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LEILI MURDER TRIAL

Dramatic argument recording quiets court

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

LAWRENCEVILLE — The tape was something like an assault on the courtroom.

It played loud in the overhead speakers Tuesday MORE ONLINE during the Matthew Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for coverage of Monday’s Leili murder court proceedings. trial. It dragged on and on. It appeared to prod at the hearts of members of Nique Leili’s family who sat in the gallery, listening to the screaming, the accusations, the vitriol.

“You want to see how many bruises are

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Jaela Eleazer (8), and her sister Cymri (12) smile infront of General Lee’s mansion on Groundhog Day at the Yellow River Game Ranch in Lilburn. (Photos: Chris Roughgarden)

No shadow

Gwinnett’s groundhog predicts an early spring

By Katie Morris

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After a streak of unseasonably warm, spring-like weather, it’s not hard to believe General Beauregard Lee’s prediction that spring is right around the corner.

When Georgia’s official weather prognosticator emerged from his antebellumstyle mansion Tuesday morning at the Yellow River Game Ranch in Lilburn, he did not see his shadow.

It took some coaxing to get a sleepy Beau out of bed to make his prediction. Ranch staffers enticed him with a bowl of Waffle House hash browns outside his door, and Gwinnett Braves mascot Chopper led the eagerly awaiting crowd in several rounds of cheering “Go Beau!” It finally took a few ringings of the large bell outside of his home before Beau popped out and predicted an early spring.

Mike and Mariah Lovin have always celebrated Groundhog Day, but this was their first time seeing Beau’s prediction live.

The Dacula couple came prepared with signs of encouragement reading “Go Beau!” and “#It’sBeauTime.” Their fondness for the holiday stems from their love for the 1993 movie “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray.

“We’re going to do this and then go home and watch the movie,” Mariah said.

The big-time Steelers fans said they plan to someday take a trip up to Pennsylvania to see Punxsutawney Phil, but will definitely be back to cheer on Beau next year if they don’t make it up north.

Kids get their photo taken with Gwinnett Braves mascot Chopper at Yellow River Game Ranch on Tuesday.

According to manager Codi Reeves, Beau has a 93 to 95 percent accuracy rate in his time at the Yellow River Game Ranch, which began 35 years ago.

“The blizzard of ’93 stumped him but other than that he’s been pretty spot on,” Reeves said.

With overcast skies and thick fog blanketing the game ranch, many were speculating beforehand that there would be no shadow.

“Last year we had more folks that wanted more winter weather, which is the first time I can ever remember that,” Reeves said.

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MORE ONLINE Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for more photos from Groundhog Day in Lilburn.

Sgt. John Richter, a supervisor in the Gwinnett County police homicide unit, was on the stand Tuesday when a taped argument he examined between Matthew and Nique Leili played in court. Richter has been the lead on the Nique Leili murder case since 2012. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

Spark Prize to award local grants

By Katie Morris katie.morris@gwinnettdailypost.com

Have an innovative idea for a project that could address important human care issues in Gwinnett, but lacking the funds to make it happen?

Community innovators have the chance to win up to $25,000 for their nonprofit or community group through Spark Prize Gwinnett County.

United Way of Greater Atlanta, in partnership with The Primerica Foundation, The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, Partnership Gwinnett, the Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services and the Atlanta Community Food Bank, announced Tuesday its first-ever live micro grants competition, offering awards up to $25,000.

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County, CID partnering to study parts of ACTivate master plan

By Curt Yeomans

to contribute a total of $75,000 to help the district pay for the reviews. The CID will contribute anGwinnett County ofother $112,500 to cover the ficials will partner with the remainder of the costs.

Gwinnett Place CommuniThe studies will look ty Improvement District on at two key components of a pair of feasibility studies the multi-faceted CID’s that will help the CID master plan for the Gwinmove closer to implement- nett Place Mall area. One ing parts of its ACTivate part ponders reconfiguring Gwinnett Place master the intersection of Satelplan. lite Boulevard and PleasCounty commissioners ant Hill Road. The other approved the studies on weighs creating a multiTuesday, while agreeing modal green corridor trail

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system that would connect McDaniel Farm Park to the mall.

“We’re going deeper into (the plan),” CID Executive Director Joe Allen said.”

We had the plan, the idea and the concepts and now we’re really, on these two, starting to dig in deeper and getting into some real costs (and) getting into what is feasible and what is not.”

The master plan, which See ACTIVATE, Page 8A

This aerial image shows the full ACTivate Gwinnett Place master plan concept. County officials are partnering with the Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District to study the feasibility of a traffic circle at the intersection of Satellite Boulevard and Pleasant Hill Road, left, and a multimodal green corridor and grand promenade connecting McDaniel Farm Park with Gwinnett Place Mall.

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Breaking ground

Lawrenceville woman charged in stabbing

By Joshua Sharpe

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MORE ONLINE Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for photos and a full story on the groundbreaking ceremony.

Gwinnett County officials toss the ceremonial first dirt at the groundbreaking for the county’s new medical examiner’s office and morgue on Tuesday. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

A 27-year-old Lawrenceville woman is charged with murder in the death of a woman who was found bleeding on Hurricane Shoals Road over the weekend.

Jennifer Anita Smith is accused of stabbing Jennifer Anita Smith 28-year-old Chelsea Rebecca Jones, also of Lawrenceville, in the leg with a knife early Saturday, police announced Monday. According to a warrant obtained Monday afternoon, it was a pocket knife.

“The investigation into the incident revealed six young females had been out clubbing and were returning home,” Capt. Greg Vaughn of the Lawrenceville Police Department said in an emailed

statement. “An argument ensued leading to” the stabbing.

There was no word on what caused the argument.

Police responded at 4 a.m. Saturday, finding Jones unconscious with a wound in the upper leg or groin area. The exact location on Hurricane Shoals wasn’t clear.

Vaughn said he wasn’t aware if anyone had stayed with the victim or if she was alone at the scene.

Smith, who jail records indicate is a fast food worker, was charged with aggravated assault and felony murder and is being held without bond at the Gwinnett County jail.

Previously, the pleaded guilty family violence battery in 2010, court records show.

Vaughn said he didn’t anticipate the department releasing any further information on the homicide Monday.

He did confirm Jones’ death was the first murder in 2016 in city.

Body found in burned apartment

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there is no foul play suspected at this point in any part of the investigation,” Capt. Tommy Rutledge, fire department spokesman, said in a late Tuesday statement.

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The fire call came in at 2:31 p.m. to The Falls Apartments, which is off Satellite Boulevard in the Gwinnett Place area. A police officer arrived first and saw heavy smoke coming from a topfloor unit in the two-story complex, said Rutledge.

The officer kicked in the door, but couldn’t enter because of heat and smoke, Rutledge said.

Firefighters, who arrived at 2:36 p.m., went in moments later and found the body, that of a man in his 20s.

The identity of the deceased wasn’t released.

Two other occupants of the apartment, a woman and a child, were not home at the time of the fire. There were no other injuries reported.

The fire caused moderate smoke and heat damage inside the unit where the body was found.

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The American Red Cross was contacted to provide temporary housing assistance for a family in a neighboring unit due to damage caused by firefighting efforts.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2016 • 3A

Google virtual field trips amaze Creekland students

By Keith Farner

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LAWRENCEVILLE — Students across Creekland Middle School on Tuesday traveled to Gettysburg, World War II and the Amazon without leaving their school’s media center.

After lunch, a host of eight-graders even gasped and shrieked when their teacher sent them to a bubbling volcano and to swim with sharks.

“It feels like you’re floating,” eighth-grader Alan Cruz said. “You’re just right there.

Because it has a 360-degree view. Because you’re not just looking straight there, and you can turn around and look

Creekland Middle School eighth-graders, from left, Aim Laccruche, Yasiris Melendez-Cruz and Annamaria Elias go on a virtual field trip on Tuesday using the new Google Expeditions Pioneer Program and devices called Google Cardboard. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

up and down.”

Cruz said he figured going into it that the experience would be “pretty lame,” but he admitted it turned out to be fun.

Those virtual field trips

were piloted by representatives from Google, who brought their brand-new Google Expeditions Pioneer Program using devices called Google Cardboard.

The technology is not yet

on the market, so Google team lead Brendan Dermody explained to the students that they are beta testers and their feedback is important for the development of the product.

“It opens up the teaching experience, you could say,” eighth-grader Payton Wilson said.

Once Google finishes beta testing, it plans to develop kits for schools to purchase and use regularly.

Shana White, Creekland’s local school technology coordinator, said she applied for the virtual field trip visit, and once Creekland was accepted, she organized 20 teachers and their classes to participate in the event. Teachers coordinated the field trips to match the curriculum they’re

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already teaching.

“Now you’ve seen this stuff, how can we use it to better master the material,” White said.

The only trouble was choosing who enjoyed the experience more, White said, the students or the teachers.

The students were ecstatic, while the teachers were amazed.

“Just to see their responses and their eyes, they’re enjoying it,” White said of the students. “The teachers are more astounded than the students, just to see how engaged their kids are.”

One teacher had a student who typically has behavior problems, but the teacher left saying, “I’ve never seen a kid so involved in something.”

Groundhog

neighbors, the Alcock family, for eight years.

“This year the crowd wanted According to the group, an early spring. I think we’re Beau wasn’t quite as frantic all ready for some spring.” as in past years, but the Not everyone in the crowd groundhog did display his was geared up for an early athletic prowess to the crowd spring, though. Marie Wood by bounding over the decowas wishing for six more rative, white picket fence weeks of winter because around his house. snow equals a day off from “I’ve never seen him jump school. The 12-year-old the fence,” Wood said with Atlanta resident has been a smile. coming to see Gen. Lee with Florida native Riki her family and and their Kellogg was among those

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“It’s been basically thumbs up from teachers and students,” White said.

Eighth-grade language arts teacher Elizabeth Stephens said that as a teacher, a constant goal is to give students a real-life experience. The Google Cardboard proved to be more realistic and engaging than she imagined.

“We want to take them to these places, but it’s just not always practical,” she said.

“It’s great to show our kids parts of the world that they’ll probably never get to see, most of them. I just love to see the engagement because every single student was involved and having a great time, and that’s what we strive for.”

wishing for spring. The Stone Mountain resident said she skipped seeing Beau last year due to the frigid temperatures, but this year’s mild, 58-degree temps were perfect Groundhog Day weather. Also, the Yellow River Game Ranch is right in her backyard.

“In Florida, we always watched it on TV,” Kellogg said. “When I found out there was a groundhog here, I thought, ‘I’ve got to go.’”

Leili

incredulous.

Then, she said he was pingoing to show up here toning her down, not letting her morrow?” the woman yelled leave as the petite mother of at her husband. three, not much more than 5 “I never touched you,” feet tall, exclaimed that leavsaid Matthew Leili, who was ing was exactly what she inthe calmer of the two in the tended to do. The scene that exchange and who was also sounded to be playing out at the one running the audio their home near Lawrencevrecorder, saying he’d play it ille, apparently about a year back for her later. before Nique turned up dead “Oh my God,” Nique said, in 2011, was strikingly simi-

lar to a scenario described by Matthew’s first ex-wife.

“He pinned me down and said, ‘We’re not getting divorced,’” Joanne Lucey, also a petite woman, testified Friday.

That alleged incident was more than 20 years ago, before Lucey divorced Matthew after an 18-month union in Queens, N.Y. In 2010, assuming the title of the tape “73110” is a correct indication, he pinned down his last wife.

Nique screamed at the top of her lungs, voice breaking.

“Get off me!”

“You are physically restraining me! Get the f— off me right now!”

Over and over she yells to get off.

“Keep yelling,” Matthew said. “I want the cops to come. It’ll be f—ing over.”

The cops apparently did not come. And it definitely wasn’t over.

Much of the trial, which began last Wednesday and could last another week or so, has focused on the troubles in the Leili household. The husband ran a 21-camera security system, tracked his wife’s cellphone, recorded calls and conversations, and was suspected of physical abuse by Nique’s coworkers.

His attorney, Thomas Clegg, put it this way at the outset of the trial: Matthew Leili is a brash, opinionated, loud New Yorker, but he is not a murderer.

The prosecution has nothing but a flimsy theory, according to Clegg.

The state’s case — to the extent which it’s been revealed so far — appears to be that Matthew drugged, raped — or tried to rape — and strangled his wife, loading her nude body in the back of his red Ford Expedition and dumping it in the woods near their house off Russell Road.

Prosecutors, who have yet to rest their case, have been trying to establish a pattern of abuse and aggressive behavior for the defendant, calling witnesses who have noted that he carried a gun even to the gym and sometimes kept handcuffs with him, though he was an IT worker.

The ex-wife’s story about the defendant pinning her down and trying to sway her to not file for divorce appeared to be part of that strategy, particularly when the tape in court played Tuesday.

After Nique said she was leaving him, Matthew said: “The day I let you go is the day this marriage is over.”

He was fighting for the marriage, he said.

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Congestion, ADHD need proper treatment DEAR DR. ROACH: My girlfriend has been taking pseudoephedrine HCL for at least a year. As far as I know, she started this to keep her sinuses open and help her nasal breathing. I am concerned about addiction and long-term effects. She has been previously diagnosed with depression, and takes Cymbalta and trazodone. Would seeing an ENT specialist be beneficial?

— A.S. ANSWER: The first issue is whether pseudoephedrine (Sudafed and others) is a safe and effective treatment for chronic nasal congestion.

Although pseudoephedrine has some effectiveness in chronic congestion, it also has some abuse potential, and I would be more concerned about its side effects, including difficulty sleeping, irritability and tremor, and headache. It is not recommended for chronic use.

The second issue is whether your girlfriend has a condition like ADHD, and if so, if pseudoephedrine is a useful treatment. I can say that pseudoephedrine is unlikely to have any significant benefit in adult ADHD. I think she would benefit from seeing a provider, both to find the right diagnosis and treatment for her nasal complaints, and to determine whether she does have ADHD or another condition requiring treatment.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 62-year-old male who had chickenpox as a child and received the shingles vaccine over a year ago. A week ago, I had a pain in my left shoulder that I get periodically and attribute to either strain or sleeping on my shoulder in an awkward position.

The day after the pain started, a pain also developed in my underarm.

The following day a rash developed on the front of my left shoulder, and then under my arm, and then eventually on the back of my shoulder.

Online research suggested shingles and indicated that the vaccine is only about 51 percent effective. I went to a walk-in clinic for treatment.

Based on the symptoms and appearance, the doctor confirmed that it was shingles.

I was prescribed valacyclovir and meloxicam.

After 48 hours, the pain in the shoulder and underarm has not lessened. The rash seems to be drying up, but is now starting to itch.

How long should I expect the symptoms to remain?

Does the fact that the vaccine did not prevent shingles leave me prone to future outbreaks? Do the symptoms develop over time?

— I.B. ANSWER: This does indeed sound like shingles, a reappearance of that chickenpox virus you have had since childhood.

Even though the shingles vaccine did not prevent the infection, it does greatly reduce the likelihood that you will develop long-term pain (called post-herpetic neuropathy) as a result of the shingles. The vaccine does not increase your likelihood of developing shingles a second time, which is uncommon. Most people in their 60s with shingles have symptoms that gradually improve over a week to a few weeks.

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Stepdaughter absconds with wedding funds DEAR AMY: I have recently divorced from my husband of 20 years. When we got married, I was truly blessed with a wonderful stepson and stepdaughter.

Their father — my husband — was an addict and in recovery for many years (so he says). Our marriage ended because of his dishonesty about drug usage, eventually leading to a DWI when he ran someone off the road and rear-ended another vehicle.

This was after countless lost nights of sleep; harm to our home; emotional, verbal and physical abuse — which he never owned up to (or should I say, remembered). Needless to say, the accident was the end of our marriage.

I still have an unresolved issue with my stepdaughter. I gave her $10,000 of my own personal money for her wedding.

The wedding was canceled the day before it was due to take place because she and her fiance are addicts, and when the money was gone, he left. She is well-supported and can return the money and other gifts (which she has not done). Any advice for me?

— Strapped Stepmother DEAR STRAPPED: Your stepdaughter should reimburse you for the money you gave to her to fund her wedding, and she should return any wedding gifts she received.

However, I think it’s pretty obvious that she

to let her know it hurt us that she was not respecting these family events by attending. She responded, “My attendance or lack of it is not about respect — I have my own life and my own issues. If I decline, I don’t like being quizzed about why I am not coming.”

Amy Dickinson Am I out of line in viewing this as a respect will not follow through. issue and expressing our She’s an addict. She is the hurt feelings? I suspect she daughter of an addict. I’m will now get my mother afraid you know all too involved. well how unreliable people — Disappointed Brother in the throes of addiction DEAR DISAPPOINTare. If she has access to ED: You are not out of funds to repay you, you line — nor is your sister. might consider taking her You expressed yourself to court to try to recover at honestly, and she replied in least some of this money. I kind. It is almost refreshhope you can move on and ing that she is not attemptfind peace. ing to lay down conditions DEAR AMY: My wife or dictate your guest list, or and I are in our early 50s make any demands at all. and have several children. Furthermore, your expectaMy sister is also in her 50s, tion that she should supply has never married and lives a reason or excuse for not attending an event isn’t with my mother. polite. Don’t you think it’s We always invite my possible that your sister, sister to family events — whose life is so very difweddings, the kids’ birthferent from yours, might days, graduations, etc. have challenges you don’t Nearly always she responds by short email that comprehend — or aren’t aware of? she will not attend. She You are kind to continue offers no excuse and only says, “I will not be there.” to invite her to things, even though her pattern indiRecently, I got her on the cates that she will decline. phone and asked why she was not joining our young- I hope you and your family are able to not take this est son’s birthday dinner.

She said she was not “com- personally and to rise above your own feelings to fortable” around some of give your sister opportunithe other family members ties to spend time with you we had invited. in your home.

I emailed her afterward

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If she has an evaluation that formally identifies the nature of her learning disability, then she will likely qualify for accommodations such as extra time on tests, specific layouts of assignments such that they are visually less distracting (depending on her specific disability), or “assistive technologies” that will help her even the playing field.

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— Esquire DEAR ESQUIRE: Many people wrote in with similar recommendations for this overwhelmed student. Thank you.

