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Local officials speak with state delegation Public safety issues high on county’s legislative priority list

By Curt Yeomans

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett County leaders pushed a public safety-heavy list of legislative priorities during a meeting on Tuesday with the county’s representatives at the state Capitol.

Officials want a law that helps law enforcement have people with suspected mental health issues involuntarily institutionalized, tougher penalties for sex offenders and support for a proposed Regional Youth Detention Center. Officials also pushed

Gwinnett legislators, Wilbanks discuss school funding, teacher salaries

an Association of County Commissions of Georgia agenda that includes funding for juvenile justice reforms and a uniform 911 fee.

“It may be more coincidental this year than anything else, but certainly public safety is such a big issue to us and everybody else in the state so (the public safety focus is) not surprising,” County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash said.

Gwinnett’s 25-member legislative delegation will

“The difference is the local systems can spend the money just about any way they want to,” Millar said.

LAWRENCEVILLE — “That’s the big change.”

The handcuffs are off.

The formula includes a That’s how Sen. Fran quarter of a billion dollars Millar, R-Atlanta, described of additional “new money” the new proposed state edu- allocated for K-12, a 3 percation funding formula Tues- cent jump from this year’s day morning at an annual budget, which was more breakfast at the Gwinnett than $8 billion. Part of the Historic Courthouse for the discussions also centered Gwinnett legislative delega- on teacher salaries and the tion and local education and See SCHOOLS, Page 2A government officials.

By Keith Farner

keith.farner @gwinnettdailypost.com

Georgia Gwinnett College President Stas Preczewski on Tuesday morning was one of several officials updating Gwinnett legislators on progress and priorities during a breakfast at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse. For more on his talk on GGC’s plans, see page 2A. (Staff Photo: See COUNTY, Page 2A Keith Farner)

Senior service

Historic house in Loganville ‘a total loss’

By Katie Morris

By Curt Yeomans

100-year-old volunteer makes mark at Georgia SPCA katie.morris @gwinnettdailypost.com

Turning 100 years old hasn’t slowed Charlie Yaeger down. According to friends and family, it’s only speeding him up.

Yaeger’s son-in-law Brian Cooper said the Duluth resident received a speeding ticket just last year for driving 97 mph.

“Most people slow down as they get older, but he doesn’t. He speeds up,” Cooper said. “He has a purpose and he wants to get there.”

One of Yaeger’s purposes is helping homeless animals, and he shows his support by volunteering with the Georgia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Wearing a red hat with a large Georgia SPCA volunteer button on his head and a kind smile on his face, Yaeger happily pitches in during pet adoptions.

“I’ve always been a project person,” he said.

If the retired aircraft engine designer sees a need, he’s there to help. Yaeger has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and the Western Economic Development Organization. He also looks back fondly on his work with Industries for the Blind, an organization aiming to enhance the opportunities for economic and personal independence of persons who are blind.

Now Yaeger’s project is to be a voice for homeless animals because they can’t speak for themselves.

“He wears his hat everywhere,” said his daughter, Chris Cooper, “to spread the word wherever he goes.”

A love of animals runs in the family. Cooper and her husband Brian are both avid supporters of animal welfare causes and the Georgia SPCA. She was the one who inspired Yaeger to begin volunteer for Georgia SPCA’s low-cost vaccination clinics three years ago.

“I started suggesting that he come up and that he would enjoy it. It’s not a lot of on-your-feet-type

Fire breaks out after Sunday Tour of Homes curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

Duluth resident Charlie Yaeger recently celebrated his 100th birthday and continues to support the Georgia SPCA by volunteering during pet adoptions.

Left, Yaeger celebrates his 100th birthday during a recent pet adoption event. (Special photo)

of stuff,” Cooper said. “It wasn’t long after that he started coming up, and then we got into working the Johns Creek pet adoptions.

He got to be the official paper unfolder.”

When fellow volunteers take dogs out of the pins to clean them up, they can always count on Yaeger to have clean, fresh paper ready to be laid down.

“There’s a good rationale

for that,” Yaeger said with a smile, blue eyes twinkling.

“If you have somebody that has the guts to pick up a dog and clean up, someone ought See VOLUNTEER, Page 8A

Loganville Fire chief Danny Roberts said people who attended a Christmas Tour of Homes in the city were fortunate that a fire that engulfed one historic home did not start earlier than it did Sunday night.

Firefighters were called to the home at 214 C.S. Floyd Road that houses Brysan Utility Contractors at 6:47 p.m. The home had been the staging ground for the Loganville Woman’s Club’s Christmas Tour of Homes earlier in the day, and Roberts said the last person from the tour left the house a little over an hour before fire officials received a call about the blaze.

“It’s very fortunate that nobody was there when the fire began,” Roberts said.

“If it had broke out when there were people in the building, it MORE ONLINE would have Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for photos of the house and changed our response from the fire’s aftermath. just battling the fire to doing a search and rescue operation.”

Roberts said investigators have not been able to determine a cause of the fire because there is a large amount of debris in what is left of the building. He added the house, which is believed to date back to the late 19th century, was severely damaged during the fire.

“It’s a total loss,” the chief said. “There was already heavy fire involvement when our crews arrived.”

Roberts said the fire had already caused parts of the building to collapse before the first crews arrived at 6:52 p.m. He added that firefighters took a defensive stance to control the flames because the flames had already spread to the point that it was difficult to get in the building. He estimated that it took crews about 30 to 40 minutes to get the fire under control.

The Loganville Woman’s Club offered See FIRE, Page 8A

Loganville Fire Chief Danny Roberts released this photo that was taken Sunday night of a fire at a historic home in the city that housed Brysan Utility Contractors. The home was a total loss, Roberts said. (Special Photo)

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GGC looks to gradually end building leases

By Keith Farner

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Buildings were on the mind of Georgia Gwinnett College President Stas Preczewski on Tuesday morning as he updated Gwinnett legislators on progress at his school.

Preczewski was one of two higher education speakers at a Tuesday morning breakfast at the Gwinnett Historic Courthouse as Mary Beth Byerly, vice president for institutional advancement at Gwinnett Technical College, reiterated that the school is one of the fastestgrowing two-year colleges in the country despite considerable faculty turnover.

Recently, the newest construction has brought another

building out of the ground at GGC as Preczewski said the continued building growth is matched by enrollment growth, which was up 6 percent last year, and signs this fall show that it will continue. Money for fixtures, furniture and equipment is requested to be in Gov. Nathan Deal’s upcoming budget as the school enters phase four of the Board of Regents building program which will feature the design of the next building construction.

Preczewski thanked the legislators for a 0.5 percent salary increase for employees and said those employees increased giving back to the campus. The president said more than 65 percent of staff and faculty give to GGC, which is considerably higher

than the national average of 32 percent.

“You’re showing that you’re investing in them, and they’re turning around and giving back to the college, and in turn the college is growing,” he said.

Next year, GGC expects to reach 13,000 students as the school graduates more than 1,000 students a year and about 500 become teachers in Gwinnett County Public Schools.

If plans to pay for building additions and furnishings come to fruition, Preczewski said a next goal is to buy three major buildings on campus, including Building A, that the school pays to lease for $2.2 million per year. GGC is the only campus in the University System

whose buildings aren’t owned by the state.

Two are owned by the GGC Foundation and the other is owned by The University Financing Foundation.

Preczewski said Chancellor Hank Huckaby would like to purchase those buildings over time with any extra capital the governor gives.

“Since we don’t own them, we also cannot repair or improve those; only the landlord can, if they want to,” Preczewski said.

Highlighting a challenging budget scenario, Byerly said 43 percent of Gwinnett Tech’s 19,000 students are enrolled in health science classes that cost $89 per credit hour per student, but costs the school $552 to put

return to Atlanta in midJanuary for the second 40day session of the 2015-16 legislative term. In addition to requests for public safetyrelated bills, county officials asked the delegation to oppose prohibitions on interbasin transfers as well as any increases in truck weights.

Among the requested legislation, the mental health treatment item generated conversation because of the authority it would grant to law enforcement. It would let police officers and sheriff’s deputies go to a doctor to have someone with suspected mental health issues invol-

untarily institutionalized.

The doctor would have to make the decision to have the person institutionalized, but it could be based on observations provided by law enforcement officers. Cobb County is also asking for the legislation, according to Gwinnett legislative liaison Susan Lee. County Police Chief Butch Ayers defended the request by explaining to legislators that people with health issues could benefit from the legislation. If an officer stops someone from committing suicide, for example, they can’t get that person help because “threatening to commit suicide is not a crime,” he

explained.

“If we don’t have any kind of criminal charge, we’re pretty much sitting there with our hands tied,” the chief said. “The purpose of this bill is to help us help this person get some help.”

Some legislators had concerns about the request, though, because of questions about individual rights and how long a person could be institutionalized against their will.

“The concern that people have had about that is the ability to involuntarily institutionalize someone is a pretty scary and awesome power,” Rep. Buzz Brockway, R-Lawrenceville, said.

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HIV tests, fines and forfeiture sought for sexual offenses Another piece of legislation county officials are seeking is a bill that would be designed to put prostitutes, pimps and brothels out of business through tougher penalties for violations.

The requested bill would be a follow-up of sorts to legislation that was passed this past session to toughen penalties for sex trafficking. Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford, said she and Rep. Chuck Efstration, R-Dacula, have already done some work on this legislation after law enforcement approached them about it.

“It increases the penalties for people who are actually using the services and also for prostitution in general,” Unterman said.

County officials are asking for a series of punishments for pimping, prostitution and pandering. A first offense for pimping would be a felony and result in forfeiture of property and money.

Pandering and prostitution would have “three strikes” series of escalating penal•From Page 1A elimination of the state salary schedule. It’s expected to be one of the main issues discussed under the Gold Dome starting in January.

A simpler and more flexible funding formula is coming to schools across Georgia if the upcoming legislative session approves plans recommended by a commission Gwinnett County Public Schools CEO/Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks recently participated in.

GCPS is expected to receive $27 million, a 3 percent increase from last year.

“It doesn’t mean it’s going to be a windfall, but it does mean there some areas that will be addressed this year that haven’t been addressed,” Wilbanks told the legislators.

“But more importantly, there

ties based on the number of offenses committed by the person who is arrested.

The first offense for both crimes would be a misdemeanor and result in a mandatory HIV test. The second offense for the crimes would also be a misdemeanor, result in an HIV test and an increased fine. Unterman said people arrested for pandering would also have to complete a six-week corrective action course after the second arrest.

“You would be sentenced to go to school to learn about sexual exploitation in abusetype situations,” Unterman said. “It’s to change abhorrent behavior.”

The third offense would be a felony and result in forfeiture, but panderers would also face another mandatory HIV test, an increased fine and sex offender registration.

Work progressing on new youth detention center Legislators were asked to support a new regional youth detention center in the county if Gov. Nathan Deal includes funding in the next state budget to build it.

The county had a youth detention center until the

state closed it last year.

Whenever a youth is arrested in Gwinnett, the arresting agency has to assign an officer to take the child to nearby detention facilities in Gainesville or Conyers.

Unterman said work has been taking place to build support among state officials to get the facility included in the budget. The senator said she envisions a facility that includes a juvenile court facility, but she added state officials want data to show a need for the facility. Nash said the county’s main focus is to just get the detention center, though.

Regardless of what the facility includes, county officials and Unterman are in agreement that splitting the county between facilities in neighboring counties is costing Gwinnett in terms of law enforcement manpower and resources.

“It’s been a huge imposition and a huge cost,” Unterman said. “For Lilburn and some of the smaller police departments, it really puts a dent in the number of cars that are on the road patrolling because these are ones that are transporting.”

will be some flexibilities.”

Millar and Rep. Brooks Coleman, R-Duluth, also participated in the discussions around changing the formula. The 30-year-old Quality Basic Education funding formula, which dictates state funding to local districts, has been criticized for years for being outdated in many areas, most notably technology.

One of the largest changes came in early learning, where $50 million was allocated to an area GCPS earlier this year labeled a priority to address early learning for babies and toddlers from birth to pre-kindergarten, then up to third grade.

“If we don’t get these kids up to speed by third grade — and the governor is really big on this, that’s why he did the $50 million — for them

to catch up is not impossible, but really, really difficult,” Millar said. “I think the emphasis is on early learning.”

Coleman said that flexibility is the key element of the new proposed formula.

“We’re talking about the elimination of seat time,” he said. “You’re talking about, as (Wilbanks) said, they’ve always stressed that 180 days, but they may decide some students need 200 days, some students need 100 days.”

Under the current formula, the state salary schedule is based on years of experience and education degrees. The new proposal would require each school system to have its own schedule, while the state would offer a template including minimum requirements. Pay for performance being on the table has drawn some criticism from teachers’ advocacy groups as Gov. Nathan Deal has favored at least a portion of salaries be based on performance.

Wilbanks said those could come into play in certain situations.

“If we were to have an advanced math person to retire or leave, I’m not sure if we’ve got over two or three people from which to choose,” he said. “So it will allow for us to address some market sensitivity of some of the areas that you need, particularly as we focus on STEM.” Another option is to “front-build” a salary schedule, Wilbanks said, to recognize additional work, or in leadership roles such as department chair or teacher mentor.

“There’s a lot of pluses there if done the right way,” he said. “It goes without saying, whatever you’re going to do, do it the right way and do it correctly. We welcome that opportunity.”

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Promoting workforce development, Byerly said nearly 45,000 people in Gwinnett don’t have a GED and it’s important that the school provides services for them.

Remediation figures are down in the 20 to 25 percent range for first-year students.

But the bottom line is an increase in graduates from 1,402 last year to 2,089 this year, Byerly said.

Employee enrichment is a priority at Gwinnett Tech as Byerly said the school lost “a tremendous amount of employees.”

“It’s really cool we did all those great numbers on 35 percent new faculty,” she said. “That’s pretty much unheard of.”

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Byerly added that Gwinnett’s recently redesigned admissions area and process is now considered a best practice example across the country. Because of that, she said there have been double digit increases in student satisfaction across the board.

Gwinnett Tech is looking to increase transfer agreements. The school has secured 35 transfer agreements in the last year, including 19 with private universities, and 27 courses are guaranteed to transfer to any public institution in Georgia.

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Officials around county partner for massive traffic detail out information on the dangers of distracted driving and passing out fliers to walkers in the areas of Pleasant Hill LAWRENCEVILLE Road and South Norcross — Public safety workers Tucker Road. from agencies that cover The crashes with people Gwinnett County gathered on foot were of particular Tuesday to announce a joint significance in the words of effort in the coming weeks Chief of Police Butch Ayers, to combat distracted driving speaking to reporters at the and pedestrian accidents.

Gwinnett County Police From Dec. 14 to 28, the Department headquarters on police will cooperate in a Hi-Hope Road. detail to heighten patrols and He pointed to a map made enforcement, as well as edu- by the county fire departcate the public by sending ment, showing that there

By Joshua Sharpe

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have been 322 incidents with pedestrians this year.

From Norcross to Braselton, Snellville to Sugar Hill, the accidents have happened all over Gwinnett.

In cases worked by Gwinnett police, eight were fatal. Seven of the eight fatal accidents were deemed to have been caused by the pedestrian. Sometimes they’re intoxicated, often jaywalking, police said.

“I, as the police chief, and the rest of the police chiefs here in Gwinnett County

were, quite frankly, astounded by this and decided we needed to all get together and come up with a program and enforcement effort,” said Ayers.

The chief was surrounded by leaders of public safety departments from Snellville, Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Suwanee, Duluth and others.

“We’re trying to save lives here,” Ayers said. “Everybody you see standing here has a genuine concern about this number of pedestrian accidents.”

And, of course, distracted driving.

In 2015, the county police department has made more than 27,000 accident reports. The agency has worked 53 fatal crashes, according to agency spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera.

The majority of the fatal accidents are believed to have resulted from drivers’ failure to maintain lane, yield, or “obey a traffic control device.”

“Several of these ac-

cidents have been caused by distracted driving in one form or another,” Pihera said.

Texting is a big concern.

That’s clear in the number of citations the department has handed out on the matter: 2,072 citations in 2013; 1,349 in 2014; and 1,217 in 2015. Pihera pointed out that texting doesn’t necessarily amount to literally sending a text message; drivers can also be cited for tinkering with music apps, games and the like.

