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Does copper kill a cold virus?

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EAR DR. ROACH: What do you know about copper killing the cold virus? I’m of the opinion that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Yet, there is a copper product on the market that says it kills the cold viRoach rus on contact.

Many people have claimed it is effective.

Are all these reviews fake?

If preventing a cold was this easy, wouldn’t everyone know about it?

— J. ANSWER: Copper does have antimicrobial properties. Bacteria will die on contact with pure metallic copper.

The amount of time needed ranges from a few minutes for some Staphylococcal species to 5-15 days for the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. Viruses, which are somewhere between alive and not alive, being only able to replicate within a cell, can be destroyed by copper as well. For the influenza virus, 99.99% can be destroyed by keeping it in contact with metallic copper for six hours.

Unfortunately, cold viruses and flu viruses can be inhaled and then taken up by cells, allowing them to replicate and further infect a person. There is simply no way a piece of copper can prevent infection by viruses when rubbed on the nose. That’s why there are no clinical trials showing the copper to be effective: It isn’t.

I don’t think most of the people responding are fake.

The power of believing that something is working is incredible. I suspect many of the people writing testimonials are also not being exposed often to cold viruses.

There is no way to prevent a cold with 100% certainty.

Handwashing and avoiding sick people remain the best treatments we have.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been diagnosed with granuloma annulare by two dermatologists. The rashes are on my hands, arms, legs and the back of my neck — and they’re spreading. Online research tells me that the cause is unknown and therefore there seems to be no cure. I have used two prescribed steroidal creams and taken high-dose niacin with no success. What can you tell me about the prospects of a cure?

— K.M. ANSWER: Granuloma annulare indeed has no known cause. Infection has been long suspected, but many attempts to identify an infectious agent have been unsuccessful. It varies quite a bit in appearance but most commonly looks like a ring, anywhere between skin color to dark red. It is sometimes itchy. The kind it sounds like you have, called the generalized form, affecting many areas of the body, happens more commonly in people over 30; children and adults into their 20s tend to have the limited form. It is more common in women.

I refer cases to a dermatologist, and my patients often have had success with injection of steroids. It is more effective than steroid creams or ointments. Some people require systemic treatments, such as hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil). The vitamin A derivative isotretinoin, most commonly used for acne, is also sometimes used.

GA can disappear as mysteriously as it comes. About 75% of people will be free from disease in five years.

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today is the 59th day of 2020 and the 70th day of winter.

TODAY’S HISTORY: in 1935, dupont scientist wallace carothers invented nylon. in 1993, federal agents raided the branch davidian cult compound in waco, texas. in 1997, two heavily armed and armored bank robbers were killed in a shootout with police on the streets of north Hollywood. in 2013, pope benedict XVi became the first catholic pope to resign since 1415.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Vincente minnelli (1903-1986), film director; milton caniff (1907-1988), cartoonist; Frank gehry (1929- ), architect; mario andretti (1940- ), race car driver; bernadette peters (1948- ), actress; paul Krugman (1953- ), columnist/nobel laureate; John

turturro (1957- ), actor; pat monahan (1969- ), singer-songwriter; daniel Handler aka lemony snicket (1970- ), author; eric lindros (1973- ), hockey player; Jason aldean (1977- ), singer-songwriter.

TODAY’S FACT: the 2 1/2-hour series finale of “m.a.s.H.,” which was watched by 60.2 percent of u.s. tV-owning households, remains the highest-rated tV series finale in history, with a 77 percent share of the nielsen ratings during its original airing on this day in 1983.

TODAY’S SPORTS: in 1967, wilt chamberlain of the philadelphia 76ers missed a shot for the first time in four games, ending his nba-record streak of consecutive field goals at 35.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “it is likely i will die next to a pile of things i was meaning to read.” — lemony snicket

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COLUMNIST I AMY DICKINSON

Wonderful grandson is terrible at table

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EAR AMY: We have recently been reunited with our son’s child after 10 years. He is 13 — and is delightful, well behaved, and intelligent.

However, unfortunately, he has terrible table manners.

We went to a restaurant and it soon became apparent that he has never been shown how to use a knife, a napkin, etc.

I didn’t want to be critical, so I tried saying things like, “I find it easier to cut my food if I hold the knife this way,” or, “I put my napkin in my lap so I can wipe my mouth,” — that sort of thing.

This was met with a blank look and the behavior resumed.

It won’t be possible to speak to his mother about it, and again, I don’t want to be critical.

How can I teach him table manners, other than modeling good behavior?

— Mannerly Grandmother DEAR MANNERLY: You have just met this boy. I infer from this that there has been substantial upheaval in his life — perhaps a parental split and possibly a custody shift.

If his father is on the scene, it would be most logical to speak with him about it. You might assume that he has mainly eaten directly out of fastfood bags.

I wouldn’t present this as a top-line concern, however — be-

cause the whole family is readjusting to your grandson’s reemergence, you should step carefully and kindly into his Dickinson life.

Adolescent boys are sensitive and tender creatures, with acute awareness about being judged by others, and they are surrounded by conflicting and confusing messages about how they should behave.

For now, don’t correct him, hint, nudge, or use body language to convey your disapproval.

You want to be the people in his life who completely accept him, right now — just as he is. When he is feeling more comfortable, he will relax and start watching how you comport yourselves, and over time you can model and offer gentle instruction.

A great way to introduce table manners is to involve him in cooking a meal. All teens should know how to make a stack of tasty pancakes.

Show him how to set the table. And then sit down and eat together.

DEAR AMY: My boyfriend has made a habit out of using birthdays and holidays as an opportunity to upgrade his own lifestyle — under the

guise of generous gift giving.

After buying himself the latest upgraded laptop, he gave me his used laptop for Christmas. (He did spend money getting it cleaned up.)

For my last birthday he took that opportunity to upgrade his own set of scuba gear and gave me his used gear.

The thing is, I’m not a diver, and my current laptop is perfectly adequate for my needs (the one he gave me is much less portable).

He gets upset if I politely decline these gifts, so these items are really just taking up valuable closet space at this point.

Am I ungrateful or am I justified in feeling a bit stuck in an ungrateful recipient position?

I’m also not able to figure out why exactly this irks me, and it seems ingenious to fake enthusiasm as I’m walking gifts over to the closet.

Your reaction?

— Gift Horse DEAR GIFT HORSE: This irks you because it is irksome.

There is nothing at all wrong with giving a loved one a reconditioned, used, vintage, second-hand gift (in my opinion), as long as the item is personal in nature, wished for or asked for — and not the direct descendant of the giver’s own upgrade!

(I’m talking about you — unwanted, unloved, and unused scuba gear!)

You should convey to your guy, “Honey, if you want to give yourself new stuff, then good for you! But I don’t want your castoffs. In the future, you should sell the stuff you don’t want and use the proceeds however you wish.”

You might be able to drive this point home the next time you upgrade your phone. Wrap up the old one and present it to your guy.

He might say, “Thanks, babe — but I don’t need this. I don’t want it. I already have one!

And you can say, “Exactly.”

DEAR AMY: Thank you for your empathetic reply to “Survivor,” the abused person who wanted to confront a childhood bully, years later.

You wrote: “Vengeance doesn’t quiet rage; it stokes it.”

Put another way: Revenge is like drinking poison and hoping the other person will die.

— Beth DEAR BETH: Yes! This profound statement rings so true.

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.

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your drive and determination are commendable, but don’t overdo it or you will face the consequences. part of being successful is recognizing your skills and using them with precision. take the time to prepare, present and promote what you want to do and to execute your plans with confidence.

PISCES (Feb. 20-march 20) — invest in projects that will make a difference. let your instincts lead the way and investment opportunities develop. an innovative idea will pay off.

ARIES (march 21-april 19) — practice moderation. taking on too much will decrease your chances of reaching your full potential. don’t make an emotional leap if you are questioning the landing.

TAURUS (april 20-may 20) — your best efforts will result in success. if you let your intuition lead the way, you won’t be disappointed. Keep your private affairs to yourself. be consistent in your words and deeds.

GEMINI (may 21June 20) — use your energy wisely. you’ll get run down if you try to do everything yourself. either extend your deadlines or solicit help. maintain honesty and integrity to avoid opposition and criticism.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — don’t let uncertainty get to you.

Keep moving along, regardless of what others decide to do. putting in the time and energy to reach your goal will pay off. positive change is heading your way.

LEO (July 23-aug. 22) — take better care of yourself. diet, exercise and rest should be part of your daily routine. take on only what’s doable and be sure to balance your schedule between work and play.

VIRGO (aug. 23-sept.

22) — you can make adjustments, negotiate and set a path that will help you reach your personal or professional goal. Help will be offered if you speak to someone with experience.

LIBRA (sept. 23oct. 23) — concentrate on what you have to accomplish. discipline and hard work will be required if you want to maintain a good reputation. deliver what you promise.

SCORPIO (oct. 24nov. 22) — take care of business and sign up for entertaining events or activities. a shift in attitude will help you move on emotionally. an exciting encounter will brighten your day.

SAGITTARIUS (nov.

23-dec. 21) — pay more attention to the way you look and how you handle your cash. come up with a plan that utilizes what you already have and limits spending.

CAPRICORN (dec.

22-Jan. 19) — don’t run yourself ragged. if rest is required, give yourself a chance to rejuvenate. you’ll accomplish more and do a better job if you have a clear head.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — participate in physical activities that will help you get in tiptop shape. indulgence is the enemy, and moderation is your best friend. don’t give in to temptation.

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Britain threatening to walk away from UK-EU trade talks Monday Britain has threatened to walk away from trade negotiations with the European Union if sufficient progress hasn’t been made by June, raising the stakes just days before the country begins crucial talks with its largest export market.

Negotiators will sit down Monday for the first round of discussions on a trade deal between the UK and the EU after they staked out sharply divergent positions this week on what should happen when a Brexit transition period expires at the end of 2020.

The British government on Thursday committed itself to pursuing a basic free-trade agreement that would maintain zero tariffs and quotas on goods but still introduce new friction at borders, an outcome long feared by business. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the “broad outline” of such an agreement must materialize quickly.

“If that does not seem to be the case at the June meeting, the government will need to decide whether the UK’s attention should move away from negotiations and focus solely on continuing domestic preparations to exit the transition period in an orderly fashion,” the government said.

WORLD & NATION Trump claims coronavirus only partially responsible for stock market plummet

By Paul Leblanc and Maegan Vazquez CNN

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that concerns over the novel coronavirus are only partially responsible for the U.S. stock market plunge this week, insisting that the dive is also related to the Democratic presidential debate that took place after markets plunged.

“I think it took a hit for maybe two reasons. I think they look at the people — you watched (the debate) last night and they say, ‘If there’s even a possibility that that could happen’ — I think it really takes a hit because of that.