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Bring about change.

You will make a difference if you stand up for your rights and are firm in your convictions. Change can be good if it is well orchestrated and meaningful. You can boost your reputation by becoming a leader. Follow your heart and be progressive.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — A last-minute change will turn out to be beneficial. An interview or proposal will lead to a better position and standard of living.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Focus on the positive in order to make a difference.

Anxiety will lead to a bad decision. A practical approach will bring good results. Be articulate when asking for favors.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Choose to participate. Stay active and pursue your goals. A challenge will get you moving in the right direction. Offer your experience and knowledge in order to get ahead.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Do the groundwork and get your plans up and running. If you invest in yourself and the skills you have mastered, recognition and valuable connections will follow.

Love is featured.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Be disciplined when it comes to completing unfinished business. A partnership will need tweaking in order to work. Learn from your mistakes, especially where relationships are concerned.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Keep an open mind and a closed mouth. It’s to your advantage not to let others know what you are up to until you have a wellthought-out plan ready to be launched.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A change will do you good. A short trip or visit to a place that offers knowledge or provides the motivation you require to get things done will lead to greater success.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Watch the actions of others, and choose your words carefully to avoid being caught in the middle of someone else’s dilemma or fight. Invest your time in things you want to do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You will be rewarded if you take care of your responsibilities and the needs of elders or youngsters in your life.

Stop procrastinating and start implementing the changes you’ve been considering.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — You will get back what you give out. Help someone in a unique fashion in order to find a new way to use your skills. A service you provide will lead to prosperity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Problems will escalate quickly if you evade issues or the truth about your feelings. Face the music so that you can move on without regret.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — If you open up about your plans, someone will offer a unique perspective that will help you add necessary final touches. Enjoy the limelight.

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world&nation WORLD Quest for Zika vaccine widens GENEVA/PARIS — The Zika virus could spread to Africa, Asia and southern Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as major French drugmaker Sanofi SA and others joined the race to create a vaccine.

A day after Genevabased WHO declared an international public health emergency due to Zika’s association with the birth defect microcephaly in Brazil, the United Nations agency said it had launched a global response unit to fight the mosquito-borne virus that is spreading rapidly in Latin America.

Babies born with microcephaly have abnormally small heads and improperly developed brains.

“Most important, we need to set up surveillance sites in low- and middle-income countries so that we can detect any change in the reporting patterns of microcephaly at an early stage,” Dr. Anthony Costello said in Geneva. Costello is WHO’s director for maternal, child and adolescent health.

GOP mainstream turns to Rubio

By Emily Flitter Reuters

RINDGE, N.H. — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, emerging from the first Republican nominating contest of the 2016 presidential election as the party’s leading mainstream candidate, faces a strong field of rival establishment figures in next week’s New Hampshire primary.

Rubio, 44, from Florida, came in third at Monday’s Iowa caucuses with 23 percent of the vote, making a stronger-than-expected finish and establishing himself as the alternative to frontrunners Ted Cruz, 45, and Donald Trump, 69.

Conservative Cruz won the caucuses with 28 percent, four points ahead of businessman Trump, whose campaign has been marked by such controversies as his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States and a pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Evangelical Christians helped Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas, to victory in Iowa, but he might struggle to win on Feb. 9 in New Hampshire where Republican voters have more secular and libertarian streaks.

Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said a recent hardening of Rubio’s position on immigration and the strength of his anti-abor-

PEOPLE Cosby faces new deposition in Calif. civil suit

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles Country Superior Court judge has ordered Bill Cosby to face a second deposition in a civil lawsuit brought against him by Judy Huth.

The tentative ruling came in a hearing on Tuesday.

Craig F. Karlan said that, while he is allowed to object to question from lawyers for Huth, he must appear for a half-day deposition by Feb. 29. Huth has accused Cosby of sexually assaulting her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974, when she was 15 years old.

Marco Rubio waves to supporters during the Rubio watch party at the Downtown MarHuth filed the lawsuit riott Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday. (Reuters/Dave Kaup) against Cosby in late 2014 as sexual assault allegations tion stance might cost him. election, and that I give the viewed him as the candidate against the comedian resurfaced. In October, Cosby “Running to the right to party the best chance not most likely to beat former was deposed in the case, win Iowa is going to be a just to unify our party but to Secretary of State Hillary and Huth’s lawyers sought hard sell here in New Hamp- grow it,” Rubio told ABC’s Clinton, should she be the another deposition. shire,” Graham, a supporter “Good Morning America” Democratic nominee.

Earlier on Tuesday, of Republican Jeb Bush, told show from Manchester, New Worries about such issues Reuters in Rindge.

Hampshire. as immigration and terrorism another Cosby accuser, The son of Cuban imRubio, a fluent Spanish have fueled the campaigns of model Chloe Goins, dropped her lawsuit against him, in migrants, Rubio said on speaker, hopes to win back Trump and Cruz. which she claimed that he Tuesday he was the candisome of the Latino vote the “We’ve seen a campaign date to unite the Republicans party lost in recent years as it that’s been characterized by sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008. at the Nov. 8 general electoughened its stance on imcandidates trying to exploit tion, when the party hopes migration. A foreign policy peoples’ fears and anxieties There is no explanation of why Goins dropped her suit to regain the White House hawk, Rubio advocates a and insecurities about the in federal court records. after Democratic President tough approach to Iran, the future.

And those candidates North Korea tells Barack Obama’s two fourIslamic State militant group ended up doing pretty well U.N. it plans year terms. and other U.S. foes. last night,” White House ‘Fault in Our Stars’ satellite launch “People realized on the Iowans who supported spokesman Josh Earnest told Republican side that we Rubio at the caucuses said reporters on Tuesday, speak- director to helm SEOUL/WASHINGTON King’s ‘Revival’ cannot afford — this country they responded to his relaing about the Republican — North Korea told U.N. cannot afford — to lose this tively positive message and field. agencies on Tuesday it plans LOS ANGELES — Josh to launch a satellite as early Boone is attached to direct as next week, a move that an adaptation of Stephen and the EPA’s Criminal could advance the country’s King’s “Revival,” sources Investigation Division, a long-range missile technolconfirmed to Variety. spokeswoman for the U.S. Punxsutawney ogy after its fourth nuclear Boone has already penned Attorney’s Office in Detroit test on Jan. 6. the script with Michael De said.

Phil predicts News of the planned Luca attached to produce.

A Federal Bureau of early spring launch between Feb. 8 and Investigation spokeswoman The film is currently not set Feb. 25 drew fresh U.S. calls PUNXSUTAWNEY, up at a studio, but sources said the agency was deterfor tougher U.N. sanctions Pa. — Punxsutawney Phil, mining if federal laws were indicate that Universal will already under discussion in the Pennsylvania groundhog broken, but declined further get a first look, since De response to North Korea’s renowned for his ability to comment. Also on Tuesday, Luca does have a production deal with the studio. nuclear test. State Departforecast the onset of spring, EPA Administrator Gina ment spokesman John Kirby did not see his shadow after Published in 2014, the McCarthy was meeting with said the United Nations book follows a preacher who emerging from his burrow officials and community Groundhog Club Vice President Jeff Lundy, left, shares leaders in Flint. loses his faith when his wife needed to “send the North on Tuesday morning, prePhil’s prediction with co-handler Ron Ploucha on Goband child are killed in an Koreans a swift, firm mesdicting an early spring.

The city, about 60 miles bler’s Knob on the 130th Groundhog Day in Punxsutawsage.” accident. He soon becomes Phil’s prediction came at northwest of Detroit, was ney, Pa., on Tuesday. (Reuters/Alan Freed) Pyongyang has said it obsessed in his experimentaabout 7:25 a.m. and was met under the control of a has a sovereign right to tion into the healing power congressional leaders, “I think that all eliwith cheers from a crowd of state-appointed emergency pursue a space program by of electrical current, posigible and qualified men and including the financial crisis manager when it switched thousands who participated launching rockets, although under a clear sky and 21-de- women should register for tioning him to act as Godin Puerto Rico and passage the source of its tap water the United States and other of the Trans-Pacific Partner- from Detroit’s system to the like faith healer. the draft,” General Robert gree temperatures in the governments worry that such folk tradition that has been ship, the White House said. Flint River in April 2014.

Neller, the commandant launches are missile tests in embraced by winter-weary The White House said of the Marine Corps, told Samantha Bee disguise.

Obama also discussed the a Senate Armed Services Americans for more than a Prosecutor: Teen debut to show opioid epidemic, cancer Committee hearing on century. research and criminal justice was stabbed in women in combat.

According to legend, if on five networks Rouhani invites reform with Republican General Mark Milley, Phil sees his shadow on case linked to U.S. firms to LOS ANGELES — SaHouse Speaker Paul Ryan Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, the the Army chief of staff, Va. Tech students mantha Bee’s new program, and Senate Majority Leader cold weather will not loosen also backed registration for invest in Iran The 13-year-old girl “Full Frontal,” is slated to air its grip on North America for women, although two other Mitch McConnell.

DUBAI — Iran has no on TBS. When it airs for the “The president is eager to whose abduction and witnesses, Navy Secretary six weeks. But if the mornproblem with U.S. compafirst time on Feb. 8, however, murder have been tied to see Congress take that acing is cloudy and no shadow Ray Mabus and Acting nies investing in its economy appears, spring-like weather Army Secretary Patrick it will also appear on TV nettion as soon as possible this two Virginia Tech students and creating joint ventures, Murphy, said only that there year,” White House spokes- appears to have been stabbed works such as TruTV, HLN, is supposedly around the President Hassan Rouhani man Josh Earnest said of the to death, a prosecutor said on Adult Swim and TNT as the should be a discussion of corner. said on Tuesday, and he Tuesday, citing a preliminary networks’ owner, Turner, The event, which typically legislation requiring women sweeping trade pact. tries to bring the comedienne called for foreign investment brings out 30,000 revelers autopsy report. to register for the Selective to the notice of a broader and diversification away Nicole Lovell of BlacksService. to the small, west-central FBI joins probe suite of potential viewers. from oil. burg, Virginia, where the It was the first time Neller Pennsylvania town, has of contamination university is located, died on The president said the lift- become a television staple at and Milley had publicly “Full Frontal with Samaning of sanctions last month tha Bee” will air Monday or about Jan. 27, the same in Flint water backed requiring women the beginning of one of the under a nuclear deal with day she went missing, Mont- nights at 10:30 p.m. on TBS, coldest months of the year in to register for the draft. followed immediately by WASHINGTON — The world powers would see gomery County prosecutor They spoke in response to a the U.S. Northeast.

Conan O’Brien’s late-night FBI is joining a criminal foreign investment turn Iran Mary Pettitt said at a news question from Democratic show, “Conan.” TBS bills investigation into lead into an exporter of manuconference in Blacksburg.

Generals: Women Senator Claire McCaskill, factured goods and ease the the show as a satirical take contaminated drinking water Lovell’s remains were who said she also believes should have to economy’s reliance on oil on weekly news that will in Flint, Michigan, explorfound about 90 miles away women should register. exports. also explore in-depth stories ing whether any laws were on Saturday in a heavily register for draft But he also took a swipe wooded, rural area in North that are more or less overObama highlights broken in a crisis that has at a hardline vetting body WASHINGTON — The captured international atten- Carolina, officials said. looked by traditional media five priorities in that has excluded many of top U.S. Marine Corps tion. outlets.

Pettitt said Virginia Tech his moderate allies from run- and Army generals said on Federal prosecutors in Turner is adopting a prostudent Natalie Keepers, 19, meeting with ning in two important elecTuesday that women should GOP leaders Michigan were working who previously was accused motional technique already tions in the Islamic Republic be required to register for with an investigative team embraced by rival Viacom, of helping to dispose of later this month, raising the WASHINGTON — U.S. that included the FBI, the the military draft, along with Lovell’s body, will now also which has aired flagship proprospect of political instabil- men, as the armed forces President Barack Obama U.S. Postal Inspection gramming such as the MTV face a charge of being an ity that would be of concern move toward integrating highlighted five legislative Service, the U.S. Environaccessory before the fact of a Video Music Awards across to would-be investors. them fully into combat posi- priorities in a meeting on mental Protection Agency’s first-degree murder. several of its holdings.

— From wire reports tions.

— From wire reports Tuesday with Republican Office of Inspector General, — From wire reports

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Sleep tight: Genome secrets could help beat the bedbug’s bite

By Will Dunham Reuters

WASHINGTON —They emerge from their hiding places at night, driven to slake their thirst for human blood. Vampires? No. Bedbugs!

These tiny insects have staged a global resurgence in the past two decades after being nearly eradicated in many regions, but scientists on Tuesday unveiled a complete genetic map of the

around the world, and they have increasingly become resistant to insecticides, making them harder bedbug that could guide efforts to to control,” American Museum foil the resilient parasite. of Natural History entomologist “This is an enormous new tool Louis Sorkin said. for researchers interested in conThe scientists identified genes trolling this pest,” said George responsible for their insecticide Amato, director of the Sackler In- resistance, genes involved in stitute for Comparative Genommitigating the traumatic effects ics at the American Museum of of their brand of copulation and Natural History in New York. anti-coagulant genes useful for “Bedbugs are now very an insect that makes blood its widespread in most major cities exclusive source of nutrients and

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water.

These genetic traits may present vulnerabilities that could be exploited with future insecticides. The genome also harbors numerous genes that originated in bacteria, including one that helps bedbugs metabolize vitamin B. This indicates antibiotics that target bacteria beneficial to bedbugs could be used to control the insects.

During mating, male bedbugs stab a V-shaped area of a female’s

abdomen with their sickle-shaped genitalia. Females possess genes that control a protein that makes that part of their anatomy stronger and better able to withstand this rough sex.

Adult bedbugs measure roughly a quarter inch and are reddish-brown. Their bites are not known to transmit disease but some people have very strong allergic reactions, Weill Cornell Medicine geneticist Christopher Mason said.

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The United States of Donald Trump “You wonder how these things begin.” — The Fantasticks In the beginning there was a combative media. Dating back to Colonial America, as Eric Burns has chronicled in his book, “Infamous Scribblers,” politicians and journalists have mostly had a love (for Democrats)-hate (for Republicans) relationship. It is television and the advent of the celebrity culture — from “TMZ” to “Entertainment Tonight,” to now even broadcast news — that has taken the process to new depths.

The first televised presidential debate in 1960 between Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon began the shift from substance to the superficial. As numerous journalism students have Cal been taught, people who listened on Thomas the radio thought Nixon had won on substance, but those who viewed the debate on TV decided Kennedy was the winner because he looked better than the perspiring, uncomfortable, five o’clock shadow Nixon.

There was a celebrity hiatus when Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater competed in 1964, because neither was telegenic and the Vietnam War topped all concerns. In 1980, Ronald Reagan solidified the necessity of looking good on TV against a mousy Jimmy Carter.

By 1992, when Bill Clinton ran against President George H.W. Bush, the celebrity culture had morphed from prominence to dominance. Clinton played saxophone on a late-night talk show.

In 2008, came the man with something for everyone. He was hip, he was cool, he was made for TV, he was African-American, and he had a multicultural name. For the left, Barack Obama had it all. And the media followed him around like a loyal pet, waiting for him to toss them treats.

Hope and change was all they needed to hear. The fundamental transformation of America sounded good, but lacked specifics.

Few seemed to care, including journalists who should have.

What we used to refer to as “morals” have also been transformed in our celebrity culture into the meaningless word “tolerance.” Truth has been sacrificed on the altar of tolerance.

Everyone is now free to believe anything and everything, as long as it makes them feel good about themselves. Who are we to judge what used to be called “sin”? Character matters very little, as long as I get mine.

There was a time when a divorced man would not think of running for president, much less believe voters would support him.

Yes, there were presidents, including Kennedy and Johnson, who had extramarital affairs, but the press mostly ignored or covered up for them. And then in 1992 a known philanderer was elected president. He would have sex with an intern and ultimately be impeached. No matter, his approval rating remained high until recently.

Which brings us to 2016 and Donald Trump. If Ronald Reagan was the “Teflon president,” Donald Trump is the man of steel.

Is there a substance equal to kryptonite that could bring Trump down? If there is, it has yet to be found. Trump’s language, lifestyle, morals, religious vacuum and viciousness against people he doesn’t like — along with numerous other character flaws — might very well lead to an expansion of the Seven Deadly Sins.

That his rabid followers — especially and curiously evangelical Christians — continue to kiss his feet says more about them than about him.

Electing a celebrity/businessman president would be the final verdict on what the scripture Trump claims to love, but apparently doesn’t read, calls a “wicked and adulterous generation.”

If, as the cliche says, we get the leadership we deserve, the fault lies within us, not him.

Trump is right about one thing. The public is sick of traditional politicians who make promises but don’t deliver, while driving up the debt and lining their pockets. But whose fault is that? Ultimately it’s the voters’ fault, because they are the ones who put them in office, demanding more from government than it can, or should, deliver and demanding too little of themselves.

Welcome to the United States of Trump.

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

Wesleyan’s Vet Club an example of the impact of inspiring leaders On Friday, the Daily Post featured an article about the Vet Club at the Wesleyan School. A unique concept, the Vet Club piqued my interest not only for what it offers — giving students the chance to perform actual surgeries on animals — but who offers, or more accurately, who leads the group.

Education reporter Keith Farner did a nice job of illustrating the popularity of the club as well as the popularity of the man responsible for it. That man is Dr. William G. Gholston, though the full moniker is too formal for the club.

They mostly call him Skipper, Dr. G or just G. But don’t take the casual way they address him for a lack of respect.

The students have tons of that, which is evident by the fact that Vet Club is the most popular club at the school. About 20 students participate in it, but there is a waiting list that stretches to 100.

People want to be part of the club, which makes sense due to the unique opportunities it offers. Everything from working on rabbits, chickens and dogs to occassional trips to Gholston’s horse farm in

as a career, a lot about empathy and care-giving. It also makes a huge impact on those who are thinking about a medical career.

Said junior Charis Thompson: “I knew I wanted to do something in medicine, but Dr. G’s really influenced me to want to be a vet and get into that. … This has defiTodd Cline nitely given me a good idea what Editor it’s going to be like.”

