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gwinnettdailypost.com ♦ wednesday, december 25, 2019 ♦ A3 COLUMNIST I KEITH ROACH

Erratic blood pressure may be emotional reaction

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EAR DR. ROACH: I’m an active 85-yearold woman. For the past four years, I have been having erratic blood pressure readings.

Sometimes my blood pressure is 80/50, other times 200/90 or higher. I am Roach treated with nadolol as needed.

My cardiologist said he cannot help me. The doctors at the hospital have no idea why I have this problem.

When my blood pressure is low, I have blurry eyesight and trouble walking.

They tell me to eat salt when my blood pressure is low.

— Anon.

ANSWER: Blood pressure that fluctuates that greatly over a short period of time is unusual and has a short list of potential causes.

One, which I am nearly positive your cardiologist has looked for, is a tumor that produces the substance epinephrine, also called adrenaline, or similar molecules that raise the blood pressure.

This is called a pheochromocytoma (or paraganglioma, if it’s outside the adrenal gland) and is quite rare. Blood and urine tests are used to diagnose this condition, or more likely, to exclude it. Rarely, other substances that raise blood pressure can be produced by the body, as in carcinoid syndrome.

Blockages in the arteries to the kidneys can cause blood pressure to go way up and way down. Some drugs can do it. We see it occasionally in a person who has had a stroke. But by far the most common reason is emotional. Occasionally, these emotions are understood and acknowledged by the person suffering through these frightening blood pressure jumps, but often the person is not aware of any emotional distress at the time of the event. Physical symptoms, like the blurry vision and walking difficulty you mention, are universal. Common symptoms include headache, chest pain and dizziness. The blood pressure is normal apart from the symptoms, unless the patient has been put on blood pressure medication.

This condition, paroxysmal hypertension, is much more common than a pheochromocytoma, but many doctors aren’t aware of it. A careful and very thorough evaluation is absolutely necessary before making this diagnosis, but with a correct diagnosis, treatment is generally effective.

For an acute attack, treatment may be with a shortacting blood pressure medicine, such as labetalol. Given intravenously, it starts working within a few minutes, as opposed to the nadolol you were given, which starts working three to four hours after an oral dose.

Also, an anti-anxiety medicine, such as alprazolam, may be helpful as it begins working very quickly. This is effective even if a person does not feel anxiety.

People with very frequent episodes of symptomatic high blood pressure may benefit from medication to prevent symptoms.

I am fortunate to have experts in high blood pressure at my institution who are highly skilled at managing conditions like this.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: in 1868, president andrew Johnson unconditionally pardoned all those who had participated in the southern rebellion that led to the civil war. in 1974, 25-year-old marshall Fields crashed his car through a white House gate and threatened to detonate a bomb; he surrendered after a four-hour standoff. in 1990, tim berners-lee launched the first world wide web server. in 1991, mikhail gorbachev resigned as soviet president. the soviet Union was officially dissolved the next day.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: sir isaac newton (1642-1727), scientist; clara barton (1821-1912), american red cross founder; Humphrey bogart (18991957), actor; cab calloway (1907-1994), bandleader/singer; anwar sadat (1918-

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TODAY’S FACT: americans spent $123.9 billion shopping online during the holiday season in 2018.

TODAY’S SPORTS: in 1989, former new york yankees player and manager billy martin died in an automobile accident.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “that’s the easiest thing on earth, to come up with an idea ... the hardest thing on earth is to put it down.” — rod serling

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COLUMNIST I AMY DICKINSON

Family needs to address trans man correctly

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EAR AMY: I’m a college sophomore. I came out to my parents as a transgender man a few months back. Since I don’t live at home, this hasn’t been much of an issue; but recently when I went home for Thanksgiving, both of my parents introduced me to their friends as their daughter.

I’m a man, and I look like one. There’s always visible confusion on these people’s faces, and for the most part I’ve just let it slide, but it makes me incredibly uncomfortable.

Should I correct my folks in the moment, or simply reintroduce myself later? The Christmas season means I’ll be home again, and that means meeting more people.

— Embarrassed DEAR EMBARRASSED: Talk to your parents about this. Tell them how you want to be addressed. If you have changed your first name, make sure they understand that it is easier on you and others if they introduce you this way.

You have been living in your body during your transition, but your parents haven’t physically been with you and are still anchored to the person they raised as a daughter.

Just as every transition is different for every individual, loved ones sometimes struggle with the loss they

associate with this change.

Your folks may worry about you and feel guilty about the pain you might have been feeling, pre-transition. Help them to understand that this is liberating and beautiful for you. Assume that they will adjust to this change, just as you have — in sometimes awkward stages.

Because you have chosen to be home for the holidays, I’m going to assume that your family is flawed, like all families, but loving at its core.

Glaad.org has some helpful information that your folks might use — about how to become an ally to transgendered people. Share these tips (and any other information) with them.

If you face your family relationships with honesty, grace, forgiveness and humor, you might lead the way toward a new way of behaving and relating. This is a big lift for a young person, but you know who you are — and now you can show the world.

If a botched introduction leads to confusion, you can say, “I’m a transgender man.

We’re all adjusting. Please, call me ‘Carlo.’ I’m very happy to see you, and Merry Christmas!”

In short, simply be you.

DEAR AMY: I have a “friend” who has asked me for money a couple of times.

We have lent it to her, and she and her husband have paid us back. We have also helped them with their vehicle, done some housesitting for them, and we’ve watched their children so that they could have a date night.

I have asked her to attend some events and activities, and she has either said “no,” or she will say “yes” and then flake out. She is something of a homebody, so I let it go and try not to take it personally.

I don’t want to confront her for what I see as selfishness because I fear saying something that I may regret.

My husband has no issues with her husband. We see him often with mutual friends and run the risk of seeing her as well.

How do I distance myself without being rude?

— Going the Distance DEAR GOING: Your friend sounds like an introvert — or she might have some social anxiety — which would account for some behavior which you interpret as being flakey. She might accept invitations because she feels beholden to you (because you and your husband have done so many nice things for her), but when it comes down to it, she strug-

gles to follow through.

The way to distance yourself is to simply stop extending yourself and to stop initiating invitations, where she is likely to disappoint you.

You do not need to confront her or comment on how her behavior affects you (if you don’t want to).

In terms of your generous impulses, continue to respond to requests on a case-by-case basis, but don’t do so expecting a more intimate friendship.

DEAR AMY: Thank you, thank you, for responding with such humor to the question from “Holiday Grownups,” the newly married woman whose in-laws maintained the cringe-worthy tradition of filming their adult children coming down the staircase on Christmas morning.

My wife and I literally laughed out loud when you compared this to “Meet the Parents.” I hope this DIL can see this with as much humor as you did.

— Big Fans DEAR FANS: Personally, I thought this tradition sounded fairly awesome.

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.

do your own thing, try something new and follow your dream. the more you can do to claim personal freedom, the better. it’s time to take control and make your life what you want it to be. be open about your needs and willing to stand behind your promises.

CAPRICORN (dec.

22-Jan. 19) — consider the changes you want to make next year. take a look at your spending habits and make adjustments to ensure that you bring in more than you hand out.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Figure out the changes you want to make to counter any uncertainty you face. refuse to let someone from your past interfere in your current personal situation.

PISCES (Feb. 20-march 20) — you may feel tired with all the hard work you’ve put in this festive season. cheer up; an unexpected gift will brighten your day.

ARIES (march 21-april 19) — Family and friends will highlight your day. you will find love, peace and joy in what transpires today. old feuds can be resolved, and new beginnings started.

TAURUS (april 20-may 20) — the more you do to assist and accommodate those who need help, the better you will feel as the day progresses. a positive change will gain you some freedom.

GEMINI (may 21-June 20) — share your feelings with someone who affects the way you live. what’s offered will take you by surprise. make romance and love priorities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — a secret surprise will turn out to be the best gift ever. Family and friends will show gratitude for your thoughtful and caring offerings throughout the year.

LEO (July 23-aug.

22) — participating in festivities and family discussions can be useful, as long as you don’t offer to take on more than you can handle. make suggestions, but don’t take charge.

VIRGO (aug. 23-sept.

22) — choose to be easygoing, complimentary and fun today. your attitude will have a lot to do with how others treat you. leave a good impression.

LIBRA (sept. 23-oct.

23) — plan to have some fun. whether you’re on your own, with a loved one or the whole family, be thankful for what you have. don’t collide with a stubborn personality.

SCORPIO (oct. 24-nov.

22) — do something nice for people who could use it. offering a helping hand or making a kind gesture will be reciprocated in a gratifying but straightforward manner. a surprise is heading your way.

SAGITTARIUS (nov.

23-dec. 21) — eat, drink and be merry, but don’t go overboard and annoy someone who loves you. be sure to share half the workload as well as the treasures given by friends and family.

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WORLD & NATION

WORLD

Saudi Arabia sentences five to death for Khashoggi murder, clears three officials Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi but cleared a former top adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a public prosecutor said Monday.

There was no evidence against Saud al-Qahtani, Saudi Deputy Public Prosecutor Shaalan alShaalan announced in a televised press conference Monday. A court also dismissed charges against Ahmed alAssiri, a former deputy intelligence chief, and Mohammed al-Otaibi, Saudi’s consul general in Istanbul when the murder took place, he said.

