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WORLD

Vladimir Putin says Trump was impeached for ‘made-up reasons’ Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his annual news conference Thursday that President Donald Trump’s impeachment was based on “made-up reasons,” and expressed doubts that Trump will be removed from power.

The House of Representatives voted almost exactly along party lines Wednesday to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Trump was the third president in U.S. history to be impeached, and he now faces a trial in the Senate.

“Regarding the continuation of our dialogue till the end of Trump’s presidency, you make it sound as if it’s already coming to an end,” Putin said answering a question about whether Russia has a strategy for continuing the dialogue with the U.S. until the end of Trump’s presidency.

“I actually really doubt that it is ending, it still has to go through Senate where as far as I know the Republicans hold the majority so it’s unlikely they will want to remove the representative of their party for some made-up reasons.”

Canadian researcher built microscopic ‘gingerbread’ house Travis Casagrande’s gingerbread house is outfitted with a wreath, a snow-capped roof and, of course, a Christmas tree. But you probably couldn’t see all that without a microscope.

That’s because Casagrande, a research associate at McMaster University in Ontario, built a gingerbread house he said is just one-tenth of a hair long — and 20,000 times smaller than the average store-bought cookie home.

It’s a festive, if minuscule, display of ingenuity. Casagrande told CNN he hopes it sparks “scientific curiosity” in people who’d never thought about electron microscopy before.

Casagrande used an ion beam microscope to blast four walls and a roof out of silicon.

He even delicately etched in a door, windows and the logos for the university and its Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, where he constructed the wee model.

Widespread protests across India despite public gatherings ban Protests went ahead across at least 15 cities across India Thursday despite strict bans on public gatherings in several areas, raising the possibility of further violence and arrests.

Public anger over a controversial new citizenship law considered by many to be discriminatory against Muslims continues to build across the country, with marches and rallies taking place across major cities such as the capital New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai.

On Thursday, telecoms company Vodafone India tweeted that its services had been suspended in several parts of New Delhi “as per the directive received from the government.” It comes amid reports in multiple local media outlets that the government ordered the suspension of mobile and data services in parts of the capital as protests got underway.

— From wire reports

Supreme Court dodges Obamacare showdown, but legal fight rolls on

By Joan Biskupic CNN Legal Analyst

After a long-awaited ruling from a US appeals court on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, this much is clear: the wait will only be longer, and uncertainty over the future of the law that provided new coverage for millions of Americans will only linger.

The New Orleans-based court ruled unconstitutional the individual insurance mandate — which the federal government was no longer enforcing — yet refused to resolve the most pressing issue: does that mean the rest of the law is also unconstitutional?

By a 2-1 vote, the appeals panel returned the case to a U.S. district court judge for the start of another round of rulings.

It will now likely be months, perhaps even years, before the U.S. Supreme Court could ultimately resolve the merits of a challenge to the sweeping law known as Obamacare, which guaranteed coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes and cancer, expanded Medicaid, and allowed children to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans until they turn 26.

For Chief Justice John Roberts and his eight colleagues, Wednesday’s decision all but guarantees they will not face

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After a long-awaited ruling from a U.S. appeals court on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, this much is clear: the wait will only be longer, and uncertainty over the future of the law that provided new coverage for millions of Americans will only linger. yet another contentious dilemma in the upcoming election year. The Supreme Court already has on its calendar disputes over abortion, immigration, gun control and LGBTQ rights. Last week, they added three cases involving President Donald Trump’s effort to block investigators’ subpoenas issued to his longstanding accountants and banks.

And Roberts will also be spending part of January at the U.S. Capitol, overseeing the Senate’s impeachment trial of Trump.

It was during an election year, 2012, that the Supreme Court first took up the constitutionality of the law President Barack Obama signed in 2010. That decision saving Obamacare came on a 5-4 vote but only after Roberts switched his vote in dramatic negotiations with the court’s liberals behind the scenes and upheld the law as a tax.

He joined the four liberal justices, over protests of his conservative brethren, to uphold the individual insurance mandate. The scars of that internal fight, and some pub-

NATION

Pelosi downplays extended standoff with McConnell over articles Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats are playing down the prospect of an extended standoff with the Senate over articles of impeachment approved Wednesday, signaling that it’s only a matter of time before the House transmits them to the Senate.

But the House appears likely to close up shop for the year without voting on a resolution naming impeachment managers before lawmakers head home.

That means transmitting the articles to the Senate could wait until the week of Jan. 6, when the House reconvenes.

Pelosi has said that the resolution to name impeachment managers needs to be approved before the articles could be transmitted. And she’s said that she needs to understand what the Senate trial will look like before naming the House managers who will prosecute the case before the senators.

Pelosi said Thursday that she wanted to see how the Senate planned to set up the trial before sending articles because the makeup of the trial could dictate the managers she appoints.

“The next thing for us will be when we see the process that is set forth in the Senate, then we’ll know the number of managers that we may have to go forward and who we will choose. That’s what I said last night, that’s what I’m saying now,” Pelosi said.

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Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats are playing down the prospect of an extended standoff with the Senate over articles of impeachment, signaling that it’s only a matter of time before the House transmits the articles to the Senate. wide-ranging piece of legislation meant to deter and punish Russian aggression and its interference in the 2016 election.

In a 22-page letter to Congress dated Tuesday, a senior State Department official outlined a series of concerns about the bill, calling it “unnecessary” and in need of “significant changes.”

“The Administration shares the goal of deterring and countering Russian subversion and aggression,” Bureau of Legislative Affairs Assistant Secretary Mary Elizabeth Taylor wrote in the letter, which was obtained by CNN. However, she said the administration “strongly opposes” the bill in its current form.

a bipartisan show of support, winning over even the most ardent trade skeptics like Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, who was involved in negotiations with the White House and formally endorsed it on Thursday morning. If passed, Trump’s trade deal would move one step closer to ratification after more than a year of negotiations between his administration and House Democrats.

The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to vote on the agreement in early 2020, only after Trump’s impeachment trial concludes.

The deal for the most part keeps NAFTA intact. It now addresses digital trade, imposes stricter labor and environmental enforcement House Democrats set to provisions, and also nudgopen the Canadian dairy pass Trump’s trade deal es market to US farmers. It with Canada, Mexico also requires more of a car’s parts to be made in North The House of Represen- America in order to remain tatives will vote on Presi- free from tariffs. dent Donald Trump’s revised North American Free Trade Senate approves first of Agreement on Thursday, members expected to 2 measures in spending Trump administration with advance Trump’s foremost deal to avert shutdown opposes bill meant to legislative priority — just a day after the divided chamThe Senate on Thursday deter Russia ber took the historic vote to approved the first of two legislative packages that toThe Trump administra- impeach him. tion is pushing back on a It is likely to pass with gether make up a nearly $1.4

PEOPLE

Young boy’s letter to Santa leads postal worker to family in need Melissa Stinsman makes sure all the letters with children’s Christmas lists get from the Bloomsburg post office to the big man up north. But she recently noticed one list included gifts that couldn’t be found in Santa’s workshop.

“He said, I’m going to star the most important things, and food and clothes for the family were the ones he starred,” Stinsman of the Bloomsburg Post Office said.

Stinsman decided to step in for Santa this time and help.

But the boy didn’t leave a return address, so she didn’t know how to find him. Luckily, she works at the right place. The boy’s house is on her co-worker’s daily route.

So, she went and knocked on the door. The boy’s mother answered.

“She came out and I told her, ‘This is going to sound really strange, but I work at the post office and I would like to help your family this year.’

And we just stood and cried in the rain,” Stinsman said.

Once word began to spread around the post office, everybody wanted to pitch in.

Soon, Melissa had enough donations to give this little boy more than what he asked for.

lic criticism from conservatives, have not fully healed.

But now, new pressure on the Supreme Court to resolve the new controversy may extend beyond the 2020 presidential election. That would likely be a relief to a chief justice who has tried to shield the court from the polarization of today’s Washington.

In public appearances, he has Exonerated former increasingly declared that the justices do not engage in poli- death row inmate just tics and should be regarded graduated college as neutral decision-makers, unbound from the presidents Over the weekend, Ryan who appointed them.

Matthews — a loving dad, husband and a “gentle giant,” as his family describes trillion spending deal to keep him — graduated college. the government funded and Fifteen years ago, such a avert a shutdown at the end joyous occasion seemed unof the week. The vote was likely. Matthews was a death 71-23. row inmate in Louisiana.

A vote was expected late After he was exonerated Thursday on the second and released, he set out to measure that makes up the rebuild a life after death row. spending deal. Once both “He used it as the fuel for have passed, the deal will him to accomplish each of head to President Donald his accomplishments,” his Trump for his expected sig- wife, Candacee Matthews nature. Government funding says. “He’s never been anis set to expire at midnight gry, he’s never been bitter.” on Friday.

Matthews graduated Saturday from Texas Woman’s Farmers skeptical of University with a bachelor’s degree in applied arts and Trump’s $50 billion sciences.

China promise He’s still thinking about what he wants to do next — President Donald Trump maybe financial planning, says the Chinese will buy accounting or some kind of $50 billion worth of farm environmental work. products as part of a phase “It’s all something new for one deal struck last week, me,” he says. “But I welcome but that would mean Chithe challenge. I love it.” na would have to double the amount it bought from U.S. farmers before the trade 4-year-old hailed a hero after calling 911 when war started.

“Those numbers are alher mom collapsed most unfathomable,” said Mary Kay Thatcher, a fifthA four-year-old is being generation Iowa farmer who hailed a hero after calling 911 advocated for the American and saving her mother’s life.

Farm Bureau for more than Isla Glaser was at her home 30 years and is now a senior in Franklin Township, New lead of government relations Jersey with her mom, Haley at the agriculture company Glaser, and three younger Syngenta. siblings, when Haley had a “I’m not really sure we medical episode and collapsed. can actually produce that Isla found her mother’s cell much product to send. But phone and calmly called 911.

I’m sure the agriculture in“My mommy falled down, dustry would be more than and she can’t talk,” Isla said to happy to try,” Thatcher added. the 911 dispatcher on Dec. 6.

Trump is touting the China Once inside, the responders deal — the text of which has rushed unconscious Haley to not yet been made public — as the hospital where she spent a big win for farmers, claim- several days with a bacterial ing last week they’ll “have to infection. On Wednesday, go out and buy much larger the Franklin Township Police tractors.” They are a politi- Department honored her as a cally important group for the hero for her fast thinking in a President, and they’ve been scary situation. She received hit hard by the trade war, a badge as an honorary poprompting Trump to give lice officer and a certificate.

“She truly saved my life,” them billions of dollars in aid over the past two years. Haley said.

— From wire reports — From wire reports

‘Cosmic candy cane’ at center of Milky Way could hold clues to star formation, NASA says

By Jessie Yeung CNN

A new image of the Milky Way shared by NASA scientists Thursday has revealed a festive-themed feature — a “cosmic candy cane” that holds the raw materials for tens of millions of stars.

The composite image shows our galaxy’s central zone, which has the largest and densest collection of giant

MUST READ molecular clouds in the galaxy. These clouds are huge and cool in temperature, with enough dense gas and dust to create tens of millions of stars like the sun, according to NASA. At the center of the image is the easily discernible candy cane shaped feature. It spans 190 light-years and is one of a set of long, thin strands of

ionized gas called filaments that emit radio waves, NASA said in a news release.

Flares of red, yellow and turquoise, arcs of blue and green, and faint spots of light appear in the image, which was captured by NASA’s Goddard-IRAM Superconducting 2-Millimeter Observer (GISMO) camera, along with a 30-meter radio telescope.

“We’re very intrigued by the beauty of this image;

it’s exotic,” said Johannes Staguhn of Johns Hopkins University, who led a paper describing the image, published in the Astrophysical Journal. “When you look at it, you feel like you’re looking at some really special forces of nature in the universe.”

Our solar system is a small part of the Milky Way galaxy, a collection of stars, gas and dust bound together by gravity and named for its appear-

ance from Earth as a milky band of light in the sky, according to NASA. “There’s a good chance that a significant part of star formation that occurred during the universe’s infancy is obscured and can’t be detected by tools we’ve been using, and GISMO will be able to help detect what was previously unobservable,” said Staguhn in a press release.

