Gwinnett Daily Post - March 3, 2016

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Vol. 46, No. 92

Pizza driver shot outside Lawrenceville Robbery the apparent motive in March 1 killing

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

LAWRENCEVILLE — Gwinnett County police are investigating a shooting that left a Papa Johns driver dead during a pizza delivery at Wesley Herrington Apartments.

Police were called to 1400 Herrington Road near Lawrenceville regarding a shots fired call late Tuesday night, Cpl. Deon Washington, police department spokesman, announced Wednesday.

They arrived to find 28-year-old See HOMICIDE, Page 7A

Guest reader Romeo Lashawn on Wednesday morning reads a Dr. Seuss book to kindergarten students in Abby Crowe’s class at Alcova Elementary School. The visit was for “Read Across America,” an annual celebration of reading across the country centered around the birthday of Theodor Geisel, commonly known as Dr. Seuss, who was born on March 2, 1904. (Staff Photos: Keith Farner)

‘Everything is new to them’

Police are investigating a homicide at Wesley Herrington Apartments, shown Wednesday, outside Lawrenceville. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

Alcova Elementary joins Read Across America celebration Oil leak near

By Keith Farner

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DACULA — Grab a hat, read with a cat.

That was this year’s theme for the annual reading celebration at Alcova Elementary School on Wednesday as part of “Read Across America” a nationwide program to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday. So naturally, that’s what guest reader Romeo Lashawn did.

He traded an Atlanta Braves hat for the familiar red and white striped version as he visited teacher Abby Crowe’s kindergarten class on Wednesday morning. Lashawn is a DJ for MTV and also works movie premieres at Atlantic Station,

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Guest reader Romeo Lashawn on Wednesday morning takes a picture with students in kindergarten teacher Abby Crowe’s class at Alcova Elementary School during “Read Across America” day to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss.

but in Crowe’s classroom, he was in the reading spotlight with “Green Eggs and Ham” in hand.

His favorite part about Dr.

Seuss books is that, “you have to try things to know if you like them. It lets you know and tells you, you should never be afraid to

try.”

It’s funny how kids are so intrigued with every single See READING, Page 3A

Dacula busies crews for hours

By Keith Farner keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett County firefighters needed nearly 24 hours earlier this week to clean up a possible leak of petroleum product near Ga. Highway 316 and Harbins Road in Dacula.

Crews were dispatched at about 1 p.m. on Monday, and they terminated the incident at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, fire department spokesman Capt.

Tommy Rutledge said. Gwinnett firefighters were requested to assist Colonial Pipeline representatives with the incident in a field and wooded area.

See LEAK, Page 7A

Officials mull possible transportation connections between CIDs, arena

By Curt Yeomans

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Officials from two community improvement districts, and the Infinite Energy Arena, are hoping a partnership with the county’s government will lead to some transportation improvements along Satellite Boulevard.

The Gwinnett Village and

Gwinnett Place CIDs, and Explore Gwinnett officials, are working on a transportation corridor study that would “connect the dots” between the three areas, according to Gwinnett Village Executive Director Chuck Warbington.

The effort, which is being led

by Gwinnett Village, will look at a variety of transportation

options, such as multi-use trails and public transit, as part of the review, Warbington added.

“I look at it as our own version of the (Atlanta) Beltline, right here in Gwinnett County,” Warbington said. “It doesn’t go around in a circle, but it’s at least a mini one. A lot of people See CONNECTIONS, Page 7A

A Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District sign welcomes drivers to the CID. Gwinnett Village officials are working with their counterparts in the Gwinnett Place CID, Explore Gwinnett and the county government on a transportation corridor study for Satellite Boulevard, between Duluth and Norcross, and Brook Hollow Parkway. (File Photo)

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Man shot in face near Norcross expected to survive

By Joshua Sharpe

month in the area and commotion coming from the neighbors.

“It’s not safe, especialNORCROSS — As his ly for the kids,” he said. roommate recovered from “The school bus is coma bullet to the face, Irving ing any minute now, and Serrano sat shirtless the kids will be coming. in the sun Wednesday And incidents like that afternoon, perched atop a are really tough for kids.”

Gwinnett County detecSerrano said it didn’t tive’s cruiser. Sporting have to happen. He was a wispy beard and Air unnerved and disappointJordans, Serrano had just ed that his roommate got taken the shirt off his shot, apparently, over back to give to a woman possessions. shielding herself from As more media gathreporters who came to ered at the scene, he learn what happened on found a way to ease the Sterling Court. tension of the dramatic Serrano, even bareordeal.

Irving Serrano tells about the shooting that injured his chested and showing off “Hey man,” he said to roommate Wednesday at 1060 Sterling Court in unincorthe tattoos competing for porated Norcross. (Staff Photos: Joshua Sharpe) a cameraman about to Waseem Afzal speaks with reporters about the shootinterview him, “I haven’t space on his arms, had no ing that injured his neighbor Wednesday at 1060 Sterling tors, “possibly Hispanic seen my daughter in like problem talking.

Court in unincorporated Norcross.

MORE ONLINE “Gang shooting,” he two weeks. I’m trying males,” like the victim, Visit gwinnettdailypost.com said. “There’s a lot of to make sure she at least were last seen fleeing in for more photos and video. young thugs. I know gets one good picture of a white car of unknown a lot of sirens,” he told Why would someone there’s a lot of hustlers in make and model. me on the news.” reporters who crowded rob his roommate? our neighborhood.”

Anyone with informa“Robbery may be the other person, apparently around while he took out He works hard, two Police didn’t go that tion can contact 770motive,” said Cpl. Mithe woman who took the the trash. jobs — construction and far, but said the pre513-5300. To remain chele Pihera, police deshirt, was also inside.

After the shooting, the car repair, Serrano said, liminary investigation anonymous, tipsters can partment spokeswoman.

Next door, Waseem victim walked back in his adding: “He’s a good, revealed that the victim, contact Crime Stoppers at The shots rang shortly Afzal, a middle-aged house and appeared alert. stand-up, positive citi404-577-TIPS (8477) or who hasn’t been publicly before noon at the home, man who has been in “It’s actually real grue- zen.” visit www.crimestopperidentified and is expected which sits in unincorpothe neighborhood a few some,” Serrano said of Whatever the reason, satlanta.org. Crime Stopto survive the shots to his rated Norcross, a short years, heard four or five the face wound. “Maybe Afzal is upset to see pers offers a reward of up face and arm, had been drive from Singleton shots. “The reaction was just about 50 stitches.” such violence coming to $2,000 for information in an argument with two Road. not to go out and see Serrano said he had no to his neighborhood. He or three people in his Serrano recalled taking what was going on. The idea who the assailants said he’d heard gunshots leading to an arrest and indictment in the case. driveway. The perpetracover in the house. Annext thing I know, I heard were. several times in the past

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BRIEFS Georgia SPCA offers low cost vaccinations

Gwinnett Parks to host Quince Girl Expo

Pet owners are invited to update annual vaccinations at the Georgia SPCA on Saturday, March 5.

The clinic will be providing a list of several vaccination services at a bargain price from 1 to 4 p.m. including the important rabies vaccination.

Low-cost spay and neuter services are also available.

The vaccinations will be first come, first serve and the SPCA asks that all all dogs be leashed and all cats be in a carrier. No appointment is needed. The Georgia SPCA is located at 1175 Highway 23 N.W. in Suwanee.

All proceeds from the clinic benefit homeless pets of the Georgia SPCA. For more information, visit georgiaspca.org or call 678-765-2726.

Gwinnett County parks and recreation is hosting its quince girl expo on Saturday, March 12.

Families are invited to attend this free party showcase featuring workshops, fashion shows, interactive exhibitor demos, budget party planning tips, door prize drawings and attendee goody bags. There will be an expo hall with party professionals for decor, bakery, fashion, accessories, make-up and more.

The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pinckneyville Park Community Recreation Center.

The center is located at 4650 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Berkeley Lake.

Exhibitor spaces are available. For more information, visit gwinnettparks.com or call 678-277-0920.

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Crews repair Lawrenceville gas leak

By Joshua Sharpe

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Gwinnett County firefighters responded to a gas leak in Lawrenceville on Wednesday morning, which has caused several homes to be evacuated.

The leak was at Patterson Road and Patterson Park Drive, off Sugarloaf Parkway. The call came in at 8:45 a.m. after a construction crew cut the line while digging under the road.

“The gas leak is now under control,” fire de-

partment Capt. Tommy Rutledge said after noon.

“The leak was stopped by Atlanta Gas Light at 11:53 a.m. All residents have been allowed to return to their homes and the roadway is reopened.”

Rail traffic on nearby CSX Railroad returned to

normal.

The situation, which didn’t result in any reported injuries, was turned over to gas company workers to complete repairs on the line.

Firefighters monitored air-quality readings, Rutledge said.

Alleged rapist from wanted list arrested

By Joshua Sharpe

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A man named on the Wanted in Gwinnett list has been arrested, the sheriff’s office said Wednesday.

Kwabena Higgins had been

wanted on a rape charge and was arrested by the DeKalb County Police Department on Tuesday, the Gwinnett office said.

The warrants stem from a Dec. 22 incident and were taken out by the Gwinnett County Police Department, according to court records.

Police gave no information on the circumstances of the arrest.

Higgins is one of dozens of suspects to be taken into custody after being included on the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office’s regular list of wanted people. The list began in March 2014.

Kwabena Higgins

Coolray Field hosts Sip and Swine BBQ Festival performances, vendors selling crafts and jewelry and much more. Live enThe only fans at Cool- tertainers will include Fly ray Field this weekend Betty Band, Pickup Line will be fans of barbecue. and Georgia Red Clay.

The first annual “Sip The competition is an and Swine” BBQ Festival event sanctioned by the will be held at the home Kansas City Barbeque of the Gwinnett Braves Society and will feaMarch 4-5. ture two types of teams.

The free festival will Backyard teams will include a barbecue compete in chicken, pork cook-off competition as ribs and pork categories. well as many food and Professional teams will drink options, live music also compete in these

By Polly Ouellette Staff Intern

Good friends Good times Great memories.

categories, as well as in an additional beef brisket competition. Professional teams will vie for the Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion awards.

Judges aren’t the only ones that get to enjoy the barbecue. For $10, attendees can buy a People’s Choice Award Taster Kit and choose the team they think has the best barbecue. The People’s Choice event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 5.

All proceeds from the “Sip and Swine” BBQ Festival will benefit the Gwinnett Children’s Shel-

ter, a private nonprofit organization. The Gwinnett Children’s Shelter is a residential facility that provides services to homeless children and their single mothers who are in need of a short- or long-term home, and the program aims to teach children how to function successfully in society.

The festival will begin on Friday, March 4 at 3 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m. It will still be in full swing from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m on Saturday, March 5. Coolray Field is located at 2500 Buford Drive in Lawrenceville.

For more information, visit sipandswine.com.

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Now’s time to prep for spring lawn care tasks We are coming to the end of winter with springtime around the corner. Now is the time to begin getting your lawn prepared for the growing season. Its condition during this critical period will have an affect on its quality throughout the rest of the year. Several simple tasks need to be taken to ensure that the grass will be healthy and attractive throughout the season.

Warm season lawns that include bermuda, zoysia, centipede and St. Augustine grasses will be brown until the end of March when the warmer weather will cause them to start greening up. The process can take two to six weeks, depending on the weather conditions and cultivars of turfgrasses. During this period,

The nitrogen content can cause the grass to prematurely come out of dormancy and be more susceptible to late season freeze damage. Fertilize in late April or May after the grass has become green. Consider having your soil tested and then apply fertilizer in the amounts recommended Tim Daly by the test results.

As the warm season pre-emergent herbicides lawns start to turn green, can be applied to relower the blades on your duce the level of sumlawn mower and mow mer weeds. Many of the across the lawn to remove brands come in granular dead grass leaves. The form and are applied with process is often referred a broadcast spreader. to as scalping. This activMost need to have an ity allows the sunlight application of water to to warm the soil faster activate the herbicide. and increase the rate of Do not apply weedgreen-up. Some people and-feed type fertilizers. have asked if a fire could The time to apply the be used to burn off the pre-emergent is not the dormant grass. Never time to put out fertilizer. under any circumstances

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engage in setting fire to the lawn. It could spread to neighboring houses and lawns. Scalping with a mower is the most effective and safest means of accomplishing this task.

Once the lawns have greened up, they can be aerated to relieve compaction if needed. Use a hollow tine aerator.

The machine pulls out 1-inch-long plugs of soil and deposits them on the surface of the ground.

Aeration improves the ability of water and air to infiltrate the soil and improves the health of the grass.

