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By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett County Schools School Resource Officer Lewis Rawls reviews video footage from a school bus stop-arm camera of cars illegally passing stopped buses. “It’s kind of scary that these drivers have disregard for our students’ safety,” he said. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

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Gwinnett school bus stop-arm violations top 8,000 since August

Citations last school year (January through May)

8,071 Citations this school year through Nov. 30 (77 days)

By Keith Farner

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SUWANEE — On light duty because of two hip surgeries, Lewis Rawls spends much of his days at work watching videos of cars illegally passing stopped school buses.

The Gwinnett County Schools Police School Resource Officer said he and five other officers are certified to monitor videos sent from Redflex, a company that mounted cameras on school buses, and if needed, issue citations. Rawls said his office receives 200 to 300 videos per day, and they oversee the civil process that could lead to fines of $300 for the first offense, $750 for the second and $1,000 for the third or greater offenses within five years.

Offenders have 30 days to pay the fine or opt to challenge it

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A Redflex stop arm camera enclosure is seen on a bus at the Gwinnett County Public Schools Transportation Depot. (File Photo)

in court.

According to the latest data available through Nov. 30, Gwinnett County Public Schools has issued 8,071 citations since the first day of this school year. School was in session 77 days over that time period, so 104 citations were

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issued on average per school day.

The cameras are mounted on 300 buses, but the GCPS fleet has more than 1,800 across the district.

“The fact of the matter is

104

Average number of citations per day this school year through Nov. 30

$573,425 Money collected from January through May

couple had no idea that in addition to welcoming 2016, they’d welcome their first baby.

SNELLVILLE — CliniThey also didn’t expect sha Boone and her boyfriend their new daughter, Jalile Jonathan Armour were set Janine Armour, to be the first to spend a quiet New Year’s baby born in 2016 in GwinEve at home. The Snellville nett County.

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While it brought a different sort of conversation about what you fund versus what you don’t fund, it’s also nice to be able to satisfy some of those needs we knew existed but just didn’t have a way of addressing (during the recession).”

— Chairwoman Charlotte Nash

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Snellville couple welcomes first 2016 baby born in Gwinnett

By Katie Morris

Gwinnett County commissioners will give the final yea or nay to the county’s proposed $1.5 billion 2016 budget on Tuesday.

The vote on whether to approve the budget will come during the commission’s 2 p.m. business meeting.

Among the budget items at stake are pay raises and longevity pay for employees, 82 new public safety and criminal justice positions officials Charlotte want to fill, body camNash eras for police officers and deputies, and three new proposed Gwinnett County Transit routes.

“There’s lots of good stuff all throughout the budget,” Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said after the budget was unveiled in November. “While it brought a different sort of conversation about what you fund versus what you don’t fund, it’s also nice to be able to satisfy some of those needs we knew existed but just didn’t have a way of addressing (during the recession).”

Some of the details about items included in the budget include unfreezing 25 vacant patrol officer positions in the county police department.

The unfrozen positions are in addition to the dozens of new positions, which include a magistrate judge, 30 more police officers, 12 part-time deputies, six animal welfare staffers, nine emergency medical services employees and a six-person special victims unit and investigative analyst in the District Attorney’s Office.

There are specific areas where some of those positions will be going, however.

The 30 new police officer positions are being created to staff a new Bay Creek precinct that voters approved in the 2009

Clanisha Boone and Jonathan Armour pose with their new baby girl, Jalile Janine Armour, on Friday at Eastside Medical Center in Snellville. Jalile was the first baby to be born in 2016 in Gwinnett County.

(Staff Photo: Katie Morris)

Boone was past her Dec. 30 due date when she began having slight contractions Thursday evening.

She thought it was just a false alarm at first, so they decided to take a walk. The See BABY, Page 8A

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Friends Glori Smith, left, and Lori Elliot regularly come to the Mall of Georgia in Buford around 8 a.m. to walk around the mall before the stores open at 10 a.m. (Staff Photos: Katie Morris)

WELCOME WALKERS Gwinnett malls open early for morning exercise

By Katie Morris

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BUFORD — At 8 a.m., all is relatively quiet at Mall of Georgia. The tenants have yet to open their doors and there’s no hustle and bustle of shoppers or famished folks crowding around in the food court.

However, the Buford mall is far from deserted, and numerous sneakerclad walkers can be seen making their way through the corridors. This is the perfect time to get in an early morning workout at the mall, according to Terry Davis.

The longtime Buford resident comes to the Mall of Georgia around six times a week for an hour-long walk, always in the morning hours before the shoppers arrive.

“I like to get up and get my walk in to beat the crowds,” Davis said.

Davis began walking at the mall four years ago

Mall walking group, from left to right, James Jameson of Sugar Hill, Wayne Pierce of Loganville, Ed Boover of Buford, Dave Howe of Gainesville and Al Belisle of Buford met at the Mall of Georgia in Buford while walking and have become friends over the years, meeting to walk and then share a cup of coffee every morning.

for health reasons. After undergoing heart surgery in 2010, Davis admits he was tempted to stay sedentary around the house but thanks in large part to his wife’s encouragement, he decided to get

up and start walking.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle motivates Chandra Patterson to walk regularly at the Mall of Georgia with her husband, Michael. Patterson is a three-time breast can-

cer survivor and has been cancer-free for 18 years.

The Buford couple try to walk everyday for an hour and typically make four laps around the mall.

Michael said they choose to walk at the mall because it’s climate controlled. They can walk rain or shine and have air conditioning during the hot Georgia summers and heat in the chilly winter.

According to Teresa Holloway marketing director of Mall of Georgia, Simon shopping centers have welcomed mall walkers for years.

Simon made the official

announcement a few months ago that Mall of Georgia, Sugarloaf Mills in Lawrenceville and other Atlanta-area locations would open two hours prior to normal hours.

The announcement came on the heels of the launching of Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities.

The campaign aims to address major public health issues such as heart disease and diabetes, as well as emphasizing the importance of simple and affordable physical activity in reducing the risk of these health challenges.

“Physical activity is one of the most important things Americans can do to improve their health, and walking is an easy way to get moving,” U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy said in a statement. “Walking helps people stay both physically and mentally healthy. It brings business districts to life and can help reduce air pollution.”

According to the Step It Up! call to action posted on the Surgeon General’s website, SurgeonGeneral.gov, being physically active boasts numerous health benefits including managing weight, preventing falls and reducing depression

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While any amount of physical activity is beneficial, the website recommends adults perform at least two and a half hours of moderate-intensity exercise, such as walking, one hour and 15 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity or a combination of the two each week.

Murthy also called on community leaders and organizations to create more public spaces that are safe, accessible and, most importantly, walkable, and area Simon malls answered that call.

“We’ve always been committed to providing a safe, quality environment for our shoppers and providing experiences like this for the community,” Holloway said.

It’s common to see regular walkers wave and greet each other with a smile or a friendly handshake, and many chose to walk in pairs or groups.

Dave Howe has walked at Mall of Georgia for 14 years and has forged friendships with numerous fellow walkers over the years, including Ed Boover of Buford and James Jameson of Sugar Hill.

The former Buford resident, who now lives in Gainesville, meets a group of four or five guys every morning to walk a few laps and then sit to enjoy a cup of coffee.

Holloway said they’ve seen steady participation throughout the holiday season and they expect to see even more walkers as in the coming months as temperatures drop and people take on health-related New Year’s resolutions.

Mall of Georgia opens its doors to mall walkers at 8 a.m. Monday through Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. For more information about mall walking hours at Simon malls, visit simon.com.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016 • 3A

Milton County among issues in prefiled legislation As the new legislative session draws near, legislators have spent recent weeks pre-filing pieces of legislation they want to begin working on immediately when the General Assembly reconvenes Jan. 11.

The new bills that are already in the hopper deal with a host of topics ranging from the old debate about recreating Milton County to the English language and congressional reapportionment.

Here are some of bills and resolutions that have been pre-filed in recent weeks: • Senate Bill 250: This bill, which was filed

by Sen. Michael Rhett, D-Marietta, would make it illegal for a person to buy a gun while they are in the process of getting a divorce, unless they have the permission of the judge who is presiding over the divorce proceedings.

• Senate Bill 253: This bill, which was filed by

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establishes that English is to be used in official state actions and bars requirements being put in place that force governments to use any other language in documents, regulations, orders, transactions, proceedings, meetings, programs or publications.

• House Bill 716: This Curt Yeomans bill, which was filed

by Rep. Keisha Waites, Sen. Josh McKoon, RD-Atlanta, would have Columbus, would exempt the General Assembly school systems and county declare “being lesbian, and municipal governments gay or bisexual is not a from excise taxes on motor disease, disorder, illness, fuel. deficiency or shortcom• Senate Bill 254: This ing” and bar psychiatrists, bill was filed by Sen. Harpsychologists, professional old Jones II, D-Augusta. It counselors, social workers, would amend state law to and marriage and family make simple possession of therapists from engaging in marijuana a misdemeanor. sexual orientation change The law currently makes it efforts with patients who a misdemeanor only if the are under 18. amount in question is less • House Bill 721: This than an ounce. Anything bill, which was also filed above that is a felony ofby Waites, would limit the fense. days when residents can ig• Senate Resolution nite commercial fireworks 675: This resolution was to St. Patrick’s Day, Memofiled by McKoon, and it rial Day, the Fourth of July,

Labor Day and New Year’s Eve between the hours of 5 and 10 p.m.

• House Resolution 962: This resolution, which was filed by Rep. Pat Gardner, D-Atlanta, calls for legislative and congressional re-apportionment to be done by an “independent, nonpartisan commission.”

• House Resolution 964: This resolution, which was filed by Rep. Brad Raffensperger, R-Johns Creek, calls for a statewide referendum on amending the Georgia Constitution to allow for the re-creation of a county that was previously merged into a neighboring county. The constitution currently caps the number of allowed counties in the state at 159.

In a statement, Raffensperger said the main goal is to open the door for residents in north and south Fulton County to be able to vote on breaking away and re-creating Milton and Campbell counties, respectively. The three counties

at 550 Trackside, 550 N. were merged into one in 1931 amid the early days of Clayton St., in Lawrenceville. the Great Depression.

Her campaign touted Ex-Gwinnett prosecutor that, during her time in the running for judicial seat Solicitor General’s office, Former Gwinnett County she prosecuted “hundreds prosecutor Latawsha Little- of domestic violence, Hill announced her candi- drunk driving and other dacy for State Court Judge misdemeanor crimes.”

In addition to her experithis past week, as well as plans for a Jan. 8 gala din- ence as a prosecutor, she also served as a bailiff in ner campaign fundraiser.

Atlanta’s City Court.

Little-Hill, who spent “Treating people with five years in the Gwinnett the common decency and Solicitor General’s office, is running on a platform of the respect they deserve helped me to balance my safer communities, more role as prosecutor with equality and integrity in the courtroom and bridging what justice required,” she said. “I hope to bring these judicial and community core values to Gwinnett service.

“As a judge, I will bring County as your next State Court Judge.” real life experience to the Little-Hill’s campaign table and merge that experience with my passion for has launched a website, public service and justice,” www.electlittlehill.com, Little-Hill said in a stateand tickets to her upcomment. ing fundraiser can be purThe judicial candidate chased on the website. and Lawrenceville resident Political Notebook will formally launch her appears in the Thursday campaign at the fundraiser and Sunday editions of the set for 6 p.m. on Jan. 8 Gwinnett Daily Post.

Driver charged with DUI in fatal pedestrian accident

By Keith Farner

Police have charged Cristian A woman jogging early ArizaNew Year’s Day mornbaleta, 32, ing was killed by a driver who was police have charged with driving a Cristian driving under the influence. Arizabaleta 2015 Audi Karen Ann Ray, 56, of Q7 southDacula was struck while bound on Ga. Highway she appeared to be jogging 124, Doan said. in the designated crosswalk Arizabaleta’s vehicle of South Pucketts Mill drifted into the right turn Road in the Dacula area at lane where it struck the about 7:30 a.m. on Friday, curb, then struck two conGwinnett County police crete traffic islands. During spokesman Sgt. Brian the sequence of events, Ray Doan said. was struck by the vehicle,

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Gwinnett Medical Center’s Gail Stroud, RN, BSN, center, who recently received the Georgia Hospital Heroes Award, poses with Georgia Hospital Association’s president Earl Rogers and GHA chair Candice Saunders, FACHE. (Special Photo)

Longtime GMC nurse receives statewide award

By Katie Morris

President and CEO Earl Rogers said in a news release. “There is no doubt that her compassion and Gwinnett Medical Cen- willingness to go the extra ter’s Gail Stroud, a regis- mile for her patients have tered nurse with a bache- greatly improved their lor of sciennce in nursing, overall care experience. has worked in health care She is a deserving recipifor more than 50 years, ent of this award.” providing compassionate Strode’s career becare to numerous patients gan in 1963 at Button over the years.

Gwinnett Hospital, now She was recently recog- Gwinnett Medical Center. nized for her exceptional She rode nine-tenths of care with the Georgia a mile on her bicycle to Hospital Heroes Award her job interview with during the Georgia Hosthe hospital’s administrapital Association’s annual tor and was hired on as a meeting. Stroud was one nursing assistant. Over the of 10 individuals stateyears, Stroud has worked wide to receive the award. in virtually every depart“Gail Stroud is an ment at the hospital. She exemplary nurse who is passionate about caring strives to provide the for patients and follows best possible patient care a Warm Blanket Philosoon a daily basis,” GHA phy.

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“If someone’s cold and hungry,” Stroud previously told the Daily Post in 2013, “and you haven’t taken care of that, you don’t need to start talking to them about procedures and processes.”

According to Stroud, nursing wasn’t part of her original career plans. She decided to attend nursing school after her aunt, who was a nurse when Emory Hospital was called Woodruff Hospital, urged her to pursue the profession. After completing her education at Emory, Stroud returned to Gwinnett as the first BSN nurse in the system.

“I fell in love with nursing in this county,” Stroud said. “It’s just what I wanted to do. I’m glad she spoke up.”

Doan said.

After the Audi hit Ray, it went over another curb, drove over the sidewalk and struck several trees as it came to its final resting spot. Ray died at the scene as a result from her injuries.

Arizabaleta has been charged with first degree vehicular homicide, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs (results pending), failure to maintain lane and reckless driving.

He’s being held without bond at the Gwinnett jail.

Gwinnett firefighters battled a fire early Saturday morning in Dacula that began in a fireplace and traveled up a chimney case and woke up a Dacula man who called 911.

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Dacula chimney fire burns hole in floor, displaces man

By Keith Farner keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com

A fire that began early Saturday morning in a

fireplace and traveled up a chimney case woke up a Dacula man who alerted Gwinnett firefighters at about 3:30 a.m.

The incident hap-

pened in the 1600 block of Dacula Oaks Trail in Dacula, Gwinnett Fire spokesman Capt. Tommy Rutledge said.

“Crews found an active fire in the chimney chase and an interior wall,” Rutledge said. “The fire caused extensive damage to the chimney chase and sent moderate smoke throughout the house.

The fire burned away part of the floor to the living room on the main-level of the home.”

The man escaped without injury but woke up when he heard a loud crashing sound, then called 911.

The American Red Cross was contacted to provide temporary assistance for the man, Rutledge said.

The cause of the fire appears accidental and was sparked by a fire burning in the fireplace.

The fire burned outside the fire-box and traveled up the chimney chase and interior wall of the home.

Hot embers fell into the basement after the fire burned a hole in the bottom of the fire-box and part of the living room floor, Rutledge said.

4A • SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016 To Your Good Health

Eyelid droop common post cataract surgery DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old woman who had successful cataract surgery two months ago.

However, it left me with swollen eyelids and noticeable pouches under both eyes. My doctor advised that some people have a reaction like mine. I was told that the swelling should abate by six months. The healing was excellent, and I see fine, with the exception of the drooping eyelids. The seniors I know who had cataracts out and lenses in did not have a reaction like mine.

What would cause this to happen? Could I be allergic to the lenses that were inserted? Is this a common occurrence?

— Anon.

ANSWER: Drooping eyelids, called ptosis, is fairly common after cataract surgery, happening about 10 percent of the time. Most of the time, it goes away by itself, and the six-month time period your doctor told you is supported by what I found in the published literature. There are many causes, and people who get eyelid swelling are more likely to get the drooping of the eyelids. If it persists, surgery may be required to fix it. However, this is unlikely. People should know this is a possibility before undergoing cataract surgery.

DEAR DR. ROACH: You were recently asked about Pap tests for the elderly, and gave the same answer that troubled me a year or so ago. I meant to write then.

I fear that others may discontinue pelvic exams after age 80, as my mother did, with fatal results. She was 84 and had done all the right things: proper diet, exercise, dancing, walking on the beach, going out to shows, reading, socializing, volunteering, etc. For years she’d gone to a doctor who had taken good care of my father. But it wasn’t until a friend took her to his (younger) doctor because she was in such pain and insisted she be seen that she was diagnosed — too late, of course.

I’d be grateful if you’d mention in your column the added warning to continue pelvic exams for the elderly.

— J.B. ANSWER: I do agree that women should continue to get regular exams and checkups, including gynecologic exams, even if they no longer need Pap smears. However, I don’t want to paint too optimistic a picture for the physical exam as a screening test for ovarian cancer. While they are better than nothing, there is no effective test, including imaging (such as an ultrasound), blood test (such as CA-125) or physical exam. No screening is recommended or has been shown to cause more good than harm in women who have average risk for ovarian cancer. I dearly wish this weren’t the case, since ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer deaths. I have been following the literature on new blood tests that might become useful in screening for ovarian cancer, but so far none is generally available.

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In 1959, Alaska was admitted as the 49th state.

In 1993, President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), women’s rights pioneer; J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), author; Victor Borge (1909-2000), comedian/pianist; Hank Stram (19232005), football coach; Sergio Leone (1929-1989), director; Robert Loggia (1930-2015), actor; Glen A. Larson (1937-2014), TV producer/writer;

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TODAY’S FACT: C-SPAN was launched in 1979 to “provide live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives.” C-SPAN2, covering the Senate, was launched in 1986.

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TODAY’S QUOTE: “I do so dearly believe that no half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.”

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Does drunken bridesmaid need to be thanked?

DEAR AMY: I need some advice. I was recently married and my maid of honor threw me a bridal shower.

The shower was the Thursday before the wedding. At the wedding she proceeded to imbibe too much alcohol, botched her speech, got in a fight with her boyfriend (who tried to fight my husband), hit on my brother, father and the (married) photographer, and then left in a blaze of crying hysterical glory well before the night was over.

Needless to say, we are not currently on speaking terms. So as I am writing my thank-you cards, do I still send her one for the bridal shower?

—D DEAR D: Yes, you should thank her. You can write, “Thank you so much for hosting my bridal shower. We all had a nice time and I genuinely appreciate all of your efforts on behalf of my wedding. What confuses and disappoints me is your behavior at my wedding. You may not even remember what you did, but you embarrassed yourself — and me. I hope this is a wakeup call for you to consider the consequences of your drinking.”

My basic point is that the friendship is over anyway — and you should both do the polite thing and thank her for hosting

not to become bitter that my friends have money for fun, but it’s hard.

How can I get it through to them that I have to keep within my monetary limits?

— Can’t Afford It DEAR CAN’T AFFORD IT: It might be easier on you if you Amy Dickinson simply gave up on trying to get through to your an event that evidently friends about your financwent well, and also the es. If someone sends you friend thing, which is to a link to a cute J. Crew tell her the truth about jacket, you don’t need to her behavior and how it respond with “I can’t afaffected you. ford it.” You can either not DEAR AMY: I’m on a respond at all, or you can very strict budget. I make just say, “Yummy...” decent money, but live in Not every texted or a very expensive area. I emailed link is a suggescheck my balances daily, tion that you must follow track them on spread— this is just how some sheets and am slowly people share cool stuff. paying down debt and I realize that the context building up savings. is implied, but it doesn’t But my friends conhave to be. stantly suggest things to I was in a very similar situation as a young adult buy or places to go that I can’t afford. These friends — financially struggling but surrounded by people either make more money who seemed to have so than I do or have living situations where they have much more. You simply have to make your own more disposable income. way and make your own They’re trying to be helpful, and I’m flattered fun. Maybe your budgetconsciousness yields a that they might see a cool flea market vibe to product or vacation idea and think that I’d enjoy it. your apartment. Perhaps you’re up for Frisbee in But after the umpteenth “That jacket is really cute, the park over Champagne at the Mark. Don’t judge but I can’t afford it” and “Wine-tasting does sound your friends for having more, and pat yourself super-fun, but I don’t on the back for being so have room in my budget savvy and smart. Given right now,” I’m getting your great habits, you will worn down. I’m trying

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see the balance tip.

DEAR AMY: I am a huge fan of your column.

The letter from “Diabetic,” whose husband sabotaged her efforts by bringing sweets home, really struck home for me.

In my house it is my husband who is the diabetic, and he brings home all the cookies and chocolates that none of us need to be tempted with on a daily basis.

My solution was to put all of these treats in a drawer of his dresser.

For the rest of us in the household, the treats were out of sight and out of mind, and it made him realize that he is really the only one eating this stuff.

Works for us.

— Healthy DEAR HEALTHY: I love your solution. Your choice was to make your husband hyper-aware of who was actually consuming these sweets. I hope he is able to get a handle on his problem, because failing could have extreme consequences for him.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@tribpub.com.

You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

Amy Dickinson’s memoir, “The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter and the Town that Raised Them” (Hyperion), is available in bookstores.

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You don’t have to take charge, you just have to follow your heart and do your best. Avoid unpredictable people and sensitive situations that tie up your time. A carefully thought out plan that is easy to orchestrate alone will bring the highest rewards.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Choose your battles wisely. You are best off taking the initiative and doing the things that you can handle independently.

Keep your life simple and your responsibilities minimal.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Stay focused and busy. Take proper care of your health and do something to boost your appeal. Control situations rather than letting them manipulate you. Romance is highlighted.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Stay out of harm’s way. Don’t head into a situation that could limit or discourage you. Strive to be unique, and go after your goals.

Negotiations will go well.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Keep your eyes and ears open and focus on getting things done.

The more aware you are of what’s going on around you, the easier it will be to negotiate to your advantage later on.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — You can accomplish plenty if you work steadily toward your set goal. Laying down a solid foundation for the upcoming year will ensure your success. You will learn by observing others.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be careful when it comes to sharing information. Whether it’s personal or about someone else, your input will result in criticism or blame. Don’t address sensitive issues.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Don’t take on additional responsibilities. Focus on home, family and spending time with people you care about. A new creative endeavor will develop into a stress reliever as the year unfolds.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’ll face opposition if you aren’t diplomatic.

Don’t force your ideas on others. Listen and find a way to compromise and use what’s offered to your benefit. Romance is encouraged.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Plan to network or sit down with someone you feel can contribute to your plans. Don’t let an emotional situation at home stop you from following through with your professional goals.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If something isn’t sitting right with you, make a point to discuss options that will help you feel more comfortable with the way things are going. Address relationship problems honestly.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Strive to be unique, but also be receptive to new ideas and concepts that have the potential to help you push your ambitions to fruition. Call in favors and forge ahead.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Make the changes at home that will allow you greater freedom to come and go as you please. Focus on a new and improved you. Implement a health regimen.

