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BOC OKs mysterious ‘Project Rocket’

BY CURT YEOMANS

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Gwinnett County commissioners Tuesday approved a mysterious large distribution center near Stone Mountain that is expected to generate as many as 1,800 jobs in south Gwinnett.

There has been speculation that the center will be an Amazon fulfillment cen-

ter, but county officials have stayed tight-lipped on which company is behind the facility and it has officially only been referred to as “Project Rocket.”

The distribution center would be four stories tall and have 2.5 million square feet of space on West Park Place Boulevard, but it has drawn pushback from nearby residents who are concerned about its affect on the area.

A height variance for the project was approved 4-1, with Commissioner Tommy Hunter, whose district the center would be located in, voting against it. Due to Hunter’s opposition, Commissioner Jace Brooks made the motion to approve a height variance.

“Obviously, Commissioner Hunter voted against this, so I kicked it off and made the motion mainly because I am very supportive

of economic development and am supportive of job growth here, so I felt it was important to move ahead,” Brooks said.

“And it was a building increase which enabled us to make some conditions address some of the neighbors concerns.”

A decision on the proposed facility — the land was already zoned for a Gwinnett County commissioners Tuesday OK’d the mysterious “Project Rocket” distribution center on the Gwin-

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Man given 30 years for baby’s death

McIntosh believed to be part of religious cult

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Kaitlyn Turner, left, 4-H program assistant, puts a party hat on the head of Ellie Mae, who celebrated her 8th birthday at the Gwinnett County Fair on Saturday. Ellie Mae was born at the fair in 2010. (Staff Photos: Isabel Hughes)

A suspected cult member who was accused of starving his 15-month-old daughter to death and who police previously said raped and impregnated another daughter will spend the next 30 years behind bars for the murder.

On Tuesday, 48-yearold Calvin McIntosh entered an Alford plea — a plea whereby a defendant does not admit to the crime and asserts Calvin innocence, though acMcIntosh cepts punishment for the crime — in Gwinnett County Superior Court Judge Melodie Snell Conner’s courtroom.

Conner sentenced McIntosh to life,

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GM Johnson and assistant Donkey, goats celebrate birthdays at county fair Massengill step down

BY ISABEL HUGHES

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Ellie Mae stood quietly in the back left corner of the Gwinnett County Fair’s 4-H Farm Friends barn, party hat resting on her right ear.

“She ate some of (her cupcake) and then got really mad about it,” said Kaitlyn Turner, 4-H program assistant. “I think it may have been that it wasn’t real cream cheese icing; it was fake cream cheese icing.”

Though Turner could have easily been talking about a fussy child, instead, she was speaking about one of the

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Farm Friends’ two miniature donkeys, one of whom celebrated her 8th birthday on Saturday.

While two goats also celebrated their 3rd birthdays the same day, Ellie Mae was the star of the show, largely because eight years before, she was born in the very spot she occupied Saturday — 4-H’s barn at the fair.

Last year at this time, the Gwinnett Stripers were in the middle of their search for a new team name and identity.

This year, the Atlanta Braves’ TripleA affiliate will be looking for new front office leadership.

The Daily Post has learned that Stripers vice president and general manager North Johnson and assistant general manager Shari Massengill have both resigned.

4-H Farm Friends donkey Ellie Mae celebrated her 8th birthday

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Bay Creek Police Precinct breaks ground

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County commissioners, Gwinnett County Police Department officers, construction workers and architects smiled as a cloud of dust blew over them at Bay Creek Park, seconds after officials threw shovels of dirt in the air.

Though on any other occasion attendees might have complained about the soot, Tuesday, the dust marked the official start of construction on the Bay Creek Police Precinct and alternate 911 center, a building that has been years in the making.

“We would have rather have done it in 2009, but with the economy and everything, we couldn’t,” Gwinnett Police Chief A.A. “Butch” Ayers said.

“We’ve been talking about

this precinct for a long time, and it’s super important that concrete steps are being taken and we actually have the project underway. We’re looking forward to it opening upon completion toward the end of next year.”

When finished, the precinct — which will be the county’s sixth — will take up approximately 12,500 square feet of space, while the alternate 911 center will cover approximately 6,200 square feet.

When it’s fully staffed, the precinct, which is located on Ozora Road, will have 65 officers who will serve a population of 140,000 residents who live in the Bay Creek area, which encompasses Grayson — one of the county’s seven cities, out of 16, that does not have its own police department.

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the fact that there are extra officers attached to this facility. This is another one of those notches in the belt as far as Gwinnett County is concerned; it demonstrates how seriously we take the safety of not only our residents and our businesses here, but also the people that are passing through.”

District 3 Commissioner Tommy Hunter said having an alternate 911 center is also key to public safety.

“One thing we’ve always tried to do in Gwinnett County when we’ve

been allowed the financial ability to do so is build redundancies into our systems,” he said. “We’ve done it with our wastewater system, we’ve done it in numerous other areas, and to do it in our public safety area is just good, common sense. It’s a good distance away from the other facility, away from a railroad, anything that might compromise it.”

The alternate center will have 20 dispatcher consoles that, when not in use, will be used for training, Hunter said.

In total, about $12 million has been allocated for the project, which is funded by special purpose local option sales tax dollars.

Officers are expected to be dispatched to 6,000 calls annually in the service area, though that number will likely grow as that area of the county does.

Still, the new precinct will certainly have an impact on the area, Ayers said.

“Basically, what you’ll end up with is more police coverage, which is important,” he said. “It’s been a long time coming.”

truck on Johnson Road at Daniel Lawrenceville street last Lane week. around Leonard Decouto 3:45 p.m. turned himself in to LawSept. 10 Leonard renceville police Monday when the Decouto night after receiving vehicle “some pressure” from veered from the road and his family members, acstruck Tran Hong, who cording to Lawrenceville was pronounced dead at Police Department Lt. the scene.

Jake Parker.

Decouto is accused of Parker said Decouto leaving the scene in the was driving a U-Haul damaged U-Haul before

police could arrive, and last week, Lawrenceville police asked for the public’s help in identifying the truck and driver.

Court records show that Decouto has several previous charges of driving under the influence, though police did not say whether they believe alcohol or drugs were factors in the Sept. 10 crash.

Decouto is being held without bond at the Gwinnett County Jail.

Bay Creek Police Precinct developers and construction workers broke ground on the Gwinnett County Police Department’s newest police precinct Tuesday afternoon. (Staff Photo: Isabel Hughes)

Highway 20/Loganville Highway is the dividing line between two different districts,” Ayers said. “This will kind of take half of each of those districts and make a new district, so I think it’s going to be a lot easier for the citizens here to interact with police. Every precinct has a community relations officer, they have precinct command staff, they have a community meeting room — overall, we’re excited about it.”

Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Charlotte Nash

said it’s not just the police department that’s excited about the new facility; other county government officials and, of course, residents have expressed their desire for such a precinct.

“This is one of the fastest-growing parts of Gwinnett County,” Nash said. “We know that we’re going to continue to see people be drawn to Gwinnett County, and we want to make sure that we have adequate public safety facilities. But the most important thing is not really the facility itself, but

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Woodall, Bourdeaux face off at 7th District forum

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In their first time going to head-to-head in the closely watched 7th Congressional District race Monday, U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., and Democratic nominee Carolyn Bourdeaux tangled time and again over money.

Of top concern was who is contributing to their campaigns.

“We need to get special money out of politics, period, and that is that,” Bourdeaux said. “Yes, I understand that people on both sides of the aisle play that game, but it is not the right thing for us. What this means is our congressman is funded by PACs. He is funded by lobbyists.

“He is not funded by you all, and I think he should be listening to you all and not PACs and special interests.”

Meanwhile, Woodall — who has himself received contributions from out-ofstate groups — pointed to

Above left, U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., answers a question during a candidate forum hosted by the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association on Monday night. Above right, Democratic 7th Congressional District candidate Carolyn Bourdeaux answers a question as her Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, left, looks on.

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out-of-state contributions to Bourdeaux’s campaign.

“That doesn’t make her corrupt; that doesn’t make her bad,” Woodall said. “It just makes California and New York incredibly interested in how we decide who (should be elected) this year.”

Woodall and Bourdeaux faced off in front of a standing room only crowd at a candidate forum hosted by the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association

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at Peachtree Corners City Hall. The event featured candidates in races for county commission, state legislative and congressional districts that represent the city.

The headline matchup, however, may have been Woodall and Bourdeaux.

The incumbent congressman and the Georgia State University professor are facing each other in a race that has drawn national attention.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added Bourdeaux to its Red to Blue Program, targeting the 7th Congressional District seat as one House Democrats feel they

have a shot at flipping this fall.

How vulnerable the seat is to flipping, however, depends on which candidate you ask.

“To suggest we’re having some kind of rebellion in the 7th District of Georgia is just nonsense,” Woodall said. “To suggest there are a lot of angry New Yorkers and Californians who want to see Georgians do different things, that’s absolutely true.”

But Bourdeaux said, “People are fed up. They are fed up because of health care. They are fed up with special interest money. They are fed up

with the traffic. They are fed up with a lot of the things that are happening in Washington, the rollback of environmental regulations, and there’s just a lot of energy out there.

“People are sick and tired of how we are doing business, and Donald Trump is kind of the cherry on top.”

Campaign funding wasn’t the only issue Bourdeaux and Woodall tangled over. They also clashed over issues such as funding for Pell Grants, Medicare and health care, and particularly support for, or opposition to, the Affordable Care Act. Bourdeaux questioned

Woodall about votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, claiming a repeal of the law would open the door for insurance companies to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.

“This is a life and death situation for many folks to lose coverage for pre-existing conditions,” Bourdeaux said. “I am confused. Don’t you care about these folks, or are you just too afraid to stand up to the leadership of the House and to the president?”

Woodall argued his votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act would not lead to people being denied coverage based on pre-existing conditions, at one point claiming “we’ll never return to pre-existing exclusions again.”

“What Carolyn would tell you is that if you vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which has destroyed the American health care system, and replace it with something like what Maine has done … that somehow means you’re either corrupt or you don’t care,” Woodall said.

“Don’t believe it. That’s politics at its worst, and from someone who’s never even gotten elected yet, that’s a rotten start.”

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Tumor of brain lining doesn’t equal extra risk DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a faithful reader of your column, but I don’t read many questions about brain tumors. I am 53 years old, diagnosed almost four years ago with multiple meningiomas.

I had an atypical meningioma removed, followed up with gamma knife. My question is whether I will be at a greater risk for Alzheimer’s disease or Parkinson’s disease because of these brain tumors.

— J.Z. ANSWER: A meningioma is a type of tumor of the lining of the brain. It is considered a brain tumor but is most commonly benign.

You had an atypical meningioma, which, though still benign, is closer to a rare (1 to 3 percent) malignant (cancerous) meningioma.

Meningiomas, even those that are malignant, rarely spread, but they are harder to completely eradicate.

Treatment for benign meningiomas is with surgery, usually preferred if the tumor is in a location where surgery is possible, or with radiation if surgery is difficult or impossible. Gamma knife is a precision type of radiation treatment. Atypical meningiomas often are treated with both surgery and follow-up radiation to reduce the risk of recurrence.

Because the tumors are on the outside of the brain, not brain tissue itself, the tumors and surgery should not increase your risk of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. However, a review of studies showed that many people with meningiomas do have some decrease in some areas of brain function before treatment. This may be due to pressure of the tumor on the brain.

Brain tissue is relatively resistant to radiation. Although high doses of radiation to the whole brain can cause memory issues (but still not Alzheimer’s disease), the smaller amount of radiation from gamma knife and the limited area of the brain affected make development of dementia (like Alzheimer’s) or Parkinson’s unlikely.

In the same large study on meningioma patients, treatment actually improved brain function.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Your recent column regarding probiotics was very interesting. While I would think that following the Mediterranean diet is excellent advice for folks like myself, with IBS, it isn’t a totally doable thing. Therefore, the questions asked by the writer are important: “Does the number of bacteria matter more than the types listed on the container? Does one take them daily, for a brief time period, or for extended time periods?”

— P.J.S. ANSWER: My column on healthy bacteria in the gut noted that a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, induces a change in the microbiome associated with better health outcomes. But P.J.S. is right that this diet isn’t right for everyone.

I do not recommend probiotics for everybody. In fact, for people with no gut symptoms, probiotics are unnecessary. However, they have been shown to be useful in some gastrointestinal conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1881, President James Garfield died from gunshot wounds sustained during an assassination attempt on July 2.

In 1957, the United States conducted its first entirely underground nuclear test, in a mountain tunnel in Nevada.

In 1995, The Washington Post published the Unabomber’s manifesto, in partnership with The New York Times.

In 2002, President George W. Bush requested that Congress authorize him to “use all means” to disarm and depose Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

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Tragic loss of child has family reeling Dear Amy: My daughter lost her baby to an illness a few months ago. He was an overall healthy child, and his illness and death have been a devastating shock. The entire family was devastated.

A month or so after this grandchild’s death, my son, who also has children, started hosting large parties at his home for family and friends. I told him I did not think this was appropriate because of the short amount of time that had passed since this loss in our family. He said he was doing it because his children wanted to have their school friends and others over to their house.

My daughter and I did not attend these gatherings. I am disappointed in my son. Am I wrong to feel this way?

— Still Grieving Dear Still Grieving: I am so sorry for your family’s loss. The death of a child conveys with it a grief in a category all its own — deep, wide, long and abiding.

