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Vol. 46, No. 48

Uber driver films suspects snoozing in car

By Joshua Sharpe

joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

The most memorable Uber ride Shawn McCastle ever gave was at once frightening and bizarre.

He worried the three young men, accused in a robbery that left a man shot in the head at a Gwinnett County hotel, might carjack him, or worse. But the 37-year-old driver, on a detour

from a career in business administration, also thought the passengers were intoxicated.

He picked them up at a Shawn McCastle Waffle House in Conyers early in the morning two days before Thanksgiving. Loaded in his black Volvo S40, the men told

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him to drive to Snellville before all three of them fell asleep.

“I never seen nobody sleep like that in my natural life,” McCastle told the Daily Post, recounting the ordeal on Friday. “When I got to Snellville, I tried to wake them up. I’m sitting there five, 10 minutes, I’m still trying to get them up.”

McCastle said he filmed the

way 78, where, the driver would learn, after the roughly three-hour drive, that the trio was accused of robbing a work crew of four Hispanic men from North Carolina. One of the victims, 52-year-old Juan Richard Reggie Thomas McKoy Greene Shatner Casillas, was shot in the head in the course of the sleeping men with his cellphone. holdup and went to the hospital.

Finally, one of the suspects woke up. He told McCastle to go See UBER, Page 8A to the Days Inn on U.S. High-

Judges, law enforcement salute STRAP graduates

By Keith Farner keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

DULUTH — By the time Devon Whitson took the microphone, he didn’t waste any time. The man of few words succinctly covered the topic everyone was there to celebrate.

“We all did something that was pretty dumb to end up here in the first place,” Whitson said. “The whole idea of this program was to give us the skills to make decisions and not end up back in that position. I think it’s done a really good job.

When we leave here, none of us should end up back MORE ONLINE in any situaVisit gwinnettdailypost.com tion like that for a photo gallery. again.”

Whitson was among 20 students on Saturday at Bunten Road Park Community Center who graduated from latest class of the Seeking The Right Amendable Path, or STRAP, program.

Founded in 2011 when Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Cooley, assigned to provide courtroom security in Gwinnett County’s juvenile court, identified the need for a youth mentoring program to assist the troubled youth he saw appearing in court each day. He See STRAP, Page 8A

Isabelle Hally, 6, of Duluth, tells Santa what she wants for Christmas during Saturday’s Holiday Expo at the Infinite Energy Forum in Duluth. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

Home for the Holiday sees steady crowds, Santa pictures son, start of the shopping season,” Amanda Granderson said.

DULUTH — Henry and The Duluth residents said Amanda Granderson came they could easily find a varito the Home for the Holiday ety of gifts.

Expo to support a friend who “I like that it’s mostly was among the 145 vendors. locally-owned shops, and I But they found a host of like that it’s mostly handproducts that filled needs on made items,” Amanda said. their gift list.

“It makes it more personal.

“It’s the start of the seaI saw some stars over there

By Keith Farner

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MORE ONLINE Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for a photo gallery of the expo.

that I can pick up for some of my friends.”

Those hand-made items that appealed to the Grandersons were among local See EXPO, Page 8A

IF YOU GO • What: Home for the Holiday Expo • Where: Infinite Energy Forum in Duluth • When: Noon to 5 p.m. today • Cost: $8; free for Saturday attendees. Discount available with donation of canned item.

Twenty students on Saturday celebrated with law enforcement and court personnel at Bunten Road Park Community Center as they graduated from the latest class of the Seeking The Right Amendable Path, or STRAP, program. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

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County holding budget public hearing on Monday Gwinnett County ofPolitical ficials laid out their plans Notebook for the county’s proposed $1.5 billion 2016 budget last month, and now it’s time for residents to make their voices heard.

County commissioners will hear from residents at 7 p.m. on Monday during a public hearing on the budget.

Curt Yeomans The hearing will be held in the auditorium of the Gwinnett Justice and AdminisDrive, in Lawrenceville. tration Center, 75 Langley It is part of an ongoing

pubic input period that has been established to give residents opportunities to submit written or verbal feedback on the proposed budget, which will be voted on at the commission’s Jan. 5 meeting.

“We invite oral and written comments about the meeting and hope to see you there,” commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said during this past week’s televised business meeting.

The proposed budget includes a four percent pay Charlotte for perNash formance increase for employees, longevity pay for county workers, body cameras for law enforcement, and funding for additional police, animal shelter, corrections, parks maintenance, firefighter/paramedic, Juvenile Court and sheriff’s deputy positions.

It would also pay for an additional magistrate judge, three new Gwinnett Transit routes, a new special victims unit in the District Attorney’s Office, senior center renovations, a courthouse expansion and a new state patrol building.

Residents can view the proposed budget on the county’s website, www. gwinnettcounty.com, or at the Finance Department’s office in the administration center. Residents who cannot attend the public hearing can also submit their feedback via an online comment form that is available on the county’s website.

Tax commissioner’s website honored in international contest Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner Richard Steele’s office has one of the best websites in the world — and it has the hardware to prove it.

The office’s Richard website Steele won a Gold MarCom Award for its redesigned website in the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals’ international competition. More than 6,500 websites from 17 countries were entered in the contest, which recognizes sites that show excellence and serve as industry benchmarks.

The Tax Commissioner’s Office’s redesigned website went live in June and includes mobile responsive-

ness designed to make it easier to make payments and access tax information online.

“Our website was redesigned to help citizens more easily access tax information, including from any mobile device,” Steele said in a statement. “This award is a reflection of the thought and hard work our website team put into making this improvement a reality.”

Long-term transportation funding signed by president U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall and Sen. Johnny Isakson, both R-Ga., praised passage of a five-year transportaRob tion fundWoodall ing bill that was signed Friday by President Barack Obama.

Woodall’s office said the bill Johnny includes Isakson $6.8 billion in funding for projects in Georgia through the 2020 fiscal year. That amount is $607 million more than the funding included in the Moving Ahead for Progress

in the 21st Century Act of 2012, the office said.

The House passed the bill first in a 359-65 vote. Woodall and Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., voted for the bill while Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., voted against it.

“This isn’t just a transportation funding bill,” said Woodall, who sat on the conference committee that finalized the bill, in a statement.

“It’s a bill that provides the certainty Georgia’s leaders have been looking for, it’s a jobs bill, it’s an economic competitiveness bill and it’s a safety bill.”

Within hours of the announcement from Woodall’s office on Thursday, the bill was passed by the Senate in an 83-16 vote. Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., opposed it, calling it “budget gimmicks.” But it received support from Isakson, the state’s senior representative in the Senate.

“After far too many shortterm patches, this long-term, bipartisan legislation is a victory for commuters, businesses, and road builders because it finally provides much-needed certainty for state and local transportation projects,” Isakson said in a statement.

Political Notebook appears in the Thursday and Friday editions of the Gwinnett Daily Post.

Reagan Park set to receive $1.1M facelift

By Curt Yeomans

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

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A popular 11-year old park that shares a name with the nation’s 40th president is about to get a facelift.

County commissioners voted Tuesday to hire Multiplex LLC to perform a $1.1 million renovation at the 25acre Ronald Reagan Park,

which is located at 2777 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lawrenceville. The work will see a major overhaul to several key features in what county officials described as a “heavily used” park.

“We promised to use these SPLOST funds to maintain and improve our existing parks and this renovation of Ronald Reagan Park is a good example of how we’re delivering on that promise,”

commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said in a statement.

County documents show the renovation will include reconstruction of the skate park, handrail replacement on three pedestrian bridges, built-in benches on a repaired bridge that crosses over a pond dam, stream bank stabilization, replacement of a “deficient piece of playground equipment” and

storm drain improvements meant to dewater a reconfigured dog park.

Forty-eight trees will be added “in areas where trees were cut to facilitate stream restoration,” and the parking lot will be restriped as the county converts it into a oneway loop.

County officials said trail system improvements will also be addressed during the renovation.

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Fairfield Inn owners celebrate renovation of hotel

By Curt Yeomans

curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

The owners of the Fairfield Inn and Suites at the Mall of Georgia recently celebrated the hotel’s grand opening following a multi-milliondollar renovation.

Hotel Equities, which also owns the nearby Courtyard Marriott Buford, oversaw the hotel’s renovation into the most recent generation of Marriott’s Fairfield Inn brand and held a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the end of the work.

“We are excited about our second Marriott hotel in this vibrant North Atlanta market,” Hotel Equities President Brad Rahinsky said in a statement. “Two great hotels in such close proximity give us a synergy that will ensure a strong return on

investment.”

The 96-room hotel, which is located at 1355 Mall of Georgia Blvd., has an indoor swimming pool, exercise room, conference room, valet laundry service and complimentary Wi-Fi, according to hotel officials.

Officials said the hotel is the first in the area to use Fairfield Inn and Suites’ new design, which they said is intended to “enhance the guest experience through flexible features and a warm and welcoming environment.”

Marriott CFRST Franchise Lodging Regional Vice President Glenn Lewis, BB&T’s Mitchell Nies, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce CFO Craig Brown, hotel owners Raimie Tritt and Allen Bennett, and Hotel Equities CEO Fred Cerrone attended the ribbon-cutting.

Officials from Hotel Equities, Marriott, the Gwinnett Chamber and BB&T Bank cut a ribbon to open the Fairfield Inn and Suites at the Mall of Georgia.

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Dad booked on charge of killing special-needs son Charged with murder, the father, who has no local arrest record, arrived at the Lawrenceville jail Fikri Erdem, the Thursday night and is 47-year-old Lilburn man being held without bond, charged in records show. The father the death is listed in police files as of his an unemployed native of 12-yearTurkey, born on Jan. 1, old son, 1968. has The mother told officers arrived her husband hadn’t been at the able to sleep in 10 days, Gwinnett apparently because of the Fikri Erdem County son’s condition, which jail. caused him to have outThe man had reportbursts and scream, police edly been recovering at have said.

Gwinnett Medical Center Efforts to reach the from a suicide attempt family Friday weren’t imafter cutting the throat of mediately successful.

Hakan Erdem, a SweetwaAccording to the Lilter Middle School student burn Police Department, who had special needs, Fikri Erdem admitted afin the parking lot of First ter he awoke from several Baptist Church on Nov. hours of surgery to killing 16. his son before cutting

By Joshua Sharpe

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himself numerous times.

It isn’t exactly clear why he drove the boy from their Remington Court home to the church.

The mother, who is also from Turkey and spoke through an interpreter, said she was concerned because her husband called at 7:44 p.m. and left a message saying “he was sorry, to tell their daughters that it was an accident,” police said.

Officers discovered the man and his slain son after 9:15 p.m. that night.

The father called 911.

“Church. Church in Lilburn,” the 47-yearold said, his voice weak.

“Church parking lot.”

The line went quiet as he stopped responding to the operator’s questions.

His pained breathing could be heard on the line.

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By Curt Yeomans

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Residents who live along Old Norcross Road, near Langford and Ingram roads, will soon get a new space to walk on when they want to visit nearby shops.

County commissioners gave their blessing on Tuesday to let the Alan Chapman transportation department build about 0.34 miles of new sidewalk along Old Norcross Road, between Langford and Ingram. The $302,762 project will be carried out

by Lilburn-based CMES Construction.

“This project is part of the county’s ongoing effort to improve pedestrian safety by building new sections of sidewalk and filling in gaps in existing sidewalks,” Gwinnett Department of Transportation Director Alan Chapman said in a statement. “The Citizens Project Selection Committee identified this as a priority need for the county.”

The sidewalk will be built on the south side of the road and connect to an existing sidewalk that currently ends just west of Ingram Road. County officials will do curb, gutter and drainage work as part of the project.

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Funding for the sidewalk project comes from the 2014 SPLOST fund.

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WORLD Report links Paris militant group to Britain LONDON — The militant network behind last month’s attacks in Paris had links to people in Britain, the Wall Street Journal has said in a report that British police described on Saturday as “speculative.”

Several people suspected of having connections to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Islamic State militant and alleged ringleader of the Nov. 13 attacks, are based in Britain, according to two unidentified Western officials the Journal cited late on Friday.

The officials told the Journal those people, including some of Moroccan heritage, were based in the Birmingham area in central England, about 120 miles from London.

Global climate talks enter next, toughest phase PARIS — Global climate change talks in Paris moved into a new, tougher phase on Saturday as negotiators agreed on a draft accord, albeit one that still leaves hundreds of points of dispute for ministers to resolve next week.

While a largely procedural step in the four-year quest for a binding deal to slow global warming, the fact that senior officials from almost 200 nations agreed on a draft marks an advance over the last, failed summit in Copenhagen six years ago.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned that much work lay ahead to reach an accord by the end of the conference on Dec. 11 that will bind both rich and poor nations to combat global warming beyond 2020.

“We are not discussing just the environment, the climate. It’s life,” he told delegates. “We have to succeed here.”

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ISIS claims California shooters

Islamic State says San Bernardino killers were their followers

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Rory Carroll Reuters

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Islamic State said on Saturday that the married couple who killed 14 people in a mass shooting in California which U.S. authorities are investigating as an act of terrorism were followers of the militant group.

The claim was made in an online audio broadcast three days after U.S.-born Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 29, from Pakistan, opened fire with assault rifles on a holiday party for civil servants in San Bernardino, 60 miles east of Los Angeles.

The pair, who had left their six-month-old baby daughter with relatives, were killed two hours later in a shootout with police SWAT team members.

FBI officials leading the investigation say the couple appeared to have been inspired by foreign militant groups, but that there was no sign they had worked with any of them or that Islamic State even knew who they were.

Estranged relatives of Malik say she and her father seemed to have abandoned the family’s moderate Islam and became more radicalized during time they spent in Saudi Arabia.

If the Dec. 2 mass shoot-

Rahem Ali lays flowers at a makeshift memorial honoring victims following Wednesday’s shooting attack in San Bernardino, Calif. Saturday. Islamic State said on Saturday that the married couple who killed 14 people in the mass shooting in California which U.S. authorities are investigating as an act of terrorism were followers of the militant group. (Reuters/Sandy Huffaker)

ing proves to have been the work of people inspired by Islamist militants, it would mark the deadliest such attack in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001.

While U.S. President Barack Obama’s team said it has not yet found evidence that the couple was part of an organized group or broader terrorist cell, “several pieces” of information “point to the perpetrators being radicalized to violence.”

If that turned out to be the case, Obama said in a radio address on Saturday, “it

would underscore a threat we’ve been focused on for years, the danger of people succumbing to violent extremist ideologies.”

Islamic State also claimed responsibility for a Nov. 13 series of attacks in Paris in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people.

“Two followers of Islamic State attacked several days ago a center in San Bernardino in California,” the group’s daily online radio broadcast al-Bayan said on Saturday.

An English-language version of the broadcast

NATION NY Times calls for outlawing of some rifles

The New York Times, in its first front-page editorial in nearly a century, on Saturday called for outlawing the kinds of rifles used in the California shooting massacre this week that left 14 people dead.

The newspaper’s editorial comes three days after Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a married couple, carried out the mass shooting in Iraq demands San Bernardino with legally Turkey withdraw purchased, .223 caliber astroops deployed sault-style rifles. The couple also had semi-automatic near Mosul pistols. FBI officials say they BAGHDAD/ISTANare investigating the shootBUL — Iraq’s Foreign ing as an “act of terrorism.”

Ministry summoned the U.S. officials have said Turkish ambassador on Malik is believed to have Saturday to demand that pledged allegiance to a Turkey immediately with- leader of the militant group draw hundreds of troops Islamic State. deployed in recent days “Certain kinds of weapto northern Iraq, near the ons, like the slightly modiIslamic State-controlled fied combat rifles used in city of Mosul.

California, and certain kinds The ministry said in a of ammunition, must be statement that the Turkish outlawed for civilian ownerforces had entered Iraqi ter- ship,” the New York Times ritory without the knowleditorial said. edge of the central government in Baghdad and Obama: ‘We will that Iraq considered such not be terrorized’ presence “a hostile act.”

But Turkish Prime after shooting Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the troop rotation was WASHINGTON — U.S. routine and that Turkish President Barack Obama forces had set up a camp vowed on Saturday that near Mosul almost a year federal investigators would ago in coordination with find out what motivated a Iraqi authorities. married couple in California “This camp was estabto shoot and kill 14 people, lished as a training camp and he asked Americans to for a force of local volunstand united after the attacks. teers fighting terrorism,” he “We are strong. And we said in a speech to a labor are resilient. And we will not union that was broadcast be terrorized,” Obama said live by NTV news channel. in his weekly address.

— From wire reports Tashfeen Malik and Syed

Weapons confiscated from last Wednesday’s attack in San Bernardino, Calif. are shown in this San Bernardino County Sheriff Department handout photo from their Twitter account released to Reuters on Thursday. (Reuters/ San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department/Handout)

Rizwan Farook were killed in a shootout with police after the Wednesday attack during a holiday party at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the massacre as an “act of terrorism” after Malik was believed to have pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant group Islamic State.

“It is entirely possible that these two attackers were radicalized to commit this act of terror,” Obama said.

“And if so, it would underscore a threat we’ve been focused on for years — the danger of people succumbing to violent extremist ideologies.”

according to The News & Advance in Lynchburg.

The comments came two days after a shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. left 14 people dead and in the wake of other shooting sprees in the United States, including some on college campuses.

“It just blows my mind when I see that the president of the United States [says] that the answer to circumstances like that is more gun control,” Falwell said, according to the newspaper. “… I’ve always thought if more good people had concealed carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in…”

released later called the attackers “soldiers” of Islamic State, rather than “followers” as in the original Arabic. That inconsistency could not immediately be explained.

The broadcast came a day after Facebook confirmed that comments praising Islamic State were posted around the time of the shooting to an account set up by Malik under an alias.

It was not clear if the comments were posted by Malik, or by someone with access to her page. the officer shooting 17-yearold Laquan McDonald 16 times after he jogged away from police cars.

The officer, Jason Van Dyke, on the day of the video’s release was charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting of the teen, who authorities say was carrying a knife.

Hundreds of pages of police reports released by the city late on Friday indicated that, during an initial police investigation, at least five officers corroborated Van Dyke’s account that McDonald moved toward officers, according to the Chicago Tribune.

U.S. probes Texas school district where student arrested for clock

DALLAS — The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into a Dallas-area school district where a Muslim teenager was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb, Department of Justice officials in Texas said on Friday.

The arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a bespectacled ninth-grader who dabbles in Newspaper: CPD robotics and attended high school in Irving, started a account of 2014 social media firestorm, with Falwell urges many saying he was taken shooting differs students to into custody because of his from video religion. carry weapons A freshly released Chi“The Civil Rights DiviJerry Falwell Jr., president cago police account from sion has an investigation into of Christian-based Liberty the time of a white officer’s the Irving School District University in Lynchburg, 2014 shooting of a black regarding both harassment teenager provides a descrip- and the discipline of students Virginia, is encouraging tion at odds with a dashstudents to carry concealed on the basis of race, religion board video, according to the and national origin,” a Jusweapons on campus for protection, a local newspaper Chicago Tribune. tice Department official said.

Chicago has been roiled reported.

School district officials Falwell made his remarks by street protests and politi- were not immediately availcal turmoil since the Nov. 24 able for comment. at the school’s weekly convocation on Friday night, release of video that showed — From wire reports

PEOPLE ‘Orange is the New Black’s’ Polanco charged with assault

LOS ANGELES — “Orange is the New Black” actress Dascha Polanco has been charged with assault for a summer incident with a teenage girl.

Polanco, who portrays Dayonara Diaz on the hit Netflix series, was arraigned on Thursday in Manhattan Criminal Court for attacking 17-year-old Michelle Cardona, whom Polanco reportedly punched several times and scratched. The incident took place in Polanco’s New York apartment on July 29.

Gerard Lefcourt, Polanco’s attorney, argued that the case is a scheme devised to extort money from Polanco; according to the Associated Press, he says he’s confident the charges will be dismissed. Polanco is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 28, 2016.

Oscar-nominated actor Robert Loggia dies at 85 LOS ANGELES — Robert Loggia, a durable and versatile tough guy actor in movies and TV shows including Brian De Palma’s 1983 drama “Scarface” and “Big,” died Friday at his home in Los Angeles, his widow Audrey confirmed to Variety. He was 85.

Loggia had been battling Alzheimer’s disease for the past five years, according to his widow. They had been married for 33 years.

He was nominated for a supporting actor Academy Award for “Jagged Edge” in 1986 for his portrayal of blunt private detective Sam Ransom.

‘The Wiz Live’ musical draws 11.5M viewers

LOS ANGELES — Two years after NBC stunned the industry with boffo ratings for its live presentation of “The Sound of Music,” the network was back at it Thursday night with “The Wiz Live,” which drew impressive numbers of its own.

The event also set a Nielsen Twitter record as most social live special program in the more than four years of tracking such numbers — generating more reactions than NBC’s two prior musicals combined.

Despite facing a highly rated NFL game on CBS, the live musical, whose all-star cast included Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige and David Alan Grier, averaged a 3.4 rating/11 share in adults 18-49 and about 11.5 million viewers overall from 8 to 10:45 p.m., according to preliminary Nielsen estimates. The only NBC entertainment series to fare better this fall is “The Voice,” whose season premiere averaged a 3.5/11 in 18-49 and 12.37 million.

The 3.4 demo rating is 42 percent above that earned by last year’s live musical presentation of “Peter Pan” (2.4/7 in 18-49, 9.21 million viewers overall). It wasn’t quite up to the level of “Sound of Music,” which averaged a 4.6/13 in the demo and 18.32 million viewers.

— From wire reports

Robots wow Tokyo crowds at International Robot Exhibition Reuters The International Robot Exhibition 2015 opened its doors to the public on Wednesday at the Tokyo Big Sight center for five days of displays and seminars on the latest robot technology.

Marking its 21st anniversary, this year’s exhibition is the largest to date, hosting 446 Japanese and overseas companies and organizations.

Attracting much attention

MUST READ were disaster response robots created by Japan’s NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization).

Developed in response to the Tohoku Earthquake in 2011, three humanoid models — JAXON, HRP-2 and Hydra — displayed tasks such as navigating uneven ground, crawling and even opening doors.

“Most of our jobs, of course, are for human beings, and so we think humanoids can handle these kinds of things,” explained Satoshi Kochiyama, Project Manager in the Machine Systems Department.

“When it comes to opening doors and going up the stairs, for example, humanoids are the most useful for these tasks,” he added.

Impressed by the ability of the HRP-2, Dao Zhou, a 22-year-

old student from the University of Cambridge said, “It’s really amazing. Walking is really difficult and he can walk very narrowly along that beam and still maintain his balance and that’s really incredible.”

But life-saving cyborgs were not the only attractions at the expo.

Channeling the aesthetic of Japanese pop idols, a dancing desktop robot called PremaidAI was also on display, finishing its

performances with a bow and blowing a kiss to the audience.

Developed by DMM, the robot can be controlled through smartphone software and comes with a range of accessories.

Masayuki Okamoto, head of Robot Yuench, which collaborated with DMM to produce it, said: “It’s a dream for those who create robots that every family should have a robot, and I hope that PremaidAI will be a good opportunity for realizing that.”

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The case of progressive taxation WASHINGTON — Progressives are increasingly preoccupied with income inequality, and their current hero, Sen. Bernie Sanders, favors increasing the tax system’s progressivity. So, in this 103rd year of the income tax, it is timely to note that there still is no intellectually sturdy case for progressive taxation.

Arguments for it are invariably arguments for increased equality of social outcomes. Because individuals have different vocational desires and different aptitudes for adding value to the economy, inequality is inevitable.

Because individuals have different social sensibilities, opinions will differ about what degrees of inequalGeorge Will ity are intolerably unlovely (more about this aesthetic metric in a moment). But inequality, even when unlovely to some, is unjust only when it arises from unjust social arrangements. So, the degree to which inequality is morally troubling depends on the degree to which the process that allocates wealth does so according to merit and self-reliance rather than political influence and rent-seeking.

Society should prevent extreme privation, no matter how far the top earners are from those near the bottom. But who is to decide, and how are they to decide, the ideal spread between the top and the bottom of income distribution? The argument for progressive taxation must demonstrate this: such taxation does not do more harm by slowing economic growth than faster economic growth would do good by its distributive effects.

Although the argument for progressive taxation usually begins with a moral judgment about social conditions, it usually becomes a moral assertion about equitable sacrifices. It asserts that money has declining marginal utility — that $1,000 subtracted from a wealthy person’s income diminishes that person’s happiness, or society’s sum of happiness, less than would $1,000 subtracted from the income of a person with a modest income.

But this ostensibly scientific, meaning empirical, generalization about how people value money often conceals moral judgments about how people ought to value money, or — again, an essentially aesthetic judgment — about the “social value” of expenditures by the wealthy and the non-wealthy.

When these moral judgments are codified in tax policy, they conflict with this idea: “It is one of the virtues of a free society that, within the widest limits, men are free to maximize their satisfactions according to their own hierarchy of preferences.”

