Highway, Suwanee Admission: $11 per person Celebrate Gwinnett and the 200th birthday of Mary Shelley’s famous novel Frankenstein at this annual mother and son Halloween dance! Superheroes, pirates, and other cute critters are invited to dress up and enjoy this spooktacular event. Play games, compete in a costume contest, and do the Monster Mash! Light refreshments will be provided. Register by Saturday, October 13 at GwinnettParks.com.

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They are guests and welcome and we love having them here.”

Over the past 15 years, there have been many experiences that come to mind with the Norcross festival, however, her favorite one is leading up to the opening Saturday.

“We get there at 4 a.m. when its dark and it’s just us and the volunteers. The excitement in the air that they are there and ready is just awesome,” Shube said.

“When it opens at 10 a.m. its just exciting to see the hard work that has been put in to showcase all this artwork.”

According to Shube, festival organizers have arranged for any heavy or large purchases that guests purchase and do not want to walk around with can be picked up at the intersection of Carlyle and South Peachtree streets.

While the art shows has an adult flair with the addition of the wine tasting, organizers have also included a kid zone in Thrasher Park. Inflatables, a rock wall, sand art and face painting will be available.

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The Norcross Art Splash festival is commemorating its 15th year with a special addition for patrons — a wine festival.

Splash Festival president Frances Shube calls the art show a whimsical event with a variety of art to complement a “Disney World-like” backdrop.

“Historic Norcross is so charming and the perfect backdrop for an art show,” Shube said. “We call it the Gem of Gwinnett.”

The two-day art festival will feature artists working in a variety of media, such as fiber, clay, glass, metal, wood and paintings. In addition, there will be folk art, culinary arts, soaps and lotions, photography and plants available.

The wine tasting tent will be located next to the artist market along South Peachtree and Thrasher streets.

“We just decided we would do something to celebrate and add the wine festival,” Shube said.

“We’re going to have more than 60 different wines from around the world at this.”

Tickets for the wine tasting cost $55 and all wines are available for purchase at local shops such as Farmhouse 17, VSOP Olive Oil and Vinegar Taproom and 45 South Cafe.

Shube said what separates this festival from others is the relationship it has with the artists that participate.

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The city of Norcross is bringing its First Friday concert series starting today.

The First Friday concert series is a seasonal indoor series taking place from October through May at Norcross Cultural Arts

and Community Center.

According to city officials, it is a complement to city’s summer concert series in Thrasher Park. sounds of jazz, rock, Motown and more on the first Friday of each month, from 7 to 9 p.m.

The Rainmen taking the stage open the concert series Friday playing ’60s and early ’70s music and drawing

their set list from artist such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Byrds, The Traveling Wilburys, Spirit, Dave Edmunds and Sir Douglas Quintet.

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Bio: The Duluth Beer and Wine festival takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. (Special Photo)

Tickets are $55 and includes admission to the event, more than 75 complimentary beer and wine samples and a souvenir tasting glass.

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The city of Duluth is bringing an abundance of craft beers and wine to its inaugural Duluth Beer and Wine Festival on Saturday.

“Duluth is all about bringing different types of events to the community,” city of Duluth Event Coordinator Madison Chucci said. “We are excited to bring a beer and wine fest to Duluth.”

Festivalgoers can enjoy live music by Electric Soul, local food trucks and games at the Duluth Town Green, located at 3142 Hill St. in Duluth.

Meet the chefs that will be participating at this year’s Good Taste Gwinnett on October 18 at Infinite Energy Forum

Caitlyn, Janice and Chanae are students in the Gwinnett Tech Culinary Arts Program in Lawrenceville who will lead the program’s participation at Good Taste Gwinnett. They are all on track to graduate in the Spring. Caitlyn is from Wrens, GA; Janice was raised in Alpharetta and Chanae currently living in Buford is from Tallahassee, FL.

What got you into the food Business: All three always had a passion for food.

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PASS/FAIL

Pass: Tiffany Haddish seems to be the “It Girl” right now. She is fun to watch, even if her own personality seems to creep up in each of her characters in some way (not unlike Melissa McCarthy).

