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BAY CREEK PARK CASE

Teen gets charged in shooting

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Michelle Roberts and attendees yell “I Love Food!” during the 2015 Taste of Home Cooking Show at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth on Thursday. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

Food & family Gwinnett gets a little Taste of Home

By Danielle Ryan

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Gwinnett County police have arrested a suspect in the case of a shooting at a popular Loganville-area park.

Dallas Chandler Root, a 19-year-old Loganville resident, is in the county jail without bond, charged with aggravated assault and reckless conduct in the Oct. 6 incident at Bay Creek Park, according to booking Dallas Root records. Also arrested last year on a drug charge, he arrived at the jail early Thursday morning.

Police released no information on how he was determined to be the person See SHOOTING, Page 9A

Buford to play football in Ireland Game planned for 2016

DULUTH — Seasoned chefs and cooking newcomers alike learned useful kitchen tips and a number of fun seasonal recipes Thursday night at the 11th annual Taste of Home Cooking School.

Presented by the Gwinnett Daily Post, Taste of Home kicked off at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth at 4 p.m. with a vendor show before a series of live cooking demonstrations

by Michelle “Red” Roberts at 7 p.m.

“Cooking brings two things together that I dearly love — food and family,” Roberts said.

A number of families attended the event, including sisters Jan Chronic and Carolyn Ledford of Bethlehem. Thursday’s cooking school was their ninth, even though Chronic isn’t a big fan of cooking.

“It’s our day together,” she said. “I do love the free gifts.”

Ledford won a television and a Nintendo Wii gaming system last year and hoped her sister would win big this year. The sisters arrived early to ensure they would get seats in the front row.

“We love it,” Ledford said.

“We love the sponsors and we love to watch her cook.”

Rebecca Brown-Harris of Auburn brought her daughter Layla, 2, to the cooking school

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Taste of Home chef Michelle Roberts, left, talks with Nancy Corriveau, right, and Cindy Nance during the VIP meet and greet of 2015 Taste of Home Cooking Show at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth on Thursday.

after winning tickets through Simon Rewards. She wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, but she enjoyed the experience.

“I figure there’s always something to learn and I’m cooking more now with the baby,” she said.

Roberts showed the crowd how to make 10 recipes from the Taste of Home Fall 2015 magazine with tips and tricks to make cooking easier and more fun.

Roberts shared personal

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anecdotes as well as tips while preparing food in front of the crowd, a top-down camera displaying her every move on two large screens.

While making a sausage brunch braid, she used a pastry roller to flatten the dough but advised that just about anything could be used, as long as it was cylindrical.

“My mother would roll out pasta with a green glass bottle filled with water,” she said.

She also joked about cooking with her boyfriend, who is a food scientist.

“Always spray your measuring spoon or cup with nonstick spray when measuring honey,” she said. “My boyfriend teased me and told me that I’d spend forever trying to get honey out of the cup and was shocked See HOME, Page 9A

Next year’s first road trip will be a rare opportunity for the Buford football program, including its head coach.

The Wolves have gone to Texas and Ohio for earlyseason showcases in the past, but this one is almost unheard of in high school football. They will play a regular season game Sept. 2, 2016, in Dublin, Ireland, as a kickoff for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic that pits Georgia Tech vs. Boston College on Sept. 3.

“No, I’ve never been to Europe,” Buford head coach Jess Simpson said.

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Buford head coach Jess Simpson addresses the team following last year’s Class AAA state championship game victory over Washington County at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

GAC students prepare, pack 1,000 meals for homeless

By Keith Farner

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NORCROSS — They brought loaves of bread, mustard and bologna and filled the Long Forum with supplies to make meals to support a homeless shelter in Smyrna.

Seeing it as their responsibility as Christians, hundreds of Greater Atlanta Christian students on Thursday morning made what could be several

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days of lunches to feed the homeless in the Atlanta area. About 600 students made 1,023 meals and assembled them in small groups along with candy and bottles of water.

“As an ongoing service as Christians, we feel called to do this,” GAC senior Ford Higgins said.

Junior Molly Joseph said it was a way to get to

know other people in their small groups, which were assembled about a month ago.

“It was a really good bonding time,” she said.

The nonprofit 7 Bridges to Recovery took the meals and will deliver them to homeless in the Bluffs/ English Avenue area, under bridges off Cleveland Avenue and certain apartment complexes around Atlanta while also sharing Christ See MEALS, Page 8A

About 600 Greater Atlanta Christian students made 1,023 meals on Thursday made up of bologna sandwiches, candy and water for the homeless served by the nonprofit organization 7 Bridges to Recovery. The students see it as their responsibility as Christians as they learn about serving others.

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plex on Feb. 27, 2014, and the flames quickly spread to two neighboring cars, a Suzuki A 41-year-old man was Aerio and arrested this week for ala Honda legedly setting a fire that CR-V. The destroyed three vehicles RAV-4 was at the Sinclair Apartments destroyed complex a year and a half in the fire ago, according to Gwinnett while the George County fire officials.

Aerio and Moreno The fire department CR-V announced the arrest received moderate to major of George Moreno on damage, according to the Thursday night. Capt. fire department spokesman.

Tommy Rutledge said “A witness at the time DeKalb County police arof the incident stated that rested Moreno on Monthey saw an unknown day and turned him over male pour something on to Gwinnett County law the vehicle and ignite the enforcement. He faces fire before running away three counts of first-degree from the scene,” Rutledge arson. said. “Moreno was said to Rutledge said Moreno be in a previous relationset a Toyota RAV-4 on fire ship with the owner of the in the parking lot of the Toyota. The motive in the Norcross apartment comcase appears to be domes-

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Fire line tape surrounds a Toyota RAV-4 after firefighters extinguished a fire that had engulfed it and damaged two neighboring cars at a Norcross apartment complex in this February 2014 photo. Gwinnett fire officials announced on Thursday that a suspect, George Moreno, was arrested this week on arson charges related to the fire. (Special Photo)

tic related, per investigators.”

Rutledge said investigators list Moreno as having a Norcross address but jail records list a Brookhaven address.

Officers praised for save from attacker

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Moreno was denied bond and is still in the Gwinnett County jail.

Rutledge said the case has been turned over to District Attorney Danny Porter’s office.

Gwinnett County police Sgt. Roger Bell and officers Daniel Bennett, Victor Cortez and Austin York were doing their job in June when they responded to a call about a naked man beating Phyllis Davis and her granddaughter in Lawrenceville.

To the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Philadelphia Winn chapter, however, the cops are lifesavers.

The chapter recognized Bell, Bennett, Cortez and York at the group’s regular meeting earlier this week for helping Davis, who is one of its members, and her 14-year old granddaughter, Tucker Davis. Andre Latrell Burton broke into Davis’ Lawrenceville home around

Gwinnett County police officers Austin York, from left, and Daniel Bennett, and Sgt. Roger Bell, stand in front of the Philadelphia Winn Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution on Sunday as they are recognized for saving one of the group’s members and her granddaughter from an attacker earlier this year. The group also recognized Officer Victor Cortez for helping his colleagues stop the attack. (Special Photo)

2:30 a.m. on June 9 and attacked the grandmother and granddaughter while demanding money, police officials said at the time.

Davis called 911 during the attack and the officers arrived in time to stop the

assault and arrest Burton, who has since been indicted and remains in jail. Davis and her granddaughter survived the ordeal.

“Thanks to the brave and valiant intervention of these officers, her life was saved,”

the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter said in a statement.

The chapter gave Bell, Bennett, Cortez and York community service certificates, Challenge Coins and a card. It also presented a Daughters of the American Revolution Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to the Community to police South Precinct commander, Maj. Jesse Jones, for the police department’s work on the case.

Jones also talked to the chapter about the officers involvement in responding to the call while Officer Aaren Dieffenbacher talked to members about ways to keep themselves safe during an attack.

Tucker Davis and some family members met with police shortly after the incident to personally thank the officers.

County planning new bridge

By Curt Yeomans

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Drivers will soon have a new crossing over Garner Creek near Lilburn.

Gwinnett County commissioners approved a $3.4M bridge replacement project on Garner Road this week. The county will take down the existing two-lane bridge that carries the road over the creek and replace it with a sturdier and safer bridge, transportation director Alan Chapman told commissioners on Tuesday.

“The Garner Road bridge replacement at Garner Creek is needed to improve loadcarrying capacity and to add safety features including wide road-side shoulders, a concrete barrier on the side of the bridge and guardrail attachments at the bridge ends,” Chapman said. “Garner

Road is also being raised to improve safety and to allow for better storm flow under the bridge.”

Norcross-based CMES Inc. was hired to do the work, which county officials expect to take 20 months to complete. A map presented to the commissioners shows the work will stretch from Onawa Court to Rocky Hill Drive.

The county is also expected to do 0.33 miles of clearing and grubbing, asphalt paving, curb and gutter improvements, sidewalk work and road striping as part of the project.

Meanwhile, an $817,978 project on Five Forks Trickum Road that addresses road safety and alignment issues between Lake Lucerne Road and Timberland Drive was also greenlit with CMES Inc. hired to do this work.

County documents show the road will be widened to make room for a new turn lane which will help drivers who want to turn left onto Chesapeake Drive at the Old Dominion subdivision.

The documents also show crews will perform 0.34 miles of clearing and grubbing, asphalt paving, a new turn lane, a sidewalk, road striping and the installation of a traffic signal. The new sidewalk will be installed to connect an existing sidewalk near the Silver Hill subdivision with the intersection of Five Forks Trickum and Lake Lucerne.

County spokeswoman Heather Sawyer said on Thursday that the project is expected to take six months to complete.

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Georgia Swarm to deliver breakfast, coffee to motorists

By Keith Farner

Friday morning with biscuits, coffee and a copy of this newspapers for commuters.

Some drivers may even reSome motorists on ceive season-ticket packages, Sugarloaf Parkway on single-game tickets, T-shirts, Friday morning could enjoy gear and other Swarm merbreakfast, coffee and the chandise.

Daily Post courtesy of some Swarm personnel and the professional lacrosse players. team mascot, Stinger, will The Georgia Swarm will also participate. be in the Duluth area near The Panera Bread on SugThe Arena at Infinite Energy arloaf Parkway will provide Center from 7 to 9 a.m. on coffee, and the Chick-fil-A

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on Sugarloaf Parkway and Satellite Blvd. is donating the breakfast biscuits.

“We’re celebrating our inaugural season in Georgia and wanted a fun way to kick off single-game ticket sales and engage with our new community at the arena where the Swarm will be playing,” Swarm co-owner and President Andy Arlotta said in a statement. “And who wouldn’t love a cup of

coffee and breakfast delivered directly to their car?”

Single-game tickets are on sale for the team’s inaugural season, which begins in January.

The Swarm will play their home opener on Jan. 9 against the Toronto Rock at The Arena at Infinite Energy Center in Duluth. All Swarm home games will be played at The Arena at Infinite Energy Center.

The Georgia Swarm will be in the Duluth area near The Arena at Infinite Energy Center from 7 to 9 a.m. on Friday morning with biscuits, coffee a copy of this newspapers for commuters.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS Group hosting job fair on Saturday Bridges Peachtree Corners, a grassroots commu-

nity development group, is hosting a job fair on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Salvation and Deliverance Church on

Peachtree Corners Circle.

Participating employers include Comcast Cable, QuikTrip, Gwinnett County Fire, Waste Pro,

City of Berkeley Lake, Georgia Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Budget Review & Adoption Public Hearing on FY16 Budget: A Public Hearing on the FY16 Budget is scheduled for Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 8:00PM in the auditorium of City Hall located at 4040 S. Berkeley Lake Rd, Berkeley Lake, GA 30096. At this meeting the mayor and council will receive both written and oral comments about the annual operating and capital budget for the City of Berkeley Lake, Georgia and conduct any and all city business as is may be needed. The proposed FY16 Budget is available for public inspection during normal office hours.

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available for purchase during the job fair.

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The meeting will be held at 8:00PM in the auditorium of City Hall at 4040 S. Berkeley Lake Rd. NW, Berkeley Lake, GA 30096.

Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office and 12 others. Job seekers will be able to meet with representatives from different potential employers to learn about job opportunities and what different companies are seeking in prospective new employees.

In addition to employer participation, the job fair will also feature seminars on networking skills and interviewing and presentation skills. Professional head shots will be free to those who want them for their personal portfolios.

Melvin Emerson, director of Equal Employment Opportunity for Georgia, will provide motivational remarks.

Refreshments will be

Harlem Globetrotters CEO Kurt Schneider announced Monday that the organization has hired Monica Neal as its executive vice president of brand marketing and partnerships.

Neal joins the Globetrotters, headquartered in Peachtree Corners, after a career working with TV One and Turner Broadcasting.

In her position with the Globetrotters, Neal will have direct responsibility and oversight for all brand marketing efforts, social media programs, public relations and sponsorship sales management.

“Monica has a fantastic record of driving brands to new heights,” said Schneider. “As we prepare to celebrate the 90th year of our iconic brand, her experience and insight will help us across all of our initiatives.”

Neal originally joined Turner Broadcasting in 2000 as director of public relations for Turner South and was promoted to vice president in 2002. In 2004, she began working in PR oversight for Turner Classic Movies, later moving into new products, operations and station management before leaving to join TV One in 2013.

Renasant Corp. acquires KeyWorth Bank Renasant Corporation, parent company of Renasant Bank, and KeyWorth Bank jointly announced an agreement late Tuesday whereby KeyWorth will merge with and into Renasant Bank in a transaction valued at approximately $58.7 million.

Founded in 2007, KeyWorth operates six offices in the Atlanta metropolitan area, including one on Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.

As of June 30, the bank had approximately $389 million in total assets.

The merger is expected to enhance Renasant’s existing presence in the northern suburbs of Atlanta.

“This is an attractive opportunity for us to acquire a community banking franchise which focuses on the greater Atlanta market area.

KeyWorth Bank is a high quality commercial bank, with a strong credit culture and an attractive customer base,” said E. Robinson McGraw, Renasant chairman and chief executive officer. “KeyWorth has a team of quality bankers and we are excited for them to become part of our company.”

The acquisition is expected to close during the first quarter of 2016 and is subject to KeyWorth shareholder approval, regulatory approval and other conditions set forth in the merger agreement.

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Treatment preferred over surgery DEAR DR. ROACH: I have had many bouts of diverticulitis, and was recommended for surgery.

However, one gastroenterologist recommended treating my chronic constipation with Miralax, and since then I haven’t had one bout of diverticulitis. Is this something you have seen?

— S.V. ANSWER: Diverticula are small pouches in the wall of the colon. They occur most frequently in the left side of the colon, the sigmoid (S-shaped) colon.

While diverticula occasionally bleed, when they become blocked they may become inflamed — that’s diverticulitis, a condition that causes pain and fever.

Acute episodes usually are treated with clear liquid diet and oral antibiotics. Once an episode is resolved, it’s time to consider what to do to prevent further episodes.

Although surgery is effective in preventing recurrences of diverticulitis in people where the disease is mainly in the sigmoid colon, people who respond to medical therapy don’t need surgery.

In general, if the outcomes for medical and surgical therapy are similar, I tend to prefer medical treatments.

Medical treatments to prevent further episodes are aimed at reducing pressure in the colon and maintaining normal transit of material through the bowel, which is why a high-fiber diet is the most common recommendation. If a high-fiber diet alone isn’t sufficient, it’s reasonable to consider other treatments. Polyethylene glycol (Miralax) is a nonabsorbable substance that increases water in the bowel movement, preventing hard, dry stool. It is not indicated for long-term use. There are prescription medicines indicated for long-term constipation, such as lubiprostone (Amitiza); however, I haven’t seen even regular use of Miralax cause problems so long as it isn’t overused.

Take only enough to keep the constipation away.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Is there any valid reason for not swimming immediately after eating?

— R.C. ANSWER: Not really.

It is often said that you can get a cramp; however, this isn’t likely unless you have significantly overeaten, and then, vomiting probably is the more worrisome problem.

It is often stated that you don’t have enough blood or enough output from your heart to both digest and exercise, which is also not true. The body has mechanisms for providing your heart, muscles and brain with all the blood it needs during peak exercise, even if it means taking some blood flow away from the gut (or even kidneys) for a short while.

Otherwise, there is no risk to swimming after eating.

Long-distance swimmers routinely eat during swims, in fact.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu or request an order form of available health newsletters at 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803.

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1915, more than 25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City to advocate voting rights for women.

In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly met for the first time in New York City.

In 1983, a suicide truck bombing in Beirut killed 241 U.S. military personnel.

In 2001, Apple announced the first iPod, which cost $399 and offered five gigabytes of storage.

In 2002, armed Chechen separatists took more than 700 people hostage at a theater in Moscow.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003), swimmer; Johnny Carson (1925-2005), TV personality/ comedian; Juan “Chi-Chi” Rodriguez (1935- ), golfer; Pele (1940- ), soccer player; Michael Crichton (1942-2008), writer; Ang Lee (1954- ), filmmaker;

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TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1993, right fielder Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-6 and earn the Blue Jays’ second consecutive World Series title.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything.

You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” — Michael Crichton

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Holiday couch potato should be mashed DEAR AMY: I could use some advice on how to handle a source of family irritation regarding our son-in-law during holiday meals.

“Patrick” works in the restaurant business and often works late hours and some holidays.

Over the years we’ve accommodated his schedule by rearranging ours. We’ve started the festivities later in the day or even moved the day so we can celebrate together.

Nevertheless, on the day of celebration with family, all goes well until there is a lull in the activities.

At that point Patrick will stretch out on the couch and fall asleep.

If we all want to play a game or visit or do some other activity as a family, he’ll opt to sleep rather than join in. In the beginning we bought into the excuse that he worked late and is tired. Now it just feels rude.

It is hard to not take his behavior personally. My daughter is caught in the middle, but doesn’t like it any more than we do. I’d like to have your help with what we can say or do to address this ahead of time.

— Elephant on the Couch DEAR ELEPHANT: You cannot prevent someone else from doing

too nervous to walk him to a bedroom, then you all have a bigger problem than his lack of respect for your holiday.

DEAR AMY: I have a friend who eats out a lot.

She never misses an opportunity to text me a picture of her meal, cocktail or dining ambience.

Amy Dickinson She used to send out group texts of this nature something they always and I never responded. do. What you can do is let She now sends them to me your son-in-law know that singularly and I’m still not this bothers you, by sayresponding. ing, “‘Patrick,’ we know I think it is immature — you work very hard, but and an affront to whomwhen you fall asleep on ever she is dining with. the couch after ThanksgivI know she reads your ing dinner we have a tough column and I’m hoping time partying around you. she sees this in print and We’d love to spend more recognizes herself. time with you — awake.”

How can I handle this?

When this happens, ask — Midwest Reader your daughter to please DEAR READER: I rouse him and get him to a wonder if anyone actually bedroom, where he will be enjoys looking at pictures out of everyone’s way. of other people’s meals?

I’m not sure how she One article I read about is “caught in the middle.” this trend indicated that for If he is dominating your some people, photographcelebration by snoring on ing their food is more than the couch and you don’t an annoying choice — it’s like it and she doesn’t like a compulsive habit. When it, there is no “middle.” He they do this they are saycannot possibly justify his ing, “I eat meatloaf, therechoice to nap in the center fore, I exist.” Your friend of your holiday, other than might be in this category of compulsive sharers. to say, “Hey, I’m tired.”

Perhaps you could ask If you are too intimidated to respectfully ask your her, “Can you tell me why you text pictures of son-in-law to be a more your food to me? When I engaged family member get these texts I’m never and if your daughter is

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quite sure what to think. I always love to hear from you, but I don’t really like to get a text from your entree.”

You can block your friend’s ability to send texts to you — go to your “Contacts” list and look for options. She would still be able to call you but you wouldn’t receive these texts and she wouldn’t be aware that her texts are blocked.

DEAR AMY: “Confused in Georgia” was married to a woman with an adult daughter from a previous marriage. He wondered about how he was identified.

I had an identical situation. The term “stepparent” has some negative consequences — I was somewhat relieved not to have to refer to myself this way.

— Not Really a Step DEAR STEP: I wish we could remove the negative stigma for stepparents.

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.

Be a leader, not a follower. A charitable cause or organization will help you raise awareness about something that concerns you and will give you the platform to present what you have to offer.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Don’t join the fight when you can become the mediator. You have the ability to say the right thing in order to defuse a volatile situation and resolve sensitive issues with compassion.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Overspending will put your budget in jeopardy. Don’t try to buy your way into someone’s heart. Your time and attention are what will bring the best rewards.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You will be tense and stressed out. A physical activity will help you burn off steam. Go to the gym or pool and put your excess energy to good use.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Others will consider your help meddling by another name.

Keep your opinions to yourself in order to avoid a rift. Romance will improve your personal life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Change is in the air. You have fabulous ideas that will help streamline or modernize your job. Convince colleagues to join you, and present your concepts to those in charge.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — A relationship will turn turbulent. Remember that it takes two to argue. Make amends if you have been too demanding or stubborn. Don’t say something you’ll regret.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — If you have been spending too much time on your career lately, getting together with friends will remind you how to have fun. Make time for the people who mean the most to you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Financial security and risk-taking will not be compatible. Do your research carefully before you spend your hardearned cash. Opt for a conservative investment you can count on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Listen to what others have to say. Don’t judge someone based on hearsay or rumors. Your assumptions will not be valid. The information you receive will be incomplete or false.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Refer to those with experience in order to find solutions. Whether you have professional or personal issues, someone you know will give you sound advice. Don’t be afraid to ask.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Get out and socialize if you crave excitement.

Take part in community events in order to meet a wide assortment of people you will enjoy spending time with.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — It’s OK to think big, but keep matters in perspective. Take small steps if you want to reach your destination. Frustration will develop if you try to do too much at once.

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WORLD U.S.: Russia strikes in Syria bolster ISIS UNITED NATIONS — The United States blasted Russia’s military strikes in Syria on Thursday, saying they were strengthening Islamic State militants, killing dozens of civilians, forcing tens of thousands more from their homes, and destroying schools and markets.

During a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power referred to a Reuters analysis of Russian Defense Ministry data that found almost 80 percent of Russia’s declared targets in Syria have been in areas not held by Islamic State.

“By attacking nonextremist groups Russia has boosted, perversely, the relative strength of (Islamic State), which has taken advantage of this campaign by seizing new territory in rural Aleppo,” Power said.

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U.S. troops help rescue hostages held by ISIS

U.S. soldier killed in raid

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Rogen, ‘Interview’ team producing comedy for Fox

LOS ANGELES — Seth Rogen is getting into network comedy.

Reuters Along with his producing partner Evan Goldberg WASHINGTON/ERBIL, and scribe Dan Sterling, Iraq — One member of Rogen will serve as an a U.S. special operations exec producer on “Citizen force was killed during an Floyd,” a comedy that has overnight mission to rescue landed a put pilot commithostages held by Islamic ment at Fox, Variety has State militants in northern learned.

Iraq, the first American to The half-hour, single die in ground combat with camera laffer is described the militant group, U.S. ofas a workplace comedy ficials said on Thursday. with political, action and Sixty-nine hostages suspense elements.

Rogen and Goldberg are were rescued in the action, producing by way of their which targeted an Islamic Point Grey Pictures banner State prison around 7 kilometers north of the town Militant Islamist fighters hold the flag of ISIS while taking part in a military parade with 20th Century Fox of Hawija, according to along the streets of northern Raqqa province in this file photo. On Thursday, U.S. where Sterling is under an overall deal. The Fox projthe security council of the troops helped to rescue almost 70 from an Islamic State prison. (Reuters/Stringer) ect marks a reunion for the Kurdistan region, whose trio, as Sterling wrote the counterterrorism forces State militants were killed he died, the U.S. defense The U.S. forces were “The Interview,” in which took part. and six detained, the secuofficial said. He was the acting as advisors then The hostages rescued in rity council said. first American serviceman were sucked into the battle Rogen starred alongside James Franco, plus dithe raid were all Arabs, in“Dozens” of U.S. troops killed in ground combat in when Kurdish fighters rected and produced with cluding local residents and were involved in the misIraq since the United States came under heavy fire, he Goldberg. James Weaver Islamic State fighters held sion, a U.S. defense official withdrew its forces in 2011. explained. as suspected spies, a U.S. said, declining to be more U.S. Army Colonel Steve “They were pinned down of Point Grey will also serve as an EP on “Citizen official said on Thursday. specific about the number.

Warren, spokesman for and they were beginning Clinton defends Floyd.”

The official told Re“It was a deliberately U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, to take casualties, so the Benghazi record uters that around 20 of the planned operation, but it said the possibility that Americans in the heat of under scrutiny hostages were members of was also done with the Americans were among the battle made a decision,” he ‘Back to Future’ Iraqi security forces. knowledge that imminent hostages was not a consid- said.

WASHINGTON — “Some of the remainder action was needed to save eration in carrying out the Pentagon press secretary re-release hits Former Secretary of State $4.8M worldwide were Daesh (Islamic State) the lives of these people,” operation.

Peter Cook said in a stateHillary Clinton on Thursday … fighters that Daesh the U.S. defense official Some of the rescued ment that those rescued inLOS ANGELES — Fans deflected harsh Republican thought were spies,” the said. people said Islamic State cluded 20 members of Iraqi criticism of her handling of official said. “The rest of The U.S. serviceman was militants had told them they security forces. He said the flocked to theaters on the deadly 2012 attack in them were citizens of the shot during the mission and would be executed after mission had been requested Wednesday to celebrate Oct. 21, 2015: the day that Benghazi, Libya, and urged local town.” taken to the Kurdistan remorning prayers, Warren by the Kurdistan Regional “Back to the Future’s” her questioners in Congress More than 20 Islamic gional capital Erbil, where said.

Government.

Doctor Emmett Brown to put U.S. national security and Marty McFly touched ahead of politics.

At a sometimes heated Thursday. down in the future. hearing, Republicans acWell, their future is now Corey Jones, a 31-yearcused the front-runner in the our past, and some of the old black drummer, was 2016 Democratic presiden- Ryan expected things that “Back to the waiting for a tow truck tial race of misinforming Future Part II” predicted around 3 a.m. on Sunday to declare for top the public about the cause have not come to pass. when he was approached U.S. House job of the attack by suspected Most Americans didn’t

by Nouman Raja, who was WASHINGTON — ConIslamic militants that killed take a flying car to work driving an unmarked van, this morning, teenagers are gressman Paul Ryan nailed the U.S. ambassador and the lawyers told a news not enjoying the pleasures down crucial endorsements three other Americans in conference on the steps of of the hoverboard, families on Thursday and was exBenghazi. the Palm Beach County Republican Representadon’t warm up dehydrated pected to declare soon that courthouse. tive Jim Jordan said Clinton he will run for the top job in pizzas, “Jaws” mercifully Police say there was a had misleadingly implied never made it to chapter the U.S. House of Represenconfrontation with Jones, the attack was a reaction tatives, as Republicans tried who was carrying a recently 19 and the World Series Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) leaves a meeting about his bid to purchased handgun, that to an anti-Muslim video. remains frustratingly out to end a crippling internal be the next Speaker of the House with moderate memOn Thursday, Clinton, who power struggle. of grasp for the Chicago ended with Jones being shot bers of the House Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in denies suggesting the video Cubs.

With a deadline to raise and killed by Raja, who Washington on Thursday. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts) was the cause, called JorThat didn’t matter to the U.S. debt limit only was on duty investigating a dan’s accusation “personally days away, the House has lovers of Robert Zemeckis’ Planned Parenthood facilities issue carbon regulations for burglary. painful.” time-bending trilogy. A been transfixed by a chaotic on Thursday, the group said, power plants today, opening theatrical re-release of the in a move that comes days the door to a wave of lawstruggle to find a successor 3M to cut 1,500 three “Back to the Future” after the state’s Republicans suits from states and industry to replace House Speaker Pakistan bombing jobs after profits films grossed an estimated groups.

John Boehner, who said last leaders barred the women’s kills 10 on eve of month that he plans to step health group from receiving The EPA will publish its beat expectations $1.65 million from 1,815 North American theaters state Medicaid money.

Clean Power Plan in the down on Oct. 30.

Shi’ite holy day 3M Co. said on Thursday that offered up a helping of The raids were carried Federal Register, a formal Republicans are schedQUETTA, Pakistan — A uled to vote on nominating a out at Planned Parenthood nostalgia. They returned to it would cut 1,500 jobs to step that will start the clock suicide bombing at a Shi’ite new speaker on Oct. 28, with health centers in Houston, on legal challenges from op- lower expenses as the diver- theaters to mark “Back to Muslim mosque killed at sified U.S. manufacturer re- the Future Day.” Dallas and San Antonio by ponents of the rule. a vote by the full House on least 10 people in the Pakiported a higher-than-expectrepresentatives from the The Obama administraOct. 29. stani province of Baluched quarterly profit despite Texas Office of the Inspector tion unveiled the final verRepublicans who have Instagram istan on Thursday, officials sion of the Clean Power Plan disappointing revenue. met with Ryan, a Wisconsin General. said, raising fears of more Shares rose 2.9 percent to launches app for The Inspector General’s on Aug. 3. It aims to lower lawmaker who ran for vice sectarian attacks during the president in 2012, said they office declined to comment. emissions from the country’s $154.18 in morning tradanimating photos upcoming Shi’ite holiday of expected him to run. ing as investors looked past Its agents were seen on lopower plants by 32 percent LOS ANGELES — Ashura. a reduced revenue forecast below 2005 levels by 2030.

“He’s seeking the speaker- cal news reports entering a Fears of violence have Facebook-owned InsPlanned Parenthood facility President Barack Obama and weaker-than-expected ship, and he feels confident been heightened this year third-quarter sales from 3M, tagram took a swipe at called the rule the biggest he can unite our conference,” in San Antonio. after Taliban splinter groups said Florida Representative Vine and Apple’s new live which makes Scotch tape, Texas, the most populous action the United States pledged allegiance to the Republican-controlled U.S. had taken to date to address Post-it notes and an array of photos Wednesday with Carlos Curbelo as he left a Syria- and Iraq-based Isthe launch of Boomerang, adhesives and abrasives. state, said it would launch a climate change. meeting between Ryan and lamic State, a Sunni militant Republican moderates. “He probe of Planned Parenthood a new app that lets users The job cuts, which group that has repeatedly quickly produce and share amount to 1.7 percent of after the release of videos in Lawyer: Fla. man can heal all these factional targeted Shi’ites. Analysts animated video loops from 3M’s 89,800 employees as July by anti-abortion activist differences.” killed by cop say Pakistani groups hopphotos. of Dec. 31, will focus on group Center for Medical Ryan earlier this week ing for patronage want to Boomerang lets users overhead and affect about Progress in which a Planned never fired gun said he was open to replacimpress Islamic State. shoot a burst of photos, 500 positions in the United Parenthood official is seen ing Boehner, but only if Six children were among he could win the unified PALM BEACH GARStates, with other reductions and animates them to talking about transactions the dead and more than 20 DENS, Fla. — A Florida short one-second videos in slower-growing markets backing of his divided party involving fetal tissue. people were wounded in musician who was shot that are looped playing in the Europe, Middle East colleagues in the House. forward and in reverse. It’s Thursday’s attack in the and killed by a plainclothes and Africa regions, as well U.S. OKs carbon one of those things that’s town of Bhaag, about 124 police officer after his car as in Latin America.