So wrote two University of Chicago law professors, Walter J. Blum and Harry Kalven Jr., in a famous 1952 essay, “The Uneasy Case for Progressive Taxation.” Their understanding of a free society is shared by many conservatives, including many Republican presidential aspirants, who favor a “flat” or proportionate income tax: If taxpayer A earns 20 times more than taxpayer B earns, taxpayer A pays 20 times more dollars.

Proportionate taxation always is what progressive taxation never is: simple. What justifies progressive taxation, and characterizes progressivism, is confidence that at any moment in society’s endless evolution, what is equitable can be known and society can be fine-tuned to achieve it. Which is how we got our baroque tax code.

As Blum and Kalven noted, “It is the very nature of majority rule that the majority can vote distinctive burdens for the minority.” It is, however, the nature of reality that burdens imposed on the wealthy minority can injure the majority by impairing economic incentives, thereby suppressing growth. Progressive taxation reduces the rewards of investments, and the real rate of return on savings, thereby encouraging consumption over saving and hence over capital formation. When progressive taxation slows economic growth, it makes inequalities of wealth more durable by retarding the accumulation of new fortunes. And by encouraging constant tinkering with the tax code to perfect equity, progressive taxation gives a patina of altruism to rent-seeking by economic factions, whereby government enriches those sophisticated at manipulating it.

Because other arguments produce only an “uneasy” case for progressive taxation, this is the argument of last resort: All striving occurs in, and all success is conditioned by, a social context. Each individual’s achievement like each individual, is derivative of society, which is entitled to socialize — conscript — whatever portion of each individual’s acquisition that society calculates is its rightful share.

Because collective choices (provision of education, infrastructure and other public goods) facilitate individuals’ strivings, the collectivity, represented by government, can take as much of created wealth as it decides it made possible. Being judge and jury in its own case, government will generously estimate its contributions and entitlements.

The arguments for progressive taxation range from the feeble to the sinister. The case for it is not uneasy, it is nonexistent.

George Will’s email address is georgewill@ washpost.com.

Goodbye to long-time traditions I said goodbye this week to some long-standing traditions in the Huckaby household. We are talking about traditions that go back to the ’50s — when it was still OK for Santa to bring a kid a Blue-Gray army set and a Lone Ranger gun and holster.

I said goodbye to spending hours and hours wandering around in the cold, wet or sunshine looking for the absolute perfect Fraser fir tree to purchase, bring home and stand up in my home.

That’s right. I am more than half-ashamed of what I have to admit to y’all this morning — but they say that confession is good for the soul and I need some soul cleansing today — so here goes.

I went artificial this year.

But let me explain why.

After a lifetime of saying that I would never give in, I have done it. The Huckaby household will celebrate the Yuletide this year — for the first time in the 64 years that I have been on the planet — with an artificial Christmas tree.

There — I’ve said it — but I can’t say that hearing the words come out of my own mouth makes me feel a bit

Darrell Huckaby better.

Nobody loves a real Christmas tree more than I do — I like the way they look and the way they smell and I don’t even mind that the dog drinks out of the stand or that the needles fall into the carpet.

My lovely wife, Lisa, hates it, but I don’t mind.

But last year did me in. I have a lot of Clark Griswold in me and I can’t settle for just any tree. I always had to have the biggest, fullest, most perfect tree there is, and last year I went all over North Georgia looking for that tree, and I found it, all 13 feet of it. I somehow got it home and into the house and in a tree stand and anchored to the wall. Alone — because my kids are out of the house and resemble the little red hen in the kids’ story. Who is going to help

me do the grunge work on this tree?

“Not I.” “Not I.” “Not I.” Who is going to sit under the beautiful tree on Christmas morning drinking coffee and opening really nice gifts.

Everybody is all in on that one!

So last year I got the tree up, all by myself, and decided to string the lights.

A fairy had snuck into the attic and tangled 2,000 lights into a giant ball. I am too old to untangle a giant ball of lights. I bought all new ones — about 2,500 of them, and spent two days getting the lights on the tree and then five days waiting for all my kids to come home so we could finish decorating the thing. Three days later — about the third or fourth day of December — the tree quit taking in water and by the middle of the month there were more needles scattered on the packages underneath the tree than on the branches.

At least half of the new lights went out.

By Christmas Eve my 13-foot-tall Fraser fir looked like the “Christmas Vacation” tree after the crazy uncle set it on fire with his

cigar, and we had to have the house fumigated and the carpet replaced by the time we got it out in the yard. We set it on fire on the fourth of July, and it went up like a bankrupt restaurant that had been burned down for the insurance money.

I was, sadly, done with live trees after that. Last January, when the clearance sales were on, I bought me one of them “Chinese firs,”an artificial Fraser with a made-inChina tag on every segment.

It sat in the box in the basement for 10 months. The day after Thanksgiving I drug it out of the basement, stuck four or five pieces together, fluffed up the branches a little bit and plugged it in.

Less than 30 minutes from start to finish, and I bet a cold sober Baptist preacher couldn’t tell it from a real one.

I know our dog can’t. I caught him three times the first day trying to drink out of the tree stand.

I haven’t had to water the tree or worry about the branches dying, and if I get to feeling nostalgic over the fragrance of a real tree I light a candle.

Sometimes tradition ain’t all it’s cracked up to be!

The true meaning of Christmas season Hot Diggity Dog! It is December and that means Christmas is just around the corner. I love Christmas. I love it today and I loved before it became politically-incorrect. Anytime someone tells me “Happy Holidays,” I thank them and say “And a Merry Christmas to you, as well.” If it is to a store clerk, I will generally get a knowing smile. They would like to say “Merry Christmas,” too, but it is against store policy.

As I write this, I have no idea what the terrorists in the Middle East are planning to do to try and spoil the season for us. Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Russian Communist Party (remember them?) is quoted as having said that the purpose of terrorism is simply to terrorize.

That seems to be the intent of this bunch of barbarians, but they won’t win. In the long haul, evil never does.

A lot has happened to Christmas since I was a lad and it hasn’t all been good. We have allowed our detractors to secularize one of our two most holy days and we seem helpless to know what to do about it.

Clearly, something is wrong.

According to the Pew Research Center, adults in this country who profess to have

ments should hang in the courthouse; it is about whether or not we choose to live by them in our own house. It isn’t about hating our enemy; it is about praying for those who persecute us. (That’s a tough one.)

Maybe the secularists Dick and nonbelievers think they Yarbrough have done an effective job of removing public displays of no faith affiliation now numChristmas, but they can’t take ber nearly 23 percent of the away what Christmas really population. That’s up roughly means to those of us who truly 50 percent over the past believe. That is in our hearts. seven years. I have an idea that In the meantime, we still nonbelievers think we believhave our Christmas trees, our ers don’t always walk our talk nativity scenes, our carols, and that there is nothing holy family gatherings, Christmas about us or our holy days. If I cards, egg nog and hauntingly am correct in my supposition, beautiful renditions of “O Holy maybe it is time we took a Night” sung on Christmas Eve good look in the mirror. from small rural churches to We get so hung up on ritual big city cathedrals. and our My-Way-Is-The-OnlyAnd we will still have the Way attitude and in trying to magic of little children awaitprove our point with narrow ing the arrival of Santa Claus. interpretations of one verse of Yeah, I know there is nothing one chapter in the Bible that in the Bible about Santa Claus, we miss the big picture of what but I suspect God will give us Christianity is all about. It is a pass on that one. Nothing about loving our neighbors — wrong with having a little fun. whether they are black, white, Even after all these years, gay, straight, believers or non- I still remember how hard it believers — as ourselves. was to sleep the night before It isn’t about prayer in the Christmas and the relief I felt schools. It is about prayer when I awoke on Christmas in the home. It isn’t about morning and saw that Santa whether the Ten Commandhad eaten the cookies I had left

out for him and the shock and awe of what he had left me under the tree. We didn’t have a chimney in those days and I never quite figured out how he got in the house but I chose not to sweat the small stuff.

These days, I am witnessing Christmas as seen through the eyes of a 7-year-old great grandson, Cameron Charles Yarbrough, and the magic is still there. Cameron Charles does have a chimney, but whether Santa Claus avails himself of it matters not a whit just as long as Santa somehow manages to get in and properly recognizes the yearlong efforts of being a good little boy. Obviously, not sweating the small stuff is in the family genes.

It is just the first week of December but it is not too early for us to promise each other as we head for the stores and plan the parties and wrap the presents that we will not forget the true meaning of Christmas.

Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all Men (and Women) has to start somewhere. Maybe it can start with us.

You can reach Dick Yarbrough at yarb2400@bellsouth.net; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139; online at dickyarbrough.com or on Facebook at www.facebook. com/dickyarb.

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Gwinnett cops seek Dacula Fast Trip robber

By Joshua Sharpe

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Gwinnett County police on Friday asked for the public’s help finding a man accused of robbing a Dacula Fast Trip gas station.

Shortly before 8 p.m. on Nov. 10, the early20s bearded white man walked into the station at 2115 Winder Highway, police said. A silver or gold Honda Accord, from the mid-to-late 1990s, entered the parking lot after the man walked inside. The car, which had a broken driver’s-side headlight, backed into a parking space. The driver

Police say this Honda Accord was driven by an accessory to a Nov. 10 robbery at a Fast Trip gas station in Dacula. (Special Photo)

was described as a black man.

The man inside, described as tall and heavyset, pointed a handgun at the clerk and threatened to shoot her unless he received money. The clerk was counting down the reg-

ister and the suspect stole the money, police said.

“He fled from the gas station with over $500 and got into the passenger seat of the Honda,” said Cpl. Deon Washington of Gwinnett police.

The car turned onto

Winder Highway and traveled toward Ga. Highway 316.

Anyone with information can contact 770-5135300. To remain anonymous, tipsters can contact Crime Stoppers at 404577-TIPS (8477) or visit

Police say this man stole cash from Fast Trip in Dacula on Nov. 10. (Special Photo)

www.crimestoppersatlanta. org. Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $2,000

for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.

Police ID trio in series Snellville elementary student receives $1,529 for college fund of local armed robberies

By Keith Farner

By Keith Farner

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Gwinnett police have arrested two of three men accused of armed robberies at storage facilities and a title loan business in Atlanta, Norcross and Lawrenceville.

Cleveland Jeffrey Day, Ricardo Hudson, and Larry Rhodes are accused of a robbery at about 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 19 at the Public Storage at 6770 Dawson Boulevard in unincorporated Norcross, Gwinnett police spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera said Friday afternoon.

Day is in the Gwinnett County jail charged with armed robbery, while a warrant is issued against Hudson, who is in the DeKalb jail, and also charged in armed robberies at storage units on Riverside Parkway and Pleasantdale Road in

Cleveland Jeffrey Day

the Atlanta area.

Rhodes is not in custody, but an armed robbery warrant is issued

against him.

Police previously reported last month that the Riverside Parkway incident happened on Nov. 3 when an employee told them the suspect entered the store and placed both his hands on the counter and demanded to give him all the money from the cash register or be shot.

Although the suspect didn’t show a weapon, Pihera said $100 was stolen.

A similar course of events happened the same day at the Pleasantdale Road facility. The employee who talked with police said the suspect demanded money, and less than $100 was stolen.

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@gwinnettdailypost.com Surveillance cameras at Pleasantdale Storage showed With aspirations to bethe suspect being dropped come an architect, Giancaroff and picked up by somelo Gomez has received one driving a black Volvo. some money to pay for that On Oct. 14, police said, education. the same trio held up GeorThe Pharr Elementary gia Title Loans on Jimmy School fourth-grader this Carter Boulevard near week was awarded a Norcross. $1,529 contribution for a A store employee reportcollege savings plan from edly said the men came in the “We Care, Child Care” around 1:20 p.m., one of sweepstakes, a partnership them pointing a gun and between the Georgia Dedemanding money.

The other suspects opened partment of Early Care and the cash drawer and took the Learning and the Path2College 529 Plan. money.

Giancarlo, 10, joined “One of the suspects students from Gainesville demanded that the victim and Kennesaw in receiving hand them his wallet, and the money. he complied,” Pihera said in “I was very excited and the first news release on the case, which reportedly led to grateful for having won this sweepstakes,” Griselda Goa tip from the public. “The mez, Giancarlo’s mother, employee was instructed to said in a press release. go to the back room.”

“Having my son go to colThe employee said his lege is my family’s top priphone and a money order ority, and this money will were also gone when he emerged from the back room. be put towards that goal.”

Mary Thomas, principal of Pharr Elementary School, far left, fourth-grade teacher Kerri Carolus, Giancarlo Gomez and Cassandra Sherrill, senior manager of the Path2College 529 Plan pose for a picture after Giancarlo received a $1,529 contribution for a college savings plan from a partnership between the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning and the Path2College 529 Plan.

(Special Photo)

The program is designed to raise awareness about the importance of saving for college among families with child care age children.

“Regular contributions over time can have

a tremendous impact on a child’s educational expenses, so the best time to start saving is when a child is young,” Mitch Seabaugh, executive director of the Path2College 529 Plan, said in the release.

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The Sugarloaf Ballet will also share their 9th annual “Nativity Ballet,” a depiction of the birth of Christ. This full-length show will be performed on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public due to the generosity of donors.

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Sugarloaf Ballet to perform its holiday shows Dancers from the Sugarloaf Ballet and Sugarloaf Performing Arts students will offer several performances to celebrate the holiday season.

They will present “Nutcracker Excerpts,” which includes renditions of the well-known Nutcracker suites, on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. This performance will take place at the Infinite Energy Theater,

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Expo •From Page 1A and national retailers and more than 50 local artisans and crafters who sold handcrafted arts and crafts, gourmet foods, apparel, jewelry, home decor, commercial products and services The event that began on Saturday and continues from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Infinite Energy Forum in Duluth saw a steady crowd of attendees buying gifts, visiting Santa and on-stage holiday performances featuring local school choirs, bands and dance groups.

Admission for the twoday shopping event, presented by the Daily Post, is $8 on Sunday, and attendees who came on Saturday will be allowed re-entry on Sunday.

Through participation with the 11 Alive Holiday Can-A-thon, tickets will be $1 off per canned item donated at the event.

Susan Dillingham of Duluth said she’s looking for the first-year event to return next year.

“It’s local and people look for that rather than going to stores,” she said.

Santa was a popular destination in the Kringle’s Kids Korner, where children made ornaments, wrote letters to Santa and had face painting. Pictures with Santa are from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. The Gunslinger monster truck will also make an appearance on Sunday.

“Definitely plenty of time to shop (on Sun-

Gwinnett County Solicitor General Rosanna Szabo was the guest speaker at the graduation of the Seeking The Right Amendale Path program, or STRAP, and said her path with the youths happened for a reason. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner) Attendees have their gifts wrapped for free during Saturday’s Holiday Expo at the Infinite Energy Forum in Duluth. (Photos: Kyle Hess)

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random. Szabo maintained throughout her message enlisted and received the that the youths were likely help of Judge Rodney on a path that wouldn’t end well, and a police officer Harris and fellow church members Edgar and Angie likely stopped it from being worse.

Derricho to launch the “You know who policeSTRAP program. men are?” Szabo said, The program this year “Prosecutors, deputies, received 501(c)(3) status, judges? We are the people which completed a threewho are patrolling the year process, but needs boundaries of human funding to keep classes running consistently. Som- conduct. There are lines, times, students wait six or there are boundaries. God gives us free will; there’s a eight months to enroll. lot of things that God gives It was at times an us the freedom to choose emotional event as Elise Sheppard, who announced to do. But there are certain the award winners, shared things that you can’t do.

Those are the boundaries a story of her son going of human conduct.” down a path that led him Szabo said the justice to the STRAP program. So system is designed to be The first 200 attendees enter with the choice of free tickets to the circus or Disney On she personally trumpeted adversarial, but she prefers the value of it.

Ice during Saturday’s Holiday Expo at the Infinite Energy Forum in Duluth. the bird’s-eye view of Juvenile Court Judge day),” said Noreen Brant- Just holiday shopping things. so the families have been Stephen Franzen said the ner, director of events “I prefer to think for unique and different coming out and taking goal for the law enforcewith SCNI Events and the items, and then families. their free photos with about myself as more of ment, attorneys and Daily Post. “It’s two-fold: Santa’s been really busy, Santa.” a mother, actually,” she judicial personnel who said. “Because much like a are active in the program mother, or parent, someis to find young people times they’ve got to tell who are not investing in •From Page 1A “I’m over here at the you things you don’t want the Volvo, police officers themselves, or believing He’s cut back on Uber Krogers on 78,” McCastle swarmed the house. Two in themselves, and explain to hear. They’ve got to driving. tells the call taker, not force you to do things you When McCastle pulled of them took off. One laid why that’s important. To “Safety is more imporup to the hotel, the susexplaining. down on the ground, givtant than anything to me,” offer them value, self-con- don’t want to do, but they pects — young men from “What’s going on over ing up. fidence and self-awareness. do it with care and love.” he said. “There needs to Snellville and Lawrencev- there? Sir, are you OK? The end goal, Szabo McCastle stayed as The youths, ages 13 be some kind of safety ille — still snoozed. He What’s happening?” far from the chaos as he through 17, each Saturday said, is for the graduates features for the drivers,” woke one up and, seeing McCastle won’t say. could. for six months attend class to be happy, successful, maybe a panic button in police at the Days Inn, the “What’s the emergenThe men were soon all from 9 a.m. to noon. Many productive members of a the app. suspect told the driver to cy?” community of people. in custody. Police idenof the participants attend McCastle said he has a go to the Krystal restaurant “If I (knew) right now,” “This is our tribe, and tified them as McKoy, the program through court master’s degree, a backnext door.

McCastle said, “I would we need you,” she said.

Thomas Nikay Shatner, ground in human resources order, but some do so Though he hadn’t heard tell you.”

“Our tribe doesn’t survive 21, of Lawrenceville, and voluntarily. and photography and is about the shooting, the The series of 911 calls, Reggie Tequen Greene, Gwinnett County Solici- without you. But we need going for a doctorate from driver sensed something with the driver hanging up 21, of Snellville. All three Trident University Interna- tor General Rosanna Szabo you to be in a way that’s off from the beginning, and the operator calling good for all. If you will do remain in the county jail tional and, naturally, never was the guest speaker at when the men wanted to back, went on for more without bond. the event and said her path that, the tribe will care for expected his stop-gap gig go all the way from Cony- than 20 minutes before the you too, and your life will A week and a half later, would bring him such with the youths happened ers to Snellville. It was driver dropped the suspects McCastle is still stressed. be better.” for a reason; it wasn’t trouble. odd, he said, considering off at a house on Newtons that Uber is $2 a mile. The Court in Snellville. The police presence at the hotel accused shooter in the robconfirmed his suspicions. bery, 19-year-old Richard At some point, the driver Anthony McKoy, lives dialed 911. there.

In the call, released to The driver had been the Daily Post this week, giving the 911 operator McCastle doesn’t speak at discreet hints about where first. he was — a street name The call disconnects. here and there. By the time The operator calls back. the suspects got out of

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Loganville couple picks up car won from Daily Post, Visit Florida

By Keith Farner

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BUFORD — With some errands to run, it began as a normal Saturday morning for Josh and Lindsay Ludke. Then they stopped by Mall of Georgia Mazda to pick up their new car.

The morning stop capped an exciting three months for Josh since he learned around Labor Day that he won a 2016 Mazda CX-5 and a three-night stay at One Ocean Resort and Spa at Jacksonville courtesy of a partnership

between Daily Post and Visit Florida. The Loganville resident said he entered on gwinnettdailypost.com about 30 times, or once a day for about a month, to win the giveaway.

“In the back of your mind you’re thinking, ‘I’ll never win this,’ but when she told me, that just doesn’t happen,” said Ludke, who added that a daily email reminder helped him enter every day.

The couple was pleasantly surprised they were allowed to pick out the exterior and interior col-

Josh Ludke, who won a car and trip giveaway contest from the Daily Post and Visit Florida, gets into a 2016 Mazda CX-5 on Saturday morning at Mall of Georgia Mazda as his wife, Lindsay, talks with Brandon Apon, sales manager at Mall of Georgia Mazda. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

ors. They chose white and black.

“I’ve never had a Mazda before — I’ve had Hondas — but I’m excited

about this, heard a lot of good things about it,” he said.

The entire package is valued at more than

obituaries DULUTH

Annie Archer Mrs. Annie Bob “Bobbie” Bailey Archer of Duluth, Georgia, entered into rest on Friday, December 4, 2015, at the age of 92.

She was the daughter of the late Robert E. Bailey, Sr. and Annie Lee Pharr of Dacula, Georgia. She is survived by her two devoted daughters and their husbands; Barbara Archer Scott Llewellyn (Jim) of Monroe, GA and Donna Archer Williams Zuppardo (Dan) of Statham, GA; five grandchildren, Ron & Tina Scott of Monroe, GA, Brian & Jennifer Scott of Birmingham, AL, Ansley & Jim Harrington of Cumming, GA, Allison Williams of Atlanta, GA, and Ryan Williams of Suwanee, GA; seven great grandchildren; half-sister, Vickie Christy of Monroe, GA; half-brother, Bob & Alicia Bailey of Social Circle, GA; sisters-in-law, Jane Barbee of Monroe, GA, Hazel Archer of Lawrenceville, GA, Jean Sikes (Richard) of Lawrenceville, GA, Dorothy Dean Bradberry of Dacula, GA, and Jackie Archer of Lawrenceville, GA; Rose Archer of Bold Springs GA; numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, Luther Lee in August of 1996, also her beloved sister, Hazel Bailey Jones of Tucker, GA, and step-brothers, Don & Ken Barbee.

Born in Dacula, Georgia, Annie Bob was a graduate of Dacula High School where she met and married the late Luther Lee “Luke” Archer of Dacula. They lived in the Decatur/Emory area for many years working and raising their family. Annie Bob was a member of the First Baptist Church of Decatur where she taught Sunday School. She loved gardening, music, and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She was a special lady and was loved by all. She will be greatly missed by her adoring family.

The Service Honoring the Life of Mrs. Bobbie Archer will be held Monday, December 7, 2015, at 1:00 P.M. at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel with Rev. Deborah Carlton officiating. Interment will follow at Gwinnett Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Sunday, December 6th from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Those desiring may make donations to Alzheimer’s Association of GA, 41 Perimeter Center East, Ste. 550, Atlanta, GA 30346 in memory of Mrs. Annie Bob Archer.

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sent or viewed at www. wagesfuneralhome.com.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company”, 120 Scenic Hwy., Lawrenceville, GA 30046, Lawrenceville Chapel 770-9632411 has been entrusted with the arrangements. .

BUFORD

Joyce Bagley Joyce Burell Bagley, age 81, of Buford, GA passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015. She was preceded in death by: husband, Junior Bagley, son, Tony Bagley, brothers in-law, Harold Pass, James Piper, parents, Floyd and Vera Mauldin Burell. She is survived by her daughters, Kay Bagley Tench and husband, Mickey Tench, Buford, GA, Donna Bagley Little, Buford, GA; grandchildren, Corey and Ally Little, Athens, GA, Trent and Fran Bagley, Flowery Branch, GA, great-grandchildren, Brittan Bagley; sisters, Louise B. and George Elliott, Mableton, GA, Ann Burell Piper, Sugar Hill, GA, Virginia Burell Pass, Sugar Hill, GA; brother in-law, Gwen Bagley, Suwanee, GA; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Bagley was born on December 17, 1933 in Atlanta, GA. Graduate of Sugar Hill School. Also attended Tallulah Falls School. She had a degree in Cosmetology and also she was a licensed practical nurse. She was a retired hairdresser and a member of Sugar Hill Baptist Church where she had taught Sunday school at one time. Funeral service will be held on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Pirkle officiating. Interment will be at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens, Buford, GA. The family will receive friends on Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

TEMPLE

Lillian Chamlee Lillian Marjoree Chamlee, age 77 of Temple, died December 3, 2015.

Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Robert Connelly Robert T. Connelly, age 103 of Lawrenceville, died December 4, 2015. Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

LOGANVILLE

Howard Crowe, Jr. Howard L. “Junior” Crowe, Jr., age 89, of Loganville, GA, passed away on, December 3, 2015. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 2246 Wisteria Drive, Snellville, Georgia 30078. 770-9795010. stewartfh.com.

will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Tony Samples and Rev. Eddie Herring officiating. Graveside service and interment will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Roswell, GA with Richard Moler officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

FLOWERY BRANCH

Sal Daria

GAINESVILLE

Kayla Greenway Kayla Greenway, age 25, of Gainesville, GA, passed away December 3, 2015.