Three-year rollout expected for proposed bus routes Man gets

By Curt Yeomans

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The rollout of three new Gwinnett County Transit routes included in the county’s proposed 2016 budget will take three years to complete.

Gwinnett Transportation Director Alan Chapman told the county’s Transit Advisory Board on Tuesday that funding for the new routes — including two for express service and one for local service — will not be fully in place until 2018.

And that’s if the Board of Commissioners approves the $1.5 billion budget, with the routes included, at its Jan. 5 meeting.

“I don’t think this is the time to go into the routes or anything because, just like the (Comprehensive Transportation Plan), we’ve got to go through a process,” Chapman said. “We’ve got to make sure we serve our under-served areas.”

The initial funding for the routes in 2016 will be

Gwinnett County Transit Advisory Board member John Karnowski asks a question on Tuesday about the three new bus routes that are included in the county’s proposed 2016 budget. County Transportation Director Alan Chapman said it will take three years to roll out the full funding for the service. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

$200,000 as transportation officials beginning plan for the new routes and their impact on existing routes, according to Chapman.

The figure is expected to increase to $1 million in 2017 and $1.6 million in 2018 as the routes first go into service and then the county budget feels the full effect of the cost.

It’s part of an effort to turn back some of the cuts

that were made during the recession, including a reduction of transit routes in the county.

Chapman said at least one of the express service routes will take residents out of the county, while another may provide rapid service within it. The county will also work with the Federal Transit Administration and take public input as part of the planning

process.

“We’ve got a lot of work to get there, but hopefully through tweaking some of the (existing) routes and then with this new service, we’ll be able to address some of the needs that we’ve been hearing about,” he said. “I think it will get us potentially back to the levels that we were at before the downturn.”

There were questions about from the advisory board about the availability of future funding and the processes the county will have to go through to plan the new routes.

“You’ve got a three-year plan here,” board member Jon Richards said. “How confident are we that we’re going to get the real money in ’17 and ’18 as opposed to the ... start-up money in ’16?”

Chapman said there will be reason to have confidence in the likelihood that the last two years of the rollout will be funded if the initial money is approved in the 2016 budget.

“I think to get FTA’s buyin on what we do in ’16, we would have to make some commitment to the later work,” he said.

Advisory board member John Karnowski asked if FTA approval of routes was needed to implement them because of the extra amount of time it would add to the implementation process.

He also inquired about reinstituting old routes.

“If we wanted to say, ‘Let’s go back to whatever route structure we had back in ’08,’ can we do that?,” Karnowski asked.

Chapman said that would not be possible for a few reasons.

“Things have changed over the last seven years,” he said. “The population isn’t necessarily what it was back then … and honestly cutting funds is one thing.

Coming up with new funds is something else. I hate to say that, but we’ve got to get money out of the feds.

Our budget proposal is based on them providing a portion of the funds.”

double life for home invasions

By Joshua Sharpe

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The last of the home invasion crew is going to prison, probably forever.

Ex-construction worker and longtime Gwinnett County jail inmate Alejandro Huerta-Ramirez got two life sentences plus 55 years from Judge Kathryn Schrader for his role in a stunning string of 2009 home invasions.

The jury found him guilty of 38 counts Monday, according to the district attorney’s Alejandro office.

HuertaRamirez The crimes happened in Lawrenceville and Norcross, with men donned in bulletproof vests, brandishing AK-47s and claiming to be police.

The first were on Nov. 29, 2009, at 372 Lexington Drive and 374 Lexington Drive in Lawrenceville.

“While some held residents as young as 3 years old at gunpoint, others ransacked each home for drugs or money and communicated via handheld radios,” said Dan Mayfield, chief assistant district attorney.

But there were no drugs.

The robbers fled with wallets, cellphones and cash.

Things went similarly on Dec. 7, 2009, at 1222 Jenny Lyn Drive in Norcross, “where they terrorized a family of five and stole money, electronics and jewelry,” Mayfield said.

Gwinnett police came up with a list of suspects, including HuertaRamirez, and searched his home. They reportedly found an AK-47 magazine, as well as high-caliber rifle rounds, marijuana and more than $4,000 cash in his vehicle.

That evidence, combined with the defendant’s statements to police that he got paid to drive the robbery crews, was presented to the jury by prosecutors Rich Vandever and Karen West.

Huerta-Ramirez, who had been arrested four other times locally for petty crimes, has been in the county jail since March 24, 2010, held without bond.

It wasn’t exactly clear why it took so long for him to reach trial, other than what appears in court records to attempts to fight the charges from attorneys for HuertaRamirez.

The other defendants — Daniel Morfin Cancino, Enrique Ramirez Reyes, Jose Garcia and Robert Reyes — pleaded guilty over the years.

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world&nation WORLD Still air traps smog in Beijing, triggers ‘red alert’ BEIJING — A blanket of humid air trapping smog brought Beijing’s first pollution “red alert” on Tuesday although many residents ignored warnings to limit time outdoors and authorities said the pollution would last several more days.

Hundreds of people, including toddlers, packed Tiananmen Square to watch a daily flag-raising ceremony while China’s state radio said some motorists were ignoring a ban on vehicles bearing odd-numbered license plates.

Rapid industrial growth and car ownership over the past decade or more have led to high levels of pollution in major urban areas and Chinese researches have identified the problem as a major source of unrest.

Certain weather conditions can exacerbate the problem.

Environment Minister Chen Jining called a special meeting late on Monday to urge greater vigilance against pollution in Beijing and nearby cities and he increased the number of environmental inspection teams to 12, ThePaper.cn, a state-backed news website, reported.

Six migrant kids die after boat sinks near Turkey ISTANBUL — At least six children died and eight other people rescued on Tuesday after a boat carrying migrants bound for Greece capsized off Turkey’s western coast near the city of Izmir, local media reported.

Responding to a distress signal sent at midnight on Monday, the Turkish coastguard extended a search operation into Tuesday’s daylight hours, Dogan News Agency reported.

State-run Anadolu Agency said the coastguard found the bodies of six children including a baby, adding that the migrants on the boat were Afghans. It was not immediately clear how many people in all were on board.

Canada’s Trudeau sets up inquiry on missing and slain Aboriginals TORONTO — Vowing to renew the relationship between Canada and its Aboriginals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday his government would set up an inquiry on missing and murdered indigenous women, a measure opposed by his predecessor.

Trudeau said his government was committed to repairing the partnership with Canada’s Aboriginals, who make up 5 percent of the population but have higher levels of poverty and addiction and are far more often victims of crime than other Canadians.

“I know that renewing our relationship is an ambitious goal, but I am equally certain that it is one we can, and will, achieve if we work together,” Trudeau told hundreds of chiefs of Canada’s First Nations at a meeting near Ottawa.

— From wire reports

Trump defends U.S. Muslim ban

By Emily Stephenson and Susan Heavey Reuters

PEOPLE Spotify to allow artists to withhold from free service

Spotify told music executives it was planning to allow some artists to start releasing albums only to its paid subscribers, while withholding the music temporarily from Spotify’s 80 million free users, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The music streaming service is initially trying the new approach as a test, the WSJ reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Spotify hasn’t decided U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump points to a supporter at a Pearl which artist will first get to Harbor Day rally aboard the USS Yorktown Memorial in Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Monwithhold music from the day. (Reuters/Randall Hill) free service, according to the Journal.

“We have no choice but Homeland Security recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The moves comes after to do this,” he said. “We Secretary Johnson said Nearly all Trump’s rivals British rock band Coldplay have people that want to Trump’s proposal could criticized his proposal on decided not to release its blow up our buildings, our thwart U.S. efforts to conMonday. new album on Spotify as cities. We have to figure out nect with the Muslim comRepublican National Spotify required all of the what’s going on.” munity, and the Pentagon Committee Chairman ReTrump on Monday called issued a similar warning. ince Priebus told the Wash- band’s music to be available to its free users, the WSJ for blocking Muslims, Secretary of State John ington Examiner that the including would-be imKerry said his ideas were United States must combat reported last week. migrants, students, tourists not constructive. terrorism “but not at the and other visitors, from A Trump campaign expense of our American ‘Spider-Man’s’ entering the country folspokeswoman, asked for values.”

Holland speaks lowing last week’s Califor- comment on U.S. officials’ Republican House of on fan backlash nia shooting spree by two reactions, did not address Representatives Speaker Muslims who authorities their criticism.

Paul Ryan and Senate MaLOS ANGELES — When said were radicalized.

White House spokesman jority Leader Mitch McCoMarvel Studios announced It was the most dramatic Josh Earnest said Trump’s nnell criticized Trump but response by a presidential comments disqualify him said they would support the that British actor Tom Holland was set to play Spidercandidate following the from being president and party’s eventual nominee.

Man last June, some fans San Bernardino, Calif., said other Republican canBut other Republicans shooting rampage, even didates should disavow him warned that if Trump is the objected and criticized the party’s choice for the Nocasting by saying he was too as other Republicans have “right now.” vember 2016 election, his young for the web-slinging called for a suspension of Trump leads the Rerole. The negative comments stance could hurt against President Barack Obama’s publican pack seeking the and backlash have only fuplan to allow in some refu- White House in 2016 with Democratic front-runner eled Holland to work harder.

Hillary Clinton. gees from Syria.

35 percent of support in a “Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and it just gives me more motivarant this weekend, but the tion to prove them wrong company said the outbreak appeared to be limited to one when I do start shooting the FBI probe $28,500 movie,” Holland told Variety outlet and not caused by E. at the premiere of his latest coli. deposit in Calif. film, “In the Heart of the Boston College had shooters’ account Sea,” in New York on Monsaid on Monday that thirty WASHINGTON/NEW day. “And hopefully I will students had taken ill after YORK — Syed Rizwan and it would be good fun.” eating at the restaurant in Farook recently took out a Holland’s “In the Heart Boston’s Cleveland Circle $28,500 loan from an online and Chipotle said it had tem- of the Sea” director, Ron lender, a source said on Howard, has no doubt that porarily shut the outlet. the 19-year-old will deliver a Tuesday, before he and his Chipotle, which is grapcrowd-pleasing performance wife killed 14 of his copling with a states-wide as Spider-Man. workers at a holiday party in E. coli outbreak linked to Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Farook are pictured passing its burrito chain, said the “Tom has the best San Bernardino, Calif.

Authorities have said Fa- through Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in this July Boston illnesses were likely qualities. He’s energetic, he’s charismatic and he imrook, 28, and wife Tashfeen 27, 2014, handout photo obtained by Reuters on Tuesday. caused by norovirus, not E. (Reuters/US Customs and Border Protection/Handout via pressed us every day with his Malik, 29, were radicalized coli, and that it would not Reuters) strong work ethic,” Howard Muslims. The FBI has said shutter any other outlets in told Variety. that the Dec. 2 attack is bein its newly formed Office the city. without pay.The officers, ing investigated as an “act of of the Associate Director “There are no reports who were not immediately terrorism.” for Laboratory Science and of illness from any other available for comment, can Lionsgate wants While investigations into Safety. restaurants, and the pattern appeal the recommended to make ‘Hunger such attacks often focus on In September, the CDC here looks like norovirus punishments to the police how they were financed, tapped Dr. Stephen Monroe, chief.

Games’ prequels isolated to one restaurant,” U.S. government officials a longtime lab scientist and spokesman Chris Arnold LOS ANGELES — Lisaid the Federal Bureau of agency insider, as the CDC’s Republicans seek told Reuters on Tuesday. onsgate Vice Chairman Investigation’s examination first permanent associate Michael Burns has indicated of the couple’s finances has director of lab safety, a new to avert shutdown Archdiocese that the studio is exploring not linked them with any high-level position reporting as fiscal talks lag of Indianapolis developing prequels to its foreign group. directly to the CDC’s DirecWASHINGTON — As “Hunger Games” franchise. resettles family A source told Reuters that tor, Dr. Thomas Frieden. negotiations over a $1 Burns made the discloProsper, a San Franciscofrom Syria trillion U.S. spending bill sure Tuesday at the UBS based online lender, made Texas jail officers The Catholic Archdiocese Global Media and Comdragged on, Republican the $28,500 loan to Farook. of Indianapolis has resettled munications Conference in leaders in the U.S. House Prosper evaluates borrowers face firing over death in custody of Representatives said on a family from Syria over the New York, saying that the for loans, which are origiTuesday they would seek to objections of Indiana Govfranchise “will live on and nated by third-party bank DALLAS — Three deten- pass a stop-gap spending bill ernor Mike Pence, who was on.”

WebBank. Prosper then sells tion officers are facing terto avoid a government shut- sued for refusing to allow But Burns gave no spethe loans to investors. mination for failing to render down early on Saturday. refugees fleeing the country cific details as to what form emergency aid in connection to come to the state, church House Speaker Paul that would take.

CDC replaces with the March death of an officials said on Tuesday.

Ryan said the extension The fourth film, “The lab director after Hunger Games: Mockingjay inmate at Arlington City Jail, would likely last a “handThe father, mother and — Part 2,” is trailing the othtwo children arrived in Inful of days” to allow work pathogen trouble police said on Tuesday.

Police in Arlington, west dianapolis on Monday night er movies in the series at the on the spending bill to be same point of release, with CHICAGO — The U.S. of Dallas, recommended that completed, potentially over after two years of security $227 million at the U.S. box Centers for Disease Conits detention officers Pedro checks by the U.S. governthe weekend. Current govtrol and Prevention said on Medina, Wes Allen and Matt ernment agency spending ment, which asked the arch- office after three weekends.

Tuesday it has named a new Fisher be fired over the death authority expires at midnight diocese to assist in resettling International grosses have on Friday. acting director of its select of Jonathan Paul, 42, who the family, the church said in hit nearly $300 million.

Burns noted that the agent program following a was found unresponsive in a statement on Tuesday. first two films contained string of lab incidents involv- his cell on March 10, a day Helping people flee Boston College: ing dangerous pathogens. after his arrest. violence is an “essential part arenas — where the 74th and 75th versions of the The agency, which has Paul died three days later 80 fall sick after of our identity as Catholic pledged to overhaul its at a local hospital. eating at Chipotle Christians and we will con- Hunger Games competitions took place — while lab safety programs, said The police also recomtinue this life-saving tradiBoston College said on Dr. Robbin Weyant, who mended that Sergeant Frank tion,” the church said, adding the second two did not, and said younger fans missed the formerly led the agency’s Vacante, who was the jail su- Tuesday eighty students fell that the family has relatives arenas in the latter pics. select agent program, will pervisor during the incident, sick after eating at a Chipotle in the area.

— From wire reports Mexican Grill Inc. restaunow serve as a senior advisor be suspended for five days — From wire reports WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, comparing his plan to the World War II detainment of JapaneseAmericans and others in dismissing growing outrage from around the world.

The White House called on Republicans to say they would not support Trump, currently the party’s frontrunner for the November 2016 election. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said his comments could undermine U.S. security.

The prime ministers of France and the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and Muslim residents of Asian countries all denounced the real-estate mogul’s comments.

But Trump said his ideas were no worse than those of then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who oversaw the internment of more than 110,000 people in U.S. government camps after Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

“What I’m doing is no different than FDR,” Trump said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” program.

NATION

Fla. burglary suspect eaten by alligator after fleeing police

By Barbara Liston Reuters

ORLANDO, Fla. — A 22-yearold man suspected of burglarizing homes in Florida was killed and partially eaten by an 11-foot alligator after he waded into a lake, apparently to avoid detection by law enforcement officers pursuing

the reptile’s stomach, according to a report released this week by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. him, police said on Tuesday.

Sheriff’s deputies chased RigAn autopsy on the man, gins and another suspect with Matthew Riggins of Palm Bay, dogs and a helicopter on Nov. determined that he drowned in No- 13 after residents in the Barefoot vember after an apparent alligator Bay community reported two men attack. A necropsy on the alligator walking behind houses, authorirevealed parts of the man’s body in ties said.

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No suspects were caught that night. Riggins was reported missing by his family when he did not return home, according to the sheriff’s report. His body was found 10 days later floating in a lake, with an aggressive gator standing guard, sheriff’s Major Tod Goodyear said.

“I believe he was hiding,”

Goodyear said of how Riggins ended up in the lake. “With the dogs out there, it’s not a bad idea to go into the water.”

Goodyear said Riggins had told his girlfriend by telephone that he would be burglarizing homes the evening of Nov. 13 and later told her he was being chased by deputies.