While not every joke lands, there are a few that are hilarious and a running gag or two that still has me giggling.

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Fail: My guess is that this one was hurriedly edited to get to screen as fast as possible. There are many moments where the lips moving on screen do not match the audio we hear. It could be that some bad language was trimmed out to ensure a PG-13 rating, or perhaps some other reason, but that is no excuse for poor editing. Another minus for me was the poor acting of some of the ensemble actors.

Pass: Good acting all around; lots of LOL physical humor and witty dialogue; fairly good character development.

Fail: Uneven direction at times, leading to places where the movie dragged a lot; a contrived plot and storyline; otherwise, “Night School” is generally worth cutting class to go see.

Tim Weekley, Suwanee

★★★★ Pass: My favorite aspect of “Night School” is the dialogue. This movie is filled with memorable one-liners and what appears to be impressive improv that had me oftentimes in tears.

Fail: The least successful aspect is the backstory. The film tries too hard to set up a complicated backstory, and it feels unnecessary and takes away from the humor.

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Kevin Hart is the heart of the film, and his playful, selfdeprecating style works well for this role. He has good chemistry with Haddish that builds as the story unfolds. Apparently Mr. Hart was a writer of the film as well, so he gets bonus points for that. The actors who play the other night school attendees are uneven, but watch for Romany Malco in a funny, subdued part that he makes the most of, and Al Madrigal who has a funny recurring joke about studying to become a dental hygienist.

Most fans of Hart might find this one a little too squeaky clean compared to his usual fare. Those not knowing Haddish’s work will enjoy getting to experience her here. Teens will enjoy it, and I think adults looking for a harmless diversion might get a few laughs out of it.

You can probably wait to rent or stream this one. There are no great action sequences or reasons to rush to see it on the big screen.

“Night School” is not a bad movie, just one that seems to have been hurriedly assembled and rushed to the theaters.

Haddish and Hart make it worth viewing, but there are better modern comedies out there right now (the snarky mystery “A Simple Favor” is far more interesting).

I was surprised by the sweetness of the plot, especially towards the end, and that made it a bit more enjoyable.

Kevin Hart gets top billing for “Night School” as a fast-talking BBQ grill salesman who’s in over his head financially and is forced to go back to his old high school to get his GED. But Tiffany Haddish steals the film from under him as Teddy’s night school teacher. While Hart can be downright hilarious at times, especially when he gets to cut loose with his manic shtick, Haddish is more versatile as both an actress and comedienne and is a force to be reckoned with on the screen.

The supporting cast also does well, especially Teddy’s misfit classmates — for me, it was like watching the old TV show “Welcome Back Kotter” retold for modern times.

Adults under 40, particularly those who live ITP (Inside the Perimeter), will get the biggest kick out of “Night School” as it goodheartedly pokes fun at racial stereotypes, social media, the dynamics of romance, and the pitfalls of putting on a front to impress others.

Since “Night School” was filmed mostly around Atlanta, it’s fun to see a lot of local landmarks featured here and there.

“Night School” is mostly harmless fun and worth a matinee viewing. Otherwise, it plays out more like a good made-for-TV flick so you could wait for Netflix for this one to come around.

“Night School” spends a lot of time during the first 20 minutes setting up its premise, which resulted in a lot of dead time and just a chuckle here and there among the cinema audience sitting around me. It’s when the action begins that the film hits its stride and both lead actors get to strut their stuff. Director Malcolm D. Lee lets the film get away from him at times which detracts from what could have been a much better flick. That being said, “Night School” definitely gets an “E” for effort and a “B-” for execution, and at times will tickle your funny bone almost as well as that class clown you knew back in high school biology class.

Kevin Hart wins my nomination for best actor. He plays the role of the high school dropout trying to prove his worth very well, and his loud, sarcastic humor made the film for me.

Fans of the comedy genre will enjoy this film the most.

However, there are some enjoyable action scenes that those sorts of fans will enjoy too.

