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Escapee from jail captured

BY ERIKA WELLS erika.wells@gwinnettdailypost.com

A man who switched identities with his cellmate to get out of Gwinnett County Jail early Thursday was caught after being found in a neighboring MORE county and then leading ONLINE police on a car chase, Visit gwinnett authorities said. dailypost.com Less than nine hours for a video. after he escaped, John Alexander Goodwin, 27, was arrested after he led a car chase in Rockdale County, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office said.

“When Goodman learned that his cellmate was scheduled for release early this morning, he assumed his cellmate’s identity and was processed for release,” Deputy See ESCAPE, Page 9A Jess Baumgart, left, a Duluth High grad, and her husband Nate are halfway through their one-year journey around the world. (Special Photos)

John Alexander Goodwin was arrested in Rockdale County after he escaped from the Gwinnett County Jail on Thursday.

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Halfway around the world

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Couple hits midpoint of global one-year trip

Police seek help to find bank robber

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Gwinnett County police are seeking the public’s help in finding the person who tied up and robbed a Piedmont Bank employee after attempting to rob the Peachtree Corners bank on Thursday morning.

Police Cpl. Deon Washington said the man pulled a gun on the employee at about 6:45 a.m., as she was opening the door to the bank, which is located at 5100 Peachtree Parkway. The man ordered the employee to open the bank vault without setting off the bank’s alarms, Washington added.

“The employee told the suspect that she did not have the access codes to the vault,” Washington said in a statement.

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Since Jess Baumgart, a Duluth High grad, and her husband Nate started their dream trip around the globe, they have not quite tossed their worries to the wind.

Instead, the newlyweds have learned to keep those distracting thoughts in perspective as they explore different parts of the world. “(People) assume that we’re these free-thinking, young people who don’t ever worry about our careers or money or responsibilities,” Jess Baumgart wrote on her blog. “The truth is, we think about those things all the time.

Taking a trip like this does not preclude us from everyday stress. The dif-

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ference is, I never expected this type of trip to be easy.”

They are about halfway through their journey, which began in January. In the last six months, they have traveled to 10 countries.

Although Jess Baumgart said her husband tends to be the most laid-back of the two, both are learning to overcome challenges on the trip and embrace every moment of their experience.

“I can already feel that anxious voice in my head repeating, ‘Enjoy it while you can, it’s going to be over soon …’” Jess Baumgart wrote.

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SOSSUSVLEI, NAMIBIA

Gwinnett County police released this photo of a getaway vehicle a suspect used after allegedly robbing an employee at a Piedmont Bank in Peachtree Corners on Thursday. Officials said they found a vehicle that matched the description that was stolen out of Atlanta. (Special Photo)

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Strip club dispute apparently prompts shooting

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Bridge Road in Peachtree Corners The victim said he and shot hadn’t seen the man since a him in year ago, when they had a front of the Wayne disagreement at a DeKalb victim’s McGregor County strip club. toddler, acJust after midnight, cording to report release by eight minutes into TuesGwinnett County police. day, 51-year-old Wayne McGregor is wanted on McGregor went to Marcus charges of aggravated asSanders’ house off Holcomb sault and cruelty to children joshua.sharpe @gwinnettdailypost.com

while Sanders is recovering.

The 17-month-old apparently wasn’t physically harmed.

Sanders, a middle-aged auto broker, didn’t — or perhaps couldn’t — explain to responding officers at his home on Wimbledon Way what the tension at Doraville’s Oasis Goodtime Emporium last year had been, the report shows.

But he said it was with

a man he knew as “Lawrence,” or “G.” An officer later heard from a medical worker who’d transported Sanders to the hospital that Sanders had also given the name Wayne McGregor for the shooter, the report said.

As Sanders received treatment at the hospital, an officer looked over his car at the shooting scene, a silver Nissan with the driver’s window shattered. The of-

ficer saw blood stains in the driver’s seat.

A crime scene inspection unit found five projectiles.

Sanders’ brother said he hadn’t seen the shooting because he was asleep, but he awoke to hear Sanders calling his name and saying to call 911.

The brother had also heard of a confrontation between Sanders and “G,” though he thought it was

three years ago, the report said.

Anyone with information can contact 770-513-5300.

To remain anonymous, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or visit www. crimestoppersatlanta.org.

Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.

Hollis Cobb plans to expand to Man indicted in sex attacks facility in Gwinnett Place CID in Buford-Sugar Hill area

By Curt yeomans curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

An accounts receivable management company is growing its presence in the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District, officials announced this week.

Hollis Cobb Associates is moving into a 27,000-square-foot facility at the Satellite Place property on Satellite Boulevard to have space for its growing workforce at its regional headquarters. The company, along with the Gwinnett Chamber’s Economic Development arm, said the expansion is expected to bring “hundreds of new jobs” to Gwinnett County.

It already employs 160 people in the county.

“Establishing a foothold in the Gwinnett Place location builds upon Hollis Cobb’s strategy of committing to locations with quality employees who can best serve our clients,” Hollis Cobb President and CEO Greg Hocutt said in a statement.

“Gwinnett County is a leader in quality workforce, and we have found this to be

invaluable to our organization.”

The announcement comes a few months after Gov. Nathan Deal announced Kaiser Permanente will open a new member services center in the CID this fall. That center is expected to eventually bring 800 jobs to the county.

Gwinnett Place CID Executive Director Joe Allen called the news about Hollis Cobb “another major announcement” for the district in the wake of the Kaiser Permanente news.

“Companies such as Hollis Cobb and Kaiser Permanente moving here is testament to Gwinnett Place being an area where businesses can invest and grow,” Allen said in a statement.

Commercial real estate agency Jones Lang LaSalle worked with state and local economic development officials, as well as Hollis Cobb, on securing the deal.

Agency Executive Vice President Glenn Aspinwall said in a statement that

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Satellite Place’s location and Gwinnett’s quality of life played a key role in picking that location for the expansion.

“Gwinnett County and Satellite Place reap the benefits of its strategic and affordable office location with convenient access to major transportation corridors including I-85, SR 316 and more,” he said. “There are also plenty of housing options, as well as dining and entertainment so people can truly live, work and play in Gwinnett.”

Local officials said they were pleased by the expansion announcement, which comes on the heels of Hollis Cobb’s acquisition of Healthcare Financial Services LLC in March.

“This announcement is yet another excellent example of how Gwinnett remains a strong draw for major corporations such as Hollis Cobb,” Gwinnett Chamber Economic Development Director Andrew Carnes said in a statement.

“Companies look to Gwinnett County as a prime location to better reach national markets and grow their business.”

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A 22-year-old man described by Gwinnett County police as a “sexual predator” has been indicted in two cases of attacks on women in the BufordSugar Hill area.

Equeill Williams, a former gas station employee who’s been in jail since April, is accused in the 13-count charging document of raping a woman outside the Golden Buddha Chinese restaurant and sexually battering another woman outside a Rite Aid. Police have said he was suspected in four sexually charged crimes in the area from August to April. Each of the incidents were reported around the intersection of Buford Drive and Buford Highway, where Sugar Hill and Buford converge.

“Our hearts go out to the victims involved in these cases and we stand side by side with them in seeing to it that justice is served in a court of law,” Cpl. Deon Washington, spokesman for Gwinnett police, said

in April.

It wasn’t clear Thursday if another indictEqueill ment Williams on the other two cases was being considered.

Williams’ attorney, Michael Jacobs, couldn’t be reached immediately Thursday afternoon.

The crimes, as described

by Washington, seemed to escalate in intensity, culminating in the rape of the woman in her car at the Chinese restaurant.

The first alleged incident involved a woman being groped on Aug. 17. Williams hasn’t been indicted in that case.

He has been indicted in the March 3 incident in which a woman went to Rite Aid at 4470 Nelson Brogdon Blvd., which is in Sugar Hill, around 6:30 p.m. and was approached by a young black man. He walked up and requested a sexual favor, which she denied, leading to the suspect pointing a gun at her and forcing her in her backseat,

authorities have said.

Williams allegedly masturbated in the backseat.

On April 4, a woman went to Walgreens at 4397 Sudderth Road, also in Sugar Hill, around 10:15 p.m. When she was leaving, a black man approached as she closed her car door. The suspect put his hand over the woman’s mouth, causing her to honk the horn and fight, forcing the suspect to flee.

Williams also hasn’t been indicted in that case.

The Chinese restaurant incident was April 13.

Around 9 p.m., a 20-year-old woman went to get takeout from Golden Buddha at 4300 Buford Drive in Buford, police have said. She said she was loading the food into her car when she was approached from behind by the suspect, who told her to get into her vehicle or she would be shot.

When she complied, she was choked by the suspect, who wore a wig and demanded money, Washington said.

The man allegedly took her credit card and raped her.

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adult son named Nicholas who has a daughter, Brook, with his wife, Christina, in Snellville.

Stovall worked in real estate and then was a mission coordinator for Angel Flight, a nonprofit that provides air transportation for people in medical and financial need.

Then she became a stay-at-home nanny for her granddaughter, “the greatest job she probably had,” Samantha Stovall said.

She said there was never a dull moment around her mom, who enjoyed dancing, reading, sewing and spending time with her loved ones. She only hated the winter and cooking, Samantha said.

“My mother was the life of everything — she remembered everyone’s name,” Samantha said.

“She never greeted anyone with a handshake, always a hug. She loved fiercely and passionately.”

Before her mother died, Samantha Stovall set up a Facebook page for supporters and a GoFundMe account to raise money to cover medical expenses.

In the final weeks before the incident that took her mom, the two hung out by the pool since Georgette Stovall loved the water, especially the beach.

Each day, Samantha Stovall said she spoke with her mother about everything including how proud she was of her mom’s recent 40-pound weight loss. Walking her dog, Ali, on Bethany Church Road near Brannan Road — where she was struck — was part of Georgette Stovall’s fitness routine.

Samantha Stovall, who strongly resembles her mom, said she misses everything about her mother.

“If there was one thing I could have again, (it) would be to have her love on my face with her hands,” she said. “She had the softest hands and would just rub my face gently and kiss my forehead and say, ‘Love you, poppet.’”

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As the community comes to terms with the end of Georgette Stovall’s “greatest adventure,” her daughter, Samantha, will carry on her legacy.

Her family has made final arrangements for Stovall, the 51-year-old Snellville woman who died Tuesday due to injuries she suffered from being struck by an automobile while walking her dog in June.

“I’ll continue to be every bit of the fun-loving, welcoming, accepting, generous and good person that my mom was and that I am,” Samantha Stovall said. “Life was the greatest adventure for her.”

Georgette Stovall was cremated and her ashes will be scattered with her mother, according to Stovall’s obituary.

In 1983, the Fairlawn, N.J., native, married her husband, Bill. In addition to Samantha, who lives in Atlanta, Stovall has an

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Taking fat from milk doesn’t use chemicals Dear Dr. roaCH: I’ve been told by a nutritionist that fat-free milk isn’t good for us and that it’s better to use whole milk even if restricting some fats from your diet, which we are doing. This person said that the process used to take fat out of milk is laced with many chemicals that make it harmful. I drink a cup a day along with other sources, for the calcium and vitamin D. Would you please clarify this for me?

— D.L. anSWer: I often read multiple opinions on health benefits and risks of foods, and sometimes one is completely opposite of another.

When that happens, it’s usually because the science is unclear.

Milk contains protein, natural sugars and fat, along with natural calcium.

The difference between whole, low-fat and fatfree has to do with the amount of milk fat, which is separated mechanically.

Apart from vitamins A and D, chemicals are not added during the processing of milk.

Most experts believe, and most of the data supports, that large amounts of saturated fat contribute to the development of coronary heart disease. Milk contains about 65 percent saturated fat, and so avoiding excess fat makes sense. However, without fat, milk is sugar and a little protein, and sugar is being increasingly recognized itself as contributing to heart disease and other health problems.

My opinion is that milk, in any form, should be consumed in reasonable amounts, and that either skim or low-fat milk is probably less likely to contribute to heart disease than whole. At one cup a day, you should drink whatever milk you prefer.

Dear Dr. roaCH: I read your recent column about pancreatitis, which I have had twice. Both times, the cause was statins. Two percent of the population can get pancreatitis from statins.

I kept telling my physician that I don’t drink and don’t have a gallbladder, and therefore the problem had to be something else.

She insisted that I drank or had gallstones.

Finally, our son called the company who makes Lipitor, and they confirmed that some people get pancreatitis from statins.

Statins should be considered by every physician when there doesn’t seem to be another cause of pancreatitis. — H.C. anSWer: Two percent of statin-treated patients getting pancreatitis sounded like a high number, so I looked up a recent review, which showed 204 cases of pancreatitis among participants in clinical trials on statins, but that was from among over 150,000 participants (a rate around 0.3 percent), and the group assigned to placebo had a higher incidence of pancreatitis than those taking statins. It is always important to consider drug treatment as a potential cause of any new side effect, but the risk for pancreatitis among statin users appears to be low.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1889, The Wall Street Journal was published for the first time.

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In 1947, news outlets reported a UFO crash near an army airfield in Roswell, New Mexico.

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and is not inherited or contagious. People born with Down Syndrome might have to work harder to grasp some concepts.

Now, what’s your excuse?”

Please pass along my congratulations to the happy couple.

Dear amy: I like to drive myself to social events because I like driving alone.

I find it relaxing. I can listen to my own music or books or thoughts, and I can come and go as I please.

Somehow, I have become the person to call if any of my friends want a ride to an event.

I’ve tried being vague, but that just invites multiple calls to see if I’ve made up my mind.

And then they invite another and another (“we can squeeze in”) and pretty soon I’m driving everywhere with a full car of loud women. At one point I asked, “Why am I always driving?” and the answer was, “Because you love us!”

I have stopped answering or returning calls and I am making up excuses — or not going somewhere.

I don’t want to add another hour or more to my trip to pick everybody up at home and make room for whatever they purchase and then drop them off.

How do I stop this free taxi service and keep my friends?

— Turning Left Dear Turning: If

your friendships hang in the balance over your willingness to be a driver, then you definitely need some new friends.

Your choices so far are to do something you don’t want to do, and then stop communicating altogether when you no longer want to do it.

Those are not friendship-building choices.

I hope you will trust the strength of your relationships enough to simply start saying, “I’m driving by myself today.” If people ask why, you can answer, “Because I want to.”

Dear amy: I’m a man, and, like the “Crier,” who wrote to you about crying at weddings, I get very misty and emotional.

Before my own wedding, my physician gave me one anti-anxiety pill, and that completely did the trick.

I was happy, but not blubbery, on my big day.

— Happy Groom Dear groom: Great solution. However, meds and alcohol do not mix.

Anyone considering this should be aware of the risks.

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

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

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

Couple inspires offensive remarks Dear amy: For 25 years I have been best friends with a woman I’ll call “Tracy.” Tracy is 35 years old, and she has Down Syndrome. Tracy is high-functioning, as is her longtime boyfriend, “Tyler.”

Amy, they have been together for five years. They have lived together for the past three years, and recently announced their engagement. Everyone on both sides of their families is happy for them — at least we all thought so.

Since Tracy made the announcement a few months ago, their families and I have been getting questions and comments about it that are so rude, stupid and downright ignorant, it’s not even funny.

A brief example: “It’s nice you’re letting them play pretend like that.”

“Is it going to be legal?

I mean, since they’re like, not right in the head?”

“You had them fixed right? Otherwise you’ll be stuck raising another one.”

“Why are you letting them get married? I mean, they’ll just forget.”

There have been other comments, but those are the more polite ones.

When referring to the couple, they use a slur for intellectually disabled people.

Amy, both Tracy and Tyler have jobs, they can balance their checkbooks, and yes, they know what sex is. They live in a onebedroom apartment, and neither of them is sleeping

Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson on the couch.

Basically the only thing they need help with is transportation, as neither of them drives.

Between both families, some kind co-workers and friends — it all works out.

How do we respond to these idiots?

I’m seriously about to slap some people and trust me, I ain’t the only one!

Help!

— Tracy’s Friend Dear FrienD: Honestly, in this day and age, if someone uses a slur for intellectually disabled people, then they deserve to be slapped.

Of course, I don’t advocate for violence, but what you can do is to say, immediately, “That’s so offensive that I’m not even going to dignify it with a response.”

If you feel like educating idiots on the capabilities of people with Down Syndrome, then by all means, go for it.

Otherwise, you can say, “If you want to do some research into Down Syndrome, you’ll learn that it is caused by a chromosome imbalance.

It is a random occurrence

Positive changes to the way you do things will open up doors that have been closed in the past. Your interest in others will encourage a beneficial lifestyle alteration that could lead to a better, less stressful future. A move or change at home is favored.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Personal improvements, romance and domestic changes will be satisfying. Put together a doable workout routine and a healthy diet. Set aside a space geared toward helping you reach your goal.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Shake things up a bit.

If you get a chance to present what you have to offer, you will have an opportunity to change your position or add to your responsibilities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Make the effort to talk to someone going through a tough time.

Your input will make a difference. You will gain respect and perhaps an unusual reward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t let someone’s negativity stop you from following through with your plans. If you give in once, you will be expected to do so over and over again. You can’t always keep the peace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — You can outmaneuver anyone you encounter. Do things differently in order to draw attention, suggestions and a chance to use your skills in ways that are more satisfying and rewarding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Stick to what you know you can achieve. If you set your goals too high, someone will criticize you for your lack of consistency.

Keep your plans simple.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Investigate your options and check out all the angles before you make a decision that could affect your financial position.

Romance is encouraged, and joint ventures look promising.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — You’ll get the recognition you want if you put your skills and knowledge on the line and offer some unique ideas. A past experiment will come in handy now.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — A physical change will lead to compliments and plenty of attention from someone you fancy. Partnerships are highlighted, along with romance and serious plans for the future.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t let anyone push you around or take advantage of your ability to get things done. Focus on what you can do for yourself.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Make plans to enjoy the company of friends, family or a loved one. If you open your doors and mix business with pleasure, an unexpected offer will come your way.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Protect what you’ve worked so hard to acquire. Don’t let anyone take advantage of you or put pressure on you to do things that aren’t in your best interest.

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world&nation WORLD N. Korea warns of tough response after blacklisting WASHINGTON/SEOUL — North Korea warned on Thursday it is planning its toughest response to what it deemed a “declaration of war” by the United States after Washington blacklisted the nuclear-armed country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, for human rights abuses.

Pyongyang described the sanctioning of Kim as a “hideous crime,” according to North Korea’s official KCNA news agency. “… the U.S. dared challenge the dignity of (North Korea) supreme leadership, an act reminiscent of a newborn puppy knowing no fear of a tiger,” the statement said.

“This is the worst hostility and an open declaration of war against (North Korea) as it has gone far beyond the confrontation over the human rights issue.”

In response, the U.S. government urged Pyongyang to refrain from statements and actions that raise tensions in the region.

Black Minn. man killed by police Second such incident in 2 days sparks public outcry

PEOPLE Cosby loses bid to get charges thrown out

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday denied Bill Cosby’s latest bid to have the sexual assault charges against him thrown

By David Bailey out, ruling that the 78-yearReuters old comedian must stand trial in the case.

ST PAUL, Minn. — The Judge Steven O’Neill second fatal police shootrejected Cosby’s arguments ing of a black man in two that prosecutors violated his days sparked outrage in the rights by refusing to call the United States on Thursday, accuser, Andrea Constand, this one particularly chillas a witness at a preliminary ing because the victim’s hearing in May, thus shieldgirlfriend posted live video ing her from cross-examinaon the internet of the bloody tion. scene minutes afterward.

“This case shall proceed The killing of Philando Diamond Reynolds weeps after she recounts the incidents that led to the fatal shoot- to trial on those counts,” Castile, 32, who was shot by ing of her boyfriend Philando Castile by Minneapolis area police during a traffic stop O’Neill said at the conclusion a police officer after a traffic on Wednesday, at a “Black Lives Matter” demonstration in front of the Governor’s Man- of a three-hour hearing in the Montgomery County Court stop on Wednesday, prompt- sion in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday. (Reuters/Eric Miller) of Common Pleas. ed Minnesota Governor Once one of the most Mark Dayton to call on the following his shooting and to the families and commu- on, sometimes speaking U.S. Department of Justice posted it on Facebook Live. nities who’ve suffered such calmly to the police officer, beloved U.S. entertainers thanks to his family-friendly to begin an investigation.