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A Churchilllike moment LONDON — Wisdom can often be found in unexpected places. During debate in the House of Commons on whether Britain should join the U.S. and Russia in bombing ISIS targets in Syria, Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary of the liberal Labour Party, delivered a speech that approached Winston Churchill in its vision: “And we are here faced by fascists.

Not just their calculated brutality, but Cal their belief Thomas that they are superior to every single one of us in this chamber tonight, and all of the people that we represent.

They hold us in contempt. They hold our values in contempt. They hold our belief in tolerance and decency in contempt. They hold our democracy, the means by which we will make our decision tonight, in contempt. And what we know about fascists is that they need to be defeated. And it is why, as we have heard tonight, socialists and trade unionists and others joined the International Brigade in the 1930s to fight against Franco. It’s why this entire House stood up against Hitler and Mussolini. It is why our party has always stood up against the denial of human rights and for justice.

And my view, Mr. Speaker, is that we must now confront this evil. It is now time for us to do our bit in Syria. And that is why I ask my colleagues to vote for the motion tonight.”

Members of both parties cheered and the motion passed.

In the U.S., we get moronic statements claiming that climate change is “directly related” to terrorism (Sanders), endure calls for more gun laws when current gun laws are disobeyed, and stand bewildered as our president, in the face of attacks by radical Islamists, says, “We cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between America and Islam,” while Attorney General Loretta Lynch targets people who use anti-Islamic language for fear it “will be accompanied by acts of violence.” Meanwhile, Islamic extremists move about the U.S. with apparent impunity. MSNBC and other networks, meanwhile, give airtime to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a so-called advocacy group with ties to the Holy Land Foundation and Hamas, to spout propaganda that the San Bernardino murders had nothing to do with Islam. And let’s not forget those “Christian” killers who shoot up abortion clinics, as if these are immorally equivalent.

The BBC also refuses to label ISIS killers as terrorists, preferring to call them “militants.”

In his brief address Sunday, President Obama offered no new strategy for defeating Islamic terrorism. He disingenuously claimed his policies are working. If this is success, what does failure look like?

The UK and U.S. have invited this madness by admitting thousands into our countries, many of whom come from regions that do not embrace Western values, foolishly hoping these people will assimilate.

The FBI says it is investigating ISIS suspects in every U.S. state. Why, then, are we allowing more refugees in before these investigations are concluded and action taken?

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich described the Islamist movement as a “virus.” A virus must be isolated and eradicated. Bombing a foreign country is not enough. Just as a virus requires leadership from the medical community and cooperation from those at risk of infection, the ISIS virus requires political leadership, which President Obama has failed to provide.

What will our leaders say if these murderers succeed in acquiring weapons of mass destruction? What happens if one of these weapons wipes out London, New York or Washington? Should we take decisive action now, or wring our hands later?

On Nov. 16, 1934, Winston Churchill, who stood virtually alone in his early warnings about the growing rearmament of Germany and the threat it posed to a world that preferred the false comfort denial brings, told his fellow parliamentarians: “As we go to and fro in this peaceful country with its decent, orderly people going about their business under free institutions and with so much tolerance and fair play in their laws and customs, it is startling and fearful to realize that we are no longer safe in our island home.”

Eighty-one years later, we are again unsafe.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

Essay winners show the write stuff It makes me happy any time young people embrace writing, which makes this column particularly enjoyable to write.

Leading up to America Recycles Day in November, Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful held an essay contest to help promote its ME Campaign.

That stands for “My Environment,” and the idea was for the organization to foster a since of pride in recycling in local clubs, schools and businesses.

The contest called for a “Sidekick Story” essay that required entrants to address one of the “unsung” heroes of the recycling bin — paper, plastic, cardboard or aluminum — as if the writer were the superhero’s sidekick.

Two winners emerged, with Mason Havens — a senior at Georgia Southern University and a graduate of Collins Hill High School, winning the grand prize and Celine Houenou, a fifth-grader at Pharr Elementary School in Snellville, taking the Elementary/Middle School prize.

The essays resonated with the judges, and Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful Executive Director Connie Wiggins said they also accomplished the nonprofit’s goal.

“We wanted to do something a little different and more

Todd Cline Editor impactful this year,” Wiggins said of introducing the essay contest. “Recycling is a process that starts when we buy a product and ends with us buying a product made from recycled materials. With that in mind, we hoped to educate and motivate others to affect a positive change – whether at home, at school, at work or out there in the world.

“Instead of just one day, we had countless people thinking about recycling for more than a month. And when we read all of the wonderful submissions we received, we knew we made the right choice. We need help getting the word out on so many levels. It’s not just about the environment, recycling has an economic impact, as well.

We have to be more conscientious about recycling materials that are wanted and needed by Georgia manufacturers. Thanks to this contest and Gwinnett

Clean & Beautiful’s ongoing efforts, the message that recycling is the right thing to do for our community, Mason Havens our economy and our environment is definitely spreading.”

Havens, who won a $250 prize, wrote about Celine how the Greek Houenou organizations at Georgia Southern are working to create a recycling mentality in the Statesboro community by recycling cans and bottles. He said those acts brought he and his fellow Greeks together, promoting team work and comaraderie.

From Havens’ essay: “Not all superheroes wear capes. In this case the superhero is a bottle/can. This superhero does not save someone from drowning or rescue a kitten in a tree. However, what this superhero does do is it brings a couple thousand college students together and gives us an opportunity to make a difference. Our campus is cleaner, the environment is healthier, and

the program is growing. These superheroes provide a sense of productivity and teamwork that will in the long run benefit more than the environment; but will send those students involved forward into the future with the goal of making a difference.”

In her essay, Celine dubbed herself “Clean Celine” and she set forth to save the recyclables from “Garbage Grace,” who at the end was turned into “Gracious Grace” after understanding that recycling is the right thing to do.

From Celine’s essay: “’I wish I hadn’t taken all of those reusable items hostage,” (Garbage Grace) thought. ‘I knew that they could end up in landfills and that they could’ve been used for other things, but I didn’t care.’

“Grace knew the right thing to do. Slowly, but surely Grace mustered up the courage to help save the recyclable items.”

Both essays were creative and insightful, helping spread the message of the importance of recycling. And they also showed an aptitude that might lead them to my line of work someday if they would like to write for a living.

Email Todd Cline at todd. cline@gwinnettdailypost.com.

His column appears on Wednesdays.

to the editor and comfortable. Our first task of the morning was introductions to the staff and support team that makes Osbourne Middle School operate. After that was lunch, then visits to the classrooms, and finally a student council meeting.

Throughout I was amazed with the level of dedication each person contributed with passion to make the students experience the best possible. I was also impressed with the students who I met during the day, who without ever saying as much made it obvious they were there to learn and enjoy themselves during the process. This is reflected, I believe, in The implied notion that only Muslim the enthusiasm of the teachers who each immigrants are a threat to a nation is un- gives their own unique teaching talent to founded. If history is correct, immigrants them. from all over the world arrived in North For those whose children attend OsAmerica. bourne Middle, you can rest assured you The actual result was that the Native have some of Gwinnett’s finest who care Americans lost their land and millions far more than just getting good numbers were killed in the process. Open borders on a test, but who have a desire for bringprovide access to all that wish to destroy ing out the best of our future generation. the American way of life.

— Matthew Holtkamp — D.W.Pyles Buford Loganville

Muslim immigrants aren’t only threat

‘Principal for a Day’ program an eye-opener I recently participated in the “Principal for a Day” program for Gwinnett County Public Schools. Having never attended public school I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.

From the time I arrived, Principal Kenny Wells made me feel at home

Columnist ‘mainly’ right about pilgrims, Civil War

Esther Cepeda was mainly right in her column (“The real story of the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving,” Nov. 25, 6A), but she left out a few relevant facts.

Cepeda accurately pointed out that the relationship with Native Americans was quite complex and contentious.

That our school children have long

dutifully cut out pilgrim hats, belt buckles, Indian corn and present Thanksgiving as a day of the pilgrims throwing a thank-you party for the indians is quite ludicrous. Actual accounts from that period state that the Pilgrims were giving their thanks to God and that a selected few Indians were invited, a fact not allowed to be expressed in anti-religious public schools. Actually, some of the early pilgrims enslaved Indians and later traded them for Africans when the Indians developed the pesky habit of running off into the wilderness.

Where I disagree with Cepeda is her failure to address the why of the attempt to reinterpret Jamestown as “cultural amnesia that points to Americans’ desire to think of ourselves as people who break bread with Native Americans instead of slaveholders.”

Abraham Lincoln’s claim was subterfuge in an attempt to make the Civil War about slavery and not the real cause of preserving the Constitution.

If Cepeda wants to seek the truth, she will find that the cause of the Civil War was less about slavery and slaveholders than it was about the preservation of the Constitutional right of individual states to determine their own laws and their own destiny.

Esther Cepeda was mainly right, but she drifted off course in her attempt to address Lincoln’s attempt to change Civil War opinions.

— Ernest Wade Loganville

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BETHLEHEM

Tracy Banks Tracy Renee Banks, age 50, of Bethlehem, Georgia, died December 6, 2015. She was an employee of The United States Postal Service for 15 years.

She is survived by: Daughter, Deanna Erbe & Husband Kevin Erbe of Loganville, GA, Grandsons Kaycin Banks, Conor & Grant Erbe; Former Spouse, Wade Banks of Loganville, Ga. Siblings; Barbara & Jack Wade of Covington, GA, Tommy & Ann Towler of Loganville, GA, Judy & Ray Bolyard of Summit Point, WV, Jerry & Lynn Towler of Loganville, GA, Wanda & Woody King of Loganville, GA, Terrie Evans of Lawrenceville, GA, Beth & Jeff Smith of Loganville, GA; as well as many nieces, nephews & friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, John & Betty Towler of Lawrenceville, GA; Son, Dereck Banks of Bethlehem, GA; Brothers, Johnny Towler of Lawrenceville, GA, George Towler of Auburn, GA; Sisters, Beverly Mooney of Alpharetta, GA, Donna Langley of Lawrenceville, GA and Linda Swafford of Flowery Branch, GA. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from 2 to 4 PM and 6 to 8 PM at Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Lawrenceville Chapel, 770-963-2411. A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, December 9, 2015.

Interment will follow at Eternal Hills Cemetery in Snellville. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Tracy’s name to the American Cancer Society, 2970 Clairmont Rd. NE #840, Atlanta, GA 30329.

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

JEFFERSON

James Braswell James Vanus Braswell, age 90, of Jefferson, GA formerly of Buford, GA passed away Monday, December 7, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Birdie Lee Moore Braswell, sister, Virginia Braswell Justice, brothers, Tom Braswell, Kelly Braswell, Dean Braswell, Allen Braswell. He is survived by his wife of sixtyseven years, Helen Dodd Braswell, Jefferson, GA; children, Nell Braswell Maddox and husband, Carey Maddox, Jefferson, GA, Janice Braswell Maddox and husband, Ted Maddox, Jefferson, GA, Shirley Braswell Dawson, Winder, GA, Joe Braswell, Athens, GA, Jim Braswell, Braselton, GA; eleven grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 4 great great-grandchildren; sisters in-law, Bernice Hosch Braswell, Buford, GA, Jean Braswell, Lawrenceville, GA; brother in-law, Ralph Dodd, Cumming, GA; several beloved nieces, nephews and cousins. Mr. Braswell was born August 2, 1925 in Buford, GA. A retired farmer who raised different kinds of vegetables, poultry, cattle and a member of Rock Springs United Methodist Church in Lawrenceville, GA. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 2:00p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Braswell and Richard Moon

officiating. Interment will follow at Rock Springs United Methodist Cemetery, Lawrenceville, GA. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 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.

LOGANVILLE

Robert Burton Robert E. “Bobby” Burton, age 82, of Loganville, GA passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2015. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years Jeanette Nunn Burton; daughters and sons-inlaw: Becky Burton Jordan (Skip); Beverly Burton; Beth Burton Watkins (Bobby); grandchildren: Bo Burton Watkins and Cady Jeanne Watkins all of Loganville, GA; Brothers: Marvin (Penny) Burton of Grayson, GA; Ralph (Patsy) Burton; sister, Ruth Burton Hannon all of Loganville, GA; brothers-in-law: Dr. Tolbert Moore of Loganville, GA; Aaron Tucker of Hartwell, GA; Ed Nunn (Wadine) of Loganville, GA; Don Nunn (Cheryl) of Jefferson, GA; sisterin-law, Sue Nunn Moss of Summerville, SC, Nancy Sarratt of Social Circle, GA, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents: Guy and Johnie (Parks) Burton; brothers: Harold Burton, Parks Burton; sisters: Nellie Moore; Lois Sloan and Mary Tucker.

Bobby was a lifelong resident of the Ozora Community where he was a member and Deacon of Ozora Baptist Church. He was a man of great faith and integrity. He was a 1951 graduate of Grayson High School. Bobby was a United States Army Veteran. He was the owner of Burton’s Grocery at GA 20 and Ozora/Cooper Road and was a retired Gwinnett County Bus Driver.

A Funeral Service to Honor the Life of Bobby Burton will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Ozora Baptist Church. Rev. Billy Holloway, Rev. Vince Burton and Dr. Tolbert Moore will officiate. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, December 7, 2015 from 2:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in memory of Bobby to the Crossroads Hospice, 1957 Lakeside Parkway, Tucker, GA 30084.

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

STONE MOUNTAIN

Catherine Comollo Catherine Comollo, age 97 of Stone Mountain, GA passed away December 7, 2015. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-9793200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

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Jerry Corbin Mr. Jerry Lee Corbin, age 72, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away Sunday, December 6, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Grover and Ruth Roper Corbin, Sister, Gloria Corbin, brothers, James and Larry Corbin.

He is survived by his children, Jerry Michael Corbin, Gainesville, GA, Judy Dylane Corbin, Cornelia, GA, Gloria Elizabeth Ward, Buford, GA, sisters, Betty Corbin, Flowery Branch, GA, Brenda Cowart, Cumming, GA, Linda Smallwood, Flowery Branch, GA, brother, Raymond Corbin, Murrayville, GA; former wife, Nancy Lee Corbin, Auburn, GA; three grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Mr. Corbin was born April 7, 1943 to the late Grover and Ruth Roper Corbin. He was an interior decorator and attended Buford Church of God. Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home.

Interment will follow at Rock Springs Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from 6:00 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.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Gary Elmore Gary Elmore, age 65, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on December 1, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. 770-962-3100.

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HOSCHTON

Carl Erickson Carl M. Erickson, age 81, of Hoschton, GA passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Cathy Erickson and parents, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond B. (Elizabeth) Erickson. He is survived by his wife, Von Hughes Erickson, Hoschton, GA; step children, Jan and Mike Wells, Flowery Branch, GA, Don and Susan Hughes, Jefferson, GA and Jill and Mike Smith, Flowery Branch, GA; grandchildren, Allen Hughes, Whitney Marshall, Jerica Marshall, Jerry and Megan Smith, Heather and Bobby Schleitwiler and Eddie Smith; two great grandchildren, Hannah Grace Hughes and Hunter Carl Hughes; sister and brother-in-law, Audrey Leigh and Robert Gonzalez, Falls Church, VA and two nieces. Mr. Erickson was born May 3, 1934 in Sligo, PA. He was a veteran of The United States Army.

He was a graduate of Sligo High School and a graduate of Allegheny University with a Bachelor’s Degree where he played college basketball. He was retired from America Standard as a Director of Sales. He loved all sports. He was a member of Friendship Community Baptist Church in Buford, GA and a member of Reunion Empty Nesters. A memorial service will be

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held on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Rev. Earl Pirkle officiating.

A private interment was at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30 p.m. until time of service on Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The North Gwinnett Cooperative, P. O. Box 672, Buford, GA 30515 in memory of Carl M. Erickson. You are invited to a Celebration of Life reception at the Reunion Country Club meeting house after the service at 5609 Grand Reunion Drive, Hoschton, GA 30548. Please RSVP to janabelle@bellsouth.net or call 770-617-6116.

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.

SUWANEE

Farah Fannon Farah K. “Tommie” Fannon, age 87 of Suwanee, GA passed away on December 7, 2015. Services and Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

HOSCHTON

Edward Grant Mr. Edward H. Grant, age 79, of Hoschton passed away Saturday, December 5, 2015 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center – Gainesville with his family.

Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Memorial Park South Funeral Home. Pastor Jeff Benefield will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service.

Mr. Grant was born February 19, 1936 to the late Hubert & Effie Grant in Harvey, Illinois. He had been a member of Disciples of Christ, Christian Church in Harvey, Illinois and was retired from Columbia Farms in Columbia, South Carolina, where he was the Director of Procurement & Milling.

Mr. Grant is survived by his wife of 53 years, Norma Spence Grant of Hoschton; son & daughter-in-law, Glen & Heather Grant of Gulf Breeze, Florida; grandchildren, Hunter Grant and Fischer Grant, who were the love of his life; sisters & brothers-in-law, Joeine & Jim Campbell of Springfield, Illinois and Audrey & Russell Serviss of Beecher, Illinois; sister, Shirley Erman of Park Forest, Illinois; and brother & sister-in-law, Bill & Beth Jouris of Littleton, Massachusetts.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, 1101 Northchase Parkway, Marietta, GA 30067, www.heart.org.

Memorial Park South Funeral Home, 4121 Falcon Parkway, Flowery Branch, Georgia 30542 is in charge of arrangements.

Send on-line condolences to www.memorialparkfuneralhomes.com.

JEFFERSON

Susie Hall Mrs. Susie Buelle Hall, age 91, of Jefferson, who passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015.

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John Hembree John Duaine Hembree of Dacula, Ga passed away Wednesday November 25th 2015. He was born in Atlanta on October 30, 1947.

John was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. A graduate of the University of Georgia with a B.S. in Microbiology and Chemistry. He was also a graduate of Georgia State University with a Masters Degree in Public Administration.

John retired from the Georgia Department of Agriculture after 34 years as Chief Chemist over Consumer Protection.

He was an avid fan of the Georgia Bulldogs, loved his family, his God, and the Georgia Bulldogs, not necessarily in that order.

He served as President of the Apalachee Heritage Homeowners Association for seven years. He was a member of the Dacula United Methodist Church.

John was preceded in death by his father, John A. Hembree and his mother Bernice Flowers Hembree. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Becky.

His children, Chapin, wife Lorie, Amanda Hembree, and Paige Hembree.

Grandchildren, Hunter, Heather, and Benjamin Hembree. Brother, Wayne Hembree, Sister, Julie Maruszak. Dog Buddy, and grand-dog, Tucker.

John will be cremated. A memorial service honoring John’s life will be held Saturday December 12, 2015 at 4:00 pm. The service will be held at Dacula United Methodist Church at 2655 Fence Road, Dacula, Georgia.

Cremation handled by Tom M. Wages Funeral Home, Lawrenceville.

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enjoyed gardening and playing with her dogs.

Barb worked for Sage Software for 26 years.

Barb was devout in her faith, holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology.

Surviving include Sisters and Brothers-in-law: Kelly & Jerry Buck of Snellville, GA, Bill & Melissa Sonnemann of Horn Lake, MS, Teri & Eddie Leonard of Huntsville, AL, Jack & Margaret Sonnemann of Hobart, Australia, Brotherin-law: Barry & Liz Boggs of Iuka, MS, many beloved nieces and nephews, as well as several great nieces and an anticipated great nephew. She is preceded by her parents Jack & Mary Anne Sonnemann and her sister Lynn Boggs.

A memorial mass will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at 11:00 AM, at St. Oliver Plunkett Catholic Church, 3200 Brooks Dr, Snellville, GA 30078. Father John Welch will serve as celebrant.

Relatives and friends are welcome at the home of Kelly and Jerry Buck immediately following the service, 1574 Beaver Creek Ln, Snellville, GA 30078. As Barb was not a formal person, the attire for the mass will be casual. The family request that those attending wear gray, as gray is the color representing the fight against brain cancer. Psalm 30 “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning.” In memory of Barb, we ask that you celebrate every morning He grants you and find the joy in every day. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to brain cancer research www.braintumor. org. Arrangements by Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 2246 Wisteria Drive, Snellville, Georgia 30078.

770-979-5010. Please leave online condolences at www.stewartfh.com.

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LAWRENCEVILLE

Helen McLaughlin

Kathleen Sorrells

Helen Louise McLaughlin, age 77, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away December 7, 2015. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

Kathleen Franklin Bailey Sorrells, age 93, of Dacula, GA, passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015. She is survived by her husband of 55 years Charles Kenneth Sorrells of Dacula, GA; daughter, Gail Brewer of Corona, CA; son and daughter-inlaw: Robert Benson and Brenda Bailey of Tucker, GA; grandchildren: Robert (Sarah) Bailey, Mathew Bailey, Steve Bailey, Kimberly (Cory) Wisnia, Kelly (Vince) Perla; Great grandchildren: Sam Bailey, Zachary Wildey, Austin Wisnia, Alec Perla, Christopher Perla, Nicholas Perla; great great grandson: Will Bailey; brother and sister-in-law: Rastus and Barbara Franklin of Dacula; sisters and brother-in-law: Virginia Brogdon of Buford, Jane Beaver of Braselton, GA, Yvonne (Don) Schubele of Dacula, GA, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents Samuel Watson Franklin and Hattie Viola Higgins Franklin; brothers: Jewett Franklin, Andrew Franklin, Felton Franklin, Hollon Franklin and a sister Nell Duncan.

Kathleen was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She was a native of Gwinnett County (Harbins Community). She attended the Harbins Community School and Dacula High School. She retired from Continental Insurance Company. She was a member of Woodman of the World, the Dacula Rainbow Club and was the oldest member of Ebene-

COMMERCE

James Patton Mr. James Rodney Patton, age 39 of Commerce, Georgia who entered into rest Monday, December 7, 2015.

BUFORD

Ann Price Ann Smith Price, age 90 of Buford, GA formerly of Winder, GA passed away on December 4, 2015. Services and Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

WINDER

Elinor Reams Elinor G. Reams, age 87, of Winder, GA, passed away December 5, 2015.

SNELLVILLE

Barbara Sonnemann Barbara Anne Sonnemann, beloved sister, aunt, cousin, and friend, age 55, lost her battle with cancer in Snellville, GA on Saturday, December 5, 2015.

Born on January 17, 1960 in Memphis, TN, she lived in Memphis, moved to Georgia and settled in Lawrenceville, where she

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Amid ‘hate’ in media, Muslim woman praises Gwinnett police, paramedics

By Joshua Sharpe

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Zanub Rizvi, a local Muslim woman, thought she’d share “something nice” on Facebook about Gwinnett County police and paramedics.

Nearly 90,000 people shared Zanub Rizvi the post, sending it, in the parlance of the Internet, “viral.”

The tale the woman wished to share is simple enough: She was riding in her Lexus RX350 with her mother-in-law when they got in a car accident trying to make a left turn.

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dress; her elder wore a full Islamic headscarf, making it “obvious we are a Muslim family,” Rizvi wrote in the Nov. 29 note.

Rizvi told the first officer who approached that the mother-in-law, still wearing her hijab, had neck pain.

Rizvi said the policeman looked at the older woman and said, “I don’t want to be disrespectful, ma’am; is it OK if I check your neck?”

“He was so worried he might offend us,” Rizvi wrote. “I translate for my mother-in-law and she lifts her scarf so that the cop can check her neck.”

Rizvi said she had a similarly kind experience with the paramedics who arrived shortly later.

Cpl. Michele Pihera, spokeswoman for Gwin-

nett police, said the department’s officers treat the residents and motorists they encounter with care.

“People who request services from the Gwinnett County Police Department can expect our officers to handle a situation impartially and with empathy, no matter their personal circumstances,” Pihera wrote in an email.

She quoted the agency’s mission statement, which calls for service to the community in an “unbiased and compassionate manner.”

Capt. Tommy Rutledge, spokesman for the Gwinnett emergency services and fire department, said, “The men and women of the department continuously provide excellent patient care and customer

Fire

visit your historical site and witness the love that you exits condolences to the com- tend through your business pany and its owners Sunday and your family,” the group night after news began 12/8/2015 to DP_WED_OBITS_OBITS 5:09 on PMits Page 2 wrote Facebook page. spread about the fire.

“We are all blessed to have “Thank you for allowing been able to meet you and hundreds of residents to see the amazing work you

had done to the building.”

Brysan Utility Contractors had recently renovated the home, according to Roberts. He also said the fact that it was a business instead of a residence helped contribute to the fact

obituaries zer Baptist Church.

The Funeral Service to Honor the Life of Kathleen will be at 2:00 pm on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Rev. Sam Davis will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from 2:00 pm until

8:00 pm at the funeral home.

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service to all individuals, no matter their age, race or cultural background.”

The demographics of Gwinnett, which has been called the most diverse county in the Southeast, mean that local public safety workers encounter people of many walks of life regularly. According to the latest U.S. Census estimates, some 25 percent of Gwinnett’s residents are from other countries.

All the same, Rizvi was impressed and heartened.

“I was pleasantly surprised with the cultural sensitivity and courtesy shown by everyone, especially being in the Deep South,” Rizvi wrote. “Just thought that with all the hate being spread in the news, I’d share something nice.”

that no one was there when the fire began.

“Nobody is displaced and they do have insurance,” the fire chief said. “The family is just glad nobody was there at the time and nobody was injured.”

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Patricia Talley

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Mrs. Patricia Ann Talley, age 75, of Jefferson, who passed away on Monday, December 7, 2015.

Maria Celina Zorrilla, age 64, of Norcross, GA passed away December 8, 2015. Arrangements by Crowell Brothers Funeral Home & Crematory, Norcross/Peachtree Corners, GA. 770-448-5757.

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to be there to supply the materials because it’s a waste of talent to have someone active doing it. I thought, ‘Good lord, that’s something I can do in a hurry.’”

And the big incentive for all his hard work is the chance to play with all of the lovable pups.

“There are some there that are real cuties,” Yaeger said.

Yaeger’s love of animals stems from his childhood.

He remembers his family almost always having a pet dog, including three different Collies over the years. There’s also been a family cat and even an African grey parrot.

In addition to loving animals, Yaeger enjoys swing music and has an iPod filled with artists such as Frank Sinatra and Perry Jennings. He’s lived all over the U.S. and loves

to travel by train and car — Yaeger still drives and even drove himself to Brunswick, Maine, last year.

According to Yaeger, his secret for longevity is to learn something new every day and to “keep the gears rolling.” But Yaeger’s positive outlook on life also plays a big part.

“Every day is Thanksgiving,” he said. “Well, every day after 75 is Thanksgiving.”

Laura Wade, Georgia SPCA Volunteer Coordinator, feels Yaeger’s positive outlook and continued support for the Georgia SPCA at age 100 shows that you’re never too old to make a difference.

“No matter what your age, you can be of service here,” she said. “Don’t let age be a reason not to come and help at the shelter.”

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Patriots rebound to hand Grayson first loss

By Guy Curtright Staff Correspondent

Collins Hill’s Bria Harmon (11) is guarded by Norcross’ Tehya Lyons (12) and Tylia Gillespie (24) during the second half of Tuesday’s game at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee. Below, Collins Hill celebrates its overtime win. (Photos: Kyle Hess)

Harmon’s OT 3-pointer lifts Collins Hill past Norcross

By David Friedlander

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SUWANEE — Final exams are still about a week and a half away for Gwinnett County schools, but Collins Hill’s girls basketball team faced a major test in its Region 7-AAAAAA game against Norcross on Tuesday night.

While the Eagles showed their youth in letting as much as a 14-point fourth-quarter lead slip away to force overtime, at least one youngster stepped up big for the hosts.

Freshman Bria Harmon stepped back and drained a 3-pointer with six seconds left in the extra frame to lift Collins Hill to a 57-54 win on home court.

“These kids play year-round, so they play in a lot of big games — both teams,” said Brian Harmon, Collins Hill’s first-year coach and Bria Harmon’s father. “The great thing about this game was that both teams are real competitive. They play at a high level. … I

six freshmen and sophomores on the roster, was one of 10 shots the Eagles (5-0, 2-0) hit from behind the arc on the night.

Those 3s played a big role in them holding off the Blue Devils, which got a big night from the trio of Taylor Mason, Vash Perry and Tylia Gillespie, which keyed the visitor’s rally down the stretch.

Mason and Perry controlled much of the early going, with the two didn’t really know where combining for all 13 of we were based on the Norcross’ first-quarter teams we’ve played (so points. far). But this kind of tells The duo lead an 11-3 our kids, and it tells the run over a two-minute state, that Collins Hill has span late in the opening picked up a little bit and is frame to give the Blue ready to play some good Devils as much as a 13-5 basketball.” lead before taking a 13-7 The game-winner by the advantage into the second younger Harmon, one of period.

Well-rounded Norcross cruises

By David Friedlander

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SUWANEE — Norcross wasn’t about to let Collins Hill know what hit it throughout the Region 7-AAAAAA boys basketball contest between the two teams.

The Blue Devils struck from inside and out, and

But after an exchange of runs that left the Norcross lead at 18-12 following Mason’s three-point play with 4:14 left in the half, Collins Hill began to dictate a half-court game more to its liking.

The Eagles struck inside with points either in the lane or at the free-throw line from Jada Rice and Kyra Dixon, or outside with a pair of 3-pointers from Sydney Brown, to go on an 11-4 run over the final 4:01 of the first half, including Sydney Brown’s trey with 7 seconds left, which sent Collins Hill into intermission with a 23-22 lead.

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Norcross’ Kyle Sturdivant (3) shoots after being fouled

by Collins Hill’s A.J. Cheeseman (22) during the second half of Tuesday’s game at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee.

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from multiple sources to build an early doubledigit lead and keep the host Eagles at bay before blowing the game open late in the third quarter to cruise to a 93-72 win Tuesday at Collins Hill.

Norcross (5-1, 2-0) put four players in double figures, and nearly had a fifth, See NORCROSS, Page 4B

LILBURN — Darius Harrison missed all last season because of a torn ACL and Jay Estime was sidelined at the start of this season with a sore back.

The Berkmar duo is healthy now, though, and helped the host Patriots hand the Grayson boys their first loss in imphatic fashion Tuesday night.

Estime, a 6-foot-4 junior transfer from Peachtree Ridge, scored 22 points and Harrison, a 6-foot-7 senior, had 20 points to go with eight rebounds as Berkmar routed the Rams 72-46.

Grayson came in 5-0, but couldn’t stay with a refocued Berkmar team that had lost at Brookwood on Saturday after a lopsided victory over South Gwinnett the previous night.

“We’re struggling to be consistent right now,” Patriots coach Greg Phillips said. “That’s what we are working on. This is the kind of effort we need to have every game.”

Estime and Harrison led the way and Berkmar also got a lift with the debut of 5-foot-9 junior guard Zach Cooks, who was finally cleared by the GHSA after transferring from Norcross.

Estime, who missed the first three games, hit four 3-pointers and had 13 points in the first half against Grayson.

“He had a nagging back injury, so we were being protective and giving him time to make sure he was OK,” Phillips said.

Harrison, dominant inside, had 13 points in the second half as Berkmar improved to 3-1 in Region 8-AAAAAA and 4-3 overall.

“He’s big for us,” Phillips said of Harrison.

“We’re challenging him to try to get every rebound and be aggressive. He did that in this game, going after every ball. If he does that, he can be one of the best big men in our region.”

Cooks didn’t have the guady numbers of Estime or Harrison, but he supplied a needed jolt while scoring six points, handing out four assists and making three steals.

“He brings everybody’s level up with his energy out there,” Phillips said.

“He’s an important addition for us.”

Alphonso Willis scored 20 points and fellow senior Austin Dukes 14 for

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Gwinnett TD Club hosts annual college recruiting fair

By Paul Thomas

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The Gwinnett County Touchdown Club held its annual college football recruiting fair Tuesday at Chateau Elan.

More than 100 different colTodd lege coaches Wofford from schools in varying divisions stopped by to meet with coaches from 50

different high schools, including all Gwinnett County schools, to watch film and get transcripts for potential prospects.

Mercer, Kennesaw State, Yale, Coastal Carolina and Georgetown were among the colleges represented.

“It’s the best thing we do exposure-wise,” Wesleyan head coach Franklin Pridgen said.