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Space: The visionaries take over

WASHINGTON — Fractured and divided as we are, on one thing we can agree: 2015 was a miserable year. The only cheer was provided by Lincoln Chafee and the Pluto flyby (two separate phenomena), as well as one seminal aeronautical breakthrough.

On Dec. 21, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, after launching 11 satellites into orbit, returned its 15-story booster rocket, upright and intact, to a landing pad at Cape Canaveral. That’s a $60 million mountain of machinery — recovered. (The traditional booster rocket either burns up or disappears into some ocean.)

The reusable rocket has arrived.

Arguably, it arrived a month earlier when Blue Origin, Charles a privately owned Krauthammer outfit created by Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO and owner of The Washington Post) launched and landed its own booster rocket, albeit for a suborbital flight.

But whether you attribute priority to Musk or Bezos, the two events together mark the inauguration of a new era in spaceflight.

Musk predicts that the reusable rocket will reduce the cost of accessing space a hundredfold.

This depends, of course, on whether the wear and tear and stresses of the launch make the refurbishing prohibitively expensive. Assuming it’s not, and assuming Musk is even 10 percent right, reusability revolutionizes the economics of spaceflight.

Which both democratizes and commercializes it. Which means space travel has now slipped the surly bonds of government — presidents, Congress, NASA bureaucracies. Its future will now be driven far more by a competitive marketplace with its multiplicity of independent actors, including deeply motivated, financially savvy and visionary entrepreneurs.

To be sure, the enterprise is not entirely free of government. After all, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket landed on a Cape Canaveral pad formerly used to launch Air Force Atlas rockets. Moreover, initial financing for these ventures already depends in part on NASA contracts, such as resupplying the space station.

That, however, is not much different from the growth of aviation a century ago. It hardly lived off air-show tickets or Channel-crossing prize money. What really propelled the infant industry was government contracts. For useful things like mail — and bomb — delivery.

The first and most visible consequence of the new entrepreneurial era will be restoring America as a spacefaring nation. Yes, I know we do spectacular robotic explorations. But our ability to toss humans into space disappeared when NASA retired the space shuttle — without a replacement.

To get an astronaut into just low Earth orbit, therefore, we have to hitch a ride on Russia’s Soyuz with its 1960s technology. At $82 million a pop. Yet, today, two private companies already have contracts with NASA to send astronauts to the space station as soon as 2017.

The real prize, however, lies beyond Earth orbit. By now, everyone realizes that the space station was a colossal mistake, a white elephant in search of a mission. Its main contribution is to study the biological effects of long-term weightlessness. But we could have done that in Skylab, a modest space station that our political betters decided four decades ago to abandon.

With increasing privatization, such decisions will no longer be exclusively Washington’s.

When President Obama came into office, the plan was to return to the moon by 2020. A year later, he decided we should go to an asteroid instead. Why? Who knows.

Today future directions are being set by private companies with growing technical experience and competing visions. Musk is fixated on colonizing Mars, Bezos on seeing “millions of people living and working in space,” and Richard Branson on space tourism by way of Virgin Galactic (he has already sold 700 tickets to ride at $250,000 each). And Moon Express, another private enterprise, is not even interested in hurling about clumsy, air-breathing humans. It is bent on robotic mining expeditions to the moon.

My personal preference is a permanent manned moon base, which would likely already exist had our politicians not decided to abandon the moon in the early 1970s.

We have no idea which plan is more likely to succeed and flourish. But the beauty of privatization is that we don’t get just one shot at it. Our trajectory in space will now be the work of a functioning market of both ideas and commerce.

It no longer will hinge on the whims of only tangentially interested politicians.

Space has now entered the era of the Teslas, the Edisons and the Wright brothers. From now on, they will be doing more and more of the driving. Which means we are actually — finally — going somewhere again.

Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.

Time for New Year’s ambitions It’s a brand new year! I plan to make the most of it. I have been playing with house money the past four years and have tried to go all in every day. Three weeks ago I received news that confirmed everything I have always believed about God and faith, and in 2016 I intend to make the most of the extended gift of life that I have been given.

The past few years my only resolution at New Year’s was to make it to another New Year’s. Here I am. This year I think it is time to dust off the old thinking cap and make a semi-long list of bodacious resolutions for 2016. Check back in 52 weeks and I will let you know how many I kept.

First and foremost, I intend to finish the drill, from a literary standpoint. I have two books that were supposed to have been released over the past two years and I just haven’t been able to sit down and finish the rewrites demanded by my editor Miss Aimee Slavedriver. The reading world — or at least the part of that world that favors easy words and short sentences — awaits “Still Southern after All these Years,” the

to preserve energy for things like working, writing and baby-sitting Henley Walker Fairchild, world’s smartest and cutest grandchild — next to yours, of course. I said “no” more times than my lovely wife Lisa did after six years of marriage.

Darrell This will be the year of Huckaby “yes.” I’ve a story to share with the nations and intend to definitive edition of Huck’s share it as often as my schedgreatest hits, and “Red Clay ule and someone else’s desire Sunrise,” the greatest Southto hear it will allow. ern novel since Scarlett and I’m going to eat more fried Rhett couldn’t get along. catfish and less hummus this Keep watching for them. This year. I took one bite of humis the year. mus last year. I was tricked I intend to be a more obinto it. Not this year. Fool me noxious Georgia fan. I have once, shame on you. Fool sort of receded into the wood- me twice, shame on me. No work the past few years and hummus for me. I ain’t eating become more of an observer. broccoli either. If George H. In 2016 I intend to move W. Bush doesn’t have to eat beyond being simply the broccoli, neither do I. good-looking guy in the red I am turning off the news shirt and become one of those channels. Every time someguys that fans of both teams thing happened last year, hate to sit beside. Go Dawgs. whether it was in Ferguson I’m with you win or tie! or Baltimore or Paris or San Have I told you about how Bernardino, I found myself God and M.D. Anderson glued to the news channels healed my cancer-ridden and I made myself sick worbones? If not, I will. I shut rying about things I couldn’t down virtually all of my change. I will try my best to public speaking gigs last year let other people worry about

those things this year. I’ll just pray more.

I also resolve to give Kirby Smart an opportunity to prove that Greg McGarity made the right decision on the way home from the Tech game in November. I also resolve to be more trusting of what people say. Another Go Dawgs! Just for the fun of it.

I may try to exercise more and eat less. When people ask how I am, I will say, “Fine, how’re you!” in the Southern way. I will not share the misery of my dietary woes with my friends.

I also resolve to read more, write more letters, listen to my wife when she tells me about work and do something every day for someone who can never repay me. I will do it anonymously. I’ll let the Pharisees stand on the street corner and tell the world how wonderful they are.

And I will continue to pray for Baby Locklyn each and every day of her life.

It’s going to be a great year, y’all. I have made it safely through the valley of death and now my cup, indeed, runneth over.

Happy New Year.

Love story defies time and circumstances Perhaps the most appropriate way to end this year is with a love story — the story of Dr. Raymond Cook, 96, and Dr. Elisabeth Mays Stein Cook, who passed away last week at 94.

Even the most casual reader of this column knows the influence Raymond Cook has had on my life. I won’t go through the details again today because this column isn’t about me.

Suffice it to say I would not be at this point in my life personally or professionally had I not had an English literature class from this good and learned man while on academic probation at Georgia State University many years ago. He changed my life.

It took me four decades to have the good sense to look up Dr. Cook and to thank him personally for what he had meant to me. Now living in Valdosta, he had retired after a distinguished career at Valdosta State University and as former president of Young Harris College in north Georgia — an author and a man of great intellect and wry humor.

It was on this visit that I met his wife, Dr. Elisabeth Cook, a retired psychologist with an eminent career of her own. She had been chief psychologist at the Regional Institute for Children in Baltimore, Maryland, and later chief psychologist at the Juvenile and Family Court

mas on a troop train crowded with men and there was this attractive young lady sitting on a suitcase,’ Cook recalls more than 70 years later.” The young lady was Elizabeth Mays.

“Cook persuaded a soldier to get up and give the young Dick lady his seat. She sat down, and Yarbrough given time, Raymond eventually worked his way to sitting beside of West Palm Beach, Florida.

Elizabeth. He was traveling to his Equally important, she was a hometown in Harlem, Ga. She kind and gracious person, as was traveling to Miami, where pretty on the inside as she was she worked with the Navy. on the outside.

“Raymond considered It was clear after spendElizabeth a remarkable woman, ing some time with them that their encounter memorable, Elisabeth and Raymond Cook one of those moments a young adored each other. But that is man carries into old age, but just the beginning of this love frankly, he never expected to see story. You see, Raymond had Elizabeth again. first proposed marriage to Elisa“He would be wrong. They beth in 1943. She accepted his would meet again. Six months proposal in 1995. later in June 1943, when he was Dean Poling, managing edi- assigned to Miami, where he tor of the Valdosta Daily Times, looked up the attractive young retold their story so eloquently lady from the train. They dated. a couple of Christmases ago in He proposed that same year “Valdosta Scene” magazine that by telegram. ‘Dear Miss Mays I asked him if I might share por- (stop) Will you marry me? tions of it with you this day. (stop)’ Cook cannot remember Poling writes, “Christmaswhy he sent the proposal by time 1942. A little more than telegram. a year after Pearl Harbor. The “Elizabeth, always rational, United States and the world at always calm, always logical, war. Raymond Cook had spent always analytical, traits that many weeks training as a Navy would aid her in a long career airship pilot in Lakehurst, N.J. as a psychologist, turned down “‘I coming home for Christ- Raymond’s proposal. With the

world at war, she reasoned in saying no, marriage was too risky a prospect. Too many deployments, too many thousands of miles and years apart, the prospect of sudden death and the unknown.”

Both would go on to enjoy successful marriages and eminent careers. Years later, after both had become widowed, Elizabeth and Raymond began to see each other again. On one trip to Valdosta, the two of them went to McDonald’s to eat. Now in their mid-70s, Dr. Raymond Cook once again proposed marriage to Dr. Elizabeth Mays Stein. This time she accepted. They were married in May 1995. As Raymond Cook told Poling, “If there’s a moral to this story, it is if you have a good goal, don’t give up.”

It was worth the wait. I never saw two people more devoted to each other than Raymond Cook and Elisabeth Cook. They proved that true love defies time and circumstances. If their marriage was shorter than some, it was richer by far than many.

Most of all, it was meant to be.

You can reach Dick Yarbrough at yarb2400@bellsouth.net; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139; online at dickyarbrough.com or on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/ dickyarb.

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WORLD British soldiers may face Iraq prosecutions LONDON — British soldiers may be put on trial for alleged crimes committed in Iraq including murder, the head of a government unit investigating claims of torture and unlawful killing said in an interview published on Saturday.

Mark Warwick, a former police detective who is in charge of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (Ihat), was quoted as saying by The Independent newspaper that he believed there would be sufficient evidence to justify criminal charges.

“There are serious allegations that we are investigating across the whole range of Ihat investigations, which incorporates homicide, where I feel there is significant evidence to be obtained to put a strong case before the Service Prosecuting Authority to prosecute and charge,” he said.

Prosecutor: Man who drove at troops had seen jihadi propaganda VALENCE, France — French investigators found jihadist propaganda material on Saturday in the computer of a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in southern France on New Year’s Day but said it did not prove he had links with any terrorist groups.

“The inspection of his computer led to the discovery of jihadi propaganda images,” local prosecutor Alex Perrin told Reuters.

“These are downloadable images that are a few weeks old. Not the worst type of images, but rather bellicose slogans,” he said. “It shows he had an appreciation of that, but it does not prove he had links with terrorist organizations.”

The 29-year-old Frenchman of Tunisian descent rammed his car into a group of four soldiers in a car park outside a large mosque in a suburb of Valence on Friday afternoon, the prosecutor told reporters earlier on Saturday.

South braces for flooding Reuters

Residents of southern states along the Mississippi River are bracing for the flooding that has swamped communities from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Oklahoma over the last week, causing thousands of evacuations and killing at least 31 people.

Officials in Louisiana are checking levees daily, and Exxon Mobil Corp has decided to shut its 340,571 barrel-per-day refined products terminal in Memphis, Tenn., as floodwaters threatened to inundate the facility just south of the city’s downtown.

“All that water’s coming south and we have to be ready for it,” Louisiana Lieutenant Governor-Elect Billy Nungesser told CNN. “It’s a serious concern. It’s early in the season. We usually don’t see this until much later.”

Workers in southwestern Tennessee were preparing sandbags on Friday in hopes of limiting damage from the Mississippi when it crests at Memphis next week, state emergency management officials said. Officials were also examining levees to make sure they would hold.

“We’re moving things up high and we’ve got our generators out and got some extra water,” said Dotty Kirkendoll, a clerk at Riverside Park Marina on McKellar Lake, which feeds

NATION Police kill suspect, mistaking phone for a weapon

Las Vegas police are investigating the killing of a wanted man who was shot dead earlier this week by two officers who mistook his cellphone for a gun, authorities said on Saturday.

Keith Childress Jr., 23, died from multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, the Clark County Coroner’s Office said.

Federal agents were tracking the suspect when he was shot in a residential neighborhood of Las Vegas at about 2 p.m. on Thursday, Anti-ISIS group the Las Vegas Metropolitan claims attack on Police Department said in a statement. Police said BBC services Childress was sought for LONDON — A group attempted murder and other of computer hackers that violent felonies in Arizona. wants to target Islamic State A spokesman for the has claimed it was behind suspect’s attorney Brad a cyber attack on the BBC Reinhart said Childress had which it intended as a test of been convicted in December its own capabilities, accord- of burglary, armed robbery, ing to messages sent to a kidnapping, aggravated asreporter at the broadcaster on sault and theft in Maricopa Saturday.

County, Ariz., but never “It was only a test, we been accused of attempted didn’t exactly plan to take murder. it down for multiple hours,” the group called New World Putin names U.S. Hackers said in a message among threats in sent to the BBC’s technology correspondent, Rory security strategy Cellan-Jones, which he MOSCOW — A new posted on Twitter.

“We realize sometimes appraisal names the United what we do is not always the States as one of the threats to right choice, but without cy- Russia’s national security for ber hackers … who is there the first time, a sign of how to fight off online terrorists?” relations with the west have The BBC’s online servic- deteriorated in recent years. es, including its news webThe document, “About the site and iPlayer catch-up TV Strategy of National Security platform, were taken down of Russian Federation,” was for a few hours on Thursday signed by President Vladimir by a large web attack.

Putin on New Year’s Eve. — From wire reports It replaces a 2009 version,

Water is pumped over the Valley Park levee on the Meramec River in Valley Park, Mo., in this National Guard picture taken Thursday. Residents of southern states along the Mississippi River are bracing for the flooding that has swamped communities from the Ohio River Valley to eastern Oklahoma over the last week, causing thousands of evacuations and killing at least 31 people. (Reuters/Missouri Air National Guard/Senior Airman Patrick P. Evenson)

off the Mississippi.

Flooding in the U.S. Midwest typically occurs in the spring as snowmelt swells rivers. Freezing temperatures that have followed the rare winter flooding have added to regional woes.

Most of the deaths in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas have been caused by people driving into flooded areas after days of downpours. The dead included a central Illinois teenager whose body was recovered on Friday near where a truck in which he

was riding was found the day before. Another teen from the truck was still missing.

Authorities also continued searching on Friday for country singer Craig Strickland, who had gone duck hunting on an Oklahoma lake during stormy conditions. His friend, Chase Morland, was found dead on Monday.

Twelve Illinois counties have been declared disaster areas, and Governor Bruce Rauner on Friday ordered Illinois National Guard troops into flooded areas in the

PEOPLE Bill Cosby’s wife must testify in civil case against him, judge rules

In the same week that comedian Bill Cosby was arrested on sexual assault charges, his wife, Camille Cosby, learned she must testify in a civil case against the entertainer filed by seven women who said he defamed them, court documents said.

A federal magistrate judge in Massachusetts on Thursday rejected arguments by Cosby’s wife of almost 52 years, who also has been his business manager, that the deposition would represent an “undue burden.”

The deposition is scheduled for next Wednesday, a week after Bill Cosby, 78, was charged in Pennsylvania in the only criminal case brought against the actor, who has been accused by more than 50 women of sexually abusing them in incidents dating back decades.

Cosby is free on $1 million bail, and his lawyer has said the entertainer is not guilty and will not consider a plea bargain.

southern part of the state to mitigate flood damage and help with evacuation efforts.

The Mississippi is expected to crest at Thebes, in southern Illinois, at 47.5 feet today, more than 1.5 feet above the 1995 record, the National Weather Service said.

Flood warnings were also in effect on Friday for parts Co-author of U.S. of Texas, Oklahoma, the Carolinas, Alabama and Ken- anti-fraud law dies in sleep at 71 tucky, the NWS said, while major flooding was occurring CLEVELAND — Foron the Arkansas River and its mer U.S. Representative tributaries in that state.

Mike Oxley, a 12-term Republican congressman from Ohio who co-sponsored a agenda next month as he starts his last year with a key landmark 2002 law to fight corporate fraud, died on goal: remaining relevant.

Obama, who returns from Friday at the age of 71, officials said. a two-week vacation in “Mike personified a true Hawaii this weekend, will public servant who loved deliver his last State of the Union speech to both houses serving his constituents, Ohio and the United States of Congress on Jan. 12, of America,” Oxley’s suckicking off his final year in cessor in Congress, Repreoffice just as the campaign to succeed him moves into a sentative Bob Latta, said in a statement. higher profile phase.

Oxley died while asleep Current and former White at his home in McLean, Va., House advisers noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on as he delivers Obama avoided any slide according to the Courier his annual New Year address to the nation in Moscow, into “lame duck” status in newspaper in Findlay, Ohio.

Russia on Thursday. (Reuters/Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/ 2015 with big policy moves He is best known for his Kremlin) role in the Sarbanes-Oxley including the Iran nuclear Act of 2002, which was endorsed by then- President some 20 other staff memdeal and an international passed by Congress to imbers quit amid infighting, Dmitry Medvedev, the curagreement to fight climate prove corporate disclosure dropping poll numbers and rent prime minister, which change. mentioned neither the United negative media coverage.

With an especially chaotic and guard against the fraud of the sort committed by Barry Bennett, who States nor NATO. Republican presidential companies including Enron oversaw Carson’s rapid rise race, led by frontrunner It says Russia has manCorp and WorldCom Inc. to the top tier of Republican Donald Trump, it is specuaged to heighten its role in solving global problems and contenders and his later fall, lated Obama will continue said he quit over differences to drive public discourse international conflicts. That ‘Force Awakens’ heightened role has caused a with another top adviser to even as his time in office rockets toward reaction by the West, it says. Carson, Armstrong Wildraws to a close. liams.

“The strengthening of ‘Avatar’ record Specifically, Bennett Russia happens against the New York asks LOS ANGELES — background of new threats to blamed Williams for an fantasy sports “Star Wars: The Force interview Carson gave last the national security, which sites to pay back Awakens” has begun 2016 has complex and interrelated week to The Washington the same way it closed nature,” the document says. Post suggesting that the camNEW YORK — New out 2015: It’s making a paign was in disarray. “It’s Conducting an indepenYork Attorney General Eric killing at the box office. one of the stupidest things dent policy, “both internaSchneiderman on Thursday The seventh chapter in the I’ve ever seen a candidate tional and domestic” has filed an amended lawsuit space opera nabbed $34 caused “counteraction from do,” Bennett said. million on Friday, putting Things had “boiled over” against DraftKings and the USA and its allies, which FanDuel asking the daily its domestic cume on track with Williams, Bennett are striving to retain their fantasy sports companies to for close to $750 million dominance in global affairs.” told Reuters. “For the past give back all the money they by the end of the holiday seven weeks, I’ve been doThat in turn is likely to made in New York State. weekend. ing nothing but putting out lead to “political, economiThe amended lawsuit Unspooling in 4,134 Armstrong Williams-started cal, military and informaasks the two companies to locations, “Force Awakfires,” Bennett said. tional pressure” on Russia, make restitution of all funds ens” should pull in north the document says. of $95 million during its Obama’s ’16 goal: obtained from consumers in connection with alleged third weekend of release.

After campaign Stay relevant in Unsurprisingly, it’s far and violations and seeks a civil manager walks, away the most popular title penalty of up to $5,000 per campaign year at multiplexes this holiday, case.

20 staffers follow HONOLULU — AdvancThe lawsuit also asks that distantly trailed by Will Ferrell and Mark WahlNEW YORK/WASHING- ing gun control, closing the the two companies provide TON — U.S. Republican U.S. military prison in Cuba an accounting of the money berg’s comedy “Daddy’s Ben Carson’s 2016 presiand reforming criminal they collected from consum- Home” and Quentin Tarandential bid was thrown into justice laws are likely to top ers in New York who played tino’s latest Western “The Hateful Eight.” chaos on Thursday when President Barack Obama’s any of their games.

— From wire reports his campaign manager and State of the Union address — From wire reports

Puerto Rico reports first case of Zika virus Reuters

to take common sense steps to avoid mosquito bites, like using SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico repellent and wearing long pants has reported its first case of Zika, representative in Congress, said and shirts,” Pierluisi said. a mosquito-borne virus that has in a statement that his office Zika was first detected in Afribeen spreading across South had been in touch with the U.S. ca in the 1940s but was unknown America and the Caribbean Centers for Disease Control and in the Americas until last year. and has been linked by BrazilPrevention, which had confirmed The mosquito-transmitted ian authorities to a serious birth the single case of Zika on the disease has been confirmed defect, a U.S. Congressman said island. in countries including Brazil, on Thursday.

“There is no reason for alarm, Panama, Venezuela, El Salvador, Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico’s and the public should continue Mexico, Suriname, the Domini-

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can Republic, Colombia, Guatemala and Paraguay, according to public health officials.

Brazilian authorities in November linked Zika to a surge in babies born with microcephaly, a birth defect that seriously limits a child’s mental and physical abilities.

Brazil has reported nearly 2,000 cases of babies born with microcephaly, or unusually small

brains, the World Health Organization said this month.

The WHO said the cause of the outbreak in Brazil had yet to be determined.

Between three and 12 days after being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, three out of four people come down with symptoms including mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis, headaches and joint pain.

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Mo. governor surveys flood-ravaged areas

By Sue Britt Reuters

EUREKA, Mo. — Missouri Governor Jay Nixon on Saturday toured communities in his state ravaged by flooding that killed at least 31 people and forced the evacuations of thousands in the Mississippi and Ohio river regions, as the danger of rising waters shifted to Arkansas and other states farther down river.

Nixon visited Eureka and Cape Girardeau in eastern Missouri, where floodwaters caused widespread damage, and announced that he has requested the federal government to declare an emergency to help with the massive cleanup and recovery effort that is now under way in his state.

“It’s almost as if you’re living on some other planet,” he said, standing near a growing pile of debris in a park in Eureka, about an hour’s drive west of St. Louis on the banks of the Meramec River, which flows into the Mississippi.

“This is just a tiny

fraction of the trail of destruction,” the governor told reporters.

The National Weather Service reported Mississippi floodwaters in Illinois and Missouri began cresting and receding on Saturday after thousands of people had to be evacuated from their homes earlier in the week when the floods destroyed hundreds of structures.

The floods claimed the lives of 31 people in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas, most of whom drove into flooded areas after days of downpours.

Authorities continued searching on Saturday for country singer Craig Strickland, who had gone duck hunting on an Oklahoma lake during stormy conditions. His friend, Chase Morland, was found dead on Monday.