For those with tall fescue lawns, a cool season grass, pre-emergent herbicides also need to be applied unless you are planning to overseed.

Applying seed to fescue

lawns is best accomplished in the early fall, but can also be done in March. Avoid any fertilizer applications later in the spring since it can promote brown patch fungal disease. Unlike warm season grasses, tall fescue can be fertilized early in March. Mow the lawn at a height of three inches.

The spring months are critical to the season-long health of the lawn. Proper fertilization and herbicide applications at the right time, aeration and mowing will ensure an attractive lawn that can be the envy of your neighbors.

If you would like to learn more about caring for your lawn in the spring, Gwinnett County Extension will have a class on spring lawn care that will be held on

Monday, March 7, noon to 1:00 p.m. in the second floor conference room of the Gwinnett County Annex Building located at 750 South Perry St, Lawrenceville, GA 30036.

There is no charge, but preregistration is required by contacting the Extension office The 2016 Annual Gwinnett County Extension Plant Sale offers several plants, including blueberries, apples, figs, native azaleas and other plants at affordable prices. To download an order form, go to the Extension website at www.ugaextension.com/gwinnett.

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

Over 1,000 provisional ballots cast in Gwinnett Gwinnett County election officials had a lot of ballots from the Presidential Primary on Tuesday that still had to be counted after the unofficial final tally was produced.

Elections Director Lynn Ledford said there were 1,296 provisional ballots cast in the election. Many of them were cast by people who voted outside of their assigned polling precinct, officials explained. Those ballots have to be gone through, verified and counted by the end of the week before they can be included in the final results.

Even though the number of provisional ballots cast is high, they won’t change the outcome of either primary in the county.

Although Donald Trump narrowly beat Marco Rubio, 32.5 percent to 30.1 percent, in the Republican Primary, Trump won the county with a 2,362 votes margin between himself and the U.S. senator from Florida.

Ted Cruz came in third with 25.7 percent of the votes counted Tuesday night, followed by John Kasich (5.5 percent) and Ben Carson (5.1 percent).

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton won the county over Bernie Sanders on the Democratic side by a nearly two-to-one margin, with 66.2 percent of the votes.

Elections officials counted 98,512 Republican ballots Tuesday

Political Notebook

Curt Yeomans night, compared to 56,557 Democratic ballots.

Nash receives ‘Champion’ honor from parks foundation The Gwinnett Parks Foundation recently named county commission Chairwoman Charlotte Nash its 2016 Champion of Our Parks Charlotte Award Nash winner for work over her career, as both an administrator and an elected official, to preserve park space.

“Thanks to her visionary leadership as county administrator and now as Board Chair, investments in green space during the past 30 years have enabled Gwinnett County to develop a nationally recognized parks system that offers a great variety of recreation opportunities from ball fields to walking trails,” foundation Chairman,

Mike Levengood said in a statement. “Gwinnett County residents and visitors enjoy a quality of life that is enhanced by public amenities like our county parks.”

The group also handed out Catch The Wind awards that recognized volunteer service to the foundation. Recipients of those awards included state Rep. Dewey McClain, D-Lawrenceville, Recreation Authority Dacula High School senior Cole Hays serves as a guest reader on Wednesday mornBoard member Lois Allen ing at Alcova Elementary School in the first-grade class of teacher Laura Leopard. The visit was for “Read Across America” an annual celebration of reading across the counand Nazanin Weck.

Woodall set to host Gwinnett town hall meeting Gwinnett County residents who want to know what’s going on in Washington D.C. will have a chance to find out from U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., next week.

The congressman’s office announced that he will host a Gwinnett Rob Woodall town hall meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. on March 8, at Suwanee City Hall, 330 Town Center Ave. Woodall is expected to give a legislative update during the meeting and take questions from residents, according to his office.

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We’re Moving to Better Serve You! The office of Dr. Stephen Orr will be relocating to the Athens Regional Health System Building at:

try centered around the birthday of Theodor Geisel, commonly known as Dr. Seuss, who was born on March 2, 1904. (Staff Photos: Keith Farner)

•From Page 1A word that a grownup says,” Lashawn said.

“Everything is new to them; I think I love that the most.”

Lashawn was among the 25 guest readers at Alcova who are coordinated by Assistant Principal Kia Henley. She said it’s important that students are reading with adults at least 20 minutes each night, and that they enjoy it.

“If you don’t have a parent to read to, you can read to your brother or sister, or your pet, or your pet fish,” she said.

“We just encourage kids to read as much as they can because we know it unlocks doors for kids and opens their imagination.”

Alcova put on themed days throughout the week such as silly socks day on Tuesday. Wednesday was silly hat day and today is dress up as your favorite Dr. Seuss character.

Alcova promotes Read Across America week about two weeks before, and students can volunteer to share on the morning announcements about a book they recently read.

Reading

Guest reader Romeo Lashawn on Wednesday morning greets kindergarten teacher Abby Crowe before he reads to her class at Alcova Elementary School during “Read Across America” day to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss.

The school this year launched a new event each Friday called “school-wide writing” where administrators present a mini-lesson and then students share their writing to foster the love of writing and reading, Henley said.

“Any time kids know they have to share, they really put attention into writing or telling a good reason why the book is a good read for others,” she said.

Lashawn said he came

to Alcova because a lot of attention is put on high school students, but not much on elementary school students.

“Nobody ever actually does anything to make kids want to do something,” he said. “I think there’s a disconnect. At this stage, everything is new. … I get excited over the Falcons winning, but they get excited every single day. They’re excited about something new every single day. I wish I still had that.”

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Can vinegar affect glucose reading?

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been told that vinegar diluted with water and taken prior to a meal is an effective way to reduce one’s blood glucose level.

Is this accurate? If so, how much vinegar and how much water? Is there a difference between apple cider vinegar and white vinegar?

Will consuming vinegar on a long-term basis harm the esophagus?

— N.J. ANSWER: There is a fair bit of research showing modest improvements in blood sugar levels by taking vinegar. One study showed that 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar at night with a snack (the study used 1 ounce of cheese) reduced blood sugar about 4 percent. Some people noted stomach upset, so the author of the study suggested using the vinegar in a salad dressing or over steamed vegetables.

The acid level of vinegar, called pH, is about 2.8 (the lower the pH, the stronger the acid). This makes it less acidic than lemonade (2.6) or a cola beverage (2.4), so I don’t think you need to worry about damage to the esophagus.

Four percent is a significant drop, but it is very unlikely that apple cider vinegar by itself will be sufficient to control diabetes. However, it may make enough of a difference, along with a healthy diet and regular exercise, to keep some people with diabetes from using a new medication, all of which have the potential for side effects.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 8-year-old granddaughter is quite tall for her age and can wear some women’s-size clothes. She has small breasts and pubic hair, but still wets the bed occasionally. Her mother says it’s normal, but I don’t think so. What do you think?

—Anon.

ANSWER: Although she is starting to show some signs of puberty at a young age, she still has an 8-year-old’s nervous system. Even though your granddaughter is getting bigger on the outside, development of the nervous system’s control of the bladder takes time, and 7 percent of 8-year-old children still have some bedwetting. The most likely outcome is that she eventually will outgrow her bedwetting.

If she is having symptoms of a urine infection or diabetes, such as burning with urination, extreme thirst and an urgent need for the bathroom during the day, she needs evaluation.

Otherwise, your granddaughter, her mother and her pediatrician will discuss any potential medical causes, behavioral treatments (especially avoiding excess fluids in the evening and being sure to void immediately before bed), and possibly a bedwetting alarm if the behavioral treatments have been ineffective after six months or so.

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The solunar tables for lakes are based on studies that show fish and game are more active at certain times during the lunar period.

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Lanier

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Blackshear (237.0) ........ 236.84

Nottely

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Blue Ridge (1690.0) .......1675.23

Oconee

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Burton

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Seminole (77.50)........... 78.56

Carters

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Sinclair

Chatuge

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Thurmond (330.0) ........ 329.07

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Harding

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Walter F. George (188.0)....188.18

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West Point (635.0) ........ 630.08

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TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1845, Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state.

In 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution adopting “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the U.S. national anthem.

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In 2005, American millionaire Steve Fossett made the first solo, nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world in a fixed-wing aircraft.

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TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1920, the Montreal Canadiens set the NHL record for goals in a single game with a 16-3 win over the Quebec Bulldogs.

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Man wants mother to pay for wedding DEAR AMY: My brother, who is over 45, has become engaged to his boyfriend of four years.

They are planning an extravagant wedding and reception, estimated to cost around $85,000.

Neither man can afford this kind of expense. So they have asked for financial assistance (a gift, not a loan) from parents.

The problems are as follows: They can’t afford this on their own and want money with no expectation to repay.

My mother does not support gay marriage. She does not feel she should be pressured into providing money for something she does not believe in herself.

My brother is pressuring her, giving ultimatums and brow-beating her for this money. In the past, she has lent him large sums of money, which he struggles to repay.

It is very upsetting to see this transpire. My mother is constantly upset and worried.

I have tried to stay out of this mess and let her make her own decisions. I feel he is out of line and I want him to leave her alone.

He has been disrespectful, rude and arrogant. Emotional blackmail is unacceptable.

How do I handle this mess he has created and continues to perpetuate?

— Wedding Disaster DEAR DISASTER: Let me put a different spin on

believing it was my father’s infidelity that caused my parents’ divorce. I vowed never to become the other woman in someone else’s marriage. Then I met him. We met online and eventually in person.

At the time, he told me he was divorced and was not looking for anything too Amy Dickinson serious.

After a few months of this and say, quite simply fun and exciting times with and clearly, that grown him, I learned some things men (and women) don’t that contradicted his story, hit up their mommies for but as they say, “love is money to pay for their blind,” and I overlooked fancy weddings. Grown them. people pay for their own When I learned I was celebrations. the other woman in not I fully support same-sex one but two of his relationmarriage, but I don’t supships, I was devastated port middle-aged people and heartbroken. We’ve manipulating their elderly broken up several times. parents to get what they He blamed me for sending want, so my reaction to him too many messages. this is unrelated to your My self-worth was already brother’s sexuality — or in the toilet. his plans. I assume your I feel as if the only time mother would be equally he’s been truthful is when distressed if her middlehe said I was a “mistake,” aged son or daughter were he “hates” me and he demanding that she pony wishes I were “dead.” The up tens of thousands of guilt I have eats me alive. dollars for a heterosexual He also gave me an STD. I am doomed for life and union. (If not, she should feel dirty. I should have be.)

Your focus should be on known better.

I want to call him out easing your mother’s mind and helping her to manage to the other women he is her anxiety. You have every involved with, but I am just as at fault as he is. What right to tell your brother should I do? how his behavior affects — Heartbroken in NYC you. If your mother asks DEAR HEARTBROyou to run interference, you should do your best to KEN: You need to see a counselor — immediately. persuade him to back off.

DEAR AMY: I grew up My take on your situation is that there are a number in a broken home, always

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of issues that have spun out of control in your life. You will start to feel better once you are able to breathe and unpeel this onion, one layer at a time. For now, I do not think it’s wise to contact your former lover, or any of his other partners for any reason. Your choice to contact him seems to bring down a lot of wrath and shame. You are not ruined for life; you simply entangled yourself with the wrong guy. Once you cut off contact, you will be able to concentrate on your own physical and emotional healing.

DEAR AMY: The giveaway in “Sarah’s” letter, which described her new “daughter-in-law from Hell,” was her gratuitous reference to the girl being “Cuban.” The young woman’s nationality has nothing to do with anything relevant to the query, but it does confirm where Sarah is coming from.

— Mike, Washington, D.C. DEAR MIKE: Thank you. I had the same reaction to this question.

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

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

Stay focused and keep your emotions under control. You will have plenty of opportunity to advance personally and professionally if you don’t let uncertainty or a lack of assistance deter you from moving forward. Live your dream by making it come true. Strive to reach your destination.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t push your luck. Be attentive and observant in order to avoid ending up in a compromising position. If you work with the current, you will come out ahead.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A disciplined approach is in your best interest. Whether you are helping someone or making personal improvements, a positive state of mind will be essential.

Love is highlighted.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Offering assistance is honorable, but don’t let anyone take you for granted. Use your knowledge and attributes to further your endeavors, not someone else’s ideas and plans.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — There will be a fine line between right and wrong. Weigh the pros and cons of a situation and make decisions based on the most likely outcome.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — An unusual encounter will leave you questioning your life and goals. A receptive attitude toward those who have something different to offer will help you make a positive change.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Alter the way you earn your living or take on a new venture that will supplement your income and help you decrease your debt. Don’t be tricked into investing in a fastcash scheme.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Criticism is best avoided. Whether you are dishing it out or on the receiving end, no one will benefit. Positive support will resolve matters and lead to better days ahead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Share your ideas and take part in events that are geared toward unusual encounters.

