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No trace left of the theme park at mall By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy entertains the crowd during Saturday’s All-Pro Dad Live seminar at GAC in Norcross. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

‘Big responsibility’

Sports stars, celebrities discuss importance of being a dad By Chris Stephens

help the kids grow. That is so far from the Biblical truth. We’ve got to understand how important NORCROSS — Being a dad the dad’s job is in nurturing.” is a choice. As prisons and our For Foxworthy, there was no legal system continues to get example to follow when he was flooded with more and more growing up. He saw firsthand people, there is one thing that how his father’s infidelity and is common for many — the lack of attention to him affected absence of a father. the family. For more than 3,000 dads “When my dad was out havfrom across the metro-Atlanta ing affairs, I saw the carnage on area, Saturday’s All-Pro Dad the other end,” he said. “I felt event at Greater Atlanta Chrislike I wasn’t worth staying for. tian School brought 10 speakI didn’t want my kids to have to ers from varying backgrounds feel that.” Heisman Trophy winners Danny Wuerffel, far right, and Charlie to talk about the role a father Foxworthy talked about a Ward, center, share some stories with host Billy Boughey dur- conversation he had with his should play in the lives of their children. The speakers included ing Saturday’s All Pro Dad Live seminar at GAC in Norcross. daughter and how she told him former NFL coach Tony Dungy, (Photo: Karl L. Moore) about kids being asked what comedian Jeff Foxworthy, Geor“I’ve been a part of All-Pro them be a better dad,” Dungy they want to be when they grow gia head football coach Mark Dad for 17 years now and it’s said. “That is so important. up. Richt, and Heisman Trophy been gratifying to go around the We’ve taken the position that “She told me that if you ask winners Danny Wuerffel and country and hear guys say that men are the breadwinners, and See DAD, Page 6A Charlie Ward, among others. something that we did helped the moms do the nurturing and Staff Correspondent

Fantasy Magic World was supposed to be a huge boon for Gwinnett Place Mall. As the mobile theme park was being built in June, officials with the Duluth mall’s parent company touted the boost it would give, bringing traffic and bustle back to the once mighty commerce hub that laid the foundation for the area and then fell stagnant. “We are certain that, for one, it’s going to let people know that the mall is open for business and we still have a number of excellent national retailers in the mall,” Steven Maksin, CEO of Moonbeam Capital Investments, assured at the time. “Two, it’s going to give people a second chance to understand that maybe it’s not necessary to travel elsewhere to get the goods that are available here, maybe at better prices and certainly better traffic and better parking.” No such luck. A mall employee said Friday the business is totally gone. The park, before it closed down, included an indoor laser tag ride, arcade games and outdoor attractions including giant animatronic structures, carnival rides, circus acts, music performers, food vendors and more. As part of the process of hauling it all off in mid-July, executives with the company that ran the attraction, Harifa Inc., came and told employees it was all over, said Natalio Pabon, the now former CEO of the entertainment company Harifa charged with running Fantasy Magic World. “I got laid off immediately,” Pabon said Friday. “I was told, ‘Your services are no longer required.’ The owner and the board members, they had some internal situations

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Fantasy Magic World, shown before it opened, was supposed to be a big help to the recovering Gwinnett Place Mall. That didn’t pan out when the amusement park’s owners shut it down just weeks after opening. (File Photo)

Gwinnett Veterans Resource Center praised during opening Many turned out Friday to show their support for Gwinnett County Veterans Resource Center during an opening ceremony in Lawrenceville. While most were just learning of what the center can do, Gulf War veteran Jeff Covington, left, told the crowd he had already seen it. Volunteers there helped him stay afloat after he lost his job. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

By Joshua Sharpe

They’ve been very proactive.” Covington said he feared he would end up on the street after LAWRENCEVILLE — Jeff losing his job as a computer Covington, his speech still slurred analyst, because he couldn’t from the brain injury he suffered afford the rent and electricity for back in 1989, summed up what his Duluth home anymore. Then the new Gwinnett County Veter- he found the new center, run by ans Resource Center can do. the Gwinnett Coalition, and the “I would be homeless” if volunteers who run the agency it weren’t for the center, said helped him get help from the the Gulf War veteran, whose Veterans Administration. platoon was ambushed in Iraq. “I On Friday, the would-be wouldn’t have known what to do. homeless 48-year-old came

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donned in a suit and tie to a ceremony celebrating the official opening of the center, located in the Gwinnett County Government Annex on South Perry Street near downtown Lawrenceville. The center aims to meet a wide variety of needs for local veterans and their families by providing information, referrals and other resources. Covington wasn’t the only one

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Refugee resettlement on tea party agenda GCPD citizen’s By Kristi Reed

(R-Lawrenceville) will host a town hall meeting on Monday, Aug. 25, at A former military intelli- the resettlement of refupublican 10th Congressio- the Gwinnett Justice and gence officer and a refugee gee children in Gwinnett nal District nominee Jody Administration Center. The resettlement expert are County and the metro Hice and State Superinmeeting is scheduled to run scheduled to speak at the area. tendent candidate Richard from 7-8 p.m. GJAC is loAug. 26 meeting of the The Gwinnett Tea Woods are expected to atcated at 75 Langley Drive Gwinnett Tea Party. Party meeting will be tend. Kirby also announced in Lawrenceville. Edward Hayes, a forheld on the third floor of James Cooper will return mer military intelligence Ippolito’s Restaurant in as his campaign manager Gwinnett Democrats to officer, spent nearly 30 Suwanee Town Center. and Brennan Mancil will meet, need volunteers years in the military, The meeting begins at serve as political director. The monthly business including assignments 7:30 p.m. “I’m excited to have meeting of the Gwinnett in Iraq and Afghanistan. these two men as part of Democratic Party will be Hayes, according to a Kirby to host campaign my team,” Kirby said in a held Tuesday, Aug. 26, at Gwinnett Tea Party ankickoff rally press release. “I’m confi7 p.m. The party meets at nouncement, is considState Rep. Tom Kirby dent that with this team we Gwinnett Democratic Party ered to be an authority on (R-Loganville) will launch will be able to highlight Headquarters located at the Kurds and the politics his re-election bid for the differences between 455 Grayson Highway in of U.S. Military strategy Georgia House District myself and my Democrat Lawrenceville. in the middle east. 114 on Tuesday, Aug. 26. opponent. It’s a honor to The Gwinnett County Also scheduled to The event, which begins at serve as the representative Democratic Party is also speak is Refugee Re5 p.m., will be held at the of the people of District seeking volunteers to work settlement Relief ExecuAmerican Legion Post 233, 114, and my team and I in their booth at the Gwintive Director Joe Newton. located at 4635 Atlanta accept the responsibility of nett County Fair, scheduled Newton, an immigration Highway in Loganville. working and earning their for Sept. 11-21. For more issue expert, will discuss Gov. Nathan Deal, Retrust.” District 114 includes information, visit gwinportions of Barrow, Gwin- nettdemocrats.com. nett, Rockdale and Walton counties. City clerk appointed to GMA council Woodall to host town Teresa Lynn, Duluth hall meeting City Clerk, was recently Rep. Rob Woodall appointed to serve on

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academy taking apps From Staff Reports LAWRENCEVILLE — The next installment of the Gwinnett County Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy is set to begin next month — and it’s still accepting applications. The next session of the academy is scheduled to begin on Sept. 16. During weekly meetings, attendees receive training on topics include animal welfare and enforcement, crime scene investigations, criminal investigations, firearms, gangs, the K-9 unit, SWAT, the hazardous devices unit, traffic enforcement and vehicle pullovers. “It is GCPD’s hope that graduates of the Citizen’s Police Academy take their knowledge back to their homes and communities and share what they have learned,” a news release said. “Many graduates take this idea a step further and continue to support the police department by volunteering.” Officials said many graduates also join the Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association, which assists the department in a number of ways, including assistance on searches for missing or endangered persons. Anyone interested in participating in the academy should email CitizenPoliceAcademy@gwinnettcounty.com for more information.

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Hayes to bring tour to the Arena at Gwinnett Center From Staff Reports One of the hottest upand-coming pop country artists is bringing his Tattoo (Your Name) Tour

to Gwinnett this year. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Sept. 19 to see four-time Grammy nominee Hunter Hayes at the Arena at Gwin-

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nett Center. The show is scheduled for Dec. 6 as Dan + Shay and The Railers will join Hayes as supporting acts for the tour that begins on Oct. 30 in University Park, Pa. Some of Hayes’ hit songs include “Tattoo,” “I Want Crazy” and “Invisible,” and on Friday morning, Hayes performed on the Today Show on NBC. “This tour is definitely going to be different than anything we’ve ever done before … and maybe anyone has ever done. It’s a lot of firsts not only for us, but even for the fans who have seen our show before,” Hayes said in a press release. “Every tour is all about the fans, but this one proves it. Not only are they going to be part of the show, they are the show.” Tickets are available at GwinnettCenter.com, the Arena at Gwinnett Center box office or by calling 888-9-AXS-TIX.

Hunter Hayes will perform at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in December. (Special Photo)

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Fair helps service providers connect with community By Kristi Reed

Dozens of health and wellness service providers were on hand Saturday for the city of Sugar Hill’s Health and Wellness Fair. The event provided members of the community with the opportunity to learn about ways to get fit, live healthy and help others. Kevin Clary, president of the Buford Lions Club, decided to take part in the fair to help spread the word about the services the Lions Club provides. His organization, he said, focuses on helping those in need in northern Gwinnett County, particularly the blind. “If there is anyone that has trouble with vision issues or needs help getting glasses or needs help with an eye surgery, they can come to us and we’ll help donate funds and connect

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Julia Tew, left, and Lindsey Daniels, right, of Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation shared information about “Live Healthy Gwinnett” and other department programs during Saturday’s health and wellness fair in Sugar Hill. (Staff Photos: Kristi Reed)

them with the people they need to get the services they require,” he explained. The Buford Lions Club also works with other service organizations, including local food banks. The fair, Clary said, served as a way for him to let people

know about the work the organization does and recruit potential members. “It helps us get our name out so that people know who we are and what we do,” he said. “The one thing I’ve found is a lot of people don’t even realize

Elevated blood cells sometimes misleading DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband had his regular blood work done in 2012, and it showed that his monocytes were elevated (15 percent) and his HCT was low (39 percent). When we asked his doctor what this meant, she said, “Cancer somewhere,” and we just have to find out where it is. So he was sent for more blood work, and he had lowerorgan MRIs and a colonoscopy. All tests were negative. He was told not to drink any alcohol, as that may be the problem. I was very worried and contacted a cancer center by phone; they looked at his blood work and felt he may be in a pre-leukemia stage. His doctor insists that it is alcohol-related, but when he stopped the drinking for three months his monocytes did not go down. Can this be just from the alcohol, or is there cancer in him somewhere? — R.P. ANSWER: Monocytes are a type of white blood cell. The normal percentage in blood is around 10 percent or less, but percentages can be misleading if the total number of white cells is abnormal. For example, if your husband’s total white count were low, then 15 percent monocytes might be only mildly abnormal or not abnormal at all. Many conditions can make monocytes go up, including infections, autoimmune diseases, cancers (such as Hodgkin’s disease, a type of blood cancer) and myelodysplastic conditions (diseases of the bone marrow). Six beers a day is certainly too much alcohol for health, and can cause alcoholic liver disease — another cause of elevated monocytes. He unquestionably should cut down, even if it has nothing to do with these blood findings. Leukemia means “too many white cells in the blood,” and a bone-marrow biopsy is indeed the right test to evaluate for leukemia; however, your husband’s abnormalities don’t strongly suggest cancer (including leukemia) or a myelodysplastic syndrome. I would be sure that your husband sees a hematologist, who will recommend a bone-marrow biopsy if necessary.

there is a Lions Club here in the area, so we want to grow our members and by growing members, we can grow our reach and services throughout the community.” Also participating in Saturday’s event were representatives of Kaiser Permanente. Wanda Johnson, a sales and marketing account manager, said the event was an opportunity for the health care company to promote its health and wellness initiatives

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Medical Center. “We are promoting the four pillars of health,” said Lindsey Daniels, Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation health and wellness coordinator. “Be positive, get checked, eat healthy and be active.” In addition to publicizing upcoming events and ongoing programs, Saturday’s event also gave Daniels and including diabetes preven- fellow department representative Julia Tew the tion. opportunity to connect with “We want to build community members. awareness of when you’re “Anywhere that we’re out and about of how to out, we like to promote make the best choice,” our programs but also added Betsy Paganucci, a registered dietician and nu- our partners programs as tritionist with the company. well,” she said. “It just gets us in touch with the Making good health community — to educate choices was also the focus for Gwinnett County them as much as possible Parks and Recreation. The about the different health department used the health initiatives that are happening in their community fair to promote “Live that everyone should take Healthy Gwinnett,” their advantage of.” partnership with Eastside Games, free fitness classes and more were available during Sugar Hill Health and Wellness Fair on Saturday.

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The solunar tables for lakes are based on studies that show fish and game are more active at certain times during the lunar period. MAJOR

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Today is the 236th day of 2014 and the 65th day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1814, British forces invaded Washington, D.C., and set fire to the White House. In 1949, President Harry Truman formally announced that the North Atlantic Treaty was in effect. In 1981, Mark David Chapman was sentenced in New York for the murder of John Lennon. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union announced a new definition for “planet,” which reclassified Pluto to as a “dwarf planet.” TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), author; Paulo Coelho (1947- ), author; Mike Shanahan (1952- ), football coach; Mike Huckabee (1955- ), politician/TV personality; Stephen Fry (1957- ), actor/comedian; Cal Ripken Jr. (1960- ), baseball player;

Jared Harris (1961- ), actor; Marlee Matlin (1965- ), actress; Reggie Miller (1965- ), basketball player; Dan Henderson (1970- ), mixed martial artist; Dave Chappelle (1973- ), actor/comedian; Rupert Grint (1988- ), actor. TODAY’S FACT: In 1891, Thomas Edison received a patent for his Kinetograph motion picture camera and the Kinetoscope viewer. TODAY’S QUOTE: “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” — Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist” TODAY’S NUMBER: 5 — dwarf planets in our solar system currently recognized by the International Astronomical Union: Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea and Makemake. TODAY’S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Aug. 17) and new moon (Aug. 25).

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Baby-sitting grandma puts freedom over safety DEAR AMY: I have a concern about how my mother-in-law baby-sits my toddler son. She is a very free-spirited woman who believes that my son should have a lot of freedom. She feels that playing with sticks, running free in a store, chewing on ice and exploring the garage (which is filled with many adult tools) are all acceptable things for him to do. His dad and I have told her how many times how we feel, but she thinks we are being too protective, and she does these things and other unsafe activities regardless of what we say. She loves her grandson very much and loves to

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Amy Dickinson watch him once a week while I go to the gym or run errands. We hate to tell her that she can’t watch him but we are thinking about informing her that she can only watch him supervised. How can we tell her more clearly that these activities are unacceptable? We have

tried but she doesn’t see our point of view. — Concerned Mom DEAR CONCERNED: Rather than debate the relative merits of free-range versus risk-reduction, let’s boil this down to its most basic component: You are the parents. The fact is that many readers (myself included) managed to survive childhoods that were dangerous — certainly by today’s standards. But I know of other children who did not survive their childhoods. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 9,000 children die each year (and 250,000 are hospitalized) due to unin-

tentional injuries. At the CDC, they don’t term these as “accidents” because they are “predictable and preventable.” Free play is wonderful, but no heartache could match that of a child being injured or killed while under the care of a loving grandparent. Let’s stipulate that you and your husband have the normal amount of anxiety about your child’s safety. But even if you wanted Grandma to adhere to a gluten-free, risk-free, boyin-a-bubble routine, she should respect your choice. Your mother-in-law is behaving like a defiant, naughty toddler. There should be consequences.

You can’t start at the top. Learn all the ins and outs of your objective first. You won’t see good results if you are too impatient to listen to the voices of experience. Steady progress will ensure that you get the rewards you are after. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Don’t let negativity take over your spirit. Implement simple changes that help you feel good about the way you look and what you have to offer. Focus on your needs. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Be discreet. Someone is trying to impede your progress by watching your every move. Share little, and work quietly on your own until you are ready to present what you have to offer. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Make yourself and others feel good by offering help to a cause that you believe in. The use of your talent and insight will bring you into contact with people who are like-minded. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — A misunderstanding will occur if someone tries to twist your words. Be clear and concise in your conversations and listen carefully to how others respond to what you say. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You will feel anxious and confused. Take a short vacation to take your mind off your troubles. Your outlook will improve with a change of scenery. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — There is someone who needs your help. Your offer of assistance will be greatly appreciated. You will learn a lot from the experience if you are openhearted. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Share your dreams and desires with someone special. It’s a great day to rekindle an existing romance or to start a new relationship. Enjoy what life has to offer. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’ll be hard to beat. Get involved in competitions that will provide both physical and mental stimulation. The resulting rush will inspire you to take on a new project. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You should pay attention to minor health complaints. Taking care of personal, financial and medical matters will ease stress and help you move forward with greater enthusiasm. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Someone you know will be short-tempered. Take any opportunity that comes along to get out and do something that you find engaging — this will lessen the friction. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Entertainment or group activities will boost your morale and confidence. Meaningful friendships and romantic relationships will improve your personal life. Make adjustments to the way you live or where. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Don’t let others hold you back. Resolve pending issues and find a way to improve your earning potential. You have the resources, so do what you do best.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 • 5A

Couple sentenced in shootout with Duluth cops By Tyler Estep

and Clyde — and then sentenced them to a LAWRENCEVILLE — combined On Nov. 22, 2011, Jessica 40 years in and Jonathan MacMillan prison. robbed a massage parlor at “The gunpoint. only thing More than a dozen that’s Jessica gunshots were fired at a surprisMacMillan pair of Duluth police ofing here ficers arriving on scene, is that, as and a potentially deadly quickly as car chase ensued. Speeds this jury hovered about 100 mph. came back The MacMillans eswith this caped, but not for long. verdict, On Friday, Gwinnett it didn’t Jonathan County Superior Court come MacMillan Judge Timothy Hamil likback even ened their actions to Bonnie quicker,” Hamil said.