In Thebes, Ill., about 125 miles downriver from St. Louis, the floodwater was expected to crest at 47.5 feet today, more than 1.5 feet above the 1995 record, the NWS said.

The flood warnings

remained in effect on Saturday for parts of Tennessee, Oklahoma, the Carolinas, Alabama and Kentucky. Major flooding continued in the state of Arkansas along the Arkansas River and its tributaries.

Arkansas officials said they expected the river, which bisects the state from west to southeast before joining the Mississippi, to crest late on Saturday.

Large swaths of parkland in Little Rock along the river were covered with floodwaters, and some homes and farmland in the Arkansas Delta were flooded on Saturday.

Signs that floodwaters were headed south began to emerge as the NWS issued a major flooding designation on Saturday to Osceola, Ark., where the Mississippi River reached above 35 feet, well above the 28-foot flood stage.

The NWS also on Saturday warned communities in the Southern Mississippi Valley region of potential flooding during the next 10 days.

Clanisha Boone and Jonathan Armour hold hands with their new baby girl Jalile Janine Armour on Friday at Eastside Medical Center in Snellville. Jalile was the first baby to be born in 2016 in Gwinnett County. (Staff Photo: Katie Morris)

•From Page 1A contractions intensified, so the couple decided to head to Eastside Medical Center in Snellville.

They arrived at the hospital around 7 p.m., and Boone remembers thinking that they’d be turning around and heading back home soon.

“I didn’t know they were going to keep me, so I didn’t bring a baby bag or nothing,” she said. “I just thought it was a false alarm; that I was just having some pains or false contractions.”

But it was no false alarm.

After around six hours of labor, at 1:42 a.m. Friday morning, Jalile was brought into the world at six pounds, eight and one-half ounces and 19 inches.

Boone said everything seemed to happen so fast, and the delivery was difficult at times but well worth it.

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Submerged roads and houses are seen after several days of heavy rain led to flooding, in an aerial view over Union, Mo. (Reuters/Kate Munsch)

SPLOST referendum. The new EMS workers will be assigned to a new ambulance crew which will operate in the northeastern part of the county.

The budget also has $8 million set aside to fund a pay raise for county workers and $3 million for the one-time longevity payment. Officials said in November that the longevity payments amount to

Baby After a sleepless night, the family was finally able to catch a nap Friday morning.

“It was early (Friday) morning because we were too excited to sleep,” Boone said. “We wanted to go to sleep because we were tired, but we just kept looking at her. We were too excited to go to sleep.”

The first-time parents glowed as they looked down at their sweet bundle of joy as she peacefully slept in her mothers arms with a slight smile on her angelic face.

Jalile wrapped her tiny hand around her daddy’s finger — she has long, slim fingers.

Maybe she’ll be a basketball player, Armour said with a smile.

“She’s a good baby,” Boone said. “She only cries when she’s hungry.”

The first-time parents are excited to take their healthy baby girl home, where her

nursery is all set up and ready for her. The couple said they’ve spent the past nine months preparing, ensuring they were ready.

The family was also able to leave the hospital with some surprise items such as diapers, wipes, two outfits, a Halo SleepSack and more.

The maternity services staff presented the couple with a New Year’s gift basket in honor of their special delivery.

“Welcoming babies into the world is one of the most special parts of working in maternity services,” said Penny Montgomery, director of maternity services at Eastside Medical Center.

“There is an extra sense of excitement and promise that comes with delivering the first baby of the new year.

We are proud to be part of the Boone and Armour family’s special day.”

Budget about $75 per year for employees who have worked for Gwinnett’s government for at least three years.

There will also be a three-year financial rollout for the new transit routes.

Officials explained in December that planning for the new routes will take place in 2016 at a cost of about $200,000 and the routes will begin rolling in 2017. The full $1.6 million cost of running the routes will not be seen until

2018, though.

A new Centerville senior center and an expansion of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center are being planned.

There were calls for the amount of additional funding earmarked for the elections office to be increased to bump up the number of new days that polling locations will be open for advance voting, but it remains to be seen if that amount will change.

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•From Page 1A there are more violations than what we’re seeing here,” school district spokeswoman Sloan Roach said. “But if we can in some way help raise education, raise awareness about this issue, hopefully we can avoid some of the traffic tragedies that other school systems have seen and experienced.”

In the first 40 days of school, there were 4,408 citations issued, a period that went through September. In the first four weeks of the school year, there were 1,920 citations issued.

From January through the end of last school year, there were 12,244 citations. In that period, the school district collected $573,425, and that money is used to cover the officers needed to review the footage captured from video cameras on the bus stop arms, and for transportation-related safety projects.

When the program began in January, most of the violations happened on busy, multi-lane roads, but Rawls said since he started in August, it’s been more of a 50-50 mix of busy roads and side streets.

“I’ve seen a few in neighborhoods, and that kind of irks me because the students are right across the street to go to their house and you have people

Above left, video footage is shown on a computer of a truck illegally passing a stopped school bus. Gwinnett County Public Schools has issued 8,071 citations since the first day of this school year. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner) Above right, a school bus driver activates the stop sign during a demonstration by Gwinnett County Public Schools officials. (File Photo)

passing at 10 seconds and going around,” he said. “You can see the bus drivers waving their arms out the windows. It’s kind of scary that these drivers have disregard for our students’ safety.”

Added Roach, “The law isn’t new. Everyone should be aware of it, but it’s obvious that either A, people are not aware of it, or B, they’re just not following it.”

Driving to and from work, Rawls said he sees violations firsthand and it’s “blowing my mind that it’s still occurring.”

While he admitted it was a low percentage, Rawls said some possible violations are thrown out by officer discretion because the driver didn’t have enough

time to stop, or could have caused a safety hazard on the road by stopping quickly.

Roach said that’s why the district chose to have officers review the video.

“Sometimes things that come in, when an officer looks at it, based on what is going on at the time, it’s not something that they would issue a violation for,” she said.

Added Rawls, “I don’t like to send close calls.”

When motorists challenge the violation, a video monitor in court is mounted next to the judge, solicitor and defendant to review the incident.

“They all watch it together; it’s pretty clear, cut and dry,” Rawls said.

Rawls said he’s sur-

prised that many of the offending motorists don’t usually watch the video on a link sent to them with the citation, and regularly watch the offense for the first time in court.

“They get to court and they see the video and they kind of just drop their head,” he said. “It’s right there for them if they want to view it before they go.

Everyone has their right to fight something in court and that’s why they have it in place.”

What is common, Rawls said, are drivers that see a bus stopping and then slow down for a few seconds, but don’t completely stop, and then continue down the road.

“With the state law, at least in Georgia, it’s any

visual indicator,” Rawls said. “Technically by law it’s the amber lights. Any visual indicator with the bus stopped. So if the bus has been sitting there for 10 seconds and the amber lights are going off, by law, all the vehicles are supposed to stop. And the judges inform the people that when they go to court.”

On one example in midDecember, Rawls said a silver 2007 Mercedes-Benz passed a stopped school bus on Collins Hill Road after the video had rolled — and the bus was stopped — for 4.2 seconds.

“You can actually see the bus driver is waving their hand there trying to tell them to stop,” he said.

Another example came

on Gwinnett Drive near Central Gwinnett High School where a truck passed a bus near a school zone where yellow lights were flashing on street signs. It was more than three seconds of lights flashing when the truck passed.

According to Georgia law, vehicles traveling in both directions must stop when a school bus activates its stop arm on a two-lane road or a multi-lane road with no median or barrier.

Vehicles traveling in the same direction as a school bus must always stop, but motorists traveling in the opposite direction can proceed with caution when there is an unpaved median or concrete barrier separating the opposing lanes.

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Shravan and Bidhya Shrestha sit with their foster dogs, Demvee and Shy, on Saturday during a pet adoption event in Suwanee. (Staff Photos: Keith Farner)

Furry day

Suwanee pet adoption event sees steady turnout

By Keith Farner Angels Among Us Pet Rescue held its monthly adoption event in front of Pooch N Paws on Saturday in Suwanee.

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Helen Fort Mrs. Helen Fort, 88, of Snellville, died December 28, 2015. Having become a widow to Walter R. Fort in 1978, Mrs. Fort moved from Illinois to Georgia the following year to be near her daughter, sonin-law and grandsons.

She became involved in the Snellville community and soon was an active member at Westminster Presbyterian Church. She had been a member of the Order of the Eastern Star since 1968 and quickly joined its Snellville chapter as well as the Tucker Court of the Order of the Amaranth in Lawrenceville, both of which are Masonic-affiliated fraternal organizations. Helen’s spirit of volunteerism also included many decades of membership and service with Beta Sigma Phi, belonging locally to the Laureate Chapter. Mrs. Fort was a proud member of her city’s senior group, Snellville Keenagers. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lee and Dr. Bill Delp of Snellville; grandsons, Dr. Donny and Dr. Meredith Delp of Loganville and Chris and Catherine Delp of Cumming; great grandsons, Travis Delp, Chase Delp, Grayson Delp, Carter Delp, and great granddaughter Caroline Delp; brother, Kenneth Mendenhall of Grand Junction CO; several nieces and nephews.

The memorial service for Mrs. Fort will be held at Noon, Saturday, January 9, 2015, at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Rev. Allison Per-Lee officiating.

The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall immediately following the service. Her urn will be buried at a later time in the city cemetery in Paola, Kansas. For those desiring, a contribution may be made in memory of Helen Fort to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2208 Main Street East, Snellville GA 30078.

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Felton Ross Franklin In loving memory of

Felton Ross Franklin of Dacula, GA who passed away January 4, 2015. He was buried on January 7, 2015 at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Harbins, GA. Felton was preceded in death by his parents Sam and Hattie Franklin, brothers Jewett, Andrew, and Holan Franklin, and sister Nell Duncan. His sister Kathleen Sorrels passed away on 12/6/15.

Surviving siblings are Jane Beaver, Virginia Brogdon, Yvonne Schubele, and Rastus Franklin. He is also survived by his wife of sixty years, Loraine Justus Franklin, son and daughter-in-law, Jeff and Cathi Franklin, five grandchildren, and six great grandchildren.

Felton will always be loved and will never be forgotten.

VIENNA, VA

Jewell Rich Jewell Shadburn Rich, 80, was called Home by our Lord God, on Monday, December 7, 2015. She passed away peacefully in her sleep in Vienna, Virginia, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

She was born in Buford, Georgia on January 7, 1935.

She was a graduate of Buford High School (Buford, Georgia, 1953), where, in addition to being a stellar student, she excelled on the girls’ basketball team, was a member of the cheerleading squad, and was a contributing writer to the school paper “The Green and White.”

She then went on to Mercer University (Macon, Georgia), where she pursued a BA in English and met her husband, Arthur L. Rich, Jr. She was of the Christian faith, and very much enjoyed her time at church with family and friends.

Jewell traveled extensively, in support of her husband’s military career, to interesting places that included Orleans, France; Fort Ord, California; and West Point, New York.

She was active for more

than 60 years in her Chi Omega sorority, starting at the Mercer University Psi Gamma Chapter, and later as a member (including leadership positions) in the Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter. She was also an avid bridge player.

Jewell was retired from Kay Jewelers Corporation in Old Town, Alexandria, where she was the Executive Secretary in both the Black Star and Frost, and Marcus Fine Jewelry Divisions. Early in her career, she was a substitute school teacher, and in her late career, a realtor alongside her husband, first with Prudential Real Estate, and later with Long and Foster Realtors.

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SUWANEE — Still new to fostering rescued dogs, Alexander Coston and Whitney Arp looked for new homes Saturday for their chihuahuas, Rosalita and Francisca.

The dogs were among several up for adoption outside Pooch N Paws in Suwanee where Alpharetta-based Angels Among Us Pet Rescue held its monthly event.

Established in 2009, Angels Among Us Pet Rescue is a volunteer-based organization dedicated to rescuing dogs and cats from high-kill shelters in North Georgia.

The event was a first step, or introduction, to new owners adopting a pet. After an application is submitted, there are veterinarian checks and home checks with the

whole family and other pets in the home.

Among the dogs at the event were Brena, a 2-year-old black lab, Abree, a 1-year-old playful female lab mix possibly with a Dalmatian, and Kapow, a friendly 2-year-old.

Coston called it an obligation to help dogs in need.

“If we could, we would foster children,” he said. “We have an opportunity to give.”

They’ve fostered dogs for about three months, and Arp said she appreciated that Angels Among Us Pet Rescue is volunteer-based, so money goes directly to help the animals.

While they were rescued from the same owner, Arp said her foster dogs didn’t necessarily need to stay together because they play well

with their other two dogs.

“It would have to be a special situation,” Coston said. “And to be honest, finding special situations is less prevalent than finding a situation that would best suit the individual dog.”

As of Aug. 1 last year, the organization had rescued more than 9,000 dogs and cats. Arp said the organization rescued more than 2,500 in 2015 alone. Most of these animals came into the program from high-kill animal control facilities throughout Georgia.

Ellen Stanley of Angels Among Us Pet Rescue said the fourhour event had already counted seven or eight adoptions about halfway through, saw steady foot traffic, and would have been a success if even one animal was adopted.

She is preceded in death by her parents, John C. and Pearl Tuggle Shadburn of Buford, GA. Jewell is survived by her husband of 58 years, Arthur L. Rich, Jr., Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.); two daughters, Cassandra R. Aucoin (Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin), and Jennifer L. Rich; two sons, Arthur L. Rich, III (Colleen), and Ashley S. Rich (Amy); six grandchildren, Joseph Aucoin, Kristina Aucoin, Claudia Rich, Garrett Rich, Jorja Rich and Alexia Rich; brother, Roger L. Shadburn; sister, Anne S. Barnes (Jerry); sister-in-law Dr. Ruth Anne Rich-Humphrey (Fred); and eight nieces and nephews.

Angels Among Us Pet Rescue held its monthly adoption event in front of Pooch N Paws on Saturday in Suwanee.

Her husband, Art, for more than 58 years often said “Jewell was always my infinite source of joy, love and companionship.”

For all of us, Jewell was the heart and soul of our family. Clearly, she was our inspiration and leader.

She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many. We sorely miss her.

Memorial services were held on December 15, 2015 at Money & King Funeral Home (Vienna, Virginia). Jewell was laid to rest at Chestnut Grove Cemetery in Herndon, Virginia.

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Stone Mountain Park set to debut new attraction

By Katie Morris

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Stone Mountain Park visitors will soon have the chance try their hand at being a professional stuntman. The park recently announced it will debut The Jump, a multi-level free fall drop experience, this spring.

The attraction will be located near SkyHike and Geyser Towers and will feature three separate towers that jumpers can free fall from, landing on a soft air bag below.

According to Jeanine Jones, Stone Mountain Park’s public relations manager, the new addition was inspired by the success of the park’s popular SkyHike adventure course

and Geyser Towers, which features suspended rope bridges and a gushing geyser.

Similar to many of the park’s attractions, The Jump offers outdoor entertainment for small children and adults alike.

“While it’s thrilling, it’s something the whole family can do together,” Jones said.

The Jump features 20and 15-foot towers, and a tower less than 10-feethigh in the Camp Highland Outfit area, which is a low ropes course for younger visitors who are not quite ready to take on the SkyHike.

“We like to build experiences for the whole family to reconnect,” Jones said. “That’s pretty much our whole goal, to help

families have those connections, to put down their phones, put down the iPad and come out and be able to experience nature and be able to have fun and have experiences you wouldn’t normally be able to have and to do all that together.”

Jones said construction is expected to begin in the next few weeks and will continue throughout SkyHike’s off season.

Jones said the park’s goal is to have The Jump open in time for its Spring FUN Break event held April 2-10.

The Jump is included with any Adventure Pass ticket or Mountain Membership. For more information, visit www. stonemountainpark.com or Stone Mountain Park recently announced it will debut a new attraction called The Jump facebook.com/stonemoun- that allows park visitors to free fall from a jump platform and land on a large air bag.

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Man shot, falls off balcony at New Year’s Eve party

By Katie Morris

morning in Lawrenceville.

According to Gwinnett County police spokesman Sgt. Brian Doan, officers A man is in stable condi- responded at 1:43 a.m. to tion after being shot and a 911 call reporting that a then falling off a balcony person had been shot at the at a party early Friday Lake Sweetwater Apart-

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Officers arrived at building No. 11 to find an unconscious black man, 23, on the ground, Doan said. Gwinnett County

Passion 2016 continues at Infinite Energy Arena

By Katie Morris

between locations. Attendees will also experience teaching from two live speakers while seeing Thousands of young the others via live-stream. adults gathered at the Leading the sessions Infinite Energy Arena on will be Giglio joined by Saturday for the kick off guests John Piper, Chrisof Passion 2016. tine Caine, Ravi ZachaFounded by Atlantarias and Levi Lusko. based pastor Louie GiWorship leaders and glio, Passion will contin- bands will include Pasue through Monday and is sion Band, Chris Tomlin, open to young adults ages Crowder, Matt Redman, 18 to 25.

Kristian Stanfill, Christy For the first time, the Nockels, Brett Younker three-day Christian conand Melodie Malone, ference will be live and along with special guests live-streamed simultaneHillsong United and Rend ously in three locations Collective.

— Infinite Energy Arena, The conference aims Atlanta’s Philips Arena to encourage students to and Houston’s Toyota serve as well as worship.

Center — uniting students In the past few years, stufrom more than 1,500 dents have given some $8 universities in worship. million to fight modernThere will be live day slavery through The worship music in every END IT Movement. session at each venue, While ending modernwith all bands traveling day slavery is still a katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

focus, this year students will also donate money for the construction of a hospital to serve at-risk mothers and children in Syria. Once completed, the hospital will offer the first neonatal intensive care unit in oppositioncontrolled Syria.

“God wants the people of these cities to feel lifted by a gathering of this size,” Giglio said in a news release.

Passion’s 40,000 attendees are also encouraged to arrive at each location with new towels and socks to be donated to local homeless shelters.

Passion 2016 will be at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth at 11 a.m. today and Monday.

For more information about Passion 2016, visit www.268generation.com or www.infiniteenergycenter.com/events.

Fire Department personnel arrived on scene and transported the victim to Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville.

Doan said the initial investigation revealed that the man was attending a

party when he was shot.

“The male then fell roughly 10 to 15 feet from the balcony leading to the apartment to the ground below,” Doan said. “The male is currently in stable condition and speaking

with investigators.”

Police do not have any suspects at this time. Any witnesses are encouraged to contact the Gwinnett County Criminal Investigations Division 770-5135300.

Vietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratlys Reuters

to the airfield, “built illegally on Fiery Cross Reef, which HANOI — Vietnam is part of Vietnam’s Spratformally accused China of lys.” violating its sovereignty and In a statement, he called a recent confidence-building it “a serious infringement of pact on Saturday by landing the sovereignty of Vietnam a plane on an airstrip Beijing on the Spratly archipelago, has built in a contested part contrary to the common of the South China Sea. perception of high-ranking Foreign Ministry spokes- leaders of the two countries man Le Hai Binh said China and (to) an agreement on the had conducted a test-flight basic principles for directly

solving maritime issues between Vietnam and China.”

Vietnam handed a protest note to China’s embassy and asked China not to repeat the action, Binh said.

The two communist-led states’ competing claims in the South China Sea came to a head in 2014 when Beijing parked an oil rig off the Vietnamese coast, leading to anti-China riots.

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Shorthanded win

Criscolo steps up for Dacula with 20 against Duluth

By Will Hammock

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LOGANVILLE — A long week of basketball got a bit longer for Wesleyan and Hebron Christian’s boys teams Saturday.

The two teams battled back and forth through two overtimes before Wesleyan’s steady free-throw shooting finished off a 69-62 victory in the Gwinnett Daily Post Challenge at Grayson. Both teams played three games earlier in the week Jason in holiday Morrison tournaments, and their fourth game went two periods longer than expected.

The Wolves (9-4), behind 28 points, 10 rebounds and four steals from Jason Morrison, found their legs enough to seal the victory at the line and overcome a 32-point, seven-rebound effort from Hebron’s Luke Crawford.

“Hebron is very wellcoached,” Wesleyan boys coach Ryan Hodges said.

“They’ve got a tough post player (Crawford) who’s got to be one of the top scorers in the county. He was really good for them.

They played really well.

They played really hard.

It was a good test for us. I felt like late in the game we gave them some points we shouldn’t have given them on offensive rebounds and a couple of steals. But our kids bounced back, showed a lot of resilience, stayed with it. Going into region play, that was a great win for us. I’m really proud of the guys.”

Crawford nearly scored enough for a victory by Hebron (10-4), which had won eight of its last

By Guy Curtright Staff Correspondent

LAWRENCEVILLE — With their two senior standouts and two other starters suspended, the Dacula girls desperately needed at least one of their remaining players to step up.

Alyssa Criscolo, a 5-foot-7 sophomore, did just that Saturday against Duluth in the Gwinnett Daily Post Challenge’s opening game at Central Gwinnett.

Criscolo scored 12 of her 20 points in the first quarter and topped off her double-double with 11 rebounds as Dacula led throughout in a 53-39 victory over Duluth, which was also missing players.

“She’s a heck of a shooter and has come a long way the past two years,” Dacula coach Jason Adams said. “Those two early 3-pointers she made really helped give us confidence and get us going.”

Dacula (6-5) was without 6-foot-5 LSU recruit Faustine Alfuwa, 1,000-point career scorer Jonnae Johnson and two other key players suspended during a tournament in Tennessee.

“They are suspended indefinitely for violating team rules,” Adams said.

“That’s all I can say.”

After winning their opener in Tennessee, the Falcons suffered two lopsided losses while down to just seven players after the suspensions.

Helena Lee had already been out because of dental surgery, but she returned against Duluth and Dacula pulled out a victory against a team that had just six players dressed.

Dacula’s Aiyana Hamilton (25) shoots over Duluth’s Taryn Williams (14) during the first half of Saturday’s GDP

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Wolves prevail over Hebron in 2OT

huge plays,” Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. “I don’t think he had — North Carolina needed played well at all until that something to turn the tide point. To me, those were Saturday afternoon. the two biggest plays of Joel Berry might have the game.” been an unlikely source for Forward Brice Johnson’s that.

15 points and 11 rebounds, The sophomore guard guard Marcus Paige’s 13 scored a career-high 19 points and forward Isaiah points, including six in a Hicks’ 12 points also lifted brief stretch when the lead the Tar Heels (13-2, 2-0 changed in the second half, ACC), who won their sixth as No. 7 North Carolina consecutive game. defeated Georgia Tech Guard Marcus Georges86-78 in an Atlantic Coast Hunt tallied 25 points for Conference game at the Georgia Tech (10-4, 0-1), Dean E. Smith Center. which lost its ACC opener “I didn’t have a good for the 10th season in a first half,” Berry said. “I row. just tried to stay in the Guard Adam Smith game. Later in the second scored 14 of his 20 points half, I got it going.” in the first half and forBerry’s 3-pointer, folward Charles Mitchell had lowed by his three-point 14 points for the Yellow play in a 27-second span Jackets, who were 2-for-7 propelled the Tar Heels into on second-half 3s. a 72-67 lead with 4:40 left.