Castile, who was driving, a painful loss.” sometimes with her voice persona, Cosby is facing “This kind of behavior is was shot with Reynolds The use of force by police rising as she feared Castile accusations of sexual assault unacceptable,” Dayton said, and her 4-year-old daughagainst African-Americans was dying. from dozens of women adding that a state investiga- ter in the car. The graphic in cities from Ferguson, Reynolds said Castile, stretching back decades. tion was already underway. video showed blood oozing Missouri, to Baltimore 32, was shot after police Castile’s death occurred through Castile’s shirt as he and New York has sparked pulled their car over, citing within a day of the shootappeared to lose conscious- periodic and sometimes a broken taillight. “Nothing Bollywood’s ing of 37-year-old Alton ness. violent protests in the past within his body language Alia Bhatt looks Sterling in Baton Rouge, In a Facebook post on two years, and has spawned said ‘Kill me, I want to be PM candidate toward Hollywood Louisiana. Sterling was Thursday, President Barack a movement called Black dead,’” she said on ThursLeadsom facing killed during an altercation Obama said he and wife Lives Matter. Anger has day.

LONDON — Indian film credential probe with two white police ofMichelle shared the “anger, intensified when the officers Dozens of protesters gathficers. Graphic video of that frustration and grief” many involved in such incidents ered at the governor’s man- star Alia Bhatt says she wants LONDON — Andrea to experiment with acting in incident triggered protests Americans feel. have been acquitted or not sion in St. Paul, about 10 Leadsom, a candidate to be and an outcry on social “All Americans should be charged at all. miles southeast of the scene Hollywood and a web series Britain’s next prime minister, media. for a platform like Netflix deeply troubled by the fatal Reynolds’ video depicted of the incident, where the is facing fresh allegations after four meteoric years in Castile’s girlfriend, Diashootings…. We’ve seen a police officer outside the governor spoke at a news that she exaggerated her role mond Reynolds, videotaped such tragedies far too many car pointing a gun. Reynolds conference with Reynolds Bollywood. working in financial services the minutes immediately The 23-year-old says she times, and our hearts go out described what was going and civil rights activists. after putting that experience would also like to work in at the center of her campaign Lollywood, Tollywood and to be the next leader. even Nollywood, referring to Thursday.

Leadsom said she had givthe Pakistani, South Indian The decision, coming en a full account of her past about a year after the United and Nigerian film industries Republicans jobs as some of her career and admires Netflix for its States and Cuba re-estabcredentials were called into variety of content and global lished diplomatic relations, press FBI chief doubt by former colleagues. includes 35 flights per week accessibility. over Clinton After a ballot of lawmakers “Definitely Hollywood is on American, the biggest of the governing ConservaWASHINGTON — FBI U.S. airline in Latin America something, a destination that tive party on Thursday, Lead- Director James Comey told by flights. Its rival for Carib- you really reach after, maybe som and Interior Minister U.S. lawmakers on Thursbean travel, JetBlue Airways a couple of years after kind Theresa May emerged as the day that FBI employees of finding your feet in Indian Corp., was granted 27. two candidates to be prime who mishandled classified The department expects to cinema, in Bollywood,” Bhatt minister. The result of the material in the way Hillary reach a final decision on the told Reuters in an interview.

“I’m going to step into contest is expected to be deClinton did as secretary of routes later this summer after cided by grass roots members state could be subject to reviewing any objections. It it maybe a little slower, but

by Sept. 9. dismissal or loss of security FBI Director James Comey testifies before a House Over- also recommended flights to definitely I have plans.” sight and Government Reform Committee on the “Over- Havana on Delta Air Lines Before entering parliament clearance.

She is following a wellsight of the State Department” in Washington on Thursin 2010 she spent a decade worn path, with Priyanka Comey addressed the Inc , United Continental day. (Reuters/Gary Cameron) working at Barclays Bank Chopra and Irrfan Khan issue at a House of RepHoldings Inc., Southwest and Invesco Perpetual, one to-born health problem are already making their mark resentatives committee community organization Airlines Co., Alaska Air of the country’s biggest retail hearing that lasted nearly in America. Chopra, who Together Baton Rouge urged being undercut by partisan Group Inc., Spirit Airlines fund managers. gridlock in Congress. stars in the television series five hours after House authorities to consider all Inc and Frontier Airlines.

In a media conference call “Quantico,” has also bagged Speaker Paul Ryan said in a possible federal and state organized by Democratic a role in the upcoming “Bayletter to Director of National criminal charges against German court Trump to GOP: watch” film.

Intelligence James Clapofficers Blane Salamoni and lawmakers, the director hands down ‘I’m going to of the Centers for Disease per that Clinton should be Howie Lake in the death Control and Prevention said make you proud’ denied classified briefings of Alton Sterling, 37, on convictions in Tweet by popular the lack of funding has made during her campaign for the Tuesday. mob sex attacks author revives WASHINGTON — it difficult for the U.S. health presidency.

The 300-pound Sterling BERLIN — A German agency to ramp up mosquito- Donald Trump faced a Comey, who on Tuesday was pinned to the ground concerns over court on Thursday convicted said he would not recomtough crowd when he met control and diagnostic testand fatally shot in the chest Chipotle safety two men of sexual assault in mend that Clinton face ing and new research efforts. Republicans in Congress outside a convenience store LOS ANGELES — Chia New Year’s eve mob attack criminal charges, was asked after the officers responded on Thursday, but several President Barack Obama potle Mexican Grill Inc on women in Cologne which at the hearing if Clinton lawmakers, including past to what police said was a call asked the Republicanshares took a hit on Thurssparked outrage and hardcontrolled Congress for $1.9 critics, emerged from the should face administrative about a black man reported ened public opinion against day after best-selling author billion in emergency funding closed-door meeting with punishment for the way she to have made threats with a Berlin’s decision to allow Eric Van Lustbader revived to fight Zika more than four encouraging words about handled her email. “I don’t gun. in more than one million concerns about food safety at months ago. But as Congress their presumptive White think that’s for me to recom“We don’t want this to migrants. the burrito chain by tweetHouse nominee. prepares to begin a sevenmend,” he said. be a narrow investigation,” The District Court of Coing that his editor fell ill after Republican aides cited week summer recess on July Edgar Cage, a spokesman logne gave a 20-year-old Iraqi La. community eating at one of its Manhattan good attendance from both for the group, said at a Baton 15, lawmakers are bogged restaurants. and a 26-year-old Algerian a houses of Congress at the down in partisan bickering Rouge church. “We plan to Spokesman Chris Arnold one-year suspended sentence leaders demand two meetings, although use this tragic event as a tool, over a $1.1 billion Republisaid Chipotle had received no each in a ruling that came just broad probe of can measure that Democrats some lawmakers made a a stimulant to change the hours after the parliament in point of staying away, citing current reports of illness in predict will fail. culture.” police actions New York City from customBerlin unanimously toughprevious commitments. ened sex crime laws.

BATON ROUGE, La. ers or health departments.

Trump drew 41 of 54 ReU.S. awards direct It was the first such convic- — Baton Rouge commuArnold said Chipotle has publican senators to the U.S. Democrats push flights to Havana tion from the incidents in “very solid health department nity leaders on Thursday Senate meeting.

Republicans for scores” across New York WASHINGTON/NEW Cologne on New Year’s Eve, demanded a broad criminal At the first meeting with City.

YORK — The United States members of the House of when hundreds of women investigation of two white focus on Zika The company’s sales and has tentatively approved told police they had been police officers involved in Representatives, Trump WASHINGTON — The stock swooned last year after flights on eight U.S. airlines shared a hug with House groped, attacked and robbed the fatal shooting of a black health officials linked E. coli, to Havana as early as this by mobs of men outside the man in Louisiana’s capital in White House and congresSpeaker Paul Ryan, a Salmonella and Norovirus central train station. Police one of the mounting number sional Democrats pressured fall, with American Airlines Republican who has often Republicans on Thursday Group Inc receiving the said the suspects were mainly of deadly encounters becriticized Trump even while outbreaks to its restaurants, and the company is still largest share of the limited of North African and Arab tween U.S. law enforcement for bipartisan Zika-funding endorsing him, lawmakers legislation, saying efforts to routes, the U.S. Transporrecovering. appearance. and black suspects. said.

— From wire reports — From wire reports combat the growing mosqui- tation Department said Representatives from the — From wire reports

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Brazilian government rejects calls for contact with isolated tribes

By Jo Griffin Reuters

LONDON — The Brazilian government has strongly criticized a call by two U.S. anthropologists to force contact with South America’s most isolated tribes to ensure their survival.

In an open letter signed by 18 experts, Brazil’s Department of Indigenous Affairs on Thursday rejected Robert Walker and Kim Hills’ suggestion that remaining

Must read hidden was “not viable in the long term” for the estimated 50 to 100 remaining tribes in Brazil who have had no contact with the outside world.

The professors, from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University, argued in an article published last year in Science magazine that “controlled contact is the only possible strat-

egy for protecting these people”.

But FUNAI specialists said contact carries greater dangers including the loss of land and resources to violent outsiders, exposure to diseases such as measles and flu to which they have no immunity and the loss of autonomy and self determination.

“There is never absolute control in contact situations,” according to the letter circulated to the media.

“It is worth remembering that the practices Brazil adopted during the intense economic expansion of the 1970s and 1980s resulted in widespread disintegration and population loss for indigenous peoples who, until then, had been uncontacted.”

The letter from FUNAI, which has worked to study and protect uncontacted tribes since 1987, comes amid an international debate on how best to protect the rights of uncontacted peoples in

the Amazon Basin.

FUNAI’s work includes identifying and finding evidence of tribes’ existence as well as analysis of satellite imagery and information to map out and protect lands inhabited by uncontacted communities.

In an editorial in Science magazine in June last year, Hill and Walker wrote they disagreed with the “leave them alone policy,” saying “controlled contact is better than no contact.”

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Ahab caucus returns to port empty-handed

WASHINGTON — Next to the word “overreach” in the dictionary should be a group picture of the House Republican caucus. Once again, in their Ahab-like pursuit of Hillary Clinton, they have managed to make themselves look desperately partisan and woefully incompetent.

What were they thinking when they hauled FBI Director James Comey to Capitol Hill to challenge his decision about Clinton and her emails? Did they expect Comey, a very tough nut, to crack under their withering interrogation? Did they believe they could somehow make him change his mind? Did they not anticipate that he would stand by his decision and back it up with facts, precedent and logic?

Thursday’s hearing — called on an “emergency” basis, no less — was effectively over just minutes after it began. House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, asked Comey the bottom-line Eugene question: “Did Hillary ClinRobinson ton break the law?”

Comey’s reply: “In connection with her use of the email server? My judgment is that she did not.”

At that point, Chaffetz should just have thanked the witness, pounded his gavel and sent everyone home. Instead, Republicans went on at length in a vain attempt to challenge Comey’s knowledge of the law and his personal integrity.

In the end, he suffered not a dent, not a nick, not even a scratch.

The GOP’s theory of the case is basically that Clinton committed acts that would have led to prosecution if she had been anyone else.

But because she is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee or because she is a Clinton or because she is an “elite” or for some other reason, this theory goes, she was given a pass.

Comey patiently explained that this view was wrong. Quite the opposite, he said: Deciding to recommend charges would have constituted special treatment.

The key question was intent: Comey said the FBI could not find evidence that Clinton intended to do anything illegal. A low-ranking government employee who handled classified information in the same “careless” manner might well be subject to administrative sanction, including firing. But that “John Doe” employee would not be prosecuted; and if he or she had already left government service, the case would simply be dropped.

Much was made of a federal statute that would seem to allow charges in the case of “gross negligence” on Clinton’s behalf. But Comey said that the law in question, passed in 1917, has been used by federal prosecutors only once in 99 years. There are questions, he said, about the statute’s constitutionality.

Comey did not budge from his view that no “reasonable prosecutor” would seek to bring charges against Clinton given the facts of the case. He said the decision to recommend against prosecution was unanimous among the FBI investigators involved, adding that no one outside of the bureau knew of this decision until he announced it Tuesday.

The hearing was a pretty sorry spectacle.

Comey’s would-be inquisitors could not come out and call him a compliant Democratic toady because clearly he is nothing of the sort. Comey served as deputy attorney general in the George W. Bush administration. As is proper for someone who occupies the office of FBI director, overseeing an agency he described as “resolutely apolitical,” he is not now registered as a member of any party. But for most of his adult life, he testified, he was a loyal Republican.

How embarrassing did the hearing get?

Some Republicans on the committee, fancying themselves junior G-men, demanded to know the specific questions FBI agents asked Clinton when they interviewed her. Others sought to parse the language of various federal statutes, perhaps hoping to make Comey break down and cry, “OK, you got me there.” Spoiler alert: He didn’t.

Toward the end, Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., felt obliged to ask Comey, “Do you feel like this has been a Republican witch hunt?” Comey politely said no.

I disagree. It was obviously just that, a partisan attempt to wring another news cycle’s worth of headlines out of a “scandal” whose dying embers were being definitively snuffed out. I doubt those headlines will be the ones they were hoping for. I’m certain that some Republicans sincerely believe that Bill and Hillary Clinton are the greatest master criminals of our times.

But an unimpeachable authority figure and a team of FBI investigators have decided that Hillary Clinton’s handling of her emails — which, as I have written, was wrong — was not a crime. Deciding otherwise, Comey said, would be “celebrity hunting.”

Which is what Republicans tried to do at Thursday’s hearing. But they came home redfaced and empty-handed.

The fun of the English language BRIDGE, England — This village with which you may be familiar, has not a single stop sign or traffic light. I can go down from the house of my friends, Maureen and Jasper Knight, to the village grocer for a cup of coffee.

Buy a couple of newspapers and sit on a bench and enjoy an enriching experience.

There are so many European destinations to enjoy, but sometimes the cynical side of me wonders how long they will last. With European friends, there is always a desire to return to the same haunts and renew friendships. The UK is crowded, but there are still villages and country pubs with a charm that brings about feelings of modest awe and inspiration.

Then there is the language. Who could tire of the British accent? Churchill said it best: “Americans and British are one people, separated only by a common language.”

A friend sent along recently a delightful treatise about the English language.

Some samples: The bandage was wound

Upon seeing the tear in the painting, I quickly shed a tear.

I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

Said the author of the treatise which came my way about the English language: “There is no egg in eggLoran plant, no ham in hamburger, Smith no apple and no pine in pineapple. English muffins were not invented in Engaround the wound. land. French fries were not The farm was used to invented in France. produce produce.

“In what language do The dump was so full that people recite at a play and it had to refuse more refuse. play at a recital? Ship by We must polish the Polish truck and send cargo by furniture. ship. How can a slim chance He could lead if he could and a fat chance be the get the lead out. same while a wise man and The soldier decided to a wise guy are opposites? desert his dessert in the When the stars are out, they desert. are visible. When the lights When he shot at the dove, are out, they are invisible. it dove into the bushes.

“To help with the spring There was a row among planting, the farmer taught the oarsmen about how to his sow to sow. The wind was row. too strong to wind the sail.

The buck does funny “There is a two-letter things when the does are word that perhaps has more present. meanings than any other two The insurance was invalid letter word and that is UP. for the invalid.

“We call UP our friends.

They were too close to the We lock UP the house and door to close it. got some guys to fix UP

the old car. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite and think UP excuses. To be dressed UP is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.

A drain must be opened UP because it is blocked UP. “We open UP a store in the morning and we close it UP at night. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say that it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn’t rain for a while, things dry UP.” There are countless other interesting things to amuse us with the language such as we say windbreaker and the English use the term windcheater. The English accent is very charming, just like the country.

The author is unknown, but his insightful research and commentary made my day. Hopefully, yours too.

Loran Smith is co-host of “The Tailgate Show” and sideline announcer for Georgia football. He is also a freelance writer and columnist.

Another lawbreaking Clinton beats the rap I didn’t intend to run the red light.

I didn’t intend to run you over in a crosswalk.

I didn’t intend to get you pregnant.

I didn’t intend to write this column. Therefore I’m not guilty of writing it and I can’t be blamed if you’re reading it.

The lawbreaking that Hillary Clinton committed with her serial mishandling of classified material in her emails should not be excused with the argument that “I didn’t intend to break the law.”

But it is.

Hillary will never be prosecuted by the Justice Department for what the director of the FBI James Comey said was “extremely careless” behavior by Hillary and her staff “in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.”

Comey said the battalions of G-Men and G-Women he threw at the Clinton email case for a year could not find clear evidence that she and her gang “intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified informa-

lie and lie until whatever personal scandal or malfeasance they committed in office goes away. First Bill, now Hillary. It’s a Clinton family values thing.

Don’t expect Hillary and Bill and Chelsea to have any serious trouble or Michael scrutiny from the authorities Reagan or the mainstream media over their family influencepeddling racket, the Clinton tion.”

Foundation, either.

Hillary got off because Ever. she didn’t “intend” to be The Hillary Clinton email what she was — stupid, scandal isn’t about politics. grossly negligent, arrogant It’s not about Democrats or and above the law.

Republicans — or at least it Comey graded her on shouldn’t be. the Clinton Curve. There’s It’s about the laws and nothing new there. She’s a whether they apply to Clinton. She’s special. The everyone equally, even the standard for criminality is Clintons. higher for her and her crime If Hillary weren’t running family. She’s not going to for president, this whole go jail or suffer a penalty email scandal would be an for anything she does. episode in a TV cartoon Ever. show.

The least Hillary could do But if she and her family is take responsibility for her regain the keys to the White conveniently self-serving House, it’ll be a national bumblings as Secretary of tragedy. the State and apologize.

It doesn’t matter how Sorry. I forgot. She’s a many hearings the House Clinton. of Representatives hold or Clintons don’t get how many great soundbites punished and they don’t and damning campaign ads apologize, either. They just the Trump campaign can

create from Comey’s announcement Tuesday or his committee appearance on Thursday.

Hillary will skate. The Obama administration will protect her. The media won’t work to expose her.

Only one thing will save the American people. At some point before November the general public has to wake up and smell the Clintons.

The public has to ask why the Clinton Crime Family is held to a different standard than the rest of us or other politicians.

Donald Trump is flawed in many ways. He’s no Ronald Reagan and never will be.

But at least he doesn’t lie.

Not to the American public.

Not to Congress. Not to the FBI. Not to the families of the dead at Benghazi.

As I said last week, we’re in World War III with the terrorists already. The most important thing we have to do is elect a president who will fight to win it. And it’s not Lying Hillary.

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The city of Suwanee is warning residents of a man exposing himself around town.

“The Suwanee Police Department has received multiple reports of a bald African American male in his early- to mid-30s reported to have been

masturbating in front of women passing by his vehicle,” the department said in a statement Thursday. “The suspect has exposed himself on at least six separate occasions. The suspect was wearing a white tank top with the lower portion of his body exposed during each incident.”

The first incident happened in early June. Each

was between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The lewd acts were on Moore Road in the Landsdowne subdivision area, on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in the Forest Plantation subdivision area and around Town Center Park.

The man has been seen driving a light blue or silver Chrysler sedan with a temporary tag and,

most recently, a dark blue four-door sedan, possibly a Taurus, with an out-ofstate license plate with red letters, according to the city.

A post from an unidentified woman is also circulating on Facebook, detailing an alleged encounter with the man in the Town Center area.

“The black male driver blocked my path, got out

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Rhonda Bailey Rhonda Lynn Bailey, born on September 6th, 1961, and died July 6th, 2016. As her children and friends would say, she was definitely one of a kind.

Strong in her convictions, yet tender, loving and kind.

Born in Buford Georgia, she was the daughter of Dottie Gail Bailey and the late Larry Randall Bailey. She was preceded in death by her brothers, David Bailey, Russell Bailey, Michael Bailey, sisters, Kimberly Bailey, and Linda Puckett. She attended North Gwinnett High School, and she was a professional cosmetologist in her younger years.

She was very close to her family who she loved dearly and her little dog, “Gracy”. She was an aunt to Lilly, David, and Wyatt Bailey. If asked, friends would say that there was never a dull moment around Rhonda. She wanted to be remembered as fun, spontaneous.

Rhonda loved shopping for others, music, fashion, and her children. Kay, her aunt, was her longtime best friend and confidante.

Kay, who along with her entire family, stood by her through her battle with cancer.

We loved Rhonda with all of our hearts, but we hope by acknowledging her battle with cancer within our family, our wish is to bring more awareness to this dreaded disease.