You can wait until this one comes out on Blu-Ray. The enjoyable dialogue and hilarious scenarios are really just as well enjoyed at home than at the theater.

This is a pretty good film. It does what it sets out to do, which is make its audience laugh and feel good through raucous humor and absurd scenarios.

However, it falls into a pitfall also seen in movies like “Uncle Drew” where it tries to mix a rambunctious theme with random, more deep and meaningful moments. For me, this did not always feel genuine and at times, felt too forced, like the movie wanted to be taken seriously but not at the same time.

Robi McGarvey, Lawrenceville

★★★★

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Chaotic ‘The Sisters Brothers’ a mess of a Western

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BY MICHAEL CLARK Movie Critic

Oftentimes during the opening credits of art house films, there will be multiple production companies listed, all who have contributed to the cause in making a movie no major (and most minor) studios would never fully fund. Close to three dozen such companies backed “The Sisters Brothers” and the clever credit graphics want to make it an issue; for what reason is unclear.

What is clear is that many people believed in this movie just a little but never too much.

This is a western which never establishes its mission, bouncing from one sub-genre to the next like a pinball during a frantic flipper attack. You want Coen Brothers quirky? Check. Looking for a dash of Sam Peckinpah ultraviolence? You got it. Perhaps a buddy flick in the vein of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” is more your style. You’ll also get that in dribs and drabs as well.

The only thing missing are battle scenes with Native Americans.

These are just a few of the many multiple paths chosen by French director and co-writer Jacques Audiard (based on the novel by Patrick DeWitt) on a slogging march to a wimpy, sellout finale only made tolerable along the way by two performances from actors not playing the title characters.

They would be Jake Gyllenhaal as Morris and Riz Ahmed as Warm who also starred opposite each other in the utterly twisted TV/media commentary “Night Crawler.” Morris (who may or may not be British) is working for a mystery employer looking to find a man on his way to Gold Rush-era California

Joaquin Phoenix, left, stars as Charlie Sisters and John C. Reilly stars as Eli Sisters in Jacques Audiard’s “The Sisters Brothers. (Special Photo: Magali Bragard/Annapurna Pictures)

with a formula which can make stumbling upon precious nuggets easier than finding sea shells on a beach. Their relationship is at times contentious, paranoid, hostile, violent, trustworthy and inseparable, and grows into something faux-inspirational when they start discussing political solutions to social engineering (don’t worry, it’s not nearly as heavy as it sounds, just long winded, preachy and delusional).

Morris’ mystery employer turns out to be “the Commodore” (Rutger Hauer), a guy seen only twice and never heard who, if the innuendo was understood correctly, controls all of the mid19th century U.S. (and perhaps elsewhere) organized crime. Also working for the Commodore as his preferred paid assassins are the Sisters brothers Charles (Joaquin Phoenix) and Eli (John C. Reilly). Buoyed by the belief in their own self-invented legend, the brothers are a collection of ticks, shortcomings and addictions who can escape any gun battle no matter what the odds without anything so much as a

graze or flesh wound.

The elder Eli has something of an inferiority complex and as we are to find out later, never really wanted to lead a life of crime. At once Charles’ lackey and his brother’s keeper, Eli also has a soft spot for animals and truly bizarre notions regarding interaction with the opposite sex.

An uncomfortable and icky scene shared by Eli and a saloon prostitute is particularly telling.

Charles on the other hand is a free-wheeling alcoholic, utterly at ease with the taking of life and a man with no long terms goals.

When Eli proposes they abandon their wicked ways and walk the straight and narrow, Charles laughs it off and discounts it as a complete impossibility.

Audiard and frequent co-writer collaborator Thomas Bidegain reach their narrative peak at about the 80-minute mark when the two pairs of men finally cross paths. Starting off on the wrong foot, the situation improves greatly after yet another far-fetched blazing gun and rifle victory leading to something akin

to four guys bonding with nature on a weekend hunting and fishing excursion.