Texas offices of rule as 25 states best understood when you broke down on a highway miles east of the provincial 3M estimated the cuts P. Parenthood exit ramp never fired the capital of Quetta, provinprepare to sue would yield $130 million in see it. cial Home Minister Mir Boomerang actually crehandgun he was carrying raided, group says pretax savings next year, as it Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti told WASHINGTON — The and was running away at takes a fourth-quarter charge ates short MP4 video clips AUSTIN, Texas — Texas U.S. Environmental Protec- one point, lawyers for the Reuters. instead of GIFs. of about $100 million.

— From wire reports officials raided several — From wire reports tion Agency will formally dead man’s family said on — From wire reports

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Mediterranean diet linked to healthier aging brain

By Lisa Rapaport

To understand the relationship between the diet and brain health, Gu and colleagues reviewed surFollowing a Mediterranean diet For the current study, researchveys that 674 elderly people comrich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, ers focused on elderly people with pleted about their eating habits and whole grains, fish and healthy fats normal cognitive function to see if then examined magnetic resonance may preserve a more youthful brain the diet might also be tied to losing imaging scans of their brains. in old age, a U.S. study suggests. fewer brain cells due to aging, Gu Compared to the people who Previous research has connected said by email. didn’t regularly follow many a Mediterranean diet to a reduced “Among cognitively healthy aspects of the Mediterranean diet, risk of developing Alzheimer’s dis- older adults, we were able to detect the participants who adhered to ease and other degenerative brain an association between higher this way of eating more often had conditions, noted lead study author adherence to a Mediterranean type larger total brain volume, as well as Yian Gu of Columbia University in diet and better brain measures,” Gu more gray and white matter.

New York. said.

Higher fish intake and lower Reuters

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meat consumption, one aspect of a Mediterranean diet, was tied to larger total gray matter volume on the brain scans.

Eating less meat was also independently associated with larger total brain volume.

Overall, the difference in brain volume between the people who followed a Mediterranean diet and those who didn’t was similar to the effect of five years of aging, the researchers conclude in the journal Neurology.

One limitation of the study is

that it can’t show whether the diet actually causes less brain atrophy over time, the authors acknowledge. For instance, it’s also possible that the effect might operate in the opposite direction, with differences in brain structure resulting in behavioral differences that include dietary habits.

It’s also hard to separate the effect of eating more fish from the impact of consuming less meat, noted Dr. Victor Henderson, a neurology and health policy researcher at Stanford University in California.

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Paul Ryan is also doomed WASHINGTON — A week ago, Paul Ryan looked doomed. Now, he looks really, truly doomed.

The Wisconsin Republican, who achieved national prominence as Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012, seems more likely than ever to become the next speaker of the House. A devout man of faith, he will need your prayers.

When incumbent John Boehner announced his resignation, Ryan made clear he did not want the job. Who on earth would? Boehner spent his whole tenure trying — and failing — to corral ultraconservative Republicans into a working majority.

Eugene GOP victories in Robinson the 2010 midterm election had swept into office a group of nihilistic renegades who believe the way to change Washington is to blow it up.

Now calling themselves the Freedom Caucus, these 40 or so legislative bomb-throwers insisted on fighting battles they had no chance of winning and repeatedly took the country to the brink of calamity.

They threatened government shutdowns (and achieved one). They tried to block routine increases in the federal debt ceiling. They kept the House from passing spending bills in key areas, such as transportation, where there once was bipartisan agreement. They insisted on more than 50 useless attempts to repeal all or part of the Affordable Care Act, knowing these measures would fail in the Senate or be vetoed by President Obama.

As presumptive speaker, Ryan can look forward to more of the same.

Ryan is seen as the only figure who could potentially unite the fractious GOP caucus. As such, he has leverage — and he is trying his best to use it.

He insisted on having the support of all 247 Republicans before he would accept the job. But now he is reportedly willing to settle for less.

The Freedom Caucus announced Wednesday that a “supermajority” of its members would back Ryan. There was no official endorsement from the group, however, which means the unspecified majority fell short of 80 percent.

That doesn’t sound so bad — perhaps 10 or fewer unreconciled renegades, who theoretically could be marginalized. “I believe this is a positive step toward a unified Republican team,” Ryan said.

But in courting the ultraconservatives, he reportedly made concessions that seem to guarantee that the speaker’s gavel will be a symbol of misery, not of power.

The main problem is that Ryan is said to have promised to follow the “Hastert rule,” named after former Speaker Dennis Hastert, requiring that legislation have the support of a majority of the GOP caucus before it is brought to the House floor.

Boehner had to break the Hastert rule whenever ultraconservatives threatened to bring about disaster — a potentially catastrophic default because the debt limit needed to be raised, for example. In those instances, Boehner got the legislation passed with a cobbled-together majority comprising Democrats and moderate Republicans.

To keep his job, Boehner generally kept to the Hastert rule on other, less critical legislation. This is what made the Congresses he led so spectacularly unproductive.

In 2013, the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Had Boehner brought the legislation to the floor of the House, it almost surely would have passed — but with the votes of Democrats and GOP moderates. A majority of the Republican caucus opposed comprehensive reform, and so Boehner never allowed a vote on it.

Immigration, at least, is a hot-button issue; transportation is not. Yet Boehner could not even get a majority of his caucus to support a routine six-year transportation bill. This is the kind of legislation that used to be a simple matter of arithmetic and routinely passed with broad bipartisan support. For today’s House Republicans, however, fixing roads and bridges is somehow an ideological issue. Just about everything, in fact, is an ideological issue.

If Ryan does become speaker and respects the Hastert rule, he will end up in the same position as Boehner — held hostage by the Freedom Caucus.

In his meeting with the group, moreover, he reportedly softened his demand to eliminate a House procedure in which any member can call for a vote to “vacate the chair,” or kick the speaker out of his job. And he also reportedly promised to devolve more power to the rank and file, which is precisely the opposite of what needs to happen.

If Ryan takes the job, he will likely enjoy a honeymoon period. But the fundamental problem — no functional GOP majority — will remain. Ryan believes government should be small. Much of his caucus believes it should be thwarted.

Sounds like doom to me.

Eugene Robinson’s email address is eugenerobinson@washpost.com.

Doing for yourself, without assistance A recent New York Times headline read, “Raising Taxes on the Wealthiest Would Pay for Bold Plans.” The story says that by soaking the rich “the government could raise large amounts of revenue … while still allowing them to take home a majority of their income.”

Nowhere in the story, nor in the endless promises of Democratic presidential candidates, is there a single word about whether more government spending will produce the promised outcomes. We are to take this on faith, despite past performance being a good indicator of future results. Also absent is any expectation that individuals have more power than government to direct and improve their lives.

That’s because to the left, government is much like a deity to be worshipped rather than a servant of the people. If you don’t worship at the leftist shrine, you’re labeled unsympathetic toward the poor. Republicans should respond: “We care about the poor, but unlike you, who have spent over a trillion dollars fighting poverty with little to show for it, we want the poor to become independent of government.”

What keeps most of the poor locked in poverty is propaganda from the left, which tells them they cannot succeed without government assistance, which, in turn, leads them to a series of bad choices and a state of perpetual victimhood. Look at America’s big cities, dominated by Democrats, to see how that’s working. Once we talked about people who overcame difficult circumstances; now we just sing about overcoming … someday.

billionaires” will pay for it all because it isn’t fair that they have more money than you have.

Even if government confiscated all of their wealth there wouldn’t be enough to pay off the $18 trillion national debt.

What happens when the money runs out; when all of the wealth of the successful is exhausted and the incentive to make Cal money disappears with it? Where will Thomas the left turn then? Who is asking these questions? Not debate moderators, who Charles Koch and his brother David seem more interested in getting the canare reviled by the left because they didates to attack each other, as though contribute large amounts of money to the debates were just the latest reality Republicans. Never mind that George shows. This is the future of the United Soros does the same for Democrats.

States at stake. Could we please hear The normally reclusive Charles is doing some adults conversing like adults? interviews to promote his new book Need a plan for success, or at least “Good Profit: How Creating Value for independent living? It isn’t new. Stop Others Built One of the World’s Most turning to government as a first resource.

Successful Companies.”

Get married before you have children, Speaking with Megyn Kelly on the stay married and if things get tough Fox News Channel, Charles read a letter seek counseling. Stay in school. Don’t his father sent him about his inheritance: take drugs. Develop good character and “If you choose to let this money destroy a sound work ethic. If a good job with your initiative and independence, then it a future isn’t available where you live, will be a curse to you and my action in move to a city that offers more opportugiving it to you will have been a mistake. nity, or start a small business.

I shall regret very much to have you In the bidding war for votes, the left is miss the glorious feeling of accomplish- preaching a message of envy, greed and ment. Remember that often adversity is entitlement. Human history proves that a blessing in disguise and is certainly the message doesn’t improve a life. The old greatest character-builder.” values worked. If you’re a millennial, Where are you hearing anything like ask your grandparents about them, why that in contemporary political discourse, they worked and how we lost sight of especially among Democrats? It’s all them along the way. Since these values about free college tuition, free health succeeded for previous generations, why care, free everything. The United States don’t we reclaim them? will become a giant ATM and those evil, Readers may email Cal Thomas at miserly, insensitive “millionaires and tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

Candidate choosing time for the GOP Maybe Joe took my advice.

I told a friend of the Vice Preisdent’s recently that he should not run for president in 2016 but instead should leave the political stage as an elder statesman.

No matter why Biden really decided to let Hillary Clinton have the Democrats’ presidential nomination without a fight, it’s great news for the GOP. At least it should be.

In an ordinary election season, the GOP should be thrilled to pieces at the chance to duke it out with Hillary and the U-Haul load of dirty old political baggage she and her husband are always dragging around with them.

But this is no ordinary season. It’s the upside-down season of Donald Trump.

What Trump has done to hurt the GOP’s chances so far is enough to make a conspiratorialist think Hillary and Bill paid him to run as a Republican.

But I forgot. Trump is so rich no one has enough loot to buy him off, not even Bill and Hillary.

What Trump is doing to the GOP continues to amaze me.

It’s bad enough he has infected what’s left of the party’s conservative brand with his Democrat-lite ideas.

But one by one he’s been biting his fellow Republicans like a liberal attack dog — even ones he’s not running against.

As part of his nonstop bullying of Jeb Bush, Trump tried to make it seem Jeb’s big brother George W. was somehow responsible for the 9/11 attack on America.

It was a cheap shot that knocked Jeb

rush out and capture Osama and turn him over to us.

These are the two top-tier Republican people trying to become President of the U.S.?

Trump and Carson may say things in the primary that some want to hear.

But the most important question is, “Can they actually do what you want them to do if they win?”

Michael To be a successful president, even a Reagan conservative one, in the real world you have to work with members of Conoff his message — a message no one is gress, not call them names. Trump will hearing anyway — and forced him to never be able to work with anyone in defend his brother.

Congress — on either side.

Democrats have been unfairly The GOP desperately needs to save blaming George W. for 9/11 — and itself from being Trumped. everything else that’s gone wrong in With Hillary and her heavy baggage the world — for eight years. So now as the competition, Republicans and conservatives have been handed a great Trump piles on? chance to win in 2016.

George W. could have done nothBut they also have a great chance to ing to stop the attack, which occurred just nine months after he replaced Bill absolutely blow winning 2016 if they don’t stop Trump, who could cinch the Clinton in the White House. nomination as early as next March on People like Trump forget that in Super Tuesday.

2001 the U.S. Senate wouldn’t allow Despite its dysfunction, the GOP W. to appoint a new CIA director or still has time to derail the Trump appoint other people he needed who Express. It has a deep bench of concould have given him better intelliservative politicians and leaders from gence information.

On top of Trump’s stupid 9/11 state- around the country.

But if they’re going to beat Hillary ment, Dr. Ben Carson came out with an and prevent the GOP from becoming even dumber one.

The GOP’s Mister Rogers candidate the next Whig Party, Republicans have said he would have brought Osama Bin to unite behind someone like Jeb Bush, Laden to justice in two weeks without Marco Rubio, John Kasich or Chris Christie. going to war in Afghanistan.

They have to choose wisely — and He said he simply would have told they better do it fast. the Saudis we were going to become Email Michael Reagan at Reagan@ oil independent. caglecartoons.com. Follow him on That threat to their bottom line, he Twitter @reaganworld. said, would have caused the Saudis to

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GUIDE aims to stop substance abuse Answering questions

about violets, spiders

By Curt Yeomans

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Schools and law enforcement will urge Gwinnett County students to stay away from alcohol and drugs during next week’s Red Ribbon Week observances.

The message is one that officials with GUIDE Inc. try to hammer home every week of the year, however.

The program, which started as Gwinnett United in Drug Education in 1986 and still counts the county as its home, aims to educate students on the dangers of underage drinking and abusing both illegal and prescription drugs.

The group has a pamphlet for teen councils that teaches students across the state how to spread the message of Red Ribbon Week throughout the year.

“Often in the prevention field, there’s this focus on Red Ribbon Week, which is really important and we’re really glad to be able to direct it here, but we need to be doing prevention work year-round,” GUIDE Inc. Executive Director Jessica Andrews-Wilson told county commissioners during a briefing this week.

Right now, GUIDE’s adult and student leaders are focusing on their efforts for Red Ribbon Week, though. That includes a Red Fest which will set up at Suwanee’s Alive! Fest on Saturday, and a “Paint Georgia Red” campaign that teens and adults can participate in through the end of next week.

Gwinnett County commission Chairman Charlotte Nash, right, presents a Red Ribbon Week to GUIDE Inc. staff and Youth Advisory Council representatives on Tuesday. The group works to spread the substance abuse prevention message of the week across Georgia year-round. (Special Photo)

Teens and adults are encouraged to take photos of themselves in their community wearing red clothing and finish the statement, “I wear red because ….”

The photos can be submitted online at guideinc.org/ F redribbonweek.

The group will post the photos and statements on social media throughout the week to promote alcohol prevention awareness.

Gwinnett commissioners also presented the group and its Gwinnett-based Youth Advisory Council with a proclamation recognizing Red Ribbon Week on Tuesday.

Although GUIDE Inc. remains Gwinnett-centric, part of its story is the fact that its reach has grown beyond the county line and across the state.

Its Georgia Teen Institute in Oxford drew about 300 teens and adults from 45 Youth Actions Teams that are spread across the state this past summer. It also organizes annual Teens R

4 Me Conferences with the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services for people who work with foster children.

Two years ago, it launched the Georgia After School and Youth Development conference for officials who work in afterschool and out-of-school programs.

Gwinnett County remains its testing ground for new initiatives, however.

One of the group’s newest programs is the “420” anti-marijuana campaign that was conducted in three high schools in April. The peer-to-peer-based campaign resulted in 9,342 students signing pledges to not use the drug. The name may sound odd, but AndrewsWilson said it is based in marijuana culture.

“Most of us know that 420 is a term for smoking pot (and) getting high, and it has traditionally been April 20, a day that lots of high school students will skip school because they’re go-

ing to get high,” she said.

Another effort is the 4/5 campaign, which targets perceived peer beliefs that most teens are drinking alcohol and most adults are providing alcohol to teens. The name is based on surveys of alcohol use that the group has done in recent years.

“Only 19 percent of students said they’d had a drink in the last 30 days, and that translates to four out of five students said they are not drinking,” Andrews-Wilson said.

The program was piloted at Central Gwinnett, South Gwinnett, Grayson and Parkview high schools this past spring.

The growing number of programs and the expanding reach of GUIDE has not gone unnoticed by county leaders.

“You’ve taken a couple loafs of bread and turned them into a big bundle of bread,” commission Chairman Charlotte Nash told Andrews-Wilson.

obituaries For more obituaries, visit www.gwinnettdailypost.com.

CARNESVILLE

Billy Benefield Mr. Billy William Benefield, age 56, of Carnesville, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2015.

AUBURN

Martha Downing

Grayson, GA 30017. The family will receive friends from 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Tim Stewart Funeral Home 300 Simonton Road S.W. Lawrenceville, GA 30046. 770-962-3100.

Please leave online condolences at stewartfh.com.

Mrs. Martha Downing, age 81, of Auburn, Georgia died October 20, 2015.

WINDER LAWRENCEVILLE

Carolyn Foster Carolyn Foster age 85 of Lawrenceville passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 24, 2015 in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home. Pastor Ryan Grundlock will officiate. Interment will follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Foster is preceded in death by; Husband of 63 years: Sam Foster; Father: Rayford Owen Bonds; Mother: Delia Ellen Bonds; She is survived by: Daughters: Joy Partain, Covington, Karen Alligood, Lawrenceville; Daughter & Son-in-law: Cindy & Dale Fleming, Colbert; Sister: Rose Kerlin, Monroe; Grandchildren; Missy Partain, Amanda & Ryan Grundlock, Ellen & Bryan Chapman, Ashley Duncan, Adam Duncan, Autumn Duncan; 6 Great Grandchildren; Host of Family & Friends; The family would like to thank Rebecca Manor & Embrace Hospice for all of the care provided to Mrs. Foster.

Flowers accepted or in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Alzheimer’s Research Association- 41 Perimeter Center East Suite 550 Atlanta, GA 30346 or Grayson First Baptist Church Senior Adult Ministry- 2142 Loganville Highway h

Mayford Goins, Sr. Mayford Earl Goins Sr., age 85 of Winder, passed away October 20, 2015.

WINDER

Joyce Grace Joyce C. Grace, age 83 of Winder, passed away October 20, 2015.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Amy will be laid to rest in a private graveside ceremony to be held on Saturday, October 24, 2015 and officiated by her aunt, Jody Johnson. A public celebration of Amy’s life will be held at the Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 2:00 PM also to be officiated by Reverend Johnson. A full reception will follow the public service on Sunday and will be held at the Tom M. Wages Funeral Home.

Flowers may be sent to the Tom M. Wages Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, or suggested memorial donations may be made to Furkids Animal Shelter at https:// furkids.org/. For further information, Condolences may be sent to or viewed atwww.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service LLC, “A Family Company” 120 Scenic Hwy Lawrenceville, GA 770-963-2411. .

Amy Kiel Amy Caitlin Kiel, age 18, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on Saturday, October 17th, 2015. Amy was born on September 16th, 1997 in Lawrenceville, GA to parents Gary and Lisa Kiel. In addition to her parents, Amy is also survived by brothers Christopher Kiel (of Austin, TX), Russell Kiel (of Oakland, CA), and Nathan Kiel (of Phoenix, AZ); sister-in-law, Rachel Simons (of Austin, TX); grandmother, Hope Johnson (of Monterrey, VA); ten aunts and uncles; and eight cousins.

Energetic and engaging Amy was an artist who loved dance, choreography and photography, but most recently, prop and costume design and modeling.

Her sense of humor was contagious, and her love of family and friends deep.

Amy’s prolific design and modeling work can be seen online at https://instagram.com/blue_cereal/.

PENDERGRASS

Gerald Lichtenberger Gerald Warden Lichtenberger, age 68, of Pendergrass passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2015.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Chan Phun Chan Phun, age 95, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on October 21, 2015. Services and Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

GAINESVILLE

Matt Martin Mr. Matt Martin, age 29, of Gainesville passed away suddenly on Saturday, October 17, 2015 in Virginia.

FLOWERY BRANCH

Terry McKinzie Mrs. Terry Adams McKinzie, age 58, of Flowery Branch, GA, passed away on October 21, 2015. Services and Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

Tim Daly of the Gwinnett Extension answers your questions on a variety of topics: Question: My bermudagrass lawn has many violets in it, and they are spreading.

What can be done to control these troublesome weeds?

— George in Snellville Answer: Violets are perennial plants. There are numerous species, and some are grown as ornamental plants. Pansies are a type of violet. However, the common violet is frequently a problem for lawns and can be difficult to eradicate.

The plants have fleshy roots that enable them to survive harsh conditions, and they are prolific seeders. Use a broadleaf herbicide, which can be purchased at local garden centers, for controlling violets. Please make sure you follow all label directions and safety precautions when using pesticides.

You may have to make two or three applications to get rid of the violets.

Q: I found a few spiders in my home. They look like wolf spiders. What can I do to keep them out?

— Lois in Norcross A: Wolf spiders are not normally a house pest. They prefer to stay outdoors.

These spiders are what pest control professionals refer to as occasional invaders, meaning that they accidentally enter homes in search of food and shelter. To keep them out, make sure all doors have door sweeps under them to close any gaps.

Also, all doors and windows need to close tightly. If a spider does get in, you can use a vacuum cleaner or swat it with a flyswatter.

Q: I have some large dead patches in my bermuda grass lawn. My lawn care company says I have red thread fungus, and they want to charge me to apply chemicals for control. Should I pay the company to do so? Is the fungus harmful to my grass?

— John in Snellville A: John, red thread fungus infects the grass blades, causing them to shred and develop a red coloring.

Thus, they have a red thread appearance. Your lawn care company has misdiagnosed the problem. Red thread

Gardening in Gwinnett

Tim Daly fungus is only problematic on cool-season lawns, such as tall fescue. Bermudagrass is a warm season grass and is not affected. Also, the fungus is not problematic in our area. From your description, you probably have large patch fungus. To control, do not apply any fertilizer, and water only earlier in the day. You can purchase lawn fungus control pesticides in local garden centers, but this is not always necessary.

The chemicals suppress the fungus and reduce its spread, but will not reverse the damage already done. If the grass is healthy, it can recover.

Q: A large oak tree on my property has mushrooms and puffballs growing on the base of the trunk and out in the soil nearby. What is causing this to happen? Is there any cause for concern?

— Jane in Buford A: Jane, mushrooms and puffballs are the “fruiting bodies” of fungi, which is analogous to flowers and fruits of plants. There may be rot occurring on the inside of the tree. You may not be able to see the decay, but the mushrooms are a sign that this is most likely occurring. The rotting of the wood can weaken the tree and make it more prone to failure. You need to have an arborist do a thorough assessment of the tree to determine the extent of the decay and what actions should be taken. The tree may or may not have to be removed. To find an arborist, refer to the website of the Georgia Arborist Association at www. georgiaarborist.org.

Timothy Daly is an Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent with the Gwinnett County Extension. He can be reached at 678-377-4010 or tdaly@ uga.edu.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Raymond Smith Raymond B. Smith, age 86 of Lawrenceville, GA passed away October 20, 2015. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

PENDERGRASS

Donald Vaughn Mr. Donald Edward Vaughn, age 62, of Pendergrass, who entered into rest Thursday, October 22, 2015.

WINDER

Angelique White Angelique Yvonne White, age 41, of Winder, GA, passed away on October 20, 2015. Services and Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

FLOWERY BRANCH

Laura Yeckley Laura Ann Yeckley, age 35, of Flowery Branch, GA, passed away on October 21, 2015. Services and Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

About 600 Greater Atlanta Christian students made 1,023 meals on Thursday made up of bologna sandwiches, candy and water for the homeless served by the nonprofit organization 7 Bridges to Recovery. The students see it as their responsibility as Christians as they learn about serving others. (Special Photo)

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•From Page 1A in hopes of eventually getting the homeless off the streets. The organization is based off of the scripture Isaiah 58:6-8 and has a goal to end homelessness across Atlanta, Georgia and the rest of the country.

The group also has a home for 105 women and children and a program for 25 men that have all been rescued from the streets.

These men and women continue to go to the streets several times a week.

On Friday nights, 7 Bridges staff and volunteers make 700 lunches to distribute on Saturdays.

Without any government funding, 7 Bridges relies on support from schools, churches and other organizations.

“What this enables us to do is acquire more resources for later,” said Jim Johnson, who is on staff at 7 Bridges. “This is basically a whole week for

us in going out and ministering to people. … We go out one soul at a time, and one lunch at a time, and talk to people and we minister and we pray.”

It’s the first time the school has done this kind of project to this scale, but students routinely visit 7 Bridges throughout the year to serve.

Packing meals is one aspect of a series of service projects the school community participates in, and the Spartan Service League — led by about 40 students — organizes about 20 overlapping trips a year to nonprofit and other service organizations. The Norcross CoOp, for example, accounts for eight trips.

Higgins and Joseph are part of Chapel Class, which is a four-day-aweek student-led chapel, and discussions this week during that time centered on missions and serving others.

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health&wellness HEALTH BRIEFS Bethesda Park Senior Center to host Wellness Fair Bethesda Park Senior Center will host a Fall Into Health Senior Wellness Fair on Friday, Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. through 1 p.m. in partnership with Live Healthy Gwinnett, Gwinnett County Senior Services and the Gwinnett Extension Service.

The event will feature live cooking demonstrations, a farmer’s market, breakout information sessions with special presenters, live entertainment, interactive fitness demonstrations and health screenings.

Health and wellness exhibitors will be present as well, offering information on their products and services.

The event has typically served more than 800 seniors aged 50 and older in past years and is expected to double the number of participants this year.

Bethesda Park Senior Center is located at 225 Bethesda Church

Road in Lawrenceville.

Peach State Health Plan awards Buford pediatrician for care Peach State Health Plan awarded Buford-based pediatrician Dr. Laura Putnam with the Summit Award for Excellence in Care on Oct. 15.

Putnam was recognized for providing clinical excellence to children and adults enrolled in Peach State Health Plan.

“We are incredibly proud to honor Dr. Putnam with the Summit Award for her commitment to improving the many lives she touches in the Buford community. It is our highest provider distinction, and a well-deserved achievement for a champion of exceptional patient care,” said Patrick Healy, president and chief executive officer for Peach State Health Plan.

Practitioners are selected each year for the Summit Award based

on their exemplary performance in key areas, including routine preventative and well care services for children.

Recipients are also recognized for providing overall outstanding service and quality care.

Putnam is a board certified pediatrician with decades of experience, practicing at The Longstreet Clinic since 1997. She completed her medical education and residency at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.

“I am honored to receive the Summit Award For Excellence in Care from Peach State Health Plan,” Putnam said. “This award represents the recognition of the work of myself and our dedicated staff at The Longstreet Clinic as we continue to serve the Buford community.”

VITAS Healthcare opens new inpatient unit in Duluth VITAS Healthcare, the na-

have become unmanageable in their home-care settings. Most patients return home after spending a few days in the units.

“In Georgia, VITAS currently serves 24 counties from Lumpkin to Meriwether and is proud to open the IPU at New Hope Medical Center to meet the demand for quality, compassionate end-of-life care for terminally ill patients in Gwinnett County,” said VITAS Vice President of Operations Jennifer Nygaard.

“This facility will provide local VITAS patients who need more intense levels of care easier access to our services in a comfortable, home-like setting.”

The new IPU at New Hope Medical Center will provide amenities including a kitchen and dining room, family room, children’s play room and a quiet room for meditation. The facility, which will employ at least 30 hospice caregivers, can accept 24-hour direct admissions and high-acuity patients.

— From staff reports

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The magazine containing the recipes for Robert’s demonstrations was included in a gift bag with items from the event’s sponsors, including a colander, sandwich container and loads of coupons.

In addition to the goodies in the gift bag, attendees could also sign up to win one of more than 50 door prizes, including a Keurig, luggage, a KitchenAid Mixer, gift cards, a trip to Daytona Beach, Fla., and more.

In order to claim their prizes, winners were required to jump out of their seats and shout, “I love food!”

Attendees who liked Gwinnett Daily Post on Facebook were eligible for additional prizes, including Atlanta Falcons tickets and

tion’s leading provider of endof-life care, celebrated the grand opening of its newest VITAS Inpatient Unit in Gwinnett with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 19.

Located at New Hope Medical Center on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Duluth, the facility is the company’s second IPU in Georgia and the celebration was attended by VITAS and Duluth Chamber of Commerce executives, health care professionals, and staff members as well as business and community leaders, including Duluth Mayor Nancy Harris and Duluth City Council Members Jim Dugan and Kelly Kelkenberg.

The 13,000-square-foot, 12bed VITAS hospice inpatient unit is designed to meet the Duluth community’s expanding need for quality end-of-life care for terminally ill patients with complex symptoms.

Inpatient hospice units allow VITAS to provide care for hospice patients whose symptoms

Michelle Roberts goes over a recipe during the 2015 Taste of Home Cooking Show at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth on Thursday.

Cups of Bruinswick stew sit on a table at the Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ booth during the 2015 Taste of Home Cooking Show.

Jan Eustis, left, talks with Debra Pauter, right, at the Pampered Chef booth during the 2015 Taste of Home Cooking Show at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth on Thursday. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

tickets to NCG Cinemas.

Even for those who didn’t win door prizes and have a

hard time making a cup of noodles, the promoters at Taste of Home had one bit

of advice: “Keep calm and put your apron on.”

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of Miami (Fla.) and St. Peters Prep out of Jersey “I’ve been to Bogart. I’ve City (N.J.), as well as been to Hog Mountain. international team Prepa It’s going to be a once-inTec from Mexico City. a-lifetime kind of experiBuford’s past success ence. It’s neat to be able to likely factored heavily use Buford football to have into its selection — the an experience that most Wolves have won three of us, including me, the straight state championplayers and coaches, have ships, as well as seven of never had the opportunity the last eight in their clasto enjoy is really special. sification.

It’s not your average field But football is just a trip for high school kids.” small part of the experiThough matchups ence, which begins next haven’t been set, Buford year on Tuesday, Aug. 30, is one of three Atlanta when the Wolves arrive area teams in the showin Dublin. The schedule case along with Marist includes a parade and a (which typically has pep rally for the teams in a handful of Gwinnett Dublin. residents on the roster) “In a lot of ways, it’s an and Blessed Trinity. They educational trip,” Simpson will match up with one said. “We’re there Tuesof three teams — out-ofday to Sunday, and in the state foes Belen Jesuit out afternoons the kids do

educational tours. They have a parade and a ticket to the Georgia Tech-Boston College game. There are banquets, just a lot of stuff going on.”

Buford officials have been in discussions with event organizers for months, but met more recently with the football team’s parents about the plans. Though the game is still a year away, the logistics of taking a varsity football team of more than 100 players overseas with all of their equipment is a daunting task.

But Simpson said the opportunity was too good to pass up.

“It is exciting,” Simpson said. “It’s been hard in the middle of this football season to worry about it. It’s something that

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Buford grad David Curry and next year it also will feature current Wolves senior Xavier Gantt, a Yellow Jackets commitment.

The high school showcase also was held in Ireland in 2012 and 2014, with 14 high school football teams participating between the two years.

“We are excited to have some of America’s top high school teams go over to Ireland for one of the most memorable experiences of their lives,” John Anthony, CEO of Anthony Travel and a director of Irish American Events Limited, said in an event release. “This is a game they will be telling their grandchildren about someday. We look forward to thousands

of American football fans traveling across the Atlantic to join local fans and share this amazing educational, cultural and sports experience.”

Buford has made it a tradition to test itself outside of region play in recent seasons, including home matchups with Eastern Christian Academy (Md.) and Trinity Christian (Fla.) at home the last two seasons. The team has appeared on national ESPN broadcasts and has played in Canton, Ohio, and Arlington, Texas, but it’s never played a game overseas.

That will change next season.

“We’re just humbled and excited to have this opportunity,” Simpson said.

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Part of the incident was caught on cellphone video.

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will require a tremendous amount of preparation and details involved. If we can pull this thing off and play a game in Ireland, it’s going to be a pretty unique experience for our school, our community and our program. It’s so special.

Any time something like this happens, I think about the 24 players on our first team we coached in 1995, when there were 300 kids in the school building. It’s amazing how much it’s changed. And the truth is it’s incredible how much support we get to be able to do things like this.”

Buford fans who make the trip also will be able to root on some familiar faces in the Georgia TechBoston College game in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.

The Tech roster includes

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THE RUNDOWN A quick look at this weekend’s high school football in the Gwinnett area: TODAY’S GAMES 7:30 p.m.