Al-Qahtani and al-Otaibi were sanctioned a year ago by the U.S. Treasury for their alleged involvement in the murder.

Both al-Qahtani and al-Assiri were part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s inner circle and were relieved of their duties in the immediate aftermath of Khashoggi’s killing in October 2018.

“Saud al-Qahtani was questioned by the public prosecution and was not charged because there was no evidence against him,” al-Shaalan said.

Reading preliminary rulings for 11 people who have been investigated by Saudi Arabia, al-Shaalan said five others who took part in the murder had been sentenced to death.

Another three people face a total of 24 years in prison for covering up the murder and violating regulations. He did not reveal any of their names.

Khashoggi — a Washington Post columnist and royal insider-turned-critic — was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018.

He had expected to collect documents for his upcoming wedding but was instead killed and allegedly dismembered in the building. His remains are yet to be found.

Man survives bushfire hiding in pottery kiln as Australian town is almost wiped out As bushfires continue to burn out of control across Australia — engulfing whole towns and leaving little behind but for the charred remains of people’s homes — remarkable stories of survival have surfaced.

Steve Harrison, a 67-yearold potter, hid in a makeshift kiln to insulate him from the flames as his property was destroyed. He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that he had stayed behind to defend his home in Balmoral, a community south-west of Sydney.

“I ran to my ute (pickup truck) but my garden was already on fire, the driveway was on fire, the road was on fire so I couldn’t evacuate,” Harrison said. “The day before I had actually built myself a small kiln down the back — a coffin-sized kiln — just big enough for me to crawl inside.”

Harrison hid in the kiln for half an hour.

“It was huge, just glowing orange-red everywhere. Just scary. I was terrified,” he recalled. “I could have (died) if I hadn’t thought about plan B. In that little kiln enclosure I made, I had a fire extinguisher, a bucket of water, a drinking water bottle and a fire blanket.”

— From wire reports

Schumer pushes for Ukraine documents in Senate trial

By Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb CNN

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday ramped up his push for the Senate to pursue witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump after newly released emails raised questions about how aid to Ukraine was formally frozen on the same day of Trump’s July call with the Eastern European country’s leader.

Schumer sent a letter to all senators on Monday detailing specific documents he wants produced for the Senate trial, where Schumer and Democrats are pushing for witnesses that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has resisted in the early negotiations over the parameters of the trial.

Schumer cited the new emails from White House budget official Michael Duffey, which a judge ordered released to the Center for Public Integrity following a Freedom of Information Act request. In an email sent roughly 90 minutes after Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Duffey told the Pentagon not to disburse the security assistance to Ukraine and to keep the information “closely held” due to the “sensitive nature” of the directive.

An OMB spokeswoman said

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter to all senators on Monday detailing specific documents he wants produced for the Senate trial. that tying the freeze in aid to Trump’s July call was “reckless,” noting that the Pentagon and other agencies had already been notified the aid would be held a week earlier.

In his letter, Schumer noted that the House heard from an extensive group of witnesses in the impeachment inquiry, but investigators could not get access to most documents they sought because the administration defied congressional subpoenas.

“Relevant documentary evidence currently in the possession of the Administration will augment the existing evidentiary record and will allow Senators to reach judgments

informed by all of the available facts,” Schumer wrote.

“To oppose the admission of this evidence would be to turn a willfully blind eye to the facts, and would clearly be at odds with the obligation of Senators to ‘do impartial justice’ according to the oath we will all take in the impeachment trial.”

McConnell and Schumer spoke last week about the parameters of the trial, which could begin in January after the House impeached Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

But the Senate leaders have yet to reach any agreement on the rules of the trial, and

NATION

Axios: Bolton sharply criticizes Trump’s N. Korea policy as failing Former national security adviser John Bolton has issued his sharpest rebuke of the White House’s approach to North Korea’s nuclear ambitions in a new interview with Axios published Sunday, asserting that “the idea that we are somehow exerting maximum pressure on North Korea is just unfortunately not true.”

His comments come as North Korea may be preparing to test engines and other components of its missile program, an administration official tells CNN. Bolton told Axios he does not think the White House “really means it” when President Donald Trump pledges to halt the hermit nation from nuclear weapon development or “it would be pursuing a different course.”

“We’re now nearly three years into the administration with no visible progress toward getting North Korea to make the strategic decision to stop pursuing deliverable nuclear weapons,” he told the news outlet.

Administration officials are monitoring satellite imagery for signs that North Korea may soon conduct a new round of weapons testing to deliver the “Christmas gift” that Pyongyang’s officials have promised the US if it doesn’t ease up on sanctions.

Due to North Korean measures to hide activities at multiple sites, the US cannot be certain what North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may order to be tested, one official said. One scenario suggests a test of a long-range missile or launch of a satellite on a long-range booster.

“Time is on the side of the

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Former national security adviser John Bolton has issued his sharpest rebuke of the White House’s approach to North Korea’s nuclear ambitions in a new interview with Axios published Sunday. proliferator,” Bolton told Axios.

“The more time there is, the more time there is to develop, test and refine both the nuclear component and the ballistic missile component of the program.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has not sent the Senate the impeachment articles necessary to begin the trial.

McConnell has argued that it’s too soon for the Senate to consider calling witnesses, saying they should pass a resolution similar to the one unanimously passed to establish the parameters for President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, which did not address the question of witnesses.

“What we need to do is to listen to the arguments, have a written questioning period and then decide whether we need witnesses or not,” McConnell said in an interview on Fox News Monday. the end of August 2018, he said, “I believe the better path is for Tesla to remain public,” following a meeting with the company’s board.

His tweets landed Musk in hot water with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as with investors. The SEC found Musk’s tweets had misled shareholders: He never actually secured the funding to take the company private.

Musk paid the regulator $20 million in a settlement fee in October 2018, and he agreed to give up his position as chairman of the company.

Tesla’s stock is up nearly 27% this year.

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg was ousted on Monday after a tumultuous period in which the company faced a series of setbacks, including two fatal crashes, delays and numerous issues with its 737 Max airplane. Boeing continues to struggle to get its most important product back in the air.

Chairman David Calhoun will take over as CEO, effective January 13, 2020.

Boeing said in a press release that its board of directors decided to part ways with Muilenberg in part because its customers and regulators no longer trusted the company’s decision-making.

“A change in leadership was necessary to restore confidence in the company moving forward as it works to repair relationships with regulators, customers, and all other stakeholders,” the company said.

Boeing’s 737 Max, which was the company’s bestselling White Sands has been commercial jet, was grounded worldwide in March 2019 designated as the after two fatal crashes killed 346 people. It still hasn’t re- newest US national park turned to flight, despite BoeThe United States has its ing’s efforts to clear a software 62nd national park. fix with regulators.

The White Sands National Monument in southern New Tesla’s stock just hit Mexico has been officially desa record $420/share ignated as White Sands National Park.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk once Legislation to redesignate said he had a buyer that would White Sands was included in take Tesla private at $420 a the National Defense Authorishare. That never happened zation Act for Fiscal Year 2020.

— but the stock just got there Located in the Tularosa Baon its own. sin, White Sands is one of the Musk tweeted in August world’s great natural wonders. last year that he is “consid- The 275 square miles of desering taking Tesla private at ert makes White Sands the $420. Funding secured.” At world’s largest gypsum dune the time, the share price was field, according to the National $379.57 — nowhere near $420. Park Service.

Speculation about the identity Gypsum is a common mineral of the mystery buyer was rife, in rocks around the world and and many investors thought is extremely soft. It can break Musk might be making a joke: down easily, and the grains re420 often refers to the police flect light rather than allowing code for cannabis possession. it to pass through, which gives That reference was not lost off its snowy appearance, acon Musk — and he joked about cording to the park service. it Monday.

What allows gypsum sand A week after his tweet, Musk to form is water. The park sersaid Saudi Arabia’s sovereign vice says that White Sands is wealth fund had approached a “wet environment” at 100% him more than once about humidity. buying the company, but by — From wire reports

lowers reclaimed the Temple and rebuilt the altar.

What’s do the candles symbolize?

You may have heard Hanukkah referred to as “The Festival of Lights” and might already be familiar with a menorah. Menorahs have long been a symbol used in Judaism, and when the altar was rebuilt by Maccabee and co., part of that included relighting the menorahs. The soldiers only had enough oil to light the menorah for a single

night, but the story goes that the little bit of oil lasted for eight full nights. Thus: the Miracle of Hanukkah.

What are other ways to observe the holiday?

Many modern Jewish families celebrate by lighting the hanukkiah. One candle per night of Hanukkah is lit, like Hebrew is read, from right to left. People might also play dreidel games and eat certain foods like sufganiyot (similar to jelly donuts) and latkes (fried potato pancakes). Both foods

Boeing CEO Muilenburg ousted

PEOPLE

Eddie Murphy’s return was SNL’s most watched show in years Eddie Murphy’s return to “Saturday Night Live” was a big hit: SNL scored its top-rated show in nearly three years.

After a 35-year absence, the now 58-year-old comedian came back to the late-night show where he got his start.

