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WIMBUSH TRIAL

Couple puts six children on stand as defense

FIGHTER Mill Creek community pours support on teacher battling cancer

BY CAILIN O’BRIEN cailin.obrien@gwinnettdailypost.com

Ashley Taube talks with students and former students Tuesday night at Mill Creek High School, where she was honored between games against North Gwinnett High School. Taube has battled neuroendocrine cancer that started in her pancreas since 2012, and she suffered cardiac arrest in October. At top, her husband, Mike, wears a T-shirt supporters created for her cause. (Staff Photos: Keith Farner)

BY KEITH FARNER

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Ashley Taube is a fighter who chooses happy over sad.

That’s how her husband described Taube’s outlook after about five years of a medical journey that included a Whipple surgery, chemotherapy, cardiac arrest and a procedure to receive an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, which is a combination pacemaker and defibrillator.

After all that, Mike Taube concluded that it “gets harder

and harder to deal with.”

Ashley’s friend Trisha Collier, whom she met before both were married with two kids each, said, “She doesn’t ask ‘Why me?’ or feel sorry for herself. She tries to continue on with her everyday life and wants to be the best mom, wife, friend, teacher and coach possible. She was actually ready to return back to work right after her cardiac arrest episode because she was concerned about not being able to teach and coach.”

And there she was on

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issues in recent years, it’s matched by the overflowing Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for a community support that has photo gallery. rallied around one battle cry: Taube Strong.

Tuesday night in a sea of supThat community support port on the basketball court has generated more than between the North Gwinnett $30,000 between a GoFundHigh School and Mill Creek Me account, and T-shirt and High School girls and boys bake sales. basketball games. A roar from “Everyone has their the crowd came down when battles,” Ashley said. “Your Collier announced that Ashley attitude makes a lot of difrecently completed an 11th ference, and I choose to be round of chemo. If there was happy. I don’t want to be sad any comparison to the turSee TAUBE, Page 7A bulent nature of her medical MORE ONLINE

Former Georgia Tech football captain Recardo Wimbush began to weep as he questioned his daughter Joy Wimbush in court Wednesday “How would you describe your parents, Joy?” he asked through tears.

Recardo and his wife, Therian Wimbush, questioned six of their 10 children as they began presenting their defense in the child abuse and neglect case against them.

Therian and Recardo Recardo are accused of locking Wimbush their teenage son, Recardo Wimbush Jr., in a small basement room for about two years from 2012-14. At the same time, the couple allegedly ignored a cancerous lump growing on the stomach of Therian their now 10-year-old Wimbush son, Isaiah.

Therian and Recardo have chosen to represent themselves in court.

Both Recardo Jr. and Isaiah testified alongside medical experts and officials from the Department of Family and Child Services when the state presented its case against Therian and Recardo on Tuesday.

The witnesses painted a picture of a trapped Recardo Jr. living in a dirty basement room barely bigger than the twin mattress it contained. The room had one window, which had been painted over in white.

“He looked very unkempt,” DFCS Det. Patricia Boone said, testifying about the day she found the teenager in his basement room. “He had really long hair that looked like it hadn’t been combed in a very long time. His skin was very dry, and his nails looked long and jagged.”

The state also focused on the lump

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Head Elementary in national running for $60,000 prize

BY KEITH FARNER

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Head Elementary School is in the running for a five-figure cash prize, and needs votes to put it over the top.

The Lilburn school has entered the Follett

Challenge and is asking for the public’s help to win the grand prize of $60,000.

The Follett Challenge, created by Follett School Solutions, the largest provider of educational materials and technology to pre-K-12 libraries, classrooms, learning cen-

ters and school districts in the United States, rewards schools for their work applying technology, content and creativity in ways that engage students, foster literacy and promote critical thinking.

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votes their video receives.

Head’s video, The Magical Media Center, can be viewed at follettchallenge.com/videos/752.

Individuals can cast one vote each day through Friday.

Thirteen prizes will be awarded and the grand prize winner will be

chosen from the pool of semifinalists and awarded an additional $30,000, for a total of $60,000.

The Follett Challenge semifinalists and people’s choice video winners will be announced on Feb. 28, and the grand prize winner will be announced on April 28.

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Police ID second victim of weekend double shooting

BY CAILIN O’BRIEN

lying in a pool of blood in the

Gwinnett police have identified both men shot and killed in a Duluth home over the weekend.

Officers found Norcross residents Michael Liberty, 51, and Charles Tyree, 40,

block of Hopkins Mill Lane Sunday at about 8 p.m., according to police reports.

Gwinnett police Cpl. Michele Pihera said Tyree was already dead when officers got to the house.

Liberty was “gasping for

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air” and the responding officer noticed a gunshot wound in his neck, according to police reports. The officer used a sweater provided by a witness to try to staunch the bleeding.

Liberty was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center where he died of his injuries.

Gwinnett police Officer

David Smith said Liberty and Tyree were friends of the family that lived at the Duluth house. “(They) had been invited over to the home earlier in the day,” he said.

Gwinnett police arrested Davon Dayron Jones, 24, Monday and charged him

with the double murder. Jones lived in the home. He allegedly shot Liberty and Tyree before running away.

Officers booked Jones into Gwinnett County Jail Monday at 9:30 a.m. on two counts of felony murder and aggravated assault. He’s being held without bond.

Deputies cop one from wanted list ... the sheriff’s Facebook page.

“We are The Gwinnett County fortunate Sheriff’s Office arrested that Sheriff a man from the county’s Conway wanted list, on a charge of supports Rodrick felony probation violation our use of Lydell Monday. technology, Thompson Deputy Shannon Volkodav including said Rodrick Lydell Thomp- social media, to perform our son turned himself in after job duties,” Volkodav said. he saw his wanted poster on “It’s proven very beneficial

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when you’re in the business of apprehending suspects.”

Deputies booked Rodrick Lydell Thompson into Gwinnett County jail Monday at 2:11 p.m. He’s charged with violating his probation.

Thompson has been on probation since 2011, according to court records. He was convicted of aggravated assault Aug. 8, 2010, and received first offender status when he was sentenced

March 22, 2011. That landed him three years in jail and 12 years on probation.

He’s being held in jail without bond as of Wednesday afternoon.

Thompson was the second member of the Wanted in Gwinnett list deputies arrested Monday. Officials also booked Brendon Emerson The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center in Buford Williams in jail that morning invites the community to explore what happens there after hours beginning 5 p.m. Friday. (Photo: Stewart Woodard) on charges of rape and aggravated sexual battery.

Gwinnett center to ... and another also ‘Wanted in Gwinnett’ come alive at ‘Night at the Museum’ event dav said Brendon Emerson WarWilliams, 34, was arrants taken rested at about 9:10 a.m. out against as he was getting out of a Williams One of Gwinnett vehicle at 1450 Peachtree by a DuCounty’s most wanted was Industrial Blvd. Officials luth police arrested Monday morning were led to Williams’ locaofficer on charges of rape and ag- tion after receiving a tip show he Brendon gravated sexual battery, ac- from a resident who saw is accused Emerson Williams cording to a spokeswoman him on a wanted poster of raping for the Gwinnett County shared by the Daily Post a woman at Sheriff’s Office. in its Wanted in Gwinnett an apartment complex in Deputy Shannon Volko- feature on Sunday.

Duluth on the evening of

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Aug. 4, 2016. He is also accused of probing the victim’s private parts with his fingers during the alleged rape.

Volkodav said she was not sure whether there was any relationship between Williams and the tipster.

She also said she could not divulge what information the tipster provided that led to the arrest.

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The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center will satisfy the curiosity of anyone who’s every wondered what happens there after closing time.

The center will host its “Night at the Museum” drop-in festival for the entire family this upcoming Friday on Tuesday, turning the commissioners unanimous- egress to the school and the from 5 to 9 p.m. former roadway over to the ly approved the transfer.

The festival will feature right-of-way is no longer county’s school system.

County Department of needed for the operation or its exhibits after dark and a The roadway in question Support Services Deputy preview of the new exhibit maintenance of Sugarloaf is more commonly known Director Susan Canon said Parkway,” Canon said. “All “Abracadabra! Everyday to drivers these days as the county’s school board existing easements will be Magic.” The recent addition the way in and out of the asked the county to turn it retained and no objections reveals secrets behind magic Richards Middle School over to them. have been raised by county and illusions through math property from the modern “This particular area departments or public utili- and science concepts.

Sugarloaf Parkway. County serves as ingress and Magician Mr. McClure ties.”

BOC gives part of old Sugarloaf Parkway to GCPS

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Gwinnett County officials gave up control of nearly 2.8 acres of prescriptive right of way that was once part of Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville

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will put on a special magic show at the center’s Blue Planet Theater at 7 p.m.

Wizard experiments in the EHC Lab will take place at 5:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The event will include a mystery tour, storytelling by a campfire, crafts, glowin-the-dark games, and the sights, sounds and more of nature in the Sensorium.

The fee to enter is $8 per person, and advance registration online is suggested.

Also, guests may pay at the door. There is no charge for members or children ages 2 and under.

For more information and to register, visit gwinnettehc. org/night-at-the-museum.

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Ga.-PCOM to host regional Latino conference

By Keith Farner

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Latino students interested in a career in health care are invited to a conference early next month at the Suwanee campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The Southeast regional conference will be hosted by the campus chapter of the Latino Medical Student Association, which has the theme “Unidos por un future,” which is translated “united for a future;

together we all rise.” The conference will be Feb. 3-5.

The LMSA, established to represent, support, educate and unify Latino medical students in the U.S., is a nonprofit organization with student chapters across the country. GA-PCOM’s LMSA chapter was founded last year with the help of faculty advisor Valerie Cadet.

Two of the founding student members, biomedical sciences students Ivette Moreno and Ismael Cotto, are conference co-chairs

Wayback Burgers opens Lawrenceville, Buford locations

By Curt yeomans

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Could you handle a ninepatty-tall burger? Lawrenceville and Buford burger lovers now have a chance to test their stamina and find out.

Wayback Burgers announced on Wednesday that it has opened new locations at the Shops at Huntcrest, 1030 Old Peachtree Road in Lawrenceville, and at 3264 Buford Drive N., which is near the Mall of Georgia in Buford. Between them, the two locations are expected to add about 40 new jobs in Gwinnett.

The openings bring the total number of Wayback Burger locations in Georgia to four, according to company officials.

“We are excited to announce that Wayback Burgers of Lawrenceville and Buford are officially open,” franchisee Waymond Bogans said in a statement.

“We believe that the area is a great fit for the brand, and we look forward to bringing excellent service and top notch burgers, fries, shakes and more for foodies in Lawrenceville, Buford and beyond.”

The burger chain is known for its variety of stacked burgers, including

The nine-patty Triple Triple Burger is one of Wayback Burgers’ unique menu items. It is part of the menu available at the chain’s new franchise locations that recently opened in Lawrenceville and Buford.

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the nine-patty triple triple, as well as its old-fashioned, hand-made, thick milkshakes and its throwback environment. It also offers grilled chicken sandwiches, veggie burgers, turkey burgers, salads, fries, onion rings and house-made chips.

The Lawrenceville location will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day, and the Buford location is expected to be open from from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sundays.

charged with planning and coordinating conference events.

The conference will have workshops, panel discussions, and learning and networking opportunities for high school, undergraduate and professional Latino students.

The event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Kenneth L. Dominguez, a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, Division of HIV/ AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and

TB Prevention.

Attendees are expected to tour the campus, learn a variety of clinical skills from Ga.-PCOM physicians and faculty, and participate in activities with patient simulator technology. The conference will also host a research poster session on campus, and an evening gala at the 1818 Club in Duluth.

Those interested in attending the 2017 LMSA Southeast Region Conference may register online at http://lmsa. me/2017SEC.

Biomedical sciences students Ismael Cotto, left, and Ivette Moreno are conference co-chairs planning and coordinating events for the upcoming Latino Medical Student Association conference, Feb. 3-5 at the Suwanee campus of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. (Special Photo)

Hice bill: Life begins at fertilization Republicans throughout Georgia’s House Delegation are backing legislation by one of their own that steps into the abortion debate and sets a new definition on when a human life begins.