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Jonathan MacMillan was convicted Tuesday on six counts, include two apiece of armed robbery and aggravated assault on a police officer. Hamil sentenced him to a total of 30 years in prison, to be followed by 20 years of probation. Jessica MacMillan, who entered a plea last week and testified against her husband, was sentenced to 10 years in prison to be followed by another decade on probation. Before they were sentenced in a hearing Friday morning, Duluth Police Officer Terrance Stewart addressed the court. He and

his partner, Crystal Findura, were the officers drawn into the potentially deadly encounter with the MacMillans. Neither officer was hurt in the exchange, but an emotional Stewart said their lives were changed forever. “I got into law enforcement knowing that someday I might have to shoot somebody, and never believing it would happen,” Stewart said. “Now I have to live every day knowing that I do have the capacity to kill another human being in the line of duty. And that’s a hard thing to swallow.” On the day in question,

the MacMillans held up the Tong Tong Chinese Massage Parlor on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard. Assistant District Attorney Nigel Lush said Friday that evidence showed Jonathan entered the business with a gun and Jessica followed, grabbing a computer and cellphone to go with the cash that had already been stolen. As the couple was leaving, Stewart and Findura arrived. Jonathan MacMillan fired at least 14 shots at the officers before he and his wife fled. Driving about 100 miles an hour, Jessica MacMillan eluded police

somewhere around State Bridge and Jones Bridge roads. The couple was detained about three weeks later. Hamil, Stewart and Lush all commented Friday on Jonathan MacMillan’s perceived lack of remorse during the trial. MacMillan declined to address the judge prior to sentencing. His wife did not. “Your honor, I just want to apologize to all the law enforcement and their families that were involved in this case,” Jessica MacMillan said. “To my family. To (Jonathan’s) family. And I just ask for mercy.”

Norcross attorney indicted on local theft charges By Tyler Estep

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LAWRENCEVILLE — A local grand jury

passed down this week a 19-count indictment against Norcross attorney Jay Morrey, charging him in connection with the

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alleged theft of funds held in the Gwinnett County registry. He was already facing similar charges out of Fulton County. The indictment returned Wednesday charges Morrey with 11 counts of theft by taking and Jay Morrey eight more of criminal attempt to commit a crime. The details are complicated and fraught with legalese, but Morrey’s alleged actions stem from his activity with Gwinnett garnishment cases. In garnishment cases, funds are collected from a garnishee’s employer then kept in a local court registry. The vast majority of the time, that money is

forwarded on to creditors, like banks and credit card companies. Under various circumstances — bankruptcy, for example — that money is supposed to be distributed back to the debtor. Sometimes it goes unclaimed. Morrey is accused of finding those accounts and filing various paperwork — an “entry of attorney” or an attorney’s lien, for instance — to get his hands on the money. Gwinnett County Chief Assistant District Attorney Tracie Cason said in some cases Morrey would file the entry of attorney, never contact the garnishee and collect the money. In others, Morrey allegedly filed the aforementioned lien, claiming the garnished money should go to an attorney rather than a creditor. In still others, Morrey is accused of actually contacting the garnishees but returning only part of their funds. “A lot of people said they’d never heard of him,” Cason said. Morrey’s alleged crimes in Gwinnett occurred between April 2012 and April 2013 and involved 19 different victims. Exact dollar amounts were not included in the indictment, but all but one of the charges involved sums less than $1,500. According to the Daily Report, Morrey was arrested on similar charges in Fulton County in March. Morrey is accused of attempting to “unlawfully take possession of more than $12,000 that has been sitting in the Fulton State Court registry years after it was collected for five long-closed garnishment actions,” the legal publication’s Greg Land wrote on April 2. “The funds went unclaimed by the creditor or debtor.” Reached via email Friday, Morrey said he hadn’t yet seen the Gwinnett County indictment and declined comment. He did not respond to messages after being sent a copy of the document. In 2010, Morrey’s legal license was suspended for 18 months after two separate disciplinary complaints were filed with the state bar. Cason said that, pursuant to the indictment, warrants would be issued for Morrey’s arrest. As of Friday, the attorney had not been booked into the Gwinnett County jail.

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Unknown man tied to burglaries, arson at apartments By Tyler Estep

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Investigators believe the same man is behind a string of burglaries and intentionally set fires at a Lawrenceville apartment complex. Gwinnett County fire department spokesman Capt. Tommy Rutledge released Friday information regarding a string of incidents at the Century Sugarloaf Apartments on Old Norcross Road. Officials are “confident” that the black man shown in surveillance footage is responsible for all three

Gwinnett County fire investigators believe this man is responsible for a pair of arson fires and a burglary at Lawrenceville’s Century Sugarloaf Apartments. Anyone with information regarding his identity should call 678518-4890. (Special Photo)

events, which date back to June.

Rutledge said the first incident took place just

before 9 a.m. on June 19, when firefighters responded after a smoke alarm sounded in Building 11 of the complex. Crews found smoke coming from a ground-level storage unit and extinguished “a small smoldering fire” inside. “There was no structural damage to the building,” Rutledge said in a news release. “Management at the complex also alerted investigators to an apparent break-in at a maintenance building on the property.” Just before midnight Aug. 6, surveillance footage shows the unidentified suspect force

entry into the complex’s laundry room. Authorities believe he was attempting to “gain access inside the leasing office through an interior door in the laundry room.” Footage shows the man’s T-shirt pulled over his head before he attempts to fumble with the security camera, exposing the side of his face. A second fire was set about 24 hours later inside a vacant apartment unit. “The apartment was currently being used as a decorated model for the complex,” Rutledge said. “The fire was contained to

a stack of bed mattresses that were intentionally set ablaze in the kitchen.” A sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading beyond its point of origin. Investigators believe the same individual is responsible for each incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Gwinnett Fire Investigations Section at 678-518-4890 or the Georgia Arson Control Hotline at 800-282-5804. Georgia Arson Control tipsters can be eligible for rewards up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

Construction company CEO to chair Gwinnett Tech Board Juneau, a University of Georgia graduate, who has been a board member since LAWRENCEVILLE — 2011, will serve as board The new chair of Gwinnett chair for two years. Technical College’s Board A 25-year veteran of of Directors is CEO of the the construction industry, No. 1 female-owned conJuneau is known for her struction firm in Georgia, leadership and contributions the school announced on to business and community Friday. organizations, particularly Nancy Juneau, founder related to higher education. and CEO of Juneau ConShe founded Juneau Construction Company, presided struction Company in 1997 over the first board meeting and it’s now the top femaleof the 2014-15 academic owned construction firm in year this week as the school Georgia and the fifth largest counted more than 7,000 woman-owned firm, of any students. type, in the state. By Keith Farner

Some members of the Gwinnett Technical College Board of Directors pose for a picture. Front row, from left, Stephanie Smith, executive assistant to the president, Nancy Juneau, board chair, David Welden, interim president; back row, from left, Maxie Price Jr., Wendell Dallas, Doug Myer and John Baumstark. (Special Photo)

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•From Page 1A little girls what they want to be when they grow up, many say they want to be a mom. But you don’t hear any boys say they want to be a dad,” he said. “You hear boys say they want to be a ballplayer or a fireman. So, at an early age, we’ve made a man’s identity what he does and that defines who he is. I love what I do, but it’s not who I am.” For Sugar Hill resident Drue Warner, he sees the effect a man has in the lives of students he sees when he visits his kid’s elementary school. “Most elementary schools, if you look at the staffs, there’s probably less than 10 males that are on staff,” Warner said. “There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s important to have men influencing these kids. Our presence is important to kids, especially to the ones who don’t have a dad in their lives.” It’s a big reason why Warner is a big proponent of All-Pro Dad in schools, which it is in over 100 metro-area schools. “It’s important for me to be here because I think fatherhood has taken a backseat in our culture,” he said. “I don’t see any reason why we can’t have a program like this in every school. The biggest thing is that it gets dads 45 minutes to an hour of time they get to spend with their kids. That’s huge.” That’s exactly the reason why an event like All-Pro Dad

• Nancy Juneau, Chair, CEO, Juneau Construction Company • John Baumstark, Chairman & CEO, Suniva

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Man killed in scooter crash

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A Gwinnett man was killed Thursday evening in a scooter crash in Forsyth County. Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Deputy Doug Rainwater said 42-year-old Lawrenceville resident Eric Scott Wolff was driving his scooter down Ga. Highway 20 near

Cumming when a collision occurred. At about 6:10 p.m., Wolff reportedly attempted to turn left onto Ronald Reagan Boulevard and “turned into the path of a 1984 Ford F-150 truck.” Wolff was transported to Northside Hospital-Forsyth and pronounced dead. “The crash remains under investigation by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office,” Rainwater said.

State GOP seeks new nominee Bryant Wallace from Flowery Branch catches the autographed football from Heisman Winner Danny Wuerffel during Saturday’s All Pro Dad Live Seminar at GAC in Norcross. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

was put on, according to Mark Merrill, president of All-Pro Dad. “The most important fundamentals of being a dad are truth and love,” Merrill said. “When you have those two things as the fundamentals, then everything else in the relationship with your kids will come together. “Our culture says a lot of things that aren’t healthy for men. Our culture speaks a lot of lies into the lives of men. We need to overcome those lives with truth.” As for the main message of the event, it was to tell dads to show their kids love and to know that their kids are always watching them. “The dad has to show them love,” Dungy said. “(For daughters), let her know that she’s special. Secondly,

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doing “really couldn’t have happened” without support with kind things to say about from local government ofthe volunteers who have ficials who have aided in the been running the agency process and allowed the use since its soft opening in of space in the annex. March. Danny Pagan, com“You’ve never seen seen mander of the local Disabled such hardworking, pasAmerican Veterans Chapter sionate people,” Gwinnett 90, agreed. Coalition Executive Direc“This to me is a historical tor Ellen Gerstein told the day for Gwinnett County,” crowd of dozens of veterans he said. “Because they did and veterans’ advocates who step up for veterans.” turned out for the ceremony. And Pagan is particu“It’s one of the most humlarly glad to see the history bling things I’ve ever been a being made. For years, he part of. It’s just amazing for said, he lobbied officials to me to see the dedication.” help open a place for the Gerstein added that the county’s veterans, after he work the center has been had his own troubles getting

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The Gwinnett Tech board is made up of leaders in business and industry around the region, including:

dent, InXpress • Gregory Morrison, Vice President & CIO, Cox Enterprises • Alvin “Al” Nash, Executive Director, Progress Partners, Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce • Maxie Price Jr., President, Maxie Price Chevrolet, Inc. • David Seago, Georgia Power (retired) • Adam Walker, CEO, Homestead Packaging Solutions • Philip R. Wolfe, President & CEO, Gwinnett Health System Inc.

the same question I was told we have some financial and they decided to shut it issues and we’re not going down.” to open the door to the Asked what sort of trou- public.” ble there was, Pabon said Pabon gave a phone he only knows so much. number and email address “All I was told was that for a man he said owned the event cannot continue to Harifa Inc. Calls and emails go,” he said. “When I asked weren’t immediately re-

demonstrate what she should be looking for in a husband. I think that is really critical. Affirmation from the dad is so important for the girls. “For the sons, it’s normal for them to look to the dads. We have to understand that our sons are looking at us in so many ways. They’re getting their model, from how they’re going to live to how they’re going to react in different situations, from us. That’s a big responsibility.” Ultimately, being a dad is a choice. And it’s one that the All-Pro Dad takes seriously. “We may be products of our past, but we are not prisoners of our past,” Merrill said. “Just because (something bad) occurred in their life, doesn’t mean they have to be the same way. The chains can be broken.”

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state executive committee are also being given the opportunity The Georgia Republican Party to recommend a person for the is searching for a replacement substitute nomination. for Michael Brown, the candidate A decision is expected to be for State House made on the new nominee after District 98, who the interviews Monday, accorddied Tuesday. ing to the Gwinnett GOP. State According to law, however, would allow the the Gwinnett party until Wednesday at 4 p.m. GOP, the state to make a pick, according to the party’s executive Georgia Secretary of State’s Ofcommittee voted fice. Thursday that it If no substitute nomination Michael Brown would use author- is made by the party, a special ity granted by state law to choose primary election will need to be another nominee for Brown, who held, officials have said. was not facing any Democratic Brown emerged victorious in opposition in the November elec- the May primary, becoming the tion. representative-elect for District The process is moving fast, 98 which includes Buford, Sugar because of time restrictions in the Hill and Suwanee. The seat the law. Applications are due to the Buford 53-year-old sought is held committee by Sunday afternoon by Rep. Josh Clark, who is stepat 5. Applicants will be interping down in December to pursue viewed by the committee the fol- a business opportunity. lowing day in Gwinnett County at He died of undetermined, but a place that was yet-to-be-deternatural, causes, Seth Weathers, mined early Friday afternoon. political consultant to Brown’s Voting members of the GOP’s campaign, said earlier this week.

Veterans Dozens turned out to show their support for the Gwinnett County Veterans Resource Center during an opening ceremony Friday afternoon in Lawrenceville.

help when he retired from the military in 2006 and struggled financially. “My paycheck went from $5,500 to $1,500. I went around this county looking for help,” he told he crowd. “I almost lost my house. I barely lived, because they

said I made $2 too much to get food stamps. Two dollars. I didn’t know where to run to. I told myself I would never let another veteran go through what I went through. That’s why I’m glad we have this.”

Rep. Rob Woodall addresses the crowd at Gwinnett County Veterans Resource Center’s opening ceremony Friday afternoon in Lawrenceville. (Staff Photos: Joshua Sharpe)

Magic World turned Friday. According to Atlanta media, at least one local family is having trouble getting a refund for summer passes they bought for the park. The family couldn’t be reached for comment by the Daily Post on Friday. When called for questions

about complaints of unresolved refunds, executives with Moonbeam Capital Investments didn’t answer and didn’t immediately return messages left Friday. Nor did management at the mall. Others have written in online entertainment

forums that they were successful in getting their money back. Finding the company for that purpose could be a bit difficult, however. Its website appears to have been taken down. Its Twitter feed has been dormant for weeks, and at least a few

sites that sold tickets seem to have taken the park off their sites. According to Pabon, Harifa Inc. is ultimately responsible for refunds, should there be any, though he said he personally saw several customers refunded on his last day.

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Stopping the worst people on this Earth WASHINGTON — Baghdad called President Obama’s bluff and he came through. He had refused to provide air support to Iraqi government forces until the Iraqis got rid of their divisive sectarian prime minister. They did. He responded. With the support of U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces have retaken the Mosul dam. Previous strikes had relieved the siege of Mount Sinjar and helped the Kurds retake two strategic towns that had opened the road to a possible Islamic State assault on Irbil, the capital of Charles Kurdistan. Krauthammer In following through, Obama demonstrated three things: the effectiveness of even limited U.S. power, the vulnerability of the Islamic State and, crucially, his own seriousness, however tentative. The last of these is the most important. Obama had said that there is no American military solution to the conflict. This may be true, but there is a local military solution. And that solution requires U.S. air support. It can work. The Islamic State is overstretched. It’s a thin force of perhaps 15,000 trying to control a territory four times the size of Israel. Its supply lines are not just extended but exposed and highly vulnerable to air power. Stopping the Islamic State’s momentum creates a major shift in psychology. Guerrilla armies thrive on a sense of inevitability. The Islamic State has grown in size, demoralized its enemies and attracted recruits from all over the world because it seemed unstoppable, a real caliphate in the making. People follow the strong horse over the weak horse, taught Osama bin Laden. These jihadists came out of nowhere and shocked the world by capturing Mosul, Tikrit and the approaches to Kurdistan, heretofore assumed to be impregnable. Now that’s begun to be reversed. Obama was slow to bring American power to bear. And slower still to arm the Kurds. But he was right to wait until Baghdad had gotten rid of Nouri al-Maliki, lest the U.S. serve as a Shiite air force. We don’t know how successful Haider al-Abadi will be in forming a more national government. But Obama has for now wisely taken advantage of the Abadi opening. The problem is that the new policy has outgrown the rationale. Our reason for returning to Iraq, explained Obama, is twofold: preventing genocide and protecting U.S. personnel. According to Obama’s own assertions, however, the recent Kurdish/Iraqi advances have averted the threat of genocide. As for the threat to U.S. personnel at the consulate in Irbil, it too is reduced. It was a flimsy rationale to begin with. To protect Americans in an outpost, you don’t need an air war. A simple evacuation would do. Besides, what does the recapture of the Mosul dam, the most significant gain thus far, have to do with either rationale? There are no Christians or Yazidis sheltering there. Nor any American diplomats. So Obama tried this: If the dam is breached, the wall of water could swamp our embassy in Baghdad. Quite a reach. An air war to prevent flooding at an embassy 200 miles downstream? Well yes, but why not say the real reason? Everyone knows it: The dam is a priceless strategic asset, possession of which alters the balance of power in this war. And why not state the real objective of the U.S. air campaign? Stopping, containing, degrading the Islamic State. For now, Obama can get away with stretching the existing rationale, but not if he is to conduct a sustained campaign. For this you must make the larger case that we simply cannot abide a growing jihadist state in the heart of the Middle East, fueled by oil, advanced weaponry and a deranged fanaticism. These are the worst people on Earth. They openly, proudly crucify enemies, enslave women and murder men en masse. These are not the usual bad guys out for land, plunder or power. These are primitive cultists who celebrate slaughter, glory in bloodlust and slit the throats of innocents as a kind of sacrament. We have now seen what air cover for Kurdish/Iraqi boots on the ground can achieve. But for a serious rollback campaign, Obama will need public support. He has to explain the stakes and the larger strategy. His weak and passive rhetorical reaction to the beheading of American journalist James Foley was a discouragingly missed opportunity. “People like this ultimately fail,” Obama said of Foley’s murderers. Perhaps. But “ultimately” can be a long way — and thousands of dead — away. The role of a great power, as Churchill and Roosevelt understood, is to bring that day closer. Charles Krauthammer is a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post. Email him at letters@charleskrauthammer.com.

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Pair of Gwinnett MVPs deserve a thumbs up A pair of “MVPs” from Gwinnett were in the news this past week, excelling in very different fields. For former Collins Hill High School and University of Connecticut basketball star Maya Moore, the accolade was for her work in the WNBA as she was named the top player in the league. Gwinnett County Police officer Humberto Garcia — previously a recipient of the Board of Commissioners “Most Valuable Person” award was honored in a different fashion as another

police department sought to learn about the Crime Free Multi-housing program he developed. Sports is traditionally where the term MVP is used most. A standout at every level in which she played, Moore won the WNBA’s regular season MVP award for the first time to go with the Finals MVP award she won last year for the Minnesota Lynx. This season, Moore led the WNBA in scoring with a 23.9 average and has her team in the playoffs, looking to repeat as champion of the

league. While Moore has distinguished herself as a professional athlete, Garcia has done the same in law enforcement. The native of Colombia spearheaded the creation of the program which aims to curb illegal activity in apartment communities by working with property managers and residents to keep unsavory characters out. The program began in 19 Duluth-area apartment complexes, and has been such a success that it has been copied by other police departments.

Earlier this week, Garcia helped conduct a seminar for the Atlanta Police Department. The program is also being used in DeKalb county. Both Moore and Garcia have stood out in their respective fields, and both Gwinnett MVPs deserve a thumbs up. The unsigned editorials reflect the opinion of the Gwinnett Daily Post. Columns, letters to the editor and cartoons reflect the opinions of the individuals who penned them. It is the policy of the Gwinnett Daily Post to correct all errors of fact.