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Bulldogs hold Penn St. at bay Georgia ushers in Smart era with victory in TaxSlayer Bowl

quarter to make things interesting. McSorley hit wide receiver Georgia showed off a little of DaeSean Hamilton on a 20-yard what’s waiting for new coach touchdown that cut the BullKirby Smart in a 24-17 win over dogs’ lead to 24-17 with six Penn State on Saturday in the minutes to play.

TaxSlayer Bowl at EverBank Georgia (10-3) answered Field in Jacksonville, Fla. with a long, time-consuming Freshman wide receiver Terry drive down to the Penn State Godwin threw a touchdown 25-yard line. Facing a fourthpass on a trick play and caught and-2 and with starting kicker a touchdown pass from quarter- Marshall Morgan out with an back Greyson Lambert, helping injury, Georgia interim coach Georgia jump out to a 24-3 lead Bryan McClendon elected to go in the third quarter. for it. Penn State came up with Penn State (7-6) lost starting the stop, giving the ball back to quarterback Christian HackMcSorley with no timeouts. enberg to a shoulder injury McSorley got the Nittany Liearly in the second quarter but ons in position for a Hail Mary, still managed to mount a rally but the pass was batted down in Georgia lineman and Buford grad Kolton the end zone, sealing the win for Houston (75) celebrates with Terry Godwin behind redshirt freshman Trace the Bulldogs.

(5) after a touchdown during Saturday’s TaxS- McSorley.

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Clemson Tigers running back Wayne Gallman (9), a Grayson grad, runs against Oklahoma Sooners safety Steven Parker (10) during the fourth quarter of the 2015 CFP semifinal at the Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium. (Photo: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports)

Tide favored by a TD over Tigers The Sports Xchange The Alabama Crimson Tide are seven-point favorites over the Clemson Tigers in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Jan. 11 in Glendale, Ariz.

No. 2 Alabama (13-1) convincingly punched its ticket to the title game by dismantling No. 3 Michigan State 38-0 on New Year’s Eve in the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium.

Top-ranked Clemson (140) also was impressive, beating No. 4 Oklahoma 37-17 in the first semifinal Thursday in the Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium. The Tigers outscored Oklahoma 21-0 in the second half.

Clemson running back Wayne Gallman, a Grayson grad, also had a big day, running 26 times for 150 yards and two touchdowns.

However, the Tigers lost defensive end Shaq Lawson, a finalist for the Lombardi and Nagurski awards, who sustained a left knee injury in the first half and did not return.

The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas opened with Alabama as a touchdown favorite over Clemson. The undefeated Tigers

Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Dillon Lee (25), a Buford grad, intercepts a pass against the Michigan State Spartans in the fourth quarter in the 2015 CFP semifinal at the Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium. (Photo: Kevin JairajUSA TODAY Sports)

were four-point underdogs to the Sooners.

Las Vegas books opened betting on the national championship game late Thursday night as Alabama

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continued to dominate Michigan State in the second half. Sportsbook operator CG Technology opened the Crimson Tide as 4.5-point favorites, but

the line quickly climbed to Alabama minus-6.

The Crimson Tide have been favored in 80 of their past 81 games, including all three national championship game appearances under head coach Nick Saban. Alabama won all three of those title games.

Clemson is 3-12 overall against Alabama and has lost the past 12 meetings. It is the Tigers’ worst record against any opponent they have played at least 10 times, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

It didn’t take long for Saban to get asked about Clemson.

“We’d like to enjoy this game for 24 hours, but Clemson’s got a great team,” Saban said Thursday night. “They’re undefeated. They’ve got a great program, so I’m sure our guys are going to be motivated to play the best they can.

The Tigers are within one win of their first national title since 1981.

“I knew that we would be here,” said Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, an Alabama alumnus who played on the Tide’s 1992 national championship team. “It was just a matter of when.”

IN BRIEF

Grayson’s Pappoe named Freshman All-American

Grayson linebacker Owen Pappoe was named this week to the CBS MaxPreps Freshman All-American Football Team, which honors the top freshmen from the 2015 high school football season.

Pappoe made the first team after helping the Rams to the Region 8-AAAAAA title and a trip to the state semifinals. The 6-foot-1, 195-pounder, already with offers from many of the nation’s top colleges, made 72 tackles as a freshman starter on the varsity.

He was joined on the list by fellow Georgians Dominick Blaylock of Walton (first-team wide receiver), Jashawn Sheffield of Frederica Academy (first-team wide receiver), Keiondre Jones of Callaway (first-team offensive line) and Tru Thompson of Griffin (first-team

defensive line).

Georgia Force’s Steve Riley gets coaching honor

The Georgia Force varsity head football coach, Steve Riley, was voted the independent coach of the year by the Atlanta Area Football Officials Association for his sportsmanship and leadership by example.

The AAFOA supplies officials for high school football games in the metro Atlanta area, including Gwinnett County. The organization provided officials for more than 200 games this season. In 2015, Riley lead the Force to an 11-3 overall record, a state championship and a No. 3 overall national ranking among all home school football programs.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016 • 3B

Bears make Buford boys pay for big absence

By David Friedlander

half to its advantage for a come-from-behind 71-62 win Saturday at Archer High School.

LAWRENCEVILLE Spencer Rodgers scored — Mountain View’s boys 23 points, while Nick learned two important les- Hayes added 20 points sons during their Gwinnett and dished out five assists Daily Post Challenge game as Mountain View ralagainst Buford. lied from as much as nine The first one is that you points down in the first can’t teach 6-foot-8. The half and a five-point deficit other is that 6-foot-8 can’t early in the third quarter. do damage if it’s on the Those two led a fastbench in foul trouble. paced effort that helped And the Bears were the Bears (11-4) counter a quick study, using the the massive presence in the absence of Wolves big paint of Patel, who finished center Sahil Patel for a with 24 points,12 rebounds good portion of the second and six blocked shots.

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“When (Patel) wasn’t in, we had more space and Nick started driving the ball,” Mountain View coach B.J. Roy said. “Then when we started driving the ball, it opened up some shots for some of our perimeter players.”

It was apparent early on that Patel was going to be an X factor, as the junior posted 18 points and seven boards in the first half to help the Wolves (5-8) build as much as a 30-23 lead with 1:50 left in the first half and take a 36-32 lead into intermission.

But when Patel went to

the bench with Buford’s lead at 44-39 with 3:41 left in the third quarter, things changed rapidly.

“We were getting the ball inside,” Buford coach Eddie Martin said.

“Against their man pressure, (Patel) was scoring almost at will down there in the paint. The problem was, none of our shooters were making any shots from the perimeter, so (Mountain View was) able to go to that zone and pack it in down in there.

Then we gave up too many points to two kids who we thought we knew what they

were going to do, and they still hurt us.”

The two Martin referred to were Rodgers and Hayes, who really started to make things happen once Patel went out.

Hayes penetrated the lane and dished out to Rodgers for 3-pointers on consecutive possessions, and then knocked down another shot from just inside the arc off an assist from Donnell Nixon to vault the Bears into their first lead since the opening minutes of the game with 2:15 left in the quarter.

Buford never led again,

though the Wolves did cut an eight-point deficit down to as little as 60-58 on a pair of Alex Jones free throws with 3:00 left.

But Donnell Nixon ran down a loose ball and hit a 3-pointer on the next trip down to ignite a 7-0 run over the next 1:37 to help Mountain View put the game away.

Nixon had 17 points and three assists to join Rodgers and Hayes in double figures for the Bears.

Will Springer had 10 points, while Buford also got nine points and seven assists from Jones.

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Steady effort sends Buford to 68-50 win

ran past South Gwinnett 54-40 in the GDP LAWRENCEVILLE Challenge on Saturday at — Buford never trailed Archer High School. and held off a brief run by Jaron Stallworth also Stephenson early in the reached double figures third quarter to pull away with 11 points, while for a 68-50 win Saturday at Alea Spears and Tamara Archer.

Jordan each chipped in Tory Ozment scored 11 eight points as the Bears of her game-high 15 points improved to 6-8 on the in the second half, while season.

Marissa Bruce finished with 12 points, seven GAC 53, Shiloh 38 rebounds, three assists and LOGANVILLE — Deadlocked after a quarter, three steals as the Wolves Greater Atlanta Christian’s improved to 10-3 on the girls took control in the season. second quarter on the way Ozment and Zikaya to a 53-38 win over Shiloh Wright led a 7-2 run late in the GDP Challenge at in the third quarter after Grayson.

Stephenson had pulled as GAC (8-5) outscored close as seven points to Shiloh 18-6 in the second push the lead back into quarter for a 31-19 halfdouble digits for good. time edge. The lead grew Wright chipped in with in the third quarter before 12 points and six boards a late run by Shiloh cut the for Buford, while Jessica gap to 39-29 entering the Nelson added six points, fourth quarter. seven rebounds and five The Spartans began the blocked shots. fourth with a quick 8-0 run “We’ve just played six games in about a two-week and finished off Shiloh (66), which had won four of period, so our legs are its past five games. down a little bit,” Buford Robyn Benton led GAC coach Gene Durden said. with 19 points, Caria “But any time you can get (an 18-) point win this Reynolds scored 12 and time of year, that’s a good Tamiah Lewis added eight points. Shiloh got 12 points thing.” from Emani Bell and eight from Kamryn Jackson.

Peachtree Ridge 61, Hebron Christian 28 Lanier 70, LOGANVILLE — YeMeadowcreek 38 wande Bello took advanLAWRENCEVILLE tage of Hebron Christian’s — Sophomore Bailey lack of height Saturday, powering Peachtree Ridge Bassette scored 25 points and had seven rebounds to a 61-28 victory in the as Lanier pulled away in GDP Challenge at Graythe second half to defeat son.

Meadowcreek 70-38 in the Bello finished with a final girls game at Central game-high 26 and helped Gwinnett in the Gwinnett the Lions (4-7) pull away Daily Post Challenge. after a close first quarter.

Kalen Surles had 18 Jalea Gray had 13 points for the victories and Quin- points and four assists for the Longhorns, while nay Summers scored 10.

Yarimel Ramirez led He- fellow freshman Mebron (1-12) with 12 points, kala Fuller contributed 10 while Athena Hawkins had points and five steals.

Lanier (5-9) led just eight points and Alyssa El21-16 at haltime, but outliot scored six. scored Meadowcreek 22-7 in the third quarter and Mountain View 54, 27-9 in the fourth.

South Gwinnett 40 Meadowcreek (4-10) LAWRENCEVILLE — Katherine Fourie scored 16 got nine points from Kiana Thaddies. points as Mountain View

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Mill Creek’s Wynter Webb (23) drives to the basket as Archer defender Hannah Dunston (3) tries blocking her shot during Saturday’s GDP Challenge at Archer. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

Comeback kids 4th-quarter rallies highlight Archer, Mill Creek hoops split

By David Friedlander

Tigers’ (11-2) comeback.

“I feel like our guards did a good job picking up the tempo in the fourth LAWRENCEVILLE — quarter,” Archer girls Archer’s girls basketball coach Ryan Lesniak said. team may still be relative- “In the fourth quarter, we ly young with no seniors started picking them up on the roster. full-court, which is someHowever, the Tigers thing we don’t do often. stayed cool under pressure And this team has been in their Gwinnett Daily in a lot of tight games the Post Challenge game last two years. And even against Mill Creek, ralthough we have a lot of lying from as much as an sophomores and fresheight-point deficit late in men, we showed a lot of the third quarter to score a composure.”

56-47 win Saturday.

The Tigers were in need Later in the evening, of that composure after the boys teams from the Mill Creek (5-8) took as two schools rounded out much as a 36-28 lead in the the day’s play at Archer waning minutes of the third by with an even more quarter, and still led 38-32 dramatic ending. after three quarters when The visiting Hawks Rebekah Machovec beat surged back from an the buzzer with a layup.

11-point deficit with just That’s when Archer’s over five minutes remain- pressure began to take ing and a five-point hole its toll on the Hawks, with 30 seconds left bewith an Autumn Newby fore Charles Botchway’s stickback tying the game strip and Keetone Glover’s at 40-all, and Marchese’s score with four seconds three-point play on the left lifted them to a 46-45 following possession with win.

4:36 remaining giving the In the girls game, Tigers the lead for good at Linsey Marchese scored 43-40. all 13 of her points in the “(Archer) turned up the second half, including pressure a little, which, nine in the fourth quarter, to be honest with you, I and pulled down six of thought we would handle her seven rebounds in the well,” Mill Creek coach second half to help the Ashley Phillips said. “I Tigers score the comethink we were a little bit from-behind victory. tired, and they timed it well But it was an increased and got us when Bridgette tempo ignited by guards (Mukasa) was a little Tia Shorter and Kyleeah fatigued. And before we Whitehead, who finished made an adjustment, they with four steals each, that scored a couple times.” played an equal part in the The Archer fourth-quar-

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ter run eventually reached 20-4 after Shorter’s steal and layup with 2:15 remaining, which gave the Tigers their biggest lead at 52-42.

And Mill Creek was never able to get the margin back into single digits again until Morgan Simmons’ 3-pointer with 17.3 seconds left accounted for the final margin.

Newby led Archer with 21 points and 18 rebounds, including helping the Tigers keep pace in the first half with 13 points, while Asia McCoy chipped in five points and seven boards.

Mukasa led Mill Creek with 14 points, while the Hawks also got 12 points from Wynter Webb.

In the boys game, Archer (3-7) looked in control after Antoine Joe hit the last of his three consecutive 3-pointers to give the Tigers their biggest lead of the game at 39-28 with 5:09 left.

But Mill Creek (7-6) had other ideas.

“We knew there was a lot of time left,” Hawks coach David Allen said.

“But we also knew we had to pick up the intensity in order to be in position to have a chance. We responded to the challenge, and we started getting some of those 50-50 balls that we weren’t getting for the first three quarters.”

Mill Creek slowly began to chip away using a 12-4 run over the next 4:21 to pull as close as 43-

40 following a pair of free throws by Botchway with 48.2 seconds left.

Even after the Hawks got the ball back, it still looked like Archer was in good shape after a steal and coast-to-coast layup

by Darrion Taylor gave the Tigers a 45-40 lead with 30 seconds left.

But Botchway quickly got the ball up the court to answer the layup with one of his own with 25 seconds left, then came up with a steal and another layup to cut the Archer lead to 45-44 at the 19 second mark.

That set up the final frenetic seconds, when Botchway knocked the ball loose from an Archer guard once again and tapped it ahead into the front court, where Glover ran down the loose ball and laid it in to put the Hawks in front for the first time since the first half at 46-45, prompting an Archer timeout with 3.1 seconds left.

Joe got the inbound pass and managed to dribble over halfcourt before letting fly with a long shot that bounced off the backboard as the buzzer sounded, giving the win to Mill Creek.

Botchway led the Hawks with 15 points, while Miles Riley added eight points and Glover finished with seven.

Joe had 15 points to lead the Tigers, who also got 11 points from Garrick Collins.

Buford’s Tory Ozment (1) drives to the basket against Stephenson defender Kayla Holmes (4) during Saturday’s GDP Challenge at Archer High School. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

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FANS CHOICE BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Who: Shane Smith School: Hebron Christian Class: Senior Position: Guard Height: 6-foot-1 Highlights: Scored a game-high 12 points in a 51-27 win over Providence Christian Coach Will Cantrell’s take: “Shane is the ultimate team player. I’ve had the privilege of knowing him since he was in seventh grade. As good of a player as he is, I can honestly say he is a much better person. He is a joy to coach.”

FANS CHOICE GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Who: Tylia Gillespie School: Norcross Class: Junior Position: Guard Height: 5-foot-10 Highlights: Had 20 points and 11 rebounds in a 59-35 victory over Lower Richland (S.C.) Coach Angie Hembree’s take: “I love Ty. She has so much talent and ability. When she taps into all she can be, the sky is the limit.”

Georgia receiver Isaiah McKenzie (16) gets upended by Penn State linebacker Jordan Dudas (20) during Saturday’s TaxSlayer Bowl at Everbanks Field in Jacksonville. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

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Duluth’s Destinee Auzenne (23) drives down the court during the second half of Saturday’s GDP Challenge at Central Gwinnett High School. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

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Dacula

“We’re still 4-0 in the region, which is what “I know that Duluth counts the most,” said was missing players, too,” Parker, whose team hosts Adams said. “But I unbeaten Collins Hill on couldn’t be more proud of Tuesday with first place those girls we had here.” in Region 7-AAAAAA at Dacula led 27-7 midstake. way in the second quarter Destinee Auzenne and Duluth — missing scored 10 points and three starters including Breyonce Rucker had 10 junior standouts Endia rebounds for Duluth.

Banks and Deja MitchDeJa Spring had ell — could never get the eight points and seven deficit under 10 points the rebounds for Dacula, rest of the way despite a which resumes Region couple of comeback bids. 8-AAAAAA play on FriFreshman Tori Walker day against Parkview. Lee had a double-double and Cheyenne Thomas for Duluth, scoring 20 each scored six points for points and grabbing 10 the Falcons. rebounds.

Adams put in a new of“We hung in there,” fense Friday in an attempt Duluth coach Charlie to compensate for the loss Parker said. “We could of Alfuwa and Johnson. have quit and we didn’t.

“People think everyOur program isn’t deep, thing revolves around so we didn’t have players two players and there has to bring up.” been truth to that,” the The loss was the sixth coach said. “But we tried straight for the Wildcats, to put in some things and who fell to 7-8. Four of I couldn’t be happier with the losses were without the way the players we Banks. had pulled together.”

“You can’t come out and start slow the way we did and think you’re going to beat that type of opponent in a bowl game,” Penn State coach James Franklin said. “That’s not just offense. I think it’s easy obviously to sit here and say offensively we started slow. But I really feel defensively that was the case, and special teams as well.”

Smart was in attendance at EverBank Field and saw his future team pull out a win, despite being outgained 401-327. Georgia running back Sony Michel rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown, and senior wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell caught five passes for 114 yards and a touchdown from Godwin on the trick play.

“If you would have seen how he threw it this past Thursday, you would have been scolding me why we said to call it,” McClendon joked. “No, it was something we knew Terry was good at and we felt he could execute.”

The win caps an emotional two months for the Bulldogs, who saw their season unravel in a blowout loss to Alabama and Smart in October. Georgia lost to Tennessee the following week and saw star running back Nick Chubb suffer a season-ending injury.

Georgia running back Sony Michel (1) looks for an opening against the Penn State defense during Saturday’s TaxSlayer Bowl at Everbanks Field in Jacksonville. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

Longtime coach Mark Richt was dismissed after the regular season and replaced by Smart, who is still maintaining his defensive coordinator duties with Alabama during the Crimson Tide’s prep for the national championship game.

“I’ll say this: It definitely is bittersweet,” said McClendon, who will be joining Will Muschamp’s staff at South Carolina.

“This business is about people and relationships; that’s what it’s made up of. You build relationships with so many people. I mean, I’ve spent more time with Terry Godwin than I have with my own kids throughout the season.

That’s the God’s honest truth.”

McSorley completed 14 of 27 passes for 142 yards with two touchdowns and

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Duluth’s Stephanie Pena (15) chases down a loose ball against Dacula’s Alyssa Criscolo (20) during the first half of Saturday’s GDP Challenge at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

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regulation on an 8-1 run, getting within two on nine coming into Satura Wesley Warbington day. He scored 16 of the 3-pointer with 20 seconds Lions’ first 18 points, good left. After Wesleyan made 1 enough for a 20-18 halfof 2 free throws, Crawford time lead. made a baseline jumper Hebron led by as many with five seconds left to as eight in the third quarter force overtime. It was set before a 10-0 Wesleyan run up by a nice pass from gave the Wolves the lead Warbington, who played entering the fourth. They the bulk of the fourth quarmaintained that advantage ter and both overtimes after throughout the fourth and starting point guard Kobe went up 53-46 with 40 Wharton (12 points, seven seconds left on Morrison’s rebounds, five assists, three three-point play. steals) fouled out.

But the Lions closed Hebron also played

gave Penn State fans a glimpse of the post-Hackenberg era.

A highly touted recruit out of high school and an NFL prospect, Hackenberg injured his right throwing shoulder after being tackled on a scramble early in the second quarter with Penn State trailing 10-0.

He stayed in the game for a few plays before being taken back to the locker room. After the game, the junior announced that he will enter the NFL draft.

“I don’t think it’s anything really serious,” Franklin said of Hackenberg’s injury. “He came down on a shoulder joint and sprained his shoulder joint. As a quarterback, when you do that to that joint, it’s painful. You lose strength. He just fell on it funny. He was able to go.

He actually made some

plays there. He was going to try to finish that drive.

Once he went inside, the trainers, doctors, didn’t feel like he was going to be able to go well enough to continue playing. He wouldn’t have the strength in that arm.”

Penn State weathered through another up-anddown season to reach a bowl game for the second straight year under Franklin. The Nittany Lions rebounded from an opening upset loss to Temple to win five in a row but were not competitive against the Big Ten’s top teams: Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State.

Notes: Penn State junior QB Christian Hackenberg declared for the NFL draft after the game. … Georgia fired longtime coach Mark Richt at the end of the regular season and hired Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart to take over as coach. Richt is now the coach at Miami. Smart is still coaching Alabama as the Crimson Tide prepare for the national championship game against Clemson, but he did make it down to Jacksonville for Saturday’s game. … NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. drove his racecar onto the field to deliver the coin for the opening coin flip. … Georgia and Penn State entered the TaxSlayer.com Bowl with 28 bowl wins each. That was tied with Oklahoma for third most in the nation.

stops at the end,” Johnson said. “We grinded it out.”

“We didn’t score inside Georgia Tech led 42-39 as much in the second at halftime, bolstered by half,” Georgia Tech coach five 3-point baskets. Smith Brian Gregory said. “They hit four of those. were able to lock in a little The tempo seemed to fabit more on our perimeter vor North Carolina, which guys.” shot 57.7 percent from the North Carolina didn’t field in the second half, take a second-half lead after halftime. until Johnson’s dunk after “They did a lot of great more than eight minutes things in the second half,” had elapsed.

Gregory said of the Tar Georgia Tech was back Heels. “They came out ahead briefly two more with a little more pace in times before Berry went to the second half.” work.

The Yellow Jackets held “We needed something a 35-26 lead with slightly to happen and I hit the shot more than four minutes to to make it happen,” Berry play in the first half. said.

North Carolina center The Tar Heels scored on Joel James had six points their last 11 possessions. in the first three minutes, “We decided we wanted eclipsing his season high.

The senior ended up with 11 points, matching a career high.

The victory gave Williams a 143-57 record in ACC regular-season games. That’s the best record in ACC history for a coach in his first 200 league games.

It was another gutwrenching result for Georgia Tech, which last season lost 10 games by six or fewer points to conference opponents.

“We’ve got to figure out ways to break through and win the game,” Gregory said. “You go out there and fight for it and take it.

That’s the point we’re at right now.”

Georges-Hunt was 12-for-15 on free throws,

but the Yellow Jackets had only four other free-throw attempts.

Foul trouble hampered Mitchell, who fouled out with 31 seconds to play after spending only 18 minutes on the court.

“It’s going to be hard for us to win if he plays only 18 minutes,” Gregory said.

Notes: North Carolina leads the series 67-24, including seven wins in a row against the Yellow Jackets. … North Carolina has reached the 80-point mark in 11 straight games. … In the previous seven games, North Carolina allowed an average of seven points off turnovers. Georgia Tech had eight points off turnovers in the first half and 14 points for the game.

and John Stewart grabbed eight rebounds.