And it certainly took a hit because of this,” Trump told reporters at the White House, referring to the coronavirus.

He later reiterated that investors hearing Democratic candidates “had a huge effect” on the markets. “I think you can add quite a bit of selloff to what they’re saying,” Trump said. “I really believe that’s a factor.”

In fact, the debate took place after a two-day sell-off that caused a nearly 2,000-point drop in the Dow, and Dow fu-

Stocks on track for worst week since financial crisis

Scientists have discovered for the first time that there are two distinct species of red panda, not just one — and the find could have important ramifications for conservation efforts.

The small mammals, which are already endangered, are native to China, Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar.

Although red pandas’ physical differences have led many to speculate that two species did exist, this research is the first time the theory has been proven.

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Kunming found there are Himalayan red pandas and Chinese red pandas.

Using data from 65 wild red pandas from across Asia, researchers found each species had distinct DNA.

U.S. stocks faced another sharp selloff on Thursday as worries about coronavirus mounted, with the three main indexes dragged into correction territory and on track for their worst week since the financial crisis.

The Dow fell up to 960 points Thursday before bouncing back a bit and briefly reemerging from correction territory. The index has fallen more than 10% below its most-recent peak, putting it in correction, and was down 620 points, or 2.3%, in the early afternoon.

Similarly, the S&P 500 briefly bounced back from the worst of its selloff but continues to flirt with falling into a correction. The index was down 2% in the early afternoon.

Both indexes are on track for their worst week since the fall of 2008, the midst of the financial crisis.

The British government’s contentious plans to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport have been blocked by an appeals court on environmental grounds, in a landmark victory for climate campaigners.

Judges in the closelywatched case at London’s Court of Appeal said the UK government, which threw its support behind the proposal, had failed to take into account what impact the move would have on Britain’s commitments under the Paris Agreement.

The decision could scupper plans to expand one of the world’s busiest airports, and was celebrated on the court’s steps on Thursday by a number of climate groups that had brought the legal action against the UK’s Transport Secretary.

— From wire reports

tures also turned from positive to negative during Trump’s coronavirus news conference Wednesday evening. The index’s gains for the year had been wiped out Monday, and Tuesday marked its fourthlargest swing from highest to lowest point in a single session — all before the Democratic debate started.

At its lowest, the Dow was off by 963 points. Still, Trump held Wednesday that the stock market — which he uses as a signpost of the strength of the economy, a pillar of his reelection campaign — will bounce back.

“I think the stock market will recover. The economy is very strong,” he said.

CDC confirms first US coronavirus case of ‘unknown’ origin For the first time, a U.S. patient has contracted novel coronavirus with no clue as to where it came from.

The California patient didn’t travel anywhere known to have the virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

And the patient wasn’t exposed to anyone known to be infected.

That means this could be the first U.S. case of ”community spread” of the virus.

The Solano County resident was admitted to UC Davis Medical Center last week but wasn’t tested for coronavirus until Sunday, according to a letter sent Wednesday to UC Davis staff and obtained by CNN. UC Davis had requested coronavirus testing for the

Bloomberg releases new heart health information, calls on Sanders to do the same Michael Bloomberg‘s campaign disclosed new information on Thursday about the health of the presidential candidate’s heart, and called on Bernie Sanders, who suffered a heart attack last year, to release the same data — a clear attempt to bring the issue of the Democratic frontrunner’s health to the forefront in the 2020 race for the White House.

Bloomberg’s last annual health exam was in July and included cardiac stress testing and a stress echocardiogram, according to a letter from Dr. Stephen Sisson at Johns Hopkins Uni-

Clive Cussler, the bestselling author and sea explorer, died on Monday, his family announced in a Facebook post. He was 88.

In the Facebook post, wife Janet Horvath said it had been a privilege to be with the author over the years.

“I want to thank you, his fans and friends for all the support, for all the good times and all the adventures you have shared with him,” she wrote. “He was the kindest, most gentle man I ever met.

I have always loved him and always will. I know, his adventures will continue.”

In his lifetime, Cussler was known for his books about underwater shipwreck discoveries — both fiction and nonfiction. He published more than 50 during his career, two of which were later made into movies — “Raise the Titanic,” released in 1980, and “Sahara,” in 2005. His books were published in more than 40 languages in over 100 countries, according to his website.

His stories often involved the character Dirk Pitt, a consummate adventurer.

Shark Tank host loses $400,000 in a scam

In a U.S. Army first, 1,000 recruits took their enlistment oath Wednesday from an Army astronaut in space.

The U.S. Army Recruiting Command partnered with Space Center Houston to host the nationwide oath, given by Col. Andrew Mor-

Center announced the object. The MPC is “the single worldwide location for receipt and distribution of positional measurements of minor planets, comets and outer irregular natural satellites of the major planets.”

“Orbit integrations indicate that this object is temporarily bound to the Earth,” according to the announcement on its site.

“No link to a known artificial object has been found.

Further observations and dynamical studies are strongly encouraged.”

The asteroid is likely between 6.2 feet and 11.4 feet in diameter, the researchers said on Twitter.

“Over the next few weeks, more observations are likely to come in,” Pruyne said in an email to CNN. “This will better help us understand the origin of the object, as well as a more accurate timeline of when the object came into orbit.”

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The Dow and S&P 500 fell into correction territory amid a continued selloff of U.S. stocks. Investors continue to fret over the coronavirus outbreak. above: Traders work through the closing minutes of trading on the New York Stock Exchange floor, in New York City on Feb. 25. patient, but the patient “did not fit the existing CDC criteria” for such testing, the letter said.

The mysterious nature of this case is significant, said Dr. Dean Blumberg, an infectious disease specialist at UC Davis Medical Center.

“That suggests that the virus is out there in the community, and that means pretty much that everybody’s at risk,” he told CNN affiliate KCRA. “We don’t know who might be carrying it. We don’t know who we can get it from.”

CNN previously reported that the stock market decline has especially exacerbated the President’s rising concerns over how to stem the outbreak of the coronavirus even though he has publicly declared the virus to be “very much under control in the USA,” multiple people tell CNN.

Clive Cussler, prolific author and sea explorer, dead at 88

“Shark Tank” judge Barbara Corcoran lost nearly $400,000 in an elaborate email scam that tricked her staff.

Corcoran said someone acting as her assistant sent an invoice to her bookkeeper earlier this week for a renovation payment. She told People that she had “no reason to be suspicious” about the email because she invests in real estate, so the bookkeeper wired $388,700 to the email address.

The problem was that the email address didn’t belong to her assistant. The scammer imitated her assistant’s email address and misspelled it with one letter. The mistake wasn’t caught until the bookkeeper emailed the assistant’s correct address for Employee at Molson a follow-up.

Corcoran said the scammer Coors complex in has “disappeared,” and she acMilwaukee killed 5 of knowledged that she wouldn’t his co-workers and self be getting her money back.

“I was upset at first, but then remembered it was only An employee stormed the Molson Coors complex in money,” Corcoran told the Milwaukee and killed five magazine. co-workers before turning London street named the gun on himself in one of the city’s deadliest shootings. for Freddie Mercury The company did not idenA suburban London street tify the 51-year-old shooter but said he was an “active” has been renamed in honemployee at the sprawling or of late musician Freddie facility. It did not provide de- Mercury.

The street, now called Fredtails on a possible motive for the shooting Wednesday or die Mercury Close, is located the identities of the victims, in Feltham, west London, pending family notification. which is where Mercury’s All the people killed are family settled after moving Molson Coors employees, from Zanzibar.

However, Mercury, born and all were found in the same building, police said. Farrokh Bulsara, did not “There are five individuals grow up on that street. The who went to work today, just Bulsara family lived nearby like everybody goes to work. at 22 Gladstone Avenue, And they thought they were which is marked with one going to go to work, finish of the round blue plaques their day and return to their that the UK uses to comfamilies. They didn’t and memorate places that have tragically they never will,” historical connections.

The neighborhood, which Mayor Tom Barrett said.

More than 1,000 people is close to Heathrow Airport, were working at the campus is also home to a commuwhen police received reports nity of Zoroastrians — the of a shooting at 2:08 p.m. lo- faith that Mercury’s family cal time, police Chief Alfonso practiced.

Before forming the rock Morales said. The complex includes a mix of corporate band Queen in 1970, Farrokh offices and brewing facilities. Bulsara worked as a baggage — From wire reports handler at the airport.

NATION

Turns out there are actually two species of red panda, not just one

Climate activists just blocked plans to expand Heathrow airport

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President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that concerns over the novel coronavirus are only partially responsible for the U.S. stock market plunge this week, insisting that the dive is also related to the Democratic presidential debate that took place after markets plunged.

PEOPLE

versity that the Bloomberg campaign shared with CNN. According to Sisson, Bloomberg’s left ventricular ejection fraction was “normal” at 60-65%; his left ventricular cavity size and left ventricular function were also deemed “normal”; and his exercise capacity was described as “excellent.”

Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser said in a separate statement to CNN that Sanders should release the same left ventricular ejection fraction data.

“Releasing this single scientific number about heart health could start to put to rest any concerns about Senator Sanders’ secrecy about his recent heart attack,” Loeser said. “Mike Bloomberg’s doctor shared Mike’s number. Will Senator Sanders ask his doctor to do the same?”

Sanders suffered a heart attack in October.

1,000 Army recruits made history by taking oath of enlistment from an astronaut in space

gan, 250 miles above Earth at the International Space Station, the Army said in a news release.

It was the first mass, nationwide enlistment ceremony of its kind, though military astronauts have participated from the ISS in past enlistment, reenlistment and promotional events.

Future soldiers in more than 150 places across the country tuned in to the live broadcast to take the oath.

“I made the decision when I was 18 years old to raise my right hand just like you’re about to,” Morgan said during the broadcast. “I am still a soldier. I’m just serving in space on the ultimate high ground.”

Earth has a new mini-moon — but its presence in orbit is only temporary

By Ashley Strickland CNN

It’s not the moon, but you can call it mini-moon.

Earth has captured a tiny object and pulled it into orbit.

The asteroid, known as 2020 CD3, is only the second asteroid known to orbit Earth. And while it won’t last, this asteroid acts as a temporary mini-moon whirling around our planet.

The asteroid is expected to drop out of orbit around the

MUST READ Earth in April and return to a heliocentric orbit, which is an orbit around the sun.

The discovery was made

by Kacper Wierzchos and Theodore Pruyne, researcher specialists for the Catalina Sky Survey. It’s a NASAfunded project at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tuscon, Arizona.