It is completely understandable that you and your daughter would want to try to (as in the famous Auden poem), “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone…”

Auden’s famous funeral poem aptly describes the griever’s desire for ordinary life to freeze in

he is focused on his hurt that I didn’t talk to him for a day or two.

He seems to think that the relationship is fine as long as there is no conflict, but I know that there will always be conflict, and it’s important to deal with it. He doesn’t want to talk about Amy Dickinson the argument, except for how hurt he was. Is this place after a monumental doomed? loss.

— Fighting Mad Of course you and Dear Mad: Your your daughter don’t want relationship is doomed, to attend a party! Being unless you and your guy around other children learn to engage in some might be especially pain- healthy conflict. Conflict ful. But please underis challenging; it is natustand that you don’t get ral to run from it. You to force, nor should you both find ways to avoid it expect, others to stop the — you by limping away clock. and refusing to commuYour son has children. nicate, and he by focusThese kids should be ing on his hurt feelings, permitted — and even en- versus what events lead couraged — to run, jump, up to them. play and dive into their The way to a lasting, friendships. They should loving relationship leads also be encouraged to straight through the heart experience and express of conflict. When he their abundant love for hurts you, intentionally you and for their auntie. or unintentionally, you I hope that — when you should be brave enough are ready — you will let to say so, in the moment them fully in.

— or as soon after the Dear Amy: My moment has passed as boyfriend of six months you can collect yourself. is usually so sweet and Use “I” statements: kind, but sometimes a “I don’t like it that you joke will go too far or snapped at me. It hurts he will snarl at me for my feelings. I don’t know something. how to respond, because I will get very hurt, and I feel like you are yelling not talk to him for a few at me.” days. When I’m not so He then gets to explain sad and reach out to him himself. later, he doesn’t seem to The person who is at care much that MY feel- fault should acknowlings were hurt. Instead, edge the other person’s

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feelings, and sincerely apologize. And then that person should be forgiven.

Dear Amy: I’m a 15-year-old girl. Over the summer, I go to an all-girls sleep away camp in Northern Wisconsin.

Technology is not allowed there, and therefore we don’t get much connection to the outside world other than letters from friends and family.

This summer, my parents have mailed me your column on the daily for me to read and enjoy. My nightly ritual was to read two or three columns every night. My bunk mates and I would pass them from bunk to bunk for everyone to read. This often led to lively dialogue and debating our opinions on your answers or the subject. Thanks for keeping the conversations alive!

—B Dear B: This is one of the sweetest and most evocative “thank you” letters I’ve ever received.

I’m genuinely touched.

I’m grateful for your parents’ old-school values, and for the sweet and thoughtful girl they’ve raised.

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.

Being open about how you feel and what you want to see happen will make it that much easier to get what you want. Sharing will create a bond with the people you love and will bring about positive changes.

Romance is highlighted.

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22) — Discuss your intentions and feelings.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Personal gains can be made. The changes you indulge in should be geared toward relaxing, updating your look and improving your relationship with the people you care about most.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Get involved in something that excites you. Offering your assistance or collaborating with someone who can help you reach your goals will pay off. Partnerships are favored.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Take note of what others are doing to get a better idea of what you should do next. It’s how you react that will make a difference to the outcome of a situation.

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Protect yourself emotionally, financially or physically. If you choose to remain calm, you will find a way to handle uncertainty.

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CANCER (June 21July 22) — Don’t sit idle when you should be making moves and creating opportunities. Use your intelligence and charm to convince others to help you get what you want. Romance is featured.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Take better care of your health, property and possessions.

Simplicity and moderation will help prevent an argument with someone concerned about your generosity or indulgent habits.

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“Especially Ellie Mae — but now to some extent, the goats — they’re a big part of our family and the fair here,” Turner said. “This is (Ellie Mae’s) eighth year here and the goats’ third, and they’re all going to keep coming here and people know them. We feel like the community celebrates Ellie Mae in some ways.”

To celebrate with the community, Turner and the 4-H volunteers hosted a birthday party for the animals, which included cupcakes — though the goats refused to even smell them — party hats, Mardi Gras beads and a large birthday card signed by fairgoers.

While a silly event, Turner said because Ellie Mae is so well-known, a party seemed fitting.

“When you post a photo of this donkey online, people are like, ‘Oh my God, it’s Ellie Mae!’” she said. “She has some fans.”

As if on cue, one fairgoer turned to Turner, interjecting.

“Is this the one that’s here every single year?” the woman asked.

When Turner replied “Yes,” the woman said, “(My husband and I) weren’t sure, but we remembered hearing that she was (born here). Happy birthday, donkey!”

Laughing, Turner pointed to Chili Pepper, the other donkey in Ellie Mae’s pen. “(Ellie Mae) got smart and had her baby before the fair,” she said. “(Chili Pepper) is Ellie Mae’s first baby. She was born in May.” Donkeys, which can live 25 to 30 years in the wild and anywhere from 30 to 50 years in captivity, typically have a gestation period of 11 to 14 months.

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At top, Saturday, Gwinnett 4-H Farm Friends barn staff celebrated 8-year-old donkey Ellie Mae’s birthday at the Gwinnett County Fair. Ellie Mae was born at the fair in 2010. Above, two girls sign a birthday card for three 4-H Farm Friends animals, which celebrated their birthdays at the Gwinnett County Fair on Saturday. (Staff Photos: Isabel Hughes)

Usually, mothers give birth to one foal at a time, though, while extremely rare, twin foals do exist.

Ellie Mae’s mother, Rae Rae, was 10 when she gave birth.

Like Rae Rae, who no longer attends the fair, Ellie Mae is extremely goodnatured, Turner said — a trait she’s always carried with her.

Pam Bloch, Gwinnett County’s 4-H program agent, who also served in the position at the time Ellie Mae was born, called

her “the perfect baby we could have had,” the Daily Post reported at the time.

“That’s why we like to celebrate them,” Turner said. “We love them, and these are family members.

Ellie Mae recently became mine, but before that, she belonged to a friend of 4-H who let us use her every year at the fair. This party is a way to thank her honor, thank the donkey — this is the best-natured donkey I’ve ever had — and it’s just a fun community event to host.”

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Jesse Long and Mark Long unveil the sign that will be placed near the Indian Trail/I-85 Interchange on Tuesday honoring late GAC president, visionary and chancellor Jesse Long. (Staff Photo: Trevor McNaboe)

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to 150 students. He continued to be president of the Visit gwinnettdailypost.com school until 1998, and also for more photos. served as chancellor. AcFriends, family members cording to the school, it was and representatives from the effect the Longs have named a National School of Greater Atlanta Christian had on the GAC commuExcellence in 1989 under School gathered Tuesday to nity.

Long’s tenure as school honor the school’s founder “This sign will be a great president. and visionary, Jesse Long. addition to this intersecMarilyn Long, Jesse The intersection of Intion,” Cox said. “Jesse was Long’s widow, said she dian Trail Road in Norcross a great guy and his vision appreciated the gesture and Interstate 85 officially for this community has honoring her husband. became the Jesse C. Long propelled so many people “He loved the children Interchange following into lives of excellence.” of the school, Gwinnett a short presentation and The naming of the inter- County and just people resolution given by state change has a large meaning in general,” she said. “He representatives Brenda Lo- not only on the family, but would’ve thought this was pez, D-Norcross, and Clay also the school. Greater such as fun thing today, to Cox, R-Lilburn.

Atlanta Christian School’s have all these people gathCox, Lopez and Chuck campus is located just ered here together enjoying Efstration, R-Dacula, counder a mile from the inter- this. He would’ve liked that sponsored the bill to honor change and sits at the same more than the sign.” the Long family. location as it has since it In the four years since “In eight years, this if was founded 50 years ago. Long died at the age of 81, the first naming resolution “Gwinnett County was the school has continued that I have done,” Cox said. very rural and only had to grow. His biggest affect, “I’ve known Dr. Long for farmland but he had a however, might be on his a long time and admired vision,” GAC Chancelown family. him for all of my adult life. lor David Fincher said.

“You don’t really see the So when I told Rep. Lopez “Many people argue that greatness of a man as it’s about the impact (Long Indian Trail would not have going along,” said William has) had on her district, developed as it has without Long, Jesse’s brother. “He she didn’t hesitate in being a major institution being always said back when helpful and thought it was here. We were the first here they were trying to get the fitting to do it.” and we’re still here today school open that this was Cox said both of his because of (Long’s) vision.” ‘God’s school.’ He wasn’t children attended the school Long was named presijust a good man, but he was from kindergarten through dent at GAC in 1963, five a man of deep, deep faith. I 12th grade. During the years before the school never could’ve had a better time, he said, he has seen officially opened its doors big brother to follow.” trevor.mcnaboe @gwinnettdailypost.com

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Popeyes, Burger King franchisee to hold job fair

By Curt Yeomans

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

The franchise owner of more than 400 Burger Kings and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen locations around the country, including 20 in Gwinnett County, is holding a company-wide job fair today to seek 1,700 new employees.

GPS Hospitality will hold

the job fair at each of its restaurants from 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. The company is looking for managers and crew members. People hired for entry-level positions will receive training and be given flexible hours and opportunities for job growth, GPS officials said.

Employees hired for management-level positions are eligible for monetary bonuses and benefits.

All team members become eligible for accrued paid vacation time after their first full year of employment.

Anyone who is interested in applying for a position can do so at www.gpsjobfair2018.com or by visiting a store owned by GPS today.

A list of GPS-owned Burger King and Popeyes locations can be found at gpshospitality.com/locations.

Foggy Bottom Barbecue to open Lawrenceville location

By Curt Yeomans

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Foggy Bottom Barbecue employees check some of the meat from their new Lawrenceville location in this photo which was posted on Facebook page Monday. The photo accompanied the announcement that the restaurant will open at 11 a.m. Thursday. (Photo: Foggy Bottom Barbecue/Facebook)

testing and some seasoning of the shiny new smokers in downtown Lawrenceville.

Gearing up for the Grand Opening,” Foggy Bottom officials said in a Facebook post that featured two em-

ployees checking out some of the restaurant’s meat in front of an indoor grill.

Foggy Bottom said it will release additional details in the days leading up to the restaurant’s opening.

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Just in time for Lawrenceville’s Rock’n Ribville, a new place where barbecue lovers can get their fill of brisket, ribs, chicken and pork butt is opening on the town square.

Loganville-based Foggy Bottom Barbecue announced via Facebook on Monday night that it will open its second restaurant at 11 a.m. Thursday in the former Exhibit A(le) and Dizzy Gypsy building at the corner of Perry and Crogan streets. That is just two days before the city’s annual Rock’n Ribville barbecue festival and competition on the Lawrenceville Lawn.

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world&nation world German spy chief accused of far right sympathies is out of post

The head of Germany’s domestic spy agency has been removed after accusations of showing sympathy for the far-right party Alternative for Germany, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Tuesday.

The news was announced following crisis talks over the future of Hans-Georg Maassen between Chancellor Angela Merkel, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Socialist Democrats head Andrea Nahles, who are the leaders of the three parties in government. The issue has threatened to split a fragile coalition.

Maassen will leave the intelligence agency but take a new post in the Interior Ministry under Seehofer, Seibert said via Twitter. The solution is apparently designed to appease both Nahles, who called for Maassen to go, and Seehofer, a staunch defender of the spy chief and critic of Merkel’s immigration policies.

Syria accidentally attacks Russian military plane Syria antiaircraft fire downed a Russian military plane after an Israeli attack on Syrian positions, killing 15 people on board, Moscow said.

Russian state media said Syrian missiles shot the maritime patrol aircraft down amid an attack by Israeli jets in the Latakia region of northwest Syria.

Moscow blamed Israel for putting its aircraft in the line of fire and said it had only a minute’s notice of the strike.

“As a result of the irresponsible actions of the Israeli military, 15 Russian servicemen were killed, which is absolutely not in keeping with the spirit of Russian-Israeli partnership,” said Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, spokesperson for the Russian military, according to RIA-Novosti.

In a rare acknowledgment of its military activity in the region, Israel expressed “sorrow” for the loss of Russian life, but blamed the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Rivers, death toll rising in N.C.

By Holly Yan, Amanda Watts and Kaylee Hartung CNN

North Carolina can’t take any more flooding, but it’s going to have to anyway.

The Cape Fear River near Fayetteville has quadrupled in depth, and it’s only going to get worse — likely bringing more untold misery.

But there are glimmers of hope in the wake of Florence. Some North Carolina residents are now able to return home, hoping to reclaim their lives.

Four days ago, the Cape Fear River near Fayetteville was 15 feet deep. By Tuesday afternoon, it had topped 60 feet — and it still hasn’t crested.

Overflow from Cape Fear has already created a new river on what used to be Interstate 40 in Pender County.

“This isn’t a river … this is Interstate 40,” the state’s transportation department tweeted, along with drone footage of the scene. “This illustrates our message that travel in this area is impassable and unsafe.”

When it comes to flooding, no one cares that Florence has left the Carolinas.

Bloated rivers gushing downstream toward already flooded cities mean more homes are at risk.

“The next 48 hours are

Part of downtown Wilmington, N.C., is inundated by water from the swollen Cape Fear River. (CNN)

extremely critical,” said Brock Long, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

“We’ve got a long way to go. … Some rivers haven’t crested yet.”