“When you get two teams that are pretty evenly matched and both teams are playing well, it’s just a couple of plays here and there (that decide the game),” Hebron boys coach Will Cantrell said.

“I thought they played their guts out. They’re a man down. We had a starter out. That’s no one’s fault. That’s just life. But I thought they adjusted well to it. I just thought they played hard. I’ll sleep fine

tonight. The kids played their hearts out.”

The players on both teams should sleep well, too, after a tiring week of basketball.

“They’re tired,” Hodges said. “You could see it in their legs, especially the guys that log a lot of minutes, late in the fourth quarter and overtime. They were tired. Having three (games) next week, we have to get them off their feet this weekend, have a light practice Monday and get them ready to go.”

Wesleyan the game without starter Thomas Swift, who is out with an injury.

Each team played gritty defense in the first OT, allowing just three points each. Hebron led 57-54 until a 3-pointer by Morrison with 43 seconds left. Wesleyan had a chance to win with one second left after a questionable foul call on the battle for a rebound, but the Wolves missed both shots and the game went to a second extra frame.

Jalen Hodges buried a tough 3-pointer from the

corner to start the second OT and Wesleyan made 7 of 9 free throws in the period, including a pair

by Morrison, who was 10 of 11 from the line in the fourth quarter and the two OTs. Grant Frerking had four of his 12 points in the second OT, while Christian McLean had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Wolves.

Crawford doubled his scoring average and made five 3-pointers to carry the Hebron offense. Connor Holiday added eight points

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W 8 6 6 4

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Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

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Green Bay Minnesota Detroit Chicago

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Today N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

New England at Miami, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

SAINTS AT FALCONS: TODAY, 1 P.M., GEORGIA DOME (FOX)

Falcons’ line must step up to keep Ryan healthy The Sports Xchange The Atlanta Falcons pulled off the stunning upset of the Carolina Panthers, but one weakness was still very apparent.

The offensive line must protect Matt Ryan much better if the Falcons are going to catch the Panthers, who have won three straight NFC South titles, next season.

Ryan was sacked twice and hit six times in the 2013 victory. But Ryan was under great duress.

In the two previous meetings, the Panthers outscored the Falcons 72-3 and sacked Ryan 10 times and hit him 22 times.

Ryan suffered a hip injury on the hit by Carolina safety Kurt Coleman last Sunday, but he was able to practice on Wednesday.

“He got a good shot on my hip, that kind of side

Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan (2) is sacked by Carolina’s Kawann Short (99) during the second half earlier this season in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo: Jim Dedmon/USA Today Sports)

area,” Ryan said. “I’m feeling good now. I’m really a lot better that I was Sunday.

(I’ll) be ready to roll.”

On the Falcons’ first drive of the game, Ryan escaped the pocket and picked up the first down before Coleman pummeled

him. Ryan was clearly in pain. He dropped to his knees after one play but continued to play through the pain.

“It was obviously a play that you have to make in third down situation,” Ryan said. “To be able to extend

the play, to move the chains with your feet is important at times. But yeah, I was close enough to the end zone at that point and I had free enough lane to just keep going.”

Ryan continued to take on hits throughout the game. Carolina defensive tackle Kawann Short and linebacker Thomas Davis also had hard hits on Ryan, who said he can block out the pain when he’s on the field.

“It’s one of those things when you sit down on the sideline ... things feel worse when you are sitting there,” Ryan said.

“But when you are out there playing, in between whistles, you are just not thinking about those things. You are just playing and letting your adrenaline take over.

“For me, that’s one of the things throughout my

entire career, there’s been different things that have come up, but when you’re in that snap, and you’re locked in, you don’t think about any of those things.”

Despite the beating that Ryan took against the Panthers, the Falcons plan to play him against the Saints in the regular season finale.

Both teams will play for pride when the Falcons (87) face the Saints (6-9) at 1 p.m. today at the Georgia Dome.

But since the Saints defeated the Falcons 31-21 on Oct. 15 to stop their 5-0 start to the season, the battle will remain heated.

“It’s just a great rivalry,” Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan said. “For us, it’s always an important game.

The cities always get fired up, both cities, New Orleans and Atlanta, when this game pops up. We feel that as players. We know

that and we’d love to finish the season with a win against a big rival for us.”

The Falcons want to finish with a winning record in coach Dan Quinn’s first season.

He was pleased that the team rebounded against Carolina after losing to them 38-0 just two weeks ago.

“I thought (the Carolina game) was a great measuring stick for us,” Quinn said. “Not necessarily playing them, but I really wanted to see how we’d respond. We’ve been beaten and embarrassed. I wanted to see how our guys would react.

“Over the last couple of weeks, I think we’ve been playing more like the team I thought we’d be, and that we can be and will be.

I see it by how hard the guys are playing for one another.”

Vikings visit Lambeau with division title on the line The Sports Xchange

they must come to Lambeau, where they last won The Green Bay Packers in 2009, and were manhave been there, done that. handled by Green Bay in a Yet, as head coach Mike 30-13 defeat at MinneapoMcCarthy keeps telling lis on Nov. 22. anyone who will listen this Shortly after Rodgweek, what his resilient ers and the Packers were teams of 2013 and ’14 smacked 38-8 at the Aripulled off the last Sunday zona Cardinals, the Vikings of those seasons won’t have pounded the visiting New any bearing on what his York Giants 49-17 on Sunmaligned team of 2015 does day night. today (8:35 p.m., NBC).

Still, without getting “We’re not really lookhung up on the past, Rodging at the past,” McCarthy ers uttered, “I’m confident,” said. “We get to walk more than once Wednesday through a great past each when talking about the and every day when we team and its prospects to come through the doors” at rebound in time to repeat as Lambeau Field. division champion.

Green Bay’s iconic “They’re coming off a venue will be the site toconvincing win,” Rodgnight of football’s version ers said about the Vikings. of a prizefight. To be won “Obviously, we’re coming when the Packers host the off being on the other side rival Minnesota Vikings in of that. We need to bounce the prime-time final game back.” of the NFL’s regular season Green Bay can join the is the NFC North title.

Vikings from 1973-78 and The Packers have prothe Bears from 1984-88 cured four straight division as the only teams to win titles. The last two also at least five straight NFC were decided the final day North titles. of the regular season with New England Patriots (12-3) the dramatic last-minute at Miami Dolphins (5-10) win on the road against the Today, 1 p.m.

Chicago Bears two years The Dolphins were blown out 36-7 at New England on Oct. 29, ago and a gutsy home little about the current state victory against the Detroit and of the team indicates Miami is Lions last year. primed to play the role of spoiler with the Patriots trying to lock “You know, that’s how up home-field advantage in the you want it,” Green Bay AFC. quarterback Aaron RodgMiami alternates between ers said. “That’s why we being dedicated to the run and being a pass-first offense, with play the game — it’s for the offensive line struggling to big games like this. It’s a the battle up front on either playoff mindset, and we’ve win account. While the Patriots are got to make sure we’re still trying to get as healthy as possible for their playoff run, it ready to play.” has quietly been the defense Despite starting the that has steadied the fort. That season 6-0, the Packers includes limiting the Dolphins haven’t been firmly in to 15 yards on 13 carries in the first meeting. Miami is getting a control of the NFC North of a push from rookie RB Jay because their play has been bit Ajayi teaming with Lamar Miller, far from satisfactory since but they can only be as effective coming off the bye week as the scoreboard remaining within reach and the play-calling Halloween weekend. remaining balanced.

They have lost more games (five) than they have Detroit Lions (6-9) at won (four), thus leaving Chicago Bears (6-9) Today, 1 p.m. them in the 10-5 stalemate The short passing game and with the Vikings atop the ball control used by the Bears division. Both teams have over the past few games may playoff berths, but today’s not be enough against the Lions, who have been increasing victor also will secure a offensive output at a rapid home game for the opening their rate as QB Matthew Stafford has round the weekend of Jan. turned it up. Because Detroit gets consistent upfield push, 9-10.

After what happened in the Bears will try to attack with short, quick passes. RB Matt the past week, the advanForte and Jeremy Langford will tage would seem to be with be primary targets with a slew of backup wide receivers unable the Vikings — no matter

to challenge Detroit’s secondary.

QB Jay Cutler isn’t afraid to take a hit — or take a chance putting the ball up — and that could be the difference against a snarly Lions’ defense.

In the loss to Detroit earlier this season, the Bears put their defensive backs in too many one-on-one situations with outside receivers. The Bears couldn’t stop Calvin Johnson — six receptions, 166 yards — in jump ball situations or keep Golden Tate in front of them.

Baltimore Ravens (5-10) at Cincinnati Bengals (11-4) Today, 1 p.m.

Bengals offensive coordinator Hue Jackson declared it “all hands on deck” after QB A.J. McCarron (sprained wrist) and TE Tyler Eifert (concussion) were cleared to practice midweek. Cincinnati has more downfield weapons than Baltimore’s secondary can cope with, but look for Jackson to come out with a heavy dose of RBs Jeremy Hill and Gio Bernard in an attempt to control the clock and force the Ravens to drive the length of the field.

Ravens QB Ryan Mallett performed admirably in last week’s upset against Pittsburgh, becoming Baltimore’s fourth different starting quarterback in a six-week span.

Tennessee Titans (3-12) at Indianapolis Colts (7-8) Today, 1 p.m.

The Colts are averaging 14 points per game in December, and even the Titans are capable of putting up a pair of scores on the road to make the season finale interesting. A loss seals the No. 1 overall pick for the Titans and keeps alive the faintest of playoff hopes for the Colts. QB Zach Mettenberger (0-9 career as a starter) won’t get much assistance from a Titans line overwhelmed all season with 50 sacks allowed (38 of Marcus Mariota; out with a knee injury) and just 3.9 yards per rush as a team. With LT Taylor Lewan (concussion) uncertain for today, don’t expect another 44-throw game against the Colts, who won the Sept. 27 meeting, 35-33.

Washington Redskins (8-7) at Dallas Cowboys (4-11) Today, 1 p.m.

Winning a ninth game might not be worth the risk of injury for the Redskins, who are assured a home wild-card game next weekend and lack great depth at key positions. The Cowboys wouldn’t be heartbroken to miss WR DeSean Jackson and TE Jordan Reed, who have scarred Dallas with big games in recent seasons. What they could get is a run-heavy attack and even a cameo by Robert Griffin III, who has the kind of skill-set to pick apart the Cowboys.

Pittsburgh Steelers (9-6) at Cleveland Browns (3-12) Today, 1 p.m.

The Browns rushed for 15 yards on 14 carries in losing to the Steelers 30-9 in Pittsburgh last month. The ground game

has improved since, but element of a truly mobile quarterback could be missing with Johnny Manziel expected to be sidelined by a concussion. That leaves the signal-calling to Austin Davis, who is athletic but highly inconsistent. Manziel did throw for 372 yards in a losing effort at Heinz Field and the Steelers’ secondary was again exposed against a backup quarterback in Baltimore last week.

Even if Davis is able to mount a respectable offense, can he possibly keep pace? The Browns allow a league-high 135.0 rushing yards per game.

New York Jets (10-5) at Buffalo Bills (7-8) Today, 1 p.m. (CBS) Bills coach Rex Ryan will try to keep his former team out of the playoffs and Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick returns to the stadium where he started 53 games from 2009-12 with a chance to lead Buffalo’s division rival into the postseason.

The Jets bring the league’s top-ranked run defense to town, but Buffalo must stay committed to the run as long as the Bills don’t fall into a big deficit.

Philadelphia Eagles (6-9) at N.Y. Giants (6-9) Today, 1 p.m.

Coaches are the headliners for two underachieving teams with little else on the line.

Chip Kelly was fired five days before the game by the Eagles and Giants players are bracing for goodbye to Tom Coughlin.

The Eagles won’t change much without Kelly given just three practice days to install a plan, but bank on RB DeMarco Murray getting on the field more often. He rushed for 112 yards — and the Eagles racked up 158 — against the Giants in Week 6. The Eagles will let QB Sam Bradford sling it, too, considering New York is 328 yards shy of the highest single-season passing yard total allowed (4,796).

QB Eli Manning and the Giants should have matchups in their favor all across the formation but need the offensive line to hold up. WR Odell Beckham Jr. is motivated after a one-week suspension and Philadelphia expects to be without its top two cornerbacks.

Jacksonville Jaguars (5-10) at Houston Texans (8-7) Today, 1 p.m.

The Jaguars had no answer for WR DeAndre Hopkins when Houston beat Jacksonville 31-20 on Oct. 18. Hopkins caught 10 passes for 148 yards and two scores in that game and gets QB Brian Hoyer back in the lineup following a concussion-caused two-week layoff. The Texans will try to exploit mismatches against the Jaguars’ cornerbacks but might pay extra attention to grinding out yards on the ground entering the playoffs with a lowly 3.6-yard average as a team.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers Today, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) The Panthers go down to the

wire needing a win to nail down home-field advantage despite just one loss this season. Favored by nearly two touchdowns, it’s difficult to envision Carolina being upended by the Bucs with this much on the line. Of course, they were more talented than Atlanta and lost in the Georgia Dome last week.

Panthers QB Cam Newton stewed over last week’s loss for a few days this week and has a laser-lock look in his eye entering the regular-season finale. He will likely look often to trusted TE Greg Olsen with WR Ted Ginn doubtful and rookie RB Cameron Artis-Payne expected to handle the bulk of the backfield work with Jonathan Stewart (foot) and Fozzy Whittaker (ankle) ruled out. Olsen has excelled against overmatched linebackers in Tampa’s zone scheme.

Seattle Seahawks (9-6) at Arizona Cardinals (13-2) Today, 4:25 p.m.

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians laid the expectation early in the week that Arizona will play to win and he has no intention of scoreboard watching the Carolina game being played at the same time to see if his team has a chance to earn homefield advantage through the NFC playoffs. Arizona already is guaranteed a week off, and he doesn’t want a team riding a nine-game winning streak to lose its edge by essentially taking a three-week break.

Conversely, the Seahawks might be more willing to rest dinged-up starters as even a victory doesn’t guarantee the top wild card spot pending the outcome of the Sunday night game between Minnesota at Green Bay. Running back Marshawn Lynch (back) has been ruled out, and starters SS Kam Chancellor (tailbone), LT Russell Okung (calf) and TE Luke Willson (concussion) could all be rested to prepare for the playoffs.

At the same time, Seattle doesn’t want to enter the postseason riding a two-game losing streak after suffering numerous breakdowns in last week’s home loss to St. Louis. In beating the Seahawks 23-17 in Seattle in Week 10, Cardinals QB Carson Palmer spread the ball around to nine receivers as Arizona built a 22-7 lead. Seattle’s defense adjusted, pressured Palmer into multiple mistakes in the second half and the Cardinals ultimately had to rally from a 29-25 fourthquarter deficit.

St. Louis Rams (7-8) at San Francisco 49ers (4-11) Today, 4:25 p.m.

QB Case Keenum has led the Rams’ three-game winning streak by doing what he does best — lean on his ground game, avoid mistakes and let his defense dictate field position. St. Louis won the first meeting, 276, at home in Week 8 with rookie RB Todd Gurley rushing for 133 yards and the defense racking up three sacks while allowing on 189 total net yards.

The formula in the rematch

should be similar, even with 49ers QB Blaine Gabbert a different matchup than deposed starter Colin Kaepernick. The 49ers are down their top two running backs, leaving an uninspiring quartet of Kendall Gaskins, Du’Juan Harris and rookies Jarryd Hayne and Mike Davis.

Seattle found out last week what happens when you can’t take advantage of the Rams’ 20thranked run defense that tends to give up big chunk plays — the aggressive defensive line can flat out wreck a one-dimensional opponent.

It’s critical for San Francisco to keep the score within reach so the running game remains viable, even if it’s not a huge factor. Gabbert will be a sitting duck in third-and-long and the 49ers will have a difficult time driving the length of the field, so hitting on a few vertical strikes in the passing game will be critical.

San Diego Chargers (4-11) at Denver Broncos (11-4) Today, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) No one will ever accuse Chargers QB Philip Rivers, one of the league’s most fiery competitors, of mailing it in. He’ll keep San Diego mentally engaged for as long as the Chargers make a game of it with an opportunity to deal their bitter rivals a costly defeat with potentially the division title and a first-round bye on the line.

Keeping it a game could prove the issue, however. Denver thoroughly dominated in a 17-3 victory in San Diego in Week 13, manhandling the Chargers’ makeshift offensive line. Since then, Rivers has increasingly relied on RB Danny Woodhead in the underneath passing game to complement San Diego’s meager rushing attack. Woodhead enters with 704 receiving yards, an NFL high among running backs, and is the key to using the Broncos’ aggressive upfield pass rush against them.

Oakland Raiders (7-8) at Kansas City Chiefs (10-5) Today, 4:25 p.m.

Mistake-free is the way QB Alex Smith lives in Kansas City. The Chiefs are plus-15 in turnover margin, and Smith has a 16-to-1 TD-to-INT ratio in his career against the Raiders. His once-maligned offensive line has jelled nicely and Smith is carving through defenses with targets getting open at every level — WR Jeremy Maclin had two touchdowns in the first meeting against the Raiders and TE Travis Kelce can only give Oakland’s secondary fits.

The Raiders should be playing fast and loose. They were in the thick of the first meeting with Kansas City before three fourthquarter interceptions, not one of Derek Carr’s better days but also a matter of circumstance. RB Latavius Murray rushed for 86 yards, the Raiders outgained the Chiefs 361-232 and the game was there for Oakland to take.

If the Raiders can strike early and avoid the din of Arrowhead, they’ll have another fourth quarter tug of war on their hands.

6B • SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016

Hawks streak into Big Apple The Sports Xchange

ing 90.6 points in those five setbacks. The Hawks The New York Knicks dropped the opener of had a chance against the their three-game road trip Chicago Bulls on Friday 93-87 at Indiana on Monbefore falling well off the day but got the offense pace in the fourth quarter. back in gear the next night The Knicks will try to put and outlasted Houston 48 minutes together today 121-115. Atlanta is averwhen they host the Atlan- aging 112.9 points in its ta Hawks, who have won last seven wins, including seven of their last eight a 117-98 home thrashing games, in the opener of a of New York on Dec. 26. home-and-home set.

Atlanta sharpshooter New York trailed 77-73 Kyle Korver, who finheading into the fourth ished second in the NBA quarter on Friday before in 3-point shooting pergoing 2 of 19 from the centage (49.2) last seafield while being outson, is mired in a horrible scored 31-8 in the final shooting slump and went stanza. The loss was the 0 of 11 from the field on fifth in six games for the Tuesday — including 0 of Knicks, who are averag10 from 3-point range.

Gladiators downed despite Nesbitt’s 2 play. Matt Register continued his five-game point NORFOLK, Va. — streak with an assist, Despite two goals from while Brock Higgs was league-leading scorer credited with his ninth Derek Nesbitt, the Atlanta helper of the year.

Gladiators were nipped 3-2 The captain restored

by Norfolk on Saturday.

Atlanta’s lead at 10:17 It was the third straight into the second. Nesbitt meeting between the buried a quick shot off a two teams after a pair of rebound from the right games at Infinite Energy hash marks. Register was Arena earlier in the week. credited with his secThe Gladiators won both ond assist of the night, home games, including making it four straight the second on an overtime multi-point games for the tally from Nesbitt, before Calgary native. falling on the road.

But Norfolk (11-21-2) Atlanta led 2-1 on Nes- rallied to tie the game bitt’s 16th and 17th goals at 14:39 of the second of the season. period and scored the Nesbitt put the Gladideciding goal 2:54 into ators up 1-0 just 30 the third. seconds into the second It snapped a threeperiod, sending a onegame winning streak for timer blazing past the Atlanta (19-11-2), which glove of Norfolk goalie returns home to play CinTy Rimmer on the power cinnati on Wednesday.

From Staff Reports

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto...............21..13.... .618...... — Boston............... 18..15.....545.....2.5 New York............ 15..19.....441........6 Brooklyn............. 10..23.....303...10.5 Philadelphia.........3..32.....086...18.5 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta...............21..13.... .618...... — Miami................. 19..13.....594........1 Orlando.............. 19..14.... .576..... 1.5 Charlotte............ 17..16.... .515.....3.5 Washington........ 15..16.....484.....4.5 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland...........21....9.....700...... — Chicago............. 19..12.... .613.....2.5 Indiana............... 19..14.... .576.....3.5 Detroit................ 18..16.....529........5 Milwaukee.......... 13..21.....382......10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio.......28....6.....824...... — Dallas................. 19..14.... .576.....8.5 Memphis............ 18..16.....529......10 Houston............. 16..18.....471......12 New Orleans...... 10..22.... .312......17 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City...24..10.....706...... — Utah................... 14..17.....452.....8.5 Portland............. 14..21.....400...10.5 Denver............... 12..21.....364....11.5 Minnesota.......... 12..21.....364....11.5 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State......30....2.....938...... — L.A. Clippers......21..13.... .618......10 Sacramento....... 13..20.....394... 17.5 Phoenix.............. 12..24.....333......20 L.A. Lakers...........7..27.....206......24 Friday’s Games Washington 103, Orlando 91 Miami 106, Dallas 82 Toronto 104, Charlotte 94 Chicago 108, New York 81 L.A. Lakers 93, Philadelphia 84 Saturday’s Games Brooklyn 100, Boston 97 Sacramento 142, Phoenix 119 Oklahoma City 109, Charlotte 90 Indiana 94, Detroit 82 Orlando at Cleveland, late Milwaukee at Minnesota, late New Orleans at Dallas, late Houston at San Antonio, late Memphis at Utah, late Denver at Golden State, late Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, late Today’s Games Atlanta at New York, 3:30 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 6 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Houston at Utah, 9 p.m.

Memphis at Portland, 10 p.m.

Charlotte at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s College Scores EAST Albany 75, Cornell 70 Bryant 88, Central Conn. St. 72 Bucknell 84, Army 76 Canisius 92, Marist 83

gwinnettdailypost.com GDP CHALLENGE BOYS ROUNDUP

Lanier survives thanks to Martin’s 29 final quarter.

Central returns to Region 8-AAAAAA play, hosting South Gwinnett on Tuesday. Meadowcreek is at North Gwinnett in Region 7-AAAAAA on Tuesday.

From Staff Reports LAWRENCEVILLE — Adrian Martin, who hit five 3-pointers, scored 11 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and the Lanier boys needed all of them.

Parkview kept battling back despite three double-digit deficits and had a chance to pull out a comeback before missing a pair of 3-point attempts in the final seconds.

A relieved coach Jeremy Huckaby of Lanier was thankful he had Martin after the 69-67 victory Saturday in the Gwinnett Daily Post Challenge at Central Gwinnett.

“He’s a really good shooter,” Huckaby said.

“All he has to do is have one go in and he can really get going. He’s got a green light for us and we don’t hide that. He is one of three sophomores we start in the backcourt and that’s good for the future.”

Lanier, which opens Region 8-AAAAA play at Gainesville on Tuesday, is 5-9 and the Longhorns have hopefully recovered from a recent eight-game losing streak.

“We’ve played a tough schedule and lost some close games,” Huckaby said. “We needed this one.”

It almost slipped away, though, as Parkview (6-7) forced repeated turnovers with its pressure defense.

The Panthers trailed by 11 points in the second and third quarters and by 12 early in the fourth, but kept battling back.