The survey is supported by the Near-Earth Ob-

ject Observations Program, which reports into NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office. Specialists at Catalina help NASA discover and track near-Earth objects that could be potentially hazardous to the planet.

In this case, they found a natural satellite that was pulled into Earth’s orbit, likely two or three years ago.

On Tuesday, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Minor Planet

This will help them determine if it is a rocky asteroid or an artificial object, said Eric Christensen, director of the Catalina Sky Survey.

So far, they only have about a week’s worth of data, Christensen said.

“With further observations and a better understanding of the orbit, dynamicists will be able to trace 2020 CD3’s processing through the Earth-Moon system, and work backward to the precapture orbit,” he said.

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Gwinnett Police safely locate missing man from Dacula

By Taylor Denman taylor.denman@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett County police have located a 75-year-old Dacula man with “diminished mental capacities” after he drove off from his

home at approximately 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Police said Benjamin Clarke was found safe overnight in Forsyth County. Police said arrangements were made to reunite him with his family. A relative said he was located in Cumming at ap-

proximately 1:30 a.m. on Thursday after he had gone missing for nearly 12 hours.

Police said Clark was last seen at his home on Burnt Oak Way in Dacula at around 1 p.m. He left the home in his black 2011 Ford Escape.

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From A1 Bennett and his classmates learned about some of the intuitive digital features in new Mercedes-Benz GLAClass and E-Class vehicles, cars with features likely to become more standard in the future.

“We get a general look at cars, but most of these cars are older, so it’s cool to see new cars that we’ll actually be working on,” Bennett said.

“If we go into the industry, we’ll actually see more cars like this than the ones we work with on the lot.”

Students learned what makes the digital systems inside new Mercedes-Benz models tick. They also got a demonstration of some of the new cars’ auto-parking mechanisms.

Maxwell’s automotive course is becoming a Mercedes-Benz STAR Connect school. Students can take Mercedes-Benz courses and earn certifications while at Maxwell. Maxwell has similar partnerships with manufacturers like Ford and Subaru.

LILBURN From A1 we have faster response times to calls and things like that and repurpose the building or maybe replace it with something different and more in line with their vision of the downtown redevelopment.”

The new building is located on what Mayor Johnny Crist said is “the busiest thoroughfare” in the city, at 4600 Lawrenceville Hwy. Hedley said he thought the day would never come when the Lilburn police officers and personnel would get to walk into a new building with more space and flexibility to do their work.

A few years ago, he said, the department had six supervisors in one office sharing one computer and

Police said he claimed that he was headed to a relative’s home in Alabama, but his family wasn’t confident he would know the way.

A family member said Clarke has dementia and police said he takes medications.

The goal of the partnership is to encourage and facilitate local dealer involvement with corporate support from Mercedes-Benz. Students will have access to current year model vehicles and resources and become more appealing candidates for technician jobs and postsecondary programs.

“To a dealership, it’s great because they’ll get training and some of the hands on, and Mercedes-Benz will support us with products and resources,” Maxwell automotive instructor Max Chavez said. “It would be great for a Mercedes-Benz dealership to pull students out of here, because they already have

some exposure.”

From the manufacturer’s perspective, Mercedes-Benz is creating its own pipeline of certified technicians. The manufacture, which has a corporate office in Sandy Springs, established a similar program at Gwinnett Technical College. In the post-secondary program, students receive a two-year associate’s degree while balancing an internship with a local dealer. The idea is that the dealer partners will eventually hire their already experienced interns after graduation.

Experienced technicians are a commodity that all car manufactures are search-

ing for, according to Mercedes Technician Recruitment Program Specialist Michelle Ahima.

“There is a huge shortage for any technician, not just Mercedes-Benz,” Ahima said.

“We’re doing our part to get them in early, which is why we’re targeting Atlanta high schools.”

Bennett had a prior interest in cars before choosing Maxwell High School’s automotive pathway. Now he’s fascinated by the increased voltage required for selfparking vehicles and other digital programs. Cars are more than a hobby for Bennett, now.

Bennett said he’s already received some pre-certifications from Ford and is considering doing so for Mercedes-Benz after seeing some of the vehicles.

“Probably now that I just found out about this Mercedes-Benz one, I will probably do more units,” he said.

one phone.

“That’s how fast we outgrew that building, and this is a well-deserved compliment to the hard work that they provide to our citizens day to day,” Hedley said.

On Wednesday, the building was not completely finished, but Hedley said it was important to hold the ribbon cutting ceremony then so that Crist could see it as the sitting mayor. Crist resigned earlier this year to seek a seat in the Georgia General Assembly.

“It was that important to us that you say what you have to say today in front of all of us, and I wanted to thank you for everything you’ve done for me and the PD,” Hedley said to Crist.

“You’ve been an amazing mayor, and I hope your replacement does the same for us.”

Crist said the facility was

like giving the Lilburn Police Department “one of the finest tools the county has seen.” He said while the old facility served the department and the city well, it reached its lifetime effectiveness.

“With this new tool, officers will have a real office, not a converted jail cell…,” Crist said. “This new tool is located right here on the busiest thoroughfare in our city so our officers can further reduce response time to pursue calls without screaming through the downtown neighborhood with sirens and flashing blue lights.”

And the department will no longer have to convert the city council chambers or the judges’ chambers into a training facility with this new tool, Crist said. In fact, Hedley said the most recent citizens police academy will get to train out of

the new building.

“We hope the public enjoys this easy access and takes advantage of the many great programs our department offers from this building,” Hedley said. “We are excited to soon occupy this beautiful building and roll up our sleeves to get to work making Lilburn the safest city possible.”

Emily Harvey, municipal court administrator, also said the new building will allow the department to have a more public presence with newer technology, as well as to expedite things electronically for the courts.

“This is as close to completion that we’ve seen,” Harvey said Wednesday.

“It’s beautiful.”

She said the municipal court’s first session inside the new building will be March 10.

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Eric Paige, a representative for Mercedes-Benz USA, gives Maxwell High School students a look at the digital systems inside new Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

Joey Brown, who said in a Facebook post he is Clarke’s sonin-law, asked friends and family at approximately 3:30 p.m. to spread word of Clarke’s disappearance.

“Please pray for our family,” he wrote.

ARC From A1 and was approved by the ARC board on Wednesday.

“The Atlanta Region’s Plan offers a balanced, strategic approach to keep our region moving forward, even as our population continues to grow,” ARC Executive Director Doug Hooker said in a statement. “This plan will help metro Atlanta remain competitive, with a high quality of life, in the decades to come.”

There are few items that Gwinnett commuters will actually see included in the plan to address the county, including the intersection to interchange conversion on State Route 316, the new interchange on I-85 and the widening of Jimmy Carter Boulevard.

There are also, for example, long range projections in another $10.9 billion area of the plan, involving transit improvements, that show an eventual bus rapid transit line in Gwinnett, connecting the Sugarloaf Mills area to the Doraville MARTA station. Bus rapid transit, also known as BRT, is one of the items Gwinnett County officials hope to accomplish as part of the county’s transit expansion plans.

The intersection conversion, new I-85 exit, road widening and BRT route could individually be considered big transportation projects for Gwinnett County

GSMST From A1 college prep, sports, clubs and activities.

North Gwinnett High School was the only other Gwinnett school to be ranked in the top 10 public high schools in the Atlanta area.

Wesleyan School was the No. 11 private school in metro Atlanta, the top private school in Gwinnett.

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in the regional plan.

The widening of Jimmy Carter Boulevard, for example, would take place between Buford Highway and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, an area prone to backups and congestion.

The plan calls for widening Jimmy Carter from four lanes to six lanes. This is listed as a long range project in the Atlanta Region’s Plan.

Meanwhile, Gwinnett County and the Georgia Department of Transportation have been working for years to turn State Route 316 into a limited access highway through the county. Work is already underway on such a conversion at Harbins Road, and an intersection to interchange conversion at Hi Hope Road is another part of that ongoing effort.

The proposed interchange at I-85 and McGinnis Ferry Road has also been in the works for years, with construction still about three years away. This falls in the same part of the plan that the State Route 36 and Hi Hope Road interchange comes from.

Another project, which may not get as much attention as the other projects is a bike-ped bridge — the replacement of the old Rogers Bridge — that will connect the cities of Duluth and Johns Creek, as well as the Western Gwinnett Bikeway.

The ARC included $10 billion for bike-ped projects in the Atlanta Region’s Plan.

Niche implements its online school reviews and data from sources including the U.S. Department of Education, Census and FBI into its ranking methodology to form algorithms that produce scores for several different categories. Data analysts weight factors and produce a an overall score.

A “z-score” indicates the school’s grade on an A-plus to D-minus scale.

Niche describes its own methodology on its website.

OBITUARIES He made a lasting impact on everyone he came into contact with and he will alAlexander Scott Elbaz ways be remembered by all died suddenly on FebruMrs. Donna Walls Abus. In lieu of flowers please ary 25, 2020 at the young bott, age 68, of Dacula, speak to the family regardage of 26. He is the son Georgia passed away ing their choice for memoFebruary 25, 2020. Carter of Joy Crowe, Braselton, rial donations. Alexander Funeral Home of Winder is GA and Robert Elbaz, is survived by his brother, in charge of arrangements. Suwanee, Georgia. He was Joshua Elbaz; his father, born on April 25, 1993 www.carterfhwinder.com Robert Elbaz; his, mother, in Atlanta, Georgia. Alex Joy Crowe, and stepfather, had a passion for finance Brian Crowe; as well as Buford and accounting as well as his grandmother, Francette investments which helped Elbaz; and many uncles, Betty Ann Bruno propel him through his aunts, cousins from FloriBetty Ann Bruno of da, Georgia and New York, Buford (formerly of Snell- studies at Georgia Gwinnett College, where he was all of whom are grateful ville) died February 21, a senior with one semester for the time they had with 2020. She was preceded left until graduation. Alex him. A graveside service in death by her husband, was blessed with a friendly will be held at Green Lawn Vincent Bruno, and parand honest heart, he loved Cemetery in Roswell, ents, Sara and LeBarron Georgia on March 1, 2020 O’Bannon. She is survived spending time with his friends, listening to music, at 2:00 pm. Arrangements by her children and their helping his friends underby Dressler’s Jewish Fuspouses, Deborah Bruno neral Care, Atlanta (770) (John) Betsill of Acworth, stand the importance of 451-4999 Dan Bruno (Beth Edwards) investments and stocks, and spending time with his of Buford, and Barbara Sugar Hill family. He always made Bruno (Frank Stilp), of sure that the people around Mary Ruth “Tot” Metter, four grandchildren him knew that he loved Gravitt (Thomas) and four great grandchilthem and would often go dren, her brother, LeBarMary Ruth Thomas ron O’Bannon, Jr., nieces, out of his way to make Gravitt, lovingly known by sure that whoever he was nephews and cousins, everyone as “Tot”, passed around was okay.