For his part, Gholston says he Dahlonega, where surgeries are likes that the students aren’t easily often performed. scared off by the different proceThe club works with Build an dures he asks them to perform.

Ark Resuce and Save the Horses. “They haven’t learned to be afraid Said Gholston: “We fix as many yet,” he says, and that lack of fear as we can, and they find homes works to their benefit. “Some of for these animals.” these kids can do surgery better It’s a noble pursuit, performing than new graduates right out of the twin duties of teaching stuvet school.” dents while helping animals. But Fearlessness is only part of the what makes this club, or any other reason. A big part is the direction endeavor that gets this type of buy Gholston provides, and maybe in, is the leadership Gholston pro- even more so the comfortable vides. The kids are drawn to him way in which he relates to the and his teaching, which makes students. And that’s a trait that this club an important part of the should be lauded wherever it is school despite merely being an demonstrated. extracurricular activity.

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Official says ‘Georgia has one of the strongest markets for recycled glass in the nation’

over-quality approach when it comes to recycling. Cities adopted single-stream recycling where recyclables where mixed together. Today homeowners are placing a large amount of contamination in their bins (no one is auditing the loads) and contamination levels have increased. ContaminaAs the largest glass recycler in Georgia, I tion is now up to 50 percent. find the story (“The fate of recycling glass: Glass recyclers have been forced to take Venues still processing bottles, jars, Jan. 31, this lower quality material and we imple1C) to be very inaccurate. mented a pricing strategy that ties the price Georgia has pursued a convenienceof glass to the quality we receive. Prices are lowered as more garbage is received and this has been misrepresented as inadequate markets.

Georgia has one of the strongest markets for recycled glass in the nation. The container and fiberglass industries have many plants throughout Georgia — with two in the Atlanta area. Manufacturers have to routinely import glass from other

regions of the country to meet demand, and they are looking for more glass.

Glass is being penalized because of the inefficiencies of the collection systems.

Discontinuing glass will shift the cost from recycling to landfill.

Glass recycling is highly popular as it can be recycled over and over again. Recycling glass saves natural resources, lowers energy consumption, lowers air emissions and creates jobs. And yes, glass is inert and as such provides a package that will not pollute the nation’s waterways and oceans.

— Curt Bucey Executive Vice President, Strategic Materials, Inc. (SMI has plants in College Park and Ben Hill, Ga.)

Consumers choosing glass are making a healthy decision As president of the Glass Packaging Institute, I want to address the inaccuracies about glass recycling markets as described in the story (“The fate of recycling glass: venues still processing bottles, jars grow scarce,” Jan. 31, 1C).

While recycled glass markets nationally remain strong, rising contamination in the single-stream recycling bin raises costs

and impacts quality. Georgia has two glass container manufacturing plants and three fiberglass producers.

In 2015, the glass container manufacturing industry purchased 2.4 million tons of recycled glass for remelting into new containers. Residents want to recycle their glass bottles and jars and expect cities and counties to continue providing glass recycling as an option for them.

Keeping glass in the recycling mix, which is on average 25 percent of the total weight of the recycling stream, also helps put communities closer to achieving their solid waste reduction and recycling goals.

According to the EPA, 34 percent of all glass is recycled. The average recycled content for glass food and beverage containers is 33 percent, and manufacturers can use as much as 95 percent of recycled glass to make new bottles and jars.

Consumers choosing glass are making a healthy and sound environmental decision, and reducing ocean litter. The Glass Packaging Institute and its member companies have a long and strong investment in ensuring glass containers, which are 100 percent and endlessly recyclable, can be recycled and used in the manufacture of new glass bottles and jars or other uses.

We hope Georgia communities will work with us to help do that. ­— Lynn Bragg Glass Packaging Institute Arlington, Va.

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Lee Brown Lee Brown age 47 of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2016. Lee was preceded in death by his father, Milton Junius Brown. He is survived by his wife of 19 years, Carol Brown of Lawrenceville, GA; daughter and son in law, Heather and Josh Brown of Social Circle, GA; grandchildren, Georgia and David Brown; mother, Edith Andrews of Buford, GA; sister, Darlene Shuler (Robert Lee, Jr,) of Buford, GA; brothers, Bradley Brown of Phoenix, AZ; Mike Bennett (Carrie) of Snellville, GA, Clint Foreman (Kristi) of Lawrenceville, GA and Edwin Morales (Audra) Lawrenceville, GA. Lee was a graduate of Berkmar High School, class of 1987. He worked in the Automotive Repair Industry since the late 1990’s, most recently with Akins Ford in Winder, GA. He loved farm work and was an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He was a longtime member of the Juliette Hunting Club. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Tom M. Wages, Snellville Chapel.

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Mrs. Buckley was born January 9, 1953 in Pittsfield, Mass. 1971 graduate of Niskayuna High School in New York. 1975 graduate of Keuka College with a Bachelors Degree in Biology. She loved painting artworks, horses, dogs and plants, the outdoor activities. Memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. until time of service on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Diabetes Foundation or Longstreet Cancer Center in Gainesville, GA 30501.

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Gina Hanvey Ms. Gina Lee Hanvey, age 52, of Winder died January 29, 2016.

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Kenneth Garrett Kenneth Garrett, age 42, of Monroe passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

Carrie Kelley Carrie Diann Kelley, age 64 of Covington, GA passed away January 31, 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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Steven Griffin Steven Griffin, age 66 of Loganville, GA, passed away on January 25, 2016. Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. 770-962-3100.

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Mary Komora Mary Rose Perna Komora, age 90, of Norcross, Georgia passed away peacefully on January 23, 2016. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914.

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Jill Hamner Jill Hamner, age 52, of Winder, GA passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2016. She is survived by her husband of twenty-five years, Michael D. Hamner, Winder, GA; children, Jennifer Anderson, Cartersville, GA and Jonathan Anderson, Monroe, GA; three grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Korstad, Woodstock, GA and Marilee Harding, Memphis, TN; brothers, Kevin James, New York, Gary James, Mableton, GA and Rick James Cartersville, GA; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mrs. Hamner was born July 14, 1963 in Illinois.

She was employed with Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, GA as a unit secretary for fifteen years. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home with Chaplain Chuck Christie officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, February 6, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. until time of service.

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

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Dennis Lane Dennis Lane, 68, of Duluth, GA died January 30, 2016. Funeral services will be held Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Bill Head Funeral Homes Duluth Chapel. Burial will follow at Duluth City Cemetery.

Mr. Lane was a member of the Duluth Masonic Lodge #480 F&AM, the Scottish Rite, and the Gwinnett Shriners.

He is survived by his wife, Vicky Corley Lane of Duluth, GA; son, Michael (Jackie) Lane of Indianapolis, IN; daughter, Shanna Gugliotta of Coral Springs, FL; brothers-inlaw, Ed (Joyce) Corley, Mike (Pam) Corley; sisterin-law, Nancy (Larry) Rich all of Duluth, GA; four grandchildren; nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

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

In lieu of flowers please make contributions to the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, 1001 Johnson Ferry Rd., NE, Atlanta, GA 303421605 (404)785-5437 www.giving.choa.org or the Masonic Children’s Home of Georgia, PO Box 4665, Macon, GA 31208 (478)738-3972.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, February 3, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Bill Head Funeral Homes & Crematory Duluth Chapel (770)476-2535.

LOGANVILLE

Engracia O’Donoghue Engracia “Grace” O’Donoghue, age 66 of Loganville, GA passed away January 30, 2016.

Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

WINDER

Shirley Peters Mrs. Shirley C. Peters, age 66, of Winder died January 30, 2016.

HOSCHTON

James Ruberti Mr. James “Jim” Ruberti, age 71, of Hoschton passed away Saturday, January 30, 2016.

GAINESVILLE

Oscar Salmeron

Mrs. Kate King Martin, age 89, of Jefferson, Georgia who entered into rest Sunday, January 31, 2016.

NORCROSS

Donna McDermott Donna McDermott age 64 of Norcross passed away Sunday January 17, 2016. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914.

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NORCROSS LOGANVILLE

Catherine Floyd Catherine “Kitty” Moulder Floyd age 90 of Lawrenceville, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2016. A funeral service will be held at 12:00 PM, Thursday, February 4, 2016, in the Norcross Chapel of Crowell Brothers Funeral Home, with Rev. Don Pressley officiating.

Entombment will follow at Peachtree Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends 2 hours before the service. Kitty was born on March 12, 1925 in Lawrenceville to Bertha and Conrad Moulder.

She grew up in Stone Mountain and graduated from Stone Mountain High School. She worked for the Federal Reserve Bank until marriage to Charles Edward Floyd, was a sales associate with Rich’s Lenox Square for 20 years. She was also a longtime member of Brookhaven Baptist Church and Berkley Hills Country Club. Kitty was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Ed; parents; and sister, Montine Waters. She is survived by her son, Mike Floyd, Cumming; daughter & son-in-law, Sandy & Sandy Jernigan, Tucker; grandchildren, Lisa & Mark Winter; Michael & Jennifer Floyd; Michelle & Mark Schlotzhauer; Keith & Julia Jernigan; Karen & Ben Merrill; Hannah Floyd, Harrison Floyd, and Hunter Floyd; 12 great grandchildren; sisters, Frances Hicks and Betty Hunt. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made Brookhaven Baptist Church, 1294 N. Druid

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Peggy Farmer, age 86 of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on February 2, 2016. Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. 770-962-3100.

Please leave online condolences at stewartfh.com

Lillian Leathers Lillian Leathers age 93 of Lawrenceville passed away Saturday January 23, 2016. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914.

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Paul McGregor Paul R. McGregor, age 66 of Loganville, passed away on January 31, 2016.

Funeral Services will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, February 6, 2016 in the Loganville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home.

Chaplain Pat Buchanan will officiate. Mr. McGregor was preceded in death by his first wife, Susie McGregor. He is survived by his Wife, Sherry McGregor; Children: Trevor & Julie McGregor of Lawrenceville; David & Lily McGregor of Cumming; Michael McGregor & Rita Malone of Dallas; Step Daughters: Denise & Michael Babb of Chester, SC; Kristy & Frank Norris of Carnesville; Brothers: Dan McGregor of Williamsburg, VA; David McGregor of Kodak, TN; Half Sister: Susan Dickey of Loganville; Grandchildren: Emily McGregor, Hudson McGregor, Lauren Emmons, Daniel Babb, Kayla Vickery, Samantha Babb, Benjamin Norris; 6 Great Grandchildren; Lifelong Friends: Jack Frost & Chuck Nist; and Several Nieces & Nephews. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the American Legion Post 233 in Loganville. The family will receive friends from 4 - 9 PM on Friday, February 5, 2016 at the Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 670 Tom Brewer Road, Loganville, GA 30052.

770-466-1544. Please sign the online guest registry at www.stewartfh.com.

Oscar Salmeron, age 57 of Gainesville, GA, passed away on January 25, 2016.

Crowell Brothers Funeral Home and Crematory, 201 Morningside Drive/ PO Box 2434, Buford, GA 30518. 770-945-9999.

Please sign the online guest book at www.crowellbrothers.com

LILBURN

Martha Schoolcraft Martha Schoolcraft age 69 of Lilburn passed away Friday January 29, 2016. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914.

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TUCKER

Katherine Severns Katherine (Kaye) Severns, age 80 of Tucker passed away Saturday January 30, 2016. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914.

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BUFORD

James Stewart, Jr. James A. “Jim” Stewart, Jr., age 31, of Buford, GA passed away on February 1, 2016. Arrangements by: Junior E. Flanigan, Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford, GA (770) 932-1133.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Roy Stringer Roy G. Stringer, age 82 of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on January 29, 2016. Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. 770-962-3100.

Please leave online condolences at stewartfh.com

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Keith Teal

Ka Wu Mok Ka Wu Mok age 91 passed away Friday January 29, 2016. Georgia Cremation 3116 U.S. Highway 23 Duluth, Georgia 30096. 678-584-0914.

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Keith Teal, age 60 of Winder, passed away January 31, 2016.

LAWRENCEVILLE

Freddie Wingate Freddie Wingate, age 74 of Lawrenceville, GA passed away January 31, 2016. Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 770-277-4550. www.wagesandsons.com

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ments to the district. The money will come from the was put together by Pond 2014 SPLOST fund. and Company for the CID, The studies have already was unveiled last fall and been kicked off, Allen said, immediately drew interest and the CID hired AECOM from county commissionto conduct the intersection ers. They also said at the study, and TSW Planning same time, however, that to do the green corridor the high price tag — an study. The goal is to have estimated $85 million to each study completed do everything — caused by sometime early this hesitance to give it a full summer, if not in the late green light. spring, he added.

Even the money apThe studies will end up proved for the studies on looking at two of the bigTuesday was limited to gest construction projects paying only for profesin the initial master plan sional services that are concept for ACTivate needed to conduct the Gwinnett Place. One is study, and even then it is in the massive traffic circle, concert with funding from which would be similar to the CID. a roundabout, with a small The county’s contribupark in its center. It’s a tions to the studies include complicated and radical $25,000 for the intersecchange for that intersection improvement study, tion, and Allen has said in while the CID is paythe past that it might be too ing $64,128 of its cost. difficult to do.

Meanwhile, the county He repeated those sentiwill spend $50,000 for ments on Tuesday. the green corridor study, “It’s an idea, but can it compared to $48,500 from be done? Is it feasible? Is it the CID. realistic,” Allen said.

County documents show The other proposed the county will make its construction project, which contributions to the studies will likely be looked at as in the form of reimbursepart of the green corri-

dor study, is a pedestrian bridge that people walking along the trail would use to safely cross Satellite Boulevard by the mall.

Allen said the full corridor would wind from Satellite Boulevard, to Commerce Avenue and then over to the park.

The study will also look at the scope of a proposed, tree-lined grand promenade gathering spot next to the mall as part of its look at the green corridor.

“What Pond put together, for example, for McDaniel Farm Park (in the master plan) for the connectivity — is that the right place? We don’t know,” Allen said.

Gwinnett Place officials are moving forward with other parts of the master plan that don’t require additional studies, though.

Allen said the CID is looking for a designer to come up with plans for streetscaping and improvements on Gwinnett Place Drive and Mall Boulevard.

Allen said funding for construction has not been put in place yet, but the CID is getting its ducks in

a row so it can be ready to go when it seeks that funding.

“We’re going to go ahead with design so we

can say, ‘Hey, here it is,’” Allen said. “These other two (the intersection traffic and the green corridor) are going to be a lot more

Spark

•From Page 1A Spark Prize Gwinnett aims to recognize innovators who are creating cutting-edge human care solutions to some of the toughest issues surrounding income, education, health, hunger and homelessness.

“Our goal is to award agencies and innovation partners with grants and capacity building supports with new projects and initiatives to improve human care conditions for Gwinnett residents,” DePriest Waddy, Regional Director at United Way of Greater Atlanta, said in a news release. “Spark Prize Gwinnett is a wonderful opportunity for us to partner with great organizations and donors to fund some new and innovative approaches to serve Gwinnettians who need a hand up — not a handout.”

Finalists will be chosen April 1 from video submissions, which are due by March 1. Similar to the popular TV show “Shark Tank,” finalists will then

pitch their ideas to a panel of judges during a live event held April 28 at the Primerica campus in Duluth.

The 2015 Spark Prize Atlanta winner, Jamie Lackey of Helping Mamas, was able to launch an innovative idea to provide baby supplies to mothers in crisis.

“Winning the United Way Spark Prize was a game changer for Helping Mamas. It helped launch us into a pattern of success,” Lackey said in a release. “Prior to the Spark Prize, we had seven partner agencies and served 200 children. Since winning the Spark Prize, we have grown to 27 partner agencies and serve over 2,000 children.

With United Way’s partnership with our agency, we have been able to secure additional funding and support to help our agency grow.”

Spark Prize applicants must either be located in Gwinnett and serving Gwinnett residents or located in metro Atlanta and serving Gwinnett residents.

All applicants must be a

501(c)(3) nonprofit or community group that has an affiliation with a registered 501(c)(3) that will serve as its fiscal agent.

Interested applicants can learn more about the event and application process during information sessions held by United Way. There will be four one-hour sessions for interested applicants leading up to the March 1 video submission deadline.

There will be a conference call at 9 a.m. Thursday and informational webinar sessions at 4 p.m. Feb. 9 and at 9 a.m. Feb. 19. There will also be an information session at noon Feb. 22 at the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce located at 6500 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth.

Interested applicants can email tchristian@unitedway.org to RSVP for a session.

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SUPER SIX

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Sophia Strickland, part of this year’s tennis Super Six, is eying the records her older sister set at Wesleyan. (Photos: Kyle Hess)

Wolves’ Strickland looks to leave her mark

By Paul Thomas • paul.thomas@gwinnettdailypost.com Like most younger sisters, Sophia Strickland wanted to follow in her big sister Savannah’s footsteps when she started playing tennis.

The two sisters first started playing for fun on family vacations in North Florida. Fast-forward and now Savannah — a freshman student at Auburn — holds three Wesleyan school records and Sophia, a two-time Daily Post Super Six selection, is eyeing those re-

do everything my sister did. So I played ALTA recreationally for a few years The Daily Post’s 2016 boys and girls and then I guess I started getting more Super Six, 4B serious when I was about 12. I started cords down as a senior for the Wolves. playing more tournaments and stuff and “We used to go down to Amelia Isthen started getting very serious about land (Fla.) — we still go down there at it and now I’m playing in college.” the beach — and we would just play for Sophia is verbally committed to playfun,” Sophia said. “My sister got really ing for Johns Hopkins — where her in to it and started playing a lot. So, of father played basketball in college — course, being the younger sister I had to next season. She’s entering her fourth MORE INSIDE

season as the No. 1 singles player for Wesleyan, including last season when she went 17-2 overall and helped the Wolves win the Class AA state championship over Lovett.

Tennisrecruiting.net ranks her a three-star prospect and the 11th-best senior in the state of Georgia.

“I got to see her last year at the tail See STRICKLAND, Page 4B

Wesleyan girls’ Pats run past Dacula in 2nd half streak snapped

setting up a possible showdown with the Generals for the No. 1 tournament seed if the Patriots can take care DACULA — Someof Parkview tonight.