NCAA rules prohibit players from attending recruiting fairs, so events like Tuesday’s are all about the college assistants getting a chance to watch film

level where they don’t have the recruiting budgets that the Mill Creek’s Peyton Moore comD-I SEC, ACC schools have. mits to Georgia State, 4B So they’re able to come in and talk to 50 schools, see film on a and review player’s academic bunch of kids all at one time in standings in a one-stop shop with one trip.” multiple high school staffs.

The recruiting fair, which Each school has prospect also doubled as a 2016 schedsheets with recruits info, and uling meeting Tuesday, is less many schools had laptops and about giving Power 5 schools flat screen televisions set up to the chance to make final pitches show colleges highlight films. for uncommitted top prospects “It’s (efficient),” Touchdown like Lanier’s Derrick Brown and Club President Chip Gaskill Archer’s E.J. Price, and more said. “Especially at the smaller about getting exposure for lateMORE INSIDE

bloomers or first-year starters like Central Gwinnett quarterback Micah Maxey.

“It’s real easy to find that star recruit,” Central head coach Todd Wofford said. “Sometimes it takes more work on our part to get that kid that might be a midmajor or below — or an NAIA kid that has his mind set on playing college ball — (noticed).

We try to do everything we can for those kids to make sure that regardless of size, or some of

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ondeck Prep Schedule

WRESTLING

Today

5 p.m. — Collins Hill Invitational 5 p.m. — Grayson at Parkview 5 p.m. — South and Lumpkin Co. at Duluth 6 p.m. — Loganville and Druid Hills at Brookwood Thursday

BASKETBALL

6 p.m. — Heritage at Lanier 6 p.m. — North at Duluth

SWIMMING & DIVING

5 p.m. — St. Pius at GAC Friday

BASKETBALL

5:30 p.m. — GAC at Hapeville Charter 6 p.m. — Archer at Grayson 6 p.m. — Berkmar at Parkview 6 p.m. — Brookwood at Dacula 6 p.m. — Lakeview at Providence 6 p.m. — Meadowcreek at Norcross 6 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge at Mill Creek 6 p.m. — South at Shiloh 6:30 p.m. — Woodward Academy girls at Wesleyan in Marchman

SWIMMING & DIVING

5 p.m. — Wesleyan Invitational 6:30 p.m. — Dacula, Discovery and Mountain View at Collins Hill 6:30 p.m. — Shiloh, Berkmar, Central and South at Mountain Park 6:30 p.m. — Parkview, Archer and North at West Gwinnett

WRESTLING

• Archer in Dobbins Bennett Invitational in Kingsport, Tenn.

• Duluth in Creekview Invitational 5 p.m. — Gwinnett County tournament at Lanier

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Momentum key in Buford’s run

By David Friedlander

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One of the most common themes about Buford football over the past 15 years has been how the Wolves have kept the same level of success year in and year out.

While the more things change, the more they stay the same for the Wolves during their run of 10 state championships since 2001, change is actually something that isn’t necessarily unfamiliar to them.

In fact, it can be argued that being able to change, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, has been a factor in Buford’s postseason success.

That includes the No. 3 Wolves’ most recent victory, a 35-18 win over topranked Woodward Academy in last Friday’s Class AAAA state semifinal at Tom Riden Stadium. The win placed them in a state finals for the ninth straight season — they take on No. 2 Cartersville at the Georgia Dome on Saturday.

“All year long, that’s kind of been one of the stories for this defense,” Buford coach Jess Simpson said after Friday’s victory. “They handle sudden change every time they have to go out there and get a stop. Certainly, in that second half, we got a huge stop. … Got to tip my hat to them again.”

The second-half stop Simpson specifically referred to in Friday’s game, ignited by a third-down sack by Jacob Martin, was the pivotal swing of momentum that saw the Wolves (13-1) complete a comeback from an 18-7 deficit in the second quarter to the three-score win.

But it was hardly a new phenomenon, especially during Buford’s current three-year reign as state champion in Classes AAA and AAAA. It started during the Wolves’ 2012 Class AAA state championship run.

A Korie Rogers intercep-

Buford’s Jacob Martin strips Woodward Academy’s Jeffrey Hubbard during the second half of the Wolves’ victory over the War Eagles in the GHSA AAAA state semifinals.

(Photo: David McGregor)

tion with Buford trailing 10-0 late in the first half of its semifinal game against Cartersville turned that game around and ignited a run of 21 unanswered points for a 21-10 win in that game. It was followed by three key fourth-down stops the next week in a 10-3 victory over St. Pius X in the title game.

A year later, the Wolves’ defense first clamped down to limit Callaway to just 32 yards and one first down to turn a halftime deficit into a 24-14 semifinal victory, which was followed by a 35-19 win over Washington County in the finals in which they rallied from a 13-0 deficit late in the first half and held a Golden Hawks team that had averaged 50 points per game to just six second-half points.

Just last year, Buford spotted St. Pius X a 10-0 lead in the first quarter of the AAAA title game before answering with a quick touchdown and clamping down on defense en route to a 55-10 victory.

In Friday’s win over Woodward, the Wolves seemed to be reeling after the War Eagles (13-1) grabbed an 18-7 lead on Ryan Glover’s 41-yard touchdown pass to Stephen

Elliott with 3:37 left in the first half.

But an 80-yard scoring drive, capped by T.D. Roof’s 1-yard plunge with 12 seconds left in the half, and a 4-yard TD by Xavier Gantt late in the third quarter gave Buford the lead for good.

It was an inspired defensive effort, which held Woodward to just 61 total yards in the second half after racking up 184 yards in the first half and scoring 18 points in the first 19 minutes, led in no small part to big games from the likes of Martin, Roof (13 combined tackles and assists), R.J. Walker (six combined stops, two pass break-ups) and Matthew Parker (six combined stops, two sacks) that was just as responsible for the radical shift in momentum.

In Friday’s case, Simpson said the reversal of fortune didn’t have so much to do with an adjustment in the Wolves’ defensive game plan as it did simply turning up the intensity and executing the original game plan better, particularly with regard to the pass rush on Glover.

“We knew we had to get some pressure (on defense), because (Wood-

ward Academy) does a great job of throwing the ball downfield,” Simpson said. “They have talented receivers on the perimeter. We didn’t do much differently in the second half. Our kids just started playing better and making plays.”

Martin’s third-quarter sack may have been the most visible manifestation of that added intensity and pressure brought by Buford in the second half Friday.

And while the Wolves hope yet another change of momentum won’t be necessary when they meet up with Cartersville again in this year’s title game Saturday at the Georgia Dome, Martin says it’s nice to know they’ve done it before on such a big stage.

“We had to get adjusted to how they were playing and we made changes,” the 6-foot-1, 183-pound senior safety said of the Woodward offense. “We’ve been (to the Dome) a couple of times before, but this is really sweet. We beat a really good football team.”

— Staff correspondents Brandon Brigman and Steve Argo contributed to this report.

Buford’s Curry tabbed state’s best

NHL

Junior named Gatorade Georgia Volleyball Player of the Year

SOCCER

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2:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League, AS Roma vs FC BATE Borisov. From Olimpico Stadium in Rome, Lazio, Italy. ESPN2 2:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League, Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs FC Barcelona. From BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany. FS1 2:30 p.m. — UEFA Champions League, Chelsea FC vs FC Porto. From Stamford Bridge in London, England.

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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 770-633-0948.

FOOTBALL

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.

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 one-mile 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-devilsrun. Sponsorship opportunities also are still available.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Jan. 23-24: No Excuses CrossFit in Suwanee is hosting the USA Weightlifting Sport Performance Coaching Course and Certification. The cost is $495 and will be instructed

by C.J. Stockel. Go to www. usaw.hangastar.com/ EMS_Courses_Register. aspx to register for the course or contact the event coordinator at info@noexcusescrossfit.com for more information. The entry level course is open to anyone 17 and older and includes a one-year membership with USAW. The scope and sequence of the course includes the teaching progressions of the snatch, clean and jerk, and all associated movements.

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Buford junior Gabby Curry was announced Tuesday as the Gatorade Georgia Volleyball Player of the Year, becoming Gabby just the Curry second Gwinnett product to win the prestigious state-wide honor in that sport.

Wesleyan’s Betsy Smith was the first from Gwinnett to win the Gatorade award after the 2007-08 season.

The distinction recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field.

Curry led the Wolves to a 41-0 record and the Class AAAA state championship this past season. The 5-foot-8 outside hitter and libero was named the Class

AAAA Co-Player of the Year by the Georgia Volleyball Coaches Association and amassed 508 digs, 283 kills, 116 service aces and 30 assists.

In a 3-2, title-clinching win over St. Pius X, the Kentucky commitment collected 20 digs, 13 kills and four service aces.

Curry has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom.

A member of the National Honor Society as well as her school’s Spanish club and peer leadership team,

she has volunteered locally on behalf of Kids & Pros in addition to serving as a youth volleyball instructor.

“Gabby is the type player that gets better and better every time you see her,” said Emi Hughes, head coach at rival North Hall. “Her ability to play multiple positions makes her such a versatile player.

I am impressed with the leadership she has on the court even though she is not a senior.”

Discovery, Duluth appeals denied

By Will Hammock

Of the 14-member GHSA panel, one wasn’t in attendance and Dave Hunter, with his Gwinnett Two Gwinnett schools, ties, abstained from the Discovery and Duluth, votes on the two county had their appeals to switch programs. The group voted regions denied Tuesday by 12-0 to deny Duluth’s apthe Georgia High School peal, while Discovery fell Association. painfully short with five Both schools were votes to approve a switch placed in Region and seven to deny it.

6-AAAAAAA of the Hunter, a longtime state’s new seventh classi- member of the GHSA’s fication beginning with the Executive Committee, 2016-17 school year, and said he spoke to the appeal both made appeals Tuesday panel on behalf of Discovmorning in Thomaston for ery’s request and backed a switch to 7-AAAAAAA. up its legitimacy. DiscovThe two teams were ery hoped to move into better fits competition-wise Region 7 with Berkmar in Region 7 with Berkmar, and Central, two schools Brookwood, Central Gwin- that sit within seven miles nett, Lakeside-DeKalb, of Discovery.

Meadowcreek, Norcross The first-year school and Parkview, rather than drew its student body in a loaded Region 6 with almost entirely from Berkall-sports powers Collins mar and Central, which Hill, Mill Creek, Mountain is only 3.4 miles from View, North Gwinnett and Discovery, yet in a differPeachtree Ridge. ent region.

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“It was two different situations (on the Duluth and Discovery appeals),” Hunter said. “I think Duluth was concerned about trying to get the program back up, theirs was more of a competition thing. Discovery was about they felt they were in the wrong region and not in the region from the schools they split off from. … The problem was if we moved them, it would have made an eight (team) and six (team) split of regions. … Our committee is big on trying to balance regions.”

Six schools appealed for a lateral transfer Tuesday and all six were denied — the others were Temple, Cartersville, Coffee and Wheeler.

The Discovery vote was the only close vote of the six.

“I see (Discovery’s) side of it,” Hunter said. “I see both sides of it. But I see

the big picture as well.”

Discovery athletic director Brent Tisdale, who presented the appeal, declined to comment Tuesday. The Titans have one last option if they choose to take it — appeal to the full GHSA Executive Committee Jan. 13 when it meets to ratify the new reclassification.

If no change is made, Duluth will stay in 6-AAAAAAA, which will be a seven-team region.

Region 7-AAAAAAA also will remain at seven teams.

Gwinnett’s other region in that class, Region 8, has just six teams.

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Poor tackling haunts defensive-minded Quinn The Sports Xchange FLOWERY BRANCH — Atlanta Falcons firstyear coach Dan Quinn has pushed all of the buttons he can with the hope of pulling his team out of its downward spiral after a 5-0 start to the season.

Nothing has seemed to work. He even endorsed a players-only meeting last week in order to get the team on the same page.

It didn’t work.

The Falcons have now dropped five consecutive games and are set to face MVP candidate quarterback Cam Newton and the undefeated Carolina Panthers at 1 p.m. Sunday in Charlotte.

The former defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks was still seething Monday about Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston picking up a third-and-19 on a scramble on which he ran through four tackles the previous day.

A couple of players thought Winston was down and didn’t swarm to the ball.

“When I watched it for the second time it was really frustrating, and one that makes you sick when you watch at it to see a play like that and not have the type of mindset to go get it at the end,” Quinn said.

“Yeah, it was clearly an example of (not swarming to the ball) because there’s no guarantee, even in that that spot, there’s still going

get ready for the undefeated Panthers, who have clinched the NFC South an unprecedented third straight time.

“I think the reason I have such belief about what we can do is because of my belief in the team and what I think we can become,” Quinn said. “As we’re starting this fourth quarter of the season it’s my belief in the players that enables me to have this vision of what I want us to play like, and the style and the attitude that I want us to go after the ball defensively, and the way Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (3) runs with the ball as Atlanta Falcons strong safety Kemal we own it and attack offenIshmael (36) and free safety Ricardo Allen (37) attempt to sively. I guess that’s where tackle him Sunday at Raymond James Stadium. (Photo: that stems from is my belief Kim Klement/USA Today Sports) in these players.”

If the Falcons couldn’t to be a long field goal.” the moment, ‘Okay, that get Winston to the ground, Quarterback Matt Ryan one’s not there, so I’ve got what are they going to do also had another bad inter- to go somewhere else,’” with Cam Newton? ception. With 1:30 to play, Quinn said. “I think that he “He’s a terrific runner he tossed an ill-advised saw him, but I don’t know and every time we’re going pass that was intercepted if he thought he could into prepare there’s obviby Tampa Bay linebacker throw over him. In that ously a style and attitude Lavonte David. Ryan has coverage specifically, it’s that you need to tackle thrown 13 interceptions, pretty clear where the guys with,” Quinn said. “I think including six over the past are maneuvered.” the people that can break three games.

Just two weeks ago, the the tackles and have the “The guy just had good Falcons had the top-ranked juice to make somebody depth on it,” Quinn said. run defense in the league. miss, you better be on point “There’s a certain coverThey missed 15 tackles with your tackling and we age and style that they play. against Adrian Peterson will be.”

Sometimes they’ll play a and the Minnesota Vikings Notes: Since the 1970 back closer and sometimes and missed “double-digit” NFL-AFL merger, 66 of 72 deeper, so that’s kind of the tackles against the Bucs, teams that started 5-0 went scheme that goes with it.” according to Quinn. on to make the playoffs.

Ryan understood the The Winston play was The Falcons appear on their coverage, but given the clearly sticking with Quinn. way to becoming the sevsituation, was trying to “Anytime it’s a doubleenth team to not make the make a big play that wasn’t digit that’s usually the playoffs after a 5-0 start. available. ratio when you’re at that The most recent team to “I think he understood many, that’s when it’s at its do so was the 2011 Denwhere the coverage was, worst.” Quinn said. ver Broncos, who finished and then sometimes like The Falcons have to get 8-8 under then coach Josh what I was referring to at over the devastating loss and McDaniels, after a 5-0 start.

FALCONS REPORT CARD VS. BUCS —PASSING OFFENSE: D. Matt Ryan threw a key interception and has thrown six over the past three games. He completed 30 of 45 passes for 269 yards and one touchdown. However, wide receiver Julio Jones is dumbfounded about why the Falcons have excluded him from the red zone offense and haven’t thrown him a lot of fades or high passes where he can high-point the ball. Devonta Freeman caught 10 check-downs for 56 yards. Roddy White had three catches for 33 yards as Ryan spread the ball around to eight different receivers.

—RUSHING OFFENSE: C-minus. Freeman returned after missing the last game with a concussion. He was held in check for most of the day and that contributed to another poor game in the red zone. The Falcons have not had a rushing touchdown since playing New Orleans on Oct. 15. Freeman had 14 rushes for 47 yards. Overall, the Falcons rushed 18 times for 64 yards.

—PASSING DEFENSE: D. Safety Robenson Therezie had a late pass interference call that nullified an interception by linebacker Paul Worrilow. The Bucs went on score the game-winning touchdown. Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston completed 18 of 27 passes for 227 yards and the game-winning touchdown.

—RUSH DEFENSE: F. The unit allowed 166 yards rushing on 37 attempts. While trying to hold onto a 19-16 lead, the defense allowed Winston to break free and scramble for a 20 yards on third down-and-19 in the fourth quarter. Bucs running back Doug Martin had 95 yards rushing on 25 carries (3.8 yards per carry) and one touchdown. Bucs backup Charles Sims broke free for 56 yards on seven carries.