He ofespecially her beloved away Tuesday, February nephew David O’Bannon. fered a full and open heart 25, 2020, at the age of 98. to anyone who needed him, Interment and reception and was an amazing friend, Born on October 2, 1921, will be March 21, 2020 brother, son, grandson, and to the late George and at Eternal Hills Funeral individual. Alex’s life will Beulah Merritt Thomas, Home and Memory Garshe lived most of her life always be remembered dens in Snellville. in Cumming and Buford. by his incredible sense of humor, his friendly nature, She raised chickens and and his unmatched sense of worked at Sears and Roecompassion that he felt for buck in Atlanta. During his family and loved ones. her retirement years, she loved working part-time DACULA, GA

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She enjoyed gardening, traveling, and baking birthday cakes for her family members. Being a Thomas, she never tired of hearing those steam engine whistle at the Thomas-Mashburn Engine Parade every July 4th in Cumming. She was a member of Coal Mountain Baptist Church in Cumming, GA. She is preceded in death by her husband, Coy Gravitt; and siblings, George “Roscoe” Thomas, Mahlon “Doodler” Thomas, Geneva Thomas Martin, and Bonnie Thomas.

She is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Jean Burruss of Dawsonville, and Inez Smith of Gainesville; brother, Harold “Bud” Thomas of Cumming; sister-in-law, Carolyn Thomas of Cumming. She is also survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Dephene Gravitt of Cumming, Jimmy and Dean Gravitt of Cumming, Kenneth and Judy Gravitt of Buford; daughter and son-in-law, Charlene and Guerry Garrett of Cleveland, GA; grandchildren, Mike and Ann Gravitt, Cindy and Tim Henderson, Angie and David Jennings, Kathy and John Carroll, Keith and Crystal Gravitt, Kerry Waycaster, and Kevin Waycaster; 13 great grandchildren, 3 great-

great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank Cumming Senior Living and Agape Hospice Care for their amazing care and love they shared during the last few years of Tot’s life.

Funeral services for Mrs. Gravitt will be held Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 12:00 noon in the chapel of Ingram Funeral Home in Cumming, GA with Rev. Danny Bennett officiating.

Interment will follow at Sawnee View Gardens in Cumming, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of service.

Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, 210 Ingram Ave, Cumming, GA 30040 is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be made at www.ingramfuneralhome.com.

Ryan Mercer, Nicholas Mercer (Brandi). One sister Robin Rice (W.C.). and 4 grandchildren Charlie Holley, Carlie Holley, Jillian Mercer and Bryce Mercer. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday March 1st at Wages and Sons Funeral Home 1040 Main St., Stone Mountain, Ga., with Rev. Kenny Kuykendall and Rev. Adam Southerland officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday February 29, 2020 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Wages & Sons Funeral Home Stone Mountain Chapel. Online condolences may be viewed at www. wagesandsons.com

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Annual Run The Reagan race set for Saturday

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans@ gwinnettdailypost.com

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Runners in the 10K portion of last year’s Run the Reagan in Snellville take off from the starting line. This year’s race — which also includes a half-marathon, a 5K and a 1K fun run — will take place on Saturday. as an untimed 5K run/walk and 1K fun run. The halfmarathon is expected to be the first race run, and it is slated to kick off at 9 a.m.

The registration fees through the end of Wednesday are $55 for the halfmarathon, $40 for the 10K, $35 for the timed 5K, $30 for the untimed 5K and $20 for the 1K fun run. The registration fees for each race increase by $5 after Wednesday.

The Run the Reagan is a qualifier for the Peachtree Road Race.

“If you’re a racer, it’s a great race,” Weber said.

“We get a lot of talent. I believe we have people from 17 states now that are entering and it’s a competitive race ... However, the local attraction — you know, Gwinnett County does not have a lot of featured events and this is one of the few that puts southern Gwinnett County on the map.

“We’re just excited about it.”

Runners can register online at bit.ly/2wN9EQI, or in person from noon until

8 p.m. Friday at Academy Sports, which is located at 1585 Scenic Highway, or starting at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the race course starting line, located at the intersection of Ronald Reagan and Presidential parkways.

A family festival with music, food, vendors, inflatables and yard games will also take place along the race route from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.

After the races, anyone who wants to stroll along the length of Ronald Reagan Parkway will be allowed to do so until 3 p.m.

Weber said the race’s organizers are able to stage the annual event due to partnerships with Gwinnett County and the city of Snellville, as well as a long list of sponsors, including Eastside Medical Center, E.R. Snell Contractors, Canon United Methodist Church, Georgia Power, Mazzawi Family Dentistry, Kroger and Coca-Cola.

Additional information about the race can be found at runthereagan.net.

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It’s almost time for runners to find their mark, get set and start running up and down a busy Gwinnett County road.

The 26th Annual Run the Reagan will take place Saturday on Ronald Reagan Parkway in Snellville.

Online registration is underway, but the fees increased Thursday.

Run the Reagan board chairman Ron Weber said the number of people registered for the race is already looking strong, and organizers expect it to get better in the final days before the event.

“As of (Monday) there were 1,300, which puts us several hundred ahead of last year,” Weber said.

“Most of the signups come in these last three or four days and we usually get a few hundred on the last day depending on people waiting to see what the weather is going to be like.

“So, we’re hoping for 2,000 (participants). We think we’re gonna get 2,000. If God gives us a bright, sunny day, then it might be more.”

This year’s race will raise funds for the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry, the Lilburn Cooperative Ministry and the Brookwood Schools Foundation.

Schools in the Parkview, Central Gwinnett, Shiloh and South Gwinnett clusters will also receive some money based on the number of runners they get signed up.

Runners are also asked to bring non-perishable food items to the race to be donated to the co-ops.

The Run the Reagan includes a timed half-marathon, 10K and 5K as well

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Lanier, South Cobb on different paths to semis

Lanier’s Sion James shoots and scores over Hughes’ Jordan Jones during Tuesday’s quarterfinals at Lanier High School. ♦

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

The Lanier and South Cobb boys basketball teams will take different journeys to Buford City Arena for Friday’s Class AAAAAA semifinals.

For Lanier, the drive is less than five miles north on Buford Highway. For South Cobb, the trip is 50-plus miles through

Photo: Craig Cappy

metro Atlanta traffic.

The teams’ roads through the state tournament bracket have been just as different.

Lanier routed Sprayberry 7645 in the first round, but reaching Friday’s 4 p.m. semifinal got significantly tougher from there. Both the second-round and quarterfinal games went to overtime.

The Longhorns (25-5) have pulled through back-to-back tight

games, 60-58 over Stephenson in the second round and 58-55 over Langston Hughes in Tuesday’s quarterfinals. Senior Sion James, a Tulane recruit, was big in both wins. He made a gamewinner in the waning seconds against Stephenson, then fueled the quarterfinal win with a game-high 23 points along with eight rebounds.

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Buford grinds its way to another playoff win

By Will Hammock will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com

On most occasions, the Buford girls basketball team’s full-court pressure works as planned and rushes opponents into mistakes. It didn’t this week.

That said, the Wolves did what they usually do — in a different way — win in the state tournament.

They didn’t play their best in the Class AAAAA quarterfinals, yet still gutted out a 58-47 victory over Carrollton to reach Saturday’s semifinal round at Fort Valley State. The three-time defending state champions have won 18 straight games in the state playoffs dating back to a Final Four loss Feb. 27, 2016 to Americus-Sumter.

Their latest outing was not a thing of beauty.

“What we really tried to get the girls to do is flush (the quarterfinal win), leave that one behind and go back to playing our style of basketball,” Buford girls coach Gene Durden said. “Make sure we dictate tempo and not let tempo get dictated to us.”

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Grayson’s Caleb Murphy shoots over Norcross’s Jaden Harris during Wednesday night’s quarter final state playoff game at Grayson. Murphy and the top-ranked Rams will call on their Final Four experience as they take on No. 8 McEachern in the Class AAAAAAA state semifinals Saturday at Buford City Arena.

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Grayson boys, Collins Hill girls ready for 7A hoops Final Four

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@gwinnettdailypost.com

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Buford’s Sara Viti drives to the basket against Carrollton on Tuesday night in the state quarterfinals.

The moment Gwinnett County’s two remaining teams in Class AAAAAAA state basketball tournaments felt like they were built for since they first came together during summer workouts and tournaments has arrived.

As much work as Grayson’s boys and Collins Hill’s girls have put in the ensuing nine months or so since, the toughest work may still be ahead when the top-ranked Rams (29-1) take on No. 8 and defending state champion McEachern (20-5) in an 8 p.m. boys semifinal, preceded by the second-ranked Eagles (30-0) meeting No. 5 Campbell (23-7) in a girls semi at 6 p.m. Saturday at Buford City Arena.

Both teams have plenty of recent history with the Final Four, but limited success in it.

However, the infusion of new talent through transfers and younger players coming up through the system to already solid core of returning players has given both squads reason to believe this year could mark a breakthrough to finally getting to the top of their respective state championship ladders.

“I feel like we’ve always been underdogs,” said Grayson guard Deivon Smith, who finished with four points, 10 rebounds and six assists in the Rams’ 65-27 quarterfinal win over No. 5 Norcross on Wednesday night. “I feel like this year, especially after this game, the script has flipped a little bit. … I feel like everybody’s been talking about us since the summer and everybody wants to beat us.

Everybody’s going to give us their best shot.”

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Collins Hill girls guard Ajah Inniss dribbles up the court during the Eagles’ Class AAAAAAA state quarterfinal game against McEachern on Tuesday. Inniss and the Eagles will take on No. 6 Campbell in the state semifinals Saturday at See FINAL, B2 Buford City Arena.

Wesleyan coaching tree extends to three of four semifinal teams

By Christine Troyke christine.troyke@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Just a few years ago, three of the four head coaches in the Class A Private girls basketball semifinals were on staff together.

Nichole Dixon and Carolyn Whitney were assistants to Jan Azar at Wesleyan for several seasons together. They’re also both former players of Azar’s.

Dixon was hired away by Holy Innocents’ and won the state title last season. The Bears beat Azar’s Wesleyan team in the championship, a year after losing to the Wolves in the final.

Whitney was an assistant at Lambert and then got her first

head coaching job at Brookwood in 2017.

When Azar left Wesleyan last spring, Whitney was picked to replace the only coach in Wolves’ history. Azar is now at Hebron Christian and all three women have their teams in the Final Four.

Azar and Dixon face off once more at 6 p.m. today at Georgia College in Milledgville. Whitney’s Wesleyan team plays St. Francis in the 2 p.m. game.