Letter not enough to polish liberal credentials Rap! Rap! Rap! “The special-called meeting of the Loyal Order of Liberals will come to order. Let’s begin the meeting as we always do with the Liberal Pledge of Allegiance: “I pledge allegiance to liberal causes. The right wing is nothing but mush. And if something goes wrong on the left, We can always blame George Bush.” (Yay! Clap! Clap! Clap!) “OK, folks. I have called us together to make you aware of an issue that has come to my attention and one that could have an impact on those of us who fervently espouse liberal causes.” (What? Bill O’Reilly joined the ACLU? Ha! Ha! Ha! Clap! Clap! Clap!) “I’m afraid this is no laughing matter. What I have in my hand is a letter from Dick Yarbrough, the modest and much-beloved columnist who is seeking membership in the Loyal Order of Liberals. He wants to know about annual dues and asks if we take American Express and give frequent flyer miles.” (What! Oh, no! This can’t be! This is worse than public schools teaching free-market economics! There must be some mistake! This guy is no

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brain could well have been on Neptune. I will double-check with the ambassador the next Dick time she is passing through the Yarbrough galaxy. Another question?” “Yes, I wonder if we have liberal!) misread Mr. Yarbrough’s inten“I wish to You-Know-Who tions. After all, he is a member that I could tell you this is of the Fourth Estate, which has the case, but a reader recently more liberals than a yard dog accused him of liberal bias. has fleas. Maybe something Yarbrough responded, ‘You’ve changed him. Maybe he was made my day. I can’t wait to at a newspaper convention and share your quote with liberal somebody from the New York weenies, which I will do the Times sneezed on him. It could next time they skewer me — happen.” which won’t be long.’ He then “Sure it could. But I don’t promptly sent application to believe that would cause him us with a promise to take Joe to suddenly become one of us. Biden seriously. Clearly, he is Besides, I doubt he would get making it tough on us to say that close to anybody from the ‘No.’ Yes, you in the back. You New York Times. Say what you have a question?” will about the man, but he does “Yeah, the guy claims to have some scruples. In addition, have a lot of readers in Georgia, he would have to apologize for but is there any chance this all the terrible things he has said particular reader was from, say, about MSNBC and that loudthe planet Neptune? They’ve mouth who Zell Miller threatgot some weird creatures on ened to beat up. I don’t think Neptune. Our beloved Ambas- he is going to apologize any sador to Outer Space Cynthia more than Sean Penn is going McKinney says Neptune is a lot to admit he doesn’t know his like Washington. That tells me backside from a bass fiddle on it is a pretty scary place.” any subject deeper than a paper “I believe the reader was cut. One more question.” from Earth, although his “Is there just an outside

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chance that this guy is jerking our chain? OK, so he is pretty pleased with himself for being called a ‘liberal,’ but does he really want to become a member of the Loyal Order of Liberals? Maybe he just making sport of us because he knows that we tend to be slightly humor-impaired and take ourselves much too seriously.” “Good point. However, his application looks to be in order. He does have proof that he is considered to be a liberal by at least one reader and we could use the money. Providing box lunches for those crossing the border illegally has cost us a fortune. If we turn him down, what reason can I give him?” “I’ve got it! We can blame it on George W. Bush. We already blame Bush for everything from the heartbreak of psoriasis to chigger bites to global warming. Why not this, too?” “Excellent idea! I’ll give him the bad news tomorrow. I know he is going to be devastated. He had such high hopes. OK, this meeting is adjourned. Now, let’s go eat sushi and sip some Chardonnay! Liberals rock!” (Yay! Clap! Clap! Clap!) You can reach Dick Yarbrough at yarb2400@bellsouth.net; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139; online at dickyarbrough.com or on Facebook at www.facebook. com/dickyarb.

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Does it Feel Like a Toothache in Your Leg or Thigh? Do You Have Hip Pain? Are You As Stiff As a Board When You Try to Get Up From a Chair? Have You Run Out of Hope? How 5 Lies About Low BACK PAIN Will Keep You Hurting, Frustrated & Exhausted ... Forever! NEW Scientific Breakthroughs Make Short Work of Low Back Pain ... Just What Big Medical Centers and High Priced Clinics Are PRAYING You Never Figure Out On Your Own! Hi, I’m Dr. Daniel Martin, D.C., and if you’ve got any kind of back, hip or leg pain, your worries may be over in just a few minutes. Why? Because I’m the Clinic Director of HealthsourceTM of Hamilton Mill and I’ve discovered what may be the best healing secrets for “bad backs” — EVER!

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MYTH #3: Your Back is “Out”!

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Sure, that’s exactly how it feels. But old-fashioned chiropractors (the ones who only ‘crack’ your back) really thought the spine worked this way. Now we know better. New research provides a whole new arsenal of tools-not just a ‘crack’. You see, there are 7 different reasons for that painful, locked-up and stuck feeling that causes so much misery:

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A full slate of Republican candidates and elected officials had a message for the GOP faithful gathered at Saturday’s Barrow County Republican Party barbecue: Do not be complacent this November. Warning that Democrats believe Georgia is “firmly in play,” 10th District Congressional candidate Jody Hice urged those in attendance at the event to do what they can to get fellow Republicans to the polls. “There are so many races. We can’t afford to lose any of them,” he said. Hice said he and his campaign staff are doing everything they can to win. “Our campaign — we’re going to be running as hard as we can run until we cross the finish line,” he said. “We are taking nothing for granted whatsoever.” Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle echoed those sentiments. “If we are complacent, we’re going to get beat,” he said. Cagle cautioned Democrats are organizing and “coming to win.” “And you know how they win? If we sit by and do nothing,” he said. “I encourage you to do all that you

Jody Hice, Republican candidate for the 10th Congressional District, urged those in attendance at Saturday night’s barbecue not to take the November election for granted. (Staff Photos: Kristi Reed)

Bonny Perdue, campaigning on behalf of her husband, U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue, said it is critical for the Republican Party to unite behind its candidates.

some Democrats and we could very well end up with Michelle Nunn,” she said. “And if we end can. Do not take this for granted.” up with Michelle, I don’t think we David Perdue, who emerged as stand a very good chance of getting the Republican nominee for the U.S. rid of Harry Reid and clearly he Senate after a hotly contested prima- has got to go and Obama’s agenda ry race and runoff, was represented has got to go.” Saturday night by his wife Bonnie. Rep. Paul Broun, who currently Bonnie Perdue said now that the pri- represents the 10th District, encourmaries are over, it is critical for the aged barbecue attendees to rememparty to unite behind its candidates ber how important each vote is. and support them in November. “You are the key,” Broun said. “If we don’t unite as Republi“The most powerful political force cans, we’re going to end up with in America is embodied in the first

Rep. Paul Broun, the current 10th District representative, was one of several party dignitaries to speak at the Barrow County Republican Party barbecue.

three words of the Constitution — ‘We the people.’” Hice, Cagle, Broun and Perdue GOP Chairman Ken Young, is the were joined at the 21st annual local chapter’s primary fundraiser Barrow County Republican Party and proceeds will be used to help barbecue by several other dignitaries with various campaigns heading into the critical November elections. including Secretary of State Brian “We need your help to win Nov. Kemp, Attorney General Sam Olens, 4,” Attorney General Sam Olens Insurance Commissioner Ralph reminded attendees. “If we just asHudgens, Georgia GOP Chairman John Padgett and members of the He also sume that the Democrats don’t vote, we lose. We’ve got to work hard Barrow delegation e including State every day. At the point we think Sen. Frank Ginn, State Rep. Tom Kirby and State Rep. Terry England. this is ours, you’re not going to be happy the night of Nov. 4.” The event, according to Barrow

obituaries GAINESVILLE

BRASELTON

William Arnold, Jr.

Troy Lee Du Bois

William Charles “Charlie” Arnold, Jr., age 73, of Gainesville, GA, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014. Bill Head Funeral Home and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel. 770-564-2726.

Mr. Troy Lee Du Bois, 47, of Braselton, Georgia who passed away on Monday, August 18, 2014.

HOSCHTON

LOGANVILLE

Bobby Eberhardt Bobby Lewis Eberhardt, age 87, of Loganville, GA, passed away on August, 20, 2014. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Loganville Chapel, 770-466-1544.

Beverly Attaway Mrs. Beverly Jan Attaway, age 70, of Hoschton passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2014. Memorial Park South Funeral Home, 4121 Falcon Parkway, Flowery Branch, Georgia 30542 is in charge of arrangements. www. memorialparkfuneralhomes.com. SUWANEE

Louise Barrett Louise Barrett, age 79, of Suwanee, Georgia, passed away on August 23, 2014. Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA 770-932-1133 www. flaniganfuneralhome.com

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BUFORD

Richard Hatfield Richard Hatfield, age 74 of Buford, died August 23, 2014. Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

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Elizabeth Moore Elizabeth M. Moore, age 75, of Decatur, GA, passed away on August, 18, 2014. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, Loganville Chapel, 770-466-1544.

Howard Bolinger Howard L. Bolinger, age 87, of Dacula, passed away August 22, 2014. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road SW, Lawrenceville GA, 30046. 770-9623100. www.stewartfh.com

COMMERCE

Katherine “Kathy” Boyett Katherine “Kathy” Boyett, age 58 of Commerce, died August 22, 2014. Funeral services will be held 4:00 PM Tuesday August 26, 2014. Mrs. Boyett was born in Duluth, GA and was retired cashier. She is survived by her husband Tommy Boyett of Commerce and sister Tammy Smith of Loganville. Online condolences may be left by visiting www. billheadfuneralhome.com. The family will receive friends Tuesday 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

NORCROSS

Eleanor Olson Eleanor Jean Olson, age 75, of Norcross, GA, passed away August 20, 2014. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, Snellville Chapel 770979-3200. www.wagesfuneralhome.com

SNELLVILLE

Charles Stancil Lt Col (Ret) Charles Marion Stancil, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully in his home on August 20, 2014. Charles was born on February 14, 1945 in Bradenton, Florida to Hoyt Leroy Stancil and Anne Martin Stancil. He grew up in Venice, Florida and Snell-

ville, Georgia, graduating from South Gwinnett High School in 1963. Charles was a celebrated athlete and scholar at South Gwinnett, setting many school records and leaving a great legacy. His number 40 football jersey was retired upon his graduation from South Gwinnett, as he had lettered in 4 sports, football, baseball, basketball and track for 4 years earning 16 letters. Charles’s jersey currently hangs in the South Gwinnett field house. Charles’s distinguished military career began at West Point Military Academy in 1963. Graduating in 1967, he went on to Ranger School in Ft. Benning, Georgia and Flight School in Ft. Hood, Texas in preparation for his time in the Vietnam War, where he served as an Executive Officer in command of a battalion in the 101st Airborne Division from 1970-1971. Charles received numerous awards and commendations for his service and valor in Vietnam, including the Gallantry Cross with Silver Star from the Government of South Vietnam, the Army Commendation Medal, the Air Medal, the Bronze Star Medal. Charles ardently sought higher achievement and education following Vietnam and received a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1974. Continuing his service in the United States Army from 1971-1987, Charles worked with a variety of departments, including the Defense Intelligence Agency from 1974-1976, Development and Readiness Command from 1983-1985, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1985-1987. Significant achievements include involvement in the development of Special Forces Operations Command in Tampa, Florida and serving as the project manager for the development of the Apache Attack Helicopter. Charles received the Meritorious Service Medal and the Legion of Merit for his exemplary performance and service from 1983-1987. He retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1987. In his civilian life, Charles continued his research in aviation and engineering at ORI Corporation and the Georgia Tech Research institute, where his work centered on mortar munitions technology and battery charging techniques. While at GTRI, Charles developed and coordinated helicopter evacuation systems for the 1996 S

Summer Olympic Games. He holds five patents, and his work has produced invaluable innovations in the aviation, defense, and automotive industries. In addition to his dedication to his career, Charles was a devoted husband and father. He enjoyed time on the golf course, especially with his group of West Point friends from company B-2. He also enjoyed a good football game and served his community as an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. Charles is survived by his loving wife Patricia Stancil, daughters Christine Stancil Halbfoerster, Anne

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Whitlow Stancil, brothers Bill Stancil, Jim Stancil, and Hoyt Stancil, Jr., and grandsons Keith Halbfoerster Jr, James Halbfoerster, and Joseph Halbfoerster. Services celebrating Charles Stancil’s life will be Monday, August 25, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Tom M. Wages, Snellville Chapel. Interment will follow at Eternal Hills Memory Garden. The Family will receive friends on Sunday, August 24, 2014 from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may make donations in Charles’s memory to the Wounded Warrior Project

3343 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326. Condolences may be viewed or sent to www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

WINDER

William Watkins William Dewitt “Chigger” Watkins, age 66, of Winder died August 19, 2014.

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Colquitt Co. topples Hawks with 2nd-half surge By Mitch Blomert

High School. Mill Creek scored a pair of touchdowns in the final 3:17 POWDER SPRINGS — A of the first half, stunning the swift change in momentum Corky Kell regulars with a before halftime put Mill Creek 14-10 lead at halftime after in the driver’s seat for a win in opening the game with a 10-0 its Corky Kell Classic debut. deficit. From there, Colquitt CounA touchdown catch by Kiel ty’s big-game experience took Pollard and rushing scores over. from Sihiem King and RaThe Packers scored 21 fael Merritt in the second half unanswered points in the third pushed Colquitt County, playquarter to spoil the Hawks’ first ing in its seventh Corky Kell, appearance in the annual foot- back into winning form in the ball showcase, rolling to a 31two teams’ first meeting since 14 win Saturday at McEachern the 2010 state playoffs.

Mill Creek’s Daniel David (2) is sacked by Colquitt County’s Tomarcio Reese (33), also resulting in a facemask penalty during the first half of Saturday’s Corky Kell Classic at McEachern High School. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

“That’s how quick momentum can change in high school games,” Mill Creek coach Shannon Jarvis said. “As a coach who has coached 20 years, you know how sacred momentum is, and you do everything you can to keep momentum. They grabbed it, and we never got it back.” King rushed for gamehigh 124 rushing yards on 26 carries, while Pollard hauled 10 catches for 144 yards and Qwazavia Lee added another

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Brookwood struggles on offense, falls to Valdosta

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By David Friedlander

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POWDER SPRINGS — If effort were the only measuring stick, Brookwood coach Mark Crews would’ve been pleased with his team’s season opener against Valdosta, especially his defense. But the other areas of the game left the Broncos in search of answers after dropping a 31-0 decision to the Wildcats in the Corky Kell Classic on Saturday at McEachern’s Cantrell Stadium. EDITOR’S Most of those NOTE questions might Coverage of Saturday night’s concern an offense late Buford-Trinity that managed just Christian (Fla.) and 151 total yards — North Gwinnettmany of those late McEachern games is at www.gwinnett when the issue was prepsports.com no longer in doubt — turned the ball over six times and committed its share of the team’s 10 penalties at some of the most inopportune times. “I’m proud of our defense,” Crews said. “Our defense kept us in the game as long as they could. We struggled on offense from the first series on. It would be different if it was physical mistakes or getting outplayed by a team that was physically better than us. We just made mistake after mistake after mistake. I’ll take credit for that because it’s my job to get them ready to play, and I obviously didn’t do a very good job of that. “Every it seemed like we could smell the roses, we’d get (a play) called back for an alignment penalty, those sort of things. We just weren’t efficient enough See BRONCOS, Page 4B

Brookwood’s Zack Lee (21) consoles Leonard Warner (35) after Warner fumbled the ball during their game against Valdosta in the Corky Kell Classic on Saturday at McEachern High School in Powder Springs. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Tucker’s Akeam Peters (5) is flipped by Norcross’ Devon Goodbeir (47) and Dorian Kithcart during their Corky Kell Classic game Saturday at McEachern High School in Powder Springs. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Defending state champ Norcross holds off rally, topples Tucker in OT By Mitch Blomert

POWDER SPRINGS — Norcross’ J.B. Kouassi reached out, grabbed a loose ball and extended Tucker a warm welcome to Class AAAAAA. After Blake Bingham hit a 28-yard field goal in the first overtime series, Kouassi recovered fumble on the ensuing series to secure the Blue Devils’ 32-29 win over the Tigers in Saturday’s Corky Kell Classic game at McEachern High. Kouassi’s turnover on the 14-yard line of the Tigers’ second overtime play prevented Class AAAAAA’s two-time defending state champion from losing a game they led by 15 points in the third quarter. “I just saw it and I grabbed it,” Kouassi said. “That was

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Norcross’ Damon Woodcock (9) turns the corner past Tucker’s Cedric Heard (71) during the Corky Kell Classic on Saturday at McEachern High School. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

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pretty much it. “This team is not going to be beaten, no question. We’re going to go hard every play.” Tucker rattled off 15 unanswered points in the second half, capped off with Delvin Weems’ three-yard touchdown run to tie the game with 1:51 remaining. But with two forced fumbles on the Tigers’ goal line earlier in the night, Norcross’

nerves from pushing a team back deep in its own zone had been eased for a while by the time overtime rolled around. “That’s a great Tucker team,” Blue Devils coach Keith Maloof said. “They’re going to get better. That’s the thing that’s scary down the road. They’re going to get better, and we will, too.” Tucker is a newcomer to Class AAAAAA, but a tough

customer no less. The Tigers reached the Class AAAAA state finals a year ago, and won a Class AAAA state title en route to an unbeaten season in 2011. So after a win, paired with an almost entirely new lineup this year after graduating 62 seniors from the 2013 state championship, Norcorss appears to be good shape, as always. “We have so many new guys and they have so many new guys,” Maloof said. “We’re going to get better week in and week out, and we’re going to get better at the little things.” Norcross quarterback Griffin Barker made his starting debut with a 20-for-34 performance for 267 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He threw a single interception, albeit a costly one that See NORCROSS, Page 4B

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Monday

SOFTBALL

5 p.m. — Providence at Parkview 6 p.m. — Apalachee at Mountain View 6 p.m. — Collins Hill at West Forsyth 6 p.m. — Winder-Barrow at Dacula Tuesday

SOFTBALL

5 p.m. — Pace Academy at GAC 5:30 p.m. — Columbia at Meadowcreek 5:30 p.m. — Pebblebrook at Berkmar 6 p.m. — Archer at Dacula 6 p.m. — Duluth at Collins Hill 6 p.m. — Gainesville at Lanier 6 p.m. — Grayson at Central 6 p.m. — Holy Innocents’ at Wesleyan 6 p.m. — Mill Creek at Norcross 6 p.m. — Parkview at Brookwood 6 p.m. — North at Peachtree Ridge 6 p.m. — Shiloh at South

VOLLEYBALL

5 p.m. — Archer, Duluth at North 5 p.m. — Berkmar, Meadowcreek at Central 5 p.m. — Brookwood, Lambert at Mill Creek 5 p.m. — Dacula, Forsyth Central at Collins Hill 5 p.m. — Norcross, GAC at Buford 5 p.m. — Parkview, South at Peachtree Ridge 6 p.m. — Lanier, Lumpkin Co. at Pinecrest Academy

The Home Teams

Braves

G-Braves

Atlanta Dream

Falcons

at N.Y. Mets Wed, 7:10 p.m. SS/680-AM Durham Tue, 6:35 p.m.

at Chicago^ 7 p.m. ESPN2

Chicago^ Tue, 7:30 p.m.