Also surviving are a mother, Dottie Gail Bailey, a daughter, Ashley Lynn Pierce, a son, Keelen Russell Bailey, her stepmother, Doris Bailey, stepsister, Lisa and David Hill, step niece, Katie Eberhardt, and aunt, Kay Hosch Pugh; uncles, J.W. Bailey, Reggie Hosch, and Jerry Higgins and numerous cousins.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 8, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford, GA with Rev. Jimmy Dunn and Rev. Charles Pirkle officiating. Interment will be in the family plot at Sugar Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, July 7, 2016 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Rhonda to Cancer Research. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Doris Barfield Doris Mae Barfield, age 89 of Snellville, Georgia, passed away July 6, 2016.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Ethel Locke. Doris Barfield is survived by her children and their spouses, Harriet Clarke Barfield, Ronald and Bonnie Barfield, Donald Barfield, William and Gloria Barfield, Trudy Penland and Judy Edwards; sister, Mary Frances West and her husband Jimmy; 14 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Doris Barfield retired from Sears & Roebuck after a career of 41 years. She remained active around her house watching T.V., and spending time with her loving family. The service to Honor and Celebrate the Life of Doris Barfield will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 2PM, Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Snellville Chapel. Interment will follow at Snellville Historical Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, July 8, 2016, from 2PM4PM and 6PM to 8PM at Tom M Wages Snellville Chapel, and Saturday, July 9, 2016 from 12 until the time of service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations go to Gwinnett Humane Society www.gwinnetthumane. com. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome.com.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company, Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 has been entrusted with the arrangements.

IN MEMORY OF

Daniel Maurice Besson, Sr. 04-21-1930–06-09-2015 Daniel was born in Paris, France. Son of the late Daniel Fromentin and Marie Gabrielle Besson.

Daniel moved to Canada in 1953, where he owned an auto body shop. After living in Canada, Daniel moved to the United States in 1957, where he worked for the Ford Motor Company until his retirement.

Although Daniel passed away over a year ago, our family (P.J., David, Francys, Christofer, Kristyn and grandchildren, R.D. and Sidney) misses him immensely and will continue to cherish the wonderful memories.

In honor of Daniel, please send a donation to your local Alzheimer’s Association or send to the Michigan Alzheimer’s Association at 564 Main Street, Belleville, MI 48111.

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Helen Leatherman

James Charles Carter, age 86, of Tucker, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2016.

Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory, Lilburn/ Tucker Chapel, (770) 5642726.

Helen Fowler Leatherman, age 73, of Jasper, Georgia has entered into rest peacefully at her home surrounded by her family.

A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Lake Forest Memorial Park in Jasper, Georgia. Visitation will be held Friday, July 8, 2016 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Roper Funeral Home in Jasper, Georgia.

Helen was a loving and dedicated wife and mother.

She is predeceased by her husband, John Edward Leatherman and her parents, James Clayburn and Carolyn Fowler. She is survived by her brother, Cleve Fowler and his wife, Nancy Fowler; niece and nephew, Kelly and Matthew. Also her daughters and their families: Lisa Leatherman Cowart, partner, Brian Cason, grandchildren, Katie and Caleb Cowart; and Lorrie Leatherman Mobley, husband, Thomas Mobley and grandchildren, Owen and Trenton Gambrell and Sawyer and Aiden Mobley. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to support the Chastain Family Research Project at the Emory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center c/o Katie Dozier, 1440 Clifton Road, Suite 170, Atlanta, GA 30322. Arrangements are entrusted to the staff of Roper Funeral Home & Crematory in Jasper, Georgia. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.roperfuneralhome. com.

Edna C. Hudson Edna C. Hudson, age 83, of Dacula, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2016.

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Dave M. Key Dave M. Key, age 48, of Buford, GA passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Melvin and Leila Sloan Burel, Flavle and Woodie Smith Key. He is survived by his parents, Harold and Evelyn Burel Key, Buford, GA; sister and brotherin-law, Linda and Ralph Revis, Flowery Branch, GA; brothers, Doyle and Charlotte Key, Buford, GA, Dennis Key, Buford, GA; aunts, Mildred Burel, Lawrenceville, GA, Barbara and Fred Banks, Hoschton, GA, Charlotte Key, Buford, GA, Dessie Mae Boggs, Hoschton, GA, Bernice Boggs, Hoschton, GA, Shirley and J.W. Frachiseur, Buford, GA; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Key was born on August 8, 1967 in Buford, GA. He received his education at Buford High School and was employed with the City of Buford in the maintenance department since October 2, 2000 as a mechanic. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church, Buford, GA. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church, Buford, GA. Rev. Mike Landress officiating. Interment will follow at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Buford, GA. The family will receive friends on Saturday, July 9, 2016 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Flanigan Funeral Home, Buford, GA. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133. .

“By the time we’ve been in the area, he’s already been gone,” Mooney said.

He said he’s hopeful someone will contact police if they spot cars matching the descriptions so officers can speak with the drivers.

Anyone with information can call the Suwanee Police Department at 770-945-8995.

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of the car nude and was coming towards me,” the post said. “Luckily, I ran to a house with a painter outside and stayed with him until the man left.”

Capt. Cass Mooney, police department spokesman, said none of the victims have been able to provide a tag number because they tended to be exercising without their cellphones.

Lee Smith, Buford, GA; granddaughters, Gracie Smith and Lauren Smith; brother and sister-in-law, Sam and Debbie Smith, Dahlonega, GA; sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Dennis Thomas, Loganville, GA; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Roy and Shirley Martin, Dawsonville, GA; nieces, nephews and cousins; and special cousin, Charles Jones, Rest Haven, GA. Mr. Smith was born October 24, 1940 in Atlanta, GA. He was a 1958 graduate of Buford High School.

He was retired from Heraeus Company after fifteen years of service. He was an avid golfer and a Georgia Bulldog fan. He was of the Baptist Faith.

The family would like to express a special thanks to Peachtree Christian Hospice nurses and staff for the wonderful care given to Allan Smith. Graveside service and inurnment will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA with Rev. Kenneth Parker officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening, July 8, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Flowers accepted or memorial donations may be made to Peachtree Christian Hospice in memory of Allan Smith.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Obilia Rubio-Mendoza Obilia Rubio-Mendoza, age 68 of Duluth, GA passed away July 7, 2016. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel 1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville GA, 30046 770-277-4550.

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Dennis Sheperd Dennis Sheperd, age 60, of Buford GA passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Service and Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan of Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Allan Smith Allan Smith, age 75, of Flowery Branch, GA passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Braxton and Margaret Smith; brother, Douglas Smith; and sister, Alice Smith Dickerson. He is survived by his wife of fifty-one years, Dianne Martin Smith, Flowery Branch, GA; sons and daughterin-law, Jeff and Jean Ann Smith, Cumming, GA and L

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Jason Strickland Jason Michael Strickland, age 40 of Dacula, GA passed away Sunday, July 3, 2016. He is survived by his loving wife of 12 years, Melissa Zingaro Strickland; children, Skylar Paul Strickland and Zuri Grace Strickland; mother and step-father, Tammy and Doug Sykes; brother, Justin Daniel Ramsey and his wife, Rachel Adrianne Ramsey, Joel Alan Ramsey and his wife, Rachel Renee Ramsey; sister, Audrey Michelle Sykes; as well as many loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, James Kite; grandmother, Carolyn Kite; and grandfather, Lawrence Kite.

Jason was a member of Gwinnett Church. He was raised in West Monroe, LA and loved spending time at the beach and by his pool.

A Funeral Service Hon-

oring the Life of Jason will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 11:00AM at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel. The family will receive friends on Friday, July 8, 2016 from 6pm-8pm at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial donations be made to ADAA in memory of Jason Michael Strickland at 8791 Georgia Ave. Ste 412 Silver Springs, MD 20810 or www.ADAA.org..

Condolences may be sent to or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome. com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service LLC, “A Family Company” 120 Scenic Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 770-963-2411.

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Melissa Thrasher Melissa Ann McDaniel Thrasher, age 49, of Duluth, GA passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Brittany and Peron Walley, Clermont, GA; son Austin Thrasher, Dalton, GA; father and mother, Leon and Mildred McDaniel, Buford, GA; brother, Darrell McDaniel, Buford, GA; grandchildren Liam Walley, Christian Walley, Parker Walley; several aunts, uncles, and cousins; special friend, Julius Sells, Duluth, GA. Mrs. Thrasher was born April 22, 1967, in Buford, GA. She was a 1986 graduate of North Gwinnett High School, and was a Gwinnett County school bus driver. Mrs. Thrasher was of the Baptist faith. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 10, 2016, at 4:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Thrasher officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday, July 9, 2016, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Interment will be at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com.

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HEALTH BRIEFS Public hearing on Humana acquisition set for July 26

mailed to the attention of the Administrative Procedures Division.

All written comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. July 21.

Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens will hold a public hearing about Aetna’s proposed acquisition of Humana Employers Health Plans of Georgia in Atlanta at 9 a.m. on July 26.

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about the cost of care for consumers.

Castlight Health, a health Prices for a regular baby IT company, defined the dedelivery in the Atlanta livery prices as the employee area range from $5,831 to cost-sharing plus the amount $10,700, with an average paid by the employer. The price of $8,497, a report says. figures represent the negotiThat average figure for ated in-network price for vaginal deliveries places people with employer-based Atlanta 18th among 30 U.S. coverage, said the company, cities studied in the Castlight which markets the pricing Health report, released last data to employers. week.

The firm used mediFor routine cesarean cal claims data, as well as deliveries, Atlanta’s average publicly available data and price is $9,424, ranking the provider rate information. city 26th. The range was Included in the “bundled’’ from $6,176 to max $13,384. price are prenatal office Atlanta was the only Georgia visits, required ultrasounds, city studied. delivery, the hospital stay and The prices don’t include one visit after delivery. Not those for people covered by included are tests, elective ulMedicaid or for uninsured trasounds, imaging, medicine people. More than half of the or anesthesia. births in Georgia are covered Atlanta’s ranking on childby Medicaid. birth prices is similar to that Pricing in health care has found in a study published long been opaque, but efforts recently in the journal Health by insurers, state legislatures Affairs, in which Georgia and private firms have begun health care prices for the to reveal more information privately insured were reGeorgia Health News

The Swag Bag Project provides girls with goods

a swag bag, which is resupplied every month.

The project started The Gwinnett Coalition as a pilot program for for Health and Human the 2016-17 school year Services is accepting dofor Radloff, Lilburn nations for The Swag Bag and Sweetwater middle Project, a public-private schools for 450 girls. partnership to provide One swag bag costs middle and high school about $27. girls with hygiene prodCoordinator Suzy Bus ucts. said donations are acThe program is intended cepted all year since the for girls from low-income project continues over the or poverty-level famisummer. lies. Oftentimes the girls Monetary and in-kind can miss several days of donations can be sent to school and learning time the Gwinnett Coalition because they do not have for Health and Human the products they need, Services, Memo Line: according to informaSwag Bag, 750 S. Perry tion from the program’s St., Lawrenceville. website.

For information, contact Each girl who needs Bus at 770-995-3339 or feminine hygiene products suzy@gwinnettcoalition. can go to her school’s org. nurses office and receive — From staff reports

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•From Page 1A The couple recently enjoyed living in an 18thcentury Tuscan farmhouse, where they were hosted by a family.

They participated in a workaway program that involved helping a woman with her cooking classes in exchange for a place to stay.

They woke up to beautiful scenery, got their fill of pasta and had their own bedroom and bathroom — what they considered a luxury.

Throughout their trip they have stayed in hostels, shared restrooms, rented places through Airbnb and even tried dorm-style living.

“We learned pretty quickly that at age 30, (the dorm-style) wasn’t for us,” Jess said with a laugh. “We decided to spend the extra money for privacy.”

First, they left Atlanta for Colombia and continued to travel through South America. They learned to surf and hiked the Incan trail in Peru

potatoes.

Jess said their schedule allows them to experience warm weather when they reach each country. However, they cannot control the jet lag.

“We keep hopping back and forth across the equator to follow summer,” she said.

“Our bodies have been very confused,” Nate Baumgart said.

The couple plans to meet their family for a cruise in Jess and Nate Baumgart visit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July and recently celebrated their first wedding anniverduring an 18-hour flight layover. (Special Photo) sary. and also visited Bolivia and Cape Town to fly to Rome The couple, who live Ecuador. to start the European leg of in Nate’s hometown of Next they flew to Cape their trip in June.

Chicago, had taken internaTown and for about a “In the beginning, the tional trips since their first month and a half took a changes had been challeng- year together. They have road trip through South ing,” Jess Baumgart said. visited about 20 countries Africa. They got up close “When we started, we were but planned to visit 15 more with elephants in Kruger totally over it. We were and revisit a few others.

National Park — the largest tired and unhappy. We had A while ago, they dein the country. And Nate to adjust in South America, cided they had both been jumped from the largest but things got better one we bitten by a travel bug. commercial bungee bridge got to Spain.”

Within a few years they in the world in Bloukrans She said some of her saved $75,000 — $50,000 River Valley. favorite food has been in for the trip and $25,000 for Then they went back to Italy, where the couple ate when they return — and pasta with every meal. Jess sold their belongings. said she especially enjoyed After years of preparagnocchi, which includes tion, they left their home dough balls with bacon and and family and quit their

jobs. Jess worked in communications at a hospital and Nate was a voiceover actor for radio and TV. In the last few months, they have learned to adapt to extreme time changes, adjust to different climates, learn to live without a constant internet connection and stick to their budget.

Despite the ups and downs of the trip so far, they said they are willing to do it all over again.

They registered with the State Department and get email updates about each place they plan to visit to consider possible threats, such as recent violence in Turkey, Jess said.

“Honestly we both feel like these attacks happen everywhere and we can’t stop our lives or hide under our beds,” she said. “That said, the recent attacks in Istanbul have us questioning whether we want to get off the cruise boat at that stop. On one hand we want to be smart, but on the other hand we feel like we may never have the chance to see Istanbul again and don’t want to let fear hold us back from important, once-

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Shannon Volkodav, sheriff’s office spokeswoman, said in the announcement.

Deputies with the fugitive unit located Goodwin at a Rockdale County home in the afternoon, Volkodav said.

When they arrived, Goodwin got in a nearby car and struck a Rockdale County deputy as he fled, police said.

He eventually got out after the car rolled over at the end of the pursuit, according to the sheriff’s office.

In February, Goodwin was arrested for probation

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restroom, he took her purse that contained her cellphone and personal cash. The suspect later walked out of the bank and got into the back seat of a silver Jeep Liberty.”

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It was stolen in Atlanta and found at an apartment complex near the bank, he said. Crime scene investigators are processing it to look for evidence.

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in-a-lifetime experiences.”

The pair hopes to show others that getting out and seeing the world is possible with some planning. They encourage everyone to take a trip to the place of their choice even if it is just for a day.

“This is a very doable thing for people even if you can afford to do it on a smaller scale,” Jess said.

“This is something everyone should experience.”

Jess and Nate know when they return to the U.S. they will be greeted by loved ones as well as bills, students loans, work, planning a family and other issues.

“It’s strange to both feel like I never want to go back and rejoin the working world and to simultaneously be so excited to buy our first house, to start a family, to put down real roots,” Jess wrote.

But for now, they are enjoying meeting memorable people, learning to live with less, embracing different cultures and taking their trip one day at a time.

To follow Jess and Nate’s journey, visit www. roundtheworldcouple.com.

Authorities said they are trying to determine whether the two inmates worked together or if Goodman acted alone.

“The safety and security of the Gwinnett County Jail is our first priority,” Volkodav said. “We are reviewing our release procedures to ensure that all inmates are released in accordance with the appropriate legal order.”

Goodwin was treated for injuries he suffered in the accident in Rockdale County, Volkodav said. Afterward, he will be kept in the Rockdale County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

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ported as below the national average.

The childbirth data found that California, and the West Coast in general, had the highest average prices, with Sacramento at $15,420 for routine vaginal delivery. San Francisco had the highest single price, with $28,541.

Chris Whaley, a research economist at the University of California, Berkeley who was the lead author of the study, told GHN on Wednesday that hospital consolidation in northern California “may explain these high prices.’’

“Consolidation is happening across the country,’’ Whaley said.

Knowing prices in advance “is very important for people with high deductible plans,’’ he added.

Christopher Press, an Atlanta-based consultant with Morgan Healthcare Consulting, said insurers are driving the prices “by simply wanting to pay less.”

secured a photo of the suspect, but Washington said he is described as a black man who was more than 6 feet tall and weighed about 220 pounds.

Any person who has information about the robbery is asked to call the police department’s Criminal Investigations unit at 770-513-5300 or Crime Stoppers at 404577-8477. Tipsters can also submit information on crimestoppersatlanta. org. A person can be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000 if their information leads to an arrest and indictment.

The case number people should use when submitting a tip is 16-062590.

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A few garden plants are highly toxic With the climate being appropriate for many garden plants, a multitude of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants are growing in gardens and the landscapes around us.

However, some are toxic and if consumed can cause serious illness or death. Home gardeners should be aware of their potential dangers, especially to children.

A common flowering shrub called oleander is one of the most toxic. It has white, pink or red flowers and attractive foliage. Oleanders prefer a warmer climate than Georgia, but it can be planted here. These shrubs can be observed growing on the sides of causeways on Tybee Island near Savannah. Ingestion of the plant material causes severe respiratory and heart damage and disrupts the nervous system, leading to seizures and a coma. Dead plant material retains its toxicity.

When branches of the plant have been used as firewood for cooking or as a skewer, people consuming the food have been poisoned.

Angel trumpets (Brugmansia) are grown for their large flowers that have a distinct trumpet shape. They come in colors that range from white to pink to yellow and the blossoms develop a fragrance at night. The plants are multi-branched and can reach a height of 10

From left, Foxglove plants contain toxins in their leaves, flowers and seeds; oleander can cause severe respiratory and heart damage as well as disrupt the nervous system if ingested; and Carolina jessamine has poisonous sap that can cause skin irritation. (Special Photos)

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Tim Daly feet. They are in the same family as tomatoes, potatoes and peppers. However, even though the family has several edible plants, some are highly toxic. Angel trumpets are among the poisonous types and all parts of the plant have the toxin.

Ingestion can cause muscle spasms, hallucinations and other deleterious effects that ultimately can be fatal.

Carolina jessamine is another commonly poisonous plant. It has short yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with a sweet scent that appear in the early spring. Its shiny leaves are evergreen. The vine can frequently be observed in wooded areas with its yellow flowers before most deciduous plants have put on their leaves. Its sap is poisonous and can cause skin irritations. Wild animals will not consume it, which gives it an advantage as a deer resistant plant.

Foxglove or digitalis is an herbaceous plant commonly

grown for its attractive multicolored tubular flowers that form on a showy spike. The plant is a biennial, meaning it has a two-year life cycle.

The first year, it produces only vegetation. In the second year, it flowers. The leaves, flowers and seed contain a toxin that can cause heart failure if consumed.

On July 11, from noon to 1 p.m., Gwinnett County Extension will have a class on growing annual and perennial flowers for the home garden. The class will be held in the second-floor conference room of the Gwinnett County Government Annex Building located at 750 S. Perry St. in Lawrenceville.

There is no charge but guests are encouraged to register by contacting the Extension office at 678-377-4010.

Timothy Daly is an Extension Agent with Gwinnett County Extension. He can be contacted at 678-377-4010 or tdaly@uga.edu.

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Schools in August 1997 Those will likely be as a teacher at Nesbit the memories family Elementary, and then and friends share and taught at Meadowcreek remember Vallejo who Elementary from 1998died this week and was 99 and then at Stripling memorialized at a service Elementary from 1999on Thursday at 12Stone 2001, district spokesChurch in Lawrenceville. woman Sloan Roach said.

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She met Josue in Mexico when she was a missionary and teacher after she graduated from Toccoa Falls College.

Outside of Walnut Grove, she was preschool director at the First Baptist Church of Duluth for nearly 20 years.

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SECTION B • FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016

Swim League finale also new beginning for Clance

By David Friedlander

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SUWANEE — Coming off one of the biggest meets of his competitive swimming career, Jared Clance is about to take to the pool this weekend at a meet that is also one of the biggest of his career, though for a very different reason.

True, not too many people would consider this weekend’s Gwinnett County Swim League Championships to be on the same level as the U.S. Olympic Trials.