The colorful image also

identified several key features — like landmarks on a terrestrial map. There’s one feature called the Sickle, which is associated with star formation. There’s Sagittarius A, an extremely bright redyellow region about 27,000 light years away from us.

And there’s the Radio Arc, a bright red curve that cuts through the Sickle, and forms the “straight part of the cosmic candy cane.”

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WEATHER WATCH

Battery of screening tests didn’t predict stroke

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EAR DR. ROACH: My stepfather had a series of screening tests done by a commercial company, including tests on his carotid arteries, abdominal aorta, peripheral arteries and heart rhythm.

Roach He received a good report.

However, two or three weeks after the screening, he suffered a stroke. My confidence in the screening program was shaken!

How accurate are these tests?

— R.M. ANSWER: I am sorry about your stepfather, and hope he recovers fully.

Even if the tests were performed with the best techniques available, screening tests are unable to identify all risks, especially for stroke. Many strokes come from plaque in the major arteries, especially the carotid arteries, which provide the blood supply to the brain, and are part of the screening.

The plaque can also be in the arch of the aorta, which is the blood vessel that supplies all the blood to the body. The arch is the first part of this major blood vessel, and the carotid arteries come off the aorta in the arch.

The arch is not normally visualized in screening tests.

However, strokes can come from diseased blood vessels inside the brain, which are also difficult to see. Heart rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation, which can come and go and might not be picked up on during the screening, can also lead to stroke, as can blood clots elsewhere in the body that go through a septal defect (“hole”) in the heart and from there to the brain.

Screening tests can miss several potential sources of stroke.

This can lead to an inappropriate sense of security, which could keep a person from seeking medical attention quickly in the event of symptoms. Even for areas that the screening test can see, such as the carotid arteries, it is possible to have a false negative test — disease is present but isn’t registered by the test.

The other problem with screening tests, especially in those done in people with low risks, is that the test can say there is a problem when there isn’t. This is called a false positive test, and can lead to unnecessary follow-up testing and a great deal of worry.

After a stroke, doctors try hard to identify the underlying cause, so it can be treated if possible. Your stepfather should have undergone a thorough evaluation. If a cause is identified, it would be appropriate to see whether the screening test was wrong or if the stroke was from a cause that was not looked for in the battery of screening tests he got.

There are some people who have strokes for which no cause can be identified. People in this category should still pay careful attention to stroke risk factors, including blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking cessation, if appropriate. Many people will be put on medication, such as aspirin or a statin.

Heavy drinkers should cut down their alcohol use. Although often overlooked, regular moderate exercise and a healthy diet, such as a Mediterranean diet, have been shown to reduce risk of stroke and heart attack, which is particularly important in a person who has already had one.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Are there any trace amounts of mercury in flu shots?

— D.K. ANSWER: There is no metallic mercury in flu shots. A preservative called thiomersal is used in some flu shots (those in multidose vials), and this contains a small amount of organic mercury called ethyl mercury. The body is able to excrete ethyl mercury within weeks.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: in 1803, the territory covered by the louisiana purchase was formally transferred to the United states from France. in 1860, south carolina seceded from the United states. in 1941, with his army under pressure on the russian front, adolf Hitler ordered “no retreat.” in 1946, the christmas film “it’s a wonderful life” was released in new york city. in 1989, the United states invaded panama to overthrow dictator manuel noriega in operation Just cause.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Harvey s. Firestone (1868-1938), business magnate; branch rickey (1881-1965), baseball executive; irene dunne (18981990), actress; Uri geller (1946- ),

illusionist; dick wolf (1946- ), tV producer; alan parsons (1948- ), musician; billy bragg (1957- ), singersongwriter; rich gannon (1965- ), football player; david wright (1982- ), baseball player; Jonah Hill (1983- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: adolf Hitler was released from landsberg prison in the german state of bavaria on this day in 1924 after 264 days of incarceration for treason.

TODAY’S SPORTS: in 1946, boxer sugar ray robinson won the welterweight crown by a unanimous decision over tommy bell.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “capital isn’t that important in business. experience isn’t that important. you can get both of these things. what is important is ideas.” -Harvey s. Firestone

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COLUMNIST I AMY DICKINSON

Married couple has taste for wedding cake

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EAR AMY: My husband and I recently eloped to avoid all of the wedding drama, stress, expense, and hubbub.

We are in our 30s, and we are the last of our friends to get married.

We did not share our engagement on social media and instead told people if we ran into them in person.

This, however, led to some people finding out months later, and then maybe feeling hurt or less important.

We chose to elope five months after getting engaged and did not tell many friends. We did not even tell our parents.

Since getting married, however, we have not received many congratulations — not even text messages congratulating us.

I guess this is because we eloped, but I thought that some of our closest friends would at least reach out or send a card.

Am I being unreasonable? Do I want to have my (no wedding) cake and eat it, too?

I am usually the friend who throws parties, and now I am feeling a little hurt that not one friend felt the need to celebrate us. Although a few people keep suggesting that we should throw our own party, this seems like tooting our own horn.

Did we miss out? Shouldn’t

people celebrate us?

— Married in Kansas City D E A R MARRIED: What you are Dickinson experiencing here is the birth of your adulthood.

You absolutely cannot have your (no) wedding cake and eat it too. You have no cake to share, no ceremony to share, no communal celebration to share, and only the leaked news of your elopement to share.

You have every right to get married any way you want to, and that includes completely privately and secretly. Many people happily choose to marry privately, and for some — it is ideal.

But when you refuse to be open about your plans — before or afterward — you create a barrier around your personal world.

Your friends and family most likely assume that you two are intensely private people and that you don’t want your relationship to be noticed, remarked upon, or fussed over.

If you want to be congratulated, then announce your marriage — either on social media, through a written announcement sent through the mail, or a group email. Include a photo (if you have one)

of the two of you on your wedding day. And yes — because you two seem to want to celebrate, you should host a night-out (it could be something as simple as a meet-up at your favorite bar) to announce your status and allow people to toast you.

DEAR AMY: I dated a guy for a couple of months a while back. His wife died a few years prior to us meeting, but he still referred to her as his wife.

It was a little hard to hear — not only because she was dead, but I found out that they were in the process of divorcing when she died.

Recently I started talking with another guy who did the same thing. We talked into the late night on our first date and he mentioned his “wife” several times, even though they have been divorced for eight years now.

I’m wondering: Should I let these guys I keep meeting refer to their exes as their “wives”? Am I being too demanding in asking them to refer to them as their ex-wife?

— Wife Material DEAR WIFE MATERIAL: Asking a widower to refer to his deceased wife as his “ex-wife” ... lacks compassion — at the very least. Yes, he could have referred to her as his “latewife,” but, according to

you, they were still married when she died, so she would not be an ex-wife.

Overall, unless you are in a serious relationship with someone, you really don’t have the right to control his verbiage regarding current (or former) family members.

DEAR AMY: As someone who has worked the front desk at a hotel in a metropolitan area for nine years, I would like to offer a response to “Stressed Server.”

When an unhappy guest is raising their voice and/or speaking abusively to me, I take a deep breath, wait for them to finish their rant and then tell them, “ I’m sorry, I don’t like the way you are speaking to me.

When you can speak in a calm voice, I will help you.”

It’s a good idea to practice this speech at home so you can say it with authority.

— Seen It All DEAR SEEN IT: “Stressed Server” was responding to online ratings, but I appreciate your advice for in-person interactions.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: ASKAMY@amydickinson. com. Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068.

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

Personal growth will lead to significant decisions this year that will determine the direction you head in. A desire to put an end to what no longer entertains you will make way for a new and exciting journey. Truth, integrity and justice should be priorities. Follow your heart.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — If you offer your best effort when helping someone in need, favors will be granted to you in return. A close relationship will undergo a change. Protect your assets.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) — If you want something, go get it. Don’t wait for things to come to you; bring about change, offer assistance and don’t be afraid to ask for what you want.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — An in-depth conversation will lead to valuable information and a clear conscience when you must make a decision. Children will offer insight in ways you never thought possible. Observe what they do and say.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — A financial gain or gift is heading your way. Focus on home, family and togetherness. Make plans that will encourage short trips, physical activity and working with others to make life better.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Talk to friends and relatives, and make plans for the holidays. Don’t be fooled by bargains. If you want the real deal, you’ll have to pay the price. Keep the peace.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Be content with the way you look and be confident in the way you present who you are and what you have to offer. Don’t let anyone manipulate you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Keep moving until you complete everything on your list. A change regarding a rule or regulation should not be ignored. Make whatever adjustment is necessary.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Emotional meddling will take place if you let an outsider interfere in your personal affairs. Take control and concentrate on the people who mean the most to you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Take part in an exciting challenge, but don’t take a risk that could jeopardize you physically. Make sure you tell a loved one how you feel.

Romance is encouraged.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Let your actions speak for you. Helping others is admirable, but remember to put your loved ones first. A positive attitude and change at home will help you avoid discord.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you ask friends and family to help with chores, you will finish them faster, leaving time for a little festive cheer. If you feel uncertain about a personal change you’ve been considering, take a pass.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Reconnecting with someone from your past will confuse you. Don’t believe everything you hear. Focus on creative endeavors, not on someone who is trying to manipulate you emotionally.

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Taking the grandkids to New York City

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Linkletter delighted audiences for years ‘ Dinner at the rebirthed “Tavern-onwith his show, “Kids Say the Darndest the-Green” and braving the cold to see the Things.” Do they ever without any cen- taping of the Today Show almost within sors or filters! arm’s length of the giant Christmas tree Although our two youngest grand- at Rockefeller plaza were memorable children, Sophie and Penny, have the highlights, but the signature stops on present-day addiction to their iPhones, a long weekend in “The City,” were the there is also an enthusiastic apprecia- 9-11 Memorial and taking in the Rocktion for books which brings about a re- ettes at Radio City Music Hall. curring gratefulness. They seem to have The production of this time-honored engaging curiosities. (It is difficult to Christmas story dates back to 1933 and type while your thumbs are up.) has never become passé. This musical They recently were the beneficiary of speaks to the hearts of kids and adults. an early Christmas gift of a trip to New All kids’ eyes are on the performers. All York City. They made a list of sites they parents’ eyes are on the kids who are exwanted to see in Manhattan, the usual posed to a wholesome story, legendary for any tourist, any age—Times Square, dancers with unsurpassed synchronizRockefeller Center, Saks Fifth Avenue ing dance routines and an interspersing to see the window displays, but the at- of such animals as camels and donkeys traction that brought about the highest on stage. The Rockettes at Radio City regard from them was the World Trade at Christmas may just be the “Greatest Center Museum. Even in their pre-teen Show on Earth.” For sure that acclaim state, they seem to have an historical bent would be endorsed by two happy kids which brings about appreciative Halle- with whom I am familiar. lujah’s from their doting grandparents.

There was a 3-D sleigh ride across We rode through the edge of Central Manhattan at the top of the show and Park, disembarked our Uber chariot at a Santa Claus who looked and talked Times Square for a photo op, enjoyed like Santa ought to. Not sure how many a very good meal at a very good restau- times I have seen this remarkable prerant, Toscano’s, on East 48th Street, sentation, but it dates back to the early literally a hop, skip and a jump from sixties. I give it the highest of marks the Marriott East Side, our delightful since it makes you appreciate Santa holiday home. Toscano’s doesn’t carry Claus and the Christmas story, glorya signature reputation but is the equal ing in the coming of the holiday season of many which do. and seeing kid frolic in the theatre and It is cozy, a few feet below street level being subtly reminded by the preachwith white table cloths and an ambience ment that there can be peace on earth conducive to good feelings, good eating and that goodwill can be extended to and sprightly conversation with an ac- all peoples. commodating acoustical atmosphereThere is no place like New York at -even for kids like Sophie and Penny Christmas and there is nothing more who especially enjoyed the tasty bread uplifting for a grandparent than to and pasta sauce. take their grandkids to New York for At their precocious ages, they are liv- the holidays. ing up to their gender heritage. The first thing on their mind after checking into Loran Smith is co-host of “The Tailgate their hotel room was to hit the streets Show” and sideline announcer for and go shopping. With a mother keen University of Georgia football. He is also a on connecting them via Uber app and a freelance writer and columnist.