• Athens Academy at Providence • Central Gwinnett at Archer • Dacula at Grayson • Duluth at North Gwinnett • Hebron at George Walton • Lanier at Salem • Meadowcreek at Mountain View • Mill Creek at Collins Hill • North Oconee at Buford • Peachtree Ridge at Norcross • Shiloh at Parkview • South Gwinnett at Berkmar • Wesleyan at Lovett SATURDAY’S GAME 7:30 p.m.

GAC vs. Holy Innocents’ at Riverwood

BY THE NUMBERS

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Consecutive regular-season victories by Lanier — 3 to close 2013, 10 last year and 7 this season Victories by Wesleyan over tonight’s opponent, Lovett

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Wins needed by North Gwinnett in its final three games to avoid the program’s first losing season since 2003

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Straight Dacula wins over Grayson after losing the first five games in the matchup from 2008-2012 FANS CHOICE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Each week during the football season, the Daily Post will nominate four players for its Fans Choice Player of the Week. Online voting at www.gwinnettprepsports. com will begin by Monday morning and will end Thursdays at noon. This week’s winner is: Who: Grayson’s Quintin Thames Class: Junior Quintin Position: Thames Safety Noteworthy: Returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown to spark the Rams’ 35-2 win over Central Gwinnett Coach Mickey Conn’s take: “Quintin is a great kid, a hard-working kid. He’s playing safety for us and had a huge interception return for a touchdown that kind of flipped momentum for us in the second quarter. That ended up being a big quarter for us and helped us win the ball game.”

Thames (38 percent) beat out Buford’s Mic Roof (28), Parkview’s Tyler Fleetwood (22) and Lanier’s Tyler Taylor (12) in fan voting this week.

FLASHBACK On this week in 2006, Rolando Dyer catches four passes for 128 yards and sets up both Central Gwinnett TDs with long catches in a 16-6 win over Grayson. … Greater Atlanta Christian’s Khiry Battle and Trey Harber, both filling in for injured Caleb King, rush for 130 yards and three TDs in a 31-7 win over rival Wesleyan. … Demetre Ledlum rushes for 127 yards and three TDs on just 12 carries in Brookwood’s 45-8 win over South Gwinnett. … A Bryce Dykes 53yard TD run and a J.R. Jones fumble return for a TD, both in the fourth quarter, rallies No. 1 Norcross past Mill Creek 28-14. … Twoey Hosch runs for a 74-yard TD and throws for 119 yards and a score as Buford defeats Walker 49-7.

Buford head coach Jess Simpson, center, poses for a photo with his sons Cooper, left, and Jake, right, at Buford High School on Monday. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Simpson, sons relish time together at Buford

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Buford senior Cooper Simpson, even if he wanted to, couldn’t deny how much he looks like his father, Wolves head coach Jess Simpson.

“Cooper looks like him now,” said Tricia Simpson, Jess’ wife and Cooper’s mother.

The other Simpson on the roster, Cooper’s younger brother Jake, takes after his father, too.

“Jake looks exactly how (Jess) looked when he was Jake’s age,” Tricia said. “I have a picture of Jess when he was 15 and I texted it to Jake, and Jake couldn’t figure out when he wore that outfit.”

The look-alike Simpson boys have spent time together on the Buford sideline since Cooper and Jake were younger — joined previously by older brother Luke, now a student at Georgia

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year from today and he’s not going to be around.

He’s gone to college.’ But that’s the circle of life. You raise your kids and you hope they’re prepared to go out in the big world and be successful. It’s neat because it’s not just me being around them, but my kids are getting to do life with these coaches and teachers and all the folks that have poured into their lives the last 18 to 20 years. Seeing how those folks helped shape your kids, that’s what’s special and neat about Buford.”

Buford’s longtime coach Buford High School’s Cooper Simpson (56) leads the team in prayer shortly before the and Tricia have their roots across town in Cobb County, start of the Wolves game with ECA this season. (Photo: David McGregor) where Jess played football at Marietta under Dexter Wood State but never a football per, are starters for the Class Jess gets to coach Cooper. player — and this season AAAA third-ranked Wolves, “I’ve had a few moments before earning a scholarship to Auburn as a tight end. is more special than most winners of the last two state where I think about that,” His dad, Howard Simpson, for the family. Both Cooper titles. It’s likely the brothers’ Jess said. “Sitting next to and Jake, a junior who is 18 last football season on the Cooper in church a few See SIMPSONS, Page 4B months younger than Coosame team and the last time weeks ago, I thought, ‘A

The Lions and Blue Devils have a lot in common

By Paul Thomas

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There are a lot of similarities between Region 7-AAAAAA foes Norcross and Peachtree Ridge.

Both play stifling defense thanks to a bevy of blue-chip recruits. They’re each allowing just 11.4 points per game.

Both teams struggled to score points early in the season, each picking up an early win despite zero offensive points. Most importantly they’re both 4-0 in region play.

The fifth-ranked Blue Devils (7-0) host the Lions (5-2) tonight at 7:30 p.m.

They’re part of a four-way tie atop the region standings that will be sorted out over the final three weeks

PEACHTREE RIDGE AT NORCROSS Peachtree Ridge Lions (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Mark Fleetwood Record: 5-2, 4-0 Last week: Bye week

Norcross Blue Devils (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Keith Maloof Record: 7-0, 4-0 Last week: Bye week

Last meeting: Peachtree Ridge won 35-2 last season Location: Norcross High School

thing strong?”

Norcross’ defense has been led by tackling machines Chris Allen (96 tackles) and Monty Montgomery (77 tackles). Jalen Pinkney (4.5 sacks) and Peachtree Ridge’s Christian Sutton (2) stiff arms Nor- Robert Beal (4 sacks) have cross’ Chris Allen (42) during last season’s game at combined for 8.5 sacks.

Peachtree Ridge High School. (Photo: Kyle Hess) Da’Meon Williams has of the season. an off week and got seven four picks and Kendrew “It’s a neat deal,” games behind them and we Wynn has three. Division Peachtree Ridge head get down to this last stretch I commits Kendrec Grady coach Mark Fleetwood and it’s a control your own (Iowa State) and Jarrett said. “Everybody has had destiny. Who can finish this Cole (Georgia Tech) have

also played great in the secondary.

“I think the big-play thing is important,” Fleetwood said of attacking the Blue Devils’ defense.

“Then trying to control the line of scrimmage. I think that’s going to be key on both sides. Being able to run the ball and throw the ball. As you go about it, you can’t run it really well

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Despite an 0-3 start to the season, Collins Hill is in the same position as 7-0 Mill Creek in the Region 7-AAAAAA standings entering tonight’s game at Collins Hill High School.

The Eagles have won all four region games — scoring 49 points or more in three of them. Collins Hill’s defensive front seven has keyed the turnaround with strong play from Tomon Fox, Robert Snyder, Emmanual Belmar and Bobby Sheehan.

“Even with their slow start, we knew they had a great football team and that’s what has shown the last few weeks,” Mill Creek head coach Shannon Jarvis said. “It is not surprising at all that they’re in this situation, because they’re just like us, they’re undefeated (in the region); and the defense presents a great challenge because you’ve got to be able to attack them all over the field. You’re not going to be able to just line up and do one thing.

They’re too talented and too well-coached. You’ve got to be able to run, you’ve got to be able to pass, you’ve got to be able to do multiple things offensively to try to attack the whole field. Then offensively, they’ve really the last few weeks gotten in rhythm and done a great job. It’s going to be a great challenge for us.”

There has been no slow start for Mill Creek. The

Joe Thomas (15) of the Mill Creek Hawks runs the ball up the field earlier this season against the Meadowcreek Mustangs. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

MILL CREEK AT COLLINS HILL Mill Creek Hawks Collins Hill Eagles (7-AAAAAA) (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Shannon Jarvis Coach: Kevin Reach Record: 7-0, 4-0 Record: 4-3, 4-0 Last week: bye week Last week: bye week When: today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Mill Creek won 51-7 last season Location: Mill Creek High School

Collins Hill’s Canyon Slade (5) looks to find some running room last season against Mill Creek. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

Hawks are ranked fifth in the state as they’ve allowed just 3.9 points per game, while scoring 41.4.

The pass rush from Tyler Vernon (six sacks) and Peyton Moore (four sacks) has led the way up front, while four different Hawks have at least two interceptions.

“They’re really good defensively,” Collins Hill head coach Kevin Reach said.

“They run well to the ball, their front seven are good, they’re good in the secondary. They’ve played well in it seems like every game this year. I think they’ve played well from Game 1 all the way through. We’ll have to play well to beat them, but I like our chances.

I think our players feel like we have a chance. We’ll have to play very well, not give them any turnovers and have a couple good things happen to us.”

Mill Creek’s rushing attack has been led

by Daniel Leconte and Joe Thomas. Leconte has rushed for 480 yards and 11 touchdowns this season but is a game-time decision after injuring his ankle two weeks ago against Mountain View.

Thomas has rushed for 360 yards and 10 touchdowns. He scored twice in the second half against the Bears after Leconte was injured.

“Joe had a great game

the other night and we’re excited about him,” Jarvis said. “We’ve got other players, and every team in the region is dealing with injuries. We’ve got to have some kids step up. As a coach we’re looking forward to opportunities and seeing which kids can (step up) like Joe did against Mountain View. We feel good about whoever we end up with at running back, but obviously we want to try and get Daniel back and have him healthy.”

Collins Hill’s offense has also been powered by the run game, with 473 yards and 7 touchdowns from Jonathan Postell and 375 yards and 5 touchdowns

Series History: 2014 — Mill Creek 51, Collins Hill 7 2013 — Collins Hill 45, Mill Creek 34 2012 — Mill Creek 17, Collins Hill 14 2011 — Collins hill 35, Mill Creek 32 2010 — Collins Hill 42, Mill Creek 34 2009 — Collins Hill 35, Mill Creek 0 2008 — Collins Hill 30, Mill Creek 0 2007 — Mill Creek 27, Collins Hill 24 (3 OTs) 2006 — Collins Hill 20, Mill Creek 0

from Jeremy Lewis.

Receiver Canyon Slade has also been a valuable weapon for the Eagles.

He has 22 catches for 359 yards and 3 touchdowns.

He has also taken direct snaps at quarterback and returned kicks this season.

“Over the last couple years, he’s been a big

playmaker for us,” Reach said. “We want to try to get the ball in his hands when we get a chance. I think he’s done a lot for us. We put him back there in the wildcat and things of that nature. He’s been a big playmaker for us and we want to try to get the ball in his hands when we can.”

Grayson, Dacula look to get physical during key region clash DACULA AT GRAYSON Dacula Falcons (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Tommy Jones Record: 5-2, 4-1 Last week: Beat Brookwood 38-21

Grayson Rams (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Mickey Conn Record: 8-0, 6-0 Last week: Beat Central Gwinnett 35-2

When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: Dacula won 27-17 last year Location: Grayson High School Series History: 2014 — Dacula 27, Grayson 17 2013 — Dacula 14, Grayson 7 2012 — Grayson 45, Dacula 7 2011 — Grayson 34, Dacula 14 2010 — Grayson 16, Dacula 10 2009 — Grayson 44, Dacula 0 2008 — Grayson 27, Dacula 7

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with a defense that yields just 8.3 points and 173.3 yards per game.

Included in those numFor the past several bers are a mere 48.6 yards years, there have been on the ground each game few teams in Region behind a fearsome front 8-AAAAAA more physiseven that features at least cal than either Grayson or two Division I commits Dacula. in Georgia Tech-bound So when the No. 2 state- Chris Martin and Boston ranked Rams and Falcons College-committed Bryce clash tonight at Grayson Morais, plus three of the Community Stadium, county’s sack leaders in it’s not hard to imagine Bryce Smith (60 tackles, 6 a bruising, down-in-the sacks), Mykelle McDaniel trenches affair.

(35 tackles, 5 1/2 sacks) That’s exactly what both and Ellison Hubbard (45 coaches are expecting. tackles, 5 sacks).

“Without a doubt,” That could mean trouble Grayson coach Mickey for a Dacula offense that Conn said. “They (Dacula) likes to pound away at opdo such a great job coach- ponents on the ground and ing those boys. It’s going wear them down, occasionto be a very physical ball ally taking to the air to game.” keep them honest.

That script hasn’t been a And as dominant as the good one for Grayson (8-0, Falcons were last week be6-0) against Dacula (5-2, hind the physical running 4-1) in recent years, as the of Georgia Tech commit Falcons have taken the last Jakob Brashear and Ty two meetings between the Harris, who combined for two teams in hard-hitting 313 yards in the win over affairs.

Brookwood and have toHowever, the Rams have gether totaled 908 yards on shown more than their the season, coach Tommy share of physicality so far Jones knows his team may this season, particularly need a little finesse to go

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Grayson’s Cameryn Brent (33) is tackled as he falls into the end zone for a touchdown last season against the Dacula Falcons at Dacula High School. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

with that force this week.

It won’t be an easy task considering the amount of speed Grayson possesses on defense.

“They’ve got extraordinary athleticism on the line of scrimmage,” Jones said of the Rams. “They read and fill (gaps) quickly.

And their secondary is as good as any in the (region).

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execute very well. We know we need to be balanced on the offensive side this week because they’re the type of defense that will do a good job taking away what you like to do best. So, we’re going to have to adjust.”

Offensive balance is something that hasn’t been a problem for Grayson this season, with the Rams achieving a near 50-50 split in production on the ground behind one of Gwinnett’s top rushers in Cameryn Brent (123-750, 15 TDs) and through the air on the arm of one of the county’s top quarterbacks in Chase Brice (91-144-4, 1,475 yards, 15 TDs).

Conn is hoping that balance continues against a Dacula defense that has been pretty stout in its own right behind the likes of Brashear (28 tackles, 2 INTs) and DeMarco McInnis (27 tackles, 3 INTs).

“They’re coached well and their kids play hard and compete well,” Conn said of Dacula. “it will be a good test for us. But teams like to compete, and our guys like to play physical, as well.”

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THE BREAKDOWN

A look at this week’s football matchups (all games at 7:30 p.m. today unless otherwise noted)

ATHENS ACADEMY AT PROVIDENCE PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN STORM (8-A) Coach: Ken Robinson Record: 0-7, 0-5 region Last week: Lost to Commerce 45-0

ATHENS ACADEMY SPARTANS (8-A) Coach: Josh Alexander Record: 6-1, 4-1 region Last week: Beat Lakeview Academy 41-10

CENTRAL GWINNETT AT ARCHER CENTRAL BLACK KNIGHTS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Todd Wofford Record: 4-3, 3-2 region Last week: Lost to Grayson 35-2

ARCHER TIGERS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Andy Dyer Record: 6-1, 4-1 region Last week: Beat Shiloh 56-7

Every Monday for the last two years, Providence Christian head coach Ken Robinson invites any player parents to come in for a video breakdown of the previous Friday’s game.

In the room where they go over the video, Robinson has several displays of the program’s tenants. One of those visual reminders is a lot of little things can win games — or lose them.

“Maybe we don’t win Friday against Commerce, but maybe our players see it’s not 45-0 if we take care of the things we can control,” Robinson said. “You spread those little mistakes over the course of a game and it makes it look ugly. But in the midst of that, there’s hope.

David “In chapel this week, I heard one of our players say the opposition isn’t the Sloan enemy, they’re making us better. ” The opposition this week is a much-improved Athens Academy which has only lost to No. 2 ranked Prince Avenue Christian.

“They knocked off Commerce and that catches your attention,” Robinson said. “They’re one of the better teams in our region and in Class A as well. But our focus is always on us. We just want to be better.”

Robinson sees that improvement in a lot of faces, like sophomore David Sloan who played baseball before starting with the football program last year.

“He plays both sides of the ball and almost all the special teams,” Robinson said. “He’s just improved so much. His teammates and the coaching staff all have tremendous respect for who he’s becoming as a player.”

Last meeting: Athens Academy won 60-0 last year Location: Shiloh High School

Central had positives and negatives from last week’s loss to Grayson, but most things trended toward the positive. The big issue was the passing game, which led to most of the Black Knights’ six turnovers with four interceptions. Six dropped passes and other problems factored into the passing struggles, too.

Trey Vallery and the offensive front, led by Tony Gray and Traquan Anderson, played well against Grayson’s stout defense. Nigel Adams (11 tackles, sack, caused fumble), Tim Gary (six tackles, one for loss, caused fumble) and Shelton Combs (five tackles, two for losses, safety) led a Central defense that forced three Grayson turnovers.

“Our defense honestly, if you look at film and you watched the game, played lights out (against Grayson),” Central head coach Todd Wofford said. “From what Trey Grayson’s offense had been doing all year, their running back and quarterback, we Vallery held them below their season averages.”

Central still can earn the region’s No. 2 seed if it wins out, but so can Archer. The Tigers have rolled through region play since a tough Sept. 11 loss to Grayson. Will Bearden has been extremely accurate in the passing game — 12 of 17 for 242 yards last Friday vs. Shiloh — and Jamyest Williams continues to carry the offensive load. He had four touchdowns against Shiloh.

“This is a big game for our kids,” Archer head coach Andy Dyer said. “We’re just excited to play the next one. There’s no doubt we’re going to have to play really, really well in all three phases of the game. Obviously, Central has got some great weapons on offense. The (Major) Bellamy kid, every time he touches it he can go the distance. We’ve got to do a good job tackling in space.”

Archer wide receiver Kyle Davis, one of the nation’s top recruits, is expected to announce his college decision before the game.

Last meeting: Archer won 35-14 last year Location: Archer High School

DULUTH AT NORTH GWINNETT

LANIER AT SALEM

DULUTH WILDCATS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Bob Swank Record: 1-6, 0-4 region Last week: Had a bye

NORTH GWINNETT BULLDOGS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Bob Sphire Record: 2-5, 0-4 region Last week: Had a bye

There’s nothing North Gwinnett can do to get back into the Region 7-AAAAAA playoff picture. Last week’s loss to Peachtree Ridge officially eliminated the Bulldogs from the postseason for the first time since 2003.

North can avoid its first losing season since that ’03 campaign if it closes the season out with three straight victories, starting tonight against Duluth.

“Our work is to focus on the moment and make what we’re doing right now important,” North head coach Bob Sphire said. “We’ve got one game ahead of us and that’s just (tonight). Nothing else matters … we need to just worry about living in the moment, taking care of the moment and letting things fall as they fall. We can’t get caught up in what-ifs. You can play the if-ing game all day long, but I have Josh no interest in playing that game. All I want to do is play the game that’s coming up.” Imatorbhebhe With a young offense that’s led by sophomore quarterback Cade Fortin, Sphire said the biggest key for North against Duluth will be to start fast. A good start would be getting the ball in Southern Cal commit Josh Imatorbhebhe’s hands. He has 22 catches for 295 yards and two touchdowns this season.

The Wildcats have just one win this season — and have lost the last 17 contests with North — but Sphire isn’t taking them lightly. The all-time series sits at 23-22-1 in Duluth’s favor.

“They’re very active defensively,” he said. “A lot of guys really get after it. Really impressed with their linebacker corps. A couple of guys in the secondary are very athletic. They’ve always played us tough.

I know the mindset — we may 9-0 when they played them in the past, but they’ve always played us tough. It’s always been a battle and I don’t expect anything different (tonight).”

Last meeting: North won 71-24 last season Location: North Gwinnett High School

MEADOWCREEK AT MOUNTAIN VIEW MEADOWCREEK MUSTANGS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Jason Carrera Record: 2-5, 0-4 region Last week: Had a bye

MOUNTAIN VIEW BEARS (7-AAAAAA) Coach: Nick Bach Record: 1-6, 0-4 region Last week: Had a bye

Despite being eliminated from playoff contention, Meadowcreek and Mountain View have plenty to play for in their final three games. The two teams, each led by a new head coach, hope to build some late-season energy to carry into 2016.

Meadowcreek already made history with its back-to-back wins and offensive production earlier this season, but another win in the final three games would mean the first season with three wins since 2001. A fourth victory would be the highest total since 1997.

“It’s obviously very important to us to win, any win we can pick up down the stretch is going to help us and give us momentum into the offseason and for next year,” Meadowcreek head coach Jason Carrera said. “Whether it’s one or two Will or three wins doesn’t matter, they’re all important. Whatever we do is better than Giron what’s been done here in the past. But we’re not ready to stop.”

Will Giron has played well at linebacker this season for the Mustangs, as has two-way lineman Keenan Cason.

Mountain View also lost its first four region games, but wants to finish strong under first-year head coach Nick Bach.

“Mountain View is like the rest, like everybody else (in the region), extremely athletic and they’ve got some good-looking linemen, good-looking kids,” Carrera said. “They’ve just gone through the same gauntlet we’ve gone through. Obviously they’ve played teams better than we have. I know the road they’ve been on because we’ve been on the same road.”

The Bears have struggled offensively without injured running back Nick Harris, but their defense continues to play tough. Marquel Broughton (16 tackles, fumble recovery, pass breakup) and Austin Brown (14 tackles) were among the standouts in Mountain View’s most recent game against Mill Creek.

Last meeting: Mountain View won 42-0 last year Location: Mountain View High School

SHILOH AT PARKVIEW SHILOH GENERALS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Ryan Andrews Record: 0-7, 0-5 region Last week: Lost to Archer 56-7

PARKVIEW PANTHERS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: Eric Godfree Record: 5-2, 3-2 region Last week: Beat South Gwinnett 42-28

LANIER LONGHORNS (8-AAAAA) Coach: Korey Mobbs Record: 7-0, 6-0 region Last week: Defeated Heritage 42-0

SALEM SEMINOLES (8-AAAAA) Coach: John Starr Record: 4-3, 3-3 region Last week: Lost 20-9 to Loganville

The Lanier Longhorns can officially clinch a spot in the Class AAAAA state playoffs with a win tonight at Salem in Region 8-AAAAA action.

Lanier erased a 14-point second half deficit last season to defeat the Seminoles 42-35.

Quarterback Tahj Tolbert led the charge in that comeback win, throwing for 184 yards and four touchdowns.

The senior signal caller has had some up and down moments this season, but fared well last week against Heritage with a pair of touchdown passes. The Longhorns posted their third shutout of the season in the 42-0 win.

Lanier has allowed just 41 total points this season, an average of just 5.8 per Tahj game.

Tolbert Five-star defensive tackle Derrick Brown, the top-rated senior in the state, has led the way for the defense throughout the season. Last week he had seven tackles, three for loss, a sack and three quarterback hurries.

Senior linebacker Devin Miller added 11 tackles, eight of which were solo.

Salem enters the game in the midst of a three-game losing streak after a 4-0 stat to the season.

The Seminoles have given up at least 20 points in all three losses.

The Longhorns defense should have its ears pinned back much of the night against Salem. Last week, quarterback Gerald Walker threw five interceptions — two of which were returned for touchdowns — and Salem has turned it over 15 times during the losing streak.

A win would extend Lanier’s regular season winning streak to 21 games.

Last meeting: Lanier won 42-35 last season Location: Salem High School

NORTH OCONEE AT BUFORD NORTH OCONEE TITANS (8-AAAA) BUFORD WOLVES (8-AAAA) Coach: Terry Tuley Coach: Jess Simpson Record: 4-3, 3-1 region Record: 6-1, 4-0 region Last week: Beat White County 20-0 Last week: Beat Monroe Area 51-0 Despite an overhauled lineup from last season, Buford’s domination of Region 8-AAAA has continued into 2015.

The Wolves have routed White County (49-3), Chestatee (56-0), North Hall (490) and Monroe Area (51-0) to start region.

The return of several players who missed time early in the season have bolstered Buford and created those lopsided scores.

“We’re starting to get some guys back that are helping us,” Buford head coach Jess Simpson said.

This week’s opponent also is off to a nice 3-1 start in region play, though North Oconee was heavily overmatched last year in a 55-point loss to Buford.

Garrett The Wolves made quick work of Monroe Area last Friday, building a 51-0 halfScoggins time lead.

Anthony Grant had 74 yards and two touchdowns on just eight offensive touches and quarterback Mic Roof was an efficient 10-for-13 passing for 154 yards and three scores. Garrett Scoggins and Cooper Simpson were among the high grades along the offensive line.

Shug Frazier (tackle for loss, two sacks) and Caleb Auer (sack, caused fumble) disrupted Monroe Area from the defensive line.

Linebacker Da’Mario Lott (sack) and defensive back Joshua Blackwell (interception) also stood out on defense last week. Blackwell also had a TD catch.

Buford travels to lowly Madison County (1-6) next Friday before finishing the regular season at home against fellow region unbeaten Stephens County. That game likely will decide the 8-AAAA champion.

Last meeting: Buford won 58-3 last year Location: Buford High School

SOUTH GWINNETT AT BERKMAR SOUTH GWINNETT COMETS (8-AAAAAA) Coach: John Small Record: 1-7, 0-6 region Last week: Lost to Parkview 42-28

BERKMAR PATRIOTS (REGION 8-AAAAAA) Coach: Kenan Dever Record: 0-7, 0-5 region Last week: Had a bye

These two teams may be headed in opposite directions, but each has plenty to play for in tonight’s region match up. The host Panthers want to hold serve and make sure their postseason hopes remain in their own hands.

Outside of losses to the region’s two frontrunners, Parkview has been one of the most prolific offenses in the county behind multi-talented quarterback Jack Chambers and playmakers like Johnathan Boyd, Tyler Fleetwood and Deion Slade.

But coach Eric Godfree says he has cautioned his team not to underestimate Shiloh’s defense, which has a playmaker of its own in Julian McDuffie.

“I think Shiloh is a lot like South Gwinnett because they’re better than their record,” Godfree said. “They’re just in a tough region. They’ve got good athletes that Jack run around and play hard. (Julian) McDuffie is a very good football player, makes Chambers a lot of tackles for them and they have some weapons on offense. They’ve played a lot of people close, played some people tight, so they’ve got some ability to beat people.”

For Shiloh, the challenge is simply to get into the win column after a series of relatively close losses.

That challenge seems larger after the Generals fell in the most lopsided setbacks of the season in their last two outings against state-ranked Grayson and Archer. If they are to break out of that cycle, coach Ryan Andrews said they need more than just continued improvement from players like receivers Carlos Frazier and Jamarcus Hixon. They need faith in themselves.

“It can’t get worse than the last two weeks,” Andrews said half-jokingly, but bluntly. “The players have to believe they can win. … We just have to get back to playing with confidence. The last two weeks, we’ve played with no belief.”

Last meeting: Parkview won 49-27 last year Location: Parkview High School

Two teams weary from running a gauntlet of some of the top teams in the region get a chance to finally get into the win column in region play against each other tonight.

For the host Patriots, it’s also a chance to break a 24-game losing streak and give Kenan Dever his first win since taking over as head coach this past summer.

And coming off a bye week, Dever believes his team is refreshed and reenergized heading into tonight’s contest.

“I think the off week helped us get a little healthier,” Dever said. “And we’ve put in a few wrinkles that we hope will help us out. … Our guys continue to push on through adversity. It takes a lot of spirit when you play teams as powerful as the Michael ones we’ve played lately.”

Stephens Berkmar will rely on stalwarts like lineman Khalil Raymond to help provide the push up front that the Patriots will need to deal with South. That could be particularly important on defense, where a good pass rush could be critical against a Comets offense that has had some moments lately behind quarterback Josh Shim and receiver Michael Stephens.

But against a team in a similar situation as his own like Berkrmar, South coach John Small is convinced the Comets will need to tighten up and get back to basics in order to come out on top.

“It’s another game in which both teams’ kids are hungry,” Small said. “It ought to be a great game. … The thing I want to see from my kids is we’ve got to play with great effort and desire and physicality.

And we’ve got to play smarter, which has cost us at times this year.

“But my kids never quit. They always keep playing hard, and that’s really all I can ask of them.”

Last meeting: South won 32-0 last year Location: Berkmar High School

WESLEYAN AT LOVETT

GAC AT HOLY INNOCENTS’

WESLEYAN WOLVES (6-AA) Coach: Franklin Pridgen Record: 7-0, 4-0 region Last week: Had a bye

LOVETT LIONS (REGION 6-AA) Coach: Mike Muschamp Record: 4-4, 4-1 region Last week: Beat Holy Innocents’ 43-0

After a week off, Wesleyan puts its undefeated record and No. 3 state ranking on the line against a Lovett team that seems to have found itself by winning its last four straight after losing four consecutive games to start the season.

The Wolves have never beaten the Lions in five previous meetings, though three of those setbacks have been by six points or less, including last year’s 3024 loss.

If they are to end that streak, they will have to use the formula that has led to their current, season-long winning streak.

Solid defense, which has led to Wesleyan allowing an average of just 8.1 points per game — including allow double digits just once this season — and a balanced Harrison offense, led by Jordan Argilagos on the ground and Banks Ramsey and a host of Cook receivers like Harrison Cook and Tucker Cannon through the air.

“We’ve always wanted to be balanced on offense,” Wesleyan coach Franklin Pridgen said. “That’s what’s best for our football team.

“We’re pretty pleased with our passing game, but the better we run it, the less pressure it puts on our passing game, and the better we pass it, the less pressure we put on our running game. That’s why balance is such a good thing.”

From a defensive perspective, the Wolves will have their hands full with Lovett’s running game, which is led by tailback Jay Harris and mobile quarterback Brady Tindall, who combined for 234 yards in last week’s win over Holy Innocents’.

The task will be to try to bottle up that ground game and force the Lions to the air, where they’ve been less effective this season.

Last meeting: Lovett won 30-24 last year Location: The Lovett School

GAC SPARTANS (6-AA) Coach: Tim Hardy Record: 6-1, 4-0 region Last week: Had a bye

HOLY INNOCENTS’ GOLDEN BEARS (6-AA) Coach: Ryan Livezey Record: 2-6, 1-4 region Last week: Lost to Lovett 43-0

The bye week came at a good time for Greater Atlanta Christian, offering a respite before the season’s stretch run. The Spartans dispatched of a good Pace Academy team 33-13 in their latest game, which gave them a nice boost into the off week.

They enter this week’s game as a heavy favorite over Holy Innocents’, which has struggled this year under Norcross grad and longtime head coach Ryan Livezey.

“After a week off, we are excited to get back to competing,” GAC head coach Tim Hardy said. “With three games left in the region schedule, we have a sense of urgency as we pursue our goals for this season. Coach Ryan Livezey and his staff do a really solid job of preparing their team. Holy Innocents’ is well-coached in all three phases of the game. We look forward to the challenge of performing at a high Berkley level against them.”

Boglin GAC hopes the off week didn’t slow down its prolific offense. The balanced unit averages 43.3 points, with Alex Rowe (455 yards) and Marcus Young (370 yards) leading the running attack. Quarterback Davis Mills, a highly recruited junior, has thrown for 1,228 yards and 14 touchdowns, in addition to running for 304 yards and seven more scores. He accounted for three scores against Pace and Rowe rushed for 121 yards.

The senior-laden defense also has been steady with veterans like Ford Higgins, Berkley Boglin, Josh Pickens and Brandon Washington. Boglin also has 14 catches at wide receiver, where Liam Sullivan, Harrison Sloan and Malcolm Cunningham also have produced big seasons.

After the Holy Innocents’ game, GAC closes the regular season with a pair of games that will decide the Region 6-AA title — home games against Lovett Oct. 30 and Wesleyan Nov. 6.