GWINNETT SWIM LEAGUE What: Gwinnett County Swim League championships When: Saturday-Sunday Where: McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech Defending champion: Daniel Park Twisters Schedule: Saturday Session 1 9:15 a.m. — Honorary

As important as the latter was to the 18-year-old Suwanee resident, who competed but didn’t qualify for the Olympic team in the 100-meter breaststroke last

swimmers with disabilities heat 9:20 a.m. — Ages 9-10 Session 2 3:15 p.m. — Ages 13-14 and 15-18 Sunday Session 3 9:15 a.m. — Ages 8-andunder Session 4 3 p.m. — Ages 11-12

week, the county summer meet, which gets underway Saturday at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, holds a special place in his heart.

That’s mainly because that when Clance finishes competing in the 100-yard breaststroke, 100 freestyle, 100 individual medley and two relay events, it will mark the end of his 13th and final county meet as a member or the Morning View Manta Rays.

And after all the seasons have provided many fond memories and friendships he’s had during that time, not to mention the welcome break from his year-round competition schedule for SwimAtlanta, he admits his summers See CLANCE, Page 4B

Home-schooled student Jared Clance, who swims for the Morning View Manta Rays in the Gwinnett County Swim League, will swim in college at Tennessee. He competed last week at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Neb. (Photo: David Friedlander)

Getting to Know: Matthew Elakatt Matthew Elakatt finished fifth in the state of Georgia as a high school wrestler at Parkview in 2009. Now he’s back where it all began. After attending Georgia Gwinnett College, he became an assistant at Peachtree Ridge and Shiloh and was hired recently as the head coach at Parkview.

In this edition of “Getting to Know…,” staff correspondent Alan Cole talks to Elakatt about returning to his alma mater, the smell of wrestling, other sports outside of wrestling and more.

Kibwe Johnson competes during the men’s hammer throw finals in the U.S. Olympic track and field team trials Wednesday at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Below, Johnson, right, poses with fellow medalists Conor McCullough, left, and Rudy Winkler. (Photos: Kirby Lee-USA Today Sports)

Johnson awaits fate for Rio North grad second in hammer throw at U.S. trials From Staff Reports EUGENE, Ore. — North Gwinnett alum Kibwe Johnson finished second in the hammer throw late Wednesday night at U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials.

Now the wait begins.

None of top three finishers — winner Rudy Winkler of Cornell, Johnson and thirdplace Conor McCullough — reached the Olympic A Standard of 252 feet, 7 inches (77.0 meters), so the Americans won’t know their fate for this summer’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, until the International Association of Athletics Federations announces the final field.

The lack of throwers internationally who have hit the A Standard means that throwers can be added to the field who have reached the B Standard.

The IAAF can add up to three American throwers, and Johnson, Winkler and McCullough have good chances of being added to the Olympics.

“It’s a bit frustrating (not to hit the A Standard), but on the descending order list, I’m still ranked pretty well with my mark from last year,” Johnson said. “Of course you definitely want to hit that mark, but I’ll get it eventually this year. The (IAAF) will take 32 throwers, and I think I’m ranked 20, so I’m in the right spot.”

Though Johnson finished as runner-up, his best throw

Johnson fouled on his first two throws of the finals. Johnson was the last thrower of the competition and his sixth and final throw of 243-0 (74.08) wasn’t enough to surpass Winkler or the A Standard.

“The biggest key to success in the hammer is patience and time,” Johnson said. “It’s not something you can just do and then make it go far. (Winkler) is a bit of an exception because he started at a pretty good age that’s unconventional for an American to start at. Most of us don’t ever see it until college, and I was one of those of 246-5 (75.11) surpassed kids, so it’s really exciting to his best of 245-11 (74.97) see him progress.” from Trials in 2012, when he Johnson, a track and field qualified for the Olympics. coach at IMG Academy in BraHowever, he already had the denton, Fla., has a career best of A Standard distance before 263-6 that easily surpasses the competing at Trials.

Olympic A Standard. The NikeJohnson, who turns 35 on and New York Athletic ClubJuly 17, fouled on his first sponsored athlete is coming throw but moved to third off an impressive 2015 season place on his second throw of that saw him win both the U.S. 239-11 (73.12). He jumped to outdoor hammer throw title (for first place on the last of three the fourth time in a five-year qualifying throws with his best span) and the Pan American throw at 246-5.

Games championship. He also Winkler took over the represented the U.S. at the lead on the first of three final World Championships, finishthrows at 251-10 (76.76) and ing seventh in China.

Huntzinger adds to hot streak at Dogwood

By David Friedlander

a remarkable run over to win the prestigious the past several months tournament Saturday at by winning the 2016 Druid Hills Golf Club in Dogwood Invitational, Atlanta.

As hot as the temperatures one of the world’s top He shot 4-under 68 have been in north Georgia so amateur tournaments, for his final round, far this summer, it’s doubtful any last weekend. including a birdie on the thermometer reading could be Huntzinger’s score 16th hole that helped Charles any hotter than Charles Huntzof 17-under par 271 him claim the Dogwood Huntzinger inger’s golf game these days. not only edged Dawson title in just his second The Peachtree Ridge grad Armstrong, Raul Pereda and An- year of qualifying for the event. and two-time Daily Post Boys thony Quayle, but he became the “If it’s not No. 1, it’s No. Player of the Year continued first Gwinnett County resident 2. But it’s probably No. 1,”

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said Huntzinger, now a rising sophomore at Penn State, when asked to rank the Dogwood title among the 17 other tournaments he’s won in his career. “This one had a lot of college guys and international guys in it. The guy I played the last round with (corunner-up Quayle) is the (eighthranked player) in Australia.”

The Dogwood title was also See HUNTZINGER, Page 4B

AC: What is it about wrestling that got you into the sport?

ME: I think it was my mom forcing me to do an activity outside of just getting moving in middle school. What got me in love with wrestling is the coaching staff and how they made you push to Matthew get better. In Elakatt other sports, players may blame this person or that person for something, but in wrestling it’s all on you.

My own effort getting me wins or losses is what got me into wrestling.

AC: What is your best memory from wrestling while you attended Parkview?

ME: That’s a hard one. A lot of it is great memories. I think a lot of the best times I had were at practice. It was practice that was my best time at Parkview. I enjoyed being at practice and smelling the sweat and stink of wrestlers.

That wresting room smell signified practice, and I loved that time of brotherhood and community with my teammates.

AC: (laughing) OK, that’s good, smells like wrestling.

AC: You graduated from Parkview in 2009. What are you looking forward to most about returning to your alma mater?

ME: Bringing back the wrestling team, and being ready to rock and roll for the next couple years. When I say a couple years I don’t mean two, I just mean for the foreseeable future having a great wrestling team and a great wrestling program. I’m ready to show the world that Parkview has a great wrestling program.

AC: What about your wrestling game do you hope to instill in your players the most?

ME: Even though wrestling See ELAKATT, Page 4B

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Drivers honor autograph tradition

By Don Coble

Staff Correspondent

At 30, David Ragan still is young enough to remember standing in line to get an autograph from his favorite driver. Years later, he cherishes the few seconds when his heroes made him feel important by signing a photo.

Now that he’s a full-time driver in the Sprint Cup Series, Ragan is happy to talk with fans and sign autographs.

“I can relate to those young kids who want that autograph because I was one of them,” he said. “I can remember being in the garage in Atlanta because it was my hometown track and we had access to the garage, and going up to Richard and Kyle Petty and Robert Yates and getting an autograph. From a kid’s perspective, there’s really no bad time. I’ve got a soft heart for the young fans.”

While drivers have different opinions of when and where to get an autograph, all understand it’s part of the job. It’s often been said Richard Petty helped build the sport, one autograph at a time.

Although it’s not official, it’s generally accepted that Petty, whose 200 victories are the most in NASCAR history, has signed more autographs than anyone else on the planet.

For Petty, there’s no bad time to ask for his famous, swirling signature. He keeps a Sharpie marker in one hand. He always thanks the fan for their interest, and he never turns down a request for a photo.

Others have different parameters.

Ragan doesn’t like to be approached between driver introductions and the race. Denny Hamlin

Trevor Bayne takes a moment to sign autographs in the garage area three hours before last Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at the Daytona International Speedway. (Photo: Don Coble)

prefers autograph sessions.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is more willing when he’s around his racecar.

“It’s not really about when to be approached by a fan,” Earnhardt said. “As long as I’ve been around the sport it’s just an open policy. You see a driver you walk up and ask for an autograph if you want one.”

Unless a fan wants their arm signed. “I don’t sign skin,” Earnhardt said.

While most drivers are willing to honor requests at the racetrack, they also want everyone to know the garage area and pit road is

their work area. Teams are focused on preparing the car for the main event, and that often requires a driver to take a few laps during practice, hurry into the garage for quick adjustments, and make a quick return to the track.

Although NASCAR restricts access to the garage when cars are on the track, there are still hundreds walking around with driver cards to sign and cell phones to snap pictures.

“We do have to have some time to ourselves to be professional,” Hamlin said. “Our fans have all the

access they can handle in our sport. As drivers, it’s tough because we want to be polite and sign all the autographs that we can, there’s a point where we have to go out there and focus on our job, for sure.”

Petty agrees the atmosphere has changed since his heyday.

“They’re not as discreet as they used to be,” Petty said. “I guess it’s just that society has changed, and they’ve changed along with it.”

And the demand, most say, is never-ending.

“I call them ducks,” retired champion Darrell Waltrip said. “If you feed one, you attract a million of them. Then you can’t feed them all.”

Some drivers don’t spend a lot of time in the garage.

Tony Stewart, for example, tries to concentrate on his car when he’s at work.

When he’s in a controlled situation, he’s far more willing to be cordial.

“It’s getting to where it’s not fun doing this anymore,” he said. “Don’t you wonder why there’s no drivers that stand outside their trailers? Because they can’t. That’s the part that makes it not very fun for all of us.”

Ragan doesn’t have that problem. He’s usually standing behind his BK Racing hauler or near his car between practice sessions and before the race.

And he always has a pen in hand, willing to honor every request.

“Friday and Saturday, that’s a great time to get an autograph,” he said. “This is our workplace, but I remember what it’s like. I was that kid, too.

“One day when we get old and our trophies fade away and our money’s gone, nobody’s going to care about our autograph.

But right now, I enjoy it.”

Tensions rise as Chase looms

By Don Coble

have different ideas,” Penske said. “But look, I’ve got … I wouldn’t What: Quaker State 400 (18th of 36 races) A green-white-checktrade these two drivers for Where: Kentucky Speedered finish that extended anyone. They’re young. way at Sparta, Ky. last Saturday’s Coke Zero They’re aggressive. They When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

400 into one lap of overwin races. They work well Track: 1.5-mile quad-oval TV: NBCSN time created a lot of tenwith the sponsors, and Race format: 267 laps they’re high‑integrity guys, sion on the final lap.

Last year’s winner: Kyle so move on from there.”

Everyone was pushing Busch Two years ago Keselhard to get to the front; Track schedule: Today — practices, 11 a.m. and owski and Matt Kenseth some pushing too hard.

1:30 p.m.; pole qualifying, wrestled in the garage area Drivers who already had a 6:45 p.m. following a race at the race victory this year, and Up next: The New HampCharlotte Motor Speedway. a spot in the Chase for the shire 301 is July 17 Three weeks later KesChampionship that comes elowski and Jeff Gordon with it, had little to lose. fought on pit road folNon-winners saw the opus,” Busch said. “And it lowing a race at the Texas portunity to get a victory – would have worked out Motor Speedway. and their golden ticket into better if he would have Last year Kenseth and the playoffs. pushed us.

Logano battled for several That leads to a lot of ten“On the last lap, there weeks, culminating with sion and hurt feelings. is so much going on. You Kenseth intentionally run“I think nothing to lose can’t drive other people’s ning Logano into the first means different things to cars for them. I think that turn wall at the Martinsdifferent drivers, even if all he made an aggressive ville Speedway. NASCAR things are equal and guys mistake.” have a couple of wins and Gibson was more direct, deemed Kenseth’s actions could lock-in,” Jimmie saying “Stupid is as stupid to be dangerous, and they suspended him for two Johnson said. “My apdoes!!! #22” on Twitter. proach is probably more Johnson believes the mix races.

Last Saturday, Logano on the conservative side. of personalities, strategies Others just dump you and and situations leads to a lot upset Kurt Busch at the Daytona International go on about their way and of angry exchanges.

Speedway by knocking worry about the conse“We’re just all wired quences later.” differently,” he said. “And him out of the way on the Joey Logano rear-ended as soon as you can just see final lap.

And Penske was fine Kurt Busch coming to the energy in the field kind of with all of it. checkered flag last Saturbuild, I guess that’s what “Well, look, I have to day, sending Busch into was being discussed. Once look at each situation aca half-mile slide through there’s a block or two and cordingly, and I would say the infield grass. His car somebody gets knocked this, that Joey has taken, I stopped on the finish line, out of the way, the whole think, some undue critifacing backward. group notices and the Busch and his crew slamming starts and it just cism from my perspective based on some of the chief, Tony Gibson, gets wild.” things that have happened,” weren’t happy.

Penske said. “Certainly “It just didn’t work out Penske won’t harness you can go back, and with him (Logano) trying his drivers’ emotions to drive straight through Few drivers stir as much I could name three or emotion and controversy as four things that certainly Penske Racing teammates weren’t his fault.

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Serena on verge of record after thrashing Vesnina place in a ninth Wimbledon final, barring a tumble, was already looking to be a LONDON — A done deal.

Champagne cork popped She will land a seventh somewhere on Centre Wimbledon title if she Court four games into beats Germany’s fourth Serena Williams’ Wimbleseed Kerber in a repeat of don semifinal, and while this year’s Australian Open it was a tad premature, final that she surprisingly her 6-2, 6-0 thrashing of lost in three sets.

Elena Vesnina suggested If any more incentive she could be celebrating were needed, there is something special come family honor at stake after Saturday.

Kerber beat older sister The top-seeded Ameri- Serena Williams celebrates winning her semifinal match Venus 6-4, 6-4 in the seccan will be taking nothagainst Russia’s Elena Vesnina on Thursday in London. ond semi-final, denying the ing for granted when she (Photo: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters) 36-year-old a first Wimbleplays Angelique Kerber don final since 2009 when in the final, having seen embarrassingly one-sided the wall for a lead-footed Serena beat her. her bid to match Steffi 48 minutes in Thursday’s Vesnina, who lasted three Serena also has the fresh Graf’s modern era record first semifinal — crunchminutes less than Dinara pain of a French Open final of grand slam titles stuck ing down one 123 mph Safina did against Venus defeat by Garbine Muguone short on 21 for a year, delivery that topped the Williams in the previous ruza and there was a steely but it was a menacing women’s speed charts at shortest modern era wom- look in her eye when she show of strength, albeit this year’s tournament. en’s semifinal in 2009. spoke to reporters afteragainst an overawed opFrom the moment the By the time the latecom- wards — leaving no one ponent.

34-year-old nonchalantly ers shuffled to their seats in any doubt that finishing She dropped only three broke serve in the opening two games later, Serena runner-up again is not an points on serve in an game, the writing was on was 3-0 ahead and her option.

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“I think for anyone else on this whole planet, it would be a wonderful accomplishment (reaching three grand slam finals in a row),” she said. “For me, it’s about holding the trophy.

“For me, it’s not enough.

But I think that’s what makes me different. That’s what makes me Serena.”

World No. 50 Vesnina briefly held up Williams in the first set, holding serve twice, but it was futile and she managed only five points in the second as the match raced away in a blur of winners from across the net.

Few of Williams’ 85 singles wins at the All England Club could have been easier.

“I felt like the score was going fast,” Vesnina, the first unseeded woman to contest a Wimbledon semi since 2011, said.

“I felt like I had no chance today.”

While Vesnina, a threetimes grand slam doubles champion, managed to raise a smile as she walked off, her performance clearly did not impress three-time men’s winner John McEnroe.

“Let’s be real, I’m guessing it’s a combination of fatigue and her freezing.

Her legs looked like they weighed 200 pounds each,” was his blunt assessment.

As Vesnina pointed out, though, it was all about Serena, and if she replicates the form she showed on Thursday it seems the long-awaited 22nd major title will be hers this weekend.

“It has been the tournament of Elena Vesnina’s life but this was a tough day at the office for her,” 1999 champion Lindsay Davenport said.

Silverbacks roll to playoff win Tardy shoots 77 in

By Colin Hubbard

room before the game and talked about how dangerous this game was because LAWRENCEVILLE — if we get knocked off, After a terrific season in the season could finish,” which they finished with Silverbacks head coach a record of 5-1-4 in the Jacenir Silva said. “I told South Atlantic Conference them that we had to stay of the National Premiere concentrated and we had Soccer League, the to defend very well. We Atlanta Silverbacks were put a lot of pressure and awarded a home playoff in the second half we did game against the Carolina very well. I told them not RailHawks. to panic and to stay patient But because of compli- and we did that tonight.” cations with their home Things remained quiet field in Atlanta, the game until the 31-minute mark was moved to Georgia when Obatola found the Gwinnett College. back of the net off of a The Silverbacks didn’t beautiful cross from Polaz let new surroundings faze to give the Silverbacks the them and cruised to a 4-0 1-0 lead. Polaz went on win over the RailHawks to the attack two more times advance into the final. in the closing minutes of With the win, the Silthe first half including a verbacks will host Tonice bicycle kick attempt, bacco Road FC for a shot but came up empty. at the conference title this However, the SilverSaturday. backs were able to hold Striker Pedro Polaz led their 1-0 lead heading into the way for the Silverhalftime. backs with two secondAfter several near half goals and one assist misses in the first half for and Gabriel Obatola and Polaz, his hard work was Joao Johanning each rewarded with a headed scored as well. goal at the 54-minute “We spoke in the locker mark off the leg of Ali

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Janadeleh to put the Silverbacks up 2-0.

Silverbacks goalkeeper Bryce Billington wasn’t tested much during the match, but made a terrific goal save at the 66-minute mark to keep the Silverbacks’ shutout intact.

And just 11 minutes later, Johanning drilled a low line drive under the diving Railhawks’ goalkeeper to extend the Silverbacks’ lead to 3-0.

With the game seemingly out hand in Atlanta’s favor, Polaz added insult to injury and connected on his second goal of the night at the 81-minute mark to go up 4-0.

The Silverbacks ran the clock out from there.

“We are very lucky to have Polaz,” Silva said.

“Polaz came to us from an FC club in Brazil and we are happy to have him.

I got a call from a friend in Brazil and he told me that he had a player that he would love to have come to play for my team in the United States. He’s a special player, a different player and a player

that has played at a much higher level than most of these players here in the NPSL.” The 21-year-old Polaz was very happy with the way he and his team played and is looking forward to advancing into the final.

“I tried to work hard to finish and score goals for our team,” Polaz said. “I really wanted the bicycle kick to go in in the first half but I’m happy we got the win and to get a chance to play in the final this weekend.”

Johanning wasn’t used to playing on a pitch like the one GGC had, but was happy with the way it turned out.

“We are very accustomed to playing on our home field in Atlanta,” Johanning said. “The atmosphere is very good and we always have a lot of people come to watch us there. It’s our home, and this place is a little bit different but I liked it because it was bigger so there was more space for me to run around.”

1st round of Open The Sports Xchange

match the second-best U.S. Women’s Open score ever.

SAN MARTIN, CaOnly Swede Helen Allif. — Norcross grad and fredsson, with an opening SEC Freshman of the Year 63 at the 1994 Open, has Bailey Tardy opened her gone lower. second U.S. Women’s “Everything was good, like driver is good and then Open with a five-over 77 on Thursday at CordeValle (my) irons were good,” Resort in San Martin Calif. a beaming Lee said after covering her back nine Tardy was just just in a sizzling five-under three-over on the front 31. “Putting, a couple of nine, but a double bogey on the par-4 No. 13 proved missed putts, but not bad. costly. She made 12 greens It’s good … just good play.

“The course is perfect in regulation and hit nine of the 14 fairways with an now.”

American Cristie Kerr, average driving distance of the 2007 U.S. Women’s 240 yards.

Tardy tees off for today’s Open champion at Pine second round at 3:57 p.m. Needles, and Australia’s Minjee Lee carded 67s. on the 10th hole.

LPGA veteran Kerr relSouth Korea’s Lee Mirim birdied five of her last ished playing the opening round in the company of seven holes to surge into an early three-stroke lead. the pacesetting Lee. “Yeah, it definitely Taking advantage of helps,” said the 38-yearideal scoring conditions old Kerr, who has won 18 at sun-splashed CordeValle, the 25-year-old fired LPGA titles, including two majors. “And it was fun.” an eight-under-par 64 to

Mill Creek softball team wins state USSSA Power Rankings.