It is not long after this portion of the narrative begins when the filmmakers drop their biggest and most blatant social commentary bomb — a parable about the fallout of dirty American greed, past and present. Lacking anything resembling nuance or finesse, this would have still been a great point to wrap it all up, yet the filmmakers wish to go in a radically different direction with an extended epilogue which borders on pure fantasy.

In a movie stockpiled with improbabilities, the last 15 minutes pushes the suspension of disbelief past the breaking point. In essence the storytellers proclaim that if every frontier, Wild West gunslinger’s career concluded like that of the Sisters brothers, breaking a multitude of laws would have little or no long lasting down side or consequence. Steal some, kill a lot and go home to a hot meal and a warm bed.

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Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for a review of “Venom,” the Marvel Comics anti-hero movie opening this week, starring Tom Hardy in the title role (under all that CGI).

COMING SOON TO OWN

• “Skyscraper” (Oct. 9): Dwayne Johnson stars as an FBI veteran and security expert whose Hong Kong inspection of the world’s tallest building coincides with a terrorist group’s invasion of the structure.

(PG-13) • “Hotel Transylvania 3” (Oct. 9): Dracula (voice of Adam Sandler) and company take a sea cruise that turns out to be quite eventful in this animated “threequel.” (PG) • “Elvis Presley: The Searcher” (Oct. 16): Shown on HBO, this documentary recalls the rise of one of the ultimate pop-culture icons in American history. (Not rated) • “The Americans: The Complete Final Season” (Oct. 23): Russian spies Elizabeth and Philip (Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys) put the coda on their espionage adventures posing as U.S. citizens. (Not rated) • “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Oct. 30): In its 50th-anniversary year, director Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic makes its debut in the Ultra HD format; Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood star. (G) • “Incredibles 2” (Nov. 6): Telecommunications guru Winston Deavor (Bob Odenkirk) enlists Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) to fight crime and make the public fall in love with superheroes once again. That leaves Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) with one of his greatest challenges ever — staying home and taking care of three rambunctious children. (PG) • “Star Trek: Discovery Season One” (Nov. 13): The latest edition of the sci-fi franchise will be new to those who haven’t watched it on CBS All Access; stars include Sonequa Martin-Green and Jason Isaacs. (Not rated)

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SHINING DEBUT Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star is Born’ borders on brilliant A Star Is Born (R) HHHH

By Michael Clark Movie Critic

Lady Gaga stars as Ally and Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine in “A Star is Born.”

(Special Photo: Warner Bros.)

Jack realizes the fight with his demons and addictions will probably never be won and his love for Ally and her talents becomes his paramount concern.

The film accepts this destiny, which is not to say it folds or gives up on the mission. Every character — major and minor — is called on to earn their respective keep, and all live up to the task. Sam Elliot as Jack’s frustrated manager is the finest example of this.

Among filmmaker Cooper’s many victories, which sometimes sacrifice those of Cooper the leading man, is in making Jack an extremely flawed character that is easy to find fault with but impossible not to care about or to love. You hold a bit of contempt for Jack because of his weaknesses yet are achingly moved by his sacrifices to make sure — as much as that is possible — Ally fully succeeds. Jack’s methods are far from conventional yet work perfectly given the relative dark tone of the story.

All four “A Star is Born” incarnations have been movies of their respective times, and each has equal amounts of fans and detractors; everyone has their own favorite take on a story almost as old as the hills. A successful, older man on his way down falls in love with and helps a younger woman on her way up. It’s a fantastic blueprint with wide narrative berth and plenty of room for creative expansion.

Cooper and his collaborators have taken considerable artistic license but not even close to too much.

It has been over 40 years and nearly two generations since the last remake, and there are more people alive who know nothing of this story than those who have and most of them will love this film, one which will now belong to the ages.

If you see the movie and make it to the last scene and don’t have gooseflesh forming on your arms, a lump in your throat, raised hair on the back of your neck and/or a tear or two running down your cheek, you might want to check to see if you still have a pulse.

(Warner Bros.)

Calendar of Events

October 2018

Asian Fusion

Explore exotic Asian blends in Chef Juan Turner’s special recipes. The demonstration’s recipes will be provided to attendees.

