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Treehouse

Ga. tuition frozen for 2016-17

of HOPE

By Keith Farner keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

Mill Creek baseball player unveils gift for cancer patient

A year after tuition at state colleges and universities rose between 2.5 percent and 9 percent, the University System of Georgia announced this week that there will be no tuition increase for the 2016-17 academic year.

The announcement applies to all USG students and means they will pay the same tuition at all 29 USG institutions for the 2016-17 academic year as they did this academic year. The announcement comes days after Matt Ramsey, R-Peachtree City, proposed legislation that increases in tuition or fees should not exceed the rate of

By Curt Yeomans

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Most kids dream of having a treehouse to play in with their friends, and Dacula youth John Daniel Gibbons wasn’t any different in that regard.

But John Daniel is unique in another regard. Unlike most kids his age, the plucky 9-yearold is fighting cancer, and he wanted a treehouse so badly that he was saving his money to pay for one while beginning that fight.

Luck was on John Daniel’s side, however. The little boy who will turn 10 on March 1 got an early birthday present this week from another person who understands being in a war with cancer before graduating from high school: Mill Creek High School baseball player and P4 Foundation executive director Gino Vizzi, who is 16.

Gino’s foundation held an open house at John Daniel’s house on Wednesday to unveil the nearly $2,000 treehouse it had built for the young boy.

“He’s a kid battling cancer, and, for anybody, that’s not good news; I just hate to see kids going through that,” the teenage foundation executive said. “Doing something like this makes it easier for him.”

Gino and John Daniel share a bond in that both of them are fighting forms of leukemia. Gino was diagnosed with incurable Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in 2014 and John Daniel was diagnosed with

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Police seek suspect’s ID in teens’ killing Sixteen-year-old P4 Foundation founder Gino Vizzi, left, talks to Dacula resident John Daniel Gibbons, 9, about the treehouse the foundation built for the young cancer patient during its unveiling open house on Wednesday. At top, friends and relatives of Gibbons join representatives of the P4 Foundation and Gwinnett Braves mascot, Chopper, at the treehouse the foundation built for the cancer patient. (Staff Photos: Curt Yeomans) Dacula resident John Daniel Gibbons, right, plays with friends on Wednesday in the treehouse the P4 Foundation built for the young cancer patient.

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ing, because obviously I wanted it to be safe,” Huffman said.

David Vizzi said he went back to his family, who helps Gino run the foundation, and told them about John Daniel’s Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Gino met John Daniel after situation. That put both families last summer. the 9-year-old’s mother, Stacey on the path toward this week’s “We both know it’s scary and Huffman, contacted the baseball unveiling. Gino was touched by takes a toll on you and your player’s father last fall. She the story. family,” Gino said. said her son had saved up about “When we found out, Gino There’s been the diagnoses, $500 to pay for a treehouse, and said, ‘We’ve got to do sometrips to doctors and chemother- she wondered if the P4 Founda- thing about it,’ so we decided to apy treatments, and facing the tion could help her decide what get it built,” the elder Vizzi said. fact that they are literally in the to do next.

“A dentist who is a sponsor battles of their lives.

She wasn’t looking for any(of the foundation) from south “It’s something we couldn’t thing more than a referral.

Florida helped support the build comprehend going through, “I called David to see if he of that.” but they each understand what had a contractor or anything that Huffman added, “David told the other is dealing with,” said could give me a better rate and See TREEHOUSE, Page 3A Gino’s father, David Vizzi. who knew what they were do-

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

The still-unknown “primary suspect” in the shooting deaths of a teen couple near Norcross was caught on video, Gwinnett County police revealed Wednesday morning.

At 10:49 p.m. on Jan. 24, the suspect, who appears short and distinctive Jaquille for a stiff gait, passed the Thomas camera for the first time.

He carried a handgun openly and walked down Wandering Way, followed by 18-year-old Jaquille Thomas, whose long dreads stand out in the footage.

Angelique At 10:54 p.m., the Bowman suspect passed the lens again, headed in the other direction.

This time he was alone.

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Central Gwinnett to name football field house for Clyde Strickland

By Keith Farner

tion on Thursday at its regular keith.farner monthly meeting. Strickland @gwinnettdailypost.com has volunteered and mentored at Central since 1982 and Mr. Clyde’s name is about mentors football players and to be a little more prominent speaks with the team weekly. at Central Gwinnett High “I love children, and I School. see that families are breakThe longtime Gwinnett phi- ing apart and children need lanthropist, Clyde Strickland, mentors, and I like to mentor is expected to have his name the children and the coaches,” on the school’s new football Strickland said. field house, a gesture that’s Strickland said he first expected to be approved by remembers volunteering at the Gwinnett Board of Educa- Central when the baseball

fields were flooded and he worked to fix the drainage problems. Strickland’s sons played football at the school and his daughter ran track.

This week Strickland was at Jordan Middle School and previously was active in Junior Achievement. Strickland said he encourages students to build independence.

“I guess it’s just a lifetime achievement of mine to help kids broaden their vision,” he said. “Realize there’s a good

life out there, you’ve just got to go out there and build it.”

Also on Thursday, the School Board is expected to hear more about a new alternative school, GIVE South, at 4221 Centerville Highway in Snellville that’s scheduled to open in 2018.

Instructional materials for language arts for K-5 Units of Study Teacher Resource Writing Kits, which cost $577,707, will also be before the Board for approval.

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Clyde Strickland, right, talks with Central Gwinnett High student Quentin Meheux last season about Strickland’s self-help book, “What can I do?”

The football field house is expected to be named for Strickland at Thursday’s school board meeting. (File Photo)

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David Pollack announces launch of foundation C.H.O.I.C.E.S., a resource center for the clinically diagnosed and at-risk children of Former Shiloh High School obesity. The Pollack Family football star David Pollack has Foundation mission is based launched a family foundation on three pillars: whole, life that is designed to raise aware- and health. ness against childhood obesity.

“We are excited about the Pollack and his wife, Lindlaunch of our new foundasey, will partner with Chiltion and can’t wait to share dren’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s our message of ‘Whole. Life.

Strong4Life movement and Health.’ with everyone around

By Keith Farner

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the Southeast in order to combat childhood obesity, among other initiatives,” said Pollack, a former University of Georgia All-American and ESPN analyst.

The web site, pollackfamilyfoundation.com, shows programs the foundation provides along with partners and upcoming fundraising events around the Southeast.

Nash re-election bid now official Gwinnett County Commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash made her bid for another term official Wednesday, saying work still needed to be done to rebuild the county’s economy to prerecession levels.

Nash’s announcement was not unexpected because she told the Daily Post in an exclusive interview last month that she planned to run for re-election.

This week’s announcement, however, gave a glimpse into what Charlotte will be the Nash focus of her new campaign: economic development.

“We have accomplished a great deal over the last five years, there is still more to be done,” Nash said in a statement. “I am especially interested in continuing to create jobs and build a strong economy in Gwinnett now and for the future. I want Gwinnett to be a place of opportunity for young and old alike, but without a strong community and economy, opportunity is just an empty promise.

“I want Gwinnett’s government to be good enough to keep that promise.”

Nash is facing opposition from Democratic candidate, and mass transit advocate, Jack Snyder. The retired county employee first won the chairman’s seat in a 2011 special election and was reelected without opposition in 2012. She is the president of the Association of County Commissions of Georgia and sits on the Atlanta Regional Commission board.

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Curt Yeomans also recently named her to its 100 Most Influential Georgians list.

Unterman proposes regulation for fantasy sports industry State Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford, is proposing legislation that would regulate the fantasy sports industry and create restrictions on who could play in fantasy leagues.

Unterman’s office said she filed Senate Bill 352 because an estimated 1.5 million Georgians play fantasy sports, the best known of which is the fantasy football leagues that pop up every NFL season. Fantasy players “draft” real life athletes in a particular sport for a dream team of sorts that racks up points based on how the athletes perform in real life games.

“We need to reduce the chances of Georgians being exposed to fraud or dishonest tactics through participation in fantasy sports,” Unterman said in a statement. “Consumer protection policies are needed to ensure these popular contests are fair and skills-based.

Senate Bill 352 would bar company employees, professional and NCAA athletes and young people from participating in fantasy leagues.

It would also create ways to

protect funds in a player’s account, and put procedures in place to prevent money laundering or fraud from taking place.

Fantasy sports contests would also be required to undergo annual audits by an independent contractor to make sure they comply with the regulations. Those audits would have to be turned in to state officials so they can be reviewed.

Website shows Gwinnettians like Carson — on Facebook The presidential race has generated several polls already to see who voters are supporting, but none of them are quite like a new list put out by the website fivethirtyeight.com The website has produced a new, highly unscientific list, called The Facebook Primary, to show which candidates voters “Like” on Facebook. While it does not reflect who people will actually vote for — the website warned likes do not equal votes — it does get quite detailed in how local the data gets: all the way down to the county level.

Gwinnett County residents like Ben Carson more than anyone else, with 34 percent of all “Likes” received in the county, according to the website.

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders followed with 20 and 15 percent, respectively.

The order of remaining candidates was Ted Cruz (12 percent), Marco Rubio (10), Hillary Clinton (7), Jeb Bush (2) and John Kasich (less than 1 percent).

The entire state had the same order of candidates.

Despite these results, polls of voters in Georgia have

Former Shiloh High School football standout David Pollack this week launched a family foundation to raise awareness against childhood obesity. (File Photo)

GWINNETT GAB Gwinnett County library presents bestselling author

nation faced on the basis of gender and religion. Refreshments will be served.

The event is also a platNew York Times bestsell- form of discussion for local Trump holding rally in ing author Tim Dorsey will Muslim women who are downtown Atlanta questioning their choice of Gwinnett County Repub- be having a book talk and signing on Feb. 23 at the wearing a head covering. licans who are supporting Norcross Cultural Arts and Women of all ages and Donald Trump’s bid to beliefs are invited to the become president will have Community Center.

Since making the decision event, which will take place a chance to see their man to pursue writing full time in from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in person this weekend, ahead of Georgia’s upcom- 1999, Dorsey has published on Feb. 20. It is hosted at the mosque Bait-ul Ata, located eighteen crime caper books ing March 1 presidential at 1800 Willow Trail Parkin several languages. primary.

Dorsey’s novels follow the way in Norcross.

Trump’s Georgia comTo RSVP, email waammentally unstable, straightmittee announced the cga@gmail.com. edge Serge Storms and his candidate will hold a rally drug addict friend, Coleman, at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the as the pair adventures around Atlanta Institute Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young Florida in search of villains of Music and to condemn. His newest International Blvd. N.W., in Atlanta. The doors will addition to Serge’s story, Media holds open at 2 p.m.

“Shark Skin Suite,” was open house Admission is free and released in January 2015.

The Atlanta Institute of anyone interested in atA few notable favorites Music and Media will hold tending can register online from Dorsey’s collection an open house for potential at www.eventbrite.com/e/ include “Florida Roadkill,” students on Saturday, Feb. donald-j-trump-in-atlanta“Orange Crush,” “Trigger20. ga-tickets-21726505563. fish Twist,” “Hammerhead Guests at the open house Ranch Motel” and “Nuclear can learn more about the Upcoming Jellyfish.”