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The Christmas star still shines brightly

idney Carter once told me I can’t recall which — had a Santa that it wasn’t Christmas for standing on the diving board of the him until he had been to Porbackyard swimming pool. terdale to see the star on the waLegend has it that the brother ter tower. I’m exactly like Sidney. with the larger December electric I haven’t been this year, but I will bill had his bill paid by the “loser” soon. Maybe Thursday night. of the original Great Christmas There is a show on television evLight Fight. ery week during this holiday sea- Huckaby Coming home from Dial Town son called “The Great Christmas we would, of course, pass through Light Fight.” That’s kind of an oxymo- Oxford where there was a house with a ronic title to me because we shouldn’t be life-sized Santa, a sleigh, and eight fullfighting over anything at Christmas and sized reindeer on the roof. Another high“fighting” over who has the most garish light of the Christmas season. light display doesn’t exactly capture the As the years progressed fewer and fewmeaning of the season. er people lined their homes with multiBut it does bring back rich and pre- colored lights, but there were still a few cious memories for me. houses around worth looking at, and my Now, honesty does compel me to ad- children got to enjoy the magic of scoutmit that I am a big, big fan of Christmas ing out various neighborhoods for the lights — and the larger and, yes, I’ll say best light displays, and on Christmas Eve, it — tackier — the display, the better. Re- riding through Honey Creek subdivision member piling into the family car, back was a must. Everyone in the neighborin the day, and “riding around to look hood — without exception — lined the at Christmas lights?” I know you do. I street and their driveways with lumienvied the people who lived at the ad- naries. From dusk until almost midnight dresses with the most lights and always there were vehicles creeping along with wanted my daddy to put lights all over their running lights turned off, admiring our little mill village house. the simple beauty.

My mama usually covered the door Simple. Beauty. I think those words best with red foil and put a wreath on the describe the star on the water tower in door. The year my brother-in-law was Porterdale that meant so much to Sidney in Vietnam we put a string of blue lights Carter, and to me — and to thousands of around the door frame. That was the others of many generations. extent of our external illumination at It’s just a simple five-pointed star, but Christmas. When I asked why, my daddy it shines over the village that so many always said, “Lights cost money.” Even of us have loved so long and reminds us as a small child I realized that meant we of that star that shone over Bethlehem didn’t have any. during the period of Christ’s birth. That But we could still ride around and enjoy star, I think, reminds us that despite all the lights others had put up, and my fa- the hustle and bustle and in the midst vorite place to go was just north of Oxford of the frenzy of shopping and partying where my mama’s “rich” cousins lived. I and cooking and eating and carousing thought they must be rich because they and the stress and drama and tension had a plethora of lights and lighted figures that we humans bring into the Yuletide on display, even when such things were season, the true cause for celebration is not as readily available as they are today. so very simple, and so very beautiful. It’s I’m speaking, now, of the McCart broth- just like the angel said. ers who lived across the road from one “Unto you is born this day a Savior, another in the part of Newton County which is Christ the Lord.” known as Dial Town. Each brother would Don’t miss the star this Christmas, and try and outdo the other every Christmas don’t miss the greatest gift the world has with gigantic light displays. They would ever been given. have reindeer on their roofs and nativity scenes in their yards, amidst lighted Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale snowmen and such, and one brother — County. Email him at dhuck008@gmail.com.

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The best few weeks of Trump’s presidency

ASHINGTON — The House of Representatives impeached President Trump Wednesday night.

Yet these past few weeks have arguably been the best of Trump’s presidency — not despite impeachment, but in no small part because of it.

Consider the string of successes Trump has racked up in recent days. First came news that the U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs in November, far exceeding economic forecasts. Not only that, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics also revised the August and September jobs reports upward, adding 41,000 more jobs to the Trump economic record. And a new Quinnipiac poll found that 57% of Americans said they are better off financially since Trump took office.

In a move that will further bolster the economy, Trump reached agreement with House Democrats to move forward on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), giving the president a major win. Within days, Trump also reached a “Phase 1” trade deal with China, postponing new tariffs on Chinese goods that were set to kick in and cutting tariffs on some Chinese products he had previously imposed in half.

The administration expects a $200 billion boost in exports over two years from the deal. Both deals will certainly bolster the president’s standing with the rural and working-class voters who defected to

Trump from the Democrats in 2016. mer FBI director James Comey’s That’s not all. Trump also reached claims — the Democratic National agreement with Democrats on a Committee-funded Steele dossier spending bill averting a government played a “central and essential role” shutdown. He secured Democratin authorizing that surveillance. ic support on a tax bill that would Ah, say the critics, but this good repeal three Obamacare taxes, innews was bookended by the dark cluding the “Cadillac tax” on highcloud of impeachment, which cost employer-sponsored health Thiessen dimmed the luster of Trump’s sucinsurance — a major win for union cesses. The opposite is true. Many workers. And the House approved a $738 of these successes happened precisely bebillion defense spending bill that would cause of impeachment. Until now, House authorize the creation of his Space Force Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had been and his parental leave policy for federal dragging her feet on the USMCA and othworkers, while not including restrictions er Trump priorities. So why did the legDemocrats had threatened on use of de- islative logjam break precisely the same fense dollars to build a border wall. week that Democrats introduced their Trump also got good news from across articles of impeachment? the pond, when Boris Johnson’s ConservaBecause Democrats know that vottives trounced the Labour Party by effec- ers see them focusing on impeachment tively following Trump’s 2016 campaign at the expense of getting things done. script — appealing to working-class voters Moderate Democrats running in Trump with an anti-globalist message, promises districts have seen the polling showing to protect entitlements and make “colos- that two-thirds of swing-state voters who sal” investments in infrastructure. The cast their ballots for Trump in 2016, but Tory victory showed that Trump’s brand then voted for Democrats in 2018, plan of conservative populism is still potent. to back Trump again in 2020.

To top it all off, Trump learned that One of them, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, Dthe Justice Department inspector gen- N.J., was so alarmed he is switching to eral found that the FBI had falsified evi- the Republican Party. As the rest of the dence in its applications to the FISA court Democrats are forced to walk the plank to conduct surveillance on his presiden- on impeachment, they are desperate to tial campaign, and that — contrary to for- show that they are also working with

Trump on the kitchen-table issues they campaigned on. Trump didn’t get all this done despite impeachment; impeachment is the reason Democrats allowed gridlock to finally give way.

Impeachment is both a legislative and political plus for Trump. After weeks of hearings, most polls show that support for impeachment and removal has gone down —especially in swing states.

Before the impeachment hearings began, a GOP poll by Firehouse Strategies showed Trump trailing his Democratic challengers; now, in the wake of the impeachment hearings, Trump is leading them all. The politics will only get worse for Democrats going forward. As soon as the House votes, impeachment moves to the Republican-controlled Senate. When the Senate acquits Trump, as it inevitably will, the spirits of the “Resistance” will be dampened — while Trump supporters will be energized by his victory and claimed vindication.

Bottom line: The economy is humming, Trump’s accomplishments are accumulating and impeachment is backfiring — and that makes these the best weeks of Trump’s presidency so far.

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

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GIFTS From A1 officer as they headed into the store to do a little Christmas shopping.

Kids under 4 could get up to $75 worth of gifts as well as either a new coat or a pair of shoes. Kids ages 4 to 15 could get up to $125 worth of gifts as well as shoes or a coat.

This is the 29th year that the event has been held. Fiftyeight families were helped by the program this year.

“This is our main (program) because we interact with the kids,” Fraternal Order of Police spokeswoman Connie Chesser said. “A lot of times, these kids never have contact with a police officer except in an accident when something hazardous has happened or the parents get arrested.

“It’s not a good first impression and (this event is designed) to show them we are human, we are their friends and they can trust us if they need help.”

And kids and officers alike enjoyed the experience.

“It was fun getting to come out with the county law enforcement to shop,” Cameron Patterson said.

Walden equally enjoyed hanging out with Cameron and his stepfather.

“It was so much fun,” she said. “I love kids. I love being able to see that I get to make their Christmas and it’s super happy and they’re just not worried about anything.”

Elsewhere, Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tonya Culberson and Deputy Stefan Sarpy helped a mother with two young children — a little boy and a little girl — barely older than toddlers pick out gifts.

The younger of the two children, Kalani, 2, was a hard sell on items. It had been easier to find gifts for her slightly older

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Gwinnett County Deputy Breana Waldon helps Cameron Patterson pick out a sweatshirt during the Cops and Kids Christmas event held at the Hamilton Mill Walmart on Thursday evening. brother, Jose, also 2 but not a twin, because he liked cars.

But Kalani took more convincing on items.

They had found a small farm animal play set and a Paw Patrol toy phone that she liked, but Culberson and Sarpy showed her dollhouses, a barking puppy doll and other dolls.

She frowned or seem uninterested in those items.

Then Sarpy brought out the big gun so to speak. He found a musical tea party set and brought it over to the little girl to see if she was interested.

As he showed it to the little girl, he pushed a button and a tea pot and utensils suddenly came to life, flashing colors, moving and playing music.

The little girl was entranced.

“I think we have a winner,” Culberson said.

Sarpy, who was participating in the Christmas shopping program for the first time, said it was good to work with young kids to help them enjoy Christmas.

PARTIES From A1 know that it’s wrong to enlist the help of foreigners in interfering in our elections.

“We know it’s wrong to cheat.

And we know what’s at stake.

It’s not just that our elections were attacked, our elections are under attack right now.”

Not all Democrats supported impeachment, however.

Three Democrats sided with Republicans in voting against the article dealing with im-

RAISE From A1 challenges. Trying to boil it all down to a number to pit teachers against one another is like comparing apples to battleships. Just 30% of the teachers at this school got any kind of monetary recognition for their efforts but I know how hard all the teachers in this school work to inspire and help

“Everyone should have a merry Christmas and it’s great to help these kids have a merry Christmas that they Gwinnett Sheriff’s officer Tyler helps 9-year-old Audrey Patterson pick out toys during the won’t forget as they get old- Cops and Kids Christmas event held at the Hamilton Mill Walmart on Thursday evening. er,” he said. “It’s my opinion at least that if you give them a good Christmas, especially in their childhood, it will stick with them and I want to give them that positive influence.”

Culberson, who has done the Cops and Kids program three times now, echoed those sentiments.

“It’s just watching the kids and the excitement, and being able to get out here with the community and do good for the community,” she said.

Kimberly Martinez, Kalani’s and Jose’s mother, said the Cops and Kids Christmas program was a blessing for her family.

She had two older sons, Deshawn, 15, and Bryan, 9, who were off shopping with other cops.

“It helps a lot because I wasn’t able to get them anything,” Martinez said.

Shop with a Cop was held at the Hamilton Mill Walmart on Thursday evening.

peachment and two Democrats voted against the article dealing with abuse of power.

But Hice accused Democrats of refusing to work with Trump at any point during his administration, culminating in the effort to impeach him this fall.

He also took aim at the case Democrats built for impeaching the president.

“Rather than working with the president, House Democrats have squandered an entire year, wasting countless opportunities to enact positive change for America,” Hice said in a statement. “Instead,

our students grow and I believe that the 70% who got nothing deserve more than that. Well here it is, I’m sharing what I got with you: $31722.15 (after taxes)/160 teachers = $20 (I rounded H Teaching should not up). be a competition! Merry Christmas!

“P.S. If all the recipients of this award did this, we’d all get about a $1300 raise!”

There were 3,144 teachers from 138 schools notified last week whether they

their energies and resources have been fixated on a vendetta against the president — an endless cycle of wild allegations and partisan witch-hunt investigations.

“Once the impeachment charade began, my Democrat colleagues haphazardly bounced from accusation to accusation – each new charge lacking the evidence to back it up. They’ve based their indictment of the president on presumption, hearsay, and policy disagreements, none of which builds a convincing or compelling case for removing him from office.”

received awards. Teachers eligible for the awards are classroom teachers who provided direct instruction to student for at least 50% of the school day, who were employed full-tome for at least 120 days last school year, and for whom scores are available on the performance metrics used to determine the awards, according to the school district’s press release last week.

The awards were distributed mostly on a four-metric

GANG From A1 and gang paraphernalia.”