“Well, we’ve got times it’s difficult to find a Parkview (tonight), and specific turning point of a basketball game, but in the that’s what we’re focused Region 8-AAAAAA boys on,” Berkmar coach Greg Phillips said. “In this game between co-leaders region, if you don’t take Berkmar and Dacula, it care of your business each was quite easy. individual night, the next The Patriots’ 10-2 run one means nothing. over the final 2:22 of the “(Dacula is) a great team third quarter opened the with great players, but floodgates in the fourth we just did a better job of quarter as Berkmar broke open a close game to cruise making their shot attempts tougher in the second half.” home in the final five Early on, shots didn’t minutes for a 66-46 victory seem that tough for the host Tuesday night at Dacula.

Al Durham scored 11 of Falcons (17-6, 10-4), who scored the first 10 points his 18 points in the final of the game — four each 10 minutes of the game from Derek St. Hilaire and Berkmar’s Leroy Jones IV (4) drives against Dacula’s as Berkmar (16-7, 11-3) Demari Edwards (23) during Tuesday’s game. (Photo: maintained its share of the Craig Cappy) See BERKMAR, Page 7B region lead with Shiloh,

By David Friedlander

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No. 1 Wolves falter late in loss

By Guy Curtright Staff Correspondent

PEACHTREE CORNERS — Until the fourth quarter, the Wesleyan girls were able to compensate for their poor 3-point inaccuracy with perfect foul shooting.

At crunch time, though, the Wolves couldn’t finish in heavy traffic inside against Holy Innocents’ and that proved costly Tuesday night at Yancey Gymnasium.

“We’re going to get out the football pads in practice, hit some and get used to making shots with

contact,” Wesleyan coach Jan Azar said. “We’ve got to finish.”

Up by 10 points early in the third quarter, visiting Holy Innocents’ rallied behind 10 fourth-quarter points from junior Shai Blanding for a 57-54 Region 6-AA victory that snapped Wesleyan’s 12game winning streak.

Blanding’s basket put Holy Innocents’ up at 49-48 with less than three minutes remaining, and the Golden Bears added the next five points for a sixpoint cushion.

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SUPER BOWL 50 Denver vs. Carolina • Sunday, 6:30 p.m. (CBS)

Broncos’ offensive line will be in attack mode

By Jeff Reynolds The Sports Xchange

SANTA CLARA, Calif.

— Two great defenses and star quarterbacks are the talk of the town. But it is reasonable to hypothesize that the Denver Broncos’ offensive line could determine the outcome of Super Bowl 50.

With the same mindset two years ago in Newark, N.J., the opening snap of Super Bowl XLVIII sailed past quarterback Peyton Manning for a safety and the floodgates never closed in a 43-8 rout at the hands of the Seattle Seahawks.

“I’m not going to lie, it still leaves a sour taste in my mouth,” Broncos right guard Louis Vasquez said.

“We just use it as motivation and roll it over to Sunday. Hopefully it turns out better for us.”

The Panthers lead the league in takeaways and are plus-29 in turnover margin.

The heart of their defense, tackles Star Lotulelei and Pro Bowler Kawann Short and middle linebacker Luke Kuechly, became a virtual Bermuda triangle for running backs.

Denver’s most successful runs this season were to the left side, behind guard Evan Mathis and a rotating crew at left tackle, where Ryan Clady and his replacement, rookie Ty Sambrailo, had been starters before landing on injured reserve.

Ryan Harris will start at left tackle Sunday next to Mathis. Denver will mix formations but offensive coordinator Rick Dennison

Denver quarterback Peyton Manning (18) comes onto the field along side linemen Matt Paradis (61), Max Garcia (73), a Norcross grad, and Tyler Polumbus (76) during a game earlier this season in Denver. (Photo: Ron Chenoy/ USA Today Sports)

wants to run downhill — attack and not be attacked — rather than going to the edges, where the Panthers’ fleet of speedy linebackers stands out.

“We’ve just got to make sure we try everything or we attack every part to make the defense cover everything,” Dennison said.

“That’s the biggest thing.

If we run the ball decent, they’ve got to honor that and get somebody else up in there. Then, that gives you a chance to throw the ball, play action and do the things we like to do. Ours is to keep the down and distance manageable and keep moving the chains.”

Tight end Owen Daniels, coming off of a two-touchdown game, and Manning certainly took meticulous notes of teams attacking the center of the field against the Panthers.

Manning has played Panthers strong safety Roman Harper in the Super

Bowl before — Harper was with the victorious Saints at the time — and to offset some of the playmaking in the middle of the field from Carolina, Daniels hinted that Vernon Davis — who has one catch since being acquired from the 49ers in October — and Virgil Green could all join him on the field in two- and three-tight end packages.

“We’ve got to try and counteract these guys,” said Harper, whose game is playing a sledgehammer role, as teams have often tried to isolate him in coverage to exploit his weakness. “We’ve got to make them uncomfortable and make them react to us and not dictate to what we’re trying to do.”

The use of jumbo packages would underscore the importance the Broncos are putting on winning at the line of scrimmage.

It’s also a blatant extension of president and gen-

eral manager John Elway’s charge to be more physical, and finish. Elway is the last Denver quarterback to win the Super Bowl, and did it with then All-Pro running back Terrell Davis playing the starring role.

“Why wouldn’t you want it to be?” running back C.J. Anderson said of the plan to be more physical and run the ball effectively. “But at the end of the day we still know who plays quarterback. It won’t shock me not one bit (if) Peyton goes out there and plays the best game of his life and be the Peyton Manning that we’ve all seen so that wouldn’t shock me either.”

One of the key battles in the trenches looks like a mismatch using the historical tale of the tape measures — Broncos secondyear center Matt Paradis, a sixth-round pick in 2014, at 6-2, 295 pounds, against a pair of double-team wrecking defensive tackles for the Panthers. Lotulelei was a first-round pick in 2013 and Short was a secondrounder in the same draft.

Short is 315 and has been described as a “rolling ball of butcher knives,” because of his quick and powerful hands plus lateral agility.

Lotulelei is listed at 320 and while he has the game and surprising quickness of Lions defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, the program

weight of 320 was likely a few porterhouses ago.

Paradis has spent extra time with Manning — as is custom with the team prepares in Englewood.

Colo., for any game — to be prepared for anything that might come. But as is the Idahoans’ personality, Paradis doesn’t intend to wait for the Panthers to set the tempo.

“I like to play with a nasty edge,” Paradis said.

“You’ve got to be smart with it at the same time.

It’s great to be known by being able to do that.”

He did not have his best games when facing the NFL’s elite interior linemen, and Short is in that group based on his play this season. But with lessons learned throughout the season, Paradis said execution — as a collective line and individually — is finally where it needs to be.

“They’ve got some great D-tackles, but like (we) said we’ve gone against a lot of great D-tackles this year,” Paradis said. “We played the Bengals, the Patriots, the Chiefs and all those guys. We’ve played a lot of D-tackles and these guys are right up there too.

It’ll be a good challenge and I’m looking forward to it.”

The Panthers are prepared to see anything from the Manning, the master of gesturing with signals and verbalized checks and

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audible play calls — some real, some designed to test the Panthers’ reaction.

“I think he is probably one of the best guys at the line of scrimmage who has been around it a long time,” Kuechly said. “He can switch stuff and get them into plays that allow them to be successful. He sees defenses and knows where he is going to run the ball and where he is going to throw it. We have to be on top of our game because we know he is going to be on top of his. We will have a good plan.”

Teams were successful preying on the Panthers’ aggressiveness. Defensive coordinator Sean McDermott — a discipline of late Eagles coordinator Jim Johnson, known for his blitz packages and a native of Omaha, one of Manning’s favorite presnap bellows — would rather land a knockout punch than throw jabs all game. Manning, the Broncos know, is one of the game’s best at throwing counter punches.

“They’re fast. They’re big. They’re physical. They gang-tackle,” Vasquez said.

“It’s going to be tough for us. We’ve got our hands full, but if we can establish the run game and keep Peyton clean, I think we’ll have a good day on offense.”

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6:30 p.m. — St. John’s at Xavier FS1 7 p.m. — Notre Dame at Miami ESPN2 7 p.m. — Boston College at Virginia FSSO 8:30 p.m. — Marquette at Seton Hall FS1 9 p.m. — Kansas State at Kansas ESPN2

NBA

7 p.m. — Atlanta at Philadelphia FSSE 8 p.m. — Golden State at Washington Wizards ESPN 10:30 p.m. — Minnesota at L.A. Clippers ESPN

NHL

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Sports Calendar DIVING

Ongoing through Feb. 28: SpringDogs Springboard Diving of Gwinnett is accepting registration for training at three Gwinnett aquatic centers — Collins Hill, Mountain Park and West Gwinnett. Sessions are open to ages 8 and up and no knowledge of springboard diving is required. Cost is $75 for the first round of training and a $14 AAU registration fee also is required. Sessions at Collins Hill are 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays (from Feb. 29-March 7) and Wednesdays (March 3-31). Sessions at Mountain Park are from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays (Feb. 29-March 28) and Wednesdays (March 3-30).

Sessions at West Gwinnett are 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays (March 1-29) and Thursdays (March 3-31), as well as beginner training Thursdays (March 3-31) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more diving dates, times, pricing and club information, go to www.gwinnettcounty.com/ Aquatics or www.springboarddogs.com

RUNNING

Feb. 6: Stampede in the Park, a 5K rail run at Yellow River Park, will be held to benefit the Meadowcreek High cross country program, as well as the soccer program. The run begins near the pavilion

and heads toward a narrow trail system that follows the scenic Yellow River.

The 5K begins at 8 a.m. followed by a one-mile fun run/walk at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $25 for the 5K or $20 for the fun run. Race-day registration also is available for $35. Registration is available at active.com and more information is at stampedeinthepark.wix. com/5k1krunrun.

FOOTBALL

Ongoing through March 1: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett County is accepting registration for its spring season, which begins in March.

The flag football league hosts games and practices, which are on the same day, at Gary Pirkle Park, Rhodes Jordan Park and Discovery High School.

Register online at www. i9sports.com or call 678472-2142.

SOCCER

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

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Mangram Bros. reunite at UMass as well.

By Paul Thomas

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Mercer picks up a steal Mercer picked up Buford leading-rusher perhaps one of the steals Martin Mangram ended his of the 2016 recruiting recruitment on Saturday. class on Saturday when it The 5-foot-11, 180-pound received a verbal comtwo-way player will join mitment from Mill Creek his brother — Brandon linebacker Sidney Otiwu.

Mangram — at the UniverOtiwu had 102 tackles, sity of Massachusetts. four sacks and four interceptions this season for the Martin Mangram ran for Hawks. He chose the Bears 810 yards and 25 touchover offers from Georgia downs for the Wolves this Southern, Miami (Ohio), season. On defense he had Iowa State and Navy 22 tackles. For the MinuteBuford’s Martin Mangram will join his brother at the Uni- among others. men, he will play cornerversity of Massachusetts this fall. (File Photo) “Excited to announce that back.

I am officially committed The three-star prospect to Mercer University,” the chose UMass over offers other campus when we five sacks on defense as a 6-foot. 205-pound linefrom Syracuse, Wake For- would attend his games, so defensive end. backer wrote on his Twitter est, Northwestern, Illinois I already had a good idea He’ll play tight end at page. “Thank God for evand Iowa State among by the time of my commit- West Point. erybody that supported me.” several others. ment of what UMass was “Army is just so presti“UMass really wanted all about,” he said. “Also, gious academically and it Extra points the most at the position the chance of playing just seemed like a great fit Grayson running back I want to play,” he said. along side of him as I did for me,” Auer said of his Cameryn Brent announced “I feel the most comfortin high school is very rare decision. able around the coaches, for any brothers.

A fellow Buford senior, on Monday he would attend Holmes Community players and campus. Also, offensive lineman Cooper College in Mississippi UMass has a great engiAuer pledges to Army Simpson, also is verbally for his first year of colneering program that I’m Mangram wasn’t the committed to play for lege. He had been verbally looking to major in.” only Buford Wolf to make Army. The chance to play The Mangram brothers a commitment over the with Simpson again in col- committed to Valdosta State. ... Brookwood wide played together at Buford weekend. Fellow two-way lege was a draw for Auer, and will both be in the sec- star Caleb Auer anbut not the deciding factor. receiver Dorian Miles anondary for UMass. Brannounced on Monday that “The decision had some nounced he has flipped his verbal commitment from don Mangram was redshirt he will sign with Army on to do with Cooper but I Western Carolina to Kendefensive back this season. Wednesday. really made the decision Martin Mangram said The 6-foot-3, 240-pound based off what was best for nesaw State on Sunday. ...

Grayson freshman Allhaving his older brother Auer had offers form Air me not him,” Auer said.

American linebacker Owen already on campus cerForce, Mercer and Citadel Defensive backs Alex Pappoe picked up his tainly played a part in his as well. For Buford this Rowe of Greater Atlanta 21st scholarship offer this commitment to UMass. season he had one touchChristian and Chris Skyweekend during an unof“It allowed me to visit down reception on ofers of South Gwinnett are ficial visit to Alabama. the campus more than any fense as a tight end and committed to West Point

Coaches honor best in swimming, diving From Staff Reports The Gwinnett County Public Schools Swimming and Diving Booster Club recently selected its swimmers and divers for the month of December.

Each GCPS school had one boy and one girl named to the list. Those selections are as follows: Archer: Conner Tate,

Hannah Mahaffey Berkmar: Jesus Cortes, Annalee Hernandez-Cruz Brookwood: Jacob Rees, Erin Scott Central Gwinnett: Anthony Muralles, Irene Corona Collins Hill: Kell Waddell, Reagan Balog Dacula: Chris Larkins, Hannah Jaeger Discovery: Brandon

Rosillo Lara, Anna Findley Duluth: Jimmy Fung, Rebecca Erwin Grayson: Manuel Myrick, Hattie Hunter Lanier: Tyler Cummings, Amanda Rodriguez Meadowcreek: Joel Ordonez, Karmina Gutlay Mill Creek: Parker Myers, Bailey Williams Mountain View: Xzavier Reiter, Amanda Flatt

Norcross: Preston Schaefer, Gracie Harrell North Gwinnett: Matt Shelton, Chantal Jordan Parkview: Jacob Finco, Kelsey Halls Peachtree Ridge: Tristan Sumpter, Grecia Alvarado Shiloh: Cristopher Jones, Crystal Locke South Gwinnett: David Onyeanula, Aliyah Berry

IN BRIEF

Mill Creek’s Sharpe commits to Clemson baseball program

Mill Creek sophomore Davis Sharpe has made a commitment to the Clemson baseball program. He is the son of Duffie and Laura Sharpe.

Sharpe, a right-handed pitcher and infielder, is the fifth underclass commitment for new Clemson head coach Monte Lee.

decision, 113), Jack Barber (decision, 145), Cooper Roberts (pin, 152), Jack Ness (major decision, 195) and D.J. Pinkard (decision, 285).

The Wolves also got runner-up finishes from Ethan Ceran (132), Trent Ferguson (138) and Tristan Bozian (160) and third-place showings from Alcien Mendoza (126) and Quentin Skinner (220).

GAC’s Harris to sign with Lipscomb

Greater Atlanta Christian senior Bennie Harris will sign with the Lipscomb University (Tenn.) men’s soccer program today.

Dacula sophomore Bradley Dunham broke the school Harris helped the Spartans to a Class AA state chamrecord in the 500-yard freestyle with his runner-up finish pionship last season as a junior. at the recent Gwinnett County Swimming and Diving Championships.

Central Gwinnett boys win JV Dunham broke the existing mark, which was set in region basketball tournament 2013 by a senior, with a time of 4 minutes, 42.89 secCentral Gwinnett won the Region 8-AAAAAA Junior onds. He competes in the state championship meet later Varsity Boys Basketball Tournament title Monday night this week. with a 69-68 win over Dacula in the finals.

The Black Knights (16-2) edged Dacula in a wild Parkview’s Ethridge named finish when tournament MVP Bernard Kasanda made preseason All-American one of two free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining. They The high school baseball season is still a few weeks reached the finals with earlier wins over Grayson and away, but Parkview senior pitcher Will Ethridge is alShiloh. ready garnering honors for the 2016 season.

Terrell Greene and Julian Grajales led Central with 17 The 6-foot-5, 190-pound right-hander was named to points each, Kasanda scored 13 and Jallah ZeZe had 14 the CBS MaxPreps Preseason All-American Baseball points. Kasanda was joined on the all-tournament team Team, which was released Monday.

by Central’s Greene and D.J. Irons.

Ethridge, who went 13-0 with a 1.47 ERA and 65 Other members of the championship team are Marvin strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings as a junior last spring Louis-Charles, Spencer Turner, Robert Holloway, C.J. Amin helping the Panthers to the Class AAAAAA state moussou, Amahd Burress, Reggie Shelton, Dylan McLean, championship and unanimous national championship, Courtney Dandy, Arrhen Fejokwu, Joel McGregor, Jalen was one of only two Georgia players to be named to Barnes, Terrion McKeal, Chakai Keel-Simmons and John the team, joining infielder Joshua Lowe of Pope High Johnson. The team is coached by Clay Wages.

School in Cobb County.

Ethridge, who was a first-team All-County selection Stewart in hospital with back injury by the Daily Post as a junior, has signed to play college NASCAR driver and co-owner Tony Stewart, one of baseball at Ole Miss and is considered one of the top motor racing’s biggest names, has been taken to hospital high school seniors in the nation by several other publiwith a back injury after a non-racing vehicle accident, cations, including being included in Baseball America’s his Stewart-Haas Racing team said Tuesday.

Top 100 prospects.

Stewart, 44, was hurt on Sunday while driving an all-terrain vehicle on the West Coast of the United States Buford wrestling team and was transported to a hospital in an undisclosed locawins area championship tion, SHR said in a statement.

Buford’s wrestling team won the Area 8-AAAA TraTeam spokesperson Mike Arning said that the threeditional Championships this past Saturday, marking the time NASCAR champion was able to move his legs and first year that the program has won the area duals and arms and that no further updates on his condition would traditional titles in the same season. be given until Thursday.