“Girls basketball over the years has evolved greatly,” said Azar, who guided Wesleyan to 13 state titles and 18 finals appearances during her 22year tenure. “Hopefully we had something to do with that.

I love the way the way coaches

out there are pushing their girls to play faster. All four teams going into Final Four play the same pace.”

Holy Innocents’ is led by junior Jillian Hollingshead, Rachel Suttle and Jada Farrell.

Hebron has Super Six selection Malia Fisher and sharpshooting Nicole Azar, also in the Class of 2021.

Senior Avyonce Carter, a Georgia Tech commit, and Alyssa Phillip have Wesleyan in the semifinals for the 17th straight year. St. Francis, coached by Aisha Kennedy, has seniors Amirah Abdur Rahim and Savannah Samuel, who both top 6-feet.

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Christian Heritage’s Mary Kate Humphrey, left, tries to stop the drive of Hebron Christian Academy’s Nicole Azar during Wednesday’s game played at Hebron Christian High School. ♦ Photo: Craig Cappy

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Fresh faces rising to top of NASCAR standings

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney was a bit frustrated Sunday having narrowly missed — again — a chance to hoist a winner’s trophy.

Only two races into the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season and Blaney has been a major factor in both checkered flags. But there is some solace for the popular and talented competitor. Blaney is the NASCAR Cup Series championship leader entering Sunday’s Auto Club 400 (3:30 p.m. on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at Auto Club Speedway.

Near-misses, triumphant rides and a sense of it being “anyone’s race” have been the order of business in the young NASCAR Cup Series season.

Only two drivers have scored top-10 finishes in both the opening two races. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick finished fifth in the Dayton 500 and was eighth last Sunday at Las Vegas. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson has finishes of 10th at Daytona and ninth at Las Vegas.

Sixteen other drivers have scored at least one top-10 finish — ranging from Corey LaJoie to Matt DiBenedetto.

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Blaney waits in the garage during practice for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Race winners Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500) and Joey Logano (Las Vegas) did so in dramatic form. But, Chris Buescher, who was third in the Daytona 500 and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who was third Sunday in Vegas are both ranked the highest they’ve ever been entering the third race of the season.

Buescher’s finishes are third and 14th (at Las Vegas) and the driver of the No. 17 Roush-Fenway Ford is ranks eighth in the series

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standings — 24 points behind leader Ryan Blaney.

Stenhouse, who started on the pole for the Daytona 500, has finishes of 20th (Daytona) and third (Las Vegas); and is ranked fifth in the NASCAR Cup Series standings — only 19 points behind Blaney.

“So far, so good,” Stenhouse said Sunday. “Two weeks we’ve been fast. This week, we weren’t bad and we know what we need to work on and I know (crew chief)

Brian (Pattie) and the boys will tune it up.”

Austin Dillon, driver of the famous No. 3 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, is a former Daytona 500 winner (2018) which is the ultimate in season good starts.

Yet his early consistency, not a trophy this year, has landed him seventh in the NASCAR Cup Series points standings. He trails Blaney by only 22 points. He finished 12th in the Daytona 500 and answered it with

real,” a proud DiBenedetto said Sunday standing alongside his No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford. “Tough to be that close, but hey, this is only the second race of the season. So it was the strength of this team.

“It’s so cool to have the backing of all the people that allow me to drive this thing.”

Looking forward to the two-mile Auto Club Speedway, where the series races this weekend, only half the current top 10 in the standings earned a top-10 finish in last year’s race — Logano (second), Harvick (fourth), Blaney (fifth), Hamlin (seventh) and Dillon (10th).

Kyle Busch, the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion and defending Auto Club Speedway race winner, is still looking for his first top-10 finish of the early 2020 season. He finished 34th at Daytona with an engine problem and 15th at Las Vegas. Busch is ranked 27th in the standings, 60 points back from the standings lead.

Busch is one of the best at Auto Club Speedway — with four wins — three in the last seven races. A victory in California this weekend would automatically earn him a Playoff berth and right his ship.

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Semifinals matchups Feb. 28 and Feb. 29 in the Geor“You’ve got kids in the single A private gia High School Association state basketball playoffs: final who just really are fun to watch,” Azar said. “We’re going to be watching all of them play on TV one day in college.”

In the first semifinal, Wesleyan (22-5) Feb. 28 Valdosta State University: A-Public takes on St. Francis (27-3). Whitney went 2 p.m. — Central-Talbotton vs. Calhoun County (Girls) to watch St. Francis’ 72-66 win Wednes4 p.m. — Truetlen vs. Terrell Co. (Boys) day against Mt. Paran in the Elite Eight.

6 p.m. — Turner County vs. Wheeler County (Girls) “They are tall and fast,” Whitney said.

8 p.m. — Wilcox Co. vs. Hancock Central (Boys) “They’re athletic. They’ve been ranked No. 1 in the state for a reason. It’s definitely going to be challenge. But I think Feb. 29 Valdosta State University: AAA we’re ready.”

2 p.m. — Beach vs. North Hall (Girls) The only Class A losses for the Wolves 4 p.m. — Pace Academy vs. Johnson-Savannah (Boys) came in a pair of games against Holy 6 p.m. — GAC vs. Johnson- Savannah (Girls) Innocents’. The rest were to teams in 8 p.m. — Jefferson vs. Central-Macon (Boys) higher classifications, including Buford and Collins Hill.

“We’ve been battle-tested for sure,” Feb. 28 Georgia College & State University: Whitney said. “Every team we lost to is A-Private still playing and some that we beat are still playing. We wanted that so in this type 2 p.m. — St. Francis vs. Wesleyan (Girls) of situation we don’t have blind spots.”

4 p.m. — St. Francis vs. Mt. Pisgah (Boys) Whitney knows well the expectation 6 p.m. — Holy Innocents’ vs. Hebron Christian (Girls) that comes with wearing a Wesleyan 8 p.m. — Greenforest vs. Trinity Christian (Boys) jersey. She doesn’t want to treat this like business as usual, despite the program’s Feb. 29 Georgia College & State University: AA titanic standing in the history books.

“They carry so much weight and this 2 p.m. — Southwest vs. Rockmart (Girls) whole season has been a challenge,” Whit4 p.m. — Glenn Hills vs. Swainsboro (Boys) ney said. “They need to gives themselves 6 p.m. — Early County vs. Douglas-Atlanta (Girls) a pat on the back. I’m so proud of them.

8 p.m. — Chattooga vs. Therrell (Boys) But we still have a lot of work to do.”

Seniors Carter, Lanni Brown and LauFeb. 28 Ft. Valley State University: AAAA ren Hill have all been significant contributors to the Wolves’ run.

2 p.m. — Carver-Columbus vs. Troup (Girls) “A.C. has that look in her eyes, that re4 p.m. — Woodward vs. Denmark (Boys) fuse to lose,” Whitney said. “Whatever 6 p.m. — Luella vs. Americus-Sumter (Girls) the team needs, she’ll do.

8 p.m. — St. Pius vs. Cross Creek (Boys) “Lanni Brown is a great shooter and does so much defensively with her arm Feb. 29 Ft. Valley State University: AAAAA length and just her basketball IQ. Lauren Hill is a pesky, pesky player. No one 2 p.m. — Buford vs. Woodland-Henry (Girls) likes to be guarded by her. And she can 4 p.m. — Kell vs. Dutchtown (Boys) knock down a 3.”

6 p.m. — Eagles Landing vs. Kell (Girls) Point guard Paige Lyons is the spark, 8 p.m. — SW Dekalb vs. Cedar Shoals (Boys) finding the hot hand. Phillip, also a junior, has stepped up in a big way as well.

Feb. 28 Buford City Arena: AAAAAA “She has proved she can play with anyone,” Whitney said. “She’s done an 2 p.m. — Hughes vs. Glynn Academy (Girls) amazing job rebounding and scoring 4 p.m. — Lanier vs. South Cobb (Boys) when we needed someone.”

6 p.m. — Valdosta vs. Forest Park (Girls) Azar and Dixon go head-to-head follow8 p.m. — Tri-Cities vs. Chattahoochee. (Boys) ing Wesleyan’s matchup. In two weeks, Dixon will assist Azar as coaches for the Feb. 29 Buford City Arena: AAAAAAA Junior All-Star game, but for now, they remain on opposite benches.

2 p.m. — Cherokee vs. Westlake (Girls) “Nichole does a great job with her 4 p.m. — Milton vs. Wheeler (Boys) team,” Azar said. “I hope she has pulled 6 p.m. — Campbell vs. Collins Hill (Girls) from coaching with me, but she has her 8 p.m. — McEachern vs. Grayson (Boys) own style.

“Holy Innocents’ always plays hard.

They get after it. They’re very similar to the team we played in the finals last year.”

The Bears routed Wesleyan in 2019 and had no seniors on the roster. They were without point guard Cierra Foster for part of this season, but she returned school history From staff and Holy Innocents’ (24-5) has won its Coach Courtney reports last 14 straight.

Strauthers’ take: Hebron is a very different team than “diana has had a Who: diana collins the one Azar took to the final for Wesgreat freshman year, School: brookwood leyan last year. The Lions (30-0) have averaging 18 points, Sport: basketball no seniors and a ton of length with three 6 rebounds, 4 assists Class: Freshman players over 6-foot (Fisher, Jessie Parish and 2 steals a game.

Highlights: Had and Carly Heidger). But only 5-11 shootthe lady broncos have 17 points, nine rebounds and ing guard Nicole Azar had any playoff achieved so much success five assists in a 57-52 win experience before this year. Hebron is this season and she was over tift county, helping the making just its second Final Four apone of the key factors to our broncos to the first state pearance. The other was in 2005, the success.” quarterfinal appearance in Lions’ first in GHSA.

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a fourth-place run on Sunday at Vegas.

Richard Petty Motorsport’s driver Bubba Wallace is also off to the best season start of his young career. Although the popular driver of the famed No. 43 Chevrolet earned big headlines for his runner-up finish in the 2018 Daytona 500; he is actually higher in the championship standings after two races this season with a 15th-place showing at Daytona and a sixth-place run last Sunday at Las Vegas. He’s ranked 12th in the standings a 26 points behind series standings lead. Sunday’s race runner-up Matt DiBenedetto, 2020 Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin and seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson are all tied in in points from ninth-11th.

DiBenedetto is another who is riding high after an extremely positive start in his Wood Brothers Racing inaugural season. He equaled a career best mark finishing runner-up Sunday in Las Vegas. Add that to a 19th-place finish in the Daytona 500 and DiBenedetto is ranked in the top 10 in the points standings after two races for the first time in his career.