When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: GAC won 38-0 last year Location: Riverwood High School

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state championship trophy in tow. In a program that also played at Marietta and has won seven state titles in Auburn, as well as the NFL. the last eight seasons, those Tricia’s father, Charles Col- photos ops are plentiful. lins, played at Campbell, Those state title memoAuburn and in the CFL, then ries are vivid, but so are the coached at McEachern. Her routine days from the rest grandfather, James “Red” of the calendar year. The Pressley, also coached at long hours on the Buford Marietta. practice field, playing in the “Playing football was wrestling room and enjoying kind of just a given with our time with their father stand family,” Cooper said. “It’s out to Cooper and Jake, and something our family really the importance of all that enjoys. Every Saturday we time isn’t lost on their father, know where everyone will either. be, either at Auburn be“We’ve got more scars cause of our family history and war wounds and or watching the game. It’s memories and stories, from something we all enjoy and the old wrestling room and bond over. It’s not the endthe weight room,” Jess said. all, be-all. There’s more to “Cooper made more trips our family than football. But to the emergency room. He we do really enjoy it.” memorized the wall puzzle The Simpsons made their for the little kids there. I way to Buford in 1995 with thought, ‘This is not a good Wood, who took over a sign. We’re back four weeks football program with barely later and he already knows enough players to fill the the puzzle pattern.’ They roster. The Wolves began were always in the old wresgrowing and racking up tling room, the weight room, state championships and the out back swinging golf clubs family settled into the com- or on the field playing ball. munity, the only one their They’ve been typical coach’s children have known. kids or fieldhouse rats as Their eldest son Luke they say. was born Aug. 31, 1995, “The kids being around is the night before Simpson kind of how you justify your and Wood coached their job and your hours. I feel first game at Buford against like this business obviously Dacula. requires a lot of hours, but “My four kids are green I’ve gotten to spend so many and gold and they haven’t of those hours with them beknown anything but that,” ing around and being a part said Jess, whose youngest of things. Whether it was child, daughter Emma, also them as water boys or ball is in the Buford system. boys, or I’d stay up at their The middle two brothers practices after our practices in particular took to football and help their teams. Then from the start. They spent them getting into our school years at games just as fans, and our program. That’s then served as ball boys and been the fun part of getting water boys. The family has a to do life together in a school handful of photos of Cooper as a family.” on the sidelines with a headThe football discussions set, spurring their predictions also carried over to the that he would follow his Simpson house for years, father into coaching one day even when the boys were (though that doesn’t look younger and the last thing likely).

Jess wanted to talk about They have even more after a long day at the office smiling family photos from was more football. But Tricelebrations, many with a cia said he gladly obliged.

Buford’s Jake Simpson (17) and Jacob Martin (20) tackle ECA’s Alex Barker (11) during the Honey Badgers’ two point conversion try in the first quarter of the Wolves 2720 season opening victory. (Photo: David McGregor)

As Cooper reached high school, some rules were set about those talks.

“It’s definitely been something I’ve enjoyed playing for him and it’s a little different from everyone else on the team because I go home with him every night,” Cooper said. “I don’t think there’s anyone I’d rather have as my coach. He’s an incredible coach and an incredible father. Early on we set the boundary, up here he’s my coach and at home he’s my dad. If I had a bad practice it didn’t necessarily come home. If he was mad at me for something I did at football it didn’t come home.

If I did something at home it didn’t necessarily make it up to the field. We tried to do that to give us a healthy relationship. There’s no one else I’d rather play for or play under. Him being my position coach for four years has been great.”

The coach-son relationship has been meaningful, and it’s matched by the bond between Cooper and Jake.

Cooper, a 260-pound senior offensive lineman, was the first to break into Wolves’ heralded program and carved out a niche as a contributor, then as a starter.

He became Jake’s role model and even more of an older brother figure when

oldest brother Luke went off to college two years ago.

Their last season of football together can’t go slowly enough.

“He’s my boy, I’m going to miss him next year,” Jake said of Cooper. “I don’t even know what I’m going to do when he’s gone. … We’ve got a real special relationship. We’re 18 months apart and he’s been there with me the whole time, playing football, having fun, cutting up, playing in the neighborhood. We’d get into fights but we don’t fight much anymore because we get all our energy out on the football field, so it’s pretty chill. …

He plays really smart, great hands, the best pad level possible on the team probably.

He got a lot of experience playing as a freshman. It’s been fun watching him play in this program, how he works, how he leads.

“We talk about this being our last season together a lot. It’s real special. It makes me want to work that much harder because of what this season means to him.

I’d want someone to work that hard for me if I was a senior.”

Cooper, a team captain, has a 4.0 GPA and is active in Buford’s theater program, currently sporting a lead role in the school’s one-act

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The staff makes its predictions for this week’s prep football winners

WILL HAMMOCK

CHRISTINE TROYKE

DAVID FRIEDLANDER

Athens Academy at Providence

Athens

Athens

Athens

PAUL THOMAS

SCOTT SMITH

DAVID WELKER

DREW PRENTICE*

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Central Gwinnett at Archer

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Hebron

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Hebron

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Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

Lanier

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Mtn. View

Mtn. View

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Mtn. View

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Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

Mill Creek

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Buford

Buford

Buford

Buford

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P’tree Ridge

Norcross

Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

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South

South

South

Wesleyan

Wesleyan

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Lanier at Salem Meadowcreek at Mountain View

Mtn. View

Mill Creek at Collins Hill

Mill Creek

North Oconee at Buford

Buford

Buford

Peachtree Ridge at Norcross

Norcross

Norcross

Shiloh at Parkview

Parkview

Parkview

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South

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Wesleyan

Wesleyan

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play, “Jekyll and Hyde.” His academic drive and football success has resulted in offers from Army, Air Force and Navy, and he plans to decide from those three before National Signing Day in February.

Jake didn’t have his brother’s lineman physique, so his transition to varsity contributor was different.

The 6-foot-1 linebacker/fullback played at 175 pounds last season as a sophomore, spending the bulk of the year on the scout team.

As a junior, he’s one of the best players on a Wolves defense that has posted four shutouts already, including the last three in a row.

“That’s my best friend there, no doubt about it,” Cooper said of Jake. “It’s really cool because last year he was a sophomore and on the scout team every day and now he’s worked his way up and is a starter and really good player for us. I take pride as a big brother in watching him get better and grow every day. I couldn’t imagine a better way to have my senior season than having him on the field with me.”

Jake also is expected to play college football, particularly after bulking up in the offseason for his bigger role on the varsity.

“This past offseason was the most work I’ve ever put in, in my life,” Jake said.

“Last year on scout team it helped me a lot going up against guys like Nick Polino (now a lineman at North Carolina) and Hunter Holland (now at Western Kentucky), some great linemen.

It was really hard, really tough. I wanted to quit some days, but it just made me a lot better, lot better football player with my hands and feet and being more aggressive, faster to the ball. I really worked on my weight.

After last year I made an effort to put on weight. I was 175 at the end of last

year and I’m 200, 201 now. I pretty much ate everything I saw. My mom helped me out a lot with that. I appreciate her. She’s a great cook.”

Tricia has been heavily involved in the football program, too. She works with special projects, mainly in the offseason, and even has her own desk in Jess’ fieldhouse office. The boys stressed how much she has meant to them, whether it’s the bigger things in life or small things. “(Mom’s) just as important as everyone else, putting so much into us,” Jake said. “She’ll take her little lunch paper bags and draw on them every day. It’s kind of fruity but I like it.

All my friends like seeing on Friday when she writes ‘Stomp the Trojans’ on it or something like that. She’ll put (the other team’s mascot) all beaten up. She’s real talented, too.”

Cooper and Jake hope another deep Buford playoff run will extend the family time together in high school football, keeping them on the same sideline with their father as long as possible.

Their parents feel the same as they journey through this season soaking up all of the moments, well aware that they are fleeting.

“The fun thing is that the boys have been able to be a part of it for their whole life,” Tricia said. “It’s pretty exciting for them to have a role this year, a larger role than they’ve had in the past. In their minds they’ve moved up the ranks of being water boys, ball boys, freshmen, and finally getting to have an actual role in the outcome of a game. It’s exciting for them and it’s exciting to watch it.

They’ve just grown up with it. Jess loves having them there. Everything’s a little bit more meaningful when you’re able to do it with your sons, so that’s been pretty special.”

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if you’re not controlling that line of scrimmage. I think that’s what they’re going to want to do also, so it’s going to be a war there for who can limit the sacks and in the running game for who has the edge.”

Peachtree Ridge’s offense has hit its stride the last four weeks, scoring at least 35 points in every game. Sophomore quarterback Fred Payton has been solid under center and allowed junior Connor Heyward to move to receiver.

Junior standout DeAngelo Gibbs finally looks healthy and even completed a 46-yard pass to Nigel Warrior two weeks ago against North Gwinnett.

Norcross head coach Keith Maloof said that not much changes for the Lions whether its Payton or Heyward under center.

“We’ve got to know who’s in there obviously,” he said. “(Payton) is really good. They’re both good at quarterback and it’s all about us being disciplined and making plays because they’ve got playmakers all over the field. They’ve got guys that can really catch the ball, they’ve got guys that can take it the distance if you have a breakdown on defense either throwing the ball or running the ball. You make one wrong step and they can take it to the house. We’ve really got to be disciplined on defense and do what we’re coached to do and play great like we’ve been

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playing and hopefully it will be a good high school football game.”

Norcross has its own big-play threat on offense.

Junior quarterback Baron Radcliff has gotten better throughout the season. He leads the team in rushing with 419 yards and four touchdowns, while also throwing for 481 yards, four TDs and two interceptions.

Fellow Junior Max Tracey has also played well, throwing five touchdowns and just two interception. The Lions have some playmakers on defense including Warrior, UGA commit and senior cornerback Chad Clay and junior linebacker Breon Dixon (3 interceptions and 2.5 sacks) that will have to keep Radcliff’s rushing ability in check.

“I think it comes back to really just what they try to do and focus on those things and try to stop those,” Fleetwood said of stopping Radcliff.

“We haven’t seen a whole bunch of dual-threat, but we’ve seen some really good quarterbacks.

So the thing is when it poses the dual-threat like that, then it becomes a little bit different game on your thinking in run situations and pass situations because what you see may not be what you get. They use him as a weapon in all of their offensive thinking. They’ve got good receivers, their backs run hard, to me it makes you go to a guessing game a little bit more on defense.”

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7:30 p.m. — Athens Academy at Providence 7:30 p.m. — Central Gwinnett at Archer 7:30 p.m. — Dacula at Grayson 7:30 p.m. — Duluth at North Gwinnett 7:30 p.m. — Hebron at George Walton 7:30 p.m. — Lanier at Salem 7:30 p.m. — Meadowcreek at Mountain View 7:30 p.m. — Mill Creek at Collins Hill 7:30 p.m. — North Oconee at Buford 7:30 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Norcross 7:30 p.m. — Shiloh at Parkview 7:30 p.m. — South Gwinnett at Berkmar •7:30 p.m. — Wesleyan at Lovett Saturday

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7:30 p.m. — GAC vs. Holy Innocents’ at Riverwood

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State playoffs, quarterfinals Class AAAAAA 2 p.m. — Mountain View at South Forsyth 2 p.m. — Norcross at Harrison 4 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Walton Class AAAA 1 p.m. — Walnut Grove at Buford Class AA 2 p.m. — Lovett at GAC 3:30 p.m. — Gordon Lee at Wesleyan

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It’s a common theme that Hebron Christian coach Kevin Shaffer has preached to his team all season.

After making steady progress during his three seasons as head coach, it’s time for the Lions to take that next step toward earning the program’s first state playoff berth.

They have a big chance to take that next step — or at least a step in the right direction — when they travel to Monroe to take on George Walton Academy tonight at 7:30.

And while Shaffer doesn’t want to put any additional pressure on his team, he has been quite clear during this week of practice that tonight is exactly the kind of game the Lions (5-2, 3-2 in Region 8-A) have to find a way to win if they want to reach their goal.

“Really, this is a mustwin game if we want to get where we want to go,” Shaffer said. “We’ve never had a winning season since I’ve been here. We’ve never gotten to the playoffs. And I don’t think we’ve ever beaten George Walton.”

True, Hebron has never beaten the Bulldogs (3-4, 3-2) in five all-time meetings, though last year’s 21-17 setback at home was a breakthrough of sorts.

It was the first time the Lions were able to at least be competitive after

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BASEBALL

Ongoing through Nov. 5: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s final registration deadline is Nov. 5 for its winter programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18. All skill levels are welcome and practices and games are on the same day. Games are held at Chestnut Mountain Church, Bogan Park gym and North Gwinnett Middle School and start in early December. For more information or to register, go to www. i9sports.com or call 678-4722142.

Ongoing through Dec. 31: Whitner Hitting Clinics are being held at Jack City Sports Center. The clinics are ongoing and cost $75 for five weeks. To sign up, email jackcitybaseball@aol.com or call 770-633-0948.

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final registration deadline is Nov. 5 for its winter programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18. All skill levels are welcome and practices and games are on the same day. Games are held at Chestnut Mountain Church, Bogan Park gym and North Gwinnett Middle School and start in early December. For more information or to register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

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Ongoing through Nov. 5: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s final registration deadline is Nov. 5 for its flag football program for boys and girls ages 3 to 18. All skill levels are welcome and practices and games are on the same day. Games are played at Gary Pirkle Park and begin in early December.

For more information or to register, go to www.i9sports. com or call 678-472-2142.

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Hebron quarterback Troy Allen (5) looks down field for an open receiver during against Providence at Shiloh in Snellville. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

HEBRON CHRISTIAN AT GEORGE WALTON ACADEMY Hebron Christian Lions (8-A) Coach: Kevin Shaffer Record: 5-2, 3-2 Last week: Did not play

George Walton Academy Bulldogs (8-A) Coach: Don Williams Record: 3-4, 3-2 Last week: Lost to Athens Christian 27-26

When: Today, 7:30 p.m.

Last meeting: George Walton won 21-17 last year Location: George Walton Academy Series History: 2014 — GWA 21, Hebron 17 2013 — GWA 50, Hebron 20 2012 — GWA 52, Hebron 10 2011 — GWA 45, Hebron 13 2010 — GWA 50, Hebron 17

dropping the previous four games to GWA by an average margin of 34.3 points.

So, this year’s game fits in with the overall season of them taking a step up to a new level, especially since the Bulldogs — who have traditionally been a region power since moving up to GHSA play — have taken somewhat of a step back toward the rest of the region this season.

So, the goal is for the

Lions to demonstrate that they can do more than just merely compete with an opponent like GWA. “This is the year we’ve got to get over that hump,” Shaffer said. “We try to break down the region a little bit. We’ve won a few games against teams we should’ve beaten and lost a couple of games to teams we should’ve lost to.

Then there are a few teams right there in the mix (for

a possible playoff spot). In terms of history, all three of our next opponents have been ahead of us, but we’re right there with them. Basically, our whole season comes down to how we do against teams a lot like us.”

Indeed, the outcome tonight might come down to which team can execute a similar offense against the other’s defense.

Hebron has shown a pretty good running game behind senior Steve DuBose (117-732, 8 TDs) while being able to get enough of an air game going on the arms of the quarterback tandem of Chris McGee and Troy Allen, who have combined to throw for 714 yards and five scores.

Likewise, GWA has relied on a multi-faceted running game, led by seniors J.J. Litumbe and J.D. Buice, complemented by the passing of fellow senior Buck Fisher.

So, Shaffer believes that whichever team can establish its offense best will have a major leg up, though he knows with a tough Bulldog defense to contend with, the Lions will have to work hard and execute well.

“The biggest thing is (GWA is) solid and physical, and they have a tough defense,” Shaffer said.

“It’s a 3-4 (set), but their corners and safeties can man up and almost dare you to throw the ball. We have been a passing team before, and we’ll have to do it (more).”

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Last Cameryn Steve Jordan Jesse Jack Marcella Jamyest Daniel Jonathan Jakob Alex Nick Ty Marcko Marquez

First Brent DuBose Argilagos Brown Chambers Baity Williams Leconte Postell Brashear Rowe Harris Harris Baity Jackson

Rushing School Gms Att Yards TD Ave. Grayson 8 123 750 15 93.8 Hebron 7 117 732 8 104.6 Wesleyan 7 106 703 7 100.4 Brookwood 8 143 627 6 78.38 Parkview 7 76 528 10 75.4 Lanier 6 108 525 3 87.5 Archer 4 84 489 11 122.2 Mill Creek 7 101 480 11 68.6 Collins Hill 6 75 473 7 78.83 Dacula 7 70 468 6 66.9 GAC 6 79 455 3 75.83 Mtn. View 6 100 451 4 75.16 Dacula 7 71 440 0 62.9 Lanier 6 85 440 5 73.33 Peachtree Ridge 6 69 431 4 71.8

Receiving Name School Major Bellamy C. Gwinnett Dorian Miles Brookwood Evan Sturgill Grayson Jalen Virgil Mtn. View Johnathan Boyd Parkview Austin Nash Grayson Erron Price C. Gwinnett Malcolm Cunningham GAC Canyon Slade Collins Hill Bryce Riley Hebron Tucker Cannon Wesleyan Liam Sullivan GAC Ernest Tiller Grayson Terrell Smith S. Gwinnett Tyler Fleetwood Parkview

Name Micah Maxey Chase Brice Davis Mills Jack Chambers Cameron Turley Cade Fortin Jarren Williams Angelo DiSpigna Banks Ramsey Mic Roof Tanner Winskie Fred Payton Josh Shim Matthew Edwards Baron Radcliff

Rec 57 51 25 28 29 24 29 15 22 22 30 21 17 13 19

Yds TD YPC 925 9 16.2 643 7 12.6 449 4 18 431 3 15.39 430 2 14.8 382 2 15.9 377 3 13 374 4 24.93 359 3 16.32 359 1 16.3 356 3 11.9 349 4 16.6 340 2 20 332 2 25.5 304 5 16

Passing School Comp. Att. Comp. % C. Gwinnett 118 221 53% Grayson 91 144 63% GAC 77 123 63% Parkview 92 155 59% Mill Creek 91 147 62% N. Gwinnett 81 167 50% Shiloh 75 169 44% Brookwood 63 127 50% Wesleyan 72 100 72% Buford 51 73 70% Brookwood 64 116 55% Peachtree Ridge 45 70 64% S. Gwinnett 44 97 45% Mtn. View 43 89 48% Norcross 41 80 51%

Yds TD 1588 15 1475 15 1228 14 1217 10 1197 9 825 6 824 3 803 6 765 7 718 7 675 4 609 6 585 3 524 3 481 4

Int 10 4 4 4 2 7 8 3 2 2 6 1 3 5 2

Tackles Name School Games Tackles Guillermo Luna Brookwood 8 109 Chris Allen Norcross 7 96 Leonard Warner Brookwood 8 88 Malik Robinson S. Gwinnett 7 82 Monty Montgomery Norcross 7 77 John Dussling Hebron 7 76 Justyn Brinston Shiloh 7 69 Shane DeFreitas Brookwood 8 69 Semaj Hayden Brookwood 8 68 Robert Snyder Collins Hill 5 68 Brian Eberhardt N. Gwinnett 7 68 Tyler Taylor Lanier 6 65 Denzel Wright Grayson 8 63 Nigel Adams C. Gwinnett 7 61 Juwuan Jones Lanier 6 61 Bryce Smith Grayson 8 60 Elijah Robertson C. Gwinnett 7 58 Aaron Anderson Mill Creek 7 58 Micah Bull Mill Creek 7 57 Bobby Sheehan Collins Hill 5 57 Tomon Fox Collins Hill 6 55 Drew Aspinwall Wesleyan 7 55 Frank Robinson Brookwood 8 54 Tim Gary C. Gwinnett 7 53 Cantorian Weems Brookwood 8 52 Name John Dussling Emmanual Belmar Bryce Smith Tyler Vernon K’Maron Patterson Mykelle McDaniel Ellison Hubbard Shelton Combs Devin Miller Justin Mascoll Josh Pickens Michael Allen Derrick Brown Breon Dixon Ford Higgins Brandon Washington Jalen Pinkney Robert Beal Shaun Hunter Allen Daniels Peyton Moore Tim Gary

Sacks School Hebron Collins Hill Grayson Mill Creek Mtn. View Grayson Grayson C. Gwinnett Lanier S. Gwinnett GAC Lanier Lanier Peachtree Ridge GAC GAC Norcross Norcross Lanier Dacula Mill Creek C. Gwinnett

Sacks 10 7 6 6 5.5 5.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4 4 4 4 4

Cameren Carter Tomon Fox Chris Martin Eugene Mafah Dareus Barnhill

Duluth Collins Hill Grayson C. Gwinnett Norcross

Interceptions Name School Darrien Warner Parkview Da’Meon Williams Norcross Cole Mannion Wesleyan Jonathan Gipson Mill Creek DeMarco McInnis Dacula Demetrius Mason Grayson Nigel Adams C. Gwinnett Kendrew Wynn Norcross Chad Clay Peachtree Ridge Breon Dixon Peachtree Ridge Nate Blackmon Brookwood Aaron Anderson Mill Creek Jaylon Jones Dacula Cantorian Weems Brookwood Troy Allen Hebron Zane Ashley Peachtree Ridge Nigel Warrior Peachtree Ridge Leonard Warner Brookwood Baylen Buchanan Peachtree Ridge Chabari Thomas S. Gwinnett Jakob Brashear Dacula Aramis Byrant Archer Jamyest Williams Archer CJ Burress Lanier Kaiden Smith Mtn. View Chase Young N. Gwinnett Demetrius Murray S. Gwinnett Denzel Wright Grayson Kishawn Miller Mill Creek Sidney Otiwu Mill Creek Harrison Cook Wesleyan Justyn Brinston Shiloh Adesola Abisoye Grayson Malik Washington Parkview Punting Name School Grayson Fowler N. Gwinnett Jake Camarda Norcross Zaniel Phillips Peachtree Ridge Micah Bull Mill Creek Devin Orr Parkview Kicking Name School Brenton King Mill Creek Will VanPamelin Grayson Cole Hanna Norcross Brooks Buce GAC Sam Glenn Collins Hill Zaniel Phillips Peachtree Ridge Will Chandler Parkview Mitchell Berry Brookwood Matthew Fritts Archer Daniel Garcia Buford

4 4 4 4 4 Interceptions 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Punts Yds Avg 51 1760 47.5 30 1216 40.5 4 160 40 17 666 37.4 16 590 36.9 FGM FGA XPM XPA Pts 8 12 36 36 60 3 6 42 44 51 7 9 27 28 48 6 6 26 32 44 4 4 24 24 36 2 5 29 30 35 3 3 24 28 33 4 8 18 21 30 3 3 18 19 27 0 4 25 25 25

Team offense School Rush Yds Pass Yds Total Yds Total Pts Ppg GAC 1359 1275 2634 303 50.5 Grayson 1701 1475 3176 370 46.3 Buford 1588 806 795 2394 46.1 Mill Creek 1217 1226 2443 290 41.4 Archer 854 602 1456 141 35.25 Collins Hill 995 1018 2013 176 35.2 Parkview 2001 1500 3501 234 33.4 Wesleyan 1281 947 2228 232 33.1 Norcross 1231 718 1949 228 32.6 Peachtree Ridge 746 1176 1922 217 31 C. Gwinnett 524 1620 2144 180 25.7 Brookwood 845 1478 2323 184 23 Dacula 1589 377 1966 160 22.9 Lanier 1334 385 1719 129 21.5 Hebron 1426 714 2140 140 20 N. Gwinnett 677 928 1605 113 16.14 Mtn. View 766 981 1747 94 15.67 S. Gwinnett 930 1205 2135 115 14.4 Duluth 510 535 1045 66 9.4 Shiloh 402 889 1291 57 8.1 Team defense School Rush Yds Pass Yds Total Yds Total Pts PPG Mill Creek 106 654 760 27 3.9 Lanier 148 324 472 41 6.83 Wesleyan 736 504 1240 57 7.1 Grayson 389 1003 1386 66 8.3 Buford 329 646 975 60 8.6 Norcross 522 789 1311 80 11.4 Peachtree Ridge 511 781 1292 80 11.4 Dacula 372 1210 1582 122 17.4 Archer 257 655 911 71 17.8 GAC 761 1001 1762 134 22.33 Parkview 793 922 1715 168 24 Collins Hill 565 990 1555 122 24.4 Brookwood 1189 1707 2896 204 25.5 C. Gwinnett 962 1081 2043 180 25.7 S. Gwinnett 1359 1561 2919 261 32.6 Mtn. View 1148 972 2120 196 32.67 Shiloh 641 407 1048 238 34 N. Gwinnett 775 1505 2280 252 35

6B • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015 IN BRIEF

Cooper O’Brien Memorial Golf Tournament is set for Nov. 10 The Cooper O’Brien Memorial Golf Tournament will be held to honor the late North Gwinnett cluster student and to benefit the charity in his name, Cooper’s Crew.

O’Brien died at 14 years old on July 5, 2014 after battling a rare form of cancer called clear cell sarcoma. To honor him, the Cooper’s Crew Fund and the Cooper O’Brien Scholarship Fund were created. Each year, the scholarship fund awards college funding for two local seniors.

The golf tournament is Nov. 10 at The River Club in Suwanee. Registration begins at 9 a.m. with shotgun start at 11 a.m., followed by dinner, awards and silent auction at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $225 for a single golfer or $900 for a foursome.

Sponsorships also are available.

For more information, go to www.cooperscrew. org, email to chardaniels624@gmail.com or call 678-592-0802.

Wesleyan’s Greer commits to Washington College (Md.) Wesleyan senior Jack Greer has made a commitment to the basketball program at Washington College, an NCAA Division III school in Maryland.

Greer is a 5-foot-11 guard for the Wolves.

U.S. freeskier Kenworthy comes out as gay in ESPN cover story U.S. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy, who won a silver medal at last year’s Sochi Winter Games, came out as gay in a cover story for ESPN The Magazine published on Thursday, making him the first openly gay action sports athlete.

The 24-year-old topranked freeskier in the world said he knew he was gay since he was 5 and that family and friends were supportive when he told them two years ago, according to the article which will hit newsstands on Oct. 30.

Kenworthy, who was part of an American podium sweep in the inaugural slopestyle event at the Olympics and a regular in the Winter X Games, took to Twitter on Thursday to thank those who have supported his decision to come out.

“Just watched my story air on @EPSN @SportsCenter,” he tweeted, “and I’m all choked up. Tears of joy!

Thanks for your support :)” Kenworthy, who clinched Olympic silver with a score of 93.60 on his second run after falling in his first at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, told ESPN he only wanted to come out after he had proved himself to be the very best in his — From staff, wire reports

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Getting to Know … Andrea Kaminski

Former Division I standout Andrea Kaminski was hired as Georgia Gwinnett College’s women’s soccer assistant in June after spending the previous four seasons on staff at Capital University in Ohio.

Kaminski played for GGC head coach Chris Kouns when he was an assistant at the University of Cincinnati and was part of his staff at Capital, helping the team to three conference championships and a berth into the Division III national semifinals in 2013.

Kaminski had a recordbreaking career in goal for Cincinnati. In her four years with the Bearcats, she logged 6,713 minutes in goal and graduated as the school’s all-time saves leader, leading the Big East Conference in the category in both 2006 and 2009.

In this installment of “Getting to Know …,” Kaminski talks to staff writer Christine Troyke about a variety of topics, including her only trip to Atlanta while playing professionally in the WLeague, figuring out where Gwinnett was and working as an elementary specialeducation teacher right out of college.

CT: Good game on the road (Wednesday) night?

AK: Yes. It was. We won, so that was good. (laughing) CT: Three in a row?

AK: Yes. It’s all a big blur. It’s coming to the end in a week and a half and then conference tournament. We’ve got a lot of hurt players right now.

CT: Will any of them be back in time for the postseason?

AK: Some of them, yes. We’re hoping, kind of taking it easy and letting them heal up so we can hopefully do well in the conference.

CT: September looked like kind of a painful month (1-4-1 record).

AK: It was. We played a lot of top 10 teams. And they were all pretty close games.

CT: October is going well (5-1-0).

AK: We’re getting better and we’re trying to peak at the right time going into the tournament. We’re just trying to keep everyone together in one piece.

CT: Where did you grow up?

AK: Noblesville, Ind.

Andrea Kaminski, the all-time saves leader at the University of Cincinnati, was hired this summer as the Georgia Gwinnett College women’s soccer assistant coach. (Staff Photo)

CT: What’s the area like (just north of Indianapolis)?

AK: It’s a pretty big town. I lived there from second grade through high school. It’s a good community with a good school district. I played sports my whole life there. We moved down there from South Bend.

CT: What did you play other than soccer?

AK: Basketball and softball.

CT: What was your first job ever?

AK: Oh, my gosh. I guess scooping ice cream at Ritter’s Frozen Custard.

I did that once a week and I did a lot of babysitting my cousins and the neighborhood kids. That’s kind of how I made some extra money being so busy with sports.

CT: When you were making your college decision, how did you pick Cincinnati?

AK: I loved the area. I knew I wanted to play for a good soccer program. They needed a goalkeeper? No. (laughing) It just felt like the right place. I visited a couple of times and was pretty excited about the brand-new facilities they were building. When I was a recruit, I got to put the hard hat on and go through the facility so that was a big deal, seeing what it was going to look like.

CT: Where else were you considering?

AK: I looked at Valparaiso, Kentucky, Ball State, Purdue, Butler. I took a lot of visits to feel out the vibe and see what was around.

CT: It seems like you were in demand.

AK: Um. Maybe just the timing. With the goal-

keeping, it’s whatever the schools need. If a school has one or two keepers, they’re probably going to stay for four years, so it depends on the luck of the draw. I was pretty lucky that Cincinnati was in demand of a goalkeeper. I think they had just graduated a senior and there were two others a year older than me.

CT: You finished as Cincinnati’s all-time saves leader?

AK: I guess so. (chuckling) CT: Did you just face a lot of shots?

AK: Well, it was the Big East so we played a lot of good teams. I always felt like I had a good defense in front of me, but, yeah, they shoot a lot.

CT: Where did you go after graduation?

AK: I moved to Columbus, Ohio, and got a teaching job. I was a specialeducation teacher for two years at a charter school.

Then within that same school, I became a behavioral intervention specialist for three years. It’s kind of like a vice principal in charter land.

Within that time, when Chris came to Capital, that’s when I started helping out there with the goalkeepers. I was there four seasons and then followed him down here.

CT: When he decided to leave, did he talk to you immediately about joining the staff?

AK: He kind of let me know ahead of time he was thinking about this and it could be an option since he would need an assistant coach. He gave me the heads-up so I had a little bit of time to think about it before I put all my eggs in one basket. After he got the

job, he pretty much needed actually came down to to know right away if I was Atlanta and played at the Silverbacks’ stadium when on board or not. they had their women’s CT: What, if anything, team. They were one of the best teams in our division. did you know about Gwinnett or GGC before I think that might have been my first trip in Atlanta he mentioned it? vs. just driving through or AK: Absolutely nothstopping at the airport. It ing. I think I was on the was a good experience. phone with him and he CT: Was that the said, “Georgia Gwinnett.” extent of your familiarity I said, “Georgia what?” I with the South? think he even had to spell AK: Pretty much. We it for me. But I looked it up pretty quickly and saw how took some vacations when I was a kid to Alabama and successful their programs Florida. have been with baseball, softball, tennis and men’s CT: If you have free soccer. And even with just a quick look online, it time, what do you like to do with it? looked like a pretty cool AK: I like watching place to come to. football, college and pro. I like being outside, working CT: You’ve been to a in the yard and grilling out. lot of schools as an athlete and coach, how do Right now, I’m just finding new stuff to check out and GGC’s athletic facilities do, get to know the area a rank? little bit. In the offseason, AK: High. This is a quality facility. You can tell I’ll be more adventurous. it was made for the athletes I haven’t even made it to downtown Atlanta yet, beand coaches benefit. Easy sides driving to the airport access. Everything is in one local area, which is re- with the team. ally nice. The facilities are CT: What kind of music top of the line. do you usually listen to?