WINDER

Johnny Hammond Johnny Ray “JR” Hammond, age 71, of Winder passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Irene Harrell Irene D. Harrell, age 91, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband of thirty-eight years, Jack L. Harrell. She is survived by her children, Dianne and Doug Stonecypher, Lawrenceville, GA, Jackie and Bobby Welch, Buford, GA and Michael L. and Marty Harrell, Tybee Island, GA; grandchildren, Mark and Teresa Stonecypher, Steve and Heather Stonecypher, Bob and Charlotte Welch, Patty and Michael Bardwell, Jake and Allison Harrell, Cara and Ryan Stewart; great grandchildren, Kayla, Jacob, Georgia, Luke, Tabatha, Bobbie Elaine, Madison and Peyton; sister, Barbara Free, Dallas, GA; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Harrell was born September 23, 1924 in Bremen, GA. She received her education at Buchanan School System. She was retired from Gwinnett County Senior Citizens Center after twenty-three years of service. She was a member of the Red Hat Club at Buford Senior Citizens.

She was a member of Prospect United Methodist Church in Lawrenceville, GA and a former member of Sharon United Methodist Church in Dunwoody, GA. Funeral services

and the couple said it works out to be a nice family car since they’re expecting.

“I didn’t even know he was entering,” she said with a laugh. “I was very surprised when he called.”

It was also a new experience for employees at Mall of Georgia Mazda.

“I’m just excited for him,” said Brandon Apon, sales manager at Mall of Georgia Mazda. “This is not an everyday experience by any long shot. …

Most people would have to win the Super Bowl to get a free car.”

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LAWNDALE

Mr. Sal Daria, age 78, of Flowery Branch passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015.

$23,000 and is the biggest contest the newspaper has participated in. It includes the Mazda CX-5 from Mazda North American Operations, three nights’ accommodations at One Ocean Resort and Spa, round-trip air travel for four from Atlanta to Jacksonville and a $250 Visa gift card to go toward ground transportation.

The car was also detailed, had a full tank of gas and the dealership gave a free first oil change.

Saturday also happened to be Lindsay’s birthday,

Barbara Harris Barbara Ann Cain Harris, 78, of 362 Dirty Ankle Road, Lawndale, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at her residence.

Born October 21, 1937 in Gwinnett County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Calvin Marion Cain and Maggie Jordan Cain. She was a retired from Bi-Lo as a bookkeeper and was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son, Richard “Rick” Britt; six brothers and one sister all of Gwinnett County, GA. Survivors include her husband of 33 years, Garland Wesley Harris; daughter, Tracey Britt Staton and husband, Jonathan of Lawndale; three sons, Russell Britt of Shelby, R. Terry Britt of Lawndale and C. Tim Britt of Gastonia; stepson, Wesley Harris of Rock Hill, SC; 17 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Saturday at StameyTysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center. Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Sunday at Zion Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Allan Barlow officiating.

The body will be placed in the church thirty minutes before the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to Zion Hill Baptist Church, Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions, 8173 Old NC 18, Lawndale, NC 28090. A guest register is available at www.stameytysingerfuneralhome.com Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center is serving the Harris family.

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DULUTH

Linda Hutchinson Linda Bingham Hutchinson, 69, of Duluth, GA died December 5, 2015. A memorial service will be held Saturday December 19, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. at The Chapel at Berkeley Lake with Pastor Larry Parker, Rev. Ann Fleming and Associate Pastor Kerry Lauria officiating.

Mrs. Hutchinson, a homemaker, loved The Lord, cooking, camping, traveling, good wine, Merlot and Mickey Mouse.

Preceded in death by her mother, Nancy Bingham, she is survived by her husband, Richard Hutchinson of Duluth, GA; son, Brandon Keith Hutchinson of Portland , OR; daughter, Esther Delgado Martinez of Guadalajara, Mexico; father, Edward Bingham of Conyers, GA; sisters, Beth Ogle of Decatur, GA, Bonnie Rudd of Loganville, GA; brothers, Mark Bingham, Russell Bingham both of Conyers, GA. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Ignite Ministries, 2265 Springer Walk, Lawrenceville, GA 30043.

Condolences may be sent by visiting www.billheadfuneralhome.com.

Bill Head Funeral Homes & Crematory Duluth Chapel (770)476-2535.

JEFFERSON

Edna Meeler Mrs. Edna Aaron Meeler, age 80 of Jefferson, Georgia who entered into rest Thursday, December 3, 2015.

SNELLVILLE

Rhoda Pilgrim Rhoda A. Pilgrim age 85 of Snellville, GA, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Doris “June” Puckett; and a grandson, Joseph Jerome Everett.

Mrs. Pilgrim is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie (Larry) Everett, Shirley (Buck) Parker, and Joyce (Barry) Attaway; two sons and daughters-in-law, D.L. (Becky) Pilgrim, and Micah (Gwen) Pilgrim; 21 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; and 4 great-great grandchildren.

Rhoda, originally from Virginia, moved to Georgia in Oct of 1948.

She was married to her husband, Dewey Pilgrim for 67 years.

Funeral Services in honor of Mrs. Pilgrim will be held Sunday, December 6, 2015 at 3:30 P.M. at the Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel with Rev. Paul Pittard officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday, December 5,

2015 from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. and Sunday from 1:30 P.M. until 3:30 P.M. Interment will follow at Eternal Hills Memory Gardens.

Condolences may be viewed or sent to www. wagesfuneralhome.com Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

BUFORD

Ann Price Ann Smith Price, age 90, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on Friday, December 4, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Willie Price. She is survived by her children, Diane Sanders, Sugar Hill, GA, Elaine and Kenneth Boss, Loganville, GA and Keith Price, Sr. and Lori Price, Flowery Branch, GA; eight grandchildren, Teresa Christian, Brian Abney, Keith Price, Jr. and Elizabeth Price, Mason Price, Marissa Price, Loren Price, Katie Higgins and Shannon Higgins; great grandchildren, Kylee Price-Ryan and Keith Price, III; sister, Dot Hunter, Monroe, GA; brother and sister-in-law, Glenn and Sylvia Smith, Lawrenceville, GA; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Price was born March 5, 1925 in Monroe, GA. She was a 1942 graduate of Walker Park High School. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Bethlehem, GA. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church in Bethlehem, GA with Rev. Jeffrey Smith officiating. The remains will be placed in state at 12:00 noon at the church. Interment will follow at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday afternoon from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To express condolences, please sign our online guest book at www.flaniganfuneralhome.com. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

DULUTH

Richard Shumate Richard Lee Shumate, age 80 of Duluth, died December 3, 2015.

Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

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Study to research exercise’s effect on breast cancer recovery

By Supriya Venigalla Georgia Health News

An oncologist and an exercise physiologist walk into a cocktail party…

And when they walk out, they have a novel idea for an experiment to find out how exercise can help women recover from breast cancer chemotherapy.

UGA Provost Pamela Whitten hosted the Athens party at which Kevin McCully, a kinesiology professor who runs an exercise science lab, fell into conversation with Petros George Nikolinakos, a medical oncologist who conducts clinical trials at the University Cancer and Blood Center in Athens.

The physiologist and the physician hit on the idea that exercise might speed the recovery of specific cellular functions that are damaged by cancer treatments. The two designed a clinical trial to test this idea.

“Chemotherapy is as close as you can get to killing a person. It destroys the healthy cells as well. It crushes your mitochondria — the powerhouses of cells — destroys your muscle, and you’re tired,” said McCully, director of the Exercise Muscle Physiology Laboratory, where the trial is being conducted.

As a laboratory scientist, McCully thinks about what’s going on inside cells. “Exercise improves your mitochondrial capacity, improves how you feel, and you’re back to where you are. That’s our

Rosemary Wood, a breast cancer survivor, learned about the study while participating in a support group at the Loran Smith Center. (Special Photo)

theory,” McCully said.

“The importance of mitochondria is our hypothesis.”

As a practicing doctor, Nikolinakos thinks about the whole patient. “In general, people who stay physically active always do better. The problem with recommending exercise for cancer survivors is that the regimen is not supervised,” he said. “We can’t quantify the intensity and frequency. So we are looking for ways to structure the activity, measure and quantify it, and determine the impact scientifically.”

Together, the UGA team and University Cancer and Blood Center are breaking new ground.

“This trial will be an exciting addition to the current cancer literature,’’ said Hannah Bossie, a graduate research as-

sistant in McCully’s lab.

“We already have big population studies showing that people who exercise have less fatigue after treatment, less chance of recurrence and lower mortality. But the actual biological mechanisms that mediate the relationship between physical activity and cancer and treatment-related fatigue has not been identified.”

Recruitment for the trial will be contingent upon obtaining funding through the National Institutes of Health. It’s open to women diagnosed with stage 1 and 2 breast cancer that has not metastasized and whose treatment included both radiation and one of two common chemotherapy regimens: Taxotere and Cytoxan (TC) or Adriamycin, Cytoxan and Taxol (AC-T).

For three months,

participants will perform structured exercise at UGA’s Exercise Physiology Laboratory. Researchers will use a safe, noninvasive imaging technology to measure blood flow, blood volume, oxygen consumption, re-oxygenation rates and recovery time in muscle.

They’ve been using this technique, called NearInfrared Spectroscopy, since 2012.

The University Blood and Cancer Center and the Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support at Athens Regional Medical Center will be the recruitment sites for the trial.

Rosemary Wood, a breast cancer survivor, learned about the study while participating in a support group at the Loran Smith Center. She wasn’t eligible, however, because chemotherapy

had not been part of her treatment.

But she wanted to exercise. McCully encouraged her to join a preventive health and exercise class for people whose physical activity has been affected by cancer or by various other conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, stroke, cerebral palsy and vision loss.

Wood loves it.

“I do the treadmill, and then the elliptical, and an assorted number of lifting the bars. I got up to 20 minutes on treadmill and nine laps on ellipti-

cal today. When I started out, I could only get up to three laps on the elliptical,” said Wood, a former weekend editor for the Athens Banner-Herald.

“I’ve been in this class for three months now. Since then, I’ve noticed that my sleep’s been better.

Even walking to my car and back has been a little easier.

“I’m getting the exercise I need with people who have the knowledge to help me,” she said.

McCully and Nikolinakos said one of their long-term goals is to make physical activity a standard part of post-chemotherapy recovery.

“We want to transform the way a cancer survivor is treated,” McCully said.

“We want to be able to say to them that you’ve finished chemotherapy, and now it’s your time to bounce back, join your life, get going.”

Dr. Supriya Venigalla, a medical doctor, is a second-year student in the Master of Public Health program at UGA in the Health Policy & Management concentration. She is also taking the Graduate Newsroom course at Grady College of Journalism and works at UGA Cooperative Extension, in the Walk Georgia program.

Estranged relatives say Pakistani shooter and father radicalized in Saudi Arabia KAROR LAL ESAN, Pakistan — The estranged relatives of Tashfeen Malik, a Pakistani woman accused of shooting dead 14 people in California, said she and her father seem to have abandoned the family’s moderate Islam and became more radicalized during years they spent in Saudi Arabia.

Malik, with her husband Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, is accused of storming a gathering in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday and opening fire in America’s worst mass shooting in three years.

Investigators are treating Wednesday’s attack as an “act of terrorism.” On Saturday, the Islamic State group claimed the couple as their followers. There is no evidence yet that IS directed the attack or even knew the attackers.

Malik’s killing spree has horrified her Pakistani relatives. Her father cut off contact with his family after a feud over inheritance, they told Reuters, and moved to Saudi Arabia when his daughter was a toddler. There, it seems, he turned to a stricter form of Islam.

“From what we heard, they lived differently, their mindset is different. We are from a land of Sufi saints … this is very shocking for us,” said school teacher Hifza Bibi, the step-sister of Malik’s father, who lives in Karor Lal Esan town in central Punjab province.

Sufism, a strain of Islam popular in parts of Pakistan, emphasizes a mystical, personal religious connection. Devotees often play music and dance at shrines, and their practices are looked on with suspicion by orthodox Muslims.

“Our brother … went to Saudi and since then he doesn’t care about anyone here,” Bibi said. “A man who didn’t come to attend

Mourners engage in a group prayer at a makeshift memorial for victims following Wednesday’s shooting attack in San Bernardino, Calif. Saturday. Islamic State said on Saturday that the married couple who killed 14 people in the mass shooting in California which U.S. authorities are investigating as an act of terrorism were followers of the militant group. (Reuters/Sandy Huffaker)

his own mother’s funeral, what can you expect from him?”

Tashfeen Malik returned to Pakistan and studied pharmacy at

Bahauddin Zakaria university in Multan from 2007 to 2012. She lived in a university hostel. An identity card said she was 29 years old at the time of

the shootings.

“She was known to be a good student with no religious extremist tendencies,” an intelligence official based in the nearby town of Layyah told Reuters.

Malik’s uncle Javed Rabbani, a clerk in the town’s education department, said he has not seen his brother in 30 years.

“We feel a lot of sadness, but we also feel ashamed that someone from our family has done this,” he said. “We can’t even imagine doing something like this. This is a mindset that is alien to us.”

Malik visited Pakistan in 2013 and 2014, security officials told Reuters, but it’s unclear who she met or where she visited.

Pakistani media reported she had links to the radical Red Mosque in the capital of Islamabad, but a cleric and a spokesman at the mosque said they had never heard of her before.

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UPCCA recognizes Peachtree Corners ‘stars’

By Curt Yeomans

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Six stars were recognized Thursday night for their work to help improve Peachtree Corners.

These aren’t movie stars, famous TV actors or sports celebrities, though. They are people who don’t get followed by paparazzi, but in the eyes of the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association, their impact is just as great, if not greater.

The group was recognized at the association’s third annual UPCCA Star Awards ceremony at Christ the King Church.

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The awards are handed out each year as a way to recognize “outstanding Peachtree Corners leaders for their quiet determination and dedication in helping make our neighborhoods, city, county and state a better place to live,” according to the UPCCA. They are residents, students, community organizers, public officials, business owners and even businesses themselves.

They are, in the words of the civic association, “the

stars that live among us.”

The Rising Star Award went to Norcross High School senior Ricky Wilson, while real estate business owner Nancy Minor received the Business Partnership Award, Bridges Peachtree Corners earned the Community Partner Award, Peachtree Corners Festival president Dave Huffman received the Difference Maker Award and former Norcross Mayor Lillian Webb received the Friend of Peachtree Corners Award.

State Rep. Tom Rice, R-Norcross, received the United Peachtree Corners Civic Association President Scott Hilton, left, presents the group’s Lifetime Achieve- group’s Rising Star Award to Norcross High School senior Ricky Wilson at the third annual ment Award.

UPCCA Star Awards ceremony at Christ the King Church on Thursday. (Special Photo)

Local donors drop off thousands of food items to Can-A-Thon

By Katie Morris

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DULUTH — Qiyam Abdul left for work a little earlier than usually Friday morning, so that she could make a stop by the Infinite Energy Arena parking lot.

The Mitsubishi Electric employee came to

donate three boxes filled with canned goods to the 11 Alive Holiday CanA-Thon. The items were raised during a company food drive that ended last week, and Abdul had been searching for a place to drop them off.

“I heard about (the CanA-Thon) on the news,” she said,” and I thought, “Hey,

it’s on my way to work.”

The live food-raising event was held from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. with 11 Alive anchor Fred McFarlin and Adam Bomb from Q100 radio station broadcasting live on site.

Friday’s food drive, which included four collection events around metro Atlanta, was the

wrap up for the 33rd annual 11 Alive Holiday Can-A-Thon. Throughout November, schools and organizations across Georgia conducted food drives in an attempt to collect as many food items as possible to go to stock Salvation Army food pantries.

There were collection events in Fulton County, Cobb County, Floyd County and Gwinnett, which returned to the event this year. Infinite Energy Center and the Gwinnett Daily Post teamed up to bring the 11 Alive Holiday CanA-Thon collection event back to the county.

“Being the premier concert venue and convention center plus the local newspaper for the area,” said Noreen Brantner, Director of Events for Gwinnett Daily Post, “we wanted Gwinnett County represented, so we challenged ourselves to collect more donations than any of the other three counties.

We will find out next week if we met our challenge.”

Thousands of nonperishable food items were collected throughout the event from Gwinnett residents, businesses and area schools — including Summerour Middle, Carrington Academy, Dacula High, the Lilburn Middle Junior Leadership Program and numerous Gwinnett Primrose School locations.

Above, Harlem Globetrotter Alex “Moose” Weekes lends a hand collecting canned goods on Friday during during the 33rd annual 11 Alive Holiday CanA-Thon collection event at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth.

Summerour Middle School student Mario Nieto, pictured left, contributes to the effort.

(Staff Photos: Katie Morris)

According to Captain Andrew Miller with the Salvation Army, the food drive couldn’t have come at a better time.

“We have 13 different

food banks in the Atlanta area,” Miller said. “In Gwinnett we have one … and we just tripled the size of our pantry, so we need to fill it up.”

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Buford defenders Shug Fraizer and TD Roof stop Woodward Academy running back Elijah Holyfield for a loss during the third quarter of the Wolves 35-18 victory over War Eagles. (Photos: David McGregor)

Buford the lone survivor of rough semifinal Friday

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

The semifinal round of the Georgia High School Association’s state football players nearly turned into a “Black Friday” of sorts, albeit a week later, for Gwinnett County’s remaining teams.

However, what has become the county’s most consistent participant in the finals over the past decade-plus made sure the county will have a presence at the Georgia Dome for championship weekend.

Buford’s 35-18 win over top-ranked Woodward Academy in a Class AAAA semifinal Friday night at Tom Riden Stadium was the only

something that they’ve not had to do often since their era of dominance began back in 2000 — rally from a double-digit deficit.

“For each team, there’s a lot of finality to this (in the semifinals), Buford coach Jess Simpson said after Friday’s win. “So when your best is needed, that’s a big deal.”

And the Wolves came up with their best when they needed it the most after falling behind 18-7 Buford running back Xavier Gantt looks for running following a 41-yard touchroom during the first half of the Wolves 35-18 victory over down pass from WoodWoodward Academy on Friday night in Buford. ward’s Ryan Glover to Stephen Elliott with 3:37 victory among Gwinnett’s The win marks the ninth left in the first half. four teams, with Grayson straight championship But even faced with and Mill Creek in Class game appearance and 14th such a rare challenge, BuAAAAAA and Greater At- in the last 16 years for ford didn’t panic, needing lanta Christian in AA each the third-ranked Wolves just 3:25 to go 80 yards in falling short in their bids (13-1).

12 plays before T.D. Roof to join them at the Dome.

And they did it by doing scored from a yard with 12

seconds left in the half.

The score not only sent the Wolves into intermission with the deficit at a more manageable four points, it helped them gather themselves in the locker room before the second half.

That mission was very much accomplished as the Buford defense held Woodward (13-10) to just 61 total yards and no points over the final two quarters of play.

Meanwhile, Xavier Gantt gave the Wolves the lead for good with a TD run late in the third quarter, and Martin Mangrum had the most important of his game-high 125 yards with scoring runs of 38 and 4 yards in the fourth See BUFORD, Page 4B

SEC CHAMPIONSHIP: NO. 2 ALABAMA 29, FLORIDA 15

Alabama dominates Florida SEC championship game

appearance gratifying for Gwinnett grads Lee, Riles

By Guy Curtright The Sports Xchange

ATLANTA — Derrick Henry enhanced his Heisman Trophy candidacy and Alabama is heading to the College Football Playoff as the SEC’s first back-to-back champion in 17 years.

Henry rushed for 189 yards and a touchdown on 44 carries while passing former Georgia great Herschel Walker’s single-season SEC yardage record and No. 2 Alabama defeated Florida 29-15 on Saturday in the title game at the Georgia Dome.

The Crimson Tide (12-1) held Florida (10-3) to three first downs through three quarters and finished with 24 first downs to seven for the Gators while totaling 437 yards.

Jake Coker threw two touchdown passes for Alabama and Henry scored a TD for the 18th straight game while winning the game’s MVP award.

Henry, a 242-pound junior, has 1,986 rushing yards and 23 touchdowns. Walker gained 1,891 yards in 1981 — the year before he won the Heisman Trophy.

“He’s had a phenomenal

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Alabama’s Keith Holcombe (42) and Damien Harris (34) block the punt of Florida’s Johnny Townsend during Saturday’s SEC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

season and he deserves every accolade that anyone could ever throw his way,” coach Nick Saban said of Henry.

“My main focus is on finishing and helping this team win,” said Henry, who had 25 carries for 121 yards in the second half. “I’m going to do whatever it takes.”

It was Alabama’s 10th straight victory and Saban now has four wins in the SEC title game — one more than former Florida coach Steve Spurrier.

Alabama committed five turnovers in a 43-37 home loss to Mississippi on Sept.

19, but rebounded to win the West Division and came in as a 17 1/2-point favorite over surprise East-winner Florida.

“I think this team has competed with tremendous character since the Ole Miss game,” Saban said. “There’s no team that I’ve ever coached that I wanted to win a championship more than this bunch and I’m so proud of them.”

Florida, which needed a safety last week against Florida State to avoid its first shutout since 1988, took a See SEC, Page 4B

ATLANTA — The 2015 Southeastern Conference Championship Game provided a little different homecoming for a pair of former Gwinnett County high school standouts on each team.

For Buford grad Dillon Lee, Alabama’s 29-15 victory Saturday before a capacity crowd of 75,320 at the Georgia Dome proved more than just more of the same after playing a role in the Crimson Tide’s second straight SEC title.

“No doubt,” the 6-foot-4, 242-pound senior linebacker said. “Anything I can help the team win, I’ll do.”

His role was somewhat limited Saturday, getting the start at the “Sam” linebacker position while sharing snaps at both that position and the “Mike” linebacker position.

However, Lee — one of

Alabama’s Dillion Lee (25), a Buford grad, blocks Florida’s Anthony Harrell (48) during Saturday’s SEC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

two Gwinnett grads on the Alabama roster, along with Central Gwinnett grad and true freshman linebacker — fulfilled that role well when he was on the field, helping

the Tide (12-1) defensive effort that held Florida (103) to just 180 yards of total offense and one offensive

See LEE, Page 4B

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ondeck Prep Schedule

5:30 p.m. — GAC at Pace 6 p.m. — Brookwood at Archer 6 p.m. — Buford at St. Francis 6 p.m. — Central at Shiloh 6 p.m. — Dacula at South 6 p.m. — Discovery at North Hall 6 p.m. — Grayson at Berkmar 6 p.m. — Excel at Hebron 6 p.m. — Lanier at Clarke Central 6 p.m. — Mill Creek at Meadowcreek 6 p.m. — Mountain View at North 6 p.m. — Newton at Duluth 6 p.m. — Norcross at Collins Hill 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Duluth 6 p.m. — Wesleyan at KIPP

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5 p.m. — Norcross at Flowery Branch 5:30 p.m. — Gilmer Co. and North Hall at Buford 6 p.m. — GAC at Woodland (Stockbridge)

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10:55 a.m. — English Premier League: Newcastle United FC vs Liverpool FC NBCSP 4 p.m. — MLS Cup: Portland Timbers at Columbus Crew SC ESPN 8 p.m. — Women’s Friendly: United States vs Trinidad and Tobago FS1

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BASEBALL

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 770-6330948.

CHEERLEADING

Dec. 20: The Lawrenceville Youth Association Football/Cheer will hold its general membership meeting from 3 to 5 p.m. at Rhodes Jordan Community Center at 100 E. Crogan St. Elections will be held for vice president and football director.

FOOTBALL

Dec. 20: The Lawrenceville Youth Association Football/Cheer will hold its general membership meeting from 3 to 5

Coaches honor the Braves trade for best in Gwinnett Mariners’ Ramirez Cross Country The Sports Xchange

mando Jimenez, Duluth; Abby Kettle; Greater Atlanta Christian; Kelly Farrell, The Gwinnett County Grayson; Iyasu Binchamo, cross country coaches held Grayson; Amanda Jackson, their season-ending allHebron; Mark Stein, Hecounty banquet Thursday bron; Zoie Gardner, Lanier; Matthew Arrowood, Lanier; night at Meadowcreek, honoring the best from this Veronica Loredo, Meadowcreek; Samson Manmektew, past season.

Meadowcreek; Hannah The top honors went Olive, Mill Creek; Cole Hray, to girls runner of the year Creek; Alexis Carter, Camryn Petit of Mill Creek Mill Mountain View; Raine and boys runner of the Harkins, Mountain View; year Zach Israel of Brook- Maggie O’Leary, Norcross; wood. The boys coach of Jackson Reilly, Norcross; the year was Brookwood’s Lauren Friedman, North Gwinnett; Carter Holland, Ben Dehnke and the girls coach of the year was Mill North Gwinnett; Rachel Hurst, Parkview; Jeremy Creek’s Terry Brand.

Lightner, Parkview; Meghan Three new members also were inducted into the Peel, Peachtree Ridge; Gummadi, Peachtree organization’s hall of fame Teja Ridge; Sydney Hendricks, — longtime South GwinProvidence; Sammy Clough, nett and Grayson coach Providence; Christiyana Rick Wood, former Dacula Graham, South Gwinnett; runner Bobby Reyes and Tahj Copeland, South Gwinformer Collins Hill runner nett; Amaya Elliott, Shiloh; Justin Sylve, Shiloh; Kylie Amanda Winslow Rego.