Romance is on the rise, and making a personal decision will pay off.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Listen to others, but make your own choices. It’s in your best interest to keep the peace as well as be true to the endeavors you want to pursue. An unusual offer will be made.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t let a hopeless idea lead you on a wild goose chase.

Show some practicality or you will end up losing out.

Base your decisions on facts. Romance is encouraged.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) — Don’t let unexpected changes disrupt your plans. Concentrate on what needs to be done in order to reach your destination. Don’t be afraid to take a different path.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — It’s a good day to stick close to home and avoid any run-ins with others. With a little extra time and effort, a personal project can be completed.

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WORLD Guzman seeks to speed up his extradition to U.S. MEXICO CITY — Captive Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is attempting to accelerate his extradition to the United States in the hope that he will be treated better in prison there, his lawyers said on Wednesday.

Guzman, who has twice escaped from Mexican maximum security prisons, was captured in Mexico in January, six months after his last jailbreak. The Mexican government quickly said it would initiate extradition proceedings for him to the United States.

The world’s most notorious drug kingpin undertook legal steps to block his extradition, but his lawyers said he was so fed up with his treatment in Mexico that he was looking to move.

“He asked me to do whatever we could to put a stop to the situation he’s in, ‘I just want them to let me sleep,’ he kept saying and told me ‘try to get the quickest extradition possible for me, try and see about speaking to the U.S. government,’” one of the lawyers, Jose Refugio Rodriguez, told local radio.

New coalition commander inherits war in Afghanistan KABUL — U.S. Army General John Campbell stepped down as commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan on Wednesday, capping an 18-month tenure that saw the alliance transition from regular combat to a training-focused mission as war continued to rage.

The incoming commander, General John Nicholson, will inherit a conflict that is testing Afghan security forces and the roughly 13,000 international troops who remain, with insurgents contesting or controlling as much as a third of Afghanistan.

Since Campbell took command of both coalition troops and U.S. counterterrorism operations in August 2014, Taliban militants have made gains in several provinces, Islamic State has established a nascent presence, and casualties have increased among both Afghan security forces and civilians.

world&nation Carson fades from presidential race

Republican party grapples with Trump Super Tuesday victories

By John Whitesides and Steve Holland Reuters

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson pulled out of the Republican fracas on Wednesday after Super Tuesday contests in which Donald Trump emerged a winner but faced stiff resistance from prominent party members who do not see him as a leader.

Carson, a conservative who briefly led opinion polls in the Republican race, said he would not attend Thursday’s debate in Michigan and he did not “see a political path forward” after he was shut out in Tuesday’s primary results.

As a conservative black Republican, Carson stood out in the mostly white Republican Party and his fast start in polls and fundraising last year briefly made him look like a contender. But his campaign foundered in recent months amid staff infighting and shake-ups, and questions about Carson’s familiarity with foreign policy and other issues.

Carson signaled his withdrawal after Trump consolidated his lead in the Republican race with a string of victories on Tuesday. His departure would leave four candidates vying to be the

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson discusses the actions of Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign staff on the night of the Iowa caucus during the Republican U.S. presidential candidates debate sponsored by ABC News at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. on Feb. 6. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

Republican nominee in the Nov. 8 election to replace Democratic President Barack Obama — a field that was once crowded and is now clearly dominated by Trump.

Trump, a 69-year-old New York real estate tycoon, proclaimed himself a “unifier” on Tuesday night after he won seven states from centrist Massachusetts to the conservative Deep South in the contests to pick a party nominee.

But his main rivals in the White House race were

unbowed.

“If this was anybody else as a front-runner, there’d be people right now saying ‘Let’s all rally around the front-runner,’” said U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who won his first state contest, Minnesota, on Tuesday.

“That will never happen with Donald Trump,” Rubio, favorite of the Republican establishment, told Fox News on Wednesday. “On the contrary.”

Trump’s Super Tuesday wins compounded the prob-

NATION Justice Kennedy wavers in Texas abortion case

WASHINGTON — A closely divided U.S. Supreme Court struggled with its biggest abortion case in years on Wednesday, with pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy voicing concerns about a restrictive Texas law yet stopping short of signaling he would strike it down.

The court’s four liberal justices indicated they believed the law, which imposes strict regulations on abortion doctors and clinic buildings, intrudes on a woman’s constitutional right to end a pregnancy established in a 1973 ruling.

Conservative justices including Kennedy expressed doubt during the 85-minute oral argument about claims by abortion providers who asserted that the Republicanbacked 2013 law forced U.N. imposes numerous clinics to shut new sanctions down. on North Korea Kennedy at one point suggested sending the case UNITED NATIONS — back to a lower court to get North Korea faces harsh further evidence on the law’s new U.N. sanctions to starve impact, including an assessit of money for its nuclear ment of the ability of existweapons program following Texas clinics to meet the ing a unanimous Security demand for abortions.

Council vote on Wednesday If there is evidence new on a resolution drafted by clinics that meet the state’s the United States and Pyong- regulations have increased yang’s ally China. capacity to perform aborThe resolution, which tions, it would show the law dramatically expands existhas provided a “beneficial ing sanctions, follows North effect,” Kennedy said.

Korea’s latest nuclear test on Jan. 6 and a Feb. 7 rocket Christie slammed launch that Washington and on social media, its allies said used banned ballistic missile technology. New Jersey press Pyongyang said it was a urges resignation peaceful satellite launch.

U.S. Ambassador NEW YORK — New Samantha Power said the Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sanctions go further than any took a drubbing on social U.N. sanctions regime in media for his demeanor in two decades and aim to cut an appearance with Repuboff funds for North Korea’s lican presidential frontnuclear and other banned runner Donald Trump at a weapons programs. televised victory speech and — From wire reports news conference on Super

People stand outside the Supreme Court building at Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., in this Feb. 13 photo. The Supreme Court will issue 1-4 rulings, the first batch since Justice Scalia’s death. The court could now be split 4-4 in some cases. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Tuesday.

Adding to his woes, six New Jersey newspapers called on Christie to resign, partly for endorsing Trump after dropping out of the race to become the Republican Party’s candidate in November’s election.

A Christie spokesman, Brian Murray, declined to comment immediately on the editorial, which appeared in newspapers owned by Gannett Co. Inc .

Christie surprisingly endorsed Trump on Friday, calling the billionaire New York businessman “the best person to beat Hillary Clinton in November.”

Some questioned whether Christie’s enthusiasm was genuine following his appearance at Trump’s event in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday night. Trump appeared before TV cameras after news media organizations declared him the winner of some of the state-bystate primaries and caucuses and as Super Tuesday results continued rolling in.

NY court lets claim against Trump U. proceed NEW YORK — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump suffered a legal setback on Tuesday when a New York state court allowed a multimillion-

dollar fraud claim against Trump University, filed by the state’s attorney general, to proceed.

The claim is part of a lawsuit that accuses Trump and the now-defunct forprofit venture of misleading thousands of people, who paid up to $35,000 to learn the billionaire businessman’s real estate investment strategies.

Trump University, which Trump chaired, has become a target for his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, particularly Marco Rubio.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s lawsuit, filed in 2013, seeks $40 million in restitution plus penalties and other costs, his office said.

The ruling by a four-judge panel of a mid-level appeals court in Manhattan brings the case closer to a potential trial. It could make it easier for the Trump venture ultimately to be held liable, because the claim does not require proof that there was intent to defraud.

lem for a party whose leaders are both critical of many of Trump’s positions and values and skeptical he can defeat the likely Democratic nominee in November, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Trump has showered insults on rivals and critics and is facing strong party disapproval over his ideas to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, deport 11 million illegal immigrants and temporarily bar Muslims from entering the country. commercial flights.

The rule applies to all scheduled flights by U.S. and foreign carriers involving transportation in, to and from the United States, the department said in a statement.

“This final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes that occur when electronic cigarettes are used onboard airplanes,” Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.

The Transportation Department said it took the action to eliminate any confusion over whether its existing ban on smoking on flights includes electronic cigarettes.

The Obama administration first began considering a ban in 2010 and proposed the ban in September 2011.

The effort to explicitly ban e-cigarettes was backed by major airline, pilot, flight attendant and public health organizations.

PEOPLE Bob Dylan sells treasure trove of archive material Bob Dylan has sold his personal archive of notes, draft lyrics, poems, artwork and photographs to the University of Tulsa, where they will be made available to scholars and curated for public exhibitions, the school said on Wednesday.

The 6,000 item collection spans nearly the entire length of Dylan’s 55 year-long career, and many have never been seen before. The collection was acquired by the George Kaiser Foundation and the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.

The collection also includes master recording tapes of Dylan’s entire music catalog, along with hundreds of hours of film video.

The Foundation and the university did not say how much the Bob Dylan Archive cost, but the New York Times, which was given an exclusive preview, said it was sold for $15 million to $20 million.

Tulsa is also the home of a museum dedicated to folk singer Woody Guthrie, one of Dylan’s early influences.

HBO won’t send press advance episodes of ‘Game of Thrones’ LOS ANGELES — HBO is keeping a tight grip on “Game of Thrones” season six.

In a move that involves a heightened level of secrecy and security, HBO has announced that it will not be releasing any advance episodes of the Emmywinning series to the press.

Hollywood insiders and press alike won’t be getting an early view of the series — either through physical media or digital — until the general public does.

“We’re not sending out press copies this year, anywhere in the world,” HBO programming president Michael Lombardo said to Entertainment Weekly.

“There will be no copies for review.”

Fey: It’s a ‘terrible time’ for women in comedy

LOS ANGELES — Tina Fey thinks this it’s a “terrible time” for women in comedy.

The actress, in a cover story for Town & Country, spoke openly about the Man arrested in struggles of women seeking Florida over $5M to make comedies and about gold heist in 2015 the types of questions she gets asked.

TAMPA, Fla. — A “Every single interviewer Florida man has been arasked, ‘Isn’t this an amazing rested over the 2015 robbery time for women in comedy?’

People really wanted us to of $4.9 million in gold in a be openly grateful — ‘Thank roadside heist, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said you so much!’ — and we were like, ‘No, it’s a terrible on Wednesday.

Adalberto Perez, 46, was time,’” Fey said. “If you were to really look at it, the taken into custody in Opalocka, Florida, the FBI office boys are still getting more money for a lot of garbage, in Miami said in a news while the ladies are hustling release. Details were not and doing amazing work for immediately available, but less.” authorities called it the first Along with the questions arrest in the case.

The FBI has been offering about women in comedy, Fey said, while doing press up to $25,000 for informafor “Sisters,” she and Amy tion about the theft involvE-cigarette use Poehler were also asked ing a truck that was parked on commercial whether the two fought and along a highway in North what they fought about.

Carolina. flights banned “We fight about the same At least two armed men WASHINGTON — The were involved in the robbery things Will Ferrell and Mark U.S. Transportation Depart- of the vehicle traveling from Wahlberg fight about,” Fey ment announced on Wednes- Miami to Massachusetts, the said. “Do you ask them that question?” day it has banned the use FBI has said.

— From wire reports of electronic cigarettes on — From wire reports

Missouri man accused of using Craigslist to find fake tax dependents

By Kevin Murphy Reuters

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man has been charged with filing false tax returns after allegedly using Craigslist to find three children he could falsely claim as dependents, a federal prosecutor announced

MUST READ on Wednesday.

A U.S. grand jury in Springfield, Mo., indicted Raheem McClain, 37, of Ozark, Mo., on three counts of filing false returns, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney

Tammy Dickinson in Kansas City.

The indictment alleges that McClain posted a Craigslist ad reading: “Wanted: Kids to claim on income taxes. If you have some kids you aren’t claiming, I will pay you $750 each to claim them on my return.”

McClain filed a false tax return for 2014 on Feb. 3, 2015, listing two sons and a daughter and their social security numbers, according to the indictment. He then listed the trio as a son and two daughters in tax returns for 2012 and 2013 which were filed the next day, the indictment said.

The indictment was issued last month but had remained sealed until Tuesday when McClain made his first court appearance, according to Dickinson’s press release.

McClain has not entered a plea and was released on bond.

His public defender declined comment on Wednesday.

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Last chance for America?

Last Chance for America?

The “Super Tuesday” primaries may have been a turning point for America — and quite possibly a turn for the worse. After seven long years of domestic disasters and increasing international dangers, the next President of the United States will need extraordinary wisdom, maturity, depth of knowledge and personal character to rescue America.

Instead, if the polls are an indication, what we may get is someone with the opposite of all these things, a glib egomaniac with a checkered record in business and no track record at all in government — Donald Trump.