Everything they need AK: Mostly country is right here. I like how music. all the field are so close.

CT: Are you a concertIt keeps the athletes in a goer? community.

AK: Yeah. I like mostly country concerts.

CT: Was coaching the goal in college?

CT: Any TV shows you AK: I kind of always try not to miss? thought I would do some AK: I record more so, club coaching or coachbut Wednesdays are good ing on the side, but I do with “Modern Family” have a passion for teachand “The Middle” and ing as well. I definitely “The Goldbergs.” I record did enjoy that. I know “Ellen” every day and try the softball team does the Special Olympics here and to spend a little bit of time I always love volunteering catching up on those. with that. Hopefully we CT: Any favorite vacacan get our team involved tion spots? in something like that AK: We go to the Outer where we can help other Banks just about every people. I think it’s a great summer. One brother is in thing for the girls to be Colorado and the other is able to do, to see different issues other people are in Utah so going out West dealing with and help them every now and then is great, too. with their life skills.

CT: Are they younger?

I miss teaching a little AK: Older and younger. bit. I was elementary so it CT: Did they play socwas the little ones. But I definitely enjoy the coach- cer as well?

AK: Yes. We were a big ing. It’s a different pace sports family. My older from teaching, that’s for brother played baseball, sure. golf, tennis, a little basketball. My younger brother CT: You played in the played soccer, football, W-League? basketball. He’s actually at AK: Yeah, it was one the Air Force Academy. He summer, I went with one went there to play footof my teammates to West ball and now he’s in the Virginia and played. It academy. He graduates this was fun. (chuckling) We spring and then start his weren’t that great. We got (military) commitment. scored on. A lot. But we

Gladiators can’t afford another slow start

By Christine Troyke

christine.troyke@ gwinnettdailypost.com

DULUTH — The Atlanta Gladiators didn’t start well in either of their first two games.

Last Friday night, they were able to recover quickly enough to earn a point in a 4-3 overtime loss in Florida.

The next night, even having addressed the issue in the locker room, the Gladiators couldn’t stop the bleeding and the opportunistic Everblades rolled to a 6-1 victory.

“If you give Florida momentum, they’re going to run with it,” head coach Andy Brandt said. “Probably a couple of the goals (Kent) Patterson would like to have back, but we have to be better defensively in

renamed Infinite Energy Arena.

“It’s what you look forWho: Florida Everward to every year, getting blades (2-0-0-0) at on your home ice, in front Atlanta Gladiators of your home crowd and (0-1-1-0) When: Today (7:35 having that energy to build p.m.) and Saturday off of,” said Brock Higgs, (7:05 p.m.) who scored two goals in Where: Infinite Energy Atlanta’s third-period rally Arena, Duluth last Friday. “Especially afTickets: Available ter a weekend like we had starting at $13 at the (in Florida), we want to box office or through come out hard and strong Ticketmaster in front of the home fans.

We want to play for them front of him. but play for ourselves more “For us as a coaching importantly and get some staff, there’s no reason to revenge.” panic right now. We have The 2-0 Everblades are to work on getting these making the trip to Gwinguys focused and ready nett for back-to-back to go from the drop of the games today and Saturday. puck.”

“We’re definitely a Certainly there shouldn’t lot better team than we be a shortage of excitement showed,” Higgs said. “We to draw today for the home had glimpses of it in those opener at the appropriately games where we dominated

HOME OPENER

for minutes at a time. But minutes at a time don’t mean a thing if you don’t put it together for a full 60.”

There’s no doubt the Gladiators faithful are waiting to see if the woes of the last two seasons are truly in the past. Higgs was here for the final eight games of the 2014-15 season — and averaged nearly a point per game in the span after being picked up off waivers — so he knows the team will have to prove it’s turned the corner.

“No one likes to lose.

Period,” said Higgs, the captain of R.P.I. as a senior in 2013-14. “Whether guys were here all year last year or, like myself, came in at the end of the year, we did get better.

“But we definitely want to show ourselves and our fans we’re not going to be

that team at the bottom of the league. We have a chip on our shoulder, even if you weren’t here the whole time. We want to show everybody that we mean business this year and last year is in the past.”

Register awaits authorization to play The Gladiators are still without former ECHL defenseman of the year Matt Register, who is sorting through immigration issues that originated with his previous team, the Ontario Reign. All the new paperwork has been submitted and now it’s a waiting game for authorization, which could be given soon, but also could take up to 90 days.

“As frustrating as it is, the process is the process,” Brandt said.

Que officially named Uga X after his half-brother Russ retired The University of Georgia will formally introATHENS — Uga IX, duce his successor, Uga affectionately known as X — heretofore known as “Russ,” is officially retiring “Que”— at the Georgiaas Georgia’s bulldog mas- Georgia Southern football cot at age 11, after working game on Saturday, Nov. 25 games as an interim 21. mascot from 2009-12, then “Uga is cherished by another 38 games as Uga University of Georgia fans IX from 2012-14. worldwide,” President Jere From Staff Reports

W. Morehead said. “We are grateful for Russ’ dedicated service, and we look forward to welcoming Que as our new mascot.”

The half-brother of Uga VII, Russ compiled an overall record of 44-19.

He served as an interim Bulldog mascot for a total of 25 games, working nine

games during the 2009 and 2010 seasons after Uga VII and VIII passed away. Russ roamed the sidelines at all 14 games during the 2011 season. He then served for two wins at the beginning of the 2012 season before being promoted as Uga IX prior to the Florida Atlantic game on Sept. 15, 2012.

Que will assume his new title after a successful three-month audition in the role as UGA’s mascot.

He made appearances at the Countdown to Kickoff event in July, as well as Picture Day in August, before presiding over all seven of Georgia’s 2015 football games thus far.

“We also thank the remarkable Seiler family for their continued support of our program in such a special way,” Director of Athletics Greg McGarity said.

The continuous line of Bulldog mascots has been owned by the Frank W. “Sonny” Seiler family of Savannah since 1956.

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Bryan County ends Wesleyan’s season Brookwood shuts

By Guy Curtright Staff Correspondent

PEACHTREE CORNERS — A trip to Columbus for the state softball championships has been nearly a regular occurrence for Wesleyan, but the Wolves won’t be going this year.

Bryan County senior left-hander Brook Barfield was just a little too tough.

The Georgia Tech recruit pitched her second shutout of the Class AA secondround series Thursday as the Redskins (27-11) recorded a 4-0 victory in the deciding third game at Wesleyan.

The Wolves (21-9) almost finally solved Barfield in the seventh inning, though.

“It got a little nerve wrecking,” the pitcher said.

“Maybe we started celebrating a little bit early.”

Wesleyan loaded the

bases after two outs, bringing the tying run to the plate.

Cassie Henning then hit a long drive down the left-field line on a firstpitch fastball, bringing the Wesleyan fans to their feet and quieting the Bryan County followers who had made the long trip from southeast Georgia.

“I thought it was out,” Wesleyan coach Nichole Dixon said.

The ball, though, fell short of the fence and about a foot foul. Soon afterward, Henning flew out to center field and Bryan County had earned its first trip to Columbus since 2011.

“I lost my stuff a little bit,” said Barfield, who allowed just two runs in three games. “In the end, you’ve just got to trust yourself and fight through it.”

Barfield, who had been

hampered by a knee injury, allowed seven hits in the deciding game, but was at her best with runners on.

The Wolves left runners in scoring position.

“We got hits, but most were with two outs,” Dixon said. “It’s tough to score in those situations against a pitcher like that. She is very good and has a very good team behind her.”

Bryan County won the series opener 3-0 on Wednesday thanks to a big first-inning homer by Taylor Roop, but Henning pitched a one-hitter as the Wolves forced Game 3 with a 2-0 victory in the second game of the doubleheader.

Henning, a sophomore right-hander, retired the first six Bryan County batters in the deciding game, running her scoreless streak to 15 innings. But the Redskins scored twice in the third inning and once

in the sixth before she was pulled in favor of Jameson Kavel, who gave up a run in the seventh.

Bryan County has just five hits off Henning, but three were triples. Wesleyan’s only extra-base hit was a seven-inning double

by Kavel, her second hit of the game. Savannah Sommer also had two hits for the Wolves.

Despite missing out on another trip to Columbus, Dixon was encouraged by the play of her team in the series. The Region 6-AA champion Wolves had just one senior on the roster.

“Bryan County is really good. I think they have a good shot in Columbus,” the coach said. “That we played well against them should give us confidence going into next year. We were a really young team and we came a long way.

I’m excited about next season.”

Weather could be factor in ALCS Game 6 The Sports Xchange The Toronto Blue Jays will try to beat the Royals and the weather tonight in Kansas City to force Game 7 in the American League Championship Series.

The Blue Jays stayed alive in the best-of-seven series with a 7-1 victory in Game 5 on Wednesday in Toronto. A chance of rain is in the forecast for tonight, though the storm could move out of the area before game time.

Both teams fell behind in the first round of the postseason and rallied to advance.

The Royals were on the brink of losing their best-of-five American League Division Series when they were down 6-2 to the Houston Astros in Game 4. However, Kansas City came back to win that game 9-6, then posted a 7-2 win in Game 5.

The Blue Jays trailed the Texas Rangers 2-0 in their ALDS before erasing the deficit and moving on.

More recently, after losing the first two games to Kansas City, Toronto battled back to pull within 3-2 in the ALCS. Getting pushed to the brink seems to bring out the best in the Blue Jays.

“You look at all the elimination games, our

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher David Price (14) pitches during the second inning against the Kansas City Royals in game two of the ALCS at Kauffman Stadium.

(Photo: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports)

offense has really come to life,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “We’ve said all along that’s the key to our team, scoring runs.

You hate to make a habit of it, but maybe we can pull it off again.”

Facing elimination for the second time in the ALCS, the Blue Jays will send left-hander David Price to the mound in Game 6 to face Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura.

Price took the loss in Game 1 when he gave up five runs in the seventh inning after shutting out the Royals until then. He is now 0-7 as a starter during his career in the playoffs.

“I know what I’m capable of doing, and I think

everybody in this room knows what I’m capable of doing,” Price said. “I think I just kind of want to do it too bad. And it’s long overdue for me to get a win as a starter in the playoffs, and I’ll be ready to change that story (Friday).”

Ventura and the Royals will be looking to secure a World Series berth with a win in their home park.

Ventura left the opening game of the ALCS after giving up three runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

“Very fortunate and happy that this game has landed on my turn here in Kansas City and with the opportunity for me to take this club to the World Series,” Ventura said. “And I’ll be ready for (Friday’s)

game.”

Royals manager Ned Yost feels good about sending Ventura to the mound. The 24-year-old has started seven playoff games the past two seasons for Kansas City.

“He keeps us in the game,” Yost said. “He’s got a lot of confidence in his abilities, he’s got a lot of confidence in his stuff, and you know the moment is not going to overwhelm him.

“He’s gotten past all that. He’s learned some great lessons this year about how to handle adversity and how to be a No. 1 guy. We saw it last year during the playoffs, just kind of found a way to take his game to just a little bit of a different level.

We expect him to do that (Friday night).”

Gibbons thinks his team is in a good frame of mind after the Game 5 win.

“Well, it got us back here,” he said. “That’s huge for the morale. Well, really, we had to have it.

We just felt great getting it.

“Our goal, of course, was to bring it back to Kansas City. We did that.

And we’re riding high right now. But we always ride high, if you want to know the truth. We don’t always win, but we feel good.”

out Lee County 8-0 From Staff Reports

also got big perLEESBURG — The formancBrookwood softball team es from clinched its spot in the Sarah Elite Eight of the Class Lynch (3for-4 with AAAAAA State Softball a double Tournament Thursday Amanda and two night with an 8-0 win in six Ablan RBIs), innings over Lee County in Kayla Louie (2-for-4 with a decisive Game 3. a triple and an RBI), HanAmanda Ablan (20-7) earned the win as she gave nah Odum (2-for-3 with up just one hit and struck an RBI) and Tori Gunn (2-for-3) at the plate. out 13. She was also Brookwood will face 2-for-4 with an RBI at the South Forsyth in Columbus plate. next Thursday at 6 p.m.

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FANS CHOICE FALL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Who: Lauren Flynt School: Brookwood Sport: Cross country Class: Junior Highlights: Was the top Gwinnett girls finisher at the Coach Wood Invitational with a time of 18 minutes, 33.20 seconds Coach Chris Carter’s take: “Lauren is in the middle of a great season. I am very happy for her with how she’s racing. She has worked very hard for it. I consider myself extremely blessed to have the opportunity to coach someone like her.”

Dodgers part with Don Mattingly The Sports Xchange Don Mattingly is out as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Mattingly and the front office mutually agreed to part on Thursday as the team that bounced the Dodgers from the postseason, the New York Mets, prepared to represent the National League in the 2015 World Series.

The fact the Dodgers aren’t there — and haven’t been since 1988 — was a factor in the team’s decision to move on from Mattingly, who survived only one year under the new hierarchy headed by Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.

According to ESPN, Mattingly was offered a contract extension last week. He has one year remaining on his existing deal. However, Mattingly turned down the new deal, per the report.

Mattingly was hired

in 2011 to replace Joe Torre. He led the Dodgers to three straight playoff appearances but the team’s total payroll over those seasons was $800 million, and expectations were extremely high.

The Dodgers lost in the first round of the playoffs in 2014 and 2015.

A year ago, the failure was almost identical and the front office was overhauled as a result. There are likely to be even more significant changes this winter as Friedman continues to implement his vision.

After being eliminated by the Mets, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was asked if he had confidence the same group of Dodgers could finally get over the hump in 2016.

“If this is the exact same team next year, yeah,” he said. “But I doubt it’s going to be the exact same team.”

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Baseball Major League Baseball Postseason Baseball Glance LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP (Best-of-7, x-if necessary) American League Kansas City 3, Toronto 2 Friday, Oct. 16: Kansas City 5, Toronto 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: Kansas City 6, Toronto 3 Monday, Oct. 19: Toronto 11, Kansas City 8 Tuesday, Oct. 20: Kansas City 14, Toronto 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: Toronto 7, Kansas City 1 Friday, Oct. 23: Toronto (Price 9-1) at Kansas City (Ventura 13-8), 8 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Toronto at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

National League New York 4, Chicago 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: New York 4, Chicago 2 Sunday, Oct. 18: New York 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, Oct. 20: New York 5, Chicago 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: New York 8, Chicago 3 WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7, x-if necessary) Tuesday, Oct. 27: New York at Kansas City-Toronto winner Wednesday, Oct. 28: New York at Kansas City-Toronto winner Friday, Oct. 30: Kansas City-Toronto winner at New York Saturday, Oct. 31: Kansas City-Toronto winner at New York x-Sunday, Nov. 1: Kansas City-Toronto winner at New York x-Tuesday, Nov. 3: New York at Kansas City-Toronto winner x-Wednesday, Nov. 4: New York at Kansas City-Toronto winner

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA New England... 5... 0... 0.1.000...183....103 N.Y. Jets.......... 4... 1... 0.. .800...129..... 75 Buffalo............. 3... 3... 0.. .500...145....139 Miami.............. 2... 3... 0.. .400...103.... 111 South

W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis..... 3... 3... 0.. .500...126....147 Houston........... 2... 4... 0.. .333...128....155 Tennessee....... 1... 4... 0.. .200... 112....129 Jacksonville..... 1... 5... 0.. .167... 113....176 North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati........ 6... 0... 0.1.000...182....122 Pittsburgh........ 4... 2... 0.. .667...145....108 Cleveland........ 2... 4... 0.. .333...141....158 Baltimore......... 1... 5... 0.. .167...143....162 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver............. 6... 0... 0.1.000...139....102 Oakland........... 2... 3... 0.. .400...107....124 San Diego....... 2... 4... 0.. .333...136....161 Kansas City..... 1... 5... 0.. .167...127....159 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia..... 3... 3... 0.. .500...144.... 110 N.Y. Giants...... 3... 3... 0.. .500...139....136 Dallas.............. 2... 3... 0.. .400... 101....131 Washington..... 2... 4... 0.. .333... 117....138 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina........... 5... 0... 0.1.000...135..... 94 Atlanta............. 5... 1... 0.. .833...183....143 Tampa Bay...... 2... 3... 0.. .400... 110....148 New Orleans.... 2... 4... 0.. .333...134....164 North

W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay....... 6... 0... 0.1.000...164.... 101 Minnesota........ 3... 2... 0.. .600.....96..... 83 Chicago........... 2... 4... 0.. .333...120....179 Detroit............. 1... 5... 0.. .167...120....172 West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona............ 4... 2... 0.. .667...203.... 115 St. Louis.......... 2... 3... 0.. .400.....84.... 113 Seattle............. 2... 4... 0.. .333...134....125 San Francisco.. 2... 4... 0.. .333...100....160 Thursday, Oct. 22 Seattle at San Francisco, late Sunday, Oct. 25 Buffalo vs Jacksonville, at London, England, 9:30 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Houston at Miami, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 26 Baltimore at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 29 Miami at New England, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 1 Detroit vs Kansas City, at London, England, 9:30 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Seattle at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 2 Indianapolis at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.

College The Coaches Poll Record Pts Prv

1. Ohio State (45).........7-0.... 1,547...... 1 2. Baylor (12).............. 6-0.... 1,488...... 2 3. Texas Christian (4)...7-0.... 1,417...... 3 4. Michigan State.........7-0.... 1,334...... 4 5. Louisiana State (1).. 6-0.... 1,324...... 5 6. Clemson................. 6-0.... 1,271...... 6 7. Utah (1)................... 6-0.... 1,258...... 7 8. Alabama................. 6-1.... 1,123...... 9 9. Florida State........... 6-0..... 1,111...... 8 10. Notre Dame........... 6-1....... 924.... 13 11. Stanford................. 5-1....... 898.... 16 12. Oklahoma State.... 6-0....... 839.... 15 13. Iowa.......................7-0....... 833.... 17 14. Florida.................. 6-1....... 751.....11 15. Oklahoma............. 5-1....... 665.... 19 16. Texas A&M............ 5-1....... 623.... 10 17. Memphis................ 6-0....... 544.... 22 17. Michigan................ 5-2....... 544.... 14 19. California.............. 5-1....... 370.... 23 20. Toledo................... 6-0....... 322.... 25 21. Duke..................... 5-1....... 305.... 24 22. Houston................ 6-0....... 289... NR 23. Mississippi............ 5-2....... 201.... 12 24. Temple.................. 6-0....... 163... NR 25. Georgia................. 5-2......... 95... NR Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 38, Wisconsin 37, Pittsburgh 32, UCLA 30, North Carolina 30, Texas Tech 14, Navy 9, Brigham Young 9, Illinois 5, Oregon 5, Washington State 5, Utah State 5, Western Kentucky 5, Northwestern 4, Marshall 3, Arizona 2, Boise State 2, Bowling Green 1.

College Football Schedule Tuesday, Oct. 20 MIDWEST UL Lafayette 27, Arkansas State 37 Thursday, Oct. 22 SOUTH Temple 24 East Carolina 14 Appalachian State 31 Georgia Southern 13 WEST California (5-1) at UCLA (4-2), 9 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 23 MIDWEST Memphis (6-0) at Tulsa (3-3), 8 p.m.

WEST Utah State (4-2) at San Diego State (43), 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24 EAST Pittsburgh (5-1) at Syracuse (3-3), Noon Southern Mississippi (4-3) at Charlotte (2-4), Noon Tulane (2-4) at Navy (4-1), 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh (5-1) at Nebraska-Kearney (0-6), 2 p.m.

North Texas (0-6) at Marshall (6-1), 3 p.m.

Toledo (6-0) at Massachusetts (1-5), 3 p.m.

Duke (5-1) at Virginia Tech (3-4), 3:30 p.m.

Penn State (5-2) vs. Maryland (2-4), at Baltimore, MD, 3:30 p.m.

Ohio (5-2) at Buffalo (2-4), 3:30 p.m.

Ohio State (7-0) at Rutgers (3-3), 8 p.m.

SOUTH Army (2-5) at Rice (3-3), Noon Iowa State (2-4) at Baylor (6-0), Noon Kansas State (3-3) at Texas (2-4), Noon Tennessee (3-3) at Alabama (6-1), TBA Texas A&M (5-1) at Mississippi (5-2),

TBA Clemson (6-0) at Miami (4-2), TBA Florida State (6-0) at Georgia Tech (2-5), TBA North Carolina State (4-2) at Wake Forest (3-4), Noon Houston (6-0) at Central Florida (0-7), Noon Wheaton (6-0) at North Carolina (5-1), 3 p.m.

Virginia (2-4) at North Carolina (5-1), 3:30 p.m.

Middle Tennessee (3-4) at Louisiana Tech (4-3), 3:30 p.m.

Missouri (4-3) at Vanderbilt (2-4), 4 p.m.

Southern Methodist (1-5) at South Florida (3-3), 4 p.m.

Old Dominion (3-3) at Florida International (3-4), 6 p.m.

South Alabama (3-3) at Texas State (1-4), 7 p.m.

Western Kentucky (6-1) at Louisiana State (6-0), 7 p.m.

Florida Atlantic (1-5) at Texas El Paso (2-4), 7 p.m.

Kentucky (4-2) at Mississippi State (5-2), 7:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Kansas (0-6) at Oklahoma State (6-0), TBA Auburn (4-2) at Arkansas (2-4), Noon Northwestern (5-2) at Nebraska (3-4), Noon Boston College (3-4) at Louisville (2-4), 12:30 p.m.

Bowling Green (5-2) at Kent State (3-4), 1 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) (1-6) at Western Michigan (3-3), 2 p.m.

Central Michigan (3-4) at Ball State (2-5), 3 p.m.

Texas Tech (5-2) at Oklahoma (5-1), 3:30 p.m.

Indiana (4-3) at Michigan State (7-0), 3:30 p.m.

Eastern Michigan (1-6) at Northern Illinois (4-3), 3:30 p.m.

Wisconsin (5-2) at Illinois (4-2), 3:30 p.m.

Connecticut (3-4) at Cincinnati (3-3), 4:30 p.m.

WEST Fresno State (2-5) at Air Force (3-3), 2 p.m.

Wagner (0-6) at Brigham Young (5-2), 3 p.m.

Washington State (4-2) at Arizona (5-2), 4 p.m.

Hawaii (2-5) at Nevada (3-4), 4 p.m.

UL Monroe (1-5) at Idaho (2-4), 5 p.m.

New Mexico (4-3) at San Jose State (3-4), 7 p.m.

Utah (6-0) at Southern California (3-3), 7:30 p.m.

Troy (1-5) at New Mexico State (0-6), 8 p.m.

Wyoming (1-6) at Boise State (5-2), 10:15 p.m.

Colorado (3-4) at Oregon State (2-4), 10:30 p.m.

Washington (3-3) at Stanford (5-1),

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal............... 7.... 7....0.....0... 14...23....7 Tampa Bay........... 7.... 4....2.....1..... 9...23..20 Florida................. 6.... 3....2.....1..... 7...18..12 Ottawa................. 6.... 3....2.....1..... 7...19..17 Detroit.................. 6.... 3....3.....0..... 6...16..16 Boston................. 6.... 2....3.....1..... 5...22..26 Buffalo.................. 6.... 2....4.....0..... 4... 11..15 Toronto................. 6.... 1....3.....2..... 4...13..19 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA NY Islanders........ 6.... 4....1.....1..... 9...21..15 NY Rangers......... 7.... 4....2.....1..... 9...18..15 Washington.......... 5.... 4....1.....0..... 8...19..12 Philadelphia......... 6.... 3....2.....1..... 7...13..16 Pittsburgh............. 6.... 3....3.....0..... 6...10.. 11 New Jersey.......... 6.... 2....3.....1..... 5... 11..16 Carolina............... 6.... 2....4.....0..... 4...12..17 Columbus............ 7.... 0....7.....0..... 0...13..34 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas................... 6.... 5....1.....0... 10...21..14 Nashville.............. 6.... 5....1.....0... 10...19..13 St. Louis............... 7.... 5....2.....0... 10...21..17 Winnipeg.............. 6.... 4....2.....0..... 8...20..13 Minnesota............ 5.... 3....1.....1..... 7...14..15 Chicago............... 6.... 3....3.....0..... 6...14..14 Colorado.............. 6.... 2....3.....1..... 5...16..17 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose.............. 6.... 4....2.....0..... 8...17..12 Vancouver............ 6.... 3....1.....2..... 8...16.. 11 Arizona................ 6.... 3....2.....1..... 7...18..14 Edmonton............ 7.... 3....4.....0..... 6...15..17 Los Angeles......... 5.... 2....3.....0..... 4.....6..14 Anaheim.............. 5.... 1....3.....1..... 3.....5..12 Calgary................ 6.... 1....5.....0..... 2...12..25 Wednesday’s Games Buffalo 2, Toronto 1, SO Philadelphia 5, Boston 4, OT Edmonton 3, Detroit 1 Carolina 1, Colorado 0, OT Thursday’s Games NY Rangers 4, Arizona1 Dallas 4, Pittsburgh 1 New Jersey at Ottawa, late Anaheim at Nashville, late Columbus at Minnesota, late Florida at Chicago, late Washington at Vancouver, late Los Angeles at San Jose, late Today’s Games Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Boston at NY Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Carolina at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Anaheim at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

NY Islanders at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Florida at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Carolina at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

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Tech’s focus is on defense this week Is Ga. Tech as bad

By Stan Awtrey

TECH FOOTBALL

Staff Correspondent

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech’s challenge this week shifts from offense to defense.

Rather than worrying how to get the running game in gear, a problem that seemed to resolve itself last week against Pitt, the Yellow Jackets must find a way to generate a defensive effort that’s capable of slowing down Florida State, which fields one of the best offensive teams in the ACC. Kickoff for the game, which will be shown on ESPN2, is 7 p.m.

“They’ve got explosive playmakers and they get big yards in big chunks,” Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Ted Roof said. “We’ve got our work cut out for us.”

The No. 9 Seminoles average 33.5 points, 191.7 yards rushing and 253.7 yards passing per game. Their 445.4 yards of total offense ranks third in the ACC. The offense is led by sophomore tailback Dalvin Cook, who leads the ACC with 955 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns. He averages a nation’s-best 4.50 yards after contact. Cook rushed for 177 yards and one touchdown against the Yellow Jackets in the ACC Championship game last year and was named MVP. The FSU quarterback is Everett Golson, a graduate transfer from Notre Dame who is second in the ACC with 241.5 yards passing per game. He’s thrown for 1,449 yards and 11 touchdowns and has not thrown an interception.

“The Cook kid may be the best back I’ve seen

What: No. 9 Florida State at Georgia Tech When: Saturday, 7 p.m.

Where: Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta TV: ESPN2

Pittsburgh Panthers running back Qadree Ollison (37) runs the ball for a touchdown against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the second quarter at Bobby Dodd Stadium. (Photo: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports)

in a long time,” head coach Paul Johnson said.

“He’s so fast and can make plays in the passing game and running game.

He’s surrounded by good players.

“The quarterback, the thing that’s most impressive about him is the decisions he’s made.

It’s hard to believe you have one turnover in six games. He’s a big part of that. When he gets pressure, he just kind of pulls the ball down or eats it.

He’s not trying to force plays.”

The lack of turnovers isn’t just limited to Golson. FSU has just one turnover and has yet to turn it over on offense. The Seminoles didn’t give up against the Yellow Jackets in the conference title game last year and only had to punt twice.

“No turnovers. That’s a tribute to them and a real challenge to us,” Roof said. “That will be a big factor for us in this game.”

It would be a good week for Georgia Tech to start producing some turnovers. Over the last five games, the opposition has fumbled seven times and the Yellow

Jackets have recovered four. Georgia Tech has intercepted four passes during that stretch, but only one over the last three weeks.

Even when they’ve forced a turnover, the Yellow Jackets haven’t been cashing in on the opportunity. Those eight takeaways have resulted in only 23 points, with one of the touchdowns coming from Adam Gostis’ fumble recovery in the end zone against Clemson.

“We haven’t gotten the number we had last year and we’ve got to do a better job and find a way to make a couple more plays,” Roof said. “The games we’ve lost, we’re a play or two away. There’s a fine line between winning and losing and right now we’re on the wrong side of that.”

Last week may have been the worst example this year. Georgia Tech had no takeaways, no sacks and no tackles for loss against Pitt.

“It’s a combination of things,” Johnson said.

“We’ve got to get off the field when we get people behind down and distance. We have to be able to make some plays.

To this point we haven’t.

A year ago we did. We created some turnovers, got them off the field.

We were good enough offensively. If you wanted to play shootout, we were right there with you. This year we haven’t been able to do that.”

It’s not likely the Georgia Tech offense will have a field day, though.

Florida State ranks 19th in the nation against the run (113.5 yards) and has allowed only one rushing touchdown. The Seminoles have allowed a combined 119 yards rushing in their last two games against Miami and Louisville.

The Yellow Jackets seemed more in synch on offense last week against Pitt. Justin Thomas seemed more in tune at quarterback, although he lost a fumble and threw an interception.

Freshman B-back Marcus Marshall (159 yards rushing last week) gives them a breakaway threat at the position, and some of the young A-backs like Clinton Lynch, Mikell Lands-Davis and TaQuon Marshall are starting to find their way.

The Yellow Jackets ran for 376 yards, their most during the five-game skid.

“Those kids played pretty good (against Pitt),” Johnson said. “Did they do everything right?

No, but they played pretty good. And we averaged almost nine yards a play.”

as its 2-5 record?

By Stan Awtrey Staff Correspondent

ATLANTA — Is Georgia Tech a bad football team?

The Yellow Jackets are far removed from the team that was ranked as high as No. 14 in the nation. A 2-5 record and a fourgame losing streak are not standards of pride. But it might even be argued that Georgia Tech is the best 2-5 team in the country.

Georgia Tech probably compares favorably with the likes of Louisville (2-4), Texas (2-4) and Maryland (2-4), big-time programs who have similar losing records. Despite going through this painful stretch of games, coach Paul Johnson doesn’t think his team is that bad.

“You know, I don’t think we are a bad football team,” Johnson said.

“I don’t think we are a great football team, but a bounce here or there, all I’m telling you is, we’ve played pretty good teams.”

Johnson is correct.

Their opposition has been stiff. The last five opponents faced by Georgia Tech has a combined record of 27-4, with undefeated Florida State (6-0) coming to town on Saturday. It will be the third top-10 opponent faced by the Yellow Jackets this season.

“A lot of people have struggled with the teams we just played,” Johnson said. “I would venture to guess that it’s been a long time since anybody played three Top 10 teams in six games in a row.”

The five losses have come against No. 6 Clemson, No. 11 Notre Dame, No. 23 Duke and No. 25 Pitt. North Carolina is the

only unranked team the Yellow Jackets have faced during the losing streak.

“That’s a pretty good stretch,” Johnson said.

“And it’s a really good stretch when you’ve got the injuries we’ve got and the freshmen we are playing and the struggles.

So, are we playing as well as we’d like to? No. I’m not saying that’s an excuse. We want to win the games. I’m just saying it is what it is. You could have a different schedule and be 5-2 and not be near as good a football team as you are at 2-5 and nobody would care.”

Part of the problem is the inability of the offense to duplicate its production during last year’s 11-win season, a request that would have been pure fantasy. The Yellow Jackets are gaining fewer yards per game this season — 476 yards in 2014, 415 this season. But it’s been the inability to perform when needed that has been the most telling statistic.