WINDER:

NGMC Barrow, Cafeteria 316 North Broad Street Tuesday, October 9; 6–7 p.m.

Eating for the Planet

Join us for a cooking demonstration focused on gut health.

GAINESVILLE:

NGMC Gainesville, South Tower Cafeteria 743 Spring Street Thursday, October 18; 5:30–6:30 p.m.

Joint Pain Seminar

Join us for a free discussion about the prevention and treatment of joint pain. NGMC’s expert physicians will answer questions about and debunk myths regarding surgical and non-surgical treatment options for joint pain.

GAINESVILLE:

NGMC Gainesville, Walters Auditorium 743 Spring Street Wednesday, October 10; 6–7:30 p.m.

BRASELTON:

NGMC Braselton, Education Center 1400 River Place Tuesday, October 23; 6–7:30 p.m.

Enjoy the Foods You Love Again!

Learn about treatment options for acid reflux at a FREE seminar presented by Dr. Casey Graybeal, an expert in the field of diagnosing and treating esophageal diseases. Light dinner provided.

GAINESVILLE:

NGMC Gainesville, Walters Auditorium 743 Spring Street Tuesday, October 16; 6 p.m.–7 p.m.

What is Cardiac Imaging?

Learn more about the cardiac imaging options available at NGMC Braselton. Focused on early detection and treatment of heart disease, we perform advanced non-invasive cardiac and vascular ultrasound imaging, cardiac MRI, nuclear SPECT and cardiac PET. Presented by The Heart Center’s Pavani Kolakalapudi, MD. Light dinner provided.

BRASELTON

NGMC BRASELTON, Education Center 1400 River Place Tuesday, October 30, 5:30–7 p.m.

Fresh Start Smoking Cessation

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As the John Huston character stated in “Chinatown,” if something sticks around long enough, it will earn respect. Huston’s character was referring to prostitutes and old buildings but he might as well have been talking about movies. Even mediocre films of a certain age gain, if not respectability, a guarded level of nostalgic reverence.

For his first feature film as a director, co-producer, co-composer, co-writer and leading man, Bradley Cooper has acknowledged, with all due respect, that he has dived into the deep end by remaking a film that first came out in 1937, then again in 1954 and most recently in 1976.

While all of those efforts had their high points (a talented editor could splice together a riveting, hourlong highlight documentary), none of them were great and only one — the 1954 version starring James Mason and Judy Garland — could really even qualify as “pretty good.”

Originally intended to be a Clint Eastwood production with Johnny Depp and Beyonce playing the leads, Cooper took over the reins in 2015 and spent the better part of the next three years putting it all together, and his passionate dedication shows. If this were an Eastwood, Spielberg or Scorsese movie, it would be considered very good. For someone who has never made a feature film before, Cooper’s slightly overlong effort often borders on brilliant.

Cooper’s masterstroke was in casting Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) as leading lady Ally, a struggling singer whose talent is coveted by record deal makers but whose “regular” looks are not.

Jackson “Jack” Maine (Cooper) meets Ally while she belts out Edith Piaf’s “La Vie En Rose” at a drag bar after one of his shows and from that point on they are “an item.” She’s leery, knows he drinks too much and is fully aware of the BS associated with rock stars and plays hard to get — but in a good way. Once Jack proves he’s really sincere, Ally is fully on board as his muse, lover and frequent collaborator.

An eclectic artist bringing a bunch of baggage to the project before uttering a single word of dialogue, Gaga is charged with the almost impossible task of making Ally believable as a down-on-her-luck type and, thanks to allowing herself to be stripped down to realistic eyebrows, mousy-brown hair and an fear of performing her own compositions, Gaga pulls it off and then some. Everything Gaga does in the film appears to be rooted in what used to be referred to as “The Method” approach to acting. Forget that theory; Gaga is probably just drawing on her own keen instincts and past experiences.

Once Jack and Ally make their connection, the narrative shifts into high gear and never looks back.