On Tuesday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper reported a 26th death from Florence — and warned the danger will continue.

“I can’t stress enough: Never drive through floodwaters. Don’t drive around barricades,” Cooper said.

“Roads remain dangerous, and new road closings are still happening.”

More than 1,100 roads were closed across the state as of Tuesday, Cooper said,

and about 343,000 people were still without power.

For the first time since Florence ravaged North Carolina, residents in the island town of Wrightsville Beach were allowed to return homes Tuesday.

But it will be a while before life gets back to normal. A curfew will be in place from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., and access to the nearest big city on the mainland — Wilmington — is still greatly hampered.

“While the island itself did not sustain severe damage, at this time most roads leading to the Wilmington area are impassable due to flooding,” the town’s

nation Trump doesn’t think FBI should get involved in Kavanaugh claim

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he does not believe the FBI should delve any further into the decadesold sexual assault allegation leveled against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, claiming the FBI does not want to be involved.

“I don’t think the FBI really should be involved because they don’t want to be involved,” Trump said, though he then held open the possibility of the FBI involving itself in the matter. “If they wanted to be, I would certainly do that. But as you know, they say this is not really their thing.”

Trump’s comments came BMW will shutter as Senate Democrats ramped Mini factory for a up calls for the White House to direct the FBI to reopen month because Kavanaugh’s background of Brexit risks investigation before any First Jaguar, now Mini. hearings on the allegation of Brexit is already playing sexual assault leveled over havoc with the business of the weekend against the making cars in the United Supreme Court nominated Kingdom and striking fear judge can proceed. into global automakers.

The Senate Judiciary BMW said Tuesday that it Committee has invited both would close its Mini factory Kavanaugh and Christine in England for one month of Blasey Ford, his accuser, to maintenance immediately testify before the committee after Brexit because it can’t Monday. be sure of getting the parts it needs if the United Kingdom SeaWorld will leaves the European Union pay $5 million to without a trade deal.

“While we believe this settle fraud probe worst case scenario is an SeaWorld and its former unlikely outcome, we have CEO have agreed to pay to plan for it,” said BMW, more than $5 million to which employs 4,200 settle a federal probe into workers at its Mini plant in allegations of fraud at the Oxford.

Brexit will take effect marine animal park comMarch 29. The Mini shutpany. down will begin April 1.

SeaWorld was accused of — From wire reports misleading investors about

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he does not believe the FBI should delve any further into the decadesold sexual assault allegation leveled against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, claiming the FBI does not want to be involved. (CNN)

how much of an effect the documentary film “Blackfish” had on the company’s reputation and business, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday.

The 2013 documentary, which was produced by CNN, was heavily critical of the way SeaWorld treated the orcas it held in captivity.

The company has disputed certain points in the documentary.

A complaint filed by the SEC claims that SeaWorld and former CEO James Atchison weren’t initially forthcoming about how much the business struggled with the bad press it received after “Blackfish.”

China strikes back with tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods

tariffs.

The U.S. tariffs start at a rate of 10 percent, before rising to 25 percent at the end of the year. They come into effect Sept. 24, and will apply to thousands of Chinese products, ranging from food seasonings and baseball gloves to network routers and industrial machinery parts.

China’s new tariffs will be levied at rates of 5 percent or 10 percent, depending on the product, from the same date, China’s state council said.

Visa, MasterCard agree to settle swipe fee class action for $6.2B

Visa and MasterCard, along with some top U.S. banks, have agreed to pay as much as $6.2 billion in a China has fired back at the class action settlement with United States after President U.S. retailers over swipe Donald Trump ramped up fees. the trade war with his bigThe settlement ends a gest wave of tariffs yet.

13-year-old suit brought by The Chinese government the nation’s leading mersaid Tuesday that it would chants, which claimed that impose tariffs on U.S. goods Visa and MasterCard vioworth $60 billion following lated antitrust laws by fixing the Trump administration’s prices to benefit the banks. announcement that it was It’s the largest antitrust hitting $200 billion worth settlement ever. of Chinese goods with new The suit has been settled

website said.

In North Carolina, cities such as Wilmington and Lumberton braced for more flooding.

Wilmington was the epicenter of Florence’s destruction. Rainfall totals of 26.58 inches have submerged much of the city, effectively cutting it off from the rest of the state.

But by Tuesday morning, there was a bit of good news. Two roadways previously blocked are now passable, Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said.

Eastbound I-40 at Exit 73 and westbound U.S. Highway 421 at Exit 385 are now open. before, but the original settlement reached in 2012 was rejected by major merchants as unfair and overturned on appeal. Opponents of the earlier agreement argued it would have limited the retailers’ ability to bring future lawsuits and done little to end uncompetitive practices.

The amended settlement represents a $900 million increase over the previous one. The new settlement was disclosed in corporate filings

by Visa and MasterCard early Tuesday. It must still be approved by the court.

Test of FEMA presidential alert text is now Oct. 3 You’ll soon be getting a message on your phone from the president of the United States — whether you are a supporter or not.

It’s not a political message, but an emergency test message sent from President Donald Trump as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s system to warn the public in cases of national emergencies.

A majority of cellphone users will receive an alert Oct. 3 with the header “Presidential Alert” and the message, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System.

No action is needed.” The alert was initially scheduled to occur Sept. 20, but FEMA spokesman Mark Peterson tells CNN the test has been postponed, and Oct. 3 was the alternate date for the test.

WEA was technically launched in April 2012, but this will be the first time FEMA has tested the system on the presidential level in hopes to work out the kinks, the agency said in a press release this week.

— From wire reports

people Emmy Awards honor a mix of new shows and familiar favorites

There was something old, something new, something borrowed and a few losers blue at Monday’s Emmy Awards.

Television’s biggest night offered familiar faces, several wins by newcomers and even a marriage proposal.

Drama series “Game of Thrones” was back with a vengeance, winning the night’s top prize for outstanding drama series.

It was a good night to be a freshman, at least in the comedy categories as several early awards were won by new shows.

Henry Winkler and Bill Hader won for outstanding supporting actor and outstanding lead actor in a comedy series respectively for HBO new series “Barry.”

Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” earned an outstanding lead actress in a comedy series win for star Rachel Brosnahan and the outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series trophy for Alex Borstein.

Brosnahan used her acceptance speech to urge people to vote.

“One of the things I love most about this show is it’s about a woman who’s finding her voice anew,” she said.

“It’s something that’s happening all over the country right now. One of the ways you can (find your voice) is to vote. If you haven’t already registered, do it on your cellphone right now.”

The series also won outstanding comedy series and back-to-back trophies for Amy Sherman-Palladino, who took home wins for both outstanding writer and director for a comedy series.

“My panic room is going to be so pretty,” she joked.

Familiar favorite “Saturday Night Live” won for outstanding variety sketch series. With 82 nominations, show creator Lorne Michaels is the most-nominated individual in the history of the Emmys.

“In 1975 when we started, there were a lot of articles for most of that decade about how the networks wouldn’t be here much longer,” Michaels said. “And here we are, it’s 2018 and we’re the Emmys and we’re on NBC.” Matthew Rhys of “The Americans” won outstanding lead actor in a drama series, and Claire Foy won outstanding lead actress in a drama for “The Crown.”

With its whopping 112 nominations, there were lots of eyes on “The Crown’s” home, streaming giant Netflix.

Emmys co-host Michael Che got in a zinger talking about all the money Netflix has been spending on new projects and deals.

“Netflix is like that Instagram model who’s always in Dubai,” he said. “It’s like, ‘What do you really do?’”

But one of the biggest moments of the night was more about a ring than a statue.

Academy Awards director Glenn Weiss took the stage to accept the Emmy Award for his work and used the spotlight to propose to his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen.

For the record, Svendsen said yes.

— From wire reports

‘Adorbs,’ ‘hangry’ among new Merriam-Webster dictionary words

By Lauren Kent CNN

No need to study this month to increase your vocabulary.

Merriam-Webster added 840 new words to the dictionary — and chances are, you probably know many of them.

A bulk of the new entries are already widely used, but a few additions will horrify oldschool grammarians.

“Rando,” “adorbs” and “fav”

Must read are now sanctioned words.

Blended words such as “mocktail” or “hangry” (hungry and angry) have made it in their own right. But possibly the most outlandish is “TL;DR,” which is shorthand for “too long; didn’t read.”

“The addition of new words to a dictionary is a step in the continuous process of record-

ing our ever-expanding language,” said Merriam-Webster in a statement. “The dictionary’s job is to report that usage as it enters the general vocabulary.”

Many of the new words were driven by technological change — terms like “Instagramming,” “airplane mode” and “force quit” will sound familiar to most smartphone users.

Another common theme is food. According to Merriam-

Webster, food-related words account for the bulk of foreign words that are accepted into the English language. For example, the dictionary is adding “iftar,” which is the sunset meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, and “gochujang,” a type of Korean chili paste.

Food abbreviations are also abundant — “marg” for margarita, “guac” for guacamole and “avo” for avocado

won’t help much in Scrabble, but they will make it easier to write a grammatically correct grocery list.

The dictionary updates reflect societal changes and prevalent issues as well. “Selfharm” highlights the prevalence of mental health issues, and “Latinx” gives a gender neutral substitute for Latina or Latino.

TL;DR: You can thank Merriam-Webster for the vocabulary boost.

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see what DeKalb’s Planning Commission did with distribution center, but the the project before making a company behind the project decision on whether to apwants the building to be prove the height variance.

80 feet tall, nearly twice The DeKalb Planning the size allowed under Commission denied the zoning ordinances — was driveway request earlier postponed last month until this month, but the issue is DeKalb County’s Planning pending a final decision by Commission had a chance to DeKalb’s Board of Comreview the project. missioners.

The facility sits on the The estimated number of Gwinnett-DeKalb county jobs the project is expected line, and DeKalb’s permisto generate is based on the sion was needed for a truck number of parking spaces driveway. Last month, — 1,806 — that would be Hunter said he wanted to included in the develop-

ment.

It would also have 200 truck parking spaces and 65 loading dock doors on the west and south sides of the building.

The Development of Regional Impact information filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs shows the facility is expected to be finished around June 2020.

“That amount of jobs, 1,800 in that range, is, I think, phenomenal for the county,” Brooks said.

Residents who live near

the Project Rocket site on both sides of the county line and who also oppose it said they fear an increase in traffic that would come from the facility.

L’Cretia Walker, who lives in the Summertown subdivision, raised concerns about the development’s effect on wildlife, traffic and safety.

“We already have wild turkeys, deer, coyotes,” she said. “I’m (also) worried about the traffic, the pollution and how it’s going to affect our families, you know

North Johnson, general manager of the Gwinnett Stripers franchise, looks out on the field during a 2016 workout of the then-Gwinnett Braves at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville.

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ness strategies and in return, enhance our game experience and strengthen our ties in the community.

“On behalf of the Braves, I would like thank North and Shari for their contributions over the last several years and appreciate them helping in the transition.”

Johnson joined the organization as general manager of the then-Gwinnett Braves in 2010, the season after the club was moved by the Atlanta organization to Gwinnett from Richmond, Va. Prior to that, he was general manager of Atlanta’s Class A (advanced) affiliate

in Myrtle Beach, S.C., part of a career that has seen him as a minor league front office executive for 34 years.

A native of Rustburg, Va., Johnson has been named Executive of the Year for a particular league five times in his career — four times in the Class A Carolina League, including his next-to-last season in Myrtle Beach in 2008, and once in the California League.

Meanwhile, Massengill spent the past eight seasons in the Gwinnett front office as Johnson’s assistant, and spent the previous 13 seasons with the Cleveland

Indians’ Class A (advanced) affiliate in Kinston, N.C. As general manager in Kinston, she as named the Calvin Falwell Carolina League Executive of the Year, as well as the Rawlings Woman of the Year in 2007.

During Johnson’s tenure as general manager, the Braves/Stripers have had their share of success on the field.

Included in that success were six different second-place finishes in the International League’s South Division, as well as the 2016 South Division championship, and a berth in that year’s Governor’s Cup championship series, where they fell to eventual champion Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The team, however, has struggled at the gate since its inaugural season, finishing last or next to last in the IL seven times over the past nine seasons, including a league-low average of 3,062 fans per game this summer.

Overall, the franchise has averaged just 4,297 fans at the 10,427-seat Coolray Field since moving to Gwinnett in 2009, including 4,106 fans over the past nine seasons under Johnson.

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Betty Ruth Eberhardt (Stephens) EBERHARDT - Mrs. Betty Ruth Stephens Eberhardt, age 86 of Loganville, GA, formerly of Decatur, GA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 13, 2018, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Mrs. Eberhardt retired early from Southern Railway and afterwards worked as a secretary at Our Shepherd’s Church. Mrs. Eberhardt was a member of Belmont Baptist Church and later Christ Fellowship Church.

“Mama Betty” as she was called later on, was a holy spirit-filled Christian and had the gift of praying for others. She always had a smile on her face, with a sweet spirit and love in her heart. She was greatly loved by her family and those who knew her, and will be deeply missed. She enjoyed music and gardening, sewing, crocheting and a variety of arts and crafts. Mrs. Eberhardt was preceded in death by her husband, Bobby L. Eberhardt, her sister, Imogene McNeely of Riverdale, and her granddaughter, Angela Secrest. She is survived by her children: Debbie & Mike Shaw of Stockbridge; Darlene & Pat Partain of Oxford; Lewis & Jenny Eberhardt of Bold Springs; Steve Eberhardt of Atlanta; Sisters: Barbara Bray and Lynda Collins of Atlanta; Grandchildren: Danny & Tamae Partain of Marietta; Cathy & Rob Savage of McDonough; Wayne & Ashley Partain of Conyers; Ben & Jenny Eberhardt of Griffin; Great Grandchildren: Danielle

the peace of mind. You’ll have strangers coming in and out of your neighborhoods. All of that is affecting me and my family.”