• U.S. Rep. Hank JohnThe book talk and signing degrees offered, speak with instructors and current son will hold his 2016 will take place from 7:30 students, participate in Resources Fair from 10 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. at 10 College to 2 p.m. today at Georgia Street in Norcross. For more sample classes and enjoy performances from top Piedmont Technical College, information, visit friendsgraduates.

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AIMM is a school of in Clarkston. The event higher learning for students includes job readiness train- Local mosque who intend to pursue a ing, opportunities to meet holds ‘I Stand career in music and recordemployers who are seeking ing. Students at the school to fill positions and informa- with My Muslim develop instrumental skills tion on jobs in the TV and Sister’ event and learn techniques for film industry, according to In honor of World Hijab production, recording and Johnson’s office.

• State Sen. Curt Thomp- Day, the Ahmadiyya Muslim new technologies. AIMM’s son, D-Tucker, will hold his Community is holding an “I goal is to provide students monthly Citizens’ Advisory Stand with My Muslim Sis- with the skills to compete ter” event to raise awareness in the film, television and Forum from 10:30 a.m. to music industries. about the hijab and Islamic noon on Saturday, at 45 The open house will take South Cafe, 45 S. Peachtree practices of modesty. place from noon to 3 p.m.

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custody at the time of the shooting,” Lewis said in an email. “So, I know he canGordon Anthony not be the Evans shooter.”

An inquiry left with the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office on Evans’ involvement wasn’t immediately answered Wednesday night.

Georgia’s party to a crime statute makes it so those who plan a crime are just as responsible as those who physically commit it.

Georgia Department

of Corrections records list Evans as an inmate at Hancock State Prison, where he was sent after receiving a decades-long sentence for robberies in Fulton County in 2003.

Evans and Mann, who were booked in the Gwinnett jail this week, had first-appearance hearings Wednesday. Both are being held without bond.

According to the warrants, they are accused in the death of Anderson, who was shot twice in the head, sometime between 7:15 and 7:55 p.m. on Nov. 24. The documents reveal no possible motive other than stealing an iPhone. The suspects are also

Mixed verdicts in fatal Duluth home invasion

By Joshua Sharpe

thy Hamil. Pierre Cedric joshua.sharpe Scott, who’s held ad@gwinnettdailypost.com dresses around Gwinnett, was convicted on a slew A jury handed down of charges and sentenced varied verdicts Wednesday to life plus five years but for three defendants in a was found not guilty of 2014 Duluth home invamurder. sion that left a man dead The three-week trial and mother and child shot. was the second in the Devon Antonio Jenkins case. The first was late of Lawrenceville was the last year and ended with only one a murder conviction and found sentence of life without guilty of parole for Brian Joseph the murder Brewner, the ringleader of 37-year- who planned but didn’t old Adam physically attend the Aug. Schrier, 6, 2014, siege on Schrier’s a crime Summercrest Lane home.

Adam prosecuGeorgia’s party to a crime Schrier tors said statue allowed his convicwas motivated by the tion for murder. belief the house contained The evidence at trial 11 pounds of methamphet- showed that Jenkins, amine stolen from a drug Stokes and Scott were trafficker. Jenkins, the three of four men tasked shooter, will be sentenced with taking the drugs. at a later date, the Gwin“Adam Schrier was shot nett County District Atin the chest and died soon torney’s Office said. afterwards at the home, afJames Leroy Stokes of ter a struggle with Devon Norcross was found not Jenkins, the shooter,” Dan guilty on many counts but Mayfield, chief assistant convicted on conspiracy district attorney, said in an to commit robbery and emailed statement. “Jensentenced to 10 years in kins also shot Jami Smith prison by Judge Timoand her 9-year-old daugh-

ter before Pierre Scott bound their hands and ankles Devon with duct Antonio tape. After Jenkins the assailants left, Smith and her daughter were able to free themselves James Leroy and call Stokes police.”

According to testimony at the first trial, drugs had been left with Schrier by Pierre Cedric a dealer Scott named Bryan Banner, who took them from his mother’s car. The mother, a longtime dealer for a Mexican cartel, was being arrested, and Banner feared police would find the meth and charge her further.

Asked about Schrier,

Banner said his friend was trying to get “legit and get [his daughter] through college” when he died.

Multiple witnesses testified against the trio, detailing their respective roles in the home invasion.

Jenkins was said to have cut his arm and bled inside the Dodge Ram reportedly used in the crime. “Jenkins also confessed to his girlfriend, a friend of his girlfriend and a cellmate at the Gwinnett County jail following his preliminary hearing,” Mayfield said.

Scott confessed to Duluth police Det. Bobby Johnson, who also took a confession from the ringleader.

Testimony from a few witnesses placed Stokes getting into the Dodge Ram hours before the home invasion, Mayfield said, adding that Jenkins’ girlfriend said Jenkins told her Stokes was present at the house but had not gone inside.

It wasn’t immediately clear Wednesday what the fate would be for the fifth defendant, Jonathan Julius Pichardo. He remained in jail without bond, records showed.

The case was prosecuted by Nigel Lush and Andrea Alabi.

Police have charged two men with murder in the death of a young man who was found dead inside this home off New Hope Road in November. (File Photo)

said to be gang members, and Mann faces additional counts for an alleged shootout that damaged a home on Lawrenceville’s Cannonball Court on Jan. 1.

It remains unclear why Anderson was at the River Station Court home, a hulking brick structure in a culde-sac at 2773 River Station

Court.

His obituary said he lived in Suwanee after living for some time in Buford. He was described as a beloved Rooms To Go warehouse worker, husband and father to a toddler daughter. He loved music and intended to be “the next Jay Z,” the obit said.

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(John Daniel) to save his money, and he did. He saved his money and bought other things with it.”

John Daniel was involved the whole time in planning the look of the treehouse. It has a trap door with a ladder that can be used for quick getaways during games with his friends. It also has a pair of windows, an entry gate, a deck and an angled main ladder that can be used to get in and out of the structure.

Brandon Williams, who is Huffman’s fiance, said John Daniel did have some ambitious ideas about what the treehouse should have.

“He wanted an air conditioner and a flat screen TV in there at one point,” Williams quipped.

The open house was a high energy affair with Gino, one of his teammates and Gwinnett Braves mascot Chopper playing a game of pick-up football with John Daniel and his friends in the young cancer fighter’s front yard. The foundation partnered with the Gwinnet Braves for the open house as a way to help make the day a memorable one for John Daniel.

It didn’t hurt that it was also Random Acts of Kindness Day. “We knew Random Acts

of Kindness Day was coming up and we were looking for ways to celebrate it,” Gwinnett Braves Community Affairs and Promotions Coordinator Jillian Ward said. “We’ve done a lot of community events over the last couple of months, but we wanted to make it more personable.

“We were already partnering with P4, so we got in touch with them to see what we could do.”

For Gino, the best part about the day was seeing the excitement on John Daniel’s face when he arrived.

The young boy beamed throughout the afternoon as he played with his friends during the football game, a soccer game and then a game of tag.

Throughout all of it, he showed boundless amounts of energy.

“When I pulled up and he was walking down the hill, smiling at me — just seeing that smile on his face and knowing that we did this for him, that’s the best feeling in the world,” Gino said.

John Daniel was succinct and to the point about how he felt about the treehouse, though. He said he threw his hands in the air and shouted “Yeah!” when he found out the foundation was going to build it for him. “(It’s) great … because it’s great,” he said.

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cock State Prison in Sparta, and Dossie DaLAWRENCEVILLE — von Mann, Gwinnett County authori19, of Norties have charged two men cross, are with the murder of a young accused in Dossie Davon man who was gunned his death, Mann down before Thanksgiving according last year — including one to warrants released late suspect who was reportedly Wednesday. in state prison at the time of Evans’ attorney, Lawrence the crime.

Lewis, told the Daily Post Authorities remain tightthat he didn’t yet have all the lipped on the death of Jeffery facts on the case Wednesday AJ “Brook” Anderson, 25, night, but that it appeared of Suwanee, who was found his client is possibly being shot inside a home in an up- accused of masterminding scale neighborhood off New or ordering the execution of Hope Road. But Gordon Anderson.

Anthony Evans, 34, of Han“My client was in state

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Torn knee may not mean surgery DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with a torn meniscus in my knee. I do not want an operation.

I have read that physical therapy is as effective as surgery, but I don’t know what exercises to do. I had a cortisone shot, and that helped. I felt that my doctor was too quick (two minutes) to say that I need surgery. I am 80 years old, am not overweight and am healthy. This seemed to start with some trauma to my knee.

— D.C. ANSWER: The menisci are cartilage structures that provide shock-absorbing support in the knee. Tears are quite common, and treatment is based on the symptoms.

Both physical therapy and surgery are used, but unless symptoms are really debilitating, it almost always is worth a trial of physical therapy. The goals of physical therapy are to help stabilize the knee through strengthening the muscles.

I can’t tell you what exercises to do, since it depends entirely on your specific type of tear and how it’s affecting you.

My colleagues in physical therapy have different training from mine, and are very skilled at what they do. Only an experienced therapist can tell you the appropriate therapies after a taking a history and performing a physical exam.

It sounds to me as though you may wish to bypass your doctor and try to treat yourself. I’d recommend against this.

As the patient, you have the say on what you want your treatment to be, and I think your doctor certainly would understand that you want to avoid surgery. I don’t see why your doctor isn’t recommending the usual course of PT. If it doesn’t work, and you really do need surgery, then at least you would feel comfortable knowing you did what you could to avoid it. But my experience is that most people with mild/moderate symptoms of a meniscal tear do very well with PT, and most avoid the need for surgery. Tell your doctor that you want to try physical therapy first.

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do whatever is required to guard it. (December 2006) DEAR AMY: My husband and I are students, work part time and rent two spare bedrooms in our home to students to supplement our incomes.

We live comfortably but frugally and make ends meet by sharing one car, Amy Dickinson clipping coupons and eating at home. Three years ago I stressed and overscheduled. studied abroad for one year.

What should I do?

I asked my friend to — Stressed and Depressed move in while I was gone to DEAR STRESSED: If help with expenses. you and your husband don’t She had recently been get a handle on this now, it kicked out of a friend’s will only get worse. You can house for not paying rent. (and should) present a united She moved in on the front. condition that she would You must tell your mother move out upon my return. to stop. Tell her that you are It has been two years worried about your stress since I came back and level and that these events she has failed to leave. are taking a toll on you. Say, In addition, she rarely “I’ve been avoiding telling pays rent and hasn’t paid you this because I don’t anything in the past four want to hurt your feelings, months.

Mom, but Tom and I really My husband and I are can’t keep going at this having a difficult time pace. If you want to tell us kicking her out, not only about an event, that’s great. because she is a friend and But don’t send in RSVPs has nowhere to go but also for us and don’t buy tickets because we remember how for anything. If you do, we much she bad-mouthed the won’t go.” last friend who kicked her Your mother should not out. She spends her money emotionally manipulate on her own bills and on a you, but your health is your new car she purchased. This responsibility. You should is putting a lot of stress on

us.