The coaches’ all-county Reed, Wesleyan; Bailey Renfroe, Wesleyan team also was recognized

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p.m. at Rhodes Jordan Community Center at 100 E. Crogan St. Elections will be held for vice president and football director.

RUNNING

Jan. 30: The sixth annual Norcross Blue Devils Run will be held as a fundraiser for the high school’s cross country and track and field teams. The event begins at Pinckneyville Middle School in Peachtree Corners with the certified Peachtree Road Race qualifier 5K at 8 a.m., followed by a onemile run fun when the 5K finishes. Doors open at 7 a.m. and registration is $25 in advance or $30 on race day. For more information and a course map, go to bluedevilsrun.wix.com/ blue-devils-run. Sponsorship opportunities also are still available.

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at the event. Those awardwinners are as follows:

All-County Girls Halle Smith, Archer Maria Coughlin, Brookwood Elizabeth Saliba, Brookwood Lauren Flynt, Brookwood Daniela Rodriguez, Dacula Kenedi Rodney, Dacula Yanely Gomez, Grayson Bobbi Ayres, Grayson Camryn Petit, Mill Creek Sara Scales, Mill Creek Olivia Fuller, Mill Creek Hannah Petit, Mill Creek Alexandra Froh, Mill Creek Gabriella Gusmerotti, Norcross Kimmie Whiting, North Gwinnett Emma Egg, North Gwinnett Emma Allison, Parkview Melody Weiler, Parkview Mary Kathryn Knott, Peachtree Ridge Emily Swanigan, Providence Ellie Bradach, Wesleyan Boys Sam Costa, Mill Creek Nate Reichard, Peachtree Ridge Zach Israel, Brookwood Gruem Tesfamariam, Brookwood Noah Hollis, Mill Creek Tyler Barber, Mountain View Zunair Manzoor, Brookwood Pedro Solares, Peachtree Ridge Gavin Childers, Mill Creek James Cragin, Archer Christian Corsello, Parkview Axel Avalos, Central Gwinnett Merrick Rizzo, Collins Hill Jack Bradley, Peachtree Ridge Joseph Gunn, Grayson Ben Cook, Brookwood Chase Condra, Peachtree Ridge Patrick Smith, Brookwood Bobby Tucker, Mountain View Tyler Harkins, Mountain View Honorable mention Grace Spivey, Archer; DaMonte Ward, Archer; Lauren Kim, Berkmar; Isaac Garcia, Berkmar; Isabel Veith, Brookwood; Karsten Nebiker, Brookwood; Melissa Flores, Central Gwinnett; Oscar Reyes, Central Gwinnett; Anna Dent, Collins Hill; Kai Brickey, Collins Hill; Karly Rookis, Dacula; Alex Medley, Dacula; Jesus Cacique, Discovery; Yessenia Fuentes, Discovery; Kathy Tran, Duluth; Ar-

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WACO, Texas — Texas took advantage of 12thranked Baylor’s tailspin at quarterback and the Longhorns finished their season with a victory.

The Longhorns (5-7) built a 20-0 first-half lead, then held off a Baylor charge in the second half for a 23-17 victory on Saturday. The Bears (9-3) are out of contention for a Sugar Bowl bid.

Baylor, which rushed for 359 yards, scored 17 straight points in the second half to get back into the game. However, Texas defensive tackle Poona Ford forced and recovered a fumble by Baylor running back Johnny Jefferson late in the game.

Texas held Baylor, playing the final three quarters with a combination of wide receivers and running backs to fill in at quarterback because of injuries, to 84 passing yards.

Texas Longhorns defensive tackle Poona Ford (95) recovers a fumble by Baylor Bears running back Johnny Jefferson (5) during the second half at McLane Stadium. (Photo: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports)

liam Jackson III broke up seven passes for Houston.

The victory assures that the Cougars will be the highest-ranked school from the Group of Five conferences. Houston is guaranteed a spot in a New Year’s Six bowl game — either the Fiesta or Peach — when bowl destinations are announced on Sunday.

Kansas State 24, West Virginia 23 No. 19 Houston 24, Receiver Cody Cook No. 22 Temple 13 stepped in at quarterback Junior quarterback Greg to spark two second-half Ward Jr. rushed for 148 scoring drives before Moryards and two touchdowns gan Burns’ 97-yard kick to lead Houston over return lifted Kansas State Temple to win the Ameri- to a 24-23 comeback win can Athletic Conference over West Virginia on Satchampionship game in urday at Manhattan, Kan. Houston.

Wendell Smallwood Ward scored on runs ran for 141 yards for the of 47 and 10 yards as the Mountaineers (7-5, 4-5 Cougars (12-1) handled Big 12), who led 13-3 at the Owls to record the halftime and seemed on second 12-win season in its way to winning eight school history. Sophomore regular-season games for running back Javin Webb the first time since joining also scored a touchdown the Big 12. and senior cornerback WilBut Kansas State (6-6,

3-6) rallied behind Cook, who replaced the injured Joe Hubener by running for a 1-yard score and throwing a 77-yard touchdown to Deante Burns. The Wildcats clinched bowl eligibility with the win.

West Virginia led 23-17 early in the fourth quarter on Smallwood’s 14-yard rushing touchdown until Burns matched the Big 12 record with his fourth kickreturn score of the season.

Mountaineers quarterback Skyler Howard threw for 281 yards but was stopped on a fourth-and-1 keeper at midfield with 2:28 left.

Cook was 4 of 12 passing for 121 yards and put the game away with a 14yard, third-down completion to Burns. Kansas State’s Jordan Thompson had 127 receiving yards and Jovon Durante caught a 24-yard touchdown for Mountaineers, whose four-game win streak was snapped.

Georgia State got three touchdown passes from quarterback Nick Arbuckle and became bowl eligible with a 34-7 upset of Georgia Southern on Saturday in Statesboro.

Arbuckle completed 20 of 32 passes for 346 yards.

The senior threw touchdowns to receivers Penny Hart and Robert Davis and tight end Keith Rucker, leading the Panthers (6-6) to their fourth straight win and a shot at the fledgling program’s first bowl game.

Running back Kyler Neal scored on two touchdown runs in the fourth quarter, sealing the victory for Georgia State.

What was expected to be an offensive shootout turned into a defensive battle in the first half. Arbuckle connected with Hart on a 63-yard touchdown pass to give the Panthers a 7-0 lead in the second quarter. Georgia Southern answered with a 1-yard touchdown run by running back LA Ramsby, sending the game to halftime tied 7-7.

Hart finished with 129 yards on seven receptions.

Georgia Southern (8-4) entered the game with the No. 1 rushing attack in the nation, averaging 375.6 yards on the ground. The Eagles finished with only 135 yards rushing and saw star running back Matt Breida leave the game with a lower leg injury. Georgia State rushed for 146 yards.

Georgia State senior safety Tarris Batiste had two interceptions, highlighting an impressive defensive performance from the Panthers.

West Georgia Wolves advance to D-II semifnals with 35-6 win From Staff Reports

NCAA Super Region 2 Championship, and puts Carrollton — For the UWG in the NCAA Semisecond straight year, the finals for the second year in West Georgia Wolves are a row. UWG will play the Super Region 2 Champions winner of Emporia State after a dominating 35-6 win and Northwest Missouri over Tuskegee in the NCAA State next Saturday at a Division II Quarterfinals time and location that will at University Stadium on be announced on Sunday Saturday afternoon. afternoon.

It was a career-day for “I can’t say enough about senior quarterback Dallas the foundation that was Dickey as the Carrollton already here when I arrived,” native threw for 398 yards head coach Will Hall said. on 16 of 24 on the day “But our guys played like and three touchdowns to champions today, we were three different receivers. ‘on’ from the start and never As impressive as Dickey let up throughout the game.” was, the UWG defense was On the first possession of equally impressive, tallying the game, UWG fumbled five sacks while holding the on third down and Tuskegee Golden Tiger offense to just recovered on the UWG 33146 total yards and just 27 yard line. Tuskegee would yards rushing. then find pay dirt on a oneThe win gave West yard score by Kevin Lacey.

Georgia their second-straight UWG’s special teams guru

Marcus Sayles would block the PAT, giving the Golden Tigers a 6-0 lead.

West Georgia would then respond with a quick, fiveplay drive that was capped by a 35-yard touchdown pass from Dallas Dickey to Brandon Walton for West Georgia’s first lead of the afternoon.

Qa Walker led the Wolves in receiving with 153 yards and a touchdown. On the ground Devontae Jackson led West Georgia with 71 yards.

Defensively, the Wolves had two interceptions, one from David Singleton to go with Hutton’s pick. Hutton led with eight total tackles while Archer grad Jermaine Morris led with two sacks.

Marion Chapman, Gabe Freeman and Chris Rabb combined for the other three.

Mark Richt honored Georgia with his wins, personality The problem with the sports world today is that, with the advent of social media, everybody can be heard whether there is a brain in his or her head. Further, football is still played with a ball that takes funny bounces, and people get very emotional about the game, results and coaches.

Verne Lundquist, CBS announcer, says that “You can’t win with fans. You can pick any two teams in the league, say Alabama and Auburn.

The Auburn fans swear we are biased toward Alabama, and with Alabama fans, there is no doubt that Gary (Danielson) and I are wearing Auburn colors underneath our dress shirts.”

Driving over to Atlanta for the Tech game, I had no idea about Greg McGarity’s decision. However, I had a sense that he might call for a change, but as I always tell my friends, when there is a decision, you will know when I know. It is not important for subordinates and associates to be aware of your plans and decisions. For an athletic director to confide in staff and friends would be as foolhardy as kissing a rattlesnake. Nonetheless, you often gain a sense about things. Most of us knew that Mark Richt was swimming upstream and felt comfortable in saying that privately.

I knew that the first time I saw him after the decision, I would have a hard time not choking up, which is the way it was.

It would be the most resounding story in sports for Richt to have been a bigtime winner. Few have ever represented the University of Georgia more honorably than Mark Richt. I can remember his first weeks on the job — everything was so favorable. The atmosphere turned positive, congenial and upbeat when he arrived.

He made people feel good; he made you laugh and smile. He generously signed autographs. While waiting to do his pre-game show or during commercial breaks, he would sign autographs.

He spoke everywhere in the

Jordan-Hare Stadium went bonkers. They, for the most part, were Jewish and were just as passionate about not using the CBS network to espouse his religious views as Mark was in taking the opportunity to speak up for his beliefs when he had the Loran opportunity.

Smith When he made testimonial statements as the head state, many times for free. coach at the University of He gave of himself which Georgia, there were a lot set him apart. He supported of folks, faculty and public charities, and he gave gener- officials, who thought he ously to charity. He loved should refrain from such. I Athens, and he loved the never had a meal with him state. in which he did not say a In my case, he made me blessing. I’ve heard him pray feel part of the program. for 15 years in the locker His door was always open room, a thin line between unless he was in a meeting. generic vernacular and askHe would always return my ing for victory. Whatever call promptly. As busy as he your personal beliefs are, it most often was, he would should be pointed out here, honor the courtesy of return- that Richt’s position, when ing calls. it came to his faith, was I had a friend who had honest and consistent. I have an emotionally troubled son known a lot of coaches who who eventually took his life. have embraced religion but The distraught father asked only for show. His sincerity if I would arrange for Mark and his consistency kept me to counsel with his son over from finding fault with his the phone. Mark did. Even commitment to his beliefs. though he did not know The view of many is that the young man, Mark did God doesn’t take sides in his best to offer comforting football games. Following advice, praying with the son the Alabama game at the over the phone. He made Georgia Dome in 2012, it the call during a busy time appeared that God held his in his schedule. While it was servant in disfavor. It looked awkward, not knowing the as though He might be givfamily and having to offer ing the Bulldog head coach counsel by phone, he did the same treatment He gave his best to help. He is a very Job in the Old Testament. compassionate man.

In retrospect, if you evaluI grew up in the fundaate wins and losses in the mental environment that latter part of his career to contained all the preachhis first six or seven years, ments you have heard from something went wrong. His and about Mark Richt during laid back style, caused critics his time in Athens. I think to conclude he lacked fire in spiritual values are importhe belly. His first half dozen tant, but also feel that reliyears, I heard him time and gion should be private, but time again at the start of the Georgia coach, once a spring practice remind his Catholic, joined the mission- players that his unwavering ary Baptists whose modus goal was to win a national operandi is to spread the championship. He knew Gospel in everything you do. what it was like to claim a When he thanked Jesus on title, when he coached for network television following Bobby Bowden at Florida the winning of his first SEC State. He passionately championship at Auburn wanted to enjoy that experiin 2002, church advocates ence at Georgia.

I remember a scene in everywhere swooned and about 2004, he and I were celebrated while those in the control truck, parked by flying somewhere, just the

two of us. I was driving us through the campus to the Athens Airport. It was springtime, blooms everywhere, and students were changing classes. The smiles of coeds sparkled in the sunshine , the weather was balmy and there was electric energy permeating the scene.

I saw him in a reflective mood. He said: “To mess this thing up, we would almost have to try.”

If you pose the question of what went wrong, I hold the opinion that things changed when his defensive coordinator, Brian VanGorder left for the NFL in 2005. VanGorder, now the defensive coordinator for Notre Dame, was not only a clever coach, he demanded discipline. His way of coaching had a positive influence on the entire team, different style, but similar results of Erk Russell. You win with defense, which is why the new coach at Georgia will have something to build on.

After VanGorder’s departure, the defense failed to excel (Willie Martinez did well enough initially with Georgia winning the SEC championship in 2005), but post-VanGorder, the defense was ineffective until Jeremy Pruitt took over in 2014.

Through much of this time, the only way Georgia could win a big game was if Mike Bobo, offensive coordinator, could outscore the opposition.

The view I have come to underscore is that to be a successful head coach in these times, you have to be a “hard-ass” with today’s players. Just don’t think that is in Mark’s DNA. I remember two nights before Georgia played Florida State in the Sugar Bowl in 2002, I was a dinner guest of Vernon Brinson, a Georgia graduate who invited Bobby Bowden, then the Seminoles head coach, to join us. Bowden told me he was proud of Mark, but repeated what he told me when Richt was hired. “I was worried about whether he was tough enough.” My response was that he seemed to have “inner” toughness.

If you are the devil’s advocate, there is concern that, lately, Georgia doesn’t win big games. If your goal is to win championships, then an athletic director has to address the question: “Are we on the right path to get to the Georgia Dome?” In a stretch when Tennessee, South Carolina and Florida are off and you can’t beat Missouri to the Georgia Dome, the conclusion is that you are underachieving. Can the incumbent pull himself up by the bootstraps and turn it around? When the conclusion became negative, the athletic director, who has more than one constituency, decided to make a change.

As a Georgia graduate, I support any decision which is in the best interest of the institution. If the athletic director chooses to change, we should get behind the decision and move forward.

He doesn’t tell me what he is going to do on personnel decisions. We do have conversations, and he is always insightful and presents a carefully researched view. A change, for example, affects the lives or more than the head coach, it affects the lives of dozens of people.

Greg McGarity is not a dispassionate person.

Over the years, Georgia has been patient with football coaches. I can’t imagine a group of advocates organizing, as it appeared to be recently with LSU, to ante up to buy out a coach’s contract at Georgia. It is not the Internet junkies and those who blather away on talk shows that influence decisions. An athletic director does hear from the “quiet” supporters behind the scenes who take a pragmatic stance.

“If you want to win championships, you should consider a change.” Those supporters don’t rattle sabers, but they do have influence and their voices are heard and evaluated. That happens everywhere the game is played.

As Mark Richt moves on, I belong to the fraternity which appreciates the good and positive things associated with his stay at Georgia.

He was the greatest of ambassadors, he never embarrassed the University and he ran an honest program, as best he could. He once told me that he could not keep supporters from doing things clandestinely for kids. You work to control and eliminate that kind of activity, but common sense tells you that it is difficult to control such conduct absolutely. “There is one thing I can do,” he said.

“My coaches know that if they are involved with anything illegially, they will be dismissed immediately. That is one thing I can control.

I will give a kid a second chance but not a coach who is violating rules.” If more coaches felt that way, that would solve a lot of problems in recruiting.

Since Kid Woodruff, who coached for $1 a year, left following the 1927 season, there have been eight head coaches: Harry Mehre, Joel Hunt, Wallace Butts, Johnny Griffith, Vince Dooley, Ray Goff, Jim Donnan and Mark Richt. Only one was not fired or forced out — Dooley. If you drive race cars, you can expect to experience wrecks, and sometimes it can be bad. If you coach, you are likely to experience change.

There are a lot of people who are upset over this decision, but there are more who agree with Greg McGarity than there are detractors. I think it should be pointed out that it is not like Mark has been thrown out on his ear. He has made something in excess of $35 million dollars, he will get a nice retirement (based on his University of Georgia salary) for life, and he and Katharyn will get health and hospitalization benefits for life.

Speaking as an alumnus, I know I will miss all the good qualities of Mark Richt, but I look forward to working with the new coach. The business of college athletics is a tough business — tougher than it has ever been.

This is a fact of life.

As cynical as it may be to some, reality is that the king is dead. Long live the king.

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By Guy Curtright

league. He’s been really good for our young guys on the court and off the court.”

Williams certainly knows the ups and downs of the NBA. His chance to play for his hometown Hawks didn’t work out, a serious knee injury ending his first season and then not fitting in with coach Mike Budenholzer’s system his second.

But Williams had his best season a year ago in Toronto, averaging 15.5 points, and parlayed that into a three-year deal with the Lakers.

At the time, Williams thought that Los Angeles might have another playoff run remaining. Bryant, though, is the victim of 20 seasons of wear and tear, and the Lakers have yet to win back-to-back games, going 3-16.

Bryant may just be a shell of his former self, but he still will go down as one of the NBA’s greats.

Williams is relishing the chance to play with the league’s third all-time scorer.

“It’s definitely special.

You’re walking with history,” he said. “Five or 10

years from now, I’ll be able to tell my kids I played with someone of his caliber. He’s a champion and future Hall of Famer.”

Williams’ grandmother died recently, and the twotime Mr. Georgia Basketball wasn’t with the Lakers last weekend when Bryant announced he would be retiring at the end of the season.

Williams rejoined the team in Philadelphia for Tuesday’s game, where Bryant was honored, and then the farewell tour continued through Washington before arriving in Atlanta.

Like Williams, Bryant went directly from high school to the NBA. Philadelphia was a homecoming for Kobe, just like Atlanta is for Williams.

“It’s always special here, especially to be part of Kobe’s last go-around here and hear the outpouring of support,” Williams said. “It was great for Kobe and humbling to hear some fans still cheering for me.”

Williams hit two of his three 3-pointers while scoring 10 first-quarter points, but the Hawks led by as many as 19 in the second quarter and held

off a Lakers rally for a 100-87 victory.

Williams’ scoring is down slightly from a season ago mainly because his shooting percentage from both inside and outside the arc has declined. But he has shown is veteran craftiness to repeatedly getting to the foul line.

Williams made 16 of 19 free throws while scoring 24 points against Denver early this season and leads the Lakers in attempts.

“Sometimes you’re going to have stretches where your shots aren’t going to fall and you’ve got to find other ways to make a positive impact on the court,” he said. “Getting fouled and being able to get to the line has been one of those.”

“It’s an art form. He draws more fouls from the three-point line than I’ve ever seen (from) anybody,” Scott said. “He doesn’t necessarily have to shoot 45, 50 percent for him to be effective … If he’s not shooting well, he can still get numbers up for you (at the line).”

That’s part of be being a wily NBA veteran. It just doesn’t seem that Williams should already be to that point.

the ball for more than 43 minutes, got a 30-yard field 7-2 lead early in the second goal by Griffin and then a quarter on the longest punt 32-yard touchdown pass return in SEC championship from Coker to ArDarius history.

Stewart that capped an 80J.K. Scott’s booming yard drive. kick traveled 59 yards, but Coker, who completed 18 Antonio Callaway caught it of 26 passes for 204 yards, on the move and sped up the connected with Richard middle 85 yards untouched Mullaney from 9 yards out through the Alabama coverearly in the fourth quarter to age team. pad the lead.

From there, it was all Florida made the score Alabama. look a little more respect“They took our offense able on a 49-yard touchout of it,” said Florida coach down pass from Treon Jim McElwain, whose team Harris to C.J. Worton with had 15 yards rushing and five minutes remaining. was 0-for-11 on third down.

Harris was sacked five The Crimson Tide’s times and completed only 9 offense started slowly, of 24 passes, with an interbut Adam Griffin kicked ception. a 28-yard field goal and “I don’t think there were Henry bulled in from the Alabama’s Derrick Henry (2) fights for yards before being brought down by the Florida a lot of people around the 2-yard line after a 55-yard defense during Saturday’s SEC Championship game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. country that thought we pass from Coker to Calvin would be playing in this (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman) Ridley for a 12-7 halftime football game,” said McElthe back of the end zone for with D.J. Pettway getting lead. mage on 10 second-quarter wain, who was hired from Alabama’s only points a safety. a hand on Austin Hardin’s plays and got off only five Colorado State after the until then had come on The Crimson Tide also kick. plays in the third quarter as Gators won just 11 games in a blocked punt by Keith blocked a 40-yard field goal Florida gained just a Alabama took charge.

Will Muschamps’ final two Holcombe that went out of attempt in the first quarter, single net yard from scrimAlabama, which had seasons. “We’re a program

on the rise. … These guys built a great foundation for the future.”

Notes: The last school to win consecutive SEC titles was Tennessee, in 1997 and 1998. … Henry is the first player to have back-to-back 100-yard rushing games in the SEC championship.

He had 148 yards last year against Missouri. … A team from the SEC East hasn’t won the title since 2008, when Florida defeated Alabama behind Tim Tebow. … Alabama and Florida have met eight times in the 24-year history of the SEC title game, each winning four times. … McElwain, a former Alabama assistant, was the third coach to make the championship game in his first year, joining Les Miles of LSU in 2005 and Gus Malzahn of Auburn in 2013. … The Gators were the biggest underdogs in the SEC title game since Florida was favored by 24 over Arkansas in 1995. The Gators won that game 34-3.

Staff Correspondent

ATLANTA — Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour is yet another example that time stands still for no one in the NBA. In fact, just how fast it passes is shown by one of his Los Angeles Lakers teammates.

It doesn’t seem that long ago to many that Lou Williams was making the jump from South Gwinnett High School to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Now Williams is with his fourth team and a mentor rather than a protégé.

Yes, time does go fast.

“I’m not used to being one of the older guys on a team, so that’s been an adjustment,” said Williams, who turned 29 in October and is already in his 10th season.

The Lakers are in a painful transition, with Bryant on the way out and a bevy of young players trying to find their way.

Williams — the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year last season with Toronto — was given a three-year $21-million contract by the Lakers as a free agent to help bridge the gap.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Lou Williams (23) drives to the basket against Detroit Pistons guard Spencer Dinwiddie (8) during the first quarter at Staples Center. (Photo: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports)

The former high school national player of the year hasn’t taken seriously just his contributions on the court, where he is averaging 12.4 points off the bench after scoring a teambest 18 points in Friday night’s loss to the Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena.

With Bryant now strictly a small forward, rookie D’Angelo Russell and second-year player Jordan Clarkson are the Lakers’ backcourt starters.

“We have a 19-year-old point guard, a 20-year-old guard,” Williams said. “We have so many young guys.

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By contrast, Saturday’s game wasn’t exactly what Archer grad and current Florida lineman Antonio Riles was hoping for.

Aside from the outcome of the game, the 6-foot4, 322-pound redshirt sophomore remained on the sidelines, though just the experience of being a part of the Gators’ first trip to the SEC’s ultimate game since 2009 was one he’ll never forget.

“It was fun to see those guys come out and play,” Riles said. “It’s what we’ve been working for for a while. The guys came out and played really hard, so it was exciting.”

Perhaps one reason Riles had a hard time getting on the field Saturday was the changing nature for Florida this season.

After starting the first six games of the season at guard, numerous injuries along the Gators’ defensive line, plus the development of true freshman Martez Ivey at offensive guard forced coach Jim McElwain and the Florida defensive staff to ask him to move back to the defensive line, where he was initially recruited to play out of Archer.

It’s been quite an adjustment for Riles to make, though he said he welcomed the change as a chance to

them.”

Coach Byron Scott has been pleasantly surprised with the way Williams has taken to mentoring Russell and Clarkson.

“The one thing we didn’t know we were getting with Lou is he had that natural instinct,” Scott said.

“Watching him interact with some of our young guys has been great.

“He is a guy who is straightforward with them because he came into this league a long time ago and he was with Allen Iverson and he’s been with some other guys. He has a pretty good idea what it takes to be successful in this

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Florida’s Antonio Riles, Jr., an Archer grad, walks the field during warmups prior to Saturday’s SEC Championship game against Alabama. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

contribute to the Gators’ cause.