Musical guest Lizzo was the icing on the cake.

Saturday night’s episode was the most-watched episode of “Saturday Night Live” since May 2017, when Melissa McCarthy hosted and HAIM performed as the musical guest.

This weekend’s episode averaged a 2.5 rating for adults ages 18-49 and brought in a total of 9.921 million viewers, according to “fast official” ratings from Nielsen Media Research.

Saturday night’s episode was also the highest-rated comedy telecast on any network since CBS’ ”Big Bang Theory” series finale on May 16 of this year. That show ran for 12 seasons.

Ed Sheeran and his wife star in ‘Put It All on Me’ video Ed Sheeran is sharing the love story of a number of couples in a new video, including his own.

The singer and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, appear in their first music video together for his single “Put It All on Me,” and are seen in their London apartment dancing and cuddling for the camera.

Beneath each couple is a caption with an explanation of how they fell in love.

For Sheeran and Seaborn, it reads: “Back in high school, Ed and Cherry were crushing hard.”

“They made out at the castle on the hill,” the caption continued. “A few years ago they reconnected, there were fireworks. They married in January 2019.”

Sheeran and Seaborn first met at school when Sheeran was 11. They reconnected in the summer of 2015 and began dating. In December 2017, Sheeran proposed and they married two years later.

“Put It All on Me” also features singer Ella Mai.

Hilary Duff gets married in intimate backyard ceremony Christmas came early for Hilary Duff.

The actress tied the knot with Matthew Koma over the weekend in Los Angeles.

Duff shared a photo from the wedding of the couple standing in front of a vintage Jeep Grand Wagoneer with “Just Married” written on the back window.

Koma posted the same picture with the caption, “For the rest of forever ...

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Duff’s dress was designed

by British fashion designer Jenny Packham.

“I want Hilary to feel, how I think she wanted to feel in this dress from the direction that we had which is very modern and it’s quite a bold look,” Packham told Vogue.

“And more than anything I wanted her to feel immensely confident in it, and it’s a very confident look.”

— From wire reports

Several of your burning questions about Hanukkah, answered

By Emma Marticke CNN

Despite what some holiday movies will have you believe, Hanukkah is not the Jewish equivalent of Christmas, nor is it an insurmountably difficult holiday to learn about. If you’re curious, here are a few basic questions many nonJews (and even some Jews!) have about the holiday: So it’s not “Jewish Christmas.” What is it?

Hanukkah celebrates the

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rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the 160s BC. After outlawing the Jewish religion and Jewish practices, then-King Antiochus IV decreed that Jews must worship Greek gods in the Temple. Eventually, Jewish priest Mattahias, his son Judah Maccabee, and their army (creatively called The Maccabees) revolted, ultimately forcing Antiochus IV out of Judea. Maccabee and his fol-

are fried in oil, commemorative of the miracle of the Maccabees’ long-burning oil.

What is a dreidel and why is it played on Hanukkah?

A dreidel is a four-sided spinning top with Hebrew letters (Hay, Gimel, Nun and Shin) on each surface signifying the rules of the game. When Antiochus IV was in power, all Jewish practices were outlawed, including reading and studying the sacred Jewish text, the Torah. When soldiers would

come through Jewish communities, those studying the Torah in secret would pretend to play the dreidel game so as not to be caught and arrested.

Is Hanukkah the most important holiday?

Ask any Rabbi and you’ll get a resounding “no.” While it is celebrating a miracle, there are much more sacred holidays in Judaism. Often referred to as the High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, both in the fall, are considered two of the most sacred holidays.

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COLUMNIST|DAVID CARROLL

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

I have a Christmas story for As the choir reached the last you. I am sharing, with permischorus, Mel got to his feet and sion, an excerpt from one of the said, “Let me sing this one.” The best Christmas columns I have carolers all still unaware they ever read, written by Mark Evaniwere in the presence of one of er. Mr. Evanier is a Los Angelesthe world’s great singers looked based writer who has inspired me a bit uncomfortable. I’d bet they for many years. were thinking, “Oh, no the little Carroll He wrote this on the occasion of fat guy wants to sing.” the death of singer Mel Tormé in But they stopped and he started 1999. That sparked a special Christmas to sing and, out came this beautiful, mememory for Mr. Evanier, and I’m hon- lodic voice. The look on their faces was ored to share it with you today: amazed at first then properly impressed.

On Mr. Tormé’s signal, they all joined t happened at the Farmers Market in on the final lines: “Although it’s been in Los Angeles. said, many times, many ways Merry It is a quaint collection of stores Christmas to you” and produce stands. You buy your pizI looked and at all the tables surroundza slice or sandwich, then carry it on a ing the impromptu performance, I saw tray to an open-air table. huge grins of delight which led into a During the summer, the place is full huge burst of applause. It all only lasted of families and tourists. But this was a about two minutes but no one who was winter weekday, shortly before Christ- there will ever forget it. mas, and the crowd was mostly older I have witnessed many thrilling “show folks. It’s a good place to get a donut, business” moments where all the little to sit and read the paper. hairs on your epidermis snap to attenOn this day, I headed for my favorite tion and tingle with joy. Usually, these barbecue stand and noticed that Mel occur on a screen or stage. I hadn’t exTormé was seated at one of the tables. pected to experience one at a Farmers My favorite singer, just sipping a cup Market but I did. of coffee.

Mr. Tormé thanked the harmonizers I had never met Mel Tormé. I didn’t for the serenade and one of the young stop and say, “Excuse me, I just wanted women said, “You really wrote that?” to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed your He nodded. “A wonderful songwriter music.” I wish I had. named Bob Wells and I wrote that and Instead, I got a sandwich and settled we did it on the hottest day of the year down at a table to consume it. I was about in July. It was a way to cool down.” halfway through when four Christmas Then one of the young men said, “You carolers strolled by. know, you’re not a bad singer.” Mel They were young adults with strong chuckled. He realized that these young voices and they were all clad in splen- folks had no idea who he was, until this did Victorian garb. The Market had moment. “Well,” he said. “I’ve actually hired them to stroll about and sing for recorded a few albums. the diners.

“Really?” they asked. “How many?”

The singers concluded to polite apHe smiled and said, “Ninety.” plause. I waved the leader over and Today, I’m reminded of that moment. directed his attention to Mr. Tormé, And I’m impressed to remember that seated nearby.

Mel Tormé was also an accomplished “That’s Mel Tormé. Do you know who author and actor. Mostly though, I’m he is?” recalling that pre-Christmas afternoon.

The singer was about 25 so it didn’t I love people who do something so surprise me that he said, “No.” well that you can’t conceive of it being I asked, “Do you know ‘The Christ- done better. It doesn’t even have to be mas Song?’” That’s the one that starts, something important: Singing, danc‘Chestnuts roasting on an open fire’” ing, plate-spinning, whatever. There is “Oh, yes, of course,” the caroler said. a certain beauty to doing almost anyI said, That’s the man who wrote it.” thing to perfection.

The singer thanked me, returned to his This was in the pre-cell phone camera group for a brief huddle and then they era. No recording exists of that chorus strolled down toward Mel Tormé. As that Mel Tormé sang for the diners at they reached him, they began singing, the Farmers Market. But believe me, it “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” was perfect. Absolutely perfect. directly to him.

A big smile formed on Mel Tormé’s David Carroll, a Chattanooga news anchor, face and it wasn’t the only one around. is the author of “Volunteer Bama Dawg,” Most of those in attendance knew who a collection of his best columns. You he was, and many seemed aware of the may contact him at 900 Whitehall Road, significance of singing that song to him. Chattanooga, TN 37405 or 3dc@epbfi.com.

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COLUMNIST|TOM PURCELL

Amid such a clatter, here’s what really should matter

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was the night before ChristLet’s not forget our own Civil mas, when all through War, 620,000 Americans died in America, people were anthat awful uproar. gry or delighted, and most uncomIf only the country had heeded the plimentary. words President Lincoln did speak, Despite it being the time of the during his first inauguration week: year to unite, gather and share good “We are not enemies, but friends,” cheer, the president’s impeachment he read, and warned about high Purcell turned the country on its ear. passions straining our bonds of af“High crimes for certain,” his opfection as they spread. ponents did claim, “because since his elecHe urged us to rise above emotional tion we’ve been taking aim.” thinking by every measure, by embracing “Not so fast,” did his defenders retort, “the better angels of our nature.” “’high crimes’ demand the highest bar and By failing to listen to what Lincoln said, your argument fell short. our young country suffered misery, death “He’s an unconventional president,” his and destruction instead. defenders continued, “uncouth to be sure, And though it may appear nobody knows but with good intent. “where to” from here, one principle re“The economy is flourishing, which is mains clear. just what we need, to address other chalThis democracy is ours and should relenges and do so quickly indeed. flect the will of we the people. If you are “The deficit is massive and requires trim- not happy with what you are seeing, get ming, our failing health care, roads and to the voting booth promptly. schools also demand reckoning.”

Call or write your congressperson and “But what of the environment?” his op- pen letters to the editor. Engage, speak ponents declare. “This president denies it’s out, help us regain a commonsense center. an issue and plumb doesn’t care.