“Like I said, there’s a really fine line between winning and losing,” Johnson said. “We win at Duke, which we had every opportunity to win and didn’t. And you have to give Duke credit; they’re 5-1 and a lot of people haven’t beaten them.

“I think anybody who saw the North Carolina game knows we had a chance to win that game but we didn’t And you have to give them credit. They made plays and we didn’t.

We couldn’t get it in on the goal line and couldn’t get a stop. Same with the (Pitt) game. You win those three games, you’re 5-2 and it’s déjà vu.”

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015 CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS CONSTRUCTION/ SERVICE BIDS

INVITATION TO BID #2016-22 FOR HVAC Improvements for the Municipal Court Building at 323 Buford Highway SUWANEE, GEORGIA The City of Suwanee hereby requests BIDS from qualified contractors to furnish all materials, labor, tools, equipment and appurtenances necessary to perform HVAC improvements for the Municipal Court Building located at 323 Buford Highway (US 23), Suwanee, Georgia 30024.

Bids will be received by the City of Suwanee, Public Works Department, 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee, Georgia 30024, until 10:00 A.M. local time on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Any qualifications and bid received after 10:00 A.M. will not be accepted.

Bid should be placed in a sealed envelope and must be marked on the outside with Bid Number, Name of Bidder and Contractor’s License Number. A 5% bid bond is required as part of the bid submittal. Bids will NOT be publicly opened at this time and location.

A Non-Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on October 30, 2015 at 10:30 AM at the project site. All prospective bidders are URGED to attend to discuss and clarify any questions regarding the project or contract documents.

The project consists of, but is not limited to, the following major elements: Correct deficiencies in the building insulation Lower court room thermostat Change court room supply grilles to adjustable drum louvers Clean and seal existing supply and return air ductwork Provide new ceiling cassette mini-split heat pump (2) Install electric wall heaters (2) Install a motor-operated damper/CO2 monitor Balance all HVAC and exhaust systems The OWNER reserves the right to add or delete quantities and major elements from this project to meet pre-determined goals.

Should conditions make it necessary to revise the quantities, or major elements, no limit will be fixed for such increase or decrease in quantities. Compensation will be per the unit pricing of actual work incurred.

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Documents/Specifications may be by pick-up at the City of Suwanee Public Works Department, 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee, GA 30024, or contact Tammy Hiler at 770-945-8996 thiler@suwanee.com . Also, we may be able to provide the electronic document via Dropbox or another method.

In the case of Entities not chartered in Georgia, qualifications and bids submitted must be accompanied by proper certification stating that said Entity is authorized to do business in the State of Georgia.

The City of Suwanee reserves the right to reject any or all bids as deemed in its best interest.

CITY OF SUWANEE GWINNETT COUNTY, GA 902-289336, 10/23

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PUBLIC NOTICE I, SHAILESH KUMAR S PATEL Representing: JALARAM BUFORD L.L.C. DBA- HAPPY FOOD MART Located at: 5496 BUFORD HWY NORCROSS, GA 30071 Have made application to the City of Norcross, Georgia for a: BEER & WINE LICENSE for the Sale of: LIQUAR - BEER & WINE ONLY. Inquiries should be directed to the office Of The General Government Administration Department, City of Norcross, Georgia 65 Lawrenceville Street, Norcross, Georgia, no later than ten days from the date of this notice.

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PUBLIC HEARINGS PUBLIC NOTICE: Skyway Towers, LLC is proposing to build a 110 foot Monopole Telecommunications Tower located at 10475 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, Gwinnett County, GA 30097 (34° 2’ 13” North and 84° 11’ 4.3” West). Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30-days from the date of this publication to: E. York, Terracon, 2855 Premiere Pkwy, Suite C, Duluth, GA 30097, 770623-0755 or etyork@terracon.com.

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STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF GWINNETT NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT TO REDEEM TO: SADDLE SHOALS, INC. 682 Shoal Circle Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046 Any occupant and anyone holding any right, title or interest in or lien upon the below listed property Take notice that: The right to redeem the following described property located at 547 Shoal Circle, Lawrenceville, Georgia (Tax Parcel R5180 232), to wit: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 180 of the 5th District of Gwinnett County, Georgia, being Lot 42, Block B, Saddle Shoals Subdivision, Unit 5, as per plat recorded in plat book 79, Page 185, Gwinnett County Records, which said Plat is incorporated herein and made a part hereof by reference.

Will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on and after the 30th day of November, 2015. The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated the 3rd day of June, 2014, and is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in Deed Book 53001 at Page 246.

The property may be redeemed at any time before the 30th day of November, 2015, by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address: City of Lawrenceville, c/o Thompson, Sweeny, Kinsinger & Pereira, PC, P.O. Drawer 1250, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046.

Please be governed accordingly.

Sarah T. Chamberlin, Esq. Attorney for the City of Lawrenceville 928-285096, 10/2,9,17,24

Suwanee, Georgia Project), Series 2015” (the “Bond”), in the original principal amount of $4,210,000, to be issued for the purpose of obtaining funds to refund the revenue bonds designated “Urban Redevelopment Agency of the City of Suwanee, Georgia Revenue Bond (City of Suwanee, Georgia Project), Series 2006,” maturing on January 1, 2018 and thereafter (collectively the “Refunded Bonds”), presently outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $3,890,000, in order to achieve debt service savings and to refinance the costs of acquiring, constructing, and installing an urban redevelopment project described in the urban redevelopment plan entitled the “Old Town Suwanee Urban Redevelopment Plan,” consisting of a city hall located in the City of Suwanee, Georgia (the “Project”), and to finance related costs. In such proceeding the Court will also pass on the validity of the security for the payment of the Bond, which consists of the Agreement of Sale (the “Contract”) between the Urban Redevelopment Agency of the City of Suwanee, Georgia (the “Issuer”) and the City of Suwanee, Georgia (the “Purchaser”), the Assignment and Security Agreement between the Issuer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Bond Buyer”), and the Bond Purchase Agreement between the Issuer and the Bond Buyer, all proposed to be executed in connection therewith. The Issuer will sell the Project to the Purchaser pursuant to the Contract, under the terms of which the Purchaser (1) will agree to make installment payments of purchase price to the Issuer in amounts sufficient to enable the Issuer to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bond when due; and (2) will agree to levy an annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property located within the corporate limits of the Purchaser, at such rates, without limitation as to rate or amount, as may be necessary to produce in each year revenues that are sufficient to fulfill the Purchaser’s obligations under the Contract. All questions of law and fact pertaining to the right to issue the Bond and to provide the security therefor will be heard and determined.

Any citizen of the State of Georgia residing in the City of Suwanee, Georgia, or any person wherever residing who has a right to object, may intervene and become a party to this proceeding.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on November 2, 2015, at 9:00 A.M., at the Gwinnett County Courthouse in the City of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Judge George Hutchinson III of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County will hear the case of STATE OF GEORGIA vs. URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SUWANEE, GEORGIA and CITY OF SUWANEE, GEORGIA, Civil Action File No. 15-A-10831-1, in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, the same being a proceeding to confirm and validate the revenue bond designated “Urban Redevelopment Agency of the City of Suwanee, Georgia Refunding Revenue Bond (City of S

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FORMANCE REVIEW UNDER SECTION 36-82-100 OF THE OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED SHALL BE CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO THE BOND. This the 20th day of October 2015. /s/ Richard T. Alexander, Jr. Clerk, Superior Court of Gwinnett County

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE In accordance with Georgia Law Chapter 40-11-5 the following vehicles have been deemed abandoned and will be sold at a public sale on October 30, 2015 @ 3:30 Said Vehicles are located at: 802 Brogdon Rd Suwanee, GA 30024

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS PUBLIC SALE There will be sold at public outcry for cash at Eagle Towing Inc, located at 115 Arcado Rd. , Lilburn , GA , 30047. Saturday October 24th , 2015 @ 11:00 am. The following vehicles, declared abandoned and foreclosed vehicles pursuant to OCGA Section 40-11-5 as follows: 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt VIN:1G1AL55F167769248 TAG: E4749Y GA 2003 Honda Civic VIN:1HGES26733L006945 Tag:PVF 3709 GA 2004 Mitsubishi Galant VIN:4A3AB36F14E090910 Tag: BIQ0764 GA 2001 Lincoln LS VIN:1LNHM87A41Y646628 Tag: PPG 3219 GA 2002 BMW 530i VIN: WBADT63432CH86453 Tag: PKB 8990 GA 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser VIN: 3A8FY48B18T242917 Tag: PHQ6247 ga 1996 International 4000 Box Truck VIN: 1HTSCAAM0TH306857 Tag: JN8T29 GA 929-288067, 10/16,23 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash

by CubeSmart 3494 Gwinnett Place Drive, Duluth Ga 30096 to satisfy a lien on November 2, 2015 at approx. 10:00AM at www. storagetreasures.com Name ; Cube # Name: Tisha L Williams 1104 Name: Jamil Acolaste 1174 Name: Michael Cooper 2016 Name: Lloyd L Long 2059 Name: Rekeida Keys 2062 Name: Artnella C Holmes 2166 Name: David C Hartley 3087 & 3176 Name: David T Franklin 3133 929-287659, 10/16,23

VIN# WAULD64BX2N095749 2002 AUDI A6 Sale will be held at 11:00 on 10-30-15 Location: 1386 Indian Trl #100 Norcross, GA 30093 VIN# 1GNEC16Z02J202639 2002 CHEV SUBURBAN VIN# JT8BF28G4Y5087547 2000 LEXUS ES300 Sale will be held at 1:00 on 10-30-15 Location: 4930 Buford Hwy Norcross, GA 30071 VIN# 1GRAA6429LB061801 1990 GREAT DANE TRAILER Sale will be held at 2:00 on 10-30-15 Location: 3246 Buford Hwy #201 Duluth, GA 30096 VIN# WDBUF56J86A767464 2006 MER-BNZ E350 929-288108, 10/16,23 STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE INC. 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE NORCROSS, GA 30071 PHONE: 770-381-1140 FAX: 770-935-9651 THESE VEHICLES WILL BE SOLD FOR PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR CASH AT STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCATED AT 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA AT 10:00 A.M. ON OCTOBER 31, 2015. THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES ARE DECLARED ABANDONED AND FORECLOSED VEHICLES PURSUANT TO OCGA 40-11-5.

ESTOS VEHICULOS SERAN VENDIDOS AL PUBLICO POR DINERO EN EFECTIVO EN STATEWIDE WRECKER SERVICE LOCALIZADO EN 2775 SIMPSON CIRCLE, NORCROSS, GEORGIA A LAS 10:00 A.M. EN 31 OCTBRE 2015 . LOS SIGUIENTES VEHICULOS AN SIDO DECLARADOS ABANDONADOS Y CERRADOS DE ACUERDO A OCGA 40-11-5 NUEVA LOCALIZACION 770-381-1140 www. swsatlanta.com 1993 Honda Civic JHMEG8655PS032264

PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS 2001 Volkswagen Passat WVWAC63B91P010692 1997 Lexus ES 300 JT8BF22G4V0034980 1995 Buick Riviera 1G4GD2218S4725633 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 1GCHK24U33E289145 2004 Ford Focus 1FAFP34334W139656 1992 Ford E-350 Super Duty 1FBJS31H8NHB28391 2005 Chrysler 300 2C3JA53G65H628353 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier 1G1JC124827342199 2002 Kia Sportage KNDJB723425102518 2005 Cadillac CTS 1G6DP567750177041 2004 Mazda Mazda6 1YVFP80C045N17459 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix 1G2WK52J83F124983 1993 Plymouth Voyager 2P4FH2536PR345143 2000 Dodge Durango 1B4HR28Y5YF160931 2006 Nissan Sentra 3N1CB51D63L713923 2005 Dodge Caravan 1D4GP25B15B161598 2007 Mazda Mazdaspeed 3 JM1BK34L371620998 2003 Kia Rio KNADC125636246220 1999 Acura 3.2TL 19UUA5647XA017907 1999 Acura 3.2TL 19UUA5642XA039118 1978 Chevrolet Nova 1X27U8T104979 1998 Ford Mustang 1FAFP4040WF121588 1995 GMC Yukon 1GKEC13K8SJ762056 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser 3A8FY48B78T224535 1998 Acura CL 19UYA3256WL001365 1998 Honda Civic 2HGEJ6441WH101928 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera 1G3AG54N2P6435337 1998 Honda Civic 2HGEJ6672WH502024

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1989 Honda Prelude JHMBA4235KC058481

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2000 Plymouth Neon 1P3ES46CXYD763611

1290 Pleasant Hill Rd., Lawrenceville, GA.: Luther Anderson 0218, Muniki Oliveira 0305, Sophia Long 0313, Erica Williams 0314, Rodney Taylor 0521, Kayan Anderson 0525, Kenji Roshaun 0535, Kenji Roshaun 0535, Telasia Black 0561, Ophelia Louissaint 0605/0607, Leogarfield Sheldon Jr. 1009, Miaya Johnson 1059, Bryant Sidney 1162, Romeesha Dash 1209, Terence Boyd 1302, Murijah Davis 1634, Candy Bright 2078, Candy Peters 2239, Devon Johnson 2700-02

2003 Dodge Neon 1B3AS26C53D222043 2002 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ND52J72M661199 1996 Chrysler Sebring 3C3EL55H1TT291208 1993 Toyota Camry 4T1SK12E8PU230224 929-289307, 10/23,25 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash

by CubeSmart 3313 Stone Mountain Hwy, Snellville, Ga 30078 to satisfy a lien on November 3, 2015 at approx. 10:00 am at www. storagetreasures.com Name; Unit #; General Description of Property Grace Thomas A116 Will Anthony F124 Angerline Keeno E107 Odysee Thomas 2020 Jacqueline E. Gilliam C153 Carlo Harvey aka Enrique Harvey A115 Christopher Reid 1218 Kevin Johnson D121 Tywona Daniels G104 Jeffrey Wiggins 3038 Flooring, Padding, Carpet, Supplies Sheila J Clark M126 Chaka Walters B115 Myron Mills C138 Johnny McGee Rogers D124 Markell Wheeler A124 929-287998, 10/16,23 NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that on November 2, 2015 UHaul Company of Atlanta North will be offering for sale under the contractual landlords lien process by public auction the following storage units. The goods to be sold are generally described as household goods. U-Haul reserves the right to refuse any and all bids. Payment will be made in cash only. The sale will begin at 8:30 AM at 1290 Pleasant Hill Rd. Lawrenceville, GA. and continue to each location. Location s

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678-825-2656

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678-551-5765

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ITEMS FOR SALE: Dining Table All wood 5’ round $45, Loveseat w/ blk & whi cover $45, Sofa Bed Burgundy corduroy, like new $250, Ikea bed frame white queen $45, Bed Frame full/queen $35.

678-860-7701 PETS/LIVESTOCK

SUWANEE, 510 James Lee Dr. Fri. 10/23 & Sat. 10/24, 8-4. Misc. hshld. items, lg. pre-lit Christmas tree & deco. Hoover vacuum cleaner, 3 ton floor jack w/2 jack stands, & more! 678-407-4030

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CHRYSLER 200 TOURING SEDAN, 2012 Black, Stk#FY317084A $9987 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD FUSION, 2014 Sterling Grey, Stk#P7885 $15,500 800-PREOWNED

ADOPT A PET CAT NEEDS home by Winter. Friendly female.

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DODGE JOURNEY SXT, 2010 Brilliant Black Pearl, Stk#8291A $10,550 877-698-5030

FORD MUSTANG DELUXE, 2014 Ingot Silver, Stk#P7869 $15,243 800-PREOWNED

CONYERS, GA 30094 COMMERCIAL LISTING! NEW LISTING! 2302 S.E. EBENEZER RD Great Commercial Property In High Traffic Area Of Rockdale County At The Corner Of Ga Hwy 138 & Ebenezer Rd With Double Road Frontage $1,500,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com NEWTON Commercial Property For Sale or Lease Near Highway (10977 Old Atlanta Highway, Covington, GA).

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Front Loader Set $450 & up; Regular Refrig. & Ranges $175 & up; SXS Refrig. $300 & up.

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

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BUILDING MATERIALS DOORS: Two 80x36 Therma Tru Entry Doors. Exc. cond. $650.

Two 80x35 Glass Storm Doors. $175. Exc. Cond.

Incl. hardware & frame.

770-846-9653

AUBURN, 30011 DOWN SIZING SALE Fri-Sat, 10/24, 9-4 690 Rock Elm Drive Brookside Crossing Subd. New guitar with 30 DVD lessons, Grandfather clock, crafts, HH items - some new, many more items!

Call for info.

770-237-3402.

ALL OAK FIREWOOD FOR SALE $120 “Heaping Truckload”, Stacked, Gwinnett Area.

404-805-1783

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LAWRENCEVILLE Garage sale Sat. Oct. 24, 9 to 3. Connemara 3317 Rememberance Trace.

PacknPlay, stackable bookcase, household items.

LOGANVILLE - Basement Sale Fri. 10/23 & Sat. 10/24, 7:30-6. 1416 Arblay Place off Hwy. 78 to Broadnax Mill Rd. to Cevera Lakes Subd.

Tools, furn., exercise equip., hshld. items, office equip., toys, clothes, much more!

BUICK CENTURY, 2000. 41,700 MILES Midnight blue. $4,500.

678-546-7241

FORD TRANSIT CONNECT XLT, 2012 Frozen White, Stk#FK718584A $11,957 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD EDGE SE, 2013 Tuxedo Black, Stk#P7902 $16,000 800-PREOWNED HONDA ACCORD SEDAN, 2011 Basque Red Pearl, Stk#540604A $14,000 877-698-5030

CHEVROLET EQUINOX LT, 2011 Summit White, Stk#P5051A $13,956 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FORD EDGE, 2008 Vapor Silver Metallic, Stk#650046A $11,550 877-698-5030

HONDA ACCORD SEDAN, 2011 Crystal Black Pearl, Stk#560607A $12,550 877-698-5030

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770-962-8744 678-557-8536 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, 2010 Mocha Steel Metallic, Stk#570396B $12,700 877-698-5030

FORD ESCAPE SE, 2014 Tuxedo Black, Stk#GUA42308A $17,000 800-PREOWNED

FIREWOOD Select, Seasoned Hickory & Oak, $180/Cord or $120/Half Cord.

Delivered. MORE FOR YOUR MONEY! Gary, 404-772-1268 FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS

BUFORD This Saturday from 8AM - 5PM at 3998 N Puckett Rd. Downsizing!

See online ad for photos! Furniture, massage table; home decor, great kitchen stuff, storage containers; jewelry making (beading) supplies; luggage; coats.

BMW Z3, 2000 Convertible for sale.

Good condition.

126,700 miles. $4,500 or best offer. 2.3L 6 cylinder engine, manual transmission.

Call 678-451-6221

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DINING ROOM SET; dresser & night stand; waterbed 8’ knotty pine custom china cabinet, 6’ table w/18” leaf, 6 upholstered arm chairs on casters. Orig. $3,000+, asking $750; double dresser w/mirror, 2 drawer night stand $75.

King size waterbed, complete with waveless mattress, double drawer pedestal, heater $350.

Contact patrynstwo@ aol.com for additional pictures. To see call 770-932-4397.

LOFT BED FOR TWEEN Tween Loft Bed for sale. Purchased from GA Baby and Kids originally $2200 asking $700. Bed has 4 stair drawers plus 5 drawers at end of bed. Under bed has 3 shelves for storing items. Also has desk with 3 drawers and chair. Above drawers at end of bed piece is broken, but does not stop drawer from being used. Must pick up, no delivery. Feel free to ask questions.

770-356-3005

HONDA ACCORD SPORT, 2013 Alabaster Silver, Stk#FFC25713A $18,000 800-PREOWNED CHEVROLET IMPALA LIMITED, 2014 Silver, Stk#8311 12,750 877-698-5030

FORD FIESTA SE, 2014 Oxford White, Stk#P7799 $11,554 800-PREOWNED

HONDA CIVIC SEDAN, 2013 Crystal Black Pearl, Stk#8346 $15,000 877-698-5030 CHEVROLET SPARK LS, 2014 Summitt White, Stk#G5106487A $9000 800-PREOWNED

FORD FOCUS, 2013 Sterling Gray Metallic, Stk#540663A $13,400 877-698-5030

CHRYSLER 200 SEDAN LX, 2014 Billet Silver Metallic Clearcoat, Stk#8316 $11,800 877-698-5030

FORD FUSION SE SEDAN, 2012 Steel Blue, Stk#P5012 $12,999 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

HONDA PILOT, 2004 Excellent condition, one owner. Gold. All maint. records. Runs great. $5500 OBO. 404-271-8912

HYUNDAI ACCENT GLS, 2014 Mocho Bronze, Stk#P5045 $11,989 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS, 2013 Shimmering White, Stk#FFC35589A $13,000 800-PREOWNED

KIA RIO LX SEDAN, 2013 Clear White, Stk#P5048 $10,985 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

LEXUS ES 350, 2014 Obsidian, Stk#G152070A $35,990 770-680-1000

HYUNDAI ELANTRA SE SEDAN, 2014 Pearl White, Stk#P5034 $12,998 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

LEXUS CT 200H, 2011 Starfire Pearl, Stk#G151938A $20,990 770-680-1000

LEXUS GS 350, 2013 Obsidian, Stk#U40579 $40,990 770-680-1000

VEHICLES

LEXUS IS 250, 2012 Matador Red Mica, Stk#U40485 $24,993 770-680-1000

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LEXUS RX 350, 2015 Claret Mica, Stk#U40596 $43,990 770-680-1000

MERCEDES 450SL, 1980.

MERCEDES BENZ 450 SL, 1975.

ONE OWNER 108K MILES. (DOCUMENTED) Owner got married in July 1975 and bought this car in December of 1975. Built a special brick garage for the car that symbolized their marriage.. WOW..

Time Warp...Fabulous white with blue leather.

This car was loved and it is a nice as you will find. Two tops. Have original title. Hagerty Classic Car Guide values this car at $21,000-$37,500. This super car should rise rapidly in price, selling for only $11,400.

770-895-7161

NISSAN SENTRA SEDAN I4 CVT, 2010 Super Black, Stk#540676A $10,000 877-698-5030

MAZDA MAZDA 3, 2014 Meteor Gray, Stk#P7791B $18,000 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS IS 250, 2015 Atomic Silver, Stk#G150285L, $35,990 770-680-1000

KIM BASINGER’S CONVERTIBLE. (DOCUMENTED OWNERSHIP). Movie star owned with only 89K miles. Two tops and exceptional. NADA and Hagerty Old Car Value Guide value is $17,500-$34,000 plus $5000-8000 CELEBRITY BONUS. Super buy as fun and great investment car that is rising fast in price, only $12,500.

Call 770-873-2627

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COACHMAN LEPRECHAUN M-260DS, 2015.

FALL SPECIAL. REDUCED! PRICE $71,000.

Only 815 Miles!

Sleeps 5, 3 awnings, A/C, propane htr w/ ht pump + generator.

770-366-0029 or 770-822-0758

NISSAN VERSA 1.6 S SEDAN, 2014 Red Brick, Stk#FL896407A $11,891 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

If your old stuff is collecting dust, it could be collecting cash!

COLEMAN POP UP CAMPER, 2000, LEXUS GX 460, 2012 Knight’s Armour Pearl, Stk#U40536 $42,990 770-680-1000

KIA OPTIMA EX, 2013 Dark Cherry, Stk#G5109571A $17,000 800-PREOWNED

LEXUS ES 300H, 2013 Silver Lining Metallic, Stk#U40586 $33,990 770-680-1000

LEXUS ES 330, 2006 Very well maintained, one owner. Dark blue.

All maint. records. Runs great. $6000 OBO. 404-271-8912

LEXUS RX 350, 2013 Obsidian, Stk#U40574 $37,990 770-680-1000

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LEXUS RX 350, 2014 Satin Cashmere Metallic, Stk#U40581 $38,990 770-680-1000

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NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5SL, 2003. 134 K MILES. $4950. Black and beautiful with tan leather and great CarFax. High quality car loaded with options. Priced way under the market.

770-882-4605

NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, 2005. 134K MILES. Excellent drive anywhere car. Beautiful white with gray interior, great Car Fax. Exceptional and only $5900.

Call 770-895-7161

NISSAN LEAF S HATCHBACK, 2013 Brilliant Silver, Stk#P5066 $11,939 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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TOP 10 BEST ‘DRACULA’ MOVIES

In honor of Southern Ballet Theatre’s haunted dance attraction “Dracula: The Catacombs,” here are IMDB’s top 10 movies based on Bram Stoker’s iconic tale of the vampire Count Dracula:

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1. “Dracula” — 1992 film starring Gary Oldman 2. “Nosferatu” — 1922 film based on the story “Dracula” 3. “Dracula” — 1931 film starring Bela Lugosi 4. “Nosferatu the Vampyre” — 1979 film starring Klaus Kinski 5. “Horror of Dracula” — 1958 film directed by Terence Fisher 6. “Dracula” — 1979 Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic 7. “Dracula: Prince of Darkness” — 1966 film starring Christopher Lee 8. “Blood for Dracula” — 1974 9. “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave” — 1968 film also starring Christopher Lee 10. “Drácula” — 1931 film starring Carlos Villarías “Dracula: The Catacombs” will feature Southern Ballet Theatre dancers playing a variety of scary creatures in an intimate setting. (Special Photo)

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Friday, Oct. 30 • Howl on the Green — The City of Duluth is hosting Howl on the Green from 6 to 10 p.m. at Dultuh Town Green. The family-friendly Halloween event will kick off with trick-or-treating on Main Street, inflatables, giant games, live entertainment, food trucks and more.

• Simon Kidgits Club Boo Bash — Sugarloaf Mills will host its Simon Kidgits Club Boo Bash from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Food Court. There will be Halloween and fall-themed crafts, a bounce house, face painting and giveaways. The celebration continues with mall-wide trick-or-treating from 6 to 8 p.m.

• The Lawless Spirits of Norcross — Lionheart Theatre invites brave souls to meet “The Lawless Spirits of Norcross” Oct. 29-31 during its new guided ghost tour.

Saturday, Oct. 31 • Trick-or-Treating — Mall of Georgia invites local families to its mall-wide trick-or-treating event beginning at 6 p.m.

Stores throughout the mall will give out treats to children who wear a Halloween costume.

• Trek or Treat — Suwanee Creek Park is hosting its annual Trek or Treat from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Suwanee Creek Park.

Kids are invited to dress up in their favorite costumes for the free event and walk the park’s greenway collecting treats and participating in festival activities.

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Chinese Dhaba 3083 Breckinridge Blvd., Suite 130, Duluth 678-682-8599 www.chinesedhaba.com

Chinese Dhaba in Duluth offers patrons a menu of authentic Chinese cuisine with an Indian twist including dishes like the Chicken Bullet with boneless pieces of chicken marinated in a house-made spicy sauce and sauteed with green onions. (Staff Photos: Katie Morris)

By Katie Morris

katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

Open Since: 2013 Owner: Nadir and Mubarak Jiwani of Snellville Location: Chinese Dhaba is located in a strip mall near the intersection of Breckinridge Boulevard and Old Norcross Road.

Hours: Chinese Dhaba is open from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Friday, from noon to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Atmosphere: Chinese Dhaba has a quick, casual concept where customers order at a counter in the rear of the dining area, choose a seat and then the food is brought to the table. The intimate dining room has a bright atmosphere with red and yellow walls and natural light, offering tables and chairs for seating.

According to Jiwani, a

ON THE MENU • Chicken Bullet: A Chinese Dhaba signature dish made with boneless pieces of chicken marinated in a house-made spicy sauce and sauteed with green onions. $7.50 • Vegetable Coins Manchurian: Round vegetable crisps cooked in a house special manchurian sauce with onions and cilantro. $7.50 • Szechuan Entree: A spicy, savory red sauce with mixed vegetables served with steamed white rice, offered vegetarian or with choice of chicken, lamb, beef, shrimp or fish. $7.50 to $8.50 • Ginger Entree: A light brown sauce with a hint of fresh ginger offered vegetarian or with a choice of chicken, lamb, beef, shrimp or fish and served with steamed white rice. $ 7.50 to 8.50

Chinese Dhaba has a quick, casual concept with an intimate dining room that has a bright atmosphere with red and yellow walls and natural light.

• Szechuan Lo Mein: A spicy version of Chinese lo mein that’s made with thick, soft noodles and a spicy, savory red sauce, available vegetarian or with choice of chicken, lamb, beef or shrimp. $7.50 to 8.50

Jiwani said the menu includes traditional Chinese dishes with an added twist of Indian spices and herbs to create a unique blend of flavors.

All of the dishes are prepared from fresh ingredients and cooked-to-order, from soups to entrees, to ensure the food comes out of the kithen fresh and hot, Jiwani said. A Chinese Dhaba signature dish is the Chicken Bullet with boneless pieces

of chicken marinated in a house-made spicy sauce and sauteed with green onions.

Another popular item on the menu is the Chili Garlic Noodles, a fusion dish made with thin, soft noodles and a house-made spicy sauce.

Chinese Dhaba also offers a special lunch combo from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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various regions of the country.

The sizable dinner menu offers a variety of traditional Indian dishes like the customer favorite Chicken Tikka Masala, Butter Chicken, Chicken 65 and the tandoori Shashlik Special. Indian Grill also offers home delivery service, with customers able to place their takeout order online.

2051 Beaver Ruin Road, Norcross, 770-417-8338, www.indiangrillnorcross.com

Dhaba is a roadside eatery in India where travelers can stop to rest, enjoy a bite to eat and even take a nap before continuing on their journey. He wanted to capture that atmosphere in Chinese Dhaba; he drew inspiration from the roadside stops when modeling the

GWINNETT TASTES A selection of local eateries recently featured in the Gwinnett Daily Post:

ArtBar at Sonesta Gwinnett Place ArtBar has a casual yet chic dining atmosphere that’s perfect for guests looking to unwind with a drink or share an intimate, up-scale meal with friends, family or colleagues. ArtBar is a gastropub featuring up-scale cuisine with a Southern flair with a seasonal and yearround menu as well as an extensive beverage menu with cocktails, craft beers, whiskeys and bourbons.

1775 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, 770-923-1775, ext.

3899, www.sonesta.com/ gwinnettplace Papa Jack’s Country Kitchen Papa Jack’s is a cafeteria-

style restaurant where diners walk down the line and choose items to create their meal as a staff member fixes their plate. Papa Jack’s specializes in Southern comfort foods, offering lunch and dinner menus, featuring meat and two veggies platters and a breakfast menu.

7437 Spout Springs Road, Suite B, Flowery Branch, 770-965-7007, www.papajackscountrykitchen.com Pat’s Eatery Pat’s Eatery is a familyowned restaurant that offers patrons a casual dining experience, offering both breakfast and lunch menus as well as a special Sunday brunch buffet. The morning menu offers traditional, Southern breakfast fare and the lunch menu features a selection of soups, deli and grilled sandwiches and salads. Executive Chef

back counter to resemble a hut.

Menu: Chinese Dhaba specializes in authentic Indian Chinese cuisine, which, according to Jiwani, is based off of a concept that’s popular in his native country of India often offered by street vendors.

Justin Knowles is working on creating a dinner menu of New American cuisine.