What is the best way to ask her to leave without making the situation more awkward than it already is?

— Just Plain Broke DEAR BROKE: This friendship is over.

I read your letter to Janet Portman, attorney and author of “Every Landlord’s Legal Guide” (Nolo, 2006) - (new edition published in 2014).

If you can’t manage to ask her to leave, then you should give her a written notice that her tenancy is over. Say that she hasn’t paid the rent in months and that she must move on an exact date. You can add a line such as, “We are so sorry that your choice not to pay the rent we agreed upon has forced us to this decision. We wish you all the best in your next home.”

Let the bad-mouthing begin.

Whatever you do, don’t just put her stuff on the lawn and change the locks, no matter how tempting.

Even the world’s worst tenants have rights.

You can download lease forms from the nolo.com website. If your tenants don’t currently sign leases, you should have them do so. (May 2006)

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Mother controls couple’s social life DEAR READERS: Please enjoy this topical “Best Of” column while I am away writing my next book, which is scheduled to be published in the fall.

Today’s topic is about boundaries.

DEAR AMY: My husband and I recently moved back to my hometown. My mother, who is known for being at every event in town, now RSVPs for us to all the events she likes to attend.

She emails us a calendar of the events that we are to attend each month. The events are fun, mostly, but they are not always things in which my husband and I are interested. My mother makes reservations for us, or buys our tickets to things, without asking.

If we say we do not want to go, she gets very upset and pouts, but she continues to schedule our lives anyway.

I am already in a highpressure profession, and the added pressure of having to attend every concert, art show, book signing, auction, benefit, lecture, etc., is too much for me.

In fact, I have suffered from depression for years, and the one thing that has the greatest negative impact on my health is to be over-

Ask Amy

Strive for perfection and follow your most heartfelt dreams. You can help make your community, friendships and life better. If you share with the people you care about, the rewards you receive will be remarkable. Offer innovative insight.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Simplicity, precision and experimentation will help you achieve balance and success.

Your enthusiasm will be infectious and will promote positive change.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t share your secrets. Focus on personal improvements and modify an old method of doing things with a trendy new twist. A private matter is questionable.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Do what needs to be done without wasting your time trying to get others to take action. You will be far more effective if you work alone. Romance looks promising.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’ll have to put more energy behind your plans if you want to see them come to fruition.

Use emotional tactics to motivate others to pitch in and help.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be honest about what you can accomplish.

If you don’t set unrealistic goals, others will see your vision and help you reach it. Love is in the stars.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Mull over your experiences and make a mental note of what not to do in the future. You can spare yourself grief if you eliminate problems before they have a chance to escalate.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Gather information, travel, attend a conference or have a conversation that will help you get a better handle on your current status. Think carefully about how to move forward. Taking stock will prove fruitful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — If you express your feelings, you will find out exactly where you stand.

Once you have your position quantified, you will know how to speed things up in order to get what you want.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Get out with friends and have some fun.

Flirting and being playful with someone special will improve your relationship and help you come one step closer to positive changes to your current living arrangements.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Participate and be ready to take action. Don’t be afraid to do things on your own, rather than waste time arguing with someone who doesn’t want to contribute to your plans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Connect with people who want to collaborate and share in your pursuits. New friendships will help you build a brighter future. A chatty encounter will spark your interest.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ll be reminded of someone or something from your past that can help you handle a challenge you face at home. Making an effort to be entertaining will be rewarded.

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WORLD U.S. expects talks with China after missile reports WASHINGTON/TAIPEI — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that the United States expects to have “very serious” talks with China about militarization of the South China Sea after reports that Beijing deployed advanced surface-to-air missiles to a disputed island.

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the missile batteries had been set up on Woody Island in the Paracels chain, which has been under Chinese control for decades but also is claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.

A U.S. defense official also confirmed the “apparent deployment” of the missiles, first reported by Fox News.

“There is every evidence, every day that there has been an increase of militarization of one kind or another,” Kerry told reporters when asked about the reported deployment. “It’s of serious concern.”

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016 • 5A

world&nation Apple phone ruling sparks debate Privacy vs. law enforcement argument reopened by shooter’s iPhone

By Jim Finkle and Dan Levine

PEOPLE Fandango buys Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes

LOS ANGELES — Online ticketing service FanA court order demanddango has agreed to acquire ing that Apple Inc. help the Flixster and movie reviewU.S. government unlock the aggregator Rotten Tomatoes encrypted iPhone of one of from Warner Bros. Enterthe San Bernardino shoottainment for an undisclosed ers opens a new chapter price. in the legal, political and Warner Bros. Entertaintechnological fight pitting ment will take an equity law enforcement against position in Fandango and become an ongoing strategic civil liberties advocates and partner. major tech companies.

Fandango said WednesThe government argues day that the deal, along that the phone is a cruwith its recent acquisition cial piece of evidence in of on-demand video service investigating one of the M-Go, will expand its worst attacks in the United theatrical ticketing business States by people who and create “the industry’s sympathized with Islamist premier digital network for militants. But privacy all things movies.” groups warn that forcing A man takes a photo of the U.S. Capitol in Washington in this Sept. 30, 2013, photo.

Fandango said Flixster companies to crack their (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) and Rotten Tomatoes, own encryption endangers which reaches 20 million the technical integrity of gation has been investigat- the ruling. surveillance purposes. unique visitors per month, the Internet and threatens ing the couple’s potential “They are not asking Ap“The government sugnot just the privacy of communications with ple to redesign its product gests this tool could only be will remain in their current form. It also said Fandango’s customers but potentially Islamic State and other or to create a new backdoor used once, on one phone,” citizens of any country. militant groups, and argued to one of their products,” Cook said in a statement on combined audience reach A federal judge in that it needs access to the Earnest told reporters at the Tuesday. “But that’s simply will grow to more than 63 million unique visitors per Los Angeles on Tuesday iPhone to find out more. daily briefing. not true. Once created, the month. ordered Apple to provide White House spokesMost technology security technique could be used “reasonable technical asman Josh Earnest said the experts, including many over and over again, on any Pope prays for sistance” to investigators Department of Justice was who have served in govern- number of devices.” migrants at U.S., seeking to read the data on asking Apple for access to ment, say technical efforts ‘Hunger Games’ If the federal judge, star Hutcherson Mexico border an iPhone 5C that had been just one device, a central to provide government Magistrate Sheri Pym, used by Rizwan Farook, part of the government’s ar- access to encrypted devices rejects Apple’s arguments, to lead in Hulu CIUDAD JUAREZ, who along with his wife, gument, which Apple Chief inevitably brings in law the Cupertino, Calif.-based pilot ‘Future Man’ Mexico — Pope Francis Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 Executive Officer Tim enforcement. The argument company can appeal her headed to the once notorious people and wounded 22 LOS ANGELES — Josh Cook has said was “simply has been made on-and-off order to the district court, Mexican border city of Ciu- others on Dec. 2 in San not true.” since the 1990s, when the and then up the chain to the Hutcherson has found his dad Juarez on Wednesday, next leading role, following Bernardino, Calif.

Representatives of sever- government tried and failed 9th U.S. Circuit Court of a major migrant crossing “The Hunger Games” franBoth were killed in a al other tech companies did to force tech companies Appeals in San Francisco on the U.S. doorstep where chise, as he has nabbed the shootout with police. The not immediately respond to incorporate a special and ultimately the U.S. grisly drug violence has lead role in Hulu’s comedy Federal Bureau of Investito requests for comment on chip into their products for Supreme Court. killed thousands, to pray for pilot “Future Man,” Variety those who risk their lives has learned.

Tuesday voted 20-15 to migrating north.

From Seth Rogen and Once one of the world´s send a bill to Daugaard that Evan Goldberg, “Future deadliest cities, Ciudad requires transgender pupils Man” is about a janitor Juarez remains a violent to use restrooms and locker named Josh — played by White House to magnet for Mexican, Cenrooms in public schools that Hutcherson — who has to Senate: Act on tral American and Asian correspond to their gender save humanity from extinccourt vacancy migrants looking to jump at birth and not the gender tion.

WASHINGTON — The across the U.S. border. that fits their current identity, The character Josh FutFrancis’ visit, and his White House on Wednesday legislative records showed. turman, a janitor by day and focus on the plight of mitried to ratchet up pressure “This bill is about protect- world-ranked videogamer by grants who risk murder, rape on the Republican-led Sening young children who are night, is tasked with preventand extortion in their quest ing the elimination of the ate to allow a vote on Presitoo innocent … to underto reach the United States, human race after mysterious dent Barack Obama’s choice stand the complexity of was a symbolic critique of to fill the U.S. Supreme life,” Republican Sen. David visitors from the future prothe anti-immigrant rhetoric claim him the key to defeatCourt vacancy left by the Omdahl said before voting of candidates for the 2016 ing an imminent super-race death of conservative Justice for the bill.

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses to answer a quesRepublican presidential Antonin Scalia.

Staff in Daugaard’s office invasion. Still living at home nomination.

The Democratic president tion during a press conference following the 10-nation were not immediately avail- with his parents, Josh has Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sum- able for comment. Daugaard a dead-end job as a janitor has argued that the Senate mit in Rancho Mirage, Calif. on Tuesday. (Reuters/Mike has a constitutional duty has said that he will research at a sexual disease research Blake) Polio worker shot to consider his impending centre. He’s socially inept, the issue before deciding has low self-esteem and dia reported on Wednesday. whether to sign the legislaas Pakistan holds choice for the lifetime post groups in the world — can’t approach women, but A tea party favorite now through air strikes targeting to replace Scalia. tion, local media reported. vaccination drive the one thing he excels at is in his second term in office, White House spokesman its oil production as well LAHORE, Pakistan — Cybergeddon, a video game LePage has drawn attention as cash storage sites. U.S. Josh Earnest, however, was Two U.S. rights Gunmen shot and wounded put on the defensive over set in a dystopian future for an off-the-cuff speakofficials believe the ultraa Pakistani polio worker in where his character, Future hardline Sunni group is more ing style. In the past, he has groups sue over Obama’s actions a decade the eastern city of Lahore on ago as a member of the Sen- dependent on cash as it has Man, has the top ranking in blamed out-of-state drug ‘Muslim-free’ Wednesday, the latest in a the world. seen its access to the formal dealers for impregnating ate when he tried to block string of attacks against erad- the nomination put forward “white girls,” called climate Okla. gun range banking system reduced ication teams in a country OKLAHOMA CITY — through sanctions and other change a “scam” and labeled by his predecessor in the ‘Astro Boy’ that accounts for more than Two U.S. activists groups legislators “corrupt.” measures.

White House, Republican 70 percent of the world’s “Asylum seekers, I think, filed a federal lawsuit on Col. Steve Warren, a live-action movie George W. Bush, of consercases of the virus.