U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., has filed the Sanctity of Human Life Act. Its 23 cosponsors include Gwinnett’s other Republican congressman, Rep. Rob Woodall, as well as Reps. Rick Allen, Buddy Carter, Doug Collins, Drew Ferguson IV, Tom Graves, Barry Loudermilk and Austin Scott, all R-Ga. The bill, more formally known as H.R. 586, stipulates that human life begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg, or during a similar Jody Hice stage in the cloning process, rather than when the fertilized egg attaches itself to the wall of the mother’s womb.

The fertilized egg would be given the legal and constitutional rights and privileges of a person, according to the bill. States, U.S. territories and Washington, D.C., would be authorized by the bill to protect the fertilized egg.

“In the Declaration of Independence, our Founding Fathers affirmed that everyone is endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, chief among them being life,” Hice said

Disclosure Act of 2017 on Tuesday. Hice and Woodall were among the bill’s 101 co-sponsors.

“The majority of the American people believe that those opposed to abortion shouldn’t be forced to fund it through the use of their tax dollars, and that’s exactly what this bill seeks Curt Yeomans to ensure,” Woodall said in a statement. in a statement on Tuesday.

“For decades, Congress “Today, with the right to has been acting annually life under attack, now more on this very issue, but we than ever before, we must now have the opportunity to stand up as advocates for the address it permanently while unborn. also broad“Our culture must affirm ening the the value of the weak and scope to vulnerable in our society, all federal beginning with our children. programs.

With that in mind, I introI’m proud duced the Sanctity of Huto help man Life Act, which rightly move this defines life as beginning at Rob Woodall legislation conception. I am proud of forward, this legislation and proud and proud to partner with to be a voice for the unborn those working so hard to with clarity and conviction.” defend life.”

The bill has been assigned Hice added, “No Amerito the House Judiciary Com- can should ever be forced mittee. to pay for abortions. Period.

Woodall, Hice address The Hyde Amendment has support of bill banning been a staple of protecting taxpayer funding for the unborn for 40 years, abortions saving more than two milHice’s bill on when hulion lives, including 99,350 man life begins isn’t the only lives in the State of Georgia. abortion-related legislation Needless to say, it is vital that is getting attention right that we keep it in place.” now.

Johnson announces The House of RepresenCongressional Black tatives passed New Jersey Caucus scholarships Republican Rep. Christoavailability pher Smith’s No Taxpayer U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson Funding for Abortion and invited graduating high Abortion Insurance Full school students, as well as

students already in college, in his district to apply for one of four different types of scholarships provided by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

The foundation offers the CBC Spouses Heineken USA Performing Arts Scholarships, CBC Spouses Visual Arts Scholarships, and CBC Spouses Education Scholarship.

Applications for the performing arts and visual arts scholarships are due by April 21.

Ten recipients will be chosen for each scholarship and each recipient will receive Hank Johnson $3,000.

The deadline for the education scholarship is May 19, and the recipient will receive between $500 and $8,700.

Johnson’s office said the foundation also offers an infrequently administered multi-year scholarship, the CBC Louis Stokes Health Scholars Program, but that scholarship was not listed on the foundation’s website as being open for applications.

The congressman’s office urged students to regularly check https://cbcfinc.academicworks.com/opportunities for availability.

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

was among the recipients of the letter from McCarthy and House leaders. A spokeswoman for Deal told GHN last week that his staff was reviewing it.

The spokeswoman, Jen Ryan, could not be reached Monday on whether Deal had sent his reply.

Deal in the past has called for more state flexibility on Medicaid, which in Georgia covers nearly 2 million people, most of them children.

Deal told GHN in 2014 that he has “often discussed the advantages of a block grant. States need more flexibility in order to make their program work for their unique population rather than a one-size-fits-all Washington mandate.’’

On Sunday, in fact, a top adviser to Trump said the president’s plan to replace the ACA will propose a block grant — giving states a fixed amount of federal money to run their Medicaid programs.

A block grant, said Kellyanne Conway, would ensure that “those who are closest to the people in need will be administering’’ Medicaid.

Some skeptical reactions But some ACA advocates say that a block grant would disadvantage Georgia, which has a per-beneficiary spending in Medicaid much lower than most states.

“Proposing that block grants give states flexibility really means flexibility to cut services and restrict eligibility,’’ Laura Harker,

conditions.

Prior to the ACA, Georgia had created the legal mechanism for a high-risk pool, but never funded it. Other states found that high-risk pools had financial difficulties, and some had limitations on coverage, the New York Times reported.

The ACA, passed in 2010, allowed the creation of a pre-existing insurance pool as a stopgap until the law was fully implemented in 2014. By February 2012, the number of Georgians in the state’s high-risk pool for people with pre-existing health conditions nearly tripled in less than a year, to 1,476.

Hudgens says in his letter that the ACA’s requirement for most people to have insurance or be penalized did not work in resolving the pre-existing condition problem, leading to what he called significant cost increases.

A high-risk pool for highcost individuals, funded by the feds and run by states, would allow the risk pool for other people “to function normally,” said Hudgens.

His call for insurance sales across state lines comes despite the failure of a similar Georgia law.

The state Legislature in 2011 passed a bill letting insurers sell any policies in Georgia that they offer in other states. The law is still in effect. But since it was passed, no health insurer has taken advantage of it, GHN reported in December.

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Aurora Theatre setting Post-ACA, allow more local control up new office space at Hudgens: B a m priority. policy analyst at the Georgia plans to change health care, Georgia Gov. Nathan Budget and Policy Institute, have pushed high-risk pools Central Gwinnett High Deal, like other governors, said Monday. for people with pre-existing y

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collaborations integrating arts into the classroom, and we hope that this new opportunity will lead to many, Community partners are many more.” beginning to be a way of life The office is expected to at Central Gwinnett High open in early spring.

School.

It’s expected to serve as a A few months ago, Peach center for students interested State Federal Credit Union in volunteering, internopened a branch on campus, ing and working at Aurora and on Monday, the school Theatre, and a meeting place and the Aurora Theatre for collaborative projects announced a satellite office between the theater, school for the Lawrenceville arts and community. destination.

Organizers hope the Megan Rose-Houchins, partnership will strengthen academy coordinator for the Lawrenceville arts comFine Arts and Communicamunity. tions, said the Peach State “We are so excited to experience was so exciting be able to directly connect that the school wanted to with the students to engage bring more partners into the them and the community fold, and she had the idea of in a way that spans beyond the satellite office for Aurora. the confines of the theater “We have been workwalls,” said Renita James, ing so closely with Aurora Aurora Theatre education Theatre that it seemed like coordinator. “We are able a natural progression in our to have space where people relationship,” she said. “We can meet with us face to at Central are thrilled to have face and know that they are the presence of a profeswelcomed into the Aurora sional theatre company on family, just as we have been our campus. We’re currently welcomed into the Central working on four different Gwinnett family fold.”

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Correction An article in the Jan. 25, 2017 edition of the Daily Post, titled “Pressure still on for Hunter to resign position” contained an typo in the first quote. The quote from Laney McKenna should have ended with, “In my middle school, there are people from all walks of life, and I was taught to love them all.” The Daily Post regrets the error.

It is the policy of the Gwinnett Daily Post to correct all errors of fact.

Georgia’s insurance commissioner wants Republicans in Congress to allow states more flexibility in setting their own health insurance rules.

Ralph Hudgens, who has long opposed the Affordable Care Act, also says that when it is repealed, as is likely, the federal government should fund state “high-risk’’ insurance pools for people with pre-existing health conditions.

And Hudgens supports insurers selling policies across state lines, even though a Georgia law allowing such sales has not led to any takers.

He makes the comments in a Jan. 13 letter to U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who, along with other House leaders, wrote to governors and insurance commissioners asking for their views on health care changes under the new Congress.

“I welcome any action by the federal government that truly shifts authority away from Washington, D.C., and returns it to Georgia and allows our state to set policy in areas so important to the lives of our citizens,’’ Hudgens writes.

The Republican-led Congress is poised to pass legislation to repeal the ACA and develop a replacement plan. Their previous efforts to do so went nowhere, but now they have an ally in the White House. New President Donald Trump has made scrapping the health law a

The current Medicaid structure allows federal funding to adjust every year based on need, Harker said.

“For example, the amount of federal funds grows during an economic downturn when more people need the program,’’ she said. “A block grant would reduce federal funding over the next decade and shift more costs to the state.”

Block grants are typically based on historical spending, Harker said. “This would mean less money to cover enrollees in Georgia’s Medicaid program compared to other states, because Georgia ranks 49th among states in Medicaid spending per enrollee.”

Meanwhile, it’s not clear what will happen to Medicaid in the 31 states that expanded the program under the ACA. Republican governors such as John Kasich of Ohio have called for expansion to continue under the new GOP health plan.

Kasich, who ran unsuccessfully for president in 2016 and frequently clashed with Trump, has recommended that Medicaid expansion not be repealed, while indicating he’s open to some changes, such as in income eligibility, NPR reported Monday.

An idea some say has failed In his letter to Majority Leader McCarthy, Hudgens calls the ACA a “failed overhaul of the health insurance industry.”

Many lawmakers, in their

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Problems can develop from bout of diverticulitis Dear Dr. roaCH: I am an 84-year-old woman in relatively good health with a concern about diverticulitis. I had my first attack 10 years ago.

The second attack was two months ago, and I had a CT scan that showed an apparent infection. I took one course of antibiotics, but the pain persisted, followed by a second attack and more antibiotics.

Since then, I have had intermittent stabbing pain at the same site. I know that taking unneeded antibiotics is bad, but what about when you have a lingering infection? If a diverticulitis infection is not cleared completely, what are the dangers? Festering, incurable infection? Sepsis?

— R.W. aNSWer: Diverticula are small pouches in the wall of the colon. They can appear anywhere in the colon but are most common in the sigmoid colon, the section just above the rectum. The condition of having diverticula is called diverticulosis. But diverticula can cause trouble, either by bleeding or becoming infected, in which case it is called diverticulitis.

The usual treatment is oral antibiotics.

Most of the time this works well, but occasionally the infection is more serious. Some people need to be admitted to the hospital for intravenous antibiotics. Without prompt and effective treatment, serious complications can include an abscess — a large, walled-off area of infection requiring drainage, either through a tube or through surgery. The diverticula can perforate, creating a connection between the inside of the colon and the abdominal cavity, called the peritoneum. Large perforations require emergency surgery. Diverticulitis also can lead to a blockage of the colon, or to a fistula, an abnormal connection between the colon and other structures, such as the bladder.

A bout of diverticulitis that doesn’t get better raises concerns about serious conditions. Most of these can be suspected based on a careful physical exam, but often a CT scan is needed for definitive evaluation.

Recurrent diverticulitis often is treated surgically.

Once the infection has resolved, the diseased portion of the colon can be removed to prevent further attacks; however, a surgeon would need to carefully consider doing so in an 84-year-old woman with only one recurrence in 10 years.

The booklet on diverticulitis explains this common disorder and its treatments. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach Book No. 502 628 Virginia Drive Orlando, FL 32803 Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$5 Can. with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

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Thurmond

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Harding

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Tugalo

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Today is the 26th day of 2017 and the 37th day of winter.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1802, Congress passed a bill that established the position of Librarian of Congress.

In 1837, Michigan was admitted as the 26th U.S. state.

In 1950, the Indian Constitution went into effect, marking the birth of the Republic of India.

In 1998, President Bill Clinton denied allegations of an extramarital affair during a televised speech.

In 2015, Libby Lane became the first woman to be appointed as a bishop by the Church of England.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), military leader; Maria von Trapp (1905-1987), matriarch of singing family/memoirist; Paul Newman (1925-2008), actor; Jules Feiffer (1929- ), cartoonist/

writer; Scott Glenn (1941- ), actor; Gene Siskel (1946-1999), journalist/ critic; David Strathairn (1949- ), actor; Eddie Van Halen (1955- ), guitarist/ songwriter; Ellen DeGeneres (1958), comedian/talk show host; Wayne Gretzky (1961- ), hockey player; Vince Carter (1977- ), basketball player.

TODAY’S FACT: The first Library of Congress was burned (along with the rest of the Capitol building)

by British soldiers in 1814, and its 3,000 books were destroyed. The library was rebuilt in part through the purchase of President Thomas Jefferson’s personal library of 6,487 books in 1815.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1986, Chicago crushed New England 4610 in Super Bowl XX, as the Bears’ renowned defense held the Patriots to seven yards rushing.