Brooks said the developer will have to build a sound wall to reduce the level of noise that can be heard in nearby neighborhoods.

A condition of the approval of the height variance was that the developer must also comply with trafficrelated recommendations from the Development of Regional Impact review done by the Georgia Depart-

Stripers

•From Page 1A Reached by phone Monday evening, Johnson, who just completed his ninth season as the club’s GM, declined comment.

While the Braves’ organization had not made an official announcement to the general public or the media as of Monday evening, an email was sent out to Stripers season ticket holders Monday containing a statement from Atlanta executive vice president for minor league affiliates and strategic planning Chip Moore.

The statement reads in part, “As a valued member of our fan base, I wanted to share with you that after a review of the Gwinnett Stripers business, it was mutually agreed that the organization needed a new voice and vision, and both North Johnson and Shari Massengill have submitted their resignations.

“We are committed to our strategy to ensure the Stripers are a destination for a fun, value-driven entertainment option for all.”

“In the coming weeks we will identify new leadership who will innovate our busi-

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Secrest of McDonough; Connor & Chase Savage of McDonough; Scarlett Partain of Marietta; Eli, Tucker, & Jackson Eberhardt of Griffin; and Lily Christine Partain who is due in October. Several Nieces and Nephews also survive. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made in her memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, 41 Perimeter Center East, Suite 550, Atlanta, GA 30346. A Graveside Service will be held at 11:30 AM on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at Corinth Memorial Gardens in Loganville.

Chaplain Doris Durham will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10 - 11 AM on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at the Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052. 770-466-1544.

Please sign the online guest registry at www. stewartfh.comArrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Inc. Loganville, GA

Carmen “Emma” Gezik age 86 of Loganville, passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2018. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 in the Loganville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 1 hour prior to the service. Carmen is survived by her Husband: Andrew Gezik; Daughter: Mari Bishop; StepChildren: Andrew Gezik, Deanna Gray, Michael Sturlis; 7 Grandchildren; 5 Great Grandchildren; Father: Serafin Muniz; Mother: Virginia Montes

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which, in Georgia is 30 years, with the possibility of parole followed by 30 years probation.

The plea came during the second day of jury selection for McIntosh’s case, which was scheduled to go to trial after McIntosh’s March 2015 not guilty plea.

According to previous reports by the Daily Post, McIntosh and his daughter Najlaa McIntosh were arrested in 2014 after they took 15-month-old Tyanne Alcenti Sweeting to the hospital, who was pronounced dead on arrival.

The McIntoshes, who are believed to be members of the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors cult, an Islam-based group known for being a “sovereign” nation, were accused of starving the 15-month-old and her then-21-year-old mother, Iasia Sweeting, whose family said she was abducted four years prior to the arrest.

While the baby died, the elder Sweeting, who weighed just 59 pounds and couldn’t speak at the time, has since recovered.

Police began investigating after hospital staff alerted them to the fact that Tyanne Sweeting died from starvation, and when officers arrived at the Extended Stay America hotel on Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Peachtree Corners, where the McIntoshes were staying, they found three “severely malnourished” children, ages 5, 3 and 3.

Calvin McIntosh fathered two of the children with Najlaa McIntosh, police said, as well as two others with the elder Sweeting, one of them being the deceased.

Najlaa McIntosh’s case — the woman was also charged with murder — is still active, court records show. It is not yet known when her next court date will be.

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Company which was the oldest privately owned Joseph Landon construction supply busi“Joey” Morris, III ness in Georgia. He was Joey went to be with also a co-owner of DX2, his Lord and Savior on Geosyntex, Inc. Mr. Sutton Sunday, September 16, was a member of Bethel 2018. He was born in Bal- United Methodist Church, timore, MD on October 5, was an avid golfer and 1971 and later moved to possessed a great love of Georgia. his dogs and classic cars.

He is preceded in death Surviving are his wife by daughter, Kala Parham. of 53 years, Ruth Sutton, He leaves to cherish his Dawsonville; daughter and memory his wife, Candice son in law, Susan and Greg Michele Morris; sons, Pickren, Dawsonville; Buford Joseph Landon Morris IV sister, Nancy Richardson, and Canden Bly; daughter Gainesville; brothers and Anna Charles Hollis HOLLIS - Anna Charles Kacie Bly; parents, Joseph sister in law, Michael SutL. Jr. and Patricia Morris; ton, Decatur, AL, Richard Hollis, 6, of Buford, GA sister and brother-in-law, and Beam Sutton, Ceddied September 16, 2018.

Kim and Gary Hoopaugh; artown; and a number of A memorial service will be nephews, Zack and Cory other relatives. held Wednesday, SeptemHoopaugh and his beloved A celebration of his ber 19, 2018 at 5:00 p.m.

Cooper, Buddy and Andy. life will be held Sunday at Gwinnett Church, 300 A funeral service is September 23, 2018 at 3 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., scheduled at Wages & o’clock at Bethel United Sugar Hill, GA 30518 Sons Gwinnett Chapel, Methodist Church. Dr. Dawith Rev. Jeff Henderson 1031 Lawrenceville vid Sanders and Dr. Orin officiating. Anna Charles, Highway, Lawrenceville, Sampson will officiate. was a member of GwinGA 30046 on Thursday, In lieu of flowers donanett Church, was a first September 20, 2018 at tions may be made to the grader at Buford ElemenBethel United Methodist tary School, played tennis, 2:00 pm. The family will received friends WednesChurch Building Fund, was active in gymnastics, day, September 19, 2018 100 Lumpkin Campground and loved to dance and Road South, Dawsonville, sing. Preceded in death by from 4:00 to 8:00 pm.

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Bridge Road, Building Michael Scott McQuaig, 200, Suite 100, Roswell, Jr, she is survived by GA 30076. her parents, Benji and Condolences may be Lee Anna Hollis; sister, expressed at www.beardenEverlee Scott Hollis all funeralhome.com. of Buford, GA; maternal Bearden Funeral Home, Dawsonville, GA grandparents, Dr. Michael Dawsonville, GA. and Ann L. McQuaig of David B. “Dave” SutArrangements by Thomson, GA; paternal ton Bearden Funeral Home grandmother, Debbie and David B. “Dave” Sutton, Stuart Banks of Marietta, Buford, GA 81, of Dawsonville passed GA; aunt, Wendi Hollis away Sunday September Virginia Mae Welch Donehoo. In lieu of flowers, please make donations 16, 2018 following a pe(Wall) riod of declining health. to, https://touchdownsVirginia Mae Welch, age Born February 15, 1937 forchildrens.org/team-ac 90, originally from Harin Franklin, North CaroOnline condolences may risburg, PA passed away lina to the late Mont and be sent by visiting www.

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ment of Community Affairs and the Atlanta Regional Commission.

The opponents are now looking to DeKalb commissioners as their last hope to stop the project from going forward.

“All that we can hope for is that DeKalb County will not allow that entrance on Bermuda Road and it will hinder this to the degree that they won’t be able to build the project, or possibly make them scale it down,” Gwinnett resident Paul Najjar said.

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Carolina Panthers quarterback and Collins HIll grad Taylor Heinicke (6) runs with the ball against the Buffalo Bills during the fourth quarter of a Sept. 9 preseason game at New Era Field. (Photo: Rich Barnes-USA Today Sports)

Heinicke now on solid NFL Dacula’s Armah finds his ground as Newton’s backup niche in second NFL season

By Will Hammock

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ATLANTA — As Cam Newton lay on the turf Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Taylor Heinicke hurried to get ready.

The Carolina Panthers’ No. 2 quarterback and former Collins Hill star quickly got his helmet and started firing passes, expecting to enter early in the first quarter after Atlanta Falcons safety Damontae Kazee hammered a sliding Cam Newton in the helmet. The play resulted in Kazee’s ejection for unnecessary roughness and a 15-yard penalty for Panthers wide receiver Torrey Smith, who ran in and shoved Kazee after the play.

As the two NFL teams skirmished on the field, the coaches’ immediate goal was preparing Heinicke quickly.

ATLANTA — A little more than nine months ago, Alex Armah played his first football game inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

He was still a wide-eyed, Carolina Panthers rookie for the New Year’s Eve clash with the Atlanta Falcons. He did his usual work on special teams, but didn’t get a snap on offense.

When he returned to Atlanta for Sunday’s matchup with the Falcons, Armah Carolina Panthers running back and Dacula grad Alex did so as an improved Armah (40) stands on the sidelines in the game against player with a much bigger

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Getting to Know …

Scott Donnelly Atlanta United 2 head coach Scott Donnelly brought more than 15 years of coaching and player development experience to the Atlanta United franchise when he was hired ahead of Atlanta United 2’s inaugural season in the United Soccer League, the second-tier professional division that serves as a training ground for some MLS franchises.

Atlanta United 2 is entering the final stretch run of the season.

Atlanta United 2 stands at 5-14-8 overall with seven matches, all at Coolray Field, remaining in on the regular season slate.

In the first season, Atlanta United’s USL affiliate has fostered 16 players on MLS contracts at varying points in the season. Ten of those players have logged minutes with both the USL and MLS sides. Atlanta United 2 has also provided

By Will Hammock

“It’s only one play away (as a No. 2 quarterback) as you saw today with the targeting penalty,” Heinicke said after the Panthers’ 31-24 loss. “Luckily enough, it took awhile to figure things out and Cam could get right back in without missing a play. You’re only one play away so you’ve got to prepare like you’re going to play every game.”

Newton eventually got up and was helped to the medical tent, where he emerged quickly and was cleared to play.

He didn’t miss a snap because the brief brawl and multiple flags took a considerable amount of time to sort out.

On the sideline, Heinicke went through a process that may repeat itself this season, particularly given Newton’s propensity for running the football.

“Every time the offense comes on

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Texas lands state’s No. 1 2019 RB Brown of Buford From Staff Reports Georgia’s top uncommitted senior running back announced his college decision Sunday.

Buford’s Derrian Brown plans to play his college football for the Texas Longhorns, releasing his commitment after a weekend visit to Austin. He is the second senior recruit from Gwinnett County to choose Texas, joining Grayson cornerback Kenyatta Watson.

The 5-foot-10, 180-pounder said recently that Texas and Penn State were his top two choices.

He is ranked as a fourstar recruit by 247Sports, which has him as the No. 26 player in Georgia and the No. 15 running back prospect nationally. “(Assistant) Coach (Fyrone) Davis does such

Newton’s Dejuan Brown (2) watches Buford’s Derrian Brown (3) make a long run to the end zone to score during Friday’s game. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

a good job building complete backs,” Buford head coach John Ford said. “I really don’t think he has many weaknesses in terms of he’s good inside, he’s good outside, he can catch the ball, he’s great in pass protection, he knows the

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

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Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Mecole Hardman (4) returns a punt for a touchdown past Middle Tennessee punter and Buford graduate Matt Bonadies (99) during the first half Saturday at Sanford Stadium. (Photo: Dale Zanine-USA Today Sports)

Trip to Athens special for local MTSU players

By Michael Allen Staff Correspondent

ATHENS — For scores of kids who grow up playing football in the state of Georgia, the opportunity to play between the hedges at Sanford Stadium is a childhood dream.

Five Gwinnett County products had that dream become reality when they returned home to face the Georgia Bulldogs as members of the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders this past Saturday.

Defensive linemen Jahmal Jones and Jordan Ferguson (both former Norcross players), punter Matt Bonadies (Buford), center Josh Fannin (Mill Creek), and wide receiver Xavier Dupree (South Gwinnett) all played their prep games within driving distance of the sprawling Athens campus.

“This was a big deal” said Fannin, who started under center for the Blue Raiders. “I mean I grew up 40 minutes down the road and I went to a bunch of games as a kid with my dad, and honestly, I wanted to play here, so this was a really big deal that I got to come back and play against these guys.”

The redshirt junior from Hoschton recalls watching the games from the stands as a child when his dad told him he could play at the college level one day.

Although the experience would have been sweeter if MTSU came away with a win, the No. 3 Bulldogs had vastly different plans.

Georgia put the game out of reach quickly as they rolled to a 49-7 win Saturday afternoon. Still, they called the experience of playing at Sanford is one of the highlights of their football careers.

Jones, a redshirt senior defensive end, made his presence felt when he strip sacked Georgia QB Jake Fromm in the end zone to

Mill Creek grad Josh Fannin (72) stand on the Middle Tennessee sideline during the Blue Raiders’ game Saturday against Georgia in Athens. (Special photo)

force a fumble that the Bulldogs later recovered.

Despite growing up nearby, it was Jones’ first time inside Sanford Stadium.

“Today’s game was my special story since this is my first time ever being in this stadium, so this was a memorable moment for me,” he said.

Jones finished the game with four tackles.

Ferguson, also formerly a Norcross standout, heard his name called on the stadium speakers when he helped sack Fromm midway through the second quarter.

“It was a big moment,” Ferguson said of the sack.