The Wolves advanced 11 wrestlers to sectionals, inStewart, the only driver to win a title in both IndyCar cluding nine area finalists and six area champions. Five and NASCAR, had announced last year that he would of the wrestlers won their first area championship and retire from competition after the 2016 season, with Clint seven were in the finals for the first time.

Boyer replacing him behind the wheel of the StewartBuford had 243 points to edge North Hall, which was Haas Racing Chevrolet. second at 230 and also qualified 11 wrestlers for sectionNASCAR teams are scheduled to arrive next week als. Chestatee was third at 162. at Daytona International Speedway for season-opening The area champions for Buford were Logan Ashton Speedweeks and the Feb. 13 Sprint Unlimited exhibition.

— From staff, wire reports (win by pin, 106 pounds), Kyle McCullough (major

Dunham lowers Dacula record in the 500 freestyle

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SUPER SIX TENNIS BOYS Name: Alexander Chanthaphaeng School: Berkmar Class: Junior Nickname: Chan Noteworthy: • Went 15-1 last season at the No. 1 slot for the

Patriots.

• Ranked the No. 40 junior in Georgia by tennisrecruiting.net and No. 168 in the southeast.

Favorite athlete: Rafa Nadal Favorite song: “On the Floor” by IceJJFish Twitter handle: @Inchanity_ Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Zach Jennings from Brookwood Coach Matt Rosenberger’s take: “This is a tremendous honor for Alex to be nominated for the Gwinnett Daily Post Super Six. Alex’s leadership and dedication make him a major asset to our program.

He continuously works to improve his game and help others around him. Alex has great athleticism, with tremendous foot speed to cover the court and the consistency to counter-punch in any match. Last season he set school records for his play. In addition, Alex is a great all-around student athlete who works as hard in the classroom as he does on the tennis court, and he currently ranks seventh in a class of 547 students. We look forward to seeing him accomplish great things this season.”

Name: Bryce Coleman School: Hebron Christian Class: Junior Nickname: bwristy Noteworthy: • Played No. 1 singles for the Lions, going 16-2 as they reached the elite eight.

• Ranked the No. 41 junior in Georgia by tennisrecruiting.net and No. 171 in the Southeast.

Favorite athlete: Gael Monfils Favorite song: “Rusty” by Tyler, the Creator Twitter handle: @bryce_coleman1 Best player in Gwinnet county that’s not me: Alex Kahn from GAC Coach Tania Garret’s take: “Bryce is a true leader on our varsity tennis team who is very supportive of all of his teammates, even the girl players. He is also a genuine competitor who grinds it out and fights until the end of each match. Bryce has always been respectful (I had him in elementary P.E.) to his teachers and coaches. He is the perfect choice for the Super Six.” Name: Zach Jennings School: Brookwood Class: Senior Nickname: Winnings Noteworthy: • Named the Daily Post boys player of the year last season as he went 19-1 at the No. 1 spot for the Broncos as they reached the state quarterfinals.

• Has career varsity record of 53-5 Ranked a four-star prospect by

tennisrecruiting.net and the No. 7 senior in the state and No. 34 in the Southeast.

Favorite athlete: Odell Beckham Jr. Favorite song: “A-Team” by Travis Scott Twitter handle: @Zjenallday Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Teammate Brooks Berry Coach Kent Doehrman’s take: “Zach is one of the strongest players to come through the Brookwood tennis program. He has a tenacity on the court and plays the game the way it should be played.

He never plays down to his opponents level and always finds a way to elevate his game. I’m excited this season because Zach will get to play in 8 matches this season in the college format. He will get to showcase both his singles and doubles play. I love watching Zach play doubles.

Name: Alex Kahn School: Greater Atlanta Christian Class: Junior Nickname: Genghis Kahn or King Kahn Noteworthy: • Went 14-3 last season at the No. 1 spot as the Spartans won the Class AA state championship. Was a second team All-County selection.

• Ranked the No. 37 junior in Georgia and No. 158 in the Southeast by tennisrecruiting.net.

Favorite athlete: Eugenie Bouchard Favorite song: “Problem” by Ariana Grande Twitter handle: @alexkahn15 Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Sean McKendree from Norcross Coach Brett Harte’s take: “Alex has worked hard the last two years to have a breakout season in 2015 leading his team at No. 1 singles as a sophomore with a 14-3 record.

He is a fierce competitor whether it is a match on the court, practice drills or just a team ping pong tournament. Alex is a leader on our team as he sets a high bar at practice with his work ethic and as an encourager to his teammates during matches.”

Name: Sean McKendree School: Norcross Class: Junior Nickname: Stonewall Sean Noteworthy: • Went 13-0 as a sophomore at the No. 1 spot last season as the Blue Devils won the Region 7-AAAAAA title.

• Was a first team All-County selection.

• Rated as a four-star prospect by tenniscrecruiting.net and the No. 15 junior in the state and No. 53 in the southeast.

• Has interest from schools such as Georgia Tech, MIT, Air Force and Cal-Tech among others.

Favorite athlete: Peyton Manning Favorite song: “Live and Learn” by Joe Public Twitter handle: None Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Teammate Joe Miller Coach Ryan Martz’s take: “Sean

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think that wins a lot of points for her.” end of the year when they Sophia has played No. were in the state playoffs 1 singles for the Wolves — I had already been hired since she was a freshman, so I came and watched a goal she set for herself them play,” new Wesleyan during eighth-grade as she coach Jonathan Sykes said. watched one of Savannah’s “She’s just a really strong matches. and consistent player.

Last season she was She’s not the tallest player a first-team All-County that we have, but she plays selection as she went 17-2. with a lot of power for her She played in numerous height.

USTA junior tournaments, “She has a great serve, including the 2014 Junior great ground strokes, she’s National Winter Champivery, very consistent. I onships in Arizona.

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spot in the state tournament.

No. 1-ranked Wesleyan No. 3-ranked Holy Inno(21-3, 10-1 region) got cents’ (18-5, 9-1) defeated back within three points Wesleyan three times last twice, but the last time was season before the Wolves with just a second left on broke through to win the two foul shots by sophoClass AA finale for their more Amaya Register.

11th state championship.

Holy Innocents’ got the Cairo Booker, Wesleyball inbounds and that was an’s lone senior, scored 20 the game. points and junior Mikayla Barring a major upset, Coombs had a doublethe teams will finish in a double, but the Wolves tie for first place and a coin couldn’t get a regular-seaflip will decide the No. 1 son sweep after winning seed. Both teams, though, 58-52 at Holy Innocents’ get semifinal berths in next in January. week’s region tournament Wesleyan trailed by at Pace Academy and a seven points going into the

is a leader both on and off the court. He works hard at his game, and he challenges himself and his teammates day in and day out to get better. While he doesn’t seek any attention or recognition, his teammates all look up to him both as a player and as a person. Sean is a true competitor and represents the best that our school, our community, and our sport has to offer.”

Name: Ryan Olps School: North Gwinnett Class: Junior Nickname: None Noteworthy: • Was a second team All-County selection last season as he played No. 1 singles for the Bulldogs Ranked a three-star prospect and the No. 18 junior in the state by tennisrecruiting.net. Is the No. 65 junior in the Southeast.

Favorite athlete: Julio Jones Favorite song: “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey Twitter handle: None Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Teammate Whit Duncan Coach Starr Shuler’s take: “Ryan is a tough competitor and great athlete who takes the sport seriously.

His contributions to the team and the program are immeasurable.”

GIRLS Name: Emma Fleming School: North Gwinnett Class: Sophomore Nickname: None Noteworthy: • Played No. 2 singles for the Bulldogs, going 12-1 as they won the Region 7-AAAAAA championship. Also was 3-0 in doubles matches.

• Rated as a three-star prospect by tennisrecruiting.net and the No. 25 sophomore in the state and No. 98 sophomore in the Southeast.

Favorite athlete: Roger Federer Favorite song: “Break Up In a Small Town” by Sam Hunt Twitter handle: None Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Teammate Jada Tijani Coach Forrest Wood’s take: “Very consistent player. Does not make many mistakes. Has all the tools.

One of the nicest girls you will ever meet. I have her in class as well and she is one of the best. Outstanding work effort in the classroom as well as on the tennis curt.

She is the ultimate team player.”

Name: Kayleigh Hahn School: Mill Creek Class: Junior Nickname: Hahn Noteworthy: • Played No. 1 singles for the Hawks last season and was a second team All-County selection.

• Ranked the No. 23 junior in the state by tennisrecruiting.net and the No. 141 junior on the Southeast.

Favorite athlete: Roger Federer Favorite song: “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots

Twitter handle: @kayleigh_hahn Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Lane Kunin from North Gwinnett Coach Tim Schroer’s take: “Kayleigh is very disciplined in her approach to becoming one of the best players in the State. She is a great leader for our high school tennis program. She is very unselfish as she drills with our high school team each day and then goes to her academy outside of our practices.

I have been very impressed to see her game evolve and mature over the last three years. Kayleigh’s right at 6’0” tall and has been working extremely hard to develop her footwork as well as her good hands at the net. She has a big left handed serve as it is just one of the weapons she has in her overall arsenal. She competes against and challenges the other 7 players on our girls team each day and in doing so helps raise the level of play in our program. On the court she is as competitive of a player as we have ever had in our program. Off the court she has a fun, contagious personality. The makeup of our team embraces her personality!”

Name: Amber Lackey School: Norcross Class: Senior Nickname: Amby Noteworthy: • Was a first team All-County selection last season as she went 8-3 at No. 1 singles for the Blue Devils.

• Is rated a three-star prospect by tennisrecruiting.net and the No. 17 senior in the state.

Favorite athlete: Serena Williams Favorite song: “No Role Modelz”

by J. Cole Twitter handle: None Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Teammate and sister Jessica Lackey Coach Kiki Schill’s take: “Amber is a very talented and hardworking player. She competes for every point and has great athleticism.

This is her second year playing number 1 singles, and she will be a team captain this year. We are looking forward to her leadership and dedication to the team’s success.”

Name: Sophia Strickland School: Wesleyan Class: Senior Nickname: Sophy Noteworthy: • Was a first team All-County selection last season as she went 17-2 at No. 1 singles as the Wolves won the Class AA state championship.

Is verbally committed to play for Johns Hopkins next season.

• Rated a three-star prospect by tennisrecruiting.net, the No. 11 senior in the state and No. 76 senior in the Southeast.

Favorite athlete: Serena Williams Favorite song: “Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber Twitter handle: None Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Teammate Lauren Alexander Coach Jonathan Sykes’ take: “She’s just a really strong and consistent player. She’s not the

Strickland

She trains at LifeTime Fitness in Peachtree Corners after school in addition to team practices at Wesleyan.

Right now she said her main focus was trying to be more aggressive during match play to prepare her for college.

“I definitely would say I’m more of baseline player,” she said. “I would say a counter-puncher would be pretty accurate. I like when people give me pace, I try to give it right

back to them. I definitely prefer hard court. I’m more of just a baseline grinder.”

Despite her individual success, Sophia prefers the atmosphere and camaraderie that comes with playing team tennis in high school and college.

When the Wolves defeated Lovett for the state title, Sophia was losing in the third set of her singles match, when Savannah and Lauren Alexander won their singles’ matches in addition to a doubles point

tallest player that we have, but she plays with a lot of power for her height. She has a great serve, great ground strokes, she’s very, very consistent. I think that wins a lot of points for her.”

Name: Jada Tijani School: North Gwinnett Class: Senior Nickname: Otis (there is a Milo) Noteworthy: • Helped the Bulldogs win the Region 7-AAAAAA championship last season as she went 9-0 at No. 3 singles and 3-1 in doubles matches.

• Has signed with Kennesaw State Rated the No. 24 senior in the state by tennisrecruiting.net and the No. 128 senior in the Southeast.

Favorite athlete: Serena Williams and Steph Curry Favorite song: I have too many Twitter handle: @Tennis_Tyrant_16 Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Teammate Emma Fleming Coach Forrest Wood’s take: “Jada Tijani is a senior leader and one of our team captains. I just love how unselfish she has been playing singles or doubles for three years wherever we needed her.

She’s worked really hard to put herself where she is now. Can’t wait to see what big things she does this year. One of the friendliest players on the team.”

Name: Avery Watson School: Brookwood Class: Sophomore Nickname: A Noteworthy: • Went 14-4 overall as the Broncos’ No. 1 last season as Brookwoood won the Region 8-AAAAAA championship.

• Ranked a three-star recruit, the No. 26 sophomore in the state and No. 109 in the Southeast by tennisrecruiting.net.

Favorite athlete: Corey Coleman (Baylor wide receiver) Favorite song: “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor Twitter handle: @awats0nc Best player in Gwinnett county that’s not me: Teammate Katie Derreberry Coach Danile Bowles’ take: “We are very fortunate at Brookwood to have a great group of girls on and off the court. Tennis is such an individual sport and many high level players choose not to play for their high school teams. Avery and our other players have truly bought into the team concept and it shows.

Avery was our lone freshman last year and now she’s one of our 6 varsity returners, so it’s exciting to see her role on the team change with the added responsibilities of being a returning player — she is quiet off the court, but a true competitor on the court. Avery is a great example of someone that can balance her school work and being part of a team while also training at a high level academy. With three other returning All-County players (Clarissa Jolley, Christina Bugg and Esther de Miguel) we are very excited about the season.”

to claim the victory. Sophia said she actually thought it was pretty neat that the seniors were the ones to clinch the title last year.

This year with her and Alexander returning, the Wolves have their sights set on another state championship. Sophia also hopes to pass her sister’s school records, she’s currently 47-12 overall for her career. She will need 20 victories this season to surpass Savannah record marks of 66 victories, 66

matches won and most matches won in a single season (19).

“My sister currently has three top records,” Sophia said. “Hoping to maybe steal a couple of those from her. I don’t know how happy she’ll be, but that’s definitely something in the back of my mind.

“Those are definitely in the back of my mind and obviously state would be a big one again, to repeat. I like to take every match as it comes I guess.”

tered after the bad second quarter, which was important,” said Watkins, whose team scored just three points in the period.

Booker had 12 points at intermission, going 5-for-5 at the foul line and hitting a 3-pointer among her three field goals.

Junior Jameson Kavel hit a 3-pointer in the third quarter, but Wesleyan finished 2-for-16 from behind the arc.

Holy Innocents’ closed to within 38-34 after three quarters and got off to a fast start in the fourth as Blanding hit a pair of

3-pointers.

Wesleyan made all 18 of its free throws in the first three quarters and then its first two of the fourth. But the Wolves missed half of the next eight before hitting the final two to finish 26 of 30.

Obviously, that would have been good enough to win if the Wolves would have had any success at all finishing at the rim in the late going.

“You can’t count on going to the foul line,” Azar said. “You have to make the basket. Free throws are extra.”

Wesleyan fourth quarter in that game.

This time it was Holy Innocents’ which closed strong.

“This was another very even game and this time we were able to finish it out,” Holy Innocents’ coach Tony Watkins Jr. said. “We played a very good second half.”

Senior center Erika Cassell, headed to North Carolina State, had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Golden Bears. Kaila Hubbard joined Blanding with 10 points and junior point guard Kayla Pointer had nine points and five

assists.

Register had 11 points and four assists for Wesleyan. Coombs had 10 points and 10 rebounds, while sophomore reserve Sutton West blocked five shots.

Holy Innocents’ led 11-2 five minutes into the game, but scored just four points the rest of the first half as Wesleyan took charge.

The Wolves went on a 15-0 run spanning the first and second quarters and led 23-15 at halftime on Bailey Edwards’ jumper at the buzzer.

“But we didn’t get flus-

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Central hits a Wesleyan nips Holy Innocents’ in OT wall in late loss PREP ROUNDUP

From Staff Reports

PEACHTREE CORNERS — Junior forward Grant Frerking scored inside off a scramble with 12 seconds left in overtime as the Wesleyan boys improved to 15-9 overall and 8-5 in Region 6-AA with a 61-60 victory over Holy Innocents’ on Tuesday.

Senior Jack Greer and sophomore Christian McLean each scored 17 points for the Wolves and senior Jason Morrison had 12 points.

Wesleyan had to fight back after Holy Innocents’ (15-7, 6-6) scored the first four points of the extra period. Morrison had tied the game at 53 on two foul shots with 49.6 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Cole Smith scored 18 points to lead Holy Innocents’, which had beaten Wesleyan 50-39 last month at home. Jules Erving and Harrison Cobb each had 12 points.

BOYS BASKETBALL BOYS HOOPS Hebron Christian 57, Towns County 55 HIAWASSEE — Hebron Christian’s Shane Smith drew a crucial charging foul to help the Lions preserve a 57-55 Region 8-A win over Towns County on Tuesday.

With Hebron Christian up by two and the clock winding down, the host Indians drove the lane for a layup to try to tie the game.

Smith, however, slid over and took the charge and the Lions ran out the clock to earn the win.

Kobe Wharton scored 23 points to lead Hebron Christian (18-6, 10-2). Connor Holiday scored 12, while Luke Crawford added 10 in the win.

Brookwood 71, South Gwinnett 49 SNELLVILLE — Brookwood defeated South Gwinnett 7149 in Region 8-AAAAAA on Tuesday. Bubba Parham led the Broncos (17-6, 9-5) with 15 points. Micah Kinsey scored 13 while teammate Justin Monteiro added 10.

Mill Creek 65, Mountain View 59 HOSCHTON — Mill Creek defeated Mountain View 6559 in Region 7-AAAAAA on Tuesday. Charles Botchway led the Hawks (12-11, 4-8) with 25 points, while Evan Richardson added 12.

The Bears (13-11, 4-9) were led by Spencer Rodgers’ 15 points and Donell Nixon, who scored 11.

Norcross 68, Duluth 42 NORCROSS — Norcross defeated Duluth 68-42 in a Region 7-AAAAAA matchup on Tuesday.

Rayshaun Hammonds led the Blue Devils (21-2,12-0) with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Kyle Sturdivant had 11 points, Lance Thomas chipped in 10 points and 10 rebounds, while Jordan Goldwire added seven points, five rebounds and five assists.

Lanier 68, Winder-Barrow 45 SUGAR HILL — Lanier’s

Adrian Martin scored 20 points, including six 3-pointers, to lift the Longhorns to a 68-45 win over Winder-Barrow on Tuesday.