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Regular customer thanks the wrong ‘sir’ Dear amy: I’m a man living in a particularly diverse liberal neighborhood of a diverse and liberal college town.

I frequent a great organic market/sandwich shop in our town center, staffed by an eclectic group of friendly young folks, including a person in the early stages of transition (male to female). I am in there several times a day and always friendly and chatty with the staff.

This morning, the person in transition rang up my purchases. As she handed me my change I said, “Thank you, sir.” I’d like to chalk this up as a senior moment, although she is 6 feet, 3 inches tall with a sturdy, masculine build, so it may have been somewhat subconscious.

I was immediately mortified, but my snap decision was to let it go rather than correct myself or apologize. I didn’t want to add insult to injury and make an awkward situation worse.

I could see she looked a bit upset. I wondered if she was insecure that she wasn’t convincing as a female.

Am I overthinking this encounter? Part of me wants to say something the next time we interact, but I don’t want to embarrass her and call undue attention to her transition.

I would never have deliberately hurt her feelings.

Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson What do you think I should do?

— Feeling Guilty Dear Guilty: I don’t think you should call attention to this faux pas publicly. I do think you should learn her name, and use it.

If you are a frequent patron of the shop, knowing the names of some of the counter and wait staff will ease all of your encounters.

The next time you happen to interact with her, you can say, “By the way, I’m in here all the time; I’m ‘Charles.’ What’s your name?” Tell her, “It’s nice to finally meet you,” and greet her by name from now on.

Dear amy: My friend “Dave” has been dating his girlfriend, “Polly,” for more than a year. When I was visiting, I asked her why there was half-eaten food everywhere, and she said, “Oh, I’ll just leave that for Dave to clean up.”

At this point Dave was working 35 hours a week, plus college, while she, fresh out of high school, had no job or obligations

of any kind.

When I talked to Dave about this, he said that things would change when they officially moved in together. Guess what — nothing has changed. She works part time, and Dave is working nonstop. I told him he needs a helpful partner and now is the time for Polly to start growing up.

He said he’s afraid to have that conversation with her because he doesn’t want her to get mad. I’ve wondered if I should speak directly to her.

I think she’s suffering from Princess Syndrome.

He’s killing himself trying to provide for her, and she, seemingly, will not lift a finger.

I’m worried for my friend, Amy. He used to be so adventurous, but now he’s just overwhelmed and tired. I’ve tried to talk to him, but the boy is too love-struck to see sense. Is there anything I can do for him at this point?

— Worried Pal Dear WorrieD: You have spoken to your friend about this. He has told you that essentially his girlfriend holds sway over him. Either he is afraid of her anger, or he is afraid that she will leave him. That is the very essence of being “love sick.” Love, as you seem to know, should not make a person sick. Love should make a person soar.

Surely, you could confront “Polly” with the imbalance you perceive in this relationship, heaping on your “Princess Syndrome” theory. But — what would change?

In fairy tales, the princess tends to win when challenged.

Stay close to your friend. Don’t harp on this issue. But do continue to demonstrate to him what healthy relationships look like. Let your friendship be an example of one.

Dear amy: Thank you for your stance against spanking.

When my son was a challenging 2-year-old, I thought to myself about all the pain that he might suffer in his life (disease, injuries, accidents, bullying, fighting, crime, etc.), and I decided that none of it was going to come from me. He’s grown into a kind, self-confident and empathetic adult, and if he gives us grandchildren someday, I know that he will treat them kindly, as his parents treated him.

— Not a Hitter Dear Not a Hitter: Beautiful.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson. com. Readers may send postal mail to Amy Dickinson, c/o Tribune Content Agency, LLC., 16650 Westgrove Drive, Suite 175, Addison, TX 75001.

You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

Re-evaluate your personal finances and career, and look at all your options. You can tend to legal, medical and domestic matters, putting an end to unfinished business that has been standing in your way and dragging you down. Don’t feel guilty about putting your needs first.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — Disciplined actions will be rewarded.

Put your energy into setting goals and reaching your destination. A personal change will do you good.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — A romantic gesture will be met with an interesting response. Don’t feel pressured to spend too much. You can have fun doing something simple or entertaining at home.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Handle important partnerships with care.

Listen to complaints and suggestions, and look for a way to compromise. It’s best to keep the peace to avoid emotional backlash.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Share your thoughts and collaborate with people heading in a similar direction. A chance to travel or communicate with people who have something to offer will be enlightening.

Romance is highlighted.

GEMINI (May 21June 20) — Learn from watching what others do, not by opposing those who will never do or see things your way. If you want change, it’s up to you to make it happen.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Partners and children will be demanding. Before you think about giving in, set down some ground rules. Don’t overspend just because someone makes you feel guilty. Offer love, consideration and understanding.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Changes at home will come as a surprise if you haven’t been paying attention. Don’t neglect the little things. Pay close attention to detail, especially where personal relationships are concerned.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) — Don’t sign any contracts until you negotiate the deal you want.

Your ability to persuade others to see and do things your way must not be wasted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — It will be difficult to choose between an emotional and an intelligent response. Don’t let anyone goad you into an argument you aren’t prepared for. Gather facts and make your point clear.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Plan to have some fun or find a creative outlet that will give you the platform you need to display your talents, skills and foresight.

Engage in romance to celebrate your achievements.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Added responsibilities can work for or against you, depending on how you handle matters. Dig in and get the work out of the way fast in order to garner praise and avoid criticism.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ll discover a unique way to use your knowledge, expertise and skills to bring in extra cash. Don’t reveal your plans until you have every detail in place.

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world&nation world May promises to offer detailed Brexit plan British Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to set out in detail for the first time her government’s plan for leaving the European Union.

May, who has come under fire for failing to set out a vision for Brexit, told parliament Wednesday that the government would produce a white paper that would be scrutinized by lawmakers.

“I set out that bold plan for global Britain last week, and I recognize there is an appetite in this House to see that plan set out in a white paper,” she said a Prime Minister’s Questions in parliament on Wednesday.

“I can confirm to the house that the plan will be set out in a white paper published in this house.”

May’s government had previously argued that revealing details of the plan would jeopardize the country’s position in negotiations with the EU.

Trump: Build that wall Signs 2 executive orders to enforce immigration policies

By Jeremy Diamond, Jim Acosta and Kevin Liptak CNN

President Donald Trump on Wednesday started to reshape U.S. immigration enforcement policies via executive action, taking his first steps toward fulfilling some of the most contentious pledges that defined his campaign — building a border wall and punishing “sanctuary cities.”

Trump signed what the White House described as executive orders that begin moving towards building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, boosting border patrol forces and ordering an increase in deportations of undocumented immigrants.

“This is border security.

We’ve been talking about this from the beginning.

This is going to bring it over the top,” Trump said as he signed the first of two orders during a visit to the Department of Homeland SecuRussia: We want rity, the agency that would implement those actions. to normalize The executive orders also relations with seek to end sanctuary cities and the practice of releasing U.S., Europe undocumented immigrants Russian Foreign Minister detained by federal officials Sergey Lavrov has called before trial. White House for the “re-establishment of press secretary Sean Spicer normal relations” between said the executive action Russia and the United States directed at sanctuary cities under the Trump administra- would strip grant funding tion.

His desire for better US-Russian relations on Wednesday echoes previous statements by US President Donald Trump and his Rus- Trump calls for sian counterpart Vladimir investigation Putin. into voter fraud “Following the difficult relations we had under President Donald Trump Barack Obama, President called on Wednesday for Putin is ready to meet in the “a major investigation” interests of global security into voter fraud, following and stability,” Lavrov said, through with claims he has in remarks to Russia’s lower made since November’s house of parliament. “We election alleging millions of share the position expressed illegal votes during the genby President Trump for eral election without citing re-establishing normal rela- any evidence. tions. This means we need The probe into voter to work in a businesslike fraud may not be limited way.” to the 2016 presidential Lavrov also urged a norelection and could center on malization of ties between large states where Trump Russia and the European didn’t necessarily compete, Union and said “Russopho- according to White House bia” must be combated. press secretary Sean Spicer, who added, without citing evidence, that problems with At least 21 die illegal voting occurred in after bombings bigger states.

“I will be asking for a in Mogadishu major investigation into Extremist group Al-ShaVOTER FRAUD, includbaab claimed responsibility ing those registered to vote for two explosions Wednes- in two states, those who are day that police say killed at illegal and ... even, those least 21 people and rocked registered to vote who are the Somali capital. dead (and many for a long At least 50 people were time). Depending on results, injured in the attack, said we will strengthen up voting Capt. Abukar Osman with procedures!” Trump wrote the Somali Police Force. in two consecutive tweets.

Among the injured are seven journalists, according to Dow hits 20,000 Hussein Ali, an official of for first time Mogadishu’s ambulance After weeks of close services.

Four Al-Shabaab militants calls, the Dow made hisinvolved in the attack also tory Wednesday by hitting died, Osman said.

20,000 for the first time.

Attackers detonated a The historic milestone truck bomb outside the gates leaves the Dow up a stunof the Dayah Hotel, near ning 1,667 points since the country’s Parliament President Donald Trump’s building and popular with victory in November. lawmakers and government The achievement is officials, before storming evidence of how optimistic inside, Somali police Maj. investors have become about Ahmed Ibrahim said. the prospects for the U.S. — From wire reports economy.

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people Mary Tyler Moore dies at age 80

Actress Mary Tyler Moore, whose eponymous 1970s series helped usher in a new era for women on television, died Wednesday at the age of 80, her longtime representative Mara Buxbaum said.

She died “in the company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S. Robert Levine,” Buxbaum said.

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted in 1970 and starred the actress as Mary Richards, a single 30-something career woman at a Minneapolis TV station.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday began to reshape U.S. immigration enforce- The series was hailed by ment policies via executive order, taking his first steps toward fulfilling some of the feminists and fans alike as most contentious pledges that defined his campaign. (CNN) the first modern woman’s sitcom.

Moore first found fame for cities that “harbor illegal alarm bells ringing in imagents” of the Immigration playing Laura Petrie, the immigrants.” migration activist circles, and Customs Enforcement wife on the “The Dick Van Construction of the wall where questions had contin- agency, which is charged could begin in months, but ued to swirl about whether with arresting and deporting Dyke Show,” which ran for five seasons beginning in planning for the massive Trump would truly impleundocumented immigrants 1961. The role earned her project is “starting immedi- ment many of the hardline living in the U.S.. And his ately,” Trump said Wednes- immigration policies he executive action also called two Emmys.

Critics praised her againstday in an interview with articulated during his camfor a 5,000-person increase ABC News. paign. Trump’s actions leave in Customs and Border Pro- type performance as a chilly mother whose family Trump confirmed his little doubt about whether tection personnel, a source grapples with the accidental plans to build the wall with his immigration policies as familiar with the plans told death of a son in the 1980 federal funds and then president would differ from CNN on Tuesday. film “Ordinary People,” for seek reimbursement from his campaign rhetoric.

Marielena Hincapié, which Moore was nomiMexico, an idea Mexico has There remained little executive director of the nated for an Oscar. resisted. But negotiations, he question, for example, about National Immigration Law said, would begin “relatively whether Trump would push Center, called Trump’s soon.” to increase deportations of planned executive actions Snickers to air “I’m telling you there will undocumented immigrants. Wednesday “extremist, live Super Bowl be a payment. It will be in a One of Trump’s executive ineffective and expensive” form, perhaps a complicated actions was expected to call and accused the president of commercial form,” Trump said. for tripling “enforcement using lies about immigrants In a first for the Super Trump’s moves sent and removal operations/ to drive U.S. policy.

Bowl, Snickers is running a live commercial this year.

The ad, starring acpan “two critical US allies,” tor Adam Driver, will be His visit to two of Amerbroadcast Feb. 5 during the ica’s longtime treaty allies, where Mattis will meet with most-watched live TV event in the U.S. his defense counterparts in Driver played Kylo Ren each country, comes amid questions surrounding Presi- in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and was part of dent Donald Trump’s coma love triangle in the HBO mitment to those alliances. series “Girls.”