—SPECIAL TEAMS: B. Shayne Graham made all four field-goal attempts, including a 52-yarder.

Returner Devin Hester, who was making his 2015 season debut after spending time on the short-term injured reserve list with a turf toe injury, had two kickoff returns for 47 yards and one punt return for three yards. Backed up in his end zone, punter Matt Bosher boomed a 61-yard one-step punt.

—COACHING: D-minus. This was the second straight game that the Falcons had more than 10 missed tackles in the run game. The defense is starting to show signs of snapping down the stretch. Ryan continues to look uncomfortable in the new offense and that is leading to turnovers. This time he had another ill-advised throw that led to a costly interception. Jones is wondering why they practice fades and jump-ball routes and then don’t run them in the game.

After a 5-0 start, the end to the Falcons’ spiral doesn’t appear to be in sight.

Dantonio squares Smart introduced as UGA’s coach off with ex-boss probably the guy, too, that The Sports Xchange from a defensive system EAST LANSING, certainly, and then also Mich. — If the College from just an overall footFootball Playoff commit- ball system. tee was going for story“It was difficult. There lines, they nailed it with were challenges, but I No. 3 Michigan State’s think my relationship matchup against No. 2 with Coach Saban is Alabama in the Cotton excellent. He’s truly a Bowl. mentor of mine.”

The teams have played That mentor was just once — a blowout watching when Michigan win for the Crimson Tide State went 22 plays to in the 2011 Capital One score the winning touchBowl — but that is just down against Iowa in the scratching the surface.

Big Ten championship Where the real intrigue game Saturday. Saban lies is at the top of each and the Tide took care program. of Florida earlier in the Coach Mark Dantonio day in the Southeastern turned the Spartans into Conference championship the national power that game and were watchhas won 11 games in five ing what amounted to a of the last six seasons, play-in game for the last beaten seven top-10 teams playoff spot. in eight tries and has Saban was pulling for finished in the top five in his former protege. the nation two consecu“Mark has done a fabutive years. Now Michigan lous job,” Saban said, “and State finds itself playing I got to see that 22-play for a shot at a national drive, and it was pretty championship. awesome. I was rooting Alabama’s Nick Saban for the Spartans after being has been to the mountain there for 10 years myself top — multiple times. and rooting for my former He won the national title assistant Mark. Glad they at LSU in 2003 and has came out on top.” three championships with When the teams square Alabama, winning in off at the Cotton Bowl on 2009, 2011 and 2012.

Dec. 31, it will be a clash Of course, before of similar styles. Much of Saban became the king that might come from the of the college coaching fact Saban and Dantonio world, he was the head have familiar philosophies coach at Michigan State and winning formulas. from 1995-99. His deThe Spartans and fensive backs coach was Crimson Tide are physiDantonio. When Saban cal running teams. Both bolted for LSU in late defenses are aggressive November 1999, Dantoand strong at the point nio stuck around for anof attack, and they rank other season under Bobby among the nation’s best in Williams before taking defending the run. the defensive coordinator If Alabama comes job at Ohio State. out on top, it will end More than 15 years a two-game bowl skid after they last worked for a team that has won together, there is still a three national titles under healthy respect between Saban. If it is Michigan the two coaches.

State, it would mean “I learned a tremendous Dantonio took Michigan amount of football (under State farther than Saban Saban): organization, ever did. preparation,” Dantonio “Mark has exceeded said. “My mindset as a expectations of all of football coach has been us in terms of what he’s shaped by the people I’ve done at Michigan State,” worked for. Certainly Jim Saban said, “and certainly Tressel I’ve talked about done a better job than I a lot, but Nick Saban is ever did there.”

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ATHENS — Decked out in a black suit and a red tie, Kirby Smart was introduced as the University of Georgia’s head football coach Monday afternoon.

It was a coming home party for the former Georgia defensive back who will become the 26th head football coach after the school parted ways with longtime coach Mark Richt last Sunday.

Georgia athletics director Greg McGarity said he met with Smart in Atlanta after the SEC Championship Game and made his recommendation to University president Jere Morehead. Smart has been the defensive coordinator at Alabama for since 2008.

Smart was emotional when he was introduced.

The 39-year old Bainbridge native thanked countless mentors, including his father, former Bainbridge High coach Sonny Smart, as well as his mother.

He also thanked his Georgia coaches whom he played for — Vince Dooley, Ray Goff and Jim Donnan — as well as his mentor, Alabama coach Nick Saban.

The new coach agreed to a six-year contract that will pay him around $3.75 million per season.

He said his time as a

Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart coaches during last Saturday’s SEC Championship Game against Florida. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

Georgia Bulldog player was the “five best years of his life,” and he was excited about returning home.

Smart said he and his staff will continue to build on the foundation of integrity that Richt established.

“Our student-athletes will represent the university with class and integrity,” he said. “We will demand that. The greatest satisfaction I’ve received as a coach is going into a 17, 18-year-old’s home and, recruiting that young man, and then watching them walk out the door as a graduate five years later.

“We’ll do everything in our power to help these kids be successful as true student-athletes. That stu-

dent comes first. Although we know these young men will not be perfect, they’ll be held to a higher standard of behavior. Our ultimate goal is to educate students, and we’ll do this the right way, which is the Georgia way.”

Smart’s defense at Alabama have consistently ranked among the nation’s stingiest, and he plans to bring that mentality to Athens. He said he will be hands-on with the entire team, not just the defense.

“Our teams will display great mental and physical toughness,” he said. “We’ll play with great confidence and pride on the field.

We’ll work toward this with relentless energy and passion, and I will demand that everyone in the organization does that.”

Smart began recruiting as soon as he was offered the job on Sunday. Published reports had him spending a good portion of Sunday afternoon with Ben Cleveland, a Georgia commit from nearby Stephens County.

Smart also plans to meet with five-start recruit Jacob Eason, one of the nation’s top quarterback prospects, later this week.

Eason remains committed to Georgia but has wavered on his commitment since Richt was fired.

He visited Florida last week.

But Smart will also coach Alabama in the College Football Playoff when the Crimson Tide meets Michigan State in the semifinals at the Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31.

“First off, both President Morehead and Greg were very supportive of me doing this the right way,”he said. “It’s very important to me that I finish things the right way over there. A lot of these young men playing for the University of Alabama, I sat in their homes three, four, five years ago and convinced them to come to the University of Alabama.

And I don’t think it would be doing justice to turn and walk away from those kids.”

Smart would not set a timetable for bringing in a staff. One of the hottest rumors circulation on the internet had Smart pillaging Saban’s staff at Alabama.

He squashed those rumors on Monday.

“We don’t put a timetable when we make those decisions,” he said. “It’s a very fluid situation, constantly moving and changing. I won’t put any timetables on anything.

Right now we’re worried about getting on the road, getting recruiting and trying to assemble staff and talking to as many people as we can.”

Alexander, Nkemdiche named All-SEC From Staff Reports Two Gwinnett grads made the Coaches AllSoutheastern Conference Football Team, released Tuesday by the league office.

Buford grad Vadal Alexander, a senior at LSU, was a first-team selection at offensive. The 6-foot-6, 329-pounder, a secondteam All-SEC pick last year, bypassed the NFL Draft to return for his senior season and is considered a top prospect in the 2016 draft.

Robert Nkemdiche, a junior at Ole Miss, made the second team at defensive

line. The 6-4, 296-pounder is projected as a first-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft if he bypasses his senior season of college.

He had 29 tackles (seven for losses), three sacks and seven quarterback hurries this season.

Here’s a look at the team: 2015 Coaches All-SEC First Team OFFENSE TE Hunter Henry, Arkansas OL Sebastian Tretola, Arkansas OL Vadal Alexander, LSU OL Cam Robinson, Alabama OL John Theus, Georgia C Ryan Kelly, Alabama WR Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss WR Fred Ross, Mississippi State WR Pharaoh Cooper, South Carolina

QB Dak Prescott, Mississippi State RB Derrick Henry, Alabama RB Leonard Fournette, LSU AP Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina DEFENSE DL Myles Garrett, Texas A&M DL Jonathan Allen, Alabama DL Jonathan Bullard, Florida DL A’Shawn Robinson, Alabama LB Kentrell Brothers, Missouri LB Reggie Ragland, Alabama LB Zach Cunningham, Vanderbilt DB Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida DB Eddie Jackson, Alabama DB Jalen Tabor, Florida DB Trae Elston, Ole Miss SPECIAL TEAMS PK Daniel Carlson, Auburn P Drew Kaser, Texas A&M RS Evan Berry, Tennessee Second Team OFFENSE TE Evan Engram, Ole Miss OL Dominick Jackson, Alabama OL Shon Coleman, Auburn

OL Dan Skipper, Arkansas OL Germain Ifedi, Texas A&M C Ethan Pocic, LSU WR Calvin Ridley, Alabama WR Christian Kirk, Texas A&M WR De’Runnya Wilson, Mississippi State QB Chad Kelly, Ole Miss RB Alex Collins, Arkansas RB Jalen Hurd, Tennessee AP Christian Kirk, Texas A&M DEFENSE DL Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss DL Marquis Haynes, Ole Miss DL Charles Harris, Missouri DL Derek Barnett, Tennessee LB Leonard Floyd, Georgia LB Antonio Morrison, Florida LB Skai Moore, South Carolina DB Mike Hilton, Ole Miss DB Dominick Sanders, Georgia DB Tre’Davious White, LSU DB Jamal Adams, LSU SPECIAL TEAMS PK Taylor Bertolet, Texas A&M PK Adam Griffith, Alabama P Johnny Townsend, Florida RS Christian Kirk, Texas A&M

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Mill Creek DE Moore commits to Georgia State “A lot of schools were recruiting me as a handdown defensive end, which isn’t a problem. That’s After watching Georwhat I played in high gia State defeat Georgia school, but at Georgia Southern on Saturday to State I’ll be like a rush become bowl-eligible for defensive end,” he said. the first time in school his“I’ll usually be up in my tory and then an in-home stance and I think that will visit with the Panthers utilize my abilities to full defensive coaches on potential. I think I’m quick Sunday, Mill Creek senior and athletic enough to drop defensive end Peyton off in pass coverage, but Moore decided to end his also big and strong enough recruitment and verbally to come off the edge and Dacula’s Ty’Quan Garrett (2) is tackled by Mill Creek’s get off some lineman. That commit to Georgia State Aaron Anderson (5), Peyton Moore (29), and Jamar Hall was also huge (part of my on Sunday.

The 6-foot-3, 230-pound (6) during a game this season. (Staff Photo: David Welker) decision). Playing that pass rusher chose Georgia rush defensive end, I think State over several other around the campus and I 20 minutes after they left that’s the best position on really kind of liked it. … offers including Furman, and Moore discussed the the field if you ask me.”

Kennesaw State and Navy. really the relationship with decision with his mom, he “They weren’t my first the coaches I had build called the coaches back South senior safety offer, but they offered me ever since they had offered and verbally committed.

Skyers commits to Army pretty early,” he said of me. It’s kind of hard to Moore helped the Hawks The Army football State. “They offered me at describe, you just have a reach the state semifinals coaches’ recruiting efforts one of their summer camps feeling knowing where this season as he entered in Gwinnett, which have this year, not that that’s a you’re supposed to be.” last Friday’s game with intensified under a new huge factor, but one of the Panthers defensive Colquitt County with 57 coaching staff, landed anfirst schools to believe in coordinator Jesse Minter, tackles, nine sacks and a other prospect this week. me that says a little bit. outside linebackers coach team-leading 11 quarterSouth Gwinnett senior I went down there for an Larry Knight and inside back hurries. defensive back Chris Skyunofficial visit a couple linebackers coach P.J. For Georgia State, ers committed to Army on weeks after they had ofVolker all visited Moore Moore will be a stand-up Monday over an offer list fered me and they took me at his home on Sunday. edge pass-rusher. that also included WyoBy Paul Thomas

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their grades, we’ll do what ever we can to try to find a spot where they can fit in. It’s tougher for those lower guys, but at the same time we’ve been doing it for so long we know the avenues and who to contact and that type of thing.”

While more than one school had multiple screens set up for coaches to view film, it was Central’s display that took the cake.

The Black Knights had three TVs and laptops set up for the coaches at their table. Behind the table were photo-shopped banners of the senior class, with positions and stats listed. The banners were created by outside linebackers coach David Wright and his sports marketing class.

Wofford said that technology has changed the recruiting process.

Companies like Hudl — which allow schools to upload full games and highlights online — don’t just make game preparation easier, but it also creates more exposure for his players’ highlight films.

It also allows for the high schools coaches to have quick access to a player’s film at events like the recruiting fair.

“Hudl has changed the game,” he said. “Obviously with getting prepared for a game week-byweek, but it’s changed recruiting-wise because I have our Hudl set up so that any of these colleges can look at our film at any time. A lot of people don’t do that, but I’m not really concerned about film and all that kind of stuff. My thing is I want the kid to get exposed, so if a coach in California at JUCO or something in New Mexico wants to check them out and give them a shot the film is there for them. That’s huge. Back before, way back when, we had to mail VHS out and that would take forever to get the highlights for that built.

“Now kids can do their own highlights and send it out the same day. I try to send out film every four games. Then I’ll do an end of the year film send out. It’s constantly going so the colleges know who they’re looking for. It really goes back to spring practices, too. That’s when the colleges get to eyeball who’s going to be the players. Then when the season starts they’ll come back and look and see what they can get on Hudl and everything.”

ming and Navy.

The 5-foot-11, 160-pound Skyers made 32 tackles as a senior.

He started the past three seasons at safety for the Comets.

Skyers also finished eighth in Class AAAAAA in the pole vault as a junior at the state track and field championships.

Army also secured a commitment recently from Mill Creek defensive end Tyler Vernon.

Lanier quarterback Tolbert committed to Florida A&M Prior to the season, Lanier head coach Korey Mobbs said that some school was going to get a steal in senior quarterback Tahj Tolbert.

As of now that school is Florida A&M. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound signal caller led Lanier to back-to-back region championships and undefeated regular seasons the last two years a starter.

This season he threw for 1,145 yards and eight touchdowns.

high 31 points during a 9-2 run that cut a 16-point with reserve guard Chris Norcross lead down to just Curlett finishing just one 33-27 with 3:19 left in the point short at nine. first half.

But the Blue Devils also But Sturdivant drove the had several different players lane for a layup and concontribute in other areas in verted an ensuing free throw a complete team effort. for a three-point play, and “We couldn’t ask for a then hit a 3-pointer from the better way for this one to right corner — one of 10 go,” Norcross coach Jesse shots from behind the arc by McMillan said. “I thought the Blue Devils on the night the guys came out with Norcross’ Rayshaun Hammonds (0) drives against Col- — to push the lead back to great energy. There was lins Hill’s J.D. Ozoh (3) during Tuesday’s game at Collins double digits at 42-27. a great buzz in the gym Despite trailing 51-34 at Hill High School in Suwanee. (Photo: Kyle Hess) because it was two really halftime, Collins Hill still good teams. And I couldn’t 21-6 lead with 2:33 left in ever seen a Norcross team managed to hang relatively be any prouder of the way the opening frame. shoot it. I don’t know how closely, with Hightower’s the team responded. We It made an already diffi- many 3s they made, but they coast-to-coast drive and had contributions from cult situation even tougher shot it well. It wasn’t just layup pulling the Eagles to everybody that played.” for Collins Hill (4-1, 1-1) one guy. When a couple of within 60-48 with 2:31 left The biggest contribuwhich was already two those go in, then it becomes in the third quarter. tions early on came from players short due to injury. contagious and the confiBut Rayshaun Hamfreshman guard Kyle Stur“No question, (Norcross) dence level goes through monds quickly answered divant, who scored 17 of played really well,” Collins the roof. They played with by recovering the ball after his 19 points on the night Hill coach Ty Baumgardner confidence, they shot it with it was knocked away from in the first half, including said. “We got beat, no ifs, confidence. They beat us.” him and hitting a baseline four during a 17-2 run over ands or buts about it. We’ve Senior wing TeShaun jumper, and sparking a a 3:31 stretch of the first just got to keep getting Hightower tried to keep 6-0 run over the final 1:17 quarter that broke a 4-4 tie better. the Eagles in the game, of the period to push the and left Norcross with a “That may be the best I’ve scoring seven of his game- Norcross lead to 66-48.