“Of course it’s been crazy for me,” Riles said. “But you know, at the end of the day, I’m trying to do what’s best for the team and what’s best for me. That’s what’s best for the team. So, that’s all I’m worried about.”

With the title game now behind them, both ex-Gwinnett stars have plenty to look forward to from here on out.

For Riles, the immediate future has to do with whatever bowl game Florida gets assigned to play in.

But with two more seasons of eligibility, he also has his eyes on making sure Saturday wasn’t the Gators’ last trip home to the Georgia Dome for the title game in his career, and that the results will be better for him and his teammates when the next opportunity arises.

“This is the standard here (at Florida),” Riles said of

the title game appearance.

“So, we have to keep it that way and play that way.”

For Lee and Alabama, there are bigger and more immediate goals on the horizon.

Like his teammates, Lee is looking forward to another chance to play in the College Football Playoff, which seems certain to come when the bids are announced this evening.

More importantly, he said the Tide are determined to make sure this opportunity is more fruitful than last year, when they were upset by eventual national champion Ohio State in the national semifinal.

“It feels great,” Lee said of his second playoff opportunity in as many seasons amid Alabama’s on-field celebration Saturday. “We really want to change what people think about this team and get it right this time.”

quarter to complete the Buford comeback.

“I’m really proud of these guys for fighting through adversity,” Mangram said. “Our seniors really stepped and stayed composed. Everybody was ready to fight for 48 minutes and that’s what we did.”

As a result, the Wolves will have a chance at their fourth straight state title, a feat Buford accomplished once already from 2007-10.

Despite thier numerous state finals appearances and titles, they are hardly blase about another one.

“It never gets old, and we look forward to playing next weekend in the Dome,” Simpson said.

Buford will be Gwinnett’s sole flag bearer next weekend at the Georgia Dome after the county’s other three teams were frustrated in varying ways in their respective semifinals games Friday.

For No. 5 Mill Creek (13-1), its AAAAAA semifinal game against top-ranked Colquitt County (14-0) turned early in the fourth quarter.

The Hawks had pulled to within four points and had forced the visiting Packers to punt, but a controversial roughing the punter penalty extended the drive.

Colquitt took advantage

Buford

Mill Creek’s Cameron Turley (16) stiff arms Colquitt County’s Luis Martinez (41) during the second half of Friday’s Class AAAAAA semifinal game at Mill Creek High School in Hoschton. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

with a 73-yard scoring strike from Chase Parrish to Kiel Pollard, which not only gave the Packers breathing room, but ignited a run of 17 unanswered points in the final 9:29 to doom Mill Creek to a 52-31 loss.

GAC’s frustration stemmed from mistakes at the worst possible times, with five turnovers leading to 24 points, and No. 8 Pace Academy converting on 12 of 16 thirddown situations to roll to a 45-20 win over the second-ranked Spartans (12-2) in a AA semifinal at Spartan Stadium.

“Effort wasn’t the issue,” Spartans coach Tim Hardy said. “Execution was the issue. Our guys played hard … and I’m really proud of that. …

I’m tremendously proud of our young men. I’m

proud of our team, proud of our program, our coaches and who they are and what we’re all about.”

Perhaps the cruelest blow was dealt to secondranked Grayson (13-1) in its AAAAAA semifinal against No. 3 Roswell (14-0).

The Rams appeared to be in position to get back to the Dome for the first time since winning the 2011 state title after Will VanPamelen’s 19-yard field goal with 41 seconds left.

But Quintarius Neely’s 35-yard TD heave to A.J. Smith with 10 seconds left gave the Hornets a stunning 30-26 victory at Grayson Community Stadium.

— Staff Correspondent Steve Argo contributed to this report

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Buccaneers-Falcons rematch an elimination game The Sports Xchange The rematch in the series with the Tampa Bay Bucs and Atlanta Falcons Sunday at Raymond James Stadium represents and elimination game for both teams.

The Bucs (5-6) took a step back in their 25-12 loss at Indianapolis while the Falcons (6-5) are reeling, having lost four games in a row and five of their past six games behind turnoverprone quarterback Matt Ryan.

Both teams are barely hanging in the race for the final NFC wildcard. The Bucs already have a game at hand against the Falcons and would own the tiebreaker head to head with a win Sunday.

“It’s a big football game for us,” Bucs coach Lovie Smith said. ‘We have an opportunity with the second go-round in the division.

We played each other before, we know each other better. It was a tough game last time, of course we are expecting the same type of game, one that we both need. We need it. We feel

ally amazed me about how fast he can pick things up.

It’s not just lip service when What: Atlanta Falcons he gets up there and talks at Tampa Bay Buccaabout learning and getting neers When: Today, 1 p.m. better. He is really into it Where: Raymondand he’s a fast learner.”

James Stadium The urgency is not lost TV: FOX on the Falcons, who had a players’ only meeting Tuesday. they’ve been productive “No doubt we’ve had a running and throwing the tough stretch, dark place, football. Rookie QB Jameis and for us it’s really about Winston improved since the the ball,” said Falcons coach Dan Quinn. “That’s Atlanta Falcons defensive end Jonathan Babineaux (95) first time the teams met in when we’re at our best, is shown on the bench in the fourth quarter last Sunday. Sept.

Bucs offensive coordina- when we’re ball-hawking (Photo: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports) tor Dirk Koetter says he’s defensively and getting it like we need it more than fumble recovery and inter- been impressed by Winback and then owning it they do. That’s a big deal ception. ston’s rapid improvement. on offense. The times that for us.”

“I think we were plus“Jimbo Fisher told me we’ve done that, we’ve The Bucs needed overfour. It would be a shame is you’ll be amazed by this played well, and the times time to beat the Falcons to lose a game when you guy and I’m kind of think- that we haven’t done that, 23-20 in their first meetare plus-four,” Smith said. ing to myself, ‘Yeah, yeah, it’s been hard on us. ing at the Georgia Dome “Yards mean quite a bit, yeah, I heard this before,” “So the mindset for the earlier this season. Tampa but the important things are Koetter said referring to team, it’s a really tight Bay allowed more than scores, amount of takesomething the Florida State group and they’re anxious 500 yards in that game, but aways you have and we did coach said. to get back out and play as they finished a plus-four in the things well that really “Jameis is unbelievable you’d imagine a competitor turnovers. Rookie lineback- allows you to win football how quick he can look at would. The first game, we er Kwon Alexander, who games that last game. We a game plan, take it out on knew playing Tampa was was playing with a heavy need to do it again this the field and just in a walk- going to be a good battle, heart after his teenage week.” through - it really is impres- tough down to the end, and, brother was murdered two The Bucs were just a sive. That’s one thing that of course, not only down days earlier, took over the little off on offense last has amazed me and I’m not into the end, (but) into game with a forced fumble, week against the Colts, but easily amazed. That has re- overtime. So we’re kind of

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expecting that same kind of fight, same kind of battle.

Two teams that will be absolutely going for it. So we’re jacked to play and I know they are, too.”

Falcons activate Hester, place Hankerson on IR The Atlanta Falcons activated wide receiver/return specialist Devin Hester from injured reserve Friday and placed wide receiver Leonard Hankerson on season-ending IR. Hester missed the first 11 games after tearing two ligaments in his right big toe during the preseason.

Hankerson had been battling a hamstring strain and aggravated it against the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 22. He missed three games because of the injury.

Falcons running back Devonta Freeman has fully recovered from a concussion and will be back on the field at Tampa Bay. Freeman suffered his concussion against the Colts. He missed the rest of that game and sat out last Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

Carolina can clinch the NFC South with win at New Orleans themselves tied with Washington atop the less-thanimpressive NFC East, the Jets are in the thick of the wild-card logjam following a 38-20 victory over AFC East foe Miami last week.

ing Houston Texans today with “no room for error,” The Carolina Panthers according to Ryan. return to the site where Ryan told reporters this their regular-season winweek that he still feels the ning streak began nearly a Bills can play with anyyear ago when they travel one and their best game Cardinals at Rams to New Orleans to face the is ahead of them. Time, Today, 1 p.m. struggling Saints today.

Jaguars at Titans Impressive victories over however, is running out The Panthers can clinch the Today, 1 p.m. for Buffalo, which may Arizona and Seattle were NFC South title and remain Marcus Mariota and part of a 4-3 start for the St. be further short-handed the NFL’s only undefeated the Tennessee Titans look Louis Rams, who then fell against the Texans, as team with a 16th consecu- to rebound from another off with a four-game losing defensive end Mario Wiltive regular-season victory. difficult loss and win for liams remains questionable streak. The Cardinals will The streak began with a the first time at home when try to gain some revenge with a foot injury and Kyle 41-10 rout of New Orthey face the division-rival for that Week 4 loss and Williams was placed on leans on Dec. 7, 2014, and Jacksonville Jaguars today. solidify their position in injured reserve on Tuesday. the Panthers won their The Jaguars edged the Tithe NFC postseason picture final four games to sneak tans 19-13 just two weeks Ravens at Dolphins when they visit the Rams into the playoffs. Their ago.

Today, 1 p.m. today. franchise-record 11-0 run Tennessee is 0-6 at After keeping their St. Louis made the to start this season included home on the season and flickering postseason hopes switch to Case Keenum at a closer call against the has lost 11 straight at the alive with a last-second quarterback in an effort to Saints ­— a 27-22 home not-so-friendly confines victory, the visiting Baltiboost the offense, but he victory in Week 3 in which in Nashville. The Titans’ went down with a concus- more Ravens look to post New Orleans was without last home win was a 16-13 sion in his first start at their third straight win at quarterback Drew Brees. decision over the Jaguars the expense of the flounderBaltimore on Nov. 22 and The Panthers eked out in Week 6 of last season. ing Miami Dolphins today. still is in the concussion several close wins early but Jacksonville is coming off Safety Will Hill scamprotocol. have won their last three a 31-25 home loss against pered 64 yards to return “He’s feeling better, games by an average of the San Diego Chargers, a a blocked field goal for a feeling good, but he’s not 21.3 points - including a setback that dropped them completely cleared,” Rams touchdown as time expired 33-14 triumph at Dallas on two games back of AFC in Baltimore’s 33-27 tricoach Jeff Fisher told reThanksgiving. The Saints South Division co-leaders umph over AFC North-rival porters. “We’re just evaluhave lost three straight Indianapolis and Houston. ating him. All the tests with Cleveland on Monday. following a three-game Defense continues to be “December football is the neurologists, things are winning streak and are the downfall of the Jaguars, OK, but it’s just about him when football matters, and coming off a 24-6 defeat at who rank 29th in the league feeling 100 percent.” we’re relevant in DecemHouston. in scoring, allowing 27.2 ber,” said Ravens coach points a game.

John Harbaugh, who owns Bengals at Browns Jets at Giants a perfect 5-0 record versus Today, 1 p.m.

Today, 1 p.m.

Seahawks at Vikings the Dolphins. “That’s what The Cincinnati Bengals The New York Giants Today, 1 p.m. we needed to be.” have their eyes focused have enjoyed bragging The Minnesota Vikings on clinching their fifth rights in the Metropolitan have taken advantage of 49ers at Bears consecutive postseason area for quite some time, the Green Bay Packers’ Today, 1 p.m. berth while the Cleveland with two Super Bowl titles struggles to jump on top The San Francisco Browns are finding new in a recent five-year span of the NFC North while 49ers’ offense hasn’t and creative ways to lose settling any would-be the Seattle Seahawks are produced enough to earn games. The AFC Northdispute. With little to crow sneaking into the wild-card leading Bengals would love victories anywhere lately, about after dropping two race. Both teams will be nothing more than to add to as the team is 1-4 in a straight games, the Gitrying to hold on to those their Buckeye State rival’s stretch during which they ants look to regain their precarious positions when have scored 17 points or misery today by completswagger this afternoon the Seahawks visit the fewer in each contest. San ing a season sweep and when they “host” the rival Vikings today.

Francisco has to like its handing the host Browns New York Jets at MetLife The Vikings are one-half their seventh straight chances to pick up a road Stadium. game ahead of the Packers setback. victory against Chicago, “This is the next game in the North but lost the which dropped to 1-4 at and an important one, not first head-to-head meeting Soldier Field with Week Texans at Bills just because it’s Giants and has a brutal closing 11’s 17-15 loss to Denver.

Today, 1 p.m. versus Jets and both teams stretch that includes trips The Bears also have had With his team’s playoff share a stadium in the same to Arizona and Green Bay hopes on life support, Rex trouble scoring recently, city and everything,” Eli on top of visits from the Ryan still believes that the recording 15 and 17 points Manning told reporters.

Seahawks, Chicago and in their last two games, but Buffalo Bills are capable of running the table to earn are coming off a four-point “But it’s important because New York Giants. a postseason berth. The of what it means for our “We’re kind of just trywin at Green Bay that put Bills, battered and bruised them in position to get to playoff hunt.” ing to get one week at a While the Giants find time and worry about that,” on defense, host the surg.500 for the first time since The Sports Xchange

Minnesota coach Mike Zimmer told reporters. “I haven’t really reflected on (our record) too much, to be honest with you.”

attempt to keep a more impressive string alive when they host the sliding Philadelphia Eagles today.

Broncos at Chargers The Patriots’ bid for a perToday, 4:05 p.m. fect season was derailed Brock Osweiler has in an overtime defeat at stepped in for an ineffective and injured future Hall Denver last week, but they have gone 56 consecuof Fame quarterback and has righted the ship for the tive regular-season games Denver Broncos. Osweiler without suffering back-toback defeats. will look to lead the AFC New England absorbed West-leading Broncos to a double whammy against their third straight victory when they visit the division the Broncos, not only squandering a 14-point cellar-dwelling San Diego lead in the fourth quarter Chargers today. but losing star tight end While Denver failed Rob Gronkowski to a to commit to Osweiler sprained right knee. It was beyond this week’s game, the latest blow to a receivthe fourth-year quartering corps that lost Julian back made a statement by Edelman to a broken throwing for 270 yards foot in Week 10, leaving and a touchdown in a 30Brady without his top two 24 overtime victory over targets. previously unbeaten New The Eagles have England last week. Peyton dropped three in a row, inManning (foot) may have let the cat out of the bag on cluding lopsided beatings at the hands of Tampa Bay Wednesday by telling the and Detroit, but remain in Associated Press that he the hunt in the wateredisn’t close to returning to down NFC East. game action. they were 3-3 on Oct. 12, 2014.

Chiefs at Raiders Today, 4;05 p.m.

The Kansas City Chiefs attempt to continue their unlikely surge toward a playoff berth when they visit the AFC West-rival Oakland Raiders today.

After losing five of its first six contests this season, Kansas City has gone on a winning streak that reached five games with a 30-22 triumph over Buffalo in Week 12.

The Chiefs, who are among a group of five AFC teams at 6-5, also posted five straight wins last season before having the run snapped with a loss at Oakland that began a slump that cost them a postseason appearance.

The surprising Raiders remained in the playoff hunt with a 24-21 victory at Tennessee last week.

Eagles at Patriots Today, 4;25 p.m.

After seeing one streak come to an end, the New England Patriots will

Colts at Steelers Today, 8:30 p.m.

Matt Hasselbeck faces a tough challenge in trying to remain unbeaten as a starter when he leads the resurgent Indianapolis Colts into a prime-time matchup at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night. The Colts have won three in a row following a three-game skid to move into a tie with the Houston Texans atop the AFC South.

The 40-year-old Hasselbeck has been a savior while subbing for an injured Andrew Luck, improving to 4-0 after guiding Indianapolis to a 25-12 win over Tampa Bay last week.

The Steelers got a scare of their own at quarterback when Ben Roethlisberger was knocked out of last weekend’s loss at Seattle with a concussion, but he received medical clearance this week. Pittsburgh is among four AFC teams tied with 6-5 records battling for the final two postseason slots.

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Aifuwa hits milestone as Dacula wins in double OT From Staff Reports DACULA — Dacula’s Faustine Aifuwa scored her 1000th career point and the Falcons defeated Mill Creek 64-59 in double overtime on Saturday.

Aifuwa scored 21 points, pulled down 24 rebounds and blocked nine shots to just fall short of a triple double.

Jonnae Johnson led Dacula (3-1) with 27 points and also contributed seven rebounds and two steals.

Kandi Brown chipped in with five points and eight rebounds for the Falcons.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Mays 70, Norcross 67 (OT) ATLANTA — The Norcross girls fell in overtime to Mays on Saturday 70-67. Vash Perry led the Blue Devils (5-2) with 24 points, while Taylor Mason had 17.

Grayson 57, Centennial 44 ROSWELL — The Grayson

girls defeated Centennial 57-44 on Saturday. Destiny Newkirk led the way with 21 points for the Rams (5-1). Essence Jordan and Imani Connor each added 10 points and Jessica Ewing had eight points and 15 rebounds.

South Gwinnett 54, North Gwinnett 35 SUWANEE — South Gwinnett defeated North Gwinnett 54-35 in a non-region matchup on Saturday. Xian Lopez led South with 22 points while North was led by Jessica Belcher’s 18.

Brookwood 45, Berkmar 38 SNELLVILLE — Brookwood defeated Berkmar 45-38 in a Region 8-AAAAAA contest on Saturday. N’dea Jones led the Broncos (5-1,2-1) with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Jazmin Robinson added 11 points for Brookwood.

Morgan County 53, Buford 46 MADISON –— Buford fell behind early and could not finish the comeback while falling 53-46 to Morgan County on Saturday.

The Wolves (3-1) trailed 17-8 after the first quarter and despite holding Morgan County without a field goal in the third quarter, could get no closer than two

points of the hosts.

Tory Ozment led Buford with 10 points and Chandler Hall added eight in the loss.

Providence 43, Hebron 36 LAWRENCEVILLE — Providence Christian defeated Hebron Christain girls 43-36 in its Region 8-A opener on Saturday.

Allison Brooks led the Storm (3-3, 1-0) with 16 points. Athena Franklin led the Lions (1-4,0-1) with 11 points.

BOYS BASKETBALL Discovery 74, Clarke-Central 62 LAWRENCEVILLE — The Disovery Titans defeated ClarkeCentral 74-62 for its first Region 8-AAAAA win on Saturday.

D.J. Young led the Titans (6-3, 1-1) with 26 points. Andrew Moore scored 10 and Curits Newman and JeVonte Gordon each had nine.

North Gwinnett 91, South Gwinnett 60 SUWANEE — North Gwinnett defeated South Gwinnett 91-60 on Saturday giving first year Bulldogs coach Matt Garner his first coaching victory. Colby Leifson led all scorers with 34 points in a game where he set the school

record by going 10-for-11 on his 3-point shots. In the game, North (1-4) shot 80 percent from three point land.

Ethan Smith added 18 points and Karston Miller chipped in 14 for the Bulldogs.

Brookwood 84, Berkmar 69 SNELLVILLE — Brookwood defeated Berkmar 84-69 in a Region 8-AAAAAA matchup on Saturday. Donal Parham led the Broncos (4-2,2-1) with 26 points.

Markus Smith added 16 points while Trae Higginbotham and Micah Kinsey each chipped in with 11.

Dacula 72, Mill Creek 51 DACULA — Dacula’s Derek St. Hilaire scored 23 points to help the Falcons to a 72-51 win over Mill Creek on Saturday. Kevon Tucker had 18 points and 11 rebounds while Demari Edwards chipped in with nine points and seven rebounds for Dacula (4-0).

Peachtree Ridge 74, Kell 70 MARIETTA — The Peachtree Ridge boys defeated Kell 74-70 on Saturday in the Nike Explosion at Wheeler High School. Milz Tatum had a team-high 16 points for the Lions (3-2). Kristian Collins had 15, Markell McCollum had 13 and Connor Heyward had 12.

Shiloh 82, Leesburg (Fla.) 49 MONTVERDE, Fla. — The Shiloh boys basketball team defeated Leesburg during Saturday’s final day of the Montverde Invitational 82-49.

The Generals (4-2) were led by 14 points from Greg James.

Josh Okogie added 13 points, T.J. Massenburg scored 11 points and Malik Chandler had eight.

Grayson 58, Centennial 52 ROSWELL — Grayson remained undefeated after a hard fought 58-52 win over Centennial on Saturday. Austin Dukes led the Rams (5-0) with 23 points and five assists. Trey Sconiers had 17 points and eight rebounds while Kenyon Jackson added 10 points, seven rebounds and six blocks for Grayson.

Wesleyan 68, Riverside Millitary 50 PEACHTREE CORNERS — The Wesleyan boys defeated Riverside Millitary Academy 68-50 on Saturday at the Wesleyan school. Jack Greer led the way with 14 points for the Wolves (2-2). Christian McLean had 13 points, Jason Morrison had 11 and Grant Freking had 10.

Hebron Christian 47, Providence Christian 31 LILBURN — Hebron Christian opened its Region 8-A schedule with a 47-31 win over Providence Christian on Saturday.

Kobe Wharton and John Stewart led the Lions (4-2,1-0) with 12 points while teammate Luke Crawford added 11.

Bobby Rodgers was the high scorer for Providence Christian with 11.

WRESTLING Mountain View wins duals LAWRENCEVILLE — Mountain View won the 5th Annual Mtn View Duals 10 team tournament for the 2nd year in a row on Saturday. In the finals, Mountain View defeated Marist by a score of 70-4. In its other matches, the Bears defeated Forsyth Central 63-6, Whitewater 52-15, Forest Park 76-0 and Druid Hills 75-0.

Mountain View is now 12-0 on the season. Going undefeated (5-0)on the day: Carlos Gonzalez (106), Drew Risley (113), Drew Knutson (126), Chase Standridge (132), Alonso Reyes (138), Leon Jarda (145), Sam Ezzell (152), Marquel Broughton (160), Austin Brown (195), Ryan Grizzard (220).

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No. 4 Kansas 75, Harvard 69 Gabe Marks scored Frank Mason scored 21 18 points to lead No. 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting Arizona to a 68-63 noncon- from the field and Kansas ference victory over No. survived a second-half scare 13 Gonzaga on Saturday in from Harvard in Lawrence, Spokane, Wash.

Kan. Marks helped Arizona Harvard, which trailed erase a 38-28 halftime defi- by as many as 16 in the cit by sinking his first four first half, rallied to make it 3-point shots of the game, a game late. Weisner Perez all after halftime. tied it 56-56 on two free Kyle Wiltjer led Gonthrows with 7:35 left before zaga with 33 points and Kansas used a run to build Domantas Sabonis added a lead.

18 points and 16 rebounds.

Wiltjer, who had nine No. 7 Duke 82, rebounds, combined with Buffalo 59 Sabonis to score Gonzaga’s Brandon Ingram scored first 26 points.

23 points and Grayson Allen had 22 as Duke withstood No. 3 Michigan State 76, some early shooting woes to Binghamton 33 defeat Buffalo in Durham, Denzel Valentine conN.C. tinued his torrid start with Forward Amile Jefferson’s 13 points, 12 rebounds and 13 points also helped Duke, four assists and Michigan which won its sixth game State put itself in position in a row. Ingram and Allen to take over the No. 1 rank- combined for all of Duke’s ing by clobbering Bingfirst 15 points. Ingram, a hamton in East Lansing, freshman, also had four Mich. blocked shots as he followed Bryn Forbes scored 14 up his breakout game against points, Eron Harris conIndiana from three days tributed 11 points and five earlier. assists and Marvin Clark Jr. added nine points and six No. 10 Virginia 67, rebounds for the Spartans.

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the intermission with a 39-38 lead.

NEW ORLEANS In the second half, — Forward Charles Georgia Tech’s experiMitchell recorded his ence was the difference eighth double-double against a Tulane roster of the season with 14 with six freshmen and points and 14 rebounds two sophomores. as Georgia Tech deWith 12 minutes left feated Tulane, 76-68, on in the game, the Yellow Saturday at the Avron Jackets grabbed their B. Fogelman Arena in first double-digit lead of Devlin Fieldhouse in the game, 53-43.

New Orleans.

Despite a few miniThe 6-8 Mitchell runs by Tulane, includbecame the first player ing one that pulled the in ACC history to start Green Wave to within a season with eight 67-64 with three minstraight double-doubles utes left, the Yellow despite missing two Jackets never relingood portions of the quished the lead. first half because he Guard Georges-Hunt took a shot to his eye had 19 points for Georthat needed medical at- gia Tech, forward Nick tention and because he Jacobs added 15 points picked up two fouls. and guard Adam Smith Georgia Tech (6had 13 points.

2) took a 23-15 lead Senior guard Louis midway through the first Dabney scored 15 half, but Tulane (5-4) points and guard Malik answered with an 8-0 Morgan added 14 for run to tie the game at Tulane, while forward 23-23. It was tight the Dylan Ostekowki rest of the half and the chipped in seven points Yellow Jackets went to and 11 rebounds.

Virginia used a balanced attack and solid bench production to grind out a victory over William & Mary in Charlottesville, Va. Malcolm Brogdon and Anthony Gill each finished with 16 points for the Cavaliers, who won their sixth straight game. Darius Thompson added 12.