If so, the downward trajectory Thomas of America over Sowell the past seven years may well continue on into the future, to the point of no return.

Democrat Susan Estrich says that it is “fun” watching Donald Trump. She may be able to enjoy the spectacle because Trump is Hillary Clinton’s best chance of winning the general election in November. Even if the FBI’s investigation leads them to recommend an indictment, the Obama administration is not likely to indict Hillary.

No doubt “The Donald” is entertaining, and he has ridden a wave of Republican voter anger against the Republican establishment, which has repeatedly betrayed them, especially on illegal immigration.

But these political problems are a sideshow, in a world where Iran is guaranteed to get nuclear weapons and North Korea, which already has them, is developing long-range missiles that can reach American cities. Iran is also developing long-range missiles.

Then there are the international terrorist organizations from the Middle East — many sponsored by Iran — whose agents have had easy access to the United States across our open border with Mexico.

We will need the cooperation of nations around the world to keep us informed of these terrorist organizations’ activities, and to help disrupt the international money flows to terrorists.

Those nations know that helping the United States makes them targets of terrorism. So they have to weigh how much they can rely on America, before they risk their own national survival by cooperating with us against the terrorists.

Is Donald Trump someone who would inspire such confidence among leaders of other countries? Already Trump’s irresponsible rhetoric has caused a backlash in Mexico and there has also been an attempt in Britain to ban him from setting foot on British soil.

We need all the allies we can get, from countries around the world, including Muslim allies in the Middle East. The last thing we can afford, at this crucial juncture in history is a president who alienates allies we have to have in a war against international terrorists.

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump’s theatrical talents, including his bluster and bombast, may be enough to conceal his shallow understanding of very deep problems. But that will not cut it in the White House, where you cannot clown or con your way out of problems, and where the stakes are matters of life and death.

Trump’s acting like a bull in a china shop may appeal to some voters but, in the world as it is, he may well cost us our last chance to recover from the great dangers into which the Obama administration has gotten this nation.

We already have an ego-driven, know-it-all president who will not listen to military or intelligence agency experts. Do we need to tempt fate by having two in a row?

Despite Donald Trump’s string of primary vote victories, he has not yet gotten a majority of the Republican votes anywhere. But although most Republican votes are being cast against him, the scattering of that vote among so many other candidates leaves Trump with a good chance to get the nomination.

Everyone understands that the best chance for stopping Trump is for that fractured majority vote to consolidate behind one candidate opposed to him. But who will step aside for the good of the country?

When we think of American military heroes who have fallen on enemy hand grenades to save those around them, at the cost of their own lives, is it really too much to ask candidates — especially those who present themselves as patriots — to give up their one political chance in a zillion this year for the sake of the country?

Voters have a responsibility too. They might well ask themselves: Do I plan to use my vote to vent my emotions or to try to help save this country?

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

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Inoculated against the truth WASHINGTON — By now it’s obvious that lecturing Donald Trump supporters about why they shouldn’t vote for him only confirms their convictions.

If you’re part of the “establishment,” which approximately means anyone who has served in government or, grab your garlic garland, a member of the media, your opinion matters less than whatever you scraped off your shoe.

It also matters not that Trump loves the media when it suits him (see “Morning Joe”).

Or, that Trump wouldn’t be where he is without the media’s compliance in covering every word he utters. Both he and early endorser Sarah Palin have been masters of media manipulation — knowing how to attract attention that necessitates coverage, while also mocking journalists when they show up.

The challenge for people who fear a Trump presidency even more than others covet it comes down to: How do you convince the inconvincible?

How do you persuade the proudly unpersuadable?

First, you probably should buy them a drink, and then you should try not to insult them. (I’m talking to myself here.) Too often we in the media say or write things that feel more like a putdown than an observation. To say, for example, that someone is

Trump, alas, has made it exceedingly easy.

Some of his fans may well be guilty of a variety of phobias and -isms, but the sum of Trump’s popularity is more aptly found in his offering what these voters feel they haven’t had — a voice and a place at Kathleen America’s table. Trump has Parker given them a megaphone and a chair. Most important, he has “undereducated” (a term often given them a purpose. used to describe poll results), “Make America Great which is true of a large portion Again” is a grand cause that of Trump’s base, isn’t the same can mean whatever you need as calling someone stupid. But it to mean. Trump himself is a it might feel that way if you’re conduit to the belongingness on the receiving end. imperative, the human need to Most people know that be a part of something larger college doesn’t endow intelthan oneself. Whether Trump ligence. It’s all in how you realizes this consciously, he say things, which one wishes has the primitive instinct of a Trump appreciated more. He tribal leader. He senses how isn’t just coarse and rude, but is to marshal his warriors, who, often vile. emotionally committed, are Second, the motivating anger loath to desert. of his constituents needs to be This was apparent in Nevada respected and its origins fully when Trump won rural voters understood. It’s too easy to who should have belonged to capture a disordered individual Ted Cruz, based on the allacting out as representative of important public lands issue. the crazies-for-Trump. UnforThe federal government owns tunately, when your jobs are a whopping 84.9 percent of in China, the southern border Nevada’s land. Cruz promised has been overrun with people he would return the land to the entering illegally, your fellow state; Trump said he wouldn’t. citizens are attacked by radical One insider told me that Islamists, and the president when Cruz researchers showed whose policies you abhor hap- rural voters news video of the pens to be African-American, comments, most rejected the it’s easy for others to interpret video as doctored. They were anger about policies into anger inoculated to any truth that ran toward groups of people. contrary to their beliefs. Data

be damned.

The irony is that this deep distrust of the establishment and the media is the Republican Party’s own handiwork.

Its leaders and operatives have been preaching for decades that the government and journalists can’t be trusted.

The tragedy is that, of all those mentioned here, the most untrustworthy and dishonest is Trump. He undeniably lied a few days ago when he said he didn’t know anything about David Duke in what otherwise would have been the easiest disavowal in political history.

In fact, Trump specifically mentioned Duke in a 2000 interview that many have heard by now.

His dishonesty consists of promises he knows he can’t possibly keep, whether forcing Mexico to pay for a border wall or deporting 11 million illegal immigrants, though my favorite is promising Wofford College students that they’ll all have jobs upon graduation. In Palm Beach, Florida, recently, I heard from more than a few of Trump’s neighbors, “He doesn’t believe anything he’s saying.” I suppose there’s some comfort in that thought, but then what does he believe?

By unanimous assent, he believes in The Donald.

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

Where are the jobs for those without degrees?

CHICAGO — In communities of color, it has been common knowledge that AfricanAmerican and Hispanic students do not fare well when burdened with student debt.

We tend to think of this as affecting mostly low-income students. Yet, according to Marshall Steinbaum and Kavya Vaghul, researchers at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, it turns out that among minority student borrowers, those most adversely affected are actually in the middle class.

For instance, among ZIP codes with a median income of about $20,000, those with a large share of Latinos have approximately the same rates of delinquency as those without.

But among ZIP codes with a median income of around $60,000, those with a large Latino share have much higher rates of loan delinquency than those without. The same pattern stays true for AfricanAmerican communities and is even amplified a bit.

This feels counterintuitive and yet, it makes a lot of sense.

The authors of the study cite a variety of factors to account for this phenomenon — for example, very low-income Hispanics and African-Americans are not likely to even attend college whereas middle-income ones are likelier to attend, but not

African-Americans.

This is why parents, families and teachers tell kids, from kindergarten on, that they have to go to college because there’s no other choice. As my older son puts it, “They make it seem like if you don’t go to college, you are going to die young, Esther poor and alone.”

Cepeda What are students who are interested in meaningful work, but not in the ridiculously excomplete, an undergraduate pensive process of going to coldegree. lege for four to six years, supAnd then there is the wellposed to do but slog through documented reality of a job the application process, take market with barriers for even out the loans, and simply hope those minority students who they finish? successfully complete colIf you look at the numbers, lege. They tend to face higher unemployment rates and lower Hispanic and African-Ameriearnings than their white coun- can student-loan delinquency is concentrated among those terparts — disadvantages that are not attributable to particular who attended for-profit or other college majors, occupations or nontraditional institutions, the type of higher-education in- which usually cost more than stitution of the recent graduate. traditional colleges. And a forprofit student is likely to be the Steinbaum and Vaghul lean first in his or her family to atheavily on the bugbear of “structural racism” in both the tend college, likelier to be older (mid-20s) than the average U.S. higher-ed system and in college freshman and the least the job market, and there’s no likely to be a dependent. denying this plays some part.

This is likely someone who But often overlooked is the didn’t initially go to college, reality that there aren’t many was stymied in the workplace non-college pathways for without the all-important staying in the middle class for degree, and decided to try a anyone these days and — if program that promised to cut we’re to generalize the racial out all but the career-training gap in hiring to all workers, aspects of a higher-ed credennot just white-collar ones — tial. These students are likelier even fewer for Hispanics and

to borrow in larger amounts and default on their loans, in part either from not finishing or from finding their new credential is all but useless in the job market.

The parents, families and teachers who preach college aren’t trying to steer kids in the wrong direction — anyone who has been paying attention for the last 20 years knows that this country no longer has stable, middle-class jobs for people without college degrees. And this is a shame for a whole contingent of smart and otherwise potentially great workers who just don’t want to gamble their futures on more schooling.

The student-loan debt crisis will, in large part, be fixed once the U.S. economy can create decent-paying jobs for people who don’t desire to attend college. But first our leaders have to stop and recognize that not everyone wants to go to college. And that has to be OK. For this country to thrive, there have to be jobs for achieving entry into the middle class — or staying in it — that are not strictly dependent on an undertaking that costs a bare minimum of $9,000 per year at a state college.

Esther Cepeda’s email address is estherjcepeda@ washpost.com. Follow her on Twitter, @estherjcepeda.

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•From Page 1A don’t realize Satellite Boulevard goes by the arena and Gwinnett Place and then dead-ends into Beaver Ruin and Brook Hollow. It parallels Interstate 85.”

County commissioners agreed this week to join in on the study, which would affect both Satellite Boulevard and Brook Hollow Parkway corridors.

Documents show the entire study is expected to cost $251,000, with the county contributing $219,000 from the 2009 SPLOST fund.

“The study will review and assess previous plans, studies, guidelines and proposed projects,” county transportation director Alan Chapman wrote in a letter to commissioners. “Study deliverables will include a vision, branding and communication strategy.”

Although Satellite Boulevard goes up to the Buford area, the study has been confined to the area that includes two of the county’s biggest activity centers in the arena and Gwinnett Place Mall, as well as the new Atlanta Media Campus in the Norcross area.

Gwinnett Place CID Executive Director Joe Allen said groups got the idea from a similar project in Macon, which tied Mercer University to the city’s downtown area.

“It just makes sense,” he said. “We’re all doing our own studies. How can we just continue to build the momentum, the synergy, and look at the entire corridor, and not just pockets of it here and there?”

Each area touched by the study corridor is in the middle of the planning redevelopment areas, or is home to major ongoing redevelopment projects.

The Gwinnett Place CID is studying the feasibility of elements from its ACTivate Gwinnett Place plan.

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Gwinnett Place Mall is one of the activity centers officials at the Gwinnett Village and Gwinnett Place Community Improvement Districts, Explore Gwinnett and the county government will look at tying together through a transportation corridor study for Satellite Boulevard. (File Photos)

The Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth is one of the activity centers officials at the Gwinnett Village and Gwinnett Place Community Improvement Districts, Explore Gwinnett and the county government will look at tying together through a transportation corridor study for Satellite Boulevard.

ism officials have created a long-term master plan that includes creating an entertainment district around the arena. At the same time, developers are building up the Atlanta Media Campus down in the Gwinnett Village CID. “We’re all looking at the same type of development options,” Allen said.

“So, it just makes sense to make sure, even though we communicate with each

other, that we’re looking at it holistically and not just me doing my little thing, Gwinnett Village doing its own little thing and up at Sugarloaf doing their own thing.”

Warbington said exploring possible connections to MARTA’s system could also be in the cards, but he added that will be a secondary area of focus for the study.

“We’re kind of looking

at it finite, Gwinnett Arena to Atlanta Media Campus, and then what kind of connection can we get to the Doraville station, and the old GM site, or is that even possible,” he said.

The study was not the only transportation-related issue the commissioners took up on Tuesday, however. The board also approved a memorandum of understanding with the Atlanta Regional Commission for transit planning and coordination activities, as well as participation on the ARC’s Regional Transit Committee.

The agreement includes $5,000 the county will pay to cover its 2016 local government voting members dues for the transit committee, which was created six years ago to coordinate regional transit in the Atlanta area.