Freshman Jamiel Wright got Parkview within two points with 18 seconds left and Lanier missed a pair of free throws a second later, giving the Panthers a chance.

Jack Lapenta had 16 points to lead Parkview

Parkview’s Jack Lapenta (12) shoots against Lanier’s AJ Holmes (11) during the first half of Saturday’s GDP Challenge at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville.

(Photo: Kyle Hess)

and fellow sophomore Miles Marshall scored 13.

Freshman Truitt Spencer and sophomore Cam Chavers each had nine points for the Panthers, who didn’t play a senior.

Senior Tahj Tolbert had 12 points and eight rebounds for Lanier, while junior Tyler Taylor had 12 rebounds and eight points.

“He broke his leg last spring and really struggled at the start of this season,” Central coach Branden Mayweather said. “But he’s got his confidence back now and is really playing well. He had games of 27 and 21 points before this game.”

Jalen Hillery had 14 points for Central (6-6) and fellow junior Jaquan MorCentral 59, ris scored eight. Freshman Meadowcreek 36 Joseph Toppin led MeadLAWRENCEVILLE — owcreek (5-9) with seven Adnan Antonio, a 6-foot-5 points. senior, had a double-double Meadowcreek took a with 15 points and 10 requick 7-2 lead, but Central bounds to lead the Central then scored 11 straight Gwinnett boys to a 59-36 points and expanded a 14victory over Meadowcreek 10 edge after the first quarin the Gwinnett Daily Post ter to 28-19 at halftime. It Challenge at Central. was 47-29 going into the

Grayson 68, GAC 60 LOGANVILLE — Greater Atlanta Christian, fresh off a runner-up appearance in the Deep South Classic, gave host Grayson a test in the Gwinnett Daily Post Challenge on Saturday, but the Rams escaped thanks to a big second half.

Grayson (12-1) scored 48 second-half points and made 13 of 15 free throws in the fourth quarter of the 68-60 victory over GAC (8-6), which played without standout guard Brian Coffey.

Alphonso Willis and Austin Dukes carried the Rams’ comeback, combining to score 32 of Grayson’s second-half points.

Willis finished with 27 points, five rebounds and four assists — making 13 of 14 free throws — and Dukes had 22 points and five 3-pointers.

The Rams, who also got six points and nine rebounds from Trevian Sconiers and four blocks from Kenyon Jackson, trailed 27-20 at halftime and by as many as nine early in the third quarter. GAC clung to a one-point lead after three quarters before Grayson surged ahead.

The Spartans’ built the lead thanks to the hot shooting of Jacob Hoffman, who led his team with 21 points. Charlie O’Briant had 11 points and five rebounds for GAC and Garrett Covington finished with nine points after being held to one point in the first half.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Dayton 66, Duquesne 58 Duke 81, Boston College 64 Fairleigh Dickinson 86, St. Francis (NY) 77 Gardner-Webb 67, Longwood 66 Georgetown 80, Marquette 70 Hofstra 90, Towson 58 Houston 77, Temple 50 Iona 78, Quinnipiac 66 James Madison 73, Delaware 63 Lehigh 81, Boston U 73 Loyola-Maryland 81, Lafayette 78 Maine 98, Brown 92 Manhattan 72, Fairfield 66 Mount St. Mary’s 79, LIU Brooklyn 63 N.C. Asheville 76, Liberty 69 Navy 65, Holy Cross 60 New Jersey Tech 86, MD Baltimore Cty 83 Old Dominion 74, Charlotte 65 Pennsylvania 80, Binghamton 45 Pittsburgh 92, Maryland - E. Shore 58 Providence 83, St. John’s 65 Rhode Island 85, Saint Louis 57 Sacred Heart 69, Robert Morris 65 Seton Hall 78, DePaul 74 Siena 75, Niagara 63 St. Francis (PA) 73, Wagner 65 St. Joseph’s 77, Richmond 73 Stony Brook 69, Columbia 60 VCU 71, George Mason 47 Virginia 77, Notre Dame 66 Virginia Tech 73, N.C. State 68, OT William & Mary 78, Charleston 70 Yale 88, Hartford 53 Davidson at St. Bonaventure, late SOUTH Alabama 68, Norfolk State 49 Arkansas St. 89, South Alabama 67 Arkansas-Little Rock 67, Troy 61 Auburn 83, Tennessee 77 Central Florida 71, East Carolina 68 Chattanooga 84, The Citadel 78 Clemson 84, Florida St. 75 Coastal Carolina 82, Winthrop 63 East Tennessee St. 82, Western Carolina 66 Eastern Illinois 75, Jacksonville St. 64 Elon University 83, Drexel 78 Florida Gulf Coast 68, Eckerd College 57 Furman 85, VMI 57 Georgia St 58, Texas State 46 Grambling State 81, Alabama A&M 78, OT High Point 78, Charleston Southern 73 Houston Baptist 99, Northwestern St. 73 Jackson State 68, Alabama St. 61 Lamar 79, Nicholls State 67 Louisiana Tech 87, Southern Miss 57 Mercer 69, Samford 50 Miami-Florida 64, Syracuse 51 North Carolina 86, Georgia Tech 78 Northeastern 65, NC-Wilmington 63 Presbyterian 70, Campbell 63 South Carolina 86, Memphis 76 South Carolina Upstate 70, UMKC 68 Southern Methodist 72, South Florida 58 Stephen F. Austin 86, McNeese St. 57 Stetson 103, Webber 53 Tenn-Martin 122, Boyce 60 Texas A&M 92, Arkansas 69 Texas Tech 82, Texas 74 Wofford 87, NC-Greensboro 76 Connecticut at Tulane, late Georgia at Florida, late Eastern Kentucky at Austin Peay, late Our Lady of the Lake at Texas Rio Grande Valley, late Appalachian St. at Louisiana-Lafayette, late Georgia Southern at Texas-Arlington, late

SIU - Edwardsville at Tennessee Tech, late Southern at Texas Southern, late Alcorn St. at Prairie View A&M, late Louisiana State at Vanderbilt, late MIDWEST Abilene Christian 62, Central Arkansas 61 Akron 80, Lipscomb 73 Bowling Green 87, Oakland City 56 Cincinnati 76, Tulsa 57 Detroit 96, Youngstown St. 87 Evansville 76, Missouri St. 59 Green Bay 86, Northern Kentucky 70 IUPU - Ft. Wayne 126, Purdue-North Central 95 Indiana 79, Nebraska 69 Indiana St. 73, Loyola-Chicago 58 Iowa 70, Purdue 63 Kansas 102, Baylor 74 Kent St. 104, Oberlin 58 Kentucky 83, Mississippi 61 Michigan 79, Penn St. 56 Michigan St 69, Minnesota 61 Missouri 81, Savannah State 50 Murray St. 62, Morehead St. 57 North Dakota 79, Eastern Washington 71 North Florida 82, Eastern Michigan 77 Northern Illinois 91, Judson University 48 Oakland 86, Cleveland St. 68 Oklahoma 87, Iowa St. 83 Oklahoma St. 69, Texas Christian 48 South Carolina State 71, Miami (OH) 67 Tennessee St. 72, SE Missouri St. 66 Valparaiso 75, Illinois-Chicago 47 West Virginia 87, Kansas St. 83, 2OT Western Michigan 76, Jacksonville 72 Wisconsin 79, Rutgers 57 Wright St. 84, Wis.-Milwaukee 82, OT Xavier 88, Butler 69 Maryland at Northwestern, late Northern Iowa at Southern Illinois, late Villanova at Creighton, late WEST Air Force 64, San Jose St. 57 Boise St. 84, Colorado St. 80 Brigham Young 81, Pacific 67 Idaho 75, Northern Colorado 70 Montana St. 74, Northern Arizona 72, OT Nevada 71, Wyoming 68 Sam Houston St. 78, Incarnate Word 72 Santa Clara 84, Portland 77 UC Davis 74, Holy Names 49 UC Santa Barbara 87, Point Loma 46 Loyola Marymount at Pepperdine, late Cal. State - Bakersfield at UC Riverside, late Montana at Southern Utah, late Idaho State at Weber St., late San Diego Christian at Utah Valley, late New Mexico at Fresno St., late San Diego St. at Utah St., late San Diego at St. Mary’s, late Cal St. East Bay at Cal St. Fullerton, late Sacramento State at Portland St., late New Mexico St. at UC Irvine, late Morgan St. at CSU Northridge, late Howard at Hawaii, late Gonzaga at San Francisco, late Today’s Games EAST Western Kentucky (8-5) at Marshall (4-9), 1 p.m.

Vermont (7-7) at Harvard (6-7), 2 p.m.

Colgate (5-7) at American U. (2-10), 2 p.m.

Princeton (7-4) at Hampton (5-6), 3 p.m.

Massachusetts (7-5) at La Salle (4-6), 5 p.m.

Fordham (9-2) at George Washington (11-2), 7 p.m.

SOUTH Middle Tennessee St. (8-4) at UAB (10-3), 3 p.m.

Florida Atlantic (2-11) at Florida International (6-7), 3 p.m.

Rice (5-8) at Texas-San Antonio (2-11), 4 p.m.

North Texas (5-8) at Texas-El Paso (8-5), 5 p.m.

MIDWEST Illinois St. (7-7) at Drake (5-8), 2 p.m.

Wichita St. (7-5) at Bradley (2-12), 2 p.m.

Denver (8-5) at North Dakota State (10-4), 2 p.m.

Western Illinois (7-4) at South Dakota State (11-3), 3 p.m.

Illinois (8-6) at Ohio St. (9-5), 5 p.m.

Indiana - Purdue (4-11) at Nebraska Omaha (8-6), 5:30 p.m.

Wake Forest (9-3) at Louisville (11-2), 8 p.m.

South Dakota (8-6) at Oral Roberts (8-7), 8 p.m.

WEST Arizona (12-1) at Arizona State (103), 2 p.m.

Southern California (11-2) at Washington (8-4), 3 p.m.

Oregon (11-2) at Oregon St. (9-2), 7 p.m.

Utah (11-2) at California (10-3), 7:30 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman (4-10) at Grand Canyon (12-2), 8 p.m.

UCLA (9-4) at Washington St. (8-4), 9:30 p.m.

Colorado (11-2) at Stanford (7-4), 10 p.m.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA New England.12... 3... 0...800...455...295 N.Y. Jets........ 10... 5... 0...667...370...292 Buffalo............. 7... 8... 0...467...357...342 Miami.............. 5.10... 0...333...290...379 South

W L T Pct PF PA Houston.......... 8... 7... 0...533...309...307 Indianapolis.... 7... 8... 0...467...303...384 Jacksonville.... 5.10... 0...333...370...418 Tennessee...... 3.12... 0...200...275...393 North

W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati...... 11... 4... 0...733...395...263 Pittsburgh........ 9... 6... 0...600...395...307 Baltimore........ 5.10... 0...333...312...377 Cleveland........ 3.12... 0...200...266...404 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver.......... 11... 4... 0...733...328...276 Kansas City.. 10... 5... 0...667...382...270 Oakland.......... 7... 8... 0...467...342...376 San Diego....... 4. 11... 0...267...300...371 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Washington..... 8... 7... 0...533...354...356 N.Y. Giants...... 6... 9... 0...400...390...407 Philadelphia.... 6... 9... 0...400...342...400 Dallas.............. 4. 11... 0...267...252...340 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina........ 14... 1... 0...933...462...298 Atlanta............ 8... 7... 0...533...322...325 Tampa Bay...... 6... 9... 0...400...332...379 New Orleans... 6... 9... 0...400...388...459 North

W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay.... 10... 5... 0...667...355...303 Minnesota..... 10... 5... 0...667...345...289 Detroit............. 6... 9... 0...400...334...380 Chicago.......... 6... 9... 0...400...315...373

West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona......... 13... 2... 0...867...483...277 Seattle............ 9... 6... 0...600...387...271 St. Louis.......... 7... 8... 0...467...264... 311 San Francisco.4. 11... 0...267...219...371

Sunday, Jan. 3 N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

New England at Miami, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

2015-16 NCAA Football Bowl Glance Saturday, December 26th Results ST. PETERSBURG BOWL (St. Petersburg, Florida) Marshall 16, Connecticut 10 NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL (Bronx, New York) Duke 44, Indiana 41 CAMPING WORLD INDEPENDENCE BOWL (Shreveport, Louisiana) Virginia Tech 55, Tulsa 52 FOSTER FARMS BOWL (Santa Clara, California) Nebraska 37, UCLA 29 HYUNDAI SUN BOWL (El Paso, Texas) Washington State 20, Miami 14 ZAXBY’S HEART OF DALLAS BOWL (Dallas, Texas) Washington 44, Southern Mississippi 31 Monday, December 28th Results MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN (Annapolis, Maryland) Navy 44, Pittsburgh 28 QUICK LANE BOWL (Detroit, Michigan) Minnesota 21, Central Michigan 14 Tuesday, December 29th Results LOCKHEED MARTIN ARMED FORCES BOWL (Fort Worth, Texas) California 55, Air Force 36 RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL (Orlando, Florida) Baylor 49, North Carolina 38 NOVA HOME LOANS ARIZONA BOWL (Tucson, Arizona) Nevada 28, Colorado State 23 ADVOCARE V100 TEXAS BOWL (Houston, Texas) Louisiana State 56, Texas Tech 27 Wednesday, December 30th Results HOLIDAY BOWL (San Diego, California) Wisconsin 23, Southern California 21 BIRMINGHAM BOWL (Birmingham, Alabama) Auburn 31, Memphis 10 BELK BOWL (Charlotte, North Carolina) Mississippi State 51, North Carolina State 28 FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL (Nashville, Tennessee) Louisville 27, Texas A&M 21 Thursday, December 31st Results CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL (Miami Gardens, Florida) Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17 GOODYEAR COTTON BOWL (Arlington, Texas) Alabama 38, Michigan State 0 CHICK-FIL-A PEACH BOWL (Atlanta, Georgia) Houston 38, Florida State 24 Friday, January 1st Results BATTLEFROG FIESTA BOWL (Glendale, Arizona) Ohio State 44, Notre Dame 28 ROSE BOWL GAME PRESENTED BY NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL (Pasadena, California) Stanford 45, Iowa 16 ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL (New Orleans, Louisiana) Mississippi 48, Oklahoma State 20 BUFFALO WILD WINGS CITRUS BOWL (Orlando, Florida)

Michigan 41, Florida 7 OUTBACK BOWL (Tampa, Florida) Tennessee 45, Northwestern 6 Saturday, January 2nd Results TAXSLAYER BOWL (Jacksonville, Florida) Georgia 24, Penn State 17 Saturday, January 2nd MOTEL 6 CACTUS BOWL (Phoenix, Arizona) West Virginia vs Arizona State, late VALERO ALAMO BOWL (San Antonio, Texas) Oregon vs Texas Christian, late Saturday, January 9th 2016 Division I Football National Championship (Frisco, Texas) Jacksonville State vs North Dakota State Noon Monday, January 11th CFP NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Glendale, Arizona) Alabama vs Clemson 8:30 p.m.

Hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida............... 38.. 22..12.....4... 48.104..84 Montreal............. 40.. 22..15.....3... 47.116..99 Detroit................ 39.. 19..13.....7... 45.100.106 Boston............... 37.. 20..13.....4... 44.116.102 Ottawa............... 38.. 18..14.....6... 42..111.115 Tampa Bay......... 38.. 18..16.....4... 40...97..93 Toronto............... 36.. 14..15.....7... 35...95.102 Buffalo................ 39.. 15..20.....4... 34...91.105 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington........ 37.. 28....7.....2... 58.117..78 NY Islanders...... 39.. 21..13.....5... 47.107..94 NY Rangers....... 39.. 21..14.....4... 46.112.103 New Jersey........ 39.. 20..14.....5... 45...93..94 Pittsburgh........... 38.. 19..15.....4... 42...91..93 Philadelphia....... 37.. 15..15.....7... 37...79.102 Carolina............. 38.. 16..17.....5... 37...91.108 Columbus.......... 39.. 14..22.....3... 31...98.123 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas................. 40.. 28....8.....4... 60.139.101 St. Louis............. 40.. 23..13.....4... 50.100..96 Chicago............. 39.. 22..13.....4... 48.108..97 Minnesota.......... 36.. 20..10.....6... 46...98..85 Nashville............ 38.. 18..13.....7... 43.101.101 Colorado............ 38.. 18..17.....3... 39.109.106 Winnipeg............ 37.. 17..18.....2... 36...99.109 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles....... 38.. 25.. 11.....2... 52.104..83 Arizona.............. 38.. 18..16.....4... 40.107.122 Vancouver.......... 39.. 15..15.....9... 39...95.110 San Jose............ 36.. 18..16.....2... 38.100.102 Anaheim............ 37.. 15..15.....7... 37...69..89 Calgary.............. 37.. 17..18.....2... 36...97.121 Edmonton.......... 40.. 16..21.....3... 35.101.122

Friday’s Games Montreal 5, Boston 1 Vancouver 2, Anaheim 1, SO Saturday’s Games Detroit 4, Buffalo 3 Edmonton 4, Arizona 3, SO Los Angeles 2, Philadelphia 1 Florida 3, NY Rangers 0 Pittsburgh 5, NY Islanders 2 Dallas at New Jersey, late St. Louis at Toronto, late Minnesota at Tampa Bay, late Nashville at Carolina, late Washington at Columbus, late Calgary at Colorado, late Winnipeg at San Jose, late Today’s Games Dallas at NY Islanders, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Florida, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Monday’s Games Detroit at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Carolina at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

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Woods turns 40, still three wins shy of Snead record

By Andrew Both Reuters

As Tiger Woods celebrates his 40th birthday on Wednesday, he must be struck by the fact that time stands still for no one and he will face a different golfing landscape when, or if, he returns to competition in 2016.

Less than two years ago, and even as recently as last year, many Tiger fans still eagerly anticipated the day when, so they thought, he would match the record of 18 major championship victories held by Jack Nicklaus.

Woods had won five PGA Tour events in 2013 and, though major silverware had eluded him since 2008, there seemed no reason why he could not add to his haul of 14 majors as long as he stayed healthy.

But everything changed in 2014 when, crippled by back pain that forced him out of

a tournament in Florida, he underwent back surgery in the form of a microdiscectomy.

He has never been the same since.

Two further back surgeries later, expectations these days about the former world No. 1 are much more muted.

Instead of discussion about whether Woods will win four or five more majors, talk has turned to whether he will even win another regular tournament, let alone one of the big four.

No longer is winning the “be all and end all.” Having a healthy body is the top priority.

“Even if I don’t come back and I don’t play again, I still want to have a quality of life with my kids. I started to lose that with the other surgeries,” Woods told Time magazine in early December. “(Not being able to play again is) not what I want to have happen and it’s not what

I’m planning on having happen, but if it does, it does. I’ve reconciled myself to it.”

Father Time catches up with everyone.

Dating back to 1965, players aged 40 or older have won only 18 of the 204 majors played, a winning rate of less than nine percent.

The reason is open for debate. Do the players’ physical skills decline, or does mental baggage finally take a toll on their confidence? Is it a combination of both?

Sports science expert Vern McMillan believes many golfers do not train appropriately, focusing too much on strength training instead of maintaining their fluid movement patterns.

“These guys get stuck on power and lifting weights and the body loses the ability to move because they don’t spend the time on improving their body’s ability to move,” McMillan, who has worked

with several leading golfers, told Reuters.

Woods is renowned for his love of weight training. But did that focus do him more harm than good?

Perhaps a more realistic target for Woods than adding to his major haul is the record number of 82 PGA Tour victories set by Sam Snead. Woods is three shy of that mark.

He showed in contending at the Wyndham Championship in August that he can still be competitive, but there is a huge difference between being competitive and dominating.

It is a matter of semantics to debate whether Woods or Nicklaus is the greatest player ever.

Some people choose Woods, saying his best golf was superior to Nicklaus’s, but the Golden Bear showed greater durability for the long haul.

Nicklaus clinched his 16th and 17th majors at the age of 40, before adding an 18th at the age of 46.

Tiger Woods leaves the fifth tee during the first round for the 144th Open Championship at St. Andrews’ Old Course this summer.

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contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 20489 6000 Lawrenceville Hwy. Tucker, GA. 30084 (770) 923-9400 TIME: 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B008–Knighton, carmen B012–Graham, Patrenia C126–moore, shurita D033–Bledsoe, Che E004–hill, billy E058–banks, eric E105–Coleman, Devan G026–Nesbitt, Tony G058–Beeten, Wyane PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08049 5010 Jimmy Carter Blvd Norcross, GA. 30093 (770) 446-8358 TIME: 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0207–Nelson, Charlene 0346–Thomas, Deborah 0407–Viens, Caresa 0421–Setia, Rajiv 0436–Roberts, Jonathan 0442–Mcluster, Lillyan 0518–Williams, Brittney 0524–Fay, Curtis 0538–Salvador, Denise 0612–Partlow, Paul 0649–Shaw, Sharlene 0652–WOODS, FREDERIC 0654–WOODS, RENEE 0703–Mchann, Adrian 0706–Jones, Latarsha 0741–Murphy, Cloyd 0746–Roundtree, Perlita 0747–Hinkins, Michelle 0748–Seals, Salihah 0752–Ramirez Torres, Javier 0822–Berry, Rose 0912–hassan, ata 0921–MARTINEZ, ROSALBA 0931–Flores, Maria 1046–Cureton, Tarynn PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 29135 1755 Indian Trail Rd Norcross, GA. 30093 (678) 924-0203 TIME: 10:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 1064–Stone, Bridgette 1279–Anderson, Francine 1280–Anderson, Francine 1351–UNITED HOSPICE OF ATLANTA 1358–Kelly, Brittany 1372–Coffee, Sky 2003–Simmons, Raffinee 2015–LEWIS, TIA 2043–Hood, Martina 2059–Mitchell, Andretta 2090–mackie, nicholas 2161–Harris, Tanisha 2169–Rhodes, J.R., Nathaniel 2201–Mullen, Antoinette 2258–Beasley, Rachel 2344–Malcom, Marcus 2358–Osborne, Darlene 2362–CHIN, FABIAN 2404–Gagnon, Jordan 3028–Mercer, Hattie 3054–Mercer, Hattie 3181–Lambert-Har vey, Sharon 3195–Riggins, Theresa 3206–Jenkins, Tamesha 3222–CLEVELAND, DEBORAH 3247–Pannell, Robert 3248–Williams, Yolanda 3365–Noland, Victoria 3368–Crew, Nicole 3407–LAM, KIEU 3437–Semedo, Robert B005–Wooten, Tedreal C012–Hinds, radcliffe D006–Adeyemo, Adetunji D007–Hinds, radcliffe D010–Hinds, radcliffe E019–Clark, Tiffany E043–Kendrick, Kim E050–Johnson, Dominique PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 24346 615 Indian Trail Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-0498 TIME: 11:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A034–Daugett, Timothy A066–Lewis Jr, Thomas B006–Henley, Lisa B007–Harris, Kelsey B052–SCOTT, JOHN B079–Stewart, David B089–Mcmillan, Todd D014–Jones, Michael D030–Teston, Arador E001–Robles, Patricia PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 21901 95 Arcado Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-9211 TIME: 11:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A006–Kallas, James B076–Brown, Lonnie C030–Goodman-Witherspoon, Carolyn C036–Martin, Tiffany C068–Elenteny, Matthew D008–JACOBS, COREY E048–Anderson, Robert F018–HAMMONDS, DEBBIE PUBLIC STORAGE PROPE

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 23106 460 Beaver Ruin Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-1196 TIME: 12:00 PM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B103–Horton, Derrick B104–Webb, Carlos B122–Johnson, Cassandra B125–Eddings, Tenya B145–RUFFIN, ALICE C159–England, Zoey D187–Lillard, Gregory E270–Nelson, Teresa E320–Ledezma, Luis F375–Caballeros-Nunez, Edith F399–Hooten, Mohior F403–TROY, HENRIETTA F404–barrett, shanice F470–BAKER JR, WILLIAM F472–Vasquez, Robert G515–Pierre Louis, Jean Claude G542–MITCHELL, KIMBERLY- Vehicle All sales are subject to cancellation. Public auction terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. Dated this 27th day of December 2015 and 3rd day of January 2016

by PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080, Bond No. 6004928.