“This is all just too sur-

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Hebron Christian Academy’s Malia Fisher takes a jump shot over Heritage defenders during Wednesday’s game played at Hebron Christian.

Hebron Christian’s Nicole Azar drives the baseline during a game played at Hebron Christian.

“We’re going to be prepared to match them correctly, but we’re going to do what we do,” Azar said. “Of course we always have a few surprises. You have to when you go against someone you coached with and against for year.

“It’s two really good teams. Anything can happen.”

Another team that benefited from going against Holy Innocents’ and Wesleyan this season is Greater Atlanta Christian, which knocked off No. 2 Jefferson 5451 to advance to Saturday’s Class AAA semifinals.

The Spartans play 25-1 Johnson-Savannah at 6 p.m. at Valdosta State. John-

son’s lone loss was to Glynn Academy in the third game of the season.

“We executed properly, we got the ball where it needed to be and we pushed it,” GAC head coach Jessica Guarneri said after beating Jefferson. “Playing a schedule like Buford, Wesleyan, Holy Innocents’, these teams that are hightempo, pressing teams, got us ready to play Jefferson.

“I’m more of a coach who wants to press. When you roll six deep, you don’t have the luxury. So what we’ve really focused on is being the highest pressure half-court, man-to-man, that we possibly can.”

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COLUMNIST|KATHLEEN PARKER

Is Bloomberg’s repellent past workplace behavior disqualifying?

COLUMNIST|CAL THOMAS

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hen Ginny Clark became the first the price of breaking the glass ceiling in a female trainee at Salomon Broth- males-only hierarchy. ers, the Wall Street investment “I knew what they were doing,” she told firm where Mike Bloomberg got his start, me. “It was a test to see if I could handle the she entered a man’s world that would hor- testosterone club.” The answer, apparently, rify most young women of the #MeToo was yes. She became a trader, starting at generation.

Salomon, and she later became the first feTo say times were different in male trader at Merrill Lynch. At 76, 1968 is an understatement. The era she’s still going strong as managing that birthed Bloomberg and gave director at boutique firm Beech Hill. rise to his self-described “Borscht I reached out to Clark after I heard Belt” jokes (as he has framed his about her from a mutual friend in sense of humor), allowed for insenthe Bloomberg campaign. Clark sitive punchlines, sexual innuendo supports Bloomberg, her former — and much worse — that wouldn’t colleague, for president. She says be tolerated today. she does not recognize the man Parker Clark, with whom I spoke by phone, described in recent press reports as gives credit to the #MeToo movement for someone who tolerated a sexist workplace exposing and bringing to justice people and who settled cases with plaintiffs in exsuch as Hollywood producer Harvey Wein- change for non-disclosure agreements. The stein, who was found guilty Monday on two man she sat next to in 1968 — and later counts of criminal sexual assault, including reported to — was 100% supportive, she third-degree rape. said. “Sure, he (Bloomberg) told raunchy She worries, however, about unintend- jokes. I told raunchy jokes,” she said. “He ed consequences that could be harmful to saw me as a team member and wanted me women. She noted that her male friends to do well ... I honestly don’t think I would on Wall Street today are afraid to be alone have made it if not for Mike.” with a woman, lest something they say or Bloomberg, it should be noted, isn’t acdo lands them in trouble. She says some cused of criminal behavior in the vein of now hesitate to mentor women or even to a Weinstein or other powerful men who have dinner without a third party present. physically assaulted and harassed women.

The downside may be that that women will But it is also obvious that the campaign feels have a harder time finding jobs. it has lost some ground since the more unAs we traded decades-old stories from pleasant details of Bloomberg’s workplace first jobs when men did all the hiring, I behavior have surfaced. wondered whether women were tougher Context is everything, we say, because it’s back in the day. Clark at first said yes, and so true. Bloomberg may have been formed then she clarified that to mean that she and by circumstances that have changed, but her friends were by training and culture he too must change if he’s to stay a viable less sensitive to things that would be con- candidate. To his credit, under pressure by sidered unacceptable today. Perhaps this Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., he ordered was a function of having little choice, but an end to using non-disclosure agreements Clark didn’t think of her experience that in his company to “resolve claims of sexuway. For whatever reasons, she came to al harassment or misconduct.” And he rethe job steeled for battle and then worked leased three former women employees who as hard as the boys. signed them under his watch. His greater This doesn’t mean that Clark endorses challenge may be to convincingly convey coarse behavior or subscribes to the boys- that he’s sincerely sorry for making some will-be-boys school of rationalization, but women feel uncomfortable by jokes that she says she doesn’t take off-color things weren’t, in fact, funny. personally. “The word b-- — in a joke might Whether voters are willing to overlook offend someone today, but it doesn’t offend Bloomberg’s past will be determined next me because it’s not directed at me.” week on Super Tuesday, the first time his Even when something crass was directly name will appear on primary ballots. I’d aimed at her, she took it with the attitude rather wonder whether a brilliant businessof a casino card dealer working the night man with rational ideas has lust in his heart shift, which she did after graduating from than listen to the car horn of Bernie SandOklahoma University. On her first day ers’ voice promising socialist remedies to at a subsequent job with a different firm economic prosperity.

— again as the only woman — Clark was Assuming, that is, the coronavirus doesn’t streaked by the men, including the boss. ruin us all.

Today, streaking might lead to a federal case. But when management investigated Kathleen Parker is a columnist for the Washington Post. the prank, Clark says she shrugged it off as

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The Russians are coming (again)

he Russians are like the devil. ism, sexism, inequality and misery Each gets blamed (or creditonly they can fix, though previous ed) with more than they are Democratic presidents who have responsible for. made similar diagnoses of AmerIntelligence officials recently went ica’s “faults” have done nothing to to Capitol Hill where, according to repair the damage to which they The Hill, “they briefed the House have arguably contributed. Trump Intelligence Committee about Rusappears to have stolen their issues Thomas sia interfering in the presidential and they have no fallback position. race in an effort to get Trump reAs for the credibility of American elected.” The initial presumption was that intelligence, consider their record during Russian President Vladimir Putin favors George W. Bush’s administration, beginTrump’s re-election. Why would he when ning with weapons of mass destruction he has someone more closely associated in Iraq, which were never found, resultwith his ideology than Trump? That would ing in the deaths of many in the unnecbe the self-described Democratic Social- essary war that followed. ist, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

This Russian interference claim seems But wait. Following closely on this un- like a setup and an invitation for the House specific leak to (where else?) The New to conduct even more investigations and York Times, we now hear that Russia possibly new articles of impeachment wants Sanders as the next president. after the election, assuming Democrats Perhaps it’s out of gratitude because he maintain their House majority. A recent and his wife honeymooned in the Soviet Gallup poll shows record high approval Union. Ah, nostalgia.

(49 percent) of the president’s policies.

The intelligence briefing was classi- Forty-three percent of independents fied, but as with charges that Russia polled now support the president — the meddled in the 2016 election, no details highest percentage during Trump’s enhave emerged that prove the Russian tire presidency. We’ll see if that translates “collusion” narrative. Other than disin- into Republican victories in races for the formation campaigns on social media Senate and House. (and plenty of disinformation has and According to Gallup, “The latest surwill continue to be generated here at vey finds a further increase in national home through mainstream media) we satisfaction, with 45 percent now satishave still not heard any specifics on how fied, the highest since February 2005.”

Russia managed to change a single vote Democrats have always needed a boogeyin 2016, or how they supposedly intend man to run against. Recall “The Gingrich to do so this time around. Upon hearing who stole Christmas” line disparaging of the intelligence briefing, Putin’s press then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich on secretary told Russian state-run media, a Time magazine cover in the 1990s.

“This is another in a series of paranoid Democrats have also demagogued Rereports, and we regret to say that their publicans for not helping the poor and number will grow as the election ap- for being racist. That is a harder sell with proaches. They certainly have nothing the African-American unemployment rate to do with the truth.” at record lows and wages rising for virtuThe reason Democrats are again rais- ally all groups. According to the Census ing the prospect of Russian interference Bureau, the poverty level is as low as its is to undermine the credibility of this been in 11 years. year’s election should Trump win again, Russia has become the default boogeyas seems increasingly likely. Democrats man of the left. That is what makes Berhave been unable to stomach, not only nie Sanders the ideal candidate for Russia his 2016 election, but also his economic and the other socialist-communist states successes. They fear their party will lose he has praised, because in his heart he is what remaining but dwindling appeal it at one with them. might still enjoy. That’s why in the debates among Democratic presidential candiLook for Cal Thomas’ new book “America’s Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and dates one hears of an America that isn’t Superpowers and the Future of the United recognizable to most citizens. For them, States” (HarperCollins/Zondervan).

America is a bad country, a place of rac-

COLUMNIST|MARC THIESSEN

40 years after ‘Miracle on Ice,’ socialism making comeback

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embers of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic hockey team have come under fire for joining President Trump at his Las Vegas rally last week wearing “Keep America Great” hats.

In fact, their appearance was highly appropriate. Forty years ago, those players’ victory over the Soviets helped restore our nation’s faith in American greatness. A more troubling development in Nevada occurred the day after the rally, when Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. — a socialist who embraced Soviet-backed regimes — won the state’s Democratic caucuses, making him the undisputed front-runner for the party’s presidential nomination. Only in a country where many have forgotten the lessons of the Miracle on Ice would this be possible.

The Miracle on Ice came at a time when many believed the Soviet Union was ascendant and that the United States was on the decline. President Jimmy Carter bemoaned a “crisis of confidence . . . a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will.” Then, on Feb. 22, 1980, a bunch of American amateurs — most of them college kids — defeated the mighty Soviet team in Lake Placid, New York, and millions of Americans thought: If we can beat the them on the ice, we can beat them in the Cold War. Four days after the Miracle on Ice, Ronald

Reagan won the Republican primary tropical gulag where he praised the in New Hampshire and soon promCuban dictator for delivering “free ised to “make America great again.” health care, free education, free housAs president, he boldly pledged that ing” and said that “under Castro, we would leave Soviet communism enormous progress has been made in on the “ash heap of history” and, improving the lives of poor people.” within the decade, the Berlin Wall When he returned home he said of was pulled down. The first blow was his visit “I did not see a hungry child. delivered not by a pickax, but by a I did not see any homeless people. . . .

Thiessen hockey stick.

The revolution there is far deeper and Four decades later, a new generation of more profound than I understood it to be.

Americans has grown up with no living mem- It really is a revolution in terms of values.” ory of the Cold War, and apparently no unIn 1988, Sanders honeymooned in the derstanding of what socialism wrought for Soviet Union and gave a speech there praisthe 100 million people killed by communist ing Soviet health care and housing policies, regimes and the billions of others who were and blasting U.S. intervention against Nieither imprisoned or consigned to lives of caragua and other Soviet satellite states — abject poverty and totalitarian oppression. causing members of his delegation to walk How else to explain the rise of Sanders, out in protest. who stood with those regimes and held There was a term for people like Sanders them up as examples for the United States back in the Cold War days: fellow traveler. and the world?