“This allows Gwinnett county to coordinate transit planning and operations activities with our regional transit partners,” Chapman told commissioners during a work session.

obituaries CONYERS

Jim Abernathy Jim Abernathy, age 82 of Conyers, passed away on February 28, 2016.

Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052. 770-466-1544. www.stewartfh.com.

DULUTH

Marlon Corley Marlon Corley, age 88 of Duluth, died March 1, 2016. Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

DACULA

Andrew Edwards, Jr. Andrew Joseph Edwards, Jr. age 81 of Dacula, GA passed away Monday, February 29, 2016. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Mary Sue Justice Edwards; son Michael Edwards and his wife Carole of Cincinnati, OH, daughter, Wanda Yancey and her husband Alan of Lawrenceville, daughter, Sherrie Bryant of Tampa, FL; brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Magalen Edwards of Dacula; grandchildren, Will Bryant, Courtney Bryant, Mary Beth Edwards,

Amanda Yancey, Andrew Bryant, John Edwards, Ben Yancey, Julia Bryant; and great granddaughter, Marina Bryant.

Andrew worked and retired from General Electric after 34 years of service.

He was a member of Alcova Baptist Church.

A Funeral Service Honoring the Life of Mr. Edwards will be held on Friday, March 4, 2016 at 11AM at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel with Dr. Michael Edwards and Rev. Kenneth Parker officiating. Interment will follow at Alcova Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 3rd from 6pm-8pm in the funeral home.

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

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Larry Elinburg Larry E. Elinburg, age 77, of Flowery Branch, GA passed away on March 1, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Daniel Hall, Sr. Reverend Daniel Chester Hall Sr., age 93, of Jefferson, Georgia, who passed away on Monday, February 29, 2016.

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Vickie Hornbuckle Vickie Ann Wilson Hornbuckle, age 58, of Snellville, Georgia, passed away on February 29, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-9793200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

ground.

As a responding Shane Varnadore of officer left the scene, Buford deceased from a resident flagged him an apparent gunshot down to say he sees wound. young people from the “At this point, the 9000 Building, who always seem to look “up motive for the hoto no good,” out at all micide appears to be hours of the night. robbery,” Washington The complex sits in said. “Detectives are following several leads an area off Ga. Highway in the investigation and 316, west of Sugarloaf Parkway, that has a asking for witnesses in wealth of new, attractive the complex to come development. The apartforward.”

There was no word on ments, which are gated, exactly what was stolen have been the site of from Varnadore. His car another violent incident was left at the scene and in recent memory.

In February, police taken to police headquarters for processing, announced they still needed help solving the according to a report. deaths of Stacy Hall, Police have released 24, and Kory Moss, 22, no suspect descripwho were gunned down tion as of yet, but they in Apartment 5302 on appear to be making the morning of Feb. 9, moves in the inves2015. tigation. Washington Anyone with inforconfirmed that SWAT served a search warrant mation can contact 770513-5300. To remain related to the case on anonymous, tipsters can Wednesday, though he contact Crime Stoppers didn’t reveal the locaat 404-577-TIPS (8477) tion. or visit www.crimestopAccording to the persatlanta.org. Crime police report, a man, Stoppers offers a reward who didn’t see the shooting, gave a witness of up to $2,000 for statement about hearing information leading to an arrest and indictment gunshots and findin the case. ing Varnadore on the

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order to monitor the area and to protect The leak was discov- nearby exposures and ered after a contract pipeline workers. Firecrew conducting roufighters applied foam tine maintenance in the around the leak site to area detected unhealthy suppress any vapors omitting from the pipe, and dead vegetation.

Rutledge said.

“Crews noticed the Firefighters and smell of gasoline while probing the line,” Rut- pipeline representatives went door-to-door on ledge said. nearby Harbin Oaks Representatives from Colonial Pipeline Drive to inform resiresponded to the scene dents of the leak.

A fire truck was also to control the leak and staged on Harbin Oaks to make the necessary throughout the night as repairs on the line. a precautionary meaFirefighters resure. sponded to the leak in

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Thursday, March 3rd from 4-8 and Friday, March 4th from 1pm-8pm in the funeral home.

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. .

DULUTH

Regina Johnson Regina Johnson, age 84 of Duluth, died March 2, 2016. Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory Duluth Chapel, 770-476-2535.

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Eva Mauldin, age 86, of Sugar Hill, GA passed away on March 1, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

Kathleen Anne Searle, age 71 of Roswell, GA, passed away on February 28, 2016. Crowell Brothers Funeral Home and Crematory, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092. (770)4485757. Online condolences may be expressed at www. crowellbrothers.com.

DULUTH

Bernhard Platz Bernhard Martin Platz, age 59, of Duluth, GA, died on February 26, 2016. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914.

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Harold Iler Harold Iler age 81 of Winder, GA passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

He is survived by his children, Wanda (Don) Moore, Robin (Danny) Beck, Tracy (Leon) Henderson; several grandchildren, great grandchildren; brother, Billy Iler; sister, Brenda Wellborn; as well as many loving nieces, nephews, and extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Iler; son, Tony Iler; as well as 3 sisters, and 5 brothers.

A Funeral Service Honoring the Life of Harold will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 2PM at Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel with Rev. Ollie V. Hayes and Parker Gann officiating.

Interment will follow in Oakland Community Cemetery. The family will receive friends on T

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Alice Johnston Alice “Jeanette” Johnston, age 82 of Decatur, GA passed away February 26, 2016. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

MONROE

Heather Woolever Heather Woolever, age 29 of Monroe, passed away on February 28, 2016. Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052. 770-466-1544. www.stewartfh.com.

SNELLVILLE

Bobbie Robinson Mrs. Bobbie D. Robinson, age 96, of Snellville, Georgia, passed away on March 1, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

BUFORD

Gail Jones Gail Green Jones, age 63, of Buford, GA passed away on March 1, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

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Martha Yarborough Martha Yarborough, age 84, of Snellville, Georgia, passed away on February 29, 2016. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-9793200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

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Glover helps Buford take control in win

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@gwinnettdailypost.com

BUFORD — With cold and blustery conditions at Gerald McQuaig Field throughout the evening, pitchers from both Buford and Mountain View were having trouble finding the strike zone in their baseball game Wednesday night.

Eventually, Justin Glover was able to settle things down, and by the time the senior lefty did, Buford’s bats had warmed up, too. The Wolves pounded out 11 hits and 13 runs over the final three innings in a 13-3 victory ended after five innings on the GHSA’s run rule.

Glover (1-0) was also a factor for Buford (3-1) at the plate, where he went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in three runs.

But it was on the mound where the Georgia commit made the biggest impact, coming on in relief to help get the Wolves out of potential trouble in the top of the fourth, and eventually strike out five of the six Justin hitters he faced over 1 2/3 Glover innings on the night.

“He’s a special pitcher,” Buford coach Tony Wolfe said of Glover. “On these kind of nights, it’s so hard to have feel on the ball. The ball feels like a rock in your hand. The pitchers (on both teams) battled it all night. Griffin (Jolliff) was great the first two innings, and then he lost it. And (Mountain View’s Cameron Hankins) was good early, and he lost it a little bit.

“We were able to wriggle out of that one inning where they put something together.

And then in the bottom of the inning, we were able to get a couple of extra base hits and separate.”

True, Jolliff had his moments on the mound early, and actually combined with Glover to limit Mountain View (2-1) to just one hit through five innings.

After retiring the first six hitters he faced, the Georgia Tech-bound right-hander began to experience control issues in the top of the third, thanks in no small part to a lead-off walk drawn by Trey Vanderpool, who stole second and third before coming home on a wild pitch.

A pair of walks then put Jolliff in more hot water, and the Bears made him pay, with an RBI single by Chandler Powell and an RBI fielder’s choice grounder by Sam Freitas increasing the lead to 3-0.

But after Jolliff avoided further trouble by retiring Zachary Miller on an inningending grounder, Hankins (1-1) ran into his own control problems in the bottom of the inning after it looked like a double play might help the Georgia Southern-committed lefty pitch around hits by Brandon Marsh and Dillon Lancaster.

However, Nick Wilhite and Jolliff then drew walks to load the bases, and Glover was hit by a pitch to drive in a run.

When Hankins finally was able to throw strikes, the lower third of the Buford order was on each pitch, with Thames Hudlow and Tanner Alexander each driving in two runs with a double, sandwiched around Noah Ledford’s RBI single. By the time the inning had ended, six runs had touched the plate, vaulting the Wolves into a 6-3 lead.

“The most important innings of a game are the first inning, the fifth inning and (the half-inning after) anytime you score runs,” Mountain View coach Jason Johnson said.

“We went out and scored three runs and had some momentum ... and walked some guys and had some miscues. To compete with anybody, especially (Buford), you can’t give them free bases.”

DELIVERING THE GOODS

Arizona State commit Kate Dougherty led Collins Hill in assists last season with 45. (Staff Photo: Paul Thomas)

Junior Dougherty powers Eagles’ offense

By Paul Thomas

together, it’s fun to watch and

good reason, after the LaSalle University signee scored 119 As a freshman, Dougherty goals last year — but DoughSUWANEE — Over the scored 34 goals and dished erty has the ability to score last two seasons, the Collins out 46 assists. Last year she as well and keep defenses Hill girls lacrosse team has scored 40 goals and had 45 honest. averaged 16 goals per game. assists as she helped Collins She also does a good job of While seniors Abby Squires Hill win its first state playoff getting the ball to Napierala, and Emily Napierala get most game in school history. a Kennesaw State signee who of the credit for the onslaught, She has 12 goals and 13 scored 41 goals last year. junior Kate Dougherty is assists in three games this “She sees the field,” Pearre what makes the offense tick. year for Collins Hill (2-1) and said. “She’s played offseaShe’s recorded 91 total had four goals in the first half son at high levels and I think assists the last two years for against Archer on Tuesday that has helped her. She has the Eagles and already has before play was suspended played with some of her 16 through three games this due to heavy rain. Dougherty teammates — with Emily season. said that while she is the and Abby. They’ve played “Kate came in as a freshdistributor for Collins Hill, together so long they kind man and was really going to on her club team — XTEAM of know each other. I think be that low attacker that we — she takes on more of the the combination of those and were going to use to help put scoring load. she’s very coachable, which everything together,” Collins This season Doughery has is a huge asset because by Hill head coach Travis Pearre not just played attack for the being coachable we can kind said. “Kind of connect all the Eagles, she’s also played mid- of point out different things dots, and she’s developed in field occasionally as well. that we see, and when we do, to that and more. She really “It’s hard, but I like it a she does a really good job of has grown her game to where lot,” she said. “I really wish I taking it and kind of making she is continuing to become would have played midfield it her own and kind of using a more complete player. Now earlier in my life, just to learn that out on the field ... when not only is she the distributor, defense better. That’s been you’ve got other players on but you can’t just think she’s the main struggle ... I think the team that teams have to going to feed, because she’ll it’s made me a better player defend that makes it even betbeat you to goal in a heartand an all-around player on ter for her. beat. She has really become attack.”

“She’s not flashy, she’s just that player that is a nice Squires is often the focal a hard worker. That’s what piece. We’ve got several nice point of opposing teams’ makes it so nice.” pieces, and when they work defensive gameplan — for Dougherty grew up playpaul.thomas@gwinnettdailypost.com she is a key piece of that.”

ing basketball and said that’s where she developed her passing skills. When she was in middle school, Squires’ father Mike pulled Dougherty off the soccer field and convinced her to join Abby on the lacrosse team.

Ever since, the duo has been wreaking havoc on defenses throughout Gwinnett County.

“We’re really good friends,” Dougherty said. “We play really well together. We see each other really well and connect really well.”

Over the summer, Dougherty committed to play for Arizona State. The Sun Devils will begin playing Division I women’s lacrosse in 2018, when she is a freshman.

Dougherty said she’s excited for the chance to get the ASU program up and running, but she still has a lot she wants to accomplish at Collins Hill first.

“I want to be better than last year,” she said. “I want to win our second (round) playoff game. I want to win the region championship while we still have Abby Squires and Emily Napierala because I think we can do it.”

Central’s Champitto named AD at North Gwinnett THE CHAMPITTO FILE Who: Matt Champitto New position: Athletic and activities director at North Gwinnett Former position: Athletic and activities director at Central Gwinnett Age: 40 Education: Graduated from Shiloh High School in 1993; graduated from West Georgia in 1999; has master’s degree from Alabama and specialist degree from Piedmont; earned doctorate in educational leadership from Argosy University in 2012 Background: Has been Central’s athletic director for three years; previously was Duluth’s head baseball coach for four seasons, leading the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 in 2011; coached for nine years at Shiloh, the last five as head baseball coach; played three sports at Shiloh; has served as president of the Georgia Dugout Club; has been heavily involved with USA Baseball’s 18-and-under program Family: Wife Kristina; daughter Taylor, 12; son Davis, 8

By Will Hammock

anne Grimes gave me a great opportunity, after being baseball coach for so long, to be an AP and Matt Champitto has the AD at Central,” Champitto same job, just at a different said. “It’s a great situation, high school. too, with some really good The Central Gwinthings going on here and nett athletic and activiI think we’ve made some ties director has accepted great strides in athletics the same position at and in the community.