Wednesday against a rural are the biggest problem in spokesman for the U.S.vative Samuel Alito to the in the works More than 100,000 health nation’s highest court. our state, and I’ll explain that Oklahoma gun range, arguled military effort against workers fanned out across LOS ANGELES — New to you,” LePage told a town ing that it violated U.S. civil Islamic State, said the air As a first-term senator Pakistan this week, stephall meeting in Freeport late rights laws by posting a sign Line is in negotiations to strikes on cash storage from Illinois, Obama tried ping up a drive to eliminate come on board a live-action that said the business was Tuesday, the Maine Puband collection sites have to block Alito’s nomination the polio virus this year “Astro Boy” movie, and “Muslim free” and barring lic Broadcasting Network using a procedural maneuver destroyed hundreds of milfrom one of its last bastions, called a filibuster. Alito, a it’s tapped “San Andreas” a Muslim from shooting reported. “What happens is lions of dollars’ worth of despite threats from miliwriters Andre Fabrizio and conservative, was confirmed currency. He declined to give you get hepatitis C, tubercu- there. tants against the vaccination anyway.

The lawsuit by the Coun- Jeremy Passmore to pen the losis, AIDS, HIV, the ‘ziki a more precise estimate of teams. script. cil on American-Islamic how much money had been fly,’ all these other foreign “Initial reports say that The development comes Relations Oklahoma Chaptype of diseases that find a destroyed.

US: Islamic State two men on a motorcycle a year after Animal Logic ter and the American Civil way to our land.” funds destroyed opened fire on the vaccina(“The Lego Movie”) and Liberties Union of OklaMaine residents tors and ran away,” police Tezuka Prods. announced homa seeks to have the Save in air strikes S.D. gov. reviews jeer gov. after spokesman Hammad Haider Yourself Survival and Tacti- that they were developing WASHINGTON — U.S.- ‘ziki fly’ comment transgender told Reuters. cal Gear store in Oktaha end the project.

A health worker was led air strikes on Islamic A $65 million CGIwhat the plaintiffs said is bathroom bill hit by the bullet in his leg BOSTON — Maine’s State cash storage sites have animated “Astro Boy” was blatant discrimination. and was rushed to hospiSouth Dakota would be cost the militant group hun- combative Republican released in 2009 by Imagi The gun store and range tal, where he was in stable dreds of millions of dollars, governor, Paul LePage, drew the first U.S. state to dictate about 120 miles east of Animation Studios, based condition on Wednesday what bathrooms transgender Oklahoma City, posted jeers at a town hall meeting a U.S. military spokesman on the mangas and anime series by Osamu Tezuka and afternoon, he said. students are allowed to use this week when he blamed said on Wednesday. a store window sign that He said it was unclear voiced by Freddie Highasylum seekers for bringing in public schools if RepubThe United States is tryreads: “This privately who was behind the shootlican Gov. Dennis Daugaard owned business is a Muslim more. The film grossed $40 ing to cut revenue to Islamic the “ziki fly,” an apparent ing. signs a bill into law. million worldwide. reference to the mosquitoState — believed to be one Free establishment.”

— From wire reports of the best-funded militant — From wire reports The state Senate on borne Zika virus, local me— From wire reports Reuters

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Researchers: Dogs can read and recognize human emotions experiment that will show dogs can integrate visual and oratory inputs to understand or differMany dog owners believe their states in people. entiate human emotion as dog pets are able to pick up on their Previous studies have shown emotion,” Kun told Reuters. moods, but scientists have dem- that dogs can differentiate Experiments were carried out onstrated once and for all that between human emotions from by a team of animal behavior man’s best friend can actually signs such as facial expressions. experts and psychologists at the recognize emotions in humans.

But this is not the same as emo- University of Lincoln, UK, and Researchers found that by tional recognition, according to University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. combining information from Dr Kun Guo, from the University They presented 17 untrained different senses dogs form abof Lincoln’s School of Psycholdomestic dogs with images and stract mental representations of ogy. sounds conveying either positive positive and negative emotional “This is the first empirical or negative emotional expresBy Matthew Stock Reuters

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sions in humans and dogs.

The dogs used in the testing were unfamiliar with the procedure, avoiding any chance of conditioning. The vocalization sound accompanying the human faces was also unfamiliar.

“We used Portuguese to British dogs so they weren’t habituated with any words, they weren’t familiar with any words.

So, we wanted to see if the dogs could assess the emotional content of the human voices and

whether they would actually discriminate the emotional information within them,” explained Natalia De Souza Albuquerque, a doctoral student in experimental psychology.

The results, published recently in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, found that dogs spent significantly longer looking at the facial expressions which matched the emotional state of the vocalization, for both human and canine subjects.

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Republicans The vacant seat: What would Scalia do? are facing tough choices Amid the petty bickering, loud rhetoric and sordid attack ads in this year’s primary election campaigns, the death of a giant — Justice Antonin Scalia — suddenly overshadows all of that.

The vacancy created on the Supreme Court makes painfully clear the huge stakes involved when we choose a President of the United States, just one of whose many powers is the power to nominate justices of the Supreme Court.

Justice Scalia’s passing would be a great loss at any time. But at this crucial juncture in the history of the nation — with Thomas 5-to-4 Supreme Sowell Court decisions determining what kind of country America will be — Scalia’s death can be catastrophic in its consequences, depending on who is chosen to be his successor.

Given the advanced ages of other justices, the next president is likely to have enough vacancies to fill to be able to shape the future of the court that helps shape the future of America.

Already many people are complaining that the America they grew up in, and loved, is being changed into something they can barely recognize. Record numbers are renouncing their American citizenship.

Meanwhile, people with high level experience in the military and in the intelligence services are warning us against extreme dangers in a world where our adversaries’ military power and aggressiveness are increasing, while our military forces are being cut back.

Against this background, the frivolous rhetoric and childish antics in the televised political “debates” are painful to watch. If ever there was a time to choose a president with depth, rather than glitter or glibness, this is it.

Whatever the achievements of anyone in some other field, we cannot afford a novice in the complex world of politics and government at a time of grave dangers at home and internationally.

Some seem to think that Donald Trump’s lead in the polls and in the New Hampshire primary make him the most electable candidate, even if he often acts like an overgrown spoiled brat.

But the fact that Trump leads in the polls does not mean that he is electable in the general election this fall. He is ahead only because the majority vote among Republicans has been split among so many other candidates.

Although Hillary Clinton is said to have been beaten badly in the Democrat’s primary vote in New Hampshire, she still had a higher percentage of the Democrats’ vote than Trump had of the Republicans’ votes.

Unfortunately, the way the Republican primaries are set up, Trump can win all the delegates from some states without having to get a majority of the votes in any state. But in the general election in November, a candidate usually has to win a majority in a state in order to win that state’s votes in the Electoral College.

The Republicans can end up with a candidate who cannot even get a majority of Republicans’ votes, much less a majority of the votes in the general population.

If, by some miracle, Trump became president, what kind of president would he be? Do we need another self-centered know-it-all in the White House to replace the one we have now?

Among the other Republican candidates, Dr. Ben Carson is a monumental figure in his field, and he is clearly revered even by people who would not vote for him. But votes are how elections are decided.

The governors among the Republican candidates can at least be judged by how their track record stands up in running a governmental organization. So can Senator Ted Cruz, who was solicitor general in Texas. But Senator Marco Rubio has no comparable experience — and his inexperience has shown up in his abortive attempt to join Democrats in promoting amnesty.

If the Republicans are to avoid having Donald Trump lead them — and the country — to disaster, they are going to have to have the majority of non-Trump supporters get behind some given candidate.

Senator Ted Cruz has been criticized in this column before, and will undoubtedly be criticized here again. But we can only make our choices among those actually available, and Senator Cruz is the one who comes to mind when depth and steadfastness come to mind.

As someone who once clerked for a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he will know how important choosing Justice Scalia’s replacement will be. And he has the intellect to understand much more.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell. com.

Kathleen Parker WASHINGTON — As Republican presidential candidates invoke Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy, all insisting that his suddenly vacant seat shouldn’t be filled until a new president is in place, it is helpful to ask: What would Scalia do?

First, Scalia would read the law and, without much chinstroking, recommend the obvious intent of Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, which reads: “(The president) shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint … judges of the Supreme Court.”

See? That wasn’t complicated. And the Senate can always reject a nominee. Yet Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear that no Supreme Court nominations will get to the floor. Somewhat less rigid, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chair of the Judiciary Committee, has said he’ll wait to see who the nominee is before deciding whether to convene a hearing.

All Republican candidates have expressed agreement with McConnell, with Donald Trump being the most vocal and least nuanced: “Delay, delay, delay,” he said inimitably at Saturday’s debate in South Carolina, just hours after the nation learned of Scalia’s death.

As unseemly as such political proclamations are so soon after the justice’s death, Scalia likely would have found the shenanigans childishly amusing. Unerringly faithful to the rule of law — and deferential to the executive and legislative branches — he would have understood the politics but not the point.

The law is clear.

But politics are something else, and Republicans have

decided that, at least on this matter, the people should have a voice. Inarguably, with three justices likely to retire during the next presidency and Scalia’s seat now empty, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

But, if you’ll pardon this intrusion of logic, haven’t the people already had a voice?

Didn’t a majority of the people re-elect President Obama, and doesn’t he have nearly a year left to serve out his term?

Lame duck doesn’t mean dead duck — and this president’s still quacking.

Now, if you don’t really like democracy, we can talk.

Originalists well know that the Founding Fathers had no interest in everybody having a voice.

But these same originalists would have to concede that it’s the president’s job to nominate a replacement for an empty Supreme Court seat and the Senate’s job to advise and consent — or dissent, as the case may be.

Yet to Republicans, the idea of Obama fulfilling his constitutional responsibilities falls somewhere between apocalyptic and absurd. Sort of like when people used to walk up to Scalia and ask, When did you first become an originalist? — prompting

the justice subsequently to remark: “As though it’s some weird affliction, you know, ‘When did you start eating human flesh?’”

Love or hate Scalia, the Supreme Court just became a far, far duller place.

So why would the GOP, professedly stewards of original intent, seek to thwart the Constitution’s clear purposes?

Again, not complicated.

First, because several cases that Republicans hoped would result in their favor hang in the balance. With a four-four vote, the lower courts’ rulings stand.

Second, payback.

All will gladly remind us that Democrats have behaved similarly. In 2007 — 18 months before President George W. Bush’s term was up — Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer recommended that the Senate shouldn’t confirm any Bush nominee to the Supreme Court “except under extraordinary circumstances.”

And Republicans will never forgive Democrats for the circus-like confirmation hearings of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. They’ve been keen to return the favor when the balance of powers shifted their way.

Even understanding these reasons, the GOP is play-

ing with fire. Is this really a precedent they wish to set?

Which of these men in his fourth or eighth year of his presidency would surrender his own nominating powers to a successor? And, finally, what if the next president is Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders?