Sanders claims he is not a communist, but In 1985, Sanders traveled to Nicaragua a democratic socialist. You know who else to celebrate the anniversary of the Soviet- might have made that claim? The German backed Sandinista revolution. He called the Democratic Republic (East Germany), the country’s brutal dictator, Daniel Ortega, an Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North “impressive guy,” and defended Ortega’s Vietnam), and the Democratic People’s Rehuman-rights crackdown and suspension public of Korea (North Korea). If you see of civil liberties. the modifier “Democratic” in a country’s In 1986, Sanders declared “I was very ex- name, it’s a dead giveaway that it is a socited and impressed by the Cuban revolu- cialist dictatorship. tion.” Three years later, he visited Castro’s Sanders was wrong during the Cold War,

and he is still wrong today. On Sunday, Sanders defended Castro in an interview with CBS News’s “60 Minutes,” saying, “When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing?” Regarding Venezuela, a brutal Cuba-backed socialist narco-dictatorship, Sanders has opposed the recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country’s legitimate interim president. Asked by the New York Times, “Is it appropriate for the United States to provide nonmilitary support for regime-change efforts, as the Trump administration did in Venezuela?” (emphasis added), Sanders replied “No.” And while Sanders now rails against Russia for its 2016 election interference, during the Obama administration he voted against the Magnitsky Act imposing sanctions against Russia for its human-rights abuses.

The idea that a man who embraced communist tyrants could soon be elected president of the United States is stunning — and would have been unthinkable 40 years ago during the Winter Games in Lake Placid.

So, spare us the outrage if some of the heroes of those 1980 Olympics want to “Keep America Great.”

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

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Anyone with an ownership interest in any of these vehicles should contact the following business immediately: Business Name: Address: Telephone #: SOUTH EAST TRANSPORTATION 4138 ARCADIA INDUSTRIAL CIRCLE LILBURN GA 30047 770-549-8901 928-634547, 2/21,28 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 vehicleis: Statewide Wrecker Service, Inc. 2775 Simpson Circle, Norcross, GA 30071 Anyone with an ownership interest in a vehicle listed herein may file an answer to the petition on or before: 03/04/2020 Answer forms may be found in the Magistrate Court Clerk’s office.

Forms may also be obtained online at www.georgiamagistratecouncil.com.

Vehicle Make: Mazda Year: 2006 Model: RX-8 Vehicle ID #: JM1FE173860205298 Vehicle License #: RKY0632 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-00836 Vehicle Make: Toyota Year: 2003 Model: Highlander Vehicle ID #: JTEGF21A430079303 Vehicle License #: OJ31M2 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-00837 Vehicle Make: Ford Year: 2002 Model: Explorer Vehicle ID #: 1FMZU73E52ZC04329 Vehicle License#: NO TAG State: N/A Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-00838 Vehicle Make: Ford Year: 2005 Model: Escape Vehicle ID: 1FMYU02Z35KD13523 Vehicle License#: RHY3722 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-00839 Vehicle Make: Suzuki Year: 2006 Model: Aerio Vehicle ID #: JS2RC62HX65350192 Vehicle License #: NO TAG State: N/A Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-00840 Vehicle Make: MercedesBenz Year: 1984 Model: 300D Vehicle ID #: WDBAB33A8EA056322 Vehicle License #: RKY7097 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-00841 Vehicle Make: Mercury Year: 2006 Model: Mariner Vehicle ID #: 4M2CU56136DJ02693 Vehicle License #: CKS8385 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-01740 Vehicle Make: Nissan Year: 2003 Model: Sentra Vehicle ID #: 3N1AB51D23L721329 Vehicle License #: NO TAG State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-01741 Vehicle Make: Chevrolet Year: 2000 Model: Silverado 1500 Vehicle ID #: 1GCEK14W4YZ319798 Vehicle License#: RPA9166 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-01742 Vehicle Make: Cadillac Year: 2003 Model: Deville Vehicle ID: 1G6KD57Y63U226937 Vehicle License#: RRJ7699 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-01743 Vehicle Make: Toyota Year: 1999 Model: Corolla Vehicle ID #: 1NXBR12E1XZ235387 Vehicle License #: RGA3911 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-01744 Vehicle Make: Infiniti Year: 2006 Model: G35 Vehicle ID #: JNKCV51E36M507772 Vehicle License #: CKP2077 State: Georgia Magistrate Court Case No.: 20-m-01745 MAG 40-10 928-633486, 2/14,21,28 ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE (TOWING OR STORAGE COMPANY) You are hereby notified, in accordance with OCGA 40-11-19 (a) (2), that each of the below-referenced vehicles are subject to a lien and a petition may be filed in court 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.

The vehicles are currently located at Willard Wrecker Servce - 719 W. Shadburn Ave, Buford GA 30518 .

The vehicles subject to liens as stated above are identified as: Vehicle Make: CHEVROLET Year: 2001 Model: SILVERADO Vehicle ID #:2GCEC19V411178243 Vehicle License #: CKC919 State TN Vehicle Make: TOYOTA Year 1997 Model: COROLLA Vehicle ID #: 1NXBA02E4VZ576362 Vehicle License #: RPA9193 State GA

PUBLIC HEARINGS Vehicle Make: HONDA Year: 2006 Model: ACCORD Vehicle ID #: 3HGCM56496G706432 Vehicle License #: RJZ3476 State GA Vehicle Make: BUICK Year: 2014 Model: VERANO Vehicle ID #: 1G4PP5SK9E4234560 Vehicle License #: RRR0430 State GA Vehicle Make: ACURA Year 2005 Model: MDX Vehicle ID #: 2HNYD18275H556970 Vehicle License #: RQX7276 State GA Vehicle Make: CHEVROLET Year: 2017 Model: IMPALA Vehicle ID #: 2G1105S32H9141574 Vehicle License #: KWEV10 State FL Vehicle Make: HONDA Year: 2002 Model: ACCORD Vehicle ID #: 1HGCG32482A000501 Vehicle License #: RJV5049 State GA Vehicle Make: FORD Year 1999 Model: RANGER Vehicle ID #: 1FTYR14V7XPA56295 Vehicle License #: REC1397 State GA Vehicle Make: DODGE Year: 2008 Model: CHARGER Vehicle ID #: 2B3KA43R08H326090 Vehicle License #: State Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 2007 Model: EDGE Vehicle ID #: 1FTYR14V7XPA56295 Vehicle License #: REC1397 State GA Vehicle Make: BMW Year 2009 Model: 335I Vehicle ID #: WBAWB73519P044871 Vehicle License #: PJS5143 State GA Vehicle Make: JEEP Year: 2005 Model: GRAND CHEROKEE Vehicle ID #: 1J4GS48K35C580298 Vehicle License #: PXY5717 State GA Vehicle Make: HONDA Year: 2005 Model: CIVIC Vehicle ID #:2HGES16315H565949 Vehicle License #: RHN2855 State GA Vehicle Make: MERCEDES BENZ Year 1995 Model: E320 Vehicle ID #: WDBEA32E8SC176663 Vehicle License #: State Vehicle Make: HARLEY DAVIDSON Year: 2003 Model: SOFTAIL DEUCE Vehicle ID #: 1HD1JBB473Y022644 Vehicle License #: TDB446 State GA Vehicle Make: NISSAN Year: 2001 Model: SENTRA Vehicle ID #: 3N1CB51D51L478234 Vehicle License #: PQD5564 State GA Vehicle Make: MERCEDES BENZ Year 2002 Model: E320 Vehicle ID #: WDBJF65J82B453084 Vehicle License #: HAXD023 State PA Vehicle Make: MITSUBISHI Year: 2003 Model: GALLANT Vehicle ID #: 4A3AA46H63E081791 Vehicle License #: DL31DZ3 State GA Vehicle Make: LEXUS Year: 2001 Model: IS300 Vehicle ID #:JTHBD182310011440 Vehicle License #: RMH4513 State GA Vehicle Make: JEEP Year 1999 Model: GRAND CHEROKEE Vehicle ID #: 1J4G258S3XC766058 Vehicle License #: RLS8038 State GA Vehicle RA 2003

Make: ACUY e a r : Model: TL Vehicle ID #: 19UUA56883A012373 Vehicle License #: RLQ7402 State GA Vehicle Make: HONDA Year: 2012 Model: CIVIC Vehicle ID #: 2HGFG3B54CH552456 Vehicle License #: PHU4897 State GA Vehicle Make: FORD Year 1994 Model: RANGER Vehicle ID #: 1FTCR14A5RPB40108 Vehicle License #: State Vehicle Make: FORD Year: 2006 Model: EXPEDITION Vehicle ID #: 1FMFU17566LA77402 Vehicle License #: 44DZ778 State AL Vehicle Make: TRAILER Year: Model: Vehicle ID #: 4M8US1011FD002982 Vehicle License #: TR11Y87 State GA Vehicle Make: VOLKSWAGEN Year 1982 Model: RABBIT Vehicle ID #: 1V1MB0179CV007630 Vehicle License #: State Vehicle Make: BUICK Year: 2010 Model: ENCLAVE Vehicle ID #: 5GALRCED4AJ123412 Vehicle License #: State Vehicle Make: TOYOTA Year: 2018 Model: RAV4 Vehicle ID #: 2T3ZFREV5JW476143 Vehicle License #: CJK6420 State GA Vehicle Make: ACURA Year 2006 Model: 3.2 TL Vehicle ID #: 19UUA66246A028558 Vehicle License #: BZH2720

PUBLIC HEARINGS State GA Vehicle Make: BMW Year: 2006 Model: 325XI Vehicle ID #: WBAVD13516KT78460 Vehicle License #: QBG5716 State GA Vehicle Make: HYUNDAI Year: 2011 Model: SONATA Vehicle ID #: 5NPEB4AC0BH257035 Vehicle License #: RRU0968 State GA Vehicle Make: CHEVROLET Year 2016 Model: MALIBU Vehicle ID #: 1G11E5SA0GU143499 Vehicle License #: HYJ169 State OK Vehicle Make: INTERNATIONAL Year: 2013 Model: PROSTAR Vehicle ID #: 1HSDJSJR4DJ113397 Vehicle License #: State Vehicle Make: BMW Year: 2007 Model: 335I Vehicle ID #: WBAVB73527VH21823 Vehicle License #: State Vehicle Make: GMC Year 2005 Model: YUKON XL Vehicle ID #: 3GKEC16Z15G238455 Vehicle License #: P3244F State TN List additional vehicles as necessary.