North Gwinnett, where When North opened up, it he replaces the outgoing was really a good family Grady York. The 40-yearmove for everyone. My old was drawn to the new kids can come to events, job for professional and my wife can drop them off personal reasons — his with me. They’re North two children, Taylor, 12, kids, so the kids, they’re and Davis, 8, attend North real excited. It’s a great cluster middle and elemen- athletic program and a tary schools. great community. The “First and foremost, people I met in the com(Central principal) Marymunity and with (North

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principal) Nathan (Ballantine), I thought it was a perfect fit.”

Champitto is a 1993 graduate of Shiloh, where he played three sports.

After a year at Hiram, he began his coaching career at Shiloh, moving up from assistant to head baseball coach, a position he held for five years with the Generals. He then was hired at Duluth as head baseball coach, helping the Wildcats to a resurgence and a state playoff trip in 2011.

He left Duluth for the opportunity to work in administration at Central. The Black Knights have done well athletically under Champitto’s nearly three-

year tenure, highlighted by the football program’s return to prominence in a difficult region.

“There are a lot of great things going on in the building (at Central),” Champitto said. “There are a lot of hard-working staff members. The coaches have been great. … We’re getting a lot of our teams to the (state) playoffs.

This year is the best year we’ve had so far. We’ve had a state championship wrestler, football made the second round, boys basketball got in there (to the playoffs), we had a cross country runner do well at state. It’s been a good year so far.”

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In Brief Collins Hill’s Jones named to U.S. team for CONCACAF tourney

Collins Hill sophomore Rachel Jones was named to the United States’ final 20-player roster for the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Championship, which begins this week in Grenada and lasts through March 13.

The tournament will qualify three teams directly to the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup later this year in Jordan.

Three Gwinnett ADs recognized

The Georgia Athletic Directors Association recently selected its athletic directors of the year for each region in Georgia.

Gwinnett’s Class AAAAAA winners were Mountain View’s Wayne Smith in Region 7-AAAAAA and Shiloh’s Mike Cammack in 8-AAAAAA. Wesleyan’s Marc Khedouri was the winner for 6-AA and Winder-Barrow’s Rob McFerrin, previously at Mill Creek, won for 8-AAAAA.

Lawrenceville’s Bae wins Hurricane Junior Golf Tour event

Jenny Bae of Lawrenceville won the girls 14- to 18-year-old division of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Canongate Series No. 1, held at Canongate-onWhite Oak’s Old Course in Newnan. She shot rounds of 82 and 74.

Buford’s Skylar Thompson (80-78) tied for second in that division, and Buford’s Keagan Dunn (85-76) tied for fourth. Braselton’s Emma Bell (85-82) was eighth.

Duluth’s Iris Cao also placed first in the girls 13-and-under division with rounds of 91 and 83.

In the boys 14-15 division, Nicholas Gibson of Duluth (78-76) was second, Myles Jones of Suwanee (82-75) was fourth and Liam Shinn of Norcross (79-84) was 10th.

Peachtree Ridge’s Dutton, Gazzo named 2020 Brine All-Stars

Peachtree Ridge youth lacrosse players Audrey Dutton and Anna-Marie Gazzo have been named 2020 Brine National High School All-Stars.

Both girls have been selected to represent Georgia in the Brine National Lacrosse Classic, held in July in Richmond, Va. Dutton is a defender and midfielder and Gazzo plays in the attack.

Brookwood qualifies 15 youth wrestlers for state

The Brookwood Bronco Wrestling Club qualified 15 athletes from last weekend’s USA Wrestling State Qualifier in Commerce. Those wrestlers will compete Saturday in the Georgia Kids State Championship in Perry.

Brookwood’s qualifiers were Michael Heath (8-andunder, 68 pounds), Kenneth Jett (8-and-under, 68 pounds), Jackson Fencheck (8-and-under, 79 pounds), V.J. Heath (10-and-under, 100 pounds), Grady Freeman (10-and-under, 100 pounds), defending state champion Xavier Bentley (12-and-under, 73 pounds), Gage Ragsdale (12-and-under, 85 pounds), Tad Logan (12-and-under, 90 pounds), C.J. Hickmon (12-andunder, 140 pounds), Adrian Drake (14-and-under, 120 pounds), Cam’ron Starks (14-and-under, 135 pounds), Fredrick Hill (14-and-under, 140 pounds), Michael Swift (14-and-under, 160 pounds), Jeffrey Bardales (14-and-under, 170 pounds) and Bryan Cardona-Soto (14-and-under, 235 pounds).

— From staff reports

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Gouge helps Fla. Southern to title Slayton shines at conference meet Greater Atlanta Christian’s Maileka Slayton won two events and broke a Kennesaw State record at the Atlantic Sun Conference meet last weekend.

Slayton was conference champion in the 400-meter run in 56.43 seconds, a school record, and also was first in the 200 in 24.46.

By Will Hammock

will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

As the Florida Southern men’s swimmers racked up Sunshine State Conference Championships in recent years, the women left titleless the first three years of Kelsey Gouge’s college career.

The Brookwood grad and her teammates changed that this season.

Florida Southern’s women’s team rolled to its first Sunshine State title by a 126.5-point margin over runner-up Nova Southeastern, finally winning one of NCAA Division II’s most competitive conferences.

“The men’s team, they’ve won the last four years in a row,” said Gouge, a senior who has qualified in six events for next week’s NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships.

“We’ve always kind of been compared to them. So it was nice to jump in the pool with them (to celebrate). … We’ve been trying since I was a freshman to win. Freshman year we were third, sophomore year we were second and last year we were second. It was finally nice to get the win because we’ve been trying for so long.

“I think the main difference this year from the past three years is we finally had a girls team that had such positive energy and worked so hard. All of our goals were the same. It was nice to end my swimming career at conference like that.”

Gouge did her part individually in the title, too.

She won the 100 freestyle conference title, was second in the 50 free, placed fifth in the 200 free and took seventh in the 100 breaststroke. She also swam on conference championship 200 free, 400 free and 800 free relay teams, earning first-team all-conference honors for the fourth straight season.

A nice final conference meet set up Gouge for the

Kelsey Gouge helped Florida Southern to its first-ever Sunshine State Conference championship in women’s swimming this season. (Special Photo)

final competitive meet of her swimming career at the NCAA meet. She is already a 16-time NCAA All-American — earning the acclaim in six events each of her freshman and sophomore seasons, along with four more as a junior.

“I had an off year (at NCAAs as a junior),” Gouge said. “I think I missed my taper and I didn’t really swim as well as I hoped to. But I’m on a pretty good track this year.”

Florida Southern also figures to be one of the top teams at the NCAA meet, with Gouge expecting to swim the 50 free, 100 free, 100 breast and at least three relays.

“This is the first year we’ve taken eight girls (to nationals), so this is a record for us,” Gouge said.

“The guys side, they have 11 or 12 guys going, but this is the first year we’ve taken this many girls. It’s the first year we’ve had a pretty solid group of girls going. The whole year we had a goal of winning conference as a team. Now we’re trying to have some fun at NCAAs and make the best of it. For us, the three seniors, it’s going to be our last meet and we’re trying to get into the top 10 for a third year in a row.”

Nationals will be Gouge’s final college swimming competition, giving her some free time this spring to watch her twin brother Michael, a

senior on Valdosta State’s baseball team. She graduates in May with a business administration/sports management degree and has a summer internship lined up with the Atlanta Braves.

Her plans beyond that aren’t solidified, but swimming likely isn’t one of the options. She may visit her longtime local club, SwimAtlanta, but not for any grueling practices.

“I’ll visit (SwimAtlanta) to say hi, but I don’t think I’ll be jumping in the pool,” Gouge said.

“What I’m most excited about with being done with swimming is I get to choose what I do for working out. I love working out.

I want to do maybe some pilates classes, all that kind of stuff. I’ll find something I love and I’ll be able to explore that.”

Gwinnett-led relay lowers UGA mark Gwinnett runners helped Georgia’s distance medley relay team to a schoolrecord mark of 9:43.55 at last week’s Southeastern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, shaving almost four seconds off the previous mark.

The record-setting foursome featured senior Kisean Smith of Brookwood, freshman Jeramey Hampton of North Gwinnett and sophomore Bryan Kamau of Shiloh.

BASKETBALL Brown named all-conference Kennesaw State senior Yonel Brown, a Berkmar grad, made the All-Atlantic Conference second team this week.

Brown ranks fourth in the conference in scoring (18.6), including a 19.9 average in conference games.

LACROSSE

Collins Hill’s Ward puts mark on historic game Collins Hill grad Quincy Abdullah leads Ward made quite an impact A-Sun title on Alabama-Huntsville’s Brookwood’s Bilal first-ever lacrosse match.

Abdullah powered KenThe freshman scored his nesaw State to the Atlantic Sun Conference champion- second goal of the match ship last weekend, earning in overtime, providing the game-winner in an 11-10 the Most Valuable Pervictory over Brevard. former Award.

Abdullah scored a Gwinnett Grads is a league-high 41 points column that runs on Thursfor his team, winning the days spotlighting achieve60-meter dash (6.97 secments of past Gwinnett onds) and placing second standouts. Coaches and in the triple jump (14.18 parents are urged to send meters) and high jump (2.10 meters). He also was suggestions via email to on a runner-up 1,600 relay will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com. team.

TRACK AND FIELD

Soccer tourney offers new option The lack of athletic opportunities within Gwinnett County middle schools doesn’t shock me.

Official school athletic programs are offered in three sports — boys basketball, girls basketball and cheerleading — the same three sports that were offered from 1985-88, when I went to Sweetwater and Richards Middle Schools.

The situation is how I grew up, so I’m just accustomed to it.

The same can’t be said for newcomers like Michael Spivey, a STEM teacher at Richards Middle. When he became a Gwinnett teacher three years ago, he was stunned when he heard middle school athletics in Gwinnett weren’t generally school-based.

“It was amazing to me,” said Spivey, a former college soccer player at West Florida who has coached soccer for more than a decade, including three years as head coach at Wesleyan College in Macon. “I said, ‘You’re kidding.’ But no, that’s really it. I came from a background where you play starting in elementary, playing for some sort of local team, and you get into middle school and play in an organized league for your middle school in all sports. … That’s how Florida runs it. That’s how a lot of places in Georgia run it. But not in Gwinnett County.”

Gwinnett’s youth leagues are based within the county’s expansive park systems, funneling its athletes to local clubs and

schools, 11 are Title I schools, meaning they receive funding based on large numbers of lower income students who receive free or reduced lunches.

Spivey saw plenty of those kids inside the walls of Richards, leading him Will to do something about Hammock the lack of sports options available to them. He started discussion about a SOCCER Gwinnett middle-school What: 2016 Futbol soccer program with the Classic leadership at Richards, When: Saturday-Sunday then he took it to the counWhere: Bryson Park, ty level. GCPS couldn’t Lilburn officially back the league Noteworthy: The Futbol — cost, liability and other Classic will feature 14 teams representing reasons prevented it — but Gwinnett middle schools, Spivey wasn’t discouraged with the winner being and pushed ahead. crowned overall Gwinnett He polled the 28 middle middle school champion schools about a middleSchedule: Saturday school soccer program Games begin at 8 a.m. and got positive responses and run all day with the almost immediately from final game slated to start 23. He asked last sumat 5 p.m. mer which schools were Sunday Games begin at 9:30 interested in a Gwinnett a.m. and run through middle-school soccer the championship game, tournament in the spring scheduled for 4:30 p.m. of 2016 and got promising answers from 20. As the teams until they reach high planning went along, 14 school, the first opportuschools confirmed that they nity athletes get to play for were in. their school team.

Those 14 schools — Bay The system works out Creek, Berkmar, Creekwell for the most part, land, Crews, Duluth, Grace except for the younger stu- Snell, Lanier, Lilburn, dents whose families can’t Northbrook, Pinckneyville, afford expensive leagues Radloff, Richards, Sumor can’t afford league fees merour and Sweetwater — at all. Putting food on the will compete this weekend in the inaugural Futbol table gets top priority, Classic to crown Gwinnett pushing any budget for athletic fees and equipment County’s middle school soccer champion. aside.