Renew with your neighbors civil debate, “He gets under our skin and makes us be respectful and inquisitive, not filled with wild with rage, we must remove him from anger and hate. office and put him in a cage!

The holiday season has arrived this year, “Our goal is noble, why can’t you see, let’s get back to enjoying and spreading that we must damage and discredit Trump good cheer. before 2020.

Our country is a continuous work in “If he’s elected again, and we fear he may progress and much needs to be done, but be, he could appoint a third judge to the let’s remember our blessings and how to Supreme Court judiciary. have fun.

“That we cannot allow and never will we We have the power to love or to hate. We agree, to leave elections up to the people in choose to be happy or irate. a faltering democracy.”

Let’s unleash our nature’s better angels And so commenced an unpleasant debate, instead. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, one with no middle, just two sides of irate. Happy Holidays are what should be said!

But Christmas and Hanukkah have finalMay your homes be happy, your families ly arrived, a time of the year to reappraise. be swell! May the New Year be your best We’re not so divided as many may think, year — and our country’s as well! we are not yet near the brink.

In the history of our incredible repubTom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review lic, you see, we’ve survived far worse humor columnist. Send comments to Tom at controversy.

Tom@TomPurcell.com.

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COLUMNIST|DARRELL HUCKABY

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Love, peace and joy at Christmastime

t’s Christmas Day. After all of the decorating and shopping and wall-to-wall Christmas songs on the radio and fretting over what to buy for which person and everything else that goes into how we celebrate the season, it’s Christmas Day. The 19th century poet, Andrew Smith, once opined that “Christmas is the day that holds time together.” That’s a deep statement, but I like it and if you think about it, it makes sense. I know that we have measured time from that first Christmas for more than 2,000 years. It’s special.

It’s wonderful. It’s magical.

Andy Rooney is not quite as elegant a poet as Andrew Smith. But Smith wasn’t as good a curmudgeon as Rooney. And Rooney reminds us that, “One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess in the living room floor on Christmas morning.” He goes on to encourage us to be in no hurry about cleaning it up.

Edna Ferber insisted that “Christmas is not merely a season; it is a feeling.” I hope you are feeling Christmas this morning.

Elvis Presley wondered, in song, “Why can’t every day be like Christmas?” I concur with the King. That’s not to be con-

fused with THE KING, whose birth I concur with old Roy L., also we celebrate today. known as “Mr. Methodist,” for I That great comedian and troubagrew up adoring Christmas, even dour, Bob, “I’ll go see the troops at though there was very little under Christmas” Hope, said, “My idea of our little Charlie Brown trees on Christmas whether old-fashioned or Christmas morning. I love everymodern is very simple. Loving oththing about Christmas, including the ers.” I hope you have someone that magic that all these smarter-thanyou love today, and that they love Huckaby me people have brought out in the you back. If it hasn’t worked with quotations I have shared with you. your friends, love your enemies. That’s the As a child and even today, long after the advice Jesus gave and 2,000 years later joy of getting that perfect gift, or the disthe whole world stops for his birthday. appointment of not getting exactly what Carol Nelson said that “Christmas is a I wanted has dissipated, the afterglow of time when you get homesick, even when Christmas warms my heart, because, as you are at home.” There’s a lot of truth in the Grinch came to realize, “Christmas that. No matter our situation, we find our- doesn’t come from a store.” selves looking back to other Christmases If you are reading this column, we have when life might have been a bit less com- a special Christmas connection that I have plicated and certain people were part of our never spoken of in print. It was on Christholiday that are now separated from us by mas Day, in 1997, that my thoughts were time and space and perhaps death itself. first published on the pages of The RockNorman Vincent Peale once wrote that dale Citizen.

Christmas waves a magic wand over the The Citizen put out a decree asking peoworld, and behold, everything is softer ple to share their Christmas memories for and more beautiful.” a special Christmas Day edition of the paRoy L. Smith had this to say. “If you per. I had a lot of memories about Christdon’t have Christmas in your heart, you mas in Porterdale, and I sent in a doozy won’t find it under a tree.” of an essay, exceeding the suggested word

count tenfold.

But the paper’s editor, Alice Queen, liked it and splashed my words all over the front page of that paper, along with a picture of me as a little child. By the first week of the new year I was writing a weekly column for the Citizen and other papers and have done so continually for the past 22 years.

What I wrote on that first Christmas Day had nothing to do with toys and gifts and presents and such because those weren’t really a part of my childhood memories.

I wrote of Christmas trees and fruit boxes and family and friends gathered round — but I wrote mostly about love and peace and joy and hope — and the feeling that lays hold of me at Christmas, no matter my surroundings or circumstance.

I hope you are experiencing that feeling today. I am glad I have had the opportunity to share with you today and throughout the years.

Merry Christmas, y’all — and in the words of Charles Dickens’s Tiny Tim — “God bless us, every one.”

Darrell Huckaby is an author in Rockdale County. Email him at dhuck008@gmail.com.

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NURSE From A1

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P4 Foundation founder Gino Vizzi takes a photo with 2-year-old Brooks Thomas and his family after delivering Christmas presents to their home.

P4 From A1 from Justice, her 16-yearold sister got a makeup kit and their oldest sister got gift cards to help her pay for gas and other expenses traveling back and forth from college.

Jennifer Kilgore said the early Christmas is a relief for her family, which has been surviving on one income while paying for Karalyn’s cancer treatments since September 2018. Karalyn was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma close to her 11th birthday.

Gwinnett-based P4 Foundation has not just provided the Kilgores with gifts, but other treatment-related items that could help speed up Karalyn’s recovery, such as a water filter and supplements for protein replacement therapy.

“We’re still a one-income family, and having help from P4 was still a blessing,” Kilgore said.

Pray 4 Childhood Cancer Foundation was started by Mill Creek High School student, Gino Vizzi, when he was diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer in 2014.

While spending time in the hospital for treatment, he decided he wanted to help other families of children affected by cancer.

“He saw the need,” Gino’s father David Vizzi said.

“There was a little girl in the hospital at the time, she was by herself. He found out the reason she was by herself was because her mom was home taking care of other children, and there was no dad in the picture. He asked my wife and I, ‘Listen, is there something we can do?’”

Since then, the organization has grow to support dozens of metro-Atlanta fami-

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Volunteer Lindsey Kurtz delivers a box of Christmas presents to a home in Cumming on Saturday. lies. Typically, that comes in the form of a supplement to income by helping with medical bills or medications. Close to Christmas time, the foundation literally delivers presents to local families. P4 Foundation relies solely on donations and sponsorships to provide money and toys for this year’s support drive.

On Dec. 14, a group of Hamilton Mill moms, local Girl Scout Troop number 18155, the Mill Creek High School dance team and Mill Creek High School baseball program delivered gifts to P4 families. Gifts were purchased and donated by local companies their employees, local families, organizations and the P4Foundation itself. The foundation also received donations from Media 8th Media, Mike Mundy Realty, Mermaid Pilates, Singys.com, Rhine Family and GA811.

“We delivered to about five or six families that day,” said Kelly Sherwood, P4 Foundation’s intake coordinator.

David Vizzi said the foundation has provided roughly 13 local families Christmas presents this year.

Since it’s been founded, most of the connections P4 has made to local families have come through word of

mouth. For example, Cumming resident Nikki Brown said one of her close friends works with David Vizzi, who introduced them.

“We decided to reach out to them and have them fill out the documents to become a P4 family,” Vizzi said. “And then we started supporting them immediately, once we found out what their needs were.”

Brown was 27 weeks pregnant with her third child on Father’s Day when her daughter, Maddie, was diagnosed with leukemia. She remembers thinking there was something wrong when Maddie started spiking high fevers seemingly out of nowhere, but she didn’t know how bad.

A nurse drew Maddie’s blood and ran tests, a doctor later entered the room accompanied by a chaplain.

Brown’s heart said.

“I busted out in tears,” she said. “I said, ‘No, not my child.’”

Four-year-old Maddie is in good spirits, Brown said, and hopes to be growing her hair back soon. After Sherwood and Lindsey Kurtz delivered the gifts, the last thing Sherwood offered Brown were prayers.

“I hope this love helps you guys,” she said before leaving the home in Cumming.

manager, whose office is at the Joan Glancy Rehabilitation Center, was named one of the Georgia Hospital Association’s “Hospital Hero” Award recipients last month.

“I’m not one for the spotlight at all, so I’m a little overwhelmed,” Morgan said.

“I was a surprised, and honored. It’s a big deal, so I would say I’m honored. At the same time, not to take away from what’s been bestowed upon me, but I do feel like this is all a part of nursing, and what happened (to prompt the nomination) is something I would do in any situation.”

Morgan said she has not been told who nominated her for award, although she suspects it was a supervisor.

As it turns out, the same attention to what was going on around her that initially led to Morgan becoming a nurse also saved the life of a fellow nurse at the hospital, Nicole Grammont, in October 2018.

Morgan was nominated for the “Hospital Hero” award because, while she was filling in as a interim director at the hospital system’s extended care center, she noticed Grammont looked unwell. Morgan insisted the coworker get her blood pressure checked right then.

“She told me she was having high blood pressure issues and that her head was hurting,” Morgan said. “At that time, I decided ‘Let’s get some vitals.’”