The GOP’s calculation, apparently, is that the greater risk lies in Obama’s nominating a reasonably moderate liberal who passes all the usual tests that Republicans can’t rationally block. If Obama were feeling frisky, he might select a Hispanic or Asian judge, thus helping ensure that the Republican “Big Tent” collapses from the weight of emptiness.

All things considered, it may seem wiser to avoid the advise-and-consent process, but hypocrisy takes no prisoners. You can’t attach yourself to Scalia’s originalist virtues and also ignore the rule of law he so passionately defended.

Scalia’s advice might be his own reflections on being a good and faithful judge: “You have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re not always going to like the conclusions you reach.”

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com.

Towns are the bellwethers of the Latino vote CHICAGO — On the morning after Bernie Sanders shook up the Democratic establishment by handily winning the New Hampshire primary, I made my way up to Round Lake, Ill., a community 50 miles northwest of Chicago, to see if its Latino community was feeling “the Bern.”

I got the idea from Erika Andiola, Sanders’ national press secretary for Latino outreach and an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. She had made national headlines in 2013 after posting an emotional video when her mother and brother were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and threatened with deportation.

Andiola told me recently that the Sanders campaign worked so hard in reaching out to the Latino community in Iowa that journalists were walking into supermercados and carnicerias — Mexican markets and butcher shops — and seeing Bernie signs.

“The media was very, very surprised, and every single person they spoke to named and talked about being excited about Bernie,” Andiola said, attributing the name recognition to a ground game focused on going door-todoor with bilingual staff and campaign materials.

This is how I found myself in an outer-ring suburb with a population of about 18,000 that had experienced an influx of Latin American immigrants that increased the

boards covered in handmade fliers advertising mechanic and baby-sitting services, and discount coupons for facials and tinted eye contacts.

No “#UnidosconBernie” —“United with Bernie” — bumper stickers were visible anywhere in the Latino porEsther tions of town.

Cepeda To be fair, there weren’t any political items to be Hispanic population between found — not even a Trump 2000 and 2008 to half of all piñata for sale. But the Ilresidents — a growth spurt linois primary is still a month that came with a mix of wel- away, so maybe it’s early for coming embraces and nasty all this. backlash.

The Sanders machine has Up until the late 1990s, definitely captured the imagiRound Lake’s main drag nation of many Hispanics — consisted of a train station and a broad swath of other and several shuttered storeyoung people — in Chicago. fronts. By 2001, La Luz Bak- The excitement ratcheted ery, Lomeli’s International up in December when he Supermarket and Rancho spoke at a gathering hosted Nuevo Mexican restaurant

by Cook County Commiswere anchoring a somewhat sioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, revitalized “downtown” that who pushed Mayor Rahm Emanuel into a runoff last today supports a variety of year. Then, over the ValenLatino-owned businesses from clothing to cellphones, tine’s Day weekend, Sanders became the first of this year’s formal wear, beauty salons presidential candidates to and jewelry. open a Chicago office.

Alas, as I made my way The campaign credits up and down the street from Sanders’ “real world” appeal supermercado to panadefor his rising popularity. ria — bakery — I saw no “For us, it’s not about trace of the kind of Sanders celebrities, it’s about talking fever Andiola described in about issues and breaking Iowa. Albeit it was a sleepy through the barriers. We’re Wednesday morning rather on the ground working than a hustling-bustling door-to-door and not taking weekend day, but no one I a single person for granted,” chatted with was raring to said Andiola. talk politics.

It doesn’t hurt that, ahead Sanders campaign signs, meet-up posters and stickers of the caucuses in Latinoheavy Nevada, the media were also visibly lacking in the many nooks and bulletin have started taking notice of

Sanders’ immigration ideas such as welcoming refugees from Central America, reforming the visa system, reworking trade agreements and making undocumented immigrants eligible for Obamacare.

Sanders has a clearly articulated immigration platform on his website and has started playing up his sonof-a-Polish-immigrant bona fides (during his New Hampshire primary victory speech, he elaborated that his father arrived in the U.S. “speaking no English and having no money”). He has also benefited from others outside the campaign highlighting Clinton’s harsher stances in the past on immigration — notably on the deportation of unaccompanied minors in 2015.

The residents of Round Lake — and countless other small towns across the country that have been affected by historic increases in suburban poverty — will be worth watching as the winnowing process takes us into the November elections.

Small communities may not have an outsized role in electing presidents, but they can be excellent bellwethers of how well each party can ignite the passions of Latinos interested in a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants and workingclass whites attracted to economic populism.

Esther Cepeda’s email address is estherjcepeda@ washpost.com.

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of a college education in Georgia,” Chancellor Hank Thomas’ body turned up inflation.

Huckaby said in a statePolice say this is the the next morning, Jan. 25, Last year, for the third ment. “We recognize and “primary” suspect between two houses in The straight year, tuition went share their concerns about in the death of two college affordability. Today’s Arbors at Jackson Creek up by at least 2.5 percent at Stone Mountain announcement demonstrates subdivision off Jimmy 27 colleges and universities teens who were gunned down near we are listening to students, Carter Boulevard. Angelique across Georgia.

Norcross in late their families and legislaBowman, 19, who was reAt Georgia Gwinnett January. They are portedly Thomas’ girlfriend, tors and taking meaningful College, rates went up 8.3 seeking help identiwas found down the road, action.” percent, while the Univerfying him. (Special shot to death in a silver SUV The decision means that sity of Georgia and Georgia Photo) parked at the neighborhood the USG is the seventh Tech each saw increases by clubhouse. lowest out of the 16 states nine percent. Georgia State Gwinnett police are that make up the Southern University’s tuition rose by hoping the public can help the gunman.

Regional Education Board in they were puzzled by the 5.5 percent, while Georgia can contact 770-513-5300. identify the suspect.

Police haven’t released violence.

College and State University tuition and fees for four-year To remain anonymous, “At this point, he is the institutions. a theory on what led to One man on Wandering rates jumped 3 percent. tipsters can contact Crime primary suspect in the “We carefully assess the the shootings, which were Way told the Daily Post his Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS It was the second straight investigation,” said Cpl. tuition rates for our instituseveral hundred yards apart. wife had heard a commotion (8477) or visit www. year Georgia Tech’s tuition Deon Washington, agency tions and are committed to It also remains unclear and begged him to come rose by 9 percent. crimestoppersatlanta.org. keeping college as affordable spokesman. why the teens were in the home from work. Later, “We have heard from Crime Stoppers offers a Washington also noted neighborhood in the first he learned that there was a students, parents and legisla- as possible for students and reward of up to $2,000 for that Thomas “did not appear place. Both lived in Stone young man dead near his tors regarding year-over-year their families,” Chairman information leading to an to be under duress” as he Mountain. backyard. arrest and indictment in the tuition increases citing con- Kessel Stelling said in a walked a few steps behind statement.

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obituaries BUFORD

Quinton Anderson

Quinton Anderson, 90, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016 in Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville.

Mr. Anderson was born in Bulloch County, graduated from Nevils High School and was a World War II U. S. Army veteran, serving in the Pacific Theater.

Quinton lived in Savannah from 1950 to 1971 before moving back to Bulloch County. While in Savannah, Mr. Anderson was a founding member of Windsor Forest Baptist Church and served as an engineer for Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. After retiring from the railroad, Quinton worked as a real estate agent with Caldwell Banker Realtors, in Statesboro. He was a member of Harville Baptist Church and enjoyed spending time on his farm in Nevils.

Quinton was preceded in death by his parents, John Lawson and Ida Jane NeSmith Anderson and seven siblings.

Mr. Anderson is survived by his wife, Derita McCoy Anderson of Buford; son, Tony Anderson and his wife, Catherine of Dahlonega; daughter, Julie Currie and her husband, Phillip of Sandy Springs; brother, Talmadge Anderson and his wife, Blanche of Richmond Hill; sisters, Hazel Stanley and Vivian Mobley both of Savannah; grandchildren, Amy Anderson, David Anderson, Ryan Currie and Matthew Currie; 6 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday, February 18, 2016 in Hodges-Moore Funeral Home.

The funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Friday, February 19, 2016 in the Chapel of Hodges-Moore Funeral Home with Reverend Patrick McElveen and Reverend Matthew Currie officiating.

Burial will be in Harville Baptist Church Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Harville Baptist Church, 90 Harville Church Road, Brooklet, GA 30415.

Please visit our online memorial at www.hodgesmoore.com to sign the guest book and share fond memories with the Anderson family.

Hodges-Moore Funeral Home is charge of funeral arrangements.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Janice Baker Janice Lee Baker, age 62 of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Monday, February 15, 2016. She is survived by her loving husband Rod Baker, her sons Mark Knight of Lincoln NE, Joey Baker and his girlfriend Amanda Coker of Lawrenceville GA. Granddaughter Sophia Coker, sister Donna Stahley of Wiggins CO,

as well as many cousins, nieces and nephews. Jan was a retiree of Gwinnett County Public Schools and a member of First Christian Church of Lawrenceville.

A Memorial Service honoring the life of Jan will be held on February 27 at 11:00am at First Christian Church of Lawrenceville, with Rev. Jay White officiating.

Memorial Gifts may be made to First Christian Church of Lawrenceville. 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. .

GAINESVILLE

Martha Bryant Martha Roberts Bryant, age 79, of Gainesville, GA passed away on February 15, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

FLOWERY BRANCH

Donald Durden Donald Lamar Durden, age 69, of Flowery Branch, GA passed away on February 16, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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by; Father: J.D. Johnson; Mother: Mary Johnson.

She is survived by: Husband: Dewey McDaniel of Snellville; Daughters & Sons-in-laws: Donna & Frank Pratt of Dacula, Dawn & Tim Brown of Cornelia; Sister: Nancy Moon of Oxford; Grandchildren: Jeremy Pratt of Dacula, Brittney Brown of Cornelia, Kristy Pratt of Dacula, Jacob Brown of Cornelia. The family will receive friends from 12-8 PM on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at Tim Stewart Funeral Home 300 Simonton Rd SW Lawrenceville, GA 30046. 770-962-3100.

Please leave online condolences at stewartfh.com.

BUFORD LILBURN

Gayle Boutin Gayle Ann (Young) Boutin, 68, passed away February 15, 2016. Born in Warwick, RI, she spent her younger years by the water, married the love of her life and began her family. She was the General Manager of Hidden Hills Country Club for a number of years and opened Christmas House in Stone Mountain Village, where she was able to share her love of Christmas while working everyday with her family at her side. Gayle was a faithful Christian and devoted caregiver, who touched the lives of everyone she met. She found great joy in fostering newborns in the mid 80’s and caring for rescue dogs in recent years. She will be greatly missed. Gayle was preceded in death by her parents, Edward and Dorothy Young, and is survived by her husband Rit, three boys Richard (wife Chan), Chris (wife Ansley), and Mike (wife Pam), and grandchildren, Lindsey, Avery, Cole, Julia, Jake, and Sean. A memorial service will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Wages and Sons Gwinnett Chapel with Dr. Charles Dunahoo officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. and prior to the memorial service on Saturday from 1:00 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in memory of Gayle to the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. Online condolences can be expressed at www.wagesandsons.com.