The Hawks had a 17-1 The Mill Creek Hawks record in the summer 8-and-under Gold All-Star with championships in Softball team, formed all four of their tournain May from Mill Creek ments — Quest for the Athletic Association recre- Best at Mountain View, ation players, finished the Pre-Tri-County Qualifier summer as the No. 1 team at Mountain Park, Triin Georgia and No. 5 team County Championship at in the nation in the final Peachtree Ridge and the

From Staff Reports

Baseball Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Washington............. 51. 35.. .593...... --... 7-3 New York................. 46. 38.. .548.......4...6-4 Miami...................... 44. 41.. .518....6.5...4-6 Philadelphia............ 40. 46.. .465..... 11...8-2 Atlanta.................... 28. 57.. .329..22.5...2-8 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Chicago.................. 52. 32.. .619...... --...4-6 St. Louis.................. 44. 41.. .518....8.5...5-5 Pittsburgh................ 44. 42.. .512.......9... 7-3 Milwaukee............... 37. 47.. .440.....15...3-7 Cincinnati................ 32. 54.. .372.....21...3-7 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 San Francisco......... 54. 33.. .621...... --...5-5 Los Angeles............ 48. 39.. .552.......6... 7-3 Colorado................. 38. 46.. .452..14.5...3-7 Arizona................... 38. 49.. .437.....16...2-8 San Diego............... 37. 48.. .435.....16...5-5 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 2 Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Washington 7, Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 7, St. Louis 5 San Diego 13, Arizona 6 San Francisco 5, Colorado 1 Thursday’s Games St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1 Washington (Giolito 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 7-4), late Atlanta (Harrell 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-5), late Philadelphia (Morgan 1-6) at Colorado (Bettis 6-6), late San Diego (Pomeranz 7-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 0-0), late Today’s Games Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 12-3) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 5-8), 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Straily 4-5) at Miami (Fernandez 10-4), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 11-0) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-3), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Velasquez 7-2) at Colorado (Gray 5-4), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 5-7) at Milwaukee (Nelson 5-7), 8:10 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 3-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kazmir 7-3), 10:10 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 4-6) at San Francisco (Samardzija 8-5), 10:15 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE AT NATIONAL LEAGUE Wednesday’s Game Baltimore 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 14 innings

USSSA State Championship Tournament in Conyers. They defeated the Sharpsburg Intensity 5-3 in the state tourney finals.

Sarah Kate Sportsman, Addie Self and Abby Thetford were named to the USSSA All-State Team. They are joined on the championship team

by Haley Barrett, Emily Bomberger, Lauren Chiru-Danzer, Kaitlyn Herren, Brilee Keppinger, Jenna Rapp, Abby Romatz, Lydia Williamson and Adyson Wright. The team is coached by Greg Sportsman, Dan Thetford, Chase Wright and Morgan Kleiber.

Norcross’ Bailey Tardy tees off the ninth hole during Thursday’s first round of the U.S. Women’s Open at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif. (Photo: Kelvin Kuo-USA Today Sports)

SPORTS AT A GLANCE AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Baltimore................ 49. 35.. .583...... --...5-5 Toronto.................... 48. 39.. .552....2.5... 7-3 Boston.................... 46. 38.. .548.......3...5-5 New York................. 41. 43.. .488.......8...4-6 Tampa Bay.............. 34. 51.. .400..15.5...2-8 Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Cleveland................ 51. 33.. .607...... --... 7-3 Detroit..................... 45. 40.. .529....6.5... 7-3 Chicago.................. 44. 41.. .518.... 7.5... 7-3 Kansas City............ 43. 41.. .512.......8...4-6 Minnesota............... 29. 55.. .345.....22...6-4 West Division

W L Pct GB L10 Texas...................... 53. 33.. .616...... --...4-6 Houston.................. 46. 39.. .541....6.5... 7-3 Seattle.................... 43. 42.. .506....9.5...5-5 Oakland.................. 36. 49.. .424..16.5...4-6 Los Angeles............ 36. 50.. .419.....17...4-6 Wednesday’s Games Detroit 12, Cleveland 2 Minnesota 4, Oakland 0 Toronto 4, Kansas City 2 Boston 11, Texas 6 L.A. Angels 7, Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 5, N.Y. Yankees 0 Houston 9, Seattle 8 Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit (Verlander 8-6) at Toronto (Hutchison 1-0), late N.Y. Yankees (Nova 5-5) at Cleveland (Bauer 7-2), late Minnesota (Duffey 4-6) at Texas (Gonzalez 0-1), late Oakland (Hill 8-3) at Houston (Fister 8-5), late Seattle (Paxton 2-3) at Kansas City (Duffy 4-1), late Today’s Games L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-9) at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Detroit (Pelfrey 2-7) at Toronto (Happ 11-3), 7:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Archer 4-11) at Boston (O’Sullivan 2-0), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Green 1-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 8-8), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 2-5) at Texas (Hamels 9-2), 8:05 p.m.

Oakland (Mengden 1-4) at Houston (McHugh 5-6), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 8-6) at Kansas City (Ventura 6-6), 8:15 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE AT AMERICAN LEAGUE Today’s Games Atlanta (Wisler 3-8) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 14-2), 8:10 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Activated DH Pedro Alvarez from the bereavement list.

Optioned LHP Jayson Aquino to Bowie (EL). Optioned RF Dariel Alvarez to Norfolk (IL).

BOSTON RED SOX—Acquired 3B Aaron Hill and cash considerations from the Milwaukee Brewers for 2B Wendell Rijo and SP Aaron Wilkerson. Designated CF Ryan LaMarre for assignment. Sent RHP Brandon Workman on a rehab assignment to Lowell (NYP). Signed C Chad Hardy, C Alberto Schmidt, and SS Santiago Espinal.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Signed RHP Mike Morrison.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Optioned RHP Mike Clevinger to Columbus (IL). Placed RHP Zach McAllister on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Joseph Colon and RHP Austin Adams from Columbus (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS—Signed C Ryan Casteel to a minor league contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Signed RHP Casey Coleman to a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS—Released LHP Eric Surkamp. Sent RHP Keone Kela on a rehab assignment to Frisco (TL).

National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Activated 3B Gordon Beckham from the 15-day DL. Designated 2B Emilio Bonifacio for assignment.

Signed 2B Omar Infante to a minor league contract.

CHICAGO CUBS—Sent LHP Clayton Richard on a rehab assignment to Tennessee (SL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Activated LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu from the 60-day DL. Designated CF Will Venable for assignment.

Optioned LHP Luis Avilan to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Carlos Frias from Oklahoma City (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS—Signed LHP Cory Luebke to a minor league contract.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Signed 3B Chad McClanahan and C Gabriel Garcia.

NEW YORK METS—Placed RHP Matt Harvey on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 5. Signed SS Luis Santana to a minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Optioned LHP Kyle Lobstein to Indianapolis (IL). Recalled RHP Tyler Glasnow from Indianapolis (IL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Recalled RHP Albert Suarez from Sacramento (PCL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Placed 2B Matt Carpenter on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C Michael McKenry from

Memphis (PCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS—Acquired the rights to SF Taurean Prince from the Utah Jazz. Resigned SF Kent Bazemore to a four-year, $70 million contract. Signed C Dwight Howard to a three-year, $70.5 million contract.

Signed SG Malcolm Delaney to a two-year, $6 million contract.

BOSTON CELTICS—Signed C Al Horford to a four-year, $113 million contract.

BROOKLYN NETS—Signed PG Jeremy Lin to a three-year, $36 million contract.

Signed PF Trevor Booker to a two-year, $18.5 million contract. Signed C Justin Hamilton to a two-year, $6 million contract.

CHARLOTTE HORNETS—Acquired SG Marco Belinelli from the Sacramento Kings for the draft rights to SG Malachi Richardson. Re-signed PF Marvin Williams to a a four-year, $54.5 million contract. Re-signed SG Nicolas Batum to a five-year, $120 million contract. Signed G Brian Roberts to a one-year, $1.05 million contract. Signed C Roy Hibbert to a one-year, $5 million contract. Signed PG Ramon Sessions to a two-year, $12.5 million contract.

CHICAGO BULLS—Signed G Dwyane Wade to a two-year, $47.5 million contract.

Signed PG Rajon Rondo to a two-year, $28 million contract.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Acquired SG Mike Dunleavy and the draft rights to PF Vladimir Veremeenko from the Chicago Bulls for the draft rights to C Albert Miralles.

Signed PG Matthew Dellavedova to a four-year, $38.5 million contract. Signed SF Richard Jefferson to a two-year, $5 million contract.

DALLAS MAVERICKS—Acquired C Andrew Bogut and a conditional 2019 2nd-round draft pick from the Golden State Warriors for a 2nd-round draft pick.

Re-signed PF Dwight Powell to a four-year, $37 million contract. Re-signed PG Deron Williams to a one-year, $10 million contract.

Re-signed PF Dirk Nowitzki to a two-year, $40 million contact. Signed SF Harrison Barnes to a four-year, $94 million contract.

Signed SG Seth Curry to a two-year, $6 million contract.

DENVER NUGGETS—Re-signed PF Darrell Arthur to a three-year, $23 million contract.

DETROIT PISTONS—Re-signed C Andre Drummond to a five-year, $130 million contract. Signed PF Jon Leuer to a four-year, $42 million contract. Signed PG Ish Smith to a three-year, $18 million contract.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed PF David West to a one-year, $1.55 million contract. Signed C Zaza Pachulia to a one-year, $2.898 million contract. Signed

SG Patrick McCaw to a two-year contract.

Signed SF Kevin Durant to a two-year, $54.3 million contract.

HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed PF Ryan Anderson to a four-year, $80 million contract. Signed PF Nene Hilario to a one-year, $2.9 million contract.

INDIANA PACERS—Acquired PG Jeff Teague from the Utah Jazz for PG George Hill. Acquired SF Jeremy Evans, the draft rights to SF Emir Preldzic and cash considerations from the Dallas Mavericks for the draft rights to C Stanko Barac . Signed C Al Jefferson to a three-year, $30 million contract.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Re-signed SF Wesley Johnson to a three-year, $18 million contract. Re-signed PG Austin Rivers to a three-year, $35 million contract. Re-signed SG Jamal Crawford to a three-year, $42 million contract. Re-signed PF Luc Mbah a Moute to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Acquired PG Jose Calderon and two future second round draft picks from the Chicago Bulls for the draft rights to C Ater Majok. Re-signed PG Jordan Clarkson to a four-year, $50 million contract. Re-signed C Tarik Black to a two-year, $12.85 million contract. Signed C Timofey Mozgov to a four-year, $64 million contract. Signed SF Luol Deng to a fouryear, $72 million contract. Signed C Ivica Zubac to a three-year contract.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Re-signed PG Mike Conley to a five-year, $153 million contract. Signed SF Chandler Parsons to a four-year, $94 million contract. Signed SF James Ennis to a two-year, $6 million contract.

MIAMI HEAT—Re-signed C Hassan Whiteside to a four-year, $96 million contract.

Signed SG Rodney McGruder to a threeyear, $2.5 million contract.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Acquired PG Matthew Dellavedova and cash considerations as part of a sign-and-trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers for the draft right to Albert Miralles. NBA dismissed and disqualified SG O.J. Mayo for violating the league’s antidrug program. Signed PF Mirza Teletovic to a three-year, $30 million contract.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Signed SG Brandon Rush to a one-year, $3.5 million contract. Signed C Cole Aldrich to a threeyear, $22 million contract. Signed PG Kris Dunn to a two-year, $7.9 million contract.

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS—Signed G Langston Galloway to a multi-year contract.

Signed SG E’Twaun Moore to a four-year, $34 million contract. Signed SF Solomon Hill to a four-year, $52 million contract.

Signed SG Eric Gordon to a four-year, $53 million contract.

NEW YORK KNICKS—Re-signed SF

Lance Thomas to a four-year, $27.3 million contract. Signed SG Courtney Lee to a four-year, $50 million contract. Signed C Joakim Noah to a four-year, $72 million contract. Signed C Guillermo Hernangomez to a multi-year contract. Signed PG Brandon Jennings to a one-year, $5 million contract.

ORLANDO MAGIC—Signed C Bismack Biyombo to a four-year, $72 million contract. , nBA suspended him one game for an accumulation of flagrant foul point during the 2015-2016 playoffs. Signed SG Evan Fournier to a five-year, $85 million contract.

Signed PG D.J. Augustin to a four-year, $29 million contract. Signed SF Jeff Green to a one-year, $15 million contract. Signed C Stephen Zimmerman.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Signed PG Sergio Rodriguez to a one-year, $9 million contract. Signed PG Jerryd Bayless to a three-year, $27 million contract. Signed SF Ben Simmons to a two-year, $12.072 million contract. Signed SG Gerald Henderson to a two-year, $18 million contract.

PHOENIX SUNS—Signed SF Jared Dudley to a three-year, $30 million contract.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—Acquired PG Shabazz Napier from the Orlando Magic for cash considerations. Signed SG Evan Turner to a four-year, $70 million contract. Signed SF Jake Layman to a three-year contract.

SACRAMENTO KINGS—Signed SG Garrett Temple to a three-year, $24 million contract. Signed SF Matt Barnes to a two-year, $12 million contract. Signed PF Anthony Tolliver to a two-year, $16 million contract.

Signed SG Arron Afflalo to a two-year, $25 million contract.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Signed F Dewayne Dedmon to a two-year, $6 million contract. Signed C Pau Gasol to a two-year, $30 million contract. Signed SG Manu Ginobili.

TORONTO RAPTORS—Re-signed SG DeMar DeRozan to a five-year, $145 million contract.

UTAH JAZZ—Acquired PG Jeff Teague from the Atlanta Falcons for the draft rights to SF Taurean Prince. Acquired PG George Hill from the Indiana Pacers. Acquired C Boris Diaw from the San Antonio Spurs for G Olivier Hanlan. Signed SF Joe Johnson to a two-year, $22 million contract.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Acquired PG Trey Burke from the Utah Jazz for a 2021 2nd-round draft pick. Re-signed SG Bradley Beal to a five-year, $128 million contract.

Signed PF Andrew Nicholson to a four-year, $26 million contract. Signed C Ian Mahinmi to a four-year, $64 million contract. Signed PF Jason Smith to a three-year, $16 million contract. Signed SG Tomas Satoransky to a three-year, $9 million contract.

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Clance •From Page 1B won’t quite be the same after this weekend.

“It will be kind of weird not doing it next summer,” Clance said.

“It’s just become such a part of my summer routine. It’s something I look forward to. I get to see all those people again and have the experience again. It’ll be weird after 13 (summers) doing it.”

This time next year, Clance will have just completed his freshman season swimming for the University of Tennessee, which may make his summers with Morning View that much more special, since as someone who was home schooled, he didn’t have a team to swim for during the high school season the past four years.

Still, while it might have been fun to compete in the Gwinnett County Championship and GHSA state meets, he says he definitely had no regrets on missing out on that experience, especially considering his year-round schedule with SwimAtlanta.

“Seeing all my friends do high school swimming, … they tried to get me to come to their schools. ‘Oh, you should swim for us,’ that kind of thing,” Clance said. “But it seemed like (with) the extra meets they’d have to (compete in), I was pretty OK with (being a homeschool swimmer).

“I think (swimming for a high school team) would’ve been fun, the whole team aspect and everything, to (swim) with my friends more often. But I don’t think it was detrimental to not do that.”

It certainly didn’t prevent him from getting a chance to swim in college at a major Southeastern Conference program.

As a top breaststroker for SwimAtlanta, Clance had plenty of exposure to college programs, though he did say being a little proactive in the recruiting process also helped, advice he believes probably applies in general whether a swimmer competes for a high school team or not.

“That’s another thing people will say. ‘How did you get to college swimming without doing high school?’” Clance said. “But … coaches don’t really go to high school meets. You have to contact yourself, and they’ll be at some of your year-round meets. High school isn’t the only path to college swimming.

“When I first started the whole recruiting process, I just did, like, a blast of emails to about 20 different schools. Then, I kind of narrowed it down based on who responded to me, and what kind of academics they had. Tennessee ended up offering me an official visit. …

•From Page 1B

It was actually the last one I took. I didn’t really have special attachment to (Tennessee), but when I went on my visit, it was just incredible. Everything about it was just amazing. That just sold me on it.”

As much as he’s felt at home at Tennessee’s campus in Knoxville, swimming in the SEC as a freshman for the Volunteers beginning in the fall will be a challenging task for Clance.

Of course, compared to competing at the Olympic trials, an SEC meet might not seem so tough.

It certainly won’t be as intimidating or as aweinspiring as it was for him to be around some of the top swimmers in the nation, including fellow Gwinnett County product and now three-time Olympian Amanda Weir.

“That was awesome to see (Weir) make it.

I wish I could’ve been there to see it,” Clance said. “I wish I could’ve stuck around to see the whole (meet). … It was kind of surreal, honestly.

I walked into the pool, and to have things that say, ‘U.S. Olympic Team’ everywhere, I was like, ‘Am I really supposed to be here? Do I belong on this level of competition?’

Even when I was getting up on the (starting) blocks for my race, I was like, ‘Am I really supposed to be swimming in this meet?’

“Seeing that caliber of swimming is just incredible. Just right in front of you are world record holders. It’s amazing.”

At the same time, Clance added that considering his age and experience level, he didn’t feel any major pressure at the trials this year.

His own expectations will be much higher four years from now, he says, but he believes the experience of competing this year — as well as that which he will gain at Tennessee — will only help him deal with those expectations when the time comes.

He’ll definitely have a better idea of what to expect.

“Only the top two (swimmers) in each event make it, and I was seeded 107th (in the 100 breaststroke) going in,” Clance said. “So, there really wasn’t any pressure. If I’d made the team, that would’ve been a phenomenon. That would’ve been crazy. So, there was really no pressure. I was able to have fun with it and just enjoy the experience.

“My goal is to make the team next time in 2020.

So, I think having the experience this time will really help for that because it won’t be a whole new experience all at once. I’ll have seen it before, raced in that context before, been around that kind of competition before.”

what really pushed me, a former wrestler into what can teach you a lot of things, I am today. I worked hard, the first thing I want to graduated and became show them is that first you a teacher, got to be the are yourself. You have your assistant wrestling coach family, your friends and at Shiloh. Through those your teachers, but you are efforts and the help of yourself. many people, particularly From there it’s about my wrestling coaches and learning how to win as a my family, I got to where I true winner, and not lower- am today. ing the bar for your wins.

I’m not saying you can’t AC: How did Georgia celebrate winning, but be a Gwinnett College help respectable winner, as well prepare you for this moas a respectable loser. ment in your career?

AC: That makes a lot ME: They have a very of sense. rigorous teaching program ME: Exactly, being able that puts you up front and to understand that you personal with what teachneed to be strong and to be ing is. You start off with held accountable. You have almost immediately putting to understand that it’s your you in an observational own hard work, your own stage for one month before willpower that gets you ei- they have you first hand in ther wins or losses. That’s a classroom. They helped

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Lions’ Jones commits to Louisville

By Paul Thomas

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After visiting Louisville for its spring game in April, Peachtree Ridge linebacker Kam Jones knew it was the place for him.

Still, he and his family waited until Sunday to finalize the decision.

The 6-foot-1, 218-pound linebacker chose the Cardinals over several other schools while seriously considering Mississippi State, Missouri, Northwestern and South Florida.

“Once I went up there for the spring game in April,” he said of when he knew. “I fell in love and I felt like I was already at home.”

Jones said he relied heavily on advice from his father, Tony Jones, during the recruiting process. Tony Jones played in the NFL for 13 seasons, winning two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos as a starting offensive lineman. The elder Jones played for Western Carolina in college.

“He was in the league for years so he knows a lot,” Kam Jones said.

Last summer, Mississippi State was the first school to offer Jones ahead of his junior season.

Last fall he recorded 43 tackles and a sack for the Lions as the start-

Parkview’s Cameron Watson (5) tries to get away from the tackle of Peachtree Ridge’s Kam Jones (52) during a past game at Parkview in Lilburn. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

ing middle linebacker.

Louisville’s coaches have told him they plan to use him as an inside linebacker in college as well, which is the position he prefers. He chose Louisville because of the success the Cardinals have had on defense in the past.