Derrick Brown scored 15, while teammate Tyler Taylor pulled down 12 rebounds for Lanier (9-14, 4-5).

GIRLS BASKETBALL GIRLS HOOPS Norcross 58, Duluth 41 NORCROSS — Norcross defeated Duluth 58-41 in Region 7-AAAAAA on Tuesday. The Blue Devils improve to 19-4 overall and 11-1 in the region.

Taylor Mason led Norcross with 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Vash Perry chipped in 17 points and five steals, while teammate Tehya Lyons scored 11.

Endia Banks led Duluth (9-14, 6-6) with 21 points.

Mill Creek 73, Mountain View 54 HOSCHTON — Mill Creek evened its Region 7-AAAAAA record with a 73-54 win over Mountain View on Tuesday. Wynter Webb led the Hawks (10-13, 6-6) with 20 points. Tatum Ragsdale added 18 points while Bridget Mukasa and Morgan Simmons each scored 11.

Jordan Stallworth led the Bears (13-11, 8-5) with 20 points, while Jaron Stallworth scored 10.

Parkview 55, Shiloh 33 SNELLVILLE — Parkview’s Kristi Derouen scored 27 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead the Panthers to a 55-33 win over Shiloh in Region 8-AAAAAA on Tuesday.

Autumn Sizemore scored nine points, Dominique Leonidas dished out 10 assists, Khari Jernigan had 11 rebounds and Kiersten Hunter scored eight

points and had seven steals.

Shiloh (7-15, 2-12) was led

by Sharai Lay, who scored nine points, while Kamryn Jackson and Ciara Carter each scored six.

Greater Atlanta Christian 63, Lovett 52 ATLANTA — Greater Atlanta Christian School defeated Lovett 63-52 in Region 6-AA on Tuesday. The Spartans finished in third place in the region for next week’s region tournament.

Caria Reynolds led GAC with 20 points and 13 rebounds.

Tamiah Lewis scored 15 in the victory.

GIRLS TENNIS GIRLS TENNIS

Lanier 5, Forsyth Central 0 CUMMING — Lanier opened its season with a 5-0 win over host Forsyth Central on Tuesday.

Morgan Buchholz, Liz Handley and Gabriel Burlison won singles matches, while Laura Perez and Tristan Byrd, along with Gabby Garolfalo and Cindy Brundle, won in doubles for the Longhorns (1-0).

Parkview 4, Collins Hill 1 LILBURN — Parkview defeated visiting Collins Hill 4-1 on Tuesday. Ally Blake and Sierra Larkin won singles matches as did the doubles tandems of Jordan Verdi and Savannah Larkin and Meredith Duffield and Renee Cunningham.

BOYS TENNIS BOYS TENNIS Parkview 5, Collins Hill 0 LILBURN — Parkview defeated Collins Hill 5-0 on Tuesday.

Dustin Bowie, Bradon Ly and Noah Osfutt won in singles, as did Riley Shannon and Andrew Joel and the team of Will Carroll and Vignesh Ramani in doubles.

Frazier, Bulldogs down No. 25 USC The Sports Xchange ATHENS — Georgia guard J.J. Frazier got hot at the right time, helping the Bulldogs fight off No. 25 South Carolina 69-56 on Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum.

Frazier hit two key 3-pointers in the final minutes to put away South Carolina. He finished with 13 points, and was one of four Bulldogs to reach double figures in scoring.

Sophomore forward Yante Maten continued his breakout season with a game-high 18 points to go along with seven rebounds and four blocks. Guard Kenny Gaines added 17

points, and guard Charles Mann finished with 11 points to pace the balanced Georgia attack.

Georgia outrebounded South Carolina 44-38 and improved to 10-0 when outrebounding its opponent.

South Carolina guard Sindarius Thornwell led the cold-shooting Gamecocks with 18 points, and forward Michael Carrera finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds. It was the third straight doubledouble for Carrera, but a frustrating night overall.

Carrera had averaged 23.8 points in his last four games, but was the focus of Georgia’s defense and

the harassing Bulldogs’ home crowd. Carrera was whistled for a technical late in the game.

South Carolina shot 31 percent from the field.

Georgia (12-8, 5-4 SEC) took a 13-11 lead on a 3-pointer from guard E’Torrion Wilridge with 12 minutes left in the first half and would not trail again.

The Bulldogs led 33-23 at intermission. South Carolina shot just 21 percent from the floor and turned it over nine times in the first half.

The Gamecocks (19-3, 6-3 SEC) would not go away though, and mounted multiple challenges in the second half. Georgia always had an answer.

South Carolina guard Duane Notice hit a corner 3-pointer that cut the Georgia lead to 50-48 with 6:34 to play. But Gaines answered with two straight buckets, causing Gamecocks coach Frank Martin to call timeout.

Frazier then hit a pair of 3-pointers from the left corner, the second a heavily contested shot that put Georgia ahead 62-53 with 1:52 to play.

South Carolina, which climbed back into the polls this week, began Tuesday in a second-place tie with Kentucky, behind No. 8 Texas A&M, in the SEC play. The Gamecocks play at A&M on Saturday.

Tipoff Club honors January’s best From Staff Reports The Gwinnett Tipoff Club released its honors for the best in Gwinnett high school basketball for the month of January this week.

Russ Triaga of the Dacula boys and Tony Watkins of the Grayson girls were voted coaches of the month.

Each Gwinnett boys and

girls team also had a player of the month selection.

Those honorees are: GIRLS Archer: Tia Shorter Berkmar: Jirah Simpkins Brookwood: Jazmin Robinson Buford: Tory Ozment Central Gwinnett: Nyla Murray Collins Hill: Nia Lee Dacula: Alyssa Criscolo Discovery: Jennifer Palma Duluth: Torey Walker GAC: Caria Reynolds Grayson: Essence Jordan Hebron: Madison Cagle

Lanier: Bailey Bassette Meadowcreek: Amber Farmer Mill Creek: Morgan Simmons Mountain View: Katherine Fourie Norcross: Vanessa Blagmon North Gwinnett: Sherricka Sims Parkview: Dominique Leonidas Peachtree Ridge: Yewande Bello Providence: Megan Parker Shiloh: Emani Bell South Gwinnett: Alexis Lewis Wesleyan: Mikayla Coombs BOYS Archer: Darrion Taylor Berkmar: Bartus Taylor Brookwood: Sean Agnant Buford: Brandon Iverson Central Gwinnett: Jalen Hillery Collins Hill: Kai Lambert

Dacula: Kevon Tucker Discovery: Jaden Stanley Duluth: Adam Flagler GAC: Hunter McIntosh Grayson: Kenyon Jackson Hebron: Shane Smith Lanier: Juwuan Jones Meadowcreek: Travontay Taylor Mill Creek: Keetone Glover Mountain View: Spencer Rodgers Norcross: Dalvin White North Gwinnett: Brandon Maffei Parkview: Justin Spencer Peachtree Ridge: Markell McCollum Providence: Alex Timm Shiloh: Dejon Waters South Gwinnett: Bryce Lee Wesleyan: Jason Morrison

By Scott Smith

in the second.

Central kept coming at Grayson in the third period and tied it at 51LOGANVILLE — 51 with 6:16 left when With its fourth game in Adnan Antonio scored five nights, Central Gwin- off a feed from Derrick nett’s boys faced another Lawrence. big challenge on Tuesday Just over three minutes at Grayson. later, Central would claim For three quarters, that the lead at 56-55 with a challenge was met, but basket. the multitude of minAntonio, who finished utes finally caught up with 16 points, played a to the Black Knights as huge role in the third with the Rams nearly hit the 10 points, but he would century mark and pulled be held scoreless in the away with a 99-80 win. fourth, helping open the The final margin of door the Rams. victory wasn’t reflective With Grayson by two on how tight of a battle at 63-61 when the fourth the game was as Central started, it was quickly erased a 17-point deficit evident that Central was and reclaimed the lead starting to run out of gas late in the third before the as the Rams scored six Rams were finally able to quick points to open up a shake Central off.

69-61 lead.

“We tried to push the The shots that were pace early knowing that falling in the second and (Central) had played last third periods for Cennight,” Grayson head tral suddenly were off coach Geoffrey Pierce the mark, opening up said. “(Central) played the transition game for hard the entire time and Grayson. we were finally able to That helped build the get our groove in the lead back to double digits fourth quarter.” at 76-64 when Dukes hit Austin Dukes and the first 3-pointer of the Alphonso Willis led the night for the Rams with offense for Grayson (17- just over five minutes to 5, 9-5) as Dukes scored play.

26 with Willis adding 25.

With 2:41 left, the lead Willis also had eight was stretched back to 17 rebounds, giving him a when Dukes fed Nick nice set of numbers on Edwards for another trey Senior Night in his last to go up 87-70. home game.

Edwards, who received “It was the last home high praise from Pierce game and everybody felt for his play off the bench, the energy,” Willis said. finished with 13 points.

“Our intensity dropped On the night, 11 differand we needed to get our ent players scored for head back in the game Grayson with the bench and do what we did in the providing 31 points. beginning.”

“Our kids’ legs just The Rams wasted no weren’t there in the fourth time in taking control quarter,” Central head early as Dukes, Willis and coach Branden MayTre Sconiers led an early weather said. “To get surge that put Grayson up back in it, we just kept 27-14 by the end of the playing hard, but by the period. time the fourh quarter Sconiers, who finished came along, we just with 10 points, seven didn’t have a lot left.” rebounds and five assists, Kwinton Turner also scored six points along had a solid night for Cenwith Willis, while Dukes tral with 16 points. put in seven.

Grayson would build Grayson girls 53, the lead to 34-17 early Central 31 in the second period by Grayson opened up an opening the frame with 18-5 lead in the first quara 7-3 spurt, but Central ter and never looked back found a second wind and as the Rams rolled to a began to claw its way 53-31 win over Central. back.

The win improved The Black Knights the Rams to 19-4 over(11-11, 6-8) closed out all and 10-4 in Region the first half with a 14-6 8-AAAAAA. run, getting with eight at Essence Jordan of 49-41 at the break.

Grayson led all players Jalen Hillery, who led in scoring with 19, while Central with 21 points, teammate Jessica Ewing got that run going with followed with 14 points. eight points in the period, Central (3-18, 0-13) while Kevin Stamps (eight was led by six points each points, four rebounds on from Jasmin Fleetwood the night) added six points and Armani Mitton. scott.smith@ gwinnettdailypost.com

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

W L Pct GB Toronto...............32..16.....667...... — Boston...............27..22.....551.....5.5 New York............23..27.....460......10 Brooklyn............. 12..37.....245...20.5 Philadelphia.........7..41.... .146......25 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Miami.................27..21.....562...... — Atlanta...............28..22.....560...... — Charlotte............23..25.....479........4 Washington........21..25.....457........5 Orlando..............21..26.....447.....5.5 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland...........35..12.... .745...... — Chicago.............26..21.....553........9 Detroit................26..23.....531......10 Indiana...............25..23.....521...10.5 Milwaukee..........20..30.....400...16.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio.......40....8.....833...... — Memphis............29..20.....592....11.5 Dallas.................28..23.....549...13.5 Houston.............25..25.....500......16 New Orleans...... 18..29.....383... 21.5 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City...37..13.... .740...... — Portland.............23..26.....469...13.5 Utah...................22..25.....468...13.5 Denver............... 19..30.....388... 17.5 Minnesota.......... 14..35.....286...22.5 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State......44....4.... .917...... — L.A. Clippers......32..16.....667......12 Sacramento.......21..27.....438......23 Phoenix.............. 14..35.....286...30.5 L.A. Lakers...........9..41.... .180......36

Monday’s Games Cleveland 111, Indiana 106, OT Detroit 105, Brooklyn 100 Atlanta 112, Dallas 97 Memphis 110, New Orleans 95 Oklahoma City 114, Washington 98 San Antonio 107, Orlando 92 Denver 112, Toronto 93 Utah 105, Chicago 96, OT Sacramento 111, Milwaukee 104 Tuesday’s Games Boston at New York, late Miami at Houston, late Toronto at Phoenix, late Milwaukee at Portland, late Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, late Today’s Games Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Washington, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Miami at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.

Chicago at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games New York at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.

Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m.

College Monday’s Games EAST American U. 58, Holy Cross 45 Delaware State 86, Cheyney 70 Iona 75, St. Peter’s 67 Loyola-Maryland 68, Colgate 65 Maryland - E. Shore 85, Howard 67 Monmouth-NJ 93, Siena 87 Morgan St. 83, Coppin St. 43 Navy 64, Army 50 Oakland 85, Northern Kentucky 74

Quinnipiac 64, Fairfield 59 SOUTH Alabama St. 83, Prairie View A&M 77 Chattanooga 125, The Citadel 85 Florida St. 77, N.C. State 73 Houston 71, Southern Methodist 68 Jacksonville 83, Florida Gulf Coast 80 Kennesaw St. 75, South Carolina Upstate 62 Mercer 85, Samford 70 Mississippi Valley State 72, Grambling State 59 New Jersey Tech 90, Lipscomb 78 New Orleans 74, Nicholls State 53 North Carolina Central 81, Florida A&M 63 Sam Houston St. 69, Lamar 66 Southeastern Louisiana 82, McNeese St. 80 Stetson 86, North Florida 82 Texas 67, Baylor 59 Texas Southern 71, Alabama A&M 66 MIDWEST Eastern Illinois 101, St. Ambrose 59 Jackson State 66, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 53 Louisville 71, North Carolina 65 Tuesday’s Games EAST Rider 57, Manhattan 65 Winthrop 77, Liberty 88 SOUTH South Carolina 56, Georgia 69 Louisiana State 80, Auburn 68 MIDWEST Western Michigan 62, Toledo 89 Kent St. 61, Central Michigan 88 Akron 80, Ohio 68 Miami (OH) 69, Eastern Michigan 94 Drake 56, Indiana St. 63 Ball St. 72, Bowling Green 64 Today’s Games EAST Illinois (10-12) at Rutgers (6-16), 6:30 p.m.

Campbell (8-13) at Longwood (6-17), 7 p.m.

Boston College (7-14) at Virginia (17-4), 7 p.m.

Albany (17-6) at MD Baltimore Cty (5-18), 7 p.m.

Binghamton (5-16) at Stony Brook (17-4), 7 p.m.

Maine (8-13) at Vermont (13-10), 7 p.m.

Massachusetts Lowell (7-14) at Hartford (7-16), 7 p.m.

Davidson (12-7) at George Washington (16-5), 7 p.m.

George Mason (7-14) at Richmond (11-9), 7 p.m.

VCU (16-5) at La Salle (5-14), 7 p.m.

St. Bonaventure (13-6) at St. Joseph’s (18-3), 7 p.m.

Boston U (12-11) at Navy (16-7), 7 p.m.

Army (12-10) at Lafayette (5-15), 7 p.m.

Loyola-Maryland (7-14) at Lehigh (6-14), 7 p.m.

Bucknell (12-9) at American U. (615), 7:30 p.m.

Creighton (14-8) at Villanova (18-3), 8 p.m.

Marquette (15-7) at Seton Hall (15-6), 8:30 p.m.

SOUTH Gardner-Webb (11-12) at High Point (14-7), 7 p.m.

Arkansas (11-10) at Florida (14-7), 7 p.m.

Charleston Southern (8-14) at N.C. Asheville (15-8), 7 p.m.

Notre Dame (15-6) at Miami-Florida (16-4), 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina (13-8) at Presbyterian (8-13), 7 p.m.

Charlotte (7-14) at No.Carolina A&T (6-17), 7 p.m.

Oklahoma St. (11-10) at Texas Tech (12-8), 9 p.m.

MIDWEST St. John’s (7-15) at Xavier (19-2), 6:30 p.m.

Penn St. (11-11) at Iowa (17-4), 7 p.m.

Evansville (18-5) at Northern Iowa (12-11), 7 p.m.

Nebraska Omaha (15-8) at Western Illinois (7-13), 8 p.m.

Illinois St. (12-11) at Loyola-Chicago (10-12), 8 p.m.

Maryland (19-3) at Nebraska (12-10), 8:30 p.m.

Mississippi (13-8) at Missouri (8-13), 9 p.m.

Kansas St. (13-8) at Kansas (17-4), 9 p.m.

Southern Illinois (18-5) at Wichita St. (16-5), 9 p.m.

WEST Fresno St. (14-7) at San Jose St. (7-15), 10 p.m.

UC Irvine (17-6) at Cal Poly SLO (8-12), 10 p.m.

CSU Northridge (7-14) at UC Riverside (13-11), 10 p.m.

Arizona (17-5) at Washington St. (9-12), 10 p.m.

Arizona State (12-10) at Washington (14-7), 11 p.m.

Hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida............... 49.. 29..15.....5... 63.135.108 Tampa Bay......... 49.. 27..18.....4... 58.130.117 Detroit................ 49.. 25..16.....8... 58.122.124 Boston............... 49.. 26..18.....5... 57.147.131 Montreal............. 50.. 24..22.....4... 52.136.134 Ottawa............... 50.. 23..21.....6... 52.139.155 Buffalo................ 50.. 20..26.....4... 44.114.136 Toronto............... 48.. 17..22.....9... 43.114.134 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington........ 47.. 35....8.....4... 74.158.104 NY Rangers....... 49.. 27..17.....5... 59.142.129 NY Islanders...... 47.. 25..16.....6... 56.130.118 Pittsburgh........... 48.. 24..17.....7... 55.121.120 New Jersey........ 50.. 25..20.....5... 55.114.118 Carolina............. 51.. 23..20.....8... 54.123.135 Philadelphia....... 47.. 21..18.....8... 50.109.127 Columbus.......... 51.. 19..27.....5... 43.133.163

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago............. 53.. 33..16.....4... 70.147.122 Dallas................. 50.. 31..14.....5... 67.162.133 St. Louis............. 52.. 28..16.....8... 64.129.128 Colorado............ 52.. 27..22.....3... 57.143.142 Nashville............ 50.. 24..18.....8... 56.129.131 Minnesota.......... 49.. 23..17.....9... 55.121.115 Winnipeg............ 49.. 22..24.....3... 47.126.140 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles....... 49.. 30..16.....3... 63.129.113 San Jose............ 48.. 26..18.....4... 56.142.129 Arizona.............. 49.. 24..20.....5... 53.131.146 Anaheim............ 47.. 22..18.....7... 51.101.111 Vancouver.......... 50.. 20..19... 11... 51.122.139 Calgary.............. 48.. 21..24.....3... 45.126.146 Edmonton.......... 50.. 19..26.....5... 43.122.149

Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Boston, late NY Rangers at New Jersey, late Minnesota at NY Islanders, late Montreal at Philadelphia, late Ottawa at Pittsburgh, late Florida at Washington, late St. Louis at Nashville, late Dallas at Winnipeg, late Chicago at Colorado, late Columbus at Edmonton, late Los Angeles at Arizona, late San Jose at Anaheim, late Today’s Games Buffalo at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

NY Islanders at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Chicago at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

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2 free throws to counter a Lane Foster basket and Demari Edwards — over Durham free throw to keep the first 2:50, causing Berkthe Berkmar lead at just mar to have to climb out of three at 46-43 with 5:17 to an early hole. play.