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at Jacksonville# Aug. 28, 6 p.m. CW69/94.1-FM

New Orleans Sept. 7, 1 p.m. Fox/94.1-FM

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On TV AUTO RACING

Day finishes strong to share lead for the second-round lead with Adam Scott. PARAMUS, N.J. — Scott endured a frustratJason Day, proud of how ing day on the challenging he handled his nerves, A.W. Tillinghast layout rebounded from a double- where danger was ever bogey at the 13th with present because of lush three birdies in the last rough and slick greens, four holes to grab a share struggling to a 75 to slide of the lead after the third five shots of the pace. round of The Barclays on Top-ranked Rory McIlSaturday. roy, on a sizzling threeThe Australian signed tournament winning streak off with a 10-foot birdie that included major triputt at the last to card a umphs at the British Open 3-under 68 at Ridgewood and PGA Championship, Country Club, finishing was level with Scott at level with American Jim 4-under after carding a 70. Furyk (69) at 9-under 204 Day, who clinched his in the opener of the PGA second PGA Tour victory Tour’s four-event FedExat the WGC-Accenture Cup playoffs. Match Play Champion“I am very proud of ship in late February, was how I handled my nerves delighted to be in contentoday,” said the 26-yeartion for another title after old Day, who lost a ball in making a mess of both thick rough after trying to par-fives after the turn. lay up on the par-five 13th. “I got off to a great start “With the double-bogey and then the back nine on the par-five, I could happened and the par-fives have lost it but I kind of happened,” said the world stuck in there and played No. 9, who was one of some good golf coming in.” seven players who held at Hunter Mahan (68) was least a share of the lead alone in third at 8-under, a during the third round. stroke in front of a group Day bogeyed the parfo seven players which five 17th after ending up included fellow Americans in a greenside bunker with Matt Kuchar (68) and his second shot, though Cameron Tringale (72), he sandwiched that hiccup the latter having been tied with birdies at the 15th, Reuters

TODAY NEXT UPCOMING at Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets 1:10 p.m. Tue, 7:10 p.m. FSS/680-AM SS/680-AM at Durham at Durham 5:05 p.m. Mon, 7:05 p.m.

Rory Mcllroy reacts after his second shot on the ninth hole during the third round of The Barclays on Saturday at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. (USA Today Sports/Tommy Gilligan)

Today

7:30 a.m. — Formula One Belgian Grand Prix. From Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. NBCSP 4 p.m. — IndyCar GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma. From Sonoma, Calif. NBCSP

CYCLING

2 p.m. — Cycling U.S. Pro Challenge, Stage 7. From Boulder to Denver, 126km. NBCSP 4 p.m. — U.S. Pro Challenge, Stage 7. From Boulder to Denver, 126km. NBC

GOLF

2 p.m. — PGA Tour The Barclays, Final Round. From Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. CBS

GYMNASTICS

2:30 p.m. — P&G Championships: Men’s Final Day. From Pittsburgh. NBC

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Noon — Oakland (Tenn.) at Blackman (Tenn.). ESPN2 3 p.m. — High School Football Dwyer (Fla.) at American Heritage (Fla.). ESPN

16th and 18th. “It’s a little frustrating just thinking about it because those are the holes (the par-fives) you want to take advantage of and I clearly lost shots to the field there,” he said. “I am really excited to get back into contention again.” While Day took a rollercoaster ride to the top of the leaderboard, PGA Tour veteran Furyk followed a very different route, staying patient as he ground out a flawless round that was highlighted by birdies at the 13th and 16th. “Those holes, six through 12, are pretty difficult and I gave myself a lot of really good birdie opportunities through that stretch but wasn’t able to convert,” the 2010 FedExCup champion said. “I really played patient today, bided my time and was able to make birdies on 13 and 16. It was a really solid round.” Furyk, 44, has not triumphed on the PGA Tour since his victory at the 2010 Tour Championship earned him FedExCup honors but has come close this season with three runner-up spots in 17 starts.

“My goal really is to go out there tomorrow and not look at the leaderboard, just go play my own game, my own style and hopefully get that putter a little hotter earlier than today,” he said. McIlroy, seeking a fourth consecutive victory on the PGA Tour, birdied two of his first five holes but failed to maintain that momentum before finishing up five strokes off the pace. For the second day in a row, five-time major champion Phil Mickelson sliced his tee shot on the short par-four fifth hole onto a hospitality dining deck and did well to scramble a par there after hitting his ball off the artificial turf floor. However, the American left-hander struggled on the back nine, dropping five shots on the way to a 75 and a 5-over total of 218 as he missed the 54hole cut. The top 100 players on the FedExCup points list after The Barclays qualify for next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston where the leading 70 will advance to the Sep. 4-7 BMW Championship.

HORSE RACING

8 p.m. — Pacific Classic. From Del Mar Thorougbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. NBCSP

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

10 a.m. — World Series, Third Place: Teams TBA. From Williamsport, Pa. ESPN 3 p.m. — World Series, Championship: Teams TBA. From Williamsport, Pa. ABC

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m. — Atlanta at Cincinnati FSSO 1:30 p.m. — San Francisco at Washington TBS 2:15 p.m. — Baltimore at Chicago Cubs WGN 8 p.m. — Los Angeles Angels at Oakland ESPN

NFL

4 p.m. — Preseason San Diego at San Francisco Fox 8 p.m. — Preseason Cincinnati at Arizona NBC

SOCCER

5 p.m. — MLS Seattle Sounders FC at Portland ESPN2

WNBA

7 p.m. — Atlanta at Chicago ESPN2 9 p.m. — ESPN2 Phoenix at Los Angeles ESPN2 Monday

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

7 p.m. — New York Yankees at Kansas City ESPN

SOCCER

3 p.m. — English Premier League Manchester City FC vs Liverpool FC. NBCSP

TENNIS

1 p.m. — U.S. Open First Round. From the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. ESPN 6 p.m. — U.S. Open First Round. ESPN2 7 p.m. — U.S. Open First Round. ESPN2

BASKETBALL

Tuesday

2 p.m. — Slovenia vs. United States. From Las Palmas, Spain. ESPN2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

7 p.m. — Atlanta at New York Mets SPSO

SOCCER

2:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League Playoff, 2nd Leg: Celtic FC vs NK Maribor. FS1 2:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League Playoff, 2nd Leg, Apoel FC vs. Aalborg BK. FSSO

TENNIS

1 p.m. — U.S. Open First Round. From the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. ESPN 7 p.m. — U.S. Open First Round. ESPN

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NASCAR NOTES

Cup rookie Dillon learns as he goes By Seth Livingstone The Sports Xchange

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Whether or not he makes the Chase, whether or not he wins Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors, 2014 has been a learning experience for Austin Dillon. “If I could hit the reset button, there are so many things I would do differently up to this point,” said Dillon, who found himself 22 points behind Greg Biffle for the final spot on the Chase Grid and two points ahead of rookie rival Kyle Larson going into Saturday’s Irwin Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. “You have certain restarts, certain things you’ve done to the car during practice you wish that you would have taken back out. You wish you wouldn’t have said certain things to make changes on the car (but) you just let your crew (make them) because they have more experience than you. “I could probably have improved (at some tracks). Now, having a notebook going back for those races, is just going to help.” Overall, Dillon says he has few regrets about his rookie season because drivers learn from their mistakes. “At least the good ones do,” he said. “I just think

having that start-over button would have been nice. But that is why you have yellow stripes on the back of your bumper — to let everybody know you are learning.” Once 2014 is in the rearview mirror, Dillon says he will do as he did after his rookie campaigns in the NASCAR Camping World Truck and NASCAR Nationwide Series. He’ll sit down and reevaluate what he did right and what he could have done better. “I was able to come back and win championships in the other two series after our first year,” he said. “I would love to be able to do that in the Cup Series. I think it’s a possibility. You just have to reset and set goals higher.” Although his chances to make the Chase are dwindling, Dillon is in no way writing off this season. But like Marcos Ambrose, Paul Menard and Larson, Dillon he knows he doesn’t have much chance of cracking the Chase field of 16 without a win at Bristol, Atlanta or Richmond. He intends to go all out. “Being a rookie, I don’t have much to lose,” he said. His more likely reward would come if he were to prevail in the Sunoco

Rookie of the Year battle with Larson, who has posted five top-five and 10 top-10 finishes this season. Dillon has only one topfive (a fifth at Daytona) and three top 10s. His edge has come via consistency. Dillon has finished every race and leads all Sprint Cup drivers in percentage of laps completed (99.8 percent). Larson’s quest has been dogged by three did-not-finishes. “I think that’s a really cool stat, having run the most number of laps of any car in the field,” Dillon said. “I think that is very special for us, as a rookie. Obviously, I want to run futher up front more often. But consistency is a good thing.”

Helton said he originally made a $1,000 donation to ALS when Johnson and McMurray challenged him to the fundraiser, which has taken off nationally in the battle against Lou Gehrig’s disease. He later elected to let the drivers pour ice water over him for donations of $1,000 each. Inside, Gordon suggested that Edwards accept the challenge by doing a back flip into a tube of ice water. Edwards didn’t totally reject the concept — but seemed rather “cool” to the idea.

Historic honor for France Kennedy The National Women’s History Museum and its Los Angeles Regional Council on Saturday honored three female philanDoused for a cause While Jeff Gordon and thropists and activists who Carl Edwards were in the contribute to women’s history while creating awareBristol media center discussing their solid qualify- ness to advance NWHM’s ing efforts on Friday and mission of building a what they might do to world-class museum in accept the ALS Ice Bucket Washington, D.C. Challenge, NASCAR Lesa France Kennedy, president Mike Helton International Speedway was outside, about to get Corporation CEO and soaked. NASCAR Board member, Dressed in a suit and was joined by actress/ seated for the cameras, philanthropist Sophia Helton received a bucket Bush and Callie Khouri, bath from Cup drivers, in- a producer/director and cluding Dale Earnhardt Jr., Academy Award-winning Jimmie Johnson, Danica writer, at a private brunch Patrick, Jamie McMurray at L.A.’s Skirball Cultural and Greg Biffle. Center.

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Dacula ends drought Bear down Mountain View delivers clutch win over S. Forsyth

From Staff Reports LAWRENCEVILLE — In a seesaw battle that saw the lead change five times, it was a 33-yard strike from Sam Freitas to Cameron Hankins that pushed Mountain View to a 38-31 victory over South Forsyth on Friday night. It was the Bears’ first victory in a season opener since 2009. “We have a bunch of kids that believed we could win tonight,” Mountain View head coach Doug Giacone said. “I’ve been stressing all season about team wins and believing in yourself. Regardless of what happened in the first half we knew we could win tonight.” Despite being held to 101 yards in the first half and zero points, Mountain View answered with 17 points in the first three minutes of the third quarter. The Bears scored their first TD on a five-play, 69-yard drive. Quarterback Alex Scott broke free for a 55-yard run to set up an 11-yard TD pass to Cameron Hankins, cutting the deficit to 14-6. After a safety, Scott connected with a streaking Kielan Whitner for a 45yard TD pass to give the Bears their first lead of the contest, 16-14.

Dacula’s Azeem Cooper (7) tackles Collins Hill’s Canyon Slade (5) during Friday’s game at Dacula High School. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Falcons finally get win over Collins Hill be sloppy at times,” Dacula head coach Tommy Jones DACULA — A run of said. “I’m just really proud painfully close losses to of our kids for playing Collins Hill is finally over. with great effort. We try Dacula scored 20 firstto communicate that effort quarter points and never overcomes mistakes and I trailed Friday night, revers- thought we were able to do ing their recent fortune that tonight.” in the series with a 34-14 Collins Hill had won victory in the season-open- the previous four games ing football game for both against Dacula by a slim teams. The Falcons rushed 16 points, with all four for 350 yards and their de- contests coming down to fense didn’t allow a point the waning seconds. The after the opening series of latest matchup was over the second quarter. much earlier, though. “It’s the first game, you Twelve different Falknow you’re not going to cons carried the ball in be fully in sync and you’ll the victory, with a pack or

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reserves running out the final four minutes. Kelan Fraise led the way with 100 yards on 16 rushes, while Dacula’s revamped offensive line with four new starters along with a new tight end held up well against Collins Hill’s talent front seven. “I’m really proud of the offensive line,” Jones said. “I thought they played physical, stayed on blocks. They just played at a fast rate. When our offense is playing well, we’re playing fast and I thought tonight our guys did that well.” New Dacula quarterback

Giovanni Lugo, a transfer from Belle Glade Central (Fla.), also was a difference-maker. He moved into the Dacula district in early July, but just had his eligibility cleared by the Georgia High School Association on Tuesday. Lugo, who also kicked four extra points and punted, rushed for 79 yards on seven carries and ran the veer offense solidly. He also threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Johnathan Grant that put the Falcons up 34-14 early in the third quarter.

Small-school sweep to start

GAC, Wesleyan and Hebron all open with wins From Staff Reports NORCROSS — Darius Slayton’s final catch Friday summed up the kind of performance he demonstrated all night. With his team trailing by three in the fourth quarter, the Greater Atlanta Christian wideout pulled down a 63-yard touchdown pass to put the Spartans back on top and cap his eight-catch, 186-yard game with a 24-21 Spartans win over Benedictine Military Academy. Slayton caught all three of GAC’s touchdown passes, including the final strike to erase a 21-17 deficit in the fourth quarter after the Cadets scored in the previous minute to take their first lead of the game. He accomplished this without the help of running back and fellow Division I prospect Micah Abernathy, who left the game midway through the third quarter with an injury and didn’t return. “When Micah went down, that took me to a whole other level,” Slayton said. “Single coverage or double coverage, I was just trying to get open and make plays.” Slayton also pulled down touchdown catches of 18 and 48 yards, keeping GAC (1-0) a step ahead of Benedictine (0-1) for the first three quarters of play. Davis Mills was 14-of21 passing for 268 yards and the three touchdown passes to Slayton. The Spartans finished with 414 yards of offense. Benedictine, which won 13 games and reached the

for 58 yards and a touchdown. Junior Tucker Cannon had three catches for 39 yards while also leading Wesleyan with six tackles. Senior Ollis Robinson was a leader on defense with two tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Hebron Christian 35, East Jackson 15 COMMERCE — Hebron turned two East Jackson fumbles, an interception and a blocked field goal into 28 firsthalf points as the Lions pounced early and cruised to a 35-15 win Friday night in Commerce. “Statistically speaking, the odds of winning up with every turnover you get,” Lions coach Kevin Shaffer said. “If you win the turnover battle you usually win the game. And that’s what it was the first half because we GAC’s Ben Masters (77) celebrates with Ford Higgins didn’t get the ball a lot. (55) after Benedictine failed to score a field goal which But a blocked field goal, an would have tied the game during the second half of Fri- interception return, and a day’s season opener at GAC. (Photo: Kyle Hess) couple of fumbles completely changed the game. It changed the whole Class AA state semifinals on and were efficient on momentum and everything a year ago, had 392 yards offense the entire night as about it.” of its own, including a they scored on all of their Connor Holiday was 238-yard peformance from drives except for the open9-for-18 passing for 158 quarterback Stevie Powing and closing drives of yards and a TD. Andrew ers that featured a rushing the game. Redman added 103 yards score and two passing George Beilan finished rushing on 12 carries. touchdowns. the night leading the Wolves in rushing with Wesleyan 45, Walker 7 78 yards on seven carries MARIETTA — Neither and a touchdown. Josh the sweltering August heat Garrard finished with 33 nor the Walker Wolverines yards on six carries and a were enough to slow down touchdown, while Cedric Wesleyan on Friday night Lynch had 64 yards on as they rumbled to a 45-7 three carries as well as the season opening victory. touchdown. Harrison Cook The Wolves dominated led the Wolves receiving the line of scrimmage early corps with three catches

Walton 16, South Gwinnett 13 MARIETTA — South Gwinnett had its chances, but in the end it was Walton that made the most of its opportunities and came out on top with a 16-13 win in both teams’ season openers. The Comets got two blocked punts in the second half from Chris Skyers, which were both returned for touchdowns. Malik Robinson scored on the first one, while Skyers picked up his own block on the second one. But two fumbles in the red zone ended up being the difference. South quarterback Josh Shim finished the game 11-for-21 for 116 yards, while also rushing for 67 yards. Christian Malloy provided a spark in the backfield in the second half, rushing for 47 yards. Walton quarterback Josh White finished 10-for13 for 212 yards, including a 75-yard completion to Cole Watts to set up the game-winning field goal.

Wheeler 24, Duluth 6 DULUTH — Duluth fell to Wheeler 24-6 in the opener, and despite his team’s struggles Conner tried to reiterate the point that it was just one game in a 10-game season to his team following the loss. “Obviously, tonight was a very big disappointment, but it’s Game 1,” he said. “It’s not a region game and we felt like we knew we were playing a really good football team. They’ve got a lot of good athletes.” Duluth’s offense failed to get into a rhythm throughout the game, tallying up just 182 yards of total offense, and just three in the first half. Duluth punted on its first seven possessions of the game before quarterback Thad Bell connected with Nyles Preston for a 5-yard touchdown with 7:49 left in the game. Sandy Creek 21, Archer 13 POWDER SPRINGS — Eight penalties worth 118 yards and four turnovers blunted any momentum Archer got from taking a 13-point halftime lead, while Eric Swinney ran for 149 of his 220 yards in the second as the Patriots turned a 21-point third quarter into a 21-13 win Friday night at McEachern’s Walter Cantrell Stadium. It wasn’t just the number of penalties and turnovers the Tigers (0-1, preseason ranked No. 2 in Class AAAAAA) amassed that doomed them. It was also when they occurred. All four turnovers occurred inside the red zone, while several of the penalties either cost them first downs — or in the worst case, a holding penalty negated what could’ve been the game-tying score on Gabe Tiller’s flip pass to Kyle Davis in the end zone with nine seconds left. Tiller finished the night 11 of 26 for 237 yards and a score, with Davis hauling in four of those passes for 109 yards, including an 80-yard TD. Randy Nails ran for 107 yards for the Tigers, 96 of which came in the fourth quarter. Lanier 27, Lambert 14 SUWANEE —Lanier overcame four turnovers and eight penalties for 88 yards and scored 20 unanswered points to open the 2014 season with a 27-14 win over Lambert. Lanier’s defense forced four turnovers, and the Longhorns were able to cash in three of those for 21 points. Tahj Tolbert finished with 182 yards passing with two TDs and one interception on 13 of 29 attempts. Tario Fuller led Lanier in rushing with 54 yards on 18 carries, while Marcko Baity added 30 yards on nine attempts. Newton 48, Berkmar 21 COVINGTON — Newton came out and was explosive against Berkmar to start the season, converting seven plays of more than 25 yards as it won its home opener 48-21 on Friday. Berkmar scored with an 18-yard pass from JaDarrius Warner to Rashard Hunt with 3:31 remaining in the contest. The Patriots finished the scoring with a one-yard run by Warner.