2625 Old Winder Highway in Braselton, 706-684-0093, www.patseatery.com Goad Barbecue Company Goad Barbecue Company offers a menu of traditional west Texas barbecue, which has a unique flavor that’s infused during the slowsmoking process. According to the Goads, the menu is based on cowboy food which was cooked over a campfire in cast iron. Customers can also find 15 different pies on Mrs. Goad’s Homemade Fried Pies menu: all of the fried pies are made from scratch, with unique offerings such as the Elvis and Bourbon Pecan.

722 Collins Hill Road, Suite N, Lawrenceville, 678-

Cafe Crepes Square Cafe Crepes Square offers a menu of dessert crepes, parfaits and specialty beverages including smoothies, hot or cold espresso drinks, teas and non-alcoholic mocktails like the Blue Lemonade, Mojito and Yes Bomb. Customers can choose a specialty crepe or create their own, choosing from a variety of ingredients like mixed fruit, peanut butter, whipped cream, tree nuts, honey, chocolate chips and more.

80 Horizon Drive, Suite 301, Suwanee, 678-979-8287, www.facebook.com/CrepesSquare Indian Grill Indian Grill specializes in authentic Indian cuisine and offers a variety of dishes from

Umami Umami offers Asian fusion cuisine that features Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese dishes. A lunch menu is offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring numerous sushi specials, a hibachi special and Woki Kitchen entrees such as mango chicken, pad Thai chicken, black bean salmon and more. The extensive dinner menu offers

Something You Might Not Know: Jiwani opened his first Chinese Dhaba location in the food court of Global Mall in Norcross five years ago. Jiwani said he was taking a leap of faith by opening an Indian Chinese eatery, but that risk has paid off because Chinese Dhaba has expanded quickly.

A year after opening his Norcross spot, Jiwani opened a second location in the Patel Plaza shopping center in Decatur followed by the Duluth location just a few years later. Jiwani said expanding from a walk-up counter in Global Mall to a restaurant with a dining area was truly a family effort — his daughter, Shahista, helped to design and decorate the new space and his son, Aly, helps with marketing and promotion.

Diners in Duluth can read the Chinese Dhaba story, written by Shahista, because it’s embroidered onto tablecloths throughout the dining room.

an array of elegantly plated appetizers, soups, salads, sushi and entrees.

3290 Buford Drive, Suite A, Buford, 678-714-0505, www. umamiasiancuisine.com Hi-Life Restaurant The restaurant has a classy, charming environment with white linen tablecloths, black cloth napkins, fresh flowers on each table, rich wooden accents throughout and jazz music playing softly in the background. Executive Chef and General Manager Dontrell Ham describes HiLife’s menu as new American, continental cuisine that incorporates fresh, seasonal products, so the lunch and dinner menus are updated around three times a year.

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Anne Nettles offers photo art of her ‘Wanderings’ Art photographer Anne Nettles grew up surrounded by the beauty of New England, and since then she has traveled to numerous visually striking locales, photographing many of them.

A showing of her photos titled “Wanderings” is on display at the Gallery at St. Edwards in Lawrenceville through Jan. 9.

“This exhibition is about my wanderings. These photographs are just a few of the reminders of the places I traveled and the things I have seen over the last three years,” Nettles said. “I roamed the north shore of Massachusetts, around the city of Atlanta and the shores of Georgia. I shot the coast of the Pacific Northwest and the peaks of Colorado.”

But her wanderings are not limited to the U.S.; in fact, she has traveled to 20 foreign countries.

“Last winter I traveled to Queensland, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef and visited the small island of

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Tasmania, Australia,” Nettles Want to try creating somesaid. “I walked the streets of thing yourself? A number of Rome and the small villages “Plum Island Sunset” is one of the photographic works by new classes are still availartist Anne Nettles that is on display at the Galley at St. able at Kudzu Art Zone in of the Cinque Terre, Italy Edwards in Lawrenceville through Jan. 9. (Special Photo) … all in search of visual stories.” tography.”

Over the years, Anne’s Such travel not only Though raised in Boslove for photography grew, produced beautiful visual ton, Mass., Nettles has and eventually she attended images but also led to philo- also wandered a bit in her the Art Institute of Atlanta sophical introspection. places of habitation. She for photographic imaging.

“In my travels, I have met attended the Art Institute of Since then Nettles has won people of all kinds from Boston majoring in graphic several awards for her work many different countries,” design and then joined the and often has her images Nettles said. “One thing was Navy, which saw her move hanging in various Atlanta clear to me. We all want to southeast Virginia. Five galleries. She specializes in the same things: peace, years ago, a U.S. Navy landscape and travel photoghappiness and to enjoy the veteran, she moved further raphy, and all of her works beautiful world around us. south to Loganville with her are for sale.

That beauty is what I hope family, which includes three The Gallery at St. EdI have captured in my pho- grown children. ward’s is free and open to

Norcross. “All Levels of Oil Painting” taught by Karen Chesney will be Wednesdays from 10 a.m. until noon and Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m., Oct. 29 through Nov. 19. An exciting workshop is also offered Nov. 6-8 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with Chery Baird titled “Painting with Mixed Media.” For more information, visit kudzuartzone.org.

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Dad’s Garage improviser Mark Kendall to perform in OTC’s Comedy Scare-tacular Dad’s Garage member Mark Kendall will join OTC Comedy Troupe for its annual Comedy Scare-tacular on Saturday at Lionheart Theatre in Norcross. (Special Photo)

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OTC Comedy Troupe is presenting its annual Comedy Scare-tacular on Saturday but with an added twist — Dad’s Garage member Mark Kendall will add his improv expertise to the spooky show.

“We are very excited to have Mark join us this Saturday for our show,” Kelley Cody-Grimm, OTC Artistic Director, said. “We’ve been very fortunate over the last 10 years to work with a variety of actors in the Atlanta area. Mark has worked around Atlanta but has also worked with the real comedy heavyweights nationally, so we’re looking forward to bringing him out to Lionheart Theatre in Norcross to give Gwinnett audiences a splash of Dad’s Garage.”

Kendall is a performer with Dad’s Garage Theatre, a popular Atlanta theatre company specializing in improv comedy and original plays. He first discovered his passion for comedy while studying film at Northwestern University.

Through the Chris Rock Summer School Program for up-and-coming comedy writers of color, Kendall landed a job at Comedy Central where he was able to pitch jokes to the writing staffs of “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.”

“The great thing about the improv world here in

Atlanta is that many actors work with a number of improv groups, which makes the improv community richer,” said Cody-Grimm, who’s worked with Dad’s Garage, Laughing Matters and most recently The Basement Theatre.

“We’ve had other performers from Dad’s and Laughing Matters also perform with us,” she said. “The collaboration you get with your fellow performers and audiences is great — it makes improvisation one of the few truly interactive performing arts. And if we’ve learn anything from social

Fox Theatre to offer Ghost Tours

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and contractors. Visitors will walk in the footsteps of Roosevelt, a resident ghost of the Fox Theatre’s boiler The Fox Theatre hosts room who’s been deceased a variety of acts — from since 1945. Over the years, Broadway hits and ballets to Fox staff has reported that if comedians and some of the you upset Roosevelt, he will biggest names in music — slam doors, hit things or but next week the venue’s turn the lights off on you. resident ghosts and spirits Other spooky stops will take center stage during included on the hour-long its third annual Ghost Tours. tours include the hospital From Sunday through room, dressing rooms, powThursday, brave guests er room and sub-basement can tour the haunted halls areas including the stage hearing real accounts of freight elevator. Visitors will unexplainable encounters also learn about the rich gathered from Fox staffers history of the Fox’s 86-year-

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The third annual Fox Ghost Tours will be offered from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, and from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 through Thursday, Oct. 29.

The specialty tours will run up to every 20 minutes and are not recommended for children under the age of 10; children under the age of 6 are not permitted.

Tickets are $30 each, plus applicable fees, and are available at FoxTheatre.org, the Fox Theatre box office and by calling 855-2858499.

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Comedy Scare-tacular features comedic takes and cameos from horror icons like Jason, Jigsaw and Samara from “The Ring” movies, as well as OTC favorites including “Half Life,” “Da Do Run, Run” and “Serious.”

OTC’s Comedy Scaretacular will be Saturday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. at Lionheart Theatre, 10 College St. in Norcross. Tickets are $10 per person and are available online at lionhearttheatre.org/ buy-tickets or by calling 770-885-0425. The show is recommended for audiences ages 14 and older.

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Blues and Brews returning to Grayson park

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Craft beer connoisseurs can savor the flavors of around 150 specialty brews while listening to bluesrock tunes from Tinsley Ellis on Saturday when Blues and Brews returns to Grayson.

The craft beer festival will be from 2 to 6 p.m. at Grayson Community Park, offering beer lovers a sampling of local and regional

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by Georgia-based Jailhouse Brewing Company, festivalgoers can taste and compare a variety of beers, including some limited edition and small-batch brews.

Several Georgia breweries will return for this year’s festival including JekyllBrewing, Monday Night Brewing, Cherry Street Brewing and more.

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Beer and Georgia’s Bull Dog Hard Cider.

This year’s festival also welcomes back Southern blues and rock musician Tinsley Ellis. The veteran

Atlanta musician has been on the road performing since releasing his first album, “Georgia Blue,” in 1988. Ellis averages over 150 shows a year and has

played in all 50 states and abroad, including Europe and South America. His latest album, “Tough Love,” was released in February.

Hitting the stage before Ellis is Tommy Talton, a founding member of the group Cowboy who has toured the Allman Brothers, Bonnie Bramlett, Martin Mull and more.

General admission tickets are $35 and available online at grayson-bluesandbrews.com, as well as at Hail Mary Pub, Grayson Coffee House, Beverage Superstore, Johnny’s Pizza in Grayson and Big Daddy Q.

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Thousands of foodies, antique enthusiasts and crafters will flock to Stone Mountain Park’s Event Meadow this weekend for the Country Living Fair.

The festival brings the magazine’s pages to life, giving readers access to over 200 vendors from more than 25 states, including antiques sellers, food purveyors, artists, furniture makers, crafters and more. Attendees can also meet Country Living editors and shop the Harvest and Gourmet Market and General Store as well as sample locallysourced, artisanal foods.

“This has been a fantastic Fair season and we’re thrilled to return to Atlanta to conclude the tour,” editor-in-chief Rachel Hardage Barrett said in a statement.

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stage. Drummond is a blogger, photographer and New York Times best-selling author.

Drummond will have a book signing of her newest cookbook, “The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime: Comfort Classics, Freezer Food, 16-Minute Meals and Other Delicious Ways to Solve Supper!” at 3 p.m. in the Country Living General store.

Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell from The Cooking Channel’s “The Fabulous Beekman Boys” will host a Q and A on the main stage at noon on Saturday, Oct. 24, alongside “Country Living” editor-in-chief Rachel Hardage Barret.

Following this session, Brent and Josh will host a book-signing for their new book “Beekman 1802 Style” in the Country Living General Store.

“Beekman 1802 Style” features over 200 photos from Country Living archives and showcases interior and exterior in-

spiration, tips, tricks and resources.

Fans can buy books from all featured authors in advance for a special rate at stellashows.com or at the event. Additional special guests will appear at the Country Living Fair throughout the weekend, including Cari Cucksey, star of HGTV’s “Cash & Cari,” and Joanne Palmisano, a designer and stylist on the DIY Network.

Attendees at the fair are encouraged to engage with “Country Living” and other fair-goers with the hashtag #CLFair and share their finds with #CLFairFinds.

The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Friday, Oct. 23, to Sunday, Oct. 25.

Tickets can be bought for a reduced price in advance and will also be for sale at the event, and admission is free for children ages 16 and under.

For more information, visit stellashows.com or countryliving.com/fair.

STE(A)M event set for Fridays-N-Duluth

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STE(A)M activities are Freeze Cream’s ice cream creation, the Fridays-N-Duluth is an Duluth Police Departevent filled with music, ment’s Command Unit’s food, shopping and activi- crime-fighting technolties, but today guests will ogy demonstration, the also have the opportunity Atlanta Astronomy Club’s star-gazing display, C3 to learn a thing or two.

Glass Art Studio’s glassDuluth will debut a blowing demonstrations, STE(A)M event from 6 to 9 p.m. allowing people “Mathnasium” highlights the use of math in of all ages to participate everyday life, Georgia in educational activities Gwinnett College’s Lego in the fields of science, Robotics event and more. technology, engineering, Fridays-N-Duluth will art and math. also hold many life-sized STE(A)M will feaversions of games includture activities sponsored ing checkers, chess, Conby community groups, companies and individuals nect 4 and Hi-Tower, and to top off the evening, The that aim to challenge the Regulars Band will headinnovation and imaginaline a concert, performing tion of the mind. All activities are interactive and a variety of music genres including rock and funk kid-friendly, so they can with a whole lot of soul. be enjoyed by the entire The Fridays-N-Duluth family, and also aim to intrigue and encourage kids STE(A)M event will be to explore many different from 6 to 9 p.m. today future career paths in one and is open to people of all ages. For more inforof the five fields. mation, visit duluthga.net.

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This Halloween season, haunted attractions will use the typical tactics to draw scares out of thrillseekers, including gruesome make-up, spinechilling special effects and actors dressed as eery ghosts.

“Dracula: The Catacombs” gives people all the traditional frights while also incorporating dance.

The haunted dance attraction, presented by Southern Ballet Theatre, is crafted to be an immersive, scary experience that’s similar to a traditional production — with dancers performing modern and contemporary choreography while actors deliver dialogue in between to set the scenes — but with a haunted twist.

The show is presented in the intimate Black Box studio of Southern Performing Arts Academy, and according to Alicia Chitwood, co-director of Southern Ballet Theatre, audiences never know what to expect.

“It’s like watching a show, but you can also interact with the dancers because they come up to you, and they may touch you or

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scare you,” she said.

Audiences can also expect wind blowing in their faces, creepy lighting effects, fake blood, scary props such as a chainsaw, and eerily costumed dancers popping out from unexpected places.

It’s fun for dancer Alyssa Watkins.

“I get to crawl under the stage,” she said. “You see me with a flashlight on stage and then I go under it and pop out at the audience and hopefully get some screams.”

Dancer Kaleigh Threatt, who plays both a werewolf and mad scientist in the show, also enjoys the show’s scare tactics.

“I love Halloween even though I’m a big scaredy cat when it comes to stuff,” Threatt said.

Threatt, 23, said “Dracula” is similar to a haunted

At left, “Dracula: The Catacombs” will feature Southern Ballet Theatre dancers playing a variety of scary creatures in an intimate setting. Above, “Dracula: The Catacombs” is a haunted experience with dancers popping out from everywhere and scary effects. (Special Photos)

house when it comes to the frights but unique in that performers are able to feed off of each other’s energy and the audience members’ tension. And weaved into all the scares and thrills is a lot of very

The 17-year-old plays one of Dracula’s wives.

Her favorite creepy effect during the show is the use of fake blood.

“It’s really interesting to see the audiences’ faces because to them it’s very real,” Watkins said.

The nonprofit ballet company presents the show as a fundraiser with proceeds going to future productions and special programs. The idea of presenting a haunted dance attraction as a fundraiser challenging choreography, came three years ago from according to Watkins.

Chitwood’s husband, “A lot of it is fast-paced Brandon. and hard-hitting. All of the “He loves Halloween moves are really intricate,” and has always wanted Watkins said. “Definitely a haunted house,” Chitdifferent from the flowy wood said. “He was like, ballet stereotype.”

‘I want to try a Hallowen

show,’ and it just kind of evolved from there. ... He has a really wild and vivid imagination, so he just turned his haunted house idea into a dance idea.”

SBT presented “Dracula: Come Into the Night” for the first two years, and this year’s production, “Dracula: The Catacombs,” features a different story line with new sets and characters as well as some new scare tactics to keep returning audience members on their toes.

“Dracula: The Catacombs” is recommended for ages 10 and older; there will be concessions available and pumpkins for sale. For more information about the show, visit www. draculahaunts.com.

Children’s Museum of Atlanta announces grand re-opening be presented after their four month renovation.

The wait to see the The Children’s Museum enhanced museum is of Atlanta is excited to almost over because the show off its additional museum’s grand re-openexhibits, a brand-new ing celebration is planned mezzanine level and enfor Dec. 12. This $8.2 hancements to the already million project has been existing galleries that will underway since August

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and will feature new exhibits and galleries. A highlighted new feature of the revamped museum will focus on STEAM — science, technology, engineering, art and math education.

During the months leading up to the grand

celebration, the museum is launching a “Play Pledge to ATL” campaign that encourages creative and imaginative thinking along with discovery. The online initiative’s main focus is promoting the importance of early childhood education and the power of play.

The re-opening celebration will include many festivities including a parade, ribbon-cutting ceremony, photo opportunities and other activities for this festival-like celebration.

To kick off this brand new re-opening of the discovery center, the

children’s museum invites guests to join them as they celebrate the new and improved museum. The grand re-opening will occur on Dec. 12, and tickets will go on sale starting Nov. 12. For more information, visit childrensmuseumatlanta.org.

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Halloween Happenings GWINNETT HAPPENINGS BOOfest Halloween Celebration The city of Norcross is hosting a BOOfest Halloween Celebration from 3 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 24. The festivities kick off with a parade starting at Lillian Webb Park, marching up Jones Street and ending at Thrasher Park, followed by costume contests for children, teens and dogs. For more information, visit norcrossga. net.

Friday Fall Festival Lucky Shoals Park Community Recreation Center is hosting a Friday Fall Festival at 5 p.m. on Oct. 30. The haunted Halloween festival features crafts, games, a costume contest and haunted house; there will be a walkthrough dark attraction filled with live actors, special effects and monsters for older kids.

The event is open to all ages and admission is $11 per person. Lucky Shoals Park Community Recreation Center is located at 4651 Britt Road in Norcross. For more information, visit gwinnettcountyevents.com.

Howl on the Green The City of Duluth is hosting Howl on the Green from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, at Dultuh Town Green, 3142 Hill Street. The familyfriendly Halloween event will

Natalia Acosta, 9, decorates a puppet during the daytime familyfriendly festivities at Duluth’s 2013 Halloween on the Green event.

(Staff Photo: Camie Young) kick off with trick-or-treating on Main Street, inflatables, giant games, live entertainment, food trucks and more. There will be costume contests for kids and adults as well as a Hall-O-Weenie contest for dogs.

The event turns into fright at dark with fire dancers, mystical creatures, an aerialist hanging from the Festival Center Stage and breakdancing werewolves. For more information about Howl on the Green, visit duluthga.net.

Lawrenceville Haunted Cemetery Tour Aurora Theatre, located at 128 East Pike Street in Lawrenceville, invites the brave to experience eerie encounters and haunted tales during its

Haunted Cemetery Tours. The tours are offered every Friday and Saturday at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. from Oct. 9-31. For more information, visit scarystroll.com/cemetery-tour.

Lawrenceville Ghost Tour Aurora Theatre is also hosting the popular Lawrenceville Ghost Tours every night in October at 7:30 p.m. The 90-minute tours are offered at 7:30 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and at 7 and 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

Costumed guides lead guest on a stroll around the downtown square, sharing spooky stories of Lawrenceville. For more information, visit scarystroll.com/ghost-tour.

Mall of Georgia Trick-orTreating

Mall of Georgia invites local families to its mall-wide trickor-treating event beginning at 6 p.m. Oct. 31. Stores throughout the mall will give out treats to children who wear a Halloween costume. Participating stores will have a sign in their window; families are encouraged to arrive early before the candy runs out.

Halloween photos will also be available starting at 5 p.m. in front of JCPenney. For more information, visit mallofgeorgia.com.

Mummy and Son Ball There will be a Mummy and Son Ball at George Pierce Park Community Recreation Center at 7 p.m. Oct. 23. There will be games, a costume contest, the monster mash and light refreshments. Tickets are $11 per person for ages 4 and older, and those interested must register by Oct. 19. For more information, visit gwinnettcountyevents.com or call 678-277-0910.

Netherworld Haunted House Netherworld Haunted House is open every night through Nov. 1. Visitors can tour the dark attraction featuring live actors, special effects and terrifying monsters from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from 7 p.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays. This year’s haunt

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Netherworld is located at 6624 Dawson Boulevard in Norcross. Tickets range from $22 to $50. For more information, visit fearworld.com.

Simon Kidgits Club Boo Bash Sugarloaf Mills will host its Simon Kidgits Club Boo Bash from 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Food Court. There will be Halloween and fall-themed crafts, a bounce house, face painting and giveaways. The celebration continues with mall-wide trick-or-treating from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Boo Bash is open to Simon Kidgits Club members.

Those interested can become a member for $5. For more information, visit simonkidgitsclub.com.

Snellville Ghost Tours The Snellville Arts Comission is presenting Snellville Ghost Tours from 7 to 9 p.m.

Oct. 23 and 24 at City Hall, 2342 Wisteria Drive. The tours will feature actors dressed as ghouls and ghosts haunting the spookily decorated City Hall Campus. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under.

For more information, visit snellvillearts.com.

Spook n’ Splash The Bethesda Park Aquatic Center is hosting Spook n’

Splash from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m on Oct. 24. There wil be a costume contest, crafts, photos, candy and swimming.

The event is open to ages 11 and under; admission is $8 per child, which includes one free adult admission. Those interested must register by Oct. 19.

The Bethesda Park Aquatic Center is located at 225 Bethesda Church Road in Lawrenceville. For more information, visit gwinnettcountyevents.com or call 678-277-0880.

‘Spooktacular’ Dance and Play Party There will also be Spooktacular Dance Parties at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at both Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center, 100 E. Crogan St. in Lawrenceville, and Bogan Park Community Recreation Center, 2723 North Bogan Road in Buford. For more information, visit gwinnettcountyevents.com.

Spooktacular Skate Party Peachtree Boster Club is hosting a Spooktacular Skate Party from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the Pinckneyville Park Roller Rink and Danny Cochran Pavillon. There will be a DJ, crafts, games, a costume contest and more. Admission is $5 per person.

Dreadfuls: Raising Spirits” • Oct. 27-Nov. 8: “The 3 Little Pigs & More” • Nov. 12-Dec. 27: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” • Nov. 11: Giada De Laurentiis • Nov. 15: Mythbusters: Jamie and Adam Unleashed • Nov. 17: Shaping Sound: Dance Reimagined • Nov. 25-27: Cirque Dreams Holidaze • Nov. 28: “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” • Dec. 2-6: “Elf” The Broadway Musical

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HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS Gwinnett Center, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Suite 300, Duluth 770-623-6002 www.thehudgens.org • Oct. 10-Dec. 19: “Works

by Warhol: From the Cochran Collection” • Oct. 10-Dec. 19: The Hudgens 4th Annual Juried Member’s Exhibition INFINITE ENERGY THEATER 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.gwinnettcenter.com • Oct. 24: “Memories of Yash Chopra” an Annual Diwali Show • Oct. 25: Third Eye Dancers presents “Once Upon A Time - Beauty and The Beast” • Oct. 31: Shiv Mandir Of Atlanta presents “Chhattrapati Shivaji – Great Indian Hero” • Nov. 27-29: Northeast Atlanta Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” KUDZU ART ZONE 116 Carlyle St., Norcross 770-840-9844

www.kudzuartzone.org • Today: “A Touch of Red” Opening Reception • Through Nov. 21: “A Touch of Red” exhibition LIONHEART THEATRE 10 College St. N.W., Norcross 678-938-8518 www.lionhearttheatre.org • November 6-8, 13-15, 1922: “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” • Dec. 3-6: “Holiday Punch” NEW DAWN THEATER Mall Corners, 3650-A Satellite Blvd., Duluth 678-887-5015 newdawntheatercompany. com • Nov. 13-15, 20-22: New Dawn Kids presents “Alice in Christmas Land” • Nov. 21: Steve McKee Christmas Concert • Dec. 3-6, 10-13, 17-20: “It’s A Wonderful Life” NEW LONDON THEATRE 2338 Henry Clower Blvd., Snellville 770-559-1484 www.newlondontheatre.org • Oct. 16-Nov. 1: “Arsenic and Old Lace” • Nov. 20-Dec. 6: “The Velveteen Rabbit” R. ALEXANDER FINE ART 5650 Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree Corners 770-609-8662 www.ralexanderfineart.com • Oct. 2-Nov. 2: “The Painting’s Life: Examining Abstraction”

Buford Community Center, 2200 Buford Highway, Buford 770-945-6762 bufordcommunitycenter.com • Oct. 8-25: “Knock ‘em Dead” • Nov. 20: James Gregory: The Funniest Man in America • Dec. 3-25: “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” TANNERY ROW ARTIST COLONY 554 West Main St., Buford 770-856-8145 www.tanneryrowartistcolony. com • Oct. 24-Dec. 3: “Homegrown” • Dec. 5-6: Art Ramble/ Open House ATLANTA ALLIANCE THEATRE 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-733-4650 www.alliance theatre.org • Oct. 21-Nov. 15 : “Play the Play with Cat the Cat” • Oct. 30-Nov. 8: “Tell Me My Dream” • Nov. 19-Dec. 24: “A Christmas Carol” • Nov. 27-Dec. 19: “Merry %#!*ing Christmas” ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDENS 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta 404-876-5859

www.atlantabg.org • Oct. 29: Fest-of-Ale • Oct. 25: Goblins in the Garden • Oct. 29: Pumpkin-Carving Contest • Oct. 8-31: Scarecrows in the Garden ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta 404-814-4000 www.atlantahistorycenter.com • Today: Haunted Halloween • Oct. 26: Livingston Lecture: Jay Winik • Oct. 27: MMH Lecture: Joseph Skibell • Nov. 1: Day of the Dead celebration • Nov. 5: Homeschool Day: Second World War, MMH Lecture: Charlie Lovett • Nov. 9: Magic Monday: Nature Walk, MMH Lecture: Barbara Shapiro • Nov. 12: MMH Lecture: Peter Guralnick, Sam Phillips • Nov. 18: Livingston Lecture: Betty Caroli CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS 1404 Spring St. N.W., Atlanta 404-873-3391 www.puppet.org • Sept. 24-Oct. 25: “Peter Pan” • Oct. 14-31: “The Ghastly

COBB ENERGY PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta 770-916-2800 cobbenergycentre.com • Oct. 24: Russell Peters • Oct. 27: ArtsBridge — The Lightning Thief • Oct. 31: So You Think You Can Dance Tour • Nov. 6: Wanda Sykes • Nov. 7: America’s Got Talent Live: The All-Stars Tour • Nov. 13: Clifford the Big Red Dog • Nov. 14: Je’Caryous Johnson’s “Things Your Man Won’t Do” • Nov. 17: ArtsBridge — Feet Don’t Fail Me Now • Nov. 20: Impractical Jokers “where’s Larry” Tour starring The Tenderloins • Nov. 27: Mo Funny for Your Money • Nov. 28: Craig Ferguson FOX THEATRE 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-881-2100 foxtheatre.org • Nov. 3-8: Rodgers +

HIGH MUSEUM OF ART 1280 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta 404-733-4400 www.high.org • Through Nov. 29: “Los Trompos” (Spinning Tops): Interactive Setting on the Sifly Piazza To submit an event for By Venue Arts & Entertainment, email features@gwinnettdailypost.com.

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FERNBANK MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 767 Clifton Road N.E., Atlanta 404-929-6300 www.fernbankmuseum.org • Sept. 26-Jan. 23: “Searching for the Queen of Sheba” exhibit • Sept. 26-Jan. 23: “Women of Vision” exhibit • Oct. 24: Fernbank BOOseum Trick-or-Treat • Oct. 30: Martinis & IMAX Fright Night

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Happenings •From Page 6C The Pickneyville Park Roller Rink is located at 4758 S. Old Peachtree Road in Norcross.

For more information, visit gwinnettcountyevents.com.

Suwanee’s Trek or Treat Suwanee Creek Park is hosting its annual Trek or Treat from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Oct. 31 at Suwanee Creek Park, 1170 Buford Highway.

Kids are invited to dress up in their favorite costumes for the free event and walk the park’s greenway collecting treats and participating in festival activities. For more information, visit suwanee.com.

The Lawless Spirits of Norcross Lionheart Theatre invites brave souls to meet “The Lawless Spirits of Norcross” Oct. 29-31 during its new guided ghost tour. Attendees can wander the streets of historic Norcross to see the past come to life during an evening of “murder, mystery and mayhem.”

Tickets are $15 for all ages.

For more information or reservations, call 770-885-0425 or visit lionhearttheatre.org.

Touch-A-Truck and Treat There will be a TouchA-Truck and Treat event at Bogan Park Community Recreation Center from 3 to 6 p.m on Oct. 24, offering a trick-ortreat experience with the cars and trucks from around the county. Attendees are encouraged to wear their costumes for this free event.

The Bogan Park Community Recreation Center is located at 2723 North Bogan Road in Buford. For more information, visit gwinnettcountyevents. com.

A Tour of Southern Ghosts At the Antebellum Plantation located in Stone Mountain

37 MAIN 37 E. Main St., Buford 678-288-2030 www.buford.37main.com • Today: The Jonathan Ingram Band • Oct. 24: Moby Dick • Oct. 30: The Regulators • Oct. 31: Halloween Party with the Pak • Nov. 14: Fan Halen • Dec. 5: Led Zepagain 37 MAIN 6000 Medlock Bridge Parkway, Johns Creek 678-580-2329 www.johnscreek.37main.com • Today: Man in the Mirror • Oct. 24: The Ruckus • Oct. 30: Moby Dick • Oct. 31: BLIZZARD OF OZZY • Nov. 6-7: The Purple Experience • Nov. 13-14: Fan Halen • Nov. 20: Appetite for Destruction • Nov. 27: BILLY JOEL 40 WATT CLUB 285 W. Washington St., Athens 706-549-7871 www.40watt.com • Today: Private Party • Oct. 24:Archers of Loaf, Monsoon • Oct. 26: Gang of Four, The New, Regime • Oct. 29: Jonathan Richman featuring Tommy Larkins on Drums • Oct. 30: Grotesque Burlesque • Oct. 31: Halloween Dance Party and Costume Contest with Booty Boyz • Nov. 2:The Joker and Jester Comedy Tour • Nov. 10:Private Party • Nov. 13:The Story So Far • Nov. 17: WAND, Shade, Pinecones INFINITE ENERGY ARENA 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth 770-813-7500 www.infiniteenergycenter. com • Oct. 30: Gwinnett Symphony Orchestra Masterworks • Nov. 1: Fall Open Music Concert for Peace and Harmony • Dec. 3: TobyMac, Britt Nicole, Colton Dixon ATLANTA SYMPHONY HALL 1280 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta 404-733-4900 www.atlantasymphony.org • Oct. 24: Olli Mustonen conducts Prokofiev, plays Beethoven

Park, folks can get a 45-minute tour from the professional storytellers presenting famous tales of Southern Ghosts through Oct. 25. Tours begin at 7 p.m. with a new tour beginning every 10 minutes.

Advance tickets are $12 for adults, and same day tickets are $16 for adults and $8 for ages 12 and under. For more information, visit stonemountainpark.com.

Trick-or-Treat Trail Rhodes Jordan Park is hosting a Trick-or-Treat Trail from 3 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 24.

The family-friendly event will be held at pavilion number three, and attendees are invited to wear their costume, walk the trail and collect candy at the “haunted houses.” There will also be games, crafts and other activities.

Rhodes Jordan Park is located at 100 E. Crogan St. in Lawrenceville. For more information, gwinnettcountyevents. com.

Train or Treat The Southeastern Railway Museum is hosting Train-orTreat from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31. The event features costume contests, trick-ortreating, a fall craft activity, wagon rides and more. The event is free with paid admission.

The Southeastern Railway Museum is located at 3595 Buford Highway in Duluth. For more information, visit southeasternrailwaymuseum.org.