In a video produced by the Georgia Hospital Association, Grammont recalled how persistent Morgan was in making sure she was OK. “She said ‘I don’t like the way that you look,’ and she said ‘Do you want to go to emergency,’” Grammont said. “I said ‘No, I’ll be fine.

I’m fine.’ I said ‘You can go,’ and she said ‘Oh no, no, no, you don’t know me.

I’m not going until I see you look fine.’”

It turned out Grammont’s blood pressure was high, and continuing to rise to dangerous levels. The blood pressure had risen to over 200, and she started to feel tingling in her body, so the nurse had to be taken to the emergency room as a result.

Meanwhile, Morgan called Grammont’s family and let her sister, who also worked at the center, go with Grammont to the hospital.

It was later discovered that Grammont had a ministroke that was kept from being worse because of Morgan’s attention to what was

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Northside-Duluth Clinical Nurse Manager Jenine Morgan receives her “Hospital Hero” Award from Georgia Health Asociation Board of Directors Chairman Kevin Bierschenk, left, and GHA president and CEO Earl Rogers, right, last month. Morgan has ben a nurse for nearly 2 years and has worked at Northside’s Joan Glancy Rehabilitation Center in Duluth for the last decade. going on.

“If it were not for her, I would have died or had a big stroke,” Grammont told the Georgia Hospital Association. “That’s why I call her my angel.”

Morgan got her nursing education in New York and went on to work at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

It was in Boston that she met her husband, Willie Gadson.

And love is what ultimately brought her and her husband to Georgia to what was then Gwinnett Medical Center.

“He has family here in the south and we visited her and talked about moving here and so, just to be closer to family, we thought this would be a good move,” Morgan said.

At one point, Morgan’s husband left Gwinnett Medical Center to work for Piedmont Hospital before later moving over to Northside Hospital.

As a result of the merger between Gwinnett Medical Center and Northside Hospital earlier this year, however, the couple can once again say they work for the same health care system.

Throughout her career, Morgan has tried her hand at a few different types of nursing, including ambulatory, travel, medical-surgical and critical care.

“As a nurse, there’s so many different areas that you can go into,” Morgan said. “One thing that I’ve found is (medical-surgical nursing) is not for you, then maybe the operating room is, or maybe critical care is.

There’s just so many areas that you can discover with nursing to really find out where you fit in, where you belong, what actually comes

naturally to you as a nurse.

“That’s something that interests me. I didn’t really realize at the time (when she started school) how big nursing really was, but once I got into the field, I was able to explore it.”

For the last decade, Morgan has worked as a rehabilitation nurse at the Glancy facility, a job that she described as being like a “second skin.”

“We get to build more of a rapport with the patients and talk with them and their families,” she said. “When they leave, actually the best feeling is when they come back and they want to be peer visitors or they just want to show off and let us know how they are doing.”

In the Georgia Hospital Association video profile of Morgan, Northside Joan Glancy campus administrator and Director Mona Lippitt praised the extensive experience Morgan has gained in different areas of nursing throughout her career.

“Her experience in all of these different areas of nursing I think is what has created this amazing clinical manager,” Lippitt said.

“She can just relate to people on all levels and she brings that experience to the forefront.”

Northside Joan Glancy Medical Director Sunil Bhole also praised Morgan’s management of the nursing staff, particularly how she guides and supports the staff, in the Georgia Hospital Association’s video profile of her.

The video featured a few nurses talking about Morgan and how she may be soft-spoken, but she’s also a solid leader on the staff.

“Jenine works largely behind the scenes,” Bhole said.

“You don’t see her around a lot, but you feel her impact.”

PLAN

and Duluth Highway. He also said the sidewalks created as part of the project would fill gaps in the county’s trail From A1 master plan in the Meadow Church and Old Peachtree area.

“While the proposed residential denThe Planning Commission will make its own recommendation to the Gwinnett sity could be accommodated by the RMCounty Board of Commissioners, which 24 zoning classification, the applicant will make the final decision at a later respectfully submits that the inclusion of some townhome-style homes and a date.

The rezoning application shows small retail village would enhance the that, in addition to the 390 luxury overall development,” Lanham told apartment homes, the development county officials in his letter.

“However, the use of ‘Dwelling, Townwould include 13,700 square feet of house’ is not allowed in the RM-24 “non-residential uses.”

The retail would face Old Peachtree zoning classification and neither are Road with some residences above any retail/commercial or office uses it. Multiple family apartments and (except for “Customary Home Occuamenities would be in the center and pation”). Accordingly, the applicant is townhome-style units along Meadow requesting to rezone the property to the MU-R zoning classification with Church Road.

Lanham compared it to the Sugarloaf the condition that the Property may Walk mixed-use development at the be developed in general accordance 225_GDP_WED_OBITS_OBITSv2 12/23/2019 3:55 PM Page 1 intersection of Meadow Church Road with the site plan.”

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This rendering shows a mixed-use development that is being proposed by Quattrok LLC for the intersection of Old Peachtree Road and Meadow Church Road in unincorporated Suwanee.

OBITUARIES Suwanee

Paul E. Tavilla Paul E. Tavilla, age 52, of Suwanee, GA passed away on Friday, December 20, 2019. He was preceded in death by his mother, Claudia Tavilla.

Mr. Tavilla is survived

by his wife of twenty-six years, Melissa Uminn Tavilla, Suwanee, GA; son, Charles Tavilla, Suwanee, GA; father, Joseph and Melissa J. Tavilla, Osterville, MA; sister, Kimberly Edwards, Burlington, VT; brother, Michael Tavilla, Boston, MA; mother-in-law, Druscilla Boone, Suwanee, GA; and sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Henrietta and Larry George, Kansas City, MO, Christine U

Uminn, St. Joseph, MO and Kathleen Uminn, St. Joseph, MO. Mr. Tavilla was born January 20, 1967 in Malden, MA. He was a 1985 graduate of St. Johns Catholic High School in Milford, MA, a 1989 graduate of Providence College in Providence, RI with a Bachelor’s Degree and a 1997 graduate of Nichols College in Worcester, MA with a Master’s Degree. Mr. Tavilla was a veteran of the U

U.S. Army having served for four years as a Russian linguist. He was employed with Ricoh USA as a project manager for the past twenty-four years. Mr. Tavilla was a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Georgia Radio Reading Service for the Blind in Atlanta, GA, a member of the Georgia Gun Club in Buford, GA and a member of the Catholic Church of St. Monica in Duluth, GA. He was an avid history b

buff, an avid reader and was extremely brilliant. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Catholic Church of St. Monica with Father Jack Durkin serving as Celebrant. Interment will be held on Monday, December 30, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA with military honors. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on

Friday evening, December 27, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the North Gwinnett Co-Operative Food Bank, 4395 Commerce Drive, Buford, GA 30518 in memory of Paul Tavilla.

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North Gwinnett senior Jared Ivey, a Georgia Tech signee, is the Daily Post’s Defensive Player of the Year.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jared Ivey NORTH GWINNETT • SENIOR

Football-focused Ivey has record-breaking season

By Will Hammock will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

Arizona State extended the first football scholarship offer to Jared Ivey.

It came in late September, 2018, and it altered his athletic perspective. At 6-foot-6, he leaned toward a future in college basketball, and already had an offer in that sport from Coastal Carolina.

Then he got a surprising call on his cellphone.

“I was in the car on the way back from cryotherapy with a senior Olineman at the time, T.J. Skinner,” said Ivey, now a North senior. “I got the call and I was like, ‘Who’s calling me from Arizona?’ We laughed about it and when I answered it his face lit up. He realized what the call was like. Afterward we had a talk and he told me how big my future could

be in football. It was cool to share that with a friend and teammate.”

From there, the football offers kept coming. And Ivey, the Daily Post’s Defensive Player of the Year, put more emphasis into adding strength and mass to his frame, bulking up from 198 his junior season to 220.

The results of that work showed on the football field.

Ivey broke a school record with 20 sacks this season, and also top-

pled North’s career sacks mark in a season when he finished with 80 tackles (26 for losses). He was a force from start to finish, tallying a pair of sacks in the Bulldogs’ season-ending loss at Lowndes in the Class AAAAAAA semifinals.

“Jared had a history-making season,” North head coach Bill Stewart said. “One thing that Jared did over the offseason, and he knew he had to, was he really focused on getting

stronger. Even throughout playing in basketball season and summer basketball, he never let up on the lifting part. Going into the season, he put himself in position to become a more physical player. And then his game preparation mentally. He’s one of the smartest players I’ve been around, which made him very special. He could recognize See IVEY, B6

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Kaleb Edwards DACULA • JUNIOR

Dacula’s Edwards redefines himself as an offensive force

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Heading into the 2019 high school football season, Dacula head coach Clint Jenkins was pretty certain he knew exactly the kind of player he had in Kaleb Edwards.

Simply put, he saw the 6-foot, 190-pound junior as a dynamic defensive back who had enough athleticism to add yet another weapon, albeit a complementary one, to an already loaded arsenal for the Falcons’ offense.

As it turns out, Jenkins underestimated Edwards’ potential just a bit. He was all that the Dacula coaching staff hoped for, and much more.