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Gwinnett teams runners-up in sizzling Stage Races season-opening race. Awards were given out to the top four varsity boys DULUTH — The and girls teams, with St. pleasantly cool summer Pius bringing home the days Atlanta experienced boys title with nine points just a few weeks ago and West Forsyth capturwere a distant memory ing the girls title with 16 for cross country runners points. Saturday morning as the Brookwood’s girls season kicked off with the finished second with 21 Peachtree Ridge/ Walton points, while Peachtree Stage Races at the River Ridge girls were fourth Green complex. with 31 points. With temperatures apMill Creek boys came in proaching 90 degrees as second with 15 points beearly as 10:30 in the morn- hind a time of 10:32 from ing, 20 schools participated Sam Costa. Brookwod finin the annual 3,200-meter ished third with 23 points By Paul Thomas Staff Correspondent

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and co-host Peachtree Ridge placed fourth with 25 points. “We’ll definitely take it,” Mill Creek boys head coach Andy Christie said of finishing second. “We’re under no illusions that we’re stronger than Brookwood right now. We know that they were holding out some guys and that they’re stronger when they put their whole team out there, but we’re thrilled to still get the second-place plaque today.” Brookwood boys head coach Ben Dehnke said

holding out a few of his top runners was just a precautionary measure as they gear up for a long season. He was pleased that some of his younger runners were able to pull out a third-place finish on Saturday to start the year off. “We had some good individual performances and we had some guys who didn’t do as well,” he said. “I think, either way, they can kind of use it to kind of motivate them in the next couple weeks before our next meet.

“I think, really, each one of them can maybe grab something they can use moving forward. Normally races are a full-team and when you break them apart like this it kind of isolates them, so I think they learn a lot about themselves as far as tactics are concerned and some of that kind of stuff. I think it was positive for that.” Brookwood girls head coach Chris Carter was also extremely pleased with how his team responded to the stage format, especially considering

he has such a young squad. “I was happy with it,” Carter said. “We lost a lot last year and had a bunch of young kids. For them to step up like they did in individual stages — like Coach Dehnke said this isolates them — and for them to be able to handle that in this heat I was proud of them. They did good.” Mill Creek junior varsity boys finished third with 17 points, while Peachtree Ridge came in second with 14. Peachtree Ridge girls also finished second with 16 points.

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at halftime, and could’ve been down 30. I proud to be able to anything to of the way our defense Valdosta 7 3 7 14 — 31 stay in the game on ofplayed. Our offense has Brookwood 0 0 0 0 — 0 FIRST QUARTER fense.” some work to do.” Valdosta: Tim Griffin 3 run The Broncos had Matters didn’t get much (Brennan Goodson kick), 3:54 SECOND QUARTER trouble getting anything better for the Broncos Valdosta: Goodson 32 FG, going, managing just 26 (0-1) in second half, even 2:34 THIRD QUARTER yards of total offense after a 10-yard run by Valdosta: Griffin 44 pass from during the opening 24 Jesse Brown gave them Seth Shuman (Goodson kick), minutes. 5:12 their initial first down of FOURTH QUARTER Their best play, a 19the game with 4:50 left in Valdosta: Griffin 12 run (Goodyard completion from the third quarter. son kick), 4:44 Valdosta: Detravion Durden William McCullough to Three plays later, Josh 13 fumble recovery (Goodson Ricky Sharma wound Norwood picked off the kick), 4:02 VAL BW up as a turnover after first of his two intercepFirst downs 18 6 Bo Rodemaker came up tions on the day to set Rushes-yards 41-157 24-46 Passing yards 192 105 with a loose ball at the Valdosta up at the BrookAtt.-Comp.-INT 15-23-0 10-24-2 Brookwood 30-yard line wood 34. Fumbles-lost 2-1 5-4 midway through the first But even after the BronPenalties-yards 4-50 10-74 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS quarter. cos put the Wildcats into RUSHING — Valdosta: DeanValdosta (1-0) turned an apparent fourth-down gelo Williams 7-67, Donte Davis 8-42, Griffin 7-27, Khalil Mcthat miscue into points situation, fate dealt them Clain 5-17. Brookwood: Jesse three plays later when Tim a blow. Brown 14-40, Dorian Miles 1-5, Mason LeBlanc 2-4, Leonard Griffin powered into the In order to gain field Warner 3-4. end zone from 3 yards out position, Brookwood PASSING — Valdosta: Shuman 7-12-0, 145; Cole Massto put the Wildcats in front accepted a illegal block ingill 7-10-0, 32. Brookwood: 7-0 with 3:54 left in the penalty on the third-down William McCullough 10-24-2, opening frame. play which left Valdosta 105. RECEIVING — Valdosta: Despite giving up 187 facing a third-and-21 situRicco Ramsey 5-53, Jamarcus yards in the first half, the ation from the Broncos’ Tyson 2-54, Brian Smith 2-10, Griffin 1-44, Craig Barry 1-6, Brookwood defense stiff44. Kaleb Whitfield 1-6, McClain ened several other times But Seth Shulman 1-2, Williams 1-0. Brookwood: Myles Scott 2-32, Warner 2-25, when it needed to. found Griffin dashing Brown 2-21, Miles 2-0, Ricky The Broncos forced the out of the backfield on a Sharma 1-19, Ian Barnett 1-9. Wildcats into two missed screen pass, and the junior field goal attempts, and sprinted the required yardall we did was cough up kept them out of the end age into the end zone that zone on a yet another trip the ball and give (Valdopushed the Wildcats’ lead sta) a short field,” Crews into the red zone before to 17-0 with 5:12 left in said. “Eventually, we let Brennan Goodson finally the period. them get away with it. Obfound the mark from 32 Matters only got worse yards out with 2:34 left in viously, as the game went for Brookwood in the on, the more and more bad fourth quarter as Valdosta the half to send Valdosta situations we put them in. turned two more Bronco into intermission with … Our defense did a great turnovers into scores that only a 10-0 lead. “Our defense gave us job to keep us in the game. ballooned the final score chance after chance, but We were down 10 points even further. VALDOSTA 31, BROOKWOOD 0

Brookwood’s Cole Simms (60) tackles Valdosta’s Tim Griffin (24) during the their game at the Corky Kell Classic on Saturday at McEachern High School in Powder Springs. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

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the clock expired and again after on the second attempt set up Tucker’s game-tying after it was determined that drive. Tucker called a timeout But less than a minute before the first try. later, he almost prevented The senior kicker had overtime with a 24-yard missed two field goal atpass to Jared Pinkney that tempts earlier in the game, put the Blue Devils on the but made sure his last one Tucker 2 with 13 seconds count. left in regulation. And did it ever. That happened seven “We like playing tough minutes after his 16-yard opponents,” Maloof said. scamper put Norcross back “That’s the only way we’re on top 29-22. going to get better. Some“My quarterback did a times it doesn’t work out great job tonight managing that way, but the last few the game,” Maloof said. years we could do that.” “He made one mistake, but Pinkney caught seven that was my fault trying to passes for 114 yards and do stuff when you don’t a touchdown to finish the need to be doing stuff.” night as Barker’s top tarBingham missed a get. Jamir Billings caught potential game-winning five passes for 83 yards field goal twice, once as and rushed for 39 yards

Mill Creek’s Johnathan Hawkins (24) runs the ball for extra yards during the first half of Saturday’s Corky Kell Classic at McEachern High School. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

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Surge

from David, who converted a fourth and nine play 93 yards through the air. on the Colquitt County Mill Creek 0 14 0 0 — 14 Chase Parrish was 38-yard line earlier in the Colquitt Co. 7 3 7 14 — 31 FIRST QUARTER 20-for-29 passing for 259 driver to sustain the scorColquitt: Lee 4 run (Martinez yards and a touchdown, ing opportunity. kick), 4:48 SECOND QUARTER managing a Packers of“We want to be aggresColquitt: Martinez 25 field goal, sive,” Jarvis said. “It comes fense that racked up 454 6:43 down to that when you yards in the humid afterMill Creek: Pulley 13 pass from David (King kick), 3:17 trust your quarterback and noon weather. Mill Creek: Currey 52 pass the reads that you do. Once “I just think our strength from David (King kick), 1:28 THIRD QUARTER we cross that 50, we’ve and conditioning made the Colquitt: Pollard 12 pass from always traditionally been difference,” Colquitt CounParrish (Martinez kick), 9:56 FOURTH QUARTER an aggressive team.” ty coach Rush Propst said. Colquitt: Sihiem 36 run (MartiThat was enough to “Our weight room habits nez kick), 11:00 Colquitt: Merritt 37 run (Martierase Colquitt County’s and our overall speed was nez kick), 3:19 lead, which was 10-0 after probably the difference in MC CC a four-yard touchdown run the game. First downs 17 22 Rushes-yards 38-118 39-198 by Lee on the Packers’ first “You have to give (Mill Passing yards 193 256 possession and a 25-yard Creek) credit. They’re Comp-Att-INT 14-24-0 20-30-0 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-0 field goal by Luis Martia strong a football team Penalties-yard 7-50 7-61 — we knew that going in. nez midway through the INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING — Mill Creek: But the big thing is that we second quarter. Hawkins 15-48; Efianayi 9-43; were faster. I’m not saying Colquitt County didn’t David 12-37. Colquitt: King 26-124; Merritt 4-44; Lee 4-12; we were stronger, but we waste any time getting Jones 3-11. were in better condition.” back ahead in the second PASSING — Mill Creek: David Nevertheless, the Packhalf, using up just two 14-24-0 2 TD 193; Colquitt: Parrish 20-29-0 1 TD 256. ers, a state semifinalist minutes to march downRECEIVING — Mill Creek: in 2013, had their share field for a Parrish touchCurry 5-77; Hawkins 4-47; Pulley 2-31; Bull 1-20. Colquitt: of moments letting their down pass to Pollard just Pollard 10-144; Lee 4-93; guard down against a qualinside the left end zone Lewis 2-14; King 3-6. ity Mill Creek team that pylon. finished a spot out of the The rest of the third playoffs last year. catch by David Curry that quarter remained scoreless, and Mill Creek remained The Hawks ended the gave Mill Creek its only day with 311 yards, ballead of the game with 1:40 in the hunt with a 17-14 deficit entering the fourth. anced nicely between the left in the second quarter. One minute later, King pass and the run. “Last year we never ran made things a little bit Quarterback Daniel it — not one time,” Jarvis harder for the Hawks, David was 14-of-24 passsaid. “Because of the ing for 193 yards. Justin circumstances of the game, driving through a gap for a Hawkins led the Hawks’ we felt it was a good time.” 36-yard score and a 24-14 rushing game with 48 The rare play confirmed Packers lead. Merritt added an insuryards on 15 carries. Curry’s status as the team’s ance touchdown with 3:19 The offense got crafty, leading receiver, catching remaining after recovering too, going 3-for-4 on five passes for 77 yards. a fumble on Mill Creek’s fourth down conversions Micah Pulley caught 37-yard line and darting to and unleashing a reverse Mill Creek’s first touchthe end zone for a 31-14 flea flicker play that result- down pass two minutes Colquitt County advantage. ed in a 52-yard touchdown earlier, a 13-yard strike COLQUITT CO. 31, MILL CREEK 14

Norcross and a touchdown on 16 carries. All of them new faces in the Blue Devils’ starting lineup. “Everybody was new, except a couple of them,” Maloof said. “They’re just going to improve weekly.” Weems proved to be Norcross’ biggest problem, rushing for 157 yards and the game-tying touchdown on 17 carries. The Marshall commit returned Barker’s interception from deep in Tucker territory all the way to Norcross’ 28-yard line, setting the game-saving Tigers score four plays later. Norcross opened the game with a 16-7 lead at halftime after a defensiveminded first two quarters

of the game. Bingham hit a 41-yard field goal on the Blue Devils’ opening drive, the only score in the first period. Barker hit Pinkney for a seven-yard touchdown pass midway through the second for a 10-0 lead. A 39-yard touchdown pass from Tucker quarterback Garrett Rigby to Tyler Toombs cut Norcross’ lead to 16-7, but a 47-yard pass from Barker to Billing on the ensuing drive set up a five-yard toss to Jared Simpkins to put the Blue Devils back up 16-7 after a missed PAT. Norcross recovered a pair of fumbles in the third quarter, the first on the goal line by D’Andre Plantin on the opening drive and an-

other by Damon Woodcock on the Tigers’ 26-yard line. Billings’ 16-yard touchdown run eight minutes into the third put the Blue Devils up 22-7, but that’s as hefty as the lead would get. Elijah Sullivan scored on a five-yard run with three minutes left in the third, then punched in another from the 2-yard line 20 seconds into the fourth to tie the game. Norcross countered with

Barker’s touchdown run at 7:03, and Weems tied the game for a second time just under two-minute mark in the fourth. But the impressive Tucker rally was still a hair short. Kouassi wouldn’t want to win any other way. “We have hope,” Kouassi said. “Nobody believed that we could do this, and I love that. I love being an underdog. This season is ours.”

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ATLANTA — Hebron Christian swept all of its four matches in the AA/A Top 10 Playdate at Holy Innocents’ on Saturday. The Lions defeated Lovett (25-21, 17-25, 15-5), Savannah Country Day (25-19, 25-17), Eagles Landing Christian Academy (25-23, 25-18) and Walker (25-23, 25-22). Anna Katherine Wilson had 71 assists, 22 kills and nine blocks. Regan Long and Alli Johnson had 32 and 26 kills, respectively. Courtney Civelli had 53 digs and Madi Grace Easterling had 46 digs for Hebron Christian (14-3). VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL GAC defeats Walker ATLANTA — Greater Atlanta Christian defeated Walker (25-18, 21-25, 15-9), but fell to Savannah Christian (21-25, 25-21, 7-15), Savannah Country

Day ( 12-25, 25-23, 13-15) and Lovett (21-25, 18-25) at the Top 10 Playdate. The Spartans were led by Emily Becker’s 66 digs. Lauren Brown had 28 kills and 32 digs and Cienna Townson had 41 asssists. Ellen Dominy had 14 kills while Jesse Witkin had 13 assists and Kathryn Wilson recorded six blocks for GAC (8-5).

Wesleyan splits at playdate ATLANTA — Wesleyan split its four matches at Holy Innocents’ Top 10 Playdate on Saturday. The Wolves (6-5) defeated Darlington and Atlanta International without dropping a game. Wesleyan fell to Athens Academy (two games to one) and Savannah Christian (2-0). Parkview hangs tough despite losses LILBURN — Parkview dropped all four matches it played on Saturday, but was competitive throughout the day. The Panthers fell to Lambert (18-25, 2517, 10-15), Locus Grove (21-25, 26-24, 21-25), Peachtree Ridge (15-25, 24-26) and Mill Creek (22-25, 19-25). Bernice McGriff led Parkview (2-10) with 10 kills and 13 digs. Cori Harber had 15 aces, 24 assists and 15 digs while Nia

Mitchell had 34 digs.

SOFTBALL SOFTBALL Wesleyan sweeps a pair MACON — Gabby Hernandez’s walk off hit in the bottom of the seventh lifted Wesleyan to a 7-6 win over Rutland on Saturday. The Wolves (5-2) also defeated Mount de Sales 15-0 in three innings. Wesleyan trailed Rutland 4-0, but scored five runs in the sixth to take the lead. Rutland scored twice in the top of the seventh to retake the lead and set the stage for Hernandez’s game winner. Cassie Henning went the distance in the circle to pick up the win, striking out five. She helped her own cause with three hits. In the second game, Jameson Kavel had three hits, scored three runs and drove in three to lead the Wolves offense. Julia Childers and Hernandez each had two hits. Buford splits pair of games DALTON — Buford defeated Northwest Whitfield 7-3, but fell to Gordon Lee 5-0 on Saturday. Kennedy Kotula pitched 4 2/3 innings to get the win in the opener. Jordan Deep had three hits and drove in three runs to

lead the Wolves’ offense. Tessa Daniels had two hits, including a Home Run, and Baylee Sexton also had two hits. In the loss, Deep had two hits, but Buford (9-1) was unable to plate any runs.

Archer wins triple dip CARTERSVILLE — Archer defeated North Forsyth (13-3), Roswell (9-0) and Woodland (7-5) on Saturday. The Tigers only played six innings to defeat North Forsyth. Kory Best picked up the win in the circle. Brittney Marasette had three hits and scored four runs. Sydney Willhite, Leah Robinson and Andria Booth each had two hits and drove in two runs. Lauren Tatum was the winning pitcher against Roswell. Marasette and Booth added two more hits to pace the offense. In the day’s final game, Madison Abell picked up the win for Archer (11-2). Marasette, Brittany Thornton, Tatum and Booth each had two hits. One of Booth’s hits was a home run. Mill Creek drops a pair DAHLONEGA — Mill Creek (6-3-1) fell to Walnut Grove 5-0 and Greenbriar 14-13 in games played at the University of North Georgia on Saturday.