“Any time you can come back to your hometown and make plays it’s big.”

Ferguson said his cellphone line was buzzing leading up to the game with ticket requests from family and friends.

“I had to take care of my family first, and then whoever fell in line after that I was able to take care of,” he said.

He said about 20 family members in all were in attendance in Athens to support him Saturday.

“It was special to play in front of my family since they didn’t have to travel for this game,” Jones said.

The Blue Raiders’ campus in Murfreesboro is roughly a four-hour drive from Athens.

Although the Gwinnett natives played well, they’ll be the first to admit having jitters before running out on the field in front of the announced crowd 92,746.

“I was nervous at first — you know what I’m saying — but it was an opportunity, an opportunity to play in front of the people I love, with my teammates, in my home state so I gave it everything I had,” Ferguson said.

Bonadies, a senior punter, had a busy afternoon booting six punts, including two punts that went over 50 yards.

For many Georgia natives on MTSU’s roster this was their first game back in their home state since they last suited up for their respective high school teams. The Blue Raiders hadn’t played a game in the state of Georgia since a 49-28 win over Georgia Tech on Sept. 29, 2013, in Atlanta.

The Blue Raiders will have plenty of time to reflect on their experience with a bye week coming up. MTSU hosts Florida Atlantic on Sept. 29 in Murfreesboro.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — All but a couple of the 16 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff contenders had to rally from “issues” in Sunday’s Playoff opener. There were spins, flat tires, pit road penalties, collisions and wall contact.

It was Las Vegas Motor Speedway after all — a 1.5-mile track to start the championship run in a city home to high-stakes and plenty of action.

Sometimes more action than the NASCAR’s best even anticipated.

Yet Kyle Busch — who spun through the infield grass late in the race — still managed to rally to a top-10 finish (seventh) and stay two points off the championship pace set by Martin Truex Jr. who finished third on Sunday. They were a couple of the fortunate ones.

“There was a lot of racing going on there at the end and the restarts were very, very hectic with three-wide and everything kind of happening off of Turn 2 and guys banging into one another,” Busch said, shaking his head.

“If you would have taken the finish from 20 (laps) to go, it would have been a heck of a lot different finish than it is now – there was a lot of racing and a lot of chaos happening the last few restarts. Good for us, a couple of those cars having trouble and getting pushed to the back and things happening the way they were obviously helped us and got us far-

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ther up front. If it wasn’t for those, we probably would have been 16th or so.

“We’ll take what we can get and hope for better days ahead.”

That seemed to be a common theme.

Brad Keselowski won his third-straight Monster Energy Series race, earning Team Penske it’s 500th overall victory. His was one of the relatively smooth outings and it helped move him into third place in the Playoff standings.

Kevin Harvick, a seven-race winner this season heading into Las Vegas, had a tire problem and ended up in the wall. Unable to avoid Harvick who crashed between Turns 1 and 2, Sunday’s polesitter and fellow Playoff driver Erik Jones ran into Harvick’s car. The drivers finishing 39th (Harvick) and 40th (Jones) in the 40-car field.

Throughout the race, one after another of the series’ championshipeligible drivers had a rough day on pit road.

Austin Dillon started the race from the back for an unapproved adjustment.

Alex Bowman who ran among the top-three early was dinged for a pit road violation near the race midpoint and then was caught up in a collision in the race’s waning laps.

Playoff driver Chase Elliott was an innocent victim caught up in Jamie McMurray’s accident on Lap 234 of the 272lap race. Denny Hamlin crashed out with about 20 laps remaining.

“We’ll try to rebound

next week,” Elliott said.

“I had a really good car today and just barely, just barely clipped him.

So many cars fell out, I feel like half the top-16 fell out. Just gotta finish I guess.”

And Jimmie Johnson, who had run among the top-five for much of the afternoon, had his car make contact with fellow contender Kurt Busch on a late restart, sending Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet into the wall. They both finished the race despite multiple trips to pit road - but were scored 21st and 22nd, respectively.

Kyle Larson finished runner-up to Keselowski but had to overcome a flat tire early in the race that put him down a lap.

Ryan Blaney hit the wall in tight racing with fellow Playoff driver Aric Almirola, although they rallied to finish fifth and sixth.

“Yeah, a lot of people had trouble,” said Blaney.

“We had our own troubles and luckily our damage didn’t affect us to the point of taking us out of contention. We fought for 400 miles and it was a good job by the No. 12 group today.”

And the hot temperatures — in the high 90s at the drop of the green flag — created a tougherthen-typical race physically as well.

Nine Playoff drivers qualified among the top10 and all 16 were among the top-18 on the grid.

But the unpredictable and action-packed race, left seven in the top-10 by the checkered flag. Eight playoff drivers finished 19th or worse.

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5 p.m. — Wesleyan at GAC Thursday

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4:30 p.m. — Central at Shiloh 4:45 p.m. — Hebron at Prince Ave. 5 p.m. — Berkmar at Meadowcreek 5 p.m. — Habersham Central at Dacula 5 p.m. — North at Duluth 5:30 p.m. — GAC at East Hall 5:30 p.m. — Winder-Barrow at Lanier 6 p.m. — Brookwood at Grayson 6 p.m. — Johnson at Buford 6 p.m. — Mountain View at Collins Hill 6 p.m. — Parkview at Norcross 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Mill Creek

VOLLEYBALL

5 p.m. — Berkmar, South at Peachtree Ridge 5 p.m. — Duluth, Rockdale Co. at Archer 5 p.m. — Grayson at South 5 p.m. — Hebron, Central at Collins Hill 5 p.m. — Mill Creek at South Forsyth 5 p.m. — North, Hillgrove at Alpharetta 5 p.m. — Parkview, Lakeside Academy at Lanier 5 p.m. — Tri Cities, Salem at Discovery 5:30 p.m. — St. Pius at Buford 6 p.m. — Mountain View, Chattahoochee at Lambert

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Sports Calendar ALL SPORTS Oct. 1: Local athletics and fine arts booster clubs will have two opportunities to attend a seminar on the essentials of booster club promotion on Sept. 17 at Meadowcreek High School and Oct. 1 at South Gwinnett High School. The event is free to attend.

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Nov. 3 at the Infinite Energy Center. The start and finish will be inside the Gladiators home rink. All proceeds benefit the Atlanta Gladiators Foundation.

Cost is $30 for the 5K and $15 for the 8 a.m. kids fun run. The race is the day between two games and all participants receive a free ticket offer to one of the two games. For more information, go to atlantagladiators.com.

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Tough-luck Truex credits Keselowski

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

LAS VEGAS — Martin Truex Jr. took the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship lead Sunday afternoon with a third-place finish in the Playoff opening South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota led the most laps (96) and out-pointed the two other most dominant regular season drivers — Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick to hold a two-point advantage on the 16-driver Cup Playoff field as it heads to Richmond (Va.) Raceway next weekend.

Penske Racing’s Brad Keselowski won his third consecutive Cup race and the legendary team’s

500th overall auto racing trophy, but Truex reminded everyone afterward that it was also Keselowski’s third consecutive victory without leading the most laps in a race.

So Truex — a fourtime winner this season — acknowledged feeling confident and optimistic even in his podium showing Sunday.

“Brad clearly found a horseshoe,’’ Truex said, allowing a slight smile.

“Three races in a row he’s won and he has not had the best car.

“Obviously, he hasn’t led the most laps in any of those races, and he showed up at the end with good pit stops and good shortrun speed. I think clearly it’s pretty obvious how it worked out. He’s hot right now. He’s on a streak.

That’s the way it goes.”

IN BRIEF Gwinnett trio signs contracts with AAF teams Three more products of Gwinnett high schools have signed with Alliance of American Football teams.

South Gwinnett’s Reggie Carter, North Gwinnett’s Donnie Miles and Buford’s Josh Cardiello have agreed to play in the new league, founded by TV and film producer Charlie Ebersol and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Polian. The AAF, which begins play in 2019, features eight teams of 52 players competing in a 10-week regular-season schedule that begins Feb. 19 and concludes with an April 26-28 championship game weekend.

Both Carter and Miles have signed with Alliance Atlanta — Carter played college football at Georgia and Miles at North Carolina. Cardiello, who played at Chattanooga, signed with Alliance Memphis.

They join Mill Creek grad Devozea Felton and Central Gwinnett grad Jonathan Massaquoi, who both signed with Alliance Birmingham.

Georgia Force earn another decisive victory The Georgia Force home-school football program rolled to a 49-21 home victory over Calvary Christian of Columbus this past Friday.

Jackson Lee rushed for 116 yards and a score on just eight carries for the Force (3-0), and Kyle Moseley threw for 147 yards and three scores, one each to Kole Reasoner, Seth McClure and Kent Moseley. Kyle Moseley also rushed for 56 yards on five carries and McClure had nine carries for 77 yards and another score.

Luke Cieply led the Force defense with 19 tackles (14 solos, two for losses). Cody Jordan had 10 tackles and recovered a fumble, Kent Moseley had a sack, Evan Clark and C.J. Parker had fumble recoveries and Will Combee caused a fumble and had six tackles (two for losses).

Kicker Christian Rivera made all seven of his extra points.

Grayson’s Cherono, Archer’s McCartney earn running honors Grayson’s Chris Cherono and Archer’s Sarah McCartney were named Gwinnett runners of the week by the county’s cross country coaches.

Cherono was runner-up in the Gwinnett County Cross Country Championships with a time of 16 minutes, 18 seconds. McCartney was third individually at the Gwinnett meet with a time of 19:55.

LSU rises to No. 6 in Top 25 poll LSU’s second big earlyseason victory has prompted the Tigers to rise to No. 6 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Sunday.

LSU moved up six spots after defeating SEC rival Auburn 22-21 on Saturday.

Earlier, the Tigers opened the season with a 33-17 victory over Miami.

LSU is one of four SEC teams in the top 10 and six in the Top 25.

Alabama remains atop the poll, while fellow SEC member Georgia is now No. 2 after leaping Clemson.

The Crimson Tide received 58 first-place votes. Clemson received the other three.

Auburn (No. 9), Mississippi State (14th) and Texas A&M (22nd) are the other SEC teams in the Top 25. The Aggies are a new entrant in the poll.

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New Pill Repairs Aged Cells All Over the Body Based on groundbreaking research from UC Davis, anti-aging pioneer creates the world’s first lifeextension pill that boosts the energy center of cells

By Ray Wilson Associated Health Press AHP − Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new compound that has the amazing ability to reverse the aging process in cells, extending lifespan and restoring health.

The compound was immediately formulated into an all-natural pill which adults and seniors, from all over the country, are now taking every day.

Sold under the brand name Ultra Accel II, the new oncedaily pill can significantly improve many of the ailments associated with aging including memory and recall, heart and lung function, poor immunity, and low energy levels.

According to the pill’s developers, it may also increase the average lifespan to 146 years old, shattering the current U.S. average of 78.

Research shows the pill works by triggering the growth of new mitochondria in the body’s most important organs, a phenomenon known as mitochondrial biogenesis.

Scientists long believed this was impossible to experience after a certain age. But the new research proves that it can now be achieved at any age with Ultra Accel II.

Energizes the Body’s Most Vital Organs Mitochondria are found in all cells (and there are trillions of them in your body), They produce the cellular energy required by your organs to function.

In the most energy-demanding organs, like the brain and heart, there can be as many as 2,000 mitochondria per cell. And according to a landslide of clinical data, the health of these mitochondria determines our level of health and how long we live.

When organs lack the cellular energy they require to work at a 100% efficiency, your health deteriorates and you age faster.

This is why mitochondria dysfunction are the root of many problems associated with growing older. Low energy, fatigue, muscle weakness, memory loss, poor immunity, skin aging, and blood sugar problems, are often the result of an energy crisis in your cells.

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“With daily use, Ultra Accel II helps users feel more energetic and vital. Many also notice significant improvements in brain, heart, and lung function too,” explains Dr. Al Sears, creator of the Ultra Accel II pill.

“And that’s because Ultra Accel II multiplies the number of youthful mitochondria in every cell of your body in every important organ and tissue.

The result is an enormous spike in cellular energy that literally reverses your biological clock. In laymen terms, you grow younger.”

The University Study That Started the Anti-Aging Movement Dr. Sears’ inspiration for Ultra Accel II came after reviewing the new study published by researchers at UC Davis. These researchers discovered that when mice were fed the natural compound called PQQ the number of mitochondria in their cells multiplied.

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“I was the first to try it. After the first dose I felt an immediate boost in energy. With daily use I noticed my endurance, memory, vision and even the appearance of my skin and hair improved. It was truly amazing.”

Science of Age Reversal Two key ingredients make up the Ultra Accel II softgel. The first is a patented form of PQQ called BioPQQ. The second is Ubiquinol, the most effective form of CoQ10.

Research shows that as we get older the number of mitochondria in our cells declines sharply. In fact, by age 67 nearly 80% of the mitochondria we had at 25 have died.

This dramatic decline can trigger many serious health problems including heart failure, memory loss and relentless fatigue. It can also cause the skin to look older and accelerate the overall aging process.

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Patients Hail Improvements in Health and a Deceleration in Aging The initial feedback from patients using Ultra Accel II has been strong.