Debra Forbes Debra Preisser “Debbie” Forbes, age 59 of Lilburn, GA passed away on February 12, 2016. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914.

GeorgiaCremation.com.

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Dorothy Mazzolini Dorothy Fox Mazzolini, age 91, loving wife, mother, and grandmother went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. She will join her husband Patrick J. Mazzolini, deceased in 1996.

Dorothy’s feisty spirit, sharp wit, big heart, and gregarious personality touched all who knew her.

Dorothy was born on September 24, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio and relocated to Lawrenceville, GA in 1972. In 2007, she moved to Clairmont Oaks in Decatur, GA. She is survived

by Dr. Patricia Mazzolini and Deborah Tyroler, John Mazzolini and Dan Williams, Bobby and Michele Williams, Tom Mazzolini and grandchildren, Simon and Leo Tyroler, and Abigail and Sophia Williams.

There will be a Noon Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Atlanta, GA, Friday, February 19, 2016. For more details visit A.S. Turner & Sons, www.asturner.com.

SNELLVILLE

Dianne McDaniel Dianne McDaniel, age 68, of Snellville, passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, February 19, 2016 in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home.

Rev. Frank Pratt, Rev. Billy Holloway & Rev. Stacy Myers will officiate. Interment will follow at Alcova Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. McDaniel is preceded in death b

Rosemary Nolan Rosemary C. Nolan, age 80, of Jefferson, GA formerly of Buford, GA passed away Monday, February 15, 2016. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-one years, Edward Joseph Nolan. She is survived by her children, twin daughters, Suzanne and Kevin Morris, Buford, GA, Diane and Michael Lohff, Powder Springs, GA, Edward John Nolan, Jefferson, GA, David and Teresa Nolan, Jefferson, GA, Dennis and Kimberly Nolan, Billings, MT; twelve grandchildren; sisters, Joan Malara, White Plains, NY, Barbara McNamara, Lima, OH; brother, John and Adele Culhane, Stuart, Fl; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Mrs. Nolan was born on December 3, 1935 in Bronx, New York.

She was a 1953 graduate of St. Rose Catholic High School in Lima, Ohio and a 1957 graduate of Northwestern University where she received her Bachelor’s Degree. She was retired from Megaplex Company in the Human Resources Department and a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Flowery Branch. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 12:00 noon at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Flowery Branch. The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the church on Saturday. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Gentiva Hospice, 1199 Prince Ave. Athens, GA 30606 in memory of Rosemary Nolan.

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

John Park, Jr. John Bryan Park, Jr., age 85, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Saturday, February 13, 2016 surrounded by family and friends. John was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania on August 6, 1930. He was preceded in death by Diane Martin and Betty Park.

John is survived by his daughter, Aurora Schaefer; two step-children, Keith Martin and Kelly Sorrells; two grandchildren, Andrea Van Horn and Dustin Swenson; 5 step-grandchildren, Melissa Watkins, Joseph Rutledge, Kristy Spann, Holly Sorrells, Nicole Sorrells; and seven great grandchildren.

John proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1948 – 1952.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation, in memory of John, to Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association, P.O. Box 105, Glenolden, PA 19036 (www.cmtausa.org). The family will receive friends prior to the service from 10:00 am – 11:00 am at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville Hwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550.

Online condolences may be expressed at www. wagesandsons.com.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Wayne Sarver Wayne Everett Sarver, age 65 of Lawrenceville, GA passed away February 16, 2016. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

and King St in Winder.

He attended school from elementary – high school in Winder, Class of 1946.

He was a member of the First Christian Church in Winder from childhood, the Loyal Friends Class; Ousley United Methodist Church in Decatur, the Pioneer Sunday School Class for 20 years; and Duluth United Methodist Church, the Steadham Sunday School Class, in Duluth, GA for 30 years.

After serving in the Georgia National Guard and attending Perry Business School, he worked 40 years in supervisory positions for Complete Auto Transit/Ryder Systems in Doraville, GA including Supervisor of Safety and Personal and Operations Manager. In these capacities he worked with many people for whom he had the highest regard which was returned by them; retiring in 1992. He was president of the Southwest DeKalb High School Basketball Tip-Off Club in 1968-69. In retirement he was president of the East Georgia Genealogy Society, member of the Jug Tavern Senior Men’s Golf Association at Pine Hills Golf Club, Winder playing there into his early 80’s, and a member of the morning gathering at McDonald’s in Winder.

Emory and Christine enjoyed travel and saw most of the 50 states, parts of Canada and Mexico, Australia and several countries in Europe. They also shared interests in rocks and gemology and were members of the Georgia Mineral Society.

Visitation will be Thursday, February 18, 5:008:00pm at Smith Funeral Home, Winder. Friday, February 19, at First Christian Church Winder visitation will be at 1:00pm with the funeral at 2:00pm with burial following at Rose Hill Cemetery, Winder, GA. SUWANEE

Emory Sharpton, Jr.

Jessica Stackpole

Emory Marion Sharpton, Jr went home to God February 15, 2016, at his home following a long battle with skin cancer. He leaves his wife of 63 years, Christine (Jones) Sharpton, of Rockdale County, children – Carol Wells (Gene) of Huntsville AL, Mary Alma Martini (Bob) Lawrenceville, GA, Emory M Sharpton III (Michelle) of Buford GA. Grandchildren – Erica Wells McDonald (Chris), Tacoma, WA, Haley Wells and, Derek Wells, Birmingham, AL, James Marion Sharpton and Katherine Anne Sharpton, Buford GA. Emory was born and raised in Winder, son of Marion Emory Sharpton, Sr, and Ethel (Blasingame) Sharpton. From 1927 to 1967 his parents had a grocery store at the corner of Midland Ave

Jessica Frank Stackpole, age 46, of Suwanee, GA passed away on February 16, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Bobby Waddell Mr. Bobby Leon Waddell, age 72, of Bryson City, North Carolina, formerly of Gainesville passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2016.

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Prep Schedule

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BASEBALL

5:30 p.m. — Model at GAC

LACROSSE

4:30 p.m. — Archer boys at Norcross 5 p.m. — Meadowcreek girls at Norcross 5 p.m. — Pinecrest Academy boys at Duluth 5 p.m. — Woodward Academy girls at Wesleyan 7 p.m. — Mill Creek girls at Roswell 7:15 p.m. — Collins Hill girls at South Forsyth

TENNIS

• Collins Hill at Jefferson • Norcross boys at Milton • Milton girls at Norcross 3 p.m. — Central at Parkview 3:30 p.m. — Shiloh at Tucker 4 p.m. — Blessed Trinity at Mill Creek 4 p.m. — North at Wesleyan 4 p.m. — South at Meadowcreek

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Noon — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Daytona 500, Practice. From Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. FS1 1:30 p.m. — NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Daytona, Practice. From Daytona International Speedway, Fla. FS1 4 p.m. — NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: Daytona, Final Practice. From Daytona International Speedway, Fla. FS1 7 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Duel at Daytona.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m. — Tennessee at Kentucky ESPN 8 p.m. — Southern Methodist at Connecticut ESPN2 9 p.m. — Wisconsin at Michigan State ESPN 9 p.m. — Providence at Xavier FSSO 10 p.m. — Utah at UCLA ESPN2 11 p.m. — California at Washington FS1

NBA

8 p.m. — Chicago at Cleveland TNT 10:30 — San Antonio at Los Angeles Clippers TNT

NHL

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WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. — Florida State at Syracuse FSSO

Sports Calendar Ongoing through Feb. 28: SpringDogs Springboard Diving of Gwinnett is accepting registration for training at three Gwinnett aquatic centers — Collins Hill, Mountain Park and West Gwinnett.

Sessions are open to ages 8 and up and no knowledge of springboard diving is required. Cost is $75 for the first round of training and a $14 AAU registration fee also is required. Sessions at Collins Hill are 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays (from Feb. 29-March 7) and Wednesdays (March 3-31). Sessions at Mountain Park are from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays (Feb. 29-March 28) and Wednesdays (March 3-30). Sessions at West Gwinnett are 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays (March 1-29) and Thursdays (March 3-31), as well as beginner training Thursdays (March 3-31) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more diving dates, times, pricing and club information, go to www.gwinnettcounty. com/Aquatics or www. springboarddogs.com

LACROSSE

Ongoing through March 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County is accepting registration for its spring season, which begins in March. Games are practices, which are on the same day, are at Gary Pirkle Park. Register online at www.i9sports. com or call 678-472-2142.

SOCCER

Ongoing through March 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County is accepting registration for its spring season, which begins in March. Games are practices, which are on the same day, are at Gary Pirkle Park, Rhodes Jordan Park and Discovery High School. Register online at www.i9sports. com or call 678-472-2142.

VOLLEYBALL

Ongoing through Feb. 27: Competitive Edge Training will host The League, training sessions that work on volleyball skills through instruction and game play.

Players will be divided by skill level and trained initially, then compete in tournament-style FOOTBALL play. Locations are Little Mill Ongoing through Middle School in Cumming March 1: I9 Sports of and Westminster Christian Northwest Gwinnett County Academy in Watkinsville. First is accepting registration for session, which costs $80, is its spring season, which Feb. 29-March 24 on Monday begins in March. The flag and Wednesday evenings. football league hosts games Session Two, which is $100, and practices, which are is April 11-May on Monday on the same day, at Gary and Wednesday evenings.

Pirkle Park, Rhodes Jordan Sessions are open to kinderPark and Discovery High garteners through sixthSchool. Register online at graders. Register at www. www.i9sports.com or call plavolleyball.com or email 678-472-2142. info@plavolleyball.com.

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Rams stun Wheeler

Dukes, Grayson knock out defending champs to do it for my brothers.

I knew I was going to get those for the win, Coach MARIETTA — Thrilltold me I was going to ing. Controversial. Improb- make all three.” able.

Dukes led the Rams with There are many ways 22 points. to describe the ending of “Nobody has been beGrayson’s lieved in us all year,” Gray59-58 win son coach Geoffrey Pierce at topsaid. “I told them as long seeded as we don’t get intimidated Wheeler when we walk in here and in the look at the banners, we’ve opening got a chance.” round of Included in those banAustin the Class ners in Wheeler’s home Dukes AAAAAA gym is a state championboys basketball state tour- ship in 2015, and during nament. For Grayson, it the first half, the Wildcats will be unforgettable. looked prepared to begin Trailing 58-56, point another run deep in the guard Austin Dukes hit state tournament. Wheeler three consecutive free scored the first six points throws for the Rams with of the game, and then went 3.6 seconds on the clock up 24-11 in the second after being fouled on quarter when former a 3-point shot attempt.

Peachtree Ridge player Wheeler failed to get a shot Romello White threw off in time on the ensudown his second dunk of ing inbound, setting off the game with just under 5 a raucous celebration on minutes left until halftime.

Grayson’s end of the gym Wheeler led 32-23 at the Wednesday night. break.