Logano races to third win of year pulled away for a two-car battle between teammates. Kenseth finished third, BRISTOL, Tenn. — Jimmie Johnson was fourth Joey Logano claimed his and Kurt Busch rounded third victory of the season out the top five. in the Irwin Tools Night Kenseth was one of four Race NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers who stayed out durSeries race on Saturday ing the final caution of the night at Bristol Motor race inside the final 100 Speedway. laps, inheriting the lead Logano took the lead from Jamie McMurray, from Matt Kenseth with 44 who headed for pit road laps remaining in the 500- during the yellow flag. lap race and remained up McMurray had taken front for the win. the race lead before the Kenseth lost second halfway point. to Brad Keselowski with He lost the lead to 31 laps remaining, and Keselowski on pit road just the Team Penske duo of before a restart on lap 270, Logano and Keselowski but when the race returned By Amanda Vincent The Sports Xchange

Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Washington.......... 74.54..578.....—...9-1 Atlanta.................. 68.61..527...... 6...8-2 Miami................... 64.63..504...... 9... 7-3 New York.............. 60.69..465.... 14...3-7 Philadelphia.......... 57.71..445. 16.5...4-6 Central Division W L Pct GB L10 Milwaukee............ 71.57..555.....—...6-4 St. Louis............... 69.58..543....1.5... 7-3 Pittsburgh............. 66.62..516...... 5...3-7 Cincinnati............. 61.68..473. 10.5... 1-9 Chicago................ 56.72..438.... 15...5-5 West Division W L Pct GB L10 Los Angeles.......... 73.57..562.....—...5-5 San Francisco....... 68.60..531...... 4...6-4 San Diego............ 59.68..465. 12.5...4-6 Arizona................. 54.75..419. 18.5...3-7 Colorado............... 50.77..394..21.5...4-6 Thursday’s Games Washington 1, Arizona 0 Atlanta 8, Cincinnati 0 San Francisco 5, Chicago Cubs 3 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 Friday’s Games Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 4 San Francisco 10, Washington 3 Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 1, 12 innings Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 3 Miami 13, Colorado 5 Arizona 5, San Diego 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Saturday’s Games Washington 6, San Francisco 2 St. Louis (Miller 8-9) at Philadelphia (Buchanan 6-7), late Atlanta (Santana 13-6) at Cincinnati (Leake 9-11), late Pittsburgh (Volquez 10-7) at Milwaukee (Peralta 15-7), late San Diego (Cashner 2-6) at Arizona (Nuno 0-3), late Miami (Koehler 9-9) at Colorado (Lyles 6-1), late N.Y. Mets (deGrom 6-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 12-8), late Today’s Games Atlanta (Harang 10-7) at Cincinnati (Simon 12-8), 1:10 p.m. St. Louis (Masterson 2-1) at Philadelphia (Williams 1-0), 1:35 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 7-9) at Washington (Strasburg 10-10), 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (Worley 5-3) at Milwaukee (Fiers 3-1), 2:10 p.m. San Diego (Kennedy 9-11) at Arizona (Anderson 7-5), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Hand 2-5) at Colorado (Bergman 0-2), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Colon 11-10) at L.A. Dodgers (Correia 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia (Burnett 6-14), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 1-1) at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 11-7) at San Diego (Stults 6-13), 10:10 p.m. Colorado (Matzek 2-9) at San Francisco (Peavy 2-3), 10:15 p.m. INTERLEAGUE AT NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 4, Baltimore 1 Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs 7, Baltimore 2 Sunday’s Games Baltimore (Gonzalez 6-6) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 3-1), 2:20 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB L10 Baltimore.............. 73.53..579.....—...6-4 New York.............. 66.61..520....7.5...5-5 Toronto................. 66.63..512... 8.5...3-7 Tampa Bay........... 63.66..488.. 11.5...5-5 Boston.................. 56.73..434. 18.5...2-8 Central Division W L Pct GB L10 Kansas City.......... 71.56..559.....—... 7-3 Detroit.................. 68.59..535...... 3...5-5 Cleveland............. 64.63..504...... 7...6-4 Chicago................ 59.70..457.... 13...3-7 Minnesota............. 58.70..453. 13.5...5-5 West Division W L Pct GB L10 Los Angeles.......... 76.51..598.....—...8-2 Oakland................ 75.52..591...... 1...3-7 Seattle.................. 70.58..547... 6.5... 7-3 Houston................ 55. 74..426.... 22...6-4 Texas.................... 49.78..386.... 27...3-7 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, Houston 0 Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 1, Detroit 0 L.A. Angels 2, Boston 0

to green, McMurray retook the top spot. Kasey Kahne inherited the lead from Kevin Harvick by staying out during a caution just before the 200-lap mark. Kahne also lost spots to Keselowski and Johnson. Harvick pitted for four tires under the caution and restarted 12th. His No. 4 was the class of the field for much of the first half of the race, though, leading the first 37 laps before losing the lead to Jeff Gordon. Kyle Busch, Kenseth, Logano and Denny Hamlin also led laps before Har-

vick retook the top spot on lap 161. Hamlin got off pit road first by taking only two tires during a caution just before lap 130. Harvick, on four fresh tires, moved into second on the restart. While racing Hamlin for the lead, Harvick clipped Hamlin, ending Hamlin’s race efforts. Busch’s night was also cut short after leading the pack. He was caught speeding on pit road during a competition caution on lap 60 and then was collected in a wreck that also involved Aric Almirola and Brian Vickers.

The Sports Xchange Green Bay Packers nose tackle B.J. Raji has a torn biceps and could miss the season, according to multiple reports. Coach Mike McCarthy said after Friday’s 31-21 exhibition win over the Oakland Raiders that he was confident Raji did not have a serious injury but would have tests on Saturday. It is not clear exactly when Raji was injured during the game. He played in just two series. Raji signed a one-year contract in March and has played 76 of a possible 80 regular season games over the past five seasons. He has started 62 games in the last four years. Undrafted rookie Mike Pennel could fill Raji’s spot if he is out for the season.

in the preseason, Bradley was again questioned about whether this might pave the way for the rookie quarterback to replace the veteran Henne with the starting unit. “No,” came a decisive reply, as in, ask your next question.

Barkley wins start for preseason finale Coach Chip Kelly announced Saturday that Matt Barkley will start at quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles in Thursday night’s preseason finale against the New York Jets. The Eagles are expected to keep three quarterback - starter Nick Foles and former USC stars Mark Sanchez and Barkley behind him in that order. Quarterback G. J. Kinne is also on the roster. “We need to see Matt Henne tabbed as play a lot,” Kelly said. Jaguars starter “We feel very comfortNobody will accuse able with our 1 and 2 Jacksonville Jaguars guys. So, we’re going to coach Gus Bradley of give Matt a really extendwaffling on his declaraed look against the Jets.” tion that Chad Henne So Sanchez, now relewill be the team’s starting gated to No. 3, will begin quarterback on Sept. 7 the game on the bench in the season opener at against the team that Philadelphia. made him the fifth overall Bradley and general pick in the 2009 draft. manager Dave Caldwell Although he was less than issued the first “Henne is spectacular, Sanchez was the starter” moments after the starting quarterback drafting Bortles. They when the Jets made it to stuck with it — even after the AFC championship an increasing number of game in 2009 and 2010. media outlets called for Also, the Eagles rookie Blake Bortles to released 14 players replace Henne. Bradley including tight end Blake is not listening … at least Annen, offensive linenot now. man Michael Bamiro, and After a third impressive offensive lineman Karim performance by Bortles Barton.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Houston 5, Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 0 Seattle 5, Boston 3 Kansas City 6, Texas 3 Minnesota 20, Detroit 6 Oakland 5, L.A. Angels 3 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Minnesota 12, Detroit 4 Seattle 7, Boston 3 Houston (McHugh 6-9) at Cleveland (Salazar 4-6), late Kansas City (Guthrie 9-10) at Texas (Tepesch 4-7), late Detroit (Verlander 10-11) at Minnesota (May 0-2), late L.A. Angels (Wilson 10-8) at Oakland (Lester 3-1), late Today’s Games Chicago White Sox (Sale 10-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 0-2), 1:05 p.m. Houston (Oberholtzer 4-8) at Cleveland (Bauer 4-7), 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 8-6) at Toronto (Hutchison 8-11), 1:07 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 12-6) at Boston (Webster 3-1), 1:35 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 14-4) at Minnesota (Gibson 11-9), 2:10 p.m. Kansas City (Vargas 10-5) at Texas, 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 13-7) at Oakland (Kazmir 14-5), 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 9-10) at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto (Happ 8-8), 7:07 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City (Shields 12-6), 7:10 p.m. Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Texas (Martinez 3-9) at Seattle (Elias 9-10), 10:10 p.m. INTERLEAGUE AT AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday’s Games Miami (Cosart 1-1) at L.A. Angels (LeBlanc 0-0), 10:05 p.m.

Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta................ 19... 15...... .559..... — Indiana............... 16... 18...... .471.......3 Washington........ 16... 18...... .471.......3 Chicago.............. 15... 19...... .441.......4 New York............ 15... 19...... .441.......4 Connecticut........ 13... 21...... .382.......6 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix.............. 29..... 5...... .853..... — Minnesota........... 25..... 9...... .735.......4 San Antonio........ 16... 18...... .471.....13 Los Angeles........ 16... 18...... .471.....13 Tulsa.................. 12... 22...... .353.....17 Seattle................ 12... 22...... .353.....17 Friday’s games Chicago 80, Atlanta 77 Phoenix 75, Los Angeles 72 Saturday’s games Indiana 81, Washington 76 Minnesota 94, San Antonio 89 Today’s games Atlanta at Chicago, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Football NFL Preseason AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England.. 2... 1... 0...667.....78.....65 N.Y. Jets.......... 2... 1... 0...667.....62.....62 Miami.............. 1... 1... 0...500.....30.....30 Buffalo............. 1... 3... 0...250.....63.....81 South W L T Pct PF PA Tennessee...... 2... 1... 0...667.....68.....64 Houston.......... 1... 1... 0...500.....32.....39 Jacksonville.... 1... 2... 0...333.....47.....43 Indianapolis.... 0... 2... 0...000.....36.....40 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore........ 2... 0... 0.1.000.....60.....33 Pittsburgh........ 1... 2... 0...333.....56.....67 Cleveland........ 0... 2... 0...000.....35.....37 Cincinnati........ 0... 2... 0...000.....56.....66 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver............ 2... 0... 0.1.000.....55.....16 San Diego....... 1... 1... 0...500.....41.....48 Kansas City.... 1... 1... 0...500.....57.....67 Oakland.......... 1... 2... 0...333.....54.....67 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants...... 4... 0... 0.1.000.....99.....79 Washington..... 2... 0... 0.1.000.....47.....29 Philadelphia.... 1... 2... 0...333.....94.....97 Dallas.............. 0... 2... 0...000.....37.....64 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans... 2... 0... 0.1.000.....57.....48 Atlanta............ 1... 2... 0...333.....40.....66 Tampa Bay...... 1... 2... 0...333.....51.....50 Carolina.......... 1... 2... 0...333.....53.....66 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota....... 2... 0... 0.1.000.....40.....34 Green Bay...... 2... 1... 0...667.....68.....48 Detroit............. 2... 1... 0...667.....52.....51 Chicago.......... 2... 1... 0...667.....60.....81 West W L T Pct PF PA Seattle............ 2... 1... 0...667.....91.....41 Arizona........... 1... 1... 0...500.....60.....30 St. Louis.......... 0... 2... 0...000.....31.....47 San Francisco.0... 2... 0...000.......3.....57 Thursday, Aug. 21 Philadelphia 31, Pittsburgh 21 Friday, Aug. 22 Detroit 13, Jacksonville 12 New England 30, Carolina 7 N.Y. Giants 35, N.Y. Jets 24 Green Bay 31, Oakland 21 Seattle 34, Chicago 6 Saturday, Aug. 23 Tampa Bay 27, Buffalo 14 Tennessee 24, Atlanta 17 Dallas at Miami, late Washington at Baltimore, late St. Louis at Cleveland, late New Orleans at Indianapolis, late Minnesota at Kansas City, late Houston at Denver, late Sunday, Aug. 24 San Diego at San Francisco, 4 p.m. Cincinnati at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Golf The Barclays Par Scores Saturday At Ridgewood Country Club Paramus, NJ Purse: $8,000,000 Yardage: 7,319; Par: 71 Third Round Jason Day 72-64-68 — 204 Jim Furyk 66-69-69 — 204 Hunter Mahan 66-71-68 — 205 Kevin Chappell 68-67-71 — 206 Morgan Hoffmann 70-70-66 — 206 Matt Kuchar 68-70-68 — 206 Kevin Na 70-66-70 — 206 Brendon Todd 66-69-71 — 206 Cameron Tringale 66-68-72 — 206 Bo Van Pelt 65-71-70 — 206 Stuart Appleby 73-66-68 — 207 Erik Compton 68-69-70 — 207 Ernie Els 68-68-71 — 207 Gonzalo Fernandez -Castano 70-69-68 — 207 William McGirt 68-71-68 — 207 Paul Casey 66-71-71 — 208 Rickie Fowler 68-73-67 — 208 Ryo Ishikawa 67-73-68 — 208 Danny Lee 67-71-70 — 208 Justin Rose 68-70-70 — 208 Chris Stroud 69-70-69 — 208 Gary Woodland 73-66-69 — 208 Angel Cabrera 71-69-69 — 209 Stewart Cink 69-72-68 — 209 Charles Howell III 66-75-68 — 209 Graeme McDowell 70-68-71 — 209 Rory McIlroy 74-65-70 — 209 Adam Scott 69-65-75 — 209 Bubba Watson 68-70-71 — 209 Steven Bowditch 68-72-70 — 210 Brendon de Jonge 66-72-72 — 210 Sergio Garcia 71-68-71 — 210 Bill Haas 70-70-70 — 210 David Hearn 69-72-69 — 210 Zach Johnson 68-70-72 — 210 Jerry Kelly 74-68-68 — 210 Russell Knox 67-69-74 — 210 Hideki Matsuyama 68-70-72 — 210 Bryce Molder 74-68-68 — 210 Seung-Yul Noh 68-72-70 — 210 Patrick Reed 71-66-73 — 210 Andres Romero 72-70-68 — 210 Charl Schwartzel 69-70-71 — 210 Keegan Bradley 68-73-70 — 211 Brian Harman 69-74-68 — 211

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Charley Hoffman Kevin Stadler Brendan Steele Kevin Streelman Boo Weekley Retief Goosen John Huh Chris Kirk Jason Kokrak Ben Martin Troy Merritt Jordan Spieth Shawn Stefani D. Summerhays Jhonattan Vegas Ricky Barnes Jason Bohn Chesson Hadley Jeff Overton John Senden Vijay Singh Henrik Stenson Russell Henley Scott Langley Lee Westwood K.J. Choi Luke Guthrie Tim Wilkinson Brian Davis Ryan Palmer Brian Stuard David Toms Phil Mickelson Martin Flores

73-69-69 — 211 74-67-70 — 211 71-71-69 — 211 75-67-69 — 211 72-68-71 — 211 69-69-74 — 212 69-69-74 — 212 71-68-73 — 212 70-71-71 — 212 66-76-70 — 212 69-71-72 — 212 70-70-72 — 212 71-70-71 — 212 68-72-72 — 212 69-74-69 — 212 68-75-70 — 213 68-71-74 — 213 74-69-70 — 213 72-71-70 — 213 68-71-74 — 213 69-73-71 — 213 72-64-77 — 213 70-71-73 — 214 70-68-76 — 214 70-73-71 — 214 68-75-72 — 215 71-72-72 — 215 72-71-72 — 215 73-66-77 — 216 69-71-76 — 216 73-70-73 — 216 69-73-74 — 216 71-72-75 — 218 73-70-76 — 219

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The Barclays Tee Times Fourth Round Today Tee No. 1 8:25 a.m. — Russell Henley, Scott Langley 8:35 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood 8:45 a.m. — John Senden, Jason Bohn 8:55 a.m. — Ricky Barnes, Vijay Singh 9:05 a.m. — Chesson Hadley, Jeff Overton 9:15 a.m. — John Huh, Retief Goosen 9:25 a.m. — Chris Kirk, Daniel Summerhays 9:35 a.m. — Troy Merritt, Jordan Spieth 9:45 a.m. — Shawn Stefani, Jason Kokrak 9:55 a.m. — Ben Martin, Jhonattan Vegas 10:05 a.m. — Boo Weekley, Kevin Stadler 10:15 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Brendan Steele 10:25 a.m. — Kevin Streelman, Charley Hoffman 10:35 a.m. — Russell Knox, Brian Harman 10:45 a.m. — Patrick Reed, Brendon de Jonge 10:55 a.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Zach Johnson 11:05 a.m. — Charl Schwartzel, Sergio Garcia 11:15 a.m. — Bill Haas, Seung-Yul Noh 11:25 a.m. — David Hearn, Steven Bowditch 11:35 a.m. — Bryce Molder, Jerry Kelly 11:45 a.m. — Andres Romero, Adam Scott 11:55 a.m. — Graeme McDowell, Bubba Watson 12:05 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Angel Cabrera 12:15 p.m. — Stewart Cink, Charles Howell III 12:25 p.m. — Paul Casey, Justin Rose 12:35 p.m. — Danny Lee, Chris Stroud 12:45 p.m. — Gary Woodland, Ryo Ishikawa 12:55 p.m. — Rickie Fowler, Ernie Els 1:05 p.m. — William McGirt, Erik Compton 1:15 p.m. — Stuart Appleby, Gonzalo

Fernandez-Castano 1:25 p.m. — Brendon Todd, Cameron Tringale 1:35 p.m. — Bo Van Pelt, Kevin Chappell 1:45 p.m. — Matt Kuchar, Kevin Na 1:55 p.m. — Hunter Mahan, Morgan Hoffmann 2:05 p.m. — Jason Day, Jim Furyk

NASCAR NationWide Series Food City 300 Friday At Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn. Lap Length: .53 miles 1. (2) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 300 laps, 114.6 rating, 0.0 points, $55,725. 2. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 300, 142.8, 0.0, $46,750. 3. (4) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 300, 120.1, 42.0, $35,925. 4. (7) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 300, 115.8, 40.0, $31,400. 5. (8) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 300, 106.2, 39.0, $30,050. 6. (11) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 300, 96.1, 38.0, $26,700. 7. (13) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 300, 100.8, 0.0, $20,135. 8. (6) Erik Jones, Toyota, 300, 88.9, 0.0, $26,395. 9. (16) James Buescher, Toyota, 300, 81.3, 35.0, $27,850. 10. (23) Chris Buescher, Ford, 300, 87.9, 34.0, $26,775. 11. (9) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 300, 94.1, 33.0, $25,275. 12. (21) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 300, 73.2, 32.0, $25,175. 13. (12) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 300, 81.6, 31.0, $25,075. 14. (19) Ryan Reed, Ford, 300, 72.0, 30.0, $25,010. 15. (10) Cale Conley, Chevrolet, 300, 81.3, 0.0, $25,615. 16. (27) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 300, 77.4, 28.0, $24,930. 17. (22) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 300, 71.5, 27.0, $18,885. 18. (28) John Wes Townley, Toyota, 298, 53.2, 0.0, $19,040. 19. (20) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 295, 51.8, 25.0, $24,805. 20. (31) Eric McClure, Toyota, 295, 51.0, 24.0, $25,465. 21. (35) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 295, 45.7, 23.0, $24,700. 22. (17) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 294, 62.5, 22.0, $24,650. 23. (18) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 290, 49.5, 21.0, $24,590. 24. (39) Hermie Sadler, Toyota, 290, 39.1, 20.0, $24,530. 25. (14) Dylan Kwasniewski, Chevrolet, Accident, 282, 79.3, 19.0, $24,970. 26. (3) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Accident, 281, 108.1, 0.0, $18,405. 27. (33) Kevin Swindell, Dodge, 281, 35.3, 17.0, $24,345. 28. (15) Dakoda Armstrong, Ford, 275, 55.4, 16.0, $24,255. 29. (5) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, Accident, 261, 92.9, 16.0, $24,215. 30. (25) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 238, 54.5, 14.0, $24,470. 31. (30) David Starr, Toyota, 220, 49.1, 13.0, $24,130. 32. (34) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, Transmission, 186, 40.2, 12.0, $24,060. 33. (36) Jake Crum, Ford, Rear Gear, 184, 41.7, 0.0, $18,035. 34. (32) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Accident, 181, 49.3, 0.0, $24,015. 35. (37) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, Vibration, 154, 29.2, 9.0, $23,988. 36. (26) Tanner Berryhill, Dodge, Accident, 110, 49.6, 8.0, $22,615. 37. (24) Chad Boat, Chevrolet, Accident, 109, 48.5, 7.0, $16,595. 38. (40) Kevin Lepage, Dodge, Transmission, 17, 30.9, 6.0, $16,556. 39. (38) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, Overheating, 16, 32.0, 5.0, $16,455. 40. (29) Jeff Green, Toyota, Vibration,

3, 30.2, 4.0, $16,430. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 82.187 mph. Time of Race: 1 hours, 56 minutes, 44 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.132 seconds. Lead Changes: 9.