“He came into the year (and) we knew he was going to be a guy who going to be able to definitely contribute on both sides of the ball,” Jenkins said of the 2019 Daily Post Offensive Player of the Year.

“Being a defensive-minded coach, I initially (thought) of him as our strong safety.

We definitely needed him on the back side of our defense in our secondary. But … he

had played some slot, played a little running back. He could play quarterback. He’s a very versatile kid.”

Edwards definitely lived up to his billing on defense, recording 86 combined tackles and assists, good for third on the team, and a team-best four interceptions with 10 pass break-ups.

But as the season progressed, he was called upon to add a little more explosiveness to David Friedlander the Falcons’ offense, and he Dacula’s Kaleb Edwards redfined himself as being more than just a primarily defensive delivered in a big way.

player who can contribute offensively by erupting for 1,766 yards and 18 touchdowns in

See EDWARDS, B10 becoming the Gwinnett Daily Post’s Offensive Player of the Year.

DAILY POST’S ALL-COUNTY FOOTBALL TEAM, B6 | COACH OF THE YEAR, B6 | YEAR END STATS, B3

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2019 GWINNETT COUNTY FOOTBALL LEADERS Name Chancellor Lee-Parker Cody Brown Arthur Rodgers Jr. Taj Barnes Eli Kohl Devin Crosby Tyler Bride Lafayette Gurvin Jr. Trey Truitt Isaiah Love Latreveone Gaither Griffin Caldwell Trenton Jones Gabe Ervin Jr. Kaleb Edwards Phil Mafah Justin Wilkins Elijah Turner Tyler Curtis Jordan Swain Kyle Efford Sean Downer Renoldo Spivey Jr. Samuel Lusungulu Deion Downer Victor Venn Carter Peevy Jason Russell Enoch Walters Demetrius Rogers Jadon Worthem Schmari Campbell Garrett Spikes Jermahri Hill Michael Thompson Jacob Davis Kaleb Jackson Remari Hudson Evan O’Leary Alex Diggs Nyle Ervin Nas Stroud Quincy Bonner Julius Reynolds Winston Gassant Jahni Clarke Parker Wroble Bobby Joseph Ashton Turner Lonnie Ratliff IV Montae Bailey Terry Lockhart Jasir Smith Jalen Johnson Tre Henry Pierce Phillips Michon Andre Shaw Ethan Burroughs Brandon Cade Robert Shumake Jiaquez Thorpe Tyler Knight Luis Lopez J.R. Martin J.D. Chipman Donnovan Moorer Michael Porter Darren McLaurin J.C. French

RUSHING School Gms Mill Creek 13 Parkview 12 Shiloh 11 Lanier 12 Brookwood 11 North 13 GAC 12 Grayson 13 South 9 Collins Hill 4 Meadowcreek 10 Wesleyan 13 Dacula 14 Buford 14 Dacula 14 Grayson 9 Central 11 Buford 11 Parkview 14 Archer 13 Dacula 14 Grayson 1 Archer 13 Meadowcreek 2 South 10 Buford 15 Archer 13 Mtn. View 10 Mtn. View 11 Hebron 12 Discovery 5 Archer 12 Mtn. View 8 Berkmar 4 Meadowcreek 9 Discovery 2 Norcross 9 South 9 Providence 10 Brookwood 11 Duluth 10 Shiloh 8 Meadowcreek 10 Berkmar 9 Hebron 12 Norcross 12 Mill Creek 13 North 12 P’tree Ridge 10 Duluth 10 GAC 14 Discovery 9 Parkview 9 Collins Hill 11 GAC 14 Providence 10 Discovery 9 Hebron 10 P’tree Ridge 10 Shiloh 8 Archer 5 Brookwood 11 Parkview 5 North 14 Wesleyan 9 Hebron 12 Norcross 12 Lanier 8 Wesleyan 15

Name Daejon Reynolds Josh Downs Cooper Blauser Jalen Johnson Micah Smith Jaiden Jones Trey Messer C.J. Daniels Donnovan Moorer Jared Brown Jaden Smith Travis Hunter Tyri Sullivan Justin Wilkins Jamal Haynes Konata Mumpfield Justin Peavy Brooks Miller Logan Brown Michael Hernandez Jaylen Green Cole Thornton Dakota Thomas T.J. Burdian Christian Thomas Chris Scott Parker Wroble Rahnell Jackson Tyler Washington Mossiah Carter E.J. Whitfield Andrew Dyer Devin Martin Kaleb Edwards D.J. Hart Skyler Jordan Joe Shealy Clint Gilbert Thomas Lowman Zach Douglas Garrett Spikes Andrew Van Wie Alex Pawson Zac Mixon Lorenzo Britt Deshuan Robinson Joe Jenkins Darius Daniel Corey Johnston Conley Davis Zion Jackson Marcus Brand Jason Russell Nyle Ervin Brandon Wright Wyatt Hodges Bryce Fleetwood Micah James Nahil Perkins Ashton Turner Cody Brown Bobby Ezzard Ryan King Lafayette Gurvin Jr. Kaleb Commings Elijah Roundtree Mekhi Mews Deandre Sutton Karim Muhammad Jake Pope Julien Lewis Seth Anderson Jabari Ponders Tyan Milton Antonio Meeks Jake Hicks Elijah James Trey Goodman Jamiu Williams Jr. Khamari Glover Darrell McDowell Jr. D.J. Moore Pierce Phillips Zion Alexander Joshua Lue Eli Kohl Dester Williams Julius Reynolds Damarcus Harris Armond Anderson Justice Johnson Trenton Lee Tarris Bouie Nigel Hussey Joe Taylor Lawson Luckie Jeremy De la Cruz A.J. Feliciano Montae Bailey Jalen Harris Blaine Jenkins Sam Johnson Randy Smith Ata Hassan Shamenski Rucker Caylon Washington Jordan Swain

RECEIVING School Rec Central 88 North 83 Wesleyan 69 Collins Hill 69 Wesleyan 67 Duluth 57 Archer 54 Parkview 54 Hebron 52 Parkview 51 Grayson 50 Collins Hill 49 Duluth 49 Central 48 Grayson 44 Dacula 43 Hebron 43 GAC 36 Collins Hill 36 P’tree Ridge 36 Norcross 35 Lanier 35 Shiloh 34 Brookwood 32 GAC 32 Dacula 31 Mill Creek 31 Mtn. View 31 Lanier 30 Mtn. View 30 Duluth 30 Archer 30 Discovery 30 Dacula 29 North 29 Providence 28 Providence 28 Collins Hill 28 GAC 27 Providence 26 Mtn. View 25 Wesleyan 24 Hebron 24 GAC 22 South 21 South 21 Meadowcreek 21 Grayson 21 South 20 Brookwood 20 Archer 20 Mtn. View 20 Mtn. View 19 Duluth 19 P’tree Ridge 19 Wesleyan 18 Parkview 17 Meadowcreek 17 Lanier 17 P’tree Ridge 17 Parkview 17 North 16 Grayson 16 Grayson 16 Brookwood 16 Discovery 16 Central 16 Central 16 Hebron 15 Buford 15 Buford 15 North 15 Meadowcreek 15 Central 14 Shiloh 14 GAC 14 Parkview 14 Norcross 14 P’tree Ridge 14 Mill Creek 13 Shiloh 13 Archer 13 Providence 12 Norcross 12 Shiloh 12 Brookwood 12 Central 11 Berkmar 11 Duluth 11 South 10 Buford 10 Archer 10 P’tree Ridge 10 South 10 Central 10 Norcross 10 Berkmar 10 Berkmar 9 GAC 9 Berkmar 9 Dacula 9 Providence 9 Norcross 9 Meadowcreek 9 Central 9 Berkmar 9 Archer 9

Att 200 214 174 231 179 214 154 213 135 48 122 203 186 179 66 69 125 102 95 126 103 2 143 7 83 107 83 60 97 88 48 77 28 20 72 9 58 93 70 49 85 46 88 66 71 79 52 71 55 59 79 43 28 51 84 39 116 56 42 48 32 45 24 74 40 43 89 28 95

Yards 1,754 1,676 1,443 1,560 1,291 1,414 1,194 1,274 882 381 922 1,152 1,216 1,210 1,153 676 799 782 964 885 919 65 841 106 518 764 628 472 519 561 234 560 362 180 404 89 400 397 420 459 406 308 367 306 400 386 383 380 313 311 434 277 277 335 424 295 261 287 285 227 141 308 140 389 249 329 321 212 384 Yds 1,534 1,302 954 555 1,067 888 869 817 1,055 969 723 919 483 523 682 713 608 546 496 465 876 674 501 694 535 832 410 393 593 510 436 360 229 566 490 365 290 261 372 283 348 293 230 375 381 340 328 295 482 346 255 223 216 157 167 204 301 276 228 162 111 319 295 243 188 178 172 108 386 356 255 184 170 467 305 299 195 181 152 223 199 131 242 220 156 83 170 161 126 273 193 151 117 116 105 96 78 203 180 179 129 110 106 103 91 87 68