“I had to do it for my White led the Wildcats team,” Dukes said. “I had with 15 points and was

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followed closely by a 13-point performance by power forward Al-Wajid Aminu. Aminu had to sit most of the first half in foul trouble, but scored his team’s first six points of the second half, including the finish of an alley oop from Makhai Eastmond, putting Wheeler ahead 38-27.

That’s when Grayson started clawing back into the game.

Hafeez Anifowoshe converted a big put-back dunk to close the deficit to 40-35 late in the third quarter, and the Rams kept flirting with a one-possession score during most of the fourth quarter.

With 2:03 remaining, Brent Latham hit a 3-pointer for Grayson to close the Wheeler lead to 53-50.

The last two minutes of the game included a double technical foul call, as well as a lone technical foul on the Wheeler bench.

With 14 seconds left, Pierce called a timeout to design the last-second play, which resulted in East-

mond fouling Dukes to set up the decisive free throws.

Wheeler coach Doug Lipscomb wasn’t convinced that the call was fair.

“Crucial calls late in the game hurt us” the Wheeler coach said. “Their kid shot a jump-pump 3, that resulted in three free throws. Well, I didn’t see the contact, but maybe I’ll look at it again later and see it. We had opportunities to win the game, and we didn’t perform up to our capabilities.”

Adding to the heartbreak for Wheeler, Wednesday’s loss will be the last game played in their old gymnasium, named after Lipscomb. In the 2016-17 season, the Wildcats will move into a brand-new gym on campus, leaving behind the court that was home to six state champ teams.

Grayson’s tournament can certainly be considered a success already, but the Rams will try to score another upset when they travel to second-seeded Lee County on Saturday.

Buford girls win, boys come up shy

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first half of Wednesday’s first-round matchup with Whitewater, either. But the defending state champions BUFORD — Alex Jones pulled away in the second did his best to give Buford half for a 63-38 victory. basketball a home sweep “We’ve had some things Wednesday night. we’ve needed to work on The sophomore guard all year long that have scored 13 of his game-high come back to bite us and 22 points in the fourth we’re still working on it,” quarter, including 11 in Buford girls coach Gene a 50-second span in the Durden said. “This time waning moments, but it of year you’ve got to play wasn’t enough to rescue the full 32 minutes. We the Buford boys, who fell still have some moments 69-62 to Fayette County we don’t put it all together. in the first round of the Two bad minutes will send Class AAAA state playyou home. … I told them offs. The Wolves and their we would be in a dogfight eight-game winning streak after the first half. We had were undone by a tough to make sure we won the start to the fourth quarter, first four minutes of the ending new head coach (third quarter). Our kids Eddie Martin’s first season came out and played hard. that included a Region We played hard all night.

8-AAAA championship.

We just didn’t play as smart The Buford girls didn’t as we needed to at times.” have the same kind of moThe Buford girls’ rough mentum from last week’s first half, particularly in a region tournament after six-point second quarter, blowing a lead in the finals left them leading just 22and didn’t look sharp in the 18 at the break. They re-

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sponded with 24 points in the third quarter, stretching the lead out to 18 points.

Whitewater (14-14) trailed by just six near the midway point of the third, until the hosts got big plays taking the ball to the basket. Pamela Johnson, Tory Ozment and Marissa Bruce each had three-point plays to build a large lead.

Ozment led the Wolves (23-5), who play at Mt. Zion-Jonesboro in the second round, with 14 points, six steals and five assists.

Bruce also reached double figures with 10 points along with four rebounds and a pair of steals.

Zikaya Wright (nine points, five rebounds), Johnson (nine points) and Jessica Nelson (nine points, six rebounds) also chipped in offensively for the Wolves, who went 0-for-9 from 3-point range.

Courtney Smith led Whitewater with 13 points.

The Buford boys (1612) started the nightcap

well, making 5 of 6 shots in the first quarter for a quick 13-2 lead. Then they missed their final nine shots of the quarter, allowing Fayette County (15-12) to get within three.

The Wolves clung to a onepoint halftime lead thanks to seven second-quarter points from Dawson Wehunt, and held a two-point edge after three quarters.

Fayette reeled off a 16-2 run to start the fourth quarter and led by 10 before Jones went on his run. Two of his 3-pointers got Buford within three points twice in the final minute — the last with 19.2 seconds left — but the visitors made 11 of 14 free throws in the fourth to close out the win.

In addition to Jones, Buford also got 11 points and six rebounds from Tobi Obasanya and 11 points from Brandon Iverson.

Will Springer added seven points and six rebounds, and Sahil Patel grabbed 11 rebounds.

Lambert boys oust feisty Hawks

By Colin Hubbard Staff Correspondent

SUWANEE — The Mill Creek Hawks were one layup away from taking the lead with 1:29 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Evan Richardson had a good Charles look, but Botchway was unable to connect and Lambert closed the game out from the free-throw line.

Despite a valiant effort, the No. 4 seed Hawks went down to the No. 1 seed Longhorns 70-62 and were eliminated from playoff contention Wednesday at Lambert.

Senior guard Charles Botchway led the Hawks

in scoring with 20 points on 8 of 14 shooting and had three steals, as well.

Richardson finished with 16 points and Keetone Glover had with 12.

As a team, the Hawks shot 43 percent from the field, but missed eight free throws and lost the game by eight points.

“I thought that our region schedule would prepare us for this and it did,” Mill Creek head coach David Allen said. “We missed some shots that we should have made at the end, some easy ones, and they (Lambert) knocked down their freethrows late and did what they needed to do to win.”

The first quarter featured poor shooting from both teams, but it was Lambert which held a 15-14 lead at the end of the quarter. The Longhorns scored five of

their 15 points off secondchance points.

The Hawks took their first lead of the game at the 7-minute mark of the second quarter at 16-15, and Botchway gave the Hawks a 19-17 lead seconds later on a 3-pointer, but the Longhorns closed out the quarter with a narrow 2928 lead at halftime.

Down 31-30 at the 7:20 mark of the third quarter, Miles Riley stole a pass and dished it off to Glover who connected on a fastbreak layup to give the Hawks a two-point lead.

On the very next possession, it was Glover who stole a pass and dished it off to Riley, who drilled a 3-pointer to give the Hawks a 35-31 lead with 6:51 left in the quarter.

The Hawks led by as much as seven points, but

the Longhorns closed out the third quarter on an 8-0 run and led 50-45 with one quarter to play.

Richardson notched the game at 56-56 on a 3-pointer with 4:42 remaining in the fourth and gave Mill Creek the lead at 59-57 on a layup at the 3:02 mark.

But his potential goahead layup that missed took all of the air out of the team and failed to keep the game any closer.

Despite the loss, Allen was pleased with his teams’ effort thought the season in his first year as head coach.

“Overall, the season was positive, but nobody likes to lose the last one like that,” Allen said. “For the first year, I thought they fought and played hard so we will reevaluate and go from there.”

Discovery claims first baseball victory From Staff Reports NORCROSS — Discovery earned its first varsity baseball victory with a 1-0 road win over Meadowcreek on Wednesday.

Riley Forster pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing one hit and striking out 11 Mustangs.

Savion Thompson scored the game’s only run on a sacrifice bunt by

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BASEBALL BASEBALL South Gwinnett 3, Providence 2 LILBURN — South Gwinnett held off Providence Christian and defeated the Storm 3-2 on Wednesday.

Jordan Pullens pitched 5 1/3 innings to pick up the win, striking out seven and not allowing an earned run. Marc Davis earned the save with 1 2/3 innings of relief. Cabrera Weaver recorded two hits, while five

other Comets contributed hits in the winning effort.

Andy Weisgerber pitched four innings and allowed only one earned run for Providence.

Desmond Jacobs had two hits and drove in a run to lead the Storm’s offense.

Dacula 4, Monroe Area 3 DACULA — Dacula’s Ryan Vigue blasted a walk-off home run to lift the Falcons to a 4-3 win over Monroe Area on Wednesday.

Vigue’s homer made a winner of reliever Jonathan Grant, who tossed one inning in relief of

starter Brady Kelly. Kelly threw the first six innings and struck out seven for Dacula (2-0).

Mill Creek 5, Roswell 0 HOSCHTON — Mill Creek used five pitchers to defeat Roswell 5-0 on Wednesday.

The combination effort on the mound yielded only three hits and struck out 11 Hornets. Jay Pendley was credited with the win, throwing three innings and striking out five.

Cameron Turley drove in two runs and Zach Kross also had and RBI for the Hawks (1-0).

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Deep Lions hold off Johns Creek

By Scott Smith

after the first quarter, only to have the Gladiators battle back to take a 23-21 lead with 4:41 left JOHNS CREEK — in the half.

Peachtree Ridge had four But Peachtree Ridge boys score in double figclosed out the frame with ures on Wednesday night an 8-4 run to lead 31-27 and opened the at the break.

Class AAAAAA The third quarstate playoffs ter began with an with a 66-58 win 8-0 run for the at Johns Creek.

Lions with the The win lead swelling to pushed the Lions’ its largest margin season record to at 39-27 when Milz 19-10 and, more Connor Heyward Tatum importantly, sets (11 points, four up a date in the second assists, three rebounds) round this Saturday banked in a 3-pointer at against the Douglas the 4:30 mark.

County-Newton winner.

Johns Creek scrapped back in the fourth and got “We came out of the gate playing pretty good, as close as four points at 59-55 with just over but then (Johns Creek) a minute to play, but the came back and hit us in Lions were able to fend the mouth a little bit,” off the late charge.

Peachtree Ridge head Free throws were a big coach Keith Arrington said. “They just wouldn’t part in keeping the lead as Peachtree Ridge, which stop, but that’s how the didn’t take its first free state tournament is. We throw until three minutes knew it wasn’t going to left in the game, hit 9 of be easy.”

10 from that point to keep The Lions had to face one of their former play- the Gladiators at bay.

“We made our free ers in Mark Lancaster of throws, which is always Johns Creek, who transbig,” Arrington said. “We ferred to the Gladiators didn’t get there much, (24-5) after his sophobut we made the most of more year.

Lancaster hit his season them when we did.”

Jeremiah Starks also average of 15 points, helped in the win with 12 but it wasn’t enough as points, five rebounds and Milz Tatum and Morkel four assists.

McCollum of Peachtree Nathan Zodulua led Ridge countered with 19 Johns Creek with 16 points each. points.

The Lions led 19-14

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Collins Hill’s Justin McCanlay (1) drives against Alpharetta’s Mekhi Henderson (30) and gets a foul called in Wednesday’s first-round playoff game. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

Eagles live to fight again

Collins Hill records first playoff win since 2001

By Brandon Brigman

Alpharetta led nearly the entire fourth quarter until Stanciel had a steal at mid LAWRENCEVILLE — court to set up JD Ozoh’s Fresh off a big win in the free throw to give Collins Region 7-AAAAAA tourHill a 40-39 lead with 20 nament finals on Saturday, seconds left in the third Collins Hill was a little quarter. However, Alsluggish in Wednesday’s pharetta’s Ryan Jenei came home playoff game. back with a 3-pointer to lift It wasn’t until late in the Raiders 42-20 going the fourth quarter that the into the fourth quarter.