Transactions

BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Activated RHP Javy Guerra from the bereavement list. Optioned LHP Eric Surkamp to Charlotte (IL). Sent CF Adam Eaton on a rehab assignment to Charlotte (IL). CLEVELAND INDIANS—Acquired C Chris Gimenez from the Texas Ranger for future considerations. Placed C Yan Gomes on the 7-day DL, retroactive to August 22. Sent RF Ryan Raburn on a rehab assignment to Columbus (IL). DETROIT TIGERS—Optioned LHP Robbie Ray and LHP Ian Krol to Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Patrick McCoy, LHP Kyle Lobstein, and RHP Buck Farmer from Toledo (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Optioned RHP Cam Bedrosian to Salt Lake (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS—Recalled RHP Yohan Pino from Rochester (IL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Sent SS Chris Owings on a rehab assignment to Reno (PCL). CHICAGO CUBS—Sent LHP Felix Doubront on a rehab assignment to Tennessee (SL). MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Sent LHP Wei-Chung Wang on a rehab assignment to Brevard County (FSL). NEW YORK METS—Activated RHP Jacob deGrom from the 15-day DL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Designated 3B Reid Brignac for assignment. Recalled 3B Freddy Galvis from Lehigh Valley (IL). SAN DIEGO PADRES—Activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 15day DL. Optioned LHP Frank Garces to San Antonio (TL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Optioned CF Michael Taylor to Syracuse (IL). Selected the contract of RF Nate Schierholtz from Syracuse (IL). Transferred LF Nate McLouth from the 15-day DL to the 60-day DL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS—Re-signed G Shelvin Mack. CHARLOTTE HORNETS—Signed G P.J. Hairston. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Acquired F Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves for F Andrew Wiggins and F Anthony Bennett. Signed F Dwight Powell. HOUSTON ROCKETS—Re-signed G Francisco Garcia to a one-year contract. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Acquired F Thaddeus Young from the Philadelphia 76ers for F Luc Mbah a Moute and G Alexey Shved. FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS—Placed WR T.J. Jones on the physically unable to perform list. Waived G Alex Bullard, T A.J. Dalton, DT Gregory Hickman, RB Steven Miller, DE Kris Redding, and WR Conner Vernon. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Waived TE Blake Annen, T Michael Bamiro, G Karim Barton, WR Kadron Boone, WR B.J. Cunningham, G Donald Hawkins, TE Emil Igwenagu, LB Jake Knott, DE Joe Kruger, S Daytawion Lowe, DE Frances Mays, DB Davon Morgan, K Carey Spear, and DE Alejandro Villanueva.

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Love officially traded to Cavs The Sports Xchange

expected to be the top contender to win the EastThe wait is finally over. ern Conference next seaThe Kevin Love trade son. Star forward LeBron to the Cleveland Cavaliers James left the Miami Heat was made Saturday, the and signed a free agent Minnesota Timberwolves deal with Cleveland. The announced. Cavaliers also have point The Timberwolves sent guard Kyrie Irving. Love, an All-Star power Cleveland signed forward, to the Cavaliers second round draft pick in exchange for guard/for- Dwight Powell as well. ward Andrew Wiggins and Powell, a forward out center Anthony Bennett of Stanford, averaged 10.8 from Cleveland. Wiggins points and 6.3 rebounds was the No. 1 pick in this in 26.2 minutes over 136 year’s draft and Bennett games (105 starts) in four was the top draft choice in years. The 6-foot-11, 2013. The Timberwolves 240-pound Canadian is a also get a trade exception two-time First Team Allbelieved to be worth at Pac 12 selection. least $4 million. “Kevin joining the U.S. team makes cuts Cavaliers represents a USA Basketball very special and unique trimmed its roster to 12 opportunity for our team,” players for the FIBA World Cavaliers general manag- Cup tournament that starts er David Griffin said in a next week in Spain. statement after the threeAmong those making way trade was formally the team were centers announced on Saturday. DeMarcus Cousins, “At only 25, Kevin has Andre Drummond and already firmly established Mason Plumlee. The cuts himself as one the NBA’s included NBA All-Star elite players and his talpoint guard Damian Lilent, versatility and fit are lard and small forwards major parts of our team’s Gordon Hayward, Kyle vision for success.” Korver and Chandler The Timberwolves also Parsons. received forward ThadThe rest of the U.S. deus Young from the roster includes guards Philadelphia 76ers. The Stephen Curry, James Sixers also confirmed the Harden, Kyrie Irving, deal. Derrick Rose and Klay Minnesota dealt Luc Thompson; guard-forward Richard Mbah a Moute, DeMar DeRozan; forAlexey Shved and a fuward-center Anthony Dature first-round draft pick vis; and forwards Kenneth to Philadelphia. Faried and Rudy Gay. The teams had to wait The USA opens the 30 days to make the trade 2014 World Cup on Aug. public after Cleveland 30 against Finland, and signed Wiggins on July then faces Turkey on 24. Draft picks who sign Aug. 31 in a rematch of cannot be traded until at the 2010 FIBA World least 30 days afterward. Championship gold medal With the addition of game, which the USA Love, the Cavaliers are won 81-64.

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Serena seeks third straight title By Larry Fine Reuters

NEW YORK — Serena Williams, who opens her quest for a third successive U.S. Open title with a meeting against fellow African American Taylor Townsend on Tuesday, said Arthur Ashe would have been proud. On Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day that drew legions of young hopefuls to the National Tennis Center on Saturday, Williams pondered the significance of her clash against the 18-year-old Townsend and the legacy of Ashe, whose name graces the center court stadium. “I think he would say it’s a great opportunity to see a veteran American player play the future of American tennis,” 32-year-old Williams said about her match against the 2012 Australian Open girls’ champion. “He was such an amazing guy. I had an opportunity to meet him. So I think he would be really proud and honored to see so many young AfricanAmerican players … doing so well and playing so hard and just being role models for the next generation.” Williams said she took a lot from the example set by

Serena Williams is aiming for a third straight U.S. Open win when the tournament starts Monday in New York. (USA Today Sports/Aaron Doster)

Ashe, a three-times major winner who claimed the U.S. title in 1968, and died in 1993 from AIDS-related pneumonia. “I believe he had a great positive spirit,” the world No. 1 said. “You know, you have to go through what he went through. He had an incredibly positive spirit and just a positive outlook on everything. “Obviously I didn’t get to know him. I was incredibly young when I met him and it was ever so brief, but his legend absolutely lives on.” The top seed said playing Townsend would be special. “It’s going to be a great

match for me. She’s such a great player,” said Williams, who won her first U.S. title on Arthur Ashe Stadium court in 1999. “I have been able to see her play a little bit. She does everything really, really well. We’re really good friends. We always talk and always text each other. It’s going to be a really tough match for me. “She’s a very aggressive player. She comes to the net. She makes her shots. You don’t really see that in tennis so much ... it’s good, refreshing and I think it’s the future of tennis.” Williams is determined to end a disappointing grand slam season on a high note.

After a fourth-round loss in the Australian Open, a second-round exit from the French Open and a thirdround ouster at Wimbledon, Williams is hungry for victory. After wobbling away from Wimbledon after an illness forced her to withdraw from a doubles match, Williams has won at Cincinnati and Stanford and reached the semifinals in Montreal in her U.S. Open run-up events. “I think those matches were good for me because I haven’t played a lot of matches this year. So technically I should be perfectly fine,” she said. “I haven’t played that much tennis this year.” Victory at Flushing Meadows would give her a sixth U.S. Open crown and lift her career haul of grand slam singles titles to 18, tying her with fellowAmericans Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. Still, echoing Ashe’s positive spirit, Williams said if she fell short there would be another opportunity. “Australian, Wimbledon and French also could have been 18,” she said. “Didn’t quite happen. “But there’s always next year and the year after, so you don’t give up.”

Djokovic looks forward to fatherhood By Larry Fine Reuters

NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic has had so-so results in the run-up to the U.S. Open, but the world No. 1 is not concerned. In fact, he is riding high as a newlywed and a soon-to-be father. The 27-year-old Serb tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart Jelena Ristic four days after winning the Wimbledon trophy last

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month and with fatherhood looming he knows his life will be forever changed. “Without a doubt, life changes. You know, priorities change,” Djokovic said Saturday ahead of

Monday’s start of the U.S. Open, the last grand slam of the season. “My priorities, my family, my wife, my future kid. You know, tennis is not definitely not number one anymore.” That is not to say the seven-time grand slam winner is taking his tennis lightly. The proud champion, who thrives on the hard court, aims to make the most of the prime years ahead of him. “I’m feeling better and

better as the days go by. Obviously I want to peak with my form in the U.S. Open,” said Djokovic, who has reached the U.S. final four years in a row, claiming the title in 2011. “I have high expectations for myself. Especially at this stage of my career where I feel like now is the time that I’m at my peak physical strength. “I want to use this time of my career as much as I can to win as many matches as possible.”

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Nature photographer Robert Hice’s “Morning Dance” won the People’s Choice Award and second place in the sunrise sunset category and is being displayed in NAGNPA’s “Images of Nature” exhibit at the Rectory in Norcross until Sept. 6. (Special Photo: Robert Hice)

‘Images of Nature’ exhibit opens at the Rectory in Norcross By Katie Morris Staff Correspondent

Nature Photographer Robert Hice waited on top of his old Dodge truck at 6 a.m. with his camera pointed in just the right spot for the perfect view of an egret nest. He had prescouted the location down to the inch and marked it with a stick. After waiting about two hours he snapped the perIF YOU GO fect shot of two • What: Images of Naegrets engaged ture exhibit in a mating • When: Through Sept. 6 dance over their • Where: The Rectory nest in front of a located at 17 College St golden sunrise. in Norcross Hice’s photo, • Events: Open House Saturday, Sept. 6 from 11 “Morning a.m. to 3 p.m. Dance,” won Info: call 678-421-2048 the People’s Choice award • What: Northeast Chapat last Friday’s ter of GNPA monthly open house at meeting the Rectory in • When: fourth WednesNorcross for day of the month at 7 the new exp.m. • Where: St. Edwards hibit “Images Episcopal Church, 737 of Nature.” The Moon Road SE in Lawexhibit is a renceville collaborative • Info: meetup.com/ effort of the Northeast-Atlanta-GNcity of Norcross PA-Chapter Cultural Arts and the Northeast Atlanta Chapter of the Georgia Nature Photographers Association. The NAGNPA is an organization dedicated to helping nature photographers of all skill levels improve their photography, meet other outdoor photographers, participate in trips and events, help others understand the value of the natural world and give focus to a special area of interest in photography. “Images of Nature” came about when the city of Norcross needed an August exhibit for the Rectory, which is a restored building from the 1900s that is the former rectory for the church that now houses Lionheart Theatre. Director of the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center, Cate Kitchen, had discussed a photo exhibit with NAGNPA member, Sue Copley, and thought it would be a great idea to hang their nature photos. “We are so lucky and excited to be working with such amazing talents,” Kitchen said. “The photos are all very good and professional-looking. We had a great response to last week’s open house — over 200 people came through that night.” Horace Hamilton, President of NAGNPA, said they made the final decision to put See NATURE, Page 2C

Nature photographer Steve White’s “Wonderworld” won first place in the sunrise/sunset category and is being displayed in GNPA’s “Images of Nature” exhibit. (Special Photo: Steve White)

Laura Kresmin’s “Butte” and Mikki Root Dillon’s “Morning Gathering Too” will also be on display. (Special Photo: Mikki Root Dillon and Laura Kresmin)

Above, nature photographer Judith Dunne’s “Moody” is being displayed in GNPA’s “Images of Nature” exhibit at the Rectory in Norcross until Sept. 6. (Special Photo: Judith Dunne) At left, nature photographer Rita Songer’s “Frog Pitcher,” top left, and “Staredown,” bottom left, will also be on display. (Special Photo: Rita Songer)

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Maxwell High culinary arts program receives $10K grant The Maxwell High School of Technology Culinary Arts program was recently awarded Industry Certification by the American Culinary Federation and the Georgia Department of Education. This certification signifies that students are learning skills that industry has identified as being essential for success in the field. Certification also indicates that the facility where learning takes place is at the level required by industry. A grant of $10,000 was awarded by the GDOE to support the implementation of industry standards. Roberts Elementary honored by GAEL Roberts Elementary’s Kids to College Program has been recognized with the Bell Award from the

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Delta Community Credit Union sponsors financial literacy program Students at schools like Collins Hill High will soon have a chance to better understand career and money choices thanks to a sponsorship from Delta Community Credit Union. It’s the second year Delta Keith Farner Community Credit Union has sponsored the program Georgia Association of that’s put on by Brass Educational Leaders. The Media. Across the metro Bell Award recognizes Atlanta area last year, the schools for innovative financial literacy program practices. The program reached about 212,000 encourages students to students in 159 schools. start thinking about college Michael Young, who while still in the early edu- teaches at Collins Hill, cation years. Through the was the 3,000th Georgia Kids to College Program, teacher to register for the students research a colprogram. Young said in a lege, fill out an application, press release that the proand create a profile with gram strengthens students’ after-college plans and a understanding of money, career path that may inter- career options and expectaest them. tions in college.

Parkview teacher honored with national Meritus Award Parkview High Latin teacher Robert Patrick was one of only five Latin teachers in the nation to be honored in 2014 with the prestigious Meritus Award by the American Classical League. Patrick was Parkview’s Teacher of the Year for 2008-09, was selected as Foreign Language Association of Georgia Teacher of the Year in 2012, and as teacher of the year for the Southern Conference on Language Teaching in 2013. The Meritus Award is among the highest honors in the Latin teaching profession and recognizes sustained and distinguished service to the Classics.

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Georgia Classical Association honors Mountain View teacher Jaime Claymore was selected 2014 Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Classical Association. A leader in Latin language education at Mountain View High, Claymore’s strong focus on proficiency-based instruction helps her ability to connect with students ensures that they develop a love for the Latin language and Roman culture, and that they consistently score at the top on statewide and national tests. Claymore has also served as the Latin program coordinator for the Georgia Governor’s Honors state-level interviews for more than seven years. She ensures that her students have opportunities to make language learning come alive through study abroad,

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together an exhibit with only four weeks to prepare — it usually takes around three months to assemble a photography exhibit. The group ended up receiving 133 submissions from nature photographers from all over metro Atlanta. The images were narrowed down by a jury of NAGNPA officers. “We officers met over pizza and coke and went through all 133 submissions and finally narrowed it down to 71 images from 33 photographers,” Hamilton said. “There were so many truly spectacular photographs.” The photographs were put into five categories — water, landscape, birds, animals and sunrise and sunset —and awards were given out at the exhibits open house. “We had one photographer, Terry Gilliam, who had never exhibited a photo before anywhere and ended up winning two awards, ” Hamilton said. “He won first and third place in the water category. It was great to see him do so well.” The NAGNPA was officially founded in spring 2013 by Don Stewart, who was tired of driving all the way out to Marietta to attend meetings. They had about 25 people at the first meeting and attendance has steadily grown to an average of 45 people. “Every meeting is primarily designed

Nature photographer Horace Hamilton’s “Secluded Cherola Stream” is being displayed in GNPA’s “Images of Nature” exhibit at the Rectory in Norcross until Sept. 6. (Special Photo: Horace Hamilton)

to be educational in some way,” Hamilton said. “We have lectures from professional photographers, competitions and digital photography is the new thing, so we’ve had classes about software and tools. At our next meeting Aug. 27, members will be critiquing each others’ photographs.”

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Why employees just don’t care, and what the boss can do about it I frequently hear leaders complain that their employees just don’t care anymore. Lack of employee engagement has reached epidemic proportions. A May 2014 New York Times feature titled “Why you hate your job” was the single most emailed article for an entire week. The article revealed that in a 2013 Harvard study of over 12,000 white-collar workers fully half did not feel any sense of connection to the company’s mission or any level of meaning and significance in their jobs. The latest Gallup research shows that only 30 percent of American employees feel engaged, that

problem: it’s a leadership problem. Again and again I hear leaders, particularly CEO’s, lead with narrative about earnings and stock price. This type of message ignores three fundamental truths about human motivation: 1. People want purpose Lisa McLeod and meaning in their work. 2. Emotion drives bemeans 70 percent of people havior. are not engaged. 3. The words of the I’d like to suggest that leader matter. the reason so many people A narrative of profit, “just don’t care anymore” earnings and bonuses that is because their leaders is supposed to improve haven’t given them anyemployee performance has thing meaningful to care the opposite effect. It strips about. the joy and meaning from This is not an employee work in ways that have a

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On Aug. 27, the Gwinnett County Extension Service will be hosting a free fall vegetable gardening class from noon to 1 p.m. This class will provide information about various types of vegetables that can be grown in the fall and will show how to build a garden for them.

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Local officer completes course in traffic law Officer Brent Moss of the Lawrenceville Police Department completed an advanced traffic law course conducted by the Georgia Police Academy Division of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth. This course is required by the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council for advanced certification. Emphasis in the course is placed on Georgia statutes that govern the operation of motor vehicles and case law pertaining to specific offenses. Some topics covered are driver’s and vehicle licensing requirements, statewide vehicle safety, factors contributing to accidents and serious offenses. Funding has been provided by the State of Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. Gwinnett Gab appears in the Thursday and Sunday editions of the Gwinnett Daily Post. To submit an item to Gwinnett Gab, email gab@gwinnettdailypost.com.