TD 22 20 15 17 10 19 16 18 1 2 9 13 12 13 15 9 10 13 12 7 16 0 9 1 3 9 9 5 3 7 1 12 8 1 8 0 3 7 3 4 1 3 7 2 7 7 3 3 2 3 4 1 3 8 10 2 0 2 2 2 2 7 1 8 1 1 5 2 16 TD 17.4 15.7 13.8 8 15.9 15.6 16.1 15.1 20.3 19 14.5 18.8 9.9 10.9 15.5 16.7 14.1 15.2 13.8 12.9 25 19.3 14.7 21.7 16.7 26.8 13.2 12.7 19.8 17 14.5 12 7.6 19.5 16.9 13 10.4 9.3 13.8 10.9 13.9 12.2 9.6 17.1 18.1 16.2 15.6 14 24.1 17.3 12.2 11.2 11.4 8.3 8.8 11.3 17.7 16.2 13.4 9.5 6.5 19.9 18.4 15.2 11.8 11.1 10.8 6.8 25.7 23.7 17 12.3 11.3 33.4 21.5 21.4 13.9 12.9 10.9 17.2 15.3 10.1 20.2 18.3 13 6.9 15.5 14.6 11.5 27.3 19.3 15.1 11.7 11.6 10.5 9.6 7.8 22.6 20 19.9 14.3 12.2 11.8 11.4 10.1 9.7 7.6

Ave. 146.2 139.7 131.2 130 117.4 108.8 99.5 98 98 95.3 92.2 88.6 86.9 86.4 82.4 75.1 72.6 71.1 68.9 68.1 65.6 65 64.7 53 51.8 50.9 48.3 47.2 47.2 46.8 46.8 46.7 45.3 45 44.9 44.5 44.4 44.1 42 41.7 40.6 38.5 36.7 34 33.3 32.2 31.9 31.7 31.3 31.1 31 30.8 30.8 30.5 30.3 29.5 29 28.7 28.5 28.4 28.2 28 28 27.8 27.7 27.4 26.8 26.5 25.6 YPC 14 16 8 3 13 6 11 8 10 11 7 12 1 8 5 12 3 3 4 1 13 14 7 8 9 4 4 4 8 6 0 2 1 3 8 2 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 4 1 4 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 4 4 3 1 1 1 0 5 3 4 3 0 6 2 4 0 2 1 3 3 0 5 3 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1

Devin Crosby Taylor Bell Jordan Coggins Dara Olonade Marcellis Turner Latreveone Gaither Zach Johansen Reese Scott Vance Nicklaus Taj Barnes D’Andre Golden Isaiah Kyle Treyton Rank Jeremi Holmes Jamarius Isaac Jaheim Felder Beau DeBerry Renoldo Spivey Jr. Michael Porter Kyle Efford Antwan Allen Trent Bartlett Turner Wolfe Phil Mafah Saiku White Tyler Bride Brandon Cade Arthur Rodgers Jr. Tre Henry Choe Bryant-Strother Aaron Prum Blake Young Amari Wansley Davis Peek Elijah Joiner Victor Payne Jaden Johnson Sam Stites Will Hardy Nyquel Austin Daniel Poole Aaron Todd Name Skylar Adams J.C. French Jackson Hardy J.R. Martin Jarrett Jenkins C.J. Dixon Colten Gauthier Lonnie Ratliff IV Sam Horn Jordan Williams Carter Peevy Mason Kaplan Andrew Blackford Nathan Payne Trey Truitt Jarvis Evans Jr. Vince Goffney Kyle Kingsbury Dylan Lonergan Quincy Bonner Ryan Rose Jack Spyke Thurman Harris Connor Jones Julius Reynolds Terry Lockhart Jermahri Hill Nick Best Collin Houck M.J. Patterson DeShaun Robinson Ashton Daniel Deymon Fleming Andrew Lane Harris Celata Justin Johnson Garrett Spikes Dejuan White Jr. Trey Goodman Jamal Haynes Ashton Wood Deyon Cannon Latreveone Gaither Kaleb Edwards Nahil Perkins Tahmel Davis Kaleb Commings Mason Kid Jordan Goodyear Tyler Washington Lafayette Gurvin Jr. Frank Woods Omar Contreras Tarris Bouie Carson Thomas Julian Ashby Treyton Rank Parker Wroble Konata Mumpfield Liam Barbeau Alex Pinela Jabari Ponder Dwayne Smith Jaiden Jones Josh Downs Liam Glass Remari Hudson Hayden Olsen Justin Wilkins C.J. Carrasco Dylan Wittke Cooper Blauser Colin Burdian Kobe Calhoun Barrett Carter Clint Gilbert Travis Hunter Dylan Lesko Micah Smith Michael Thompson Ryan Wade T.J Williams

North Brookwood Duluth Berkmar Grayson Meadowcreek North Lanier Wesleyan Lanier Norcross P’tree Ridge Buford Grayson Buford Norcross Grayson Archer Norcross Dacula Norcross Wesleyan Archer Grayson GAC GAC P’tree Ridge Shiloh GAC GAC Lanier North Buford Buford Buford Buford Duluth Mill Creek GAC Mtn. View Dacula Discovery

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PASSING School Comp.

Central 194 Wesleyan 205 GAC 166 North 159 Dacula 129 Grayson 169 Hebron 143 Duluth 181 Collins Hill 196 Parkview 152 Archer 153 Norcross 104 Lanier 108 Mtn. View 129 South 76 Buford 78 Shiloh 92 P’tree Ridge 94 Brookwood 61 Meadowcreek 74 Providence 68 Brookwood 50 Mill Creek 51 Providence 36 Berkmar 44 Discovery 54 Berkmar 20 P’tree Ridge 15 Parkview 9 Mill Creek 16 South 11 Buford 12 GAC 12 Archer 6 Norcross 7 Central 17 Mtn. View 4 Meadowcreek 3 Norcross 2 Grayson 2 North 8 Grayson 8 Meadowcreek 2 Dacula 1 Lanier 1 South 2 Brookwood 1 Mtn. View 4 Shiloh 4 Lanier 1 Grayson 1 Berkmar 5 Berkmar 1 P’tree Ridge 1 Lanier 3 Parkview 2 Buford 1 Mill Creek 1 Dacula 1 Norcross 1 Hebron 1 Meadowcreek 1 Collins Hill 2 Duluth 1 North 2 North 1 South 1 Buford 1 Central 2 North 2 Buford 1 Wesleyan 0 Brookwood 0 P’tree Ridge 0 North 0 Collins Hill 0 Collins Hill 0 Buford 0 Wesleyan 0 Meadowcreek 0 Parkview 0 Parkview 0

Name Jalen Garner Kobe Wilson Jordan Van Den Berg Zakye Barker T.J. Young Grady Bryant Winston Gassant Cardo Gottlich Josh Aspinwall Meka’el Alcine Marcelo Trevino Gary Dever Kameron O’Rourke Jasheen Davis MIchael King Jeremy Tuider Tony Ward Jordyn Elphric Reggie Icilien Demontae Lipscomb Tommy Beuglas Choe Bryant-Strother Phillip Webb Andrew Krajec Kristopher Burress Devin Gray Kaleb Edwards Jacob Burrell Barrett Carter Deonte McNair Jack Ihm Jayoland Threat Logan Daniels Michael Hilliard Brysen Holden Tanner Bivins Jared Ivey Grayson Koerner Jakobe Walls Anthony Rochester Jr. Isaac Prince Rylan Serna Jason Allen Aubrey Smith Jacob Lund Quincy Bryant Trent Bartlett Jirbrahn Claude Nick Perry Derrick Smith

66 53 214 144 96 74 73 69 68 192 116 101 96 83 75 60 29 173 157 117 115 86 73 59 51 31 31 16 141 135 101 95 91 85 81 75 66 62 58 53 32 26 Att. 341 312 266 256 209 315 252 294 301 259 238 169 211 250 168 130 172 178 111 166 — 101 109 — 103 135 44 51 21 29 21 27 22 10 19 27 6 13 8 2 13 14 2 3 1 8 1 7 6 1 1 6 1 1 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1

TACKLES School Games Norcross 11 Parkview 14 Providence 10 Norcross 11 Dacula 14 Grayson 13 Hebron 12 Wesleyan 15 Wesleyan 15 Discovery 10 Lanier 12 Discovery 10 Archer 13 Shiloh 11 Collins Hill 10 Mtn. View 10 Parkview 14 Grayson 11 Dacula 14 Lanier 11 Buford 12 GAC 14 Lanier 12 Collins Hill 11 Lanier 12 Lanier 12 Dacula 14 Brookwood 11 North 14 Shiloh 10 Hebron 12 Central 9 Grayson 13 Hebron 12 Collins Hill 11 Wesleyan 14 North 14 Collins Hill 11 Mtn. View 11 Discovery 9 Shiloh 10 Lanier 11 Mtn. View 11 Buford 13 Mtn. View 11 Parkview 14 Wesleyan 15 Grayson 13 Buford 15 Mtn. View 11