Trump had voiced a Snickers wouldn’t say skeptical view of America’s relationships with Japan and what the commercial will be South Korea during the 2016 about, but it did drop some campaign, saying Tokyo and hints in four teaser videos posted to YouTube. It seems Seoul should pay more for there will be a western President Donald Trump believes millions of votes were the thousands of American theme, some type of showcast illegally in last year’s election, White House Press troops stationed there.

Secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday. (CNN) down, a dead cowboy and Unofficial parks stunt horses.

The 30-second ad will air “The stock market has mental, social, economic and Twitter account during the first commercial given him this extraordinary educational justice to conbreak in the third quarter of vote of approval. Happy tribute to a better America.” trolls Trump Super Bowl LI. days are here again,” said Ed “The purpose for this Known more for tweeting Yardeni, president of Yardeni action today was to really Research. send a message to everybody lovely pictures of YosemNetflix to bring ite, Yellowstone and other Wall Street is betting in this country, similar to national parks, the U.S. Na- back ‘Queer Eye’ Trump’s plans to slash the millions that showed Netflix claims it’s going tional Park Service’s social taxes, ramp up infrastructure up to the women’s march, to “Make America Fabuspending and cut regulation that are feeling discouraged media presence has taken a turn for the subversive in the lous Again” with a reboot will make the American this week after we’ve seen of makeover reality series economy grow faster. If that Donald Trump take steps to age of Trump.

“Queer Eye for the Straight A Twitter account that happens, without any disrup- advance the Keystone and claims to be run by park ser- Guy.” tions to global trade, it could Dakota Access Pipelines, “In a time when America vice employees on their own propel corporate profits, the issuing gag orders on the time published a tweet going stands divided and the future lifeblood of stock prices. press and the EPA and the seems uncertain, a team of after newly inaugurated department of agriculture,” five brave men will try to Greenpeace activist Cassady President Donald Trump.

Activists climb bring us closer together with “Can’t wait for President Craighill said. crane near WH laughter, heart, and just the Trump to call us FAKE right amount of moisturizer,” Seven activists affiliated NEWS,” tweeted AltUSDefense chief a description released by with the environmental orgaNatParkSer on Tuesday.

Netflix said. nization Greenpeace climbed to visit Japan, “You can take our official The eight-episode new a construction crane near the South Korea twitter, but you’ll never take season is expected to begin White House on Wednesday our free time.”

Secretary of Defense morning.

The account had 463,000 production this spring, the James Mattis will make his company said.

The activists, who came followers as of Wednesday first official trip abroad next afternoon, and it was rising.

The reimagined series from across the country to week, traveling to Japan will feature a new quintet of protest President Donald While CNN could not experts and will move “from and South Korea — visits Trump, displayed a 70-byconfirm who created and that could help shore up 30-foot banner reading operates the account, people the Big Apple to turn the red states pink,” a release added.

“Resist” in downtown Wash- allies and send a message to tweeting from it claim The first “Queer Eye for China. ington. The crane can be they’re the park service’s the Straight Guy” starred The four-day trip beginseen from the Ellipse and the “Unofficial ‘Resistance’ ning next Wednesday will White House South Lawn. team,” and that they’re based Ted Allen (now a favorite host on the Food Network), “underscore the commitment at Mount Rainier National A statement released by of the United States to our the organization says the Park in Washington state — Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Jai Rodriguez and Carson enduring alliances,” said US although they spelled the protesters are “calling for Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, who name of the park incorrectly. Kressley. those who want to resist — From wire reports Trump’s attacks on environ- called South Korea and Ja— From wire reports

Fearful of losing free birth control, women rush to get IUDs

By Elizabeth Cohen

CNN Senior Medical Correspondent

Gabriella Shypula made a decision about her uterus based on President Trump.

Shypula, a recent college graduate, was happy with the birth control pill as her contraceptive of choice but started to feel nervous immediately after the election in November.

Here’s why: The Affordable Care Act guarantees free birth

to afford the monthly cost of birth control pills. So on February 17, she’s scheduled to get an IUD, control to most women, including or intrauterine device, implanted Shypula, even if a woman is not on while it’s still free.

Obamacare.

Her insurance will pay for it — But Trump has said he wants to it costs about $1,000 — and once repeal the act, and on his first day it’s inserted, there are no costs until in office, he signed an executive it’s removed. order reaffirming that commitment.

Depending upon which type she Shypula, who hopes to go to chooses, her IUD won’t need to be graduate school in the fall, fears removed for seven to 10 years. She that if that free birth control provi- rejected one type that lasts only sion goes away, she won’t be able three years.

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“I want something that’s at least going to last me four years, if not longer,” she said. “I want something that’s going to outlast Trump.”

Shypula’s not alone. Since the election, the number of women trying to get into Planned Parenthood to get an IUD went up 900 percent, Cecile Richards, president of the organization, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Jan. 9.

Richards didn’t give the number of women who called before and

after Election Day. “They are desperately concerned that they might lose their access to health care,” she said.

Trump has long said that although he plans to repeal Obamacare, he does want to keep some parts of it.

Though it’s unclear how Trump feels about access to free birth control, his nominee for secretary of health and human services, Rep. Tom Price, has a strong record of being against it.

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Real cost of protectionism WASHINGTON — When the president speaks of closed factories scattered like “tombstones” across America, has he noticed the shuttered stores in shopping centers, and entire malls reduced to rubble? He promises “protection” to prevent foreigners from “destroying” manufacturing jobs by exporting to America things that Americans want to import. Does he know that one American company might be “destroying” more American jobs than China is? And that this supposed destruction is beneficial?

George The company is Will Amazon (market capitalization: $388 billion), created by Jeff Bezos. He owns The Washington Post, which syndicates this column, but it is for revolutionizing retailing that he ranks in the Pantheon of American business. He belongs there with Richard Warren Sears, Alvah Curtis Roebuck, Aaron Montgomery Ward and Sam Walton, all of whom were constructively disruptive retailers, and were as important in the nation’s commercial history as were Henry Ford, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

In 2016, online buying during the holiday season surged 19 percent over the year before, which is one factor explaining this: Macy’s, after announcing in August that it would close another 100 of its remaining 730 stores, now says it will shed 10,000 jobs. Sears, which is 13 decades old and still has 1,600 stores, has lost $9 billion in five years, has closed 500 stores and is closing another 150 (including some Kmarts).

Sears stores in American downtowns, and the Sears catalogue that put downtown goods within reach of rural America (3 million catalogues were distributed in 1907, when the nation’s population was 87 million), caused difficulties for older retailers. In the second half of the 20th century, Wal-Marts at the edge of towns caused difficulties for downtown retailers with pre-modern — meaning pre-Wal-Mart — global supply chains. Now Amazon is forcing Wal-Mart to master online retailing.

Although e-commerce was just 8 percent of all 2016 retail sales, it came disproportionately at the expense of Sears, Macy’s and other “anchor tenants” that draw foot traffic from which other mall retailers benefit. When Amazon recently announced that it is going to create 100,000 warehousing and other jobs in the next 18 months, The New York Times reported that online retailing “has destroyed many times that number of positions at malls and shopping centers across America.”

The Times quoted specialists’ calculations that traditional retailers have shed more than 200,000 employees since 2012, and that there are 1.2 million fewer retail workers than there would be if there were no online retailers. But Henry Ford, too, “destroyed” lots of jobs — those of blacksmiths, buggy makers, etc. — the holders of which moved on, and usually up.

Writing at MarketWatch, Rex Nutting argues that as Amazon revolutionizes consumer behavior, it “is going to destroy more American jobs than China ever did.” If so, the “problem” is productivity. Nutting says “Amazon needs about half as many workers to sell $100 worth of merchandise as Macy’s does.” The Times reports that “the typical online retailer generates $1,267,000 in sales per employee versus $279,000 at bricksand-mortar stores.

All of which raises a question: Why should manufacturing jobs lost to foreign competition be privileged by protectionist policies in ways that jobs lost to domestic competition are not?

When an Applebee’s or Olive Garden, powered by a national advertising budget, opens next to, and causes the closing of, Madge’s Diner, why does Madge not merit protection? Or the Trade Adjustment Assistance that is available for workers, firms, farmers, even communities that can plausibly claim to have been otherwise injured by foreign competition or outsourcing of jobs?

The reason is this: Domestic protection of Madge and millions of others unsettled by the constant churning of a dynamic domestic economy would mean slow economic growth — and rapid growth of government as it regulates consumers’ choices and their consequences. But protection from imports also means this.

Reactionary liberalism has long held, and today’s faux conservatism agrees, that existing jobs should be protected by policies that reduce the economic dynamism that threatens those jobs.

Such protection means a net decrease in jobs but an increase in the self-esteem of blinkered protectionists who see the jobs “saved” but not those which, as a result of lost dynamism, are lost or never created.

Macy’s flagship Manhattan store was one reason Gimbels’ nearby flagship closed, after 76 years, in 1986. This, even though in 1945 Gimbels had been America’s first merchant to offer “a fantastic, atomic era, miraculous pen.” It was a ballpoint.

Will the winner of the once-famous Macy’s versus Gimbels rivalry always be with us? Probably not, which is probably good.

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

Colleges recruit with flattery CHICAGO — Many high schools across the country require that sophomores take the preliminary SAT or the practice ACT in preparation for the junior-year tests, which help determine their competitiveness at highly selective schools. When they do this, the students have the option to fill in a bubble on their answer packet agreeing to let prospective schools contact them in the future.

This is how it came to be that on the day after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, my mailbox was stuffed with 12 (and counting) ego-stroking letters from colleges across the country for my youngest son.

Seeing them all at once served to highlight the baffling array of unsolicited pitches students and their parents must wade through when trying to decide where to spend untold thousands of dollars on a chance at a degree.

By turns, these letters, most often signed by the university’s director of admissions, said my son was “a talented student with a bright future,” “unique,” “motivated” and “accomplished.” Some were more flattering than others: “I know a future leader when I see one — and from what I can tell about your successes so far, you’re going places.”

Some employed a supportive, consultative tack: “I want to help you prepare to catch the attention of admissions staff at any college

Esther Cepeda (as you’ve certainly caught mine).” And: “Because I’m interested in you and your continued success, I want to help you find the school where you’ll be happiest and truly excel.”

All offered personalized listicle-style “guides” — ostensibly a free and helpful gift of insight into the college admissions process, but really designed to convert letter readers (who have been provided with individual usernames and identifier numerical passwords) into website visitors.

There’s “4 Tips for a Successful College Search,” “5 Smart Ways to Select Your Ideal College,” “5 Signs a College Is Worth It,” “Five Ways to Find a College That Maximizes Your Potential,” “5 Reasons Your Application Will Stand Out,” “The Seven Things Students Forget When Choosing a College,” “7 Tips for Motivated Students” and my non-numerical favorite: “Your ‘Wow’ Factor — and How to Use It to Start Your Career.”

I’d share some tips but none of these guides were accessible without logging in and inputting lots of per-

sonal details about mom and dad’s finances and contact information into superspammy looking websites.

Although three out of the 12 inquiries that we got were from actual universities with long-standing reputations and ties to their campus communities, others were — to two parents with three graduate degrees between them — obviously sketchy.

One school, which in its letter boasted about “stateof-the-art facilities and the latest technologies” and professors that “take the time to get to know students and do what it takes to help them succeed,” was described in bracing terms on a consumer complaints website.

Called “shady,” “only in it for the money” and a “sham,” one student posted about this “university” in the hopes of starting a classaction suit: “Please, if you are tired of their predatory lending practices and false promises, call me and let’s work together.”

I’m not suggesting that all universities and colleges that do heavy direct-mail marketing are scams, but it used to be that a simple check about whether a school was non- or forprofit could set your mind at ease — and that’s no longer the case.

But it tends to be the degree mills, the for-profit schools and poorly regulated distance learning schools that pour millions of dollars into complex digital market-

ing recruitment strategies.

These tactics put the most vulnerable applicants — first-time college students and their families — at greatest risk.

Last February, the Department of Education created a Student Aid Enforcement Unit to respond more quickly and efficiently to allegations of questionable actions, misconduct or suspected fraud by higher education institutions. It aimed to build on steps the Obama administration had taken to protect students from aggressive recruiting practices. The actions include the creation of consumer tools to help families make more-informed college choices, gainful employment regulations aimed at ensuring that students at career colleges don’t leave campus with crushing debt, and enforcement of the ban on incentive compensation from recruiters.