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Viagra’s Sex Pill Monopoly Is Over Since 1993, three brands have dominated the men’s sexual performance market. Now there’s a fourth, Vesele. And the difference is amazing…

SAN DIEGO − A new sex pill is set to take the spotlight with the Viagra patent about to expire. Since it’s not a drug, it’s something very different, it won’t require a perscription and is priced just under a $1 a dose.

The new pill called Vesele is part of a new class of performance enhancers for men, which work on the body and mind, supporting firmer and harder erections Formulated with a special compound known as a blood flow boosters, Vesele can transport its active ingredients in higher levels into the blood stream, where it begins to work.

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there.”

Heinicke found his way the field, I throw four or to the NFL after a recordfive passes to keep myself breaking college career at loose,” Heinicke said. “So Old Dominion, where he in unfortunate situations had 14,959 passing yards, like that, I’m ready to go.” 132 touchdown passes and The job as Newton’s 22 TD runs. He won the primary backup has been Walter Payton Award as fun for Heinicke, who has national FCS player of the reunited with his former year as a sophomore, when coach from the Minnesota he threw for 5,076 yards Vikings — new offensive and 44 TDs, in addition to coordinator Norv Turner.

11 rushes for scores.

The 25-year-old brings a The eye-popping numfamiliarity with Turner’s bers didn’t get him drafted, schemes, as well as a in large part because of shared trait with Newton as his height, which also kept a mobile quarterback. college recruiters from He has the most stability offering him at Collins of his young career with Hill, where he set scores of a firm hold on the No. 2 Gwinnett passing marks. role, a welcomed position He earned a spot on Minfor a player who entered nesota’s roster for the 2015 the NFL as an undrafted season, then a non-football rookie free agent. It comes injury kept him from playon the heels of a 2017 ing in 2016. season that had its share of The Vikings waived him uncertainty. in September. 2017 with “This whole year’s kind an injury settlement. He of different,” the 6-foot-1, spent slightly more than 210-pounder said. “My two weeks last season on rookie year I was just trythe New England Patriots ing to make the team and practice squad, was cut and I was No. 3 (quarterback). then joined the Houston My second year I was hurt. Texans’ practice squad on Last year I was bouncing Nov. 29. around. This year they’ve On Dec. 15, he was had me at No. 2 from the signed to Houston’s active beginning. … It’s a lot roster. He was active for better this year. It’s having three games at the end of a job vs. not having a job. last season, completing It’s that. I feel good up the first (and still only) there in Carolina. I love regular-season pass of his the team. Obviously, it’s NFL career, a 10-yarder on Norv and Scott who I was Christmas Day. familiar with from MinneBut Houston had other sota, so it’s been a smooth plans and waived Heinicke transition since I’ve gotten back in April. Three days

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Armah

his second NFL carry on the Panthers’ opening drive role as Carolina’s startof the third quarter when ing fullback. The job isn’t they were backed up inside glamorous, but the Dacula their own 5-yard line. His product is loving every first NFL carry came in minute of it.

Week 1, a short run for It’s even more enjoyable his first NFL touchdown as the learning curve gets against the Dallas Cowless and less steep. boys.

“The biggest difference Through two games, is the game has slowed Armah has enjoyed his down for me a little bit more prominent role, with having that year of earned through a year of experience,” the 24-yearlearning and an offseason old said after Sunday’s of work.

31-24 loss. “I understand “I feel like it’s mostly more what’s going on. … mental (where I’ve imIt’s been really fun to just proved),” Armah said. “The get out there, execute my mental side of the game has assignment. It’s been fun increased tremendously. to play faster, being able to That helps me play faster. play faster. That’s when the I feel like that helps me be fun really happens.” more physical when I know On Sunday, Armah did exactly what I’m doing the usual special teams and I can get to the point work that he grew accusof attack quicker than my tomed to last season as a opponent.” rookie. He was on kickoff The growth offenand punt return teams, as sively is no surprise, given well as punt coverage.

Armah’s background. He The 6-foot-2, was a defensive end and 255-pounder’s work on linebacker at NCAA offense was largely as a Division II West Georgia, blocker, though he did get where he totaled 41 1/2

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later, he was signed by the Panthers, who had a believer on the coaching staff in Turner. Others in the organization got to see the quarterback’s skills firsthand as preparations for the 2018 season got going. “(Heinicke’s) a hell of a player,” said Carolina fullback Alex Armah, a Dacula grad who remembers Heinicke from his high school endeavors.

“One hell of a player.”

Heinicke showed that in the preseason, completing 24 of 36 passes (66.7 percent) for 323 yards and two touchdowns, along with one rushing TD. It was enough evidence for the Carolina coaches to waive Garrett Gilbert and rookie Kyle Allen in the final round of cuts.

Carolina now carries only two quarterbacks on the active roster, Newton and Heinicke, who do a basketball shot celebration after TDs when Newton returns to the sideline. The Panthers’ third quarterback, former Michigan State player Connor Cook, is on the practice squad.

“I thought I played well (in the preseason),” Heinicke said. “There were a lot of things I think I could have done better. But I thought I played well and I’m happy they thought enough of it to keep me as No. 2. I just go out there every day at practice these weeks and try to get better.”

tackles for losses and 17 1/2 sacks, but drew attention with his work at tight end near the conclusion of his college career.

He impressed enough in predraft workouts that the Panthers selected him in the sixth round. He was on the active roster from Sept.

19, 2017, when he was promoted from the practice squad, through the end of last season.

More responsibilities have come his way in Year 2.

“He’s doing everything he’s asked,” Carolina backup quarterback Taylor Heinicke said. “From what I’ve seen, he puts in the work and goes out there and does his best. That’s all you can ask for.”

The effort has paid off with playing time on offense, supplementing his special teams duties, a prerequisite for NFL fullbacks.

“It’s a work in progress still,” Armah said. “But whatever I’m asked to do, I try to get it done.”

Notes

of him.”

Grayson-Colquitt running back — he shared matching up again duties last season with One of the most intriguAnthony Grant (Florida ing games of the weekend State) and Christian Turner takes place at Grayson, (Michigan) — with 21 where the Rams host fellow rushes for 202 yards and traditional power Colquitt two touchdowns in a win County. over Newton. Fellow runThe two teams have split ning back Elijah Turner four meetings since 2010, delivered as well with 11 when Grayson and thenrushes for 149 yards and head coach Mickey Conn three scores. lost to Colquitt in the state Dacula’s Daniels semifinals. In a Final Four causes Central issues rematch the next season, An injury limited AdGrayson flipped the result dison Daniels early this for a 35-31 win on the way season, but the Dacula to the program’s first state senior noseguard broke out championship. in last Friday’s win over Colquitt then defeated Central Gwinnett.

Grayson 21-6 in the 2013 He spent much of his Corky Kell Classic, but the night in the Central backRams won the most recent field, racking up four tack- meeting in dominating les for losses, two sacks, fashion, 49-21 in the 2016 three quarterback hurries quarterfinals. and a fumble recovery.

Another big test “Addison’s a guy that’s a for Buford disruptor at nose,” Dacula Buford steps up in class head coach Clint Jenkins this week for what may said. “He’s a guy that has be its biggest test of the a really quick first step up season. there. He’s a guy that’s The Class AAAAA been banged up, had some Wolves travel to Archer shoulder issues. He came to face a AAAAAAA back this week. We knew program for the second he was a disruptor at nose. straight week. They rolled In our defense, that’s the past Newton last Friday kind of guy who can give 54-27, but this one figures teams absolute fits. He did to be tougher. his thing tonight. I’m proud State-ranked Archer is

on an impressive roll the past two weeks against a pair of traditionally strong AAAAAAA teams in Mill Creek and Norcross. They have outscored those two by a combined 79-0.

Buford also took on a AAAAAAA team last season, defeating Hillgrove 48-17 in the Corky Kell Classic.

The unbeaten a nd the winless Gwinnett’s rank of unbeaten teams took a huge hit early this season, thanks to difficult non-region schedules.

After five weeks of football, only Meadowcreek (4-0) and Parkview (3-0) have perfect records.

However, both were tested last week — Meadowcreek squeaked out a 21-17 win over Shiloh and Parkview won a crazy game at Tift County, 31-28.

On the opposite side of the spectrum, just two Gwinnett teams enter this week’s play without a win — Collins Hill (0-4) and Peachtree Ridge (0-4).

Peachtree Ridge gets a shot at win No. 1 Friday when it hosts Mountain View, while Collins Hill must wait until after Friday’s bye. The Eagles’ next game is Sept.

28 at home vs. Duluth.

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OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Who: Greater Atlanta Christian’s Jake Floyd Position: Wide receiver/defensive back Class: Senior Highlights: Caught seven passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns, added a rushing touchdown and made eight tackles on defense in a victory over Thomson Coach Tim Hardy’s take: “Jake is an outstanding two-way football player. He is a complete player who competes with great focus and toughness. Against Thomson, he led our team by scoring three touchdowns, two receiving and one rushing, and making eight tackles. He made plays all over the field. Jake is a tremendous teammate who makes everyone around him better. He is a great representative of GAC football.”

Who: Parkview’s Kobe Wilson Position: Linebacker Class: Junior Highlights: Had 13 tackles, a sack, forced two fumbles and recovered two fumbles, returning one for a touchdown, in a victory over Tift County Coach Eric Godfree’s take: “Kobe has become a great leader on our defense, leading with action, words and production.

He loves the game and his teammates. Kobe turned the game for us in the first with his strip sack for a TD and then he created another turnover on the next series that led to a field goal.”

OFFENSIVE HONOR ROLL Buford Derrian Brown, 21 rushes for 202 yards, 2 TDs Elijah Turner, 11 rushes for 149 yards, 3 TDs Xyre Wilson, 3 catches for 57 yards, TD Collins Hill DeAngelo Oliver, 15 rushes for 67 yards Nick Best, 66 passing yards, TD, 34 rushing yards Dacula Riley Adcock, 97 percent blocking grade, 4 pancake blocks Trenton Jones, 16 rushes for 150 yards, 2 TDs, 70-yard TD catch GAC Ty James, 9 catches for 167 yards, TD Josh Rose, 165 passing yards, 2 TDs, 72 rushing yards Jackson Hardy, 110 passing yards, TD Montae Bailey, 1 rushing TD Tyler Bride, 1 rushing TD, 5 tackles on defense Elijah Pryor, winning blocking grade Christopher Hinton, winning blocking grade, 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss on defense Grayson Josh Stinson, 5 catches for 42 yards Kenyon Jackson, 2 catches for 91 yards, 2 TDs Lanier Zach Charles, 9 rushes for 66 yards, 5 catches for 43 yards Jahkai Richardson, 3 catches for 25 yards, winning blocking grade Mason Ladd, winning blocking grade Mauriohn Underwood, winning blocking grade Norcross Hayes Sutton, 4 catches for 41 yards North Gwinnett Garrison Manor, 3 catches for 51 yards Parkview Malik Washington, 4 catches for 44 yards, 8 rushes for 30 yards, 2 TDs Cody Brown, 16 rushes for 86 yards, TD C.J. Daniels, 5 catches for 61 yards Nolan McCord, 5 of 5 kickoffs for touchbacks Wesleyan Andrew Lore, 5 rushes for 86 yards, 2 TDs

Newton’s Khalil Wilcox (8) makes a last-second tackle to Buford’s Elijah Turner (20) during Friday’s game.

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DEFENSIVE HONOR ROLL Archer Emmanuel Michel, 5 tackles (4 solos), 1 for loss, 1 sack, 1 blocked punt return for TD Andrew Booth, 5 tackles, 1 for loss, 2 pass breakups, 74-yard kickoff return TD Jalen Alexander, 4 tackles, 1 for loss, 2 pass breakups Colby Wooden, 6 tackles (5 solos), 3 for losses, 2 sacks, 1 QB hurry Amos Dahn, 10 tackles (8 solos), 1 QB hurry Buford Jackson Powell, 7 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 sack, 3 QB hurries Evan Dimaggio, 8 tackles, 2 for losses, 1 QB hurry, 1 fumble recovery Jamaal Singleton, 7 tackles, defensive score Jalar Holley, 4 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 sack, 1 QB hurry Collins Hill Tomari Fox, 8 tackles, 1 sack, 1 caused fumble, 1 fumble recovery Jared Bartlett, 9 tackles, 2 sacks Lamar Hardrick, 4 tackles, 1 sack Dacula Addison Daniels, four tackles for losses, two sacks, three QB hurries, 1 fumble recovery Noah Duba, 7 tackles, 3 QB hurries Zach Gerks, 39-yard punting average on 5 punts, made 46-yard FG, 3 kickoffs for touchbacks GAC Jeffrey Blake, 5 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 sack Choe Bryant-Strother, 5 tackles Joseph Rose, 5 tackles, 1 interception Grayson Kevin Harris, 4 tackles, 7 QB pressures, 1 sack Jeremiah Smith, 13 tackles (10 solos) Owen Pappoe, 10 tackles (7 solos), 1 pass breakup Tru Thompson, 5 tackles (4 solos), 1 for loss, 5 QB pressures Lanier Kevonte Polk, 3 tackles, 2 pass deflections, 71-yard blocked FG return for TD Isaiah Smith, 7 tackles, 1 caused fumble, 1 blocked FG Josh Townes, 9 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 QB hurry Kameron Brown, 12 tackles, 2 for losses, 1 QB hurry, 1 caused fumble, 1 pass deflection Norcross Christian Wright, 13 tackles, 2 for losses Tyler Moore, 9 tackles, 1 for loss Jaylin Carter, 8 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 pass breakup Randy Cochran, 3 tackles, 1 interception, 1 pass breakup North Gwinnett Bryson Scruggs, 5 tackles (4 solos), 3 for losses, 1 sack, 2 QB hurries Parkview Quincy Bryant, 12 tackles, 1 for loss, 2 pass breakups Derrick Brown, 9 tackles Charles Jordan, 3 tackles, 1 sack J.J. McGee, 4 tackles, 2 for losses Cameron Orr, 5 punts for 44.4 average, long of 61 Peachtree Ridge Dominic Jones, 7 tackles Amari Davis, 4 tackles, 1/2 sack A.J. Murdock, 7 tackles Providence Jordan Van den Berg, 7 tackles, 1 sack Zach Douglas, 8 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception South Gwinnett Kobe Hylton, 9 tackles, 2 for losses, 1 interception, 1 pass breakup Lex Stocker, 9 tackles, 1 for loss, 1/2 sack Wesleyan Tanner Bivins, 6 tackles, 1 for loss, 1 fumble recovery Harrison Larner, 2 punts downed inside 5-yard line, 7 kickoffs for touchbacks