Eagles came alive and Alpharetta made 7 of 16 battled back to take a 623-pointers in the game.

52 win over Alpharetta in “They are extremely the first round of the Class well coached and play in a AAAAAA state playoffs. solid region,” BaumgardIt was the first playoff win ner said. “A lot of them for Collins Hill since 2001. Collins Hill’s Kai Lambert (4) drives past Alpharetta de- have playoff experience fender Marcus Hill (10) in Wednesday’s first-round play“It’s not a familiar feel from last year. We didn’t off game. (Photo: Craig Cappy) for this program,” Collins start the game with the Hill head coach Ty Baum- Eagles (25-4) will have Swillum. After the Eagles type of energy we needed gardner. “This program their hands full in the sec- called a timeout to stop the to.” hasn’t experienced a lot of ond round of the playoffs run, Collins Hill got back It wasn’t until 5:01 left postseason success in its on Saturday at Collins Hill. in the game offensively. in the game that Collins history. It’s the first time The Eagles will host PebTeShaun Hightower hit a Hill got a spark. Cheesefor all of us, so I’m excited blebrook, which features 3-pointer and Kai Lambert man hit a pair of lay ups about that. But I’m not three Division I players. converted a pair of three and a free throw in less excited about our perfor“They have three SEC throws to close the game than a minute to give Colmance.” players. A kid that has 14-13 at the end of the first lins Hill a 49-45 lead and In Baumgardner’s secsigned with Auburn, a period. the Eagles never trailed ond season as the Eagles’ kid that’s committed to Lambert’s layup with again. Collins Hill hit five head coach, he’s lifted the Ole Miss and they have a 5:25 left in the half gave free throws the remainder program to new heights. junior with multiple SEC Collins Hill its first lead of the game and was 25 Wednesday’s win was offers,” Baumgardner said. since the start of the game of 39 from the line, while Cheeseman punctuated the the 25th for the Eagles, “We’ll have our hands full. at 21-20. The Eagles’ AJ win with a slam dunk in improving on the school We’ll be prepared and I Cheeseman made 3 of 4 record for wins in a season. know we’ll start the game free throws and Chris Park the final seconds.

“I hoped it wouldn’t take Collins Hill’s Region 7 with a lot more energy.” made a pair in the final the fourth quarter to get exchampionship win over That certainly wasn’t minutes to give Collins Norcross on Saturday was the case on Wednesday.

Hill a 26-24 halftime lead. cited about playing in the state playoffs, particularly the second region crown Alpharetta (10-18) jumped Cheeseman was Collins at home,” Baumgardner in the school’s 22-year out to 12-4 lead to start Hill’s leading scorer with said. “We found a way and history. the game thanks to a pair 16 points, while Kenny we’re moving on.”

Baumgardner and the of 3-pointers by David Stanciel had 11.

Staff Correspondent

Late run too little for Central boys

By Mike Blum

Staff Correspondent

MILTON — By the time the Central Gwinnett Black Knights got their offense functioning effectively in the second half Wednesday night at Milton, it was too late.

The Eagles raced to a 50-29 halftime lead in a fast-paced contest, and withstood a late surge by the Black Knights to score a 92-79 victory in the first round of the Class AAAAAA state tournament.

Milton used a 24-4 run spanning the late stages of the first quarter and early part of the second period to take a 30-11 lead. The Eagles’ margin was 21 at the half and reached 30 with 2:30 to play in the third period before the Black Knights began to cut into the Milton lead.

The Black Knights

closed with 14 points early in the final quarter, but that was as close as they got before hitting a 3-pointer in the closing seconds.

Central struggled from long range throughout the first half, missing all eight attempts. The Black Knights hit their first 3-pointer just before the third quarter buzzer and added six more 3s in the final period, but could not contain a balanced Milton team that scored repeated layups and dunks against a pressing Central defense.

“We missed a lot of shots we usually make early on,” Central Gwinnett coach Branden Mayweather said.

“And they were scoring a whole bunch of points at the other end.”

It was the first trip to state for Mayweather’s players, and he admitted they may have been “kind of nervous” in the early going.

“I was proud of the fact that they came back and won the second half (5042),” Mayweather said.

“We have nothing to hang our heads about.”

Kevin Stamps, one of the two senior front-line players for Central, led the Black Knights with 19 points, including a pair of 3s in the final period.

Adnan Antonio, the other senior regular, contributed a strong effort off the bench with 14 points, keying a second quarter burst that ended Milton’s 24-4 run and kept Central in the game.

Jalen Hillery and Derek Lawrence added 13 points each for the Black Knights (14-14), who earned the third seed from 8-AAAAAA in the state championship by knocking off two higher-seeded teams in last week’s region tournament.

Milton (21-8) won in the

state playoffs game for the first time since making it to the state championship game four straight years from 2009-2012, winning twice. The Eagles attacked Central’s defensive pressure, pushing the pace at every opportunity, and reached double figures in dunks with the aid of some sharp passes by the team’s two quality point guards.

Alex O’Connell, a rangy junior wing, led the Eagles with 26 points, doing most of his damage on the fastbreak.

Milton’s inside duo of seniors Chris Lewis and Kyrin Galloway, a transfer from Buford, added 20 and 17 points respectively and also caused problems for the Black Knights at the defensive end.

Guards Kendrick Summerour and Justin Brown combined for 20 points and a sizeable numbers of assists each.

Strong second quarter lifts GAC past Chattooga

By Jeremy Stewart Staff Correspondent

SUMMERVILLE — The shots came fast at the start and each one proved crucial for both teams in Wednesday night’s first-round Class A state boys basketball tournament game between Greater Atlanta Christian and Chattooga.

But when the final buzzer sounded, it was the visitors who came out on top.

After falling behind after the first quarter, GAC stepped up its aggressiveness in the second to outscore Chattooga by 14 points and go on to beat the Indians 67-61 in the first round of the Class AA state playoffs.

“I thought we had prepared the guys very well, but 90 percent of that was our players,” GAC coach David Eaton said.

“They developed a tough mindset during the game and did what they needed to do to win against a really tough Chattooga team.”

Junior center Charlie O’Briant paced the Spartans with 19 points, followed by Jacob Hoffman with 15, including three 3-pointers. Freshman Hunter McIntosh had 13 points.

Down 37-27 at halftime, Chattooga (23-5) came out with a better handle on defense and kept GAC to just seven points in the third quarter. The Indians scored 11 in the frame, with the highlight coming with an 8-0 run that was sparked by a three-point play by Isaac Foster with 4:39 on the clock.

“No matter the situation, I feel like I can read my guys’ demeanor and attitude, and never was there any moment where they didn’t think they were going to be able to come back,” Chattooga

coach Jared Groce said.

“We knew exactly what we needed to do. We made shots, we had the intensity.

“You’ve got to give credit to GAC.” Still up 44-38, the Spartans (19-11) got an 8-0 run during a minute and a half span in the fourth quarter to go up 57-46 with 3:08 left, but Chattooga didn’t slow down.

The Indians hit five 3-pointers while fouling GAC players whenever the Spartans would get a possession.

Isaiah Foster, who hit three of Chattooga’s treys in the final eight minutes, made a 3 with seven seconds left to get within four, 65-61, but Hoffman went to the line and hit both foul shots with 5.6 seconds to go.

With time winding down, Isaiah Foster took one last shot from the perimeter that banked off the back of the rim at the buzzer.

GAC finished going 21 of 27 at the line. Chattooga was 5 of 11.

Isaiah Foster led all scorers with 24 points and finished with six of Chattooga’s 10 3-pointers. His brother, Isaac Foster finished with 15 points, including a pair of 3s of his own, and Dee McCutchins had 11 points.

“Our guys came out with effort and they came out swinging,” Groce said. “We just fell a little bit short. If you’re going to break your 19-game home winning streak, I guess it makes sense that it’s to a team that’s won four of the last six state championships.”

GAC will move on to this weekend’s round of 16, where the Spartans will face either Dublin or Bryan County, who were scheduled to play Wednesday night.

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To be eligible for consideration, a completed Application Package must be delivered to the Chief Magistrate and/ or postmarked on or before 5:00 PM on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The application package and instructions can be downloaded from the Court’s website: www.gwinnettcourts. com/magistrate/. Or, written copies can be obtained from the Chief Magistrate’s Office or the Court Administrator’s Office located in the Justice and Administration Building during normal business hours.

MONROE, GA 30656

MONROE, GA 30656

HOUSES FOR SALE

Chief Magistrate Kristina Hammer Blum is pleased to announce the opening of two full time Magistrate Judge positions.

*Expires 02-29-16 WAC EHO

$85 full truck load delivered. Camping firewood avail.

Call 770-560-3604.

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

• Appliances Included • Buford City Schools

* Financing Avail.

Restrictions may apply. $299 12-Month Site Rent Incentive www.countrysidegwinnett.com

FIREWOOD

Call Freddy Perez

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

BEAUTIFUL & SPACIOUS 4BR/2BA HOME FOR SALE Sun Homes at Countryside Village of Gwinnett 888-500-1705

√ Professional Equipment

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

$61,995

SPECIAL EVENT STAFF (SEASONAL) The CITY OF SUWANEE is accepting applications for part-time SPECIAL EVENT STAFF. Event staff will work special events, which will include nights and weekends. Visit our website for more details. Salary: $12.63 Hourly; Submit Application and Resume: City of Suwanee Human Resources, 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee, GA 30024.

Application form may be accessed at www. suwanee.com Postdate 2/9/16 Position is open until filled. Equal Opportunity Employer, Drug Free Workplace.

FIREWOOD

404-399-7402

404-670-3087

MERCEDES 560 SL, 1987.

60,400 MILES, TWO OWNER SOUTHERN CAR.

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404.886.3587 Established 1989

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Great Car Fax with extensive records. British racing green. The paint is like new with super tan leather and trim.

This car is as nice as you can find. This Jag is fabulous, rare, fast appreciating and drives great. Only $11,900.

Call 770-882-4605

Incredible bargains & brand names around! _________________

Free Estimate!

If your old stuff is collecting dust, it could be collecting cash!

JAGUAR XJS, 1995.

79,300 MILES. TWO OWNER GA CONVERTIBLE.

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The Doctor Is In

FOREST REMODELING, INC.

All Home Remodeling Projects & General Repairs Including: HVAC troubleshooting & more!

Over 25 years of exp. in all home repairs & improvements. *Licensed & Insured*

COUNTRY BOY TREE REMOVAL

LANDSCAPING/ LAWN CARE

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HAYES LAWRENCEVILLE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP

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NASH CHEVROLET 630 Scenic Hwy., Lawrenceville 770-963-9266 www.nashchevy.com

RICK HENDRICK CHEVROLET OF BUFORD 4490 South Lee St., Buford, GA 30518 888-804-2957 www.hendrickbuford.com

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RICK HENDRICK CHEVROLET OF DULUTH 3277 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, GA 30096 888-475-8808 www.hendrickatlanta.com

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