Daniel Dixon led William & Mary with 15 points and Omar Prewitt added 14 points for the Tribe, who could not overcome 19 turnovers.

No. 11 Purdue 70, New Mexico 58 Purdue 7-footers Isaac Haas and A.J, Hammons combined for 37 points and 17 rebounds as the Boilermakers defeated New Mexico in West Lafayette, Ind. Haas, who finished with 21 points, and Hammons, who added 16, combined for 23 of Purdue’s 39 secondhalf points. Hammons added 11 rebounds and Haas had six.

Georgetown 79, No. 14 Syracuse 72 Bradley Hayes scored a career-high 21 points and

Isaac Copeland had 14 as Georgetown defeated Syracuse in Washington, D.C. Marcus Derrickson had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoyas, who led nearly from start to finish and by double figures for most of the game. Their 36-24 halftime lead ballooned to 21 at 47-26 early in the second half. Georgetown has won five of seven in the series and three straight games this season after a 1-3 start.

Michael Gbinije scored 23 points for the Orange, who lost to Wisconsin this week.

No. 20 West Virginia 87, Kennesaw State 54 Devin Williams scored 26 points in 24 minutes and West Virginia forced 31 turnovers while shredding Kennesaw State in Morgantown, W.Va. Jonathan Holton added 17 points and nine rebounds for the Mountaineers, who built a double-digit lead in the first seven minutes and led 41-24 at half in a runaway.

Though West Virginia made only 15 of 29 free throws, it mattered little against the Owls, picked to finish last in the Atlantic Sun.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto...................... 12......8.......600........ — Boston........................11......8.......579......... .5 New York................... 10....10.......500.......... 2 Brooklyn...................... 5....14.......263....... 6.5 Philadelphia................ 1... 20.......048......11.5 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Miami.........................11......6.......647........ — Atlanta....................... 13......9.......591......... .5 Orlando......................11......8.......579.......... 1 Charlotte.................... 10......8.......556........1.5 Washington................. 8......9.......471.......... 3 Central Division

W L Pct GB Chicago......................11......5.......688........ — Cleveland.................. 13......6.......684...... -1.5 Indiana...................... 12......6.......667........ — Detroit.........................11......9.......550.......... 2 Milwaukee................... 7....13.......350.......... 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio.............. 16......4.......800........ — Memphis....................11......9.......550.......... 5 Dallas.........................11......9.......550.......... 5 Houston....................... 9....11.......450.......... 7 New Orleans............... 5....15.......250.........11 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City...........11......8.......579........ — Utah............................. 8......9.......471.......... 2 Minnesota................... 8....10.......444....... 2.5 Portland....................... 8....12.......400....... 3.5 Denver......................... 8....13.......381.......... 4 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State............. 20......0....1.000........ — L.A. Clippers............. 10......9.......526....... 9.5 Phoenix....................... 8....12.......400........ 12 Sacramento................ 7....13.......350........ 13 L.A. Lakers.................. 3....16.......158..... 16.5 Friday’s Games New York 108, Brooklyn 91 Washington 109, Phoenix 106 Detroit 102, Milwaukee 95 Atlanta 100, L.A. Lakers 87 Houston 100, Dallas 96 New Orleans 114, Cleveland 108, OT Saturday’s Games Denver 108, Philadelphia 105 Golden State at Toronto, late Cleveland at Miami, late Charlotte at Chicago, late Sacramento at Houston, late Portland at Minnesota, late New York at Milwaukee, late Boston at San Antonio, late

Indiana at Utah, late Orlando at L.A. Clippers, late Today’s Games Phoenix at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.

Golden State at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at New York, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Portland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Boston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s College Basketball Scores EAST Albany 88, Holy Cross 84, OT Brown 76, Bryant 68 Charleston Southern 68, Liberty 61 Cornell 85, Lafayette 67 Dartmouth 74, Hartford 65 Drexel 66, La Salle 53 Fordham 86, Central Conn. St. 54 George Mason 63, Pennsylvania 44 Georgetown 79, Syracuse 72 Hampton 74, Coppin St. 71, OT Lehigh 84, Rochester College 50 MD Baltimore Cty 70, Longwood 59 Mississippi 74, Massachusetts 64 Mount St. Mary’s 85, Loyola-Maryland 68 New Jersey Tech 90, Massachusetts Lowell 77 Oakland 92, Robert Morris 74 Penn St. 81, Eastern Michigan 70 Richmond 82, Northern Iowa 67 Seton Hall 84, Rutgers 55 St. Bonaventure 81, Ohio 68 Stony Brook 91, Princeton 77 Towson 83, Sacred Heart 61 Virginia 67, William & Mary 52 Virginia Tech 80, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 45 West Virginia 87, Kennesaw St. 54 Yale 72, Vermont 54 Providence at Rhode Island, late Quinnipiac at Canisius, late SOUTH Austin Peay 80, Troy 71 Charleston 82, The Citadel 74 Duke 82, Buffalo 59 Eastern Kentucky 74, Savannah State 71 Georgia Tech 76, Tulane 68 Mercer 68, Alcorn St. 43 Miami-Florida 88, Charlotte 60 Middle Tennessee St. 68, South Alabama 55 N.C. Asheville 103, Johnson & Wales (NC) 36 N.C. State 99, Bucknell 86 Nicholls State 89, Loyola (LA) 74 No.Carolina A&T 66, Howard 63 North Carolina Central 70, Maryland - E.

Golf Australian PGA Championship Scores Saturday Gold Coast, Australia Purse: $1,279,836 r - RACV Royal Pines Resort (par 72, 7364 yards) Third Round Dylan Frittelli, S. Africa 70-72-71 — 213 Zander Lombard, U.S. 67-75-71 — 213 Harold Varner III, U.S. 74-73-66 — 213 Nathan Holman, Australia 77-68-70 — 215 David Lingmerth, Sweden 73-68-75 — 216 Matthew Millar, Australia 72-70-74 — 216 Richard Green, Australia 73-74-70 — 217

Daniel Nisbet, Australia Dimitrios Papadatos, Australia Cameron Smith, Australia Jack Wilson, U.S. Michael Wright, Australia Rory Bourke, Australia Todd Sinnott, Australia Nino Bertasio, Italy Anthony Brown, Australia Nick Cullen, Australia Mark Foster, England Matthew Griffin, Australia Pablo Martin-Benavides, Spain Josh Geary, New Zealand Ashley Hall, Australia Tom Lewis, England

Shore 59 South Carolina 81, South Florida 63 Southern Methodist 98, New Hampshire 44 Stephen F. Austin 66, Texas Southern 62 Tennessee St. 74, Stetson 54 Tennessee Tech 81, Lipscomb 78 Winthrop 74, Presbyterian 70 South Carolina State at Florida A&M, late Southern Illinois at North Texas, late SE Missouri St. at Memphis, late High Point at Gardner-Webb, late Illinois-Chicago at Central Florida, late Colgate at Texas Christian, late St. Edward’s at Rice, late Texas State at Texas A&M CC, late Jacksonville at Jacksonville St., late Idaho State at Lamar, late Texas-Arlington at Texas-El Paso, late MIDWEST Ball St. 66, New Orleans 52 Bowling Green 75, Drake 63 Butler 85, Indiana St. 71 Dayton 86, North Florida 71 DePaul 96, Chicago St. 72 Detroit 76, Northeastern 73 Illinois 80, Western Carolina 68 Indiana - Purdue 78, Miami (OH) 64 Iowa 95, UMKC 75 Kansas 75, Harvard 69 Kent St. 66, Cleveland St. 62 Louisville 111, Grand Canyon 63 Loyola-Chicago 68, Creighton 65 Marquette 104, Maine 67 Michigan 82, Houston Baptist 57 Michigan St 76, Binghamton 33 Missouri St. 64, Oklahoma St. 63 Nebraska 73, Abilene Christian 63 Northwestern 81, SIU - Edwardsville 56 Ohio St. 89, VMI 62 Oral Roberts 70, Tulsa 68 Purdue 70, New Mexico 58 South Dakota 85, Minnesota 81, 2OT Wisconsin 76, Temple 60 Morehead St. at Indiana, late North Dakota at Bradley, late UAB at Illinois St., late Northern Kentucky at Eastern Illinois, late Western Kentucky at Xavier, late Evansville at Murray St., late Wichita St. at Saint Louis, late WEST Air Force 61, Denver 59 Arizona 68, Gonzaga 63 Brigham Young 73, Weber St. 68 California 78, Wyoming 72, OT Oregon St. 66, Nevada 62 Utah 96, IUPU - Ft. Wayne 79 New Mexico St. at Long Beach St., late Arkansas-Little Rock at Idaho, late Southern Utah at Utah Valley, late San Jose St. at Santa Clara, late Fresno St. at Cal Poly SLO, late Pepperdine at CSU Northridge, late Boise St. at Portland, late 75-75-67 — 75-71-71 — 78-69-70 — 73-73-71 — 76-70-71 — 74-76-68 — 71-72-75 — 75-72-72 — 73-71-75 — 72-74-73 — 69-73-77 — 76-72-71 — 75-67-77 — 77-73-70 — 70-73-77 — 72-71-77 —

217 217 217 217 217 218 218 219 219 219 219 219 219 220 220 220

Max McCardle, Australia Jordan Zunic, Australia Mathew Goggin, Australia Peter Lonard, Australia Aaron Pike, Australia Aron Price, Australia Brett Rumford, Australia Peter Uihlein, U.S. Borja Virto Astudillo, Spain Laurie Canter, U.S. Paul Dunne, Ireland Ryan Fox, New Zealand Rhein Gibson, Australia Jarrod Lyle, Australia Stuart Manley, Wales Jason Scrivener, Australia

Northern Arizona at Cal. State - Bakersfield, late Texas A&M at Arizona State, late

Football Saturday’s College Football Scores SOUTH Alabama 29, Florida 15 Georgia State 34, Georgia Southern 7 Houston 24, Temple 13 Texas 23, Baylor 17 UL Monroe 42, New Mexico State 35 Troy at UL Lafayette, late Appalachian State at South Alabama, late North Carolina vs. Clemson at Charlotte, NC, late MIDWEST Arkansas State 55, Texas State 17 Western Kentucky 45, Southern Mississippi 28 West Virginia at Kansas State, late Michigan State vs. Iowa at Indianapolis, IN, late WEST Air Force at San Diego State, late Stanford vs. Southern California at Santa Clara, CA, late

Hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal............. 27.. 19....5.....3... 41...92..60 Detroit................ 26.. 14....8.....4... 32...66..65 Ottawa............... 25.. 13....7.....5... 31...82..75 Florida............... 26.. 13....9.....4... 30...67..62 Boston............... 24.. 13....8.....3... 29...79..72 Tampa Bay......... 26.. 12.. 11.....3... 27...61..59 Buffalo................ 26...11..12.....3... 25...63..69 Toronto............... 26.... 8..13.....5... 21...57..73 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington........ 25.. 18....5.....2... 38...79..55 NY Rangers....... 27.. 17....7.....3... 37...76..57 NY Islanders...... 27.. 15....8.....4... 34...76..64 Pittsburgh........... 25.. 14....9.....2... 30...60..60 New Jersey........ 26.. 13..10.....3... 29...65..64 Philadelphia....... 26...11..10.....5... 27...53..70 Columbus.......... 27.. 10..16.....1... 21...62..80 Carolina............. 25.... 8..13.....4... 20...51..75 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas................. 27.. 20....5.....2... 42...93..70 St. Louis............. 26.. 15....7.....4... 34...67..63 Minnesota.......... 24.. 13....7.....4... 30...66..62 Nashville............ 25.. 13....8.....4... 30...65..64 Chicago............. 26.. 13....9.....4... 30...71..68 Winnipeg............ 27.. 13..12.....2... 28...75..82 74-74-72 — 73-72-75 — 76-73-72 — 76-72-73 — 72-73-76 — 75-74-72 — 74-72-75 — 75-67-79 — 72-77-72 — 79-70-73 — 72-75-75 — 74-70-78 — 79-64-79 — 77-73-72 — 77-69-76 — 72-71-79 —

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Colorado............ 26...11..14.....1... 23...75..77 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles....... 25.. 16....8.....1... 33...65..54 San Jose............ 25.. 14.. 11.....0... 28...67..64 Arizona.............. 26.. 13..12.....1... 27...70..80 Vancouver.......... 27.... 9..10.....8... 26...72..75 Anaheim............ 27.. 10..12.....5... 25...53..67 Calgary.............. 26.. 10..14.....2... 22...65..94 Edmonton.......... 27.. 10..15.....2... 22...67..80 Friday’s Games Buffalo 5, Arizona 2 Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 3, OT Florida 2, Columbus 1, SO NY Islanders 2, St. Louis 1, SO Calgary 5, Boston 4, OT Edmonton 2, Dallas 1, OT Anaheim 1, San Jose 0 Saturday’s Games Winnipeg 2, Washington 1, OT Los Angeles 5, Pittsburgh 3 NY Islanders at Ottawa, late Nashville at Detroit, late Montreal at Carolina, late Toronto at St. Louis, late Columbus at Philadelphia, late Colorado at Minnesota, late Boston at Vancouver, late Tampa Bay at San Jose, 1 late Today’s Games Arizona at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Nashville at Boston, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Buffalo at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BAYLOR—Announced WR Corey Coleman will enter the NFL draft.

CENTRAL FLORIDA—Named Ryan Held assistant coach. Named Troy Walters assistant coach.

NORTH CAROLINA—Signed coach Larry Fedora to a seven-year contract.

SYRACUSE—Named Dino Babers coach.

Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS—Assigned SG K.J. McDaniels to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Assigned SF Branden Dawson to Grand Rapids (NBADL).

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Assigned SF James Ennis to Iowa (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS—Waived T Lamar Holmes.

BUFFALO BILLS—Activated RB Mike Gillislee from the practice squad. Waived C Gabe Ikard.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Activated DB

Adam Stephens, Australia Erik Van Rooyen, S. Africa Josh Younger, Australia Bjorn Akesson, Sweden Marcus Fraser, Australia Nathan Green, Australia Anthony Summers, Australia Neven Basic, Australia Ben Eccles, Australia David Klein, Germany Deyen Lawson, Australia Colin Nel, S. Africa Craig Parry, Australia Rourke Van Der Spuy, S. Africa Ben Wharton, Australia Harry Bateman, New Zealand

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Troy Hill from the practice squad. Waived CB Chris Lewis-Harris.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Activated WR Darius Jennings from the practice squad.

Waived T Darrian Miller.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Activated WR Rashad Lawrence from the practice squad.

Placed RB Toby Gerhart on IR. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—NFL fined DL Jaye Howard $17,363 for roughing the passer.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Activated DE Jordan Williams from the practice squad. Waived TE Brandon Williams.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Activated LB James Morris from the practice squad. Waived DB Leon McFadden.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Activated G Daniel Kilgore from the physically unable to perform list. Waived LB Shayne Skov.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Activated RB DuJuan Harris from the practice squad.

Placed WR Paul Richardson on IR. WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Activated LB Carlos Fields from the practice squad.

Waived S Trenton Robinson.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES—Recalled C Cal O’Reilly from Rochester (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned LW Kerby Rychel and D Justin Falk to Lake Erie (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS—Recalled LW Ryan Hamilton from Bakersfield (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled LW David Dziurzynski from Binghamton (AHL).

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Assigned C Nick Cousins and RW Colin McDonald to Lehigh Valley (AHL).

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Assigned C Micheal Haley to San Jose (AHL). Recalled D Mirco Mueller from San Jose (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Signed head coach Jon Cooper to a multi-year contract extension.

Peter Cooke, S. Africa 79-71-75 — Andrew Curlewis, S. Africa 76-72-77 — Scott Fernandez, Spain 74-72-79 — Daniel Fox, U.S. 75-74-76 — Darryn Lloyd, S. Africa 78-72-75 — Tyrone Mordt, S. Africa 79-71-76 — James Nitties, Australia 76-72-78 — Hyowon Park, South Korea 80-67-79 — Brett Rankin, U.S. 76-73-77 — John Senden, Australia 73-77-76 — Jamie Hook, Australia 76-74-77 — David McKenzie, Australia 74-76-77 — JC Ritchie, S. Africa 76-72-80 — Divan Van Den Heever, S. Africa 76-74-80 — Niccolo Ravano, 73-76-82 — Corey Hale, U.S. 78-72-82 —

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CADILLAC DEVILLE, 2004. Purchased new.

Black with black leather interior, high mileage but well maintained.

New transmission 4 years ago. No dents or scratches. Seals recently replaced but without a warranty. New starter installed in Nov. $3300 404-906-8938

FORD EXPEDITION XLT, 2013 Oxford White, Stk#P7886A $24,000 800-PREOWNED

FORD MUSTANG, Performance WHI, Stk#G5111788A. $17,000 800-PREOWNED

HYUNDAI ELANTRA GLS, 2013 Desert Bronze, Stk#P5117A $10,988 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

LEXUS CT 200H, 2013 Matador Red Mica, Stk#U40659 $22,590 770-680-1000

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FORD TAURUS SE, 1999. Elderly owner, leather bucket seats, auto. roof. Perfect, extra clean! $1995 Firm.

770-616-7399 FORD FOCUS SE, 2005. 169k mi. VERY WELL KEPT. Exc. mechanical condition.

Clean inside/out, zero accidents. Everything works. $2950.

678-200-0812

BMW 328I, 2009 Monaco Blue, Stk#GN707705A $14,975 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

YOUR AUTO CONNECTION DAIMLER DODGE RAM 1500, 2012 Flame Red, Stk#FFC18920A $24,000 800-PREOWNED

BUY OR SELL YOUR VEHICLE TODAY! 770-962-SELL

FORD FOCUS SE, 2012 Sterling Gray, Stk#FC334060A $10,987 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

FIREWOOD ALL OAK FIREWOOD FOR SALE $120 “Heaping Truckload”, Stacked, Gwinnett Area.

404-805-1783

FIREWOOD Select, Seasoned Hickory & Oak, $180/Cord or $120/Half Cord.

Delivered. MORE FOR YOUR MONEY! Gary, 404-772-1268

BMW Z3 ROADSTER, 2000. 99K MILES • $6450. M SPORTS OPTIONS. Best you’ll find. Fabulous & priced way under the market.

Auto trans, silver w/ black convert top and leather. Super CarFax & beautiful. Comparable cars are selling for over $9000. Owned

by California collector and babied. Drive daily, very collectable and should appreciate in price while you’re having fun. 770-882-4605.

Extension Ladder, 16 ft., $100; Inversion Table, $100; NordicTrac, $50; Oak Entertainment Unit, $50. Call 770-513-2560

FORD ESCAPE XLT, 2011 Steel Blue, Stk#G5207623A $14,000 800-PREOWNED

FORD FUSION SE, 2011 Bordeaux Reserv, Stk#P7835A $11,000 800-PREOWNED

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LEXUS CT 200H, 2011 Obsidian, Stk#G152331A $15,490 770-680-1000

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GMC SUBURBAN, 1997, 4-WHD, leather, 3rd seat, clean, almost new tires, 270,386 road mileage, very clean, great orig paint, tow pkg, very comfortable ride, 3rd seat incl, 17 mpg hwy. 2 owners.

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LEXUS ES 350, 2011 Obsidian, Stk#U40502 $24,990 770-680-1000

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FORD TAURUS, 2012 Tuxedo Black, Stk#P7904 $14,500 800-PREOWNED

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FORD EXPEDITION, 1998. Red, 257k mi., does not run, needs repair. Call for details. Call Stacy 678-768-8420 FREE FIREWOOD (1 year cured mostly red oak) these trees were felled one year ago and are ready to be hauled off for firewood. No onesie twosies please, we need all 12 trees hauled off. Bring a large truck and a loader, plus heavy duty chainsaws.

678-410-2343

FORD EDGE LIMITED, 2012 Ingot Silver, Stk#GGA42213A $16,000 800-PREOWNED

FORD FOCUS SE, 2014 Tuxedo Black, Stk#P7933 $11,000 800-PREOWNED

INFINITI M35, 2008 Platinum Graphite, Stk#P5066A $14,996 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public auction on December 15th and December 16th the below-listed units. Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08464 10860 STATE BRIDGE ROAD. ALPHARETTA GA 30022 (678) 513-8185 December 15th , 2015 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 2012–Cardenas, Dale 2019–Allen, Chris 2024–Henderson, Trayshelle 3004–Bastias, Mauricio 3025–Sir Charwin, Inc. 4026–Mccoy, Kianna 4043–Sellars, Denise 5006–Murry, Jazmine 5017–Carmine’s 5018–Cauthen, Calvin 6030–Duncan, Owen 6105–Hancock, Chris 6139–Turry, Jane 6262–Boyd, Tim PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25719 3550 PEACHTREE PKWY. SUWANEE, GA 30024-1031 (678) 513-8185 December 15th , 2015 , 2015 9:45 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B421–Marriott-Campbell, Portia C506–Drury, Thomas C5678–ALLIED HEALTH BENEFITS C5746–Osman, Hilla C5748–King, Ebony D608–Davis, Gary D651–Palmer, Fred D680–COMBS, NEDGIE PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25778 3900 MCGINNIS FERRY RD SUWANEE, GA 30024 (678) 513-8185 December 15th , 2015 , 2015 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A2072–Fonrose, Lovette A2082–Marshall, Reginald A4020–Hawkins, Elizabeth A4080–Bell, Wanda A4138–Lee, Allen B2054–Bell, Arlisa B2209–Ingebritsen, Lee C1046–HOWELL, WILLIAM PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25595 66 OLD PEACHTREE RD. SUWANEE, GA 30024 (770) 338-1271 December 15th , 2015 , 2015 10:15 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 00508–MIKOLINSKI, JAMES 00618–Garrell, Jason 00628–Crosby, Eric 00734–Hawkins, Paris

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagetreasures.com on 12/9/2015 at 3:30PM for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2790 Braselton Highway Dacula, GA 30019 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

632: Leanne Greer- Household Goods 226: Jennifer Kitchens- Furniture and Household Items 829: Rebecca ChandlerHousehold items Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

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DRYER/WASHER $125 ea.; Super Capacity $175 ea.

Front Loader Set $450 & up; Regular Refrig. & Ranges $175 & up; SXS Refrig. $300 & up.

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

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PUBLIC AUCTION - In accordance with the provision of Georgia State Law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and stored at AAAA Self Storage located at 282 East Crogan St., Lawrenceville, GA, 30046. 770-237-8673. And due notice having been given to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of on Monday, December 21, 2015. The sale will be held at www.storagebattles. com at 3:00 PM on Monday, December 21, 2015. Terms: Cash, Credit card, or certified funds at Sale.

Unit #3010 – Moss, Theadore B.- Misc. Household Items Unit # 5040–Kimbrough Jr., Jimmy- Misc. Household Items Unit #5081 –Suljic, Munira– Misc Household Items Unit # 6006–Arnold, Linda Misc. Household Items 929-297420, 12/6,13

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Myron Mills (2 units)– Keyboard, 15+Boxes, 5+Totes, Lamps, Furniture, Pictures Sable Carter – Clothing, Mattress, End tables, Toys Skyler Cook – Mattress, Box spring, TV, Dresser, Clothing, 4+Boxes, Speakers, Computer Joseph Chermak – Pool Table, Yard Tools, Speakers, Kids Bike, Household Billy Travis Simonton – Clothes, Household Martha Baird – Oak Wood furniture 929-294285, 11/29, 12/6

0277–Mcclure, Valerie 0293–Johnson, Denise 0364–Devine, Dillion 0371–Wyche, Tiffany 0411–Stanley, Ashley 0424–Oliveira, Jessica 0447–Pena, Claudette 0488–Maberry, Ellen 0511–Best, Tanisa 0540–Hall, Darrell 0553–Norman, Qetuwrah 0596–Luckett, Marie 0627–Joines, Willie 0670–Buckley, Keith 0763–Jackson, Perrish 0811–Bibbs, Thaddeus 0832–Loftis, Richard 0853–Nonami, Damion All sales are subject to cancellation. Public auction terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. Dated this 29th day of November and 6th day of December 2015 by PS OrangeCo, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201.

(818) 244-8080, Bond No. 6004928.