METRO HAPPENINGS Boo at the Zoo Zoo Atlanta is hosting its Boo at the Zoo Halloween festival from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 24, 25 and 31, featuring treats, spooky games and crafts, an inflatable corn maze and more. Boo at the Zoo is free for Zoo Members and children under 3 and included

with general admission.

Zoo Atlanta is located at 800 Cherokee Ave. SE. For more information, visit zooatlanta.org.

Boo-seum Trick or Treat Fernbank Museum of Natural History is hosting its annual Fernbank Boo-seum Trick-or-Treat from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 25. There will be Halloween-themed activities for kids, including treats for kids in costume, games, music and more. The event is included with museum admission and free for members.

Fernbank Museum is located at 767 Clifton Road in Atlanta. For more information, visit fernbankmuseum.org.

Brick-Or-Treat Legoland Discovery Center is offering Brick-or-Treat every Saturday and Sunday in October, offering trick-or-treating, pumpkin LEGO building, costume contests and more. The center opens at 10 a.m. and is located in Phipps Plaza, 3500 Peachtree Road in Atlanta. For more information, visit legolanddiscoverycenter.com.

Georgia A Scary-Um The Georgia Aquarium is hosting trick-or-treat stations throughout the aquarium from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m on Oct. 31. Visitors can also enjoy Halloween-themed crafts and photo stations. The Georgia Aquarium is located at 225 Baker Street N.W. in Atlanta.

For more information, visit georgiaaquarium.org.

Goblins in the Garden Atlanta Botanical Gardens will host the Goblins in the Garden from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m on Oct. 25. Visitors are invited to wear their favorite costume for an afternoon of treats and activities, including train rides, pony rides and witch storytelling. The Atlanta Botanical Gardens is located at 1345 Piedmont Avenue N.E. in

Atlanta. For more information, visit atlantabg.org.

Six Flags Fright Fest Six Flags Over Georgia presents its annual Fright Fest where the park transforms into a spooky place with ghouls and ghosts every weekend through Nov. 1. There will be haunted attractions, pumpkin painting and trick-or-treating.

Six Flags Over Georgia is located at 275 Riverside Parkway in Austell. For more information, visit frightfest. sixflags.com.

CORN MAZES, PUMPKIN PATCHES AND FESTIVAL FUN Fall Walk at McDaniel Farm The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center is hosting its Fall Walk from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Oct. 24.

Families can enjoy a hands-on nature trail experience and discover fall’s beauties at McDaniel Farm, 3251 McDaniel Road in Duluth. The program fee is $8 per person. For more information, visit gwinnettehc. org.

Blues and Brews Craft Beer Festival Jail House Brewing is hosting the sixth annual Blues and Brews Craft Beer Festival from 2 to 6 p.m. on Oct. 24 in Grayson City Park. Attendees 21 and over can enjoy food and drink provided by local restaurants and live entertainment from Tinsley Ellis and Tommy Talton. For more information, visit grayson-brewsandblues. com Country Living Fair The Country Living Fair will come to Stone Mountain Park at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Oct. 23 to 25. Admission includes access to antiques vendors, specialty foods, artisan demonstrations, seminars, cooking demos and more.

Tickets are $16 for one day or $20 for a weekend pass.

Children under 16 are free when accompanied by an adult. For more information, tickets and vendor lists, visit stellashows.com Indian Festival and Pow Wow Stone Mountain Park’s annual Indian Festival and Pow Wow will take place from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 at Stone Mountain Park’s historic Antebellum Plantation.

The festival will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 and 30, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 31 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Nov. 1. Included in an Adventure Pass, the cultural festival features dance demonstration, dance and drum competitions, interactive experiences and an artists marketplace.

Indian Festival & Pow Wow only tickets are $15 plus tax and can be purchased at the park. Children under the age of 3 are free. For more information, visit stonemountainpark.com.

Stone Mountain’s Pumpkin Festival Stone Mountain Park is hosting their family fun Pumpkin Festival every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 25, featuring corn mazes and story telling. The Pumpkin Festival is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, visit stonemountainpark.com.

The Athens Corn Maze The Athens Corn Maze will host a corn maze and familyfriendly activities on Thursdays to Sundays through the last weekend in October at 1035 Cleveland Road in Bogart. A $10 admission fee includes a five-acre corn maze, hayride, a corn cannon and other family-friendly activities. For

hours and more information, visit athenscornmaze.com or call 678-753-5234.

The Buford Corn Maze The Buford Corn Maze will host fall activities every Friday through Sunday in October, except for Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 4470 Bennett Road in Buford. One admission price allows attendees to enjoy many activities such as a hayride, a five-acre corn maze, pumpkin patch, bounce house and many other activities. For hours and more information, visit bufordcornmaze. com or call 678-835-7198.

Corn Dawgs Corn Dawgs will host an agri-tourism-themed adventure park this fall that is open through Nov. 2 located at 955 Leone Avenue in Loganville.

An admission fee of $12 includes corn mazes, hayrides, swings, a hay bale jump and many other family-friendly activities. For hours and more information, visit corndawgs. com or call 770-786-9000.

Jaemor Farms Jaemor Farms will host their annual corn maze and other fall activities through Nov. 8 on weekends and select weekdays in October at 5340 Cornelia Highway in Alto.

A $14 all access pass provides unlimited access to the corn maze and farm activities.

For hours and more information, visit jaemorfarms.com or call 770-869-3999.

Randy’s Pumpkin Patch Randy’s Pumpkin Patch is presenting train rides, picture opportunities and a haunted house during October.

Randy’s opens at 10 a.m. every morning and has two locations: 1460 Lawrenceville Highway in Lawrenceville and 1955 Braselton Highway in Buford. For more information, find Randy’s Pumpkin Patch on Facebook.

Get Down • Dec. 15: The Weeknd • Jan. 20: Madonna • March 3: Janet Jackson

www.rialtocenter.org • Oct. 24: Orchestra Buena Vista Social Club • Oct. 29-30: “DeChachetitoRaspado” • Nov. 7: Paco Pena • Nov. 11-12, 15: Soldier Songs • Dec. 5-6: Georgia State University Holiday Gala Concert

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BY VENUE • Today: Morris Robinson Community Recital • Oct. 26: Chris Cornell’s Acoustic Higher Truth Tour • Oct. 31: Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton • Oct. 31: Halloween Hijinks • Nov. 1: The Tenors • Nov. 5, 7: Spano conducts World Premiere of Leshnoff Symphony, Beethoven’s Seventh • Nov. 6: Milk Carton Kids • Nov. 8: Last Comic Standing • Nov. 12, 14: Spano conducts All-Star Verdi Requiem • Nov. 15: ASYO Overture Concert • Nov. 19, 21: Yevgeny and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 • Nov. 27-28: Star Wars and More, the music of John Williams BUCKHEAD THEATRE 3110 Roswell Rd., Atlanta 404-843-2825 www.thebuckheadtheatre. com • Nov. 6: Lettuce, Marvel Years • Nov. 11: Grimes, Nicole Dollangager • Nov. 12: Concert with a Cause ft. The Plott Hounds, Dank, All The Locals • Nov. 13: The Wood Brothers • Nov. 14: Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Penny and Sparrow • Nov. 21: An Evening with Kenny G • Nov. 25: Glen Hansard, Aoife O’Donovan • Nov. 27: Futurebirds CENTER STAGE THEATRE 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta 404-885-1365 www.centerstage-atlanta. com • Today: Turnpike Troubadours • Oct. 24: The Lone Bellow • Oct. 25: Lianne La Havas • Oct. 30: Lalah Hathaway • Oct. 31: Lil Dicky, ATL Collective presents Michael Jackson’s Thriller • Nov. 4: Allen Stone with Bernhoft • Nov. 6: Rahsaan Patterson CHASTAIN PARK AMPHITHEATER 4469 Stella Drive N.W., Atlanta 404-233-2227 www.chastainseries.com and www.classicchastain.com

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Cathryn Veal, Lawrenceville

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OVERALL IMPRESSION

Pass: The opening scenes, along with Donovan’s family life had a surreal Norman Rockwell type quality to it, almost depicting how we’d like to see America, and the true state of America in the late ’50s and ’60s during the Cold War. The costumes, photography, accompanying music and stellar acting really created this total package for another great Spielberg film.

Fail: It is lengthy, at almost two-anda-half hours. Count the preview time, and you’ve been out for a good three hours. Before watching the movie, I thought surely 45 minutes of this could’ve been left on the editing floor, but no, I was wrong. There was never a “lull,” and every minute of the film worked well to piece together this factbased story.

It’s Tom Hanks, for crying out loud. Can you think of a bad movie he’s been in? Hanks plays the role of insurance lawyer James Donovan with panache.

His boss Thomas Watters Jr. was played by seasoned and the still incredible Alan Alda, but Mark Rylance as accused Russian spy Rudolph Abel stole more than a few scenes.

Since “Bridge of Spies” is billed as a spy movie, I anticipated there being more action/thrills, but it’s not that type of spy movie. It’s not a romance, comedy or even action film. It is more the unfolding of a story so incredible it could be fiction, although it’s true, about a negotiation during the Cold War-era by savvy insurance lawyer Donovan.

See it in the theater, even if you can only go at a full-price time.

I enjoyed how the movie came around full circle, (i.e., closely watch the subway scenes and fence climbing). Only Spielberg can make you feel not only sympathetic toward spy Abel but also pride that he’s a patriot to his country in following orders. “Bridge of Spies” is one of the truly few good movies out now. It’s authentic, has an amazing cast and is simply a well-told story.

Pass: The acting/scenes between Tom Hanks (as insurance man/attorney James Donovan) and Mark Rylance (as Russian spy Rudolf Abel) were mesmerizing. The ending was strong.

Fail: Too long (two hours, 21 minutes), periodically boring and not enough tension.

Tom Hanks was off the charts, as usual. He’s so believable and wants to do his job so well/honestly and follow the Constitution with such fervor; watching Hanks is always a treat and that held true in this film. Mark Rylance as the quiet, meek Russian spy was also spellbinding. The scenes between the two men were excellent.

Lovers of mysteries and spy movies, such as “The DaVinci Code,” will like this Steven Spielberg film, although it is long and its premise was difficult for me to get behind (see “overall impression”).

If you are a real mystery/spy movie buff who prefers thinking deeply during movies (rather than having the tension increase with every scene), then you would probably appreciate this on the big screen. Otherwise, wait for the DVD.

One of the secrets of a great movie is to entice viewers to fall in love with the main characters. I wanted to do that with Hanks and Rylance, but Rylance (Abel) was a guilty Russian spy. Hanks (Donovan) was asked to serve as his defense attorney simply as a formality with everyone thinking the spy will get the death penalty.

When Hanks begins to like Abel and sets out to save his life, this viewer, for one, was about 75 percent bought-in.

But 25 percent of me was thinking, “But he’s a guilty Russian spy.” I get it that the whole point was that we are all human and would want our American spies to be treated with civility, but still, my lack of sympathy for Abel made the movie fall flat for me.

Pass: Outstanding story development and authenticity. Spielberg is a master at grabbing the audience’s attention with the story he is telling and involving us both emotionally and intellectually, while being as historically accurate as possible. He is a master storyteller.

Fail: Not much to say here. Possibly a bit too long at two hours and 21 minutes, but I hardly noticed at all because I was so involved in the story.

Without question, the star of this movie is everyman Tom Hanks as New York attorney James Donovan. He gives a masterful performance as the hand-picked attorney who gets drafted into a job that no one wants, asked by his superiors (Alan Alda) to defend a recently captured Russian spy. Then, while trying his best to give the man a fair trial in the face of enormous adversity, he does too good of a job and becomes an outcast and social pariah in the process.

Practically anyone, but specifically anyone with an interest in the historical events during the Cold War, however, even if you are not from the generation that lived through these events, there is still a lot to enjoy in this movie.

A great story that is fascinating to me that these events actually happened.

See this movie at your earliest convenience.

With so many mediocre movies that came out this summer, this one is more than worth the price of admission. The format doesn’t matter because it would come across very well in any medium and is worth seeing more than once.

Steven Spielberg has never made a movie I didn’t like, and this one is certainly no exception. I would put this movie in the same category as “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan” as some of Spielberg’s best work. The characters are authentic, the all-star cast all give outstanding performances, with Tom Hanks standing out as usual, being all that is brave, deliberate, and honest in us all, once again representing the very best principals that our country and people stand for.

This movie is OK for high schoolers with an interest in history, but it’s probably best to leave the little ones at home.

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So, you think you’re good at movie trivia? Every week, we give readers the opportunity to flex their movie muscles by answering five trivia questions from our movie critic, Michael Clark.

Congratulations to last week’s winner, Joe Cook of Loganville.

Here are last week’s questions again and the answers: 1. What was the name of the bar/restaurant that provided the basement setting for the early fight scenes in “Fight Club?”

A: Lou’s Tavern 2. Name a movie where the Tom Hanks character dies.

A: “Philadelphia,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Road to Perdition,” “The Lady Killers” 3. Name a movie starring Sandra Bullock that shares its name with an old Top 40 pop song.

A: “Crash,” “Love Potion No. 9” 4. In order not to get shot in “The Dead Zone,” the Martin Sheen character holds what up in front of him?

A: A baby 5. In what movie did Laurence Olivier play a Nazi?

A: “Marathon Man” Now, for this week’s questions: 1. Who was the last person to win an acting Oscar in a movie that was a sequel?

2. Name the last person to receive three or more Oscar nominations for the same film.

3. What were the colors of the pills offered to the Keanu Reeves character in “The Matrix?”

4. Name a movie where Paul Newman played a lawyer.

5. Name the last person to win an Oscar for Best Director for a movie set in the 19th century.

The first person (located within the U.S.) to respond with all of the correct answers receives a prize of an item or items (movie T-shirts, hats, posters, etc.). The winner also gets their name published in the next Weekend section.

Please email your answers, along with your name to clarkwriter@mindspring. com. Include “Gwinnett Daily Post Trivia Contest” in the subject line. In the event no one answers all of the questions correctly, the person with the most correct answers submitted by 6 p.m. the Monday after the contest is posted will be the winner. Only one winner per household is eligible for each 30-day period.

Recently reviewed films by movie critic Michael Clark now playing in metro area theaters: • Bridge of Spies (PG-13) — 4 stars This fourth collaboration between Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks rivals “Saving Private Ryan” with its powerful narrative; a story about a New York attorney who is called on by the US government to handle Cold War negotiations

with the Soviets.

• Crimson Peak (R) — 2 stars Now former visionary Spanish filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s latest — a goth horror/ romantic mash-up — looks incredible but is weighed down by a screenplay that seems to have been written by an obsessed “Twilight” fan by way of videos by The Cure.

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Back to the Future Trilogy 30th Anniversary Blu-ray (PG-13) Movie:

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Director Robert Zemeckis’ three-part sci-fi adventure/ comedy franchise starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd lost a bit with each successive installment, a point that’s easy to overlook with this exhaustively thorough and generously overstuffed 4-disc edition.

The bonus features (most of which have never been seen) runs longer than the three films combined and while some of the content is redundant the reasonably priced collection is a mustown item for dedicated fans of the series.

Disc: HHHH Technical specs: aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.85:1/1080p), audio: English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), subtitles: English, French and Spanish.

Special features include: • Digital and iTunes copies • Music videos • New short film starring Lloyd • Animated shorts • New interviews • Over two dozen documentaries and featurettes • Commentaries • Deleted scenes • 64-page book (Universal, $49.98)

COMING SOON • “Max” (Oct. 27) — A military dog is adopted by the family of his handler, who was wounded in Afghanistan; Josh Wiggins, Lauren Graham and Thomas Haden Church star. (PG) • “Pixels” (Oct. 27) — A former video-game champ (Adam Sandler) helps his childhood friend, the U.S. president (Kevin James), counter an alien attack. (PG-13) • “Southpaw” (Oct. 27) — A troubled boxer (Jake Gyllenhaal) gets a shot at redemption in the ring; Forest Whitaker and Rachel McAdams co-star in the Kurt Sutter-written drama. (R) • “Inside Out” (Nov. 3) — A youngster’s emotions take over, quite literally, when she moves to a new town in this

Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (R) — 3 ½ stars The title says it all. This whip-smart, borderline ADD documentary chronicles the brief history of the classic satire magazine which led to “SNL” and virtually every Rrated comedy since the 1970s.

• Steve Jobs (R) — 3 stars Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”) and

animated Disney-Pixar tale; voices include Amy Poehler and Bill Hader. (PG) • “Mr. Holmes” (Nov. 10) — The retired Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen) is determined to solve one last mystery; Laura Linney also stars. (PG) • “Terminator Genisys” (Nov. 10) — He’ll be back, all right: Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in a reboot of the sci-fi saga. (PG-13) • “Trainwreck” (Nov. 10) — A sports doctor (Bill Hader) prompts a free-spirited journalist (Amy Schumer) to consider commitment. (R and unrated versions)

director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire”) join forces for this not-quite excellent bio-flick of the titular character (Michael Fassbender) during key moments of his tumultuous career and private life.

• 99 Homes (R) — 3 stars Topical, well-acted, superbly written and depressing as all get out, “99 Homes” is an all-too realistic drama about the housing bust that began

in 2008. Unless you’re a fan of the leads (Michael Shannon, Andrew Garfield, Laura Dern) go out of your way to miss it.

• Finders Keepers (R) — 3 stars This documentary is at once sobering, hilariously funny and — if live in or are from the South — more than a tad embarrassing. Rife with negative stereotypes, it chronicles a battle of wills between two

men fighting over a mummified human leg and foot.

• The Martian (PG-13) — 3 ½ stars Director Ridley Scott (“Blade Runner,” “Alien”) delivers his third sci-fi master work, a serio-comic space adventure about an astronaut (Matt Damon) left for dead on Mars who must learn to survive on the barren planet while waiting to be saved.

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‘Witch Hunter’ a spell that leaves audience confused The Last Witch Hunter (PG-13) The Last Witch Hunter (PG-13) HHHH 1.5 out of 4 stars

who kills witches. He lives in modern day Manhattan in a swank, high-rise apartment and when he’s not having one-night stands with flight attendants, he’s conversing with his confidant, played by Michael

By Jon Gallo Caine, who essentially Movie Critic plays butler Alfred Pennyworth to Kaulder’s Bruce Quick, name the Vin Wayne.

Diesel movie: He’s buff, The next thing you handsome, drives a fast car, know, Caine’s character hangs with a beautiful girl is murdered, the witches and makes whatever he’s are trying to take over wearing show off his chisand it’s up to Kaulder to eled physique. When he’s save humanity and avenge not living the high life, he’s Caine’s death. Oh, and beating up bad guys before there’s Chloe, essentially riding off into the sunset. a “good witch” played Your answer? Let me

by Rose Leslie (Game of guess: any of the “Fast and Thrones, Downton Abbey) Furious” movies. who turns into Kaulder’s You’re correct, but you best buddy. can also say “The Last Confused? Well, you Witch Hunter,” and you’d should be.

Director Breck Eisner — be right.

In Diesel’s latest film, the son of former Disney he plays Kaulder, who will CEO Michael Eisner remind you of Diesel’s — simply can’t patch all Dominic Toretto from the holes in a script writ“Furious 7,” except Kaulten by Cory Goodman, der has been cursed with Matt Sazama and Burk immortality and the only Sharpless. one standing in the way of The biggest problem witches and warlocks takis it’s tough to cheer for ing over.

Kaulder, who’s as skilled And that’s what’s good using pixie dust to cast and bad about “The Last spells as he is with a Witch Hunter.” Diesel sword. His personality plays a great hero, but never shines through and seemingly the same one the supporting cast of Leslie, Caine and Elijah Wood every time. It’s as if the isn’t developed.

48-year-old just changes Diesel’s biggest help outfits, shaves his head and comes in the form of comproduces blockbuster after puter-generated imagery, blockbuster.

Top, Vin Diesel stars as Kaulder in “The Last Witch Hunter.” Above left, Elijah Wood stars as Dolan the 37th in “The which is impressive. From Diesel’s simply Diesel Last Witch Hunter.” Above right, Kaulder (Vin Diesel) and Chloe (Rose Leslie) are seen in “The Last Witch Hunter.”

— you know what you’re the witches’ spells to the (Photos: Scott Garfield) getting. You like him or transformations of humans That’s why a year after you don’t, but don’t expect a reported $90 million to witches, there’s no denyBut it’s a gamble that The plot is simple. him to change — certainly his “Furious 7” became budget, into a franchise or ing the special effects are may not pay off. “The Eight-hundred years ago one of the highest-grossing a film worthy of a sequel, not after the last five films indeed special.

Last Witch Hunter” is part Kaulder kills the Witch films of all time ($1.511 in which he’s appeared which is what he did with Just not special enough drama, part fantasy and Queen (Julie Engelbrecht), to save an otherwise dreary billion), Lionsgate is bethave averaged more than “Pitch Black,” “XXX” and, part action movie and a who curses him with imfilm that even Diesel’s ting Diesel can turn “The $677 million worldwide a of course, “Fast and Furiwhole lot of questionable mortality before she dies, magic couldn’t save.

Last Witch Hunter,” with piece at the box office. ous.” decisions. making Kaulder a witch

Murray good, but not great in comedy ‘Rock the Kasbah’ Rock the Kasbah (R) Rock the Kasbah (R) HHHH 2.5 out of 4 stars

By Jon Gallo Movie Critic

Bruce Willis looked right at the TODAY show camera and told Matt Lauer exactly what he thinks of Bill Murray’s “Rock the Kasbah.”

“It’s his best movie,” said Willis, who’s also in the film.

Wait a minute. Back up.

Willis is really claiming that Murray’s latest film is his greatest? Even for a comedic icon with a resume that includes “Caddyshack,” “Ghostbusters,” “Scrooged,” “What About Bob?” and “Groundhog Day,” not to mention “Lost in Translation” that earned him an Oscar nomination and the acclaimed “The Grand Budapest Hotel?”

C’mon, Bruce. You’re 60, not senile. Even Carl Spackler would call you

From left, Bruce Willis and (Photo: Kerry Brown)

crazy for what came out of your mouth.

“He’s terrific in the picture,” Willis continued.

That’s better, Bruce, but not completely accurate.

Murray’s more good than terrific in this strangerthan-fiction comedy based on the life of rock ‘n’ roll

devices and improvised Murray lines that keep the audience engaged throughout the funny — but not hysterical — 100-minute film.

Director Barry Levinson (“Rain Main,” “Good Morning, Vietnam,” “Sleepers”) and writer Mitch Glazer deserve credit for a film that casts Muslims in a different light on the sliver screen, as for decades stereotypes of the Islamic people have cast them as terrorists, with women often being relegated to smaller, subservient roles.

And while there is a power-hungry warlord in Bill Murray star in Open Road Films’ “Rock the Kasbah.” “Rock The Kasbah,” the country’s leader calls for more brotherhood than manager Richie Lanz, Khan (Leem Lubany), a bullets. who’s desperate to turn local teenager with an anBut no one shatters the back the clock to when he gelic voice and audacious mold more than Khan. was the toast of Tinseltown. dream of becoming the Lubany is exquisite in her So he accompanies his last first woman to sing on the ability to thrust her characstar singer (Zooey Descha- Middle Eastern country’s ter into the spotlight as she nel) to war-ravaged Afversion of “American Idol.” commands the stage with a ghanistan for a USO Tour.

But there’s more to dazzling voice to match her But amid the mayhem, “Rock the Kasbah” than outfit.

Lanz stumbles upon Salima the improvised explosive “Rock the Kasbah” isn’t

just a Murray and Lubany show, though they do much of the heavy lifting. Kate Hudson plays a streetsmart hooker while Danny McBride and Scott Caan are entertaining as guys trying to make a buck off the bloodshed. Willis does what he’s always done best: picks up a gun and goes to work. This time, he’s a trigger-happy mercenary.

It’s been a while since Glazer and Murray last worked together, when the duo took “Scrooged” to more than $60 million at the box office in 1988. But Murray still has the wit that’s defined much of his career, while Deschanel, Willis and Hudson complement him well.

At 65, Murray’s best days are behind him, but he remains relevant because he chooses his roles wisely.

“Rock the Kasbah” isn’t among Murray’s best work, but considering how high he’s already set his bar through the decades, Murray doesn’t need to be great to be good.

Suwanee actor appears with Andrew Garfield in ‘99 Homes’

By Katie Morris

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Appearing as a lead character in a feature film is becoming a trend for Noah Lomax, who at 13 years old has already starred in three major movies.

The Suwanee resident, who described himself as a shy child, was following in the footsteps of his older sister Maddie, who was acting at the time, when he auditioned for his first role. At 7 years old, Lomax booked his first gig, a guest star role on the TV show “Army Wives,” which led to roles on popular shows like “The Walking Dead” and “Bones.”

Lomax made his film debut opposite Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel in the 2012 film “Playing for Keeps,” followed by the 2013 film adaptation of Nicholas

Sparks’ “Safe Haven” with Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough.

The young actor’s latest big screen gig is the recent release “99 Homes,” which gave him the opportunity to work with Hollywood heavyweights Andrew Garfield and Laura Dern.

Written and directed

by Ramin Bahrani, “99 Homes” covers a recent chapter of American history — the housing market crash of 2008. In the film, ruthless real estate agent, Rick Carver (Academy Award-nominee Michael Shannon) makes a killing off of repossessing homes.

He serves an eviction notice to single father Dennis Nash (Golden Globe-nominee Andrew Garfield), giving Nash, his son Connor (Lomax) and mother Lynn (Academy Award nominee Laura Dern) little time to collect their personal belongings before

children face on a daily basis.

“It really affected me,” he said.

The New Orleans native was able to return to his hometown for filming and said he enjoyed spending time with his grandparents and friends. In his off-time, Lomax is a typical teenager who enjoys spending time with friends and family and attending events at Suwanee’s Town Center Park.

He’s also a big sports fan and plays wide receiver and because he was able to learn in the typical fashion of linebacker for an eightha lot from Garfield and memorizing lines because grade North Gwinnett team.

Dern. he hadn’t read the script.

While Lomax loves “Andrew and Laura, they “Ramin didn’t want me both taught me to be true to to read the script because he acting, he has no immedithe character and to be in the wanted me to have authentic ate plans to move to Los Angeles and pursue it as a moment and do what feels reactions in the film,” he full-time career. right,” he said. said. “But we did a lot of “I don’t want to move The advice came in handy research on evictions and because Lomax was given a kids who have been evicted yet; I have a lot of friends here,” he said. “I don’t want lot of freedom from Bahrani from their homes.” and improvised during many Lomax said the extensive to leave this town that I’ve been living in for most of of his scenes. Also, Lomax research opened his eyes my life.” didn’t prepare for the film to the difficulties homeless From left, Michael Shannon stars as Rick Carver, Andrew Garfield as Dennis Nash and Noah Lomax as Connor Nash in Broad Green Pictures’ release “99 Homes.”

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movers put the rest of their property on the curb.

Desperate to provide for his family, Nash ends up working for Carver and eventually becomes his right-hand man, evicting families from their homes on Carver’s orders while struggles to decide if his newfound wealth is worth the high cost of his soul.

Lomax describes his time on set as a great experience

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By George Dickie

Turks’ plan to invade and conquer Italy. History books tell us the initial As the third and final siege was successful and Tom Riley season of Starz’s “Da Vinthe city fell to the Turks stars in ci’s Demons” gets underbut the Italians took it back “Da Vinci’s way Saturday, Oct. 24, the the following year. In the Demons,” Kingdom of Naples is beseries, Leo must ally with which opens its third and ing invaded by the Ottoman old foes, mend friendships, final season Turks during the Battle of discover hidden secrets Saturday, Oct. and resume a dangerous Otranto. As the city is pil24, on Starz. laged and his Italian counquest to protect everything (Special trymen are slaughtered, he loves, knowing that his Photo: Your Leonardo da Vinci realizes most formidable foe is TV Link) some of his inventions are likely himself. being used against them Returning stars include and the designs for them Laura Haddock as Lucrezia were stolen by someone Donati; Blake Ritson as he trusted. And for the first time again to see Leonardo always knows he’s going has to take down himself Count Girolamo Riario; fail,” the amiable 34-yeartime in two-plus seasons, to win and he’s going to and he’s always one step and Elliot Cowan as Lothe artist, genius and solver old Briton explains. “It’s beat whoever else is around ahead of himself. How can renzo Medici. great to play the guy who’s him, then where’s the of the world’s mysteries he possibly beat that guy?’

Calling da Vinci the always the smartest man in drama? And our producer feels utterly defeated.

And that’s why I think (this “role of a lifetime” for its It’s a storyline the actor the room and always knows came around and said, is) our best season.” many facets, Riley demurs who portrays the great the best way to squirrel out ‘Well, how about if he acThe new season revolves on further details on the master, Tom Riley, was of any situation. But in this tually has to face the smart- around the battle that took series’ final season. But itching to play. case, it was getting to the est man in the room? He place in 1480-81, which creator David S. Goyer has “I kept pushing time and point where if the audience has to face himself and he was the first step in the promised that there will Your TV Link

be “symmetry to the entire series – between the first episode and the final one,” and Riley says there will be closure for the fans in more than 150 countries.

“That’s been the most exciting thing, how impassioned the fans are,” he says. “The people who know the show love it so much, so it’s been great.

And I think people have been very disappointed to hear that it’s over but I think they’ll be happy with how we’ve managed to end it on our own terms. You know, people aren’t going to feel like they’re being cut off in the middle, that all the characters will come to the end of their arcs and the story will come to a satisfying conclusion. So we’re paying the fans back for their investment like that.”

What are the 5 best classic monster movies?

Your TV Link • “Frankenstein” (1931) — The original, which spawned at least 14 takeoffs, is a blackand-white film of true beauty.

Yes, it’s a bit slow at times, but Boris Karloff became a star from this, as the man/monster made from spare parts. Based on Mary Shelley’s chilling book, this has several poignant scenes, such as when the lonely blind man befriends the monster and when he accidentally drowns the little girl.

• “Dracula” (1931) — This wonderful movie also gave the world the Hungarian accent now associated with vampires. Bela Lugosi, who plays the vampire in an elegant yet melancholic way, was from Austria-Hungary and had a thick accent. Lugosi had honed the character, based on Bram Stoker’s chilling novel, by

From left, Bela Lugosi as Dracula in the 1931 film “Dracula,” Lon Chaney Jr. in 1941’s “The Wolf Man,” and Colin Clive (Henry Frankenstein) and Boris Karloff in the 1931 version of “Frankenstein” all rank among the best monster movies of old Hollywood. (Special Photos: Your TV Link)

playing him on Broadway for three years before taking him to the screen, and it’s the part with which he was forever identified.

• “King Kong” (1933) — Forget those pale impersonations that came later. Sure, the Jessica Lange vehicle of

1976 now feels oddly sentimental because of the World Trade Center scenes. And the less said about Peter Jackson’s version two years ago, the better, but really, an ice-skating Kong? Watch the real deal, as the big ape scales the Empire State Building and tears down

elevated trains. Watch with the lights out, and marvel at what early filmmakers did with a small model and stop-motion camera work. Ah, it was beauty that killed the beast.

• “The Wolf Man” (1941) — Lon Chaney is superb in this tragic tale of an innocent besieged by urges over which he has no control. As Sir John Talbot says, “Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.”

• “Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954) — Well, we’ve had a monster made from spare parts, one who lives off the blood of others, a humongous gorilla and a man who’s also part wolf, certainly we need a monster A scene from the 1933 movie from the deep to round out the “King Kong.” (Special Photo: group.

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