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AUBURN Farmers’ market continues Wednesday The Whistlestop Farmers Market will be open on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 2-6 p.m. The market, which runs through September, features fresh produce and homemade products. The market is held in the Burel Park Pavilion, located in downtown Auburn. BARROW COUNTY Winder customer center undergoing renovations The city of Winder’s customer center is temporarily closed for renovations. Limited details were available and officials said further announcements will be made about the center’s re-opening. Until it is reopened, residents can make payments in several different ways: online at cityofwinder.com; over the phone by calling 770-867-3106; at the drop box in the customer center parking lot, located at 45 E. Athens St.; at the city of Winder annex, located at 23 N. Jackson St.; and at the city of Winder Police Department, located at 25 E. Midland Ave. “We apologize for the inconvenience and will strive to have the Customer Center open as soon as possible,” officials said. BERKELEY LAKE Berkeley Lake Elementary PTA schedules Spirit Night Spirit Night to support the school’s Parent Teacher Association is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Zaxby’s on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard. A portion of the proceeds go to BLES PTA and the school. The PTA also will have a room representative meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 9. The PTA encourages parents to get involved and volunteer with the organization. For more information, visit blespta. org. BRASELTON Braselton Gallery to celebrate arrival of fall On Saturday, Sept. 20, the Braselton Gallery will celebrate the arrival of fall with artists “bringing in autumn creations — seasonal pottery, scarves and wraps, new jewelry and paintings.” The special event will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the 20th purchase of the day will be rewarded with a gift basket filled with “fall treats.” The Braselton Gallery is located at 36 Frances St. in Brasleton. For more information, visit braseltongallery.com. BUFORD ‘Night Treks’ coming to environmental center The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center will host its first installment of Night Treks at the GEHC Forest in the Fall on Saturday, Sept. 6. “Come explore the colorful evening trails with us as we discover how the plants and animals in the GEHC forest are adapting to prepare for the upcoming seasonal changes,” a listing on the center’s website said. “Hikes are perfect for families.” The hike will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Program fees are $6 for a child, $8 for an adult or $20 for a family. For more information, visit gwinnettehc.org. The Gwinnett Environmental Heritage Center is located at 2020 Clean Water Drive

returning to the restaurant will also find a few new additions: a turkey burger, a frozen Coke machine and a drink machine with more than 100 drink options. “We are very excited to open with a fresh new look and the relaxing interior,” said Alisha Wisham, the restaurant’s general manager.

The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center will hold a Civil War living history event at the historic Yellow River Post Office at Hudson-Nash Farm in Lilburn on Aug. 30. (Special Photo)

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war. There will be a laundress demonstrating how clothes were cleaned, mock drills and rifle This year marks the 150th An- practice, the chance to meet a niversary of Gen. William SherCivil War soldier and lessons man’s march through Atlanta. about the contributions of local And even though none of the residents Thomas P. Hudson and major war battles were fought in Eli P. Landers. Gwinnett, the people of the comVisitors can tour the historic munity were still significantly post office and general store to affected by the Civil War. learn how the locations were In recognition of this milestone critical to providing supplies to anniversary, the Gwinnett Envithe local population during the ronmental and Heritage Center war. There will also be an interwill be holding a Civil War living pretation of the slave cabin that is history event at the historic Yellocated on the site to help people low River Post Office at Hudson explore the cultural contributions Nash Farm in Lilburn on Saturof African-Americans during this day, Aug. 30. time in history. Guest speakers Attendees will be able to step from the United Ebony Society back in time and experience of Gwinnett will help tell about what life was like during the local African-Americans as well

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cialty dishes, along with a special local guest, chef Jessica Ray.

as share artifacts and photos that bring their stories to life. The program will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30. Fees for the event are $5 for ages 13 and up and $3 for ages three to 12. Children two and under and EHC members are free. Guest can pay at the gate the day of the event but are encouraged to register online at gwinnettEHC.org. Event parking is not available at the Yellow River Post Office. Guests should park at Marantha Baptist Church, 3340 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lilburn, where a shuttle will be available to take them to the post office. For more information about this event, visit www.gwinnettEHC.org.

to debut a new festival celebrating cultural diversity. The inaugural Small DACULA Town, Big World: Lilburn GRAYSON Health care marketplace International Festival takes navigator to visit library Library to host place Saturday, Sept. 13, Certified health care preschool storytime from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in marketplace navigator The Grayson branch Lilburn City Park. Lauren Callahan from of the Gwinnett County Free entertainment, Mental Health America Public Library will host two music, exhibits, and of Georgia will visit the preschool storytime sesdemonstrations will be Hamilton Mill Library on sions this week. The first offered Lilburn Community Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 10 session will be held on Partnership, SafetySmart a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, and the Lilburn and the city of Visitors will be able to second will take place on Lilburn. get help with health care Friday, Aug. 29. Both sesSamples of cuisine will marketplace questions sions begin at 11:30 a.m. be available for purchase. and obtain other useful Library storytime is LOGANVILLE information. designed to promote early The Hamilton Mill library literacy skills to help chilCampaign kickoff rally is located at 3690 Brasel- dren prepare to read. The set for Tuesday ton Highway in Dacula. State Rep. Tom Kirby sessions, geared toward children ages 3-5 and their (R-Loganville) is hosting a general election camaccompanying adults, inDULUTH volve reading stories, play- paign kickoff rally at 5 p.m. Busy event schedule on Tuesday at American ing games and singing. continues this week Legion Post 233. Gov. The Grayson Library is Summer event staples Nathan Deal is expected located at 700 Grayson continue this week as the Parkway in Grayson. to attend along with 10th Parsons Alley Farmers Congressional District LAWRENCEVILLE Market resumes at 4 p.m. nominee Jody Hice and on Thursday as locally Fall vegetable gardening State School Superintengrown produce and tips dent candidate Richard class set for Aug. 27 about gardening and farmWoods, all Republicans. Learn how to start a ing planning are available. fall vegetable garden and Kirby recently anThe Thirsty Thursday and discover the various types nounced that his camFood Truck Friday events paign team would include of vegetables you can are also scheduled. Check grow in it during an Aug. James Cooper and Brennan Mancil. Cooper duluthga.net/events for 27 class at the Gwinnett will serve as campaign this week’s specials, County Extension Office, while The Blast Band will located at 750 South Perry manager, while Mancil will be political director. perform on Friday. The St., Suite 400 in LawInternational Food Festival renceville. NORCROSS is scheduled for 11 a.m. to The class is free, but 6 p.m. on Saturday at the pre-registration is required Residents paint positive picture for ministry Duluth Festival Center and by Aug. 25. To register Thanks to residents, Amphitheatre. contact, call Timothy Daly a new mural is now on The festival will feature at 678-377-4010 or email display at the Norcross vendors that specialize in timothy.daly@gwinCooperative Ministry’s Taiwanese cuisine along nettcounty.com. new youth activity center. with many local Duluth LILBURN Norcross resident Deb restaurants. In addition, two famous chefs from City debuts international Wilson Harris and Donna Galucki, the faith comTaiwan will be present to festival demonstrate a few speThe city of Lilburn is set munity nurse at the co-op,

enlisted volunteers of all ages and encouraged them to paint and splash color on the 12-foot-byfive-foot canvas. The project began in mid-July and was recently completed. The result was a whimsical mural that is adding a fun charm to the center. “They were excited about the opportunity to give back by creating a cheerful and colorful environment inside activity center,” Harris said. “When I heard these kids say ‘Wow! I didn’t know I could paint,’ I just felt so excited for them.” To learn more about the ministry, visit Norcross co-op Ministry at 2275 Mitchell Road, or call 770263-8268.

SNELLVILLE Citizens police academy starts next week The 18th session of Snellville’s citizens police academy is set to begin Sept. 4. Classes for the 12-week course will be held on Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. through Nov. 20. During the free course, residents will learn about law enforcement practices and engage in practical exercises. Topics include domestic violence, drug awareness, traffic stops, firearms training and crime-scene processing. The program is open to all local residents, age 18 and older, whether they are technically residents of the city or not. Applications can be downloaded at www.snellville.org or picked up in person at the police department. Applicants will go through a background investigation prior to acceptance. Completed applications can be mailed to Lt. Robert Pendleton at the police department, located at 2315 Wisteria Drive, or dropped off there. For further information, contact Pendleton at 770985-3555, or at rpendleton@snellville.org. SUGAR HILL Still time to plant at community garden It’s not too late to join the city of Sugar Hill community garden, located at Gary Pirkle Park. According to the city, there are still plots available and time to plant this year. Plot sizes vary and start as low as $25. “Some of the improvement underway include deer fencing for the surrounding perimeter of gardens and new, raised beds,” the city newsletter said. For more information, call 770-831-7413. Gary Pirkle Park is located at 6195 Austin Garner Road.

SUWANEE Disc golf course opens at Suwanee Creek Park Suwanee’s new disc golf course at Suwanee Creek Park is open on a first-come basis to area residents. The first hole is located near the Buckeye Pavilion, but golfers may start play from any of the course’s 18 holes. “A disc golf course was one of the suggestions that citizens put forward through the park enhancements survey we did in 2010,” AssisPEACHTREE CORNERS tant to the City Manager City leaders pleased Jessica Roth said in a press release. “It fits with with Burger King the passive nature of renovations Suwanee Creek Park yet Peachtree Corners officials are excited Tuesday offers another reason for folks to come use the by a local Burger King’s park.” recent renovations. The course opened on The restaurant, located May 3 with a tournament at 5325 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, underwent organized by the Gwinnett Disc Golf Organizaa five-week project to tion. About 80 people make over the inside and outside. The work included played in the tournament. Designed by John David, major upgrades to the a member of the Profeskitchen, dining room and sional Disc Golf Assoseating areas. ciation’s Hall of Fame, “They’ve done a really nice job with the remodel,” Suwanee’s moderatelevel course begins and said Mayor Mike Mason. ends near the Buckeye “I’m sure the Burger King Pavilion at the top of the customers will appreciate the work that went into the Suwanee Creek Greenway trailhead and merenovations.” The location, along with anders largely along the 45 other locations in metro soft surface trail. No fee or registration is required Atlanta, is under new to use the course. ownership. Customers

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Is it hoarding if you never clean out your fridge? A friend, an only child, was talking about cleaning out her parents’ house after the death of her father. “My parents,” she said, “were both children of the Depression so they saved everything. It is a big job.” She paused. “I finally found the key to the extra room that Daddy built on to the house. I opened it and it was filled with Mason jars.” I laughed. I understand. I was raised by folks like that. Mama never threw out anything. When she died, we found eight broken irons in the closets. A couple of ’em were so heavy they could barely be lifted. Apparently, she thought that one day someone might fix them or, by the grace of God, they would begin work-

Ronda Rich ing again. Even as I hauled them off to the trash, knowing it was the prudent thing to do, it bothered me. I have enough of Mama in me to believe that, by the grace of God, an iron broken for 40 years can work again. Now, of course, it probably isn’t going to happen. But it could. Yes, it could. As for Mason jars, I save them, too. But since I don’t put up vegetables

from the garden, they just gather dust. I’ve tried to give them away but those who garden say, “Oh, no, honey. Thank you but I have my own jars.” Finally, I tossed some away. I’ve done easier things. It pained me, so I kept some of them. I’m the same way about food. I’ll eat leftovers from the same meal for a week. Doesn’t bother me. As long as it’s in the refrigerator, it’s fine. In fact, I love leftovers. One night, at a restaurant, I was packing up the remnants of my meal. “I’ll have a box for his, too, please,” I motioned across the table to Tink. He shook his head. “I don’t want it.” “Well, I do.” He started laughing. “Is there anything else

you want?” I cut my eyes sideward to the table next to us. “Do you think they’d let me have their leftovers if they don’t want them?” It was good for a great laugh. Problem is that it started to sound like a fine idea. My husband, though, is more particular. He cleans out the refrigerator. I toss nothing out until it completely withers and all hope is gone. I heard him in the kitchen one day. The fridge door stayed open for a bit. Then I heard the cabinet door open and the garbage can being pulled out. My ears perked up. My heart thumped. It sounded like food, probably good food, was being thrown out. I restrained myself until he

left the kitchen. Then, I marched in and checked the trash can. He had thrown out a perfectly good container of hummus — never opened — into the trash. I pulled it out and put it back in the fridge. Later, I was in the kitchen when he discovered the redeposited container in the crisper drawer. “I threw out that hummus,” he said, lifting an eyebrow. “It’s old.” “It’s three weeks old, never opened, and it’s still good. It’s made from chickpeas. It does not spoil quickly.” “Well, I’m not eating it.” “Good. Then, it’ll be all mine.” I smiled. He tossed his hands in the air. “I give up.” “That’s fine,” I replied.

“Give up, just don’t throw out.” Honestly, I have a problem discarding things that I might could use again. I’m not a hoarder. Until we married and Tink moved in, I had several empty drawers and a couple of near empty closets. I’m pragmatic but more than that, I’m cautious. See, I understand building on a room just to store empty Mason jars. You never know when good times might turn bad and I might need to store some leftovers. Just to make them last longer. Ronda Rich is the bestselling author of “There’s A Better Day A-Comin’.” Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her free weekly newsletter.

Cheers for the electronic age Watching some cheerleaders the other day brought back some mixed memories for me. One, of all the fun I had being a cheerleader and another from my 35th class reunion. I went by myself that year. When I got there I noticed a guy sitting alone and asked him, “Are you someone’s spouse or one of us?” He said he was one of us and introduced himself as Bob something. Since neither of us recognized the other, in hopes of making some connection I said, “I was a cheerleader. The second one from the left.” “I never went to football games, “ he said. “Oh, but what about the pep rallies?” I went on. “I never went to them either. Who wants to waste time watching a bunch of girls flit around? I was in school to learn. I went to study hall so I could get some homework done.” OK. The next day when we cheerleaders got together for our own private reunion, I let them know about this guy. They couldn’t believe it. “A teenage guy would rather do homework than watch cheerleaders?” “I didn’t know study hall was an option!” “Flit? We didn’t flit!” When my husband and sons picked me up at the airport, I told them about Bob. “My kind of man,” my husband said, “I never liked pep rallies, either.” And he lettered in football? Then one of my sons piped in. “Mom, I know you loved cheerleading and I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but I envy that guy. Watching cheerleaders flit around did nothing for me, either. If I’d had

Susan Larson the choice, I’d have gone to study hall, too.” Wow! What an eye opener! Not only did I learn about this Bob character and his different view on what’s important in life, but I also learned something I might never have known about these men I lived with. My 50th reunion is coming up next year. I know it’s a significant occasion, but I’m not sure about whether I’ll go this time. The 38hour round trip is a pain and the price of gasoline has nearly tripled since the last time I drove back home. As for flying, airfare has skyrocketed since then and airport security hassle is hardly a cheerful experience. Besides, the dozen or so classmates I really care about, I stay in touch with pretty regularly via social media and email. In fact, most of them read my column online. I’ve seen pictures of their grandchildren. They’ll soon see pictures of mine. Hey, this is the electronic age. And I think I just might be in flow with the current. Yes, I realize, out of those 688 classmates, there could be one who’s always wanted to meet the second cheerleader from the left. But then, they can just find me on Facebook. Susan Larson is a writer from Lilburn. Email her at susanlarson79@gmail.com.

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Each week the Gwinnett Daily Post will feature an animal available for adoption at the Georgia SPCA, which is located at 1175 Buford Highway, Suite 109, Suwanee, GA 30024. The hours of operation are Mondays through Fridays 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., and Sundays 1 until 4 p.m. You can see the rest of the adoptable cats and dogs at www.georgiaspca.org. The pet this week is Valjean. He is a 3-month-old domestic, medium-hair tabby. This little guy is a terrific kitten, very playful and friendly. Meet him at the shelter. Our adoption fee for kittens 6 months and under is $125. Our adoption fee for kittens over 6 months and cats is $100.

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Families with elders should choose the right caregiver I became interested in elder care when my grandmother died while I was still in college. Even though she suffered from dementia, Grandma and I were very close. We used to joke that she couldn’t remember the names of her seven children, but she always remembered mine. As she approached the end of her life, Grandma had two unspoken rules: Elders don’t go to nursing homes unless there’s no other choice, and no one, but NO ONE, should die alone. As I watched the tender way the elder

Alise Hickman with Rob Jenkins caregivers treated my grandma, I began to think that wouldn’t be a bad way to spend my life. I’ve been in the profession now for many years, and I’ve learned a few things that I want to share with the families of elders. When the time comes, you will have options. Some organizations provide only medical care, while others offer more personal care,

with medical care as necessary. “Personal care” means things like housekeeping, shopping, transportation and simple companionship. It might also include bathing, dressing, feeding and so forth, to the extent those things are needed — which, toward the end, they usually are. A lot of people think “personal care” is a form of baby-sitting. It isn’t. Good caregivers learn to “read” the elders under their care, to know what they need even if they aren’t able to express it.

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Good caregivers are able to provide the needed care while still allowing elders to maintain their dignity. Just because they’re elderly, or suffer from dementia, doesn’t mean they’re not people. They need their dignity every bit as much as they need their diapers changed. Good caregivers offer something else elders crave: respect. They understand elders are from another era. Sometimes, their stories seem unbelievable — and they love to tell stories, because for them it’s a way of reliving happy memories. Good caregivers listen, hear and remember.

The City of Buford Board of Commissioners has tentatively adopted a millage rate which will require an increase in property taxes of 2.80 percent.

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to the mall, he’ll push himself for her. Good caregivers know their clients and stand up for them. Far from being one of the worst things that can happen to your elderly loved one, having the right caregiver at the end of life can be one of the very best things. Because no one, but NO ONE, should spend their last days alone. Alise Hickman is an Elder Care professional with more than a decade of experience. Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and the author of “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility.” Email Rob at rjenkinsgdp@ yahoo.com.

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This tentative increase will result in a millage rate of 12.950 mills, an increase of .35 mills. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rate will be no more than 12.600 mills. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $148,000 is approximately $13.02 and the proposed tax increase for non-homestead property with a fair market value of $1,187,000 is approximately $166.18.

They also take part in the conversation, asking questions and seeking the elder’s opinions. They understand there was a time when that seemingly frail person was tall and strong, when people looked up to him, when she was the one taking care of others. Age may dull memories, but it doesn’t dull those instincts. Elders still want to be important. To good caregivers, they are. Finally, good caregivers are protectors. Many times, elders won’t argue with their adult children. If a son says mom doesn’t need pain meds, mom will agree. If a daughter says dad is perfectly fine to go

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