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PUBLIC SALE Securlock Storage will sell personal property consisting of household and personal effects, office, and other equipment, toys and appliances will be sold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent due law 10-4-213. All items or spaces may not be available on the day of the sale. We reserve the right to refuse any and all bids, buyers must secure spaces with own locks. NO CHECKS. CASH ONLY. To claim tax-exempt-ORIGINAL RESALE CERTIFICATE FOR EACH SPACE PURCHASED IS REQUIRED. Time: 11:30 AM Date: Dec 14 2015 Place: 1573 Athens Hwy Grayson Ga 30017

3038–Vivarini, Bruno 4002–West, Christopher 4023–Orlando, Laina 4025–Anderson, Fernandez PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28158 495 BUFORD DR. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30245 (770) 338-1271 December 15th , 2015 , 2015 10:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 129–Moore, Albert 135–Jackson, Andrew 145–Owens, Jayla 405–Mcdonald, Edward 513–Ramirez, Khrissmely 610–Perryman, Shermeca P004–METTS, HAROLD (Vehicle) P023–JeanPierre, Alvin (Vehicle) P026–Mosley, Jeff (Vehicle) PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08465 1856 RIVERSIDE PKWY. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30043 (770) 237-5010 December 15th , 2015 , 2015 10:45AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 3024–Anderson, Sheral 3034–Gibson, Quina 4048–Porter, Philithedren 5116–Cleveland, Deborah 5143–COWART, ENA 5181–Velazquez, Julian 5365–Hollis, Andrea 5424–Manning, Jacinta 6121–Pennington, Deborah 6168–Franco, Henry 6170–Rumaguera, Cirila PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 08054 1395 PLEASANT HILL DR..

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30044 (770) 925-9784 December 16th , 2015 , 2015 9:30AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 1501–Gomez, Gamaliel 1504–Kelley, Daphanie 1518–Green Fulton, Malinda 1520–Shaw, Joslyn 1532–Raudales, Silvia 2502–Reviere, Chanda 3508–Kutchback, Kevin 3519–Parrott, Reginald 3532–Foreste, Philippe 4001–TOBY SELLS CREATURE MAKEUP FX SHOP, LLC 5506–Washington, Natalie 5508–Sherman, Lawrene 5513–Hugley, Jasmine 6059–Harrison- Cooper, Shateka 6212–Ward, Eric 6239–Jones, Linette 6264–brown, Howard 6309–Jackson, Teresa 7504–Reliford, Terry 7529–Black, Jassmine 7535–Ward, Theresia 8515–Fraser, Lorna 8519–Lipscomb, Judith PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY : 25982 2423 PLEASANT HILL ROAD DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 December 16th, 2015 9:45AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A054–Parker, Christopher A074–Gilstrap, Phillip A107–Anderson, Camisha A118–Hayes, Kenneth A168–Russell, Ivory A204–sanders, patricia A288–Smith, Shirley A293–Evans, Nakeisha A323–Dodson, Patrick A325–Tunson, Alan A368A–Flanders, Carlee A368D–Mcmillan, Shardae A385–Burns, Brandi A395–Spivey, Isaiah A436–Lee, Terrell A457–Brown, Alexis B017–Sams, Lerry C607–Wright, Tiara PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08057 4474 SATELLITE BLVD. DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 December 16th, 2015 10:00AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0130–Paxton, LaQuicha 0215–Perry, Shanita 0332–Ndjoli, Mandy 0336–Ndjoli, Mandy 0347A–Pena, Francisco 0353–Hicks, Andrew 0404–HUTCHINSON, MICHELLE 0503–Glass, Faydria 0509–Brown, Mario 0515–Howell, William 0530–Nientao, Aminata 2284–Sirmons, Diana 2362–Edwards, Rhonda 3291–JOHNSON, BRYAN 3392–Myers, Mary 6293–smith, nichole 6312–Smith, Eva PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08056 3865 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. DULUTH, GA 30096 (770) 416-1069 December 16th, 2015 10:15AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0109–Coleman, Jonathan 0118–Dixon, Lorenzo 0120–Aragon, Bill 0158–Harris, Cosandra 0162–delgado, ricky 0271–Jenkins, Carrie

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PENDING APPROVAL PEMCO HUD HOME CASE # 105-294214 210 BRAMBLE BUSH TRL WELL MAINTAINED 2 STORY 3BR/2.5BA ON .59 ACRE LOT. Spacious Yard For Entertaining Guest INSURED W/ESCROW $90,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

NEW LISTING! 106 HOLLY COURT ALL BRICK 3BR/2BA ON PARTIAL UNFINISHED BASEMENT $174,900 2 ADJACENT LOTS AVAILABLE @ $35,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

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LAKE WALTON ESTATES! 6219 WATERS EDGE DRIVE All Brick, Executive Home In One Of Walton County’s Exclusive, Gated Communities Sits Across From Neighborhood Amenities On 2.18 Acres FULL FINISHED BASEMENT 4BR/4.5BA $579,900 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5, 2013 Metallic Slate, Stk#GC398809A $12,994 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

VEHICLES PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, 2006 Good Condition Loaded With Leather Cold A/C• Remote Start Asking $3400 darenwh@hotmail.com 678-896-6178

TOYOTA COROLLA LE, 2014 Super White, Stk#P5073 $11,998 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, 2005. 124K MILES. Excellent drive anywhere car. Beautiful white with gray interior, great Car Fax. Exceptional and only $4950.

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MERCEDES 450SL, 1980.

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 $9,900.

Call 770-873-2627

One owner, driven 4,700 miles per year.

WOW CAR. Lady owner had leg operation and cannot drive 5 speed anymore. Super example, 2+2. Very desirable collectible 80’s car. Gorgeous red body and T Tops. Drive it daily or for fun while it goes up in price. Avg. price on AutoTrader is over $10,000. Exceptional and original.

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MERCURY SABLE, 2005. Great tires, good body, cold air, runs good. Needs transmission. Sold for parts. $800 OBO. 770-866-5509

OLDSMOBILE 88, 1999. Anniversary edition, 68,592 mi., good condition. $2800 Firm, cash only.

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NEW LISTING! PEMCO HUD HOME #105-423154 60 SUNFLOWER LN. Nice Brick Front 2 Story w/ 2 Story Entry Foyer. 1st Level Features Formal Living & Dining Room, 1/2 Bath, Family Room w/ Corner Fireplace, Kitchen w/ Breakfast Area 5BR/3.5BA $150,000 Insured W/ Escrow EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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NISSAN SENTRA, 2012 Super Black, Stk#P5099 $10,982 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

TOYOTA HIGHLANDER, 2010 Sandy Beach, Stk#FC652679A $15,988 866-697-9241 Gwinnett Place

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NEW LISTING PEMCO HUD HOME#105-423154 90 FAIRVIEW CHASE Fantastic Find In This Well - Appointed Split Foyer W/Hardwood Floors Family Room, & Formal Dining.

4BR/3BA $125,000 Insured w/Escrow EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com EATONTON, GA 31024

LAKE SINCLAIR! $50K REDUCTION! 176 Twisting Hill Rd. Beautiful Lake Front Property On Deeded Lot! Inground Salt Water Pool, Detached 2 Car Carport, Front/ Back & Side Porches!

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BACK ON MARKET! COMMERCIAL LISTING! REDUCED! 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 $1,100,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE CONYERS - Two adjacent mausoleum crypts at Green Meadows Memorial Gardens located at 677 Legion Road in Conyers, GA. These are located in the Interior Chapel A, Level B, Grave Sites B3, B4.

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FULL TIME DRYWALL 4 J’s Drywall, Inc. located in Norcross, Georgia, Gwinnett County is hiring, and has 20 Openings for Drywall Installers to work within the Gwinnett County region for temporary work from 02/01/2016 to 08/31/2016. Job Duties: Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shockabsorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rock-board lath to walls, ceilings or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fire-proofing, or acoustical material.

Full-Time position 40 Hours per week, Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM with an hour for break/ lunch. No Overtime. No education requirements, 06 months of experience required in Drywall Installation.

Employer will provide daily transportation to and from worksites from their central business location in Gwinnett County. Job pays $18.05 per hour. No Per Diem. Job pays every 2 weeks .Employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due.

02 Days of orientation/ training available to new hires. Employer will assist in securing lodging and facilities, Employer does NOT provide Housing. Employer will make all necessary deductions from paychecks required by law. Employer will NOT make any other deductions from paychecks other than the law-full Social Security & Tax withheld. If the workers completes 50% of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work.

Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for the worker’s reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker no return due to subsequent employment with another employer. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved.

Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of $11.86 per day during travel to a maximum of $46 per day with receipts. The employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the job. Employer guarantees to offer work for hours equal to at least three-fourths ¾ of the workdays in each 12 week period of the total employment period.

Employer will reimburse foreign workers in the first workweek for all visa processing, border crossing, and related fees, including those mandated by the government incurred by the foreign worker. Apply in person at your nearest GA DOL Career Center located in 2211 Beaver Ruin Road Suite 160, Norcross, GA 300713328, phone: (770) 840-2200 or Apply by sending your current resume with active phone # and valid address to Drywall4Js@ outlook.com using Job Order #GA8358192 as reference or you may contact employer @ (404) 908-8536 for instructions on how to apply. 4 J’s Drywall, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer.

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JOHNS CREEK

Post $2.00 ©2015 SCNI Vol. 1, No. 15

Fulton won’t buy sewage treatment plant

By Steve Burns

johnscreek@gwinnettdailypost.com

One part of a recent multimillion dollar deal by the City of Johns Creek is not going as the city might have hoped.

Last week, the Fulton County commissioners opted not to buy the Cauley Creek sewage treat-

ment plant, which is owned by the City of Johns Creek. A consultant’s report says Fulton does not need the plant, and commissioners voted unanimously to accept County Manager Dick Anderson’s plan to provide sewer service in north Fulton County without buying the plant, according to a report in the At-

lanta Journal-Constitution.

Consultant Burns & McDonnell Engineering of Alpharetta found that Fulton County has more than enough sewer capacity to handle growth in the Johns Creek area through 2035.

This action happened after Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker told the commissioners in a

letter that the consultant’s study was flawed. Bodker urged the commissioners to hire another consultant for the issue, the AJC reported.

Bodker could not be reached for comment on the development.

In mid-November, Johns Creek announced that it had

purchased a 133-acre tract of land with Chattahoochee River frontage that includes the Cauley Creek plant, which is not in use.

The announcement said that Cauley Creek LLC would continue to maintain the plant for a year, and that the city would

See PLANT, Page 8A

City council discusses safety issues

By Steve Burns johnscreek@gwinnettdailypost.com

The Christmas tree is lit in Johns Creek after the city’s annual Christmas ceremony. (Photo: Steve Burns.)

SEASON’S CELEBRATION

City begins Christmas with ceremony

By Steve Burns

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Christmas season in Johns Creek got off to an illuminating start last week. Students, elected leaders, and a crowd of residents gathered near the building that houses city offices for the annual Christmas tree and dreidel lighting.

Mayor Mike Bodker and city council members made time between a work session and the regular bimonthly council meeting to participate in the lighting ceremony. Also involved were students from State Bridge Crossing Elementary and winners of a city-sponsored art contest.

And activities such as bounce houses and a train ride were part of the event, which was known as Lighting Up The Holidays.

Bodker said during the ceremony

that “apparently, we are catching on,” a reference to the fact that Brookhaven also had a dreidel lighting as part of its holiday ceremony. A report in Reporter Newspapers said that a Brookhaven official got their idea for a dreidel from Johns Creek.

The 217-member State Bridge Crossing musical group, which was under the direction of Alecia Gibson, performed five songs: “Music of Christmas Joy,” “Hanukkah Festival,” “This Is Winter,” “Carol Of The Bells,” and “Nutcracker Jingles.”

Also, city officials recognized the fifth-grade students who won the city’s annual holiday greeting card contest.

And this will not be the final Christmas event in Johns Creek this season.

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early face time with Santa himself soon.

According to a city news release, Breakfast With Santa and Lunch with Santa events will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12, at Park Place in Newtown Park.

The breakfast event will be in two sessions, at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

There will be music and holiday crafts, as well as food. Cost is $20 per resident child, $30 for non-resident children.

The lunch event is private and is for exceptional children and their families, according to the news release.

This will begin at noon and is free, but registration is required.

Space is limited for both events. All children must be accompanied by an adult (limit of two adults per family).

Registration is available through the city website.

Action to deal with one of Johns Creek’s most dangerous streets has begun. But some issues remain to be settled.

After discussion that could be labeled contentious, the City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to deal with the intersection of Barnwell Road and Holcomb Bridge Road. Also, the council approved beginning the engineering phase of the project. Engineering must begin before such tasks as design and any right of way property acquisitions can take place.

The Barnwell Road situation was so important that Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann felt the need to weigh in with her support of the agreement, in abstentia. She submitted an email that was read aloud by Mayor Pro Tem Steve Broadbent.

“Your crash data only tells part of the story,” Hausmann’s email said, citing the number of “near-misses” that occur at the Holcomb Bridge intersection.

But traffic and safety problems along Barnwell Road go beyond just this intersection, and discussion between the council members and Public Safety Director Tom Black over how to deal with the problems was anything but smooth. Black’s presentation had been delayed from a previous council work session, and needed to be acted on before the end of 2015 because of bureaucracy and funding requests involved.

“I’m frustrated about the process we’ve gone through,” Council Member Bob Gray said. “I think it’s broken. We need a new process.”

Mayor Mike Bodker felt the need to smooth things over.

“I know your talent,” Bodker told Black, citing Black’s background with DeKalb County. “While we’re frustrated, it’s not aimed at you. You are a partner in this.”

Several residents also made strong comments about Barnwell Road safety issues at the council meeting.

“The intersection of Barnwell and Holcomb Bridge is an accident waiting to happen,” Michael Fitzgerald said.

Bodker previously had acknowledged that a public safety problem exists on Barnwell Road. At the council meeting, Black said such problems included speeding, safety, lane widths and sight distances.

Also, Black noted that reshaping the road to improve sight distances could involve right of way property deals, because of the proximity to at least eight homes. That cost See COUNCIL, Page 8A

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Yoga sessions, chorus concert on tap this week

By Steve Burns

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Want to engage in an activity that can improve your health and fitness? Then you may want to attend a yoga session this week in Johns Creek.

Dahn Yoga for Beginners is a combination of stretching, breathing and meditation. There is no registration or fee, and the class will be limited to the first 25 participants. Also, participants should bring a yoga mat or towel, and wear loose, comfortable clothing.

The class will be Tuesday, Dec. 8, 6:30 p.m. at Northeast Spruill Oaks Library, 9560 Spruill Road. Information: Karen Swenson, (770)

Center. This series is based on a nationally recognized curriculum in life and physical sciences. Each adventure is different, and has a theme chosen to spark a preschool child’s imagination. The program includes • Monday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m., a brief nature hike and a Bocce ball: The outdoor hands-on activity or craft. bocce courts at Newtown School again will be live with Parents’ admission is free, but their child is required to action. Players “bowl” balls stay for the program. There to get them closest to the is no charge for non-particismaller target ball. Equippating siblings. Registration ment and participation is free. Location: Park Place at is required at least 24 hours in advance of the class.

Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Road. Information: Programs are rain or shine; (678) 512-3430, parkplace@ other activities will replace the hike in case of inclemjohnscreekga.gov • Tuesday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m., ent weather. Location: Preschool adventures: This Autrey Mill Nature Preserve is a program about the natu- and Heritage Center, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, 30022. Inral and historical environformation: (678) 366-3511, ment at Autrey Mill Nature autreymill@bellsouth.net Preserve and Heritage

360-8820, karen.swenson@ fultoncountyga.gov Here are some other events from Dec. 7-12 in the Johns Creek area:

• Wednesday, Dec. 9, 9:30-11 a.m., Johns Creek Chamber networking: This weekly networking session allows participants to mingle with other Johns Creek business professionals to build personal and business relationships. Get your “elevator speech” ready to share details about your business, and learn about others. Fee for chamber members is $5 per session, or $20 for a monthly special that also includes Business After Hours for the month. Fee is $10 for nonmembers. Location: Johns Creek Baptist Church, 6910 McGinnis Ferry Road, Alpharetta, 30005. Contact info: (770) 495-0545.

• Thursday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m., Park Place Chorus concert: The Park Place Chorus will

City council has a 2015 cameo member

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to win the full term for johnscreek@gwinnettdailypost. Post 2 that begins on com Jan. 1, 2016 and runs for four years. Lin received If you want to see 57.5 percent (1,304) of Chris Coughlin in action the votes, and Coughlin on the Johns Creek City received 42.5 percent Council, you had better (964) of the votes. move quickly.

Post 5, the other vaCoughlin was a wincant post on the ballot, ner in last week’s runoff was won by Stephanie elections for open posts Endres. She got 55.1 on the council. Even percent (1,162) of the though he won, his tenvotes to defeat Nazeera ure will end on Dec. 31, Dawood, who got 44.9 and he will hold office percent (947) of the for one meeting. votes.

Coughlin won a In all, just 2,322 cards special election to fill were cast out of 36,891 the unexpired term for registered voters in Post 2. He received 56.7 Johns Creek, according percent (1,105 votes) to to results posted on the defeat Todd BurkhalFulton County website. ter, who received 43.2 That amounts to 6.29 percent (843) of the percent of the registered votes. So Coughlin will voters. This is compared be among the council to about 4,000 people members for the Dec. who cast ballots in the 14 meeting, which is the general election in Noonly one scheduled for vember. the remainder of 2015.

Mayor Mike Bodker As for other runoff even made a Facebook election results, Jay post on Election Day to Lin defeated Coughlin urge greater turnout.

“Turnout is abysmal and that means your voice is not being heard.

Please don’t let the minority make such an important decision as who will determine our future. Go vote today!!! ,” the mayor’s post read.

So Johns Creek, a young city that was incorporated in 2006, goes forward with a city council that contains members who took office in 2013 or later. Only Bodker, the only mayor in the city’s history, has been in office longer.

Mayor Pro Tem Steve Broadbent won re-election to Post 6 in November, defeating challenger Tom Radford. Broadbent, who served in the U.S. Navy for 22 years, also is a former deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Treasury department. He took office in 2014.

Also, Bob Gray won re-election to Post 4 in November, as he faced only write-in opposition.

A business executive, his background includes NTT Data, the fifth-largest IT services company in the world, according to the Johns Creek website.

Post 1 still will be held

by Lenny Zaprowski, who was elected to the council in 2013. He has been a licensed chiropractor since 1996 and has founded two private practices.

Post 3 will still be held

by Cori Davenport. She founded Trinity Athletics, and she and her husband John were major financial contributors to the just-completed Veterans Memorial Walk in Newtown Park.

Bodker places a strong emphasis on transparency in council efforts, and praised the current council recently for being the “most engaged” that he has worked with.

Now, the players are determined for 2016 – and the rest of December.

present a musical program.

Location: Park Place at Newtown School, 3125 Old Alabama Road. Information: (678) 512-3430, parkplace@ johnscreekga.gov.

• Friday, Dec. 11, 10 a.m., Home School Class: The curriculum provides a learning experience that is developed to engage students in topics combining environmental studies, nature, history, and science.

Lessons are correlated with state standards in Life Sciences, Physical Science, and History. In the fall series, there will be a different topic for each four-hour class.

Classes will be offered on a Thursday and Friday each month. Register at least 24 hours in advance. Fee is $20, and bring a packed lunch and drink.

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Location: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, 30022.

Information: Mary Alston, (678) 366-3511, autreymill@ bellsouth.net.

Saturday, Dec. 12, 10 a.m., Girl Scout badge workshop: This program will allow Girl Scouts to start and finish (with a minimal amount of homework) the requirements for a badge or journey. Fee is $25, and pre-registration is required. Bring a packed lunch. Location: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, 30022. Information: (678) 366-3511, autreymill@ bellsouth.net.

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left turn lane onto Holcomb Bridge Road and cars turn Barnwell connects Holthrough gaps in traffic, and comb Bridge Road to Jones then have the potential to Bridge Road, according to a be hit by cars driving up the city Agenda Report. There right turn lane, where there are eight residential neighis no backup. borhoods, one shopping — Substandard narrow center, Barnwell Elementary lanes: The lanes are 9 feet School, and the Chattawide, with narrow shoulhoochee River National ders, which increases the Recreation Area along the risk for head-on collisions route. or running off the roadway.

Some of the safety conThe GDOT standard is 11 cerns cited in the Agenda feet, with 16 feet recomReport include: mended for shoulders for — Illegal left turns at trails, and 10 feet for shoulshopping center: Drivers ders with sidewalks. are consistently ticketed — Substandard sight

by Johns Creek Police for distance: Because of curves making an illegal left turn in the roadway and steep into the Kroger shopping terrain along the road, many center on Barnwell Road vehicles turning from the near Holcomb Bridge Road. side roads cannot see other The road has a steep slope cars far enough away on and approaches Holcomb Barnwell Road to safely Bridge at a substandard turn either way in front of sharp angle, and these elethem. This safety hazard ments create the potential is increased when cars are for accidents when drivers driving faster than the 40 mph speed limit, the Agenda stop while attempting to Report says. GDOT data make the left turn, accordshow that crashes have ing to the Agenda Report.

Also, a safety hazard occurs increase from 29 in 2012 to when traffic backs up in the 44 in 2014.

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“(Johns Creek) would be better served if we had adfor a year, and that the city ditional parks.” would “consider all opThe 133-acre tract that tions” regarding the plant. was just acquired is adjaThe purchase price for cent to the Rogers Bridge the land and the plant was Trail and the proposed $20.3 million.

Rogers Johns Creek’s interest Bridge connection to in the land is to develop a Duluth large, multi-use city park.

There is vehicular acIn October, City Hall staff cess from Bell Road, and had rolled out a new plan the property has about for acquiring and devel2,000 oping parks in the city, feet of frontage along and there was a call for the Chattahoochee River. urgency.

The tract is bordered to the “Buy land now, even if west by Cauley Creek and you can’t afford to develop to the east by the Rogers it,” Kimberly Greer of the Bridge Trail. parks and recreation de“I am very pleased for partment said at a council our residents that City work session in October.

Council authorized this

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significant purchase,” Bodker said in a news release in November. “This large tract of land provides the city additional park space, and will add to the high quality of life in Johns Creek. The public has said loud and clear that adding

park space in Johns Creek is a high priority.”

The new plan for parks had highly recommended at least one 100-acre park. Other high priorities include at least one new park of 40-plus acres and an indoor recreation center

of about 40,000 square feet.

Another interesting feature of the land purchase is the nearby Rogers Bridge over the river. Officials in Johns Creek, Duluth and Gwinnett County are teaming to

restore the bridge, which would connect the land in Johns Creek to Rogers Bridge Park in Duluth.

There is no site plan for the newly purchased land, and city official say the public will have input into the final park layout.

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Nicole Puckett Graphics Editor Nicole’s 6-year-old twin daughters, Annabel and Harper, are both hoping for new bikes, such as the Girls’ 18 inch Rallye Troublemaker bike for $59.99, this Christmas, along with lots of the Shopkins collectible toys.

Nicole’s 10-year-old son Eli is anxious for the new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” movie and is asking Santa for a Star Wars Episode 7 Remote Control BB8 for $79.99. Eli is also hoping for a laptop for school work and video games, like the Acer One 10 laptop for $199.99.

Will Hammock Sports Editor Will’s 12-year-old daughter Bryn has four American Girl dolls, so she wants clothes and accessories for them, especially the American Girl Slow Cooker Dinner Set for $58. She also is hopeful for a Barbie Rock ’N Royal Folding Concert Stage for $51.99 and Lego sets like the Creator Toy and Grocery Shop for $39.99.

Will’s 10-year-old son Dylan is a big video gamer who wants a PlayStation and his favorite game, Minecraft: Story Mode for $29.99. He also wants more figures for his WiiU games, Disney Infinity 3.0 and Lego Dimensions.

Katie Morris Staff Writer Katie’s 4-year-old daughter Rosemary loves to watch movies, so at the top of her Christmas wish list is Disney Pixar’s hit animated movie “Inside Out” on Blu-ray for $24.95. She’s also a big fan of Gru’s zany sidekicks, the Minions, and is looking forward to the Dec. 8 release of “Minions” on Blu-ray for $17.99.

Rosemary loves to play board games like Chutes and Ladders, Hi Ho CherryO and Gone Fishing from $6.99 to $11.99, so she’s hoping to find a few of those under the tree on Christmas morning as well.

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Janie Roling MultiMedia Representative/ Major Accounts Janie has two granddaughters and is always on the lookout for gift ideas.

Her oldest granddaughter, Emmy, is now just over 3-and-a-half. She has a ton of toys and really likes current things, including the cartoon Paw Patrol. Janie is planning to give her some Paw Patrol figures as well as Paw Patrol pajamas, underwear and coloring/sticker books.

Emmy also loves playing games such as Candy Land for $9.99 — an oldie but a goodie. Other things on her list are rain boots with cute puppies on them as well as some Ugg Australia boot’s, like the Bailey Bow — Bloom’ Short Boot from $119 to $159.99.

Her granddaughter Reagan will only be 2 months old this Christmas, so Janie is planning to buy her a new floor toy like the Fisher-Price Kick ‘n Play Piano Gym for $49.99 that has music and hanging toys.

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by Jandy Nelson 14. John Deere Green Toddler Dirt Magnet Cap 15. Tile tiny Bluetooth tracker and app 16. Microsoft XBox One gaming console 17. Shopkins Collectible Toys 18. BAN.DO ‘Hot Stuff — Floribunda’ Thermal Travel Mug 19. Lego Dimensions

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Janet McCray Director of Major Accounts and Digital Sales Janet’s 13-year-old son Ryan loves to play video games so at the top of his list is a custom video game controller from The Controller Shop from $129.99 to $149.99. Of course he is dying to get the new Hoverboard — like the Hoverboard 360 Smart Balance Board — but Dad says there’s no way that’s happening.