But until all these efforts truly get off the ground, the onus is on parents.

As you get your bundles of college come-ons, check with the Federal Trade Commission’s resources (www.consumer.ftc.gov/ articles/0206-collegedegree-scams) for avoiding degree scams, for investigating accreditation and for direct links to reputable sources for comparing university programs. Deciding where to go to college is too consequential to get wrong.

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

to the editor DeVos lacks credentials to be Education Secretary

An open letter to Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Johnny Isakson: I strongly encourage you to vote against Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. I am an educator and believe public education is the defender of the American dream. Without free and competent public education for all, students cannot grow to their full potential — restricting not only their futures but the success of our society as a whole.

DeVos was never a teacher, administrator, school board member, or superintendent.

She has not been trained as a teacher or administrator, nor does she have any personal experience with public education through her or her children’s education. She does not have a proven track record of educational policy success.

She cannot show that the

policies she has implemented have worked because she has never implemented policies.

DeVos’s experience stems from educational activism in the state of Michigan, where she fought for school choice and advocated against common standards for education.

DeVos’ policies are irrelevant because she does not have the experience to implement them or any idea the effects of those policies.

The Department of Education is one of the most important cabinet positions because it ensures the future of America. Without strong, experienced leadership in education, America cannot deliver on the American promise of social mobility. For my students, their life is their education — please put it in the hands of someone who has the experience to lead.

— Alex Robson Lawrenceville Robson is the 2017 Middle School Teacher of the Year for Gwinnett County Public Schools.

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Taube

•From Page 1A and focus on the negative.

I have a husband and the boys and this community.

So many things that I have are wonderful and positive, and so it would be a shame to think, ‘Oh poor me, I’m going through this.’ I think keeping focused on this is just my battle. I would rather it be my battle than my children’s battle. I don’t want to be grumpy, I don’t want to be sad.”

Those closest to her agree.

“At times you can get consumed by fear, worry and doubt,” Mike said.

“But with Ashley, her attitude has always been positive. You just know she has the strength to overcome this. Anyone who knows Ashley can see how much energy and love for life she has.”

It’s a sentiment that helped the Taube family during one period of remission to welcome a second son, Baker, into the family, to grow up alongside big brother Fischer.

The boys are now 2 and 5 years old.

“You never know how strong you are until strong is your only option,” is a quote that Ashley has said that is emblazened on purple T-shirts around the Mill Creek community.

Ashley’s spirit spilled over to the girls basketball team, which now regularly awards a Taube T-shirt to a player who shows a level of strength and character or the ability to overcome some adversity in basketball or elsewhere in their life in recent days.

If someone walked into the Mill Creek gym on Tuesday, there was no obvious indication that Taube was fighting anything.

She talked with friends, co-workers and current and former students, many who wore purple T-shirts.

Trisha Collier, left, speaks at an event on Tuesday night at Mill Creek High School to honor her friend, Ashley Taube, and her fight against neuroendocrine cancer. Taube was with husband Mike, an athletic trainer at Mill Creek and sons Baker, second from left, and Fischer. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)

There were 200 T-shirts sold specifically for Tuesday, a night on which she was honored, and to raise money to help offset medical expenses.

Fighting a neuroendocrine tumor in her pancreas that began in 2012, she’s on a chemo regimen of five days on, 23 days off that followed a previous schedule of 14 on, 14 off. Treatment has been volatile, though, because doctors believe a cardiac arrest event at Mill Creek in October, when she was revived by her husband and school nurse Candy Fleming, was a side effect from a medication.

That was one setback

in a medical journey that began when a Whipple surgery removed a tumor and portions of her internal organs, but a subsequent pathology report showed that the tumor was cancerous and had spread to a lymph node, which made it stage 2B cancer.

A doctor has not given her a life expectancy, and while the cancer is not curable or operable, it is treatable. She said other patients on her chemo regimen, which was discovered five or six years ago, are still on it and doing fine.

A part-time math teacher at Mill Creek, Ashley also coaches

competitive cheerleading at the school. Her doctor visits and other treatments are at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., where she sees a specialist in neuroendocrine cancer, at Emory Medical Center and at Gwinnett Medical Center.

Her pain tolerance allowed her to previously only miss a few days from school because of doctors’ appointments and not because she wasn’t feeling well. But since the cardiac arrest, she’s been out of school.

Pending approval from doctors, Ashley could return to school in March or April.

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to being homeschooled by her parents. on Isaiah’s stomach. The The Wimbush children boy, who now receives also testified about their chemotherapy treatments, memories of Recardo Jr. testified Tuesday that he and Isaiah. A few said couldn’t remember his they remembered Isaparents taking him to a iah’s bump but couldn’t doctor. remember it particularly Therian and Recardo bothering him. sought to clean up the Joy said she could only state’s picture of their remember it bothering household with their him when he hit it while children’s testimony horsing around.

Wednesday. They asked “He sometimes said it their sons and daughters itched, and if he bumped questions about their time it into a wall, it might at home, often homing in hurt,” she said. on specific memories.

The children talked Joy testified to remem- about Recardo Jr., bering fondly the master too. Hope said she bedroom, where all of the remembered her teenage children slept together at brother as “vibrant” when one point. he was living at home.

“It felt safe,” Joy said. Joy said she remembered “Like there was always him as “the perfect kid,” somebody there.” aside from his tendency Her sister Hope said to lie. she liked school but All seemed to agree would prefer to go back that Recardo Jr. was in

Therian and Recardo Wimbush defend themselves against child abuse and neglect charges Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Cailin O’Brien)

the basement as a form of punishment. Some testimony even suggested he’d chosen that form of punishment so he could

avoid the spankings the other children received for bad behavior.

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Ashley, who graduated from Parkview High School in 1999, and the University of Alabama in 2003, met Mike, a Chicago native, at Mill Creek, where he also works as an athletic trainer. Both have worked at Mill Creek since it opened in 2004, and they got married in 2009.

Candidly, Mike said he prays for his wife every night and tries to be a good husband and father while loving her the best he can.

“You do get angry, frustrated, sad and upset but that doesn’t help the situation,” he said. “I swallow my pride. I realized I can only do so much on my own.”

Throughout her journey, Ashley has reluctantly accepted the community spotlight that comes with overwhelming support to give money, meals and childcare. Part of that outreach is channeled at jointeamtaube.com where she writes medical and other updates. Her friends and family have said that it brings out her sense of humor and personality while also being efficient with seemingly constant news.

In one recent entry, she wrote about making a “Cowboy Ciao” salad under the heading “Fancy pants dinner!”

“Look, me and the kitchen are not besties,” she wrote. “I do my best, and I have drastically improved; truthfully I just don’t really enjoy it. I wish I did! If I could create something amazeballs in a reasonably quick amount of time and not have a massive mess to clean afterwards, then maybe I’d be more friendly with cooking.”

In another entry, Ashley recalled the day she suffered cardiac arrest.

“Haven’t really had time to blog lately because I’ve been so busy, so God decided to give me some extra time on my hands and slap my tail in the hospital for the weekend and possibly for the rest of the week,” she wrote.

It’s that kind of personality that leads those closest to her to conclude that her approach to the medical adversity is the only way she knows how to deal with it.

“The cardiac arrest was obviously the scariest part out of everything she has been through,” Mike said.

“But she does not want to live in fear of what could have happened. We believe God is not done with her yet and she will continue to fight.”

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Not all the children questioned Wednesday seemed completely sold on the teenager’s

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“It seemed OK at the time, but now I see there are better ways we could have handled it than locking (Recardo Jr.) down there in the basement by himself,” Hope testified.

Still, the Wimbushes continued to defend themselves with testimony suggesting a home full of happy children. When Recardo asked his daughter, through tears, what she thought of her parents, she said she considered them “very loving.”

“They always tried to do what was best for us,” she said, before breaking into tears herself.

The defense is expected to rest and the case to go to the jury by this evening. Neither Recardo nor Therian is expected to testify.

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GGC TENNIS PREVIEW Men’s season opener vs. Kennesaw State • Saturday, 1 p.m. • Lawrenceville

Eagles name Gregory coach

Former Grayson coordinator picks up reins at Collins Hill

By Will Hammock

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Hunger games

Top-ranked Kevin Konfederak and the three-time defending national champion Georgia Gwinnett College men’s team opens its season Saturday against Kennesaw State. (Photo: Rod Reilly)

Grizzlies determined to stay at top of mountain

By Christine Troyke

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Five days before the start of Georgia Gwinnett College’s 2017 tennis season, head coach Chase Hodges was still working out his lineup.

The top two are a nobrainer.

Junior Kevin Konfederak and senior Jordan Cox are the top two NAIA players in the country.

Since leading the Grizzlies to a third straight national title in May, the duo defended their ITA Oracle Cup doubles title and earned another trip to the USTA ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in Flushing, N.Y. “Obviously with Jordan and Kevin — the top two singles players in the nation and the No. 1 doubles team in the nation — you feel pretty good about where you stack up,” Hodges said with a smile.

GGC has two more returning starters in Gilad Berman, who was undefeated at No. 4 singles last season after transferring from UNLV, and senior Connor Clements.

“Connor has been in the program since we started it so we expect big things out of him,” Hodges said.

“He’s going to be another primetime player for us.”

The other two starting spots are up for grabs. A series of intrasquad challenge matches the week leading up to Saturday’s opener against Kennesaw State had to be the proving ground.

“These matches to determine the lineup, those are going to be even more competitive than maybe some of the matches in the regular season,” Hodges said. “That’s an advantage we have. With a strong team, every day is a challenge and every day you get better.

“It does create competition within the team. You just have to harness that as a coach and make sure everybody understands that we are one team and there’s no division created.”

With leadership from a core of highly ranked returning players, new guys assimilate fairly quickly.

“It makes my job easier

Valeria Podda and the Georgia Gwinnett College women’s tennis team open the season in search of a third national championship in the last four years. (Photo: Rod Reilly)

because everybody knows what the expectations are,” Hodges said. “We want to win national championships, but on top of that, we want to put ourselves in a position where we’re doing everything in our abilities to maximize how good a player we can be.

“What gets lost in translation a lot of times is the work ethic. Sometimes when you have a lot of success, people think we can just show up and get these victories, and don’t really see the amount of time and effort and dedication that these guys put in.”

The Grizzlies have been ranked No. 1 since May 21, 2014, and were at the top of the NAIA preseason poll Tuesday (a run of 979 consecutive days). They haven’t lost since April 3, 2015.

“That’s something we definitely want to keep going,” Hodges said. “But one thing I’ve learned is to stay on top is a lot harder than getting to the top. When we won our first one, we climbed that mountain. Staying on top of the mountain is very difficult because, to be honest, most teams don’t want to see you be successful.

“Everybody in the NAIA, they don’t really want to see us win it again.

So we’re going to get everybody’s best shot.”

He considers this year’s schedule the toughest yet.

“We’re opening up with Division I Kennesaw State, which is a good test for us,” Hodges said.

“We’ve got Hawaii Pacific, the Division II national champion coming to us,

along with West Florida, a top-five Division II program. We’ve got Xavier and Keiser (ranked No. 2 and 4, respectively in preseason), some of the top NAIAs. “We’ve got a ton of home matches, but we’re playing the best of the best.

Our players are going to be challenged and that’s what you want.”

The last time a program won four straight NAIA championships was Oklahoma City in 1998-2001.

The record is six in a row, last accomplished by Redlands (Calif.) in 1966-71.

“People are getting sick of us winning it,” Hodges said. “So we have an usagainst-the-world mentality.

“Both teams, the men and the women, have done a good job playing with that chip on their shoulder.”

The women have won two of the last three national titles and finished runner-up in 2015.

They also have four of six starters returning from the championship-winning lineup and are as experienced as any team in the nation with five seniors.

“All three national finals have been a 5-4 result and we’ve come out on the winning end twice,” Hodges said. “It’s going to be a grind no matter what happens, but at the end of the day, it’s a situation we’ve been in numerous times. So it’s nothing they shouldn’t be able to handle from a pressure standpoint.

Other teams we’re playing aren’t going to have had those experiences.

“And you just can’t

coach experience. That’s something we just simply have. That would be the biggest thing for us, making sure these seniors continue to grind. You want to make sure their eyes stay on the prize so they can finish on top.”