But climb the Patriots But White’s 1 of 2 trip did, with Zack Cooks to the foul like with 4:05 scoring eight points to lead remaining would be the a 17-7 run and Durham’s only point the Falcons tap-in to beat the quarter would score until Mehkail buzzer pulling his team Beathea hit a layup as the even at 17-all by the end of final horn sounded. the opening frame.

By that time, Durham The two teams then and the Patriots had taken Dacula’s Demari Edwards (23) tries to block the shot of full command. traded runs throughout Berkmar’s Lane Foster (1) during Tuesday’s game. (Phothe rest of the half, which The Indiana commit ended with Dacula holding to: Craig Cappy) went strong to the basket a scant 27-26 lead and into for a layup 23 seconds going to get calls. In the for layups, the first one later following a defensive first half, he was out of the third, where it looked garnering a foul and a stop to pull the Patriots like the Falcons were control. He did a much three-point play, and then even at 38-all. regaining control after better job of being under hit Cooks with an excellent “He did a much betJuwan White hit 1 of 2 free control in the second half.” backdoor pass for a layup throws with 3:38 left in the ter job in the second half Durham’s spurt ignited that pushed the Berkmar of going off of two feet, period to give his team a the momentum-changing lead to 53-44 with 3:55 gathering himself and just 10-2 run that left Berkmar remaining.

38-33 lead.

That’s when Bekrmar, going up under control,” with a 43-40 lead headJay Estime, Foster and and Durham in particular, Phillips said of Durham. ing into the fourth quarCooks then each either got began to heat up.

“That made a difference. ter, though it looked like to the basket for layups The 6-foot-4 junior first He finished (plays). He Dacula would hang tough. or got fouled to go to the knocked down a 3-pointer, (drew) fouls. When you’re Kevon Tucker hit a line over the next 2:51 to then drove down the lane out of control, you’re not bucket and then hit 1 of extend the lead to 62-44

and put the game away for the Patriots.

Cooks matched Durham’s point output with 18 points, and both players pulled down seven rebounds to lead Berkmar on the boards.

Estime chipped in 15 points, while the Patriots also got a strong defensive effort from Leroy Jones, who posted a game-high four steals.

Tucker would end up matching Durham and Cooks for high-scoring honors with 18 points and added six rebounds. But no other Dacula player reached double figures, with St. Hilaire and Edwards each managing just eight points as the Falcons fell into third place in the region, a game behind the leaders. Edwards also finished with eight rebounds and three steals.

“We just stopped playing,” Dacula coach Russ Triaga said. “I can’t give you an explanation as to

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Said tax deed is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in Deed Book 52385 at page 234.

This property may be redeemed at any time before the later of (1) 5:00 pm on March 1, 2016 (2) 30 days after you receive this notice.

To redeem, you must pay the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address: Andrew Desmond, Manager PFS Group LLC P.O. Box 1413 Stockbridge, GA 30281 ardesmond@aol.com 678-570-7163 9 2 8 - 3 0 8 3 5 9 , 1/27,2/3,10,17

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928-311210, 2/3 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT TO REDEEM TO: 1. PHILIP C. WALDRON 2. SOUTH STATE BANK, FKA COMMUNITY BANK AND TRUST 3. STOCK BUILDING SUPPLY, LLC FKA STOCK BUILDING SUPPLY, INC. 4. LAFARGE BUILDING MATERIALS, INC. 5. CITY OF SUWANEE 6. CITY OF SUWANNEE WATER DEPARTMENT 7. GWINNETT COUNTY 8. STATE OF GEORGIA 9. ALL RESIDENTS/OCCUPANTS/TENANTS 10. ALL PERSONS HAVING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON THE BELOW DESCRIBED PROPERTY:

NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE 2013 Suzuki GSXR 1000 VIN: JS1GT78AXD2102194 License: Color: White Body Style: Motorcycle Abandoned on January 20, 2016 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The above vehicles are presently located at 2090 Beaver Ruin Rd Suite 900, Norcross GA 30071; phone (770) 912-8013 in possession of Mastertech Auto Repair. Attempts to locate the owner has been unsuccessful. The vehicle is deemed abandoned under O.C.G.A. 40-11-2 and will be disposed of if not redeemed. The notice is given pursuant to Georgia law.

928-311207, 2/3,10

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 4257 Buford Drive, GA, 30518 770-614-4863 February 11, 2016 @ 9:30 AM 8219 Jose Guzman Furniture 6258 Jose Ruiz Furniture, appliances, tools 6091 Shannon Hill household goods 708 Jessica Cline Couch, 2 chairs, entertainment center 6103 Kristin Carter Boxes, totes, clothes The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-308245, 1/27,2/3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 1172 Auburn Rd. Dacula GA, 30019 770-236-0688 February 11, 2016 @ 4:15PM 240 Patrick Flynt

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Household Items, Tools, and PC Parts 248 Charlesetta Johnson Household Items and furniture The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property 929-308251, 1/27,2/3

D053–Ghirmai, Senai D058–Thompson, Natasha E008–Christian, Davis E015–Mcclain, Ronald E074–Rodriguez, Yasmin F800–Parker, Davelle F825–Dunnigan, Starta F871–Hodge, John G043–Layland, Stephen PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28149 3055 Jones Mill Rd Peachtree Corners, GA. 30071 (770) 447-9755 TIME: 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 207–Black, Carla 22–Knox, Melvin 232–Acevedo, Tirrell 25–Long, Paul 265–Aquino, Rebeca 313–Ayers, Joseph P 316–Jordan, Robert 329–Diaz, Guillermo 473–Ward, Antoinette 486–Berg, Gerrell 514–Paschal, Stephen PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 29104 3265 Holcomb Bridge Rd Peachtree Corners, GA. 30092 (770) 449-0384 TIME: 10:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 1106–Saunders, Sherella 1320–Stubbs, Shakima 2329–Irving, Alexandria 2502–Bhoir, Rohan 2607–Idhasoft Inc 2619–Bell, Kimberly 3211–Diarra, Awa 4227–Bekazua, Luwawu S 4302–Evans, Dorethea 4618–Forte, Wylette PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 20171 6289 Jimmy Carter Blvd Norcross, GA. 30071 (770) 416-9275 TIME: 11:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B018–Britt, Michelle B051–Johnson, Leslia C009–Ennels, Corey C030–Porter, Jeremie C035–Montilla, Pablo C037–dennis, keyona C059–Louther, Kendell D049–BROCK, JEROME D052–Johnson, Veronica D060–Hayden, Elwyn D073–Mcintosh, Corey E002–Miller, Hans: vehicle E020–Soldiew, Tennille E041–Elias, Melissa E058–Alesandro, Jose E083–Gandy, Nicholas E125–Broadus, Gwendolyn E131–Mcghee, Azell E145–Gutierrez, Jose F013–Hudson, John F019–White, Marcus F034–Busch, Laura F051–Smalls, Toccara PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28150 6770 Dawson Blvd Norcross, GA. 30093 (770) 448-2130 TIME: 11:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A104–Schulze, MEYKEL; vehicle B105–Bort, Zobeida C126–Doerr, Amy C229–Rochez, Mercy D124–Carter, Michael E121–Scott, Joey E126–Rogers, Shawndia E163–Coleman, Anastasia F103–Rice, Fallon F159–Romero, Denis G129–Benitez, Brenda G154–Harris, Tracy H105–Steward, Stefan H153–Chaneyfield, Larry I164–Diaoune, Fatoumata I196–Battle, Dominique I234–Spigner, Juanita J224–Patrick, Deryck ******************* NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public auction on February 12 , 2016 of the below-listed units. Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 20489 6000 Lawrenceville Hwy. Tucker, GA. 30084 (770) 923-9400 TIME: 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: C072–Pollard, Tonya F025–Jones, Jessica G016–Nesbitt, Tony G071–Radillo, Luis G085–Brock, PattiAnn PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 08049 5010 Jimmy Carter Blvd Norcross, GA. 30093 (770) 446-8358 TIME: 10:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 0211–Limonta, Rickayla 0212–Dixon, Demetria 0

0216–Hubert, Eula 0334–Palache, Larkland 0401–Villegas, Alma 0404–Thomas, Vickie 0433–Walker, Bertina 0517–Thomas, Gregory 0601–luedke, kayla 0634–Whitehead, Sabriah 0704–Brown, Barbara 0710–Harris, Deborah 0741–Murphy, Cloyd 1048–Valle, Jason 2012–Wells, Rhonda ; vehicle PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 29135 1755 Indian Trail Rd Norcross, GA. 30093 (678) 924-0203 TIME: 10:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: 1287–RESTO, LUIS 2022–Parks, Reshunda 2112–Littleton, Kenneth 2133–Savage, Janesha 2156–Martin, Tiffanie 2169–Rhodes, J.R., Nathaniel 2204–Sanders, Chancidee 2234–Frazier, Jacqueline 2306–WOOD, DARRYL 2316–Garrison, Carlus 3158–Hodge, Trina 3288–Elliott-Howard, Janice 3303–Mcray, Jimmy 3304–Fennick, Andrina C007–Diab, Abdallah E029–O Neal, Andrea E039–Mapp, Sharon PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 24346 615 Indian Trail Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-0498 TIME: 11:00 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A009–Davis, Stacey B014–Harden, Kevin B036–Davis, Theresa B040–Dickerson, T’azia C006–Jackson, Angelique C055–Hendrix, Devon C067–Ortiz, Reyniel C070–Dixon-Hamil, Barbara D042–Foster, Christina PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 21901 95 Arcado Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-9211 TIME: 11:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A004–Obryan, Heather B020–williams, michaele B064–Mckay, Marquis B128–Suarez-Brown, Tiki C076–Dubois, Brian C101–MAISURIA, APRIL D029–Johnson, DaShauna E010–Smith, Ramisi E038–LANCASTER, CARRIE E045–FLANNIGAN, DAVID E050–Boyd, HAROLD E052–Stewart, Dorothy PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 23106 460 Beaver Ruin Rd Lilburn, GA. 30047 (770) 638-1196 TIME: 12:00 PM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B120–DELGADO, STEVEN B128–Rogers, Travis B138–WASHINGTON, TERRANCE D221–Le, Chot E274–Gbassagee, Byron E292–Tinsley, Norman E298–Childs, Aloma E316–Malone, Michelle E321–Hoffman, Harry F374–Thomaston, Candice F400–Presti, Danielle F410–OSBORNE JR, ERNERST F411–Brooks Jr, Oscar F426–Ajala, Dauda F452–Ruffin, Tenish F457–Alvarado, Hector F475–Johnson, Isaac F481–LYLES, EURETHA G507–Pearson, Johnnell G521–Mcelveen, Derick All sales are subject to cancellation. Public auction terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. Dated this 27th day of January and 3rd day of February 2016 by PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201.

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

929-308366, 1/27,2/3

Mira Brown Mirror, gas grill, boxes, pictures 2207 Donna Jones Chair, large mirror, boxes, pictures 2300 Mintoria Johnson Bicycle, totes 2501 Scott Cohan Suits 2621 Staci Phillips Chairs, table, bicycle, boxes, yard tools 2626 Mira Brown Bed, mattress, monitor, lawn furniture 2628 Staci Phillips Couch, chair, dressers, boxes, vacuum 3219 Karseem Harris Sectional sofa, flat screen tv stand, children toys The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-308578, 1/27,2/3

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 4400 Lawrenceville Hwy Lilburn, GA 30047 770-638-2252 February 11th, 2016 at 5:30 PM Unit 003 – Gregory Shape – Tools Unit 048 – Jessi Colwell – Household Goods Unit 226 – Gregory Lillard – Household Goods Unit 297 – Brian Rivera – Household Goods Unit 318 – Elizabeth Scruggs – Household Goods Unit 473 – Tiffiny Taylor – Household Goods Unit 496 – Clinton Rowe – Household Goods The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-308432, 1/27,2/3 PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: Auction Date: 2/11/2016 Address: 4750 Nelson Brogdon Blvd, Sugar Hill, GA 30518 Phone: (678) 482- 5022 Time of Sale: 2:30 PM William Wallen Unit 676 Household Items Mark Clark Unit 715 Furniture, Household Items, Boxes John Mulligan Unit 483 Household Items Sadaf Tai Unit 309 Furniture Guy Longbrake Unit 218 Furniture, Household Items Yolanda Harper Unit 121 Furniture, Household Goods The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

929-308573, 1/27,2/3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public auction on February 11, 2016 of the below-listed units. Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 28138 3679 McElroy Rd Doraville, GA. 30340 (770) 452-8144 TIME: 9:30 AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: A006–Williams, Shawn D050–Gonzalez, Yelguer D

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 1790 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Duluth, Ga. 30097 770-814-7776 February 11, 2016 @ 2:00PM 2129 M

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding via www.storagetreasures.com on 2/11/2016 at 5:30 PM for the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 2040 Lawrenceville Highway Lawrenceville, GA 30044 (770)962-4330 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.

260 Nikki Green Furniture 245 Michelle Mccain House hold items 513 teresa bower Household items 274 Kevin Love Household 001 Audrey King Household goods Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

929-308781, 1/27,2/3 PUBLIC AUCTION On 02/17/2016 at 2:00 PM StoreSmart self storage located at 2914 Buford Dr. Buford, GA. 30519 will conduct a public auction of the following: Unit # 2055, Lucien Olembo, Desk, chair, printers, rugs,dining room table . Unit # 2063,2067, Janet Myers, Washer, dryer, refridgerator, couch, boxes, pictures, artificial plants. Unit # 2108, Wesley Hieber, guitar ,car jacks, king bed , . Unit # 2119, Ian Green, refridgerator, yard tools,bike,boxes,tv,washer.

Unit # 2133, Robert Carr, chair,battery,boxes.

Unit #3088, Cleotilde Yanes, bed,totes, misc. Unit # 3136, Vernita Watford, totes, boxes, misc. Unit #4045, David Smith, couch, refriderator, microphone , boxes, vaccum.

Unit # 4068, Alena Marbury, tables,glass top, frezzer, boxes, tv. Unit # 4096, Ben Thomas, Window AC, installation, drum case.

929-308910, 1/27,2/3

PROTECT OUR PLANET NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OCGA 40-11-2, MALL OF GEORGIA FORD, WILL HOLD AN AUCTION FOR THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE(S).

2004 FORD F250 1FTNX20PX4EB88528 1996 HONDA CIVIC DX 2HGEJ6525TH532510 WILL BE AUCTIONED ON FEBRUARY 19, 2016 AT 10 AM at 4525 NELSON BROGDON BLV BUFORD, GA 30518 -7304,05 929-311218, 2/3,10

why. I’ve never seen us do that before. … It is what it is. We just didn’t play the fourth quarter.

“We had opportunities early, through the whole first quarter of the game, and we just did not finish. ... Just little discipline things that we did not execute.”

Dacula girls 48, Berkmar 37 Faustine Aifuwa had another huge night with 28 points, 16 rebounds and eight blocked shots as the Falcons flew past Berkmark 48-37.

Kendall Bollmer added six points and Helena Lee dished out three assists to go with two points as Dacula pulled even at 1111 overall and improved to 6-8 in region play.

Hylan Clayton led the Patriots (7-16, 4-10) with 11 points, with Clara Lawton close behind with 10 points.

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MCCULLOUGH TOWING AUCTION LIST 4431 BUFORD HWY. NORCROSS, GA 30071 770-263-8483 FINDAUTOAUCTIONS. COM TOWATL.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH 2016@ 1:00PM 1997 Acura 3.5 RL JH4KA9641VC014174 1999 Audi A6 WAUBA24B6XN006621 2003 Buell Lightning XB9S 4MZSX12J433453536 2005 Buick Rendezvous 3G5DA03EX5S564915 1997 Cadillac deVille 1G6KD54Y5VU269575 2004 Chevrolet Impala 2G1WF52E649110036 1998 Chevrolet C1500 1GCEC14W3WZ220352 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 1G1GZ37GXGR170826 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt 1G1AK55F467841661 1963 Chevrolet Impala 31847A232512 2007 Chevrolet Malibu 1G1ZS57F07F265266 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe 1GNEC13T6YJ166190 2004 Chrysler Sebring 1C3EL56T84N187674 2004 Dodge Stratus 1B3EL36XX4N256966 2000 Ford Explorer 1FMZU62X7YZC58494 1993 GMC Sierra 1500 1GTDC14K2PZ520412 1997 Honda Accord 1HGCD5663VA092945 2002 Honda Civic 1HGES26752L063856 1998 Honda Accord 1HGCG5648WA086713 1995 Honda Accord 1HGCD5630SA037774 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee 1J4GW68N7XC639222 2007 Kawasaki Ninja 250R JKAEXMF147DA29557 1998 Mazda B2500 4F4YR16C6WTM19226 2003 Nissan Murano JN8AZ08T43W111794 2001 Nissan Pathfinder JN8DR09X81W572959 2006 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D26C223155 2005 Nissan Altima 1N4AL11D25N415873 2000 Pontiac Montana 1GMDX03E8YD118401 2004 Pontiac Bonneville 1G2HZ54Y44U228446 2002 Volkswagen Passat WVWRH63B32P444628 2004 Volkswagen New Beetle 3VWCM21Y24M308644 929-311139, 2/3,10

Stone Mountain, GA 30087 (770) 879-8632 2/19/2016 10:15AM STORED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS: B022–Thornton, Kevin B040–Hamilton, Shannon B042–Felix, Somona C005–Elder, Nicole C007–Mckinnie, Angela C028–Porter, Denise D055–Williams, Keavin D062–Hamilton, Shannon E020–Billups, Fredrick E025–Watson, Jerome E056–Garrett, Marcus E070–Frost, David E074–Logan, Candace E088–Thomas, Robin F018–Newby, Ashleigh F026–Gayle, Marlon F046–Benford, Joseph F053–Watson, Jerome F064–Buckner, Elaine F068–Shah, Champak G018–Worrell, Camille G034–Diggs, Tameka G037–Martinez, Ruth All sales are subject to cancellation. Public auction terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. Dated this 3rd Day of February and 10th day of February 2016 by PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201.