Rosales has been charged with: one count violation of the Georgia Criminal Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act; 10 counts Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; one count Trafficking Methamphetaine; one count Possession of Cocaine; and violation of parole.

Martinez is charged with: one count violation of the Georgia Criminal Street Gang Terrorism and

system. A score was calculated based on a teacher’s performance in professional growth, TAPS evaluation, student growth or a weighted school assessment. A minority of teachers were evaluated on three metrics that did not include student growth.

The top 10% of teachers — 1,033 total teachers — by elementary, middle and high school level received $6,208.80, or 10% of the average teacher sal-

Prevention Act; seven counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; one count of trafficking methamphetamine; and violation of Parole.

Both men were booked in the Gwinnett County Jail.

Participating agencies included ICE Homeland Security Investigations, Gwinnett Metro Task Force, Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, GBI West Metro Regional Drug Enforcement Office, Atlanta Police Department (K-9 Unit), Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, Georgia Department of Community Supervision, and Gwinnett County Fire and EMS.

ary last school year. There were 1,091 teachers who received $3,725.28 and 1,020 that received $1,862.64.

In total, the school district distributed $12,377,863.68 in bonuses.

CEO and Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks stood by the awards system on Thursday at a Board of Education work session, saying the system was designed to award as many teachers as possible. He considers the Performance-Based Com-

pensation System more fair that the traditional salary scale in terms of awarding the district’s “most effective teachers.”

“For us to say that this is unfair ... if you want to say that you can, but look at the statistics and look at the metrics, and I do think it’s about as fair as you can make anything fair,” Wilbanks said. “If there are other ways for us to do that, we will put every effort toward doing that.”

OBITUARIES Buford

Clayton Edward “Clay” Dickie Clayton Edward “Clay” Dickie, age 22, of Buford, GA passed away Monday, December 16, 2019. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Marilee Parr and Mac Scarbrough.

He is survived by his mother, Tammy Scarbrough Dickie, Buford, GA; father, David Edward Dickie, Buford, GA; sister and brother-in-law, Melissa and Zac Lynn, Buford, GA; brother, Cody Lane Dickie, Atlanta, GA; paternal grandparents, Lane and Mary Ann Dickie, Alto, GA; aunts, uncles, and cousins. Clay was born August 18, 1997 i

in Atlanta, GA. He was a 2016 Graduate of Buford High School in Buford, GA. He was Assistant Manager for Pike Nurseries, and he attended 12 Stone Church Main Campus in Lawrenceville, GA. Clay loved fishing, hunting, loved the lake, and boating in the Florida Keys. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at 3:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Buford, with Pastor Stephen Fountain officiating. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. Mr. Dickie will lie in state at 2:00 p.m. The family will receive friends from 2:00 pm to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 21st at the church.

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Dr. Jama Denice Evans (Egnatz) Dr. Jama Denise Evans, age 61, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, December 13, 2019 at Northside Hospital in Duluth, Georgia. She was born August 3, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Dr. Charles Dyke Egnatz and Bonnie (Fitzgerald) Egnatz. She was a proud 1982 graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, as well as a 1986 graduate of Washington University School of Dentistry in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jama had a zest for life, an outstandingly kind personality, and was loved by m

many. She practiced dentistry in Buford, Georgia for over 30 years, building lasting friendships with her patients and office staff. Jama was a valued member of the Buford, Georgia community and she will be dearly missed.

She is preceded in death by her parents. Jama is survived by her loving husband, Jerald Evans, her children, Scott and Kate Long, her brothers, Brian, Benjamin, Jason, and Jeff Egnatz, as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Family, friends, and others whose lives Jama touched are invited to Flanigan Funeral Home, 4400 South Lee Street Buford, GA, from 4 p.m 6 p.m on Friday December 20, 2019 to celebrate a life well-lived.

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He is survived by son, James Christ, Florida; grandson, Corey Christ, Lawrenceville, GA; caregiver, Stacy Richardson, Gainesville, GA; sister, Denese Ecker, Ladera Ranch, California; and other family members in the metro Atlanta area.

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BLOCKS when I’m hard on her — she accepts it. She owns it and she keeps moving forward.

I appreciate that.”

Coincidentally, Strauthers was one of the assistant coaches recruiting Kulo while she was at Tennessee Tech. Her length is appealing and so is her potential. Kulo didn’t start playing basketball until she was in seventh grade.

“I came to tryouts not knowing what a layup was,” she said with a laugh. “So I basically started from the bottom.”

Kulo’s dad, Dino, and older sister, Samia, both played.

Her dad played in his native Bosnia and later in Germany.

Her sister, now 22, had to quit due to knee problems as a freshman.

“I came to him one day and said, ‘I want to play basketball,’” Kulo said. “He’s said, ‘Are you sure?’ He was making sure I knew what I was doing. But he was very proud when he knew that I wanted to play. So he plays a big role in my basketball career, always helping me with everything.”

“I don’t like to listen to him a lot,” Kulo said with a grin, “but he really does help me. “(Samia) was an amazing post player. She really did help me. I listen to her way more than my dad. She’s so serious about it.”

Kulo made the varsity as a freshman and cried in the car on the way home that day.

“Because I was so excited,” she said. “I knew it was a new opportunity to get better.”

She got a personal trainer as a sophomore when colleges started to show interest.

“That’s when I started taking basketball more seriously,” Kulo said. “When I was 14, 15, I wasn’t thinking about what I’m going to do in college and stuff like that. I was just focused on high school.”

Kulo played behind N’dea Jones, now at Texas A&M, as a freshman. As a sophomore and junior, it was Kiki Adams, now at Florida Gulf Coast. Both provided a template for success.

“I just feel like they were both something I could look up to and work toward,” Kulo said.

Kulo got her first official college offer at the start of last season. More poured in as she averaged 10.8 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

“I started taking college visits, enjoying the recruitment process,” Kulo said.

“Toward the end, when more and more started coming in, it got way more stressful trying to pick the schools.

From the very beginning, I knew I didn’t want to go to a Power 5 school. I wanted to go D-I, but not super big like Clemson or something.

“I really narrowed down

my list and I went to a college 10 hours away for a visit.

I realized, hey, maybe I do want to stay a little closer.”

In the summer, she whittled the list to five — Chattanooga, Samford, UNCAsheville, Western Kentucky and Georgia State.

“Western Kentucky was my last visit and after that Friday night when I went to Coach’s house for dinner with the team, I knew that was it,” Kulo said. “I told my family and the next day when we had the photo shoot in the jerseys, I was taking a picture with all the coaches and I was like, ‘I’d like to be a Hilltopper next year.’ We all started crying and jumping and laughing.

It was a great experience.”

In the midst of all that, Kulo was invited to play for the Bosnian national U-18 team. They saw one of her highlight videos on YouTube and reached out. She needed to get dual citizenship and the paperwork wasn’t completed in time for the FIBA registration, but Kulo still went to practice with the team.

“It was completely different, just how they play with the bigs,” she said. “It was a really great honor. I knew it would make my parents proud. Even the Bosnian national TV came over to our house and interviewed me. It was really interesting, having to speak in Bosnian like that to the interviewers.”

Dino and Nermina Kulo moved to the U.S.in the 1990s.

Both their daughters were born and raised here in a bilingual home. Selma admits her grammar isn’t as good as it is in English, but she’s still comfortable with the language and would like to play internationally after college if the opportunity exists.

“Right now, I’m working on what my college coaches are telling me and what my high school coaches are telling me,” Kulo said. “It’s similar — boxing out, rebounding, going up strong.

But my college coach wants me to work on being more of an outside player and coming up the floor on my own.

“With Coach Courtney, she’s definitely preparing me in the weight room and on the floor, mentally and all that. I’m really thankful that she came (to Brookwood). She’s preparing me for that college mindset.”

As a recruiter, Strauthers knew Kulo hadn’t reached her peak yet.

“She’s only been playing since seventh grade and she’s going off to college next year,” Strauthers said.

“Her sky is very high, just depending on how hard she’s willing to work, because college is a whole other level.

“But I believe in her. I know she’ll do well. Western Kentucky is a good program and I know they’ll bring it out of her and help her be the best player she can be.”

a halfback option from Chloe Sneed to Peyton Fointno and a 15-yard interception return for a score by Tamia Jones.

But the Eagles (17-3) simply had no answer for Columbus’ dynamic duo of quarterback Faith Knoedler and receiver Sydney Blackman, especially after trailing just 6-0 at halftime of the championship game.

Knoedler ran for touchdowns of 26, 29 and 28 yards and threw to Blackman for scores from 8 and 4 yards en route to being named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

However, Collins Hill coach Frontia Fountain couldn’t have been prouder of his team in taking another step forward as the tournament’s runner-up after finishing in the semifinals of last year’s tournament, when it was an all-Gwinnett event. “(Columbus is) a tough team,” Fountain said. “I’m totally proud of my girls. …

We’re trying to get better every year and every day.

Maybe next year, we can make it to the (top). … I’m excited for (the future). I

think (the sport) is going to be more competitive. Our girls will play harder because it’s a sanctioned sport, and I think we’ll see quite a few more girls come out (for the team).”

Archer (15-3) ultimately didn’t have any better luck against Columbus in its semifinal game.

But after downing Dutchtown 7-0 in the quarterfinals behind Taniyah McGowan’s 3-yard TD pass to Saniah Smith and a key interception on defense in the end zone by McGowan in the waning moments, the Tigers did have a chance after a pair of touchdown passes from McGowan to Cazia Nelson.

But two missed extra points, and a second-half TD pass from Knoedler to Blackman and an incomplete pass that turned the ball over on downs deep in Columbus territory in the waning seconds proved to be the difference.

“The girls didn’t quit, and they played hard,” Archer coach David Wright said.

“We were just one play away from making it happen.”

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Shiloh’s boys basketball team posted an 83-52 win over Grady in the championship game of the Roswell Rotary Honor Air Invitational last month. The Generals are 13-0 so far on the 2019-20 season, which is a new school record for most wins to start a season without a loss.

Shiloh boys’ historic start to schedule leads Gwinnett’s unbeaten half-dozen

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@gwinnettdailypost.com

The Christmas break is often a good time for many high school basketball teams, including those from Gwinnett County, to take assessment on how the season is going thus far.

So far, so good for a number of the county’s teams, including six — three each among the boys and girls — that are still undefeated heading into the holidays.

Some of those teams are used to being undefeated this deep into a season, such as the girls teams from Collins Hill (8-0, currently ranked No. 2 in Class AAAAAA in the most recent Kyle Sandy/Georgia Sports Writers Association state poll) and Buford (11-0, No. 1 in AAAAA) and the Norcross boys (10-0, No. 2 in AAAAAAA).

Others are newcomers to such big starts to a season, like the Providence Christian boys (12-0, unranked) and Hebron Christian girls (10-0, No. 2 in A (Private) heading into Thursday’s game vs. Mt. de Sales), though the presence of multiple-state championship-winning coach Jan Azar, who left Wesleyan to take over the program last spring, may make the latter a little less surprising.

Then there is Shiloh’s boys team.

Fresh off a special football season that included the first 6-0 start in school history and the first state playoff berth in 16 years, the Generals’ basketball team is also off to a special start.

The program has had its share of big seasons, especially during the tenure of head coach Kim Rivers, including a two-year run from 2014-16 that wound up in trips to the state Final Four and quarterfinals respectively behind a roster that included current NBA standout Josh Okogie.

However, Shiloh’s current 13-0 start represents the most wins without a loss to start a season in school history.

Rivers isn’t surprised that his cur-

rent Generals have experienced success so far this season. At Gwinnett County’s media day in October, he hinted this year’s team could be one of his best, at Ezra Ausar least since those teams midway through the 2010s.

What he is surprised at, however, is how quickly that success has come, especially having to incorporate some important newcomers like South Jordan Gwinnett transfer ZaMitchell wdie Jackson (18.3 ppg) and Texas move-in Caleb Golden (17.8 ppg) into a roster that included veterans like senior guards James Little and Anthony Canada and junior forwards Ezra Ausar and Jordan Mitchell.

However, the blend of the newcomers, along with the late arrival of junior guard Antonio Meeks from the football team’s playoff run, has gone even more smoothly and quickly than he anticipated.