The women’s season opens Feb. 1 against USCAiken, the first of four straight matches against Division II opponents. The Grizzlies, who also were the consensus No. 1 in Tuesday’s preseason poll, are led by No. 2-ranked Valeria Podda. Fellow seniors Chiara Di Salvo (No. 3), Klara Dohnalova (No. 10) and Alyona Vasilyeva (No. 12) are also among the nation’s best players.

GGC added freshman sisters Debora and Rebeca Scurt to the team in August and five-star recruit Emerald Able from Memphis, Tenn. Another freshman, Margarida Abreu from Portugal, rounds out a talented lineup.

“As a coach you have to make sure you don’t get complacent,” Hodges said in regard to both teams.

“Once you get complacent, that’s when you get beat.

One of the things we’re doing on a daily basis is make sure the hunger level stays there.

“Once you win a national title, that’s an experience you want to have over and over again. I sense they’re willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen again. The other part of the maturity is understanding May is when our whole schedule comes to a head.

That’s when we have to be our best.”

Lenny Gregory is headed back to Gwinnett County.

The former Grayson assistant coach, who was Centennial’s head football coach the past two seasons, has been hired as the new head football coach at Collins Hill pending Gwinnett County Public Schools Board of Education approval. He replaces Kevin Reach, who resigned to become head coach at Monroe Area.

“I’m fired up to be back in Gwinnett County,” Gregory said. “Centennial was such a great opportunity. But to have an opportunity to get back in Gwinnett County is unbelievable. … I think Collins Hill, having been there in Gwinnett County and seeing them a couple of times in the playoffs, Collins Hill’s a program that’s had success. They’ve had some really great athletes go through there.

“I just think it’s a great school system. When I look at myself and my family, I look at a really awesome community that I can settle in and be a part of.”

Gregory coached from 2008-14 at Grayson, initially as defensive line coach and then as defensive coordinator. The Rams were 84-16 with a 2011 state championship during his time there, and he became a fixture in the community, even serving as legal guardian for Grayson star Robert Nkemdiche, now with the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals.

He left Grayson after the 2014 season to become head coach at Centennial in Fulton County. The Knights went 5-5 in his first season, then improved to 8-3 last season with their first state playoff appearance since 2011 (and just fifth playoff berth in school history).

“I had a great time (at Centennial),” Gregory said. “It was really fun to me teaching a program how to be a program. I was able to get in there and I was told by so many people that I would get so much resistance and that the community wouldn’t rally. But just the opposite happened. From Day 1, they accepted me. The kids were great. They wanted to be taught and cared for. I was able to go in there and build a culture of excellence and winning.

“It’s never good timing to do something like this, but the community right now is buzzing. The standard has been set now and they are moving in the right direction. I’m excited for them because I know

there are a lot of good candidates out there. I know the next guy to get this job will be coming into a great situation.”

Gregory played college football at Brigham Young under legendary coach Lavell Edwards, and worked in business after his playing career finished.

He got into coaching in 2002 as head Lenny coach of Gregory Northview’s first eighth-grade feeder team, worked at South Forsyth as a coach in 2003 and spent 2004-07 coaching at Chattahoochee. His first year working in education as a full-time teacher and coach was 2007 at Chattahoochee, which led to his job at Grayson.

Gregory’s oldest son Hayden played at Grayson and just finished his career at Mercer. Hayden now plans to join his father’s coaching staff at Collins Hill. He also has a son, Jacob, a senior at Centennial who has committed to West Georgia for football.

Football likely will be in the plans for Gregory’s youngest child, 3-year-old Max, one day, too.

“I enjoyed coaching my older boys and it will be good to get back to the (Gwinnett) rec program,” Gregory said. “The GFL is such a great program.”

Gregory inherits a Collins Hill program that has reached the playoffs 13 times in the last 18 years, including seven times in the past nine seasons.

Reach led the Eagles to a state semifinal appearance in 2010 and a schoolrecord 11 wins in 2013.

“I am extremely excited to have Coach Gregory become an Eagle,” Collins Hill athletic and activities director Scarlett Straughan said. “I am confident his philosophy of developing student-athletes into young men and women of high character and discipline will continue the tradition of success we have enjoyed here at Collins Hill. Coach Gregory will set high expectations and push our students to compete at every level, both academically and on the field.

“Coach Gregory’s charismatic personality and his dedication to hard work are qualities that make him a very strong leader. I was very impressed with the culture of success he built at Centennial in just two short years. I am excited to see the impact he will have on not just our football program, but our community and school culture.”

THE GREGORY FILE Name: Lenny Gregory New position: Head football coach at Collins Hill Former position: Head football coach at Centennial Age: 45 Career record: 13-8 Education: Graduated from Montgomery High School (Calif.); graduated from Brigham Young University with a management degree; earned master’s degree in education with a special education emphasis from Grand Canyon University Background: Coached at Grayson from 2008-14, first as defensive line coach and his last two seasons as defensive coordinator; helped Rams to 2011 state championship; coached at Chattahoochee from 2004-07; previously coached Northview’s eighth grade team and at South Forsyth; played college football at BYU for Lavell Edwards; worked in business for 12 years before becoming a football coach Family: Wife Kathy, daughter Gabby, 23, son Hayden, 21, son Jacob, 18, son Max, 3, stepdaughter Savannah, 13, stepson James, 12

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BASKETBALL

Friday

4:30 p.m. — Clarke Central at Buford girls 5:30 p.m. — Holy Innocents’ at Wesleyan 6 p.m. — Dacula at Winder-Barrow 6 p.m. — Lakeside-Dekalb at Berkmar 6 p.m. — Meadowcreek at Norcross 6 p.m. — Mill Creek at Duluth 6 p.m. — Mountain View at Collins Hill 6 p.m. — North at Discovery 6 p.m. — Parkview at Brookwood 6 p.m. — Providence at Hebron 6 p.m. — Shiloh at Grayson 6 p.m. — South at Archer 7 p.m. — GAC at Lumpkin Co. 7 p.m. — Gainesville at Lanier 8:30 p.m. — Clarke Central at Buford boys

WRESTLING

• Area 5-A traditional tournament at Commerce • Area 8-AAA traditional tournament at Fannin Co.

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Gladiators

Greenville Greenville at South Carolina 7:05 p.m.

Fri, 7:35 p.m.

Sun, 3:05 p.m.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

7 p.m. — Xavier at Cincinnati ESPN2 8 p.m. — Virginia Tech at North Carolina ESPN 8:30 p.m. — Oregon State at Colorado FS1 9 p.m. — Indiana at Michigan ESPN2 10:30 p.m. — Oregon at Utah FS1

FIGURE SKATING

2 p.m. — ISU European Championships, Ostrava, Pairs, Free Program. NBCSP

NBA

8 p.m. — Dallas at Oklahoma City TNT 10:30 p.m. — L.A. Lakers at Utah TNT

NHL

8 p.m. — St. Louis at Minnesota NBCSP

WINTER SPORTS

10 p.m. — Winter X Games Aspen. Snowboarding, women’s Big Air final, men’s SuperPipe final. ESPN

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. — North Carolina at Miami FSSO

Sports Calendar BASKETBALL

Ongoing through Feb. 8: Complete Skills Academy will have tryouts for girls (grades 4-9) and boys (grades 4-6) travel teams.

Girls tryouts begin Jan. 22 and boys tryouts begin Feb. 5. All tryouts will be at Pinckneyville Middle School. Go to www.completeskillsacademy.com for registration and more information.

FOOTBALL

Ongoing through May 31: Multi-County Football Officials Association has openings to officiate high school football games.

Training is provided and no experience is necessary.

For information, go to www.

MCFOAfootball.org or text to 404-376-5957.

RUNNING

Jan. 28: The seventh annual Norcross Blue Devils Run, a Peachtree Road Race qualifier, will feature a 5K and 1-mile fun run at Pinckneyville Middle School in Peachtree Corners. The 5K starts at 8 a.m. and the fun run starts when 5K finishes.

Early registration is $25 and race-day registration is $30. Proceeds from the student-led event will benefit the high school’s cross country and track and field

programs. For more information or to register, go to bluedevilsrun.wixsite.com/ norcross or run signup. com/BlueDevilsRun. Feb. 4: Meadowcreek will host its fourth annual Stampede in the Park 5K Trail run Feb. 4 at Yellow River Park. The course covers soft surfaces and paved trails. All proceeds benefit the high school’s cross country program.

Registration is available at active.com, and more information is available at stampedeinthepark.wix. com/5k1kfunrun. Email stampedeinthepark@ gmail.com with any questions.

SOCCER

Jan. 28: Atlanta Fire United will host walk-up registration for its recreational soccer program Jan. 21 and 28. The Jan. 21 event is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bunten Road Park Community Center.

The Jan. 28 event is 1 to 5 p.m. at the George Pierce Park Community Center.

Registration closes Jan. 28 for the spring season.

Practices begin Feb. 23 and games begin March 4.

For more information, go to atlantaunitedsoccer.com or email judas.kinchen@ atlantaunitedsoccer.com.

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Lartey is one of his team’s most versatile playArcher’s Kwei Lartey ers, averaging 11.8 points, and Berkmar’s Jonathan 6.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists Sanks both left four-year and 1.8 steals. The 6-foot-4 basketball programs for guard, who has made 56.3 Spartanburg Methodist percent of his shots, played College, a two-year school in 19 games last season as in South Carolina, with a true freshman at Armhopes of landing at another strong State, where he college for the 2017-18 averaged 5.8 points and 3.7 and 2018-19 seasons. rebounds in 18.9 minutes.

With their play so far “I was very fortunate this season, both are on that Kwei decided to attrack to reach that goal. tend SMC,” Cremins said.

“Both players are being “He is a special kid. Kwei highly recruited right now always has a smile on his and my phone is ringing face and brings tremenconstantly with four-year dous energy on and off the coaches wanting to sign court.” them,” said Spartanburg Sanks, whose father Methodist head coach Jon of the same name has Cremins, the nephew of coached Gwinnett football former Georgia Tech basat both Grayson and Berkketball Bobby Cremins. mar, also is a 6-4 guard.

The Gwinnett products’ His first college stop was individual success has Georgia Southern, where fueled a great start to the he redshirted for a season season for Cremins’ team, and played sparingly in which is 18-2 and ranked 2015-16 as a freshman, No. 22 nationally in the averaging just 6.7 minutes.

National Junior College He has found more sucAthletic Association poll. cess at Spartanburg MethSpartanburg Methododist, where he averages ist is on track to win the 13.2 points, 3.8 rebounds regular season conference and 2.8 assists. He also title, earning a bid to the makes an efficient 51.1 national tournament in percent of his field goals.

Hutchinson, Kan. “I recruited Jonathan Both sophomores made since he was in high their usual impact in Sunschool so we have a day’s overtime win over strong relationship,” CrDenmark Tech — Sanks emins said. “He is a very had a team-high 16 points talented basketball player and Lartey added eight who works hard and has points, six rebounds, six been a great fit at Spartan-

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burg Methodist.”

BASKETBALL Smith finds home at Washburn Archer grad Randall Smith has been a steadying force at point guard the past two seasons for Washburn (Kans.).

Smith played in 15 games as a freshman at Jacksonville State (Ala.), then transferred to Washburn. He averages 9.7 points and 4 assists this season as a junior, after averaging 9.9 points and 4.3 assists last season.

rebounds in eight games before the injury. It was a nice bump from last season as a freshman when he averaged 4.1 points predominantly in a reserve role.

After Berkmar, Rowe played a season at Mount Zion Prep in Maryland before signing with Southern Miss.

Fast break Shayla Cooper, a Norcross grad, starts for an Ohio State team that is off to a 17-5 starter, including 7-1 in Big Ten play. The senior averages 9.5 points and 5.9 rebounds. … Buford’s Justin Edwards averages 15.4 points and 3.6 Taylor debuts with assists for Oglethorpe. … impressive season Mountain View’s Kelsey Auburn-Montgomery’s true freshman point guard, Hutchins was honored Monday as North Geor5-7 Darrion Taylor, has gia’s Nighthawk of the been a bright spot this Week, the fourth time she season.