If you or someone you love is interested in breaking a smoking habit, we are here to help. Fresh Start is a 4-week long course taught

by a certified facilitator in a group setting that offers the support and encouragement many people need to quit smoking for good. Starting Thursday, October 11, 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., this course will be offered at the JA Walters Family YMCA in Gainesville. As a participant in this course, you will receive a FREE membership to the JA Walters Family YMCA for the length of the Fresh Start course. Free onsite childcare is also offered by the JA Walters Family YMCA to course participants.

GAINESVILLE:

JA Walters Family YMCA 2455 Howard Road Thursday, October 11; 6–7 p.m.

Alumni Support Group

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

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Road, #260 Tuesday, October 9; 5–6 p.m.

Bariatric Support Group

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

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Road, #260 Monday, October 8, 6–7 p.m.

Friday, October 12; 10–11 a.m.

Bariatrics 101

Interested in bariatric surgery?

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

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Rd, Suite 260 Wednesday, October 17; 8:30 a.m.

– 12 noon

Lung Cancer Support Group

You are not alone. We can help. Join the newly diagnosed, survivors and loved ones for a lung cancer support

group. Dinner provided. For more information, call Sandy at 770-8486235.

WINDER:

NGMC Barrow 316 N. Broad Street, Suite 380 Tuesday, October 16; 5:30 p.m.– 6:30 p.m.

Diabetes Support Group

Find informative topics on the most current diabetes care.

WINDER:

NGMC Barrow, #380 316 North Broad Street Monday, October 15; 6 p.m.–7 p.m.

Life After Stroke

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

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

GAINESVILLE:

NGMC Gainesville, Auxiliary Conference Room 743 Spring Street Thursday, October 11; 6–7 p.m.

Easy Breather Support Group

This support group is intended for past, present or potential Pulmonary Rehabilitation patients and their caregivers. Patients experiencing chronic lung disease (asthma, emphysema, COPD, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary fibrosis, etc.) would benefit most from this support group. We offer education, fun, and fellowship at each meeting.

Lunch provided. Please RSVP to Pulmonary Rehab at 770-848-7192.

GAINESVILLE:

675 White Sulphur Road Friday, October 19; 12–1:30 p.m.

Childbirth Classes

• Prepared Childbirth • Breastfeeding • Newborn Parenting • Labor and Delivery Tour For more information about Childbirth Education classes, visit nghs.com/ob-classes

Register today!

800-347-1416 nghs.com/events

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Amandla Stenberg plays Starr Carter in “The Hate U Give.”

(Special Photo: 20th Century Fox)

21st ANNUAL OCTOBER 10-13, 2018

‘Hate U Give’ a powerful viewing of racial injustice T H E 21 s t A N N UA L

MOTUL PETIT LE MANS

OCTOBER 10-13

For the past 20 years, Motul Petit Le Mans has been THE sporting event in the southeast to experience. With four days’ worth of on-track battles, culminating in the 10-hour IMSA WeatherTech Championship finale showdown on Saturday, October 13th, the action is nonstop. Once you add in the heated manufacturer and team rivalries, kid’s zone, vendors, food trucks, displays, car corrals, camping, Patrón bar, grid walk, autograph sessions and so much more, this event has it all, and at familyfriendly prices, too!

The Daytona Prototype internationals (DPi) debuted last year to much fanfare and acclaim, with a slew of new auto manufacturers and teams joining the ranks to put their machines to the ultimate test. This year, all three classes of competition will battle for the top spot on the podium and the overall seasonlong championship after 10 hours of grueling, wheel-to-wheel racing. The technology on board these race cars is jaw-dropping and seeing it in action is a thrill like no other.

The access for fans at Motul Petit Le Mans is unparalleled, as any ticketholder can step right up to their favorite team and driver for an autograph during the autograph session or can catch them at

any point during race week in the open paddock. The pre-race grid also opens on both Friday and Saturday for all fans to wish their favorite drivers good luck before they take the green flag.

The newly-paved Fan Zone is a great place to retreat to and grab a bite to eat, a cold drink or a souvenir to take home.