“I didn’t know we’d have the (team) chemistry we have already,” Rivers said. “They enjoy playing together, and that’s a sign of something special when the kids want to buy in.

“They share the ball. They’re not worried about points. They’re just working the right plays and communicating well on defense and just getting better every day.”

Rivers knows keeping the undefeated streak won’t be easy. In addition to a holiday schedule that includes games against traditional state powers like Pebblebrook and East Coweta, the Generals also will have to battle through a Region 8-AAAAAAA slate that includes current No. 1 stateranked Grayson, No. 10 Newton and a solid Archer team.

“Every game is going to be a dogfight,” Rivers said of the region schedule. “If you take any team for granted, you’re going to be in a lot of trouble.”

Rising Rams part of Gwinnett’s national profile Speaking of Grayson’s boys, the Rams’ (10-1) made a move up the national rankings with their convincing 83-57 win over defending AAAAAAA state champion and national top 10 team McEachern at the Hawks-Naismith Holiday Classic last Saturday at Norcross’ House of Blue.

The win — which was bolstered by a 24-point, seven-rebound outburst

by Caleb Murphy, a triple-double by Ian Schieffelin and another strong game from Deivon Smith and Toneari Lane — moved Grayson up to No. 15 in the current MaxPreps national Top 25, and will likely move them further up in USA Today’s Super 25 than their current No. 24 standing once that poll is updated.

Among the other Gwinnett teams keeping an eye on the update national rankings are the Norcross boys, currently just on the outside looking in the MaxPreps poll at No. 30, and the Buford girls, who are ranked No. 21 in MaxPreps’ computer rankings, though the Wolves are not currently ranked in the MaxPreps poll of experts.

Discovery’s Bailey keeping it 100 Another team in the midst of a historic start to the season is the Discovery girls team, whose 10-2 start following Monday’s win over Central Gwinnett has surpassed the best start in the school’s brief history set just last year at 7-3.

And second-year coach Kandra Bailey reached a special milestone over her own two games early when the Titans gave her the 100th win over her head coaching career with a 3635 win over Duluth.

Bailey is now 22-15 since taking over the Discovery program last season, and is 102-39 overall, including her four seasons as head coach at Pearl-Cohen High School in Nashville, Tennessee.

FLAG From B1 The result takes on perhaps even greater significance in light of the official announcement before the tournament began that girls flag football would be an officially sanctioned sport by the Georgia High School Association beginning in 2020.

“I’m very proud,” Grantham said. “I’m very proud that Gwinnett was able to lead the way. You look at what happened (Wednesday) and you look at the other counties … get involved and get as excited, it makes me proud.

I’m happy I was part of the beginning of it.

“I don’t know for sure yet (if other counties may add the sport beginning next year), but I would imagine most of the metro area … will jump in. It will be interesting to see how the (south Georgia) counties and nonmetro counties (respond).”

The showing by Columbus, the only non-metro Atlanta team in the eight-team

special photo: Jim blackburn

Archer’s players huddle on the sideline during the girls flag football championship semifinal Wednesday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. tournament, in winning the title is certainly a good start.

In addition to the performance of the Blue Devils on the field, the school’s community responded well Wednesday with the largest and loudest support group, with hundreds of fans making the hour and a half trip

up Interstates 185 and 85.

“Yeah, I think that sends a great message to all the other school systems that were maybe questioning whether they should (offer) a girls flag football (program),” Grantham said. “I definitely think it would be beneficial.

In the meantime, both of Gwinnett’s teams in the tournament had a strong showing on Wednesday.

After defeating West Forsyth 19-6 in the quarterfinals, Collins Hill slugged its way past scrappy Sequoyah 12-6 in the semifinals behind a 44-yard touchdown pass on

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Vehicle Make: LAND ROVER Year: 2000 Model: RANGE ROVER Vehicle ID#: SALPV1642YA442082 Vehicle License#: CJW9087 State: NC Vehicle Make: JEEP Year: 2005 Model: GRAND CHEROKEE Vehicle ID#: 1JFGR48K45C553767 Vehicle License#: RSJ4806 State: GA Vehicle Make: GMC Year: 2003 Model: YUKON Vehicle ID#: 1GKEC13Z83J101772 Vehicle License#: LIFLAND State: GA Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 2006 Model: FIVE HUNDRED Vehicle ID#: 1FAFHP24176G148746 Vehicle License#: RND2519 State: GA Vehicle Make: SUBARU Year: 1995 Model: LEGACY Vehicle ID#: 4S3BD6554S7212737 Vehicle License#: ADU4805 State: GA Vehicle Make: CHRYSLER Year: 1998 Model: SEBRING Vehicle ID#: 4C3AU52N0WE075570 Vehicle License#: State: Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 2018 Model: ESCAPE Vehicle ID#: 1FMCU0GD3JUB61670 Vehicle License#: State: V

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Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 2003 Model: EXPEDITION Vehicle ID#: 1FMPU16W23LC21649 Vehicle License#: RMR1278 State: GA Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 2001 Model: F150 Vehicle ID#: 1FTRW07W31KD98987 Vehicle License#: ED94Y2 State: GA Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 2007 Model: TAURUS Vehicle ID#: 1FALP52U9VA251113 Vehicle License#: State: Vehicle Make: CHEVROLET Year: 1998 Model: C1500 Vehicle ID#: 1GCEC14W7WZ281283 Vehicle License#: RUC2081 State: GA Vehicle Make: CHRYSLER Year: 2006 Model: 300 Vehicle ID#: 2C3LA43R66H219825 Vehicle License#: RDA9990 State: GA Vehicle Make: VOLVO Year: 1996 Model: 850 Vehicle ID#: YV1LS572T2326568 Vehicle License#: RDA9990 State: GA Vehicle Make: CHEVROLET Year: 2005 Model: COLORADO Vehicle ID#: 1GCCS196758206459 Vehicle License#: RLY8025 State: GA Vehicle Make: CHEVROLET Year: 2010 Model: IMPALA Vehicle ID#: 2G1WB5EK9A1169623 Vehicle License#: State: Vehicle Make: NISSAN Year: 2003 Model: ALTIMA Vehicle ID#: 1N4AL11D73C185580 Vehicle License#: RJL6737 State: GA Vehicle Make: TOYOTA Year: 2004 Model: SIENNA Vehicle ID#: 5TDZA23C04S188950 Vehicle License#: BSM7069 State: GA Vehicle Make: CADILLAC Year: 2000 Model: SEVILLE Vehicle ID#: 1G6KS54Y3YU140518 Vehicle License#: PTW2218 State: GA Vehicle Make: HONDA Year: 2000 Model: CIVIC Vehicle ID#: 1HGEJ6671YL056177 Vehicle License#: RIC4940 State: GA Vehicle Make: NISSAN Year: 2009 Model: VERSA Vehicle ID#: 3N1BC13E79L458019 Vehicle License#: RJU1784 State: GA Vehicle Make: BMW Year: 2002 Model: X5 Vehicle ID#: 5UXFA53522LV71582 Vehicle License#: RLX28781 State: GA Vehicle Make: MERCURY Year: 2005 Model: MONTEGO Vehicle ID#: 1MEHM42105G627010 Vehicle License#: State: Vehicle Make: CHEVROLET Year: 2003 Model: TAHOE Vehicle ID#: 1GNEC13Z03J101722 Vehicle License#: RPB4435 State: GA Vehicle Make: MITSUBISHI Year: 1999 Model: MIRAGE Vehicle ID#: JA3AY26A6XU021896 Vehicle License#: RSR1752 State: GA Vehicle Make: CHEVROLET Year: 2014 Model: CAMARO Vehicle ID#: 2G1FB1E30E9176405 Vehicle License#: RIF0351 State: GA Vehicle Make: LANDSCAPE TRAILER Year: Model: Vehicle ID#: T946180 Vehicle License#: TS69B21 State: GA Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 1999 Model: ECONOLINE Vehicle ID#: 1FDSE37L7XHB63733 Vehicle License#: ADP6218 State: GA Vehicle Make: FREIGHTLINER Year: 2000 Model: FL60 Vehicle ID#: 1FV3GJAC1YHF03211 Vehicle License#: State: Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 1996 Model: CONVENTIONAL Vehicle ID#: 1FDYR82EXTVA07556 Vehicle License#: State: Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 1998 Model: CONVENTIONAL Vehicle ID#: 1FDZW86F2WVA12531 Vehicle License#: State: Vehicle Make: CHRYSLER Year: 2002 Model: TOWN & COUNTRY Vehicle ID#: 2C4GP54L12R779722 Vehicle License#: RQM5918 State: GA Vehicle Make: LEXUS Year: 2001 Model: IS300 Vehicle ID#: JTHBD182410033639

PUBLIC HEARINGS Vehicle License#: RTV3172 State: GA Vehicle Make: MAZDA Year: 2012 Model: MAZDA 5 Vehicle ID#: JM1CW2BL0C0138687 Vehicle License#: CCY8809 State: GA Vehicle Make: HONDA Year: 2016 Model: ACCORD Vehicle ID#: 1HGCT1B39GA010808 Vehicle License#: CJS6989 State: GA Vehicle Make: VOLKSWAGEN Year: 2016 Model: JETTA Vehicle ID#: 3VWD17AJ5GM232046 Vehicle License#: RSC5566 State: GA Vehicle Make: HONDA Year: 1999 Model: CBR900 Vehicle ID#: JH2SC330XXM300734 Vehicle License#: State: Vehicle Make: NISSAN Year: 2013 Model: ARMADA Vehicle ID#: 5N1BA0NC6DN604410 License#: Vehicle 3032ALM State: GA Vehicle Make: SMALL TRAILER Year: Model: Vehicle ID#: Vehicle License#: State: GA Anyone with an ownership interest in any of these vehicles should contract the following business immediately: WILLARD WRECKER SERVICE 719 W. SHADBURN AVE BUFORD, GA 30518 770-945-7580 928-626429, 12/20,27

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 2020@ 1:00PM 2000 Acura 3.5RL JH4KA9651YC008615 2002 BMW 540i WBADN63472GN87437 1988 Chevrolet 1500 1GCDC14K0JE163469 2006 Chevrolet Equinox 2CNDL63F766075639 2008 Dodge Avenger 1B3LC46R68N281139 2012 Ford Escape 1FMCU0DG7CKC00449 2003 Ford E350 Super Duty 1FBSS31L03HA00572 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac 1FMZU77E93UC81147 2004 Ford F250 Super Duty 1FTNW21P14EC02284 2009 Ford Flex 2FMDK51C59BA02626 2006 Ford E350 Super Duty 1FBNE31L76DA54452 2002 Ford Ranger 1FTZR45E32PA26062 2000 Ford Ranger 1FTYR10C3YPB96138 2000 Ford Ranger 1FTYR10CXYPA76885 2001 Honda Accord JHMCG56691C014222 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GW48S13C558835 2012 Infiniti G37 JN1CV6AP8CM623301 2008 Kia Spectra KNAFE122985560644 2008 Nissan Armada 5N1BA08D98N600572 2012 Nissan Rogue JN8AS5MT0CW262459 2009 Nissan Rogue JN8AS58V79W176425 2004 Nissan Murano JN8AZ08W94W308052 2000 Nissan Maxima JN1CA31A9YT009554 2004 Oldsmobile Alero 1G3NL52FX4C100624 2007 Pontiac G6 1G2ZG58N774129540 2006 Saab 9-3 YS3FD49Y361004232 1999 Suzuki SV650x JS1VP52A9X2100434 2007 Toyota Camry 4T1BE46K07U682693 2003 Toyota Corolla 1NXBR32E83Z043955 2006 Toyota Prius JTDKB20U163196331 2009 Toyota Camry 4T1BE46K69U296346 2007 Toyota Camry 4T1BE46K67U657071 2014 Pac Trailer 53BPTEA21EU008984 2018 Trailmobile 4YMBC0819JG069630 929-626407, 12/13,20,27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart : 5985 S Norcross Tucker Rd.Norcross.

GA, to satisfy a lien on January 14,2020 at approx.11:00 AM at www. storagetreasures.com.