The Archer grad ranks has earned the all-sports second on the team in scor- honor this season. The ing (12.1), thanks to 41.2 senior averaged 19 points shooting (49 of 119) from and 7.5 rebounds last week to earn the honor, high3-point range. lighted by 26 points, eight AUM also has a Gwinrebounds and five assists in nett grad playing in a a win over Georgia Southreserve role — 6-7 junior western. She also extended Devonte Carter, who her double-figure scoring played at both Berkmar streak to 44 games. and Meadowcreek.

Gwinnett Grads is a Rowe’s season cut short column that runs on Thursdays spotlighting achieveTim Rowe played well ments of past Gwinnett early for Southern Miss, standouts. Coaches and but a foot injury suffered parents are urged to send in December ended the suggestions via email to Berkmar grad’s season. will.hammock@gwinThe 6-11 Rowe avernettdailypost.com. aged 9.9 points and 6.4

Norcross’ Meeks out indefinitely Orlando guard has surgery on right thumb

injured the thumb Jan. 18 against New Orleans. He has averaged 8.9 points this season in 21.7 minutes, making 40.4 percent (36 of 89) of his 3-point shots and 90.5 percent (38 From Staff Reports of 42) of his free throws.

Norcross grad Jodie His long-range shootMeeks had surgery Tuesing has been Meeks’ main day to repair an injured value since he entered the right thumb, Orlando NBA after a college career Magic general manager at Kentucky. He was a Rob Hennigan announced. second-round choice of the Meeks, who had started Milwaukee Bucks in 2009, in nine games and played Orlando guard Jodie Meeks (20), a Norcross grad, shows but also has played with the in 24 this NBA season for emotion against the Atlanta Hawks in a game earlier Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers, along the Magic, is out indefinite- this season. (Photo: Brett Davis-USA Today Sports) with Detroit and Orlando. ly, according to the team.

He has played in 461 His return will depend on in rehabilitation. trade from the Detroit career NBA games. how quickly he progresses Meeks, acquired via Pistons in the offseason,

IN BRIEF

Wesleyan’s Henning commits to Georgetown softball

After trips to the playoffs in both 2008 and 2010, Dean once again led his squad to the top of the Division II football world in 2012, capping a 12-2 season with a Wesleyan’s Cassie Henning has made a commitment 35-7 rout of previously unbeaten Winston-Salem State. to the Georgetown University softball program.

Following a 2-2 start, Dean’s squad reeled off 10 straight Henning, a junior, was a first-team all-county selection victories, allowing him to join another elite coaching fraby the Daily Post this past season. She had an 18-5 reternal order as the 10th head coach in NCAA Division II cord with a 1.27 ERA and 159 strikeouts in 144 innings history to win multiple championships during his career. as a pitcher, while holding opponents to a .174 batting In nine years as a head coach, Dean has an overall record average. of 79-27. His teams went to the playoffs in six of those nine At the plate, Henning hit .462 as a junior with 16 years, advancing beyond the first round five times. doubles and 36 RBIs.

GGC men’s soccer host open tryout Braves announce spring The Georgia Gwinnett College men’s soccer team will training non-roster invitees

The Atlanta Braves announced they will have 20 nonroster invitees in spring training in 2017. The list of 20 includes several of the organization’s top prospects, including right-handed pitcher Patrick Weigel, left-handed pitchers A.J. Minter and Sean Newcomb, infielders Ozzie Albies and Travis Demeritte and outfielder Dustin Peterson.

The full roster of non-roster players includes lefthanded pitchers John Danks, Sam Freeman, Adam Kolarek, A.J. Minter, Sean Newcomb and Eric O’Flaherty; right-handed pitchers Blaine Boyer, Rhiner Cruz, Joel West Georgia names Dean De La Cruz, Jordan Walden and Patrick Weigel; catchers as new football coach David Freitas, Blake Lalli, Joe Odom, Braeden SchleThe University of West Georgia named David Dean its huber and Kade Scivicque; infielders Ozzie Albies and new head football coach Wednesday.

Travis Demeritte; and outfielders Emilio Bonifacio and Dean joined an elite fraternity in his first year as a Dustin Peterson. head coach, leading the Valdosta State Blazers to the The Atlanta Braves have been training at the ESPN 2007 NCAA Division II national championship. VSU Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, had a 13-1 record in that season, including a 7-1 mark in Fla., since 1998. Pitchers and catchers report Feb. 14, the Gulf South Conference. Dean became just the second while position players report Feb. 17. The first full squad NCAA Division II coach to win the title as a first-year workout will be held on Feb. 18. head coach.

— From staff reports host an open tryout Saturday, Feb. 4, in preparation for the 2017 season.

The tryout, held at the Lawrenceville college’s soccer complex, is open to high school seniors, current GGC students and potential college transfers. It will last from noon to 2 p.m.

Participants are expected to bring their own gears for the synthetic turf field.

Georgia to play Missouri in first game at SunTrust Park From Staff Reports The first chance for the public to experience SunTrust Park up close will be April 8 when the Georgia Bulldogs host the Missouri Tigers for the third game of their Southeastern Conference baseball series.

The 1:30 p.m. game will benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Tickets went on sale Wednesday morning.

“This college matchup will be the first time the general public can really immerse themselves in SunTrust Park,” Braves

president of business Derek Schiller said. “With the excitement building around the ballpark, we think we have a great opportunity to have a large crowd in attendance, which would mean a lot of money raised for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.”

Fans attending the SEC matchup on April 8 will be able to enjoy all of SunTrust Park’s amenities — the Xfinity Rooftop, three levels of the Coors Light Chop House including Below the Chop that is directly behind the right fielder, or for a full view,

sit above the crowd in the Home Depot Clubhouse perched above the left centerfield stands.

Tickets for the Georgia vs. Missouri game will be $15 and group packages are also available. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster or through Chil-

dren’s Healthcare of Atlanta at choa.org/firstgame.

The Atlanta Braves will open the 2017 season on the road with games at New York, Pittsburgh and Miami, before their inaugural homestand at SunTrust Park beginning on April 14.

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SUPER BOWL LI Buck puts career on hold to pursue Falcons rest Jones, Mack this week pro basketball Atlanta vs. New England • Feb. 5, 6:30 p.m. (Fox) • Houston, Texas

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When his college playing career was over, Reed Buck never quit playing basketball.

The 2009 Collins Hill alum didn’t pursue a career in the sport after the 201213 college season. Instead he finished his studies at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (N.Y.) and went on to a career driving ships. From September 2015 until late 2016, he drove tugboats in the Houston harbor.

Throughout that time, he played basketball for fun and relaxation. Over the past year, though, he’s taken it a little more seriously.

“I always thought about basketball and I wanted to try to get myself back into it,” Buck said. “The guys I play pickup with and the friends I have playing overseas, the guys I know playing overseas, I thought, ‘I can do that.’”

So he did.

Buck went to open tryouts for an NBA D-League team late last year and not surprisingly didn’t make the cut.

“I basically did it to tell my kids I tried out for the NBA,” he said.

From there, Buck pursued pro basketball a little more intensely, as much as he could when he wasn’t working his regular job.

He played in a few camps and showcases, joined a tour team in Australia in November and hired an agent.

Australian teams showed interest, but so did the brand-new Canadian Basketball League, the brainchild of former Toronto Raptors coach Butch Carter, whose league aims to bolster Canada’s national team through a pro basketball feeder system.

Buck got an invitation to November training camp, leading to a contract with the CBL’s Durham United Basketball Club.

With little time to decide, he jumped at the chance to play pro basketball and was granted a leave of absence from his gig driving tugboats.

“I told (my employer) the situation, that it was the opportunity of a lifetime here, a chance to follow the dream,” Buck said.

“They were really support-

Will Hammock ive. They were great. They said I could come back whenever.”

The competition level is a step up from what Buck saw at the Merchant Marine Academy, an NCAA Division III school where he was the two-time conference player of the year.

But so far the 25-year-old has fit in well with a league that features mostly former NCAA Division I players, a few with NBA D-League experience.

His Durham United head coach is Milt Palacio, who played eight NBA seasons through 2006, then competed internationally through 2013. The club is off to a 6-1 start and Buck has been a reliable scorer, putting up 24 points in a recent victory over Hamilton. The 6-foot-6 forward also was player of the game in another January matchup.

Buck’s CBL season lasts through early April, then his future is uncertain. He plans to entertain offers from other international leagues if one of those works out. Given his age and other goals, he gave himself one year to pursue a career in pro basketball.

If it worked out, great. If it didn’t, it was back to work in the maritime industry.

His longterm goal is to work as a harbor pilot, the person who directs large ships in and out of ports.

That’s the future ambition, whether pro basketball works out or not.

And even if basketball doesn’t become a career option, he doesn’t plan to quit playing.

“I’ve always been in a gym, always playing,” Buck said. “That’s what I do. That’s where I go.

That’s all I know. I just go there and play.”

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

Collins Hill grad Reed Buck, second from right, with his parents, Bruce and Susan Buck, and his sister, Emily Buck. Buck plays for the Durham United Basketball Club in the Canadian Basketball League. (Special Photo)

Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones and center Alex Mack will be held out of practice this week to rest and recover from injuries in preparation for the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots.

Jones aggravated a toe sprain in a 36-20 divisional playoff win over the Seattle Seahawks, while Mack injured his left ankle in Sunday’s 44-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game.

Falcons coach Dan Quinn, appearing on 92.9 The Game Radio on Wednesday morning, said Jones and Mack won’t practice during the bye week ahead of Super Bowl LI on Feb. 5 at NRG Stadium in Houston.

“We’re going to rest two players this week, that’s Alex Mack and Julio, in preparation for them when we get down to Houston

But past those two, we’re healthy getting into our preparation on the field today.”

Jones, who initially sustained the injury in a Week 13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, led the Falcons with 83 receptions and 1,409 receiving yards during the regular season despite missing two games. His six touchdown receptions tied for the team lead.

The toe aggravation didn’t limit Jones’ impact against the Packers as he caught nine passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns.

Mack exited Sunday’s game when teammate Devonta Freeman fell on his ankle. Mack returned to the game although the injury was not fully Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (12) leaps in the air healed, playing in 67 of 73 and gets flipped while making a catch over a pair of Green Bay defenders in Sunday’s NFC title game at the offensive snaps against the Packers.

Georgia Dome. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman) The Falcons will practice at team headquarters so they’re able to particithat we set out for them, through Friday before flypate in practices,” Quinn and that’s the game plan. ing to Houston on Sunday. said. “That’s the goal They’ll be able to play.

PREP ROUNDUP

Spartans win with collective effort From Staff Reports NORCROSS — A balanced attack led Greater Atlanta Christian’s girls to a 78-44 region win over Fannin County on Wednesday.

Tamiah Lewis led with 18 points and four steals, while Caria Reynolds had 15 points and six rebounds. Robyn Benton had 14 points, three steals, three blocks and six assists to help the Spartans (14-6,

9-1) in all phases. Taylor Sutton had nine points and seven assists. Kennedi Williams also added nine points and five assists.

GIRLS BASKETBALL GIRLS HOOPS Collins Hill 78, North Gwinnett 33 SUWANEE — Collins Hill picked up a 78-33 region win over North Gwinnett on Wednesday.

Bria Harmon (15 points), Javyn Nicholson (14 points) and Jada Rice (10 points) were all in double figures and the Eagles (19-2, 7-0) had 11 play-

ers score in the win.

Buford 77, Walnut Grove 18 WALNUT GROVE — Audrey Weiner led Buford with 20 points in a 77-18 rout of Walnut Grove on Wednesday.

Rachel Dobbs (12 points), Marissa Bruce (11 points) and Tory Ozment (nine points) also helped fuel the Wolves (19-1, 9-0) in a dominant effort.

BOYS BASKETBALL BOYS HOOPS Collins Hill 60, North Gwinnett 52 SUWANEE — Mikey Joseph led North Gwinnett with 19 points and five rebounds, but

it wasn’t enough to top Collins Hill on Wednesday. The Eagles picked up a 60-52 region win on their home court.

Cam Rowland scored 10 points for the Bulldogs, who also had seven points each from Tyler Goodson and Josh Downs.

GAC 63, Fannin County 36 NORCROSS — Hunter McIntosh and Charlie O’Briant each scored 13 points in Greater Atlanta Christian’s 63-36 region win over Fannin County on Wednesday.

Jeffrey Blake was also in double figures with 11 points for the Spartans (16-5, 9-1).