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

929-311020, 2/3,10

GEORGIA SINGLE FACILITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given that Champion Self Storage at 2415 Loganville Hwy. Grayson, GA. 30017 will sell the contents of the storage units listed below at a public auction to satisfy a lien placed on the contents (pursuant to the Self Storage Facility Act of the Georgia Code). The sale will take place at the website StorageStuff.Bid on February 16th at 9:00 am.

2016. The sale will be conducted under the guidance of Cheli Rosa (AU003807) on behalf of the facility’s management. Units may be available for viewing prior to the sale on StorageStuff.

Bid. Contents will be sold for cash only to the highest bidder. A 10% buyer’s premium will be charged as well as a $50 cleaning deposit per unit. All sales are final. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale or to refuse any bids. The property to be sold is described as “general household items” unless otherwise noted. #105 Kenneth Giery – Household Items #136 David Maylor – House Items, Furniture #202 Rachanok Washington – Furniture,bags of clothes, washer and dryer #226 Steven Starling – Household Items #251 Wetonka Blackmon – Household Items #313 Lenette Fargurhanson – one office chair, clothes #352 Warren David Syer/ Stocky Food and SpiritsTable and Chairs #435 Amanda Blackmon – Household Items #436 Britt Roseberry – Household Items #443 Priscilla Billingslea – Household, Clothes #474 Teresa Ann Attaway/ Teresa Attaway – Household Items #479 Cole Roseberry – Boxes and Bed #490 Pam Taylor – Household Items, furniture #523 Steven Starling – Household #570 Roy Gows – Boxes, Beds, Pool Table 929-307212, 1/27,2/3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the Georgia Self-Service Storage Facility Act, Ga. Code Ann. §§ 10-4210 et seq., the undersigned will conduct a public auction on February 19th of 2016 of the below-listed units. Each of the below units generally contain the following: furniture, clothing, tools, and other household/business items.

PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTY: 27313 1964 Rockbridge Rd. S

ZONINGS PUBLIC NOTICE The Braselton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 7 p.m. and the Braselton Mayor and Council will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 4 p.m. on the following items: Application 16-01-RZ Application for a re-zoning from Duke Realty Limited Partnership on property owned by them identified as Jackson County Tax Parcel 119-002. The property is 29.28 acres. The current zoning classification is G-C (General Commercial). The requested zoning classification is M-D (ManufacturingDistribution). The intent of the request is to develop and construct 276,000 s.f. of warehouse/distribution space.

ALL BRASELTON PLANNING COMMISSION AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION: BRASELTON POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURT BUILDING 5040 S.R. 53, BRASELTON, GA 30517 FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS REQUEST, PLEASE CONTACT KEVIN KELLER AT kdkeller@braselton.net or at 706-654-5797 934-311013, 2/3 GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 AT 7:00 P.M. GWINNETT COUNTY JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION CENTER AUDITORIUM 75 LANGLEY DRIVE LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA 30046 THE FOLLOWING REZONING, CHANGE-INCONDITIONS, SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS, LOCATED WITHIN UNINCORPORATED GWINNETT COUNTY, ARE SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AS STATED ABOVE. SITE PLANS, LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PLANNING DIVISION, 446 WEST CROGAN STREET, LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M., MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUP2015-00026 – APPLICANT: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING & ENGINEERING; OWNER: JAMES DAVENPORT; FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN C-2 & M-1 ZONING DISTRICTS FOR A TRUCK STORAGE LOT; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 076 PARCELS 002 & 029; 1600 BLOCK OF BOGGS ROAD; 2500 BLOCK OF BRECKINRIDGE BOULEVARD; 5.11 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/ BROOKS RZR2015-00022–APPLICANT: PULTE GROUP, INC.; OWNERS: SCOTT PFUND, DAVID & STACEY MILLER; R-100 TO R-60; SINGLEFAMILY SUBDIVISION; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 082 PARCELS 038 & 093; 2100 BLOCK OF SUGAR SPRINGS DRIVE; 2000 BLOCK OF LIBERTY BELL PLACE; 10.80 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/ BROOKS RZR2014-00019–APPLICANT: GREY PHOENIX, LLC; OWNER: GREY PHOENIX, LLC; R-100 TO R-SR; SENIOR ORIENTED RESIDENCES (REDUCTION IN BUFFERS); DISTRICT 4 LAND LOT 318 PARCELS 005, 045 & 051; 3000 BLOCK OF LEE ROAD; 3000 BLOCK OF BUD RUTLEDGE DRIVE; 29.0 ACRES. DISTRICT 3/ HUNTER

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EOE/DFWP. Please fax resume to 770-248-0899 Attn. Staffing.

Business Development Analyst, Telecommunications (Latin American mrkt), Suwanee: Dvlp mrktg strategy & operatns for LATAM telecommunicatns mrkt.

Promote prod lines & sales. Train LATAM staff. Req: Bach’s Deg (or frgn equiv.) in Bus or any Engrg fld +5yrs’ exp. in job offrd or in roamg &/or long distance srvces mgmt in the LATAM mobile telecomm industry. Req exp. w/content licensg, value-added srvces & contract negotiatn in LATAM mobile telecommunicatns industry.

Travel to Latin America is rqd 4-5 times p/ yr for approx 10 days each. Mail resume to: Endeavor Link Inc. Att: W. Platt, 5400 Laurel Springs Pkwy, Ste 707, Suwanee GA 30024 Dentistry FRONT DESK TEAM MEMBER NEEDED

in Loganville area.

Dental Experience required.

Call 678-254-0650 for instructions.

DRIVERS Drivers - $2K Sign-on Bonus. Love your $60K + Job! We put drivers first! Pet & Rider. Avg $1200 weekly. CDL-A. Req’d (877) 258-8782.

Drive4melton.com

404-670-3087

LAWRENCEVILLE Room for Rent $525 / mo. Sugarloaf Mills area. Near Gwinnett Transit. Quiet neighborhood. Ideal for student & others.

678-825-2656

FULL TIME

COMMERCIAL RENTALS

DISPATCHER Local distribution company is seeking a FT Dispatcher.

Duties include the following: ¡ Coordinate/plan daily loads with available capacity to maximize customer service and productivity while minimizing expenses ¡ Assign loads to drivers and ensure compliance, safety, and on-time delivery ¡ Create and publish the daily load plan schedule. ¡ Update dispatch reports with daily activities and metrics ¡ Ensure on-time service via the driver check calls. ¡ Communicate clearly, courteously, and effectively to internal and external customers ¡ Report performance metrics and concerns to management as required ¡ Follow all required safety policies and procedures. ¡ Ability and willingness to answer calls when needed outside of work hours.

The ideal candidate must be detailed oriented, possess excellent communication skills and at least 2 years of experience.

Must be able to work in a fast paced environment. Must have a firm understanding of DOT Hours of Service regulations.

Preferred Qualifications: ¡ Bachelor Degree in Logistics/ Transportation or relevant experience ¡ Experience in truckload dispatching (a must) ¡ Advanced computer skills (MS Office, AS400, TMS, etc) ¡ Experience using load boards and backhaul planning

2000 Windridge Dr, GA, 30518 Windridge Buford, Affordable 1&2 Apartments Bedroom Apartments 'PS .PSF *OGPSNBUJPO $BMM t 5%% 7

5 " 'PS %FBG BOE )FBSJOH *NQBJSFE

FULL TIME MEDICAL

Willow Wood Nursing

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR • LPN and RN’s needed days and evening for charge nurse positions • C.N.A.’s needed days and evenings • Admission and Marketing.

Long term Admission & Marketingexp. pref. M - F, some weekends may be reqd. • Maintenance Director. Exp. in long term care & regulations pref.

M - F, some weekends may be reqd. & on call.

APPLY IN PERSON: 4595 Cantrell Rd. Flowery Branch Email Resumes to: sjones@sterling-health. com

OR CALL: 770-967-2070

We offer a competitive benefits package which, includes a base salary, health / dental / disability / life / accident insurance, 401K, personal days, vacation, holidays, etc. Qualified candidates please submit your resume in person at 1001 Cherry Drive Suite 300 Braselton, GA 30517 or email to HR@tran-south.com

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)

Sr. Solution Architect – Engineering Software & Electronics, AGCO, Duluth, GA. Develop & maintain long term roadmap for delivery of applications required by engineering, aimed at improving AGCO’s ability to develop & maintain machine on-board software & electronics. Initiate projects & oversee project delivery. Define & establish needed applications & organization to maintain the applications. Must have Bachelor’s in Engineering, Computer Science or Computer Information Systems & 5 yrs work exp in on-board product software & electronics development in the automotive, construction or agricultural equipment industry. Of exp required, must have 3 yrs exp: (i) performing full systems development lifecycle including project scope, requirements definition, design, build, test & support for on-board product software, (ii) performing electronics development, & (iii) utilizing or supporting IT applications used to develop on-board product software development or electronics. Must be willing to travel 50% of the time. Apply online at: https://careers. agcocorp.com/.

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

FARMS, LOTS & ACREAGE FOR SALE

CONYERS, GA 30094

MONROE, GA 30656

HOUSES FOR SALE COVINGTON, GA 30014

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 LOGANVILLE, GA 30052

BACK ON MARKET! PEMCO HUD HOME #105-734948 5369 Rabbit Farm Rd. 3BR/1.5BA, Full Unfinished Basement • $121,000 INSURED W/ ESCROW • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

REDUCED! 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 MONROE, GA 30655

32.53 ACRES BRING OFFERS! JIM DAWS ROAD Great 32.53 +/Acre Tract Zoned A-2 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 LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE

COMMERCIAL LOT! 1190 W Spring St. Commercial Lot Zoned M-1 Unlimited Uses .87 Acres $475,000• EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

DO YOUR SHARE

OXFORD, GA 30054

classifieds 770-962-SELL

DRIVER CDL/A. $3000 Sign On Bonus for Experienced Drivers.

Paid out within 30 days of 1st dispatch!

HOME WEEKLY. NEW Southeast Regional.

Pay Increase! Company & Independent Contractors Needed. 6 Day Refresher Course avail.

In Business over 50 years! 855-378-9335 EOE KLLM.com

NOW HIRING Immediate Openings If you are interested in working for an energetic team and A fast paced environment Rockdale Healthcare Center Is Seeking Applicants for

Experienced Food Service Director, Chefs, Servers, Dietary Aides RN’s, LPN’s, CNA’s

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR Can You Dig IT? Heavy Equipment Operator Career! We offer training and certifications running bulldozers, backhoes and excavators. Lifetime Job Placement. VA Benefits Eligible! 1-866-3626497.

Please Email Resume to agrace@rockdalehc. com or ycolbert@ rockdalehc.com Or apply within @ 1510 Renaissance Drive NE Conyers, GA 30012

WERNER ENTERPRISES wants YOU! Great Pay, Home-time, Benefits, & New Equipment! Need your CDL? 3-4 wk training avail!

Don’t wait, call Career Trucker to get started!

866-557-9244

WANTED FOR RENT

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.

APPLIANCES

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.

Del/1 yr warr.

Tim 404-205-2222 Hotpoint Refrigerator Side by side. $350.

Kitchen-Aide flat top stove. $150. Magic Chef Built In Microwave, 2010. $150.

All beige. 678-377-5176 HEAVY EQUIPMENT

BEAUTIFUL LAKE LOT! 405 St. Regis Dr. Beautiful 2.76 Acre Lake Lot In The Prestigious St. Regis Neighborhood In Oxford,Ga. Heavily Wooded With Gorgeous Views Of The Lake $48,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

TRAINING/ SCHOOLS AVIATION GRADS work with JetBlue, Boeing, NASA and others start here with hands on training for FAA certification. Financial aid if qualified. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance (888) 873-4120. www.

FixJets.com

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

WANTED TO RENT

FULL TIME

**Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to contact those applicants whose experience and background best match our requirements.**

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

ALPHARETTA, GA FOR LEASE 1000 SQ. FT. OFFICE SPACE. Off Hwy 9.

Available Feb. 1st.

(678)624-0202

JAGUAR XJ6, 1997 VANDEN PLAS SEDAN. 82K One owner miles. This car is the best you will ever find. It looks and drives like new. Gold with tan leather that is close to perfect. Inlaid picnic tables etc. are perfect.

You will never find another this good. Sold for over $64,000 new.

It is fabulous and only $5950.

Call 770-873-2627

1 Bedroom – $460-$680 based on gross income 2 Bedroom – $515-$735 based on gross income

307337-1

RZC2016-00001–APPLICANT: SOFRAN PARTNERS, LLC.; OWNER: L&T PROPERTIES GROUP, LLC AND MASTER’S SERVICE INC.; R-100 TO C-2; GROCERY STORE AND SHOPPING CENTER (REDUCTION IN BUFFERS); DISTRICT 5 LAND LOT 235 PARCEL 001 AND DISTRICT 5 LAND LOT 214 PARCEL 030; 900-1000 BLOCKS OF MARTINS CHAPEL ROAD; 900 BLOCK OF BRAMLETT SHOALS CONNECTOR; 1600 BLOCK OF SUGARLOAF PARKWAY; 35.34 ACRES. DISTRICT 4/HEARD BRD2016-00001 – APPLICANT: NORTH GWINNETT CHURCH; OWNER: NORTH GWINNETT BAPTIST CHURCH, INC.; FOR A BUFFER REDUCTION FROM 20 FEET TO 0 FEET IN AN R-75 ZONING DISTRICT; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 288 PARCEL 008; 4900 BLOCK OF WEST PRICE ROAD; 8.81 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/ BROOKS CIC2016-00002 – APPLICANT: RAJAE A. JANHO, M.D.; OWNER: RAJAE A. JANHO, M.D.; CHANGE IN CONDITIONS TO REDUCE BUFFER FROM 75 FEET TO 0-50 FEET; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 073 PARCELS 001A AND 105; 1700 BLOCK OF DULUTH HIGHWAY; 5.02 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/ BROOKS RZM2015-00008–APPLICANT: ROCKLYN HOMES; OWNERS: INEX DEVELOPMENT, LLC, HILDA PAYNE HAYES & GRETCHEN PAYNE HAYES; C-2 & R-100 TO R-TH; TOWNHOMES; DISTRICT 7 LAND LOT 256 PARCELS 009, 011, 126, 127 & 154; 700 BLOCK OF BUFORD HIGHWAY; 700 BLOCK OF NORTH PRICE ROAD; 32.11 ACRES. DISTRICT 1/ BROOKS P&D BOC TBL 2-23 934-311052, 2/3

ROOMMATE WANTED /ROOM FOR RENT

770-714-8250 770-271-7127

SAWMILLS from only $4397.00 – Make & Save Money with your own badmill. – Cut lumber any dimension.

In stock ready to ship!

FREE INFO/DVD: www. norwoodSawmills.com WANT TO BUY I BUY golf carts, lawnmowers, and Sears Garden Tractors, running or not. Call 770-786-1255 OR Text picture to 770-361-5276.

PETS/LIVESTOCK

DOGS

APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR SALE MONROE, GA 30656

MONROE, GA 30655 WONDERFUL INVESTMENT! 404 E. CHURCH STREET Multi-Family Property With 2BR/2BA On One Side and 1BR/1BA On The Other Side. $139,900. EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

37.13 ACRES 1155 Jim Daws Rd Great 37.132 Acre Tract Zoned A-2, With Nice Hardwoods & Pines. Perfect For Livestock, Farming, Hunting, Or Build Your Dream Home $242,000 • EHO Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

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

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC Ready to go January 28. AKC German Shepherd pups-Black / Black Sable. Parents on site.

Working lines.Hannes Vom Spadener Holz.

1st shots and worming. $800. 770-316-4110 Commerce.

CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE

LOST & FOUND PETS

COVINGTON 2 Cemetery Plots (Side By Side) Section D, Lot # 391 @ Lawnwood Memorial Park, $1,895 each. 770-787-7097

LOST KITTY. REWARD! Smokey gray female Maine Coon mix, “Prissy.�Last seen on Plunketts Road, Buford Pls call 770-365-7998

MERCEDES 560 SL, 1986 CONVERTIBLE Low miles, super buy on investment car. Fabulous black with burgundy leather and two tops. Babied, exceptional and beautiful. Drives great- 135 MPH. Yet luxury and high quality. Drive and watch it go up in price.

Cost $48,000 new.

The best car built in the 1980’s. NADA and Hagerty Classic Car Value Guide appraises them at $20,00040,000. The best you can find and selling way under the market at only $14,700.

Call 770-882-4605

VOLVO V70, 2006 One owner wagon with only 105K miles.

Babied and beautiful, white with tan leather. Super CarFax. Desirable 2.5LT 5 cyl. engine. Looks and drives great. Selling way under the market for a car of this low miles and quality.

Only $6950.

770-882-4605 MOTORCYCLES HARLEY DAVIDSON SOFTAIL HERITAGE, 2013, 2 Tone, dark blue / silver, exc. cond., 1800 mi., garage kept. $10,000. Helmets incl.

770-744-8273

HARLEY DAVIDSON, 2012 IRON 883 Excellent Cond., 1000 miles, garaged, have title, helmets, rain suit, saddle bags incl. $5500 OBO. Social Circle. 770-787-7098 MISCELLANEOUS

TOYOTA CAMRY WANTED $1000 AVAILABLE. Call 678-414-3796.