GWINNETT FOOTBALL LEAGUE ATHLETES OF THE WEEK The Gwinnett Football League’s players and cheerleaders of the week (athletes were selected by his or her coach): FOOTBALL Archer 11-year-old: Malik Gassant Brookwood 6- and 7-year-old AL North: Samuel Lucy 10-year-old AL South: Ashton DeFreitas Buford 6- and 7-year-old NL North: Carter Hummell 6- and 7-year-old: Emory Seagraves 9-year-old NL South: Hunter Knox 9-year-old NL North: Lawson Gaspard 10-year-old NL North: Cameron Wood 11-year-old NL South: Ethan Campbell 12-year-old NL South: Wyles McCammon Eighth grade: Christian Butler Collins Hill 8-year-old NL North: Defense 11-year-old: Christopher Garland Dacula 9-year-old NL North: Jeremiah Marshall 11-year-old NL South: Hector Davies Duluth 6- and 7-year-old: Ahmad Austin 8-year-old: Lunden Hayes 9-year-old: Joseph Hawkins 10-year-old: Ayden Lockett 11-year-old: Landon Williams 12-year-old: Everett Boyd Eighth grade: Jervanti Cook Grayson 6- and 7-year-old AL North: Jovanni Watts

Lanier 6- and 7-year-old: Hugo Silver 8-year-old: Christopher Paige 10-year-old: Sean Chadwick 11-year-old: Tojuan Peyton Jr. 12-year-old: Chase Jameson Eighth grade: Gibson Rietig Lawrenceville 7-year-old: Jordan Nagbe 8-year-old: Ty Burrell 9-year-old: Ryinn Fox 10-year-old: Aiden Weaver 11-year-old: Brian Hosch 12-year-old: Xavier Townsend Mill Creek 8-year-old NL North: Cru Chonko Mountain View 12-year-old: Kavon Mullins Norcross 6- and 7-year-old NL South: Jack DeLeone 8-year-old NL North: Duece Johnson 9-year-old NL South: Defense 10-year-old NL North: Donte Burnett 11-year-old NL South: Kamrin Brannon 12-year-old NL South: Amon Hatcher Eighth grade NL North: Devin Hunter North Gwinnett 8-year-old AL South: Anthony Lewis 9-yre-old: Harrison Johansen 12-year-old: Johnny Lofton Eighth grade: Ethan Washington Parkview 7-year-old: Xavier Moore 11-year-old: Justin Baker 12-year-old: Terrance Curtis Peachtree Ridge 6- and 7-year-old AL South: Landon Welch 8-year-old NL South: Jamel

Davis 9-year-old NL North: Langston Abernathy 10-year-old NL North: Demarcus Rogers Jr. 11-year-old NL South: Mike Bonelli 11-year-old NL North: Rashad Johnson 12-year-old NL South: Evan Leka Eighth grade NL South: Jordan Ghant CHEERLEADING Archer First/second grade: Aliyah Charlotin Third grade: Lily Friend Sixth grade: Elyse Hairston Eighth grade: Kaitlyn Hamlette Brookwood Fifth grade: Brooklynn Abercrombie Buford Third grade: Sami Buffo Fourth grade: Kennedy Morgan Fourth grade: Ansleigh Rose Seventh grade: Sophia Quintero Seventh grade: Savannah Smith Eighth grade: Shelby Gowen Dacula Seventh grade: Abby Hedges Duluth Second grade: Emilie Martinez Third grade: Sarah Oliver Fourth grade: Jazzlyn Robles Fifth grade: LaNiyah McDowell Sixth grade: Bianca Naranja Seventh grade: Makiya Smith Eighth grade: Laila Moore Grayson First/second grade: Rileigh Maines Seventh grade: Nevaeh Mann

Lanier First/second grade: Karlie Ruppe Third grade: Sarah Rush Fifth grade: Lucy Reyes Sixth grade: Abby Ledford Seventh grade: Brentley Miller Eighth grade: Grace Blake Lawrenceville First/second grade: Natalee Vallejo Third grade: Jessie Hollins Fourth grade: Azaria McAllister Fifth grade: Quintazia Godbolt Seventh grade: Desire Olonade Eighth grade: Erial Lester Mountain View Third grade: Ava Graham Fourth grade: Adriana Maduro Fifth grade: Lily Harkness Sixth grade: Tarren Allen Seventh grade: Emily Forrester Eighth grade: Lauryn McAfoos Norcross Fourth grade: Symaya Pressley Sixth grade: Alica Brown Seventh grade: Navaeh Pannell Eighth grade: Cameron Jackson North Gwinnett Fifth grade: Dylan Ruff Parkview Sixth grade: Aubry Conner Peachtree Ridge First/second grade: Khamani Hickman Third grade: Bria Tatum Fourth grade: McKenna Butera Fifth grade: Brooke Luster Sixth grade: Arianna Magbagbeola Seventh grade: Cortney Tyler Eighth grade: Hayvn Frazier

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REGION FOOTBALL STANDINGS Region 8-AAAAAAA School Region Overall This week Archer 0-0 3-1 Buford Grayson 0-0 3-1 Colquitt County Newton 0-0 2-2 Westlake Rockdale 0-0 1-3 Dacula Shiloh 0-0 1-3 at Lithonia South Gwinnett 0-0 1-3 Heritage Region 7-AAAAAAA School Region Overall This week Meadowcreek 0-0 4-0 at Lakeside Parkview 0-0 3-0 Milton Brookwood 0-0 3-1 Berkmar Berkmar 0-0 2-2 at Brookwood Central Gwinnett 0-0 1-3 at Norcross Lakeside 0-0 1-3 Meadowcreek Norcross 0-0 1-3 Central Gwinnett Region 6-AAAAAAA School Region Overall This week Mountain View 0-0 3-1 at Peachtree Ridge Duluth 0-0 2-2 Mill Creek Mill Creek 0-0 2-2 a t Duluth North Gwinnett 0-0 2-2 Discovery Discovery 0-0 1-3 at North Gwinnett Collins Hill 0-0 0-4 Bye Peachtree Ridge 0-0 0-4 Mountain View Region 8-AAAAAA School Region Overall This week Habersham 0-0 3-2 Bye Dacula 0-0 2-2 at Rockdale Lanier 0-0 2-2 at Lambert Winder-Barrow 0-0 2-2 Oconee County Apalachee 0-0 2-3 Bye Gainesville 0-0 0-4 Flowery Branch Region 8-AAAAA School Region Overall This week Johnson 0-0 4-1 Bye Buford 0-0 3-1 at Archer Cedar Shoals 0-0 3-1 at Stephens Co. Clarke Central 0-0 3-2 Bye Loganville 0-0 2-2 St. Pius Walnut Grove 0-0 1-3 North Oconee Region 7-AAA School Region Overall This week Dawson County 0-0 4-0 Lumpkin County North Hall 0-0 4-0 at Cherokee Bluff GAC 0-0 2-2 East Hall Lumpkin County 0-0 2-2 at Dawson County East Hall 0-0 1-3 at GAC Fannin County 0-0 1-3 Bye Cherokee Bluff 0-0 0-4 North Hall Region 8-A Division A School Region Overall This week Prince Avenue 1-0 4-0 at Riverside George Walton 0-0 4-0 at Lakeview Athens Academy 0-0 3-0 at Towns County Athens Christian 0-0 2-2 at Hebron Providence 0-1 2-2 Bye Division B School Region Overall This week Commerce 0-0 4-0 at Madison County Towns County 0-0 2-2 Athens Academy Hebron 0-0 1-2 Athens Christian Riverside Military 0-0 1-2 Prince Avenue Lakeview 0-0 0-3 George Walton Region 5-A School Region Overall This week ELCA 1-0 3-1 Trinity Christian Mount Vernon 1-0 3-1 at Landmark Strong Rock 1-0 2-2 Our Lady of Mercy Wesleyan 1-0 1-3 at Holy Innocents’ Trinity Christian 0-1 3-1 at ELCA Holy Innocents’ 0-1 2-2 Wesleyan Landmark 0-1 1-3 Mount Vernon Our Lady of Mercy 0-1 0-4 at Strong Rock This week’s state games of interest Lowndes at Valdosta McEachern at East Coweta Newnan at Walton Pebblebrook at North Cobb Roswell at Wheeler South Forsyth at Hillgrove Lassiter at Kennesaw Mountain Marietta at St. Johns College (D.C.) North Forsyth at Woodstock Forsyth Central at Clarkston West Forsyth at McCallie (Tenn.)

Chamblee at Coffee Warner Robins at Northside-Warner Robins Glynn Academy at Ware County Mt. Zion-Jonesboro at Forest Park Tucker at Drew Morrow at Lovejoy Tri-Cities at Creekside Allatoona at Sprayberry Harrison at Dalton Alpharetta at Dunwoody Cambridge at North Atlanta Pope at Chattahoochee Northview at Johns Creek Cambridge at North Atlanta Crisp County at Bainbridge Northside-Columbus at Harris County Brooks County at Thomas County Central Veterans at Perry Statesboro at West Laurens Griffin at Whitewater Jonesboro at Starr’s Mill Decatur at Grady East Paulding at Carrollton Cass at Rome Paulding County at Villa Rica Cairo at Westover Americus-Sumter at Hardaway Carver-Columbus at Columbus Grovetown at Thomson Cartersville at Cedartown LaGrange at Central-Carrollton Chapel Hill at Troup West Hall at Blessed Trinity Denmark at Chestatee Marist at White County Cook at Thomasville Savannah at Benedictine Kendrick at Peach County Lovett at Cedar Grove Redan at Pace Academy Westminster at Towers

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•From Page 1B SD: Buffalo wasn’t exactly a soccer hotbed. It wasn’t then, certainly, and I wouldn’t say it is now, either. You have a lot of the old ethnic populations that play a lot. That’s how I grew up, playing with my dad in men’s games with Egyptians, Mexicans, Africans, etc. That’s where I kind of got a love for it.

The level wasn’t ultra-high in terms of the competition around. We had this league where you would play all of the teams on the New York state freeway. … You’re playing and you love it and think you’re a top player, then you realize there’s a big, bad world outside of that. I started out at Binghamton University, which had just moved to Division I. Things didn’t quite work out there so that’s why I transferred to SUNY-Geneseo.

TD: What position were you playing?

SD: I played central midfield my whole career.

As I got older and developed a little more, I slid into a defensive midfield role, like a six.

TD: How were you able to work your way into the USL? You played one season there.

SD: I was in grad school, I was coaching and doing a master’s degree in Maryland. I attended an open tryout. I was like DC United and Northern Virginia — obviously the D.C. team and the Northern Virginia USL team.

There were like four trials — kept going, kept going, kept going — then I finally got a contract offer. This was the old USL Division II, which was the third tier behind the MLS A-League in 2005.

TD: I noticed you had a degree in Spanish.

SD: I had a double major in English Lit and Spanish.

TD: At that time are you thinking, “That seems like something beneficial in a coaching career in soccer?”

SD: Yeah, and genuinely I didn’t know what road I was going on at that time.

I loved soccer, I hadn’t yet started coaching. Law school was on the horizon at some point. My dad had always played and coached soccer, my mother was a Spanish teacher. The language was always around.

I studied abroad in Spain, came back and said, “OK, let’s add a Spanish major.”

It was just a useful thing.

TD: Was Mars Hill your first college job?

SD: No. So while I was playing, I was also coaching at a little Division III school in Maryland called Washington College. That was my first-ever college job as a DIII assistant.

From there, I went to Colorado and spent a year as a director of a small club up in the mountains in Breckenridge, Colo. Took a different Division III job in Tennessee — University of the South — then I was able to nail down a coaching gig at Division II Mars Hill, and I was 26.

TD: How ready for that were you?

SD: Probably not as ready as I thought at the time. I chuckle, and I’ve been asked this before. You realize what you didn’t know would have sort of intimidated you. But I dove into it. You take your knocks and learn as you go. I had players on the team that were the same age as me. That was sort of the first leadership experience I had as a coach, having players literally the same age as me. You have to sort of “grow up quickly” as a coach and stamp your authority on things. I wouldn’t have traded that experience for anything, because I think so many people wait until they’re 40 years old to have their first head coaching experi-

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Atlanta United 2 head coach Scott Donnelly looks on from the bench on July 11 against Bethlehem Steel at Coolray Field. (Photo: Karl L. Moore/Atlanta United 2)

ence. You can’t replicate it unless you do it.