929-302262, 12/27,1/3

Lisa Smith Household Items 3705 Tyrone Davis Household Items 2603 Marian Lloyd Household Items 2205 Muriel Halfkenny Household Items 2129 Songyo Sean Hong Household Items 3229 Vickie Almand Household Items 0111 Bahama Breeze Business Supplies 0120 Bahama Breeze Business Supplies 1429 Paisha Girtmon Household Items 0118 Shannon Powers Household Items 1601 Kristy Holloway Household Items The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-300152, 12/28,1/4

30046, 770-682-4990, January 13th, 2016 at 1:30PM James C Harris Unit CC039 Household Goods Deidra Williams Unit 0342 Household Goods Lashandle Mathis Unit CC205 Household Items Lora Roebuck Unit 0815 Household Items Sam Bell Unit 0334 Household Items Sharina Bailey Unit 0548 Household Items Regina Butler-Streets Unit CC328 Household Items Cherie Sims Unit 0519 Household Items Cherie Sims Unit 0523 Household Items Demerrick Wade Unit 0423 Household Items Karla McElroy Unit 1135 Household Items Tammy Hollomon Unit 0634 Household Richard Michael Moore Unit 0810 Tools, Lawnmower Chainsaws Bethel Mensah Unit 0944 Household Items Ken Oswald Unit 0922 Car Parts Dale Blackmon Unit 0935 Construction, Tools Shebia Gray Unit 0801 Boxes The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-301625, 12/27,1/3

668 Donna Evearitt Files and Boxes 109 Dennis Gutierrez Work equipment 431 Deborah Pennington Household Items 545 Brad Bailey Household Items 136 Alissa Gaddis Household Items The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-300235, 12/27,1/3

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 1790 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Duluth, Ga. 30097 770-814-7776 January 13, 2016 @ 2:00PM

1627 Jerry Giles Boxes, pictures, wicker chair 2308 John Thomas Jones Baby bed, boxes, childrens toys 3304 Gregory Miller Tonka truck, barber pole, chairs, keyboard 3310 Asani Olufemi Totes, computer monitors, sofa, love seat 3815 Sandra Sang Boxes, clothing, books, files The auction will be listed and advertised www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.

Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-302240, 12/31,1/7 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash

by CubeSmart, 5180 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Norcross, GA 30071 to satisfy a lien on January 13, 2016 at approx. 1:30PM at www.storagetreasures.com Customer Name Unit # Jeffery M Coleman Jr 933 Kenneth Rogers 680 Thayer Hall IV 218 Ellen A Stilwell 568 Wisarut Leangpun 834 929-299586, 12/27,1/3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 3357 Breckinridge Blvd Duluth GA, 30096 770-891-4639 January 13,2016 @ 3:00PM 1407 Cirila Rumaguera Household Items 2013 Brandon Elam Household Items 2711 Evans Monique Household Items 3144 Devada Doyal Household Items 2006 Li S ith

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagetreasures.com on 1/13/2016 at 3:30PM for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2790 Braselton Highway Dacula, GA 30019 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

129: Marcelle BenthamWelcome- Household items 635: Reyes Torres-Household items 332: Nichole DavisHousehold items 687: Gloria BulkoskiHousehold items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

929-301623, 12/27,1/3 ON 01/13/2016 AT 2:00 PM StoreSmart self storage located at 2914 Buford Dr. Buford, GA. 30519 will conduct a public auction of the following: Unit #1058 Aaron Lane, Tv,Lamps,Fan,Shoes.

Unit #1071 Lori Hill, dining room, bed, mattress.

Unit #2004 Yolanda Wilson, boxes, bench, totes, shoes.

Unit #2009 Kennise Demetria Myers , Bike, Washer & Dryer, totes, Misc boxes. Unit #2068 Chere Dove Washer &Dryer,Misc boxes. Units #2081 Henry Dunn, Loveseat, Dining Room, Boxes,.

Unit #2143, Pamela Shaw, dresser , boxes, dining room table,washer & dryer. Unit #2149, Maria Gregg, boxes, nightstand, misc boxes. Unit #2150, Nautica Donovan, totes, boxes. Unit #3009, Fabien Charles, bed, washer & dryer, boxes. Unit #3012, Manuela Hires, misc, boxes, totes. Unit #3041, Ingrid Mayen, dining room table, boxes, back packet, misc items,. Unit #3118, Linda Crawley, table, baby stroller, bed, rugs. Unit #3120 Colette N Effel, display cabinet, boxes, totes. Unit #3132 Katherine Rourke, boxes, trash cans, tool box . Unit #4034,Pamela Shaw, tables, boxes, clothes, misc items . Unit #4088 Tyler Price , ottoman,vaccum,8 tracks.

929-301633, 12/27,1/3 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 98 Hurricane Shoals Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 770-682-4990, Janu

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, Personal property described below belonging to those individual listed below at location indicated: 5151 Annistown Rd Stone Mountain GA 30087 770.469.5363 January 13, 2016 at 12:00 PM Unit 296 Irene Augustine Hill trailer not included, stove, refrigerator, generator, lawn mowers, bicycle Unit 507 Gregory Sykes Household goods Unit 351 Marlene Campbell washer, dryer,TV, stands, sofa, basketball goal, bedroom set Unit 200 Teal Chancellor Mattresses, speaker Unit 225 Jonathan Davis Boxes, totes, luggage Unit 377 Rod Caddele 5 bedroom home Unit 188 Shannon Gregg Household items Unit 325 Shawn Campbell Household furniture Unit 424 Janean Rayford Home items Unit 108 Louis White misc, household items Unit 312 Tonia Sturges household Unit 311 Carlton Pettigrew Household furniture The auction will be listed and advertised on www.stroagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction, Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-301628, 12/27,1/3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 1172 Auburn Rd. Dacula GA, 30019 770-236-0688 January 14,2016 @ 4:15PM

PUBLIC AUCTION Securlock Storage will sell personal property consisting of household and personal effects, office, and other equipment, toys and appliances will be sold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent due law 10-4-213. All items or spaces may not be available on the day of the sale. We reserve the right to refuse any and all bids, buyers must secure spaces with own locks. NO CHECKS. CASH ONLY. To claim tax-exempt-ORIGINAL RESALE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SPACE PURCHASED IS REQUIRED. Time: 11:30 AM Date: Jan 18 2016 Place: 1573 Athens Hwy Grayson Ga 30017 Rahana Sadiek – Baby Items, 5+ Bags, 2+ Totes Kathy Ellis (3 units) – 20+ Boxes, 20+ Totes, Household furniture, child ATV Edwin Freeman – 30+ Boxes, 20+ Older Computers, Wendell Stafford (2 units) – Household Enrique Sanford – Fridge, Mattress & Box Spring,5+ Totes, Dresser, Clothing Nikia Toney (2 units) – Washer/Dryer, Glass Shelves, Boxes, Household Steve Muir – Household 929-301454, 1/3,10 PUBLIC AUCTION - In accordance with the provision of Georgia State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at AAAA Self Storage located at 282 East Crogan St., Lawrenceville, GA, 30046. 770-237-8673. And due notice having been given to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Monday, January 18,2016.

The sale will be held at www. storagebattles.com at 3:00 PM on Monday, January 18, 2016. Terms: Cash, Credit card, or certified funds at Sale.

Unit #5040 –Kimbrough Jr., Jimmy- Misc. Household Items Unit #4088 –Davis, Genenean- Misc. Household Items Unit #1063 –Moon, Jerry– Misc Household Items Unit #1045 –Leavell, NolanMisc. Household Items Unit #3018 –McGregory, Tyrone- Misc. Household Items Unit #1065 –DebarbosaGuerreo, Lidia–Misc Household Items 929-302266, 1/3,10 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 2044 Old Norcross Road Lawrenceville, GA, 30044 770-845-1926 January 14, 2016 @ 2:00PM 340 Cynthia Fabela Household Items, Totes, Clothes, Toys, Large Mirror, Box Springs, Bikes, Bags 346 J Jesus C Estrella Household Items, Tools, Construction materials, Di h h B Bik

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS Dishwasher, Totes, Toys

Bags,

Bike,

520C Mamadee Keita Household Items, Couch, Boxes, Bags, Totes, Computer Key Board 304 Todd Hall Household Items, Stand Up Fica Trees, and Decorative Mirror 550 Annie Moise Couch, Boxes, Chair, Totes, Toys, Clothes, Mattress, Frames, Shoes 6C12 Joshua Narucki Household items, Chair, Mattress, Totes, Boxes, Books, Bags, Fishing Rods 638 Steve Jenkins Household Items, Chair, Dining Set, Bags, Boxes, Books, Totes, Sofa, Love Seat, Fridge 134 Fredia Jackson Household Items, Fridge, Bags, Boxes, Clothes, Shoes, Totes, Toys, Bed Frame, Washer/Dryer 406 Brijesh Patel Household and Business Cabinets 508H Terrence Gayle Household Items, Bags, Bicycle, Totes, Toys, Bed Frame, Mattress frame, Pictures, Vacume 120D Misty Bennett Household Items, Dining Set, Computer Monitor, Bags, Boxes, Totes, Microwave, Electronics 112 Lequila Mcgauley Household Items, Computer Monitor, Toys, Totes, Clothes, Boxes, Bags, Steam Vac Bed frame 514B Ayana Forest Household Items, Golf Clubs, Coffee Table, Washer, Microwave, Armoire, Mattress 445 Vincent Burgess Large Floor Model TV, Baby Crib 6C32 Isaiah Kelly Household Items, Shelves, Boxes, Files, Totes, Toys, File Cabinets 124 Arturo Vazquez Household Items, Power tools, Wheel Barrow, Shovels, Generator, Tiles 505E Timothy Rinker Couch, Bags, Hand Tools, Totes, Fishing Rods, Knife Set, Ladder, Wet Vac 219 Yvonne Francis Household Items, Washer, Dryer, 2 Armoires, Nightstands, Dressers, Dining Table, Love Seat, Sofa Bed, Boxes The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-301451, 12/27,1/3 PUBLIC AUCTION In accordance with the provision of Georgia State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at AAAA Self Storage located at 4365 Commerce Drive Buford, GA 30518.

770-614-1424. And due notice having been given to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Monday, January 18,2016.

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storagebattles.com at 10:00 AM on Monday, January 18, 2016. Terms: Cash, Credit card, or certified funds at Sale.

Unit # 1009 –- Misc.

Household Items Unit # 3073 –Misc. Household Items Unit#4050 – Misc. Household Items Unit#5036 – Misc. Household Items 929-302317, 1/3,10

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public auction on January 19th and January 20th the below-listed units. Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08464 10860 STATE BRIDGE ROAD. ALPHARETTA GA 30022 (678) 513-8185 January 19th, 2016 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 2045–Coleman, Lasenie 4009–Bannister, Kwan 4025–Shanklin, Anna P 4044–WOODSON, AL 6008–Jackson, Neal 6217–Beatty, Angelique PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25719 3550 PEACHTREE PKWY. SUWANEE, GA 30024-1031 (678) 513-8185 January 19th, 2016 9:45 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B320–free, john B394–O’HARA, KRISTEN C5766–Gibson, Tracy D629–SANDERS, MICHAEL D637–Rangel Leao, Ana Maria PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25778 3900 MCGINNIS FERRY RD SUWANEE, GA 30024 (678) 513-8185 January 19th, 2016 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A1019–Morgan, Carole A2061–phyall, corlette A4075–Anderson, Andrew A4105–Sudduth, Kevin A4128–Brown, Aaron B1042–Baird, Brandon B2009–Fleetwood, Trizana PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25595 66 OLD PEACHTREE RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 (770) 338-1271 January 19th, 2016 10:15 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 00151–Darden, Mozell 00208–Rutherford, Janet 00211–Scott, Phyllis 00303–Beebe, Pam 00345–Combest, Dupree 00750–Baca, Cheranda 3010–addison, Markeeda 4006–Green, Lamarr 4009–Barnett, Eria 4079–Barnett, Eria 4089–Collins, Eric PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28158 495 BUFORD DR. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30245 (770) 338-1271 January 19th, 2016 10:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 100–Jones, Akeem 132–Smith, Jacqueline 217–Belle, Samuel 309A–Heart, Shatavia 408X–Dorsey, Cedrick 431–Manuel, Dominique 438D–Fraser, Coleen P063–Brown, Earl (Vehicle) PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08465 1856 RIVERSIDE PKWY. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043 (770) 237-5010 January 19th, 2016 10:45AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 3026–Harvey, Dallas 4022–Pavey, Robert 4023–Brown, Tanya 5005–Fretter, Shellene 5009–Krummes, Curtis 5011–Woolridge, Ajeane 5208–Anderson, Steven 5219–Walker, Rachel 5248–Patterson, Katrina 5317–NORTH GA RHEUMATOLOGY GROUP PC 5410–Trahan, Constance 5411–Staff Olosophy LLC PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08054 1395 PLEASANT HILL DR..

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30044 (770) 925-9784 January 20th , 2016 9:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 1524–wilkerson, alanna 2516–White, Jennifer 3514–Day, Domanique 3540–Gray, Stacy 5524–Brown, Monroe 5526 M C A l

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5526–McCree, Angela 6053–Ramu, Cindy 6137–Brown, Kanitra 6219–Ivory, Tytanesha 6233–Cone, Monique 6255–Saulter, Chera 6260–Mcknight, Cameon 6270–Barr, Lorenzo 6294–Goolsby, Kristan 6309–Jackson, Teresa 6502–Girdner, Chenelle 6514–Kimbrel, Keesha 7505–Curry, Brandon 7509–Gonzalez, Hector 7513–Pearson, Thelma 7518–Thompson, Clarrissa 7527–Raun, Norma 8502–Casoria, Mary PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25982 2423 PLEASANT HILL ROAD DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 January 20th , 2016 9:45AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A004–Chacon, Julio A012–Pearson, Bernadette A057–Blount, Rita Anyinsah A080–Whetstone, Shameka A101–Whitehead, Kimberly A210–Edenfield, Jeremy A237–Washington, Tasha A329–Milien, Djenouse C536–Agenor, Tonya C581–Chambers, Shenique PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08057 4474 SATELLITE BLVD. DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 January 20th , 2016 10:00AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0116–AIKENS, BRENDA 0333–Seymour, Dana 0345D–HODGES, RAPHAEL 0345M–Washington, Danielle 0361–Wilcox, Dewayne 0425–Joseph, Andre 0504–MITCHELL, E’MAUJUA 0536–Lopez, Richard 0629–Bellamy, Donceletta 2101–Hayes, Kevin 3092–Brown, Hailee 3133–Brown, Sentina 6221–Hayes, Kevin 6311–Thomas, Tessie 7152–Wallace, Steven PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08056 3865 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 January 20th , 2016 10:15AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0236–Cooper Johnson, Delicia 0269–Gray, Jeff 0400–Martinez, Louis 0431–Hawkins, Gregory 0471–Taitingfong, Jennifer 0500–Tyler, Brittany 0536–Cory, Chris 0559–Jones, Angelia 0564–Thomas, Austin 0566–Myricks, Clea 0571–Ivey, Bertrand 0661–Omoregie, Tonia 0699–Mullins, Walter 0715–Walker, Latonya 0843–Washington, Marlon All sales are subject to cancellation. Public auction terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. Dated this 3rd day of January and 10th day of January 2016 by PS OrangeCo, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201.

(818) 244-8080, Bond No. 6004928.

929-302234, 1/3,10

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WANTED TO RENT Single Male, 68, clean, quiet, seeking a large room, rooms, or efficiency apartment with full bathroom that only I will be using and cleaning. Unrestricted kitchen privileges and laundry machine privileges are required. No drugs, drama, drunks. Call 470-248-5275 and listen carefully to my message. Gwinnett/South Hall or Jackson area.

Billing Coordinator National Respiratory Company seeking candidate for growing specialized department with advancement opportunity.

Candidate must have extensive knowledge for multiple insurance carriers, knowledge of respiratory equipment and corresponding diagnosis, be detailed oriented, have excellent communication skills, be proficient with Excel and be highly organized.

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EOE/DFWP. Please fax resume to 770-248-0899 Attn. Staffing.

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CITY OF DACULA ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK The City of Dacula is now accepting applications for a full time Administrative Clerk employee. This position is a multi-task job, the candidate must be very detail oriented.

The candidate must be a resident of Gwinnett County to assist in City elections. Prior experience in government work is highly desirable.

Effective customer service in interacting with the public is critical and the ability to exercise good judgment.

Salary is negotiable depending on experience. The City offers an excellent benefit package. Work hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Please submit a resume with three (3) work related references and complete a City of Dacula Job Application form. Job applications can be submitted by email daculacityhall@ daculaga.gov in person at Dacula City Hall, 442 Harbins Road, Dacula, Ga 30019 or mailed to P.O. Box 400, Dacula, Ga 30019 Applicants must submit to a drivers license background check. The City of Dacula complies with all E-Verify immigration laws and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applications will be accepted until Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. A full job description can be obtained by sending an email to daculacityhall@daculaga.gov.

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Please submit the following by COB January 4, 2016 to administration@ fcpchealth.org to be considered for this work: 1. A list of the projects your firm(s) has completed that are similar in scope to this proposed project, including the size, cost, dates and durations for design and construction.

2.References for the above projects.

3. Provide information about your firm (years in business, number of employees, services provided, primary areas of market focus, business volume for the last three years and explain the process that you use in doing a design/build project of this type.

4. After review of the RFQ’s, FCPC will choose a select group to submit proposals for this work. After reviewing the proposals, interviews may be requested or FCPC may make a selection at that time.

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SECTION C • SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2016 You never forget your first experience with the ParrotHeads.

Alex Mazurek entertains bystanders during a tailgate before Jimmy Buffett’s concert June 2 at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth.

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The Grayson Rams join in a prayer before going on to win the Class AAAAAA girls state championship at Mercer University in Macon.

I had noticed in a previous game how Grayson got together in a huddle for its prayer, so prior to the championship game, I asked permission from the players and head coach Terry Klinect to set up a remote camera on the ground to capture the moment. It gives such a unique angle to a personal moment before the game. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

Chorus students at Patrick Elementary School give high-fives to Gwinnett County Firefighters during their annual Firefighter Appreciation Breakfast in Buford. I really loved the expressions on all the kids faces as they were high-fiving the firefighters. It was as if they were looking at celebrities. The school was named after a fallen firefighter and the students show a lot of appreciation for them.

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Lydie Koffi, of Clarkston, hugs Lilburn Police Officer Vince Difatta after being handed a $100 bill following an accident she had been involved in during a Secret Santa giveaway in Lilburn. This was my favorite news photo from 2015. I rode along with Lilburn police for six hours as they pulled over driver after driver and handed them $100 instead of a ticket. At the end of the day when there was just one bill left to hand out, the officer I was riding with was called to the scene of an accident. This woman spun her car out on Ronald Reagan Parkway and crashed into a wall, most-likely totaling it. Officer Difatta decided to give his last bill to her and she immediately got out of the car to give him a big hug. The expression on her face shows how appreciative she was for the random act of kindness.

(Photo: Kyle Hess) Elizabeth Delorier, left and her mother, Sabrina Delorier share a tender moment during Lizzy’s chemotherapy visit at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Dec. 17, 2014 in Atlanta. Delorier was diagnosed with a potentially inoperable brain tumor in July 2014 at the age of two. She responded to treatment and the tumor was shrinking. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

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YEAR Sometimes you have a preconceived notion of how a shot should look in your head, but the lighting is always the hardest to get right. With this shot of Brookwood’s Zach Israel, it all fell into place and we had a cool, graphic photo to show off. (Photo: David Welker)

Rasheedah Davis, a representative of the U.S. Army, reacts after winning 2,000 tickets while playing an arcade game alongside her daughter Carmyn, 6, during a holiday party hosted by the Atlanta Falcons Women’s Association at Dave and Busters in Lawrenceville. This photo was perfectly timed as I had just walked up to Rasheedah as she was playing games with her daughter, then suddenly she realizes she had won the 2,000 tickets and started jumping up and down in excitement. They were both ecstatic.

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Members of the Honor Guard carry the casket of Spc. Kyle Gilbert following his funeral at Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford. This was a tough assignment as it was the first funeral I had covered. I’m so used to putting on a wide-angle lens and going into the action, but with a funeral it’s completely different because you need to keep a respectful distance and not be a distraction while the family mourns a loss.

(Photo: Kyle Hess)

I had the opportunity to spend time around a number of athletes, but the wrestlers were always my favorite. Since I once wrestled, we shared an understanding. When I was sent to photograph Duluth’s Rodney Jones, I knew I wanted to make something different.

I walked away with this emotional frame of Jones after turning off my lights and letting the sun bounce off the building across the street, creating the warm and cool tones you see in the photo.

(Photo: David Welker)

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Greg Pyke (73) of the Georgia Bulldogs and teammates sit on the sideline as the clock ticks down in the third quarter of the game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Sanford Stadium in Athens. (Photo: David Welker)

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Dear colleges, universities: Spare the trees — please!

Not to brag — it’s not like this is Facebook — but my youngest son is a high school senior with a sparkling resume — basically the academic equivalent of a four-star football recruit. And he has the mail to prove it.

We’re talking truckloads. At least three pieces of mail from colleges every single day, from all over the country and every kind of institution: large land-grants, Ivies and near-Ivies, up-and-coming regionals, distinguished SLAC’s.

Several schools send him something at least three times a week.

All those institutions have one thing in common: My son will not be attending any of them in the fall. He decided long ago what schools he was interested in and over the summer narrowed the field to three. In the spring, he’ll weigh financial aid packages and other factors and make his final decision.

What he will NOT do is suddenly decide to attend Heartland State U. or the College of St. Somebody just because they sent him a colorful flyer with a catchy slogan.

When he first started receiving lots of recruiting mail, last year after his SAT scores were posted, I think my son was a little flattered by

more “selective”— that is, by eliciting applications they can ultimately reject.

I just can’t imagine this method actually works. Surely the institutions are spending tens of thousands of dollars Rob on paper, ink, design and set-up costs, and postage.

Jenkins Does the return on their investment, in the form the attention. For the first of students who actually apply (and who wouldn’t several months, he collected everything in shoe have otherwise), really justify the expense? boxes. But that quickly I realize that my obserbecame an exercise in futility, as boxes became vation, based on a sample of one, is hardly scienfull faster than we could tific. But if my family’s buy him new running experience in any way shoes, which is saying reflects that of others, I something. would suggest to those Now virtually all college mail gets tossed into institutions that they save the recycle bin unopened, their money, not to menun-glanced-at. Instead of tion thousands of trees.