Cube #A031, Kerry Hayes; Cube # B015, Jaime Ramirez; Cube # B034, Vianey Calvario R; Cube # B037, Tona Owens; Cube # B039, Cori Mcintosh; Cube # B057, Jessica Lilly; Cube # C005, Maria Guadalupe Marcelo; Cube # C037, Brendas Mileny Perez Ramirez; Cube # C058, Ana L Archaga; Cube # C079, Ashekia Walker; Cube # C089, Gabriela Garcia Benitez; Cube # D004, Erlin Francisco Rodriguez; Cube # D069, Jorge Ramirez; Cube # D088, Silvia Martinez; Cube # E015, Mario Enrique Chocoj Cucul; Cube # E052, Manuel E.Puello; Cube # E069; Marvin G Mejia; Cube # E086; Joseph Allen Trotter; 929-626628, 12/20,27 MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 785 BROGDON RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 770-263-8483 SATURDAY, JANUARY 25TH, 2020@ 1:00PM 2001 BMW R1200C WB10433AX1ZG10298 2002 BMW 325i W

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS WBAET37432NG84068 2007 BMW 530i WBANE73517CM48325 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 1GNDT13S082220158 2000 Chevrolet S10 1GCCS1440Y8151945 2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2G1WW12E559282455 2008 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WT58K381326680 2003 Chevrolet Blazer 1GNDT13X23K177057 2009 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZG57B09F167243 2012 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZC5EU6CF397392 1999 Chevrolet Suburban 3GNEC16RXXG238797 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer 1GNDT13S332249503 2005 Chrysler Town and Country 2C8GP54L35R132287 2002 Dodge Dakota 1B7HG38N32S683030 2004 Ford Explorer 1FMZU73K04UB31392 2004 Ford Mustang 1FAFP40624F161640 1996 Ford E350 Super Duty 1FBJS31H1THA81766 1989 Ford E350 1FDKE37G2KHA72798 2008 Ford Escape 1FMCU03Z38KC14360 2012 Ford Fusion 3FAHP0JG3CR146252 2001 Honda S2000 JHMAP11441T005322 2004 Infiniti G35 JNKCV54EX4M807043 2003 Jaguar X Type SAJEA51D43XD43895 2010 Jaguar XF SAJWA0GBXALR78277 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GX48S34C353189 2010 Jeep Patriot 1J4NT2GA5AD507634 2004 Mercedes Benz CLK 500 WDBTK75G64T021122 2002 Nissan Maxima JN1DA31D02T434795 2016 Nissan Versa 3N1CN7AP4GL807897 2005 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D45C239615 2004 Toyota Camry 4T1BE32K74U857386 2003 Toyota Matrix 2T1KR32E73C107954 2007 Volkswagen Passat WVWAK73C27P013119 929-627091, 12/20,27,1/3 ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE PETITION ADVERTISEMENT Vehicle Make: INFINITI Year: 1991 Model: G20 Vehicle ID #: JNKCP01P3MT205996 Vehicle License #: BXI8824 State GA Present location of vehicle: _4_410 TUCK ROAD, LOGANVILLE GA 30052 .

You are hereby notified that a petition was filed in the Magistrate Court of WALTON County to foreclose a lien for all amounts owed. If the lien is foreclosed, a court shall order the sale of the vehicle to satisfy the debt.

Anyone with an ownership interest in this vehicle may file an answer to this petition on or before: 01/13/2019 Answer forms may be found in the Magistrate Court Clerk’s office located at: Walton County Magistrate 303 S Hammond Drive, Monroe, GA 30655 Forms may also be obtained online at www.georgiamagistratecouncil.com.

929-627126, 12/20,27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: 505 BUFORD DR STE 8 LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30046 Month, Day, Year 12/10/19 Time: 1:00PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 1991 MAZDA B220 CAB VIN#: JM2UF3139M0109567 929-626847, 12/20, 27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: 5315 BUFORD HWY DORAVILLE GA 303440 Month, Day, Year 12/14/19 Time: 1:00PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 1996 ACURA 3.5 RL VIN#: JH4KA9641TC014964 929-626841, 12/20, 27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: 211 MCARTHUR ST LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30046 Month, Day, Year 12/14/19 Time: 1:00PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 2011 DODGE CALIBER VIN#: 1B3CV3HA1BD228706 929-626822, 12/20, 27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: 381 EAST PIKE BLVD LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 Month, Day, Year 12/14/19 Time: 1:00PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 20112 KIA OPTIMA LX VIN#: 5XXGM4A76CG045596 929-626822, 12/20, 27 ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE PETITION ADVERTISEMENT You are hereby notified, in accordance with O.C.G.A. Section 40-11-19.1, that petitions were filed in the Magistrate Court of Gwinnett County to foreclose liens against the vehicles listed below for all amounts owed. If a lien is foreclosed, the Court shall order the sale of the vehicle to satisfy the debt. The present location of the vehicles is: 4431 Buford Hwy, Norcross GA 30071 Anyone with an ownership interest in a vehicle listed herein may file an answer to the petition on or before: 1

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B6 ♌ Friday, december 20, 2019 ♌ gwinnettdailypost.com B6 ♌ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2019 ♌ GWINNETTDAILYPOST.COM 12.31.2019. Answer forms may be found in the Magistrate Court Clerk’s office located at: 75 Langley Dr Lawrenceville, GA. Forms may also be obtained online at www.georgiamagistratecouncil.com.

Vehicle Make: Nissan Year: 2009 Model: Murano Vehicle ID #: JN8AZ18W99W151247 Vehicle License #: 24546950 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45409 Vehicle Make: Jeep Year: 2005 Model: Liberty Vehicle ID #: 1J4GL58K95W579562 Vehicle License #: CAF5122 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45410 Vehicle Make: Honda Year: 2002 Model: Accord Vehicle ID #: 1HGCG16512A019608 Vehicle License #: No Tag State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45411 Vehicle Make: Ford Year: 2004 Model: Explorer Vehicle ID #: 1FMZU73K84UB69923 Vehicle License #: PHX4759 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45412 Vehicle Make: GMC Year: 2004 Model: Yukon Vehicle ID #: 1GKEK13Z64R202248 Vehicle License #: 9956434 State IL Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45413 Vehicle Make: Honda Year: 2006 Model: Accord Vehicle ID #: 1HGCM563X6A112289 Vehicle License #: No Tag State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45414 Vehicle Make: Mini Year: 2009 Model: Cooper Vehicle ID #: WMWMR33519TU96712 Vehicle License #: No Tag State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45415 Vehicle Make: Kia Year: 2011 Model: Optima Vehicle ID #: KNAGM4A72B5081687 Vehicle License #: No Tag State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45416 Vehicle Make: Nissan Year: 2010 Model: Altima Vehicle ID #: 1N4AL2AP3AC181345 Vehicle License #: RKR6820 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45417 Vehicle Make: Jeep Year: 2005 Model: Jeep Grand Cherokee Vehicle ID #: 1J4GS48K95C655506 Vehicle License #: CR3648 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45418 Vehicle Make: Chevrolet Year: 2006 Model: Equinox Vehicle ID #: 2CNDL13F666197217 Vehicle License #: RLC7198 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45419 Vehicle Make: BMW Year: 2005 Model: X5 Vehicle ID #: 5UXFB53545LV13541 Vehicle License #: DTJ2160 State MI Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45420 Vehicle Make: Toyota Year: 2004 Model: Camry Vehicle ID #: 4T1BE30K84U828210 Vehicle License #: No Tag State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45421 Vehicle Make: Saab Year: 2010 Model: 9-5 Vehicle ID #: YS3GR4BJXA4002956 Vehicle License #: GGD5307 State OH Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45422 Vehicle Make: Dodge Year: 2016 Model: Journey Vehicle ID #: 3C4PDCCG1GT127771 Vehicle License #: B891328 State MX Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45423 Vehicle Make: Chevrolet Year: 2011 Model: Impala Vehicle ID #: 2G1WG5EK0B1316737 Vehicle License #: CJM9846 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45424 Vehicle Make: Ford Year: 2014 Model: Fusion Vehicle ID #: 3FA6P0LU6ER386747 Vehicle License #: CJZ3241 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45425 Vehicle Make: Honda Year: 2005 Model: Accord Vehicle ID #: 1HGCM66505A006651 Vehicle License #: PNJ9426 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45426 Vehicle Make: Cadillac Year: 2005 Model: CTS Vehicle ID #: 1G6DM56T750209489 Vehicle License #: RBM3039 State GA Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45427 Vehicle Make: BMW Year: 2000 Model: 323Ci Vehicle ID #: WBABM3346YJN65806 Vehicle License #: JNPT47 State FL Magistrate Court Case No.: 19M45428 928-626793, 12/20,27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: 722 RIO VISTA CT. SUWANEE, GA 30024 Month, Day, Year 12/14/19 Time: 1:00PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 2013 BMW 528I VIN#: WBAXG5C59DD229223 929-626809, 12/20, 27 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry at: 381 EAST PIKE BLVD STE E14 LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30046 Month, Day, Year 12/14/19 Time: 1:00PM The following vehicle, declared abandoned and foreclosure vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5, as follows: Year, Make, Model: 2014 CHEVY CRUZE LS VIN#: 1G1PA5SH5E7110707 929-626832, 12/20, 27

ZONINGS THE CITY OF NORCROSS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Public Hearings and Meetings will be held at 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, GA 30071, before the Norcross Architectural Review Board (ARB) , Planning and Zoning Board (P&Z), Mayor and Council Policy (M&C) and Mayor and Council (M&C) Regular Meeting on the following dates and for the purpose of due process of the following: COA2019-0049/REZ20190003, rezoning 0 Pinnacle Way, Tax Parcel ID: 6213 066, 2.61 acres of land, from M1 (light industrial) to PRD (planned residential development) to allow not less than nine residential units per acre within the I-85 Activity Center character area.

Meeting Schedule Board Meeting Type Meeting Date Meeting Time ARB Hearing Tuesday, December 17, 2019 6:00 PM P&Z Hearing Wednesday, January 2020 6:30 PM

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M&C PolicyMeeting Monday, February 17, 2020 6:30 PM M&C Regular Hearing M o n d a y,

March 2, 2020 6:30 PM For further information, please call the Community Development Department at 678-421-2027.

9 3 4 - 6 2 3 7 1 5 , 11/22,12/20,1/10,2/19 GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 The following zoning is scheduled for a public hearing as stated above and arises from deannexation and is required pursuant to the Gwinnett County Unified Development Ordinance Section 200-100. Maps, legal descriptions, and other information are available in the office of the Planning Division, 446 West Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Owner: The Estate of Willena Robinson, zoning of Tax Parcel No. R7298 005, C-1 (City of Rest Haven) to C-2 (Gwinnett County), 3100 Block of Buford Highway (SR 23), 8.11 acres. District 4/ Fosque P&D BOC DEANNEXATION 1-28 934-627110, 12/20 GWINNETT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2020 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 The following Rezoning, Change-in-Conditions, Special Use Permit and other items of business, located within Unincorporated Gwinnett County, are scheduled for public hearings as stated above. Site plans, legal descriptions, and other information are available in the office of the Planning Division, 446 West Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

RZM2019-00009, Applicant: Kenneth Wood, Owner: Glenda Sells, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R5118 001A, R-100 to RM-13; Apartments (Buffer Reduction), 23002400 Blocks of Sugarloaf Parkway, 23.91 Acres. District 4/Fosque RZM2019-00010, Applicant: Kenneth Wood, Owner: Glenda Sells, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5118 001A and 002, R-100 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 2400 Block of Sugarloaf Parkway, 11.62 Acres. District 4/Fosque RZC2019-00016, Applicant: 5LP Holding, LLC, Owner: 5LP Holding, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R6189 002A and 413, R-75 to C-1; Convenience Store with Gas Pumps (Buffer Reduction), 5800 Block of Singleton Road and 1400 Block of Pirkle Road, 1.67 Acres.

District 2/Ku RZC2019-00021, Applicant: Child’s World Kindergarten, Owner: Child’s World Kindergarten, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R2003 138, C-1 to C-2; Pet Boarding, 3300 Block of Fence Road, 0.67 Acre. District 3/Hunter SUP2019-00077, Applicant: Child’s World Kindergarten, Owner: Child’s World Kindergarten, Tax Parcel No. R2003 138, Application for a Special Use Permit in a C-2 (Proposed) Zoning District for an Outdoor Dog Run, 3300 Block of Fence Road, 0.67 Acre. District 3/Hunter RZR2019-00024, Applicant: CKK Development Services, Owner: Howard Duane Johnson, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R7223 002, RA-200 and R-100 to TND; Traditional Neighborhood Development (Buffer Reduction), 2800 Block of Bart Johnson Road, 58.49 Acres.