TD: You were at Northern Illinois for two years, then you were promoted to head coach there.

SD: Yeah. So, I wanted a higher level. I was an assistant for one season, promoted to associate head coach, which essentially in college is a way of pulling that person a little bit higher and keeping them with the program. I did three seasons there and we were quite successful.

From there, I moved over and was approached to be the assistant coach again at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, which was a program with a ton of history, a deep playing style, deep roots in the St. Louis area, a real identity as a college program, which was pretty rare for how they played.

I found that very attractive, so I was given a lot of responsibility and really enjoyed that. After my second season there, I was promoted to head coach.

TD: Your task at Southern Illinois was a little bit different. You were sort of trying to reestablish some previous success there.

SD: SIUE had won a couple of national championships in sort of the early days of college soccer. Then they had moved to Division II, then in 2008 they moved back to Division I. The guy I worked with there, Kevin Kalish, who is a person I’m still close with, he’d been there for a long time. In 2012, when I got there, they were a solid program. Always in the conference final, but had never really broken through. The idea was to re-establish the program as a national contender, and we did that. We were nationally ranked pretty much throughout the 2012 season, eventually lost to Creighton, who was a top program, and then since that 2012 season, they made the tournament in 2014, in 2016 they made it to the last 16, losing to Wake Forest, the eventual national champion. Since I was there, I feel like the program has sort of done what we wanted to do. It’s nice to see them continue to be successful because I think I played a role in that and Kevin did as well.

TD: You’ve seen some guys go on to do some pro careers as well.

SD: Absolutely, one of them is here: Andrew (Kendall-Moulin). Quite a few. I want to say seven or eight guys are pros. Matt Polster, probably the most prominent — national teamer and ever-present for Chicago Fire. … It was a program where we actually developed players, which I think is rare. We actually taught the game and took guys who were not the biggest names and helped develop them into pros.

TD: So that track record of developing players, did that make you attractive to U.S. Soccer, or was was U.S. Soccer attractive to you?

SD: Yeah, both. I had been scouting for the youth national team for years, so in 2014 when that offer came, I wanted to be in and around the youth

national team. I think they saw a good profile, and I saw an opportunity for another challenge.

TD: There are maybe a lot of factors when it comes to (criticizing) the U.S. Men’s National Team, but a lot of people point to youth development. Maybe that’s too simple. What gives you confidence, when you see guys like Andrew Carleton, who is clearly on a path to success, that the U.S. can catch up to countries quickly?

SD: It’s a combination of time and good environments. If there are good environments, and we have some time, we will. Creating the top environments for player development is a challenge. Although it’s good that we’re impatient, we’re also playing catchup for about 100 years of history in terms of soccer culture. For every Andrew Carleton, who grew up with a ball at his feet, you have a lot of guys who played many sports.

There’s nothing wrong with that; it’s just that the roots of the game aren’t quite as deep. Between time and environment, we’ll eventually get there, and of course, we want to see it happen faster. But player development happens at the club level. It happens here. It’s not the job of the federation. Some people do get kind of confused. While U.S. Soccer has made some missteps, they don’t deserve blame for everything, because they’re not in charge of the day-to-day environments the players are in.

TD: Obviously, Atlanta United had something going last year that made this job attractive to you.

Now we see guys like Will Vent, who is openly saying that opportunities with USL are a reason he wants to come here. … What’s the next step for the franchise?

SD: Look, I think Atlanta has done an incredible job club-wide at essentially making itself the biggest club in the country in two years. There are a lot of pieces to that. It’s the investment, it’s the leadership, you have the coach of (Gerardo “Tata” Martino’s) stature, it’s the academy, it’s the USL, it’s everything else. We want to do it in the right way. I think that’s the core of it here. We’re not cutting corners or trying to have quick fixes. The investment is right, the decisions have been good, top-to-bottom. In this short two-year timespan, Atlanta has shown we want to do things in the right way and doing things the right way can pay dividends. Of course, the club is here to be successful in MLS. If we make a deep run in the playoffs and make a run at the MLS Cup, these are the things that a club wants as indicators of success. In a sense, behind the scenes, you have the academy and the USL working extremely hard every day to be our very best on behalf of the club and in support of their larger objectives.

For me personally, it’s great to prove my work at a different level and a different context and bring that experience here.

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The left is running on empty The woman who alleged in a confidential letter that as a high school student in Maryland in the ’80s Brett Kavanaugh “pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her Cal one-piece bathThomas ing suit and the clothing she wore over it” has now revealed her identity to (surprise!) the Washington Post.

Christine Blasey Ford, who the Post says is now a 51-year-old research psychologist in northern California, originally said she did not want to tell her story or reveal her identity. Then the story went public without her consent. The letter eventually found its way to the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, and Feinstein, citing Ford’s wish to remain anonymous, refused to share it with her Democratic colleagues. “I have, however,” Feinstein wrote in a statement, “referred the matter to federal investigative authorities.”

“An FBI spokesperson confirmed that the bureau had received the referral … and included it as part of Kavanaugh’s background file,” writes the Los Angeles Times, “as per the standard process.”

Ford claims she didn’t tell anyone about the alleged assault until 2012 when she was in couples therapy with her husband, but even then she didn’t mention Kavanaugh’s name. If this sounds like a replay of Anita Hill’s last-minute allegations against Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings, it should. In football a late hit can bring a penalty. In politics it’s all part of the game.

Kavanaugh denies any inappropriate behavior took place, and as of this writing, both he and Ford have agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a la Anita Hill. Already two Republicans, Jeff Flake of Arizona and Bob Corker of Tennessee, both of whom are leaving at the end of their terms, have called for a delay in Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote, which plays into the hands of Democrats trying to block him from the court.

Some Democrats and liberal activists apparently determined to preserve the Supreme Court’s leftward shift have chosen to get down in the mud, throwing it at a highly qualified nominee for the Supreme Court. Even Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg bemoaned how these confirmation hearings have become “a highly partisan show.”

The smear is nothing new in politics, but while it once might come back to stain the one throwing the mud, it is now regarded as a legitimate tool for achieving one’s political goals. The end not only justifies the means, but to the left, it mandates the means.

Republicans should fight back, labeling the smear tactics and those who employ them as demeaning and sullying their office. If one can’t win a civil debate over issues and law, then an elected official should not receive the public’s trust.

“Have you no shame?” was a line made famous during the Army-McCarthy hearings in the 1950s when Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) claimed to have a list of communists who had infiltrated the federal government. The left rode the “McCarthyism” horse for decades, accusing any Republican or conservative of emulating McCarthy when they opposed the liberal agenda or criticized producers of movies and TV programs they believed contributed to the moral decline of the nation.

This letter should be seen for what it is — a last-minute, desperate attempt to prevent Kavanaugh’s confirmation and part of a broader plan to reverse the results of the 2016 election. This smear campaign includes not only Ford’s perfectly timed letter, but also the New York Times op-ed from an unnamed “official” in the Trump administration and many of Bob Woodward’s “sources” in his new book “Fear.”

These tactics should be denounced immediately, or they will be repeated. Is it any wonder why good people don’t want to serve in government? Who wants to face an avalanche of mud?

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

Grounds for government gobbledygook Despite a 2010 law that requires federal agencies to describe rules and regulations in plain language, most government writing is STILL unintelligible. I met with my federal-bureaucrat mole, Deep Gibberish — and his interpreter — for answers.

“When President Obama signed the Plain Writing Act of 2010 into law,” I said to Deep Gibberish, “all federal agencies were required to use ‘clear government communication that the public can understand and use.’

Why do so few do so?”

“Your query poses prospective considerations,” said the bureaucrat, “that rise beyond the level of considerations that the voter-taxpayer base may be prepared to ascertain.”

“Huh?” I said to his interpreter.

“He said you wouldn’t believe him if he told you,” the interpreter said.

“Look, content-analysis company Visible Thread found in 2017 that most federal-government websites were in defiance of the Plain Writing Act — still using language that is abstract and unclear,” I said.

“Though we comprehend and find favor with those

Tom Purcell considerations,” Deep Gibberish said, “we nonetheless understand that there are arguments in favor of providing the voter-taxpayer base with the previous methods.”

“Huh?” I said.

“He said bureaucrats have good reason to use government gobbledygook,” the interpreter said.

“Let me get this straight,” I said. “Few of our legislators even take time to read the giant bills they pass.

Once the bills become law, bureaucrats create rules and regulations using language nobody can comprehend.

How can this in any way be good?”

“According to baseline assessments,” Deep Gibberish replied, “current employment rates would be adversely affected by changes resulting from actions directed by, but not intended to result in, jargon easily

understood by citizens.”

“Huh?” I said.

“He said millions of lawyers, accountants and others make good livings helping their clients comprehend confusing federal language,” the interpreter said. “He also said that if average citizens really knew what government is doing, they’d be livid.”

“You’re going to have to explain,” I told Deep Gibberish.

“Well,” he said, “lawmakers and their aides are often persuaded, at the behest of revenue-generating entities, to apply lawyerly terminology to obfuscate clarity in a manner that benefits their outcome.”

“He said bills are written in confusing language, in part, to conceal the special favors politicians slip in for their buddies,” the interpreter said.

“That’s why plain language is so important!” I said.

“The public, however, notwithstanding the active voter-taxpayer base, may or may not acquiesce,” Deep Gibberish said.

“He said, ‘blah, blah, blah,’” said the interpreter.

“Look,” I said. “The Regulatory Review reports

that the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), an independent federal agency tasked with improving federal agencies, recently approved a ‘Plain Language in Regulatory Drafting’ recommendation.

ACUS understands that plain language is essential to increasing public participation in policymaking.”

“The public may or may not entertain its desired resolve,” Deep Gibberish said.

“He said, ‘blah, blah, blah,’” the interpreter said.

“The need for clear language is perfectly clear to me,” I said. “In a well-functioning republic, citizens must know what their government is up to. Rules, regulations, requirements, forms, letters, etc., must be understandable! It’s the law!

Now what do you say to that?”

“Are you nuts, pal?” Deep Gibberish replied. “Without government gobbledygook, how are my interpreter and I going to keep earning six-figure government salaries?”

Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Send comments to Tom at Tom@ TomPurcell.com.

Resistance in White House nothing new The stories of chaos, craziness and betrayal going on inside the Trump White House are nothing to worry much about. White House staffers attempting to influence, question or thwart a president’s ideas or goals are as old as George Washington, Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan.

As we’ve recently seen, it’s just a lot easier today for unnamed White House insiders to get their criticism or embarrassing stories instantly published. It doesn’t matter how dubious the journalism is, or who writes it. If it’s anti-Trump, it’s always fit to print.

Bob Woodward’s gossipy best-seller “Fear” was built mostly on anonymous sources, unattributed quotes or second-hand anecdotes.

Omarosa’s crazy White House tell-all “Unhinged” was only slightly less credible. But the New York Times hit a new low in its war on Trump last week.

It published an anonymous op-ed piece written by a Trump adviser who claimed that he and some of his fellow White House “resistance” members were so concerned with the president’s actions and mental

Michael Reagan state that they contemplated using the 25th Amendment to remove him.

Maybe it’s all true. Maybe it’s all BS. We’ll find out the real story someday, but it’s certainly not new. After Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, some of his top advisers were seriously worried about his mental stability. According to Bill O’Reilly in “Killing Reagan,” they considered using the 25th Amendment to remove him on grounds of mental incapacity and even gave him a test.

Reagan passed the test with flying colors and, according to the history books, did his job pretty well afterwards. No one read about those concerns Reagan’s advisers had about his mental state in a New York Times op-ed piece as they were occurring. Likewise, no one

read about how he trumped his top advisers on his decision to invade Grenada.

When he called a White House meeting to vote on the idea, the final tally was 7-3 not to invade. Reagan was one of the three. Two days later, the world woke up to see TV images of American forces capturing the island.

When one of his shocked advisers called and said, “Mr. President, I thought we had a vote and we decided not to go,” Reagan said, “Yes. we did. But my vote canceled your seven.”

No one at the time read about that “fight” with his White House staff in the papers, just as they never learned how his advisers tried to prevent him from speaking two of his most famous lines.

They kept deleting, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall” from his Berlin Wall speech, and they also tried to stop him from referring to the Soviet Union as “the Evil Empire.”

The most important “fight” Reagan had with his advisers came in 1986, however, when he met with Mikhail Gorbachev at the nuclear missile summit in Reykjavik.

Everyone in the liberal media desperately wanted him to sign a nuclear arms treaty with the USSR — any treaty. Reagan’s staffers were worried about his political legacy. Preferring a weak deal to no deal at all, they urged him to sign a treaty he did not think was good enough.

Reagan shocked his advisers, the media and most everyone in the free world by saying “nyet” to Gorby in Iceland and walking out of the summit without signing anything. Everyone in the liberal media thought he was nuts, of course. But his decision turned out to be a great geopolitical move that became a key turning point in the Cold War. If the Washington Post had published an anonymous op-ed from one of Reagan’s worried advisers at the time, I bet history would not have turned out so well.

Michael Reagan is a political consultant and the founder of the email service reagan.com and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation. Visit his websites at www.reagan.com and www. michaelereagan.com. Send comments to Reagan@ caglecartoons.com.

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