The 6-foot-8 junior then helped the Blue Devils lay the hammer down by answering Kai Lambert’s right-wing floater with nine points in the next 51 seconds to extend the lead to a whopping 75-50, and Norcross was able to cruise on home to the win.

Hammonds finished with 25 points, 11 rebounds, two blocked shots and two steals, while he and Sturdivant were joined in double figures by Dalvin White, who had 16 points and a game-high six assists, and Jordan Goldwire, who chipped in 17 points.

The Blue Devils also got a solid night from 6-9 junior Lance Thomas, who had five assist and seven blocks to go with five points.

Hightower led Collins Hill with seven rebounds and had three assists to share the team lead with J.D. Ozoh, while A.J. Cheeseman scored 11 points before fouling out.

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B1G offer for Carriere Grayson tight end Ryan Carrier has been committed to the University of North Carolina Charlotte since September.

This week the 6-foot-4, 230-pound senior received an intriguing offer that may re-open his recruitment as Purdue offered him a scholarship.

Wake Forest is also expected to make a potential push for Carrier, who caught four touchdown passes for the Rams this season.

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half.

The senior guard drained a pair from behind the arc, including one from near WNBA range, to ignite a 17-5 run coming out of halftime to give Collins Hill a 40-27 lead after the second trey with 2:45 left in the third quarter.

The lead reached as much as 47-33 following after Brown hit another long 3 — the last of her six on the night on her way to a team-high 20 points — followed by a driving layup by Bria Harmon with 6:51 to play.

But Norcross (5-3, 1-1) slowly began to chip away by tightening up its defense and getting to the foul line by either jumping out in transition or simply driving the lane in halfcourt sets.

With her team trailing 50-38, Gillespie drove down the middle of the line for a layup that cut the Collins Hill lead to 10 with 4:11 left.

What it also did was spark a run of eight straight points, all either off the fastbreak or in the

Virgil goes viral As Mountain View head coach Nick Bach put it on Tuesday, “Jalen has gone viral.”

Senior receiver Jalen Virgil racked up six offers last week. Mercer, Appalachian State, Samford, Old Dominion, Western Carolina and Elon all offered the 6-foot-2, 205-pound wideout.

This season Virgil caught 30 passes for 452 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 15 yards per catch.

Collins Hill’s Kyra Dixon (30) attempts a three point shot over Norcross’ Taylor Mason (11) during the first half of Tuesday’s game at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee.

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paint, that brought the Blue with 2:11 left in regulation.

Devils to within 50-46 Harmon ended that run following Gillespie’s layup with a jumper along the

Berkmar led 51-36 after three quarters and began Grayson, now 1-1 in the the fourth with a blitz that region and 5-1 overall. But would eventually have the the Rams got just 10 other Patriots up by as many as points and were outscored 29 points.

61-35 after the first quarter.

Senior guard Lane FosEstime scored 11 of his ter had 13 points and three 13 first-half points in the assists for Berkmar. second quarter and Berkmar The Patriots would have broke out after a first-quarter won even more handily if tie to lead 31-20 at halftime. they had shot better from

right baseline to make the lead 52-46 with 1:52 left in regulation, but that was the only time that the Eagles didn’t turn the ball over in a stretch of six possessions that saw Norcross slowly inch closer.

And when Perry got to the line and knocked down two free throws with 19.3 seconds left, it ended a 14-2 run and finally pulled the Blue Devils even at 52-all.

“I think the kids played their butts off,” Norcross coach Angie Hembree said.

“I think they did a great job and I’m very proud of them. They could’ve laid down very easily, but they didn’t do that.”

The elder Harmon thought his daughter might get down on herself after she missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 6.4 seconds left that could’ve given Collins Hill the win then and there.

But he wasn’t about to let that happen.

“She was on the bench about to cry,” Harmon said. “And I said, ‘Listen, you’ve got to play through it.’ And she did, and (the team) did. You didn’t know

who was going to win it all the way through the end.

And I told the kids that’s the kind of games we want to be in. When you play in big games now, you play in big games later on.”

And with the game tied at 54 and time winding down in overtime, the younger Harmon shook off the earlier miss, faked a drive down the left wing, stepped back and fired a 3-pointer that drew nothing but net with six seconds left to lift Collins Hill to the win.

Harmon, who also dished off a game-high four assists, was the only other Eagles player to join Brown in double figures by scoring 13 points, but Collins Hill also got contributions inside from Rice (seven points, game-high 12 rebounds), Dixon (five points, eight boards) and Jailyn Nicholson (five points, seven rebounds).

Mason led all scorers for both teams with 25 points and pulled down six rebounds, while Norcross also got 16 points and three steals from Perry and Gillespie finished with 11 points and seven rebounds.

seven of her game-high 19 points during a decisive 9-0 run in the fourth quarter to lead Grayson to a 4135 victory over Berkmar.

Jordan, a 5-foot-8 senior, had five 3-pointers, including a trey that put Grayson ahead for good at 29-28 after Berkmar had led 23-22 going into the fourth quarter.

Imani Connor had seven points and Jessica Ewing six for the Rams, who are 6-1 overall and 1-1 in Region 8-AAAAAA. Jirah Simpkins, a senior guard, hit five 3-pointers and scored 16 points for Berkmar, which is 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the region. Hylan Clayton had 10 points for the Patriots.

Berkmar the foul line. They were 3 of 8 in the first quarter and 11 of 22 for the game.

Grayson was 5 of 12 in the first half, but improved to 10 of 15 in the second.

It didn’t matter much by then, though.

Grayson girls 41, Berkmar 35 Essence Jordan scored

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UGA men hold Wesleyan shines at Holiday Splash Winthrop at bay SWIMMING & DIVING ROUNDUP

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The Wesleyan swimming and diving team fared well at the Holiday Splash Invitational, winning the combined points division in the meet at the Cumming Aquatic Center.

Abby The Gardner Wolves won the boys competition with 447 points, a large margin over runner-up West Forsyth (301) and third-place North Forsyth (246). The event featured 21 boys teams.

Wesleyan’s girls finished second with 380.5 points, just 6.5 behind champion Blessed Trinity. The Wolves finished nearly 100 points ahead of third-place North Forsyth in a competition that included 25 girls teams.

The first-place finishers for the Wesleyan boys were James Claffey (200-yard freestyle, 1 minute, 54.57 seconds), Jon Hunt Ficken (50 free, 23.34) and Ben

Buckley (100 free, 51.02).

Claffey also was second in the 100 free (52.08).

Wesleyan also got a girls event win from Abby Gardner (50 free, 25.30).

Other top-five finishers for Wesleyan were Cory Miller (fourth, boys 200 free, 1:58.66) Ellie Bradach (third, girls 200 free, 2:07.92 and second, 100 free, 57.70), Grant Sauer (fourth, boys 200 individual medley, 2:21.02 and second, 100 breaststroke, 1:07.50), Gabby Hernandez (fifth, girls 200 IM, 2:33.16), Sydney Weissman (second, girls 50 free, 25.96), Alex Burke (second, boys 100 butterfly, 57.57), Nicole Fasciana (fifth, girls 100 free, 1:01.16), Beck Coxhead (third, girls 500 free, 6:12.62) and Nikki Villa (fifth, girls 500 free, 6:19.44).

Buford got top-five finishes from Hannah Barnard (fifth, girls 200 free, 2:12.78 and fifth, 100 fly, 1:09.19), Emily Cranney (fifth, girls 100 backstroke, 1:12.47) and Grady Rothweiler (fourth, boys 100 breast, 1:09.68).

South’s Onyeanula, Brookwood’s Harriman win titles South Gwinnett’s David Onyeanula and Brookwood’s Elizabeth Harriman won the Clody Invitational diving championships over the weekend.

Onyeanula won the boys six-dive competition with 135.05 points, while Jacob Bowerman of Parkview (117.15) was second and Benjamin Ventimiglia of North Gwinnett (113.20) was third. Norcross’ James Moebes (108.90) and Berkmar’s Luis Huerta (104.65) rounded out the top five.

Harriman was the girls six-dive champion with 166.05 points, while Archer’s Samantha Baez (150.85) was second and Collins Hill’s Katie Stone (139.55) took third.

Archer’s Abby Pennington (136.90) and Alyssa McGuffie (135.40) also were in the top five.

Duluth’s Erwin, Collins Hill’s Ogden win twice at Clody meet Duluth’s Becca Erwin and Collins Hill’s Cam-

eron Ogden were the only double-winners in the Region 7 division of last weekend’s Clody Invitational.

Erwin won the girls 200 IM (2:20.43) and 100 breast (1:11.59), while Ogden won the boys 50 free (23.22) and 100 breast (1:03.96).

Peachtree Ridge’s Tristan Sumpter (200 free, 1:55.52) and Kyle Adams (500 free, 5:17.13) each won a boys event, as did North Gwinnett’s Evan Sobol (200 IM, 2:12.02) and Will Baselj (100 free, 52.06). Matthew Lee of Duluth (100 fly, 57.74) and Brian Smith of Mill Creek (100 back, 58.46) also won boys races.

North got first-place girls finishes from Lauren McClelland (100 fly, 1:03.81) and Joyce Kim (500 free, 5:43.55), while Mill Creek’s girls winners were Sarah Lowry (50 free, 25.84) and Ally Simm (100 back, 1:07.20).

Ashley Neas of Duluth (200 free, 2:02.95) and Meghan Harrell of Norcross (100 free, 56.78) also won girls races.

WRESTLING ROUNDUP

Tigers, Broncos fare well in tourneys From Staff Reports Archer’s wrestling team won the 43-team Southern Slam this past weekend in Greenville, S.C. The Tigers beat out a pair of South Carolina teams for top honors — Rock Hill was runner-up and Lugoff-Eldin was third.

Archer had 12 wrestlers place in the top six, led by tournament champions

Vinny Artigues, Chris Diaz, Thomas Bullard and Daniel Bullard.

Brayden Forth, Jacob Lill, Peter Myndresku and Gavin Smith posted runnerup finishes. Archer’s other placers were Gabriel Lee (third), Garrett Hipp (fifth), Logan Smith (fifth) and Chase Degrenier (sixth).

Brookwood takes second at Woodstock Led by two tournament

champions, the Brookwood wrestling team finished second in the 35-team Woodstock Traditional Tournament this past weekend.

Freshman David Key won the 152-pound weight class and teammate Shane DeFreitas, a senior, was the champion at 285 pounds. Miles Nolan also was the runner-up at 170.

Other Bronco plac-

ers were Kendrick Banks (third, 106), Mathew Key (third, 182), Jacory Griffin (fourth, 145), Hunter Thompson (sixth, 152), Mick Hutchins (sixth, 182), Kaleb Fielden (seventh, 160) and Thomas Coltrain (seventh, 126).

Brookwood finished with 186 points, just behind the 194 of champion Cleveland (Tenn.).

North Gwinnett finished ninth with 116 points.

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guard Charles Mann scored 14 points.

Sophomore forward The Bulldogs ran past Yante Maten scored a Winthrop from the start career-high 24 points and as Maten scored 10 early points to help Georgia to a grabbed 12 rebounds as 21-9 lead midway through Georgia held off pesky Winthrop 74-64 on Tues- the first half. The Eagles cut the deficit to singleday in Athens. digits as the Bulldogs led The Eagles (6-2) used a 13-2 run to come within 33-25 at halftime.

While both teams were 53-48 with 10:15 remainin a back-and-forth battle ing before the Bulldogs for the majority of the (4-3) used late freecontest, Georgia was able throws to ice the game.

Maten was not alone in to create separation at producing for Georgia as the free-throw line. The Bulldogs converted on 29 junior guard J.J. Frazier of 36 free throws to put recorded 15 points and 10 rebounds while senior away Winthrop.

Atlanta trades Miller to D-backs The Sports Xchange The Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night acquired right-handed pitcher Shelby Miller, according to multiple media reports.

Arizona will send its No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, shortstop prospect Dansby Swanson, to Atlanta in exchange for Miller. Atlanta gets also gets outfielder Ender Inciarte and another pitching prospect, Aaron Blair.

The Diamondbacks will receive 20-year-old left-handed pitching prospect Gabe Speier to complete the trade.

Earlier Tuesday, the Diamondbacks finalized a six-year deal with free agent pitcher Zack Greinke that reportedly is worth $206 million.

According to ESPN, the Braves insisted that Arizona include center

fielder A.J. Pollock in any potential deal for Miller, but Pollock was not part of the trade.

Miller, in one season with the Braves after being traded by the St. Louis Cardinals, compiled a 6-17 record with a 3.02 ERA in 205 1/3 innings. In two previous seasons with the Cardinals, Miller went 25-18 with a 3.40 ERA. Swanson will be groomed to replace shortstop Andrelton Simmons, who was traded to the Los Angeles Angels in the offseason.

Blair, 23, was 12-5 with a 2.92 ERA in 26 games (25 starts) last season in Double-A and Triple-A, with 120 strikeouts in 160 1/3 innings.

Inciarte, 25, hit .303 with six home runs, 45 RBIs and 21 stolen bases last season for Arizona.

Wesig hits trey at buzzer as Mountain View sinks North From Staff Reports SUWANEE — Alex Wesig hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift Mountain View over North Gwinnett 78-75 on Tuesday night in Region 7-AAAAAA action.

Mountain View (5-3, 1-1) had three players score in double figures, led by 16 from Spencer Rodgers. Miles Long added 11 points with Nick Hayes scoring 10.

North (1-5, 0-2) was led by 16 points from Colby Leifson.

BOYS BASKETBALL BOYS HOOPS Shiloh 75, Central 47 SNELLVILLE — Four players scored in double figures for Shiloh on Tuesday night as the Generals cruised to a 75-47 win at home over Central Gwinnett.

Josh Okogie led Shiloh (5-2, 2-0) with 17 points and four rebounds, while Greg James scored 14 points. Perry Battle added 11 points and four assist with Dejon Waters finishing with 10 points, four rebounds and three assists. Josh Williams also chipped in with nine points and four assists.

Brookwood 70, Archer 63 LAWRENCEVILLE — Micah Kinsey of Brookwood logged 22 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals on Tuesday

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night in the Broncos’ 70-63 win at Archer.

Amari Kelly added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Broncos (5-2, 3-1) with Sean Agnant contributing 10 points and three assists.

Archer fell to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in Region 8-AAAAAA. Dacula 69, South 68 OT SNELLVILLE — Dacula improved to 5-0 overall and 1-0 in Region 8-AAAAAA with a 69-68 win in overtime at South Gwinnett on Tuesday.

Derek St. Hilaire led the Falcons with 25 points and five rebounds, while Kevon Tucker followed with 18 points and six boards. Other contributors were Juwan White with 12 points, three assists and three steals and Mekhail Bethea with 10 points.

South dropped to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the region.

Duluth 62, Peachtree Ridge 55 DULUTH — Duluth improved to 3-0 in Region 7-AAAAAA with a 62-55 win at home on Tuesday night over Peachtree Ridge.

Three Wildcats (5-3, 3-0) scored in double figures, led by 16 from Adam Flagler. Jalen Hodges followed with 14 points, while Javis Diaz finished with 13 points.

Peachtree Ridge (3-3, 1-1), which had its three-game winning streak snapped, was led by 15 points each from Milz Tatum and Kristian Collins.

Mill Creek 47, Meadowcreek 45 OT NORCROSS — Charles

Botchway of Mill Creek hit a pair of free throws in the closing seconds of overtime to help give the Hawks a 47-45 win at Meadowcreek in Region 7-AAAAAA. Botchway finished with 12 points to lead the Hawks (4-4, 1-2), while Christian Mancillas scored 10.

Meadowcreek (4-5, 0-2) was led by a game-high 17 points from Shadiah Toppin.

Alex Jones with 10.

Discovery 83, North Hall 59 GAINESVILLE — Discovery improved to 7-3 with an 83-59 win at North Hall on Tuesday night.

Leading scorer for the Titans was Andrew Moore with 20, while Brian Liles added 15 points. D.J. Young and Jaden Stanley also helped with nine points each.

Hebron 64, Excel 38 DACULA — John Stewart of Hebron scored 16 points on Tuesday night in leading the Lions to a 64-38 win at home over Excel Christian Academy in a non-region game.