“I felt that Louisville was the top school of all the schools that offered me that can take me to the next level

and help push me to where I want to go,” Jones said. “Also I felt like the system and their environment and their legacy could just take me to far places.”

Jones plans to graduate from Peachtree Ridge in December and enroll early at Louisville. He was on track to early graduation thanks to the fact that he started accumulating high school credits in middle school.

He asked his adviser about it in the spring after teammate Chad Clay graduated early to sign with Georgia.

Knowing that he only has a few months left in high school is another reason why Jones decided to make his verbal commitment now rather than drag the process out any further.

“I’ll be (graduating) early and going to college in December so I wanted to make sure I had the school I was going to (picked) before the season came so I could just focus on my team and the season coming up,” he said.

Jones will be the second Peachtree Ridge product on the Louisville roster, joining former teammate and Lions running back Malik Staples, who signed with the ACC school in February and will be a freshman this fall.

North’s Maginn picks Arkansas St.

By Paul Thomas

offensive lineman chose the Red Wolves over offers from Air Force, Appalachian State and Georgia North Gwinnett senior State, among others.

Sean Maginn has verbally Maginn started at tackle committed to play football last season for the Bullfor Arkansas State. dogs and will be a key part The 6-foot-4, 270-pound of a veteran line this year

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for North.

“First off, I would like to thank all of the coaches that made me an offer to attend their universities,” Maginn posted on his Twitter page. “I am very blessed. I would also like to thank my family, high

school coaches and friends.

Without their support I would not be the studentathlete I am today. Without further ado, I am excited to announce that I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Arkansas State University.”

Ga. Southern placed on probation From Staff Reports

ance director provided a football player with a The NCAA announced flash drive containing her Thursday that the Georgia previous work for a course Southern football program in which the player was has been placed on two enrolled. After the studentyears of probation with a athlete submitted an reduction of two scholarassignment from the flash ships after it was found drive as his own work, the that a former staff member course’s professor discovprovided impermissible ered the truth. academic assistance.

The former employee According to the NCAA’s then helped the player draft report, two former Georgia a response that said he was Southern staff members solely responsible for turnprovided three football ing in her work, but after players with impermisan interview process the sible academic assistance. player informed the InfracNeither the staff members tions Committee that the nor the student-athletes are staff member provided him named in the report. with the flash drive and The NCAA found that coerced him into telling the a former assistant compli- false story.

The other infraction was a product of a former assistant director of student-athlete services drafting and submitting 10 extra credit assignments on behalf of two football players. According to the report, she obtained the student-athletes’ logins and passwords to submit the assignments without their knowledge.

For their roles in the infractions, both former employees received threeyear show-cause orders, meaning that any NCAA school employing them before July 6, 2019, will have to appear before the Committee on Infractions Panel.

In addition to probation and the loss of scholarships, Georgia Southern also must have a reduction in official visits by 10 percent during the 2016-17 fall season, a reduction of football evaluations this fall by 10 percent, and a $5,000 fine plus an amount equal to 1 percent of the football program’s budget.

The university must also identify and vacate any games in which the student-athletes participated while ineligible. The reduction of scholarships may take place next season if the Eagles have already extended scholarship agreements to prospects for this fall.

Huntzinger

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“Since about mid-April, everything has been on kind his second since April after of a hot streak,” Huntzinger he won the Rutherford In- said. “I think the biggest tercollegiate, on his way to turning point … was the being named the Big Ten’s Kingsmill (Intercollegiate) Freshman of the Year with in (Williamsburg) Vira scoring average of 71.17 ginia in March. I’d broken over 24 tournaments. a (tournament) scoring While Huntzinger was record when I shot 64 (in strong all season for the an early round), and I took Nittany Lions, he said it a three-shot lead into the was actually a tournament final round, and a two-shot he stumbled a bit on in lead into the last few holes. the final round two weeks But then I shot a (quadruple before his break-out win bogey) and lost by two. at the Rutherford Intercol“That was a big learning legiate that has sparked the experience for me. One recent surge culminating in of my assistant coaches last weekend’s title. was with me on the tee

box (throughout most of the tournament), and had talked through everything.

And he agreed with most of my decisions. But the last couple of holes, I was kind of off on my own. I did pretty well other than one bad swing, and … ever since then, I kind of had it figured out.”

It does seem like Huntzinger has things figured out after his win in the Dogwood, and he is eager to see if his string of successes continues with two more big tournaments in July.

The first is the GSGA’s Georgia Amateur Cham-

pionship, which tees off Tuesday at Capital City Club’s Crabapple and Brookhaven courses.

Huntzinger will then attempt to earn his way into the field for the U.S. Amateur Championship when he plays a qualifying event July 19-20 at Horseshoe Bend Country Club in Roswell.

“I’m hoping to be (a factor at both tournaments) with the way I’m playing right now,” Huntzinger said. “I’ve played (Capital City Club) several times, so it should be a lot of fun.”

favorite meal to eat on game day or weigh-in?

ME: As a wrestler it was peanut butter and honey, as a wrestling coach, coffee.

AC: Guess it keeps you awake.

ME: Yes, because you are up before the players and are usually analyzing something with one of them, or something about the upcoming match. The coffee is good.

AC: What type of music do you like to listen to?

ME: I listen to everything. In particular I am listening to old music like classic rock. It depends on where I am going that decides what I am listening to.

For example, if I am going to the gym I like to listen to rock music. Just depends on my mood and where I’m going.

AC: What is your favorite thing to do in your free time?

ME: I love hanging out with my friends because I barely get to see them as a coach and a teacher, but also hanging out with my family. Family communion is a part of my normal every day life.

AC: If you could go to one sporting event anywhere in the world, where would you go?

ME: I’d love to go watch all the sports at the Olympics and see how the Olympic athletes train and prepare themselves for competition. That would probably be the best one.

Elakatt me become a teacher and to be able to communicate with my peers better, and help me give better lessons when I have to.

AC: What is your favorite sport to watch outside of wrestling?

ME: That’s like asking what your favorite cereal is. They’re all good. I’ve started to coach ninthgrade football, so I like that. I do love watching soccer. I really don’t have a favorite sport outside of wrestling. I love them all. I would love getting to learn lacrosse because I haven’t learned it yet.

AC: What aspect of coaching wrestling are you looking forward to the most?

ME: Working with my

players to help them improve. From the individual players, the different things unique to them, and to see them develop as an individual and a team, I want them to improve.

AC: Do you have any game day superstitions?

ME: For me, I won’t eat the day of a wrestling match because I was a heavyweight, and I could eat what I wanted before that. I was 230 and the weight class was 285. In front of my teammates on the day of weigh-in, and I wouldn’t do anything because they were cutting weight and having to watch what they ate and I didn’t.

I didn’t eat on weigh-ins out of respect for them.

AC: What is your

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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016 PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID – PEACHTREE CORNERS PROJECT #15-03 THE CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS, GEORGIA (‘CITY”) WILL RECEIVE SEALED BIDS FOR ALL MATERIAL, LABOR, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING WORK: “JIMMY CARTER BOULEVARD AT HOLCOMB BRIDGE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS”. THIS WORK INCLUDES INCLUDING ADDITION OF TURNING LANES, NEW SIDEWALKS, NEW MEDIAN, NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALIZATION, NEW STORM DRAINAGE PIPING, TRAFFIC CONTROL (IF NECESSARY), MAINTENANCE AND WARRANTY. BIDS SHALL BE ON UNIT PRICE BASIS. THE CITY WILL RECEIVE PROPOSALS UNTIL 11:00 AM ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2016 AT CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS CITY HALL, 147 TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY, SUITE 200, PEACHTREE CORNERS, GEORGIA 30092; ATTENTION: FINANCE DIRECTOR. BIDS RECEIVED AFTER THAT TIME WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. ELECTRONIC COPIES ARE AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL FOR A COST OF $8.00. PAPER COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM ALPHAGRAPHICS, 5952 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD., SUITE 16, NORCROSS, GEORGIA 30071 (678-727-0678) FOR A COST OF $115.00. NO PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. HARD COPY OF THE DOCUMENTS MAY BE EXAMINED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION: CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS CITY HALL; 147 TECHNOLOGY PARKWAY, SUITE 200, PEACHTREE CORNERS, GEORGIA 30092 FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM MONDAY-FRIDAY. EACH BIDDER MUST SUBMIT A BID BOND WITH THE SUBMITTED BID IN THE AMOUNT OF 5% OF THE SUBMITTED BID. THE SELECTED CONTRACTOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT, TO THE CITY, PERFORMANCE AND PAYMENT BONDS FOR 100% OF THE BID AMOUNT WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF BEING NOTIFIED OF THE AWARD. NO BIDDER MAY WITHDRAW HIS BID WITHIN SIXTY (60) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF BID SUBMISSION. ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BID DOCUMENTS SHALL BE MADE VIA EMAIL TO GREG RAMSEY WITH THE CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS AT GRAMSEY@ PEACHTREECORNERSGA. GOV, AND THE DEADLINE TO ASK QUESTIONS IS AUGUST 1, 2016.

THE CITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITIES OR IRREGULARITIES IN BIDDING AND TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS RECEIVED FOR THE PROJECT. 902-429801, 7/8,14

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that this office received an application for a distilled spirits license from SING SING SUSHI located at 2476 PLEASANT HILL ROAD, SUITE 103, DULUTH GA 30096. Said establishment is owned by MIA SUSHI LLC. Please submit in writing any information affecting the issuance of a license at said establishment to this office by July 21, 2016.

BRANDI EVERETT Financial Manager Gwinnett County Department of Planning & Development Licensing & Revenue Administration 446 WEST CROGAN STREET SUITE 125 LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30046 904-429819, 7/8,15

PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE OF ABANDONED VEHICLE The following motor vehicle, advertised pursuant to O.C.G.A. Code Section 4011-2, is being stored at: 1586 ATKINSON RD LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043 (Yr/Make) 2007 FORD EDGE SE VIN# 2FMDK36C07BB25292 This vehicle is deemed abandoned and will be disposed of if not claimed by the legal owner or lienholder by 8-23-13 928-429226, 7/1,8

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS The following rooms will be sold at the public auction starting on July 16, 2016 @ 8:30a.m. The auction will start at 2951 NE Expressway, Chamblee Ga, 30341.

Uhaul International Accts Payable PO Box 21505 Phoenix Az, 85036 2951 NE Expressway Chamblee Ga, 30341 770-4588353 SHANKEIA WILSON 2725 ROBERT MITCHELL 2113 DEON ADAMS 2001 WYLESA COLVIN 2513 MIKE ALEID 2619 DONNA MARSHALL 2524 MARIO RODRIQUEZ 1603 MARIO RODRIQUEZ 1606 RACHAEL JOHNSON 1843 JARVIS FARLEY 2504 ALCIDES RIVERA 1809 MARIO RODRIGUEZ 1509 2885 Clairmont Rd Ne Atlanta Ga, 30329 404-3150681 ALEXANDRIA FOSTER A366 YAA BOATENG A023

DYRUL COURTNEY B289 ALEXANDER BERMAN B274 JENAY SMITH A006 MONICA DRAKE A339 BEVERLY LEWIS B391 CEDRIC MCCANTS A324 2175 Piedmont Rd Ne Atlanta Ga, 30324 404-8150262 KRIS GUILLERMO B204 HAROLD LITTLE A013 ASHLEY NAPOLEON A606 ROGER HARDEN A110 VALEISHA JONES C300 VAN MCLENNAN A420 BYRON MARSHALL A422 ADAM FLYNN A031 PARIS GREGORY B407 RICARDO BENITEZ A518 SHANNON HARRIS A260 300 Peters St Sw Atl Ga, 30329 404-681-0502 WILLIAM HALL 4828 SHARMAN SUTTON 1001 DEANDRE FERRELL 6408 BRENDA MCLAUGHLIN 2304 SHABAKA CORAM 5000 JARIKA KELLOGG 4927 DEALLO WILKINS 6499 HAJJI JOHNSON 6347 ROY THROPE 4643 RAHSON EVANS 6587 QUASIM-ASHON MCDANIEL 1113 JOHNNY MAPP 1503 RITA STARKS 1304 CHEKEETHA SPANN 1301 CONLEY MAJOR 2200 DEMARQUELLI WATSON 3117 BRYAN BARROW 6350 ROLANDO MELENDEZ 6456 QUENYYA TODD 6123 URSELA HARDY-GORMAN 6073 STEYONNA JONES 1215 WILLIE RAINES 1107 CHARLIE DOZIER 3248 JESSE MCGHEE 3113 WHO ROOM 3138 KELVIN HAMBRICK 4439 SEQUOIA COOPER 6623 BARBARA KARGBO 2620 AUDREY DIXON 3115 PHILLIP WHITE 2208 TOMMY JOHNSON 2320 ANTHONY RESPRESS 6219 SHAYNA JOINER 1017 GROVER GREEN 6086 RODNEY LOCKWOOD 4619 SHANDRA DAVIS 3205 PERRY HENRY 1719 ADRIANA BLOOMFIELDYEARWOOD 6522 EDDIE CLARK 2207 SAMBA SILLAH 4120 RICK HUTCHINSON 1305 TONDRICK CADE 2008 DEMARQUELLI WATSON 4409 JOHN GULLION AA0475B JANETTE GARVEY 6116-18 KAREEM RUTH 3159 BARBARA KARGBO 4025 PATRICIA PAUL 6083 WILLIAM HALL 4802 JONATHAN NEWTON 4422 RASHID FRAZIER 1723 KYLE HECKARD 3279 RICK HUTCHINSON 6652 LARTRELL GREER 6552 CHARLEY HENRY 6567 ROBERT REYNOLDS 3129 2866 Forrest Hills Dr Sw, Atlanta Ga, 30315 404-7680781 CIERRA BURKES 3036 ERICA HAYES 1063 ADRIENNE BLEVINS 3063 TAMIOUS WHITTAKER 0182 4374 Thurman Rd Forest Park Ga, 30297 404-3663620 LAKEETA HOLLIMAN 1717 PARIS SCOTT 1035 TRENEVA DRUMMOND 1522 SHADORIAN SOUTH 1238 4540 Washington Rd College Park Ga, 30337 404763-0000 CIERRA BURKES 3036 ERICA HAYES 1063 ADRIENNE BLEVINS 3063 TAMIOUS WHITTAKER 0182 929-429775, 7/8,15 PUBLIC AUCTION C.C. WATERS WRECKER SERVICE 3544 MEDLOCK BRIDGE ROAD NORCROSS, GA 30092 770-448-2649 Sold At Auction @ C.C. Waters Wrecker Service 3544 Medlock Bridge Rd. Norc

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corss, GA 30092 auction will be held on, JULY 16, 2016 @ 11:00 a.m.

AUCTION VEHICLES Year; Make; Model; VIN

in accordance with the Writ of Fieri Facias stated above.

The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record, which may affect said property.

The sale will be conducted subject to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

-s- R.L. “Butch” Conway SHERIFF GWINNETT COUNTY 931-429578, 7/8,14,21,28

2006 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY VIN# 1A4GP44R36B613196

4091 Dorrian Dash Hsld Gds/Furn, TV/Stereo Equip, Tools/Applnces

of Lawrenceville will hold a public hearing at 7:00 P.M. on August 1, 2016 in the Council Chambers at City Hall, which is located at 70 South Clayton Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Legal Description Property located at northwest intersection of Hosea Road and East Crogan Street 5-178-269 All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 178 of the 5th District of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the City of Lawrenceville, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin set (1/2” threaded rod) the southwestern end of the mitered intersection of the northern right-of-way line of East Crogan Street (a.k.a U.S. Hwy. 29/S.R. 8; right-ofway varies) with the western right-of-way line of Hosea Road (80’ right-of-way), said iron pin set being located at station 857+40 of said East Crogan Street per GDOT Project # HES-003-2(62), 35.00 feet from the centerline thereof; thence running along said East Crogna Street rightof-way South 60° 54’ 27” West, a distance of 252.63 feet to an iron pin set (1/2” threaded rod); thence leaving said East Crogan Street and running through land now or formerly of John B. Williams North 29° 15’ 30” West, a distance of 299.12 feet to an iron pin set (1/2” threaded rod); thence North 61° 50’ 03” East, a distance of 299.57 feet to an iron pin set (1/2” threaded rod) on the western right-of-way line of said Hosea Road; thence running along said Hosea Road right-of-way South 28° 05’ 31” East, a distance of 253.69 feet to an iron pin set (1/2” threaded rod) at the northeastern end of the mitered intersection of the northern right-of-way line of East Crogan Street (a.k.a.

U.S. Hwy. 29/ S.R. 8; rightof-way varies) with the western right-of-way line of Hosea Road (80’ right-of-way); thence running along said mitered intersection South 16° 35’ 38” West, a distance of 58.15 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said tract contains 2.001 acres more or less.

934-430028, 7/8

CLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www. swsatlanta.com

2000 BMW 323i VIN# WBAAM3342YCB24841

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 at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of AUCTION DATE: Tuesday, JULY 28, 2016 at 10:30 AM Space No. C u s t o m e r Name Inventory 4084 Carolyn Lawson Hsld Gds/Furn, TV/Stereo Equip, Tools/Applnces

2007 SUZUKI XL7 VIN# 2S3DB417476118893 1998 FORD MUSTANG VIN# 1FAFP42X8WF173512 1999 FORD LGT F-150 VIN# 1FTRX17L4XNA12366

2003 OLDSMOBILE ALERO VIN# 1G3NL52E33C267929 1995 MERCURY VILLAGER VIN# 4M2DV11W6SDJ60692 1997 FORD F-150 VIN# 1FTDX1863VKB15876 2007 HONDA ACCORD VIN# 1HGCM56337A225664 1987 BUICK ELECTRA VIN# 1G4CW5131H1467043 1996 NISSAN MAXIMA VIN# JN1CA21D7TT734244 1996 HONDA ODYSSEY VIN# JHMRA1865TC007174 2010 NISSAN SENTRA VIN# 3N1AB6AP9AL614730 2001 FORD EXPLORER VIN# 1FMZU72E31ZA82084 2012 CHEVROLET EQUINOZ VIN# 2GNALPEK6C1339442 2001 FORD EXPEDITION VIN# 1FMEU15W91LA79256 1990 TOYOTA COROLLA VIN# JT2AE94K1L3307260 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY VIN# JT2BF28K7X0172618 2004 NISSAN ALTIMA VIN# 1N4AL11D44C125516 1993 FORD F-150 VIN# 1FTEF15YOPNA06192 1993 TOYOTA COROLLA VIN#2T1AE04E8PCO19908 929-429215, 7/1,8 PUBLIC AUCTION THE FOLLOWING UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 AT 10:00 AM. AT GWINNETT SELF STORAGE LOCATED AT 2600 LAWRENCEVILLE HWY., LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30044. TO SATISFY LIEN FOR RENT DUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GEORGIA LAW. ALL ITEMS AND SPACES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THE DAY OF SALE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY AND ALL BIDS. ALL SALES WILL BE FOR CASH ONLY. ALL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY WITHIN 24 HOURS OF SALE. UNIT#220- TRACY HYMANHOUSEHOLD GOODS UNIT#230- DEMETRIC HANCOCK-TRAILER-SOLD FOR PARTS ONLY UNIT#348-TINA HALEYBOXES UNIT#456VERONICA JOHNSON-FURNITURE, BOXES, HOUSEHOLD GOODS UNIT#548MICKELL THOMPSON- HOUSEHOLD GOODS, FURNITURE, BOXES UNIT#704- LEE NODLERHOUSEHOLD GOODS, FURNITURE, BOXES 929-429399, 7/7,8,14,21 PUBLIC SALE 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 Uncle Bob’s Self Storage located at: 2655 Langford Rd. Norcross, Ga. 30071, 770-2420468; 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 at public auction at the below stated location(s) to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on TUESDAY, July 26, 2016, @ 10:00 AM. SPACE NO.; CUSTOMER NAME; INVENTORY 276 Eric Hunt- Household Goods/Furniture 358 Juan Carlos Domingues-GonzalezHousehold Goods/Furniture 387 Mary Hunter; Household goods/furniture 929-429897, 7/8,15 PUBLIC AUCTION There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Eagle Towing, located at 115 Arcado Rd. , Lilburn , GA , 30047 , 770-279-1646. Saturday July 9th , 2016 @ 11:00 am. The following vehicles, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5 as follows: 2009 Volkswagon Jetta VIN: 3VWRM71K69M047819 Tag: GKM 4029 GA 2008 Chevrolet Impala VIN: 2G1WT58N589186708 Tag: PIY 8842 GA 2005 Ford 500 VIN: 1FAFP27135G108939 Tag: PYI 4437 GA 2003 Volkswagon Passat VIN: WVWRH63B13P187695 NO TAG 2003 Ford Taurus VIN: 1FAFP53U13A117415 Tag AZS 9003 GA 1999 Honda Accord VIN: 1HGCG5541XA090069 Tag: PLV 2268 GA 929-428830, 7/1,8 PUBLIC AUCTION UNCLE BOB’S STORE #413 PUBLIC SALE 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 Uncle Bob’s Self Storage located at: 875 Marathon Parkway Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 678-242-1441; And, due notice having been given, to the o

4149 Larissa Williams Hsld Gds/Furn, TV/Stereo Equip, Tools/Applnces 3131 Aleem Olayiwola Household Goods/Furniture 4022 Melissa Morelock Household Goods/Furniture 4199 Yaseen Abdul-Wahhab Household Goods/Furniture 1159 Carolyn Lawson Household Goods/Furniture 2085 Niyokia Sermons Hsld Gds/Furn, TV/Stereo Equip, 3118 Adrienne Hearn Hsld Gds/Furn, Tools/Applnces 929-429358, 7/8,15 NOTICE OF SALE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DATE OF AUCTION FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 2016 AT 11:00AM According to the lease by and between: Unit 93 Pamela King Unit 631 Vitamise Bonhomme Unit 258 Pia Kennedy Unit 377 Michael Frye and TKG-StorageMart, DBA StorageMart #701, and its related parties, assigns and affiliates. In order to perfect the lien on the goods contained in the storage unit the manager has cut the lock on their units and upon a cursory inspection the units were found to contain shoes, chains, mattress, box springs, ironing board, lawn spreader, yoga mat, fan, boxes, totes, lamp, tools, charis, baby toys, tennis balls, tool kit, curio cabinate, dining room table ad chairs, laundry baskets bed frame cookware, mirror, Christmas tree, bicycles, coffee maker, cooler, end table, coats, scooter and many other items used in and around the home.