Yds 3,092 2,902 2,701 2,450 2,437 2,434 2,401 2,396 2,326 2,301 2,062 1,779 1,742 1,648 1,443 1,425 1,248 1,025 933 874 895 771 721 544 535 437 404 255 237 232 198 150 131 122 121 104 98 88 87 87 76 50 49 47 47 43 40 35 34 34 33 32 30 27 22 21 21 20 17 13 12 10 10 9 8 7 7 7 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7.3 5.9 26.8 18 12 9.3 9.1 8.6 8.5 27.4 16.6 14.4 13.7 11.9 10.7 8.6 4.1 28.8 26.2 19.5 19.2 14.3 12.2 9.8 8.5 5.2 5.2 2.7 28.2 27 20.2 19 18.2 17 16.2 15 13.2 12.4 11.6 10.6 6.4 5.2

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

TD 28 32 27 29 20 21 20 14 22 20 16 19 25 17 9 18 19 6 7 4 8 7 9 6 4 2 6 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Int 10 7 8 5 9 8 8 12 6 5 4 3 8 9 7 7 5 6 6 7 — 3 8

Tackles 200 161 157 152 139 134 132 124 118 115 114 110 106 99 98 98 97 93 93 93 92 91 91 89 88 88 86 84 84 84 83 83 81 81 81 80 80 79 79 78 77 77 76 76 75 74 72 72 70 70

8 13 1 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Name Jared Ivey Phillip Webb Spencer Helms Mason Huntley James Smith Barrett Carter Jasheen Davis Myles Jackson Chuck Smith Jamar Rucks Tyree Underwood Jackson Powell Jeremy Tuider Charles Steele Cole Moore Winston Gassant Jihad Jackson Cameron Kinnie Jakobe Walls T.J. Young

SACKS School North Lanier GAC Parkview Collins Hill North Shiloh Mill Creek North Lanier Dacula Buford Mtn. View Collins Hill North Hebron Norcross Collins Hill Mtn. View Dacula

Name Travis Hunter Trent Bartlett Nate Roberts Caleb Downs Jameer Alves Monte Boyd Kaleb Edwards Marsyas Fox Taylor Goodson A.J. Lopez Dakeem Weekes T.J. Williams Vaughn Davis Alex Diggs Ronnie Hamrick Ata Hassan Donnovan Moorer Konata Mumpfield Daejon Reynolds Joe Rose Andrew Spearman

INTERCEPTIONS School Collins Hill Wesleyan South Mill Creek South Shiloh Dacula Grayson North Grayson Berkmar Parkview South Brookwood Parkview Meadowcreek Hebron Dacula Central GAC Archer

Name Tripp Greene Garwood Collins Hayden Olsen Dan Hernandez Rafa Fernandez Nolan McCord Tyler Curland Sam Horn J.D. Chipman Aaron Todd Brooks Sturgeon Zach Gerks Albert Jang Myles Lewis Carter Peevy Matthew Nolan Brock Pellegrino Kellen Grave de Peralta Jackson Hardy J.J.Silva Cesar Campos C.J. Carrasco Jaiden Jones Giovanni Ortiz Dylan Lesko Blaine Jenkins Cade McDonald Mason Mancilla Clayton Casey Gabe Ivastantin Eduardo Trejo David Alvarado Name Jacob Waters Andrew Lim Javier Martinez Hayden Olsen Nolan McCord Brock Pellegrino Garwood Collins Tyler Curland Zach Gerks Jake Cartmill Jake Redman Kellen Grave de Peralta Isaac Bonacci Gabe Ivastantin Myles Lewis Mason Mancilla Rafa Fernandez Albert Jang Carter Hale David Alvarado Cesar Campos Reggiano Swaby Skyler Jordan Omar Contreras Cade McDonald Beck Naegele Nick Calabrese Brooks Sturgeon Cody Leach Daniel Smith Parwez Tanha Nichloai Daniel Jonah Randle Eduardo Trejo Jacob Price-Williams Dan Hernandez Nicholas Pattachini J.J. Silva Ibrahim-Mohammed Ali

Sacks 20 13 12 11 10.5 10 10 10 9.5 9 9 8 8 7 6.5 6 6 6 6 6 Interceptions 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

PUNTING School Punts GAC 1 Grayson 5 Buford 42 Brookwood 20 Mtn. View 48 Parkview 25 GAC 31 Collins Hill 42 Wesleyan 20 Discovery 5 Wesleyan 18 Dacula 20 P’tree Ridge 52 Shiloh 33 Archer 41 North 35 Mill Creek 40 Norcross 44 GAC 3 Brookwood 9 Lanier 54 North 10 Duluth 8 Meadowcreek 1 Buford 2 Dacula 3 Mtn. View 1 Lanier 2 Archer 2 Central 15 Discovery 8 Meadowcreek 13 KICKING School FGM Archer 10 North 10 Wesleyan 9 Buford 9 Parkview 10 Mill Creek 7 Grayson 8 GAC 5 Dacula 2 Brookwood 7 Hebron 0 Norcross 4 Collins Hill 3 Central 0 Shiloh 0 Lanier 2 Mtn. View 2 P’tree Ridge 1 Norcross 2 Meadowcreek 0 Lanier 1 South 0 Providence 1 Berkmar 1 Mtn. View 0 GAC 1 Mill Creek 0 Wesleyan 1 North 1 North 0 South 0 Dacula 0 Brookwood 0 Discovery 0 Buford 0 Brookwood 0 Mtn. View 0 Brookwood 0 P’tree Ridge 0

FGA 17 12 11 11 16 14 8 5 7 8 0 9 5 0 0 2 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1

Yds 50 200 1,642 774 1,853 961 1,186 1,603 750 187 667 728 1,893 1,186 1,473 1,249 1,401 1,487 101 299 1,743 315 242 30 56 80 26 50 48 268 142 153

Avg 50 40 39.1 38.7 38.6 38.4 38.3 38.2 37.5 37.4 37.1 36.4 36.4 35.9 35.9 35.7 35 33.8 33.7 33.2 32.3 31.5 30.3 30 28 26.7 26 25 24 17.9 17.8 11.8

XPM 59 58 59 57 42 49 34 51 53 31 51 33 28 37 33 24 23 14 10 15 11 14 10 6 9 5 7 4 3 6 6 5 4 4 3 1 1 1 0

XPA 59 61 61 62 42 50 34 53 56 37 52 34 31 42 38 29 24 17 11 16 13 18 10 10 9 9 7 4 3 6 7 6 6 4 3 1 1 2 0

Pts 89 88 86 84 72 70 68 66 59 52 51 45 37 37 33 30 29 17 16 15 14 14 13 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 1 1 1 0

School North Dacula Parkview Mill Creek Archer Buford Brookwood GAC Wesleyan Shiloh Grayson Central Lanier Meadowcreek Norcross Hebron Mtn. View Collins Hill South Providence Berkmar Peachtree Ridge Duluth Discovery

Rush Yds 2,596 3,799 3,301 2,816 2,903 3,431 2,559 2,459 2,558 2,096 2,191 1,244 2,192 2,324 1,820 1,886 1,504 1,117 2,145 DNR 980 804 905 974

TEAM OFFENSE Pass Yds 2,546 2,501 2,559 973 2,184 1,608 1,744 2,832 2,903 1,259 2,604 3,202 1,845 1,020 1,999 2,413 1,711 2,336 1,691 DNR 1,001 1,307 2,405 437

Total Yds 5,142 6,300 5,860 3,789 5,087 5,039 4,303 5,291 5,461 3,355 4,795 4,446 4,037 3,344 3,819 4,299 3,215 3,453 3,836 DNR 1,981 2,111 3,310 1,411

Avg. Pts 39.9 38.5 37.1 35.3 34.2 33.9 33.5 33.4 33.3 31.4 31.3 31.2 29.8 28.4 28.1 27.9 25.4 24.6 23.8 19.1 17.6 14.9 13.8 6.8

School Buford Mill Creek North GAC Grayson Dacula Collins Hill Archer Parkview Lanier Wesleyan Shiloh Hebron Mtn. View Norcross South Peachtree Ridge Brookwood Discovery Berkmar Providence Meadowcreek Central Duluth

Rush Yds 1,592 951 962 1,753 DNR 1,571 DNR 1,717 1,642 DNR DNR DNR DNR 1,543 2,032 DNR 1,059 1,762 DNR DNR DNR DNR 492 DNR

TEAM DEFENSE Pass Yds 1,663 1,561 1,375 1,870 DNR 1,677 DNR 1,648 2,251 DNR DNR DNR DNR 1,739 1,852 DNR 1,351 2,241 DNR DNR DNR DNR 1,492 DNR

Total Yds 3,255 2,512 2,337 3,623 DNR 3,248 DNR 3,365 3,893 DNR DNR DNR DNR 3,282 3,854 DNR 2,378 4,003 DNR DNR DNR DNR 1,924 DNR

Avg. Pts 12.9 13.4 13.9 15.1 15.4 15.5 15.6 17.2 17.3 19 19.9 21.8 21.9 23.6 23.7 25.9 26.2 28.2 31.8 34.6 35.5 38.3 38.4 45.3

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SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS The candidate in this position is moderately supervised and does not have TVQFSWJTPSZ SFTQPOTJCJMJUZ BDDFTT UP DPOýEFOUJBM JOGPSNBUJPO OPS UP DPNQBOZ funds.

PLEASE CONTACT via email maurice.maisonville@gwinnettdailypost.com

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