Tech overpowers No. 6 Seminoles

By Stan Awtrey The Sports Xchange

ATLANTA — Josh Okogie and Ben Lammers each produced doubledoubles, and Georgia Tech’s defense shut down Florida State’s high-powered offense in a 78-56 upset of the sixth-ranked Seminoles on Wednesday at McCamish Pavilion.

Okokie, a Shiloh grad, had 35 points and 14 rebounds in his first doubledouble of the season.

Lammers finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for his 10th double-double.

Georgia Tech (12-8, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) limited Florida State to 15 points in the first half, a season low for the Seminoles, and held the visitors 29 points below their season average of 85.7 points. It was the fewest points scored by Florida State this season, four fewer than the Seminoles posted in a win over Virginia.

Okogie, a freshman guard, shot 10 of 17 from the field and 14 of 17 from the foul line. It was

Georgia Tech guard Josh Okogie (5) drives the ball defended by Florida State’s Braian Angola-Rodas (11) in the first half of their game Wednesday at McCamish Pavilion in Atlanta. (Photo: Jason Getz-USA Today Sports)

the most Okogie scored against an ACC opponent and the second-most in his career; he set the school’s single-game freshman record with 38 against

Tulane. He also had five assists and two steals Wednesday.

Lammers was 8 of 18 from the field, three of them dunks, as he bounced

back from his season-low, seven-point effort against Virginia. Lammers added four assists and three blocked shots.

Quinton Stephens made three 3-point baskets and scored 13 points for the Yellow Jackets, who broke a two-game losing streak.

Florida State (18-3, 6-2) got 12 points from guard Dwayne Bacon, who was 4 of 15 from the field, including three 3-pointers.

The Seminoles shot 28.2 percent for the game.

It was the third win over a ranked opponent this season for the Yellow Jackets, who were picked in the preseason to finish 14th in the ACC. Earlier this season, Georgia Tech defeated at VCU and North Carolina.

The Yellow Jackets dominated the first half and led 41-15 at the break. They went on a 12-0 run midway in the half and led by as many as 28 points when Okogie drained a jumper with 1:55 remaining.

Both teams play again Saturday. Georgia Tech will host Notre Dame, while Florida State is at Syracuse.

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

W L Pct GB Toronto...............28..17.....622....... -Boston...............26..18.....591..... 1.5 New York............20..26.....435.....8.5 Philadelphia....... 16..27.....372...... 11 Brooklyn...............9..35.....205...18.5 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta...............26..19.....578....... -Washington........25..20.....556........1 Charlotte............23..22.... .511........3 Orlando.............. 18..29.....383........9 Miami................. 15..30.....333...... 11 Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland...........30..13.....698....... -Indiana...............22..22.....500.....8.5 Chicago.............23..23.....500.....8.5 Milwaukee..........21..23.....477.....9.5 Detroit................21..25.....457...10.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio.......36....9.....800....... -Houston.............34..14.....708.....3.5 Memphis............26..20.....565...10.5 New Orleans...... 18..27.....400......18 Dallas................. 15..29.....341...20.5

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah...................29..18.... .617....... -Oklahoma City...26..19.....578........2 Denver............... 19..25.....432.....8.5 Portland............. 19..27.... .413.....9.5 Minnesota.......... 17..28.....378...... 11 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State......38....7.....844....... -L.A. Clippers......30..17.....638........9 Sacramento....... 17..27.....386...20.5 L.A. Lakers......... 16..32.....333...23.5 Phoenix.............. 15..30.....333......23 Tuesday’s Games San Antonio 108, Toronto 106 Philadelphia 121, L.A. Clippers 110 Washington 123, Boston 108 Chicago 100, Orlando 92 Denver 103, Utah 93 Minnesota 112, Phoenix 111 Wednesday’s Games Sacramento at Cleveland, late Houston at Boston, late Miami at Brooklyn, late Atlanta at Chicago, late Philadelphia at Milwaukee, late Toronto at Memphis, late Oklahoma City at New Orleans, late Golden State at Charlotte, late New York at Dallas, late L.A. Lakers at Portland, late

Today’s Games Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 10:30 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX—Claimed RF Steve Selsky off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Signed CF Austin Jackson to a minor league contract.

DETROIT TIGERS—Outrighted CF Anthony Gose to Toledo (IL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Designated LHP Dillon Overton for assignment.

Outrighted RHP Zach Neal to Nashville (PCL). Signed 3B Adam Rosales to a one-year, $1.25 million contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS— Named Burke Badenhop baseball operations analyst. Signed C Josh Thole to a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Acquired CF Brett Eibner from the Oakland Athletics for 3B Jordan Tarsovich. Designated RHP Carlos Frias for assignment.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Signed C Ryan Hanigan to a minor league contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Outrighted RF Jabari Blash to El Paso (PCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS—Signed PG Pierre Jackson to a second 10-day contract.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—NBA fined C Zaza Pachulia $15,000 for hitting an unsuspecting opponent.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS—Recalled C Diamond Stone from Santa Cruz (NBADL).

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Recalled SF Troy Williams from Iowa (NBADL).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL MARSHALL—Announced assistant coach Chris Duhon has resigned.

FOOTBALL National Football League DENVER BRONCOS—Signed DT Shelby Harris to a Reserve/Future contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed TE Beau Sandland to a Reserve/Future contract.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Named Sanjay Lal wide receivers coach.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL DELAWARE—Named Levern Belin

defensive line coach.

NORTH CAROLINA—Named Deke Adams defensive line coach. Named Terry Joseph defensive backs coach.

RICE—Named Wesley Beschorner quarterbacks coach.

SOUTH CAROLINA—Announced DB Jasper Sasser and WR Jamari Smith has left the program and is expected to transfer to another school.

Announced RB David Williams has left the program as a graduate and will transfer to Connecticut.

WESTERN MICHIGAN—Named Ashton Aikens wide receivers coach.

Named Bill Kenney tight ends coach, tackles coach and recruiting coordinator. Named Cory Sanders defensive backs coach. Named David Duggan linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. Named Drew Robinson director of football operations. Named Eric Evans running backs coach.

Named Gavin Roberts assistant director of strength and conditioning.

Named Grant Geib director of strength and conditioning. Named Jake Moreland co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Named Kevin Johns offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Named Kyle Derickson director of player personnel. Named Lou Esposito co-defensive coordinator

and defensive line coach. Named Tim Daoust defensive coordinator.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Loaned C Nate Thompson to San Diego (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. Recalled LW Kalle Kossila from San Diego (AHL). Waived RW Stefan Noesen.

COLORADO AVALANCHE—Recalled C Jim O’Brien from San Antonio (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Assigned G Reto Berra to Springfield (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD—Assigned C Christoph Bertschy to Iowa (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Acquired RW Stefan Noesen off waivers from the Anaheim Ducks.

OTTAWA SENATORS—Assigned RW Casey Bailey to Binghamton (AHL). Named Tom Anselmi CEO and president.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Activated C Tomas Hertl from injured reserve.

Assigned RW Timo Meier, RW Kevin Labanc, and D Tim Heed to San Jose (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned G Pheonix Copley to Chicago (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS—Placed C Mathieu Perreault on IR. Recalled D Brian Strait from Manitoba (AHL).

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JUST LISTED! HUD CASE # 105-305453 4BR/2.5BA TRADITIONAL HOME Separate living/dining room. Kitchen with center island.

Family room with fireside Fireplace.

Insured with Escrow.

EHO - $210,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

NEW LISTING! HUD CASE #101-975414 Ranch On 5 Plus Acres with Rocking Chair Front Porch.

Entrance with Views To Fireside Family Room with Fireplace & Bright Sun-Room.

Insured with Escrow.

EHO - $120,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com LAKE/RIVER/COASTAL PROPERTY FOR SALE EATONTON, GA 31024 210 RIVER LAKE DR.

UNDER CONTRACT! Brick Front 2-Story On Huge .66 Corner Lot • New Carpet • Formal Living / Dining Rooms • Open Kitchen • Family Room • 2nd Kitchen in Finished Basement EHO • $229,900 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

GARAGE SALES DACULA, 30019

ESTATE SALE SAT., 1/28, 8-3 1500 Heatherton Road, Dacula Lots of Tools, Furniture, Baby Items, and MUCH, MUCH MORE!

GORGEOUS LAKE LOT! Beautiful Shaded Lake Lot With Hardwoods With Great Views of Lake Oconee.

EHO • $245,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealtyprofessionals.com

DO YOUR SHARE

L AW R E N C E V I L L E Moving Sale, Fri.1/27 & Sat. 1/28, 8am-3pm.

664 Oxford Hall Dr. Hshold items, W/D, King sz bed etc. No Presales!

FIREWOOD

MONROE, GA 30656 506 MORGANS LANDING

LOGANVILLE, GA 30052 807 BRADLEY CIRCLE

GWINNETT, LAWRENCEVILLE Two Cemetery lots side by side, Gwinnett Memorial Gardens, Hwy 29 South. $600 each, Retail $4000 Call 678-267-0862 REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

FINANCIAL

APTS/DUP/CONDOS/ T’HOMES FOR RENT

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS FOR SALE Used Car Dealership, Established Turn Key Since 2003.

Gwinnett County includes inventory, 500,000, installment contracts of 500,000, solid customer base, zone-permitted-on going. Immediate Occupancy for tax season.

Family business, retiring. $1,000,000.

Call for additional info.

404-934-0279

CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE

BEAUTIFUL 2 STORY TRADITIONAL 3BR/2.5BA 2-STORY TRADITIONAL With stone accent.

Inviting front porch entry with living/ dining room.

Fireside fame rams with fireplace & open kitchen.

EHO • $160,000 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

ELEGANT TRADITIONAL! Lovely 4BR & 2.5BA 2 Story is Simply Elegant!! Open floor plan, family room with firplace and includes an above ground pool.

EHO • $175,900 Peters Realty Professionals 770-466-2885 www.petersrealty professionals.com

FIREWOOD Seasoned Oak & Hickory.

Delivery or Pick Up. Call For Prices.

770-962-8744 SEASONED OAK FIREWOOD 4x8 Rack $125.

Delivered & Stacked.

Lawrenceville/Buford area. 678-997-5675.

Proceeds for funding Helping Hands Missionary Trips.

FITNESS/HEALTH/ SPORTING GOODS

GWINNETT DUPLEXES

2 Communities!

One on Singleton Road & One on Law’ville-Suwanee Road! 2BR & 3BR, 2BA, Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings, Off Street Parking.

Starting @ $900/mo.

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

PIANO 1961 Sohmer Studio Piano and Bench Bought from Cooper Music, April 22, 2008— restored; Original purchase price $1995.00 —Asking price $1200.00 Have original sales documentation from Cooper Music. Piano has been maintained and kept tuned; played for worship services through January 1, 2017 by the same pianist.

Contact Reverend Wayne Reed 404 6956496 cell phone PETS/LIVESTOCK

DOGS

APPLIANCES 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

Scooter Store Jazzy Select GT JA311209313c30. Purchased new - rarely used, great condition. Have paperwork. $1,200.

Invacare Personal Hydraulic Patient Body Lift (9805P) with mesh sling. Purchased new for Mother, used 2 years, like new. $350 Call Rebecca 770-7863491 or 404-310-0150

MUSICAL EQUIPMENT

LAWRENCEVILLE OFFICE/ WAREHOUSES SPACE AVAILABLE 750 to 3600 sf Mike 404-375-5438.

2000 Windridge Dr, GA, 30518 Windridge Buford, Affordable 1&2 Apartments Bedroom Apartments 1 Bedroom – $475-$695 based on gross income 2 Bedroom – $530-$750 based on gross income 'PS .PSF *OGPSNBUJPO $BMM t 5%% 7

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GWINNETT CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEADLINES

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC Ready to go 2 Black Females. AKC German Shepherd pups-Black . Parents on site. Working lines.

Hannes Vom Spadener Holz. 1st shots and worming. $800.

770-316-4110 Commerce.

ADOPT A PET PIT BULL /LAB MIX 18 mo. old & very friendly Need to find him a new home. Has everything (crate, toys, leashes, etc) Up to date on shots & meds 404-434-1977

VEHICLES

CHEVROLET MALIBU, 2010 All power, garage kept, new tires. Exc. cond.

4 door, 50k miles. $10,500. 770-490-3265

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