ITEMS WILL BE SOLD OR DISPOSED OF AT THIS SITE ON, August 5, 2016 AT 11:00 AM AT THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW TO SATISFY OWNERS LIEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE STATUTES. TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH ONLY, NO CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ALL GOODS ARE SOLD IN “AS IS” CONDITION. TAX MUST BE PAID OR RESALE NUMBERS FURNISHED. BUYERS MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN LOCKS IF NEEDED. SELLER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO OVERRIDE ALL BIDS. ALL ITEMS OR SPACES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE ON DATE OF SALE. StorageMart 701 794 Scenic Highway Lawrenceville, GA 30046 770-236-9260 929-430010, 7/8,15

SHERIFF’S SALES SHERIFF’S SALE STATE OF GEORGIA GWINNETT COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT OF COBB COUNTY CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 15-1-6431-48 (Writ of Fieri Facias) NORTHDALE CONDO ASSOC, INC. -VSDHIFFAA A. HUSSAIN Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 443-232(c) of the Georgia Property Owners Act and the Writ of Fieri Facias entered by the Superior Court of Cobb County, Georgia on November 9, 2015; Civil Action No. 15-1-6431-48 and in favor of Northdale Condo Association, Inc. plaintiff and against Dhiffaa A. Hussain, defendant, the below described property will be sold at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, between the legal hours of sale before the courthouse doors in Gwinnett County, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in August, 2016 to wit: August 2, 2016.

All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 145 of the 5th District of Gwinnett County, Georgia, the whole of such part of these lands having been subject to the condominium form of ownership under provisions of the Georgia Apartment Ownership Act

by Declaration of Northdale Condominiums, recorded May 29, 1973 in Deed Book 670, Pages 4-43, et seq., amended in Deed Book 674, Page 28, and further amended in Deed Book 2374, Page 159, Gwinnett County Records, Lawrenceville, Georgia. The precise property herein conveyed is identified and more particularly described in said Declaration, or a recorded amendment thereof, and in the Master Plan dated March 5, 1973 (latest revision May 5, 1973) and recorded at Apartment or Condominium Plat Book 1, Page 6 of Gwinnett County Records, Lawrenceville, Georgia, and is known as 408 Northdale Road, according to the residence numbering system of the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia as shown on the Master Plan being expressly by reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof. The transfer of the aforesaid residence herein conveyed includes, without limited the generality of the foregoing, an undivided 1.30 percent interest in the common areas and facilities of the condominium known as Northdale Condominiums in such percentage as shown in the aforesaid Declaration.

Said property having been found to be in the possession of the defendant, Dhiffaa A. Hussain and levied upon as the property of the defendant i

SHERIFF’S SALE STATE OF GEORGIA GWINNETT COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT OF GWINNETT COUNTY CIVIL ACTION NUMBER 14-A-05231-6 (Writ of Fieri Facias) SANDALWOOD TOWNHOMES UNIT II CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. -VSHAPPY J. VANCE Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 44-3232(c) of the Georgia Property Owners Act and the Writ of Fieri Facias entered by the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia on October 31, 2014; Civil Action No. 14-A-05231-6 and in favor of Sandalwood Townhomes Unit II Condominium Association, Inc. plaintiff and against Happy J. Vance, defendant, the below described property will be sold at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, between the legal hours of sale before the courthouse doors in Gwinnett County, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in August, 2016 to wit: August 2, 2016.

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 147 OF THE 5TH DISTRICT OF GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 29 OF SANDALWOOD TOWNHOMES, UNIT II, A CONDOMINIUM, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AND DELINEATED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM FOR SANDALWOOD TOWNHOMES, UNIT II, RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 2288, PAGE 13, ET SEQ., GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS, AS MAY BE AMENDED, TOGETHER WITH ALL RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN SAID DECLARATION. THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION AND ALL MATTERS REFERENCED THEREIN, ALL MATTERS SHOWN ON THE PLAT RECORDED IN CONDOMINIUM PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 55, GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS, AS MAY BE AMENDED, AND THE FLOOR PLANS RECORDED IN CONDOMINIUM FLOOR PLAN BOOK 81, AFORESAID RECORDS, AS MAY BE AMENDED. PROPERTY IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 29 SANDALWOOD CIRCLE, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046.

Said property having been found to be in the possession of the defendant, Happy J. Vance and levied upon as the property of the defendant in accordance with the Writ of Fieri Facias stated above.

The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record, which may affect said property.

The sale will be conducted subject to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the United States Bankruptcy Code.

-s- R.L. “Butch” Conway SHERIFF GWINNETT COUNTY 931-429583, 7/8,14,21,28

ZONINGS LEGAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE Notice is hereby given that the City of Lawrenceville proposes an amendment to Article X of the City of Lawrenceville Zoning Ordinance to revise design standards for freestanding signs. The Planning Commission of the City of Lawrenceville will meet on July 18, 2016 to discuss the amendment. The City Council of the City of Lawrenceville will hold a public hearing at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday August 1, 2016 in the Council Chambers at City Hall, which is located at 70 South Clayton Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia. A copy of the proposed amendment is available for inspection in the Planning and Zoning Office at Lawrenceville City Hall during normal business hours. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the public hearing.

934-430022, 7/8 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Peachtree Corners Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at City Hall, 147 Technology Parkway, Suite 200, Peachtree Corners, Georgia beginning at 7:00 PM on July 20, 2016 to consider the following item: V2016-004 Peachtree Marketplace. Request to increase the amount of wall signage from 200 sq. ft. to 379.5 sq. ft. and reduce the front setback from 38.8 ft. to 10 ft. and the side yard setback from 10 ft. to 5 ft. for property located at 6141 Peachtree Parkway in Dist.

6, Land Lots 283, 285, and 374, Peachtree Corners, GA KYM CHERECK, CITY CLERK CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS CPC 7/20/16 934-429772, 7/8 LEGAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE Notice is hereby given that an application has been made

by Eric Johansen on behalf of John B. Williams for a Special Use Permit to allow 1) Outdoor Storage and 2) Gravel Parking in a BG zoning district (SU-16-08) for the property described by the attached legal description.

The City Council of the City o

LEGAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE Notice is hereby given that an application has been made by Osvaldo Echavarria on behalf of Iglesia Jesus Es El Camino for a Special Use Permit to allow a Church in a LM zoning district (SU16-09) for the property described by the attached legal description.

The City Council of the City of Lawrenceville will hold a public hearing at 7:00 P.M. on August 1, 2016 in the Council Chambers at City Hall, which is located at 70 South Clayton Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Legal Description 321 East Pike Street All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 146, District 5, City of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia, as shown and delineated as 1.206 acres of land, on a Topographic & Retracement Survey for Quality Civil Designs by LandPro Surveying and Mapping, dated May 13, 2016, and being more particularly described as follows: COMMENCING at a point at the intersection of the westerly right-of-way of Benson Street (30 foot right-of-way) and the northerly right-ofway of East Pike Street/US Highway 29/State Routes 8, 20, & 124 (apparent 40 foot right-of-way), and running South 84° 40’ 29” West, a distance of 101.81 feet to an iron pin found at the POINT OF BEGINNING. The POINT OF BEGINNING thus established and continuing, along the northerly rightof-way of East Pike Street, South 84° 39’ 05” West, a distance of 258.70 feet to a point on the easterly rightof-way of CSX Transportation (private right-of-way); thence leaving said right-ofway of of East Pike Street and running along said CSX Transportation right-of-way, along an ac to the right, said arc having a length of 195.78 feet and a radius of 1129.65 feet and being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 13° 46’ 39” East, 195.54 feet to a point; thence continuing along said right-of-way, along an arc to the right, said arc having a length of 165.64 feet and a radius of 1789.17 feet and being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of North 21° 23’ 00” East, 165.58 feet to a point; thence continuing along said right-of-way and running North 23° 41’ 57” East, a distance of 80.83 feet to an iron pin found; thence leaving said right-ofway and running South 01° 27’ 25” East, a distance of 155.80 feet to a point; thence running North 84° 57’ 55” East, a distance of 25.00 feet to a point; thence running South 01° 27’ 25” East, a distance of 98.54 feet to a point; thence running North 85° 05’ 50” East, a distance of 71.66 feet to an iron pin found; thence running South 06° 04’ 41” East, a distance of 148.51 feet to an iron pin found at the POINT OF BEGINNING. 934-430033, 7/8

1998 Honda CBR600 JH2PC2500WM705559 1996 Honda Accord 1HGCD7250TA020235 1994 Yamaha FZR600 Motorcycle JYA3HHE03RA069944

FULL TIME

CONSTRUCTION/ ASPHALT Very Busy Asphalt Paving Co. in Buford is looking for several responsible, and reliable applicants to work with the paving crew. Loop and shovel experience a plus, but willing to train.

Must have reliable transportation to and from Buford.

Call 770-945-7884

HOUSES FOR SALE GWINNETT LAWRENCEVILLE Two stories, 3 BR, 2.5 ba with 2 car garage. Sweet Water neighborhood,updated with all new appliances.

Serene setting on lake $156,500, 3419 Lake Drive, Lawrenceville 30044.

770-755-5771 FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE CONYERS, GA 30094

1999 Mercedes-Benz E320 WDBJF65H8XA717687 1997 Honda Civic 1HGEJ6129VL043815 2007 Nissan Maxima 1N4BA41E17C864318 2003 Nissan Murano JN8AZ08T63W106211 2006 Scion tC JTKDE177660137392 2006 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D76C153362 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4FX58S4WC250061 2007 Toyota Yaris JTDBT903171101969 2007 Buick Lucerne 1G4HD57287U106058 2000 Honda Accord 1HGCG1651YA021061 2007 Audi A4 WAUAF78E27A110299 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt 1G1AK55F767810582 2002 Ford Explorer 1FMZU63E42UA81615 1996 Toyota 4Runner JT3GN86R5T0014649 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GZ78YXTC174937

NOW HIRING The City of Suwanee is accepting applications for the following positions: In the Public Works Department- Special Event Staff (events only) $13.22hour; Equipment Operator I (FT w/benefits)$15.33hour.

For job details visit our website at www.suwanee.com.

Application may be accessed on the website. Resume must accompany application. Mail to: City of Suwanee Human Resources, 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee, GA 30024 or Fax to 678-546-2120. E/O/E; Drug Free Workplace

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“The Secret Life of Pets” stars animated versions of the usual dogs, cats and other fauna Americans like in our households. But what are the most peculiar pets out there? Animalplanet. com lists its top ten (though some aren’t legal to own in Georgia):

10. The capybara. Related to the guinea pig, this 4-foot-long native South American is the largest rodent in the world.

9. The stick insect, usually around 3 to 4 inches long, can live for several years.

8. Miniature donkeys are good with children but not so tiny at 3 feet tall and up to 350 pounds.

7. Hedgehogs are small, gentle and easy to care for at only 1.5 pounds with spines up to .75 inches long.

6. Pygmy goats are friendly and dog-sized, though they’re happier in a herd.

5. Potbellied pigs are relatively odor-free but like to be the center of attention.

4. Sugar gliders, Australian marsupials that get their name from a membrane between their legs, can glide from tree to tree. They’re tiny at 3 ounces.

3. The wallaby, like a mini kangaroo, needs lots of outdoor space and others of its kind around — and really high fences it can’t leap or dig past.

2. Skunks, with the infamous scent glands removed, make good pets in the rare state they’re allowed as such. (Georgia is not one of them.)

1. The Madagascar hissing cockroach. This giant insect makes a good, if gross-looking, first pet for kids.

a look ahead

Sparkling water can give home cooking extra zing

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‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates’ — these dates Review, Page 4C

Friday, July 15 • Stamp & Scrapbook Expo — Infinite Energy Center in Duluth will host an event for crafters of all levels and include workshops to create projects. Admission is $8 to $45. It is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

• Brown Bag Summer Concert — The Gwinnett Historic Courthouse in Lawrenceville at 11 a.m. will host a live music event featuring Havana Son. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs and pack a lunch. There will be face painting and kids crafts.

• Superhero Family Night — The Collins Hill Park and Aquatic Center in Lawrenceville will host an event to celebrate National Parks and Recreation month. It begins at 7 p.m. and includes a family night swim and superhero-themed swimming and activities. All pool rules and admission fees apply; twilight rates do not apply.

Saturday, July 16 • Kool and the Gang at The Bowl — The latest concert in Sugar Hill’s new venue will feature the well-known jazz, R&B, soul, funk and disco group, which has sold 70 million albums worldwide, received two Grammys, seven American Music Awards, and 25 Top 10 R&B hits, including “Celebration,” “Ladies Night” and “Jungle Boogie.”

Doors open at 7 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available at thebowlatsugarhill.

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Mineral water the secret to better vegetables, more

By Francine Segan Zester Daily

Bottled-at-the-source mineral water is delightfully refreshing, and with no calories or chemicals, is a drink that’s good for you and a base for many make-your-own sparkling beverages. It’s also ideal for cooking, with countless ways to improve basic recipes.

Vegetables For bright green broccoli and vividly orange carrots, cook them in sparkling mineral water.

“Boil vegetables in sparkling water to preserve color and vitamins.

Mineral water decreases oxidation and the loss of chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments, and keeps vegetable’s bright colors,” says Rino Mini, CEO of Galvanina natural spring water, renowned since ancient Roman times.

“Sparkling mineral water also softens vegetables so you can reduce cooking time, better preserving the vegetable’s vitamins and nutrients. It lets you skip the step of plunging cooked vegetables in icecold water to retain their color.”

Tempura and fritters Use sparkling water for better batter. Simply mix flour with sparkling water, dip your favorite vegetables, seafood or fish in the batter and then lightly fry. The sparkling water will make anything you fry extra crunchy.

Sparkling iced drinks Instead of buying sodas,

Combine sparkling water with fruits to make your own natural fruit drinks. (Special Photo: Courtesy of Galvanina)

Angel Food Cake

Add sparkling water to cake recipes for a fluffier texture.

(Special Photo: Courtesy of “Opera Lover’s Cookbook.”)

make your own. Sparkling water creates festive thirstquenchers but without the added calories of bottled drinks. Combine sparkling water with lemon or other fruit juice for your own homemade natural fruit drinks. Add it to your favorite brewed tea or coffee for natural sparkling iced tea or coffee. “Use sparkling water in your coffeebrewing machine. Not only will it make chemical-free espresso or coffee but it has the delightful added advantage of keeping your

machine from building unpleasant residue,” says Mini.

Cake, waffles, crepes and pancakes Add sparkling mineral water instead of water or other liquids in cake recipes or cake mixes. The sparkling water makes it rise nicely and results in a fluffier texture. Great too with waffles: substitute one part of the milk for the water and follow the recipe as you normally would.

Try it in your favorite crepe and pancake recipes.

Add some sparkling water to make this cauliflower with orange marmalade glaze. (Special Photo: Courtesy of Galvanina)

Replace half of the milk in the recipe for fizzy spring water for a improved texture. You’ll be thrilled with the delicious light and airy crunch.

Recipe courtesy of Opera Lover’s Cookbook (Stewart, Tabori & Chang) Prep time: 5 minutes Baking time: 35 minutes Total time: 40 minutes Yield: 8 to 10 servings Ingredients 12 large egg whites, room temperature 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup sparkling spring water, such as Galvanina 1 teaspoon vanilla or maple extract 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 cup cake flour 3/4 cup superfine sugar Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Generously butter and flour a Bundt or tube pan. Reserve.

2. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer set on high, whip the egg whites, salt, water, extract and cream of tartar until the egg whites form soft peaks, about 5 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to medium and slowly add the cake flour and sugar until just combined.

3. Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan and bake until golden, about 35 minutes.

4. Carefully invert the pan onto a wire rack and allow it to cool upside-down for about an hour, which prevents the cake from falling. Run a knife around the edges to remove the cake.

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Onion Man Productions holding eight new plays in July Onion Man Productions calls Gwinnett its first home, with Lionheart Theatre in Norcross the organization’s place of origin. Now residing in a new theater in Chamblee, the company serves a wider audience, still drawing crowds from Gwinnett.

This ambitious theatrical entity has a new crop of plays. In June, they performed eight new 10-minute plays under the name “Summer Harvest: The Lakeside Plays.” Beginning July 14 they will present eight more 10-minute plays under the same title at the new location at 5522 New Peachtree Road. “‘Summer Harvest:

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“Onion Man’s goal is to always entertain the audience,” Beck said. “With eight 10-minute plays to make up an evening of theater, Onion Man takes you on a roller coaster of emotion, blending comedy and drama into one collection of original works from Holley Calmes local and national playwrights, and one writer from The Lakeside Plays’” is England.” a collection of 10-minute Performances are Thursplays all sharing the same days, Fridays and Saturdays lakeside setting,” Onion at 7:30 p.m., while Sunday Man Production’s Managing performances are at 3 p.m.

Director James Beck said.

Tickets cost $12 to $19 and “There is not an actual lake can be obtained through in the theater, but certainly a onionmanproductions.com. dock and the back porch of The eight new plays on a lake house.”

July’s performances include

“Dead or Alive 2” by Beck, Natasha Patel and Laura King. This play features a couple who continue to find dead bodies. Directed by Beck, it stars Tracey Egan, Stephanie McFarlane and Paul Milliken.

“One Word” by Constance Marse embodies the idea that in the battle of the sexes, one word can make all the difference. Beck directs this play, and actors are Carmen Hijar and Jenish Joseph.

“The Birthday Present” is

by Suzanne Bailie. Described as “not all birthday presents come wrapped with a pretty bow,” it is directed

by Patrick Young and fea-

tures Melissa Rainey and Kelly Roarke.

“The Golden Years” is play No. 4 on the bill, written by Joe Starzyk. It is described as “Mabel and Norman have been together so long, one of them will find out the other still has a few surprises.” Directed by Lionheart’s Tanya Caldwell, it stars Debbie McLaughlin and Mike Stevens.

Next is “SodaPop” by Arika Larson. When a father and daughter bury the family pet, they unearth much more. Directed by Janie Young, it features Jerry Jobe and Crystal Robertson.

“A Raven’s Roots” by Jeremy Clark tells how “every

prison makes sense when love is on the line.” Directed

by Gregory Fitzgerald, it features Casey Cudmore, Tyree Jones and Melissa Rainey.