Luke Crawford also helped with 15 points for Hebron (5-2, 1-0).

Wesleyan 65, KIPP 46 ATLANTA — Wesleyan received 19 points from Christian McLean on Tuesday night as the Wolves topped KIPP 65-46 in a Region 6-AA game.

Grant Frerking and Jack Greer each added 12 points as the Wolves improved to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the region.

GIRLS BASKETBALL GIRLS HOOPS

Apalachee 59, Loganville 46 LOGANVILLE — Kamar Baldwin of Apalachee logged 20 points, 10 rebounds and three assists as the Wildcats defeated Loganville 59-46 on Tuesday night.

Apalachee (3-2) also received 11 points each from Jabari Hill and Omer Ahmed.

Loganville (0-5) was led by a game-high 28 points from Tyler Rhodes.

Archer 32, Brookwood 25 LAWRENCEVILLE — Archer outlasted Brookwood on Tuesday night for a 32-25 win at home in Region 8-AAAAAA action.

Linsey Marchese led the Tigers (5-0, 3-0) with 17 points, while Autumn Newby added nine points and 15 rebounds.

Brookwood (5-2, 2-2) was led by 11 points from N’dea Jones.

St. Francis 67, Buford 65 ALPHARETTA — St. Francis nipped Buford 67-65 on Tuesday night in a non-region game, despite the Wolves getting five players in double digit scoring.

Scorers for Buford (1-4) were Will Springer with 14, Dawson Wehunt with 13, Sahil Patel with 12, Brandon Iverson with 11 and

Duluth 34, Peachtree Ridge 30 DULUTH — Duluth scored the first nine points of the game and outlasted Peachtree Ridge in the second half as the Wildcats posted a 34-30 win on Tuesday night.

Torey Walker led Duluth with 14 points, while Deja Mitchell

helped with 10 points. The win kept Duluth unbeaten in Region 7-AAAAAA at 3-0 while improving to 6-2 overall.

Peachtree Ridge fell to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in the region.

Mountain View 57, North 43 SUWANEE — Mountain View notched its first region win of the season on Tuesday with a 57-43 victory at North Gwinnett in Region 7-AAAAAA play.

Katherine Fourie led the Bears (2-7, 1-1) with 17 points, while Lilian Kennedy scored 11 and Tamara Jordan chipped in with 10 points.

North (2-5, 0-2) was led by 15 points from Kathleen Wilson.

Mill Creek 65, Meadowcreek 16 NORCROSS — Mill Creek received points from 11 different players on Tuesday night as the Hawks cruised to a 65-16 win at Meadowcreek in a Region 7-AAAAAA game.

Shae Trunk was the top scorer for Mill Creek (2-5, 1-2) with 14 points. Meadowcreek (3-5, 0-2) was led by eight points from Amber Farmer.

Shiloh 45, Central 39 SNELLVILLE — Emani Bell of Shiloh scored 16 points on Tuesday night in helping the Generals to a 45-39 win at home over Central Gwinnett.

Sharai Lay added 13 points for Shiloh, while Christina Bell helped with 12 rebounds and six points. The win improved Shiloh to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in Region 8-AAAAAA. Central fell to 1-5 overall and 0-3 in the region.

St. Francis 51, Buford 48 OT ALPHARETTA — St. Francis ran its record to 7-0 on Tuesday night with a 51-48 win in overtime over Buford.

Buford (3-2) trailed by 12 points at the half but rallied to force overtime, only to fall in the extra period.

Tory Ozment led Buford with 12 points, while Pamela Johnson scored nine.

Buford’s game at home on Saturday against Greenbrier has been moved up to 11:30 a.m.

Wesleyan 80, KIPP 31 ATLANTA — Wesleyan kept its unbeaten record intact on Tuesday night as the Wolves rolled to an 80-31 win at KIPP. Three Wolves hit for double figures in points, led by 16 from Cairo Booker. Natalie Armstrong scored 12 with Jameson Kavel chipping in 10 points. The top rebounder for Wesleyan was Capri Frazier with 12.

Wesleyan improved to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in Region 6-AA. GAC 66, Pace 41 ATLANTA — Greater Atlanta Christian notched a win in Region 6-AA on Tuesday night by topping Pace Academy 66-41.

Caria Reynolds led the Spartans (6-3, 1-1) in scoring with 16 points.

Excel 38, Hebron 24 DACULA — Excel Christian Academy topped Hebron Christian Academy 38-24 on Tuesday night.

Hebron (1-5) was led by eight points and four rebounds from Yarimel Ramirez.

— Compiled by Scott Smith

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City.......12.....8.... .600........— Utah.........................9.....9.... .500......... 2 Portland...................9... 13.... .409......... 4 Minnesota................8... 12.... .400......... 4 Denver.....................8... 13.... .381...... 4.5 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State..........22.....0...1.000........— L.A. Clippers..........12.....9.... .571...... 9.5 Phoenix....................9... 13.... .409....... 13 Sacramento.............7... 15......318....... 15 L.A. Lakers...............3... 18......143.... 18.5 Monday’s Games Charlotte 104, Detroit 84 San Antonio 119, Philadelphia 68 Washington 114, Miami 103 Dallas 104, New York 97 Toronto 102, L.A. Lakers 93 Phoenix 103, Chicago 101 Milwaukee 90, Portland 88 L.A. Clippers 110, Minnesota 106 Boston 111, New Orleans 93 Tuesday’s Games Portland at Cleveland, late Golden State at Indiana, late Houston at Brooklyn, late Oklahoma City at Memphis, late Orlando at Denver, late Utah at Sacramento, late Today’s Games Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Orlando at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

New York at Utah, 9 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

Football NCAA Football Bowl Glance Saturday, Dec. 19 RAYCOM MEDIA CAMELLIA BOWL (Montgomery, Ala.) Ohio vs.

Appalachian State, 5:30 p.m.

R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL, (New Orleans) Arkansas State vs. Louisiana Tech, 9 p.m.

GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL (Albuquerque, N.M.) Arizona vs. New Mexico, 2 p.m.

ROYAL PURPLE LAS VEGAS BOWL (Las Vegas) Brigham Young vs.

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AIR FORCE RESERVE CELEBRATION BOWL (Atlanta) Alcorn State vs. North Carolina A&T, Noon AUTONATION CURE BOWL (Orlando, Fla.) San Jose State vs. Georgia State 7 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 21 MIAMI BEACH BOWL (Miami) Western

Kentucky vs. South Florida 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 22 FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL (Boise, Idaho) Akron vs. Utah State 3:30 p.m.

MARMOT BOCA RATON BOWL (Boca Raton, Fla.) Toledo vs. Temple 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 23 SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT UNION POINSETTIA BOWL (San Diego) Boise State vs. Northern llinois, 4:30 p.m.

GODADDY BOWL (Mobile, Ala.) Georgia Southern vs. Bowling Green, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 24 POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL (Nassau) Middle Tennessee vs. Western Michigan, Noon HAWAI’I BOWL (Honolulu) San Diego State vs. Cincinnati, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 26 ST. PETERSBURG BOWL (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Connecticut vs. Marshall 11 a.m.

NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL (Bronx, New York) Indiana vs. Duke, 3:30 p.m.

CAMPING WORLD INDEPENDENCE BOWL (Shreveport, La.) Tulsa vs. Virginia Tech, 5:45 p.m. FOSTER FARMS BOWL (Santa Clara, Calif.) UCLA vs. Nebraska, 9:15 p.m.

HYUNDAI SUN BOWL (El Paso, Texas) Miami vs. Washington State, 2 p.m.

ZAXBY’S HEART OF DALLAS BOWL (Dallas) Washington vs. Southern Missis-

sippi, 2:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 28 MILITARY BOWL PRESENTED BY NORTHROP GRUMMAN (Annapolis, Md.) Pittsburgh vs. Navy, 2:30 p.m.

QUICK LANE BOWL (Detroit) Central Michigan vs. Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 29 LOCKHEED MARTIN ARMED FORCES BOWL (Fort Worth, Texas) California vs. Air Force, 2 p.m.

RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL (Orlando, Fla.) North Carolina vs. Baylor, 5:30 p.m.

NOVA HOME LOANS ARIZONA BOWL (Tucson, Ariz.) Nevada vs. Colorado State, 7:30 p.m.

ADVOCARE V100 TEXAS BOWL (Houston) Louisiana State vs. Texas Tech, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 30 HOLIDAY BOWL (San Diego, Calif.)

Southern California vs. Wisconsin, 10:30 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM BOWL (Birmingham, Ala.) Auburn vs. Memphis, Noon BELK BOWL (Charlotte, N.C.) North Carolina State vs.

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FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL (Nashville) Texas A&M vs. Louisville, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 31 CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL (Miami Gardens, Fla.) Oklahoma vs. Clemson

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GOODYEAR COTTON BOWL (Arlington, Texas) Michigan State vs. Alabama, 8 p.m.

CHICK-FIL-A PEACH BOWL (Atlanta) Houston vs. Florida State, Noon Friday, Jan. 1 BATTLEFROG FIESTA BOWL (Glendale, Arizona) Notre Dame vs.

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ROSE BOWL GAME PRESENTED BY NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL (Pasadena, Calif.) Stanford vs. Iowa, 5 p.m.

ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL (New Orleans) Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi, 8:30 p.m.

BUFFALO WILD WINGS CITRUS BOWL (Orlando, Fla.) Michigan vs. Florida 1 p.m.

OUTBACK BOWL (Tampa, Fla.) Northwestern vs. Tennessee, Noon Saturday, Jan. 2 MOTEL 6 CACTUS BOWL (Phoenix, Ariz.) West Virginia vs. Arizona State, 10:15 p.m.

VALERO ALAMO BOWL (San Antonio) Oregon vs. Texas Christian 6:45 p.m.

TAXSLAYER BOWL (Jacksonville, Fla.) Penn State vs. Georgia, Noon AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL (Memphis, Tenn.) Kansas State vs. Arkansas, 3:20 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game (Glendale, Ariz.) CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL winner vs. GOODYEAR COTTON BOWL winner

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PUBLIC SALES/ AUCTIONS 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 December 23, 2015 9:00 am and will continue until December 30, 2015 9:00 AM for the Space Shop storage facility located at: 2050 Gravel Springs Rd Buford, GA 30519 770.271.4220 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

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3. Consideration of amending the City of Peachtree Corners Property Maintenance Code Chapter 3, Sec. 302.4, Yards, in order to require the maintenance of right-of-way immediately in front of private property.

KYM CHERECK, CITY CLERK CITY OF PEACHTREE CORNERS CPC, 12-15-15 934-299555, 12/9 GWINNETT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 THE FOLLOWING REZONING, CHANGE-INCONDITIONS, SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS, LOCATED WITHIN UNINCORPORATED GWINNETT COUNTY, ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AS STATED ABOVE. SITE PLANS, LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING DIVISION, 446 WEST CROGAN STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. RZR2015-00019–APPLICANT: EMBRY GROUP, LLC; OWNERS: REO FUNDING SOLUTIONS V, LLC; DONALD CAMP & JB CAMP, ETAL; C-2, O-I, RMD & R-100 TO TND; TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT (REDUCTION IN BUFFERS); DISTRICT 6 LAND LOT 062 PARCELS 016D, 017B & 154; 2000 BLOCK OF PUCKETTS DRIVE; 27.90 ACRES. DISTRICT 2/HOWARD SUP2015-00026 – APPLICANT: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING & ENGINEERING; OWNER: JAMES DAVENPORT; FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN C-2 & M-1 ZONING DISTRICTS FOR A TRUCK STORAGE LOT; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 076 PARCELS 002 & 029; 1600 BLOCK OF BOGGS ROAD; 2500 BLOCK OF BRECKINRIDGE BOULEVARD; 5.11 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/ BROOKS RZR2015-00022–APPLICANT: PULTE GROUP, INC.; OWNERS: SCOTT PFUND, DAVID & STACEY MILLER; R-100 TO R-60; SINGLEFAMILY SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 082 PARCELS 038 & 093; 2100 BLOCK OF SUGAR SPRINGS DRIVE; 2000 BLOCK OF LIBERTY BELL PLACE; 10.80 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/ BROOKS P&D PC TBL 1-5 934-299612, 12/9

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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 MISC. FOR SALE Extension Ladder, 16 ft., $100; Inversion Table, $100; NordicTrac, $50; Oak Entertainment Unit, $50. Call 770-513-2560 PETS/LIVESTOCK

DOGS CHIHUAHUA Beautiful Chihuahua Puppies for sale. Born 09/12/2015. 2 boys and 3 girls. Also I have a brother and sister Chihuahua puppies.

Born 05/27/2015.

404-285-2602 please leave a message.

PAPILLON PUP - Female. CKC reg. Parents on site. Hand raised in home. 1st shots & dewormed. Does not have Papillon white blaze markings, but very cute. $350, cash only please.

706-677-5229 or 770-262-9957

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WANTED TO RENT Single Male, 68, clean, quiet, seeking a large room, rooms, or efficiency apartment with full bathroom that only I will be using and cleaning. Unrestricted kitchen privileges and laundry machine privileges are required. No drugs, drama, drunks. Call 470-248-5275 and listen carefully to my message. Gwinnett/South Hall or Jackson area.

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LILBURN - Nice 4BR, LR, DR, sunken den w/ fplc., garage, computer room, fenced. Pool/Tennis n’hood. Reference. $1175. Available 11/25.

770-925-2127

MERCEDES-BENZ 450SL, 1977. Driven 2,500 miles/year. Wow, Fabulous. $7000 just spent on preventive maintenance, new red custom paint and Michelin tires. Tan leather.

Two tops. Owned & cherished by university pres. Extensive records. Looks super, drives great. NADA & Hagerty value $17,00036,000. Appreciating, spectacular, super bargain at only $10,700.

Call 770-895-7161

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

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!

FULL FINISHED BASEMENT 4BR/4BA $649,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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CONYERS, GA 30094 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

(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

• Any Lawn Work!

If it’s in your yard, we do it!

Landscape Design using any material Trimming & debris Clean Up • Pressure Washing

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MERCEDES 450SL, 1980.

KIM BASINGER’S CONVERTIBLE.

If interested contact Mary Beth, Hoschton, Ga., 770-940-1605

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ADOPT A PET KITTENS Free to a good home 4 months old. Lovable litter box trained. 770-910-9659.

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NOTICES DIVORCE WITH OR WITHOUT children $125.00. Includes name change and property settlement agreement.

SAVE hundreds. Fast and easy. Call 1-88-7337165, 24/7.

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, 1998. Red, 257k mi., does not run, needs repair. Call for details. Call Stacy 678-768-8420

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

NISSAN 300ZX, 1984.

ONLY $3950.

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.

Call 770-899-5856

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FORD FOCUS SE, 2005. 169k mi. VERY WELL KEPT. Exc. mechanical condition.

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

678-200-0812

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

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

770-616-7399 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.

Low mileage on 4 Michelins. $3500 CASH. 770-736-2643 LINCOLN TOWN CAR, 2004 This one-owner, Lincoln Town Car Signature Series has been pampered and garaged most of its life. Less than 55,000 original miles on the car!

Almost new Michelin tires. It’s packed with loads of features including: wood-grain dash, leather, alloy wheels, dual power front seats, dual automatic climate control, steering wheel audio and ac control, remote key-less entry, automatic headlights, automatic load-leveling, ABS brakes, adjustable foot pedals and more.

Drives and rides like a dream. $8750 404-6631299 after 6pm.

MAZDA 3, 2006 5 door. Automatic. Well maintained, premium tires, alarm. Great stereo w/CD player, front airbags, exc. mileage. $6995. 404-667-6768

NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, 2005. 124K MILES. Excellent drive anywhere car. Beautiful white with gray interior, great Car Fax. Exceptional and only $4950.

Call 770-895-7161

NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5SL, 2003. 134 K MILES. $4200. Black and beautiful with like new tan leather and great CarFax. High quality car loaded with options. Priced way under the market.

770-882-4605 OLDSMOBILE 88, 1999. Anniversary edition, 68,592 mi., good condition. $2800 Firm, cash only.

Call 770-633-9067 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, 2006 Good Condition Loaded With Leather Cold A/C• Remote Start Asking $3400 darenwh@hotmail.com 678-896-6178