District 4/Fosque SUP2019-00083, Applicant: CMES, Inc., Owner: Larson-Juhl US, LLC, Tax Parcel Nos. R6202 019 and 035, Application for a Special Use Permit in a M-1 Zoning District for a Contractor’s Office, Heavy/Civil Construction, 3900 Block of Steve Reynolds Boulevard and 1500 Block of Pavilion Place, 16.91 Acres. District 1/Brooks P&D PC TBL 1-7 934-627112, 12/20 GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2020 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 The following Rezoning, Change-in-Conditions, Special Use Permit and other items of business, located within Unincorporated Gwinnett County, are scheduled for public hearings as stated above. Site plans, legal descriptions, and other information are available in the office of the Planning Division, 446 West Crogan Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

RZM2019-00011, Applicant: BH Affordable, LLC, Owners: Alcovy 316, LLC and Asher Benator, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5239 002 and 009, RA-200, R-100 and MH to RM-13; Apartments, 1300 Block of Winder Highway, 15.09 Acres. District 3/ Hunter SUP2019-00078, Applicant: Lidia Busuioc, Owner: Lidia Busuioc, Tax Parcel No. R6021 035, Application for a Special Use Permit in a R-100 Zoning District for a Family Personal Care Home, 3300 Block of Johnson Drive, 2.34 Acres. District 3/Hunter RZC2019-00016, Applicant: 5LP Holding, LLC, Owner: 5LP Holding, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R6189 002A, R-75 to C-1; Convenience Store with Gas Pumps (Buffer Reduction), 5800 Block of Singleton Road and 1400 Block of Pirkle Road, 0.96 Acre. District 2/Ku RZC2019-00022, Applicant: Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP, Owner: Sean New Hope Properties, Inc., Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R5171 066, RA-200 and R-100 to C-2; Convenience Store with Fuel Pumps (Buffer Reduction), 1000 Block of New Hope Road and 1000 Block of Chandler Road, 3.00 Acres. District 3/Hunter RZC2019-00021, Applicant: Child’s World Kinder-

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garten, Owner: Child’s World Kindergarten, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R2003 138, C-1 to C-2; Pet Boarding, 3300 Block of Fence Road, 0.67 Acre. District 3/Hunter SUP2019-00077, Applicant: Child’s World Kindergarten, Owner: Child’s World Kindergarten, Tax Parcel No. R2003 138, Application for a Special Use Permit in a C-2 (Proposed) Zoning District for an Outdoor Dog Run, 3300 Block of Fence Road, 0.67 Acre. District 3/Hunter RZM2019-00009, Applicant: Kenneth Wood, Owner: Glenda Sells, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R5118 001A, R-100 to RM-13; Apartments (Buffer Reduction), 23002400 Blocks of Sugarloaf Parkway, 23.91 Acres. District 4/Fosque RZM2019-00010, Applicant: Kenneth Wood, Owner: Glenda Sells, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5118 001A and 002, R-100 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 2400 Block of Sugarloaf Parkway, 11.62 Acres. District 4/Fosque SUP2019-00083, Applicant: CMES, Inc., Owner: Larson-Juhl US, LLC, Tax Parcel Nos. R6202 019 and 035, Application for a Special Use Permit in a M-1 Zoning District for a Contractor’s Office, Heavy/Civil Construction, 3900 Block of Steve Reynolds Boulevard and 1500 Block of Pavilion Place, 16.91 Acres. District 1/Brooks RZM2019-00014, Applicant: Mason Family Management Company, LLC, Owner: Joffe Athens Highway, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5126 142 and R5131 003, C-2 to RM-24; Apartments (Buffer Reduction), 600 Block of Athens Highway and 3000 Block of Wellbrook Drive, 18.42 Acres. District 3/ Hunter RZM2019-00015, Applicant: Brand Properties, LLC, Owner: Plain View Investments, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7081 013 and 153, C-2 to RM-24; Apartments (Buffer Reduction), 1800-1900 Blocks of Duluth Highway and 5000 Block of Sugarloaf Parkway, 11.74 Acres. District 1/Brooks RZR2019-00022, Applicant: Geosam Capital US (Georgia), LLC, Owner: Geosam Capital US (Georgia), LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5248 002, 004, 014, 015, 017 and 052, R-100 to OSC; Open Space Conservation Subdivision, 1600 Block of Ewing Chapel Road, 119.48 Acres. District 3/Hunter RZR2019-00023, Applicant: Old Norcross Investments, Inc., Owners: James Royce Wages, Et al, James R. Jr. and Fay R. Wages, and C.E. Smith, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R2003 030, 058 and 257, RA-200 to OSC; Open Space Conservation Subdivision, 400 Block of Auburn Road and 300 Block of West Union Grove Circle, 79.68 Acres. District 3/ Hunter RZR2019-00024, Applicant: CKK Development Services, Owner: Howard Duane Johnson, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R7223 002, RA-200 and R-100 to TND; Traditional Neighborhood Development (Buffer Reduction), 2800 Block of Bart Johnson Road, 58.49 Acres.

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RZM2020-00002, Applicant: Ascot Investment Company, Inc., Owners: Robert E. Robinson, Jr. and Sara Pichulik, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7127 011, 013 and 168, R-100 to RM-24; Apartments (Buffer Reduction), 2700 Block of McGinnis Ferry Road and 2600 Block of Lawrenceville Suwanee Road, 19.7 Acres.

District 1/Brooks RZM2020-00003, Applicant: Action Technology Solutions, Owner: TM Harris, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R5019 014, M-1 to R-TH; Townhouses, 100 Block of Huff Drive, 10.84 Acres. District 4/Fosque RZR2020-00001, Applicant: Bonnie and Jaime Leonard, Owners: Bonnie and Jaime Leonard, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R7351 034, R-100 to RA-200; Residential Agricultural Uses, 6200 Block of Stewart Road, 2.06 Acres. District 4/Fosque RZR2020-00002, Applicant: Mohamed Kuyateh, Owner: Mohamed Kuyateh, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R6033 028, O-I to R-100; Family Personal Care Home, 2800 Block of Centerville Highway, 1.74 Acres. District 3/Hunter SUP2020-00003, Applicant: Mohamed Kuyateh, Owner: Mohamed Kuyateh, Tax Parcel No. R6033 028, Application for a Special Use Permit in a R-100 (Proposed) Zoning District for a Family Personal Care Home, 2800 Block of Centerville Highway, 1.74 Acres. District 3/Hunter RZR2020-00003, Applicant: Northpointe Communities, LLC, Owner: Northpointe Realty Investments, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R5099 002, 017 and 025, R-100 to TND; Traditional Neighborhood Development, 3500 Block of Brushy Fork Road and 1100 Block of Temple Johnson Road, 26.47 Acres. District 3/Hunter RZR2020-00004, Applicant: Gayle Stanton, Owner: Gayle Stanton, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7002 021A and 021B, R-100 to R-75; Single Family Subdivision, 600 Block of Paden Drive and 2400 Block of Kemp Drive, 1.94 Acres. District 4/Fosque RZR2020-00005, Applicant: Clayton Properties Group, Inc. dba Chafin Land Development, Owner: Clayton Properties Group, Inc., Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R3003 024, 071, 245, 258, 286 and 578, R-100 to TND; Traditional Neighborhood Development, 1200-1300 Blocks of Mount Moriah Road and 4700 Block of Braselton Highway, 65.05 Acres.

District 3/Hunter CIC2020-00001, Applicant: JPM Outlook, LLC, Owner: Megel Properties, LP, Tax Parcel No. R6139 061, Change in Conditions of Zoning for Property Zoned RM-10, 6100 Block of Lawrenceville Highway, 6.85 Acres. District 2/Ku CIC2020-00002, Applicant: Pulte Home Company, LLC, Owners: Berry Hall Developments, LLC/Woodland Hall Investments and Pulte Home Company, LLC, Tax Parcel No. R5344 223, Change in Conditions of Zoning for Property Zoned OSC, 2500 Block of Berry Hall Road, 72.16 Acres. District 3/ Hunter CIC2020-00003, Applicant: WS Sugarloaf LLC, Owner: WS Sugarloaf LLC, Tax Parcel No. R7116 010A, Change in Conditions of Zoning for Property Zoned M-1, 2300 Block of Satellite Boulevard, 2.86 Acres. District 1/Brooks CIC2020-00004, Applicant: Thuy Vu, Owner: Thuy Vu, Tax Parcel No. R6191 091, Change in Conditions of Zoning for Property Zoned C-2, 6200 Block of S. Norcross Tucker Road, 3.92 Acres.

District 2/Ku SUP2020-00001, Applicant: Quyen Tonnu, Owner: Quyen Tonnu, Tax Parcel No. R5092 005A and 699, Application for a Special Use Permit in a R-100 Zoning District for Accessory Structures Exceeding Cumulative Total of 1,000 Square Feet, 1200 Block of Cooper Road, 2.93 Acres. District 3/Hunter SUP2020-00002, Applicant: Camelia C. Grecu, Owner: Camelia C. Grecu, Tax Parcel No. R1001 442, Application for a Special Use Permit in a RA-200 Zoning District for a Family Personal Care Home (Renewal), 3000 Block of Hamilton Mill Road, 2.27 Acres. District 4/Fosque SUP2020-00004, Applicant: Carole Valentin, Owner: Carole Valentin, Tax Parcel No. R5129 032, Application for a Special Use Permit in a R-100 Zoning District for a Family Personal Care Home (Renewal), 5200 Block of Lake Carlton Road, 1.96 Acres. District 3/Hunter SUP2020-00005, Applicant: Lucky Premium Treats, LLC, Owner: Barton & Poolos Properties, Inc., Tax Parcel No. R6197 126, Application for a Special Use Permit in a M-1 Zoning District for a Poultry/Meat Processing Facility, 1200 Block of Oakbrook Drive, 3.63 Acres.

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RZC2020-00001, Applicant: VDC Development Group, LLC, Owner: VDC Development Group, LLC, Rezoning of Tax Parcel No. R3006 006, MUO to O-I; Independent Living, Retirement Community, 5900 Block of Thompson Mill Road, 11.52 Acres. District 3/Hunter SUP2020-00006, Applicant: VDC Development Group, LLC, Owner: VDC Development Group, LLC, Tax Parcel No. R3006 006, Application for a Special Use Permit in an O-I (Proposed) Zoning District for an Independent Living, Retirement Community, 5900 Block of Thompson Mill Road, 11.52 Acres. District 3/Hunter SUP2020-00007, Applicant: VDC Development Group, LLC, Owner: VDC Development Group, LLC, Tax Parcel No. R3006 006, Application for a Special Use Permit in an O-I (Proposed) Zoning District for a Building Height Increase, 5900 Block of Thompson Mill Road, 11.52 Acres. District 3/Hunter RZC2020-00002, Applicant: Quattrok, LLC, Owners: Barryjeff, Inc. and Isacc N. Habif, et al, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7156 011, 012 and 013, R-100, O-I, C-2 and M-2 to MU-R; MixedUse Development (Buffer Reduction), 2700 Block of Meadow Church Road, 1200 Block of Old Peachtree Road and 1700 Block of Meadow Drive, 17.06 Acres. District 1/Brooks RZC2020-00003, Applicant: WF Sugar Hill, LLC, Owner: Jennifer Scott, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7339 014 and 085, C-1 and C-2 to C-2; Car Wash (Buffer Reduction), 5900 Block of Cumming Highway and 5800 Block of Suwanee Dam Road, 1.29 Acres. District 1/Brooks SUP2020-00008, Applicant: WF Sugar Hill, LLC, Owner: Jennifer Scott, Tax Parcel No. R7339 014 and 085, Application for a Special Use Permit in a C-2 (Proposed) Zoning District for a Car Wash (Buffer Reduction), 5900 Block of Cumming Highway and 5800 Block of Suwanee Dam Road, 1.29 Acres. District 1/Brooks RZM2020-00001, Applicant: Ascot Investment Company, Inc., Owners: Robert E. Robinson, Jr. and Sara Pichulik, Rezoning of Tax Parcel Nos. R7127 011 and 013, R-100 to R-TH; Townhouses (Buffer Reduction), 2700 Block of McGinnis Ferry Road and 2600 Block of Lawrenceville Suwanee Road, 21.6 Acres. District 1/Brooks

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This ‘Bombshell’ is a dud

If looking for scandalous takedown of media empire, you’ll be disappointed HH

By Michael Clark Movie Critic

For those looking forward to seeing “Bombshell” to bask in the glow of a major hatchet job on Fox News, you will be severely disappointed. Although it takes place exclusively in the Fox News facility in New York and often presents recognizable on-air personalities with caricature-like, mocking glee, less than 30 minutes of the movie focuses on them.