“Cruise Director Samson” is by Emmy Dixon and is set in the Okefenokee Swamp. Directed

by Gregory Fitzgerald, it features Carmen Hijar, Jerry Jobe, Chris Kontopidis and Patrick Young.

Ending the show is “Summervale” by Janie Young wherein a fallen society woman must face her demons. Directed by James Beck, it stars Marianne Geyer, Kontopidis and Caitlynn Silvius.

BY Venue — ARTS AnD enTeRTAInMenT GWInneTT gwinnett AuRORA THeATRe 128 E. Pike St., Lawrenceville 678-226-6222 www.auroratheatre.com • Through July 9: Aurora Comedy Nights • July 21 — Aug. 28: In the Heights • July 22-23: ATL Comedy Arts Fest Semi-Finals • July 24: ATL Comedy Arts Fest Finale • every Friday and Saturday: Lawrenceville Ghost Tours HuDGenS CenTeR FOR THe ARTS Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 300, Duluth 770-623-6002 www.thehudgens.org • July 29: Toddler Friday • Aug. 20: Family Day InFInITe eneRGY ARenA 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter.com • Aug. 2: Georgia Gwinnett College Summer Graduation • Aug. 6: Twenty One Pilots InFInITe eneRGY THeATeR 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500

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BY MICHAEL CLARK voice that sounds exactly (Adam Devine) Movie Critic like that of Jack Black and, and Dave (Zac like Black, he can carry a Efron) in “Mike Let’s get this out of the tune. and Dave Need way pronto — there will Generally able to do Wedding Dates.” be many people who will naughty and nice with (Special Photo: loathe and hate this film equal conviction, Kendrick Fox/Gemma LaMana) with every fiber of their tries but can’t quite conbeing. Many of them will vincingly sell her role as a druggie bimbo although her be politically correct types extended nighttime scene and most of the others will with Beard while both are be uptight critics. Everyone on Ecstasy is a hoot. is entitled to their opinion, The no-surprise standso let them have their say. out here is Plaza (“Parks Then you can ignore them. Efron as Dave) spend a solMike and Dave work List that, while comically meat and potatoes of the “Mike and Dave Need and Recreation”) who, with id minute comparing what as liquor salesmen and charming, is a bust and story which rarely goes as Wedding Dates” (“MAD“The To Do List,” “Dirty they have done and are do- have an appropriate party- everyone they meet (inexpected. The pairing of Grandpa” (also with Efron) NWD”) is not trying to be ing to “Wedding Crashers” hardy mentality. Separately cluding a guy in drag) are Mike/Tatiana and Dave/ high art or even middlewhich is deadly accurate. they’re harmless but togeth- opportunistic posers. Ready Alice is not what you’d get and now “MADNWD” has brow Hollywood product.

This IS a movie like “Wed- er they pack quite a punch. to throw in the towel, the from a movie that seems to established herself as the go-to female lead for adult It’s striving to be funny ding Crashers” and writers They are the highlight at guys cross paths with initially promise a ribald sex comedies. If you want and outrageous (which it Andrew Jay Cohen and every family gathering but Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza) and free-for-all. to see what Plaza can do is) but unlike many other Brendan O’Brien as well more often than not their Alice (Anna Kendrick). By For Efron this is about with drama, check out the movies kind-of, sort-of as rookie feature director shenanigans end unwell. far the sharpest character the 47th R-rated movie in underappreciated, overlike it, it’s not a series of Jake Szymanski have no Not long before the marin the entire film, Tatiana a row where he takes his looked and sublime “Safety gross-out scenes. It instead problems acknowledging riage of their sister Jeanie devises a plan to accidenshirt off, dances a bit and uses graphic, mostly sexual this. The important thing is (Sugar Lyn Beard), she, her tally/on-purpose meet the utters the F-word a bunch. Not Guaranteed.”

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that is immediately identifiable and one he rarely alters. Some might consider this to be lazy or lacking in imagination but those people generally confuse style with substance. The substance of Gibney’s films is never the same and they perform equally well as works of entertainment and delivery vehicles of information.

It will come as no surprise to the Gibney faithful that “Zero Days” once again finds him ahead of the news curve and tackling a subject that will give those in powerful places the willies. Using his 2013 “We Steal Secrets” as something of a springboard, Gibney focuses on what should have remained a top secret offensive attack co-conducted by the U.S. and Israel against Iran.

Launched in early 2010, the “Stuxnet” worm, an undetectable type of malware, made its way into computers controlling Iran’s nuclear weapons systems. Part of what was dubbed “Olympic Games,” Stuxnet performed far better than expected by crashing thousands of operating systems that caused the Iranian technological infrastructure to go haywire.

For the longest time no one in Iran could figure out the cause of the string of malfunctions but because of the design of the self-replicating worm (it is spread mostly via infected flash drives), it made its way into other countries such as Indonesia, India, Azerbaijan and the U.S. What the designers didn’t count was the worm expanding its reach and IT specialists in the attacked countries eventually finding out what was going on and were able to eventually determine the source. As you might expect

this left U.S. officials embarrassed with lots of collective egg on the face but to this day no one has officially even acknowledged the worm’s existence.

Through interviews with two top computer experts, current and former government officials and a digitized actress representing multiple anonymous sources, Gibney assembles a documentary that plays out more like a live-action espionage thriller.

Keeping the pace even throughout, Gibney — interviewing his subjects while remaining off-screen — presents the material with eerie detachment. There’s no hysteria, no outbursts of shock or indignation and, most importantly, no surprise.

Modern technology — particularly the advancements of computer software — has been moving at such a breakneck clip that what seemed impossible just a decade ago is now viewed as old hat. Gibney sharply observes that Stuxnet is not only a smart virus but also a weapon of war. One of the drawbacks of any new weapon is that it’s not new for long and once unleashed it can and likely will be used by others.

The irony here is that the U.S. and Israel “allegedly” did this to slow if not all together stop Iran’s ability to make a nuclear bomb but in the process sent them something far more dangerous.

Gibney throws out a theory that is shared by many and is far more worrisome than something that goes boom. The next war will be conducted by software and you won’t realize it until it’s too late.

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‘The Legend of Tarzan’ STANDOUT PERFORMANCE

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Pass: A nice surprise from a movie I admit I wasn’t expecting much from. A good story with something for everyone, that tells the story of the timeless legend very well. Good acting with a hero to cheer for and villain easy to detest.

Fail: Lots of flashbacks almost interfere with the momentum of the story, but it all comes together very well in the end.

Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan is outstanding and shows a great deal of range as an actor. He has played different types of characters in several movies, such as “Straw Dogs”. “Battleship”, and “The East”, but this role fits him best, and he makes the most of it. Samuel L. Jackson is here too, and he is always fun to watch.

Fans of the franchise cross several generations, dating back to silent films almost 100 years ago, with hundreds of different episodes, and at least 10 different “Tarzans”, but if you’re a fan of the legend historically, this one is a good one, with hero’s to cheer for and also a well written human interest theme.

Spend the bucks and see it on the big screen. The scenery and action scenes are well worth it. As involving as the story is, I may come back and see it again, only this time really get lost and see it on IMAX.

Good acting with believable characters. Margot Robbie is good as the spunky and dedicated Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, as always, is colorful and adds just the right amount of comic relief, and Christopher Waltz is, once again, the despicable villain that is so vile and corrupt, he is as easy to dislike as he was in “Inglourious Basterds” as the slimy sneaky Nazi Officer. Good action, good scenery, and a good story with something for almost everyone. Definitely one of the best of the rest.

Pass: “The Legend of Tarzan” looks and sounds terrific. The soundtrack explodes with percussion, African choral harmonies, soaring strings and booming brass. The cinematography is very slick and has an almost Instagram-filtered view throughout, with striking lighting effects. There are many computer generated images involving animals and landscapes that are breathtaking to see.

Fail: The movie looks almost too perfect. This is Africa, after all, and yet all of the scenery, actors and costumes seem too good to be true. When Tarzan/John Clayton’s wife, Jane, first comes to Africa, her hair and makeup look flawless for most of the first day’s safari. Only one or two scenes highlight the insect population, and the CGI bugs distract almost to the point of being laughable.

Alexander Skarsgard, who plays Tarzan/John Clayton, is a little one-note here, delivering most of his lines in a boring, monotone voice. Samuel Jackson portrays George Washington Williams, who accompanies Clayton on his journey to Africa, helps to bring some much need levity to a script that is rather heavy and monotonous. My favorite actor here was Christoph Waltz, an Oscar-winner who is almost over the top with his mugging early on, but who settles into a strong performance in the film’s final 45 minutes.

The “Legend of Tarzan” is only mildly successful as an action adventure movie.

While there are some scenes of peril and excitement, there is far more drama here than I expected. I think preteens will be bored, and I think fans of Marvel and DC comics may find it tedious.

This movie is probably best-suited to an older crowd. which might enjoy a big heap of drama (and romance) to go along with their action adventure.

This one has enough quality cinematography, good special effects, and a powerful soundtrack to make it worth a matinee in the movie theater, especially for adults.

The script is somewhat stilted, and most of the acting is wooden (with the exception of Waltz). The famous Tarzan call only appears two or three times, and there is not a whole lot of swinging through the trees until the end. I think the creators would have had a more appealing result if they had spent less time on the romance and drama and given us more of the stereotypical Tarzan movie. When we finally do get to see the man in action, he is presented more as a modern-day butt-kicker, especially in the scene when he takes down literally dozens of soldiers on a moving train in an almost Bruce Lee-meets-The Hulk manner. While “The Legend of Tarzan” is not a bad movie, it left me feeling disappointed overall.

Pass: Breathtaking cinematography and action scenes; a cohesive and well-scripted story that is partially grounded in actual recorded history; good acting; a strong dramatic theme of love and devotion throughout the movie.

Fail: Occasional lapses in film editing that leave you scratching your head; some parts of the movie are very slow.

Alexander Skarsgaard gives an understated performance in the title role, alternating between the bored-by-fame Lord Greystoke and the animalistic Tarzan very well.

However, Margot Robbie absolutely steals the movie as his wife, Jane, with a mix of sassiness and vulnerability that carries much of the emotional weight of the film. Samuel L. Jackson provides both comic and dramatic relief as American envoy George Washington Williams, a former Civil War officer who’s bent on investigating the hidden goings-on in the Congo. Christoph Waltz deliciously reprises his gentlemanly-evil persona from “Inglorious Basterds” and “Water for Elephants” as Leon Rom, henchman for Belgian King Leopold who’s out to deliver Tarzan to one of his enemies.

Fans of the many “Tarzan” movies made over the past century, plus those who’ve read Edgar Rice Burroughs’ 26 Tarzan stories, will really appreciate the seriousness and complexity of emotions captured in this flick. The historical context in which the movie unfolds makes this “Tarzan” far superior to the one-dimensional and cheesier versions that Hollywood has trotted out in the past.

Both, but see it on the silver screen first. The scenes filmed in Africa alone warrant the price of admission at your local cinema. And the DVD will no doubt be in many folks’ stockings this Christmas.

“The Legend of Tarzan” struck me with its poignancy, both between Greystoke/ Tarzan and Jane and between Tarzan and his African animal and human connections. The chemistry between Skarsgaard and Robbie feels very real; you can just see the devotion in Jane’s eyes when she and Tarzan are together, or whenever his trademark jungle yell is heard. There are some major goofs in film editing that cause double-takes here and there, and the film probably could have been cut by about 10 minutes without sacrificing quality. Overall, though, “The Legend of Tarzan” packs quite a punch, and will be a top hit for the summer of 2016.

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Congratulations to last 4. Penelope Cruz starred week’s winner, Michelle in which Spanish language Jameson of Lawrenceville. film and its English lanHere are last week’s guage remake? questions again and the 5. What Steven Spielberg answers: movie was originally going 1. Name the last three to be directed by Stanley people to co-host the same Kubrick?

Oscar ceremony.

The first person (located A: Chevy Chase, Goldie within the U.S.) to respond Hawn and Paul Hogan with all of the correct an(1987) swers receives a prize of an 2. Name three non-ficitem or items (movie T-shirts, tional characters portrayed hats, posters, etc.). The

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NOW SHOWING Recently reviewed films by movie critic Michael Clark playing in metro area theaters.

The BFG (PG) — 2 1/2 stars Steven Spielberg and late screenwriter Melissa Mathison try to recapture their “E.T.” magic with this adaptation of the 1982 Roald Dahl novel, and it works about

half of the time. Digitized title character (Mark Rylance) is fine but the rest is just average.

The Legend of Tarzan (PG-13) — 3 1/2 stars Easily the best of the over 100 movies based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels, “Legend” eclipses the typical origin story by tossing in non-fictional characters with

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Everybody Wants Some!! Blu-ray (R) Movie: ★★★★ Disc: ★★★★ Not a sequel but more of a companion piece of sorts, “Everybody Wants Some!!” is filmmaker Richard Linklater’s college version of his classic “Dazed and Confused” by way of “Bull Durham” or “Major League.”

With a cast of no one you’ve never heard of, Linklater also delivers a less radical incarnation of “Ani-

mal House” which deftly captures the air of the early ’80s (and yes, it does include the Van Halen song sharing the movie’s title) while dismantling the dumb-jock archetype to pieces.

The extras are serviceable but far too short by current home video standards.

Technical specs: Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1080p/1.85:1),

audio: English (Dolby Digital DTS-HD MA 5.1), subtitles: English, French and Spanish.

Special Features include: • Additional DVD disc and digital copy • Three featurettes • Deleted scenes and outtakes • First edition slipcover packaging Paramount, $39.99

COMING SOON TO OWN • The Boss (July 26): After her prison stay, a former business titan (Melissa McCarthy) charts a new course with her former assistant (Kristen Bell).

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• The Divergent Series: Allegiant (July 12): Tris (Shailene Woodley) and her allies aim to make it over the wall to the outside world as the adventure saga continues.

(PG-13) • Everybody Wants Some!! (July 12): Writerdirector Richard Linklater’s (“Boyhood”) comedy centers around several college baseball players circa 1980; stars include Will Brittain and Ryan Guzman. (R) • Miracles From Heaven (July 12): A woman (Jennifer Garner) tries to save her daughter (Kylie Rogers) from a seemingly incurable eating disorder. (PG)

Also the film’s director and cowriter, Don Cheadle plays brilliant but troubled jazz-music legend Miles Davis. (R)

• “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (July 19): The Caped Crusader (Ben Affleck) has a vendetta against the Man of Steel (Henry Cavill); Amy Adams and Jesse Eisenberg also star. (PG-13 and R versions) • “Miles Ahead” (July 19): Also the film’s director and cowriter, Don Cheadle plays brilliant but troubled jazz-music legend Miles Davis. (R)

free ways when he meets a woman (Cassie Ventura) who might be “the one.” (R) • “Barbershop: The Next Cut” (July 26): The title establishment goes co-ed, generating a battle of the sexes and the shears; stars include returnees Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer. (PG-13) • “The Boss” (July 26): After her prison stay, a former business titan (Melissa McCarthy) charts a new course with her former assistant (Kristen Bell). (R)

• Miles Ahead (July 19):

• The Perfect Match (July 19): A playboy (Terrence J) tries to maintain his carefree ways when he meets a woman (Cassie Ventura) who might be “the one.” (R)

• “The Perfect Match” (July 19): A playboy (Terrence J) tries to maintain his care-

• “Hardcore Henry” (July 26): A human-and-robot hybrid — from whose perspective the story is seen — tries to reclaim his memory in order to save his alleged wife. (R)

leads (Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie) who look great AND can act.

Wiener-Dog (R) — 1/2 star Filmmaker Todd Solondz had two near masterpieces in the ’90s (“Welcome to the Dollhouse,” “Happiness”) but since then has spiraled out of control. “Wiener-Dog” is by far his worst; an anthology piece

that is unrelentingly cruel, sad and disconnected.

• The Free State of Jones (R) — 2 stars Filmmaker Gary Ross (“Seabiscuit”) approaches this little-known Civil War story as if working off a check list instead of crafting an epic.

Matthew McConaughey plays Newton Knight, a Confederate deserter who leads a

charge against the Rebels.

• The Neon Demon (R) — 3 ½ stars In her breakout adult role, Elle Fanning plays an up and coming teen fashion model who draws the ire of two jaded, slightly older models merely by just showing up.

Director Nicholas Winding Refn channels Kubrick and Lynch in this artsy thriller.

• Central Intelligence (PG-13) — 3 stars Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson star in this mismatched buddy cop/bromance comedy thriller that shouldn’t work but it does.

It’s “Lethal Weapon” mixed with “Beverly Hills Cop” that blends comical farce and action to good but not great effect.

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TAME ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ plays it safe

is huggable. This is going to go completely unnoticed by the target toddler and preteen audience but for parents and animation junkies, “TSLOP” will lack friction and edge.

BY MICHAEL CLARK Shepherded by the same Movie Critic foursome of filmmakers behind As upstart studios go, Illumina- “Despicable” and “Minions,” tion Entertainment is in a state of “TSLOP” is visually stunning. unprecedented overdrive. Each The New York City setting has of their five features (including sharp and exacting lines filled “Minions” and the two “Despica- in with day-glow pastels where ble Me” installments) has crushed every figure that is not an animal at the box office and for the most is portrayed as inordinately tall part pleased the critics. There’s and thin; probably the way many nothing to indicate “The Secret animals see the world around Life of Pets” won’t do more of the them. From a technical perspecsame. tive, “TSLOP” is never less than Unlike “Despicable” and most jaw-dropping and well-worth the Pixar productions Illumination is price of a 3D ticket. obviously modeling itself after, It gets off to a great start and re“TSLOP” is a movie that, despite inforces what humans often imagbeing chock-full of action and ine what happens when they leave brimming with humor, rings for work while their furry friends slightly hollow. There’s nothing remain at home. For Jack Russell wrong with it per se; like many Terrier Max (Louie C.K.), life on of its characters, the movie goes the weekends is grand. His owner, out of its way to be amiable and Katie (Elie Kemper), drives him agreeable. Even the main villain through Central Park in a bike

The Secret Life of Pets (PG) ★★★★

Buddy (Hannibal Buress) is a sarcastic dachshund in “The Secret Life of Pets,” a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. (Special Photo: Universal)

basket, and since she seems to be unattached he gets all of her attention. During the week, however, Max is a bag of nerves. He tries every too-cute trick in the book to prevent Katie from departing, and when she finally does, he plants himself firmly in front of the door, waiting anxiously for her return.

Max’s close circle of friends include pug Mel (Bobby Moynihan), dachshund Buddy (Hannibal Buress) and the fluffy Pomeranian, Gidget (Jenny Slate), who has a major crush on the oblivious Max. Also living nearby is Chloe (Lake Bell), a rotund Russian Blue cat with an atypical (for that breed) aloof, can’t-be-bothered attitude. Delivering virtually all of the story’s zingers, Chloe is by far the most interesting character in the film.

The lone bit of palpable tension arrives in the form of Duke (Eric Stonestreet), a Newfoundland rescue Katie brings home likely for the purpose of keeping Max company — which nets the exact opposite result. Threatened not

only socially but physically as well, Max becomes instantly jealous and resentful at Duke’s oafish, lumbering presence and bullying mentality.

This manufactured “sibling” rivalry leads to tempered hostility and eventual mild peril at the hands of bunny rabbit Snowball (Kevin Hart, predictably maniacal and brassy), leader of a subterranean gang called the “Flushed Pets.” Tossed, slighted or forgotten in some form or fashion, Snowball and his brood of misfits hate humans and resent Max and Duke merely by association. This subplot seed could have produced real fruit had the writers explored it further, but as with every other aspect of the narrative, darkness is only flirted with and never really an option.

In retrospect, the characters of “TSLOP” are virtually interchangeable with “Toy Story.” Two co-leads with a human overseer meet, fight, get over it and band together to thwart a common enemy. There are colorful supporting

players, a handful of pop-culture references and some semi-sharp social observations, but in the end, playing it safe is the principal goal.

The only thing that could possibly raise any eyebrows or cause resentment among pet-owning viewers is the rather obvious bias “TSLOP” has toward canines.

Apart from Duke in the first act, every dog is portrayed without fault and every cat — including Chloe — is imagined as either indifferent or evil.

It’s worth noting that posters for Illumination’s animated Christmas release “Sing” are seen throughout, the feature is preceded by a new “Minions” short and not one but two commercials for Comcast, the parent company of distributor Universal. The commercials advertise a new app that allows pet owners to monitor their pets while not at home and arguably qualify for the most blatant and shameless product placement/tie-in in recent memory.

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