Anyone with an ownership interest in any of these vehicles should contact the following business immediately: WILLARD WRECKER SERVICE 719 W SHADBURN AVE BUFORD GA 30518 770-945-7580 928-634842, 2/28,3/6

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS PREMIER STORAGE AT HAMILTON MILL 3220 SARDIS CHURCH RD. BUFORD, GA 30518 Notice is Hereby Given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the Georgia SelfStorage Facility Act, Georgia Code Section 10-4-210 to 10-4-215. The undersigned will sell by competitive online bidding beginning February 29, 2020 at 9:00 am at www. selfstorageauction.com.

Online bidding will end at 9:00 am on March 12, 2020.

UNIT #401 DENNIS GUTIERREZ: Wall art, china hutch with writing table cabinet, curio cabinet, small glass, display end table type, round marble coffee table, folding tables with chairs, small trunk chest type box, large floor mirror with wood frame, sofa table, plant stand, rolling drawer storage cart, high back living room chairs, Yeti cooler, tall corner shelf with drawer, ski type rope, outdoor yard item storage box, Christmas decorations, Cooler, suit case, baskets, bags, misc. items.

UNIT #513/514 DENNIS GUTIERREZ: Glass TV stand, bedroom/living room side tables, tall jewelry box, living room furniture, glass top round table, large stuffed ottoman, box spring, mattresses, washer, bed frames, dressers, suitcases, standing mirror jewelry box, men’s shoes, totes, file cabinet, pillows, umbrella, wall art, misc. items.

Purchases must be paid for on the day of the auction with cash or a credit card with valid ID at the location of the unit. All items are sold as is and must be removed from the property within 48 hours, unless otherwise approved by the Manager, after the time of the sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of a settlement between the owner and the obligated party is reached.

929-635167, 2/28,3/6

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS LIFE STORAGE # 413 875 MARATHON PARKWAY LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30046 678-242-1441 In accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at the Life Storage location(s) listed below.

875 Marathon Parkway Lawrenceville, GA 30046 678-242-1441 And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of at a public auction to be held online at www.StorageTreasures.com, which will end on Thursday, March 19th 2020 @ 10:00am Any questions regarding the above information are to be addressed to the manager of this facility at the phone number shown above.

Space No. C u s t o m e r Name Inventory 4053 Anthony Dasher JR Household Goods/Furniture; TV/Stereo Equip.; Tools Appliances.

3011 Elaine Benson Household Goods/Furniture; TV/Stereo Equip.; Tools Appliances; Clothing.

3094 Mayra Alejandra Mayorquin Household Goods/Furniture.

929-633563, 2/21,28

FORECLOSURES NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, GWINNETT COUNTY THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Jack R Busby, Jr to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as grantee, as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation , its successors and assigns, dated February 13, 2018, recorded in Deed Book 55725, Page 633, Gwinnett County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Freedom Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in Deed Book 57207, Page 702, Gwinnett County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTYONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FOUR AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($181,404.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash bef

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fore the courthouse door of Gwinnett County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully designated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in April, 2020, the following described property: SEE EXHIBIT “A� ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Security Deed and by law, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).

Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. Freedom Mortgage Corporation is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2.

The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Freedom Mortgage, 10500 Kinkaid Dr. Ste. 300, Fishers, IN 46037, 855-690-5900. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Jack R Busby, Jr or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 2082 Blackberry Ln, Auburn, Georgia 30011.

The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. Freedom Mortgage Corporation as Attorney in Fact for Jack R Busby, Jr McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC 1544 Old Alabama Road Roswell, GA 30076 www.foreclosurehotline.net EXHIBIT “A� Tax ID Number(s): R2004B002 Land situated in the County of Gwinnett in the State of GA Being in the 1587th District, G.M., Gwinnett County, Georgia, being Lot 52, Blackberry Farms, Unit One, as per plat of survey recorded in Plat Book 50, Page 145, in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for Gwinnett C G i hi h l

County, Georgia, which plat is incorporated herein and made a part of hereof by this reference. Commonly known as: 2082 Blackberry Lane, Auburn, GA 30011 MR/cne 4/7/20 Our file no. 5804020 - FT17 9 5 0 - 6 3 5 0 3 7 , 3/1,4,11,18,25,4/1

or tenant or tenants.

PHH Mortgage Corporation is the entity or individual designated who shall have full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the mortgage.

PHH Mortgage Corporation One Mortgage Way Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 (800) 750-2518 Note, however, that such entity or individual is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the loan.

Said property will be sold subject to: (a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), (b) unpaid water or sewage bills that constitute a lien against the property whether due and payable or not yet due and payable and which may not be of record, (c) the right of redemption of any taxing authority, (d) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (e) any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.

The sale will be conducted subject to (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the rescission of judicial and non-judicial sales in the State of Georgia, the Deed Under Power and other foreclosure documents may not be provided until final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan as provided immediately above.

Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. as agent and Attorney in Fact for Charlita July Flowers Aldridge Pite, LLP, 15 Piedmont Center, 3575 Piedmont Road, N.E., Suite 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, (404) 994-7637.

1017-4102A THIS LAW FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 1017-4102A 9 5 0 - 6 3 5 2 1 2 , 2/28,3/4,11,18,25,4/1

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER, GWINNETT COUNTY Pursuant to the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Charlita July Flowers to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as grantee, as nominee for Everett Financial, Inc., dba Supreme Lending, its successors and assigns dated 6/14/2019 and recorded in Deed Book 56673 Page 572 Gwinnett County, Georgia records; as last transferred to or acquired by Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc., conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of $314,105.00, with interest at the rate specified therein, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door of Gwinnett County, Georgia (or such other area as designated by Order of the Superior Court of said county), within the legal hours of sale on April 7, 2020 (being the first Tuesday of said month unless said date falls on a Federal Holiday, in which case being the first Wednesday of said month), the following described property: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 96, 5th District, Gwinnett County, Georgia, being Lot 27, Block C, Butler Springs Subdivision, Unit III, as per plat recorded in Plat Book 90, page 274, Gwinnett County, Georgia records, which recorded plat is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this description.

The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Security Deed and by law, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).

Said property is commonly known as 1407 Abbie Kilgore Way, Loganville, GA 30052 together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said property, if any.

To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party (or parties) in possession of the subject property is (are): Charlita July Flowers o

Please Recycle This Newspaper NOTICE LIFE STORAGE # 861 420 GRAYSON HWY LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30052 (770) 682-7717 AUCTION DATE: THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2019 @ 10:00 AM In accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at the Life Storage location(s) listed below.

Life Storage #861 420 Grayson HWY, GA 30052 , (770) 682-7717 Space No. C u s t o m e r Name Inventory 1238 Tylibah Washington Hsld gds/Furn Tv/stereo Equip 1158 Chanteli Rodriguez Hsld gds/Furn 1113 Stephen Black Hsld gds/Furn/tv/stereo/ equip/tools/appliance 1097 Pam Simmons Hsld gds/Furn Other: garage 1163 Maxine Robinson Hsld gds/Furn//other: clothes,china valuable 1288 Elias Sisya Hsld gds/ Furn/tv/stereo/equip/tools/ appliance/other:boxes Ofc furn/mach/equip 1360 Lisa Suneus Hsld gds/Furn And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of at a public auction to be held online at www.StorageTreasures. com, which will end on Thursday, January 23, 2020 @ 10:00 AM 929-633439, 2/21,29

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Gwinnett winners of photographic competition on display at Hudgens

By Chamian Cruz chamian.cruz@gwinnettdailypost.com

The Gwinnett Chapter of the Georgia Nature Photographers Association recently named the winners of its 5th annual “Stand in Ansel Adams Footsteps” photography competition.

For the first time this year, their work will be available for viewing at an exhibition at The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning. The exhibition will run until April 25 and is free to the public.

The Georgia Nature Photographers Association is a club made up of eight chapters with members of every skill level. It hosts an annual expo, competitions, workshops, field trips and events.

Of the winners whose work will be featured at the exhibition, five are from Gwinnett, including: ♦ John Barfield, first place for “Winter Vista” (enthusiast division; landscape category); honorable mention for “The Wave” (enthusiast division; open theme category) ♦ Anna DeStefano, honorable mention for “Outer Banks” (enthusiast division; landscape category) ♦ Jeff Milsteen, honorable mention for “Snow and Stream” (enthusiast division; landscape category); third place for “Lotus Blosson” (enthusiast division; up close and personal category) ♦ Tony Madden, first place for

“Glacier Greens” (enthusiast division; up close and personal category) ♦ Maggie Dubeck, honorable mention for “Mushroom” (enthusiast division; up close and personal category) The concept and goal of the competition, which is meant to pay tribute to Adams, is to shoot in black and white photos to emulate the style, look and feel of his work.

“It has grown each year, with not only more participating amateur only photographers, but with the tremendous quality and quantity of the work submitted,” Steward Woodard, GNPA Gwinnett Chapter coordinator, said.

Adams is known for his black and white images of the great American western wilderness. He was a founding member of Group f/64, which advocated “pure” photography such as sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range in a photograph.

Fifty-seven GNPA photographers from all eight chapters made entries. Both novice and enthusiast divisions submitted 299 photos in three categories – landscape, up close and personal, and open theme.

Woodard said the biggest and most diverse competition to date is now on display at the Hudgens, with 138 total framed photographs.

This year’s juror was Mark Green, a commercial photographer who has traveled on assignments around the U.S. and the world. In 1976, he

special photo

Shown is the photograph of Gwinnett’s Tony Madden, who won first place in the “up close and personal” category in the enthusiast division for his photograph titled “Glacier Greens.” attended a two-week workshop with Adams himself at Yosemite National Park.

“Mark was actually able to photograph Ansel using his 4/5 view camera,” Woodard said. “Mark has studied and viewed many of the great black-and-white masters such as Edward Weston, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand and his

major influence, Ansel Adams. He had a challenging and difficult task viewing and scoring the finalists.”

The winners were recognized for their work at a reception held Feb. 19, which even served birthday cake since Adams was born in San Francisco Feb. 20, 1902. GNPA holds the competition in February each year as a small nod to Adams’

birth month.

Founded over 35 years ago, the Hudgens Center for Art and Learning is a non-profit that offers art exhibitions, arts enrichment classes, self-guided tours, and community outreach programs for children and adults.

It is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy #300, Duluth.

left: Shown is another photograph of Gwinnett’s John Barfield, who won an honorable mention in the “open theme” category in the enthusiast division for his photograph titled “The Wave.” right: Shown is the photograph of Gwinnett’s John Barfield, who won third place in the “landscape” category in the enthusiast division for his photograph titled “Winter Vista.”

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