While he needs clothes since he is growing so fast — other than a pair of Lebron’s or Jordans there is just no excitement in opening the shirt boxes under the tree.

The final items on his list include Beats by Dre, like the Solo2 Wireless for $299.95 and an Echo1 AK47 airsoft gun for $154.99. Ryan was a lot easier (and less expensive) to shop for when he was 5!

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GIFT KEY 1. “Inside Out” Blu-ray 2. Hi Ho Cherry-O game 3. American Girl Soft-asSnow outfit 4. Tonka Toughs Bulldozer 5. Girls’ 18 Inch Rallye Troublemaker Bike 6. Fisher-Price Kick ‘n Play Piano Gym 7. Lego Creator Toy and Grocery 8. Acer One 10 laptop 9. Nike Air Max 2016 running shoes 10. Gone Fishin’ game 11. Candy Land game

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Guide •From Page 1C Keith Farner Staff Writer Keith’s 7-year-old niece Cate loves American Girl and Target Our Generation dolls and would love to dress them up with accessories from head to toe, like the American Girl Soft-as-Snow outfit for $34.

While she’s dressing them, Cate looks forward to watching the “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Movie” from $9.71 to $14.39. If it’s difficult to choose an accessory, Cate’s Christmas morning could be brightened with a gift card to the American Girl store.

Keith’s 2-and-a-half-year-old nephew A.J. loves construction equipment of all kinds and looks forward to owning his own concrete company one day. A bulldozer, like the Tonka Toughs Bulldozer for $26.99 and telehandler, like the Bruder Caterpillar Teleloader for $29.49, are just some of the equipment A.J. uses to move heavy materials around the construction site.

A.J. would love any type or size construction equipment, or simply a hat, like the John Deere Green Toddler Dirt Magnet Cap for $16, to look cool in the basement playing with his new toys from Santa.

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Zach Miles Staff Intern Zach is a 17-year-old junior at Mountain View High School who enjoys playing video games with his friends. At the top of his Christmas list is Microsoft’s Xbox One gaming console for $399.99. Zach also enjoys dressing to impress, so he’s also asked for a pair of Nike Air Max 2016 shoes for $190 to show off his style.

Polly Ouellette Staff Intern Polly is a high school senior who loves her coffee, so she is hoping for a cute new travel mug for her warm drink, similar to the BAN.DO ‘Hot Stuff — Floribunda’ Thermal Travel Mug for $14.

She tries to read as much as she can in her downtime; on her reading list is “The Sky is Everywhere” and “I’ll Give You the Sun” by Jandy Nelson. Polly also likes new technology and is always losing her keys, so she is hoping for a Tile, which is a keychain that syncs to an app on your phone to track your keys, for $25.

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UGA’s loss is Miami’s gain As a young assistant college basketball coach some 28 years ago, I wanted nothing more than to become a head coach at a big-time program. But the head coach I worked for, who became a good friend and mentor, discouraged me from going down that path.

“You don’t want to be one of those guys,” he said.

“They’re all a bunch of (not very nice people).” Of course, as you can imagine, he used a more colorful term.

At the time, I didn’t believe him. But over a 20-year coaching career, including 10 years as a head coach and seven as an athletic director, I learned that he was correct.

Although I never became one of “those guys,” a bigname coach, I interacted with plenty of them. For the most part they were indeed, um, not very nice people — and the higher they were on the food chain, the truer that was.

There are, however, noteworthy exceptions to this rule, and from what I’ve observed Georgia’s now-exfootball coach, Mark Richt, is one of them. That’s why I was disappointed when I heard last Sunday that he had been fired. I had hoped there was still a place in

anomalous losing campaign, Fulmer was only one season removed from 10 wins and an SEC East championship.

In 17 years, Fulmer won 152 games — an average of just under 9 per season — and had a winning percentage of .743. Richt Rob won 145 games in 15 years, Jenkins an average of over 9.5 per season. His winning percentcollege athletics for good, age was .739. Like Fulmer, decent men.

Richt won two SEC chamApparently not. Apparent- pionships. Fulmer did have a ly all that matters these days national title on his resume, something that has eluded is preventing a few wealthy Richt. boosters from withholding In the seven years since their donations based on it showed Fulmer the door, absurdly high expectations.

Tennessee has gone 43-43 As a Tennessee alum, I and is now on its third coach have no Dawg in this fight. after two disastrous hires — But I admire Mark Richt, and because of him I pulled including the shiniest new toy in the window at the for UGA against pretty much everybody except UT. time, Lane Kiffin.

Justice would be for Those days are over, regardthe Bulldogs to endure a less of who’s the next head similarly long sojourn in the coach.

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Noble Purpose Workshop brings out best (and beast) What would happen if your organization didn’t exist? If you closed your doors tomorrow, would the world miss you? That’s the first question we ask when we run a Noble Purpose workshop.

The answers are surprising.

We hear everything from, “nothing would change” to “the world would fall apart.”

When employees tell us, “if we closed our doors, the world wouldn’t change at all,” we know the organization has a big problem. When employees don’t believe their organization serves any purpose to the world, other than money, their work becomes transactional.

When employees say, “The world needs us desperately,” we know that they’re more engaged. The 2015

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Lisa McLeod Workforce Purpose Index (from NYU and Imperative) revealed that 28 percent of the workforce is purpose oriented, and that workers with a purpose orientation are the most valuable high potential segment of the workforce.

What’s interesting is the polarization between people and organizations with purpose mindset versus

those with a transactional approach. Here are the three scenarios we see in our Noble Purpose workshop: 1. High engagement. In highly engaged cultures, the majority of people believe that their work has a higher purpose. These types of organizations attract a disproportionate number of the high performing purpose-oriented workers. In these organizations, people are on fire for the cause of their business.

To suggest that work is a mere transaction is an affront to their ethos. In this kind of environment, employees who believe that work is just a paycheck are generally regarded as low performing outliers. Typically they wind up leaving or being asked to leave because they have a

chilling effect on others.

2. Transactional. In a transactional organization (the most common type) the prevailing belief is that business exists to make money.

The Workforce Purpose Index revealed that 72 percent of the workforce define work around financial gain or achieving social status and advancement. Organizations filled with these kinds of people can be effective, but they’re rarely outstanding, and they’re never differentiated.

When purpose-oriented employees find themselves in this type of environment, they’re bewildered.

If they voice their beliefs about purpose, they’re seen as unrealistic idealists who don’t understand the realities

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Ronda Rich to write these accomplishments in the book, detail it and have a parent or teacher initial it. For each documented accomplishment, we would receive a different colored bead which we would then sew onto a navy felt vest. I love beads, sequins, fringe and fancy stuff like that, so I wanted a lot of beads. I wanted to cover my vest, so I set my goal and off I went.

When I put my mind to something, I am disciplined.

I cannot be deterred. I was that way when I sold Camp Fire Girl candy, earned rewards for perfect attendance in school and Sunday School, broke records for summer library reading programs and so on. That is to say that I set out with pure vengeance and for nine months worked every day to add beads to my vest.

On the night of the ceremony where beads would be rewarded, my family filed into the school auditorium, one with a wood floored stage and crimson colored velvet drapes. My name was called and I marched out

the transactional people what’s possible. When this is successful, it puts the organization on a bigger, bolder, more engaging and ultimately more profitable path. As Aaron Hurst, CEO of Imperative and author of The Purpose Economy, writes, “Imagine a workforce where purpose-oriented workers are the majority.” Yet if its just words, with no action, employees yearning for purpose become even more dispirited.

You can bring out the best in people by tapping into their desire for meaning and purpose. Or you can make it all about money. But once you unleash the selfabsorbed, all-about-me greed beast, it has an insatiable appetite.

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proudly to receive the beads I had worked so hard to earn and that my honorable mother had dutifully documented.

When the leader placed the strands of beads around my neck, it was a pittance of what I had earned. Two long strands. I should have been three or four times that many.

I was confused. Crushed.

Her oldest daughter pranced out to receive hers and there were so many strands of beads that they almost bent her over. The other two daughters had ‘boo-coos’ of beads, too. It was a noticeable difference between them and us.

My heart was broken. I held it together until we got in the car then I began to cry.

Mama and my sister agreed — it was not fair. I had been denied. My mama did me the greatest favor — she sympathized, talked about life’s unfairness and how my good deeds were rewards in themselves. Then, importantly, she did not call the leader and demand fairness. She let the lesson sink in.

No one seems to know what happened to the girls who received the abundance of beads. But the girl who did not receive what she earned went on to face the unfairness of life head-on.

Thank you, Mama.

Ronda Rich is the bestselling author of “What Southern Women Know.”

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MILITARY NOTES Army Reserve Private Jacquan A. Jones has recently graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Jones is the son of Galen C. Davis of Lawrenceville and is a 2015 graduate of South Gwinnett High School.

Army Private Raymond C. Wise has recently graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Wise is the brother of Jarell Johnson of Snellville.

Army Private Dikoya D. Kambeya has recently graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. Kambeya is a 2013 graduate of South Gwinnett High School.

U.S. Army Private Akenda D. Morris has recently graduated from basic infantry at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Morris is the daughter of Antoine and Kim Morris of Dacula and is a 2015 graduate of Dacula High School.

U.S. Army Private Fedorah Calixte has recently graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Calixte is the daughter of Dimitri Legagneur and Geriles Calixte of Lawrenceville and is a 2013 graduate of Central Gwinnett High School.

U.S. Air Force Airman Brandon K. Taylor has recently graduate from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. Taylor is a 2013 graduate of Grayson High School.

COLLEGE NOTES Savannah Fonda of Snellville recently received the Mattie H. Marshall Scholarship and the Pope Caregivers Scholarship at Georgia Southwestern State University.

Jevaughn Sanchez of Lilburn was recently named a new member of the Theta Zeta chapter of the Kappa Sigma’s Men’s Fraternity at Eastern New Mexico University.

Alexandra Middleton of Norcross was recently named to the dean’s list at Biola University.

The following local students were recently inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Columbus State University: Cindy Alston of Lawrenceville, Jessica Bailey of Lawrenceville, Carrie Moll of Suwanee, Joseph Randazzo of Lawrenceville and Courtney St. John-Wacker of Lawrenceville Sarah Summerbell was recently inducted into the Eta Chapter of Alpha Chi Honor Society at Belmont University.

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It happened, I suppose, when I was in the fourth grade. That is my first strong recollection of the unfairness of life.

It was a good lesson to learn at a young age. Despite the brokenness of my heart and how I cried, it is a lesson that has served me well. It was the first paving stone in the road of how life would be when my parents could no longer shield me. Of the time when childhood would give way to adulthood so people would no longer treat me gingerly.

I was a Camp Fire girl and I loved it. I still have the red, white and navy uniform with the navy beret. It is safe to say that it is the only outfit I owned when I was 11 years old that my mama had not sewn. That alone made it neat. But it was a pretty outfit so I adored it as much as I enjoyed the after-school meetings, the social outings and, importantly, the lessons and skills taught.

The woman who was our leader had three daughters in our troupe. With dark hair and eyes, she was, perhaps, the prettiest mother in the entire school. She always dressed fashionably and treated us with sweetness.

When the year began, we received a book with instructions that would teach us to be better citizens — help our teacher, do chores at home, cook, sew and volunteer.

As we focused on learning and serving others, we were

of work. This is unfortunate, because as the study revealed, purpose-oriented workers do significantly better in employee evaluations.

Hardly the people you want to silence.

3. Hopeful Middle. These organizations are filled with people of both types. The difference here is the employees with a transactional mindset are often tentative purposeyearners in disguise. They want their work to mean more than money, but they’re not sure it’s possible or that leadership will buy in.

These organizations are at a potential tipping point.

When we provide data and techniques to bring a sense of purpose to life and help purpose-oriented people spread the word, we show

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Three Gwinnett schools given Breakout awards Three Gwinnett middle schools were recently named Breakout Schools by the Georgia Association of Secondary School Principals, an award designed to honor schools that are high achieving or dramatically improved achievement.

Lanier, Sweetwater and Summerour middle schools received the awards, while Sweetwater and Summerour earned the title of Distinguished Breakout Middle School which came with a $1,000 award.

“It is a great honor to be recognized by GASSP

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Keith Farner and this recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of teachers and students at all three schools,” said Dorothy Parker-Jarrett, Summerour Middle School principal.

Sugar Hill Elementary receivers Tanger grant Sugar Hill Elementary School was among five schools who received a TangerKIDS grant from Tanger Outlets in Commerce. The program is designed to award grant money to local schools in the communities where Tanger Outlet Centers are located. Sugar Hill’s project was called “First Grade Mall … Fun With Finances” For every coupon book sold, Tanger has earmarked one dollar for the TangerKIDS Grants

The Leaveys Award honors outstanding teachers who create and conduct programs in entrepreneurship. Winners were selected by the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. The award honors Chrisman’s “Silver Lining Boutique” program, a school-based fashion boutique operated by Shiloh students.

The Silver Lining’s mission is to provide an ongoing workplace environThree Gwinnett middle schools were recently named ment for students to learn Breakout Schools by the Georgia Association of Sec- hands-on job skills, work ondary School Principals. (File Photo) ethics and entrepreneurial skills. Students start a business from the ground program. Funding for special education teacher up, developing an entreTangerKIDS Grants ranges at Shiloh High School, preneurial inclination and from $3,000 to $7,500 per is a recipient of the 38th learning problem-solving center and may be split annual Leaveys Award and team-building skills between multiple grant for Excellence in Private along the way. requests.

Enterprise Education and Keith Farner writes is one of 12 educators to about education. Good Shiloh High teacher receive $7,500.

News from Schools aphonored for Chrismas was the only pears in the Sunday edition entrepreneurial spirit recipient from metro of the Daily Post.

Nancy Chrisman, a Atlanta.

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AUBURN Library hosting Santa for special story time Eleven days before Christmas, the library will pause.

Little children will beam brightly, eager to meet Santa Claus.

The Auburn Public Library has announced it will host Santa Story Time from 6 until 8 p.m. on Dec. 14. The big man in the red suit will stop by the library that evening to read The Night Before Christmas to children and lead them in a jingle bell sing-a-long.

After the musical interlude and reading, kids will be able to get their photos taken with Santa. Library staff will also serve treats to the children.

The library is located at 24 Fifth St. BARROW COUNTY Pair of events bring holiday spirit The city of Winder will have two events this week to celebrate the Christmas season as it opens the Christmas Ice Rink on Saturday at the Downtown Gazebo Park at 60 North Broad St. in Winder, while the same day the city will put on its Christmas parade also on North Broad.

To make room for the ice rink, the gazebo parking lot on the corners of North Broad and Candler Street will be closed for beginning on Wednesday through Dec. 22.

The 67th annual parade will feature pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus. This year’s theme is “Animated Christmas.”

BERKELEY LAKE Southwest Chamber to host networking event Business professionals in southwest Gwinnett will have a chance to network on Friday as part of the Southwest Gwinnett Chamber’s ongoing “ Southwest Success ” event at 8 a.m.

It’s held each Friday except the first Friday of the month at the Atlanta Bread Company at The Forum. Attendees are encouraged to present their business and build professional relationships.

The event is free for members of the Chamber and guests are welcome to visit once.

For questions or to become a member, contact Kellie Austin at kellie@skylinestrategy.com or 678-765-9775.

BRASELTON Tree contest entries to be posted The town of Braselton’s downtown business decorated tree competition is going online.

Residents can visit Downtown Brasleton’s Facebook page and vote on his or her favorite tree. The album will be published on Dec. 12. Voting is doing by liking a photo and the photo with the most likes wins.

The Facebook page is at facebook.com/downtownbraselton.

BUFORD Business After Hours coming up The Next Buford Business Alliance Business After Hours is set for Dec. 8.

The group, made up of business people around town, is hosting the event at 5:30 p.m. at Tannery Row Ale House.

The establishment is located at 554 West Main St. The event is held every second Tuesday so the group can plan upcoming events and provide a forum for ideas to promote and improve Historic Buford.

DACULA City offering free Google workshop Thursday Dacula officials are partnering with Organized Pixels LLC’s Damien Porche this week to host a workshop designed to teach business owners about Google so they can understand how it can help them grow.

The class will be offered from 8 until 10 a.m. on Thursday at Dacula City Hall, 442 Harbins Road. The workshop will focus on how businesses can boost their presence on Google by using the search engine’s prod-

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PEACHTREE CORNERS Holiday decorations up at city’s gateway Your next trip northbound on Ga. Highway 141 might include a sighting of the holiday decorations on the city of Peachtree Corners’ gateway sign. It’s located at the split between 141 and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

“It’s really a sight to see in the evening when all the lights are on,” the city said in a news release.

The city’s public works crew put up the decorations, which include a large, glowing tree, lights and tinsel.

SNELLVILLE New mayor presents to advisory committee Snellville Mayor Tom Witts told a group of the county’s movers and shakers Tuesday McDaniel Farm in Duluth is all aglow for the candlelight tours taking place throughout December. During the tours, guests can walk-through the family farm and learn about historic Christthat the city has a plan in place mas customs and traditions. (Special Photo) to drive development and now it needs the support to do it.

The newly elected mayor explained to the members of the Gwinnett County Advisory Committee, part of the Council for Quality Growth, that there are several development opportunities in the city that and period holiday ornaments,” candlelight tour is $8 per person are now feasible thanks to a

By Katie Morris Jason West, EHC’s director of for the weekday and Saturday “united” mayor and council, ackatie.morris programming said in a release. tours. The program fee is $10 cording to a news release. @gwinnettdailypost.com “This is a great opportunity to for the special Sunday holiday “We all know where we The holiday season is a fastsee McDaniel Farm from a diftours. Gwinnett EHC members want to go, now we just have paced time of year filled with ferent perspective.” are free. Registration is required to agree on how to get there,” gift shopping, decorating, hostThe tours are led by costumed and can be done online at www.

Witts said. ing parties and traveling to and guides who will share historic gwinnettEHC.org.

When the county was thrivfro visiting friends and family. holiday customs and tradiFor those looking to get in ing and expanding in the early The holidays can be hectic, tions, as well as offer a look at touch with their “green” side 2000s, Snellville was left out which is why the Gwinnett Envi- everyday life on a family farm. this holiday season, the Gwinof the growth because the ronmental and Heritage Center is Attendees can also enjoy a com- nett EHC is hosting Green Your city did not have a developgiving local families the chance plimentary cup of hot cocoa or Holiday events during Decemment plan its leadership could to slow down and travel back to apple cider and make a holiday ber. Attendees will learn how to agree on and developers a more tranquil time in history. craft. make upcycling a part of their faced logistical hurdles like The EHC is hosting candleSunday evening tours will holiday tradition and create no alcohol-pouring opportunilight tours of McDaniel Farm in feature musicians providing holiday crafts and gifts using ties in the form of a liquor by Duluth on select dates throughlive holiday tunes — some of recycled materials from around the drink ban for restaurants, out December. Each 90-minute the performers set to appear their homes.

Witts said. candlelight tour gives guests a are Mill Creek High School Green Your Holiday will be “We do have a plan now,” he glimpse of what the holidays String Quartet, Britches Full of offered Saturday, Dec. 19 and said. “We have all the pieces in where like on a family farm dur- Stitches, an Appalachian Celtic 26, and Sunday, Dec. 27, at the place.” ing the 1930s.

Consort and Dave and Phoebe Gwinnett EHC located at 2020 Witts talked about develop“The farm will be aglow with Clark, a father-daughter musiClean Water Drive in Buford. ment opportunities on Wisteria the warmth of candles and will cal duo.

For more information, visit Drive across from the police stabe decorated with fresh greenery The program fee for the gwinnettEHC.org. tion, in the Livable Centers Initiative corridor on Wisteria Drive, Clower Street and Oak Road ucts and services.

The library is located at 700 but were delayed due to rain. and other locations on highways “Businesses with photos in Grayson Parkway.

The additional closure will allow 78 and 124. He also spoke their online listing have more the contractor to remove the about a new construction project click-throughs, more direction LAWRENCEVILLE existing structure, drive the on the town green in front of City requests and better reputaDDA soliciting historic support pilings, set the new Hall which will improve the existtions,” Mayor Jim Wilbanks train depot business bridge and pave the ditches ing green and create a Veterans wrote on the city’s website. plan proposals in the locations already excaMemorial Park across Oak “That’s why the city is excited Lawrenceville’s Downtown vated.

Road. The Wisteria City Market, to host a free holiday workDevelopment Authority an“For their own safety and to a one-day pop-up market, was shop that can help you make nounced this past week that it ensure the contractor’s progalso touted as a success and your Google Search and Maps has put out a request for busiress,” the city said in a news an example of viable economic listing better and your season ness plan proposals in an effort release, “trail users are asked growth in the city. merrier.” to find a tenant for the city’s to remain off of the closed por“Now we just need people to Attendees are asked historic train depot. tion of the trail, which will be help us with our dream,” Witts to RSVP in advance and The RFP asks groups to clearly marked.” said. can do so online by visitsubmit to Lawrenceville’s ing www.eventbrite.com/e/ economic development direcLOGANVILLE SUGAR HILL lets-put-dacula-on-the-maptor, Lisa Sherman, at City Hall, Breda Pest Management Advance Disposal free-google-workshop-tick70 S. Clayton St. Groups must makes Bulldog 100 announces holiday pickup ets-19475985196?ref=estw. send any questions about the Breda Pest Management For residents inside the city plans for the area to Sherman was recently named to the limits of Sugar Hill, Advance DULUTH at lisa.sherman@lawrencevilBulldog 100, which is a list of Disposal has announced that Cookies and Cocoa lega.org by Jan. 24. The RFP fastest-growing companies if your pickup day falls on one with Santa outlines that proposals will be owned or run by University of of the upcoming holidays, your The Red Clay Theatre will accepted until the DDA choGeorgia alumni. The company, garbage and recycling service host a Cookies and Cocoa with ses a tenant. run by 2002 graduate Matt will be picked up the next day.

Santa event from 10 a.m. to The depot has 2,200 square Breda, has made the list six of Trucks may arrive earlier durnoon on Dec. 19. feet of space, and officials the past seven years. Breda ing holidays, so residents are Kids’ activities and story time expressed a “keen interest has full-time headquarters in encouraged to place trash out will be available. Main Street in the preservation of historic Loganville. It was started by the night before. Commercial merchants are open for the integrity” of the facility in the Rodger Breda, Matt’s father, in pickup will usually operate as holiday season with festive RFP. As a result, renovation 1973. normal. items. work will not be allowed in the The annual program recFriday customers will be ser“It’s a lot of fun and the kids facility if it alters that integrity. ognizes the fastest-growing viced on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. really enjoy seeing Santa right The RFP also notes that businesses owned or operated The normal schedule will return before Christmas to get their the city’s Master Plan for the

by UGA alumni. Nearly 400 the following Mondays. last few Christmas wishes in for depot and its surrounding nominations were submitted for For questions, call Advanced the holiday,” event coordinator area includes developing it the 2016 list.

Disposal at 770-887-6063.

Maggie Waddell said. as an entertainment district Several areas of the coun12Stone Church will provide that connects downtown try are represented, including SUWANEE 500 free cookies at the event. Lawrenceville with Georgia companies from as far north as Ga.-PCOM to host open Every child will also receive a Gwinnett College. The DDA New York and as far west as house free “The Legend of Cookies is looking at charging $900 in California. Of the 100 busiThe Georgia campus of and Milk” ornament specialrent each month in addition to nesses, 80 are located within Philadelphia College of Osteoized per child from the city of utility and basic maintenance Georgia. pathic Medicine on Friday will Duluth. costs. hold an open house featuring The full RFP can be viewed NORCROSS the PCOM School of Pharmacy GRAYSON on the city’s website, www.

Art show opening for artists and the Physician Assistant Doggie Tales coming to lawrencevillega.org. with disabilities planned Studies programs. The open library on Saturday The Georgia Artists with house will take place from 5:30 The Grayson library branch LILBURN Disabilities Art Show opening to 8 p.m. will give children a chance to Part of greenway to close reception is set for Dec. 11 in Prospective students and practice reading while hanging A portion of the Camp Creek Norcross. their guests are invited to learn out with man’s best friend next Greenway Trail is scheduled The event takes place from about the programs, meet weekend. to be closed Dec. 7 to 21 for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Recfaculty, students and staff The library will Doggie Tales drainage repairs and bridge tory, which is located at 17 members and tour the campus. from 10:30 until 11:30 a.m. on replacement, the city said. The College St. Information about the curricuSaturday. The program lets repairs will take place between Musical entertainment and lum, financing a degree and children between the ages of the .5-mile marker and the light refreshments will be prothe application process will be 5 and 10 read to dogs which 1-mile marker headed toward vided. provided. are provided by Therapy Dogs Lions Club Park.

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