Instead, writer Charles Randolph and director Jay Roach spend most of the time on easier, lower-hanging fruit: the late Fox News head honcho Roger Ailes.

A former Republican media strategist who worked behind the scenes on campaigns for Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush as well as current Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, Ailes (John Lithgow) was a master of presentation and political spin long before the advent of cable TV. He was also an early practitioner of political smear TV ads.

Ailes’ track record made him the obvious choice of Rupert Murdoch (Malcolm McDowell), CEO of the entire Fox TV empire (and later, owner of the Wall Street Journal) looking to make a mark in the soon-to-be-cutthroat world of cable TV news.

The movie opens with Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) already well into

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Charlize Theron is Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman is Gretchen Carlson and Margot Robbie is Kayla Pospisil in “Bombshell.” mounting her sexual harassment suit against Ailes and Fox. After rebuffing Ailes’ many advancements, Carlson was removed from the highly rated “Fox and Friends” early morning show to the relative ratings wasteland of her own fluff program airing at 2 p.m.

— the worst time slot for a daytime broadcast.

Somewhat already aware (or suspicious) of Carlson’s suit, heavy-hitter Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) was fresh off of covering a highly controversial debate where she went toe-to-toe with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. At the time, Kelly had the most plum of all possible time slots (9 p.m.) and either wasn’t bothered or didn’t care that she’d just made an enemy of the possible next president of the United States (and by proxy Ailes) until she

became the story. Kelly had her own history with Ailes, which remains fuzzy for the duration of the film.

Rounding out the trio of lead female characters is the fictional Kayla Pospisil (Margot Robbie), a greenhorn, go-getter type eager to move on up the corporate ladder in order to get her own show. The introduction of the Kayla character presents a double-edged sword and becomes problematic on a multitude of levels.

Ostensibly, Kayla is here to represent every woman who was considered for an on-air job. She is put through the ringer along the way, including a degrading first meeting with Ailes, which would send most self-respecting women running for cover.

Instead Kayla makes friends with a secretive Hillary Clinton-supporting producer (Kate

Broadway staple ‘Cats’ falls flat on the big screen HH

By Michael Clark Movie Critic

At one point the longest running musical on both Broadway and London’s West End, there was never any doubt Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” would one day be made into a feature film. The only surprise was how long it took.

A movie genre which pretty much peaked in the 1950s but held on through the early 1960s, musicals on average perform terribly at the box office (only documentaries fare worse) but have never fully gone away (and for the record, animated movies with songs are not musicals). Every year some studio rolls the dice in the hopes America and the world have turned the corner and are ready for another movie where people break into song and dance for no reason whatsoever.

It is the most unnatural and forced method to tell a story ever conceived.

Those productions which have cracked the $100 million mark at the U.S. box office mark are few and far between and include “Grease,” “Chicago,” “The Greatest Showman,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” “La La Land,” “Les Miserables” and “Mamma Mia!” As all but one of those titles has been released since 2000, maybe the time is right for “Cats” to join this ultra-exclusive club, but with a budget of $95 million, it better outperform any and all of the most optimistic of projections.

For fans of the play, musicals of any kind and completist devotees of any of the cast members, you can skip the rest of this review. Nothing you read from this point on

will in any way stop you from seeing this movie. You’re going and that’s that.

Setting the poems in T.S. Elliot’s 1939 collection “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” to music, Webber came up with a handful of truly catchy tunes, but also included close to dozen more which, well, aren’t very catchy.

The most memorable of these is “Memory” which is included here three times, albeit incomplete each time and sung

by Jennifer Hudson as Grizabella, a once popular singer who now more resembles a bag lady. Far from the showstopper heard on the original cast album, Hudson’s versions are frustratingly truncated and only come close to the original article for about 30 seconds (what is seen in the trailer).

With the exception of a comical song each by Rebel Wilson (as Jennyanydots) and James Corden (as Bustopher Jones) and two by Taylor Swift’s Bombalurina (“Macavity” and the new Webber/Swift song “Beautiful Ghosts”), every number from the play either runs on for far too long (the opener “Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats” is over 12 minutes) or is sung by someone who can’t carry a tune.

The two most glaring examples of this are Dame Judy Dench (as Old Deuteronomy) and Sir Ian McKellan (as Gus the Theater Cat) — two of the greatest living actors on the planet – they weren’t the right performers for these parts. With all due respect to Dench and McKellan, they should have been dubbed in post production or re-cast with other performers who can both act and sing (and sometimes dance) to help lend the production better credibility.

The movie is not without a few pluses, and the best comes in the form of Victoria (Francesca Hayward), a stray kicked to the curb in the opening scene

who slowly but surely ingratiates herself into the closely-knit pack of street cats, all of them leery of outsiders and interlopers. Born in Kenya and raised in London, Hayward has been a member of the Royal Ballet since 2012 and steals the show at every turn. Called on to sing little, Hayward brings both a newcomer’s exuberance and innocence along with a veteran’s ease and self-assurance to the role.

Faring just as well as the principal villain Macavity is Idris Elba, lending the production the sole bit of menace and danger and has much in common with Elba’s turn as antagonist Shere Khan in the 2016 remake of “The Jungle Book.” Rumor has it Elba was offered the opportunity to replace Daniel Craig as the next James Bond but turned it down for fear of becoming typecast – which was a smart move.

For the throngs of Swift fans – ranging in age from 5 to 55 – be prepared for something of a letdown. Her character doesn’t show up until 65 minutes into the movie and has just one scene lasting less than 10 minutes. If you think sitting through 110 minutes of feline hijinx is worth it to see Taylor in a cat suit and performing a not-real-great song-and-dance, go for it.

It’s hard to imagine “Cats” won’t receive Oscar nominations in the Best Costume and Make-up categories. And it will be heavily favored to win both.

The same goes for Swift’s end credit (off-screen) performance of “Beautiful Ghosts” in the Best Original Song category.

On the upside, the last few scenes do offer something resembling moral and spiritual uplift and the movie ends with a sunrise and a peaceful warm glow. It’s not nearly enough to make up for all of the night time (sorry for the pun) caterwauling which has preceded it.

(Universal)

McKinnon) with whom she has a fleeting affair.

This is the point where “Bombshell” careens off the rails. Tossing in high conjecture on top of mid-level hypothesizing for the sake of titillation was not the way to go. Based on only what is already publicly known about Ailes, this sort of extraneous piling on wasn’t needed and brings down the believability of the rest of the story tenfold.

Truth is always stranger than fiction. Had the filmmakers stuck to just the facts, they would have had a genuine barn-burner on their hands.

By introducing Kayla, most of authenticity becomes overshadowed and gets lost in the sloppy soap opera mix.

This is the fifth feature written by co-producer Randolph who — after three misfires: “The Life of David Gale,” “The

Interpreter” and “Love & Other Drugs” — finally struck gold with “The Big Short” from 2015. A black comedy about the 2007 market crash, “The Big Short” provided a unique fly on the wall perspective that lead to Randolph and co-writer/director Adam Mackay winning Oscars for their screenplay.

Randolph employs (read: recycles) the same sort of acerbic, semi-irreverent approach with “Bombshell” with mostly scattershot results.

Much like Mackay, Roach made his cinematic bones churning out low-brow comedies (the “Meet the Parents” and “Austin Powers” franchises) and when he attempted something with more cerebral bite (the political spoof “The Campaign” and the dramatic bio-flick “Trumbo”) he made great creative strides.

“Bombshell” is another stab at serious filmmaking, but Roach never finds his desired narrative groove.

“Bombshell” s a nothingburger of a movie which does zilch to move the political needle. It is mildly entertaining and minimally informative and will be viewed by those on both sides of the political aisle as a waste of time.

The best that can be said about the movie is the makeup artists who did an only soso job on getting Kidman to look like Carlson should receive an Oscar for transforming Theron into Kelly’s spitting mirror image. That’s not exactly the type of prestige award this film was hoping to receive. As “bombshell” political exposes go, “Bombshell” is a muted, low-volume, moist firecracker.

(Lionsgate)

Scenic ‘Life’ one of Terrence Malick’s best

A Hidden Life (PG-13) 3 out of 4 stars HHH

By Michael Clark Movie Critic

Although it has origins dating back to the 16th century, the term “conscientious objector” didn’t receive much notice until the 1960s when a number of notable American men cited it as reason to avoid military service in the Vietnam War. The highestprofile of these were Muhammad Ali (known as Cassius Clay), humorist Dave Barry, actor Richard Dreyfuss, Beach Boy Carl Wilson and jazz man Sun Ra. Doing so on moral and/or religious grounds, objectors in the ’60s were championed and embraced by the far left and vilified by the far right, which labeled them as cowards (or worse). Whatever your personal opinion up until now, it’s hard to imagine after watching “A Hidden Life,” anyone describing Austrian objector Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl) as anything less than a martyr and a true hero who was eventually beatified by the Catholic Church in 2007.

What separates (to a large degree) Jägerstätter from others like him was that he refused to pledge allegiance to or fight for Nazi Germany.

The only of-age male in his small village to do so, Jägerstätter and his family were immediately ostracized by their neighbors, a situation which dragged on for over three years. Even the local church leaders held nothing but disdain for Jägerstätter.

Running a good 40 minutes longer than it should, writer/ director Terrence Malick’s three-hour epic “A Hidden Life” is a fitting tribute to a man who stared true evil

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Valerie Pachner and August Diehl in the film “A Hidden Life.” directly in the eye and never once blinked. In addition to the bloated length, the movie is also brimming with Malick’s trademark ethereal cinematography, beyond-spare dialogue and a tendency to include long visual passages of lush, panoramic vistas which often have next to nothing to do with the story.

Despite the frequent atmospheric indulgences, “A Hidden Life” is the best thing Malick has done since “The Tree of Life” from 2011 and is the closest he’s gotten to traditional storytelling since his 1974 debut “Badlands.” One of the most inscrutable and enigmatic filmmakers of this or any other era, Malick is the Bob Dylan of directors; he eschews interviews and flatout refuses to offer interpretations of his own work. The Malick faithful will absolutely relish “A Hidden Life” while the still-unmoved masses will continue wondering what all of the fuss is about.

Ironically, Diehl is best known up until now for playing a Nazi SS officer in “Inglourious Basterds” (he’s the guy who started the gunfight in the underground French bistro) and his character here bears far more in common with that of the fleeing German in the vastly underrated 2016 film “Come What May.” Able to speak volumes solely with his deep-set, dark eyes

and angular facial features, Diehl was a perfect choice for Jägerstätter and might be the finest bit of casting in Malick’s storied, but uneven career.

Starring opposite Diehl as Jägerstätter’s wife Franziska, newcomer Valerie Bachner is also charged with emoting through largely non-verbal means. She masterfully portrays the dutiful spouse who respects her husband’s convictions without necessarily agreeing with him. His choice to engage in a test of wills with the Nazis brought her and their three daughters (the oldest being just six) into the fray, yet she never wavered and kept up an unflappable front.

Jägerstätter’s story has only grown only more mythic and legendary with each passing year. Being made a saint was only one of a number of actions that took place after the end of World War II that attempted to right the many wrongs done to him. It’s a safe bet Jägerstätter would have been humbled by all of the attention he’s received and likely would prefer he simply be remembered as a man simply doing the right thing during one of mankind’s most horrific, detestable and darkest hours.

Presented in English and subtitled German.

(Fox Searchlight)