The event, hosted at How many Gwinnett Bryson Park in Lilburn, middle-schoolers fall into that situation? Quite a few. will feature round-robin games all day Saturday Of Gwinnett’s 28 middle

followed by quarterfinals through finals Sunday.

Each competing school held tryouts to complete a 14-player roster. Those tryouts were wildly popular in a lot of places, including Richards, where more than 150 boys showed up for tryouts.

An official middle school soccer league in Gwinnett was too ambitious at this point, but this week’s showcase is a nice start. It should at least get people thinking about middle school athletics in GCPS schools, while offering kids the rare chance to represent their middle schools and play in front of their friends.

“My hope is walking before we run or jogging before we run,” Spivey said of his goals for middle school soccer. “I hope Gwinnett will certainly be excited about it, schools will certainly reach out and give word about the excitement of the tournament.

It may not be a year out, but maybe two or three years out we will not only have a tournament for the guys but also for the girls.

We will hopefully build momentum and get Gwinnett to finally say there’s a need to drive something (in middle school sports).

Maybe it’s one league initially and then adding other sports. As for the (soccer tournament), we want to continue to develop it and make it a yearly thing.”

Will Hammock can be reached via email at will. hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com. His column appears on Thursdays.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016 • 11A

gwinnettdailypost.com PREP ROUNDUP

Discovery wins first region game From Staff Reports LAWRENCEVILLE — Discovery won its Region 8-AAAAA debut with a 15-5 at home in six innings over Cedar Shoals.

Savion Thompson and Alexander Haller each had three RBIs for the Titans, with Thompson finishing 3-for-4 and Haller going 3-for-4 with a triple.

Elijah Jones also went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, with Riley Forster picking up the win.

Discovery improved to 4-3 overall and 1-0 in the region.

BASEBALL BASEBALL Mill Creek 3, Carrollton 2 HOSCHTON — Mill Creek improved to 3-2 on Wednesday by coming back to defeat Carrollton 3-2.

Sam Buchanan went 2-for-3 with a double and a run for Mill Creek, while Davis Sharpe delivered a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth give Mill Creek the lead.

Sharpe’s two-run single made a winner of starter Christian Rutherford, who went five innings with two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts.

The bullpen was also strong for Mill Creek as Jacob Weisenberger pitched a scoreless sixth with Beau Jones recording the save with a scoreless seventh.

Meadowcreek 4, Central 0 NORCROSS — Meadowcreek scored three runs in the bottom of the first on Wednesday against Central Gwinnett en route to a 4-0 shutout of the Black Knights.

Mason Bernard was the winning pitcher, going seven innings with two hits allowed and 15 strikeouts. Bernard also went 1-for-1 at the plate.

David Nixon went 1-for-3 with an RBI, a run and three stolen bases, while Austin Wilkey finished 1-for-1 with two runs and four steals for Meadowcreek (2-5).

Shiloh 3, Chamblee 0 CHAMBLEE — Myles Smith of Shiloh logged a completegame shutout on Wednesday to lead the Generals 3-0 over Chamblee.

Smith allowed just three hits with one walk and 13 strikeouts, while helping the offense with a hit and a run.

Chris Frazier and Myles Broughton each had a single and an RBI for Shiloh (3-4).

Collins Hill 8, South Forsyth 3 SUWANEE — Al Del Villar, Caleb Watson and Ty Sparrow each had two RBIs on Wednesday to propel Collins Hill to an 8-3 win at home over South Forsyth. Del Villar finished 2-for4, while Sparrows’ RBIs’ came from a double.

Cole Zabowski finished 2-for-4 with a double for the Eagles (31) with Mark Flores going 2-for-3 with two doubles. Grant Bonner also had an RBI for Collins Hill.

Loganville 3, Lanier 1 LOGANVILLE — Lanier fell to

Loganville 3-1 on Wednesday night in the Region 8-AAAAA opener for the Longhorns.

Nick Tanner threw 4 2/3 innings for Lanier, giving up two runs on three hits with seven strikeouts.

Tanner also doubled and scored on offense.

Thomas Prince added a single in three at-bats for Lanier (0-7, 0-1) with Jadyn Jackson reaching base twice via walks.

Wesleyan 6, Providence 3 PEACHTREE CORNERS — Wesleyan stayed unbeaten on the season with a 6-3 win at home over Providence on Wednesday.

Alex Thompson pitched five innings in getting the win, giving up one run on three hits, while Michael Payne pitched the seventh to record the save, giving up one hit and striking out two.

Jake McCleskey led the offense for Welseyan (6-0), going 1-for-2 with a double and two RBIs, while Colin Hall finished 2-for-3.

For Providence (2-4), Carey Spratlin was 2-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base, a run and an RBI and Desmond Jacobs finished 2-for-4. Andy Weisgerber pitched well, but took the loss, going five innings with two earned runs and two strikeouts.

BOYS SOCCER BOYS SOCCER Brookwood 2, Grayson 1, OT SNELLVILLE — Brookwood nipped Grayson 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday in a Region 8-AAAAAA battle.

Austin Casbarro scored for Grayson (3-3, 0-1) off an assist from Liam Butts.

Mill Creek 1, Northview 0 DULUTH — Justin Marshall scored off an assist from Zack Ernst to lift Mill Creek to a 1-0 win over Northview on Wednesday night.

The first half of the match was played on Tuesday at Mill Creek and was suspended due to weather. The action picked back up on Wednesday at Northview with Marshall and Ernst teaming up to give the Hawks (5-1) the win.

Jason Chavez had the shutout at keeper.

Wesleyan 3, AIS 2 ATLANTA — Nick Eversbusch of Wesleyan scored a goal in the second half to break a 2-2 tie as the Wolves held on to beat Atlanta International School 3-2 on Wednesday.

Eversbusch finished with two goals, with Benji Johnson providing the third goal for Wesleyan (5-0-1). Assists were two

by Liam Coxhead and one from Bryce Cook.

Walker 5, Providence 2 MARIETTA — Camden Warner of Providence scored two goals on Wednesday night, but the Storm couldn’t hold back Walker as the Wolverines topped Providence 5-2.

The loss dropped Providence to 1-2, while Walker improved to 3-0.

GIRLS SOCCER GIRLS SOCCER Wesleyan 3, Lumpkin Co. 1 DAHLONEGA — Abbey Mitchell and Izzy Moratti each logged one goal and one assist on Wednesday to help Wesleyan

defeat Lumpkin County 3-1.

T.J. Anderson added the third goal for the Wolves (6-0).

GIRLS TENNIS GIRLS TENNIS Dacula 5, Meadowcreek 0 DACULA — Samantha Lowry, Mary Beth Lord and Lainey Thomas each posted singles wins on Wednesday in helping Dacula sweep Meadowcreek 5-0.

The Falcons also took both doubles matches, with wins by Nathaley Chery and Rebekka Lundh at No. 1 and Maggie Toburen and Lizzy Friedman at No. 2.

Parkview 5, South 0 LILBURN — Parkview picked up singles wins from Ally Blake, Sierra Larkin and Meredith Duffield at home on Wednesday as the Panthers swept South Gwinnett 5-0.

Jordan Verdi and Savannah Larkin added a No. 1 doubles win for Parkview (5-2, 3-0 in Region 8-AAAAAA) along with Renee Cunningham and Joy Youngblood at No. 2.

Mill Creek 5, South Forsyth 0 HOSCHTON — Mill Creek swept South Forsyth 5-0 on Wednesday, getting help with singles wins from Kayleigh Hahn, Chika Nwosu and Kirsten Nichols.

Doubles winners for the Hawks (6-1, 1-0) were No. 1 Emilee Martinez and Lauren Walsh and No. 2 Callie Franklin and Erin Riney.

Buford 3, North Hall 2 GAINESVILLE — Buford slipped past North Hall 3-2 on Wednesday in a Region 8-AAAA match.

Buford (3-0, 2-0) picked up one singles win and two doubles wins. Singles winner was Bailey McCammon at No. 3, while the doubles winners were Peyton Wolfe and Katie Quinn at No. 1 and Tania Wayne and Emma Place at No. 2.

Wesleyan 3, Lovett 2 ATLANTA — The No. 2 doubles team of Jenny Van Leake and Bailey Borreson posted a win with a tiebreaker to help lift Wesleyan 3-2 past Lovett on Wednesday.

Wesleyan also had two singles wins from Sophia Strickland at No. 1 and Lauren Alexander at No. 2.

BOYS TENNIS BOYS TENNIS Parkview 5, South 0 LILBURN — Parkview stayed unbeaten at 7-0 overall and 3-0 in Region 8-AAAAAA with a 5-0 sweep of South Gwinnett at home on Wednesday night.

Dustin Bowie, Bradon Ly and Martin Korgi all had singles wins, while the doubles winners were Davis Orr and Will Carroll at No. 1 and Riley Shannon and Daniel Bracken at No. 2.

Mill Creek 4, South Forsyth 1 HOSCHTON — Kyle Mendoza won at No. 2 singles and Parker Wright in the No. 3 slot on Wednesday as part of Mill Creek’s 4-1 win over South Forsyth.

Both doubles matches were won by Mill Creek (4-3, 1-0), with wins from Brandon Sullins and Tanner Franzoni at No. 1 and Dawson Hunter and Carter

Uzzell at No. 2.

Dacula 5, Meadowcreek 0 DACULA — Dacula swept Meadowcreek 5-0 on Wednesday night, aided by singles wins from Myles Porter, Mateo Gomez and Daniel Mocanu.

The Falcons (4-2, 2-1) also won both doubles matches, getting wins from Paul Dittamo and Andrew McAdams at No. 1 and Chanz Wallace and Willam Phan at No. 2.

North Hall 5, Buford 0 GAINESVILLE — North Hall blanked Buford 5-0 on Wednesday afternoon in a Region 8-AAAA meeting.

Lovett 4, Wesleyan 1 ATLANTA — Lovett defeated Wesleyan 4-1 on Wednesday afternoon.

Patrick English provided the point for Wesleyan with a win at No. 2 singles.

GIRLS LACROSSE GIRLS LACROSSE Duluth 10, Decatur 9 DECATUR — Duluth keeper Payton Roof had 10 saves on Wednesday night in helping the Wildcats hold on for a 10-9 win at Decatur.

Samantha Gentry led the offense for Duluth (3-1) with four goals, while Shelby Martin scored three. Domonique Steele also helped with two goals and one assist.

North 22, Brookwood 2 SNELLVILLE — North Gwinnett received at least one goal from 12 different players on Wednesday as the Bulldogs rolled to a 22-2 win at Brookwood.

Liz Blumthal led North (2-0, 1-0) with four goals and two assists, while Katie “QB” Knavek added three goals and three assists.

Wesleyan 10, Lambert 9 PEACHTREE CORNERS — Wesleyan upped its record to 4-1 on Wednesday with a 10-9 win at home over Lambert.

Alyssa Bedard recorded 15 saves at keeper for the Wolves, while Molly Bradach led the defense with eight ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Sydney Weissman and Lindsey Hayes led the attack on offense.

BOYS LACROSSE BOYS LACROSSE Pace 13, Brookwood 7 ATLANTA — Brookwood’s record evened at 1-1 on Wednesday with a 13-7 loss at Pace Academy.

Diego Lyons led the offense for Brookwood with two goals and one assist, while Joseph Shureck scored two goals.

Justin Parker added a pair of assists, Lee Collier logged one goal and one assist with Andrew Rankin and Noah White each scoring one goal for Brookwood.

GIRLS GOLF GIRLS

GOLF

Yang’s 40 leads Wesleyan ALPHARETTA — Elisa Yang of Wesleyan shot a 40 on Wednesday afternoon at River Pines in leading the Wolves to an 83 to 96 win over Mount Pisgah.

Wilton Kennerly also shot well for Wesleyan with a 43.

— Compiled by Scott Smith

GGC honors Connor, moves to 19-0 From Staff Reports LAWRENCEVILLE — The eighth-ranked Georgia Gwinnett baseball team continued its historic start in 2016, grabbing its 19th win of the season on Wednesday by defeating Robert Morris (Ill.) 6-2.

The game’s shining moment came in the first inning when senior Sheldon Connor took the mound for his last time in a Grizzly uniform. The Duluth native and Wesleyan graduate tore his labrum at the end of the 2015 season and underwent career-ending surgery in the offseason. The right-hander took the hill one last time for GGC on Wednesday, picked up the first out of the game and was relieved to a standing ovation from the Grizzly fans, his teammates and the Robert Morris bench.

Connor is tied for second all-time GGC history in wins (17), has pitched the most innings in Grizzly history (180 1/3) and owns the best winning percentage .850 (17-3). The right-hander is also second in starts (29), second in complete games (3), and third in appearances (43).