With interactive displays, entertainment and memorabilia also available to browse, the Fan Zone is just another reason why Motul Petit Le Mans offers something for everyone.

Families can also check out the Kid’s Zone out on Spectator Hill, which is one of the greatest vistas around the circuit. Parents can let their kids loose on inflatables and relax with the picturesque Road Atlanta esses framing one of the most well-known series of curves in all of racing. Best of all, children 12 and under enter the event for free with a paid adult.

The 21st Annual Motul Petit Le Mans truly offers something for everyone, from the die-hard IMSA fan to the casual spectator who just wants to have a good time with friends. The amount of things to see and do are endless, and the on-track action at Motul Petit Le Mans is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat!

WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES

The Hate U Give (PG-13) ★★★★

BY KRISTEN HANSEN kristen.hansen@ gwinnettdailypost.com

“If you don’t see my blackness, you don’t see me.”

— Starr, in “The Hate U Give” Poignant and moving, “The Hate U Give” is a must-see tear-jerker.

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter, played by Amanda Stenberg (“Hunger Games,” “The Darkest Minds”), walks a fine line between two very different worlds.

She acts differently in each — two completely different versions of herself. Starr lives in Garden Heights — a mostly black, depressed neighborhood — with her mother, Lisa (Regina Hall, “Girls Trip,” “Best Man”), her father, Maverick (Russell Hornsby, “Fences,” “Creed 2”), her half-brother Seven (Lamar Johnson, “Kings”) and younger brother, Sekani (TJ Wright).

For school, she is driven 40 minutes away to a mostly white, rich prep school — Williamson Prep School.

When at home, Starr speaks slang, enjoys hiphop and doesn’t want to be labeled as “acting white.”

At school, Starr is “Version

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GT LE MANS (GTLM):

The GT Le Mans (GTLM) cars are the most elite and fastest GT cars on the track.

They are based on production models and are engineered to extract the maximum performance possible. The class serves as a true proving ground for leading manufacturers such as BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, Ford, and Porsche.

The GT Daytona cars are enhanced technology. They are also based on production model cars but do not feature the same level of aerodynamics and power as the GTLM class cars. The GTD class consists FIA GT3-spec cars and is the only Pro-Am class in the WeatherTech Championship.

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2.0” who speaks no slang — even when her friends do — and doesn’t want to act too “’hood.” In Starr’s mind, these two versions don’t mix and should always be kept separate.

Her separation of the two gets tested when she is part of a tragic event.

One night, her and her childhood friend, Khalil, are pulled over by a police officer.

Khalil ultimately gets shot and killed during the traffic stop and Starr has a front row seat to all of it.

As the only witness, Starr must choose between remaining silent or speaking out about what she saw and testifying to a grand jury to help get the officer indicted.

“The Hate U Give” is a coming-of-age teen drama, but it isn’t a fair label. It is more than that. It delivers a powerful message for the times — times when tension between races, tensions between police and communities, tensions between those that have and those that have not seem to be ever mounting.

Starr is struggling to find her voice in an ocean of nay-sayers. Will she find the courage to take a stand?

The movie is based on the New York Times bestselling young adult book of the same name written by first-time author Angie

Thomas. Director George Tillman Jr. (“Soul Food,” “Men of Honor”) felt an immediate connection with the novel.

“I felt that the themes around the AfricanAmerican family dynamic, self-identity and being black were particularly strong and not something explored a lot in film,” he said. “I thought it was an opportunity to explore a fresh take on these issues from a young person’s perspective.”

Oftentimes, young adult novels turned into movies are overlooked and cast aside because of sparkly vampires. Studios rushed to snag any teen book and get it onto the big screen to ride the money wave, but what audiences got was a bunch of junk.

“The Hate U Give” should not be lumped in with those — it stands mountains above.

“It’s about more than just color,” Starr says. A lot of people will probably be turned off by the topic of racial injustice, but really, those are the very people that should see this movie.

It may make you uncomfortable, it may tug at your heart-strings, it may make you angry, it may do all three at once, but however it makes you feel, at least this movie has something to say.

(20th Century Fox)