I don’t pretend to be an an honor, it has simply admissions expert; I have become a nuisance. no idea what makes stuI say all this not to dents ultimately choose complain or to criticize but because I can’t imag- one school over another, beyond the obvious ine we’re exactly alone. (proximity, family conThere must be plenty of nections, sports fandom). other families out there But I’m pretty sure being just like ours, receiving inundated with paper that reams of recruiting mail they don’t even bother to goes straight to recycle is not the answer. read.

Rob Jenkins is a local Which makes me freelance writer and the wonder what colleges are hoping to accomplish author of “Family Man: The Art of Surviving with all this paper. I Domestic Tranquility,” understand most are just available at Books for trying to boost enrollLess and on Amazon. ment. Others are hoping to increase their national Email Rob at rjenkinsgdp@yahoo.com. rankings by becoming

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Sometimes you just don’t want to do stuff As the years of Mama’s life grew long into the shadows of age, she managed to squeeze every bit of good out of growing old. She used it to get both what she wanted and to shun that which she did not want.

“Where do you want to go to church today?”

I’d call and ask on the Sundays she was going to church with me.

Sometimes we’d go to my church, sometimes to hers, sometimes to another. Wherever she wanted to go was fine with me.

In the last few years of her life, though, she was, more often than not, liable to say, “You know, I just don’t think I’ll go to church today.” On the end of that, she would add some kind of feeble ex-

always said, “You know what? You’re 83 years old and you’ve earned the right to stay home if you want to. You’ve spent all your life being in church every time the door opened. Stay home if you like.” Through the phone, Ronda I could feel her beaming Rich from ear-to-ear.

“Well, that’s kindly planation such as “I’m so what I thought, too.” tired. I didn’t sleep good As she eased toward last night” or “It’s rainin’” the end of her years, there or “I’ve been out twice were two things on which this week already. I just you could always count: think I’ll stay put.”

She’d say whatever she Without fail, she’d aldoggone pleased and, ways ask, “Would that be secondly, she wouldn’t do all right?” Even into her whatever did not sit well 80s, she sought approval. with her.

Especially when it came I admired both. And to shunning the Lord’s now I dream of the time house for her own house. when I will not feel comI never tried to talk her pelled to be diplomatic. into it or shame her. I That I won’t say “Yum-

my” about a bite of food that is really “yucky,” that I won’t buy something just to please a store clerk when, really, I don’t need it nor like it, and I won’t pretend to be interested in a topic of conversation that bores me. Mama would say, “Let’s talk about something else.

This ain’t worth the air it takes to blow out our words.”

Once, I took her a plate of food for dinner. She took a bite of something and almost spit it out.

She made a childish face.

“That’s awful! What in tarnation did you put in there?”

I frowned. “If I were eatin’ free food that had been hand delivered to me, I wouldn’t complain if I were you.”

“You would if you were eatin’ this.”

There were many times I was aghast at comments she would make to other people. She was so plainspoken. Not intentionally mean or rude. She just spoke what was on her mind, and she only did it with people who knew her well. Sometimes, I would step in and apologize for her. Sometimes, she’d allow the apology to stand, but other times, she’d say, “I meant it. She does looks better when she has a perm than she does with stringy hair.”

What I’ve come to admire lately is how she didn’t go if she didn’t want to go. “Mama, why aren’t you going with us?

It’ll be fun.”

“I don’t care about fun.

I just don’t want to. That’s why.”

The other day I wanted to stay home. Tink sweetly said, “I’ll go, and you stay here. Rest. I know you’re tired.”

I replied, “No. I need to go.” Oh, but I look forward to the years when I can say, “I don’t want to” and everyone else will cut me a wide swath. No one will insist or make me feel bad. They’ll believe I have earned whatever respite I claim.

There’s liberation with the advancement of age. I don’t want to miss out on those rewards.

Ronda Rich is the bestselling author of There’s A Better Day A-Comin’.

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Don’t ask for favors — instead, grant them Do you ask your friends or clients for favors?

This subject came up in a discussion with a group of consultants. The specific question was: Is it was appropriate to ask a client (or someone you know) about job openings for a colleague. The perception was that by asking someone about potential job openings for a friend, you are asking them for a favor.

The framing of this is wrong. I don’t believe you should ask for favors, I believe you should do favors. That means connecting people who will both benefit.

For example. A friend of my daughter’s is an aspiring leader in the

were to approach either of them asking for a favor, it would be presumptuous. I don’t know them well at all. But the young man looking for a sales manager job is an upand-comer. Anyone who owns a dealership would love to have someone this hard-working and ambiLisa McLeod tious on the staff.

I reached out to both automotive industry. This owners saying, “I have young man has been a top someone I believe you salesperson for a large should meet. He’s a dealership, and now he’s strong sales leader. When looking for a sales manI heard he was looking for ager position in another a position in your area, city.

I immediately thought I had two very minor of you.” Both owners connections with people responded with gratitude. who own dealerships.

The young man ended One was a man I met on up with offers from both an airplane, the other a dealerships. And I got an friend of a friend. If I email from both owners

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thanking me for the introduction.

Sure, I was doing my daughter’s friend a favor by connecting him with owners. But the owners were also getting a big benefit.

Why does this matter? Because it reframes the dynamic. Too often, people focus on one side of the equation. People are uncomfortable asking others for what they perceive to be a favor, because they don’t think through how the other side will benefit.

In the case of my daughter’s friend, he was ambitious and talented.

He was smart to ask me if I knew anyone. If he had been a low performer, I wouldn’t have made the

introductions. Introducing him is not asking a favor.

Asking you to feed my cat while I go on vacation is a favor for me. Introducing you to a talented person is a favor for you.

In this case, everyone walks away feeling like everyone else did them a solid. The young man appreciates me making the introductions; the owners appreciate me giving them a lead on top talent.

And I appreciate the young man for making me look good in front of powerful people. They’ll remember that I was the one who sent them someone great.

People often guard their connections. But I’ve found it more helpful to be generous with mine.

My policy is, I don’t ask my friends and clients for favors. I do favors for them. I even believe that asking someone to provide a testimonial about your work can be a favor to them, because it allows them to raise their own public profile.

Don’t be shy about using your resources.

Ask yourself is there a potential benefit to other person? If there is a potential benefit, do them a favor, and provide them with the person or information they might need.

Lisa McLeod is the creator of the popular business concept Noble Purpose and author of the best-seller “Selling with Noble Purpose.”

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The Gwinnett Council for Seniors, a nonprofit organization, is seeking volunteers to staff the office located at 186 E. Pike St. in Lawrenceville. The office is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers usually staff the office one day per month, providing assistance for call-ins or walk-ins. The Council is an advocate for seniors in the community, helping to provide resource information to those in need. We are “Seniors Helping Seniors.”

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AUBURN Library hosting coloring night for adults Who says coloring books are only for kids?

The folks at the Auburn Public Library certainly didn’t. They will host an Adult Coloring Night from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday.

The event is being promoted as a chance to “come in and color your stress away.” Participants may bring in their own coloring books, or choose to use printed sheets that will be provided by the library.

Library officials said participants will also be able to “enjoy sparkling juice and adult conversation.”

The library is located at 24 Fifth St., in Auburn.

BARROW COUNTY Chamber donates to Food2Kids program The Ambassadors for the Barrow Chamber of Commerce recently gave $275 to the Barrow Food2Kids to sponsor a child this school year and honor a community servant. The community servant was Debi Krause, who is vice president of member services.

Food2Kids is a program of the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and aimed at closing the hunger gap for needy schoolchildren. The $275 sponsors one child for an entire school year (40 weeks).

Every week, Food2Kids distributes sacks of kidfriendly food, enough for at least six meals, to children who might not otherwise have enough to eat over the weekend.

Launched in January 2008, Food2Kids started out by providing weekly food sacks to roughly 80 students. It currently serves just under 1,100 students in nine counties. In Barrow County, there are 226 students being served.

BERKELEY LAKE First Friday event to discuss Atlanta BeltLine Paul Morris, president and CEO of Atlanta BeltLine, will be the featured speaker at the First Friday event of the Southwest Gwinnett Chamber at Hilton Atlanta Northeast in Peachtree Corners from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Jan. 8. Morris will share the latest on ABI’s development topics including funding, return on investment and economic development.

ABI is responsible for the development of one of the most comprehensive revitalization efforts among urban redevelopment and mobility projects in the country.

Trained as a landscape architect and urban planner, Morris has spent his 30-year career in strategic consulting and executive management roles focusing on transportation, urban redevelopment, natural resource management, public parks, and the development of corporate and institutional facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

Early registration is $25 for members and $30 for guests.

BRASELTON Town honors former Georgia first lady Betty Russell Vandiver, whose husband Ernest was governor from 1959 to 1963, founded the “Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade” in 1959 to provide holiday gifts and raise public awareness for residents housed in state institutions. To honor the 56th anniversary of the motorcade, the Braselton Town Council hosted Vandiver, who grew up in Barrow County, and presented her with a special resolution.

The resolution, in part, reads “…the Mayor and Council of the Town of Braselton hereby honors Betty Vandiver’s vision, compassion, leadership and humanitarian legacy…” This year, the Georgia Municipal Association, which coordinates the statewide motorcade, asked its member cities and towns to proclaim “Betty Vandiver Day” in honor of her leadership.

The woman was ac-

fire investigator.

Johnson, who also serves as the assistant fire marshal, was honored last year as the Georgia Fire Sprinkler Association Fire Official of the Year for being a proponent of automatic fire sprinklers who supports and promotes the use of them.

NORCROSS Date announced for State of the City address The date has been announced for the 2016 Norcross State of the City address.

The event takes place Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at Summerour Middle School. The purpose of the event is for Mayor Bucky Johnson to review the previous year’s happenings in Norcross and look ahead to the new year.

In his 2015 address, the mayor presented an unwaveringly upbeat message, touting the city’s economic development and tireless volunteers.

“I think we’re in the right place. I think we’ve got the right plan. I know we have the right people,” Johnson said then.

Gregory B. Levett Sr. poses for a photo in one of his metro area funeral homes. The Gregory B. Levett and Sons Funeral Home founder was recently named Funeral Director of the Year by American Funeral Director magazine. (Special Photos)

Gregory B. Levett named nation’s best funeral director

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

A local man who runs four funeral homes and a crematory in metro Atlanta, including one in Lawrenceville, was recently named the best in the business by trade publication American Funeral Director magazine.

The magazine named Gregory B. Levett Sr., the founder of Gregory B. Levett and Sons Funeral Homes Inc., as the winner of its 2015 Funeral Director of the Year award. Levett received the award during the 10th Annual Funeral Services Business Plan Conference, which was recently held in Glendale, Ariz.

He was also profiled in American Funeral Director magazine’s December edition.

“I am very humbled to be recognized for the work I have done throughout my life,” Levett said in a statement. “I am hoping with this I will inspire some young person to this career or whatever companied to the council meeting by a daughter and granddaughter.

She told a few stories about the governor’s support for John F. Kennedy in his presidential campaign, his key advisors suggesting he close the University of Georgia rather than segregate it and her lifelong friendships with former Braselton councilmen John Oliver and Henry Edward Braselton.

Mayor Bill Orr commented, “Mrs. Vandiver is a legend among us, and we were delighted to host and honor her.”

BUFORD Tickets on sale for comedy at community center “The Savannah Sipping Society” will be played for the first time at the Buford Community Center’s Sylvia Beard Theatre.

The comedy runs from Feb. 11 to 28.

Per the community center, the show features “four unique Southern women, strangers to one another and each needing to escape the sameness of her day-today routine,” who “are drawn together by fate and turn weekly happy hours into a quest to renew their enthusiasm for life.”

In the resulting journey, raucous humor abounds and lessons are learned,

career they would choose.”

Levett, who is a native of Conyers, received his funeral director’s licence in 1973, and he opened his first funeral home with his wife, Betty, seven years later in Scottsdale. He added a location in Decatur in 2000 and expanded into Gwinnett County four years later, according to the company’s website. He expanded into Conyers in 2014.

His biography shows he learned about the funeral home industry from his father, George W. Levett Sr., and has in turn introduced three of his children, George B. Levett Jr., T. Lanier and Deana, to the business as well.

The family has a staff of 100 people, including 10 licensed funeral directors, according to the company’s website.

“None of this would be possible without the great staff we have,” Levett said.

The magazine judged candidates for the Funeral Director of the Year award based on their suc-

promoters say.

Tickets range from $20 to $25 and are available at bufordcommunitycenter.com.

DACULA Library hosting LEGO event Thursday Children ages 5 and up are invited to attend a LEGO play event at the Dacula Library from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday.

Kids who attend the gathering will have free range to build whatever they can think of, whether it be a city, a creature, a robot or some other creation.

The library is located at 265 Dacula Road in Dacula.

DULUTH Special called meeting about sale of 22 acres Duluth’s Downtown Development Authority has scheduled a specially called meeting for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at City Hall. The meeting in executive session will be to discuss an amendment to the purchase and sale agreement of 22.27 acres of property on Hill Street and Hardy Industrial Boulevard in downtown Duluth between the city and Pulte Home Corp.

The city and Pulte have done business before. In June 2014, the city allowed 11.67 acres to be rezoned that the developer planned to build 43 homes to add on

Gregory B. Levett Sr. was featured on the cover of American Funeral Director magazine in December as the winner of the magazine’s Funeral Director of the Year award.

cess in business, the challenges they have overcome, the relationships they have with clients and their involvement in the community.

“While we had many impressive entries, Mr. Levett stood out as a man who is having a positive impact on his community and his profession,” American Funeral Director publisher Allison Sullivan said in a statement. “His generosity, caring and commitment embody what the funeral profession is all about. We were honored to present him with this award.”

to the Cressview subdivision, which had 99 homes.

GRAYSON City selling commemorative bricks for veterans memorial Grayson residents who would like to see their loved ones memorialized in brick have a chance to make it in early 2016.

The city has announced that it is selling commemorative bricks that will be placed in the Grayson Veteran’s Memorial during the Grayson Day Festival in April.

Each 4-inch-by-8 brick costs $50, and the buyer can have have up to three lines of 20 characters each engaged on the brick.

Larger 8-by-8 tiles are available as well, but anyone interested in buying one is asked to call or email Community Development Director Gail Lane at 770-963-8017 or communitydevelopment@ cityofgrayson.org Buyers can also get a commemorative brick, or a mini brick for their home for $40 or $15, respectively.

The deadline to purchase a brick is March 1. Applications can be found on the city’s website, www.cityofgrayson.org.

LAWRENCEVILLE Library hosting STEAM-themed ‘Lab-Art’ class for kids The Lawrenceville library

will welcome the STEAM movement in education on Wednesday with a Lab-Art class for kids.

STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and math. The Lab-Art class embraced that concept by giving children a chance to make their own puppet, which they can in turn use to help put on a brief show at the library at the end of the lab.

The event is open to any child over 3 who is accompanied by an adult. The branch is located at 1001 Lawrenceville Highway.

LILBURN Library hosting STEAM-based lab for kids For kids in grades 6 to 12, the Lilburn branch of the public library is hosting “duct tape journal” event.

The event is Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. It’s free.

The students are invited to create a unique journal, diary or notebook cover using duct tape.

The library is at 788 Hillcrest Road.

LOGANVILLE Firefighter becomes certified investigator The Loganville Fire Department recently congratulated Capt. Tim Johnson following his graduation from the Police Academy and became the department’s first P.O.S.T certified

PEACHTREE CORNERS Officials pleased with new restaurant Newk’s Eatery officially opened its doors on Dec. 23 at The Forum in Peachtree Corners.

Founded in 2004, the eatery is known for its made-from-scratch sandwiches, salads, soups and California-style pizzas.

“We’re so happy to welcome Newk’s to our city,” Councilwoman Lorri Christopher said during the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“We are glad that they have chosen our city to open their newest restaurant. We know they will do well here.”

Newk’s Eatery is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (except major holidays) for lunch and dinner. For more information, visit at www. newks.com.

SNELLVILLE Adult softball, kickball signups approaching Spring registration for adult softball and kickball in Snellville starts Jan. 11.

Snellville Parks and Recreation hosts the games at Briscoe Park.

Men’s softball is on Tuesdays, kickball Wednesdays.

Co-ed softball is on Thursdays and Fridays.

The costs and registration forms are available at snellville.org.

SUGAR HILL North Gwinnett Co-Op serves nearly 400 The North Gwinnett Cooperative, which serves Buford, Sugar Hill and Suwanee, donated Christmas gifts for more than 325 children and 62 senior citizens. Several local businesses and other organizations including churches provided resources to the organization.

That was on top of almost 600 meal boxes distributed between Thanksgiving and Christmas combined.

More than 100 volunteers and donors participated in the effort.

SUWANEE City to put on cocktail, art event The city of Suwanee has scheduled a black tie optional event on March 5 to support the city’s public art initiative. The event, “Guess Who’s Coming to Cocktails” is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Town Center.

“We wanted to create an annual event to celebrate the arts and to encourage residents to continue to support public art, not just financially but through involvement as well,” Public Arts Commission member Cherie Heringer said in a press release Attendees will sample cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, music and dancing.

Tickets start at $100. Reserved tables for six are available for $1,200, and other arts patronage levels range from $5,000-$20,000 with increasing sponsor benefits.

Visit SuwaneeGuessWhosComing.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

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Snellville student travels to Sweden for Nobel Week A high school student from Snellville was among a group of 24 students who last month traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to experience Nobel Week.

Kalin Grose traveled on a study trip as part of the National Society of High School Scholars to witness first-hand the legacy of NSHSS co-founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, senior member of the family that founded the Nobel Prize. The NSHSS students attended several Nobel Week activities including the last year’s

dedicated to highlighting the accomplishments of students who demonstrate outstanding leadership, scholarship and community commitment.

In partnership with Stockholm University, this event was for NSHSS high school and college scholars. Attendees Keith Farner represented a variety of countries including Austria, India, Mauritius, Nobel Prize Ceremonies, Sweden and the United the Nobel Lectures and States. the Nobel Week DiaThe trip included visits logue. to the Nobel Museum, a The NSHSS is an tour of Stockholm City international organization Hall and attendance

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at the lectures for the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences.

At a special reception, NSHSS scholars discussed the intricacies of the prizes with the president of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and members of the selection committees for the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Literature.

Keith Farner writes about education. Good News from Schools appears in the Sunday edition of the Daily Post.

GWINNETT GAB Healthy cooking class offered at Rhodes Jordan Park center

stop running and start eating. Runners will eat ten doughnuts before running the rest of the course back to Stegeman.

Looking to get 2016 The first person to finish the race and eat all of the off to a fresh, healthy doughnuts will be destart? Gwinnett County clared overall champion.

Extension Service is partnering with Gwinnett There will also be awards for each age group.

County Parks and RecRunner registration reation and Live Healthy is $30 and includes a Gwinnett to offer a hands-on healthy cooking T-shirt. Proceeds go to benefit Children’s demonstration.

Healthcare of Atlanta.

The free class will Registration can be found focus on how to form online at www.5kdare. healthy cooking habits ugamiracle.org/ and stick with them all registration.html. year long. The healthy cooking demonstration will be from 9 to 10 Gwinnett Youth a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, Project hosting at Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation job readiness Center, 100 East Crogan workshop Street in Lawrenceville.

Those who have been Those interested should register by Jan. 7 struggling to find a job may consider upgrading at gwinnettparks.com or their skills with additioncall 770-822-8869. al training.

Gwinnett County UGA Miracle Youth Project is sponsorto hold 5K ing a free job readiness workshop from 10 to for Children’s 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 11.

Healthcare The workshop will cover UGA Miracle is basic resume writing and hosting its fifth annual interview skills. BilinDoughnut Dare 5K road gual staff will be present race, presented by Krispy for English and Spanish Kreme, on Sunday, Jan. speakers. The workshop 31 at 8 a.m. will be at Buford HuModeled after the man Services Center, Krispy Kreme Challenge 2755 Sawnee Avenue in in North Carolina, the Buford.

Doughnut Dare 5K takes For more information, runners around the Unicall 770-614-2400. versity of Georgia’s hisGwinnett Gab appears on Thursdays and Sunday toric campus, beginning editions of the Gwinnett and ending at Stegeman Daily Post. To submit an Coliseum.

At the mid-point of the item to Gwinnett Gab, email gab@gwinnettdairace, runners who chose lypost.com. to “take the dare” will

LUNCH MENUS EDITOR’S NOTE: Winter Break ends on Monday, and Tuesday is a student holiday for teacher planning/staff development.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Wednesday Mozzarella stocks, mashed potato bowls, vegetarian burger, signature salads, PBJ’wich Thursday Incredible Hulk dog, old-world lasagna, vegetarian burger, deli fresh subs, PBJ’wich Friday Pancakes and sausage, poppin’ shrimp poppers, yogurt basket, bento box, PBJ’wich MIDDLE SCHOOL Wednesday Italian trio, mini corn dogs, cheese quesadilla, home-style sammies, signature salads, PBJ’wich, farm fresh produce Thursday Tex Mex nachos, Asian rice

bowl, Mexi bean pizza, wrap ’n’ roll wraps, signature salads, PBJ’wich, farm fresh produce Friday Chicken and waffles, catch of the day, waffle dunkers, deli fresh subs, signature salads, PBJ’wich, farm fresh produce HIGH SCHOOL Wednesday Walking nachos, stuffed crust pizza, ultimate hot dog bar, vegetarian burger, wrap ’n’ roll wraps, cheese quesadillas, fresh seasonal salads, farm fresh produce Thursday Chicken nuggets, pizza, Italian meatball sub, cheesy grilled cheese, deli fresh subs, Asian rice bowls, fresh seasonal salads, farm fresh produce Friday Brunch 4 lunch, pizza, seafood basket, yogurt parfait, home-style sammies, Cuban sub, fresh seasonal salads, farm fresh produce

RESTAURANT SCORES Restaurant Address................................................................................ Score The Rustic Couch 4500 Satellite Blvd., Duluth.......................................................71 Chili’s Grill and Bar 3215 Buford Drive, Buford.........................................................88 Rico’s World Kitchen Downtown 306 West Main St., Buford........................................................80 Chick-fil-A 1570 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth...............................................90 La Regia 3435 Medlock Bridge Road, Peachtree Corners.....................84 McDonald’s 3210 Buford Drive, Buford.........................................................96 Sunshine Chinese Restaurant 525 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suwanee................................96 Pinokio at Assi Plaza Food Court 1291 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee.......................................97 Rising Roll Gourmet Sugarloaf 1812 North Brown Road, Lawrenceville.................................100 Zaxby’s 1914 Duluth Highway, Lawrenceville......................................100 Firehouse Subs 860 Duluth Highway, Lawrenceville..........................................94 O’Charley’s 830 Lawrenceville Suwanee Road, Lawrenceville.................100 Tannery Row Ale House 554 West Main St., Buford........................................................81 Benton House of Sugar Hill 6009 Suwanee Dam Road, Sugar Hill.....................................97 Gwinnett Medical Center 1000 Medical Center Blvd., Lawrenceville................................93 Green Tea 1152 Auburn Road, Dacula.......................................................91 El Ceibeno Honduran Restaurant 2078 Beaver Ruin Road, Norcross...........................................83 Bar Chix 3547 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Duluth...................................93

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