“Sheldon has been the heart and soul of this team for the past four years,” said GGC head coach Brad Stromdahl, reflectin on

GGC senior and Wesleyan grad Sheldon Connor throws the final game of his college career Wednesday in Lawrenceville. (Photo: GGC Athletics)

Connor’s storied career.

“He is one of the members of our team and has been great student, athlete, and young man for the past four years. Today was a culmination of his storied career to have the opportunity to end it the way he did, going out on that mound one last time. We are happy for him to be a part of tonight’s win.

“He’s going to be a tremendous piece of this season with leadership and knowledge and will be a great alumni down the road for this program.”

The Grizzlies took the 1-0 lead in the bottom of

the third on a sacrifice fly

by Trevor Bradley. Three pitches later, center fielder Josh Merrigan smashed a double to the left-center field gap to score Trey Haygood and give the Grizzlies the 2-0 lead.

Two innings later, Georgia Gwinnett pushed across two insurance runs on a Robert Morris error and single by right fielder Kyler Timmerman.

The Eagles (3-4) mounted a rally in the top of the seventh to pull within two, 4-2, on an RBI-single to left by Rashid Shepard and with a bases load walk by reliever Tyler Souris.

Georgia Gwinnett rebounded in the bottom of the seventh to gain back its four run, 6-2 lead with a sacrifice fly by Jereid Woods and an RBI-single to right by Haygood.

Junior Michael Royal picked up the win as he went 5.2 innings for the Grizzlies, allowing just one hit while striking out two Eagles.

Souris, who came on in relief in the sixth inning, pitched 2.2 innings of solid relief striking out four batters en route to the save.

Robert Morris’ Anthony Cunniff was credited with the loss.

The Atlanta Falcons released Roddy White (84) on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

Falcons part ways with White caliber roster each and every year. After a lot of For the past few weeks, discussion with Thomas the Atlanta Falcons (Dimitroff), Dan (Quinn) deferred on the question and others, the difficult of whether or not wide decision we’ve made today was ultimately driven receiver Roddy White by the need to address would remain with the some key areas on our team. roster and ultimately to The answer was made meet that commitment.” clear Wednesday when White, a first-round the Falcons announced draft pick in 2005, has the release of the fran808 catches for 10,863 chise’s career receiving yards and 63 touchdowns leader after 11 seasons. during his career. He also “Roddy is one of the has compiled the most greatest players to ever put on a Falcons uniform, 100-yard receiving games (39) and six consecutive and even more impor1,000-yard seasons. tantly, he is a man of Last season, White tremendous character that totaled 43 receptions I and my entire family for 506 yards and one have profound personal affection and respect for,” touchdown. He was under contract for two more Falcons owner Arthur seasons.

Blank said in a lengthy “Decisions like these statement. are always difficult, but “I have developed a this was one of the most special relationship with difficult decisions I have him over the years, my been a part of in my years children have grown up of football,” Falcons admiring him and our general manager Thomas partners and I all share a debt of gratitude for what Dimitroff said. “We have a tremendous amount of he has meant to us and our team. Truly, there are respect and gratitude for what Roddy has meant no words to adequately express my thanks for all to this community and organization. He is a great he has meant to me, my family, the Falcons and to teammate and one of the all-time great Falcons. We this community, both on thank Roddy for everyand off the field. He has thing he has meant to this been a difference-maker organization and we wish in every way and has him success as he contintouched numerous lives ues his career.” here in Atlanta.

White’s numbers also “Roddy will forever be part of the Falcons family, rank among the NFL leaders. He is eighth in and I’m confident our career receiving yards, fans will always rememninth in receptions and ber and be grateful for the exemplary way he has 10th in touchdowns.

“Roddy is one of the represented them over the best competitors and last 11 years. We wish warriors I have ever been him nothing but the very around,” Falcons coach best and, on a personal Dan Quinn said. “He was level, we look forward one of the first players I to a lifetime relationreached out to when I was ship with Roddy and his hired here, and I want to family. thank him for his profes“It is always a chalsionalism and leaderlenge to balance how we ship. Although this was a feel about a particular difficult decision, we feel player with the implications of the salary cap, as this is best for everyone as we continue to put this well as the clear comteam together, not just for mitment we have to our the 2016 season, but for fans and stakeholders to assemble a championship- the future as well.”

The Sports Xchange

No. 2 Spartans roll The Sports Xchange

tine, the conference’s top scorer, added 14 points, PISCATAWAY, N.J. — eight assists and eight Bryn Forbes set a Big Ten rebounds for Michigan.

Conference record with 11 3-pointers, leading the No. 7 Miami (Fla.) 68, second-ranked Michigan Notre Dame 50 State Spartans to a 97-66 SOUTH BEND, Ind. win over the Rutgers — The Hurricanes had Scarlett Knights on no answer for surging Wednesday at the Rutgers Fighting Irish center Zach Auguste. Fortunately for Athletic Center. the seventh-ranked HurriForbes, who leads the canes, they had a counter nation in 3-point fieldfor just about everything goal percentage, scored else the Irish threw at all of his career-high 33 them Wednesday night at points from beyond the Purcell Pavilion. arc, going 11-for-16. He Angel Rodriguez led missed both of his 2-point all scorers with 19 points, attempts. while Sheldon McClellan Eron Harris scored 15 points and Denzel Valen- scored 17 points.

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BRING ALL OFFERS/ REDUCED! 2302 S.E. EBENEZER RD Great Commercial Property In High Traffic Area Of Rockdale County At The Corner Of Ga Hwy 138 & Ebenezer Rd With Double Road Frontage $1,100,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

LOGANVILLE, GA 30052

LOGANVILLE, GA 30052

COMMERCIAL ROOFING/ LABORERS:

*Expires 02-29-16 WAC EHO

Gwinnett, Buford

$61,995 BEAUTIFUL & SPACIOUS 4BR/2BA HOME FOR SALE

PART-TIME

* Financing Avail.

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

INDEPENDENT CONTRACT CARRIER, PT EARN EXTRA CA$H Part Time Independent Contract Carriers needed to deliver newspapers to residential Rockdale and Fayette County areas. Earn $1000 to $1500 per month(paid weekly). Must be able to cover fuel costs for the first week of operation. Contract position. 1099 issued at end of year. Hours 1:00am to 6:00am Mon - Sun (can vary slightly). Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, current insurance required. Must have your own substitute if you can’t deliver your route. Responses must be sent to: ajcfulfillmentadmins@ coxinc.com and should include name, zip code and phone number.

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GREAT INCOME POTENTIAL/ REDUCED 2 ACRES On McCullers Rd. in Loganville, GA 30052 Zoned A-1 Property has • Workshop • Duplex • Outbuilding $59,900 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com MONROE, GA 30656

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MOBILE HOMES & LOTS FOR RENT BARROW-AUBURN 1-2-3 BEDROOMS IN MOBILE Home COMMUNITY. RENT starting at $100/week.

Large Lots.

770-513-3151

LAWRENCEVILLE RECORDING STUDIO SPACE AVAILABLE Office/Warehouses 1200 up to 18000 sf Mike 404-375-5438.

COMMERCIAL LISTING! BRING ALL OFFERS! 391 Conyers Road Loganville, GA 30052 1 Acre Commercial Investment Opportunity In The Heart of Loganville, GA A Stones Throw From Publix Shopping Center $228,500 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

WANTED FOR RENT

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT HOUSES FOR RENT

Call 770-882-4605.

MERCEDES 560 SL, 1987.

60,400 MILES, TWO OWNER SOUTHERN CAR.

Single Male, 69, clean, quiet, non-smoker seeking clean, odor free room(s), or efficiency apartment with full bathroom that only I will be using and cleaning. Unrestricted kitchen and laundry machine usage - A Must. No drugs, drunks or drama. Larry, 470-248-5275. Handyman in All Construction Trades.

BED- QUEEN PILLOW TOP MATTRESS Set-NEW-still in plastic, $200. King size pillow top mattress set, brand new in plastic, $300.

Can Deliver.

Call 706-347-4814

DINING SET With Six (6) Cushioned Chairs. Excellent Condition. $450.

Call 404-921-8180

Near Mall of GA. 5BR/3.5BA, S/T, Ivy Green Subd. Fplc., dbl. gar., 3,233 sq. ft. $1700/mo. + dep.

678-227-4405 MONROE, GA 30656

LINERS

LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

PUBLICATION DAY 37.13 Acres 1155 Jim Daws Rd. Monroe, GA 30656 Great 37.132 acre tract zoned A-2,with nice hardwoods and pines perfect for livestock,farming, hunting, or build your dream home $242,000 EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

Drives great and selling far under other low miles 560 SL. Only $15,900.

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ROTTWEILER LARGE MALE AMERICAN ROTTWEILER, WOULD LIKE TO BREED. 678-471-5217

MERCEDES-BENZ 560 SL, 1988 117K MILES. Owned by 83 year old gentleman. Gorgeous silver with blue leather interior and two tops.

He spent over $5000 in the last year doing all the preventive maintenance. Exceptional in every way. Great CarFax and 0 accidents.

Hagerty and NADA value $25,500-45,200.

Drive anywhere and collect for fun and appreciation. Should be the fastest appreciating car of the 1980’s over the next five to ten years. Only $16,500.

Call 770-895-7161

VEHICLES

DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT, 2005 Auto, Sliding Doors, Stow ‘N Go Seats, Dual Air, Extra Clean. $4395, Firm. 770-616-7399

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Beautiful blue with grey leather. 2 tops babied , beautiful, and fast appreciating in price.

Hagery Old Car Value Guide and NADA value $23,000-$65,000.

Boggs Rd

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

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

Dishwasher $100 & up. Different colors.

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MERCEDES 560 SL, 1988 74,900 MILES

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Gorgeous red with tan leather. Highest score possible on auto check.

Babied, gorgeous and appreciating rapidly in price. Hagerty old car value guide and NADA value $23,000$65,000. Drives super and selling far under other low miles 560s at only $16,900.

Call 770-899-5856

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SOUTH CAROLINA, LAKE KEOWEE Waterfront Cottages Gated, Luxury Amenities! Lodge, Pool, Fitness Center, Boat Slips & more.

Other New & Resale Cottages From $130’s to $299’s!

1-888-663-1133 www.backwaterlanding. com Office Hours: Fri 8:30-4:00 Sat & Sun By Appointment Only

This car is fabulous and only $18,900.

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WANTED TO RENT

GWINNETT•GRAYSON 5BR/3.5BA EXECUTIVE HOME Great Location, Schools. Master on Main, Office.

678-442-8423. $4,800/Month

32.53 ACRES BRING OFFERS! JIM DAWS ROAD Great 32.53 +/Acre Tract Zoned A2 Perfect for Livestock, Farming, Hunting, or Build Your Dream Home.

Property Has A 20 Foot Easement For Access. $211,445 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

REDUCED! LAND LOT! 3604 Sand Hill Dr. Imagine Your Dream Home Here & You Sitting In Your Sunroom Overlooking The 8Th Fairway Of Honey Creek Golf Course While Sipping Your Morning Coffee $22,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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DACULA - Small, basic 2BR duplex. Wooded lot, stove, fridge. No pet over 7 lbs. Good job & references. $550/mo.

770-925-2127

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HEWATT RD

Serious inquires only. M - F 9 am to 4 pm.

Call 770-466-7665.

3425 Underwood Rd, Conyers

Over $6,000 just spent on custom red paint and chrome Mercedes wheels. 2 tops, super Car Fax. Drive anywhere, Hagerty Old Car Value Guide and NADA value $25,000-$73,000.

Dr. Buford

Built up roofing laborers, heavy lifting required, travel required, must have current valid drivers licenses, must have your own transportation, must be able to pass drug test and background check. E-Verify.

* Financing Avail.

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

ABSOLUTE AUCTION 3 Bedroom, 3 Bath House

One on Singleton Rd. & One on Law’villeSuwanee Rd.! 2BR & 3BR, 2BA, Fireplace, vaulted ceilings, off street parking.

Starting @ $900/mo.

B.C. PROPERTIES 770-446-1550 770-995-8828

Fabulous red with tan leather.

HONDA CIVIC LX-S SEDAN, 2010.

Maroon Pearl, auto., 80k mi. New tires.

One owner. $9600.

Call 678-518-4259.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

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

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770-780-9786 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

MERCEDES 560 SL, 1989 114 K MILES

HONDA ACCORD, 2007. White/Beige, 92k Miles, Factory Navigation, Non-Smoker. $3300. 404-445-7403

Call 706-525-1881 or 678-283-4508

DACULA, GA 30019 FULL TIME

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HAYES LAWRENCEVILLE

1 CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP 719 Pike St, Lawrenceville 770-963-5251 www.hayeschrysler.com

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RICK HENDRICK

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

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

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